Post by MikeGrim on Oct 24, 2008 14:00:10 GMT -5
WWE Friday Night Smackdown- The Early Report
by: Michael C. Grimaldi
-"In Memory" of Leah Maivia
-WWE Open
-Smackdown Open
-Jim Ross welcomes us to Laredo and hypes the Undertaker/Triple H main event.
-"King of Kings" music hits and Triple walks out to the ring half dressed for his match. Triple H asks if anybody in the crowd is as sick of Vickie Guerrero as he is. He says it's not just her voice or that she in an "annoying hag" and then says that well, most of it is because she's an "annoying hag." His main problem with Vickie is that she thinks she can tell everyone what to do, and while he doesn't mind when she does it to other people, when she does it to him, he's got an issue. He says that he knows everyone is thinking that Vickie will come out right now and he'll get in trouble with her, but not to worry, he saw a giant Twinkie truck pull up before he came out, so she'll be "grazing for hours." HHH points out that in 48 hours he has to defend the title against wither Jeff Hardy, Vladimir Kozlov or both and tonight he's in a match with the Undertaker because it benefits the agenda of Vickie Guerrero because he and Taker will try to destroy each other and there's a chance he might not even be able to make it to Cyber Sunday if that happens which would mean all the fans votes would be for not.
Jeff Hardy's music hits and he makes his way to the ring as HHH looks on, not very pleased. Hardy says that he thinks he knows the WWE fans better than HHH does and is confident he'll be voted in at Cyber Sunday and if he is, it's very possible that he will leave the WWE champion.
Since as HHH pointed out last month, no one can get a full thought out, Kozlov's music plays and out he comes to the top of the ramp. Kozlov says that the fans won't vote him in because they know he would beat HHH, but that will only delay him becoming champion for a short time. Triple H says that he didn't understand a word Kozlov said, but either way at Cyber Sunday, "this is going to happen" and HHH promptly hits the Pedigree on Jeff Hardy. Tazz says, "I didn't see that coming." Helen Keller calls Tazz a moron.
-JR and Tazz run down the text options for the WWE title match at Cyber Sunday.
-Backstage, HHH is walking down the hallway and the lights flicker out. Triple H looks back and when he turns forward, Undertaker is in his face. They have a stare down.
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-WWE Rewind has the "Divas Las Vegas" match from last week.
1. Michelle McCool and Maria vs. Natalya and Maryse- Before the match, pop up Gregory Helms, which apparently is now called the "Hurrapop" comes up and he says something about Divas, but he's "just sayin'." Michelle and Maryse start off and Michelle gets a few quick near falls. Michelle then does a backflip off the middle rope while holding on to Maryse's arm, into an arm drag (at least it didn't take he 10 seconds to set up like Kelly Kelly's backflip spots). Natalya provided a distraction to allow Maryse to take advantage. Natalya was tagged in to throw some shots in the corner and then quickly tagged back out. Out of no where, music started to play and cut to the entrance where Jesse was leading Festus, dressed in a mariachi band get up, to the ring, along with a full mariachi band. Michelle was distracted by this, as was her tag partner, and Festus presented Maria with a flower. Michelle tried to make a tag to Maria, but Maria wasn't paying attention, which gave Maryse the opportunity to roll Michelle up and get the pin. Of course, ending the match, the bell sounded and that set Festus off, who chased the mariachi band around the ring and back up the ramp. Michelle was not pleased.
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-Did You Know WWE Magazine sells more copies at newsstands that SI and ESPN Magazine combined? I bet subscriptions have nothing to do with that.
2. Chavo Guerrero and Bam Neely vs. Carltio and Primo- Non title match- Chavo and Carlito started out, with Chavo getting a headlock. Carltio got out and hit a standing dropkick. Primo got the tag and came running off the ropes with a diving headbutt after Carltio had taken Chavo down. Chavo made the tag out to Bam who came in firing away with punches. Bam whipped Primo into the corner but Primo did a tip up in the corner and went over the charging Bam, but then was quickly taken off his feet by a running shoulder block from Bam. Chavo and Bam were jawing back and forth to each other about getting the job done, and Primo was allowed to make the tag. Primo and Carltio hit a double suplex on Bam. Chavo came in and was hip tossed onto his own partner. Carlito powerbombed Primo onto Bam but on the subsequent cover Primo only got a one count. Chavo got the legal tag back in. He whipped Primo to the corner but got caught coming in with a back elbow. Primo went to the top but Bam came up the apron so Primo jumped off and hit bam with a double axe handle blow, the distraction was enough to allow Chavo to catch Primo with the rolling Liger kick and Chavo got a near fall. Chavo asked Bam what he was doing and Bam asked for the tag back in. Primo was backed into the corner of Chavo and Chavo tried to choke him from the outside, but Bam came running in and Primo moved cause him to collided with Chavo. Primo got the tag to Carltio who came in with a rather awkward looking springboard somersault dive onto Bam then a big knee lift and a clothesline and finally a roll of the dice neckbreaker which got him a near fall that Chavo broke up. Chavo yelled at Bam to get up and "get him." Chavo and Bam argued some more until Chavo slapped Bam which sent Neely off. The distraction allowed Carltio to hit the backstabber from behind and get the pin. Chavo yelled back at Bam. "Hurrapop" came up with Helms saying "if you guys break up, I just don't think I could bear it...I'm just sayin'"
-Kizarny vignette (Apparently these haven't been on the international feeds yet, so this probably already aired) with Kizarny at the carnival saying (translated) "Rides, fun, cotton candy? What is not to like?"
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-John Cena video with all the great "entertainment superstars" talking about him. It has only been two months he's been out, right?
-Backstage Michelle and Maria are bickering in some horribly acted altercation Maria says her "friend" is very upset and she needs to talk to him while Michelle says she needs to focus (were they going for the non-existent Divas Tag Titles or something?). Maria runs off to find Festus, while Primo is trying his magic on Brie Bella. Carltio comes in to cock-block Primo, they argue in Spanish and Brie has to run off for a photo shoot. Carltio tells Primo that it's his fault she left. The mariachi band comes running through with Festus chasing them as Primo and Carltio jump to get out of the way. Hmmm...brothers fighting over a chick that happens to have a twin...I be Tazz doesn't see where this is going either.
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-A rewind gimmick moment of where we were introduced to Funaki's full name, "Kung Fu Naki." A side note, this finally puts to bed my hope from the RVD vs. Funaki battle over the "Whole F'n Show" vs. the " Whole F'n Sho."
3. R-Truth and Kung Fu Naki vs. MVP and Shelton Benjamin- Hurrapop asks where MVP's inflatable entrance tunnel is, "lemme guess, you lost that too. I'm just sayin'." No annoying "Gold Standard" promo form Shelton this week and Fu Naki has a rip off "Kung Fu Fighting" theme song now and he wears a gui. Also, at Cyber Sunday, you can choose who Shelton will defend the US title against. This is another WWE.com vote and the choices are: R-Truth, MVP or Festus.
Truth goes to start out with MVP, but MVP wants Kung Fu Naki. Fu Naki obliges and goes off with some old school generic Japanese guy "martial arts blows" and then a Ricky Steamboat like arm drag. MVP calls for a time out and tags the US Champ in. Benjamin comes in and gets caught with a kick to the cut and Fu Naki tags in Truth. Truth goes for a move but gets countered in to a back suplex by Benjamin. Shelton gets Truth into the heel team's corner and MVP tags in. MVP hits a big belly to belly over head throw followed up by a clothesline to get a near fall on Truth. Truth comes back with the corkscrew forearm to take MVP down allowing Truth to tag in Fu Naki. Fu Naki comes in with a chop off the top rope onto MVP and follows that up with some kicks and a double thrust chop that leads to a near fall broken up by Shelton. Truth comes in and knocks Benjamin out of the ring and MVP proceeds to toss Truth out of the ring. Fu Naki loads up for the Karate Kid Crane Kick and catches MVP when he turns around with it and gets the pin, much to Fu Naki's own surprise.
-Backstage to Colon Brothers are bickering some more and Primo wants to go up to a girl he sees but Carltio says he's been here longer, so he should get the shot at her. Carltio decides to let his younger brother go first and Primo walks up to, who he thinks is Brie Bella trying to put the moves on her. Bella, who is on her cell phone seems creeped out and blows Primo off. Carltio asks what happened and Primo says he thinks he's in love. The Great Khali and Ranjin Singh come in to the picture and Singh translates to Primo that The Great Khali says Primo has no game. Khali and Singh depart to head to the ring while Primo says that "those guys...are cool" which gets the brothers arguing again.
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-Khali and Singh make their way out for Khali's Rick Rude impersonation. Singh has a giant back that says "US Mail" (sadly, it didn't read "US Male" and then Curtis Thompson would be revealed to be in it) full of letters that he dumped out in the ring, which he claimed were love letters that have been sent to Khali. To make a long segment short, Singh read two letters, one was from a gay dude (haha! gay humor...oh that WWE), then Sing brought two chicks from the crowd into the ring, one kinda hot, the other morbidly obese. Singh said anyone can kiss the hot one, but it takes a real "Giant" to kiss "that one" (so apparently he was supposed to kiss Barack Obama?!?). Khali kisses the fat girl and we all go home happy...or someone on the writing crew does...I have no idea who though. Had he been asked to run a girls feet, I would have thought David Lagana was rehired...wait what?
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-Another Kizarny vignette airs (which again could have already aired), this one he says (translated) "The side show is here. Real Fun."
-JR and Tazz run down the main matches for Cyber Sunday.
-Undertaker cuts a backstage tight shot promo about how Vickie and Show think the have sealed his fate at Cyber Sunday, but in fact it is he would will seal theirs' and tonight Triple H will walk with him into the darkness.
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5. The Brian Kendrick (w/ Ezekiel Jackson) vs. Super Crazy- Crazy comes out with some energy and is apparently angry that he got squashed last week by Zeke. The ref pulls Crazy off of Kendrick who was in the ropes. This allows Kendrick to hit a leg lariat on Crazy and the quickly nail "The Kendrick" for the pin. After the match, Zeke plants Crazy with the ura nage slam for good measure.
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-Quick video with wrestlers talking about the recent Mexico shows.
6. Triple H vs. The Undertaker- Taker starts out locking on a side headlock and then takes the Game down with a big shoulder tackle. Triple H then locks in a side headlock but gets shoved off and taken down with another shoulder tackle. Deciding that wouldn't work, HHH then kicks Taker in the gut and backs in into the corner with punches. Taker then comes out and tosses HHH into the corner and starts whaling away on him. Taker whips HHH into the far corner and comes running in with a clothesline that sends HHH to the mat and Taker gets a 2 count on the subsequent cover. Undertaker goes to work on HHH's left arm. He applies a hammerlock on the mat, then adds a half nelson into a pinning attempt and gets a 1 count. Taker drops his leg on the arm and goes for another cover, which yields another 2 count. Taker goes for "Old School" but HHH prevents him from getting to the top. Taker is staggered and HHH catches him from behind with a chop block to the left leg. Triple H goes to work on the leg but Taker kicks him off. The both hit the ropes and a double clothesline knocks both men down. They both get back to their feet and trade punches, with Triple H getting more blows in, but HHH sells to the mat when Taker lands a punch. Taker backs HHH into the corner and headbutts him. Taker hits "snake eyes" on HHH, but "fighting spirit" (that's what no selling is called now, right?) allows HHH to get up quickly and hit a big high knee to take Undertaker down and he gets a two count on a pin fall attempt. HHH hits a face buster and goes for the Pedigree but Taker blocks and double legs HHH and then slingshot's him into the corner. Taker the channels Hogan and hits a big boot followed by a leg drop for a near fall. Undertaker goes for "Old School" again, but this time gets crotched (or as Todd Grisham would say, "just got the capital of Thailand") on the top rope. Triple H superplexes Taker off the top and gets a near fall. Taker gets back to his feet and HHH clotheslines him over the top rope and to the floor but Taker lands on his feet. Undertaker pulls HHH out of the ring and HHH gets sent into the ring steps. Taker hits his leg drop on HHH on the apron and then gets in the ring for a quick cover and a 2 count. Undertaker signals it's over and goes for "The Last Ride" but HHH slides out and hits a neckbreaker coming down, again for a near fall. Taker comes back with his running/leaping clothesline for...you guessed it, a two count. Taker sets up for the choke slam but HHH blocks it with a boot to the gut followed up by a spinebuster for another near fall. Taker sits up and he goes for the chokeslam again and HHH blocks it and goes for the Pedigree, which Taker blocks, who then goes for a tombstone, which HHH blocks. Triple H has Undertake back into the corner and gets on the second rope for the 10 count punches; but after a few shots Taker picks him up and hits the Last Ride. At this point, both men are down so after about 15 minutes of a legit match, here comes the Big Show to cause the DQ. Show goes after Taker and pummels him in the corner with big right and left handed body blows. Triple H has retrieved a chair and hits Show over the back with it, which Show sells...a little. HHH tries to run at Show with the chair but gets caught and chokeslammed. Show then takes the chair and hits Taker in the gut and then over the back with it, before laying him out with a (blocked) chair shot to the head.
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Back from break we see HHH trying to get up and Ross tells us that Taker had already been able to leave the ring. As replays are shown of Show taking HHH and Undertaker out, Kozlov's music hits and he marches to the ring. Triple H tries to fight him off but Kozlov traps him with the Al Snow headbutts and then hits the running headbutt before laying out the WWE Champion with the slop drop (they need to give Kozlov's finish a name). Kozlov stands over the champion as Ross is left to wonder if HHH stands any chance at Cyber Sunday.
END OF SHOW
by: Michael C. Grimaldi
-"In Memory" of Leah Maivia
-WWE Open
-Smackdown Open
-Jim Ross welcomes us to Laredo and hypes the Undertaker/Triple H main event.
-"King of Kings" music hits and Triple walks out to the ring half dressed for his match. Triple H asks if anybody in the crowd is as sick of Vickie Guerrero as he is. He says it's not just her voice or that she in an "annoying hag" and then says that well, most of it is because she's an "annoying hag." His main problem with Vickie is that she thinks she can tell everyone what to do, and while he doesn't mind when she does it to other people, when she does it to him, he's got an issue. He says that he knows everyone is thinking that Vickie will come out right now and he'll get in trouble with her, but not to worry, he saw a giant Twinkie truck pull up before he came out, so she'll be "grazing for hours." HHH points out that in 48 hours he has to defend the title against wither Jeff Hardy, Vladimir Kozlov or both and tonight he's in a match with the Undertaker because it benefits the agenda of Vickie Guerrero because he and Taker will try to destroy each other and there's a chance he might not even be able to make it to Cyber Sunday if that happens which would mean all the fans votes would be for not.
Jeff Hardy's music hits and he makes his way to the ring as HHH looks on, not very pleased. Hardy says that he thinks he knows the WWE fans better than HHH does and is confident he'll be voted in at Cyber Sunday and if he is, it's very possible that he will leave the WWE champion.
Since as HHH pointed out last month, no one can get a full thought out, Kozlov's music plays and out he comes to the top of the ramp. Kozlov says that the fans won't vote him in because they know he would beat HHH, but that will only delay him becoming champion for a short time. Triple H says that he didn't understand a word Kozlov said, but either way at Cyber Sunday, "this is going to happen" and HHH promptly hits the Pedigree on Jeff Hardy. Tazz says, "I didn't see that coming." Helen Keller calls Tazz a moron.
-JR and Tazz run down the text options for the WWE title match at Cyber Sunday.
-Backstage, HHH is walking down the hallway and the lights flicker out. Triple H looks back and when he turns forward, Undertaker is in his face. They have a stare down.
BREAK (keep in mind that since this isn't the MyNetwork TV feed, sometimes I get the part where the breaks happen wrong)
-WWE Rewind has the "Divas Las Vegas" match from last week.
1. Michelle McCool and Maria vs. Natalya and Maryse- Before the match, pop up Gregory Helms, which apparently is now called the "Hurrapop" comes up and he says something about Divas, but he's "just sayin'." Michelle and Maryse start off and Michelle gets a few quick near falls. Michelle then does a backflip off the middle rope while holding on to Maryse's arm, into an arm drag (at least it didn't take he 10 seconds to set up like Kelly Kelly's backflip spots). Natalya provided a distraction to allow Maryse to take advantage. Natalya was tagged in to throw some shots in the corner and then quickly tagged back out. Out of no where, music started to play and cut to the entrance where Jesse was leading Festus, dressed in a mariachi band get up, to the ring, along with a full mariachi band. Michelle was distracted by this, as was her tag partner, and Festus presented Maria with a flower. Michelle tried to make a tag to Maria, but Maria wasn't paying attention, which gave Maryse the opportunity to roll Michelle up and get the pin. Of course, ending the match, the bell sounded and that set Festus off, who chased the mariachi band around the ring and back up the ramp. Michelle was not pleased.
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-Did You Know WWE Magazine sells more copies at newsstands that SI and ESPN Magazine combined? I bet subscriptions have nothing to do with that.
2. Chavo Guerrero and Bam Neely vs. Carltio and Primo- Non title match- Chavo and Carlito started out, with Chavo getting a headlock. Carltio got out and hit a standing dropkick. Primo got the tag and came running off the ropes with a diving headbutt after Carltio had taken Chavo down. Chavo made the tag out to Bam who came in firing away with punches. Bam whipped Primo into the corner but Primo did a tip up in the corner and went over the charging Bam, but then was quickly taken off his feet by a running shoulder block from Bam. Chavo and Bam were jawing back and forth to each other about getting the job done, and Primo was allowed to make the tag. Primo and Carltio hit a double suplex on Bam. Chavo came in and was hip tossed onto his own partner. Carlito powerbombed Primo onto Bam but on the subsequent cover Primo only got a one count. Chavo got the legal tag back in. He whipped Primo to the corner but got caught coming in with a back elbow. Primo went to the top but Bam came up the apron so Primo jumped off and hit bam with a double axe handle blow, the distraction was enough to allow Chavo to catch Primo with the rolling Liger kick and Chavo got a near fall. Chavo asked Bam what he was doing and Bam asked for the tag back in. Primo was backed into the corner of Chavo and Chavo tried to choke him from the outside, but Bam came running in and Primo moved cause him to collided with Chavo. Primo got the tag to Carltio who came in with a rather awkward looking springboard somersault dive onto Bam then a big knee lift and a clothesline and finally a roll of the dice neckbreaker which got him a near fall that Chavo broke up. Chavo yelled at Bam to get up and "get him." Chavo and Bam argued some more until Chavo slapped Bam which sent Neely off. The distraction allowed Carltio to hit the backstabber from behind and get the pin. Chavo yelled back at Bam. "Hurrapop" came up with Helms saying "if you guys break up, I just don't think I could bear it...I'm just sayin'"
-Kizarny vignette (Apparently these haven't been on the international feeds yet, so this probably already aired) with Kizarny at the carnival saying (translated) "Rides, fun, cotton candy? What is not to like?"
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-John Cena video with all the great "entertainment superstars" talking about him. It has only been two months he's been out, right?
-Backstage Michelle and Maria are bickering in some horribly acted altercation Maria says her "friend" is very upset and she needs to talk to him while Michelle says she needs to focus (were they going for the non-existent Divas Tag Titles or something?). Maria runs off to find Festus, while Primo is trying his magic on Brie Bella. Carltio comes in to cock-block Primo, they argue in Spanish and Brie has to run off for a photo shoot. Carltio tells Primo that it's his fault she left. The mariachi band comes running through with Festus chasing them as Primo and Carltio jump to get out of the way. Hmmm...brothers fighting over a chick that happens to have a twin...I be Tazz doesn't see where this is going either.
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-A rewind gimmick moment of where we were introduced to Funaki's full name, "Kung Fu Naki." A side note, this finally puts to bed my hope from the RVD vs. Funaki battle over the "Whole F'n Show" vs. the " Whole F'n Sho."
3. R-Truth and Kung Fu Naki vs. MVP and Shelton Benjamin- Hurrapop asks where MVP's inflatable entrance tunnel is, "lemme guess, you lost that too. I'm just sayin'." No annoying "Gold Standard" promo form Shelton this week and Fu Naki has a rip off "Kung Fu Fighting" theme song now and he wears a gui. Also, at Cyber Sunday, you can choose who Shelton will defend the US title against. This is another WWE.com vote and the choices are: R-Truth, MVP or Festus.
Truth goes to start out with MVP, but MVP wants Kung Fu Naki. Fu Naki obliges and goes off with some old school generic Japanese guy "martial arts blows" and then a Ricky Steamboat like arm drag. MVP calls for a time out and tags the US Champ in. Benjamin comes in and gets caught with a kick to the cut and Fu Naki tags in Truth. Truth goes for a move but gets countered in to a back suplex by Benjamin. Shelton gets Truth into the heel team's corner and MVP tags in. MVP hits a big belly to belly over head throw followed up by a clothesline to get a near fall on Truth. Truth comes back with the corkscrew forearm to take MVP down allowing Truth to tag in Fu Naki. Fu Naki comes in with a chop off the top rope onto MVP and follows that up with some kicks and a double thrust chop that leads to a near fall broken up by Shelton. Truth comes in and knocks Benjamin out of the ring and MVP proceeds to toss Truth out of the ring. Fu Naki loads up for the Karate Kid Crane Kick and catches MVP when he turns around with it and gets the pin, much to Fu Naki's own surprise.
-Backstage to Colon Brothers are bickering some more and Primo wants to go up to a girl he sees but Carltio says he's been here longer, so he should get the shot at her. Carltio decides to let his younger brother go first and Primo walks up to, who he thinks is Brie Bella trying to put the moves on her. Bella, who is on her cell phone seems creeped out and blows Primo off. Carltio asks what happened and Primo says he thinks he's in love. The Great Khali and Ranjin Singh come in to the picture and Singh translates to Primo that The Great Khali says Primo has no game. Khali and Singh depart to head to the ring while Primo says that "those guys...are cool" which gets the brothers arguing again.
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-Khali and Singh make their way out for Khali's Rick Rude impersonation. Singh has a giant back that says "US Mail" (sadly, it didn't read "US Male" and then Curtis Thompson would be revealed to be in it) full of letters that he dumped out in the ring, which he claimed were love letters that have been sent to Khali. To make a long segment short, Singh read two letters, one was from a gay dude (haha! gay humor...oh that WWE), then Sing brought two chicks from the crowd into the ring, one kinda hot, the other morbidly obese. Singh said anyone can kiss the hot one, but it takes a real "Giant" to kiss "that one" (so apparently he was supposed to kiss Barack Obama?!?). Khali kisses the fat girl and we all go home happy...or someone on the writing crew does...I have no idea who though. Had he been asked to run a girls feet, I would have thought David Lagana was rehired...wait what?
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-Another Kizarny vignette airs (which again could have already aired), this one he says (translated) "The side show is here. Real Fun."
-JR and Tazz run down the main matches for Cyber Sunday.
-Undertaker cuts a backstage tight shot promo about how Vickie and Show think the have sealed his fate at Cyber Sunday, but in fact it is he would will seal theirs' and tonight Triple H will walk with him into the darkness.
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5. The Brian Kendrick (w/ Ezekiel Jackson) vs. Super Crazy- Crazy comes out with some energy and is apparently angry that he got squashed last week by Zeke. The ref pulls Crazy off of Kendrick who was in the ropes. This allows Kendrick to hit a leg lariat on Crazy and the quickly nail "The Kendrick" for the pin. After the match, Zeke plants Crazy with the ura nage slam for good measure.
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-Quick video with wrestlers talking about the recent Mexico shows.
6. Triple H vs. The Undertaker- Taker starts out locking on a side headlock and then takes the Game down with a big shoulder tackle. Triple H then locks in a side headlock but gets shoved off and taken down with another shoulder tackle. Deciding that wouldn't work, HHH then kicks Taker in the gut and backs in into the corner with punches. Taker then comes out and tosses HHH into the corner and starts whaling away on him. Taker whips HHH into the far corner and comes running in with a clothesline that sends HHH to the mat and Taker gets a 2 count on the subsequent cover. Undertaker goes to work on HHH's left arm. He applies a hammerlock on the mat, then adds a half nelson into a pinning attempt and gets a 1 count. Taker drops his leg on the arm and goes for another cover, which yields another 2 count. Taker goes for "Old School" but HHH prevents him from getting to the top. Taker is staggered and HHH catches him from behind with a chop block to the left leg. Triple H goes to work on the leg but Taker kicks him off. The both hit the ropes and a double clothesline knocks both men down. They both get back to their feet and trade punches, with Triple H getting more blows in, but HHH sells to the mat when Taker lands a punch. Taker backs HHH into the corner and headbutts him. Taker hits "snake eyes" on HHH, but "fighting spirit" (that's what no selling is called now, right?) allows HHH to get up quickly and hit a big high knee to take Undertaker down and he gets a two count on a pin fall attempt. HHH hits a face buster and goes for the Pedigree but Taker blocks and double legs HHH and then slingshot's him into the corner. Taker the channels Hogan and hits a big boot followed by a leg drop for a near fall. Undertaker goes for "Old School" again, but this time gets crotched (or as Todd Grisham would say, "just got the capital of Thailand") on the top rope. Triple H superplexes Taker off the top and gets a near fall. Taker gets back to his feet and HHH clotheslines him over the top rope and to the floor but Taker lands on his feet. Undertaker pulls HHH out of the ring and HHH gets sent into the ring steps. Taker hits his leg drop on HHH on the apron and then gets in the ring for a quick cover and a 2 count. Undertaker signals it's over and goes for "The Last Ride" but HHH slides out and hits a neckbreaker coming down, again for a near fall. Taker comes back with his running/leaping clothesline for...you guessed it, a two count. Taker sets up for the choke slam but HHH blocks it with a boot to the gut followed up by a spinebuster for another near fall. Taker sits up and he goes for the chokeslam again and HHH blocks it and goes for the Pedigree, which Taker blocks, who then goes for a tombstone, which HHH blocks. Triple H has Undertake back into the corner and gets on the second rope for the 10 count punches; but after a few shots Taker picks him up and hits the Last Ride. At this point, both men are down so after about 15 minutes of a legit match, here comes the Big Show to cause the DQ. Show goes after Taker and pummels him in the corner with big right and left handed body blows. Triple H has retrieved a chair and hits Show over the back with it, which Show sells...a little. HHH tries to run at Show with the chair but gets caught and chokeslammed. Show then takes the chair and hits Taker in the gut and then over the back with it, before laying him out with a (blocked) chair shot to the head.
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Back from break we see HHH trying to get up and Ross tells us that Taker had already been able to leave the ring. As replays are shown of Show taking HHH and Undertaker out, Kozlov's music hits and he marches to the ring. Triple H tries to fight him off but Kozlov traps him with the Al Snow headbutts and then hits the running headbutt before laying out the WWE Champion with the slop drop (they need to give Kozlov's finish a name). Kozlov stands over the champion as Ross is left to wonder if HHH stands any chance at Cyber Sunday.
END OF SHOW