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April 25th
On this day in history in ....
1970 - WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeats Ivan Koloff in a Texas Death Match in Boston, Massachusetts.
1977 - WWWF runs at Madison Square Garden in New York City with the
following results:
- Carlos Rocha defeated Rocky Tomayo.
- Larry Zbyzsko defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna.
- Billy Whitewolf defeated Doug Gilbert.
- Ivan Putski defeated Tor Kamata.
- Gorilla Monsoon defeated Nikolai Volkoff.
- Chief Jay Strongbow vs. Stan Stasiak ended in a draw.
- Ken Patera defeated Tony Garea by countout.
- Bob Backlund defeated Executioner 2.
- WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Baron Von Raschke.
1980 - An event at the famed Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri saw both the WWF and NWA World Titles defended, as WWF champion Bob Backlund defeated Bulldog Bob Brown and NWA champion Harley Race defeated Ric Flair. Also on the show, Ken Patera defeated Kevin Von Erich to win the Missouri State Championship.
1983 - WWF runs at Madison Square Garden in New York City with the
following results:
- Eddie Gilbert defeated Jose Estrada.
- Salvatore Bellomo defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna.
- Mr. Fuji defeated S.D. Jones.
- Iron Mike Sharpe defeated Johnny Rodz.
- Pedro Morales defeated Swede Hanson.
- Ray Stevens defeated Tony Garea.
- Jimmy Snuka defeated Superstar Billy Graham. This would be one of Graham's
final WWF appearances following an incident where he was rushed to the hospital
the previous day after overdosing on pills. He would not return to the
company for several years.
- Rocky Johnson defeated Intercontinental Champion Don Muraco via countout.
- WWF World Tag Team Champions The Wild Samoans defeated Chief Jay Strongbow
& Jules Strongbow.
- Andre The Giant defeated Big John Stuff via countout.
- WWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated Ivan Koloff.
1988 - WWF runs at Madison Square Garden in New York City with the
following results:
- Brady Boone defeated Steve Lombardi.
- Dino Bravo attacked Ken Patera during an arm wrestling contest between the
two, as a result the scheduled wrestling match between the two didn't take
place.
- Bret Hart vs. Bad News Brown ended in a 20 minute draw.
- One Man Gang defeated Bam Bam Bigelow via DQ when Bigelow ignored the
referee's order to stop fighting on the ropes.
- Ted DiBiase defeated WWF World Champion Randy Savage via countout when Virgil
shoved Savage off the top rope to the floor.
- Barry Horowitz defeated Jose Luis Rivera.
- WWF Women's Champion Sherri Martel defeated Desiree Peterson.
- The Ultimate Warrior defeated Hercules Hernandez.
- WWF World Tag Team Champions Demolition defeated Rick Martel & Tito
Santana.
1989 - WWF taped Saturday Night's Main Event in Des Moines, Iowa, to
be broadcast on NBC on May 27th. Here are the results from the NBC taping
(the show also had matches taped for the syndicated WWF programs):
- King Hacksaw Duggan defeated Intercontinental Champion Rick Rude via countout.
Interesting to note, Hacksaw actually didn't win the "King"
designation from Haku until the next night at a television taping.
- Randy Savage defeated Jim Neidhart.
- Hulk Hogan defeated Big Bossman in a steel cage match. Prior to the
match, Hogan was attacked by Zeus (actor Tiny Lister) who was the co-star in
Hogan's upcoming movie, No Holds Barred.
- Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard defeated WWF World Tag Team Champions
Demolition via DQ when the referee was hit during a brawl.
- Jimmy Snuka, making his WWF return after being gone for over three years,
defeated Boris Zhukov.
1992 - ECW (then known at Eastern Championship Wrestling) crowned their
first ECW Champion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Taber Youth Association.
Two separate Battle Royales were held (with different participants), with Sal
Bellomo winning the first, and Jimmy Snuka winning the second. Snuka then
defeated Bellomo to become the first ECW Champion.
1999 - WWF held the Backlash Pay-per-view in Providence, Rhodes Island
at the Civic Center. Here are the results:
Heat Matches:
- Val Venis & Nicole Bass defeated D'Lo Brown & Ivory.
- Droz & Albert defeated Brian Christopher & Scott Taylor.
- Kane defeated The Big Bossman.
- Viscera defeated Test.
PPV bouts:
- The Acolytes & Mideon defeated The Brood (Edge, Christian & Gangrel)
when Bradshaw pinned Christian with the Clothesline From Hell.
- Al Snow defeated Hardcore Holly to win the WWF Hardcore Title after hitting
him with Head.
- WWF Intercontinental Champion The Godfather defeated Goldust with a Death
Valley Driver.
- The New Age Outlaws defeated Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett when Gunn gave Hart
a Fameasser as he had Road Dogg in a Sharpshooter.
- Mankind defeated Big Show in a Boiler Room Brawl by pinning him with a pile of
pipes.
- Triple H defeated X-Pac with the Pedigree.
- The Undertaker defeated Ken Shamrock with a tombstone piledriver.
- WWF World Champion Steve Austin defeated The Rock in a No Holds Barred match
when special referee Shane McMahon accidentally hit Rock with the title belt.
Austin then gave Rock a stunner, but Shane refused to count the pin, so Vince
McMahon came out with a second referee and hit Shane with the title belt.
2000 - During an edition of Raw from Charlotte, North Carolina, Steve Austin used a crane to drop a steel beam on the DX Express tour bus, crushing the bus in the parking lot during the show. Also on the program, Dean Malenko defeated Scotty 2 Hotty to win the WWF Light Heavyweight Title and Crash Holly defeated Matt Hardy to win the WWF Hardcore Title when he interfered during a scheduled match between Matt and Jeff Hardy.
2010 - WWE held their "Extreme Rules" PPV. Here is the original coverage from the show:
The show opened with a video package focusing on the "Anything Goes" theme of the night, and every match except the Women's Title bout and the Strap match were featured in the package. The announce team for tonight is Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and Matt Striker.
Triple H vs. Sheamus in a Street Fight match.
No countouts or disqualifications, the match can only end via pinfall or submission. Triple H's entrance theme started, but he didn't come out. The music stopped, and they went to the back, where Sheamus and Triple H were brawling in a corridor. Referees pulled them apart, and Sheamus grabbed his pipe and blasted Triple H in the head. As Triple H got up, Sheamus blasted him again. A trainer checked on an unconscious Triple H, while Sheamus walked off.
Apparently the match will be postponed until later, pending an update on Triple H.
The Miz & Big Show came out, with the announcers noting they were not scheduled to appear tonight. Miz said they should start the show with some excitement, noting he and Show were the greatest tag team in WWE history. Miz then brought up how Bret Hart had to call ShowMiz the greatest tag team in WWE history, due to Miz defeating David Hart Smith in the UK. Miz said tomorrow night on Raw, Bret Hart would make that statement. Miz said he and Show had a lack of competition, and said they were begging for competition. Miz said Big Show "makes Andre The Giant look like a little girl." Now, I'm angry. Smackdown General Manager Theodore R. Long came out and said he had a team for them to face. Long said if this team wins, they get a future World Tag Team Title match. Miz got a shot in at the Orioles (they are in Baltimore), then told Long to go figure out how to mess up the draft tomorrow. Long then said since Miz likes to keep talking, there will be a second team after the first, with the same stipulation. Miz kept talking, so Long upped it to three teams. Miz mocked him, and Long threatened to make it four, so Big Show put his hand over Miz' mouth to shut him up. So, Miz and Show will now face three teams in a row, and the first one to beat them (if any) gets a title shot tomorrow on Raw.
The Miz & Big Show vs. R-Truth & John Morrison.
R-Truth did his full entrance rap prior to the bout. Morrison started out with Miz, grabbing a quick cradle for a one count. Miz went on the attack, kicking Morrison in the gut and punching him against the ropes. Morrison slid under a clothesline and grabbed an armdrag. Truth tagged in, and they hit a double hiptoss and a standing shooting star/legdrop combo. Miz stopped himself on a whip attempt and tagged in Show. Show hit Truth with a shoulderblock, then chopped him against the ropes. Miz tagged in and hit a running boot for a two count on Truth, then drove a knee in his back and applied a chinlock. Truth fought back and hit a leg lariat. Morrison and Show tagged in. Morrison hit a dropkick, but Show shoved him away. Show went for a chokeslam, but Morrison put Show in a triangle choke, pulling him over the top rope. Miz tried to break it up, but Truth knocked him to the floor and gave Miz a pescado. The referee disqualified Morrison for not breaking the choke on the ropes, ending the match at the three minute mark.
Winners: The Miz & Big Show.
The Miz & Big Show vs. MVP & Mark Henry.
MVP immediately went for a cover on Miz as he rolled in the ring for a two count. Henry and MVP worked over Miz, as Big Show recovered from the choke on the floor. MVP hit Miz with the Ballin' elbowdrop, but Big Show got in to break it up. Mark Henry came in, but Show blasted him with a body shot. MVP gave Miz a Playmaker, but Big Show punched MVP in the head and Miz pinned MVP at the two minute mark.
Winners: The Miz & Big Show.
The Hart Dynasty, with Bret Hart, ran out.
The Miz & Big Show vs. The Hart Dynasty.
David Hart Smith & Tyson Kidd double kicked Big Show off the ring apron, then gave Miz their springboard Hart attack. Miz was pinned in under a minute.
Winners: The Hart Dynasty.
The Harts celebrated on the floor. They get a tag team title match at Raw tomorrow night.
They went backstage for an update on Triple H. Todd Grisham said he was being checked out, when Sheamus interrupted him. Sheamus said he was going out to the ring later, and basically said if Triple H is a man, he will see him out there.
Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk. If Punk loses, he will have his head shaved.
Rey and Punk kept pointing to the barber's chair set up on the stage before the bell rang. Punk went on the offense first, stomping Rey and knocking him to the mat. Rey came back with a dropkick, then hit a kick to the chest and a series of forearms. Punk tossed Rey to the floor, but Rey rolled to his feet. Punk went outside, and Rey hit a tilt-a-whirl headscissors and sent Punk into the ring apron. Rey hit a kick on the floor and tossed Punk back in the ring. Rey teased a 619, but Punk grabbed him and teased a GTS. Rey escaped and hit a kick, but then ran into a CM Punk powerslam for a two count. Punk tossed Rey to the floor, this time with Rey bumping to the outside chest first. Serena got in a kick to Rey's gut. Punk twirled his hair in the ring and laughed.
Punk went to the floor and worked over Rey, then tossed him into the ring and hit a slingshot senton for a two count. Punk put Rey in a headscissors on the mat, but Rey fought up and hit some kicks. Punk went for a sunset flip, but Rey rolled through it and hit a kick to the head for a two count. Punk got back in control, punching Rey in the back while holding him against the middle rope. When the referee backed him up, Luke Gallows hit a cheap shot and Punk got a two count off it. Punk gave Rey a double underhook backbreaker for a two count. Punk put Rey in a bow and arrow, and hit a trio of legdrops. Punk delivered some elbows to the body, then put Rey in a Gori Special. Rey managed to break free and hit an armdrag. Punk tried for a powerbomb, but Rey shifted his weight and came down on top of Punk for a two count.
Rey gave Punk a headscissors takedown into the turnbuckles. Rey went to the top rope, but Punk tripped him. Punk pulled Rey off the ropes into GTS position. Rey escaped and set up Punk for a 619. Serena grabbed a Rey's leg to trip him up. Punk went and blasted Rey in the back of the head. The referee, seeing Gallows getting on the apron, ordered Serena and Gallows away from ringside. Punk went to the floor, wondering why his followers were leaving, and Rey hit him with a baseball slide kick as Punk realized what had happened. Rey hit an Asai moonsault, then got Punk into the ring for a two count. Punk reversed a whip and went for a backdrop, but Rey kicked it away and covered Punk for a two count.
Rey hit a springboard senton, then went for a springboard bodypress off the middle ropes, but Punk dropkicked Rey in the midsection. Punk hit a springboard clothesline, then hit some kicked to the body. Rey leapfrogged Punk, then got on his shoulders, but Punk turned it into a GTS position. Rey spun out of it into a rana and hooked the leg for a two count. As they got up, Punk blasted Rey with a kick to the face for a two count. Punk missed a running knee in the corner and Rey used a spinning headscissors to put Punk in a 619 position. Rey hit the move. Someone came out from under the ring and tossed a chair in the ring. The referee went to toss the chair out, while the mystery man, who was bald, came out the other side of the ring, pulled Rey to the floor and planted him with a reverse powerbomb on the floor. Punk pulled Rey back in the ring and hit the GTS for the pin at the seventeen minute mark. The replay made it seem like it might have been two men, dressed the same, that came out from under the ring.
Winner: CM Punk.
Punk celebrated on the stage by sitting in the barber's chair. The man or men who were under the ring didn't come back out.
JTG vs. Shad Gaspard in a Strap Match.
As Shad came to the ring, they reviewed the events leading to the breakup of Cryme Tyme. This is traditional strap match rules, meaning you have to touch all four corners in succession.
JTG hit some punches at the start, then Shad tripped him with the strap. Shad touched three corners, and almost had four right away, but JTG started whipping him with the strap across the back and chest. JTG went for the corners, but Shad picked him up and put him on the apron, then knocked him to the floor. Shad hit two corners, but with JTG on the floor, Shad couldn't pull to the third. Shad pulled JTG to the apron and hit a shot, but JTG dropped to the floor and yanked Shad throat first across the top rope. JTG got back in the ring and hit a second rope leg lariat. JTG touched three corners, but Shad picked JTG up in atomic drop fashion, then slammed him chest first to the mat.
Shad went to the floor and used the strap to yank JTG into the ringpost shoulder first. Shad trash talked JTG while whipping him with the strap. Shad slapped JTG and continued to trash talk back in the ring. Shad then used the strap to secure JTG's arm against his body and began dragging him around the ring. Shad started touching corners, but as he did it, JTG did as well, without Shad realizing it. When they had touched three corners, JTG pulled away from Shad. Shad pulled him in for a short arm clothesline, but JTG ducked it and hit his Slingblade clothesline. JTG touched the fourth corner for the win at the five minute mark.
Winner: JTG.
Todd Grisham reported that Triple H was having nerve issues with his arm as a result of the blow to the back of the head Sheamus gave him with the pipe earlier. He said it was unlikely he would compete tonight.
A video package on the events leading to the World Title match was shown.
World Champion Jack Swagger vs. Randy Orton in an Extreme Rules match.
They did the "big match" intros for the bout. Swagger went for a takedown at the start, getting a one count. Swagger grabbed a leg and hit a Dragonscrew legswhip. Swagger grabbed a waistlock and rode Orton on the mat. Orton got to his feet, but missed a back elbow and Swagger hit a series of shoulderblocks in a corner. Swagger got on the middle rope to punch Orton, but Orton ducked under him and hit Swagger, then elbowed him off the ropes. Orton took Swagger down for a two count, then Swagger rolled to the floor. Swagger grabbed a chair, but Orton went to the floor and kicked the chair out of his hand. Orton stalked Swagger around the ring, and Swagger rolled back in.
As Orton got in the ring, Swagger went to kick him, but Orton ducked it. Swagger went back to the floor and Orton followed, and Swagger caught him with a forearm and tossed him into the ringside barrier. Swagger suplexed Orton on the floor and rammed him back first into the ringside barrier, then into the apron. Swagger covered Orton for a two count in the ring, then choked him down in the corner with a boot to the throat. Orton came back with a kick to the gut, but Swagger pushed him back into the corner with shoulderblocks. Swagger hit a vertical suplex for a two count. There was an "RKO" chant. Orton battled back with punches, but Swagger hit a belly to belly suplex for a two count.
Swagger stomped Orton in the gut, then hit a vertical suplex, followed by a back suplex. Swagger shoved Orton in a corner, then hit some more shoulderblocks in the corner. He went for a running shoulderblock, but Orton kneed him in the head. Swagger came right back, throwing Orton shoulder first into the ringpost. Swagger went to ringside and grabbed the World Title belt. Swagger went to use it, but Orton avoided the belt shot and hit a series of forearms on Swagger. Swagger just took the onslaught, then scooped up Orton and powerslammed him for a two count. Swagger slammed Orton, with the title belt lying on the mat next to Orton. Swagger took forever to set up his reverse splash off the middle rope. As he went for it, Orton jumped up, grabbed the title belt, and blasted Swagger in the gut with it.
Orton hit a pair of clotheslines and a powerslam for a two count. Swagger rolled to the ring apron, but Orton grabbed him and hit a series of forearms. Orton went for the elevated DDT, but Swagger stepped into the ring and then backdropped Orton to the floor. Swagger went outside and grabbed a trash can from under the ring. Orton kicked Swagger in the gut, then blasted Swagger twice in the head with the trash can. Orton rammed Swagger into the announcers table three times, then hit a forearm uppercut. Orton whipped Swagger into the ringsteps, then put Swagger's head on a section of the steps. Orton then stomped Swagger's head twice on the steps.
Orton rolled Swagger into the ring, then started stomping him. Orton dropped a knee to the head, then continued stomping him. Orton went for another kneedrop, but Swagger rolled out of the way. Swagger went to the floor and got a chair. As he got back in the ring, Orton kicked him. Orton then hit the elevated DDT. Randy measured Swagger for the RKO, then stopped and picked up the chair. Orton set up the chair in the ring and went for a running RKO on the chair, but Swagger picked up Orton and dropped him hip first on the chair. Swagger grabbed Orton around the waist, muscled him up and hit the gutwrench powerbomb for the pin at the fourteen minute mark.
Winner: Jack Swagger.
After the replayes, as Swagger was leaving, Orton grabbed him on the floor and hit an RKO, then walked off. As Orton exited, Sheamus walked down, and the two exchanged glares. Swagger was helped out by a referee.
Sheamus got on the mic and said that since Triple H wasn't man enough to face him, he wanted to be declared the winner. They went to the back, and Triple H burst out of his dressing room, tossing away an icepack. Triple H came out, his left arm limp at his side. Sheamus had his steel pipe in his hand.
Triple H vs. Sheamus in a Street Fight match.
At the bell, Sheamus went at Triple H with the pipe, but he ducked it and tackled him. Triple H hit a series of right hands, and clotheslined Sheamus to the floor. Triple H tackled him on the floor, then rammed him into the announcers table and ringside barrier. Triple H continued to beat Sheamus on the floor, then up the aisle. Triple H took him back to the ring and hit a spinebuster. Triple H went for a Pedigree, but couldn't hook it due to his left arm being injured. Sheamus broke out and knocked Triple H to the floor. Sheamus hit a double axhandle on the floor, then tossed him back first into the barrier. Sheamus threw him into the barrier two more times.
Sheamus stomped Triple H on the floor, then tossed him into the barrier again. Sheamus rolled Triple H back into the ring and hit an elbow to the throat. Sheamus punched Triple H on the mat and got a two count. Sheamus delivered a knee to the head, then used his knee to drive Triple H's head into the mat. Sheamus delivered a kneedrop, then got a two count. Sheamus pounded Triple H in a corner, then hit a kneedrop for a two count. Triple H tried to fight up, but Sheamus knocked him to the mat with a double sledge, then applied a chinlock. Triple H back suplexed out of it, and they went back to the floor. Sheamus hit the neckbreaker on the outside.
Back in the ring, Sheamus ran into a Triple H boot. Sheamus charged again, but Triple H sidestepped him and sent him shoulder first into the ringpost. Triple H hit a DDT, but then rolled on the mat, clutching the back of his head in pain after hitting it on the mat doing the move. Sheamus gave Triple H a side backbreaker for a two count. Sheamus went to the floor and got his pipe. Sheamus got in the ring, but Triple H hit him in the gut. Triple H hit a facebuster on the knee, but Sheamus came back with a pipe shot to the head. Sheamus covered, but Triple H kicked out at two. For some reason, the referee put the pipe at ringside. Sheamus set up Triple H for the Pale Justice crucifix Bomb, but Triple H slid out of it. Sheamus charged, and Triple H backdropped Sheamus to the floor.
Triple H went to the outside, but Sheamus hit him in the gut. Sheamus went under the ring for a kendo stick. Triple H gave a drop toe hold to a charging Sheamus, sending him into the ring steps. Triple H picked up the kendo stick and blasted Sheamus in the back of the head with it, then across the back, then across the stomach. Triple H blasted him with it over and over, with Sheamus laid out in the middle of the aisle. They went up the ramp, and Triple H went for a Pedigree, but Sheamus backdropped him on the metal ramp. Sheamus hit Triple H with a pump kick. There were some big welts on Sheamus' back. Sheamus dragged Triple H back to the ring, then hit another pump kick. Sheamus stared at Triple H while Triple H pulled himself up in a corner. Triple H shoved the referee away as he checked on him. Triple H gave Sheamus a crotch chop. Sheamus hit a pump kick in the corner. Triple H stumbled out and Sheamus hit another pump kick and got the pin at the sixteen minute mark.
Winner: Sheamus.
Triple H refused to be stretchered out of the ring, and instead walked out with the help of trainers and referees. As he got to the stage, Sheamus came back out and hit another pump kick. Triple H was put in a neckbrace and placed on a stretcher and carried out.
Backstage, Josh Mathews interviewed Edge. Noting you could win a steel cage match by pinfall, submission or escaping the cage, Edge said that he was not going to let Jericho escape the cage, and that he wasn't even going to try to escape the cage.
Women's Champion Michelle McCool vs. Beth Phoenix in an Extreme Makeover match.
There was a table of makeup items, as well as household items like a mop and ironing board at ringside. McCool was accompanied by Layla and Vickie Guerrero. Phoenix and McCool locked up, and McCool hit a knee to the body and some forearms, but Phoenix rolled up McCool for a two count, then hit a second rope clothesline. Phoenix hit a forearm on the floor after McCool rolled outside. Layla grabbed a broom and went for Phoenix, but Beth grabbed it from her and chased her through the ring. This allowed McCool to get a can of hairspray to blind Phoenix with. McCool then used an ironing board, hitting her with it and stomping on it after laying it on top of Phoenix. Michelle wore Phoenix down with a bodyscissors. Michelle was handed an iron to use, but Vickie was holding the cord, so she stopped short with it, allowing Phoenix to roll her up for a two count. McCool went back to the ironing board, dropkicking it into Phoenix in a corner.
McCool went to ringside and got another ironing board. As she got in the ring, Phoenix dropkicked her back to the floor. Layla and Vickie grabbed Beth, and McCool went for the hairspray again. However, Beth moved and Michelle blinded her friends at ringside. Phoenix slammed McCool into the makeup table, then tossed her back into the ring. Phoenix used a plastic mop bucket, hitting Michelle with it several times for a two count. Beth put two ironing boards next to each other in the ring, then set up to superplex her onto them. Vickie and Layla used a broom and mop to hit Phoneix in the legs as she set up for the move. This distraction allowed McCool to shove Phoenix off the ropes and onto the ironing boards. McCool got a two count. McCool went for a Faith Breaker, but Phoenix reversed it into a fireman's carry. Michelle fought out of it, but Phoenix transitioned into a Glamslam for the pin at the six minute mark.
Winner and new Women's Champion: Beth Phoenix.
Josh Mathews interviewed Chris Jericho. Jericho noted that one loss does not matter to his career, talking about his loss to Heath Slater last week on NXT. Jericho vowed to end Edge's career forever, and that the fans will no longer be able to chant for the spear. Jericho said it all ends tonight.
Chris Jericho vs. Edge in a Steel Cage match.
Edge limped his way to the ring, but smiled once he got in the cage. Jericho stalled for a long time before entering the cage. Jericho tried to bring a chair into the cage with him, but Edge hit a baseball slide, knocking him down. Edge rammed Jericho into the ringside barrier, then tossed him into the cage. Edge closed the door, and the bell rang. Jericho tried to climb out immediately, but Edge pulled him down by the trunks and worked him over in a corner. Jericho found back with a kick and went for a whip in the corner, but Edge reversed it and hit a clothesline. Edge catapulted Jericho into a corner, but Jericho leaped onto the ropes and tried to climb out. Edge pulled him back in, slamming him off the top rope.
Edge kicked Jericho and tossed him into the steel wall. Edge rubbed Jericho across the mesh, then went for a spear, but Jericho moved and Edge went head first into the steel. With Edge between the ropes and steel, Jericho hit a springboard dropkick from the middle rope. Jericho catapulted Edge throat first into the bottom rope, then pounded him with punches and stood on the side of his head. Jericho hit a back suplex for a two count. Jericho put Edge in a chinlock and trash talked him, saying "What are you going to do, Edge?" Edge punched out of the hold, but Jericho hit a kneelift. Edge reversed a whip, but Jericho kicked away a backdrop. Jericho charged Edge, and Edge hit the backdrop, sending Jericho into the mesh wall.
Edge hit a pair of clotheslines, then a flapjack. Edge hit a faceplant, and got a two count. Jericho came back with a bulldog, then went for a Lionsault. Edge rolled out of the way, and Jericho landed on his feet, then ran for the ropes and started to climb out. Edge got up on the ropes to stop him. They fought on the top rope, and Jericho took Edge to the mat with a spinebuster, then rolled into a Walls Of Jericho. Edge made the ropes, and pulled himself up on them to break the hold. Jericho tried to reapply, but Edge rolled forward, sending Jericho into the cage wall. Edge hit a reverse facebuster for a two count. Edge went for the Impaler DDT, but Jericho tripped out of it and went for the Walls of Jericho. Edge kicked it away, then hit Jericho with a boot to the face.
Edge measured for a spear, and Jericho went for the door, sliding out the bottom rope. The door opened, and Jericho got halfway out, but Edge grabbed him. Jericho grabbed a chair from the floor and tried to use it, but Edge grabbed it and tossed it away, into the cage. Jericho then grabbed the cage door and slammed it on Edge's head. Edge fell to the mat, and Jericho was free and clear to leave. Jericho started to walk out on the ringsteps, but then stopped and went back in the cage. Jericho ordered them to close the door, and Jericho picked up the chair. Jericho yelled "You want to end me?" and went for the chair shot. Edge ducked it, rebounded off the ropes and hit the spear. Jericho kicked out at two.
Edge was slow to get up, and as he picked Jericho up off the mat, Jericho hit a Codebreaker. Edge kicked out at two. Jericho went for another cover, but Edge kicked out again. Jericho started to climb out, and made it almost completely over before Edge pulled him back in. They battled on the top rope, and Edge fell, crotching himself on the top rope. Edge fell to the mat, and Jericho climbed over the top. Edge reached between the steel girders at the top of the cage to grab Jericho's arm. Edge pulled himself to the top of the cage, then pulled Jericho up top as well. They two sat on the top of the cage, exchanging punches. Jericho slid back into the cage, standing on the top rope. Jericho hit Edge's legs. Edge came back in and shoved Jericho to the mat. Edge was standing on the second rope. Jericho did a springboard off the adjacent second rope and gave Edge a Codebreaker into the ring for a two count.
Jericho yelled at Edge to stay down, but he got up, so Jericho chopblocked his leg. Jericho called him an idiot and said he "had his chance" and went for the chair. Jericho went to hit Edge's leg, but Edge moved out of the way. Edge hit a burst of offense, flinging Jericho into the cage repeatedly. Edge tossed Jericho into the cage again, and Jericho jumped up on the ropes and tries to climb out again. Edge went up after him, and rammed his head into the steel over and over. Edge yelled "Now it ends" and flung Jericho into the ring. Jericho crawled for the door, and Edge slammed the cage door on Jericho's leg. Edge wrenched Jericho's injured ankle. Edge grabbed it and wrenched it again, then stomped it. Edge measured Jericho and hit a spear. Edge got the pin at the twenty minute mark.
Winner: Edge.
A video package on the events leading to the WWE
Title match were shown.
WWE Champion John Cena vs. Batista in a Last Man Standing match.
Batista had his "spotlight" entrance, and a good crowd reaction. Cena's entrance got easily the biggest reaction of the show, but then there was also a big "Cena sucks" chant. They did the "big match" intros here. They locked up, and Cena immediately hit a flying shoulderblock after dodging a forearm. Batista regrouped on the floor and got back in. Batista missed a punch and Cena hit a shoulderblock again. Batista went to the floor and got a chair. He got in, and Cena dodged a chairshot and hit some punches. Cena hit a bulldog, then a fisherman's suplex. Cena whipped Batista into a corner, but ran into an elbow. Batista nailed Cena with a clothesline. Cena got up at five and Batista hit a running kick. Cena grabbed Batista and tried to hoist him for an Attitude Adjustment, but Batista blocked it and threw Cena into the ringpost. Batista clipped Cena's leg, then dropkicked his shin. Batista yanked Cena throat first across the second rope, then stood on the floor and yanked Cena's leg across the ring apron.
Batista grabbed a chair and hit Cena in the leg with it from the floor. Back in the ring, Batista put Cena's leg on the bottom rope and dropped his weight on it twice. Batista put Cena's leg over the middle rope and kicked it, then hit a short arm clothesline. Cena got up limping and Batista shoved him down, then hit a vertical suplex. Cena got up, and Batista swept his leg out, then stomped it. Cena rolled to the floor, and Batista stood on his head, pushing it against the ring apron. On the outside, Cena hit some punches, then reversed a whip attempt and sent Batista into the ring steps.
Back in the ring, Batista swept the leg and applied a figure four leglock. They noted that Batista was taught by Ric Flair. Cena struggled in the hold and then reversed the hold. Batista got out of the hold, and the referee counted both men down. They got up at six, then clotheslines each other back down. They got up and Cena went into his usual sequence of shoulderblocks, back suplex into a powerbomb and the Five Knuckle Shuffle fistdrop. Batista rolled to the floor. Cena went after him, and Batista reached under the ring and pulled out the turnbuckle wrench. Batista hit Cena in the gut with it. Back in the ring, Batista tried to use a chair, but Cena grabbed him and gave Batista an Attitude Adjustment onto the chair. Batista was getting up at the nine count, so Cena went to the top rope. Batista shoved the referee into the ropes, and Cena fell off the ropes. Batista hit a spear. Cena got up at eight, so Batista speared him again. Cena got up at eight and Batista punched him in the back.
Batista went under the ring and emptied a tool box, then pulled out a table. Batista set up the table in the corner and went for Cena. Cena tripped Batista and tried for an STF, but Batista kicked Cena away, sending him crashing through the table. The referee counted and Cena rolled to the floor, and his feet, at the eight count. Batista went after him, picking Cena up and ramming him back first into the ringpost. Some kid yelled "I hate you Batista" and Batista yelled "I hate you to!" Cena was down on the floor, and Batista grabbed him and whipped him into the ringside barrier, breaking it. Cena managed to get up at eight. Batista cleared the ringside table, actually throwing a monitor right between Michael Cole and Matt Striker. Batista put the ringsteps right next to the table.
Batista pulled Cena up on the steps, teasing that he would Batista Bomb him through the announce table. Cena blocked it, and gave Batista the Attitude Adjustment off the ringsteps and through the table. Cena got back in the ring, and Batista managed to get to his feel, using the ring barrier to support himself, at nine. Cena screamed at the official that it should have been ten. Batista slumped into one of the announcers chairs. Cena put a table in the ring and set it up. Cena got Batista in the ring and set up for an Attitude Adjustment, but Batista shoved Cena into the ropes and hit a spinebuster, putting Cena through the table. Cena got up at nine. Both men were holding the ropes to keep their feet. Batista went for a Batista Bomb and hit it. Cena pushed up and got to his feet at nine again.
Batista shoved a section of the ringsteps in the ring. Batista went for a Batista Bomb on the steps, but Cena tripped him and applied the STF. Batista tapped, but it didn't matter. Batista kept tapping, then reached the ropes, but Cena just kept the hold on. Batista went limp, and Cena released the hold. Batista slowly got up at the count of five and barely got his feet under him at nine. Cena went to the floor and pulled Batista crotch first into the ring post. Cena took a roll of duct tape and taped Batista's feet together with the ringpost between his legs. Batista struggled to break the duct tape, but couldn't do it. Cena mocked Batista with a "You Can't See Me" gesture as the referee counted to ten at the twenty-five minute mark.
Winner: John Cena.
Cena celebrated with Batista still tied up, and did another "You Can't See Me" to a frustrated Batista before leaving.
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