1) A) A BUNCH OF WCW AND ECW GUYS walk to the ring with their title belts. The crowd doesn't like them. They circle around the ring.
b) STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN walks to the ring with another new theme song and wearing a WCW t-shirt. He actually gets to go into the ring, though, and grabs the microphone: "Under my leadership, under the leadership of Stone Cold Steve Austin, every man around this ring has a chance, at least has an opportunity to become as famous as Stone Cold Steve Austin... and ever since Stone Cold Steve Austin joined the Alliance, I've led by example. I believe that anybody can come out here and flap their gums, aw big deal. I lead by example, that's why. I didn't have to wait til this Sunday to go to SummerSlam and beat the hell out of KURT ANGLE, oh no I didn't. What I did was, start last Thursday, if you pull up a little footage on the big screen, this is leading by example." And we see Smackdown footage of Austin beating poor Kurt up. Austin makes fun of the Pledge of Allegiance, and says that the Alliance guys make him proud. "Who now, wants to become as famous as Stone Cold Steve Austin, to become a household name? Which one of you guys is gonna stand up tonight?" and then asks who will take on Angle. PAUL HEYMAN stands up and suggests ROB VAN DAM, and Austin likes that a lot, as does the crowd. RVD looks like he had a little too much "fun" before the show, if you know what I mean. Austin asks for a round of applause for DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE and KANYON, the new WWF tag champs. Then he pays tribute to TEST, then RHYNO. But some folks apparently didn't heed Austin's "words of wisdom," and so those that didn't "take the initiative" will be part of the Stone Cold Steve Austin Invitational on Smackdown. He singles out TAZZ, HUGH MORRUS and RAVEN as examples of those who "need extra-special attention" and makes fun of TOMMY DREAMER- 'You haven't even had a damn match yet... can I get you to grow a damn backbone and be somebody?" Austin berates Morrus first, "Your name is Hugh Morrus... what? Is that supposed to be funny? Are you trying to make me laugh?" For Raven, who recently lost to PERRY SATURN, Austin says "Here's a guy who carries around a mop. As far as I'm concerned, you should've mopped the damn ring with He's got a sexual relationship with a stick with a damn mop on the end of it, and he kicked you're a&&?" And for Tazz, "At least these guys tried. At least these guys had the intestinal fortitude to fight. What did you do, Tazz, the Human Suplex Machine? You came from ECW. You know what, I can sit here and chastise you all night long, but a picture is worth a thousand words, let's see what you did." We see that Tazz stood by while SHANE MCMAHON got dropped through a table. "We're gonna have a little 'come to Jesus' meeting here... these superstars and future superstars that hope to be as famous as Stone Cold Steve Austin look up to me, so you understand, that I have to whip you, to make an example for these men." Austin takes his belt off, "Take that stupid little 13 shirt off, and take it like a man." Tazz doesn't budge, so Austin repeats himself. Tazz doesn't move, so Austin hits him with the belt. Tazz turns around and looks mad, Austin taunts him "I'm your leader, take the shirt off!" but Tazz doesn't move. Tazz tries to grab the belt, but Austin gets the other Alliance guys to gang up on him, which the crowd boos like crazy. THE DUDLEY BOYS drop the headbutt in Tazz's groin, and Rhyno hits the GORE! GORE! GORE! As JIM ROSS says "This is sick!" Finally, four guys hold him down as Austin whips Tazz. One of Austin's best interviews ever. We cut to commercial.
