Well everybody, it has been a fun ride here on IWF. I don't think I'll probably ever do another BTB again, but there is always a possibility. Here is a show, that I was going to do later on in my BTB. I hope you all enjoy it. It might be a little hard to read, but I kind of just want to get it posted, so I only made the matches in bold. Thanks.
Clash of the Champions
Interpromotional Warfare – RAW vs. SmackDown
Sunday, June 25 - Wachovia Center – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A video package airs, which hypes the RAW-SmackDown rivalry that will explode tonight. It shows how all the champions will face each other, with the two World Champions, Edge and Chris Jericho, colliding in the ring, and also, the 5-on-5 RAW vs. SmackDown Elimination Match. It ends with the words splattered on the screen: “Who will survive?â€
Voice: And now, RAW and SmackDown present…WWE…Clash of the Champions!
The pyro goes off and we see a shot of all the WWE fans, who cannot wait for this Interpromotional warfare that will erupt tonight. We go down to ringside, where we see Joey Styles and Tazz!
Joey: Welcome to a very unique Pay Per View, we are live tonight all around the world from Philadelphia, and this is Clash of the Champions!
Tazz: It’s great to be here, and I’m sure my boys from SmackDown will get the job done.
Joey: It’s going to be an amazing night no doubt, and we’re going to kick things off with
America’s Most Wanted’s music blasts through the First Union Centre and the WWE Tag Team Champions make their way out to a very good reaction.
Out next are the Hardy Boyz, who get a very good cheer from the crowd and it seems like the fans will be split for this match.
World Tag Team Champions vs. WWE Tag Team Champions
Hardy Boyz vs. America’s Most Wanted
The bell sounds and the two teams stand opposite one another, and trash talk one another. They hold their respective tag team title belts, saying that the title they hold has more prestige than the other. Eventually, Jeff Hardy and Chris Harris leave the ring, and it will start out with ‘Cowboy’ James Storm for AMW, squaring off with Matt Hardy.
They lock up for the test of strength and the fans are really into this, with each team getting a fair share of the pops. Storm looks a little stronger and starts to overpower Matt Hardy, but Hardy realises this and switches to an armlock, trapping Storm’s arm behind his back. Matt then grabs a side headlock but Storm takes him to the mat to get out of the hold and both men spring back to their feet. They both tag out and Jeff Hardy and Chris Harris will now square off to see if one team can break the deadlock.
They edge into a tie up and Harris yanks Jeff right into a headlock and they back into the ropes, where Jeff sends Harris towards the opposite side and Harris comes back with a shoulder block. Harris then runs into the ropes and jumps over Jeff, who rolls onto his stomach. Jeff then gets to his feet whilst Harris goes off the other side of the ropes and Harris jumps into the air and Jeff ducks underneath this time. Jeff also runs into the ropes and we see just how badly AMW want to win this, as Storm digs a knee into the back of Jeff from the apron, and Jeff Hardy walks into a stiff clothesline from Chris Harris of AMW.
With Jeff on the mat, Harris grabs his leg and digs his elbow into it. He then locks in the leg lock and begins working over the knee and leg area. He tags Storm in and holds Hardy as Storm comes off the second rope with a shot to the abdomen. Harris leaves the ring and Storm stomps away on his knee in the corner, where Hardy is trying to get to his feet. Storm sends Hardy to the opposite turnbuckle and runs at him, but Jeff jumps onto the second rope and rolls over Storm, rolling him up into the pin fall:
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Storm kicks out!
Storm gets to his feet first and catches Hardy’s spinning kick. Storm tries to knock Hardy down but Jeff ducks and then hits the enziguri. Jeff tags out to Matt Hardy, and Jeff is seen holding his knee slightly after having it worked over momentarily.
Matt goes towards Storm who is against the turnbuckle recovering, and Matt nils some kicks to the abdomen knocking Storm off his feet. Matt then sticks his boot into Storm, who is down against the turnbuckle pad. Matt picks his opponent up and hits a snapmare. Hardy jumps over James Storm, runs into the ropes and then hits the dropkick. He rolls Storm over onto his back and makes the cover:
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Storm gets a shoulder off the mat.
Harris is on the outside and he wants the tag from Storm, but Matt Hardy keeps him grounded by locking in the chin lock. Storm battles out and counters the lock into a cradle pin:
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Hardy easily kicks out.
Storm then edges towards Harris and makes the tag. Matt runs at Harris, but the ‘Wildcat’ ducks his clothesline and Storm then hits the spinning spinebuster. Storm leaves the ring and Harris pulls Matt towards the centre of the ring and makes the pin:
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Matt Hardy kicks out!
Hardy slowly gets to his feet and Harris nails a boot to the midsection and sends him into the ropes. As Hardy comes back, Harris drops him with a belly to back suplex and hooks the leg for the pin fall:
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Hardy kicks out.
Is it obvious both teams want to win this one quickly judging by the number of pin attempts this early on. Harris pulls Matt Hardy off the mat and hits a suplex. He then tags Storm in and AMW hit a double suplex. Harris leaves the ring and Jeff Hardy is pacing on the outside, and he wants the tag from Matt badly.
Storm hits a DDT and then locks in the armbar on Matt and yanks away on his shoulder. Matt cries out in pain and Jeff is willing him on. This seems to work, as Matt counters out of the armbar and gets to his feet. With Storm still holding his arm, Hardy drops him to the mat with his own DDT. Both men are down and they begin to move towards their corners. Storm reaches Harris just a step before Matt reaches Jeff and Harris uses this advantage to knock Jeff down with the clothesline. Harris pulls Jeff off the mat and sends him to the turnbuckle. Harris runs at Jeff and hits the spear against him in the turnbuckle. Harris then sends Jeff to the opposite side and runs at him but Jeff pulls himself onto the ropes and hits a stunning dropkick to Harris. Jeff then climbs back up top and with Harris down, he calls for the swanton bomb, still early on in this match. Jeff dives off but Harris moves out of the way and Hardy crashes and burns. Harris puts his arm over Jeff for the cover:
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Jeff Hardy kicks out!
Harris drags Jeff’s motionless body off the mat and hits a snapmare. He then hooks in the triangle hold on Hardy and looks for the submission victory. Jeff, however, is close to the ropes and grabs a hold of the bottom rope to break the hold. Harris releases before the ref reaches the count of 3, and tags in James Storm.
Storm hits three running clotheslines on Hardy and then nails a back suplex. He then climbs up the ropes and waits for Hardy to rise. Jeff reaches his feet and Storm goes for the missile dropkick, but Jeff dives out of the way. Jeff then grabs Storm’s legs, pulls them apart and jumps down, digging his legs between Storm’s. the fans cheer and he makes the tag to Matt Hardy. Jeff and Matt hit a double clothesline to send Harris over the top rope and down on the outside, and Jeff then leaves the ring. Matt hits a body slam on Storm and then climbs the turnbuckle. He does his pose on the second rope and then lands his leg drop! The fans cheer as Hardy calls for the twist of fate and he waits for Storm to rise to his feet.
Storm makes it to his feet and turns around. Matt nails a boot to the stomach and then goes for the twist of fate, but Storm shoves him away and then as Hardy turns back around, ‘Cowboy’ James Storm goes for his superkick, but Matt Hardy catches his boot and then plants him into the canvas with the twist of fate! Hardy hooks the leg and makes the pin:
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Chris Harris pulls Matt Hardy off the cover from the outside and pulls him under the bottom rope to the outside. Harris ducks Hardy’s punch and then sends him shoulder first into the ring steps. Jeff Hardy is back inside the ring and he climbs up top. He sees James Storm still down and calls for the swanton bomb, but Chris Harris runs across the apron and pushes Jeff Hardy off the top rope and down onto the crowd barricade! The crowd cheer that spot and Harris then rolls Matt Hardy back inside the ring. Storm is back on his feet. Chris Harris picks Hardy into the air and drops him to the mat with the catatonic! He then pulls him back up as James Storm climbs the ropes. Harris positions Matt Hardy on his knee and Storm then crashes down on Matt, landing the death sentence! James Storm rolls into the cover and hooks the leg, as the crowd chant along with the pin fall:
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Winners: Team SmackDown’s WWE Tag Team Champions, America’s Most Wanted in 11:54
We go to the backstage area where RAW’s Todd Grisham is standing by with Randy Orton.
Todd: Hello, I am Todd Grisham and my guest at this time…Randy Orton. Randy, tonight is a huge night, not only for RAW, but also for yourself. There has been a lot of friction as of late between you, John Cena, and your former Evolution team mate Triple H. can you put all that behind you tonight and go out there as a united front, or will there be problems amongst the RAW team?
Orton: Firstly Todd, it’s not me who has the problem. I came over to RAW, looking to re-establish my reputation as the Legend Killer, and then Triple H, (mockingly) the “king of kings†has to interrupt me every time I do an interview, and John Cena has to come and give me a little rap about how he can talk smack. But tonight, tonight’s different, you see. I go out there, as the leader for Team RAW, and I will get the job done, whether they are with me…or against me. The only question is what will happen after the match is over. Triple H, Cena, I’ve got an RKO waiting for each of you, but it’s going to have to wait until RAW tomorrow night.
Orton leaves and Todd looks on.
*Across the Nation plays as the Bashams, Eugene, William Regal, Snitsky, Lance Cade, Trevor Murdoch, Matt Striker, Rob Conway, Val Venis, Finlay, and Viscera come down to the ring for the Battle Royal. Each of them get in the ring getting ready for the match*
*Rise Up plays as Brian Kendrick, La Resistance, the Mexicools, Rey Mysterio, Chavo, Gregory Helms, Jamie Noble, Kid Kash, Paul Birchall, and Ric Flair come down to the ring as they get into the ring on the other side of the RAW side*
*Here Comes the Money plays to a ton of heat as Shane O’ Mac comes down to the ring*
Shane O’ Mac: Do not worry RAW fans I am here to save RAW from losing this match lets begin boys.
Battle Royal RAW vs. Smackdown
Each brand gets on there own side of the ring as they begin a stare down. The RAW guys then toss Shane O’ Mac over to the Smackdown side as they all jump on him clubbing him with punches. Booker T kicks him in the stomach and bounces off the ropes hitting the Scissors Kick on him! Helms then gets him up and kicks him in the stomach and nails the Vertebraker on him! Shane then crawls over to the bottom rope as Rey bounces off the ropes hitting the 619 on him! Shane then turns around right into a C4 from Birchall! The crowd goes wild cheering for seeing Shane O’ Mac get his ass kicked. All the Smackdown guys lift him up and toss him out of the ring causing the first elimination!
*Elimination #1 Shane McMahon*
The brawl then begins as each of the RAW wrestlers take on a Smackdown wrestler. The camera then focuses on Chavo and Conway. They meet in the center of the ring and begin to trade punches back and forth. Guerrero duck under one and delivers a huge chop to him. Chavo then hits a European uppercut sending him to the corner. Chavo then stands on the second rope and begins punching him as the crowd counts to ten, and on the last on Chavo points to the sky and hits a DDT.
Chavo bounces off the ropes and hits an elbow drop on him. Chavo irish whips him off the ropes, and as Conway comes back he tries to hit a clothesline but he ducks under and hits a belly to back suplex. Chavo then goes up to the top rope and waits for him to get up. As he does, Chavo leaps off connecting with a missile dropkick sending him to the ropes! Guerrero bounces off the ropes and hits a dropkick sending him out of the ring for the second elimination!
*Elimination #2 Rob Conway*
The camera then focuses onto Val Venis and Sylvan with Sylvan dominating him in the corner. Sylvan charges at him and hits a clothesline on him in the corner, and as he falls forward he hits a drop toe hold on him. Sylvan lifts him back up and irish whips him off the ropes. As he comes back Grenier tries to hit a back drop but ducks too early and gets nailed with a DDT!
Venis then gets him back up and hits a huge chop and then hits a big spinebuster on him. Venis then bounces off the ropes and hits an elbow drop on him. Rene then comes from behind him and knocks him down with a lariat. Dupree then tosses him out of the ring, but Venis lands on the apron. Sylvan then sees this and tries to hit a clothesline, but Val Venis grabs the rope causing Sylvan to go out of the ring for another elimination.
*Elimination #3 Sylvan Grenier*
We then see Brian Kendrick and Snitsky fighting with Kendrick kicking Snitsky getting him on the ground. Kendrick then bounces off the ropes and hits a dropkick to his leg. Brian bounces off the ropes and hits a flying crossbody finally taking him down. Kendrick then climbs up to the top rope and waits for him to get up. As he does he leaps off trying to hit a flying crossbody but Snitsky catches him! He then walks over to the ropes and tosses him out!
*Elimination #4 Brian Kendrick*
We then go over to Kid Kash and Matt Striker fighting with Striker having the advantage. Striker is pounding on him in the corner, and then lifts him back up and hits a huge chop. Striker then backs up and runs at him, but is kicked in the face by Kid Kash. Kash then bounces off the ropes and hits a spinning heel kick. Kash then bounces off the ropes and hits a springboard corkscrew moonsault!
Kash gets him back up and hits him with a huge chop. Kid Kash then kicks him in the gut and hits the bankruptcy on him! The crowd goes wild at that move. Kash bounces off the ropes and hits a big elbow drop to him! Kid Kash gets him back up and punches him laying him on the ropes. Kash bounces off the ropes and tries to hit a clothesline, but Striker low bridges the ropes making Kash fall out of the ring!
*Elimination #5 Kid Kash*
We then see Striker pointing at his head saying it’s his smarts to the crowd. Matt Striker then turns around and is dropkicked out of the ring by Jamie Noble!
*Elimination #6 Matt Striker*
Matt Striker is on the outside in disbelief as Jamie Noble waves to him telling him to go on to the back. We then go to Rene Dupree and Eugene with Dupree beating on him in the corner with punches. Rene then irish whips him off the ropes, and as he comes back he hits him with a knee to the gut. Dupree gets him back up as he hits him with a huge forearm smash. Dupree irish whips him off the ropes and then hits a big knee to his gut taking Eugene down.
Rene then lifts him back up and slaps him in the face as Eugene begins to “hulk upâ€. Dupree wonders what is going on as he slams his head on the turnbuckle as Eugene turns around and takes him down with a clothesline. As Rene gets back up Eugene grabs him by the head and goes wild head butting him over and over. Eugene then gets him on his shoulders as he does the airplane spin. Eugene then takes him over to the ropes as he dumps him over the top rope!
*Elimination #7 Rene Dupree*
We then see Finlay attacking Psicosis hitting him with left and rights. Finlay lays him on the bottom rope as he begins to choke him out with no one able to stop him. Finlay lets go after around 8 seconds and then goes wild with crossface blows to his head busting his nose open. He then lifts him up and hits a couple of big European Uppercuts. Finlay then laughs at him as he gets him on his shoulder and drops him with a big running powerslam.
Finlay then bounces off the ropes and hits him with a knee drop busting him open even more. Psicosis then crawls over to the bottom rope as Finlay follows him and does a face wash rubbing his boot against his face. Finlay laughs at him as he gets him back up in the corner hitting a couple of chops. Finlay then actually lifts him up and gorilla presses him over the top rope!!!
*Elimination #8 Psicosis*
We then go over to the Basham’s who are double teaming Super Crazy stomping on him and punching him. They lift him up and they both kick him in the gut and hit the Ball and Gag (Russian leg sweep/Clothesline combination). The Basham’s laugh as they try to eliminate Crazy from the contest. They keep trying when all of the sudden Ric Flair comes from behind them and giving them low blows! Flair then dumps the Basham’s out of the ring.
*Elimination #9 and 10 Basham Brothers*
Ric Flair lets out a big woooooo as he just eliminated two guys at once. Ric Flair then turns around into William Regal who takes him out with the Power of the Punch sending him all they way to the floor!
*Elimination #11 Ric Flair*
Super Crazy is then seen fighting with Cade who are trading punches. Crazy blocks one and takes him down with a standing enziguri! Super Crazy then leaps up onto the top rope and points to the crowd hitting a corkscrew moonsault. Super Crazy leaps right back up as he stomps on him a couple of more times. Crazy bounces off the ropes and drives his knee into Lance Cade’s head with a big knee drop.
Super Crazy lifts him back up as he kicks him in the gut and then elbow’s him in the back of his head. He then grabs Lance’s head and jumps up and delivers a humongous Tornado DDT. Crazy shows off his athleticism again hitting a standing moonsault. He gets his head in between his legs, and tries to hit the Crazy Bomb, but Lance Cade drops down and hits a low blow on him. Lance Cade then bounces off the ropes and hits a dropkick on him sending him out of the ring for another elimination.
*Elimination #12 Super Crazy
Val Venis is shown fighting with Paul Birchall where Birchall is dominating him. Birchall irish whips him into the corner where he hits a big chop. Paul Birchall then lifts him back up onto the top rope where he punches him in the head a couple of times. Birchall then gets up to the top to and hits him with a Northern Light’s suplex off the top rope! Birchall then bounces off the ropes, and hits him with a running Shooting Star Press!
Birchall lifts him back up and hits a chop on him. He then lifts him up onto his shoulders where he hits a shoulder breaker. Birchall laughs at Val Venis where he asks him if this is all he has inside of him. Birchall lifts him up and slaps him and then hits Val Venis with the Move with no Name. Birchall lifts him up, and then grabs his head and tosses him over the top rope for the next elimination.
*Elimination #13 Val Venis*
We then see Lance Cade and Rey Mysterio fighting with Cade having the advantage. Cade is firing away with chops on Rey. He then lifts him up in the powerslam position and hits a Michinoku Driver 2. Lance Cade drops an elbow on his sternum. He then lifts him up and hits him with a snapmare take down. He quickly bounces off the ropes and hits him with a dropkick to the back of Rey Mysterio.
Lance Cade laughs and makes fun of the height of Rey as he knee’s him in the gut. He grabs Rey and then hits him with a side Russian leg sweep. Cade gets cocky as he climbs up onto to the tope rope. Lance is about to hit his elbow drop, but Rey bounces off the ropes making Cade fall on his nuts on the turnbuckle. Mysterio gets up and then hits him with a head scissors take down eliminating him.
*Elimination #14 Lance Cade*
We then see two of the best workers in the business today with Noble and Regal locking up. Noble goes around back and takes him down with a drop toe hold. He then grabs his leg and puts him in a step over toe hold. Noble keeps applying more pressure on the leg of Regal as he struggles to get out of it. After about 15 seconds Regal makes a big push and grabs the bottom rope forcing Jamie Noble to release the hold. Noble lifts him up hitting a forearm to his face. He irish whips him off the ropes, and as he comes back Noble jumps over him causing him to keep running. As he comes back Noble tries to dropkick him but Regal holds onto the ropes causing Noble to fall flat on his face.
Regal then bounces off the ropes driving his elbow into the back of Regal’s head. William lifts him up hitting a European uppercut on him. He hits a couple more of them as he backs up and then runs at him driving his knee into the temple of Noble. He then irish whips him off the ropes, and as he comes back Regal hits him with a back drop. Jamie gets back up lying on the ropes. William Regal bounces off the ropes trying to hit clothesline him out of the ring, but Noble back drops him to the outside but Regal lands on the apron. Noble then turns around and Regal grabs him and vertical suplex’s him out of the ring for another elimination!
*Elimination #15 Jamie Noble*
Paul Birchall and Trevor Murdoch are trading punches back and forth. Murdoch then blocks one and hits him with a couple of chops knocking him back onto the ropes. He irish whips him off the ropes, and hits him with a flapjack as he runs back at him. Murdoch quickly tries to throw him over the top rope, but Birchall stops it and elbows him in the stomach hitting a side suplex on him. Birchall bounces off the ropes and hits him with a running Shooting Star Press!!
Paul lifts him back up and delivers a chop on him sending him to the ropes. He then irish whips him off the ropes, and as he comes back Birchall grabs him and hits him with a quick scoop slam. He stomps on him a couple more times as Murdoch begins to get up using the help of the turnbuckle. Birchall hits a couple of forearms on him. He then lifts him up onto the top rope; Birchall then backs up and dropkicks him off the top rope sending him out of the ring!
*Elimination #16 Trevor Murdoch*
We see Viscera beating down on Helms in the corner hitting with knee’s to the gut. Viscera then throws him into the other turn buckle, and then backs up and charges at him but is hit with a boot from Helms. Helms then quickly leaps up to the top rope and waits for Big Vis to get up. As he does Gregory leaps off and connects with a missile dropkick sending him onto the ropes. He then tries to eliminate him himself, but can’t when Chavo comes over to help him.
Neither of them can get him out of the ring, so they start punching him and chopping him. All of the sudden Finlay comes from behind Chavo and knocks him down with his shileglia. Helms quickly turns around and sees him with the weapon and tries to plead with Finlay not to hit him. Viscera grabs Helms in a full nelson waiting for Finlay to knock him out. As Finlay winds up to hit him, Gregory Helms quickly slides through his arms and Finlay knocks Viscera out of the ring!
*Elimination #17 Viscera*
Helms then turns around into Eugene who hits him with three punches and then an elbow to his head. Eugene grabs him and knee’s him in the gut, and hits the Rock Bottom on him in the middle of the ring. Eugene then tries to do the People’s eye brow and then bounces off the ropes and hits Gregory Helms with the People’s Elbow! Eugene lifts him up onto his shoulders and does the airplane spin and then dumps him out of the ring!
*Elimination #18 Gregory Helms*
Chavo is then fighting with Snitsky trading punches back and forth. Snitsky gets the advantage and then clubs the back of Chavo. He puts him in between his legs and tries to hit him with the powerbomb, and as he is up Chavo starts punching his head and then Snitsky falls with Chavo landing on his head. Chavo then steps out of the ring and jumps over the top rope hitting a halo on him!
Chavo stomps on him a couple of times, and then lifts him up. Gurrero punches him a couple of times and hitting a couple of forearm’s. He bounces him off the ropes, and then jumps over him. As Snitsky comes back Chavo tries to dropkick him, but Snitsky hold onto the ropes making Chavo fall flat on his face. Snitsky then actually lifts Chavo over his head in the gorilla press situation, and tries to toss him out, but Chavo slides through and lands behind Snitsky. He then grabs his tights and tosses him over the top rope.
*Elimination #19 Snitsky*
Rey is then seen doing the ten punches on Eugene, but on the last punch Eugene lifts him up onto his shoulder’s and does the Last Ride! Eugene then tries to do the Taker eye thing, but can’t. Eugene grabs Rey and puts him in the sleeper hold. Mysterio is struggling to get put, but can’t, and after a few moments it appears as if Rey has faded. All of the sudden the fans start getting behind Rey as he begins to get up.
Rey is then standing on his feet and runs and jumps off the ropes and hits a reverse DDT on Eugene! Mysterio then bounces off the ropes hitting a springboard leg drop on Eugene’s throat. Rey lifts him back up and kicks him in gut and then grabs his head and hits him with a tornado DDT which with such force makes Eugene put his head on the bottom rope! He then signals for the 619 and bounces off the ropes and hits it. Rey waits for him to get up, and as he does he jumps off the top ropes and hits a head scissors taking him out of the ring!
*Elimination #20 Eugene*
Finlay then goes behind Chavo and hits him with a German suplex. Finlay then mounts over Chavo and punches him repeatedly. Finlay lifts him back up and hits a couple of European uppercuts on him sending him onto the ropes. Finlay then sees his shileglia on the ground and walks over to it. He picks it up and then drills Chavo over the head with it ending his night in the battle royal.
*Elimination #21 Chavo Gurrero*
The there were four as the 2 Smackdown guys Birchall and Rey get on one side, and the RAW guys Regal and Finlay get on the other side. Birchall and Regal pair off to fight as each other. They begin to trade punches back and forth repeatedly when Birchall blocks one and kicks him in the gut. He clubs his back a couple of times and then lifts him up and drops him back down with a vertical suplex.
Birchall then drops his elbow on his sternum. He lifts him back up and hits a couple of stiff punches on him. He quickly irish whips him off the ropes, and tries to hit a back drop on him but ducks too soon and Regal kicks him in the face. Regal then hits a European uppercut on him, and irish whips Birchall off the ropes himself. As he comes back Regal takes him down with a back elbow. He then stomps on him a couple of times as he gets up in the corner. Regal backs up, and charges at him but Birchall lifts his boot up kicking him in the head.
Birchall runs forward and clotheslines him down. Paul then bounces off the ropes and jumps up and drives his knee into William Regal’s head. Paul takes him near the ropes, and tries to eliminate him. Birchall hits a vertical suplex over the top ropes which looks like he is eliminated, but Regal lands on the apron. Birchall turns around into a couple of right’s and lefts. Regal then grabs his head and rams it onto the turnbuckle. He gets back in the ring and hits a big t-bone suplex on a groggy Paul Birchall. Regal grabs his legs and slingshots him over the top rope!
*Elimination #22 Paul Birchall*
Rey Mysterio is in a ton of trouble as it is now 2 on 1. Both Finlay and Regal begin to stomp on him. Rey goes over to the corner where they begin punching him and then irish whip him into the other corner. Regal the grabs Finlay and throws him into Rey knocking him back. Finlay grabs him and hits full nelson suplex on him. Finlay lifts him up with Rey still in a full nelson. Regal then begins to punch Rey when he takes out some brass knuckles and tries to hit Mysterio, but Rey slides through Finlay arm’s with Regal hitting Finlay.
Regal gets down on his knee checking out the knocked out Finlay. Rey then dropkicks the back of the head of Regal. Mysterio bounces off the ropes and hits a leg drop on him. Rey lifts him up, and bounces off the ropes and jumps up getting him in a wheelbarrow hold into a bulldog. Rey then gets him back up on the ropes hitting a couple of chops, and then dropkicks Regal over the top rope!
*Elimination #23 William Regal*
Rey can’t believe he did it, and is whipped out tired from the match. Finlay goes over to him and begins to stomp on him. Finlay lifts him up and kicks him in the stomach and the grabs his head and hits a DDT. Finlay laughs at Rey as he begins to taunt the crowd yelling “It’s over, I am the winner!†Mysterio crawls over to the bottom rope where he lays his head. Finlay walks over to him and begins hitting him with crossface punches and driving his knee into Rey’s back making him choke.
Finlay drags him back into the middle of the ring and slaps him in the face and clothesline’s him back down. Finlay lifts him back up and rams him into the corner. He then droves his shoulder into Rey’s ribs making him grasp for breathe. He grabs his arm and then irish whips him into the other corner. Finlay charges at him, but Rey kicks him in the face! Rey runs at Finlay, but he is taken down with a powerslam from Finlay.
Finlay then grabs his head and throws it into the turnbuckle, and then lifts him up over his head and throws him down with a gorilla press. Finlay then drops his elbow on to the throat of Rey. Finlay lifts Rey back up, and kicks him in the gut. He then lifts Rey up for the Celtic Cross, but Rey slides through getting away landing in the back of Finlay. Rey dropkicks Finlay making his throat go down to the bottom rope.
Rey then signals for the 619 and bounces off the ropes and connects with it making him fall back wards! Rey then jumps up off the ropes and hits the spring board hurincanrana to Finlay! The force of the move almost takes Finlay out of the ring, but he is laying on the outside of the apron. Mysterio then bounces off the ropes and baseball slides him out of the ring for the final elimination!
*Elimination #24 Finlay*
Soul Survivor- Rey Mysterio
*Rey uses the ropes to help himself get up as he has one hand in the air pointing to the sky. A couple of the Smackdown wrestlers come down to congratulate Rey as they bring him to the back n there shoulders*
*We cut backstage to where Chris Benoit is shown taping his wrists getting ready for his upcoming match with HBK Shawn Michaels. We then go over to HBK who is with Josh Mathews*
JM: Shawn, tonight you will go one on one with the Rabid Wolverine Chris Benoit in the fans’ choice match. How do you feel about this?
HBK: Josh, you see the fans chose us two competitors, because they know that we are the 2 best athletes in the WWE. Now since Benoit knew that we are both friends with the late great Eddie Gurrero. So we got together and decided to dedicate this one for Eddie. Even though this match is for Eddie, this still counts for the final score to see which brand is truly better. I’ll be damned if I take this match too lightly, and let it slip away from fingers. So Chris this may be for Eddie, but you still better bring your A game.
*HBK walks away*
We see a shot of the ladder, with a title belt hanging above the ring, and the belt has made in special memory of Eddie Guerrero (RIP).
Shawn Michaels’ music hits and the fans give a loud pop as the Heart Break Kid comes out to the ring. He steps past the ladder on his way down and looks prepared for this gruelling match.
Chris Benoit comes out and he gets a similar cheer from the crowd, and they look as if they will be split in this match!
Ladder Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit
The two men look up above the ring, where the Eddie Guerrero title belt is hanging, and the fans chant Guerrero’s name. Both men look towards each other and they shake hands. They then slowly lock up for the test of strength and the fans are really hyped for this match. Benoit gains some early control and it is arguable that he is the fan favourite tonight due to his close friendship with Eddie Guerrero. He takes HBK down to his knees in the test of strength and starts to feel the momentum, but his adversary manages to get back on his feet and HBK then switches the test of strength into an armlock, taking Benoit’s arm behind his back. HBK then grabs a side headlock and takes Benoit down to the mat, but the ‘Rabid Wolverine’ locks his legs around HBK’s neck and both men release one another.
They get back to their feet and the fans give a big cheer for their equal exchange thus far. They lock up again but Benoit immediately digs his knees into HBK’s gut and takes him down with a snapmare. Benoit backs into the ropes and his a dropkick to the back of Michaels’ head. Benoit starts feeling it and he pulls HBK to his feet and hits the gutwrench suplex. Benoit grabs HBK’s head and synches in the chin lock. Michaels starts to battle his way out and he flicks Benoit over his head and goes for the armbar, which he half gets in before Benoit fights out and both men reach their feet once again. At this point, Benoit starts to up the tempo with some chops on HBK, who fires back with hard right hands and they go back and forth until Benoit chops HBK right down to the mat. The fans give a “Benoit†chant and he pulls Michaels up and sends him off the ropes.
However, HBK reverses and Benoit comes off the ropes with a running shoulder block. Benoit gets Michaels against the turnbuckle and hammers away with more chops. The fans shout “whooo†as he does this and Benoit then climbs to the second turnbuckle and begins the ten count on HBK. The fans chant along:
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Benoit stops for a second, and then hits the tenth punch. HBK is dizzy and as he stumbles around the ring, Benoit jumps off the second turnbuckle, nailing the axe handle.
The fans are really starting to get behind Benoit and he pulls Michaels to his feet and tries to Irish whip HBK into the turnbuckle corner, but Michaels reverses and then runs at Benoit, but the Wolverine nails a boot to the face Michaels then turns into a stiff clothesline. Benoit slaps his fists together showing how fired up he is for this contest and as HBK gets back to his feet, Benoit sends him right back down with a body slam. Benoit goes down and grabs HBK’s arm, pulling it behind his head in a painful submission manoeuvre. HBK calls out in agony and Benoit can be heard making noises to show how tight he has the hold on HBK. Benoit releases after HBK begins to fight out of it and he nails a fireman’s carry and then grabs Michaels’ legs, but HBK kicks him away and then takes Benoit down with a drop toehold and mounts himself on top of Benoit and lays in with some hard punches. After the fifth punch, Michaels steps away and pulls Benoit up to his vertical base. HBK attempts a suplex and is able to nail it. He grabs Benoit’s arm and locks in an armlock, but Benoit immediately battles out of it and Tazz points out that HBK should not try to outwrestle Benoit with submissions, as he is at a severe disadvantage in that area.
Both men are back on their feet and they tie up in the middle of the ring for another test of strength, but HBK decides to up the pace and he hits a knee to the gut before firing away with several right hands shots to the face. Benoit fights back and this match is turning into an all out brawl very quickly, due to the emotional situation surrounding the contest. Benoit begins to get the better of the situation and he backs Michaels into the corner where he nails a chop. Michaels holds his chest in pain but then switches positions and he nails his own chop to Benoit. They then go back and forth with chops to one another until Michaels hits a thumb to the eye and then clotheslines the Rabid Wolverine over the top rope to the outside. Michaels smirks and shrugs his shoulders in the way Eddie did, showing that everyone needs to cheat every now and again. However, Shawn wastes little time going to the outside and grabbing the ladder from halfway up the aisle. He folds it up and makes his way towards the ring and slides the ladder under the bottom rope. Michaels climbs back inside but we see Benoit sliding back under the rope on the opposite side of the ring and as HBK moves towards him, the Wolverine grabs his waist and thrusts Michaels through the middle and top ropes and to the outside floor. The fans cheer as Benoit sees the first opening to climb the ladder and bring down the championship belt of Eddie Guerrero.
Benoit picks the ladder up and positions it in the centre of the ring. He looks to the outside and sees that HBK is still down, so Benoit begins to make the climb. He makes it about halfway up the ladder before his adversary is back and HBK pulls Benoit straight down off the ladder and knocks him down with a punch. Benoit gets back up and HBK slams his head into the ladder. HBK then begins to climb the ladder but Benoit pulls him right off the ladder and then runs HBK into the turnbuckle. Benoit then fires HBK back towards the ladder, but it is reversed and Benoit goes right into the steel ladder and falls down, also knocking the ladder over. HBK pulls his body to the top rope of the turnbuckle and waits for Benoit to rise to his feet. HBK jumps off and connects with a missile dropkick. The fans cheer as HBK rises to his feet and comes off the ropes with a running dropkick to the face of Benoit, who was beginning to get back to his feet. Michaels then grabs the ladder and sets it back up under the belt and begins to climb. Benoit is up and starts climbing the other side of the ladder. Both men reach the top of the ladder together and they both reach up for the title belt. Each man gets a hand on the title and tries to pull it down but Benoit then nails a fist to the face of HBK and he then goes to unravel the belt. However, HBK quickly recovers and nails a punch to Benoit. He slams Benoit’s head off the top of the ladder and Benoit starts to lose balance, but he is able to stay on the ladder. He nails a hard right hand to HBK and the two begin to trade blows. HBK gets the better of the exchange by slamming the Rabid Wolverine’s head into the ladder once more. HBK grabs Benoit’s arm and tries to push him off the ladder but Benoit counters and flips Michaels down off the ladder, falling from a long way up. Fortunately for HBK, he landed in a good position and did less damage to his fragile back than could have been the case. Benoit is now alone on the ladder and he climbs up a rung, positioning himself just inches underneath the title belt. He starts to take it off but Michaels uses his body strength to start tilting the ladder over, whilst still down on the mat. The ladder slowly tips over and Benoit lands straddled over the ropes and falls down to the outside apron in pain.
The fans start to cheer their man on and they echo chants of “Let’s go Michaels, let’s go Benoit†as both men are down in pain. HBK is the first to his feet and he looks to the outside where Benoit is beginning the get back up. HBK positions the ladder back upright, but this time he doesn’t place it in the middle of the ring. He perches it just in front of the ropes and starts to climb it. The announcers have no idea what he is planning and Benoit is making his way to his feet, still trying to shake off the effects of the fall from the ladder. Michaels is on the third rung from the top of the ladder and is very high up in comparison to Benoit, who is outside the ring. HBK dives off the ladder and nails Benoit with an insane diving moonsault. Both men are down and out and the fans chant, “holy sh*t†as the referee can do nothing but survey the carnage.
After a while, we see both competitors begin to move about, rolling around in pain, They are able to get to their feet at almost the same time and Benoit takes control by digging a knee into the midsection of Shawn Michaels. Benoit then runs HBK into the steel steps and HBK goes flying over them! Benoit grabs HBK legs and positions him for the toss. He sends HBK up into the air and flying into the ring post. HBK rolls over after falling back down and we see that he is busted open from the impact of the ring post. Benoit shows a slight smile and crawls under the bottom rope and back into the ring, where he sets the ladder up in the centre. He begins to climb but is moving slowly due to the falls he has already taken in the first 12 minutes or so. He gets to the third rung from the top before we see Michaels miraculously back on his feet. The blood is dripping down his face but he looks determined to win this match and Benoit doesn’t see him climb back into the ring with a steel chair in hand!
Benoit gets within reach of the Eddie Guerrero Championship belt but HBK cracks him from behind with a vile chair shot. Benoit instantly drops down to the mat and holds his back in agony. HBK drops the chair and does the Eddie Guerrero shrug to the approval of the crowd. He begins to climb the ladder and this could be over. Michaels gets near the top and reaches up for the title…but decides not to try and wrest it down. Instead, the “Showstopper†looks down at Benoit and turns his body away from the ladder. He then looks into the crowd who are cheering for some high risk offence and HBK dives off the ladder, nailing an incredible diving elbow drop to Benoit!
HBK rolls around in pain and we see that Benoit could be out cold. HBK then recovers somewhat and nips up onto his feet. He goes to the turnbuckle and begins to stamp his feet, tuning up the band. Benoit is slow to get to his feet and he looks very dizzy. He turns around and Michaels charges at him for the sweet chin music…but Benoit ducks and avoids contact! HBK turns around and Benoit takes him down for the crossface, and he gets it locked in! The fans erupt into cheers as Benoit has HBK in trouble and the tide has quickly turned. Michaels writhes in pain and has nowhere to go. He looks like he might tap but that won’t help him even if he did. Benoit keeps the hold locked in and HBK does start to tap the mat in submission, but Benoit just keeps it locked in. The referee tells HBK there is nothing he can do to break the hold and Benoit eventually releases, with HBK in severe pain.
Benoit gets to his feet and begins to climb the ladder once more. He gets to the second rung from the top and looks down at Michaels. Benoit decides not to grab the title down and instead climbs to the very top of the ladder. He looks at the Eddie Guerrero Championship and says, “this one’s for youâ€. At that point, Benoit dives off the ladder with the diving headbutt. However, HBK is just able to roll out of the way and Benoit crashes and burns. The fans boo as they see Benoit is in pain and we see HBK using the ropes to pull himself to his fee. He goes back to the corner and starts to tune up the band once again. Benoit takes an eternity to rise to his feet and as he turns around, he is unable to block HBK’s sweet chin music that almost takes Benoit’s head off! HBK also falls down but only into the ropes and he stumbles back to his feet. The ladder is still positioned underneath the title in the centre of the ring and Michaels begins to climb. The match is surely over now and we have seen 15 minutes of non stop carnage. Michaels makes it to the top but we see Benoit, to the astonishment of the fans and the announcers, getting back to his feet. HBK doesn’t see this and he reaches for the title belt and starts to unravel it. Benoit picks the steel chair up and swings it back, nailing Michaels in the back with it, similarly to how HBK hit him just minutes earlier.
HBK, though, doesn’t fall off and he remains on the ladder, but is slumped over it. Benoit starts climbing underneath him and grabs his waist. He then dives off the ladder and plants HBK into the mat with a huge German suplex off the ladder! The fans can’t believe what they are seeing and both men are down once again. Benoit is the first to his feet and he pulls HBK up and nails a snap suplex. He then grabs the ladder and waits for Michaels to get back up. Benoit then runs at him and cracks him in the head with a hard shot from the ladder. HBK is in agony and Benoit sets the ladder back up in the centre of the ring. He begins to climb it one last time, as he believes that he has HBK beat at last. HBK, however, won’t stay down and we see him rise to his feet. He shows a look of determination and Benoit looks down from the ladder at him. Benoit knows he hasn’t got this match won yet and so he jumps off the ladder, looking to vault himself onto Michaels, but HBK reacts quickly and drills Benoit with the sweet chin music with Benoit in the air! The fans are on their feet and Benoit is sent all the way through the ropes to the outside due to the impact of that superkick!
Michaels sees his opportunity and begins to climb the ladder. The fans are on their feet, some cheering HBK on, others rooting for Benoit to recover, but the Rabid Wolverine looks to be down and out. HBK makes it high up the ladder and uncoils the Eddie Guerrero Championship, and he has this match won!
Winner: Shawn Michaels @17:20
Josh Mathews is backstage and he is ready to interview SmackDown’s RVD.
Josh: RVD, tonight is one of the biggest matches in the history of the WWE draft split. You and your SmackDown comrades face 5 of the top RAW superstars in an Elimination Match. Last week on SmackDown we saw all the members of Team SmackDown vying to be the team captain. Is there enough unity between you guys to get past RAW and win this match?
RVD: Wow, hold up a second there Josh. Are you suggesting that there’s dissention on Team SmackDown?
Josh: Well it looked like you had some problems last week.
RVD: Have you seen Team RAW? Those guys have been beating the hell out of each other. They’ve got the love triangle of Triple H, Orton and Cena.
The crowd laughs at RVD calling it a love triangle.
RVD: Then there’s Carlito, “Mr Money in the Bankâ€. Do you know why he hasn’t cashed in his World Title shot yet? It’s because he knows he isn’t good enough to win the ‘big one’ yet, and that means he’s not good enough to cause my team any problems tonight. And then we have Abyss, the monster who destroys everything placed in front of him. Do you seriously see Abyss as a team player. He’ll go out there and destroy his own team before he gets a hand on Team SmackDown. So, in answer to your question, Josh, it’s an emphatic yes. We have every chance of defeating Team RAW tonight, and then, RVD can set his sights on the one thing he has never done…win the World Heavyweight Title!
RVD walks away looking very confident.
US Title vs. IC Title
Lashley vs. Masters
*Masterpiece plays to a huge amount of heat as the young and cocky Chris Masters comes down to the ring doing his usual entrance. When Masters gets in the ring he flexes while he waits for Lashley to come down to the ring*
*The Real Deal hits making the fans go wild for the hard hitting soft spoken Bobby Lashley. Lashley walks down the isle without taking his eyes off of Masters. Lashley climbs up the stairs as the two stare down each other in the ring*
The referee tells the time keeper to ring the bell as the match officially starts. Lashley and Masters each stare down each other before Masters starts to flex saying “look at this Bobby!†Lashley then runs over to him as they lock up in the center of the ring. Both men try to push each other back, but neither man gets an advantage. Finally you can see Lashley beginning to start to push Masters back, but Masters breaks up and kicks him in the stomach.
Masters goes behind Lashley and takes his fists and slams them against his back a couple of times taking him down to one knee. Chris then bounces off the ropes and runs forward taking him down with a hard clothesline. Masters bounces off the ropes and jumps up hitting a Hogan like leg drop to his throat. The Masterpiece lifts him up, and shows off his incredible strength by kicking him in the stomach and lifting him up for a delayed vertical suplex. Chris holds him in the air for at least 5 seconds and then drops him down onto the ground. Masters covers him with a lateral press
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Lashley kicks out of it. He then lifts Lashley up and dries him into the corner with his shoulder. Chris continually drives his shoulder into the abdomen and ribs of Bobby Lashley. Masters then grabs his arm and irish whips him as hard as he can into the opposite corner making him fall onto the ground. Chris walks over to him and stomps on him several times, and then uses the ropes for balance and begins choking him out with his boot. The ref comes over to him and begins the 5 count
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Masters then gets off of him right before getting disqualified. Masters still uses the ropes to lift him up and then lands right on him with a knee drop to his forehead. Masters then gets behind him putting him in a side headlock. Masters uses him huge biceps putting more pressure on his head with Bobby trying to get out of it. Lashley gets up onto one knee and starts jabbing him in the stomach with punches.
The Real Deal then gets back up to a vertical base and then throws him off of him onto the ropes. Lashley comes back and tries to clothesline him, but Chris dodges it and lifts him up for a flapjack sending him back down. Masters goes behind him and then starts hitting cross face punches and then starts slapping him in the face pissing off Lashley even more. Chris lifts him up and then bounces off the ropes and tries to take him down with a shoulder block, but Bobby doesn’t move an inch.
Masters bounces off the ropes again, but this time he tries to clothesline him, but Lashley catches him and hits a belly to belly suplex on him. Bobby gets really fired up getting an adrenaline rush. He goes over to Masters and lifts him up and starts firing away with rights and lefts and then taking him down with a clothesline. Lashley lifts him back up, and then kicks him in the stomach and the plants him with an exploder suplex. Lashley then hooks his leg for the pin
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Chris Masters kicks out of the pin. Lashley goes over to him and stomps on him a couple of times and then lifts him up and knee’s him in the stomach. Lashley drives his knees on him a couple more times, and then lifts him up, and drops him back down with a big running powerslam. Lashley fires himself up going to the ropes and shaking them Ultimate Warrior Style. Bobby quickly runs towards him and drops his elbow onto his sternum.
Bobby then grabs him and lifts him up and hits him with a couple of stiff punches rocking him back and forth. Lashley then pulls his arm back and connects with a huge uppercut taking him to the ground. Lashley grabs Masters by the hair, and then tosses him out of the ring onto the ringside floor. Lashley then follows him out of the ring and kicks him up against the barricade a couple of times. Lashley then grabs his arm and irish whips him as hard as he can into the steel steps shoulder first! Bobby lifts himself back up into the ring as the ref begins the ten count
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The Masterpiece slides into the ring breaking up the 10 count. Lashley wastes no time in letting Masters rest as he chases him down stopping on him a couple of time and then dropping his elbow on his back. Lashley then grabs his leg and turns him onto his stomach putting him into a half leg Boston crab. Masters yells in agony as Lashley pulls his leg back more and more causing him to hurt. Chris then roars in pain and dives forward grabbing the ropes breaking up the submission hold.
Bobby grabs him and lifts him up to a vertical base where he kicks him in the stomach, and then lifts him up and hits a gutbuster on him. Lashley gets back up with him still in his arms, and hits him with another gutbuster followed by another one. He then lifts him up for the final time over his head in a gorilla press position, and he drops him sternum first onto his knee. Bobby hooks his left leg for the pin
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Masters kicks out of the pin with authority. Lashley looks at the ref telling him that it was a three count. Lashley lifts him up, and then Masters kicks him in the stomach. Chris bounces off the ropes and tries to clothesline him, but Lashley ducks under it, and hits a duck under northern lights suplex. The Real Deal sits Masters up so he is on his ass, and then he pulls back Chris’ arms while he drives his knee into his back.
Lashley has the hold locked in making Masters yell in pain trying to somehow get out of the hold. The ref goes over and asks him if he wants to give up, but Masters shakes his head saying no. Chris then begins to get out of the hold by standing up and then facing Lashley and then he kicks him in the stomach. The Masterpiece bounces off the ropes and the charges as fast as he can at Bobby, and takes him down with a Polish hammer.
Masters then goes over Lashley, and begins pummeling him with rights and lefts. He then flips Bobby onto his stomach, and begins throwing wild crossface punches to the nose and mouth regions of him. Masters does this for a couple more times, and then backs off and lifts him up where you see Lashley bleeding a little at his nose and mouth. Masters grabs Lashley’s tights, and then pulls him back closer to him and clubs him in the back with his forearm. Masters then grabs him by his head, and drops him down with a reverse DDT. Chris then covers him for the pin
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He gets his arm up breaking the count. Masters doesn’t even stop to take a breather and gets right back on Lashley hitting a fist drop on him. The Superfreak picks him up and knee’s him in the stomach and then hits him with a double underhook suplex. He then grabs his head, and puts him in a sleeper hold. Masters uses his huge biceps squeezing his head chocking him out. You can see Lashley moving around his arms shaking them back and forth trying to grab something.
Lashley is still not out yet, but you can obviously see he is about to lose it. The blood is being rushed to his head with Masters yelling that “it is overâ€, and saying “Lashley tap out!†Lashley’s eyes begin to fade into the back of his head, and then you can see his eyes glaze over. Chris calls the ref over, and tells him to see if he is out cold. The ref grabs his arm, and lifts it into the air and then sees that it drops down to his side making the ref count to one.
He then lifts his arm up again and it drops down to his side for the second count. If his arm falls down one more time then the match is over and Masters wins. The referee lifts his arm up for the final time, and it appears to drop down to his side, but Bobby keeps his hand up in the air and begins to show life. Lashley gets up and then throws him off the ropes, and then picks him up and hits him with a big spinebuster. Bobby goes over and pins him with a lateral press
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No Masters puts his shoulder up breaking up the pin. Lashley goes over to him and lifts him up, and kicks him in the stomach. Bobby then hits him with a punch sending backwards bouncing off the ropes, and he does that one more time. When Masters falls forward Lashley knee’s him in the gut and lifts him up hitting a gutwrench suplex on him. Bobby lifts his hand in the air to the delight of the fans. He then picks him up and grabs him hitting a sidewalk slam. He then hooks his right leg for the pin
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No he kicks out of the pin. Lashley goes over to him and hits a fist drop on him connecting right on his forehead. The Real Deal lifts him up to a vertical base, and punches him in the head and then lifts him up onto his shoulders. Lashley then throws him off of him, and hits a big Death Valley Driver. We then see Masters crawl over to the corner and helps himself up. Bobby walks over to him, and grabs him lifting him up onto the top rope and then keeping him up there.
Lashley climbs up also up to the top rope and then clubs him in the back a couple of times. He then puts him into a front facelock then puts his head underneath Chris’ shoulder and jumps off the top hitting a humongous superplex! It takes both men a couple of seconds to regain stamina, and then after 10 seconds Lashley gets up in the corner and then squats back down waiting for Masters to get up. Chris begins to show some life as he gets up slowly and then turns around making Lashley charge at him trying to hit the spear, but Masters ducks down making Bobby go straight into the ring post! Masters quickly goes behind him and rolls him up with a school boy, and he grabs his tights for security
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No he kicks out half a second before time. Master gets pissed off at the ref, and then takes his anger out onto Bobby Lashley clubbing him in the back. He then lifts him back up and irish whips him off the ropes. As he comes back Masters tries to clothesline him, but instead he takes out the referee! Lashley quickly grabs him into a full nelson while Masters is looking at the ref. Masters struggles to get out, but he quickly escapes mule kicking him into the family jewels!
The Masterpiece then hits him with a DDT taking him down for good measure. Chris then rolls out of the ring and grabs both the US Title and the IC Title and brings them back into the ring. He takes the US Title and stares at it before spitting on it, and then tossing over the top rope to a ton of boo’s from the crowd. He puts on a very cocky smile before he takes his IC Title, and then nailing the title over Lashley’s head knocking him out! The camera then zooms in on him seeing that he is busted open!
Chris Masters then grabs him putting the already knocked out Lashley into the MASTER LOCK! The ref begins to wake up as Master is throwing him around in the Master Lock. The ref gets up onto his feet and slowly walks over to see Lashley, and then sees him out cold and tells the ring time keeper to ring the bell ending the match.
Winner- Chris Masters
*We see HHH walking around backstage with a grin on. He then turns the corner and bumps into JBL who was holding a coffee making it spill out on to his suit! JBL looks extremely pissed off*
JBL: What the hell do you think you’re doing you measly son of a bitch!
HHH: Whoa, whoa calm down man.
JBL: What do you think you’re saying! This suit costs more than your salary you jackoff!
HHH: Bradshaw if I remember correctly wasn’t it me who got rid of the Undertaker for you? I don’t think you know who the hell you’re talking to. I’m a 11 time World Champion! I’m the most recognized wrestler on the face of this planet!
JBL: You the most recognized wrestler on the planet? I’m the King of Smackdown, the number 1 rated television show on all of Friday Night’s!
HHH: Who cares if you’re the king of the B-show of the WWE. The only show that matters in the WWE is Monday Night RAW, you know it, I know it, and the entire world knows it!
*JBL and HHH go up to each other face to face, nose to nose with neither backing down*
JBL: You know what Hunter tonight we will see what the better brand is, and most importantly who the best wrestler in the WWE is.
*JBL pushes Triple H back as we go to the ring*
Match 5
Hardcore Match
Stone Cold vs. Mick Foley
*Crash plays to a huge pop as Mick Foley comes out to the ring with Mr. Socko on his hand. Foley waves to the crowd, and then does his pretend shooting gesture to the crowd. Foley gets into the ring and waits for the Rattle Snake to come down*
*Glass Shatters to a colossal as Stone Cold Steve Austin returning to the ring walks down to the ring saluting the crowd flipping them then bird. He slides into the ring and pushes Foley away as he climbs up to the second rope raising his middle fingers in salute*
The bell rings as 2 of the biggest competitors of the Attitude Era circle around the ring with the crowd near dead split between cheering for these guys with Austin getting a little more ovation. Foley extends his hand for a handshake, and when Steve reaches out Foley pulls his hand up slapping him in the face. Stone Cold bends his head over laughing a little bit, and then looks up and unloads rights and lefts on him.
Austin then knee’s him in the gut and puts him in a headlock punching his head. Austin flips him over his shoulder and continues hitting him with hard rights. He then lifts him up and irish whips him off the ropes. As he comes back Steve jumps up hitting a Lou Thez press continuing to punch him in the face. Austin jumps right back up yelling to the crowd getting pumped up.
Foley begins to get up as he hits him with a stinging right hand. He hits a couple more as Foley fall backwards and bounces off the ropes and Foley lifts him up onto the top rope and slams him back down with a scoop slam. Stone Cold bounces off the ropes giving Foley the finger, and then drops his knee onto his head. Austin covers him
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Austin lifts him back up, and then chops him several times. He kicks him in the gut, and Steve bounces off the ropes and drives his knee into Mick Foley’s temple taking him down to the ground. Austin bounces off the ropes and Steve kicks him as hard as he can in his stomach. Mick rolls into the corner sitting down. Austin goes over to him and begins to stomp a mud hole into the Hardcore Legend. Austin then backs off and charges at him driving his knee into his head. Stone Cold pins him
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Stone Cold lifts up Foley and punches him in the stomach. He then lifts him up, and hits a big vertical suplex. Since he is near the ropes Steve lifts himself up on the ropes and chokes Foley with his boot without the ref able to tell him to stop. After 7 seconds the ref tries to reason with Steve so he gets off of him and gives the ref the finger to the delight of the crowd.
Austin rolls out of the ring and shoos away the time keeper and grabs the solid steel chair and brings it into the ring. Austin waits for Foley to get up, and when he does Stone Cold cracks him over the head with an unforgiving chair to the head. Austin drops down and covers him
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Foley gets his shoulder up in time. Foley turns around and looks at the ref raising three fingers in the air telling him it was a three count. Steve gets back up and begins to stomp away on him. Austin lifts him back up and kicks him in the gut, and then tosses him out of the ring. Steve follows him out kicking him into the barricade. Austin gives him the finger, and then backs up and charges at him driving his knee into Mick’s temple.
The Rattle Snake tosses him over the barricade into the crowd where the fans slap his back. Austin looks under the ring, and finds a barbed wire cord! Austin leaps over the top rope as well and pursues Foley who has crawled several feet. When Austin catches up he folds the cord in half and begins whacking away at the back of Foley with the cord! The impact is so much that it begins to rip away the shirt of Foley.
Austin grabs him by the hair and begins dragging him through the crowd. Stone Cold lifts him back up by the hair, and then tosses him into the wall face first! As Foley falls backwards Austin grabs him and hits a back suplex to him on the concrete floor! The crowd goes wild as Foley rolls around the floor holding his back in an extreme amount of pain. Steve Austin then covers him
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No Foley kicks out. Austin sees Foley crawling on the ground when he backs up and kicks him in the gut sending him back down. Austin then throws Mick through a nearby door! The screen goes momentarily dark as they try to get a camera backstage. We then get a live feed, but we only see
Foley, but no Steve. We then see him come into the screen riding a golf cart!
Austin gets off the cart and then tosses him into the cart. Austin knees him in the stomach where he tosses him into the back of the golf cart, and begins to drive away. The camera follows the car when they see Austin stop the car and back up into a wall slamming him into the wall! Foley is completely out of it as he covers him
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NO! Foley kicks out! Austin can not believe it as Foley is still on the ground out cold with what maybe a broken rib cage. Austin stomps on him more and more. He grabs him by the head and drags him down the ramp, and lifts him up, and tosses him through a door!! Foley is being decimated, and is rolling on the floor with maybe a broken rib.
Stone Cold starts kicking Foley in the gut taking him down the hallway with him rolling down. Cold lifts him up and hits him with a right and left. He then kicks him in the stomach and irish whips him into a wall. As Foley falls back forward Austin lifts him up, and hits him with an unforgiving spinebuster on the concrete floor! Austin hooks his leg for the pin
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No, another kickout from Foley who is refusing to give up. Stone Cold backs up again and kicks him in the gut kicking him through the curtain where the end up back in the crowd. Austin walks over and picks up a steel chair and then looks at the crowd and cracks the chair over the back of Foley. Austin is physically dissecting Foley and lifts him up. Austin then flips him the bird and nails the chair over the head of Foley taking him over the barricade onto the ramp.
The camera gets a view over the face of Foley to see that he is starting to bleed. Austin bends over a bit trying to regain some stamina, and then he hops over the barricade to the ramp. Foley rolls down the ramp as Austin is on pursuit. Mick actually goes underneath the ring hiding from Austin. Steve gets really pissed off at this, and when he lifts up the canvas covering Foley throws a white powder into Austin’s eyes blinding him!
Foley takes a little time to recover and then gets on his knee’s and punches him below the belt taking him down. Steve Austin falls down holding his groin in a ton of pain, as both men are lying down on the outside of the ring wiped out. After around 20 seconds both men show a little sign of life, and both men go over to different things helping themselves up.
Foley gets up first and throws a punch at him. Stone Cold then throws one back as they begin to trade punches back in forth when Austin blocks one and punches him and then kicks him in the stomach. Stone Cold then tries to irish whip Foley into the steel steps, but Foley reverses it and sends Steve into it himself. Mick crawls over to Steve and falls onto him pinning him
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Austin gets his shoulder up. Foley slowly gets up and wipes the blood out of his face and eyes as grabs Austin’s head. Mick throws him back into the ring, and looks under the ring for something. Mick then grabs a 2x4 WRAPPED IN BARBED WIRE!!!!!! The crowd goes wild for the weapon and he slides into the ring. Foley lies back on the corner waiting for him to get up. Steve slowly gets up and then turns around right into a huge shot from the 2x4 in his stomach.
Austin grabs his stomach in a ton of pain and slams it over his back taking him down to the ground. Mick then bounces off the ropes and hits an elbow drop with the barbed wire going right into his face!! The crowd goes wild with a couple of “Holy Shit†chants. Foley covers him driving his forearm into his face for the pin
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No Austin gets his shoulder up at the last second breaking up the pin attempt. Foley is still on the ground regaining strength from the hellacious match this has been so far, with these men seeming to do anything to there bodies to get the win. Foley lifts Austin back up and delivers a few punches to Austin sending him dangling on the ropes. Foley raises his hand in the air and bounces off the ropes clotheslining himself and Steve out of the ring to the floor.
Foley quickly gets up getting a boost of energy shooting at the crowd doing his “bang, bang†trademark. Foley walks up the steps onto the apron, and then runs forward and jumps off the apron hitting a Cactus Elbow! Foley is holding is ribs which are still hurting and then grabs Austin and lifts him up and takes knees him in the stomach and hits a swinging neck breaker on the ground! Foley lies down laying his arm over him
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Kickout from Austin. Foley gets Austin up on his ass and then puts him in a neck vice. Austin yells in pain and you can see the pain on his face as Austin is struggling to get out. Mick yells at Austin saying “tap out, tap out!!†Stone Cold refuses to give up as it sort of looks like Wrestlemania 13 with blood pouring down his face into his eye’s. The crowd starts a “let’s go Stone Cold†chant. Austin gets an energy boost and fights out of the hold getting his second wind going wild with stinging rights and lefts to his jaw.
Austin grabs Foley and drives him backward into the side of the canvas. Steve lifts him up into a spinebuster position and drives his back into the metal ring pole! Austin then drops him into a slingshot position, and slingshots him into the steel pole busting up Foley more. Austin looks under the ring searching around for something. Austin then drags out a table much to the delight of the crowd.
Stone Cold sets up the table near the side of the apron. He grabs Foley by the hair and slams it onto the canvas. Steve lifts him up to the outside of the ring on the apron and knee’s him in the stomach. Austin then grabs Foley and looks behind himself and then jumps off hitting a vertical suplex on Foley off of the ring through the table!!!!!!!!!! The crowd is going berserk chanting “HOLY SHIT†over and over again. Both men are totally out of it and neither are moving an inch. Austin is the first to show some life after 30 seconds and rolls over on top of Foley for a the pin
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NO! Foley gets his hand up at the last millisecond keeping the match going. It took Austin to long to pin him making the match continue on. Austin is still laying there in disbelief thinking that he definitely had the match won with that insane move. Stone Cold slowly begins to crawl over to the barricade and helps him self up wiping the blood from his face.
Austin thinks for a second on what he is going to do next, and then goes over to Foley and slowly lifts him up. Austin gives Foley the middle Finger and kicks him in the mid section and hits the Stone Cold Stunner taking him down for good measure. Austin then tosses him over and onto the announcer table. He jumps up on it himself and stomps on him. Austin grabs Mick’s hair and then puts his head in between his legs. Austin signals that the match is over.
Steve keeps trying to lift him up for a piledriver, but Foley keeps blocking it. Austin tries it a couple of times more, and on the 4th one Mick Foley reverses it, and back drops him through the other announcer table destroying it!!!!!!! The crowd starts up another “HOLY SHIT†chant with the crowd going absolutely nuts with both men out cold again.
Neither man is moving and they just lying there in a ton of pain. The crowd is split for both men cheering them to get up trying them to get an adrenaline rush to get up. The ref goes over to check on Austin and he roars in agony holding his neck almost crying from the pain of his surgically repaired neck. The ref says that Austin is to hurt to continue on and tells them to ring the bell, but Austin slowly grabs the refs arm and gives him the finger to a huge pop from the crowd. Foley pushes the ref out of the way and drapes his arm over Stone Cold’s chest
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NO AUSTIN LIFTS UP HIS RIGHT SHOULDER! The crowd is in complete shock that he kicked out. Mick Foley looks up in astonishment that he kicked out and yells at the ref telling him it was a three count lifting up three fingers in the air. Foley ponders about what will end the match, and then gets an evil smirk on his face. Mick Foley looks under the ring and takes out a table, a match, and lighter fluid!!
The crowd yells in anticipation as they know what will happen next. Foley grabs Austin and puts him on the outside of the ring. Foley sets up the table and then sprays the entire table completely soaked with light fluid and then takes out the match. He lights it and then hold it up in the air so everyone can see, and then drops it on the table covering it with a wall of fire!!
The crowd is going absolutely nuts yelling “we want fire!†Foley slowly climbs up the stairs and then puts Austin in between his legs. The Hardcore legend points to the sky just hoping he doesn’t kill himself on this move. Foley lifts him up and then jumps off the canvas hitting a PILEDRIVER THROGUH THE FLAMING TABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The crowd is absolutely in shock with everyone standing up in shock. The fire quickly goes out, and we see Foley with his hand over Austin’s chest!
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Winner- Mick Foley
*The crowd is still in total shock as two stretchers are rushed down to the ring with the EMT’s. They both check on both men and they are both out cold. They get both of the guys onto the stretchers and the wheel them out of the entrance way into the back.
Styles: As god as my witness, this was the most sadistic match that I’ve personally ever seen, and back in my day I have seen a lot of sadistic matches.
Tazz: I second that Joey. Both those guys came out of retirement to put on the one of the most hardcore matches that I have ever seen, and I still can’t believe the finish to the match.
*We then go backstage to Edge and Lita’s locker room, where we see Edge getting dressed*
Edge: Well Lita that was an amazing pre match warm up.
*Maria then walks into the locker room*
Edge: How the hell did you get in hear?
Maria: Well I heard some moans and groans, and I thought that something might have been the problem.
Edge: Get the hell out of this room you no good dirtbag ho!
*Maria runs out of the room with her hands over her face. We see Edge and Lita both laughing at her. Edge then looks at the camera and starts to talk*
Edge: Hey did I tell you to leave? No. Tonight at this very moment RAW is down in this little “war†against Smackdown. Now everyone may think oh Edge is a team player, he will definitely win this one for RAW. Well guess what, there is only one thing I look out for in this business, and that is me!
*You can hear the crowd boo in the backround*
Edge: If you think I give a crap about this little war we have against Smackdown, then you’re damn wrong! Now that little creep Chris Jericho has been pissing me off way too much lately, and I’m going out there to kick his sorry little ass out of this building! I don’t care what I do, as long as I inflict enough pain as possible on Jericho!
*Edge then walks away as we go back to ringside*
WWE Champion vs. WHC
Edge vs. Y2J
*5….4….3….2 Break the Walls Down plays to the biggest pop of the night as the World Heavyweight Champion walks down to the ring slapping hands with the fans on the way down the isle. Y2J hops onto the apron raising his hands into the air. He then climbs into the ring waiting for Edge*
*Metalingus hits to a memorable amount of heat. Edge soaks in the heat as him and Lita walk through the smoke with the WWE Title around his waist. Before going down to the ring he grabs Lita making out with her. He then begins the walk down to the ring with a very cocky smile on. He continues his usual entrance as he slides into the ring*
The ref gets the time keeper to ring the bell officially starting the match. The crowd goes wild cheering for Y2J as the 2 of them stare each other down. Both of them go up to one of another eye to eye with each other with Edge much taller than Jericho. Edge then starts to laugh at Y2J, and then slaps him in the face! Y2J turns his head holding his jaw while Edge laughs on. Jericho then turns around fake laughing, and then going wild with right’s and lefts hitting him in the head sending him to the corner.
Jericho runs at him and continues pummeling him with more hard rights and lefts. The ref then gets in between them separating the 2 of them with Edge holding his jaw in pain. The 2 of them lock up in the middle of the ring with Edge getting the advantage. The Rated R Superstar grabs his arm and twists it around, and then he brings him close to him and applies a side headlock. Chris then goes over to the ropes and bounces him off the ropes.
Edge runs back at him, but Jericho ducks down to the ground making Edge jump over him. As Edge comes back again this time Jericho leap frogs over him, but this time he turns around into a dropkick from Edge. Edge then goes over to him and stomps on him driving his boot into Chris’ throat. Edge lifts him back up, and then kicks him in the stomach and hits a vertical suplex into a lateral press for the pin
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Y2J gets his shoulder up getting out of the pin. The Rated R Superstar goes over to him and drives his knee into Jericho’s lower back. Edge lifts him up by the arm, and then irish whips him as hard as he possibly can into the turnbuckle causing him to fall onto the ground. Jericho holds his lower back in pain after that move. Edge smirks knowing that he is in total control of the match right now.
Edge goes over to Edge lifting him back up in the corner and hitting him with a big chop. The WWE champ bounces him off the ropes, and as he comes back Edge lifts him up hitting a big flap jack on him. Edge gets back up and bounces off the ropes and hits a knee drop over his head. The Rated R Superstar kicks the standing up Edge in the gut, and then lifts him up and plants him down with a brainbuster! Edge pins him
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Jericho kicks out of it. Edge lifts him back up, and then hits him with a couple of blows to the head laying him across the ropes. Edge brings back his hand and delivers a big knife edge chop to the chest of Jericho, and then he does that again. He tries to irish whip him off the ropes again, but Y2J reverses it sending Edge off the ropes this time. Chris tries to hit a back drop, but he ducks down to soon and Edge kicks him in the face.
Edge mocks Jericho yelling “I’m the King of the World baby!†Edge then lifts him up and scoops him up hitting a scoop slam. He then walks over to the corner and begins to climb up the turnbuckle, and waits for Chris to get up. Jericho gets up slowly, and then turns around is taken down by a huge missile dropkick! He then covers him for the pin
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Jericho kicks out of the pin. Edge pushes the hair out of his eyes and looks at the ref telling him it was a 3 count. He then lifts Jericho back up, and hits him with a forearm smash to the face of Y2J. He then grabs Jericho and irish whips him off the ropes again, but Jericho reverses it and tries to dropkick him but Edge hangs onto the ropes making Chris land on his knee. The Rated R Superstar goes over to him and grabs him by the legs and then slingshots him into the turnbuckle. Edge grabs his arms and backslides him for another pin
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Another kickout from Jericho. Chris slowly climbs over to the corner, and lifts himself back up. Edge follows over to him and pummels away at Jericho with rights and lefts with the ref getting in between the two breaking them up. Edge keeps distracting the ref as Lita goes behind Jericho and chokes him out with the tag team rope. Lita finally stops as Edge walks back over to Chris and grabs his head and takes him down with a snapmare.
Edge puts him into a bow and arrow hold driving his knee into his back. Edge roars at Y2J as the ref checks on Jericho to see if he wants to give up, but Jericho shakes his head saying no I’m not giving up. Chris begins to shake and shows off his flexibility by rolling backwards kicking him in the head breaking up the pin! Jericho gets up and lies down against the ropes. Mr. Money in the Bank rushes at him, but Y2J reverses it, and back drops him to the outside apron.
Jericho bounces off the ropes and hits a flying crossbody taking himself and Edge to the outside of the ring with Edge’s head smacking back and forward with a whiplash effect!! This move gets a huge pop from the crowd as both guys are lying on the ground with both of the guys holding their heads. Jericho gets up first after about 7 seconds, and then lifts up Edge by the hair, and tosses him head first into the steel post! Jericho rolls him back in the ring and he covers him for a pin
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Edge gets his shoulder up. Jericho picks him back up, and chops him too many Woo’s from the crowd. The highlight of the night knee’s him in the stomach several times, and then takes him down with a body slam. Jericho then stomps on him a couple of times and then hits him with an elbow drop. He lifts Edge back up and then irish whips him off the ropes, and as he comes back Jericho takes him down with a drop toe hold sending his head onto the middle ropes.
Jericho then gets pumped up as he begins running in place, and then bounces off the ropes and comes back driving his knee into the neck of Edge! Jericho grabs Edge by the hair and drags him back out into the center of the ring. The King of the World puts him in a full nelson, and does a move that he rarely ever does, and connects with the BREAKDOWN! He then hooks his leg for the pin
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He just gets his shoulder up. Jericho doesn’t take a moment of rest and continues the assault on Edge by putting him in a side headlock. Chris tightens the grip on his head cutting off the circulation of blood in his head. Edge’s head begins to turn bright red, but he tries to fight it off and gets up to one knee. He then stands up all the way, and tries to hit a back suplex on him, but he rolls through and takes him down with a reverse DDT!
Jericho has a cocky smile on as he is in control of this match up now and he drops his elbow over the chest of Edge. Jericho brings him back up to his feet, and then Jericho bounces off the ropes himself, and comes back with a big flying forearm. Jericho nips back up copying HBK on the two moves. Y2J bounces off the ropes again, and hits a basement dropkick to Edge who is on all fours. The highlight reel lifts him back up, and then connects on him with a lightning quick STANDING ENZIGURI! Y2J covers him
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Edge gets his shoulder up to the delight of the Edge heads in the building which is not many. Y2J looks at the ref while he puts up three fingers telling him it was a three count. Jericho gets up as he also lifts Edge up to and then kicks him in the gut. Jericho tosses him into the other corner and charges at him hitting a body splash in the corner. Y2J unleashes with chops and hard rights and lefts make Edge cower in the corner.
Jericho then lifts him up to the top rope. The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla climbs up himself and punches him a couple more time. Jericho takes one more step up to the top rope and he hits him with a couple big smashes to his back. He then jumps up and hits Edge with the JERICHO SPIKE (Frankensteiner)! Both men are out of it, but Chris shows some life and drapes his arm over him for the pin
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NO EDGE BARELY GETS HIS SHOULDER OFF THE MAT. Jericho is in total shock as he buries his head into the mat and then pounds his fists on the mat venting his frustration. He waists a lot of time showing off his frustration, and then he turns around and sees Lita trying to shove the WWE Title into the ring, but the WHC baseball slides her into the barricade! The World Champion turns around, and his head is almost taken off with a big boot!
Edge falls back down as he is whipped out from the match so far, and both men are lying down without moving. Both men begin to show life at the same time. They both get up at the same time in the corner, and they meet each other in the middle of the ring and they start throwing punches at each other. First Edge hits a punch, and then Y2J hits one and this continue for a couple more times. Y2J then blocks one and chops him and irish whips Edge off the ropes. Edge then comes back and hits him with a spinning heel kick.
Edge picks him up and hits him with a chop. The crowd starts an “Edge Sucks†chant with Edge soaking it in like they were cheering for him. Edge taunts Jericho holding his arms up in the air flexing his muscles. The Rated R Superstar picks him up and lifts him up onto his shoulders and then drops him down with a Michinoku Driver. Edge gets over him and starts nailing him with punches. He gets him back up, and then bounces off the ropes behind Jericho, and comes back hitting the Half Nelson bulldog. He hooks the far leg for the pin
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Jericho gets his arm in the air. Edge is shocked that he didn’t put away the win after that move. He gets back up where hits him with his forearm a couple more times. The Rated R Superstar drags him back up to his feet, and then grabs his head and lifts him up holding him in the air, and the dropping him down with a delayed vertical suplex. Edge grabs his leg and lifts it up, and then stomps on it a couple of time and then throwing it down to the mat.
Edge drags him by the leg over to the ring post. He quickly slides out of the ring and grabs Y2J by the leg and tosses it into the ring post. Chris yells out in pain holding his leg. Edge grabs it again and does it again, and again, and finally one more time throwing it into the post. Edge slides back into the ring, and hunts down Jericho who is rolling around on the mat holding his leg. Edge then grabs his leg again and locks in a spinning toe hold spinning around in circles twisting the leg of Y2J. The crowd gets behind Jericho trying to get him back into the match up.
Edge keeps doing this until Jericho kicks him off. Y2J can’t get up right now as his leg is in to much pain. Edge gets up brushing the sweat out of his eyes, and then lifts up Jericho by the leg and lifts him up and hits a shin breaker on him! Edge has an evil smile on his face as he picks up Jericho and puts him into a front facelock and lifts him up and drops him down with a humongous EDGECUTION! Edge hooks his leg as the match appears to be over with him bobbing his head up and down after ever count from the referee
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NO Y2J gets his foot on the bottom rope! Edge can’t believe it as he slams his fist on the ground repeatedly thinking about what he can do to finish off the match. Edge stares at the ref slamming him palm on the ground three times telling the ref to count faster. Edge goes over to Y2J and kicks him in the stomach taking him into the corner. Edge uses the ropes and jumps up, and then back down ramming his boot into Y2J’s throat.
The Rated R Superstar takes his knee and begins to choke Jericho with it illegally in the corner. The ref begins to count the DQ 1….2….3….4…. Edge breaks the hold right before getting disqualified. Edge picks him back up, and puts him up onto the top rope. Edge climbs up, and Y2J instinctively fires away with punches trying to stop him from executing the move. Edge blocks a punch and then kicks him in the stomach stopping the punches. He then puts him in a double underhook face buster position, and lifts him up throwing him hitting a double arm butterfly suplex off the top rope! The crowd goes wild as Edge lands on Jericho with his arm draped across Y2J’s chest
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NO ANOTHER KICKOUT much to the delight of the fans who let out a roar of approval! Edge doesn’t move though as he is lying on the ground not knowing what has happened. Edge turns over onto his back and then looks in the air in shock not believing what has happened in the match so far. Edge face turns red from the anger he has as he lifts him up and the takes him down with a scoop slam. Edge then bounces off the ropes and drops his elbow on the sternum of Y2J.
Edge then goes behind Jericho and puts him into an armbar. He keeps the hold locked in pulling his arm back more and more with every other second. Jericho yells in pain trying to figure away to get out of the hold. Edge pulls Chris up by his hair and slaps him in the face saying “is this all you have bitch?†Jericho gets back up on to his knee and then gets up all the way and knee’s him in the stomach breaking up the hold. Chris then hits him with a lightning quick enziguri taking him down. This triggers off a huge “Y2J†chant.
Jericho rests for about 15 seconds with Edge still down regaining his stamina. He crawls over to the ropes, and helps himself back up to his feet. He then goes over to Edge stomping on him over and over again. He lifts him back up and takes him down with a stiff clothesline. Edge gets back up, and Jericho dropkicks him back down to the ground. The WWE champion gets back up where Jericho kicks him in the gut, and then takes him down with a huge double underhook backbreaker. Jericho covers him with a lateral press
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Edge just gets his shoulder up in time. Jericho quickly goes behind Edge and puts him into a reverse chin lock. Jericho yells at Edge to tap out, but Edge refuses to do so this easily. Jericho has the hold locked when Edge starts to stand back up. Jericho still has the hold locked in while Edge is bended over, but Edge gets out of the hold by elbowing him in the stomach. The WWE champ irish whips him off the ropes, but Jericho reverses it and while Edge comes back Jericho hits him with a big back drop.
Y2J lifts him up and punches him in the back of the head repeatedly. He then run and jumps backwards off the ropes and hits a crossbody! Jericho goes over to lift him up, but Edge hits a well hidden low blow which goes undetected by the ref. The crowd boo’s unmercifully at Edge after taking back the control of this match. Edge then flicks off the fans to a ton of heat from the crowd The Rated R Superstar tosses Jericho out of the ring.
Edge slides out of the ring following him around. Edge picks up his fallen opponent and then punches him in the face. He grabs him by the arm, and tosses him into the steel steps shoulder first knocking the stairs down to. Edge laughs as he grabs Jericho and slides him back into the ring. The WWE champ cockily pins him thinking the match is over by putting one foot on his chest and flexing (like Jericho used to)
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Jericho gets his shoulder up half a second before loses the match. Edge falls back into the corner not believing of the will that Y2J has to win the match. Edge walks back over to Chris who is on all four legs. Edge quickly bounces off the ropes and takes Jericho back down with a big dropkick to his ribs. Edge gets him back up, and lifts him back up where he hits him with a very devastating chop laying him across the ropes.
Edge then grabs him and irish whips him off the ropes, and as he comes back Edge catches him and hits him with an overhead belly to belly suplex! The WWE champ walks over to him and kicks him with stomps. Edge is on complete fire right now, and is extremely pissed off showing it with every move that he does. Edge goes over to the corner, and begins to climb up to the top rope. Edge sits back down waiting for Y2J to get back up.
Jericho shows some life and helps himself back up with ropes. He then turns around into a huge flying clothesline from Edge! He looks at the downed Y2J, and decides not to cover him, and put him into more pain with more moves. The Rated R Superstar lifts him back up, and goes behind him and grabs his head and drops him down with the EDGE-O-MATIC! The crowd boos loudly as Chris is hurt, and this might be the end of him.
Edge grabs his leg and puts Chris into the EDGECATOR! The crowd knows that this might be the end of Jericho and they try to cheer him on to get him back in the match. Y2J yells in pain as the hold is locked in on him in the center of the ring. Edge is putting more and more pressure on the legs really hurting the lower back of Jericho. Chris raises his hand in the air trying to grab the ropes, but he is still to far away. Jericho looks up at the fans who cheer him on and this gives Chris an adrenaline rush!
Chris starts crawling over to the bottom rope and makes one final stretch and grabs the ropes ending the hold on him! The crowd let out a sigh of relief knowing the match isn’t over just yet. Edge can’t believe it and decides to end it know and goes over to the bottom rope and squats down waiting for Chris to get up. As Jericho gets up and turns around Edge goes full speed ahead and tries to hit the Spear only for Y2J to sidestep out of the way causing Edge to go shoulder first into the ring post! Chris goes behind and rolls him up with a school boy pin
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NO Edge kicks out of the pin! The crowd can’t believe it as they thought the match was over there. Both men are down and out lying on the ground, with Edge beginning to show life first. Edge gets up first, and goes over to Chris and lifts him up only for Chris to go wild with punches to the stomach of the WWE Champ! Jericho gets up and kicks him in the gut and then hits him with a forearm smash and hits him with two huge knife edge chops.
Jericho brings him back into the center of the ring where he takes him down with a side suplex. Jericho gets right back up and drops an elbow on Edge’s chest. Chris lifts him right back up and knees him in the gut, and then hits him with a hip toss. Y2J runs and bounces off the ropes hitting a baseball slide taking Edge out of the ring into the barricade! Jericho lifts his arms in the air to a huge pop from the fans.
Chris goes out onto the outside of the apron where he jumps off the side hitting him with an elbow to the back of the head. Jericho goes over to him and lifts up his arm and then kicks him in the ribs. He then tosses him back into the ring. Jericho gets back up on the apron and then climbs up to the top rope. Y2J waits for the WWE Champion to get up, and as he does Chris leaps off the top rope and hits him with a flying crossbody. Chris holds his ribs as he covers him for a pin
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Edge gets his shoulder up in time. Chris can’t believe it as he brushes his hair out of the way, and then he spots Edge on his hands and knee’s and back up kicking him in the gut with a huge kick. Y2J yells at him “Come on Edgeâ€, and then he pummels away at his head with huge rights sending him back down to the ground. We then see Lita get up onto the apron trying to get the attention of the referee to get Edge back in the match. Y2J sees her, and ten jumps up onto the second rope and hits a springboard dropkick on Lita sending her out of the ring!
Jericho smiles at the work he has just done, and then he goes over to a standing up Edge where he hits him with a couple of hard rights and lefts taking him to the ground. Y2J goes behind him and puts him in a rear chin lock. Chris puts more pressure on him and after 5 more seconds in the hold he lets go of it. Y2J sees that Edge is getting back up, so he bounces off the ropes and runs at him hitting the BREAKDOWN! Chris hooks the far leg for the pin
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No Edge gets his shoulder up at the last second to many boos from the crowd. Jericho doesn’t know what he has to do to end the match Y2J goes over and lifts up Edge and tosses him into the corner. Chris charges at him and hits him with a back elbow Jericho bends over and rams his shoulder into Edge’s ribs over and over again. Chris grabs him by the arm and brings him back out and tosses him sternum first into the turnbuckle!
Y2J runs over to him hitting a leg drop over the back of Edge’s head. Chris lifts him right back up, and goes underneath his arm and takes him down with a double leg take down. Y2J then grabs both of his leg and APPLIES THE WALLS OF JERICHO ON EDGE!! The crowd goes wild as Edge roars in pain as Jericho bends backwards putting The Rated R Superstars back at a near impossible angle on his back. Edge isn’t very far from the ropes, but the pain is so severe that he can’t move.
Edge buries his face into his hands, before reaching out trying to grab the ropes, but is half a foot away. Edge falls back down onto the ground before yelling out one more time, and then he jumps forward grabbing the bottom rope breaking the hold. Jericho keeps the hold still locked in and he pulls him back out into the ring. Edge yells in pain again, but he refuses to give up the match.
The WWE Champ takes another leap forward breaking up the pin finally! Y2J can’t believe it though and still keeps the hold locked in, and the ref tells him to let go, but Jericho tells him to shut the hell up. Y2J begins the 5 count trying to make him break up the hold. The ref gets to a 4 count, and Chris lets go of it keeping the match alive. Chris can’t believe that he didn’t give up yet.
Y2J pounds the ground in fury that he didn’t finish off the match there. Chris lifts him back up and then kicks him in the gut. He bounces off the ropes and takes him down with a single armed bulldog sending him face first to the ground. He then looks around the arena as they know what he is going to do next, and then he looks at Edge who is out cold right know. Jericho then bounces off the ropes and jumps backwards hitting the LIONSAULT!! Jericho pins him thinking that the match is over
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Y2J is extremely pissed off that Lita screwed him out of the match. Jericho turns around and looks at her mouthing something out at her with Lita looking scared of what he will do to her. Jericho slides out of the ring and begins to chase Lita around and around the ring. He keeps doing this, and he almost catches up to here, but she slides into the ring. Chris follows her, and when he gets up he is met with a devastating SPEAR FROM EDGE! The crowd boo’s as he pins him, but there is no ref!!! Edge is extremely pissed off as the ref comes to life and Lita slides him into the ring. Edge pins him as he covers him now
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No Jericho gets his shoulder up breaking up the pin! Edge is extremely pissed off, and is actually pulling out his hair from pure anger this match has caused him. Edge then goes over to lift up Jericho he picks him up in the air and then hits him with a big scoop slam. Edge bounces off the ropes and hits him with a leg drop over the throat of Chris Jericho. Jericho holds his throat in pain.
Edge stomps on Jericho in the corner and then lifts him back up. Edge pounds away at him with big rights and lefts, and then hits him with a DDT sending him to the ground. The WWE champ then starts to take off the turnbuckle padding, and then throws it down onto the ground. The ref goes over and scolds Edge and starts to tie it back up. Edge then tells Lita to toss in a chair and tells her to go distract the ref some more.
Edge then picks it up, and he nails Jericho over the head with a stiff chair shot taking him to the ground knocking him out! The ref doesn’t notice this, because of Lita’s distraction. Edge then backs up to the corner and waits for Y2J to get up. It takes a while for him to get up, and as he does and turns around he is hit with a huge SPEAR FROM EDGE! Edge hooks his leg knowing the match is over
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Winner- Edge
*Edge rolls out of the ring as Y2J begins to come to his senses and is pissed of at Edge trying to tell the ref what happened. Edge then grabs his title and holds it up high in the air for everyone to see as he leaves the ring with Lita in his arm*
At that point, Jonathan Coachman steps out from his position at the announcers’ table and climbs into the ring. He grabs a mic and the fans are booing.
Coach: Thank you for a very warm welcome as always. I have something to say, and it is your duty as my devoted audience to listen to what I have to say. Now since Team RAW is going to emerge victorious tonight and prove their dominance in the WWE, I feel it is only fitting that I, your premier RAW announcer, give you my thoughts on our SmackDown adversaries. You see, you have Michael Cole and Tazz sitting down there, talking about how SmackDown is changing Friday nights, but quite frankly, the only thing that has changed on SmackDown since the draft split is the colour of Tazz’s suit. And what did happen to that orange shirt of yours Tazz?
At this moment, Tazz takes his headphones off and is visibly pissed at Coach’s comments.
Coach: And Michael Cole, my friend, all you have done is change your hair colour. I mean, look at this!
Coach points to the titan tron where we see a picture of Michael Cole with his previously brown hair, and Tazz with his orange shirt on.
Coach: But I’m not out here to put you guys down, I’m really not. I feel sorry for you, having to pretend o enjoy calling the matches you see on SmackDown. Let’s face it guys, RAW will always be the number one brand in sports entertainment, and that’s why you see me, and not you, calling the shows every week. But I’m not done yet…
We then see Tazz run into the ring and Coach drops his mic. Tazz goes face to face with Coach and Coach looks petrified. Tazz grabs his waist and slams him down with the belly to belly suplex. Coach holds his back in pain and Tazz stalks him from behind. Coach gets back up slowly and Tazz grabs his neck and locks in the Tazzmission, taking Coach down to the mat. Coach struggles but Tazz has the hold firmly locked in. Coach can’t even tap out as he is out cold now and Tazz finally lets go of him. The fans cheer as Tazz coolly goes outside the ring and resumes his seat at the SmackDown table!
Joey: Haha, Tazz, we may be enemies tonight because of the RAW vs. SmackDown, theme, but I am so glad you just did that.
Lawler: Yeah there’s not much we agree on Tazz, but you’ve earned my support on that one!
The announcers laugh as Coach is helped to the back by medics and then a video package hits, hyping the main event match, where this issue between RAW and SmackDown will finally be settled. The video ends with the big brawl from this past SmackDown with both teams being laid out.
Lilian Garcia: Ladies and gentleman, the following contest is the Clash of the Champions main event and is a 5-on-5, RAW versus SmackDown elimination match!
The fans cheer and JBL’s music hits. He comes out in his limo to a lot of heat from the fans.
Joey: This is what it has come down to. RAW and SmackDown are tied at 3 apiece.
Out next is RAW superstar, Randy Orton. Orton gets loads of jeers from the fans and he climbs into the ring opposite JBL.
The second SmackDown superstar is Shelton Benjamin. The fans give him some heat as he comes out.
Out next for Team RAW is Carlito, who gets a good pop. he comes out with his Money in the Bank briefcase in hand.
The next SmackDown competitor is Batista, who gets a huge ovation from the fans as he makes his way down to the ring.
The music of Abyss then plays and the monster comes to the ring with James Mitchell by his side.
The fans give a good cheer for Rob Van Dam as he comes out as the fourth SmackDown superstar.
RAW’s next wrestler is John Cena and he gets a loud pop from the fans.
The final SmackDown superstar to make his entrance is none other than Kurt Angle, who gets a huge amount of heat from the fans!
The crowds boos continue as the last RAW superstar comes out, and it is The Game, Triple H!
5-on-5 Elimination Match
TEAM RAW vs. TEAM SMACKDOWN
Triple H, Randy Orton, John Cena, Abyss w/James Mitchell & Carlito
vs.
JBL, Kurt Angle, Batista, Rob Van Dam & Shelton Benjamin
The bell rings and the two teams line up in the middle of the ring, directly opposite each other: Carlito and Benjamin stand face-to-face, as do Batista and Abyss, Orton and RVD, Cena and JBL and Triple H and Kurt Angle. The two teams trash talk each other and eventually everybody but Triple H and Angle.
The Game shoves Angle and Kurt shoves him back. Then Triple H lands a punch and Angle hits a chop to the chest. Triple H hits more punches whilst Angle chops him back. Neither man gains an advantage and they back away. They both tag themselves out, with the two monsters, Abyss and Batista, entering.
They go nose-to-nose and try to intimidate the other but this has no effect whatsoever and they back away. Abyss lands a punch on Batista and the Animal it’s a knee to the midsection and sends Abyss off the ropes. Abyss reverses and Batista comes back, but manages to hit a shoulder block to Abyss. Batista pulls his 6’7†opponent to his feet and amazingly manages to pick him into the air in the press position. The crowd are in awe and James Mitchell is screaming on the outside. Batista holds Abyss for a few seconds to show his strength and then he press slams Abyss to the mat! This earns the Animal a huge cheer and he tags out to fellow SmackDown member, Rob Van Dam.
RVD comes in all fired up and just as Abyss is back on his feet, RVD hits him with the spinning wheel kick. Van Dam goes to the corner and jumps onto the turnbuckle, where he comes off and nails Abyss with the split-legged moonsault. The crowd are on fire in this deciding match and RVD calls for the rolling thunder. His SmackDown team mates cheer as he runs into the ropes and nails Abyss with the rolling thunder, and SmackDown has a clear advantage now. Van Dam makes the cover.
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Abyss kicks out.
Triple H and Randy Orton were both half-way into the ring just in case Abyss wouldn’t kick out, and the ref sees them back out onto the apron.
This allows RVD to pull Abyss to SmackDown’s corner and Angle tags himself in. the wrestling machine immediately goes to work on Abyss’ legs and he grabs the left leg and drops his own elbow into Abyss knee. Angle does this again and then a third time, and Abyss is in pain like never before. Angle lets go of the leg and pulls Abyss to the ropes, where he wraps Abyss’ left leg over the bottom rope. Angle then jumps into the air and drops his elbow over the inside leg again. The crowd give a mixed reaction to this and we see JBL calling for the tag. Angle makes it and JBL comes in all fired up as well.
JBL waits for Abyss to rise to his feet and he then kicks him in the gut and hits a big suplex on Abyss. JBL smirks and then lifts Abyss back up and sends him into the ropes, but Abyss reverses and Abyss goes for a punch but JBL runs and ducks underneath. The exchange ends when JBL comes off the opposite ropes and jumps into Abyss, but Abyss catches him and hits his own variation of JBL’s fall away slam. Abyss is able to get to his corner and he and JBL both tag out.
RAW superstar Carlito comes in, as does Shelton Benjamin for SmackDown. Shelton wants a test of strength and Carlito obliges. They hook up in the centre of the ring and the slightly stronger Benjamin starts to take control for a moment, but Carlito then hits a knee to the ribs and hits some chops and punches on Shelton. Carlito goes to send Benjamin off the ropes but it is countered and Carlito goes towards the ropes. However, Carlito hits a flying elbow and gets to his feet before Benjamin, allowing him to nail an elbow knockdown and then a clothesline when Shelton gets back up. The crowd are cheering Carlito on over the heel Shelton and Carlito drops to his knees to lock in a rear chin lock. Shelton tries to claw his way out of the hold but eventually JBL comes in illegally to break it up with a boot to the back of Carlito. Randy Orton then comes in and starts hammering away on JBL and the ref is able to finally split them apart.
Carlito and Benjamin then run at one another and both hit clotheslines. They go down in the centre of the ring. The crowd are cheering on their favourite brand as Carlito and Shelton edge towards their corners. Benjamin makes the tag out to Batista and Carlito tags in Triple H. they both run in and only realise who they’re up against when they nearly collide. They stand off each other and both smirk. Triple H looks nervous after he lost to the Animal three times last year, and he looks back off but this is a plan and he catches Batista off guard with a hard punch. Triple H sends Batista off the ropes and Orton hits a knee to the back when Batista reaches his side of the ring. Triple H nails a boot to the stomach and positions Batista for the pedigree. However, Batista backs towards the ropes and hits a back body drop to H, who is sent all the way to the outside floor. Batista roars and then hits a spinebuster to Orton who enters illegally. On the outside, JBL and Shelton Benjamin pull Triple H to his feet and send him back into the ring. Batista picks him up and throws him into the turnbuckle corner. The Animal runs at H but the Game gets a boot to the face and climbs to the second rope. When Batista turns around, Triple H dives off with the axe handle but Batista hits a punch to the gut and H goes down to the mat. The fans cheer for Batista as he pulls Triple H to his feet and positions him between his legs for the Batista bomb, but Triple H counters with a back body drop and then goes to his team’s corner where he tags John Cena in.
Cena and Triple H actually work together by nailing a double suplex to Batista. Cena immediately covers him as H leaves the ring.
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Batista gets a shoulder up.
Cena calls for the former World Heavyweight Champion to rise to his feet and Cena then hits the shoulder block. He pulls Batista up in the corner and plants several hard shots at him. Cena backs off and then runs at the Animal, but Batista moves out of the way and Cena turns into a stiff Batist clothesline that flattens Cena! Batista tags Kurt Angle in.
Angle goes right to work with a suplex on Cena when Cena gets up and Angle then locks him in the body scissors. Cena tries to fight out of it but he is nowhere near the ropes. He looks like he is starting to fade and the ref lifts his arm up and then lets go…Cena’s arm drops to the mat. The ref lifts it a second time and the same results happen. The ref then lifts the arm one final time and lets go…Cena keeps it right where it is and then clenches his fist. He gets the crowd pumped up and the are cheering him on and he starts to fight out of the body scissors. He gets Angle’s legs off him and gets to his knees. JBL is shouting for Kurt to apply more pressure but Cena is now to his feet and he hits an elbow to the stomach. Angle keeps his grip but lets go on the second elbow. Cena hits a punch to the face and then runs into the ropes. However, when he dives at Angle with a flying forearm, Kurt moves out of the way and Cena hits the mat. Cena rolls to the outside and tries to get some space, but SmackDown’s Shelton Benjamin runs him into the ring post. The fans boo Shelton and he laughs and then tosses Cena back inside. RAW’s Carlito and Orton have come over but Shelton moves back towards his team.
Angle covers Cena and this could put SmackDown 5-4 ahead.
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Cena just kicks out!
Team RAW are relieved and get behind Cena. Angle is stalking him from behind, signalling for the Angle slam. Cena gets to his feet slowly and Angle goes for the slam, but Cena lands behind Kurt and is in the perfect position to take Angle up and drop him with the spinning out powerbomb! Cena and Angle are both down and Cena crawls into the cover.
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Angle kicks out.
Both men start to edge towards their corners. Cena tags in Orton and Angle makes the tag to RVD. Orton runs at Van Dam but RVD ducks underneath and hits some kicks to the chin. He then throws Orton into the corner and hits a running shoulder block. After three of these RVD performs a back flip and runs at Orton again with a fourth shoulder block in the turnbuckle. Orton is reeling and RVD throws him down to the mat in the perfect position for the five star frog splash. RVD goes up top and calls for his finisher, but Triple H runs along the outside apron and shoves RVD off the top rope, right onto the crowd barricade on the outside. Abyss jumps down off the apron and grabs RVD. Abyss runs Van Dam’s back into the barricade and then tosses him back into the ring, as Team SmackDown complain on the other side. Orton tags in Abyss who after dismantling Van Dam on the outside, wants to finish him off. Abyss lifts RVD to his feet and sends him off the ropes. RVD comes back and Abyss goes for the black hole slam, but RVD counters and hits Abyss with the tornado DDT! The fans give a good cheer to RVD and he slowly makes the cover and hooks the leg.
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Abyss throws RVD off him and bursts to his feet. Van Dam can’t believe it and he jumps onto the ropes and hits a somersault plancha, but Abyss catches him and spins him in position to nail the black hole slam! The fans boo Abyss and Team RAW are happy as he covers RVD, and surely this will put Team RAW ahead.
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Shelton Benjamin has gone up top and he hits a leg drop to the back of Abyss’ head to break the cover!
This brings in all of Team RAW and all of Team SmackDown and all eight men go it it, with Abyss and RVD down in the ring. Triple H and Orton are clotheslined to the outside in one fell swoop by Batista but he is dropkicked in the back by Carlito and sent to the outside as well. JBL throws Carlito to the outside too and he fights with Cena until they are both clotheslined over the top by Abyss. Cena can’t believe his own team member attacked him but Orton pulls him away as he tries to grab Abyss’ foot. Abyss then backs into Kurt Angle, who plants him into the mat with the Angle slam! Angle isn’t the legal man, though, and he helps RVD to his feet. He tells Van Dam to cover Abyss, but RVD has other plans. RVD goes to the top turnbuckle and calls for the five star frog splash. The fans cheer as RVD dives off and nails it. He holds his stomach in pain for a moment and they crawls into the cover on Abyss!
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Abyss is eliminated (14:26) – SmackDown leads RAW by 5-4
The crowd cheer as Abyss is gone from this match but James Mitchell then enters the ring with his stick. He shouts at RVD and goes to hit him but Batista is back and he grabs Mitchell’s stick and cracks Mitchell with it. The fans give a loud pop for Batista and we see RVD tag in Shelton Benjamin.
Carlito comes in for RAW and locks up with Shelton. Benjamin grabs Carlito’s arm and gets it behind his back. However, Mr. Money in the Bank manages to flip Benjamin over him and he rolls him up into a pin fall.
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Benjamin kicks out.
Shelton can’t believe Carlito did that and he looks annoyed and runs at Carlito. Carlito hits a drop toehold sending Benjamin into the turnbuckle pad and the fans cheer as he grabs Benjamin and hits the cool breaker. Carlito makes the cover.
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Benjamin gets a shoulder off the mat.
Carlito looks a little frustrated and he calls for Shelton to get to his feet. Benjamin is up and Carlito runs off the ropes and drops Shelton with a bulldog. He doesn’t make the cover this time, though, but instead tags out to Randy Orton.
Orton hits some uppercuts on Shelton and his last uppercut knocks Benjamin against the ropes. Orton runs at him but Benjamin counters with a back drop. Orton lands on the outside apron though and drops the back of Shelton’s neck over the ropes. Orton climbs back inside with Shelton reeling and he taunts for the RKO. Shelton turns around and Orton jumps into the air, but Shelton pushes him away and as Orton turns, Shelton goes for the t-bone suplex! However, Orton counters with his own suplex and locks Shelton in a side headlock. JBL comes in illegally again and Orton goes to fight him off. Orton starts to get the upper hand but JBL hits a rake to the eyes but Carlito and Cena are in and they hammer away on JBL. This brings in SmackDown’s Batista and RVD and those five go at it.
With both Orton and Shelton, the two legal superstars, down, the other RAW member, Triple H, comes in and hits Benjamin with the pedigree. The crowd boo and Orton makes the cover. After being preoccupied with the fighting superstars, the ref has things now under control and he counts the cover.
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Shelton Benjamin is eliminated (18:51) – both teams are tied at 4-4
Triple H and Orton laugh as Team SmackDown are going mad on the other side. However, Orton doesn’t see as JBL comes into the ring and he turns around, with JBL nailing him with the clothesline from hell. SmackDown smile as JBL covers Orton, and SmackDown could be back in front.
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No, Orton just kicks out!
JBL can’t believe it and he hooks Orton’s leg this time whilst making the pin. The ref counts again.
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Orton gets a shoulder up.
JBL is furious and he tags Batista in and tells him to finish Orton off. Batista signals for the Batista bomb ad waits for Orton to rise to his feet. Orton is slow getting up and when he is crouching Batista puts him between his legs. Batista lifts Orton into the air and drops him to the canvas with the Batista bomb. The crowd cheer and Batista is about to cover Orton when JBL comes back and tags himself in by touching Batista in the back. He says he wants to pin him. Batista is saying that he finished him off, he wants to get the pin. The two ten get in one another’s face and the ref tells Batista to leave the ring. However, this distraction allows Orton to jump into the air and he plants JBL into the mat unexpectedly with the RKO! The fans give a mixed reaction as Orton pins JBL.
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JBL is eliminated (21:07) – RAW leads SmackDown by 4-3
Angle is livid with Batista for what happened but RVD tells him to cool down. Team RAW are seen laughing at how SmackDown seem to be falling apart and Orton crawls over to tag Cena in. RVD comes in for SmackDown and he and Cena square off with punches and RVD lands some kicks in there. Cena sends RVD off the ropes and goes for a powerslam but RVD counters it into an armdrag. He hits a dropkick to Cena on the mat and pulls him up, hitting the mule kick. Cena is down and Angle tags himself in. RVD looks a bit annoyed but leaves the ring. Angle pulls Cena up and sends him off the ropes, where Angle then hits the belly-to-belly suplex. He pulls his straps down and grabs Cena’s leg for the ankle lock, but Triple H comes in and nails a shot to Angle’s head. Batista comes back and clotheslines Triple H down. However, this distraction was enough for Cena to make the tag to Carlito. Carlito went straight up top and hits the missile dropkick to Angle. He makes the cover.
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Angle gets a shoulder up just after the count of 2.
Carlito locks Angle’s arms behind his back on the mat and pulls back, but not for long as RVD is in and he jumps off the top rope and remarkably hits a dropkick to the back of Carlito to break up the hold. Angle regains his composure and then rolls Carlito into the cover.
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Carlito kicks out.
24 minutes into the match and Angle makes the tag to Batista. Carlito goes towards his corner but Batista grabs his foot and pulls him away before he can tag either Triple H, Cena or Orton in. Carlito goes for the enziguri whilst Batista has his foot but the Animal ducks and hits the atomic drop on Carlito. Batista runs into the ropes but Triple H hits a knee to the back. Batista turns around and pulls Triple H over the ropes and into the ring, but Carlito comes from behind and rolls him up for the pin.
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Batista kicks out.
Carlito goes to tag in Orton and Triple H hits some punches to Batista since he is in the ring. RVD tries to enter but the ref holds him out and Orton hits a thumb to the eye. Orton then goes up top as Triple H it’s a running knee on Batista and he finally exits the ring. Batista rises to his feet and Orton goes for the cross body plancha, but Batista doesn’t go down and similarly to Monty Brown’s alpha bomb, Batista throws Orton onto his shoulders and drops him with his second Batista bomb. The fans cheer loudly as Batista hooks the leg and the referee counts the fall.
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Orton is eliminated (26:19) – Both teams tied at 3-3
Team RAW has Triple H, Cena and Carlito remaining, whilst Team SmackDown is down to Angle, RVD and Batista. Batista tags out to RVD and Cena comes in for RAW.
They lock up and Cena backs Van Dam into the ropes, where the ref calls for the break and gets it. Cena pulls RVD towards the middle of the ring and hits a suplex. He covers RVD for the pin.
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RVD kicks out.
Cena pulls RVD to his feet and sends him off the ropes, but RVD reverses. Cena comes off the ropes and goes for a flying shoulder block, but RVD ducks underneath and Cena comes off the opposite ropes, but Kurt Angle hits a knee to the back. Cena stumbles and walks into Van Dam’s spinning wheel kick, but as RVD makes the cover, he glances over towards Angle looking annoyed that his team cheated a little. The ref counts the pin on Cena.
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Cena gets a shoulder up.
RVD pulls Cena towards the SmackDown corner and tags Angle in. Angle and RVD hit a double suplex and Angle makes the cover.
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Cena kicks out.
Angle then grabs Cena’s leg and starts to work over it by digging his elbow into Cena’s knee. He does this three times and then pulls Cena towards the ropes and wraps his leg over the bottom rope. Angle then jumps in the air and drops the back of his leg over Cena’s causing more pain to the knee and leg area. Angle pulls Cena up and sends him to the turnbuckle. Angle runs at him but Cena gets an elbow to the head and then climbs to the second rope, but his leg is hurting a lot. Angle turns and Cena jumps off the ropes, but Kurt is able to catch him when Cena lands on the mat and Angle hits the belly-to-belly suplex and makes the cover.
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Triple H breaks up the pin fall.
Batista comes in and he and Triple H stare down nose-to-nose but the referee makes sure they both leave the ring.
Meanwhile, Angle has Cena in a chickenwing Crossface and Cena is on his knees, trying to battle his way to his feet. He starts to elbow Angle in the gut and gets the release on the third elbow. Cena then catches Angle’s punch and lands one of his own. He gets fired up with several punches and sends Angle off the ropes, but Kurt reverses. However, Cena comes back with a flying forearm and then hits a clothesline when they are back on their feet. Angle gets back up and Cena hits a harder clothesline and when Angle is up again, Cena sends him into the ropes and plants him with the powerslam! Cena then signals for the five-knuckle shuffle and the fans start cheering. Cena does the ‘You can’t see me†taunt with the crowd chanting along, and then runs into the ropes. However, he doesn’t realise that Triple H makes the blind tag when Cena comes off the ropes and Cena continues running and hits the fist drop to Angle to finish the five-knuckle shuffle. Triple H then comes into the ring and Cena asks what he’s doing. Triple H says he’s the legal man and shoves Cena out of the way and makes the cover on Angle, who looks fully able to kick out, but doesn’t need to as Cena pulls H out of the pin before the ref can even count to one. Triple H looks pissed at Cena and he knocks Cena down with a straight right fist. Carlito then comes into the ring and tells H he’s not helping RAW here, but as Carlito turns way to leave the ring, Triple H spins him around and kicks him in the stomach. He then drops Carlito with the pedigree! The fans boo H heavily but Angle comes from behind and hits the AngleSlam! However, Angle doesn’t go for the cover as he is tired and he tags in Batista. The ‘Animal’ goes towards the ropes and pulls them back with his signature pose. He then calls for H to rise to his feet, and the ‘King of Kings’ slowly gets to his knees, where Batista immediately puts him between the legs and pulls Triple H into the air, then dropping him with the Batista bomb! The fans cheer but Batista doesn’t cover Triple H. Instead, he walks towards SmackDown’s corner and makes the tag to Rob Van Dam. RVD goes right up top and calls for the five-star frog splash. Triple H is in the perfect position and RVD nails his patented finisher! RVD crawls into the cover.
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Triple H is eliminated (30:23) – SmackDown leads RAW by 3-2
Cena and Carlito are back on the apron and they both nod in approval as Triple H is eliminated, even though they are now down by one man. Carlito climbs into the ring and goes right to work on RVD, who is in some pain after the five-star he just hit. Carlito hits a back breaker and then grabs a side headlock on the mat. RVD, though, is near the ropes and wraps his leg around the bottom rope to break the hold. Carlito keeps it locked in whilst the ref begins the five count.
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Carlito releases in plenty of time and pulls RVD to his feet.
Carlito hits a suplex and then covers RVD.
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RVD gets a shoulder off the mat.
Carlito looks annoyed that he didn’t get the three and he pulls Van Dam back to his feet, and goes for the cool breaker, but RVD hits a back elbow to the head and Carlito stumbles back towards SmackDown’s corner, where Angle drops Carlito over the ropes and allows RVD to roll Mr. Money in the Bank up for the pin, and Cena could be on his own against three SmackDown superstars if Carlito doesn’t kick out!
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Carlito just pushes RVD away in time, and Van Dam is sent to the SmackDown corner, where Batista tags himself in.
Angle looks annoyed as he had raised his arm for the tag but Batista doesn’t care and goes straight for Carlito, sending him into the ropes and planting him with a spinning spinebuster! Batista is about to make the cover, but Cena storms into the ring and plants several punches on the ‘Animal’. Angle comes in, and he and Cena trade blows. During all of this, the referees don’t see as RVD goes up top for the five-star frog splash on Carlito, but Carlito reaches his feet and crotches RVD up top. Carlito goes outside and grabs his briefcase. He goes up top himself and the referees are still occupied on Angle’s brawl with Cena, and they don’t see as he dives off the top rope and cracks Batista with a shot from the briefcase as Batista reached his feet. Carlito throws the briefcase out of the ring and makes the cover on Batista.
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Batista is eliminated (34:43) – Both teams tied at 2-2
The fans give mostly boos as Batista is gone, but they cheer when Carlito goes to the second rope and positions himself for a hurricanrana on RVD, something very unlike Carlito. However, he is unable to pull it off as RVD nails some punches to knock Carlito to the mat, and he then goes for the split-legged moonsault, but Carlito gets his knees up!
RVD rolls to the outside in pain, and Cena rolls Angle back inside. Carlito hits a thumb to the eye that the referee doesn’t see and then calls for the spinning neckbreaker. Angle gets to his feet and Carlito is about to hit his finisher…but Kurt shoves him away and Carlito comes off the ropes and walks into a belly-to –back suplex! Angle pulls the straps down and grabs Carlito’s ankle. He synches in the ankle lock and Carlito writhes in agony. Angle is screaming for him to tap but Carlito tries to battle through the pain. He crawls near the ropes but Angle pulls him back to the middle of the ring and also goes down to the mat, as he has wrapped his leg around Carlito’s to apply even more pressure! Carlito screams in pain but is saved when Cena comes in and hits a kick to Angle. Kurt releases the hold and RVD is back in the ring. RVD jumps into the ropes and goes for the cross body plancha, but Cena ducks out of the way and RVD hits Angle inadvertently! RVD can’t believe it but has no time to contemplate what he did as Cena clotheslines him to the outside.
Carlito gets to his feet just before Angle does and Carlito comes from behind Angle and hits him with the spinning neckbreaker! The fans pop loudly as Carlito makes the cover on Kurt Angle.
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Kurt Angle is eliminated (37:22) – RAW leads SmackDown by 2-1
It is down to RVD for SmackDown against RAW’s John Cena and Carlito. Carlito, however, is very worn out and he needs the tag to Cena, but we Triple H walking back down to the ring with a sledgehammer in hand. He climbs into the ring and gets ready to nil Carlito, but the ref stops him and tries to get the sledgehammer away from him. Then, Kurt Angle climbs back in the ring and hits Carlito with the AngleSlam! Triple H goes out of the ring and RVD covers Carlito. The fans are fuming at H and Angle.
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Carlito is eliminated (37:56) – Both teams are tied at 1-1
It has come down to the last two superstars, and the next fall will secure the win for either RAW or SmackDown. It is John Cena for RAW, Rob Van Dam for SmackDown. Who will score the win?
Cena and RVD go nose to nose and then start throwing punches after some trash talking. They go at it with the hardest punches they can muster and they seem to be having a lot of impact as both are getting more fatigued. RVD hits a knee to the abdomen and sends Cena into the ropes, but it is reversed and when RVD comes back, Cena gets him onto his shoulders and goes for the F-U, but RVD rolls off and hits a kick to the stomach, ducks a Cena punch and wraps his arms ready for a German suplex. Cena doesn’t go, though, and elbows RVD in the face. Cena then tries to send RVD into the ropes and succeeds, but as he goes to position him for another F-U, RVD rolls him up with the victory roll! The ref makes the cover and Cena is trying, but seems unable, to kick out.
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Cena gets a shoulder off the mat!
RVD gets to his feet first and runs into the ropes, where he hits a cross body, which allows him to make the cover on Cena.
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Cena rolls through with the pin.
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RVD kicks out!
The fans are going back and forth, some cheering for Cena, some for RVD. They get to their feet at the same time and trade punches again, with RVD gaining the advantage through the use of some kicks. RVD sends Cena to the turnbuckle and runs at him, digging a shoulder into Cena’s abdomen. RVD hits another shoulder block and does a backflip. He nails the third shoulder in the corner and then throws Cena down in position for the five-star frog splash. RVD goes to the top rope and signals his finisher to the fans, but Cena is to his feet. RVD still jumps off the ropes onto Cena, but Cena catches him in the perfect position for the F-U, and he drops RVD with it! The fans give some cheers and some boos as Cena makes the cover on RVD, and surely this is over!
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The fans cannot believe that RVD kicked out of the F-U and Cena looks irate that he didn’t get the pin. At that point, Cena goes down to the mat and locks in the STFU! RVD writhes in pain and tries to fight his way out of the hold, and is not too far away from the ropes that he manages to make it. Cena releases the STFU and looks confused as to what to do next. He goes to the outside apron and climbs to the top rope, obviously seeing the need to resort to something outside his usual offence. RVD uses the ropes to pull himself up, with his legs in pain from the STFU and he turns around. Cena dives off the top rope with a back elbow, but RVD remarkably counters it into an armdrag move. The fans cheer as RVD smirks, but then Triple H shows up again and he is walking down the ramp once more wit his sledgehammer in hand much like before.
RVD pulls Cena up to his feet, but Cena tries to shove Van Dam away, and in doing so, RVD collides with, and knocks down, the referee! He turns and Cena hits a low blow and it looks like these guys will do anything to get the win. Cena places Van Dam on his shoulders yet again and goes for the F-U, but Triple H comes in with the sledgehammer and runs at Cena. However, Cena moves out of the way and RVD rolls off his back. Cena clotheslines Triple H over the top rope to the outside and turns back towards RVD, but now Randy Orton is in the ring and Cena turns into Orton’s RKO! The fans boo heavily and RVD has had enough. He nails some kicks to Orton and manages to toss him to the outside, but Triple H is back in and he nails RVD in the head with the sledgehammer! RVD literally falls over Cena on the mat and Triple H and Orton back up the ramp as the referee comes to. He crawls over to where Cena and RVD are, both not moving, and very slowly makes the count.
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Team SmackDown wins – Survivor: Rob Van Dam
Tazz: SmackDown has done it. SmackDown has beaten RAW in the main event, and we have won the Clash of the Champions!
Joey: I can’t believe it! Triple H and Randy Orton caused the downfall of RAW, and I’ll admit that I don’t know which way it would have gone otherwise, but I cannot believe what Triple H and Randy Orton did!
RVD slowly comes around and gets to his feet. The SmackDown locker room files down to the ring and they get RVD on their shoulders. Cena looks on from the ramp way and Clash of the Champions goes off air with RVD and SmackDown standing tall!
*END SHOW*
Clash of the Champions
Interpromotional Warfare – RAW vs. SmackDown
Sunday, June 25 - Wachovia Center – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A video package airs, which hypes the RAW-SmackDown rivalry that will explode tonight. It shows how all the champions will face each other, with the two World Champions, Edge and Chris Jericho, colliding in the ring, and also, the 5-on-5 RAW vs. SmackDown Elimination Match. It ends with the words splattered on the screen: “Who will survive?â€
Voice: And now, RAW and SmackDown present…WWE…Clash of the Champions!
The pyro goes off and we see a shot of all the WWE fans, who cannot wait for this Interpromotional warfare that will erupt tonight. We go down to ringside, where we see Joey Styles and Tazz!
Joey: Welcome to a very unique Pay Per View, we are live tonight all around the world from Philadelphia, and this is Clash of the Champions!
Tazz: It’s great to be here, and I’m sure my boys from SmackDown will get the job done.
Joey: It’s going to be an amazing night no doubt, and we’re going to kick things off with
America’s Most Wanted’s music blasts through the First Union Centre and the WWE Tag Team Champions make their way out to a very good reaction.
Out next are the Hardy Boyz, who get a very good cheer from the crowd and it seems like the fans will be split for this match.
World Tag Team Champions vs. WWE Tag Team Champions
Hardy Boyz vs. America’s Most Wanted
The bell sounds and the two teams stand opposite one another, and trash talk one another. They hold their respective tag team title belts, saying that the title they hold has more prestige than the other. Eventually, Jeff Hardy and Chris Harris leave the ring, and it will start out with ‘Cowboy’ James Storm for AMW, squaring off with Matt Hardy.
They lock up for the test of strength and the fans are really into this, with each team getting a fair share of the pops. Storm looks a little stronger and starts to overpower Matt Hardy, but Hardy realises this and switches to an armlock, trapping Storm’s arm behind his back. Matt then grabs a side headlock but Storm takes him to the mat to get out of the hold and both men spring back to their feet. They both tag out and Jeff Hardy and Chris Harris will now square off to see if one team can break the deadlock.
They edge into a tie up and Harris yanks Jeff right into a headlock and they back into the ropes, where Jeff sends Harris towards the opposite side and Harris comes back with a shoulder block. Harris then runs into the ropes and jumps over Jeff, who rolls onto his stomach. Jeff then gets to his feet whilst Harris goes off the other side of the ropes and Harris jumps into the air and Jeff ducks underneath this time. Jeff also runs into the ropes and we see just how badly AMW want to win this, as Storm digs a knee into the back of Jeff from the apron, and Jeff Hardy walks into a stiff clothesline from Chris Harris of AMW.
With Jeff on the mat, Harris grabs his leg and digs his elbow into it. He then locks in the leg lock and begins working over the knee and leg area. He tags Storm in and holds Hardy as Storm comes off the second rope with a shot to the abdomen. Harris leaves the ring and Storm stomps away on his knee in the corner, where Hardy is trying to get to his feet. Storm sends Hardy to the opposite turnbuckle and runs at him, but Jeff jumps onto the second rope and rolls over Storm, rolling him up into the pin fall:
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Storm kicks out!
Storm gets to his feet first and catches Hardy’s spinning kick. Storm tries to knock Hardy down but Jeff ducks and then hits the enziguri. Jeff tags out to Matt Hardy, and Jeff is seen holding his knee slightly after having it worked over momentarily.
Matt goes towards Storm who is against the turnbuckle recovering, and Matt nils some kicks to the abdomen knocking Storm off his feet. Matt then sticks his boot into Storm, who is down against the turnbuckle pad. Matt picks his opponent up and hits a snapmare. Hardy jumps over James Storm, runs into the ropes and then hits the dropkick. He rolls Storm over onto his back and makes the cover:
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Harris is on the outside and he wants the tag from Storm, but Matt Hardy keeps him grounded by locking in the chin lock. Storm battles out and counters the lock into a cradle pin:
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Hardy easily kicks out.
Storm then edges towards Harris and makes the tag. Matt runs at Harris, but the ‘Wildcat’ ducks his clothesline and Storm then hits the spinning spinebuster. Storm leaves the ring and Harris pulls Matt towards the centre of the ring and makes the pin:
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Hardy slowly gets to his feet and Harris nails a boot to the midsection and sends him into the ropes. As Hardy comes back, Harris drops him with a belly to back suplex and hooks the leg for the pin fall:
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Is it obvious both teams want to win this one quickly judging by the number of pin attempts this early on. Harris pulls Matt Hardy off the mat and hits a suplex. He then tags Storm in and AMW hit a double suplex. Harris leaves the ring and Jeff Hardy is pacing on the outside, and he wants the tag from Matt badly.
Storm hits a DDT and then locks in the armbar on Matt and yanks away on his shoulder. Matt cries out in pain and Jeff is willing him on. This seems to work, as Matt counters out of the armbar and gets to his feet. With Storm still holding his arm, Hardy drops him to the mat with his own DDT. Both men are down and they begin to move towards their corners. Storm reaches Harris just a step before Matt reaches Jeff and Harris uses this advantage to knock Jeff down with the clothesline. Harris pulls Jeff off the mat and sends him to the turnbuckle. Harris runs at Jeff and hits the spear against him in the turnbuckle. Harris then sends Jeff to the opposite side and runs at him but Jeff pulls himself onto the ropes and hits a stunning dropkick to Harris. Jeff then climbs back up top and with Harris down, he calls for the swanton bomb, still early on in this match. Jeff dives off but Harris moves out of the way and Hardy crashes and burns. Harris puts his arm over Jeff for the cover:
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Harris drags Jeff’s motionless body off the mat and hits a snapmare. He then hooks in the triangle hold on Hardy and looks for the submission victory. Jeff, however, is close to the ropes and grabs a hold of the bottom rope to break the hold. Harris releases before the ref reaches the count of 3, and tags in James Storm.
Storm hits three running clotheslines on Hardy and then nails a back suplex. He then climbs up the ropes and waits for Hardy to rise. Jeff reaches his feet and Storm goes for the missile dropkick, but Jeff dives out of the way. Jeff then grabs Storm’s legs, pulls them apart and jumps down, digging his legs between Storm’s. the fans cheer and he makes the tag to Matt Hardy. Jeff and Matt hit a double clothesline to send Harris over the top rope and down on the outside, and Jeff then leaves the ring. Matt hits a body slam on Storm and then climbs the turnbuckle. He does his pose on the second rope and then lands his leg drop! The fans cheer as Hardy calls for the twist of fate and he waits for Storm to rise to his feet.
Storm makes it to his feet and turns around. Matt nails a boot to the stomach and then goes for the twist of fate, but Storm shoves him away and then as Hardy turns back around, ‘Cowboy’ James Storm goes for his superkick, but Matt Hardy catches his boot and then plants him into the canvas with the twist of fate! Hardy hooks the leg and makes the pin:
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Chris Harris pulls Matt Hardy off the cover from the outside and pulls him under the bottom rope to the outside. Harris ducks Hardy’s punch and then sends him shoulder first into the ring steps. Jeff Hardy is back inside the ring and he climbs up top. He sees James Storm still down and calls for the swanton bomb, but Chris Harris runs across the apron and pushes Jeff Hardy off the top rope and down onto the crowd barricade! The crowd cheer that spot and Harris then rolls Matt Hardy back inside the ring. Storm is back on his feet. Chris Harris picks Hardy into the air and drops him to the mat with the catatonic! He then pulls him back up as James Storm climbs the ropes. Harris positions Matt Hardy on his knee and Storm then crashes down on Matt, landing the death sentence! James Storm rolls into the cover and hooks the leg, as the crowd chant along with the pin fall:
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Winners: Team SmackDown’s WWE Tag Team Champions, America’s Most Wanted in 11:54
We go to the backstage area where RAW’s Todd Grisham is standing by with Randy Orton.
Todd: Hello, I am Todd Grisham and my guest at this time…Randy Orton. Randy, tonight is a huge night, not only for RAW, but also for yourself. There has been a lot of friction as of late between you, John Cena, and your former Evolution team mate Triple H. can you put all that behind you tonight and go out there as a united front, or will there be problems amongst the RAW team?
Orton: Firstly Todd, it’s not me who has the problem. I came over to RAW, looking to re-establish my reputation as the Legend Killer, and then Triple H, (mockingly) the “king of kings†has to interrupt me every time I do an interview, and John Cena has to come and give me a little rap about how he can talk smack. But tonight, tonight’s different, you see. I go out there, as the leader for Team RAW, and I will get the job done, whether they are with me…or against me. The only question is what will happen after the match is over. Triple H, Cena, I’ve got an RKO waiting for each of you, but it’s going to have to wait until RAW tomorrow night.
Orton leaves and Todd looks on.
*Across the Nation plays as the Bashams, Eugene, William Regal, Snitsky, Lance Cade, Trevor Murdoch, Matt Striker, Rob Conway, Val Venis, Finlay, and Viscera come down to the ring for the Battle Royal. Each of them get in the ring getting ready for the match*
*Rise Up plays as Brian Kendrick, La Resistance, the Mexicools, Rey Mysterio, Chavo, Gregory Helms, Jamie Noble, Kid Kash, Paul Birchall, and Ric Flair come down to the ring as they get into the ring on the other side of the RAW side*
*Here Comes the Money plays to a ton of heat as Shane O’ Mac comes down to the ring*
Shane O’ Mac: Do not worry RAW fans I am here to save RAW from losing this match lets begin boys.
Battle Royal RAW vs. Smackdown
Each brand gets on there own side of the ring as they begin a stare down. The RAW guys then toss Shane O’ Mac over to the Smackdown side as they all jump on him clubbing him with punches. Booker T kicks him in the stomach and bounces off the ropes hitting the Scissors Kick on him! Helms then gets him up and kicks him in the stomach and nails the Vertebraker on him! Shane then crawls over to the bottom rope as Rey bounces off the ropes hitting the 619 on him! Shane then turns around right into a C4 from Birchall! The crowd goes wild cheering for seeing Shane O’ Mac get his ass kicked. All the Smackdown guys lift him up and toss him out of the ring causing the first elimination!
*Elimination #1 Shane McMahon*
The brawl then begins as each of the RAW wrestlers take on a Smackdown wrestler. The camera then focuses on Chavo and Conway. They meet in the center of the ring and begin to trade punches back and forth. Guerrero duck under one and delivers a huge chop to him. Chavo then hits a European uppercut sending him to the corner. Chavo then stands on the second rope and begins punching him as the crowd counts to ten, and on the last on Chavo points to the sky and hits a DDT.
Chavo bounces off the ropes and hits an elbow drop on him. Chavo irish whips him off the ropes, and as Conway comes back he tries to hit a clothesline but he ducks under and hits a belly to back suplex. Chavo then goes up to the top rope and waits for him to get up. As he does, Chavo leaps off connecting with a missile dropkick sending him to the ropes! Guerrero bounces off the ropes and hits a dropkick sending him out of the ring for the second elimination!
*Elimination #2 Rob Conway*
The camera then focuses onto Val Venis and Sylvan with Sylvan dominating him in the corner. Sylvan charges at him and hits a clothesline on him in the corner, and as he falls forward he hits a drop toe hold on him. Sylvan lifts him back up and irish whips him off the ropes. As he comes back Grenier tries to hit a back drop but ducks too early and gets nailed with a DDT!
Venis then gets him back up and hits a huge chop and then hits a big spinebuster on him. Venis then bounces off the ropes and hits an elbow drop on him. Rene then comes from behind him and knocks him down with a lariat. Dupree then tosses him out of the ring, but Venis lands on the apron. Sylvan then sees this and tries to hit a clothesline, but Val Venis grabs the rope causing Sylvan to go out of the ring for another elimination.
*Elimination #3 Sylvan Grenier*
We then see Brian Kendrick and Snitsky fighting with Kendrick kicking Snitsky getting him on the ground. Kendrick then bounces off the ropes and hits a dropkick to his leg. Brian bounces off the ropes and hits a flying crossbody finally taking him down. Kendrick then climbs up to the top rope and waits for him to get up. As he does he leaps off trying to hit a flying crossbody but Snitsky catches him! He then walks over to the ropes and tosses him out!
*Elimination #4 Brian Kendrick*
We then go over to Kid Kash and Matt Striker fighting with Striker having the advantage. Striker is pounding on him in the corner, and then lifts him back up and hits a huge chop. Striker then backs up and runs at him, but is kicked in the face by Kid Kash. Kash then bounces off the ropes and hits a spinning heel kick. Kash then bounces off the ropes and hits a springboard corkscrew moonsault!
Kash gets him back up and hits him with a huge chop. Kid Kash then kicks him in the gut and hits the bankruptcy on him! The crowd goes wild at that move. Kash bounces off the ropes and hits a big elbow drop to him! Kid Kash gets him back up and punches him laying him on the ropes. Kash bounces off the ropes and tries to hit a clothesline, but Striker low bridges the ropes making Kash fall out of the ring!
*Elimination #5 Kid Kash*
We then see Striker pointing at his head saying it’s his smarts to the crowd. Matt Striker then turns around and is dropkicked out of the ring by Jamie Noble!
*Elimination #6 Matt Striker*
Matt Striker is on the outside in disbelief as Jamie Noble waves to him telling him to go on to the back. We then go to Rene Dupree and Eugene with Dupree beating on him in the corner with punches. Rene then irish whips him off the ropes, and as he comes back he hits him with a knee to the gut. Dupree gets him back up as he hits him with a huge forearm smash. Dupree irish whips him off the ropes and then hits a big knee to his gut taking Eugene down.
Rene then lifts him back up and slaps him in the face as Eugene begins to “hulk upâ€. Dupree wonders what is going on as he slams his head on the turnbuckle as Eugene turns around and takes him down with a clothesline. As Rene gets back up Eugene grabs him by the head and goes wild head butting him over and over. Eugene then gets him on his shoulders as he does the airplane spin. Eugene then takes him over to the ropes as he dumps him over the top rope!
*Elimination #7 Rene Dupree*
We then see Finlay attacking Psicosis hitting him with left and rights. Finlay lays him on the bottom rope as he begins to choke him out with no one able to stop him. Finlay lets go after around 8 seconds and then goes wild with crossface blows to his head busting his nose open. He then lifts him up and hits a couple of big European Uppercuts. Finlay then laughs at him as he gets him on his shoulder and drops him with a big running powerslam.
Finlay then bounces off the ropes and hits him with a knee drop busting him open even more. Psicosis then crawls over to the bottom rope as Finlay follows him and does a face wash rubbing his boot against his face. Finlay laughs at him as he gets him back up in the corner hitting a couple of chops. Finlay then actually lifts him up and gorilla presses him over the top rope!!!
*Elimination #8 Psicosis*
We then go over to the Basham’s who are double teaming Super Crazy stomping on him and punching him. They lift him up and they both kick him in the gut and hit the Ball and Gag (Russian leg sweep/Clothesline combination). The Basham’s laugh as they try to eliminate Crazy from the contest. They keep trying when all of the sudden Ric Flair comes from behind them and giving them low blows! Flair then dumps the Basham’s out of the ring.
*Elimination #9 and 10 Basham Brothers*
Ric Flair lets out a big woooooo as he just eliminated two guys at once. Ric Flair then turns around into William Regal who takes him out with the Power of the Punch sending him all they way to the floor!
*Elimination #11 Ric Flair*
Super Crazy is then seen fighting with Cade who are trading punches. Crazy blocks one and takes him down with a standing enziguri! Super Crazy then leaps up onto the top rope and points to the crowd hitting a corkscrew moonsault. Super Crazy leaps right back up as he stomps on him a couple of more times. Crazy bounces off the ropes and drives his knee into Lance Cade’s head with a big knee drop.
Super Crazy lifts him back up as he kicks him in the gut and then elbow’s him in the back of his head. He then grabs Lance’s head and jumps up and delivers a humongous Tornado DDT. Crazy shows off his athleticism again hitting a standing moonsault. He gets his head in between his legs, and tries to hit the Crazy Bomb, but Lance Cade drops down and hits a low blow on him. Lance Cade then bounces off the ropes and hits a dropkick on him sending him out of the ring for another elimination.
*Elimination #12 Super Crazy
Val Venis is shown fighting with Paul Birchall where Birchall is dominating him. Birchall irish whips him into the corner where he hits a big chop. Paul Birchall then lifts him back up onto the top rope where he punches him in the head a couple of times. Birchall then gets up to the top to and hits him with a Northern Light’s suplex off the top rope! Birchall then bounces off the ropes, and hits him with a running Shooting Star Press!
Birchall lifts him back up and hits a chop on him. He then lifts him up onto his shoulders where he hits a shoulder breaker. Birchall laughs at Val Venis where he asks him if this is all he has inside of him. Birchall lifts him up and slaps him and then hits Val Venis with the Move with no Name. Birchall lifts him up, and then grabs his head and tosses him over the top rope for the next elimination.
*Elimination #13 Val Venis*
We then see Lance Cade and Rey Mysterio fighting with Cade having the advantage. Cade is firing away with chops on Rey. He then lifts him up in the powerslam position and hits a Michinoku Driver 2. Lance Cade drops an elbow on his sternum. He then lifts him up and hits him with a snapmare take down. He quickly bounces off the ropes and hits him with a dropkick to the back of Rey Mysterio.
Lance Cade laughs and makes fun of the height of Rey as he knee’s him in the gut. He grabs Rey and then hits him with a side Russian leg sweep. Cade gets cocky as he climbs up onto to the tope rope. Lance is about to hit his elbow drop, but Rey bounces off the ropes making Cade fall on his nuts on the turnbuckle. Mysterio gets up and then hits him with a head scissors take down eliminating him.
*Elimination #14 Lance Cade*
We then see two of the best workers in the business today with Noble and Regal locking up. Noble goes around back and takes him down with a drop toe hold. He then grabs his leg and puts him in a step over toe hold. Noble keeps applying more pressure on the leg of Regal as he struggles to get out of it. After about 15 seconds Regal makes a big push and grabs the bottom rope forcing Jamie Noble to release the hold. Noble lifts him up hitting a forearm to his face. He irish whips him off the ropes, and as he comes back Noble jumps over him causing him to keep running. As he comes back Noble tries to dropkick him but Regal holds onto the ropes causing Noble to fall flat on his face.
Regal then bounces off the ropes driving his elbow into the back of Regal’s head. William lifts him up hitting a European uppercut on him. He hits a couple more of them as he backs up and then runs at him driving his knee into the temple of Noble. He then irish whips him off the ropes, and as he comes back Regal hits him with a back drop. Jamie gets back up lying on the ropes. William Regal bounces off the ropes trying to hit clothesline him out of the ring, but Noble back drops him to the outside but Regal lands on the apron. Noble then turns around and Regal grabs him and vertical suplex’s him out of the ring for another elimination!
*Elimination #15 Jamie Noble*
Paul Birchall and Trevor Murdoch are trading punches back and forth. Murdoch then blocks one and hits him with a couple of chops knocking him back onto the ropes. He irish whips him off the ropes, and hits him with a flapjack as he runs back at him. Murdoch quickly tries to throw him over the top rope, but Birchall stops it and elbows him in the stomach hitting a side suplex on him. Birchall bounces off the ropes and hits him with a running Shooting Star Press!!
Paul lifts him back up and delivers a chop on him sending him to the ropes. He then irish whips him off the ropes, and as he comes back Birchall grabs him and hits him with a quick scoop slam. He stomps on him a couple more times as Murdoch begins to get up using the help of the turnbuckle. Birchall hits a couple of forearms on him. He then lifts him up onto the top rope; Birchall then backs up and dropkicks him off the top rope sending him out of the ring!
*Elimination #16 Trevor Murdoch*
We see Viscera beating down on Helms in the corner hitting with knee’s to the gut. Viscera then throws him into the other turn buckle, and then backs up and charges at him but is hit with a boot from Helms. Helms then quickly leaps up to the top rope and waits for Big Vis to get up. As he does Gregory leaps off and connects with a missile dropkick sending him onto the ropes. He then tries to eliminate him himself, but can’t when Chavo comes over to help him.
Neither of them can get him out of the ring, so they start punching him and chopping him. All of the sudden Finlay comes from behind Chavo and knocks him down with his shileglia. Helms quickly turns around and sees him with the weapon and tries to plead with Finlay not to hit him. Viscera grabs Helms in a full nelson waiting for Finlay to knock him out. As Finlay winds up to hit him, Gregory Helms quickly slides through his arms and Finlay knocks Viscera out of the ring!
*Elimination #17 Viscera*
Helms then turns around into Eugene who hits him with three punches and then an elbow to his head. Eugene grabs him and knee’s him in the gut, and hits the Rock Bottom on him in the middle of the ring. Eugene then tries to do the People’s eye brow and then bounces off the ropes and hits Gregory Helms with the People’s Elbow! Eugene lifts him up onto his shoulders and does the airplane spin and then dumps him out of the ring!
*Elimination #18 Gregory Helms*
Chavo is then fighting with Snitsky trading punches back and forth. Snitsky gets the advantage and then clubs the back of Chavo. He puts him in between his legs and tries to hit him with the powerbomb, and as he is up Chavo starts punching his head and then Snitsky falls with Chavo landing on his head. Chavo then steps out of the ring and jumps over the top rope hitting a halo on him!
Chavo stomps on him a couple of times, and then lifts him up. Gurrero punches him a couple of times and hitting a couple of forearm’s. He bounces him off the ropes, and then jumps over him. As Snitsky comes back Chavo tries to dropkick him, but Snitsky hold onto the ropes making Chavo fall flat on his face. Snitsky then actually lifts Chavo over his head in the gorilla press situation, and tries to toss him out, but Chavo slides through and lands behind Snitsky. He then grabs his tights and tosses him over the top rope.
*Elimination #19 Snitsky*
Rey is then seen doing the ten punches on Eugene, but on the last punch Eugene lifts him up onto his shoulder’s and does the Last Ride! Eugene then tries to do the Taker eye thing, but can’t. Eugene grabs Rey and puts him in the sleeper hold. Mysterio is struggling to get put, but can’t, and after a few moments it appears as if Rey has faded. All of the sudden the fans start getting behind Rey as he begins to get up.
Rey is then standing on his feet and runs and jumps off the ropes and hits a reverse DDT on Eugene! Mysterio then bounces off the ropes hitting a springboard leg drop on Eugene’s throat. Rey lifts him back up and kicks him in gut and then grabs his head and hits him with a tornado DDT which with such force makes Eugene put his head on the bottom rope! He then signals for the 619 and bounces off the ropes and hits it. Rey waits for him to get up, and as he does he jumps off the top ropes and hits a head scissors taking him out of the ring!
*Elimination #20 Eugene*
Finlay then goes behind Chavo and hits him with a German suplex. Finlay then mounts over Chavo and punches him repeatedly. Finlay lifts him back up and hits a couple of European uppercuts on him sending him onto the ropes. Finlay then sees his shileglia on the ground and walks over to it. He picks it up and then drills Chavo over the head with it ending his night in the battle royal.
*Elimination #21 Chavo Gurrero*
The there were four as the 2 Smackdown guys Birchall and Rey get on one side, and the RAW guys Regal and Finlay get on the other side. Birchall and Regal pair off to fight as each other. They begin to trade punches back and forth repeatedly when Birchall blocks one and kicks him in the gut. He clubs his back a couple of times and then lifts him up and drops him back down with a vertical suplex.
Birchall then drops his elbow on his sternum. He lifts him back up and hits a couple of stiff punches on him. He quickly irish whips him off the ropes, and tries to hit a back drop on him but ducks too soon and Regal kicks him in the face. Regal then hits a European uppercut on him, and irish whips Birchall off the ropes himself. As he comes back Regal takes him down with a back elbow. He then stomps on him a couple of times as he gets up in the corner. Regal backs up, and charges at him but Birchall lifts his boot up kicking him in the head.
Birchall runs forward and clotheslines him down. Paul then bounces off the ropes and jumps up and drives his knee into William Regal’s head. Paul takes him near the ropes, and tries to eliminate him. Birchall hits a vertical suplex over the top ropes which looks like he is eliminated, but Regal lands on the apron. Birchall turns around into a couple of right’s and lefts. Regal then grabs his head and rams it onto the turnbuckle. He gets back in the ring and hits a big t-bone suplex on a groggy Paul Birchall. Regal grabs his legs and slingshots him over the top rope!
*Elimination #22 Paul Birchall*
Rey Mysterio is in a ton of trouble as it is now 2 on 1. Both Finlay and Regal begin to stomp on him. Rey goes over to the corner where they begin punching him and then irish whip him into the other corner. Regal the grabs Finlay and throws him into Rey knocking him back. Finlay grabs him and hits full nelson suplex on him. Finlay lifts him up with Rey still in a full nelson. Regal then begins to punch Rey when he takes out some brass knuckles and tries to hit Mysterio, but Rey slides through Finlay arm’s with Regal hitting Finlay.
Regal gets down on his knee checking out the knocked out Finlay. Rey then dropkicks the back of the head of Regal. Mysterio bounces off the ropes and hits a leg drop on him. Rey lifts him up, and bounces off the ropes and jumps up getting him in a wheelbarrow hold into a bulldog. Rey then gets him back up on the ropes hitting a couple of chops, and then dropkicks Regal over the top rope!
*Elimination #23 William Regal*
Rey can’t believe he did it, and is whipped out tired from the match. Finlay goes over to him and begins to stomp on him. Finlay lifts him up and kicks him in the stomach and the grabs his head and hits a DDT. Finlay laughs at Rey as he begins to taunt the crowd yelling “It’s over, I am the winner!†Mysterio crawls over to the bottom rope where he lays his head. Finlay walks over to him and begins hitting him with crossface punches and driving his knee into Rey’s back making him choke.
Finlay drags him back into the middle of the ring and slaps him in the face and clothesline’s him back down. Finlay lifts him back up and rams him into the corner. He then droves his shoulder into Rey’s ribs making him grasp for breathe. He grabs his arm and then irish whips him into the other corner. Finlay charges at him, but Rey kicks him in the face! Rey runs at Finlay, but he is taken down with a powerslam from Finlay.
Finlay then grabs his head and throws it into the turnbuckle, and then lifts him up over his head and throws him down with a gorilla press. Finlay then drops his elbow on to the throat of Rey. Finlay lifts Rey back up, and kicks him in the gut. He then lifts Rey up for the Celtic Cross, but Rey slides through getting away landing in the back of Finlay. Rey dropkicks Finlay making his throat go down to the bottom rope.
Rey then signals for the 619 and bounces off the ropes and connects with it making him fall back wards! Rey then jumps up off the ropes and hits the spring board hurincanrana to Finlay! The force of the move almost takes Finlay out of the ring, but he is laying on the outside of the apron. Mysterio then bounces off the ropes and baseball slides him out of the ring for the final elimination!
*Elimination #24 Finlay*
Soul Survivor- Rey Mysterio
*Rey uses the ropes to help himself get up as he has one hand in the air pointing to the sky. A couple of the Smackdown wrestlers come down to congratulate Rey as they bring him to the back n there shoulders*
*We cut backstage to where Chris Benoit is shown taping his wrists getting ready for his upcoming match with HBK Shawn Michaels. We then go over to HBK who is with Josh Mathews*
JM: Shawn, tonight you will go one on one with the Rabid Wolverine Chris Benoit in the fans’ choice match. How do you feel about this?
HBK: Josh, you see the fans chose us two competitors, because they know that we are the 2 best athletes in the WWE. Now since Benoit knew that we are both friends with the late great Eddie Gurrero. So we got together and decided to dedicate this one for Eddie. Even though this match is for Eddie, this still counts for the final score to see which brand is truly better. I’ll be damned if I take this match too lightly, and let it slip away from fingers. So Chris this may be for Eddie, but you still better bring your A game.
*HBK walks away*
We see a shot of the ladder, with a title belt hanging above the ring, and the belt has made in special memory of Eddie Guerrero (RIP).
Shawn Michaels’ music hits and the fans give a loud pop as the Heart Break Kid comes out to the ring. He steps past the ladder on his way down and looks prepared for this gruelling match.
Chris Benoit comes out and he gets a similar cheer from the crowd, and they look as if they will be split in this match!
Ladder Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit
The two men look up above the ring, where the Eddie Guerrero title belt is hanging, and the fans chant Guerrero’s name. Both men look towards each other and they shake hands. They then slowly lock up for the test of strength and the fans are really hyped for this match. Benoit gains some early control and it is arguable that he is the fan favourite tonight due to his close friendship with Eddie Guerrero. He takes HBK down to his knees in the test of strength and starts to feel the momentum, but his adversary manages to get back on his feet and HBK then switches the test of strength into an armlock, taking Benoit’s arm behind his back. HBK then grabs a side headlock and takes Benoit down to the mat, but the ‘Rabid Wolverine’ locks his legs around HBK’s neck and both men release one another.
They get back to their feet and the fans give a big cheer for their equal exchange thus far. They lock up again but Benoit immediately digs his knees into HBK’s gut and takes him down with a snapmare. Benoit backs into the ropes and his a dropkick to the back of Michaels’ head. Benoit starts feeling it and he pulls HBK to his feet and hits the gutwrench suplex. Benoit grabs HBK’s head and synches in the chin lock. Michaels starts to battle his way out and he flicks Benoit over his head and goes for the armbar, which he half gets in before Benoit fights out and both men reach their feet once again. At this point, Benoit starts to up the tempo with some chops on HBK, who fires back with hard right hands and they go back and forth until Benoit chops HBK right down to the mat. The fans give a “Benoit†chant and he pulls Michaels up and sends him off the ropes.
However, HBK reverses and Benoit comes off the ropes with a running shoulder block. Benoit gets Michaels against the turnbuckle and hammers away with more chops. The fans shout “whooo†as he does this and Benoit then climbs to the second turnbuckle and begins the ten count on HBK. The fans chant along:
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Benoit stops for a second, and then hits the tenth punch. HBK is dizzy and as he stumbles around the ring, Benoit jumps off the second turnbuckle, nailing the axe handle.
The fans are really starting to get behind Benoit and he pulls Michaels to his feet and tries to Irish whip HBK into the turnbuckle corner, but Michaels reverses and then runs at Benoit, but the Wolverine nails a boot to the face Michaels then turns into a stiff clothesline. Benoit slaps his fists together showing how fired up he is for this contest and as HBK gets back to his feet, Benoit sends him right back down with a body slam. Benoit goes down and grabs HBK’s arm, pulling it behind his head in a painful submission manoeuvre. HBK calls out in agony and Benoit can be heard making noises to show how tight he has the hold on HBK. Benoit releases after HBK begins to fight out of it and he nails a fireman’s carry and then grabs Michaels’ legs, but HBK kicks him away and then takes Benoit down with a drop toehold and mounts himself on top of Benoit and lays in with some hard punches. After the fifth punch, Michaels steps away and pulls Benoit up to his vertical base. HBK attempts a suplex and is able to nail it. He grabs Benoit’s arm and locks in an armlock, but Benoit immediately battles out of it and Tazz points out that HBK should not try to outwrestle Benoit with submissions, as he is at a severe disadvantage in that area.
Both men are back on their feet and they tie up in the middle of the ring for another test of strength, but HBK decides to up the pace and he hits a knee to the gut before firing away with several right hands shots to the face. Benoit fights back and this match is turning into an all out brawl very quickly, due to the emotional situation surrounding the contest. Benoit begins to get the better of the situation and he backs Michaels into the corner where he nails a chop. Michaels holds his chest in pain but then switches positions and he nails his own chop to Benoit. They then go back and forth with chops to one another until Michaels hits a thumb to the eye and then clotheslines the Rabid Wolverine over the top rope to the outside. Michaels smirks and shrugs his shoulders in the way Eddie did, showing that everyone needs to cheat every now and again. However, Shawn wastes little time going to the outside and grabbing the ladder from halfway up the aisle. He folds it up and makes his way towards the ring and slides the ladder under the bottom rope. Michaels climbs back inside but we see Benoit sliding back under the rope on the opposite side of the ring and as HBK moves towards him, the Wolverine grabs his waist and thrusts Michaels through the middle and top ropes and to the outside floor. The fans cheer as Benoit sees the first opening to climb the ladder and bring down the championship belt of Eddie Guerrero.
Benoit picks the ladder up and positions it in the centre of the ring. He looks to the outside and sees that HBK is still down, so Benoit begins to make the climb. He makes it about halfway up the ladder before his adversary is back and HBK pulls Benoit straight down off the ladder and knocks him down with a punch. Benoit gets back up and HBK slams his head into the ladder. HBK then begins to climb the ladder but Benoit pulls him right off the ladder and then runs HBK into the turnbuckle. Benoit then fires HBK back towards the ladder, but it is reversed and Benoit goes right into the steel ladder and falls down, also knocking the ladder over. HBK pulls his body to the top rope of the turnbuckle and waits for Benoit to rise to his feet. HBK jumps off and connects with a missile dropkick. The fans cheer as HBK rises to his feet and comes off the ropes with a running dropkick to the face of Benoit, who was beginning to get back to his feet. Michaels then grabs the ladder and sets it back up under the belt and begins to climb. Benoit is up and starts climbing the other side of the ladder. Both men reach the top of the ladder together and they both reach up for the title belt. Each man gets a hand on the title and tries to pull it down but Benoit then nails a fist to the face of HBK and he then goes to unravel the belt. However, HBK quickly recovers and nails a punch to Benoit. He slams Benoit’s head off the top of the ladder and Benoit starts to lose balance, but he is able to stay on the ladder. He nails a hard right hand to HBK and the two begin to trade blows. HBK gets the better of the exchange by slamming the Rabid Wolverine’s head into the ladder once more. HBK grabs Benoit’s arm and tries to push him off the ladder but Benoit counters and flips Michaels down off the ladder, falling from a long way up. Fortunately for HBK, he landed in a good position and did less damage to his fragile back than could have been the case. Benoit is now alone on the ladder and he climbs up a rung, positioning himself just inches underneath the title belt. He starts to take it off but Michaels uses his body strength to start tilting the ladder over, whilst still down on the mat. The ladder slowly tips over and Benoit lands straddled over the ropes and falls down to the outside apron in pain.
The fans start to cheer their man on and they echo chants of “Let’s go Michaels, let’s go Benoit†as both men are down in pain. HBK is the first to his feet and he looks to the outside where Benoit is beginning the get back up. HBK positions the ladder back upright, but this time he doesn’t place it in the middle of the ring. He perches it just in front of the ropes and starts to climb it. The announcers have no idea what he is planning and Benoit is making his way to his feet, still trying to shake off the effects of the fall from the ladder. Michaels is on the third rung from the top of the ladder and is very high up in comparison to Benoit, who is outside the ring. HBK dives off the ladder and nails Benoit with an insane diving moonsault. Both men are down and out and the fans chant, “holy sh*t†as the referee can do nothing but survey the carnage.
After a while, we see both competitors begin to move about, rolling around in pain, They are able to get to their feet at almost the same time and Benoit takes control by digging a knee into the midsection of Shawn Michaels. Benoit then runs HBK into the steel steps and HBK goes flying over them! Benoit grabs HBK legs and positions him for the toss. He sends HBK up into the air and flying into the ring post. HBK rolls over after falling back down and we see that he is busted open from the impact of the ring post. Benoit shows a slight smile and crawls under the bottom rope and back into the ring, where he sets the ladder up in the centre. He begins to climb but is moving slowly due to the falls he has already taken in the first 12 minutes or so. He gets to the third rung from the top before we see Michaels miraculously back on his feet. The blood is dripping down his face but he looks determined to win this match and Benoit doesn’t see him climb back into the ring with a steel chair in hand!
Benoit gets within reach of the Eddie Guerrero Championship belt but HBK cracks him from behind with a vile chair shot. Benoit instantly drops down to the mat and holds his back in agony. HBK drops the chair and does the Eddie Guerrero shrug to the approval of the crowd. He begins to climb the ladder and this could be over. Michaels gets near the top and reaches up for the title…but decides not to try and wrest it down. Instead, the “Showstopper†looks down at Benoit and turns his body away from the ladder. He then looks into the crowd who are cheering for some high risk offence and HBK dives off the ladder, nailing an incredible diving elbow drop to Benoit!
HBK rolls around in pain and we see that Benoit could be out cold. HBK then recovers somewhat and nips up onto his feet. He goes to the turnbuckle and begins to stamp his feet, tuning up the band. Benoit is slow to get to his feet and he looks very dizzy. He turns around and Michaels charges at him for the sweet chin music…but Benoit ducks and avoids contact! HBK turns around and Benoit takes him down for the crossface, and he gets it locked in! The fans erupt into cheers as Benoit has HBK in trouble and the tide has quickly turned. Michaels writhes in pain and has nowhere to go. He looks like he might tap but that won’t help him even if he did. Benoit keeps the hold locked in and HBK does start to tap the mat in submission, but Benoit just keeps it locked in. The referee tells HBK there is nothing he can do to break the hold and Benoit eventually releases, with HBK in severe pain.
Benoit gets to his feet and begins to climb the ladder once more. He gets to the second rung from the top and looks down at Michaels. Benoit decides not to grab the title down and instead climbs to the very top of the ladder. He looks at the Eddie Guerrero Championship and says, “this one’s for youâ€. At that point, Benoit dives off the ladder with the diving headbutt. However, HBK is just able to roll out of the way and Benoit crashes and burns. The fans boo as they see Benoit is in pain and we see HBK using the ropes to pull himself to his fee. He goes back to the corner and starts to tune up the band once again. Benoit takes an eternity to rise to his feet and as he turns around, he is unable to block HBK’s sweet chin music that almost takes Benoit’s head off! HBK also falls down but only into the ropes and he stumbles back to his feet. The ladder is still positioned underneath the title in the centre of the ring and Michaels begins to climb. The match is surely over now and we have seen 15 minutes of non stop carnage. Michaels makes it to the top but we see Benoit, to the astonishment of the fans and the announcers, getting back to his feet. HBK doesn’t see this and he reaches for the title belt and starts to unravel it. Benoit picks the steel chair up and swings it back, nailing Michaels in the back with it, similarly to how HBK hit him just minutes earlier.
HBK, though, doesn’t fall off and he remains on the ladder, but is slumped over it. Benoit starts climbing underneath him and grabs his waist. He then dives off the ladder and plants HBK into the mat with a huge German suplex off the ladder! The fans can’t believe what they are seeing and both men are down once again. Benoit is the first to his feet and he pulls HBK up and nails a snap suplex. He then grabs the ladder and waits for Michaels to get back up. Benoit then runs at him and cracks him in the head with a hard shot from the ladder. HBK is in agony and Benoit sets the ladder back up in the centre of the ring. He begins to climb it one last time, as he believes that he has HBK beat at last. HBK, however, won’t stay down and we see him rise to his feet. He shows a look of determination and Benoit looks down from the ladder at him. Benoit knows he hasn’t got this match won yet and so he jumps off the ladder, looking to vault himself onto Michaels, but HBK reacts quickly and drills Benoit with the sweet chin music with Benoit in the air! The fans are on their feet and Benoit is sent all the way through the ropes to the outside due to the impact of that superkick!
Michaels sees his opportunity and begins to climb the ladder. The fans are on their feet, some cheering HBK on, others rooting for Benoit to recover, but the Rabid Wolverine looks to be down and out. HBK makes it high up the ladder and uncoils the Eddie Guerrero Championship, and he has this match won!
Winner: Shawn Michaels @17:20
Josh Mathews is backstage and he is ready to interview SmackDown’s RVD.
Josh: RVD, tonight is one of the biggest matches in the history of the WWE draft split. You and your SmackDown comrades face 5 of the top RAW superstars in an Elimination Match. Last week on SmackDown we saw all the members of Team SmackDown vying to be the team captain. Is there enough unity between you guys to get past RAW and win this match?
RVD: Wow, hold up a second there Josh. Are you suggesting that there’s dissention on Team SmackDown?
Josh: Well it looked like you had some problems last week.
RVD: Have you seen Team RAW? Those guys have been beating the hell out of each other. They’ve got the love triangle of Triple H, Orton and Cena.
The crowd laughs at RVD calling it a love triangle.
RVD: Then there’s Carlito, “Mr Money in the Bankâ€. Do you know why he hasn’t cashed in his World Title shot yet? It’s because he knows he isn’t good enough to win the ‘big one’ yet, and that means he’s not good enough to cause my team any problems tonight. And then we have Abyss, the monster who destroys everything placed in front of him. Do you seriously see Abyss as a team player. He’ll go out there and destroy his own team before he gets a hand on Team SmackDown. So, in answer to your question, Josh, it’s an emphatic yes. We have every chance of defeating Team RAW tonight, and then, RVD can set his sights on the one thing he has never done…win the World Heavyweight Title!
RVD walks away looking very confident.
US Title vs. IC Title
Lashley vs. Masters
*Masterpiece plays to a huge amount of heat as the young and cocky Chris Masters comes down to the ring doing his usual entrance. When Masters gets in the ring he flexes while he waits for Lashley to come down to the ring*
*The Real Deal hits making the fans go wild for the hard hitting soft spoken Bobby Lashley. Lashley walks down the isle without taking his eyes off of Masters. Lashley climbs up the stairs as the two stare down each other in the ring*
The referee tells the time keeper to ring the bell as the match officially starts. Lashley and Masters each stare down each other before Masters starts to flex saying “look at this Bobby!†Lashley then runs over to him as they lock up in the center of the ring. Both men try to push each other back, but neither man gets an advantage. Finally you can see Lashley beginning to start to push Masters back, but Masters breaks up and kicks him in the stomach.
Masters goes behind Lashley and takes his fists and slams them against his back a couple of times taking him down to one knee. Chris then bounces off the ropes and runs forward taking him down with a hard clothesline. Masters bounces off the ropes and jumps up hitting a Hogan like leg drop to his throat. The Masterpiece lifts him up, and shows off his incredible strength by kicking him in the stomach and lifting him up for a delayed vertical suplex. Chris holds him in the air for at least 5 seconds and then drops him down onto the ground. Masters covers him with a lateral press
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Lashley kicks out of it. He then lifts Lashley up and dries him into the corner with his shoulder. Chris continually drives his shoulder into the abdomen and ribs of Bobby Lashley. Masters then grabs his arm and irish whips him as hard as he can into the opposite corner making him fall onto the ground. Chris walks over to him and stomps on him several times, and then uses the ropes for balance and begins choking him out with his boot. The ref comes over to him and begins the 5 count
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Masters then gets off of him right before getting disqualified. Masters still uses the ropes to lift him up and then lands right on him with a knee drop to his forehead. Masters then gets behind him putting him in a side headlock. Masters uses him huge biceps putting more pressure on his head with Bobby trying to get out of it. Lashley gets up onto one knee and starts jabbing him in the stomach with punches.
The Real Deal then gets back up to a vertical base and then throws him off of him onto the ropes. Lashley comes back and tries to clothesline him, but Chris dodges it and lifts him up for a flapjack sending him back down. Masters goes behind him and then starts hitting cross face punches and then starts slapping him in the face pissing off Lashley even more. Chris lifts him up and then bounces off the ropes and tries to take him down with a shoulder block, but Bobby doesn’t move an inch.
Masters bounces off the ropes again, but this time he tries to clothesline him, but Lashley catches him and hits a belly to belly suplex on him. Bobby gets really fired up getting an adrenaline rush. He goes over to Masters and lifts him up and starts firing away with rights and lefts and then taking him down with a clothesline. Lashley lifts him back up, and then kicks him in the stomach and the plants him with an exploder suplex. Lashley then hooks his leg for the pin
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Chris Masters kicks out of the pin. Lashley goes over to him and stomps on him a couple of times and then lifts him up and knee’s him in the stomach. Lashley drives his knees on him a couple more times, and then lifts him up, and drops him back down with a big running powerslam. Lashley fires himself up going to the ropes and shaking them Ultimate Warrior Style. Bobby quickly runs towards him and drops his elbow onto his sternum.
Bobby then grabs him and lifts him up and hits him with a couple of stiff punches rocking him back and forth. Lashley then pulls his arm back and connects with a huge uppercut taking him to the ground. Lashley grabs Masters by the hair, and then tosses him out of the ring onto the ringside floor. Lashley then follows him out of the ring and kicks him up against the barricade a couple of times. Lashley then grabs his arm and irish whips him as hard as he can into the steel steps shoulder first! Bobby lifts himself back up into the ring as the ref begins the ten count
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The Masterpiece slides into the ring breaking up the 10 count. Lashley wastes no time in letting Masters rest as he chases him down stopping on him a couple of time and then dropping his elbow on his back. Lashley then grabs his leg and turns him onto his stomach putting him into a half leg Boston crab. Masters yells in agony as Lashley pulls his leg back more and more causing him to hurt. Chris then roars in pain and dives forward grabbing the ropes breaking up the submission hold.
Bobby grabs him and lifts him up to a vertical base where he kicks him in the stomach, and then lifts him up and hits a gutbuster on him. Lashley gets back up with him still in his arms, and hits him with another gutbuster followed by another one. He then lifts him up for the final time over his head in a gorilla press position, and he drops him sternum first onto his knee. Bobby hooks his left leg for the pin
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Masters kicks out of the pin with authority. Lashley looks at the ref telling him that it was a three count. Lashley lifts him up, and then Masters kicks him in the stomach. Chris bounces off the ropes and tries to clothesline him, but Lashley ducks under it, and hits a duck under northern lights suplex. The Real Deal sits Masters up so he is on his ass, and then he pulls back Chris’ arms while he drives his knee into his back.
Lashley has the hold locked in making Masters yell in pain trying to somehow get out of the hold. The ref goes over and asks him if he wants to give up, but Masters shakes his head saying no. Chris then begins to get out of the hold by standing up and then facing Lashley and then he kicks him in the stomach. The Masterpiece bounces off the ropes and the charges as fast as he can at Bobby, and takes him down with a Polish hammer.
Masters then goes over Lashley, and begins pummeling him with rights and lefts. He then flips Bobby onto his stomach, and begins throwing wild crossface punches to the nose and mouth regions of him. Masters does this for a couple more times, and then backs off and lifts him up where you see Lashley bleeding a little at his nose and mouth. Masters grabs Lashley’s tights, and then pulls him back closer to him and clubs him in the back with his forearm. Masters then grabs him by his head, and drops him down with a reverse DDT. Chris then covers him for the pin
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He gets his arm up breaking the count. Masters doesn’t even stop to take a breather and gets right back on Lashley hitting a fist drop on him. The Superfreak picks him up and knee’s him in the stomach and then hits him with a double underhook suplex. He then grabs his head, and puts him in a sleeper hold. Masters uses his huge biceps squeezing his head chocking him out. You can see Lashley moving around his arms shaking them back and forth trying to grab something.
Lashley is still not out yet, but you can obviously see he is about to lose it. The blood is being rushed to his head with Masters yelling that “it is overâ€, and saying “Lashley tap out!†Lashley’s eyes begin to fade into the back of his head, and then you can see his eyes glaze over. Chris calls the ref over, and tells him to see if he is out cold. The ref grabs his arm, and lifts it into the air and then sees that it drops down to his side making the ref count to one.
He then lifts his arm up again and it drops down to his side for the second count. If his arm falls down one more time then the match is over and Masters wins. The referee lifts his arm up for the final time, and it appears to drop down to his side, but Bobby keeps his hand up in the air and begins to show life. Lashley gets up and then throws him off the ropes, and then picks him up and hits him with a big spinebuster. Bobby goes over and pins him with a lateral press
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No Masters puts his shoulder up breaking up the pin. Lashley goes over to him and lifts him up, and kicks him in the stomach. Bobby then hits him with a punch sending backwards bouncing off the ropes, and he does that one more time. When Masters falls forward Lashley knee’s him in the gut and lifts him up hitting a gutwrench suplex on him. Bobby lifts his hand in the air to the delight of the fans. He then picks him up and grabs him hitting a sidewalk slam. He then hooks his right leg for the pin
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No he kicks out of the pin. Lashley goes over to him and hits a fist drop on him connecting right on his forehead. The Real Deal lifts him up to a vertical base, and punches him in the head and then lifts him up onto his shoulders. Lashley then throws him off of him, and hits a big Death Valley Driver. We then see Masters crawl over to the corner and helps himself up. Bobby walks over to him, and grabs him lifting him up onto the top rope and then keeping him up there.
Lashley climbs up also up to the top rope and then clubs him in the back a couple of times. He then puts him into a front facelock then puts his head underneath Chris’ shoulder and jumps off the top hitting a humongous superplex! It takes both men a couple of seconds to regain stamina, and then after 10 seconds Lashley gets up in the corner and then squats back down waiting for Masters to get up. Chris begins to show some life as he gets up slowly and then turns around making Lashley charge at him trying to hit the spear, but Masters ducks down making Bobby go straight into the ring post! Masters quickly goes behind him and rolls him up with a school boy, and he grabs his tights for security
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No he kicks out half a second before time. Master gets pissed off at the ref, and then takes his anger out onto Bobby Lashley clubbing him in the back. He then lifts him back up and irish whips him off the ropes. As he comes back Masters tries to clothesline him, but instead he takes out the referee! Lashley quickly grabs him into a full nelson while Masters is looking at the ref. Masters struggles to get out, but he quickly escapes mule kicking him into the family jewels!
The Masterpiece then hits him with a DDT taking him down for good measure. Chris then rolls out of the ring and grabs both the US Title and the IC Title and brings them back into the ring. He takes the US Title and stares at it before spitting on it, and then tossing over the top rope to a ton of boo’s from the crowd. He puts on a very cocky smile before he takes his IC Title, and then nailing the title over Lashley’s head knocking him out! The camera then zooms in on him seeing that he is busted open!
Chris Masters then grabs him putting the already knocked out Lashley into the MASTER LOCK! The ref begins to wake up as Master is throwing him around in the Master Lock. The ref gets up onto his feet and slowly walks over to see Lashley, and then sees him out cold and tells the ring time keeper to ring the bell ending the match.
Winner- Chris Masters
*We see HHH walking around backstage with a grin on. He then turns the corner and bumps into JBL who was holding a coffee making it spill out on to his suit! JBL looks extremely pissed off*
JBL: What the hell do you think you’re doing you measly son of a bitch!
HHH: Whoa, whoa calm down man.
JBL: What do you think you’re saying! This suit costs more than your salary you jackoff!
HHH: Bradshaw if I remember correctly wasn’t it me who got rid of the Undertaker for you? I don’t think you know who the hell you’re talking to. I’m a 11 time World Champion! I’m the most recognized wrestler on the face of this planet!
JBL: You the most recognized wrestler on the planet? I’m the King of Smackdown, the number 1 rated television show on all of Friday Night’s!
HHH: Who cares if you’re the king of the B-show of the WWE. The only show that matters in the WWE is Monday Night RAW, you know it, I know it, and the entire world knows it!
*JBL and HHH go up to each other face to face, nose to nose with neither backing down*
JBL: You know what Hunter tonight we will see what the better brand is, and most importantly who the best wrestler in the WWE is.
*JBL pushes Triple H back as we go to the ring*
Match 5
Hardcore Match
Stone Cold vs. Mick Foley
*Crash plays to a huge pop as Mick Foley comes out to the ring with Mr. Socko on his hand. Foley waves to the crowd, and then does his pretend shooting gesture to the crowd. Foley gets into the ring and waits for the Rattle Snake to come down*
*Glass Shatters to a colossal as Stone Cold Steve Austin returning to the ring walks down to the ring saluting the crowd flipping them then bird. He slides into the ring and pushes Foley away as he climbs up to the second rope raising his middle fingers in salute*
The bell rings as 2 of the biggest competitors of the Attitude Era circle around the ring with the crowd near dead split between cheering for these guys with Austin getting a little more ovation. Foley extends his hand for a handshake, and when Steve reaches out Foley pulls his hand up slapping him in the face. Stone Cold bends his head over laughing a little bit, and then looks up and unloads rights and lefts on him.
Austin then knee’s him in the gut and puts him in a headlock punching his head. Austin flips him over his shoulder and continues hitting him with hard rights. He then lifts him up and irish whips him off the ropes. As he comes back Steve jumps up hitting a Lou Thez press continuing to punch him in the face. Austin jumps right back up yelling to the crowd getting pumped up.
Foley begins to get up as he hits him with a stinging right hand. He hits a couple more as Foley fall backwards and bounces off the ropes and Foley lifts him up onto the top rope and slams him back down with a scoop slam. Stone Cold bounces off the ropes giving Foley the finger, and then drops his knee onto his head. Austin covers him
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Austin lifts him back up, and then chops him several times. He kicks him in the gut, and Steve bounces off the ropes and drives his knee into Mick Foley’s temple taking him down to the ground. Austin bounces off the ropes and Steve kicks him as hard as he can in his stomach. Mick rolls into the corner sitting down. Austin goes over to him and begins to stomp a mud hole into the Hardcore Legend. Austin then backs off and charges at him driving his knee into his head. Stone Cold pins him
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Stone Cold lifts up Foley and punches him in the stomach. He then lifts him up, and hits a big vertical suplex. Since he is near the ropes Steve lifts himself up on the ropes and chokes Foley with his boot without the ref able to tell him to stop. After 7 seconds the ref tries to reason with Steve so he gets off of him and gives the ref the finger to the delight of the crowd.
Austin rolls out of the ring and shoos away the time keeper and grabs the solid steel chair and brings it into the ring. Austin waits for Foley to get up, and when he does Stone Cold cracks him over the head with an unforgiving chair to the head. Austin drops down and covers him
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Foley gets his shoulder up in time. Foley turns around and looks at the ref raising three fingers in the air telling him it was a three count. Steve gets back up and begins to stomp away on him. Austin lifts him back up and kicks him in the gut, and then tosses him out of the ring. Steve follows him out kicking him into the barricade. Austin gives him the finger, and then backs up and charges at him driving his knee into Mick’s temple.
The Rattle Snake tosses him over the barricade into the crowd where the fans slap his back. Austin looks under the ring, and finds a barbed wire cord! Austin leaps over the top rope as well and pursues Foley who has crawled several feet. When Austin catches up he folds the cord in half and begins whacking away at the back of Foley with the cord! The impact is so much that it begins to rip away the shirt of Foley.
Austin grabs him by the hair and begins dragging him through the crowd. Stone Cold lifts him back up by the hair, and then tosses him into the wall face first! As Foley falls backwards Austin grabs him and hits a back suplex to him on the concrete floor! The crowd goes wild as Foley rolls around the floor holding his back in an extreme amount of pain. Steve Austin then covers him
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No Foley kicks out. Austin sees Foley crawling on the ground when he backs up and kicks him in the gut sending him back down. Austin then throws Mick through a nearby door! The screen goes momentarily dark as they try to get a camera backstage. We then get a live feed, but we only see
Foley, but no Steve. We then see him come into the screen riding a golf cart!
Austin gets off the cart and then tosses him into the cart. Austin knees him in the stomach where he tosses him into the back of the golf cart, and begins to drive away. The camera follows the car when they see Austin stop the car and back up into a wall slamming him into the wall! Foley is completely out of it as he covers him
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NO! Foley kicks out! Austin can not believe it as Foley is still on the ground out cold with what maybe a broken rib cage. Austin stomps on him more and more. He grabs him by the head and drags him down the ramp, and lifts him up, and tosses him through a door!! Foley is being decimated, and is rolling on the floor with maybe a broken rib.
Stone Cold starts kicking Foley in the gut taking him down the hallway with him rolling down. Cold lifts him up and hits him with a right and left. He then kicks him in the stomach and irish whips him into a wall. As Foley falls back forward Austin lifts him up, and hits him with an unforgiving spinebuster on the concrete floor! Austin hooks his leg for the pin
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No, another kickout from Foley who is refusing to give up. Stone Cold backs up again and kicks him in the gut kicking him through the curtain where the end up back in the crowd. Austin walks over and picks up a steel chair and then looks at the crowd and cracks the chair over the back of Foley. Austin is physically dissecting Foley and lifts him up. Austin then flips him the bird and nails the chair over the head of Foley taking him over the barricade onto the ramp.
The camera gets a view over the face of Foley to see that he is starting to bleed. Austin bends over a bit trying to regain some stamina, and then he hops over the barricade to the ramp. Foley rolls down the ramp as Austin is on pursuit. Mick actually goes underneath the ring hiding from Austin. Steve gets really pissed off at this, and when he lifts up the canvas covering Foley throws a white powder into Austin’s eyes blinding him!
Foley takes a little time to recover and then gets on his knee’s and punches him below the belt taking him down. Steve Austin falls down holding his groin in a ton of pain, as both men are lying down on the outside of the ring wiped out. After around 20 seconds both men show a little sign of life, and both men go over to different things helping themselves up.
Foley gets up first and throws a punch at him. Stone Cold then throws one back as they begin to trade punches back in forth when Austin blocks one and punches him and then kicks him in the stomach. Stone Cold then tries to irish whip Foley into the steel steps, but Foley reverses it and sends Steve into it himself. Mick crawls over to Steve and falls onto him pinning him
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Austin gets his shoulder up. Foley slowly gets up and wipes the blood out of his face and eyes as grabs Austin’s head. Mick throws him back into the ring, and looks under the ring for something. Mick then grabs a 2x4 WRAPPED IN BARBED WIRE!!!!!! The crowd goes wild for the weapon and he slides into the ring. Foley lies back on the corner waiting for him to get up. Steve slowly gets up and then turns around right into a huge shot from the 2x4 in his stomach.
Austin grabs his stomach in a ton of pain and slams it over his back taking him down to the ground. Mick then bounces off the ropes and hits an elbow drop with the barbed wire going right into his face!! The crowd goes wild with a couple of “Holy Shit†chants. Foley covers him driving his forearm into his face for the pin
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No Austin gets his shoulder up at the last second breaking up the pin attempt. Foley is still on the ground regaining strength from the hellacious match this has been so far, with these men seeming to do anything to there bodies to get the win. Foley lifts Austin back up and delivers a few punches to Austin sending him dangling on the ropes. Foley raises his hand in the air and bounces off the ropes clotheslining himself and Steve out of the ring to the floor.
Foley quickly gets up getting a boost of energy shooting at the crowd doing his “bang, bang†trademark. Foley walks up the steps onto the apron, and then runs forward and jumps off the apron hitting a Cactus Elbow! Foley is holding is ribs which are still hurting and then grabs Austin and lifts him up and takes knees him in the stomach and hits a swinging neck breaker on the ground! Foley lies down laying his arm over him
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Kickout from Austin. Foley gets Austin up on his ass and then puts him in a neck vice. Austin yells in pain and you can see the pain on his face as Austin is struggling to get out. Mick yells at Austin saying “tap out, tap out!!†Stone Cold refuses to give up as it sort of looks like Wrestlemania 13 with blood pouring down his face into his eye’s. The crowd starts a “let’s go Stone Cold†chant. Austin gets an energy boost and fights out of the hold getting his second wind going wild with stinging rights and lefts to his jaw.
Austin grabs Foley and drives him backward into the side of the canvas. Steve lifts him up into a spinebuster position and drives his back into the metal ring pole! Austin then drops him into a slingshot position, and slingshots him into the steel pole busting up Foley more. Austin looks under the ring searching around for something. Austin then drags out a table much to the delight of the crowd.
Stone Cold sets up the table near the side of the apron. He grabs Foley by the hair and slams it onto the canvas. Steve lifts him up to the outside of the ring on the apron and knee’s him in the stomach. Austin then grabs Foley and looks behind himself and then jumps off hitting a vertical suplex on Foley off of the ring through the table!!!!!!!!!! The crowd is going berserk chanting “HOLY SHIT†over and over again. Both men are totally out of it and neither are moving an inch. Austin is the first to show some life after 30 seconds and rolls over on top of Foley for a the pin
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NO! Foley gets his hand up at the last millisecond keeping the match going. It took Austin to long to pin him making the match continue on. Austin is still laying there in disbelief thinking that he definitely had the match won with that insane move. Stone Cold slowly begins to crawl over to the barricade and helps him self up wiping the blood from his face.
Austin thinks for a second on what he is going to do next, and then goes over to Foley and slowly lifts him up. Austin gives Foley the middle Finger and kicks him in the mid section and hits the Stone Cold Stunner taking him down for good measure. Austin then tosses him over and onto the announcer table. He jumps up on it himself and stomps on him. Austin grabs Mick’s hair and then puts his head in between his legs. Austin signals that the match is over.
Steve keeps trying to lift him up for a piledriver, but Foley keeps blocking it. Austin tries it a couple of times more, and on the 4th one Mick Foley reverses it, and back drops him through the other announcer table destroying it!!!!!!! The crowd starts up another “HOLY SHIT†chant with the crowd going absolutely nuts with both men out cold again.
Neither man is moving and they just lying there in a ton of pain. The crowd is split for both men cheering them to get up trying them to get an adrenaline rush to get up. The ref goes over to check on Austin and he roars in agony holding his neck almost crying from the pain of his surgically repaired neck. The ref says that Austin is to hurt to continue on and tells them to ring the bell, but Austin slowly grabs the refs arm and gives him the finger to a huge pop from the crowd. Foley pushes the ref out of the way and drapes his arm over Stone Cold’s chest
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NO AUSTIN LIFTS UP HIS RIGHT SHOULDER! The crowd is in complete shock that he kicked out. Mick Foley looks up in astonishment that he kicked out and yells at the ref telling him it was a three count lifting up three fingers in the air. Foley ponders about what will end the match, and then gets an evil smirk on his face. Mick Foley looks under the ring and takes out a table, a match, and lighter fluid!!
The crowd yells in anticipation as they know what will happen next. Foley grabs Austin and puts him on the outside of the ring. Foley sets up the table and then sprays the entire table completely soaked with light fluid and then takes out the match. He lights it and then hold it up in the air so everyone can see, and then drops it on the table covering it with a wall of fire!!
The crowd is going absolutely nuts yelling “we want fire!†Foley slowly climbs up the stairs and then puts Austin in between his legs. The Hardcore legend points to the sky just hoping he doesn’t kill himself on this move. Foley lifts him up and then jumps off the canvas hitting a PILEDRIVER THROGUH THE FLAMING TABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The crowd is absolutely in shock with everyone standing up in shock. The fire quickly goes out, and we see Foley with his hand over Austin’s chest!
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Winner- Mick Foley
*The crowd is still in total shock as two stretchers are rushed down to the ring with the EMT’s. They both check on both men and they are both out cold. They get both of the guys onto the stretchers and the wheel them out of the entrance way into the back.
Styles: As god as my witness, this was the most sadistic match that I’ve personally ever seen, and back in my day I have seen a lot of sadistic matches.
Tazz: I second that Joey. Both those guys came out of retirement to put on the one of the most hardcore matches that I have ever seen, and I still can’t believe the finish to the match.
*We then go backstage to Edge and Lita’s locker room, where we see Edge getting dressed*
Edge: Well Lita that was an amazing pre match warm up.
*Maria then walks into the locker room*
Edge: How the hell did you get in hear?
Maria: Well I heard some moans and groans, and I thought that something might have been the problem.
Edge: Get the hell out of this room you no good dirtbag ho!
*Maria runs out of the room with her hands over her face. We see Edge and Lita both laughing at her. Edge then looks at the camera and starts to talk*
Edge: Hey did I tell you to leave? No. Tonight at this very moment RAW is down in this little “war†against Smackdown. Now everyone may think oh Edge is a team player, he will definitely win this one for RAW. Well guess what, there is only one thing I look out for in this business, and that is me!
*You can hear the crowd boo in the backround*
Edge: If you think I give a crap about this little war we have against Smackdown, then you’re damn wrong! Now that little creep Chris Jericho has been pissing me off way too much lately, and I’m going out there to kick his sorry little ass out of this building! I don’t care what I do, as long as I inflict enough pain as possible on Jericho!
*Edge then walks away as we go back to ringside*
WWE Champion vs. WHC
Edge vs. Y2J
*5….4….3….2 Break the Walls Down plays to the biggest pop of the night as the World Heavyweight Champion walks down to the ring slapping hands with the fans on the way down the isle. Y2J hops onto the apron raising his hands into the air. He then climbs into the ring waiting for Edge*
*Metalingus hits to a memorable amount of heat. Edge soaks in the heat as him and Lita walk through the smoke with the WWE Title around his waist. Before going down to the ring he grabs Lita making out with her. He then begins the walk down to the ring with a very cocky smile on. He continues his usual entrance as he slides into the ring*
The ref gets the time keeper to ring the bell officially starting the match. The crowd goes wild cheering for Y2J as the 2 of them stare each other down. Both of them go up to one of another eye to eye with each other with Edge much taller than Jericho. Edge then starts to laugh at Y2J, and then slaps him in the face! Y2J turns his head holding his jaw while Edge laughs on. Jericho then turns around fake laughing, and then going wild with right’s and lefts hitting him in the head sending him to the corner.
Jericho runs at him and continues pummeling him with more hard rights and lefts. The ref then gets in between them separating the 2 of them with Edge holding his jaw in pain. The 2 of them lock up in the middle of the ring with Edge getting the advantage. The Rated R Superstar grabs his arm and twists it around, and then he brings him close to him and applies a side headlock. Chris then goes over to the ropes and bounces him off the ropes.
Edge runs back at him, but Jericho ducks down to the ground making Edge jump over him. As Edge comes back again this time Jericho leap frogs over him, but this time he turns around into a dropkick from Edge. Edge then goes over to him and stomps on him driving his boot into Chris’ throat. Edge lifts him back up, and then kicks him in the stomach and hits a vertical suplex into a lateral press for the pin
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Y2J gets his shoulder up getting out of the pin. The Rated R Superstar goes over to him and drives his knee into Jericho’s lower back. Edge lifts him up by the arm, and then irish whips him as hard as he possibly can into the turnbuckle causing him to fall onto the ground. Jericho holds his lower back in pain after that move. Edge smirks knowing that he is in total control of the match right now.
Edge goes over to Edge lifting him back up in the corner and hitting him with a big chop. The WWE champ bounces him off the ropes, and as he comes back Edge lifts him up hitting a big flap jack on him. Edge gets back up and bounces off the ropes and hits a knee drop over his head. The Rated R Superstar kicks the standing up Edge in the gut, and then lifts him up and plants him down with a brainbuster! Edge pins him
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Jericho kicks out of it. Edge lifts him back up, and then hits him with a couple of blows to the head laying him across the ropes. Edge brings back his hand and delivers a big knife edge chop to the chest of Jericho, and then he does that again. He tries to irish whip him off the ropes again, but Y2J reverses it sending Edge off the ropes this time. Chris tries to hit a back drop, but he ducks down to soon and Edge kicks him in the face.
Edge mocks Jericho yelling “I’m the King of the World baby!†Edge then lifts him up and scoops him up hitting a scoop slam. He then walks over to the corner and begins to climb up the turnbuckle, and waits for Chris to get up. Jericho gets up slowly, and then turns around is taken down by a huge missile dropkick! He then covers him for the pin
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Jericho kicks out of the pin. Edge pushes the hair out of his eyes and looks at the ref telling him it was a 3 count. He then lifts Jericho back up, and hits him with a forearm smash to the face of Y2J. He then grabs Jericho and irish whips him off the ropes again, but Jericho reverses it and tries to dropkick him but Edge hangs onto the ropes making Chris land on his knee. The Rated R Superstar goes over to him and grabs him by the legs and then slingshots him into the turnbuckle. Edge grabs his arms and backslides him for another pin
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Another kickout from Jericho. Chris slowly climbs over to the corner, and lifts himself back up. Edge follows over to him and pummels away at Jericho with rights and lefts with the ref getting in between the two breaking them up. Edge keeps distracting the ref as Lita goes behind Jericho and chokes him out with the tag team rope. Lita finally stops as Edge walks back over to Chris and grabs his head and takes him down with a snapmare.
Edge puts him into a bow and arrow hold driving his knee into his back. Edge roars at Y2J as the ref checks on Jericho to see if he wants to give up, but Jericho shakes his head saying no I’m not giving up. Chris begins to shake and shows off his flexibility by rolling backwards kicking him in the head breaking up the pin! Jericho gets up and lies down against the ropes. Mr. Money in the Bank rushes at him, but Y2J reverses it, and back drops him to the outside apron.
Jericho bounces off the ropes and hits a flying crossbody taking himself and Edge to the outside of the ring with Edge’s head smacking back and forward with a whiplash effect!! This move gets a huge pop from the crowd as both guys are lying on the ground with both of the guys holding their heads. Jericho gets up first after about 7 seconds, and then lifts up Edge by the hair, and tosses him head first into the steel post! Jericho rolls him back in the ring and he covers him for a pin
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Edge gets his shoulder up. Jericho picks him back up, and chops him too many Woo’s from the crowd. The highlight of the night knee’s him in the stomach several times, and then takes him down with a body slam. Jericho then stomps on him a couple of times and then hits him with an elbow drop. He lifts Edge back up and then irish whips him off the ropes, and as he comes back Jericho takes him down with a drop toe hold sending his head onto the middle ropes.
Jericho then gets pumped up as he begins running in place, and then bounces off the ropes and comes back driving his knee into the neck of Edge! Jericho grabs Edge by the hair and drags him back out into the center of the ring. The King of the World puts him in a full nelson, and does a move that he rarely ever does, and connects with the BREAKDOWN! He then hooks his leg for the pin
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He just gets his shoulder up. Jericho doesn’t take a moment of rest and continues the assault on Edge by putting him in a side headlock. Chris tightens the grip on his head cutting off the circulation of blood in his head. Edge’s head begins to turn bright red, but he tries to fight it off and gets up to one knee. He then stands up all the way, and tries to hit a back suplex on him, but he rolls through and takes him down with a reverse DDT!
Jericho has a cocky smile on as he is in control of this match up now and he drops his elbow over the chest of Edge. Jericho brings him back up to his feet, and then Jericho bounces off the ropes himself, and comes back with a big flying forearm. Jericho nips back up copying HBK on the two moves. Y2J bounces off the ropes again, and hits a basement dropkick to Edge who is on all fours. The highlight reel lifts him back up, and then connects on him with a lightning quick STANDING ENZIGURI! Y2J covers him
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Edge gets his shoulder up to the delight of the Edge heads in the building which is not many. Y2J looks at the ref while he puts up three fingers telling him it was a three count. Jericho gets up as he also lifts Edge up to and then kicks him in the gut. Jericho tosses him into the other corner and charges at him hitting a body splash in the corner. Y2J unleashes with chops and hard rights and lefts make Edge cower in the corner.
Jericho then lifts him up to the top rope. The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla climbs up himself and punches him a couple more time. Jericho takes one more step up to the top rope and he hits him with a couple big smashes to his back. He then jumps up and hits Edge with the JERICHO SPIKE (Frankensteiner)! Both men are out of it, but Chris shows some life and drapes his arm over him for the pin
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NO EDGE BARELY GETS HIS SHOULDER OFF THE MAT. Jericho is in total shock as he buries his head into the mat and then pounds his fists on the mat venting his frustration. He waists a lot of time showing off his frustration, and then he turns around and sees Lita trying to shove the WWE Title into the ring, but the WHC baseball slides her into the barricade! The World Champion turns around, and his head is almost taken off with a big boot!
Edge falls back down as he is whipped out from the match so far, and both men are lying down without moving. Both men begin to show life at the same time. They both get up at the same time in the corner, and they meet each other in the middle of the ring and they start throwing punches at each other. First Edge hits a punch, and then Y2J hits one and this continue for a couple more times. Y2J then blocks one and chops him and irish whips Edge off the ropes. Edge then comes back and hits him with a spinning heel kick.
Edge picks him up and hits him with a chop. The crowd starts an “Edge Sucks†chant with Edge soaking it in like they were cheering for him. Edge taunts Jericho holding his arms up in the air flexing his muscles. The Rated R Superstar picks him up and lifts him up onto his shoulders and then drops him down with a Michinoku Driver. Edge gets over him and starts nailing him with punches. He gets him back up, and then bounces off the ropes behind Jericho, and comes back hitting the Half Nelson bulldog. He hooks the far leg for the pin
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Jericho gets his arm in the air. Edge is shocked that he didn’t put away the win after that move. He gets back up where hits him with his forearm a couple more times. The Rated R Superstar drags him back up to his feet, and then grabs his head and lifts him up holding him in the air, and the dropping him down with a delayed vertical suplex. Edge grabs his leg and lifts it up, and then stomps on it a couple of time and then throwing it down to the mat.
Edge drags him by the leg over to the ring post. He quickly slides out of the ring and grabs Y2J by the leg and tosses it into the ring post. Chris yells out in pain holding his leg. Edge grabs it again and does it again, and again, and finally one more time throwing it into the post. Edge slides back into the ring, and hunts down Jericho who is rolling around on the mat holding his leg. Edge then grabs his leg again and locks in a spinning toe hold spinning around in circles twisting the leg of Y2J. The crowd gets behind Jericho trying to get him back into the match up.
Edge keeps doing this until Jericho kicks him off. Y2J can’t get up right now as his leg is in to much pain. Edge gets up brushing the sweat out of his eyes, and then lifts up Jericho by the leg and lifts him up and hits a shin breaker on him! Edge has an evil smile on his face as he picks up Jericho and puts him into a front facelock and lifts him up and drops him down with a humongous EDGECUTION! Edge hooks his leg as the match appears to be over with him bobbing his head up and down after ever count from the referee
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NO Y2J gets his foot on the bottom rope! Edge can’t believe it as he slams his fist on the ground repeatedly thinking about what he can do to finish off the match. Edge stares at the ref slamming him palm on the ground three times telling the ref to count faster. Edge goes over to Y2J and kicks him in the stomach taking him into the corner. Edge uses the ropes and jumps up, and then back down ramming his boot into Y2J’s throat.
The Rated R Superstar takes his knee and begins to choke Jericho with it illegally in the corner. The ref begins to count the DQ 1….2….3….4…. Edge breaks the hold right before getting disqualified. Edge picks him back up, and puts him up onto the top rope. Edge climbs up, and Y2J instinctively fires away with punches trying to stop him from executing the move. Edge blocks a punch and then kicks him in the stomach stopping the punches. He then puts him in a double underhook face buster position, and lifts him up throwing him hitting a double arm butterfly suplex off the top rope! The crowd goes wild as Edge lands on Jericho with his arm draped across Y2J’s chest
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NO ANOTHER KICKOUT much to the delight of the fans who let out a roar of approval! Edge doesn’t move though as he is lying on the ground not knowing what has happened. Edge turns over onto his back and then looks in the air in shock not believing what has happened in the match so far. Edge face turns red from the anger he has as he lifts him up and the takes him down with a scoop slam. Edge then bounces off the ropes and drops his elbow on the sternum of Y2J.
Edge then goes behind Jericho and puts him into an armbar. He keeps the hold locked in pulling his arm back more and more with every other second. Jericho yells in pain trying to figure away to get out of the hold. Edge pulls Chris up by his hair and slaps him in the face saying “is this all you have bitch?†Jericho gets back up on to his knee and then gets up all the way and knee’s him in the stomach breaking up the hold. Chris then hits him with a lightning quick enziguri taking him down. This triggers off a huge “Y2J†chant.
Jericho rests for about 15 seconds with Edge still down regaining his stamina. He crawls over to the ropes, and helps himself back up to his feet. He then goes over to Edge stomping on him over and over again. He lifts him back up and takes him down with a stiff clothesline. Edge gets back up, and Jericho dropkicks him back down to the ground. The WWE champion gets back up where Jericho kicks him in the gut, and then takes him down with a huge double underhook backbreaker. Jericho covers him with a lateral press
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Edge just gets his shoulder up in time. Jericho quickly goes behind Edge and puts him into a reverse chin lock. Jericho yells at Edge to tap out, but Edge refuses to do so this easily. Jericho has the hold locked when Edge starts to stand back up. Jericho still has the hold locked in while Edge is bended over, but Edge gets out of the hold by elbowing him in the stomach. The WWE champ irish whips him off the ropes, but Jericho reverses it and while Edge comes back Jericho hits him with a big back drop.
Y2J lifts him up and punches him in the back of the head repeatedly. He then run and jumps backwards off the ropes and hits a crossbody! Jericho goes over to lift him up, but Edge hits a well hidden low blow which goes undetected by the ref. The crowd boo’s unmercifully at Edge after taking back the control of this match. Edge then flicks off the fans to a ton of heat from the crowd The Rated R Superstar tosses Jericho out of the ring.
Edge slides out of the ring following him around. Edge picks up his fallen opponent and then punches him in the face. He grabs him by the arm, and tosses him into the steel steps shoulder first knocking the stairs down to. Edge laughs as he grabs Jericho and slides him back into the ring. The WWE champ cockily pins him thinking the match is over by putting one foot on his chest and flexing (like Jericho used to)
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Jericho gets his shoulder up half a second before loses the match. Edge falls back into the corner not believing of the will that Y2J has to win the match. Edge walks back over to Chris who is on all four legs. Edge quickly bounces off the ropes and takes Jericho back down with a big dropkick to his ribs. Edge gets him back up, and lifts him back up where he hits him with a very devastating chop laying him across the ropes.
Edge then grabs him and irish whips him off the ropes, and as he comes back Edge catches him and hits him with an overhead belly to belly suplex! The WWE champ walks over to him and kicks him with stomps. Edge is on complete fire right now, and is extremely pissed off showing it with every move that he does. Edge goes over to the corner, and begins to climb up to the top rope. Edge sits back down waiting for Y2J to get back up.
Jericho shows some life and helps himself back up with ropes. He then turns around into a huge flying clothesline from Edge! He looks at the downed Y2J, and decides not to cover him, and put him into more pain with more moves. The Rated R Superstar lifts him back up, and goes behind him and grabs his head and drops him down with the EDGE-O-MATIC! The crowd boos loudly as Chris is hurt, and this might be the end of him.
Edge grabs his leg and puts Chris into the EDGECATOR! The crowd knows that this might be the end of Jericho and they try to cheer him on to get him back in the match. Y2J yells in pain as the hold is locked in on him in the center of the ring. Edge is putting more and more pressure on the legs really hurting the lower back of Jericho. Chris raises his hand in the air trying to grab the ropes, but he is still to far away. Jericho looks up at the fans who cheer him on and this gives Chris an adrenaline rush!
Chris starts crawling over to the bottom rope and makes one final stretch and grabs the ropes ending the hold on him! The crowd let out a sigh of relief knowing the match isn’t over just yet. Edge can’t believe it and decides to end it know and goes over to the bottom rope and squats down waiting for Chris to get up. As Jericho gets up and turns around Edge goes full speed ahead and tries to hit the Spear only for Y2J to sidestep out of the way causing Edge to go shoulder first into the ring post! Chris goes behind and rolls him up with a school boy pin
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NO Edge kicks out of the pin! The crowd can’t believe it as they thought the match was over there. Both men are down and out lying on the ground, with Edge beginning to show life first. Edge gets up first, and goes over to Chris and lifts him up only for Chris to go wild with punches to the stomach of the WWE Champ! Jericho gets up and kicks him in the gut and then hits him with a forearm smash and hits him with two huge knife edge chops.
Jericho brings him back into the center of the ring where he takes him down with a side suplex. Jericho gets right back up and drops an elbow on Edge’s chest. Chris lifts him right back up and knees him in the gut, and then hits him with a hip toss. Y2J runs and bounces off the ropes hitting a baseball slide taking Edge out of the ring into the barricade! Jericho lifts his arms in the air to a huge pop from the fans.
Chris goes out onto the outside of the apron where he jumps off the side hitting him with an elbow to the back of the head. Jericho goes over to him and lifts up his arm and then kicks him in the ribs. He then tosses him back into the ring. Jericho gets back up on the apron and then climbs up to the top rope. Y2J waits for the WWE Champion to get up, and as he does Chris leaps off the top rope and hits him with a flying crossbody. Chris holds his ribs as he covers him for a pin
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Edge gets his shoulder up in time. Chris can’t believe it as he brushes his hair out of the way, and then he spots Edge on his hands and knee’s and back up kicking him in the gut with a huge kick. Y2J yells at him “Come on Edgeâ€, and then he pummels away at his head with huge rights sending him back down to the ground. We then see Lita get up onto the apron trying to get the attention of the referee to get Edge back in the match. Y2J sees her, and ten jumps up onto the second rope and hits a springboard dropkick on Lita sending her out of the ring!
Jericho smiles at the work he has just done, and then he goes over to a standing up Edge where he hits him with a couple of hard rights and lefts taking him to the ground. Y2J goes behind him and puts him in a rear chin lock. Chris puts more pressure on him and after 5 more seconds in the hold he lets go of it. Y2J sees that Edge is getting back up, so he bounces off the ropes and runs at him hitting the BREAKDOWN! Chris hooks the far leg for the pin
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No Edge gets his shoulder up at the last second to many boos from the crowd. Jericho doesn’t know what he has to do to end the match Y2J goes over and lifts up Edge and tosses him into the corner. Chris charges at him and hits him with a back elbow Jericho bends over and rams his shoulder into Edge’s ribs over and over again. Chris grabs him by the arm and brings him back out and tosses him sternum first into the turnbuckle!
Y2J runs over to him hitting a leg drop over the back of Edge’s head. Chris lifts him right back up, and goes underneath his arm and takes him down with a double leg take down. Y2J then grabs both of his leg and APPLIES THE WALLS OF JERICHO ON EDGE!! The crowd goes wild as Edge roars in pain as Jericho bends backwards putting The Rated R Superstars back at a near impossible angle on his back. Edge isn’t very far from the ropes, but the pain is so severe that he can’t move.
Edge buries his face into his hands, before reaching out trying to grab the ropes, but is half a foot away. Edge falls back down onto the ground before yelling out one more time, and then he jumps forward grabbing the bottom rope breaking the hold. Jericho keeps the hold still locked in and he pulls him back out into the ring. Edge yells in pain again, but he refuses to give up the match.
The WWE Champ takes another leap forward breaking up the pin finally! Y2J can’t believe it though and still keeps the hold locked in, and the ref tells him to let go, but Jericho tells him to shut the hell up. Y2J begins the 5 count trying to make him break up the hold. The ref gets to a 4 count, and Chris lets go of it keeping the match alive. Chris can’t believe that he didn’t give up yet.
Y2J pounds the ground in fury that he didn’t finish off the match there. Chris lifts him back up and then kicks him in the gut. He bounces off the ropes and takes him down with a single armed bulldog sending him face first to the ground. He then looks around the arena as they know what he is going to do next, and then he looks at Edge who is out cold right know. Jericho then bounces off the ropes and jumps backwards hitting the LIONSAULT!! Jericho pins him thinking that the match is over
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Y2J is extremely pissed off that Lita screwed him out of the match. Jericho turns around and looks at her mouthing something out at her with Lita looking scared of what he will do to her. Jericho slides out of the ring and begins to chase Lita around and around the ring. He keeps doing this, and he almost catches up to here, but she slides into the ring. Chris follows her, and when he gets up he is met with a devastating SPEAR FROM EDGE! The crowd boo’s as he pins him, but there is no ref!!! Edge is extremely pissed off as the ref comes to life and Lita slides him into the ring. Edge pins him as he covers him now
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No Jericho gets his shoulder up breaking up the pin! Edge is extremely pissed off, and is actually pulling out his hair from pure anger this match has caused him. Edge then goes over to lift up Jericho he picks him up in the air and then hits him with a big scoop slam. Edge bounces off the ropes and hits him with a leg drop over the throat of Chris Jericho. Jericho holds his throat in pain.
Edge stomps on Jericho in the corner and then lifts him back up. Edge pounds away at him with big rights and lefts, and then hits him with a DDT sending him to the ground. The WWE champ then starts to take off the turnbuckle padding, and then throws it down onto the ground. The ref goes over and scolds Edge and starts to tie it back up. Edge then tells Lita to toss in a chair and tells her to go distract the ref some more.
Edge then picks it up, and he nails Jericho over the head with a stiff chair shot taking him to the ground knocking him out! The ref doesn’t notice this, because of Lita’s distraction. Edge then backs up to the corner and waits for Y2J to get up. It takes a while for him to get up, and as he does and turns around he is hit with a huge SPEAR FROM EDGE! Edge hooks his leg knowing the match is over
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Winner- Edge
*Edge rolls out of the ring as Y2J begins to come to his senses and is pissed of at Edge trying to tell the ref what happened. Edge then grabs his title and holds it up high in the air for everyone to see as he leaves the ring with Lita in his arm*
At that point, Jonathan Coachman steps out from his position at the announcers’ table and climbs into the ring. He grabs a mic and the fans are booing.
Coach: Thank you for a very warm welcome as always. I have something to say, and it is your duty as my devoted audience to listen to what I have to say. Now since Team RAW is going to emerge victorious tonight and prove their dominance in the WWE, I feel it is only fitting that I, your premier RAW announcer, give you my thoughts on our SmackDown adversaries. You see, you have Michael Cole and Tazz sitting down there, talking about how SmackDown is changing Friday nights, but quite frankly, the only thing that has changed on SmackDown since the draft split is the colour of Tazz’s suit. And what did happen to that orange shirt of yours Tazz?
At this moment, Tazz takes his headphones off and is visibly pissed at Coach’s comments.
Coach: And Michael Cole, my friend, all you have done is change your hair colour. I mean, look at this!
Coach points to the titan tron where we see a picture of Michael Cole with his previously brown hair, and Tazz with his orange shirt on.
Coach: But I’m not out here to put you guys down, I’m really not. I feel sorry for you, having to pretend o enjoy calling the matches you see on SmackDown. Let’s face it guys, RAW will always be the number one brand in sports entertainment, and that’s why you see me, and not you, calling the shows every week. But I’m not done yet…
We then see Tazz run into the ring and Coach drops his mic. Tazz goes face to face with Coach and Coach looks petrified. Tazz grabs his waist and slams him down with the belly to belly suplex. Coach holds his back in pain and Tazz stalks him from behind. Coach gets back up slowly and Tazz grabs his neck and locks in the Tazzmission, taking Coach down to the mat. Coach struggles but Tazz has the hold firmly locked in. Coach can’t even tap out as he is out cold now and Tazz finally lets go of him. The fans cheer as Tazz coolly goes outside the ring and resumes his seat at the SmackDown table!
Joey: Haha, Tazz, we may be enemies tonight because of the RAW vs. SmackDown, theme, but I am so glad you just did that.
Lawler: Yeah there’s not much we agree on Tazz, but you’ve earned my support on that one!
The announcers laugh as Coach is helped to the back by medics and then a video package hits, hyping the main event match, where this issue between RAW and SmackDown will finally be settled. The video ends with the big brawl from this past SmackDown with both teams being laid out.
Lilian Garcia: Ladies and gentleman, the following contest is the Clash of the Champions main event and is a 5-on-5, RAW versus SmackDown elimination match!
The fans cheer and JBL’s music hits. He comes out in his limo to a lot of heat from the fans.
Joey: This is what it has come down to. RAW and SmackDown are tied at 3 apiece.
Out next is RAW superstar, Randy Orton. Orton gets loads of jeers from the fans and he climbs into the ring opposite JBL.
The second SmackDown superstar is Shelton Benjamin. The fans give him some heat as he comes out.
Out next for Team RAW is Carlito, who gets a good pop. he comes out with his Money in the Bank briefcase in hand.
The next SmackDown competitor is Batista, who gets a huge ovation from the fans as he makes his way down to the ring.
The music of Abyss then plays and the monster comes to the ring with James Mitchell by his side.
The fans give a good cheer for Rob Van Dam as he comes out as the fourth SmackDown superstar.
RAW’s next wrestler is John Cena and he gets a loud pop from the fans.
The final SmackDown superstar to make his entrance is none other than Kurt Angle, who gets a huge amount of heat from the fans!
The crowds boos continue as the last RAW superstar comes out, and it is The Game, Triple H!
5-on-5 Elimination Match
TEAM RAW vs. TEAM SMACKDOWN
Triple H, Randy Orton, John Cena, Abyss w/James Mitchell & Carlito
vs.
JBL, Kurt Angle, Batista, Rob Van Dam & Shelton Benjamin
The bell rings and the two teams line up in the middle of the ring, directly opposite each other: Carlito and Benjamin stand face-to-face, as do Batista and Abyss, Orton and RVD, Cena and JBL and Triple H and Kurt Angle. The two teams trash talk each other and eventually everybody but Triple H and Angle.
The Game shoves Angle and Kurt shoves him back. Then Triple H lands a punch and Angle hits a chop to the chest. Triple H hits more punches whilst Angle chops him back. Neither man gains an advantage and they back away. They both tag themselves out, with the two monsters, Abyss and Batista, entering.
They go nose-to-nose and try to intimidate the other but this has no effect whatsoever and they back away. Abyss lands a punch on Batista and the Animal it’s a knee to the midsection and sends Abyss off the ropes. Abyss reverses and Batista comes back, but manages to hit a shoulder block to Abyss. Batista pulls his 6’7†opponent to his feet and amazingly manages to pick him into the air in the press position. The crowd are in awe and James Mitchell is screaming on the outside. Batista holds Abyss for a few seconds to show his strength and then he press slams Abyss to the mat! This earns the Animal a huge cheer and he tags out to fellow SmackDown member, Rob Van Dam.
RVD comes in all fired up and just as Abyss is back on his feet, RVD hits him with the spinning wheel kick. Van Dam goes to the corner and jumps onto the turnbuckle, where he comes off and nails Abyss with the split-legged moonsault. The crowd are on fire in this deciding match and RVD calls for the rolling thunder. His SmackDown team mates cheer as he runs into the ropes and nails Abyss with the rolling thunder, and SmackDown has a clear advantage now. Van Dam makes the cover.
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Abyss kicks out.
Triple H and Randy Orton were both half-way into the ring just in case Abyss wouldn’t kick out, and the ref sees them back out onto the apron.
This allows RVD to pull Abyss to SmackDown’s corner and Angle tags himself in. the wrestling machine immediately goes to work on Abyss’ legs and he grabs the left leg and drops his own elbow into Abyss knee. Angle does this again and then a third time, and Abyss is in pain like never before. Angle lets go of the leg and pulls Abyss to the ropes, where he wraps Abyss’ left leg over the bottom rope. Angle then jumps into the air and drops his elbow over the inside leg again. The crowd give a mixed reaction to this and we see JBL calling for the tag. Angle makes it and JBL comes in all fired up as well.
JBL waits for Abyss to rise to his feet and he then kicks him in the gut and hits a big suplex on Abyss. JBL smirks and then lifts Abyss back up and sends him into the ropes, but Abyss reverses and Abyss goes for a punch but JBL runs and ducks underneath. The exchange ends when JBL comes off the opposite ropes and jumps into Abyss, but Abyss catches him and hits his own variation of JBL’s fall away slam. Abyss is able to get to his corner and he and JBL both tag out.
RAW superstar Carlito comes in, as does Shelton Benjamin for SmackDown. Shelton wants a test of strength and Carlito obliges. They hook up in the centre of the ring and the slightly stronger Benjamin starts to take control for a moment, but Carlito then hits a knee to the ribs and hits some chops and punches on Shelton. Carlito goes to send Benjamin off the ropes but it is countered and Carlito goes towards the ropes. However, Carlito hits a flying elbow and gets to his feet before Benjamin, allowing him to nail an elbow knockdown and then a clothesline when Shelton gets back up. The crowd are cheering Carlito on over the heel Shelton and Carlito drops to his knees to lock in a rear chin lock. Shelton tries to claw his way out of the hold but eventually JBL comes in illegally to break it up with a boot to the back of Carlito. Randy Orton then comes in and starts hammering away on JBL and the ref is able to finally split them apart.
Carlito and Benjamin then run at one another and both hit clotheslines. They go down in the centre of the ring. The crowd are cheering on their favourite brand as Carlito and Shelton edge towards their corners. Benjamin makes the tag out to Batista and Carlito tags in Triple H. they both run in and only realise who they’re up against when they nearly collide. They stand off each other and both smirk. Triple H looks nervous after he lost to the Animal three times last year, and he looks back off but this is a plan and he catches Batista off guard with a hard punch. Triple H sends Batista off the ropes and Orton hits a knee to the back when Batista reaches his side of the ring. Triple H nails a boot to the stomach and positions Batista for the pedigree. However, Batista backs towards the ropes and hits a back body drop to H, who is sent all the way to the outside floor. Batista roars and then hits a spinebuster to Orton who enters illegally. On the outside, JBL and Shelton Benjamin pull Triple H to his feet and send him back into the ring. Batista picks him up and throws him into the turnbuckle corner. The Animal runs at H but the Game gets a boot to the face and climbs to the second rope. When Batista turns around, Triple H dives off with the axe handle but Batista hits a punch to the gut and H goes down to the mat. The fans cheer for Batista as he pulls Triple H to his feet and positions him between his legs for the Batista bomb, but Triple H counters with a back body drop and then goes to his team’s corner where he tags John Cena in.
Cena and Triple H actually work together by nailing a double suplex to Batista. Cena immediately covers him as H leaves the ring.
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Batista gets a shoulder up.
Cena calls for the former World Heavyweight Champion to rise to his feet and Cena then hits the shoulder block. He pulls Batista up in the corner and plants several hard shots at him. Cena backs off and then runs at the Animal, but Batista moves out of the way and Cena turns into a stiff Batist clothesline that flattens Cena! Batista tags Kurt Angle in.
Angle goes right to work with a suplex on Cena when Cena gets up and Angle then locks him in the body scissors. Cena tries to fight out of it but he is nowhere near the ropes. He looks like he is starting to fade and the ref lifts his arm up and then lets go…Cena’s arm drops to the mat. The ref lifts it a second time and the same results happen. The ref then lifts the arm one final time and lets go…Cena keeps it right where it is and then clenches his fist. He gets the crowd pumped up and the are cheering him on and he starts to fight out of the body scissors. He gets Angle’s legs off him and gets to his knees. JBL is shouting for Kurt to apply more pressure but Cena is now to his feet and he hits an elbow to the stomach. Angle keeps his grip but lets go on the second elbow. Cena hits a punch to the face and then runs into the ropes. However, when he dives at Angle with a flying forearm, Kurt moves out of the way and Cena hits the mat. Cena rolls to the outside and tries to get some space, but SmackDown’s Shelton Benjamin runs him into the ring post. The fans boo Shelton and he laughs and then tosses Cena back inside. RAW’s Carlito and Orton have come over but Shelton moves back towards his team.
Angle covers Cena and this could put SmackDown 5-4 ahead.
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Cena just kicks out!
Team RAW are relieved and get behind Cena. Angle is stalking him from behind, signalling for the Angle slam. Cena gets to his feet slowly and Angle goes for the slam, but Cena lands behind Kurt and is in the perfect position to take Angle up and drop him with the spinning out powerbomb! Cena and Angle are both down and Cena crawls into the cover.
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Angle kicks out.
Both men start to edge towards their corners. Cena tags in Orton and Angle makes the tag to RVD. Orton runs at Van Dam but RVD ducks underneath and hits some kicks to the chin. He then throws Orton into the corner and hits a running shoulder block. After three of these RVD performs a back flip and runs at Orton again with a fourth shoulder block in the turnbuckle. Orton is reeling and RVD throws him down to the mat in the perfect position for the five star frog splash. RVD goes up top and calls for his finisher, but Triple H runs along the outside apron and shoves RVD off the top rope, right onto the crowd barricade on the outside. Abyss jumps down off the apron and grabs RVD. Abyss runs Van Dam’s back into the barricade and then tosses him back into the ring, as Team SmackDown complain on the other side. Orton tags in Abyss who after dismantling Van Dam on the outside, wants to finish him off. Abyss lifts RVD to his feet and sends him off the ropes. RVD comes back and Abyss goes for the black hole slam, but RVD counters and hits Abyss with the tornado DDT! The fans give a good cheer to RVD and he slowly makes the cover and hooks the leg.
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Abyss throws RVD off him and bursts to his feet. Van Dam can’t believe it and he jumps onto the ropes and hits a somersault plancha, but Abyss catches him and spins him in position to nail the black hole slam! The fans boo Abyss and Team RAW are happy as he covers RVD, and surely this will put Team RAW ahead.
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Shelton Benjamin has gone up top and he hits a leg drop to the back of Abyss’ head to break the cover!
This brings in all of Team RAW and all of Team SmackDown and all eight men go it it, with Abyss and RVD down in the ring. Triple H and Orton are clotheslined to the outside in one fell swoop by Batista but he is dropkicked in the back by Carlito and sent to the outside as well. JBL throws Carlito to the outside too and he fights with Cena until they are both clotheslined over the top by Abyss. Cena can’t believe his own team member attacked him but Orton pulls him away as he tries to grab Abyss’ foot. Abyss then backs into Kurt Angle, who plants him into the mat with the Angle slam! Angle isn’t the legal man, though, and he helps RVD to his feet. He tells Van Dam to cover Abyss, but RVD has other plans. RVD goes to the top turnbuckle and calls for the five star frog splash. The fans cheer as RVD dives off and nails it. He holds his stomach in pain for a moment and they crawls into the cover on Abyss!
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Abyss is eliminated (14:26) – SmackDown leads RAW by 5-4
The crowd cheer as Abyss is gone from this match but James Mitchell then enters the ring with his stick. He shouts at RVD and goes to hit him but Batista is back and he grabs Mitchell’s stick and cracks Mitchell with it. The fans give a loud pop for Batista and we see RVD tag in Shelton Benjamin.
Carlito comes in for RAW and locks up with Shelton. Benjamin grabs Carlito’s arm and gets it behind his back. However, Mr. Money in the Bank manages to flip Benjamin over him and he rolls him up into a pin fall.
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Benjamin kicks out.
Shelton can’t believe Carlito did that and he looks annoyed and runs at Carlito. Carlito hits a drop toehold sending Benjamin into the turnbuckle pad and the fans cheer as he grabs Benjamin and hits the cool breaker. Carlito makes the cover.
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Benjamin gets a shoulder off the mat.
Carlito looks a little frustrated and he calls for Shelton to get to his feet. Benjamin is up and Carlito runs off the ropes and drops Shelton with a bulldog. He doesn’t make the cover this time, though, but instead tags out to Randy Orton.
Orton hits some uppercuts on Shelton and his last uppercut knocks Benjamin against the ropes. Orton runs at him but Benjamin counters with a back drop. Orton lands on the outside apron though and drops the back of Shelton’s neck over the ropes. Orton climbs back inside with Shelton reeling and he taunts for the RKO. Shelton turns around and Orton jumps into the air, but Shelton pushes him away and as Orton turns, Shelton goes for the t-bone suplex! However, Orton counters with his own suplex and locks Shelton in a side headlock. JBL comes in illegally again and Orton goes to fight him off. Orton starts to get the upper hand but JBL hits a rake to the eyes but Carlito and Cena are in and they hammer away on JBL. This brings in SmackDown’s Batista and RVD and those five go at it.
With both Orton and Shelton, the two legal superstars, down, the other RAW member, Triple H, comes in and hits Benjamin with the pedigree. The crowd boo and Orton makes the cover. After being preoccupied with the fighting superstars, the ref has things now under control and he counts the cover.
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Shelton Benjamin is eliminated (18:51) – both teams are tied at 4-4
Triple H and Orton laugh as Team SmackDown are going mad on the other side. However, Orton doesn’t see as JBL comes into the ring and he turns around, with JBL nailing him with the clothesline from hell. SmackDown smile as JBL covers Orton, and SmackDown could be back in front.
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No, Orton just kicks out!
JBL can’t believe it and he hooks Orton’s leg this time whilst making the pin. The ref counts again.
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Orton gets a shoulder up.
JBL is furious and he tags Batista in and tells him to finish Orton off. Batista signals for the Batista bomb ad waits for Orton to rise to his feet. Orton is slow getting up and when he is crouching Batista puts him between his legs. Batista lifts Orton into the air and drops him to the canvas with the Batista bomb. The crowd cheer and Batista is about to cover Orton when JBL comes back and tags himself in by touching Batista in the back. He says he wants to pin him. Batista is saying that he finished him off, he wants to get the pin. The two ten get in one another’s face and the ref tells Batista to leave the ring. However, this distraction allows Orton to jump into the air and he plants JBL into the mat unexpectedly with the RKO! The fans give a mixed reaction as Orton pins JBL.
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JBL is eliminated (21:07) – RAW leads SmackDown by 4-3
Angle is livid with Batista for what happened but RVD tells him to cool down. Team RAW are seen laughing at how SmackDown seem to be falling apart and Orton crawls over to tag Cena in. RVD comes in for SmackDown and he and Cena square off with punches and RVD lands some kicks in there. Cena sends RVD off the ropes and goes for a powerslam but RVD counters it into an armdrag. He hits a dropkick to Cena on the mat and pulls him up, hitting the mule kick. Cena is down and Angle tags himself in. RVD looks a bit annoyed but leaves the ring. Angle pulls Cena up and sends him off the ropes, where Angle then hits the belly-to-belly suplex. He pulls his straps down and grabs Cena’s leg for the ankle lock, but Triple H comes in and nails a shot to Angle’s head. Batista comes back and clotheslines Triple H down. However, this distraction was enough for Cena to make the tag to Carlito. Carlito went straight up top and hits the missile dropkick to Angle. He makes the cover.
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Angle gets a shoulder up just after the count of 2.
Carlito locks Angle’s arms behind his back on the mat and pulls back, but not for long as RVD is in and he jumps off the top rope and remarkably hits a dropkick to the back of Carlito to break up the hold. Angle regains his composure and then rolls Carlito into the cover.
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Carlito kicks out.
24 minutes into the match and Angle makes the tag to Batista. Carlito goes towards his corner but Batista grabs his foot and pulls him away before he can tag either Triple H, Cena or Orton in. Carlito goes for the enziguri whilst Batista has his foot but the Animal ducks and hits the atomic drop on Carlito. Batista runs into the ropes but Triple H hits a knee to the back. Batista turns around and pulls Triple H over the ropes and into the ring, but Carlito comes from behind and rolls him up for the pin.
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Batista kicks out.
Carlito goes to tag in Orton and Triple H hits some punches to Batista since he is in the ring. RVD tries to enter but the ref holds him out and Orton hits a thumb to the eye. Orton then goes up top as Triple H it’s a running knee on Batista and he finally exits the ring. Batista rises to his feet and Orton goes for the cross body plancha, but Batista doesn’t go down and similarly to Monty Brown’s alpha bomb, Batista throws Orton onto his shoulders and drops him with his second Batista bomb. The fans cheer loudly as Batista hooks the leg and the referee counts the fall.
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Orton is eliminated (26:19) – Both teams tied at 3-3
Team RAW has Triple H, Cena and Carlito remaining, whilst Team SmackDown is down to Angle, RVD and Batista. Batista tags out to RVD and Cena comes in for RAW.
They lock up and Cena backs Van Dam into the ropes, where the ref calls for the break and gets it. Cena pulls RVD towards the middle of the ring and hits a suplex. He covers RVD for the pin.
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RVD kicks out.
Cena pulls RVD to his feet and sends him off the ropes, but RVD reverses. Cena comes off the ropes and goes for a flying shoulder block, but RVD ducks underneath and Cena comes off the opposite ropes, but Kurt Angle hits a knee to the back. Cena stumbles and walks into Van Dam’s spinning wheel kick, but as RVD makes the cover, he glances over towards Angle looking annoyed that his team cheated a little. The ref counts the pin on Cena.
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Cena gets a shoulder up.
RVD pulls Cena towards the SmackDown corner and tags Angle in. Angle and RVD hit a double suplex and Angle makes the cover.
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Angle then grabs Cena’s leg and starts to work over it by digging his elbow into Cena’s knee. He does this three times and then pulls Cena towards the ropes and wraps his leg over the bottom rope. Angle then jumps in the air and drops the back of his leg over Cena’s causing more pain to the knee and leg area. Angle pulls Cena up and sends him to the turnbuckle. Angle runs at him but Cena gets an elbow to the head and then climbs to the second rope, but his leg is hurting a lot. Angle turns and Cena jumps off the ropes, but Kurt is able to catch him when Cena lands on the mat and Angle hits the belly-to-belly suplex and makes the cover.
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Triple H breaks up the pin fall.
Batista comes in and he and Triple H stare down nose-to-nose but the referee makes sure they both leave the ring.
Meanwhile, Angle has Cena in a chickenwing Crossface and Cena is on his knees, trying to battle his way to his feet. He starts to elbow Angle in the gut and gets the release on the third elbow. Cena then catches Angle’s punch and lands one of his own. He gets fired up with several punches and sends Angle off the ropes, but Kurt reverses. However, Cena comes back with a flying forearm and then hits a clothesline when they are back on their feet. Angle gets back up and Cena hits a harder clothesline and when Angle is up again, Cena sends him into the ropes and plants him with the powerslam! Cena then signals for the five-knuckle shuffle and the fans start cheering. Cena does the ‘You can’t see me†taunt with the crowd chanting along, and then runs into the ropes. However, he doesn’t realise that Triple H makes the blind tag when Cena comes off the ropes and Cena continues running and hits the fist drop to Angle to finish the five-knuckle shuffle. Triple H then comes into the ring and Cena asks what he’s doing. Triple H says he’s the legal man and shoves Cena out of the way and makes the cover on Angle, who looks fully able to kick out, but doesn’t need to as Cena pulls H out of the pin before the ref can even count to one. Triple H looks pissed at Cena and he knocks Cena down with a straight right fist. Carlito then comes into the ring and tells H he’s not helping RAW here, but as Carlito turns way to leave the ring, Triple H spins him around and kicks him in the stomach. He then drops Carlito with the pedigree! The fans boo H heavily but Angle comes from behind and hits the AngleSlam! However, Angle doesn’t go for the cover as he is tired and he tags in Batista. The ‘Animal’ goes towards the ropes and pulls them back with his signature pose. He then calls for H to rise to his feet, and the ‘King of Kings’ slowly gets to his knees, where Batista immediately puts him between the legs and pulls Triple H into the air, then dropping him with the Batista bomb! The fans cheer but Batista doesn’t cover Triple H. Instead, he walks towards SmackDown’s corner and makes the tag to Rob Van Dam. RVD goes right up top and calls for the five-star frog splash. Triple H is in the perfect position and RVD nails his patented finisher! RVD crawls into the cover.
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Triple H is eliminated (30:23) – SmackDown leads RAW by 3-2
Cena and Carlito are back on the apron and they both nod in approval as Triple H is eliminated, even though they are now down by one man. Carlito climbs into the ring and goes right to work on RVD, who is in some pain after the five-star he just hit. Carlito hits a back breaker and then grabs a side headlock on the mat. RVD, though, is near the ropes and wraps his leg around the bottom rope to break the hold. Carlito keeps it locked in whilst the ref begins the five count.
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Carlito releases in plenty of time and pulls RVD to his feet.
Carlito hits a suplex and then covers RVD.
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RVD gets a shoulder off the mat.
Carlito looks annoyed that he didn’t get the three and he pulls Van Dam back to his feet, and goes for the cool breaker, but RVD hits a back elbow to the head and Carlito stumbles back towards SmackDown’s corner, where Angle drops Carlito over the ropes and allows RVD to roll Mr. Money in the Bank up for the pin, and Cena could be on his own against three SmackDown superstars if Carlito doesn’t kick out!
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Carlito just pushes RVD away in time, and Van Dam is sent to the SmackDown corner, where Batista tags himself in.
Angle looks annoyed as he had raised his arm for the tag but Batista doesn’t care and goes straight for Carlito, sending him into the ropes and planting him with a spinning spinebuster! Batista is about to make the cover, but Cena storms into the ring and plants several punches on the ‘Animal’. Angle comes in, and he and Cena trade blows. During all of this, the referees don’t see as RVD goes up top for the five-star frog splash on Carlito, but Carlito reaches his feet and crotches RVD up top. Carlito goes outside and grabs his briefcase. He goes up top himself and the referees are still occupied on Angle’s brawl with Cena, and they don’t see as he dives off the top rope and cracks Batista with a shot from the briefcase as Batista reached his feet. Carlito throws the briefcase out of the ring and makes the cover on Batista.
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Batista is eliminated (34:43) – Both teams tied at 2-2
The fans give mostly boos as Batista is gone, but they cheer when Carlito goes to the second rope and positions himself for a hurricanrana on RVD, something very unlike Carlito. However, he is unable to pull it off as RVD nails some punches to knock Carlito to the mat, and he then goes for the split-legged moonsault, but Carlito gets his knees up!
RVD rolls to the outside in pain, and Cena rolls Angle back inside. Carlito hits a thumb to the eye that the referee doesn’t see and then calls for the spinning neckbreaker. Angle gets to his feet and Carlito is about to hit his finisher…but Kurt shoves him away and Carlito comes off the ropes and walks into a belly-to –back suplex! Angle pulls the straps down and grabs Carlito’s ankle. He synches in the ankle lock and Carlito writhes in agony. Angle is screaming for him to tap but Carlito tries to battle through the pain. He crawls near the ropes but Angle pulls him back to the middle of the ring and also goes down to the mat, as he has wrapped his leg around Carlito’s to apply even more pressure! Carlito screams in pain but is saved when Cena comes in and hits a kick to Angle. Kurt releases the hold and RVD is back in the ring. RVD jumps into the ropes and goes for the cross body plancha, but Cena ducks out of the way and RVD hits Angle inadvertently! RVD can’t believe it but has no time to contemplate what he did as Cena clotheslines him to the outside.
Carlito gets to his feet just before Angle does and Carlito comes from behind Angle and hits him with the spinning neckbreaker! The fans pop loudly as Carlito makes the cover on Kurt Angle.
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Kurt Angle is eliminated (37:22) – RAW leads SmackDown by 2-1
It is down to RVD for SmackDown against RAW’s John Cena and Carlito. Carlito, however, is very worn out and he needs the tag to Cena, but we Triple H walking back down to the ring with a sledgehammer in hand. He climbs into the ring and gets ready to nil Carlito, but the ref stops him and tries to get the sledgehammer away from him. Then, Kurt Angle climbs back in the ring and hits Carlito with the AngleSlam! Triple H goes out of the ring and RVD covers Carlito. The fans are fuming at H and Angle.
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Carlito is eliminated (37:56) – Both teams are tied at 1-1
It has come down to the last two superstars, and the next fall will secure the win for either RAW or SmackDown. It is John Cena for RAW, Rob Van Dam for SmackDown. Who will score the win?
Cena and RVD go nose to nose and then start throwing punches after some trash talking. They go at it with the hardest punches they can muster and they seem to be having a lot of impact as both are getting more fatigued. RVD hits a knee to the abdomen and sends Cena into the ropes, but it is reversed and when RVD comes back, Cena gets him onto his shoulders and goes for the F-U, but RVD rolls off and hits a kick to the stomach, ducks a Cena punch and wraps his arms ready for a German suplex. Cena doesn’t go, though, and elbows RVD in the face. Cena then tries to send RVD into the ropes and succeeds, but as he goes to position him for another F-U, RVD rolls him up with the victory roll! The ref makes the cover and Cena is trying, but seems unable, to kick out.
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Cena gets a shoulder off the mat!
RVD gets to his feet first and runs into the ropes, where he hits a cross body, which allows him to make the cover on Cena.
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Cena rolls through with the pin.
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RVD kicks out!
The fans are going back and forth, some cheering for Cena, some for RVD. They get to their feet at the same time and trade punches again, with RVD gaining the advantage through the use of some kicks. RVD sends Cena to the turnbuckle and runs at him, digging a shoulder into Cena’s abdomen. RVD hits another shoulder block and does a backflip. He nails the third shoulder in the corner and then throws Cena down in position for the five-star frog splash. RVD goes to the top rope and signals his finisher to the fans, but Cena is to his feet. RVD still jumps off the ropes onto Cena, but Cena catches him in the perfect position for the F-U, and he drops RVD with it! The fans give some cheers and some boos as Cena makes the cover on RVD, and surely this is over!
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RVD gets a shoulder off the mat!
The fans cannot believe that RVD kicked out of the F-U and Cena looks irate that he didn’t get the pin. At that point, Cena goes down to the mat and locks in the STFU! RVD writhes in pain and tries to fight his way out of the hold, and is not too far away from the ropes that he manages to make it. Cena releases the STFU and looks confused as to what to do next. He goes to the outside apron and climbs to the top rope, obviously seeing the need to resort to something outside his usual offence. RVD uses the ropes to pull himself up, with his legs in pain from the STFU and he turns around. Cena dives off the top rope with a back elbow, but RVD remarkably counters it into an armdrag move. The fans cheer as RVD smirks, but then Triple H shows up again and he is walking down the ramp once more wit his sledgehammer in hand much like before.
RVD pulls Cena up to his feet, but Cena tries to shove Van Dam away, and in doing so, RVD collides with, and knocks down, the referee! He turns and Cena hits a low blow and it looks like these guys will do anything to get the win. Cena places Van Dam on his shoulders yet again and goes for the F-U, but Triple H comes in with the sledgehammer and runs at Cena. However, Cena moves out of the way and RVD rolls off his back. Cena clotheslines Triple H over the top rope to the outside and turns back towards RVD, but now Randy Orton is in the ring and Cena turns into Orton’s RKO! The fans boo heavily and RVD has had enough. He nails some kicks to Orton and manages to toss him to the outside, but Triple H is back in and he nails RVD in the head with the sledgehammer! RVD literally falls over Cena on the mat and Triple H and Orton back up the ramp as the referee comes to. He crawls over to where Cena and RVD are, both not moving, and very slowly makes the count.
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John Cena is eliminated (39:12)
Team SmackDown wins – Survivor: Rob Van Dam
Tazz: SmackDown has done it. SmackDown has beaten RAW in the main event, and we have won the Clash of the Champions!
Joey: I can’t believe it! Triple H and Randy Orton caused the downfall of RAW, and I’ll admit that I don’t know which way it would have gone otherwise, but I cannot believe what Triple H and Randy Orton did!
RVD slowly comes around and gets to his feet. The SmackDown locker room files down to the ring and they get RVD on their shoulders. Cena looks on from the ramp way and Clash of the Champions goes off air with RVD and SmackDown standing tall!
*END SHOW*
