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00:00Big match up for the new king of the ring.
00:07Huge opportunity awaits the game.
00:11And yes, and a new tribute to the king.
00:17I thought you were gonna say all hail the new king.
00:22I would like you to say that.
00:24The following is a triple threat match and a schedule for one fall.
00:28Introducing first, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
00:31weighing in at 237 pounds, Olympic gold medalist,
00:35and king of the ring, Kurt Angle.
00:40I don't know what can make of a grown man wearing a crown in public.
00:43What are you talking about?
00:44Look at the size of that crown.
00:45What a beautiful scepter.
00:47Grown.
00:48Unfortunately, thanks to that idiot Shawn Michaels' throne is destroyed.
00:51I don't care to make any remarks about Kurt Angle's scepter.
00:55Huh?
00:56This match has an opportunity to beat the WWF champion.
01:01This Thursday night on SmackDown.
01:03Stand up for the king.
01:05How you doing there, king?
01:09Yes, look at that crown.
01:10What a beauty.
01:12Wow, what's that scepter?
01:14That's a lot of money.
01:15Enjoying a big king.
01:17King, aren't you gonna wrestle there, Kurt?
01:20I'm gonna wrestle right now.
01:21I'm gonna take a little break, let these guys come out,
01:23chill the crowd down, and we'll get started.
01:25Jerry the king, your king has arrived.
01:27It takes a king to know a king.
01:29This is great.
01:30His opponent is being accompanied by the World Wrestling Federation
01:34Women's Champion, Stephanie McMahon Helmsley.
01:38From British, Connecticut, weighing in at 260 pounds, Triple H.
01:45Kurt, let me tell you something.
01:46So far tonight has been a nightmare for this man, Triple H.
01:49But I gotta tell you, I know Triple H.
01:51He's not gonna let it wind up that way.
01:52He's gonna do everything in his power to be the number one contender, Kurt.
01:55I know what the game's all about.
01:57He's all about having no integrity whatsoever.
01:59You saw what happened earlier tonight.
02:02What he did to your Olympic hero, that will not happen tonight.
02:05Now, Kurt, you're not gonna start calling all the fans peons, are you?
02:08I don't call anybody peons.
02:10I tell like it is.
02:11I'm an honest man.
02:12I'm a man of three eyes.
02:14Intensity, integrity, and intelligence.
02:16Man.
02:17Look at that center.
02:19Wow.
02:20Sure he can, Jerry.
02:21Look at that, JR.
02:22I'm a proud man tonight.
02:23I see it.
02:24Well, all I know is the winner of this tournament red match, if it's King Kurt Angle or the game,
02:30have the opportunity to meet The Rock for the WWF title this Thursday night on SmackDown.
02:36However, if The Rock wins, he doesn't have to recognize either King Kurt or the game as number one contender.
02:44I'll make sure that doesn't happen there, JR.
02:46There you go.
02:49If you smell.
02:51No.
02:52The Rock is coming.
02:54We're calling from Miami, Florida, weighing in 270 pounds.
03:00He is the World Wrestling Federation Champion, The Rock.
03:06A standing ovation for The Rock.
03:09All right, Kurt.
03:10You gotta really reach down.
03:11Pull that extra bit out for intensity.
03:14And the match is already underway by Rob and the Triple H hammering away with The Rock.
03:29Laying the SmackDown on the game.
03:31Here comes Kurt Angle with a knock down.
03:33Showing intelligence.
03:34Hanging back.
03:35If Angle articulates win this match, they'll beat The Rock with a WWF title this Thursday night on SmackDown.
03:43Now, this is what you gotta do here.
03:44You gotta double-team The Rock if you wanna have any chance of beating them.
03:47Now, look at Earl Hebner in there.
03:49He's doing his job, that's all.
03:53Double-team Earl, that'd be good.
03:54I wouldn't advise that.
03:56All right, The Rock exploded out of the corner.
03:59The E-Double Clothesline.
04:00Yeah.
04:01From the WWF Champion.
04:02Thanks to Earl Hebner, he's distracting both Triple H and King Kurt.
04:06And the Florian of Triple H, knocking the game outside, leaving the king of the ring and
04:11the WWF Champion, one-on-one in this Triple Threat match.
04:16No, look at Earl, Kurt.
04:17Tilt the world slam.
04:20One, two, and the game interrupted the count.
04:23The first man to score a pinfall or earn a decision in any way is the winner of this match.
04:29You gotta realize, just like you saw the game save Kurt Angle there,
04:33the game and Kurt have gotta be on the same page.
04:36If either one of those guys get pinned, they both lose their shot at being number one contender.
04:40Certainly The Rock won the WWE title in very controversial fashion.
04:44King Kurt.
04:45He did not pin the game as the king of the ring.
04:48Look out.
04:49And the game elevating the WWE Champion over the top.
04:52And here comes Angle with a cheap shot on the outside.
04:55Look at King Kurt.
04:56He'll start to the ribs.
04:57Another right hand.
04:58Watch it.
04:59Look out.
05:00Uh-oh.
05:01Kurt.
05:02The Olympian had bounced off the announce table.
05:07And now The Rock playing the smack bounce.
05:11Stephanie, look out.
05:13Trying to sneak up from behind The Rock.
05:15Be careful, Stephanie.
05:16She wasn't gonna do anything.
05:18Of course not.
05:19She didn't mean it.
05:20And now The Gang trying to take advantage, but The Rock put the game to the punch.
05:25Get out the way.
05:26First shot.
05:27The Rock may be the WWE Champion.
05:30This may be the beginning of The Rock here, but don't be mistaken, folks.
05:35There's a huge bullseye on that giant chest of The Rock.
05:39Everybody wants a shot at The WWE Champion in The Championship.
05:45Oh, my gosh.
05:46The Olympic gold medal winner, King of the Ring almost took the Rock right out of his boots.
05:55Now Angle's stopping the way at the heart of the WWE Champion.
05:59Look at the game.
06:00The WWE Champion.
06:01The Game and Angle took turns here.
06:03That'd be the smart thing for him to do.
06:05Hard right hand measured by The Game.
06:10And now he's holding The Rock.
06:12And Angle with a knock down from the right hand.
06:14I'm gonna tell you something, JR.
06:15I like Kurt Angle.
06:16He's the king of the ring already, but I gotta go with the game in this match.
06:22Talk about intense.
06:24Kurt Angle is usually intense, but not like I've seen the game today.
06:27Well, you might be right.
06:28You might be right, but I wouldn't tell the Rock out.
06:31It's anybody's ball game here.
06:34Well, the stakes very, very high for the game and for the king of the ring.
06:38You gotta admit Triple H got robbed at King of the Ring.
06:41He wasn't robbed a bit.
06:42What?
06:43He knew exactly what he was getting into.
06:45And look at Angle going for the cover.
06:47And Triple H pulling the angle off of The Rock.
06:50Uh-oh.
06:51Triple H knew the stipulations that the King of the Ring going in full well.
06:55Did he like it?
06:57No.
06:58But he knew what they were.
06:59Wait a minute.
07:00Whoa!
07:01Uh-huh, right in.
07:03Angle has got checked into the SmackDown Hotel in the King's Sweep.
07:07And from behind comes the game.
07:10I think Triple H just turned The Rock over to Kurt Angle and said,
07:12you want to go ahead and take him, but Kurt couldn't head to The Rock.
07:15Triple H has said the most important thing in his life is the WWE title.
07:19He doesn't have any more.
07:20The high knee down goes The Rock.
07:22Triple H with the advantage.
07:24And Angle made sure that we did not see three.
07:28What do you think?
07:29What do you think Triple H was feeling when he had to walk out here with his wife Stephanie
07:33and her holding the WWE Women's Championship and him with no title?
07:37That had to be humiliating.
07:39What do you think he thought when Jericho traded slobbers with Triple H's wife last night
07:47of the King of the Ring?
07:48She didn't like that a bit.
07:50Yeah, what did Y2J think when his family jewels got crushed by Stephanie, huh?
07:56I'm sure he's still recuperating from that, beating for DX and Stephanie earlier tonight.
08:01In any event, The Rock is getting hammered right now by two men who have a lot to gain by winning this match.
08:06Kirk's not having much luck with The Rock.
08:09You guys are gonna have the double team!
08:11Great strategy by The Game, maybe inadvertently with Angle, but Angle and The Game were pacing themselves.
08:17Taking turns, and The Rock will knock down on Angle, and then right back that quickly came The Game.
08:23It's almost a handicap match, not a triple threat match.
08:28Uh-oh.
08:29What is this?
08:30Look at it!
08:31Triple H, the great velocity of The Rock, taking The Game over the top rope.
08:36One of these guys, either Triple H or Kirk, have to win this thing to be the number one contender.
08:41The Rock almost beheaded, the new King of the Ring.
08:45But if The Rock wins, there'll be no number one contender.
08:48Victory, some more drop, drop in the air from Kurt Angle.
08:53Here comes The Game back in.
08:55Lord, look out!
08:56Bottle thigh, belly to belly suplex.
08:58The leg is stitched up, and we go on The Game by this right shoulder, off the canvas.
09:03Stephanie almost had a heart stoppage.
09:06Maybe a palpitation of nothing else, just as we are, this is a heart stopping match.
09:11What a night we have had here on Raw.
09:15There you go, Face Buster, look at this!
09:18But from behind comes Angle.
09:19Oh, Kirk, textbook suplex.
09:21I can't believe the night this has been.
09:26And now Angle and Triple H eyeballing each other with a rock down.
09:31Hey, what is this?
09:32Triple H, what's he doing?
09:34Oh, no!
09:35Look, look, look, look.
09:37What he's doing.
09:38Same thing Stephanie did to Y2J.
09:41Triple H just with a vile low brawl.
09:46Triple H wants The Rock to himself.
09:48Wait a minute!
09:49The Rock trying to load up the game in The Rock Bottom.
09:52Go!
09:54Go!
09:55DDT!
09:56What a DDT!
09:57Will that be enough?
09:583-0 Tuna!
10:00A long, long, long, long two.
10:02This is scary.
10:04Look out!
10:05Angle now for the Rock bringing him outside.
10:08A Triple Threat match.
10:10If Angle or Triple H win, they'll make The Rock glitters him out on SmackDown.
10:15Hey, wait a minute!
10:16What are you guys doing now?
10:17This is the rules of the Triple Threat match.
10:20Every man for himself.
10:22But this is not smart.
10:23This is not intelligent, Kirk.
10:25If Angle beats Triple H or Triple H beats Angle, they become the number one contender.
10:30How smart is that?
10:31How smart is that?
10:32They need to work out there!
10:33A nut breaker!
10:34A nut breaker!
10:37There's a cover.
10:38And look for Rock.
10:40He just pulled Triple H on the mantle.
10:43The Rock wants to win this thing.
10:44He wants to win it badly.
10:45The Rock's gotta win it for himself!
10:47Look out!
10:48Somebody is in the middle!
10:49Triple H went nose first into the ring post.
10:53Angle the right hand now.
10:57Does he have the upper hand on The Rock?
10:59The Rock is reeling from the onslaught of Kurt Angle.
11:04Let's go!
11:05Oh no!
11:06Spine Buster!
11:08That could be it!
11:09A Spine Buster, but the game is right back in it and knocked down the Rock!
11:14Oh, we were about to see the people's elbow, but I told you, I predicted the game would win this thing!
11:19What the hell is this match?
11:21The Closed Rock!
11:22Pedigree time!
11:24But Angle says nobody!
11:26Look at Angle!
11:27And Angle took a shot!
11:28They caught Triple H in the face and knocked the game outside!
11:31I'm gonna tell you something, Angle's gonna make a great king!
11:34There we go!
11:35That'll be it!
11:36Angle has beaten The Rock!
11:39What?
11:40What?
11:41The game!
11:42He came from nowhere!
11:43He came out of nowhere!
11:44He's right!
11:45And Triple H to interrupt the count!
11:48Anybody's ball game!
11:51Here I am gonna roll!
11:52Pedigree, I ain't gonna roll!
11:54No, it's not anybody's ball game now!
11:56Angle is out!
11:57Triple H has got both of the world!
11:59That's Chris Jericho!
12:01Jericho!
12:02What is he doing out here?
12:04I don't know!
12:05Get him!
12:06Stephanie, look at!
12:07Wait a minute!
12:08Angle!
12:09Jericho!
12:10Just hung up the game!
12:12Rock bottom!
12:13Jericho, the referee!
12:14The referee!
12:15That idiot Jericho!
12:20Here's your winner, the Rock!
12:23Stephanie!
12:24Jericho comes!
12:26Jericho, Y2J!
12:29Just cause the game, big time!
12:33The Rock, for all ages, has won this Triple Threat Match!

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