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00:00Well, ladies and gentlemen, the World's Heavyweight Championship about to be decided.
00:08I think this is going to be an awesome confrontation.
00:12What an opportunity for Booker T. But by God, it won't be easy.
00:20I've had obstacles thrown up in front of me.
00:24And the hard times didn't really come in my life until my mother passed, you know.
00:28When my mother passed, everything kind of broke down for a while.
00:31I was running around with my crew, you know, and we got involved in a robbery.
00:36I went to prison and got, you know, put in jail.
00:38I knew what I had done. I knew it was wrong.
00:40I just wanted to pay for it and put it behind me and move on with life.
00:47I've been in the company for two years. It's been a struggle since day one.
00:51And now I'm finally getting my shot at the world title after two years.
00:56Booker T is going to WrestleMania.
00:59Booker T is going to wrestle for the heavyweight title of the world.
01:04I will be the next world champion.
01:06There ain't nothing nobody can do about it.
01:11Booker, you're nothing but a common street thought.
01:14The fact is, Booker, somebody like you doesn't get to be a world champion.
01:20I laughed my ass off thinking about you challenging me for the world heavyweight championship.
01:26Triple H's no doubt wanting to send a message to Booker T.
01:29The cerebral assassin has beaten the best that this business has to offer.
01:34One of the most evil, sadistic world heavyweight champions.
01:38But the question remains, in the biggest stage in our business, can Triple H beat Booker T?
01:44Booker T is a great athlete, but there is only one diamond in this business.
01:50And baby, you're looking at him.
01:51See, Booker, I understand you've been the five-time WCW champion.
02:00But let's face it, that place was a joke, Booker.
02:02Some of the stuff you said, but it don't change the fact that I will dance all over your whole head.
02:12Booker T wants to become the world's heavyweight champion.
02:15But tonight, Booker T wants to beat the game.
02:18Booker T, the momentum, the scissors kick.
02:21What a shot to the back of the head.
02:23Will it be?
02:24Nature.
02:24Yes.
02:25Booker T, Booker T has beaten the game.
02:29This is a bad homing for Sunday for Triple H.
02:32Nobody can say Booker T hasn't got momentum roaring into WrestleMania.
02:37You are the best the world has to offer.
02:40This is yours.
02:41You're the man.
02:42And at WrestleMania, Booker T does not stand a chance.
02:49Who can do that?
02:57Time to play the game.
03:04It's all about the game.
03:20It's all about control.
03:23If you can take it, it's all about your shit.
03:26Triple H has grown up his entire life as a wrestling fan.
03:55He was trained by WWE Hall of Famer, the legendary Miller Kowalski.
04:02He has been mentored in recent months by the dirtiest player of the game and arguably the greatest world champion of all time, Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
04:13There is no one more focused, more prepared, and more game plan ready than that man, the reigning heavyweight champion of the world.
04:29And one thing you failed to mention, JR, out of all his accomplishments and his true pedigree, Triple H has never been arrested.
04:41He's never run about the law.
04:42He's been a role model.
04:43He's walked the straight down, and he is deserving to be the world champion.
04:48He's a world champion we can be proud of, JR.
04:50You don't want some street thug being a champion, do you?
04:53Can you dig it, sucker?
04:56Please, I'm not even going to signify that with an answer.
04:59You don't want some street thug being a champion, do you?
05:06You don't want some street thug being a champion, do you?
05:07Introducing Longcherry, South of Houston, Texas, fighting 256 pounds, Booker T.
05:17Booker T, the youngest of seven children.
05:20His mother raised seven children alone until she passed away when Booker T was in elementary school.
05:30So from the age of 12, Booker T has been on his own.
05:35And did he make some bad decisions?
05:37Absolutely.
05:38And did he pay the price for that?
05:41You damn right.
05:47So that makes it all good?
05:50He has as much right to be the world's heavyweight champion as anybody else that's ever competed
05:58for him.
05:59Yeah, we want a world champion that has Johnny Cochran on speed dial, but never judge a crook
06:07by his lawyer.
06:10I admire a man that became a man at 12 that actually continued his education, graduated from
06:18Yates High School in Houston.
06:20He went on to become a five-time WCW champion.
06:27Haven't you heard what Triple H said about WCW?
06:30That place was a joke.
06:32Yeah, I...
06:33How long did you work at WCW?
06:35Never.
06:35Well, I did.
06:36Was it a joke?
06:37Damn right.
06:39Triple H was right!
06:40But Booker T wasn't a joke, and neither is this man.
06:43If there were any questions.
06:45All right.
06:46You're paying yourselves at all times, so pay the rules at all times.
06:50We're called Gass and Trump.
06:51Mr. Karris, no interference.
06:53No, Pong Gass and Trump.
06:54All right, gentlemen, we're ready.
06:55Let's do it.
06:56All out of class in the J.R., huh?
06:59You make a great champion.
07:02You see how reserved and how well-mannered behaved Triple H is?
07:06Last year at WrestleMania, Triple H won the undisputed title.
07:11Another guy that's earned a reputation as not only being the cerebral assassin,
07:16but a big match competitor, rising to the occasion.
07:20The man that is generally known for retiring the surefire Hall of Famer, Nick Fowler.
07:27I think you resent Triple H because he didn't have a hard upbringing.
07:31He wasn't come from a wealthy family in Connecticut.
07:35You know, they had, let's face it, they had bookcases for their bank books.
07:43Even his, well, his chauffeur, chauffeur-driven limousine, his chauffeur had a circle.
07:52But don't hold that against Triple H.
07:54Hard now bench dropped by Booker T.
07:56And another right hand, Booker T now, catching another game now,
08:01reverses, turns the table, comes to the clear like chop.
08:04That's the way you do it.
08:05Booker T with another knockdown.
08:08Booker T so motivated.
08:10He was victorious in defeating the game less than a week ago on Raw.
08:18The game was a bloody mess when that match concluded.
08:22Triple H catches the challenger with the reverse elbow.
08:35This is very uncharacteristic of the game this early.
08:40Yep, you're right.
08:41To take this kind of chance and drag off the top rope.
08:44Come on, Triple H, you gotta stay on your game.
08:45Talk to it, Nate.
08:47Man, Triple H rolling to the outside, at least wanted to get away from Booker T.
08:54But not for long.
08:55Man, head first, right into the ring post.
09:00I can't believe the game was the victim of an arm drag off the top rope.
09:06And that's gonna, Booker T, what about Booker T?
09:10I mean, he was gonna attack, how do you know that?
09:14Are you Kreskin now?
09:15Okay, that's all right, go ahead, Booker T, fan.
09:19What is it about his background that you like?
09:24I respect Booker T, I respect Triple H.
09:26Booker T should have known he'd never met when he was born on a pool table.
09:29Look at that shot at Booker T in the game.
09:35How the hell do you know he was born on a pool table?
09:38I do my research, that'd be different, who told you that?
09:42Who in the hell told you that, the big, I think so.
09:46And he was drunk last night, so how does he know?
09:48He's trying to find one of those kicks and does.
09:56Triple H's gonna, the days, confused state,
10:01that unorthodox nature, and Booker T held on.
10:04Watch it, Triple H.
10:07Triple H certainly did not, I don't think Bischoff did the game any favors.
10:20Back on September the 2nd, when Triple H was awarded the world's heavyweight title.
10:25Man, how many times are you gonna throw that in poor Triple H's face?
10:29Who all has Triple H's beaten since then?
10:32Everybody in the WWE.
10:35Outstanding competitive.
10:37Right, but he could have done that in a tournament.
10:40He could have done that in a different method.
10:42Right, so why waste the time?
10:43Why not just go ahead and award him the championship?
10:45Everybody knows he could have done that.
10:47Especially Eric Bischoff knew him.
10:49He could have a champ.
10:52Ooh, come back.
10:53He's just waiting for Booker T to get in there and make another mistake.
10:56How much did it cost you to join his fan club?
10:59You got a butt you're off.
11:00You got a butt you're off.
11:01Let's face it, he's the world's heavyweight champion, and I feel like he's a champion we'd be proud of.
11:07You know, when I go around the world and people say, yeah, you're with the WWE, yeah.
11:13Triple H is our world champion.
11:15You can't imagine going around saying, yeah, Booker T is our world champion.
11:19You know Booker T, the guy whose family portrait is a courtroom sketch?
11:22Well, I think that we have to let Booker T live his life, and he made some mistakes.
11:28God knows people don't hold it against you for some of the mistakes you've made.
11:33You're not a stranger to a courtroom.
11:35Me? Mistakes?
11:35Are you kidding me?
11:36You're mean spirited, come on, this is WrestleMania.
11:42And the pit pressure applied by Triple H perfectly done,
11:46taking down Booker T.
11:47There's a float over.
11:48And the cove, got a near fallout of it, did the game.
11:52You heard Triple H himself say that.
11:56People like Booker T won't ever be champion.
12:00What does that mean?
12:01People like Booker T.
12:02What kind of people is Booker T, Ken?
12:04Well, he's a very good, okay, I'm gonna tell you.
12:05He's a very good second-rate wrestler, that's what he is.
12:08Yeah, he was the top in WCW.
12:11He's the number one contender in the WWE, that's all I know.
12:14And Booker T now firing up on the game, but it's reversed by the champion.
12:18And Triple H, all on the great Arne Anderson with that spinebuster slam.
12:22There's a hook in the leg now, and a lateral press, and a near fall.
12:25Booker T able to kick out.
12:27I can only imagine, I can only dream what this day means personally to Booker T.
12:35Not to take anything away from what it means to the game defending his world title at WrestleMania.
12:41Yeah, let's be fair about this.
12:44It's huge for the game, look at that!
12:46Bro, that's some impact.
12:47Take your head off!
12:48That is some serious impact right there.
12:50The cover now, and Booker T, put those legs up slowly, did get a kick out of him.
12:57And the game, he gets in that, he gets into the path, a little frustration setting in on the world's champion,
13:04blatant chokehold.
13:05Now, remember, folks, there is a such thing as a championship advantage.
13:10We've talked about it before.
13:12If Triple H gets disqualified or counted out, he will retain the title.
13:17Unlike what will happen tonight when Kurt Angle defends against Brock Lesnar.
13:22Here's another hard shot, and another one.
13:30But the game, as we have seen him take so much punishment, he has a high, high threshold of pain.
13:36Pulling out.
13:37Booker T dropped him behind.
13:39A big time DDT, Booker T needs to make the cover here.
13:47The game is almost motionless.
13:48Wait, look at that face.
13:50What's he, where is he going?
13:52You know what he's thinking about, don't you?
13:53A spin-a-rooney or something crazy like that.
13:55That may be an interchange.
13:58Or maybe he's having a flashback to, you know, those days behind bars.
14:04Why don't you get off that horse?
14:05He's written it to the ground, to the ground, to the ground.
14:09Easy, J. I'm just messing it.
14:11A hard shot again.
14:14WrestleMania.
14:15I know where we are, man.
14:17We're in WrestleMania.
14:18I hang out with Booker T.
14:20Hard ride here and you don't hang out.
14:21We went to the mall yesterday and he tried to pay for everything in cigarettes.
14:26Hard shot again and now down goes, Triple A, Booker T now, building that momentum.
14:32Booker T now, sidewalk slam, and Booker T didn't go for the cover, I'm gonna mention
14:38it, but Booker T could not follow up or did not follow up on that DDT.
14:43Stop.
14:44Might be something we wanna keep on the back of our mind.
14:46Hard shot, the champion is down.
14:48Booker T to the cover.
14:49Man, that was, you talking about this, inches away, just two, when you're looking
14:56for three, doesn't leave a lot left.
14:59Well, that's got a gall, naturally, to see if someone like Booker T use his path to
15:10chop.
15:11Baby powder, get over the game, and that was super applied by the game.
15:16I'm gonna slow down Booker T or anybody else, but Booker T ramming Triple H right
15:22into the top turnbuckle.
15:23Triple H's face right into Triple H's knee.
15:26Booker T's face right into Triple H's knee.
15:28And shades of Hardy Race behind him, and a kick out, and a near fall.
15:32Come on, champ.
15:33Booker T showing great resilience, but on the same hand, to try to be fair, so
15:38has the champion.
15:39Of course he has.
15:40Did you expect anything less out of Triple H?
15:42Listen, you're on the minute of today, aren't you?
15:45I'm not.
15:46You're asking a question.
15:48Man, your social life must be in the toilet.
15:51Not at all, look at this.
15:52Very volition, and a face breaker, applied by the game, and that stunned Booker T.
15:58Watch it, watch it.
16:01Booker T, the hoop of the leg, and the game kicking out.
16:06These great athletes in magnificent condition.
16:09Look at that look of concern on the face of Nate.
16:12He's worried.
16:13The will to win, the will to survive.
16:15The will to become champion.
16:17The will to remain champion.
16:20I want to punch in 29 o'clock.
16:24My bad shots are painful.
16:26Not gonna beat anybody with it.
16:27Look at T again, caught that foot coming in.
16:31I think Nature Boy beat a lot of people with those.
16:33My God, it's over.
16:35Triple H took a chance.
16:37No.
16:38That didn't pay off.
16:39Got kicked right in the face by the challenger.
16:42It could be over.
16:43It could be over.
16:44It could be over.
16:45My God.
16:47Booker T now on two occasions.
16:50Let's see that again.
16:51Watch Triple H's face collide with the butt of Booker T.
16:55And I'm gonna tell you something right now, JR.
16:56If that didn't beat Triple H, I don't know what will.
16:59Wow, that could have easily broken Triple H's nose.
17:02My gosh, that's like a giraffe with a short throat.
17:05Look out, he missed it.
17:07And boom, Booker T looking for the scissors kick.
17:10He didn't find it, but he got straddled in that top rope.
17:13And man, did that buy some valuable power away that man.
17:16Wait a minute, what's Nate doing?
17:18He's doing the gentlemanly thing.
17:19Help him out, Nate.
17:20Get him back in the ring quick before he gets counted out.
17:23Ric Flair is not acting like a gentleman to me.
17:26He's trying to help Booker T back in the ring.
17:28Good God, nobody's gonna believe that garbage.
17:31He's trying to help him back in the ring.
17:33Clumsy Booker T fell off down the steps.
17:35Good God, that logic went out in 82.
17:39He's trying to help him back in the ring.
17:41That's what Flair was saying.
17:42Look at this.
17:43Flair dropping Booker T's knee right on the ring steps.
17:47Come on, 18 years.
17:48Flair's got as much to gain about Triple H retaining this title as anybody else.
17:52Flair likes the limousines and the Learjets and the money.
17:56You don't?
17:57Who wouldn't like that lifestyle?
17:59I've never experienced that lifestyle.
18:02Booker T barely able to roll back.
18:07It may be academic from here after the damage that Flair did to that leg.
18:13Look at this.
18:16Wait a second.
18:17Yes.
18:18I got kicked.
18:19There you go.
18:20That's an Indian death block.
18:21I haven't seen that version of an Indian death block in years.
18:25That is beautiful.
18:26You might as well go ahead and tap out now Booker.
18:28Come on Booker T, you wanna stop.
18:29Tap out.
18:30That is as perfectly executed of one of the most time-tested maneuvers in this business,
18:37the Indian death block.
18:38And look at this.
18:39You know Triple H is not above breaking Booker T's leg.
18:42Look at Booker T.
18:43Booker T trying to fight back with everything he's got and the game retaliates.
18:48And now Triple H is over.
18:50I have not seen anyone utilize the Indian death block of this nature in years.
18:56And now right there it is.
18:58Beautiful.
18:59Triple H is truly a master.
19:02This is a maneuver that we have not seen Triple H utilize.
19:06I have never seen him utilize.
19:08Well, obviously the Nature Boy company to Triple H, don't you think?
19:12Well, it may well have.
19:13I don't know, but I am shocked.
19:16I haven't seen anybody use this move in ten years.
19:19Booker T certainly wasn't expecting it.
19:21Look at the look on his face.
19:22Booker T might get a rematch.
19:28Might get another shot at the World Championship sometime.
19:31Tap out.
19:32He's gonna be able to walk out of here tonight, still being wheeled out.
19:36Booker T's gotta look at this thing like it isn't.
19:38The last and only chance-
19:40Why?
19:41That he'll ever have.
19:42He's gotta approach this match in that manner.
19:44Why?
19:46Because it may be true.
19:47You think the game wants to get back in the ring on a regular basis with Booker T?
19:52Hell no.
19:53Booker T in the ropes.
19:54But I'll tell you, I know it's gonna sound cliche here, but indeed the damage of this is done.
20:00Look at Booker T.
20:01That has done the damage that Indian Deathlock and then the modified version where Triple H turned
20:07Booker T over, the damage has been done here.
20:11It was a thing of beauty.
20:12You know it was.
20:13Has perfectly executed a maneuver and Booker T was not prepared for it.
20:20How could he have been?
20:21How could he have been?
20:22I don't think Booker T can even stand on his feet now.
20:24Look at this!
20:25Look at this!
20:26Look at the game!
20:27Look at this!
20:28Look at the game!
20:29Booker T, and Flair's loving it.
20:31The game is loving it.
20:32He's proud.
20:33He's proud of his, of his students, so to speak.
20:36I can assure you Flair taught that Indian Deathlock to Triple H.
20:40Look at this!
20:41Right, left, right, right!
20:42What do you need?
20:43He's not!
20:44Booker T, do you want to give it up?
20:47Booker T said no.
20:48Booker T, see, he never made the right decisions all through his life.
20:53He's made the wrong decision.
20:54Look at this!
20:55He can't even run!
20:56Get him!
20:57That damn fool!
20:58Booker T could not stand up and have a game with that arrogant smile on his face.
21:01Wait, wait, wait, wait, get the camera on the, please keep the camera on Triple H.
21:05Now you want him to direct.
21:07You want to be Triple H's fan club, your nature's best buddy, and now you want to be a director.
21:12Well, I mean, did you see what, it's WrestleMania, JR.
21:15Did you see what Triple H did?
21:16And you told me now six times in this match that we're at WrestleMania.
21:2019.
21:21Watch this.
21:23Hey, wait, wait, wait!
21:26Throw up!
21:27Booker T!
21:28Booker T got low!
21:29No, he did not!
21:30Woo!
21:32Booker T on the counter and that sunset flip.
21:36And now the game got a little bit more aggressive here.
21:38This is it.
21:39Put it by the pedigree.
21:40Pedigree.
21:41But Booker T interrupts it.
21:42And rolls right back into the referee.
21:45I think it is time to.
21:47Come on, Triple H.
21:50And Booker T with a roll up.
21:54And roll up!
21:55And roll up!
21:56That's two!
21:59It is a long two count.
22:02And Flair with a big, he swallowed hard there.
22:04I think he swallowed the gun.
22:05There's a major boy.
22:06He caught the game with that reverse elbow, but Booker T has so much pain with those legs that he couldn't follow up with the cover.
22:16We got three legs!
22:17That's it!
22:18That's it!
22:19That's it!
22:20No!
22:21Booker T got the game with a scissors kick!
22:24It's gotta be over!
22:25Yeah, but Booker T wasting valuable time here.
22:30This is giving, hopefully giving Triple H a chance to recover.
22:34Come on!
22:35Come on, Triple H!
22:36Booker T has got the arm over!
22:38Let's do it, just do it, the referee said.
22:45Booker T's knees, both legs have gotta be killing him.
22:49He couldn't capitalize after the scissors kick, but he's still got a two count out of it.
22:55Come on, Triple H, get up!
22:57Booker T can barely walk!
22:58You gotta capitalize on this!
23:00Booker T having to use the ropes just to hold himself up here.
23:04What's he gonna try to do?
23:05In this matchup!
23:06Oh, Claren!
23:07He bumped the Nature Boy!
23:08Claren, no business up on the apron!
23:11He attacked the Nature Boy for no reason to call the police!
23:14And ain't nobody gonna believe that since then!
23:16That's assault!
23:17Assault!
23:18Assault!
23:19Look!
23:20That's ridiculous!
23:21What's the number for the police?
23:23911 Donuts?
23:24You gotta call him here.
23:26Triple H trying to hook up Booker T in a superplex attempt anyway, and Booker T fighting for
23:34everything he's got!
23:36Big right hands!
23:37Look out!
23:38And down goes the champion!
23:41This is bad now!
23:42Here comes Nathan to the rescue again!
23:44No!
23:45And Booker gets-
23:46This is very disrespectful on the part of Booker T!
23:49Claren has no business up there, damn it!
23:51No business!
23:52Booker T has no business up there!
23:53And look out!
23:54Booker T!
23:55He landed right on Triple H's end!
23:58He crushed his skull!
24:00Booker T went for everything he had!
24:04Completely out of desperation!
24:06But that left-
24:07That left knee may be completely-
24:10Completely ripped and torn!
24:12Why are you worried about his knee when he landed right on Triple H's head?
24:16Why don't you run down and give him mouth-to-mouth precipitation if you're so damn worried about it!
24:21Covering Booker!
24:22Put under Oaks!
24:23Put under Oaks!
24:24Put under Oaks!
24:25Put under Oaks!
24:26Good call, ref!
24:27He's a very observant referee!
24:29Good call, ref!
24:30Good call, ref!
24:31Here's a helmet athlete with a will to become a champion!
24:36Look at this!
24:37Oh, God!
24:38Right on the head of Triple H!
24:40With that bad leg!
24:41Putting himself in harm's way in the game split!
24:46Just so he could fall all the way!
24:47Nearly 300 pounds on the head of poor Triple H!
24:50Well, it ain't ballet!
24:52It ain't your softball league in Memphis!
24:55This is a contact sport!
24:57Come on, Triple H!
24:58I'm afraid Triple H is completely out of it now!
25:02Booker T is hurting.
25:04He's hurting the game is hurting.
25:06Triple H is vulnerable right here and now.
25:09Can Booker T capitalize?
25:11No!
25:12You can't!
25:13Look at that leg just gave way!
25:15Come on, Triple H!
25:16Can you capitalize?
25:17The leg gave away again on the challenger!
25:19The number one contender!
25:21The world's champion!
25:22Hit this pedigree!
25:23Hit this pedigree!
25:24Oh, baby!
25:25By God out of desperation!
25:28But it was a thunderous pedigree!
25:31Perfectly done by the world's champion!
25:34That's a mark of a true champion, JR, when you can reach deep down in times of desperation and pull out a move like that!
25:42What a pedigree!
25:43Cover him, that's it!
25:44Triple H's got the pedigree!
25:46I think Nate's gonna have a stroke!
25:48He's got the hand on it!
25:49And it's over!
25:50Yes!
25:51The winner up there, man!
25:52He is the game!
25:53The World Heavyweight Champion, Ripple H!
25:56Triple H, the World Heavyweight Champion, if he's honest, will tell you that he has just been in the midst of his life against a man that was
26:03seemingly destined to become the heavyweight champion of the world!
26:24The fatigue and the pain and the agony!
26:29It was a battle, no doubt!
26:31A classic and epic battle!
26:33Okay, I'll give the Devils due!
26:35Booker T really took it to Triple H!
26:38He took it to the game!
26:39But the game is still the champion!
26:41Triple H again!
26:43Victorious at WrestleMania!
26:46Hats off to Booker T!
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