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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,190 --> 00:00:05,750 It's Stone Cold Steve Austin versus The Rock for the world title. 2 00:00:06,150 --> 00:00:07,870 There can be only one. 3 00:00:08,370 --> 00:00:14,290 His popularity was so strong. And honestly, it was so 4 00:00:14,290 --> 00:00:19,510 infectious because it motivated me and drove me. 5 00:00:20,470 --> 00:00:22,250 It's what I wanted. 6 00:00:23,970 --> 00:00:29,770 Rock came up so fast and it's just the complete opposite of Steve. 7 00:00:31,370 --> 00:00:32,470 There was competition. 8 00:00:33,130 --> 00:00:34,970 There's only one number one spot. 9 00:00:36,770 --> 00:00:37,810 I'm going to take it. 10 00:00:39,770 --> 00:00:43,130 We were rivals because he was trying to get the top. I was the top. 11 00:00:43,690 --> 00:00:45,770 I was determined to stay on top. 12 00:00:49,050 --> 00:00:52,750 This rivalry has just escalated into a war. 13 00:00:53,770 --> 00:00:59,490 When two legends collide, their rivalry stays pinned in our minds forever. 14 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:05,300 This is where we break down the legendary stories behind the greatest 15 00:01:05,300 --> 00:01:06,300 of all time. 16 00:01:07,060 --> 00:01:08,520 I'm Freddie Prinze Jr. 17 00:01:08,940 --> 00:01:12,040 And this is WWE Rivals. 18 00:01:15,060 --> 00:01:20,980 The greatest book ever written is the one titled The Rock vs. 19 00:01:21,500 --> 00:01:22,500 Stone Cold. 20 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:31,580 And Stone Cold Steve Austin, two of the most popular WWE superstars in sports 21 00:01:31,580 --> 00:01:32,580 entertainment history. 22 00:01:33,220 --> 00:01:37,700 In my mind, the two biggest draws of all time. All due respect to Bruno, to 23 00:01:37,700 --> 00:01:41,920 Hulk, and Flair, and all the guys that came along that drew a lot of money. 24 00:01:42,020 --> 00:01:45,200 These two guys were the hottest two guys. We did more ratings. 25 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:50,160 And it was the first time that wrestlers became megastars in all of society. 26 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,440 The Rock laid the smackdown on all their candy asses. 27 00:01:55,820 --> 00:02:02,560 They were able to transcend into pop culture. You literally were making fun 28 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:06,480 wrestling yesterday, but then you come into school with a 316 shirt. 29 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,720 With my cousin Dwayne The Rock. 30 00:02:11,180 --> 00:02:14,960 He's so casual. My cousin Dwayne The Rock. I guess. 31 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:19,980 He speaks about Stone Cold, and he speaks about... 32 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:24,780 the way that they performed in front of the audience. I mean, he has this bond 33 00:02:24,780 --> 00:02:28,840 and this connection with him that it does, it chokes him up every single time 34 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:29,840 starts to talk about it. 35 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:35,140 This Austin Rock confrontation will be great rivalries of all time. It's Ali 36 00:02:35,140 --> 00:02:37,340 Frazier. It's the Lakers and the Celtics. 37 00:02:38,140 --> 00:02:39,940 It had so much longevity. 38 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:41,880 There was so much electricity. 39 00:02:42,220 --> 00:02:47,080 It's amazing to me because on TV, I never saw two people hate each other 40 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,720 It took me a while to find out who I was in the business. 41 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:58,640 It turns out that who I was in the business was me at a highly competitive 42 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:01,260 level. All I did was up the intensity. 43 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:11,040 From a Stone Cold character standpoint, nothing was handed to him. He had to 44 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,240 work his ass off for every single thing. 45 00:03:13,640 --> 00:03:14,820 Give me a hell yeah! 46 00:03:18,510 --> 00:03:23,110 because Stone Cold, we're going to crash the party anytime I want to. 47 00:03:24,530 --> 00:03:31,370 The Stone Cold character defined the era, defined the times of a more 48 00:03:31,370 --> 00:03:34,830 rebellious attitude all over the world. 49 00:03:35,050 --> 00:03:36,770 You can kiss my ass. 50 00:03:42,770 --> 00:03:44,850 You got a guy like Stone Cold Steve Austin. 51 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,340 On the ascension, on the rise, here I was over here. 52 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,860 My first couple of years in the business, I didn't know if I was going 53 00:03:53,860 --> 00:03:54,860 it. No one knows. 54 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:01,140 I don't remember the first time I met Dwayne like where it was. 55 00:04:01,420 --> 00:04:02,460 I remember seeing him though. 56 00:04:04,460 --> 00:04:07,880 Now there's going to be the man right there. That blue chipper right there. 57 00:04:08,340 --> 00:04:12,060 6 '5", 6 '4", whatever he is. Probably already 275 back in. 58 00:04:12,940 --> 00:04:15,000 But you could see the gimmick was wrong. 59 00:04:15,700 --> 00:04:19,459 I know I've got a lot to learn here in the World Wrestling Federation, but with 60 00:04:19,459 --> 00:04:22,920 your support and the great people of the World Wrestling Federation behind me, I 61 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,300 believe Rocky Maivia can accomplish anything. 62 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:32,360 He was so stereotypical in his delivery of his promos, the content of his 63 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:33,360 promos. 64 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,420 I'm going to do the best that I can do. 65 00:04:37,100 --> 00:04:38,100 Thank you. 66 00:04:38,140 --> 00:04:40,920 And I'll make you and all my fans proud. 67 00:04:42,020 --> 00:04:45,380 Steve was kind of already breaking the mold of what you'd expect to see on WWE 68 00:04:45,380 --> 00:04:47,720 television as far as language and mannerisms. 69 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,360 Austin 316 says I just whipped your ass. 70 00:04:54,380 --> 00:04:56,140 People were clamoring for Austin. 71 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:00,220 So Rocky almost became like the, well, no, this is the guy we don't want. 72 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,520 You've kind of gone through a little change here in our sport of professional 73 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:08,580 wrestling, you know, with the fans and how they perceive certain guys. 74 00:05:09,230 --> 00:05:12,790 And whether or not they smile or whether they use the word ass like it's going 75 00:05:12,790 --> 00:05:13,769 out of style. 76 00:05:13,770 --> 00:05:17,110 It ain't nothing on my mind, but whipping anybody's ass, it gets in my 77 00:05:17,430 --> 00:05:19,650 Steve Austin does what he wants, what he wants. 78 00:05:20,530 --> 00:05:24,610 Steve's impact and the reason why he was so successful is because he was 79 00:05:24,610 --> 00:05:25,609 authentic. 80 00:05:25,610 --> 00:05:29,270 You can rest assured and bet your bottom dollar that Rocky Maivia will always 81 00:05:29,270 --> 00:05:33,250 give 110%. That's why I am the Intercontinental Champion. 82 00:05:34,550 --> 00:05:38,590 Here I was, this guy who was happy and happy to be there even when I lost. 83 00:05:39,380 --> 00:05:43,660 Fans can see through that. If you're not authentic, then you're done. 84 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:48,900 That's when they became visceral, and basically you're fully... Rocky sucks! 85 00:05:50,060 --> 00:05:51,160 Rocky sucks! 86 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:52,440 Rocky sucks! 87 00:05:52,900 --> 00:05:54,340 Rocky sucks! 88 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,180 The crowd started yelling to him, die, Rocky, die. 89 00:06:03,460 --> 00:06:08,260 When you try to be a baby -facing good guy, someone's telling you, hey, you. 90 00:06:09,050 --> 00:06:10,050 Not good, right? 91 00:06:12,130 --> 00:06:16,810 Rock had injured his knee and had been out for a little while, and the question 92 00:06:16,810 --> 00:06:19,130 came up, God, you bring him back. 93 00:06:19,650 --> 00:06:20,950 What do you do with him? 94 00:06:21,970 --> 00:06:25,790 We had a faction at the time, the Nation of Domination. 95 00:06:28,430 --> 00:06:29,430 Hmm. 96 00:06:31,190 --> 00:06:33,250 There's The Rock. Great to see The Rock back. 97 00:06:33,470 --> 00:06:34,490 What's he doing in the ring? 98 00:06:35,170 --> 00:06:36,790 Checking on the referee to make sure he's okay. 99 00:06:37,630 --> 00:06:38,630 Look at that! 100 00:06:40,070 --> 00:06:41,670 What? Wait a minute. 101 00:06:42,290 --> 00:06:45,330 I remember getting a phone call from Jim Ross, and he said, how do you feel 102 00:06:45,330 --> 00:06:49,410 about joining the Nation of Domination? And we're going to turn you into a bad 103 00:06:49,410 --> 00:06:52,310 guy. You're going to become a heel. How do you feel about that? I said, I love 104 00:06:52,310 --> 00:06:53,310 it. 105 00:06:53,490 --> 00:06:54,490 What? 106 00:06:54,650 --> 00:06:55,650 Whoa! 107 00:06:58,630 --> 00:07:04,810 The Nation of Domination was a group that was really anti -establishment at 108 00:07:04,810 --> 00:07:07,650 time as well, but more anti -the audience. 109 00:07:08,410 --> 00:07:09,410 In many ways. 110 00:07:10,910 --> 00:07:13,050 Audiences crapping on Rocky Maivia. 111 00:07:13,970 --> 00:07:16,450 Well, Rocky came back and crapped on the audience. 112 00:07:17,290 --> 00:07:18,290 In return. 113 00:07:20,430 --> 00:07:22,130 I got three words. 114 00:07:23,430 --> 00:07:25,450 Die, Rocky, die. 115 00:07:26,550 --> 00:07:29,390 That's the gratitude I get from you pieces of crap. 116 00:07:30,190 --> 00:07:31,470 I believed in the guy. 117 00:07:31,910 --> 00:07:35,290 Looks, size, rap, charisma, ability. 118 00:07:35,650 --> 00:07:36,830 I knew he had all those things. 119 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:39,560 I was just able to be authentic. 120 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,960 You're not a character. It's exactly who you are, just with the volume turned 121 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:45,960 way up. 122 00:07:47,940 --> 00:07:50,140 Rocky took it and ran with it. 123 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:55,460 And people viewed him as this cocky, arrogant person. 124 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:59,780 As a human being, he wasn't. But he would walk into a room and own it. 125 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:05,040 It's interesting when you look at the two characters, because they were both 126 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:06,320 rebellious, they were both anti. 127 00:08:06,730 --> 00:08:11,730 And when the two come together, it's like, all right, this is beautiful 128 00:08:18,430 --> 00:08:20,750 In the fourth quarter of 1997. 129 00:08:22,750 --> 00:08:25,270 That was really, really an exciting time. 130 00:08:25,650 --> 00:08:29,670 Ladies and gentlemen, Stone Cold Steve Austin. 131 00:08:30,050 --> 00:08:33,370 And we're looking for bad guys who Stone Cold can work with. 132 00:08:34,210 --> 00:08:35,789 The nation comes out. 133 00:08:37,419 --> 00:08:41,360 And all of us are standing at the top of the stage. And Steve basically says, 134 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:45,760 All you got to do is bring your ass to the ring or any one of them people up 135 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:49,140 there. I'll stomp a mud hole in you and walk you dry. 136 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,500 Everyone's arguing who's going to go. And then finally it's decided. 137 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:55,800 The Rock is going to run down there. 138 00:08:58,300 --> 00:09:04,720 Steve and I had never had a wrestling match before. 139 00:09:04,980 --> 00:09:06,320 So all this was. 140 00:09:06,940 --> 00:09:09,660 To just see, is there anything? 141 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,380 And when you watch the audience reaction. 142 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,040 Stone Cold, Stone Rocky, my idea, out of his boot. 143 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,360 There's something there. 144 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,200 Stone Cold through the crowd. 145 00:09:24,660 --> 00:09:26,800 It was a palpable buzz in that arena. 146 00:09:32,750 --> 00:09:36,570 A moment like that between Rock and Austin is really confirming who you need 147 00:09:36,570 --> 00:09:39,410 put your time and effort into, and it tells you what's working and what's not. 148 00:09:42,270 --> 00:09:48,070 Seeing Rock and Austin collide for the first time, this is going to be special. 149 00:09:48,890 --> 00:09:54,730 If anybody wants to see Rocky Maivia get his ass whipped, give me a hell yeah! 150 00:09:57,090 --> 00:09:58,550 That's about what I thought. 151 00:10:05,870 --> 00:10:10,330 The last thing The Rock needs is some jabroni asking him questions when he's 152 00:10:10,330 --> 00:10:11,330 all the answers. 153 00:10:12,610 --> 00:10:19,350 You have to appreciate the growth, right? The story. Who Rock was before. 154 00:10:19,630 --> 00:10:25,290 He didn't quite know as a fan that he had the level of talent that he 155 00:10:25,290 --> 00:10:26,290 later in his career. 156 00:10:26,550 --> 00:10:28,610 Come on in here, Hulk Hogan. 157 00:10:28,970 --> 00:10:29,959 Dwayne with... 158 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:33,980 Doing promo from, I mean, when he was young. I'm sitting there with Anteata, 159 00:10:33,980 --> 00:10:36,800 mom, and we're cracking up at these videos of him. 160 00:10:37,340 --> 00:10:39,020 He's cutting promos in the kitchen. 161 00:10:41,020 --> 00:10:47,780 He was practicing from when he was 162 00:10:47,780 --> 00:10:52,420 young. Before he even knew. Before he even knew that he was going to become 163 00:10:52,420 --> 00:10:53,420 Rock. 164 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:58,380 Steve Austin, your bottom line will read. 165 00:10:59,130 --> 00:11:02,690 has been compliments of the Rock. 166 00:11:03,190 --> 00:11:06,530 With Rocky Maivia, we were working in the ring with him. We knew how talented 167 00:11:06,530 --> 00:11:09,630 was. And now all of a sudden you have this competitor come along to Steve. 168 00:11:10,110 --> 00:11:14,590 We see the snowball rolling at that point going, oh, my God, this is 169 00:11:14,590 --> 00:11:15,590 unbelievable. 170 00:11:17,590 --> 00:11:20,810 Rocky, I'm calling all the shots, and I'm going to tell you something right 171 00:11:20,950 --> 00:11:24,750 When you're walking through the airport and your beeper goes off, you look down 172 00:11:24,750 --> 00:11:28,490 and it says 3 -1 -6. You know your ass belongs to Stone Cold. 173 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:33,040 In the beginning stages of Rock -Austin, I remember them going after the 174 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:36,340 Intercontinental Championship, and you're going, something's going to 175 00:11:36,340 --> 00:11:37,340 here. 176 00:11:37,900 --> 00:11:40,920 Like, this is going to be a huge, huge rivalry. 177 00:11:41,460 --> 00:11:44,360 My God, the rattlesnake right behind the rock. Rock! 178 00:11:45,060 --> 00:11:47,320 Rock! Rocky's beeper just went off. 179 00:11:47,820 --> 00:11:50,080 And if that's it, 3 -16. 180 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:55,140 Scott Paul is up with a 10 -0 advance on Rocky Maravilla. 181 00:11:56,300 --> 00:11:57,520 Pretty much immediately. 182 00:11:58,300 --> 00:12:00,000 You know, we had chemistry, we clicked. 183 00:12:04,420 --> 00:12:04,860 Stone 184 00:12:04,860 --> 00:12:12,740 Cold 185 00:12:12,740 --> 00:12:16,180 Steve Austin was an incontinental champion. It was just one of those 186 00:12:16,180 --> 00:12:22,840 where creatively he was getting ready to go on his run for the WWE world title. 187 00:12:24,340 --> 00:12:25,680 So what am I going to do, Rock? 188 00:12:26,380 --> 00:12:30,480 is I'm going to forfeit the damn title to you tonight because I got bigger fish 189 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:31,299 to fry. 190 00:12:31,300 --> 00:12:34,880 So go ahead and take the damn thing because I don't want it no more. 191 00:12:35,180 --> 00:12:37,540 He just gave me the Intercontinental Championship. 192 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:43,180 And then he wound up stunning me. 193 00:12:45,260 --> 00:12:50,460 Even in that, I just remember that night. We all just remember that night 194 00:12:50,460 --> 00:12:51,640 there was something special. 195 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,500 Stone Cold Steve Austin with the Intercontinental Championship belt. 196 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:59,760 Rock, when I gave this belt to you, I did just that. You didn't have to earn a 197 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:01,940 damn thing. So I'll see you a little bit later. 198 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:12,480 When I see a title get thrown off a bridge, that's a big deal. I had never 199 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,660 anything like that. And I heard that title was never found. 200 00:13:16,820 --> 00:13:17,820 That's what I heard, too. 201 00:13:18,740 --> 00:13:22,940 I think the Urban Legend, the title was never found. 202 00:13:24,460 --> 00:13:28,860 We did the intercontinental title stuff, and it's only inevitable that as he 203 00:13:28,860 --> 00:13:32,980 continues down the road he's going down, I continue what I'm doing. It's going 204 00:13:32,980 --> 00:13:35,640 to come back around. It's going to come at a bigger, higher level. 205 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:45,700 You got a guy as tough as Stone Cold. 206 00:13:45,780 --> 00:13:49,000 My hunger, my thirst to be the best, to get to the top. 207 00:13:54,060 --> 00:13:56,900 The company finally picked me. I'm going to do something with this. 208 00:13:57,380 --> 00:14:04,140 Nobody, especially Vince McMahon, tells Stone Cold Steve Austin what to do, and 209 00:14:04,140 --> 00:14:05,200 that's the bottom line. 210 00:14:05,860 --> 00:14:09,600 Vince Walton, the rattlesnake, Stone Cold Steve Austin. 211 00:14:09,980 --> 00:14:12,600 He's getting pulled in a thousand different directions. 212 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,800 Stone Cold Steve Austin is the man. 213 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,680 So I stood with Vince, saw his ass, and that's the bottom line. 214 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:27,560 Stone Cold's popularity got to a point where you had to experience it. And 215 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:33,980 we were chatty, but at the same time, there was still 216 00:14:33,980 --> 00:14:36,540 never animosity, but there was competition. 217 00:14:37,260 --> 00:14:42,140 And at that time, he had a stack of 8x10s. You're welcome. 218 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:43,640 He's signing away. 219 00:14:44,700 --> 00:14:48,080 So I remember he had jokingly signed a picture to me. 220 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:49,360 Hey, Rock. 221 00:14:49,530 --> 00:14:51,610 You might make it one day, kid. Keep working hard. 222 00:14:52,110 --> 00:14:54,510 Stone Cold Steve Austin, number one. 223 00:14:57,950 --> 00:15:02,490 And I thought, oh, he's around with me. But then I look and I realize that 224 00:15:02,490 --> 00:15:04,490 that's how he signed his autograph. 225 00:15:04,990 --> 00:15:08,950 Stone Cold Steve Austin, number one. Thanks, Steve. You're welcome. 226 00:15:09,210 --> 00:15:14,190 I was number one. I believed I was number one. And I signed that number one 227 00:15:14,190 --> 00:15:17,790 that picture so that the person receiving that autograph knew I was 228 00:15:17,790 --> 00:15:18,790 as well. 229 00:15:20,060 --> 00:15:23,780 I said, one day I got to write number one. 230 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,420 He said, you got to earn that one. 231 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:28,780 I said, I'm going to earn it. 232 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:31,300 He said, well, you're not going to take it from me. 233 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:39,720 He can say a lot of things about rock, but he was a study, and he was always 234 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,780 trying new and different things. 235 00:15:42,460 --> 00:15:45,040 Why are you looking at the rock like that? You're drooling. 236 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:53,740 I appreciate it. I've never seen anybody grow so much week to week. 237 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:58,000 Know your role before the Rock lays a smackdown on your candy ass, Jabroni. 238 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:03,060 Then he becomes so good at being a bad guy that he's a good guy. 239 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:05,640 Whatever happened to Rocky Suck? 240 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:08,900 You know, I think the evolution and the development of this young athlete 241 00:16:08,900 --> 00:16:10,440 certainly has impressed a lot of fans. 242 00:16:10,820 --> 00:16:15,060 There ain't nothing that could ever compare to being the people's champ. 243 00:16:16,939 --> 00:16:18,640 The business is very competitive. 244 00:16:19,180 --> 00:16:23,380 As hot as I was getting and he was kind of coming up right behind me, I was very 245 00:16:23,380 --> 00:16:26,720 keenly aware of where he was and what he was doing. 246 00:16:28,020 --> 00:16:30,320 He was trying to get the top, I was the top. 247 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,080 And I was determined to stay on top. 248 00:16:33,860 --> 00:16:40,200 I'll tell you this, you will always be in my eyes some punk kid spitting out 249 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:41,200 nursery rhymes. 250 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:50,280 In the business, whenever a top guy is watching someone who's on the rise and 251 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:55,420 Steve looking at the rock and just kind of, hey, you know, he comes out and 252 00:16:55,420 --> 00:16:58,720 raises an eyebrow, has a couple of cute phrases, that don't mean he's over. 253 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:06,760 That comment right then said to me, rock's catching on, rock's over. 254 00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:10,240 Because the top guy now is noticing it. 255 00:17:10,599 --> 00:17:12,740 You know, you see somebody nipping at his heels. 256 00:17:19,470 --> 00:17:25,010 It has been 10 years since the WWF has had to crown a WWF champion via a 257 00:17:25,010 --> 00:17:30,650 tournament. The winner of this match is the new man, either mankind or the 258 00:17:30,650 --> 00:17:32,130 people's champion, The Rock. 259 00:17:33,170 --> 00:17:38,350 And The Rock's rise to superstardom here in the WWF is nothing short of 260 00:17:38,350 --> 00:17:39,350 extraordinary. 261 00:17:39,970 --> 00:17:43,890 In the world of the WWE, life moves at light speed. 262 00:17:45,250 --> 00:17:46,250 Shark shooter! 263 00:17:46,550 --> 00:17:47,870 That's a shark shooter! 264 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:59,280 You work your ass off, you have the opportunity to become the guy. 265 00:17:59,700 --> 00:18:03,300 I'm going to quote the great Jim Brown. That was sweet. 266 00:18:16,430 --> 00:18:20,130 Not only do you become world champion, but now you align yourself with the 267 00:18:20,130 --> 00:18:22,390 company's top heel, Vince McMahon. 268 00:18:24,290 --> 00:18:29,310 And take the moniker of the people's champion, you turn it corporate. 269 00:18:35,330 --> 00:18:39,210 I'm going to share with you guys my crazy grandmother from Puerto Rico, 270 00:18:39,210 --> 00:18:44,330 Ramirez. She introduced me to professional wrestling. And when The 271 00:18:44,330 --> 00:18:45,330 corporate, 272 00:18:45,690 --> 00:18:51,230 My grandmother hated the man to the point where when my wife made a movie 273 00:18:51,230 --> 00:18:53,610 him, she stopped speaking to my wife. 274 00:18:54,230 --> 00:18:59,190 And when I asked her why, she said because he had a choice and he chose 275 00:18:59,190 --> 00:19:00,190 corporate. 276 00:19:00,790 --> 00:19:05,090 That's the effect that this man was able to have on people. That was the energy 277 00:19:05,090 --> 00:19:06,510 that came into this rivalry. 278 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:14,260 That's just a match made in heaven because if The Rock is going to side 279 00:19:14,260 --> 00:19:19,440 Vince, Vince is a corporation and I'm anti -corporation, well then that's must 280 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:20,440 see. 281 00:19:21,620 --> 00:19:28,540 You now have solidified Rock as someone you want to hate because 282 00:19:28,540 --> 00:19:31,220 he has aligned himself with The Man. 283 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:33,860 The World Wrestling Federation Champion. 284 00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:35,580 The Corporate Champion. 285 00:19:36,020 --> 00:19:37,160 The Rock. 286 00:19:41,020 --> 00:19:45,040 Unintelligent pieces of trailer park trash. 287 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:52,820 You're all no different from the biggest piece of trailer park trash in Stone 288 00:19:52,820 --> 00:19:54,820 Cold, Steve Austin. 289 00:19:55,900 --> 00:19:57,980 It's the old saying of opposites attract. 290 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:02,860 They're about as far apart as I think as anyone could possibly be. 291 00:20:03,220 --> 00:20:04,540 Steve's drinking beer. 292 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:08,840 Rock is eating fat -free. 293 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:10,540 Blueberry muffins. 294 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:17,080 These guys are so different, but yet they are exactly one in the same. 295 00:20:17,900 --> 00:20:22,300 Just in terms of, I want to be the best, and nothing's going to stop me. 296 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:29,300 Well, that doesn't surprise The Rock that you're watching back there, Stone 297 00:20:29,300 --> 00:20:33,880 Cold, because there's something about The Rock that draws you to The Rock. 298 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:37,660 the smell of what The Rock is cooking. 299 00:20:55,780 --> 00:21:01,700 You better get your ass serious because Stone Cold Steve Austin is going to 300 00:21:01,700 --> 00:21:08,520 check right in to this Smackdown hotel, roll right in to Route 316, and burn 301 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:09,520 that son of a bitch. 302 00:21:13,420 --> 00:21:17,740 Austin pulling into an arena in a giant beer truck, it was just mind -blowing. 303 00:21:19,020 --> 00:21:19,660 It 304 00:21:19,660 --> 00:21:29,060 was 305 00:21:29,060 --> 00:21:35,980 just another groundbreaking piece to an 306 00:21:35,980 --> 00:21:39,780 already groundbreaking story at that time, that rivalry. 307 00:21:46,060 --> 00:21:47,740 Rock was popular. Steve was popular. 308 00:21:48,540 --> 00:21:50,360 The matchup is epic. 309 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:53,660 You wanted it to be on the grandest stage. 310 00:21:54,780 --> 00:21:57,200 The only place to do it was WrestleMania. 311 00:22:00,780 --> 00:22:05,620 You know, the very first WrestleMania that we headlined was in Philadelphia. 312 00:22:05,620 --> 00:22:08,120 was my very first WrestleMania, headlining WrestleMania. 313 00:22:09,660 --> 00:22:15,060 I was 26 years old and just wanted to do a great job. 314 00:22:20,780 --> 00:22:21,780 I'll never forget that match. 315 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:29,300 From a performance standpoint, he was a motivating factor. 316 00:22:31,300 --> 00:22:32,560 He's very competitive. 317 00:22:34,580 --> 00:22:37,780 When you know you've performed to the highest level and you deliver, it's just 318 00:22:37,780 --> 00:22:38,780 great feeling. 319 00:22:50,030 --> 00:22:52,970 It was just amazing to watch. 320 00:22:53,350 --> 00:22:59,870 And while most rivalries will culminate at WrestleMania, it really was just 321 00:22:59,870 --> 00:23:00,870 getting started. 322 00:23:00,950 --> 00:23:03,030 Hey, redneck, piece of trash. 323 00:23:03,490 --> 00:23:07,750 Exactly. It's the great one. Does this look familiar to you, Austin? Does it? 324 00:23:07,810 --> 00:23:10,570 It's your piece of trash title. It's the bridge. 325 00:23:10,830 --> 00:23:13,590 There's the water, and it's a long way down. 326 00:23:14,170 --> 00:23:18,110 You want the piece of trash? You come get the piece of trash. 327 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:23,040 They were raising the bar every single week. You never knew what was going to 328 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:24,040 happen next. 329 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:24,720 The 330 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:39,420 water 331 00:23:39,420 --> 00:23:44,280 cooler talk every week was, oh, my God, did you see what happened on Monday 332 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,040 night? The two people driving that discussion. 333 00:23:47,690 --> 00:23:48,690 were rocking Oscar. 334 00:23:50,910 --> 00:23:57,770 That competitiveness drives greatness, and they were trying 335 00:23:57,770 --> 00:24:00,170 as hard as possible to outdo the other. 336 00:24:03,890 --> 00:24:04,530 Watching 337 00:24:04,530 --> 00:24:11,510 those two perform, 338 00:24:11,670 --> 00:24:15,350 you feel it, and you feel that energy, and you feel that passion. 339 00:24:15,790 --> 00:24:20,030 That's what they did. They made that magic every freaking night. You know 340 00:24:20,030 --> 00:24:22,930 I'm saying? It's like they were breaking their own record every single week. 341 00:24:24,770 --> 00:24:28,710 That rivalry spawned energy to the rest of us. 342 00:24:29,150 --> 00:24:30,830 That's what made the product so great. 343 00:24:31,510 --> 00:24:32,730 They pushed each other. 344 00:24:35,150 --> 00:24:36,150 Man, 345 00:24:38,850 --> 00:24:42,530 there was a period there where everything we did was a home run and a 346 00:24:42,530 --> 00:24:43,530 slam. 347 00:24:51,740 --> 00:24:53,160 This is the best job in the world. 348 00:24:54,140 --> 00:24:56,620 Every now and then you're just ready to go home and just kind of kick back a 349 00:24:56,620 --> 00:24:59,000 little bit. But, you know, with the schedule we got, you know, whether World 350 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,500 Wrestling Federation works, as soon as you say, hey, Vincent, it's time off, 351 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:07,320 what you're doing is creating a window of opportunity for someone else to step 352 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,200 into. I'm right in the middle of a hell of a run, so I'm going to finish this 353 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:11,200 out of the ditch. 354 00:25:14,580 --> 00:25:18,820 Going into back end of 99, you know, I started to have some... 355 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:23,040 Side effects from getting dropped on my head in 97 by Owen at SummerSlam. 356 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,020 Everybody thought I broke my neck. I didn't break my neck. I bruised my 357 00:25:29,020 --> 00:25:30,020 cord. 358 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:38,420 A couple years later, I went and got another MRI, 359 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:43,080 and that's when we discovered I had a bone spur growing into my spinal cord. 360 00:25:45,340 --> 00:25:47,860 Steve having surgery in 99 was... 361 00:25:48,670 --> 00:25:49,670 Scary time. 362 00:25:50,090 --> 00:25:54,870 Is Steve going to come back? And if Steve does come back, at what level is 363 00:25:54,870 --> 00:25:56,130 Cold going to come back? 364 00:25:58,650 --> 00:26:00,550 Stone Cold was gone for a year. 365 00:26:01,350 --> 00:26:02,430 Where's my hero? 366 00:26:03,390 --> 00:26:06,230 And there's The Rock saying he's right here. 367 00:26:07,430 --> 00:26:12,370 Okay, you're losing one of your biggest attractions of all time in Stone Cold 368 00:26:12,370 --> 00:26:13,370 Steve Austin. 369 00:26:13,570 --> 00:26:17,530 However, you had another attraction in The Rock. Okay, now it's time to put on 370 00:26:17,530 --> 00:26:20,150 the big boy shoes and you're going to be the man. 371 00:26:25,910 --> 00:26:29,470 Since you've been on the shelf, The Rock's popularity has really risen. 372 00:26:30,090 --> 00:26:32,930 I'd like to get in a damn ring with him and just knock the hell out of him 373 00:26:32,930 --> 00:26:35,450 because that's the kind of relationship man and The Rock have. 374 00:26:36,530 --> 00:26:37,530 Stone Cold was gone. 375 00:26:38,230 --> 00:26:40,870 Dwayne Johnson is now the top star. 376 00:26:41,110 --> 00:26:41,530 He 377 00:26:41,530 --> 00:26:49,810 competed 378 00:26:49,810 --> 00:26:53,650 against every other performer and said, you can't do this better than I can. 379 00:26:54,090 --> 00:26:56,370 They are chanting The Rock's name. 380 00:26:57,670 --> 00:27:04,370 The Rock called himself the people's champion, right? Because everybody 381 00:27:04,370 --> 00:27:07,310 wanted to be The Rock. But I feel like... 382 00:27:07,550 --> 00:27:09,830 Austin was also the people's champion. 383 00:27:18,170 --> 00:27:24,970 Have Stone Cold 384 00:27:24,970 --> 00:27:26,310 back was a relief. 385 00:27:28,830 --> 00:27:35,770 The audience was just so happy, but the audience had also grown to fall in love 386 00:27:35,770 --> 00:27:36,770 with The Rock. 387 00:27:37,550 --> 00:27:41,670 The Rock came around, Triple H came around, Undertaker was always there. So, 388 00:27:41,670 --> 00:27:44,710 mean, when a guy goes down, it's like, you know, chum in the water because 389 00:27:44,710 --> 00:27:45,830 that's just the way it is. 390 00:27:46,030 --> 00:27:50,270 And I respect it, but I wasn't keen to watch who was going to try to fill my 391 00:27:50,270 --> 00:27:54,710 spot. I won the Royal Rumble, which gave me the shot at the champ at 392 00:27:54,710 --> 00:27:57,930 WrestleMania. It turns out that the champ is The Rock. 393 00:27:58,530 --> 00:28:00,930 What a WrestleMania man of Memphis is going to be. 394 00:28:01,330 --> 00:28:05,570 And it was the two biggest and best colliding again. 395 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:10,080 Without a doubt, this is the most eagerly anticipated main event in 396 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:15,820 history. The backstage interview that myself and The Rock did with Jim Ross as 397 00:28:15,820 --> 00:28:20,880 mediator. Do I want to beat you on a personal level? Oh, hell yeah, I do. 398 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:27,020 But on a professional level, which bleeds over in my personal existence, I 399 00:28:27,020 --> 00:28:28,020 to beat you, Rock. 400 00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:30,960 I need it more than anything that you can ever imagine. 401 00:28:32,140 --> 00:28:33,500 I needed that championship. 402 00:28:33,700 --> 00:28:36,580 I thought The Rock was coming up there. I needed to stay here. 403 00:28:36,980 --> 00:28:39,680 So that was a shoot line for me, and he never knew that. 404 00:28:39,980 --> 00:28:43,360 I got one reason, and one reason only to go inside that ring, and that is to 405 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:44,600 beat Stone Cold Steve Austin. 406 00:28:44,820 --> 00:28:45,820 It's just that simple. 407 00:28:46,540 --> 00:28:50,100 There was tension, but it was great tension. 408 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:55,440 It was important to me that I was the one leading the pack. 409 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:57,440 And here's to you, Rock. 410 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,320 I didn't want to be second when I knew first was available. 411 00:29:02,580 --> 00:29:06,120 And Steve Austin sure as hell didn't want to be second. 412 00:29:07,060 --> 00:29:12,280 And here's to your ass getting whooped at WrestleMania. 413 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:25,960 Talking WrestleMania. 414 00:29:26,460 --> 00:29:28,220 And it's time for them to go. 415 00:29:28,890 --> 00:29:32,710 Steve was such a megastar, and Rock was such a megastar. 416 00:29:32,910 --> 00:29:35,510 And then you put those two guys together, and that's insane. 417 00:29:35,870 --> 00:29:39,470 You knew when those two touched, it was just a perfect matchup. 418 00:29:41,070 --> 00:29:44,230 We're three days away from Austin versus The Rock! 419 00:29:44,690 --> 00:29:50,810 It was a match that was, on so many levels, a work, but super personal for 420 00:29:50,910 --> 00:29:52,070 super personal for me. 421 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:06,200 The atmosphere in the arena at WrestleMania 17 was through the roof. 422 00:30:07,060 --> 00:30:12,640 Everything was built to the highest peak that it could be because I was super 423 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:13,820 hot as a baby face. 424 00:30:14,540 --> 00:30:16,940 Rock was super hot as a baby face. 425 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:20,460 It was just insanity. 426 00:30:22,260 --> 00:30:24,100 I blow the roof off the place. 427 00:30:25,180 --> 00:30:28,340 It's a very partisan Texas crowd. 428 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:32,020 And he was white hot, don't get me wrong, but I thought I got a little bit 429 00:30:32,020 --> 00:30:33,020 of a flashbulb. 430 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:37,620 He blows the roof off the place to just a little bit lesser degree. 431 00:30:38,460 --> 00:30:40,060 Here we go! It's on! 432 00:30:40,540 --> 00:30:43,300 They didn't waste any time, and nor did we think they would. 433 00:30:44,100 --> 00:30:47,880 The second WrestleMania is very special because we broke pay -per -view records. 434 00:30:48,380 --> 00:30:52,300 You can tell just how badly he won the title. 435 00:30:52,940 --> 00:30:53,940 We were fighting. 436 00:30:54,510 --> 00:30:58,030 We were animals, we were pit bulls, we were lions, we were all those things, 437 00:30:58,030 --> 00:30:59,030 those aggressive animals. 438 00:31:00,830 --> 00:31:07,150 The people hanging on every single move, 439 00:31:07,390 --> 00:31:11,810 waiting to see who was going to win this match because it was damn near 50 -50 440 00:31:11,810 --> 00:31:12,810 throughout the whole thing. 441 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:28,119 Vince McMahon! 442 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,060 What the hell is he doing out here? He's coming out to ringside. 443 00:31:37,220 --> 00:31:39,020 Austin now the clear -cut advantage. 444 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:42,660 Reversed. Stunner! I don't believe it! 445 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:46,760 But why is Vince McMahon out here? He's coming out to ringside. 446 00:31:48,180 --> 00:31:50,180 And now detaining the referee. 447 00:31:50,980 --> 00:31:53,880 McMahon has no love lost for either The Rock or Austin. 448 00:32:06,060 --> 00:32:11,360 At that time, from a character standpoint, I'd actually felt like I was 449 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:14,800 starting to flatline just a little bit because I'd been running so hot. 450 00:32:15,860 --> 00:32:17,760 What's a big man going to do with a chair? 451 00:32:18,220 --> 00:32:19,600 I wanted to turn heel. 452 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:21,720 What the hell is this? 453 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:28,400 Stone Cold Steve Austin has sold his soul for the WWF! 454 00:32:48,490 --> 00:32:55,430 surreal for a lot of people it was a difficult image for people to absorb the 455 00:32:55,430 --> 00:33:01,290 turn only made the audience desire having their hero back 456 00:33:01,290 --> 00:33:08,170 yes I wanted his spot but if I ever got that top spot it was because 457 00:33:08,170 --> 00:33:10,930 I earned it it was also because he helped me get there 458 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:15,580 One of the things that I can appreciate about Steve and about our relationship 459 00:33:15,580 --> 00:33:19,960 is just that it's like with any relationship, trust happened over time. 460 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:25,020 He started Trust Me More, which then made our matches that much better. 461 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:30,120 There's the perfect synergy and the clash of styles and the same type of 462 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:31,120 respect. 463 00:33:31,340 --> 00:33:35,320 Whether it was a house show, a pay -per -view, or Raw, whatever, we were out 464 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,460 there to, you know, bring the house down. 465 00:33:38,300 --> 00:33:40,580 We got The Rock against Stone Cold Steve Austin. 466 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,320 and we're going to go out there and do our thing. It's going to be a great 467 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:48,480 match. Rock and Stone Cold were able to go out, feed off the audience, and feed 468 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:49,480 off one another. 469 00:33:49,700 --> 00:33:52,080 The match would end. 470 00:33:53,060 --> 00:33:57,320 We would stay in the ring easily every night for an additional 30 to 45 471 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:06,300 We would have these performances and these 472 00:34:06,300 --> 00:34:08,780 monologues, and that's when the fun would begin. 473 00:34:12,330 --> 00:34:13,530 We became really good friends. 474 00:34:16,750 --> 00:34:18,610 We're just firing on all cylinders. 475 00:34:20,489 --> 00:34:27,130 You can be great friends with somebody in this business, but you can be really 476 00:34:27,130 --> 00:34:30,750 great friends with somebody in this business when you draw money together. 477 00:34:31,489 --> 00:34:33,670 That bond gets real tight. 478 00:34:35,330 --> 00:34:39,730 Rarely do you have two stars that are mega stars at the same time. 479 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:45,080 Every building we put Steve's name on, he sold out against another guy who's 480 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:46,080 exactly the same. 481 00:34:46,860 --> 00:34:52,980 There was a tie for a while as to who number one was, Stone Cold and The Rock. 482 00:34:53,380 --> 00:34:58,120 You can argue that they were interchangeable in that number one spot. 483 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,820 In the world of wrestling where there is no off -season. 484 00:35:05,740 --> 00:35:10,400 And guys tape up their injuries. They play through pain every single night. 485 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:14,220 All the Monday night Raws, all the Smackdowns. 486 00:35:14,940 --> 00:35:18,420 Steve played through a multitude of physical issues. 487 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:22,800 I had a surgery to correct a few things. There are still some things that are 488 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:23,800 going on. 489 00:35:24,220 --> 00:35:28,780 I could pass tests that I needed to pass, but I could see what my body was 490 00:35:28,780 --> 00:35:32,920 turning into by the stress and the beatings that I was placing on it. And 491 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:33,980 finally, I decided, man, 492 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,760 When is your body going to give you enough signals that you need to get your 493 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:38,760 out of here? 494 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:42,720 It's a real heavy gamble that I don't really want to take anymore. 495 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:51,380 The one thing that The Rock has not done, one thing, is whoop that bald 496 00:35:51,380 --> 00:35:52,860 candy ass at WrestleMania. 497 00:35:55,660 --> 00:35:59,780 WrestleMania happened to be around the corner, and it was me and The Rock. 498 00:36:00,060 --> 00:36:01,640 I'm like, hey man, it's time. 499 00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:07,100 Everybody knows we got to... Big match, the biggest match of my career, because 500 00:36:07,100 --> 00:36:11,120 what I'm finally looking to do is to beat Stone Cold Steve -O. Now, I know 501 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:13,860 right over here signing autographs, but I'm not going to pay attention to Stone 502 00:36:13,860 --> 00:36:16,180 Cold right now. He's not paying attention to me. 503 00:36:16,980 --> 00:36:22,400 I remember finding out that it was his last match, and I was honored and 504 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:23,400 privileged. 505 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,440 It's almost a shame I got to whip your ass on Sunday. How many days? 506 00:36:29,230 --> 00:36:33,570 No, but I mean, that's what we're there for. I mean, by the same token, you 507 00:36:33,570 --> 00:36:36,770 could whip my ass. Or as you would say, whip my candy ass. 508 00:36:40,050 --> 00:36:42,130 Program! Get your program! 509 00:36:46,790 --> 00:36:50,910 It was very emotional. 510 00:36:51,350 --> 00:36:55,590 In this final match of this extraordinary journey. 511 00:36:56,830 --> 00:36:57,830 Between... 512 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,420 Myself and Stone Cold Steve Austin. 513 00:37:02,940 --> 00:37:06,620 Welcome to WrestleMania 19! 514 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:12,740 We had a few conversations prior to that match at WrestleMania 19. 515 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:18,080 I wanted to give him the greatest performance I possibly could. 516 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:22,080 first, from Miami, Florida, The Rock! 517 00:37:24,460 --> 00:37:26,420 And do right by the company. 518 00:37:27,070 --> 00:37:28,270 And do right by Steve. 519 00:37:31,850 --> 00:37:34,190 Glass breaks and I walk down there. It's a pretty long walk. 520 00:37:43,490 --> 00:37:45,650 It's like, okay, man, I'm just going to turn it on, rip it up. 521 00:37:46,250 --> 00:37:51,770 Who is the greatest of all time? One of these two men, only time will tell. 522 00:37:59,100 --> 00:38:05,660 54 ,097 here in over 150 countries around our world. You're seeing one hell 523 00:38:05,660 --> 00:38:06,780 match at WrestleMania. 524 00:38:08,740 --> 00:38:12,760 Stone Cold Steve Austin went out there with a bad neck in his last match. 525 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:17,000 And the Steve that was on top at that point had to work with tons and tons of 526 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:18,500 injuries. That's remarkable. 527 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:25,040 Anytime you step in a ring with The Rock, he's going to give you everything 528 00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:26,040 got. 529 00:38:27,970 --> 00:38:33,290 Russ Mania 19, I guess one of the greatest of all time. 530 00:38:33,550 --> 00:38:34,790 It was very special. 531 00:38:36,610 --> 00:38:40,450 Hell, I'd beaten Rock on how many times in the two previous Russ Manias. 532 00:38:42,830 --> 00:38:48,050 It was everything that you would want to be the guy that you would pass the 533 00:38:48,050 --> 00:38:49,050 torch to. 534 00:39:35,530 --> 00:39:39,310 You know, I want to be the best at what I do, and it's because of guys like 535 00:39:39,310 --> 00:39:45,130 Austin, specifically Steve Austin doing what he does for me, that I'm able to 536 00:39:45,130 --> 00:39:46,130 accomplish that. 537 00:39:47,350 --> 00:39:51,710 After the 1 -2 -3, I pushed the referee away. You can't hear this. 538 00:39:52,650 --> 00:39:55,070 And I said, I admire him. 539 00:39:55,690 --> 00:39:56,690 I respect him. 540 00:39:57,370 --> 00:39:58,450 I'm proud to call him my friend. 541 00:40:04,330 --> 00:40:06,030 business while I've ever offered you. 542 00:40:08,090 --> 00:40:09,090 Amen. 543 00:40:09,750 --> 00:40:12,730 I love The Rock, and The Rock loves me. 544 00:40:14,330 --> 00:40:20,270 It was a really, really cool moment. Two big -ass, tough -ass guys telling each 545 00:40:20,270 --> 00:40:23,650 other that they loved the other one in front of millions of people. 546 00:40:25,450 --> 00:40:29,910 When you see those two gentlemen in the ring, one of the best rivalries in the 547 00:40:29,910 --> 00:40:32,790 history of this business, I mean, they did three WrestleManias? 548 00:40:33,020 --> 00:40:35,680 You know the old saying that lightning never strikes down twice. 549 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:40,940 One of the moments when I was a kid that I'll never forget is when the Beatles 550 00:40:40,940 --> 00:40:42,960 ran out on Shea Stadium. 551 00:40:44,100 --> 00:40:46,400 Brock and Stone Cold did it three times. 552 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:51,020 That smile on your face that just snuck up, that little smile is like the way 553 00:40:51,020 --> 00:40:54,460 you're looking back at it. I think people kind of knew at the time, you 554 00:40:54,460 --> 00:40:55,460 what, this is something special. 555 00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:03,380 To be able to see, like, my two people champions go head -to -head, it's like 556 00:41:03,380 --> 00:41:07,020 that fantasy booking scenario that we always dream about. The two guys who 557 00:41:07,020 --> 00:41:11,200 at the top of the industry, and the fact that we got it for such a long time is 558 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:12,200 awesome. 559 00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:16,980 It's really wonderful to come back and see so many smiling faces tonight. 560 00:41:17,420 --> 00:41:19,320 For example, Stone Cold Steve Austin. 561 00:41:23,380 --> 00:41:25,500 We'll definitely think about that. One more match. 562 00:41:26,860 --> 00:41:31,460 There will always be a bit of a rivalry between Rock and Austin. 563 00:41:33,020 --> 00:41:38,600 I also think that there's a great deal of love and respect for one another, for 564 00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:40,500 what each did for the other's career. 565 00:41:49,700 --> 00:41:52,240 I mean, I was in a different zone back here, man. 566 00:41:52,460 --> 00:41:55,020 No, it actually worked out better. You were like, listen, you're going to be a 567 00:41:55,020 --> 00:41:57,900 hell of a talent. You take it. Yeah. Take this with you. 568 00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:05,000 All right. I'm going to go do your thing. All right, brother. They had 569 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:06,820 special, and they knew it. 570 00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:10,080 Your antagonist is only as good as your protagonist. 571 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:14,460 They pushed each other to the limit. 572 00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:26,060 I learned two top guys could go out there and have as much fun as we did and 573 00:42:26,060 --> 00:42:30,200 hate each other as much as we appeared to hate each other. 574 00:42:30,420 --> 00:42:31,420 What competition! 575 00:42:31,700 --> 00:42:32,800 What a rivalry! 576 00:42:33,180 --> 00:42:36,660 He brought out something in me and I brought out something in him that made 577 00:42:36,660 --> 00:42:37,720 as good as we could be. 578 00:42:38,620 --> 00:42:42,740 And that's the bottom line because the great one said so. 579 00:42:43,420 --> 00:42:46,580 We were fighting for the exact same thing. 580 00:42:47,340 --> 00:42:53,400 And that was the number one top spot in the company at a time when the company 581 00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:56,720 was changing the way the game was played. 582 00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:04,500 And we take a lot of pride in it being the greatest rivalry the 583 00:43:04,500 --> 00:43:08,820 sports entertainment world has ever seen. 49220

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