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00:00That Survivor suit, oh, they're gonna get it on, there he is, there he is, look at him, Joey Stout, Triple H, that's focus, baby, that's focus.
00:08He's looking to stain that white tape with the blood of the Nature Boy Ric Flair tonight, last man standing.
00:18Well, there you see it, that is one place in the WWE you usually don't want to be, inside that monstrous 15 foot high steel cage.
00:30Rick, you are no longer the dirtiest player in the game.
00:37The cerebral assassin is dissecting a bloodied Ric Flair.
00:43I'm beginning to think that Triple H is actually enjoying himself now.
00:48Hey, look out here, look out!
00:50Somehow Ric Flair is still in this.
00:53I win, I sweat, I paid the price, but I got backup.
00:57He's got guts, he's got courage.
01:01When I walk out that cage, the winner!
01:04Do it!
01:06He did it!
01:07Oh my God!
01:08He did it!
01:09What a victory for the Nature Boy!
01:13All Ric Flair did at Taboo Tuesday was by himself another day.
01:19And Survivor Series, the Cerebral Assassin, Triple H, versus the Nature Boy, Ric Flair, in a last man standing match.
01:34The last man standing match is very simple.
01:49You win when you incapacitate your opponent.
01:52Right.
01:52For a 10 count.
01:53It's not going to be about winning.
01:55It's going to be nasty.
01:56It's not going to be about losing.
01:58It's going to be brutal.
01:59It's going to be about surviving.
02:01These two men are determined to put an end to one another.
02:04The last man standing.
02:06There is no disqualification.
02:08One man walked out of that building.
02:11There are no rules.
02:13The other one goes to the hospital.
02:15It is hard to believe that these two were ever the best of friends.
02:19I promise you this, Ric.
02:21I will finish what I started.
02:24Ric Flair will prove he's the dirtiest player in the game.
02:28Woo!
02:29Ric, for you, the game is over.
02:35It will be blood and sweat and tears.
02:37Last man standing, Ric Flair versus Triple H.
02:41It's going to be nasty.
02:42It's going to be brutal.
02:47The following is a last man standing match.
02:51Now, here are the rules.
02:53There are no pinfalls, no submissions, and no disqualifications.
02:58The match will continue until one man cannot make it to both of his feet and answer the count of ten.
03:06Time to play the game.
03:08Time to play the game.
03:13Time to play the game.
03:19Introducing first, from Greenwich, Connecticut, weighing in at 265 pounds, Triple H.
03:30The ten-time former World Heavyweight Champion, who brought up idolizing Ric Flair.
03:38The two were best friends, both members of Evolution.
03:43But then, Triple H decided on his own that Ric Flair was simply a former shell of himself, and it was time for Ric Flair's career to be over.
03:52Yeah, I can remember a time, King, and I know you can, too, it wasn't that long ago that these two guys were going up and down the road together.
03:59Ric Flair and Triple H doing it all together.
04:01The best of friends.
04:02But, baby boy, that's a distant memory.
04:05And I tell you what, what we're about to see, it's going to be serious, it's going to be nasty, so buckle your seatbelt.
04:11Yeah, you're right, it's hard to imagine that what we witnessed in that steel cage match, one of the most gruesome, bloody, brutal matches ever, that anyone could do that to someone that they once considered their friend.
04:24Oh, look at the game.
04:28And I guarantee you, Styles, this is the man you're looking at right here, that nerves are not an issue.
04:34He relishes moments such as this.
04:38Survivor Series, one of the biggest nights of the year.
04:40And I guarantee you, Triple H can't think of a better night to end the career of the Babe Ruth of sports entertainment.
04:49Triple H, no stranger to big money matches, you're right.
04:52He's got ice water in his veins.
04:53He is not nervous, and he is determined to end the career of Ric Flair.
05:02He is ready to go.
05:07Woo!
05:10And making his win in the ring, from Charlotte, North Carolina, he is the Intercontinental Champion, the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
05:25Ric Flair, a 16-time World Heavyweight Champion.
05:29Ric Flair was told by Triple H, your time is over.
05:32And instead, Triple H ignited a fire in Ric Flair.
05:37Arguably, we haven't seen in years.
05:38And they go!
05:39And they go!
05:40He is not even waiting for the Nature Boy to get into the ring!
05:43I said he was focused.
05:44I said Triple H was ready.
05:45You see it right here.
05:46Not even allowing Ric Flair to get the robot.
05:49And remember, no pinfalls, no submissions, no countouts, no disqualifications.
05:53You have to render your opponent unable to stand to answer a 10 count.
05:58Boy, I don't know if this is anything about being focused, Coach, but it's about being determined.
06:03Look at the game.
06:04One night he is determined to end Ric Flair tonight.
06:07And I tell you what, we talked about it after Taboo Tuesday that all Ric Flair did was make the game mad.
06:11You can see it right here.
06:13The game is angry, and the game wants to end this one quickly.
06:16But you've got to understand, it's going to take a while to incapacitate your opponent that much.
06:22Triple H hammering down on Ric Flair.
06:27Ric Flair still moving.
06:28Looked like referee Mickey Hanson.
06:29Let him get that robe off at least.
06:33Honestly, Ric Flair chose to wear the ring.
06:35Ric Flair chose to wear the robe to the ring.
06:37And Triple H took advantage.
06:38That's why he's the cerebral assassin.
06:40Well, you saw the game throw the Intercontinental Championship out of the ring because that's not what this match is about.
06:46As a matter of fact, the belt is not even up for grabs here.
06:49To me, it really is not about the Intercontinental Championship, and it really shouldn't be.
06:53When you talk about two feelings and the way these two guys truly now hate each other.
06:57Well, at least I think the ref should help Flair get out of that robe.
07:01He's got a distinct disadvantage here.
07:02Hey, King, you heard it.
07:03There are no rules.
07:04The referee doesn't need to do anything.
07:06He needs to stand there and count to ten.
07:08That's it.
07:08Uh-oh, where's Triple H going?
07:10Ric Flair wisely rolling to the outside to create his own timeout.
07:14Looks like a quarterback that runs out of bounds, but Triple H is not going to give the Nature Boy any breathing room.
07:19I think you're right, Coach.
07:19I think the game wants to end this early.
07:21Well, you can see, obviously, the game plan for the game is to take...
07:25I tell you what, in the game...
07:26Oh!
07:27What's up, bro?
07:28What's he got?
07:29Oh!
07:30It's a kendo stick!
07:35And Flair is swinging away!
07:37Oh, my goodness!
07:39And Ric Flair was weighing in weight for Triple H.
07:43Well, Coach, you referred to Ric Flair as the Babe Ruth of sports entertainment.
07:47If you remember the real Babe Ruth, look at this!
07:50Look at this!
07:51The Babe hung around for a long time, and I don't think Flair has got any plans on going anywhere.
07:56They're out with the fans, and remember, that standing tank can happen anywhere in the building.
08:00And it can happen outside!
08:02Look out, people!
08:03Be careful!
08:05I guarantee you that Ric Flair does not want to stand out there and trade punches with the game.
08:10Well, I think he's...
08:10He'll trade chumps, though.
08:12He's happy to do it right now.
08:15Watch it!
08:16Look out!
08:16Look out!
08:16Oh, back drop!
08:19Back to the ringside area, and I think Ric Flair landed on that kendo stick!
08:22I think Ric Flair may have tattooed Triple H pretty good with that kendo stick,
08:26because it looks to me like Triple H is a little bit stunned right now.
08:31Well, Flair down as well.
08:33Both of these men off to a very fast pace in this match.
08:37I don't see how they can keep this up for very long.
08:40Triple H back to his feet.
08:42Referee Mickey Hanson continuing to count Nature Boy Ric Flair.
08:45You're gonna do it, man.
08:46Five!
08:47Five!
08:47It's up to five.
08:51He said somebody's got to be incapacitated to where they can't answer a ten count.
08:55Oh, no!
08:56Oh, no!
08:57Look at the suplex on the outside floor!
08:59Triple H saw that Ric Flair was getting up, didn't want to wait, went right back on the attack.
09:04And I firmly believe, after what we saw at Taboo Tuesday, when now the count is on, the ten count is on.
09:09Two!
09:10Two!
09:10Two!
09:11Two!
09:11Now just counting Ric Flair.
09:13Three!
09:14Now keep in mind, if you're watching at home, that the referee continues to count, even if one man is up, continues to count.
09:20That's a very important statement, because Ric Flair now has to get back to both feet before the ten count.
09:27He's up to seven, he's up, he's up.
09:29Back to his feet, and Triple H right there to greet him on the apron.
09:34Cinching up the Nature Boy.
09:37Ric Flair just suplexed out on the floor, and now being suplexed back into the ring.
09:42Text for vertical suplex by Triple H.
09:45I'll tell you what, Triple H is dominating Flair, just like I knew that he would, because Triple H knows that tonight is the night of nights.
09:52Tonight, he needs to prove he is the very best.
09:55Wait a minute, Coach, what happened to Taboo Tuesday?
09:57I remember that same spiel, you realize.
10:00It was like the game was going to dominate Ric Flair inside that steel cage, and what happened?
10:04Hey, Taboo Tuesday happened, Ric Flair got lucky, and like they always say, a blind squirrel does find a nut once in a while.
10:10Look out, elbow once again to the small to the back of Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
10:15Ric Flair's back injuries well documented, broke that back in a plane plane.
10:18Wait, guys, make a note of the time right now, because this is where Triple H starts to really punish Ric Flair,
10:24methodically tearing the Nature Boy apart.
10:27Oh, man, look at that big right hand from the game.
10:29You know, Triple H is the cerebral assassin.
10:33He has earned that name time and time again.
10:36Kevin Flair has earned the name of the dirtiest player in the game.
10:38Ric Flair now fighting his way out of the corner with punches and chubs.
10:45And Flair going to the outside.
10:52Triple H now going to the outside after Flair.
10:57Well, I think that the game realizes that here.
11:00I tell you what, right now, I don't mean to interrupt you.
11:01I'm sorry.
11:02I'm sorry.
11:02I'm sorry.
11:02But I'll tell you what, Triple H is where he does some of his best work, outside of the race.
11:06That's what I was going to say.
11:07Where he can use anything.
11:08That's right there.
11:08The first into the steel ring post goes Ric Flair.
11:11Just what I said.
11:12I'm like the prophet, baby boy.
11:13There's a lot of, there are a lot of objects and obstacles outside that ring that can do some severe damage.
11:19And underneath the ring as well.
11:20Let's talk about the big picture here.
11:22Triple H, Triple H is an egomaniac.
11:25Look at this.
11:25Look at this.
11:26That's a screwdriver.
11:27That is a screwdriver.
11:28Come on, now, wait a minute.
11:30Oh, no, no.
11:31Hey, Rip, come on, you can at least.
11:32Oh, no, come on.
11:33Oh, digging into the flesh of Ric Flair.
11:36Look at this.
11:36He's ripping away at that flesh.
11:38Not only does Triple H want to incapacitate Ric Flair, he wants to maim Ric Flair to do this.
11:45It looks like he took him, the Nature Boy's head off.
11:48Come on.
11:49Oh, my God.
11:49The Nature Boy's bleach blonde hair is now being stained, dripped in it.
11:53Look out, come on.
11:54Look at that.
11:55Scrooge with that Scrooge with that.
11:56My God.
11:57Triple H has no conscience.
12:00Tonight, Triple H doesn't care about anybody but himself.
12:03And he can't have a conscience if you want to win a last-man-standing match.
12:08The blood now flowing freely from the face of Nature Boy Ric Flair.
12:12I'm going to tell you this, because you're new, and this is your biggest night so far.
12:16Deep down, I know Triple H, who hates to do this to his best friend, but he has to.
12:21Triple H has to do this.
12:22What do you mean he has to and hates to?
12:23Flair made him do it.
12:24Look at the game.
12:25He revels the force of a screwdriver in his damn hand.
12:28What do you mean he hates to do it?
12:29Get him to the face of Flair, the screwdriver.
12:34Oh, my God.
12:36Sometimes, when you idolize somebody so much, so bad it's going to be brutal, but this is beyond brutal.
12:43You'd think the referee, I know there's no rules, but surely he could, I mean, have a human compassion.
12:48You've got to stop that man with a screwdriver.
12:50I tell you what, I'm watching this man right now.
12:52Triple H is pulled, pulled all the way down to the bone.
12:57Because, again, again, style, Triple H has to be.
13:00When we're talking about to the bone, he drove that screwdriver right to the skull of the Nature Boy.
13:06And because Triple H is, oh, I love to say this, is that damn good.
13:11The bottom line is Triple H is an egomaniac, and deep down what he wants, more than anything,
13:16is to beat Ric Flair's unprecedented record of 16 World Championships.
13:21He's only a 10, but to make sure Flair doesn't win anymore, never wins number 17.
13:27Hey, style, style, style.
13:28He's got to.
13:28Yeah?
13:28Relax, babe.
13:30Relax?
13:30Bring it down.
13:31Are you watching this?
13:32I'm bringing it down.
13:33I'm watching because, you're right, Triple H does want to become a 16-time World Champion.
13:37But he wants Ric Flair to sit at home and watch him do it.
13:41Oh, come on, coach, are you telling me that you're enjoying this?
13:43I'm enjoying every single minute of it.
13:45Are you telling me I'm in Joe Lewis Arena?
13:47I'm at Survivor Series.
13:48It's about pass the torch, and I'm watching it here.
13:50I'm like a fan myself.
13:52This is beautiful.
13:54I don't think the torch is being passed here.
13:59I think it's trying to be ripped out of the bloody hands of Ric Flair.
14:04The help of a screwdriver.
14:07Triple H may watch that torch.
14:09He's going to have to rip it out of Ric Flair's cold, dead, damn hand.
14:14I'll tell you what.
14:14The domination continues, and there's nothing Ric Flair can do about it.
14:17There is no cage to get out of.
14:19There is no cage to leave.
14:21There's nowhere for Ric Flair to run to.
14:23Oh, look at that.
14:23This is not going well for Ric Flair.
14:28Gentlemen, there is a plant here.
14:30You're seeing it.
14:31You're seeing it.
14:31A well-executed plant.
14:34I guess you're that big of a funny thing.
14:36Triple H, and he's told you all.
14:38I know this man.
14:40I know this man, and you're seeing how nasty he can truly be.
14:43And the blood continues.
14:45There you go.
14:46Right into the steel steps.
14:48Let's show, let's show, Nature Boy, how dirty, the dirtiest player in the game can be.
14:52An act of instinct and desperation on the part of Ric Flair.
14:56A momentary bump on the road.
14:58Well, I'm just worried about the fact that Flair has lost so much blood now.
15:03His strength has probably been drained out just like the blood draining out of his head.
15:07Referee Mickey Henson counting both combatants.
15:10Come on, Flair.
15:13We're up to a five count now, fellas.
15:16Flair's to his feet.
15:16Oh!
15:17Oh!
15:19Ah!
15:20Ah!
15:21Oh, as if Flair's vision wasn't already blurred by that blood.
15:25Now, no, no!
15:26Oh, my God!
15:27Bud Buster on the floor!
15:29Come on, Triple H!
15:31And it's amazing.
15:32Ric Flair is right down in front of us at ringside.
15:34How nasty and bloody his face really is when you're only three feet away.
15:41Blood everywhere on the floor.
15:44Well, the referee starts to go.
15:45Jim will get out of the way.
15:46Oh, Flair.
15:46Come on, Flair!
15:51Come on, Flair!
15:55Get up, you old bastard!
15:59Stay down, or I'm going to put you down for good.
16:04Six!
16:05Referee up to six.
16:07Stay down, Ric!
16:08Do what's good for you.
16:12He's up!
16:12Stay down!
16:14Oh, look at this!
16:16Look at this!
16:18He's got a handful of the family jewels of Triple H!
16:23Oh, my God!
16:25Did you hear that?
16:27I don't know how else you break that hole!
16:29Why doesn't Ric Flair just listen to Triple H?
16:32Triple H is doing what's best for the nature board.
16:35Oh, my God.
16:35Why can't he understand that?
16:36The most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
16:37Just stay down.
16:38And that's one of the lowest things I've ever personally seen Ric Flair do.
16:42Grabbing the jewels of one of the...
16:44Oh!
16:45Get it out of the way, King!
16:46What do you mean, get it out of the way?
16:47Triple H is putting...
16:48Get it out of the way, Ford!
16:50What are you going to try to help him now, Coach?
16:53Ric Flair's face has been ripped open by a screwdriver throughout this matchup.
16:58No, no, no, no, no, no, no, look out!
17:06Wait a minute, wait a minute.
17:08Wait a minute, they're right...
17:09They're right in front of me.
17:10The game is what happens.
17:12This is what happens when a career ends.
17:14You're looking at it two feet away, baby.
17:16Get out of the way!
17:17He's got a pedigree through our table!
17:19Pedigree through our table!
17:21Finish the nature board!
17:22Finish him!
17:24Oh, my God!
17:25Oh, my God!
17:27Ric Flair just backdropped!
17:34Triple H right through the table!
17:39Yes!
17:40Triple H just completely obliterated...
17:43Yeah, you're three feet away from him now, Coach!
17:47Describe to us what he looks like!
17:49Tell you what, about one foot away...
17:50Triple H's eyes are not open...
17:54He's not responding, and we're up to a forecast.
17:56He may be history!
17:57Liberty Mickey Henson's still counting on Triple H!
18:00Come on, Hunter, get up!
18:03Six!
18:03Up to six!
18:05Get to your feet, Flair!
18:07Seven!
18:08Seven!
18:08Get up!
18:11Flair's up!
18:12He's up to eight!
18:15Get up, baby!
18:16Get up, we have enough!
18:17There you go!
18:17Damn!
18:18He's up, he's up, he's up, he's up, he's up, he's on both feet!
18:22Can we see that one more time?
18:24We have to see that one more time!
18:25Can you believe your eyes here?
18:26Look at this!
18:27I'll tell you what, no kind of great, but yes!
18:30Did you see Triple H's head bounce not only on the table, but on the floor?
18:34And it's a miracle to me!
18:36This is how great the game is that he was able to get up!
18:38And now the game with the steel chair at hand!
18:41It is a testament style!
18:43Pay attention to this man's toughness!
18:49Nobody's doubting anybody's toughness in this match, Colt!
18:53Chops by Ric Flair resounding here in the joke!
19:00Flair's coming on strong!
19:03Chops is held up the second two-suit and pays for it!
19:06Oh, my gosh!
19:08Check out one more time!
19:14Triple H being driven through the announcement!
19:16Look at the back of the team's head!
19:20Ric Flair's head was ripped right off there!
19:23Guys, it is still amazing to me!
19:25What is it up to now?
19:28Four, two, four now!
19:33Major Boy choking on his own blood, but he's back to his feet!
19:36Triple H is not!
19:38Now he is!
19:39He's barely on spaghetti legs, though!
19:41Oh!
19:42Down goes Flair!
19:43Guys, it is still amazing to me!
19:45That these two guys will go this far, this far, to prove, to prove, to prove to one another that they are better than the other man!
19:54Triple H will go this far to finish!
19:56Oh, look out!
19:59What is he doing?
20:01Do not tell me he's at a stream of conscience!
20:07Do not tell me that Triple H is having second thoughts!
20:10That means that Triple H has something even worse in mind for the Nature Boy is what that means!
20:15That's what I gotta believe, I can't afford it!
20:17Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
20:19Look at this!
20:20There's still fight left in the Nature Boy!
20:22Well, there's fight left in the Nature Boy, but Ric Flair doesn't even know where he is!
20:25He's stumbling, he's stammering, he can't even see the game!
20:28He has so much blood in his eye!
20:29Well, you're right, if this were a boxing match, it would have been stopped a long time ago!
20:33But it's not!
20:33Oh, you know, guys, now I get it!
20:36Now I get it!
20:37Oh, no!
20:38It's about time!
20:40It's about game over!
20:41Pedigree!
20:41Ric Flair goes downstairs!
20:46Baby!
20:47The dirtiest player in the game strikes again!
20:50Babe Ruth just hit one last home run!
20:53Oh, wait a minute!
20:54No, he's gonna swing for the bench!
20:55No, no, no!
20:56No turn around!
20:57Get it, guys!
20:59Flair connects with a steel chain!
21:03That may do it!
21:04Count, referee count!
21:05Three, four!
21:10Two!
21:11Technically, both combatants are down!
21:14No, Flair's up!
21:15Flair is up on both feet!
21:17Or up to a four count!
21:18I don't know how much steam Ric Flair had on that chair!
21:21But if it was enough, this one's gonna be over!
21:25Now, somehow, Triple H makes it back to his feet to stop the count!
21:30Just for a second!
21:31Oh, he's fighting up!
21:32He's fighting up!
21:34Flair fighting the game!
21:36Well, they all said it!
21:38This is about survival!
21:39And Flair's gonna do anything, absolutely anything, to survive!
21:43Oh!
21:44Oh!
21:44Oh!
21:44Oh!
21:44Oh!
21:45Oh!
21:45Oh!
21:45Oh!
21:46Oh!
21:46Oh!
21:46Oh!
21:47Oh!
21:47Oh!
21:48Oh!
21:48Oh!
21:49Oh!
21:50Oh!
21:50Where did that shot land?
21:52Listen to this chair shot!
21:53Oh!
21:54Oh!
21:54Oh!
21:55Did he ever connect?
21:56Oh!
21:57Oh!
21:57Oh!
21:58Oh!
21:59Oh!
21:59Back elbow to the face by the Nature Boy, who now goes to the outside and grabs Triple H
22:03on the way out!
22:04Oh!
22:04Oh!
22:05Oh, no!
22:05Wait a minute!
22:06Oh!
22:06Oh!
22:07Oh!
22:07Oh!
22:08Oh!
22:08Oh!
22:09Oh!
22:09Oh!
22:10Oh!
22:10Oh!
22:11Oh!
22:11Oh!
22:12Oh!
22:12Oh!
22:13Oh!
22:13Oh!
22:14Oh!
22:15Oh!
22:15Oh!
22:16Oh!
22:17Oh!
22:17Oh!
22:18That's one of his game plans is to go after the lower body of Triple H, and now Ric Flair
22:24is, I gotta call him, like I see him, Ric Flair is dominating at this point!
22:29And I think that, from what we're seeing here, Triple H may be altered permanently from
22:35the results of this match, you'd like to think, Knox.
22:37Ric Flair very thorough and worked over the lower body, not over the groin, but now smashing
22:41the legs repeatedly on that steel ring post!
22:44Oh!
22:45Oh!
22:46Oh!
22:47The legs are much in between!
22:48Good grief!
22:49Well, I certainly hope that Triple H was not planning on going out tonight.
22:51How do you stand after that?
22:52How can you possibly stand after that?
22:53Very, very carefully.
22:54He can barely stay!
22:55Oh!
22:56And there's the clip of the knee from behind!
22:57Well, I think that Flair...
22:58Oh!
22:59Oh!
23:00Oh!
23:01Oh!
23:02Oh!
23:03Oh!
23:04Look at this!
23:05Oh!
23:08Oh!
23:09Oh!
23:10Yes!
23:11Oh, wait!
23:12Oh!
23:13Oh!
23:14Oh, wait, wait!
23:15Oh!
23:16Oh!
23:17Oh!
23:18after those legs.
23:20You can't stand up if you don't have any legs.
23:23And remember, Triple H suffered a torn quad
23:26in a year 2001.
23:27Ric Flair knows that.
23:28He targeted that leg at Taboo Tuesday.
23:31He's doing it again tonight at Survivor Series.
23:35Yeah, by the way, it was a quadricep.
23:38I'm begging you.
23:41Oh, God.
23:43Drives the knee right to the face of Triple H.
23:47And I seriously don't know.
23:49Wait, wait, wait, wait, I think he's...
23:53I think he almost tried to woo, but he just didn't have it in him.
23:56Well, if he woos right now, he's just going to spit blood.
24:01Back to the legs.
24:03Another clip of the knee.
24:07I would have thought that by now,
24:09you know when Ric Flair starts targeting those legs,
24:12you know that the patented figure four is not far behind.
24:17Oh, Triple H kicks him off.
24:23Flair going right back for the figure four.
24:26And the quad kicked to the outside.
24:28You know, guys, I understand, I guess, the logic.
24:30I understand the game plan, but can you explain to me this?
24:32What?
24:33If you're putting the figure four leg lock,
24:34you're going after the legs, but yet you're not trying
24:37to knock Triple H out.
24:38How will he keep Triple H down?
24:40That's what I want to ask you.
24:42If he tears that quad again, he can't stand.
24:45When he tore the quad, he finished the match.
24:48And he went to the back.
24:50Doesn't mean he was standing within ten seconds, though, does it?
24:53Triple H is tougher than any man alive.
24:57A poor quadricep will not stop him from standing.
24:59Well, we're going to find out if his legs are tougher.
25:01Are his legs tougher than any man alive's legs?
25:06Coach, they better be.
25:09If not the quadricep, maybe Flair cracks the patella, the kneecap.
25:12Why is the referee not counting?
25:16Oh, he is counting.
25:17He's counting.
25:17No one's doubting that Triple H is tough,
25:21but he's not superhuman, Coach.
25:23Now we see the figure four.
25:25Get it.
25:26He's got it.
25:27He's got it.
25:29And Flair is perfectly legal now.
25:31For Ric Flair to use those ring ropes to leverage.
25:36Well, I will say this.
25:38That right now, Ric Flair is showing
25:40why he has been in the game for so very long.
25:43He knows the way around the ring.
25:45Coach, you're right about one thing.
25:47It doesn't matter if Triple H wanted to tap out right now,
25:50the match still wouldn't be stopped.
25:52This is just to, as we say, incapacitate the legs of the game.
25:56Ric Flair is going to leave the figure four on
25:58for as long as he possibly can.
26:01working on the knee, working on the shin, working on the quad,
26:07basically trying to make sure that Triple H cannot
26:10.
26:11But it doesn't mean anything.
26:12Like you say, it doesn't mean anything.
26:14But there's nowhere for Triple H to go.
26:16There's nothing Triple H can do but sit there, or excuse me,
26:19lay there and take the pain.
26:20Yeah, but you got to admit, Triple H is, he wants to give up right now.
26:24Well, he doesn't want to give up, but he's not going to.
26:27Ric Flair looks exhausted himself,
26:29simply holding with everything he's got for leverage.
26:31I think Ric's giving up, because when this match started,
26:33I would have said that the longer this match goes,
26:35the more it favors Triple H.
26:37Oh, that goes without saying duh, but I don't think that Flair's giving up.
26:41He's getting up.
26:42Well, they're up to a four count now.
26:46They get five.
26:48Flair needs, needs the, needs the wing rope to hold himself up.
26:52Now watch here, he's already at six.
26:54Those legs may not, he may not be able to stand on those legs.
26:58Triple H has already escaped one night back so far.
27:00Oh, look, look at this.
27:01Oh, referee, he was not up.
27:03Well, he was up for a second on both feet.
27:05Got to go at the discretion of referee the game.
27:07What match are you watching, Joey Styles?
27:10Close.
27:12Close line, and both men go down after that collision.
27:17Man, oh, man.
27:19The referee just, I mean, he really let the game survive on that one,
27:22if you ask me.
27:24He was up, he was up on his feet for just a second,
27:26the king and the rules are the rules.
27:30Look how gently the game is having to walk right now.
27:32Those legs, those knees are damaged.
27:35That's not walking, that's limping.
27:36Uh-oh.
27:37Barely walking and now dragging those steel steps towards the ring.
27:40He's got him up over his head.
27:42Look out, this is not good.
27:43I tell you what, I seriously question this move by Triple H
27:45because both men have gone through so much.
27:49Multiple Triple H is gambling.
27:52But this could be the beginning of the end for Ric Flair,
27:54who is just leaning in the corner.
27:56Oh, this is gonna be.
27:57Oh, my God, right to the face of the nature board.
28:02Those unforgiving steel steps right to the bloody skull of Ric Flair.
28:07Well, it wasn't a very long story because the end is now here.
28:10Yeah, but look at the blood, it's pumping out of Flair's head.
28:13Listen to this.
28:15Oh, my God.
28:16One, two, three.
28:23Triple H is up.
28:24Flair is down.
28:25No, Flair's up.
28:26He's up.
28:27Oh!
28:28Drop to home.
28:29Drop to home and face first into the steel steps goes Triple H.
28:34See, Triple H may have just knocked himself out.
28:37Well, if the referee would start counting, he may be out for a ten count.
28:41Yeah, but so is Flair, wait a minute.
28:43One!
28:44Flair's lost a lot of blood.
28:46They're both out.
28:46Two!
28:47Oh, Flair's moving.
28:48Come on, Flair.
28:49Three!
28:50Flair's moving.
28:51He is moving.
28:52And Triple H is not.
28:53I think Triple H is out pulled.
28:55Triple H is not moving at all.
28:57Well, it has to move a little bit.
28:59Six!
29:03Six.
29:04Get to your feet, Nate.
29:05Seven!
29:06He's up, he's up, he's up, Flair's up.
29:07He's up, Triple H is not.
29:08Eight!
29:09Triple H is up.
29:10On the rope up.
29:11Oh!
29:12It's a chuck!
29:13What a match!
29:14This is brutal!
29:15Oh!
29:16And Flair just wearing out the game now with lefts and rights and chops and no!
29:18Oh, no!
29:19Pedigree!
29:20Pedigree!
29:21Pedigree!
29:22Triple H hit the pedigree on Rick Slab!
29:24Stunk the cap!
29:25Stunk!
29:26Stunk!
29:27Stunk!
29:28Stunk!
29:29Stunk!
29:30Stunk!
29:31Stunk!
29:32Stunk!
29:33Stunk!
29:34Stunk!
29:35Stunk!
29:36Stunk!
29:37Stunk!
29:38Stunk!
29:39Stunk!
29:40Stunk!
29:41Stunk!
29:42Stop!
29:43The cap!
29:44But will it be enough?
29:45Well, not many people have gotten up from that Pedigree.
29:46And Triple H wisely backpedals into the corner so he can use the ropes to pick himself and
29:50crop himself up!
29:52Three!
29:53You can see Triple H's face wondering, is this enough?
29:57Triple H has won it, in my opinion.
29:58Triple H has won it, in my opinion, this one is over.
30:04Keep down, ref, keep down.
30:06Come on, Flair.
30:07He's using the steps to pull himself up.
30:09Yes, he's up, he's technically up.
30:10Come on, he's up on his toes, he's up.
30:13He's up, he's at both feet.
30:16Give me another one, give me another one.
30:18Triple H threw up another pedigree.
30:20And done.
30:22Count it, gang.
30:26All right, coach.
30:28I gotta agree with you, I think he's done.
30:30Thank you very much, Keith.
30:31It only took you about 25 minutes, but finally you're coming around.
30:35Not only is Ric Flair done, but this is the last that I think we'll ever see Ric Flair in a competitive match.
30:42Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute.
30:45Man's fucking too soon, coach.
30:46You're kidding me, what is the matter with this man?
30:49Is he just stupid?
30:50Is Ric Flair just the dumbest man on the face of the plan?
30:53Look at that, look at that.
30:55He's flipping off the game.
30:58All he's doing is make Triple H matter and matter and matter.
31:04And so what, Ric Flair has taken everything that Triple H has to hand out and says, bring it.
31:11How about another third pedigree?
31:14And once again, Ric Flair driven his skull first into the canvas.
31:18The third time, the third time, Joey Styles is a charm.
31:21Referee count, and I guarantee you that this is it.
31:30Nothing charming about it.
31:31Ric Flair has been beaten.
31:33Look, look, look, look, now on the count of four.
31:35They're still alive.
31:36How unceremoniously has Ric Flair's career come to an end in this building, on this night, in Joe Lewis Arena.
31:45It ends like this for the Nature Boy.
31:48Oh, that's crap.
31:48What is this?
31:49That's right, what is this?
31:50That's right, what is this?
31:50That's right, what is this?
31:50That's right, what is this?
31:50That's right, what is this?
31:50That's right, what is this?
31:51Oh, there's the full time.
31:52Oh, baby.
31:53Well, maybe I do want Ric Flair to get up just one more time.
32:00Come on, Ric.
32:01Not this.
32:02Should we tell Ric Flair?
32:03Flair's up.
32:03Let's go.
32:04Oh, my God.
32:08The great equalizer has spoken again.
32:13The great equalizer.
32:17Great equalizer.
32:18Triple H, if you ask me, is a son of a bitch.
32:21She had to go down, pull out a sledgehammer to try to end the career of Ric Flair.
32:27Not to mention a screwdriver at the steel step.
32:30Could have broken the man's spine with that.
32:34Maybe it is over.
32:36Triple H has done it at Survivor Series.
32:43Triple H and the damn sledgehammer.
32:45Yeah, but it did take the sledgehammer.
32:51It took the sledgehammer.
32:52But everything is legal.
32:53And I'll say this.
32:55Ric Flair got up from not one, not two, but three pedigree.
32:59He went toe-to-toe with the game all night long.
33:02But in the end, Triple H proved once again that you can be the dirtiest player in the game.
33:08But baby, you are not the game.
33:13What a display of brutality.
33:16Oh, look at this.
33:18He symbolically putting Ric Flair out of his misery.
33:23That's what you do to horses.
33:25Joe, Joe Louis Arena is the house.
33:28Ric Flair just got taken behind the house.
33:31He's a tough old horse.
33:33But, boys, sometimes when you're a tough old horse, you've got to get shot and put out of your misery.
33:41Ric Flair absorbs everything that Triple H had to ditch out.
33:48Screwdriver steel steps, but the sledgehammer, the sledgehammer, too much for any human being to withstand.
33:55And look at the sadistic smile, the joy on the face of the game.
33:59I mean, Joey King, I know you guys are big fans of this business, big fans of history.
34:05But what does it feel like to sit here right now, about 15 feet away from Ric Flair,
34:10after everything he has done, after everything that Ric Flair has been through,
34:15and watched his career come to an end?
34:17Now, you tell me, what does it feel like to you, Coach?
34:20Are you happy to see that?
34:22You're smiling like the game?
34:23No, no, no, no, no.
34:24I'm not happy to see that.
34:24If this makes you happy, then you're a son of a bitch just like Ric Flair.
34:27No, don't get me wrong.
34:28Just like the game.
34:29Do not get me wrong.
34:30I do not enjoy this.
34:31No, that wouldn't sound like you, dude.
34:32But Ric Flair asked for this.
34:35Ric Flair didn't know when to watch.
34:37No, he didn't ask for anything.
34:43What kind of sick human being?
34:46He's proud of himself.
34:47We thought this may have been the difference, Riker.
34:49The back drop through the Spanish announce table by a bloody Ric Flair.
34:58And then there's the game comes with those steel stairs.
35:02Right to the score.
35:04Not one, not two, but the three pedigrees.
35:08The hat trick.
35:09Three pedigrees on Ric Flair.
35:11And he's still got up.
35:13Well, guys, like we said, you've got to give Ric Flair a whole bunch of credit.
35:18He did get up from all three pedigrees.
35:20But this was last man standing, baby.
35:23Anything was legal.
35:24And whatever it takes to get it done is what Triple H put to do.
35:27And here's what it took to do.
35:29Here's what it took to do.
35:30A damn slip.
35:31Right to the spine.
35:32Right to the spine.
35:33Hey, Ric Flair.
35:35Ric Flair would not stay down.
35:36So Triple H had to do it.
35:38And Ric Flair got what he deserved.
35:40And Frank, this is making me a little sick to my stomach.
35:43Straight back, straight back.
35:45I'm going to tell you something.
35:46This is not, this is a sad sight if you ask me.
35:50It is a sad sight.
35:51It's a sad sight when somebody doesn't know when to walk away, guys.
35:55It is sad.
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