Hogan said it will be a pleasure to kick The Rock’s ass at Mania, and offered The Rock a handshake. Rock took it, and Hogan offered him a wish of good luck, because he would need it. Hogan went to leave, but Rock held on and said, “Not as much as you, brother!” Without warning, the Great One lifted Hogan up in a Rock Bottom
and stood over the breathless Hogan before exiting!
But when The Rock reached the top of the entrance ramp, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash leaped out and pummeled him, sending him back into the ring! Hogan whipped off his leather belt and whipped The Rock soundly across the back several times! Hall then picked up The Rock and delivered the old Razor’s Edge!
Nash licked his lips, rubbed his hands together then broke The Rock with a smashing powerbomb! Hogan went beneath the ring and found a toolbox, pulling out a hammer. Hall stood The Rock up while Hogan belted the Great One in the head! Hogan followed with a leg drop and covered the Rock while Hall slapped the canvas three times. Finally, in the ultimate act of humiliation, Rock was stripped of his shirt and had the nWo logo spray-painted across his back! Medics streamed down and attended to the badly beaten Rock while the nWo gloated and slowly worked their way backstage.
The Rock was loaded into an ambulance, which began driving away, but a tractor-trailer rolled in front of its path! Hogan, Hall and Nash jumped out of the rig and began chopping into the ambulance with crowbars!
They chained all the vehicles doors shut, and Hogan jumped into the driver seat of the rig. He backed it up about 60 yards and shouted that he was going to lay the smack down on The Rock -- nWo style! Hollywood put the pedal to the metal and smashed the truck full speed into the ambulance with The Rock trapped inside!
Hogan backed up several times and repeated the scene, then all three men taunted The Rock through the ambulance window before leaving behind a crumpled ambulance and, no doubt, a badly injured Rock!
Rescue personnel soon arrived to help The Rock while a somber King and J.R. expressed disbelief at what they had just witnessed. The King said that the whole situation was way beyond wrestling.
The Godfather with several of his attractive employees came down to the ring next. Booker T soon followed and the match got underway while King and J.R. said that EMTs were still attempting to get to The Rock. While the Godfather and Booker slugged away, the Godfather’s girls were lost in conversation about what the nWo had done to The Rock. Shortly into the match, the Godfather was distracted by his own employees, allowing Booker T to drop him with a kick to the head and cover him up for the pin!
Before commercial, cameras caught a glimpse of firemen and other rescue personnel working frantically to gain access to The Rock. Following the commercial, J.R.
said that cameramen had been asked to move out of the way because there was a high risk of fire due to spilled fuel at the accident site.
A tag team match took place next with Goldust and William Regal challenging Edge and Rob Van Dam. This match began with a frenzy, as every man involved brawled inside the ring. Finally, Edge and Regal left the ring leaving Goldust and RVD to fight. Shortly after, Edge nailed Regal with a spear then locked him in a unique leg hold and forced his opponent to tap out! Goldust tried to get some revenge, but Edge speared him also and sent the Bizarre One packing. As the match ended, J.R. said that The Rock had been placed in an ambulance and was being sped to a local hospital.
Michael Cole asked Kurt Angle if he would be able to concentrate on his match. A somber Kurt Angle said he didn’t know. He said it wasn’t right what happened: Ric Flair shouldn’t have made him fight Triple H that night. Cole said he was actually referring to what happened to The Rock. Angle said he felt bad, but at least The Rock didn’t have a title shot at WrestleMania going for him at the time.
Chris Jericho came down and joined King and J.R. at ringside to watch Triple H face Kurt Angle. Triple H was still stewing over losing to Angle the previous evening at No Way Out, but in this match on RAW, Stephanie McMahon would not be able to get involved per the order of Ric Flair.
Angle looked to be well on the way to repeating his victory over Triple H at the start of this match. He made a point of striking and stretching The Game’s abdomen in order to inflict pain on the ribs. He also rammed his shoulder repeatedly into Triple H’s sore ribs to further break down his opponent.
Gradually, Triple H began to turn things around. He dropped Angle with a high knee to the chest, followed by a DDT and got a two count. A spinebuster moments later also produced a two count. Then, Triple H went for the Pedigree, but Angle blocked the finisher and catapulted Triple H into the turnbuckle.
Shortly after, Angle geared up for a moonsault, but Triple H caught him from behind and dropped the Olympic Hero hard to the canvas from the top rope. The brawl spread outside the ring with Triple H taking a German Suplex on the hard floor. Jericho stood up and got into an argument with Kurt Angle, causing the ref to step in and push Jericho away. Angle used the distraction to clock The Game with the ring bell and roll him back into the ring!
The ref got back in the squared circle but reached a two count before Triple H barely kicked out. Angle was obviously frustrated so he resorted to his ankle lock and made Triple H scream in agony.
But The Game wanted the title shot at WrestleMania more than anything. He endured the pain and reached the bottom rope to break the hold.
Triple H decided he had enough of this tomfoolery, so he set up Angle for the Pedigree and this time hit it!
He covered Angle up and got the pinfall to again earn the right to take on Jericho at WrestleMania!
