Howard Finkel quotes from Survivor Series

There's the Sharpshooter.

Sharpshooter!

McMahon said, "ring the bell!" Wait a minute.

What?

Wait a minute.

Ladies and gentlemen, as a result of a submission, the winner... and NEW World Wrestling Federation Champion: The Rock!

WHAT?!?!

What the hell? They're in it all along, all three of them! They screwed us all... McMahon and the family, The Rock, they screwed us all!!!

Vince McMahon in the ring! Now Vince has got the title belt.

OH! [Big Show chokeslams Billy Gunn]

Vince McMahon has got the title belt in his hand, King.

Look out! Wha... [Vince swings at Triple H with the belt, but misses] Uh-oh.

Oh, going for Triple H's head...

[Vince swings again, and this time hits Triple H] NO!

AND HE GOT IT! McMAHON JUST KNOCKED TRIPLE H DOWN WITH THE BELT! [Big Show picks up Triple H and chokeslams him] THE BIG SHOW WITH A CHOKESLAM!

[Big Show covers him. Vince, who was scheduled to be the referee for this match, counts and the audience counts along with him] No! I can't believe it! [Vince counts three]

THE BIG SHOW! McMAHON HAS SCREWED HELMSLEY!

[as he says this, Vince hands over the title to the Big Show] The winner of this bout, and NEW World Wrestling Federation Champion: The Big Show!

Vince McMahon has screwed Triple H, and it is Show Time! It's Show Time! Triple H has lost the WWF Title to the Big Show!

Austin thrown right into the face of Earl Hebner. Down goes the referee. The Rock measuring Austin! [The Rock sets Austin up for the Rock Bottom, but Austin counters] Looking for the Rock Bottom!

[Austin hits the Stone Cold Stunner on the Rock] STUNNER! OH MY GOD, IT'S OVER! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! IT'S FINALLY OVER! The legacy of the World Wrestling Federation dies here! [Austin covers, but Hebner is still down] COVER!!!!!

But there's no referee!

DAMN IT!

Austin, he... he... he knocked his own referee out.

It was unintentional!

But then he... he inadvertently ran over Earl Hebner. [as he says this, Kurt Angle, who had moments ago been eliminated, reenters] The Rock starting to stir, but wait... wait a minute.

[Angle grabs Austin's WWF title] Here comes Kurt. Thank God.

That son of a... [Angle hits Austin with the title belt] OH! KURT ANGLE JUST... HE JUST NAILED AUSTIN! [The Rock delivers the Rock Bottom to Austin] THE ROCK BOTTOM! THE ROCK BOTTOM! [Hebner slowly makes it to the Rock pinning Austin and counts slowly. The crowd counts along with him] THE COUNT! THE COUNT! [Hebner counts three. The crowd and the WWF locker room erupt] IT'S OVER! IT'S OVER! THE WWF HAS WON IT! [In shock, Heyman drops his headset]

[cut to the Alliance's locker room where Stephanie McMahon is screaming in anguish, and soon after back to the WWF locker room where their celebration continues] The winner of the fall: The Rock! And thus, the surviving organization: The World Wrestling Federation!

[Speaking to Heyman] How do you feel about that? You're out of work! You're out of work again! You didn't win, Paul! Your man lost! Kurt Angle just screwed you guys!

[overlap on Alliance footage; crying] Oh my God, what have I done?!?!? [cue back to the WWF locker room's celebration]

The Rock with the Rock Bottom, and Kurt Angle drilled Austin with the WWF title belt! How ironic was that?!? The WWF wins! The Alliance dies at the Survivor Series! The weight of the WWF world, resting on the shoulders of The Rock and a bizarre, shocking assist, by Kurt Angle, has cost the Alliance. The Rock said he was gonna do it and he did it, and the billion-dollar Princess [referring to a kneeling Stephanie] can't believe it. Shane and Stephanie are out of business! Paul Heyman is out of business, and the Alliance is going belly-up.

And the Game going back; he's going to try it again.

Oh-ho.

One more Pedigree! He's going to stop Michaels!

[But Michaels back body drops out of the way] Look out, Game! Look out!

And Michaels back body dropped the Game! [Michaels gets into Superkick position] He came out of it!

[Michaels hits Sweet Chin Music and the crowd erupts] Oh, he GOT him!

SWEET CHIN MUSIC! SWEET CHIN MUSIC! THE COVER! [Earl Hebner counts and the crowd counts along with him: "One"] THE COVER! ["Two"] HE GOT HIM! ["Three"; the crowd erupts again]

NO! WHAT?!?

SHAWN MICHAELS! SHAWN MICHAELS IS THE WORLD CHAMPION!

What?!? WHAT did you say?

[over Jerry talking] The winner of this bout, and NEW World Heavyweight Champion: HBK, Shawn Michaels!

THEY'RE ON THEIR FEET AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN! MY GOD, I DON'T BELIEVE IT! I DON'T BELIEVE IT!

They're on their feet all over the world right now, JR! Nobody believes this!

SHAWN MICHAELS IS THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD!

ACK! Look at this! [Confetti begins to drop from the rafters]

MY GOD, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

This may be the world's biggest celebration!

I know it's been said before, BUT IN THE WWE, DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?!?

And now Punk kick to the side of the head! [Punk covers Del Rio] The cover! [The ref counts to two, but Del Rio gets the shoulder up] Two-count, Del Rio, shoulder up! [Punk immediately hooks him into the Anaconda Vice] In the Vice! In the Vice!

He's in that Vice!

[as Del Rio tries clawing Punk's face] What a move by Punk! What a counter by Punk! Anaconda Vice! Anaconda Vice! Del Rio's in trouble! The Champ's in trouble!

Hang on, hang on!

Del Rio doing all he can!

THERE IT IS!!!

Oh...you gotta be kidding me! A great victory!

CM Punk is WWE Champion!

Wow.

What a counter.

What a match-up. [Punk exits the ring and dives into the crowd] I mean, these two were fists on fire, toe-to-toe for thirty minutes and it was totally, totally off the hook!

The winner of this bout...and NEW WWE Champion: CM Punk!

For the sixteenth time in the history of Madison Square Garden, the WWE Championship has changed hands! CM Punk now a two-time WWE Champion, and a five-time world champion!

[sitting on the barrier and holding the belt high] BEST IN THE WORLD!!!

Got a lot of respect for CM Punk, man. For all intents and purposes, CM Punk is that good. [Punk runs and jumps into another part of the crowd] Wow! Just jumped in the mosh pit!

You can call that the Punk Pit right now.