If you smell what The Rock is cooking.
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A huge ovation for the People's Champion.
For the man that will meet Hollywood Hulk Hogan, Sunday, at WestleMania.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> The following
handicap match is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first weighing in at 270lbs, The Rock.
>> There he is, JR,
you called it, wrestling future, I've gotta agree with you.
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>> It will be a match for the ages.
The young lion, the Brahma Bull, The Rock.
Against perhaps, the greatest name in the history of
sports entertainment, Hollywood Hulk Hogan.
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>> Introducing his tag team partner from Victoria, Texas,
weighing in at 252 pounds, Stone Cold Steve Austin!
>> He is bad and he is nasty, and perennially pissed off, the Rattlesnake.
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>> And making their way to the ring at a combined weight of 885 pounds,
Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and Hollywood Hulk Hogan, the NWO!
>> JR, we are witnessing history, right?
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This is historical, look at this.
>> It is history in the making.
It is the first time that all three members of the NWO have officially stepped
in the ring to compete in the World Wrestling Federation.
And you are witnessing it live here in Detroit before
16,567 that have sold out the Joe Louis Arena.
It will be a three on two Handicap Tag match.
The three members of The NWO versus the Texas Rattlesnake and
the Brahma Bull, The Rock.
>> Boy, this match was made when SmackDown was going off the air, Thursday.
Mr. McMahon, made this match, and was he ever proud of himself?
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And I gotta admit this is some match, JR.
>> It has beena very proud night for Mr. McMahon, as he now has complete power
in the WWF at least through WrestleMania from the Board of Directors are saying.
>> Well, I wanna congratulate the Board of Directors,
they made a tough decisions but I think they made the right decision.
>> King, this is the first time that Hollywood has wrestled
in a WWF ring in about eight years.
>> Man man.
[SOUND] >> And here we go, a tag team matchup,
The Rock and Austin, two men- >> Look out!
>> Against three.
>> The Rock wants to get ahold of Hogan.
That was a big mistake.
See, Rock's too emotional about this thing, he and Hogan.
>> Yeah, he should be he shouldn't be emotional about three men that ran him
over in a semi-truck while he was helpless in an ambulance.
And look at The Rock hammering Scott Hall.
Hall and Austin, that's gonna be a nasty match on Sunday at WrestleMania,
a physical, in your face, slobberknocker.
And a shot on Kevin Nash on the outside.
And Hogan, does Hogan have a case of the limber tail here tonight?
>> Watch your back, Rock.
Man.
>> The Rock blocked the right hand, knocking down Scott Hall.
>> Wait a minute, a case of the limber tail,
the match has just gotten underway, JR.
>> A cheap shot by that seven foot, 300 pound Nash.
>> Did you hear that?
>> Rock with the big right hand, the clothesline, the cover!
And a near fall here in the early going of this three on two handicap match.
>> Boy, look at this.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Man,
great right hand by this seven foot, 300 plus pounder,
a former WWF Champion in Kevin Nash, who now is taking over on The Rock.
And there's nothing that Hollywood Hulk Hogan would like better than for
Nash put knots on the head of The Rock.
But The Rock came to fight tonight.
>> But look at the size of Nash would you?
I mean Rock is a big, big guy, a big big guy but Kevin Nash almost dwarfs The Rock.
>> And there's the hook of the leg, could be over here.
And a near fall, the near leg hooked by the seven foot, 300 pounder.
>> [NOISE] >> Nash is a powerhouse.
He is not a finesse guy.
>> No he's not, not at all.
>> What he does is nothing but power and straight ahead, but he does it well.
And a cheap shot on the outside by Scott Hall knocking down The Rock.
>> And here he is.
>> Yeah, Mr. Big Shot.
>> Listen to this crowd.
Mr. Icon, glad to get the tag when The Rock's had the hell beat out of him.
But that's Hogan's style, it seems to me like.
>> You don't know that, JR.
I mean, Hogan hasn't been in a WWF ring, you said yourself, in eight years,
you don't know that much about him.
>> And Hogan now with the knockdown and the right hands on the People's Champion.
Hogan and The Rock, who would have ever thought it could happen?
>> Who would have ever thought you'd see Hogan wearing out The Rock like that?
You didn't think it did you, JR?
>> I certainly did not.
>> But you're witnessing it live right here tonight.
Look at this!
>> Suplex, Hogan with a suplex, taking down The Rock.
And now Hogan makes another tag, a quick tag.
And there's good teamwork, good continuity, as bad as I hate to admit it,
from The NWO.
They've isolated The Rock.
>> Did you expect anything less?
Look out, here comes The Rock.
The Rock trying to fight out of that NWO corner.
But a drop toehold by Hall.
There's a tag to Nash.
>> Nobody home!
>> And Nash looking to drop that 300 plus right in the heart of the Brahma Bull.
The Rock needs to make a tag, and there it is for Stone Cold Steve Austin.
>> Here comes the Rattlesnake!
>> The Texas Rattlesnake has come to fight as well.
Austin with that knee still taped up thanks to that wrench attack by
Scott Hall.
>> Whoa!
>> Lou Thesz Press and down goes Nash.
And Austin riding Kevin Nash's face.
Hall sent for the ride and that whiplash spinebuster by Austin,
stomping away right in the solar plexus of his adversary.
This will be it at WrestleMania with 67,000 in the house and
a worldwide audience on pay per view.
>> A double clothesline by the rattlesnake?
Austin may have broken that left hand.
He's shaking it off.
But you think that's gonna slow him down?
I don't.
>> No, he's a rabid rattlesnake right now.
Nothing's gonna stop him.
Well, that may stop him.
>> Good shot by Nash catching Austin right in the face with that huge boot.
>> Yeah, I may have spoken too soon.
That big boot of Kevin Nash is gonna stop anybody.
>> And Scott Hall Now, certainly ready, willing, and
able to take the tag on the man that Hall will meet at WrestleMania on Sunday.
>> Well, this is the man Scott Hall who said he was going to skin the Rattlesnake
alive and he's starting the job right now.
>> Well, I'll tell you what, King, you and
I have had the privilege of calling a lot of WrestleManias.
I can never, and I mean this sincerely, have ever looked forward to a match or
an event like this Sunday on pay per view.
The fall away slam by Hall, looking for the cover, there it is.
And referee Earl Hebner found a two count.
>> Well, WrestleMania's gonna be huge, JR.
You can't say it any better than a match for the ages.
Austin and Rock, they gotta reach to places that they haven't been before to
survive this three on two attack.
They gotta go to places they've never been.
Just exactly like they gotta do this Sunday at WrestleMania.
We are going to see if they wanna survive a side of The Rock,
a side of Austin that we've never seen this Sunday in Toronto.
>> If they want to survive and they want to make it WrestleMania,
we're gonna have to see a side of them right here tonight.
I mean, let's face it, JR, I haven't been thinking that much about it but
do the math, this is three on two, did you forget about that?
This is a handicap match.
>> Well, King, I know that, I can do math, I know three on two.
But I got a feeling that The Rock and Austin are gonna do it here tonight.
And look at Austin fighting right back on Kevin Nash.
Nash trying to hot dog and finally gets that knee right back in the gut of Austin.
>> Nobody hot dogs any better than Kevin Nash.
>> And the tag made again.
Three on two and three of the biggest, baddest, meanest men in the history
of the World Wrestling Federation against Stone Cold and The Rock.
>> Man.
>> Hard clothesline.
That may be it, that may be enough.
Got a near fall.
Austin kicks out, you know the toughest SOB in the WWF's not gonna quit.
And now you've got Hollywood Hogan putting is hands on Stone Cold Steve Austin.
>> Well, you gotta admit Hogan looks great, look at that body.
Look at those- >> A blatant chokehold.
>> Those pythons may be bigger than ever, JR.
>> Well, good for him.
>> Listen to you now.
>> Straight right hand.
Hogan, he's certainly the opportunist.
>> The opportunist, JR, come on.
>> And makes another quick tag.
And he was in, he's out.
>> Give the man his due.
Mohammed Ali has said it about himself in boxing.
But in wrestling, Hogan is without a doubt, he's the greatest of all time, JR.
>> Maybe he is, maybe he's not.
We'll find out Sunday.
There's a cover.
>> And that's coming from the King here who thinks he's a pretty great himself.
But I'll admit Hogan, as far as wrestling goes, the greatest of all time.
>> Wait a minute, maybe the end may be near here.
>> Uh-oh.
>> As Scott Hall, Chico himself,
may be looking to utilize- >> Look out!
>> No Razor's Edge with the backdrop.
Austin elevated Scott Hall right out of that predicament.
The Rock ready for the tag.
But look at Austin fight back.
And Austin, looking for the Stunner.
>> No, man man.
>> And another knockdown by Hall, really laying the leather to Stone Cold here.
>> What a physical match this is, JR.
>> Look at The Rock, look at The Rock!
>> What an electrifying atmosphere it's gonna be, Sunday,
67,000 plus in the Sky Dome for 15 countries, all 50 states.
It's gonna be amazing on pay per view.
Ad there's the tag!
>> Look out!
The Rock and Nash.
And The Rock is tattooing the seven foot, 300 pounder.
>> Smack is being laid down right now on the NWO.
>> The Rock airboune, DDT on Scott Hall.
But Nash, boy, man he is a powerhouse.
>> This thing is so go back and forth, I don't know who's got the advantage.
>> Nash with that in your face style.
>> Look, Hogan wants The Rock, he's begging for him.
I'm sure he does, with The Rock down on his back, Mr I'm an Icon,
if you don't believe it, ask me, wants the tag.
>> Well for the second time in this match we're about to see Hogan-
>> Yeah, yeah!
From behind, damn it!
That damn Nash came from behind.
The Rock was going to get right in Hogan's face you gotta believe.
>> Well, you know this is a handicap match, JR.
You said yourself you can do the math.
It's three on two.
>> Hogan now driving The Rock's head on that turnbuckle,
keeping the Rock cornered.
Hard right hands by Hollywood Hulk Hogan.
Hogan and The Rock, who'd have ever thunk it?
Who'd have ever thought it could happen?
What is gonna happen in six days on pay-per-view?
>> Wait a minute. >> A match I have waited for
my entire life.
And look at Austin, Austin wants Scott Hall.
But I don't think Scott Hall wants any of Austin.
My God!
>> Coming right over here, JR, watch yourself!
>> Hogan send The Rock for the ride and a boot to the face,
Hogan caught the boot to the face.
>> Look at this! >> The leg drop from the 300 pounder!
Hogan's has got the leg hooked, Hogan's got the cover, and Hogan's got the win!
>> You saw it!
Do you believe it, JR?
>> My God, I can't believe it, Hogan just beat The Rock with the big boot and
the leg drop.
And now Austin trying to get some of Hogan,
got an elbow right in the kidneys by the a seven foot, 300 pound, Kevin Nash.
>> Well, now it's a real numbers game now JR, look at that.
The Stunner, Hall using Austin's Stunner on The Rattlesnake.
The Rock is down, Austin is down.
And The NWO are victorious here tonight.
>> Seeing is believing.
You didn't think it could happen, but you just saw it.
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