WWF Rock Bottom 1998 - The Undertaker vs Stone Cold Steve Austin (Buried Alive Match)
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00:00Austin, this is a match that all began back at Judgment Day, when The Undertaker blamed Stone Cold Steve Austin for costing him the WWF Championship.
00:09Right now, a look back at the explosive history between Austin and The Undertaker.
00:15The mighty, the lord, The Undertaker has got this one won, and Austin's not doing a damn thing.
00:24But look at The Undertaker, not knowing what he feels about it.
00:27Oh, look at that! A star! Austin got the star from The Undertaker!
00:32Where has that gone?
00:34The Undertaker could have been the WWF Champion at Judgment Day, if it hadn't been for Austin.
00:39The Undertaker will never forget that night!
00:42And we will unleash a plague for which the World Wrestling Federation has never seen.
00:48Hey, look who's here! The Undertaker's here! The Undertaker's got a shovel! A shovel!
00:55The Undertaker hit Austin, right in the head with a shovel! And Austin is out!
00:59You don't hit me in the head with a shovel.
01:01After competing in a match in the San Jose Arena, he blacked out, he blacked out, he blacked out.
01:05Austin, at January's Royal Rumble, you will be one of the 30 participants.
01:12All you have to do, Austin, is defeat The Undertaker in a buried alive match.
01:19You don't hit me in the head with a shovel. Lay me on a damn table and try to embalm me.
01:24Please, no, no!
01:26Dean! Dean! Austin's down! Austin has escaped!
01:32When I get my hands on Paul Bearer and The Undertaker, they both got hell to pay!
01:37Can you believe that Austin just broke the end of that shovel right off of The Undertaker's face?
01:42They both got hell to pay!
01:44Well, it's not cool, Steve Austin, to fix what you did to Paul Bearer now!
01:47Paul Bearer's been stuck in the sewer! My God! He went head first into the sewer!
01:53Give me a hell yeah!
01:56A buried, buried alive, buried alive match.
02:02Austin, you are helpless against my ministry.
02:06In the ministry of Stone Cold Steve Austin.
02:09At Rock Bottom, you can bet your ass that you can expect no mercy.
02:14I can take your rotting soul anytime I wish.
02:18A buried, buried alive match.
02:22That's what's in store for you! You're getting a glimpse into your future right now, Steve Austin!
02:26I will sacrifice you to the ministry of darkness.
02:30What I'm going to do is pull that foot out of the grave and put it in your ass.
02:35Austin, burn in hell.
02:41He's not going to be content until Steve Austin's career is over.
02:45A buried, buried alive match.
02:48What are they doing to him? What the hell are they doing?
02:51They blast Stone Cold Steve Austin to that Undertaker symbol.
02:55Austin, I'm taking you mind, body, and soul.
03:00The only thing left is to bury you alive.
03:04Somebody's got to help me! I've never seen anything like that in my life!
03:17Buried alive, Undertaker and Stone Cold.
03:21Ladies and gentlemen, this is the buried alive match.
03:52Introducing first, accompanied by Holder from Death Valley.
03:58Weighing 328 pounds, the Undertaker.
04:11Here he comes, King. The phenom who has unleashed his ministry of darkness in recent weeks.
04:18And he's walking right past what he intends to make Stone Cold Steve Austin's final resting place.
04:26This buried alive match will start in the ring. It will end in the grave.
04:32Two tons of dirt surround the grave.
04:36It is four feet wide, eight feet long, and six feet deep.
04:42The tombstone at the head of that grave weighs in excess of 3,000 pounds.
04:50The only way to win is to bury your opponent alive.
04:56You are looking there at the Undertaker, who is the master of this kind of match.
05:02I mean, it's his match. Let's face it. Look at that headstone.
05:05King, you had the opportunity to experience the first and only one of these thus far buried alive matches.
05:11It can't be explained in words.
05:14You gotta see it to believe it. And we're gonna see it.
05:24What do you think he's seeing right now?
05:26He is darker.
05:27Those eyes roll back into the... into tearing into the darkest mind that you can imagine.
05:33He is more evil, more aggressive than he's ever been under the tutelage of Paul Bearer.
05:46Undertaker preparing for battle.
05:48And folks, this camera is placed inside the grave.
05:53Either Stone Cold Steve Austin or The Undertaker will be buried under two tons of dirt tonight.
06:01This match, not for careers, but for lives.
06:15His opponent, from Victoria, Texas, weighing 252 pounds...
06:22Stone Cold Steve Austin!
06:28Stone Cold Steve Austin, we saw earlier on, has inspected this grave site all day long.
06:35I think he's gotta be a bit concerned.
06:39Well, I'm telling you, you know, you get an eerie feeling when you walk on somebody else's grave.
06:44What kind of feeling could it be to stand and look down into your own?
06:48Here we go!
06:49And Stone Cold and The Undertaker. And here we go now.
06:53Oh!
06:55Action outside the ring. The Texas Rattlesnake.
06:58Not just his career, but life on the line with the right hands down to the female and The Undertaker.
07:02Keep in mind, this is The Undertaker's match.
07:04Yes, put your seatbelts on, Michael Cole. You said that this would start in the ring.
07:08It didn't even start in the ring.
07:10They didn't wait for... they didn't wait for Stone Cold and Steve Austin to get in the ring.
07:14The Undertaker attacked him coming down that ramp.
07:17King, I'll tell you what, there's no rules in this match.
07:20Simply to bury your opponent, anything goes.
07:25That's right. You bury your opponent any way, any shape, any form, any fashion you can.
07:30Look at those shovels back there, too.
07:32Keep in mind, folks, Stone Cold and Steve Austin must win this match to qualify for the Royal Rumble.
07:38And both of these guys are familiar with shovels.
07:41Stone Cold, Steve Austin suffered a concussion when The Undertaker blasted him in the head with a shovel.
07:46And look at this!
07:49And then it was just a couple of weeks ago that Stone Cold returned the favor
07:52when he smashed The Undertaker's head open with a shovel.
07:58But King, think about how Stone Cold was humiliated last week.
08:02Humbled in front of millions of people when he was strapped on to The Undertaker's symbol
08:08and raised high above the arena.
08:10I don't know if that was a humiliation. It was certainly a humbling.
08:13It was certainly an example of what The Undertaker had in store for Stone Cold, Steve Austin.
08:19And tonight is just the culmination of that.
08:21Watch those shovels!
08:23All kinds of apparatus for digging a grave out there.
08:25Shovels, wheelbarrows, and the like.
08:27Rakes, hoes.
08:29And Undertaker and Steve Austin now taking this out toward the crowd.
08:35That mound of dirt over two tons.
08:39And there you see the tombstone. 3,000 pounds worth.
08:45And the question is, whose tombstone will that be?
08:51The Undertaker, he's determined.
08:54He is determined that he is not going to rest.
08:58Rest in peace, you might say, until Stone Cold Steve Austin is buried
09:03and is out of the WWF for good.
09:06That's The Undertaker's goal.
09:08He won't be content with anything less than that.
09:11And you know that's Mr. McMahon's goal as well.
09:13In fact, the owner said that Stone Cold Steve Austin
09:16will have no chance at a WWF Championship shot.
09:19No chance in hell.
09:21Look out!
09:22In the ring now.
09:23Austin, look at this now.
09:25Mufas Press hammering away on The Undertaker.
09:29Austin delivers the big elbow to the face of The Undertaker.
09:34No pinfalls, folks.
09:36No submission.
09:37Bury your opponent alive.
09:42What kind of punishment?
09:43What kind of maneuver?
09:45What is it going to take to get either The Undertaker
09:48or Stone Cold Steve Austin in a condition or in position
09:53to be put into that grave?
09:55Much less to be incapacitated so that you have dirt shoveled
09:59in on top of you.
10:02Austin, The Undertaker now.
10:03There's a rake of the eyes.
10:04King, you know many people have asked us throughout the past
10:07couple of weeks, why would Stone Cold accept a match
10:11that is The Undertaker's forte?
10:13And to put it plain and simple, Stone Cold's like a pit bull.
10:17Mr. McMahon dangled a piece of meat.
10:20That being a shot to be in the Royal Rumble.
10:22And Stone Cold bit.
10:23He's a competitor.
10:25Look at this!
10:26Oh!
10:27Axe handle across the back of the head.
10:30Right out in front of us now.
10:31Stone Cold and The Undertaker.
10:33Yeah, Stone Cold's...
10:34Oh, my gosh.
10:35Phenom's hip into the steel stairs.
10:38Stone Cold is a competitor that wants more than anything
10:41to be the WWF champion again.
10:43And he knows that the only way right now that he can see
10:46that he can even have a shot at the title
10:48is to get in the Royal Rumble.
10:50And to get in the Royal Rumble,
10:51he's got to bury The Undertaker alive.
10:53And if you ask me...
10:54Oh, man!
10:55That's too tall an order.
10:57Stone Cold tossed over to the Spanish announce table
10:59and The Undertaker after him now.
11:03Oh, my gosh!
11:05The Undertaker means business.
11:07He blames Stone Cold for costing him a shot
11:09at the WWF championship two months ago at Judgment Day.
11:12Watch it.
11:18Look out now.
11:19No!
11:20A counter.
11:21Oh, man!
11:23Stone Cold dropped on that hard concrete floor.
11:29And he's getting ready to be dropped
11:31into that grave back there.
11:34No rules, folks.
11:35No rules.
11:36No rules.
11:37No rules.
11:38No rules.
11:39No rules.
11:40No rules.
11:41No rules, folks.
11:43Oh, man!
11:44Into the stairs in the ring post.
11:50And The Undertaker now has taken control.
11:53The Phenom in his Ministry of Darkness.
11:58The Rattlesnake
12:00has more on the line here than a shot at the Royal Rumble.
12:03His career's at stake.
12:05His career could be smothered.
12:08It could be snuffed out.
12:09Under 2,000 pounds of dirt.
12:13And I'm just trying to think,
12:14what is it going to take to finish off
12:16Stone Cold Steve Austin?
12:18We certainly know that one tombstone,
12:20one chokeslam is not going to do it.
12:23What is The Undertaker going to have to come up with
12:25to finish off Stone Cold Steve Austin here tonight?
12:28I want to know which one of these competitors
12:30ends up just knocking their opponent out.
12:33How either one's going to have the strength
12:35to drag their opponent up that mound of dirt
12:38into the grave and then bury him alive.
12:43One of these men are going to have to take a shovel.
12:45And they're going to have to start pouring, digging,
12:49pouring dirt in on top of their opponent.
12:52But once it gets to that point,
12:54it'll be a task, it'll be a chore that they relish.
12:57Can't you just see The Undertaker
12:59shoveling that dirt in on Steve Austin?
13:01He would love it.
13:03Can you imagine being in that grave
13:05and having two tons of dirt shoveled on you?
13:07No.
13:08And trying to grasp, to gasp
13:10for your last breath of air.
13:12And Stone Cold now...
13:13Hey, wait a minute, what's he got?
13:15Nearing the grave, and Undertaker has something there.
13:22Stone Cold blocked it.
13:23Blocked it again.
13:25And now Austin gaining momentum now.
13:32The Undertaker close to knocking Austin into the grave.
13:35And now Stone Cold with that steel barricade again.
13:39I'm telling you, this is going to get really, really ugly.
13:41Look out, Undertaker!
13:43Oh, face first.
13:45Stone Cold plowing over The Undertaker like a bulldozer.
13:49Like a train coming at him.
13:53And now Austin's taking control.
13:56Climbs that mound of dirt some ten feet high.
14:02Oh my gosh, look at this.
14:03Six feet deep, that pit.
14:06Both of these guys are getting a stare down into that grave right now.
14:11Oh no, no, no!
14:12Undertaker's in the grave!
14:13The Undertaker is in the grave.
14:18Now The Undertaker has to climb out of that six foot deep pit.
14:22And what's he got now?
14:23Some sort of funeral wreath.
14:25Burial wreath.
14:26He hits Austin with it.
14:27Now Austin's in the grave.
14:34The Undertaker on a crusade.
14:41The Ministry of Darkness on a crusade
14:44to end the career of Stone Cold Steve Austin.
14:47Can you imagine fighting in your own grave?
14:52Can you imagine coming out here for this match
14:54and not knowing if that grave is going to have your name on it?
14:57What's the most horrible thought that you could ever imagine?
15:02That's being buried prematurely.
15:05Being buried.
15:06Having the dirt shoveled in on your face.
15:08Not being able to do anything about it.
15:10Knowing that you still have life in your body.
15:12Look out!
15:14Undertaker went to use the shovel and Stone Cold countered.
15:17And here comes the rattlesnake.
15:18Rattlesnake.
15:28This is the point that you have to pull out all the stops.
15:32You gotta do anything that you absolutely can do
15:34to avoid being buried here at this point.
15:37Folks, that shot you just saw can't get you any closer to the action.
15:40Camera inside the grave
15:42watching this action between Stone Cold and The Undertaker.
15:46And the tombstone says it all.
15:48Buried alive.
15:51Who will it be?
15:52Which one of these men?
15:54Now The Undertaker attacking that knee.
15:56The knee that Stone Cold wears that brace on.
16:04Uh-oh.
16:07What intense action.
16:09And Stone Cold's in trouble.
16:12There's his chance.
16:16Right hand.
16:25Stomping him right down into that dirt.
16:27That he intends to bury him with later.
16:29This rivalry between these two is unparalleled.
16:32Unmatched.
16:33But never ever a match like this between these two men.
16:42Oh, into the steel barricade.
16:44And Austin now paddles back.
16:46Right hands.
16:57There's Austin taking him now.
16:59Barricades on the other side of the arena.
17:05No rules, folks.
17:06No holds barred.
17:07You gotta bury your opponent alive to win this thing.
17:12Austin!
17:15Again, keep in mind.
17:17A spot in the Royal Rumble tournament on the line for the Texas Rattlesnake.
17:24This is The Undertaker's element.
17:28He seems to be trying to get back to the ring now.
17:31You know, The Undertaker could have finished Stone Cold Steve Austin last week on Raw.
17:34But he wanted to wait till rock bottom.
17:36He wanted to do it in a buried alive match.
17:41Austin!
17:48Steve Austin is running The Undertaker's head into everything he can between there and the ring.
17:52Oh! Including the ring post.
17:55Undertaker face first into the ring post.
17:57But you know as well as I do, Michael, that it's gonna take more than that.
18:01It's gonna take more than running either one of these men's head into a ring post.
18:04There's gonna be something.
18:06Something big.
18:07Something major is gonna have to happen.
18:11Either one of these guys in a condition to be buried alive.
18:15It had to come to this, King.
18:16Watch it.
18:17Look out.
18:18Undertaker now with a chair.
18:19That could do it.
18:21Stone Cold.
18:23In trouble.
18:24Oh man!
18:25That could do it!
18:26Did you hear that?
18:28Stone Cold may be out cold.
18:35This rivalry which has been built for months, King.
18:39It's come to this.
18:40It had to end somewhere.
18:43I think The Undertaker is about ready to take Austin's soul.
18:47He's ready to finish it.
18:51Austin rolling back into the ring now.
18:54The prophecies of The Undertaker are about to be fulfilled.
18:57We saw him say that he would take Austin's soul.
19:01And Austin now in a clothesline.
19:04And look at Austin.
19:05Filthy.
19:06Covered with soil.
19:07Dirt.
19:09Sticking to his sweat strewn body.
19:14These men have taken a tremendous amount of punishment thus far.
19:19I mean this is without a doubt...
19:21Oh man!
19:22Undertaker caught Stone Cold off the apron.
19:24Into the ring post.
19:26One of the most grueling matches ever.
19:28I mean anything goes.
19:29You can do absolutely anything to your opponent.
19:31And you're going to have to do anything and more to get one of these men.
19:35Either The Undertaker or Stone Cold Steve Austin in position to be buried alive.
19:39How hard will they fight to keep that from happening?
19:41You know King, this capacity crowd of 20,000 really don't know quite what to make of this.
19:46They've never seen anything like this before.
19:51They'll know what to make of it when Steve Austin gets put into that grave.
19:56And they see The Undertaker standing over that grave with his eyes rolled back at his head.
20:01And shoveling.
20:02Shovel full of dirt after shovel full of dirt in on Steve Austin.
20:05They'll know what to think of it then.
20:08Stone Cold again into the ring.
20:10The Undertaker, The Phenom in control.
20:15About 10 choke slams in a row might do it.
20:20Austin now whipped off the rope.
20:22Undertaker telegraphed it.
20:23Boot to the face.
20:24And here now comes The Rattlesnake.
20:26It's not over for Austin.
20:27It's not over for Austin.
20:29There's Austin again.
20:30Oh, look out.
20:31Now it may be.
20:33There it is.
20:35Choke slam.
20:40In this match, not only throwing for Austin, but look at The Undertaker.
20:46I know it.
20:47He's gonna have to do that again and again.
20:51Both of these men are totally spent.
20:53Can you imagine if you do beat your opponent, having to drag your opponent into that grave site?
21:00You're right.
21:01Both of these guys may be totally spent, but one way or the other, it's gonna happen.
21:05One of them is gonna have to drag the other to that grave site.
21:08And one of them is gonna bury the other alive.
21:10It's gonna happen.
21:13Can you imagine King being in that grave?
21:17Dirt on you.
21:18I don't even like to think about it.
21:19I told you that.
21:20Gasping for breath.
21:21Trying to crawl through two tons of topsoil.
21:24Why don't you go ask Stone Cold?
21:25It looks like he's fixing to experience that very thing you're talking about.
21:29The Phenom leading Stone Cold to the grave.
21:32There it is.
21:35Six feet deep.
21:38And what is that in his hand?
21:40It's a gas can.
21:43What's he gonna use that for?
21:45What do you propose he's gonna do with a gas can?
21:48Oh.
21:51Kick to the ribs by The Undertaker.
21:52If I was Stone Cold Steve Austin, I'd be grabbing one of those shovels.
21:57And Stone Cold is in the grave.
21:59That should be it.
22:01Six feet under Stone Cold Steve Austin.
22:05He's in the grave!
22:07And The Undertaker now will begin the slow process of burying Austin alive.
22:13Oh my gosh!
22:15Let's see it!
22:17The Undertaker goes for the shovel.
22:19Stone Cold desperately, desperately trying to make his way out.
22:26As The Undertaker shovels dirt.
22:29I was up there earlier, King.
22:30That topsoil is dark.
22:32It's cold.
22:33It's damp.
22:34And Austin is helpless.
22:36He is totally spent.
22:37He can't even get to his feet.
22:39Austin desperately trying to make it out of the pit.
22:42Out of the grave.
22:43And he went on the shovel, Undertaker!
22:44The Undertaker.
22:45He's getting out!
22:46He's getting out!
22:47Spent as well.
22:48Austin now desperately tries to make it out of the grave.
22:51And he does.
22:52And Austin now...
22:55Has that can.
22:57Wait a minute.
23:01He hit him!
23:03Hit him with the can!
23:04Square in the face!
23:06Get a shovel!
23:08Again!
23:10Undertaker's reeling!
23:12Austin!
23:13Stunner!
23:14Stunner!
23:15Stunner!
23:16Stunner!
23:17He's in the grave!
23:18Undertaker's in the grave!
23:19The Undertaker's in the grave!
23:21And Stone Cold with a wheelbarrow full of dirt!
23:24What?!
23:26He's not even gonna bother with a shovel!
23:27Look at this!
23:29The Undertaker is being buried alive!
23:32He's out!
23:37Get the hell out of here, son.
23:38Where's Austin going?
23:39He's going after Paul Bearer!
23:41Run!
23:45The Undertaker six feet under.
23:48What is he doing now?
23:52Uh-oh.
23:54He's sitting up!
23:55He's coming out of the grave!
23:56The Undertaker's up!
24:01The Phenom is up!
24:02He's out!
24:04Where's Austin?
24:09The Phenom desperately makes it out of the grave.
24:11But where is Stone Cold?
24:13What is Undertaker doing?
24:14Undertaker with a shovel now.
24:17Oh my gosh.
24:18He is just lying in wait for Stone Cold Steve Austin.
24:21An ambush, perhaps.
24:22He's playing possum.
24:25Austin thinks he'll be able to-
24:26Oh!
24:27What in the world?!
24:28My God!
24:31Fire from the grave!
24:32What happened?!
24:35What in the world?!
24:39What an explosion from inside that grave!
24:41Can you imagine if The Undertaker had been-
24:43It's Kane!
24:44What?!
24:45It's Kane!
24:46Kane was in the grave!
24:50No!
24:51The Undertaker and Kane!
24:55He was in the grave!
25:00The Undertaker was lying in wait for Austin.
25:05And Kane was lying in wait for The Undertaker.
25:09Was he lying in that grave all this time?
25:13I don't know.
25:14There was a huge explosion and Kane appeared.
25:18Where is Austin?!
25:21Where in the world did Austin go?
25:25Austin was fixed into burying The Undertaker alive and he left the arena.
25:32Kane comes out of the grave to take up the fight for Austin with The Undertaker.
25:36But now The Undertaker has just-
25:38Oh my gosh!
25:39Look at this!
25:40Look at this, Michael!
25:41The Undertaker with Kane.
25:42He's going for the Tombstone!
25:45No!
25:46What in the-
25:47What's Undertaker doing?
25:48What the hell is this?!
25:51What?!
25:52What the-
25:53What the hell?!
25:54It's a backhoe!
25:56Kane delivered a Tombstone to The Undertaker!
25:58The Undertaker's out!
26:01And there's a backhoe being backed into the arena!
26:03It's still cold!
26:04It's Austin!
26:06The Rattlesnake has commandeered a backhoe!
26:12The Undertaker is out cold in the grave after a Tombstone by Kane!
26:25The Undertaker's in the grave and Stone Cold has brought a backhoe!
26:30A bulldozer!
26:33There's The Undertaker face-first in that grave.
26:39What is he telling him?
26:42He's telling him to drop it!
26:48He wants-
26:50He wants to use this!
26:53Hundreds of pounds of dirt!
26:54That's gotta be hundreds of pounds of dirt!
26:58My gosh, it's already full of dirt!
27:03No!
27:04No, wait!
27:08Oh my gosh!
27:10The Undertaker is being buried alive!
27:22Kane, what are they doing now?
27:24He's telling the man to use that bulldozer to finish the job!
27:31Stone Cold telling the backhoe to pull that dirt into the grave!
27:35There it goes!
27:40And Stone Cold now with a shovel!
27:45The Undertaker's in there!
27:52Can we see?
27:53Is there anything left of The Undertaker?
27:55Can you still see him?
27:59The Undertaker's six feet under!
28:05And the backhoe now pulling dirt into the grave!
28:10What is Austin doing now?
28:11What is this?
28:14No, he's got-
28:15Stone Cold's opening a cold one on The Undertaker's grave!
28:19No, wait a minute!
28:28Stone Cold has buried The Undertaker alive!
28:32And he's opened a can on The Phenom's grave!
28:36The Undertaker's under there somewhere!
28:39Under hundreds of pounds of dirt!
28:43Stone Cold has buried The Undertaker alive!
28:49And he's in through a beer in there for good measure!
28:53Stone Cold's game, Austin Kane, has qualified for the one-on-fumble!
28:58Austin Kane has qualified for the one-on-fumble!
29:09This is unbelievable!
29:11The Texas Rattlesnake has buried The Undertaker alive!
29:18He has qualified for the Royal Rumble!
29:21He has a shot to again, to again!
29:25Qualified to meet the WWF Champion!
29:31Can you believe it?
29:33More dirt!
29:34They're burying him still!
29:47Stone Cold covered in dark, filthy dirt!
29:53Has accomplished the unthinkable!
29:58He has defeated The Undertaker at The Undertaker's own game!
30:03He has buried The Undertaker alive!
30:07And in turn, has qualified for the Royal Rumble!
30:13And there is the ultimate victory celebration!
30:17As Stone Cold, the ultimate in the dirt, continues to be poured in on The Undertaker!
30:23The Phenom!
30:30The Undertaker was lying in wait.
30:34When Kane came from out of nowhere.
30:37Delivered a Tombstone Piledriver!
30:40Stone Cold has buried The Undertaker alive!
30:43Stone Cold has done the unthinkable!