Lawler - SHAWN MICHAELS BIDS FAREWELL TO THE WWE UNIVERSE, TONIGHT!
Cole - Last night, John Cena beat his self-doubt and became WWE Champion!
Batista - I know that all of…you… PEOPLE are expecting me to throw a fit, complain, moan, and groan about what happened last night - AND I’M NOT GONNA GIVE YOU THE SATISFACTION! Last night was a blip on the radar, IT WAS A FLUKE. NEXT MONTH, NONE OF YOU WILL EVEN REMEMBER WRESTLEMANIA! I’M ENTITLED TO A REMATCH - I’M GONNA REGAIN MY WWE CHAMPIONSHIP! I DON’T CARE WHAT HAPPENED AT MANIA, JOHN CENA CAN’T BEAT ME! (Cena comes out)
Cole - HERE’S CENA, A HAPPY CHAMPION!
Cena - There’s still a lot of WM energy left in the building - that’s for sure. Going into ‘Mania, there was a guy usually dressed in a vest saying that Cena couldn’t beat him. I guess that person missed ‘Mania, because John Cena did beat Batista. And after all the talk about how badly you wanted this match at WM, after you said you wanted to take my spot and call yourself the face of the company. The face of the company looked like this - BEFORE I MADE HIM TAP OUT! Tonight, we write the final chapter on the career of Shawn Michaels. Let’s write a new chapter in the story of Batista! For once, let’s give the WWE Universe what they want. LET’S HAVE THE REMATCH!
Batista - Not tonight.
(as Ted Jr. walks to the ring)Ted Sr. - THERE’S MY BOY!
HHH - It’s kind of a surreal night. End of an era, know what I mean? I never thought it would end this way for Shawn. I knew man, I knew he could beat him…I didn’t think it would happen this way. It’s the end of an era, and you know, it seems like yesterday for me, I was walking into WWE and I saw Shawn with overalls with no shirt on and his bad mullet haircut. Man. But we took on the world, didn’t we bud? A lot of times, all we had was each other! BUT WE FOUGHT SIDE BY SIDE, BACK TO BACK, SOMETIMES FACE TO FACE, BUT WE’VE ALWAYS FOUGHT FOR EACH OTHER AND WITH EACH OTHER! There’s always this (does Wolfpac sign), then it was me and Shawn, and there was nothing tighter. I just wanted to come out here and pour everything…before everything else happened, and say that there’s something I always wanted to say to Shawn…(Sheamus attacks with a pipe)
Fan - SO WHAT’D YA WANNA TELL HIM!
Bret - Right off the bat, I just wanna thank Shawn Michaels on an epic storybook career. Nobody knows better than I do that Shawn’s one of the greatest of all-time. Coming from the Hitman, I just wanna wish you all the best in the future. When I came back to WWE, it was Shawn who said that good things would happen, and he was right. I finally found closure. It felt great to finally beat the Holy Hell out of Vince! HECK, THE WHOLE ENTIRE HART FAMILY BEAT VINCE! I know upstairs in heaven, I can feel my Mom, Dad, Owen, the Bulldog, sending waves of high-fives that are heaven-sent. (Owen chant breaks out) It’s been a great time for the Hart family. It wasn’t long ago that I thought I’d be leaving WWE with a bad taste, but now, all I have is a taste of joy and satisfaction. On behalf of myself and the Hart family, I just wanna thank you all. All the best. Thank you! (ShoMiz comes out)
Miz - Really Bret? Really? Yo come back and beat Vince in a 25-on-1 handicap match and you’re proud? KUDOS TO YOU, YOU’RE SUCH A HE-RO! Except there’s one problem - YOU’RE A THEIF. You coming back and getting closure ROBBED ME OF MY TIME. FOR MONTHS, I HAD TO HEAR BRET SCREWED BRET, VINCE SCREWED BRET, VINCE SCREWED VINCE, I’M SICK OF IT! LOOK AT ME, I’M THE MOST GLORIFIEC CHAMPION IN WWE! Last night, in my first ‘Mania match, I won. I’m 1-0 - 17 WINS AWAY FROM TYING THE UNDERTAKER! Don’t laugh - I AM AWESOME! You’re another word - overrated! Know what? Your entire family is overrated! As a matter of fact, you’re the most overrated there is, was, and ever will be! Why don’t you get out of my ring before my fist gives your face closure!?
Bret - If you want me to leave, MAKE ME! (Hart Dynasty comes out) Why don’t you two clowns face the Hart Dynasty tonight and they’ll embarrass you like they did Vince last night!?
(as Miz is in the Sharpshooter)Show - YOU GONNA LISTEN TO ME!?
Miz - YES! (Show saves him)
Swagger - SMELL THAT!? IT SMELLS LIKE MONEY IN THE BANK! I TOLD ALL OF YOU LAST WEEK THAT I WAS GONNA WIN MITB AT ‘MANIA, WHEN I WANT SOMETHING, I AM THE ODDS-ON FAVORITE TO GET IT! Earlier tonight, I was just messing with Cena! Because when I really cash thisth in, the All American American American is the odds-on favorite to walk away with the WWE Championship!
King - EXTREME RULES IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY KFC!
Cole - KFC AND HOT TUBS!
King - WHAT!?
Cole - I like to eat in a hot tub!
King - YOU CAN’T DO THAT!
King - Come on, say it - IT’S VINTAGE!
Cole - Okay, it is VINTAGE ORTON with the stomps!
HBK - I don’t know what I’m gonna say tonight…
Crowd - PLEASE DON’T GO!
HBK - I was 19 when I started doing this, and at 23, I started coming into each and everyone of your homes every week and the idea of now being 44 and I don’t know, not coming into your homes every week is gonna be tough to get used to.
Crowd - THANK YOU, SHAWN! THANK YOU, SHAWN!
HBK - I appreciate you saying thank you, but I have to thank you because this ring and all of you was the only thing I had in my life. It was the only place that I ever felt good about me. And night in and night out, you guys are the only ones that ever made me like me and… I would like to thank…there’s so many I’d like to thank, but I think I’d forget somebody. But there’s one guy, Hunter, I gotta thank Hunter for being my friend when no one else wanted to touch me. There are a lot of people who didn’t like me many years ago - I wasn’t easy to be around, and Hunter, buddy, you never once left my side! In this line of work, and it’s tough to have real friendships, but Hunter, I thank you for the real friendship I’ve shared with you for 16 years! And another one, and this is gonns sound strange, but there’s a whole lot of people in those trucks, and those holding the camera, Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, and the greatest ever, Jim Ross. I wanna thank all you guys, you always make me look better than I ever was and I appreciate that. There’s a crazy redhead in Stamford that I have to thank - his name is Adam, and he puts together so many of the videos you’ve seen of me, and he’s the most talented boy I’ve ever met. Thanks for making me look like a superstar! And then there’s…
Crowd - ONE MORE MATCH! ONE MORE MATCH! ONE MORE MATCH!
HBK - Can I tell ya something? I know how a lot of people feel about career-ending matches.
Crowd - WOO!
HBK - There are a lot of people who are gonna be skeptical of my decision, but I don’t wanna go back on my word to you or the Undertaker. I’m an open book - it’s easier for me to be who I am. I wanna honor my word. I appreciate that, but I’m gonna do everything I can to make sure that doesn’t happen. I also gotta thank Bret Hart. I cannot tell you how much back in the ‘90s I drove that poor guy crazy, and everything he’s said about me, he had every right to say it. I wanna thank you for giving me, understanding, accepting, and believing that I made mistakes and that I’ve changed. I thank him for giving me the \chance to be his friend again, and I thank him for giving me that opportunity. And then there’s Vincent Kennedy McMahon. I might get in trouble, but it’s my farewell speech, but there’s no way I could work for anyone else. After you’ve worked for that crazy son of a gun, I can never do a regular gig ever again. I gotta thank him for my patience, cuz the only guy I drove crazier than Bret was Vince. He gave the opportunity to do what I love to do, but I’ve gotta thank him for allowing me to make bigger mistakes. I was on a crash course, and it was ugly, but if he hadn’t kept me on course, I would not be here today. Thanks for putting up with me. And then there’s each and every one of you.
Crowd - THANK YOU SHAWN!
HBK - I have got to travel all over the world, to meet millions of people, to listen to each and every one of you, and I’ve spent more of my adult life with you than my own family, and I don’t say that with regrets. I thank you all so much for giving me the honor of letting me show off every night of my life. And of course, my lord and savior - I THANK YOU MY KING FOR SAVING ME! And to Rebecca, Cayane, and Cameron, babies, daddy’s coming home. This is how we started, and this is how we’re gonna end - THE HEART BREAK KID SHAWN MICHAELS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING!