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What is going on? Wrestling fans, Welcome back to another
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edition of The Fall Count with Te Faull. I'm your host,
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Stee Fall, and today we are hopping into our wrestling
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time machine. We are going back to a night that
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has permanently etched in my brain as one of the
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most wild, historic, and flat out fun paper reviews of
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all time. We are talking about the thirteenth Annual Summer Slam,
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coming to you live from August twenty seventh in the
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YouTube thousand at the Riley Entertainment in Sports Arena in Riley,
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North Carolina. Now, let's stop right here for a second.
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If you've listened to the show before, you know how
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I feel about the year two thousand in the WWF.
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That's right, put the f back in. It is hands
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down my favorite year in the history of the entire company.
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The roster at this point was so stacked it was
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almost ridiculous. You had this beautiful, perfect mix. You had
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established main event legends who are still in their absolute prime,
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like the Rock Triple h Undertaker. He had completely fresh
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crop of mid carters Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, Chris bin Wa,
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Eddie Guerrero, and they just arrived recently, but oh my god,
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the tag team division. It was arguably the greatest it
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has ever been or ever will be, with Egend Christian,
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the Hardy Boys and the Dudley Boys constantly trying to
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one up each other in ways that quite literally change
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the business forever. Now, to be completely fair, women's wrestling
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at this point wasn't exactly what we call high quality
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work create yet it was still very much the edit
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to Eradiva's style, dominated by bikini contests, Brian Panni's matches,
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and even there was one with Ky Jilly. Now we
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were beginning to see the only transition of women like
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Lyda in Tristretis, who had soon become serious trailblazers. But
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not yet. Let's look at the business of Summer Slam
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two thousand. The show drew a massive five hundred and
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seventy thousand pay per view buys. Now, if you look
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at the historical charts, that was actually down slightly from
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the year before, SummerSlam ninety nine, which pulled in around
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six hundred thousand buys, and it was down from the
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record setting SummerSlam ninety eight, which drew a staggering seven
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hundred thousand buys. But let's keep things in perspective. Drawing
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nearly six hundred thousand buys in the year two thousand
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was an absolute home run. Now, what those numbers really
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show you is the unmatched drawing power of Stone Cold
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c Boston. Now, Austin made invented ninety eight and ninety
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nine Summerslams, and he was the biggest draw in the business.
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But in August of two thousand, Austin was still out
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recovering from his neck injury. The fact that the WWE
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could lose their absolute biggest draw and still pull in
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nearly six hundred thousand buys on a pay per view show,
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it shows you just how healthy the brand was. The
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company was firing on all cylinders, the writing was cohesive,
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the product was culturally dominant. I generally believe two thousand
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was WWE's peak creative year. But before we dive into
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the card, I just want to give a quick shut
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out to all the fans out there were enjoying the
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product we are putting out there. So let's grab a drink,
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sit back, and let's head to North Carolina to kick
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things off. The opening video package was a work of art.
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It featured legendary WWE Hall of Famer Classy Freddie Blast
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sitting in the dim room surrounded by blackaded white footage
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of the main characters. It was incredibly creative and dramatic,
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focusing entirely on the main event triple Threat match between
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the Rock Triple h and Kurt Angle Now. Having Freddy
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Blassie's voice narrate the concept of destiny and survival gave
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the entire show an epic, big fighte feel before a
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single wrestler even walked out the curtain. When we went
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live to the arena, the pyro exploded, the crowd was deafening,
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and there was a sea of signs. Jim Ross actually
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pointed out on commentary they had pulled in a gate
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of over one point one million dollars, and back then
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they didn't brag about gate numbers on air as much
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as they do now, so you knew the front office
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was absolutely thrilled with those numbers. They also showed a
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quick broadcast cut to w WF New York restaurant in
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Times Square, which was packed with fans watching on big screens.
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Our nunswers of the evening The Greatest Duo Jeffson at
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the broadcast stable it's Jim Ross and Jerry the King Lawler.
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Now let's talk about our very first matchup of the
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evening out comes the Right to Censor Now Stephen Richards,
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Bull Buchanan and the Good Father. Now, if you don't remember,
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the RTC was hilarious, brilliant heel gimmick designed to mock
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the Parents Television Council the PTC, which was constantly attacking
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WWF's edgy adult themed shows. They wore white dress shirts,
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black ties, and their entrance music was just a horrific
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looping car alarm. It was instant hate and nuclear heat.
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Stephen Richards grabbed the mic and yells at North Carolina,
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saying he thought people in the Bible State would actually
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support there are moral crusade, but instead they're just booing them.
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Richard starts trash choking Rakishi, but he gets cut off
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by the iconic too Cool music. Rakishi enters alongside Grand
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Masta sex in Scotty Too Haughty, and they've got Victoria
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in Mandy the future Godfather's Hose, who had been reformed
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with them. Now the Right to Censor versus Rakishi into Cool.
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The match starts with a massive brawl, eventually Scotty getting
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that hot talk to Rakishi. But Rakishi, Scotty and Brian
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Christopher managed to hit consecutive splashes on Stephen Richards in
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the corner. In Rakishi drops a slone drop on the
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good Father. Scotty sets up for his famous worm drop
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in the crowd chance a log every letter w oh
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r M. But as Scotty goes with the chop, Richards
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managed to dump Grandmasta Sexe out of the ring. Richard's
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catches Scotty with a devastating superkick. The steamy kick encouras
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him for the free count the right to censor win. Now,
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looking back at this, it wasn't a technical masterpiece. There's
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a smart way to start the show. Putting the RTC
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over made total booking sense because the group was brand
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new and they needed that cheap heel victory to build
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their heat. The crowd was so hot for Rakishi and
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too cool that the energy in the building carried the
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flat wrestling. That's okay backstage though, love is in the air,
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except we get a backstage segment that really set the
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tone for the soap opera drama of the night. They
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show footage from earlier in the night on Sunday Night.
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He as Jonathan Coachman, is interviewing Kurt Angle, asking him
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about the infamous SmackDown segment where Kurd Angle kissed Triple
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H's wife Stephanie McMahon while she was recovering in the
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trainer's room. Then we see Stephanie arriving at therena in
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the SmackDown clip. Though Stephanie resists at first, but then
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she actively kissed Kurd Angle back as fans are watching
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this live back in two thousand, I was absolutely convinced
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that Stephanie was going to turn on Tripleation at SummerSlam
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and aligne herself with Kurt Angle. It was such a
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beautifully written love story because it played on Triplacio's jealousy
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in Kurt's boy scout ways. Meanwhile, Michael Cole's backstage with
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Shane McMahon, who is holding the Hardcore Championship. Shane is
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talking about how much he loves his sister, but suddenly
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Steve Blackman, the Lethal Weapon, is seen walking down the aisle.
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Shane doesn't even hesitate, he takes off running for his life, screaming.
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This brings us to our next match, which is the
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Battle of Former Best friends and the remaining remnants of
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Degeneration X. It's row Dog versus Xpox. Now, both these
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guys were members of Degeneration X. They've been heels for
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most of the year, but they've been tearing at each
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other recently. Road Dog was entering this match basically acting
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as the de facto babyface because the fans just love
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hearing oh you didn't know now. Road Dog gets that
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crowd pop of course for the oh you didn't know
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InTru The match is extremely fast paced, but towards the end,
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ro Doug sets up Xpox for his signature pump handle slam,
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doing it doggy style as he put it, but x
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Pox sneaks in a blatant low blow while the referees
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back is turn x Poc quickly capitalizes with his X
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Factor facebuster to secure the pinfall victory. Now, immediately after
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the freak out, x Pot grabs a mic. He tries
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to play the nice guy, telling road Dog, Hey, we
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found out who is the better man, but we're still
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a great team. No hard feelings. Can we still be friends? Uh?
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Road Dog is not having any of it. He kicks
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Xbox straight in the gut hits him with a doggy
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style pomp handle Slim deliver some classic DX croc jumps
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to bring the home, bring the crad home happy. That
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is my mouth in my brain weren't working now. To
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be honest, guys, I never found this storyline very interesting.
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It felt like a weak way to wind down DX.
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The match was too short to mean anything. The postmatch
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angle was just a quick way to get road Dog
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his heat back after losing to a low blown. But
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right after this, they plugged a local restaurant called Vinnie's
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Steakhouse and Tavern and Rowley. Now, why would the WWF
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plug a local steakhouse on a major pay per view? Well,
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Bruce Richard revealed in his podcast that Vince Mickman's best
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friend actually owned the place and named it after Vince
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as a classic insider connection for you, like, oh, why
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do you name it after yourself? Naw, name after vinsic Man?
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Pay off the future some Slim two thousand, I know it.
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And next we see Eddie Guerrero in China backstage talking
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about their upcoming match. Eddie is completely sitting with Mama Sita.
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China looks at Eddie and says, somebody is going to
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get lucky. Tonight, leaving Eddie absolutely thrilled love the storyline. Now, meanwhile, Tristratus,
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who is looking incredible as always in her early manager run,
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is in the locker room with the Inner Continal champion Valvenus.
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Now Trisha is asking Val who he thinks would make
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a better magazine centerfold, her or China. Now Val tells
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her to focus, saying it's not about modeling, it's about
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the Intercontinal title. This Valvenus is not the same one
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I remember at some Slim ninety eight asking the crowd
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about his by belbo Ski. Now Trish, being the perfect
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heel manager, reminds Valvenus to him he should have the
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title and doesn't care about the ladies anymore. Nextcept though,
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it's Eddie and Val start this matchup. Well, it's Valvenus
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in Tri Strettis versus Eddie Guerrero in China. Now the
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climax of this match see for Valvinus. The climax of
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this match can't even make a Valvenus joke. Here. Valvenus
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and Ediguro end up battling on the outside of the ring,
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leaving the two women in the square circle. Trish Strettas
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tries to capitalize by hating a clothesline on China, but
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China completely no sells it. Trish basically bounces off China
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and falls to the match. China grabs Trish, lifts her
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and above her head, and delivers a massive gorilla press slam.
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China covers Trish and the referee counts to three. Now, technically,
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China has won the Intercontinental title here, and just like that,
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China is a two time Intercontinal champion. Valvenus is absolutely
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furious on the outside, screaming at Trish for costing him
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his intercontinental title. Eddie, meanwhile, looks a bit disappointed that
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he didn't win the belt himself because the rules were
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whoever won the match became Intercondinal champion. China pinned Trish,
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but Eddie quickly shows love to China and wraps the
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title around her waist. Now, the Intercondinal title was a
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game of hot potato in the year two thousand. There
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were actually eleven title changes for that belt in two
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thousand alone. That is almost one change every single month. Now,
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China's historic second reign would only last eight days because
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Eddie Guerrero would end up winning it from her in
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a triple threat match shortly after, but the crowd and
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rally popped for China winning and push forward in a
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great storyline where Valvenis eventual dumps Trish as his manager
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enjoined the Right to Censor. Now, speaking of things that
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didn't last long, they showed a quick clip of WWE
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radio broadcasting live from New York Man whatever happened to
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that radio station? Let me go backstage though, where Stephanie
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McMahon is talking to a makeup artist. In a moment
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of pure gossip, Stephanie quietly admits to her you know,
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Kurt Engel is actually a very good kisser. Dun dun, dun.
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Oh boy, The plot thickens now. This leads us to
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a very personal, very physical grudge match. A video package
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play showing the war between Taz and Jerry the King Lawler.
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Taz Man his debut at the Roy Rumble early in
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the year with a massive hype after being the baddest
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man in E c W and pitning Kurt Engle excuse
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me making Curtil pass out at Roy Rumble. They tried
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to make Taz a baby face, but it just didn't click,
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so they turned him into an aggressive, angry heel during
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a segment a raw Taz targeted Jim Ross. Jerry Lawler
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eventually jumped in to defend his broadcast partner, prompting Task
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to brutally attack Lawler on Smackdumb, leaving him bloody. Now,
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Taz also smashed a car window with Jr inside, leaving
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Jerr with a nasty scar around his right eye that
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he actively sold tonight. Now, Taz walks out to the
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ring wearing a black cowboy hat and holding a walking
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stick opening mocking Jim Ross's eye injury. How dare you test?
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Jerry Lawler immediately lives a broadcast booth and attacks him
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to start the match. Now. During the finish, Taz tries
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to go after Jim Ross at ringside, showing that he's
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going to choke out Lawler, then choke out Jr. Taz
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locks in his dreaded TAZ mission. Now, seeing his partner
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in trouble, Jim Ross grabs amy heavy glass candy jar
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that for some and it was that ring side for
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months in the WWF don't understand why, but takes that
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candy jar and smashes it over Taz his head. Jerry
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Loler collapses on top of a day's tas referee Teddy
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Long yes that. Teddy Long wakes up and counts the
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three counts. Jerry Lawler wins. Now After the match, Jerry
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Lawler and Jr. Share a massive celebration at ringside. Backstage,
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we're going to Shane McMahon. He's being interviewed by Len
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Garcia she Hassim about Kurk kissing Stephanie. But Shane is
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distracted and terrified of his upcoming Hardcore title defense against
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Steve Blackman. Then he just walks off. Let us sing
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a word. This brings us to the Hardcore Championship match
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and Shane McMahon's fifty foot leap of faith. Now, the
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match starts on the entrance ramp. Now, towards the end
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of the match, though, Tests and Albert run down to
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help Shane brutally double teaming Blackman with trash cans and
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steel signs. Blackman, though, manages to fight them off with
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kendo sticks using his incredible martial arts speed. Terrified and
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left completely alone, Shane climbs up the massive fifty foot
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staging structured near the entranceway. Black Man then pursues him,
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climbing up the kendostick in hand. Blackman corner Shane at
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the very top of the scaffolding and starts bashing him
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in the back with the kendowstick. Shane, looking down to
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make sure he's aligned perfectly, takes a terrified fifty foot
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backward plunge straight off the structure, crashing through a black
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padded landing zone on the floor below. The crowd is
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absolutely shocked. The visual of Shane falling through the air
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is still one of the most replayed clips I think
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in w W history, besides Mankind and Helmless Sell. But
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Blackman isn't done. Blackman then climbs down to about twenty
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five feet and delivers a massive dying elbow diving ella
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bow I can read onto Shane's broken body. Black Man
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drapes his arms over Shane, and referee Jimmy Corderos counts
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the three. Steve Blackman is handed the Hardcore Championship while
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Shane is getting strapped onto a backboard and wheeled out
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on a stretcher. Now, guys, that bum is easily one
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of the greatest, most insane moments in the history of SummerSlam.
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Truly is backstage Zough Steffandy McMahon is screaming and crying
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in the locker room after seeing what happened to her brother,
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Curnegle rushes in to comfort her and give her a hug. Suddenly,
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ww commissioner Mick fully walks in and tells Stephanie, Hey,
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I think Shane landed on his kisser. That was classic hilarious,
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fully lined taking a subtle jab at the Stephanie Kirk
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kiss from SmackDown. Also not worrying that Shane McMahon might
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be dead. Eh. Next up, we'll go to a video package.
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It's a two out of three falls match between Chris
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Benoit and Chris Jericho. These were two former WCW guys
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who had jumped ship in the WWF just a year ago.
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Benoir a ruthless heel, Jericho charismatic, fast talking baby face.
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It's a damn good match. There is not a chance
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you're ever gonna find any bad Chris Jericho Cris Binwan
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match Fall one, Benwah calitagus Jericho's arm and locks in
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the crippler crossface. Jericho tries to fight it, but the
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pain is too intense and he has no choice but
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to tap out. Now Fall two, ben Wa goes right
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for a cross face, but Jericho manages to crawl to
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the bottom rope. Jericho fires back, encounter is a suplex
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and locks on the walls. Jericho Benoir is forced to
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tap out. In the final fall, Jericho connects the signature
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Lion Sall, but his injured left shoulder hurts too much,
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preventing him from making a quick cover. As Jericho tries
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to roll ben Wa up for a great old ben
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Wawer versus momentum stacks Jericho up, grabs the bottom rope
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his hands for extra leverage, and the referee counts to three.
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This was an absolute classic that no one talks about
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for obvious reasons. Now we're arriving at the match that
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quite frankly revolutionized the entire wrestling business. Commissioner Mick Fuley
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had officially booked the first ever tables, ladders and Chairs
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match for the WWF Tag Team Championship, pitting the champions
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Edge Christian against the Harty's against the Dudleys. These three
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teams have been tearing down houses all year, the Hardy
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Boys the Ladders Expert, the Dudleys with the table Specialists,
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and Edend Christian with the Masters of the Steel Chairs
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putting all three elements together was the recipe for a
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beautiful destruction. Now going into this because the shows in Riley,
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North Carolina, almost everyone in the building assumed the hometown
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heroes Matt and Jeff are going to win the gold.
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The match is an absolute car wreck from start to finish.
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There is no downtime. Early on, Bubba Ray climbed the
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giant ladder by Edge. Christian throw chairs at his back
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to knock him down. Jeff Hardy hits a spectacular poetry
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in motion off a steel chair. The climax of this
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legendary match is a chaotic masterpiece of high risk bumps.
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Jeff Hardy climbs a massive ladder and attempts a swanton
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bomb onto Bubba Ray Dudley through a table only outside,
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but Bubba moves and Jeff crashes through the wood. Moments later,
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Bubba climbs the ladder in the ring, but Edge and
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Christian tip it over, sending Bubba crashing through a stack
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of four tables set up on the outside. Lida then
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runs down to push Edge and Christian off the ladder,
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helping Matt climb, but Divon then tips the met's ladder
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and Matt falls backwards, crashing through two tables on the floor,
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edge and spears Lida on the outside. Divon and Jeff
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are hanging onto the championship belt suspended above the ring,
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but the ladders are pulled from underneath them and they
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drop to the canvas edge and Christian then scale the
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ladders together, climbed to the top and pulled down the
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titles to win the match. The crowd and Rowley gave
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us one of the best ovations for the ending of
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this matchup. This match is easily whatever star class do
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you want to give it? Five, six, seven, eight. The
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o reason it doesn't get a perfect score from a
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lot of fai is because there is a sequel, and
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that's at Russelemania seventeen TLC two, and they somehow managed
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to top this match there. But this original match changed
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the industry in shortened careers, probably edges, but it's still
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a classic, breathtaking. Now to give a chance for the
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audience to, you know, go to the bathroom, get a drink, relax.
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We got a throng stink based match between the Cat
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and Terry Runnolds. I used term match very loosely here, guys,
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both women wrestled in bikinis and it was pure Attitude
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era entertainment. During the finish, though, Perry said and tried
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to interfere to help Terry, Al Snow came out and
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the Cat grabs Snow's famous mask, got mannequin head, and
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hit Terry with it while the referee was distracted. The
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Cat then backed Terry into the corner and delivered her
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stinkface to win the match. It wasn't a technical classic,
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but everyone looked great right right. Next we see the
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accolades hanging out at WWF New York, drinking beers and
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enjoying the show. Then we get a video package shutting
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out Kane versus Undertaker in the match that no one remembers.
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This was during Undertaker's iconic American badass biker run. Kine
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had saved Taker from an attack, only took turn on
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him by choke slamming him through the ring. No one
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remembers that either now. According to all the rumors, the
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spot was originally supposed to be the Undertaker versus Big Show,
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but Big Show was sent to development to get in
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better shape, leading to Kane's sudden He'll turn. This match
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was boring sloppy brawl. Undertaker spent the entire short run
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time trying to rip Kane's mask off. Finally, Taker grabbed
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the mask and ripped it off completely Kane's face. To
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protect his identity, Kane covered his face with his hands
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and ran backstage. The referee ruled it a no contest. Honestly, guys,
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this was a boring match and the finish absolutely sucked.
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Undertaker stood tall in the ring holding Kane's mask to
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a decent ovation, but it felt incredibly flat for two
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legends and for two men that have had an incredible
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storyline up to this point. But don't worry, they'll keep
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fighting and keep having tag team matches together. Now, let's
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talk about the main event. Before we see the wrestlers,
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the camera could backstage to Kurt Engle in the locker room.
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He is on the phone getting ready to make a call,
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but then we cut suddenly to Stephanie and Triple H
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getting ready for the match. Suddenly, Stephanie's phone rings, She answers.
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She chats for a second and tells Triple H it's mom.
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Hunter says he wants to talk to her, but the
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second he takes the phone and says hello, he realizes
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her mom has completely clung up on him. It was
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card Engle love the soap opera storyline, then the epic
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video package air setting up the Rock defending the WWE
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Championship against Kurt Angle and Triple H. The entire narrative
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built on Kurt Engle becoming way too friendly with Stephanie,
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who was Triple H's storyline wife and eventually real life wife.
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Both Triple H and Kurt Angle were playing heels, but
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they were absolutely despising each other, so the crowd was mixed.
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The drama exploded on the previous SmackDown when Stephanie took
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a nasty fall onto the ring steps. Triple H rushed
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check on her, leaving herself, but as Triple H is
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getting beaten down, kurd Angle went straight to the dressing
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room with Stephanie holding her, caressing her, planning a kiss
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on her. Stephanie didn't just take it, She actively kissed
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him back, and it was clear she liked it. The
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story heading into Summer Slang was brilliantly written. There were
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so many different directions they could take it, but fans
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were losing their minds trying to figure it out. Who
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was going to turn on who Now Kurringle makes his
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entrance first for the first time for this WWF main
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event match. Now Angle grabs a mic and cuts a
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phenomenal hill of provo. He tells the crowd he wants
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to apologize, not for the kiss though, but for not
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kissing Stephanie a heck of a lot sooner. What's wild
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to look back is that Kringle had actually lost clean
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to the Undertaker at the previous paper. If you're fully loaded,
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normally you don't do much better when you lose. But
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now you're in the main event of SummerSlam. I love
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this Angle. Triple Ah still enters next, and you can
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see he is furious. He doesn't do his signature water
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spit or posy. He walks the ring and before the
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champion the Rock can even make his entrance, Triple h
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attacks Angle with clothes lines and punches Referee Earl Hebner
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tries to separate them, but Hunter shoves him to the canvas.
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They brawl out to the ring and Hunter sends Angle's
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shoulder first into the steel steps. Hunter then tears the
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Spanish announced table apart. He sets Kurt up to the
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pedigree right on top of the table, but as he
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executes the move, the table completely gives away prematurely. Kurt
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Angle lands in incredibly hard, directly on his head, suffering
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a severe concussion. He was completely out of it. If
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you watch the footage back, you can see Triple H
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immediately looking down to check on him, and Jim Ross
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quickly points out that Kurt's eyes are completely glazed over.
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As the medical staff rushes out, Triple H grabs his sledgehammer. Suddenly,
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the Rocks music hit to a thunderous, deafening ovation from
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the North Carolina crowd. The champion runs down, the bell
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finally rings and we are on our way. Notice qualification,
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no count out rules. It's the Rock, It's Triple H,
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It's Kurt Angle. The matches a wild brawl, with the
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Rock selling his ribs beautifully after Triple H targets them. Meanwhile,
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on the outside, a completely dazed Kurt Angle is strapped
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to a structure with doctors trying to evaluate him. Stephanie
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then runs down to check on Kurt. In the crowd
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showing their typical classy attitude eras spirit yell slut at her.
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Stephanie walks down into the ring, Triplet screams at her
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that she shouldn't be out here. He tells her to
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get the championship belt. Stephanie climbs into the ring, swings
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the championship belt at the rock. The rock ducks, and
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she accidentally strikes Triple H in the face. Later, we
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see Stephanie back at the stretcher, desperately pleading to a
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concussed Kurt Angle to get up and help Triple H. Kurt,
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operating on pure instinct and love, says he'll do it
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for her. Kurt Angle slowly stumbles back to the ring
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while Stephanie is grabbing him by the arm to keep
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him upright, Angle trips up the rock from the outside
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Triple Ed's catapults and hits a pedigree onto the rock.
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He goes with the cover, but Kurt Angle pulls Triple
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H out of the ring and throws him head first
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into the steel steps Angle slides back in and covers
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the rock with the rock kicks out at a twoe. Now,
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Triple H yells at Stephanie the slide the sledgehammer into
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the ring. She does. Triple H goes to punch Turt Angle,
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but Kurt ducks in hunter accidentally punches his own wife, Stephanie,
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knocking her out cold. The crowd is eating everything up.
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Triple H, looking out for his injured wife, puts his
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hands on Kurt's head to guide him out of the way.
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Because Kurt is now checking on Stephanie. Angle hits Triple
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H in the skull with a sledgehammer. Hebner tells Kurt
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to cover him. Kurk drapes over Kurt. Kurt drapes over
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a Hunter. There's so much excitement, but The Rock breaks
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up the pin at the very last second. The Rock
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punches Angles over the top rope to the floor. Rock
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turns around, sets up Triple H, and delivers the People's
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Elbow to win the match. Who who Now? The Rock
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celebrates with the WWE title as the stadium explodes. Even
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though the primary storyline was focused on the drama between
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Triple H and Kurt Angle, the Rock did an unbelievable
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job carrying in it all to the end of the match.
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The drama wasn't over. After the bell, Kurt Engle pulls
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a knocked out Stephanick Mahn out of the ring and
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carries her to the entrance ramp in his arms. Triple
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H is left lying unconscious in the ring. Angle's music
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plays as he walks away with Hunter's wife and the
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show fades to black. It is absolutely insane to think
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that Kurt Angle is knocked out cold and he's able
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to pull off a match like this with the rock
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Triple h in Stephan McMahon never meeting a beat, he
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never misses the beat, and this entire thing, and my
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tongue was tied throughout this broadcast, but I appreciate you
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for listening. That wraps up my deep dive into SummerSlam
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two thousand guys, What a phenomenal event, historic night. Thank
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you so much for hanging out with me on the
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Fall count. I'm Steve Fall Don't forget to describe. Leave
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us a review and let us know your thoughts on
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this show. Have a good one.
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What is going on? Wrestling fans, Welcome back to another
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edition of The Fall Count with Te Faull. I'm your host,
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Stee Fall, and today we are hopping into our wrestling
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time machine. We are going back to a night that
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has permanently etched in my brain as one of the
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most wild, historic, and flat out fun paper reviews of
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all time. We are talking about the thirteenth Annual Summer Slam,
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coming to you live from August twenty seventh in the
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YouTube thousand at the Riley Entertainment in Sports Arena in Riley,
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North Carolina. Now, let's stop right here for a second.
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If you've listened to the show before, you know how
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I feel about the year two thousand in the WWF.
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That's right, put the f back in. It is hands
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down my favorite year in the history of the entire company.
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The roster at this point was so stacked it was
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almost ridiculous. You had this beautiful, perfect mix. You had
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established main event legends who are still in their absolute prime,
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like the Rock Triple h Undertaker. He had completely fresh
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crop of mid carters Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, Chris bin Wa,
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Eddie Guerrero, and they just arrived recently, but oh my god,
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the tag team division. It was arguably the greatest it
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has ever been or ever will be, with Egend Christian,
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the Hardy Boys and the Dudley Boys constantly trying to
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one up each other in ways that quite literally change
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the business forever. Now, to be completely fair, women's wrestling
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at this point wasn't exactly what we call high quality
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work create yet it was still very much the edit
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to Eradiva's style, dominated by bikini contests, Brian Panni's matches,
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and even there was one with Ky Jilly. Now we
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were beginning to see the only transition of women like
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Lyda in Tristretis, who had soon become serious trailblazers. But
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not yet. Let's look at the business of Summer Slam
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two thousand. The show drew a massive five hundred and
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seventy thousand pay per view buys. Now, if you look
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at the historical charts, that was actually down slightly from
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the year before, SummerSlam ninety nine, which pulled in around
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six hundred thousand buys, and it was down from the
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record setting SummerSlam ninety eight, which drew a staggering seven
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hundred thousand buys. But let's keep things in perspective. Drawing
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nearly six hundred thousand buys in the year two thousand
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was an absolute home run. Now, what those numbers really
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show you is the unmatched drawing power of Stone Cold
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c Boston. Now, Austin made invented ninety eight and ninety
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nine Summerslams, and he was the biggest draw in the business.
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But in August of two thousand, Austin was still out
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recovering from his neck injury. The fact that the WWE
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could lose their absolute biggest draw and still pull in
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nearly six hundred thousand buys on a pay per view show,
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it shows you just how healthy the brand was. The
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company was firing on all cylinders, the writing was cohesive,
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the product was culturally dominant. I generally believe two thousand
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was WWE's peak creative year. But before we dive into
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the card, I just want to give a quick shut
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out to all the fans out there were enjoying the
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product we are putting out there. So let's grab a drink,
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sit back, and let's head to North Carolina to kick
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things off. The opening video package was a work of art.
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It featured legendary WWE Hall of Famer Classy Freddie Blast
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sitting in the dim room surrounded by blackaded white footage
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of the main characters. It was incredibly creative and dramatic,
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focusing entirely on the main event triple Threat match between
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the Rock Triple h and Kurt Angle Now. Having Freddy
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Blassie's voice narrate the concept of destiny and survival gave
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the entire show an epic, big fighte feel before a
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single wrestler even walked out the curtain. When we went
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live to the arena, the pyro exploded, the crowd was deafening,
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and there was a sea of signs. Jim Ross actually
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pointed out on commentary they had pulled in a gate
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of over one point one million dollars, and back then
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they didn't brag about gate numbers on air as much
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as they do now, so you knew the front office
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was absolutely thrilled with those numbers. They also showed a
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quick broadcast cut to w WF New York restaurant in
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Times Square, which was packed with fans watching on big screens.
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Our nunswers of the evening The Greatest Duo Jeffson at
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the broadcast stable it's Jim Ross and Jerry the King Lawler.
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Now let's talk about our very first matchup of the
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evening out comes the Right to Censor Now Stephen Richards,
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Bull Buchanan and the Good Father. Now, if you don't remember,
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the RTC was hilarious, brilliant heel gimmick designed to mock
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the Parents Television Council the PTC, which was constantly attacking
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WWF's edgy adult themed shows. They wore white dress shirts,
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black ties, and their entrance music was just a horrific
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looping car alarm. It was instant hate and nuclear heat.
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Stephen Richards grabbed the mic and yells at North Carolina,
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saying he thought people in the Bible State would actually
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support there are moral crusade, but instead they're just booing them.
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Richard starts trash choking Rakishi, but he gets cut off
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by the iconic too Cool music. Rakishi enters alongside Grand
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Masta sex in Scotty Too Haughty, and they've got Victoria
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in Mandy the future Godfather's Hose, who had been reformed
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with them. Now the Right to Censor versus Rakishi into Cool.
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The match starts with a massive brawl, eventually Scotty getting
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that hot talk to Rakishi. But Rakishi, Scotty and Brian
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Christopher managed to hit consecutive splashes on Stephen Richards in
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the corner. In Rakishi drops a slone drop on the
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good Father. Scotty sets up for his famous worm drop
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in the crowd chance a log every letter w oh
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r M. But as Scotty goes with the chop, Richards
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managed to dump Grandmasta Sexe out of the ring. Richard's
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catches Scotty with a devastating superkick. The steamy kick encouras
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him for the free count the right to censor win. Now,
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looking back at this, it wasn't a technical masterpiece. There's
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a smart way to start the show. Putting the RTC
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over made total booking sense because the group was brand
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new and they needed that cheap heel victory to build
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their heat. The crowd was so hot for Rakishi and
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too cool that the energy in the building carried the
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flat wrestling. That's okay backstage though, love is in the air,
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except we get a backstage segment that really set the
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tone for the soap opera drama of the night. They
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show footage from earlier in the night on Sunday Night.
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He as Jonathan Coachman, is interviewing Kurt Angle, asking him
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about the infamous SmackDown segment where Kurd Angle kissed Triple
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H's wife Stephanie McMahon while she was recovering in the
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trainer's room. Then we see Stephanie arriving at therena in
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the SmackDown clip. Though Stephanie resists at first, but then
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she actively kissed Kurd Angle back as fans are watching
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this live back in two thousand, I was absolutely convinced
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that Stephanie was going to turn on Tripleation at SummerSlam
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and aligne herself with Kurt Angle. It was such a
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beautifully written love story because it played on Triplacio's jealousy
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in Kurt's boy scout ways. Meanwhile, Michael Cole's backstage with
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Shane McMahon, who is holding the Hardcore Championship. Shane is
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talking about how much he loves his sister, but suddenly
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Steve Blackman, the Lethal Weapon, is seen walking down the aisle.
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Shane doesn't even hesitate, he takes off running for his life, screaming.
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This brings us to our next match, which is the
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Battle of Former Best friends and the remaining remnants of
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Degeneration X. It's row Dog versus Xpox. Now, both these
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guys were members of Degeneration X. They've been heels for
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most of the year, but they've been tearing at each
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other recently. Road Dog was entering this match basically acting
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as the de facto babyface because the fans just love
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hearing oh you didn't know now. Road Dog gets that
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crowd pop of course for the oh you didn't know
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InTru The match is extremely fast paced, but towards the end,
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ro Doug sets up Xpox for his signature pump handle slam,
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doing it doggy style as he put it, but x
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Pox sneaks in a blatant low blow while the referees
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back is turn x Poc quickly capitalizes with his X
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Factor facebuster to secure the pinfall victory. Now, immediately after
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the freak out, x Pot grabs a mic. He tries
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to play the nice guy, telling road Dog, Hey, we
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found out who is the better man, but we're still
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a great team. No hard feelings. Can we still be friends? Uh?
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Road Dog is not having any of it. He kicks
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Xbox straight in the gut hits him with a doggy
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style pomp handle Slim deliver some classic DX croc jumps
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to bring the home, bring the crad home happy. That
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is my mouth in my brain weren't working now. To
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be honest, guys, I never found this storyline very interesting.
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It felt like a weak way to wind down DX.
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The match was too short to mean anything. The postmatch
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angle was just a quick way to get road Dog
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his heat back after losing to a low blown. But
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right after this, they plugged a local restaurant called Vinnie's
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Steakhouse and Tavern and Rowley. Now, why would the WWF
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plug a local steakhouse on a major pay per view? Well,
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Bruce Richard revealed in his podcast that Vince Mickman's best
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friend actually owned the place and named it after Vince
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as a classic insider connection for you, like, oh, why
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do you name it after yourself? Naw, name after vinsic Man?
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Pay off the future some Slim two thousand, I know it.
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And next we see Eddie Guerrero in China backstage talking
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about their upcoming match. Eddie is completely sitting with Mama Sita.
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China looks at Eddie and says, somebody is going to
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get lucky. Tonight, leaving Eddie absolutely thrilled love the storyline. Now, meanwhile, Tristratus,
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who is looking incredible as always in her early manager run,
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is in the locker room with the Inner Continal champion Valvenus.
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Now Trisha is asking Val who he thinks would make
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a better magazine centerfold, her or China. Now Val tells
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her to focus, saying it's not about modeling, it's about
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the Intercontinal title. This Valvenus is not the same one
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I remember at some Slim ninety eight asking the crowd
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about his by belbo Ski. Now Trish, being the perfect
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heel manager, reminds Valvenus to him he should have the
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title and doesn't care about the ladies anymore. Nextcept though,
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it's Eddie and Val start this matchup. Well, it's Valvenus
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in Tri Strettis versus Eddie Guerrero in China. Now the
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climax of this match see for Valvinus. The climax of
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this match can't even make a Valvenus joke. Here. Valvenus
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and Ediguro end up battling on the outside of the ring,
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leaving the two women in the square circle. Trish Strettas
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tries to capitalize by hating a clothesline on China, but
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China completely no sells it. Trish basically bounces off China
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and falls to the match. China grabs Trish, lifts her
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and above her head, and delivers a massive gorilla press slam.
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China covers Trish and the referee counts to three. Now, technically,
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China has won the Intercontinental title here, and just like that,
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China is a two time Intercontinal champion. Valvenus is absolutely
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furious on the outside, screaming at Trish for costing him
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his intercontinental title. Eddie, meanwhile, looks a bit disappointed that
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he didn't win the belt himself because the rules were
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whoever won the match became Intercondinal champion. China pinned Trish,
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but Eddie quickly shows love to China and wraps the
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title around her waist. Now, the Intercondinal title was a
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game of hot potato in the year two thousand. There
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were actually eleven title changes for that belt in two
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thousand alone. That is almost one change every single month. Now,
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China's historic second reign would only last eight days because
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Eddie Guerrero would end up winning it from her in
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a triple threat match shortly after, but the crowd and
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rally popped for China winning and push forward in a
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great storyline where Valvenis eventual dumps Trish as his manager
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enjoined the Right to Censor. Now, speaking of things that
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didn't last long, they showed a quick clip of WWE
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radio broadcasting live from New York Man whatever happened to
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that radio station? Let me go backstage though, where Stephanie
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McMahon is talking to a makeup artist. In a moment
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of pure gossip, Stephanie quietly admits to her you know,
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Kurt Engel is actually a very good kisser. Dun dun, dun.
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Oh boy, The plot thickens now. This leads us to
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a very personal, very physical grudge match. A video package
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play showing the war between Taz and Jerry the King Lawler.
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Taz Man his debut at the Roy Rumble early in
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the year with a massive hype after being the baddest
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man in E c W and pitning Kurt Engle excuse
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me making Curtil pass out at Roy Rumble. They tried
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to make Taz a baby face, but it just didn't click,
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so they turned him into an aggressive, angry heel during
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a segment a raw Taz targeted Jim Ross. Jerry Lawler
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eventually jumped in to defend his broadcast partner, prompting Task
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to brutally attack Lawler on Smackdumb, leaving him bloody. Now,
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Taz also smashed a car window with Jr inside, leaving
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Jerr with a nasty scar around his right eye that
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he actively sold tonight. Now, Taz walks out to the
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ring wearing a black cowboy hat and holding a walking
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stick opening mocking Jim Ross's eye injury. How dare you test?
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Jerry Lawler immediately lives a broadcast booth and attacks him
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to start the match. Now. During the finish, Taz tries
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to go after Jim Ross at ringside, showing that he's
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going to choke out Lawler, then choke out Jr. Taz
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locks in his dreaded TAZ mission. Now, seeing his partner
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in trouble, Jim Ross grabs amy heavy glass candy jar
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that for some and it was that ring side for
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months in the WWF don't understand why, but takes that
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candy jar and smashes it over Taz his head. Jerry
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Loler collapses on top of a day's tas referee Teddy
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Long yes that. Teddy Long wakes up and counts the
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three counts. Jerry Lawler wins. Now After the match, Jerry
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Lawler and Jr. Share a massive celebration at ringside. Backstage,
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we're going to Shane McMahon. He's being interviewed by Len
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Garcia she Hassim about Kurk kissing Stephanie. But Shane is
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distracted and terrified of his upcoming Hardcore title defense against
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Steve Blackman. Then he just walks off. Let us sing
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a word. This brings us to the Hardcore Championship match
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and Shane McMahon's fifty foot leap of faith. Now, the
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match starts on the entrance ramp. Now, towards the end
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of the match, though, Tests and Albert run down to
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help Shane brutally double teaming Blackman with trash cans and
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steel signs. Blackman, though, manages to fight them off with
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kendo sticks using his incredible martial arts speed. Terrified and
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left completely alone, Shane climbs up the massive fifty foot
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staging structured near the entranceway. Black Man then pursues him,
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climbing up the kendostick in hand. Blackman corner Shane at
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the very top of the scaffolding and starts bashing him
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in the back with the kendowstick. Shane, looking down to
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make sure he's aligned perfectly, takes a terrified fifty foot
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backward plunge straight off the structure, crashing through a black
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padded landing zone on the floor below. The crowd is
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absolutely shocked. The visual of Shane falling through the air
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is still one of the most replayed clips I think
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in w W history, besides Mankind and Helmless Sell. But
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Blackman isn't done. Blackman then climbs down to about twenty
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five feet and delivers a massive dying elbow diving ella
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bow I can read onto Shane's broken body. Black Man
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drapes his arms over Shane, and referee Jimmy Corderos counts
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the three. Steve Blackman is handed the Hardcore Championship while
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Shane is getting strapped onto a backboard and wheeled out
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on a stretcher. Now, guys, that bum is easily one
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of the greatest, most insane moments in the history of SummerSlam.
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Truly is backstage Zough Steffandy McMahon is screaming and crying
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in the locker room after seeing what happened to her brother,
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Curnegle rushes in to comfort her and give her a hug. Suddenly,
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ww commissioner Mick fully walks in and tells Stephanie, Hey,
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I think Shane landed on his kisser. That was classic hilarious,
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fully lined taking a subtle jab at the Stephanie Kirk
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kiss from SmackDown. Also not worrying that Shane McMahon might
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be dead. Eh. Next up, we'll go to a video package.
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It's a two out of three falls match between Chris
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Benoit and Chris Jericho. These were two former WCW guys
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who had jumped ship in the WWF just a year ago.
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Benoir a ruthless heel, Jericho charismatic, fast talking baby face.
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It's a damn good match. There is not a chance
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you're ever gonna find any bad Chris Jericho Cris Binwan
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match Fall one, Benwah calitagus Jericho's arm and locks in
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the crippler crossface. Jericho tries to fight it, but the
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pain is too intense and he has no choice but
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to tap out. Now Fall two, ben Wa goes right
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for a cross face, but Jericho manages to crawl to
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the bottom rope. Jericho fires back, encounter is a suplex
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and locks on the walls. Jericho Benoir is forced to
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tap out. In the final fall, Jericho connects the signature
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Lion Sall, but his injured left shoulder hurts too much,
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preventing him from making a quick cover. As Jericho tries
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to roll ben Wa up for a great old ben
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Wawer versus momentum stacks Jericho up, grabs the bottom rope
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his hands for extra leverage, and the referee counts to three.
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This was an absolute classic that no one talks about
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for obvious reasons. Now we're arriving at the match that
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quite frankly revolutionized the entire wrestling business. Commissioner Mick Fuley
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had officially booked the first ever tables, ladders and Chairs
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match for the WWF Tag Team Championship, pitting the champions
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Edge Christian against the Harty's against the Dudleys. These three
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teams have been tearing down houses all year, the Hardy
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Boys the Ladders Expert, the Dudleys with the table Specialists,
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and Edend Christian with the Masters of the Steel Chairs
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putting all three elements together was the recipe for a
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beautiful destruction. Now going into this because the shows in Riley,
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North Carolina, almost everyone in the building assumed the hometown
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heroes Matt and Jeff are going to win the gold.
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The match is an absolute car wreck from start to finish.
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There is no downtime. Early on, Bubba Ray climbed the
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giant ladder by Edge. Christian throw chairs at his back
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to knock him down. Jeff Hardy hits a spectacular poetry
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in motion off a steel chair. The climax of this
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legendary match is a chaotic masterpiece of high risk bumps.
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Jeff Hardy climbs a massive ladder and attempts a swanton
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bomb onto Bubba Ray Dudley through a table only outside,
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but Bubba moves and Jeff crashes through the wood. Moments later,
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Bubba climbs the ladder in the ring, but Edge and
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Christian tip it over, sending Bubba crashing through a stack
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of four tables set up on the outside. Lida then
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runs down to push Edge and Christian off the ladder,
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helping Matt climb, but Divon then tips the met's ladder
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and Matt falls backwards, crashing through two tables on the floor,
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edge and spears Lida on the outside. Divon and Jeff
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are hanging onto the championship belt suspended above the ring,
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but the ladders are pulled from underneath them and they
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drop to the canvas edge and Christian then scale the
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ladders together, climbed to the top and pulled down the
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titles to win the match. The crowd and Rowley gave
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us one of the best ovations for the ending of
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this matchup. This match is easily whatever star class do
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you want to give it? Five, six, seven, eight. The
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o reason it doesn't get a perfect score from a
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lot of fai is because there is a sequel, and
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that's at Russelemania seventeen TLC two, and they somehow managed
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to top this match there. But this original match changed
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the industry in shortened careers, probably edges, but it's still
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a classic, breathtaking. Now to give a chance for the
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audience to, you know, go to the bathroom, get a drink, relax.
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We got a throng stink based match between the Cat
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and Terry Runnolds. I used term match very loosely here, guys,
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both women wrestled in bikinis and it was pure Attitude
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era entertainment. During the finish, though, Perry said and tried
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to interfere to help Terry, Al Snow came out and
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the Cat grabs Snow's famous mask, got mannequin head, and
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hit Terry with it while the referee was distracted. The
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Cat then backed Terry into the corner and delivered her
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stinkface to win the match. It wasn't a technical classic,
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but everyone looked great right right. Next we see the
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accolades hanging out at WWF New York, drinking beers and
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enjoying the show. Then we get a video package shutting
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out Kane versus Undertaker in the match that no one remembers.
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This was during Undertaker's iconic American badass biker run. Kine
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had saved Taker from an attack, only took turn on
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him by choke slamming him through the ring. No one
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remembers that either now. According to all the rumors, the
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spot was originally supposed to be the Undertaker versus Big Show,
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but Big Show was sent to development to get in
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better shape, leading to Kane's sudden He'll turn. This match
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was boring sloppy brawl. Undertaker spent the entire short run
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time trying to rip Kane's mask off. Finally, Taker grabbed
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the mask and ripped it off completely Kane's face. To
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protect his identity, Kane covered his face with his hands
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and ran backstage. The referee ruled it a no contest. Honestly, guys,
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this was a boring match and the finish absolutely sucked.
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Undertaker stood tall in the ring holding Kane's mask to
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a decent ovation, but it felt incredibly flat for two
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legends and for two men that have had an incredible
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storyline up to this point. But don't worry, they'll keep
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fighting and keep having tag team matches together. Now, let's
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talk about the main event. Before we see the wrestlers,
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the camera could backstage to Kurt Engle in the locker room.
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He is on the phone getting ready to make a call,
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but then we cut suddenly to Stephanie and Triple H
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getting ready for the match. Suddenly, Stephanie's phone rings, She answers.
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She chats for a second and tells Triple H it's mom.
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Hunter says he wants to talk to her, but the
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second he takes the phone and says hello, he realizes
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her mom has completely clung up on him. It was
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card Engle love the soap opera storyline, then the epic
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video package air setting up the Rock defending the WWE
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Championship against Kurt Angle and Triple H. The entire narrative
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built on Kurt Engle becoming way too friendly with Stephanie,
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who was Triple H's storyline wife and eventually real life wife.
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Both Triple H and Kurt Angle were playing heels, but
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they were absolutely despising each other, so the crowd was mixed.
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The drama exploded on the previous SmackDown when Stephanie took
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a nasty fall onto the ring steps. Triple H rushed
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check on her, leaving herself, but as Triple H is
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getting beaten down, kurd Angle went straight to the dressing
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room with Stephanie holding her, caressing her, planning a kiss
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on her. Stephanie didn't just take it, She actively kissed
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him back, and it was clear she liked it. The
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story heading into Summer Slang was brilliantly written. There were
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so many different directions they could take it, but fans
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were losing their minds trying to figure it out. Who
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was going to turn on who Now Kurringle makes his
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entrance first for the first time for this WWF main
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event match. Now Angle grabs a mic and cuts a
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phenomenal hill of provo. He tells the crowd he wants
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to apologize, not for the kiss though, but for not
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kissing Stephanie a heck of a lot sooner. What's wild
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to look back is that Kringle had actually lost clean
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to the Undertaker at the previous paper. If you're fully loaded,
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normally you don't do much better when you lose. But
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now you're in the main event of SummerSlam. I love
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this Angle. Triple Ah still enters next, and you can
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see he is furious. He doesn't do his signature water
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spit or posy. He walks the ring and before the
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champion the Rock can even make his entrance, Triple h
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attacks Angle with clothes lines and punches Referee Earl Hebner
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tries to separate them, but Hunter shoves him to the canvas.
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They brawl out to the ring and Hunter sends Angle's
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shoulder first into the steel steps. Hunter then tears the
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Spanish announced table apart. He sets Kurt up to the
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pedigree right on top of the table, but as he
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executes the move, the table completely gives away prematurely. Kurt
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Angle lands in incredibly hard, directly on his head, suffering
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a severe concussion. He was completely out of it. If
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you watch the footage back, you can see Triple H
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immediately looking down to check on him, and Jim Ross
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quickly points out that Kurt's eyes are completely glazed over.
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As the medical staff rushes out, Triple H grabs his sledgehammer. Suddenly,
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the Rocks music hit to a thunderous, deafening ovation from
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the North Carolina crowd. The champion runs down, the bell
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finally rings and we are on our way. Notice qualification,
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no count out rules. It's the Rock, It's Triple H,
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It's Kurt Angle. The matches a wild brawl, with the
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Rock selling his ribs beautifully after Triple H targets them. Meanwhile,
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on the outside, a completely dazed Kurt Angle is strapped
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to a structure with doctors trying to evaluate him. Stephanie
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then runs down to check on Kurt. In the crowd
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showing their typical classy attitude eras spirit yell slut at her.
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Stephanie walks down into the ring, Triplet screams at her
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that she shouldn't be out here. He tells her to
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get the championship belt. Stephanie climbs into the ring, swings
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the championship belt at the rock. The rock ducks, and
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she accidentally strikes Triple H in the face. Later, we
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see Stephanie back at the stretcher, desperately pleading to a
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concussed Kurt Angle to get up and help Triple H. Kurt,
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operating on pure instinct and love, says he'll do it
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for her. Kurt Angle slowly stumbles back to the ring
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while Stephanie is grabbing him by the arm to keep
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him upright, Angle trips up the rock from the outside
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Triple Ed's catapults and hits a pedigree onto the rock.
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He goes with the cover, but Kurt Angle pulls Triple
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H out of the ring and throws him head first
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into the steel steps Angle slides back in and covers
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the rock with the rock kicks out at a twoe. Now,
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Triple H yells at Stephanie the slide the sledgehammer into
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the ring. She does. Triple H goes to punch Turt Angle,
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but Kurt ducks in hunter accidentally punches his own wife, Stephanie,
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knocking her out cold. The crowd is eating everything up.
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Triple H, looking out for his injured wife, puts his
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hands on Kurt's head to guide him out of the way.
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Because Kurt is now checking on Stephanie. Angle hits Triple
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H in the skull with a sledgehammer. Hebner tells Kurt
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to cover him. Kurk drapes over Kurt. Kurt drapes over
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a Hunter. There's so much excitement, but The Rock breaks
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up the pin at the very last second. The Rock
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punches Angles over the top rope to the floor. Rock
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turns around, sets up Triple H, and delivers the People's
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Elbow to win the match. Who who Now? The Rock
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celebrates with the WWE title as the stadium explodes. Even
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though the primary storyline was focused on the drama between
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Triple H and Kurt Angle, the Rock did an unbelievable
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job carrying in it all to the end of the match.
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The drama wasn't over. After the bell, Kurt Engle pulls
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a knocked out Stephanick Mahn out of the ring and
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carries her to the entrance ramp in his arms. Triple
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H is left lying unconscious in the ring. Angle's music
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plays as he walks away with Hunter's wife and the
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show fades to black. It is absolutely insane to think
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that Kurt Angle is knocked out cold and he's able
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to pull off a match like this with the rock
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Triple h in Stephan McMahon never meeting a beat, he
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never misses the beat, and this entire thing, and my
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tongue was tied throughout this broadcast, but I appreciate you
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for listening. That wraps up my deep dive into SummerSlam
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two thousand guys, What a phenomenal event, historic night. Thank
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you so much for hanging out with me on the
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Fall count. I'm Steve Fall Don't forget to describe. Leave
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us a review and let us know your thoughts on
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this show. Have a good one.
