"Can you go the distance?"

Triple H: "You know, first things first, I'd like to come out here and apologise a little bit to everybody for the actions of Earl Hebner. You see, I know that you're all aware of the tragedy that has befallen Earl Hebner - the vicious beating he's received and all - when the World Wrestling Federation has something like that happen in it, it's flooded, it's inundated with phone calls, with letters, with cards...and Earl Hebner has been not - he's just been not able to respond... Earl Hebner has not been able to respond to your well-wishes like a true World Wrestling Federation superstar should, and I'm out here to explain to you that, you know, it's not Earl's fault. It's very difficult to make a phone call back to somebody when your little jaw is wired shut and broken and you can't speak. And it's really difficult to return a letter or a card when your eyes are so swollen shut that you can't read the paper in front o' you, and even if you could, your little broken nubby fingers can't even hold the pen to write back!

And it truly is a tragedy - and the worst part is that the whole thing could have been avoided if Earl Hebner had just kept his nose out of our business - but no, Earl's gotta get involved. Earl's gotta be the big hero - the big star! Well, Earl got what he deserved, and as a public service announcement to everybody else in the World Wrestling Federation, I would like to show you what happens when you cross the McMahon-Helmsley Regime. So Kevin Dunn, roll the footage.

[Triple H lässt ein Video laufen, wie Earl Hebner verprügelt wird]

So you wanna be a hero, huh? Well, let that be a lesson. You cross us - you stand in my path of doing the one thing that is inevitable, and that is me becoming the World Wrestling Federation champion, and that is what happens!

Which brings me to the Rock. Rock, Judgment Day is coming. And true to form, all truths will be told at Judgment Day. It will all come to a head, and everybody will know the truth, Rock. Judgment Day. You...and me, Rock. One on one! With the one thing that anybody worth a crap in this business wants more than anything - the World Wrestling Federation championship - on the line. Only this time, Rock, things'll be a little different. There will be no Stone Cold Steve Austin. There will be no Linda Mcmahon. And there will be no little piece of crap Earl Hebner sticking his nose where it doesn't belong! There will just be me...and you, Rock.

But what I propose is...let's up the ante. Let's separate the men from the boys, Rock! Let's find out who is the general in this ring! Let's go the one place that very few people in this business will ever dream of going, Rock. That all those guys in the back, Rock, are ever scared to do. Rock - you and me...iron man match.

Sixty minutes, Rock! Let's find out who the Man is. Can you go the distance? Sixty minutes! The one with the most falls is THE undisputed World Wrestling Federation champion! But you gotta look inside, Rock, and you gotta ask yourself: can I hang? Because I know I can...can you hang, Rock? Can you step into this ring and go one hour with the Game? Can you, Rock, put it all on the line and hope to God that your lungs don't explode before the end? And can you accept the fact, Rock, that the truth will be told - that when you lay on that mat gasping for air after sixty minutes of getting your ass kicked by the best in this damn business, you will look into my eyes and you will know, once and for all, that you can't hang with me because I have no equal - Rock, you will know once and for all that I am the Game, that I am the World Wrestling Federation champion, and that I am - that - damn - good!"