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Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Rob Van Dam! 🔥 Two superstars collide in an intense showdown on WWE SmackDown, September 4, 2001.
Watch the Texas Rattlesnake take on the Whole F'N Show in this classic Attitude Era match!
Who do you think had the upper hand in this battle? Let us know in the comments!
Watch the Texas Rattlesnake take on the Whole F'N Show in this classic Attitude Era match!
Who do you think had the upper hand in this battle? Let us know in the comments!
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00:00and heal Kurt Angle.
00:01Oh, wait a minute.
00:01Don't hold.
00:02Waste a little time.
00:04Go to work on Rob Van Damme,
00:05and remember what Austin just told to RBD.
00:07You're not Rob Van Damme tonight.
00:09You're Kurt Angle.
00:10Austin believes RBD is Kurt Angle,
00:13and he's going to make an example of him.
00:15That's what's going to happen to Kurt Angle,
00:17and I'm forgiven.
00:18It's too bad right now it's Rob Van Damme,
00:20but that's going to be Angle.
00:21Now, Austin mocking RBD.
00:23I've never seen Austin this intense
00:24as he goes to work on Rob Van Damme,
00:27and I'll tell you something.
00:28Austin has nobody to blame on himself
00:29for this matchup.
00:30He said he'd tear apart the next Alliance member
00:32who came through the door.
00:33That next Alliance member was Rob Van Damme.
00:36No, it's not that, no.
00:37Angle's the plane.
00:38Angle bamboozled.
00:40Austin last night and pulled that heinous act,
00:43and he swore at the show and did this to him tonight
00:45and got RBD.
00:47Look what's happening to the Lions.
00:49This is a shame.
00:51Austin, the psychotic lunatic
00:53tearing at the face of Rob Van Damme
00:55that knee driven into the small of the back.
00:57The kidneys of Rob Van Damme
00:59as Austin continues the assault.
01:01Kurt Angle is in Stone Cold's head.
01:03Austin's frustrated, humiliated,
01:06he's embarrassed,
01:07and he's putting it all on the line here against RBD.
01:09And thanks to Kurt Angle,
01:10we might lose a valuable guy tonight
01:12in Rob Van Damme.
01:13Of course, Austin,
01:14I ain't never seen this man, like, ever.
01:17He's gonna hurt somebody.
01:18Stone Cold Steve Austin
01:20with a shot.
01:21Look out.
01:21Rob Van Damme.
01:22Oh, the spinning heel kick to the face
01:24by RBD.
01:26Hey, if RBD wins this matchup, Taz,
01:28are you gonna listen to Rob Van Damme?
01:30Would Rob Van Damme perhaps be a leader
01:32in the Alliance?
01:33Look, Austin's my leader
01:35forever and ever.
01:36That's simple.
01:37Rob Van Damme is a phenomenal athlete,
01:39no doubt.
01:39That man knows how to win a match.
01:41He'll take it to you.
01:42And Austin knows that,
01:43and I know it.
01:44A poke into the eyes by Stone Cold,
01:46and again a knee driven into the kidney
01:49of Rob Van Damme.
01:51This is not Austin's fault.
01:52It's not RBD's fault.
01:54It's Kurt Angle's fault.
01:57Stone Cold Steve Austin
01:58is more paranoid than ever.
02:00He's a psychotic madman
02:01on the verge of cracking.
02:03Did you see his body language earlier on?
02:05The look in his face
02:06as Kurt Angle once again embarrassed
02:08and humiliated the champion
02:10here on SmackDown.
02:11Yeah, come on, forgive him.
02:13Angle's done.
02:14Angle's done
02:15because Austin's got three weeks
02:16to prepare.
02:17Oh, look out.
02:18Rob Van Damme up.
02:19Austin's shoving him
02:20into the barricade.
02:22I'm interested to see
02:23what's going through the lines
02:24of Shane McMahon
02:25and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley,
02:27the owners of the Alliance
02:28as they see Stone Cold
02:30and Rob Van Damme Alliance
02:31just tearing each other apart.
02:33I hate to see Van Damme
02:35flying all over his face.
02:37Look at this.
02:37But it's all Angle's fault.
02:39That right there
02:40is Kurt Angle's fault.
02:42You know what's called Steve?
02:43He's so frustrated,
02:45so emotional.
02:46He's like a ticking time bomb.
02:49He sees Kurt Angle
02:50and Rob Van Damme.
02:52Sure does,
02:53and he can't blame Austin.
02:56He deserves to get his hands
02:58on Kurt Angle tonight.
02:59But unfortunately,
03:00it's Van Damme.
03:01And Rob Van Damme
03:02battling back the white hands
03:03to the champion,
03:04the Alliance leader,
03:05Stone Cold.
03:06Stone Cold now.
03:07Floyd fought an opponent
03:09with the offensive arsenal
03:10of Rob Van Damme.
03:12He almost beheaded
03:13the Texas Rattlesnake.
03:14Oh, God.
03:14Van Damme almost
03:15took Austin's head off.
03:17Go ahead.
03:18Hit him, Rob.
03:19Hit him, Van Damme.
03:20Van Damme.
03:21Van Damme.
03:21Oh.
03:22Looking to make a major
03:23take it to him, Rob.
03:25RBD battling for survival
03:27against this raving lunatic,
03:30Stone Cold Steve Austin.
03:31Go ahead.
03:31It's a fight.
03:32It's a lifestyle.
03:34Let's fight.
03:34Go ahead.
03:35Take an end off, Austin.
03:36What a shot.
03:37By Stone Cold Steve Austin.
03:39Austin is very,
03:41very unforgiving,
03:42not only to Rob Van Damme,
03:44but to Kurt Angle as well.
03:48It's not Van Damme's foot.
03:50I was Kurt Angle's foot.
03:52I'm sounding like a repeated record
03:54because it's Angle's fault.
03:56He should be taking his beat.
03:58And look at Austin mocking RBD.
04:01Mocking Rob Van Damme,
04:02the Alliance leader,
04:03setting example.
04:04You heard what he said earlier on.
04:06It's not Rob Van Damme
04:08just Stone Cold out here tonight.
04:09Don't take it personal, RBD.
04:11It's Kurt Angle, Stone Cold Steve.
04:14Of course, that's Kurt Angle,
04:15I guess he's stepping on him.
04:17I mean, Austin, no doubt,
04:19I got him,
04:19and Angle's in Austin's head,
04:21and so he should be.
04:22Austin will put together a game plan
04:24and at the statistic genius Austin is
04:27and take out Angle and pitch for an unforgiving.
04:30Well, he's taking out Rob Van Damme right now,
04:32rolling him back into the ring.
04:33Stone Cold Steve Austin
04:34into the cover,
04:35hook of the leg.
04:36There's two in RBD.
04:37Kicks out before a count of three.
04:39And you can see, perhaps,
04:40Taz,
04:41the frustration beginning to build
04:42on the Alliance leader.
04:44Upset with the referee
04:45from what he perceived
04:46was a slow count.
04:47Rob Van Damme is one phenomenal,
04:49amazing performer.
04:51It is very hard to beat this man.
04:53Oh, a thumb to the eye
04:54and a shot by Austin.
04:55Alliance referee Nick Patrick
04:57letting both these Alliance members
04:58go at it in this match.
05:01Stone Cold Steve Austin
05:03planning to win
05:04and he's planning to hurt
05:05Van Damme
05:06and a superplex by Austin.
05:08And once again,
05:09working on that back,
05:10that kidney area,
05:11the cover,
05:11hook of the leg,
05:12RBD again,
05:14again kicks out.
05:15That's how tough Van Damme is
05:17and Austin can't believe it.
05:18Austin can't believe it
05:19because Van Damme is that tough.
05:23Rob Van Damme fighting back.
05:25He shots to the midsection.
05:26Van Damme's a fighter.
05:27He will not quit.
05:28He won't stop.
05:29He'll bring it.
05:30He'll bring it and bring it.
05:31This crowd,
05:32chanting for this popular
05:33Alliance member Rob Van Damme.
05:35Austin off the ropes
05:35and a wise move
05:36by the veteran Stone Cold Steve Austin.
05:38That's why he's the leader, Cole.
05:39The WWF champion
05:41off the second rope.
05:42No way for it.
05:43Decided to kick RBD
05:44in the midsection
05:45from a closer proximity.
05:48And the Texas Rattlesnake.
05:50Yeah, the Texas Rattlesnake,
05:51in my opinion,
05:52is the greatest WWF champion
05:53of all time.
05:54Well, it hasn't been a good week
05:55for Stone Cold Steve Austin.
05:57The embarrassment,
05:58the humiliation
05:59on Raw last night.
06:01Well, I mean,
06:02as far as Van Damme goes,
06:04as far as fan support goes,
06:06Rob Van Damme
06:06is the most spectacular superstar
06:08in my view
06:09in the history of ECW.
06:10And I've been in many battles
06:12with Van Damme,
06:13and I felt the wrath of Austin,
06:14and that's why this deal
06:15right here is intense.
06:16Well, popular or not,
06:19Austin's physicality
06:20extremely dangerous,
06:22and he's taking it to RBD,
06:23Rob Van Damme,
06:25in this match.
06:26Oh, look at RBD.
06:27The match out there
06:27don't call.
06:28RBD with a good course
06:30to Austin
06:30on a steel ramp.
06:32That's our leader.
06:34You could hear
06:35the thunderous thud
06:37as Austin hit that ramp.
06:39Well, Van Damme's
06:39a hardcore champion,
06:40and that's hardcore.
06:41Oh, look out.
06:43Stone Cold Steve Austin.
06:44Rob Van Damme on the barricade.
06:46No titles on the line
06:47in this one.
06:47This is Alliance member
06:48versus Alliance member.
06:50And for Austin...
06:51Oh, no, it's Alliance member
06:52versus Alliance leader, Paul.
06:54Something we shouldn't
06:54be witnessing.
06:55And for Austin,
06:56he believes RBD is Kurt Angle.
06:58He sees Angle
06:59in Rob Van Damme,
07:01trying to send a message,
07:02an example to the man
07:03he meets at Unforgiven
07:04in three weeks, Kurt Angle.
07:05In my view,
07:06Rob Van Damme sees opportunity.
07:08And I can't blame him,
07:10but I'm just shocked
07:10this is happening.
07:11Oh, what a clothesline
07:12by Austin.
07:13Into the cover goes Stone Cold.
07:15It's going to be over.
07:16No.
07:18RBD kicks out again,
07:19and once again,
07:22he's tough as hell.
07:23You can't break this guy.
07:25He don't lose much, Van Damme.
07:27I've never seen him
07:28move a lot of matches, personally.
07:30Austin has punished Van Damme,
07:31and I can truly say
07:33that I've never seen
07:34the Texas Rattlesnake
07:35this emotional,
07:37this angry,
07:38as he has been
07:39over the past 24 hours.
07:41If you look at Austin's eyes,
07:42Paul, they tell the whole story.
07:44Austin's already beaten
07:45the hell out of two
07:45Alliance members here tonight,
07:46and now at third,
07:48Rob Van Damme
07:48is being taken out as well.
07:49Well, Van Damme
07:51bringing it to Austin, though.
07:53He's not exactly,
07:53you know, it's not over yet.
07:54I mean, Van Damme's in this thing here.
07:56Well, fighting back
07:57with all he's got,
07:58Austin with the right hand,
07:59exchanging blows with RBD.
08:01Austin beginning to reel a bit.
08:03And it,
08:04oh, went for the stunner.
08:05Went for the stunner.
08:06Oh, Van Damme,
08:07countered the stunner.
08:07Into the front kick off the chin.
08:09Right in Austin's face.
08:11What an exchange.
08:12What a matchup
08:13as RBD counters the stunner.
08:16As the explosive disapare,
08:17Dan moves up.
08:18Over the top,
08:19and Austin countered
08:20with knees
08:21to the midsection.
08:22The crafty,
08:23salty,
08:24stone-cold Steve Austin.
08:25Well, I'll give you that.
08:26Austin is crafty.
08:27He is salty.
08:28He's a strategist.
08:29Oh, do you know him?
08:30A sick lunatic of a strategist,
08:31and now Austin
08:32with a steel chair.
08:33Oh, this ain't good, Cole.
08:35This is pain and punishment.
08:37Tough love,
08:37as you call it,
08:38for RBD.
08:40Thanks to Kurt Angle.
08:42Oh!
08:43A spinning kick.
08:45The chair.
08:46Fungering off the face of Austin.
08:48Austin ate the chair.
08:50Man!
08:51Oh, my God.
08:52This is getting out of here, Cole.
08:54Austin just got green.
08:56And it's craft coming to his feet.
08:58Oh, Van Damme,
08:59top one perhaps.
09:00No Austin countered.
09:01Perhaps he was going
09:02for the five-star.
09:03And Austin wisely countered.
09:05And Austin up again.
09:06And Rob Van Damme
09:07shots to the ribs.
09:08Shots to the face.
09:09Austin knocked down.
09:10Van Damme won't stop.
09:12His hands are quick as hell.
09:14No.
09:15He's going to hit the five-star.
09:16Here, Cole.
09:17Rob Van Damme,
09:18five-star.
09:20Austin rolled out of the way.
09:21It would have been over.
09:22How much came out of Van Damme
09:24by missing that five-star splash?
09:26And Austin,
09:27who's been cut open.
09:28Stunned up.
09:28And that's it.
09:29Stunned RVD.
09:30Stunned RVD.
09:31That's it.
09:31Hook of the leg.
09:32No, wait a minute.
09:34What's Austin doing?
09:36Austin?
09:37What the hell?
09:38Look at this.
09:39The ankle.
09:40Wait a minute.
09:41It's Kurt Angle.
09:43Kurt Angle.
09:45Austin's opponent of, hey!
09:48RVD roll on Austin.
09:50RVD against Austin.
09:51RVD against Austin.
09:52I can't believe it.
09:56Kurt Angle sticks it to Austin again.
09:59Kurt Angle.
10:01Yeah, well, that Angle won't be small enough for giving.
10:03Because an unforgiver is going to get bit by a rattlesnake.
10:06Angle's head game screw Austin again.
10:08I can't believe it.
10:08I can't believe it.
10:09I can't believe it.
10:09I can't believe it.