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00:00Triple H getting ready for the last man standing match.
00:07With a heavyweight championship of the world.
00:10And King, this one is not for the weak at heart.
00:13It's gonna get ugly, JR.
00:14There we see Shawn Michaels, it looks as if he's praying before this match.
00:21This is a slobber knocker, seven years in the making.
00:25Back in 1997, 1998,
00:30you two were the best of friends.
00:33Forming one of the greatest groups ever in the history of the WWE.
00:37Degeneration X rules the wrestling world.
00:48Shawn Michaels and Triple H, they're closer than a lot of brothers.
00:53Shawn, I considered you a brother.
00:55And you never considered me anything but an underling.
00:59I was your sidekick, right?
01:02Who is the show stopper?
01:06Me!
01:08But I was never a sidekick to you.
01:10I was more like your kickstand.
01:12I was the one that held you up when you couldn't stand up anymore on your own.
01:16I think Shawn is hurt.
01:18I think he's hurt bad.
01:20When I went down with a broken back and couldn't drag this wagon.
01:24Yeah, you're right.
01:25You picked it up and you ran.
01:27Yeah, I grabbed the wagon and yeah, I started to drag it.
01:31But I've been dragging it all along.
01:33Just finally you weren't around to stand in my way.
01:36Shawn, you wanna hear?
01:38That all the success that you all had while I was gone didn't bother me?
01:42Shawn, it burned a hole in you so bad.
01:45And what, four years later it had eaten you up so damn bad that you finally had to come back?
01:51That you had to drag your broken ass out of bed?
01:54And you had to come back here?
01:56Oh, I'm a drummer!
01:58Will it be?
01:59Can it be?
02:00Yes!
02:02HBK!
02:03My God, HBK!
02:06I proved, after four years, that still, I was better than you.
02:12You beat me.
02:14But who walked out of the ring, Shawn, huh?
02:16Oh, oh, oh my God!
02:18God almighty!
02:19Triple H is Shawn Michaels!
02:20Get that away from me!
02:21Get that hammer away!
02:23I was standing on my feet while you were taking a ride in an ambulance.
02:26I was the last man standing that night, the Royal Rumble.
02:33I'll be the last man standing again.
02:38So it goes with Triple H and HBK.
02:43Triple H is going to win the World's Heavyweight Championship against Shawn Michaels!
02:49This will be a last man standing match!
02:55You've literally got to beat your opponent senseless, or that opponent cannot stand up before a 10 count.
03:01The only thing that's going to make the difference is one second.
03:04In that one second, I will prove that I am the best.
03:10One second to you and me can last eternity, but in reality, it's here.
03:15One second, and it's gone!
03:20The next!
03:20Shawn Michaels at the game!
03:23Last man standing!
03:26We've reached that level, haven't we?
03:27Between you and me, it's always been about one thing, and that's who's the best!
03:33The only thing that's going to make the difference is one second.
03:36Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is the last man standing match for the World Heavyweight Championship!
03:53The only way to win this match is to incapacitate your opponent to where he cannot answer the 10 count!
04:02The only way to win this match is to have a win in the world, the world, the world, the world, the world!
04:07And we've got you!
04:09I know I'm sexy!
04:10I've got the boots!
04:11I've got the boots!
04:12I've got the boots!
04:13Introducing the challenger, from San Antonio, Texas, weighing 225 pounds!
04:19I'm sexy!
04:20I'm sexy!
04:21I'm sexy!
04:22The great kid, Shawn Michaels!
04:24Shawn Michaels!
04:29Shawn Michaels wore talent for the Heavyweight Championship!
04:32The championship of the world of King, perhaps for these two men, about to engage in combat is even more important than being the heavyweight champion of the world.
04:42Well, you're right, J.R.
04:43John Michaels and Triple H have had some classic conversations in the past, and I have a gut feeling that this is going to be one for the ages.
04:52These two men, as we all know, have been at one time closer than brothers, but tonight, after seven years, it's come to this.
05:00Shawn Michaels has always had great success at the Royal Rumble.
05:05In 1970, he beat Psycho Sid to win the title.
05:08In 1980, he defeated The Undertaker in a casket match to retain the title.
05:13This has been a great, great event for Shawn Michaels, but it is so personal here.
05:18It's about so much more than the richest prize in our business, the heavyweight championship of the world.
05:30The world's heavyweight champion, Triple H!
05:59And Triple H's track record in championship matches, and the Rumble is also very impressive.
06:07Triple H defeated Cactus Jack in a street ride in 2000 games.
06:13I realize that.
06:14Triple H, I mean, the Royal Rumble is a special event for Triple H.
06:20And look at it, J.R.
06:21He's pumped.
06:22He's ready.
06:24Shawn Michaels, I hope he said a nice, long prayer.
06:27You may need it.
06:28Pride and passion motivate both these monogno athletes.
06:35The question is, which man will survive the physical toll that this man is about to dish out?
06:44A very in-your-face environment with a heavyweight championship of the world on the line.
07:02You can forget about pinfalls.
07:05You can forget about submissions and disqualifications.
07:10And countouts, King.
07:12Only one way to win this last man standing match.
07:15And that is to literally physically destroy your opponent until the opponent cannot stand for the referee's pin count.
07:24You know, in both of these individuals, J.R., it's gonna take some, it's gonna take some doing to get either one of these guys that incapacitated.
07:34I'll tell you what, just watching these inferences here, the way these two men came to the ring, I gotta give a little bit of a psychological advantage to Triple H.
07:46The Cerebral Assassin, he's getting things started, he's psyching out Shawn Michaels right now, if you ask me.
07:53Well, I'll tell you, Shawn Michaels has been in some big match environment.
07:57We'll find out who's psyched out or who's not.
08:00It's like Triple H said, it's always been about these two guys.
08:04Who's the best?
08:05Who's the better man?
08:06Cover and elbow tie at the bigger, stronger Triple H, but Michaels trying to find his way out of the corner.
08:10Michaels has got to use a lot of speed and quickness, and not let this match get into a deliberate pace that Triple H can dominate, physically dominate.
08:20He's got a handful of hair there, trying to get the advantage.
08:23Referee's here, only to utilize that ten count of hard right hand, from that tape right hand of the 272 pounder, and Shawn Michaels fighting back.
08:32Shawn Michaels has always been known for his great heart, his great competitive spirit.
08:37Boy, you'd call it, this is not gonna be a wrestling match by any means, these two guys wanna hurt each other.
08:42They've got to literally destroy each other in this match.
08:45This is gonna be a knock down, drag out.
08:48Again, not for the weak of heart.
08:49Not a catch as catch can't plastic.
08:51As we have seen these two men so many times, last man standing.
08:56I'll tell you something, these guys are literally beating the hell out of each other right off the bat here.
09:01You know, the pain threshold has gotta be one of the keys to this matchup, who can tolerate and withstand the most pain.
09:08And Michaels plays a side headlock takeover, and Michaels counters it to the head scissors.
09:14And again, don't worry about a pinfall.
09:16Look at Shawn Michaels, look at the screen.
09:18Michaels and that damaged back, almost away from the game, almost four years.
09:23Away from the WWE, we thought he had retired for good until he came back at SummerSlam in 2002, and promptly beat the game.
09:33Harden offense topped again.
09:35The game took off our side, face buster, and Michaels made a calculated mistake there.
09:40Lowering his head, setting too early, and the game capitalized.
09:44Boy, and these kind of mistakes, that kind of mistake at least, can be deadly in a match like this.
09:48Boy, the great sports history of Philadelphia, the World Heavyweight Championship has only changed hands three times in the city's history.
09:57You gotta go way back for some of those title changes, right?
09:59Absolutely.
10:00And they're like, I refuse to fall for our side now.
10:03Man, what impact with that lower back of Shawn Michaels has?
10:05That's always the question you ask yourself.
10:08What really is the condition of Shawn Michaels' back?
10:11And what effect will that injured back have on any match that Shawn Michaels competes in?
10:17Especially the game, one like this.
10:19Well, I don't know, JR.
10:20I don't know if that's a valid question anymore.
10:22Yeah, in the past, people wondered.
10:24But I think Shawn Michaels has proven to everybody that he is still, or at least, he is now 100%.
10:30Look at this shot, though.
10:32Even at 100%, you're gonna be hurt from that, the impact of velocity of that turnbuckle, from that Irish whip.
10:39You got that right.
10:41You talked about, JR, you talked about, this is all about who's the best.
10:44Speaking of the best, these two men were part of the best.
10:47As far as I'm concerned, one of the best things I've ever seen in the WWE was D-Generation X.
10:52And then because of that injury, you guys went their separate ways, and of course, Triple H has never looked back.
10:58Triple H has scored in those right hands, and
11:01that's been the last legless take down by Shawn Michaels.
11:05Get a lot of torque on that leg, Triple H.
11:08And look at this.
11:09And Shawn Michaels now.
11:10He's ready for the air's books.
11:12This is right off the RIP player DVD, the 54 leg lock applied to Triple H.
11:18And Shawn Michaels, if he could debilitate those legs in the game,
11:22you can't stand on a broken leg.
11:24You got that right.
11:28Triple H trying, he's in a bad place here, in the center of the ring.
11:32With a figure four leg lock, that's partly applied by the challenger for the heavyweight title.
11:38Well, we've talked about the injuries in the past to Shawn Michaels back.
11:42Triple H has had some problems with his legs in the past, and Shawn Michaels knows that.
11:45Maybe that's why he's going after this figure four right here.
11:47It's gonna be a unique situation here because Triple H can't, he can't submit.
11:54If he tapped out right now, it's still irrelevant.
11:57He's gonna be able to- That's still- That's still going to continue.
11:59He's gonna be able to stand before the referee reaches the count of ten.
12:02And Michael's gonna keep, now Michael's gonna test the effectiveness of the figure four.
12:06Michael's- One.
12:08Yeah, there it is.
12:09There's the first count coming up here.
12:10Two.
12:11The Triple H can't get to his feet, this could be over.
12:14I'm gonna feel the Triple H, he'll somehow, he'll drag himself up if he has to at this point.
12:21Triple H back up to his very wobbly face and a drop kick right to that leg.
12:25Shawn Michaels going right back to that injured knee of the game.
12:28Triple H not up for long, and did you see that shot?
12:31A very sound strategy and referee the second count of the night.
12:34Two, one, three.
12:37Shawn Michaels doing the pain in that lower back of the story.
12:40Right now as the Triple H using the rope to pull himself up.
12:43Shawn Michaels went for a cross body, and it's like, it's like an unspoken word.
12:50The game could be the coming, and these two men know each other so well.
12:54Well, I'm gonna tell you something, JR.
12:56Talk about feelings, I got a bad feeling when we saw that shot of Shawn Michaels' face there.
13:01He was cremising in pain.
13:02That back may be more injured than we think, or that he wants anybody to know.
13:07I think Shawn Michaels is trying to buy some time there, but oh, this is bad.
13:11And remember that neither man can be disqualified.
13:14They can stay outside and fight as much, or as aggressively as they choose.
13:18Now wait a minute, what is-
13:20That was going over.
13:22Triple H slammed the table right into Howard Finkle, that was good.
13:25Triple H is gonna try, he's gonna try to incapacitate Michaels once and for all.
13:30The finality of this environment on the outside with those tables exposed.
13:36Well, Triple H is the cerebral assassin.
13:38You never know what is going through that sadistic evil mind of Triple H.
13:44He wants to destroy Shawn Michaels here tonight.
13:48Hard right hands on Shawn Michaels who can't even defend himself.
13:52And now the game climbing on top of the SmackDown on the other table.
13:57You know what he's thinking, he's thinking pedigree Shawn Michaels right to hell,
14:00right through that announcement table.
14:01Michaels could be rendered on punches here, wait a minute.
14:04He's making a suplex.
14:05Front face lock, Michaels counters.
14:07That was the right hand of his arm.
14:10Another right hand, and now the champion's in trouble.
14:13You know what they say, the best laid plans.
14:18Another right hand, he's been teetering on upon disaster here.
14:23Another right that Michaels connects with, right to the temple of the World Heavyweight Champion.
14:28I think these fans wanted to see Triple H get knocked through that table.
14:33Well, be careful what you wish for, I'll tell you that.
14:36Because of knowing these two guys, they're just as apt to do anything to keep the other down.
14:41That's what it's all about in this match, and Triple H's thrown back into the ring.
14:45Again, the referee's here only to utilize his 10-10.
14:49Here goes Shawn Michaels, another one of those high-risk moves.
14:56You never know what he's got in mind.
14:57And the game scored with a kick.
15:00And now the game, look at both, look at it, got back dropped over the top.
15:06Inside out, over the top, as the game was attempting to hook up Michaels with a pedigree.
15:12Michaels could be the comment, and he just elevated the champion over the top rope.
15:17Lucky for Shawn Michaels, and he was that close to the rope, because they thought,
15:22they thought Shawn's more time here, he was in a bad way.
15:25Mercury is counting on the outside, but the game is up.
15:29Look at this.
15:30And the game headed, he had a scout all the way.
15:45Michaels pressing and burning into the Spanish announce table.
15:51Boy, is Shawn Michaels going to hit that.
15:53Triple H is back right into that table, and he possibly could have won this thing for Shawn.
15:58Shawn Michaels, he may have busted his nose or his face wide open there.
16:05Michaels is bleeding, and bleeding profusely on the outside.
16:09And the referee's count is in effect here.
16:11One, two, three.
16:13Stop the match because of Shawn.
16:15One, two, three, four, three.
16:18Can't, can't he?
16:19No, the referee is, he's utilizing that count.
16:21Michaels has gotta get up before the ten count.
16:23One, two, three.
16:24One, two, three.
16:25One, two, three.
16:26He is at six.
16:27He is badly cut.
16:28Come on, Shawn.
16:30Referee up to six, seven, Michaels.
16:32The referee stopped the count, he said, Shawn to his feet.
16:35A horror ride.
16:36Come on, Mark.
16:38The referee has gotta get some separation here to utilize that count again.
16:42Check this out.
16:43This is where Shawn went for that flying cross by the ball, off the top.
16:47Triple H ducked in Shawn's face, as you said.
16:49J.R. Shawn's face was the first thing to hit that table.
16:53Man, what an ugly collision of bad car crash that Michaels has endured.
16:57And again, no cover of pinfall, but more beating from that tape right hand of
17:02the Hillary champion of the world.
17:04And Shawn Michaels lying almost most, good God almighty.
17:08And that beating that Triple H is administering is completely legal.
17:15The Crimson Mask covering the glazed over eyes of the challenger Shawn Michaels.
17:21And Michaels so desperately wants to win this match.
17:24I'm gonna tell you something, Shawn's in a real bad way.
17:26I don't think he, look at him just reaching.
17:29I don't even know if he knows where he's at.
17:31He's looking for any kind of help.
17:33Michaels has gotta get back to his feet.
17:35And he has somehow, some way, Michaels has witnessed himself back in this match.
17:40This is a, Michaels is an ugly mess in this last man standing now.
17:45Here's how it all.
17:49Here's what started the downward slide for Michaels right here.
17:52He, he went that springboard crossbody.
17:55Three.
17:56And hit face first into the Spanish announce table.
17:59Four.
18:00Referee is up to four.
18:01Five.
18:03Triple Hays would love the referee to get to ten in a hurry.
18:06I'm gonna tell you something, Shawn is, I don't know if he's gonna be able to.
18:09It just doesn't seem like he's gonna be able to recover from that,
18:11going through that table.
18:13Triple H can look at the look on his face.
18:15He can't believe that Shawn is not only to his feet, but he's acting for more.
18:19He's saying bring it on.
18:20I can't believe the courage and the heart of Shawn Michaels back on his feet.
18:25And he's just defenseless here.
18:27Right in those right hands.
18:29Once again, be careful what you ask for.
18:31Shawn said bring it on and Triple H brought it.
18:34Three.
18:36Three.
18:37This may be in here.
18:40I don't, I don't know how another human beings will get up to this.
18:44He's up to five now.
18:45Michaels has lost a lot of blood.
18:47He may have a concussion.
18:49Stay down Shawn.
18:51And Michaels somehow, some way, reaching down and- Stay down.
18:56And even telling him to stay down.
18:58Look at this.
18:59Michaels king the fight.
19:01He came to prove he's the better man tonight.
19:04Shawn Michaels king of Philadelphia to win the world's heavyweight title again.
19:08Yeah, but JR, look at Shawn Michaels right now.
19:10There comes a time, sometimes, whoa, wow.
19:13It may be better to live the fight another day.
19:17Look at Michaels fighting back.
19:19And the game, I don't think can really believe this.
19:21And Michaels is back in it.
19:23And that brought his score big time.
19:24The game is in trouble.
19:25Michaels is trying to fight his way back into this match.
19:29Smack.
19:33Spinebush.
19:35That'll do it.
19:36Grab of the air.
19:37Right there.
19:38Just throw the air out of Michaels.
19:39And again, all that pressure on the lower back on a man that's lost so much blood.
19:44Three.
19:45Michaels' heart is still beating.
19:48Four.
19:49That's the only thing I see moving is his chest.
19:51And Shawn Michaels may have fought his last fight against Triple H here.
19:56He's trying to pull himself up again.
20:01I may have counted him out too soon.
20:03Don't ever count out HBK.
20:05Michaels backed up and right back down.
20:10Another thunderous right hand.
20:12Now what?
20:13He's gonna get sick now, J.R.
20:19I can see him now.
20:21Anything goes.
20:22Triple H's getting up.
20:23And Equalizer could keep Michaels down with his big right hand.
20:27So now he's gonna use a steel chair on the challenger.
20:30In the back.
20:31He's trying to back back and it's all legal.
20:34Did you hear that?
20:35Good God.
20:36That steel on spine.
20:38And Triple H's indicating that it's over.
20:43It may well be.
20:44And I love Shawn Michaels compared to Spirit, but I kinda hope it is over.
20:49Four.
20:50I think he's out.
20:51Referee cannot stop this match.
20:56Six.
20:57Six.
20:58Look at this crowd.
21:01They're trying to literally will Shawn Michaels.
21:03Look at them.
21:04Shawn Michaels moving.
21:05He's up to eight.
21:07And he's up to nine.
21:09And Michaels is off the canvas at nine.
21:13I'm afraid though that Shawn may wish he never got up, J.R.
21:18No.
21:19You know what's coming now.
21:20Triple H has laid that chair in the middle of the ring.
21:22He's ready for the pedigree.
21:23Oh, my God.
21:24No.
21:25On the steel chair.
21:26No, don't do this.
21:27I mean, come on.
21:28Really enough is enough here.
21:30And Gabo Michaels.
21:33God.
21:35Michaels countered.
21:36Triple H tasted the tear.
21:38The game's head.
21:40Crack it up on top of that ring post.
21:42That steel ring post smacking the game right in the face.
21:47Shawn Michaels with every ounce of strength that he had left.
21:50Pulled the legs out from under Triple H.
21:52And Triple H went back first right onto that metal chair.
21:55What's Shawn doing now?
21:56Shawn Michaels is a hideous mess.
22:01He's got the chair in his hand, but I don't even know if Shawn has the strength to lift that chair.
22:07Triple H's got backed up to his feet.
22:11And-
22:12The magic.
22:13Michaels went deep.
22:14He went long with the steel chair to the face of the Heavyweight Champion.
22:20Man, did you hear that sound?
22:22That was serious.
22:23Listen to this.
22:24That sounded like a gun going off, JR.
22:35Triple H tried to get his hand up, but to no avail.
22:39He got a full on shot with that steel chair right between the eyes.
22:44And now the champion, he has been busted open.
22:47The world's heavyweight champion is now in for his gut check.
22:51What did you expect busted open with a hit like that from that steel chair?
22:56It's a miracle his head's still intact.
22:58Who will have the greatest will to win?
23:01Who is gonna be able to overcome the pain in Michaels with that poor shot?
23:07Taking down the champion.
23:08Both men are down.
23:09The referee now will utilize the count on both men.
23:13Shawn Michaels, I mean, he's a desperate man.
23:16He just literally launched himself with what looked like his last bit of effort that he has left.
23:21Both men are down.
23:25Six.
23:26Both men are down at six.
23:28Seven.
23:29That's seven.
23:30What?
23:33Michaels up.
23:34Michaels up.
23:35Up emphatically.
23:36Did you see that?
23:37Michaels leap to his feet.
23:39And JR is feeling it.
23:40Michaels with a dip up.
23:42And Michaels now, not only can taste his own blood, but perhaps he can taste a heavyweight championship for the world.
23:49And a big right hand.
23:50But the champion is up.
23:52Inverted atomic drop.
23:54Well, that'll scramble your eggs.
23:56And another right hand.
23:57Down goes the champion.
23:59Down goes the game.
24:00And the count is on the game.
24:04And Michaels still staggering.
24:05He's looking for something.
24:06I don't know what.
24:07What the hell is Michaels on spaghetti legs.
24:13Has lost a lot of blood.
24:15Climbing to the top.
24:16Let's hope his prayers are answered here.
24:20And Michaels.
24:22He hit it.
24:23The elbow to the heart of the champion.
24:25And Michaels is up.
24:27Are we seeing a miracle here?
24:30Listen to this crowd, 17,000 plus.
24:35Clapping their hands, stomping their feet.
24:39They wanna hear some sweet chin music, JR.
24:45This capacity crowd of 17,000 on their feet.
24:53And Michaels looking for the, looking for the sweet chin music.
24:57What a low blow.
24:58Did you see that JR?
24:59And it's perfectly legal in this environment.
25:01A blatant low blow that would have normally been a disqualification.
25:07But this match will continue.
25:09Three.
25:10Michaels with a low blow.
25:11Four.
25:12Well, it may continue.
25:13It may continue to the count of ten.
25:15Four.
25:16Once again, these men knowing each other's moves so well comes into play.
25:21Triple H saw that sweet chin music coming.
25:24Triple H starting to stir.
25:27But can Michaels survive the low blow?
25:30Shawn's coming up too.
25:31Michaels.
25:32Referee up to seven on a seven.
25:34Watch this one more time.
25:36I thought this was gonna be it.
25:37And then.
25:38Right hand.
25:41You saw the results of the right hand.
25:43And now these men exchanging rights again.
25:46And both men trying to do all they can to stand.
25:48And they are, at least for now.
25:50The game sits with a ride.
25:51And Michaels with a sleeper.
25:53What a move.
25:54What a smart move by the challenger.
25:56The sleeper applied by Michaels.
25:59And if he can effectively put the game out, the game will stay down for ten.
26:04At least.
26:05He may stay down for ten hours.
26:07Shawn Michaels, he looks like he's got this thing sensed in.
26:10Michaels on that crimp.
26:13The carotid artery crimps.
26:15If you cut off the blood flow to the brain, it's one good thing, it'll stop the bleeding momentarily.
26:20But the other bad thing, it cuts off the oxygen to the brain and Triple H could go right out.
26:26Michaels got that, it's got the sleeper on tight.
26:31And the game now shoved down from the sleeper.
26:35The game is out, JR.
26:36He's out.
26:37Two.
26:38Referee, you hear the count.
26:40Three.
26:41I think this is the first time in the match that the referee is only counting Triple H.
26:46Five.
26:48Five.
26:49Halfway there for Shawn Michaels.
26:51That's it.
26:52Michaels is getting pulled off here.
26:56The game is stirring a little, maybe just on instinct, I don't know.
27:02And Michaels now, waiting on the game.
27:06That's a hard ride in him.
27:09The game trying to create some distance or something Michaels away.
27:12That's exactly all he's trying to do.
27:14But Michaels is relentless.
27:16And downstairs, the DDT.
27:19What a car crash that was.
27:21And now both men are down.
27:23Two.
27:24The game scores with the DDT.
27:27Three.
27:28And the champion is stirring here.
27:33He's at least coherent.
27:36Michaels isn't moving.
27:38Triple H trying to drag himself up.
27:40He's in the court.
27:41Now the count is only on Shawn.
27:43Count to seven.
27:44And now Michaels is moving around.
27:46Michaels back up.
27:48And the match continues.
27:50And this is-
27:52The bloodbath.
27:53How are these men continuing?
27:55You're talking about physicality.
27:59Intensity.
28:00Boom.
28:01And another knife edge chopped by Michaels.
28:04And the game is-
28:06Every one of these blows takes almost as much out of whoever delivers it as it does.
28:11Tremendous velocity.
28:16And Michaels in a-
28:18Uh-oh.
28:19A bad back and all.
28:21Michaels on that top turnbuckle.
28:23And the-
28:24Supercut.
28:25Turned right.
28:26Turned into it.
28:27Michaels countered.
28:28If the game had hit that suplex, you gotta believe with Michaels back in the condition it's in,
28:33it would've been over.
28:34Three.
28:35But Michaels countered, but both men are down.
28:38And both men are up to a five count.
28:42Five, six, five, seven.
28:50Once again, they're both stirring.
28:52Eight.
28:53Eight.
28:54The count is eight.
28:55And the referee says the match continues at a long eight count.
29:02Well, I think this matches to the point where both of these men, Triple H and Shawn Michaels,
29:07if they're on the back of the referee's cap, they're gonna-
29:10This could do it.
29:11The game hooking Michaels up.
29:13On the green.
29:14On the green.
29:15Got a lot of categories out of the edge.
29:17If the game can get back to his feet, I don't see Michaels getting back in this one.
29:22The bloody face of Michaels, striking the candles with great force.
29:27And the game trying to pull himself back up.
29:32Two, one, one.
29:33The count is on both men as we speak.
29:36And now, it's only on Shawn Michaels.
29:38Triple H is up.
29:39Seven.
29:40I think Shawn would be wise to stay down.
29:45Count is eight.
29:46Nine.
29:47The count is nine.
29:48He's up.
29:49The referee's got one foot up.
29:51The referee says he's up.
29:52The referee's discretion here.
29:54It's a judgment call in that environment.
29:57Let me tell you.
29:58There it is.
29:59There it is.
30:00Sweet chin music.
30:01How sweet it is.
30:02Shawn Michaels man just kicked his way into the World Heavyweight Championship.
30:07You can just get up.
30:08How many times did we hear Shawn Michaels say, this thing could change in a second?
30:13And it did.
30:14One second if Shawn Michaels could just get up.
30:17The game isn't moving.
30:19Michael is trying to stir.
30:22Get up Shawn.
30:24Michael just getting up.
30:25He's gonna make it.
30:26No, Clint, get up.
30:28What?
30:29Ten.
30:30The referee calls for the bell.
30:33What does this mean?
30:35One, two, three, three.
30:38Another man could make their beat.
30:42Ladies and gentlemen, as both men were unable to answer the count of ten,
30:47the referee has declared that Triple H is still the World Heavyweight Champion.
31:00Well, there was no decision other than both men are down.
31:05If you wanna look at it, and the referee's settling for some help, and I can concur with that.
31:10Neither man could get up before the ten count.
31:14And if you wanna look at it as a tie, then obviously you can't lose the championship unless you beat.
31:21And in this environment, Shawn Michaels would have had to get up, King.
31:25Well, I realize that.
31:27These fans, these fans just felt that Shawn Michaels, I felt Shawn Michaels had it as well.
31:32Michael scored with that sweet ten music.
31:36It came out of a, I mean, in a second, a sudden second, the sweet ten music is scored.
31:44Well, they're actually checking on Triple H first.
31:46I mean, Triple H literally has not moved at all.
31:49Ric Flair and Batista of Evolution, Triple H's teammates coming out to check on the world's heavyweight champion.
31:57But this match has taken its physical toll, ladies and gentlemen, on both these men.
32:04Michael's laying in a pool of his own blood, as is the world's heavyweight champion.
32:10Which way?
32:11Neither man could.
32:12Well, you said, JR, that this thing was gonna be brutal.
32:16You said that this thing was gonna be ugly, but I never dreamed it would be like this.
32:20Check this out one more time.
32:22Change in a second, and it did.
32:25That changed the whole complexion of the match.
32:28Watch this, one more time.
32:30Unbelievable impact there.
32:32But the issue is, and these fans are not happy that Shawn Michaels didn't win the world's heavyweight championship.
32:39But Michaels had lost so much blood, he couldn't capitalize on the sweet ten music.
32:44Well, this was one of those matches where each one of these guys gave it every ounce of everything they had.
32:50I mean, look at this.
32:51Triple H is being carried out on a stretcher.
32:54I don't know how much more that any of us could have asked from these two men physically than they gave us here tonight.
33:01I can assure you that Triple H never in his wildest dreams or any of evolution would have thought that Triple H would leave this ring in this match tonight on a stretcher.
33:11Both men literally beating the hell out of each other to the point that neither man could stand.
33:17And Shawn Michaels and the world's champion being taken out of here on stretchers.
33:23Michael's refusing to be carried out on the Royal Rumble.
33:42How much blood has this man lost?
33:45Yeah, but how much guts does that man have, JR?
33:47He's gonna walk out of here.
33:48One way or the other, he's gonna walk out of this arena.
33:52There's gonna be a lot of people that are gonna say that Shawn Michaels should be the heavyweight champion of the world after what we have just seen.
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