1 00:00:06,883 --> 00:00:10,720 - "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels. 2 00:00:10,854 --> 00:00:13,590 - Shawn Michaels would be like the Michael Jordan 3 00:00:13,723 --> 00:00:15,091 of professional wrestling. 4 00:00:15,225 --> 00:00:17,861 Stone Cold does what he wants, when he wants. 5 00:00:17,994 --> 00:00:20,864 - We were two very strong characters. 6 00:00:20,997 --> 00:00:24,334 They wanted to see him absolutely murder me. 7 00:00:24,467 --> 00:00:25,201 This is it. 8 00:00:25,335 --> 00:00:26,870 This is it, Austin. 9 00:00:27,003 --> 00:00:29,039 - Mike Tyson will be with us. 10 00:00:29,172 --> 00:00:32,609 - To have Tyson as part of this promotion was a natural fit. 11 00:00:32,742 --> 00:00:33,743 - Whoa, here we go. 12 00:00:33,877 --> 00:00:36,046 - Here we go, Tyson and Austin. 13 00:00:36,179 --> 00:00:37,981 - We were fighting our ass off. 14 00:00:38,114 --> 00:00:40,150 - Having Mike, it was a game changer 15 00:00:40,283 --> 00:00:43,320 - Fleet Center in Boston is sold out for the March 29th event. 16 00:00:43,453 --> 00:00:46,589 - The World Wrestling -- Champion. 17 00:00:46,723 --> 00:00:48,058 - I'm not going out there. 18 00:00:48,191 --> 00:00:50,460 You'll be lucky if I make it to WrestleMania 19 00:00:50,593 --> 00:00:53,897 - Shawn obviously is off the rails to some degree. 20 00:00:54,030 --> 00:00:56,132 - There's a lot of ego involved because I mean everybody 21 00:00:56,266 --> 00:00:58,335 takes pride in being number one. 22 00:00:58,468 --> 00:01:00,670 - I'm going to make this rough on everybody. 23 00:01:00,804 --> 00:01:04,007 - Austin, Michaels, Tyson. 24 00:01:04,140 --> 00:01:11,081 The -- on, and that's the bottom line because Stone Cold said so. 25 00:01:13,783 --> 00:01:18,321 - This rivalry has just escalated into a war. 26 00:01:18,455 --> 00:01:21,925 - When two legends collide, their rivalry stays pinned 27 00:01:22,058 --> 00:01:25,762 in our minds forever. 28 00:01:25,895 --> 00:01:28,331 This is where we break down the legendary stories behind the 29 00:01:28,465 --> 00:01:31,668 greatest rivalries of all time. 30 00:01:31,801 --> 00:01:37,807 I'm Freddie Prinze Jr, and this is WWE Rivals. 31 00:01:40,076 --> 00:01:45,482 - Your ass belongs to "Stone Cold' Steve Austin. 32 00:01:46,649 --> 00:01:50,120 - So it's 1997, and the rivalry we're going to discuss today, 33 00:01:50,253 --> 00:01:54,224 "Stone Cold" Steve Austin versus Shawn Michaels. 34 00:01:54,357 --> 00:01:57,694 - Shawn Michaels was truly in my estimations at that time 35 00:01:57,827 --> 00:01:59,663 the best in the business. 36 00:01:59,796 --> 00:02:02,832 - You will not ever in your lives see a man more 37 00:02:02,966 --> 00:02:07,037 charismatic, more flamboyant, or more talented than 38 00:02:07,170 --> 00:02:09,506 "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels. 39 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:11,341 - Unbelievable. 40 00:02:11,474 --> 00:02:14,177 - Shawn was better than everybody else. 41 00:02:14,310 --> 00:02:16,379 He was that good. 42 00:02:16,513 --> 00:02:18,048 - And he gets right back up. 43 00:02:18,181 --> 00:02:20,350 How does that man do it? 44 00:02:20,483 --> 00:02:21,918 - I think from a performance level, 45 00:02:22,052 --> 00:02:24,220 I was a guy that was innovative. 46 00:02:24,354 --> 00:02:26,756 - Shawn Michaels would be like the Michael Jordan 47 00:02:26,890 --> 00:02:28,725 of professional wrestling. 48 00:02:28,858 --> 00:02:32,362 - He's the greatest athlete in WWE history. 49 00:02:32,495 --> 00:02:36,332 - Do absolutely anything, any style, anytime, anywhere 50 00:02:36,466 --> 00:02:38,601 to perfection with anyone. 51 00:02:38,735 --> 00:02:47,143 - The showstopper, the main event, the icon, Shawn Michaels. 52 00:02:48,211 --> 00:02:50,914 I was the top guy at that time. 53 00:02:51,047 --> 00:02:53,583 I was a very, very good bad guy. 54 00:02:53,717 --> 00:02:56,953 I had real life heat. 55 00:02:57,787 --> 00:03:01,825 - As a human being back then, I have no use for him whatsoever. 56 00:03:01,958 --> 00:03:05,128 It was just his demeanor all around. 57 00:03:05,261 --> 00:03:10,166 - Shawn was a --, like straight up -- to most people, 58 00:03:10,300 --> 00:03:12,769 so he had a lot of heat with a lot of people. 59 00:03:12,902 --> 00:03:15,772 - Quite frankly Shawn does get described as an -- back in the 60 00:03:15,905 --> 00:03:19,609 day, and he just seemed to have not just a lot of confidence, 61 00:03:19,743 --> 00:03:22,579 but a little bit of arrogance on top of that confidence. 62 00:03:22,712 --> 00:03:24,681 He was a cocky guy. 63 00:03:24,814 --> 00:03:26,182 - We are D-Generation X. 64 00:03:26,316 --> 00:03:30,286 You make the rules and we will break them. 65 00:03:30,420 --> 00:03:31,988 Yes. 66 00:03:32,122 --> 00:03:36,326 - I think that the DX version of Shawn Michaels was more true 67 00:03:36,459 --> 00:03:38,761 to the person that Shawn was at the time. 68 00:03:38,895 --> 00:03:45,435 - DX respects absolutely nobody. 69 00:03:45,568 --> 00:03:50,406 DX first began, it was Hunter, myself, and Chyna just wanting 70 00:03:50,540 --> 00:03:52,442 to push the envelope a little bit more 71 00:03:52,575 --> 00:03:55,712 - Mooning, crotch chopping, telling people to suck it. 72 00:03:55,845 --> 00:03:58,248 What we were doing was resonating. 73 00:03:58,381 --> 00:04:00,550 - I love everything DX did, all their antics. 74 00:04:00,683 --> 00:04:03,520 - We're going to sit down here and we're going to play 75 00:04:03,653 --> 00:04:05,889 a little strip poker. 76 00:04:06,022 --> 00:04:08,625 - I did the suck it chop many, many times in grade school. 77 00:04:08,758 --> 00:04:10,593 Didn't know what it meant but still did it. 78 00:04:10,727 --> 00:04:11,961 - Oh. 79 00:04:12,095 --> 00:04:15,098 D-Generation X are the most controversial entity. 80 00:04:15,231 --> 00:04:21,104 - 1998 is going to be the year of D-Generation X, 81 00:04:21,237 --> 00:04:27,944 and absolutely nobody is going crash our party. 82 00:04:29,646 --> 00:04:31,314 - "Stone Cold" Steve Austin doesn't care 83 00:04:31,447 --> 00:04:32,982 who is in the ring with. 84 00:04:33,116 --> 00:04:39,389 - I am the toughest SOB in the WWE and can't nobody stop me. 85 00:04:39,522 --> 00:04:42,158 Man, I was over the edge, I was aggressive. 86 00:04:42,292 --> 00:04:44,928 Stone Cold does what he wants, when he wants. 87 00:04:45,061 --> 00:04:46,429 - The rebel attitude. 88 00:04:46,563 --> 00:04:48,631 He was doing what everybody wishes they could do and saying 89 00:04:48,765 --> 00:04:50,633 what everybody wishes they could say. 90 00:04:50,767 --> 00:04:52,802 - If anybody wants to see Vince McMahon get his ass whipped 91 00:04:52,936 --> 00:04:54,170 give me a hell yeah. 92 00:04:54,304 --> 00:04:56,206 [crowd yells "Hell yeah"] 93 00:04:56,339 --> 00:04:58,174 - Stone Cold represented what you wanted to say 94 00:04:58,308 --> 00:05:00,610 to all your teachers, "You got to listen to me." 95 00:05:00,743 --> 00:05:03,813 I just wanted to flip them off and give them a stunner you know 96 00:05:03,947 --> 00:05:06,216 - You can kiss my ass. 97 00:05:06,349 --> 00:05:08,318 - Whoa. 98 00:05:08,451 --> 00:05:09,752 - Oh, God. 99 00:05:09,886 --> 00:05:11,654 - Man, this dude can do whatever he wants, man. 100 00:05:11,788 --> 00:05:14,457 I love it because you wanted to be the guy who's able 101 00:05:14,591 --> 00:05:17,393 to flip his boss off. 102 00:05:17,527 --> 00:05:20,797 - And that's the bottom line because Stone Cold said so. 103 00:05:20,930 --> 00:05:25,935 - We have the ultimate anti-hero in "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. 104 00:05:26,069 --> 00:05:30,139 This guy said and did whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted. 105 00:05:30,273 --> 00:05:31,674 - He was different, he was edgy. 106 00:05:31,808 --> 00:05:36,112 Every single person watching WWE wanted to live vicariously 107 00:05:36,246 --> 00:05:37,981 through Steve Austin. 108 00:05:38,114 --> 00:05:42,652 [crowd chants "Austin"] 109 00:05:42,785 --> 00:05:46,823 - When Steve got hot, any building in the world 110 00:05:46,956 --> 00:05:50,426 you put his name on, we sold out. 111 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,562 That was the hottest guy I've certainly ever seen 112 00:05:52,695 --> 00:05:54,230 in the business. 113 00:05:54,364 --> 00:05:57,767 - Stone Cold was at the top of the card and for good reason. 114 00:05:57,901 --> 00:05:59,802 I mean, he was just that good. 115 00:05:59,936 --> 00:06:04,674 - What an ovation for the Texas Rattlesnake, Stone Cold. 116 00:06:04,807 --> 00:06:07,377 - We're dealing with a real burgeoning superstar. 117 00:06:07,510 --> 00:06:09,913 Now, he just needs to get to the top of the mountain, 118 00:06:10,046 --> 00:06:12,348 and the guy on that mountain is Shawn Michaels. 119 00:06:12,482 --> 00:06:15,351 - There he is the incomparable WWE Champion. 120 00:06:15,485 --> 00:06:17,287 Yes, he has bravado. 121 00:06:17,420 --> 00:06:20,156 - We were two very strong characters. 122 00:06:20,290 --> 00:06:24,460 Stone Cold was just take no nonsense ass kicker, 123 00:06:24,594 --> 00:06:27,563 and of course my guy was the epitome of somebody you wanted 124 00:06:27,697 --> 00:06:29,933 to see get his ass kicked. 125 00:06:30,066 --> 00:06:32,201 - It was a natural progression for those two to finally 126 00:06:32,335 --> 00:06:34,771 come together. 127 00:06:35,204 --> 00:06:38,474 - No more Mr. nice guy until after this Rumble. 128 00:06:38,608 --> 00:06:40,643 Jim, someone told me the other day at the airport, 129 00:06:40,777 --> 00:06:42,512 "Steve, if you think you can win the Rumble, 130 00:06:42,645 --> 00:06:44,047 give me a hell yeah." 131 00:06:44,180 --> 00:06:49,252 I give a, oh, hell yeah. 132 00:06:49,385 --> 00:06:51,254 - This is going to take us to the Royal Rumble, 133 00:06:51,387 --> 00:06:54,090 and that was the moment the rivalry started. 134 00:06:54,223 --> 00:06:57,593 - Elimination occurs when a superstar is thrown over the top 135 00:06:57,727 --> 00:07:01,965 rope and both feet must touch the floor. 136 00:07:02,098 --> 00:07:05,301 - 29 other WWE Superstars who have the exact same goal 137 00:07:05,435 --> 00:07:09,872 in mind, which is headlining and main eventing WrestleMania. 138 00:07:10,006 --> 00:07:10,707 - Look out. 139 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:11,607 He's from behind. 140 00:07:11,741 --> 00:07:13,743 - Austin came from the crowd. 141 00:07:13,876 --> 00:07:16,512 - Winning the Royal Rumble automatic ticket 142 00:07:16,646 --> 00:07:18,147 to WrestleMania. 143 00:07:18,281 --> 00:07:22,719 - Stone Cold Stunner, and the Rock is gone. 144 00:07:22,852 --> 00:07:29,759 Stone Cold, Stone Cold, Stone Cold is going to WrestleMania. 145 00:07:29,892 --> 00:07:32,895 - Kind of a culmination of me spinning off and getting as hot 146 00:07:33,029 --> 00:07:35,698 as I was, and the fans really gravitated towards me. 147 00:07:35,832 --> 00:07:37,533 It was a natural thing. 148 00:07:37,667 --> 00:07:44,240 - Stone Cold will meet the WWE Champion at WrestleMania XIV. 149 00:07:44,374 --> 00:07:47,443 - Certainly knew at the time like, "Yes, that's the next guy 150 00:07:47,577 --> 00:07:50,079 who needs to have a run with this championship." 151 00:07:50,213 --> 00:07:54,951 - The proverbial brass ring was his to grab except one person 152 00:07:55,084 --> 00:07:58,421 stood in the way, the Heartbreak Kid. 153 00:07:58,554 --> 00:08:00,957 - Shawn was the best of his time and Steve was the best 154 00:08:01,090 --> 00:08:04,160 of what was to come. 155 00:08:05,361 --> 00:08:08,398 - On the same night that Steve Austin punched his ticket to 156 00:08:08,531 --> 00:08:13,069 WrestleMania, Shawn Michaels was defending his WWE Championship 157 00:08:13,202 --> 00:08:16,439 against the Undertaker in the Undertaker's match, 158 00:08:16,572 --> 00:08:18,074 a casket match. 159 00:08:18,207 --> 00:08:21,577 - To win this match, one man must place his opponent 160 00:08:21,711 --> 00:08:24,213 in the casket and shut the lid. 161 00:08:24,347 --> 00:08:26,582 - I'm going to take a back drop out of the ring 162 00:08:26,716 --> 00:08:28,551 but over the casket. 163 00:08:28,684 --> 00:08:31,354 - I threw him over the top and I think he was trying 164 00:08:31,487 --> 00:08:35,391 to clear the big casket. 165 00:08:35,525 --> 00:08:37,126 - Missed it. 166 00:08:37,293 --> 00:08:41,431 - Michaels back dropped on that big old wooden casket. 167 00:08:41,564 --> 00:08:43,566 - And I didn't quite clear it, so my back 168 00:08:43,699 --> 00:08:44,867 caught the edge of it. 169 00:08:45,001 --> 00:08:48,171 You know, you hear a little donk. 170 00:08:48,304 --> 00:08:50,139 - The edge of that casket right on the lower back 171 00:08:50,273 --> 00:08:51,908 of Shawn Michaels. 172 00:08:52,041 --> 00:08:53,943 - And it hurts a little bit, but everything in there 173 00:08:54,043 --> 00:08:56,179 hurts a little bit. 174 00:08:56,312 --> 00:08:57,480 - Oh 175 00:08:57,613 --> 00:09:00,483 - A dynamic elbow drop right off the top. 176 00:09:00,616 --> 00:09:03,486 - Honestly, I didn't know how bad it was. 177 00:09:03,619 --> 00:09:05,021 - He got caught. 178 00:09:05,154 --> 00:09:06,522 - He got him, he got him. 179 00:09:06,656 --> 00:09:10,393 - Michaels with a knockout blow on the Undertaker. 180 00:09:10,526 --> 00:09:11,794 - I didn't think much of it. 181 00:09:11,928 --> 00:09:13,596 Went and finished the match. 182 00:09:13,729 --> 00:09:15,064 - And the lid is shut. 183 00:09:15,198 --> 00:09:17,033 - Shawn wins. 184 00:09:17,333 --> 00:09:19,435 - You know, you crawl in bed, sleep for however long, 185 00:09:19,569 --> 00:09:22,672 and then when I got up, I just couldn't move. 186 00:09:26,342 --> 00:09:27,310 So, call an ambulance. 187 00:09:27,443 --> 00:09:30,179 [sirens blaring] 188 00:09:30,313 --> 00:09:32,315 By the time the ambulance gets there, I've made it probably 189 00:09:32,448 --> 00:09:35,585 about, I don't know, 20 feet from my bedroom. 190 00:09:35,718 --> 00:09:37,620 But, I just rolled off the bed and I was army crawling 191 00:09:37,753 --> 00:09:40,389 on the floor trying to make it there. 192 00:09:40,523 --> 00:09:41,958 You know, they got me up on the stretcher and 193 00:09:42,091 --> 00:09:43,860 all that kind of stuff. 194 00:09:44,026 --> 00:09:46,662 Apparently, I had burst the disc. 195 00:09:48,331 --> 00:09:50,566 They just said I was going to need surgery right away. 196 00:09:50,700 --> 00:09:53,336 Then, of course, it gets all very dramatic, and it's over, 197 00:09:53,469 --> 00:09:57,173 and this, that, and the other, or you can't wrestle again. 198 00:10:02,311 --> 00:10:08,951 - Stone Cold will meet the WWE Champion at WrestleMania XIV. 199 00:10:09,085 --> 00:10:10,786 - Stone Cold wins the Rumble. 200 00:10:11,621 --> 00:10:15,224 When you hear "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels are 201 00:10:15,358 --> 00:10:19,462 going to headline WrestleMania, that's a match for the ages, 202 00:10:19,595 --> 00:10:20,963 so that's good. 203 00:10:21,097 --> 00:10:24,000 The bad is Shawn Michaels gets hurt. 204 00:10:24,133 --> 00:10:26,035 - The edge of that casket right on the lower back 205 00:10:26,169 --> 00:10:27,803 of Shawn Michaels. 206 00:10:27,937 --> 00:10:30,773 - This is a dream matchup and right at that time, 207 00:10:30,907 --> 00:10:32,808 Shawn gets hurt and it's just heartbreaking. 208 00:10:32,942 --> 00:10:33,776 It's Shakespearian. 209 00:10:33,910 --> 00:10:35,912 It's so tragic. 210 00:10:36,045 --> 00:10:39,482 - If you've ever had a back injury, you know how bad that 211 00:10:39,615 --> 00:10:43,586 can be and how bad that can hold you back. 212 00:10:43,719 --> 00:10:45,922 I mean, your back is everything in this business. 213 00:10:46,055 --> 00:10:48,257 - Sitting up, getting pinned, kicking out. 214 00:10:48,391 --> 00:10:51,093 I mean, the most basic of basic things in a professional 215 00:10:51,227 --> 00:10:54,864 wrestling match you will be so limited by. 216 00:10:54,997 --> 00:10:59,168 - Shawn was in the prime of his career, and to all of a sudden 217 00:10:59,302 --> 00:11:01,604 look at it and have several doctors tell you, 218 00:11:01,737 --> 00:11:04,240 "You're never going to wrestle again." 219 00:11:04,373 --> 00:11:06,242 - You take all that in and then it's like, "Hold on. 220 00:11:06,375 --> 00:11:10,880 If I can do therapy and all that kind of stuff, I can get through 221 00:11:11,013 --> 00:11:13,082 a match at WrestleMania." 222 00:11:13,215 --> 00:11:15,284 You know, of course the doctors were like, I mean 223 00:11:15,418 --> 00:11:19,188 "Technically, I guess you could, but I wouldn't recommend it. 224 00:11:19,322 --> 00:11:21,324 I mean you know it can be really dangerous." 225 00:11:22,558 --> 00:11:28,431 - Hello again everybody and welcome to WWE Raw. 226 00:11:28,564 --> 00:11:31,667 - I give Vince a call and it's like, "If I can just maybe come 227 00:11:31,801 --> 00:11:33,936 in for TVs and let me just do therapy on this thing, 228 00:11:34,070 --> 00:11:35,838 I can get to WrestleMania." 229 00:11:35,972 --> 00:11:39,642 - He was in no condition to perform in the ring the night 230 00:11:39,775 --> 00:11:43,713 after the Rumble, but he wanted to be on Raw that night. 231 00:11:43,846 --> 00:11:45,381 - Last night, I went to bed. 232 00:11:45,514 --> 00:11:47,016 Tossed and I turned. 233 00:11:47,149 --> 00:11:51,120 - Shawn needed to take time off, but it was also just a lot going 234 00:11:51,253 --> 00:11:52,722 on up here with Shawn. 235 00:11:52,855 --> 00:11:56,459 - There is only one more mountain for 236 00:11:56,592 --> 00:12:02,265 "Stone Cold" Steve Austin to climb. 237 00:12:02,398 --> 00:12:07,937 Not only is "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels at the top 238 00:12:08,070 --> 00:12:14,143 of that mountain, he owns that mountain. 239 00:12:14,277 --> 00:12:17,780 - This was a guy who was legitimately bitter about not 240 00:12:17,913 --> 00:12:21,050 being smack in the center of the spotlight. 241 00:12:21,183 --> 00:12:22,551 - Here's the thing. 242 00:12:22,685 --> 00:12:24,053 When you're the top guy and you're carrying the company, 243 00:12:24,186 --> 00:12:25,788 and they're depending on you, that's a big responsibility. 244 00:12:25,921 --> 00:12:28,491 On top of that, there's a lot of ego involved because I mean 245 00:12:28,624 --> 00:12:31,327 everybody takes pride in being number one. 246 00:12:31,460 --> 00:12:33,596 I just know that the guy probably wasn't the best state 247 00:12:33,729 --> 00:12:37,967 of mind business-wise, and he wasn't real enthusiastic about 248 00:12:38,100 --> 00:12:40,436 passing the torch to myself. 249 00:12:40,569 --> 00:12:48,344 - "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, the Heartbreak Kid lays down 250 00:12:48,477 --> 00:12:55,051 for absolutely nobody. 251 00:12:55,184 --> 00:12:58,587 It's like technically that's the right guy, but when you're 252 00:12:58,721 --> 00:13:02,425 getting replaced, it's never fun. 253 00:13:02,558 --> 00:13:05,594 - You have to protect Shawn along the way to this match just 254 00:13:05,728 --> 00:13:08,664 in the hopes that he'll heal up so that he can do the magic 255 00:13:08,798 --> 00:13:10,666 that Shawn Michaels does. 256 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:15,538 - Interestingly, at the same time that the Michaels-Austin 257 00:13:15,671 --> 00:13:21,744 rivalry was taking place, both WWE and WCW were locked 258 00:13:21,877 --> 00:13:24,480 in a death match for television ratings. 259 00:13:24,613 --> 00:13:30,820 - The nWo is the reason for the success of Monday Nitro. 260 00:13:30,953 --> 00:13:34,123 - At that stage, no one really knew who was going to win. 261 00:13:34,256 --> 00:13:36,559 - Mike Tyson will be with us where we hope to make 262 00:13:36,692 --> 00:13:38,728 a huge announcement. 263 00:13:38,861 --> 00:13:41,330 - Mike Tyson brings a lot of eyeballs from boxing and 264 00:13:41,464 --> 00:13:44,767 mainstream media to what we do. 265 00:13:45,401 --> 00:13:49,038 - And there he is, "Iron" Mike Tyson is in Fresno. 266 00:13:49,171 --> 00:13:51,841 - When he came in the door, I was like, "Okay." 267 00:13:51,974 --> 00:13:53,943 We're a group that couldn't be beat Just something for you to 268 00:13:54,076 --> 00:13:54,844 think about. 269 00:13:54,977 --> 00:13:55,811 Maybe, you know. 270 00:13:55,945 --> 00:13:57,079 - I'd like to do that. 271 00:13:57,213 --> 00:13:58,447 - If you can fit it into your schedule, we- 272 00:13:58,581 --> 00:14:00,850 I don't recall them ever letting me know upfront what 273 00:14:00,983 --> 00:14:03,052 we were going to do with that. 274 00:14:03,185 --> 00:14:04,887 - "Iron" Mike was "Iron" Mike. 275 00:14:05,020 --> 00:14:09,225 You watched him and you still recall the ferociousness, 276 00:14:09,358 --> 00:14:14,263 the dominance that he reigned over the sport of boxing. 277 00:14:14,397 --> 00:14:17,166 And of course, some of it is infamous. 278 00:14:17,299 --> 00:14:19,535 When you bite Evander Holyfield's ear, I mean, 279 00:14:19,668 --> 00:14:22,071 there's little to nothing that you won't do. 280 00:14:22,204 --> 00:14:25,040 And so that means anything's up for grabs. 281 00:14:25,174 --> 00:14:27,009 So, when you watch Mike Tyson, you want to say, 282 00:14:27,143 --> 00:14:29,478 "Okay, was he hungry?" 283 00:14:29,612 --> 00:14:35,084 - The baddest man on the planet, ladies and gentlemen, 284 00:14:35,217 --> 00:14:41,323 "Iron" Mike Tyson. 285 00:14:41,457 --> 00:14:43,993 - Mike Tyson in a WWE ring. 286 00:14:44,126 --> 00:14:47,429 - Let's hope it's not the last time we see Mike Tyson 287 00:14:47,563 --> 00:14:50,065 in a WWE ring. 288 00:14:50,199 --> 00:14:51,400 - I'm a wrestling guy. 289 00:14:51,534 --> 00:14:53,235 I've been watching wrestling since the '70s, 290 00:14:53,369 --> 00:14:54,770 since Bruno Sammartino. 291 00:14:54,904 --> 00:14:56,839 - Bruno Sammartino. 292 00:15:09,151 --> 00:15:10,386 Man, I go way back from the '70s. 293 00:15:10,519 --> 00:15:13,556 I'm just proud to be involved in this, you know. 294 00:15:13,689 --> 00:15:17,026 So, it's like a dream come true. 295 00:15:17,159 --> 00:15:20,329 - But "Stone Cold" Steve Austin ain't having it. 296 00:15:20,463 --> 00:15:24,533 - Mike Tyson is standing in Stone Cold's ring, 297 00:15:24,667 --> 00:15:30,005 and business is damn sure about to pick up. 298 00:15:30,139 --> 00:15:32,608 - Something's about to pop off. 299 00:15:32,741 --> 00:15:35,277 That's what we say in the neighborhood. 300 00:15:35,411 --> 00:15:37,179 - I ain't going to shake your damn hand because I ain't out 301 00:15:37,313 --> 00:15:38,848 here to make friends with you. 302 00:15:38,981 --> 00:15:42,451 I respect what you've done in the boxing world, but -- son, 303 00:15:42,585 --> 00:15:45,888 when you step in this ring, you're messing with 304 00:15:46,021 --> 00:15:50,526 "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and that's something you don't do. 305 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:54,763 - It's the craziest thing ever, because at the time, Mike 306 00:15:54,897 --> 00:15:58,767 Tyson was the craziest thing ever in boxing and 307 00:15:58,901 --> 00:16:03,005 "Stone Cold" Steve Austin was the craziest thing in wrestling. 308 00:16:03,138 --> 00:16:07,376 So to see these two worlds collide on Raw was crazy. 309 00:16:07,509 --> 00:16:10,713 - What I'm telling you is I want a piece of Mike Tyson's ass. 310 00:16:10,846 --> 00:16:12,381 - Whoa. 311 00:16:12,515 --> 00:16:13,015 - Who the hell says that? 312 00:16:13,148 --> 00:16:14,450 - Nobody. 313 00:16:14,583 --> 00:16:15,918 - Who the hell says they want a piece of Mike Tyson? 314 00:16:16,051 --> 00:16:21,690 - Right now you got your little beady eyes locked on the eyes of 315 00:16:21,824 --> 00:16:25,928 the world's toughest son of a bitch. 316 00:16:26,061 --> 00:16:31,767 - You see the only person I've ever seen not back down made 317 00:16:31,901 --> 00:16:35,571 Steve the baddest man on the planet. 318 00:16:35,704 --> 00:16:36,805 - Do I think you could beat my ass? 319 00:16:36,939 --> 00:16:37,973 Hell, no. 320 00:16:38,107 --> 00:16:39,708 Do I think I can beat your ass? 321 00:16:39,842 --> 00:16:42,811 Why, hell yeah. 322 00:16:44,013 --> 00:16:47,116 I don't know how good your hearing is, but if you don't 323 00:16:47,249 --> 00:16:51,387 understand what I'm saying, I always got a little bit of sign 324 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:54,590 language, so here's to you. 325 00:16:54,723 --> 00:16:55,457 - Whoa. 326 00:16:59,261 --> 00:17:03,198 - Mike Tyson is standing in Stone Cold's 327 00:17:03,332 --> 00:17:06,335 - Have Tyson as part of this promotion was a natural fit. 328 00:17:06,468 --> 00:17:09,571 There was an electricity and there was friction that people 329 00:17:09,705 --> 00:17:13,676 felt was real, and they wanted these two to collide. 330 00:17:13,809 --> 00:17:14,443 - Whoa. 331 00:17:14,577 --> 00:17:15,711 Here we go. 332 00:17:15,844 --> 00:17:18,581 - Here we go, Tyson and Austin, Tyson and Austin. 333 00:17:18,714 --> 00:17:19,982 All hell has broken loose. 334 00:17:20,115 --> 00:17:20,950 - Look at this. 335 00:17:21,083 --> 00:17:22,484 - Let's just be honest. 336 00:17:22,618 --> 00:17:24,320 Jim Ross yelling, "Tyson and Austin, Tyson and Austin." 337 00:17:24,453 --> 00:17:27,256 It's one of the greatest moments in WWE history. 338 00:17:27,389 --> 00:17:28,657 - We just had a good time. 339 00:17:28,791 --> 00:17:30,960 We were fighting our ass off, having a ball. 340 00:17:31,126 --> 00:17:32,861 - Tyson wants Austin. 341 00:17:32,995 --> 00:17:34,797 Austin wants Tyson. 342 00:17:34,930 --> 00:17:37,733 - There was the big crazy brawl and Vince is yelling. 343 00:17:37,866 --> 00:17:40,002 [yelling] 344 00:17:40,135 --> 00:17:44,239 - This is pandemonium in the WWE. 345 00:17:44,373 --> 00:17:46,609 - Mike Tyson has gotten the go ahead to get back into the ring. 346 00:17:46,742 --> 00:17:48,911 Only this time, it's the wrestling ring. 347 00:17:49,044 --> 00:17:50,646 - Iron Mike Tyson is back in the fight. 348 00:17:50,779 --> 00:17:52,314 This time in a wrestling mat. 349 00:17:52,448 --> 00:17:54,883 - "Stone Cold" Steve Austin stepped into the ring, yelled 350 00:17:55,017 --> 00:17:57,753 at Tyson, and things got ugly. 351 00:17:57,886 --> 00:18:00,089 - That was one of the greatest scenes in wrestling history. 352 00:18:00,222 --> 00:18:01,357 - Every local news channel. 353 00:18:01,490 --> 00:18:03,492 - Every local news channel had that. 354 00:18:03,625 --> 00:18:06,195 Everybody in the country, everybody in the world knew 355 00:18:06,328 --> 00:18:10,032 who Stone Cold and Mike Tyson were at that point. 356 00:18:10,165 --> 00:18:13,035 - It wasn't a great time. 357 00:18:13,168 --> 00:18:13,769 Let's just say that. 358 00:18:13,902 --> 00:18:14,803 - [laughs] 359 00:18:14,937 --> 00:18:15,971 From the WCW's perspective. 360 00:18:16,105 --> 00:18:18,874 - Because I was in WCW, okay? 361 00:18:19,008 --> 00:18:22,077 You know, we was on a great run at that point in time, 362 00:18:22,211 --> 00:18:26,548 and then all of a sudden, the pendulum, you know, shifted. 363 00:18:26,682 --> 00:18:31,787 - It was the most effective use of an outside celebrity ever. 364 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:36,325 I credit the WWE beating WCW in the Monday Night Wars in a lot 365 00:18:36,458 --> 00:18:39,395 of ways to that Mike Tyson run. 366 00:18:40,529 --> 00:18:43,365 - Became watercooler talk brought many people to the 367 00:18:43,499 --> 00:18:46,402 business of pro wrestling and we thrived because of it. 368 00:18:46,535 --> 00:18:50,372 - Look, everybody knows that the WWE is always about going beyond 369 00:18:50,506 --> 00:18:52,675 just the wrestling business. 370 00:18:52,808 --> 00:18:54,877 That's exactly what Mike did. 371 00:18:55,010 --> 00:18:56,645 It was a game changer. 372 00:18:57,446 --> 00:18:59,982 - Mike Tyson will be in effect the enforcer. 373 00:19:00,115 --> 00:19:03,218 He will be on the outside of the ring in somewhat 374 00:19:03,352 --> 00:19:06,321 of a guest referee capacity. 375 00:19:06,455 --> 00:19:08,691 With Mike there, it'll draw more attention to the 376 00:19:08,824 --> 00:19:11,827 athleticism and the showmanship of the athletes in the World 377 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:14,997 Wrestling -- and more attention to the World Wrestling 378 00:19:15,130 --> 00:19:16,699 -- in general. 379 00:19:16,832 --> 00:19:21,770 - The story evolves, Mike Tyson becomes the special enforcer. 380 00:19:21,904 --> 00:19:25,307 He's going to assist in helping the referee. 381 00:19:25,441 --> 00:19:26,709 - When it comes down to it, Steve, it's going to be 382 00:19:26,842 --> 00:19:28,210 you and me. 383 00:19:28,343 --> 00:19:29,278 I don't need any help. 384 00:19:29,411 --> 00:19:30,479 I didn't get where I got- 385 00:19:30,612 --> 00:19:31,480 - I'm glad to hear that. 386 00:19:31,613 --> 00:19:32,548 - -if I need a bunch of help. 387 00:19:32,681 --> 00:19:33,582 It's going to be you and me. 388 00:19:35,617 --> 00:19:37,052 - Mike, I know you're going to be there, don't you worry. 389 00:19:37,186 --> 00:19:39,021 - Yes. Just remember that. 390 00:19:39,154 --> 00:19:41,190 - Those three are going to be in the ring at WrestleMania. 391 00:19:41,323 --> 00:19:42,825 We thought this is going to be amazing. 392 00:19:42,958 --> 00:19:44,026 Don't know what's going to happen. 393 00:19:44,159 --> 00:19:45,094 Have no idea. 394 00:19:45,227 --> 00:19:46,595 Don't care. 395 00:19:46,729 --> 00:19:48,664 You're going to see a car wreck and it's going to be beautiful 396 00:19:48,797 --> 00:19:51,200 somehow, we know that. 397 00:19:51,333 --> 00:19:53,936 - End result is going to be "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's 398 00:19:54,069 --> 00:19:56,472 going to open up a can of whoop ass and Shawn Michaels is going 399 00:19:56,605 --> 00:19:57,906 to eat it one way or anohter. 400 00:19:58,040 --> 00:19:59,374 - You know something? 401 00:19:59,508 --> 00:20:03,278 If I chose to make an ass out of the toughest SOB, 402 00:20:03,412 --> 00:20:05,948 I can do that anytime I want. 403 00:20:06,081 --> 00:20:11,987 [crosstalk] 404 00:20:13,522 --> 00:20:15,824 - It was just chaos. 405 00:20:15,958 --> 00:20:17,359 - Good morning, the Fleet Center. 406 00:20:17,493 --> 00:20:18,961 WrestleMania XIV tickets? 407 00:20:19,094 --> 00:20:20,829 Okay, if you like to purchase tickets through us, 408 00:20:20,963 --> 00:20:23,232 you would either go through Ticket Master 409 00:20:23,365 --> 00:20:25,367 or you have to come to the box office in person. 410 00:20:25,501 --> 00:20:27,903 - Yeah, WrestleMania baby. 411 00:20:28,036 --> 00:20:30,472 - I've been here since 10:00 PM because I want to see Stone Cold 412 00:20:30,606 --> 00:20:32,007 whip Tyson's ass. 413 00:20:32,141 --> 00:20:34,109 - I got up at the crack of dawn for this. 414 00:20:34,243 --> 00:20:35,677 - Boston 3:16. 415 00:20:35,811 --> 00:20:37,312 - Tyson's going down. 416 00:20:37,446 --> 00:20:39,281 - Folks, the Fleet Center in Boston is sold out for 417 00:20:39,414 --> 00:20:40,682 the Match 29th event. 418 00:20:40,816 --> 00:20:41,950 There ain't a ticket left. 419 00:20:42,084 --> 00:20:44,419 - Right here. Woo. 420 00:20:44,553 --> 00:20:46,021 - They were gobbled up in less than 2 minutes, 421 00:20:46,155 --> 00:20:48,123 90 seconds to be exact. 422 00:20:48,257 --> 00:20:49,391 - I got two ringside. 423 00:20:49,525 --> 00:20:50,225 Hey, Vince. 424 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:52,461 I'm going to WrestleMania. 425 00:20:54,263 --> 00:20:57,900 - We had seen tension starting to bubble over between Mike 426 00:20:58,033 --> 00:21:01,637 Tyson and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, but then one Monday 427 00:21:01,770 --> 00:21:04,606 night, Shawn Michaels comes to the ring. 428 00:21:04,740 --> 00:21:06,508 - Here we go, JR. 429 00:21:06,642 --> 00:21:11,213 - I am calling your ass out right now. 430 00:21:11,346 --> 00:21:15,284 You get your people out of here, I'll get my people out of here, 431 00:21:15,417 --> 00:21:18,854 and you and me will handle this man-to-man. 432 00:21:19,488 --> 00:21:22,291 - Michaels has got- well, he's got some courage. 433 00:21:22,424 --> 00:21:27,496 He's right in Tyson's face. 434 00:21:27,629 --> 00:21:28,197 [D-Generation X's music plays] 435 00:21:28,330 --> 00:21:28,897 - Wait a minute. 436 00:21:29,031 --> 00:21:30,132 - What? 437 00:21:30,265 --> 00:21:31,700 - What the hell? 438 00:21:31,833 --> 00:21:33,869 What in the hell is this? 439 00:21:34,002 --> 00:21:36,805 - For Mike Tyson now to be with one of your 440 00:21:36,939 --> 00:21:39,441 hottest groups was gold. 441 00:21:39,575 --> 00:21:42,211 - Mike Tyson is the newest member of 442 00:21:42,344 --> 00:21:44,713 D-Generation X it appears. 443 00:21:44,847 --> 00:21:47,950 - And it was also something that the audience never expected 444 00:21:48,083 --> 00:21:49,418 in a million years. 445 00:21:49,551 --> 00:21:52,921 It also stacked the deck against "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. 446 00:21:53,055 --> 00:21:54,957 - Mike Tyson with the-- doing all of this. 447 00:21:55,090 --> 00:21:57,793 It was cool. 448 00:21:57,926 --> 00:21:59,928 - I still get this. 449 00:22:00,062 --> 00:22:02,164 Take a picture like this, Mike. 450 00:22:02,297 --> 00:22:03,799 I love it. 451 00:22:03,932 --> 00:22:09,271 - How in the hell can Tyson be the enforcer at WrestleMania? 452 00:22:09,404 --> 00:22:12,841 - Now the enforcer isn't going to be fair, we feel. 453 00:22:12,975 --> 00:22:17,346 Now, he's a part of this faction of DX, which stacks the deck 454 00:22:17,479 --> 00:22:20,682 even more against "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. 455 00:22:20,816 --> 00:22:23,018 - Those were the things that were really good and 456 00:22:23,151 --> 00:22:25,621 enjoyable about that time. 457 00:22:25,754 --> 00:22:28,557 Right now in the moment, you're out there with Mike Tyson. 458 00:22:28,690 --> 00:22:33,395 What's going to happen if Stone Cold gets in your way? 459 00:22:33,528 --> 00:22:35,664 - I'm going to knock him the -- out. 460 00:22:35,797 --> 00:22:37,366 [laughing] 461 00:22:37,499 --> 00:22:39,601 - When it comes down to at its foundation 462 00:22:39,735 --> 00:22:41,470 is good versus evil. 463 00:22:41,603 --> 00:22:43,939 - A trip by Michaels, and Michaels and Helmsley 464 00:22:44,072 --> 00:22:46,208 dragging Austin outside. 465 00:22:46,341 --> 00:22:48,277 - Throughout the weeks, they do things where they tie 466 00:22:48,410 --> 00:22:49,278 Steve up in the ropes. 467 00:22:59,788 --> 00:23:02,991 - We all wanted to see Stone Cold finally get to the top of 468 00:23:03,125 --> 00:23:07,629 the mountain, but now Stone Cold has to deal with Shawn Michaels, 469 00:23:07,763 --> 00:23:10,999 and apparently Mike Tyson is fighting on the side 470 00:23:11,133 --> 00:23:12,668 of Shawn as well. 471 00:23:12,801 --> 00:23:18,307 - Your ass belongs to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. 472 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,542 WrestleMania XIV, March 29th. 473 00:23:20,676 --> 00:23:27,449 Austin, Michaels, Tyson, the -- on, and that's the bottom line 474 00:23:27,582 --> 00:23:33,922 because Stone Cold said so. 475 00:23:34,056 --> 00:23:36,491 - Shawn Michaels has apparently reinjured his back while 476 00:23:36,625 --> 00:23:39,895 training just a few days ago in San Antonio. 477 00:23:40,028 --> 00:23:42,898 - Shawn had gotten injured at the Royal Rumble, and the word 478 00:23:43,031 --> 00:23:47,636 was he would be in no shape to wrestle until WrestleMania. 479 00:23:47,769 --> 00:23:51,506 - When best meets best, when Stone Cold meets the Heartbreak 480 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:55,410 Kid, I want you to be at your best because an ass whipping is 481 00:23:55,544 --> 00:24:01,383 always the same no matter how good of shape you're in. 482 00:24:01,516 --> 00:24:04,419 - I think it was stop and go from Royal Rumble all the way to 483 00:24:04,553 --> 00:24:07,189 Mania as to whether or not Shawn would actually make it. 484 00:24:07,322 --> 00:24:11,560 There were different instances and different times where Shawn 485 00:24:11,693 --> 00:24:14,796 would threaten he wasn't going to make it because of his back. 486 00:24:14,930 --> 00:24:16,398 - Working day-to-day was miserable. 487 00:24:16,531 --> 00:24:19,201 You can't do anything to get comfortable. 488 00:24:19,334 --> 00:24:23,538 You can't stand, you can't sit, you can't sleep. 489 00:24:23,672 --> 00:24:25,841 There just weren't a lot of times that 490 00:24:25,974 --> 00:24:28,243 I wasn't in a miserable state. 491 00:24:28,377 --> 00:24:30,812 - He was angry and bitter about it, drugs and alcohol didn't 492 00:24:30,946 --> 00:24:34,182 help that, so it was a tough place for him. 493 00:24:34,316 --> 00:24:37,185 - The closer it got, the worse it got. 494 00:24:37,319 --> 00:24:43,325 This Sunday, Stone Cold, the Heartbreak Kid is going to turn 495 00:24:43,458 --> 00:24:46,962 your lights out for the last time. 496 00:24:51,133 --> 00:24:53,668 - We want to thank everybody for coming out to the 497 00:24:53,802 --> 00:24:57,406 D-Generation X public workout. 498 00:24:57,539 --> 00:24:59,608 - Yeah. 499 00:24:59,741 --> 00:25:02,677 - The build up to this match, they're holding open workouts 500 00:25:02,811 --> 00:25:06,415 like boxing or UFC, which I thought was so cool. 501 00:25:06,548 --> 00:25:10,285 - The public workout was designed as a photo op between 502 00:25:10,419 --> 00:25:12,120 myself, Shawn, and Mike Tyson. 503 00:25:12,254 --> 00:25:15,390 - I think they figured, I don't know, 1,500, 2,000 504 00:25:15,524 --> 00:25:17,426 people would come. 505 00:25:17,559 --> 00:25:18,860 We're in the limo. 506 00:25:18,994 --> 00:25:21,663 We come driving up and it's like 10,000 people out there. 507 00:25:21,797 --> 00:25:23,665 It is a mob scene. 508 00:25:23,799 --> 00:25:28,270 - Shawn Michaels the World Wrestling -- Champion. 509 00:25:28,403 --> 00:25:31,073 - It was a mad house, it was insanity. 510 00:25:31,206 --> 00:25:34,543 I don't know that the city was prepared for as many people 511 00:25:34,676 --> 00:25:38,980 as showed up, so security was an issue for sure. 512 00:25:39,114 --> 00:25:44,586 - The World Wrestling -- is doing you the honor by 513 00:25:44,719 --> 00:25:51,927 bringing you the greatest event in Sports Entertainment history. 514 00:25:52,060 --> 00:25:54,763 So we're out there cutting a promo, and all of a sudden just 515 00:25:54,896 --> 00:25:56,932 somewhere out of the blue, boom. 516 00:25:59,167 --> 00:26:01,303 - As he was cutting the promo, somebody threw a battery 517 00:26:01,436 --> 00:26:03,672 at him and hit him in the face. 518 00:26:04,139 --> 00:26:06,341 - --, and then I turned around. 519 00:26:06,475 --> 00:26:09,244 I just start leaving the ring. 520 00:26:10,579 --> 00:26:13,181 - That would piss anybody off, but when you're wound up as 521 00:26:13,315 --> 00:26:16,218 tight as Shawn, in a bad a place as Shawn was, 522 00:26:16,351 --> 00:26:18,320 it really ticks you off. 523 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:19,387 - I'm out of here. 524 00:26:19,521 --> 00:26:20,922 Hunter's like, "What?" 525 00:26:21,056 --> 00:26:24,659 - Shawn obviously is off the rails to some degree at this 526 00:26:24,793 --> 00:26:27,028 point and time in his life. 527 00:26:27,162 --> 00:26:31,733 - Let's not have anything thrown if you want to hear from DX and 528 00:26:31,867 --> 00:26:34,135 the World Wrestling -- Champion. 529 00:26:34,269 --> 00:26:36,872 - Shawn turned around and went back to the limousine, 530 00:26:37,005 --> 00:26:40,108 and refused to come out of the limousine and refused to go out 531 00:26:40,242 --> 00:26:42,244 and do what we needed him to do. 532 00:26:42,377 --> 00:26:44,346 - I'm in the limo and Shane McMahon's in there. 533 00:26:44,479 --> 00:26:47,616 Shane drove with us and, "You got to go back out there." 534 00:26:47,749 --> 00:26:48,984 "I'm not going out there. 535 00:26:49,117 --> 00:26:50,886 You guys can kiss my --. 536 00:26:51,019 --> 00:26:53,622 You're going to be lucky if I make it to WrestleMania." 537 00:26:53,755 --> 00:26:56,258 - So I went to the limo, and I pleaded with Shawn and 538 00:26:56,391 --> 00:26:59,794 I begged Shawn to please, please do this. 539 00:26:59,928 --> 00:27:01,196 And he was like, "There's no security out there. 540 00:27:01,329 --> 00:27:02,030 I'm not doing it." 541 00:27:02,163 --> 00:27:03,965 Blah, blah, blah. 542 00:27:04,099 --> 00:27:05,734 Said, "Okay." 543 00:27:05,867 --> 00:27:09,504 - What are you going to do to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin 544 00:27:09,638 --> 00:27:10,705 if he gets in our face? 545 00:27:14,209 --> 00:27:18,246 - Now, Stone Cold, I want to see what my-- 546 00:27:18,380 --> 00:27:20,582 [Stone Cold's music plays] 547 00:27:20,715 --> 00:27:23,451 - Before you know it, right at the time that Shawn was supposed 548 00:27:23,585 --> 00:27:26,755 to head in the ring, I felt a kick in the back of my head as 549 00:27:26,888 --> 00:27:30,292 Shawn had leaped over me to get into the ring and actually do 550 00:27:30,425 --> 00:27:32,928 what he was supposed to do. 551 00:27:33,061 --> 00:27:35,463 - I come running out of the limo, run up there, put the 552 00:27:35,597 --> 00:27:40,635 boots to him, tie him in the ropes, do the kiss on the head. 553 00:27:40,769 --> 00:27:44,673 - It all added to his aura of this arrogant -- who just needed 554 00:27:44,806 --> 00:27:46,942 to get put in his place. 555 00:27:47,075 --> 00:27:50,545 - At the end of the day, he did everything he was asked to do. 556 00:27:50,912 --> 00:27:53,315 - I was a young, immature, drug addict, 557 00:27:53,448 --> 00:27:57,519 so I was absolutely freaking livid. 558 00:27:57,652 --> 00:28:00,722 The reason that it always makes it hard is because you know 559 00:28:00,855 --> 00:28:06,161 the truth, and the truth is, Steve was the next big thing. 560 00:28:06,294 --> 00:28:11,266 - You're looking at the next WWE Champion right here, 561 00:28:11,399 --> 00:28:16,671 and that's the bottom line because Stone Cold said so. 562 00:28:17,405 --> 00:28:19,107 - It was just a tough pill to swallow. 563 00:28:19,241 --> 00:28:21,543 Where I was at the time I did not have the ability 564 00:28:21,676 --> 00:28:24,446 to handle that well. 565 00:28:24,579 --> 00:28:27,616 - It wasn't always easy being Shawn's friend. 566 00:28:27,749 --> 00:28:31,953 It wasn't always easy just being around him all the time. 567 00:28:32,087 --> 00:28:36,324 It really was a situation of kind of having each others back 568 00:28:36,458 --> 00:28:38,360 through thick and thin. 569 00:28:38,526 --> 00:28:41,129 In many ways, we are very similar. 570 00:28:41,263 --> 00:28:42,764 - [stammers] 571 00:28:42,897 --> 00:28:44,065 Right. 572 00:28:44,199 --> 00:28:45,600 - Shawn was moody, Shawn was very difficult 573 00:28:45,734 --> 00:28:47,569 to deal with at the time. 574 00:28:47,702 --> 00:28:49,604 - You know that's what drugs do to you, you're very moody 575 00:28:49,738 --> 00:28:51,706 and you can be up one second and down the next. 576 00:28:55,510 --> 00:28:58,380 - Shawn had a lot of substance issues at the time. 577 00:28:58,513 --> 00:29:01,416 Pulling into a hotel, Shawn being completely passed out 578 00:29:01,549 --> 00:29:04,085 in the car, drooling on himself, pushed him to his room 579 00:29:04,219 --> 00:29:08,690 and then, you know, took care of it. 580 00:29:08,823 --> 00:29:10,992 - I don't know what would've happened if he wasn't 581 00:29:11,126 --> 00:29:13,228 there to sort of babysit. 582 00:29:13,361 --> 00:29:14,896 Where are we going to go? 583 00:29:15,030 --> 00:29:15,930 I don't even know where to go. 584 00:29:17,732 --> 00:29:20,101 - He could have you know washed his hands and said, 585 00:29:20,235 --> 00:29:22,570 "Look, dude, this is going too far. 586 00:29:22,704 --> 00:29:24,105 I'm not going to stick by you. 587 00:29:24,239 --> 00:29:25,740 You can go do all this on your own. 588 00:29:25,874 --> 00:29:27,509 If you get your backside handed to you, you get your 589 00:29:27,642 --> 00:29:28,777 backside handed to you." 590 00:29:28,910 --> 00:29:30,145 He never did that. 591 00:29:30,278 --> 00:29:32,047 He stuck by me. 592 00:29:32,180 --> 00:29:34,416 - If it wasn't for Triple H, I don't know if he would've 593 00:29:34,549 --> 00:29:37,218 made half the functions that he needed to get to to make 594 00:29:37,352 --> 00:29:40,789 that match happen in the ring. 595 00:29:40,922 --> 00:29:44,159 - Shawn was battling back issues and Shawn was second-guessing 596 00:29:44,292 --> 00:29:47,462 everything because Shawn was also looking at the reality 597 00:29:47,595 --> 00:29:51,633 that he may never wrestle again after WrestleMania. 598 00:29:51,766 --> 00:29:55,203 - I was on fire, you know, and I was blowing past everybody. 599 00:29:55,337 --> 00:29:58,540 He had been there pulling the wagon, working his ass off. 600 00:29:58,673 --> 00:30:00,108 He took a lot of pride in his job. 601 00:30:00,241 --> 00:30:01,810 You know all of a sudden here comes a fresh horse 602 00:30:01,943 --> 00:30:04,479 and we're going to put the saddle on this horse. 603 00:30:04,612 --> 00:30:06,781 He didn't like it that much. 604 00:30:06,915 --> 00:30:08,650 - The one thing I'm going to do, because it sucks, is I'm going 605 00:30:08,783 --> 00:30:11,486 to make this rough on everybody. 606 00:30:11,986 --> 00:30:14,055 I am going to make sure everybody knows that this 607 00:30:14,189 --> 00:30:16,825 is a huge pain in the ass for me, and I'm going to be a huge 608 00:30:16,958 --> 00:30:18,993 pain in the ass to everybody. 609 00:30:19,127 --> 00:30:22,597 - The greatest pay-per-view extravaganza ever, 610 00:30:22,731 --> 00:30:26,067 WrestleMania XIV. 611 00:30:26,201 --> 00:30:30,371 - It's WrestleMania, Stone Cold, Shawn Michaels, and Mike Tyson 612 00:30:30,505 --> 00:30:33,908 is there as our special enforcer. 613 00:30:34,042 --> 00:30:36,878 - Most people did not want to talk to me that day. 614 00:30:37,011 --> 00:30:40,281 I think Steve may be came in once and I've never done 615 00:30:40,415 --> 00:30:44,619 a WrestleMania with that little information. 616 00:30:44,753 --> 00:30:49,724 I put him in a really crappy spot, I mean, it was tough. 617 00:30:49,858 --> 00:30:52,293 - The only way I can describe Shawn's behavior prior to 618 00:30:52,427 --> 00:30:56,498 WrestleMania XIV is kind of strange but only strange 619 00:30:56,631 --> 00:30:59,667 in the sense that I wasn't around him. 620 00:30:59,801 --> 00:31:02,904 - It wasn't him really that I was angry at. 621 00:31:03,037 --> 00:31:06,307 - He's the greatest WWE Champion of all time, folks. 622 00:31:06,441 --> 00:31:08,476 - In my mind, I was being discarded. 623 00:31:08,610 --> 00:31:11,880 You know what I mean? 624 00:31:12,013 --> 00:31:17,452 [Stone Cold's music plays] 625 00:31:17,585 --> 00:31:21,456 - Can you feel the emotion that we're all experiencing here as 626 00:31:21,589 --> 00:31:25,827 the WWE Championship is about to be put on the line? 627 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:29,397 The number one contender for the WWE title "Stone Cold" Steve 628 00:31:29,531 --> 00:31:33,835 Austin must overcome the greatest WWE Champion 629 00:31:33,968 --> 00:31:36,004 of all time and- 630 00:31:36,137 --> 00:31:39,107 - "The Baddest Man on the Planet" "Iron" Mike Tyson. 631 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:40,708 He looks in great shape too. 632 00:31:40,842 --> 00:31:43,378 - Again, how can he be impartial? 633 00:31:43,511 --> 00:31:45,613 - You always knew whenever Shawn stepped up to bat, 634 00:31:45,747 --> 00:31:47,182 he was going to hit a home run. 635 00:31:47,315 --> 00:31:48,783 - From high above. 636 00:31:48,917 --> 00:31:50,618 Oh. 637 00:31:50,752 --> 00:31:52,453 Unbelievable. 638 00:31:52,587 --> 00:31:54,823 Unbelievable. 639 00:31:54,956 --> 00:31:57,992 - Always made sure that no matter where he was on 640 00:31:58,126 --> 00:32:01,796 WrestleMania, his match was the one to beat. 641 00:32:01,930 --> 00:32:04,566 - Nobody has ever outperformed Shawn Michaels 642 00:32:04,699 --> 00:32:06,634 in a big-match situation. 643 00:32:06,768 --> 00:32:08,269 It don't get no bigger than this. 644 00:32:08,403 --> 00:32:10,939 - And I think that aggravated him more than probably anything. 645 00:32:11,072 --> 00:32:13,208 He couldn't give you what he wanted to give you because 646 00:32:13,341 --> 00:32:15,643 his body wouldn't let him. 647 00:32:20,148 --> 00:32:21,716 - This is it. 648 00:32:21,850 --> 00:32:23,885 - The World Wrestling -- title. 649 00:32:24,018 --> 00:32:27,856 "Stone Cold" Steve Austin against Shawn Michaels. 650 00:32:27,989 --> 00:32:31,092 - Shawn Michaels is dealing with a legitimate back injury. 651 00:32:31,426 --> 00:32:35,330 Working injured and working hurt are two different things. 652 00:32:35,463 --> 00:32:39,501 - He wanted to be the guy, and he was the guy, and then he got 653 00:32:39,634 --> 00:32:41,636 injured right before what could have been one of the 654 00:32:41,769 --> 00:32:44,205 greatest matches of all time. 655 00:32:44,339 --> 00:32:46,941 - To know the type of style Shawn Michaels is capable 656 00:32:47,075 --> 00:32:50,678 of doing, the Shawn Michaels that we know, the showstopper, 657 00:32:50,812 --> 00:32:52,847 the entertainer, the best entertainer in the business 658 00:32:52,981 --> 00:32:54,415 that's ever seen. 659 00:32:54,549 --> 00:32:59,420 We don't know that until the match goes on and happens. 660 00:32:59,554 --> 00:33:03,291 - Nobody has ever, ever outperformed Shawn Michaels 661 00:33:03,424 --> 00:33:05,560 in a big-match situation. 662 00:33:05,693 --> 00:33:08,096 And folks, it don't get no bigger than this. 663 00:33:08,963 --> 00:33:11,232 - Where I found my joy was inside the ropes, 664 00:33:11,366 --> 00:33:13,368 and that was always the best time to me. 665 00:33:13,501 --> 00:33:16,170 Everything to me came down to my performance. 666 00:33:16,304 --> 00:33:17,872 - Folks, I've been doing this a long time. 667 00:33:18,006 --> 00:33:19,207 I never felt this intensity. 668 00:33:19,674 --> 00:33:22,043 - Shawn's best in the world when the bell rings, 669 00:33:22,176 --> 00:33:24,479 even if he is in a bad place. 670 00:33:24,612 --> 00:33:26,414 - You can tell because of who he is. 671 00:33:26,547 --> 00:33:29,017 He was pushing through 100%. 672 00:33:29,150 --> 00:33:29,884 - Look out. 673 00:33:30,018 --> 00:33:31,452 - Oh, my God. 674 00:33:31,586 --> 00:33:34,889 What velocity. 675 00:33:35,023 --> 00:33:37,992 - The biggest thing was my lack of mobility. 676 00:33:38,126 --> 00:33:41,362 Again, my brain working, tick, tick, tick like that, 677 00:33:41,496 --> 00:33:44,666 and my body not responding to it. 678 00:33:44,799 --> 00:33:46,000 - I think Shawn is hurt. 679 00:33:46,134 --> 00:33:48,603 I think he's hurt bad. 680 00:33:49,304 --> 00:33:53,207 - It is ridiculously disheartening when your mind 681 00:33:53,341 --> 00:33:55,843 and your heart wants to do something, 682 00:33:55,977 --> 00:33:57,679 but your body just won't let you. 683 00:33:57,812 --> 00:34:02,183 - Shawn Michaels is obviously in pain, gutting it out here. 684 00:34:02,317 --> 00:34:05,753 - To watch him and think and know that he pretty much 685 00:34:05,887 --> 00:34:09,424 has a broken back to see what he did that night. 686 00:34:09,557 --> 00:34:12,026 - The WWE champion using every ounce of strength 687 00:34:12,193 --> 00:34:16,030 and energy that he's got. 688 00:34:16,164 --> 00:34:18,766 and Shawn Michaels somehow kips up. 689 00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:20,969 My God, can you believe this man? 690 00:34:21,102 --> 00:34:22,937 - Can't help but have a incredible amount 691 00:34:23,071 --> 00:34:24,605 of respect for that. 692 00:34:24,739 --> 00:34:27,609 - Michaels, now, he's injured. 693 00:34:27,742 --> 00:34:29,877 And the elbow. 694 00:34:30,011 --> 00:34:33,581 - The match is reaching that crescendo. 695 00:34:33,715 --> 00:34:36,584 - Oh, wait. 696 00:34:36,718 --> 00:34:38,252 Uh oh. Referee Mike Chioda. 697 00:34:38,386 --> 00:34:40,788 - The referee gets taken out. 698 00:34:40,922 --> 00:34:44,392 There's only one man who can step in and fill 699 00:34:44,525 --> 00:34:46,260 the shoes of the referee in this match. 700 00:34:46,394 --> 00:34:48,396 And you know, it's Mike Tyson. 701 00:34:48,529 --> 00:34:52,300 Mike Tyson has to go from enforcer to referee. 702 00:34:52,433 --> 00:34:54,836 - Mike Tyson has got to do something now. 703 00:34:54,969 --> 00:35:00,074 - You firmly believed that he was down with DX 704 00:35:00,208 --> 00:35:02,610 and that he would cost Steve Austin the championship. 705 00:35:02,744 --> 00:35:03,911 That's how it felt. 706 00:35:04,045 --> 00:35:06,681 That's what it seemed like was going to happen. 707 00:35:06,814 --> 00:35:08,049 - Austin ducked it. 708 00:35:08,182 --> 00:35:10,885 Austin going for the stunner and Michaels countered. 709 00:35:11,019 --> 00:35:12,120 Michaels going for another kick. 710 00:35:12,253 --> 00:35:12,920 Austin. 711 00:35:13,054 --> 00:35:13,921 - He got it. 712 00:35:14,055 --> 00:35:15,490 - The stunner. 713 00:35:15,623 --> 00:35:17,125 Mike Tyson in. 714 00:35:17,258 --> 00:35:18,860 Austin is the champion. 715 00:35:18,993 --> 00:35:21,629 Stone Cold, Stone Cold. 716 00:35:21,763 --> 00:35:25,500 The Austin era has begun. 717 00:35:27,335 --> 00:35:30,038 - To finally be the world champion, it felt right. 718 00:35:30,171 --> 00:35:33,775 - Stone Cold's eight-year journey has been culminated 719 00:35:33,908 --> 00:35:36,310 with WWE Gold. 720 00:35:36,444 --> 00:35:37,745 - Mike holds your arm up in the air, 721 00:35:37,879 --> 00:35:38,980 it ain't going nowhere 722 00:35:39,113 --> 00:35:40,782 because Mike's holding your arm up in the air. 723 00:35:40,915 --> 00:35:44,752 - This is the start of the next chapter for WWE because we never 724 00:35:44,886 --> 00:35:48,823 really actually had a champion like "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. 725 00:35:48,956 --> 00:35:52,960 - It felt that was the passing of the torch from one era to the 726 00:35:53,094 --> 00:35:57,732 next, and now it was Steve's ball to run with. 727 00:35:57,865 --> 00:36:00,935 - We've got a new WWE Champion. 728 00:36:01,069 --> 00:36:05,239 Mike Tyson holding up the 3:16, and I don't think Shawn Michaels 729 00:36:05,373 --> 00:36:07,075 can believe what he's seeing. 730 00:36:07,208 --> 00:36:10,378 Michaels said, "No, Mike, you were supposed to be with me." 731 00:36:10,511 --> 00:36:14,215 - Shawn looks at Tyson like, "What the hell did you just do? 732 00:36:14,348 --> 00:36:16,884 You were supposed to be one of us." 733 00:36:17,018 --> 00:36:19,353 - Oh, Michaels insulting Tyson. 734 00:36:19,487 --> 00:36:22,990 Michaels standing up to the baddest man on the planet. 735 00:36:23,124 --> 00:36:24,525 - If you're going to go out, go out with style, 736 00:36:24,659 --> 00:36:26,127 go out in with a blaze of glory. 737 00:36:26,260 --> 00:36:27,228 - A right hand. 738 00:36:27,361 --> 00:36:28,262 Down goes Michaels. 739 00:36:32,100 --> 00:36:34,302 - We kind of went over it in the back. 740 00:36:34,435 --> 00:36:37,305 I just remember telling him, "I'm going to go like this." 741 00:36:37,438 --> 00:36:38,473 and he moved so fast. 742 00:36:40,308 --> 00:36:41,776 He was like, whew, whew. 743 00:36:41,909 --> 00:36:44,612 - A right hand, Tyson, Tyson. 744 00:36:44,745 --> 00:36:45,680 Down goes Michaels. 745 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:47,081 - Betrayal. 746 00:36:47,215 --> 00:36:47,982 [laughs] 747 00:36:48,116 --> 00:36:49,317 Betrayal. 748 00:36:49,450 --> 00:36:52,487 - Mike Tyson has knocked out Shawn Michaels. 749 00:36:52,620 --> 00:36:57,191 - Ladies and gentlemen, will you ever forget WrestleMania XIV? 750 00:36:58,860 --> 00:37:02,396 - For Shawn to still get up and do what he had to do with Mike 751 00:37:02,530 --> 00:37:07,368 Tyson, knowing that this might be the last time I ever do this. 752 00:37:07,502 --> 00:37:08,970 Oh, man. 753 00:37:09,103 --> 00:37:09,971 - A right hand. 754 00:37:10,104 --> 00:37:12,406 Down goes Michaels. 755 00:37:12,540 --> 00:37:15,443 - At the end of the match, as we see Shawn Michaels, Triple H, 756 00:37:15,576 --> 00:37:20,148 Chyna, all of DX embracing, it's almost like 757 00:37:20,281 --> 00:37:21,949 it's one last goodbye. 758 00:37:22,083 --> 00:37:25,520 There's an eerie feeling that tomorrow is going to look 759 00:37:25,653 --> 00:37:29,524 very different for all of DX. 760 00:37:29,657 --> 00:37:33,427 - The idea of not going out on your own terms and then 761 00:37:33,561 --> 00:37:36,030 realizing that there's absolutely nothing 762 00:37:36,164 --> 00:37:39,066 on the other side. 763 00:37:39,767 --> 00:37:41,969 I grabbed my stuff and I'm leaving and as 764 00:37:42,103 --> 00:37:44,939 I'm getting escorted out, I hear talking or whatever. 765 00:37:45,072 --> 00:37:46,340 "What's going on there?" 766 00:37:46,474 --> 00:37:48,142 Oh that's a press conference, 767 00:37:48,276 --> 00:37:51,212 Steve and Mike and Vince are all in there. 768 00:37:51,345 --> 00:37:54,081 Shawn Michaels says, "I don't lay down for anybody." 769 00:37:54,215 --> 00:37:55,516 I didn't ask him to lay down. 770 00:37:55,650 --> 00:37:56,684 I hit him with the stunner. 771 00:37:56,817 --> 00:37:57,919 One, two, three. 772 00:37:58,052 --> 00:37:59,987 He was looking up at the lights, so I beat him. 773 00:38:00,121 --> 00:38:01,355 - Me and him knew what we were going to do. 774 00:38:01,489 --> 00:38:02,857 We were going to take this title. 775 00:38:02,990 --> 00:38:06,761 We fooled the D-Generation X all the time. 776 00:38:06,894 --> 00:38:10,531 - As the two of them were talking, I looked out the back 777 00:38:10,665 --> 00:38:16,437 door and I saw a very injured Shawn Michaels limp by. 778 00:38:16,571 --> 00:38:19,373 - And shane comes running up to me, "Stop." 779 00:38:19,507 --> 00:38:21,375 I once again cursed him, and then turned around 780 00:38:21,509 --> 00:38:24,078 and kicked the door. 781 00:38:24,212 --> 00:38:27,615 I have no idea what I was going to do other than make a scene. 782 00:38:27,748 --> 00:38:29,517 - Yes, it's -- up. 783 00:38:29,650 --> 00:38:31,953 It's selfish and it's stupid, but that's where 784 00:38:32,086 --> 00:38:33,688 he was at that time. 785 00:38:33,821 --> 00:38:37,058 - Any time that you have the new guard come in and the old guard 786 00:38:37,191 --> 00:38:39,660 leaving, it's a tough moment. 787 00:38:39,794 --> 00:38:43,564 - All the focus now was on "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. 788 00:38:43,698 --> 00:38:45,299 [crowd cheers] 789 00:38:45,433 --> 00:38:50,404 - "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. 790 00:38:50,538 --> 00:38:53,007 - Austin went on to be the guy. 791 00:38:53,140 --> 00:38:55,009 And Steve Austin went on to be the face of the company 792 00:38:55,142 --> 00:38:56,410 for several years. 793 00:38:56,544 --> 00:38:59,914 Basically, solidify his place in the history books. 794 00:39:00,047 --> 00:39:01,749 - Austin driving that monster truck right in here 795 00:39:01,883 --> 00:39:03,050 to the arena. 796 00:39:03,184 --> 00:39:05,653 Listen to the ovation. 797 00:39:05,786 --> 00:39:07,688 - The era of Steve Austin really, 798 00:39:07,822 --> 00:39:09,757 really changed the face of WWE. 799 00:39:09,891 --> 00:39:13,327 All of a sudden, we became the hottest TV show in the world. 800 00:39:13,461 --> 00:39:18,366 And Steve Austin was the driving force behind WWE being on top. 801 00:39:20,901 --> 00:39:23,170 - Can you imagine the lost opportunity? 802 00:39:23,304 --> 00:39:25,840 We have the Attitude Era and we have Stone Cold 803 00:39:25,973 --> 00:39:27,241 stay incredibly hot. 804 00:39:27,375 --> 00:39:28,943 Then you have The Rock get hot. 805 00:39:29,076 --> 00:39:31,646 Can you imagine if we had Shawn Michaels during that time? 806 00:39:31,779 --> 00:39:33,848 - Well, talk about this because it's a short-lived rivalry. 807 00:39:34,615 --> 00:39:36,651 A lot of the rivalry, a lot of the discussion around 808 00:39:36,784 --> 00:39:39,587 it is we only got one match. 809 00:39:39,720 --> 00:39:41,422 - [chuckles] Yes. 810 00:39:41,555 --> 00:39:42,823 Steve had so many matches with The Rock. 811 00:39:42,957 --> 00:39:45,059 He would have had that many or more with Shawn. 812 00:39:45,192 --> 00:39:48,029 Shawn would've had that many with The Rock. 813 00:39:48,162 --> 00:39:51,232 I mean, the lost opportunity for the world of wrestling 814 00:39:51,365 --> 00:39:53,868 is immeasurable. 815 00:39:54,001 --> 00:39:55,636 - You can certainly have a lot of what-ifs. 816 00:39:55,770 --> 00:39:58,873 Time, wisdom, maturity, and all those things. 817 00:39:59,006 --> 00:40:01,475 Take me to a different place just because of where 818 00:40:01,609 --> 00:40:03,611 my life went to. 819 00:40:03,744 --> 00:40:07,281 - Shawn Michaels took several years off and got his stuff 820 00:40:07,415 --> 00:40:09,250 together, if you will. 821 00:40:09,383 --> 00:40:15,790 - His last match, March 29th, 1998 at WrestleMania. 822 00:40:15,923 --> 00:40:19,627 - He got a whole second run of a career, but he also had 823 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,797 lost all of the negative baggage to where now he was 824 00:40:22,930 --> 00:40:24,432 just a pleasure to be around. 825 00:40:24,565 --> 00:40:25,800 [laughter] 826 00:40:25,933 --> 00:40:27,368 - He's dumping it on my head while we're talking. 827 00:40:27,501 --> 00:40:28,703 I'm like- 828 00:40:28,836 --> 00:40:30,237 - He seemed like a completely different person. 829 00:40:30,371 --> 00:40:31,806 A changed man. 830 00:40:31,939 --> 00:40:38,179 At least maybe his mind was rested and he wasn't so cocky. 831 00:40:38,312 --> 00:40:41,949 - Just as Shawn is healed up, like two ships in the night, 832 00:40:42,083 --> 00:40:46,020 "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is the one that's saying goodbye. 833 00:40:46,153 --> 00:40:51,392 And ironically, Shawn's first WrestleMania back in WWE 834 00:40:51,525 --> 00:40:54,962 is Steve Austin's last WrestleMania in the WWE. 835 00:40:55,096 --> 00:40:59,867 - Austin saluting these fans here at WrestleMania. 836 00:41:00,167 --> 00:41:02,103 - After I retired, and he was retired, 837 00:41:02,236 --> 00:41:04,038 we went hunting a few times. 838 00:41:04,171 --> 00:41:06,640 - It was kind of a new venture for him, it was something that 839 00:41:06,774 --> 00:41:08,776 I'd been doing my whole life, gave us something to actually 840 00:41:08,909 --> 00:41:13,013 talk about because we didn't have too much in common. 841 00:41:13,147 --> 00:41:15,983 - He'll call every now and then and be like, "How you feeling? 842 00:41:16,117 --> 00:41:17,485 How are you still walking and stuff?" 843 00:41:17,618 --> 00:41:18,452 [laughs] 844 00:41:20,654 --> 00:41:22,223 [Stone Cold's music plays] 845 00:41:22,356 --> 00:41:23,991 [crowd cheers] 846 00:41:24,125 --> 00:41:27,795 - "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. 847 00:41:27,928 --> 00:41:30,498 This is an incredible moment. 848 00:41:30,631 --> 00:41:35,002 - After years go by, Stone Cold and Shawn Michaels get one more 849 00:41:35,136 --> 00:41:37,505 WrestleMania moment together. 850 00:41:37,638 --> 00:41:40,307 - My childhood hero Shawn Michaels, "Stone Cold" Steve 851 00:41:40,441 --> 00:41:42,610 Austin in there with us. 852 00:41:42,743 --> 00:41:43,778 - [laughs] 853 00:41:43,911 --> 00:41:45,045 HB-Schizzle. 854 00:41:45,179 --> 00:41:46,547 - He's a sexy boy. 855 00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:49,817 - That in it of itself is like, how did we get to this point? 856 00:41:49,950 --> 00:41:51,285 - Oh, no. Stunner. 857 00:41:51,419 --> 00:41:52,987 - Goodnight. 858 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,689 - Guys, what an incredible moment. 859 00:41:55,823 --> 00:41:59,627 - You get to see Shawn Michaels and Austin have a moment 860 00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:02,463 together in the ring. 861 00:42:03,964 --> 00:42:06,300 - When you work with an egomaniac like this in the Hall 862 00:42:06,434 --> 00:42:09,003 of Fame, you can't even call your entrance. 863 00:42:09,136 --> 00:42:13,240 Your ass belongs to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. 864 00:42:13,374 --> 00:42:14,708 [crowd cheers] 865 00:42:14,842 --> 00:42:17,611 - Shawn and Austin is a classic rivalry, but I don't think it's 866 00:42:17,745 --> 00:42:20,281 the rivalry that we expected. 867 00:42:20,414 --> 00:42:21,482 - Tyson and Austin. 868 00:42:21,615 --> 00:42:23,818 Tyson and Austin. 869 00:42:23,951 --> 00:42:25,853 - Shawn was legitimately going through something terrible. 870 00:42:25,986 --> 00:42:28,022 Steve was on the hottest run of his life. 871 00:42:28,155 --> 00:42:29,990 And they're in each other's way. 872 00:42:30,124 --> 00:42:33,861 - This is as close as you ever will get. 873 00:42:33,994 --> 00:42:37,264 Steve was the perfect guy that they wanted to see 874 00:42:37,398 --> 00:42:39,767 him to absolutely murder me. 875 00:42:39,900 --> 00:42:40,935 - He got him. 876 00:42:41,068 --> 00:42:42,069 The stunner. 877 00:42:42,203 --> 00:42:43,804 Austin is the champion 878 00:42:43,938 --> 00:42:46,006 - That rivalry is what made Steve 879 00:42:46,140 --> 00:42:50,244 Austin the number one guy in WWE. 880 00:42:50,377 --> 00:42:53,214 - The Austin era has begun. 881 00:42:53,347 --> 00:42:55,049 - All the pieces of the puzzle said, 882 00:42:55,182 --> 00:42:58,085 here's your -- champion right here.