Scorpion King made 36 million in one weekend, apparently this was a ridiculous number in 2002.
Austin and Undertaker both want a title shot. Austin keeps giving Flair the stunner. Guest ref is Ric Flair. Ha, he's got red boots on.
Undertaker vs. Steve Austin
Fans are really into it as there's a bunch of time wasted staring down and pacing around. The crowd's less into it as there's a long series of headlock battles. Austin showboats with some pushups.
Austin's throwing in some middle fingers, one of them gave me a chuckle as he's just taunting Undertaker now. This match is only 10% wrestling though.
Holy god Flair is a terrible ref. His awkward counting style is the least of his problems.
Walk the ropes from Taker. Thesz press from Austin. We're hitting all the spots.
Big boot from Taker hits Austin on the apron, that was a good big boot. Into a crowd of middle aged women they go, why are there a bunch of them at ringside here.
Oh here comes the nWo for some reason. "X-PAC SUCKS!" Thanks, crowd.
This match has been putting me to sleep for a bit here. Oh, and here's the sleeper holds to put more people to sleep. Hall and X-Pac are just standing around at ringside, doing their best to match the in-ring pace.
There's an exposed turnbuckle. Taker goes right into it. Bothg uys clothesline and are down, Flair forgot to count them both being down.
Oh no ref bump, Flair is down and out from a random collision. Stunner, Austin with the cover, Flair is still down? Ref bumps aren't as convincing when the guest refs are people like this.
Taker wants to bring in a chair, Flair throws it away and Austin with a low blow. Taker forgets to sell that and jumps up for a big boot. Oh, another ref bump on Flair.
Chair to Austin's head. Only a two count when Flair rolls over.
Austin's got the chair, Taker boots it into Austin's face. Austin with his foot on the ropes but Flair doesn't see it in a planned botch and Taker wins. Uh, the nWo never did anything after standing around at ringside for 15 minutes. The only thing missing from this match was one of Dennis Knight's characters running in.
After the match, Austin stunners Taker and drinks beer or something.
Coach interviews Flair and tells him he missed the foot on ropes.
Who on earth is this Rico guy with Billy and Chuck? These poor champs are stuck coming out first in their match. OH MAN AL SNOW but no Al Snow theme.
Billy & Chuck vs. Al Snow & Maven
Maven's getting stuck in the ring, but he hits an enzuigiri on Chuck. In comes Snow to clean house.
Rico's got those Hugh Jackman Wolverine sideburns.
Snow's getting killed by the champs in there. Oh, Billy runs into the corner by accident and does a crazy flop into the middle. Fameasser on Maven and Snow saves his partner.
Rico accidentally clobbers Chuck. Maven with the flying crossbody and a two count. Rico runs interference again, Chuck with a superkick and Billy pins to win.
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ONLY FIVE CAN LADDER.
Sushi, kamikaze, fujiyama, nippon-ichi...