"The Big Show is a seven foot, five hundred pound pile of monkey crap!"

Kevin Kelly:"Six days before the Royal Rumble match, live this Sunday on Pay-Per-View, tonight, little later on here on Raw, it's going to be the Outlaws against you, Rock, and The Big Show in a tag t-" [The Rock puts his hand in front of Kevin Kelly's face to silence him. He lowers his hand and pauses. The crowd begin to chant 'Rocky!']

The Rock:"FINALLY The Rock has come back to New Haven! But before The Rock talks about that, before The Rock talks about anything else, the 'Brahma Bull' has got to talk about... The 'Rattlesnake'... 'Stone Cold' Steven Austin, you and The Rock, we've been through it all. And if The Rock was there with you in Texas right now, he'd pick up a beer can, give you a toast, and give you an 'Aw hell yeah' and congratulations on a very successful neck surgery [see Note 1].

Which essentially 'Stone Cold' means three things: Is number one you can go hunting again. Number two is you can go fishing again. And number three, you can bring your ass right back here where it belongs; in the WWF." [The crowd cheers]

Kevin Kelly:"Rock, despite the good news about 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin, the issue with The Big Show prevails. And I'm wondering if at this time, maybe you wanted to retract your statement, where you called The Big Show a 'jabroni?"

[The Rock pauses, as if in deep thought]
The Rock:"Yes... The Rock does want to retract his statement: The Big Show is not a jabroni." [The crowd murmurs it's disapproval]

Kevin Kelly:"I know tha-"

The Rock:"But what The Big Show is... Is a seven foot, five hunderd pound, steaming, stinking, steaming, stinking pile of Grade A monkey crap! [The crowd cheers] And The Rock says this Big Show: Did The Rock call you a jabroni? You damn right he did. He called twenty others a jabroni as well; shut your mouth and look at The Rock. Read The Rock's lips: Jabroni. J-A B-R-O N-I- X-Y-Z A-B-C- Oh it doesn't matter how you spell jabroni!

The Rock says this Big Show: Come Royal Rumble, The Rock's Rumble, The Rock guaren-damn-tees to take his hand, and one, by one, by damn one over the top rope, The Rock guaren-damn-teeing winning the Royal Rumble. The Rock going to Wrestlemania, and walking out of Wrestlemania the People's Champion.

And on top of that, The Rock walking out of Wrestlemania, without a shadow of a doubt, THE best damn WWF champion there ever was.

But first things first. Big Show, tonight, once again The Rock making your monkey ass famous. Once again you teaming up with The Rock. Once again, you, The Rock's tag team partner, make no mistake about it, The Rock does not need you as a tag team partner, The Rock does not want you as a tag team partner. But The Rock says this: You run your mouth about how it's personal between you and 'The Great One'. Well The Rock says: If you want to do something personal for The Rock, The Wa- The Rock wants you to do something special, he wants you to stand out on that apron.... And The Rock wants you to do the one impressive thing that you do: EUR-AHAH-RAH! [The Rock pantomimes doing a choke slam, while the noises he makes are mocking how the Big Show sounds when both performing the move, and when signalling he is about to perform the move]

Jabroni! If ya smelllll-el-el-el-el-el-el-el.... What The Rock... [Rock pauses and poses while the crowd finish by chanting 'is cooking'. The Rock grabs the microphone from Kevin Kelly and pushes him away. He turns to the camera and raises his eyebrow]

...is cooking!"

- Note 1: Steve Austin was out of action between November 1999 and October 2000 after undergoing the neck surgery referred to here.

Austin had suffered persistent neck issues since suffering a botched pile driver by the late Owen Hart during their SummerSlam 1997 match, and had been advised that putting treatment off any further could result in career-threatening and life-altering issues developing.

For storyline purposes his absence was explained by having him be hit by a car during Survivor Series 2000, with the driver of the car being unknown until his return.