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FOR WWF GOLD.
THE UNDERTAKER.
>> I WILL FULFILL MY DESTINY.
>> BRET "THE HIT MAN" HART.
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
EXCELLENCE OF EXECUTION, WELL,
UNDERTAK WAKE UP TO THE REAL
WORLD.
>> THE WWF CHAMPIONSHIP.
WELCOME TO THE DARK SIDE.
LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW.
[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION]
>> THE WORLD WRESTLING
FEDERATION.
FOR OVER 50 YEARS THE
REVOLUTIONARY FORCE IN SPORTS
ENTERTAINMENT.
VINCE: HELLO, FRESNO.
WE ARE PHOTOLY SOLD OUT AT THE
FRESNO CONVENTION CENTER.
PEOPLE ARE STILL FILING IN HERE
AS WE GET READY TO GO, DOK.
LESS THAN 30 MINUTES OF THE
1996 WWF ROYAL RUMBLE.
DOK: ALL RIGHT!
FRESNO, ARE YOU READY TO ROCK
'N' ROLL?
TODD: HIGH NAME IS TODD
PETTENGILL ALONG WITH DOK
HENDRIX.
WE ARE GETTING READY.
WE HAVE A LOT TO BRING YOU, THE
FIRST EVER WWF FREE FOR ALL
EXCLUSIVELY ON THE PREVIEW
CHANNEL.
WE WILL HEAR FROM THE ONE AND
ONLY HEARTBREAK KID, SHAWN
MICHAELS, MAKING HIS RETURN
TONIGHT.
DOK: AND I WILL HAVE AN
INTERVIEW WE WILL HEAR FOR THE
FIRST TIME FROM VADER.
TODD: THE MAN YOU PICK TO WIN
THE RUMBLE.
I HOPE YOU BROUGHT THE SERUM.
I'LL BE TALKING TO JAKE "THE
SNAKE" ROBERTS.
THE SERUM, DID YOU BRING IT?
DOK: NO!
TODD: PLEASE.
FIRST, THE WWF FREE FOR ALL
MATCH, THE DRAWING TAKING PLACE
EARLIER TODAY.
WE WILL TAKE YOU TO THE MAN WHO
WILL BRING YOU THE COMMENTARY
FOR THE FIRST-EVER FREE FOR ALL
MATCH.
VINCE MCMAHON AND MR. PERFECT.
VINCE: THIS WILL BE A FIRST
EVER IN THE WORLD WRESTLING
FEDERATION.
WE ARE LIKELY TO SEE A LOT OF
FIRSTS HERE TONIGHT.
LIVE FROM FRESNO, THE FREE FOR
ALL THAT WILL PIT THE TWO
INDIVIDUALS THAT EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON DREW BLANKS IN THE
ROYAL RUMBLE DRAWING.
THOSE TWO■■ INDIVIDUALS, HUNTER
HEARST HELMSLEY AND OF COURSE
DUKE "THE DUMPSTER" DROESE, THE
WINNER OF THIS MATCH THEN
BECOMES NUMBER 30, A DISTINCT
ADVANTAGE.
IS THAT NOT CORRECT?
MR. PERFECT: WITHOUT A DOUBT.
ONE OR 30, AN HOUR DIFFERENCE.
THERE IS A DISTINCT ADVANTAGE
IF YOU'RE NUMBER 30.
VINCE: IMAGINE LOSING THIS
FIRST-EVER FREE FOR ALL
MATCH-UP AND HAVING TO GO IN
NUMBER ONE.
THE LIKELIHOOD OF WINNING THE
ROLL ROYAL IF YOU DRAW NUMBERS
NUMBER ONE IS NOT GREAT.
MR. PERFECT: THERE HASN'T.
AND SHAWN MICHAELS WENT A LONG
WAY LAST NIGHT.
IT IS TOO GRUELING OF AN
EVENT.
VINCE: HE WENT ALL THE WAY LAST
YEAR.
MR. PERFECT: YES, HE DID.
VINCE: AND DOK HENDRIX.
DOK: I'M STANDING HERE WITH
VADER, THE FIRST TIME WE WILL
HEAR FROM HIM.
AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE,
JAMES CORNETTE?
>> I'M FULL OF SURPRISES.
THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT
YOU WAIT YOUR ENTIRE LIFE FOR.
I HAVE THE CHANCE TO GUIDE THE
CAREER OF THE MOST POWERFUL
FORCE THAT WILL EVER DOM NAILT
THE WORLD WRESTLING
FEDERATION.
AND TODAY, AT THE ROYAL RUMBLE,
HE IS GOING IN THERE WITH 29
OTHER GUYS.
HIS SOUL MISSION TO DESTROY,
HIS SOUL -- SOLE PURPOSE, TO
DESTROY, AND HIS SOLE OBJECTIVE
TO BE THE WINNER OF THE ROYAL
RUMBLE TODAY SO HE CAN GET THAT
TITLE SHOT AND WRESTLEMANIA.
>> FROM THE POWER OF THE ROCKY
MOUNTAINS AND BOULDER,
COLORADO, I BRING YOU THE
PRINCE OF POWER.
TELL THE WHOLE WORLD WHAT TIME
IS IT?
WHAT TIME IS IT?
YOU KNOW WHAT, THE WWF IS ABOUT
READY TO FIND OUT WHAT TIME IT
IS.
29 PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERS ARE
ABOUT READY TO FIND OUT WHAT
TIME IT IS.
DIESEL, UNDERTAKER, IT DON'T
MATTER WHO.
IT DON'T MATTER WHEN.
BROTHER, I'M HERE, NOT TO LOOK
GOOD.
I'M HERE TO CAUSE PAIN.
DESTROY EACH AND EVERY WRESTLER
IN THE WWF.
AND BECOME THE NEXT WWF
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE
WORLD.
IT'S VADER TIME.
DOK: IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S VADER
TIME.
BACK TO YOU.
TODD: WILL IT BE VAIDER TIME OR
THE RETURN OF JAKE "THE SNAKE"
ROBERTS TO THE WORLD WRESTLING
FEDERATION.
THE SNAKE IS IN THE BACK.
HE WILL BE MAKING HIS WAY TO
THE RING WITH YOU.
>> YES, HE WILL.
HAVE YOU HAD LUNCH?
TODD: NO.
>> HE HASN'T, EITHER.
LOOK OUT.
WHEN WE GET OUT THERE, YOU
THINK THIS THING IS BIG?
IT IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE
SIZE OF THE DEMONS THAT LIVED
WITHIN ME.
SOMETHING THAT EACH OF YOU WILL
HAVE TO FACE.
TODD: WHO WILL IT BE TO WIN THE
WWF ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH
TONIGHT?
WHOEVER IT'S GOING TO BE IS
GOING TO MEET ONE OF THESE TWO
INDIVIDUALS.
>> THERE IS A FORCE THAT WALKS
AMONG US.
>> THE CREATURES OF THE NIGHT
HAVE SPOKEN.
AND I DO INTEND TO DELIVER.
>> A POWER THAT'S IMMORTAL.
>> UNBELIEVABLE.
THIS IS PHENOMENAL.
>> A FURY THAT HAS TAKEN MEN'S
SOULS.
>> THE UNDERTAKER.
>> NOW, A DANGEROUS DARK RAGE
BURNS WITHIN.
A PASSION CONSUMED BY THE QUEST
FOR WWF GOLD.
THE UNDERTAKER.
>> I WILL FULFILL MY DESTINY.
>> BRET "THE HIT MAN" HART.
>> YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
EXCELLENCE OF EXECUTION.
WELL, UNDERTAKER, WAKE UP TO
THE REAL WORLD.
>> THE WWF CHAMPIONSHIP,
WELCOME TO THE DARK SIDE.
LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW.
TODD: WHAT AN UNBELIEVABLE
MATCH THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR
THE WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION
CHAMPIONSHIP.
PICK A WINNER FOR US.
MR. PERFECT: I JUST CAN'T SEE
HURTING THE UNDERTAKER IN ANY
FORM.
BRET HART IS A GREAT WRESTLER
BUT I'LL HAVE TO GO WITH THE
UNDERTAKER.
VINCE: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
YOU HAVE YOUR FRONT ROW
RINGSIDE SEAT AWAITING YOU
EXCLUSIVELY ON PAY-PER-VIEW.
YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS
WHAT I BELIEVE WILL BE AN
EXTRAORDINARY MATCH-UP WITH THE
EXCELLENCE OF EXECUTION, HIS
SCIENTIFIC SKILLS, AGAINST THE
PHENOMENAL SKILLS OF THE
UNDERTAKER.
MR. PERFECT: I'LL GO WITH THE
UNDERTAKER BUT IT WILL BE A
GREAT MATCH-UP.
VINCE: WE WILL SHOW YOU MORE ON
THIS UPCOMING EXTRAORDINARY
WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH-UP RIGHT
HERE TONIGHT.
TODD: AT LAST MONTH'S IN YOUR
HOUSE, INTERIM PRESIDENT
GORILLA MONSOON ANNOUNCED THE
NEXT MATCH FOR THE WWF TITLE
WOULD PIT THE CHAMPION, "THE
HIT MAN" BRET HART AGAINST THE
OMINOUS UNDERTAKER.
A MATCH THE FANS OF THE WORLD
WRESTLING FEDERATION HAVE LONG
AWAITED.
THE DECISION, HOWEVER, LEFT ONE
SUPERSTAR LESS THAN SATISFIED.
DIESEL.
BELIEVING HE WAS THE MOST
ELIGIBLE CONTENDER, MET THE
UNDERTAKER EYE TO EYE.
IN ONE OF THE MOST INTENSE
MOMENTS OF THE YEAR.
NONTHELESS, GORILLA'S DECISION
WAS FINAL.
AND ALTHOUGH THEY HAD NEVER MET
IN THE RING, BRET HART IS READY
TO SHOW THE UNDERTAKER WHAT
HE'S MADE OF.
>> I'VE NEVER STEPPED IN THE
RING WITH HIM.
SO WHEN IT COMES RIGHT DOWN TO
IT IN THE ROYAL RUMBLE, I GOT
TO KNOW.
I GOT TO KNOW WHO IS BETTER,
ME, OR THE UNDERTAKER, GIVE ME
EVERYTHING YOU GOT.
BRING THE PAUL BEARER.
BRING YOUR URN.
BRING EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT.
BECAUSE THE EXCELLENCE OF
EXECUTION WILL BE THERE AT THE
ROYAL RUMBLE.
AND HE'LL BE THE BEST.
TODD: BRET'S BRAVE WORDS COULD
BE THOUGHT WRECKLESS BY SOME.
NOBODY CAN LOOK FORWARD TO
MEETING THE MAN FROM DEATH
VALLEY.
BUT WHOEVER HAS SEEN HIS LAST
TWO MATCHES ON PAY-PER-VIEW CAN
ATTEST THAT NO SUPERSTAR HAS
THE DRIVE AND DESIRE OF THE HIT
MAN.
THE BRUTAL CONTESTS WERE A
TRIBUTE TO THE AMOUNT OF PAIN
THE HIT MAN CAN ENDURE AND
DELIVER TO GUARANTEE THE
CHAMPIONSHIP BELTRE MAINS
AROUND HIS WAIST.
WHAT WILL BRET HART BRING TO
THE RING?
A SUPERSTAR THAT'S IMPERVIOUS
TO PAIN.
WHO DRAWS POWER FROM THE DARK
SIDE.
>> THE UNDERTAKER WANTS TO BE
THE WORLD WRESTLING CHAMPION.
TODD: AND WHO HAS A NINE INCH
AND ALMOST 100-POUND
ADVANTAGE?
THE UNDERTAKER'S PROPHECY IS TO
TAKE BRET TO THE OUTER■ LIMITS
OF HIS ENDURANCE.
>> THE SUN WILL SOON SET ON
YOUR TITLE REIN.
FOR THIS SUNDAY NIGHT, BRET
HART, YOU MUST COME
FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE REAPER.
DESTINY HAS BROUGHT US TO THIS
POINT.
NOW, THERE IS NO TURNING BACK.
VINCE: HERE WE GO, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
THE FREE FOR ALL.
RING ANNOUNCER: THIS CONTEST IS
SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL.
VINCE: LIVE ON THE PREVIEW
NETWORK.
HERE COMES A MAN WHO COULD VERY
WELL -- I GUESS YOU COULD SAY
IMPROVE HIS POSITION IF HE IS
VICTORIOUS IN THIS MATCH-UP
WITH DUKE "THE DUMPSTER"
DROESE.
LET'S TAKE YOU OVER NOW, I
BELIEVE, IS TODD DOWN THERE?
TODD: HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY,
THIS IS IT.
IF YOU WIN THIS MATCH-UP,
YOU'RE NUMBER 30.
IF YOU LOSE IT YOU'RE NUMBER
--
>> GORILLA MONSOON, THIS TIME
YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR.
BUT I HAVE TO PROVE MYSELF TO
BE NUMBER 30 IN THE ROYAL
RUMBLE?
WELL, I GUARANTEE YOU THIS --
DUKE "THE DUMPSTER" DROESE,
THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR YOU.
BECAUSE I WILL BEAT HIM.
I GUARANTEE IT.
I WILL BE THE 30TH ENTRY INTO
THE ROYAL RUMBLE.
AND I WILL GO ON TO FIGHT THE
WORLD CHAMPION AT
WRESTLEMANIA.
I GUARANTEE THAT.
YOU TELL THE FAT LADY SHE'S ON
IN FIVE MINUTES.
TODD: ALL RIGHT.
YOU'VE GOT TO LIKE THAT.
VINCE: TAKE A LOOK, HUNTER
HEARST HELMSLEY HEMS ON HIS WAY
TO THE SQUARED CIRCLE.
YOU MAY NOT LIKE HIS ATTITUDE,
BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT THIS
MAN'S WRESTLING ACUMEN.
MR. PERFECT: I LIKE HIS
ATTITUDE.
HE'S UNDEFEATED HERE IN THE
WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION.
I'M SURE TONIGHT WILL BE NO
DIFFERENT.
VINCE: THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN
AS HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY
PREPARES HIMSELF INFORM LOCKUP
WITH DUKE "THE DUMPSTER"
DROESE.
I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE A
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISADVANTAGE TO
BE IN THIS FIRST EVER
FREE-FOR-ALL MATCH.
AND HERE HE COMES READY TO TAKE
OUT THE TRASH.
>> DUKE "THE DUMPSTER" DROESE!
TODD: LET ME JUST TELL YOU THIS
-- HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY HAS
GUARANTEED A VICTORY TONIGHT
AGAINST YOU.
>> THERE ARE NO GAUNTS
GUARANTEES IN THE WORLD
WRESTLING FEDERATION.
BUT I TELL YOU THIS, AFTER I
BEAT THAT PIECE OF TRASH UP,
I'M GOING TO BE THE LAST MAN
WALKING INTO THE RUMBLE AND THE
LAST MAN WALKING OUT OF THERE.
VINCE: WELL, THOSE ARE SOME
PRETTY BIG WORDS.
DUKE "THE DUMPSTER" DROESE
STKHRAM OH, MY GOODNESS, IS HE
EVER READY.
MR. PERFECT: BOY, THIS PLACE IS
ELECTRIC IDENTIFIED, MCMAHON.
VINCE: THE DUMB CENTER AGAINST
HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY.
THE DUMPSTER WOULD LIKE TO BE
NUMBER 30.
HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY
OBVIOUSLY VYING FOR THE SAME
POSITION.
MR. PERFECT: MCMAHON, HUNTER
HEARST HELMSLEY'S WINNING
STREAK IS UNBELIEVABLE.
HE'S STILL UNDEFEATED.
VINCE: WELL, THAT COULD COME TO
A BRUSK HALT.
THE DUMPSTER NOW IN THE CLUTCHS
OF THE STANDING HEAD LOCK.
OFF THE ROPE AND DOWN HE GOES.
MR. PERFECT: WELL, DUMPSTER
SURE HAS THE SIZE ON HIM, BUT
HE CAN'T OUTDO TRIPLE H.
VINCE: OH, MY GOODNESS FROM THE
OTHER SIDE --
MR. PERFECT: WHAT A MOVE BY THE
DUMPSTER.
VINCE: I THOUGHT I JUST SAID
THAT.
DUKE "THE DUMPSTER" DROESE.
WITH HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY AND
-- OH, YEAH!
NO.
AND A CLEVER MANEUVER ON THE
PART OF HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY
REVERSING THINGS.
HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY -- OH,
FOREARM UPPERCUT NICELY
EXECUTED.
HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY FROM
CONNECTICUT.
OH, LOOK -- HOW ABOUT THAT!
MR. PERFECT: I TELL YOU WHAT,
THE DUMPSTER CAME TO FIGHT
TONIGHT.
VINCE: HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY
HAVING SOME DIFFICULTY WITH
DUKE "THE DUMPSTER" DROESE.
WHAT A SHOT.
AND ANOTHER ONE.
WE APOLOGIZE IF IN FACT WE'RE
HAVING SOME AUDIO
DIFFICULTIES.
STAND BY AND WE WILL CLEAR THEM
OUT, I'M SURE.
MY GOODNESS, LOOK AT THAT.
DUKE "THE DUMPSTER" DROESE
MESSING WITH THE TACKLE, AND
UNFORTUNATELY THAT COULD END
THE MATCH.
MR. PERFECT: I HEARD A LOT OF
SNOPZ LIVE IN CONNECTICUT, BUT
TRIPLE H. IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
VINCE: YOU DON'T THINK HE'S
SNOBBISH AT ALL?
MR. PERFECT: NO.
VINCE: NICE TAKE DOWN BY HUNTER
HEARST HELMSLEY.
AGAIN YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE HIS
ATTITUDE, BUT YOU MUST SAY HE
HAS THE SCIENTIFIC SKILLS.
THERE HE GOES AGAIN, DRIVES HIM
RIGHT BACK TO THE MAT.
MR. PERFECT: HE'S TRYING TO
DISLOCATE THAT SHOULDER.
WORK ON■ ONE BODY PART AND WEAR
HIM DOWN.
THERE'S A SMART WRESTLER IN THE
RING.
VINCE: AGAIN, I HAVE TO CONCUR
WITH THAT.
DUKE "THE DUMPSTER" DROESE
TRYING TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH IN
THE WORLD WRESTLING
FEDERATION.
AND HEMSLEY DRIVES THE KNEE
INTO THE SHOULDER.
MR. PERFECT: THAT'S RIGHT ON
THE SHOULDER.
VINCE: I THOUGHT I JUST SAID
THAT.
HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY WINDING
UP DUKE "THE DUMPSTER" DROESE,
AND EVERYONE STILL PILING IN
HERE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
LIVE IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA,
FROM THE SELUND ARENA, IT'S THE
1996 ROYAL RUMBLE.
YOU'RE WATCHING EXCLUSIVE
FOOTAGE ON THE PREVIEW
CHANNEL.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHO COMES
OUT ON TOP IN THIS PARTICULAR
MATCH-UP.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE ONE AND THE
ONLY, THE MOST RESILIENT AND
FLAMBOYANT SUPERSTAR OF OUR
TIME, SHAWN MICHAELS, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN.
AND SHAWN SHRAUN WILL BE
JOINING US HERE LIVE ON THE
PREVIEW CHANNEL WITH AN
INTERVIEW.
OH, ANOTHER ONE, DUMPSTER SETS
UP HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY NOW.
FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
LITTLE TOO HIGH OWE HE OWE OH,
NICE MOVE.
MR. PERFECT: THAT ONE DROVE THE
DUMPSTER DOWN TO THE CANVAS.
VINCE: HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY
THUS FAR.
MR. PERFECT: THE QUICKER THE
PACE, THE BETTER IT IS FOR
HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY, NO
DOUBT.
VINCE: ARE YOU SUGGESTING THEY
ARE IN THE SAME CONDITION?
JUST AS I THOUGHT.
ARMBAR.
AND HEMSLEY -- MY GOODNESS.
HEMSLEY IN CONTROL OF THE
MATCH-UP.
AGAIN, THIS CAPACITY CROWD SOLD
OUT FOR SOME TIME MAKING ITS
WAY INTO THE ARENA.
AND DUKE "THE DUMPSTER" DROESE
WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH FOR THIS
AUDIENCE TO SEE HIM VICTOROUS.
AND A SLAP IN THE FACE.
MR. PERFECT: CAN YOU IMAGINE IF
THE DUMPSTER UPSET TRIPLE H.?
VINCE: ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN IN
THE WORLD WRESTLING
FEDERATION.
MR. PERFECT: THAT WOULD BE A
BIGGER UPSET THAN THE JETS IN
THE SUPER BOWL.
VINCE: GOING UP TO THE TOP WE
HAVE HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY
WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH
THIS MATCH-UP AND -- OH, MY.
MR. PERFECT: LOOK AT THE
GARBAGE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE
DUMPSTER'S FOOT RIGHT IN THE
MOUTH.
VINCE: HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY
GOT A GOOD LOOK AT IT.
IT CERTAINLY WAS EFFECTIVE.
SLUGFEST INSUING NOW.
HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY AND DUKE
"THE DUMPSTER" DROESE.
OFF THE ROPE -- BACK BODY
DROP.
HUNTER NOW HAVING SOME DEGREE
OF DIFFICULTY.
THE DUMPSTER OFF THE ROPE WITH
MOMENTUM.
NICELY EXECUTED BY DUKE "THE
DUMPSTER" DROESE.
AND CLOTHESLINE.
MR. PERFECT: I'M IMPRESSED WITH
THE DUMPSTER.
VINCE: I THINK HUNTER HEARST
HELMSLEY IS IMPRESSED WITH THE
DUMPSTER ALSO.
MR. PERFECT: IT'S ALL IN HIS
GAME PLAN.
VINCE: HE'S JUST LAYING THOSE
HANDS, AND MAYBE THE DUMPSTER
WILL GET TIRED OF THROWING
THEM.
BIG POWER SLAP.
AND IT'S THAT TIME.
IT'S TIME TO TAKE OUT THE
TRASH, I BELIEVE.
>> TAKE OUT THE TRASH!
MR. PERFECT: SAY IT AIN'T SO.
VINCE: I THINK I JUST SAID
THAT.
THE DUMPSTER NOW WITH HUNTER
HEARST HELMSLEY.
HAS HIM GOING AND COMING OUT --
HEMSLEY FROM BEHIND.
TRIES TO GET THE DUMPSTER UP
BUT DOESN'T HAVE THE STRENGTH
TO DO IT.
NICE REVERSAL.
THE DUMPSTER ABLE TO REVERSE
THINGS THUS FAR.
MR. PERFECT: DUKE HAS GOT TO
CAPITALIZE.
YOU CAN'T BE WAITING IN THE
CORNER.
YOU HAVE TO GET ON YOUR
OPPONENT.
VINCE: IS THAT RIGHT?
HE COULD VERY WELL BE PLAYING
POSSUM.
UNFORTUNATELY THE REFEREE
CAUGHT AN ELBOW.
MR. PERFECT: HE HIT THE REF.
HE HIT THE REF.
VINCE: WAIT A MINUTE.
AND THE DUMPSTER JUST LEVELED
BY HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY.
AND THE DUMPSTER IS DOWN.
ALL RIGHT!
MR. PERFECT: THERE'S NUMBER 30
RIGHT THERE, MCMAHON.
VINCE: IMAGINE THAT.
HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY NOW WITH
A DECIDED ADVANTAGE.
HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY NUMBER
30 IN THE 1996 WWF ROYAL
RUMBLE.
MR. PERFECT: YOU'VE GOT TO
FIGURE A GUY LIKE HEMSLEY NOW,
HE'LL BLOW HIM AWAY.
VINCE: WAIT A MINUTE.
GORILLA MONSOON, EVERYONE.
THE INTERIM PRESIDENT.
MR. PERFECT: WHAT IS HE DOING
OUT HERE?
FOR WHAT REASON?
HE WANTS TO TELL HIM HE'S
NUMBER 30 GOING IN THE RUMBL■■
CONGRATULATE HIM AND TELL HIM
YOU ARE NOW NUMBER 30.
VINCE: I'M NOT SO SURE THAT'S
EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS.
IT COULD VERY WELL HAVE BEEN
SOME CHICANERY.
HEMS IS UPSET, WHATEVER IT IS.
HE'S POINTING AT THE VIDEOLOG.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT NOW.
HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.
LOOK AT THAT.
HEMSLEY PULLING OUT SOME SORT
OF AN OBJECT.
MR. PERFECT: W■■T IS THAT?
VINCE: HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY
PULLED OUT SOME SORT OF OBJECT,
AND YES HE --
MR. PERFECT: SINCE WHEN DO WE
HAVE INSTANT REPLAY IN THE WWF,
MCMAHON?
VINCE: I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE WE STARTED IT LIVE HERE
TONIGHT AT THE ROYAL RUMBLE.
RING ANNOUNCER: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, AS THE RESULT OF A
DISQUALIFICATION, THE REFEREE
HAS REVERSED HIS DECISION AND
THE WINNER AND THE■ ENTRANT INTO
THE 30-MAN RUMBLE, DUKE "THE
DUMPSTER" DROESE!
VINCE: COME ON.
IMAGINE THAT.
DUKE "THE DUMPSTER" DROESE WILL
HAVE AN ADVANTAGE COMING INTO
THE 1996 ROYAL RUMBLE.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR HUNTER HEARST
HELMSLEY, HE WILL HAVE TO KICK
THINGS OFF.
WE WILL SEE HUNTER AS HE MAKES
HIS WAY DOWN THERE LATER ON.
BUT TONIGHT, LIVE, ON
PAY-PER-VIEW, THE
INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE WILL BE
UP FOR GRABS, GOLDUST
ONE-ON-ONE AGAINST THE BAD GUY,
RAZOR RAMON.
TODD: LATELY, IT SEEMS GOLDUST
HAS BEEN TRYING TO ATTRACT THE
ATTENTION OF THE
INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION RAZOR
RAMON AND HAS HE EVER.
THE BIZARRE'S ONE'S FIRST
DECLARATION CAME IN THE FORM OF
A GOLD LETTER AT LAST MONTH'S
IN YOUR HOUSE.
AND GOLDUST HAS BEEN SHOWERING
THE CONFUSED RAZOR WITH GIFTS
EVER SINCE.
>> A BOX OF FLOWERS.
THAT'S A PERSONAL FOUL.
UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS.
WHAT'S HE DOING?
>> HE WANTED ME TO PRESENT YOU
WITH THIS TOKEN OF HIS
APPRECIATION FOR YOU.
>> OH OH.
>> THIS IS FOR YOU.
HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.
HOLD ON.
TODD: A CENTERFOLD OF SORTS.
OF GOLDUST.
RAZOR RAMON HAS HAD IT.
AND WHO WOULDN'T?
TODD: OBVIOUSLY THE GIFTS HAVE
BEGUN TO GET ON THE BAD GUY'S
NERVES.
RAISING THE QUESTION, WHAT ARE
GOLDUST'S INTENTIONS.
IT BECAME MORE EVIDENT THAT
RAZOR WAS BECOMING MORE
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH EACH AM RUSS
APPROACH.
WE BEGAN TO WONDER, IS GOLDUST
AFTER THE INTERCONTINENTAL
CHAMPION, OR IS THE OBJECT OF
HIS DESIRE THE INTERCONTINENTAL
BELT?
GOLDUST'S LIPS ARE ANYTHING BUT
SEALED.
AND THE BAD GUY HAS GOTTEN THE
MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR.
AFTER THE ANDROGYNOUS ONE
UNVEILED A TATTOO OF HIS LATIN
LOVER'S NAME LAST WEEKEND ON
WWF SUPERSTARS, RAZOR
ABSOLUTELY SNAPPED.
THE MAD GUY SHOWED UP
UNANNOUNCED AT "MONDAY NIGHT
RAW" AND DELIVERED A MESSAGE OF
HIS OWN.
>> GOLDUST.
>> OH, NO.
RAZOR HAS LOST IT.
>> NO, NO!
>> RAZOR!
RAZOR!
>> OH!
RAZOR HAS GONE MAD.
TODD: THE BRUTAL BEATING
STOPPED ONLY WHEN GOLDUST
ESCAPED.
ONE THING IS CLEAR -- RAZOR
RAMON HAS HAD ENOUGH OF
GOLDUST'S UNINVITED ADVANCES.
TONIGHT, HAS GOLDUST PLAYED HIS
GREATEST ROLE USING RAZOR'S
MACHISMO AGAINST HIM OR CAN
RAZOR CONTROL HIS ANGER AND
CONTROL THE MATCH?
VINCE: WHAT AN UNBELIEVABLE
MATCH-UP THAT WILL BE, GOLDUST
AGAINST THE BAD GUY, RAZOR
RAMON.
YOU TALK ABOUT INTERCONTINENTAL
CHAMPIONS.
NOBODY HAS HELD THAT TITLE AS
MANY TIMES AS RAZOR RAMON.
HE COULD COUGH IT UP AGAINST
GOLDUST.
BUT HERE HE COMES, THE MOST
FLAMBOYANT SUPERSTAR PERHAPS
EVER, SHAWN MICHAELS.
ALL RIGHT, MR. PERFECT, WHAT DO
YOU THINK OF THIS?
MR. PERFECT: I CAN'T BELIEVE
THE MAN IS STANDING, LET ALONE
BEING OUT HERE AND EXCITING
THIS CROWD ONE MORE TIME.
VINCE: SHAWN MICHAELS.
THE 1995 WWF ROYAL RUMBLE AND
BIG DADDY COOL AT WRESTLEMANIA,
AND LISTEN TO THIS.
YOU CAN ONLY GET THIS KIND OF
EXCITEMENT IN THE WORLD
WRESTLING FEDERATION AND ONLY
ON PAY-PER-VIEW.
WE ARE FIVE MINUTES AND
COUNTING ON PAY-PER-VIEW.
WHATEVER YOU DO, PICK UP THAT
PHONE AND CALL YOUR LOCAL CABLE
SYSTEM.
BECAUSE SHAWN MICHAELS IS GOING
TO ELECTRIFY THIS CAPACITY
CROWD DURING THE ROYAL RUMBLE.
MR. PERFECT: CAN HE HANDLE IT
TWO YEARS IN A ROW?
VINCE: THE MOST CHARISMATIC
SUPERSTAR IN THE WORLD
WRESTLING FEDERATION.
THE HEARTBREAK K K
MAYBE YOU CAN DO US ALL A FAVOR
AND REVEAL YOUR NUMBER HERE IN
THE ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH.
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
>> MY NUMBER?
TODD: YES.
>> MY NUMBER?
H.B.K. IS ALWAYS AND FOREVER
NUMBER ONE.
BUT IF YOU'RE ASKING ME WHAT
NUMBER I'M COMING IN TO THE
ROYAL RUMBLE, WELL, JACKSON,
SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE!
H.B.K. IS COMING IN WHEN HE
WANTS, AND HE'S LEAVING WHEN HE
WANTS.
TODD: SHAWN --
>> AND THAT WON'T BE UNTIL I'M
THE ONLY MAN IN THE RING.
YOU GET ME?
TODD: LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR
HEALTH FOR JUST A SECOND.
YOUR PERSONAL PHYSICIAN, DR.
JEFFREY UNGER IS IN
ATTENDANCE.
HOW ARE YOU PHYSICALLY?
>> HOW DO I LOOK PHYSICALLY?
I CAN ONLY GUESS OR FEEL LIKE I
LOOK, WHICH, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS
OH SO EXCELLENT.
TODD: A LITTLE BIT COCKY,
MCMAHON.
VINCE: WELL, HE WAS BORN THAT
WAY.
TODD: BIG DADDY COOL AND
DIESEL, YOUR BEST FRIEND, WILL
BE IN THE ROYAL RUMBLE HERE
TONIGHT, HOW DO YOU APPROACH
THAT?
>> WELL, IN THE LAST FOUR
MONTHS, THE HEARTBREAK KID,
SHAWN MICHAELS, HAS LIVED A
LIFETIME.
BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO LIVE
AGAIN.
AND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE
PEOPLE CAME TO ME WHEN I NEEDED
IT.
SO AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THE
HEARTBREAK KID AND HIS CLIQUE,
WHICH IS ALL THE FANS OF THE
WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION
UNDERSTAND THAT THE ROYAL
RUMBLE IS EVERY MAN FOR
HIMSELF.
ALL MY BUDDIES, I LOVE YOU.
BUT H.B.K. AND THE CLIQUE HAVE
GOT A DESTINY TO FULFILL.
AND IT STARTS TONIGHT AT THE
1996 ROYAL RUMBLE!
TODD: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE
HEART BRK■ KID, SHAWN
MICHAELS, WILL HE FULFILL HIS
DREAM HERE TONIGHT?
AND WRESTLEMANIA BEGINS RIGHT
HERE AT THE WWF.
VINCE: YES, THE ROAD TO
WRESTLEMANIA BEGINS RIGHT
HERE.
THE ROYAL RUMBLE, THE PREVIEW
CHANNEL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
JOIN US FOR THE ROYAL RUMBLE
LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW.
AND OF COURSE, EVERYONE LOOKING
FORWARD TO SHAWN MICHAELS
STEPPING INTO THE RING, INTO
THE SQUARED CIRCLE.
YES, INDEED.
STANDING BY NOW, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, DOK HENDRIX WITH A
RATHER DISCONSOLATE HUNTER
HEARST HELMSLEY.
DOK: I'M STANDING HERE WITH
HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY BECAUSE
OF GORILLA MONSOON'S REVERSAL
ON THE DECISION.
>> DOK HENDRIX, SINCE WHEN DOES
THE WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION
HAVE AN INSTANT REPLAY RULE?
YOU TELL ME THAT.
DOK: I DON'T KNOW.
CAN WE SEE THE REPLAY RIGHT
NOW?
WE WOULD LIKE TO WATCH IT
BACK.
HUNTER, IT LOOKED LIKE YOU HAD
WON THE MATCH.
>> I DID WIN THE MATCH.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHOSE
SHOULDERS WERE DOWN?
DOK: THERE IT IS.
IT'S CLEARLY IN YOUR HAND.
>> A FAN THREW SOMETHING AT ME
RIGHT HERE.
FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T NEED TO
SEE THIS.
THE INSTANT REPLAY RULE IS NOT
IN EFFECT IN THE WORLD
WRESTLING FEDERATION.
WHO DOES GORILLA MONSOON THINK
HE IS?
DOES HE HAVE A PERSONAL
VENDETTA AGAINST ME OR
SOMETHING?
DOK: I CAN'T ANSWER THAT.
YOU WILL BE THE FIRST MAN IN, A
MAXIMUM OF 60 MINUTES FOR YOU
TO WIN THE ROYAL RUMBLE.
>> I WAS GUARANTEED TO WIN THE
ROYAL RUMBLE IF I WAS THE 30TH
MAN IN.
YOU KNOW THAT.
I KNOW THAT.
BUT NOW I'M NUMBER ONE.
MONSOON, YOU THINK YOU WERE A
SMART MAN.
YOU THINK YOU FOOLED TRIPLE
H.?
NOTHING.
BECAUSE I'M GOING TO STICK IT
IN YOUR FACE.
I'M GOING TO STICK IT RIGHT IN
YOUR FACE WHEN I LAST ALL 60
MINUTES OR HOWEVER LONG IT
TAKES AND WIN THE ROYAL
RUMBLE.
DOK: ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
WE SURE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE
ROYAL RUMBLE.
>> ISN'T IT GRAND TO ENJOY THE
FINER THINGS IN LIFE?
TRADITIONAL THINGS LIKE HOME
ENTERTAINMENT.
EXCEPTIONAL THINGS LIKE THE
WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION.
>> WELCOME TO THE ROYAL
RUMBLE!
>> AND THE WWF ROYAL RUMBLE.
30 AWESOME SUPERSTARS IN A
TREMENDOUS OVER-THE-TOP ROPE
BATTLE.
ALL THIS ACTION RIGHT IN YOUR
OWN LIVING ROOM.