WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.600 --> 00:00:02.960 I'm still tall. 2 00:00:03.839 --> 00:00:09.519 Rast listen to sand Jobs up versus the Shall. 3 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:13.160 Stop Up, Oh Cogan and the Rock in the same 4 00:00:13.199 --> 00:00:16.199 way you would never take my wife and the head 5 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:16.879 of the day. 6 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:20.920 The pass guy some day said, oh my god, that 7 00:00:22.519 --> 00:00:29.000 fuck not Mines texting us them off. It will be 8 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:35.200 the Rock, it will be Austin believe and they're a 9 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:37.840 strike is. 10 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:42.399 Hey, guys, what's going on? 11 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:44.640 And welcome back to w w E Retro on the 12 00:00:44.840 --> 00:00:48.799 w W podcast on this Saturday, February twenty fifth. And yes, 13 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:52.520 I'm sorry, I'm a lazy guy and I forgot or 14 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:55.560 I didn't forget, but my schedule was just far too 15 00:00:55.640 --> 00:00:58.280 busy yesterday and I am a day late on this 16 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:00.960 as I am, I would say probably fifty percent of 17 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:04.560 the time. But I am here, and obviously kind of 18 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:06.519 just wanted to put a bow on what happened at 19 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:09.799 Elimination Chamber. Obviously you heard my thoughts with Matt this 20 00:01:09.959 --> 00:01:13.959 past Monday on the current state of WWE, and I 21 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:16.959 just wanted to say, I guess, on my own personal 22 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:20.959 experience being inside the Bell Center and present for Elimination Chamber, 23 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:23.640 probably the best crowd I've ever been a part of. 24 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:27.000 I've probably been to about a dozen WWE shows, both 25 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:30.560 Raw SmackDown live events and now by first ever pay 26 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:34.439 per view. And not to get into the Sammy and 27 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:36.959 Roman stuff, because you know my thoughts on it, the 28 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:40.000 Cody stuff, there's no reason for me to regurgitate that. 29 00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:43.079 But all in all, I want to say that it 30 00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:46.040 was a very successful pay per view. I am disappointed 31 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:48.319 with the direction that they ultimately decided to go in. 32 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:51.519 But overall, what a pay per view. 33 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:53.480 And I have to say that pay per views as 34 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:57.560 a whole since Triple H took over have been absolutely 35 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:01.159 excellent and hopefully that try and continues as we are 36 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:05.040 just what five weeks out from WrestleMania, and obviously it's 37 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:07.280 going to go fast. We already kind of see the 38 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:11.159 outline of how WrestleMania is going to shake out, and 39 00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:14.240 all in all, very good pay per view and one 40 00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:16.120 of the best pay per views probably ever put on 41 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:20.280 in Montreal. But obviously today we're going to go back 42 00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:22.400 in time and we are going to go back to 43 00:02:22.639 --> 00:02:28.800 WrestleMania two thousand aka WRESTLEINGA sixteen, And this was a 44 00:02:29.240 --> 00:02:34.439 WrestleMania that I think was underwhelming in a lot of ways, 45 00:02:34.520 --> 00:02:38.599 and not talked about, primarily because first and foremost, both 46 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:43.080 the Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Austin were not present 47 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:46.039 for this WrestleMania, as both were dealing with injuries. 48 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:49.919 So right off the bat, you have two of the biggest. 49 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:52.840 Stars that the industry has to offer, not at your 50 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:56.120 disposal for the biggest show of the year. And for 51 00:02:56.280 --> 00:03:00.400 the Undertaker, I believe this is the only WrestleMania that 52 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:04.000 he was not present at. From whenever he debuted, I 53 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:07.960 want to say his debut was wrestling he seven. I think, 54 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:10.319 not gonna quote me on that, but I think it 55 00:03:10.439 --> 00:03:13.759 was about wrestling A seven. But oh wait no, because 56 00:03:13.759 --> 00:03:16.240 at rest My eighteen he had been Oh so it 57 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:17.400 must have been like wrestling at. 58 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:17.919 Four or five. 59 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:22.080 Actually crazy how long he's been around. But during his run, 60 00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:26.919 I believe that Wrestling is sixteen was the only WrestleMania 61 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:32.319 that he missed, and obviously Wrestling at thirty five as well, 62 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:35.159 But I meant more from like the streak run from 63 00:03:35.319 --> 00:03:37.919 like all the way up until twenty fourteen, when he 64 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:42.039 did ultimately lose to brock Lesner, that was the only 65 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:44.400 wrestling that he was not a part of. So obviously 66 00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:48.919 a big, big missing piece there, and then obviously Stone 67 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:52.199 Cold Steve Austin. Stone Cold Steve Austin arguably the biggest 68 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:54.560 star that the company has ever produced, that we've ever 69 00:03:54.639 --> 00:03:58.319 seen in the wrestling business, and he was a very 70 00:03:58.479 --> 00:04:03.199 big missing link here. So all in all, we get 71 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:08.599 to a match in the main event that I think 72 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:11.919 a lot of people thought was going a different way, 73 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:15.199 The Rock winging the Royal Rumble. Triple H is the 74 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:19.399 long standing world champion heal World Champion that is newly 75 00:04:19.480 --> 00:04:24.240 aligned with his new wife, Stephanie McMahon, And you know, 76 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:29.279 I thought that the way was paved here for Triple 77 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:32.839 H to clash with the Rock, and we didn't get that. 78 00:04:33.439 --> 00:04:36.639 We got a different match, and a match that was 79 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:40.639 more gimmicky, a match that involved a lot of outside interference, 80 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:45.319 specifically the McMahon family, and one that I think that 81 00:04:45.519 --> 00:04:48.720 maybe WWE would like a mulligan on if they could 82 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:51.920 do it all over again. But before we get to 83 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:54.959 the main event, we're gonna take a look at all 84 00:04:55.040 --> 00:04:58.839 the matches that kind of built up to the that 85 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:01.560 once in a while lifetime main event. And I say 86 00:05:01.639 --> 00:05:06.079 that very very uh not, I guess fasheciously so the 87 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:08.959 card opens in a tag team match a Big boss 88 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:14.360 Man and Bill Buchanan, Bull Buchanan rather defeating The Godfather 89 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:18.319 and Dilo Brown with iced Tea and the Hoe Train, 90 00:05:18.319 --> 00:05:20.480 in which obviously the ho Train is the side of 91 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:23.600 the times. The year turning two, two thousand and we're 92 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:26.439 still kind of in that rebellious area, to put it lightly, 93 00:05:26.839 --> 00:05:28.160 But I don't know if you guys remember that, but 94 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:33.240 Bill Buchanan, if you guys remember him, he was alongside 95 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:35.680 John Cena for a bit in two thousand and three 96 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:40.759 as B Squared and Bull Buchanan and Big boss Man 97 00:05:40.839 --> 00:05:43.920 pick up the win in nine minutes and eight seconds, 98 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:47.240 not even for the tag titles. Just a grudge tag 99 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:50.680 team match to open WrestleMania, and not often you see 100 00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:53.480 that anymore. Just seeing tag team matches on the card 101 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:56.480 seemed to be rare, but nowadays just seeing a grudge 102 00:05:56.519 --> 00:06:00.720 tag match is almost completely not a thing. Then one 103 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:05.920 of the more I guess interesting matches and unique matches 104 00:06:05.959 --> 00:06:09.560 we had ever seen, and it was the Hardcore Battle 105 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:14.120 Royal for the WWF Hardcore Championship, and it was a 106 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:17.360 fifteen minute time limit and it wasn't even a Battle 107 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:22.360 Royal basically, it was that it was a absolute free 108 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:27.240 for all and whoever was the champion by the end 109 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:31.680 of the fifteen minutes would walk out as the hardcore champion. 110 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:35.480 So let's say you scored a pinfall in the first minute, 111 00:06:35.959 --> 00:06:38.360 you had to now hang on to that title for 112 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:42.680 the preceding fourteen minutes. So it wasn't like a one 113 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:46.560 fall to the finish or who gets the most championship victories. 114 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:49.560 It's just whoever is the last man standing at the 115 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:52.639 end of that fifteen minutes. And the likes that were 116 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:56.959 involved in this match were hardcore, Hally Crash Holly entered 117 00:06:56.959 --> 00:07:02.680 as the champion, Taz Viscera, the A p A, the 118 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:07.519 Crash and Thrasher. So, I mean, it was an absolute disaster. 119 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:12.639 Here Funaki with Kaye and Tie his partner the main 120 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:16.720 Street Posse. It was just an absolute It was a 121 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:20.680 gong show and it was hilarious. It was absolutely hilarious, 122 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:24.519 and I have to say that it was all hell 123 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:33.519 cut of broke loose as this match came to a head, I. 124 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:39.920 Want to smell the trash can one of the nice 125 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:44.480 machina What are you doing. 126 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:46.879 Wrong? 127 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:48.240 He doesn't they didn't know anybody. 128 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:49.560 He is the champions. 129 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:52.360 He never did have both doors in the water. Oh 130 00:07:55.160 --> 00:08:03.519 nailed Joey as the brain cell disappeared. I have a cousin, cool. 131 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:07.639 Grass. Holly went to the cover. Is cousin mark four? 132 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:12.920 Make sure it didn't consummate the three give to two 133 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:16.519 minute of warning, tons two minute warning two minutes ago. 134 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:27.839 Oh oh, we got a crack r By task. You 135 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:29.920 have a cripple room and like a row By task. 136 00:08:32.919 --> 00:08:35.440 Yeah, up and not with crashing the ring with his 137 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:39.080 cousin and that press got the cover and Tas had a. 138 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:39.759 Power out. 139 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:50.120 In twenty five seconds. Hook at this as instinctively going 140 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:52.639 for those those pens. That's what his conditioned to do. 141 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:55.399 Did you see Tans. I think he's just looked at 142 00:08:55.440 --> 00:08:58.559 the clock. Oh, because you're just suit clix b donkey right. 143 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:00.840 Don't want to hear the front of them flord fronts 144 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:04.440 people grunk kicked my heart, brolly run over the paste 145 00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:07.799 and ten times had to kick out. Oh, I'm stand 146 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:10.840 him in a minute. We're gonna take this, gonna hold on, 147 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:19.600 Yeah you will sep up my tags. That's the only 148 00:09:19.639 --> 00:09:20.240 man in the ring. 149 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:25.080 He's gotta tell you how many had shots pans the 150 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:31.480 only man to grow clean Minturn's Holly's count the three. 151 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:33.320 Listening another. 152 00:09:34.960 --> 00:09:42.279 Turny crash, then crass hold on, then get that crash 153 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:57.080 crash turn you hold off? He got thinking of. 154 00:09:57.159 --> 00:09:58.480 Something take. 155 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:17.840 Cor cord by Park kept out? 156 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:21.600 Why did not going in the title? 157 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:27.480 Okay? Us a courcy here? 158 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:28.240 How to me? 159 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:29.600 Who did any time disappear? 160 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:30.000 Craft? 161 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:34.080 What is a tall man? How? Wait? 162 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:34.720 Wait a minute? 163 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:40.240 Ohmen, I like, my god, I think we have price 164 00:10:40.320 --> 00:10:42.120 can park. We hadn't we park this season? 165 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:42.559 I'm there. 166 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:46.519 So, as you heard, it was a very clunky finish 167 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:48.919 and it didn't make much sense. And I think in 168 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:51.840 a match like this there are a lot of issues 169 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:54.919 that could arise when there's just so many people running around. 170 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:58.399 And you even heard JR. Referencing that even though Taz 171 00:10:58.759 --> 00:11:03.120 was the world champion, he kept going for pinfalls anyway, 172 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:09.200 So he kept going for these these covers and even 173 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:10.879 though he was the champion, and it seemed like a 174 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:12.759 lot of people were unclear with what was going on, 175 00:11:12.919 --> 00:11:16.440 and it's probably why we never saw this match format ever. Again, 176 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:20.519 as you know, the hardcore title I think relatively took 177 00:11:20.519 --> 00:11:22.480 a back seat at this point. Well, it would hang 178 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:25.080 on I guess until about two thousand and two, so 179 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:28.440 for another two years. The next match on the card 180 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:33.120 you have Test and Albert along with Trish Stratus known 181 00:11:33.159 --> 00:11:35.720 as TNA. I guess you guys could connect the dots 182 00:11:36.440 --> 00:11:40.279 go head to head with the head cheese called al 183 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:44.519 Snow and Steve Blackman in another grudge tag team match. 184 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:47.679 In seven minutes and four seconds, Test and Albert get 185 00:11:47.720 --> 00:11:51.200 the victory. Very yet to get a one on one 186 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:53.240 match at this point, so that's kind of the theme 187 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:57.120 of this WrestleMania. Actually, as you'll come to realize, is 188 00:11:57.200 --> 00:12:01.039 that still no one on one content three matches in. 189 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:04.919 Then we get to the fourth match of the night 190 00:12:05.159 --> 00:12:08.080 that went twenty three and a half minutes, and it's 191 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:12.279 edgend Christian versus the Dudley Boys versus the Hardy Boys 192 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:16.159 in a triangle ladder match for the WWF Tag Team Championships. 193 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:20.120 And once again not a tag team match or not 194 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:24.360 a singles match, but I would say that this one 195 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:28.120 blew the absolute doors off. And this is the match 196 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:31.000 I'd like to call the forgotten TLC match that these 197 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:36.240 three teams had, because for one, it was not dubbed 198 00:12:36.279 --> 00:12:39.000 the TLC match, it was a triangle ladder match, but 199 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:42.759 it basically was a TLC match, and it was the 200 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:46.399 first but of the first class that these three teams 201 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:48.279 would have, and then they would have two other ones 202 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:51.840 at SummerSlam that same year and Wrestling He was seventeen 203 00:12:51.919 --> 00:12:54.759 the year after, and obviously Wrestling seventeen is the one 204 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:58.200 everyone talks about. But I mean, this was an excellent 205 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:00.480 match in its own right, and it was fun because 206 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:06.120 that spot where Edge spears Jeff Hardy from the top 207 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:08.960 of the ladder as Hardy's hanging onto the titles down 208 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:12.480 to the ring. They originally did this spot at WrestleMania, 209 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:15.480 at this Wrestleman rather, but people don't talk about it, 210 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:19.200 And but it was different because it was Jeff Hardy 211 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:22.200 climbing the ladder and Edge going to the top rope 212 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:24.960 and spearing him off the ladder. So they did the 213 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:27.639 exact same spot, but just to a bit of a 214 00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:31.799 different variation and obviously a much more iconic visual and 215 00:13:32.080 --> 00:13:36.120 much more dangerous. But this match was excellent in its 216 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:38.879 own right, and it certainly had its high spots of 217 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:39.360 its own. 218 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:05.960 Nobody's gone, No, Godly, how's gon Ti to come in here? 219 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:10.159 Father Death? That's harness mood. Maybe we've any of us. 220 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:11.120 Have little See. 221 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:19.799 That's an amazing this is that so something amazing? Mans? 222 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:28.279 Then again, how many feet in everything that is at 223 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:34.879 the shock those laugh? Is there anybody kept party? 224 00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:39.200 Mama Dudley lying in the hallway in the ray there's 225 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:40.120 a touch of fats. 226 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:43.440 Well, what haven't these guys done? Those men they are 227 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:47.159 did you think of anything? I really can't keep What 228 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:52.240 else could these men come up with? H Christian and 229 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:57.200 and math Hardy had the same idea climb the ladder 230 00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:58.279 into that thing. 231 00:14:58.440 --> 00:15:04.720 You read that table. I said that the book could 232 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:09.320 happen here. There's a belt, there's a tag team championship belts. 233 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:13.480 They not got a hold of it. The tack toles 234 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:18.799 are hanging in the same as the careers of these 235 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:22.679 young man you the balls hey HEGs Christian Man Hardy, 236 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:31.399 the books mean right time the prison of top Christian 237 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:53.000 Christian printed us Henry chandsomly you know. But they're ning 238 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:56.120 and stall lie there form things game. 239 00:15:57.840 --> 00:16:01.360 And just like every other that these three teams have 240 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:05.840 edging Christian come out and come out on top. And 241 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:08.399 why I kind of consider them as the best tag 242 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:12.480 team in the history of WWE, and that's obviously subjective, 243 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:16.080 but that's just my opinion. And this particular victory because 244 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:19.519 this was the first ever WrestleMania I watched live and 245 00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:25.200 I remember this visual iconically in my head of them 246 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:29.960 sitting on the table spread across or sitting on two table. 247 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:33.360 Let me say that again, easy enough for me to say, guys, 248 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:38.200 a table sitting on two ladders acting as like a platform, 249 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:42.320 an edging Christian kind of just having like a platform 250 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:45.279 to just slowly take down the belts and then sitting 251 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:47.919 on the table with the titles and kind of soaking 252 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:52.159 in the victory afterwards. So obviously a big time moment here, 253 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:55.159 and obviously was just the first insolvement of a. 254 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:56.399 Three series match. 255 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:01.080 Then after this you get another Hudge tag team match 256 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:04.279 or sorry, you don't want to gip over the next one. 257 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:08.519 Terry Runnelds with the Fabulous Mula against the Cat in 258 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:11.519 a cat fight with Valvius as the special guest referee. 259 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:15.759 Two minutes and twenty four seconds. Not even a point this, 260 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:20.079 but I will say in a big match, the only 261 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:25.319 singles match on the card, crazy, the only one on 262 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:28.039 one match, but it still was a cat fight, so 263 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:32.200 it technically wasn't a singles match. Crazy, I thought we 264 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:36.039 finally found one guys, but no, they are a rarity 265 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:38.279 in this wrestle native for sure to find one on 266 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:43.400 one contest. Then a six person intergender match of China 267 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:47.920 and two Cool defeating the Radicals of Perry Saturnine Malenko 268 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:51.279 and Eddie Guerrero in nine minutes and thirty eight seconds. 269 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:54.880 Again another grudge tag team match, this time in the 270 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:57.960 six way version, and this would kind of start the 271 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:02.799 storyline between China and Eddie Guerrero as I guess a couple, 272 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:06.240 so at least you had that to come out of it, Mamacita. 273 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:07.799 This is where Mamasita started. 274 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:13.559 Then a very underrated match the a two fall contest 275 00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:18.440 for the Intercontinental Championship and then the European Championship with 276 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:22.680 kurd Angle defending both titles against chrisp. Ben Wah and 277 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:26.160 Chris Jericho in a match that went thirteen minutes and 278 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:30.559 forty eight seconds. And it was a coming out party 279 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:33.240 for all three of these guys, specifically kurd Angle, who 280 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:35.640 was just on a terri since coming into the company 281 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:39.480 in late nineteen ninety nine, and then Chris Jericho, obviously 282 00:18:39.640 --> 00:18:43.359 one of the most iconic and historic debuts when he 283 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:47.400 broke in as Y two j and the first fall 284 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:50.720 goes to Chris Benwa, who walks out as the Intercontinental Champion, 285 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:53.640 and the second fall goes to Chris Jericho, who walks 286 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:58.160 out as the European Champion, And just like that, kurd 287 00:18:58.200 --> 00:19:01.119 Angle loses both the mid card times they so proudly 288 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:04.680 carried into this wrestling. But a very good match honestly, 289 00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:07.319 and I mean that's a giving given the three guys 290 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:11.920 in the contest for sure. And then another grudge tag 291 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:15.480 team match with Kin and Rakishi along accompany of the 292 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:20.480 Ring by Paul BarreR defeating Degeneration x'es X, POC and 293 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:24.519 Road Dog a very forgettable period of time for Degeneration 294 00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:28.680 X for sure in a match time on four four minutes. 295 00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:33.440 Again whatever, The best part about this match was probably 296 00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:37.200 Kane once again tombstoning Pete Rose in the middle of 297 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:39.160 the ring. I believe this was the one where he 298 00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:42.039 was dressed as the chicken too, So that is really 299 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:47.079 why this match felt so important, or felt important at all. Rather, 300 00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:50.200 it didn't feel so important. Why I think people still 301 00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:52.240 talk about it is because I believe this was the 302 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:55.519 third time in a row that Kane would tombstone Pete 303 00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:57.720 Rose at a wrestling and then Pete Rose got a 304 00:19:57.759 --> 00:20:01.200 stink faced by Rakkeishi. So an extra dessert for Pete Rhodse, 305 00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:03.400 if you will. And then we get to the main 306 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:09.200 event of Triple H with Stephanie McMahon defending the World 307 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:14.319 Championship or the WWF Championship against the Rock with Vince McMahon, 308 00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:18.640 Mick Foley with Linda McMahon and the Big Show with 309 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:22.319 Shane McMahon, And like I said at the beginning of 310 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:27.200 the show, it was very bizarre that they decided to 311 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:30.640 go with this match a fatal four way. I believe 312 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:34.400 it's the only fatal four way match for a world 313 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:37.559 title at a WrestleMania in the history of WrestleMania. They're 314 00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:40.480 just so rare because it is so gimmicky. And this 315 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:42.640 wasn't just a fatal four way, it was an elimination 316 00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:47.160 of fatal four way. So I mean, like you were 317 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:51.920 hoping to get the Rock in Triple H at WrestleMania, 318 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:54.640 and I believe Triple H said on the Logan Paul 319 00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:57.200 podcast or whatever it's called the Paul Caz, I don't 320 00:20:57.240 --> 00:21:00.640 know what the exact name is. Logan Paul's show that 321 00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:03.559 one of his biggest regrets was not having a one 322 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:06.559 on one match with The Rock at WrestleMania, and he 323 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:10.119 mentions that I believe it was a backlash or judgment 324 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:13.160 day they would have, which was a month or two 325 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:17.240 after this, him and The Rock would have that iconic 326 00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:19.119 one on one match that they thought they were gonna 327 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:21.240 have here, and I believe it was a sixty minute 328 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:23.799 iron Men match, a really good contest between the two, 329 00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:26.400 and that's what should have been because with Stone Cold 330 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:29.359 Steve Austin out, the Rock took the place of Steve 331 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:32.400 Austin as the top tier babyface in the company, and 332 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:34.559 Triple H took the shoes of the Rock as the 333 00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:36.720 top heel in the company. And these two were really 334 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:39.400 fighting it out. And not to say that either were 335 00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:42.759 Stone Cold Steve Austin, but these were still two megastars 336 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:45.480 and two stars that would have been the top guys 337 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:48.799 in any other generation. And it felt a lot like 338 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:53.759 over compensation for not having Stone Cold Steve Auston. At 339 00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:56.880 the end the Undertaker, it felt like they were trying 340 00:21:57.000 --> 00:22:00.119 to make up for that lack of star power by 341 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:03.599 just overloading the main event, and as we know, Vince 342 00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:07.039 whenever in doubt would think that putting his family on 343 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:10.519 television would kind of peak people's interests, which is why 344 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:15.680 every single McMahon was a manager, and I believe one 345 00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:19.240 of the gimmicks of this entire wrestleming was a McMahon 346 00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:23.720 in every corner. So obviously Vince McMahon felt strongly about this, 347 00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:27.920 and the one thing I will say. The one thing 348 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:34.240 I will say is that the mcfoley story, like the 349 00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:38.960 preceding three months or so and his program with Triple 350 00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:42.039 H at the matches, at the Royal Rumble and at 351 00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:47.440 No Way Out and Triple H retiring mcfoley kind of 352 00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:51.160 made this match make sense. And obviously Linda McMahon was 353 00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:54.559 the one who brought mcfoley out of retirement for his 354 00:22:54.880 --> 00:23:00.279 one final shot at WrestleMania for the WWF Championship, So 355 00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:04.799 at least from the mcfoley standpoint, you really kind of 356 00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:08.160 felt an emotional attachment as to why he was put 357 00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.960 in this match. 358 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:12.240 Well, the lines, those six. 359 00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:14.839 Men may never be the same after the Triangle Ladder match, 360 00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:17.599 and I wonder how many lives will be changed, and 361 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.759 certainly changed forever. 362 00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:21.799 After the fatal four way elimination match, mcfoley. 363 00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:23.200 In what could be as final contest, turning the World 364 00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:25.640 Wisting Federation, along with Linda mcvn, the woman responsible for 365 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:27.839 Bringey mcken Tonight's into tonight's main event. 366 00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:31.160 Nick, all I can say is I'm very happy that tonight, 367 00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:33.759 finally you're going to have the opportunity to fulfill a 368 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:36.319 lifelong dream WrestleMania in the main event. 369 00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:37.079 Go for it. 370 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:40.680 Kevin Kelly's very obviously looking at the triangle ladder match, 371 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:44.240 and nobody's letting anything, nobody's holding anything back. 372 00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:47.240 Tonight. It is the biggest show in this year. 373 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:50.599 This is the biggest year in the WWS history, which 374 00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:53.839 makes it the biggest match in the history of the WWS, 375 00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:55.960 certainly the biggest match in my career, and thanks to 376 00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:59.359 Linda McMahon, mcfoley gets a second chance to make a 377 00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:02.319 last I want people talking about this match. 378 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:03.200 For the next ten years. 379 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:06.319 So I do believe that at WrestleMania, it's like a 380 00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:10.240 fairy tale for me, Kevin Kelly and Triple H Rock 381 00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:11.440 Big Show. 382 00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:14.960 Fairy tales can come true. It can happen to you. 383 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:18.240 But I won't be us tonight and won't company the 384 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:22.039 final match of my career. Fairy tales will come true 385 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:26.759 for me. I'll tell you what. Nobody there. 386 00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:32.079 So Mick Foley obviously playing the underdog part of this whole, 387 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:36.599 this whole story, and then the guy who really felt 388 00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:39.119 like the odd man out going in was the Big Show. 389 00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.039 Uh. 390 00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:42.519 He had a program with The Rock leading up to 391 00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:45.240 this wrestling, so I guess that was his in that 392 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:48.720 he technically should have won the Royal Rumble. Then he 393 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:51.720 defeated the Rock in no way out and was a 394 00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:54.039 way for him to come in. But even when you 395 00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:56.880 tried to play for Big Show's reason and Seae McMahon 396 00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:59.680 by his side to be a big player in this match, 397 00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:02.920 it really felt like he was the only guy that 398 00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:06.160 you knew had no chance at the world title. 399 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:10.519 Yeah yeah, wow at. 400 00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:14.160 The Reason White Tonight there will be a new World 401 00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:16.319