WWF Unforgiven 2002Story By: William Flener
September 22, 2002
Event: WWF Unforgiven
Location: The Staples Center in Los Angeles, California
Date: September 22, 2002
Announcers: Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler
Written By: Timothy Beauregard
The opening montage airs as the Unforgiven theme song hits the speakers. Fireworks go off at the top of the stage as the camera pans around ringside where awhole bunch of fans are seen standing from their seats, raising their homemade signs and banners above their heads. We soon pan over to the announce table and get a close-up shot of Jerry The King Lawler, who is sitting at the left side of the screen, and Jim Ross, who is sitting at the right side. Jim Ross, "Hello and welcome to The Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. I'm Jim Ross." Jerry Lawler, "And I am Jerry "The King" Lawler" Jim Ross, "And we are sold out for UNFORGIVEN!." Jerry Lawler, "Four titles are on the line tonight, with the richest prize in our industry, the World Federation Championship being decided tonight in the main event between Edge and Stone Cold Steve Austin." Jim Ross, "Oh what a pay-per view we have planned for you tonight!."
Christopher Nowinski vs. Malice
Christopher Nowinski's music hits the speakers as the sold-out crowd stand from the edge of their seats and boo the Harvard Graduate, who is all smiles, and wearing a Harvard Football Jersey, and a pair of red shorts with the letter "H" on the back. Christopher walks down the ramp and talks trash to all the fans as he passes them by. The Harvard Graduate slides into the ring and stands, just as Malice's music hits to a mixed reaction(mostly cheers). Malice soon comes running down the ramp, sliding in the ring, as Nowinski is all over him with several stomps to his lower back. Christopher lifts Malice to his feet and begins nailing him with several hard right handed punches. He whips the Big Man off the ropes and then nails a drop-kick right to his mouth. He goes for the pin but Malice gets his shoulder up at one. Christopher jumps to his feet, removes his jacket, and begins talking trash to the fans just as Malice jumps up behind him to a huge pop. Christopher spins around and is sent to the canvas with a big boot to the face. Nowinski rolls to the outside to catch his breath as Malice steps over the top rope onto the apron. Malice drops to the floor and chases Christopher around the ring over to the announce table where the Harvard Graduate boots him in the gut and whips him into the steel steps. Christopher lifts Malice to his feet and rolls him into the ring. Nowinski rolls in after him and then brings him to his feet, but is then grabbed by the throat. Malice backs Christopher up into the corner and then begins driving his elbow into the side of his head. Malice slaps both hands around Nowinski's throat and then tosses him from one side of the ring to the other! Christopher stirs to his feet and charges at Malice but is taken down to the canvas with a side-walk slam. Malice hooks Christopher's leg but only gets a near fall. The Big Man brings Nowinski to his feet and then sets his head between his legs, flipping him up onto his shoulders. Nowinski however gets a thumb to the eye as he comes crashing down onto Malice's chest. He rolls off to his feet and charges at Malice as he then sends him over the top rope to the arena floor with a clothesline. Malice however lands on his feet and looks to climb the apron but Christopher begins nailing him with hard right handed punches. Chris grabs Malice's head and brings him across the top rope throat-first causing the Big Man to fall to the arena floor. The Harvard Graduate climbs the top turnbuckle and goes for a flying crossbody to the outside but Malice catches him in mid-air and runs him into the ring-post. Malice holds onto Nowinski as he drops him across the barrier, then picking him up and lifting him high above his head, tossing him over the top rope back into the ring! Malice climbs back into the ring as Nowinski stumbles into the corner. Malice runs at Christopher and nails a running clothesline, then grabbing Nowinski and nailing a scoop slam. Uncharacteristically, Malice climbs the top turnbuckle and looks to land an elbow drop but misses and hits the canvas. Chris stirs to his feet and steps back into the corner, taunting Malice. The Big Man stirs to his feet as Christopher comes running at him, nailing a diving shoulder-block sending Malice to the canvas. Nowinski goes for the pin but Malice lifts his shoulder off the mat before three. Christopher lifts Malice up and looks to nail him with a suplex but Malice holds onto Chris's trunks as he lifts him into the air and drops back, nailing one of his own. Malice rolls over onto Nowinski but gets a near fall. Malice brings Nowinski to his knees, as he begins to beg for mercy. He shoves the referee into the ropes and punches Malice right in the groin. Malice stumbles around and drops onto his knee as Nowinski runs at him but is caught by the throat. Malice stirs to his feet and lifts Christopher up into the air, walking to the ropes, and Chokeslamming Nowinski to the arena floor!! Malice falls back into the corner as Christopher lays there..the referee reaching through the middle rope, checking on him. Malice walks over and shoves the referee into the corner, reaching out to Nowinski, who reaches into his trunks, pulls out a chain, and nails Malice right between the eyes, sending the Big Man to the canvas. Christopher then drops the chain right back into his trunks and rolls into the ring, pinning Malice's shoulders down, yelling for the official to count. One...two...Malice kicks out! Christopher cant believe it. He rolls to the outside and grabs a steel chair from the time-keeper. He rolls into the ring and goes to swing at Malice's head but misses and hits referee Brian Hebner on accident! Christopher goes to swing at Malice's head, but the Big Man ducks again, and boots the chair right into his face. Christopher falls back against the ropes with the chair still in his hand. Malice runs at him but Chris swings the chair and nails Malice right between the eyes with it, now tossing it into the corner, falling on top of Malice and hooking his leg. He begins pounding the mat, trying to get the referee to his feet, to no use. Blood begins flowing from Malice's forehead as he sits up, rolling over to the corner, and pulling himself up to his feet by the ropes. Nowinski turns and runs at Malice but is nailed with a hard right hand and then another. Malice goes for another right hand but Nowinski ducks and rolls him up from behind, pulling his tights! The referee rolls over to make the count but Malice is able to kick-out at the last second. Nowinski gets to his knees as the fans then begin screaming "Harvard Sucks." Nowinski covers up his ears with his hands as he brings Malice to his feet, ducking behind him, and grabbing his arms, lifting him up and planting him to the canvas with The Graduator! It has to be over. Malice suddenly jumps back to his feet to a HUGE pop as Christopher stands there, stunned. He charges in at Malice, who nails him with a big spinebuster. Nowinski stirs to his feet as Malice kicks him in the gut and plants him with a HUGE sit-out powerbomb. He rolls to his feet and raises his hand in the air, as Chris rolls to his feet. Malice slaps his hand around Nowinski's throat and lifts him into the air, dropping him onto his back with the Chokeslam! Malice falls onto Christopher and makes the pin but Nowinski gets his foot on the rope. JR, "Damnit. I thought Malice had it for sure." Malice stands with his hand on his forehead, looking at the blood smeared in the palm of his hand, frowning and then lifting Christopher to his feet, holding him by the side in a gut-wrench powerbomb position, then lifting him in the air, bringing Nowinski's back across his knee. Nowinski rolls over onto his stomach as he begins clutching at his lower-back. Malice rolls Nowinski over onto his back and makes the cover. One..two..three!
Winner: Malice via pinfall in 13:50
Jim Ross, "Oh my what a hard-fought opening matchup!
Jerry Lawler, "You're damn right it was JR. And you only get to see those kind of matches, not in ECW, not in WCW, but only right here in the WWF!."
Jim Ross, "Nobody truly does PPV like the World Wrestling Federation and I tip my hat off to Malice. The son of a gun was busted up early in the matchup but came back to pin Nowinski's shoulders to the mat for the 1-2-3."
Jerry Lawler, "I promise you this JR. Malice has not heard the last of Christopher Nowinski, and I'd be damned if Malice thinks he could get away with a cheap victory like we just saw a moment ago."
Jim Ross, "Well you may be right on that King..In other news, I've just recieved word that Michael Cole is standing by with Hardcore Holly."
(The camera pans over to Michael Cole, who is standing next to Hardcore Holly, who is attired in black jeans and no-shirt with the Hardcore Championship slung over his shoulder as the fans in the arena pop HUGE)
Michael Cole, "Well Hardcore Holly..You are just about fourty five minutes away from defending the World Wrestling Federation Hardcore Championship against a man, many consider to be the King of all Flaming Table Matches..Masato Tanaka. What are your thoughts going into this barbaric contest."
(Holly snatches the mic from Michael)
Hardcore Holly, "What kind of a stupid question is that?! You know Michael, the next time you ask such a silly thing, I am gonna kick your ass! Now, why dont you get the hell out of my face!!."
(Cole walks off as Holly looks into the camera.)
Hardcore Holly, "Masato Tanaka..Do you think you can just walk into the World Wrestling Federation, and just decide to interfere in one of my matches?! I dont think so. I've been here for a long-ass time and I have not backed-away from any man or challenge. Tonight, I am gonna walk to that ring, kick your ass,like it has never been kicked, and leave the Staples Center the Hardcore Champion!(fans cheer). After the smoke clears, and you are left laying in a pool of your own blood...I guess there's gonna be one question you are gonna be asking yourself and that is this..HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?!(fans in the arena once again begin to pop huge as Holly throws the mic down and holds his title up into the camera for the fans to look at as he storms off).
Jim Ross, "WOW. I've seen Hardcore Holly pumped-before, but never have I seen him THIS determined! He truly does want to get his hands on Masato Tanaka."
Jerry Lawler, "I have a feeling that after tonight..Hardcore Holly is gonna be at his knees, and begging for Mercy at the hands of Masato Tanaka."
Jim Ross, "Speaking of Mercy..Next month the WWF brings to you it's next great PPV..No Mercy. No Mercy will be live from Toronto Ontario, Canada on The 20th of October. Tickets go on sale September 29th."
Jerry Lawler, "WOO HOO..I cannot wait."
(We cut to the backstage area where D-Lo Brown can be seen in his dressing-room doing pushups as Elektra stands before him with the Intercontinental Championship slung over her shoulder. Brown gets to his feet and turns to see Kevin Kelly with a microphone in his hand)
D-Lo Brown, "What the hell do you think you're doing Kevin? Cant you see that I am getting ready for my match tonight?."
Kevin Kelly, "D-Lo. Thats the main reason why I came in here..to wish you luck on your Intercontinental Championship match later on. What are.."
D-Lo Brown, "WOAH WOAH WOAH! Stop for a minute Kevin. I need no luck. I'm D-Lo Brown..the World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Champion."
Kevin Kelly, "Indeed you are..but dont you think that you are taking your two opponents, Rikishi and Val Venis, a little too lightly here?."
D-Lo Brown, "First off Kevin..I dont sweat guys like Val Venis and Rikishi. They are nothing more than losers. Yeah so what if they've had an impressive week here in the WWF. The fact of the matter is, I have already proven to Rikishi at Summerslam just what kind of guy that I can be, and for Venis..Please dont get me started on him. He's only been here for about a week and if he thinks he's just gonna take the Intercontinental Title from around my waist, then he has another thing coming. Now if you dont mind, I'd like to get back to my training. You know where the door is."
(Kevin Kelly turns and walks out of the dressing-room)
Jim Ross, "D-Lo Brown is certainly feeling a little confident here tonight."
Jerry Lawler, "You bet your butt he is. He's D-Lo Brown, The Intercontinental Champion, The Real Deal. As he said a minute ago, He dont sweat Venis and Rikishi."
Jim Ross, "Yeah well if he continues going like the way he is..We are gonna crown a new Intercontinental Champion here tonight. I certainly wouldnt mind seeing the IC championship going around Rikishi's waist after that triple threat match is done."
Jerry Lawler, "Rikishi..Intercontinental Champion?(he laughs)."
World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Championship
The Hardy Boyz(c) w/ Lita vs. Chuck Palumbo and John Cena w/ Midajah versus Albert and Bull Buchannon vs. Justin Credible and Steven Richards
"Tear away" by Drowning Pool hits the speakers as Justin Credible and Steven Richards step out on stage to a HUGE pop from the sold-out crowd. Both men head down the ramp, slapping hands with the fans, along the way. Both men enter the ring and strike their signature ring-entrance as Albert and Bull Buchannon's music cuts in to a thunderous round of boos from the California crowd. Bull and Albert walk down to the ring with determined looks on their faces. They both climb the apron and step into the ring, each standing in a corner, looking over at Justin Credible and Steven Richards. Chuck Palumbo and John Cena make their way out from the back to outrageous heat as The scantily clad Midajah leads the way for her to two men, who climb the stairs and enter the ring, standing in one corner of the ring looking at the two teams which entered before them. The Hardy Boy music hits to a moderate sized pop as both Matt and Jeff step out from the back with the Tag Team Titles around their waists and Lita behind them. Jeff head-bangs as Matt pumps up the crowd, raising his arms in the air. Both men run down the ramp and slide in the ring, turning to each of the three teams as they stand in the middle of the ring. The bell sounds as Chuck and Cena run over at Justin and Steven and attack as the Hardys fight with Albert and Buchannon. Teddy Long orders Jeff Hardy, Albert, Bull Buchannon, Chuck Palumbo, and Justin Credible to their corners as Matt and Cena tie-up. John ducks behind Matt and hooks his waist, placing him in a hammer-lock. Matt runs to the ropes, and ducks down, sending Cena through the middle rope to the arena floor. Matt jumps to his feet as Cena slides back into the ring and enters a tie-up with Matt Hardy once again. Matt ducks behind Cena and trips him down by his feet and then spins over to his side, grabbing his head, and putting him in a front-facelock. Cena spins out of it, grabbing Matt's arm and putting him in an arm-wringer. Matt rolls to his feet and begins nailing Cena with hard right hands, taking him down with a fireman's carry, now rolling over and tagging out to Steven Richards. Richards whips Cena against the ropes and then nails a high-back body drop, taking him down with an arm-drag takedown. Cena rolls to the arena floor and then rolls back in as Steven begins stomping him. Richards brings John to his feet but Cena nails him with several hard-right hands, whipping him into the ropes and nailing a spine-buster. John with the pin. One...two...kickout. John pulls Steven up by the hair and then knees him in the gut, walking over to Bull Buchannon and tapping him on the shoulder. Buchannon looks at Cena and enters the ring, then nailing him with a hard right hand, grabbing Steven and hooking his head, lifting him vertically, and dropping him with a suplex. Bull goes for the pin but Justin enters the ring and breaks up the pin, then heading back to his corner as Buchannon lifts Richards to his feet and scores with a scoop slam before driving his knee right into his face. He goes for the pin again but Steven kicks out. Buchannon walks over and then tags Palumbo in. Chuck steps into the ring and then buries his knee into Richards' abdomen several times. He runs to the ropes but Richards catches him out of nowhere with a Steven Kick! Steven crawls to his corner and tags in Jeff Hardy! The Tag Champion jumps over the top rope landing on his feet in the ring, then running to the turnbuckle opposite from Chuck, jumping up onto the top rope, and nailing Whisper in The Wind. He goes for the pin but Cena breaks it up with a flying elbow-drop from the top rope, causing Jeff to roll off Palumbo. Chuck rolls over to the corner and makes the tag to Albert. The Big Man steps into the ring and charges at Jeff in the corner, going for a body-splash but missing and hitting the corner HARD. Jeff rolls Albert up from behind but only gets a near fall. Albert stirs to his feet and then nails a Pump Kick to Hardy's face. Albert now with the pin. One..two..Jeff gets his shoulder up at two. Albert picks Jeff up and lifts him high above his head in gorilla press slam position. Matt enters the ring and chop-blocks Albert's knee from behind as Jeff comes crashing down onto him. One..two..Albert throws Jeff off him as Hardy crawls over and makes the tag to Justin Credible. Credible runs at Albert but is shoved to the canvas and nailed with hard right hands. Albert throws Justin against the ropes and goes for a Pump Kick but Credible moves as Albert crotches himself up onto the top rope. Justin then begins shaking the rope as Albert falls back to the mat. Bull Buchannon enters the ring but is caught off by Steven Richards. Both men begin exchanging right hands in the middle of the ring. Chuck and Cena both step into the ring and then attack Steven from behind. The Hardyz then climb into the ring as all four teams begin to brawl. Matt ducks a clothesline from Albert, kicks him in the gut, and nails The Twist Of Fate! Jeff Hardy runs at Bull and sends him to the outside with a clothesline as he heads to the top turnbuckles and nails the prone Albert with the Swanton Bomb. Jeff and Matt are both on their feet as Chuck and Cena jump them in the corner. All four men begin to brawl through the ropes to the arena floor. Albert stirs to his feet as both Steven and Justin crawl to opposite corners and pull themself up. They both jump out of their seperate corners and then land a Double Team Superkick to Albert! Justin falls on Albert as Steven runs to the ropes and baseball slides Bull Buchannon. One....two....three! Albert and Bull have been eliminated.
Eliminated: Bull Buchannon and Albert via pinfall
Justin is then jumped from behind by Matt Hardy, who had just slid back into the ring. Hardy takes Justin over to a corner and begins slamming his head against it. He whips Credible into the opposite corner and charges at him but is kicked in the face as Credible reaches over and tags out to Chuck Palumbo. Palumbo knocks the Tag Team Champion down with a hard right hand and then a scoop slam, now with the cover. One...Matt kicks out of the pin. Chuck then stands and drives the point of his elbow into Matt's heart, making the pin. One..two..kickout. Palumbo lifts Matt Hardy and walks with him over to the corner but Hardy takes him down with a double-leg takedown before heading up the middle rope, and nailing the Hardy Boy leg drop. He goes for the pin but John Cena runs in and breaks up the count, kicking Hardy right in the side of his head. Chuck stirs to his feet as does Matt. Hardy spins around as he then blocks Palumbo's foot as he was going for the Jungle Kick. Matt spins him around and nails the Side Effect. Cena once again enters the ring and goes for a right hand but Matt blocks and sends John down with one of his own. Chuck rolls over to Matt and turns over onto his stomach, getting on his hands and knees. Cena rolls to his feet and nails a dropkick to Matt's chest, sending him into a school-boy like move from Palumbo! One...two...Jeff breaks up the count. Chuck stirs to his feet as he pulls Matt up by his hair. Hardy however gives him a small package pin. One...two..Chuck kicks out. Matt rolls over to Steven Richards and tags him in. Richards climbs the top turnbuckle and goes to jump on Chuck but Midajah climbs the apron and shoves him into Chuck, who grabs Steven and throws him up onto his shoulders as John Cena climbs the top turnbuckle, jumping forward, regrabbing Steven's head, and nailing him with a neck-breaker, from off Chuck's shoulders. Cena runs over to Credible and knocks him from the apron as Palumbo makes the pin on Steven Richards. One....two....three.
Eliminated: Steven Richards and Justin Credible via pinfall
Matt and Jeff both enter the ring and attack Cena and Palumbo from behind, each nailing them with hard right hands. Cena gets whipped into the corner as Chuck is sent crashing into him. Matt drops onto his knees as Jeff runs at him, jumps up his back, and lands Poetry in Motion. Palumbo stumbles out of the corner as Matt nails a scoop slam. Cena falls out of the corner and lands face-first into Palumbo's groin! Matt lifts Cena and tosses him to the outside and follows, whipping him into the steel steps as Jeff climbs the top turnbuckle and goes to nail the Swanton onto Chuck..Palumbo however gets his knees up as Jeff rolls onto his stomach holding his back. Chuck goes for the pin but Matt rolls back into the ring and is able to break up the pin with a leg drop to the back of Chuck's head. Cena walks over and grabs hold of one of The Tag Team Title belts then rolling into the ring aiming at Matt's head. He swings but Jeff suddenly kicks him in the gut and nails a Jaw Breaker, walking over and lifting the title, turning and swinging for Chuck but missing and hitting Matt by mistake! Chuck then nails Jeff with the Jungle Kick and goes for the pin as Midajah pulls Lita off the apron and nails her with a round-house back kick to the side of her head as she was trying to get up onto the apron. One...two...three! New Tag Team Champions!
Winners and NEW World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champions: Chuck Palumbo and John Cena w/ Midajah via pinfall at 20:16
Jim Ross, "I DONT BELIEVE IT! Chuck Palumbo and John Cena are the World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champions!."
Jerry Lawler, "YES YES I knew it all along. Chuck and Cena have done it. WOO-HOO. Because of Jeff Hardy, Cena and Palumbo are Tag Team Champions!."
Jim Ross, "Thats not true and you know it. Jeff was aiming for Chuck!."
Jerry Lawler, "Yeah sure. Thats what Jeff wanted us to think. He was really aiming for Matt Hardy's head and you know it JR."
Jim Ross, "I..I..just cant believe it!."
Jerry Lawler, "You better start believing because Chuck Palumbo and John Cena have went through 3 teams to get those titles. What champions they will make!."
(We then cut to the backstage area where we see Matt, Jeff, and Lita standing and arguing with one another)
Jeff Hardy, "What the hell do you expect from me MATT?! all I was doing was trying to win the damn match."
Matt Hardy, "WIN THE MATCH?! JEFF..You lost us the match and most importantly, the Tag Team Championship!."
Jeff Hardy, "Well it isnt my fault your shoulders were pinned down to the mat."
Matt Hardy, "You hit me with the Tag Team Title Belt!."
Jeff Hardy, "It was an accident."
Lita, "Guys..please can we stop arguing?!."
Matt, "BUTT OUT LITA! This doesnt concern you."
(Matt shoves Jeff as Jeff shoves Matt back. Lita tries seperating the two but she gets shoved also. Matt and Jeff both walk off in opposite directions as Lita stands there in the middle of the halls, watching both men, crying. She storms off out of camera).
JR, "Well things dont look too good now for Team Extreme."
Jerry Lawler, "What are you talking about?! This is great(he laughs)."
JR, "How can you say such a thing?!."
Jerry Lawler, "Because it is. No longer will we see those two idiots prancing around!."
Jim Ross, " Up next..Hardcore Holly defends the Hardcore Title against Masato Tanaka...but not in any regular match..a FLAMING TABLE MATCH!"
Jerry Lawler, "This is gonna be good!."
(We see abunch of tables set up around the ring. On each table there is some matches and some gasoline)
Flaming Table Match For The World Wrestling Federation Hardcore Championship
Hardcore Holly(c) vs. Masato Tanaka
Masato Tanaka's music hits the speakers to a mixed reaction from the crowd. Tanaka walks down the ramp attired in red and black trunks. He looks over at the tables and smirks as he climbs the apron and enters the ring, heading up the middle rope, and raising one arm in the air before dropping from the rope. He runs to each rope testing them out before coming to a stop in the middle of the ring. "HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW.." Hardcore Holly's theme music hits to a huge pop from the sold-out crowd. Tanaka looks up at the ramp but Holly doesnt come out. The fans suddenly begin to cheer as Holly slides in the ring behind Tanaka with a steel chair in his hand. He swings and nails Tanaka across the back with the chair, raising it high above his head and bringing it across Tanaka's back again, this time causing him to roll to the outside onto his knees as he places his hand on his back. Holly throws the chair and rolls outside, running at Tanaka and clotheslining him to the floor. Hardcore walks over to one of the tables and then grabs hold of the matches, and gasoline. Tanaka stumbles into the apron and grabs the chair, running over to Holly and nailing him across the head with it, sending him to the floor. Masato lifts Hardcore and then body-slams him onto the table, then climbing the apron and the top turnbuckle, jumping and putting Hardcore through the table with a splash. Tanaka rolls over onto his back holding his chest as Holly lays there in a bed of splinters. Masato sits up and then brings Holly with him, tossing him into the ring and then climbing the top rope, steel chair in his hand. He jumps at Holly and nails him across the head with a chair-shot, busting him open. Holly falls to the mat as he rolls over clutching at his head. Masato stands and tosses the chair down and brings Holly to his feet, then walking with him to the corner. He sits on the top rope and hooks Hardcore's head. He goes for the Diamond Dust but Holly counters and throws Masato to the mat running at him and nailing another clothesline. The bloody Holly picks up the chair as Tanaka stirs to his feet. Holly swings the chair as Masato ducks and grabs Holly's waist nailing a release german suplex, driving the back of Holly's head right into the chair! Masato stands and grabs the chair and as Holly gets to his feet, Tanaka nails him right between the eyes with it. The chair dents as Tanaka throws it to the outside of the ring, grabbing another two chairs, sliding in the ring and setting them up by each other. He walks over to Holly, who punches him in the gut several times and then stands to his feet, knocking Tanaka down with a right hand, causing him to roll underneath the bottom rope walking over to one of the tables as Holly comes running to the ropes, sliding through them, and knocking Masato right onto it with a hard right hand. Holly rolls back into the ring and then walks over grabbing one of the chairs, grabbing them and walking to ropes, stepping out onto the apron and then stepping down to the floor, stumbling to Tanaka and then placing the chair across his head. Holly turns climbing the apron and then stepping back, running and jumping off the apron, leg-dropping the chair into Tanaka's face, driving him through the table! Tanaka and Holly are both a bloody mess on the floor. Hardcore rolls to his feet first lifting Tanaka and rolling him into the ring also, standing and picking Tanaka up, nailing the Alabama Slam right onto the chair. Holly then falls back to the canvas and then rolls back to his feet, as does Masato, who crawls to the corner. Hardcore comes running at Tanaka but is booted in the gut and sent through the middle rope onto the apron with a right hand. Tanaka steps out onto the apron with Holly, grabbing him from behind, and climbing up the second rope. Tanaka then jumps forward with the Diamond Dust, to the outside of the ring through one of the tables! Both men are down and out on the outside, not moving. Masato stirs to his feet as he rolls over to the apron and then pulls out some barbedwire and a board of nails! Tanaka then rolls the nails into the ring along with the barbedwire. He turns and picks Holly up, rolling him into the ring, climbing the top turnbuckle. Holly rolls over to the chair, grabbing it, and stirring to his feet. He turns but Masato flies off the top and drives the point of his elbow into the chair and the top of Hardcore's head, sending him to the canvas! Tanaka stirs to his feet, grabbing the board of nails, and setting it down onto the mat, lifting Holly and setting him between his legs. He goes to flip Hardcore onto his shoulders but Holly holds onto Masato and back-drops him right into the board of nails!! Masato rolls over onto his stomach, blood now flowing from his mouth. Hardcore then picks Masato up, hooking his head, and nailing a snap suplex right onto the board of nails! Tanaka lets out a scream of pain as Holly rolls to his feet, taking out some of the thumb-tacks and tossing them down onto the mat. He stumbles to Tanaka, and lifts him to his feet, setting him between his legs and lifting him up, dropping back and giving him a piledriver right onto the thumb-tacks! Masato is out cold. Holly rolls to his feet and slides outside, grabbing the gasoline and matches. He pours the gasoline all over the table and then grabs the match, tossing it onto the table, setting it on fire! the fans in the arena begin to go crazy as Holly climbs the apron. Tanaka reaches the chair and then nails Holly right in between the eyes with it, sending him to the arena floor. Hardcore is down. Masato rolls outside and lifts Holly to his feet, then hooking his head and lifting him high in the air, sending him through the flaming table! Masato then goes for the pin. One...two...Holly kicks out! OH MY GOD..Holly kicked out. Masato is now on his knees, with his hands on his head, not believing what happened. Tanaka then lifts Holly to his feet but is speared to the floor. Holly pins Masato's shoulders down and begins nailing him with hard right handed punches to his face. Holly rolls off Tanaka and then pulls out a ladder. He sets the ladder onto his shoulder and runs at Tanaka, nailing him right between the eyes with the ladder, sending the challenger to the floor. Holly soon rolls the ladder into the ring and lifts Tanaka, rolling him into the ring, and climbing the apron, climbing the top turnbuckle as Masato is down on the ladder. Holly goes for a splash but misses and hits the ladder, causing him to roll over holding his ribs in aching pain. Tanaka stirs to his feet as he lifts Holly and then sets him between his legs, lifting him onto his shoulders, and nailing a powerbomb. Tanaka grabs the ladder as he lays it on top of Holly. Masato grabs the chair and sets it on the ladder and Holly. He climbs the top rope and jumps, connecting with a leg drop, driving the chair into the ladder right into Hardcore's face! Tanaka stands, dragging Holly underneath the ladder and lifting him to his feet, tossing him to the outside, as he steps out onto the apron and then climbs down to the floor, looking to end this brutal war. He grabs the matches and gasoline as it helps him set the table on fire. He turns lifting Holly and hooking his waist. He goes for a german suplex but Hardcore mule kicks him as Tanaka stumbles back against the table. Holly turns, grabbing Tanaka and putting him through the flaming table with a Alabama Slam!!! Holly drags Masato away from the table and makes the pin...the fans chanting along with the referee as he counts. One.....two......three!
Winner and still Hardcore Champion: Hardcore Holly via pinfall at 18:36
Jim Ross, "Oh sweet jesus..what a war! WHAT A WAR! Thank god that it's over. Hardcore Holly is still the World Wrestling Federation Hardcore Champion!."
Jerry Lawler, "Yeah well he certainly doesnt look like a winner right about now."
(Holly rolls into the ring very slowly and grabs his championship belt from off the mat and standing with the referee helping him. Holly raises the title into the air and drops it on the mat. A fan suddenly climbs over the barrier and enters the ring, turning Holly around and spraying mace into his face!..)
Jim Ross, "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!."
(The fan tears off his shirt and glasses to reveal himself as..THE SINISTER MINISTER! OH MY GOD!)
Jerry Lawler, "HEY THATS ECW'S SINISTER MINISTER!."
(Sinister Minister clutches at the back of his neck, still feeling the effects, of when he was chokeslammed on ECW's Thursday Night Carnage. Hardcore stumbles around grabbing Minister and then nailing him with a hard right hand as Masato Tanaka suddenly stands slowly and rolls into the ring behind Holly, clotheslining him from behind, kicking at his ribs as Sinister Minister stirs to his feet, telling Tanaka to finish Holly off. Tanaka lifts Holly and then sets him between his legs, nailing a piledriver. Tanaka rolls outside and drags out another table, setting it up, and grabbing some matches and gasoline, pouring the gasoline all over the table and setting it on fire with help from the match.) Jim Ross, "HEY WAIT A MINUTE! COME ON NO!."
(Masato rolls back into the ring, picking the chair up, and nailing Holly across the head with it as he stirred to his feet. Masato throws the chair down and picks the Hardcore Champion up, setting his head between his legs, and lifting him onto his shoulders, hooking his arms in doing so)
Jerry Lawler, "ALRIGHT COME ON MASATO..You've proven your point."
(Tanaka then throws Holly over the top rope through the table with a version of the Razors Edge! Tanaka and Sinister Minister raise their arms in the air to outrageous heat. Both men step to the outside and walk up the ramp as EMTS run out and check on Hardcore)
Jim Ross, "THOSE SON OF A.."
Jerry Lawler, "Easy JR. If they heard you, they might come back out."
Jim Ross, "Hardcore Holly's carreer may be over thanks to The Sinister Minister and Masato Tanaka!
(The EMTS put out the flames with fire extinguishers and then clean up all of the blood stains in the middle of the ring. They load Hardcore up onto a stretcher. They wheel him up the ramp as the fans start up a loud, "HARDCORE" chant.)
Jim Ross, "It's a shame that there's nothing these fans can do about it. I really do think that Hardcore Holly may never step foot in a ring after what happened during this match especially what happened AFTER this match."
Jerry Lawler, "Yeah well..as you said, the show must go on."
Jim Ross, "Well up next..The Intercontinental Championship will be put up for grabs in a Triple Threat Match as D-Lo Brown defends the title against both Val Venis and Rikishi."
Jerry Lawler, "OH what a match this is gonna be."
(We a shot of Rikishi walking the halls of the arena when suddenly Lilian Garcia walks up)
Lilian Garcia, "Rikishi. You just a couple moments of way from your big triple threat match with D-Lo Brown and Val Venis..What are your thoughts going into this match?.
(Rikishi just looks at Lilian and walks off towards the curtains).
Jim Ross, "You can tell by the look in Rikishi's eyes that he is fired up for this match. You and I both know how badly Rikishi would like to get his hands on D-Lo Brown."
Jerry Lawler, "Yeah but still..Val Venis has also come to Unforgiven tonight and you can bet your butt that Venis, also, will be more than ready for tonight's Intercontinental Title Match."
World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Championship
D-Lo Brown(c) w/ Elektra vs. Val Venis vs. Rikishi
Rikishi's music hits the PA system which causes the fans to jump from the edge of their seat and cheer The Big Man as he makes his way down the ramp. Rikishi walks up the steps and steps into the ring, taking off his long black robe to reveal his big backside. He steps back into the corner as Val Venis' music hits the speakers to a thunderous round of boos from the sold-out crowd. Venis walks down the ramp attired in black trunks and black boots. He steps into the ring and meets up with Rikishi. Both men engage in a staredown as D-Lo Brown's music suddenly cuts in to outrageous heat. D-Lo Brown walks out onto stage and then hands the IC championship over to Elektra as he looks down at his challengers. He walks to the ring, climbing up onto the apron. He steps through the middle rope as Rikishi begins nailing Venis with hard right hands, backing him against the corner and burying his knee in his abdomen. D-Lo jumps Rikishi from behind and begins nailing him in the face with some hard fists. He goes to whip Rikishi into the ropes but it's reversed as the Big man catches D-Lo with a samoan drop on his way back. Venis charges out of the corner and takes Rikishi down with a nice clothesline, mounting the Big man, hitting him with several hard right handed punches. D-Lo climbs back into the ring and then begins exchanging right hands with Val. D-Lo gets the advantage as he whips Venis off the ropes and then nails a high-back body drop, running to Rikiishi but gets sent down to the canvas with a hard-right hand. Rikishi runs to the ropes and takes Brown down with a clothesline as he gets to his feet. Venis stirs to his feet and nails Rikishi from behind, punching him in the face, backing him into the corner and driving his knee into his mid-section. He whips Rikishi into the opposite corner right into D-Lo Brown, who got up to his feet! Venis charges at Rikishi but misses a clothesline and gets D-Lo, who then slumps down in the corner. Rikishi gives Val a super-kick and then jumps in front of D-Lo, rubbing his ass, and sticking it in his face! Val Venis jumps to his feet and turns, driving his knee into Rikishi's abdomen, hooking his head, and nailing a DDT. D-Lo stirs to his feet and makes the pin on Rikishi but Venis breaks it up with a boot to D-Lo's back. Venis lifts Brown and goes for the Fisherman's Suplex and lands it. He stands to his feet as Rikishi soon nails him with a hard-chop to his chest, sending him to the outside with a hard right hand. Rikishi goes to follow Val out but D-Lo jumps him from behind, whipping him into the ropes and nailing a jumping back-kick to his face, stirring to his feet, shooting off his fingers, and dropping the leg across Rikishi's throat. D-Lo now with the pin..One..two..Venis pulls D-Lo from off the Big Man and then trips him down onto his stomach, grabbing his legs and putting him in the Venis Fly Trap(Reverse Figure Four). Rikishi stands running to the ropes and dropping a leg across the back of D-Lo's head! Val then releases Brown as he kicks Rikishi in the gut and slams his head across the top turnbuckle. He goes to nail Rikishi with a right hand but it's blocked. Venis soon spins into a right hand from D-Lo, then spinning into a right hand from Rikishi. Both Rikishi and D-Lo take turns punching at Val. Venis ducks as both Rikishi and Brown punch each other, causing one another to fall back, and then charge at each another, nailing a double-clothesline. Val would hurry and make the pin on D-Lo, hooking his leg, for only a near fall. Val would turn towards Rikishi and kick him in the chest, picking him up, and throwing him to the arena floor. Val would talk trash to Rikishi but turn into the Sky High from D-Lo! Brown stirs to his feet and goes for the pin but Val gets his foot up onto the rope. The Intercontinental Champion pulls Val to his feet and then scores with a snap-suplex, standing and heading for the top turnbuckle, climbing up onto it just as Rikishi climbed the apron and knocked him from the top turnbuckle straight into the security-wall face-first. Rikishi enters the ring and spins the stunned Venis around, nailing him with the Rikishi Driver! The fans then begin to go crazy as Rikishi would drag Venis to the corner. He'd climb the middle rope and bounce up and down, jumping off and sitting on Venis's chest. One..two..New Champion..NO! D-Lo broke it up just in time. He rolled into the ring and held his back as he nailed Rikishi with abunch of hard right hands, whipping him off the ropes, going for a clothesline but missing. Venis would get to his feet as Rikishi bounced off the opposite set of ropes and nailed both him and D-Lo with a clothesline. He'd bounce off the ropes once more and land a butt-splash onto D-Lo, going for the pin but only getting a close three-count as D-Lo got his shoulder up. Venis would stir to his feet, holding his ribs, as he'd grab D-Lo and score with a belly to back suplex. He'd jump to his feet and turn, booting Rikishi in the gut and nailing a neck-breaker. He stirs to his feet and climbs the top turnbuckle, going for the Money Shot but end up hitting the Big Man's knees! As the referee would attend to the hurt Venis in the corner, D-Lo would roll outside, grab a chair, and roll back into the ring, swinging and nailing Rikishi right between the eyes with it, tossing it outside for Elektra to hide near the stairs. He'd make the pin on a now-bloodied Rikishi just as Venis would break up the count. He'd pick D-Lo up and nail a back-breaker, as Rikishi would get to his feet a couple seconds later and nail a belly to back suplex of his own, going for the pin only to have D-Lo break it up with an elbow drop. D-Lo picks Rikishi up and nails a russian leg-sweep, heading for the corner as Val got to his feet and rolled to his corner as well. They'd both climb the turnbuckles and stare at each other from across the ring, each flying off the top, looking to land both the Money Shot and The Lo Down on Rikishi, only to miss and hit nothing but canvas. Rikishi pulls himself up by the ropes and nail both Brown and Venis with a flap-jack, then rolling Val and D-Lo over, making the pin on Val only to get a two count. D-Lo stirs to his feet and then runs to the ropes, drop-kicking Rikishi in the chest, sending him into the ropes where Val would run at him and clothesline him to the outside of the ring. D-Lo would soon spin Venis around and send him to the outside with a hard right hand. Venis gets to his feet as does Rikishi. Rikishi chases Val around the ring and near the ramp where D-Lo would dive over the ropes onto both of them, then collapsing to the arena floor, clutching at his knee. It looks as if Brown had blown out his knee or something. Jim Kordaris would roll outside and attend to D-Lo as Brian Hebner, Teddy Long, and Tim White would all run out to the ring and check on Brown, each picking him up and helping him up the ramp, Elektra following just as Venis low-blowed Rikishi as they were in the ring. Rikishi would fall to the mat as Venis would hook his leg, waiting for an official to run down. Jim slides in the ring but Venis would only get a near fall. At the top of the ramp, D-Lo would look up at the oval-tron and see Val and Rikishi, turning and punching the officials, limping back down the ramp into the ring, only to have his knee be chop-blocked by Val. D-Lo holds his knee as Venis turns and then nails Rikishi with a hard boot to his face, sending him against the ropes. Val would then place D-Lo in a half-crab submission. D-Lo would go to tap, but before his hand could hit the mat, Rikishi broke up the submission, nailing Venis from behind, sending him to the outside of the ring. Rikishi would go for the pin on Brown but Val would pull Rikishi to the outside, pick up the chair from earlier, and nail him across the back of his head with it, sending him to the floor. Venis would clear off the announce table and pick the bloody Rikishi up, rolling him onto the table as D-Lo would step to the outside and limp over to the announce table along with Venis. Val and D-Lo would bring Rikishi to his feet and hook his head, lift him up vertically, and nail him with a double-suplex through the announce table! D-Lo would fall to the arena floor holding his knee as Venis would pick D-Lo up and roll him into the ring, then entering in after him, kicking him right in the bad knee as he would get to his feet. Val would grab D-Lo's leg and drag him to the middle of the ring, putting him in a leg-lock submission. D-Lo would try reaching to the ropes but couldnt as he was dragged back into the middle of the ring. Just as we thought D-Lo's leg was already in bad-shape, It got worse. D-Lo began screaming and finally had no choice but to tap out.
Winner and NEW Intercontinental Champion: Val Venis via submission at 17:57
D-Lo rolled holding his leg as Venis stirred to his feet and was awarded the World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Championship. Val would roll outside and grab the now dented chair, rolling back into the ring and nail D-Lo right in the bad leg with it as he would begin screaming in pain. Venis picked D-Lo up and then nailed him with a scoop slam, before heading to the top turnbuckle, and jumping off with the Money Shot. Val would stand and lift D-Lo to his feet, throwing him through the middle rope to the arena floor. Rikishi would pull himself up by the apron and enter the ring. Val would turn and begin laughing as he picked Rikishi up and nailed him with hard right hands, backing him into the corner and choking him with his boot. Val turned and grabbed the IC championship, running at Rikishi and nailing him right between the eyes with it, sending him to the canvas. Val climbs the top turnbuckle with the Intercontinental Championship held over his head as he began to laugh as he looked down at D-Lo, who was being attended to by Elektra and the referee and then the bloody Rikishi. Val would throw the title down and slide outside, grabbing Elektra by the hair. JR, "COME ON VAL! Enough is enough, you're the Intercontinental Champion damnit..just stop this mayhem!." Jerry Lawler, "I think Val is out to send a message to everyone on the roster that would want to decide to challenge him for the championship." Val would roll Elektra into the ring and lift her, then kissing her on the lips, burying his knee into her solar plexus. He'd then set Elektra between his legs and flip the Women's Champion over onto his shoulders. JR, "PUT HER DOWN!." Val would then powerbomb Elektra down onto the canvas, dragging her over to Rikishi's prone body and laying her on top of him, climbing the top rope and nailing the Money Shot. He'd get to his feet and smirk. He'd roll outside as D-Lo would limp over to the apron. Venis would run over and nail the Former Champion in the head with the IC title belt and leave the ring to a thunderous round of boos from the sold-out crowd as well as several "asshole" chants.
Jim Ross, "Not only has Val Venis taken away D-Lo Brown's Intercontinental Championship away from him..he could've nearly taken his carreer away from him too damnit! We need help out here and fast. Rikishi is down and bloody in the ring, D-Lo is hurt on the outside, and Elektra is out cold. What else can this "Intercontinental Champion of Ours" do next?
Jerry Lawler, "Even I have to admit that Val Venis went TOO far after that match..but you do have to tip your hat off to the man, for going through hell to become the champion."
(we would see Val Venis walking through the halls of the arena with a smile on his face and the Intercontinental Championship strapped around his waist. He'd open the door to the Deadly Alliance lockeroom and step in as Shane and the others would clap)
Shane McMahon, "Good work Val on bringing the Intercontinental Championship to The Deadly Alliance. I knew that I could count-on you when I brought you in here."
Val Venis, "Thanks Shane. I promise to you that not only will I be a fighting Intercontinental Champion, that when I defend this belt, I will not let you down."
Shane McMahon, "I'm counting on it..but next gentlemen is our Triple Main Event of the evening. Bill, you and I have a match with The Big Show in just a couple minutes..Randy, you have a match with The Rock. Not only do I want you to beat The Rock, I want you to annihlate him just as Val just did to D-Lo, Rikishi, and Elektra."
(Savage nods as Shane turns to Steve.)
Shane McMahon, "And you. Steve, we are all counting on you to bringing the World Wrestling Federation Championship to The Deadly Alliance. We all have faith in you and I'd just like to let you know that we will be down there in case if you need us."
Steve Austin, "Thats alright Shane. I want to fight this alone. Edge and I have some unfinished business and I want to end it tonight without any of your help."
(Shane nods and smirks as he motions for Goldberg to come on. Bill stands and walks with Shane out the door, towards the entrance-curtains.)
Jim Ross, "Well folks that is coming up in just a few minutes.."
Jerry Lawler, "Tonight's the night where Shane and Bill finally put an end to The Big Slow!."
Jim Ross, "EH hem dont you mean, Big Show."
Jerry Lawler, "Big Show; Big Slow, it wont matter after tonight."
(JR rolls his eyes as we then see a shot of outside the Staples Center in Los Angelas, California. A black limosine was seen pulling in through the gates. The security guards look into the limosine and nod as the limo drives off to the arena doors)
Jim Ross, "What the hell was that all about?."
Jerry Lawler, "I dont know but what I do know is that the handicap match has just been made No Holds Barred!."
Jim Ross, "No Holds Barred?! What in the hell are Shane and Goldberg trying to do..run the Big Show out of the World Wrestling Federation?!."
Jerry Lawler, "Exactly JR. My dream is also to see a WWF without the Big Show!."
No Holds Barred Handicap Match
Shane McMahon and Bill Goldberg vs. The Big Show
The Deadly Alliance theme song("Down with the Sickness" by Disturbed) hits the speakers as Shane McMahon and Bill Goldberg walk out on stage to a thunderous round of boos from the sold-out crowd. Bill and Shane climb the apron and step into the ring as they'd turn to the entrance ramp waiting for The Big Show. "Well It's The Big Show!.." a huge explosion goes off at the top of the stage as The Big Show runs out..steel chair in hand. He rolls into the ring and swings at Shane but he ducks. Show goes to nail Goldberg but Bill ducks that also and rolls to the outside with Shane as Big Show follows. He chases Shane around the ring as Bill caught Show with a clothesline out of nowhere. Goldberg would then pick Big Show up and whip him towards the steel steps as Shane would snatch the steel chair and wait for Big Show to get to his feet. Show stirs to his feet but turns into a brutal chairshot from Shane, sending him to the floor. Shane then slides into the ring as Bill lifts Show and rolls him into the ring. Big Show stands as Shane swings the chair at him. Big Show however punches the chair back into his face, turns and knocks Bill to the canvas with a hard right. Shane gets to his feet and grabs the chair, nailing Show straight in the back with it. Big Show stumbles around the ring as Goldberg runs to the ropes and looks to end it early with the SPEAR! He goes for the pin but Show throws him off him. Big Show sits up and stands, then catching Shane as he ran at him. Show lifts Shane high in the air and then throws him to the outside of the ring to the arena floor! Bill sneaks on Show and nails him from behind. Bill hooks Show's waist and then forces him to the mat, then spinning over to his side trying to wear him down with an armbar submission. Big Show stands and lifts Goldberg into the air, nailing him with a back-suplex, as he would then roll outside. He'd watch Shane stumble up the ramp and then follow, spinning him around and grabbing his throat! Goldberg rolls to the outside and then charges at Big Show, only to be booted right in the face. Shane is then released as Show picks Bill up and nails him with a scoop slam, then driving an elbow right into his heart. Shane gets to his feet and low blows Show from behind, then walking back down the ramp as Show chases. Shane rolls underneath the ring as Big Show tries grabbing his feet. Shane comes out the other side of the ring, but with a table. He rolls the table into the ring and climbs in after it, setting it up as Show slides into the ring. Shane charges at Big Show and ducks a clothesline, kicking him in the knee several times, causing the big man to fall onto his other knee. Shane grabs Show and drags him over to the table, lifting him up, and attempting a suplex..as the fans would begin to laugh. Show blocks the suplex and then nails one of his own, standing and waiting for Shane to get to his feet. Big Show sees Goldberg so he runs to the ropes as Bill hopped up onto the apron, and then brought him in. Goldberg would bury a knee in Show's abdomen as he and Shane would both whip Show into the ropes and nail a double-spinebuster right through the table!! Shane falls onto Big Show but would only earn himself a 2 count. Bill would roll to the outside again, grabbing hold of the steel steps, tossing them into the ring. He then rolls back into the ring grabbing the steps. Shane picks up Show and holds him as Goldberg runs at Show with the steps. Big Show raises his leg and then boots the steps into Bill's face, sending them crashing onto his chest. Big Show then tosses Shane over his shoulder, grabbing his throat as he got to his feet. He lifts Shane high in the air but his knee goes out on him as he drops Shane. McMahon then quickly jumps over the ropes onto the apron. He jumps to the arena floor then pulling out a trash can and trash can lid, tossing both of those weapons into the ring then walking over to the timekeeper's table, grabbing two chairs. Bill removes the steps from off his chest and stands slowly, running at Show and chop-blocking his knee. Shane rolls into the ring with both chairs, throwing those aside for the time-being. He picks up the trash can as Bill lifts Show to his feet..Shane would then place the trash can over Big Show's head as he and Bill would grab both chairs laying on the mat. They swing for the trash can but Show ducks down as the two chairs hit each other. Shane and Goldberg drop the chairs as Big Show removes the trash can from around his head and then cracks Shane over the head with it, turning and nailing Bill also. He'd pick up one chair. Shane gets to his feet as Big Show nails him right between the eyes with it, sending the Owner of the WWF through the middle rope to the arena floor. Big Show reaches through the middle rope and goes to grab him but Bill gets to his feet, grabbing the other chair. Big Show would lift Shane up, but Shane had the ring-bell in his hands, nailing Show right between the eyes with it. Show would stumble around with his chair in his hand as Bill Goldberg would swing HIS chair and nail Show's chair, smacking the chair back into Big Show's face! Show falls as Shane rolls back into the ring just barely and then climbs the top turnbuckle, jumping off and leg-dropping the chair into Show's face. Show is down and out as Sid Vicious would run out to the ring with a steel pipe in his hand! The fans go crazy. Val Venis and Savage came out from behind him and attacked him from behind. They'd take Sid to the corner and begin stomping him. Savage grabs the pipe and swing at Sid but miss, as Vicious would boot him to the outside, turn, floor Venis with a right hand, grab Shane from around the throat and chokeslam him. He turns and kicks Goldberg in the gut, setting him between his legs and nailing the Vicious Bomb. He'd leave the ring and chase Savage. Val Venis reaches over and grabs the pipe as Show would stir to his feet. Val swings and nails Show in the head with the pipe, sending him back into the ropes, then nailing him in the head AGAIN. Show would fall to the mat a bloody mess as Val would begin hitting the Big Man's ribs with the pipe!! Val tosses the pipe outside and grabs a chair, laying it on Show's sturnum, climbing the top rope, jumping off and nailing the Money Shot! Venis rolls out of the ring holding his sturnum. Shane would stand very slowly and roll outside, dragging out another table, rolling it into the ring, setting it against the turnbuckle, picking Show up as Bill would stir to his feet and run at Show, Spearing him right through the table!! Bill would drag Show away from the corner and hold down his legs as Shane made the pin, Venis standing on the outside, holding down his arms. One.....two......three! OH MY GOD!
Winners: Shane McMahon and Bill Goldberg via pinfall at 17:34
Shane, Goldberg, and Val would all leave the ring and walk up the ramp as Show would be attended to by several referees and EMTS.
Jim Ross, "DAMNIT! DAMNIT! The Deadly Alliance win it!."
Jerry Lawler, "WOO HOO. I knew it all along. Show might as well just pack his bags and leave..That is, if he can still walk after the beating Shane and Bill gave him. HA HA."
Jim Ross, "What the hell are you talking about King?! Shane and Goldberg wouldnt win if it wasnt for that damn Val Venis. Hasn't he done enough damage for tonight?!."
Jerry Lawler(ignoring JR), "Up next we are gonna see the fall of another great superstar in this industry as Macho Man Randy Savage is gonna beat and annihlate The Rock, not just for Shane McMahon and the rest of the Deadly Alliance. But for me!."
Jim Ross, "King...you just make me sick. So sick."
(We see a shot of Macho Man Randy Savage walking down the halls towards the curtains)
Jim Ross, "There certainly is gonna be some hell to pay for one of these two men. Ever since Savage returned here to the WWF, he and The Rock have done nothing but fight."
Jerry Lawler, "It's gonna be interesting to see Savage climb that top rope and drive that elbow into the black heart of the so-called "Peoples Champion."
"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. The Rock
Randy Savage's music hits the speakers to a thunderous round of boos. Savage steps out on stage and walks down the ramp attired in his black and white ring-attire. He climbs the apron and enters the ring, running to a corner, climbing the middle rope, striking his signature pose, yelling to the crowd.."OOH YEAH!." as he would then drop down and step back into the corner waiting for The Rock. The fans would soon start up a "Rocky" chant. "IF YA SMELL WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKIN.." The Rock would run down to the ring to a HUGE HUGE ovation from the capacity crowd. He rolls into the ring and runs at Savage, going for a clothesline, missing as Savage would run to the opposite set of ropes only to have The Rock jump up into mid-air and nail him with a flying lariat! The Great One would follow Savage to the floor and slam his head against the announce table several times, going to whip him into the steps, only for Savage to reverse as Rock would hold his back. Macho Man lifts Rock and rolls him into the ring, climbing in after him, making the pin. One..Rock throws Savage off him. Macho Man then runs at Rock, kicking him in the back of his head and lifting him to his feet, burying a knee into his abdomen and then scooping him up onto his shoulders, running, and dropping Rock across the top turnbuckle pad face-first, sending The Rock back to the canvas. Macho Man would lift Rock to his feet. The Great One quickly grabs Savage's arm and goes for the early Rockbottom but Savage elbows him in the side of the head, then kicking him in the gut and nailing a jumping piledriver, sending The Rock right onto his head. He'd roll over onto The People's Champion and go for the pin but Rock would lift his shoulder from off the mat at the count of two. The Great One would roll to his feet holding the back of his head as Savage would begin kicking him in the abdomen, then whipping him into the ropes, nailing a back-elbow smash to his face, sending The Rock down to the mat. Savage quickly runs to the corner and climbs the top turnbuckle, going for the Elbow Drop but missing as Rock would have rolled out of the way. The Great One stirs to his feet as does Savage. Rock then begins nailing Savage with several hard right hands, whipping him off the ropes, and nailing an early spinebuster. He jumps to his feet and walks over to Savage's head, going for the People's Elbow. He'd go to take his armpad off only to have Savage roll to the outside and escape it. Rock runs to the ropes as Savage reaches under the bottom rope and grabs his feet, pulling him to the outside, taking him to the floor with a double-leg takedown, then catipulting him head-first into the ring-post! Savage stands and lifts Rock up, rolling him into the ring, climbing in after him, and making the pin. One..two..Rock kicks out. Savage would begin mounting Rock, nailing him with several hard right handed punches, lifting him to his feet and scoring with a scoop slam, and then an elbow drop. He hooks Rock's leg but The Great One gets his shoulder up at one. Savage lifts Rock, then scoring with a snap suplex, floating over into a pin for only a two count. He lifts Rock to his feet but The Great One begins nailing Macho Man with several hard right hands to his face, then kicking him in the gut, running to the ropes, and nailing a neck-breaker. He goes for the pin on Savage but only gets a near fall. He picks Savage up and then throws him against the ropes, scoring with a samoan drop, now hooking Macho's leg. One..two..kickout! Rock lifts Savage and hooks his head, scoring with a DDT. He rolls Savage over onto his back and goes for the pin but Macho Man kicks out before the three count. Rock picks Savage up and nails a russian leg sweep. Rock with the pin. One..two..Macho Man kicks out! Rock picks Savage up and goes to whip him into the ropes but Savage reverses as Rocky hits the corner, soon exploding out of the corner with a HARD clothesline. Rock then steps back into the corner, stalking Savage. Macho Man stirs to his feet as Rock AGAIN goes for the Rockbottom only to have Macho Man fight out of it again and hit a back suplex, rolling over on top of him for the pin. One..The Rock kicks out. Macho Man jumps to his feet and lifts Rock up with him, attempting to shoot The People's Champ off the ropes only to have The Rock reverse and catch Savage coming back with a belly to back suplex. Rock now with the cover. One...two...kickout. The Great One lifts Macho Man but is punched in the abdomen several times. Savage shoves Rock into the ropes and catches him coming back with a small package rollup. One..Rock lifts his shoulder off the mat AGAIN. The fans in the arena begin to go crazy as Savage walks over to the corner, climbing the top turnbuckle, looking for his signature double ax handle smash only to have Rock kip up and run at Savage, nailing him with hard right handed punches, then spitting on his right hand, punching Savage in the face, causing him to fall to the arena floor. Rock steps out onto the apron and then jumps to the arena floor running at Savage, clotheslining him over the security wall into the audience. Rock grabs Savage and suplexes him back to ringside, standing, lifting him by his hair, and then rolling into the ring along with him. He stands and waits for Savage to get to his feet. Rock goes for a clothesline but Savage ducks and school-boys Rock. One..two..Rock kicks out. Savage lifts Rock and runs to the ropes. Both men however get the same idea and take each other down to the mat with a double-clothesline. Both men get to their feet at the count of 6 as Rock quickly takes Savage down with a double-leg takedown into the sharpshooter!! Rock has it locked in! Savage crawls to the center of the ring and then grabs the bottom rope to a thunderous round of boos. Rock turns and lifts Savage up, grabbing his arm, and finally nailing the Rockbottom! Rock walks over to Savage's head, takes off his arm-pad and tosses it into the crowd, running to each rope, stomping and going to drop the elbow but missing! OH MY GOD THE ROCK MISSED. Savage stands climbing the top turnbuckle. Rock stirs to his feet as Macho Man jumps. DOUBLE AX HANDLE SMASH! Rock is down. Savage gets back to his feet as he runs to the corner, climbing the top turnbuckle, jumping at Rock and landing the Elbow Drop! Savage hooks Rock's leg. One....two....three!
Winner: "Macho Man" Randy Savage via pinfall at 20:14
JR, "OH MY GOD! SAVAGE PINNED THE ROCK! SAVAGE PINNED THE ROCK AND HE DID IT WITHOUT ANY HELP! OH MY GOD."
Jerry Lawler, "YOU SEE! I told you so. I told you Savage was gonna win! HA HA!
JR, "I CANT BELIEVE IT!."
Jerry Lawler, "You better start believing..because Savage just pinned The Rock in the middle of the ring, proving to us why he is the better man!."
(Macho Man Randy Savage looks down at Rock with his arm raised in the air and smirks as he steps through the middle rope onto the apron and drops onto the floor, walking to the back.)
JR, "Up next, The world wrestling federation championship will be decided in perhaps the biggest match in WWF history!."
Jerry Lawler, "I CANNOT WAIT!."
(We see a shot of the parking-lot where Big Show was seen walking towards his car, bags slung over his shoulder. Michael Cole tries catching up but Show just throws his things into the back of the car and drives off into the night without a word.)
Main Event
World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Championship
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Edge(c)
Howard Finkel is standing in the middle of the ring with a mic in his hand. Howard Finkel, "Ladies and gentlemen..the following contest is scheduled for one fall and is for the WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP!.." We see a shot of the backstage area where Stone Cold Steve Austin was shown walking the halls of the arena, stopping at the curtains, pacing back and forth to outrageous heat from the sold-out crowd. Howard Finkel, "Introducing first..the challenger. From Victoria, Texas..Weighing in at 254 pounds, STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN!." The glass in the arena then shatters as Stone Cold Steve Austin walks down the ramp to a thunderous round of boos. He walks up the steps and enters the ring, climbing all four corners, raising his fists in the air, then stepping down and removing his vest, tossing it to the outside. The music stops as Edge was seen walking towards the curtains...in his long-dark trenchcoat, black shades, and with the WWF championship strapped around his waist. Howard Finkel, "His opponent..From Toronto, Ontario, Canada..weighing in at 246 pounds... the World Wrestling Federation Champion...EDGE!." the fans go crazy as blue smoke fills the entrance ramp as Rob Zombie's "Never Gonna Stop" hits the speakers. Edge steps through the smoke and runs down the ramp, sliding in the ring, standing and running to a corner, climbing the middle rope looking at the fans, raising the WWF championship in the hair, handing that, his trenchcoat, and shades to a ring attendant.
The bell sounds as both men pace around the ring and then tie-up, Austin getting the advantage and burying a knee in Edge's solar plexus, whipping him into the ropes and going for a back-drop only to have Edge kick him right in the face and take him down with a clothesline. Edge with the pin. One..kickout by the Rattlesnake. Steve rolls over to a corner and stands as Edge begins nailing him with hard right hands. Edge goes to whip Austin across the ring to the opposite corner but Steve reverses. Edge stumbles out of the corner into a scoop slam from The Rattlesnake, who runs to the ropes, but is taken down by Edge, who had just gotten to his feet. Edge nails Steve with a drop-kick, causing The Challenger to roll out of the ring and slide back in a moment later as he then cheap-shot Edge from behind, whipping him into the corner and charging at him, nailing a clothesline, then taking Edge down with a snap-suplex, floating over into a pin for only a near fall. Steve begins mounting Edge, hitting him with hard right hands as the Deadly Alliance were seen sitting in their dressing-room watching the monitor. Austin picks Edge up by the hair and slams his head against the corner several times, then turning him around and stomping a mudhole in his chest. Lifting Edge and nailing him with several chops to his chest, then whipping Edge into the ropes, going for the lou thesz press only to have Edge catch Austin and slam him down onto the back of his head, grabbing his legs, and catipulting him over the top rope to the arena floor. Edge runs to the corner and jumps onto the middle rope, diving to the outside on top of Austin, then picking him up and rolling him into the ring. He climbs the apron and scales the top turnbuckle, going for a cross-body block. Austin however ducks as Edge hits the canvas. Austin stands as he lifts Edge and then nails a german suplex, and then another, soon forcing Edge down to the canvas and spinning to his side, placing him in a sleeper like move. Edge fights out of it and takes Austin down into a pinning combination for only a near fall. Edge and Austin both stir to their feet as Edge takes Steve down with an armdrag and then puts him in an armwringer. Austin reaches the ropes and places a foot on the middle rope as Edge releases the hold, picking Austin up, shooting him off the ropes and nailing a back-elbow smash to his face, going for the pin. 1...2...Steve kicks out. Edge lifts Austin. Steve ducks behind Edge and school-boys him. One..two..Edge kicks out as Austin takes Edge down with a right hand, stomping a mudhole in his chest, lifting him up, and nailing a scoop slam, then driving his knee into his face, making the pin for a near fall. He lifts Edge and runs him to the ropes, only to have Edge duck behind Steve and roll him up into a pin. One..two..Austin gets a shoulder up. Edge steps back into the corner as Austin gets to his feet. Edge charges at Steve and goes for the Spear but misses and crashes into the turnbuckle post-shoulder first. Edge turns as Austin boots him in the gut and looks for the Stunner only to have Edge counter with the Edge-O-Matic. He goes for the pin but Steve gets a shoulder up as the men in the deadly alliance sigh with relief. Edge picks Austin up and then forces him into the corner, driving his shoulder into Austin's sturnum, then lifting him up onto the top turnbuckle and climbing the middle rope, sitting on Austin's shoulders, going for a hurricanrana but then flipped to the canvas below! Austin steps down onto the middle turnbuckle and jumps at Edge, driving his elbow into his heart, hooking Edge's leg. One..two..Edge kicks out. Steve picks Edge up and then tosses him shoulder-first into the ring-post, causing Edge to fall to the arena floor, rolling around holding his shoulder. Austin steps through the middle rope to the arena floor bringing Edge to his feet, then whipping him into the steel steps shoulder-first. Edge rolls near the railing holding his shoulder as Austin rolls into the ring and paces around the ring. Edge stirs to his feet and rolls into the ring as Austin begins stomping him in the shoulder. Austin picks Edge up and shoots him off the ropes, nailing the Lou Thesz Press, nailing Edge with a series of punches to the face. Austin runs towards the ropes and runs back at Edge, driving the elbow into his heart. He goes for the pin but Edge gets his injured shoulder from off the mat. Austin picks Edge up and flips him off. He goes to kick the Champion in the gut but Edge catches his foot, spins him around, and nails THE SPEAR!! Edge rolls over onto his back clutching at his shoulder as the referee begins his count. ONE...TWO...THREE...FOUR...FIVE...SIX...SEVEN...EIGHT..Edge stirs to his feet before the count of ten and goes for the pin on Austin, hooking both legs, and pinning down both shoulders. One...two...Austin powers out as Edge stands, and begins nailing Austin with some left hands, seeing as though his right shoulder is in critical condition. He goes to whip Austin into the ropes but Steve reverses and whips Edge into a spinebuster. Steve holds Edge's legs as he pins. One...two..Edge gets his left shoulder off the mat to a big pop. Austin looks to the referee, pissed off. He rolls outside and grabs a steel chair, heading back into the ring, shoving the referee outside. He swings for Edge but misses him as Edge nails a spinning wheel kick into the chair, then making the cover holding Austin's leg with his left arm. The referee rolls back into the ring to make the count. One....two....Austin gets his arm up!! You could tell by the look on Edge's face that he was both pissed off, and in pain. He lifts Austin and goes for a clothesline but Steve ducks and puts Edge in the Million Dollar Dream, a move which Austin HAS NOT used in nearly 5 years! Austin takes Edge down onto the mat. The referee grabs Edge's injured arm, lifts it, and drops it once..He does it again and goes to do it a third time but Edge keeps it up, standing just barely and elbowing Austin in the gut several times. He shoots Austin off the ropes and kicks him in the gut. He goes for the Edge-Cution but Austin elbows out of it and hits the Stone Cold Stunner! Edge is down as Austin rolls over to him and hooks his leg. One....two....Edge has his foot on the bottom rope to a thunderous ovation. Austin, who is now on his knees, begins yelling. He stands, picks up the chair from off the mat, and goes to use it on Edge but referee Earl Hebner grabs it. Austin turns as Edge runs at him. Edge went for the Spear but missed and got the referee! Edge turned around and was nailed right in the head with the chair!! Val Venis, Shane McMahon, Randy Savage, and Bill Goldberg then walked down the ramp to a thunderous round of boos. JR, "WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING HERE?! I thought Austin told them to stay in the back!." Edge has been busted open. Austin picks Edge up and nails another Stone Cold Stunner, going for the pin as Venis tries waking up the referee to no use. WAIT A MINUTE!..SID VICIOUS comes running out from the back to a HUGE pop. He rolls into the ring as Shane comes running at him. Sid boots Shane in the face as Austin throws Edge to the outside and begins hammering him. Edge stirs to his feet as he begins brawling with Austin. Venis slides into the ring and tries running at Sid but Vicious grabs his throat. Macho Man and Goldberg run up and chop-block both Sid's left and right knee. Sid rolls to the outside as Venis, Goldberg, and Savage all begin triple teaming him with Shane directing the traffic. The lights in the arena go out. Up on the titontron; we see the words "Pray for Mercy..for he has arrived." the lights come back on. JR, "OH MY GOD! Could this be the mystery man from Smackdown?!." "One" by Metallica hits the speakers as the crowd goes apeshit, screaming at the top of their lungs as someone comes out riding a motorcycle. JR, "OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! IT'S THE UNDERTAKER!." The Undertaker comes riding down the ramp, pulling up near the guardrail, jumping off the cycle. He is wearing a long black cloak, with no hood, a black bandanna, dark shades, and black jeans. He takes Venis out with a right hand and then boots Goldberg in the face, grabbing Savage and tossing him against the security barrier, pummeling him with hard right handed punches. He turns as he grabs Shane by the throat. JR, "GET HIM TAKER!." Jerry Lawler, "NO NO NO! THATS SHANE MCMAHON!." Taker nails Shane with a hard right hand, turning and moving out of the way of a Spear from Goldberg, as Bill hits Shane! Taker turns and grabs Venis's throat, lifting him high in the air with a Chokeslam right onto the arena floor. Austin and Edge are back in the ring. 'Taker turns as he nails Savage with another right hand, rolling him into the ring and climbing in after him. Undertaker grabs Savage and scoops him up onto his shoulders, driving him to the canvas with The Tombstone Piledriver! Val is down on the outside as Goldberg tries rolling into the ring as Sid pulls him out and walks with him to the English Announce table, setting his head between his legs, and nailing a Vicious Bomb through the table! Goldberg is out. The Deadly Alliance have been DESTROYED! Sid walks over to Shane, grabbing his throat, and rolling him into the ring, climbing in after him. Taker and Sid both grab Shane's throat and lift him up into the air nailing a Double Chokeslam! Val Venis stands slowly and grabs the chair from earlier. "MEDAL" hits the PA SYSTEM! JERRY LAWLER, "OH MY GOD! DONT TELL ME! NO WAY!." Kurt Angle steps out on stage wearing a red, "I'll make you Tap T-Shirt," and black pants. JR, "YES! IT's KURT ANGLE!." Angle runs down the ramp and clotheslines Venis! He picks Val up and whips him into the stairs, stomping the hell out of him. He picks Val up and rolls him into the ring, sliding in also then nailing Val with the Angle Slam. Angle jumps up with his arms oustretched as the fans go crazy and begin chanting, "ANGLE! ANGLE! ANGLE!." Austin is up on his feet as Taker and Sid both roll outside and take care of Goldberg and Savage. Steve spins Angle around, going to kick him in the gut and going for the stunner but Angle catches his foot yelling, "NO NOT TODAY YOU SON OF A BITCH!." He spins Austin around and scores with an Angle Slam just as the referee is back up(the reason he took so long was because he was hit pretty roughly earlier.) Edge rolls over to Austin and drapes an arm over his chest. ONE....TWO....THREE! THE FANS ARE GOING CRAZY.
Winner and STILL World Heavyweight Champion: Edge via pinfall at 26:30
Sid and Taker roll back into the ring as Savage is dragged outside by Goldberg, as Austin slowly rolls to the outside landing on the floor as Venis gets to his feet and helps Austin up. Shane is then helped by Macho Man. The Deadly Alliance are backing up the ramp watching KURT ANGLE, UNDERTAKER, THE BLOODY EDGE, AND SID VICIOUS. The fans in the arena are all going crazy as all four men play to the crowd as the Deadly Alliance scream at them. The bloody Edge is lifted up onto Angle and Sid's shoulders as he raises the WWF championship in the air.
JR, "OH MY GOD WHAT A NIGHT! WHAT A PPV! WHAT A MATCH! For I'm JIM ROSS."
Jerry Lawler, "AND I AM STILL SHOCKED."
JR, "SO-LONG EVERYONE AND BE SURE TO JOIN US FOR RAW!."
(End of Show)
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