Wrestling Classics #25 - It's Halftime Heat, baby! (Empty Arena match 1999)

[HecticRectic]

How would there be a camera from that angle on the forklift

[HankTh3Dwarf]

I CANT BELIEVE NOBODY BOUGHT A TICKET

[umk23]

I watched this instead of that shitty Madonna show.

[midniteryder]

hot damn! i don't what was going on during the madonna shit during halftime 'cuz i was busy watching the mankind & rock whip each others ass in a food fight.

[neverAcquiesce]

Totally just watched this during halftime some thirteen years later.

[BlackLeather92]

Halftime Heat...because Mankind > Madonna.

[mad6986]

too much salt!

[BruceBurnett]

Mandible Claw is NOT a paralyzing maneuver!

Dumbass Vince. Way to oversell!

[PSNiLiekPokemon]

Amazing match, but they could of ended it a different way,

[666death4life666]

from all sides, this is my all-time favorite... everything is classic, from Vinnie Mac calling it, to them having work without clarifying spots (no background noise to cover the talking), to the ideas used (5:17 10:09 11:38 [12:44 *it's MILD!*] 15:05, etc), to Rock's insults and dialogue... both men owned their characters and the storyline leading to this part of the feud, and created *arguably* one of the best matches of the Attitude Era. Pure quality.

[DMAC2296]

Thanks man best quality video on YouTube

[heatman233223]

i remember what this like it was yesterday and the crowd was a crowd they were using for the taping of raw the next night.

[theblacktrash]

lol, this must be a ghost arena, beca

use u can hear the crowd, a ghost crowd cheering up

[spongerockerx]

Big thanks for upload this match in HD 720p :)

[2008kissarmy]

the fuck

[ExplosivoFueled]

"By the way, this might actually be the last time Vince McMahon stepped in as commentator since he left those duties some years before this." I thought you might like to know that he did step in again most recently when Jesse Ventura came back for one night only as Raw's guest host. Thanks for the video!

[TheBigGSN5]

"That wasn't real liquor, by the way. Real liquor's never touched The Rock's lips." Vince foreshadowing a Rock/Punk Straight Edge alliance.

[wildethang93]

The only reason that arena was empty was because everyone else was watching the Super Bowl either in person or on TV.

[pwnageking5]

Vince should commentate on every match..

[Y2p731]

That forklift ruined the entire match.

[mitalca35]

Beautiful movie magic!

[wittw]

FORKLIFT... LMAO.

[razak3d]

Wow, this is when wrestling was good lmao, I love how the Rock talks trash all the way through.

[danny5672]

34 people like this, and 0 people dislike it. Just sayin'...

[mpb12345667]

Interesting concept with alot of work put in by rock and mankind. Maybe if they did halftime heat more than once it would have been percieved better. follow me on twitter @torn10 for my insight on everything sports.

[MrAvenger2]

whos gonna clean up the mess lol this is one of the best matches between rock and mankind

[willyjhonsonhonson]

I watched this when it aired originally 

[Jean945v5]

Recently reading Mick's "Foley is Good" Book, he talks how he was in the airport waiting for his plane and decides to go to a bar and watch the Superbowl. After insisting on changing the channel during halftime, he tells how everyone was enjoying the match until they got to the end, when he was lowering the crate, and they showed that fake ass camera angle, a guy exclaimed, "Oh C'mon, where that camera angle come from". He then says how one camera angle ruined everything. I lol'd.

[WMNWO]

hehe fake cheers in an empty arena... oh the irony!!!

[Jean945v5]

@WMNWO That's because first, they aired your normal jobber matches and then, when they went to halftime, they showed the first arena, where Heat was happening (Shane and Kevin were commenting) then they passed to this, where they're already in the "second" arena ("second" because I suppose it was the same one just that the empty arena match was taped first).

[hobbitcore]

@WMNWO the cheering is from the direct feed from the not-empty arena they broadcasted most of Halftime Heat from...the fans in that arena are watching the match on the JumboTron

[dftpnk1997]

TOO MUCH SALT!

[Pander8874]

I can still hear a crowd when the wrestlers are coming out O_o canned pops?

[TheAxeGrinder]

Nice audible 'cover him' right at the beginning of the match.

[t3hmaniac]

this is the song, rented for the fight scene

this is the song: Rocky and Mick!

He tried to pin me a forklift!

Ole!

[WingKrest]

What a waste of food.

[TheBoyAmir]

Best quality on the internets! Thank you or uploading ;)

[aidenmccloskey]

without a crowd, this is just completely strange. without the crowd, what was the point in this match up and why was it aired without one? it's interesting to watch nonetheless.

[CrissTrainz]

"Do you really wanna smell what the rock's cooking?" *screams*

[SockandRock]

"Too Much Salt!"

[floroboro1]

did anyone notice mick missing a shoe

[SirDrRoger]

Mick Foley used the fork lift to help him win the championship. Doesn't that make both it and the fork lift co-champions?

[WWEReckoning316]

What DVD is this an "Extra" from?

[Jean945v5]

@WWEReckoning316 I thought someone would have guessed it from Mick's intro, it's Mick Foley?s DVD

[WWEReckoning316]

@Jean945v5 He's had many DVD's over the years lol

[Jean945v5]

@WWEReckoning316 yeah, this is the Hard Knocks Cheap Pops DVD, I already mentioned it in another comment.

[mitalca35]

Michael Cole now = Mr. McMahon here

[T93N1]

15:12 "Yes? Smackdown hotel"

Classic,I love it

[satiata12]

The whole time I was watching this, I was just thinking about how much I'd hate to clean up the mess they were making.

[thedawn090]

This is awesome This is awesome This is awesome This is awesome

[Robster543210]

Best super bowl halftime show---ever.

[Dasyati]

@Robster543210 Ahem... wardrobe malfunction, anyone?

[chriscros13]

wtf this is insane quality!!

[gerardo689]

hahahaha how does mick not laugh during this whole thing

[SickIncKamikaze]

It's mild, you big sissy!

[larewwedxhhh19]

WWE needs to do more of these matches, the forklift didn't play over so well but Shane's reaction made up for it.

[Ilubrasslin]

what difference does an empty arena make?

[thedawn090]

@Ilubrasslin They can go anywhere unimpeded by the large crowds. It's a modified No Holds Barred match.

[Jean945v5]

@VVWEtitantrons you hear Vince plugging Raw? that's probably the overlay shader for the Raw is War ad, guess they missed that when putting it on the DVD, which is if nobody noticed the Mick Foley Hard Pops DVD.

[Jean945v5]

The title is because of 12:10

[crazyseandx]

sorry to comment twice but seriously "MAH POPZ!! XD" lol shanes like scott freakin steiner

[ithemanish1]

if it was empty arena match then who were cheering for rock when he came out

[crazyseandx]

@ithemanish1 i guess people attending the super bowl

[BlueKnight851]

I love the title. How did you come up with it?

[VVWEtitantrons]

What's with the black banner @ 7:26?

[gamesyousef]

Awesome Quality And Awesome Match !