411's WWE Heat Report 06.03.07
Posted by Scott Slimmer on 06.03.2007
We’ve got Hogan, Flair, Steamboat, Michaels, and many more in action on a special Saturday Night’s Main Event edition of Heat.
Hey guys and gals, I'm Scott, and this is 411's WWE Heat Report.
Welcome back to the best damn Heat Report on the net. I've been to two weddings in the last three weekends, but now I'm back where I belong here at the helm of the Report. The first thing I need to do is once again thank Daniel Wilcox for the stellar work he did here at the Report in my absence. Wilcox has actually filled in for me three times in the past two months, and I greatly appreciate how hard he has worked to make sure that this continues to be… say it with me now… the best damn Heat Report on the net.
That actually brings me to the second item I wanted to discuss. You may have noticed that over the course of the past few months I've been attempting to tweak the format of the Report in order to provide as much useful and entertaining content as possible while also accommodating my increasingly busy schedule. I played around with real time reports and random rants, but something always seemed to be missing. However, things became crystal clear when WWE canceled their fantasy wrestling game and Small started looking for a new gimmick for his Final Fantasy Heat Report. I began to wonder if my own Heat Report needed a gimmick, but then I realized that I've already got the only gimmick I'll ever need. I write the best damn Heat Report on the net. At least I did once upon a time. The past few months have been rough for the Report, and for that I am truly sorry. So starting right here, right now, I intend to once again stake my claim to writing the best damn Heat Report on the net. Period. End of story. So fuck the real time reports. Fuck the random rants. And fuck my schedule. This is my fucking Heat Report, and we're going balls to the wall from here on out. Full match recaps? Oh hell yeah. Links to each match? You bet. The most complete Heat coverage anywhere? Baby, that's why I'm here.
Oh, and Small? I've even taken the time to find a solution to your little gimmick problem. We all know that our loyal readers only check out your Heat Report after they've already read mine, so I think it's about time for the Final Fantasy Heat Report to know its role and become the Sloppy Seconds Heat Report. Problem solved. I do so love to help the little people. And nobody is more little than… Shit, that one's too easy, even for me. But you get the point.
Anyway, I think we have some wrestling to discuss. You're probably aware that unlike Raw and Smackdown!, Heat is now available exclusively on WWE.com. The video-on-demand nature of Heat allows me to screen each episode for you while still allowing you to watch all or part of the show after reading my report. I want this column to be a resource to help you decide which segments are worth watching and which segments are worth skipping. However, I also want to cover each segment in detail for those of you who do not have the time, the desire, or the ability to watch Heat yourself. I'm going to try and meet both of these goals by separating this column into a preview and a review. The preview will include the title of each segment, the tag line for each segment, the running time for each segment, and the non-spoiler bottom line on whether or not the segment is worth watching. The review will include a detailed description of all of the action in each segment. Okay kids, enough with the boring stuff. Let's get to the wrestling.
The Preview
Segment 1:A True Opener Tag Line: Take a look back to the first SNME, as Steamboat & The U.S. Express battle Steele, Sheik & Volkoff. Running Time: 10:03 Bottom Line: This match is from the 05.11.85 episode of Saturday Night's Main Event. We all know Steamboat is an absolute legend, and Windham and Rotundo may be two of the most underrated talents of all time. The Iron Sheik is gold in the ring, on the mic, and even at conventions, so it's always great to see him in action. I've never been a huge fan of Volkoff or Steele, but thankfully the Sheik does most of the work for the heels in this match. The end result is a solid match featuring a bunch of guys you just don't get to see all that often any more. Watch it.
Segment 2:2-Out-Of-3 Falls Tag Line: The classic Rockers vs. Brain Busters rivalry came to a head in a 2-out-of-3 falls battle in November 1989. Running Time: 13:36 Bottom Line: This match is from the 11.25.89 episode of Saturday Night's Main Event. Oh, and I mentioned that it features The Rockers and The Brain Busters, right? Seriously, there is literally no way for a match not to be awesome when you've got Shawn Michaels, Marty Jannetty, Arn Anderson, and Tully Blanchard in the ring. The action is fast and furious, and it's all the more impressive when you remember that this match took place almost twenty years ago. If you like watching Paul London & Brian Kendrick wrestle William Regal & Dave Taylor on Smackdown! each week, then you're going to absolutely LOVE this match. Oh, and as if that wasn't enough, Bobby Heenan cuts a great promo in the middle of the match. This is just wall-to-wall awesome with a cherry on top. Watch it.
Segment 3:A Legendary Battle Tag Line: The Feb. 8, 1992 SNME saw a legendary tag team battle as Hulk Hogan & Sid met Ric Flair & Undertaker. Running Time: 13:06 Bottom Line: This match is from the 02.08.92 episode of Saturday Night's Main Event. Look, Ric Flair is probably the greatest professional wrestler of all time, but even he can't save a match featuring Hulk Hogan, Sid Justice, and a very young Undertaker. This is the kind of match that makes work rate freaks want to drink heavily. However, it's also an interesting piece of history and one of the few times you'll see Hogan and Flair in the ring together in their prime. This match was a huge part of the build for WrestleMania VIII, so go ahead and watch it.
Segment 4:14 Years in the Making Tag Line: Mr. McMahon looked on as his son Shane battled Shawn Michaels on SNME's March 2006 return. Running Time: 16:32 Bottom Line: This match is from the 03.18.06 episode of Saturday Night's Main Event. This is by far the most recent match of the episode, and as such many of you may have already seen it. If you missed it last year, then it's worth watching to see Shawn Michaels put on yet another of his miracle carry jobs. And hey, even if you did catch it last year, there's still one or two huge bumps that make it fun to watch again. So either way, just watch it.
The Review
Segment 1: A True Opener (Ricky Steamboat & The U.S. Express (Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo) with Captain Lou Albano vs. George "The Animal" Steele, The Iron Sheik, and Nikolai Volkoff with "Classy" Freddie Blassie from the 05.11.85 episode of Saturday Night's Main Event)
We start off with the new WWE: The Power is Back video followed a commercial for Saturday Night's Main Event, this Saturday, June 2nd, at 11:30 PM ET, on NBC. The Heat opening video then plays, and finally Todd Grisham welcomes us from the Heat Studio. Fuck. He's going to talk now, isn't he? Fuck. I miss the Coach already.
Todd Grisham: "Welcome to Heat right here on WWE.com. My name is Todd Grisham, and for this particular edition of Heat we're going to get you geared up for the return of Saturday Night's Main Event. You can see it Saturday night, June the second, on NBC. As for the here and the now, we're going to take a look back at some of the great SNME moments of all time, and why don't we start this show off the way Saturday Night's Main Event started off back in 1985? The first ever match, and it is loaded with some huge names from professional wrestling history. How about Captain Lou Albano? Uh, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat? And The Iron Sheik? Are those big enough names for you? I hope so. Enjoy."
We then move on to footage of Ricky Steamboat & The U.S. Express (Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo) with Captain Lou Albano vs. George "The Animal" Steele, The Iron Sheik, and Nikolai Volkoff with "Classy" Freddie Blassie from the 05.11.85 episode of Saturday Night's Main Event (i.e., SNME I). This match was coming hot on the heels of WrestleMania I where The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff had defeated Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo for the WWF Tag Team Championships, so the Sheik & Volkoff were the reigning Tag Team Champions at the time of this match. However, they would go on to lose the belts back to Windham & Rotundo about a month later. Anyway, your commentators for the match are Vince McMahon and Jesse "The Body" Ventura. The referee seems to have already signaled for the bell, so I'm going to assume that this match is officially underway. Albano and Blassie each give their respective teams a bit of last minute advice before climbing out of the ring and taking their places down on the arena floor. Steamboat, Rotundo, Steele, and Volkoff all climb out of the ring and head for their respective corners on the ring apron, so it looks like it's going to be Windham and the Sheik to start the match.
Windham and the Sheik circle each other to start before locking each other up in a collar-and-elbow tie-up. Windham quickly transitions to a standing side head lock on the Sheik, but the Sheik muscles Windham to the ropes to force the break. Windham gives the Sheik the clean break, but the Sheik immediately takes a cheap shot at Windham. Windham blocks the Sheik's punch but connects with a punch of his own. Windham catches the Sheik in a second standing side head lock, breaks it long enough to connect with a second punch, and then immediately re-applies it. The Sheik again muscles Windham to the ropes to break the hold and then whips Windham to the opposite ropes, but Windham comes off the ropes and levels the Sheik with a running shoulder block. Windham hits the ropes, hops over the Sheik, and hits the opposite ropes as the Sheiks springs back to his feet. Windham charges towards the Sheik, but the Sheik leaps right over him. Windham hits the opposite ropes, charges towards the Sheik, and counters an attempted hip toss from the Sheik into a hip toss of his own.
Sheik gets back to his feet in the corner and takes a cheap shot at Steamboat on the ring apron, but Steamboat avoids the punch and connects with punch of his own. The Sheik staggers back to the middle of the ring and walks right into a scoop slam from Windham. Windham drags the Sheik back to his feet, locks in an arm wringer, guides him over to the corner, and tags Rotundo into the match. Rotundo climbs up to the top rope and drops an elbow down onto Sheik's exposed arm. Windham climbs out of the ring and onto the ring apron as Rotundo locks in an arm wringer and tags Steamboat into the match. Steamboat runs along the ring apron and over to the neutral corner before climbing up to the top rope and connecting with a flying chop to the Sheik's exposed arm. Rotundo climbs out of the ring and onto the ring apron as Steamboat levels the Sheik with a chop to the chest. Steamboat drags the Sheik back to his feet, locks in an arm wringer, wrenches away at the Sheik's arm, and then transitions to a standing arm bar. Steamboat guides the Sheik over to the corner and tags Rotundo into the match.
Rotundo climbs into the ring and kicks the Sheik in the gut. Rotundo and Steamboat whip the Sheik to the ropes, wait for him to rebound, and level him with a pair of back elbow shots to the chest. Steamboat climbs out of the ring and out onto the ring apron as Rotundo drags the Sheik back up to his feet and gives him a scoop slam. Rotundo drops an elbow down onto the Sheik's chest and covers him but only gets a two count before the Sheik kicks out. HUMBLED! YOU CAN NOT PIN THE SHEIK! I do love the Sheik in a special way.
Rotundo gets back up to his knees, locks in a front face lock, and tries to drag the Sheik back up to his feet, but the Sheik seems intent to keep this battle on the mat. Dude, Rotundo, you DO NOT want to mat wrestle the Sheik. Seriously. You will die. I shit you not. Rotundo instead switches to an arm bar, manages to drag the Sheik back to his feet, guides him over to the corner, and tags Steamboat into the match. Steamboat climbs into the ring and gives the Sheik two chops to the chest. Rotundo climbs out of the ring and onto the ring apron as Steamboat locks in an arm wringer, but the Sheik whips Steamboat to the ropes to break the hold, waits for him to rebound, and catches him in a standing abdominal stretch. HUMBLE HIM, SHEIK! HUMBLE HIM! Is it wrong that I'm marking like crazy for the evil foreign heel? Steamboat hip tosses the Sheik to break the hold and then does the same to Steele and Volkoff after they rush into the ring to aid the Sheik. Windham and Rotundo rush the ring and force Steele and Volkoff down to the arena floor as Steamboat grabs the Sheik by the head, guides him over to the corner, and slams him face-first into the top turnbuckle. In desperation the Sheik climbs out of the ring and joins his teammates down on the arena floor. The faces stand triumphant in the ring and the heels regroup out on the arena floor as we head to a commercial break.
We return from the commercial break with Steamboat and the Sheik back in the ring. Windham, Rotundo, and Volkoff have all returned to their places on the ring apron, and Steele is wondering around aimlessly on the arena floor. That man looks like he needs a hug. And a good waxing. But I digress. Steamboat locks in an arm wringer on the Sheik, whips him to the ropes, waits for him to rebound, and catches him with a power slam. Steamboat heads over to the corner, climbs up to the top rope, waits for the Sheik to get back to his feet, and connects with an absolutely beautiful top rope missile drop kick. Steamboat again heads to the corner, climbs up to the top rope, waits for the Sheik to get back to his feet, and connects with an equally beautiful top rope flying cross body. The Sheik tries to roll through, but Steamboat maintains his balance and stays on top. Steamboat pins the Sheik but only gets a two count before Volkoff rushes into the ring and breaks up the pin with a stomp to the back of Steamboat's head. Windham rushes into the ring and retaliates with two punches to Volkoff's head before the referee forces them both to return to their respective corners and climb back out of the ring. The Sheik tags Volkoff into the match and gingerly rolls out onto the ring apron as Volkoff climbs into the ring.
Volkoff charges towards Steamboat but gets caught with three chops to the gut. Rotundo puts his boot up on the top rope, and Steamboat whips Volkoff right into it. Volkoff crumbs to the mat as Steamboat tags Windham into the match. Windham climbs into the ring, and then Windham and Steamboat whip Volkoff to the ropes, wait for him to rebound, and level him with a pair of standing drop kicks. Steamboat climbs out of the ring as Windham crawls towards Volkoff. Windham covers Volkoff but only gets a two count before Volkoff kicks out. Windham drags Volkoff back to his feet, guides him over to the corner, and tags Rotundo into the match. Rotundo climbs into the ring, and then Rotundo and Windham whip Volkoff to the ropes, wait for him to rebound, and level him with a pair of back elbow shots to the chest. Windham climbs out of the ring as Rotundo connects with a pair of leg drops. Rotundo covers Volkoff but only gets a one count before Steele rushes into the ring and breaks up the pin. Steele climbs back out of the ring, but Rotundo becomes distracted and allows Volkoff to get back to his feet and connect with a kick to the back of Rotundo's leg. Volkoff follows up with a clubbing forearm shot to Rotundo's back and a punch to Rotundo's gut. Volkoff goes for a scoop slam, but Rotundo floats over and lands on his feet behind him. Rotundo muscles Volkoff to the ropes and rolls him up but only gets a two count before Volkoff kicks out.
Both men get back to their feet and Rotundo ducks a punch from Volkoff. Rotundo catches Volkoff with a backslide but only gets a two count before Volkoff kicks out. Both men again get back to their feet and Rotundo catches Volkoff with a sunset flip, but Volkoff ends up tangled in the ropes in the corner and thus avoids the pin. Rotundo drags Volkoff back to his feet, locks in a standing side head lock, guides him over to the corner, and tags Windham into the match. Windham climbs into the ring and connects with a punch to Volkoff's gut. Windham locks in a standing side head lock as Rotundo climbs out of the ring, but Volkoff muscles Windham to the ropes to break the hold and then whips him to the ropes. Volkoff waits for Windham to rebound and takes a swing at him, but Windham ducks underneath Volkoff's arm and hits the opposite ropes. Windham charges towards Volkoff and catches him with a sunset flip, but Volkoff again ends up tangled in the ropes and thus avoids the pin. Volkoff gets back to his feet, heads over to the corner, tags Steele into the match, and climbs out of the ring.
Steele climbs into the ring and locks up with Windham, but Windham breaks the hold and catches Steele with a three punches to the face. Steele and Windham trade punches in the middle of the ring, but Steele eventually backs away and heads to the corner. Steele looks to tag out of the match, but the Sheik and Volkoff drop down to the arena floor and abandon Steele. Windham sneaks up behind the distracted Steele, rolls him up, and gets the three count. Steamboat, Rotundo, and Albano climb into the ring to celebrate with Windham as Steele heads to the corner and takes out his frustration on a helpless turnbuckle pad.
We finish up with a commercial for John Cena vs. The Great Khali in a Falls Count Anywhere Match for the WWE Championship at One Night Stand: Extreme Rules, live this Sunday, June 3, at 8e/5p, only on pay-per-view.
Match Result: Barry Windham defeats George "The Animal" Steele with a roll-up pin. Match Length: 6:43 Best Spot: Steamboat's top rope missile drop kick
Segment 2: 2-Out-Of-3 Falls (The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty) vs. The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard) with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan in a 2-Out-Of-3 Falls Match from the 11.25.89 episode of Saturday Night's Main Event)
We start off with highlights of Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton from Judgment Day.
Todd Grisham then welcomes us back to the Heat Studio.
Todd Grisham: "Shawn Michaels may never be the same again after suffering multiple concussions, but don't count out Shawn Michaels. After all, the Heart Break Kid has been doing this for over twenty years. In fact, back in 1989 he was getting it done in the tag team division as one of the Rockers."
We then move on to footage of The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty) vs. The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard) with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan in a 2-Out-Of-3 Falls Match from the 11.25.89 episode of Saturday Night's Main Event (i.e., SNME XXIV). Your commentators for the match are Vince McMahon and Jesse "The Body" Ventura. The referee seems to have already signaled for the bell, so I'm going to assume that this match is officially underway. Michaels and Anderson head to their respective corners and climb out onto the ring apron, so it looks like it's going to be Jannetty and Blanchard to start the match.
Jannetty and Blanchard circle each other to start before locking each other up in a collar-and-elbow tie-up. Jannetty quickly transitions to a standing side head lock on Blanchard, but Blanchard muscles him to the ropes to break the hold. Blanchard whips Jannetty to the opposite ropes, waits for him to rebound, and goes for a hip toss, but Jannetty floats over and counters into a scoop slam on Blanchard. Sweet. Blanchard gets back to his feet but walks right into a standing drop kick from Jannetty. Blanchard again gets back to his feet, but Jannetty catches him with an arm drag takedown and follows up with an arm bar. Blanchard fights back to his feet and throws Jannetty down to the mat, but Jannetty maintains the arm bar and kips up to his feet. Blanchard again throws Jannetty down to the mat, but Jannetty again maintains the arm bar and kips up to his feet. Blanchard once again throws Jannetty down to the mat, but Jannetty once again maintains the arm bar and kips up to his feet. Jannetty finally releases the hold and connects with three punches to Blanchard's face before whipping Blanchard to the ropes. Jannetty waits for Blanchard to rebound and then levels him with a Ron Killings style spinning back elbow shot.
Jannetty locks in another arm bar on Blanchard, but Blanchard fights back to his feet and tries to muscle Jannetty over to the corner. Jannetty releases the hold, spins around, and punches Anderson off the ring apron and down to the arena floor, but this allows Blanchard to catch Jannetty with a knee shot to the lower back. Blanchard grabs Jannetty by the hair, pulls him down to the mat, and goes for an elbow drop, but Jannetty just manages to roll out of the way. Blanchard gets back to his feet and goes for another elbow drop, but Jannetty rolls out of the ring to avoid contact. Out on the arena floor Anderson charges towards Jannetty, but Jannetty catches him with a punch to the face. Blanchard reaches between the ropes and goes for Jannetty, but Jannetty catches him with two punches to the face as well. Blanchard gets back to his feet as Jannetty climbs up onto the ring apron. Jannetty leaps over the top rope and goes for a sunset flip, but Blanchard grabs Anderson's hands to maintain his balance. Michaels rushes into the ring, leaps over Blanchard, and punches Anderson in the face to break the hold. This allows Jannetty to complete the sunset flip and get the three count at 1:36.
Jannetty and Michaels celebrate in the ring as Anderson and Heenan climb into the ring in disgust. Heenan doggedly berates Blanchard and Anderson, but they seem to be in no mood for Heenan's scolding. Heenan shoves Blanchard but soon realizes he may have crossed over the line. Heenan flees the ring but continues his ranting from the safety of the arena floor. Blanchard and Anderson are so distracted by Heenan that Jannetty and Michaels are able to roll them up from behind. Jannetty and Michaels have Blanchard and Anderson pinned but both only get a two count before Blanchard and Anderson simultaneously kick out. Blanchard and Anderson get back to their feet and try to whip Jannetty and Michaels to the ropes, but Jannetty and Michaels reverse and instead whip Blanchard and Anderson to the ropes. Jannetty and Michaels wait for Blanchard and Anderson to rebound, leap over them, wait for them to hit the opposite ropes and rebound again, and then catch them with a pair of simultaneous thrust kicks (i.e., the precursor to Sweet Chin Music). Blanchard and Anderson fall to the mat and roll out of the ring to catch a breather as Heenan decides to abandon his team and make his way to the back. Anderson climbs back into the ring, and it seems as though Michaels and Anderson and now the legal men.
By the way, Michaels looks alarmingly like Kerry Von Erich at this point in his career. And other than the fact that it might have been tough to tell them apart, I would have LOVED a feud between Shawn Michaels and Kerry Von Erich. I know they had at least one match against each other, but I would have loved to see a more extended feud. Those are two of my all time favorite wrestlers. Hell, could you imagine The Rockers vs. The Von Erichs (most likely Kevin and Kerry due to the timing)? That would be sweet as all hell. But I digress.
Back in the ring, Anderson catches Michaels in a collar-and-elbow tie-up and muscles him to the corner, but Michaels breaks the hold and slaps Anderson across the face. Anderson and Michaels trade punches in the corner, but Anderson takes control with a knee to Michaels' gut. Anderson whips Michaels to the opposite corner and charges after him, but Michaels bounces up to the top rope, flips backwards, and lands on his feet behind Anderson. That was half a turn away from being Jeff Hardy's Whisper in the Wind. Anderson turns to face Michaels but walks right into a hip toss. Blanchard rushes into the ring to aid Blanchard, but Michaels catches him with a standing hurricanrana. Jannetty rushes into the ring to aid Michaels and connects with three punches to Anderson's face. Michaels and Jannetty whip Anderson to the ropes, wait for him to rebound, and connect with a pair of simultaneous standing drop kicks that knock him out of the ring. Michaels and Jannetty get back to their feet and send Blanchard out of the ring with a second pair of simultaneous standing drop kicks. Michaels and Jannetty stand triumphant in the ring as Anderson and Blanchard write in pain on the arena floor. I've seen Paul London and Brian Kendrick use that sequence almost verbatim on numerous occasions. Heenan finally disappears behind the curtain as Michaels drags Anderson back into the ring, connects with a knee shot to the gut, and tags Jannetty into the match. Jannetty climbs into the ring, and Jannetty and Michaels whips Anderson to the ropes, wait for him to rebound, and catch him with a double hip toss followed by a pair of simultaneous elbow drops. Jannetty and Michaels kip up in unison and punch Blanchard off his feet before turning their attention back towards Anderson. Michaels climbs out of the ring as Jannetty begins to drag Anderson back to his feet, but Anderson catches Jannetty with what appeared to be a low blow. Anderson crawls over to the corner and tags Blanchard into the match before slowly climbing out of the ring.
Blanchard climbs into the ring, heads for Jannetty, and takes a swing at him, but Jannetty ducks Blanchard's punch and catches him with an atomic drop that Blanchard completely no sells for some reason. Blanchard slides behind Jannetty and goes for an atomic drop of his own, but Jannetty flips over and lands on his feet behind Blanchard. Blanchard spins around to face Jannetty, but Jannetty immediately drops him with a single punch to the face. Jannetty drags Blanchard back to his feet, gives him two more punches to the face, guides him over to the corner, and tags Michaels into the match. Michaels climbs into the ring as Jannetty whips Blanchard to the ropes. Jannetty waits for Blanchard to rebound and catches him with a punch to the gut as Michaels hits the ropes and drops Blanchard with a knee shot to the side of the head. Michaels covers Blanchard but only gets a two count before Blanchard kicks out.
Both men get back to their feet, but Michaels immediately sends Blanchard back down to the mat with a hip toss. Blanchard again gets back to his feet and Michaels goes for a modified Rocker Dropper (i.e., the precursor to Billy Gunn's Fameasser), but Blanchard catches Michaels and lifts him into the air. This allows Anderson to run along the ring apron, leap into the air, grab Michaels by the head, and drop him throat-first down onto the top turnbuckle. Um, wait, did Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard just invent the Dudley Death Drop? Yes, yes they did. Damn. Blanchard covers Michaels and gets the three count at 3:18. Jannetty rushes into the ring to tend to Michaels and Blanchard and Anderson convene in the corner as we head to a commercial break.
We return from the commercial break with Jesse "The Body" Ventura interviewing Bobby "The Brain" Heenan in the backstage area.
Ventura: "Bobby, I just want to tell you personally I agree totally with what you did. I can not believe those two guys. What is wrong with them? You brought them fame. You brought them fortune. You brought them the World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Championships."
Heenan: "And they brought me nothing! Disgrace! Well they didn't disgrace me; they disgraced themselves. They're the worst tag team I've ever been associated with! And the day will come when they're on their hands and knees in some skid row soup kitchen calling me back after they bummed a dime from somebody and asking me to take them back! But no! There's no place in the family for somebody that will not listen, will not take instruction, and will not listen to The Brain! So stay in that ring, get your tails kicked from now until the end of the year and into next year! As far as I'm concerned we're done! You're fired! You're through! You can go beg on the street! As a matter of fact, you two are now a part of the homeless!"
Ventura: "You know it just tells you, LISTEN! That goes for you too, McMahon."
We then rejoin the action in the ring with Jannetty still tending to Michaels. The legal men are evidently still Blanchard and Michaels, so the referee forces Jannetty to leave the ring. Blanchard goes on the offensive with a stomp to Michaels' gut and give mounted punches to Michaels' face. Blanchard drags Michaels back to his feet, Anderson sticks his knee between the ropes, and Blanchard whips Michaels gut-first right into Anderson's knee. Blanchard tags Anderson into the match and then holds Michaels as Anderson climbs into the ring and punches Michaels in the gut. Blanchard climbs out of the ring as Anderson drags Michaels back to his feet and connects with a punch to the face. Anderson whips Michaels to the ropes, waits for him to rebound, and hits the ARN ANDERSON SPINEBUSTER! ARN ANDERSON SPINEBUSTER! ARN ANDERSON SPINEBUSTER! That really is a freaking thing a beauty. Seriously, you have no idea what you're missing if you've only seen Triple H and Batista hit that move. Arn Anderson did that just about as well as anybody has ever done any move. Just awesome.
Anyway, Michaels appears to be dead, so Anderson covers him but only gets a two count before Jannetty rushes into the ring and breaks up the pin. Michaels valiantly tries to crawl towards his corner to make the tag, but Anderson halts his progress. Anderson again covers Michaels but only gets a two count before Michaels gets a shoulder up. Anderson again gets Michaels' shoulders down on the mat and tries to drive both of his knees into Michaels' gut, but Michaels kips up and wraps his legs around Anderson's gut. Michaels has Anderson in a body scissors, but Anderson stands up a catapult. Anderson launches Michaels towards the corner and Michaels manages to catch himself on the ropes, but Blanchard punches Michaels off the ropes and back down to the mat. Michaels is totally playing the role of the pinball at this point. Anderson drives a knee down onto Michaels' throat and tags Blanchard into the match. Blanchard climbs up to the top rope and connects with a flying knee drop to Michaels throat as Anderson climb out of the ring. Blanchard charges across the ring and kicks Jannetty in the gut for good measure, but the referee prevents Jannetty from entering the ring in retaliation.
Blanchard drags Michaels back to his feet and tosses him over the top rope and down to the arena floor. The referee begins his count on Michaels, but Michaels finally stumbles back to his feet. Anderson aids Blanchard in dragging Michaels back up onto the ring apron, and Blanchard then tries to slam Michaels' head into the ring post. Michaels gets his foot up to block the impact and then slams Blanchard's head into the top turnbuckle. Blanchard stumbles towards the middle of the ring as Michaels climbs up to the top rope. Michaels comes off the tope rope and connects with a flying cross body to Blanchard but only gets a two count before Blanchard kicks out. Blanchard quickly tags Anderson into the match and then grabs Michaels' ankle to prevent him from tagging Jannetty into the match. Anderson climbs into the ring, charges towards Jannetty, and punches him in the face to prevent him from coming to Michaels' aid. Blanchard climbs out of the ring as Anderson drags Michaels back to his feet and locks in a front face lock. Michaels slowly begins to muscle Anderson towards the corner, so Anderson releases the hold and takes a swing at Jannetty. Jannetty avoid Anderson's punch and connects with a punch of his own, but Anderson lurches backwards and inadvertently head butts Michaels. Both men crumble to the mat, but Anderson if the first to get back to his feet. Anderson heads for Michaels, but Michaels crawls between Anderson's legs and finally makes the tag to Jannetty.
Jannetty climbs into the ring and levels Anderson with a forearm shot to the face as Michaels wearily rolls out to the ring apron. Blanchard rushes into the ring to aid Anderson, but Jannetty levels him with another forearm shot to the face. Anderson gets back to his feet, but Jannetty again drops him with a forearm shot to the face. Blanchard gets back to his feet, but Jannetty also drops him with yet another forearm shot to the face. Anderson gets back to his feet but walks right into a scoop slam from Jannetty. Blanchard gets back to his feet, but Jannetty has a scoop slam for him as well. Anderson gets back to his feet and east a standing drop kick from Jannetty, but Blanchard gets back to his feet and catches Jannetty with a knee shot to the back as Jannetty was trying to drag Anderson back to his feet. Anderson and Blanchard whip Jannetty to the ropes, wait for him to rebound, and go for a double running clothesline, but Jannetty ducks underneath their arms. Michaels reaches into the ring, grabs Blanchard by the ankles, and drags him out of the ring. Anderson turns around to face Jannetty, but Jannetty catches him with a punch to the face that sends him back into the ropes. Jannetty ducks his had to telegraph the back body drop, but Anderson puts on the breaks and connects with an elbow shot to the back of Jannetty's head. On the outside, Blanchard whips Michaels shoulder-first into the ring post and then climbs up to the top rope. In the ring, Anderson drags Jannetty back to his feet, but Michaels comes back to life on the outside and punches Blanchard off the top rope. Anderson sets up Jannetty for a pile driver, but Michaels climbs up to the top rope and connects with a top rope flying cross body instead. Michaels has Anderson pinned and gets the three count at 5:06. Um, I love The Rockers and all, but I swear Jannetty was the legal man there. Oh well, shit happens. The Rockers bound out of the ring and celebrate their victory as Anderson and Blanchard lament their loss.
We finish up with a commercial for Bobby Lashley vs. Mr. McMahon in a Street Fight for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship at One Night Stand: Extreme Rules, live this Sunday, June 3, at 8e/5p, only on pay-per-view.
Match Result: Shawn Michaels defeats Arn Anderson with a top rope flying cross body. Match Length: 10:00 (total) Best Spot: Anderson's Spinebuster. Best. Spinebuster. Ever. Seriously.
Segment 3: A Legendary Battle (Hulk Hogan & Sid Justice with Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. Ric Flair & The Undertaker with Mr. Perfect & Paul Bearer from the 02.08.92 episode of Saturday Night's Main Event)
We start off with Todd Grisham back in the Heat Studio.
Todd Grisham: "Welcome back to Heat, and what would a look back at Saturday Night's Main Event be without a match involving the Hulkster himself, Hulk Hogan?"
We then move on to footage of Hulk Hogan & Sid Justice with Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. Ric Flair & The Undertaker with Mr. Perfect & Paul Bearer from the 02.08.92 episode of Saturday Night's Main Event (i.e., SNME XXX). This match was part of the build towards WrestleMania VIII. Of course, how this match was used as part of that build was rather surprising. Ric Flair was the reigning WWF Champion at the time, and it seemed as though he was going to be facing Hulk Hogan for the title at the upcoming WrestleMania. However, the events of this match would lead Hogan down a different path and thus free Flair to instead face "The Macho Man" Randy Savage at WrestleMania. Anyway, your commentators for the match are Vince McMahon and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. The referee seems to have already signaled for the bell, so I'm going to assume that this match is officially underway. Hogan and Taker are on the ring apron in their respective corners, so it looks like it's going to be Justice and Flair to start the match.
Justice and Flair circle each other to start, but Justice backs Flair into the corner. Flair begs off, gathers himself, and finally locks up with Justice in a collar-and-elbow tie-up. Flair rakes Justice's eyes and tries to whip him to the corner, but Justice puts on the brakes and instead whips Flair to the corner. Flair rebounds out of the corner, and Justice catches him with a big back body drop. Flair springs back to his feet, but Justice immediately sends him back down to the mat with a hip toss. Flair rolls out of the ring to catch a breather but eventually climbs back into the ring as Justice tags Hogan into the match. Hogan climbs into the ring and backs Flair into the corner as Justice climbs out of the ring. Hogan kicks Flair in the gut, rakes his eyes, and whips him to the corner. Flair rebounds out of the corner, and Hogan catches him with a big back body drop. Flair springs back to his feet, but Hogan immediately sends him back down to the mat with a hip toss. Hmm, déjà vu. Taker rushes into to the ring to aid Flair, but Hogan catches him with a hip toss of his own. Hogan drags Taker back to his feet, punches him in the face, motions for Justice to put his knee up on the top rope, and then rams Taker's head into Justice's knee. Hogan tags Justice into the match and climbs out of the ring as Justice climbs into the ring and catches Taker with a knee shot to the gut. Um, I'm pretty sure Flair is still the legal man, but I guess we're just going to ignore that for the moment.
Taker fights back with a punch to Justice's face and then goes for a scoop slam, but TAKER CAN'T LIFT JUSTICE! THE FREAKING UNDERTAKER CAN'T LIFT SID FREAKING JUSTICE! Dude, 1992 was nuts, yo. Oh how times have changed. Taker again tries to lift Justice, but again he fails miserably. However, Justice then easily reverses and lifts Taker into a scoop slam. That whole sequence was just wrong on so many levels. I think I threw up a little in my mouth. Taker does manages to sit up, so Justice drags him back to his feet, motions for Hogan to put his knee between the ropes, and then rams Taker's had into Hogan's knee. Justice tags Hogan into the match and holds Taker as Hogan climbs into the ring. Justice climbs out of the ring as Hogan gives Taker a chop to the chest and then another scoop slam. This is just sick and wrong. Just sick and wrong. Anyway, Flair rushes into the ring to aid Taker, but Hogan catches him with a scoop slam as well. For those of you keeping score at home, Hogan and Justice have each successfully executed a grand total of three offensive maneuvers in this match. And they were the same three maneuvers for both guys. I need a drink. Taker and Flair both get back to their feet, but Hogan clotheslines them both back down to the mat. Taker rolls to the outside to catch a breather as Hogan mugs for the crowd in the ring. Flair gets back to his feet, but Hogan immediately punches him out of the ring. Flair and Taker consult with Mr. Perfect and Paul Bearer on the outside while Hogan continues to parade himself around the ring.
Flair eventually climbs back up onto the ring apron as Taker climbs back into the ring. Hogan and Taker lock each other up in a collar-and-elbow tie-up, but Hogan quickly transitions to a standing side head lock on Taker. Hogan guides Taker over to the corner and tags Justice into the match. Hogan holds Taker as Justice climbs into the ring and punts Taker in the ribs. Hogan climbs out of the ring as Justice whips Taker to the ropes. Justice waits for Taker to rebound and ducks his head to telegraph the back body drop, so Taker puts on the brakes, goes to one knee, and connects with an uppercut to Justice's face. Flair comes into the ring to aid Taker, and Taker and Flair whip Justice to the ropes, wait for him to rebound, and level him with a double clothesline. Flair covers Justice but only gets a two count before Hogan rushes into the ring and breaks up the pin with a boot to Flair's back. Wait, now Flair's the legal man? There was no freaking tag! Although I guess that's fine, because technically I think Flair has been the legal man this whole time. 1992 is seriously driving me crazy.
Flair and Taker drags Justice back to his feet and give him a double atomic drop. Okay, what the hell was the idea there? The atomic drop works by dropping the victim's spinal column directly onto the leg and thereby causing compression of the vertebrae. However, a double atomic drop would only serve to drop the victim legs onto the attackers' legs and thereby do, um, more or less nothing except maybe cause a wicked charlie horse. Nice move, morons. I was totally rooting for you two until that little debacle. Now I'm just rooting for Mr. Perfect to win the match, and he isn't even in the match. Taker covers Justice but only gets a two count before Hogan again rushes into the ring to break up the pin with a boot to Taker's head. And yes, evidently Taker is now the legal man. I think. I'm pretty sure this match was taped in Bizarro World. Okay, it was actually taped in Lubbock, Texas, but that's close enough. Taker drags Justice back to his feet, connects with an uppercut to Justice's face.
Flair comes into the ring to aid Taker, and Taker and Flair set up Justice for some sort of double suplex. Taker and Flair both had their heads under Justice's arms, so it sort of looked like they were going for a double Northern Lights Suplex, if that's even possible. However, we'll never know, because Hogan once again rushes into the ring and saves Justice's hide. Hogan rakes Flair's eyes and drops him with a punch to the face as Justice rakes Taker's eyes and connects with a punch of his own. Hogan drags Flair back to his feet but immediately sends him back down to the mat with another punch to the face. Hogan rakes Taker's eyes, and then Justice and Hogan whip Flair to the ropes, wait for him to rebound, and level him with a double Big Boot. Justice and Hogan then double clothesline Taker right out of the ring, but Taker mercifully manages to land on his feet on the arena floor. Flair rolls to the outside as Hogan once again plays to the crowd in the ring. There appears to be trouble in paradise as Justice glares at Hogan as we head to a commercial break.
We return from the commercial break the referee imploring Ric Flair to return to his corner. Taker slides into the ring on the far side and sneaks up behind both Justice and Hogan. Taker spins Justice around and nails him with a chop to the throat. Taker connects with a second chop to the throat before guiding Justice over to the corner and slamming his head into the top turnbuckle. The referee finally returns Hogan to his proper corner as Taker actually makes the tag to Flair. Yes, yes indeed, that is in fact the first actual tag the heels had made this entire match. Go figure. Anyway, Taker holds Justice as Flair climbs into the ring and punts him in the ribs. Taker climbs out of the ring as Flair lays into Justice with a chop to the chest and a pair of uppercuts to the face. Flair then distracts the referee as Taker chokes Justice against the top turnbuckle. Hogan rushes into the ring to aid Justice, but this only serves to further distract the referee as Taker drops Justice neck-first down into the top rope. Flair tags Taker into the match and then hold Justice as Taker climbs up to the top rope and connects with a top rope flying fist drop to Justice's chest.
Flair climbs out of the ring as Taker gives Justice another chop to the throat. Hogan inadvertently distracts the referee one again, and this gives Flair time to sneak back into the ring. Taker and Flair go for another bizarre looking double suplex, but Justice counters and orchestrates a meeting of the minds between Taker and Flair. Taker goes down to one knee, but Flair goes for the full Flair Flop. God Bless You, Mr. Flair. Anyway, for whatever reason Justice has decided that Flair is now the legal man even though nothing even slightly resembling a tag was ever made. Justice drags Flair back to his feet, guides him over to the corner, and tags Hogan into the match. Justice holds Flair as Hogan climbs into the ring and punches him in the face. By this point Taker has also gotten back to his feet, so Hogan nails him with a punch to the face as well. Hogan levels Flair with a second punch to the face and then fends off Taker with yet another punch. Paul Bearer climbs up on the ring apron to lend support to the heels, but Hogan greets him with a punch of his own. Justice climbs out of the ring as Hogan goes after Mr. Perfect, but luckily Perfect drops down off the ring apron before Hogan can make contact. Perfect grabs hold of Hogan's ankle which allows Flair to get back to his feet, sneak up behind Hogan, and connect with a kick to the back of Hogan's knee.
Hogan hobbles back to the middle of the ring, but Flair hits the ropes and connects with a second kick to Hogan's knee. Hogan crumbles down to the mat, so Flair drags him over to the ropes, drapes his leg across the bottom rope, and leaps down onto his knee to cause even more damage. Flair drags Hogan back to the middle of the ring and locks in the Figure Four Leg Lock. Justice makes no effort to come to Hogan's rescue even though Hogan has been saving Justice all match. Hogan tries to reach over and tag Justice into the match, but Justice turns his back to the ring and adjusts his knee pad. Houston, we have a problem. Hogan realizes he's more or less on his own, so he finally manages to roll over and reverse the pressure on Flair. Flair is forced to break the hold and quickly tags Taker into the match. Hogan crawls towards his corner and begs for Justice to tag into the match, but Justice stoically stands on the ring apron and makes no effort to reach for Hogan's hand. Flair gingerly rolls out of the ring as Taker climbs into the ring and stomps on Hogan's back to halt his progress. Taker drags Hogan back to his feet, connects with a chop to the throat, whips Hogan to the ropes, waits for him to rebound, and absolutely levels him with a high flying clothesline. Phenomenal!
Taker tags Flair into the match and then holds Hogan down on the mat as Flair climbs into the ring. Flair drags Hogan back to his feet, connects with a chop to the chest, and climbs up to the top rope, but Hogan catches Flair and flips him back down to the mat. Hogan again crawls towards his corner and pleads with Justice to tag into the match, but Justice offers little more than a sly grin to the audience. In the mean time Flair has been able to successfully tag Taker into the match, so Taker climbs into the ring and drags Hogan back to the middle of the ring. Taker drags Hogan up to one knee and connects with yet another chop to the throat as the crowd had completely turned on Justice. Taker drags Hogan back to his feet, guides him over to the corner, and chokes him against the top turnbuckle. Taker then distracts the referee as Flair takes his turn choking Hogan against the top turnbuckle. Taker tags Flair into the match and climbs out of the ring as Flair climbs into the ring, traps Hogan in the neutral corner, and chops him across the chest. Hogan no sells the chop, so Flair hits him with another. Hogan no sells that chop as well, so Flair lays into him with a punch to the face and a flurry of punches to the gut. Hogan backs Flair all the way across the ring and traps him in the opposite corner, but Taker comes into the ring and gives Hogan a head butt to the back of the head. Flair and Taker work over Hogan in the corner before whipping him to the opposite corner, but Hogan rebounds out of the corner and levels both Flair and Taker with a double running clothesline.
Hogan slowly crawls across the ring and makes one last desperate attempt to tag Justice into the match, but Justice drops down off the ring apron to avoid the tag. Justice decided he's seen enough and begins to make his way toward the back. Beefcake spins Justice around and confronts him, but Justice looks like he's ready to break Beefcake's face. Beefcake had just returned from a serious facial injury, so any trauma to his face could be extremely serious at this point. Beefcake pleads with Justice to return to the ring, but Justice continues on towards the back. Beefcake returns to ringside and finds that Taker and Flair have gotten back to their feet and trapped Hogan in the corner. Taker and Flair work over Hogan in the corner and Justice continues his long walk to the back. Flair stomps away at Hogan in the middle of the ring and then tosses the referee clear across the ring when he tries to regain control of the match. This is enough for the referee to call for a disqualification and technically award the match to Hogan.
Flair and Taker continue to assault Hogan in the middle of the ring, and Beefcake decides that he's had enough. Beefcake slides into the ring and confronts Flair and Taker, but they slowly back him into the corner. Beefcake slides between Flair and Taker and runs to Hogan's side, and in the mean time Hogan has regained his bearings and climbed back to his feet. Hogan charges at Flair and Taker and connects with a double running clothesline. Hogan punches away at both Flair and Taker before whipping Flair right into Taker causing Taker to tumble over the top rope and out of the ring. Flair takes a few steps but then Flair Flops down to the mat before crawling over to the corner and climbing back to his feet. Hogan rakes Flair's eyes, whips him to the opposite corner, waits for him to flip over the top rope and onto the ring apron, and then clotheslines him down to the arena floor. Hogan and Beefcake stand triumphant in the ring as Mr. Prefect and Paul Bearer check on Flair and Taker on the outside. Hogan asks Beefcake why he would risk permanent disfigurement by coming into the ring, but Beefcake explains the full extent of Justice's betrayal and how coming into the ring was the only way he could save Hogan from complete decimation. Hogan realizes that he now has a score to settle with Justice, and we're well on the road to WrestleMania VIII.
We finish up with a commercial for Edge vs. Batista in a Steel Cage Match for the World Heavyweight Championship at One Night Stand: Extreme Rules, live this Sunday, June 3, at 8e/5p, only on pay-per-view.
Match Result: Hulk Hogan wins the match by disqualification after Ric Flair assaults the referee. Match Length: 10:33 Best Spot: Flair's Figure Four Leg Lock
Segment 4: 14 Years in the Making (Shawn Michaels vs. Shane McMahon with Mr. McMahon in a Street Fight from the 03.18.06 episode of Saturday Night's Main Event)
We start off with a commercial for WWE's Most Despicable Moments, available only on WWE 24/7 Online at WWE.com.
Todd Grisham then welcomes us back to the Heat Studio.
Todd Grisham: "Saturday Night's Main Event has been going strong for over twenty years. In fact, just last year we had a pretty darn good match involving Shane McMahon and Shawn Michaels. As you may recall, Mr. McMahon made it his mission in life to make Shawn Michaels' life a living hell, and that included that match you're about to witness. Shane versus Shawn in a street fight, and with Mr. McMahon in his son Shane's corner, things were not looking good for the Heart Break Kid."
We move on to footage of Shawn Michaels vs. Shane McMahon with Mr. McMahon in a Street Fight from the 03.18.06 episode of Saturday Night's Main Event (i.e., SNME XXXII). This match was of course part of the build towards Shawn Michaels vs. Mr. McMahon in a No Hold Barred Match at WrestleMania XXII. Your commentators for the match are Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler. We join the action already in progress and find Shane on the outside pulling a table out from under the ring. There's already one table set up at ringside, but Mr. McMahon assists Shane by setting up the second table next to the first. Shane then pulls a ladder out from under the ring and slides it into the ring. Shane heads around the corner where Michaels is slowly climbing back to his feet on the outside. Shane lands a punch to Michaels' kidney followed by two more punches to Michaels' face before lifting Michaels into the air and driving his back into the ring post. Shane slams Michaels' back into the ring post a second time before dropping Michaels down to the arena floor. Shane climbs back into the ring and sets up the ladder next to the ropes as Mr. McMahon drags Michaels back to his feet and lays him on the tables at ringside. Mr. McMahon holds Michaels on the table as Shane climbs to the top of the ladder, but Michaels frees himself with a thumb to Mr. McMahon's eye. Michaels springs up the table and climbs up the near side of the ladder. Shane and Michaels meet at the top of the ladder and exchange punches while Mr. McMahon climbs up onto the ring apron and tries to pull Michaels back down off the ladder. Michaels kicks Mr. McMahon off the ring apron and back down to the arena floor and then SUPERPLEXES SHANE OFF THE LADDER, OUT OF THE RING, AND THROUGH THE TABLES! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! Dude, those tables absolutely exploded on impact. Michaels and Shane lay motionless on the ground and Mr. McMahon looks on in horror as we head to a commercial break.
We return from the commercial break to find that Michaels and Shane are both still alive and in fact both back in the ring. Michaels has Shane in a front face lock but releases the hold in order to level Shane with a punch to the face. Michaels drags Shane back to his feet, gives him a scoop slam, and then sets up a ladder in the corner. Michaels climbs up to the top of the ladder and readies himself for an elbow drop, but Mr. McMahon climbs up onto the ring apron, sneaks up behind Michaels, and connects with two kendo stick shots to Michaels' back that cause Michaels to tumble off the top of the ladder and back down to the mat. Michaels and Shane are both down in the ring, so we take the opportunity to look at a number of different replays of the superplex through the tables. Back in the ring Shane gets to his feet and grabs the ladder while Michaels is only able to climb up to his hands and knees. Shane slams the ladder down onto Michaels' back not once but twice. Shane covers Michaels but only gets a two count before Michaels gets a shoulder up. Shane gets back to his feet, lifts the ladder up onto his shoulder, waits for Michaels to get back to his feet, and then absolutely decapitates Michaels with ladder. Shane covers Michaels but only gets a two count before Michaels gets a shoulder up.
Shane rolls Michaels onto his stomach and drops an elbow down onto Michaels already injured back. Shawn raises Michaels up into a seated position, positions his knee in Michaels' back, and pulls back on Michaels' arms. Michaels refuses to submit and valiantly tries to fight back to his feet, but Shane drives his knee into Michaels back in order to send him down to the mat. Shane once again positions his knee in Michaels back and pulls back on his arms. Michaels still refuses to submit and eventually does manage to fight back to his feet and break the hold. Mr. McMahon climbs up onto the ring apron, so Michaels charges towards him and takes a swing at him. Mr. McMahon drops down to the arena floor in order to avoid contact, so Michaels spins around and takes a swing at Shane. Shane ducks underneath Michaels' arm and then catches him with a swinging DDT. Shane covers Michaels but only gets a two count before Michaels kicks out.
Shane gets back to his feet, grabs a steel chair, waits for Michaels to get back to his feet, and blasts Michaels with the chair. Shane drags Michaels over to the corner and props him up against the bottom turnbuckle as Mr. McMahon pulls a garbage can out from under the ring. Mr. McMahon tosses the garbage can to Shane and Shane positions it right in front of Michaels' face. Mr. McMahon holds the garbage can in place as Shane heads to the adjacent corner and climbs up to the top turnbuckle. Shane goes for the Coast-to-Coast, but Michaels just manages to slide out way at the last possible moment. Shane kicks the garbage can right into Mr. McMahon's face, and Mr. McMahon falls to the arena floor in a heap.
Michaels and Shane get back to their feet and trade punches in the middle of the ring. Michaels takes control and tries to whip Shane to the ropes, but Shane reverses and instead whips Michaels to the ropes. Michaels comes off the ropes and levels Shane with a flying forearm shot. Michaels kips up, waits for Shane to get back to his feet, and catches him with an inverted atomic drop. Michaels drops Shane with a single punch to the face, waits for him to get back to his feet, and them drops him back down to the mat with a second punch to the face. Michaels waits for Shane to get back to his feet and connects with a scoop slam before heading over to the corner, climbing up to the top rope, and hitting a top rope flying elbow drop. Michaels gets back to his feet, heads to the corner, tunes up the band, and hits the Sweet Chin Music. Michaels covers Shane but only gets a two count before Mr. McMahon pulls the referee out of the ring.
Michaels rolls out of the ring, grabs Mr. McMahon, and slides him into the ring before climbing back into the ring himself. Michaels traps Mr. McMahon in the corner and tries to drag him back to his feet, but Shane sneaks up behind Michaels and catches him with a low blow. Mr. McMahon calls for Shane to end it, so Shane locks in the Sharpshooter on Michaels. Mr. McMahon slides out of the ring and calls for the bell to be rung. Mr. McMahon forces Lillian Garcia to reluctantly announce Shane as the winner of the match by submission. Mr. McMahon climbs back into the ring and raises Shane's arm in victory.
Todd Grisham then welcomes us back to the Heat Studio on last time.
Todd Grisham: "So Mr. McMahon screwed Shawn Michaels at Saturday Night's Main Event in a Street Fight, and there's no doubt I think in anybody's mind that Mr. McMahan will try and do the same thing in his Street Fight against Bobby Lashley at One Night Stand. Don't forget Saturday Night's Main Event will come to you on NBC, June the 2nd, at it all starts at 11:30 Eastern Time."
"Alright, One Night Stand. What a night it is going to be. John Cena still has a huge problem. The WWE Champ has to do what no man has been able to do yet, pin The Great Khali in a match where you must win by pinfall, Falls Count Anywhere."
"Also at One Night Stand, the Rated R Superstar will have nowhere to run when he's locked inside a fifteen foot high steel cage with the Animal. Batista is undoubtedly more focused and intent than ever on not only becoming a three time World Champion, but also permanently adjusting the over-confident Edge's attitude."
"Matt and Jeff Hardy will get the opportunity to show Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin why they are called Team Extreme when they put their Tag Team Championships on the line in a ladder match."
"This match might have the oddest yet most anticipated ingredient of the night: pudding, and lots of it. Candice Michelle will battle the Women's Champion, Melina, in a non-title match in hundreds of gallons of the sweet, slippery substance. Yummy."
"Things are going to get old-school ECW, because somebody is going through a table. And it won't matter if you're old school or new school, it's gonna hurt."
"Randy Orton believes that RVD will be more than just another notch on his Legend Killer belt. He believes he can kill the spirit of the original ECW. Orton wants RVD to leave One Night Stand the same way Shawn Michaels left Judgment Day: on a stretcher. Will Rob Van Dam be 100% at One Night Stand? We'll have to wait and see."
"What will Bobby Lashley do when he finally gets his hands on Mr. McMahon one-on-one? This is gonna be a down-and-dirty, come-dressed-as-you-are Street Fight, which means no disqualifications, no count-outs, no rules. So there is no doubt that One Night Stand is going to be extreme."
"Thanks for watching this edition of Heat as we took a look back at some of the great moments in Saturday Night's Main Event history. I'm Todd Grisham, and I'll see you right here, next week."
Match Result: Shane McMahon defeats Shawn Michaels by submission with the Sharpshooter. Match Length: 12:10 (shown) Best Spot: Michaels' superplex off the ladder, out of the ring, and through the tables. Like there was any other choice. Okay, I guess you could go with Shane's Coast-to-Coast, but you would be wrong. The correct answer is the superplex.
Okay kids, that's it for this edition of Heat. Hope you had fun. Feel free to email me with any comments or suggestions. I'll see you back here next weekend.
