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00:09Come on, you know I got you, yeah, one, break down the wall, break down the wall.
00:24The following contest is scheduled for West Bob.
00:27Introducing first.
00:28Weighing in at 226 pounds.
00:31He is the Intercontinental Champion, Y2J, Chris Jericho.
01:02No one in the history that WWE has been the Intercontinental Champion more times than that man, Chris Jericho.
01:08But tonight, this amazing showstopping match isn't about the Intercontinental title.
01:15The Intercontinental Champion.
01:17Here you go.
01:20Here you go.
01:22Coming down.
01:24Here you go.
01:25Here you go.
01:30Here you go.
01:45Here you go.
01:49Here you go.
01:56You know ladies and gentlemen, there are only been five men in the history of the WWE that have been
02:01Grand Slam champions, meaning that they have won every major championship.
02:06Five in the history of the WWE, we're about to see two of those five go one-on-one here
02:13and now.
02:15One thing for certain tonight, there's nothing wrong with Shawn Michaels, isn't there?
02:19Shawn Michaels is 100%, but so is Chris Jericho.
02:32You know the old saying is it fools some of the people all the time.
02:36And usually that's enough, but I mean, Chris Jericho actually had Shawn Michaels figured out.
02:43But then Shawn Michaels was able to re-convince or re-fool Chris Jericho,
02:49and make Jericho believe that Shawn Michaels was hurt.
02:54Michael's the master of the mind game, the veteran in the head of Chris Jericho.
02:59And that could be a big factor in this match as well.
03:04Jericho's expression, quite frankly, hasn't changed since he entered the ring.
03:09Nor has he taken his eyes off HBK.
03:15Well, I don't think you can blame Chris Jericho.
03:17And I think that expression, to me, says that Jericho feels like he's betrayed and been betrayed by Shawn Michaels.
03:26Would you agree with that?
03:27Well, not necessarily.
03:28I think all is fair in love and war.
03:30Shawn Michaels said he was gonna do whatever it took to get the job done.
03:34Well, and if the devil is due, Shawn Michaels, you know, he said this before.
03:39He's not six foot four.
03:40He's not 295 pounds.
03:42So, sometimes he does have to do whatever it takes to win.
03:45Whoa.
03:46Nice back heel turn.
03:47Jericho going to look, looking to export the leg of Shawn Michaels.
03:54And, Michaels making sure that doesn't happen.
04:01Somehow I think that Jericho may still believe that Shawn Michaels knee is not 100%.
04:07And you know what, Jericho may be right.
04:10Wait a minute.
04:13Are we gonna be duped again as well?
04:18I'm gonna, I for one, I'm gonna take Shawn Michaels' word for it.
04:21When you're dealing with Shawn Michaels, you just never know.
04:24One, two, eight, four.
04:26What's that now?
04:27Whoa.
04:28As I said before, when it comes to competition, Shawn Michaels is a showstopper.
04:33He loves those mind games.
04:36He'll take any advantage that he can create.
04:39He can be controversial, as we all know, but who's better than Shawn Michaels?
04:47Maybe Y2J?
04:48I don't know.
04:49That's why this is gonna be a classic matchup.
04:51I think that's why they're having this match.
04:53Both these guys' egos need their own zip code.
04:57One, two, three.
04:59And Michaels got the counter.
05:01One, two, three.
05:01And Jericho back with the advantage.
05:03One, two, one.
05:05Whoa.
05:05Looks like Michaels knees are pretty good shape right there.
05:09Well, certainly got some good upper body strength.
05:11Uh-oh.
05:12Let me take the wind out of me.
05:13Hey!
05:14Look at this again!
05:16Shawn Michaels showing great strength.
05:19Trying to turn that into a backslide, but Jericho's showing a little strength of his own.
05:25Man!
05:26What a counter!
05:26And another counter!
05:28Look at this!
05:28Two counters, one in midair.
05:31Double leg takedown, and now- Uh-oh.
05:33One, two, one!
05:35Michaels has an inverted figure four.
05:40Figure four!
05:40Could it be a version of a Native American Deathlock?
05:45In any event, Jericho is in a position to give up and submit here in the early glory of this
05:54match.
05:54Well, I'm gonna tell you, I never saw this coming from Shawn Michaels, but Jericho is in a precarious position.
06:00It's gonna be hard to make it to the ropes, he may have to tap here.
06:03How in the heck can you ever predict what Shawn Michaels is going to do?
06:07No, you can't look.
06:08Jericho closer to those ropes than I thought.
06:10That's a smart, timely move by Chris Jericho, and Michaels a little bit of a smirk on his face.
06:17Smirk.
06:17Almost saying I got you.
06:20He's cocky if you ask me.
06:22Or confident, depending on your perspective.
06:32I'll say this for Chris Jericho, he didn't do any whining and moaning about what happened.
06:39Man!
06:40His interactions with Shawn Michaels.
06:42What a slap!
06:44Man, Michaels again getting Jericho's head, and Michaels infuriating Chris Jericho.
06:50Well, that slap to the face.
06:51And that cocky little smile.
06:54That's not confidence, that's cockiness.
06:58Michaels is the dealer, and Jericho is playing Michaels' game.
07:02Michaels wants to play a little rope-a-dope.
07:04Now he's inviting Jericho in.
07:05He's gonna lay back on those ropes.
07:07Look at Jericho's face.
07:09The red whips on Jericho's face, thanks to Shawn Michaels.
07:14And this match is just really getting underway.
07:17What?
07:19Man!
07:19There's a-
07:20Were those teeth flying?
07:22That's a little bit of a payback.
07:26The heart shots the face.
07:27One, two, three.
07:28I think that Shawn Michaels may have raised the ire of Chris Jericho.
07:32You think?
07:34Uh-oh.
07:35And he should have cooled him off.
07:37Jericho walked right into the round.
07:39Look out!
07:40Michaels is punishing Chris Jericho.
07:43Oh, man!
07:44And what a unique-
07:45Michaels knew he couldn't win the match and the ropes.
07:47But Michaels knew he could sure it took some punishment.
07:51Ripped Jericho's shoulder out of socket.
07:54Oh!
07:55An arm bar takedown and an arm breaker in Jericho's left arm now.
08:00The object of the affection, if you will, of Shawn Michaels.
08:05Perhaps the object of the aggression of HBK.
08:09One, two, three.
08:10Hey, hey!
08:11Man!
08:12Let's go out of there.
08:13Michaels content to work on the shoulder.
08:16Jericho continues to put his hand right in Michaels' face.
08:18And then Michaels put his fist in Jericho's face.
08:22Whoa!
08:24Beautiful reversal by Jericho.
08:26And that whole neck was upside down from the velocity.
08:30And now it's Chris Jericho who has seen the momentum swing back into his favor.
08:44Two extremely popular WWE superstars.
08:50Two is not looking good for Shawn Michaels at the moment.
08:52What's Jericho got in mind?
08:54No smacks to the spine.
08:57Do anybody in favor?
08:58Shawn Michaels trying to create some distance and does.
09:01And that was out of desperation.
09:03The back of Jericho's skull just bouncing off that mat.
09:07Look at that!
09:08Uh-oh!
09:09Man!
09:10Michaels landing gingerly on the turnbuckle.
09:13One leg went east, the other went west.
09:15And now let's see if Jericho can capitalize.
09:21Jericho was looking for something big just moments ago.
09:25Shawn Michaels holding on to that top rope for dear life.
09:31And instead it's Michaels who scores with the high impact.
09:40Michaels taking a chance.
09:42It is!
09:43My God!
09:44Jericho got his knees up as Michaels was trying to deliver that elbow.
09:50And Michaels ribs have, I think, Michaels ribs have absorbed the blunt of that blow.
09:57Man, I wanna see that again.
09:58Michaels ribcage, the knee of Jericho driven right in.
10:01Watch this knee come up at the last second.
10:04Look, man!
10:06Absolutely riding the ribs.
10:08Michaels off the top rope.
10:09And now Jericho has a real opportunity to exploit Shawn Michaels ribs.
10:17And that's exactly what the eight-time Intercontinental Champion is doing.
10:21It's fair game.
10:26You could easily have cracked ribs from an impact like that.
10:29Well, we can all remember back, it happened right on our announce table.
10:32WrestleMania 24.
10:34Michaels crashed and burned on our table.
10:36And he suffered a rib injury in his match against Ric Flair.
10:41I don't know the condition of Michaels ribs.
10:44I don't know how the ribs can be a nagging injury.
10:48Well, you talk about what happened to Michaels at WrestleMania 24.
10:51Rib injury on our desk, but somehow Michaels continued on and won that match against Flair.
10:57I remember.
10:59So Jericho better keep that in his mind, because that could certainly still happen here tonight.
11:06Let me tell you something.
11:07Out of nowhere, that sweet chin music has beaten many a WWE superstar.
11:12But right now Jericho is making sure that there's no sweet chin music from this abdominal stretch.
11:23Good strategy here.
11:25Jericho knows that the damage was done by his knee into the ribs of Michaels.
11:30And now he's grinding Michaels down, concentrating on that midsection upper body rib cage.
11:38The abdominal stretch when applied is a great submission maneuver and
11:43puts a great deal of torque on the ribs.
11:45And here we go now, the far leg is hooked.
11:48And Michaels somehow reaching down and kicking out.
11:51But just the look on Shawn Michaels face tells an amazing story.
11:56Yes, of resilience.
11:58That was painful, you could tell Shawn's face just to kick out of that cover.
12:06One has to wonder how much longer,
12:08how much more resilience Michaels has in that anatomy of his.
12:14You hear how hard Shawn is being driven into those turnbuckles?
12:19Bulldog coming down.
12:23HBK using Jericho's own momentum to sidestep the offense of Jericho.
12:30And you see the results.
12:33That top rope, middle rope both doing damage to Chris Jericho.
12:39Shawn just put on the brakes, Jericho kept going.
12:42Whoa.
12:42Oh, whoa.
12:48Whoa!
12:54Mackel scores with that batted forearm.
12:59Well, that didn't do Mackels any.
13:01Bebo!
13:02And Jericho takes advantage.
13:03Balls of Jericho coming.
13:04Jericho coming with it.
13:06Locked in!
13:07Jericho with the balls, and Jericho with the ribs of Mackels injured.
13:24The hold is broken, the match will continue, but is it going to be too little too late for HBK?
13:32One, two, you hear me?
13:40Referee admonishing Jericho, but, uh-oh, look out here.
13:45The grief!
13:47You said it, Shawn Michaels can strike with that sweet chin music from anywhere, anytime.
13:54The band didn't even have to tune up.
13:57Two, three, two, three.
14:00Michaels could win this one by count out.
14:02Four, five, six, seven, eight.
14:09He's up to six.
14:12It looks like Michaels doesn't want to count out here.
14:16Well, Jericho in at eight, Michaels in at nine, and Michaels out trying to-
14:20Is that a cover or what?
14:22I was thinking Michaels was going for the cover, but-
14:25I think he wants to get Jericho out in the center of the ring, so that Jericho can't reach those
14:28ropes.
14:29And now there's a cover.
14:30Got it.
14:31Good Lord, Jericho shows his will to win and compete.
14:36Let's go back and look at that, like we said, super kick out of nowhere.
14:41Boom!
14:41Jericho thought he had the advantage, and then his lights were turned out.
14:45But handed to Jericho, he was able to kick out of that last predicament.
14:50And Michaels looking now to put the Intercontinental Champion away.
14:54Remember your ribs, this is gonna hurt you as much as it does, Jericho, what'd I say?
14:59Come on.
15:01Michaels neglecting his own pain, forgetting about what his body must be feeling.
15:07Looking for the high impact offense, and found it.
15:10That's what's made Shawn Michaels famous, that's what he's done his entire career.
15:15He'll sacrifice his body for a victory.
15:19And now, the band tunes up.
15:24But look at Jericho.
15:28Jericho finally stirring a little bit.
15:32Jericho may not be up long.
15:34Don't turn around, Chris, you're not gonna like the view.
15:49Here comes it, no.
15:55And Jericho's equilibrium has been compromised.
16:00Yeah, maybe.
16:04I don't know about Jericho here, he, here he comes, look at this.
16:10Cold breaker, out of nowhere, Jericho dropping his knees into Michael's sternum with a cold breaker.
16:19I'm not so sure Jericho didn't have that cold breaker up his sleeve all the time.
16:25But the use she wins is that Jericho hasn't been able to capitalize on his biggest,
16:34most impactful offense in Brooklyn.
16:36Crawl across and cover him.
16:39Here it is, Jericho.
16:41Jericho's got the cover, Jericho's got the, the near part.
16:44Too much hesitation.
16:49Watch this, Shawn Michaels thought he was gonna deliver some sweet gin music.
16:53Instead, the code breaker was delivered.
16:57Well, both men have hit their A material.
17:00The code breaker in sweet gin music as Jericho goes right back to work with a hard shot.
17:07Right to the ribs.
17:08Well, you're right, it's now on to plan B.
17:12When you hit him with your best shot, they still survive.
17:15You better have something else in your arms.
17:17No, no, look out, Shawn Michaels does.
17:20Crossface, the crossface, and Jericho is trapped into the crossface submission.
17:27And Shawn Michaels has it locked in.
17:29He's gonna tap.
17:31You're gonna have to tap.
17:35Can Jericho counter?
17:38Can Jericho survive?
17:40Look at the color of Jericho's face.
17:42Turn it deep red.
17:44Jericho's face distorted moments ago.
17:49There he goes, he's gonna tap.
17:50Look at Michaels just cranking on and off.
17:52Look at this.
17:53Look at this.
17:54Jericho somehow some way gutted it out long enough to get to the bottom rope.
18:01But Michaels has done some kind of damage with that crossface.
18:07Boy, how'd Jericho survive that?
18:10I don't know.
18:12Shawn Michaels going for it again.
18:14Jericho rolling out of it.
18:15That was a good counter by Jericho.
18:18And now Jericho fights back in this match.
18:20Man.
18:21The ribs again.
18:22The ribs of Michaels taking a pounding.
18:28Saw that earlier and you know how effective that can be.
18:31At least Shawn Michaels does now.
18:36Michael's holding his ribs as you can see.
18:39Jericho making sure that Michaels is in the center of the ring.
18:47Jericho one step ahead of Michaels.
18:49Jericho blocked.
18:50Jericho blocked.
18:51Jericho looking for the balls.
18:54Jericho looking to beat Shawn Michaels.
18:56Shawn Michaels trying to-
18:58What a counter.
19:03Here is your winner, the Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels.
19:10Let's go.
19:11I tried to pull the ball.
19:13I got to move it.
19:15I didn't even move it.
19:16I sent you in.
19:18Up and down.
19:20That's fine.
19:21I'm just a sexy boy.
19:24I'm not your boy toy.
19:28I make them hop.
19:29I'm just a sexy boy.
19:33I'm not your boy toy.
19:37I make them hop.
19:39I'm making shiver.
19:41They're an easy read.
19:43They never ride around.
19:45They see me walk
19:47They hear me talk
19:49I make them feel
19:51Like they're on cloud nine
19:54I'm just a sexy boy
19:58I'm not your boy toy
20:02I'm just a sexy boy
20:06I'm not your boy toy
20:13Pitcher's worth a thousand words
20:15Both these men literally spin
20:17What a great match
20:18I tell you what, as a WWE band
20:21I can watch these two men wrestle every day of the week
20:24What an amazing matchup
20:27Great effort by both men
20:29Somebody had to win
20:30Somebody had to lose
20:31These guys are battlers, but I don't think they could go at it
20:34Every day of the week
20:36I'm a sexy boy
20:36Nobody wouldn't survive
20:39I'm not your boy toy
20:43I'm a sexy boy
20:44I'm a sexy boy
20:45I don't know
20:51I don't know
20:53I don't know
20:54I don't know
20:54I don't know
20:55I don't know
20:58I don't know
21:10I don't know
21:27I don't know
21:30I don't know
21:33between two amazing WWE superstars.
21:40Respect is earned, it's not awarded.
21:50Well, we liked it.
21:51Wonder what our general manager, King William Regal, thought of it.
21:56He's got a hard face for me to read.
22:04Whenever I was back, they see me walk, but when you talk, I will be, like they're all.