[narrator] WrestleMania…
Where Superstars can solidify their legacies.
But to realize this dream,
they must go through this structure.
[commentator] The last opportunity to Main Event WrestleMania.
[narrator] An unpredictable environment
born from shattered bodies and crushed souls.
[Cole] You look at the faces of these Superstars, you see fear,
trepidation, almost an unknowing of what to expect,
[narrator] Reminding those who enter that men are merely flesh and bones.
[J.R.] These men are playing Russian roulette with their careers.
[narrator] A match with the odds against a champion are never higher.
[Cole] Six times the championship has changed hands.
[narrator] And surviving is just the beginning.
Welcome… to the belly of the beast.
Tonight, 12 Superstars, three relentless championship battles.
[Cole] What are these men willing to go through to headline WrestleMania?
[narrator] Two matches that can change course at any time.
[Cole] Only one in six that are gonna be able to win the match.
[narrator] No one knows what will happen.
[Cole] No one leaves the Elimination Chamber the same.
[narrator] But at this moment, one thing is for sure.
[J.R.] Championships and legacies will be at stake.
[narrator] Exit the Chamber with the championship,
enter WrestleMania as champion.
Tonight, the Road to WrestleMania
goes through the Elimination Chamber
[TV announcer] And now, WWE presents…
the Elimination Chamber.
[crowd cheering]
[commentator] Welcome to the final pay-per-view before WrestleMania.
This is Elimination Chamber.
You are looking live at the jam-packed Bradley Centre in Milwaukee.
15,306 WWE fans are here,
where, tonight, three championships are on the line.
And two will be decided inside the Elimination Chamber.
Hey again, everybody. I'm Michael Cole.
Hall of Famer, Jerry Lawler, soon to be Hall of Famer, Booker T on ringside.
How excited are you guys to be on the Road to WrestleMania?
Elimination Chamber to me, starts the road, baby.
Here we come, WrestleMania. I'm so hyped up.
WrestleMania, we're going to get there.
But, tonight, is about the Elimination Chamber.
And the combat in the middle of that square circle.
Tonight is gonna be off the hook, dog.
[Cole] And there it is, ladies and gentlemen,
the formidable, dangerous structure known as the Elimination Chamber.
This structure is ten years old this year,
and coming up right now, the WWE Championship will be defended.
[bell dings]
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, this is the Elimination Chamber match
for the WWE Championship!
There, two Superstars will begin the match
While four participants will be locked inside their individual pods.
Every five minutes, a random pod will open to allow that competitor into the match.
This will continue until all six participants have entered.
At any time, an individual can be eliminated by pinfall or submission,
and must leave the Chamber.
The last remaining Superstar will be declared the winner
and WWE Champion.
[crowd cheering]
[Chris Jericho's theme song playing]
[announcer] Introducing the participants first.
From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,
weighing 226 pounds,
Chris Jericho!
[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, no man has more experience
inside the Elimination Chamber than Chris Jericho.
This is his seventh Elimination Chamber matchup.
And in 2010, he won the World Championship in this event,
So, Booker, he's one of these guys, who knows what it's like, as do you,
to be locked inside this Chamber.
[Booker] Definitely Chris Jericho is no stranger
to this type of matchup right here. He's gonna go up there
and do whatever it takes to get the job done.
That's what Chris Jericho has been about his whole career, man.
[King] And you can tell by the look on Jericho's face
that how serious this is. He's all business tonight.
He knows what's at stake inside this Chamber.
[Cole] And we do know that Chris Jericho will enter this Chamber matchup last.
Virtue of his victory in a six-pack challenge a few weeks ago
on Monday Night RAW.
So, Chris Jericho will be in the final man to enter the Chamber match later tonight.
[King] Absolutely huge advantage!
[Booker] Definitely got the lucky number.
[The Miz's theme song playing]
[announcer] Next, from Cleveland, Ohio, weighing 221 pounds,
The Miz!
[Cole] For the first time, The Miz
will actually enter the Elimination Chamber matchup.
Booker, for a guy like this going into his Chamber match,
what's going through his mind right now?
[Booker] Miz has been on the bubble.
Miz knows that this situation right here, this opportunity right here
can put him right back in the mix.
I'm talking about the WWE Championship.
So Miz, let me tell you, he's ready,
he's class, let's say he'll get the job done.
[Cole] Jerry, Miz has been obsessed with the back man.
He wants to headline WrestleMania, the event again this year,
he needs to win this match to do that.
[King] Well, you're not wrong there, Cole.
I mean, last year WrestleMania, Miz was the Main Event.
If he doesn't win here tonight, he's out of luck.
-He may not even be at WrestleMania. -[Booker] He's on the bubble.
[Cole] "The Awesome one" The Miz
will be locked into a pod.
-[King] I know you're pulling for him. -[Cole] Of course I am.
[Dolph Ziggler's theme song playing]
[announcer] Accompanied to the ring by Vicky Guerrero
from Hollywood, Florida, weighing 213 pounds,
Dolph Ziggler!
[Cole] As Dolph Ziggler gets set for action ladies and gentlemen,
as with every pay-per-view in international flare here tonight
and elimination Chamber, we are joined ringside
by our Spanish and out team, Marcelo Rodriguez and Carlos Cabrera.
[speaking in Spanish]
[Cole] Can you talk that fast?
[King] They talk faster than I can listen.
[Cole] Dog Ziggler entering the Elimination Chamber match
for the very first time and his career, but he's very confident.
You guys recall the debate this past Monday night on RAW where he said, quote,
"I'm better than everyone in this Chamber match
and I back it up each and every night."
[Booker] You can say that right there.
In a word, confident.
This guy, Dolph Ziggler confidence has been skyrocketing
over the past few months.
[R-Truth's theme music playing]
[announcer] From Charlotte, North Carolina,
weighing 220 pounds, R-Truth!
[Cole] For the first time, I should say for the third time in his career
the eccentric, off his rocker, R-Truth, will enter the Elimination Chamber.
Now, you were in the ring during the debate this past Monday night, King.
You can't tell me R-Truth's a little screwy?
[King] Not at all, as a matter of fact,
that was a historic debate if you ask me.
Better than the past few debates I've watched on television.
[Cole] R-Truth said that our little Jimmy will be his running mate.
And then he said he's trade Vicky and Dolph with SmackDown
for Hornswoggle and spiders if he was elected up…
Not sure what he was running for, though.
[King] I liked when he called me "Your honor." That was good.
[Cole] So, now you're a Judge. A King and a Judge.
So we now know the four men who will not start the matchup.
We know the two men who will start the matchup.
[Kofi Kingston's theme song playing]
[announcer] From Ghana, West Africa, weighing 212 pounds, Kofi Kingston.
[Cole] Kofi Kingston entered the Elimination Chamber matchup
for the second time in his career.
We notice Chris Jericho, R-Truth, The Miz and Ziggler
all locked inside these pods.
What does it feel like to be locked inside these pods
that are protected by Lexan.
[Booker] I've been there one time,
you gotta do your best to contain the anxiety from creeping in.
Just in… I'm claustrophobic,
so, being in a pod like that totally consumed every second I was in it.
Couldn't wait to get out, Cole.
[King] Looking at the look on Kofi's face,
Booker, it's gotta be easy to get overwhelmed in this situation, right?
[Booker] Let me tell, this is a big night. Especially, with Kofi Kingston tonight,
ever capturing that big title tonight…
gonna be his shot. Let's see what exactly is gonna happen.
[CM Punk's theme song playing]
[announcer] From Chicago, Illinois, weighing 218 pounds,
here is the current WWE champion,
CM Punk!
[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, the WWE champion
now has a huge disadvantage.
He will be one of the first two men to start this matchup here tonight.
Meaning, that in order to retain his championship
and defend the title of WrestleMania,
CM Punk is going to have to outlast all five opponents.
[Booker] Let me tell you, any way you look at it,
the odds are against CM Punk.
I said it once and I'll say it again,
this matchup right here
is the hardest match of the year for any champion
in the biz. This right here. In the Elimination Chamber.
Conquer the world!
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Jerry, if you're seeing Punk, what's your strategy?
[King] You know, I don't even know if you're thinking about strategy here.
It's just a situation. Punk has… he's made his rounds here,
he's shown everybody that WWE title
is his once again right here.
I think it's about…
I think it's all about believing in yourself.
I think it's, you know, dancing with what brung ya.
The guy's gotta do what he did to get here.
He's gotta continue doing it tonight.
[Cole] So let's settle in for what will now be
the 14th Chamber match in WWE history.
[Booker] We're about to kick it off, dog. It's about to get hot.
[Cole] To put things thing in perspective, guys,
this is what CM Punks faces here.
In a 13 previous Elimination Chamber matchups,
the champion has only retained the title on three different occasions.
So the odds is overwhelmingly against Punk to do that here tonight.
[Booker] Definitely an uphill battle.
All week on Twitter, people have been asking,
"You know, Booker, who do you gonna pick?"
"Give me your estimates. Who do you gonna call?"
Let me tell you, in a matchup like this,
the chips will fall wherever they may.
Anybody can walk out of here with their championship tonight.
[Cole] Predictions, King?
[King laughs] Well, I don't know.
Let me get into this thing just a little bit.
I like CM Punk, but let's face it.
CM Punk could be eliminated before the first Chamber,
before the first pod is even open.
[Cole] Am I the only one to make a pick here? I choose Chris Jericho.
He's got the most experience and he's entering last.
[Booker] You're an amateur. You've never been in a match like this.
That's why you can make a pick.
Myself, King, we can't make a pick in a matchup like this.
It's just too hard, man.
[Cole] It is Kofi Kingston. And Kofi Kingston is leapfrogging
over the top rope. That could be some of the athletic ability
Kingston is going to be bringing to this matchup tonight.
[King] That was impressive. I gotta tell you.
[Booker] That was beautiful.
Quick balance by this kid, Kofi Kingston.
[Cole] Kingston, a three time intercontinental champion,
two time United States champion, as well as a tag team champ.
In fact, he was a tag team champion with CM Punk at one point in his career.
You think about Kofi Kingston, he thinks he has a lot to prove here tonight.
Remember back in the debate on Monday,
he said that he's no longer going to be an afterthought
because he plans on winning tonight.
[King] I don't know, that was one man's opinion
that Kingston is an afterthought.
I mean, this young man is… he's made a believer out of everybody.
He has tremendous athletic ability that he's showing right here.
[Cole] Shoulders are down and CM Punk rolls through.
Remember…
[King] Got him, got him, got him.
[Cole] Great chain wrestling here between Punk and Kofi Kingston.
[King] If I were Punk, I'd get out of there as well.
[Cole] And now Kofi Kingston Jackknife cover,
shoulders down to CM Punk will bridge out of this.
[Booker] Great pinning position right there
but beautiful bridge right there by CM Punk.
[King] Going for a backslide, then get it… Oh, Go To Sleep?
[Cole] Punk was going for the Go To Sleep there,
because, remember, you win this matchup for your pinfall or submission
to eliminate your opponent.
-[King] Kofi kicks him with a high elbow. -[Booker] Beautiful move!
[Cole] Hit Punk in the jaw, here's the cover,
and Punk kicks out in one.
[Booker] Let me tell you,
Kofi Kingston don't wanna get over exerted out there.
You don't wanna use his energy up too quick this early in this matchup.
It's gonna be a long night, trust me.
[King] He also don't wanna have an early bedtime.
That's why he was lucky to avoid that Go To Sleep.
[Cole] Kofi went for the Boom Drop and CM Punk just like that.
[Booker] In this type of matchup, you don't need to Boom Drop.
Keep your eyes on the prize, son, and that's that world championship.
[Cole] CM Punk up over the top rope.
We hear them crashing into the steal grating
that surrounds the ring.
[King] That's one thing different there.
-Even with the ring floor, steel floors- -[Cole] Uh oh, uh oh…
And Kingston realizing what was a weight evidently--
[all exclaiming]
[Booker] Right on the hip. I'll tell you right there,
that gives none. That has no give,
that grate right there, trust me,
CM Punk will be feeling that right there for days.
[Cole] Kofi Kingston who inspired in his career as we take another look.
Just feel and hear this.
-[grate rattling] -[all exclaiming]
Kofi Kingston going to continue to use the Chamber as a weapon
from bad to worse--
[all exclaiming]
[Cole] Punk with a great counter.
And now it's Kingston right over that Lexan.
That is an extremely hard plastic Lexan.
It is bulletproof, as you can see,
Kofi Kingston bouncing head first off the pod
as Jericho had a first first-hand seat.
[King] I also paid attention to CM Punk as he, with his right hand,
felt to that hip, he may have a hip pointer, right?
[Booker] Definitely may have a hip pointer.
This matchup right here. These guys got it going on here.
They're gonna do everything they can.
They're gonna leave it out in that ring.
And that's what this business was built on,
but let me tell you, I don't envy
either one of these guys out here tonight, man.
[King] Kofi Kingston may have a back pointer after that.
[crowd chanting] CM Punk…
Entire weight crashing down on that steel floor.
[Cole] CM Punk, who won the WWE Championship back in November
in Survivor Series…
Launches himself up over the top, looks to put Kingston away,
hooks the inside leg and a kick-out by Kofi at two.
You know, Kofi Kingston said his career has been inspired
by the Hall of Famer, the great Shawn Michaels.
-[Booker] My bad. -[King laughs]
[Cole] Which brings to mind what happened a decade ago,
first Elimination Chamber matchup ever,
Madison Square Garden, Survivor Series,
Shawn Michaels returning from a five-year hiatus
because of a back injury,
returned in the Chamber to win the World Heavyweight Championship,
one of the greatest moments in WWE history.
[Booker] That's about the size of it.
It's about true grit.
It's about a guy having a major injury like that
and then coming out in the middle of destruction right here
and leave it in the middle of that ring. That's what it's all about, man.
[Cole] Punk with the cover on Kingston,
put Kofi away, takes him two this time to kick-out.
[King] You talked about strategy early on
and we're about five seconds away from our first entry out of one of these pods.
[Cole] Who's gonna be the third man to enter the Chamber?
[buzzer sounds]
[Booker] Here comes the Zig Zag man.
[Cole] The Showoff, Dolph Ziggler,
and he comes roaring out of the Chamber
and goes right after CM Punk.
[King] Man, Punk's face went right into those steel chains.
[Cole] With Ziggler in the matchup now
it has been turned into a Triple Threat match,
for a lack of a better term.
Nice fireman’s carry under the steel.
[Booker] Let me tell you, this kid, Dolph Ziggler, has been on fire lately.
If anybody can go in here, pull this thing off on confidence alone,
I say it's this guy right here.
[King] Oh, lord, what's gonna do now?
-[Cole] Oh, look at Ziggler. -[King] Are you kidding me?
[Booker] Keep the abs tight.
-[King] Using it for a workout? -[Booker] That's what's all about.
This guy looks good. He's feeling good right now.
He's putting it up with his boy CM Punk.
[Cole] He's not showing off, if he can back it up.
Ziggler may have hurt himself,
when he dropped that leg at the back of the neck of Punk.
[King] I was about to say when we talked about strategy,
if I were any of these guys, I would try to stay in the ring
and away from that steel floor.
[Cole] Here's the cover. Noticed how Ziggler rolled Punk back into the ring?
That's because pinfall submissions must occur between the ropes here tonight,
inside the Elimination Chamber. It's Ziggler.
[Booker] Beautiful. Let me tell you,
Ziggler has impressed me having come into this Chamber matchup, guys.
This guy, Dolph Ziggler, says he's gonna be
the biggest star WWE's history has ever seen, man.
[Cole] Well, he's a former world champion
and he came close a couple of occasions to taking the WWE title
from CM Punk over the past couple months.
[King] Well, that didn't work out too well for Dolph Ziggler.
I'm telling you, all of these guys right now are suffering
the effects of being outside the ring on that steel floor.
Nothing good can happen to you out of there.
[Booker] You can fall one time if somebody
can be taken you out there in an ambulance, taking you to a hospital.
That's what this structure here is all about.
Put yourself in the right position--
[Cole] Booker, that's later on tonight…
Right now, we're talking about the Elimination Chamber.
[Booker] Well, maybe, just wanna stretch it.
[Cole] Okay, great. Anyhow, that's why the Chamber… the Bookers point,
that's why the Chamber is so unique.
It has all this steel surrounding the ring and how it comes into play in the matchup.
[Booker] It's almost impossible
for someone not to get hurt or injured in a matchup like this.
[King] Nice dropkick by the champ.
[Cole] That's Superstars in the entire world competing tonight
for the WWE Championship inside the Elimination Chamber.
No one has been eliminated yet.
Kofi Kingston trying to build some momentum.
[Booker] Still going high risk, though.
This is a mistake right here. Like King said,
keep it in the middle of that square.
-[King] What is happening here? -[all exclaiming]
[Cole] Kofi collided in mid-air.
[King] Did you call that or not, Booker, big mistake.
[Booker] Didn't I tell ya?
High-risk maneuvers in a matchup like this
is unwarranted. That's just my opinion.
[Cole] Look at the bodies through across the ring.
Three men, no one eliminated yet.
[King] If either Kofi or Punk can get up there, I'd be surprised.
Dolph should cover somebody.
[Cole] Again, watch this mid-air collision.
-[smacking sound] -[all exclaiming]
[Cole] Did you hear that?
[King] It's hard to watch.
[Cole] Oh!
Holy grief!
[Booker] How smart was Dolph Ziggler?
Just took himself right out of the picture right there
and let whatever happened happen.
Those guys took each other out of the game.
[Cole] No surprise, CM Punk,
really the whole town favorite here tonight in Milwaukee.
Just a stone's throw from CM Punk's hometown of Chicago,
as Punk now goes into the cover on Kingston,
hook to the legs, shoulders down, Kingston at two,
as we array the fourth participant in the Chamber matchup.
[King] Well, whoever comes in now is gonna come in fresh with a big advantage.
[buzzer sounds]
[Cole] And it will be R-Truth.
[King] R-Truth's gotta take advantage of the all the damage
that's been done to these pre-preceding Superstars here.
[Booker] The guy who I really wanna see pull this thing off is R-Truth.
-This guy has a… -[all exclaiming]
The guy's had a hell of the future here in this bit.
And this right here can cap it all bit a win tonight.
[Cole] I don't know if you noticed but Truth was talking to himself
when he was in the pod a few minutes ago.
[Cole] R-Truth launching himself over the top rope.
[King] Not smart, not smart at all. I think little Jimmy told him to do that.
[Cole] Damage inflicted everywhere. No one's been eliminated.
Four men have entered so far, the Chamber match for the championship.
[Booker] Watch this.
Right there in the hip flexors.
I'll tell you, the zig zag man is feeling it. But check this out.
Wow! I don't know if you guys saw it right there,
but R-Truth came right down on that form, he could be hurt.
[King] Oh! Didn't look there.
[Booker] That's it right there. Cover that boy.
[Cole] And R-Truth looking to put Ziggler away,
crawling to the cover. Will Ziggler be the first man eliminated?
[Booker] That's it.
[Cole] No, he got a two and a half kickout.
And the pace is beginning to quicken inside the Chamber.
[Booker] The scissor kick always put guys away. It always worked for me.
[Cole] You were the master of the scissor kick.
[Booker] Definitely, I talk to R-Truth about it
and showed him that perfection of it.
Even that I could drop it on that boy. Just didn't put the full effect on it.
-[King] Look at R-Truth! -[all exclaim]
[Cole] But he pulled himself right into the running, packed high knee of CM Punk.
[Booker] He put himself in a bad position right there.
CM Punk, the best in the world is--
[Cole] Superplex!
Here's the cover!
Hook to the leg!
And Truth kicks out at two.
[Booker] That was instincts right there.
All his teeth kicked out by R-Truth right there.
The boy is feeling it. He's feeling it.
[Cole] Kingston missed with Trouble in Paradise.
[King] And CM Punk sends Kingston flying.
[Booker] Punk's been cleaning the house right there.
They don't call him the champ for nothing right there.
He's proving why he is the number one guy right there in this business.
[King] Chris Jericho…
He wants to get his hands on Punk so bad.
[Cole] Chris Jericho calls CM Punk a Jericho wannabe.
Developing situation between those two Superstars.
And look how Punk taunts Jericho.
And there's the flying elbow to the chest.
Hook to the leg. Shoulders are down.
R-Truth's eliminated by CM Punk.
[Booker] Big elbow right to the heart like this.
[King] Hey…
[Cole] Dolph Ziggler from behind. Champion in trouble.
Punk has to roll through. Now it's Ziggler who's in trouble.
[all exclaiming]
[Booker] Cover that boy.
Cover him.
[Cole] And now Dolph Ziggler
trying to take out Kofi, but round and round they go.
[screams]
-Here's the cover. -[Booker] It's over, baby. It's over.
[Cole] Punk kicks out.
So close for Punk losing his championship.
[King] Just a little bit of interaction between Kofi Kingston and Dolph Ziggler
gave Punk the few seconds he needed to recuperate.
[Booker] That's all it took right there. Just those couple of seconds.
[King] Look at this!
[Cole] Like Spider-Man.
[all exclaiming]
[King] Oh, man.
Did you guys hear and see that?
[Cole] Ziggler may be out cold.
[King] Ziggler's not even moving a muscle here.
[Booker] Ziggler's hurt right now, guys.
[Cole] And you see Miz.
Miz is raring to go because Miz knows he will be the next man released
into this matchup because Jericho ensured he'll enter last.
[King] Dolph Ziggler is unconscious.
[Booker] He's motionless right now. Dolph Ziggler's out, man.
He's on dream street.
[Cole] And Miz will be released into this matchup in seven seconds.
[crowd counting down] Six, five, four, three, two, one.
[Cole] Ziggler and Kingston are down and out outside the ring.
Punk, the WWE Champion, trying to recover inside the ring.
And here comes the former WWE Champion.
And Miz has said on a number of occasions.
This is his last opportunity to headline WrestleMania
once again this year as the champion.
And there goes Punk.
And Miz has come out on fire.
[Booker] He's going about it the right way
right now, coming out here, losing the furniture,
trying to hurt somebody, trying to injure somebody and get a win.
That's what it's all about, son, in a matchup like this.
[Cole] But again, he's got to start eliminating people.
One man's been eliminated.
[King] You talk about being in the right place at the right time.
The Miz comes in when everybody else is flattened.
[Cole] Yeah, luck of the draw for the Miz perhaps, but can he take advantage?
[Booker] Like I said, Miz is used to the situation right now.
He's using that steel to his advantage.
He's trying to injure somebody to make his road,
to make his own path to WrestleMania. You got to love it.
[Cole] Miz got to start eliminating people now.
Kingston's down and out. Here's Ziggler.
Ziggler wants to get outside the ring.
Dolph Ziggler has been bouncing up and down
on the steel since he got in this matchup.
[King] Not a good night for Ziggler.
[Cole] CM Punk, the champion, trying to shake off cobwebs in the ring.
[King] Is he going to do what you say, Booker?
[Cole] Miz, cover, hook of the leg on Dolph Ziggler.
At two, he kicks out.
[Booker] I've been in this gig for 22 years, man.
These are the type of matches I avoided my whole career.
I'm going to tell you, I'm not ashamed to say it.
That's why I lasted these this long.
These guys right here, watch your back, son.
It could be over quick.
[Cole] Notice how Miz just drove Kingston spine-first into the steel post.
[King] Yeah, you want to be in this match. You want that chance at the championship.
But this is a career-shortening match.
[Cole] And this time Kingston's trying to fight back.
Right in the mush.
And Miz makes Kingston pay.
[Booker] Like you just said, King, the thing is, are worth,
are you willing to risk injury to go through a match
to win the championship.
Let me tell you, you got to go through hell and high water
in a matchup like this, man.
[Cole] Miz go to the cover, hook of the leg on Kofi here.
Got it! No, kick-out again.
It's not just about the WWE title tonight, Booker.
It's about winning the championship tonight
and taking that title into WrestleMania in six weeks.
-That's what this is about. -[Booker] What I'm talking about.
-To headline the greatest stage. -[Cole] Here comes The Miz.
That's what it's really all about. To be champion.
That's just icing on the cake right there, Cole.
Here comes The Miz.
[Cole] How smart was Punk?
How smart was Punk there?
[King] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
[Cole] Punk lured Miz in.
Now Miz going for the Skull-Crushing Finale.
[Booker] Not tonight.
[Cole] Great counter by Punk. Shoulders are down.
And Miz kicks out.
[Booker] Oh, man, right to that D right there.
[King] Oh, no. That should be it for Punk.
-[Cole] Here's the covers. -[Booker] Miz could do it here.
[Cole] And Punk, for now, keeping hold of his championship.
So far, just one man has been eliminated.
That was R-Truth at the hands of CM Punk a bit ago.
[Booker] Miz could have won that match right there.
He could have pulled a hard cover. That was a soft cover right there.
But let me tell you, you can't cover the champ like that and expect to win.
[Cole] You saw Jericho moments ago. He's the last man remaining
to enter this matchup.
[King] Lucky for Chris Jericho.
He's just been able to sit back and watch this mayhem.
That's these guys trying to destroy each other.
And, plus, R-Truth already eliminated.
[Cole] No luck about it for Jericho.
He earned his spot by winning the six-time challenge.
[Booker] Jericho is…
Well, he got that lucky number, but trust me, when Jericho comes out of
that pod, he's gonna step into a world of hurt.
It ain't gonna be no different for him, man.
[Cole] What is going through Punk's mind?
The WWE Champion realizes that he still has to
eliminate four men to retain the title tonight.
[King] Oh, goodness.
[Booker] When you get that lucky number, you expect it to be maybe…
-[Cole] What a slam. -[Booker] Maybe two guys left.
[Cole] Hook of the leg. Oh, and a kick-out.
[Booker] But right now-- Oh, here we go.
[Cole] Anaconda Vise! Anaconda Vise! The Vise is locked in.
We saw Miz tap to this on RAW Monday night.
Will he do it again? Can he fight out?
[King] Miz's fighting with everything he's got.
[Booker] Miz is trying to fight. He's not gonna tap.
[King] Oh, he is gonna tap.
[Cole] Jericho comes in in three seconds.
What's gonna play out here?
[buzzer sounds]
How is this scene gonna play out?
Will Miz tap out?
What will Jericho do when the door finally opens?
And Chris Jericho went right after Punk.
And this is a rivalry that is simmering between these two men.
[Booker] Miz never tapped right there, guys.
Miz did not tap out.
[King] And Punk released the hold just so he could face Jericho.
[Cole] Yeah, Jericho and Punk finally going at it.
Jericho has called Punk a Jericho wannabe.
Says he's copied everything that Jericho's done in his career.
He's called it plagiarism.
And now Jericho gonna make Punk pay.
In fact, at one point, he called Punk a liar.
Here's the cover. Hook to the leg. And a kick-out by Punk.
[Booker] It sounds like a little jealousy to me.
I mean, it sounds like a guy who's not willing to just
take a step back and let these young guys do their thing.
That's what it sounds like.
[Cole] Don't agree with you. I'll explain why in a second.
As Chris Jericho looks to flip Punk over on his belly,
into the Walls of Jericho, and a great counter by Punk.
[King] Tremendous legs straight from CM Punk…
-Here we go. Go To Sleep. -[Cole] Punk's Go To Sleep.
And elbows to the jaw will end that. And now Chris Jericho running Bulldog.
-[Booker] Beautiful. -[King] Man, oh, man.
[Booker] One thing, Jericho--
[King] Here it comes. Lionsault.
[Cole] Lionsault by Jericho.
And how sweet would this be for Jericho to take out the champion here.
And Punk at two.
And now Ziggler from behind.
Shoulders down.
He got him-- And a kickout.
[Booker] Wow.
Let me tell you, that was a-- That was a strong--
[all exclaiming]
Zig, cover him.
A Codebreaker right to the face.
[Cole] Jericho hooks the leg on Ziggler.
Dolph Ziggler, head to the showers.
[King] Dolph Ziggler should have bided his time a little better.
Maybe should have waited before attacking Jericho from behind.
[Cole] And we are now down to four men.
This is how Dolph's eliminated here. Watch the Codebreaker from out of nowhere.
Now this is the point I was thinking about Jericho before as he continues the attack.
He has every right to come here and brag about
what he's done in his career, because he's done it all.
He's won 30 championships.
He's the first ever undisputed champion in history.
He beat The Rock in Stone Cold Steve Austin on the same night.
He held the Intercontinental Championship a record nine times.
-He can say what he wants. -[King] You know who you sound like?
-Chris Jericho. -[Booker] That's my point.
I mean, Chris Jericho has done everything he has to, I mean, he's bent his hat off.
He's done it all. He's won all the championships.
So why is he here now?
[Cole] Uh-oh. What's Punk gonna do here?
What's CM Punk trying to do here with Jericho?
Oh, no, Jericho gonna go for the ride over the top and out on the steel.
[Booker] Like I said, Jericho is here to prove that he's still the man.
He's still the guy, the top dog.
Let me tell you, these guys, the CM Punk,
these guys… it's their ball game right now, Cole.
With Jericho's elimination of Dolph Ziggler,
it runs his record of people eliminated
inside the Chamber to nine men now in his career for Jericho.
[Booker] What, are you getting extra points for that or what?
[Cole] He won world title in the Chamber match,
more than you accomplished, Booker. So give the man some credit.
[Booker] This ain't about me right now, Cole.
This is about these guys going out here and proving who's the best.
And right now, CM Punk is putting a whooping on this boy, Jericho.
[Cole] And again, off the pod goes Jericho head first,
and now it's Punk firmly in control.
-[King] Jericho finding out-- -[Cole] Look at that.
Thumb to the eye, legal in this match.
-[King] Yeah, smart move by Jericho. -[Booker] He's on the timeout or what.
[Cole] He needs a little breather.
[King] He's going back home, trying to go back inside that pod.
[Cole] It's called a breather.
Find himself some time. And this is smart.
Hey, use what you got.
Use what you got around here.
Use your environment.
But now he's sort of backed into a corner.
[King] Yeah, that was a short respite there from Jericho.
Nice right hand, though, by Jericho. Right in the eye of CM Punk.
[Cole] Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Oh, man. Oh, my God.
Oh, and the assault continues.
And again, that is the veteran instinct of Jericho.
Use your surroundings.
Use your environment to the best of your ability.
Use it as a weapon, the Chamber. That's what Jericho's doing.
[King] That looked bad.
I mean, that could be a broken shoulder, or a separate shoulder at the least.
[Booker] I must admit Jericho lured that boy in right there.
[all exclaiming]
[Cole] And now Jericho in total control.
Miz and Kofi are down and out.
Punk, he hasn't moved inside the pod.
And now Jericho can systematically pick his opponents apart.
Three more men must be eliminated before the championship's decided.
[King] Like you said, Jericho earned it, that spot that he came in.
But it sure certainly is proving advantageous.
All of these guys had suffered a lot of abuse.
They had a lot of punishment.
There we go.
[Cole] Oh, my Lord. Kofi Kingston.
[Booker] I mean, Kofi, he went out.
He let them all hang out there. Let me tell you.
He felt it just as much as Jericho right there.
[King] Or maybe more.
[Booker] He's in a lot of pain right now, King.
[King] Kofi felt it with his face.
[Cole] Miz trying to steal one here and a kick-out by Jericho.
Miz trying to sneak in the back door.
[Booker] That's what this matchup is going to wind up being,
a guy being in the right place at the right time.
That's my opinion. That's gonna be the winner right there, man.
[Cole] And now it's Miz, starting to build some momentum.
[King] Miz looking the freshest of all of these guys right at the moment.
[Cole] And the referee doing his job, making sure Kofi Kingston was alert,
making sure that he was ready to go, knew where he was,
as Miz now is allowed to continue the attack.
[King] You might want to ask Kofi a second time right now.
I don't know if he knows where he is. It's possible.
[Booker] I'll tell you right now, Miz is just letting it all flow.
Let me tell you, he's looking good.
Will Miz get it done tonight?
[Cole] He's very aggressive tonight, this Miz.
He realizes-- Oh, no!
[King] What were you saying about what Miz realizes?
[Cole] That he may be knocked out.
Kofi Kingston trying to head to the top rope, perhaps.
Trying to put Miz away.
This is right out of Kofi's playbook.
He's got to pick the pace up, start flying around
in order to give himself an opportunity.
[Booker] I totally disagree with you right there.
All the flying around in a structure like this can get you in
a whole lot of trouble, just like Kofi is right now, man.
[Cole] He's in trouble. He hasn't even done
any flying around right here.
[King] But he was on his way up the top to try it.
[Cole] Look at Miz.
[King] He's not gonna like the way he comes down.
[Cole] Miz is going for a superplex.
It allows Punk now, the WWE Champion, to get back in it.
What does Punk have in mind?
[King] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
[Cole] Miz is up high.
Miz planted by Punk.
Pulls him up like an accordion.
Shoulders down and Miz at two and a half.
[King] That shows me Miz…
[Cole] What were you guy saying about Kingston?
[Booker] What in the hell is Kofi Kingston doing?
[Cole] I don't think Kofi heard you guys.
He's up on top of that pod, near the roof of the Chamber.
[King] If I were him, I'd stay there. Oh, no!
[Cole] Crossbody by Kingston from the top of the pod.
[Booker] Wow.
That right there just called for broke right there.
[Cole] Here's the cover by Kingston on The Miz.
And Miz again stays alive.
[Booker] You gotta be kidding me.
[Cole] And look who's sneaking around. Chris Jericho.
Jericho back into things,
trying to roll Kingston over onto his belly.
[King] Trying to get The Walls of Jericho applied here. He's got it!
Look at that!
[Cole] Kofi craned into the shoulder or the skull of Kingston.
[Booker] That's a bad position for Kingston there.
-[King] He's gonna have to tap. -[Booker] He's gonna tap.
He just tapped. I saw him tap on the backside.
-[King] There it is. -[Cole] And Kofi Kingston taps out.
Jericho has now eliminated Ziggler and Kingston.
[King] Come on, let him go.
[Cole] Jericho's making a point.
[Booker] What the hell is the point? What are you talking about?
[King] Let him go.
[Cole] The point, I believe, in Jericho's mind is to
prove to the world that he's still the best.
So Kingston's eliminated.
We are now down to three men…
[King] Oh, come on. That's too much.
[Cole] …for the WWE Championship.
Jericho, Miz, and Punk.
And Chris Jericho had a battle this past Monday night with Kofi Kingston.
Blames that Kingston
is one of those men who plagiarized his moves over the years.
[King] Cole, what do you think about what Jericho's doing here?
-[Booker] What the hell is this all about? -[King] No need for this.
[Booker] I mean, he's been eliminated.
[King] He's got some sort of personal vendetta against Kofi here.
No need for this.
[Cole] Maybe he's teaching the Young pups some respect.
[King mutters] Young pup…
[Cole] Just paraphrasing--
-[King] Watch out! -[Cole] There he goes Kingston,
unceremoniously, tossed out of the Chamber.
And Punk!
[Booker laughs] Ceremoniously.
[Cole] Oh, my Lord.
[Booker] There goes Jericho.
[King] There goes our cameraman. There goes the referee.
CM knocked down.
[Cole] CM Punk just kicked Jericho out of the Chamber.
Jericho.
Chris, look at me.
Chris. Chris.
Chris, look at me.
Chris. Chris, look at me.
Chris.
[referee 1] He can't continue, Scott. He can't… He can't…
[referee 2] He needs a doc.
[speaking indistinctly]
[Cole] They're asking for the doctor here at ringside to head over there.
I don't think Chris Jericho is conscious, guys.
Chris, look at me. Chris.
He's out, Scott.
[speaking indistinctly]
His eyes are going back and forth.
Have you gotten any response at all?
None. What's so ever. Nothing.
Chris, can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Chris, can you hear me?
[speaking indistinctly]
[King] See if we can see what happened.
Oh, there's the kick to the head.
Obviously, Chris knocked our cameraman down
and hit some of that equipment, obviously, with his head.
We've got to get the other guys out of here.
-We've got to get him out. -[Cole] I think our cameraman is down too.
Chris.
[King] At least he's moving. Chris...
[Cole] Yeah, you see the cameraman to the left of the doctor there.
He is down as well.
-[King] He's totally unresponsive. -[Cole] Chris Rico, he's down.
One of our cameramen is being given a hand there.
[J.R.] Jericho's down. I think he's unconscious.
[Cole] There's our cameraman Rico. He's knocked down.
[crowd chanting] CM Punk.
I think those guys hit heads.
-[King] Where did Jericho's head hit? -[Booker] That kick behind the ear.
I'll tell you, a shot like that, man, just totally just puts you out.
[Cole] Watch this again. This is how it all started.
Jericho tossing out Kingston.
Now, Jerry, watch this.
Oh, good kick. Now, watch this.
[King] Oh, whoa.
There, he hit his head right on whatever that…
Piece of equipment right there.
[Cole] And meanwhile, again, guys, the match continues.
Miz trying to take advantage.
CM Punk still inside the Chamber.
We're down to two men.
We're down to Punk and Miz as this matchup continues here.
Miz trying to take advantage.
There's that backbreaker.
Went for the neckbreaker and Punk counters with a kick to the side of the head.
-[Booker] That same kick. He's out. -[Cole] Miz may be out.
Hook of the leg here. Shoulders down and a kick-out by Miz.
[King] I mean, so Jericho's out, right?
Jericho couldn't continue?
[Cole] I believe so. The doctor said he was unresponsive.
We've seen no movement out of Jericho since he hit his head.
[Booker] I'm gonna tell you right now, even if he could go, he shouldn't go.
Right now, Jericho is in bad shape, man.
[King] Well, they're saying he is unconscious.
[Cole] And now CM Punk now must turn his attention back to Miz.
Here's the champion. Here's that high-running knee.
It's down to Punk and Miz inside the Chamber.
Running Bulldog by Punk. Into the cover.
Will he retain the championship?
And Miz at two keeps his hopes of going to WrestleMania alive.
[Booker] That right there lets me know if Miz really wants it tonight, guys.
[Cole] And you saw Jericho still down outside the Chamber.
CM Punk…
waiting for Miz to slowly make it back to his feet.
The WWE Champion Punk.
Top rope. Caught by Miz. Skull-Crushing Finale!
Miz is gonna do it. Miz is gonna do it.
-Miz got it. -Miz is gonna go to WrestleMania.
[Cole] Oh! Punk kicked out at two and a half.
[Booker] Wow!
[Cole] Miz thought he had the champ.
I thought he had the champ.
[King] I did too.
[Booker] I'll tell you that people are on their feet because every one of them,
they thought the same thing as we all did.
[King] You gotta hand it to Miz. I mean, he took his shot.
He hit it. He hit his best shot.
But how on Earth did CM Punk survive that?
[Booker] Instinct.
Like I say, King, right there when you're in that position,
within the middle of that zone right there,
that's the only thing that can happen in that situation, dawg.
[King] Yeah, but he may just be prolonging
the inevitable because Miz looks fresh here.
[Cole] Yeah, Miz continuing the assault on Punk.
Look out here now.
Look at Miz. He wants to go to WrestleMania so bad.
[Booker] Miz there just let it all hang out
but he could be a little overzealous right now.
He seems to be losing his control just a bit.
[The Miz speaking indistinctly]
You're nothing. You're nothing. You're nothing.
You're nothing. You're nothing.
Nothing!
[King] You're right, but Miz is about snapped here.
He needs to try to stay focused.
[Booker] Stay calm. Stay focused.
I mean, keep your eye on the prize right now.
-He's totally losing his cool, man. -[crowd booing]
[Cole] He looks focused to me, though. Punk seems to be almost down and out.
Miz, again, is gonna turn his attack back on the champion.
One of these two men gonna headline WrestleMania.
And Punk right out of the way as Miz goes head first into the pod.
And this could be CM Punk's opportunity.
[King] Man, you're right.
The Miz's head bounced right off that unbreakable glass out there.
[Cole] And now CM Punk with Miz up high.
CM Punk with Miz up high.
-Go To Sleep! -[Booker] Goodnight.
[Cole] Hook to the leg.
-CM Punk does it! -[bell dings]
-[crowd cheering] -[CM Punk's theme song playing]
[announcer] And still WWE champion, CM Punk!
[Cole] CM Punk does the impossible.
He defies the odds.
Punk had the will to win tonight.
And he'll defend the WWE Championship in six weeks at WrestleMania.
CM Punk surviving over 32 minutes inside the Elimination Chamber.
And we're being told 32 minutes, 39 seconds.
[King] Of pure brutality.
CM Punk, brother, you earned it.
[Booker] Totally off the hook, man.
And still, Punk, like I said, went through hell and high water.
still the WWE champion. I gotta give it up for him, dog.
[King] Let's go back and see what happened to Chris Jericho.
He hung around.
He took up some sort of vengeance out on Kofi Kingston.
And it wound up causing Jericho, as he was kicked in the side of the head,
fell awkwardly out of the ring and onto our cameraman.
And then, well, this was the end of the Elimination Chamber.
We thought that CM Punk was finished here.
But Miz had it. But somehow, CM Punk kicked out.
[Cole] And then perhaps the beginning of the end for The Miz,
after going head first into the pod.
CM Punk, smile on his face.
He knew at that point he was heading to Miami.
The Go To Sleep. CM Punk becomes the fourth champion
in history to retain his title inside the Elimination Chamber.
And, Jerry, what that means is Punk is gonna be WWE Champion at WrestleMania.
[King] What a night for CM Punk.
He says he's the best in the world.
Best in the world!
[King] I think he just went a long way improving it right there.
[Cole] Punk victorious.
And the medical personnel continue to work on…
Chris Jericho.
[King] Punk looks as if he's saying, "Sorry about your luck, Jericho."
-[Booker] No love lost there, huh, King? -[King] Not even concerned.
[Booker laughs]
What a match, guys, huh?
[Booker] Wow.
[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, it's the home of Miller.
This is Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The home tonight of the Elimination Chamber.
15,306 WWE fans have jam-packed the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.
And, guys, I'll tell you, who're watching.
What a way to kick off this pay-per-view here tonight
with an absolutely incredible Elimination Chamber matchup.
And that means that CM Punk's gonna defend the title
at WrestleMania six weeks from tonight in Miami.
That's what the Elimination Chamber's all about.
I mean, this is a make-or-break situation for WrestleMania.
Good job by CM Punk.
And still to come tonight, guys, we have the SmackDown
Elimination Chamber for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Things aren't so cut and dry over on SmackDown, however.
We're gonna tell you a little story here and show you why.
It happened this past Monday night on RAW.
Randy Orton versus The Big Show.
Daniel Bryan, the world champion, was at ringside.
Randy Orton from out of nowhere with an RKO.
But look what Daniel Bryan does.
He assaults Orton, hits him in the back of the head with a championship.
Then Daniel Bryan goes after Big Show.
But because of the shot in the back of the head, Randy Orton was concussed,
and doctors have determined that Randy Orton could not
participate in the Elimination Chamber here tonight.
So Friday night on SmackDown, General Manager Long
makes an Elimination Chamber wildcard battle royal, Booker, the winner,
to take Randy Orton's spot in the Chamber.
[Booker] Talking about the wildcard battle royal,
it was off the hook.
But that man right there, Santino Marella,
he went in there, and he was totally doing his job.
He had his feet moving.
He was on his bicycle.
And it came down to this right here.
[Cole] Santino versus General Manager of RAW,
John Laurinaitis' legal advisor, David Otunga.
[King] Well, I love Santino Marella, but in watching this,
I never would have picked Santino as the winner.
-[bell dings] -But he did it.
[Cole] The opportunity of a lifetime for Santino.
And as Josh Mathews, you said on Friday, "A Jeremy Lin moment for Santino."
[Booker laughs] Jeremy Lin is right, dog.
[retching]
[coughs]
Oh, did you used to train like that, King?
No, that was Rocky.
Don't you remember? Come on, Santino.
Did you used to drink raw eggs?
No.
Ladies and gentlemen, Santino will be in the SmackDown
Elimination Chamber match for the World Championship later on.
But later tonight, John Cena takes on Kane in an Ambulance Match.
A tough test as John Cena gets ready for WrestleMania
six weeks from tonight versus The Rock in Miami.
Right now, a very special look at the blood, the sweat, the tears that John Cena
has poured out over the years to make his
match with The Rock at WrestleMania a reality.
We named it Hard Nocks Al, after Hard Nocks, which is a gym owned by Dave Nock
up in Massachusetts where John first started lifting.
When you walk in the doors the first time, you don't see a normal gym.
There's not treadmills everywhere.
It's a place where the lights go off.
It's a place where I don't necessarily have to put it in front.
You can see John Cena all over Hard Nocks South.
The core of who he is, his affinity and honor he has for the military.
If you look around here, it's not that pretty.
There's no paint on the walls or anything.
I think it says a lot about John, that he offers his gym to us
considering the fact that he doesn't have to.
Before you meet him, it's like always John Cena, the big Superstar.
When you meet him, he's really personable and he is a regular guy.
Get out of here, kiddo.
We come in here at the workout, or at the end of the workout,
John will sit us down and allow us the opportunity to ask him questions.
[Cena] I don't want them to come up and be like,
"Don't look them in the eye, don't talk to him."
That shouldn't be the way it is.
It's great that he takes that time out of his schedule
which is ridiculous to actually help us.
Don't shun anybody off.
Don't think you know anything more than anybody else
because at the end of the day, hopefully we are all just fans.
To get an opportunity to talk to a guy who is at the very top in this business,
it's as helpful as it could be.
This is a 575 raw bench that puts him in a very elite class with the world.
No pressure.
[speaking indistinctly]
[all cheering]
That's what this place is about.
Yeah!
That one moment encompasses everything.
[all cheering]
Final slow clap. Three.
I dig this, man.
A lot.
This place gives as much to me as it does to the kids.
Apparently, Ettore is the mayor.
It literally is an escape.
Once I come through that gate, it doesn't matter.
If I've had a long day and I'm pissed off, it's all right.
I can come in and just take all the guards off
and the training wheels off and just have fun.
It's hard work, sweat, dedication. It takes a lot to make it in here.
It takes a lot to make it in WWE. And I think that's John in a nutshell.
This business is about being the best.
I train to be the best.
So I know you're going to follow Rock around.
You'll probably go through his workouts. He'll have his iPod on.
He'll have his shirt cut up. He'll be all veiny.
He'll look great April 1st, but we'll see
how good he looks when that second bell rings.
Whether he's going to be on his back
or whether he's going to have his hand raised.
[King] Well, WrestleMania, that's what it's all about.
That's where it's put up or shut up time.
John Cena will face The Rock one on one, a match we thought we would never,
ever see is going to happen at WrestleMania.
[bell dings]
[announcer] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall and it is for the Divas Championship!
[crowd cheering]
[King] Oh, boy! Divas Championship!
[Beth Phoenix's theme music playing]
[announcer] Introducing first from Buffalo, New York,
she is the Divas Champion,
Beth Phoenix, The Glamazon!
[King] Come on, Booker!
This'll put some whoopee in your cushion!
[Booker] Oh, yeah, baby. Look at Beth.
I mean, she wears a championship with a whole lot of pride tonight.
See exactly what happens.
[Cole] You notice the belt that Beth Phoenix is wearing there,
a little plaid, almost a kilt-like. Bette told me earlier today she was
wearing that to pay respect to Roddy Piper.
And one of the reasons is, is because she went back and looked at some old tapes of
Roddy Piper's battles with Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka,
who is Tamina's father,
Bette's opponent tonight, to try to get some ideas
on how to combat Tamina here tonight.
[Booker] So the belt is gonna help her somehow?
[Cole] No, just paying homage to Roddy and
all that he's accomplished in his career. Remember his rivalry with Superfly.
[King] She better not try to bust a coconut on her head.
[Tamina's theme music playing]
[announcer] And the challenger for the Pacific Island, Tamina Snuka!
[Cole] And there is the daughter of Hall of Famer, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka.
Tamina looking to win the Divas Championship
here tonight at Elimination Chamber.
And, Booker, we talk about this on SmackDown all the time.
It is uncanny, some of the things that Tamina does
that reminds you of her father, Superfly.
[Booker] The warrior princess.
I mean, she goes out in the middle of that ring
and she actually can just flat-out go in there when she goes up top.
Just reminds me of her dad.
I mean, just bring back so many memories.
But this right here is the evolution.
And it is Tamina.
[King] You know, I've talked to Tamina, and she tells me that
every time she steps into that ring, she thinks of her dad.
And you know what, Cole?
What you said about that little plaid ornament there that
Beth Phoenix is wearing, that may just tick Tamina off.
I mean, because one of the most famous sights ever in the history of WWE was
Rowdy Roddy Piper busting that coconut in the face of Superfly Snuka.
[Cole] One of the greatest rivalries in history.
And Beth, who claims she's the most dominant Diva ever…
-[King] What? -[Cole] …would allow Tamina
the opportunity to walk away from this before getting hurt.
[King] Get out of her ring?
[Cole] Certainly a family resemblance
to Tamina's face compared to her father, Jimmy.
What's the matter, coconut head?
Can you not hear me?
-Hello? -[Booker] She called her coconut head.
-[Cole] And there's Tamina. -[King] Ouch!
[Cole] Goes right to work on the Diva's champion, Beth Phoenix.
Ladies and gentlemen, an international flair here tonight
for Elimination Chamber pay -per-view as Tamina goes to work.
[Booker] Beautiful. Beautiful.
[Cole] We are airing live for the very first time
in English and Spanish on D-L-A-V-O-D in Latin America.
Here's the cover and a kick-out.
Very important because SmackDown's heading to Latin America, Central America
to be exact, this upcoming week with shows in Honduras, Panama, and Guatemala.
No, Booker, you'll be a part of that.
[Booker] I will be a part of that. It's gonna be a great trip.
[Cole] And Elimination Chamber also airing live
for the first time tonight at Sport.ro.
That is in Romania.
[King] Well, there Tamina reminiscent of her dad, Superfly Snuka.
[Booker] Oh, wait a minute. She's going up early.
[King] A bit hard-headed.
Most women, all women are a little bit hard-headed,
but Tamina may be a little harder than most.
-[Cole] Now, look at that. -[all exclaiming]
[Booker] Tamina just took a hard fall right there, she's hurt.
[referee] Come on, get back in.
-[King] Oh, wow. -[referee] Get in there.
[Cole] You see Beth Phoenix right out here in front…
[Booker] Normally I say don't do it like that, baby, but I don't mean it this way.
[Cole] You know where else we're airing live tonight?
In Fiji, home of Tamina's father, Superfly Snuka.
There's Beth Phoenix again looking for a count-out victory here over Tamina.
[Booker] He's mocking her at the same time. You gotta be kidding me.
[King] Somewhere Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka is looking on and watching this.
[Booker] She's gonna be counted out.
[Cole] Tamina beating the count back in.
A count of nine, and look at Beth quickly back on the attack.
Beth Phoenix elbows a small back kidney area,
into the cover yet again, hooking the leg on Tamina, who kicks out.
Take another look here, Jerry.
-[referee] Watch your head, Beth, come on. -[King] Let's see here, Beth Phoenix.
Oh, hard fall by Tamina.
Not gonna be 100% for the rest of this match, I can assure you.
What do you say, Tamina, huh?
[Cole] Beth Phoenix has said that she keeps an eye on what matters.
At WWE.com, she said there are no legitimate contenders, no competition for
the Divas Championship, and that she's gonna be
Divas Champion forever, and she very well may well be.
[King] Tamina is tough as nails, just like her dad.
You tell me Beth Phoenix doesn't think that Tamina is a deserving rival here?
[Booker] Let me tell you.
Beth Phoenix hasn't been in total control of that championship as of late,
and right now she's laying it on Tamina in the right place
because that back still gotta be hurt from that fall, dog.
[Cole] Tamina has been on a roll as of late.
Her and Alicia knocking off Beth and Natalya
this past Friday night on SmackDown, the tag team action.
Ask her!
[Cole] Beth Phoenix bending Snuka.
[King] She's got Tamina's body off her shoulder there.
[Cole] Powerful Beth Phoenix, the reason she's called The Glamazon.
[King] You know, the human body is just not meant to bend that way.
Ask her!
[Booker] Tamina right there is in dire straits right now.
She may be going out.
She may be going out right here.
The referee better keep his eye on her real close right here, man.
And again, Beth continues to put the pressure on Tamina.
And Tamina trying to fight back into this.
She did say on her Twitter earlier this week, guys, that there comes a time for
the goddess to step up and claim what is hers.
-And maybe that time is tonight. -[Booker] Beautiful.
-The Samoan drop for Tamina. -[Booker] I call her the warrior princess.
I don't call her that for nothing because she's beautiful.
But, like I say, she can straight up get in there and take care of business.
With Beth Phoenix down and out, this could be the opportunity,
the moment Tamina's been waiting for.
Will she climb high?
Shades of her father, the Hall of Famer.
Tamina, top rope, and Beth Phoenix making sure
she didn't get positioned for the Superfly Splash.
[Booker] I'll tell you, Beth Phoenix taking care of
business tonight, doing a great job leveling.
Not letting Tamina get up to that top rope.
That right there could be the beginning of the end.
[King] Yeah, well, Tamina's there now, but maybe for a--
[all exclaiming]
Once again, Tamina's back and has taken a lot of abuse in this match.
[Booker] Look at Beth right there. I mean, she's feeling it just as well.
Not a move she's normally, you know, going up and going on a regular basis.
A Superplex off the top rope.
You got to be kidding.
[Cole] And now Beth Phoenix makes it back to her feet. The glam is on.
The Divas champion looking to put Tamina away.
Can she do it here?
[King] Still some fight left in Tamina.
Oh, big right hand.
[Booker] Uh-oh, baby. We're taking it to the street right now.
[Cole] And Tamina, those knife-edge chops, and another one.
That look familiar, guys?
[Booker] Oh, yeah.
Look at the fire in Tamina right now. That's what I'm talking about.
Talking about being champion.
She's on her way right now, dawg.
[Cole] Chop after chop by Tamina.
The big splash in the corner and Beth's in trouble.
-[Booker] Oh, man. -[King] That's it.
Cover. Come on, Tamina.
[Booker] She's going to do it. Tamina's going to do it.
[Cole] And Tamina going to go up top again.
Going for the Superfly Splash.
[Booker] Oh, here we go.
[Cole] Can Tamina pull a big upset
and take the Divas Championship away from Beth Phoenix?
Tamina up to the top rope.
-[King] Look at this! -[Cole] The Superfly Splash.
-[Booker] That's it. -[Cole] There's the cover.
[Cole] Beth Phoenix kicks out.
-[King] All right. -[Booker] Wow.
[King] I'm gonna give the devil her due. How did Beth Phoenix do that?
I don't know, but she did it.
That may be the first time that anyone
has kicked out of Tamina's Superfly Splash.
[Booker] We're going to see it one more time. Check it out here.
Tamina got caught in the legs right there.
Beautiful precision time.
[Cole] Tamina going back up to the top rope again this time.
Beth Phoenix wisely rolling out of harm's way.
[King] Beth Phoenix knows she couldn't take another one.
[Cole] Tamina knows she's got to get Beth back in the ring because
you cannot win a championship outside the squared circle.
Pinfall or submission, only way to take the title from Beth Phoenix.
-And there's Beth. -[King] Watch out here.
[Cole] Back on the attack.
And Beth Phoenix from behind. Tamina's in trouble.
[Booker] Right there, not a good place to be right now for Tamina.
You saw Beth Phoenix melt the words Glam Slam.
And there it is.
-Beth Phoenix dominance continues. -[bell dings]
[Beth Phoenix's theme music playing]
Are you guys finally believers?
Are you guys finally believers in the dominance of Beth Phoenix?
[Booker] She just made a believer out of me.
She went in there. She was down and out.
But she managed to come back and hit that big Glam Slam for the one, two, three.
You're going to love it. Check this out right here.
Tamina gets caught up in the light.
She's going to fly. And she came down.
Oh, it should have been a one, two, three right there.
But Beth Phoenix just kicked out.
Too much strength right there.
[King] And this is the turning point.
Beth Phoenix sending Tamina face first into that second turnbuckle.
And then the Glam Slam.
-And it was over. -[Booker] Oh, my goodness.
One, two, three.
[bell dings]
[Cole] What a victory by Beth Phoenix.
And I don't think she can be beaten.
I don't recall a Divas Champion ever being this dominant.
You think you're funny, Mr. Tasty Meat?
I've got something for you.
You're not gonna like it.
[King] Oh my god.
[grunts]
Cobra!
You son of a gun!
Ladies and gentlemen, we had hoped to get a word with Chris Jericho
after what transpired earlier tonight inside the Elimination Chamber.
As you can see, Chris is unavailable at the moment.
We hope to get a word with Chris later on tonight.
[King] Well, we want to say thank you to Nickelback
for "This means war" what you're listening to right now.
It's the official Elimination Chamber theme song.
And it's off the album 'Here And Now.'
It's available right now on iTunes.
Go Nickelback!
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, welcome at this time the Executive Vice President
of Talent Relations and Interim General Manager of RAW,
Mr. John Laurinaitis.
Oh yes, look at this.
[Cole] And of course flanked by his legal advisor, David Otunga.
I cannot wait for this because
Mr. Laurinaitis made worldwide news yesterday.
He sent out a tweet saying that he had a major announcement set for tonight,
WWE.com picked it up today.
And it's been making headlines around the world.
I cannot wait to hear what this announcement's gonna be.
Mr. Electricity.
[Booker] Who drinks a cup of coffee that big?
I mean, every time I see this guy, he got a big cup of coffee.
I mean, he's probably jittering all over the place.
[Laurinaitis] My name is Mr. John Laurinaitis.
[crowd booing]
I am the Executive Vice President of Talent Relations
and the Interim General Manager of Monday Night RAW.
As everyone knows, I've appeared in front of the WWE Board of Directors.
And they unanimously
want me as the Interim General Manager of RAW.
[Cole] I mean, he's nervous, guys.
I feel my duty to point out to the Board of Directors that SmackDown's
General Manager, Theodore Long, should be subject to the same scrutiny.
I know for a fact that there is a substantial number of complaints
about Teddy Long's skills or lack thereof.
So tonight, I intend to go forward--
[Alberto Del Rio's theme music playing]
[Cole] Whoa! Wait a minute!
Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
-Look at this! -[Booker] Oh my goodness!
[Cole] Look at his hair! His hair!
The former WWE Champion!
And that Excalibur!
It's Alberto Del Rio!
[Booker] And he's looking good too, I mean, I like this Alberto.
That a show it's been to pick up, dawg.
[Cole] Alberto Del Rio is back!
He's been out of action for a few months with a groin injury.
But Alberto Del Rio is here tonight!
And look at the smile on the face!
[King] This is just what we need, another guy who repeats his name
and tells everybody who he is when we already know who he is.
[Cole] Show the man some respect,
he's driving a $125,000 1985 Excalibur convertible.
[King] He couldn't afford a new one?
-[Cole] It's a classic! -[King] Oh.
Look at him!
The scarf and the thousand dollars in suits.
[Booker] I gotta say, I like Alberto Del Rio.
I mean, the guy got a lot of class.
[King] Yeah, but it's all low.
Teddy Long… [speaks Spanish]
He likes to play favorites and he holds grudges.
And instead of doing his real job, which is running a SmackDown,
he's always trying to get together with ratas.
[Cole] What?
Teddy Long is corrupt.
Teddy Long is a piece of trash, good for nothing.
And we don't need people like that in this business.
And now, John Laurinaitis…
I have a great idea.
I think you should be the permanent general manager for RAW.
[Cole] Yeah.
But not only RAW.
SmackDown, too.
[King] What a great idea!
[Booker] What the hell is he talking about?
[Cole] What an absolutely awesome idea!
[Mark Henry's theme song playing]
Another treat!
-Look at this! -[Booker] Hold the phone.
[Cole] I thought this man was suspended.
The world's strongest man, Mark Henry.
You know, we learned that Mark Henry is going to be inducted into
the International Sports Hall of Fame and the Arnold Festival in March.
Mark Henry is here tonight.
[King] You sure it's not the Hall of pain?
[Cole] Well, he's inducted a lot of men into that over the past year.
Talk about menacing.
[Booker] You're talking about scary. That's what that is right there.
That's Mark Henry.
Teddy Long is a bully.
Two weeks ago, he physically assaulted me.
And just like a good guy that I am, I fell for it.
And I was wrongly suspended for it.
We've never seen eye to eye.
But you've never been a bully.
You've never thrown your weight around.
Nor have I ever seen you abuse your power.
And just like Alberto Del Rio…
I think you should be
the permanent general manager of RAW and SmackDown.
Guys, I never expected this support from you guys.
-I don't know what to say. -[Christian's theme song playing]
[Cole] Oh my God.
Did it get any better?
Did it get any bigger?
Captain Charisma, the two-time world champion.
Christian is here.
Can you guys believe this?
[Booker] I can believe it because Christian
was the first guy to lawyer up around here.
He's the first guy to go get some legal counseling.
He's the first guy to try to replace somebody.
Yeah, I can believe he's here.
[King] But I can't believe that Mark Henry comes out here
and complains that he's been bullied by Teddy Long.
-[Cole] He was suspended. -[Booker] You're kidding me on that one.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's Captain Charisma, Christian.
[crowd cheering]
[Booker] Hugs and everything… What is going on?
Look, nobody in this ring knows Teddy Long as well as I do.
In fact, I would have competed for the World Heavyweight Championship
right here tonight if it wasn't for him.
Look, it's like this.
While Randy Orton sits home faking a concussion, my injuries were legitimate.
Sheamus broke my ankle.
The Big Show tried to break my neck.
But Teddy Long forced me to come out here to this ring.
He forced me to come out here and compete anyway.
I call that an unsafe work environment.
I call that negligence.
And that's why I'm asking the board of directors to do the right thing
and name this man, John Laurinaitis, the general manager of SmackDown.
-Guys, I gotta thank you. -[crowd cheering]
Thank you very much.
I don't know what to say.
Hey, guys, let's take a picture.
All right.
Guys, let's take a picture.
Come on in. Mark! Mark!
Come on in.
[King] A picture of his vote of confidence here?
[Cole] I'm gonna text Otunga and make sure I can get a copy of this signed.
[King] A signed picture of this?
[Cole] Yes. This is a monumental moment.
[King] Look at this.
[Booker] This is ridiculous.
[Cole] This is already an endorsement of John Laurinaitis, is what this is.
[King] Otunga, he may be a good lawyer, but he's certainly not a photographer.
Taking all day.
[Cole] You know, I think…
Of course, get in the picture. He needs to be in there, too.
I mean, come on, guys.
I think Mr. Laurinaitis, he needs a campaign slogan.
[King] Now, he's running for something?
[Cole] Yeah, he wants to be the permanent general manager
of both RAW and SmackDown.
How about "It's time for a change in WWE?"
Johnny is my man.
I want to be in the cabinet.
Maybe I can be like corporate communications director.
[Booker] Yeah, you can be G-Suckup.
That's what you can be.
[Cole] I love that guy.
[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, Santino Marella, of course,
preparing for the Elimination Chamber matchup
for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Earlier tonight, CM Punk became just the fourth man in history to successfully
defend the title inside the Elimination Chamber.
Can Daniel Bryan follow suit?
We'll find out when Daniel Bryan defends the World Heavyweight Championship against
five other men inside the Elimination Chamber.
Josh Matthew standing by with one of Bryan's opponents.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my guest at this time.
He is the largest athlete on the planet, The Big Show.
Show, based on your less than stellar track record at WrestleMania,
is it imperative for you to win the Elimination Chamber match tonight
and enter WrestleMania as the World Heavyweight Champion?
"Less than stellar?"
Okay, well, you got me on that one.
I can't deny it.
I mean, I've had over 4,000 matches.
I've wrestled some of the biggest stars in this business.
I've held every major championship there is.
My immortality at WrestleMania has eluded me.
I have a terrible WrestleMania record.
It's not how many times you fall off the horse,
it's how many times you get back up on it and ride.
And that's why, you're right. Tonight, it is imperative.
I have to go into this Chamber with confidence, with determination.
I need to walk out the World Heavyweight Champion.
That's the only thing I can think about right now.
The rest of that stuff, past is in the past.
I'm building my future tonight.
This is my Road to WrestleMania.
I'm walking out World Heavyweight Champion.
That's all I can think about.
Thanks, Show.
[The Great Khali's theme song playing]
[bell dings]
[announcer] The following at the Elimination Chamber match
for the Heavyweight Championship!
Introducing first, from India, weighing in at 347 pounds,
standing at over seven feet tall, The Great Khali!
[Cole] Well, everyone has choked up over the Chamber tonight.
There's one of the giants in this Chamber matchup, The Great Khali.
Here's an example of how dangerous this Chamber match is, ladies and gentlemen.
You may recall four years ago, Great Khali's brother, Ranjan Singh,
blew at his knee when he became involved in this Chamber matchup.
That was another example of how dangerous the Chamber can become over the years.
[King] I can go back even further, if you remember
the first Elimination Chamber match back in Madison Square Garden.
Triple H involved in that, he wound up in the hospital for over 24 hours.
[Cole] What's it gonna be like for Khali to be cooped up in that pod?
[Cody Rhodes' theme song playing]
[announcer] From Marietta, Georgia
weighing in at 215 pounds, he is the Intercontinental Champion,
Cody Rhodes!
[Cole] This is Cody Rhodes' first-ever appearance inside the Elimination Chamber,
but Booker, at least on the outside.
Cody appears pretty confident heading into this matchup.
He predicts that he is going to hold both the Intercontinental Championship
and the World Heavyweight title headed into WrestleMania.
[Booker] Something that hasn't been done since the Ultimate Warrior, right?
He's been playing with that week in and week out.
I mean, he won't keep his mouth shut.
Tonight, Cody Rhodes has a prime opportunity to go out here
and get the job done in the middle of this structure.
And I want to see if he can get it done.
-[King] Put up or shut up. -[Booker] Exactly.
[Cole] Cody Rhodes will be locked in
a pod on the far side of the ring from Great Khali.
Anyone can guess where these two men will enter in this matchup?
[Santino Marella's theme song playing]
Well, here's the sentimental favorite.
[announcer] From Calabria, Italy, weighing in 233 pounds,
Santino Marella!
[Cole] Guys, they're calling it the miracle of SmackDown.
Santino Marella winning the Battle Royal this past Friday night
to gain the final spot in the Chamber match.
Randy Orton, remember, folks, suffered a concussions so he can't compete.
[King] Well, we watched Santino's training regimen.
He emulated Rocky Balboa, but Santino might want to go back and check his beat.
Rocky didn't win that match.
[Cole] No, he didn't, but he was the sentimental favorite
as Santino Marella tries to feed off
this crowd here tonight of 15,000-plus in Milwaukee.
Really a dream come true.
[Booker] If it was excitement alone,
Santino would win this match tonight, hands down,
because I'm going to tell you he's excited to be in a matchup like this.
[Daniel Bryan's theme music playing]
[announcer] From Aberdeen, Washington, weighing 210 pounds,
he is the World Heavyweight Champion, Daniel Bryan.
[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, CM Punk earlier tonight defied the odds
of retaining his WWE title inside the Chamber.
Will Daniel Bryan do the same with the World Heavyweight Championship?
But, guys, Daniel Bryan, as we now know,
has a huge advantage over what Punk can face.
Bryan's going to be locked in a pod to start this matchup, so he's not going to
have to go through the whole match like Punk did earlier tonight.
Let me tell you something, D-Bryan ain't got no chance in hell to win this matchup.
Let me tell you, the kid went soft on me, man.
The kid is soft as two microwaved jelly beans right now.
He will not go out here and get the job done in this matchup tonight, trust me.
[Cole] Usually, I would agree with you on Daniel Bryan,
but the problem is, is Daniel Bryan continues to win and win and win.
Daniel Bryan is what Kane's match is against Big Show and Mark Henry.
Lumberjack matches, no disqualification matches.
[King] So you're telling us, you're going to jump on the vegan bandwagon?
[Cole] I'm not jumping on any bandwagon. I'm just trying to state the facts.
I'm trying to state the facts that Daniel Bryan continues to win.
[Wade Barrett's theme song playing]
So we now know that this man will start.
[announcer] From Preston, England, weighing 246 pounds, Wade Barrett!
[Cole] Wade Barrett will be one of the two men to start this matchup.
The Elimination Chamber match for the World Championship.
And the Booker, Wade Barrett, is entering the Chamber
for the second time in his career.
That does give him somewhat of an advantage.
[Booker] Definitely gives him a slight advantage.
I mean, like I say, going into a matchup like this, it's hard to have an advantage.
But I'm going to tell you, this guy, Wade Barrett,
he's stepping into the middle of that ring,
and he's the guy who doesn't mind starting it out first.
Because he's the guy who wants to finish up last in the middle of this ring.
Wade Barrett said he has something to prove.
He's going to be the best here in the WWE one day.
I want to see him do it.
[King] Well, you guys can talk about Wade Barrett's advantage all you want to,
but I think when this next guy comes out here,
you're going to realize that Wade Barrett's advantage
goes right out the window.
[Big Show's theme song playing]
Goodbye, Wade.
[announcer] And standing over seven feet tall,
weighing in at 441 pounds,
The Big Show!
[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen,
Big Show has more experience in this Chamber matchup than
any man involved here on the SmackDown side tonight.
This will be the fourth time Big Show's entered the Chamber.
You saw a look of concern perhaps on the face of Daniel Bryan.
That is because Big Show is very upset with that man.
We showed you the footage earlier tonight.
Daniel Bryan attacking the Big Show
to the championship in the back of the head this past Monday.
And, Booker, you saw how seething, how upset Big Show was Friday night.
He knocked out the great colleague.
He knocked out Mark Henry.
And he had to be escorted from the building
to keep up with breaking up Daniel Bryan.
[Booker] Let me tell you something. Definitely, we had one angry child.
But I'm going to tell you, I'm looking at Big Show
come to this ring and he seems very poised.
He seems like he's very in control tonight.
It looks like Big Show is going to take that energy
and use it to his advantage and get a victory here tonight.
That's what I think Big Show is all about, man.
[Cole] You know, Big Show only held a world title
for 25 seconds after he defeated Mark Henry
at the TLC Pay-Per-View in the second round.
That is because Daniel Bryan cashed in Money in the Bank that night.
Cashed in his contract at a world title on an unconscious Big Show to win the title.
Big Show is not forgotten that evening.
[Booker] You can't blame D-Bryan for that.
I mean, by any means necessary, D-Bryan was in the right place at the right time.
And he cashed it in.
[Cole] So this is the 15th Chamber match in the history of the WWE.
The World Heavyweight Championship is on the line.
And I think, guys, this is gonna be
a much different matchup than the first one
we saw tonight because of the players involved.
-[bell dings] -In this match, you've got two giants.
You've got Santino, who's the Cinderella story.
Bryan, the unlikely champion.
This is a really, really weird sort of matchup.
[King] Let me tell you what, it's going to be very similar.
As a matter of fact, exactly the same.
It's the Elimination Chamber itself, with all of those steel chains surrounding it.
And that steel floor that we saw inflict so much damage the first time around.
[Booker] You know, you're exactly right,
but the way I'm looking at this, Big Show come out.
He's the first one in. He's got a little sweat on him.
He's going to be ready to go for the long haul.
But you see, Great Khali stuck in that pod, such a big guy.
I mean, his legs gonna knock up on him. He's going to come out of that thing.
The thing is, is Khali going to be ready to go?
-I think so, man. -[Cole] Big Show looks ready to go.
Remember, Wade Barrett's really a guy who started to stir the pot,
and all this Big Show is not successful at WrestleMania stuff.
Because Wade Barrett said Big Show's become a, quote, "WrestleMania punchline."
And he even said that, quote, "Snooki was more successful
at WrestleMania than the Big Show.
And you know what? He's got a point.
[Booker] Let me tell you something--
-[King] The point is what? -[Cole] It's true. It's right.
Big Show, has won one match in his career.
[Booker] Wade Barrett's trying to get in the head of Big Show.
That's what Wade Barrett is all about. The guy's playing mind games.
He's trying to put himself in a position.
Hey, it might work. It might work. Let's see.
[Cole] Great move by Barrett to take out Big Show
and bring the giant to his knees.
And now Wade Barrett, the bare-knuckle champion from Europe, begins the attack.
[Booker] Wow.
[Cole] Barrett is as tough as they come.
Who will ever forget… Wade Barrett as he goes into the cover here?
First in the matchup.
[Booker] He's definitely tough. I mean, look at Wade Barrett.
I mean, he's in the ring with the biggest man in this business,
-he's putting it on him. -[Cole] We know he shows no remorse.
He once tossed Randy Orton down a flight of stairs.
[King] Right. I'll tell you what.
Big Show, even more so than Wade Barrett, I think,
wants to avoid this steel surrounding the ring here.
Can you imagine the Big Show falling or being thrown down on this steel floor?
[Booker] It's gonna be one of those moments.
If Big Show fall on this steel,
he's gonna be falling, and he can't get up.
Right now, he's in a bad place, man.
[Cole] And remember, the way that you eliminate an opponent in this match,
it has to be inside the ring, inside the ropes, via pitfall or submission.
[King] Let me just say this. You mentioned Randy Orton,
and can you imagine Randy Orton right now sitting at home,
convalescing, watching this on television rather than being here and competing?
[Cole] You saw how upset Orton was this past Friday night when Teddy Long broke
the news to him that he had to be
pulled out of the Chamber, doctor's orders.
And Orton, obviously, blames Daniel Bryan, and he has to,
with the attack with the title this past Monday night.
[Booker] Who should he blame?
I mean, Daniel Bryan just blatantly just knocked
the crap out of Randy Orton with that world title.
I mean, come on!
[Cole] As Daniel Bryan did to the Big Show, let's not forget that.
As Wade Barrett continues to work on the knee,
this is such sound strategy here, Jerry, by Barrett.
[King] You want to get the big man down.
When the Big Show is on the mat, he's not that much bigger than anybody else.
[Booker] This tells me right here how tough Wade Barrett actually is.
This guy's in there one-on-one, and he's got the Big Show on his back.
It normally takes three to four men to get
the Big Show in this position he's in right now, man.
[Cole] Again, Rhodes, Santino, Bryan, and Khali locked in the exam pods.
One man will be released momentarily.
[King] See the strength there of the Big Show,
tremendous leg strength,
even though Barrett has zeroed in on the legs of the Big Show.
Took a lot to get this guy down.
[Cole] And there's the strength of the Big Show.
Big suplex over the top rope.
Big Show crawls to the cover.
Will Barrett be the first eliminated?
And a kick-out of two.
[Booker] Big Show, like I say, he's still poised right now.
He's still in control of this matchup right now.
Try to get this boy out of here and get him out of here quick.
That's the game plan right there.
[Cole] Big Show is just such a huge individual.
I mean, he's the world's largest athlete.
Talk about that all the time.
[Booker] Big Show just stalking that boy, Wade Barrett, right now.
Just taking his time, using every inch of
this structure right here to his advantage.
[Cole] And Barrett crashed into the steel.
[King] I asked one of the referees about this earlier.
Were the Big Show to knock one of his opponents out,
it would be tantamount to a submission.
Because if the guy's knocked out, he can't continue.
-It would be like Jericho. -[Cole] Exactly. We saw that earlier on.
Jericho knocked out both, couldn't continue.
[King] Oh, man!
[Booker] Could have been a broken rib right there.
I mean, Big Show acts as a 500-pound, just walk right on that boy.
[Cole] And now Big Show dominating.
[crowd counting down]
[King] Oh!
-Hit the cover! Pin him! -[Booker] What's Big Show waiting on?
[Cole] Who's gonna be the first man eliminated from the pods?
[Booker] He wants Daniel Bryan. Big Show wants Daniel.
He's not even thinking about a cover right now.
[Cole] Who will it be?
Who will enter the Elimination Chamber
out of the pod, here first tonight?
[buzzer sounds]
And it is the Intercontinental Champion, Cody Rhodes.
Who seems to be in no hurry.
[Booker] Cody Rhodes, you know, he may stay in that pod all night.
[King] Yeah, a little reluctant.
[Cole] Remember, Cody Rhodes called Big Show a WrestleMania joke.
He called him the Anti-Undertaker.
[King] This is why I say always keep your words soft and sweet,
because you may have to eat em'.
[Cole] Cody Rhodes pointing out that… Right in front of Daniel Bryan.
Cody Rhodes pointing out that Big Show lost to
a boxer and a sumo wrestler at WrestleMania.
[Booker] Did you see that message?
Big Show just sent a message to Daniel Bryan.
He's gonna hurt Daniel Bryan.
I mean, that's personal right there.
[Cole] You can say what you want about Cody Rhodes,
but there's no denying what this man has accomplished.
Remember, last month, Royal Rumble match?
He lasted over 40 minutes to eliminate six men, the most of this year's Rumble.
[King] Cody Rhodes can say what he wants,
but Big Show didn't lose to just any boxer.
You know who the boxer wasn't.
There's some brass knuckles involved.
[Booker] Exactly, exactly.
I take nothing away from Cody Rhodes and his ability and skill.
Right now, he's the Intercontinental Champion for a reason.
He earned that championship.
[all exclaiming]
-[Cole] You know what's scary? -[Booker] What?
[Cole] Big Show is starting to take control.
He is taking control of two men.
The Intercontinental Champion and Wade Barrett as well.
-[Booker] That's what I said, isn't it? -[Cole] Yes.
[Cole] Pointed it out, trying to say it a little more succinctly.
[King] What the Big Show got in mind? No, not a good idea.
[Cole] Somewhere in Las Vegas,
Floyd Mayweather Jr. watching this matchup.
Of course, he's the man who beat Big Show at WrestleMania.
[Booker] Check it out, check it out.
[King] Big Show launching Cody Rhodes!
[Booker] You want to be champ?
I mean, you got to go through stuff just like that.
When you want to be the man, you're going through hell.
I'm going to tell you right now,
Big Show is poised to put these boys away, man.
Wade Barrett's going for the ride, man. He's going for the ride!
[Cole] Wade Barrett, go behind and again back to the knee of the Big Show.
[Booker] Great strategy right there. Great strategy.
Stand on the base straight.
Stand on the strongest part of Big Show and that's those big legs, man.
[Cole] Keep Big Show The Giant off his feet.
Take the power away from Big Show.
[King] That's one thing you can't do to Wade Barrett.
You can't show him any sign of weakness,
any injury or whatever, or he will zero right in on you.
[Cole] You know, talking to social media, our Superstars and Divas
and the rest of the WWE Universe are at www.WWE.com social,
right now, chatting about all the action at Elimination Chamber.
[Booker] Right now? I'm sorry, Cole.
[Cole] Wade Barrett continuing to work on the leg of the Big Show. Sound strategy.
[Booker] All about pain right now. Wade Barrett--
Wade was just trying to put some pain on the Big Show.
Big Show came out strong, man.
[Cole] Big Show, his leg is the size of a tree trunk.
And this big right hand. Wade Barrett…
[Booker] Oh, double up, baby. They double up on him.
This isn't a tag, but right there, those guys,
that was some great Tag Teamwork there.
[Cole] It's every man for himself, but every once in a while,
especially when you're in there
against the Big Show, you got to work together.
[Booker] Normally, it takes two guys to take Big Show off the streets.
One man went high, one man went low, and Big Show may be hurt right there, man.
[King] Well, he was still able to kick-out quickly.
[Cole] Well, there you go. So much for allies.
Wade Barrett turning on Rhodes.
[Booker] I really like that.
You cannot, you know, let Cody Rhodes think you're a bunny,
cause trust me, he'll take advantage of it.
[Cole] Cody Rhodes off the Chamber, and again Wade Barrett,
-and now Barrett's-- -[Booker] Put it on that boy, Wade!
[King] No mercy from Wade Barrett.
[Booker] That's what I like about this kid.
I mean, Wade Barrett, I mean, a huge star.
I mean, right now, like I said, Wade Barrett told me personally,
he's going to be the biggest star WWE has ever seen,
and he's just waiting on the right time.
[Cole] This could be the night for Wade Barrett.
The winner of this matchup will defend
the World Heavyweight Championship in six weeks at WrestleMania.
And look at Cody Rhodes bouncing off the Lexan.
[Booker] Wade just ran tagging that boy Cody Rhodes, too.
I mean, you know what?
I'm loving it.
[King] The double team on the Big Show
took out his leg in the back of his head, hit that mat hard.
[Booker] Wade Barrett's dominant right now.
Right now, he's doing whatever he wants to do in the middle of this ring.
It seems like he's waiting on something, and I'm wondering what that is.
[King] The only problem is, Booker, he's not in the middle of the ring.
-[Booker] Exactly. -[all exclaiming]
It seems like Wade is waiting on something,
and I'm just wondering if it's a strategy or what.
[Cole] In eight seconds, the next man will enter the chain.
Rhodes continues to beat down Barrett.
Is it Santino, Khali, or Daniel Bryan?
[King] Who's it gonna be?
[buzzer sounds]
-Here we go! -[Cole] And it's Santino!
And it is Santino's opportunity.
[Booker] Sentimental favorite right now just hit the ring, baby.
[Cole] And Santino, can he keep the miracle run going here tonight?
Santino, out of the pod, on fire.
[King] We'll make him feel at home.
[King vocalizes tune] Come on, Santino!
[Booker] Santino dropped that hiplock better than anybody, man.
Right there, he's feeling it!
[Cole] The Chamber match has turned into a fatal four-way,
and Santino is face-to-face with a giant.
[Booker] Oh, my goodness.
[Cole] And Big Show is gonna show no mercy.
Not when it's about the world title in WrestleMania.
[Booker] I'm sorry, Santino.
But you're going for the ride, baby.
[Cole] And Daniel Bryan continues to look on at the destruction of Big Show,
and now Cody Rhodes right back to the knee.
And you heard Big Show yell out in pain
as Rhodes assaulted him, and here comes Cody Rhodes.
There have been no eliminations yet in this match.
Will this be the first one?
No, Big Show again powerfully kicks out.
[Booker] Big Show will not be denied tonight in this matchup.
Every time somebody tries to pin him,
I'm talking about a strong kick-out from this big man right here.
[King] I've said earlier on that you need eyes in the back of your head.
Big Show needs eyes in the back of his legs.
Everybody's attacking the Big Show, backs of his knees, back of his leg,
from behind, every chance they get.
[Cole] Cody Rhodes says that he should win this matchup
because he's really only one of the few men
in this match who knows what it's like to win at WrestleMania.
Oh, man, what a chop!
[Booker] Man!
[Cole] Barrett!
[Booker] Can't keep Big Show down tonight.
I mean, this angry giant refused to stay on his back tonight.
He's looking forward to walking down this thing champion, and I can feel it.
[Cole] Booker, we talked about it a long time, the fact that Daniel Bryan,
in all his antics, has taken Big Show to a place he's never been before.
Big Show is showing characteristics that we've never seen the giant have.
[King] The giant right now, pointing at Daniel Bryan.
Come on out he says, come on out and get you some.
[Booker] You're right.
D-Bryan has been playing mind games with this angry giant, and I always say,
be careful what you wish for tonight.
D-Bryan's gonna get it, man.
-All these guys-- -[Cole] Look at this. Barrett and Rhodes.
[King] Back to the legs.
-[Booker] Oh, wait a minute! -[King] No way!
[Cole] What a suplex!
Big Show crashing off the steel!
-[Booker] Wow. -[King] That's gotta be it.
But can they roll the Big Show in the ring for the pin?
[Booker] I say just leave him out and go for broke out and let the chip fall.
Check this out right here.
-[King] Look at this! -[Booker] Oh, my goodness.
[Cole] Oh, man!
[Booker] Wow.
To pull off something like that, to drop the Big Show, I mean, to pick him up
and drop him on the steel like that, that was impressive, guys.
[Cole] Daniel Bryan looked a bit nervous to you inside the pod moments ago.
[Booker] Daniel Bryan there is real happy
that Big Show is laying out on his back right now.
[Cole] Nobody's been eliminated yet.
Listen, Wade Barrett now trying to pull 400 pounds of Big Show into the ring.
That's the only way you can eliminate your opponent in this match,
is that inside the ring.
[King] Daniel Bryan screaming from inside that pod,
"Pull him in! Pin him! Cover him!"
Now these two turn on each other.
[Cole] They cracked Big Show's carcass
into the ring, so they decided to go after each other.
Cody Rhodes…
[Booker] Cody has just gone airborne, baby!
[Cole] Moonsault! Shoulders down!
And a kick-out by Barrett. Great action continues.
[Booker] Beautiful precision timing right there by Cody Rhodes.
You got to give it up for him. The kid just almost pulled it off.
[Cole] Wade Barrett sent flying out.
Cody Rhodes will turn his attack to Santino,
who has been down, really, since he got into this match.
[Booker] This is a fight right here. I mean, what a night, what a fight.
These guys are landing all on the line in the middle of the structure.
Let me tell you, it's beautiful in a sick, sick way, man.
[Cole] It is, because it's about defending the world title at WrestleMania.
And Santino feels the Chamber.
[King] Yeah, I think Santino had been perfectly satisfied
to stay out of the middle of this fight.
-But now he's in. -[Bryan banging]
What are you gonna do about it?
[Cole] Santino said on WWE.com earlier this week
that he's going to take a beating,
keep on going in this Chamber match.
[Booker] He's gonna have to take a beating if he's expected to win
this thing tonight, because I'm gonna tell you,
all these guys in here are thinking the same thing.
They're thinking gold, especially Cody Rhodes, the guy who's been planning.
He's gonna be dual champion here in the WWE.
The guy is ready. He's proud.
[King] I think that's probably why Santino picked Rocky Balboa as his role model.
You know, Rocky took a heck of a beating in that big matchup.
-He still didn't win. -[Cole] Five seconds left.
Will it be Bryan or Khali to enter the Chamber?
[buzzer sounds]
And it's the Great Khali.
And, Booker, you mentioned this earlier.
How will Khali respond to being locked in that pod?
[Booker] Yeah, it's like a breath of fresh air for Khali,
rushing through the lungs just to jump
into the middle of that fight and get out of that pod.
Let the knees get a little bit loose.
Oh, my goodness.
It seemed like Khali is ready, dog.
[Cole] The Punjabi nightmare.
[King] Yeah, Booker, you said that he may suffer some--
[Cole] And the Punjabi Plunge.
[King] Of being locked in that pod for so long, but he looks okay to me.
-[Booker] Yeah, looks good. -[King] Look out!
[Cole] Punjabi plunge to Barrett,
and the former World Champion, totally, is on a roll.
And now the giants are face-to-face.
[Booker] Giant versus giant. Here we go.
[Cole] Spear! Spear!
Big Show spears Khali!
Hook of the leg!
And Khali's eliminated.
[Booker] Wow! That's exactly what I was talking about.
I mean, Khali came out on fire, but he was cold.
He didn't get a chance to warm up before the Big Show just dropped that boy.
[King] Well, I don't think you can blame no warm up on that.
Big Show, with a spear like that, can drop anybody.
[Cole] What a big difference between this Chamber match and the first.
In the first when the WWE Champion, CM Punk, started things in this one,
the world champion, Daniel Bryan, will be the last out of the pod.
[King] If I were the Big Show, I'd start spearing everybody in sight.
[Booker] Big Show's waiting for one man and one man only: D-Bryan.
Like I said, this thing is personal, man.
Big Show's gonna settle the score tonight.
[King] I don't know about you
but Daniel Bryan looking like he might start crying.
Is he about to tear up in there?
Look over there to our left, guys.
Santino has crawled into that pod and called time out.
He's in there for safety reasons.
-[Booker] Wait a minute. -[Cole] What is Big Show doing here?
-[King] Whoa! -[Cole] Oh, my God.
[King] Big Show trying to reach in and pull Daniel Bryan out.
Come on, big boy!
Come on!
[Booker] Did you see that big hand?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
[King] Looks like a cat in a fish bowl.
[Cole] Whoa, whoa, wait a minute!
Big Show just breaking one of those chains?
[Booker] Big Show is breaking in the structure right now.
[Cole] Big Show is ripping the chains off the top of that pod?
This is insane.
Big Show is creating a hole in the top of the pod.
How bad at getting the world champion Bryan?
[King] Oh, no, wait a minute. He's not gonna go in there, is he?
No way!
[Booker] No, no, no, no, no. You gotta be kidding me.
[Cole] Big Show is breaking into the pod and Daniel Bryan is locked in there.
[Booker] If Big Show getting in here, he will rip this boy like a ragdoll.
[all exclaiming]
That's like a silverback gorilla being in a phone booth beating
the crap out of this black zebra right there.
You gotta be kidding me.
[Cole] Big Show locked in that pod with Bryan
and beating the hell out of the champion.
[King] Daniel Bryan has rued the day that now that he cornered the Big Show.
[Booker] I'm telling you, you don't want to make this guy angry right now.
Right now, the Big Show is just mauling this boy deeper.
[Cole] Guess what, guys?
[crowd counting down]
[King] What's gonna happen now?
[buzzer sounds]
[Cole] They're both inside the pod.
The door is due to open.
It's being unlocked.
And Daniel Bryan escaping.
Daniel Bryan is out of the pod.
[Booker] He thumped that Big Show in the eye,
but that's not gonna stop him.
-[Cole] Oh, man! -[Booker] Big Show is bad, dog.
[Cole] Open sesame.
[King] The unbreakable pod just broke courtesy of the Big Show.
[Cole] Big Show launched Daniel Bryan
like a shot put through the side of that pod.
[Booker] You tell me that was bulletproof, man?
He just went through. Check this out right here.
[King] It might be bulletproof, but it ain't Big Show proof.
[all exclaiming]
[Cole] And then Daniel Bryan bouncing around in there like a pinball.
[Booker] Talk about momentum.
I mean, Big Show just put that boy right through that pod with these…
[Cole] And guys, this is what Big Show's been waiting for.
The opportunity to get his hands on Daniel Bryan.
And tonight inside the Chamber, there's nowhere for Bryan to run and hide.
Big Show, wow.
He wants to punish Daniel Bryan for everything
Bryan's put Big Show through for the past couple of months.
[Booker] He just hit that boy deep right with a left and a right clothesline.
And right there, D-Bryan about to taste it.
He's gonna taste it.
[Cole] Big Show is pummeling Bryan.
[King] I was hoping for a spear right there.
[Booker] Okay, right now Big Show, he's eating his steak,
you know, and he's taking his time right now.
He's chewing it, and he's taking a little bit of bites.
But right now, he's gonna take one big bite.
-[Cole] Daniel Bryan going for the ride. -[Booker] Check it out.
[Cole] Chokeslam!
[Booker] With a little A1 sauce on it right there, baby.
[Cole] And a boot from Barrett to Show.
[King] I was about to say that's all for Daniel Bryan,
but somehow Wade Barrett has come to the rescue.
[Cole] Yeah, Wade Barrett has had issues with Big Show as well,
continues to assault Big Show.
And look who's back in the fray.
[Booker] Check this out, Barrett Barrage.
[Cole] And there goes Big Show.
[Cole] And look at Santino. Santino! Santino! Shoulder's down!
A kick-out by Barrett at two.
[Booker] Santino playing possum.
Stealing it. But not on that boy right there, Wade Barrett.
Like I said, Wade is fine, dog.
[King] He almost took Santino's head off.
[Cole] The Disaster Kick to the skull.
[Booker] Beautiful, too.
I mean, Cody Rhodes landed that kick right on the jaw of that soft spot.
[Cole] And again, this time, Big Show may be out.
He caught Show in the temple.
Big Show's woozy.
Cody Rhodes looking for his opportunity.
[Booker] He's still up on his feet. He's still trying to get up.
[Cole] Can he do this? Can Cody Rhodes do this?
A DDT to Big Show.
And now Wade Barrett trying to slay the giant.
Big elbow.
Cody Rhodes cover.
Hook to the leg.
Two counts! Got him!
Barret and Rhodes do the damage.
Rhodes eliminates Big Show.
[Booker] That was intense right there. Cody Rhodes,
along with Wade Barrett, they pulled it off.
[Cole] How huge is this, guys?
The two giants, Khali and Big Show, have been eliminated.
[Booker] I didn't see this one coming right here, Cole.
[Cole] From behind, Santino!
Santino! Shoulders down! Santino!
[all exclaiming]
[Booker] Santino Marella!
[Cole] Santino eliminated Cody Rhodes!
[King] Cody Rhodes has been shut up and shut down.
Get out!
[Booker] Get your heels to clicking, son.
-[Cole] Oh, Cody Rhodes! -[Booker] Come on!
-Don't you do it! -[Cole] A Cross Rhodes to Santino.
Three men remain in the Chamber.
And all three men are down and out.
Barrett, Santino, and the world champion, Daniel Bryan.
[King] That should not have been allowed.
[Booker] Talk about a sore loser, man.
I mean, Cody Rhodes is the epitome of a sore loser.
[Cole] And now Wade Barrett looking to take advantage of Cody Rhodes' damage.
Hook of the leg and Santino stays in it.
[Booker] That's that Rocky Balboa spirit right there
coming out of that boy Santino Marella.
[King] Santino somehow survives.
[Cole] But I don't think for long, guys.
Santino has been punished, taken out all over the place,
suffered crossroads, and now Wade Barrett gonna assault Santino.
Listen to this place!
[crowd chanting] Santino!
[Booker] The people are behind Santino Morello,
the sentimental favorite.
If he can pull this thing off, which I don't think he will, it will be huge.
[Cole] Pull it off? He's gonna be lucky he walked away from this thing. Look!
Wade Barrett, oh my God, he's locking Santino's arms in the Chamber.
[Booker] Oh, come on!
[Cole] Using the Chamber as Santino's personal prison.
[Booker] If he hits Santino with his boot, Santino has nowhere to go.
I mean, I'm telling you, he will be out totally.
-[King] Here it comes. -[Cole] Oh my God!
And Santino's helpless.
[Booker] Santino's out.
[Cole] Barrett turns his attention to Daniel Bryan,
the World Heavyweight Champion, trying to get back in this.
Three men remain.
Who will defend the World Championship in WrestleMania?
We're gonna find that out now.
[Booker] This is Wade Barrett's chance.
This is gonna be the best chance he's ever gonna get
to be right… Right position to pull it off.
[Cole] You can see there, the damage the Chamber
and Big Show have already taken on Daniel Bryan.
Normally, Daniel Bryan does that effortlessly in the corner.
And look at this!
Daniel Bryan!
Wade Barrett! Shoulders down!
-[Booker] No, no, no, no, no! -[Cole] And look at Bryan!
Daniel Bryan going for the submission.
Getting Wade Barrett in for LeBell Lock.
[Booker] Wade Barrett needs to roll through. Roll through, Wade.
That's the only thing that'll get you out of this.
[Cole] Wade trying to fight through this thing.
Daniel does not have it locked in. Not yet. Not yet.
Wade Barrett with a great count.
[Booker] He just powered out.
That was a counter.
Wade Barrett just powered out of that submission move right there.
[King] Goodness.
[Cole] Daniel Bryan with those precision kicks to the chest of Barrett.
[King] What's he gonna go for here?
These men broke into WWE together.
And now they're battling it out for the World Championship.
[Booker] Wade's gonna level this boy right now.
-[all exclaiming] -That's what I'm talking about.
That right there, that's just old school right there.
Just put that boy on his rump.
[Cole] Talk about a collision.
I don't know about you guys, but now it feels like Wade Barrett
is just a matter of time before he's crowned champ.
Because Barrett is dominating.
[Booker] Tonight could be Wade Barrett's defining moment.
If he could walk away from this structure tonight, with championship in tow,
it would solidify his legacy in this business, man.
[King] Well, I'll tell you something. Wade Barrett's looking good right now.
I can't deny that, but he also looks like his--
-[Cole] Oh, my God. -[King] Oh!
[Booker] Oh, my goodness!
[King] I think Wade Barrett may have busted a rib
when he hit that elbow off the top onto Big Show.
I think he's 100%.
[Cole] Continues, though, to keep up the pressure on the world champ, Bryan.
-[King] Oh, no. -[Cole] Wait a minute.
Look at this.
Completely legal in the Chamber matchup.
[Bryan grunting]
[King] I can't say that Daniel Bryan doesn't deserve this. Oh no!
[all exclaiming]
[Booker] Oh, my God.
[Cole] That's just absolutely brutal, guys.
And look at the cover. Top left hand corner of your screen.
And a kick-out by Bryan.
[Booker] I cannot believe Daniel Bryan kicked out.
Check this out right here.
[Cole] And look at this.
Santino Marella was up and then he was knocked down with the right hand.
[King] I don't know how Daniel Bryan is now.
That's amazing.
[Cole] And look at this. Wade Barrett going for the Wasteland on Santino.
Santino got a death grip on that top rope.
He's holding on for dear life.
[Cole] And now Barrett.
[Booker] Bad position right here for Santino.
[Cole] Boot to Santino and continues to get pummeled.
Probably wishing he didn't win that Battle Royal this past Friday night.
[Booker] There's no way he's thinking that.
For Santino to be in this ring right here tonight and have
a chance to pull it off, one of the last three guys,
that right there, his stats just went up, man.
[King] Maybe about o back down, Booker.
[Cole] Big time! Did you feel that in the kidney?
-[Cole] And again, and again. -[King] Look at Daniel Bryan.
He's up on the top rope.
[Cole] Daniel Bryan for on the top rope. A knee to the skull.
[Booker] D-Bryan with that flying knee, that passive flying knee.
D-Bryan just letting it all hang out.
[Cole] And now it's Bryan on the attack of Wade Barrett.
Daniel Bryan kicking into the next gear.
-[King] Good grief! -[Cole] An aggressive champion.
[Booker] I can't believe D-Bryan's back on his feet,
but fighting right now with a whole lot of fire.
D-Bryan up on top, ready to soar.
Let's see. Oh, my goodness.
[Cole] Another great counter
by Wade Barrett that time to regain control.
[King] They don't come any tougher than this Wade Barrett.
He's making a believer out of me in this match.
[Booker] But let's give it up for D-Bryan.
D-Bryan right now is stealing the fight, man.
That's that pond that's already been damaged when the Big Show threw Daniel
Bryan through there earlier, and it's going further and further down.
You guys gotta remember Wade Barrett started this matchup.
[Booker] Wait a minute, check this out right here.
I'm liking the looks of this.
Wasteland!
[Cole] Oh, he's going for Wasteland. Interrupted by Santino.
Santino on the attack now.
[King] I almost wish Santino had not broken that up.
I would've loved to see the Wasteland from up there.
[Booker] You and me both.
-[Cole] What's Santino doing? -[King] I don't think even he knows.
[Booker] Wait a minute, suplex?
[King] What?
[Booker] Suplex by Santino?
[King] Santino, you're kidding me.
[Cole] Santino going for a superplex, and again, Wade Barrett battling out of this.
[Booker] Not tonight, son.
[Cole] Now, Santino just can't just go in a little bit,
and then just can't get into that next gear.
[Booker] Look at Wade--
-[all exclaiming] -[Cole] Nobody home!
Nobody home!
Wade Barrett's been in this matchup over 30 minutes already.
As Daniel Bryan… Headbutt!
Headbutt for the top rope!
Santino crawls!
[Booker] Santino got him!
[Cole] Santino Marella has eliminated Wade Barrett, and we are down to two!
[Booker] You can't be right!
[Cole] We are down to two men!
[King] Come on, Rocky!
[Cole] Wade Barrett lasted 30 minutes.
Wade Barrett lasted 30 minutes just to be eliminated by Santino.
[Booker] Look at Daniel Bryan. Seems like he's licking his chops right now.
He's got easy pickings.
Oh, no!
[King] All 15,306 fans are on their feet right now,
and they're all screaming for Santino.
[Cole] And Daniel Bryan, I think, he's laughing as he likes his odds.
-Two men left. -[Booker] He's licking his chops.
He thinks he has a huge advantage over Santino, but not tonight.
[Cole] Daniel-- There's Santino!
[Booker] There's a SAMBO throw right there by Santino Marella.
[Cole] Daniel Bryan, the World Champion, one of these two men is going to go
to WrestleMania as the World Heavyweight Champion.
Who will it be?
[Booker] That was a good old-fashioned dropkick right there by D-Bryan.
Right now, Santino looks like he's in a lot of trouble.
This thing could be over with real quick, guys.
[Cole] This is exactly what Daniel Bryan wanted.
A one-on-one situation.
[Bryan] Come on, Santino!
[Cole] This is what Bryan wanted. One-on-one.
[King] This could not have worked out better for Daniel Bryan.
[Booker] You might look at it that way, but I'm going to tell you,
Santino Marella, he's been in there
for quite some time, and he has no quit in him right now.
[King] That's not Rocky.
[Cole] Listen to me, WWE Universe, Daniel Bryan… and this one's over
as he hooks the leg on Santino, who kicks out of two!
[Booker laughs]
[Cole] And look at Daniel Bryan's expression change.
Well, the smile didn't come back, almost a smile of disbelief from the champion.
And Daniel Bryan, nobody home!
Here comes Santino!
-He's going to do it! -[Booker] Can it be?
-[Cole] And a kick-out by Bryan at two! -[Booker] Oh no!
[Cole] And now Daniel Bryan off the suplex.
Going to go up high here.
Looking to put Santino away.
[King] Get out of the way, Santino! Get out of the way!
[Booker] Look out, Santino!
-[Cole] Nobody home! -[King] Yes, yes, yes!
[Cole] And again, Santino Marella tries somehow to pull off a miracle!
-[all exclaiming] -[King] He's pulling out a miracle!
Santino pulling out a miracle!
[Cole] The Cobra has been unleashed!
The Cobra Strikes!
Santino!
Santino's going to go down!
Another kick-out by Bryan!
A kick-out by Bryan at two!
[Booker] No!
-[Cole] And now look at this! -[King] No, no!
[Cole] The LeBell Lock!
Submission maneuver! Can Bryan get it locked in?
[Booker] Keep moving, Santino!
[Cole] And Bryan gets in the lock!
The LeBell Lock is locked in!
Daniel Bryan has it locked in!
Will Santino tap?
Can he survive?
Daniel Bryan!
Daniel Bryan with the LeBell Lock.
Santino trying to hang out!
[King] Santino, break that grip! Break that grip!
[Cole] Trying to hang out of it. Trying to get to his feet.
Listen to this place! It is insane here!
[Booker] Come on, Santino!
[Cole] Daniel Bryan again back with the LeBell Lock!
-And Santino taps out! -[bell dings]
Daniel Bryan retains the World Championship!
[announcer] Here is your winner by submission
and still World Heavyweight Champion,
Daniel Bryan!
[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, Daniel Bryan wins again!
He will defend the World Championship at WrestleMania!
Through steel cages and Lumberjack matches!
And now the Elimination Chamber!
Daniel Bryan is still the World Heavyweight Champion!
Yes!
[King] I can't tell you how bad I feel for Santino right now.
[Cole] What an effort by Santino Marella!
But it wasn't meant to be tonight.
Daniel Bryan with the LeBell Lock somehow survives!
Nobody said I could do it!
[King] Let's go back and look at what Daniel Bryan had to survive early on.
How he did, I don't know.
Big Show tried his best to get rid of Daniel Bryan, but this is how the Big Show
himself was eliminated, by Cody Rhodes and Wade Barrett,
Double team, and Cody steals it right here.
[Cole] And then watch this.
Santino would deliver The Cobra!
And it was almost the miracle of all miracles, before Daniel Bryan kicked out.
And as Santino was exasperated, watch his arm.
Watch the submission expert, Daniel Bryan, almost picked the lock here,
sent in the LeBell Lock, and retained the World Championship.
[bell dings]
Guys, you might not like the attitude.
There's no denying that Daniel Bryan's the one--
[Sheamus' theme song playing]
-Oh, no. -[Booker] Wait one minute.
[Cole] The Great White, the 2012 Royal Rumble winner.
A man, on Friday night, was disrespected
by Daniel Bryan on SmackDown, when Bryan spat in his face,
and Sheamus lost it, and lost the matchup via disqualification.
Daniel Bryan was trying to fight back.
And Sheamus…
-And... a statement to Daniel Bryan. -[Booker] Wow!
[Cole] Now, guys, remember, by winning the Rumble match,
Sheamus has a choice of what champion to meet at WrestleMania.
He may not have said it, but, King,
did we hear Sheamus' intentions loud and clear there?
[King] Yeah, maybe a silent statement made by the Great White.
He wants some, and I think he's gonna try to get some
at WrestleMania and the World Heavyweight Championship.
Doesn't look very champion-like right now, Daniel Bryan.
[Cole] It is very apparent that Sheamus has made his choice.
He wants Daniel Bryan.
He wants the World Heavyweight Championship in six weeks at WrestleMania.
[Booker] I think we're looking at
a new World Heavyweight Champion come WrestleMania.
Now, can you dig that, sucka?
[chuckles] I love cheese!
Whoo!
Cut the cheese?
I swear to God, that wasn't me, okay?
Enough!
Fine. [breathing heavily]
[flatulence]
Oh my God.
[flatulence continues]
-Having fun? -I love it here.
I love it at Wisconsin. We've got American, and cheddar,
and my favorite, Jack cheese.
What?
What'd you say?
What he say?
And cottage cheese?
Excuse me, boy!
-Hey, come on, man. -Don't you ever put your hands on me.
I'm the United States Champion.
Hey, hey, hey, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Knock this off. Knock it off, all right?
You need to do something before things get really ugly around here.
Get ugly?
I think they already have.
But instead of… Hey, I'm talking.
But instead of ruining people's appetites back here,
you two can settle this tonight in the ring.
Ha-ha!
Let me holla at you, playa.
You abuse your power, all right?
One man should be running RAW and SmackDown, both shows.
I agree with the others. John Laurinaitis should be running both shows.
You know what?
I like that.
One man should be running both shows, RAW and SmackDown.
But that one man should be me.
Holla.
Are you kidding me with this guy?
He's just makes a match--
Jack, there's one other thing.
Your match is next, and it will be for the United States Championship.
-Stay up. -It's like that? Are you kidding me?
Who is this guy?
Who does he think he is?
I'm the All-American American.
You got this. Just focus.
[bell dings]
[announcer] This bout set for one fall is for the United States Championship.
[Jack Swagger's theme song playing]
[King] I don't know about you guys, but I like this.
Teddy Long.
[announcer] Accompanied to the ring by Vicky Guerrero.
From Perry, Oklahoma, weighing 260 pounds,
is the first United States Champion, the All-American American, Jack Swagger.
[Cole] You know, first off, where does Teddy Long
get off making fun of Vickie Guerrero's looks?
When he just because Teddy Long is hanging out with Aksana,
now all of a sudden he can make fun of other people?
Give me a break.
[King] But what about… did Hornswoggle really say
cottage cheese when he looked at Vickie's legs?
[Cole] You know, just playing Jack Swagger into this matchup tonight,
that's one of the reasons the general manager
of Theodore Long's job is in jeopardy.
That's why Alberto Del Rio, Christian, Mark Henry came out earlier
-tonight and said that-- -[Booker] What are you talking about?
[Cole] …to be in charge of both RAW and SmackDown because of stupid decisions.
[overlapping conversation]
[Booker] Was that a good decision by putting Jack Swagger in the ring
after all the crap he talks about.
-Come on. -[Justin Gabriel's theme music playing]
[announcer] And the challenger accompanied to the ring by Hornswoggle
from Cape Town, South Africa,
weighing 230 pounds is Justin Gabriel.
[Cole] Booker, the WWE Universe is in for a treat.
You see Justin Gabriel fighting out on SmackDown from Cape Town, South Africa.
What a high flyer. What a great young talent this kid is.
[Booker] The boy can flat out go.
I mean, this is a great opportunity for Justin Gabriel
to come out here and showcase his talents.
[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, we were talking about earlier on
when John Laurinaitis was out here with Del Rio and Christian and Mark Henry.
Remember the photo-op photography that David Otunga
took of the four of them in the ring?
Well, right now David Otunga has tweeted those photos of himself, Laurinaitis,
Henry and Christian and Del Rio on his Twitter account, @davidotunga.
I cannot wait to print one of those pictures up and put in my office.
-[Booker] Why? -[Cole] As you see
Jack Swagger taking down
Gabriel with the United States title on the line.
[King] I don't know what's more surprising,
that you want a picture or you got an office.
[Cole] Man, look at Swagger, blows to the kidney,
the All-American American in control early.
[Booker] Vickie cannot be happy about this matchup right here.
I mean, a chance to lose that championship is huge.
[Cole] Already, Vickie out here earlier tonight.
Dolph Ziggler was involved in the Elimination Chamber.
Oh, and Swagger.
[King] Look at Vickie.
What does a Cougar use for a pick-up line when she hits a young guy like Swagger?
-What does Vickie say? -[Booker] "I got money."
[King] She walks up and says,
"Hey, I'm ugly, you're ugly, we're perfect together."
[Cole] How would you know? You've never dated anybody older than you.
[King] Right? You're not kidding.
[Cole] Here's Jack Swagger delivering the Swagger Bomb
off the second rope as he delivers the elbows to the gut.
[Booker] Swagger's looking good right now, can't take that away from him.
[Cole] Jack Swagger, a very confident United States champion.
Remember, he defeated Zack Ryder back in January to win the United States title.
And I really like Swagger's heartfelt apology that he was sorry that Zack Ryder
wasn't really medically cleared for that matchup.
[King] I'm sure you love everything about Jack Swagger.
[Cole] He did train me to beat you at WrestleMania last year.
-[King] Please. -[Cole] The highlight of my career.
[Booker] Come on! Nobody wanna to hear about that?
[Cole] Remember WrestleMania last year
when I beat Lawley, then you got stunned by Stone Cold?
It's all about WrestleMania moments, folks.
And Gabriel onto the cover, will he win the United States championship?
-You guys are quiet now. -[Booker] Yeah, we are.
[Cole] I'd like to thank everybody now.
Who have been watching tonight, been watching Elimination Chamber live
all over the world in places like Luxembourg,
Malta, the Philippines, Mexico,
and all over the Middle East.
And of course, on our U.S. Navy ships at sea.
And you see this, hooking it right by… and a kick-out by Swagger.
[Booker] Great move by Gabriel right there.
I mean, that's one thing about him.
Once he starts flying, you better watch out because he can, like I say,
just flat out get up there and do it like it's supposed to be done.
Check him out.
[Cole] Gabriel, high flyer, very high unorthodox style.
[Booker] Check this out.
Gabriel's not going to let this opportunity right here go by.
Check him out.
[Cole] Gabriel. Over the top, taking Swagger out.
But again, he's got to get Swagger back in the ring for
a pinfall or submission to win the United States championship.
Do you know the worst thing that happened in the WWE in the past 12 months?
-[King] You? -[Cole] No.
The fact that Hornswoggle was able to speak.
Now he's out there shouting instructions to Gabriel.
Oh, man.
[Booker] You know, stuff like that is what I always talk about
as far as being in the right position at the right time.
Jack Swagger right there used that pole to his advantage
-and it could be over with right here. -[Cole] He's going for the ankle lock.
He's tapping in submission maneuver. The ankle lock…
[King] Let him go. Let him go.
That's what I used on you in WrestleMania last year.
[Cole] Yep, but I won.
[announcer] The winner of this match via submission
and still United States champion, The All-American American
-Jack Swagger! -[Cole] How impressive is that?
He didn't even realize he had a title defense tonight.
Was placed into this silly match by general manager Theodore Long.
And he wins the match and retains his title.
[Booker] He pulled it up. You got to give it to him for that.
A lot of respect for that kid Justin Gabriel,
the one out there trying to get the job done.
[Cole] The celebration time for Jack Swagger and Vickie.
What a great business advisor Vickie Guerrero is.
She should run your career.
[King] Yeah, right into the ground.
[both] When I was young…
[Cena] I dreamed of becoming a WWE Superstar…
[The Rock] …who entertained and electrified the world.
[Cena] I built a legacy of hustle, loyalty, and respect.
I became the people's champion.
So with the biggest WrestleMania of all time…
-…my legacy… -…my destiny…
-…will be defined… -…in a match…
[The Rock] …that comes along
[both] …only once in a lifetime at WrestleMania.
Man, I'm talking about WrestleMania.
Six weeks, guys. I cannot wait.
Listen to this big news, earlier tonight on WWE.com
the Undertaker proclaimed that he will be live on RAW tomorrow night.
And he's going to call out Triple H with that challenge.
Ladies and gentlemen, speaking of RAW tomorrow night, we can tell you
that probably one of the two men involved in our next matchup will not be
in Minneapolis tomorrow night for Monday Night RAW.
Either John Cena or Kane. Because coming up next,
they will participate in an Ambulance Match.
Ladies and gentlemen, there's only been one other Ambulance Match in WWE history.
It was one of the most brutal battles ever between Shane McMahon and Kane.
The question is, will Kane give John Cena a ride in an ambulance tonight,
or will John Cena once again rise above hate?
[crowd chanting]
[Cena] Rise above hate.
I'm proud to be who I am and do what I do.
Words like hustle, loyalty, and respect do not fall to pieces
because someone throws fire in your face.
[Kane] Cena, Cena, Cena, you can try to hold off
the inevitable, but you will embrace the hate.
There is nothing that I won't do.
[commentator] Come on, guys! Somebody stop this!
[Kane] No line that I won't cross.
[commentator] This is just total destruction.
No atrocity that I will not commit.
[commentator] Look at that sick, evil smile on his face.
[Kane] To finally, get John Cena to embrace the hate.
[woman screaming]
[both grunting]
[Cena] Eve, Eve, open the door! Unlock the door.
[siren wailing]
[Eve crying]
It's all right. It's all right. It's all right. You all right?
[crowd cheering]
What?
Zack, for what it's worth, I'm sorry.
How could you do that to me, John?
What have I done with you?
What kind of man are you?
You have everything. Why did you take her?
You were never my friend, John.
[Kane] Oh, John!
You can talk all you want about rising above the hate,
but you stole the one true love of your only friend.
I thought I was sick, but you sunk to depths that I could only dream of.
You truly have finally embraced the hate.
Unfortunately for you, I feed off hate.
Kane… whoa!
[Kane] This Sunday, your body and soul
will be leaving the WWE in an ambulance.
[siren wailing]
[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, there it is, the ambulance.
Many times a symbol of hope, of safety, of relief,
but tonight that ambulance signifies loss.
A loss in the Ambulance Match here tonight between John Cena and Kane.
[bell dings]
[announcer] The following contest is an Ambulance Match.
There will be no countouts, no disqualifications,
no pinfalls, and no submissions.
The only way to win is to load your opponent
into the back of the ambulance and have it driven out of the arena.
[Kane's theme music playing]
[announcer] In comes first, weighing 323 pounds,
Kane!
[Cole] Kane has been unstoppable since his return, his resurrection
as he turns in from his self-imposed exile from WWE.
He needed the change, he said.
And boy, has he ever.
[King] Well, it has truly been a reign of terror
since we've witnessed the return of this Big Red Monster.
Look out!
[Cole] And dangerous and frightening, malicious and heinous as ever before.
And his main concern since his return:
To get the WWE Universe and John Cena to embrace hate.
[John Cena's theme song playing]
[announcer] From West Newbury, Massachusetts,
weighing 251 pounds, John Cena!
[Cole] Over 15,000 strong at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.
John Cena, as he glanced over at Kane, realizes what is in store for him tonight.
John Cena claims that he is comfortable in his own skin,
that he is proud of who he is and will continue to rise above hate.
John Cena says tonight he will adapt, overcome, and win.
What an emotional week it's been for John Cena.
You saw earlier on, we're not really going to get into it much, but the situation
between him and Eve and of course, John Cena's good friend Zack Ryder.
You saw what Kane did to Zack Ryder as well.
So those wave of emotions for John Cena coming into this matchup.
Plus, Kane, the fact that John Cena is preparing for what lies ahead
in six weeks and that's the Rock at WrestleMania.
-[King] An awful lot -[bell dings]
on the plate of John Cena.
You know, an ordinary man wouldn't be able to function under those conditions.
He's not an ordinary man, John Cena.
[Cole] Kane and John Cena, Ambulance matchup,
no pinfalls, no submissions, no rules.
You've got to put your opponent into the back
of an ambulance and allow it to drive it away.
[Booker] We're sitting here
talking about The Rock and John Cena in WrestleMania.
Let me tell you, John Cena may not make it to WrestleMania after tonight.
We may be talking about Kane and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson when it's all over.
[Cole] For only the second time in history, the WWE has an Ambulance Match.
That's how dangerous and cruel this matchup is.
[King] You hear John Cena certainly has his detractors, his haters.
You know what I was thinking early on when we saw that video footage
of John Cena in that gym with those guys working out?
I would like to see all these guys out here that are saying Cena sucks
line up in that gym and try to lift some of those weights that John Cena--
[Booker] Let me tell you, King, anybody can lift up the weights,
right now, it's about how much heart does John Cena have.
Does John Cena have the heart to man up with this angry monster tonight?
That's what it's all about, but the thing is, I think so.
[King] I don't think there's ever
a shortage of heart when it comes to John Cena.
[Cole] John Cena is calling for that ambulance to be backed into the arena.
That ambulance is a fully outfitted 4T7.
It weighs 9,000 pounds.
[Booker] That was a little premature calling
that ambulance out with throwing Kane in the back of it.
May put himself in a bad position and put himself out of the game early.
[King] Why would you weigh an ambulance?
[Cole] The point is that ambulance, as we saw in the first Ambulance Match
a decade ago, can be used as a weapon.
Four tons of steel there, King.
[King] I don't think anybody's going to pick it up and drop it.
-[Cole] Look at that! -[Booker] That's a good insight, Cole.
[Cole] Thanks, Booker. At least somebody appreciates my talent.
Kane continuing the attack here on John Cena.
And now trying to put Cena in the back of that ambulance and send Cena for a ride.
And now it's John Cena using the backboard now as a weapon.
And see, that's why I brought up the fact, Jerry, that it was a fully
outfitted ambulance because all the goodies are inside.
[King] That part's okay.
[Booker] That's part of the 9,000 right there, right?
[King] Oh, watch out!
Oh, man!
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
[Cole] Oh, and a right hand by Cena!
And now John Cena bringing the fight to The Big Red Monster, Kane.
[Booker] That's exactly what he's going to have to do.
Take the fight to Kane.
Don't waste no time with this big guy.
Just go in there and notice and expect what's going to happen.
[Cole] Listen to this place.
[King] It is absolutely electric.
[Cole] We've been covering the WWE for a couple of decades now.
The thing is, have you ever heard in your career an emotional reaction
for a Superstar like it is for John Cena each and every night?
[King] Never have I experienced someone
with this kind of love-hate relationship.
I've never seen that before.
[Cole] And that's the thing that really ticks Kane off.
The fact that John Cena can sit out here and smile each and every night,
and soaked all this in, but there are a lot of detractors out there.
[King] It's going to take something big like those steel steps to injure somebody
bad enough that they're going to have to take that ride in that ambulance.
[Booker] Say what you want to say about John Cena.
Love him, I hate him. This guy, he's provocative.
He beats to his own drum.
I mean, the guy goes out there and do it the way he wanted to do it.
That's what Cena is all about, man.
[Cole] He's won the WWE Championship, the most coveted prize ever.
[King] You see Kane rubbing his shoulder.
He puts his shoulder first into those steel steps by John Cena.
[Cole] Cena has won the WWE title of record ten times in his career.
Kane, a former WWE and World Champion as well.
Big boot.
And Kane…
Just physically dismember his opponent as he's doing here.
I'll tell you, that time off for Kane, I mean, did him some good.
I mean, you look at him and think, the guy's in great shape.
Not that he wasn't before, but you can tell he's been putting a lot of time in.
And tonight, it's going to pay off.
[King] Don't you say did him some good, Booker?
-[Booker] Did him a lot of good. -[King] Maybe physically.
He maybe in a fantastic condition.
But I think it made him even more sick and demented than he ever was.
[Booker] I agree with you on that.
[Cole] And that's the issue with Kane.
He's always a great physical specimen, but it's just mental makeup.
It's always about to fly short of a happy meal
as Kane continues to deliver the right hands and punish Cena.
Kane would love to take out Cena, throw him in the back
of that ambulance and watch it pull out of this arena.
[Booker] Tonight in a matchup like this,
it's going to boil down to intestinal fortitude.
Which guy's going to have the most…
Who wants it the most in a matchup like this?
Who wants to go out in an ambulance?
Nobody wants to go out that way, trust me.
[crowd chanting loudly]
[Cole] It is electric time in Milwaukee, Elimination Chamber.
Six weeks from WrestleMania.
[Booker] That's what I'm talking about,
it's break it down, just turn it into a fight.
Oh my goodness.
[Cole] That is vintage Kane, a side slam, and he stops the momentum of Cena.
[Booker] Cena tried to get some momentum going,
hit the ropes, just turned his head for one second,
got caught out of position and got dropped.
And Kane going up to the top rope, this is 300 plus pounds.
[Booker] Talking about vintage, this is Kane in his own element,
for the drop that big clothesline on that--
[all exclaiming]
[Cole] John Cena left his feet and counter with a drop kick.
[King] Caught Kane in midair and Kane is hurting.
[Booker] Right on the inside of that knee right there,
inside of that right knee, but Kane's up and he's up quick.
[Cole] And here comes John Cena, the momentum begins to shift.
[King] Oh man.
Here comes John Cena.
[crowd cheering]
You're booing all you want.
Kane can't see him, but he's about to feel this huge Five Knuckle Shuffle.
Yes!
[Booker] Beautiful.
[Cole] Again, they are a long way away from the ambulance.
No matter what Cena does inside the ring, even if he takes Kane out,
now he's got to drag that carcass to the ambulance.
[Booker] He's just softening Kane up right there, he's doing a hell of a job.
[Cole] And Kane, look at this, we've seen this before.
Kane has used this, he just engulfs the entire face of Cena.
And if he can get Cena to pass out here,
he can drag Cena, put him in the ambulance.
A suffocating maneuver by Kane.
Oh my god, Cena's…
[King] If Cena goes out,
he'll be easy prey to load into the back of that ambulance.
[Booker] Cena is out, what are you talking about going out?
Cena's out.
[Cole] With Cena out cold, Kane has got to now take his body to the ambulance,
that you see in the background of the arena.
[King] Just a limp John Cena being pulled and dragged by Kane.
-[thuds] -Oh.
[Cole] Now, it just may just be a matter of time now.
[King] I don't think Kane will be able to
drag John Cena all the way back to that ambulance.
[Cole] Oh no, look at this.
This really has been, in a weird sort of way recently, the weapon of choice,
so to speak, for Kane.
He was in a wheelchair, remember that he drove
Zack Ryder off the stage on RAW this past Monday night.
[King] Poor Zack Ryder, I would imagine, is watching this somewhere.
[Booker] Drove Zack Ryder off the stage is right.
And right now, it looks like he's going to do the same thing to John Cena.
[Cole] Kane is pushing Cena in that wheelchair to the ambulance you see.
He's got to put Cena in the back of the ambulance.
Cena's starting to come through.
[King] Cena realizes where he is, and he's not where he wants to be.
[Cole] Kane is trying to go for that suffocating move,
but he's got it locked in again.
Trying once again to bring Cena down.
Cena trying to fight out of this thing.
Look at Cena's face. Look at this.
Imagine the strength and the grip of Kane.
[Booker] That John Cena, I mean, he's no stranger to a guy in the gym.
This guy's been pushing away, and he's ready.
[Cole] And John Cena trying to fire back into this thing.
[coughing]
Cena gasping for breath, choking, listen to him.
And again, the assault moves to the ambulance.
[all exclaiming]
And for the first time, the actual ambulance used as a weapon.
[Booker] What a night, guys, what a fight.
I mean, John Cena right now is not going to be denied.
[Cole] Where's Cena going?
[King] Come on, John, get back on Kane.
[Cole] And now Cena with a wheelchair in hand.
[King] Not gonna get complimentary ride in that wheelchair from John Cena.
He's going to get it in the face. Oh, man!
[Cole] Table's turned on Kane.
[Booker] Let me tell you, don't think for one second John Cena's
not thinking about what happened to Zack Ryder.
[King] For somebody to get out of the way, I don't know if he's got a plan here.
[Cole] He's got Kane's arms locked, King.
Kane almost helpless here.
[King] What, what, what, what?
Look out!
[all exclaiming]
[Cole] A little bit of his own medicine for the Big Red Monster.
And Cena, again on the attack.
And Kane, look at Kane.
[Cole] What did you hit…
[King] I don't know, it was something.
[Cole] A piece of equipment there, a metal piece,
I believe, off the skull.
[King] Laptop computers or what?
[Booker] You know how it is. Everything legal out here tonight.
So no matter what he uses, it doesn't make any difference. Right now,
John Cena's in trouble, dog.
[King] Whatever John has done so far may have just…
just angered…
[Cole] Chair!
[Booker] That right there tells me John Cena's got a lot left in the tank.
He's fighting with emotion tonight.
He can go all night in this situation.
[Cole] And Kane is seen over the technical area.
Amidst the WWE Universe.
Look at this, look at this, look at this.
[King] Gotta watch these guys over there, it's in a dangerous area there, in there.
A lot of high-priced equipment.
[Booker] Definitely hope we don't lose a feed right here, guys.
[Cole] Cena was working people to get out of the way.
Cena warning people to get out of the way.
Screaming at everybody in sight, now Kane back on the attack.
And look at Kane, the Big Red Monster with a right hand.
[King] John Cena wanting to
get back in that ring, but it's not happening.
He's stopped again by Kane.
[Cole] Yeah, Kane, just every time Kane starts to take…
If Cena starts to take control, Kane is back into this thing.
[King] Reverse the watch and tear away, Kane back right in front of us.
[Cole] Right out in front of us.
[Booker] Cena is the one who took the fight to the outside, and I thought he was
gonna pay for it, but right there, he put himself right back in the game.
[Cena] He's right back in the game.
Just like you said.
[Booker] Beautiful, baby.
You know?
Can they give me a spot in the Fatal 5?
[Booker] He's in the Fatal 5.
John Cena is in the Fatal 5.
[Cole] Pay attention.
[Booker] You're in.
-You're in, dawg. -[King] Oh, you're in.
[Cole] Because you're afraid he's gonna hit your head with that monitor.
[Booker] Get out of the way. Grab the iPad.
-[King] Watch him! -[Cole] On the skull of Kane!
[Cole] John Cena…
[Booker] Let me tell you…
It looks like John Cena's losing his cool right here, but I'm gonna tell you,
he's composed as he's ever been right there,
moving the furniture around, dawg.
[King] You're right about that. John Cena…
He knows what he's doing. He's got some evil intentions, Booker.
[Booker] He definitely does, man.
I mean, just look in the eyes of John Cena.
The eyes never lie, dawg.
Check it out!
[Cole] He'll step off the skull!
[Booker] Wow.
What are you thinking now?
What is John gonna do next?
You wanna have some fun?
[King] John just said, "You wanna have some fun?"
-[Cole] How is this fun? -[King] Is this fun?
[Booker] Like I've said many, many times,
we're good at fighting, and it gets real good, dawg.
It feels good right now.
Cena's in that position, man.
[King] As long as you got the upper hand, it feels good.
[Booker] What I'm talking about.
[Cole] Guys, this is so emotional for John Cena.
There's been so much that he's wanted to do to Kane over recent weeks.
You still wanna hate?
Come on! Come on!
Oh, man!
[Cole] Screaming at Kane, "You still wanna hate?"
[King] Yeah, but you gotta remember, Kane feeds off this.
He feeds off the hate.
He embraces it.
[Booker] I don't know if he's feeding off those steel steps.
[King] Hey, listen to this.
Well, you're right.
Steel against Skull.
[Booker] Wow.
[Cole] What on earth is going on with John Cena's mind right now?
[Booker] Everybody in here tonight is on their feet, waiting to see,
just like us, what's gonna happen next?
[King] Let's take one more look at this.
Watch Kane's head snap.
[Cole] Oh, goodness.
Cena just waiting for Kane to make it back to his feet.
John Cena about to lift 300 pounds on his shoulders.
And now John Cena…
[Booker] He's not gonna walk up those steps.
He's not gonna walk up those steps with this big man.
[King] Are you kidding me?
[Booker] There's no way he can do it.
[Cole] John Cena is carrying Kane on his shoulders off the steps.
[Booker] I mean, with those steps, man, that's like a 900-pound squat.
You gotta be kidding me.
[King] I don't know why the Spanish announcers are standing--
[Cole] Kane from behind.
Cena, barely.
[Booker] Oh, no.
[all exclaiming]
Chokeslam.
[King] See what I told you about Kane?
He embraces the hate.
He feeds off of it.
[Cole] A thunderous chokeslam by Kane.
[Booker] You gotta be kidding me.
[Cole] Paul has come over this 15,000-plus.
[King] John is laid out.
Watch once again.
Tables are turning.
Goes through the announce table.
Kane barely able to walk.
[Cole] But he is walking. That's the problem.
Cena's still down and out over here at ringside.
I'm trying to figure out where's Kane going.
[King] Leaving?
Has he had enough?
[Booker] It ain't over, man.
It ain't over till he's over.
[Cole] It ain't over until he puts Cena in the back of that ambulance.
I guess if Kane can't drag Cena in the ambulance,
he's gonna give him a ride on the gurney.
[Booker] Dead weight right there.
I mean, John Cena is out.
And he's out totally.
And to pull that carcass to that ambulance, will be totally--
[Cole] You gotta get out of the way. You might be on that gurney, Booker.
A sadistic individual Kane.
[Booker] Kane has lost it right now, man.
[Cole] There's only been one other Ambulance Match in WWE history.
And Kane was victorious in that one.
And it looks like he's well on his way to winning this one here tonight.
Kane's manhandling Cena.
[King] I'll never forget that match you're talking about
with Shane McMahon,
I've never seen such a brutal beating in my life.
[Booker] Let me tell you, we're seeing one right now here tonight,
because Kane and John Cena just letting it all hang out.
Right now, John Cena's in bad shape, dog.
[Cole] Oh, Kane…
Blow after blow as he drags the gurney around the ring.
He's gotta bring that gurney to the ambulance and somehow get Cena inside
and slam those doors shut to win the Ambulance Match here tonight.
[King] He's well on his way to doing it. There's the ambulance.
[Booker] He's about 20 feet away if he could
just get John Cena in the back of that ambulance,
it's all over, man.
[King] I think he's gonna send Cena in.
Look at this.
[Cole] John Cena about to go for a ride.
Kane about to win this Ambulance Match here tonight.
[King] Hang on, John. Hang on.
[Booker] John in. It's over. It's all over with, man.
[Cole] John Cena going for a ride in the ambulance.
[Cole] Wait a minute.
The door's gotta be closed.
Cena's fighting out. Cena's fighting out.
Here comes Cena.
[Booker] The fight continues, baby.
That's what I'm talking about.
[King] There's some life left in Cena.
[Cole] New life for Cena.
[King] Watch out here.
[all exclaiming]
[Cole] Look at this.
What is Cena thinking about?
[Booker] Let me tell you, it doesn't matter what he's thinking about.
John Cena has lost his cool.
He's looking good.
Oh, my goodness.
[Cole] Kane off the open door and now Cena climbing.
[King] What is John thinking here?
[Cole] He's climbing to the roof. He's climbing to the roof of the cab.
[King] Try to get him in the ambulance, John.
Try to get him in the ambulance, in the back of it.
[Cole] Cena's up on the cab. John Cena's up in the cabin.
And he's almost taunting Kane.
Almost begging Kane to come after him.
Begging Kane.
[King] You don't have to ask twice. Here comes Kane.
[Booker] Something right now, something bad is fixing
to happen up here on top of this ambulance.
-[King] He's got that Big Red Monster. -[Booker] The fight has broke out.
[Cole] Cena and Kane on top of the ambulance.
[King] This is really dangerous, guys. This is really dangerous.
[Cole] Oh no!
John Cena counters.
-Look at Kane. -[King] What?
[Cole] Oh, my God.
You gotta be kidding me.
[Booker] Is he gonna do it?
[Cole] John Cena!
[Booker] You gotta be kidding me! No!
[Cole] Attitude Adjustment off the top of the ambulance.
[Booker] Wow.
[Cole] Somebody better call 911.
[King] You need more than one ambulance
'cause Kane maybe broken into a bunch of little pieces.
[Booker] John Cena… I mean, after all this...
he's been through here tonight, he still has the knack to get up there,
-that little smile, that little wink. -[Cole] Look at this.
[Booker] Check this out right here.
[Cole] Attitude Adjustment off the top of the ambulance.
Now John Cena has got to complete the task as you watch again.
John Cena...
And there's Kane.
Look at the top part of your screen.
As you see first, the attitude adjustment on the bottom.
And now, John Cena...
A fireman's carry on his shoulders for Kane.
Dragging Kane to the ambulance.
John Cena placing Kane in the back of the ambulance.
-He's gotta close the door. -[Booker] ...close the door.
-[Cole] And he does! -[bell dings]
John Cena wins!
[John Cena's theme song playing]
[announcer] …John Cena!
-[King] What a battle. -[Booker] That's a wrap.
[Cole] Kane goes for a ride.
-John Cena wins the Ambulance Match! -[siren wailing]
And for tonight, John Cena overcomes the hate.
[siren wailing]
[Booker] Wow.
[King] Well, those sirens are blaring.
And Kane's taking a ride.
[Booker] You can say what you want to say about John Cena,
but he came out tonight and he fought to the fury, baby.
[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, now John Cena is ready for April 1st.
Six weeks from tonight in Miami.
The biggest Main Event in history.
John Cena versus The Rock at WrestleMania.
I'm waiting. sus The Rock at WrestleMania.