You know, Steamboat I also wanna say 'thank you'. I wanna say 'thank you' to the Academy of Arts and Motion Picture Sciences, because last night's Academy Awards proved me right.
00:35
Despite all of his shamelesspandering and his kissing of all the butts in Hollywood, Mickey Rourke lost the Oscar.
00:45
And now, he is just like the character he played in 'The Wrestler': he's a loser, a washed-up has-been who is hanging on for one last shot at glory, one last go in the spotlight, deluding himself and thinking he has one chance to make it again.
01:03
He doesn't. And he reminds me a lot of the losers in this business: Ric Flair, Roddy Piper and even you, Steamboat - cause you're a loser.
01:26
I am a man of truth, Steamboat, I tell it like it is and I'm gonna tell you the same thing. When you were wrestling all those classic matches with Ric Flair in the NWA - an organization that according to this company never even existed - you were just Ricky Steamboat.
01:44
It wasn't until you came to the WWE and sold your soul to all of these parasites that you became The Dragon -
01:54
a glorified Karate Kid selling headbands and making poses, feeding into stereotypes.
02:10
And then you eventually came to the ring with a Komodo Dragon literally spitting fire like the circus freak you've become. It was pathetic, but hey: It's all right as long as you're making a paycheck - right, Steamboat? Huh?
02:23
And then when you decided to retire, you ended up just like all the rest: Down and out on your luck, broken, beat-down, dysfunctional family.
02:32
And you know you would have returend to the ring just like Flair and just like Piper. You know you would have done it. But instead, you took a back door route.
02:41
You applied for a job in the WWE, you got one working backstage and now here you are. See, Steamboat, you are a lifelong sellout.
02:51
And now with the Hall of Fame induction the loyal dog gets his bone - just like Flair, just like Piper.
03:00
Except instead of wearing a three-piece suit like those guys or wearing a sequent robe or, or a kilt you have nice suit on - it doesn't make you any less pathetic. So enjoy your moment with all of these hypocrites that are your fans, Steamboat.
03:16
Enjoy it. You're the biggest hypocrite of them all.
03:32
Jericho!
03:39
Do you know what a hypocrite is? You understand that word, that meaning?
03:45
You know, I remember about 20 years ago at an autograph session I remember signing an autograph - for you.
03:59
I also remember how you said that you would have admired me - and that I was your hero.
04:12
You wrote that in your autobiography, Jericho.
04:19
And then about ten years ago, when you came to the WWE, you were the snotty, brat wrestler of a kid that turned down the wrestling fans.
04:34
And then within... within a year, less than a year, you embraced them.
04:42
What did you call them? Jerichoholics?
04:48
Then you spent the next several years turning on them, embracing them, turning on them, embracing them - back and forth so on and so off.
04:59
You know something, Jericho? THAT's a hypocrite.
05:11
Myself, from the very first time I put on my wrestling tights to the day that I retired I didn't change - not once.
05:29
I gave that audience the respect and entertained them every time I came through that curtain.
05:41
I never changed, not once. Now myself, Ric Flair, Roddy Piper and the other legends - we know who we are.
06:00
And me coming back working for the WWE behind the scenes to help our young talent, our future superstars to teach them, to coach them, to pass the torch so-to-speak, that's not a sellout.
06:19
I did it because I love this business.
06:29
I don't care what you think of me, it really doesn't matter.
06:36
I'm not a hypocrite, I'm not a sellout, but I am someone you may never be: a Hall of Famer.
You're going out? Didn't you lose your match tonight?
00:12
Yeah, but you know, he cheated so it's cool.
00:16
It's cool? You realize it's a Triple Threat Main Event Match tonight going on live on RAW to see who's going to WrestleMania? You're telling me it's cool, your leaving? You're not gonna stay here and watch the show?
00:27
Carlito's not in the Main Event, so why?
00:31
Did you ever stop and think that there is a reason why guys like you - and I'm talking about GUYS LIKE YOU - are not in the Main Event? That's right, why you're not in the Main Event? Because maybe you're a lazy, underachieving son of a bitch - lucky to be walking the halls of this building, lucky to be on the RAW roster! Lucky to be here at all! You're really pissin' me off right now!
00:53
Where's your problem?
00:55
My problem? I'll tell you what my problem is! GUYS LIKE YOU! That they have no passion! No guts! You want all the money, you want all the glory, you wanna fly first class, you wanna walk around with someone like her You don't deserve it! You haven't worked for it! You haven't bled, sweat and paid the price to be here.
01:15
THAT's what's driving me crazy! I'm walking around trying to figure out why GUYS LIKE YOU are taking MY spot? YEAH! GUYS LIKE YOU are taking my spot! I've been here forever and I'm gonna work my ass off to stay here.
01:30
McMahon told me today if I wanna stay I'm gonna have to prove it to him. If you wanna stay you better prove it to yourself.
01:39
It's not cool, it's pathetic! PATHETIC! I'm walking around trying to figure out what my name is and you are LEAVING before the Main Event? Yeah me!
01:50
Sometimes I'm walking around trying to figure out who I am and the whole Goddam world knows who I am. Except me sometimes. And you're leaving?
GLOSSARY
underachieving: bajo rendimiento; halls: pasillos; pissin' me off: enfadandome;
for somebody brave enough to fight me. I guess what I'm saying, Austin, is that you're so full of crap, your eyes are startin' to turn brown!
00:18
Sunday is Judgment Day - this is what I want you to do, son - when you get up Sunday morning, I want you to take your ass to church, and you better give your soul to the Lord, because yo'r ass belongs to me!
00:48
Now Triple H, this is where it gets real good.
00:54
As far as your challenge to my little brother Kane for a chain match at Judgment Day... on behalf of my brother, he gladly accepts!
01:17
And he wanted me to mention to ya that it's on. As far as the tag team titles, we're gonna do that. We'll do that tonight.
01:32
Now Austin, I know I heard ya - you said you didn't much care for traps. So you really - heh - you really aren't gonna like what happens now.
Hulk, it's great of you to join me tonight. Hulk, you'll be squaring off against Shawn Michaels at SummerSlam. Now that Shawn Michaels, he's a tough guy, isn't he?
00:38
LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING, BROTHER: This is a dream match, brother. One that I've always dreamed of, brother. I got news for ya: I'll be 102 years old, brother, by the time I step into the ring at SummerSlam.
00:49
Every day the Hulkster wakes up that he's not dead, brother, he's living upon his time.
00:54
Let me ask you a question, Hulky: Are you a bad guy or a good guy?
00:59
Well, on camera, brother, I'm a great guy. But when that camera goes off, brother, it's a different story, brother, ho-ho.
01:07
Brother, brother�-brother, brother, BROTHER!
01:13
So Hulky, do you still like the wrestling?
01:17
Are you kidding, brother? I love it. It's in my blood, brother! It's also in my knee, brother, and in my hip, brother.
01:24
But I just can't seem to shake it, brother. And when you shake too hard brother, it's gonna be in my back. Do you know what I mean, brother? BROTHER! Brother�-brother, brother.
01:34
Okay, don't you think you're a little old for the wrestling?
01:38
I got news for ya, Larry-brother. It's not how old you are brother, it's how old you feel. And I feel 157, brother!"
01:50
Hello my question is for Hulk: When will I see you again here in Battle Creek?
01:57
Again in Battle Creek? That would imply that I would have ever gone to Battle Creek, brother.
02:02
The Hulkster only makes the big towns, brother!
02:06
Haha, now come on, come on, let's be serious. How are you gonna stand in the ring with this Shawn Michaels? I mean, he's the showstopper, he's the icon.
02:16
He's a real tough guy. Here, take a look.
05:08
Bro�-ther�-
05:11
Hulky, what's gonna happen at SummerSlam?
05:14
Well, after seeing that, brother, I've obviously got some serious politicking to do, backstage with Vincent K. McMahon.
05:20
You see, brother, Shawn Michaels is obviously an amazing athlete, brother. But he never quite made it to the upper tier, brother.
05:27
You see, after I've walked out the WWE, brother, I've decided to go make even more money somewhere else, brother, they gave them all to Shawn Michaels.
05:36
But he didn't quite get the job done. You see, he's got more important things on his mind, like becoming the greatest 'wrestler' that has ever stepped to the ring, brother.
05:45
He's more concerned about going out there each and every night, brother, and stealing the show. Brother, he works just as hard in Battle Creek, Michigan, brother, than he does in Madison Square Garden, brother.
05:57
See, the Hulkster, brother, he's got a philosophy, brother. Once when people are in the building, brother, you've already got their money in front pocket, brother.
06:07
But Shawn Michaels, brother, he'd rather go out there and nearly kill himself every night, brother, just to make sure those people get their moneys worth, brother.
06:16
But you see something, it's not gonna matter. It's not gonna matter, brother.
06:23
Cause, you know Mean Gene, brother, when the Hulkster�-
WHATCHA GONNA DO, brother, when the Hulkster comes at you, Shawn Michaels, at SummerSlam, brother. We're gonna hulk up, brother, you and me, for the first time in history, brother.
06:44
The first time, brother, the last time, brother, the only time, brother. And when that bell rings, brother�- OHOHOHO BROTHER�- �- AAAAH, BROTHER, BROTHER, AAARGH, BROTHER, BROTHER�-
07:33
Hulk Hogan, you've got your reality show: 'Hogan Knows Best'. At SummerSlam, what are you gonna do�- when reality, kicks right in your face?
GLOSSARY
squaring off : peleando; tough guy: hombre amenazante; hip: cadera; upper tier: grada superior;
Now we get down to business: Since I have both of you guys in the ring
01:11
I wanna take care of a piece of business, before we get to this piece of business.
01:17
You know last year, Stone Cold Steve Austin went into the Hall of Fame and it was one of the proudest moments of my life because after fifteen years of rolling up and down the road being in the ring - this very ring, another ring, it's what ain't matter - and being in front of people like this
01:37
I go into the Hall of Fame.
01:40
That's something I'm very proud of, Vince.
01:43
And this year, Stu Hart was supposed to go into the WWE Hall of Fame.
01:49
Sit your ass down!
02:00
And... Sit down or I'll knock you down.
02:05
And for some reason, just because you're Vince McMahon,
02:08
that you got to say so, that Stu Hart is not going into the WWE Hall of Fame.
02:17
And if anybody deserves to go, it's your father,
02:21
for training some of the best wrestlers and the ever greats of this ring, along with Bret and the rest of the Hart-boys.
02:28
So I'm here tonight to officially announce,
02:33
that Stu Hart IS going into the WWE Hall of Fame.
02:44
Do you have a problem with that?
02:53
No, actually I don't.
02:58
Your dad's gonna be inducted into the Hall of Fame. That means the entire Hart Family is going to be there and if the entire Hart Family is there,
03:07
you and I know each and every member of the Hart Family who's ever stepped foot in this ring is a dysfunctional derelict.
03:20
But Bret, you're different.
03:22
You're a dysfunctional handicapped derelict.
03:30
So Bret let's get down to business. You could not sign this contract and prove that you're a coward,
03:39
or you sign it and take your beating like a man at WrestleMania.
03:47
But if you do sign it, Bret, it's ironclad. And if you don't show up, I will sue you for everything you have.
04:11
It wouldn't matter if both my legs were broken.
04:14
Because I CAN and I WILL beat you, Vince McMahon.
04:21
But I got one little problem. I don't want this to be a wrestling match.
04:26
You don't want this to be a wrestling match. This is gonna be a FIGHT!
04:31
This is gonna be a full-on massacre.
04:34
This is gonna be complete annihilation.
04:38
So I want this to be a No Holds Barred Match. What do you think of that?
04:54
In the immortal words of Stone Cold Steve Austin: Hell yeah!
05:01
You know, Bret. Once again you've done it. Some time ago in Montreal I've stated 'as a matter of fact: Bret screwed Bret'
05:09
The last couple of weeks I've enjoyed it, the last couple of months as well. I've enjoyed that Vince has screwed Bret.
05:17
But now here you are again, Bret, with that stipulation, No Holds Barred. Once again, Bret has screwed Bret.
05:32
Now, sign it!
06:30
There we have it. It is official.
06:34
At WrestleMania: Bret 'The Hitman' Hart vs. Vince McMahon in a No Holds Barred Match.
06:42
If you're ready for Hitman vs. McMahon, gimme a 'Hell, Yeah'.
06:50
And I'm looking forward to seeing you take the worst ass-whipping of your life.
07:25
There is one thing, I forgot to tell you.
07:33
Oh, hell I let Bret tell you himself.
07:43
Tell me...
08:02
I don't need this, and I don't need this.
08:13
What I needed was, that you gonna think that I was hurt.
08:17
I'm not gonna go into a big long detailed explanation about how hard it was to flip that little stunt that looked like I broke my leg.
08:25
Thank god, John Cena knows somebody in the stuntman-business.
08:29
What you need to know, Vince McMahon is, that I am one-hundred percent.
08:39
If you try to find some way to back out of this match,
08:43
I'm gonna sue you for everything you're worth.
08:51
For thirteen years you said 'Bret screwed Bret'.
08:56
You know what I say tonight: 'Vince screwed Vince'. Anybody want a souvenir?
GLOSSARY
derelict: A homeless or jobless person; a vagrant; handicapped: Physically or mentally disabled; ironclad: so firm or secure as to be unbreakable; whipping: azotes; you're worth: todo lo que vales; back out of: salir de; souvenir: recuerdo;
Last night, San Diego, California, at Ven gea nce, I promised the world that I would present the Undisputed WWF Championship belt tonight to the winner.
01:41
So without further ado, let me introduce to you, MR. CHRIS JERICHO.
03:36
THANK YOU - thank you so very, very much!
03:45
On such an historic evening like tonight, I don't know where to begin; I mean, I have so many people to thank, I had to make a list so I wouldn't forget anybody...I don't wanna forget anybody's names.
04:11
Like I said, thank you so very much from the bottom of my heart, FIRST OF ALL, nobody thought I had a chance to become the Undisputed champion.
04:24
NOBODY thought I had a chance in hell of walking out of San Diego victorious, except for one person!
04:34
And that person always had the faith in me - that person always believed in me - and that person knew that against all odds, I would come out on top, and that person is...myself!
04:56
So I would like to thank myself for being so strong, so athletic, and so talented to be able to prove all of the doubters and all of the people who didn't think I could do it wrong.
05:19
And then, I'd like to thank the two competitors who gave an A1, first class effort last night.
05:29
I'm talking, of course, about my opponents, The Rock, and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
05:38
Let's face it, I mean let's face it, let's think about it - The Rock, Stone Cold, two of the biggest icons in the history of this business.
05:49
THE two biggest stars in the World Wrestling Federation today!
05:56
And for me, to be able to beat the both of them back to back in one night, singlehandedly within the course of 45 minutes...well that was quite an honor.
06:14
But don't feel bad, guys - raise your chins up. Buck up, little troopers! You gave it your best shot, but you were just beaten by the better man last night.
06:31
And then I'd like to thank all of you - the little people.
06:40
All of the little people here, all of the little people at home, because if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be standing here right now.
06:50
If it wasn't for me realising that entertaining you meant nothing... if it wasn't for me realising that your opinions aren't worth a damn...
07:01
that my career wouldn't be the skyrocketing Super Nova that it is today.
07:11
And then, I'd like to thank one of the owners of this company - a man with true class, true style, and true dignity...I'd like to thank Vince McMahon.
07:30
Because, Vince, you gave me the opportunity. You even came down to ringside to make sure that there was no outside interference from anybody!
7:42
You evened the odds to make sure that the better man won and for that, I THANK YOU, VINCE!
07:53
And last but not least, I'd like to thank YOU, Ric Flair.
08:04
I'd like to thank you because you're a man of your word; you said you were gonna come out here and present me with my championships last night and here you are.
08:13
And I know the reason why you wanted to do it.
08:18
All throughout your career, your illustrious career, when you were winning title after title after title fourteentimeswoo!
08:30
You always wanted to be near a larger than life, superDUPERstar like Chris Jericho....
08:41
you always wanted to be in the ring with a TRUE living legend, and tonight, your dreams are comin' true, baby!
08:54
So now, Ric Flair, the Nature Boy, I bestow upon you the honour of presenting me with my TWO Championship titles, which signifies ME to be the first, the only, and the TRUE Undisputed CHAMPION.
--:--
[Jericho holds out his arms - and Flair drapes one on each shoulder.]
09:44
Hey Champ! Hey Champ! How does that feel? D'you feel like the World Champion?
09:52
D'ya feel like the best there is? GOOD! Because tonight, you're gonna defend the title!
10:03
Right here...in a fifteen foot steel cage - woooo!
10:18
How does that feel? Now you wanna know what the real punchline is? It'll be against STONE COLD WOOOO! STEVE AUSTIN!
10:33
WOOOO! Try that on for size, champ!
10:43
Woooo! Woooo!
GLOSSARY
without further ado: sin mas ceremonia; against all odds: a pesar de todo; of the doubters: todos los que dudan; singlehandedly: hecho sin ayuda; quite an honor: un gran honor; Buck up: animate; your opinions aren't worth a damn: tus opiniones me importan un comino; skyrocketing: elevar; even: incluso; evened: igualo; odds: probabilidades; All throughout: a lo largo de; larger: grande; I bestow upon you: te regalo; punchline: parte final de un chiste;
Oh me? I was just takin' a long hot shower. And where are you off to - looking so pretty?
00:25
Monday Night? RAW? I got a Six Man Tag Match. William and Eugene need me.
00:32
But what about my needs? What about Trish?
00:37
Oh sugar, don't worry: You find somebody else, I mean you're the biggest slut on RAW.
00:46
You're so uptight... you need to loosen up. And I know just how.
00:51
What the hell is going on here? It's... a woman in a towel. I mean... this is uncontionable. This is scandalous. I can see the moral fabric of America disintegrating right before my very eyes. The sexual overtones... the racial overtones...
01:17
Excuse me?
01:19
Oh Shelton, you may not realize this, but you're African American
01:27
and everybody knows that African Americans are attracted to Canadian White Women with broken noses. Now I'm sorry but the FCC won't tolerate this and frankly, neither will I. I'm not going to have a locker room full of miscreants and deviants. This is the WWE. This is not the NFL.
01:47
It's damn sure not the NBA. Because it's this kind of sexual titillation that will send you and other professional wrestler into the stands to attack the audience.
01:57
And if that were to happen, that would be the downfall of civilization as we know it.
02:05
You know what, you really need to lighten up!
02:13
But I have a board of directors to answer to. Someone has to uphold the virtue- Is he gone?
02:22
Yep.
02:28
Oh my god! Oh, Oh yeah!
02:39
Are you ready for some wrestling?
GLOSSARY
are you off to: va usted; uptight: tenso; loosen up: relajarse; overtones: insinuaciones; miscreants: sinverguenzas; deviants: pervertidos; titillation: excitacion; board of directors: consejo de administracion; uphold: defender;
