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00:00Can you dig it, sucker?
00:12The following contest schedule for one fall is for the WCW Championship.
00:19Introducing first, accompanied by the owner of WCW, Shane McMahon.
00:23And from Houston, Texas, weighing 251 pounds, the WCW Champion, Booker T.
00:30The WCW Champion, in my opinion, the most electrifying man in sports entertainment today.
00:40The master of the spin-a-rooney Booker T.
00:45Now can you dig that, sucker?
00:49I'll tell you one thing, the guy's a great athlete.
00:51He's a hell of a competitor in the ring, but I don't think I can agree with this spin-a
00:58-rooney business being the most electrifying move in sports entertainment.
01:02But you certainly have a right to your opinion.
01:04I know this, Booker T has never been in an environment like SummerSlam.
01:09He has never defended the WCW title against an opponent, in my view, the caliber of The Rock.
01:15So we'll find out what kind of man the book is here tonight.
01:21Well, The Rock is gonna find out tonight exactly what the book is cooking.
01:30Please come up with something original.
01:34I'm begging you.
01:35You gotta quit that begging thing.
01:37The next thing here.
01:37Give me a smile!
01:40The Rock is gonna win!
01:45The challenger, from Miami Colorado, weighing 275 pounds!
01:51Who wins?
01:53Fans around the world gotta be on their feet!
01:56But they are here to San Jose!
01:58And Shane McMahon at ringside call!
02:01With a very concerned and breathfully so look on his face!
02:08Hey, Shane McMahon is on W!
02:11Shane McMahon takes The Rock very, very seriously!
02:15As well as he should!
02:18And, and we should all applaud The Book for being willing to get back the WCW title against an
02:27only the caliber of The Rock!
02:30What a great champion is Booker T!
02:33He is indeed a great champion.
02:36But how great!
02:38He will be measured with Booker T by The Returning Rock!
02:42The Rock back on pay-per-view!
02:44The Rock has been gone from pay-per-view since April 1st at WrestleMania!
02:52The WWF tonight, by my scorecard, ahead four matches to Tupac!
02:58Oh yes!
02:59If you count victories versus losses, the WWF is ahead four to two!
03:04But if you, if you count fulfilling your objective,
03:08it's an even three to three because Kurt Angle did not leave the WWF champion!
03:14You sound like Congressman Gary Condon making excuses in the right hand by The Rock!
03:18The Rock and Booker T!
03:19This one may not be pretty either!
03:21It is for the WCW title!
03:23The first time The Rock has ever competed for that!
03:26And The Rock, the champion man has dropped down a cameraman!
03:29As The Rock, leaping out of the ring!
03:32There's a score to settle for the co-owner of the Alliance!
03:35And The Rock led right back into the ring, where Booker T was ready for the physicality!
03:42And The Rock reverses Booker T!
03:44There was Shane!
03:45Samoa dropped!
03:46Samoa dropped!
03:48Samoa dropped!
03:48The leg is hooked!
03:48And here we go!
03:49There's a near fall conversion of the man!
03:51Early advantage by The Rock!
03:53The Rock is so explosive!
03:55But The Rock has never met a man quite like The Book either!
04:00Booker T reversing The Rock and buries the knee deep into the abdomen!
04:04The WCW champion has got to take advantage of every single opportunity!
04:08Because this crowd, big time, pro-Rock!
04:12You're Shane McMahon going for the whole ride!
04:15He shouldn't have been on the eighth of the ring anyway!
04:17But be that as it may, Booker T still affirming his advantage in this championship match!
04:22And now The Book wearing down The Rock!
04:25And the people can chant The Rock's name!
04:28But it's up to The Rock to fight back against Booker T!
04:33Booker T with a knife-edged chop!
04:35Should not waste any time!
04:36And The Rock reverses it!
04:38And The Rock is laying the smack down!
04:41But Booker T quickly cuts off that right-handed offense!
04:48Hard close line by The Rock!
04:50Found its mark!
04:52The Rock coming with a lot of heavy artillery here!
04:54A lot of high-impact stuff!
04:55You've got to bring everything you've got against Booker!
04:57With pinning predicament here!
04:59A cradle!
05:00And a near fall!
05:02And The Rock using a maneuver that we have not seen him utilize a great deal!
05:06And I'm sure Booker T has not either!
05:08The Rock better pull out all stops!
05:10He's in the ring with the WCW champion!
05:13Oh, Booker T got his foot right in The Rock's face!
05:16And Booker T knocking down the people's champion, the challenger, for the WCW championship!
05:22There the leg is hooked!
05:23We have a lateral press!
05:24And referee Charles Robinson found a two count on that exchange!
05:27The Book to his feet first!
05:30The Book stalking the challenger!
05:33And The Rocks!
05:35I think Grandfather High Chief, Peter Maivia, certainly campaigned in this area,
05:40the Bay Area on many occasions!
05:42He's gotta be looking off from wrestler heaven!
05:45And Booker T takes sidestep, taking over the top!
05:48And The Rock now!
05:49Back to the advantage!
05:51But The Rock cannot win by count out or disqualification as we are so bitterly being
05:57reaffirmed and learned again from the Austin Angle match just moments ago!
06:02I can't in the WWF Championship!
06:05Look out!
06:07Look out!
06:07Get him out of the ring!
06:08Booker T getting very familiar with our announce table!
06:14And the announce table is not reciprocating!
06:21Rock around and behind the table!
06:23This is...
06:27And that was a...
06:28I couldn't see that!
06:29Was that a low blow?
06:30Yes!
06:31That was a low blow!
06:32And you didn't see it!
06:33Look at your monitor!
06:34You can see it plain as day!
06:36All right!
06:37Look out!
06:38I may have missed that one!
06:39You didn't miss it!
06:40You saw it with your own two eyes!
06:42And Booker T, to his credit, driving The Rock's head into the ring stitch!
06:49We're just upset about the fact that the WWF title is still in the camp of the Alliance!
06:54And if The Book, when The Book defeats The Rock, so will The WCW title!
06:59We made with The Alliance!
07:01And The Rock just got dropped!
07:03And you see the result!
07:05Dropped one of the security!
07:07Shane McMahon doing a lot of coaching here!
07:11Bad karma for The Rock right there!
07:13What goes around comes around!
07:15The Rock!
07:16The Rock!
07:16The Rock can work on the outside!
07:18The concrete!
07:20Booker T, the WCW Champion!
07:22With that championship outstanding!
07:26And The Rock fires back up!
07:27With the right hand!
07:29The Rock coming along!
07:30What has he got?
07:32And The Rock!
07:33Into the wall!
07:34Into the clothesline!
07:36Into the concrete!
07:38Tremendous physicality by the five-time WCW champion, Booker T.
07:45Referee here, much as we saw in the WWF Championship match before Kurt Angle
07:51got shafted, the referee allowing a lot of leeway here, a lot of leniency.
07:56It's a judgment thing, you can look at it in a lot of different ways.
07:59But I'd rather have a winner, I'd rather have a pinfall or submission than some
08:04kiss-in-your-sister conclusion of the match of this magnitude.
08:09I'm not from Oklahoma, so I know nothing about kissing my sister,
08:13but this much I do know, Booker T is beating the hell out of The Rock.
08:18Indeed he is. I cannot dispute that.
08:21Booker T rising to the occasion here, elevating The Rock from the outside
08:28in No Man's Land right back here into the ringside area.
08:34And again, the referee is not even thinking about counting out either man,
08:38which quite frankly, I cannot, I cannot argue with.
08:43Why don't you, why don't you get him in the ring and wrestle the man?
08:48And The Rock firing up, Booker T trying to grandstand.
08:52Oh, the Rock's head and shoulder just bounced off that fateful ring post.
08:59The physical dominance being displayed by Booker T is nothing short of awe-inspiring.
09:08Well, I gotta agree that Booker T is taking it to Shane McMahon doing it.
09:14Shane McMahon is up on the apron.
09:18Shane McMahon did something that talked to him up.
09:20Why don't we loosened it, adjusted it, I don't know for sure.
09:23And The Rock is standing up south on the security wall.
09:28And Booker T is showing that he is not intimidated, that he matches up extremely.
09:33And that's another statement for the talent.
09:35Booker T is proving his superiority over The Rock,
09:39much like the Alliance is dominating the WWF.
09:43Well, the battle for sports entertainment superiority.
09:48Phil is hanging over our collective heads.
09:51And Booker T is hammering The Rock.
09:53The Rock, as we all know, is fighting right back.
09:57He will not go.
09:59Well, he had to lay down.
10:00He got knocked down in the challenger.
10:02And Booker T now looking for the cover.
10:04He reaches back, hooks the leg.
10:06He got it!
10:06No, he didn't get three.
10:08He got a two count.
10:09Shane McMahon wanted three.
10:10No doubt Booker T did as well.
10:12Shane McMahon is protecting his investment.
10:15Shane McMahon is making sure that the Book keeps the title in the camp of the Alliance.
10:22Shane McMahon met his presence felt in the second match of the night,
10:25when he helped screw the Acolytes in that six-man tag team match
10:29that allowed Test and the Dudleys to win the contest.
10:32We are one spin-a-rooney away from a successful title defense by Booker T.
10:38My God, I'm begging you guys to come up with a better name than Spin-a-rooney.
10:42It sounds like something delicious Chef Boyardee would make.
10:46And The Rock fighting back with the right hand.
10:48And another right hand.
10:49But Booker T again, counters, can't connect.
10:53As The Rock came back around, Booker T made a great adjustment and knocked The Rock right off his feet.
10:59And Booker T now looking to put the challenger away.
11:03The leg hook, the lateral press, and another near ball.
11:06Hey, The Rock is great. He is called The Great One for a reason.
11:11Do you think Booker T would defend the WCW title against anyone else but The Great One? Of course not.
11:18Booker T is here to establish that he's not only a great champion, but that he truly is the most
11:24electrifying man in sports entertainment.
11:27I agree that Booker T is a great champion. I take exception that he is the most electrifying man in
11:34sports entertainment.
11:35However, if Booker T can defeat The Rock here tonight, he takes a large step in establishing that for real.
11:42Next thing you're gonna tell me is The Spin-a-rooney's not the most electrifying move in sports entertainment.
11:47It's simply nauseated from my perspective.
11:50Of course from your perspective, because it's wiping out The WWF. As we speak, The Rock is going down.
11:56If The WWF gets wiped out by The Spin-a-rooney, then by God, we deserve to be wiped out.
12:01And Booker T latching onto that reverse chin lock.
12:05And The Rock, showing that he's still in a fight here.
12:11Booker T stretching The Rock out again, posting that back.
12:15And The Rock turning into the pressure.
12:19They've been very impressed with Booker T's game plan thus far.
12:25And The Rock, double-O pickup.
12:27And The Rock, looking, he's got it.
12:31The shark shooter.
12:32Rock using the shark shooter.
12:36Booker T in danger of tapping out here.
12:41Shane McMahon on the apron.
12:42Booker T looking for the rope.
12:45And The Rock, The Rock really seen from the apron in.
12:50And Booker T capitalizes on it.
12:51You don't take your attention away from the book.
12:54There's a cover.
12:55The leg hook.
12:56It's gonna be.
12:56That's a near fall.
12:57It's a near fall.
12:59Hey, all props to The Great One.
13:01The Rock is as great as they come.
13:03The only problem is, he's not as great as Booker T.
13:08Well, that remains to be seen.
13:09I don't agree with that.
13:11But again, you have the right to your opinion.
13:13This match is gonna go a long way in determining just how great both these men are.
13:19The Rock.
13:20Close line by The Rock.
13:22The Rock's got Booker T in a tough spot here.
13:26And there's the counterpoint.
13:28And Booker T face bursts into the top turnbuckle.
13:31Turnbuckle.
13:32That was that turnbuckle Shane loosened up.
13:34There's a DDT.
13:35A DDT.
13:36And a near fall.
13:37Shane McMahon loosened that turnbuckle, Paul.
13:39I think it's come back to bottom and there's Rich behind.
13:45Wait a minute.
13:46Shane McMahon just got a steel chair for some perverse reason.
13:51And has laid it on the edge of the ring.
13:53And now he's walking around on that huge WWE Championship belt.
13:58Well, it's the WCW title belt.
14:00And the fact of the matter is, is that Shane McMahon is the owner of WCW.
14:05He has a right to hold on to his championship.
14:09Did I say WWE title?
14:10Yes, sir.
14:10That's where my mind was.
14:12And that's my fault.
14:13Shane McMahon won the WCW title.
14:16The referee's back was turning, putting the chair out.
14:19And Shane just turned off the rocks.
14:22Electricity, the lights are out.
14:25A big assist from Shane McMahon.
14:29Shane McMahon, it's the APO who Shane screwed earlier.
14:35My God!
14:37How do you do?
14:40Clothesline from hell.
14:44And the boy billionaire just got beheaded.
14:48And you might wanna think that Shane McMahon may not, may not be an influence in the balance of this
14:54contest.
14:55I don't see where the APO had the right to be involved in this match.
15:00Shane McMahon is the owner of WCW.
15:03He has the right to look after his investment.
15:05Here you go.
15:06Wham!
15:07Bradshaw with a clothesline from hell.
15:09This match is none of Bradshaw's business.
15:12And now there was a six man earlier with Shane.
15:14Book end!
15:15Book end!
15:16Book end!
15:17Booker T with The Rock's rock bottom.
15:19That's what that was.
15:21No, sir!
15:22That's the book end!
15:24Right.
15:25Well, that's your story and you're sticking to it.
15:27It's a rock bottom where I come down.
15:28Cover!
15:28And the arm over.
15:29One!
15:30Three!
15:31And oh, The Rock!
15:32He shot that shoulder up with The Rock about a half a count away from losing to Booker T.
15:39And Booker T needs to keep his focus.
15:42I understand that Shane McMahon has been wiped out by the APA, but The Book needs to keep focused on
15:49The Rock.
15:50Rock fighting back.
15:52Big right hand, but here comes Booker T.
15:54The right hand is blocked.
15:56And Rock again connecting with the right hands.
15:58Booker T is rattled.
15:59Booker T on Dream Street here.
16:02And The Rock laying the smack down on the WCW champion who reverses The Rock.
16:06But to no avail!
16:09Another hard Rock hand.
16:11Right hand by The Rock.
16:15Over!
16:16Bell to Belly overhead throw.
16:19The Rock hook in the far lane.
16:20And got a near fall.
16:22And Booker T demonstrates why he's such a great champion.
16:27Despite the fact that Shane McMahon was attacked by the APA, The Book keeps the pressure on The Rock.
16:38And then, this ain't no Spinner Rudy.
16:42This is a bonafide, most electrifying move in sports entertainment.
16:48The people's elbow.
16:50To the heart of the champion.
16:53Rock going for the cover.
16:55They got a new champion here.
16:57Shane McMahon interrupted the count with that Alliance referee.
17:05Shane McMahon out of sheer desperation just saved the WCW title for Booker T.
17:14And now Shane's gonna pay.
17:16No!
17:16Oh, by the bottom!
17:17Rock got him on the side of the side!
17:21By Hillman Ning spying on the floor, on the outside!
17:26And The Rock fighting back to the right hand.
17:30Good time Rock!
17:32Booker T almost came out of his boots!
17:37Booker T counters.
17:38A nice move by Booker T countering The Rock into a spine buster of his own.
17:46Rock in a bad way here.
17:48And Booker T in a good way!
17:51The WCW champion!
17:53First to his feet!
17:54Booker T is setting The Rock up!
17:57Booker T can smell the victory!
18:01Booker T, the WCW champion with a clear-cut advantage here.
18:05Put The Rock back to the knee.
18:06Trying to pick his way back up.
18:11Booker T.
18:12And the scissors kick, taking down the challenge.
18:15Here it comes!
18:16Here it comes!
18:16Ladies and gentlemen!
18:18The single most electrifying move in sports entertainment today!
18:24The Spin-Aroundy!
18:27And on The Rock!
18:29The Rock did come!
18:30The bottom!
18:31The bottom!
18:32The Rock on the limb hook!
18:34The Rock bottom!
18:35And he did it!
18:36The Rock!
18:36The Rock!
18:37The Rock's the WCW champion!
18:40This one!
18:40With the lockč·ź two!
18:43The WCW champion!
18:46The Rock came out of nowhere!
18:49And exploded!
18:50When The Rock got them!
18:52And took Booker T down!
18:54The Rock is the WCW champion!
19:05The Rocks return to pay-per-view has resulted in the Rock becoming the WCW champion.
19:21Shane McMahon tried.
19:24Booker T fought a hell of a fight.
19:26But this night belongs to the returning Rock.
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