[SOUND] John can somehow win this match tonight.
He's gonna get enough money from JBL that he won't have to worry about his future,
and he won't have to be under the thumb of-
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> Well, John Bradshaw Layfield anymore.
>> For Shawn Michaels it is so important for him to try and channel emotion here,
not to get carried away early on.
Remember, Shawn can ill afford a disqualification or
a count-out in this matchup.
>> [NOISE] >> Smirk,
And we sometimes forget just about the size of how big JBL is.
>> Listen, one mistake, one mistake.
>> [INAUDIBLE] >> One mistake, one mistake!
>> That's enough.
>> One mistake, that's all I need!
One!
>> An employer be addressing an employee for the final time.
>> Well, it's like him and me and a lot of people can relate to,
being browbeaten by your boss, and that's exactly what was taking place right there.
>> You're great, back it out.
Play right!
>> JBL will try to bully Shawn.
>> Let's go, out!
Boy, let's go.
>> Brawl with him.
>> Back off.
>> And Shawn Michaels, unloading for the first time,
remember it's been weeks since Shawn can physically have contact with Bradshaw.
>> Shawn Michaels, HBK had about all he can stand of that smirk.
>> [NOISE] >> Let's go in the ring!
>> What does that smile mean?
Watch it, watch it!
>> Don't do it!
>> You'll be disqualified!
>> Again, JBL trying to bait Shaun into that disqualification.
>> Shaun Michaels ain't having none of it.
>> Ooh!
>> You almost have to, look at the physicality in there, but
you have to hand it to JBL.
>> Shawn!
>> Whoa, whoa!
>> It's just the pure size and strength, and Shawn kicks out at two.
Michaels going for the back slide.
Can he get the near 300-pounder over?
He does and JBL rolls right through using momentum.
>> JBL's got more than one game plan.
He's thinking if he doesn't physically beat-
>> Cover, cover, hooks the leg, and
a kickout.
>> And he's not able to pin Shawn or make Shawn submit.
Maybe he can get Shawn to get himself disqualified.
>> If Shawn loses this match, he'll be in a sense an indentured servant to JBL.
But that there, the veteran instincts of Shawn Michaels,
cut the big man down to size.
>> Hey hey hey, figure-four!
>> Figure-four!
>> He's got it locked in!
This may be it!
>> Shades of Hall of Famer Ric Flair, but too close to the ropes.
>> One, two, three, four!
>> Whoa- >> And Shawn-
>> You're disqualified.
>> You heard the referee explain the rule.
>> [INAUDIBLE] >> Remember,
if Shawn is disqualified it's over for him.
Submission maneuver, Bradshaw in trouble, middle of the ring.
>> And JBL.
Look at great counter by JBL.
>> One, two!
[NOISE] >> JBL able to turn
that near submission into a pinning combination there on Shawn.
>> [NOISE] >> Go back, get off, Shawn.
>> You have a sense as you look in Shawn's eyes how good that shot just felt for
The Heartbreak Kid.
A long time coming.
[NOISE]
>> Time reversal there by JBL,
sending Shawn all the way out to the floor!
>> [NOISE] >> Shawn can't afford to get
counted out either.
>> [NOISE] >> Get in the ring!
>> Shawn Michaels, a history of back problems throughout his career.
>> Man, the impact, the force!
The rugged JBL dropping that near 300-pound frame,
across the chest of Shawn Michaels.
>> Did you see him glance over at Shawn's wife, Rebecca?
Look at me.
[SOUND] Have to believe it's some sick play JBL is enjoying this, cover!
Shawn Michaels kicks out at two!
>> Not just Shawn's life, but
his entire family's life would change
just drastically if JBL wins this match.
>> Once again, this all started with Shawn Michaels.
>> Battling on financial hard times.
>> Bad investments remain.
And here's a cover again by JBL and Shawn Michaels has to kick out at two.
>> [NOISE] >> How much does Shawn Michaels have left?
How much does this trauma, this mental trauma the past few months tapped him?
>> We don't know, we're gonna find out here tonight, but-
>> [NOISE]
>> Boom.
>> Good grief!
>> [NOISE] >> One, two, three, four!
>> Brutal.
>> Hey, open your.
>> And JBL could get disqualified here.
>> I don't know, what's going through the mind of Rebecca.
>> [NOISE] >> JBL is just overpowering
Shawn Michaels, goes back to work on the back.
>> [NOISE] >> We heard, Rebecca heard it,
JBL with those I thought uncalled for remarks, saying that he was gonna
show Shawn's wife Rebecca what a broken, battered old man Shawn has become.
Really rub it in, over the fact that Shawn Michaels failed his family, failed in
finances, failed him and JBL's opportunity to go to WrestleMania as champions.
Who failed was the banks, I mean how did this, Shawn had no control over that.
JBL doesn't care.
Been using Shawn Michaels for his personal gain for weeks and months, King, and
if he wins this match he's gonna use him for the rest of his life.
Did he con?
Shawn's gonna be like to Layfield Enterprises like Mickey Mouse is
to Disney.
>> Yeah, but you know what?
Just think about if Shawn Michaels wins, he'll be free.
He'll be emancipated.
He'll get enough money from JBL to eliminate all the ticks, for
Shawn and his entire family.
>> Well, the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel is there, but
can Shawn get there?
Does he have enough to stay on the tracks?
>> Look at this!
[SOUND] >> [NOISE]
>> Swinging Neckbreaker, cover!
>> [NOISE]
>> One!
>> Michaels is not able to get that cover.
>> Two!
>> Well, he's just been through so much,
physically and mentally, emotionally.
[SOUND] >> Shawn Michaels, momentum perhaps.
>> Inverted atomic drop.
That will slow JBL down.
>> Here's another one.
>> [NOISE] >> I know a lot of people are, ooh!
Thinking right now that JBL getting exactly what he deserves.
>> But the back, the injured back again of
Shawn Michaels, JBL looking to exploit it.
>> And punches right to the face of Shawn, good grief!
>> Former WWE Champion, JBL.
>> [NOISE] >> Shawn doing the right thing there,
trying to keep JBL from being able to get the upper.
He's got it, literally the upper hand here.
>> Superplex, imagine what the Superplex will do
to Shawn Michael's injured back if JBL could connect.
>> [NOISE] >> Shawn, trying,
you're gonna have to take advantage of that exposed rib cage there.
Nice shot to the side of the jaw of JBL.
>> [NOISE] >> Crucial point in this match.
>> JBL reeling, and there he goes!
>> Can Shawn Michaels build on it?
>> [NOISE] >> Can
the man who's constantly in the eye of the storm become the storm?
>> Be careful!
>> [NOISE] [SOUND] >> And
JBL- >> Knows Shawn Michaels so well.
And the veteran Bradshaw sensed the elbow coming.
>> Every time Shawn starts to get something going!
>> A Clothesline from Hell!
>> That is it.
>> And that is gonna be it.
Shawn Michaels gonna be the property of J, no!
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Ho, ho, ho.
>> Shawn Michaels kicking out of a Clothesline from Hell.
[NOISE] >> That's gotta make JBL think,
what does he have to do?
>> [NOISE] >> He's looking.
Looking at or is he talking to himself?
>> [NOISE] >> Look at JBL, I mean,
he literally personifies the typical tyrannical boss.
>> No, JBL with a second Clothesline from Hell!
>> Get outside!
Get outside!
>> [NOISE] >> One, two!
>> He counted out, he loses- >> Three!
>> His life, his career.
>> Four!
Five!
Six!
Seven!
>> [NOISE] >> Eight!
Nine!
>> Whoa!
>> He did it, he did it, Shawn beat it!
Shawn beat the ten-count!
>> [NOISE] >> I didn't know what to say because I
didn't think he was gonna make it.
>> Disbelief!
>> A disbelief from Bradshaw.
>> So the punishment continues.
>> Shawn!
>> And JBL would love to see Shawn get- >> [INAUDIBLE]
>> Out of the ring.
>> Get in the ring!
>> I told you to bring down the old man.
Maybe it would work.
>> Hey, Shawn!
>> JBL, you suck!
>> [NOISE]
>> Did Rebecca just hit JBL?
>> [APPLAUSE] >> The last thing that Bradshaw
thought was gonna happen, and here comes Shawn Michaels.
Now Shawn feeding off the emotion!
[SOUND]
>> [NOISE] >> Vintage Michaels,
The Showstopper is here!
>> Shawn Michaels!
[SOUND] Look at this!
>> Weeks and months of torture
just flowing from the pores of Michaels!
>> [NOISE] >> You can only push HBK so far.
>> [NOISE] >> Yes!
>> JBL has lost control of the situation, Shawn Michaels has gained it.
>> Shawn Michaels with that big elbow right to the of JBL-
>> [NOISE]
>> Vintage Shawn Michaels tuning up
the band!
>> Two!
Three!
Four!
Five!
>> Could that be the emancipation of Shawn Michaels!
>> Two!
Three!
[SOUND] >> Shawn Michaels it is!
>> Here is your winner, The Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels!
>> The Sweetest Chin Music of Shawn Michaels' life!
[MUSIC]
>> Wife Rebecca with absolute tears of joy and hate.
I think she certainly deserves a, yeah, there you go.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> That's when you
stand by your man, Michael!
>> [APPLAUSE]
[MUSIC]
>> Shawn Michaels said the one thought that got him through the past
few months was his family.
And Shawn Michaels' family rallied for him tonight.