00:03And we are ready for our main event.
00:06Signed by former commissioner Mick Foley, ordered by that man earlier night,
00:11much to the sabrean of Edge and Christian, Austin and the King.
00:16The following eight men tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
00:20Introducing first, from Toronto, Canada,
00:23at a combined weight of 464 pounds, Edge and Christian.
00:30The former seven time, WWF Tag Team Champions.
00:38Well join forces with this human being, and his partner, momentarily.
00:49Introducing your partner, from Greenwich, Connecticut, being accompanied by Stephanie McMahon
00:55Helpley, weighing in at 260 pounds.
00:58He is the World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Champion, Triple H.
01:06Well, did he say he's the best in the business?
01:10I can't argue that point, but his Intercontinental title will be at stake,
01:15every major title at stake, in one minute, at Backlash.
01:19I am going to step the next one and nothing to kill, you don't believe it, but defending, that's true.
01:24And here comes a man, I thought I want you.
01:27Austin, weighing in 252 pounds, he is the World Wrestling Federation Champion, Stone Cold Steve Austin.
01:40I thought I knew this man at one time, I was damn sure wrong, I didn't know him at all.
01:47I don't know what's changed, what has changed, Stone Cold's attitude.
01:52Why is Austin the way he is now?
01:54What changed is that you provoked a rattlesnake, and he got the ass kicked for it.
02:00Yeah, that's a ridiculous line.
02:02That's not a ridiculous line, it's the truth, he's a rattlesnake.
02:06He's told you for years, don't trust anybody, you should never have trusted him.
02:11He's bitchy in the ass, he's sold his soul for the WWF title,
02:15and that is the essence of Stone Cold Steve Austin.
02:20Well, we'll find out what the tough guys are made of, when we come back next.
02:27Austin, Triple H, Agent Christian, awaiting the arrival of the Hardys, Kane, and The Undertaker here,
02:34for this eight-man tag team war.
02:39And making their way to the ring, being accompanied by Lita,
02:43at a combined weight of 441 pounds, from Canberra, North Carolina, Matt and Jeff, the Hardy Boys.
02:53You would think Lita would know better than to come out to ringside.
02:59Lita's got a lot of courage, a lot of character, after what she's been through, you might be right, Paul.
03:05But Lita's gonna get here, hoping she doesn't get too close to the fire, to get burned here tonight.
03:11Lita's gonna get to the fire, to get burned here tonight.
03:39Kane and The Undertaker.
03:4217,102 fans getting them on here.
03:47And here we go, an eight-man tag team war.
03:52Just six days before backlash and somebody could get hurt and
03:57get hurt badly here tonight.
04:03Don Cole knocked on the table by a hell of a right hand by Kane.
04:08My God, what a right, may have cracked Austin's jaw.
04:13And another knockdown.
04:20Here comes Edge of trying to pull Kane off of Austin that got knocked over the rail.
04:28The Undertaker on the outside with Christian.
04:34My God, The Undertaker and The Hardys along with Kane.
04:38Dominating here early, Jeff Hardy, the poetry in motion.
04:46The Rattlespeak got a taste of his own venom there by Kane.
04:51One more time with some hang time.
05:00He'll be a low shot there and a near fall.
05:08And I'll tell you what, this Sunday is all about championships.
05:12It's all about titles, WWF, Intercontinental, tag titles, all on the line.
05:18All in one match.
05:20But to make it to Sunday, you have to survive tonight.
05:24And I'll repeat the same question I did just a few minutes ago.
05:28They took a beating just two hours ago.
05:31How can The Undertaker and Kane hope to survive this eight-man tag team match from hell?
05:37I think you answered your own question, because they're The Undertaker and Kane.
05:42And you can't judge, you can't judge their heart or their body spirit or
05:46their American bad ass or by him.
05:48Austin getting his ass whipped by The Undertaker.
05:51Thunderous right, and I like it by God.
05:54And now Hemsley right up that nose and down he went.
05:59There's a, my God, good Lord.
06:03What a bad body drop, Austin almost beheaded.
06:07The game, damn near decapitated, over the top rope.
06:12And now it gets even worse.
06:15The American Badass and El King wants him serve.
06:21Edge and Christian knocked off the apron.
06:25Austin's gone from the right.
06:27But from behind Kane, the game.
06:31I lost a toll on that injured arm of Kane, the arm bar take down, Paul.
06:36There you go, I told you, The Undertaker and Kane in the predicament here tonight.
06:41I don't care how tough they are, I don't care how much heart they have.
06:45The human body can only take so much.
06:48Look at Edge and Christian work on that injured arm of Kane.
06:51We don't know how badly it's injured.
06:53You gotta believe a normal man would have been hospitalized with a low blow.
06:59Right, the referee didn't see that.
07:01Referee Earl Hedberg, he's a hell of an official, but man, he is challenged here.
07:09And this crowd letting that rattlesnake know that Austin sucks in their view.
07:16What I can't say is I disagree at all.
07:19In the meantime, Triple H now taking that injured arm of Kane.
07:24I've never seen Kane more vulnerable than he is tonight here in Denver.
07:30Austin in the mount position, with those right hands on the injured Kane.
07:35Kane now in a bad, bad part of the ring, in the corner of the rattlesnake, the game.
07:41Edge and Christian, and Kane holding that arm next to his body trying to protect that injury.
07:47So tell me now how The Undertaker and Kane are the Brothers of Destruction.
07:54Until they go down, until they keep breathing,
07:57they're always gonna be the Brothers of Destruction.
07:59They're the Tag Team Champions, and yes, their titles will be on the line Sunday.
08:03But so will Triple H's Intercontinental title, and so will Austin's WWF title.
08:08It's a guarantee.
08:10We're gonna have a new champion or champions crown this Sunday on Pay Per View.
08:15It is a guarantee.
08:17And meanwhile now, Edge continues the pressure on the injured arm of Kane.
08:22Seven-time Tag Team Champions, Edge in pressure.
08:25Kane putting him back, Kane showing you his guts, putting him back.
08:29And Austin is in illegally, damn it, Austin is in illegally.
08:34The referee can't control this damn thing, but maybe The Undertaker can.
08:38Knock it down, but Bobby Grittman one more time.
08:43Got a body wire right there.
08:45The Undertaker almost, he knocked Austin out of the ring, almost through our table.
08:53Kane now, again isolated, double and triple team.
08:58That arm, the left elbow, the focus of this, this attack of rabid's dogs on the Big Ravenous team.
09:05I used to think Kane was not a man, he was a monster.
09:08That he was invincible, infolverable, impervious to pain.
09:11But even that mask cannot hide the fact that Kane is in a lot of pain right now.
09:17Kane is still a monster, but he's a human being, a one-armed human being.
09:22That size 20 boot, caught hands in the face, and here comes Austin.
09:27That damn rattlesnake, he wants in, look at the game.
09:31It's like piranha.
09:32It's like shark smelling blood.
09:34I thought Austin got the tag, but the game came in the ring.
09:39And Kane again, take him back to that corner.
09:41And look at this, a three-on-one attack, a three-on-one attack.
09:45These three men wanna break Kane's arm, and they're the hardest in The Undertaker,
09:51whipping some serious acts, six days before a backlash.
09:57What a shot by Kane, but there's nobody to tag.
10:01They're fighting outside, and there's no one there for Kane to tag.
10:10Austin, cornered, cut and quartered here by The Undertaker.
10:14There's a tie.
10:16Matt Hardy got the tag for Kane, finally.
10:19Matt Hardy invigorating, hammering Triple H with right hands, with all he's got.
10:26Matt Hardy's given us everything he's got.
10:31Hardy catching the game, the Big Book coming in.
10:33This is a close line that got caught in the neck breaker.
10:37He got caught in the neck breaker.
10:41And Undertaker saves the three count.
10:44And the match continues, but maybe not for long.
10:47Maybe not for long.
10:50There goes Edge, and down goes Christian.
10:54Driving through the map.
10:56Break his damn back.
10:58Break him in half.
11:03Undertaker's got, hey wait.
11:05Undertaker's got the pin there.
11:07They've double teamed by Edge and Christian.
11:11Matt Hardy going for the cover.
11:13And Austin back in the ring.
11:17Stunner.
11:17All the stunner.
11:18Stunner.
11:19Austin got the stunner.
11:20He's got the legal man.
11:23Triple H is a legal man.
11:26Son of a.
11:27Dammit.
11:30Austin the game and the Christian survive here tonight.
11:36But by God backlash, this may be a hell of a different story.
11:44It's gonna be all about champions teams this Sunday.
11:50We'll have a new WWE champion.
11:52Or a new Intercom new champion.
11:55Or a new tag team champion.
11:57And by God, that's a guarantee.
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