- Linda McMahon: Let me tell you who I am. I'm Linda McMahon, and I've got just as much stroke around here as anybody does. And because of that, and because Mick Foley is a deserving individual whose lifelong dream was to be in the main event at WrestleMania, yes, I made that match. I made the Fatal Four-Way elimination match. And, since it seems that a McMahon has aligned himself with each of the participants - Shane will be in the corner of Big Show, Vince has resolved to be with the Rock, and I would assume that your wife, Stephanie, will continue to remain in your corner - and I, I will be in the corner of Mick Foley. So, there you have it, a McMahon in every corner. But let me be clear about one thing: Mick Foley is coming back for one night and for one night only.
- Triple H: You know, I'm just not buying that, Linda, that Mick Foley's back for one night. I know that you think he can do it, so let's just go on the premise that maybe he stands a slight chance, that maybe he *could* win that match. What then? Mick Foley is retired.
- Linda McMahon: Triple H, let me give you this bit of information: I think that in all likelihood, Mick Foley *will* win the match at WrestleMania. And he then would go out on top, the way he should go out, retire as the World Wrestling Federation champion. However, that night, the title would be declared vacant, and the very next night, a tournament would begin that would last for the next few weeks, all the way to Backlash in Washington, D.C., where a new World Wrestling Federation champion will be crowned.
- Triple H: Well, Linda, obviously you've put a lot of thought into this. A lot of planning. Well, I'm sorry you wasted your time, because let me tell how you WrestleMania is gonna go. WrestleMania's gonna go like this: four-way elimination match; first thing I'm gonna do, and I'm sure you'll love this, first thing I'm gonna do is I'm gonna beat the Rock...
- [the audience jeers]
- Triple H: Pretty much just because I hate him the most. Then I'm gonna beat the Big Show. And I'm gonna save the best for last, because then, I'm gonna go after Mick Foley. And I'm gonna wait for him until last for you, Linda. Because I'm sure this is your idea to bring Mick Foley back. But understand this: what I do to Mick Foley at WrestleMania, when I beat him worse than he's ever been beaten in his life, when after that match, he can't remember where he lives, when after that match, he can't remember who his kids are, when after that match, he can't walk and he's confined to a wheelchair, it's not on my head, Linda. I will sleep easy at night. It won't be on my conscience, it will be on yours. Linda, you'll be in Mick Foley's corner that night, and I hope you'll remain there after, because when the match is done, Mick Foley will have nobody else behind him.
- [indicating the fans]
- Triple H: Not these idiots, not his family, nobody but you. You can be the one that pushes Mick Foley's wheelchair. You can be the one that plugs his little food into the tube that runs into his mouth and feeds his lame ass. And even though Mick Foley can't talk, Linda, know this, that inside his head, the thoughts still work, and the thoughts will go like this: "Why, Linda? Why did you do this? Why did you call my house and ask me to be in WrestleMania? Why couldn't you just leave well enough alone? Leave me retired? Why did you ask me to get in the ring with Triple H one more time?" And eventually, Linda, the answer will come to Mick Foley. One day, it will hit him like a bolt of lightning. It will dawn on Mick Foley, Linda, that you did it because you are a cold, heartless bitch!
- Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley: I wish I could say I was surprised to see you, Mom. I wish I could say I was surprised to see you on Monday night. But then again, I knew it was just a matter of time before you meddled in my business.
- Linda McMahon: What do you mean?
- Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley: Well, it's certainly not unheard of for a mother to feel... jealous or threatened by her daughter. After I was born, I took away the very little bit of affection that Daddy did show you. And as a result, instead of showing me love and affection, you tried to control me. When I was a little girl, you made me make my own bed, instead of letting the maid do it. When I was in junior high school, you restricted my funds to $100 a week. And when I turned 16, you wouldn't buy me the turbo-model sports car, I had to drive the regular brand.
- Linda McMahon: All for your own good, Stephanie.
- Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley: And when I went to college, you'd only give me enough money for a one-bedroom apartment. So I had to... convince our CFO to slip me a little extra cash. Even at 19, I knew how to... use my assets to get what I wanted. That's a trick you taught me, Mom. The power of persuasion, especially as it pertains to the opposite sex. That's what this game is all about, isn't it, Mom?
- Linda McMahon: Game?
- Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley: Control equals power? There's only room for one dominant female in the McMahon family, and that's me. But I have to give you credit. I certainly didn't think you had the guts to change the main event at WrestleMania, to stack the decks against Triple H, or to reinstate Mick Foley, if only for one night.
- Linda McMahon: It was the right thing to do.
- Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley: I bet you think it's the right thing to do. I bet you think you're pretty smart, too. But you're not. Triple H was right. You're simply a conniving *bitch*.
- [saying something the microphone doesn't pick up, she rears back and slaps Linda, hard]