00:00We are back on SmackDown, and
00:05what a tangle where he leaves.
00:08Rob Van Dam, controversy swirling in Kurt Angle.
00:12Following non-title contests,
00:16he's scheduled for one fall.
00:18Making his play of the ring, representing the Alliance.
00:21Weighing in at 235 pounds with the WWF hardcore champion, Rob Van Dam.
00:29Sunday at No Mercy on pay-per-view.
00:31RBG, fellow Alliance member Stone Cold and Kurt Angle,
00:35meeting a triple threat match for the WWF title.
00:38You don't mind, do you fucking a word in?
00:40Subway presents No Mercy, live in three days
00:44from the Savage Center in St. Louis, and only on pay-per-view.
00:48Crush-made sandwiches on fresh baked bread.
00:51Subway, eat fresh.
00:53And from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
00:58weigh with 237 pounds, Kurt Angle.
01:02Can the Olympic champion regain the WWF title
01:03for Sunday on pay-per-view?
01:04A title that is rightfully his.
01:06He was screwed out of the gold last week
01:08by Stone Cold and William Regal.
01:11And here we go.
01:12And we'll waste a little time
01:13going to work on Rob Van Dam.
01:15Well, if you've got to go after Rob Van Dam,
01:17you better go after RBG hot, hard, and fast.
01:19Kurt Angle started out like a house of fire,
01:21looking to put away Rob Van Dam,
01:22creating a bookman exchange for the World Series.
01:23And the Olympic champion
01:24is going to work on Rob Van Dam.
01:25You better go after Rob Van Dam,
01:26you better go after RBG hot, hard, and fast.
01:28Kurt Angle started out like a house of fire,
01:29looking to put away Rob Van Dam creating
01:30both men exchanging clothes outside the ring.
01:32And Kurt Angle is on a roll.
01:33You have an Olympic gold medalist,
01:34but that's the guy!
01:35You're the hell away from me!
01:36Rob Van Dam bouncing off the announce table
01:37three times at the hands of Kurt Angle.
01:39And Kurt Angle in control early on in this matchup.
01:41Rob Van Dam trying to get out of angles.
01:42What?
01:43What?
01:44What?
01:45What?
01:46What?
01:47What?
01:48What?
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01:59What?
02:00What?
02:02What?
02:28Rob Van Dam going to one.
02:30Kurt Angle grabbing RBD, face first off the barricade.
02:34What impact.
02:36How aggressive can an Olympic gold medalist be?
02:39Kurt Angle is all picked up and ready for No Mercy.
02:44They're beating the hell out of each other here tonight, Paul.
02:47You talk about Kurt Angle.
02:49He has to be aggressive Sunday at No Mercy.
02:51He doesn't know what enemy he's facing.
02:53Is it every man for himself or is RBD going to work with Austin on Sunday?
02:56Not even Rob Van Dam could have been expecting that move by Kurt Angle.
03:01We have an Olympic gold medalist against the most hardcore, spectacular athlete in the history room.
03:08Here's the cover.
03:09Come to the rail.
03:10Kick out by Kurt Angle.
03:12Here's that unorthodox style of Rob Van Dam.
03:14But he walked into the suitcase.
03:16Kurt Angle just drove Rob Van Dam's head right into the canvas.
03:23You know, it's hard to know what Rob Van Dam...
03:25Going for the angle slam, perhaps.
03:27Rob Van Dam lands on his feet.
03:28It follows it up.
03:29Well, it went for the heel kick.
03:30And he's going for the ankle lock.
03:31Can he lock it in?
03:32Rob Van Dam with a boot to the face.
03:35Rob Van Dam has scouted Kurt Angle very, very well.
03:39Van Dam is no dummy.
03:41He knows what...
03:42One final reminder, folks.
03:45No Mercy not available on DirecTV on Sunday.
03:47Go to WWF.com to help you find alternate sources.
03:51You know, it's hard to know what RVD's thinking, Paul.
03:54He seems to be a very impressionable young man.
03:56We've seen Stephanie Austin perhaps try to manipulate RVD to play him.
04:01Can Mr. McMahon sway RVD tonight?
04:03I warned Rob Van Dam for years about Vince McMahon.
04:08What was RVD doing in a limo with Vince McMahon?
04:13That's the million-dollar question as Rob Van Dam continues to hammer away the face of Kurt Angle.
04:19RVD went through the corner.
04:21Here comes Angle, catches an elbow from Rob Van Dam.
04:24Rob Van Dam's second-row kick to the face of Kurt Angle.
04:27These two men in that triple threat match for the WWF title Sunday at No Mercy on Pay-per-view.
04:33Here we go, Roland Funger!
04:35And he connected.
04:36Here's the cover.
04:37Hook to the leg on Angle.
04:39Two, and Angle got the shoulder up.
04:40What a reversal!
04:41What may happen here?
04:42No.
04:42Rob Van Dam kicks out.
04:44You know, in that triple threat match, Paul Sunday, Stone Cold Steve Austin does not have to lose.
04:49Doesn't have to be pinned to lose the WWF championship.
04:52And that's the scary part about it, because if Van Dam pins Angle,
04:55then Van Dam becomes the champion.
04:58If Angle pins Van Dam, which he wants, then Angle will become the champion.
05:02Did you just say if Rob Van Dam kills Angle, Rob Van Dam could be the champion?
05:07It's a possibility.
05:09It's not likely, because to me, Stone Cold Steve Austin will leave No Mercy, the WWF champion.
05:17Stone Cold gave Rob Van Dam the mandate tonight.
05:20You're either with me or against me.
05:22Come Sunday in RBD, with those shoulders to the gut of Kurt Angle.
05:26And what a knee to the face of RBD!
05:29Wow!
05:30It is well!
05:31Rob Van Dam and Kurt Angle, what impact in this match.
05:34The cover.
05:34Hook of the leg.
05:35And Angle gets the shoulder up.
05:36The most explosive offense in the game belongs to Rob Van Dam.
05:41And look at this.
05:42Now, Rob Van Dam pounding away at a bloodied Kurt Angle.
05:46Kurt Angle has been opened up as Rob Van Dam goes to work.
05:51Look at this.
05:52Angle charging.
05:53Wham!
05:53And Van Dam kicks Angle's face in.
05:56Look at the blood coming down the face of the Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle.
06:02Advantage RBD!
06:05The unorthodox style of Rob Van Dam working on Kurt Angle, center of the ring.
06:11RBD trying to wear Angle down before the triple threat Sunday at No Mercy.
06:16What a disadvantage.
06:17Kurt Angle goes in in three days to No Mercy if that nose is broken.
06:22And Van Dam will show No Mercy tonight in pounding away at Kurt Angle's face.
06:29You make a good point, Paul.
06:30I make a lot of good points.
06:32Nose may be broken.
06:33He's breathing through his mouth.
06:35Rob Van Dam trying to cut the hair off to Kurt Angle.
06:38This crowd trying to come alive for Kurt Angle.
06:40Up to one foot.
06:42Up to another.
06:43Kurt Angle with elbows to the gut.
06:45Angle battling back.
06:47Kurt Angle will not quit.
06:50Missed with his speed.
06:51He'll kick Angle with a crossbody.
06:53An illateral crash.
06:54Here's the cover.
06:55And a kick out by RBD.
06:56But notice RBD gets right back up.
06:59RBD will not back down.
07:01Think about the physicality.
07:02The impact.
07:03The excitement of this matchup.
07:05If it adds Stone Cold Steve Austin.
07:07The WWF champion of the equation Sunday.
07:09What goal will this take?
07:11Oh no!
07:12He clicks.
07:13Belly to belly.
07:14Rob Van Dam back bouncing off the mat.
07:17And there's another one.
07:18Both these men will be challenging Stone Cold Steve Austin.
07:21In the same ring.
07:23At the same time.
07:24This Sunday.
07:25Oh no!
07:26Angle slam!
07:27Angle with the angle slam to Rob Van Dam.
07:30And a bloody Kurt Angle is pouring it on.
07:35Oh look out.
07:36He's setting him up.
07:37The angle lock is in.
07:38The angle lock is in.
07:39Will Rob Van Dam back bring him down?
07:42It's Austin.
07:43Austin.
07:44Austin attacking Angle.
07:45Stone Cold attacking Kurt Angle.
07:48The Rattlesnake has dropped.
07:50Stone Cold Steve Austin all over a bloody Kurt Angle.
07:54The paranoid WWF champion.
07:56Stunner to Kurt Angle.
07:58And if Austin hit that Sunday, he could retain the title.
08:03Wait a minute.
08:04Stone Cold touched it on the end of the ring.
08:09It's on now.
08:10It is on now.
08:12Van Dam goes in the ring.
08:14Austin.
08:15Wait a minute.
08:16Angle counter.
08:17Angle slam to Austin.
08:19Angle slam.
08:21But Van Dam.
08:23Austin down.
08:24Angle down.
08:25But Rob Van Dam is going up.
08:27RVD top rope.
08:29Who's he going to choose?
08:31He's thinking.
08:32He's contemplating.
08:33What thoughts are going through his mind?
08:35Who's Rob Van Dam?
08:37Did a Fox Blast.
08:38It's Austin.
08:39Van Dam hit Austin.
08:41RVD hit Austin.
08:44Oh my God.
08:45Rob Van Dam just made a statement.
08:48Rob Van Dam has just five star cross-classed the WWF champion, the leader of the alliance, so-called Steve Austin.
08:58My name is Abel.
09:00Tomorrow it's Austin.
09:01Rob Van Dam made a statement.
09:03I want to be WWF champion, alliance or not.
09:08Who wouldn't want to be the WWF champion?
09:13Hey, it's Mr. McMahon.
09:15What did Vince McMahon say to RVD in that limo?
09:20What role is Mr. McMahon going to play Sunday at No Mercy?
09:25Whose side is RVD on?
09:29What's Kurt Angle thinking?
09:31What the hell is going on?
09:34RVD!
09:35This Sunday on pay-per-view, three men will fight for the WWF title, but only one man can leave No Mercy as the World Wrestling Federation champion.
09:49Will it be Angle, Stone Cold, or RVD?
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