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February 19th
On this day in history in ....
1942 - Bill Longson defeats Sandor Szabo in St. Louis, Missouri to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title. This would be the first of three title reigns for Longson.
1968 - Former World Heavyweight Champion George Hackenschmidt, who many consider to be the first true "World Champion", passes away at the age of 90.
1992 - Longtime Memphis wrestler and manager Tojo Yamamoto commits suicide with a handgun at age 65. Yamamoto had been suffering from kidney problems and diabetes, which had forced him out of wrestling several months earlier. Friends said Yamamoto had become extremely depressed about his failing health.
1995 - Koji Kanemoto defeats Norio Honaga for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title in Tokyo, Japan, the first of four runs for Kanemoto with the title.
1995 - WCW hold their Superbrawl Pay-per-view at the Baltimore Arena in Maryland. Results from the show saw:
- Paul Orndorff defeated Brad Armstrong. This match was shown on TBS' "The Main Event" before the PPV.
- Marcus Bagwell & The Patriot defeated Romeo Valentino & Dino Cassanova. This match was shown on TBS' "The Main Event" before the PPV.
- WCW World Television Champion Arn Anderson defeated Johnny B. Badd in a lumberjack match. This match was shown on TBS' "The Main Event" before the PPV.
- Alex Wright defeated Paul Roma.
- Hacksaw Duggan defeated Bunkhouse Buck.
- Kevin Sullivan defeated Dave Sullivan.
- WCW World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat defeated The Nasty Boys via disqualification.
- Blacktop Bully defeated Dustin Rhodes.
- Sting & Randy Savage defeated Avalanche & Big Bubba Rogers.
- WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Vader via disqualification.
2000 - WCW star Bill Goldberg appears on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and states that he will put up $100,000 of his own money if WWF star Steve Austin will wrestle or fight him. Goldberg says they can meet anywhere, even in a back alley. A few days later, Howard Stern asks Austin about the challenge, and Austin responded that they can wrestle when Goldberg "makes it to the big leagues". Many felt Goldberg came off looking foolish with his "challenge".
2006 - WWE held their No Way Out PPV in Baltimore, MD, headlined by The Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle in what many consider to be one of the best matches of that year. Here is the original PPV report on the show:
FULL COVERAGE OF WWE NO WAY OUT
by Buck Woodward
Pre-Show
- Josh Mathews and Steve Romero hosted the pre-show, and revealed that another inductee to the WWE Hall Of Fame will be revealed tomorrow on Raw.
- In the Heat match, The Boogeyman defeated Simon Dean with a powerslam. Dean cut a promo before the match, saying he could beat anyone, then looked annoyed when Boogeyman's music hit, even though it had been announced earlier that Dean vs. Boogeyman was the Heat match.
- The rest of the pre-show was made up of video packages and hype for the show.
No Way Out
No Way Out opened with a video pushing the fact that Kurt Angle, Undertaker, Rey Mysterio and Randy Orton are all traveling the "road to Wrestlemania" and fighting to be the World Champion.
Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms vs. Scotty 2 Hotty vs. Paul London vs. Brian Kendrick vs. Sho Funaki vs. Super Crazy vs. Psicosis vs. Nunzio vs. Kid Kash.
All of the wrestlers were in the ring together, with the first pinfall or submission winning the title. Helms wouldn't enter the ring at the start of the match, so the other Cruiserweights began wrestling each other. London hit Nunzio with a top rope mule kick, and London & Kendrick gave Scotty a double dropkick, but they were thrown out by the Mexicools. The Mexicools gave Kendrick and London stereo pescados. Kash and Funaki went at it in the ring, with Kash missing a moonsault. Funaki bulldogged Kash, but Helms ran in to break up the cover. Helms stomped Kash, but he was surrounded by all the other wrestlers, who stomped him down. The match then went back to being a free for all.
London gave Psicosis a rana, but Crazy caught London with a top rope dropkick. Kendrick missed a top rope dropkick, and the Mexicools gave him a double rolling leg catapult. Funaki gave Nunzio an enzugiri. Helms and London exchanged punches and kicks in a corner. Funaki dropkicked Psicosis off the ring apron. Scotty gave Kash a back suplex. Helms gave Scotty a fireman's carry into a facebuster on the knee. Kash and Helms began shoving each other, and started exchanging punches. Helms backdropped Scotty to the ring apron. Scotty then held the ropes open while Kash threw Helms out of the ring. Scotty gave Helms a somersault senton off the apron. Kash avoided a Psicosis powerbomb, then dodged a dropkick so Psicosis would fall to the floor. Kash gave Psicosis a slingshot rana on the floor.
Nunzio gave London the Sicilian Slice, but Kendrick broke up the cover. Kendrick and London worked as a team against Funaki and Nunzio, sending them to the floor, then taking out both of them, and Scotty with top rope dives. Super Crazy prepared for a dive, but Helms cut him off with an elbow. Crazy avoided the Shining Wizard by Helms and hit a dropkick for a cover, but Kendrick broke it up. Kendrick gave Helms Sliced Bread #2, but Crazy broke it up and they went to the floor. London gave Helms a top rope senton, but Scotty broke up the cover. Scotty superkicked London out of the ring, then gave Helms the Worm, but Psicosis broke it up. Psicosis covered Helms, but Kash broke it up.
Kash went for a tilt-a-whirl on Psicosis, but Psicosis fell out of it. Psicosis went for a German suplex, but Kash flipped out of it and gave Psicosis a brainbuster. Kash covered Psicosis, but Super Crazy gave him a moonsault. Kash, Psicosis and Crazy were all down, and Helms got in the ring and covered Psicosis for the pin at the eleven minute mark.
Winner: Gregory Helms.
The Cruiserweights that were on the floor during the pinfall chased Helms to the back.
Booker T and Sharmell were complaining to Smackdown Manager Theodore R. Long, saying Booker was still injured, despite the "miracle" that occurred on Smackdown when his leg was fine. Long wasn't listening to their excuses, so Booker and Sharmell got on their knees and begged Long to let Booker out of the match. Long told Booker if he didn't defend the title tonight against Chris Benoit, he would forfeit it.
Kristal was getting ready to conduct an interview, when Fit Finlay interrupted her. Finlay said he came for a fight, and if no one would give him one, he would go looking for one. Finlay then picked up Kristal and carried her to the ring. Finlay put her down, and was about to beat her up, when Bobby Lashley ran in. Lashley and Finlay began brawling, and JBL's music hit. JBL, seeing Lashley at a disadvantage, ran from his limo to the ring. However, by the time JBL got to the ring, Lashley hit Finlay with a belly to belly suplex. Referees got Finlay away from the ring as the bell rang for the scheduled Lashley-JBL match.
JBL, with Jillian Hall, vs. Bobby Lashley.
They went back and forth at the start, with JBL hitting a boot to the face, but Lashley returning fire with a backdrop and elbowdrop. Lashley backdropped JBL again, and he went to the floor to regroup. Lashley went after him, and JBL used Jillian as a shield and then cheapshotted Lashley. JBL tried to ram Lashley into the ring steps, but Lashley blocked it and rammed JBL into the steps. Jillian Hall hit Lashley with her clipboard, but it had no effect. Lashley gave JBL and belly to belly suplex on the floor, then a delayed vertical suplex in the ring. Lashley set up for the Dominator, but JBL got around him and threw Lashley between the ropes and to the floor. As Lashley got on the apron, JBL hit him with a boot to the face, knocking him back to the floor.
JBL rammed Lashley into the ring steps twice, as the fans chanted "JBL sucks". JBL tossed Lashley back in, and hit a top rope elbowdrop. JBL dropped an elbow to the back as Lashley rose, then worked him over in a corner. JBL hit a neckbreaker, then a second. There was a "Let's Go Lashley" chant as JBL delivered a series of elbowdrops for a two count. JBL and Lashley exchanged right hands, with Lashley getting the better of it. JBL applied a sleeper, as Michael Cole and Tazz argued about whether Lashley had been building momentum or not. Lashley slumped to the mat, and JBL went for a cover, but Lashley kicked out. JBL stomped Lashley in the head and kicked him in the chest. JBL went to the top rope, and dove right into a Lashley powerslam.
Lashley decked JBL with a right hand, then hit a pair of running forearms and a clothesline. Lashley hit a quartet of overhead belly to belly suplexes, and JBL was bleeding from around his eye. Lashley went for the Dominator, but JBL floated out of it and went for a Clothesline From Hell. Lashley ducked and hit an Exploder suplex for a two count. Finlay came in from the crowd, and threw ring announcer Tony Chimel into the ring. Lashley gave JBL a clothesline in the corner. As the referee got the ring announcer out of the ring, Finlay jumped onto the apron and hit Lashley with the shillelagh. JBL followed that with a Clothesline From Hell as Finlay left. JBL got the pin on Lashley at the eleven minute mark.
Winner: JBL.
JBL had a lot of blood and swelling around his eye.
Tony Chimel introduced "Tonight's special guest" and Batista, wearing a suit, came out to a huge ovation. Batista got on the mic, and said it was the "thrill of a life" every time he walked out the curtain. Batista said he was there for three reasons. One, he wanted to see Kurt Angle vs. The Undertaker. Two, he missed the Smackdown audience, saying it was hard to watch Smackdown on TV every week and hear the roar of the crowd. The fans chanted his name. Third, was that his "torn tricep ain't torn anymore". Batista said that "sooner rather than later" he would be back. Batista said it doesn't matter who the World Champion is when he comes back, as he stated that he "will reclaim MY world title".
Backstage, Kurt Angle was watching Batista on a monitor. Randy Orton walked in, and said he would be World Champion when Batista returns from his injury. Orton said maybe he would then get some respect from people like Angle. Orton began to question Angle offering encouragement to Rey Mysterio, but Angle told Orton that he is the World Champion, and he isn't even concerning himself with Orton, as he has the Undertaker tonight.
JBL was shown in the WWE.com area, talking about his win.
WWE Tag Team Champions MNM (Joey Mercury & Johnny Nitro, with Melina) vs. Matt Hardy & Tatanka.
This was a non-title match. The crowd wasn't very loud for the revelation that Tatanka was the mystery partner. I guess there is a storyline reason here, as MNM eliminated Tatanka at the Royal Rumble. Hardy started off with Mercury, and Mercury pounded Hardy down to the mat. Hardy fought back with right hands and gave him an arm wringer. Hardy dropped a leg on the arm and tagged in Tatanka. Tatanka continued to work on the arm, and chopped Mercury to the mat. Nitro tagged in, and Tatanka took him down with an armdrag. Hardy and Tatanka gave Nitro a double backdrop and gave Mercury a double elbow and a double back suplex. MNM regrouped on the floor.
Mercury pulled Hardy throat first across the top rope as he teased getting into the ring, and Nitro went to work with kicks to the back, then choked Hardy across the middle rope. Melina said Hardy could have been on a "winning team" and slapped him. MNM went for a double suplex, but Hardy floated over and hit a double neckbreaker. Tatanka tagged in and went to work with chops on both opponents. MNM went to the floor, and Tatanka followed Mercury, ramming him into the security wall and chopping him on the floor. Melina raked Tantanka in the face with her nails, and Nitro hit him with a dropkick off the apron. Nitro took Tatanka back into the ring and hit some shoulderblocks in a corner.
Mercury tagged in, snapmared Tatanka and delivered a kneedrop. Some "Boring" chants could be heard. MNM mocked Tatanka's war cry and chops. Mercury choked Tatanka with the tag rope. Tatanka tried to rally against Nitro, but MNM took him down with a double elbow. Mercury put Tatanka in a sleeper, then hit a neckbreaker as Tatanka tried to fight out of it. Mercury went to the top rope, but Tatanka caught him in a reverse atomic drop. Nitro jumped off the top rope, but landed on his feet and Tatanka nailed him with a clothesline. Tatanka made the hot tag to Hardy, who cleaned house and gave Mercury a spinning side slam, and gave Nitro a bulldog, while clotheslining Mercury at the same time.
Hardy gave Mercury a second rope legdrop, and gave Nitro the Side Effect. Hardy went for the Twist Of Fate on Mercury, but Mercury shoved him into the ropes and Nitro nailed him with a superkick. Hardy came back with a double clothesline, then tagged Tatanka, who hit a top rope chop on both men. Tatanka did the war dance, then gave Mercury the Samoan Drop while Hardy gave Nitro the Twist Of Fate. Tatanka got the pin on Mercury at the ten minute mark.
Winners: Matt Hardy & Tatanka.
A video package on the events leading to Booker T vs. Chris Benoit was shown.
Coverage continued on next page.
U.S. Champion Booker T, with Sharmell, vs. Chris Benoit.
Booker got on the mic before the bell rang. Booker said he had made up his mind, and that there would not be a U.S. Title match tonight. Booker called out Theodore R. Long. Booker said he could beat Chris Benoit when he is healthy, but he isn't healthy tonight. Booker said he would make it official, and forfeit the U.S. Title. Sharmell appeared to be pleading with Booker, and Booker started to walk away. Benoit got on the mic and started a "Coward" chant at Booker. Benoit said he would not accept the title by forfeit, and told Booker to "take defeat like a man". Sharmell said this was all Benoit's fault, and slapped him repeatedly while yelling at him. With Benoit distracted, Booker ran back into the ring and ambushed Benoit from behind. The bell rang, and Long confirmed to the announcers that this match was on and was still for the U.S. Title.
Booker hit a back elbow, but Benoit came back with some punches. Booker missed a side kick and Benoit unloaded some chops. Benoit knocked Booker to the floor, then followed him out and kneed him in the head. Benoit gave Booker a chop, then tossed him back in. Booker got the advantage in the ring, kicking Benoit in the gut. Booker went for a suplex, but Benoit blocked it and delivered a snap suplex. Benoit gave Booker a back suplex for a two count, then chopped him in the corner. Booker tried for a double leg takedown, but Benoit rolled through it and pounded Booker on the mat, then kicked him to the floor with a baseball slide.
On the floor, they exchanged blows and Benoit whipped Booker into the ring steps. Booker went shoulder first into the steps, but Booker started grabbing his previously injured groin. Booker told the referee to back up Benoit because he was hurt, but it was a ploy to allow Booker to grab Benoit's tights and yank him into the ring steps. Booker tossed Benoit back into the ring, and hit a superkick to the chest for a two count. Booker applied a top wristlock, but as Benoit fought up, Booker took him down with a waistlock and rode Benoit on the mat. Every time Benoit got up, Booker would bring him back down. Benoit tripped out of it, but Booker applied a full nelson. Benoit tried to get out, but Booker put Benoit in a hammerlock. Benoit escaped the hold and hit Booker with a German suplex.
Benoit jumped onto Booker and tried for a Crossface, but Booker rolled through it and hit Benoit with a spinkick. Booker got a two count, then applied a sleeperhold. Benoit went down to one knee, and the referee checked his arm, but Benoit fought up and escaped using a back suplex. Booker T caught Benoit with a Hot Shot, then delivered a vertical suplex. Booker hit a second vertical suplex for a two count. They traded chops, and Benoit got the better of it, but was caught off as he charged into a Booker boot to the face. Booker set up for the ax kick, but Benoit dodged it and fired off some chops and a pair of running forearms. Benoit hit the Three Amigos suplexes for a two count. Benoit hit some right hands, but Booker reversed a whip and hit a spinning leg lariat.
Booker T went to the top rope, but Benoit cut him off with a chop and a slew of headbutts. Benoit delivered a top rope superplex, but Booker kicked out at two. Benoit hit some punches, but Booker caught him with a spinebuster. Booker went to the top rope and went for the Harlem Hangover (forward flip into a legdrop), but Benoit moved out of the way. Benoit delivered three consecutive German suplexes, then called for the top rope headbutt. Sharmell got on the apron, which distracted Benoit and Booker T was able to crotch Benoit on the top rope. Benoit fell into the ring, and Booker hit the ax kick, but Benoit kicked out at two.
Booker chopped Benoit and went for a sunset flip out of the corner, but Benoit rolled through it and went for a Sharpshooter. Booker kicked it off, and Benoit fell into the ropes, knocking Sharmell off the apron and to the floor. Booker went for a side kick, but Benoit ducked it, grabbed Booker's legs and applied the Sharpshooter, to a big pop. Booker struggled in the hold, and Benoit then switched from the Sharpshooter into the Crippler Crossface. Booker tapped out at the nineteen minute mark.
Winner and new U.S. Champion: Chris Benoit.
After Benoit left, the fans chanted "You tapped out" at Booker.
Backstage, Rey Mysterio, Bobby Lashley, Theodore R. Long, Pat Patterson, and the babyface Cruiserweights congratulated Benoit on his win. Chavo Guerrero and Vicki Guerrero congratulated Benoit as well. Benoit then told Rey Mysterio he needed to go win it for Eddie. There was a slight "Eddie" chant from the crowd.
A video package on the events leading to Rey Mysterio vs. Randy Orton were shown.
Rey Mysterio vs. Randy Orton - Winner receives World Title match at Wrestlemania 22.
Rey came out to his music, and was wearing a Rey Mysterio shirt. No lowrider (the entrance ramp wasn't really conducive to that kind of entrance). He did have the "EG" armband on. Rey's daughter was shown at ringside. There was a loud "Eddie" chant as the bell rang. Orton backed Rey into the corner on a lockup, and grinned at him. Orton took Rey down with a waistlock and applied a front facelock. Rey made the ropes to break it, and Orton slapped Mysterio in the back of the head. Mysterio kicked Orton in the gut and took him down with a side headlock. Orton tossed Rey towards the ropes, and Rey reversed a hiptoss into a bodyscissors into a bulldog. Rey hit some punches in the corner, ducked a clothesline, but missed a springboard bodyblock, crashing to the mat as Orton ducked.
Orton stomped Mysterio's back, then pounded him with forearms. There was a "Randy sucks" chant as Orton hit Mysterio with a kneedrop. Orton slapped and shoved Mysterio in a corner, then whipped him hard across the ring into the opposite turnbuckles. Orton covered Rey for a two count. Orton hit a forearm to the back, then mocked Eddie Guerrero as the fans were chanting "Eddie". Orton hit Rey with an uppercut, but Mysterio came back with a kick to the head and a tilt-a-whirl headscissors that sent Orton to the floor. Rey jumped off the apron for a rana on the floor, but Orton caught it and swing Rey side first into the ringpost. Orton got back in the ring and posed as Rey held his arm on the floor.
Orton went to the floor and threw Mysterio back into the ring, where Orton applied an armwringer on the hurt limb. Orton turned it into a hammerlock, but Mysterio elbowed out, slid under Orton's legs and kicked him from the mat. Orton scooped up Mysterio into an over the shoulder backbreaker, then dropped him with a neckbreaker for a two count. Orton then went back to the arm, locking in a hammerlock again. Orton threw Rey into the ropes, and Mysterio caught him with a rana, but couldn't capitalize on it due to his arm hurting. Orton tossed Rey to the floor and rammed Rey's arm into the ring steps. Orton put Mysterio back into the ring for a two count. Orton continued to work on the arm, wrapping it around the ropes.
Orton put Rey in an over the shoulder backbreaker again, but Mysterio armdragged out of it, and Orton rolled to the floor. Orton got back in, and Mysterio hit him with a flying forearm. Orton charged Rey, and Mysterio gave him a drop toe hold into the turnbuckles. Mysterio climbed the ropes, slowly, but Orton caught him and went for a second rope electric chair, but Rey turned it into a sunset flip style powerbomb for a two count. Mysterio hit a spinkick, then did the Eddie Guerrero dance and dropkicked Orton's leg out from under him. Mysterio hit a springboard senton, then a rolling neck snap for two. Orton developed a cut between his eyebrows. Orton tried to stop Mysterio with a slam, but Mysterio floated over and kicked Orton. Orton went to lift him again, but Mysterio drove Orton backwards to the mat and covered him for a two count.
Orton poked Mysterio in the eyes, but Rey kicked Orton as he charged him. Mysterio went to the top rope, but Orton dropkicked him in the gut as Mysterio jumped off. Orton measured Mysterio for an RKO, but Mysterio caught him with a dropkick. Orton fell to the ropes in 619 position, and Rey went for the move, but Orton ducked under the 619, then cradled Rey for the pin, grabbing the ropes to get the three count at the eighteen minute mark.
Winner: Randy Orton.
Randy Orton went to the stage, as Rey was visibly upset in the ring. Orton stopped before leaving, got on the mic and announced that he was going to the main event at Wrestlemania. Orton then posed and smiled on the stage before leaving. They kept the camera on Rey in the ring for a long time, but there wasn't much reaction from the crowd as he left. The announcers played up what was going through Rey's head over what had happened.
They went backstage, where Rey cursed and began profusely apologized for letting the Guerrero family down. Chavo told him to pick his chin up, that he didn't let anyone down, and that if he tried his hardest, nothing else mattered. Vicki told Mysterio they all still loved him. They all hugged, then Rey walked off. Rey walked past the babyface cruiserweights and Lashley, who mostly stared at him, except for Super Crazy, who started to say something (it would appear, trying to console Rey), but Psicosis stopped him. The camera followed Rey as he walked down a hallway alone, stopping to hit a wall.
A video package on the events leading to Kurt Angle vs. The Undertaker were shown.
World Champion Kurt Angle vs. The Undertaker.
Angle tried a waistlock at the start, but Taker kept his feet and Angle went to the floor to regroup. Taker applied a side headlock, and Angle shoved it off, but Taker hit him with a shoulderblock. Taker went after the arm of Angle, then rammed his arm into the turnbuckle. Undertaker lifted Angle off the mat by his arm, then dropped a leg on it and applied a short arm scissors. Undertaker started to climb the ropes for the Old School rope walk, but Angle stopped him with right hands. Taker stopped a whip and flipped Angle to the mat by the arm. There were dueling chants for Undertaker and Angle. Undertaker delivered the Old School rope walk and forearm, then gave a charging Angle a faceplant for a two count.
Undertaker gave Angle Snake Eyes, but missed a boot to the face and Angle tossed Taker with a German suplex for a two count. Angle stomped Taker in the corner, then hit some shoulderblocks. Taker reversed a whip and hit a running knee in the corner, but missed a boot to the face and ended up on the ring apron. Angle charged Taker, knocking him off the apron and into the security wall. Angle went outside and rammed Taker into the wall again, then jumped at him from the apron, but Taker caught him and rammed Angle into the ringpost. Taker stretched Angle across the ring apron and drove an elbow into his chest, then hit the ring apron legdrop.
Taker rolled Angle into the ring and got a two count, then measured Angle for a chokeslam. Angle kicked Taker's leg to escape it, but Taker decked him with an uppercut. Undertaker missed a clothesline and Angle clipped his knee from behind. Angle stomped Undertaker's leg, then rammed it into the ringpost twice. Angle applied a ringpost figure four, breaking it as the referee counted four. Taker was limping on the floor, and Angle put Taker's bad leg on the ring apron and elbowed it several times. Back in the ring, Angle kicked at the leg some more, then punched Taker in the head. Angle dropped all his weight on the leg as it was stretched on the bottom rope, then did it a second time.
Angle continued to stomp the leg, but Taker grabbed Angle by the singlet and pulled him through the ropes and to the floor. Taker followed and hit some kneelifts to Angle. Taker put Angle on the apron again, and kicked Angle in the side of the head. Taker went for the legdrop on the apron again, but Angle caught it and applied an ankle lock on the floor. Angle broke the hold and rolled into the ring at seven to break the count, then rolled back out and reapplied the ankle lock for another seven count, then broke the count again. Back in the ring, Angle dropped some elbows on the leg, then applied a leglace. Angle continued to work on the leg, twisting it and dropping elbows on it. Undertaker broke out of a leglace by using his good leg to legdrop Angle's face.
Angle took Taker down with a double leg takedown, then punched Taker, but Undertaker grabbed his arm and applied a triangle choke. Angle got his foot on the bottom rope to break the hold. Angle rolled to the floor, and Taker followed, ramming Angle head first into the security wall. Undertaker tossed Angle into the ring announcer and chairs at ringside. Taker worked over Angle with punches on the floor, then kicked him in the face. Undertaker started to clear off the announcers table, then rolled into the ring to stop the count. Taker went back outside, but Angle caught him with an Angle Slam, putting the Undertaker through the Spanish Announce table.
Angle rolled into the ring, as Undertaker slowly recovered on the floor. Undertaker was about to be counted out, but Angle stopped the count (using quite a bit of profanity, which was bleeped) and said he wanted to beat him in the ring. Angle went outside and worked over Taker with punches, kicks and elbows. Angle went for a whip on the floor, but Undertaker reversed it and Angle went back first into the ringsteps, then as he fell, he caught his throat on the edge of the Announcers Table caver, which had been thrown to the floor earlier. Undertaker tossed Angle back into the ring, then went to the top rope, but Angle crotched him with a few punches. Angle went for a superplex, but Undertaker blocked it and punched Angle to the mat. Undertaker went to the top again, but Angle ran the ropes and delivered a belly to belly superplex for a two count. Taker rallied, hitting Angle with a boot to the face for a two count.
Undertaker measured Angle for a chokeslam, but as he lifted him, Angle turned it into a bodyscissors and rolled into an ankle lock. Taker rolled over, but Angle stuck with it and maintained the hold. Undertaker rolled again, and locked Angle in a triangle choke, but Angle reversed it again and reapplied the ankle lock. Undertaker rolled out of the hold and kicked Angle away. Undertaker caught Angle with a chokeslam, but Angle kicked out at two and a half. Undertaker went for the Last Ride powerbomb, but Angle flipped over it and into a sunset flip, which he then turned into another ankle lock in the center of the ring. Undertaker struggled for the ropes, but Angle pulled him back into the center of the ring. Undertaker rolled over and kicked Angle off of him. Taker got to his feet, missed a right hand, and Angle hit the Angle Slam on Undertaker for a near fall.
Angle screamed in the ring and pulled down his straps. At the same time, Undertaker sat up and then got to his feet. They traded right hands, then Undertaker whipped Angle into the ropes and went for a tombstone piledriver. Angle reversed it, going for a tombstone of his own, then Undertaker reversed it back, but Angle slid out of the hold, hooking Undertaker's ankle. Angle applied an ankle lock, and added a leglace this time. Undertaker appeared on the verge of tapping, but rolled over and kicked Angle in the face repeatedly until he released the hold. Undertaker got to his feet, but Angle grabbed him with another Angle Slam. Angle went to advance on Undertaker, but Taker locked him in another triangle choke. Angle struggled in the hold, and then fell limp. The referee checked his arm twice, but Angle kept it up on the third time. Angle got his feet under him, and flipped over the Undertaker, cradling him into a pinning position while still trapped in the triangle choke. Angle got the pin at the twenty nine minute mark.
Winner: Kurt Angle.
Undertaker thought he might have won, until the referee gave the belt to Angle. Undertaker lifted Angle to his feet, then put him in a corner and said "I've got your number, I'm not through with you yet". Taker and Angle stared at each other as the show came to an end.
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