WWE Raw, 1997

[Before the police arrest Austin, Vince comes into the ring]

Vince:
What's the matter with you?! Get ahold of yourself!

Lawler:
Arrest him!

Vince:
[To the police] Just give me a minute. Just give me a minute! [To Austin] What is the matter with you? You had to forfeit the Intercontinental title, the Tag Team title, of course everybody can understand why you're upset. I can understand you being upset not being able to compete, I can understand that. But don't break the law!

Lawler:
He already did...look at this!

Jim Ross:
Stone Cold's not gonna win this fight with New York City's finest.

Vince:
Don't you understand? Don't you understand why you're not allowed to compete? Can't you get that through your head? Don't you know why? Don't you know that you're not physically able to compete? Your doctors say you're not ready. If you compete, you could injure yourself for good! You could wind up paralyzed! And the WWF is not gonna stand by and let you do that to yourself. These people don't want you to wind up in a wheelchair! They wanna see you compete. Everybody wants to see you compete. But in due time, Steve. In due time. [Austin looks at his watch]

Lawler:
Listen to McMahon, get the violins.

Vince:
Get ahold of yourself.

Jim Ross:
He's telling the truth. Makes all the sense in the world.

Lawler:
[indicating the cops] He'd better be talking to those guys over there. I say put him in the slammer!

Vince:
Listen, don't you know people care? In the World Wrestling Federation, we care. They care, they care about you, that's all it is. And you just gotta go with it. In other words, you simply, you gotta work within the system. That's all you gotta do, is just work within the system.

Steve Austin:
You know as well as I do that this is what I do for a livin'. This is all that I do, and can't nobody tell I ain't the best in the damn world. Don't even say nothin'. Don't say nothin'. You sit here and tell me to work within the system. You ain't the one sittin' on your ass in the house like I am. But if that's what it takes to make you or the World Wrestling Federation happy, hell, I feel like Cool Hand Luke. I'll work within your stupid little system.

Vince:
That's all that these people a-

Steve Austin:
I appreciate the fact that you and the World Wrestling Federation care. And I also appreciate the fact that, hell, you can kiss my ass!

[Austin kicks McMahon in the gut and Stuns him]

Jim Ross:
Oh, God! Oh my God!

Lawler:
Put him in jail! Put him in jail right now!