Paul Heyman:
Welcome ladies and gentlemen to Paul Heyman's SmackDown!. [crowd boos] Tonight, on my show -- [Mr. McMahon's music hits]
Tazz:
What the hell?
Michael Cole:
Well we didn't expect Mr. McMahon here tonight. And he does not look happy.
Tazz:
Cole, can you believe the mood is about to change. The chairman of the board is power walking his way to the ring.
Cole:
Look at Mr., Mr. Heyman's expression. Paul Heyman looks shocked to see the, the owner of the company here!
Mr. McMahon:
Well Mr. Heyman. Tonight was to have been a night of celebration. Tonight was to have been a night to have seen the winner of the 2004 Royal Rumble match walk down that aisle into this ring. Tonight was to have been a night of celebration for Chris Benoit in front of this crowd here in Washington, DC! [crowd cheers] That's not gonna happen, is it? That's not gonna happen, and why isn't is Chris Benoit gonna be here tonight? Unless my eyes clearly deceive me, I saw Chris Benoit being welcomed to Raw by Stone Cold Steve Austin last Monday night. Unless my eyes deceive me, I clearly saw Chris Benoit look into the eyes of Triple H and challenge him for the World title at WrestleMania. You see Mr. Heyman, what's happened is because of you. Because of you, Chris Benoit has jumped through what we call a legal loophole. You see, it says clearly the winner of the Royal Rumble will face the champion at WrestleMania, but it doesn't say which champion now, does it? And since you've made Benoit's life a living hell here on SmackDown!, Benoit chose to jump through that legal loophole and is now the sole property of Raw. And that's because of you, Mr. Heyman. So now, I would at least expect some sort of explanation for the SmackDown! audience. I would expect you, I would expect you to at least apologize to the SmackDown! audience. I'm sure you have something to day, don't you? WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY?!
Heyman:
Well, I say SCREW CHRIS BENOIT! [crowd boos] Uh, I uh, yeah, I say screw Chris Benoit, and the reason why I say that Vince, is because it's exactly the same thing that Vincent Kennedy McMahon would say. When, when, when Nash and Hall left your company when you needed them most, did you just cry about it? No, you said SCREW NASH AND HALL! I'll give someone else the opportunity! When, when the almighty God himself, Hulk Hogan left your company, did you just curl up in a fetal position and die? No, Vincent Kennedy McMahon said SCREW HULK HOGAN! I'll give someone else the chance. When Bret Hart left your company, did you just cry over spilled milk? No, you said screw Bret Hart, and you did screw Bret Hart, didn't you Vince?
McMahon:
Yes I did.
Heyman:
And you screwed Bret Hart by giving someone else the opportunity to become the main event. The big star all the way to WrestleMania.
McMahon:
Where, where's all this going? Come on, let's get to the point.
Heyman:
Tonight, in our nation's capital, in the finest tradition of the United States, and in the finest tradition of your World Wrestling Entertainment, we are gonna give someone the opportunity, because tonight, for the first time ever on network television, right here in Washington, DC, [crowd cheers] Paul Heyman's SmackDown! will present the Royal Rumble!
Cole:
What?!
Tazz:
Whoa.
Cole:
The Royal Rumble?!
Tazz:
What's he talking about?
Heyman:
Fifteen SmackDown!, no I'm, I'm I'm very much intact, Vince, fifteen SmackDown! superstars will come down that aisle, and only one man will emerge victorious. And Vince, that man won't have to wait until WrestleMania to face Brock Lesnar for the WWE title. No no no. The winner tonight will go on to face Brock Lesnar for the WWE title in less than three weeks at No Way Out. Now just so you know that I'm all business about this, Vince. Matt Morgan was in the Royal Rumble this past Sunday, you know that now he's on the injured list. Matt Morgan will be replaced tonight, his opportunity goes to a man that I don't like, Hardcore Holly.
Cole:
Wow.
Heyman:
Chris Benoit, remember? Screw Chris Benoit? Give his opportunity to somebody else? Tonight, Chris Benoit's opportunity goes to Eddie Guerrero!
Cole:
Oh my!
Tazz:
Wow!
Heyman:
And Vince, look. Look Vince, I did my homework, I'm prepared. The way you like your executives to be. A professional man. Those two men, Hardcore Holly and Eddie Guerrero, will join in this very ring, your very ring, Vince. John Cena, The Cat, The A-Train, Charlie Haas, Shelton Benjamin, Nunzio, Kurt Angle, Bradshaw, Rhyno, Billy Gunn, Rikishi, Tajiri, and the seven-foot tall, 500 pound monster that dominated the Royal Rumble, like no man before him, tonight in this very ring, The Big Show! Now Vince, hey, this is your company. You're the chairman of the board, you're the majority stockholder. And you have every right to come out here and say, screw Paul Heyman! I'll give someone else the opportunity. Or you can share this vision, Vince. This is, this is after all just, just coming out of your vision. And you can see this, Vince. We can make history together tonight, Vince. Network television history right here in Washington, DC, we can do it all over again, and tonight in your very ring, and present a Royal Rumble! It's up to you Vince. What do you say?
McMahon:
I say SmackDown! has a Royal Rumble!
Cole:
All right!
Tazz:
Yeah!
