[narrator] Tonight, the Road of WrestleMania
has led these men to darkness,
-[ominous music playing] -[thunder rumbling]
[narrator] …into a world of suffering,
into the mind of a legend killer,
into a place with no way out.
[echoing voice] Out.
[narrator] Born of evil, made of steel,
forged by the bodies it leaves in its wake,
the Elimination Chamber knows no remorse,
offers no solace,
leaves no survivors.
[echoing voice] No way out.
-[dramatic music playing] -[narrator] Tonight,
these men will engage in battles
to seek championships, fulfill destiny,
and tear each other apart.
The Road to WrestleMania is filled with pain, agony,
and for some,
there is no way…
out.
["Fake It" playing]
[narrator] And now, WWE No Way Out.
♪ Oh, whoa ♪
[fireworks popping]
-[crowd cheering] -♪ Whoa, you're such a hypocrite ♪
♪ Fake it if you're out of direction ♪
♪ Fake it if you're out of direction… ♪
[Ross] Tonight, 15,120 fans
have sold out the Thomas & Mack Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
for No Way Out where championships will be decided
and careers will be changed forever.
[Jerry] That's right. And we just saw how brutal the Elimination Chamber can be.
Tonight, not one but two Elimination Chamber matches.
♪ You gave up on your dreams Along the way ♪
["This Fire Burns" playing]
♪ Yeah! ♪
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the ECW Championship!
Introducing the challenger from Chicago, Illinois,
weighing in at 225 pounds,
-CM Punk! -[inaudible]
[crowd cheering]
[Joey] Four weeks ago, CM Punk was arguably robbed
of the ECW Championship by Chavo Guerrero and Chavo's accomplice, Edge.
And since that night, Punk has been haunting the new champion Chavo Guerrero.
[dramatic music playing]
[CM Punk] Chavo, I want my title back.
I have a rematch clause that I'm invoking
right now, tonight.
[Chavo] You come out and ruin my championship fiesta.
[Tazz] What the hell just happened?
[Joey] That's CM Punk.
And then you wanna come out here and just get your rematch?
[mouthing inaudibly]
You're not gonna get your rematch tonight.
Don't cry. It's okay.
Don't cry, 'cause you are gonna get a rematch.
At No Way Out.
But as for tonight, last week,
you embarrassed me,
so tonight, I'm going to embarrass you.
[Armando] Tonight, CM Punk, my friend, you're going to make history
by going one-on-one with Chavo Guerrero
in the first ever Gulf of Mexico match.
In this match, Extreme rules apply.
[Tazz] No pins, no submissions,
all is, do what you gotta do to dominate.
[Armando] The only way to win is to throw your opponent
into the cesspool of water, the Gulf of Mexico.
-[crowd cheering] -[intense music playing]
[indistinct shouting]
[suspenseful music playing]
[announcer] The winner of this match, CM Punk.
Help! Help!
Help! I'm sinking!
[Joey] Well, it seems that since winning the ECW Championship,
Chavo Guerrero's reign has gotten off
-to an inauspicious start. -[woman over speakers] Ooh, Chavo.
["Chavito Ardiente" playing]
[announcer] And from El Paso, Texas, weighing in at 215 pounds,
he is the ECW Champion,
Chavo Guerrero!
[Joey] From the second Chavo Guerrero won the ECW Championship,
CM Punk has put Guerrero in his claws here, Tazz.
Well, absolutely, and you have-- CM Punk, as a former champion,
you lose your title, automatically, it kicks in,
you want to regain your title back.
Let's see if Punk can do that right now.
[Joey] Just think about this, Tazz.
Since winning the ECW Championship just four weeks ago,
CM Punk has knocked out the new champion Chavo Guerrero three times.
Once with a guitar dressed as a mariachi, as we saw, and three times with the GTS.
-The question is, can Punk hit that GTS… -[Tazz] Well--
[Joey] …with the ECW Championship on the line?
[Tazz] Speaking of that, that's what it's about.
The ECW Championship as we just saw.
I'll tell you, Joe.
-CM Punk… -[bell ringing]
…has definitely been on the hunt after Chavo.
I'm getting goosebumps, baby, amped up for this.
[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk!
[Tazz] Oh, God!
[Joey] Certainly, uh, an effective way to respond to an open-hand slap.
[Tazz] Well, I'll tell you what,
if you're gonna to come after someone's championship, that's how you start it off.
[Joey] We're in Vegas, so I guess Punk saw Chavo's slap and raised him.
It's the only gambling reference I know, Tazz.
-That's all I got. -[Tazz] Yeah, that's great. Ooh!
CM Punk-- Uh-oh. Is this gonna be it?
I guess we have a new champ.
CM Punk, in my opinion, from where I sit has gotta stick and move,
keep the pressure on Chavo.
[Joey] Punk with a full head of steam.
Chavo sending Punk flying to the--
Is Chavo looking for…
[referee] One…
[Joey] Chavo asking the ref to count-out CM Punk.
[referee] Three.
[Joey] I guess that-- [chuckles]
[Tazz] Well, it seems that--
Well, Chavo Guerrero, you never know what Chavo's thinking.
He's very salty, very savvy.
You can see here,
Chavo had the wherewithal to avoid the-- Oh, avoid that.
But then, eliminating, uh,
Punk out of the ring, uh, you never know.
[Joey] Hold on, champion, a top leg is hooked, no.
[Tazz] You never know what Chavo's thinking.
As I was saying, he's salty, he's savvy.
[Joey] Chavo Guerrero, a great veteran, a third generation superstar,
wrestling runs in the veins of Chavo Guerrero.
-CM Punk wide open. -[Tazz] I'm gonna tell you, Joe.
I'm gonna tell you straight up right now.
I had a conversation earlier today with Chavo Guerrero,
I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Chavo Guerrero.
And Chavo's extremely proud to be the ECW Champion, gonna be tough to beat.
Oh, man.
[Joey] Tazz, let me ask you question. Hold on.
Champion on top going for a lateral press.
-Two count. -[Joey] Uh, got a two-count.
CM Punk loves to utilize those leg kicks.
How is that gonna effect the offensive game plan of Chavo Guerrero?
[Tazz] Well, if Punk was able to-- Oh, beautiful, beautiful impact on that suplex
with the hips of Chavo Guerrero.
If CM Punk is able to utilize those kicks,
he could numb up the legs, possibly the arms of Chavo and slow him down.
[Joey] Speaking of legs, right now, Chavo Guerrero seems to be trying
to squeeze the air out of the sternum of CM Punk.
[Tazz] Well, I think it's an excellent strategy
by the ECW Champion Chavo Guerrero, ground CM Punk,
slow him down.
[Joey] You know, obviously CM Punk has something to prove.
He wants to regain the ECW Championship.
[crowd chanting] CM Punk!
[Tazz] As I was saying earlier, Joe, once you hold the cherished ECW title,
any championships for that matter,
you want to regain it back, that's obvious.
[Joey] And with 15,000-plus-- Oh, chanting on CM Punk.
Great counter by the former champion
as the current champion eats the turnbuckle.
[Tazz] Well, the question is can Chavo capitalize?
I'm sorry, CM Punk capitalize and-- Oh!
[Joey] Right now, the answer looks like yes.
And CM Punk looks to be slowed down just a little bit after that body scissors.
[Tazz] I don't know, Joe, CM Punk's looking pretty good right now.
[Joey] Now, obviously CM Punk has something to prove,
to regain the ECW Championship.
The question is, does Chavo Guerrero have to prove that he can beat CM Punk?
-Nice rotation for the powerslam! -[Tazz] Here we go! Oh!
[Joey] Two-- Oh.
And I'm telling you, some of our fans in over 30 countries watching live
may have thought we're gonna see the crowning of a new ECW Champion,
fans in the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Egypt,
the list goes on. Wait a minute. Uh-oh.
-Chavo Guerrero -[Tazz] Uh-oh!
[Joey] May wanna be anywhere else but Las Vegas right now.
[Tazz] Might be going to sleep for the ECW champ.
Look at this. Beautiful.
Oh, man, hurricanrana.
[Joey] Last second counter by Chavo Guerrero.
-[Tazz] Oh, wow. -[Joey] And a Tornado DDT
-spikes the challenger. -[Tazz] Got him.
[Joey] This could be it. The leg is hooked and--
[Tazz chuckling] Oh!
Nothing but impact on that Tornado DDT.
Chavo, you can see the frustration in the man's eyes.
[Joey] And after being knocked out by the GTS week after week after week,
it seems that Chavo Guerrero
-may have found a way to counter the GTS. -[Tazz] Uh, Joey.
I gotta tell you, I thought that Chavo beat CM Punk right there.
Oh!
Oh, man.
[Joey] This could be-- Oh, CM Punk trying
-to turn over the champ. -[Tazz] Shoot the hip.
-[crowd] One, two… -[Tazz] Got him, Punk-- Oh, God Almighty!
[chuckles]
Watch the-- totally nothing but impact.
I swear to you, I'm telling you,
I thought Chavo… pulled a quick one off the DDT but for naught.
-[speaking indistinctly] -[crowd booing]
[Joey] Pretty close to a three-count.
CM Punk now feeling pretty good.
Just waiting on the champion to get back to his feet.
[Tazz] Oh!
[Joey] Tazz, would you look at this?
[crowd booing]
[Joey] CM Punk perhaps trying to pay tribute to--
[Tazz] Well, our fans are booing and CM Punk-- Oh, whoa, whoa.
-[crowd gasping] -[Tazz] They don't appreciate…
They do appreciate that and that!
-Wow! -[Joey] The knee,
the Bulldog, this could be it, we've seen CM Punk--
[Tazz] The champ-- Oh!
[laughs] Hey, did I not say-- Oh, look at this.
[Joey] Wait a minute, no, this could be it.
[Tazz] Come on, just say what you want about Chavo Guerrero, the ECW Champion.
I said, he was savvy and salty and smart.
He proved it right there, putting the foot on the rope,
breaking the three-count.
[Joey] Excellent ring presence shown by--
-Here we go again. -[Tazz] Whoa.
[Joey] CM Punk, looking for the GTS, the Go To Sleep.
Chavo hanging on for his professional life.
[Tazz] Chavo's got-- What the-- Oh!
Oh, man!
[Joey] What a shot.
Did you hear that?
[Tazz] Almost looked like right in the temple.
Two!
[Tazz hesitates] I question the wisdom on that, though, Joe,
because if Chavo Guerrero is counted out because of this,
how can CM Punk become ECW Champion?
You gotta beat him in the middle, in the ring.
[Joey] I think CM Punk may have just figured that out
as he's trying to lift Chavo Guerrero up like a--
like a dead fish out of the Gulf of Mexico and get Chavo Guerrero back into the ring.
Five, six…
-[Joey] Here we go! -[Tazz] Here it is!
[Joey] We got a new champion right here. Punk on top.
-[Tazz] Got it-- Oh! [chuckles] -[Joey] And the leg is looking--
[Tazz] Near fall after near fall.
Speaking of frustration, I don't blame CM Punk, I'd be frustrated too.
[Joey] Do you think Chavo would've been heartbroken to be counted out
and lose the match but still be ECW Champion?
[Tazz] Joey, I can't speak for Chavo, come on. [scoffs]
Chavo can handle himself there, as can CM Punk.
[Joey] CM Punk still on the offense,
trying to follow-up to that hellacious round kick
-to the side of the head. -[Tazz] Whoa, whoa.
[crowd chanting] CM Punk!
Hey!
[Joey] Champion and challenger jockeying on the top turnbuckle.
[Tazz] It's a dangerous, dangerous spot right there.
-[Joey] Oh! -[crowd gasping]
[Joey] See the way Chavo Guerrero came down?
[Tazz] Well, like I said, dangerous.
An awkward spot to be in, nasty way to land.
[Joey] Chavo's knee got hooked on that top turnbuckle.
[Tazz chuckles] Uh, it looks something else getting hooked.
[Joey] And CM Punk now perhaps looking to put away Chavo Guerrero.
[Tazz] What the hell is this?
Oh, man!
[Joey] Punk looking for the rana, but Chavo hung on.
[Tazz] Chavo, definitely hung on. Chavo now.
Tippy-top rope, baby.
Oh!
-[Joey] The Frog Splash, the cover! -[crowd] One, two, three.
[bell ringing]
-["Chavito Ardiente" playing] -[Tazz] Wow.
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] Here is your winner and still ECW Champion,
Chavo Guerrero!
[Joey] Tazz, as you have said so many times,
Chavo Guerrero simply finds a way to win.
[Tazz] And I'm telling you, Joe, I don't care if you like the man or not.
He is our ECW Champion and that's what it's about.
You're the champion by any means necessary.
I mean, CM Punk-- Look at this.
He stopped the first attempt, did CM Punk.
Chavo landed hard.
Now watch Chavo hold on here, very smart by Chavo Guerrero to do that.
[Joey] See Punk, clasping at his knee?
Punk down, face first into the canvas,
Chavo Guerrero then waited for Punk to roll over, picture-perfect Frog Splash,
and just like that, Chavo Guerrero retained the ECW Championship.
[Tazz] I mean, that's Chavo basically saying, "I told you so."
"I'm still the champ." Congratulations to Chavo Guerrero.
Excellent match.
[Michael] And World Wrestling Entertainment No Way Out has come
to Las Vegas, America's playground.
There, the world famous Strip, and tonight the playground for WWE
and its superstars, and, well, the ECW Championship on the line,
the first of three championship matches here tonight including from SmackDown,
the world championship on the line.
It is Edge defending against Rey Mysterio, Coach.
And it's been a whirlwind week between Mysterio and Edge.
It all started this past Friday night on SmackDown
'cause remember Edge came out to the ring,
asked General Manager Vickie Guerrero to marry him.
She said yes.
And Rey Mysterio was very skeptical.
[Jonathan] Well, certainly, Rey Mysterio stepped in
and ruined the festivities so to speak.
And because of what Rey Mysterio did,
Vickie Guerrero is not here tonight.
[Michael] Yeah, but watch this.
Edge, ducking out of the way, and Rey Mysterio,
from the top rope, taking out our general manager, Vickie Guerrero,
who we now understand, Coach, after this horrific accident
is resting comfortably at home.
[Jonathan] And hopefully she's going to be okay.
You know, Vickie Guerrero would love to be here tonight.
[Michael] And standing by with more on this story,
our broadcast colleague, Mike Adamle.
Gentlemen, I'm with the incomparable Rey Mysterio
who has a date with destiny tonight, a championship match with Edge.
First of all, Rey, though, I would like to ask about your reaction
to what you saw and what happened Friday night in SmackDown.
I'll tell you something, Mike, plain and simple.
Edge is a character that looks out for himself.
He don't care about Vickie.
And me hitting Vickie, you know, what happened last week,
it was an accident.
I had no intentions of hitting her.
But you know what?
She's gonna beg for me to say sorry,
and no, I'm not gonna say sorry, not again.
[crowd cheering]
We're gonna switch gears here a second.
It was reported on WWE.com
that you will be wrestling tonight with a torn bicep.
How did it hamper and will it hamper you in your match against Edge?
I think at this point, it really doesn't matter, it's torn.
That's the worst that can happen already.
I'mma go out there,
I have a world championship title match tonight.
I'mma go out there and win.
But, man, how can you defend yourself with one arm?
I'm gonna do it, you know why?
-Porque mi gente, mi raza… -[crowd cheering]
[speaking Spanish]
They always look out for me and, you know-- Yo, excuse me, Mike.
-Yeah. Sorry. -"Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather.
Oh, what's up baby?
-What's up, champ? -What's up?
What's up, baby? How you feeling?
-Mr. 619. -Oh, you know, you know.
It's your man, Money Mayweather lifestyle.
Flashy.
-Ah-ha! -Talk to me.
-Man, what's up with you, baby? -Gonna get that title tonight?
-You know what? I am, I'mma do it. -From champ to champ.
-I'mma do it. -God bless and good luck.
-Thank you, baby. Thank you. -Let's do it.
-You ready to do this? -Absolutely.
-You ready to check me out? -Let's go.
Let's go. Excuse me, Mike.
Best of luck, Rey.
Best of luck.
Wow, looks like, uh-- Well, Rey Mysterio hanging out with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
It could be double champs tonight after that big match with Edge.
No doubt-- No doubt about that. Ladies and gentlemen,
I'm sure that Floyd Mayweather has got an opinion on who's gonna win
the Elimination Chamber, uh, represented by our Raw superstars.
We have our opinion, we'd like to know your opinion.
You can check out WWE Mobile,
there you see all the individuals that you can vote for,
all six men that will be in the Elimination Chamber.
And of course, remember, folks,
that, as always, standard messaging rates apply.
["Fake It" playing]
♪ You should know That the lies won't hide your flaws ♪
♪ No sense in hiding all of yours… ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Chris Jericho, of course, in the Elimination Chamber.
He knows what it's like to be a WWE Champion.
He knows what it's like to headline WrestleMania.
That's the prize that awaits the winner
of the Elimination Chamber, which ominously, all ten tons…
-[Jerry] Oh my. -[Tazz] …hangs over our head.
-[tense music playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And that barbaric Elimination Chamber weighs 32,000 pounds,
16 tons, and it will imprison the ring and six SmackDown superstars next.
And on the line, Coach, the main event,
the world title opportunity at WrestleMania,
simply for the superstar who survives this chamber of horrors.
Who will it be?
Who will survive the Elimination Chamber?
[dramatic music playing]
[Ross] The Elimination Chamber, Satan's structure.
[Michael] The most punishing structure ever devised.
[Tazz] This structure has no give, has no forgiveness.
[Ross] These men are playing Russian roulette with their careers
in this environment.
That chamber is a cold, heartless structure,
willing to execute all that enter it.
Six men but only one can survive!
[music builds]
-[music concludes] -[thunder rumbling]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following is the Elimination Chamber match
where the winner will go on to receive a World Heavyweight Championship bout
at WrestleMania XXIV.
The rules of the match are as follows,
four participants will be locked away in their respective chambers
while two superstars will start the match in the ring.
Every four minutes, a superstar will randomly be released into the match.
The only way to be eliminated is by pinfall or submission.
The last superstar remaining after all the others have been eliminated
will be the winner.
["I'm Comin'" playing]
♪ One, two You hear the clock tickin' ♪
♪ Tick, tock ♪
♪ You're about to stop livin' ♪
♪ Tick, tock ♪
♪ I want you to remember me ♪
♪ Tick, tock ♪
♪ But the day don't have no memory ♪
♪ I'm comin'! ♪
♪ Nobody could stop me Nobody could hold me, nobody control me ♪
♪ I'm comin'! ♪
♪ I'm here to do my thing I'm here to bring the pain ♪
♪ I'm never ever gon' change ♪
♪ Like Tropicana, I got the juice ♪
♪ Offer the leash to let the dog loose ♪
♪ Don't make me call up the crew ♪
♪ Now they getting's scared When I call up troops ♪
♪ I'm the One like Neo, cocky like TO ♪
♪ Nobody could guard me Like I'm shootin' a free throw… ♪
[announcer] Introducing the participants.
First, from Miami, Florida, weighing 248 pounds.
He is the WWE United States Champion,
Montel Vontavious Porter, "MVP"!
[Michael] And for the very first time ever,
the longest-reigning United States Champion in WWE history
has entered the Elimination Chamber,
and you've got to wonder what is going through his mind.
[Jonathan] It almost seems like MVP somewhat reluctant to get
in the Elimination Chamber, knowing what's ahead,
or should I say not knowing what's ahead.
[Michael] Oh, he's not somewhat, he is reluctant to get in
and just quietly so.
We said this earlier on, that there are ten tons of steel
that make up this chamber,
but when you figure in the two miles of chain,
this structure weighs 16 tons.
And as MVP is going to enter one of the pods or chambers,
those pods have a half inch of Lexan,
which is bulletproof glass and you're chained inside.
The only way out is for the referee to open that door.
[Jonathan] Exactly. There's no getting out until your number is called.
-And right now, that's up to… -["Calling All Cars" playing]
…determination by what happened before the show started,
and it really is an advantage
to go in last.
[announcer] Introducing next,
being accompanied to the ring by Matt Striker,
from Harlem, New York, weighing 487 pounds,
Big Daddy V!
[Jonathan] I gotta wonder, Michael, if Big Daddy V is even gonna be able
to fit inside one of these pods.
[Michael] That's a great question. This mammoth of a man, Big Daddy V,
who fears seemingly nothing, is entering the structure
for the very first time as well.
And I had the opportunity to talk to many superstars earlier today
who participated in this match.
Every one of them has told me to a T
that this is the most unforgiving structure
they've ever been a part of.
In fact WWE-- Former WWE Champion John Cena,
who defended his title inside this chamber,
he told me earlier today that he's glad he's not involved here tonight.
[Jonathan] And, Michael, once you get inside the pod,
you're not getting out because that Lexan--
you cannot break Lexan.
Like you said, you're only gonna get out when a referee gets you out.
[Michael] And Matt Striker.
Big Daddy V's handler, so to speak.
Going to be interesting to see what type of instructions
he has to offer for The Mastodon.
["Land of Five Rivers" playing]
[announcer] Being accompanied to the ring by Ranjin Singh, from India,
standing over seven feet tall, weighing 420 pounds,
The Great Khali!
[Michael] And The Great Khali who is the originator
of the Punjabi Prison match which we've seen here.
But again, he has never been inside a structure like the Elimination Chamber,
and he's also gonna be placed inside one of these pods.
[Jonathan] And, Michael, you notice that the normal swagger
that the superstars come out with is not there.
They understand how serious this is, how brutal this is.
And when Raw General Manager, Eric Bischoff,
back in 2002, created this match,
who would have ever thought that in 2008
there'd be so much on the line for the winner?
[Michael] Again, the winner of this match will head to WrestleMania
to face the world champion in the main event.
The Great Khali testing out that chain,
that is forged chain that is welded together and it's like--
Even though it seems to have a bit of give, it doesn't.
It's like running into a wall, superstars tell me, when you hit it.
[Jonathan] I don't care how big you are, I don't care how tough you think you are,
you can be brought to your knees inside the Elimination Chamber.
["Hes Ma Da" playing]
[announcer] From Belfast, Northern Ireland,
weighing 233 pounds, Finlay!
[Michael] Finlay has told me on a number of occasions
that all he ever wanted to do
was headline WrestleMania for a title opportunity.
He has that chance tonight, but can he totally focus here tonight,
Coach, knowing that his friend Hornswoggle,
heads into that steel cage tomorrow night against Mr. McMahon?
[Jonathan] Well, Finlay better be able to focus
because there's gonna be a lot of damage that's gonna be done.
And he can't afford to have damage here tonight,
and then watch Hornswoggle get taken apart tomorrow on Raw.
[Michael] But perhaps this type of match is made for a man like Finlay,
the bruiser from Belfast, Northern Island,
who has been battling for his life and livelihood on the streets of Belfast.
Perhaps this is a match up his alley.
[Jonathan] Well, we know that Finlay is scared of nothing or no one,
and I think you're right.
If anybody has the advantage other than Batista who's been in this match before,
it might be Finlay.
[Michael] And now, we know the two men who will start this match
inside the chamber, one of them the former world champion.
-["I Walk Alone" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[announcer] From Washington D.C., weighing 290 pounds,
Batista!
[Michael] Batista is obsessed with regaining the world title.
I talked to him earlier today and he told me, Coach,
that he lost the championship in WrestleMania,
as you see Batista taunting the opponents, as Batista goes from pod to pod.
And that's the intensity and the ferocity we talked about inside The Animal,
who wants the title back.
And he has an opportunity to do that if he wins tonight, to go to Mania.
[Jonathan] Batista feels like he has the advantage,
and now going from corner to corner to corner to corner, talking trash,
and trying to intimidate
the other four superstars already in there.
But Batista needs to focus on the guy that he's gonna start this match with.
[inaudible]
[Jonathan] Boy, the intensity in here is really off the charts.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] You can feel the emotion overflowing in every part of this arena.
Every single one of the men involved in this match knows what's at stake,
a title opportunity at WrestleMania.
But all five men are gonna have to get through
the legendary Phenom,
The Deadman.
[crowd cheering]
-["Rest In Peace" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[announcer] And from Death Valley, weighing 299 pounds,
The Undertaker!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] The range of emotions is startling.
If you look at the faces of these superstars, you see fear,
trepidation, intensity,
almost to not knowing of what to expect.
And as Undertaker symbolically slams the door,
we will begin with the two men who began their yearlong rivalry
at WrestleMania last year to start this match
for a title opportunity at WrestleMania this year.
And it is only appropriate it has come full circle tonight.
[Jonathan] And if there were two men
that are destined to become world champion again…
-[bell ringing] -…it would be these two men.
[Michael] Over the past few months, both Undertaker and Batista
have been robbed out of that world championship by Edge.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And the Elimination Chamber is underway.
Undertaker and Batista start, at regular intervals throughout,
those pods will open and the other superstars will enter.
And Undertaker and Batista slugging it out in the early going.
[Jonathan] Michael, I really think the advantage for the other four,
they did not have to start this match.
Can Batista and/or The Undertaker eliminate the other
before another superstar gets into this match?
[Michael] Well, either one of these men would have to last, fight through--
or would have to get through, I should say,
five men, to make it to WrestleMania.
And you see the two men in the ring
and two thoughts come to mind during their rivalry over the last year.
For The Undertaker, adaptation and evolution,
and for Batista, the maturation of The Animal into a major superstar.
[Jonathan] I think both of these men are at the top of their game.
And who would have thought The Undertaker could change so much in order--
-[Michael] Oh! -[crowd gasping]
[Michael] And as Batista hits that steel outside of the ring,
that flooring has no give and it's like hitting a concrete floor.
[Jonathan] It is steel, Michael,
and you don't know what it feels like until you hit it.
[Michael] Oh no, oh no.
And Undertaker gonna use that forged chain as a weapon.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And listen and watch.
[Jonathan] Oh!
-[Michael] And Undertaker-- -[Jonathan] Oh!
[Michael] Oh, and Batista battles back with a right hand.
Again, it's about survival inside the Elimination Chamber.
Imagine what that chain could do to the flesh,
as we watch again this right hand by Batista.
Oh!
And Batista and Undertaker, forget the feeling out process,
they're going right after one another.
First cover of the matchup, hook of the leg, and a kick-out.
And again, pinfall or submission, only way to eliminate your opponent.
[Jonathan] And, Michael, I think both of these men realize how important it is
to get off not only to a fast start
but to an emphatic start
so the other four that are watching know how intense
that they're going to be.
[Michael] And who will be the next man to join Undertaker and Batista?
Who will next be released
from that Lexan chamber?
As Undertaker buries a boot in the gut of Batista in the corner.
[Jonathan] You know, as nervous as Batista and Undertaker probably were
to start this match, can you imagine having to stand
in one of these four pods and wait for the time to tick down
and then not knowing if your pod is gonna be the next one to open up?
[Michael] Well, let's face it, those guys in the pods have the advantage right now.
-[Jonathan] Yup. -[Michael] Undertaker and Batista,
as I mentioned, one of them has to go through five men to win this thing.
And let's not forget, this is the biggest,
the largest Elimination Chamber match in history.
Over one ton of humanity in this ring
when you add up the weights of all these superstars.
[Jonathan] It's gonna be very, very difficult for anyone of these six
to come out of this victorious.
And if they do, whoever it is, they will certainly have earned it.
[Michael] It is an absolutely cruel environment
as six superstars who are battling for an opportunity
to headline the night of a lifetime, the match of lifetime, at WrestleMania.
[Jonathan] You talk about the opportunity, Michael,
and if they get that opportunity, imagine the disappointment
the other five will feel if not victorious here tonight.
[MVP] Batista, are you crying?
[Michael] Undertaker systematically, almost methodically,
wearing "The Animal" Batista down.
[Jonathan] Look at that, Michael.
[Michael] Boot buried in the Adam's apple.
Again, all of this is legal.
[Jonathan] Yeah. Anything goes in the chamber.
Once you walk in, anything goes.
-Oh. -[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Undertaker just took the toe of his boot
and drilled them right in the ribs of Batista.
[Jonathan] Well, right. You need to wear down Batista somehow,
he is The Animal,
and if you have to break a rib to do it,
that's what he did.
And look at The Animal fighting back.
[Michael] Oh, and a high elbow.
-Batista, to the cover. -[Jonathan] Here we go!
[Michael] Could be the first elimination!
And Undertaker rolls the shoulder out.
[Jonathan] And I know you thought The Undertaker was a favorite,
what an upset in my mind it would be
if The Undertaker was eliminated this early.
[Michael] Well, Batista and The Undertaker,
over their yearlong rivalry, each has a victory over one another.
They've got a couple of draws thrown in there,
some interferences by Edge.
So this rivalry between the two, extremely equal.
Eight seconds left until the first pod opens.
Both men knocked down by big boots.
[Jonathan] Who's gonna be next, Michael?
[Michael] And who it is will have an advantage with both men down?
[suspenseful music playing]
[buzzer blares]
[Michael] And it will be the former…
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Oh, wait, Big Daddy V.
[Jonathan] Here's comes Big Daddy V
with that advantage that you're talking about.
[Michael] The 500-pound Mastodon heads to Batista first.
-Now back to The Undertaker. -[Jonathan] Oh.
[Michael] And Big Daddy V with that massive headbutt.
[Jonathan] And you have to believe with what has happened between Big Daddy V
and The Undertaker in recent weeks.
-[Michael] Oh! -[Jonathan chuckles] Oho!
That Big Daddy V would like nothing more than to eliminate The Phenom.
[Michael] And this Mastodon, this block of a man,
manhandling Batista and The Undertaker.
[Jonathan] Going back and forth.
[Michael] Could this be Big Daddy V's night?
[crowd jeering]
[Jonathan] And I think the nerves are gone.
Big Daddy V came in at the right time, as you mentioned, with both men down.
[Michael] He got the opportunity to scout,
he got the opportunity to watch what happened, and look at the strength.
-[Jonathan] Oh. -[Michael] How many times do you see
someone pick up The Undertaker like that, toss him across the ring?
-[Jonathan] Oh. -[crowd groaning]
[Michael] And that skillet-sized hand of Big Daddy V
thundering into the chest.
[Jonathan] Remember, there is the possibility that all six--
-[speaks indistinctly] -[Michael] Oh, Samoan drop!
-This could be it. -[Jonathan] Could be the cover.
[Michael] Can Big Daddy V capitalize?
He's got to either pinfall or have The Undertaker submit
to eliminate The Deadman.
[Jonathan] And he must not think it's time,
but in my eyes that's a minor mistake by Big Daddy V.
-[Michael] Oh, this is like… -[Jonathan] Wow.
[Michael] …putting a minivan on your chest.
The Mastodon, with his full weight
into the throat and chest of The Undertaker.
[Jonathan] I don't think this is the time to try to teach The Undertaker a lesson.
Get off of him and try for the cover.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] I think--
I think he's trying to get The Undertaker to pass out.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Trying to cut the breath.
-[Jonathan] Well, he almost did. -[Michael] Ooh, what a right hand.
[crowd cheering]
[Jonathan] You know, Michael, this match may favor the likes of a Big Daddy V,
so difficult to beat, to pin, to get him to tap out.
[Michael] I don't necessarily disagree,
but I think the one thing that could hurt Big Daddy V in the long run,
he's gotta last through the rest of this matchup,
is the conditioning, his stamina perhaps.
As Big Daddy V backs Batista into the corner.
-Oh. -[Jonathan] Oh.
You got to think that Matt Striker has prepared his man
for this match mentally and they have thought about that.
[Michael] Matt Striker-- Oh, look at Undertaker.
Driven through the door,
out to the floor below.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] And that changes the complexion of the match for the moment.
[Jonathan] Well, I don't think I've ever seen that happen
in the Elimination Chamber match before.
[Michael] Take another look at Big Daddy V.
The force of this 500-pound man,
a headbutt, and Undertaker just crashing through the door.
And Big Daddy V looking to take advantage of The Undertaker who--
I mean, think about it, Coach,
he fell from that chamber out to that floor below.
[Jonathan] And hit the-- Oh! Hit those hard parts there,
you gotta wonder if there's an injured shoulder,
maybe an injured elbow.
[Michael] Well, something's injured after that 500-pound mass of a body
just crushed Undertaker against that forged chain.
[Jonathan] I am very impressed of Big Daddy V right now,
going back and forth between The Undertaker and Batista
and really enforcing his will.
[Michael] Full head of steam, 500 pounds, to crush a man.
[Jonathan] This could be over for The Animal right here, right now.
[Michael] Big Daddy V may have crushed "The Animal" Batista.
[Jonathan] I don't understand why Big Daddy V is not covering.
[Michael] Watch this. Here's a Mack truck.
-Oh! -[Jonathan] Oh!
[crowd chattering]
[Michael] Went for the Samoan drop again,
Batista managed to slip underneath.
-And look at that! -[Jonathan] Oh, wow!
[Michael] A spinebuster…
-[Jonathan] What? -.[Michael] …to the 500-pound man.
[Jonathan] Well, that's one of the most impressive feats of strength
I have ever seen.
[Michael] But it may have taken out of Batista everything that he had left.
Well, maybe not, as Batista plows Big Daddy V over the top rope.
And you saw Big Daddy V grab his back.
But look at that!
[Jonathan] Well, Michael, we've seen Big Daddy V have two chances.
One with The Undertaker, one with Batista.
Decided not to cover-- Oh, what a DDT.
[Michael] And Batista goes for the cover.
Here's the cover!
He got him. Falls count anywhere.
Big Daddy V eliminated, thanks to The Undertaker.
And Batista now is gonna cover The Undertaker.
Can he get rid of The Phenom here who kicks out at two?
[Jonathan] Well, Michael, in my opinion-- Oh, the countdown is on.
Who is next after the first elimination?
[crowd] Three, two, one.
[suspenseful music playing]
[buzzer blares]
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] The former world champion, The Great Khali, seven-foot-two,
420 pounds.
And Khali, who has a history with both Batista and The Undertaker,
-gonna target both men. -[Jonathan] Oh my God.
[Michael] And there's that huge chop.
[Jonathan] And Michael, you're seeing immediately what you were talking about.
The Undertaker and Batista have already been in this match--
-[Michael] Oh! -[Jonathan] Wow. Over ten minutes.
[Michael] They battled each other,
they battled Big Daddy V,
and now they got this gargantuan colossus, the Khali.
[crowd chanting] You can't wrestle!
And Great Khali driving elbow after elbow into The Undertaker's temple.
[Jonathan] What a huge advantage this is for The Great Khali.
[crowd chanting] You can't wrestle!
[Michael] Great Khali has been a former world champion as we mentioned.
Batista defeated Khali back in September at Vengeance to win the world title.
[crowd chattering]
-[Jonathan] Oh! -[Michael] Undertaker.
Right hand after right hand.
[Jonathan] What resiliency after taking that huge right hand chop
to the forehead from The Great Khali.
-[Michael] Undertaker is-- -[Jonathan] Uh-oh.
[Michael] There's no way! There is no way!
But Khali gonna plant The Undertaker
-with a Khali Bomb! -[Jonathan] Wow! That could be it.
-[Michael] Here's the cover. -[Jonathan] It's over, Michael.
[Michael] Hook of the leg! Is Undertaker--
-No! -[Jonathan] Oh, wow!
[Michael] He kicked out. Undertaker kicked out.
[Jonathan] That was nearly at the count of three,
and The Great Khali almost sent out the favorite.
[Michael] But Khali wisely right back to his feet,
now goes to work on Batista, trying to take The Animal out.
-Watch the strength of Khali. -[crowd groaning]
[Michael] And Khali going for the cover, looks to eliminate Batista.
Can he do it? There's two.
And, uh, Batista rolls the shoulder out at two.
[Jonathan] Michael, I don't know what was more amazing,
the strength from The Great Khali or the fact that The Undertaker…
-[Michael] Oh! -…was able to kick out.
Oh, what a shot.
[Michael] Six superstars started this match, five are left,
Big Daddy V's been eliminated.
-MVP-- -[Jonathan] Oh no!
[Michael] The Khali Vice Grip.
The Khali Vice Grip, which has felled Batista before.
Those huge NFL football wide hands wrapped around the skull of Batista.
[Jonathan] And, Michael, does The Undertaker come to the aid
of The Animal or just sit there and watch as The Great Khali
squeezes the life out of him?
[Michael] Remember, submission maneuver, as Batista broke--
-[Jonathan] Oh. -[Michael] Knocks down Khali with a spear!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Oh, here's your answer, every man for himself.
[Jonathan] Yeah, it is every man for himself.
[Michael] There are no friends when it comes
to a title opportunity at WrestleMania.
There are definitely no friends inside this savage chamber.
[Jonathan] What--
[Michael] Ooh. And that's Ranjin Singh, The Great Khali's translator,
blasted out of the chamber.
He was on the outside and that kick went right through that chain, that chain wall.
[Jonathan] And it's almost like The Undertaker has a sixth sense.
-[Michael] Oh, look at this! -[Jonathan] Wait, wait.
[Michael] This is that submission maneuver.
The Undertaker has taken out Big Daddy V,
and Mark Henry, and Matt Striker, and now The Great Khali.
-Khali, The Great Khali has tapped out. -[Jonathan] He's tapped out.
[Michael] He's tapped out. Khali has been eliminated.
And Undertaker refuses to let go.
[Jonathan] I think The Undertaker's emotions have overtaken him.
The Great Khali has tapped out, is out, the second elimination.
[Michael] Big Daddy V and now Great Khali have been eliminated.
The Undertaker and Batista in the ring,
MVP and Finlay yet to enter this matchup.
And you saw the blood from the mouth of Khali.
Again, The Undertaker draws blood with this devastating submission maneuver.
[Jonathan] And I think the longer that The Undertaker is in,
the more he is going to realize that--
-[Batista groans] -[Jonathan] Oh my goodness.
[Michael] And Undertaker blasting Batista off the steel.
Khali has no clue where he is.
And think about the size of the men Undertaker has taken out with that move.
Mark Henry, Big Daddy V, and now The Great Khali.
[Jonathan] Whatever it is hitting, it's hitting the right spot,
drawing blood, but also-- Oh!
[Michael] And that was Ranjin Singh blasted off the chamber
moments ago by The Undertaker.
And here's that submission maneuver.
Look at the torque and the strength The Undertaker uses in this hold.
[Jonathan] Michael, you talked about the evolution of The Undertaker.
That's what we're seeing with that hold.
[Michael] Cover, cover, falls count anywhere,
and Batista just gets his shoulder up at the last moment.
[Jonathan] The Undertaker finding a new way to be successful.
[Michael] And look how The Undertaker used the Elimination Chamber that time
as he went into the cover.
He used the chamber to help himself,
to provide some leverage into that near pinfall on Batista.
-[Jonathan] Okay. Here we go. -[Michael] And look at--
Raking the back, just raking it across that steel.
[crowd] …two, one!
[Michael] And who's next?
[suspenseful music playing]
-[buzzer blares] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] From Belfast, Northern Ireland,
the fighting Finlay, the fighting Irishman,
and he's out of the pod like a--
-[Jonathan] Oh, what a shot! -[Michael] Runs into the boot
by The Undertaker!
And a right hand by The Phenom.
[Jonathan] Came out like a bolt of lightning,
but went down just as quick.
[Michael] The opportunity of Finlay's life,
if he could somehow pull out a win in the Elimination Chamber.
The force in which The Undertaker--
-Oh, nobody home! -[Jonathan] Oh, got out of the way!
[Michael] Undertaker caught up on the top rope,
advantage Finlay all of a sudden.
[Jonathan] Finlay, fresh, tough, nasty, brutal.
[Jonathan] Oh, look at that.
[Michael] The sinewy, burly, bruising Finlay.
Sends Batista out to that near concrete-like floor.
[Jonathan] And every time you go out, it's not-- Oh, here we go!
[Michael] Going for the Celtic Cross, and he does it.
Finlay is gonna eliminate The Undertaker!
This one's over. Hooks the leg!
He got it! No, and a kick-out at two.
[Jonathan] How is The Undertaker doing this?
[Michael] He's The Undertaker.
As Finlay almost had The Undertaker defeated.
MVP, the last man left
in that Lexan, bulletproof glass-like pod,
pacing to try to get in this match.
[Jonathan] And Michael, I told you recently on SmackDown,
MVP, my odds-on favorite to win the Elimination Chamber.
-[Michael] Oh, look at this! Finlay… -[Jonathan] Wait a second.
[Jonathan] Oh!
[Michael] Blasted into that forged steel.
[Jonathan] There is no give, whatsoever, in that steel.
[Michael] Again, that chain is welded together.
Finlay may have no clue where he's at right now.
[Jonathan] You're right, Michael. Normal chain there is give.
There's no give there.
[Michael] If you saw the look in Batista's eyes
and the look on his face,
you could see that perhaps these superstars
are beginning to grow weary.
Now it's gut check time.
Now we're heading towards the bottom of the ninth,
and the WrestleMania main event, is on the line.
[Jonathan] You gotta dig deep, and at some point in their mind,
they're gonna realize, "Wait a second. I am this close
-to a championship shot…" Wow. "…at WrestleMania."
[Michael] Batista may have made a mistake.
Undertaker follows it up with a clothesline!
[Jonathan] Well, Michael, as you pointed out,
every big move followed up-- Oh, wait a second!
-[Michael] Finlay going to take advantage! -[Jonathan] The Animal could be out!
-[Michael] Here's the cover. -[Jonathan] Oh, wow.
[Michael] And a kick-out by Batista at two.
Watch the impact of The Undertaker's clothesline.
Ooh.
And Finlay, now turns his attack to Batista.
[Jonathan] And what an advantage Finlay has,
The Undertaker weary, Batista obviously weary.
Oh, and a hard back on that hard steel.
[Michael] We mentioned earlier, this is right up Finlay's alley.
Finlay spent his life growing up on the streets
of war-torn Belfast for survival, for his life,
using everything in his means to attack
and that's what he's doing here with The Undertaker.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Oh.
When's the last time you ever saw The Undertaker's face grimace?
You saw it that time when he hit that steel.
[Jonathan] That is what makes this match so unique and so--
[Michael] And cover, cover, cover.
-He might have it-- And a kick-out at two. -[Jonathan] Oh, wow.
[Michael] So close again for Finlay.
-Here's that boot right to the skull. -[Jonathan] Oh my God.
[Michael] Oh.
[Jonathan] I mean, Michael, you mentioned it earlier-- Oh, wow.
[Michael] Again, that Lexan, half-inch Lexan, bulletproof glass
now being used as a weapon.
[Jonathan] Finlay almost looks like he is enjoying himself
in this Elimination Chamber.
[Michael] Again, the Lexan!
And the Lexan that time…
[Jonathan] I just said it couldn't break. My mistake, it just did.
[Michael] Finlay driving Undertaker.
-[Jonathan] Oh. -[Michael] Finlay driven off the steel!
I'm not sure if it was the post or the actual steel of that pod.
But nonetheless, Finlay's shoulder,
driven there by The Animal.
[Jonathan] You mentioned gut check time, it is way beyond that.
Right now, all three of these men,
as MVP has not even gotten in the match yet,
realize that one wrong step,
one breath, and they could be out.
[Michael] Finlay's in trouble. Batista, great suplex.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Batista's head bouncing off the mat as well.
The faces tell the story, all the men in pain.
Here's the cover, Finlay rolls out of the way.
[Jonathan] Michael, all I can say is that this match is living up
to every expectation anybody had.
[Michael] The winner of this match advances to WrestleMania
to battle for the world title.
[crowd] Nine, eight, seven, six,
five, four, three, two, one.
[buzzing blares]
[Michael] Uh-oh.
We know it's MVP.
[Jonathan hesitates] MVP doesn't want out.
He's holding his--
[Michael] MVP is gonna be forced to be brought out.
Undertaker unloading!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Great veteran instincts by The Undertaker.
Take the fresh man out before he can get in the match.
[Jonathan] Well, now The Undertaker, as he has taken out MVP,
can now refocus on Batista and Finlay.
[Michael] And look at Batista.
The final four men in this match,
Batista, Undertaker, Finlay, and MVP.
-[Michael] Oh. -[crowd gasping]
[Michael] These men, putting their body, their heart, and their soul on the line.
Oh, and there's that kick from out of nowhere!
[Jonathan] At just the right time.
-[Michael] And now… -[Jonathan] MVP coming out of nowhere.
[Michael] …Undertaker his next target. Cover.
-[Jonathan] A cover. -[Michael] Hooks the leg.
Undertaker may be eliminated, but he kicks out at two.
[crowd chattering]
[Michael] MVP, the fresh man.
-[Jonathan] Wait a minute. -[Michael] What--
MVP using that decorative chain as a--
[Jonathan] Oh, Michael, I guess it's legal.
[Michael] It is legal. Everything's legal.
[Jonathan] Oh, look at Finlay's face.
[Michael] Here's the cover by MVP.
Will Finlay be eliminated? Not right now.
MVP is never-- Here's the cover again.
Well, I thought he was going for the cover.
[Jonathan] Oh, he's beating the hell out of The Undertaker, that's all I know.
[Michael] MVP with a vicious streak tonight
and you've got to become vicious.
You've got to become aggressive inside this match.
[Jonathan] Michael, MVP just hit Undertaker with that chain.
[Michael] Cover. Hooks the leg. Undertaker rolls out again.
[Jonathan] Right in the forehead, trying to knock The Phenom out,
and I think he's broken him wide open.
[Michael] Blood beginning to trickle from the head of The Undertaker,
and MVP sees that target.
-[Michael] Oh! -[crowd groaning]
[Jonathan] You know, Michael, even though everything is legal,
I don't think anybody expected MVP to use that chain.
[Michael] The arrogant, pompous MVP,
pulling out all the stops in his first chamber match.
[Jonathan] Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Oh!
[crowd chanting] Taker! Taker! Taker! Taker!
[crowd continues chanting]
[Michael] Undertaker begging MVP to bring it on, still on his feet.
MVP gonna go to the top of the pod.
[Jonathan] But there's only so far you can go
before you run out of room.
-[Michael] MVP still on the offense. -[Jonathan] Whoa!
[Michael] Undertaker teetering on the top rope.
[Jonathan] Undertaker's legs are so wobbly right now.
[Michael] Still using the chain as a weapon.
-Is MVP-- Oh no! -[Jonathan] Oh.
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Oh no! -[Jonathan] Oh, wow!
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Finlay crawls to the cover. -[crowd counting]
-[Michale] MVP eliminated! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Off that reverse chokeslam by The Undertaker,
Finlay took advantage.
[Jonathan] Give Finlay all the credit in the world
for realizing where he was and what was happening.
[Michael] And Finlay even closer now to realizing his dream.
Can he eliminate The Undertaker and Batista?
But look at the unbelievable strength of The Undertake. With one arm!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Undertaker has seemingly gotten into a different zone right now.
-Undertaker-- -[crowd gasping]
[Michael] Finlay rolled out of the way at the last moment.
[Jonathan] Missing with the elbow, tried everything in his arsenal.
[indistinct chatter]
[crowd cheering]
-[Finlay shouting indistinctly] -[Jonathan] Oh.
[Michael] Hornswoggle?
-Hey, shillelagh. -[Jonathan hesitates]
[Michael] I tell you. It's legal. There's no rules.
The shillelagh in the hands of Finlay.
But Batista, The Animal, enraged.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jonathan] Oh, what a shot! -[Michael] Oh, shillelagh to the skull!
Batista's out! Batista's out!
-Batista kicks out! -[Jonathan] Oh!
How did Batista kick-out of that?
[Michael] Uh-oh.
-Finlay, chokeslam! -[Jonathan] Oh!
-Oh my God. -[Michael] Oh my God.
Onto the unforgiving concrete.
[Jonathan] Can The Undertaker get a cover?
-[Michael] The cover by The Undertaker. -[crowd] One, two, three.
[Michael] Finlay eliminated after that horrific chokeslam.
[crowd applauding]
[Jonathan] My God, I have never seen brutality like this.
[crowd groaning]
[Jonathan] Batista opened up by the shillelagh from Finlay,
and now we're down to two, Michael.
[Michael] We're down to two men.
The two men who began this year…
One more look.
Watch Finlay just almost driven through that steel.
These two men began their yearlong rivalry at WrestleMania last year.
Now they vie for a chance to main event WrestleMania this year.
It will either be The Undertaker or Batista
to face the world champion at WrestleMania.
[Jonathan] And, Michael, whoever wins will have well deserved it,
I can tell you that.
[crowd chattering]
-[Michael] Both men battle weary. -[crowd booing]
-Both men exhausted. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Both men have given it their all.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd booing]
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Batista, going for the Batista Bomb!
Batista may be going to WrestleMania!
-Into the canvas! -[Jonathan] It could be over!
It's over, Michael.
[Michael] Can The Animal do it? Can he crawl to the cover?
Can he get The Undertaker on his back?
Can Batista win the Chamber?
[Jonathan] He's got The Undertaker turned over.
-[crowd counting] -[Michael] Hooks the leg.
Oh, The Undertaker kicking out at two and a half!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Watch the strength of The Animal.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And The Animal now has the storied,
the fabled Undertaker reeling.
[crowd cheering]
[Jonathan] Batista is the only one of the six
who has experience inside the Elimination Chamber.
Will that come back to help him go to WrestleMania?
[crowd] Ten! Eleven! Twelve!
-[Michael] Oh! -[Jonathan] Oh my God.
[Michael] Undertaker, with a second wind!
-[crowd gasping] -[Michael] The Last Ride!
[crowd cheering]
[Jonathan] But too weary, too beat up to get a cover.
[Michael] Was it Batista's last ride in the Elimination Chamber?
Will The Undertaker capitalize?
Crawling ever so slowly to the cover,
shoulders down, there's one, he's got it.
He's got-- Kicked out!
[crowd cheering]
[Jonathan] This is unbelievable.
[Michael] All you gotta look at…
all you gotta do is look at these two men.
First off, watch The Last Ride.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd] Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
[Jonathan] Undertaker is just content on beating the hell out of Batista,
doing whatever it takes.
[Michael] Let's watch the three-count off the Last Ride.
And Batista managed to squirt out, get that shoulder up.
-There's two, and again. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] just before the count of three.
And Undertaker, he smells it now.
[Jonathan] Smells it, but does he have enough left
to finish off The Animal?
[Michael] And Batista, great counter!
-Undertaker! -[Jonathan] Oh!
[Michael] Over the top rope!
And Undertaker may have injured that left arm.
You saw him catch it when he came over the top rope.
[Michael] And Batista…
and look at Batista.
See how he's focused now on the left arm of The Undertaker?
[Jonathan] Batista knows he has injured The Undertaker,
wants to take advantage.
[Michael] And then taking that wounded skull
and just taking that open wound and just forcing it into the steel chain.
And then the head wound into the forged steel again.
[Jonathan] How much more can these two men take?
[crowd chattering]
[Michael] These pictures tell the story of what it's all about,
of what these two men will put themselves through
to get the opportunity to again, main event WrestleMania
Watch this.
Oh, driven skull-first off the steel.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And Batista is suddenly, suddenly--
was in control.
But Undertaker countering, blocking with everything he has.
-Look at this! -[Jonathan] Oh, wow.
[Michael] Oh my. Oh my!
[Jonathan] Oh, the Tombstone!
[Michael] What a counter, into the Tombstone Piledriver!
-Undertaker is going to WrestleMania. -[bell ringing]
-["Rest in Peace" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[announcer] The winner of this match,
The Undertaker!
[Michael] Absolutely bone chilling.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen, you have just witnessed
one of the most grueling, one of the most compelling,
one of the most intense, and competitive matches
in WWE history.
[music continues]
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] What an incredible match for The Undertaker.
First, with one arm,
the strength of The Phenom, The Deadman.
[Jonathan] The Undertaker was doing everything it took
throughout the entire match.
[Michael] And watch this.
Batista who looked to be in control after that,
went to the rail for a second time.
But Undertaker, with one of the most incredible counters
I have ever witnessed, turned it into a Tombstone Piledriver.
And The Undertaker is going to WrestleMania because of this.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd] One, two, three.
[bell ringing]
[Michael] We now know one half of the equation for WrestleMania.
The Undertaker, who is 15-0 at WrestleMania,
will meet the world champion.
Who will it be, Edge or Rey Mysterio?
We'll find that answer out later tonight.
-[music fades] -[crowd cheering]
Champ, looks like it's you and Undertaker at WrestleMania.
He's like 15-0.
Oh, hey. Thank you.
Thank you for making that clear.
I appreciate that, but listen, we need to focus on tonight,
tonight and Rey Mysterio.
You know, I called Vickie at home. I talked to her, she's watching.
This is what I need you guys to do.
-I need you to step up. -You got it.
All right? I need both of you to step up, so here's the plan.
Worst case scenario, if we get to this point,
-what I want you-- -[Teddy] Edge. What up, dawg?
-Oh. -Thought I'd find you three players here.
What up, Teddy? Thanks for knocking.
[chuckles] Okay. Well, my bad.
Well, Edge, with Vickie Guerrero not being here tonight,
I'm in charge.
Now, before the three of you start making any big plans,
Edge, in your match tonight,
I am banning both Hawkins
-and Ryder from ringside. -Seriously?
You feel me?
-[falters] -[crowd cheering]
Edge, good luck out there tonight, player,
and I'm out. Holla.
[crowd chattering]
-[waves crashing] -[groovy music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[man] Help! Help!
-Help! -[suspenseful music playing]
Help!
[uplifting music playing]
One, two, three.
-I'll handle this. -[music falters]
[lifeguard yelps]
[suspenseful music playing]
-[muffled grunting] -[music turns groovy]
[narrator] WrestleMania, live Sunday, March 30th,
only on pay-per-view.
[music concludes]
-[laughs] -Only one Mae.
Well, we are on the Road to WrestleMania. We're here in Vegas.
And, of course, WrestleMania is gonna be in Florida.
Florida, Vegas, great places to visit
but, you know, J.R., there's one place better than this.
The Playboy Mansion,
especially when Maria and Ashley are there.
And they were there recently, ladies and gentlemen.
Of course, here tomorrow night on Raw,
Maria's gonna give Santino Marella the answer.
Will it be Santino or will it be Playboy?
As King said, Ashley took Maria to the Playboy Mansion.
And we're gonna take you back to some exclusive footage
of their visit to Hef's hideout.
Yeah.
-[upbeat music playing] -We are in Los Angeles, California
at the Playboy Mansion, at a Playboy Party,
and I am really excited to see what it's all about.
The goal of attending this party is pretty much to get Maria to say yes
and pose for the cover of Playboy.
Santino may have his issues, but hey, Santino ain't here tonight.
-[indistinct chatter] -[laughter]
[Ashley] It's fun. And I know Maria's gonna see it
and she's gonna be like, "This is what I'm missing?"
-All the people, all the stuff -[Ashley] I know!
[Maria] the pool, the… everything. Oh my goodness.
Being out in front of this huge, amazing mansion,
it is so glamorous and it's so wonderful.
-I feel like a rock star. -[laughs]
I guess this is for Knight Rider.
I really didn't know what to expect,
but the longer I've been here, the more exciting it is.
He was hot. [giggles]
Don't tell Santino.
I wanna meet Hef. I wanna see what he thinks.
I was just wondering if you thought that I would be good at it
or, um, that it would come out really well.
-How do you think? -It's obvious. I think it…
-[laughs] -Thank you.
You know how the fans feel about it.
Do you guys really wanna see me pose for Playboy?
-[crowd cheering] -[Ashley] That went really awesome.
I mean, if I were her, I wouldn't say no.
Hugh Hefner comes up to you, he gives you his approval.
It went pretty darn good.
[Maria] Now having this opportunity laid in front of me
and to meet the man himself, Hugh Hefner, I have so much to think about.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following is a Career Threatening match,
where if Ric Flair loses his match tonight,
he will be forced to retire.
[voice over speakers] Kennedy!
["Turn Up the Trouble" playing]
[announcer] Introducing first, from Green Bay, Wisconsin,
weighing in at 243 pounds,
Mr. Kennedy!
♪ Gonna mess with your mind 'Cause I know that I can ♪
♪ Gonna see how much I can With today, yeah ♪
[music stops]
Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to get out your cameras.
[crowd cheering]
Today marks the end of an era.
As you bear witness to the man
who will single-handedly end
the legendary career
of "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair,
Mr. Kennedy!
[crowd chattering, crowd applauding]
Kennedy!
["Turn Up the Trouble" playing]
♪ What were you thinkin' Of takin' me on? ♪
[Ross] Certainly, Mr. Kennedy is not lacking in confidence,
nor is he lacking in athletic ability.
[Jerry] The scary thing about what Mr. Kennedy just said,
it may be all true.
♪ Gonna stir up Like it just won't quit ♪
[Ross] Certainly a career-defining opportunity
-[Ric] Whoo! -…for Mr. Kennedy.
["Also Sprach Zarathustra" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] And making his way to the ring,
from Charlotte, North Carolina,
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair!
[crowd cheering]
Whoo! Whoo!
[Ross] We have to ask ourselves, ladies and gentlemen,
is this the last time
that we will see The Nature Boy style and profile to the squared circle?
Because as we know, in November,
the chairman of the WWE, Mr. McMahon, made the mandate
that the next match that Flair lost, he would retire.
[Jerry] Well, there you see "Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather Jr.
witnessing this-- well, what could be a very historic match.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Upon talking to Ric earlier today, you could…
he felt that… to be in an upbeat mood
or wanted those around him to feel that way,
but the concern was certainly in his eyes,
knowing that this could be his last wrestling match
-of his entire illustrious career. -[bell ringing]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Flair with that left knee,
so we noticed that, was injured by MVP
-on Friday Night SmackDown. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] It was reinjured last Monday by Mr. Kennedy.
[Jerry] There's Mr. Kennedy, doing a little stylin'
and profilin' of his own.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] Trying to rub it into the face of a 16-time world champion.
Ooh.
[Jerry] Whoo! [laughs] There you go.
[Ross] Vintage Ric Flair, competing in his fourth decade.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] That's how you do it right there.
Come on, brother.
[Ross] Kennedy says he is the present and future of the WWE.
-[Jerry] Look out. -[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] Beating Ric Flair tonight… -Whoo!
-…will certainly… -[crowd] Whoo!
…define that young man's career in many ways
-for years to come. -[Ric] Whoo!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] A little smirk on the face… on the face of Kennedy.
Get out of the corner!
You know, he just… I mean, it's just utter disdain,
disrespect for one of the greatest of all time.
-I mean, that's not just for show. -[crowd] Whoo!
[Jerry] Kennedy really does not respect Ric Flair as he should.
-Look at this though. -Two!
[Ross] And Flair trying to beat some respect into…
-[Jerry] That's right. Oh. -[Ross] Mr. Kennedy-- and Kennedy…
-[Jerry] Hmm. -[Ross] Comparably of what we saw
last Monday night on Raw,
Kennedy going right back to the injured left knee of Ric Flair.
Whether we like it or not, ladies and gentlemen,
the exploitation of the injury is smart in-ring strategy.
[Ric groans]
[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] Wow.
[groaning]
[Ross] Kennedy continuing to focus on the leg,
Half Boston Crab, wrenching the knee of Flair.
Flair is a tap-out or a submission away
from his career ending here tonight.
[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] Well, we both know that this has been part
of what Kennedy's strategy is all about,
thinking that he's in there or knowing that he's in there
with a Ric Flair that's injured, not 100%.
Break!
[Jerry] But J.R., you and I have known Ric Flair for a lot of years.
I've seen Ric Flair with, uh… If it weren't for ACE bandages,
he would have no wardrobe at all,
but he still would go out there and compete and still win.
[crowd chattering]
-[screams] -[speaks indistinctly] One!
Goddamn you.
-Two! -[Ross] Kennedy relentless.
-[groans] -Three!
[Ross] Again, trying to cripple Ric Flair.
Four!
[Ross] And Kennedy must be aware of the referee's ten-count.
-Referee has a ten-count to work with. -Where you going?
[Ross] Kennedy doesn't wanna be counted out of this contest.
Kennedy, get it in the ring!
[Jerry] Oh boy. This is, ooh, not good.
Move it! One!
[crowd chattering]
-[Ross] Ring post is not gonna forgive. -Two!
-Well, it won't let you forget. -[Jerry] Oh, look at this. Look at this!
-[groans] -[referee]Three!
[Ross] And I haven't seen that since Bret "The Hitman" Hart used it,
the figure-four around the ring post,
and Flair tasting some of his own painful medicine.
-[Jerry] Ow. -Seven!
-[indistinct chatter] -Eight!
[Jerry] What we're seeing here from Kennedy is having a two-fold effect.
Not only is it, you know, doing damage to Ric Flair,
but it's also…when you… when you take away Flair's legs.
-[groans mockingly] -Oh my God.
[Ross] Totally disrespectful is this brash but talented Kennedy.
[Jerry] As I was saying, when you take away Flair's legs,
you take away his most potent weapon.
-Look out. -[Ross] And there's the cover.
-Kennedy's got a cover and a near fall. -Two!
[Ross] First near fall of the contest earned by Mr. Kennedy.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Egocentric, the somewhat narcissistic Kennedy.
[Jerry] Oh, there you go.
-Taste that. -[groans]
-[Jerry groans] -[Ross] And Kennedy did not retaliate,
but only in the most effective way he could, back to the leg.
[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] And now Kennedy using Ric Flair-- trying to use…
[Jerry] Oh no, trying to get it, but Flair's blocking it. Oh.
-[Ross] Figure-four is not blocked now. -[Jerry] Oh.
[speaking indistinctly]
[Ross] How ironic would it be for that man
to end his career via submission
to his own figure-four leglock?
I beat you with your own move, huh, baby?
Oh, Christ!
[Ross] Flair trying to reverse the pressure by rolling to his stomach,
which would put pressure on Kennedy's leg.
[indistinct chatter]
[groans]
[Jerry] And you can hear the pain in Flair's… in his voice. Look at this.
-[Ross] Ric Flair… -[Jerry] Oh, he's got the ropes.
…had to be moments away from submitting to a maneuver
that he has perfected
-over the last many, many years. -[crowd booing]
-[loud thud] -[Kennedy groans]
[Jerry] Wow.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Kennedy counters The Nature Boy
[Jerry] Oh man.
[Ross] And Kennedy may do it here.
Both legs are neutralized.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Wow. -[Ross] We saw another near fall.
So Kennedy dominating, thus far, here at No Way Out.
-[speaking indistinctly] -[Ross] Oh, Kennedy better stay focused.
It would not be bright for Kennedy to get himself disqualified
and he is a very, very intelligent competitor.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] First, slid out the back door
and then retaliates with a chop block of his own.
How many times, ladies and gentlemen, have we seen that and that?
-[Jerry] Whoo, another chop block. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Looks like Flair is starting to feel a little bit of momentum here.
[Ross] Flair looking to take Kennedy to school.
-[Jerry] Hey. -[crowd gasping]
One, two…
[Ross] But Kennedy is gonna… tried to steal one.
-Kennedy pulls Flair's tights… -You can't put your foot on the rope.
-Are you out of your mind? No! -[Ross] Which is obvious,
and then tried to use the ropes for an unfair advantage.
Kennedy will win this match, obviously, ladies and gentlemen, anyway that he can.
[Jerry] He almost disrobed Ric Flair.
[Ross] Flair back focusing on Kennedy's leg.
[Jerry] Flair, once again-- Oh, look out!
[Ross] The inside cradle, a counter!
Inside cradle and that was a long two-count.
[Jerry] Whoa.
[Ross] Oh, Flair, nice backheel trip.
[Jerry] Flair determined to get that figure-four.
He's got it! Flair's got it locked in!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] As this sold-out crowd comes to their feet,
Flair's got Kennedy in the center of the ring
in a figure-four leglock.
[Jerry] Oh, Kennedy's in big trouble.
-He's tapping! -[bell ringing]
-[Jerry] Kennedy tapped! -["Also Sprach Zarathustra" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] Here's your winner by submission,
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair!
[Ross] The man who has entertained generations,
has survived to live
-to fight another day. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] One of the most passionate athletes in all of sports entertainment
has persevered one more time.
-[crowd cheering] -[music stops]
-Your winner… -[Jerry chuckles]
…and still limousine ridin',
jet flyin', kiss stealin', whoo!
Wheelin' dealin',
never-going-to-retire, son of a gun…
[crowd cheering]
…The "Nature Boy" Ric Flair!
Whoo!
["Also Sprach Zarathustra" playing]
-Whoo! -[Ross laughing]
-[Jerry] Top that, Kennedy. -[Ross] How can you not love him?
How can you not love that man
and what he has contributed to this business?
[Jerry] He's still stealing kisses.
And you heard him say it, "never gonna retire."
[Ross] Ric Flair played the winning hand tonight in Las Vegas,
much to the delight of the sell-out crowd
and our fans around the world.
[Ric] Whoo!
[music fades]
-Finlay. -[Finlay groans]
You love to fight, huh?
How does it… how does it feel, huh?
Pretty rugged out there in that cage, that Elimination Chamber.
What's gonna happen tomorrow night
when my son, your little buddy, Hornswoggle?
When he's in the steel cage with me,
how do you think he's gonna feel? Hmm?
There's not a damn thing you or anybody else can do about it.
[groans]
And as bad as you're hurting now,
it's nothing compared to the tough love
I'm gonna give my son.
[Jerry] Well, there's JBL pacing backstage.
He looks a little worried.
[Ross] The multimillionaire to compete in the Elimination Chamber
here tonight and try to survive.
["Fake It" playing]
[Michael] And No Way Out has come to the City of Sin, Las Vegas, Nevada,
the perfect setting for The Rated-R Superstar, Edge,
the world champion.
However, he's newly engaged to General Manager Vickie Guerrero.
But Edge now has a lot of thoughts in his mind.
We heard earlier on, his buddies Hawkins and Ryder,
banned from ringside in this match tonight,
Vickie Guerrero not here.
Edge is gonna go in alone next.
Well, you know what they say, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,
but we know now what happens here tonight will take us to Orlando.
Will what happens to Edge affect what happens in Orlando?
We'll find out in just a little bit.
[Michael] Coming up next, Edge defends the World Heavyweight Championship
against Rey Mysterio.
The winner to face The Undertaker at WrestleMania for the world title.
This next matchup has become extremely personal.
[tense music playing]
[Michael] Mysterio closing in on the championship!
Here's the splash!
Hey, I thought Vickie was in a wheelchair
He could get it, hooks the leg…
Hey!
-[crowd booing] -What are you doing?
[Michael] And Edge, looking to capitalize!
619 again.
Hey!
And a 619 to Vickie.
Vickie Guerrero just took the bullet for her lover, Edge.
Spear!
And Edge retains the title!
[Michael] Man, he's the world champion
because of this undying love from Vickie Guerrero.
For the physical and the mental torment that he caused you to have,
Rey Mysterio owes you an apology.
[Vickie] Rey, I demand an apology tonight.
Vickie, I think…
[Vickie] Shut up!
I am so tired of your excuses.
-[Rey] I'm just trying to ex-- -Shut up.
You disgust me!
I'm here to explain my side of the story, please.
[dramatic music playing]
[Rey] I almost forgot.
I'm sorry.
[romantic music playing]
[Michael] On the eve of Edge defending his world championship
against Rey Mysterio,
this may be the night
that Edge asks the question of Vickie Guerrero.
[Edge] It's the kind of question that a man asks his lady
when he's in love.
I thought that World Heavyweight Championship
was the most important thing in the world to me.
But I found something that… that's more important.
So, Vickie…
Vickie, will you be my wife?
[tinkling]
[crowd booing]
Yes, yes, I will!
[inaudible]
-["Booyaka 619" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Rey] I just wanted to come out here and personally congratulate you.
Now that you're engaged, I seriously hope
that you're thinking of dropping the Guerrero name
because as of right now, you're disgracing it.
[Edge] Who the hell do you think you are talking to my fiancée that way?
You apologize to this woman because if you don't,
after No Way Out, you'll be the one in that wheelchair.
[Rey] I think I'm through apologizing
since you say you love Vickie so very, very much,
let's see how much you love her after I beat you at No Way Out
and become the new world champion.
[suspenseful music playing]
[bell ringing]
This bout is set for one fall
and it is for the World Heavyweight Championship.
[crowd cheering]
-["Booyaka 619" playing] -♪ Booyaka, Booyaka ♪
♪ 619, 619 ♪
♪ Booyaka, Booyaka ♪
♪ That's my pueblo, that's my pueblo ♪
♪ Booyaka, Booyaka ♪
♪ 619 ♪
♪ Booyaka, Booyaka ♪
♪ That's my pueblo ♪
♪ Booyaka, Booyaka ♪
♪ 619 ♪
♪ Booyaka, Booyaka ♪
♪ Rey Mysterio ♪
♪ Booyaka, Booyaka ♪
♪ 619 ♪
♪ Booyaka, Booyaka♪
♪ That's my pueblo ♪
♪ Booyaka, Booyaka, 619 ♪
[announcer] Introducing first the challenger,
from San Diego, California,
weighing 165 pounds,
Rey Mysterio!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Well, Rey Mysterio's outfit indeed tells his story.
He is a conquistador, a warrior,
the biggest ultimate underdog in the history of WWE.
And again you see that right arm heavily taped.
The biceps injury that everyone's talking about
that Rey suffered in Santiago, Chile
over this past week at a live event.
But Mysterio earlier tonight said,
"Coach, it doesn't matter. It's torn."
"I'm going out there."
"I'm gonna gut it out and I'm gonna win the title."
[Jonathan] And I got to give Rey all the credit in the world
for showing the heart, the guts, the intestinal fortitude
to come out here even though a lot of people
would never say anything if he decided not to go.
Rey is still gonna give it a shot.
[Michael] Rey Mysterio, there's part of our 15,000 fans
here in Las Vegas including his buddy,
the WBC Welterweight Champion,
Floyd "Money" Mayweather.
♪ Blow up the mat again, Better go ask your friends again ♪
♪ Terror in their eyes… ♪
[Michael] And for Rey Mysterio, it's about an opportunity
to win the world title and defend it at WrestleMania
against The Undertaker.
♪ Ask God to take my soul ♪
♪ In case I go unforgiven, one shot ♪
♪ Two kills You don't believe me now you will ♪
♪ And that's the realist deal homie Since Jesus' last meal ♪
[Jonathan] Great respect from the crowd here in Las Vegas.
♪ That's my pueblo ♪
♪ Booyaka, Booyaka ♪
♪ 619 ♪
-♪ Booyaka, Booyaka ♪ -♪ Rey Mysterio ♪
♪ Booyaka, Booyaka ♪
♪ 619 ♪
♪ Booyaka, Booyaka ♪
♪ That's my pueblo ♪
♪ Booyaka, Booyaka ♪
♪ 619 ♪
♪ What you gonna do When we come for you? ♪
[crowd cheering]
[woman] You think you know me?
["Metalingus" playing]
[announcer] And his opponent, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
weighing 250 pounds.
He is the current World Heavyweight Champion,
The Rated-R Superstar,
Edge!
♪ And we'll leave it all behind ♪
♪ On this day ♪
♪ It's so real to me ♪
♪ Everything has come to life ♪
♪ Another chance ♪
[Jonathan] Edge is coming out with that swagger, smelling blood.
♪ Another chance to feel ♪
♪ Chance to feel alive ♪
[Michael] Earlier tonight we learned The Undertaker
was gonna be the number one contender for the world title at WrestleMania.
Right here we'll find out who will defend the title
against The Phenom.
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Dropped to my knees when hope ran out ♪
[Michael] Almost a sadistic smile on the face of the world champion.
[bell ringing]
[Michael] Against the former world champion Rey Mysterio.
Matchup is under way.
[crowd cheering]
[Jonathan] And certainly with that torn bicep,
Edge really doesn't care at least.
The look on his face tells me that Ryder and Hawkins aren't allowed at ringside.
[Michael] Well, that taped-up right bicep is a bullseye
for the "Ultimate Opportunist," Edge.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Saw Edge mocking Rey moments ago,
shaking his right biceps with disdain.
[Michael] Strategy for Rey is gonna have to…
be stay away from Edge, use his feet, use the quickness.
-[Michael] Like that. -[Jonathan] Oh.
[Michael] Hurricanrana by Mysterio.
Grimacing in pain.
Pull him off the ropes. [speaking indistinctly]
All right. Come on out of that corner. Get out of there, Mysterio.
Let's go. Off, off. Come on. Come on, Rey.
-[crowd] One, two, three, four. -Hey. Come on. Pull him out.
[Jonathan] Obviously, Rey Mysterio is gonna have to use
more of the left hand tonight without being able to use that right arm.
[Michael] And use his legs like he did moments ago, the hurricanrana.
There's the tremendous balance of Rey Mysterio.
[Jonathan] Oh my God.
-[Michael] Boot by Edge. -[crowd booing]
[Michael] And this is where the master manipulator Edge becomes so dangerous.
[crowd booing]
[thud]
[indistinct chatter]
[Jonathan] Rey doing the smart thing right now.
Taking a breather, catching his breath.
You have to wonder if Rey has ever competed with a torn bicep before.
Two, three!
-[Michael] Oh! -[Jonathan] Oh no!
[Michael] And Edge, The Ultimate Opportunist taking advantage.
-[Jonathan] Oh God. -[referee] One! Get in the ring!
-Two! -[Michael] Stalking and hammering away.
[Jonathan] Took aim right for that right arm.
-Oh no. -[referee] Four!
[Michael] Right arm directly into the steel steps.
You heard the thud.
[crowd cheering and jeering]
[Jonathan] And Edge loving every single minute of it.
[crowd booing]
[referee] Mysterio, inside.
Come on.
[Michael] Normally, you wouldn't see a world champion parading around,
grandstanding like Edge is in the middle of matchup.
But tonight, his opponent, Rey Mysterio, not what he should be.
[Jonathan] And you have to hope that Edge is not taking Rey too lightly
-despite the injury. -Keep it inside.
[Michael] Rey Mysterio, we've seen him gut it out before.
Can he somehow do it tonight?
Step back. Step back. [speaking indistinctly]
Hey! He's in the…
Back it up, Edge. Back it up.
Do you wanna continue, Rey?
-I'm gonna stop it right now. -Ask him.
[referee] I'll stop it right now, what do you say?
-[Rey] No. -No? It's on you.
-[Michael] Edge will show no mercy. -[Jonathan] Oh.
[Jonathan] And he shouldn't.
Sometimes you have to compete when you're not 100%.
How about it? You wanna give it up?
[Michael] This is for the world championship.
[referee] How about it, Rey? What do you say?
[Michael] This was Rey Mysterio's choice.
He could've backed out of this matchup because of the injury.
He says it doesn't matter. It's torn already.
[Jonathan] Well, that's true, Michael.
It probably can't get any worse at this point.
[Michael] You saw how bruised and swollen it was earlier.
-[Jonathan] Oh! -Get him out of there! One!
Two!
-Three! -[groans]
[Michael] Every offensive move Edge is using,
he's targeting the biceps.
-[Jonathan] Oh no. -[referee] Stand back.
Don't move!
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Oh!
Went for the biceps again. Mysterio using his balance and skill
to take advantage could be the opening.
[Jonathan] But can Rey figure out some offensive attack
to utilize this advantage?
[Michael] He's gonna have to, not only to win but perhaps to survive.
-[Jonathan] Oh, wow. -[Michael] Mysterio, moonsault, top rope!
-[Jonathan] Is that gonna be it? -[Michael] Into the cover, hooks the leg!
He's got him-- Edge kicks out at two.
And maybe the arm came into a factor there,
where he couldn't quite grab the leg of Edge, hook the leg of Edge.
[Jonathan] Well, again, Rey doing everything he possibly can
to attempt to win this match. Oh.
[Michael] Again battling back, the heart, guts, and soul of Mysterio.
-Up over the top. -[Jonathan] Oh!
-[Michael] Used the good arm. -[Jonathan] Unbelievable!
[Michael] The left arm.
Off the DDT, cover, hooks the leg,
and Edge gets his foot on the bottom rope.
[Jonathan] What a break for Edge that he was that close to the bottom rope.
[Michael] But what resilience by Mysterio to use the good arm to take advantage?
[Jonathan] You wanna talk about resilience?
Edge slid into that ring post,
hitting both legs.
[Michael] Edge knew what was coming.
-Oh! -[crowd cheering]
[Jonathan] Here it comes, Michael.
-[Michael] 619! -[Jonathan] Oh!
[Michael] The 619 connecting.
[crowd cheering]
[screams]
[crowd cheering]
[Rey groaning]
[Michael] But Rey wasn't quite able to capitalize off the 619.
But Mysterio still digging deep down inside.
And a counter by Edge!
Spear in midair!
-Hooks the leg! -[crowd counting]
[Michael] And it's over.
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] Edge retains the title.
-["Metalingus" playing] -♪ On this day ♪
♪ I see clearly… ♪
[announcer] The winner of this match
and still World Heavyweight Champion,
the Rated-R Superstar, Edge.
[Jonathan] Mike, I gotta tell you.
I cannot believe that Rey Mysterio was able to gut it out
and nearly had a couple of times that close to victory.
You gotta give Rey Mysterio all the credit in the world.
[Michael] But, again, Edge is the Ultimate Opportunist
and Edge is still the world champion.
And Edge will now face The Undertaker
in six weeks for the world title at WrestleMania.
♪ Chance to feel alive ♪
[Michael] The beginning of the end for Rey Mysterio.
Edge going after the bicep time after time again.
Targeting the torn biceps of Rey Mysterio.
And Rey with a flurry, but watch Rey's face.
Grimacing in pain, couldn't capitalize, but Edge did.
[Jonathan] I knew Rey was trying everything,
but even though he hit the 619,
he just didn't have the strength in that arm
and then caught midair perfectly by Edge
for the one, two, three.
One, two, three.
♪ Oh ♪
♪ The time has come to change my ways ♪
-[music fades] -[indistinct chatter]
[trainer] Got it. Easy, easy, easy.
[crowd chattering]
-[trainer] That ain't right, Rey. -[indistinct chatter]
-["Crank It Up" playing] -♪ Well, it's the Big Show ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ It's the big bad show ♪
-[Michael] What in the… -[Jonathan] What…
[crowd cheering]
♪ Yeah, it's the Big Show ♪
♪ Come on ♪
♪ Crank it up ♪
♪ And turn on the lights ♪
[Michael] What a surprise.
The world's largest athlete,
the Big Show.
♪ Get ready for something ♪
♪ That you'll never know ♪
♪ You won't see it comin' ♪
♪ But I promise you'll know ♪
♪ It's the Big Show ♪
[Jonathan] It looks like the Big Show is happy to be back, Michael.
♪ Come to set things right ♪
♪ Set them right ♪
♪ Yeah, it's the Big Show ♪
[Michael] It appears the Big Show's lost a ton of weight.
♪ Oh, burn it down ♪
[Michael] He is in great shape.
♪ Your time is over ♪
♪ Your turn's come around ♪
[music fades]
[crowd cheering]
Guess who's back?
[crowd cheering]
You know, I gotta tell you the honest truth right here, right now.
I missed this place.
[crowd cheering]
And I can't think of any better way
to introduce myself back to you all
than to say,
I will be a champion again.
[crowd cheering]
Now it doesn't matter if it's Raw,
if it's SmackDown,
if it's hardcore like ECW.
[crowd cheering]
Other people come out here and they make statements.
They make guarantees.
They make promises.
[crowd cheering]
I've already been a champion.
[crowd cheering]
I've been a champion of Raw. I've been a champion of SmackDown.
I've been a champion of ECW.
[crowd cheering]
It's only a matter of time till I become champion again.
[crowd cheering]
I'm not out here to make guarantees. I'm not out here to make promises.
I'm out here…
I'm out here to let you know I've lost a 108 pounds.
[crowd cheering]
I'm faster.
I'm meaner.
And I'm ready to be back in the WWE.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
Big Show, no! Stop, Big Show, don't!
[overlapping chatter]
Hurt your arm, huh? Huh?
Does your arm hurt, huh?
Does that hurt? Does that hurt?
What? Oh, there's your man over there, huh?
Huh? You see your man over there, huh?
Do you see him? Do you wanna help him?
Do you wanna do something?
[speaking indistinctly]
[crowd chattering]
[speaking indistinctly]
[crowd cheering]
[Big Show speaking indistinctly]
You can't do nothing, huh?
What are you gonna do, nothing?
[crowd cheering]
[speaks indistinctly]
Step in if you want!
[crowd cheering]
[indistinct clamor]
[Big Show] Get off me!
[crowd cheering]
[speaking indistinctly]
-You know who I am? -[crowd cheering]
You wanna do this?
[speaks indistinctly]
-[speaks indistinctly] -[crowd gasping]
[Big Show speaking indistinctly]
[speaking indistinctly]
[crowd cheering]
[speaking indistinctly]
I'm asking you right now.
[overlapping chatter]
Come on, Show!
[crowd chattering]
That was stupid. What were you thinking?
What were you thinking?
[crowd chanting] Big Show! Big Show! Big Show!
[speaking indistinctly]
Let him go, Shane!
That's enough. Let's go.
[crowd cheering]
[Shane speaking indistinctly]
-[crowd chanting] You suck! You suck! -[speaking indistinctly]
[crowd screaming]
[crowd member 1] Which way did he go? Which way did he go?
[crowd member 2] That was a cheap shot!
[overlapping chatter]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd booing]
[indistinct conversation]
He shouldn't have come over. And you shouldn't have antagonized.
This is my ring.
-You shouldn't have antago-- -My ring.
It wasn't a smart move.
What the…
[crowd chattering]
[crowd booing]
[Shane speaks indistinctly]
-[Big Show speaks indistinctly] -[crowd cheering]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd gasping, cheering]
["Light It Up" playing]
♪ I ignite ♪
♪ So hold on ♪
♪ 'Cause we're about to light it up ♪
♪ It's on tonight ♪
♪ So hold on ♪
♪ 'Cause we're about to light it up ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Hold on ♪
♪ 'Cause we're about to light it up ♪
[Ross] Man, 42 days from WrestleMania, explosions in here tonight at No Way Out.
Still to come, Jeff Hardy getting ready.
Who are you voting for, folks, on WWE Mobile?
Of course, remember that standard messaging rates apply.
I got a feeling that a lot of folks are thinking that Jeff Hardy…
that this could be his magical night.
Well, you're right there. But it could be Jeff Hardy's.
It could be anybody in that Elimination Chamber match.
We saw earlier just how brutal this match can be.
Somebody's gonna have to be at their very best.
And what a night this is.
-A sign of things to come. -Look at that. Oh, man.
-Floyd Mayweather, the Big Show back. -Ow!
Let's take it now to our colleague, Mike Adamle.
Well, J.R. and King, of course,
John Cena is looking to reclaim the WWE Championship.
A championship that he was never even beaten for,
but rather was forced to relinquish
after suffering an injury at the hands of Randy Orton, The Legend Killer,
four months ago.
Now, he wants it back.
Let's take a look at the saga of these two WWE superstars.
[tense music playing]
[Ross] John Cena wins a tough one.
-[Jerry] Hey, look at this. -[Ross] What the hell!
Orton just RKO'd Cena.
That vulture, Randy Orton.
[Jerry] That is enough.
[Ross] Orton is relentless.
For the love of God, Orton, don't do this!
-[Jerry] Come on, Randy! -[Ross] You can't do this!
[Jerry] Come on!
Look out!
[Ross echoing] For God's sakes!
[sober music playing]
[Vince] WWE Champion John Cena suffered a debilitating injury
requiring immediate surgery to repair
a completely torn right pectoral muscle.
As a result of these injuries, surgeons have informed us
that Mr. Cena will be out of action anywhere from six months to a year.
[Cena] In my absence, a new champion was crowned.
[Ross] History has been made!
Randy Orton is the new WWE Champion!
[Cena] But in the hospital bed, my life was crumbling.
And with each day, my WrestleMania dreams
faded further and further away.
So, in the last second of the final hour, I made a choice.
[tense music playing]
[Jerry] Who's number 30?
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] What the hell?
My God!
It's John Cena!
[Cena] The impossible has happened.
I am back.
-[Ross] Cena! -[Michael] It's over!
[Ross] And Cena does it!
[Cena] I am the winner of the Royal Rumble,
and damn it, I'm going to WrestleMania!
[Ross] John Cena will be in the main event,
and he's coming for championship gold!
[Cena] Unless, of course, you folks
would like to have WrestleMania right here tonight.
[crowd cheering]
[Randy] John Cena, ever since I put you on the shelf,
I have become a very big deal.
You see, I've been issued challenges,
but the same thing has happened to every challenge in the end.
I have beat them!
But since you can't wait till WrestleMania,
you're on.
No Way Out.
[Cena] I don't forget Randy.
I don't forget all the pain.
I don't forget all the suffering.
I don't forget that you took this from me.
[Jerry] John Cena, has he had enough time to recover from the surgery?
[Ross] That's the question that's about to be answered.
[Cena] I am 100%.
-[Ross] Oh my God! -[Jerry] Look out!
[Ross] Look at the power!
[Cena] I am stronger than I have ever been.
[Randy] For John Cena, there is no way out.
[Cena] I am more focused because I'm not the hunted.
You are the hunted!
[Ross] It's John Cena and Randy Orton for the WWE Championship.
[bell ringing]
The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
and it is for the WWE Championship.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chattering]
["The Time Is Now" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] Introducing the challenger,
from West Newbury, Massachusetts,
weighing in at 240 pounds,
John Cena!
♪ You can't see me My time is now ♪
♪ It's the franchise, boy I'm shinin' now ♪
♪ You can't see me, my time is now! ♪
♪ In case you forgot or fell off I'm still hot, knock your shell off ♪
♪ My money stack fat Plus, I can't turn the swell off ♪
♪ The franchise, doin' big bi'ness I live this ♪
♪ It's automatic I win this ♪
♪ Oh, you hear those horns, you finished ♪
♪ A soldier And I stay under you fightin' ♪
♪ Plus I'm stormin' on you chumps… ♪
[Ross] Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, John Cena is the hunter,
not the hunted
in Cena's quest
to become a four-time WWE Champion.
♪ But they gone fishing with no bait ♪
♪ Can't your boy hold weight? ♪
[Jerry] I don't know about you, but the hair is standing up
on the back of my neck right now.
The anticipation, the expectation
for this match is unbelievable.
♪ Let 'em hate, I drop their whole clan ♪
♪ Lay your ass down For the three-second tan ♪
♪ Your time is up, my time is now ♪
[Ross] John Cena emphatically proving that he was 100%.
when he FU'd the 400-plus-pound World's Strongest Man,
and then made the World's Strongest Man submit in the STFU.
Cena is back 100%.
[Jerry] Seeing is believing.
-[music stops] -[crowd cheering]
Yes, sir.
[crowd jeering]
["Burn in My Light" playing]
♪ Hey! ♪
♪ Hey ♪
[announcer] And from St. Louis, Missouri,
weighing in at 245 pounds,
he is the WWE Champion,
Randy Orton!
♪ Now it's time to shine ♪
♪ You'll never take what's mine ♪
♪ Take what's mine ♪
♪ Hey! Nothing you can say ♪
♪ Nothing's gonna change What you've done to me ♪
♪ Now it's time to shine ♪
♪ You'll never take what's mine ♪
♪ You gonna burn in my light ♪
[Ross] Cena looks confident, Orton looks cautious.
♪ They tried so hard to follow ♪
♪ But no one can ♪
♪ Inside you're all so hollow ♪
[Jerry] Well, that's the thing about this, J.R.,
you have to beat the champion.
John Cena has to make Orton submit or he has to pin Orton.
♪ What you've done to me ♪
♪ Now it's time to shine ♪
♪ I'm gonna take what's mine While you burn inside my light ♪
[Jerry] My gosh, what a sight.
[Ross] The specter of the WWE Championship
being put on the line here tonight.
It's just an amazing experience
to be a part of, ladies and gentlemen, here at ringside.
We wish wherever you are around the world that you could be here as well.
[Jerry] Well, you're right.
And this match is being watched around the world,
in the United Kingdom, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Germany,
Austria, Switzerland, all over the world,
watching Randy Orton about to take on John Cena.
[Ross] All live tonight, ladies and gentlemen,
in those countries and many more
-that the King mentioned. -[music stops]
[Ross] The Legend Killer is the hunted tonight
in this one-fall match for the WWE Championship.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Senior official is Mike Chioda.
[crowd cheering]
[referee speaking indistinctly]
[speaks indistinctly]
Elbows out.
All right, you wait for my call.
Watch the rules, okay?
Let's go.
-Ready? Ready? -[crowd chattering]
-Ring the bell. -[bell ringing]
[Jerry] Here we go.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Orton and Cena have established an amazing rivalry here in the WWE.
It comes to a culmination here tonight.
And quickly Cena with the inside cradle.
[speaks indistinctly]
[Ross] And the near fall.
[Jerry] I'm just wondering if Orton still thinks
Cena may not be 100%.
[Ross] Cena, again, wasting no time
to push the envelope and to challenge the champion.
-[crowd 1] Let's go, Randy! -[crowd 2] Let's go, Cena!
[Jerry] And if Orton was on defensive before,
he's really on defensive now.
-[crowd 1] Let's go, Cena! -[crowd 2] Let's go, Randy!
[inaudible]
-[crowd 1] Let's go, Randy! -[crowd 2] Let's go, Cena!
-[crowd 1] Let's go, Cena! -[crowd 2] Let's go, Randy!
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Orton gains the first advantage
that he has had in this contest.
[Jerry] Oh, and a big boot right to the back
of the base of the skull of John Cena.
[Ross] And, of course, Orton's history of striking people
in the head with his boot,
in many forms, has been well-documented,
hence the nickname, The Legend Killer.
-Come on, let's go. -[Ross] Well-measured
right hands by Randy Orton.
[Jerry] Well, J.R., Orton has certainly earned
that moniker, Legend Killer.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] As Cena in the ropes,
Orton teeing off on the head of the champion,
with high-impact right hands and boots.
[indistinct chatter]
Get him out.
-One! -[Cena groans]
[Jerry] Man.
Get him out. One!
[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] Nice reversal… -[Jerry] Look out, look out!
-[Ross] …by Cena who counters. -[Jerry] Whoa!
[Ross] Cena, again, looking for a cover.
Oh my. He got a strong two-count,
did the challenger for the WWE title.
[Jerry] Boy, it just shows you, Orton cannot afford to get overconfident.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Third time that Cena has gone for the pinning combination.
Another time, a hook of the leg,
and yet a-- yes, a two-count.
[Jerry] Oh!
Cena telegraphed that move.
Paid the price.
[Ross] A third-generation,
one-man dynasty,
Randy Orton capitalizing on a small window of opportunity.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd booing]
[Jerry] Oh, oh, oh, whoa!
[Ross] And Cena, Randy-- Cena's got Orton in a cradle.
Orton careening and almost paid the price,
and what a clothesline.
-A counter, and another near fall. -Two!
[Jerry] As I said earlier, Orton, overconfident,
and it almost cost him.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Orton, at times, people have said can be very full of himself
and Orton, again, has been able to back that up.
Hence, he's the WWE Champion.
[Jerry] Full of himself?
I'd say he's a very religious man,
he worships himself.
[Ross] Cena has gotta find his way out of these ropes
because he's becoming human punching bag for Randy Orton.
-Those are just… -[indistinct chatter]
…scintillating right hands and forearm shots.
-[crowd 1] Let's go Cena! -[crowd 2] Let's go Orton!
[Jerry] Oh, look at those eyes.
Orton is like a man on a mission, those cold, non-caring eyes.
I think he just wants to take his time,
I think he wants to punish John Cena here, like--
-Whoa! Whoa! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And Cena, again,
capitalizing and now a high-risk.
[Jerry] Incoming!
Whoa!
[Ross] John Cena with a leg drop from the top, will it be?
[Jerry] Oh!
Man.
[Ross] Randy Orton rolled his left shoulder from the canvas.
Cena thought he had the three-count,
quite frankly, so did many of the fans here in Las Vegas.
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Orton is a-- sometimes just simply amazing
with his ability to counter.
[Jerry] Well, both these young superstars know each other so well.
[referee] Get off him. One, two,
three, four!
Get off that choke.
[Ross] Orton now with a blatant choke as I can see.
-[Jerry] Right, look at this. -One, two, three, come on. Let go, Orton.
[Ross] Continues to rob John Cena of Cena's fuel,
that oxygen.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] And this morning he was intent on showing everyone his superiority.
-[Ross] Look out, look out! -[Jerry] FU! FU coming!
-[Ross] And Orton desperately counters. -[Jerry] Oh, wow.
[Ross] The elbow to the head and then what an uppercut forearm.
And you saw the sense of urgency in the WWE Champion
-after almost being FU'd on-- -[Jerry] Look out!
Oh my gosh.
-[Ross] Right on the ankle. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] Those joints are so tender and so vulnerable.
Oh man. This has picked up since Cena got that attempted FU.
[Jerry] Yeah, but look at the strategy of Orton now.
Every exposed body part,
and watch this first kick from Orton to the ankle of John Cena.
[Ross] That was disturbing to see again.
Randy Orton…
[Jerry] This is-- this is typical of Randy Orton,
the WWE champ, this is what he does.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Orton can almost, literally, could take you apart with these kicks.
[Jerry] And that boot, J.R.,
right into that surgically-repaired pectoral muscle.
Oh, look at this now.
[Ross] And again, that's the focus,
the surgically-repaired pectoral muscle,
-and the cover now. -[Jerry] Oh.
-[referee] Two! -[Ross] Well, Cena said he was 100%.
I believe him, but Randy Orton, apparently, has some doubts
because Orton is testing that surgically repaired pectoral muscle.
[crowd chanting] Cena!
[Jerry] Well, we saw earlier on in the match Rey Mysterio had.
He had an injury, it was targeted and then-- Orton, look at this now.
-Oh! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Orton had removed his knee pad-- or lowered it.
That may come back to haunt Randy Orton.
[crowd booing]
-[Jerry] Oh man. -[Ross] And Cena,
with his own momentum, takes himself to the turnbuckle
chest-first.
[Jerry] Cena trying to lift Orton but not able to do it.
[groans]
[Ross] Orton, at six-four has a leverage advantage
as you can see, ladies and gentlemen, and he's using it well here.
[crowd chanting] Cena! Cena! Cena!
Cena! Cena! Cena!
[Jerry] Referee's gonna have to watch that that doesn't become a choke.
Orton would love nothing more than to choke John Cena out right here.
Look at the pressure being applied.
Look at Cena's head turning blood red.
[Ross] Almost a version of a sleeper in as much as it has,
apparently, the same effects as a traditional sleeper hold.
[speaks indistinctly]
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] And look at Orton just exerting every bit of pressure that he can,
trying to cut off the blood flow and the oxygen to the brain of John Cena.
[Ross] This positioning is all about leverage and technique.
We're seeing it expertly demonstrated by the WWE champ.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Look at Cena's strength.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] And Cena counters again!
John Cena picking up the pace.
[Jerry] Look out!
[Ross] High impact from the challenger for the WWE title.
-[crowd 1 cheering] -[crowd 2 booing]
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
This does not bode well for the champ.
[crowd cheering]
-[crowd] You can't see me! -[Jerry] Cena maybe going to WrestleMania.
And the champion, "You can't see me," Five Knuckle Shuffle!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] John Cena has reasserted himself.
[Jerry] FU!
-Oh. -[Ross] And, again, Orton avoids the FU.
-[speaks indistinctly] -[crowd booing]
[Jerry] Watch out.
[Ross] John Cena,
retrieving the champion if you will.
-Two! -[crowd shouting]
Three!
-Four! -[crowd counting]
[Jerry] Well, the official counting in the ring
as these two fight out of the ring. Oh!
-Six! -[Jerry] Slugfest here.
[Ross] Cena and Orton hammering each other.
Eight!
[Ross] Cena has gotta get Orton back in the ring to win the WWE title.
[Jerry] Whoa.
[Ross] And the referee was on-- I'm thinking a nine-count.
Huge break there for John Cena.
Again, another situation
that may come back to haunt Randy Orton the WWE Champion.
[crowd shouting]
[Jerry] Whoa!
-[crowd 1] Let's go Orton! -[crowd 2] Let's go Cena!
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Oh!
[Ross] Cena tries to overpower,
but again, the champion with another effective counter maneuver.
[Jerry] Yeah, but what about Orton's leg?
[Ross] Second time Orton has experienced
the high impact on that knee
in this contest.
And Orton, not waiting around, there's a cover.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Wow.
A little wobbly on that-- on that right knee.
[crowd chanting] Cena sucks! Cena sucks!
Cena sucks! Cena sucks! Cena sucks!
[Ross] Orton going back to that same effective right hand.
[Jerry] The fists flying, now the--
[crowd chanting] Cena sucks!
[Jerry] Hey, Mayweather earlier. Oh, look out!
-Oh man. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Cena may have rolled a knee-- or excuse me, Orton.
[Jerry] Look out. Oh!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Randy Orton was luckily enough
to avoid the contact of John Cena.
Or Cena may be celebrating right now.
[Jerry] Look at Orton.
[Ross] Orton almost slithering.
[Jerry] He's stalking his prey.
[crowd shouting]
[Ross] Prelude to…
RKO maybe?
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] What?
-This time it's John Cena, countered. -[Ross] Hey!
[Ross] Oh, Cena! Oh my!
The STFU, submission time.
The WWE Champion in deep, deep jeopardy.
[Jerry] STFU is locked in, Orton in huge trouble!
-[referee speaks indistinctly] -He's gonna have to tap.
[Ross] Orton is trapped indeed in the STFU.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The WWE title and the main event at WrestleMania at stake.
-[Randy groaning] -[speaks indistinctly]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And Cena holding on for more punishment.
But maybe, just maybe, ladies and gentlemen,
the damage has been done here to the WWE Champion.
[crowd chattering]
[Randy] My knee!
You wanna continue this match, Orton?
-My knee! -You wanna continue this match?
-Count me out. -[referee] Huh?
Count me out. Count me out!
[referee] You wanna continue or no?
[Randy] I'm hurt. Count me out.
[referee] Hey, hey, hey
No, no. I ain't taking no DQ. Not like that.
Listen to me, he ain't hurt.
I know he's not hurt. Oh!
[Jerry] Did you hear, Orton--
-Oh, look out! -[Ross] Oh my God.
Right in front of us, the RKO!
Orton was begging the referee to count Orton out.
And then Orton, like a snake, like a viper.
But he is delivering an unbelievable RKO to John Cena.
[Jerry] On the floor. Wow.
[Ross] And now, it may be John Cena that's counted out.
Are you playing games?
[crowd chanting] Cena, Cena, Cena, Cena!
[Randy speaking indistinctly]
[Randy speaks indistinctly]
One!
Two!
[Jerry] We saw Orton instruct the referee to start the count now on Cena.
[Ross] Cena's got a ten-count…
-[referee] Four! -…to get back in this ring…
Five!
[Ross] …or Cena's dreams tonight are over.
Six!
[Jerry] Those championship hopes are being taken away.
Eight!
-[Ross] Referee's at eight. -[crowd cheering]
Nine!
[Jerry] He's in!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Cena, for the second time, beats the count by one second.
Cena refusing to lose.
Come on. Come on!
Come on!
Come to me.
Come on!
[Jerry] Oh. What?
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
[Jerry] What?
[crowd cheering]
No, no, no, no. Mike.
Goddamn it!
[crowd cheering]
-Disqualification. -Mike, Mike, no, no, no, no, no!
I'm sorry, I can't do that. It's over, John.
[Ross] Cena's angry and just rightly so.
[Jerry] FU!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Look at this!
[Ross] And Orton tapping out, but the match is over!
[Jerry] The referee has walked out of the ring!
The referee disqualified Orton, and now he's-- left!
[Ross] Randy Orton got himself intentionally disqualified
to save the WWE title.
It was so obvious.
And now, John Cena retaliates in a never-forgetting way.
[Jerry] Orton tapped out, now he's been choked out.
[crowd booing]
[Jerry] Oh my gosh,
look at the disappointment on the face of Cena.
Can you blame him? This is…
[crowd shouting]
[Ross] No, I can't blame him.
John Cena came here tonight to compete for the WWE title.
Remember, Cena could have gone to WrestleMania
after winning the Royal Rumble, but Cena didn't wanna wait.
Cena came here tonight to No Way Out
to earn his way into the main event at WrestleMania.
-[Jerry] As champion. -[Ross] Oh yeah.
And thanks to Randy Orton's blatant intentional disqualification,
that dream is nothing more than a memory.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh my God.
I gotta say, that was a cowardly act
on the part of Randy Orton.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting] Thank you, Orton!
Thank you, Orton!
[announcer] The winner of this match by disqualification, John Cena!
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] But still your WWE Champion,
Randy Orton!
[crowd booing]
[Jerry] Man, how can Randy Orton be proud of that?
-[Ross] Uh, this is hard to process. -[crowd booing]
[Ross] How can many WWE fans
be proud of this particular WWE Champion?
And not because of his lack of athletic ability,
but for his obvious lack of integrity in this match as we just saw.
[Jerry] Well, don't sugarcoat it. Say it, cowardice.
He took the coward's way out.
[crowd shouting]
[Ross] I just think Randy Orton is better than what we have witnessed.
He took a shortcut.
He utilized the rules to retain his WWE title.
[Jerry] Well, in my view,
this is definitely a blemish on the career of that man.
Wow.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Well…
Look I know this is usually the part of the show
where you and I get together and we throw out some witty lines
and we shill some merchandise, but somehow that doesn't, uh,
doesn't seem all that appropriate tonight, does it?
No. No, it doesn't.
So, look, at the risk of insulting your intelligence,
I just wanna say I'm sorry right now for what's about to happen out there.
Listen, Shawn, there ain't no need apologize.
We both know what this is.
We both know what's at stake.
And listen, man, I don't wanna do it,
but if I gotta go through you tonight to get it,
I will.
That's why this friendship has always stood the test of time.
We're always on the same page.
["Fake it" playing]
[Jerry] Wow.
Well, we' re live in Las Vegas, and there's a shot of the Strip.
Have you ever dropped any cash there?
[Ross] Every man for himself on the Strip
as well as in the Elimination Chamber.
♪ Just fake it ♪
[Jerry] And we wanna thank Seether
for the official No Way Out theme song, it's called "Fake it."
Thanks to Seether. There you hear it.
♪ You're such a little hypocrite ♪
[Ross] The Elimination Chamber,
it's been called Satan's Structure, awaits.
We saw the damage that this demon-like structure can inflict earlier tonight.
We've also asked you to give us your predictions on WWE Mobile
as to who you think will win the Raw side of the Elimination Chamber.
We've got the results of that.
[Jerry] I voted.
♪ And good God, It's the changing of the seasons… ♪
[Jerry] Here are the results.
Wow, Jeff Hardy.
[Ross] 38%, Triple H at 31% in second place,
but very, very, very, uh, close overall.
[Jerry] Well, it's no doubt that Jeff Hardy's approval rating
is at an all-time high.
[Ross] Got a Super Tuesday, but now we got Super Sunday here
with the… with the results of the Elimination Chamber.
An amazing night and, of course, ladies and gentlemen,
this Elimination Chamber match features six men that have one goal,
that's one thing I think we can say all six have in common,
and that would be to headline WrestleMania
against Randy Orton for the WWE title.
And as we saw with Shawn Michaels confronting Triple H there,
these guys are friends, but that's--
that's gotta be put on the backburner in this match.
All bets are off, every man for themselves as we take you to Lilian Garcia.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following is the Raw Elimination Chamber match
where the winner will receive a WWE Championship match
at WrestleMania XXIV.
Now, here are the rules.
Four participants will be locked in their respective chambers
while two of the superstars will be starting the match in the ring.
Every four minutes,
a random chamber will be opened and that superstar will join the match.
The only way to win is by pinfall or submission.
The winner and the last man standing will be declared the winner.
[crowd cheering]
["The Game" playing]
♪ It's time to play the game ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ Time to play the game ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ It's all about the game And how you play it ♪
♪ All about control And if you can take it ♪
[announcer] Introducing first from Greenwich, Connecticut,
weighing in at 255 pounds,
Triple H!
♪ I am heavy debt No way you can pay me ♪
♪ I am the pain And I know you can't take me ♪
♪ Look over your shoulder, ready to run ♪
♪ Like a Cleveland bitch From a smoking gun ♪
♪ I am the game and I make the rules ♪
♪ So move on out here And die like a fool ♪
♪ Try to figure out What my move's gonna be ♪
♪ Come on over, sucker Why don't you ask me? ♪
♪ Don't you forget There's a price you can pay ♪
♪ 'Cause I am the game And I want to play ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ It's time to play the game ♪
♪ Time to play the game ♪
♪ It's all about the game And how you play it ♪
♪ It's all about control And if you can take it ♪
♪ It's all about your debt And if you can pay it ♪
[Ross] Triple H knows what it's like to win in the Elimination Chamber.
He won in Elimination Chambers two and three.
And as we saw earlier tonight,
the first four men introduced
will be put in their respective pods
where they will remain until their opportunity arises to compete.
-["Virtual Voodoo" playing] -[Jerry] Oh, my.
[announcer] From the Isle of Samoa,
weighing in at 350 pounds,
Umaga!
[Jerry] Well, this is a man who definitely belongs in a pod or a cage or something.
He needs to be locked away, Umaga.
[Ross] An amazing super heavyweight is this huge Umaga
who goes somewhere around 350.
[Ross] Umaga, the biggest man in this matchup,
will that make a difference?
[Jerry] Oh, look, look, look, look, look.
[indistinct chatter]
[Ross] Umaga not accustomed to structure
and the structure of this matchup,
there will be no disqualifications.
The match can only be won by a pin or submission, ladies and gentlemen.
That's it, falls count anywhere inside the chamber.
[bell ringing]
["Longhorn" playing]
[Jerry] Here comes the money!
[cow mooing]
[announcer] From New York City,
John "Bradshaw" Layfield!
[cow mooing]
[Ross] JBL, the self-made millionaire
can be a self-made number one contender for the WWE title
by winning this Elimination Chamber.
[inaudible]
[Jerry] Well, not only JBL.
You know, JBL's wife has been in Businessweek
and the New York Times.
She's one of the best financial analysts in the entire world.
-Do you realize that, J.R.? -[Ross] I don't know.
[Jerry] I know you don't know much about that.
You think the NASDAQ-400 is a stock car race.
[Ross] I…
Meredith is a brilliant woman,
but I'm not 100% about her taste in men but…
["No More Words" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[explosions]
[announcer] From Cameron, North Carolina,
weighing in at 225 pounds,
he is the Intercontinental Champion,
Jeff Hardy!
[Ross] Jeff Hardy won our WWE Mobile poll tonight
with 38% of the vote
to win this Elimination Chamber
and it's certainly an arguable point
that there's no one in the WWE hotter right now than Jeff Hardy.
[Jerry] Jeff Hardy looking around at this Elimination Chamber.
Could be a friend or foe for this young man.
-["Break Down The Walls" playing] -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[explosions]
♪ Come on ♪
♪ You know I got ya ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ One, break the wall down ♪
♪ Break down the walls ♪
♪ For those about to rock I'm what ya want ♪
[announcer] Making his way to the ring, weighing in at 226 pounds,
Y2J, Chris Jericho.
[Ross] Jericho walking with a purpose.
Again, no shortage of confidence.
And one of Jericho's biggest adversaries
-is in a pod-friendly zone for the moment. -[inaudible chatter]
[Jerry] Yeah, good thing for JBL.
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ I'm awaken from a deep sleep, You're all weak ♪
[Jerry] Jericho with a couple of purposes.
He, of course, wants to win this Elimination Chamber match
and go on to headline WrestleMania,
but he also wants to get his hands on JBL one more time.
[music stops]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Only one man left.
[crowd chanting] HBK! HBK! HBK
["Sexy Boy" playing]
♪ I think I'm cute ♪
♪ I know I'm sexy ♪
♪ I've got the looks ♪
♪ That drives the girls wild ♪
♪ I've got the moves That really move 'em ♪
♪ I send chills up and down their spines ♪
-♪ I'm just a sexy boy ♪ -♪ Sexy boy ♪
♪ I'm not your boy toy ♪
[announcer] And from San Antonio, Texas,
The Heartbreak Kid,
Shawn Michaels.
-♪ I'm not your boy toy ♪ -♪ Boy toy ♪
[Ross] When the Elimination Chamber was created
back in the Survivor Series 2002,
Shawn Michaels won the first match.
♪ They see me walk ♪
♪ They hear me talk ♪
[Jerry] I don't know if it means anything, but actually on the mobile text voting,
I voted for Shawn Michaels.
♪ Sexy boy ♪
♪ I'm not your boy toy ♪
[music fades]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] So it's Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho,
-ladies and gentlemen, starting it off. -[bell ringing]
[Ross] Marty Elias, the referee.
[crowd shouting]
[Ross] Several referees on duty.
Remember, this matchup is an elimination matchup.
A matchup can-- a man can be eliminated only by pinfall or submission.
There's no disqualification.
[Jerry] You know, actually, if I had known that Shawn Michaels--
whoa, was gonna have to start this match,
I might not have voted for him, because mathematically,
they're at a disadvantage.
-Oh! -[crowd gasping]
[Jerry] However, we did see in the earlier SmackDown Elimination Chamber match,
the two that started lasted until the end.
[Ross] Hats off to The Undertaker
for winning the Elimination Chamber earlier.
He and Batista going toe-to-toe on that brutal--
[Jerry] Oh, look at this!
-One, two… -[Ross] And Michaels…
-One, two… -A counter!
[Jerry] Oh, nice.
One, two…
[Jerry] Neither one of these guys are gonna let go.
[Ross] Interesting one-upmanship by these two popular WWE superstars.
Northern Lights Suplex and--
Oh, Michaels just barely got a shoulder up and again…
[Jerry] Oh, look at the strength.
[Ross] Michaels showing strength and leverage.
-[Jerry] Back slide. -One, two…
At two.
[Ross] And Jericho beats Shawn Michaels to the punch on that particular exchange.
[Jerry] Ow. Hard backbreaker.
[speaks indistinctly]
Come on. Come on, HBK.
Come on. Come on.
[Ross] So The Undertaker and Batista
started out the Elimination Chamber earlier tonight.
As we said, went through all of their competitors,
they were the last two-- first two to start, the last two to finish,
will that be the case here with Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho?
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Well, again, there's-- these two styles
of these two great athletes are so similar in so many ways.
[Jerry] Some of these guys that are gonna come out of these pods…
Like Khali earlier.
I thought when Khali came out that he was gonna win that one.
You never know how these guys are gonna come out on fire.
[Ross] Michaels taking a chance.
[Jerry] Oh! Oh, golly.
[Ross] Man, that was a unique counter by Chris Jericho,
pulling his knees up.
[Jerry] I don't know if I've ever seen that counter,
but watch this, this doesn't look good the way Shawn lands. Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[yells]
[Ross] Jericho didn't have time to roll out of harm's way,
but with the knees up protected himself--
-Oh, jump. -[Jerry] Oh no.
[Ross] Michaels tried to get his knees up,
but Jericho lands short on his feet into this counter
looking for The Walls of Jericho.
[Jerry] Boy, you're right.
Jericho was-- went for the Lionsault
but then he was cat quick and blocking that move by Shawn.
Now look at this.
[crowd shouting]
[Jerry] Is that Sharpshooter?
[Ross] Michaels looking for a submission.
-[Jerry] Whoa. -[Ross] And a counter.
Jericho counters!
And got a near fall out of that.
-Well placed foot, wouldn't you say? -[Jerry] Yep.
[Ross] And Jericho showing aggression is my point, overt aggression.
-One, two… -[referee] And a--
[Jerry] You said before these two young superstars--
well, these two superstars are evenly matched in similar styles.
Oh.
Ow.
[Ross] Makes for a great competition.
This…
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what this contest is all about,
competition.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[crowd gasping]
[Jerry] Similar styles collided.
[referee speaking indistinctly]
[Jerry] Did they hit face-first?
[Ross] I don't know, but we're about to have a…
[crowd] Six, five, four--
[Jerry] Well, this is gonna be to the big advantage
of whoever comes out now.
[suspenseful music playing]
[buzzer blares]
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Umaga is
the third entrant.
And man, what an opportune time,
after Michaels and Jericho collided midair.
It's Umaga's opportunity.
[Jerry] Oh man.
[Ross] Jericho landing on the steel flooring
outside the ring.
[Jerry] This is very similar to the way that Big Viscera
entered that first Elimination Chamber match,
doing a lot of damage to the two.
[Ross] Here comes Umaga.
[Jerry] Oh man.
[Ross] And the super heavyweight
takes down both Michaels and Jericho with a tremendous show of power.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. This could be it for Jericho.
[Ross] Jericho in a precarious position,
and Shawn Michaels tries to…
Oh my gosh!
[Jerry] You gotta be kidding me.
-[Ross] Look at these three. -[Jerry] No way!
[Ross] A double Samoan drop!
I've never seen that before in my life.
[Jerry] Yeah, me neither.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry chuckles] Oh man.
[Ross] Umaga should capitalize.
He is in the proverbial driver's seat after this amazing maneuver.
[Jerry] Watch this and believe it if you can one more time.
Oh, oh. Wait a minute.
[Ross] Thrust kick
takes Shawn Michaels over the top
and awaiting Michaels was the steel flooring.
Fa'a Samoa!
-[Jerry] Ugh. -[crowd groaning]
[Ross] And a headbutt right to the sternum, right to the chest.
[Jerry] There's that kick you were talking about.
[Ross] And that's just so impactful.
One could hear the impact
anywhere you're sitting in the arena.
[crowd chanting]
[Jerry] A doubles-- double Samoan drop.
[crowd cheering and chanting]
[Ross] Umaga assaults Jericho,
and then decides--
oh, to go punish Michaels more.
[crowd chattering]
[indistinct chatter]
[referee] Come on, get in here.
What are you doing? Come on. Get in here.
[crowd chattering]
[grunting]
[Ross] And to Jericho for trying to hang in there,
but Umaga too big and too strong to--
[Jerry hesitates] You know, in my book,
and certainly Umaga not the most popular WWE superstar,
but I gotta give him credit, he's certainly been effective
since entering this match.
[shouts indistinctly]
[indistinct shouting]
[Jerry] Even earned a spattering of applause
with the double Samoan drop from our fans here.
[Ross] But ladies and gentlemen, as Umaga confused with the surroundings,
he hasn't gone for a cover as of yet.
He's done a tremendous amount of damage, has the Samoan Bulldozer.
Jericho fights back again,
showing courage and tenacity,
but too little too late against this huge man.
[referee] Come on. What are you doing, Umaga? Get down here.
[Jerry] Oh boy.
[referee shouting indistinctly]
[Jerry] And-- Oh!
[referee shouting indistinctly]
[Ross] Umaga with a tactical error.
[Jerry] But Shawn Michaels…
[Ross] And Michaels, the veteran from San Antonio, capitalizing.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And Jericho…
Well, Jericho's gonna try to…
Jericho is gonna try to turn Umaga into the--
[Jerry] It may take more strength than Jericho has
to get this behemoth over, but he's done it!
-Walls of Jericho! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The question now is, will Umaga submit?
[wrestlers screaming]
[Jerry] Uh, I don't think so.
Whoa, wait a minute here.
[Ross] And now Michaels…
-[Jerry] What? -[Ross] …with a crossface!
A double submission maneuver!
[crowd] …five, four…
[Jerry] How can Umaga withstand this?
-How can he not tap out? -[crowd] …one!
[suspenseful music playing]
[Ross] Umaga hasn't tapped out,
-and the fourth competitor… -[buzzer blares]
[Ross] …is about to join us and it's…
the self-made millionaire…
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] …JBL,
who just almost beheads Michaels and Jericho before him.
[Jerry] I don't know if I agree with this strategy
on behalf of JBL.
I know he can't stand Jericho,
but they had an opportunity to get rid of Umaga.
[Ross] That's an excellent point.
And an excellent swinging neckbreaker by JBL.
[Jerry] Gosh, I hadn't even realized that somehow Shawn Michaels
has been laid open.
[Ross] I think that's compliments of Chris Jericho.
Get him out of the corner! Come on, back it off, JBL!
-[Ross] And look at JBL having his way… -Get him out of the corner!
[Ross] …at his biggest rival.
[Jerry] I can't get a good view of Shawn but he looks to be in bad shape.
Oh. Well, Jericho in bad shape.
[crowd chanting] Hardy! Hardy!
[Ross] There's the elbow by JBL.
[Jerry] This is maybe how Shawn got opened up.
Oh, wow.
[Ross] Amazing camera work that showed the collision in midair
that caused the injury to Shawn Michaels.
[Jerry] Oh.
[wrestlers grunting]
[Jerry] Man, oh, man.
[Jericho yells]
[Ross] Action all over the Elimination Chamber,
outside on the steel,
inside on the canvas, as Jericho looking to eliminate JBL but to no avail.
[Jerry] Well, I'll tell them what just happened to Shawn Michaels.
He got put face-first into that steel chain-link
and then slammed onto the steel outside.
We'll see it again right here, and listen to this.
Oh man.
[Jericho yells]
[Ross] And absolutely no give,
the steel flooring is--
just awaits another victim.
On that occasion, it was Shawn Michaels.
And all four men now are out of the ring, on the steel flooring
that comprises the Elimination Chamber.
[Jerry] Oh man.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] Watch this, one more time.
[Ross] Watch this. Jericho-- Oh my gosh.
Jericho tried to grab, tried to find a way to break his fall, couldn't do it.
[Jerry] He almost went face-first.
[Ross] That was just flesh on steel.
[Umaga yelling]
[Jerry] Oh.
[crowd groaning]
[Ross] Oh, that huge leg and the power of Umaga
elevated Shawn Michaels, unbelievable.
[Jerry] Ah.
Man, I know I voted for Shawn, but he's taking a tremendous beating.
I'm afraid he's not long for this chamber match.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Ross] Who's next in the Elimination Chamber?
[buzzer blares]
[crowd roaring]
[Ross] And now Triple H is--
[Jerry] Time to play the game!
[Ross] It is time to play the game indeed.
[Jerry yelps] Oho!
[Ross] And Triple H,
going for the biggest man in the matchup, Umaga,
and now big right hands coming from downtown.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Triple H has asserted himself in a huge way.
[Jerry] Watch it. Oh, there's a meeting of the minds.
[Ross] Umaga just staggered.
JBL down.
-Oh, what a spinebuster on Chris Jericho. -[Umaga yelling]
[Ross] Oh, make it a doubleheader!
-[crowd roaring] -[Ross] Umaga, that's a 350-pound man.
[Jerry] And if you needed any proof it's every man for himself,
The Game just gave it to you. Here we go.
[Ross] A cover, the cover. DDT!
-[Jerry] Did he get it? No. -[Ross] Earned Triple H a near fall.
[Jerry] Oh, wow.
[Ross] And with no eliminations,
there is bodies strewn all over the Elimination Chamber,
action everywhere.
[yells]
[Jerry] Oh, no one's been eliminated yet.
-Oh! -[crowd gasping]
I said "yet." That may do it.
[crowd applauding]
[Ross] Umaga is one tough man,
but he's not tougher than steel, and Jericho capitalizing.
Looking for the Lionsault,
but found canvas.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
Pedigree time?
Oh!
-[Ross] Clothesline! -[Jerry] Good Lord.
[Ross] Clothesline from Hell.
And Codebreaker!
-[referee] One, two, three. -[Ross] Cover.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] And Jericho eliminates JBL.
Thanks to Chris Jericho,
JBL will not be headlining WrestleMania.
[Jerry] I gotta tell you, that comes as a shock to me,
it came out of nowhere.
What?
[Jerry] JBL-- Oh, he can't believe it.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] Here we go, one more time.
[Ross] How do you believe this?
[Jerry] That glass may be bulletproof but it's not brain-proof.
[Ross] How can you believe that a human being, namely Umaga,
is gonna be able to continue
in this Elimination Chamber?
As JBL, the first to be eliminated.
[crowd booing]
-[Jerry] Hey, hey, hey, hey! -[Ross] Hey, hey, hey!
What's going on here?
[Jerry] Look out!
-Come on, ref! Oh! -[crowd groaning]
[Ross] JBL with a--
[Jerry] All right.
[Umaga yelling]
-[crowd gasping] -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] JBL using that steel chair as a weapon, obviously,
and the carnage created-- JBL is amazing.
[Jerry] JBL just paid Umaga back with interest.
-Whoa. -[Ross] I think JBL paid everybody back.
[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] And, folks, you talk about your proverbial sore loser.
[Jerry] Everyone that hasn't been eliminated flat on their back.
Oh, Shawn.
[Ross] We said that the Elimination Chamber is unforgiving,
so are steel chair shots from JBL.
[Jerry] And, J.R., this match takes its toll.
Watch and listen. Listen.
-Oh! -[crowd groaning]
[Jerry] Oh!
Good grief.
Umaga looked away for one second and paid the price.
[Ross] It looked like JBL was gonna try and negotiate with Umaga.
Umaga turned his head for a split second,
and then he got split with a steel chair.
[crowd] Six, five, four, three…
[Jerry] What a huge advantage this is gonna be for Jeff Hardy.
-Everybody's down… -[buzzer blares]
-[Jerry] …except Jeff. -[Ross] Uh-oh.
The leading vote-getter
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] …in our WWE Mobile poll
couldn't come in at a more opportune time,
one would have to assume.
Look at the damage of all these other men and--
-[Jerry] Oh, no! Oh! -[Ross] Jeff Hardy, fresh.
Can Jeff Hardy capitalize?
[crowd groaning]
[Jerry] Oh, Jeff Hardy, playing no favorites here.
He's going after everyone.
-Look at this! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Jeff Hardy flying all over the ring,
creating offense.
It is certainly characteristic of Jeff Hardy.
[Jerry] Jeff Hardy knocked Jericho down,
and then used Jericho as a springboard.
[Ross] Hardy being double-teamed.
-[Jerry] Look at this! -[Ross] Oh, and retaliates!
Oho!
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh.
And Umaga with a thrust kick…
-[Jerry] Ow. -[Ross] …catches Jeff Hardy,
I think, right in the face.
[Jerry] And that may have put Jeff's lights out.
Look out here.
-Oh! [groans] -[crowd groaning]
[Ross] The mass, the power, and the fury of Umaga
coming to the forefront.
[Jerry] Umaga definitely got a second wind and he's dangerous,
more dangerous than ever now.
[Ross] Remember, there are no disqualifications in this matchup.
An elimination can occur only by pin or submissions.
I can't believe it. We've only had one elimination.
-[yells] -[Jerry] Look out here!
-[Ross] Such velocity. -[Jerry groans]
[Ross] That is power, ladies and gentlemen.
[crowd groaning]
[Ross] And a nasty, aggressive mean streak by Umaga,
who carries his foot right in the sternum of Chris Jericho.
[Jerry] Oh, watch this.
[Umaga yelling]
[crowd groaning]
[Jerry] Man, Umaga dominating now.
-[crowd groaning] -[Jerry] What an impact.
[crowd chanting] Hardy! Hardy!
[Ross] Umaga standing tall over Chris Jericho and The Game.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
What's Umaga gonna do here?
[Umaga yells]
[Jerry] Look it out!
-[crowd groaning] -[Jerry] Oh my God.
[Ross] I don't believe this.
Umaga!
Just as… [groans]
[crowd chanting]
-[Jerry] Oh, watch this. -[crowd groaning]
[Ross] This is amazing.
Jericho set up for the kill…
[Jerry] Oh man!
[Ross] …figuratively, and the super heavyweight Umaga
driving Jericho right through the--
-Oh! -[Jerry] Oh!
[chuckles] Whoa! Sweet Chin Music!
Codebreaker!
[Ross] And a Codebreaker!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] And a Pedigree to boot, are we gonna see it?
Yes!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Umaga-- Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
[Jerry] Look at Hardy, look at Jeff Hardy!
[Ross] "Look at Jeff Hardy" is right!
Look how high up he's--
[Jerry] He's at the top of his chamber!
[Jerry yelps]
[Ross] Oh Lord!
What a Swanton Bomb from the rafters!
-[Jerry] Cover, cover, cover. Got him! -[crowd counting, cheering]
[Jerry] Umaga's gone!
[Ross groans] Oh.
-[crowd] One, two, three! -[Ross] That's the Sweet Chin Music.
[Jerry] Jericho's gone!
[Ross] Jericho stole that pinfall from Jeff Hardy.
Somewhat ironic that Jericho now has been eliminated.
[Jerry] All of a sudden, we're down to three.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Will it be down to two?
[Ross] And The Game disposing of Jeff Hardy.
-[Jerry] Hey. -[Ross] Oh, look. Look at this!
-[Jerry] Look at this! -[Ross] Pedigree!
-Triple H has Pedigree'd Shawn Michaels. -[crowd] One, two, three.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] And The Game, we said it was every man for himself.
Two men that do have great respect for each other,
in the spirit of competition,
The Game has eliminated Shawn Michaels.
We are down to two.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] One of these two men will go to WrestleMania,
in the main event,
to meet the WWE Champion.
Who will it be?
Randy Orton awaits the winner
-of this matchup. -[Jerry] Oh, look out!
[Ross] And Jeff Hardy's spine
is introduced to the steel flooring
in an aggressive, uncaring manner.
[Jerry] Blocked. Oh!
-Look at this! -[crowd gasping]
[Jerry] DDT out on that steel.
[referee] Get in here. Come on. You guys can't win out there!
Come on, guys. Get in. Jeff…
[Ross] Let's take another look at--
What a smack of flesh on steel.
But it wouldn't end there, watch this!
A DDT on the steel floor.
Into the stoutly steel,
and Jeff Hardy trying to ride the advantage now.
And The Game is in a bad, bad place.
[Jerry] Jeff Hardy, pulling out all the stops.
He's got Hunter bleeding. Look at this now.
[Ross] The chain is holding together to create these walls
and The Game is tasting it time and time again.
[Jerry] And look at this aggression from Jeff Hardy.
[Ross] And look what's at stake for both men,
the chance to meet Randy Orton for the WWE title
in the main event at WrestleMania XXIV.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry hesitates] Oh!
[Ross] Now, Hardy taking a huge chance.
[Jerry] Oh no!
[Ross] Pedigree on the outside, was countered!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Is this The Legend Thriller's night?
Is this Jeff Hardy's time?
[Jerry groans]
[Ross] A Swanton.
[Jerry] Man.
[Ross] That was so good to Hardy earlier.
Not good this time.
-Oh, look out. Pedigree! -[Jerry] Pedigree!
[Ross] The Pedigree by The Game, the hook of the leg!
-[Jerry yelps] -[Ross] Oh my God!
Oh, Jeff Hardy!
[Jerry] He kicked out!
-[Ross] Can you believe it? -[indistinct chatter]
[Ross] Well, that was a--
[Jerry] The Game can't believe it, I can tell you that.
[Ross] Man, that was a close count,
but Jeff Hardy kicked out.
-This match continues. -[crowd chanting] Hardy! Hardy!
[Ross] Oh man!
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Oh boy. -[Ross] Well…
JBL is the man that introduced the steel chair
to this match here tonight.
And remember, there are no disqualifications.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
-[Ross] Oh! -[Jerry] Oh!
Jeff, that's a low blow!
[Ross] A low blow obviously cannot be penalized.
-[Jerry] Oh-ho-ho! -[Ross] Twist of Fate on steel.
I think it was countered.
[Jerry] It was definitely countered.
[Ross] I think The Game out horsed Jeff Hardy on the counter.
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] There's no question now.
-Pedigree! -[crowd] One, two, three!
-[Ross] And a three-count! -[bell ringing]
-["The Game" playing] -[Ross] Good Lord, what a match!
[announcer] Here is your winner, Triple H!
♪ It's all about pain And who's gonna make it ♪
♪ I am the game, you don't wanna play me ♪
♪ I am control, no way you can change me ♪
♪ I am heavy debt, no way you can pay me ♪
♪ I am the pain And I know you can't take me ♪
♪ Look over your shoulder, ready to run ♪
♪ Like a Cleveland bitch From a smoking gun ♪
♪ I am the game… ♪
[Ross] Just as the awesome Undertaker earned his opportunity earlier tonight
in the Elimination Chamber to face Edge
for the World Heavyweight title at WrestleMania,
The Game has gone through hell
and has earned the right to meet Randy Orton
for the WWE title at WrestleMania XXIV.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Check this out one more time.
This Swanton Bomb
may have been the beginning of the end for Jeff Hardy.
[Ross] Well, the thing I can't believe is--
a perfectly executed Pedigree,
but Hardy, look at this, kicked out.
Jeff Hardy kicked out after that Pedigree.
[Jerry] And at that point, Jeff Hardy, he refused to lose.
-And then-- -[Ross] That's a counter.
-[Jerry] Yeah. -[Ross] The counter of the match,
but perhaps the move of the match, and then bam!
A Pedigree on a steel chair results…
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] …in The Game
challenging Randy Orton
for the WWE title at WrestleMania XXIV.
["The Game" playing]
♪ Play the game, You're gonna be the same ♪
♪ You're gonna change your name You're gonna die in flames ♪ ier tonight