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[Vince McMahon ] I've never seen
anything like this in my life.
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From high above.
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Oh.
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[Jerry Lawler ] Oh.
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[Michael Cole ] The ladder
match.
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One of WWE's most brutal and
death-defying spectacles.
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[Vince McMahon ]
Anything goes.
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[Michael Cole ] No pitfalls or
submissions.
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[Jim Ross ] And there's the
prize hanging
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in the center of the ring.
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[Michael Cole ] In this match,
competitors must climb rung
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by rung to retrieve
their ultimate prize.
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[Michael Cole ] Zack's got the
title.
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Zack wins the championship.
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But be careful, because the long
way down to the canvas
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is more than precarious.
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[Jim Ross ] Look at the carnage,
it's absolutely stimulating.
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[Michael Cole ] Today, we look
back at some of the best ladder
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matches in WWE history.
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This is WWE's Greatest Moments.
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[Corey Graves ] Please,
for the love of God.
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[Michael Cole ] Oh, my God.
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[WWE's Greatest Moments' music]
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[The Rock ] If you smell-
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[Michael Cole ] Oh, my God.
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What the hell are you doing?
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[Jim Ross ] Absolutely
unbelievable.
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[Gorilla Monsoon ] Hulkamania is
here.
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[Michael Cole] Welcome to WWE's
Greatest Moments.
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I'm Michael Cole.
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And on this edition, we're
looking back at the wildest and
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most memorable ladder matches in
WWE history.
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[Jim Ross ] It's real simple.
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You get the ladder, you climb
it, and you are the man.
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[Michael Cole ] The ladder
matches origins can be traced
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back to Stampede Wrestling in
the 1970s.
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A promotion founded by the
legendary Stu Hart.
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[Commentator ] It's called a
ladder match, yes, sir.
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[Michael Cole ] Stu's son, Bret,
would compete in several ladder
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matches within Stampede
Wrestling.
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And when he ultimately arrived
in WWE,
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he would bring the unique
match type with him.
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In 1992, WWE would have its
first-ever ladder match.
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Bret Hart would take on "The
Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels
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with The Hitman's
Intercontinental Championship
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suspended high above the canvas.
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[Gorilla Monsoon ] What a
matchup this is going to be.
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The only thing that counts is
get on that ladder,
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climb up to the very top,
and get the belt.
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[Shawn Michaels] For that
moment in time,
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it was fantastic.
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I thought it was monumental,
Bret and I going out there
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and doing that match.
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[Gorilla Monsoon ] Shawn
Michaels would love nothing
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better than to get his hands on
the intercontinental title.
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Wow, what a last-minute save.
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[Bret Hart] Pretty cool how
easy the match
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was to sell to the fans.
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They understood right away.
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It actually turned out to be a
pretty good match.
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[Gorilla Monsoon ] Talk about
unusual matches.
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We've got them for you right
here.
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[Shawn Michaels] It was the
opportunity for us.
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Personally, I think the first
time everybody might have
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looked at me as the guy that
could carry the main event.
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[Gorilla Monsoon ] Oh, look at
that.
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[Commentator ] Michaels, he's
down outside the ring.
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[Gorilla Monsoon ] Now he can
get it.
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Yes.
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[bell rings]
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[Bret Hart] It was just the
right time,
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and the right audience, and the
right night and everything.
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You know, it was always one of
my-my great matches
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that I was most proud of.
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[Gorilla Monsoon ] Everyone
certainly will remember this
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ladder match for quite some time
to come.
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[Michael Cole ] Perhaps no
superstar has showcased greater
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resilience in the face of
adversity than the unpredictable
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Mick Foley.
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[Mick Foley] Not for a split
second
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did I think about
calling it quits.
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[Michael Cole ] In 1999,
Foley, as his fiendish alter-ego
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Mankind, was the WWE Champion,
and embroiled in one of the most
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heated rivalries in WWE history,
with "The Great One" The Rock.
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[The Rock] Mankind, The Rock
plans on making
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your death wish come true.
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[Michael Cole ] Mankind and
The Rock could come to blows one
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more time in a hard-hitting
ladder match on Raw.
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Mankind, Rock, WWE title.
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Ladder match,
climb the ladder,
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take the championship
belt down, you win the title.
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[Kofi Kingston] You didn't
get a chance to see
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a ladder match on Raw
all that often.
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It was a really unique situation
that had everybody watching
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at the edge of their seat.
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[bell rings]
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[Michael Cole ] This one won't
be pretty.
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Both of these men have dished
out a tremendous amount of
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punishment against each other in
recent weeks.
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Rock, suplex on the steel ramp.
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[Mick Foley] I was pretty
banged up,
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but we still had a good match.
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Like, we couldn't help it, we
had the chemistry there.
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[Jerry Lawler ] Oh, my God.
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[Michael Cole ] Oh, no.
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[Jerry Lawler ] Man, oh man,
look out.
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[Steve Austin] Mick was always
wanting to do something that was
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going to be great for the match,
great for you,
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and great for him.
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[Undertaker] His whole run with
Rock was so entertaining.
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[Michael Cole ] Mankind delivers
Mr. Elbow.
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[The Rock] The rivalry that I
had with Mick Foley,
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uh, was very special.
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That was one of the most
incredible nights
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I have ever had.
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[Michael Cole ] Mankind is
tied up in the ropes.
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And The Rock climbing the
ladder.
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The Rock has the championship
belt.
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[Mick Foley] It was a really
physical match.
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I'd be hurting for quite a while
after that.
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[The Miz] Mick Foley would do
anything for the audience.
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[Steve Austin] He had
everybody's respect.
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[Jerry Lawler ] That may be as
good
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as I've ever seen right there.
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[Michael Cole ] There is no
daredevil in WWE history quite
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like "The Charismatic Enigma"
Jeff Hardy.
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[Jim Ross ] Oh, God.
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[Michael Cole ] Over the course
of his career, the audacious
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superstar established himself as
the master of the ladder match.
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Perilous and jaw-dropping stunts
aplenty.
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[Jim Ross ] Swanton Bomb.
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Goodnight.
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[Michael Cole] But while Hardy
impressed with his courageous
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offense, there was always an
opportunist ready to strike.
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"The Rated-R Superstar" Edge
proved he was no slouch
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when it came to ladder matches.
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Oftentimes doing anything it
takes to reach glory.
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[Edge ] Jeff Hardy is not
World Heavyweight
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Championship material.
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[Michael Cole ] At Extreme Rules
2009, these two would collide
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for Edge's World Heavyweight
Championship.
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[Jim Ross ] Two greatest ladder
match competitors
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are about to square off for the
first time ever one-on-one
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in this environment.
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[Edge] We knew it was going to
be violent,
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but it was going to be something
people didn't forget.
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[Jim Ross ] These ladders are
just not going to give.
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[Todd Grisham ] Jeff Hardy
willing to crash and burn,
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willing to climb higher, fall
further than any opponent.
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[The Miz] The world loves an
underdog story.
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[Jeff Hardy] When I think about
that match,
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I always think about
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us falling off the ladder,
breaking another ladder.
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[Todd Grisham ] Oh, God, no.
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[Jim Ross ] The ladder.
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Oh, my God.
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Bodies and ladders are broken.
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Oh, look at this.
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Edge pulled between the rungs of
the ladder.
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[Jeff Hardy] When Edge was
trapped in the ladder, it was-
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it was kind of genius.
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[Jim Ross ] Hardy's climbing.
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Edge is hung up.
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He can't move.
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Hardy's climbing.
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Jeff Hardy.
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[bell rings]
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[Jeff Hardy] Winning the world
title as a singles competitor.
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Part of me wants to say that's
my favorite moment of all time.
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[Jim Ross ] The Hardy party
has started.
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[Michael Cole] Two must-see
athletes of the early 2000s were
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undoubtedly Rob Van Dam and
Eddie Guerrero.
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RVD and Latino Heat took WWE by
storm.
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[Eddie Guerrero] I am gonna
show you, ese,
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who is the better wrestler.
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[Michael Cole ] Their greatest
asset may have been their
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show-stopping, big-match
performances.
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No contest proves this sentiment
greater than Van Dam and
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Guerrero's battle on a 2002
episode of Raw
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for the Intercontinental
Championship.
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[Rob Van Dam] A ladder match is
extremely dangerous.
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For the Intercontinental
Championship, it's worth it.
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[Jim Ross] The intercontinental
title hanging above the ring.
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The ladder will come into
play, obviously.
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[Rob Van Dam] What made the
match so special was
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the chemistry that-that we have.
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We're like-minded in the right
ways.
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[Jerry Lawler ] Oh.
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[Jim Ross ] Oh, God Almighty.
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[Jerry Lawler ] Have you ever
seen a move like that, JR?
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[Jim Ross ] Oh, my God.
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[Jerry Lawler ] Oh.
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[Xavier Woods] In a- In a match
like that, you need to be using
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that weapon, that prop to the
best of your ability,
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and that's exactly
what they did.
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[Jim Ross ] And now Van Dam.
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[Jerry Lawler ] Look at this.
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[Jim Ross ] Suplex into the
ladder.
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[Rob Van Dam ] Eddie did a
senton over the ladder.
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[Jerry Lawler ] Oh.
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[Jim Ross ] Oh.
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Oh, my God.
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[Jerry Lawler ] Did you see
that?
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[Jim Ross ] That-That was
punishment.
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[Rob Van Dam] And it moved one
of my ribs.
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And no matter how many, uh,
chiropractors and doctors I went
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to see, we were never able to
move it back in.
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[Jim Ross ] He's teetering.
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Can he do it?
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Van Dam trying to get the title,
and he's done it.
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Van Dam has done it.
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[bell rings]
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[Rob Van Dam] It felt amazing
winning
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the intercontinental title.
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Everybody still remembers that
match.
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You know, the fans still talk to
me about it.
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That stays, and that's
something that
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is a different
kind of honor.
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[Jim Ross ] And Van Dam is the
new Intercontinental Champion.
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[Michael Cole ] In 2008, "The
Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels
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was at the end of his
illustrious career but looked to
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win championship gold one final
time.
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In his way was the arrogant
World Heavyweight Champion,
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Chris Jericho.
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[Chris Jericho] Shawn Michaels
told me about a month ago
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that I would never be
him, and he was right.
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I'm better, and I'm also the new
World Heavyweight Champion.
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[Michael Cole ] Throughout the
year, HBK and Y2J had been
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engaged in a rivalry defined by
viciousness and brutality.
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[Jim Ross ] Oh, my God.
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[Jerry Lawler ] Oh, my God.
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[Shawn Michaels] At No Mercy,
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it is gonna be "The Heartbreak
Kid" Shawn Michaels
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versus Chris Jericho
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for the World Heavyweight
Championship in a ladder match.
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[Michael Cole ] Months and
months of these two men
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embroiled in a personal rivalry
has come down to this for the
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World Heavyweight Championship.
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[Shawn Michaels] Jericho in a
ladder match.
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That is a match that people have
wanted to see.
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[Jerry Lawler ] These ladder
matches can be so brutal.
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Look, the disfiguring has
already begun.
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[Chris Jericho] I think some of
the best work
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in both of our careers.
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People got into it so much-
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I mean, God, it was real.
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[Jerry Lawler ] Don't ever count
out-
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[Michael Cole ] Oh.
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[Jerry Lawler ] Oh.
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Jericho pinning Shawn Michaels
under that ladder.
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[Grayson Waller] Sometimes
ladder matches are fun.
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People jumping all over the
place.
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This was brutal.
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These are two guys who don't
like each other.
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[Michael Cole ] Jericho
realizing he's in trouble.
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[Jerry Lawler ] Oh.
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Look at the strength.
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Oh, my God.
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[Michael Cole ] Chris Jericho.
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[Jerry Lawler ] Oh, my God.
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[Shawn Michaels] The
psychology, the storytelling,
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getting somebody like Chris to
be able to do that
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with made our matches fantastic.
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[Michael Cole ] Jericho on one
leg climbing the ladder.
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And Shawn Michaels on the
defensive.
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It's a race to the top.
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[Tommaso Ciampa] They're both
up there atop of the ladder,
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both grabbing at the title at
the same time.
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Teeter-totter, teeter-totter.
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[Michael Cole ] The
championship's been unhooked.
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[Jerry Lawler ] It's a tug of
war.
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[Michael Cole ] Hangs in the
balance.
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[Jerry Lawler ] All the marbles.
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[Michael Cole ] What a
dramatic moment.
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[Jerry Lawler ] A headbutt.
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[Michael Cole ] And Jericho-
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[Jerry Lawler ] A
headbutt by Jericho.
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[Michael Cole ] -retains the
championship.
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[bell rings]
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[Jerry Lawler ] My
gosh, what a war.
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[Michael Cole] In the summer of
1998,
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Triple H, backed by
D-Generation X,
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and "The People's Champ"
The Rock,
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with the Nation of Domination in
tow, were in a heated rivalry
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over the Intercontinental
Championship.
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[The Rock] The Rock is the best
damn Intercontinental Champ
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there ever was.
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[Triple H] Rock, you wanna
bring ladders into the ring?
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Let's bring the ladder to
Madison Square Garden
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and let's see who the
real man is, Rock.
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[Jim Ross ] The Rock, the
Intercontinental Champion,
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and Triple H compete in a ladder
match.
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[The Rock] The intercontinental
title was a title that was very,
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very important to the both of
us, to me and Hunter.
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Both of us wanted that belt,
both of us wanted that spot.
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[Jim Ross ] Two of the great
young athletes are gonna
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strut their stuff here.
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[Mark Henry] There was no
competition in pro wrestling
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that rivaled The Rock and Triple
H at that time.
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[Jim Ross ] I don't think I've
ever seen
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any more intense competition.
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[Road Dogg] They were
literally fighting to see who
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was gonna be the guy in this
company.
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[Triple H] We wanted to be the
best at all times,
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and I think that just pushed
us to being better.
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[Jim Ross ] Triple H, can he
find it?
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Yes.
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He did it.
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[bell rings]
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[Jim Ross ] He did it.
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Triple H did it.
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[The Rock] It was our big
moment.
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[Jim Ross ] That certainly was
one of the most outstanding
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ladder matches.
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[Triple H] Putting that match
on at an event as big as
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SummerSlam, it projected both of
us into that main event tier.
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[Michael Cole ] The Undertaker
is without question one of the
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greatest superstars in WWE
history.
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[Jim Ross ] The Undertaker is
the WWE Undisputed Champion.
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[Michael Cole ] And while the
American Badass found
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unparalleled success in most
match types,
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he had never competed in
a ladder match.
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But during his Undisputed WWE
Championship reign in 2002, The
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Undertaker would tread into
uncharted territory.
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[Undertaker] That little punk,
Jeff Hardy, when I leave that
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ring tonight, he won't be able
to stand up.
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[Michael Cole ] On Monday Night
Raw, he would defend his title
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against one of the greatest
ladder match performers
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in WWE history, Jeff Hardy.
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[Undertaker] The younger talent
was very intimidated working
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with me because they were
watching me
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when they were kids.
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[Jim Ross ] Jeff Hardy giving up
size and strength and power.
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[Jeff Hardy] It was such a
beautiful story of the underdog
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versus the legend.
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[Undertaker] Man, I beat him
like he owed me money.
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[Jerry Lawler ] Whoa.
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[Jim Ross ] Oh, no, no.
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You're breaking this kid in
half.
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[Undertaker ] Like, he took an
ass kicking during that match.
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[Jim Ross ] This is getting
sick.
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[Jeff Hardy] The biggest story
of that match is to never give
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up because I kept getting up.
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[Jerry Lawler ] Look out.
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No.
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[Jim Ross ] Oh, Jeff Hardy.
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He's giving The Undertaker
everything he's got.
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Jeff Hardy fighting back.
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Climb the ladder, kid.
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Make yourself famous.
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One more step.
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Jeff- oh, my God.
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Oh, God, no.
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No, no, no, no.
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Not Chokeslam.
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[Jerry Lawler ] Oh.
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[Jim Ross ] Off the top of the
ladder.
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And The Undertaker has won one
hell of a fight.
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[Jeff Hardy] One of my favorite
things about that match
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is me saying at the end-
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I'm still standing.
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Kind of just get chills thinking
about it and so proud of that
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match for Undertaker that he
gave me that opportunity.
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[Jerry Lawler ] He earned a
mount of respect
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from The Undertaker.
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[Michael Cole ] In 2024,
Undisputed WWE Champion,
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Cody Rhodes, was in the
midst of the greatest run
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of his professional
wrestling career.
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But Rhodes' dream year would
become a nightmare when
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he was brutally attacked and
temporarily sidelined
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by the dangerous and
uncontrollable Kevin Owens.
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[Fan ] Oh.
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Kevin, no.
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[Michael Cole ] KO aimed to take
everything from Rhodes,
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including the title he held so
proudly.
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And Owens did just that,
stealing the championship from
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Cody Rhodes, who in retro form
was defending
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the famed Winged Eagle title.
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What the hell is wrong with you?
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[Kevin Owens] I am the true WWE
Champion.
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[Cody Rhodes] Kevin Owens,
ladder match.
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[Michael Cole ] The American
Nightmare challenged KO
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to a ladder match at
the 2025 Royal Rumble,
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with both titles suspended high
above the ring.
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[Pat McAfee ] Indianapolis wants
to see these two beat
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the hell out of each other.
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[bell rings]
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[Kevin Owens] The Winged Eagle
title is a big deal
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to fans and to wrestlers.
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00:15:24,590 --> 00:15:26,792
So, me walking around with that
title, Cody walking around
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with his version of the title
just led to a perfect storm
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for the ladder match.
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[Michael Cole ] They promised to
punish one another here tonight.
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[Kevin Owens] Just having
ladders as part of it too is
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obviously going to add another
level of intensity and risk and
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more ways for us to hurt each
other.
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[Undertaker] I had seen ladder
matches before,
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but never to the extent like
those two used it.
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[Pat McAfee ] He's taking a
beating tonight.
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00:15:49,878 --> 00:15:52,584
[Cody Rhodes] There's gonna be
those matches that require you
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to do something that scares you
to death.
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00:15:56,022 --> 00:15:58,423
[Wade Barrett ] Bone versus
steel,
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there's only ever one winner.
404
00:16:02,595 --> 00:16:04,765
[Cody Rhodes] Nothing more real
than that.
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00:16:05,998 --> 00:16:07,567
[Michael Cole ] Alabama Slam.
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00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:10,390
[Pat McAfee ] Exploding
throughmthe ladder.
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00:16:10,670 --> 00:16:13,020
[Michael Cole ] Kevin Owens
turned inside out.
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00:16:14,006 --> 00:16:15,675
Cody Rhodes is near the top.
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00:16:16,309 --> 00:16:18,299
[Cody Rhodes ] I reveled in that
moment.
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00:16:18,300 --> 00:16:21,079
[Michael Cole ] One title,
Rhodes takes down another.
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00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:22,147
[bell rings]
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[Michael Cole ] Cody Rhodes
wins.
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[Corey Graves ] An
unbelievable battle,
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an incredible win for the
American Nightmare.
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[Michael Cole] In the late
1990s,
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the WWE tag team division
was on fire.
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But no two teams broke out
stronger than the death-defying
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Hardy Boyz and the cerebral Edge
and Christian.
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These tandems would naturally
lock horns, eager to establish
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themselves as the top team on
the totem pole.
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00:16:50,142 --> 00:16:51,977
[Jim Ross ] Oh, my God.
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00:16:51,978 --> 00:16:53,346
[Jerry Lawler ] Oh.
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00:16:53,347 --> 00:16:55,714
[Michael Cole ] And at No Mercy
1999, the Hardys and Edge
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and Christian would look
to settle their score
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in the first-ever tag team
ladder match.
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00:17:00,569 --> 00:17:05,624
[Michael Cole ] The first team
to climb the ladders and get the
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bag hanging from the top is the
winner of the $100,000.
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[Matt Hardy] Whenever people
ask us,
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who is your favorite opponents
in the ring as a tag team,
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00:17:13,733 --> 00:17:15,066
it's always Edge and Christian.
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00:17:15,067 --> 00:17:16,501
[Jerry Lawler ] Oh.
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00:17:16,502 --> 00:17:17,903
[Jim Ross ] My God,
a dropkick.
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00:17:17,904 --> 00:17:19,404
[Edge] This is gonna get
interesting, because if they
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think that's something,
435
00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:21,740
[laughing]
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00:17:21,741 --> 00:17:23,475
we've got a lot more in store.
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00:17:23,476 --> 00:17:25,710
[Jerry Lawler ] I've got a
feeling we're gonna see
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it all in this match, JR.
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00:17:26,979 --> 00:17:28,280
These guys are gonna do
everything
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00:17:28,281 --> 00:17:30,582
in their power to
get that money.
441
00:17:30,583 --> 00:17:33,752
[Jeff Hardy] That was the
moment that we became the ladder
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00:17:33,753 --> 00:17:36,188
competitors in wrestling
matches.
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00:17:36,189 --> 00:17:37,589
[Jim Ross ] Look out.
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00:17:37,590 --> 00:17:38,490
[Jerry Lawler ] Look at this.
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00:17:38,491 --> 00:17:39,424
[Jim Ross ] Oh.
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00:17:39,425 --> 00:17:40,759
[Jerry Lawler ] What the heck?
447
00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:43,262
[Jim Ross ] Jeff Hardy, the
ladder teetering.
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00:17:43,263 --> 00:17:44,729
He can't get-
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00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:45,597
He got it.
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00:17:45,598 --> 00:17:46,464
[bell rings]
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00:17:46,465 --> 00:17:47,299
[Jim Ross ] God Almighty.
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00:17:47,300 --> 00:17:49,100
The Hardys have won the match.
453
00:17:49,101 --> 00:17:51,469
Christian and Edge have nothing
to be ashamed of.
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00:17:51,470 --> 00:17:53,305
What a magnificent effort by
those two.
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00:17:53,306 --> 00:17:56,274
[Edge ] We'd never received a
standing ovation before.
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00:17:56,275 --> 00:17:57,877
Oh, it blew me away.
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00:17:57,878 --> 00:18:01,046
[Matt Hardy] It was a defining
point for all four of us,
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because we all went from WWE
wrestlers to WWE Superstars.
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00:18:04,650 --> 00:18:06,619
[Jim Ross ] What an amazing
display.
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00:18:06,620 --> 00:18:11,189
[Michael Cole] We've now
reached our number one moment,
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00:18:11,190 --> 00:18:14,092
and buckle your seat belts
because it's about to get bumpy.
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By the mid 1990s, a new
generation of WWE Superstars
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that had merged in the direction
of sports entertainment was
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heading towards showcasing
technical skill in the ring.
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Two massive contributors of this
new generation were
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"The Heartbreak Kid"
Shawn Michaels
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and "The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon.
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00:18:32,745 --> 00:18:34,735
[Razor Ramon] Say hello to
Razor Ramon.
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00:18:34,736 --> 00:18:37,882
[Michael Cole ] In late 1993,
HBK was stripped of the
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Intercontinental Championship,
and Ramon would win
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the vacant title.
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00:18:41,971 --> 00:18:45,023
Yet, the combative Michaels
refused to acknowledge
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the Bad Guy as the
true champion.
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[Shawn Michaels] The World
Wrestling-
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Intercontinental Champion is
back in town.
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00:18:52,232 --> 00:18:55,467
[Michael Cole ] Challenged him
to a ladder match at the
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historic WrestleMania X.
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All titles would be suspended
high above Madison Square Garden
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and only one superstar would
walk away
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as the rightful Intercontinental
Champion.
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[Vince McMahon ] For first time
ever at a WrestleMania,
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a ladder match.
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[Razor Ramon] We were confident
that even if things went wrong,
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we'd still tear t
he house down.
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[Undertaker] Scott was a very
talented wrestler,
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and Shawn could have a great
match with a broomstick.
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[Jerry Lawler ] Shawn's not
using the ladder
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to get the belt.
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He's using it to destroy Razor
Ramon.
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[Peter Rosenberg] It may be the
best ladder match.
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[Vince McMahon ]
Shawn Michaels from high above.
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Oh.
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[Jerry Lawler ] Oh.
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[Shawn Michaels] You don't know
that that's going
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to be a picture that-
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that's going to
be showing forever.
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[Razor Ramon] It took my
showbiz to another level when
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you get to walk out, you know,
you're crawling up the ladder
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and, you know, it's just-
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to do it with a guy who's
a dear friend.
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[Vince McMahon ] Yes, yes,
yes, yeah.
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[bell rings]
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[Shawn Michaels] We were young
and having no idea
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that it was going to be some
monumental thing
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from that point forward.
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[Undertaker] I mean, it was one
of the best matches.
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They set the bar for what a
ladder match would become.
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[Jerry Lawler] That may have
been the greatest thing
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I've ever seen.
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[Michael Cole] Shawn Michaels
and Razor Ramon defined
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what the ladder match
could be on that night,
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laying the foundation to one
of WWE's most iconic matches.
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To this day, the ladder match is
one of the most exciting and
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innovative matches audiences can
witness.
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Well, that'll do it for this
edition
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of WWE's Greatest Moments.
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We hope you enjoyed this look
back at some of the best ladder
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matches in WWE history.
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