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(AT LAST PLAYING)
(BELL DINGS)
LILIAN: The following is a Steel Cage Match.
Introducing first, from Toronto, Canada,
weighing in at 224 pounds, Christian!
JR: Well, one thing about it, Christian, it will do you no good to run
because you'll only die tired.
Inside a steel cage, nowhere to go.
The way you win this Cage Match is by escape or pinfall.
By escaping over the top with both feet touching the floor
or through the door, both feet touching the floor.
Or by pinfall.
JERRY: Well what goes along with a steel cage?
I think a nice steel chair! Look at that chair!
I think it's been used! It's got dents all in it.
JR: Christian, perhaps, bringing an equalizer, in his view.
I think it may take more than that to derail
the 280-pound monster known as Goldberg.
You want a Cage Match, Goldberg? You want a Cage Match?
You got it.
Well, I brought a little surprise for me.
And this isn't just any chair.
No, it's not!
This is the same chair The Rock
beat the crap out of you with a month ago.
JERRY: Whoa! There's where the dents came from.
I guess you can say, this is "The People's Chair."
And tonight my peeps,
you're gonna be in for a huge surprise,
when I beat the living crap out of you, Goldberg!
I'm going to beat the crap out of you with this chair!
(INVASION PLAYING)
JERRY: Oh!
JR: Well, the talking is over.
And there you see him.
He is an enigma, no doubt about it.
280 pounds!
A big athletic monster, two-time All-SEC,
an All-American defensive tackler
at the University of Georgia, King.
JERRY: Why didn't you say all the good stuff
about Christian when he came out?
JR: I don't have that vivid of an imagination.
No, look at this! Walking right through the fire is Goldberg!
(EXPLOSIONS)
JR: ...that steel cage.
LILIAN: And making his way to the ring, from Atlanta, Georgia,
weighing in at 280 pounds, Goldberg!
JR: Now, look at Christian trying to fight Goldberg away.
JERRY: No wait a minute! Christian lost the chair!
That's The Rock's chair.
JR: And remember you can win by escaping
over the top, through the door,
or by pinfall in this match.
And at least on this exchange...
Oh! A knockdown by Goldberg.
280 lean pounds,
with a bona fide, pronounced mean streak!
JERRY: I don't think Goldberg really understands
how to win this Steel Cage Match.
He's not even trying to get out.
JR: I think Goldberg is looking to destroy Christian and then pin him.
JERRY: See, Christian knows what this match is all about.
He's just trying to win. Escape! Oh, no!
JR: Christian trying to climb out,
and Goldberg with another knockdown.
Goldberg, great flexibility for a man 280.
Then again we documented his background and athleticism.
He's been a blue-chipper since he was
in high school at Tulsa Edison in Oklahoma.
GOLDBERG: Tried to hit me with a damn car, huh?
JERRY: I think Christian lost The Rock's chair, The People's Chair!
JR: I can't believe that Christian calls himself
the new People's Champion either!
JERRY: The Rock, sort of, uh, christened him that.
You know, I mean they hang out together, they're big buddies.
JR: Well, King, let me tell you this, if, and I mean a big if,
if that was Christian who tried to run Goldberg down
earlier tonight in that white automobile,
then Christian's getting exactly what he deserves here and now.
Goldberg, almost the victim of a...
JERRY: Hey, hey, hey!
Goldberg's about to lose this match.
JR: Uh-oh! Christian's grabbing that chair
as Goldberg pulls Christian back in.
Christian brings that chair back into the ring.
Someone tried to run Goldberg down earlier tonight.
And that's a low blow right there.
That's legal in this Cage Match.
JERRY: It's all legal inside a steel cage. Get The People's Chair!
JR: Goldberg or no Goldberg, a low blow like that will put you down,
and that's what Christian has done, taking that cheap shot.
And now he's got that steel...
JERRY: Oh! My God!
JR: Good God Almighty!
Rattling brain matter with that steel chair.
And Goldberg going to one knee.
And now Goldberg knocked down by the four chair shots.
And that chair being dented even more.
JERRY: Well, Goldberg's got to remember
exactly what that steel chair feels like.
It seemed to crush his skull.
JR: Christian, again, using that chair like it was a hammerlock,
and it's all legal in this Cage Match.
JERRY: JR, refer to it as what it is, that's The People's Chair.
JR: Or so Christian says!
Okay, I'll go along, it's The People's Chair.
Christian and The Rock have had a lot of pie in that chair.
With a hard shot, Goldberg...
And Christian using that chair as his
tag-team partner, if you will, in this match.
JERRY: Look at the peeps, they're in shock.
JR: "The peeps." I'm embarrassed for you to say that.
JERRY: Christian and his peeps!
JR: And Christian now looking for the cover,
could happen here and Christian...
Goldberg powered out of that pinning combination.
Christian right back with that chair.
JERRY: Listen, listen, listen!
JR: Christian's offense has been a steel chair.
It's not been wrestling maneuvers, but he's very proficient.
JERRY: It's The People's Chair.
That's the offense! The People's Chair.
And if Christian wins this, if Christian beats Goldberg,
why, next week we'll probably have a Christian concert!
JR: But the scary thing for Christian
is that Goldberg will not stay down.
Goldberg has pulled himself back up to his knees,
gets shoved right in the ribs there
by the edge of the steel chair.
And now Christian is doing all he can to keep Goldberg down,
but Goldberg still keeps fighting back.
(CROWD BOOING)
Christian doesn't think he's done
anything wrong, there you see him.
JERRY: What's wrong with the peeps?
They're not giving Christian the respect he deserves.
JR: Maybe he's got to earn that respect and Goldberg...
JERRY: He'll earn it if he climbs out of this cage.
JR: And Christian, now, can win this match
by climbing over the top and escaping.
JERRY: Watch your back. Watch your back.
JR: And Goldberg
has really got Christian by the ankle.
JERRY: Get your foot over. Keep it on the other side.
JR: And Goldberg pulling Christian down,
and jerking him right down to the canvas,
JERRY: People's Chair. People's Chair.
JR: The People's Chair has been the favorite
offensive weapon thus far for Christian.
Downstairs, Christian goes again.
That has been the great equalizer,
The People's Chair, as you'd like to refer to it.
JERRY: There, you got it, JR.
Look at this, there's one of those moves
that you said Christian is very adept at.
JR: Christian, a former Intercontinental Champion,
former Tag Champion, with the neckbreaker on Goldberg.
And thanks to the very proficient
and handy use of that steel chair...
JR: Okay. Okay!
Take it easy.
JERRY: Look at this! What are we going to see here?
The People's Spear?
JR: Oh!
JERRY: He speared the steel cage!
JR: Goldberg sidestepping Christian,
and Christian's head bounced right off the cage.
That steel cage, as we all know, can be extremely unforgiving.
There's no doubt about that.
And Goldberg not looking to escape. Goldberg looking to destroy.
JERRY: Well, there's a few cobwebs in that head of his.
JR: Goldberg has had the hell beat out of him
with The People's Steel Chair, and is still fighting.
JERRY: I'm amazed that Goldberg's even able to walk around.
How many times has he been hit with The People's Chair?
Take a look at this! This was about to be The People's Spear, instead...
Goldberg just rammed poor Christian's head right into that steel cage.
JERRY: Oh, no!
The steel cage!
JR: Christian is bleeding now. He has been lacerated!
And the force of Goldberg, taking Christian to that cage,
has busted Christian open here, and this is
not what the new People's Champion...
JR: My God!
JERRY: See, Christian tried to tell Austin that this was not a good idea.
This Steel Cage Match is very, very dangerous.
JR: Christian had the opportunity last week
to wrestle Goldberg one-on-one in Halifax,
but he ran like a scalded dog.
There's nowhere to run inside a steel cage.
JERRY: Is this what happens to you
when you sign for a match with Goldberg?
Is this what you can expect?
Oh, look out!
JR: You can expect physicality that only Goldberg can deliver,
everything high-impact.
JERRY: I guess the photo-shoot tomorrow is off for poor Christian.
JR: Oh, Goldberg...
JERRY: Not this. Come on, Goldberg, ease up.
JR: And Goldberg with only one gear.
He's taken those chair shots time and time and time again in this match.
But Goldberg is still standing.
JERRY: Don't turn around.
JR: Christian is a bloody mess at the hands of Goldberg, here on RAW.
JERRY: Look at Christian, still has the wherewithal to try to escape,
to try to win... No! No! No!
JR: Oh, my God!
Oh, what a spear by Goldberg!
He almost broke Christian in half,
just like the driver of that white car
wanted to do to Goldberg earlier tonight.
But Goldberg is not through.
The battered and bloody Christian
has been speared, and now, King...
JERRY: Oh, no!
Christian!
JR: Goldberg making Christian think about...
One arm! Goldberg! Jackhammer!
280 pounds right in your chest cavity.
And Goldberg, emphatically, has won this Cage Match.
(INVASION PLAYING)
JR: Nothing pretty! No finesse!
Raw animalistic power and intensity by Goldberg,
who withstood The People's Steel Chair assault
to defeat a man that is a multiple-time
former Intercontinental Champion.
JERRY: Poor Christian's face is certainly not pretty right now.
Check out one more time, Christian was going to
introduce the world to The People's Spear, but it just didn't work.
But this spear did!
JR: And then, the spear, followed by the Jackhammer.
Goldberg gave Christian something to think about
and then drilled him with 280 pounds of impact.
JERRY: I can assure you The Rock's not going to be pleased about this.
JR: Well, I'm sure not worried about that right now.
Christian has been dismantled by the man known as Goldberg!