"I guess I'm just like you after all"

Steve Austin: "I got something to say to ya, Vince, 'cause I know you're all worked up and you're a little pissed off, but I really don't know why you're so mad at Stone Cold Steve Austin. Last Monday I TOLD those cops that that gun was a toy, and that's exactly what it was. I told ya that there wouldn't be any pain involved, and there wasn't. Hell, I told ya that you wouldn't feel a thing, and you didn't. So, after I told you all of that, what did you do? You kneeled right here in this very ring, and in front of the world you pissed in your pants like a baby. So, Vince, I guess that means, maybe next time--I tell you something--you should believe Stone Cold Steve Austin. But then again, maybe next time you shouldn't. Cause you see, Vince, what I got here is a brand new contract with the World Wrestling Federation. Not only am I back in the World Wrestling Federation, but this contract right here guarantees at least one title shot, and you can bet your ass that that's all I'll need, is one shot. So, I guess that means, Vince, I guess I gotcha right by those little brass balls of yours. Because the only way Stone Cold Steve Austin is gonna leave the World Wrestling Federation is if I quit. And I don't see that happening anytime soon."

[Vince McMahon rollt in einem Rollstuhl auf die Eingangsrampe.]

Vince McMahon: "You talking about quitting, well, let me tell you something! Maybe my incompetent attorneys can't do anything about that legal document, but by God, so help me, I'll find a way and tonight just might be that way, because I would like nothing better than to hear from your lips, 'I quit!' And Austin, since you are once again gainfully employed--and apparently there's not too much I can do about it--and whether you brought your wrestling gear or not, tonight you're going to compete in that very ring. And let me tell you something else! You're gonna compete in an I Quit match, and your opponent is gonna be the World's Most Dangerous Man, Ken Shamrock. But Austin, I don't know how you... how you sleep at night. Have you... have you no conscience whatsoever? [reagiert auf die Chants im Publikum:] I'm gettin' tired of this 'Asshole' chant!"

Steve Austin: "Once again, Vince, you got about fifteen thousand people calling you an asshole."

Vince McMahon: "The way that you garnered that contract, my God--how can you drive a wedge like that? Even a man like you with no conscience whatsoever. For TWENTY-EIGHT years I set an example. For 28 years I sacrificed, Austin. And, my God, what did it get me? What you've done is you've turned a... a relatively incompetent, underachieving kid into a monster. How the hell?! How can you possibly sleep at night, knowing you've done such a thing? How can you sleep at night, knowing driven a wedge like that--Shane? Shane, come on up here. Shane? Shane, come up here! Shane! SHANE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

Shane McMahon: "I don't listen to you anymore. [Jubel] I am an officer. More importantly, a stockholder of this company! And what you did to Stone Cold Steve Austin was wrong, Dad. You were wrong. I just wanted to tell you personally that it was me. It was ME, Dad, that hired Stone Cold back. Dad, it was me! Hey, I guess I finally have your attention now, don't I? After 28 years, I FINALLY have your attention. I've seen Superstars come, and I've seen Superstars go, and why, Dad, why? Because it's always been about your ego. You said it yourself: no one's bigger than Vince McMahon, oh no!

All my life, people have asked me, 'Boy, what's it like to be Vince McMahon's son? Boy, isn't that great?' And I have lied, year after year after year, to protect you, to protect our family name. Well, the lying stops now! I'm tired of it! You never cared about me! Everything--I couldn't do anything right for you. Nothing is ever right. My grades in school were never good enough for you. My athletic accomplishments were never good enough for you. My business deals--no matter how much money I made you--was never good enough for YOU! The only thing I ever wanted from you, the only thing I ever wanted, was for you to be proud of me. OF ME! But I finally figured it out: That's never ever gonna happen, because it's never been about me, it's been about you. YOU, DAD! It's always about perception. Perception. Ever since, I'm always known as Vince's boy. 'How does Vince's boy make him look?' It wasn't about me, it was about how I made you look, that perception, at your big corporate parties."

Vince McMahon: "You're my son--"

Shane McMahon:"Yeah, I'm your son, but I'm not your little boy any more. I'm a man and I stand in this ring as a man. I'm no longer your boy, Dad. I'm proud of who I am. I am proud of the person I have become. My name is Shane McMahon, and for 28 years--for 28 years I've finally built up enough courage to face you here today, to stand up to YOU! I guess, now you have something to be proud of me about, don't you Dad? Because I finally stood up to you and I had the BRASS to do it. Isn't it ironic? I guess, I'm just like you after all, isn't that right, Dad?"

Steve Austin: "If you think Vince got what he had comin', gimme a hell yeah." ["HELL YEAH!"]