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00:00And now, Stridex presents WWF SummerSlam, Heart and Soul.
00:30Welcome, everyone, to SummerSlam.
00:35They are jammed back to the Raptors at the Cotton Little Airlines Arena.
00:45Welcome up again, everyone.
00:52Ben Sarban here along with good old JR and, of course, Jerry the King Lawler.
00:56And who knows what's gonna happen here tonight, JR.
00:58It's a big night for the Heart Foundation, there's no doubt about that.
01:01With three titles on the line, I got a gut feeling we're gonna see gold change hands
01:07right here tonight at SummerSlam.
01:08And what about you, King?
01:09Well, you know Stone Cold Steve Austin said it, he'll either kick it or kiss it.
01:14And tonight when that match is over, Owen Hart is gonna get the moon in the world,
01:18and Stone Cold will pucker up.
01:20There comes Hunter Hurst Hemsley.
01:24Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is the Steel Cage Match.
01:30The only way to win this contest is by exiting through the door and
01:36up to the floor, or climbing up over the top and
01:40up to the floor with O'Bee touching the floor.
01:44And now, here are the participants, first accompanied by China, from British
01:51Connecticut, weighing 246 pounds, the 1997 King of the Ring, Hunter Hurst Hemsley.
02:04And Hunter Hurst Hemsley entering that awesome sight of steel girders.
02:10Hunter Hurst Hemsley now officially inside the cage.
02:15Well, ladies and gentlemen, the rivalry between Hunter Hurst Hemsley and
02:18Mankind has been certainly documented, China's been deeply involved in the situation.
02:23As a matter of fact, we'd like to take you back to our last outing on pay-per-view.
02:26It was in Calgary, Hemsley and Mankind fighting all the way outside.
02:31The ring could not contain them.
02:33And then this past Monday on Raw, we see Mankind impersonating a cameraman.
02:39And Mankind taking over on Hunter Hurst Hemsley until Chyna got involved.
02:45But one thing's for sure, gentlemen, I don't think Chyna will be a factor tonight
02:49because of the steel cage, and there she is, the bodyguard of Hunter Hurst Hemsley.
02:57Checking things out and look at Hunter, way up in the top.
03:00And that might be the way that Hunter Hurst Hemsley escapes this cage here tonight.
03:04To the moment, weighing 287 pounds, Mankind.
03:14Mankind, one of the most tormented souls ever, perhaps, in the World Wrestling Federation.
03:24Some call him demented, but this is his type of a match, JR.
03:28Right down his alley, Mankind in his former career of Cactus Jack competed on bits and
03:33nails in rings surrounded by barbed wire.
03:38So to say that Mankind will be intimidated by the steel would be a gross understatement.
03:43But to say that Mr. Hemsley is going to be comfortable inside the confines of solid steel,
03:48I think would be a misnomer as well.
03:51Well, I'd like to say that this match fits most of these fans here in New Jersey,
03:55where the most often heard words are, you have the right to remain silent, fits them to a tee too.
04:01Wait a minute, now we're talking about the Garden State.
04:04And rumor has it that the governor of the great state of New Jersey, Governor Christy Todd Whitman,
04:09is going to join us live here at SummerSlam.
04:13But Mankind right now contemplating the matchup with Hunter Hearst Helmsley inside the steel cage.
04:21Jam packed, sold out to the rafters, ladies and gentlemen, it's SummerSlam.
04:26The first time the WWF was in this great arena, it was called the Meadowlands.
04:30It was 1981, and in the main event, Bruno Sammartino defeated George the Animal Steel.
04:36So the 16 year legacy of the WWF in this very facility has been very well documented over the years.
04:43All right, once that door is closed, the match is on.
04:46It's closed and locked, China looks on, and Mankind will now lock it up with Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
04:52It's clear as to the winner, the first man out of the cage is victorious by going through the door.
04:57Hunter just made me out now.
04:59Hemsley trying to kick his way out of the door.
05:06That's a smart move.
05:08Hemsley wasting no time in his efforts to escape as Mankind now pulls him right back into the ring.
05:16And of course the under measure of escape is over the top of the cage.
05:20Well, don't say, when you say efforts to escape, don't try to make it appear that Hunter is afraid of Mankind.
05:26That's certainly not the case.
05:27Is that right?
05:28Mankind, quite the aggressor as you would suspect in this type of a matchup.
05:33Well, Mankind made his first SummerSlam appearance last year,
05:37defeated The Undertaker in the infamous Boiler Room Brawl.
05:40Wow.
05:41And again, Hunter trying to go over the top.
05:44And Mankind with two handfuls of his belt is not about to allow Hunter to go over.
05:49You can either say that Helmsley is smart, trying to get out as quickly as he can.
05:53Or just maybe, just maybe, King, Helmsley is a little bit reluctant to lock inside a steel cage with an animal like Mankind.
06:01No way, Ross, takes a king to know a king.
06:03Helmsley is the king of the ring, and I can tell you right now, no way is he afraid of Mankind.
06:09Nonetheless, it's matches like these who have, my goodness, look at this.
06:13It's a match of this type that has basically disfigured Mankind.
06:18And tonight, we could see the beginning of that with Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
06:22Helmsley may, yeah, Helmsley could end up looking like Mankind.
06:25Look at Mankind, right hands right to the face, beating Helmsley down in the corner.
06:30And where's the referee on the outside, where he should be in this type of a match?
06:34No holes barred in this type match, look out, here we go.
06:37Little cactus jack, bang, bang there for Mankind.
06:44And where the referee on the outside of the ring, ladies and gentlemen,
06:47it will allow these two athletes to do whatever they are man enough to do.
06:52There are no disqualifications.
06:55Certainly anything literally goes in this contest.
07:00Here we go now.
07:01Mankind setting up.
07:03Boy, did he ever plant him squarely in the middle of the ring.
07:09Mankind, better known, well, not better known as, but
07:11certainly known as Mick Foley grew up not all that far.
07:16Grew up here in the tri-state area out on Long Island.
07:20Well, that explains what's wrong with him.
07:21And of course- The door is open.
07:23His alter ego, dude love.
07:26Yes.
07:26Is the co-holder of the WWF Tag Team Championship,
07:30along with Stone Cold Steve Austin.
07:31Man of a claw time.
07:36I think Chyna took it about herself to shut that cage door.
07:39Chyna is not supposed to be the guardian of the door that is left to the official.
07:44And Mankind about ready to plant the mandible- Look out!
07:47There it is, and finally into the mouth of Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
07:52And Chyna, look at this, coming up, and Chyna choking Mankind.
07:59Chyna saving Helmsley from being rendered unconscious.
08:03And look at her, and there's not a darn thing that the referee can do about it.
08:07As we mentioned, this is a no disqualification steel cage match.
08:11Yeah, I love it!
08:12Nonetheless, you would think that the cage itself would keep Chyna away from
08:17interfering in the matchup, and that has not occurred.
08:19That's what the cage is designed to do.
08:21Yeah, but look at Chyna's biceps.
08:23Look at those lats.
08:24I just get the feeling that she wanted to get in that cage.
08:27She could bend those steel bars.
08:28Striking the cage bars, Mankind, and Mankind spun around, Mankind won't close up.
08:35The alter egos of Mick Foley, here we go now, Chyna go up.
08:44He's scared, look at him, he's running.
08:46And going up, wait a minute, Chyna.
08:51I don't believe this, not a suplex to the top of the cage.
09:09It sounded like a car wreck out here on I-95.
09:18Mankind suplexed from the top of the cage by Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
09:27And Mankind is barely moving.
09:30This is the opportunity for Helmsley- Into the door!
09:33Into the door!
09:34Here comes Helmsley.
09:35Helmsley, heads up, Helmsley now.
09:41Wait a minute.
09:42Come on, just get out.
09:43Wait a minute.
09:47I don't understand that.
09:49Helmsley, I believe, could have walked out there.
09:51Whoa!
09:53Helmsley wants to punish Mankind.
09:54That's what it is.
09:55That's exactly what it is.
09:56Helmsley knows he has a distinct advantage after that suplex off the top of the cage.
10:01And now it's Helmsley almost with a free ride, if you will,
10:04against his arch rival, Mankind.
10:06Whoa!
10:09Mankind head first into the steel.
10:12And certainly the steel will be very unforgiving in this contest.
10:16I don't blame Hunter.
10:17You know what?
10:17Mankind deserves this for the treatment he's given to Chyna.
10:20What?
10:23He's threatened to hit her.
10:24Stop it.
10:25That is definitely not the case.
10:29Mankind attempting to compete in this matchup in Chyna.
10:32Hell no.
10:33You're telling me that Mankind didn't threaten Chyna?
10:37I know he did, McMahon.
10:38Mankind in a world of hurt as we speak.
10:41Yes.
10:43Here's another look at that suplex from the top, ladies and gentlemen.
10:47And yet another look.
10:50Watch this.
10:51Look how far.
10:52Ooh!
10:53Unbelievable.
10:54It's like falling out a two-story window to the concrete.
10:57Nonetheless, Mankind, with an unbelievable spirit.
11:04Mankind still in the matchup.
11:07There's no stopping this matchup until someone-
11:11Walks out of the cage, or goes over the top.
11:15Run his face into that cage, he might improve his looks.
11:20And Hunter Hearst Helmsley now systematically continuing to perhaps
11:25disfigure that less than handsome face, Mankind.
11:31You got that right.
11:32I think he looks bad with that mask on.
11:33Without that mask, he looks like Charles Manson, only he lacks the compassion.
11:37Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
11:42Repeatedly, that's what he is doing to Mankind.
11:45Mankind getting his brain scrambled.
11:47Right.
11:48Thanks to Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and that's Steel Cage.
11:50And that's the first time we've ever seen Chyna show any emotions.
11:54She was almost smiling.
11:55That's a look of satisfaction, sheer satisfaction.
12:00This is only the third cage match in SummerSlam history.
12:04Bret Hart won the last one in 1994.
12:07And it was against, ironically enough, his brother Owen.
12:10And look at this, nothing's gonna stop Hunter from going out now.
12:13Hunter Hearst Helmsley's gonna win this thing.
12:15Mankind's up, is he up in time?
12:18Diving finally has an ankle.
12:19Mankind handing on to the, here we go, Mankind climbing the cage in a right.
12:26Mankind better be careful, he'll knock Helmsley out of the cage.
12:29Yeah.
12:30Yeah.
12:33Mankind grabbing Helmsley's left leg, and Helmsley hanging by a leg now.
12:37He can't really break his leg.
12:39Mankind with Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Mankind trying to drag Helmsley back into the ring.
12:46Back into the cage.
12:47And here comes Helmsley now.
12:51Get out, get out, get out, get out, get out.
12:52Mankind just by, look at that, just by an ankle.
12:58Trying to get his hand and pull him down.
13:01Mankind has Helmsley hooked now, he'll again try to bring him back into the ring.
13:09Back into the cage.
13:10And Hunter Hearst Helmsley, on the receiving end of the hard right hand.
13:19The succession of it now, Mankind with an opportunity to take over.
13:22That's exactly what he's doing on Mr. Helmsley.
13:25Hunter Hearst Helmsley from nearby Greenwich, Connecticut.
13:28And certainly, certainly that's no way to treat a king.
13:38This cage or this cage match rolls apart from the environs of Greenwich, Connecticut.
13:45Helmsley may have had a wrestling tutor while growing up in Greenwich,
13:49in Fairfield County in Connecticut next to Frank and Kathie Lee.
13:52But the bottom line here is, I don't think anything in his life has ever prepared him
13:57for a man like Mankind- Look at that.
13:58Come on.
13:59What about a woman like Chyna?
14:01Get out of the match, come on.
14:02Again, the purpose of this cage was to keep Chyna away from interfering in this matchup.
14:08We saw footage that JR caught, in which we have seen Chyna repeatedly interfere in all kinds of matches.
14:15No.
14:16Hard inverted atomic drop by Helmsley.
14:19Chyna, the 200 pound female bodyguard of Helmsley.
14:23No!
14:24Looking on here, and Mankind with a close line.
14:28Mankind, hoping to defeat Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
14:38Mankind setting up Helmsley for the ride and, uh-oh, no, no.
14:42Just a bit of a hesitation as Helmsley's body struck the steel, slowed him down, actually.
14:47And, uh, let's do his, uh, favor as Hunter Hearst Helmsley now.
14:53Go ahead and finish him off.
14:56All right, here we go, and, uh, a block.
14:59Helmsley, trying to suplex, there we go, and look at that.
15:04Helmsley hanging upside down, Mankind better watch himself, here we go, Mankind, yes!
15:11Trying to do something!
15:21Hunter Hearst Helmsley must mount an offense, and
15:28it doesn't look too good for him, Helms, into the cage.
15:31Helmsley may be second guessing himself now that Mankind has mounted some offense,
15:37because Helmsley obviously had the opportunity early to step out of the cage
15:42and win this thing, but perhaps ego got the better of it.
15:46Hunter Hearst Helmsley must do something to reverse what's going on in the ring now.
15:52He is, he is being ripped from pillar to post by Mankind.
15:58And Mankind building support from this capacity crowd.
16:01They're sick!
16:03One thing these two men have in common, they were both trained by legendary
16:07WWF competitors, Helmsley by Killer Kowalski, and of course Mankind by Dominic DiNucci.
16:13And look out, wow!
16:17A backdrop right into the steel cage.
16:19How do you protect yourself- You don't.
16:22When your body is just being pummeled and thrown into steel.
16:27Hunter Hearst Helmsley, who has taken a tremendous
16:33beating at the hands of Mankind.
16:35Of course, Mankind has almost been ground down to nothing.
16:39But somehow, Mankind continues to get up.
16:42Come on, try to help me! Mankind crawling over.
16:43Mankind, hopefully, will get there in time, as Mankind there now.
16:48Should be able to get to Helmsley and prevent him from going over the top.
16:51They're both on the top rope.
16:52Whoever gets knocked off of that top rope could lose the match.
16:57Into the steel, and Hunter Hearst does.
17:04Mankind with about a 40 pound weight advantage.
17:12And that weight advantage certainly coming into play there in the exchange of right hands.
17:16Uh-oh, look at this.
17:20Hunter Hearst does better get himself out of there.
17:24This is bad, this is bad.
17:25He better get out of there quickly, Helmsley's trapped.
17:28Now Mankind, all he has to do is go through the door.
17:31He's in there, China.
17:33All Mankind has to do is go through the door.
17:35And he's gonna win this thing by default.
17:37The official wants the door open.
17:40China grabbing that door right into the top of the head of Mankind.
17:49And the referee face first into the steel steps.
17:55Hey, wait a minute, what's this?
17:59China has gone nuts.
18:01China with a chair.
18:03We all speculated just what China would do to make sure her man wins the matchup.
18:09China just threw a chair into the ring.
18:13Hamsley blocking the door.
18:19Brother of Mankind blocking the door, going now to, no, no, no.
18:22Pedigree, maybe, pedigree on a steel chair.
18:25It could be, it could very well be a pedigree.
18:28China looking on, China, no.
18:32The back of Hamsley's head hit the chair.
18:34Look out.
18:35No, no, no, no, no, he's in China.
18:46The Amazon herself found out just exactly what the steel tastes like.
18:51Disqualifying.
18:52And wait a minute, yeah.
18:54Double R DDT on a steel chair.
18:57Mankind.
19:02And Hunter Hearst, Helmsley giving it their all.
19:07And now, China recuperating as Mankind inches his way over to the side of the cage.
19:17Can Mankind make it up and out?
19:24Helmsley starting to stir.
19:25Look at China.
19:31And China coming into the ring, don't tell me she's gonna prevent Mankind.
19:36She's in the cage, she's in the cage.
19:39No, get Mankind.
19:40She's trying to.
19:41She's trying to drag Helmsley.
19:46And Mankind.
19:51And then, man, nothing's gonna stop him.
19:53Nothing's gonna stop him.
19:55Nothing's gonna stop him.
19:58No, wait a minute.
19:59He just took off that leather mask.
20:03What's he doing?
20:05What's he doing?
20:06He's not gonna come.
20:07No.
20:09And you hear the fans chanting, super fly, super fly.
20:13What?
20:14Mankind.
20:17Up on the top line.
20:22What you doing?
20:25The Lord, 300 pounds off the top.
20:31Shades of Jimmy Snuka and the Magnificent Morocco.
20:38Now he's snapped.
20:48Mankind could have won this matchup.
20:51Mankind couldn't resist, he came back and dropped the elbow.
20:55Now Mankind coming up.
20:56One, two, three, four.
21:00Chyna coming into the ring, Chyna pulling Homsley off the door.
21:10Mankind's going down.
21:12Chyna pulling Homsley, Homsley cuts it into the door, and Mankind wins.
21:16Here is the winner, Mankind.
21:24Mankind victorious, ladies and gentlemen.
21:41We'll go back and take a look at a replay, but wait a minute.
21:46Let's stay with Mankind, who he tore off his shirt or a bit of it.
21:50You saw that heart, it was almost as if Mankind became Dude Love.
21:56And Dude Love, of course, a figment of the image.
22:00Wait a minute.
22:01What is that?
22:06And look at this, that's what is left, ladies and gentlemen,
22:11of Mankind after a grueling steel cage match.
22:15But look, wait a minute, the foot is starting, the foot, the foot.
22:21The foot is starting to stir, look at this, Mankind, no, it's Dude, it's Dude's Love.
22:33It's Dude's Love, look at him, it's Dude's, battered and bruised.
22:40It's Dude's Love and Mankind's clothing.
22:45He's a herding puppy, no doubt about that.
22:57But Dude's Love, finally, ladies and gentlemen,
23:01did what he wanted to do as a 14-year-old from Long Island.
23:06And boy, did he ever do something to the next Superfly, Jimmy Snuka proud.
23:10He practiced jumping off the top of his ass for this moment.
23:14All right, here we go, let's go back.
23:18He almost won the matchup.
23:21All right, going through the door, and watch this, Turner comes around and watch.
23:26Yeah, this is SummerSlam, and she slammed the door right on his head.
23:30And then Snuka, look at this, Superfly, Jimmy Snuka,
23:34would be so proud from the top, look at that, one more look at it.
23:39No!
23:41Oh!
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