I don't need to hit you with a cheap shot. You know why? Because of what I was trying
to talk about earlier. And that's your knee and
what happened to it on this tour. Look, man, I know you're hurt. I know you got hurt. >> 100% My knee. What is all this is pure sabotage, man. Are you just trying to do what you did
three weeks ago when I asked you for this match in the first place? You didn't want it then. Kevin, do you still
think you don't deserve. >> No, you know what? No, it has nothing to do with that. First of all, if your knee's fine,
how come you didn't take a knee like you always do
during entrance earlier? And you want to know why? I'm saying it's not a good idea to
have this match if you're not 100%. Let me tell you. Because yesterday,
yesterday marked eight years since the night I won
the universal championship. >> [APPLAUSE]
>> And you know, I remember that
night like it was yesterday. And I remember what happened when I won. I won the title. I should have been on top of the world. And instead, what I got was people telling
me, you don't deserve to be the champion. The only reason you won
the title is because of HHH. And that tainted that reign forever. To this day, I'm still bitter. So let me ask you this. If you walk in tomorrow night, not 100%,
if you get into this match with only one good leg, what's gonna happen
when I beat you and I become jeben? >> When you beat me? Are you hearing yourself? Tainted victory when you beat me, Kevin, my knee is 100% rock solid prize fighter. I am ready for you tomorrow. And you're talking, and it sounds like to
everybody else that you're talking with confidence, but I know what that is. It's anger. Angry because you knew what it meant for
me coming back to this company. It meant that I was going to blaze a path, that I was going to leave people in
the rearview mirror, my friends included. I couldn't take everybody with me. You knew, Kevin, Wrestlemania 38. When I came back,
the biggest night of your career. You versus Stone Cold Steve Austin. And the next day,
you had to share the spotlight with me. I'd be angry, too, Kevin. But let me tell you something. I love you, dude. I absolutely do. >> [APPLAUSE]
>> I don't have many friends in this business. I consider you one of them. I am going to defeat you. Nothing will be tainted about it. And when it's over, Kevin,
will we still be friends? >> [APPLAUSE]
>> You just make a list.