[Bret Hart has Steve Austin in the Sharpshooter]
Who would blame Stone Cold if he gave up?
KSKen Shamrock
[as Austin screams with blood pouring over his face] Say the word, Steve!
The blood pouring from the forehead of Stone Cold Steve Austin. He continues to resist, continues to resist the pain.
These people are standing! Can you imagine the pain rushing through Austin's body?!
Look at the blood spurting from his temple.
SShamrock
Steve, answer me!
Austin's losing blood, Austin may be losing consciousness. [Austin starts pushing himself up] Austin trying to get one more rush of adrenaline!
Austin trying to power out! It's not a pretty sight! Stone Cold Stone Austin!
[Austin is almost all the way up] Impossible! He's doing the impossible!
Nobody's ever done this! Nobody's ever broken.
[Austin manages to topple Bret over, but Bret holds on]
He did it! He did it! Austin did it!
Austin broke the Sharpshooter! Or did he?!
[as Bret sits back into it] No, Bret still has it on! I thought for sure he broke it. Austin trying to reach that rope! Reaching for the rope. Austin will not surrender, he will not submit!
Bret Hart has beaten every Superstar in the WWF with this move. How in the hell Austin has not given up, I can't understand!
SShamrock
[over this] Answer me! Do you give up? STEVE, DO YOU GIVE UP?! If you do not answer me, I will stop the fight!
[Austin has passed out. Shamrock tells Bret to release the hold.]
Ken Shamrock stopping it, stopping it right now! That's it! Stone Cold Steve Austin! Austin passed out!
Austin is unconscious! Austin never gave up! Austin never gave up! But he passed out from the pain! Austin is out!
And Bret "The Hitman" Hart has defeated one of the gutsiest individuals ever in the World Wrestling Federation.
HFHoward Finkel
As a result of Stone Cold Steve Austin losing consciousness, the winner of this bout: Bret "Hitman" Hart!
[cont'd] I can tell ya, I've never seen a display of intestinal fortitude like we saw in Stone Cold Steve Austin, who is still unconscious, and quite frankly, needs medical attention right now.
Boy, that has got to be a tough act to follow, I'll tell you that.
[Later in the same match, Bret Hart attempts to interfere again]
Oh, please stop that... Come on! [Sid attacks Hart, but Hart drives him into the top rope, sight unseen]
Doesn't he ever get tired of beating up? [Sid, feeling the effects of the top rope, walks straight into the Undertaker's grasp and the Deadman turns him upside down]
Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
Tombstone Piledriver! Tombstone! Tombstone! Tombstone!
[Undertaker hits the Tombstone Piledriver on Sid] OH!
HE DID IT! [Shawn begins clapping for the Undertaker as the Undertaker folds Sid's arms and covers him]
[counting along with the referee] One, two... [Earl Hebner counts three, making the Undertaker 6-0 at Wrestlemania, and the crowd erupts] OH!
HHoward
The winner of this bout, and NEW World Wrestling Federation Champion: The Undertaker! [Shawn continues to clap for the Undertaker]
The new World Wrestling Federation champion, the Undertaker, and his creatures!
The WWF title lives in the dark side!
And we are in for a wild ride! The WWF and the WWF Championship is going places where it's never been, and frankly, I am excited, and I just want to be a part of it.
The Dark Days of the WWF have begun!
Austin back up somehow... [Shawn Michaels attempts Sweet Chin Music, but Stone Cold Steve Austin ducks and attempts the Stunner] Oh, Austin dumped him. Austin going for the Stunner, and Michaels counters. [Michaels attempts Sweet Chin Music again but Austin blocks...] Michaels going for another kick. Austin... [...and hits the Stunner] HE GOT IT, THE STUNNER! Mike Tyson in! [Mike Tyson enters the ring and does a fast 3-count] AUSTIN IS THE CHAMPION! STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD!
HFHoward Finkel
The winner of this bout, and NEW World Wrestling Federation Champion: Stone Cold Steve Austin!
[over Finkel's announcement] Wait a minute! WHAT? Tyson has double-crossed DX! It's a double-cross!
The Austin Era has begun! Stone Cold's eight-year journey has been culminated with WWF gold!
Wait a minute. Wait a minute! No!
No! Pedigree! Triple H has turned his back on X-Pac! Triple H is putting on Shane!
Shane McMahon has retained the title! No! What the hell is going on?
HFHoward Finkel
The winner of this bout and still World Wrestling Federation European Champion, Shane McMahon!
[after seeing Triple H leaving D-Generation X to join the Corporation.]
[Over the loudspeaker, The Rock saying the words "Do you smell what The Rock is cooking?" are heard, signaling his arrival]
HFHoward Finkel
Introducing first... from Miami, Florida, weighing 275 pounds, the World Wrestling Federation Champion, The Rock!
[The Rock slowly enters with the WWF Championship belt hoisted on his right shoulder]
What an athlete. The WWF Champion. A 27-year-old prodigy!
I'm telling ya, it's good to be The King, but, it's gotta be great to be The Rock!
The Rock, the number one man in this business! And the reason is over his shoulder: The WWF Title!
And even you got to admit, J.R., it looks so good over the shoulder of The Rock! I mean, he's the true— I mean, he's the epitome of a champion! He's the kind of man you would want representing your organization! Not some beer-swilling, finger-giving idiot like Stone Cold Steve Austin! Admit it, J.R.!
Well, that's your opinion. No doubt The Rock is a gifted athlete. [The Rock climbs above the turnbuckle where he slowly raises the belt] An amazing, amazing specimen! First third-generation star in WWF history.
[The Rock climbs off the ropes, and threatens referee Mike Chioda with an elbow] Uh-oh!
Oh, what a match-up this is gonna be—
[Glass shatters and "I Won't Do What You Tell Me" plays, signaling the arrival of Stone Cold Steve Austin; the crowd erupts; The Rock is alert and ready for Austin as he hands the championship to Chioda]
HHoward
His opponent, and challenger...from Victoria, Texas, weighing 252 lbs, Stone Cold Steve Austin!
And the Rattlesnake is ready! [Austin pushes the cameraman away at the ring steps.] This crowd is jacked! And here we are at WrestleMania XV! [As Austin walks by The Rock begins to taunt him] And The Rock already talking trash! Just like he did when he played for the Miami Hurricanes down at—at...at the Orange Bowl! [The Rock obstructs Austin's path while taunting him further.] They talk—they talked a lot of trash! They psyched out a lot of people! [Austin looks to the referee...] But, King, I don't think Austin can be intimidated—
You don't think— [Austin strikes The Rock first as they trade shots]
[The bell sounds, beginning their No Disqualification Match]
HERE THEY GO! WWF TITLE, ON THE LINE!
[The Rock has just kicked out of a shot from a chair handed to Stone Cold Steve Austin by Mr. McMahon. McMahon now gives orders to Austin to assault Rock with the chair] Mr. McMahon brought the chair in the ring, and now Austin's using it on the Rock! There's no disqualifcation! Austin beating the living hell out of the Rock with that McMahon-endorsed steel chair! Come on, Steve, STOP! [One final shot, and Austin goes for the cover] WHAT THE HELL IS THIS? [Earl Hebner counts and a confused crowd counts along with Mr. McMahon] WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!
[Hebner counts 3] IT'S A NEW CHAMPION!
STOP ALREADY! God almighty, I can't...!
HFHoward Finkel
The winner of this bout, and NEW World Wrestling Federation Champion: Stone Cold Steve Austin!
[The WWF Championship belt is handed to Austin; Austin then turns to face Mr. McMahon] What the hell is this? Austin face-to-face with McMahon!
[Pull back to reveal Stone Cold shaking McMahon's hand] THEY'RE SHAKING HANDS!
Stone Cold is shaking hands with Satan himself!! For the love of God, someone tell me this is not happening!
It's happening! Stone Cold Steve Austin has sold his soul for the WWF title! [Austin signals for beer and tosses some to Mr. McMahon] We are witnessing something that will be talked about for years to come!
I don't believe this! [Austin toasts McMahon and the two drink together] What the hell?!? Son of a bitch! Son of a bitch, I don't believe this!
Drinking a damn beer with Mr. McMahon! Stone Cold has sold his soul to Satan himself to win the WWF title! WHY, STEVE? WHY THIS WAY?!? FOR THE LOVE OF GOD THAT'S JUST ENOUGH! WHY HAS STONE COLD...?
Paul McMahon and Austin are together. Vince McMahon and Stone Cold Steve Austin all together.
Austin and McMahon made us work, might as well urinate on The Rock. That's what they've done to him. I can't believe this. I thought I knew Austin. I thought I knew the Texas Rattlesnake!
Stone Cold has sold out his fans. He sold you and all of his fans right down the river, and you know what? You have to say the leopard never changes his spots, because he is a rattlesnake and that's what a rattlesnake will do.
I don't believe this. I thought I knew that man. I thought I knew Steve Austin. I was there in the hospital when he came out of surgery. I thought I knew him. He would never, I thought he would never ever. [Austin looks at the Rock.] What now? For the love of God, Steve, stop! Just stop it! The Rock has lost the title and now he's defenseless! [Austin hits Rock with the WWF Championship belt.] And oh damn!
Vince McMahon and Stone Cold Steve Austin together. This is the dawning of a new era, the likes of which we have never ever seen before.
I know, I know, you've said that already. You said that and I don't like it a damn bit.
Well, there's not a damn thing you can do about it because Stone Cold and Mr. McMahon are together.
[replay shows]
Look at the look of Austin's face here. He's like a wild wounded animal. I knew that Steve would win the WWF Title but not enough to sell his soul to my God Satan himself. This is a relentless, perverse, animalistic attack on another human being.
This is the action of the new WWF Champion. These are the actions of Stone Cold Steve Austin, a new Stone Cold Steve Austin who has befriended Mr. McMahon.
But why?! BY GOD I WANNA KNOW WHY! WE DESERVE TO KNOW WHY! WHY DID STONE COLD SELL HIS SOUL TO SATAN HIMSELF?!
[During the Money in the Bank Ladder Match, Chris Benoit at the top of the ladder reaching for the briefcase]
Benoit's gonna win this thing, King. He deserves it after what he's gone through.
I gotta agree with you now. Benoit does deserve this.
[Edge nails Benoit in the arm with a chair, sending him off the ladder]
Into the arm! Edge hit Benoit in the injured arm! And the opportunistic Edge! [Edge climbs the ladder] Don't tell me Edge is gonna win this thing! No, come on!
He's there! Edge is there! He's teetering... [Edge unhooks the briefcase] but he's got it! Oh, my God, Edge has done it!
HFHoward Finkel
Here is your winner: Edge!
That chair shot, that vicious chair shot on Benoit's bad arm!
[Edge runs back, hugging the briefcase]
Benoit was one step away from winning this Money in the Bank ladder match! One step away, King!
But I gotta say, if Benoit didn't do it, if anybody deserved to win this match, Edge did. Edge deserved it. Look at that look of satisfaction on his face.
Well, I figure 20,193 here in Hollywood that might not agree with you. Edge, in any event, can wrestle the world's heavyweight champion, whomever that may be, anytime he chooses within the next twelve months.