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00:11And here is the man who will be the heaviest entrant in this year's Royal Rumble match.
00:18The 500 pound Nastodon.
00:24This bout is set for one call.
00:26Introducing first being accompanied to the ring by Max Schroeder.
00:29From Harlem, New York, weighing 487 pounds, Big Daddy Fee.
00:51But maybe not the baddest.
01:11And his opponent, from Death Valley, weighing 299 pounds, The Undertaker.
01:23Only three superstars in the history of World Wrestling Entertainment have won two Royal Rumble matches in a row.
01:31Hogan, Michaels, Austin.
01:33The Undertaker looks to make it four as he heads into Sunday's Royal Rumble match.
01:42Last year, The Undertaker won the Royal Rumble matches.
01:45He was left alone in the ring with Shawn Michaels in one of the classic endings to a Royal Rumble
01:50match ever.
01:51And then The Undertaker went on to WrestleMania and won the world title.
01:56But Michael, I ask you this.
01:57Is there a superstar in the Royal Rumble match that has more guys after his head than The Undertaker?
02:04Pat, I don't think so.
02:06But The Undertaker's not backing down.
02:08He's not backing away.
02:09He walked out here last week, Coach, and he said simply, I don't talk about taking souls.
02:15I just do it.
02:17If you stand before me, you're gonna fall before me.
02:20And if you enter that ring, you will rest in peace.
02:52That long entrance, that long entrance.
02:55Inspiring feeling from The Legendary Undertaker.
02:59But I think you saw in the face of Big Daddy V that he's not gonna back down despite the
03:03awe-inspiring entrance.
03:05Despite everything that backs The Undertaker, the reputation.
03:09Big Daddy V doesn't care right now.
03:11All he cares about is here and now and also this Sunday.
03:14That's right, Coach.
03:15Big Daddy V does not look to be intimidated as he's set to go one-on-one with The Undertaker.
03:22And The Undertaker over the years has made a career of being able to adapt.
03:27He is the WWE's version of Darwin's evolutionary theory.
03:32He has adapted to so many opponents over the years and again tonight,
03:36he must do it against the 500-pound master.
03:38Yeah, The Undertaker is taking a big, small move.
03:42In the right hands by the best pure striker in the history of this industry, The Undertaker.
03:48But there's the strength of Big Daddy V.
03:50He's gonna close it up with a clothesline.
03:52Wow, what a clothesline by the 500-pounder.
03:56And you know that Big Daddy V is gonna take his time, be methodical,
04:00and just try to wear The Undertaker down.
04:01You got two fours.
04:04One, two, three.
04:06It is rare, to say the least, to say that The Undertaker is mad-handed.
04:13The Undertaker with the right hands to the skull of Big Daddy V,
04:17who just dropped The Undertaker with a headlock.
04:21And even though Big Daddy V is big, you see how quick he was right there with that headlock.
04:25And it's just that the brute mass, the brute strength,
04:29and how he uses the strength Big Daddy V does to wear his opponent down.
04:33Yes, not so much how hard each and every strike is,
04:36it's how many comes, and it's how much mass comes behind it.
04:39He smothers you.
04:40And I don't mean that in a funny way.
04:42He smothers you, Big Daddy V does.
04:44And here comes the 500-pounder.
04:46And that's like getting hit by a Mack truck.
04:49And The Undertaker could not get out of the way.
04:52Undertaker driven to his knees.
04:54And Big Daddy V so quickly in control.
04:59And if he wears The Undertaker down tonight,
05:02takes something out of The Undertaker,
05:04you may take the favorite out of the Royal Rumble match.
05:07And watch this.
05:11Undertaker,
05:12takes it to Undertaker.
05:13Playing Big Daddy V with a DDT, could be the opening he needs.
05:18Shoots the half of The Undertaker.
05:20Here's the cover, kick out at two.
05:25Undertaker has been in the ring with the biggest and the baddest over the years.
05:29And you're watching the most complete fighter today, yesterday, and tomorrow in The Undertaker.
05:34You see how The Undertaker's struggling, you heard him groan as he tried to bring the big man to his
05:39feet.
05:40Undertaker trying to wear the shoulder, work the shoulder, perhaps set up Big Daddy V for Old School.
05:47That's what he's gonna do.
05:48And if there's one way to get this big man off his feet, it may be with a near 300
05:52pounder delivering Old School.
05:54But you can see Big Daddy V able to counter.
06:01A clubbing blow, driving Undertaker out of the ring.
06:06And again, now- Cheap shot by Matt Stryker.
06:10Remember, Matt Stryker, he's the man who really cost The Undertaker the opportunity to be battling for
06:16the world title at the Royal Rumble.
06:17What a shocker.
06:19Because it was Matt Stryker who failed to count for the count of three and
06:22that beat the clock match a couple of weeks ago.
06:24Well, the man behind The Man is certainly right now beating The Man.
06:28And Undertaker, after bounced off the steel steps, battling back with the right hands.
06:34Holy, Daddy V, skull off steel.
06:38We're seeing right now how hard The Undertaker is having to work to get Big Daddy V off his feet.
06:44Undertaker, ten years ago, may have plowed through a guy like Big Daddy V.
06:47But he's had to learn to evolutionize how he fights today.
06:51And the fact of the matter is Sunday, somebody is gonna have to get that 500 pounder over the top
06:57rope.
06:57Not through it, not underneath the bottom rope, but over the top rope to win that Royal Rumble match.
07:04Undertaker.
07:04And tonight, The Undertaker somehow has to pin Big Daddy V.
07:09That's no easy task either.
07:10How do you keep that man down, Big Daddy V?
07:13Undertaker.
07:14Oh, 300 pounder still trying to get the big man off his feet.
07:18Undertaker again lining up the second time in the corner.
07:22Normally those moves knock the man down.
07:25But no, a boot this time did to the skull of Big Daddy V.
07:29The big man's down.
07:30There's the leg drop.
07:31Here's the cover.
07:32This could be it.
07:34Shoulders down.
07:34And a kick out at two.
07:36Well, The Undertaker is using everything in his arsenal to get Big Daddy V down.
07:40But now, how do you get the one, two, three?
07:42That's great.
07:44Trying to figure it out.
07:45And Undertaker going for a chokeslam.
07:47Oh, no.
07:47Undertaker measuring the Big Daddy V.
07:49Can he get the 500 pounder in the air?
07:53You got Big Daddy V.
07:54You gotta be kidding me.
07:55A chokeslam.
07:58Undertaker.
07:59That's it.
07:59The cover.
08:00This is over.
08:01There's two.
08:01Big Daddy V kicked out.
08:04I cannot remember.
08:07Undertaker can't believe it.
08:08I can't believe it.
08:09Big Daddy V kicked out of that chokeslam.
08:12When is the last time you saw that?
08:14The Undertaker is beside himself, not really knowing what to do.
08:19And when's the last time you saw The Undertaker in that predicament?
08:23And Undertaker going for old school.
08:25Up to the top rope, measuring Big Daddy V.
08:28A blow across the shoulder, drives Big Daddy V to one knee.
08:34Booth to the temple.
08:35I gotta give Big Daddy V credit.
08:37Showing Hart.
08:39Staying in this match.
08:40And catching The Undertaker.
08:42In the side slam.
08:43And Undertaker.
08:44Undertaker quickly rolled out of the way.
08:47He was trying to catch his breath.
08:48But he also instinctively moved out of the way quickly.
08:52And Undertaker going for the triangle choke.
08:53The triangle choke who so many have tapped out to before.
08:57I think Big Daddy V is way too big to get in that.
09:01Well, he is way too big.
09:02And you can see now, back on the offensive.
09:05Undertaker could not apply the triangle choke to that massive body of Big Daddy V.
09:10So Big Daddy V's taking the choke slam and the triangle choke out of the arsenal of The Undertaker.
09:19And Undertaker maybe moments away from losing all the momentum going into Sunday.
09:25500 pounds.
09:27And now just clubbing instead of going for the win, clubbing the back of The Undertaker.
09:33The Phenom squashing and suffocating The Undertaker.
09:39And the blow after blow driving the air from the lungs of Undertaker.
09:43Wait a second.
09:44Who again goes for the triangle choke.
09:46Wait a minute.
09:47Wait a minute.
09:49It wasn't a triangle choke.
09:50What the hell is that?
09:54Undertaker, Big Daddy V is desperately tapping.
09:59And now Undertaker from out of nowhere.
10:05The winner of this match as a result of a submission.
10:09The Undertaker.
10:09And my take.
10:11There was blood coming out of the mouth of Big Daddy V.
10:15I don't know what that was.
10:17What it was, was The Undertaker seemed to have set up Big Daddy V for the triangle choke again.
10:22But from out of nowhere, he slipped the leg under the chin.
10:25It's by sort of submission maneuver we've never seen before.
10:28Mike.
10:30And Mark Henry.
10:33Mark Henry heading to the ring, but apparently not.
10:43Mark Henry, tell The Undertaker you went too far.
10:47The look is concerned in the eyes of the world's strongest man.
10:51Big Daddy V.
10:55Blood pouring from the mouth after that.
10:58That unique submission maneuver by The Undertaker.
11:01And Michael, you ask what it was.
11:03Well, what it was, was devastating.
11:08The Undertaker adapted again tonight.
11:10The chokeslam didn't work.
11:12The triangle choke didn't work.
11:14So The Undertaker went to the well.
11:16He came up with something we've never seen before.
11:19And he made Big Daddy V tap out.
11:23And did you see the look of maybe fear in the face of Big Daddy V?
11:28Well, that's Vintage Undertaker.
11:29All those things you just mentioned.
11:31Figuring out a way.
11:33Changing his style to get a win.
11:36Whatever that was, The Undertaker beat an almost unbeatable man in Big Daddy V.
11:45That picture tells the story.
11:46It was sudden.
11:47It was sudden impact by The Phenom, The Undertaker.
11:52The Undertaker adapted again tonight.
11:55What will The Phenom be able to do to win his second straight Rumble match on Sunday?

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