1 00:00:01,901 --> 00:00:05,839 [Melina] I was recently the victim of a sexual predator. 2 00:00:06,740 --> 00:00:09,009 -Hey, Batista. -Hey, Melina. 3 00:00:09,075 --> 00:00:11,511 -Getting ready for your match? -Yes. 4 00:00:11,578 --> 00:00:15,148 [Melina] I admit to an innocent flirtation with Batista. 5 00:00:15,215 --> 00:00:19,185 But that innocent flirtation soon turned into something abhorrent. 6 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:24,591 I told Batista to stop… and he didn't. 7 00:00:25,325 --> 00:00:27,927 I have decided to take a stand. 8 00:00:27,994 --> 00:00:31,398 And at this time, that I will be officially suing 9 00:00:31,464 --> 00:00:35,001 one David Batista for sexual harassment. 10 00:00:36,369 --> 00:00:40,140 [man] Champ, I got to ask you, do you have any response to Melina's shocking 11 00:00:40,206 --> 00:00:43,743 sexual harassment accusations against you from earlier tonight? 12 00:00:43,810 --> 00:00:46,146 I think you're gonna have to just consider the source on that. 13 00:00:46,212 --> 00:00:48,047 Tonight, I got a big night, big match. 14 00:00:48,114 --> 00:00:50,350 I need to stay focused on showing everybody 15 00:00:50,417 --> 00:00:55,221 why me and Rey Mysterio, Mr. 619, are the WWE Tag Team Champions. 16 00:00:55,288 --> 00:00:57,290 [crowd cheering] 17 00:00:59,325 --> 00:01:02,462 [Cole] Well, Rey Mysterio may have to control the mindset 18 00:01:02,529 --> 00:01:05,865 of his team here tonight, to keep his partner Batista 19 00:01:05,932 --> 00:01:09,803 focused on the task at hand, the WWE Tag Team Titles. 20 00:01:09,869 --> 00:01:12,739 [Tazz] This is the mandatory rematch clause in MNM's contract. 21 00:01:12,806 --> 00:01:15,275 If they don't gain the WWE Tag Team Titles in this match, 22 00:01:15,341 --> 00:01:17,877 they might not ever get another opportunity for the title. 23 00:01:17,944 --> 00:01:20,080 [Cole] Here comes The Animal! 24 00:01:20,146 --> 00:01:22,649 [Tazz] The Animal's about to be unleashed, man. 25 00:01:22,715 --> 00:01:25,518 [Cole] It's the beginning of the end, ladies and gentlemen. 26 00:01:26,252 --> 00:01:28,455 -[Tazz] Oh no. -[Cole] Referee knocked down. 27 00:01:28,521 --> 00:01:31,524 Referee knocked down off a running Powerslam. 28 00:01:31,591 --> 00:01:33,092 There's no referee. 29 00:01:33,460 --> 00:01:35,595 -Wait a minute! -[Tazz] Who the hell…? 30 00:01:35,662 --> 00:01:37,163 [Cole] Oh my God! 31 00:01:37,230 --> 00:01:40,333 -[Tazz] That's Mark Henry. -[Cole] The World's Strongest Man. 32 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:41,868 [Tazz] Mark Henry? 33 00:01:41,935 --> 00:01:45,472 -[Cole] From out of nowhere, Mark Henry. -[Tazz] Batista's shocked. 34 00:01:45,538 --> 00:01:47,273 -[Cole] Oh my God! -[Tazz] Oh my God. 35 00:01:47,340 --> 00:01:48,808 Look at this power. 36 00:01:48,875 --> 00:01:51,211 [Cole] And slamming Batista! 37 00:01:54,747 --> 00:01:58,017 Batista struggling to catch his breath. And look at Melina. 38 00:01:58,084 --> 00:02:00,320 Melina getting Mercury to crawl toward the cover. 39 00:02:00,386 --> 00:02:01,287 [Tazz] Not like this. 40 00:02:01,354 --> 00:02:03,690 [Cole] The referee never saw what happened. Oh my God! 41 00:02:03,756 --> 00:02:05,525 [Tazz] What the hell's going on now? No! 42 00:02:05,592 --> 00:02:08,761 [Cole] MNM win the Tag Team Titles. 43 00:02:08,828 --> 00:02:10,830 Mark Henry, devastating. 44 00:02:10,897 --> 00:02:13,766 And apparently, Melina had a plan. 45 00:02:13,833 --> 00:02:17,036 Mark Henry, The World's Strongest Man, 46 00:02:17,103 --> 00:02:21,174 has apparently aligned himself with Melina and MNM. 47 00:02:22,041 --> 00:02:26,646 How could Batista contend with The World's Strongest Man? 48 00:02:30,650 --> 00:02:37,590 ["Rise Up" by Drowning Pool playing] 49 00:02:39,792 --> 00:02:43,429 ♪ And I wont be denied ♪ 50 00:02:43,496 --> 00:02:47,901 ♪ 'Cause all I've got left is my pride ♪ 51 00:02:47,967 --> 00:02:51,504 ♪ And I will rise up ♪ 52 00:02:51,571 --> 00:02:55,842 ♪ Break it out, break you down Breaking rules, breaking ground ♪ 53 00:02:55,909 --> 00:03:01,848 ♪ Had your chance, now it's gone All you take, all you've done ♪ 54 00:03:01,915 --> 00:03:04,884 [fireworks popping] 55 00:03:04,951 --> 00:03:08,188 [crowd cheering] 56 00:03:17,897 --> 00:03:19,532 [Cole] Happy New Year, everybody. 57 00:03:19,599 --> 00:03:23,836 And welcome to the first Friday Night SmackDown of 2006. 58 00:03:23,903 --> 00:03:25,872 Michael Cole and Tazz at ringside. 59 00:03:25,939 --> 00:03:29,342 And tonight, history will be made. 60 00:03:29,409 --> 00:03:33,580 [Tazz] And, Cole, for the first time, in six long years, man, 61 00:03:33,646 --> 00:03:38,618 the WWE Tag Team Titles will be on the line tonight, Cole. 62 00:03:38,685 --> 00:03:42,889 Check it out. Tag Team Title Match in a steel cage. 63 00:03:42,956 --> 00:03:46,726 Oh man. We had new Tag Team Champs last week in MNM, and there's the cage. 64 00:03:46,793 --> 00:03:49,963 [Cole] Yeah, there is the steel cage that will surround the ring tonight. 65 00:03:50,029 --> 00:03:53,700 It is there to make sure what happened last week with Mark Henry 66 00:03:53,766 --> 00:03:55,835 does not repeat itself tonight. 67 00:03:55,902 --> 00:03:59,739 Mysterio and Batista versus MNM for the Tag Team Titles. 68 00:03:59,806 --> 00:04:03,443 Also tonight, can Chris Benoit tie his Best Of 7 Series 69 00:04:03,509 --> 00:04:05,178 for the United States Championship? 70 00:04:05,244 --> 00:04:09,782 It's do or die, Benoit versus Booker T's substitute, Randy Orton. 71 00:04:09,849 --> 00:04:12,318 [Tazz] And, Cole, big night on SmackDown, baby. 72 00:04:12,385 --> 00:04:14,687 Friday Night SmackDown kicking off. 73 00:04:14,754 --> 00:04:16,389 ["Longhorn" playing] 74 00:04:16,456 --> 00:04:17,924 [Tazz] Oh, my man. 75 00:04:18,858 --> 00:04:21,394 [Cole] And we are kicking off the new year 76 00:04:21,461 --> 00:04:25,298 totally different than any way we've kicked off New Years before. 77 00:04:25,365 --> 00:04:30,970 JBL, Matt Hardy, in a Falls Count Anywhere Matchup. 78 00:04:31,037 --> 00:04:34,040 [Tazz] And talk about physicality and brutality, Cole. 79 00:04:34,107 --> 00:04:36,943 This match doesn't have to start in the ring or end in the ring, 80 00:04:37,010 --> 00:04:38,878 it could-- it could end anywhere. 81 00:04:38,945 --> 00:04:40,213 [crowd booing] 82 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:43,683 [Cole] And there is the long white limo, the trademark of JBL. 83 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:46,152 I'm sure he cruised over I-80… 84 00:04:46,219 --> 00:04:48,955 up 81 to get here to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 85 00:04:49,022 --> 00:04:51,658 [Tazz] Yeah, we count for it. And there's our lovely Jillian Hall, 86 00:04:51,724 --> 00:04:54,494 the image consultant of JBL. 87 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,797 Look at that little two-step, JBL's renowned for his two-step. 88 00:04:57,864 --> 00:05:02,135 [crowd booing] 89 00:05:02,201 --> 00:05:06,606 What better way to start 2006 90 00:05:06,673 --> 00:05:11,811 than with the biggest Superstar in the history of SmackDown, 91 00:05:11,878 --> 00:05:13,513 JBL? 92 00:05:13,579 --> 00:05:15,882 [crowd booing] 93 00:05:15,948 --> 00:05:21,287 In a match, falls count anywhere, 94 00:05:21,354 --> 00:05:26,592 that I have never lost against an opponent… 95 00:05:26,659 --> 00:05:30,596 You know, it doesn't really matter my opponent, Matt Hardy. 96 00:05:32,799 --> 00:05:36,836 So you see, I can take Matt, I can beat him up on the announce table, 97 00:05:36,903 --> 00:05:39,839 I can beat him in the concession stand. 98 00:05:39,906 --> 00:05:44,077 I can beat Matt Hardy in the parking lot. 99 00:05:44,811 --> 00:05:46,579 -In fact… -[Tazz] Whoa! 100 00:05:46,646 --> 00:05:50,550 I can take Matt Hardy to the Internet kiosk, 101 00:05:50,616 --> 00:05:53,486 where he can type in his new website, 102 00:05:53,553 --> 00:05:57,390 www.goodlordhelpme 103 00:05:57,457 --> 00:06:02,161 JBLsbashingmybrainsin.com. 104 00:06:03,596 --> 00:06:08,101 So, Matt, oh, Matt, why, 105 00:06:08,167 --> 00:06:12,038 why start this in the ring? 106 00:06:12,872 --> 00:06:18,077 Start it with the people who love me. 107 00:06:18,711 --> 00:06:25,318 Because 2006 will be like 2005, like 2004… 108 00:06:25,385 --> 00:06:28,187 Matt Hardy, let's get it on right now, 109 00:06:28,254 --> 00:06:31,457 in the year of the wrestling… 110 00:06:31,524 --> 00:06:35,261 [crowd booing] 111 00:06:36,996 --> 00:06:38,431 [Tazz] The year of the wrestling? 112 00:06:38,498 --> 00:06:40,099 …God! 113 00:06:40,166 --> 00:06:42,702 [Tazz] I was about to say, the year of the wrestling God. 114 00:06:42,769 --> 00:06:44,904 That could be, but here comes Hardy. 115 00:06:45,505 --> 00:06:49,342 ["Live For The Moment" by Monster Magnet playing] 116 00:06:49,409 --> 00:06:51,911 [crowd cheering] 117 00:06:51,978 --> 00:06:54,680 [Tazz] This might not be a cakewalk for JBL, though, Cole. 118 00:06:54,747 --> 00:06:56,382 [Cole] No, not at all. Normally, Matt Hardy 119 00:06:56,449 --> 00:06:58,518 would be the underdog against JBL, 120 00:06:58,584 --> 00:07:02,155 but Hardy's accustomed to tables, ladders, and chairs. 121 00:07:02,221 --> 00:07:06,092 So this type of matchup may be right up Matt Hardy's alley. 122 00:07:06,159 --> 00:07:09,695 [Tazz] And JBL is the former WWE Champion, hence the cockiness. 123 00:07:09,762 --> 00:07:11,531 Also, JBL just said it, Cole. 124 00:07:11,597 --> 00:07:13,900 He's never lost a Falls Count Anywhere, 125 00:07:13,966 --> 00:07:16,402 and this thing could break down, and it's about to, I guess. 126 00:07:16,469 --> 00:07:18,004 Here goes Hardy. 127 00:07:18,070 --> 00:07:19,739 [Cole] Matt Hardy, wasting little time, 128 00:07:19,806 --> 00:07:21,507 -gonna meet JBL. -[Tazz] Yo, here we go. 129 00:07:21,574 --> 00:07:23,609 [Cole] Here we go. Again, falls count anywhere. 130 00:07:23,676 --> 00:07:25,678 Matchup does not have to start in the ring, obviously. 131 00:07:25,745 --> 00:07:27,246 It doesn't have to end there, either. 132 00:07:27,313 --> 00:07:31,150 And JBL and Matt Hardy with virtually no rules in this type of matchup. 133 00:07:31,217 --> 00:07:34,454 And remember, this started right before Armageddon last month, 134 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,023 when JBL interrupted a Matt Hardy interview. 135 00:07:37,089 --> 00:07:40,660 And these two have been at each other's throats ever since. 136 00:07:40,726 --> 00:07:43,162 [Tazz] I'll tell you what. Pure hatred, Cole. 137 00:07:43,229 --> 00:07:45,932 Pure hatred between these two SmackDown Superstars. 138 00:07:45,998 --> 00:07:49,101 And that's legal. JBL's choking out Hardy with his T-shirt. 139 00:07:49,168 --> 00:07:50,570 Or his jacket. 140 00:07:50,636 --> 00:07:55,808 [Cole] SmackDown fans all fired up for what should be a historic start to 2006. 141 00:07:55,875 --> 00:07:58,311 -[Tazz] Whoa, whoa, whoa! -[Cole] Here's JBL, reversal, Matt Hardy. 142 00:07:58,377 --> 00:08:00,580 Over the barricade, and right out in front of us. 143 00:08:00,646 --> 00:08:02,448 [Tazz] Yeah, right here to our right. 144 00:08:02,515 --> 00:08:06,152 And now JBL's on the prowl and Matt Hardy landed hard. Heads up here. 145 00:08:06,219 --> 00:08:07,954 -Wait a minute. -[Cole] Watch out. 146 00:08:08,020 --> 00:08:10,256 -[Cole] And JBL wasting no time. -[Tazz] Watch out, heads up! 147 00:08:10,323 --> 00:08:13,526 And Matt Hardy bounced off the top of the announce table, 148 00:08:13,593 --> 00:08:15,795 and quickly JBL is in control. 149 00:08:15,862 --> 00:08:17,897 [Tazz] It could be finished off right here, Cole. 150 00:08:17,964 --> 00:08:22,501 If JBL-- If JBL can nail whatever the heck he's trying to do. 151 00:08:22,568 --> 00:08:24,770 [Cole] And look at Matt Hardy battling back here. 152 00:08:24,837 --> 00:08:26,339 -Watch out. -Matt Hardy battling back. 153 00:08:26,405 --> 00:08:29,175 -Oh God! -JBL through the announce table! 154 00:08:29,242 --> 00:08:30,910 This is gonna be it. Here's the cover. Whoa! 155 00:08:30,977 --> 00:08:32,745 Here's the cover on the announce table. 156 00:08:32,812 --> 00:08:36,115 And JBL got the shoulder up just before a count of three. 157 00:08:36,182 --> 00:08:37,984 What an explosive way 158 00:08:38,050 --> 00:08:40,486 to start Friday Night SmackDown, ladies and gentlemen. 159 00:08:40,553 --> 00:08:42,655 [Tazz] We're not even ten minutes into the damn show, 160 00:08:42,722 --> 00:08:46,325 the table's just about exploded thanks to Hardy and JBL. 161 00:08:46,392 --> 00:08:48,928 -And we said… -Falls count anywhere, Cole. This is it. 162 00:08:48,995 --> 00:08:52,298 We said at the start of the matchup, Tazz, that this would be up Matt Hardy's alley, 163 00:08:52,365 --> 00:08:56,369 and Matt Hardy is taking it to JBL here in the get-go. 164 00:08:57,103 --> 00:08:59,338 [Tazz] And this is… I'll tell you what… Watch out. Watch out. 165 00:08:59,405 --> 00:09:01,641 [Cole] Bounced off the steel steps, head-first. 166 00:09:01,707 --> 00:09:03,643 And JBL, wasting little time. 167 00:09:03,709 --> 00:09:06,913 -[Tazz] Let's take a look. Watch out! -Steel chair across the spine. 168 00:09:06,979 --> 00:09:09,982 A steel chair across the spine of Matt Hardy. 169 00:09:10,049 --> 00:09:11,250 Did you hear that? 170 00:09:11,317 --> 00:09:16,689 [Tazz] The vicious and brutality that JBL just brought to the spine. 171 00:09:17,590 --> 00:09:19,759 I mean, ironically, they're back in the ring. Here we go. 172 00:09:19,825 --> 00:09:22,562 [Cole] Here's the cover, hook of the leg, referee there just to count. 173 00:09:22,628 --> 00:09:24,931 And a kickout by Matt Hardy at a count of two. 174 00:09:24,997 --> 00:09:29,135 Remember, falls count anywhere, including in the ring. 175 00:09:29,201 --> 00:09:31,571 [Tazz] I'll tell you, this fight started in the stands, 176 00:09:31,637 --> 00:09:33,773 amongst the SmackDown audience here, 177 00:09:33,839 --> 00:09:37,643 it might be finished in the ring, but it started right in the audience. 178 00:09:37,710 --> 00:09:40,379 I love this. I love Falls Count Anywhere, man. 179 00:09:40,446 --> 00:09:42,114 It's a pure fight. 180 00:09:42,181 --> 00:09:44,150 [Cole] I'll tell you, General Manager Theodore Long, 181 00:09:44,216 --> 00:09:46,419 making sure that 2006 is gonna be a banner year already. 182 00:09:46,485 --> 00:09:49,522 [Tazz] Thank you, Mr. General Manager, I love this new year already. 183 00:09:49,589 --> 00:09:53,092 Falls count anywhere, now look at this. JBL… Uh-oh, watch out. 184 00:09:53,159 --> 00:09:55,328 [Cole] Matt Hardy counters with a back body drop. 185 00:09:55,394 --> 00:09:58,197 [Tazz] Nice counter, very nice counter by Matt Hardy. 186 00:09:58,264 --> 00:10:00,833 And Jill… Oh, look at that thing on her face… Watch out! 187 00:10:00,900 --> 00:10:02,401 [crowd cheering] 188 00:10:02,468 --> 00:10:04,737 [Cole] JBL, up over the top. 189 00:10:04,804 --> 00:10:07,073 And Matt Hardy in control. 190 00:10:07,740 --> 00:10:10,977 [Tazz] Yeah, Matt Hardy, now he's… But can Matt Hardy capitalize, Cole? 191 00:10:11,043 --> 00:10:13,713 Can he finish off what maybe he's got in mind? 192 00:10:13,779 --> 00:10:15,948 JBL's trying to get to a vertical base on the outside. 193 00:10:16,015 --> 00:10:18,851 [Cole] And look at Matt Hardy up over the top rope, taking out JBL. 194 00:10:18,918 --> 00:10:20,553 -Wow! -[Tazz] Hey, cover, cover, cover. 195 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:22,154 [Cole] Here's the cover again. 196 00:10:22,221 --> 00:10:24,290 And a kickout in Falls Count Anywhere action. 197 00:10:24,357 --> 00:10:27,126 [Tazz] You got to be careful, Cole. I've been in a lot of these matches, 198 00:10:27,193 --> 00:10:29,629 and you could get caught on the outside with a pin cover. 199 00:10:29,695 --> 00:10:31,097 Here we go again, watch, look. 200 00:10:31,163 --> 00:10:33,499 [Cole] Cover again, hook of the leg again, and again, a kickout. 201 00:10:33,566 --> 00:10:35,368 [Tazz] You don't know when the pin cover's coming. 202 00:10:35,434 --> 00:10:38,004 -It could come at any time, anywhere. -[Cole] And many times, you use… 203 00:10:38,070 --> 00:10:40,239 You get outside the ring as a chance to catch your breath, 204 00:10:40,306 --> 00:10:42,074 and you can't do that in this type of matchup. 205 00:10:42,141 --> 00:10:44,977 [Tazz] You don't catch your breath, your opponent is on the hop after you, 206 00:10:45,044 --> 00:10:46,712 as is Hardy with JBL. 207 00:10:46,779 --> 00:10:48,514 What's he looking for? Uh-oh! Uh-oh! 208 00:10:48,581 --> 00:10:51,751 [Cole] Well, Matt Hardy, pulling out the ladder, speak of the devil. 209 00:10:51,817 --> 00:10:54,787 [Tazz] Well, he's well-versed, Matt Hardy is, with those ladders… 210 00:10:54,854 --> 00:10:57,356 Tables, ladders, and chairs, the experience. 211 00:10:57,423 --> 00:10:59,625 Watch out, JBL. 212 00:10:59,692 --> 00:11:01,260 [Cole] And a ladder into the gut. 213 00:11:01,327 --> 00:11:04,530 JBL may be taking back those words he said earlier on today. 214 00:11:04,597 --> 00:11:07,933 -[Tazz] Watch out, watch out! -And again, a ladder to the ribs. 215 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,302 [Tazz] JBL's hurting, Cole. Easy now, be careful, 216 00:11:10,369 --> 00:11:12,338 limo's over there, you don't wanna scratch that thing. 217 00:11:12,405 --> 00:11:14,840 -[Cole] You wouldn't wanna do that. -No, you don't wanna do that. 218 00:11:14,907 --> 00:11:16,342 -[Cole] Oh, Matt Hardy. -Watch out! 219 00:11:16,409 --> 00:11:18,878 [Cole] Went for a Bulldog, and JBL countered 220 00:11:18,944 --> 00:11:22,148 as Hardy went sternum-first into that steel barricade. 221 00:11:22,748 --> 00:11:25,951 [Tazz] And, look, JBL, see, you don't wanna let him get the upper hand on you. 222 00:11:26,018 --> 00:11:30,189 He is so vicious, and he's focused, and he said he's undefeated, he's brutal. 223 00:11:30,256 --> 00:11:31,624 JBL's a brutal man. Oh! 224 00:11:31,690 --> 00:11:33,859 [Cole] Using his own limo as a weapon. 225 00:11:33,926 --> 00:11:37,096 JBL, The Barroom Brawler, 226 00:11:37,163 --> 00:11:42,001 suddenly is taking control of this Falls Count Anywhere Matchup. 227 00:11:42,068 --> 00:11:43,436 [Tazz] Oh, look, Matt Hardy. 228 00:11:43,502 --> 00:11:47,339 [Cole] Oh, not for long, Matt Hardy with that trash can lid off the skull. 229 00:11:47,406 --> 00:11:49,608 [Tazz] Very smart… Oh my God, that was nasty. 230 00:11:49,675 --> 00:11:52,211 [Cole] Continuing to deliver the punishment. 231 00:11:52,278 --> 00:11:54,914 -And again! -[Tazz] Look at the trashcan lid, 232 00:11:54,980 --> 00:11:57,583 it's just bent into the shape of the head of JBL. 233 00:11:57,650 --> 00:12:02,188 [Cole] And JBL, crawling on the hood of his limousine. 234 00:12:02,254 --> 00:12:05,091 Remember, the referee is there just to count any visible pinfalls. 235 00:12:05,157 --> 00:12:07,126 [Tazz] JBL may be out, Cole. I'm telling you. 236 00:12:07,193 --> 00:12:08,594 [Cole] May be out cold. 237 00:12:08,661 --> 00:12:10,496 [Tazz] And what the hell is Hardy gonna do? 238 00:12:10,563 --> 00:12:13,632 [Cole] And Hardy… Matt Hardy's setting the ladder up. 239 00:12:13,699 --> 00:12:16,235 [Tazz] Wait a minute. Oh, I don't like this. 240 00:12:16,302 --> 00:12:19,705 JBL's prone on that limo. And Hardy's got that ladder. 241 00:12:19,772 --> 00:12:22,208 [Cole] Matt Hardy, gonna climb to the top of the ladder. 242 00:12:22,274 --> 00:12:24,477 And Jillian Hall, look at the image consultant, 243 00:12:24,543 --> 00:12:25,678 grabbing the leg of Matt Hardy. 244 00:12:25,745 --> 00:12:28,013 You're gonna get hurt, Jillian. Get out of there. What the hell? 245 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,182 [Cole] Well, she did her job, and allowed JBL to… 246 00:12:30,249 --> 00:12:31,784 [Tazz] She's worried about her man, 247 00:12:31,851 --> 00:12:34,887 -but look at JBL now. -[Cole] Oh my! Oh my! 248 00:12:34,954 --> 00:12:37,389 [Tazz] Right across the lower back with a steel chair. 249 00:12:37,456 --> 00:12:39,391 [Cole] And now across the skull, 250 00:12:39,458 --> 00:12:42,528 and onto the hood of the Limousine, is Matt Hardy. 251 00:12:42,595 --> 00:12:44,563 -[Tazz] Here we go! -[Cole] And here's the cover, 252 00:12:44,630 --> 00:12:46,632 -hook of the leg again. -[both] He got him! 253 00:12:46,699 --> 00:12:49,001 [Cole] JBL with the victory. 254 00:12:49,635 --> 00:12:51,670 [Tazz] Did you hear that thud, Cole? 255 00:12:51,737 --> 00:12:53,739 [Tony] Here is your winner, 256 00:12:53,806 --> 00:12:56,342 John "Bradshaw" Layfield. 257 00:12:56,408 --> 00:12:59,011 [Cole] Matt Hardy was knocked off that ladder, 258 00:12:59,078 --> 00:13:02,081 thudding to the hood of the limousine, spine-first, 259 00:13:02,148 --> 00:13:06,318 as JBL picks up the victory in the Falls Count Anywhere Matchup. 260 00:13:06,385 --> 00:13:09,522 [Tazz] Well, Jillian Hall, congratulating JBL, 261 00:13:09,588 --> 00:13:11,056 and tell you what, that was great. 262 00:13:11,123 --> 00:13:15,161 -[Cole] It was a big victory for JBL. -[Tazz] Well, that did… Oh, wait a minute. 263 00:13:15,227 --> 00:13:17,096 What is that, JBL's limo overheating? 264 00:13:17,163 --> 00:13:18,097 ♪ I'm the Boogeyman ♪ 265 00:13:18,164 --> 00:13:20,099 [Cole] No, it's not overheating. 266 00:13:20,166 --> 00:13:24,537 Oh, that's The Boogeyman! And he's in Bradshaw's limo! 267 00:13:24,603 --> 00:13:26,205 He's in the limousine! 268 00:13:26,272 --> 00:13:28,307 [Tazz] How the hell did he get in the limousine? 269 00:13:28,374 --> 00:13:31,043 The Boogeyman? Oh no! 270 00:13:31,110 --> 00:13:34,313 [Cole] The Boogeyman just popped out of the moonroof of the limo. 271 00:13:34,380 --> 00:13:36,916 -[Tazz] Out of nowhere. -[Cole] And much like last week, 272 00:13:36,982 --> 00:13:42,021 The Boogeyman is slowly stalking JBL and Jillian Hall. 273 00:13:42,087 --> 00:13:43,289 -[Tazz] Stalking? -Look at this! 274 00:13:43,355 --> 00:13:46,358 [Tazz] The Boogeyman is slithering down the aisle. 275 00:13:46,425 --> 00:13:49,929 And JBL is terrified, as is Hall, Jillian Hall. 276 00:13:49,995 --> 00:13:51,063 Get out of there! 277 00:13:51,130 --> 00:13:53,199 [Cole] And Boogeyman got his eyes trained on… 278 00:13:53,265 --> 00:13:55,734 Oh my! And Boogeyman's got her. 279 00:13:55,801 --> 00:13:58,170 -Look at the… -[Tazz] He's got… 280 00:13:58,237 --> 00:13:59,839 He's got Jillian Hall, and… 281 00:14:00,806 --> 00:14:04,476 [Cole] There's a tug-of-war between… Well, JBL… Oh no! 282 00:14:04,543 --> 00:14:05,978 [Tazz] Oh my God! 283 00:14:06,045 --> 00:14:07,279 [Cole] Oh no! 284 00:14:07,346 --> 00:14:10,049 [Tazz] Oh my God! What the hell? 285 00:14:10,115 --> 00:14:12,751 [Cole] Oh, JBL gave up in the tug-of-war. 286 00:14:12,818 --> 00:14:14,687 [Tazz] He's got the worms in his pocket, Cole. 287 00:14:14,753 --> 00:14:16,021 [Cole] Oh my. 288 00:14:16,088 --> 00:14:18,657 [Tazz] What the hell is… What's the Boogeyman gonna do? 289 00:14:18,724 --> 00:14:21,493 -[Cole] He's not gonna, he's not gonna-- -[Tazz] Whoa, whoa! Oh! 290 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,796 [Cole] He just put the worms in her panties! 291 00:14:23,863 --> 00:14:25,331 [Tazz] Are you kidding me? 292 00:14:25,397 --> 00:14:27,967 -[Jillian screaming] -What the hell is going on here? 293 00:14:28,033 --> 00:14:29,568 No! Get it out! 294 00:14:29,635 --> 00:14:31,470 Jillian Hall is freaking out. 295 00:14:31,537 --> 00:14:35,407 She's got worms flying out of her skirt and her underwear… 296 00:14:35,474 --> 00:14:37,176 Oh, this guy's a whackjob. 297 00:14:37,243 --> 00:14:39,044 [Cole] He's eating the worms. 298 00:14:39,111 --> 00:14:41,313 [Tazz] He eats the worms every week, but… 299 00:14:41,380 --> 00:14:44,683 Oh my, he's doing that slithering, that little crazy… 300 00:14:44,750 --> 00:14:47,319 Jillian Hall is bugging out right now. 301 00:14:47,386 --> 00:14:48,854 [Cole] Well, this is what happened, 302 00:14:48,921 --> 00:14:52,691 The Boogeyman somehow appeared out of JBL's limo. 303 00:14:52,758 --> 00:14:54,894 [Tazz] How the hell did he get in the limo, and… 304 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:56,662 Look at The Boogeyman. 305 00:14:57,529 --> 00:14:58,931 [Cole] And watch this. 306 00:14:58,998 --> 00:15:03,068 A handful of worms, shoving them down Jillian's panties. 307 00:15:03,135 --> 00:15:07,840 [Tazz] Oh my God. This is nuts. 308 00:15:07,906 --> 00:15:10,209 [Cole] JBL, horrified. 309 00:15:10,276 --> 00:15:13,545 [Tazz] JBL's lips are bleeding, he's freaking out, 310 00:15:13,612 --> 00:15:15,214 his eyes are gonna bulge out of his head. 311 00:15:15,281 --> 00:15:19,885 He's watching his image consultant with her underwear full of worms. 312 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,223 [Cole] I don't-- I don't know what to say. 313 00:15:24,290 --> 00:15:26,625 [crowd cheering] 314 00:15:29,128 --> 00:15:32,164 [Cole] Could tonight be the end of Chris Benoit's quest 315 00:15:32,231 --> 00:15:34,233 to become the United States Champion? 316 00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:35,601 It may be over tonight. 317 00:15:35,668 --> 00:15:37,236 It's do or die. 318 00:15:37,303 --> 00:15:39,238 If Benoit loses to Randy Orton, 319 00:15:39,305 --> 00:15:42,675 Booker T will win the United States Championship. 320 00:15:42,741 --> 00:15:46,812 Match number six is tonight on Friday Night SmackDown. 321 00:15:47,813 --> 00:15:49,915 [crowd cheering, chanting] 322 00:15:49,982 --> 00:15:52,718 Shaneicus, how do I appease these people? 323 00:15:52,785 --> 00:15:55,020 Well, then Caesar, this year, we have a new concept. 324 00:15:55,087 --> 00:15:57,256 It's called the "Royal Rumbles." 325 00:15:57,323 --> 00:15:58,924 -[crowd cheering] -Thirty men. 326 00:15:58,991 --> 00:16:00,459 One lion's den. 327 00:16:00,526 --> 00:16:02,695 -[lion roars] -[crowd cheering] 328 00:16:03,696 --> 00:16:05,531 Let the Rumbles begin! 329 00:16:05,597 --> 00:16:10,402 [announcer] WWE Royal Rumble, live Sunday January 29th, only on pay-per-view. 330 00:16:10,469 --> 00:16:11,971 -[grunts] -Oh! 331 00:16:13,706 --> 00:16:15,741 Et tu, Shaneicus? 332 00:16:18,677 --> 00:16:19,912 [bell rings] 333 00:16:19,978 --> 00:16:24,516 The following contest is scheduled for three falls, 334 00:16:24,583 --> 00:16:28,454 in which one Superstar will have to beat 335 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:32,291 these three men in succession. 336 00:16:32,358 --> 00:16:34,326 -[Tazz] What? -Rob Eckos, 337 00:16:34,393 --> 00:16:38,731 Jon Troske, and Gus Harlacher! 338 00:16:38,797 --> 00:16:40,265 [crowd clamoring] 339 00:16:40,332 --> 00:16:42,801 [Tony] And their opponent… 340 00:16:44,236 --> 00:16:46,238 [Tazz] Three falls? What the hell is this? 341 00:16:46,305 --> 00:16:48,107 -[Cole] Yeah, in succession. -[Tazz chuckles] 342 00:16:48,173 --> 00:16:50,376 [Cole] And there is The World's Strongest Man. 343 00:16:50,442 --> 00:16:54,413 [Tony] From Silsbee, Texas, weighing in at 400 pounds, 344 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,883 "The World's Strongest Man" 345 00:16:57,950 --> 00:16:59,618 Mark Henry! 346 00:16:59,685 --> 00:17:02,054 [Cole] And again, last week on Friday Night SmackDown, 347 00:17:02,121 --> 00:17:05,591 we saw the development, perhaps, of some sort of relationship 348 00:17:05,657 --> 00:17:07,626 between Melina and Mark Henry. 349 00:17:07,693 --> 00:17:12,831 Mark Henry costing Batista and Mysterio the WWE Tag Team Titles. 350 00:17:12,898 --> 00:17:16,301 And what about the way this man dominated the Heavyweight Champion? 351 00:17:16,368 --> 00:17:20,539 [Tazz] Oh, absolutely. Mark Henry was completely dominating Batista, for sure. 352 00:17:20,606 --> 00:17:25,010 But, Cole, three men at one time? Three men in succession? 353 00:17:25,077 --> 00:17:26,445 What the hell is this? 354 00:17:26,512 --> 00:17:29,415 Well, this might be-- this might be a three against one. 355 00:17:29,481 --> 00:17:32,951 This may be a little too much for Mark Henry, even for Mark Henry. 356 00:17:33,018 --> 00:17:35,320 -[Cole] Well, this is Jon Troske… -[bell rings] 357 00:17:35,387 --> 00:17:39,158 …who has the unenviable task of starting things off for his team, so to speak. 358 00:17:39,224 --> 00:17:42,594 And there is the former Olympic competitor, 359 00:17:42,661 --> 00:17:45,130 Mark Henry, The World's Strongest Man. 360 00:17:45,197 --> 00:17:48,267 [Tazz] Hey, did you see how Mark Henry just drove him down to the mat? 361 00:17:48,333 --> 00:17:51,170 -Look at this. Wow, God! -[Cole] Oh, into the steel post. 362 00:17:51,236 --> 00:17:52,504 Driving him down to the mat. 363 00:17:52,571 --> 00:17:54,339 What about what Mark Henry did to Batista, 364 00:17:54,406 --> 00:17:55,808 the Press Slam last week? 365 00:17:55,874 --> 00:17:59,278 [Tazz] Well that could've… That's how you break someone's ribs, by the way, 366 00:17:59,344 --> 00:18:03,048 with that Press Slam into the Powerslam. And this, I mean, bending a guy 367 00:18:03,115 --> 00:18:07,186 around the ring post the way your spine's not supposed to be bent. 368 00:18:07,252 --> 00:18:10,022 -Oh, the power here from Mark Henry. -[Cole] Straight power. 369 00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:11,690 [Tazz] I mean, he's got an attitude, Henry. 370 00:18:11,757 --> 00:18:13,292 I mean, we just saw that last week with… 371 00:18:13,358 --> 00:18:15,494 Look at this, look at the face on him. 372 00:18:15,561 --> 00:18:18,030 Let's see. With ease. 373 00:18:18,097 --> 00:18:20,432 I mean, you're looking at The World's Strongest Man here, folks. 374 00:18:20,499 --> 00:18:22,468 -Oh, look at this. -[Cole] Oh my! 375 00:18:22,534 --> 00:18:25,070 [Tazz] This guy's got to give up, and I guess he did. 376 00:18:25,137 --> 00:18:27,206 [Cole] Well, Troske submitting to Mark Henry, 377 00:18:27,272 --> 00:18:29,041 who's destroyed one of the three men. 378 00:18:29,108 --> 00:18:31,443 [Tazz] You got to beat them three in a row. 379 00:18:31,510 --> 00:18:32,878 [Tazz mumbles indistinctly] 380 00:18:33,745 --> 00:18:36,048 [Cole] Eckos and Harlacher, depending on the… 381 00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:37,783 [Tazz] No, neither one of them wants to get in. 382 00:18:37,850 --> 00:18:40,152 [Cole] Not at all. And this is Gus Harlacher… 383 00:18:40,219 --> 00:18:41,653 [Tazz] Well, go get him, Gus. 384 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:45,724 [Cole] …who The World's Strongest Man is going to bring into the ring the hard way. 385 00:18:45,791 --> 00:18:49,228 And look at the strength! Right on the top rope, rib-first. 386 00:18:49,294 --> 00:18:50,729 [Tazz] And Melina's loving it. 387 00:18:50,796 --> 00:18:52,164 [both exclaim] 388 00:18:52,231 --> 00:18:53,298 Oh, just… 389 00:18:53,365 --> 00:18:55,567 -[Cole] Oh! -[Tazz] The viciousness of Mark Henry. 390 00:18:56,869 --> 00:18:58,203 You're in my world, boy! 391 00:18:59,171 --> 00:19:01,807 [Tazz] No wonder why these guys don't wanna get in the ring with him. 392 00:19:01,874 --> 00:19:04,910 [Cole] He's near 400 pounds, he's built like a brick wall. 393 00:19:04,977 --> 00:19:08,213 [Tazz] Oh, the back of the… Oh my God, is that the back of this guy's head? 394 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:11,517 Look at this, look at this! Oh my God. 395 00:19:11,583 --> 00:19:14,253 [Cole] What power, and Melina with a huge smile on her face. 396 00:19:14,319 --> 00:19:17,156 -[Tazz] Goodbye. Thanks for coming. -[Cole] Here's the cover, two down. 397 00:19:17,222 --> 00:19:19,424 One two go, and that means Rob Eckos… 398 00:19:19,491 --> 00:19:22,094 Trying to get the upper hand on Mark Henry here. 399 00:19:22,161 --> 00:19:24,763 [Tazz] I give this young man credit. Go at it. Go for it. 400 00:19:24,830 --> 00:19:26,498 What the hell? You got no options now. 401 00:19:26,565 --> 00:19:28,834 Uh-oh. Well, maybe I-- maybe he shouldn't have went for it. 402 00:19:28,901 --> 00:19:31,803 -[Cole] Oh! -[Tazz] God Almighty. 403 00:19:33,105 --> 00:19:37,709 Rob Eckos… he's hearing echoes 'cause his head just got shattered. 404 00:19:37,776 --> 00:19:39,711 [Cole] You made mention of Mark Henry's attitude. 405 00:19:39,778 --> 00:19:41,547 How about bad attitude? 406 00:19:41,613 --> 00:19:45,384 [Tazz] Nothing but a bad attitude and now, well, Mark Henry 407 00:19:45,450 --> 00:19:47,686 just defeated two men in a row, and, uh-oh. 408 00:19:47,753 --> 00:19:49,988 -[Cole] Where the hell is he… -[Tazz] Oh man. 409 00:19:50,055 --> 00:19:51,957 [Cole] This is 400 pounds, ladies and gentlemen. 410 00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:53,425 -[Tazz] Oh my God-- -Near 400 pounds 411 00:19:53,492 --> 00:19:55,427 -crashing down into the kidneys. -[screaming] 412 00:19:55,494 --> 00:19:59,698 [Tazz] It's like a small foreign car just falling on your back. 413 00:19:59,765 --> 00:20:01,266 [Melina] Go ahead, Mark. 414 00:20:01,333 --> 00:20:04,736 -[Cole] Rob Eckos screaming in pain. -[Tazz] Wow. Look at that. 415 00:20:04,803 --> 00:20:07,239 [Cole] Mark Henry showing no mercy. 416 00:20:07,306 --> 00:20:10,609 [Tazz] Uh-oh. And this is the move we saw him hit Batista with last week, 417 00:20:10,676 --> 00:20:12,744 -this Front Slam! -[Cole] Break ribs. 418 00:20:12,811 --> 00:20:14,346 [Tazz] Oh my God, Cole. 419 00:20:14,413 --> 00:20:18,617 [Cole] Mark Henry beats three men in a row. 420 00:20:18,684 --> 00:20:19,985 [Tazz] With ease. 421 00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:23,989 [Tony] The winner of these matches, "The World's Strongest Man" 422 00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:25,457 Mark Henry! 423 00:20:25,524 --> 00:20:27,192 Tazz, I'll tell you what. I'm gonna go find out 424 00:20:27,259 --> 00:20:29,528 what Melina's relationship is 425 00:20:29,595 --> 00:20:31,296 with "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry. 426 00:20:31,363 --> 00:20:33,465 [Tazz] Yeah, well, good luck there, buddy. Go get him. 427 00:20:33,532 --> 00:20:35,334 Uh-oh, watch out, watch out! Oh! 428 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,903 There goes Rob Eckos chucked out of the ring. 429 00:20:37,970 --> 00:20:40,372 And now let's take a look at the domination. 430 00:20:40,439 --> 00:20:43,308 Here's the first. This backbreaker by Mark Henry. 431 00:20:43,375 --> 00:20:46,044 This young man had no option but to give up. 432 00:20:46,111 --> 00:20:47,679 That's the first victory. 433 00:20:47,746 --> 00:20:50,716 And then here's the second one. It's like an inverted choke… Watch this. 434 00:20:50,782 --> 00:20:53,151 Face-first slam. 435 00:20:53,218 --> 00:20:55,420 Mark Henry with all the power in the world. 436 00:20:55,487 --> 00:20:57,990 And then this front Powerslam 437 00:20:58,056 --> 00:21:02,194 which we saw Batista get handed to him by Mark Henry 438 00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:04,129 last week here on Friday Night SmackDown. 439 00:21:04,196 --> 00:21:07,099 Melina, we know that you are the manager 440 00:21:07,165 --> 00:21:11,036 of the current WWE Tag Team Champions MNM 441 00:21:11,103 --> 00:21:14,539 and I can only assume that your relationship is the same 442 00:21:14,606 --> 00:21:17,743 with "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry. 443 00:21:17,809 --> 00:21:24,283 [crowd chanting] Slut! 444 00:21:29,821 --> 00:21:32,090 Last week, I was reluctant. 445 00:21:33,659 --> 00:21:37,296 Reluctant to announce that I was suing… 446 00:21:39,731 --> 00:21:41,133 [Tazz] Reluctant? 447 00:21:42,401 --> 00:21:46,972 [crowd chanting] Batista! 448 00:21:49,207 --> 00:21:51,677 I can't… I can't believe this. 449 00:21:51,743 --> 00:21:53,345 Take your time. 450 00:21:53,412 --> 00:21:54,946 These people. 451 00:21:55,013 --> 00:21:57,516 [crowd booing] 452 00:21:59,084 --> 00:22:04,089 I announced that I was suing Dave Batista for sexual harassment. 453 00:22:06,591 --> 00:22:08,627 [crowd booing] 454 00:22:10,495 --> 00:22:16,435 I had to do what I did so that he would not violate me or… 455 00:22:17,769 --> 00:22:22,274 or any other vulnerable woman ever again. 456 00:22:24,609 --> 00:22:26,311 What I did was right. 457 00:22:28,113 --> 00:22:30,082 I did the right thing. 458 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,522 [scoffs] No. 459 00:22:38,623 --> 00:22:39,658 No. 460 00:22:40,525 --> 00:22:43,695 [crowd chanting] Batista! 461 00:22:44,296 --> 00:22:45,564 Shut up. 462 00:22:49,701 --> 00:22:54,272 I had to make sure that he would not come after me again. 463 00:22:54,339 --> 00:22:56,141 So I had to make a stand. 464 00:22:58,243 --> 00:22:59,845 Mark Henry here… 465 00:23:00,579 --> 00:23:06,551 Mark Henry is here for my protection and my protection only. 466 00:23:09,855 --> 00:23:11,022 I'm sorry. 467 00:23:13,325 --> 00:23:18,530 Cole, you got to remember, I'm the victim here. 468 00:23:18,597 --> 00:23:20,999 [crowd booing] 469 00:23:21,066 --> 00:23:23,001 [Tazz] She's the victim? 470 00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:26,037 Well, thank you, Melina. Thank you. 471 00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:29,674 ["Echo" by Bryan New playing] 472 00:23:29,741 --> 00:23:34,246 [Tazz] Well, Melina still visibly upset, but look at that monster, 473 00:23:34,312 --> 00:23:38,016 Mark Henry, hired for Melina's protection, 474 00:23:38,083 --> 00:23:39,918 and her protection only. 475 00:23:39,985 --> 00:23:43,321 Mark Henry ever so dominant against three men. 476 00:23:44,322 --> 00:23:46,625 I'll tell you what. I wouldn't wanna be Batista. 477 00:23:46,691 --> 00:23:48,059 Not me, no thanks. 478 00:23:50,362 --> 00:23:52,097 [Cole] The first SmackDown of 2006 479 00:23:52,164 --> 00:23:54,800 comes to you from the Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 480 00:23:54,866 --> 00:23:56,134 [Tazz] Yeah! 481 00:23:56,201 --> 00:24:00,138 [Cole] And tonight, it is match number six in the Best Of 7 Series 482 00:24:00,205 --> 00:24:02,007 for the United States Championship. 483 00:24:02,073 --> 00:24:06,378 Chris Benoit versus the substitute for an injured Booker T, Randy Orton. 484 00:24:06,445 --> 00:24:09,014 Let's take you back to last week on Friday Night SmackDown. 485 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,850 In match number five, Chris Benoit going for the victory. 486 00:24:11,917 --> 00:24:14,653 Orton looked like he was going to tap out to the Crossface, 487 00:24:14,719 --> 00:24:17,556 but Booker T's wife, Sharmell, would get involved. 488 00:24:17,622 --> 00:24:20,525 [Tazz] Hey, Chris Benoit had the victory in my opinion right here. 489 00:24:20,592 --> 00:24:22,627 Orton was fixed into tapping and bam! 490 00:24:22,694 --> 00:24:25,564 Sharmell, Booker T's wife, with that crutch across the head. 491 00:24:25,630 --> 00:24:29,267 [Cole] Chris Benoit winning the matchup, but at what cost? 492 00:24:29,334 --> 00:24:31,436 ["Whatever" by Our Lady Peace playing] 493 00:24:33,338 --> 00:24:34,406 Nice. 494 00:24:34,473 --> 00:24:37,242 Yo, Randy, it wasn't supposed to go down like that, man. 495 00:24:37,309 --> 00:24:40,745 It wasn't supposed to happen like that. You got to trust me on that, man. 496 00:24:40,812 --> 00:24:43,448 Book, I trust you, man. I know it wasn't supposed to happen like that. 497 00:24:43,515 --> 00:24:45,884 If it wasn't for Sharmell, none of it would've happened. 498 00:24:45,951 --> 00:24:47,853 -Oh, wait. Step off, Randy. -Step off what? 499 00:24:47,919 --> 00:24:50,121 -You were about to tap out. -I was gonna tap out? 500 00:24:50,188 --> 00:24:52,924 I wasn't about to tap out to nobody. I own Benoit. 501 00:24:52,991 --> 00:24:54,926 I beat him for the World Heavyweight Title. 502 00:24:54,993 --> 00:24:57,462 -Randy, that was a long time ago. -It don't matter when it was. 503 00:24:57,529 --> 00:24:59,397 -Come on, now. -It don't matter when it was. 504 00:24:59,464 --> 00:25:01,433 I didn't get disqualified. 505 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:04,536 I was… wasn't gonna tap out to Chris Benoit. 506 00:25:04,603 --> 00:25:06,671 And all you gotta do tonight is trust me, Book. 507 00:25:06,738 --> 00:25:08,306 All you gotta do is trust me in that ring 508 00:25:08,373 --> 00:25:10,542 -and keep your wife out of my business. -Oh, wait a minute. 509 00:25:10,609 --> 00:25:12,777 -You can't talk to me like that. -Baby, come on now. 510 00:25:12,844 --> 00:25:14,779 -Oh, I can. -Come on now. Take a chill pill. 511 00:25:14,846 --> 00:25:17,449 Just chill for a second. Let the man speak his mind. 512 00:25:17,515 --> 00:25:20,585 -Go ahead, Randy. -Book, it's as simple as this. 513 00:25:20,652 --> 00:25:23,555 I'm gonna go out there tonight, I'm gonna face Chris Benoit 514 00:25:23,622 --> 00:25:25,790 like I've done many times before, 515 00:25:25,857 --> 00:25:28,360 and like I've done many times before, as a Legend Killer, 516 00:25:28,426 --> 00:25:31,763 I will reign victorious because that's what I do. 517 00:25:31,830 --> 00:25:35,166 And once I have that, once I have what I want, that victory, 518 00:25:35,233 --> 00:25:37,636 then I'm gonna bring you, I'm gonna hand deliver 519 00:25:37,702 --> 00:25:39,504 what you want, what you deserve. 520 00:25:40,672 --> 00:25:46,544 And that, my friend, is the United States Championship. 521 00:25:46,611 --> 00:25:52,284 I'm gonna put it on a silver platter, and I'm gonna deliver it to you. 522 00:25:58,189 --> 00:26:03,762 And before I do, you gotta make one thing perfectly clear. 523 00:26:03,828 --> 00:26:06,331 -What's that, man? -You're gonna owe me one. 524 00:26:10,201 --> 00:26:12,037 -All right. -All right? 525 00:26:12,103 --> 00:26:13,371 Yeah. 526 00:26:19,945 --> 00:26:21,913 Now, that's what I'm talking about. 527 00:26:21,980 --> 00:26:23,982 [chuckling] 528 00:26:25,984 --> 00:26:31,923 -♪ Mr. Kennedy! ♪ -[Tazz] Whoa. 529 00:26:31,990 --> 00:26:35,026 -[Cole] Ken Kennedy's back. -[Tazz] I love Kennedy. 530 00:26:35,093 --> 00:26:37,228 ["Turn Up The Trouble" playing] 531 00:26:37,295 --> 00:26:40,732 [Cole] And we know that Ken Kennedy was out with a… 532 00:26:40,799 --> 00:26:43,768 with a leg injury and a torn tendon in his lat muscle, 533 00:26:43,835 --> 00:26:46,438 and, well, he's back on Friday Night SmackDown this week. 534 00:26:46,504 --> 00:26:49,741 What a way to kick off the first SmackDown of the new year! 535 00:26:49,808 --> 00:26:52,377 It has been explosive and wild so far. 536 00:26:52,444 --> 00:26:55,547 [Tazz] Oh, exactly, I mean, definitely been explosive, 537 00:26:55,614 --> 00:26:57,916 surprises up the wazoo. 538 00:26:57,983 --> 00:27:01,486 We got a steel cage match coming up for the WWE Tag Team Titles 539 00:27:01,553 --> 00:27:04,022 in a little while. And now we got Mr. Kennedy. 540 00:27:04,089 --> 00:27:05,757 Oh, look at this. This is the best part, Cole. 541 00:27:05,824 --> 00:27:07,926 -[Cole] I know your favorite part. -[Tazz] Yeah, I know. 542 00:27:07,993 --> 00:27:12,897 Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you not only the man 543 00:27:12,964 --> 00:27:16,601 who is single-handedly changing Friday nights. 544 00:27:16,668 --> 00:27:18,837 [crowd booing] 545 00:27:18,903 --> 00:27:24,376 But also the man who will very shortly be changing the way 546 00:27:24,442 --> 00:27:29,748 that SmackDown is called on Friday nights. 547 00:27:29,814 --> 00:27:31,316 And that's me, 548 00:27:31,383 --> 00:27:36,221 Mr. 549 00:27:36,287 --> 00:27:39,090 Kennedy! 550 00:27:43,395 --> 00:27:46,164 Kennedy! 551 00:27:46,231 --> 00:27:48,400 [Cole] Oh, wait a minute. What's he talking about? 552 00:27:48,466 --> 00:27:50,935 [Tazz] I have no idea what's he talking about, but… 553 00:27:51,002 --> 00:27:54,539 -[Cole] Maybe we're gonna find out. -[Tazz] Coming over here? 554 00:27:54,606 --> 00:27:57,108 Well, he's looking at the damage from the JBL-Matt Hardy 555 00:27:57,175 --> 00:27:59,511 Falls Count Anywhere Match earlier on tonight. 556 00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:04,315 Well, you know, I know I'm supposed to bring a house-warming gift. 557 00:28:04,382 --> 00:28:06,317 If you would've told me, I would've brought a table. 558 00:28:06,384 --> 00:28:08,620 [Tazz] That's pretty funny. How are you doing, Mr. Kennedy? 559 00:28:08,687 --> 00:28:11,056 -How are you doing, Michael Cole? -You know what happened here… 560 00:28:11,122 --> 00:28:12,490 What's going on there? 561 00:28:12,557 --> 00:28:14,859 -You don't wanna eat that. -Five-second rule. 562 00:28:14,926 --> 00:28:17,729 -Fourteen seconds, not for nothing. -That's all right. All right. 563 00:28:17,796 --> 00:28:20,231 -What are you doing? What's going on? -What am I doing? 564 00:28:20,298 --> 00:28:23,334 -What's going on? -The network sent me out here. 565 00:28:23,401 --> 00:28:26,938 Do you guys… Hey, do you guys realize 566 00:28:27,005 --> 00:28:31,709 that since SmackDown went to Friday nights on this network, 567 00:28:31,776 --> 00:28:36,147 that the ratings on this network on Friday nights 568 00:28:36,214 --> 00:28:39,384 happened to go up 86%? 569 00:28:39,451 --> 00:28:41,219 -Yep. We know that one. -Yeah. You're right. 570 00:28:41,286 --> 00:28:44,155 And you know what? That is a testament to guys like myself, Mr. Kennedy. 571 00:28:44,222 --> 00:28:47,625 And the rest of the SmackDown crew, Mr. Kennedy. 572 00:28:47,692 --> 00:28:50,061 [Tazz] Are we gonna sit down anytime soon, what do you think? 573 00:28:50,128 --> 00:28:51,496 [crowd clamoring] 574 00:28:51,563 --> 00:28:52,731 [bell rings] 575 00:28:52,797 --> 00:28:55,333 [Tony] The following contest is scheduled for one fall, 576 00:28:55,400 --> 00:29:00,105 and it is for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship of the World. 577 00:29:00,171 --> 00:29:04,342 Approaching the ring, weighing in at 205 pounds, 578 00:29:04,409 --> 00:29:09,848 it's your Cruiserweight Champion of the World, Kid Kash! 579 00:29:09,914 --> 00:29:11,983 [Cole] Kid Kash, the new Cruiserweight Champion. 580 00:29:12,050 --> 00:29:15,520 Championship Matchup kicking off 2006 on Friday Night SmackDown. 581 00:29:15,587 --> 00:29:20,225 Last week, Kid Kash in an interview with Funaki showed no couth. 582 00:29:21,826 --> 00:29:23,528 Let's face it. 583 00:29:23,595 --> 00:29:27,165 What in the world is a Juventud? 584 00:29:27,232 --> 00:29:31,569 It means a Mexican Salamander. 585 00:29:31,636 --> 00:29:34,539 I'm Kid Kash. 586 00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:39,310 I'm the greatest cruiserweight in the world that ever lived. 587 00:29:39,377 --> 00:29:41,212 Get it? 588 00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:43,148 Got it? Good. 589 00:29:43,214 --> 00:29:46,317 [Cole] And for absolutely no reason, Kid Kash did that. 590 00:29:46,384 --> 00:29:49,053 And then the Dead Level to Funaki. 591 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:50,655 What the hell was that all about? 592 00:29:50,722 --> 00:29:53,825 [Tazz] Well, that delayed Brainbuster, that Dead Level is nasty. 593 00:29:53,892 --> 00:29:56,127 Kid Kash, he's the new Cruiserweight Champ, 594 00:29:56,194 --> 00:29:58,730 -but he's not playing games, my friends. -[Cole] Friends? 595 00:29:58,797 --> 00:30:00,899 [Tazz] I say that as plural because there's two of you. 596 00:30:00,965 --> 00:30:02,934 -[Kennedy] Thank you. -[Tazz] You're welcome. 597 00:30:03,001 --> 00:30:04,969 So the network sent you here… 598 00:30:05,036 --> 00:30:07,639 [engine humming] 599 00:30:07,705 --> 00:30:11,176 [Tony] And the challenger, he is a member of the Mexicools, 600 00:30:11,242 --> 00:30:13,444 weighing in at 200 pounds, 601 00:30:13,511 --> 00:30:14,879 Juventud! 602 00:30:14,946 --> 00:30:16,447 [Kennedy] The Juice! 603 00:30:16,514 --> 00:30:19,818 [Cole] So Juventud versus Kid Kash, rematch from Armageddon. 604 00:30:19,884 --> 00:30:21,786 Cruiserweight Championship on the line. 605 00:30:21,853 --> 00:30:24,489 [Tazz] Hold on. By the way, what is a Mexican Salamander? 606 00:30:24,556 --> 00:30:26,090 Anybody know? What the hell is that? 607 00:30:26,157 --> 00:30:28,760 [Kennedy] It's a lizard. It's like a lizard. 608 00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:30,795 -[Tazz] A salamander? -[Kennedy] Yeah, a Mexican lizard. 609 00:30:30,862 --> 00:30:32,363 [Tazz] Like a Mexican lizard from Mexico? 610 00:30:32,430 --> 00:30:34,132 -[Kennedy] Yeah. -That's pretty cool. 611 00:30:34,199 --> 00:30:35,300 [Kennedy] That is cool. 612 00:30:35,366 --> 00:30:37,402 [Tazz] I guess so if you're into lizards from Mexico. 613 00:30:37,468 --> 00:30:39,304 That's what it's all about, ladies and gentlemen, 614 00:30:39,370 --> 00:30:43,374 the Cruiserweight Championship, Juventud versus Kid Kash, one-on-one. 615 00:30:43,441 --> 00:30:45,877 We're joined by Ken Kennedy out here at ringside with us, 616 00:30:45,944 --> 00:30:49,948 who, from what we understand, is a representative of the network. 617 00:30:50,014 --> 00:30:53,551 Yes. Well, I told you before that, you know, 86%… 618 00:30:53,618 --> 00:30:55,620 -86% is a good number. -[Tazz] Yes. 619 00:30:55,687 --> 00:30:58,356 [Kennedy] But, like, 96 would be a hell of a lot better. 620 00:30:58,423 --> 00:31:00,225 138% would even be better. 621 00:31:00,291 --> 00:31:02,060 So basically what the network had said… 622 00:31:02,126 --> 00:31:04,996 [Cole] Juventud backed into the corner by the Cruiserweight Champion Kid Kash, 623 00:31:05,063 --> 00:31:06,731 and Juventud with the right hands, 624 00:31:06,798 --> 00:31:08,900 who has taken exception to what Kid Kash has said 625 00:31:08,967 --> 00:31:10,501 about him over the past couple of weeks. 626 00:31:10,568 --> 00:31:12,704 Oh, and a drop kick right on the button. 627 00:31:12,770 --> 00:31:15,573 [Tazz] Beautiful high-flying… by Juventud with that drop kick. 628 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:19,444 And I'll tell you what, hey, Kennedy, the network's gotta be impressed 629 00:31:19,510 --> 00:31:22,080 with the cruiserweights and the new Cruiserweight Champion, Kash. 630 00:31:22,146 --> 00:31:24,382 [Kennedy] They are. We love the new Cruiserweight Champ. 631 00:31:24,449 --> 00:31:27,552 [Cole] Here is the cover. Hook of the leg. Kickout by Kid Kash. 632 00:31:27,619 --> 00:31:30,321 Cruiserweights can only be seen on Friday nights. 633 00:31:30,388 --> 00:31:33,424 [Kennedy] Basically, what I was saying before is that there's always… God! 634 00:31:33,491 --> 00:31:36,127 [Tazz] One of us should try to call the match. 635 00:31:36,194 --> 00:31:39,264 Basically, I think the network's more impressed with that 18th… 636 00:31:39,330 --> 00:31:43,167 [Cole] Oh, look at this. The former Cruiserweight Champion on the top rope. 637 00:31:43,234 --> 00:31:45,870 -[Tazz] Head's up! Kid Kash! -[Kennedy] Ay-yi-yi! 638 00:31:45,937 --> 00:31:47,138 [Tazz] Whoa! 639 00:31:47,205 --> 00:31:49,540 [Cole] And exploding on the announce table. 640 00:31:49,607 --> 00:31:51,142 -[Tazz] Whoa! -Front row. 641 00:31:51,209 --> 00:31:53,578 [Cole] This announce table is taking a beating tonight. 642 00:31:53,645 --> 00:31:57,382 -[Tazz] That front Hilo off the top rope. -That hurt a little bit? 643 00:31:57,448 --> 00:32:00,218 -[Tazz] Wow. Tell you what. -[Kennedy] God! 644 00:32:00,285 --> 00:32:03,154 [Tazz] Talking about leaving it in the ring or leaving it out of the ring, 645 00:32:03,221 --> 00:32:06,624 Juventud trying to regain his Cruiserweight Championship. 646 00:32:07,558 --> 00:32:09,961 -[Cole] Watch this, and listen. -[Tazz] Look at that. 647 00:32:10,028 --> 00:32:11,896 -Look at this! -[Kennedy] Unbelievable. 648 00:32:11,963 --> 00:32:13,698 You know, he got pretty high there, 649 00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:15,934 almost as high as the ratings on the network. 650 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:17,535 [Tazz] A good point. Great segue too. 651 00:32:17,602 --> 00:32:19,871 [Cole] And here's Juventud into the cover again. 652 00:32:19,937 --> 00:32:22,140 And Kid Kash, the Cruiserweight Champion, 653 00:32:22,206 --> 00:32:25,310 but perhaps not for long if the offense keeps up for Juventud. 654 00:32:25,376 --> 00:32:27,879 [Tazz] I think Juventud might have hurt his elbow 655 00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:30,615 when he did that big Hilo dive off the top rope here. 656 00:32:30,682 --> 00:32:32,817 Kid's grabbing at his elbow. 657 00:32:32,884 --> 00:32:34,352 [Cole] And here's Juventud. 658 00:32:35,753 --> 00:32:37,822 [Tazz] And Kid Kash grabbing that foot… Watch out! 659 00:32:37,889 --> 00:32:40,958 Oh God, wow. A lot of impact on the ankles. 660 00:32:41,025 --> 00:32:42,994 [Kennedy] That had the smart just a little bit. 661 00:32:43,061 --> 00:32:45,196 -[Tazz] Had what? -[Kennedy] Smart. 662 00:32:45,263 --> 00:32:46,831 [Tazz] Oh, okay. God bless you. 663 00:32:46,898 --> 00:32:49,100 And now Kid Kash trying to get control in… 664 00:32:49,367 --> 00:32:51,536 He's got control of the leg of Juventud. 665 00:32:51,602 --> 00:32:53,972 [Kennedy] Here's a man after my own heart, going after a body part, 666 00:32:54,038 --> 00:32:55,173 going after that leg. 667 00:32:55,239 --> 00:32:58,643 [Tazz] And now… full body slam by Kid Kash. 668 00:33:00,111 --> 00:33:02,447 Now, Kid Kash's trying to set up what looked like maybe… 669 00:33:02,513 --> 00:33:04,482 maybe he's trying to stomp that leg. 670 00:33:04,549 --> 00:33:06,017 He's got Juventud all spread out here. 671 00:33:06,084 --> 00:33:08,019 [Cole] Look at this. Nobody home! 672 00:33:08,086 --> 00:33:09,754 Kid Kash rolled out of the way… 673 00:33:09,821 --> 00:33:13,591 I should say Juvi rolled out of the way as Kid Kash missed with the Moonsault. 674 00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:15,927 [Tazz] Kid Kash crashed and burned, man. 675 00:33:15,994 --> 00:33:17,662 And ducking that clothesline, it looks like… 676 00:33:18,763 --> 00:33:20,932 A power round kick to the hamstring. 677 00:33:20,998 --> 00:33:23,134 Might be going for Dead Level. Can't get him. 678 00:33:23,201 --> 00:33:26,337 [Cole] And Juventud blocking Dead Level that time, that Brainbuster. 679 00:33:26,404 --> 00:33:28,239 Juventud with a kick to the midsection. 680 00:33:28,306 --> 00:33:31,075 He really wants that Cruiserweight Championship back. 681 00:33:31,142 --> 00:33:34,946 [Tazz] It's how you get it done, you get it done in between the ropes. 682 00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:36,714 Mr. Kennedy, you understand what that's about, 683 00:33:36,781 --> 00:33:38,716 -and that knee is hurting… -[Kennedy] Oh jeez. 684 00:33:38,783 --> 00:33:40,017 [Tazz] …of Juventud. 685 00:33:41,419 --> 00:33:43,821 [Cole] That, of course, when Juventud came off the top rope 686 00:33:43,888 --> 00:33:45,757 and crashed into the announce table moments ago. 687 00:33:45,823 --> 00:33:47,658 [Kennedy] Hey, you know what… 688 00:33:47,725 --> 00:33:53,765 the coveted 18-34 year-old male demographic is doing on Friday nights? 689 00:33:53,831 --> 00:33:56,000 They're watching SmackDown, typically. 690 00:33:56,067 --> 00:33:57,301 [Tazz] Oh, that's cool. 691 00:33:57,368 --> 00:34:01,839 And you know what the 12-17 year-old male teens are doing on Friday nights? 692 00:34:01,906 --> 00:34:03,207 -[Tazz] What? -Right here, baby. 693 00:34:03,274 --> 00:34:04,442 They're watching SmackDown. 694 00:34:04,509 --> 00:34:07,211 [Tazz] That's great. SmackDown… Kicking it hard. 695 00:34:07,278 --> 00:34:09,113 Watch out. Oh! 696 00:34:09,180 --> 00:34:11,582 [Kennedy] Two number ones and an 86%. 697 00:34:11,649 --> 00:34:13,584 [Cole] Look at this. Juvi may have it here. 698 00:34:13,651 --> 00:34:16,521 New champion! And Kid Kash at two kicks out again. 699 00:34:16,587 --> 00:34:19,624 -Wow! -That was close. That was close. 700 00:34:19,690 --> 00:34:21,726 [Cole] This is awesome action on Friday Night SmackDown. 701 00:34:21,793 --> 00:34:23,127 [Kennedy] I am loving this action. 702 00:34:23,194 --> 00:34:25,830 [Cole] You can only see the cruiserweights right here on Friday night. 703 00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:28,132 [Tazz] Got caught in a single leg Boston Crab. 704 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:31,102 -[Cole] And I think that's the bad leg. -[Tazz] It is the bad leg. 705 00:34:31,169 --> 00:34:34,572 Kid Kash putting to Juice. Is he gonna give? Is he gonna tap? 706 00:34:34,639 --> 00:34:36,808 [Cole] Juventud trying to make it to that bottom rope, 707 00:34:36,874 --> 00:34:39,076 but he's in trouble, center of the ring. Juventud crawling, 708 00:34:39,143 --> 00:34:41,679 these SmackDown fans trying to will Juvi on. 709 00:34:41,746 --> 00:34:43,915 [Tazz] The Juice is close to that bottom rope. 710 00:34:43,981 --> 00:34:46,317 Juventud, you gotta reach out, my friend. 711 00:34:46,384 --> 00:34:49,287 [Cole] Juvi trying to get there. Can he get there? He does. 712 00:34:49,353 --> 00:34:51,823 -[Kennedy] They're liking The Juice. -[Tazz] Say that again? 713 00:34:51,889 --> 00:34:54,025 [Kennedy] They're liking The Juice. The Juice is good. 714 00:34:54,092 --> 00:34:56,060 [Tazz] That's like a Hispanic accent you got going on? 715 00:34:56,127 --> 00:34:58,896 -[Kennedy] What are you talking about? -[Tazz] You do impersonations too? 716 00:34:58,963 --> 00:35:00,765 [Kennedy] What kind of juice do you drink, Cole? 717 00:35:00,832 --> 00:35:03,034 -[Cole] Kool-Aid. -[Kennedy] Huh? Kool-Aid? 718 00:35:03,101 --> 00:35:05,369 -That's not juice. Well, sort of. -[Tazz] No, it's not. 719 00:35:05,436 --> 00:35:08,239 It's a cold beverage, but it's not juice. You're right. It's made with lemons. 720 00:35:08,306 --> 00:35:09,841 It's not really juice. Oh! 721 00:35:10,842 --> 00:35:15,246 [Cole] And the Cruiserweight Champion Kid Kash in all kinds of trouble. 722 00:35:15,313 --> 00:35:17,281 [Tazz] Speaking of, what a hell of a match this is. 723 00:35:17,348 --> 00:35:20,184 What a great match. Speaking of lemons, he landed on them. 724 00:35:20,251 --> 00:35:22,687 [Cole] Great night for Ken Kennedy to be out here. 725 00:35:22,753 --> 00:35:25,556 [Tazz] Yeah. Watch out! 726 00:35:25,623 --> 00:35:28,526 [Cole] Hurricanrana from the top rope. 727 00:35:28,593 --> 00:35:31,829 Juventud could be moments away from recapturing the Cruiserweight Title. 728 00:35:31,896 --> 00:35:35,666 Here's the cover, hook to the leg, and a two-count, Kid Kash kicks out. 729 00:35:37,602 --> 00:35:40,037 -[Kennedy] This is a great match. -[Tazz] This is a phenomenal match. 730 00:35:40,104 --> 00:35:41,772 This is how we roll on Friday Night SmackDown. 731 00:35:41,839 --> 00:35:44,142 -Come on, Kennedy, you know that. -[Kennedy] I've missed it. 732 00:35:44,208 --> 00:35:46,477 -It's good to be back. -[Tazz] We've missed you, my friend. 733 00:35:46,544 --> 00:35:50,214 It's great to have you back. I don't understand… [babbling] 734 00:35:50,281 --> 00:35:52,250 [Kennedy] You know what, these cruiserweights 735 00:35:52,316 --> 00:35:55,186 are exclusive to SmackDown, right? 736 00:35:55,253 --> 00:35:57,321 [Tazz] Yes. You are dead on, my friend. 737 00:35:57,388 --> 00:36:00,191 You've done your homework. You're dialed into the network. 738 00:36:00,258 --> 00:36:02,059 [Kennedy] I was a cruiserweight when I was 12. 739 00:36:02,126 --> 00:36:03,427 -Oh, really? -Yeah. 740 00:36:03,494 --> 00:36:05,630 [Tazz] I was one when I was about, you know, four-ish. 741 00:36:05,696 --> 00:36:08,533 -Four-ish, how about you, Cole? -[Cole] I'm still one. 742 00:36:08,599 --> 00:36:11,269 And Juventud, top rope, knocked down by Kid Kash, 743 00:36:11,335 --> 00:36:14,305 and here comes the champion with the right hand to Juventud. 744 00:36:14,372 --> 00:36:17,441 [Tazz] And Kid Kash is fired up, The Juice is in trouble. 745 00:36:17,508 --> 00:36:20,044 -Oh, maybe not. -[Kennedy] I like Kid Kash's attitude, 746 00:36:20,111 --> 00:36:22,713 -he really lays it in, hammering. -[Cole] Oh yeah, he's a great guy. 747 00:36:22,780 --> 00:36:24,749 He really showed Funaki how great he is last week. 748 00:36:24,815 --> 00:36:26,284 [Tazz] He is a pretty good guy. 749 00:36:26,350 --> 00:36:29,086 [Kennedy] He speaks his mind, you got a problem with that, Cole? 750 00:36:29,153 --> 00:36:31,889 [Tazz] You gotta be opinionated, and I'll tell you what, Juventud, 751 00:36:31,956 --> 00:36:35,059 can he hold his balance with that leg? Wow! 752 00:36:35,126 --> 00:36:37,962 -Looking for that 450. -[Kennedy] That was a pretty cool move. 753 00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:39,964 [Cole] Missed with the 450. 754 00:36:40,031 --> 00:36:42,967 And again, Juventud landed hard on that bad knee. 755 00:36:43,034 --> 00:36:46,404 -[Tazz] God, man, what a way… -[Kennedy] Put a fork in him, he's done. 756 00:36:46,470 --> 00:36:48,873 [Tazz] He just might be done, you just might be right. 757 00:36:48,940 --> 00:36:50,741 [Cole] Juventud can't even stand up, here it is. 758 00:36:50,808 --> 00:36:52,443 -[Tazz] Dead Level! -[Kennedy] There you go! 759 00:36:52,510 --> 00:36:54,779 [Cole] The Brainbuster, the Dead Level connecting! 760 00:36:54,845 --> 00:36:55,880 [bell rings] 761 00:36:55,947 --> 00:36:59,584 [Cole] Kid Kash retains the Cruiserweight Championship. 762 00:37:00,551 --> 00:37:03,087 [Kennedy] Good work, my friend, like I said, I liked his attitude. 763 00:37:03,154 --> 00:37:05,957 [Tony] Here's your winner and still Cruiserweight Champion of the World, 764 00:37:06,023 --> 00:37:07,825 Kid Kash! 765 00:37:07,892 --> 00:37:09,694 -Kid Kash, you like his attitude? -I do, I do. 766 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:12,763 -[Tazz] I like his attitude. -[Kennedy] The network likes his attitude. 767 00:37:12,830 --> 00:37:14,999 [Tazz] The network, what's the network think of me? 768 00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:16,767 -[Kennedy] They like you. -[Cole] What about me? 769 00:37:16,834 --> 00:37:18,536 I don't know. They don't say anything about you. 770 00:37:18,603 --> 00:37:24,342 [Tazz] Kid Kash is victorious here in a very, very tough cruiserweight battle. 771 00:37:24,408 --> 00:37:27,745 Tell you what, Juventud's got nothing to be ashamed of, man. 772 00:37:27,812 --> 00:37:29,680 He left it all in the ring, boy, that was some match. 773 00:37:29,747 --> 00:37:33,250 [Cole] Well, Juventud, he missed the 450 Splash here, 774 00:37:33,317 --> 00:37:37,521 get The Juice, landing on the bad knee, and Kid Kash would capitalize. 775 00:37:37,588 --> 00:37:40,558 [Tazz] Look at this impact here of this Dead Level. Bam! 776 00:37:40,625 --> 00:37:43,761 Right on the back of your neck, let's take another look at this. 777 00:37:43,828 --> 00:37:46,464 What's the network think of this, Mr. Kennedy? Check it out. 778 00:37:46,530 --> 00:37:49,700 -[Kennedy] Kapow! -[Tazz] Whoa, goodnight, Irene. 779 00:37:49,767 --> 00:37:52,770 Wow. Kid Kash. 780 00:37:54,305 --> 00:37:57,541 [Cole] Kid Kash retaining the Cruiserweight Championship. 781 00:37:57,608 --> 00:38:00,678 Well, ladies and gentlemen, reporters from all over 782 00:38:00,745 --> 00:38:02,279 gathering in the locker room 783 00:38:02,346 --> 00:38:04,482 with the World Heavyweight Champion, Batista. 784 00:38:04,548 --> 00:38:08,085 It's been a rough week for the champ, losing the Tag Team Title, 785 00:38:08,152 --> 00:38:12,390 having to go face-to-face with Mark Henry, now facing sexual harassment charges. 786 00:38:12,456 --> 00:38:16,093 Batista meets the press to discuss these allegations. 787 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:19,363 It's next on Friday Night SmackDown. 788 00:38:23,134 --> 00:38:25,703 Ladies and gentlemen, Booker T and Sharmell. 789 00:38:27,371 --> 00:38:29,674 Now, Booker, I understand that you're a very busy man. 790 00:38:29,740 --> 00:38:32,176 In fact, you're on the way out to the ring right now to commentate. 791 00:38:32,243 --> 00:38:35,212 -That's right. -But I have one question for you. 792 00:38:35,279 --> 00:38:38,215 Is it ever difficult being on SmackDown and being married? 793 00:38:38,282 --> 00:38:41,585 Oh, hell no, you know, that's the greatest job on earth. 794 00:38:41,652 --> 00:38:45,156 You know, like being in paradise every day, you know what I'm saying. 795 00:38:47,825 --> 00:38:50,127 Sweet brown sugar always, baby. 796 00:38:50,194 --> 00:38:53,264 -You know what else is sweet? -What the hell you want, man? 797 00:38:53,330 --> 00:38:55,666 Making the right decisions. Oh, yeah, that's right. 798 00:38:55,733 --> 00:38:57,335 You messed up, didn't you? 799 00:38:57,401 --> 00:38:59,537 If you would have let me go out there last week, 800 00:38:59,603 --> 00:39:01,439 then you'd be United States Champion right now. 801 00:39:01,505 --> 00:39:02,673 -Oh yeah? -But, hey, 802 00:39:02,740 --> 00:39:04,542 you could still make the right choice. 803 00:39:04,608 --> 00:39:08,579 I'm gonna give you one more chance to pick me as your substitute 804 00:39:08,646 --> 00:39:09,947 and beat Chris Benoit, 805 00:39:10,014 --> 00:39:11,916 bring the United States Championship back to you. 806 00:39:11,982 --> 00:39:13,784 You know I can do this, Book, come on, man. 807 00:39:13,851 --> 00:39:15,786 -[laughs] -You're kidding me, right? 808 00:39:15,853 --> 00:39:17,888 -You're kidding me, right? -Wait, wait, wait. 809 00:39:17,955 --> 00:39:23,294 Orlando, the only chance you gonna get is the chance to tap out to Benoit again. 810 00:39:23,361 --> 00:39:26,597 You don't walk up here with all that bass in your voice, man. 811 00:39:26,664 --> 00:39:28,432 You need to check yourself, man. 812 00:39:28,499 --> 00:39:31,068 You need to get your heels to tappin' right now. 813 00:39:31,135 --> 00:39:33,270 You know what? I'm sick and tired of you laughing at me, 814 00:39:33,337 --> 00:39:36,073 talking about tapping out, tap this, tap that. 815 00:39:36,140 --> 00:39:39,076 Let me remind you of something, I was United States Champion. 816 00:39:39,143 --> 00:39:43,247 I was United States Champion a hell of a lot longer than you or Chris Benoit, 817 00:39:43,314 --> 00:39:46,450 so what y'all need to do is show me a little bit of respect. 818 00:39:46,517 --> 00:39:47,985 -Respect? -That's right. 819 00:39:48,052 --> 00:39:50,454 You got to be kidding me, right? Let me tell you something, man. 820 00:39:50,521 --> 00:39:53,858 Only way you get some respect around here, you gotta earn it. 821 00:39:53,924 --> 00:39:57,928 -The old fashioned way. You dig? -Really? You want me to earn your respect? 822 00:39:57,995 --> 00:40:00,731 -You damn skippy. -All right. 823 00:40:00,798 --> 00:40:04,835 Just remember you said that, Book. Remember you said that. 824 00:40:09,106 --> 00:40:11,575 Well, Booker T, not making any friends, Tazz, 825 00:40:11,642 --> 00:40:13,677 but he only needs one friend and that's Randy Orton, 826 00:40:13,744 --> 00:40:15,679 who meets Chris Benoit tonight, in match number six 827 00:40:15,746 --> 00:40:17,148 of the Best Of 7 Series, 828 00:40:17,214 --> 00:40:20,084 but let's switch gears and talk a bit about Melina and Batista. 829 00:40:20,151 --> 00:40:23,487 Remember that breaking news last week that Melina 830 00:40:23,554 --> 00:40:25,890 is suing Batista for sexual harassment. 831 00:40:25,956 --> 00:40:28,759 And then we heard earlier tonight, I mean, Melina hired… 832 00:40:28,826 --> 00:40:31,962 hired Mark Henry for protection, to protect her from Batista. 833 00:40:32,029 --> 00:40:33,731 Well, Batista's standing by 834 00:40:33,798 --> 00:40:36,801 to address these allegations in this press conference. 835 00:40:36,867 --> 00:40:38,369 [cameras clicking] 836 00:40:40,538 --> 00:40:42,940 Is everyone here? Yeah. All right. 837 00:40:44,141 --> 00:40:46,377 Uh, real quickly, I just wanna make a statement. 838 00:40:46,444 --> 00:40:48,646 It's not a prepared statement, it's not written, 839 00:40:48,712 --> 00:40:53,417 but I do wanna address the accusation and the lawsuit filed by Melina. 840 00:40:53,484 --> 00:40:54,952 Um… 841 00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:58,556 I'm innocent of these charges, bottom line. 842 00:40:58,622 --> 00:41:00,157 I don't know how else to say it. 843 00:41:00,224 --> 00:41:03,327 Uh, I have never sexually harassed anyone. 844 00:41:04,161 --> 00:41:06,897 Uh, Melina and I, we were intimate, 845 00:41:06,964 --> 00:41:11,235 but she never said no, she never said stop. 846 00:41:11,302 --> 00:41:12,837 Uh, these are serious charges. 847 00:41:13,704 --> 00:41:17,508 I would never wish sexual harassment on anyone, 848 00:41:17,575 --> 00:41:20,544 nor would I ever force myself on a woman. 849 00:41:21,645 --> 00:41:25,449 So, you know, I don't know why Melina has trumped up these charges, 850 00:41:25,516 --> 00:41:28,152 I just don't know, so with that being said, 851 00:41:28,219 --> 00:41:30,921 if you guys have any questions, anything to ask me, 852 00:41:30,988 --> 00:41:34,091 -I'd like to answer them now. -[overlapping chatter] 853 00:41:38,395 --> 00:41:40,030 Hey, champ! 854 00:41:41,332 --> 00:41:43,100 I got a question. 855 00:41:44,535 --> 00:41:46,403 What is your malfunction? 856 00:41:47,304 --> 00:41:49,507 I mean, exactly what is your problem? 857 00:41:51,041 --> 00:41:55,379 You take advantage of an innocent woman… 858 00:41:56,947 --> 00:42:00,918 I mean, what's going on inside you? You're just sick inside or something? 859 00:42:02,152 --> 00:42:05,222 You got this good, wholesome image, 860 00:42:06,891 --> 00:42:10,694 and there you go, you do something like that. 861 00:42:10,761 --> 00:42:13,864 But I'll tell you what, what if it was the other side? 862 00:42:13,931 --> 00:42:17,902 What if it was me taking advantage of you? 863 00:42:18,636 --> 00:42:21,505 What if it was me, Batista? 864 00:42:23,407 --> 00:42:25,042 What if it was me? 865 00:42:29,380 --> 00:42:33,350 Mark, this isn't the time 866 00:42:34,351 --> 00:42:38,622 or the place, unless you say it is. 867 00:42:39,723 --> 00:42:42,793 If not, get out of my face. 868 00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:59,143 [breathing heavily] 869 00:43:07,885 --> 00:43:09,920 [upbeat rock music playing] 870 00:43:24,068 --> 00:43:26,303 ["Whatever" by Our Lady Peace playing] 871 00:43:26,370 --> 00:43:28,472 [crowd cheering] 872 00:43:33,177 --> 00:43:34,278 [bell rings] 873 00:43:34,345 --> 00:43:37,247 [Tony] The following contest is match number six 874 00:43:37,314 --> 00:43:40,084 in the Best Of 7 Series 875 00:43:40,150 --> 00:43:43,687 for the Undisputed United States Championship. 876 00:43:43,754 --> 00:43:46,357 Making his way to the ring from Atlanta, Georgia, 877 00:43:46,423 --> 00:43:49,593 weighing in at 234 pounds… 878 00:43:49,660 --> 00:43:54,064 "The Rabid Wolverine" Chris Benoit! 879 00:43:54,131 --> 00:43:57,568 [Cole] Chris Benoit is down three matches to two. 880 00:43:57,634 --> 00:44:01,538 Once again it is do or die, Benoit must win this matchup 881 00:44:01,605 --> 00:44:05,943 or Booker T will become United States Champion. 882 00:44:07,344 --> 00:44:11,348 [Tazz] Well, SmackDown is brought to you by Big Momma's House 2, 883 00:44:11,415 --> 00:44:14,752 January 27th, only in theaters. 884 00:44:18,522 --> 00:44:21,458 ["Burn In My Light" by Mercy Drive playing] 885 00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:28,732 [Tony] And from St. Louis, Missouri, weighing in at 245 pounds… 886 00:44:28,799 --> 00:44:33,904 "The Legend Killer" Randy Orton! 887 00:44:33,971 --> 00:44:36,273 [Cole] Randy Orton is Booker T's substitute. 888 00:44:36,340 --> 00:44:37,875 Booker T is injured. 889 00:44:37,941 --> 00:44:41,612 If Randy Orton wins this matchup tonight versus Chris Benoit, 890 00:44:41,679 --> 00:44:45,816 then he will present the United States Championship to Booker T. 891 00:44:45,883 --> 00:44:47,518 But remember, Orton told Booker, 892 00:44:47,584 --> 00:44:50,754 "Hey, I win this matchup, Booker, you owe me one." 893 00:44:50,821 --> 00:44:53,057 [Tazz] We're gonna find out what the hell that means, maybe. 894 00:44:53,123 --> 00:44:56,360 I don't know, we heard Kristal on [indistinct] 895 00:44:56,427 --> 00:44:58,595 very lovely, by the way, say that Booker T is gonna 896 00:44:58,662 --> 00:45:00,964 be out here for commentary, well… 897 00:45:01,031 --> 00:45:03,801 Maybe he's not coming out, I don't know. 898 00:45:03,867 --> 00:45:07,304 We'll have him join us here, but I'm more excited to see this match. 899 00:45:08,272 --> 00:45:12,009 You heard Orton right, he said on a silver platter. 900 00:45:12,076 --> 00:45:16,013 He said he would give the US Title, the United States Title to Booker T, 901 00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:17,281 but you'd owe me one. 902 00:45:17,347 --> 00:45:22,052 [Cole] Well, Randy Orton's résumé as The Legend Killer is expanding, 903 00:45:22,119 --> 00:45:24,888 and he'd love to add Chris Benoit to that list. 904 00:45:24,955 --> 00:45:28,826 United States Championship match number six, again, 905 00:45:28,892 --> 00:45:32,229 sudden death for Benoit, needs a victory tonight. 906 00:45:33,130 --> 00:45:34,531 [Tazz] Oh, here comes the man. 907 00:45:34,598 --> 00:45:38,635 ["Can You Dig It" playing] 908 00:45:38,702 --> 00:45:41,572 Wearing those crutches for that groin injury. 909 00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:45,642 [Cole] Well, Booker T has a lot at stake in this matchup. 910 00:45:45,709 --> 00:45:49,113 A victory by Randy Orton, and Booker T will leave here tonight 911 00:45:49,179 --> 00:45:50,681 as the United States Champion. 912 00:45:50,748 --> 00:45:52,983 [Tazz] Well, I'd like to point out, Cole, that's a damn shame 913 00:45:53,050 --> 00:45:54,918 that Booker T can't compete on his own. 914 00:45:54,985 --> 00:45:57,754 Of course, I know he'd love to, you know, he'd love to come out here… 915 00:45:57,821 --> 00:45:59,590 -[Cole] Well… -[Tazz] What? He would. 916 00:46:00,090 --> 00:46:02,693 -[Cole] And the bell rings. -[Tazz] He-- Cole, he went up 3-0. 917 00:46:02,759 --> 00:46:04,828 He went up three wins to zero on Benoit. 918 00:46:04,895 --> 00:46:08,265 [Cole] And that he did with the help, in a couple of those matches, 919 00:46:08,332 --> 00:46:09,967 from his wife Sharmell. 920 00:46:10,033 --> 00:46:12,102 But nonetheless, locked up, center of the ring, 921 00:46:12,169 --> 00:46:15,139 and now Randy Orton taking it to "The Rabid Wolverine" Chris Benoit. 922 00:46:15,205 --> 00:46:16,974 [Tazz] Rabid punches to the back of the head, 923 00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:20,043 now punch right to the face, and here comes Benoit fighting right back. 924 00:46:20,110 --> 00:46:22,112 [Cole] Randy Orton with a big knee to the midsection 925 00:46:22,179 --> 00:46:24,715 as Booker T comes over to ringside. 926 00:46:24,781 --> 00:46:27,117 -Joining us here… -[Tazz] Oh, face-first. 927 00:46:27,184 --> 00:46:31,355 [Cole] Gonna be graced with the presence of Booker T yet again here tonight. 928 00:46:31,421 --> 00:46:34,625 [Tazz] And now here comes your wife. Could we get a chair for Sharmell, please? 929 00:46:34,691 --> 00:46:37,461 Here, take mine. Look at the knees by Benoit. 930 00:46:37,528 --> 00:46:40,197 -No, no, you take my chair. -[Cole] I'm glad chivalry is not dead. 931 00:46:40,264 --> 00:46:41,865 [Tazz] I'm trying to be a gentleman. 932 00:46:41,932 --> 00:46:44,234 [Cole] Benoit knocking Randy Orton-- 933 00:46:44,301 --> 00:46:46,570 [Tazz] I can't get this chair over there, forget about it. 934 00:46:46,637 --> 00:46:48,705 [Cole] Benoit with a kick to the midsection. 935 00:46:48,772 --> 00:46:51,875 -[Tazz] Sorry, man, I'm trying to… -Don't worry, she's a stand-up lady… 936 00:46:51,942 --> 00:46:55,045 [Cole] Here's the cover by Benoit, shoulders down, and a kickout. 937 00:46:55,112 --> 00:46:57,948 Booker T joining us here at ringside on commentary. 938 00:46:58,015 --> 00:46:59,650 And, Booker, I've got to ask you, 939 00:46:59,716 --> 00:47:02,286 if Randy Orton wins this matchup, you become United States Champion, 940 00:47:02,352 --> 00:47:06,290 but Randy Orton said to you, if I win, you owe me one, Booker T. 941 00:47:06,356 --> 00:47:08,625 [Booker T] Yeah, I'm not worried about that right now. 942 00:47:08,692 --> 00:47:11,528 What I'm worried about is just getting out here, 943 00:47:11,595 --> 00:47:13,697 getting this business done, let Randy Orton go out here, 944 00:47:13,764 --> 00:47:16,900 get his business done and once he hands me that title, 945 00:47:16,967 --> 00:47:19,803 then we'll deal with that, you know what I'm saying? 946 00:47:19,870 --> 00:47:22,940 -[Cole] Oh, wait a minute. -[Booker T] Sharmell, what are you doing? 947 00:47:23,006 --> 00:47:25,676 -Sharmell, what are you doing? -[Cole] What do you mean what's she doing? 948 00:47:25,742 --> 00:47:28,011 -[Tazz] Shades of last week. -[Cole] Wait a minute. 949 00:47:28,946 --> 00:47:30,848 -What are you talking about? -Yes, you did! 950 00:47:30,914 --> 00:47:32,649 I've seen it with my own eyes. 951 00:47:32,716 --> 00:47:34,418 [indistinct yelling] 952 00:47:35,586 --> 00:47:39,089 [Cole] Randy Orton is telling the referee what Sharmell did. 953 00:47:39,156 --> 00:47:41,725 Yo, yo, wait a minute, Nick… 954 00:47:41,792 --> 00:47:44,127 [Cole] And Sharmell's being sent off. 955 00:47:44,194 --> 00:47:46,163 [Tazz] What the hell is going on here? 956 00:47:46,230 --> 00:47:48,866 Wait, she's got my… I need that crutch… 957 00:47:48,932 --> 00:47:51,001 Ref? What is going on here? 958 00:47:51,068 --> 00:47:53,637 [Cole] Sharmell is a crutch for you in more ways than one. 959 00:47:53,704 --> 00:47:54,972 [Tazz] Come on, Cole, let's… 960 00:47:55,038 --> 00:47:57,507 Referee Nick Patrick, he's the senior referee around here, 961 00:47:57,574 --> 00:48:00,244 but that right there was wrong. That was wrong, that was unjust. 962 00:48:00,310 --> 00:48:03,647 [Tazz] But what about Randy Orton dropping dime, what's up with that? 963 00:48:03,714 --> 00:48:05,749 I thought he was, you know, you and him were hooked up. 964 00:48:05,816 --> 00:48:07,951 [Booker T] I don't know what's going on with Randy right now. 965 00:48:08,018 --> 00:48:09,586 He's a man of his own. 966 00:48:09,653 --> 00:48:12,489 I can understand he wants to go out here and do this on his own. 967 00:48:12,556 --> 00:48:14,691 [Tazz] Randy was almost disqualified by Sharmell out here 968 00:48:14,758 --> 00:48:16,326 again this week like last week. 969 00:48:16,393 --> 00:48:19,196 [Cole] And if that happens this week, Booker, then Chris Benoit… 970 00:48:19,263 --> 00:48:23,800 Nice dropkick, then Chris Benoit will be tied in this series at three-three. 971 00:48:23,867 --> 00:48:26,169 He caught him with that leg, he's just gonna maul him, 972 00:48:26,236 --> 00:48:27,904 he's gonna ground and pound him right there, 973 00:48:27,971 --> 00:48:29,606 he's going with the ground and pound effect. 974 00:48:29,673 --> 00:48:32,509 He's gonna try to do all that, he's right there on the Adam's apple. 975 00:48:32,576 --> 00:48:35,412 -He's got it. -[Cole] Here's the cover and a kickout. 976 00:48:35,479 --> 00:48:38,482 [Tazz] Randy Orton, pinpoint now with that rear naked choke. 977 00:48:38,548 --> 00:48:41,551 [Booker T] I'm so excited right now, it's like a playoff atmosphere right now. 978 00:48:41,618 --> 00:48:43,587 He's got this, this is the biggest game right here 979 00:48:43,654 --> 00:48:46,023 of the season for Booker T because right now tonight, 980 00:48:46,089 --> 00:48:49,226 I'm gonna walk out as a-- the United States Championship. 981 00:48:49,293 --> 00:48:51,929 You can feel it in the air, you can cut it with a knife, man. 982 00:48:51,995 --> 00:48:54,898 [Cole] And Randy Orton's gonna hand that title to you on a silver platter, 983 00:48:54,965 --> 00:48:57,234 he says, if he wins this matchup. 984 00:48:57,301 --> 00:48:59,002 [Booker T] That's exactly what he's gonna do, 985 00:48:59,069 --> 00:49:00,904 he's gonna-- he's gonna hand that title over to me, 986 00:49:00,971 --> 00:49:03,206 he's gonna give me that title right in my hands tonight. 987 00:49:03,273 --> 00:49:05,809 And I am gonna be the four-time United States Champion, 988 00:49:05,876 --> 00:49:07,477 now can you dig that? 989 00:49:07,544 --> 00:49:10,147 [Tazz] Yes, we can dig. Booker, as good as Randy Orton is, and he is, 990 00:49:10,213 --> 00:49:12,382 I know you would rather be competing yourself… 991 00:49:12,449 --> 00:49:14,818 -I know you'd rather be in there your-- -[Cole] Here's the cover. 992 00:49:14,885 --> 00:49:16,253 -Kickout! -I would love to be in there, 993 00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:18,322 but Randy just hit him with that giant suplex, 994 00:49:18,388 --> 00:49:20,624 and he almost got a three-count right there, he almost had it. 995 00:49:20,691 --> 00:49:22,693 We almost walked outta here tonight right here with that… 996 00:49:22,759 --> 00:49:24,861 [Tazz] You seem a lot more nervous this week than last week, 997 00:49:24,928 --> 00:49:27,097 I'll tell you that. You're hyperventilating. 998 00:49:27,164 --> 00:49:29,466 [Cole] Benoit is only down 3-2 now, Tazz. 999 00:49:29,533 --> 00:49:30,801 [Tazz] Thank you, Captain Obvious. 1000 00:49:30,867 --> 00:49:33,303 [Booker T] I can only hope one thing, I can only wish one thing, man. 1001 00:49:33,370 --> 00:49:35,839 I wish I was in that ring right now, because this thing would be over. 1002 00:49:35,906 --> 00:49:37,407 It would be over with right now. 1003 00:49:37,474 --> 00:49:40,544 Benoit would be licking his wounds at home somewhere, 1004 00:49:40,610 --> 00:49:43,647 and I'll be, you know, sipping on some champagne somewhere, 1005 00:49:43,714 --> 00:49:45,849 enjoying my title for this new year. 1006 00:49:45,916 --> 00:49:47,818 -[Tazz] Here we go, watch out. -[Cole] Wait a minute. 1007 00:49:47,884 --> 00:49:51,054 -Benoit from behind. German suplex! -[Tazz] Oh my God! 1008 00:49:51,121 --> 00:49:53,623 Laid him with that German suplex right there, come on, Randy. 1009 00:49:53,690 --> 00:49:57,294 [Tazz] I'll tell you what, Randy Orton damn near exploding when he hit the mat. 1010 00:49:57,361 --> 00:49:58,729 [Booker T] You drop him on the back… 1011 00:49:58,795 --> 00:50:01,698 -[Cole] Chris Benoit over the top rope. -[Booker T] Good move, Randy. 1012 00:50:01,765 --> 00:50:03,734 [Tazz] Very good move, that dropping his level there. 1013 00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:07,971 [Cole] And Chris Benoit in trouble, desperately trying to stay alive, 1014 00:50:08,038 --> 00:50:10,374 when we return to SmackDown. 1015 00:50:14,378 --> 00:50:17,547 [Cole] We are back on SmackDown, Chris Benoit versus Randy Orton, 1016 00:50:17,614 --> 00:50:18,882 the stand-in for Booker T. 1017 00:50:18,949 --> 00:50:22,019 If Benoit wins, it's 3-3 in the Best Of 7 Series 1018 00:50:22,085 --> 00:50:23,653 for the United States Championship. 1019 00:50:23,720 --> 00:50:27,391 If Orton wins, Orton will give Booker T the United States Championship. 1020 00:50:27,457 --> 00:50:31,495 [Tazz] Before the break, look at that back suplex by Benoit on Orton. 1021 00:50:31,561 --> 00:50:33,263 Oh my God, that's not good for you. 1022 00:50:33,330 --> 00:50:35,966 Randy Orton, he's a tough guy, he's a tough kid. 1023 00:50:36,033 --> 00:50:38,735 And we are joined by Booker T here at ringside, Booker T's wife, 1024 00:50:38,802 --> 00:50:41,004 Sharmell has been sent to the back after getting involved 1025 00:50:41,071 --> 00:50:41,972 in the matchup early on. 1026 00:50:42,038 --> 00:50:44,174 [Booker T] That was an injustice what happened earlier 1027 00:50:44,241 --> 00:50:45,509 with Referee Nick Patrick, 1028 00:50:45,575 --> 00:50:47,577 but right now Randy Orton is taking care of his business, 1029 00:50:47,644 --> 00:50:48,845 he got him in a rear chin lock, 1030 00:50:48,912 --> 00:50:51,381 and he's just trying to suck all the wind out of Benoit right now. 1031 00:50:51,448 --> 00:50:53,417 Give him another five seconds, it could be over, 1032 00:50:53,483 --> 00:50:55,652 trying to cut that carotid artery. 1033 00:50:55,719 --> 00:50:58,121 [Tazz] Nice arm drag, that was Benoit. 1034 00:50:58,188 --> 00:51:00,991 [Booker T] That's desperation, he did that out of desperation right there. 1035 00:51:01,058 --> 00:51:03,226 Come on, Randy, you gotta fight! 1036 00:51:03,293 --> 00:51:06,596 [Cole] No one let Benoit build momentum, you know what that's like, Booker. 1037 00:51:06,663 --> 00:51:09,099 [Booker T] He's lookin' like he's gonna go for that triple. 1038 00:51:09,166 --> 00:51:12,436 Come on, he's going for that triple. Come on, come on, Randy. 1039 00:51:12,502 --> 00:51:16,606 [Cole] The Three Amigos, paying homage to Eddie Guerrero. 1040 00:51:16,673 --> 00:51:19,743 [Tazz] Randy Orton is very confident, he's gonna win this thing now for you. 1041 00:51:19,810 --> 00:51:24,414 I mean, Randy Orton became the youngest World Champion of all time against Benoit. 1042 00:51:24,481 --> 00:51:26,016 But Orton's in trouble here. 1043 00:51:26,083 --> 00:51:28,518 [Booker T] Come on, Randy, you gotta move right here, kid. 1044 00:51:28,585 --> 00:51:32,556 You gotta move, you gotta suck it up, you got to do what you got to do. 1045 00:51:32,622 --> 00:51:35,792 [Cole] Watch out! Benoit connecting! 1046 00:51:35,859 --> 00:51:39,663 And Benoit could be moments away from tying this Best Of 7 Series. 1047 00:51:39,729 --> 00:51:41,531 [Tazz] Booker standing up here. 1048 00:51:41,598 --> 00:51:43,633 Come on, Randy, come on, you gotta kick out right now. 1049 00:51:43,700 --> 00:51:45,802 -[Tazz] Here we go. -Come on, Randy, you got it. 1050 00:51:46,703 --> 00:51:47,604 [Cole] Kicked out at two. 1051 00:51:47,671 --> 00:51:49,806 -[Tazz] God, that was close. -Come on, Randy. 1052 00:51:49,873 --> 00:51:51,508 Suck it up, Randy. 1053 00:51:51,575 --> 00:51:53,543 Randy's gonna come out of this thing right there, 1054 00:51:53,610 --> 00:51:56,046 he's just luring Benoit in, he's trying to take him… 1055 00:51:56,113 --> 00:51:58,381 -Take him into the deep waters. -[Cole] Look at Chris Benoit. 1056 00:51:58,448 --> 00:52:01,818 -Benoit going for the Sharpshooter. -[Booker T] Fight it, you gotta fight. 1057 00:52:01,885 --> 00:52:04,087 -Going for the Sharpshooter. -You gotta fight it, Randy. 1058 00:52:04,154 --> 00:52:06,189 Randy is fighting it for sure, Book, he is fighting. 1059 00:52:06,256 --> 00:52:08,391 [Cole] If the Sharpshooter is applied, this one's over. 1060 00:52:08,458 --> 00:52:10,594 Benoit has to turn Orton on his belly. 1061 00:52:10,660 --> 00:52:13,630 [Booker T] I talked to Randy about this move right here, I told him how to block. 1062 00:52:13,697 --> 00:52:15,732 [Tazz] Talking ain't doing. You know that. 1063 00:52:15,799 --> 00:52:19,703 -[Booker T] He's got all his weight… -[Cole] Benoit's gonna win this thing. 1064 00:52:19,769 --> 00:52:23,440 Benoit's gonna win, he deserves to win! Benoit deserves to tie this thing! 1065 00:52:23,507 --> 00:52:26,243 -[Tazz] Oh, look at this. -[Cole] He's got him in the Crossface. 1066 00:52:26,309 --> 00:52:28,111 Oh my God, he's got it! 1067 00:52:28,178 --> 00:52:30,514 [Booker T] You cannot tap! You gotta kick out. 1068 00:52:30,580 --> 00:52:33,450 -[Tazz] Randy is in deep, deep trouble. -[Booker T] You're doing good, Randy. 1069 00:52:33,517 --> 00:52:35,652 [Tazz] And so are you, Book, you're in trouble. 1070 00:52:36,953 --> 00:52:39,956 [Booker T] Randy, come on. Come on, Randy, you got to get there. 1071 00:52:40,023 --> 00:52:41,591 You gotta get there, Randy. 1072 00:52:41,658 --> 00:52:44,327 -[Cole] Will Orton tap out? -[Booker T] He's not gonna tap out. 1073 00:52:44,394 --> 00:52:46,696 [Cole] And Orton made it to the bottom rope. 1074 00:52:46,763 --> 00:52:47,931 [Tazz] Wow, that was so close. 1075 00:52:47,998 --> 00:52:51,167 [Booker T] This is exactly what Randy was trying to explain to me earlier, 1076 00:52:51,234 --> 00:52:53,670 just let him go out and do his job and he will get the job done. 1077 00:52:53,737 --> 00:52:58,375 That's why I underestimated him last week. I thought he was in a precarious position, 1078 00:52:58,441 --> 00:53:00,644 but I didn't think that he could fight his way out of it, 1079 00:53:00,710 --> 00:53:02,546 but he's a tough kid. Come on, Randy. 1080 00:53:02,612 --> 00:53:04,581 -[Tazz] Oh, watch out. -[Booker T] Great roll through. 1081 00:53:04,648 --> 00:53:07,517 -[Cole] Rolled through, went for the RKO. -You see that? Come on, Randy. 1082 00:53:07,584 --> 00:53:10,287 [Tazz] Gonna find out how tough Orton is, we're finding out right now. 1083 00:53:10,353 --> 00:53:12,822 -And he's tough. -[Booker T] Right here. Hit him with it. 1084 00:53:12,889 --> 00:53:16,059 [Cole] Oh! And remember the injured neck of Benoit. 1085 00:53:16,126 --> 00:53:20,697 Right there, he's working on that surgically… the bad neck. 1086 00:53:20,764 --> 00:53:23,033 Now, he's gonna hit him with that RKO. He's gonna finish him. 1087 00:53:23,099 --> 00:53:26,269 -We're finna go home. -[Tazz] Randy Orton is measuring. 1088 00:53:26,336 --> 00:53:28,305 He's measuring him for the RKO. 1089 00:53:28,371 --> 00:53:31,374 -Measuring for the… Who the hell is… -[Cole] Wait a minute! 1090 00:53:31,441 --> 00:53:35,478 It's Orlando Jordan. Orlando Jordan just took out Booker T. 1091 00:53:35,979 --> 00:53:39,115 -[Tazz] Orlando with the crutch. -[Cole] The crutch to Benoit. 1092 00:53:39,182 --> 00:53:41,751 -The referee calls for the bell. -[Tazz] What's going on here? 1093 00:53:41,818 --> 00:53:44,421 [Cole] Jordan attacked Booker T and then Benoit. 1094 00:53:45,322 --> 00:53:47,324 [Tazz] He got dropped here by Orlando. 1095 00:53:48,191 --> 00:53:52,996 [Tony] The winner of this match as a result of a disqualification, 1096 00:53:53,063 --> 00:53:55,632 Chris Benoit! 1097 00:53:56,566 --> 00:54:03,173 And the Best Of 7 Series for the United States Championship 1098 00:54:03,240 --> 00:54:06,910 is now tied 3-3. 1099 00:54:06,977 --> 00:54:10,313 [Cole] So Orlando Jordan hit Benoit, and got Orton disqualified. 1100 00:54:10,380 --> 00:54:13,850 -And Benoit tied this thing at 3-3. -[Tazz] I can't believe this! 1101 00:54:15,552 --> 00:54:17,087 [Tazz] What the hell happened? 1102 00:54:18,421 --> 00:54:19,522 It's tied up! 1103 00:54:20,457 --> 00:54:23,059 [Cole] Maybe he should have shown Orlando Jordan a little bit more respect 1104 00:54:23,126 --> 00:54:24,628 earlier on tonight. 1105 00:54:24,694 --> 00:54:27,631 [Tazz] Orlando Jordan assaulted Booker T out here. 1106 00:54:27,697 --> 00:54:30,767 But the big picture is Booker T, I'm sorry, it's Chris Benoit. 1107 00:54:30,834 --> 00:54:32,602 He tied up this series. 1108 00:54:33,336 --> 00:54:35,505 [Cole] So, we've come down now to one match. 1109 00:54:35,572 --> 00:54:39,676 Chris Benoit is even with Booker T at 3-3. 1110 00:54:39,743 --> 00:54:42,178 Orlando Jordan from out of nowhere. 1111 00:54:42,245 --> 00:54:44,547 [Tazz] Blindsiding Booker T. 1112 00:54:44,614 --> 00:54:48,385 He attacked the injured Booker T and then, boom! 1113 00:54:48,451 --> 00:54:50,754 Right across the face with that crutch. 1114 00:54:50,820 --> 00:54:51,888 [bell ringing] 1115 00:54:51,955 --> 00:54:54,257 I cannot believe this turn of events, Cole. 1116 00:54:54,324 --> 00:54:57,127 -[Cole] Well, I can. -[Tazz] Listen, Cole. 1117 00:54:57,193 --> 00:55:00,497 That man right there, Chris Benoit, was down three to nothing. 1118 00:55:00,563 --> 00:55:04,034 I can't believe this, this is 3-3 now, he came back. 1119 00:55:04,100 --> 00:55:07,203 [Cole] Benoit is back in it, it's tied three-three. 1120 00:55:07,270 --> 00:55:12,809 The winner of the matchup will become Undisputed United States Champion. 1121 00:55:12,876 --> 00:55:14,044 Wow! 1122 00:55:14,110 --> 00:55:16,746 -[Tazz] Hey, Book, you need your crutches? -I don't believe this crap! 1123 00:55:22,218 --> 00:55:25,822 [announcer] Raw Magazine presents the Raw Rebound. 1124 00:55:28,291 --> 00:55:31,695 [Lilian] The following is a First Blood Match. 1125 00:55:31,761 --> 00:55:36,833 The first man to make his opponent bleed will be declared the winner. 1126 00:55:36,900 --> 00:55:40,837 [Lawler] Nearly 18,000 fans, they've all got their favorite here in this match. 1127 00:55:40,904 --> 00:55:44,507 [Coachman] It's a big-time atmosphere, and that's exactly what this match is, 1128 00:55:44,574 --> 00:55:45,775 a big-time match. 1129 00:55:46,443 --> 00:55:48,311 [Lawler] A bloody nose, that ain't gonna get it done. 1130 00:55:48,378 --> 00:55:51,247 -[Coachman] No, no, no, no, no! -You're gonna have to bleed profusely. 1131 00:55:52,282 --> 00:55:53,850 [commentator] The exposed turnbuckle ring. 1132 00:55:53,917 --> 00:55:55,719 [Coachman] Ref, check his head. 1133 00:55:55,785 --> 00:55:58,421 Is he bleeding? Is he… No, no, he's not. 1134 00:55:58,488 --> 00:55:59,856 No. 1135 00:55:59,923 --> 00:56:02,926 The counter by John Cena sends Referee Chad Patton 1136 00:56:02,992 --> 00:56:06,930 crashing into Kurt Angle, but Angle's got the chair. 1137 00:56:09,766 --> 00:56:13,002 -Oh no. -Oh my God, is he ever bleeding. 1138 00:56:13,069 --> 00:56:16,206 -Kurt Angle was looking for the FU. -Missed. 1139 00:56:16,272 --> 00:56:18,808 Look at this, it's the STFU. 1140 00:56:18,875 --> 00:56:21,644 Kurt Angle is tapping, Daivari is reviving the referee 1141 00:56:21,711 --> 00:56:24,080 to take a look at John Cena's face. 1142 00:56:24,147 --> 00:56:27,083 John Cena has first blood, Kurt Angle is the winner. 1143 00:56:28,017 --> 00:56:32,222 -Wait a second, here comes Carlito. -Here comes Carlito and The Masterpiece. 1144 00:56:32,288 --> 00:56:37,060 Everyone wants soften up the WWE Champion before the Elimination Chamber. 1145 00:56:44,100 --> 00:56:45,635 Oh, Superkick! 1146 00:56:47,170 --> 00:56:51,307 Shawn Michaels, he's got his eye on the WWE Champion. 1147 00:56:53,643 --> 00:56:55,512 -No! FU! -He's got him up. 1148 00:56:55,578 --> 00:56:58,982 Look at the carnage, all of these Superstars laid out. 1149 00:56:59,048 --> 00:57:02,185 All of these men will be in the Elimination Chamber this Sunday night. 1150 00:57:02,252 --> 00:57:04,521 Who will emerge from the Elimination Chamber 1151 00:57:04,587 --> 00:57:06,723 with the WWE Championship? 1152 00:57:09,426 --> 00:57:11,828 [Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, still to come tonight, 1153 00:57:11,895 --> 00:57:14,030 for the first time in six years, 1154 00:57:14,097 --> 00:57:18,768 the WWE Tag Team Titles will be defended inside a steel cage. 1155 00:57:18,835 --> 00:57:22,939 Batista and Mysterio versus the new champions, MNM, 1156 00:57:23,006 --> 00:57:25,341 inside a cage, tonight. 1157 00:57:30,713 --> 00:57:33,483 [Finlay] This is Carrickfergus Castle, 1158 00:57:33,550 --> 00:57:36,453 my ancestors settled on this land. 1159 00:57:36,519 --> 00:57:41,925 For over 400 years, we have fought for everything we have. 1160 00:57:41,991 --> 00:57:44,060 It is the way we tend our business, 1161 00:57:44,127 --> 00:57:47,530 care for our family, and live our lives. 1162 00:57:47,597 --> 00:57:53,703 My grandfather and father before me prided themselves on the fighting spirit. 1163 00:57:55,605 --> 00:57:57,240 My name's Finlay, 1164 00:57:57,307 --> 00:58:01,277 and I've given new meaning to the term "Fighting Irish." 1165 00:58:09,419 --> 00:58:11,955 [Tazz] Hey, Cole, that's one tough Irishman, man. 1166 00:58:12,021 --> 00:58:16,526 I'm telling you right now, he's gonna make a serious impact here on SmackDown. 1167 00:58:16,593 --> 00:58:18,461 [Cole] Here comes one tough competitor. 1168 00:58:18,528 --> 00:58:20,230 -He's a fitness guru. -[Tazz] What? 1169 00:58:21,164 --> 00:58:25,602 [Tony] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Simon Dean! 1170 00:58:25,668 --> 00:58:27,203 [Tazz] I love the Dean Machine. 1171 00:58:27,270 --> 00:58:30,139 You know, you were supposed to buy me one for Christmas. You didn't do it. 1172 00:58:30,206 --> 00:58:32,575 [Cole] You gonna use the Simon System for New Year's resolution? 1173 00:58:32,642 --> 00:58:35,411 [Tazz] Been using, I'm gaining weight, I don't know what the hell's going on. 1174 00:58:35,478 --> 00:58:38,248 -[Cole] You're taking way too much. -[Tazz] Yeah, maybe. 1175 00:58:38,314 --> 00:58:39,382 He looks fit. 1176 00:58:39,449 --> 00:58:41,618 People, my name is Simon Dean. 1177 00:58:42,952 --> 00:58:49,893 And Simon says that 2006 is gonna be the year of my patented Simon System. 1178 00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:57,467 In fact, tonight, I'm feeling so good that I am ready for some competition. 1179 00:58:58,368 --> 00:59:04,507 So I am not just calling out just one Superstar for some competition. 1180 00:59:04,574 --> 00:59:10,179 Oh no. I am calling out any two Superstars in the back 1181 00:59:10,246 --> 00:59:14,617 who are willing to come out here and answer my physical challenge? 1182 00:59:14,684 --> 00:59:17,186 [Cole] I think he had a little too much eggnog over the holidays. 1183 00:59:17,253 --> 00:59:19,556 Come on, people. I know you're back there. 1184 00:59:19,622 --> 00:59:22,392 There's got to be some… Now, I know this is a daunting task, 1185 00:59:22,458 --> 00:59:25,128 and it is, but there's got to be somebody back there 1186 00:59:25,194 --> 00:59:28,231 -who's willing to come out here. -[Tazz] Maybe that Simon System works. 1187 00:59:28,298 --> 00:59:31,067 [Cole] We saw Mark Henry beat three men earlier tonight. 1188 00:59:31,134 --> 00:59:33,503 -[Tazz] Yeah, but Simon is no Mark Henry. -[Cole] Exactly! 1189 00:59:33,569 --> 00:59:35,405 -[Tazz] What the hell? -[Cole] Wait a minute. 1190 00:59:35,471 --> 00:59:37,373 [Tazz] London and Kendrick? 1191 00:59:37,440 --> 00:59:39,642 They got those funky masks on, it's a little weird. 1192 00:59:39,709 --> 00:59:41,844 -[Cole] You should borrow them. -[Simon] Hold on a minute. 1193 00:59:41,911 --> 00:59:44,480 Batman, Robin, now, I know you guys are out here for some competition. 1194 00:59:44,547 --> 00:59:47,350 -[Tazz] Put the mask back on. -Are you guys ready to do this? All right. 1195 00:59:49,218 --> 00:59:53,356 You guys got that look on your face. No, no, you guys misunderstood me. 1196 00:59:53,423 --> 00:59:56,593 This isn't gonna be competition against me, no, no, no, no, no. 1197 00:59:56,659 --> 01:00:01,664 This… I wanted you guys out here so you guys could give some competition 1198 01:00:01,731 --> 01:00:08,705 to the new tag team sponsored by my patented Simon System, 1199 01:00:08,771 --> 01:00:10,673 the Gymini. 1200 01:00:10,740 --> 01:00:12,742 [Tazz] Gymini? Gymini? New tag team? 1201 01:00:12,809 --> 01:00:16,613 What the hell is this? Gymini. 1202 01:00:18,314 --> 01:00:20,817 Whoa, whoa, look at this guy. There's only one guy. 1203 01:00:21,784 --> 01:00:23,786 [Cole] But he's big enough to be two, though. 1204 01:00:23,853 --> 01:00:26,289 Look at the size of him. 1205 01:00:26,356 --> 01:00:28,391 -[Tazz] Who, London? -[Cole] No, Gymini. 1206 01:00:28,458 --> 01:00:31,127 [Tazz] Well, yeah. Whoa, oh, there's the other one. Wait a minute. 1207 01:00:31,194 --> 01:00:34,931 Wait a minute, they look the same. I think they're identical. 1208 01:00:34,998 --> 01:00:36,733 [Cole] I think they're twins, Tazz. 1209 01:00:36,799 --> 01:00:38,935 [Tazz] Yeah, that's why I said identical. Thanks, Cole. 1210 01:00:39,002 --> 01:00:41,337 [Cole] Hence the name Gymini. 1211 01:00:41,404 --> 01:00:44,607 [Tazz] Gemini means two? These guys-- these guys are monsters. 1212 01:00:44,674 --> 01:00:46,976 [Cole] Kendrick and London wasting little time, 1213 01:00:47,043 --> 01:00:49,345 -up over the top! -[Tazz] Oh God! 1214 01:00:49,412 --> 01:00:53,416 [Cole] London taking one of the men out, the other caught in midair by… 1215 01:00:53,483 --> 01:00:56,419 -Look at this, what the hell? Oh God. -One more, one more. 1216 01:00:58,788 --> 01:01:01,124 [Cole] Oh, driven into the post. 1217 01:01:01,190 --> 01:01:03,026 [Tazz] These guys are vicious already. 1218 01:01:03,826 --> 01:01:07,230 [Cole] Gymini sponsored by the Simon System. 1219 01:01:07,296 --> 01:01:10,400 -[Tazz] I guess that stuff does work. -[Cole] You gotta get on that. 1220 01:01:11,300 --> 01:01:13,369 -Look at this… -[Tazz] Watch out… 1221 01:01:13,436 --> 01:01:15,438 -Reversal. -[Cole] Oh! 1222 01:01:15,505 --> 01:01:16,939 -With authority. -[Tazz] Heads up. 1223 01:01:17,006 --> 01:01:18,975 [Cole] What a belly-to-belly throw. 1224 01:01:19,042 --> 01:01:21,911 [Tazz] Yeah, release belly-to-belly suplex. 1225 01:01:23,846 --> 01:01:25,415 Oh my Lord. 1226 01:01:25,481 --> 01:01:26,983 [Cole] Oh my God. 1227 01:01:27,050 --> 01:01:29,419 [Tazz] Look at how London went flying. 1228 01:01:30,520 --> 01:01:33,823 [Cole] The two guys are huge, Tazz. They're huge! 1229 01:01:35,291 --> 01:01:39,629 I think both shoulders were just pulled out of joint on Brian Kendrick. 1230 01:01:40,863 --> 01:01:43,299 [Tazz] What the hell? They're gonna do whatever the hell they want. 1231 01:01:43,366 --> 01:01:45,535 Gymini… What the hell? 1232 01:01:45,601 --> 01:01:47,470 Holy smokes! 1233 01:01:47,537 --> 01:01:48,938 London must've fell ten feet. 1234 01:01:49,005 --> 01:01:51,974 Are you kidding me? I never saw nothing like that in my life. 1235 01:01:53,009 --> 01:01:54,677 [Cole] And Simon Dean is loving it, 1236 01:01:54,744 --> 01:01:56,712 prancing around out here like a cheerleader. 1237 01:01:56,779 --> 01:01:59,215 [Tazz] Cole, did you see how high Paul London just went? 1238 01:01:59,282 --> 01:02:02,051 He almost hit the cage hanging above the ring. 1239 01:02:02,118 --> 01:02:05,788 -Now what? -[Cole] Brian Kendrick planted! 1240 01:02:05,855 --> 01:02:07,223 [Tazz] Oh my Lord. 1241 01:02:07,290 --> 01:02:09,292 [Cole] Where the hell did these guys come from? 1242 01:02:09,358 --> 01:02:12,628 [Tazz] It's that Simon System, it just makes you bitter and angry. 1243 01:02:12,695 --> 01:02:15,798 [Tazz mumbles indistinctly] 1244 01:02:15,865 --> 01:02:17,734 -What's Simon saying? -[Cole] I have no idea. 1245 01:02:17,800 --> 01:02:19,535 [Tazz] Simon says, Simon says. 1246 01:02:21,537 --> 01:02:23,239 These guys are unbelievable, Cole. 1247 01:02:24,340 --> 01:02:25,808 Oh my God! 1248 01:02:25,875 --> 01:02:28,177 They just tossed London and Kendrick over the top rope 1249 01:02:28,244 --> 01:02:29,512 like they're pressing them. 1250 01:02:29,579 --> 01:02:30,980 That's what I'm talking about. 1251 01:02:32,315 --> 01:02:35,384 [Tazz] Oh my Lord. How are you gonna contend with these guys? 1252 01:02:37,420 --> 01:02:41,257 Tell you what. Business just picked up in the tag team ranks here on SmackDown. 1253 01:02:42,191 --> 01:02:46,963 [Cole] I'll tell you, 2006 may be a very good year for Simon Dean. 1254 01:02:47,730 --> 01:02:49,232 How the hell did he find these two? 1255 01:02:49,298 --> 01:02:52,068 [Tazz] Watch this, they dunked London with both arms. 1256 01:02:53,002 --> 01:02:55,471 Criss-cross slam. Now watch Paul London. 1257 01:02:55,538 --> 01:02:57,406 Oh my God. 1258 01:02:57,473 --> 01:02:59,776 [Cole] Just went ten feet in the air, at least. 1259 01:02:59,842 --> 01:03:03,246 Flung him in the air like he was a piece of nothing. Look at this. 1260 01:03:03,312 --> 01:03:06,549 Those guys are impressive, Cole. Talk about an impact. 1261 01:03:06,616 --> 01:03:09,619 I said Finlay was gonna make an impact, which he will. 1262 01:03:09,685 --> 01:03:14,457 As did Gymini, sponsored by the Simon System. 1263 01:03:14,524 --> 01:03:17,994 [Cole] Can you believe the way that 2006 kicked off here on SmackDown? 1264 01:03:18,060 --> 01:03:20,596 And we still have a steel cage match tonight 1265 01:03:20,663 --> 01:03:22,765 with the Tag Team Titles on the line. 1266 01:03:22,832 --> 01:03:26,435 MNM defending against Mysterio and Batista 1267 01:03:26,502 --> 01:03:29,839 inside the cage, and it is next. 1268 01:03:34,310 --> 01:03:36,045 My name is Bobby Lashley. 1269 01:03:36,112 --> 01:03:38,714 And I've been invited to this year's Royal Rumble. 1270 01:03:38,781 --> 01:03:40,750 I'm so ready for it. 1271 01:03:40,817 --> 01:03:43,286 My goal is to win the Royal Rumble, 1272 01:03:43,352 --> 01:03:47,690 and to go on to WrestleMania to battle for the World Heavyweight Championship. 1273 01:03:47,757 --> 01:03:49,125 Imagine this. 1274 01:03:49,192 --> 01:03:52,662 Me, Bobby Lashley, versus Dave Batista 1275 01:03:52,728 --> 01:03:54,630 for the World Heavyweight Championship. 1276 01:03:56,199 --> 01:03:57,934 I like the sound of that. 1277 01:03:59,101 --> 01:04:01,637 [Cole] Those are the aspirations of the powerful, explosive, 1278 01:04:01,704 --> 01:04:03,105 exciting, young athlete. 1279 01:04:03,172 --> 01:04:08,444 And now, crashing into your living room, none other than Lashley. 1280 01:04:11,080 --> 01:04:14,083 How dominating has this Superstar, Lashley, been? 1281 01:04:14,150 --> 01:04:17,753 [Tazz] Lashley is on the rise here on Friday Night SmackDown. 1282 01:04:18,754 --> 01:04:20,756 [Cole] What a physical specimen! 1283 01:04:22,558 --> 01:04:27,463 [Tazz] He's a machine, he's a vicious, violent, incredible, athletic stud, man. 1284 01:04:27,530 --> 01:04:30,366 I'm telling you. He's got the whole deal, Cole. 1285 01:04:31,200 --> 01:04:33,669 [Cole] Lashley remains undefeated. 1286 01:04:33,736 --> 01:04:40,743 [epic rock music playing] 1287 01:05:14,176 --> 01:05:15,645 [music fades] 1288 01:05:17,880 --> 01:05:20,950 [Tazz] Well, Cole, that Lashley, soft-spoken but very hard-hitting. 1289 01:05:21,017 --> 01:05:23,319 [Cole] And there is the steel cage that will surround the ring 1290 01:05:23,386 --> 01:05:25,054 for the first time in six years. 1291 01:05:25,121 --> 01:05:27,924 The Tag Team Titles will be defended inside that cage. 1292 01:05:27,990 --> 01:05:31,027 And the cage, Tazz, tonight has one purpose, 1293 01:05:31,093 --> 01:05:34,397 to keep Melina's insurance policy, Mark Henry, out, 1294 01:05:34,463 --> 01:05:37,566 so we don't have a repeat of what happened last week. 1295 01:05:37,633 --> 01:05:39,935 [Tazz] Hey, look, or anybody else, not just Mark Henry. 1296 01:05:40,002 --> 01:05:42,371 Because, I mean, come on, first time in six years 1297 01:05:42,438 --> 01:05:44,674 for the WWE Tag Team Titles in a steel cage, 1298 01:05:44,740 --> 01:05:47,677 that's heavy duty, baby. Wow. 1299 01:05:49,145 --> 01:05:50,479 [bell rings] 1300 01:05:50,546 --> 01:05:53,249 [Tony] The following, a steel cage match, 1301 01:05:53,316 --> 01:05:55,952 is scheduled for one fall. 1302 01:05:56,018 --> 01:06:01,724 And it is for the WWE Tag Team Championship. 1303 01:06:01,791 --> 01:06:05,761 Now, in this match, there is no escape. 1304 01:06:05,828 --> 01:06:12,301 You must win by pinfall or submission inside the cage. 1305 01:06:14,837 --> 01:06:16,372 ["Paparazzi" by Jim Johnston playing] 1306 01:06:16,439 --> 01:06:17,540 [Tazz] Here we go. 1307 01:06:17,606 --> 01:06:22,244 [Cole] Here come the WWE Tag Team Champions. 1308 01:06:22,311 --> 01:06:25,781 [Tazz] Brand-new. Red carpet, baby. 1309 01:06:25,848 --> 01:06:27,750 The paparazzi's in the house. 1310 01:06:27,817 --> 01:06:30,619 [Tony] Making their way to the ring, from Los Angeles, California, 1311 01:06:30,686 --> 01:06:34,557 at a combined weight of 440 pounds, 1312 01:06:34,623 --> 01:06:38,995 they are the WWE Tag Team Champions, 1313 01:06:39,061 --> 01:06:44,700 Mercury, Nitro, and Melina, MNM! 1314 01:06:44,767 --> 01:06:49,171 [Tazz] Well, Melina encouraging Mercury and Nitro. 1315 01:06:49,238 --> 01:06:52,141 I mean, she realizes what they're going into here 1316 01:06:52,208 --> 01:06:54,610 because this is a… this could be a nasty matchup 1317 01:06:54,677 --> 01:06:57,513 in a steel cage, and the titles are on the line. 1318 01:06:57,580 --> 01:07:00,216 They won these titles last week, MNM, and they could drop or lose them 1319 01:07:00,282 --> 01:07:02,118 right here tonight to Batista and Rey Mysterio. 1320 01:07:02,184 --> 01:07:05,287 [Cole] Well, we saw last week what Melina is capable of, 1321 01:07:05,354 --> 01:07:07,590 helping MNM winning the Tag Team Titles. 1322 01:07:07,656 --> 01:07:10,059 -But, ladies and gentlemen, what a year… -[Tazz] Yeah, but, but… 1323 01:07:10,126 --> 01:07:12,795 Hey, not tonight though, pal. I'm telling you. 1324 01:07:12,862 --> 01:07:18,401 What a year it was for MNM in 2005, twice recapturing the tag team gold. 1325 01:07:18,467 --> 01:07:22,304 I tell you, I don't remember a tag team that has exploded on the scene 1326 01:07:22,371 --> 01:07:24,940 quite like MNM has here in SmackDown. 1327 01:07:25,007 --> 01:07:28,778 [Tazz] Hey, I don't disagree with that statement one iota, 1328 01:07:28,844 --> 01:07:32,915 but I'll tell you what. I don't know… I don't know, can… 1329 01:07:32,982 --> 01:07:35,785 If you're going into a cage match, and you're letting that cage 1330 01:07:35,851 --> 01:07:38,988 rent space in your head already, look at Mercury looking over that cage. 1331 01:07:39,055 --> 01:07:41,390 I mean, you don't know their experiences with something like this. 1332 01:07:41,457 --> 01:07:43,125 This could be a dangerous setting. 1333 01:07:43,192 --> 01:07:46,762 [Cole] Well, I believe it is the first time that MNM has been involved 1334 01:07:46,829 --> 01:07:48,097 in a steel cage matchup, 1335 01:07:48,164 --> 01:07:50,666 and not only are they getting locked in a cage against 1336 01:07:50,733 --> 01:07:55,504 just any old Superstar, against Batista and Rey Mysterio. 1337 01:07:55,571 --> 01:07:59,208 Ladies and gentlemen, coming up next on Friday Night SmackDown, 1338 01:07:59,275 --> 01:08:02,812 the WWE Tag Team Titles on the line inside the cage, 1339 01:08:02,878 --> 01:08:06,882 MNM versus Batista and Mysterio, next. 1340 01:08:09,518 --> 01:08:11,787 [Cole] For the first time this decade, 1341 01:08:11,854 --> 01:08:15,257 the Tag Team Titles will be defended inside a steel cage. 1342 01:08:15,324 --> 01:08:19,829 The champions are MNM getting last-minute instructions from Melina. 1343 01:08:19,895 --> 01:08:22,731 [Tazz] Hey, TV that's changing Friday nights, baby. 1344 01:08:22,798 --> 01:08:24,600 Here comes Mysterio. 1345 01:08:27,303 --> 01:08:29,839 Where is he? Where is he? 1346 01:08:29,905 --> 01:08:32,741 -Oh, there he is. -[Cole] Whoa! 1347 01:08:32,808 --> 01:08:35,111 [Tony] Making his way to the ring, one of the challengers, 1348 01:08:35,177 --> 01:08:36,912 from San Diego, California, 1349 01:08:36,979 --> 01:08:40,749 weighing in at 170 pounds, 1350 01:08:40,816 --> 01:08:43,385 Rey Mysterio! 1351 01:08:43,452 --> 01:08:47,256 [Cole] Rey Mysterio and Batista were robbed last week 1352 01:08:47,323 --> 01:08:49,658 of the WWE Tag Team Titles, 1353 01:08:49,725 --> 01:08:53,796 so they quickly exercised their rematch clause in the contract 1354 01:08:53,863 --> 01:08:57,433 to have this matchup against MNM here tonight. 1355 01:08:57,500 --> 01:09:01,003 [Tazz] And I'll tell you, having it in a steel cage I think is very smart. 1356 01:09:01,070 --> 01:09:04,340 I mean, it's dangerous for your career, for physical reasons, obviously, 1357 01:09:04,406 --> 01:09:09,612 but you wanna try and keep out anybody, especially Mark Henry. 1358 01:09:12,815 --> 01:09:15,918 [Cole] And Rey Mysterio, of course, wearing the Eddie Guerrero 1359 01:09:15,985 --> 01:09:18,854 dedication T-shirt, Mysterio and Eddie, best friends, 1360 01:09:18,921 --> 01:09:20,422 as close as brothers, 1361 01:09:20,489 --> 01:09:23,759 and Rey Mysterio now surveying the situation. 1362 01:09:23,826 --> 01:09:27,096 Mysterio with a lot of experience inside cage matches 1363 01:09:27,162 --> 01:09:29,932 as has his partner, Batista. 1364 01:09:29,999 --> 01:09:32,635 [Tazz] Oh, he's The Animal, Cole. The Animal. 1365 01:09:32,701 --> 01:09:38,307 ["I Walk Alone" by Saliva playing] 1366 01:09:38,374 --> 01:09:41,977 [Tony] And his partner, from Washington D.C., 1367 01:09:42,044 --> 01:09:44,914 weighing in at 300 pounds, 1368 01:09:44,980 --> 01:09:48,784 he's the World Heavyweight Champion, 1369 01:09:48,851 --> 01:09:51,187 Batista! 1370 01:10:00,863 --> 01:10:02,298 [fireworks popping] 1371 01:10:06,435 --> 01:10:08,604 -[Tazz] Wow. -[Cole] Earlier tonight, 1372 01:10:08,671 --> 01:10:12,908 Batista met reporters from all over, and he proclaimed his innocent… 1373 01:10:12,975 --> 01:10:16,779 His innocence, I should say, in the sexual harassment lawsuit 1374 01:10:16,845 --> 01:10:19,048 that has been filed by Melina. 1375 01:10:19,114 --> 01:10:23,586 Batista said that he would never wish sexual harassment charges on anyone, 1376 01:10:23,652 --> 01:10:27,289 and Batista claims that he is indeed innocent. 1377 01:10:29,792 --> 01:10:31,961 [Tazz] Well, Tag Team Championship right now, Cole. 1378 01:10:32,027 --> 01:10:34,630 Tag Team Titles are on the line, 1379 01:10:34,697 --> 01:10:37,900 a great opportunity for Batista and Rey 1380 01:10:37,967 --> 01:10:40,536 to regain the titles they had just last week, 1381 01:10:40,603 --> 01:10:42,171 and we're doing it in a steel cage. 1382 01:10:42,237 --> 01:10:44,273 Six long years, Cole, 1383 01:10:44,340 --> 01:10:47,276 we haven't seen one of these Tag Team Title Matches in a cage. 1384 01:10:47,343 --> 01:10:48,677 We're getting one right now. 1385 01:10:48,744 --> 01:10:50,713 [Cole] Did you see the way that Batista smiled 1386 01:10:50,779 --> 01:10:54,250 at the Tag Team Champions once that cage was closed? 1387 01:10:54,316 --> 01:10:57,186 And now being locked by Referee Charles Robinson? 1388 01:10:57,253 --> 01:10:58,988 And again, the rules of the matchup, 1389 01:10:59,054 --> 01:11:04,493 you cannot win this cage match by escape, you can only win by pinfall or submission, 1390 01:11:04,560 --> 01:11:07,563 unlike traditional cage match rules. 1391 01:11:09,598 --> 01:11:11,800 If this is a look at how things are gonna go 1392 01:11:11,867 --> 01:11:14,236 this year on Friday Night SmackDown, man, oh man! 1393 01:11:14,303 --> 01:11:17,139 We've had a Falls Count Anywhere Matchup here tonight, 1394 01:11:17,206 --> 01:11:19,541 the match number six in the Best Of 7 Series 1395 01:11:19,608 --> 01:11:21,310 for the United States Championship. 1396 01:11:21,377 --> 01:11:24,313 And now, inside a steel cage, the Tag Team Titles are on the line. 1397 01:11:24,380 --> 01:11:26,749 [Tazz] I want to point out, there's no tags in this matchup. 1398 01:11:26,815 --> 01:11:29,718 It's more or less tornado style, no one needs to tag nobody. 1399 01:11:29,785 --> 01:11:32,755 Except, well, Mysterio and Batista are more or less tagging 1400 01:11:32,821 --> 01:11:34,523 MNM right now, if you know what I'm saying. 1401 01:11:34,590 --> 01:11:36,992 [Cole] So pretty much Referee Jimmy Korderas is going to have 1402 01:11:37,059 --> 01:11:39,928 his hands full with all four men at the ring at the same time. 1403 01:11:39,995 --> 01:11:42,097 I think all he's there for more or less. Oh! 1404 01:11:42,164 --> 01:11:45,567 I would have to say is pinfall and/or submission. 1405 01:11:45,634 --> 01:11:47,303 [Cole] Again, there are really no rules. 1406 01:11:47,369 --> 01:11:49,004 I mean, you can use the cage as a weapon, 1407 01:11:49,071 --> 01:11:50,406 we've seen that in the past. 1408 01:11:50,472 --> 01:11:52,174 And there's the World Heavyweight Champion. 1409 01:11:52,241 --> 01:11:54,943 [Tazz] I've been in cages and that's the key, my friend. 1410 01:11:55,010 --> 01:11:57,246 When you're in a cage match, the cage is a weapon, 1411 01:11:57,313 --> 01:12:01,884 a deadly weapon, and you need to utilize that cage for your benefit. 1412 01:12:01,950 --> 01:12:04,820 [Cole] And Melina showing concern over the state of her team. 1413 01:12:04,887 --> 01:12:08,524 She realizes MNM has very little experience in these types of matches. 1414 01:12:08,590 --> 01:12:11,960 Rey Mysterio dropping the leg, there's Batista working on Nitro. 1415 01:12:12,027 --> 01:12:15,030 [Tazz] Right out of the box, I mean, Batista and Mysterio, I mean, 1416 01:12:15,097 --> 01:12:17,599 they have motivation obviously because of what happened last week, 1417 01:12:17,666 --> 01:12:20,769 but they are just putting it to the champions, MNM. 1418 01:12:21,670 --> 01:12:24,740 [Cole] And again, like last week, Batista has to concentrate on business 1419 01:12:24,807 --> 01:12:26,575 in this matchup here tonight. 1420 01:12:26,642 --> 01:12:29,778 High elbow to Joey Mercury in the corner. 1421 01:12:29,845 --> 01:12:32,448 [Tazz] You know what, Cole? It's a good thing I guess for MNM 1422 01:12:32,514 --> 01:12:34,183 that the non-escape clause is in there. 1423 01:12:34,249 --> 01:12:36,151 I mean, you got to win via pinfall or submission, 1424 01:12:36,218 --> 01:12:38,620 as Rey Mysterio, this guy's like damn Spider-Man, 1425 01:12:38,687 --> 01:12:41,824 he can jump right over that damn cage like it's nothing. 1426 01:12:41,890 --> 01:12:43,592 [Cole] Exactly right. 1427 01:12:43,659 --> 01:12:46,695 Now the former Tag Team Champions, Batista and Mysterio, 1428 01:12:46,762 --> 01:12:50,833 looking at each other, developing strategy here against the current champs, MNM. 1429 01:12:50,899 --> 01:12:53,068 [Tazz] And now might be an opportune time for… 1430 01:12:53,135 --> 01:12:55,471 -Oh my God, watch out! -[Cole] MNM! 1431 01:12:55,537 --> 01:12:59,041 [Tazz] Nice block, but to no avail… Or maybe not. 1432 01:13:00,075 --> 01:13:03,545 -[Cole] Nitro… Wait a minute, guys. -[Tazz] Where are they going? 1433 01:13:03,612 --> 01:13:06,014 -Hey, guys, whoa, guys, you can't… -[Cole] There's no escape. 1434 01:13:06,081 --> 01:13:08,350 [Tazz] So what, you get out, big deal. You're not gonna win. 1435 01:13:08,417 --> 01:13:09,952 Well, they're trying… [chuckles] 1436 01:13:10,018 --> 01:13:12,488 [Cole] MNM's in trouble, the Tag Team Titles 1437 01:13:12,554 --> 01:13:15,257 hang in the balance inside a cage when we return. 1438 01:13:17,459 --> 01:13:19,995 [Tazz] Whoa, whoa, we're back here on SmackDown, 1439 01:13:20,062 --> 01:13:22,431 and Batista is cleaning house on MNM. 1440 01:13:22,498 --> 01:13:24,299 [Cole] The Tag Team Titles are on the line. 1441 01:13:24,366 --> 01:13:27,970 MNM against Batista and Mysterio inside a cage. 1442 01:13:28,036 --> 01:13:31,073 -[Tazz] Watch out! -Batista using the cage as a weapon. 1443 01:13:31,140 --> 01:13:34,710 And again, ladies and gentlemen, you only win by pinfall or submission, 1444 01:13:34,777 --> 01:13:37,045 not by escape in this particular matchup tonight. 1445 01:13:37,112 --> 01:13:38,947 [Tazz] Batista's using the cage as a weapon, 1446 01:13:39,014 --> 01:13:42,184 he's using MNM as javelins, and, uh-oh, watch out. 1447 01:13:42,251 --> 01:13:44,353 They're still trying to get out, I have no idea why. 1448 01:13:44,420 --> 01:13:47,389 They just wanna escape, I think. They don't even care about winning. 1449 01:13:47,456 --> 01:13:48,891 [Cole] And here's Rey Mysterio. 1450 01:13:48,957 --> 01:13:51,360 Mysterio trying to keep MNM in the cage 1451 01:13:51,427 --> 01:13:53,996 so Batista and Mysterio can regain the Tag Team Titles. 1452 01:13:54,062 --> 01:13:55,964 [Tazz] As I said earlier, Mysterio's like a damn cat. 1453 01:13:56,031 --> 01:13:57,633 [Cole] Watch out! 1454 01:13:57,699 --> 01:13:59,568 [Tazz] And the cat just fell off a tin roof. 1455 01:13:59,635 --> 01:14:01,703 You know, he's not the cat but you get my drift. 1456 01:14:01,770 --> 01:14:03,172 -Watch this. -[Cole] Watch out! Oh my! 1457 01:14:03,238 --> 01:14:05,274 A Bulldog from the top rope! 1458 01:14:05,340 --> 01:14:08,410 Mysterio, Bulldog Leg Drop, hook to the leg. 1459 01:14:08,477 --> 01:14:12,314 [Tazz] A Bulldog Leg Drop, Cole. Holy smokes. 1460 01:14:12,381 --> 01:14:15,083 [Cole] And Mysterio and Batista moments away perhaps from 1461 01:14:15,150 --> 01:14:19,788 recapturing the Tag Team Titles as we take another look at this Bulldog Leg Drop. 1462 01:14:19,855 --> 01:14:21,690 [Tazz] Look at this. Oh my Lord. 1463 01:14:21,757 --> 01:14:25,093 [Cole] How innovative, how unique is Rey Mysterio's offense? 1464 01:14:25,160 --> 01:14:27,863 [Tazz] He's one of a kind, Mysterio's world class, baby. 1465 01:14:27,930 --> 01:14:29,498 International Superstar. 1466 01:14:29,565 --> 01:14:32,468 No one like Mysterio in the world, I'm telling you that right now. 1467 01:14:32,534 --> 01:14:33,969 [Cole] And where can you see him? 1468 01:14:34,036 --> 01:14:36,538 -[Tazz] Only on SmackDown and… -[Cole] On Friday nights. 1469 01:14:36,605 --> 01:14:39,308 [Tazz] It's that 1904, I think it was. It's that move, 1470 01:14:39,374 --> 01:14:41,877 -it's like a Bronco Buster. -[Cole] What does that mean? 1471 01:14:41,944 --> 01:14:43,879 [Tazz] I still don't know. I gotta find out. 1472 01:14:43,946 --> 01:14:46,815 [Cole] Mysterio launched into the steel cage, 1473 01:14:46,882 --> 01:14:50,586 spine-first, hung up on the top rope and crashing to the apron. 1474 01:14:50,652 --> 01:14:55,057 [Tazz] Went to the well one too many times and Batista cleaning the clock. 1475 01:14:55,123 --> 01:14:57,826 [Cole] But the bottom line here, Tazz, is Batista now, 1476 01:14:57,893 --> 01:15:01,163 despite being in control, is outnumbered 1477 01:15:01,230 --> 01:15:03,832 -because Mysterio is down and out. -We don't know how long. 1478 01:15:03,899 --> 01:15:05,501 And there's the Missile Dropkick! 1479 01:15:05,567 --> 01:15:07,169 [Tazz] Oh my God, from the blind side, 1480 01:15:07,236 --> 01:15:11,840 Mercury with that Missile Dropkick right in the mush of Batista. 1481 01:15:11,907 --> 01:15:13,408 -[Cole] Melina… -Going for a cover here. 1482 01:15:13,475 --> 01:15:16,512 Well, they got something else in mind, some bad intentions on their mind. 1483 01:15:16,578 --> 01:15:18,881 [Cole] Melina telling MNM to use their head. 1484 01:15:18,947 --> 01:15:22,217 -Oh, and there's the DDT. -They did, they used Batista's head, 1485 01:15:22,284 --> 01:15:23,485 drove it into the ground. 1486 01:15:25,454 --> 01:15:27,189 -Here we go. -[Cole] Here's the cover. 1487 01:15:27,256 --> 01:15:29,925 Shoulders down, kickout by the World Heavyweight Champion. 1488 01:15:29,992 --> 01:15:32,694 [Tazz] And the World Heavyweight Champ, Dave Batista, 1489 01:15:32,761 --> 01:15:36,465 he's so powerful, he kicks out with that upper body strength and… 1490 01:15:37,499 --> 01:15:39,301 MNM now going to town on him. 1491 01:15:39,368 --> 01:15:41,770 [Cole] Delivering that knee to the sternum is Mercury. 1492 01:15:41,837 --> 01:15:45,807 Rey Mysterio trying to shake the cobwebs out of this head 1493 01:15:45,874 --> 01:15:49,244 as MNM continues the double team on Batista. 1494 01:15:49,311 --> 01:15:52,347 [Tazz] I didn't know what to expect, Cole. But I didn't expect this. 1495 01:15:53,048 --> 01:15:55,250 Uh-oh, what the hell? Wait, a double chokeslam? 1496 01:15:55,317 --> 01:15:56,652 [Cole] Oh man! 1497 01:15:56,718 --> 01:15:58,053 [Tazz] Never saw MNM do that. 1498 01:15:58,120 --> 01:16:00,422 -[Cole] Planted center of the ring. -That could do it. 1499 01:16:00,489 --> 01:16:03,292 Here's the cover, hook of the leg. Shoulders down and a kickout again, 1500 01:16:03,358 --> 01:16:06,295 ladies and gentlemen. You don't have to pin both members of the team, 1501 01:16:06,361 --> 01:16:10,098 you only have to pin one member to win this matchup. 1502 01:16:10,165 --> 01:16:13,068 [Tazz] And again, no need to tag, no need to tag, 1503 01:16:13,135 --> 01:16:17,539 tornado style, you hear the Batista chant from his SmackDown fans, watch out! 1504 01:16:17,606 --> 01:16:21,543 [Cole] Double dropkick, driving Batista into the cage. 1505 01:16:21,610 --> 01:16:23,312 [Tazz] Hey, that was impressive, Cole. 1506 01:16:23,378 --> 01:16:26,148 Like them or not, MNM were very impressive, 1507 01:16:26,214 --> 01:16:28,450 Melina's very impressed with her guys. 1508 01:16:29,785 --> 01:16:32,321 [Cole] Mercury and Nitro taking their time, 1509 01:16:32,387 --> 01:16:36,124 picking Mysterio and Batista apart inside a steel cage. 1510 01:16:36,191 --> 01:16:38,860 [Tazz] They're bouncing from each guy now… Ooh, leg drop. 1511 01:16:38,927 --> 01:16:40,762 [Cole] But that's good strategy, I would believe. 1512 01:16:40,829 --> 01:16:43,799 -[Tazz] Oh, it is good strategy. -Here's the cover on Mysterio, 1513 01:16:43,865 --> 01:16:47,369 hook of the leg and a kickout, but never say die for Rey Mysterio. 1514 01:16:47,436 --> 01:16:51,673 [Tazz] I'm flat-out impressed with MNM. They got this topsy-turvy, 1515 01:16:51,740 --> 01:16:54,109 this ping-pong type of offense going on. 1516 01:16:54,176 --> 01:16:58,347 Beat on one guy, go beat on the other, back to the other, here they come again. 1517 01:16:58,413 --> 01:17:01,183 [Cole] And again, driving Batista into the steel cage. 1518 01:17:01,249 --> 01:17:04,653 [Tazz] Second time in this match, Melina's even more impressed. 1519 01:17:04,720 --> 01:17:07,723 [Cole] The spine of Batista crashing against that steel support, 1520 01:17:07,789 --> 01:17:10,692 not once but twice after the impact by MNM, 1521 01:17:10,759 --> 01:17:13,862 and now singling out Rey Mysterio, MNM so dangerous. 1522 01:17:13,929 --> 01:17:16,598 -[Tazz] This is not good, Cole. -[Cole] Now, the double team. 1523 01:17:16,665 --> 01:17:21,536 And launching Mysterio face-first into the steel cage. 1524 01:17:21,603 --> 01:17:24,673 Did you see the way Mysterio bounced off the cage? 1525 01:17:24,740 --> 01:17:26,441 -Here's the cover. Hook of the leg. -That's it. 1526 01:17:26,508 --> 01:17:28,977 And Mysterio somehow kicked out. 1527 01:17:29,044 --> 01:17:30,879 Take another look, classic double team 1528 01:17:30,946 --> 01:17:35,017 by the Tag Team Champions MNM, Mysterio off the cage. 1529 01:17:36,084 --> 01:17:37,853 Again, MNM continues the pressure, 1530 01:17:37,919 --> 01:17:40,455 not allowing the World Heavyweight Champion Batista 1531 01:17:40,522 --> 01:17:42,124 to get out of the box here, 1532 01:17:42,190 --> 01:17:45,827 continuing to pin the champ against the steel cage. 1533 01:17:45,894 --> 01:17:48,497 [Tazz] I'm not too sure if Batista… I'm sorry, if MNM, 1534 01:17:48,563 --> 01:17:52,734 if this is just great offense or if this is just a desperation offense. 1535 01:17:52,801 --> 01:17:55,437 I still don't think MNM likes being in that damn cage. 1536 01:17:55,504 --> 01:17:56,571 [Cole] Can you blame them? 1537 01:17:56,638 --> 01:17:59,608 [Tazz] No, I don't blame them but they're looking good, Cole, like them or not. 1538 01:17:59,675 --> 01:18:02,310 [Cole] Big clothesline to Mysterio, Melina loves what she sees. 1539 01:18:02,377 --> 01:18:04,346 Double team now on the World Heavyweight Champion. 1540 01:18:04,413 --> 01:18:06,615 [Tazz] Look at this, look at this. Double Russian, oof. 1541 01:18:06,682 --> 01:18:08,717 [Cole] Connecting with that Russian legsweep. 1542 01:18:08,784 --> 01:18:12,254 [Tazz] Double Russian legsweep and Batista's down and out, 1543 01:18:12,320 --> 01:18:15,524 -as is Mysterio. -[Cole] MNM wearing their opponents down 1544 01:18:15,590 --> 01:18:18,593 in this matchup with the Tag Team Titles on the line. 1545 01:18:21,797 --> 01:18:25,901 [Tazz] This constant beating down by Mercury and Nitro 1546 01:18:25,967 --> 01:18:29,037 on Mysterio and Batista and again, 1547 01:18:29,104 --> 01:18:34,076 these Batista chants crank up here by the SmackDown fans. 1548 01:18:34,142 --> 01:18:35,844 [Cole] Mysterio whipped into the corner. 1549 01:18:35,911 --> 01:18:38,947 -[Tazz] Here they come. -Mercury, and Mysterio got the boot up. 1550 01:18:39,014 --> 01:18:40,816 [Cole] Rey Mysterio got the boot up, 1551 01:18:40,882 --> 01:18:43,685 into the cage goes Mercury, and there's Nitro from behind. 1552 01:18:46,021 --> 01:18:48,223 -[Tazz] Look at this. Got a Crucifix… -[Cole] Rey Mysterio. 1553 01:18:48,290 --> 01:18:51,593 Wow. Shoulders down, may have it here. The new champions… 1554 01:18:51,660 --> 01:18:53,095 No, and a kickout at two. 1555 01:18:53,161 --> 01:18:56,865 [Tazz] Beautiful Crucifix by Rey Mysterio on Nitro. 1556 01:18:58,166 --> 01:19:00,135 Very tough move to pull off. 1557 01:19:00,202 --> 01:19:03,038 [Cole] Rey Mysterio trying to get back into this matchup. 1558 01:19:03,105 --> 01:19:05,574 Mysterio going to the top rope, what's he gonna do here? 1559 01:19:05,640 --> 01:19:08,477 [Tazz] He's the human highlight reel of sports entertainment, Cole. 1560 01:19:08,543 --> 01:19:11,046 Don't go… Rey, don't go up there, Rey. 1561 01:19:11,113 --> 01:19:13,381 -Wait a minute, Rey. Uh-oh. -[Cole] Oh my God. 1562 01:19:13,448 --> 01:19:16,218 Oh my God. No way. Right over top of the cage. 1563 01:19:16,284 --> 01:19:17,919 Oh my Lord. 1564 01:19:17,986 --> 01:19:20,822 [Tazz] Oh my God, that's no man's land, Cole. 1565 01:19:20,889 --> 01:19:23,458 [Cole] And look at Mercury knocking Nitro out of the way. 1566 01:19:23,525 --> 01:19:26,762 And Rey Mysterio with a crossbody, here's the lateral press. 1567 01:19:26,828 --> 01:19:28,497 And Nitro saved the matchup… 1568 01:19:28,563 --> 01:19:31,933 but Mysterio with a crossbody from the top of the cage, 1569 01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:34,503 almost winning the Tag Team Titles. 1570 01:19:34,569 --> 01:19:38,974 [Tazz] You got to be kidding me, off the top of the cage with a crossbody. 1571 01:19:39,040 --> 01:19:43,111 [Cole] Let's take another look. Mysterio perched high in the air 1572 01:19:43,178 --> 01:19:44,913 and watch him fly. 1573 01:19:44,980 --> 01:19:47,449 [Tazz] Risking his life. Look at Rey Mysterio! 1574 01:19:47,516 --> 01:19:50,585 Did I tell you he's one of a kind? I did say that, right? 1575 01:19:50,652 --> 01:19:53,221 [Cole] Rey Mysterio ducks underneath, look at this. 1576 01:19:53,288 --> 01:19:57,359 Face-first goes Mysterio, great counter by MNM. 1577 01:19:57,425 --> 01:20:01,363 [Tazz] Face-first for sure, and Mysterio might be knocked wheezy and silly there. 1578 01:20:02,631 --> 01:20:06,468 [Cole] Mysterio's sent through the ropes into the cage. 1579 01:20:06,535 --> 01:20:08,069 And again MNM… 1580 01:20:08,136 --> 01:20:12,107 And wait a minute! Batista is up, and Batista's exploding! 1581 01:20:12,908 --> 01:20:16,244 [Tazz] Sure as hell did. There goes Nitro, there goes Nitro. 1582 01:20:16,311 --> 01:20:18,013 [Cole] Big back body drop. 1583 01:20:18,079 --> 01:20:22,050 -[Tazz] Watch out, the power. -[Cole] Mercury driven into the corner. 1584 01:20:22,117 --> 01:20:24,286 Here are the shoulders by the champ. 1585 01:20:24,352 --> 01:20:29,224 [Tazz] Look at the power of the World Heavyweight Champion, Dave Batista. 1586 01:20:30,125 --> 01:20:32,661 [Cole] And he ran into a boot by Nitro. 1587 01:20:32,727 --> 01:20:34,229 [Tazz] Uh-oh. 1588 01:20:34,296 --> 01:20:36,731 Here's Nitro going… He's gonna try… 1589 01:20:36,798 --> 01:20:39,301 Wait a minute, uh-oh, Batista got him by the back of his pants. 1590 01:20:39,367 --> 01:20:41,870 [Cole] Oh no. Oh no, this doesn't look good for Nitro. 1591 01:20:41,937 --> 01:20:43,939 [Tazz] Cole, look at this. Look at this. 1592 01:20:44,005 --> 01:20:46,842 [Cole] And look at Mercury trying to help his partner out. 1593 01:20:46,908 --> 01:20:48,977 [Tazz] Uh-oh, he's holding on to the hand of… 1594 01:20:50,045 --> 01:20:53,582 Mercury's holding Nitro's hand, pulled him back. 1595 01:20:54,482 --> 01:20:56,351 [Cole] And Batista… Look at this! 1596 01:20:57,919 --> 01:21:00,555 -[Tazz] Oh my God. Happy New Year. -[Cole] Wow. 1597 01:21:02,057 --> 01:21:03,992 And then the double head knocker. 1598 01:21:04,059 --> 01:21:06,928 -[Tazz] Yeah, you're not kidding. -[Cole] Both men knocked off the top rope. 1599 01:21:06,995 --> 01:21:09,598 -[Tazz] Watch out! -[Cole] Into the cage. 1600 01:21:09,664 --> 01:21:11,399 Did you see the power of the champ? 1601 01:21:11,466 --> 01:21:14,202 -[Tazz] All animal, baby, all animal. -[Cole] Oh my God, look at Batista. 1602 01:21:14,269 --> 01:21:17,806 [Cole] The Animal's at home in the cage. Spinebuster! 1603 01:21:19,674 --> 01:21:23,345 [Cole] Well, it could be the beginning of the end. 1604 01:21:23,411 --> 01:21:25,880 -[Tazz] The Animal… Wait a minute. -[Cole] Oh my! 1605 01:21:25,947 --> 01:21:29,050 It's Mark Henry. It's Melina's insurance policy. 1606 01:21:29,117 --> 01:21:32,454 [Tazz] There's a cage up, Mark Henry can't do nothing, Cole. 1607 01:21:32,520 --> 01:21:35,490 -There's a cage up, what's he gonna do? -[Cole] I have no idea. 1608 01:21:35,557 --> 01:21:37,592 Batista staring at The World's Strongest Man. 1609 01:21:37,659 --> 01:21:39,628 And Mark Henry… 1610 01:21:39,694 --> 01:21:43,031 [Tazz] Well, he's pulling on there… He's trying to get in there. 1611 01:21:43,098 --> 01:21:44,666 [Cole] Maybe he's looking for a way in? 1612 01:21:44,733 --> 01:21:47,168 [Tazz] There is no way. You can climb over there but… 1613 01:21:48,036 --> 01:21:49,905 No way in, no way out, Cole. 1614 01:21:53,141 --> 01:21:54,342 Get in there! 1615 01:21:58,179 --> 01:22:01,383 [Cole] And The World's Strongest Man looking for a way into this. 1616 01:22:01,449 --> 01:22:04,686 [Tazz] Frustrated, he's frustrated. Batista knows he can't get in. 1617 01:22:04,753 --> 01:22:07,489 -[Cole] And Batista… -[Tazz] I don't… 1618 01:22:07,555 --> 01:22:09,858 I think Batista wants Mark in there. 1619 01:22:09,925 --> 01:22:13,161 [Cole] And this is exactly why this cage was placed around the ring tonight-- 1620 01:22:13,228 --> 01:22:16,464 [Tazz] Whoa, whoa, whoa! What's Henry… What's he pointing at? 1621 01:22:17,465 --> 01:22:18,333 [shouts] 1622 01:22:18,400 --> 01:22:20,368 What the hell's Mark Henry doing? What the hell! 1623 01:22:21,536 --> 01:22:23,938 -[Cole] He's trying like hell to get in. -[Tazz] Sure is. 1624 01:22:25,874 --> 01:22:26,942 [grunts] 1625 01:22:27,008 --> 01:22:29,477 -[Cole] Oh my. Oh my. -[Tazz] Did he just break it? 1626 01:22:29,544 --> 01:22:31,279 [Cole] Mark Henry just… He just broke the chain! 1627 01:22:31,346 --> 01:22:32,547 [Tazz] Are you kidding me? 1628 01:22:32,614 --> 01:22:34,482 -[Cole] That had that door locked. -What the hell? 1629 01:22:34,549 --> 01:22:38,653 [Cole] And the door is open. And Mark Henry is staring at Batista. 1630 01:22:38,720 --> 01:22:42,157 -[Tazz] Mark Henry busted that chain. -[Cole] With his bare hands. 1631 01:22:42,223 --> 01:22:44,426 -[Cole] Mark Henry… Look! -[Tazz] What the hell is this? 1632 01:22:44,492 --> 01:22:48,063 [Cole] Mark Henry just knocked the steel door off its hinges. 1633 01:22:48,930 --> 01:22:50,999 [Tazz] He just whipped that door off the hinge! 1634 01:22:55,570 --> 01:22:58,940 [Cole] Mark Henry just threw… he just threw the door in the ring. 1635 01:22:59,007 --> 01:23:01,343 [Tazz] And Mercury's hanging on to Batista's waist. 1636 01:23:01,409 --> 01:23:03,712 [Cole] And Batista with the right hands, but Mark Henry… 1637 01:23:03,778 --> 01:23:07,215 [Tazz] Watch out! Oh wow! 1638 01:23:09,117 --> 01:23:11,753 Oh man, this is not good for Batista. 1639 01:23:11,820 --> 01:23:13,555 [Cole] No, not good at all. 1640 01:23:14,522 --> 01:23:17,292 [Tazz] Look, Batista's in a bad way. 1641 01:23:17,359 --> 01:23:20,929 [Cole] Well, can you imagine getting run over by a 400-pound truck? 1642 01:23:20,996 --> 01:23:25,467 [Tazz] And Mark Henry is on… This is all legal too, Cole. 1643 01:23:25,533 --> 01:23:27,102 The whole deal's legal. 1644 01:23:28,370 --> 01:23:30,538 -[Cole] Mark Henry… -[Tazz] Oh my God. 1645 01:23:30,605 --> 01:23:32,807 -[Cole] …sends Batista! -[Tazz] Oh my God. 1646 01:23:32,874 --> 01:23:35,110 [Cole] Batista pressed again, 1647 01:23:35,176 --> 01:23:39,381 and thrown into the steel cage by The World's Strongest Man. 1648 01:23:39,447 --> 01:23:43,251 [Tazz] How powerful and dominant is Mark Henry? 1649 01:23:43,318 --> 01:23:45,787 God Almighty. Now what? 1650 01:23:48,923 --> 01:23:51,059 Look at that face, Cole. Look at those eyes. Look at that… 1651 01:23:53,962 --> 01:23:57,966 Batista's in trouble, Cole. Batista's in big trouble. 1652 01:23:58,967 --> 01:24:01,336 -Oh, no, no. Don't do this, Mark. -[Cole] Oh no. No. 1653 01:24:01,403 --> 01:24:05,040 Oh no! The steel door on the skull of Batista! 1654 01:24:06,941 --> 01:24:11,045 The Animal falling in a-- in a slumping heap. 1655 01:24:12,847 --> 01:24:16,117 -[Tazz] Look at the look on Mark Henry. -[Cole] Well, it's all Melina. 1656 01:24:16,184 --> 01:24:18,887 She hired Mark Henry for insurance. 1657 01:24:19,387 --> 01:24:20,722 [whistling] 1658 01:24:20,789 --> 01:24:23,458 -She hired Mark Henry for protection… -[Tazz] Watch out! 1659 01:24:23,892 --> 01:24:28,496 …and now the steel door off the skull of Mysterio. 1660 01:24:28,563 --> 01:24:33,234 Mark Henry laying waste to everything in his path. 1661 01:24:33,301 --> 01:24:36,438 [Tazz] Mark Henry destroyed Mysterio 1662 01:24:36,504 --> 01:24:38,907 and destroyed Batista. 1663 01:24:41,109 --> 01:24:43,945 -Look at this! What the hell's this? -[Cole] And here is the cover. 1664 01:24:44,012 --> 01:24:47,515 -[bell rings] -And MNM retains the Tag Team Titles. 1665 01:24:47,582 --> 01:24:51,052 -[Tazz] And it's all legal. Oh my God. -[Cole] Thanks to Mark Henry. 1666 01:24:51,119 --> 01:24:57,058 [Tony] Here are your winners and still WWE Tag Team Champions, 1667 01:24:57,125 --> 01:25:00,128 MNM! 1668 01:25:00,195 --> 01:25:03,598 [Cole] I'll tell you, Tazz, we thought Mark Henry made an impact last week. 1669 01:25:04,799 --> 01:25:09,537 Wow, talk about making a major impact. 1670 01:25:09,604 --> 01:25:12,707 Mark Henry, a human wrecking ball. 1671 01:25:12,774 --> 01:25:14,609 Let's take a look at the devastation. 1672 01:25:14,676 --> 01:25:18,913 First, Tazz, The World's Strongest Man busting the chain with ease. 1673 01:25:18,980 --> 01:25:21,716 [Tazz] How the hell he did this, I don't know. 1674 01:25:21,783 --> 01:25:23,651 Look at how thick that chain is! 1675 01:25:23,718 --> 01:25:26,488 And look at this, Cole, ripping the door off the hinge. 1676 01:25:26,554 --> 01:25:30,225 [Cole] And then Henry would use that door as a weapon. 1677 01:25:30,291 --> 01:25:34,129 First, he would pick up Batista, slam him into the cage, 1678 01:25:34,195 --> 01:25:37,632 pick up the door, and Mysterio would be the next to suffer. 1679 01:25:37,699 --> 01:25:40,168 [Tazz] Watch this, bam, look at that impact. 1680 01:25:42,437 --> 01:25:43,771 [Cole] Watch the champion. 1681 01:25:43,838 --> 01:25:45,473 [Tazz] Mark Henry, he's so dominant, Cole. 1682 01:25:45,540 --> 01:25:47,442 [Cole] Watch the champion. 1683 01:25:47,509 --> 01:25:48,910 [Tazz] Oh my God. 1684 01:25:48,977 --> 01:25:52,647 [Cole] Mark Henry leaving waste in the ring. 1685 01:25:56,317 --> 01:25:59,187 Mark Henry with a symbolic statement here tonight 1686 01:25:59,254 --> 01:26:03,191 that he's on top of the world, that he's on the top of the heap. 1687 01:26:04,692 --> 01:26:07,128 If you're Batista, how do you stop this guy? 1688 01:26:07,195 --> 01:26:10,765 [Tazz] I don't have a clue, Cole. I don't have a clue. 1689 01:26:10,832 --> 01:26:13,768 Mark Henry, so dominant.