Paul Heyman quotes from WrestleMania

The time is now. It's the match that both men have to win, and neither man can afford to lose.

[to Brock Lesnar] This is your destiny. You hear me?! THIS is YOUR destiny! This is what you worked for! This is what you trained for! This is your moment! Not his, yours! ALL YOURS! 21-1...and you are the one! Are you going to let him deprive you of this?! He's taking this away from you! You are Brock Lesnar! You're a conqueror! You're a beast!

Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong! If my client is not on last, then we're not hanging around here all night to wait! We're getting our business done, and we're getting on a jet to Las Vegas, where my client is ultimately appreciated! So let's get this nonsense over with; we’re doing it right here, right now! Ladies and gentlemen, introducing, at 265 pounds, the Rollins-stomping beast slayer slayer, the reigning, defending, undisputed Universal heavyweight champion, Brock Lesnar!

Right to Censor, led by Steven Richards, certainly an extremist group from where I sit. They believe people should live their lives in one way: that's the RTC way.

Personally, I would appreciate it if you'd use the word "extreme" in a much better context. I don't find them to be extremists, I find them to be hypocrites. They're censors, and even I have never liked a censor that I ever met.

Why would anyone be proud of coming from the state of Texas?

What do you mean by that?

Well, if there was a back door at the Alamo, Texas would be in Mexico.

[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...!

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!

Steve Austin...

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...?

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.

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?!

Undertaker signals it's over.

Maybe he's not human.

Again...[Lesnar falls back onto his feet and picks up Undertaker] Brock Lesnar countered. Brock Lesnar countered! Lesnar countered! He's got Undertaker over his shoulders again!

Not again!

Going for a triple! [Lesnar hits the F-5] A third F-5 on the Undertaker! Brock Lesnar into the cover! Hooks the leg! [Chad Patton counts to three] The Streak is over.

OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! YOU DID IT! YOU DID IT! [With the arena in shock, Heyman rushes to Lesnar] You did it! You did it! You did it! You beat him, Brock! You conquered the Streak! Brock, you did it! You did it!

[a little bit shocked, just like everyone else in the arena or stadium] Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of this match: Brock Lesnar.

I'm speechless.

So are 75,000 people here.

The Undertaker's mortal.

I was hoping I wouldn't see it.

I honestly thought I'd never see it.

I guess fairytales do end.

Brock Lesnar just cemented his legacy as one of the greatest performers in WWE history.

21-1!

Guys, you still gotta admit, the man who has cemented his legacy is the Undertaker. The longest-running streak, 21 straight victories at WrestleMania. That will never, never ever be duplicated.

The king of the jungle is now Brock Lesnar, and the greatest manager of all time is Paul Heyman.

Heyman vowed that he and Brock Lesnar would end the Streak. They did.

[taunting a downed Cody Rhodes with his "Mama Rhodes" belt] Get up, boy! [Suddenly, a familiar bell tolls, and the crowd erupts as the lights go out. After a pause, the bell tolls again and the lights come back on, revealing the Undertaker standing in the ring behind an unknowing Rock]

HOLY CHRIST! THE DEADMAN COMETH! [The Rock turns around in shock to see the Undertaker. After a brief standoff, The Rock tries to attack, but the Undertaker grabs him by the throat and delivers a powerful Chokeslam] CHOKESLAM!! Undertaker's back at WrestleMania! [The bell tolls one more time, and the lights go off again. After another pause, the lights come back on, and the Undertaker is gone]

Cody caught him! [Rhodes sets Reigns up for the Cross Rhodes] Rhodes, middle of the ring! [Rhodes delivers Cross Rhodes, but instead of covering him, he holds on to Reigns] Cross Rhodes! Cody's not done yet! [Rhodes delivers a second Cross Rhodes] Cody with another Cross Rhodes! [Still Rhodes does not let go of Reigns] Is he gonna do it? Can he do it? Is this a Rhodes moment?

NOOO! NOOOOO!

Come on, Cody! [Completely ignoring Heyman, Rhodes delivers a third Cross Rhodes] Cross Rhodes! Cover! [Rhodes covers Reigns and referee Charles Robinson counts three; Cole punctuates each count with the following] FINISHED... THE... STORY! [The crowd erupts wildly]

[through tears] Here is your winner… and the NEW… Undisputed WWE Champion: "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes!

Samantha Irvin, understandably, overcome with emotion.

We ALL are! We all are.

[The belt is handed to Rhodes as fans sing along to his music "Kingdom"; Cody's wife, Brandi, enters the ring and gives him a congratulatory kiss] For the first time ever, a Rhodes can call himself WWE Champion! Damn it, Cody Rhodes finished the damn story!

[moments later, as certain of Cody Rhodes' friends enter the ring to celebrate his win] Cody Rhodes has finally done what he set out to do. I've known this young man since he was a little boy. I saw him at a Hall of Fame speech where I knew that he was gonna be a star. He had "star" written all over him. I went through Internet shows with him; I had a damn Tag Team Championship match with him. He left here disgruntled, heartbroken, to go create his own story. And Cody Rhodes came back here as a Superstar. Cody Rhodes came back here and did something that his father, one of the greatest of all time, "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, could never accomplish. Cody Rhodes came back here and won the WWE Championship. Damn it, I love professional wrestling.

[moments later] Real quick. I know it's been a long night... I am... I am surrounded by greatness in this ring. I am surrounded by greatness in this stadium. There are two people I would not have been here. I would've literally never made it back to the WWE without one of them, I want him to come out here, and that's Bruce Prichard. And then the other, the other is pleading and kicking and doesn't want to come out here, but we have started a brand new era. He is the leader of that era, please, Triple H, come on down!