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BACKSTAGE:
Undertaker comes roaring into the parking area of the arena on his motorcycle.
JR: Well King, there’s Big Evil, he looks focused and ready for the task at hand tonight, that being the Elimination Chamber for the World Heavyweight Championship.
VIDEO: Edge and Hulk Hogan winning the WWE Tag Team Championship.
Cole: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Summerslam, and Tazz, I don’t know about you, but I for one can’t wait for our next match!
Tazz: No doubt Cole, this is going to be off the hook for sure! It’s Hulk-a-Mania vs Hulk-a-maniac! It’s going to be a rocketbuster!
Edge’s music hits as Edge comes down the ramp.
Cole: Edge has really upped his game lately. He was out for WrestleMania, but he came back last May and instantly helped out his childhood Idol Hulk Hogan, fast forward to right now where the Hulk-a-Maniac faces Hulk-a-Mania himself! This is going to be historic!
Hulk Hogan’s music hits as the Hulkster comes down the ramp.
Tazz: He is the man who put WrestleMania, let alone the whole WWE, on the map. Hulk Hogan launched the WWE into main stream, and after 20 years, Hulk Hogan comes back to the WWE and lights the same fire he did back then, he just keeps putting out hit after hit, that’s what I truly admire about Hulk-a-Mania, he never gets stale!
Hulk-a-Mania vs. Hulk-a-Maniac
Hulk Hogan vs. Edge
The crowd tears in half chanting both EDGE and HOGAN’s names. Edge turns towards the crowd and smiles and Hogan nods his head in approval. Hogan and Edge walk up to each other and whisper something back and fourth. Edge extends his hand out and wants to shake hands with Hogan. Hogan smirks and shakes his hand. The fans go crazy as they lock up. Edge gets the surprise and gets behind Hogan. Edge grabs Hogan and goes for an inverted DDT, but Hogan spins out of it and clotheslines Edge. Edge quickly gets to his feet and Hogan nails him with a right and pushes him back in the corner, but Edge reverses and Hogan finds himself in the corner. Edge nails Hogan in the gut with a knee and then grabs him around the head. Edge runs out of the corner looking for a bulldog, but Hogan counters and hurls him forward and Edge crashes on the mat. Edge doesn’t let anything get in his way and gets up right away locking up with Hogan right away. Hogan manages to set Edge up for the suplex and shoots for it, but Edge blocks and goes for a suplex of his own. Edge doesn’t have enough in him to lift the Hulkster. Hulk tries for the suplex again, but Edge blocks. Hogan tries a third time, but Edge blocks then cracks Hogan with a spinning neckbreaker. Edge covers Hogan 1…kickout! Edge gets up and sizes up Hogan. Hulkster gets up and Edge hurls him towards the ropes, but Hulk counters and hurls Edge to the ropes. Edge bounces back and goes for a mid air crossbody, but Hulk catches him horizontally. Hulk goes for a Fall Away Slam, but Edge flies up and over his shoulder and follows through with a quick roll up on Hogan 1…2…kickout! Hulk gets up with a surprised look on his face. Edge stands in front of Hogan with a smile and Hogan says “you almost got me there.†Hulk gets up and circles the ring and then locks up with Edge again. Both try to budge the other, but Hulk gets the advantage and pushes Edge to the ropes. Hulk knees Edge in the gut and hurls him across the ring. Edge hits the ropes then the locks onto them, stopping himself in his tracks. Hulk charges him, but Edge gets the quick boot up and nails Hogan right on the chin. Hogan stumbles back and Edge charges the Hulkster nailing a huge dropkick. Hogan goes down. Edge runs and hooks the leg 1…2…kickout! Edge gets up and tells Hogan to get up. Hulk gets up and Edge clotheslines him. Hogan gets up again and Edge nails him with another clothesline. Hogan gets up once more and Edge charges him a third time, but Hogan counters into a huge bodyslam on Edge. Hulk pulls the trigger and runs to the ropes looking for the leg drop. He bounces back and goes for it, but Edge rolls out of the way and nobody home for Hogan. Hogan sits up clinching his leg while Edge bounces off the ropes and nails a drop kick to the face of sat up Hogan. Edge covers Hogan 1…2…kickout! Edge sits Hogan up and puts him in a side headlock. Edge tightens the grip and Hogan begins to fade. The crowd starts getting louder chanting HOGAN! HOGAN! HOGAN! Hogan feeds off the crowd energy and begins Hulking up. Edge gets a little spooked and lets go and Hogan runs around the ring Hulking Up. Edge throws a right at Hogan. Hogan points at him with the crowd fully behind him. Edge throws another and Hulk blocks it and lands a right of his own. Edge throws another, but Hogan blocks it again and hurls a right hand. Hogan pushes Edge off the ropes and across the ring. Edge bounces back and Hogan lifts the leg up for the Big Boot, but Edge ducks and bounces off the ropes again. Hogan turns around and Edge Spears the hell out of Hulk Hogan. Edge quickly hooks Hogan’s leg and covers him 1…2…3!
WINNER: Edge
Cole: What?!?! Edge beat Hogan! Edge beat Hogan! Spear! Spear by Edge!
Tazz: Wow, I didn’t see it coming! Edge counters the big boot and goes straight for the kill! Smart on Edge’s part, but I don’t think anyone in a million years would have seen Edge beat Hogan here tonight at Summerslam!
Hogan gets up holding his ribs and has a look of astonishment on his face. Edge breathes heavily in and out staring back at Hogan. Hogan swallows his pride and this time extends his hand out to Edge.
Tazz: Hogan looking to close this match the same way Edge opened it…
Edge smiles and shakes his hand and male embraces him with a hug. Edge raises Hogan’s hand and then Hulk Hogan’s theme hits. Edge starts mimicking the Hulk Hogan poses and Hulk joins in. They celebrate to a thunderous ovation.
BACKSTAGE:
Coach is backstage with Raw GM Eric Bischoff.
Coach: I am here…
Bischoff: Shut up Coach, I have had just about enough of you. Why the hell did you ask me here anyway, don’t you know I am far from being in the right piece of mind? Listen, I have been demoted, laughed at, threatened…
Stephanie McMahon walks into the picture.
Steph: …and your team lost earlier tonight against the more credible tag team, whom coincidently resides on my brand, SmackDown! You sure are in one hell of a slump Eric, I don’t know how you got yourself in that whole, but even I have to admit, I don’t think you’ll be able to. No, not you, not the attention craving, power hungry, man of your stature, I doubt it. Listen, Eric, if you need a way out, I can always use my own personal secretary because I am so busy all the time, a secretary would do wonders for me…
Eric Bischoff watches Stephanie McMahon walk away and pretends to ring her neck with his hands. The camera turns back towards Coach and Bischoff turns around and is face to face with former WWE Women’s Champion Trish Stratus.
Bischoff: Trish? What…what are you doing here? How have you been?
Stratus: Shut it Eric. I hear you know where Christian is, mind pointing me in the right direction?
Bischoff: Why Trish, I am sorry, but I don’t know where Christian is…
Stratus: Save it for someone who cares Eric, that worm hasn’t called me since Mark Henry laid me out, and he won’t take any of my calls, I just need to talk to him, are you sure you don’t know where he is?
Bischoff: No, Trish, I don’t. Weren’t you two supposed to…you know…
Trish shakes her head and then walks away.
Bischoff: Oh these, women are horrendous Coach!
Jazz comes from behind and spins Eric Bischoff around. She grabs him by the collar and hurls him against the wall.
Jazz: Boy you better be giving me dat Women’s title, and I want dat gold right now boy!
Bischoff: JAZZ! JAZZ! Calm down! No need for force! Listen, let’s wait for tomorrow night alright, I have a had a long night!
Jazz shakes him.
Bischoff: Alright! I know you have had one too, so I think everyone needs just a little shut eye, how does that sound? A little rest? We will get this all sorted out as soon as we can, how does that sound?
Jazz puts him down.
Jazz: I am giving you 24 hours boy, not a minute more…
Jazz walks away.
Bischoff: That’s why I chose this job, I am away from the wife, and what happens? I have more women trouble that I ever had before…oh…I need a drink!
Austin walks up to Eric Bischoff with his referee shirt on carrying a cooler.
Austin: I believe I heard “drink?†That sounds like a good plan Eric, good thing I thought of it.
Austin pulls out a beer can out of his cooler and cracks one open and chugs it.
Bischoff: Oh…Steve…good, you’re here, do you think I can…have one of those please?
Austin: You want a beer? A nice cold, refreshing beer? Hell, kid, if I was manhandled by a woman on national TV, I would need a case minimum to make me forget that ever happened…
Bischoff: So can I have on? I am really, really, in need of a little rush right now.
Austin: You know Eric, I would give you one, but what kind of GM would I be if I just handed you a beer out of the blue while you are on the job? That’s right, not a good one. Listen, I am already lit, so you have to take the GM duties by the horns, one of us has to be the responsible one here. Wait, wait, that’s right, you are less responsible than me, and you don’t even have any alcohol in you, here’s an idea, how about you get the hell out of my sight and let me run things here, I got a match to referee, I am a very busy man, I got people to see, places to be, so…
Austin walks away. Bischoff puts his head down and shakes it ready to cry. Austin walks back.
Austin: Oh Eric, you know I wouldn’t leave you stranded in the middle of nowhere like that, here, this is from me to you.
Austin reaches in his cooler and takes one out, then cracks it open. He holds it upside down over Bischoff’s head and pours it all over Bischoff.
Austin: Now that’s refreshing, and that’s the bottom line cuz Stone Cold said so!
VIDEO: History between Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair
-HBK and Flair start hanging out backstage
-Flair starts influencing HBK, HBK goes along because Ric was his idol
-HBK lays down for Flair at Backlash giving Flair the win
-HBK has second thoughts and appears to be going crazy
-HBK inadvertently hits Ric Flair with a sledgehammer to the throat in the World title Fatal Four Way at Raw’s 3 Hour Spectacular
-HBK ends up winning the Fatal Four Way, capturing World title gold
-HBK and HHH announce their match at Bad Blood
-Ric Flair says he will be ringside at Backlash and wants to see the best man win
-Ric Flair screws HBK out of the World Heavyweight Title at Bad Blood
-HBK and Ric attempt to clean the air at Raw’s 3 Hour Spectacular II
-HBK challenges Ric to a match at Summerslam 3 separate times, but Ric says no.
-Co-GM Steve Austin steps in and makes the match Flair vs. HBK with Austin as the guest referee
Stone Cold’s music hits as Steve Austin comes out of the gate.
JR: The rafters are shaking here in Boston to a thunderous ovation for Stone Cold Steve Austin here at Summerslam!
King: I can barely hear myself think JR! This match couldn’t be refereed by any ref, I can only imagine Steve Austin would be the only man qualified for this job!
HBK’s music hits as Shawn Michaels comes down the ramp.
JR: The man from San Antonio finally gets what he has been wanting since June, a match with the Nature Boy Ric Flair! If Ric didn’t screw Shawn out of the Bad Blood World title match, I bet my Oklahoma Sooner ass that he would still be holding that gold! He isn’t though, is he King? No! That’s all thanks to Ric Flair!
Evolution’s music hits as Ric Flair comes down the ramp.
King: You know what I admire most about Ric Flair? He runs with hottest group in wrestling today…Evolution!
JR: Believe it or not, the only member of Evolution I have half way respect for is the Animal Batista for showing what he brings to the table earlier tonight against Jeff Hardy, now that was a match! Randy Orton is a weasel, Ric Flair is a liar, and, well, we all know my opinion of the Game…
Shawn Michaels vs. Ric Flair (Special Guest Referee Stone Cold Steve Austin)
HBK stares daggers at Ric Flair and the fans start chanting HBK! HBK! HBK! Michaels walks to the center of the ring and awaits Flair to do the same. Flair looks afraid and won’t come out of the corner. Austin starts to get pissed off and starts cursing at Flair to get to the center of the ring. Flair finally gives in and walks to the center of the squared circle face to face with Michaels. HBK says it’s finally time to pay the piper and Flair nails a huge eye rake to HBK. Austin warns Ric, but Ric connects with chops left and right to the chest of HBK. Flair chops HBK back to the ropes and Flair bounces HBK off the ropes. HBK puts the brakes on and pulls Ric back in and nails him with a knee to the gut. HBK lifts Flair up and drops him with an Atomic Drop. HBK follows up with a hard chop of his own. Flair goes down and then rolls out of the ring. He screams that he wants no part of this match. Flair turns his back and tries walking away, but HBK slides out of the ring and grabs Flair and hurls him back into the ring. Flair starts freaking out and heads for the ropes to escape, but Stone Cold stands in his way just eyeing him up. Flair smiles and tells Steve he’ll do the match. Flair turns around and is face to face with HBK. HBK slaps him and hurls him to the ropes. Ric bounces back off the ropes and HBK sends him up with a backdrop. Ric gets up stumbling and HBK nails him with another chop. HBK screams at Ric and palms him in the face and Flair goes down.
HBK: Where’s the Ric Flair I used to know huh? Ricky Steamboat! Sting! Harley Race! Dusty Rhodes! Where’s the Nature Boy who put on clinics with those guys huh?
JR: Ric Flair I can tell really didn’t want to go through with this match King! He is not getting any offense in!
King: I am not so sure he is actually trying!
HBK looks at Steve and wonders what’s wrong with Ric. Austin shakes his head and tells Ric to get up. Ric gets up and tells HBK to bring it. They lock up and HBK quickly gets behind him. HBK pushes him forward, because Ric didn’t even try to counter. HBK spins him around and starts screaming at him. HBK slaps him. Flair smirks and nails a thumb to the eye. Flair chops HBK in the chest and sets him up for a suplex. Flair pops off a perfect suplex on HBK. HBK gets up and charges Flair, but Flair counters and plants HBK with a hip toss. HBK gets up and Ric hits HBK with another hip toss. HBK gets up again and charges the Nature Boy. Ric goes for another hip toss, but HBK counters and plants Ric with a hip toss of his own. Ric gets up and charges HBK, but HBK gets a back elbow to the face of the Nature Boy and Flair goes down. HBK grabs Flair’s legs looking for a submission, but Flair squirms out and kicks HBK away. HBK flies onto the mat on his back, but gets right back up after Flair’s legs. Flair grabs the second rope with both hands and HBK grabs his feet. HBK hurls Flair up and away from the ropes and Flair hits the mat. HBK grabs both legs and swings up and over Flair connecting with a bridge 1…2…kickout! HBK gets up and picks Flair up with him. HBK sets Flair up for a suplex, but Flair counters and goes straight for the single leg takedown. Flair gets it and looks to go for the early Figure Four, but HBK easily pushes him away. HBK gets up and Flair charges him, but HBK nails Nature Boy with another Atomic Drop. HBK follows through with a body slam. HBK points to the corner and walks over to it. Michaels scales the turnbuckles thinking for the elbow drop. Flair shoots up and scales the turnbuckles and ends up right up there with HBK. HBK and Flair trade shots back and fourth. Flair gets the advantage once again with the thumb to the eye. Flair grabs HBK and sets him up for a superplex off the top rope. The fans gasp as Flair launches HBK up and over the top turnbuckles with a huge superplex. Both men are down and Austin is stunned. Flair rolls over and extends his arm across HBK covering him 1…2…kickout! Flair pounds on the canvas in anger. Ric gets up and pulls HBK up by the hair and sets him throat first onto the bottom rope. Flair steps on HBK’s back with both feet and pulls up on the second rope choking Michaels. Austin tries to break the hold but Flair won’t give in and Stone Cold starts counting 1…2…3…4…and Austin physically pulls Flair off of HBK. Flair gets in Austin’s face and Austin keeps reminding him that he is the referee and Flair rolls his eyes and shoves Austin out of the way. HBK turns over and kicks Flair in the gut from the mat. HBK gets up and grabs Flair by the blonde locks and whips him head first down to the mat. HBK gets on top of him and unloads mounted punches. Austin pulls HBK off of Ric and warns him about the closed fist punches and HBK smirks. He walks over to Ric and Flair gets HBK into a small package and Austin makes the count 1….2…kickout! Both men spring up and Flair goes for a clothesline, but HBK ducks, turns around, and nails Flair with a hard chop. HBK flings Flair across the ring. Flair bounces back and HBK goes for a clothesline of his own, but Flair ducks. Flair stops in his tracks then turns around quickly and nails Michaels with a chop block. Flair goes after the legs once again and goes for the Figure Four again, but HBK kicks Flair off once more, but this time Nay-tch flies straight into Stone Cold Steve Austin. Flair backs up and says he’s sorry and Austin agrees, he starts laughing, and then Flair starts laughing too. Austin stops abruptly and shakes his head at Flair. Austin pretends to punch him and Flair flinches. Austin laughs and then points behind Flair. Flair turns around and HBK pretends to go for Sweet Chin Music, Ric gets scared and turns back around. Stone Cold kicks him in the gut and plants the Nature Boy with a Stone Cold Stunner. HBK goes to the corner and scales the turnbuckles. HBK jumps off and plants an elbow straight into the heart of Ric Flair. HBK springs up and feeds off the energy of the crowd. He goes to the corner and starts tuning up the band. Flair gets up, but stumbles to his knees. Austin goes over to Ric and helps him up laughing Flair gets to his feet and pushes Austin away. Flair flips Austin off with both hands and then turns around and gets planted with Sweet Chin Music. HBK covers Ric and Austin makes the count 1…2…3!
WINNER: Shawn Michaels
JR: By Gawd King! Shawn Michaels did it! HBK! Sweet Chin Music right to the kisser!
King: Oh come on JR! You know as well as I did HBK did not win that match, Austin was practically HBK’s partner, if Austin wasn’t in that match I know for a fact Ric Flair would have won!
JR: And why would that be King?
King: Because he is a 16 time World Champion JR, enough said.
Austin starts laughing and helps up Ric Flair. Flair gets angry and pushes Austin away. Flair flips off Austin with both hands. The crowd boos and Austin shakes his head at Flair. Austin plants Ric Flair with another Stone Cold Stunner. Austin’s music hits as Stone Cold signals for a couple beers. He throws one to HBK and both of them toast to a good old fashioned Stone Cold Beer Bash. Randy Orton walks down the ramp and grabs a fallen Ric Flair out of the ring and helps him up the ramp.
VIDEO:
Highlights from Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania XIX.
BACKSTAGE:
Josh Matthews is backstage with the number one contender for the WWE Championship, Kurt Angle, along with Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin, Team Angle.
Matthews: I am here with the man that will take on Brock Lesnar in mere moments for the most coveted prize in sports entertainment, the WWE Championship, yes, I am here with the Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle. Kurt, with your title match up next with Brock Lesnar, given we just saw the footage from your first encounter at WrestleMania, what is going through your head right now at Summerslam?
Angle: Well Josh, it’s pretty simple. Tonight I will march into that ring and march out carrying the WWE Championship around my waist. Josh, I am an Olympic Gold Medalist, and if I don’t have the WWE Championship that is an insult to the pain and suffering I went through to get my gold medal. I won that with big dreams in mind, holding the WWE Championship, and now that I haven’t had it since April, I feel like I didn’t deserve that gold medal. However, I am not a negative person Josh, you know me, I am the very best in the world and the main reason I don’t have that WWE Championship is because of you Brock. You think just because you were a top notch amateur wrestler, you think you are better than an Olympic Gold Medalist? Are you freakin’ serious? Tonight Brock, I am going to knock some sense into you once and for all and show you that being on the same brand with an Olympic Gold Medalist, isn’t as good as it sounds, you are on my brand Brock, this is SmackDown! I am Mr. Competition, I will keep going even with my tank on empty, hell, I won the Olympics with a broken freakin’ neck Brock? If you think you can stop me, then go right ahead, think what you wish, I live in reality, and the reality is Brock, tonight, I am taking that gold from you and there will be a new WWE Champion, me, Kurt Angle. It’s true…it’s damn true!
Cole: Looks like Kurt Angle is bringing his A game tonight against Brock Lesnar Tazz.
Tazz: Like you thought otherwise Cole? He’s Kurt Angle for god’s sake! If he didn’t bring his A game, nobody would take the man seriously!
Brock Lesnar’s theme hits as the WWE Champion comes out of the gate.
Tazz: Well, HERE COMES THE PAIN, Cole! Brock Lesnar! My man!
Cole: Brock Lesnar has been going strong as WWE Champion for many months, since last March at WrestleMania XIX, where he in fact beat Angle for that gold. If you go back and go through the men Lesnar has taken down in the past couple months, Big Show, A-Train, Matt Morgan, Nathan Jones, Rhyno, Chris Benoit, Eddie Guererro, just to name a few! He has taken them all down and emerged still holding his WWE Championship, now if that’s not proving yourself, I don’t know what is!
Kurt Angle’s music hits as the Olympic Gold Medalist comes down the ramp.
Tazz: Here is the definition of a true American Cole, he is brash, cocky, and confident, everything you need to succeed in this business, this man has, and he uses it to his full advantage every single time. Kurt is one hell of an athlete and I think we are in for one hell of a show right here right now Cole!
WWE Championship
Brock Lesnar* vs. Kurt Angle
The fans go crazy as the ref holds up the WWE title and then rings the bell. Kurt and Brock circle the ring and eye each other up. They collide in the ring and lock up like bulls. Brock pushes Angle towards the corner, but Angle powers back and pushes Lesnar backwards. Angle pushes Lesnar’s head down and nails forearms across the back. Angle hooks both arms and nails a double underhook suplex on the WWE Champion. Lesnar gets up and Angle goes on the assault with knees to the gut and chest. Angle pushes Lesnar off the ropes, but Lesnar counters and hurls Angle to the ropes, but Angle counters this time last minute and hurls Lesnar to the ropes. Lesnar bounces back right into Angle. Angle locks him in for a belly to belly, but Lesnar switches it up and lands a belly to belly on Angle. Angle gets right back up and charges Lesnar. Lesnar plants Angle with a huge arm drag. Angle uses the ropes to pull himself up and leans on the top turnbuckle for a moment. Lesnar charges Angle and goes for a huge bodysplash on Angle in the corner, but Angle dodges and nobody home for Lesnar. Angle gets behind Lesnar and goes for a German Suplex, but Lesnar shoots an elbow back, but Angle ducks. Lesnar spins around and Angle gets him in a bear hug and shoots him back to the corner spine first. The ref forces Angle back. Angle walks back and delivers a cheap slap to Lesnar. Angle walks to the middle of the ring and tells Lesnar to bring it. Lesnar runs out like a man on fire at Angle. Lesnar goes for a clothesline, but Angle ducks and gets behind Lesnar. Angle singes in a side headlock planted on Brock. Brock struggles but pushes Angle forward. Angle bounces back off the ropes into a huge shoulder block by Lesnar and Angle crumbles to the mat. Lesnar runs off the ropes. Lesnar bounces off the ropes and Angle flips over on the mat. Lesnar hops over Angle and off the ropes again. Angle gets up and spots an incoming Lesnar and shoots him up with a backdrop, but Lesnar lands on his feet right in the back of him. Lesnar hooks him and hurls him back with a German Suplex. The fans pop as Lesnar tells Kurt to bring it. Angle gets up and locks up with Lesnar again. Lesnar’s brute force is too much for Angle and Lesnar backs Kurt up for the corner. Lesnar unloads on Angle with numerous shoulder thrusts to the gut. Lesnar follows through with 7 shoulder thrusts and then picks him out of the corner on his shoulder and turns around drilling him to the mat with a spinebuster. Lesnar covers Angle 1…2…kickout! Lesnar picks Angle up, but Angle counters back with shots to the ribs. Angle pulls the trigger early on the Angle Slam. He goes for it, but Lesnar easily escapes out of the back. Lesnar hooks him again for another German Suplex, but Angle fires a back elbow straight to the head of Lesnar. Angle turns around and sets Lesnar up for a suplex. Angle for it and holds Lesnar up in the air and lets the blood rush to his head. Angle plants Lesnar down with the suplex then hooks the leg for the cover 1…2…kickout! Angle picks Lesnar up and nails him with a forearm to the face. Angle unloads shots on Angle, but Lesnar stuffs him and hoists him up on his shoulder. Lesnar nails a huge running powerslam to the Olympic Gold Medalist. Brock gets up and roars. Angle gets up trying to catch his breath and Brock clocks him with a clothesline. Angle gets up again and Brock nails him with another clothesline. Angle gets up a third time and Brock hoists him on his shoulder again, but Angle escapes out of the back and shoots for the leg. He ground Lesnar and attempts to put Lesnar in the Ankle Lock. Lesnar rolls in and pushes out breaking out of the Ankle Lock. Lesnar uses the ropes to get up and Angle charges him. Lesnar pulls down on the top rope and Angle flies up and over, but lands on the apron. Lesnar turns around and Angle goes for a shot, but Lesnar ducks and nails Angle with a shoulder to the gut. Lesnar sets Angle up for a suplex, but Angle blocks. Angle goes for his own suplex. Angle gets Lesnar up, but Lesnar slips out of the back and lands on the apron behind Angle. Lesnar reaches around Angle and attempts to German Suplex him off the apron, but Angle hangs onto the top rope. Lesnar tries again, but Angle nails him with a elbow to the face. Lesnar stumbles off the apron and Angle boots him in the face. Lesnar stumbles back and falls backwards onto the announcer’s table.
Cole: Let’s get out of here Tazz, this does not look good for the champion, he is lying motionless on the announcer table!
Angle goes onto the floor and pounds on Lesnar over and over again. Angle sets Lesnar up for the Angle Slam through the announcer’s table, but Lesnar counters and ends up behind Angle. Lesnar shoves Angle forward and Angle flies straight, knees first, into the steel steps. Angle flies up and over the steps and onto the other side. Lesnar follows Angle and grabs him. Lesnar hurls the Olympic Gold Medalist into the ring. Lesnar points to the corner and the crowd goes nuts. Lesnar slowly approaches the corner getting flashbacks from WrestleMania. He climbs the first…second…and is now on the top rope.
Tazz: Oh man Cole! Remember WrestleMania? Do you think he can be thinking of the Shooting Star Press?
Angle plays possum and jumps up and runs to the corner up to where Lesnar is. Angle grabs him and plants him with an Angle Slam off the top rope from the corner. The fans go crazy as both men lie motionless on the canvas. Angle turns over and crawls to where Lesnar is and slings the arm over for the cover 1…2…kickout! Angle gets to his feet and pulls down the straps yelling at Lesnar to get up. Lesnar gets up and Angle goes for another Angle Slam. Lesnar escapes out of the back. Lesnar spins Angle around and gets him on his shoulders for the F-5, but Angle escapes again. Angle reaches for the leg, but Lesnar turns around, now standing on one leg with Angle holding the other one. Lesnar lands some shots to the mouth and Angle lets go. Brock hoists Angle on his shoulders again for the F-5, he goes for it, but Angle counters halfway through with the DDT. Angle hooks the leg on Lesnar for the cover 1…2…kickout! Angle sits up and can’t believe it. Angle grabs the Ankle and applies the Ankle Lock. Brock screams in pain as Angle tightens the hold. Brock starts to crawl to the ropes and grabs it barely with one hand and holds on for dear life. Angle lets go. Brock gets up and Kurt charges him with a clothesline, but Lesnar ducks and gets behind Angle. Brock goes for it and nails the Angle Slam on Kurt Angle. Brock screams IT’S TRUE! IT’S TRUE! Angle gets up staggering back and fourth. He turns around and Lesnar kicks him in the gut and hoists him up on his shoulders He goes for the F-5, but Angle slips out of the back and looks to be going for the roll up but transitions into the Ankle Lock dead center in the middle of the ring. Brock screams in pain far from the ropes. Angle lies back and grapevines the legs. Brock struggles and can’t take the pain no more. He attempts to crawl, but can’t and taps out to the Ankle Lock.
WINNER:
New WWE Champion Kurt Angle
Cole: Oh my! Oh my! Kurt Angle is the new WWE Champion? Are you kidding me?
Tazz: Kurt did it Cole! Kurt beat Brock, he made Brock tap! I can’t believe what I am seeing! This is incredible! What a rocketbuster of a match! Awesome!
Cole: Brock Lesnar’s reign as champion is over and the Angle Era restarts in high gear here tonight! Unbelievable as you said Tazz, you got it right on the money! What a match!
Team Angle run down the ramp. Shelton Benjamin straps the belt around Angle and he and Haas lift up the new WWE Champion in celebration. The new WWE Champion celebrates in the ring and then makes it back to up the ramp to the locker room.
BACKSTAGE:
Coach is backstage with the World Tag Team Champions Chris Jericho and Booker T.
Coach: We are just moments away from our main event, the Elimination Chamber for the World Heavyweight Championship, where my two guests at this time will be among the 6 competitors in this match, of course, they are the World Tag Team Champions, Chris Jericho and Booker T. Gentlemen, what are your thoughts on the most grueling match in this company’s history?
Y2J: Well Coach, that is a very interesting question, however, let me ask you a question, would you by any chance be counting out the World Tag Team Champs already? Hell Coach, the match didn’t even start yet and you ruled out the B-Teezie and Y2-Jeezie from winning the whole damn thing? What…
Booker: Look man, I’m Booker T, I am a 5 time…5 time…5 time…
Y2J: Oh good golly miss molly Booker! I thought we agreed you wouldn’t do that anymore!
Booker: What you talkin’ bout sucka!? I am a 5 time WCW Champ, I say it loud and say it proud! Just like you beating Stone Cold and the Rock in the same night, ain’t that right? You proud of that? Right? Aren’t ya?
Coach: This is exactly what I meant Chris, many fans believe you two can’t get along when you are in the same match together, let alone outside the ring, could that be your downfall?
Y2J: Coach, Booker T and Chris Jericho are a well oiled machine in that ring! We will only worry about beating the crap out of each other when it’s down to the two of us. However, before it can get down to the two of us, we have to beat the hell out of that Big Red blueberry for beating, you, Booker T last week. We gave him a taste of what it was like last Monday backstage, but we weren’t finished, no, not by a long shot!
Booker: Listen Coach-Man! Y2J and the Book, we bringing home some more gold right here tonight, that’s a fact, now can you dig that….
Y2J: …Assclown????
Booker: …Tell me you didn’t just say that!
VIDEO:
History of the 6 competitors in the Elimination Chamber
-Vince McMahon reinstates Goldberg
-Undertaker won’t let Goldberg take his main event spot
-Undertaker screws Goldberg out of his first match back against Triple, breaking Goldberg’s Raw Undefeated Streak
-Jericho’s war or words with Kane continues backstage
-Goldberg and Undertaker collide for the first time ever in a number one contender’s match
-Triple H interrupts the match and beats the hell out of both of them
-The three men clash at Raw’s 3 Hour Spectacular II for the World title, Triple H retains the gold
-Eric Bischoff announces Elimination Chamber at Summerslam with the 6 competitors
-The 5 challengers must prove they’re worthy in “Boom or Bust†matches
-Goldberg beats Mark Henry
-Kane beats RVD
-Chris Jericho and Booker T defeat 3 Minute Warning, securing their Chamber spots and winning tag team gold
-Undertaker beats Batista
-Undertaker turns on Goldberg in a tag match and Evolution picks Goldberg’s leg apart
-Goldberg comes back with a crutch and fakes his injury then destroys Triple H and the Undertaker with the crutch
JR: Well ladies and gentlemen, it is now time for your main event, it’s going to be a six man Elimination Chamber match, this match is unlike anything you have ever seen before. There has only been one of these matches in the past, last year at Survivor Series, HBK Shawn Michaels returned from injury and captured World title gold, can one of these 5 challengers follow that path and take the gold from Triple H?
The Elimination Chamber lowers around the ring.
King: I am not sure about much, but the two favorites going into this match seem to be Goldberg and the Undertaker, but when you look at it on paper, they are the only two not to have been inside the Elimination Chamber before. Every other man has been in this structure before, so I would guess Goldberg and Undertaker have the odds stacked against them here!
Triple H’s music hits as the World Heavyweight Champion and leader of Evolution comes down the ramp. He walks in and spits his water and then proceeds into a chamber.
King: Well, here comes the reigning and defending World Heavyweight Champion, Triple H. Looks like he is going into one of the chambers and won’t be starting off this match! Well, the Game must be happy about that.
Undertaker’s music hits as Big Evil rolls out of the gate to a mixed reaction. He drives down the ramp and parks at the chamber door and walks in. He eyes up Triple H and walks into his chamber.
JR: Looks like Big Evil wants a piece of Triple H. Undertaker thought when he came to Raw back in late May, he would automatically be put into the World title picture, but it is now August and the closest Taker came to the World title was a triple threat match that he lost to Triple H. Undertaker has a golden opportunity here and needs to make the most of it.
Chris Jericho’s music hits as one half of the World Tag Team Champs, Y2J, comes down to the chamber and gets locked in.
JR: The very first Undisputed Champion in WWE History, Chris Jericho! Jericho hasn’t held a World title since then, and maybe this could be his night!
Booker T’s music hits as the 5 Time WCW Champion and the other half of the World Tag Team Champions come down the ramp.
King: I am sick and tired of Booker T JR! He can’t stop barking about how he never got a rematch from WrestleMania XIX for the World title, that’s all he says!
Kane’s music hits as the Big Red Machine comes down the ramp. He walks down the ramp and into the chamber.
JR: Well judging by this, it looks like the Big Red Machine’s journey to the World title has a massive road block early on, and it looks like that road block’s name is…
Goldberg’s music hits as Goldberg explodes out of the gate to a thunderous ovation.
King: Can you feel that JR? These fans are going insane for Goldberg and he didn’t even reach the Elimination Chamber yet!
JR: There is no doubt that Goldberg is definitely a hit with the fans, but if he can win the World Heavyweight Championship here tonight, it just might catapult him to immortality!
World Heavyweight Championship
Elimination Chamber
Triple H* vs. Goldberg vs. Kane vs. Undertaker vs. Chris Jericho vs. Booker T.
Kane and Goldberg stare across the ring at each other as the refs lock the Chamber door. Kane charges Goldberg and goes for a big boot, but Goldberg easily dodges. Kane turns around and Goldberg nails him with a right. Kane fires back with a huge uppercut. Goldberg teeters and Kane grabs him by the throat with both hands. Kane whips Goldberg, hurling him in mid air, into the corner. Kane charges Goldberg and sandwiches him in the corner. Kane walks backwards and Goldberg stumbles out of the corner. Kane grabs him and goes for a sidewalk slam, but Goldberg gets back to his feet and nails Kane with a Russian Leg Sweep. Goldberg rolls over and gets to his feet. Goldberg grabs Kane and knees him in the gut then sets him up for a suplex. Goldberg has him in the front face lock and nails him with a couple knees to the mid section then nails him with a huge suplex. Kane gets to his feet and Goldberg charges him and shoulder blocks him. Goldberg picks Kane up again and hard Irish whips him to the corner. Goldberg charges Kane and nails a huge spear into the gut of Kane in the corner. Goldberg pulls him into the center of the ring by the hair. Goldberg grabs him by the throat and hoists the Big Red Machine up over his head holding him in mid air as the crowd goes insane. Goldberg nails a huge Gorilla Press on the Big Red Machine. Goldberg turns and makes the cover on Kane 1…2…kickout! Goldberg gets up and tells Kane to get up. Goldberg signals for the Spear as Kane starts to get to his feet. Goldberg runs for the Spear. Kane dodges and Goldberg seems to go charging into the turnbuckles, but Goldberg stops himself. He turns around and Kane grabs him by the throat. He slings one arm of Goldberg’s over his shoulder and lifts him up for the chokeslam. Goldberg escapes out of the back and pushes Kane forward to the ropes. Kane bounces back and Goldberg nails a huge clothesline on the Big Red Machine.
10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…CHRIS JERICHO!
JR: Y2J is in the Elimination Chamber!
Jericho stands on the apron and springboards off the top rope into a huge missile dropkick to Goldberg. Jericho covers Goldberg 1…2…kickout! Kane gets to his feet and Jericho runs up to his and delivers a huge insuguri. Jericho covers Kane this time 1…2…kickout! Jericho gets up frustrated. He gets to his feet and turns around and gets blasted with a right from Goldberg. Jericho holds his face and then turns away from Goldberg. Kane clocks him with an uppercut. Jericho turns around again and Goldberg hoists him up on his shoulder. Jericho rakes the eyes and Jericho gets to his feet behind Goldberg. Jericho turns around and Kane charges him. Jericho ducks and Kane clothesline Goldberg in the back of the head. Kane turns back around towards Jericho and Y2J lands the double knee face buster to the Big Red Machine. Jericho hooks the leg pinning Kane 1…2…kickout! Jericho gets up and picks up Kane. Jericho lands a forearm to the face and then doubles back off the ropes. Jericho charges Kane and Kane overpowers him and counters with a huge sidewalk slam into a pin on Y2J 1…2…kickout! Kane gets up and picks Jericho up. Goldberg snaps up to his feet and charges both of them. Goldberg double clotheslines Jericho and Kane over the top rope onto the cheese grader like panel floors of the Elimination Chamber.
10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…TRIPLE H!
Triple H runs out of his chamber and heads straight for Goldberg. Goldberg turns around and finds himself exchanging blows left and right with Goldberg. Triple H kicks Goldberg in the bad knee that he injured a couple weeks back and Goldberg goes down to one knee. Triple H gets behind him and holds him by the head and unloads shots to the forehead. Kane gets up and grabs Jericho. He shoves his face into the chains, but Jericho blocks and slams Kane face first off the solid steel chains. Jericho hits Kane with a right and whips Kane to the ropes, but Kane counters and hurls Jericho to the ropes. Jericho bounces back and Kane hurls him right into the chains chest first. Jericho flies off the chains and lands back first onto the steel floor. Triple H hurls Goldberg across the ring and Goldberg bounces back right into a face buster by the Game. Goldberg gets up staggering and Triple H bounces off the ropes and plants him with a running knee. Triple H covers Goldberg 1…kickout! Triple H gets on top of Goldberg and starts clubbing him with mounted punches. Kane grabs Jericho and hurls him back over the top rope into the ring. Kane hops over the top rope and kicks Triple H in the side of the head. Kane goes after the Game and picks him up by the hair. Kane slams Triple H’s head off the turnbuckles over and over. Kane hurls the Game across the ring and the Game bounces back right into a huge back drop by the Big Red Machine. Goldberg springs up and catches the Big Red Machine off guard and spears him out of his boots. Goldberg gets up and roars to a thunderous ovation. Goldberg turns around and Y2J clocks him with another insuguri. Jericho runs over and hooks the leg of the Big Red Machine 1…2…kickout! Jericho pounds the mat in frustration. Kane sits up right next to Jericho and turns and looks at him. Jericho gets up and kicks him, but Kane catches it. Kane stands up still holding Jericho’s leg and Jericho nails a huge spin kick on Kane and Kane flies over the top rope onto the steel. Jericho turns around and charges the Game, but Triple H counters and nails one hell of a spinebuster onto Y2J. Triple H picks up Jericho.
10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…BOOKER T!
Triple H kicks Jericho in the gut and hooks the arms for the Pedigree, but Booker T runs in and delivers a huge superkick straight to the mouth of Triple H and Jericho gets the legs for the bridge 1…2…kickout! Booker and Jericho stomp the hell out of Triple H. Goldberg gets up and spots Kane on the outside steel floor. Goldberg is about to grab Kane, but turns and sees the Undertaker in his glass chamber eyeing him up. Undertaker starts talking trash to him through the glass. Goldberg walks right up to the glass and screams right back at him. Kane gets up and Taker points for Goldberg to look behind him. Goldberg turns around and Kane charges him for a big boot, but Goldberg ducks and rolls behind Kane. Goldberg gets up and Kane turns around. Goldberg charges Kane and spears him right through the chamber glass of Undertaker’s chamber.
JR: By God King! I think Goldberg did more than break Kane in half there!
King: I agree, he broke Kane in half, broke that glass, and might have broken the Deadman…who isn’t even in the match yet!
Undertaker lies motionless along with Kane in the same chamber as Goldberg gets out of the rubble and walks to the middle of the floor to a thunderous ovation. Triple H low blows Booker T and then low blows Jericho. Triple H grabs Y2J and hoists him above his head. Triple H runs and catapults Jericho in Goldberg’s direction. Goldberg turns around and catches Y2J horizontally. Goldberg walks to the ropes and then hurls Jericho back with a fall away slam and Jericho smacks right into the steel chains. Jericho cringes in pain as Goldberg steps through the ropes and goes nose to nose with the World Heavyweight Champion. Goldberg snaps a shot at the Game, Triple H fires one back at Goldberg. Goldberg takes it and then shoots one back at Triple H. Triple H follows through with a cheap knee to the gut and then pulls Goldberg into a headlock. Goldberg counters the Game’s headlock with a backdrop suplex onto the Game. Goldberg turns around and is greeted with a huge superkick by Booker T. Booker covers Goldberg 1…2…kickout! Triple H gets to his feet and spots Jericho on the outside. Triple H reaches over the top rope and pulls him up by the hair, but Jericho lands some shots on the Game. Jericho sets Triple H up for a suplex. He lifts the Game up and over the top rope suplexing him right on the steel cheese grader floor. Jericho covers Triple H 1…2…kickout! Booker grabs Goldberg, but Goldberg grabs Booker by the throat and roars at him. Jericho climbs the turnbuckles and then launches for a double hammer drop, but Goldberg grabs Jericho by the throat too, countering Y2J. Jericho and Booker kick Goldberg below the belt and then plant him with a double DDT.
10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…UNDERTAKER!
Undertaker’s door opens but he is underneath glass and Kane’s body. Booker hooks Goldberg’s leg for the cover 1…2…kickout! Booker can’t believe it and Jericho makes the cover on Goldberg this time 1…2…kickout! Jericho starts blaming Booker because they can’t eliminate Goldberg. They stand up and start arguing. Booker shoves Jericho and Y2J shoves him back. They start exchanging blows left and right with one another. Triple H steps back into the ring and Goldberg gets up. Both men look on as Booker and Jericho duke it out. Triple H starts laughing and Goldberg shakes his head. Goldberg and the Game pull them apart. Triple H takes Jericho and Goldberg takes Booker T. They kick them in the gut and Goldberg sets Booker up for the Jackhammer as Triple H sets Jericho up for the Pedigree. Goldberg jacks Booker down with the Jackhammer into the pin 1…2…3!
ELIMINATED:
Booker T.
Then Triple H immediately follows with the Pedigree on Y2J followed by the hook to leg for the cover 1…2…3!
ELIMINATED:
Chris Jericho
Triple H and Goldberg get up and eye each other up. Kane sits up in Undertaker’s chamber and gets to his feet. Undertaker crawls out after him. Triple H and Goldberg exchange blows left and right. Goldberg kicks the Game in the knee and then hoists him up on his shoulder. Goldberg drills the Game with a running powerslam. Goldberg gets up and roars to the crowd. He then turns around and sees Undertaker and Kane on their feet outside the ring staring daggers at him. Goldberg tells the Brothers of Destruction to bring it. Undertaker and Kane walk into the ring and start closing in on Goldberg backing him into a corner. Goldberg explodes and alternates shots to both Kane and Big Evil. Left and right clobbering the Brothers of Destruction, but Kane and Taker get the advantage and unload on him in the corner with forearms and boots. Taker and Kane whip Goldberg off the ropes. Goldberg bounces back into a huge double diving clothesline, taking down the Brothers of Destruction. Kane gets up and Goldberg decks him with a huge kick to the face. Undertaker gets up and charges Goldberg, but Taker whips him up and over the top rope. Kane gets up once more, but Goldberg takes him down with a huge Spear. Goldberg hooks the leg for the cover 1…2…3!
ELIMINATED:
Kane
JR: Well King, looks to me like we are down to the same three we had in the triple threat at Raw’s 3 Hour Spectacular II! Who would have thought?
Triple H comes from behind and chops blocks Goldberg. Goldberg goes down and the Game stomps the hell out of him. Triple H picks up Goldberg and pushes him off the ropes, but Goldberg counters and hurls Triple H across the ring. The Game bounces back and Goldberg sends him up, catches him on his shoulder, then powers him down to the mat with a powerslam. Goldberg roars to the crowd. Taker runs into the ring and clocks Goldberg with a big boot. Taker signals for the chokeslam. Goldberg slowly gets back to his feet and Taker grabs him by the throat. Taker sends him up and drills him down with a chokeslam. Triple H creeps over and covers Goldberg 1…2…Undertaker pulls the Game off of Goldberg. Undertaker says he wanted to pin the Game. Game waves him off and goes after Goldberg. Taker pulls him back and sets him up for the Last Ride. Taker shoots him up and drills him down with the Last Ride Powerbomb. Undertaker goes to pin Triple H, but he just happens to look at Goldberg, who is running at him and Spears him out of his boots. Goldberg says it’s over and grabs Taker. He sets him up for the Jackhammer and then slams him, following through with the pin 1…2…3!
ELIMINATED:
Undertaker
JR: Now it is down to Goldberg and the reigning World’s Champion Triple H! Undertaker is gone, everyone knew Big Evil was Goldberg’s biggest competition in this match, and now that he is gone, there is nothing stopping Goldberg from achieving his goal!
Undertaker is escorted out of the chamber, but before he lays a foot out of the chamber, he rolls up his pant leg and slips out a lead pipe. He runs back into the ring and clocks Goldberg right in the face with the lead pipe. Goldberg gets busted open and goes down. The fans boo Big Evil as Taker drops the pipe and laughs then walks out of the chamber. Taker revs up his motorcycle and drives up the ramp to a horrible ovation. Triple H gets up and picks up Goldberg. Triple H sets Goldberg up for the Pedigree and plants him with his finisher. Triple H covers Goldberg 1…2…3!
ELIMINATED:
Goldberg
WINNER:
World Heavyweight Champion Triple H
JR: Oh come on not this way! Damnit!
King: Triple H retains the World Championship! He proved to everyone JR! He proved…
JR: …oh shut it King! Another time, I don’t need no pro-Triple H speech right now! Bottom line is the Undertaker screwed Goldberg and screwed this match! Taker used an illegal lead pipe to smash Goldberg’s skull busting him open! Undertaker was eliminated and couldn’t stand to see Goldberg succeed and chose to ruin this match! Damnit!
Triple H raises the World Heavyweight title above his head to a horrible ovation. Goldberg lies motionless in a pool of his own blood. Triple H stumbles out of the Elimination Chamber grasping his World title.
JR: Well, looking past this, we thank you for joining us for Summerslam, don’t miss Monday Night Raw tomorrow night, hopefully we will get some damn answers! Good night everybody!
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