The Undertaker’s legacy continues on! 14-0 at WrestleMania!
S1 E15Unfinished Business
[Opening of WrestleMania 23]
When we were young...
When we were young...
When we were young...
We dreamed of this day...
Of this opportunity...
This chance...
To shine...
Prove to the world...
Prove to myself...
That I'm a superstar...
A diva...
An athlete...
More than you think...
And greater than you heard...
That I'm a champion.
We've dedicated our lives...
Sacrificed...
Surrendered our bodies...
Sweat...
Bled...
Cried...
Healed...
And focused our minds...
In the hopes to get here...
This is where it all comes together...
WrestleMania.
WrestleMania.
WrestleMania. Now...
I'm all grown up.
I'm all grown up.
I'm all grown up.
We're all grown up.
Today is my day...
Tonight is our night...
The stage is mine...
Where I will show the world...
I will prove to myself...
That I'm the best...
The most powerful...
That I'm the most extreme...
That the kid's still got it...
The most intense...
Immortal...
That I—
That I—
That I—
I—
I—
I—
I—
I...
Am champion—
Am champion—
Am champion—
Am champion—
...am a champion.
[as Jeff Hardy sets up a ladder in the ring and Matt Hardy lays Edge, who was dropped to the outside by Randy Orton, horizontally onto another ladder between the ring and the barricade]
Jeff Hardy with a golden opportunity. Can Jeff Hardy capitalize?
A world title is at stake here.
Whoa, wait a minute. Wait, whoa-
What the hell's he doing?
Matt Hardy...
JBL [as Jeff begins to climb the ladder in the ring, nowhere near the briefcase]: Win the damn match, Jeff! What the hell's wrong with you, kid?!
Yeah, Matt put Edge on that ladder and Matt's telling-
Oh, my lord!
JBL [as Matt is signaling to Jeff to take Edge out] What's wrong with you, you lunatic?! Win the damn match!!
Grab the briefcase!
You've got a shot at the world championship, Jeff! Damn him to hell! No, come on!
Jerry [as Jeff reaches the top of the ladder]: No way.
Get the ladder, Jeff!
No, no...
Jeff Hardy said he was gonna steal WrestleMania!
Michael [as Jeff leaps from the top of the ladder]: You gotta be kidding me!
[Jeff hits a diving leg drop on Edge, snapping the horizontal ladder and taking both men out]
Oh, God almighty!
Oh my God!
Good lord! The ladder broke in half!
They're history!
Jim [as a shocked Matt and the referee check on both men]: Edge may be broken in half! Jeff Hardy may have taken *himself* out of WrestleMania, in contention to win this Money in the Bank ladder match!
[Backstage, Mr. McMahon gaze at himself with a full head of hair]
Yeah. Handsome son of a bitch.
[off-screen] Hi, Pop!
Ha ha! Steph!
[overlapping] Wishing you luck in your match tonight.
[Stephanie enters with her daughter-in-crib]
Ha ha ha ha! Well, what do we have here, huh? Ha-heh! [snarls at Stephanie] What the hell are you doing with this baby in here? Bringing my granddaughter in here like this!
Look, I'll just take her away—
Huh? Wha—No, you just leave it right here!
Dad.
I want some good luck and maybe she can give it to me. Okay, relax, okay? [to granddaughter] Coo coo coo coo...Ha ha ha ha ha~
[Mr. McMahon coos some more only to be stopped by Stephanie]
[to Stephanie] I wash my hands. [continues to coo granddaughter again with laughter as the camera switches to the baby's POV] You came to see Grandpop, huh? Yeah, you came to see Grandpop beat up Donald Trump. That's just what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna do that for you— You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna bash Donald Trump's head in. That's what I'm gonna do, yeah—
[concerned] Dad—
[to Stephanie] Shut up. [to granddaughter] And you wanna think I'm gonna do? I'm gonna knoc— I'm gonna give him a skull fracture. How's that, huh? You like Pops to do that? Give the skull fracture? Yeah, I think so. Ha ha ha ha—
[concerned] Dad—
[to Stephanie] Easy, now.
You're gonna scare her—
[to granddaughter menacingly] And, I'm gonna bloody him up, okay? I'm gonna bloody him up big time. [switches to gentle] Then I'm gonna shave his head bald. Yeah, I'd be out there pulling it out by the roots. You'd like that, huh? That look good, huh—?
[McMahon stops himself as he smells something unpleasant]
[to Stephanie] You smell what I smell? Smell it.
[Stephanie complies and also smells something unpleasant]
She just took a Trump.
One thing's for sure - we're gonna have ourselves a bald billionaire.
[As Mr. McMahon head is being shaved by Donald Trump and Bobby Lashley] And King, one of the mys— The great mysteries of life has just been discovered: It was Mr. McMahon's real hair all along. And he just lost it.
Joining me right now, 16-time World Heavyweight Champion, the "Nature Boy" Ric Flair. Ric...
WHOOO!
Ric, tonight it could all come to an end. A career-threatening match on the biggest stage in sports-entertainment against the guy they call "Mr. WrestleMania", Shawn Michaels. With so much to lose, with a 35-year career perhaps on the line, what's your game plan?
My game plan? To be the MAN... WHOOO!
[to Ric Flair before hitting Sweet Chin Music on him, ending the match and sending Flair into retirement] I'm sorry. I love you.
Flair wants to fight... Oh!
My God, what a shot! Michaels, will it be...? And yes! Yes!
Edge, a lot of history could happen tonight at WrestleMania.
You know, Todd, we saw a career end. We've seen history made tonight already, but more importantly, we'll see history made later on tonight. But I want to set a stage for you. I want to take you back, because I've been thinking back a lot lately, back to when I was a little kid. Back to when I was sitting in the audience at WrestleMania VI. Man, I was so excited. I was watching my hero, Hulk Hogan. I was the biggest Hulkamaniac in Canada. And that day...Hulk Hogan lost. That wasn't the only thing lost that day. See, my innocence was also lost. But it's okay because it's come full circle, it really has. No, people rely on the Undertaker to win at WrestleMania. No matter how pathetic, mundane, or lousy their lives are, they can always count on the Dead Man. But that all changes tonight, it really does. Tonight, they get slapped in the face with a cold, hard dose of reality. There's probably a little kid sitting in that crowd tonight, just like me all those years ago, that believes anything in this world can happen...even 16-0. Tonight...I crush that kid's spirit! I pluck his innocence when I defeat the Undertaker and walk out of WrestleMania the true phenom and still the World Heavyweight Champion.
We have a new World Champion, Michael, and the Streak is intact!
16-0 at WrestleMania! The Undertaker's legend grows! The Deadman has risen! The immortal Undertaker's fabled streak continues at WrestleMania!
[on Punk winning Money in the Bank for the second time.] CM Punk has done it two years in a row.
Twenty-five Divas... you know... I guess there are more important things in the world than Divas, but ... what are they?
[as he makes his way to the ring] Thank you Texas! This is the greatest day in JBL's great life. Months ago, I had a WrestleMania vision, that just as Julius Caesar returned to Rome the conquering hero, I would return to Texas... [raises the Intercontinental Championship belt] ...champion. At a time when, quite frankly Texas, you've got no champions... Texas, you've got no men. You sit around, you drink your little lattes, you do your pilates, looking through the Houston Chronicle trying to find a job... at this point in life you need hope, and along comes your hero, JBL! Tonight, I'm going to give you the treat of someone that grew up in Sweetwater, Texas, John Layfield and became the great JBL. You yourself will probably never improve your lot in life, but at least you can look at me and be proud of the fact that I'm your hero, because today I will give you the most dominant victory in WrestleMania history! I will then hop back on my charter plane, return to the greatest city in the world to my famous wife, New York City, as still... your hero.
[after Mysterio defeated JBL in 21 seconds] I don't understand that. JBL promised something historic here tonight.
Well, it was something historic.
What?
Mysterio wins the Intercontinental Title for the very first time.
No, that can't be it.
And now JBL just might understand how the brave Texans felt at the Alamo. It was a bad day at the office.
Mysterio ensured the joke was on JBL here tonight. What a WrestleMania moment.
I'm in shock.
So's JBL.
[JBL grabs the microphone and gets up, not sure now of what to say]
I've got something to say. [The crowd's boos get louder]
I can't wait to hear this excuse. Camera flash got in his eyes, maybe?
Open-mouth disease?
This has got to be embarrassing.
I...I...I... I QUIT!!! [crowd cheers]
What?...What did he just say?
[JBL drops the mic, still looking a bit confused]
He said he quit!
What? I don't believe - I don't know if JBL even believes what he just said!
Has any...has anybody ever...just quit, at WrestleMania?
That I know of!
Pretty historic.
Jerry [as JBL exits the ring]: There's still time to reconsider!
Are we seeing JBL leave the ring, conclusively, for the last time?
[JBL starts walking back up the ramp]
JBL [pointing to the crowd]: You're gonna miss JBL! You are gonna MISS JBL!!
I think he's not gonna - he's not gonna reconsider; if that's the case, he - he HAS made history here tonight, but certainly not the kind that we expected!
Not that he expected, either!
JBL [still shouting to the crowd]: ...I promise you, you will regret this!!
[about Undertaker slapping his leg] It wasn't for good luck, it was for circulation.
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