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HHH w/ Chyna vs Ahmed Johnson KOTR Semi Finals - King Of The Ring 1997 8/6/97
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tonight will be a night of firsts for the first time two reigning tag team champions will put
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their gold aside to wage war against one another but this is no ordinary tag team and these are no
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ordinary combatants both men are looking for respect from an unlikely source a partner for
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the first time we may see an african-american as wwf champion but baruch is not going into battle
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alone he has the support of a nation a nation he has manipulated into believing its existence is
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predicated solely on this victory a victory that must come at the hands of a vulnerable undertaker
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whose haunting past has forced an unlikely reunion with paul bearer for the first time one of these
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men will become king of the ring and to the victor will go the spoil tonight will be a night of
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firsts as super soaker presents the 1997 king of the ring
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welcome everyone to providence rhode island welcome to the providence civic center
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welcome to the king of the ring
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i'll tell you what folks the atmosphere here is just like a super bowl if you've been to a super
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bowl game if you've been in person to a world series you know how we feel right here right now
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welcome everyone vince the man along with good old jr here to call the action right on down the line
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by the way over here mr cameraman we got tito santana all right in spanish carlos cabrera
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over there raymond roger we are pumped and here we go here comes oh man get in your face johnson
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and here we go here comes oh man get in your face
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ladies and gentlemen this is a semi-final match for the middle of the ring
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one day seven king of the ring tournament standable for football
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coming down the aisle from turn to mississippi
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playing 300 unbound
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a newfit
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amir johnson yeah
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the pearl river powerhouse perhaps the odds-on favorite of becoming the king of the ring here tonight live in providence rhode island
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perhaps the odds-on favorite of becoming the king of the ring here tonight live
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in Providence Rhode Island.
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I'll tell you one thing, if Ahmed doesn't win it, it's a toss-up between the other
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three athletes, but this man is big, he is nasty.
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And he is all business.
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Ahmed Johnson, here he goes.
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Yeah.
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The unlock intensity, on refined raw power.
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Ahmed Johnson, semi-finalist.
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And Ahmed has, uh-oh, here we go, he has faced this man for four.
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The award to be accompanied by China President
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with the British Columbia, playing 246 pounds, Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
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Hunter Hearst Helmsley accompanied by his bodyguard, Chyna, chiseled out of granite.
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And Chyna certainly one of the reasons why Mr. Helmsley has been as successful as he has been as of late.
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No doubt about that, she's 197 pounds, the woman has a 320-pound bench press.
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She deadlifts 400 pounds, a licensed boxer.
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She is definitely a physical threat.
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But I'll tell you one thing, Chyna will not intimidate Ahmed Johnson.
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Nothing could intimidate Ahmed Johnson, ladies and gentlemen, yes.
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Let's take a look at the brackets.
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Here we go, Ahmed against Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
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Later on, Jerry the King Lawler will face mankind in our two semifinal matches.
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Ahmed Johnson then, and Helmsley met in the first round of the King of the Ring Tournament.
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Ahmed won that match by just one occasion, but due to an officiating technicality,
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Helmsley was put back in the tournament, and Helmsley advanced over Crush.
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Chyna's sexy, huh?
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Well, to some people I'm sure she is.
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She is really put together.
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Hunter Hearst Helmsley, sort of an American royalty, if you can fathom that,
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sort of an American blue blood, if you would, from British Connecticut.
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So he has some idea of what royalty is all about.
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Well, when you live in a community where the average price home is about $900,000,
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you know you gotta be worth some bucks, but look at those eyes.
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Yeah, and you couldn't get further apart culturally, or in any other way,
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than these two combatants, Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Ahmed Johnson.
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They're almost like, they're worlds apart.
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And listen to the response for Ahmed Johnson.
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Ahmed Johnson, one of eight kids.
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Hunter Hearst Helmsley, an only child.
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Ahmed Johnson's mother raised those eight kids.
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Hunter Hearst Helmsley had a mom, a dad, a butler, all kinds of servants.
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And don't forget that silver spoon.
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That's right.
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Ahmed Johnson left home at the age of 13, looking for acceptance.
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He wanted to belong to something, to have a family at 13.
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And he joined the street gang known as the Bloods.
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Hunter Hearst Helmsley had a wrestling tutor.
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Helmsley, of course, and Chyna, both trained by WWF Hall of Famer,
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the legendary Killer Kowalski.
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And there's a display of the power and strength of Ahmed Johnson.
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Ho-ho!
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Chyna's certainly keeping her eye on the activity,
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specifically on Ahmed Johnson.
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And as long as this match is competed in what we would term a more deliberate pace,
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Ahmed will have a huge, huge advantage.
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Standing slot, headlock now, Hunter Hearst Helmsley,
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who in all likelihood will have to resort.
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The tactics over them, what we are seeing now.
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As we said when we came on the air, there is nothing like seeing the WWF live.
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There's nothing like a WWF pay per view.
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But for Helmsley to survive, not just win, but to survive, that man, Hunter Hearst Helmsley,
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has to use science. He has to use leverage. He has to use, in other words,
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his brain to offset the brawn of Ahmed Johnson.
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Helmsley certainly knows the technical aspect of the game,
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but thus far has been somewhat thrown off.
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I think Helmsley, in a bit of a machismo effort on his part here,
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is trying to show his injury that the man Ahmed is.
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Oh, whoa, and that just lit up Ahmed.
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Helmsley made a mistake.
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Reversal, and oh, to the buckle, out and oh, forget about it.
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And Helmsley goes up.
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Raw power, a gorilla slam, and a military press.
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O Helmsley is a long way from Greenwich Avenue right now.
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Ahmed Johnson thus far very much on his game.
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And as you mentioned earlier on, JR, if Ahmed can maintain his pace,
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Helmsley will pay the price.
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Helmsley's got to use his speed and quickness.
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And again, that's science, the leverage, the knowledge that Helmsley possesses.
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Helmsley's got to factor all that in.
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But the pace has got to quicken.
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If nothing else, somehow, some way, Helmsley has got to destroy Ahmed's vertical base.
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I don't care how big and how strong you are, when you're vertical, when you're horizontal,
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it's a different ball game.
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All right, let's see now, if Helmsley can, there's a rake in the face.
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And at this juncture, if you're Hunter Hurst Helmsley, you can risk being disqualified,
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because whatever note you've been doing thus far hasn't worked.
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Helmsley with Ahmed Johnson.
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Ahmed Johnson comes firing out of there.
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More power by Ahmed Johnson, giving it very deliberate, very, very basic.
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The only thing these two men have in common, they were both trained by WWF Hall of Famers.
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Killer Kowalski trained Helmsley, Ivan Putzky trained Ahmed Johnson.
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Off the rope, Ahmed, and nobody home.
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You wonder the kind of pressure that put on the elbow as Ahmed was trying to drive the elbow
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down through Helmsley's chest.
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I'm getting a little over anxious, as he is prone to do with his emotion.
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Nobody's more intense than Ahmed Johnson in the WWF.
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And Helmsley now is gonna try to dent the armor of this 305 pound warrior.
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Hunter Hurst Helmsley.
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No.
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Well, he may have done more than dent the armor with that maneuvering.
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Well, remember, Helmsley can advance by a count out, as well as a disqualification,
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a pinfall, of course, or a submission.
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And Tana almost smiling.
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Yeah, almost.
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Helmsley will take a count out right here.
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Bradley take one.
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Looks like he's not gonna get him.
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Look out, Helmsley with a slide.
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Both these men, former Intercontinental Champions.
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And certainly now, Helmsley has the advantage.
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Once Ahmed Johnson is back in the ring, let's see what Helmsley can do to put together a succession of
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offensive maneuvers, and maybe the eventual pinfall.
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Oh, wait a minute, here we go.
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High-risk maneuver on the part of Hunter Hurst Helmsley.
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He'll take it upstairs, and yes!
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Will it pay off for Helmsley?
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We have a cover, and well, a substantial kick out there by Ahmed Johnson.
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Ahmed Johnson's overwhelming upper body strength coming into play there.
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Helmsley would have been better served if he would have had the ability to grapevine the leg.
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Helmsley, Helmsley, Helmsley!
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You can hear this capacity crowd.
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Helmsley is intimidated by Ahmed Johnson.
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We've got Ahmed coming off the rope, and right in the base of the spine.
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Ahmed Johnson's scissor kick caught Helmsley low in the kidneys,
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and Ahmed Johnson knows all about kidney injuries.
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Farouk lacerated Ahmed's kidney last year that almost ended Ahmed's career here in the WWF.
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And back body drop.
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So now, Ahmed Johnson is systematically taking Helmsley apart.
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If anything, we thought it might be the other way around.
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Ahmed with Helmsley now.
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Off the rope, and here we go.
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The beginning to the end here.
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The spine buster, normally followed by the Pearl River plunge.
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And I think we're just about ready to see it.
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Ahmed Johnson, wait a minute.
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Setting up Hunter Hearst, Helmsley.
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And, come on.
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Chyna just said something to Ahmed.
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And Ahmed's concentration has been broken by Chyna, the bodyguard.
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Look out, Helmsley driving the knee.
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Wait a minute, Hunter Hearst, Helmsley, for the pedigree.
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Helmsley drill the pedigree, and it's over.
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What an upset.
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Here is your winner, Hunter Hearst, Helmsley.
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There goes Ahmed Johnson.
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What a surprise that was, defeated by Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
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Mr. Helmsley, thanks to Chyna, in part, whatever Chyna said to Ahmed,
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obviously was a bit kind of a surprise.
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And, of course, we're going to get to the end.
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We're going to get to the end.
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We're going to get to the end.
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We're going to get to the end.
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