'Stone Cold' Steve Austin vs Dude Love
(WWF In Your House: Over The Edge)
I have always
considered this match to be the match in this era that was the
genesis of the brawling genre, before it would become overdone as the
year and into '99 would become. There is of course a whole convoluted
back-story to how this title match came about and who is to be
involved.
They actually had a match at the prior
In Your House: Unforgiven that I have very little memory of TBH.
Foley beat funk and Goldust to get this title shot (YES VINCE, I CAN
SAY TITLE SHOT :p) The kitchen sink is thrown at this match with
who's involved. Patterson
is the announcer, Brisco is the bell ringer and Vince McMahon is the
referee. Vince reminds us that this can only end by his own hand.
A
line of importance there to remember when watching the match
Also
if Austin touched Vince, then we will have a new champion.
This
is also the same building that christened “Austin 3:16” and where
Mankind battled The Undertaker in that HIAC
First
up, out come Patterson and Brisco and they go through some very
thorough and funny introductions. I tried putting the video of these
up on YT – BUT VINCE IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT FUCKING DOWN AGAIN
So,
here it is on an alternative video site so peeps can watch them
rather than me writing what they say down;
https://vid.me/DmtL
Got to take note of the cars down the
isle as Brisco is making his way to the ring.
:lol Looks exactly like a car salesmen
here, too. Well, he owned his own body shop at least.
Well, 10 minutes later and the
challenger; (Corporate) Dude Love is first out. Grinning wildly as
he's got all his teeth in for this match it seems. Crowd go wild as
Patterson starts introducing Austin.
“He's a beer swilling fool”
“He's a loud mouth punk”
“He's a disgrace to every human being
alive today”
“Well I got news for you...........I
ain't going to introduce a bum”
LOL
Crowd go ape as the glass shatters and
the champion, STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN, finally makes his way out
here.
Just as Vince goes to call for the bell
to get this started.............................GONG goes off
“Business is about to pick up” -
:proud Oh J.R, I miss thee.
Here comes the motherfucking
UNDERTAKER.
He seems to be out here so Vince
doesn't fuck about and officiates this match fairly. The bell FINALLY
RINGS and this this is under way.
Collar and elbow tie up to start with
and both go into the corner. Vince backs Austin off, and gets the old
Stone Cold finger salute for his troubles. Quick headlock by Foley
(Now, I don't really want to keep writing Dude or Love, or Dude Love,
so I'm just going to say Foley :p). He takes Austin down with a
shoulder barge and tries for a pin. Vince counts suspiciously fast
here and Austin gets right in his face to ask “What the fuck was
that?”.
I have just noticed Vince is wearing an
earpiece microphone lol.
Foley again takes Austin down and goes
for another pin, but gets a one this time. Austin whips him off the
roped and stiffs him with a nasty looking elbow to the face and
immediately gets him into a side headlock on the mat.
A “Vince is gay” chant starts in
the crowd
Austin reverses an Irish whip into the
ropes, kicks Foley in the gut and slams his head backwards right onto
the mat.
Foley's teeth have fell out
Austin picks them and STAMPS ON THEM
How could you, Steve.
'Dude has lost his smile'
Foley starts kicking the shit out of
Austin. He's got Austin in the corner and starts wailing at him with
big right hands. He tries to whip Austin off the ropes, but it gets
reversed and Austin hits him with a LOU THESZ press and punches the
crap out of Foley. He follows this up by dumping Foley over the top
rope and onto the outside via clothesline. Both on the outside now,
as Austin nails Foley's head off the guardrail and tries to send him
into the steps. Instead, Foley reverses this and it's Austin who
takes the big bump into the steel steps.
Foley follows up on this by ramming
Austin's head into the same steps, just as Taker is looking loomingly
on. Vince is screaming at Austin, who is flat on the outside, to get
back in the ring. Soon as he does, Foley hits him with a drop toe
hold and gets a 2 count.
“LETS GO STONE COLD, LET'S GO”
Crowd is obviously hot for Austin.
Austin is in the corner now as Foley
starts choking him out with his boot and biting him in the damn
head..............and all Vince can do is watch on. Foley whips
Austin hard into the opposite turnbuckle. Foley fully in control now
as he drops an elbow onto Austin and then slams his head into the
turnbuckle. He sends Austin into another turnbuckle and runs straight
at him and hits him hard with a running knee to the gut. Foley again
goes for a pin, but Austin kicks out at 1.
Austin manages to reverse a whip into
the ropes and hits Foley with a neckbreaker. He then gets up
immediately and hits Foley with a series of clotheslines. He gets
Foley into the corner and starts 'stomping a mudhole' in him with
kicks to the gut. Austin tries to clothesline Foley again, but Foley
ducks and puts Austin into the
MANDABLE CLAW
Austin quickly gets out of it by
sending Foley INTO the top rope
I'm sure Foley wants to keeps his ears
here TBH.
He sets himself free and rolls to the
outside. Austin follows him out and they briefly slug it out before
Foley sends Austin flying over the announcers table
Patterson then gets on the mic and says
“THIS IS A REMINDER; THIS IS A NO DISQUALIFICATION MATCH”
Since when??? Vince up to his tricks
here.
Foley starts choking the life out of
Austin with some cable cord. Austin breaks free by running and
sending Foley into the ring area and off a table. Austin just starts
beating the shit out of Foley and ends up sending both of them over
the guardrail and into the crowd.
Another hell of a bump by Foley.
Both back in the ring now and Austin is
firmly in command as he starts choking Foley on the ropes.
NO DQ, VINCEY BOY
Austin tries to hit Foley with a
running jump into the ropes, but Foley moves and Austin ends up
bouncing hard off the ropes. This should allow Foley some time to get
his shit back together too. He gets up and baseball slides Austin
outside of the ring. He then runs out the ring and hits Austin with
his patented neckbreaker.
Vince goes to Patterson and Pat gets
back on the mic
“THIS IS A REMINDER; THIS IS A FALLS
COUNT ANYWHERE MATCH”
YOU NAUGHTY S.O.B, VINCE
Foley gets an immediate 2 count on the
outside on Austin. Austin is straight up and just as Foley is
celebrating with a little jig, Austin runs over him like a freight
train with a powerful clothesline. He runs again over to Foley, but
Foley sends him over his head and
ONTO THE HOOD OF A CAR
Foley then pins Austin on the car but
only gets another 2 count. They trade a couple of punches and Foley
runs at Austin, but this time it's Austin's turn to reveres it and
sends Foley face first into a car
Even Patterson has come down to have a
look lol. Taker is also still there of course, hovering over Vince to
make sure he's counting these pin attempts properly. Both Austin and
Foley are now on the roof of a car and Austin seemingly tries to go
for a STUNNER, but Foley sends him flying onto the top of the next
car
Another big bump by Austin.
Foley then does a SUNSET FLIP OFF THE
HOOD OF A CAR and pins Austin......but can only get a 2 count again.
Foley then picks up some sort of steel
pipe. He hits Austin with it, but immediately throws it away and
instead rams Austin's head off the hood of the car.
JUICE TIME - AUSTIN IS BUSTED OPEN
Austin starts a comeback as he punches
the shit out of Foley. He tries to piledrive Foley on the outside but
Foley reverses and sends Austin over in a back flip. Another 2 count
by Foley follows. He hits Austin with a quick snap suplex.
Man, Austin is taking some damn bumps
here.
Foley then gets onto the roof a car and
drops a flying elbow............but Austin manages to move out of the
way
Austin then starts literally kicking
the shit out of Foley all the way back to the ring. He sends Foley
crashing hard into the steps. Both finally back into the ring now.
Austin tries to bounce off the ropes, but Patterson catches his foot
and stops him. This allows Foley to hit Austin with a clothesline and
he starts hitting Austin in the head and into the open wound.
Foley takes off the turnbuckle padding
and exposes the steel. He immediately rams Austin's head straight
into it. Austin is just down, bloodies and beaten as he's slumped in
the corner. Foley goes running over and nails him with a knee. Foley
again rams Austin's head off the exposed steel. He puts Austin in a
hold that brings back fond memories of Wrestlemania 13/Bret and all
that
Memories, like the corners of my
mind........oh sorry.
Vince is taunting Austin here, but
Austin starts fighting his way back up. He gets out of it and
launches at Foley with a quick flurry of right hands.....but Foley
immediately whacks his head again off that exposed turnbuckle. He
goes for a pin......1..........2................2.9
AUSTIN KICKS OUT
Vince is having a mini meltdown here as
Foley asks Patterson to give him a steel chair. He nails Austin in
the midriff with it and whacks hit hard off his back. He nails Austin
with a double arm DDT right off the chair. This has to be it as Foley
goes for another cover..1.2...................2.9
AUSTIN DAMN FUCK KICKS OUT
AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Austin is now up and in the corner as
Foley comes running at him with the chair...........but Austin
manages to get his feet up sends the chair flying off Foley's head
Finally, some rest bite for Austin and
a chance for some revenge. He grabs the chair himself and starts
psyching himself up, but he ends up being too over zealous with the
chair and it ends up bouncing off the ropes and hits him plum in the
face
This doesn't deter him though as he
nails Foley in the head with the chair. He pins Foley
BUT THAT S.O.B VINCE JUST STANDS THERE
AND REFUSES TO MAKE THE DAMN COUNT
Austin goes over and screams at him to
count. Just as he does that, Foley grabs the chair and tries to hit
Austin with it, but Austin moves and the chair ends up off off
Vince's noggin'
Austin immediately hits Foley with the
STONE COLD STUNNER. Another ref comes down to count the pin/
1.......2...........................PATTERSON GRABS THE REFS LEGS and
pulls him out the ring. He nails the poor ref with a follow up punch
lol. He could still throw a mean punch. By this time, Foley is up and
puts Austin into the MANDABLE CLAW.
Austin's shoulders appear to be on the
mat as Patterson takes it upon himself to count the pin.
1..........2....................UNDERTAKER GRABS PATTERSON and drags
him out the ring.
HE PUTS HIM IN A CHOKESLAM AND SENDS
HIM CRASHING THROUGH THE TABLE
Brisco then tries to count the pin, but
is also pulled out the ring and
CHOKESLAMMED THOUGH A TABLE
Back in the ring and Austin hits Foley
WITH ANOTHER STONE COLD STUNNER
He covers Foley, grabs Vince's dead
hand and makes the count with it.
No doubt about this
one............1.........2........................3.
Austin finally retains.
Crowd go ape as Austin celebrates and
has an eye to eye with Undertaker. Brisco/Vince/Pat are all dead of
course.
THIS WAS FUCKING AWESOME AND I FUCKING
MISS THIS SHIT. Seriously, it is still one of the most fun matches
you could ever watch, from the outlandish announcements at the start,
to the over top story of the match, to the final bell. This style of
match would become very prevalent over the course of the A.E, but
here it's fresh and is done to perfection. The overbooking of it was
great, with the stooges and Taker being involved. Vince was wonderful
around this time as a character and in this match, he continues that
by stacking the odds against Austin and wanting you to will on Austin
in every turn.
Austin himself deserves a lot of credit
for taking all those bumps tbh, esp around this time of his career.
He took his share on the outside onto the floor and on those ringside
cars. I was never the biggest fan of the 'Dude Love' character, but I
did like him as the 'corporate heel' here with Vince and co as it
worked with the story and esp in this match.
Credit to Patterson/Brisco too for
being very entertaining and taking those table bumps.
I fucking love this match and everyone
should go and watch it NOW.
