[ominous music playing]
[Randy] He's done. I killed him.
I killed The Undertaker!
[narrator] And when they heard of the dead,
some mocked.
The only true phenom is me.
[narrator] And others said,
"We will hear thee again of this matter."
[bell tolls]
[narrator] Death conquers all.
[Undertaker] Hello, Randy.
[narrator] And when it comes for you…
[Undertaker] You're going with me straight to hell.
Hell in a Cell.
[narrator] …will you beg?
I'm sick of the smoke and mirrors.
I wanna resolve this.
Please?
[narrator] Will you run?
[Undertaker] You're in the fast lane now, boy.
[narrator] Will you fight?
[Randy] You cannot stop the destiny of The Legend Killer.
You will fall at the hands of the RKO.
[narrator] Will it matter?
[Undertaker] Randy Orton, your time has come.
[music crescendoes, fades]
-[exciting music playing] -[narrator] And now SmackDown presents,
WWE Armageddon.
["Th End" playing]
[explosions]
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] You are looking live
at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island.
WWE fans in a frenzy
as we welcome you to Armageddon.
Happy holidays, everybody.
Michael Cole and Tazz at ringside.
And there you see hanging over the ring,
the devil's playground,
the steel dungeon, Hell in a Cell.
And, partner, the end may indeed be near
for "The Legend Killer" Randy Orton.
I'm just not comfortable sitting down here
with this damn thing hanging above us, Cole.
You can't explain how gigantic, how massive,
how intimidating this cell looks in person.
-You can't explain it. -Twenty feet high
with a roof over the top, nearly two tons of steel
will engulf the ring later tonight.
Also joining us at ringside, our Spanish colleagues…
-Yeah. -…Hugo Savinovich and Carlos Cabrera.
-Guys. -Gracias a Michael Cole, gracias a Tazz.
[speaking Spanish]
[speaks Spanish]
-[bell ringing] -[crowd cheering]
["Longhorn" playing]
[Michael] And kicking things off
with John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
[Tazz] My man.
[Michael] Think he drove that limo up 95 from New York to get here tonight?
[Tazz] Well, yeah. Actually, he offered me a ride,
but I couldn't make it.
I had to come here early, you know.
JBL just shows up when he wants to.
You got it like that when you're multimillionaire
and a stock expert.
Look at that limo with the long horns.
-You gotta love it. -[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring, from New York City,
weighing in at 297 pounds,
John "Bradshaw" Layfield!
[Michael] JBL, accompanied by his image consultant, Jillian Hall,
set for action tonight versus Matt Hardy.
As JBL, this past Friday night at SmackDown,
JBL rudely interrupting a Matt Hardy interview.
I guess you don't realize, Matt, who I am.
Oh, I know exactly who you are.
You're the guy that walks out on all his tag team partners.
Wrong answer.
-"Wrestling god" was the right answer. -Right. Right.
And if I wasn't hurt right now,
-under doctor's orders not to fight… -Mm-hmm.
…I had a feeling I would--
-[Tazz groans] -[Michael] A cheap shot.
Well, that's the way JBL does business.
I wanna tell all my fans
that despite my injuries, despite--
[Michael] And Matt Hardy was not gonna take that from JBL.
Matt Hardy attacking the so-called "Wrestling God."
And remember, later on in the evening, Tazz,
JBL could cost Matt Hardy a matchup on Friday Night SmackDown.
[Tazz] I remember JBL joining us at the announce table.
The two biggest dichotomies in the world
are occurring because I am here.
[crowd jeering]
I create excitement
whether I start the show or close the show.
I agree with you, people.
I forever will be the main event.
[crowd jeering]
The country's smallest state
has the world's biggest star.
[crowd jeering]
And Matt Hardy…
gets in the ring with JBL.
[crowd cheering]
Matt Hardy who has a slogan,
"I will not die."
[crowd shouting]
Let's see.
You get fired from your job,
you lose your girlfriend
and all you can do is say,
"Wah-wah-wah," on the internet.
"Somebody please help me because I don't have the guts."
And all you can come up with is some cheap ass t-shirt
that says "I will not die."
[crowd cheering]
How about this, Matt?
Why don't you tell the truth
and put on your little T-shirt
you're selling to your little internet geek friends,
"I wish I were dead."
[crowd cheering]
Because tonight is the pinnacle of your career.
Tonight, Matt Hardy, you get in the ring,
you will be destroyed.
But you get in the ring with JBL.
You will forever say, "I knew The Media Maven."
'Cause you can look on Fox News,
you can look on TheStreet.com,
you can look on my syndicated radio show
and know that I am a one-man conglomerate.
And most importantly,
Matt Hardy finally gets what he wants
and what his girlfriend wish he were.
He gets to step in the ring with the main event.
The greatest WWE Champion of all time,
the man who carries SmackDown.
-["Live for the Moment" playing] -[Michael] Thank goodness.
[Tazz] I kinda wanted to hear the rest of that speech.
-I was into it. -[Michael] Of course, you did.
[Tazz] I think he actually was about to say "Wrestling God"
-and I like when he does it. -[Michael] Hey, look at this.
-Matt Hardy! -[Tazz] Whoa, whoa!
[Michael] JBL was waiting for Matt Hardy to come through the entrance
-and Matt Hardy came from behind. -[bell ringing]
[Michael] Wasting little time, hammering away on JBL!
[Tazz] What the hell was that about?
Where the hell did he come from?
[Michael] What do you mean what's it about?
JBL interrupted his interview and cheap-shotted him on SmackDown
this past Friday night that cost him a matchup.
Oh, and driving JBL spine first into the apron.
[Tazz] Yeah, but-- Oh! You know, JBL, he's a competitor.
He's a man's man.
He was expecting the man to come out here mano a mano,
and face him one-on-one.
[Michael] Oh, next thing you're gonna tell me
is that JBL still has a knee injury and he still has his eye hurt
from getting poked in the eye by the referee
after he walked out on his two tag team partners.
[Tazz] Well, after that knee he just threw, I think his knee's okay.
[Michael] And Matt Hardy, my God. Look at this. Got hung up in the top rope.
And the referee, Nick Patrick, has gotta do something here.
[Tazz] Well, this is bad here. Hardy's caught up.
Look at the viciousness of JBL, punching the daylights out of him.
You gotta get Hardy out of it. This is nasty.
[Michael] Well, referee Nick Patrick has gotta do something
to get Matt Hardy out of those ropes.
A very dangerous situation here…
-[Tazz] Oh my God. -…ladies and gentlemen.
-He almost saw-- -[Tazz] Ouch.
Did you see that, Cole?
[Michael] You see Matt Hardy's eyes almost roll in the back of his head?
[Tazz] Bradshaw. Now, look at this.
-What the hell is this? -Get off him! One!
[Michael] This is a vicious, vicious assault.
[Tazz] Bradshaw is going too far here.
[Michael] Oh, he's using the complete five-count by the referee,
but this is absolutely deplorable actions by JBL.
[Tazz] Thank God he got his neck out of there.
-You'd get your head curled up in there. -[crowd jeering]
[Tazz] That could definitely really choke you right out of it.
Crush your esophagus. That's a dangerous situation to be in.
[Michael] You saw at one point,
Matt Hardy's eyes rolling in the back of his head,
as you take another look at the final kick here by Bradshaw.
[Tazz] Look at this and watch Hardy's head.
Look at that.
[crowd chanting]
[Michael] The WWE fans all over JBL.
[Tazz] I heard that one-eyed guy's stuff--
[Michael] Oh, what a clothesline!
[Tazz] Tell you what, JBL is just vicious out here tonight.
I mean, yeah, he's the Wrestling God, I know,
but I tell you, that was nasty, Cole.
Hardy's head hung up in those ropes like clothing.
Hardy's hurt right now.
-[crowd cheering] -[crowd member] Come on, Matt!
[Michael] Well, JBL, relentless assault here on Matt Hardy,
rolled back into the ring to break up the ten-count.
Matt Hardy can't even make it back to his feet.
And a clubbing blow again to the back.
[Tazz] I'll tell you, I gotta hand it to Matt Hardy.
I mean, he took it to JBL early on in the match.
But I think it was probably 'cause of that surprise attack
from behind that Hardy got JBL with.
[Michael] Oh, it was the-- not great luck by Matt Hardy
getting hung up in those top two ropes.
And JBL, the veteran that he is, taking advantage.
Remember, Tazz, last year at Armageddon,
JBL was in the middle of that historic ten-month reign
as WWE Champion winning the Fatal 4-Way.
And JBL really taking it to Matt Hardy here
-in the early going of this matchup. -[Tazz] Wow.
Look at the nasty-- the right hand of JBL,
it's a sick one. Hardy's trying to come back with it.
[Michael] Well, remember Matt Hardy's motto, "I will not die."
[Tazz] Well, we might find out in a few minutes. Oh.
[Michael] Drop of the elbow by the 300-pound brawler, JBL.
[Tazz] Right across-- look at that, Cole.
Right across the face with the…
[Michael] And another elbow.
[Tazz] Elbow and tricep, back, everything, right in the face.
We're looking at the true JBL.
This guy's a bully. He's a vicious man.
He could care less about anybody, I'm telling you.
[Michael] And this type of matchup, at this point, is right up JBL's alley.
He is a brawler. He just wants to beat the hell outta you.
That's all it's about for JBL.
[Tazz] And JBL, his image consultant, has seen her better side,
that's why she's so excited.
She's so happy.
[crowd chanting]
[Michael] Well, we heard JBL complaining for weeks
that he hadn't have an opponent for Armageddon.
Well, he was named one on Friday, that was Matt Hardy.
Watch this here.
[Tazz] Yeah, watch this kick. Watch this.
Bam, right across the face.
Hey, folks, this isn't ballroom dancing.
You know what I'm saying? That's the way JBL rolls.
-He's a vicious man. -[Michael] Oh, and Matt Hardy.
-Here's the Hardy-- Matt Hardy! -[Tazz] Oh.
[Michael] Swinging neckbreaker, driving JBL head-first to the mat.
And again, the man whose motto is, "I will not die," Matt Hardy,
is not dying here, folks.
Crawling into the cover. Here's the cover.
-Shoulders are down. -[referee] Two!
[Michael] At two-- JBL just got his shoulder up.
-Come on, JBL! -[Tazz] Surprising JBL with that.
I don't know if he was going for that neckbreaker or if it was a DDT.
And JBL tried to twist out, I think.
But, man, his neck really twisted up there.
[Michael] Yeah, looked like a combination neckbreaker-DDT.
But again, JBL stalking his opponent.
Matt Hardy back to his feet and there's a shoulder knockdown.
And did you see, Tazz? Matt Hardy going for his throat.
Perhaps Matt Hardy having problems catching his breath here
after he got hung up,
nearly choked out by the top two ropes early on in the matchup.
[Tazz] I think that's a very good--
-[Michael] Oh! -[Tazz] Oh my God.
Another straight sole of that boot of JBL right across the face of Matt Hardy.
This is just vintage JBL,
just bullying his way right through this match.
And these are the tactics that made JBL such a successful WWE Champion.
A bully, bully-- you know, a vicious bully.
[Michael] Well, a man who's been through some of the toughest,
most dangerous matches in the history of the WWE.
There's JBL, typical thumb to the eye by the so-called Wrestling God.
[Tazz] Hardy keeps going for that throat, though.
And you never know what's going on inside that neck of Matt Hardy, Cole.
-His neck. I don't know-- -[Michael] You know,
JBL talking about being a wrestling god, Tazz,
a wrestling god doesn't leave his tag team partners
high and dry in two consecutive weeks,
one of his best friends in Orlando and Georgia.
[Tazz] First of all, genius, he had two legitimate injuries.
-One was-- -[Michael] Legitimate injuries?
He got poked in the eye by a referee
and then he somehow fell over his image consultant
after he put her on the face of a 619.
[Tazz] Sorry to interrupt you while I was talking.
Please stop screaming at me.
JBL did have a legitimate eye injury…
-[Michael] Oh, please. -…and a knee injury. He did.
[Michael] Did you talk to his doctors? Did he bring you a note from his doctor?
-Is that what he did? -[Tazz] Well, Cole, hey, look.
Despite all that, JBL's still here competing
-against a very capable Matt Hardy. -[Michael] Yeah.
-He's a real American hero. -[Tazz] He is.
[Michael] And look at Matt Hardy with the elbows to the side of the head.
Matt Hardy trying to battle back into this.
Matt Hardy knocking JBL off the ropes.
This could be a pivotal point of the matchup.
[Tazz] Look at Hardy. Hardy's still grabbing that throat.
-[Michael] Matt Hardy, top rope. -[Tazz] What the hell is this?
[Michael] JBL in trouble!
Moonsault took JBL down!
He's gonna do it here!
Two and JBL kicked out.
-Wow. -[Tazz] Credit to Matt Hardy.
I was very surprised he went for such a high-risk move
while he's injured, but Hardy pulled off that moonsault.
[Michael] Well, the high-risk move was total desperation.
-And perhaps some desperation by JBL. -[Tazz] Whoa. Wait. Look at this.
[Michael] Perhaps JBL knows he can't put Matt Hardy down legally,
so he takes the turnbuckle cover off the steel turnbuckle.
[Tazz] And the referee was looking at Matt Hardy
while he was taking off that turnbuckle cover.
Again, right to the eye of Hardy.
[Michael] Matt Hardy whipped into that exposed top steel turnbuckle.
[Tazz] Matt Hardy never left behind those punches.
-But look at this! -[Michael] Clothesline from Hell.
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Wow. -[crowd jeering]
-[Tazz] Well, there it is. -[Michael] The cover.
-[Tazz] One, two, three. -[crowd] One, two, three.
-[Tazz] What a Clothesline from Hell. -[bell ringing]
-["Longhorn" playing] -[inaudible]
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] Here is your winner,
John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
[Tazz] Quite frankly, Cole, and everybody, all the SmackDown and WWE fans,
JBL just took it right to Matt Hardy. That's how good he is.
But Matt Hardy is a world-class guy.
-He can get it done… -[Michael] Wait a minute.
-…but JBL brought that clothesline. -[Michael] Wait a minute.
First off, I don't think Matt Hardy ever fully recovered
from being caught up in the top ropes.
[Tazz] What's wrong with that?
If you're JBL, you capitalize on an injury, Cole.
[Michael] Capitalize? He took the pad off a steel turnbuckle,
which helped him win this matchup.
[Tazz] No, you're talking about
when Hardy's head got hung up in the ropes…
-[Michael] Right. -…early on.
So, what's wrong with that? JBL didn't mean to do it.
-It was accidental. -[Michael] So, now you're gonna tell me
JBL didn't mean to take the protective covering
-off the steel turnbuckle? -[Tazz] No, no.
That he definitely meant to do 'cause the referee had his back turned
-and he did that. -[Michael] Well, nonetheless,
-JBL pushed that-- -[Tazz] And plus, I'd like to point,
look at the lovely golden bronze tail-- tan by JBL.
[crowd shouting]
[Michael] And JBL with a big right hand to Matt Hardy.
Misery, violence from JBL here tonight.
-Watch this. Bam. -[Tazz] Wow.
[Michael] See Matt Hardy's head snapping back off the impact by the boot.
-And speaking of impacts… -[Tazz] Wow. Wow.
[Michael] A Clothesline from Hell.
[Tazz] Unbelievable.
JBL and there's the hand sign,
but JBL, look at this, get another look at this clothesline.
Look at that. Oh my God.
Right across the throat that Matt Hardy injured.
And there you see-- George Hamilton would be jealous of the tan
-that JBL-- -[Michael] George Hamilton?
[Tazz] Look at that tan. It like… [laughs]
[Michael] 1965 wants their actor back.
Ladies and gentlemen, still to come tonight,
it is champion versus champion.
It is SmackDown's champions, Mysterio and Batista,
against Raw Tag Team Champions,
the Big Show and Kane.
And two nights ago,
Melina doing all she could on Friday Night SmackDown
to keep Batista out of the tag team title match
versus her boys, MNM.
So if you could withdraw yourself from the match tonight…
-No, I don't think so. -[chuckles]
…I could really make it worth your while.
-Really? -Really.
And how are you gonna do that?
Let me show you.
[crowd cheering]
So we have a deal, right?
[Batista] A deal?
[chuckles] No. No deal.
-What? -Thanks for the warm-up, though.
I feel great. I'm gonna kill those guys.
I'll see you out there.
[exhales sharply]
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And the warm-up did help Batista
because Batista and Mysterio would take out MNM,
including the double 619 to Mercury and Melina
to win the tag team title.
[Tazz] And then look at this. Batista Bomb, boom, shocking the world.
Batista, Rey Mysterio, unbelievably, become the new tag team champions.
[Michael] So tonight, Batista and Mysterio to take on Big Show and Kane,
champions versus champions.
[crowd cheering]
-[hands clapping] -[Psicosis] Hola, Melina. ¿Cómo estas?
-[groans] -[Psicosis] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
-What? What? -We cancelled the match tonight…
-Wait, you-- -…against MNM.
-Yes. -You cancelled the match?
-Yes. -Yeah, we cancelled the match tonight
if you do for us what did you with Batista.
-Okay, señorita? -Oh, oh, you're really disgusting.
-[laughs] -Aww.
Un besito, Melina. [laughs]
-[speaks Spanish] -[laughing]
Hey, let's just--
-That's cool. -That was Mexicool.
-[both laughs] -[Psicosis] Mexicool!
[Undertaker] Rest in peace.
[Ross] They're right above us, folks, and I don't like it a damn bit.
-Look out. Oh! -[Jerry] Oh my God!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Good God Almighty! Good God Almighty!
They killed him!
-[Jerry] Oh my God. -[Ross] As God as my witness,
he is broken in half!
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Oh!
That's it. He's dead.
[Ross] Will somebody stop the damn match?
Enough's enough!
[thunder crashing, rumbling]
[Michael] Hell in a Cell is, well, definitely the devil's playground.
But a little bit of Hollywood in Providence tonight.
Hey, I wonder if MNM were hanging out with George Hamilton over the weekend.
[Tazz laughs] You're an idiot.
-[bell ringing] -["Paparazzi" playing]
[announcer] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making their way to the ring from Los Angeles, California,
weighing a combined weight of 440 pounds,
Mercury, Nitro, and Melina,
MNM!
[Michael] Hey, Tazz, I wonder if Melina's gonna do the split tonight.
Remember, two nights ago on Friday Night SmackDown,
she really-- she was a little too stretched out, if you know what I mean…
-[Tazz] Well, I know-- -…to be able to do the split.
[Tazz] Yeah, I know what you mean, but I love the new coats by MNM,
but enough of the coats.
Let's check out the greatest entrance in the history of the game today,
-Melina-- Oh, where is it? -[Michael] Where's what?
-[Tazz] Hang on. [mutters] -[Michael] Right here.
-[Tazz] Look at that. -[Michael] There you go.
[Tazz] That's one hot red, sweet boot for the holidays.
[chuckles] Yeah.
How would you like that under your tree, Cole?
[Michael] Well, Melina was--
[Tazz] How would you like that under your tree?
[Michael] Melina was extremely embarrassed, extremely humiliated
this past Friday night by the actions of Batista.
And although her persuasion didn't do any good,
Batista and Mysterio winning the tag team title.
[Tazz] Melina thought she was gonna get her way,
but, uh, you know, that didn't happen.
[Michael] So MNM looking for a little bit of redemption tonight
trying to get back in the tag team championship hunt.
[engine revving]
-[Michael] And here… -["Muy Loco" playing]
-…come The Mexicools. -[Tazz chuckles]
[announcer] And at a combined weight of 412 pounds,
they are the members of The Mexicools,
Psicosis and Super Crazy!
[Michael] And of course, Tazz,
Juventud not out here tonight with The Mexicools.
He's preparing for his future championship matchup with Kid Kash later on.
[Tazz] Well, you know what? Psicosis and Super Crazy, uh,
they were trying to get a little warm-up action themselves.
They're trying to hook up with Melina
and talked to her before the match, getting ready and all that.
It didn't happen, though. Hey, what's up, bro?
[Michael] This is an important matchup for both of these teams.
You gotta believe that the winners of this matchup here,
which was originally a tag team title matchup,
will be in the running to get an opportunity
against Batista and Mysterio down the road.
[Tazz] I'm sure that's the way it's gonna roll.
Who knows? We'll see.
But I'm excited to see this match.
I was excited to see the match, titles on the line or not,
because I think both these teams have some similarities.
[Michael] So Psicosis and Super Crazy set to take on Mercury and Nitro
from MNM in tag team action.
Thanks for joining us tonight.
-Just a week away… -[bell ringing]
…from Christmas, ladies and gentlemen.
-Happy holidays, everybody. -[Tazz coughing]
Oh man. These Juan Deeres.
They're gotta-- that thing needs a tune-up or something.
You gotta talk to-- do you smell that fuel?
[Michael] Yes, it's awful.
[Tazz] You gotta get, uh, the Dynaflow worked out on this thing over here.
[Michael laughs] The Dynaflow?
[Tazz] Yeah, I'm a comm whiz.
But look, they reek like gas or something.
[Michael] Well, that's usually what lawnmowers run on, is gasoline.
[Tazz] Yeah, but I think it's a diesel fuel or a high-octane.
[Michael] When's the last time you cut your yard, anyway?
[Tazz] I got concrete in the back.
[crowd applauding rhythmically]
[Tazz] Here we go.
[Michael] WWE fans in the corner of The Mexicools
as Mercury goes to work on Psicosis, early going of the matchup.
I'd like to thank all of our great SmackDown and WWE fans
watching live in places like the United Kingdom,
Canada, Lebanon, Cyprus, Jordan.
How about the West Bank and Gaza Strip here tonight?
[Tazz] How about Brooklyn? Hey, shout-out for Brooklyn.
[Michael] And Mercury, shoulder knockdown to Psicosis.
Who do you give the edge to in this matchup, Tazz,
MNM or The Mexicools?
[Tazz] I'm gonna go with MNM. I'm gonna go with the former WWE Champs.
Tag team champs. I think they're motivated, they're angry,
they got embarrassed during Friday Night SmackDown.
-Oh. -[Michael] Oh.
[Tazz] Japanese arm drag right there.
A beautiful-- a traditional arm drag…
-[Michael] And I agree with you. -[Tazz] Standoff.
[Michael] I like MNM in this matchup, as Mercury's tagged in,
because of that woman there.
Because Melina is the wild card
and neither one of these guys wants anything to do with Psicosis.
[Tazz] How do you know she's wild, anyway?
[Michael] I said she's the wild card,
-I believe-- -[Tazz] You said "wild."
The word "wild card" starts with "wild"? Is there something you're not telling me?
[Michael] Perhaps her actions with Batista couple of nights ago
would be the first indication.
[Tazz] I know you know that the Dix are wild.
I mean, Chad and, uh, Bill Dix.
-[Michael] It's Chad and James. -[Tazz] Right.
[Michael] Oh, and Psicosis landing on the back of his head.
And Mercury making the tag, quickly down to the other corner,
up to the top rope.
Joey Mercury with Psicosis in trouble.
[Tazz] Whoa. [groans]
[Michael] Psicosis with a big shot to the gut.
[Tazz] Yeah, Mercury got caught right in the belly there
and now look at Psicosis.
-Look at that! -[Michael] Oh, the heel kick,
glancing off the jaw and knocking Mercury out of the ring.
[Tazz] Dropping spinning heel kick and…
You gotta watch Psicosis, both Mercury and Nitro on the outside.
Heads up. Watch out!
[Michael] And Psicosis corkscrewing through the air
and taking both members of MNM out.
[Psicosis and Super Crazy shouting indistinctly]
[Tazz] That was beautiful by Psicosis.
[Michael] Oh, Super Crazy did it.
[Tazz] Yeah, he's nuts. I know Crazy from ECW back in the day.
[Michael] And referee Charles Robinson forcing Super Crazy--
Hey, good move by the referee.
-Super Crazy is not the legal man. -[Tazz groans]
Who cares? I wanna see him fly.
[Michael] I think you might.
[Tazz] Yeah, baby! Wow, oh my God. Holy cow.
[Michael] The Mexicools putting on an aerial clinic here in Providence.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Crazy is Super Crazy for sure, baby.
That was wild. I used to do that, remember?
[Michael] Yeah, okay.
I don't think you've ever been on the second rope.
[Tazz] I did that catering once. I went flying over the desert table.
-[Michael] Yeah, to get to the donuts. -[Tazz laughs]
[Michael] And look at the double-team by Mexicools
dropping Mercury on the back of his head.
These Mexicools are very innovative.
[Tazz] Can I change my pick for who's gonna win this match? [laughs]
[Michael] You change it every other week.
[Tazz] Well, The Mexicools look good.
-[Michael] Up to the-- -[Tazz] Whoa, whoa. Melina!
[Michael] That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about.
Referee Charles Robinson was with Super Crazy in the corner
and never saw Melina get involved.
[Tazz] How could you get mad at the girl?
She's so cute. Look at how cute that girl is.
-Such a nice girl. -[Michael] "How can you get mad at her?"
[Tazz] She's vicious.
[Michael] She may cost Mexicools the matchup here.
Psicosis bounced off the top turnbuckle,
and it wouldn't be the first time she's aided MNM in a victory.
[Melina] What?
[Michael] Oh, look at that. Tag made.
[Tazz] She kind of aided Batista to a big night, Cole.
-[Michael] Elbow. -[Tazz] And not without trying
-on Friday Night SmackDown. -[Melina screeching]
[Michael] Yeah, warmed him up.
And here's the cover. Into the cover. Hook of the leg.
-[Tazz] Whoa, whoa, whoa. -[Michael] And it's a two-count,
and a kick-out by Psicosis.
[Tazz] Melina is upset about that, I don't blame her.
No doubt, here comes Psicosis now.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] SmackDown fans trying to will The Mexicools on.
Psicosis bounced off the ropes,
up over the top, going for the sunset flip.
Nitro makes the tag to Mercury.
[Tazz] Referee was in a great position to see that.
Oh, right across the upper spine.
[Michael] Psicosis thought he had the cover,
he never did because Nitro was no longer the legal man.
[Tazz] You can hear Melina screaming at MNM,
"Let's get it going. Come on."
You gotta get back.
You don't wanna get yourself on a losing streak.
That's the worst thing you could do after you lose a championship,
-after you lose a title. -[Michael] Yeah, because you--
And look at this, Mercury into the cover off the clothesline.
Because, especially MNM, they wanna get right back into the tag team title
and have another chance at Mysterio and Batista.
Stay back!
[Michael] Mercury, right hand blocked by Psicosis.
Elbow to Nitro. Psicosis trying to battle out of that corner.
[Tazz] Side headlock. What? What? Uh-oh.
-[Michael] What's this? What is this? -No!
[Tazz] Got two for the price of one.
-Oh my God. -[Michael] Wow!
Nitro ripped off the apron.
Mercury knocked down as well.
Can Psicosis make a tag to his partner, Super Crazy?
[Tazz] Crazy needs to get in.
Psicosis with-- Uh-oh. He's close.
[Michael] Mercury trying to keep Psicosis away from his partner and he does,
tremendous isolation tactics by the former two-time…
-[Tazz] Look at this. Look at this. -[Michael] …Tag Team Champions.
Leg drop across the back to the head.
Here's the cover by Nitro.
And a kick-out at two by Psicosis.
Psicosis really has to make a tag, Tazz.
[Tazz] Yeah, he does, but now a front facelock
by Nitro on Psicosis,
and Nitro keeping his back to Super Crazy-- Uh-oh.
Cutting the ring in half there, bud.
[Michael] That's a cheap shot. A cheap shot,
-knocking Super Crazy off the apron. -[Tazz] Whoa, whoa.
[Michael] Back body drop, no tag to be made.
[Tazz] Yeah, cheap but it worked. It worked for sure, though.
[Michael] Psicosis trying to make a tag, his partner was knocked off the apron.
Nitro with a high suplex capitalizing.
[Melina] Nitro, come on.
[Michael] Here's the cover by Nitro. Hooking the outside leg.
And a kick-out at two by Psicosis, who's somehow surviving here.
[Tazz] Again the tenacity. Oh, look at this though
-Viciousness now. -[overlapping chatter]
[Tazz] Of Mercury-- of Nitro.
A couple of punches right to the face as he mounts the man.
[Michael] Again, there is a lot on the line, ladies and gentlemen,
in this matchup, you have to believe.
The winning team getting an opportunity at the WWE Tag Team title.
Melina liking what she sees, as MNM is in control.
[Tazz] Got that head. Got that head.
You gotta keep control of the man.
Can Psicosis get off? But that's-- what the hell was that?
[Melina] Nitro, come on!
[Tazz] He tried to like roll himself out of that but it didn't--
[Michael] But Nitro holding on.
Psicosis rolled through this time.
-Nitro releases the hold. -[Tazz] Like an arm drag.
[Michael] Psicosis back to his feet.
-Caught in midair and driving Psicosis… -[Tazz] Whoa.
…back into the corner, as Nitro, tag again made to Mercury.
[Tazz] Psicosis is in trouble, Cole.
MNM, great strategy here, cutting the ring in half.
[Michael] And MNM keeping each other fresh.
Psicosis has been in the ring for a long period of time here.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Joey Mercury, second rope.
[Tazz] Very, very cocky. I like that. I like that.
[Michael] Yeah, you like that. Well, he saw the boot coming.
-Psicosis back to his feet. -[Tazz] Thwarted again.
[Michael] Oh, and a slap across the face.
-And an enzuigiri to the back of the head. -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Mercury got a little cocky there
and caught a kick right to the back of the head.
[Michael] Mercury got a lot cocky there.
Slapping Psicosis.
Can Psicosis make a tag?
Could be the turning point of the matchup but he's gotta get to his partner.
-Go get him! -[Tazz] I'll tell you,
it's been a hell of a match so far.
-No, no, get him! -[Tazz] Both these teams are having at it.
-Look at that! -[Michael] Tag made.
-Here comes Super Crazy. -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Off the clothesline-- Oh, there you go.
Now Crazy, like a house of fire.
-[Melina screams] -[Michael] Mercury knocking Nitro down.
-Super Crazy with a hip toss. -[Tazz] Beautiful.
[Michael] There's a dropkick underneath the chin.
[Tazz] Look at that. Standing dropkick, two in a row.
Super Crazy is super quick, actually.
[Michael] Kick to the face.
-[Melina] Come on now! -[Michael] Here's the double-team by MNM.
-Caught in midair. -[Tazz] Got caught-- Oh.
-[Melina screams] -[Michael] Super Crazy, what an arm drag.
[Tazz] Beautiful.
Crazy now got that front headlock, using the ropes. Oh!
[Michael] Wow. Tornado DDT planting Mercury.
And there's the cover, hook of the leg, shoulders down!
And Nitro breaks up the three-count.
[Tazz] This thing's gonna go either way, Cole. Either way.
-Watch out. Psicosis. -[Michael] Psicosis.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Beautiful crossbody off the top rope.
-Out! -[Psicosis] Crazy, come on.
[Michael] Look at Psicosis pulling Nitro outside the ring.
-Yo! -[Tazz] The legal man in the ring. Oh!
[Michael] Psicosis bounced off that barricade.
[Tazz] Super Crazy and Mercury.
-Watch Crazy, the referee's-- -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Super Crazy gonna go up to the top rope.
And again Melina, Melina grabbing the leg of Super Crazy.
-[Tazz] Oh, whoa! -[Michael] Dropped from the apron!
Hey, she deserved it. She stuck her nose in the matchup.
[Tazz] The referee didn't see any of that. Heads up!
[Michael] Moonsault, top rope, taking Mercury out.
-Here's the cover. Hook of the leg. -[Tazz] Wait a minute.
[Michael] It's two, and Nitro breaking up the three-count.
[Tazz] What a match this is. Beautiful.
-No, get out of the ring, man! -[Michael] And Nitro with a right hand,
saving the matchup for MNM.
One, two…
[Michael] Referee Charles Robinson's gotta get one of these guys from MNM
out of the ring.
[Tazz] Nice quickness there. Crazy got hooked.
-[Michael] Oh, look at this! -[Mercury yells]
-[Tazz] Snapshot! -[Michael] Snapshot!
-[Tazz] Wow. -[Michael] To Super Crazy.
Get up to your corner.
[Tazz] Well, that just might've did it, Cole.
-[Michael] And here's the cover. -[referee] One! Two!
-Three! -[Michael] It's over.
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] MNM gets back on the horse…
-[Tazz] Wow. -…with a victory tonight.
[announcer] Here are you winners, MNM.
[Tazz] Wasn't easy, though, Cole. It wasn't easy.
That match could've went either way.
MNM, I thought they're going to win it, but I'll tell you what,
midway through that match, I thought Mexicools might take it.
But MNM's victorious with a close one.
[Michael] And remember, Melina stuck her nose
where it didn't belong again.
And that slight distraction
may have cost Super Crazy and Psicosis this matchup.
But the important thing for MNM is they pick up a victory
and may be in line down the road for a rematch with Batista and Mysterio.
[Tazz] Tell you what, major victory,
really impressive victory by Mercury and Nitro,
with Melina at the helm, over The Mexicools.
It wasn't easy, but they got it done.
[Michael] Mexicools put up a hell of an effort
in this tag team matchup here tonight.
But MNM leaving the Dunkin' Donuts Center victorious.
[crowd chattering]
[Michael] You actually picked them to win the match.
[Tazz] Hey, sometimes, you know, rabbit gets a hat
or rabbit gets enough, how's the expression go?
["Paparazzi" playing]
[Michael] And moments ago, JBL victorious in his matchup with Matt Hardy.
There you see him, at WWE Instant Access, exclusively on WWE.com.
You could hear from the winners and the losers all night long
here tonight at Armageddon.
[Tazz] I'd love to be back there, have a little chat with JBL
to see what his reaction was on lots of things.
[speaking indistinctly]
Clean sweep.
-Yeah, that's what I'm-- -Excuse me, Booker T.
-Yeah. What's up? -Tonight is the fourth match
out of the best of seven series with Chris Benoit.
What are your thoughts?
It's gonna be a classic matchup.
It's gonna be on like neck bone. It's going to be off the hook.
Excuse you.
I'm Sharmell, Booker T's wife.
And I'll give you some thoughts.
You know, there's only one word to sum up what my man is going to do tonight.
Tell her, baby.
And that's sweep Benoit under that mat.
Yeah, that's right.
-I'mma beat him like I'm his daddy. -[laughs]
See, tonight, it ain't gonna be no conflict,
ain't gonna be no discrepancy on who win this match.
See, after the one, two, three,
Booker T is gonna walk out of Armageddon,
the new United States Champion.
Now, can you dig that?
And, oh yeah.
If you need a ride home tonight after the match,
I'll let you borrow this.
-[Booker laughs] -[Michael] Oh.
Let's blow up out this mug, baby.
Come on.
[Michael] Booker T still has to win one matchup.
But it is sudden death for that man, Chris Benoit.
His back is against the wall.
A must-win versus Booker T.
Match four, the best of seven series
for the US title is next.
[tense music playing]
[Michael] The United States Championship is 30 years old,
and Chris Benoit is determined to be its most fighting champion.
-Damn it, not this way! -[Tazz] Oh, come on!
[Michael] Booker T is the United States Champion!
[Booker T] You bunch of fools.
Did you think for one second I didn't know what Sharmell was doing?
See, Benoit, he think I can't buy this friendship,
he think I can't buy respect.
-The only thing I care about-- -[dramatic music playing]
[Michael] Do you think Benoit has got revenge on his mind?
[Tazz] Chris Benoit, he's getting an opportunity
to regain his United States title.
[Michael] Oh! Referee knocked down.
[Tazz] Benoit's not stopping, Cole.
[Michael] The Rabid Wolverine gonna go to the top rope.
[Tazz] Whoa, whoa, whoa, watch out, Sharmell!
[Michael] And Sharmell provided enough of a distraction.
Superplex!
-[Tazz] Look at this! What the hell? -[Michael] Look at-- Shoulders are down.
Double counting.
-Wait a minute. -[bell ringing]
[Michael] Who the hell is the United States Champion?
I am going to make an executive decision.
As of right now,
the United States Championship is being held up.
So I'll tell you what, how about this?
Booker T versus Chris Benoit
in a best of seven series.
And the winner becomes the Undisputed United States Champion.
[Tazz] This first match, it's so important,
'cause right out of the box, you set the tone.
[Michael] And Chris Benoit building momentum rapidly.
[Tazz] Benoit is gonna soar, Cole.
-Oh my God! -[Michael] And Booker T
just rolled out of the way!
-[Tazz] A roll! -[Michael] And look at this.
Booker T rolls through. Booker has got his feet on the rope!
Sharmell and Booker, screwing Benoit
to take a one-nothing lead in the best of seven series!
How important is this matchup for Chris Benoit.
[Tazz] If Benoit can get the victory right here tonight,
Benoit then would tie the score,
then it would be on even playing field.
[Michael] You see the look in the eyes of Chris Benoit,
it is always all business for The Rabid Wolverine.
[Tazz] Oh, wait a minute. No, wait.
-You don't think so? Oh my God! -[Michael] Oh no, oh no, oh no!
[suspenseful music playing]
[Michael] Chris Benoit, I don't believe knows where he is here.
-[Tazz] Oh! -[Michael] Scissors kick
to the back of the neck!
-Booker T defeating Chris Benoit… -[Tazz] Wow.
…to take a two-to-nothing lead in the series.
Booker T is definitely in the driver seat
-in this best of seven matchup. -[intense music playing]
[Tazz] Well, I'd say so.
Must-win situation for Benoit.
[Michael] It's desperation time for Chris Benoit.
He's down two-nothing. Booker T…
-[Tazz] Oh. -[Michael] And the referee,
Jimmy Korderas is knocked down.
And Benoit into the crossface!
-Booker's tapping out! -[Tazz] Where the hell is Sharmell?
[Michael] Sharmell's got a damn chair in her hand.
-Oh my. -[Tazz] Whoa, whoa.
No, easy. Easy, Benoit.
[Michael] And from behind, Booker T.
[Tazz] Book has got the chair. Oh my God!
[Michael] Exploding off the back of Chris Benoit.
And there's the scissors kick to the back of the head.
Give me a break!
-Booker is up three-nothing! -[bell ringing]
[Michael] One win away from the United States Championship.
In Armageddon, it is sudden death.
[Tazz] Benoit's gotta win or else his opportunity
to become United States Champion is gone.
[music concludes]
["If Ya' Think" playing]
♪ If you think that you're man enough To love me ♪
[Michael] Well, Booker T's wife, the former Miss Black America, Sharmell.
♪ If you think that you're Strong enough to hold me ♪
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Sharmell.
[Michael] Loves that broom, doesn't she?
[Tazz chuckles]
Ladies and gentlemen,
I give you my man
and the soon-to-be Undisputed United States Champion,
-Booker T! -["Can You Dig It Sucka?" playing]
[Michael] Well, Booker T could indeed leave
the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island tonight
as the Undisputed United States Champion.
[Tazz] Well, it's guaranteed victory.
Booker did that. Let's see what happens.
♪ Can you dig it, sucka? ♪
-[explosion] -[Tazz] Oh!
[Michael] Tazz, I spent a lot of time with Booker T over the past week
at the Armageddon press conference here in Providence, Rhode Island
and also talking with him this past week,
as you did on Byte This! on WWE.com.
Booker T is extremely confident.
Booker T is extremely cocky.
Booker T believes
this best of seven series will be over tonight.
[Tazz] Oh yeah. No doubt. And you gotta be careful if you're Booker.
Uh, you know, a little surprised at Booker.
You don't wanna overlook Chris Benoit.
We're not talking about just your basic guy.
Chris Benoit is a former world champion.
Chris Benoit is the real deal personified.
[Michael] Exactly right, Tazz.
But the bottom line is this,
Booker T only needs to win one more match out of the next four. Just one.
Benoit has to win four in a row.
[Tazz] Well, this is-- if this happens here,
if Booker gets the victory here, it's a clean sweep for Booker T.
And he's feeling good. Look at Booker.
He looks like he's having a good old time, a party here and…
I don't know, man. I don't know if I'm feeling that attitude.
[Michael] It's never a party in the ring with this man.
[Tazz] No, sir.
-[crowd cheering] -["Whatever" playing]
[Tazz] And Benoit is all business.
And Chris Benoit checking the scoreboard.
As a reminder for the Wolverine.
[announcer] Making his way to the ring, from Atlanta, Georgia,
weighing in at 234 pounds,
"The Rabid Wolverine" Chris Benoit!
[Michael] For Chris Benoit, it is the most desperate of times.
It is a must-win situation.
Chris Benoit, he cannot make any mistakes, Tazz.
He must wrestle a perfect matchup tonight.
And more importantly perhaps for Benoit,
he must have eyes in the back of his head.
He has to keep his eyes on Sharmell
-who has not once, but twice… -[bell ringing]
…helped Booker T win matches in this best of seven series.
[Tazz] Well, I agree with that last statement wholeheartedly.
Benoit has got to keep his eye somehow on Sharmell, Booker T's wife,
'cause she is dangerous.
Booker T has got her ready to interfere at any time.
[Michael] So let's talk strategy in this matchup.
First, for the man who's up three-nothing, Booker T.
[crowd chanting] Benoit!
[Michael] And listen to the Benoit chants.
[Tazz] If you're Booker T, just by his attitude he came out with,
I think Booker needs not to overlook--
not to be too cocky with Chris Benoit,
but I don't know if that's possible for Booker.
[Michael] And what about Chris Benoit?
What type of strategy do you use
down three-nothing with so much on the line?
[Tazz] Without overstating, in my opinion,
I think Chris Benoit needs to wrestle the best match of his career.
This is so important for Chris Benoit.
He has to wrestle this match like it's his last.
-[Michael] Well, Chris Benoit, he-- -[Tazz] He cannot be defensive.
He has to be offensive,
and Chris Benoit is capable of doing that.
He'll bring the fight to you.
[Michael] Clean break in the corner by Chris Benoit,
ordered by referee Jimmy Korderas.
Chris Benoit was a very proud United States Champion.
Wanted to be the most fighting United States Champion of all time, Tazz,
and then Booker T, one of his former best friends,
stuck a knife in Benoit's back
when Booker T and his wife, Sharmell, in Reno, Nevada in October
stole the United States Championship from Chris Benoit.
-Get some respect. -[Tazz] Well, I don't know.
That could be up for debate.
[Michael] Up for debate?
-[Tazz] Well, he-- -[Michael] Sharmell low-blowed the man
and stole the championship from him.
[crowd chanting] Benoit! Benoit!
[Tazz] Yeah, Benoit chanting is something. Getting louder here.
[Michael] Crowd all over Booker T,
trying to be the sixth man, so to speak, of this matchup,
trying to take Booker T out of his game as he's up 3-0.
[Tazz] Both men now, they're trying to do--
almost trying to jockey for position.
Nice duck under, going for a double leg, got half of it.
And the best way to block that is sprawling
and get that front headlock as Benoit tries to do it.
[Michael] Chris Benoit backed in the corner by Booker T.
Referee Jimmy Korderas asking for a break here.
Will Booker T give him a clean one? And he does.
[Tazz] Nah, Booker's in a- it's the holiday season.
He's in a giving mood.
[Michael] Again, this matchup is all about that.
[Tazz] There it is.
[Michael] The Undisputed United States Championship.
Should Booker T win here tonight,
he will be presented that championship
and once again become the United States Champion.
Oh, and Booker T with that flexibility though,
missed with the kick, Benoit ducked underneath.
There's a big right hand by Chris Benoit,
trying to build momentum and knocking Booker T down with that chop.
[Tazz] Holy cow, that was-- that chop was nasty.
Threw Booker right off his feet. We're just getting started.
[Michael] Chris Benoit inviting Booker T back into the ring.
What I like about this, Tazz, is Chris Benoit is taking his time.
He's not going outside the ring, he's not chasing Booker T around.
He's waiting for Booker to come back in and once again go on the attack.
[Tazz] And believe it or not, that is an offensive style.
There's no reason to wrestle outside of your game.
Keep it in your game. Benoit's game is in the ring.
That's where Benoit is most successful.
[Michael] Benoit down 3-0, must-win this matchup.
And then really, in order to win the championship,
has to win three in a row.
And there's Booker T, center of the ring,
arms locked around the waist of Chris Benoit.
[Tazz] Look at all the weight of Booker T leaning on Benoit.
Now look at that. Nice throw and a takedown.
Benoit is trying to sit out. Tries multiple sit outs.
Trying to sit out and get on top. That's a switch.
It would be two points in the amateur game,
but this isn't the amateur, this is the big time right here.
[Michael] You see Sharmell. The intensity in the face…
-Come on, fight! -…of Booker T's wife, Sharmell,
who's been so instrumental
in Booker T's taking a 3-0 lead in the matchup.
[Tazz] Another takedown. I don't know if Booker T wants to, you know,
exchange holds with Chris Benoit.
I wouldn't do that if I was Booker T.
[Michael] Well, Booker T shouldn't change his strategy.
He should do what's been successful in the first three outings.
[Tazz] Yeah, nice going for an-- he's got an actual front headlock
with that leg barred, a submission hold.
But Booker T's got--
[crowd chanting] Benoit! Benoit! Benoit!
[Tazz] And by the way, who are you to tell Booker T
what he should or shouldn't do?
-[Michael] What do you mean? -[Tazz] It's a simple question.
Who are you to tell Booker T what he should or shouldn't do?
[Michael] Well, I'll tell you, if I-- well, if I was Booker T,
I'd continue to use my wife to help win matchups.
-[Tazz] What? -[Michael] It's what he's been doing.
[Tazz] You're not Booker T.
[Michael] I'm not, I know. I never said I was.
[Tazz] You said if you were.
[Michael] I was just trying to call the matchup.
[Tazz] You don't even look like Booker T.
[Michael] I like his hair.
[Tazz] It would be funny if you had his hair.
I love Sharmell's crown personally.
[Michae] Tiara, crown, whatever you wanna call it.
[Tazz] Always has the crown, former Miss Black America,
she's gorgeous.
[Michael] Chris Benoit back to his feet,
with the elbow to the side of the head.
-[Tazz] Oh, whoa. Watch out here! -[Michael] Benoit going for the crossface!
Quickly going for the crossface!
And Booker T, realizing he's in trouble, makes it to the ropes,
and then Booker T trying to catch his breath.
[Tazz] See, that crossface does not have to be on long to injure you,
could mess up your rotator cuff in a heartbeat.
[Michael] And remember, Tazz, in match number three,
as we saw a little bit earlier,
Booker T indeed tapped out to the crossface
but the referee had been knocked down.
[Tazz] So I guess the tap-out didn't count.
[Michael] No, it didn't.
[Tazz] It don't matter. Ref's gotta be there
to, you know, make the decision,
pinfall, submission, or what have you.
[Michael] What have you.
Does Booker T seem a bit tight to you in this matchup here tonight
despite having a 3-0 lead?
[Tazz] He does. Initially, he wasn't.
-[crowd chanting] Sucka T! -[Tazz] He was a little cocky.
[Michael] But he's tightened up as the match has gone along.
[Tazz] I think he realizes how focused Chris Benoit
is in this match not to-- not worried about losing.
Chris Benoit needs to worry about winning.
Booker T might be going into this match trying not to lose and not to win.
If you're Booker, you gotta try to win and sweep him.
[Michael] And it's hard to go into a matchup
trying not to lose 'cause you make mistakes.
And look at that, quick leg sweep by Chris Benoit.
[Tazz] It's a… it's a… leg drag right there. Drag-- leg drag.
[Michael] Now going for the Sharpshooter is Benoit!
Booker T, realizing it, kicked his way out.
And Benoit with a right hand.
Benoit focused here tonight,
tried to speak with him earlier on in the day,
Benoit didn't wanna speak with anybody.
Alone in his locker room,
putting a strategy together for this matchup.
[Tazz] He's got that leg. And look at that, another leg drag.
Leg drag right there by Benoit.
[Michael] And what does that do?
[Tazz] It'll pull your knee apart.
It'll pull your patella, your kneecap,
away from the rest of the ligaments in your knee.
Chris Benoit knows how to dissect a body part.
[Michael] And two things if you take out the knee for Booker T.
Number one, you'll weaken up his legs, Booker T's legs, for the Sharpshooter,
and number two, you don't allow Booker T to use that Scissors Kick
which he wins many of his matchups with.
[Tazz] Exactamundo.
-[groans] -[Michael] Booker T writhing in pain.
Look at the way that Booker T's leg, his ankle, his knee--
and shoulders were down, a one-count.
[Tazz] His knee, Booker T's knee is all bent up
with that standing leg lace.
You never know what kind of internal damage is going on in that knee.
[Michael] Benoit continues to work on the knee.
What the hell is he doing here?
[Tazz] He's trying to intertwine the legs here and get…
Let's see what he's got going on here.
It's almost like a-- almost like an Indian deathlock.
And Benoit is just dissecting that knee.
[Michael] Look at him split the groin, the hamstrings.
[Tazz] The knee, it's all the knee, Cole.
And you hear the "Let's go, Benoit." Oh.
[Michael] Shoulders down again.
Booker T has to exert some energy to pop his shoulders up.
The SmackDown fans have been behind Chris Benoit since the get-go.
[Tazz] If you're Booker, you gotta be careful
you don't get caught yourself for a pin. That's an illegal maneuver there.
[Michael] Raking the eyes. Desperation by Booker T,
but it does the job,
as Benoit has to release the hold 'cause he can't see.
[Tazz] But Booker-- can Booker capitalize after what's been going on with his knee?
Benoit is not gonna quit.
And you see Booker kind of hobbling a little bit.
[Michael] Gee, hobbling, really…
-[thud] -…feeling that left leg.
Did you hear that?
[Tazz] Oh yes, I did. Ooh.
[Michael] High knee to the gut by Booker T and another one.
Sharmell cheering her husband on.
-[Tazz] Oh man. -Three!
-Whoo! -[Tazz] We knew this is gonna be physical.
Every time these two athletes, these two men face each other,
it's physical.
[Michael] You talk about the much-storied Best of Seven series
in WCW in the late 1990s,
but, folks, this is for a lot more here tonight.
This is for the United States Championship,
the storied United States Championship
that both of these men have held on a number of occasions.
[Tazz] And it's so hard when you face a competitor several times…
-[Michael] Oh! -…in your career.
You kind of know, you know, the faults and the positives of the man.
But both these men are able to pick each other apart,
match after match.
I don't know how they do it.
[Michael] Chris Benoit with the chops.
And Booker T with a knee to the gut to stop the onslaught
at least for that point.
[Tazz] These two-- I'll tell you what,
both these guys are banging in there.
They are banging big time.
-Uh-oh. Whoa! -[Michael] Oh, whoa!
Booker T, suplex. Benoit landing on his neck.
Remember folks, Benoit has a surgically repaired neck.
Into the cover. Hook of the leg.
Benoit got his foot, his-- well, both feet perhaps underneath
and on the bottom rope.
[Tazz] Just speculating here,
but I think Booker T was trying to do a delayed vertical suplex.
But Benoit's weight was leaning forward
and it-- I think Booker lost him in the air.
But now pinpointing, going after those ribs, is Booker T.
Come on. Bring him up.
[Michael] And Booker T once again in control of the matchup.
Up three-nothing in the best of seven series.
[crowd chanting] Benoit! Benoit!
Again, this great WWE fans in the corner of Chris Benoit.
[crowd chanting] Benoit! Benoit!
[Michael] Fans realize, Tazz, what's on the line here.
-Benoit going behind-- -[Tazz] Oh watch out!
[Michael] German suplex!
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Beautiful textbook German suplex.
Hey, Cole, I'm kind of rooting for Benoit myself.
Not supposed to be biased,
but I'll tell you what, I wanna see this best of seven continue here.
-[Michael] I do too. -[Tazz] But Booker T
and his wife Sharmell… [chuckles] …they want the sweep.
-[Michael] Chris Benoit into the cover. -[Tazz] Whoa, whoa!
[Michael] Booker T, kick-out at two
by Booker T.
Booker T and Chris Benoit involved in a controversial ending
to a matchup last month.
General manager held the United States Championship up
setting up the best of seven series.
And that's where we are tonight.
-Look at Benoit favoring the elbow. -[Tazz] Wow, he's hurt.
Benoit went for it all, I believe, with that elbow,
with all his own weight 'cause Booker T moved,
right on his own elbow did Chris Benoit land.
[Michael] Booker T.
[Booker T yells]
[Michael] Gut first into the top rope, Chris Benoit.
[Tazz] Right across the abdomen there. That will definitely hurt. Watch out.
Booker's got something in mind here.
[Michael] Booker T, knee, knocking Benoit off the apron.
See how Booker T is taking his time?
[Tazz] Yup, he is.
[Michael] Doesn't wanna make a mistake by being overzealous.
-[referee] Come on. One! -[Tazz] Booker knows he's got Chris Benoit
right where he needs and wants Chris Benoit.
Finish him off!
-Three! -Let's go!
-[Michael] Now what? -[loud thud]
[Michael] Chop by Booker T right out in front of us.
Benoit with a chop of his own.
[Tazz] You could see the sweat flying
and hear the skin splitting. Oh my God.
[Michael] Both superstars exchanging chops.
But Chris Benoit had the upper hand for a moment.
-[Tazz] Watch out! -[Michael] Oh, head-first.
Skull-first off the steel post!
-Seven! -[Michael] A thud,
a sickening thud heard throughout this arena.
[Tazz] Chris Benoit's head
met that steel post in a vicious, vicious fashion.
[Michael] And remember, we believe that Chris Benoit may have had a concussion
a couple of weeks back on the SmackDown special in match number two here.
And now he's got his skull bounced off the steel post?
You cannot like Benoit's chances right here, as we take another look.
[Tazz] Watch this. Right into your living room.
Look at this, watch this.
Bam! Face-first.
[Michael] Wow.
Chris Benoit,
down three-nothing in the best of seven series.
And Booker T is in control right here.
[Tazz] Booker T needs to create his own pacing here.
[Michael] Snapmare takedown by Booker T.
Uh-oh. Watch out. Watch out!
Oh, and a dropkick right to the jaw.
[Tazz] Look at this. Here we go. Jackknife cover.
-[Michael] Shoulders down. -[Tazz] One, two…
[Michael] Benoit gets the shoulder up.
Desperate times for Chris Benoit at this point of the matchup.
We talked about how Benoit really had to wrestle
a perfect match here tonight.
Not make any mistakes.
[Tazz] Let's see what Booker T's got in mind.
I believe--
it looks like it's the beginning of an abdominal stretch
that Chris Benoit tried to block, didn't happen.
Pinpointing those ribs.
[Michael] Booker T really locking in the pressure
with the abdominal stretch.
[Tazz] You know, all the pressure here, Cole,
is on Chris Benoit in this match.
All the pressure.
All Booker's gotta do is win one more match.
I mean, Chris Benoit has gotta catch up here.
But if I'm Benoit, forget about catching up,
you just gotta get this quickly to be back in the game.
[Michael] Yeah. One match at a time for Chris Benoit
is the way he has to look at it.
Benoit needs this one
or he will not win a match in this best of seven series.
[Tazz] Gonna be over.
-[speaks indistinctly] -[Michael] Yeah, it'll be over.
Booker T will leave here with the championship tonight.
Imagine the celebration Booker T and Sharmell must have planned.
[Tazz] Well, I'm sure I'd be going to the party, of course.
-[Michael] Okay. -Come on, ref, it's done!
[Tazz] And now look, right back to those ribs,
the elbow of Booker T, driving it into Chris Benoit's ribs.
[Michael] Benoit dropping to a knee.
Now to the knee-off of this, does it favor Booker T or Benoit?
[Tazz] Yeah, less leverage, there's less pressure on the ribs.
It looks like-- I can tell that Booker's got his elbow
buried in that rib, maybe not.
-We'll see. -[Michael] Benoit back to both feet.
Trying to build some momentum.
Kind of somehow work his way out of this abdominal stretch.
[Tazz] Yeah. It's a very, very painful hold
that pulls your arm and shoulder all the way back.
And Benoit is trying to-- Ooh!
[Michael] Nice hip toss by Benoit.
[Tazz] I was about to say he's trying to create separation by moving a lot
and loosen up the hold, and it worked.
[Michael] Benoit back to his feet, both men knocked down center of the ring.
And this here, ladies and gentlemen,
could indeed be the turning point of the matchup.
Both men are knocked down.
-One! -[Michael] The first man to his feet…
-Two! -…would gain control and gain momentum.
[Tazz] And both men had the same thing in mind with that double clothesline.
-That was nasty. -Four!
[Michael] Referee Jimmy Korderas at four.
Five!
[Tazz] Both men are moving around.
-Who's gonna get to a vertical base first? -Six!
[Michael] Benoit, Booker T, both to one knee.
-Both men back to their feet. -[Tazz] Oh, nice.
[Michael] Chris Benoit goes behind, German suplex.
And Chris Benoit with the arms wrapped,
the hands are still clasped around the waist.
Booker T trying to battle out,
doesn't want those triple Germans coming his way.
[Tazz] Watch Booker-- Ooh, right to the gut.
[Michael] Kick to the midsection again!
What a belly-to-belly throw by Benoit!
[Tazz] Tremendous suplex,
tremendous belly-to-belly overhead suplex by Chris Benoit.
Great quickness of the hips
and now back off by Benoit.
[Michael] That's why Benoit is so dangerous.
Another suplex.
[Tazz] Snap suplex.
[Michael] Rolling the hips, look at this.
[Tazz chuckles]
[Michael] This is right out of the late Eddie Guerrero's textbook.
[Tazz] No doubt about it, man.
[Michael] The Three Amigos, it was called.
[Tazz] Here we go!
[Michael] He was Chris Benoit's best friend.
Here's the cover, and a kick-out at two!
And that was something new to the repertoire
of Chris Benoit here tonight.
[Tazz] Usually, it's three back German suplex,
the hat trick by Benoit.
Nice tribute there. Watch out!
[Michael] What were you saying about three back German suplexes?
[Tazz chuckles] I know. Well, there goes one.
[Michael] Chris Benoit with two.
Can he fire off a third here?
[Tazz] Booker T is getting bounced around this ring quick.
[Michael] Booker T may not know where he's at.
A third by Benoit.
That's six straight suplexes to Booker T.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Whoa, and Chris Benoit,
I think the end is near for sure right here.
[Michael] Benoit feeling it, out to the apron of the ring.
-[Tazz] Look at this. -[Michael] What the hell?
Sharmell with the damn broom.
[Tazz] Wait a minute. Referee's got--
[Michael] And again the distraction may have cost Benoit.
Somebody has gotta do something about Sharmell.
This is getting ridiculous.
[Tazz] I agree with you, Cole. This is out of control here.
[Michael] It's an unfair playing field for Benoit.
[Tazz] And watch out, Benoit now caught on the top rope.
[Michael] Look at this. Went for the superplex,
and Benoit went behind Booker T,
fell on the back of his head, and a boot right to the jaw by Booker T.
[Tazz] Benoit is in trouble, Cole.
Benoit is in trouble.
We're about to crown a new United States Champion.
[Michael] Booker T to the top rope.
[Tazz] Oh, maybe not.
[Michael] Chris Benoit, now comes the trouble.
Missile dropkick from the top rope.
This baby's over. Booker T crawls.
Booker T into the cover, hook of the leg.
-[Tazz] He's got it. -[Michael] There's two, Booker T--
No. No, Benoit rolled his shoulder out.
-[Tazz] After that missile dropkick… -What?
…how did Chris Benoit kick out?
[Michael] And not only the missile dropkick,
he fell on his head from the top rope.
And look at Benoit, firing off a chop to the chest of Booker T.
How does Chris Benoit continue to go and go and go?
[Tazz] He's tough, he's in great condition,
and he's decided to be United States Champion.
That's what it is for Benoit.
[Michael] Well, Booker T relentless in his assault here.
Kicks to the sternum, knees to the head, blows to the back of the neck.
Referee Jimmy-- And look at this!
Sharmell, Sharmell with a low blow, damn it!
[Tazz] Oh man.
-Oh man. -[Michael] And Booker T…
-Went for the Scissors Kick and it's over! -[Tazz] Watch out!
[Michael] I can't believe it.
That damn witch Sharmell did it again.
She deserves the damn broom.
[Tazz] Wow.
[crowd jeering]
-[Michael] Give me a break! -[Tazz] That's it.
-[Michael] Sickening. Sickening. -[Tazz] One, two, three.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Oh no! Oh my! Oh my!
-Benoit's in the game! -What?
-[Tazz] Did he kick out? He did! -[Michael] Benoit's in the game!
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Oh, that was close.
[Michael] Benoit is in the game, ladies and gentlemen.
[Tazz] How did Benoit kick out?
[Michael] A low blow by Sharmell,
a Scissors Kick by Booker T,
and that just shows you the guts
and the heart and the soul of Chris Benoit.
And listen to this rabid crowd, these rabid SmackDown fans.
[Tazz] Watch out. Book End-- Oh!
[Michael] Went for the Book End-- Benoit, crossface!
[Tazz] He's got it, Cole!
[Michael] He's got it locked in! Crossface locked in!
-[Tazz] He's got it! -[Michael] Get him, Chris! Come on, Chris!
[Tazz] Sharmell's freaking out out there.
[Michael] Booker T trying to make it to the bottom rope!
-Can Booker T get there? -[Tazz] Benoit's gotta hang on!
[Michael] Booker T, a fingertip away and he gets to the bottom rope.
[Tazz] Wow.
That might have been Benoit's last shot there, Cole, last chance.
[Michael] How quick did Benoit lock in that crossface, partner?
[Tazz] Yeah. Super quick, but Booker T got the wherewithal to get to the ropes.
[Michael] Chris Benoit, German suplex, arms are wrapped around the waist.
Hands are clasped. Booker T in trouble.
There are two German suplexes yet again.
[Tazz] How many suplexes could Booker take?
[Michael] And there's a third. This one released.
[Tazz] What a match.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Benoit says "It's over."
[Tazz] He says "That's it for sure." Let's see.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Benoit going to the top rope.
[Tazz] Booker's still lying there.
-[Michael] Chris Benoit… -[Tazz] Look at this, look at this!
[Michael] Flying headbutt connecting!
But could Benoit capitalize?
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Sharmell's in shock.
[Michael] Both men are down. Benoit into the cover.
Shoulders down, hook of the leg, two…
-He got it-- No! Kick-out at two. -[crowd cheering]
-[Tazz] Oh my God. -[Michael] How good is this match?
[Tazz] Off the chain. Off the damn chain.
[Michael] Benoit cannot believe it, thought he had Booker T defeated there.
-And Booker T trying to fight back. -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] He got caught by that armbar.
[Michael] Booker T needs to stay out of this.
Down on one knee, Benoit trying to lock in that crossface.
[Tazz] That's the beginnings of the crossface.
A Fujiwara armbar, now watch, he's going for the head.
[Michael] Booker T in that kneeling position,
tries to roll through and knocked the referee Jimmy Korderas down.
[Tazz] Double leg-- accidental ref knocked down,
but Booker rolled through.
-[Michael] And Chris Benoit… -[Tazz] Sharpshooter.
-[Michael] And look at this! -[Tazz] Can he turn him?
[Michael] Booker T on his belly. Sharpshooter locked in!
Booker T's tapping out. Booker T's tapping out.
But the referee is down.
[Tazz] He's tapping like crazy.
Wait a minute, look at that--
[Michael] Oh, Sharmell doing a-- Look at Booker T tapping.
And Sharmell with the damn broom.
[Tazz] Now wait a minute. Turn around, Chris. No!
[Michael] A broom to the back-- Oh my.
[Tazz] Well, that didn't work.
-[Michael] Oh my. -[Tazz] Uh-oh.
Oh man!
[Michael] Sharmell better hope she can fly away on that broom.
[Tazz] Well, Sharmell may have stepped it in now, Cole.
[Michael] Benoit stalking Sharmell.
[crowd cheering]
-[Tazz] Look at the look on-- -[Michael] Booker T from behind.
And again, Sharmell helping her husband out,
-coming to the aide of Booker T. -[Tazz] And there's Book End. Oh my--
[Michael] Going for the Book End. And what a reversal!
What a DDT by Benoit! Going for the crossface!
[Tazz] He's gotta get that locked!
[Michael] And he's locked in. Referee's come to.
Crossface is locked in. Crossface is locked in.
-[Tazz] Look at him. -[Michael] Taps out.
-Benoit wins! Benoit wins! -[Tazz] He did it! He did it!
-[bell ringing] -["Whatever" playing]
[Tazz] Oh my God, what a match.
What a match.
-Booker T tapped out. -[announcer] Here is your winner,
Chris Benoit!
[Michael] And despite Sharmell's help, Chris Benoit is back in the game.
Chris Benoit down three to one in the best-of-seven series
for the United States title.
[Tazz] And Cole, you hear it all the time,
big-time players step up in big-time situations
and Chris Benoit is definitely a big-time player.
Wow, he's back in the game.
[Michael] There's the updated scoreboard.
It's 3-1, Booker T over Benoit.
Let's use the old cliché, it ain't over till it's over.
[Tazz] No doubt about it for Benoit is back in the game, Cole.
That's all that matters.
Benoit could've walked out of here with a big zero, nothing.
He could've got swept. But Benoit sucked it up.
He got Booker T to tap out not once but twice in this match.
[Michael] So there will be a match number five, Tazz.
This victory tonight by Benoit,
this is gotta do tremendous amounts for his confidence.
[Tazz] Let's take a look here at this flying headbutt.
[chuckles] Let's see Sharmell's reaction to this.
Watch this. Look at that. Wolverines will fly.
Look at Sharmell.
[Michael] Sharmell realizing that may be the beginning of the end
and indeed it was.
Booker T tapping out to the crossface.
-Benoit now down three to one. -[bell ringing]
[Tazz] Look at Sharmell.
Oh my God, the tiara, it almost fell off.
She's freaking out. She can't believe it.
[Michael] Well, Sharmell did all that she could
to try to help her husband win yet again here tonight.
But the bottom line is, it's Booker T three, Benoit one
in the best of seven for the United States Championship.
[Tazz] Benoit's back in the game.
[Michael] And there we are, WWE.com,
it's Instant Access exclusively at WWE.com.
And MNM fresh off their victory over The Mexicools here tonight.
[Tazz] Hey, who do you think Melina-- You think she's talking to like Tom Cruise
or something or like, uh--
[Michael] Maybe she's leaving you a voicemail.
-[Tazz] You think so? -[Michael] No.
[Tazz] Maybe Mercury is leaving you one.
-[Michael] Nah. -[Tazz chuckles]
[indistinct chatter]
[Undertaker] Rest in peace.
-[Jerry] Oh my God. -[Ross] Oh, The Undertaker is up.
[Jerry] Hello, Rikishi?
[Ross] Rikishi on the edge.
-[Jerry] Oh no. He's teetering. -[Ross] Oh my God!
Oh my God! Don't do it!
-Don't do it, Undertaker! -[Jerry] No!
-[Ross] Oh my God! -[Jerry] No!
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] My God, my God!
Rikishi right off the top of the cage!
-Right into the bed of that truck! -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Somebody help him! Get help out here!
-["MacMilitant" playing] -[Michael] And it is indeed
the devil's playground, the Hell in a Cell
which will engulf both Randy Orton and The Undertaker later tonight.
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
the network executives, Palmer Canon
and the general manager of SmackDown, Theodore Long!
[Tazz] What's this about? This is kind of cool.
Hey, uh, what'd you get Teddy Long for Christmas?
[Michael] What did I get Teddy Long? It's a secret between me and him.
[Tazz] Oh, I bought Palmer Canon a Christmas gift too.
-[Michael] You did? -[Tazz] Yeah, I bought them both.
I can't tell you what I got.
I remember to get Palmer some dancing lessons, I think.
[chuckles] Pretty cool ones. What the hell are they doing out of here?
[Michael] Why does the general manager need a reason to be here in Armageddon?
[Tazz] He doesn't, he doesn't. I'm just asking a question.
I'm just curious. I don't know.
I'm just kind of saying it, like gratuitous.
-[Michael laughs] What? -[Tazz] I don't know.
Ladies and gentlemen,
2005 has been a huge year for SmackDown.
[crowd cheering]
TV that's changing Friday night, you can believe that.
Now as you all know, SmackDown defeated Raw at Survivor Series…
[crowd cheering]
…and became the number one brand.
So what I'd like to say right now is that SmackDown could not have done that
without the support of each and every one of you,
and I wanna thank you. Thank you very much.
Thank you, America.
Now, let's get ready for more--
Teddy, Teddy, I couldn't agree more.
I mean, 2005 has been a banner year for the network.
[crowd chattering]
But I think right now, in keeping with the holiday spirit,
I've got a very special surprise for our audience right here tonight.
Well, without further ado,
ladies and gentlemen,
boys and girls, I give to you,
accompanied by his trusty little elf,
-the one and only Santa Claus! -[Christmas music playing]
-[Tazz laughs] -[Michael] Hey, Santa's here!
[Tazz] Oh, that's kind of cool, but I'm a little worried.
-[Michael] Why? -[Tazz] Well, I--
[Michael] Why, you didn't have a good year?
-A little naughty? -[Tazz] What kind of-- wait a minute.
What kind of Santa music-- what the hell is--
[Michael] Hey.
[Tazz] Hey, wait, I recognize that guy.
Look at that nasty little elf. I know who that is.
-["FBI" playing] -[Michael] I think it's Nunzio.
-[Tazz] It is Nunzio, genius. -[Michael laughs]
[Tazz] Look at him. Where the hell did he get those shoes?
-[Christmas music resumes] -[Tazz] They're The Iron Shiek's boots.
[Michael chuckles]
["FBI" resumes]
[Tazz speaks indistinctly]
[Michael] Wait, wait, what kind of Santa Claus and elf is this?
[Tazz] I don't know but look at Nunzio. What the hell is he giving out there?
[Michael] He's trying to give out candy canes but…
Oh, look at-- that's nice. They're handing coal, that's nice.
Handing coal out to all the, uh, all these great fans.
[Tazz] You know, someone's bad,
they're not a good-- you know, they don't have a good year,
they get coal. That's what happens, Cole.
[Michael] How can any of these SmackDown or WWE fans be bad
for showing up here and supporting the superstars?
-[Tazz] Well, here's Nunzio right-- -[Michael] Hey, candy cane.
-Hey! I like this guy. -What do you got?
Coal for Cole. [laughs]
-[Michael laughs] That's nice. -[Tazz] That's good.
-Hey, goombah. Thanks a lot, toots. -[Michael] Candy cane for the elf.
-[Tazz chuckles] -[Michael] Jerk.
[Tazz] All right. Look at that.
-You think you're funny? -Nice.
-You know where you can put that? -[Michael] I'm sure.
-[Tazz] You can put it in your coffee. -[Christmas music resumes playing]
[Tazz chuckles] Coal for Cole. You like that?
-You get the joke, right? -[Michael laughs] That's nice.
-That's good. -[Tazz] It's very funny.
[Michael] Who writes your stuff?
[Tazz] Why is Santa Claus hanging out with Nunzio?
-[Michael] I have no idea. -["FBI" resumes playing]
[Tazz] Kind of like that jingle, that… [imitates tune of "FBI"]
-…and then the Christmas, well-- -[Michael] It's Nunzio's music.
[Tazz] Yeah, I know it is. [chuckles]
[crowd chattering]
Yo, yo, yo.
-[Tazz chuckles] -That's the way we do it, Italian style,
from Staten Island, New York.
-[Tazz] Santa's from Staten Island? -I've never seen a more uglier bunch
of Christmas misfits
in Providence, Rhode Island in my life!
-[crowd jeering] -[Michael] Hey.
Yo, yo, yo.
Santa ain't making no stop in this crummy town.
And my little elf,
I want you to tell these hopeless Christmas hopefuls
that they ain't getting nothing because we're tired of giving.
Go ahead, evil elf.
-What do you all want? -[Tazz] Evil elf?
[Nunzio] Oh, paisan, let's be honest.
Me and Santa Claus are being very generous by giving all these scrooges gifts.
-[laughs] -What do you want?
Well, we're tired of giving.
We want something to receive this holiday season.
It's a good idea. Oh, I have an idea.
How about a shot at the WWE World Tag Team Championship?
-Yo, yo, yo. -Not bad.
-Is that it? -Oh, oh, no. I got a better idea.
How about a shot
at the Cruiserweight Championship of the World?
[Santa] Yo, yo, yo.
-Or better yet-- -Hey, hey.
-Don't-- Hey, they're-- -Hang on, Teddy. Hang on.
I'll handle this one.
You know, Santa, I agree you and your little elf,
you both deserve a present
and I just so happen to have the perfect gift.
-Oh, you're the man. -For us? For us? Yeah.
[crowd chattering]
["The Horror" playing]
-[Tazz] Oh. -Merry Christmas!
-Come on. No. -[Michael] Wait a minute.
[Tazz] Oh my, they're terrified.
-And what the hell-- wait a minute. -[Michael] Nunzio should be terrified.
Remember what happened two nights ago on Friday Night SmackDown,
what Boogeyman did to Nunzio.
-And look at this guy. -[Tazz] It is The Boogeyman.
[Michael] Oh my-- Can you imagine getting him in your stocking?
[Tazz] Talk about the holidays, this is more like a holiday hell.
-The Boogeyman! -[Michael] Oh no.
Talk about the Grinch.
Look at this guy.
-[Tazz groans] -[Michael] Time's up.
[Tazz] Oh!
Okay, Cole, I don't think The Boogeyman is like a Christmas type of guy and--
[Michael] I don't think he celebrates the holidays.
[Tazz] Well, the elf, Nunzio is freaked out
and Santa's high stepping it.
[Tazz] Okay. This is not good right now for Santa and the elf.
[Michael] No, not at all.
[Tazz] I mean, look at The Boogeyman, Cole.
How more vicious can a competitor be?
I mean, have you ever seen anybody like this?
-[Michael] I mean, he's-- -[Tazz] I've never, in my career,
in 17 years, seen anyone the likes of The Boogeyman.
He is a freak-- there's that thing he does.
[Michael] Look at him.
[Tazz] That thing he does, I don't understand that.
[Michael] He's built like a brick wall.
He's strong, he's fast, he humiliates opponents.
He plays mind games.
[laughs menacingly]
♪ I'm making a list And checking it twice ♪
♪ Nunzio and Vito you're not very nice ♪
♪ Boogeyman is coming to get you ♪
[Michael laughs] Oh my.
-That's a new Christmas-- -[Tazz] Watch out! Whoa!
[Michael] Vito just sending Nunzio to The Boogeyman.
[Tazz] That's not a good place to be.
[Michael] Oh, and-- [chuckles] The elf Nunzio shoulder first
into the steel post and Vito, Santa, in trouble.
-[Tazz] Yeah. I don't know-- -[Michael] Oh, look at…
-[Tazz] What the hell happened? -[Michael] Uh…
-[Tazz] Did he, uh… -[Michael] I believe he did.
[Tazz] Oh, I mean, uh… What, he can't feel it?
I mean, what the hell--
-[Vito yells] -[Tazz] Look at--
[Michael] Ran straight into that big stick Boogeyman carries.
-And look at The Boogeyman. -[Tazz] Yeah, The Boogeyman is going
for this pumphandle slam he's been doing, watch this.
-[Michael] Absolutely devastating! -[crowd cheering]
-Vicious. -[Tazz] He's got it.
[Michael] Boogeyman is vicious but he is effective.
[Tazz] Let me tell you something,
you could take all the rhymes-- what the hell was that?
-Yeah! -[Michael] That's a putrid smelling smoke
that flows out of that big stick of his.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] What is The Boogeyman doing?
Is that a ritual? What's that?
[Michael] He's casting some spell or something.
-[yells] -[Michael and Tazz shouting indistinctly]
[Tazz] What the hell is that?
Oh my God. What the hell is he doing?
-[Boogeyman] Yeah! -[crowd clamoring]
[Tazz] Those things are flying all over the place.
[Michael] Worms everywhere.
-[Michael] Live worms. -[Tazz] He's licking the--
-[Michael] Oh my, he just-- -[Tazz] Oh, don't start it.
[Michael] Oh God, come on now.
-[Tazz] That classic-- -[Michael] He swallowed the damn thing!
[Tazz] I know he eats worms. I know that!
-[Michael] He swallowed the damn worm! -[Tazz] He's throwing worms around here.
[Michael] He just swallowed the worm!
[Tazz] How the hell are there worms in Santa's bag?
[Michael] Oh no. Look at-- Oh my…
-[Tazz] Look at this. Look at these worms. -[Michael whimpering]
-[Tazz] Oh my God. No, no, no! -[Michael groans]
-[Michael] Don't do this! No! -[Tazz] Don't do it.
-No. Oh my God-- Oh no! -[Michael] No!
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Oh God. [groans]
I'm The Boogeyman and I'm coming to get you.
-[laughs maniacally] -[Tazz] Oh my God.
I've never seen anything like this, Cole.
I swear to you, man, never in my life.
Where is this guy-- how do you stop someone like The Boogeyman?
He's doing that thing again. How do you stop this guy?
[Michael] He just ate a worm.
[Tazz] Cole, he eats worms all the time, he stuffs worms in people's mouths.
The man is not--
[Michael] Look at that worm drool running from his face.
[Tazz] It's worm juice.
[Michael] Oh my.
[Tazz] Oh, Merry Christmas, not.
[hesitates] Look at The Boogeyman, how do you-- how do you explain--
Look at the worms sticking out of Nunzio's-- of Vito's mouth.
[Michael] They're not even worms,
they're nightcrawlers. Those things are like a foot long.
[Tazz] They suck like the blood out of you, that thing.
[Michael] No, that's a leech.
[Tazz] All right. I don't know all the insects--
[Michael] Look at this-- look at the stuff drooling from his chin.
Oh my-- This guy is a nutbag.
[Tazz] Talk about his chin, Vito's sitting in the ring with a pile of nightcrawlers,
worms, whatever they are, out of his mouth.
-[Michael] Oh God. -[Tazz] Oh my God, the ring is destroyed.
There's worms all over the place.
There's like maggots flipping around and…
-[Michael] This is disgusting. -[Tazz] There's coal, there's candy canes,
there's everything in the ring.
Look at them moving on the mat. Look at the worms.
[Michael] Yeah, they're alive and he ate one,
and Vito just ate a handful.
[Tazz] Look at this. Look at the size of that damn worm.
[Michael] Watch this. Just watch.
First this is that pumphandle slam.
[Tazz] Look at the intensity of his pumphandle slam.
Forget about all the wackiness of this man…
but he's-- Oh no, this. This is just-- [groans] Oh God.
[Michael hesitates] I'm not even looking.
-You know… it's disgusting. -[Tazz] It's disgusting.
He stuffed-- how do you call this?
-[Michael] Go ahead, I'm not looking. -[Tazz] Vito's getting worms, live worms
and nightcrawlers jammed down his throat.
Now Vito is-- I mean, Nunzio is trying to--
I'm gonna hurl. I'm just disgusted.
[Michael] I'm not looking. Tell me when I can look again.
[Tazz] You got to look. It's your job.
-What are you talking about? -[Michael] Tell me when I can look again.
-This is disgusting. -[Michael groans] God.
[Tazz] There's stuff falling out of this guy's mouth, his eyes are…
What's all the black stuff? What the hell is it?
[Michael] The black stuff is the soil that the worms live in. Dirt.
[Tazz] Yeah, I… [hesitates] Thanks.
Get off me, Cole. Oh my God.
[Michael] I never thought I'd ever feel sorry for Vito.
[Tazz] Look at the worms moving and…
Don't get on the bad side of The Boogeyman, Cole,
he'll come and get you.
Oh my God.
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen, still to come tonight,
the end may be near for The Legend Killer.
Randy Orton steps into hell, Hell in a Cell,
with the man who made this match famous, The Undertaker.
And the devil's playground was set up back at No Mercy
when Orton did this to The Undertaker.
-[suspenseful music playing] -I did the impossible.
I destroyed the legend of The Undertaker.
-[Tazz] Oh my God. Oh! -[Michael] Somebody get out here!
Somebody get out here!
[Tazz] Randy Orton is literally a legend killer.
Rest in peace.
I didn't come out here to brag about what I did to The Undertaker.
[ominous music playing]
[Randy] What I did to Undertaker speaks for itself.
I killed The Undertaker!
[explosion]
[Randy] The only true phenom now in WWE…
-is me. [echoes] -[music concludes]
-[bell tolling] -[Undertaker] Hello, Randy.
This is The Undertaker.
What's wrong, Randy?
Don't you feel safe anymore?
You don't know where you're going, do you?
Randy, you're going with me straight to hell.
Hell in a Cell.
[Randy] He's got me, man. He's in my head. He's everywhere.
[psychologist] What about this match you have against him?
It's Hell in a Cell.
[Michael] It is unforgiving steel that will rip flesh.
[Randy] I feel trapped, like an animal.
[Michael] Once you're in, there is no way out!
[Randy] Undertaker! I don't want you inside Hell in a Cell.
I wanna finish this thing tonight!
Come to this ring.
Please come to this ring, Undertaker.
-[bell tolls] -[crowd cheering]
[Undertaker] Randy Orton…
[thunderous screeching]
…you're in the fast lane now.
["The End" playing]
[Undertaker] On the highway to hell!
Enjoy the ride.
♪ One minute here ♪
♪ But the next you were gone ♪
[psychologist] The two roads stretching out before you,
life… and death.
And you've got to make that choice, Randy.
[Randy] The Hell in a Cell it shortens careers, it ends careers.
♪ The end is here ♪
[Randy] That's not what I want.
♪ The end is here ♪
I hereby announce my retirement. [echoes]
[bell tolls]
[Tazz] Now what?
[Michael] Randy Orton does not know what to do.
He does not know where to go.
[eerie voices chattering]
-[dramatic music playing] -Let me go in peace, please.
[Tazz] What is going on here?
[Michael] Wait a minute. That's The Undertaker's urn.
[Tazz] I smell a rat.
[Michael] Oh my, that's "Cowboy" Bob Orton,
-Randy Orton's father. -[Tazz] Oh!
[Michael] A set up! A trap!
A relentless assault by this absolute coward, Randy Orton.
-[Tazz] Watch out! -[Michael] Oh! The urn!
The Undertaker is in Orton's head
and it has turned Orton into a possessed man.
[Tazz] He finally got The Deadman.
They set him up and it worked.
We'll see you Sunday in Armageddon.
♪ The end is here ♪
[music builds]
[music stops abruptly]
[crowd cheering]
Randy, what is your strategy heading into tonight's Hell in a Cell match
against The Undertaker?
Randy's strategy. Let me tell you what Randy's strategy is.
It's to keep the match in the ring where he has a distinct advantage.
And when the smoke clears, Randy--
Dad, look, let me, please.
Go man, go.
Kristal, Hell in a Cell,
the most brutal match in wrestling history.
It ends careers, it shortens lives, it destroys men.
It is the ultimate mind game.
If anyone was watching last week on SmackDown,
I think I proved that if anyone knows anything about mind games, it's me.
I went out there and I had everyone fooled into thinking that I was gonna retire,
but instead I proved that The Undertaker is not invincible.
So here I stand at Armageddon about to enter the devil's playground
and about to prove to everybody, especially The Undertaker himself,
that I am indeed The Legend Killer.
And tonight, The Undertaker will be the one who retires.
And Undertaker, tonight,
your fate and your power…
are in my hands.
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is a 2-on-1 Handicap match.
Now in this match, the team of two must tag in and out of the ring.
["Hell Will Be Calling Your Name" playing]
-[Michael] Oh, here is the real deal. -[Tazz chuckles]
[announcer] Making his way to the ring from Colorado Springs, Colorado,
weighing in at 273 pounds…
[explosion]
…Bobby Lashley.
[Michael] Lashley remaining undefeated on Friday Night SmackDown
but I was so impressed with the performance of this young man
in the Survivor Series match up
SmackDown versus Raw a couple of weeks back.
[Tazz] Cole, I'm telling you, boy,
this guy, Lashley, is just so intense,
so aggressive, so incredible.
How do you… how-- Talking about The Boogeyman,
how do you stop The Boogeyman,
how do you stop Lashley?
This guy has got every trait you need to be a star.
[Michael] But Lashley could be stopped tonight
in this Handicap matchup, the first of his career.
["Regality" playing]
[announcer] And from England, at a combined weight of 489 pounds,
Paul Burchill and William Regal.
[Michael] Tazz, Lashley owns victories over Regal and Burchill
in recent weeks in one-on-one matchups.
But tonight, it's a different story
because Regal and Burchill can tag in and out of the matchup
and when you're going up against a veteran like Regal
and his protégé, Burchill,
it's an uphill battle no matter who you are.
[Tazz] It doesn't matter if they're gonna tag in or not,
the fact of the matter is this,
-Lashley-- -[bell ringing]
[Tazz] It's a Handicap match. Lashley has to compete against two men.
And these aren't just ordinary men.
This is, well, you know, William Regal who's so dangerous.
I mean, the guy has been fighting on the streets of England
since he's a little kid.
And Paul Burchill is just straight upfront.
[Michael] And this ruffian and hooligan Burchill discovered by Regal.
And look at Lashley so quick with a go-behind
and then dropping Burchill down.
[Tazz] And then hooks in that front facelock,
his wrestling instincts take over,
and that's smart by Paul Burchill, to get to the ropes
and break that hold on him. Look at that, how quick.
Burchill went behind there.
[Michael] Lashley with the elbow to the side of the head.
I've been watching Lashley for a couple of weeks downtown.
There's the power. How do you combat Lashley?
[Tazz] I don't know. I don't know. I guess that's the reason--
[Michael] And Regal-- They're supposed to tag in and out,
but I guess Lashley wants them both in the ring at the same time.
There's a clothesline by Lashley.
Shoulder knockdown to William Regal. I guess Lashley likes the challenge.
[Tazz] Lashley's not complaining. He don't seem like the type to--
[Michael] Now look at Regal. Regal with that boot to the back.
And Burchill driving the shoulder into the small of the back.
[Tazz] Well, the numbers game might have just took over on Lashley-- watch out!
[Michael] And Regal driving the back into the steel post,
and it seems like Regal and Burchill are targeting the back of Lashley, Tazz.
[Tazz] Yes, they are and that could definitely…
[Michael] Wow. Burchill very athletic,
into the cover, hook of the leg and a kick-out at one.
[Tazz] If you can, you know, weaken Lashley, it's to that lower back
prevent Lashley from executing
all those impressive suplexes that he does.
Now controlling that upper body,
got that arm trapped across the broad too, does Burchill.
[Michael] Trying to wear Lashley down.
[Tazz] Trying to hit that half Nelson
across those thick shoulders
and the huge traps of Lashley.
-Look at that. -[Michael] Look at. Oh!
[Tazz] That arm throw, that shoulder throw right there.
[Michael] But Burchill quickly making a tag, the fresh man Regal in
and doesn't give Lashley any chance to rest.
[Tazz] There's no rest in him. And then look at this.
[Michael] Wow, what a suplex by Regal.
[Tazz] Oh yeah. And Lashley's at a disadvantage for sure,
after that exploder suplex by Regal.
[Michael] Regal and Burchill with frequent tags,
keeping each other fresh.
Regal holding Lashley down, Burchill going to the top rope.
[Tazz] You got to get him out of there, ref.
Get Regal out of there, ref.
[Michael] Burchill to the top rope.
Oh, look at this!
Driving the knee into the small of the back.
-[Tazz] That might be it -[Michael] Could be over!
And Lashley kicked out at one. Wow.
[Tazz] Well, tell you what, the Brits came in here
with a game plan and it's working.
[Michael] Knees driven into the spine again,
trying to keep the big man on the mat.
Burchill takes his opponent to the corner.
Tag made again with the veteran William Regal.
[Tazz] I got to tell you, it's a tagging situation
for Regal and Burchill.
They got to tag in and out, it's still a Handicap matchup.
[Michael] Lashley driving Regal into the corner.
-Former national champion… -[Tazz] Uh-oh. Uh-oh, uh-oh!
[Michael] …former All-American, with a belly-to-belly throw,
but Regal makes a tag.
Lashley cannot get back up on the bike, Tazz,
because these guys keep making tags.
[Tazz] Oh, they keep bringing a fresh man in.
Watch this knee here by Burchill off the top rope.
[Michale] Oh my God, that didn't miss.
-Lashley just picking Burchill. -[Burchill screaming]
-[Tazz] How strong. Look at this. -[Michael] Wow.
[Tazz] What a throw, what a beautiful belly-to-belly.
-Running forearm. -[Michael] This Lashley.
[Tazz] Right. Lashley's got one motion, Cole.
Straight, forge ahead.
[Michael] It's like a controlled violence.
Look at Lashley driving Regal to the mat.
-I got this! -[Tazz] Running powerslam. Watch out!
[Michael] And Burchill…
Look at the strength of this guy. "The Real Deal" Lashley.
And Burchill in trouble. We've seen this before.
-[crowd cheering] -[Tazz] This is the Dominator.
Can he nail it. Can Lashley nail it?
[Michael] The Dominator connecting. Here's the cover!
-Hook of the leg. [crowd counting]
-[Michael] Still undefeated! -[bell ringing]
[Michael] Still undefeated.
["Hell Will Be Calling Your Name" playing]
[announcer] Here is your winner, Bobby Lashley!
[Tazz] I don't know how-- I don't know how Lashley defied the odds there
in a Handicap match, in a two-on-one situation
against two extremely capable SmackDown superstars.
Lashley came out on top, Cole.
[Michael] I mean, Regal and Burchill threw everything they had at Lashley.
It was a relentless assault by these two men.
[Tazz] Hey, Cole, is Lashley-- is he really that good?
[Michael] He looks it, doesn't he?
-[Tazz] I'm telling you, man. -[Michael] He's undefeated.
Check this out.
[Tazz] Look at that. Look at the power.
[Tazz] Lifted the man and dropped him on his gut
affecting his stomach and rib area
and then going for the Dominator which affects the same body part.
The front of the body, the ribs, sternum, through that whole area there.
The man's got a game plan.
He's here. He's for real. He's "The Real Deal" Lashley.
[Michael] Well, ladies and gentlemen,
it has been a wild night here in Providence
standing by at our location, our broadcast colleague, Josh Matthews.
Thanks, guys. It looks like everyone is having a blast
inside the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence for Armageddon.
Happy holidays to all the great WWE fans.
And you know, anytime the WWE is in Providence,
we like to visit a cool little place called the Friendly Tap.
It's actually located outside of Providence in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
And joining me now, the proprietor, the owner,
former WWE referee Timmy White.
Timmy, Merry Christmas.
Okay. Well, Tim how are you doing?
[crowd cheering]
Well, you know, Tim, the last big time match
that you refereed in the WWE was Chris Jericho versus Triple H.
It was Hell in a Cell.
And you sustained a very serious shoulder injury.
How's your shoulder doing now?
[crowd cheering]
We'll get back with Tim White in just a minute.
Right now let's show you the footage Chris Jericho versus Triple H,
Tim White's last big time match in the WWE as an official,
Hell in a Cell.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] It was Judgment Day 2002
when the devil's playground claimed another victim,
this time referee Timmy White.
[Tazz] Look at this impact of Timmy White right into that.
I remembered when this happened and then right again,
right into that cell, it's just vicious.
-Oh my God. -[Michael] That's what we mean
when Hell in a Cell changes people's lives.
Tim can you give us some insight into the pain
that you're obviously still in as a result of Hell in a Cell.
Well, Tim, how is your life now after Hell in a Cell?
Hell in a Cell
ruined my life.
Everyone I love left me.
I've been in pain for two and a half years.
I took it out on everyone I know.
My wife left me.
My family doesn't talk to me anymore.
My friends, anyone that came in to the Friendly Tap, are all gone.
I've got nothing.
Nothing.
Do you know what pain is?
I don't think you do.
And after everyone left me,
then the-- and then the other medical problem started.
Psoriasis, eczema…
some freakin' IBS.
[Josh] Excuse me, Mr. White, what exactly is IBS?
Irritable bowel syndrome.
If you can believe that?
I got everything there is and nothing to live for too much.
Everything is gone.
Get away from me.
Well, Mr. White, on behalf of the entire WWE family,
we'd like to wish you a very White Christmas.
Get it? Tim White, White Christmas?
[crowd cheering]
[Josh] Mr. White, we'll go. We'll go.
[crowd cheering]
White Christmas.
Well, Michael and Tazz,
well, thanks for visiting us here at the Friendly Tap.
Mr. White, please don't do that.
We'll see-- hold on. Mr. White, no.
Tim. Mr. White, no. Tim.
Mr. White, please don't do that, come on.
Please stop doing--
[gunshot]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd booing]
[Michael] Well, do we-- did we just--
did we just see what I-- what I think we just saw?
[Tazz] Irritable bowel syndrome, is it dead?
["Muy Loco (Super Crazy)" playing]
[Michael] But nonetheless, back here at the Dunkin' Donuts Center
in Providence, Rhode Island in Armageddon.
Cruiserweight Championship is on the line.
The Juice.
["Muy Loco (Super Crazy)" continues playing]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship of the World.
In the ring, weighing in at 200 pounds,
it's a member of the Mexicools
and the Cruiserweight Champion of the World, Juventud.
[Michael] Well, a lot of good nights thus far for the Mexicools,
MNM picking up the victory to tag team match a little bit earlier on
with Juventud hoping to change luck in this matchup.
[Tazz] I'm telling you though, that match with the Mexicools and MNM,
that tag team match was off the chart.
It was a phenomenal matchup.
Just as I think this will be for the Cruiserweight title,
The Juice versus this man, Kid Kash.
-["Kash Money" playing] -[announcer] And the challenger
weighing in at 205 pounds,
Kid Kash.
[Michael] Well, Kid Kash over the past few weeks
has sent a message to Juventud and the rest of the Mexicools.
He's a trash-talking bragger and hoping to--
well, to make a name for himself here in the WWE.
And has definite opportunity here tonight.
[Tazz] Well, I'll tell you what, Kid Kash has been getting noticed gigantically
in the past couple of weeks on Friday Night SmackDown
with that brainbuster that he's delivered,
you know, to The Juice should stop at--
I talked to Kid Kash earlier but--
[Michael] Juventud wasting little time.
It's been two weeks and Juventud could not wait to get his hands on Kid Kash
after that sneak attack a couple of weeks ago.
[Tazz] Well, Kid Kash calls that brainbuster, Dead Level.
I like that name.
[Michael] Juventud with a dropkick to the gut of Kid Kash
and look at the fire in Juventud tonight.
[Tazz] Now Juventud knows that Kid Kash can--
Kid, you know, is a major contender for his Cruiserweight title
and get a big time score to settle, like he said.
[Michael] The only place you can see cruiserweights, Tazz
is Friday Night SmackDown.
Juventud whipped across the ring, big boot in the face of Kid Kash.
-[Tazz] Oh, tilt-a-whirl headscissor-- -[Michael] Wow.
[Tazz] Beautiful tilt-a-whirl headscissor by The Juice.
[Michael] Kid Kash's not been able to get out of the box yet here at Armageddon.
[Tazz] Or you don't wanna-- uh-oh.
Beautiful. Standing hurricanrana.
-[Michael] Here's the cover. -[Tazz] Here we go. Here we go.
[Michael] Hookof the leg. Two count and Kid Kash kicks out.
[Tazz] That was a really quick cover right there by The Juice
and now he's got an armbar here,
a Fujiwara armbar on Kid Kash.
[Michael] We saw Kid Kash rising through the ranks on Velocity
over the past few months, last week on SmackDown
just two nights ago with the big victory.
And look at Juventud.
[Tazz] I'll tell you what. It's got-- Juventud's got control
of Kid Kash with the armbar
and Kid Kash keeps rolling through it.
I remember Kid Kash from ECW back in the day
and, you know what, he wasn't-- he wasn't this intense
but he's-- lately he's just like a different guy out here.
[Michael] He wants to win the Cruiserweight Championship.
And look at that.
Up over the top rope.
And Juvi measuring this man.
-[Tazz] Watch out. -[Michael] Taking Kid Kash out.
[Michael] And suddenly the Cruiserweight Champion is in total control.
[Tazz] Well, from jump street from the beginning of this matchup,
Juventud has been motivated
-with his gut all over Kid Kash. -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Oh, that's what revenge will do for you.
[Michael] Oh, Juventud,
you said had a score to settle with Kid Kash after that sneak attack.
And look at-- shoulder first into the steel post goes Juvi.
[Tazz] He's Kid Kash, you got to get the man-- oh.
[Michael] And again.
[Tazz] You got to get the man on the ring in order to win the Cruiserweight title.
[Michael] Great point.
You cannot win The Championship via count out or disqualification,
only by pinfall or submission.
[Tazz] Oh, don't tell me when I make a great point.
I know when I make a great point.
[Michael] Working on that left arm and shoulder, Kid Kash to Juventud.
Sorry, I won't pat you in the back anymore.
[Tazz] Yeah, don't touch me. That would be a good stop to everything.
Stomp right across the chest.
Kid Kash now pinpointing the body-- the upper body of The Juice.
Get off of me.
[Tazz] The kid's got nice attitude. Nice attitude.
[Michael] Yelling at referee Chris Kay.
[Tazz] I like that.
What, is he gonna come out here and make friends?
You make friends. Making friends don't make a champion.
[Michael] Here's the hook of the leg. kick-out by Juventud.
[Tazz] When you're in there and you get an opportunity to face the champion,
the Cruiserweight Champion.
Hey, man, don't worry about me.
Look at the physicality of it.
This Kid Kash is bringing it to Juventud.
[Michael] The Cruiserweight Champion in all kinds of trouble.
[Tazz] Let me go back to the point,
when you're trying to become the Cruiserweight Champion you got--
you'll not let this opportunity slip behind you if you fall between.
This Kid Kash is a vicious, vicious man.
He's not out here playing pat-a-cake with the guy.
Driving his knee to the back of the guy's skull.
-No. -[Kid Kash] Give it up, boy.
[Michael] I just want to make sure you prove your point.
[Tazz] I'm done.
[Michael] And Kid Kash continues the pressure
on the left arm and shoulder of Juventud.
I believe the Cruiserweight Champion may be out of the game here
because Kid Kash is just assaulting.
Now, pulling the hair right in front of the referee.
[Tazz] And a five count.
And you know what Juventud's got a nice hair.
He's got nice long hair, pull it.
-Watch out. Oh! -[Michael] Juventud-- and shoulder first
into the turnbuckle favoring that shoulder.
[Tazz] Oh, you'd rather--
you'd rather get that thing rammed into that turnbuckle
which hurts like hell instead of that steel post.
-Oh, it hurts. -[Michael] Juventud trying to battle back,
kick to the midsection again by the challenger, Kid Kash.
[Tazz] Oh, man. [chuckles] Oh, man, it shudders.
-[Michael] You hear that? -[Tazz] Yeah, how could you not?
[Michael] Kid Kash whipped into the corner.
Here comes Juvi, follows it up with a clothesline.
Cruiserweight Champion whipped across the ring by the challenger,
and then over again, nobody home.
Veteran Juvi, hits the forearms to the side of the jaw.
[Tazz] Well, hanging on.
Everyone, this is not Kid Kash's first rodeo.
You know, he's been around. He knows what he's doing.
[Michael] Of course he does that's why he's in this matchup.
Uh-oh. Thought he was going up over the top.
[Tazz] And that's a strategy.
That's if you're Kid Kash, that's a strategy.
Strategizing.
[laughs]
[Michael] Hooked on Phonics.
Here's the hook of the leg
and a kick-out at two by Juventud.
You know, you get those tapes on mail-order Hooked on Phonics,
listen to them in your car when you're driving back and forth to work?
[Tazz] Yeah. And I probably fell asleep. Sometimes that happens.
I mean, I'm really excited. It's a great Armageddon. I can't help it.
[Michael] I thought maybe you're taking voice lessons from Chimel.
And look at that driving the knee into the back of the neck
and a kick-out at two.
Hook of the leg again and a kick-out.
Cruiserweight Championship on the line,
Kid Kash believed he had it won there.
[indistinct chatter]
[Tazz] The only place-- as you were saying earlier,
the only place in Cruiserweight title is defended and seen is right here.
Here on Friday Night SmackDown.
You know it's Sunday right now but you get my point.
[Michael] A lot of things you can only see on Friday nights.
-Look at Juventud… -[Tazz] Like what?
[Michael] Forearm to the jaw.
[Tazz] There's a lot. I wanna see if you know.
[Michael] Yeah, MNM, and how about Batista, Mysterio.
-Kid Kash lands on his feet. -[Tazz] Beautiful. Beautiful.
[Michael] Look at this. Catches Juventud, slam him over the mat below.
[Tazz] Kid Kash is gonna try and go for the kill here, Cole.
Don't brag now. Don't get too cocky, Kash.
Do whatever you do. What the hell.
[Michael] Whoa. But he caught the knees to the gut.
Moonsault over the top rope caught the knees to the gut
and Juventud may have an opening here.
[Tazz] Well, Cole, it wasn't just that moonsault,
it's the way he springboarded from that second rope to the top rope.
That might have cost Kid Kash there if The Juice capitalized.
[Michael] Juvi firing up.
The Cruiserweight Champion
realizing his title's in trouble.
Oh.
Chops, Kid Kash fist into the lefts and rights.
[Tazz] Whoa, whoa.
[Michael] Juventud just chopping away at Kid Kash.
[Tazz] Chop crazy.
[Michael] Whipped across the ring goes Kid Kash,
high elbow catches him.
Here comes the champion.
Oh, what a clothesline.
[Tazz] Right across the throat.
Juventud's got Kid Kash right where he wants him.
[Michael] Whipped across the ring goes Kid Kash up over the top.
Sunset flip Juventud rolls through.
Oh, what a kick.
[Tazz] Oh my God.
[Michael] Kid Kash may be out cold.
-[Tazz] That's it. -[Michael] Thanks for coming.
-Hook of the leg. Shoulders down. -[Tazz] One, two…
[Michael] And Kid Kash just got a shoulder up.
[Tazz] I don't know how. I don't know how.
That was some kick by Juventud.
[Michael] Might have broken his nose.
[Tazz] Kid Kash is tough, Cole. He's tough. I told you he's tough.
[Michael] I'm gonna shake the cobwebs out of his head.
[Tazz] Let's see now the-- now Juventud.
[Michael] High elbow by Kid Kash up to the top rope.
Juventud capitalized.
Kid Kash felt that one.
[Tazz] You don't want to land there, that's not a good spot to land.
[Michael] Not at all. And Juventud in the second rope,
his right hand's beside the head of Kid Kash.
Now Juventud is over the top rope. What's he doing here?
[Tazz] I don't know but both men are on the top rope.
This is a dangerous situation.
What the hell is gonna happen here?
[Michael] Hurricanrana from the top rope.
[Tazz] Wow.
[Michael] But Juvi grabbed his knee when he landed.
[Tazz] I'm surprised he's not just still lying there.
[Michael] Kid Kash down and out as well.
[Tazz] The Juice leaving it all on the ring there.
[Michael] Juvi crawling towards the cover, partner.
[Tazz] Juvi has gotta try and get his cover.
-He's gonna get it. -[Michael] Here's a hook of the leg.
Shoulders down, may have it
and Kid Kash got his foot on the bottom rope.
[Tazz] Very impressive by Kid Kash
after that gigantic top rope hurricanrana
to nowhere he has had the math sense…
-Yeah. Come on. Give me some. -[Tazz] …into the bottom rope.
[Michael] And Juvi believes that he's in control of the matchup.
Cruiserweight Championship on the line, Tazz,
and the champion's feeling it.
[Tazz] And Kid Kash trying to call a little time-out here, Kid Kash.
[Michael] Uh-oh, Juventud got enzuigiri back to the head.
[Tazz] The second time he got pulled one of those.
-[Michael] Juventud drops the elbow. -One, two.
[Michael] Hooks the leg again,
on the two count and then Kid Kash kicks out.
[Tazz] Kid Kash, man, he's tough.
-[Michael] Real tough. -[Tazz] He's tough. He's hanging in.
Looking for signal.
Northern Lights-- Juvi with that Northern Lights.
Yup.
[Michael] Juventud went for the scoop slam
[Tazz] Went for Juvi Driver, Cole. That's what's he's going for.
[Michael] Look at this.
-He's going for the-- oh. -[Michael] Juventud goes behind.
Oh, wow.
[Tazz] It's that's that Juvi Driver, that sit out.
-[Michael] And this one's over. -One, two.
[Michael] Hook of the leg. And Kid Kash who kicks out again.
-Two! -[Tazz] Hanging on. Hanging on.
[Michael] Can you believe in Kid Kash?
-Wow. -[Tazz] Well, people here in Providence
wanna see The Juice put away Kid Kash.
And I think Juventud just might do that right about now.
[Michael] And Juventud out to the apron.
Juventud going up for the top rope.
[Tazz] Well, Juice can fly, Cole, we know that.
-[Michael] Juventud -[Tazz] Oh.
[Michael] Nobody home.
[Tazz] Went for that front flip leg drop.
Nobody home as Kid Kash rolled out of the way.
[Tazz] Kid Kash could get an opportunity now, my man.
He got The Juice down.
-Now what? -[Michael] Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
Uh-oh. Juvi in trouble.
[Tazz] Going for that brainbuster, that Dead Level.
-[Michael] There it is. -[Tazz] Wow.
[Michael] The Dead Level connecting.
-Hook of the leg, there's a two. -[Tazz] No way.
-[Michael] New cruiserweight Champion. -[bell ringing]
[Tazz] Holy cow.
-Are you kidding? -[announcer] Here is your winner
and the new
Cruiserweight Champion of the World,
Kid Kash.
[Tazz] Cole, I don't believe this.
Kid Kash new Cruiserweight Champion.
[Michael] What a victory for Kid Kash
and he wants referee Chris Kay to do the honors.
[Tazz] Well, that's pretty braggadocios as they say, at him.
Well, I'll tell you what, that was big time impressive.
[Michael] Oh, here's a turning point of the matchup, Tazz.
[Tazz] I can't believe this.
You see Juventud here going for his front flip leg drop,
misses it, crash and burns, but then watch this.
This brainbuster, which Kid Kash told me earlier tonight,
he calls the Dead Level.
Let's take another look at this. Watch the impact to the upper spine.
Bam.
Nasty, nasty maneuver. Victorious.
Cole, we got a new Cruiserweight Champion right here at Armageddon, baby.
[Michael] Kid Kash making his presence known…
-[Tazz] Wow. -[Michael] …here at Armageddon,
the new Cruiserweight Champion.
[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] Well, ladies and gentlemen, guess who's in the Instant Access room
-exclusively on WWE.com… -[Tazz] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[Michael] …the real deal, Bobby Lashley.
[Tazz] Man, that's pretty cool.
[Michael] Very cool hanging out with Steve Romero,
and remember you can hear from the winners and losers all night long
at WWE Instant Access.
Tell you Lashley is a real interesting fellow.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen, Armageddon live--
Armageddon I should say, live tonight,
Providence, Rhode Island.
And up next, the champion versus champion,
Raw versus SmackDown,
Batista and Mysterio versus Big Show and Kane,
a whole lot of history between these two teams the past couple of months.
-[tense music playing] -What's your strategy for tonight?
[Kane] To elicit as much pain and suffering as possible
to the point where mercy and all human compassion disintegrate
into the ashes of the broken remains
of our lifeless opponents.
[Big Show] I'm with you.
I'm with you all the way.
[Tazz] Wow. He's massive.
-The Big Show is just so freaking massive -[Jerry] Yes, he is.
[Michael] And Randy Orton in trouble as well.
Randy Orton hangs the Big Show up on the top rope
and there goes the Clothesline from Hell.
Mysterio 619, 619!
[Tazz] Come on, Orton.
[Michael] And here comes The Legend Killer.
RKO!
[Jerry] Big Show you gotta get up. No. Not another.
How many of these we're going to see?
-[Tazz] Come on. -[Michael] Clothesline from Hell.
And Big Show is still moving.
[Tazz] Guy's a freak.
[Michael] Mysterio seated senton, here's the cover.
-[Tazz] One, two. -[Michael] Hook of the leg
[Joey] No, no, no!
[Michael] Mysterio eliminated the Big Show!
[Jerry] I cannot believe this.
[Michael] A huge interpromotional matchup
Kane and the Big Show, the World Tag Team Champions from Raw
against SmackDown's JBL and Rey Mysterio
Kane and Big Show have been wreaking havoc in the past few weeks.
[Tazz] Yes, they have.
-[Michael] Wait a minute. -[Tazz] What?
[Michael] I believe referee Jimmy Korderas…
-[Tazz] May have poked, uh… -[Michael] …poked Bradshaw in the eye.
JBL, hello, there's a match going on in the ring.
Bradshaw!
[Michael] Oh my, Kane's smelling blood.
-[Tazz] Uh-oh. -[Michael] Where the hell is JBL going?
Rey Mysterio is at the mercy of these two monsters.
-Oh my God. Not this. -[Tazz] No, don't do it, guys.
[Michael] A double chokeslam!
Enough, guys.
[Tazz] Go back to Raw. Get the hell out of here!
-[Michael] Oh, not on the chair. -[Tazz] I don't like the looks of this.
[Michael] Not a double chokeslam on the chair you-- Wait a minute!
Heavyweight Champion, Batista!
And Kane and Big Show,
you know what they say about payback.
The World Heavyweight Champion standing tall here tonight!
[music concludes]
-[thrilling music playing] -[announcer] The following contest is for
the WWE Tag Team Championship.
[Tazz] What MNM has to hope is that Batista and Mysterio
are looking past them toward the monsters of Big Show and Kane.
Batista taking apart MNM with the tag team titles on the line!
The Batista Bomb, are they gonna do it?
-Are they gonna do it? -[Tazz] One, two
[Michael] New tag team champions!
This means Sunday, at Armageddon,
Raw's World Tag Team Champions, Big Show and Kane
against the WWE Tag Team Champions Batista and Mysterio!
[Jerry] They said it and I believe it, Kane and the Big Show are unstoppable!
[Joey] Batista and Rey Mysterio don't stand a chance at Armageddon!
[Michael] What a team, power and speed.
Mysterio and Batista rolling!
[Tazz] Big Show and Kane, you better take heed.
[Michael] Armageddon, champions versus champions!
-["Big" playing] -♪ Well ♪
♪ Well, it's the Big Show ♪
["Slow Chemical" playing]
[Tazz] Oh my God. Look at the size of these guys.
Oh.
["Slow Chemical" playing]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is a Champions versus Champions
Tag Team match scheduled for one fall.
Making their way to the ring at a combined weight of 828 pounds,
they are the World Tag Team Champions
Kane and the Big Show.
[Michael] Representing Raw at a combined weight,
you heard it folks, of 828 pounds
perhaps, Tazz, the most dominant tag team
in the history of sports entertainment.
[Tazz] How do you beat them? You know what I'm saying?
Man, just with the size of Show, Big Show and Kane.
Man, I wish they were, you know, full-time part on the SmackDown
but they're not.
Both guys got to take them out tonight, Cole, they gotta do it.
-["Booyaka 619" playing] -♪ Córrele, córrele, ándale ♪
♪ What you gon' do when we come for you?
[mimics dog barking]
♪ Booyaka, booyaka, 619 ♪
♪ Hey! Booyaka, booyaka, That's my pueblo ♪
[announcer] Making his way to the ring from San Diego, California.
Weighing in at 170 pounds,
he is one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions,
Rey Mysterio.
[Michael] Rey Mysterio knows all about the havoc
that Big Show and Kane can wreak.
He knows all about the damage that this team can do.
Remember, Rey Mysterio was slammed
onto the hood of a car a couple of weeks ago
at the hands of the Big Show.
Almost snapped him in half.
-["I Walk Alone" playing] -[Tazz] Uh-oh.
-[crowd cheering] -[Tazz] Here we go.
[announcer] And his partner from Washington D.C.,
weighing in at 300 pounds,
he is one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions
and the World Heavyweight Champion,
Batista.
[Michael] Well, if you wanna talk about dominant,
take a look at The Animal.
[Tazz] Gunning down the competition, Cole.
Check him out.
[explosions]
[Tazz] Wow.
[Michael] And don't think that Batista doesn't have a score to settle
with those two superstars.
A couple of weeks back Batista was double chokeslammed
onto a car in Sheffield, England.
Batista and Mysterio looking to settle the score tonight.
[Tazz] What gives here in this match?
What gives?
You got the new tag team champions that won the titles
of Friday Night SmackDown,
and Mysterio and Batista which was a shocker
which changes the whole landscape of this match,
kind of, you know, now, it's champions versus champions.
You know what I'm saying?
[Michael] On Batista's first reign as tag team champion,
Rey Mysterio's fourth.
And being last year in Armageddon,
Rey Mysterio defended the Tag Team titles.
So it is champions versus champions,
SmackDown versus Raw,
Batista and Mysterio from SmackDown,
Big Show and Kane from Raw.
[Tazz] And there's no secret, it's easy to see
that Rey Mysterio, that's a fuckin' new look,
I like that on Rey.
-And Rey Mysterio… -[bell ringing]
[Tazz] …obviously not as in stature as big
as Kane and Big Show,
even his partner Batista.
But trust me, you haven't seen Rey Mysterio go,
he's machine like, believe me.
[Michael] Is this a wise move by the team of Mysterio and Batista
to start things up with Batista in the ring against the Big Show?
[Tazz] Absolutely, I think it is.
We got Batista in the ring
with the largest athlete in the world today in the Big Show.
We wanna try and get the upper hand
between the team of Batista-- SmackDown team of Batista and Rey.
[Michael] There is no doubt that the SmackDown audience
in the corner of Batista and Mysterio.
Big Show, and there's the power of the seven-foot, 500-pounder.
-[Tazz] Well, you know -[Kane] That was all Batista, huh?
[Tazz] Big Show and Kane,
they're on our turf right now.
They're on the turf with Batista and Mysterio, you know.
And earlier today backstage in the locker room,
they had their own locker and everything.
They were like, you know, separate.
Oh, they don't wanna go near one--
no one-- no one wanna go near Kane and Big Show.
That's the way it should be though.
I don't even want them around here, you know.
[Michael] Collar-and-elbow tie up in the center of the ring.
World Heavyweight Champion trying to budge the big 500-pounder
and again shoved back by the Big Show.
How do you do combat the Big Show, Tazz? How do you do it?
[Tazz] Well, I don't know, Cole.
I've been in the ring with the Big Show
and I didn't win and I don't know how to combat it.
He's just the largest athlete in the world.
[Michael] Mysterio with a word of advice for Batista.
Remember, it was Rey Mysterio
with the help of the other SmackDown superstars
who actually pinned Big Show in the Survivor Series matchup,
remember that.
[Tazz] I'm sure Big Show remembers that too.
Now, a go-behind by Batista.
[Michael] Oh my God, there's an elbow.
[Tazz] Batista. Batista.
He's a massive man himself.
And look at him next to-- next to Big Show.
[Michael] You know, you get hit with an elbow by the Big Show,
it's like hitting your head with a pipe.
Now look at Batista with the right hand.
The World Heavyweight Champion firing back.
It's like running into a brick wall, I don't care who you are.
And again, Batista trying to knock Big Show down.
[Tazz] No one usually stands up when Batista does that.
[Michael] Now look at this, the strength of the Big Show.
-[Tazz] Oh, no. This isn't good. -[Michael] Wow.
-[Tazz] This isn't good. -[Michael] Not good at all.
Not good at all.
[Tazz] Come on now, Batista.
[Michael] Batista with a boot to the face,
ducks underneath the clothesline.
Shoulder knock down, that man's down.
And there are the right hands for the champion.
[Tazz] The red one went down.
Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Not for long though.
[Michael] Well, Big Show just tossed Batista across the ring.
Oh my, oh my,
Batista's in trouble.
Batista realizing it.
[Tazz] No, the back elbow on his way out of that though.
[Michael] And that 22 5E boot off the side of the head of Batista.
[Tazz] Very impressed with that flexibility there by the Big Show.
I didn't know he was able to do that.
[Michael] Dragging Batista to the corner,
and here's the tag into Kane
and to think about this tag team of Big Show and Kane, Tazz.
There's no rest. There's no rest for the weary.
You get rid of Big Show and now you gotta face this monster.
[Tazz] Well, he's literally a monster, Kane is.
And look at that monster!
[Michael] Great strength by the champion,
-off the suplex, into the cover… -[referee] One, two.
[Michael] …and a kick-out at two.
[Tazz] Oh, hey, look, Batista's "The Animal", right?
So why couldn't he suplex Kane? He's The Animal.
[Michael] Exactly.
The World Heavyweight Champion.
-[Tazz] Watch out, watch out here. -[Michael] Kane with a side slam.
[Tazz] So it's powerful.
All this team of Kane and Big Show from Raw.
They are damn strong.
[Michael] But very agile and athletic as Kane is about to show here.
-Going to the top rope -[Tazz] Come on. Come on.
[Michael] And Batista back to his feet.
Launching Kane.
[Tazz] Power counter move for our guys out there.
Who's not supposed to-- this is SmackDown.
[Michael] Yeah, you're supposed to.
-Welcome to SmackDown. -[Tazz] You're damn right. Come on, Rey.
[Michael] Rey Mysterio and off the leg drop.
Rey Mysterio trying to wear Kane down.
Here's the cover, hook of the leg, kick-out at one.
[Tazz] Now, Mysterio's gotta use his quickness.
-Move fast, hit, move, hit move, come on. -[Michael] Standing moonsault.
Hook of the leg again and kick-out by Kane at one.
[Tazz] He gotta hit, move, Cole. That's just what Rey is doing.
Springboard moonsault.
[Michael] Lands on his feet.
-Kane rolled out of the way. -[Tazz] Oh.
[Michael] Kick to the face but look at this monster.
[Tazz] Keep kicking him, Rey. Come on.
Uh-oh. Well, maybe not.
[Michael] There's the quickness of Mysterio.
-[Tazz] There you go. -[Michael] For Mysterio,
it's gotta be a cat and mouse game.
Stay away from the monsters.
And Kane just shoving Mysterio off like a gnat.
Well, Mysterio like a gnat, back on the attack.
-[Tazz] Oh, he's tenacious, Rey Mysterio. -[crowd] One, two,
-three, four, five… -[Tazz] There you go. Come on.
[Michael] Kane knocking Mysterio down again.
But again Mysterio back on the attack.
[Tazz] There you go. Come on, kid.
Knock that big man down though, that big monster down.
[Michael] Look at the size difference between these two, Tazz.
Mysterio with a shoulder at Kane,
trying to knock the big man off his feet.
[Tazz] But be careful, Rey, be careful.
And caught.
[Michael] Well, get out.
-Oh, and a boot to the face. -[Tazz] Nice. Nice. Very good.
[Michael] Rey back to the apron.
-Mysterio pulling out on the side. -[Tazz] Look at this. Oh.
[Tazz] Oh, my. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go.
Wait a minute.
[Michael] Kane rolling out of the way realized that-- what did he do?
He ran into Batista.
-[Tazz] Watch out. -[Michael] And Big Show taken out.
[Tazz] That was smart. How the hell did Rey do that?
[Michael] Big Show out of the game.
Kane back into the ring.
Oh, my, look at this Tazz.
[Tazz] Rey's gonna get the 619 by hook or crook.
-And Big Show from behind. -[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] And Big Show just pulling Mysterio out of the ring.
[Tazz] Just manhandled-- giant handling I should say.
Oh, this isn't good. Oh my God, no.
-[Michael] This isn't good at all. -[Tazz] Put him down.
[Michael] Mysterio driven spine first into the steel post.
[Tazz] Get over there. Batista's gotta try but he--
he's not legal, it's not--
they don't wanna get disqualified here.
[Michael] And Big Show right at front of us here,
and his head was high as those damn billboards.
Mysterio barely moving.
-Big Show -[Tazz] Put him down. Enough.
[Michael] Oh, look at this.
Tossing Mysterio in over the top rope with ease.
These Raw monsters may indeed be unstoppable.
[Tazz] It just might be, Cole.
Big Show just toying and now Kane, toying with Rey Mysterio.
Rey's gotta get up, gotta use that quickness.
And you know Rey's got that fighting spirit.
Let's bring it. Come on, Rey.
[Michael] Rey's gotta get back to his partner
and make a tag to Batista.
-Here's the tag to Big Show. -[Tazz] Oh, no. Oh, no, Cole.
In the wrong corner with the wrong guys.
[Michael] Oh. That's like taking a frying pan
and driving it into your chest.
[Tazz] Well…
we got problems here. We got problems.
[Michael] We got huge problems.
Big Show-- Big Show's hand is about the size of Mysterio's head.
[Tazz] About the size of his upper body, Cole.
[Michael] And look at Big Show just toying with Mysterio and Batista.
Toying with him.
[Tazz] He gotta be careful 'cause Batista might just go and pop him.
[Michael] Oh man.
[Tazz] Oh my God.
[Michael] Gotta get The Animal back to the ring.
-Gotta get Batista back to the ring here. -[Tazz] Oh, man.
Rey Mysterio's gotta try and get over Batista.
-These Raw guys -[Michael] Look at Mysterio,
and there's the fight in Rey Mysterio.
That's what Mysterio's all about.
[Tazz] You shouldn't have been talking that trash, Kane.
Come on, Rey.
[Michael] Elbow to the jaw. Here comes Mysterio.
Oh, caught in midair.
[Tazz] Get out of this-- there he goes.
[Michael] Mysterio planting Kane. Come on, Rey.
[Tazz] Nice Bulldog.
-Come on, Rey. Come on, Rey. -[referee] One…
two…
-[Tazz] Both men are down. -…three…
[Tazz] Mysterio is only about six or seven feet from Batista.
[Michael] And look at Big Show with a cheap shot.
Come on, ref.
[Tazz] Well, the Big Show-- you know, the Big Show knows
-he don't want Batista in there. -[Michael] Oh my God.
Come on, both these monsters with Mysterio
-[Tazz] Here we go. -[Michael] Here you go, Batista…
-[Tazz] There you go. -[Michael] …taking out Kane.
Kicked the Big Show.
[Tazz] Take care of business, Batista.
Atta boy, come on.
[Michael] The shoulders to the gut of Big Show by Batista.
Spear to Kane.
[Tazz] Stop them. Stop them.
[Michael] What a spear.
-Batista. -[Tazz] Oh, my, Kane--
[Michael] Oh, and Mysterio paced it up.
Mysterio gave it to him.
[Tazz] Cole, I believe Kane and Mysterio are legal--
Kane and Mysterio, I believe are legal.
That was a pretty cool teamwork move.
[Michael] Spinebuster. I don't think Batista cares.
[Tazz] I know. But you gotta be careful.
[Michael] Big Show knocked over the top rope.
Batista knocked over the top rope by the Big Show.
-[Tazz] Right out in front of us here. -[Michael] Oh my, look at this!
Batista and the Big Show crashing on the announce table.
Meanwhile in the ring, Mysterio
619, Mysterio's gonna do it.
Mysterio's gonna do it to here.
Come on, Rey.
Mysterio, caught in midair by Kane, caught in midair.
Lands on his feet.
Oh, my.
Chokeslam by Kane.
Here's the cover.
-One, two -[bell ringing]
[Michael] And Kane and the Big Show pick up the victory.
["Slow Chemical" playing]
[announcer] Here are your winners,
the World Tag Team Champions,
Kane and the Big Show.
[Michael] Well, Big Show took Batista out
and that allowed Kane to defeat Mysterio
and Raw picks up the victory.
[Tazz] God, I can't believe that this sucks.
God.
Cole, what-- oh.
[Michael] Well, Big Show, he took Batista out
and allowed Kane to defeat Mysterio
but what an effort by Batista and Mysterio in this matchup.
[Tazz] Absolutely.
Oh, I can't believe this.
[Michael] Watch this. Batista taking the big man out.
And then lying on laps.
[Tazz] And that came out of nowhere,
it looked like a damn semi coming right at me.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] And meanwhile in the ring.
Look what happened here.
[Michael] Going for the seated senton,
Mysterio caught in midair.
And Kane would catch Mysterio for the dreaded Chokeslam.
-One, two, three. -[bell ringing]
[Michael] Another look at the viciousness
of this monstrous Chokeslam.
One, two, three.
[Michael] While Batista and Mysterio gave it all they had
but Big Show and Kane from Raw picked up the victory.
[Tazz] It's a tough, tough effort, tough, tough match
against two of the largest athletes in the history of sports entertainment.
["I Walk Alone" playing]
[Tazz] Man, that was a tough way to go down but Rey fought hard.
♪ I walk alone ♪
[Michael] Mysterio always fights hard, that's what he's all about.
And "The Animal" Batista,
the World Heavyweight Champion.
[Tazz] You see Batista just took out Big Show right at this table.
But that allowed that opening there, that damn opening for Kane
just came and took and just destroyed the top of our table.
[Michael] Think about it. You had the World Heavyweight Champion
and a 500-pound monster come crashing through it.
What an effort by Batista and Mysterio.
["I Walk Alone" playing]
♪ I guess, I'll have To chew them up and spit them out ♪
♪ And I said ♪
♪ I walk for miles Inside this pit of danger ♪
♪ I've swallowed down a thousand ♪
[Undertaker] Rest in peace.
[Jerry] Somebody's gotta stop this.
-[Vince] Undertaker. -[Jerry] No.
[Ross] Grabs him and then-- no.
Michaels is like a human javelin,
a spear.
[Jerry] The steel girders are bending, they're about to break!
[Vince] Oh, no.
-[Jerry] Incoming. Incoming. -[Ross shouting indistinctly]
Oh my God.
[Ross] My God, he may be broken in half.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And there it is.
The devil's playground,
Hell in a Cell.
The most dangerous structure in sports entertainment history.
It is a steel dungeon.
It is a metal torture chamber.
It ends careers and it alters lives.
[Tazz] The fact of the matter is it picks apart your body,
which picks apart your career.
When you enter something like this, which I personally never have
and I'm happy about that,
it changes your life forever, Cole.
Those who survive it,
this cell is just so damn dangerous.
It's just eerie, just sitting ten feet from it right now.
[Michael] It is 20 feet high.
It is made of solid steel,
two tons of solid steel.
["Burn In My Light" playing]
[Tazz] Here we go, baby. Here we go.
♪ Hey ♪
[Michael] Oh, The Legend Killer and his dad, "Cowboy" Bob Orton,
carrying The Undertaker's urn.
Perhaps that's what Orton meant when he said earlier tonight
that he holds the fate and the power of The Undertaker in his hands.
♪ Now it's time to shine ♪
[Tazz] Oh, a very brash and confident Orton, Randy Orton.
I think he realizes though
what he's about to get himself into.
Man, I don't envy this guy at all.
♪ Nothing you can say, Nothing's gonna change ♪
[Tazz] Not me. No, thanks.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is the Hell in a Cell.
Making his way to the ring,
from St. Louis, Missouri,
weighing in at 245 pounds,
"The Legend Killer"
Randy Orton!
[Michael] That is the look of a man
who has never been involved in this type of matchup.
It is Randy Orton's first match ever inside Hell in a Cell.
[Tazz] Well, you could see it from "The Cowboy" Bob Orton,
Randy's dad, Randy's father, trying to fire him up,
but look at the look on Randy's eyes.
I'm not so sure Randy's too sure of himself.
You heard Randy say earlier tonight, Cole.
Randy realizes this type of match,
the Hell in a Cell match shortens lives,
changes men.
Orton said that himself.
[Michael] Oh, Randy Orton knows what a Hell in a Cell is about.
Remember back in 2003
when Randy Orton was a member of Evolution.
Randy Orton helped Triple H retain the World Heavyweight Championship
and he saw the damage that Hell in a Cell could do to superstars
who were involved on that night.
[Tazz] It's just…
I mean, this cell has been hanging above our heads all night.
You look up at it, you know by the end of the night, it's gonna come down,
and two men will be trapped in it
and one man will be trapped in with The Undertaker.
And this is Undertaker's requirement, that one man will be Randy Orton.
[Michael] And you could be as brash and cocky as you want.
You could call yourself The Legend Killer,
you could say you're not afraid of Hell in a Cell,
but the bottom line is this,
Randy Orton is going into a matchup that The Undertaker made famous.
This is the seventh time The Undertaker has been involved
in a Hell in a Cell matchup.
Seventh time.
[Tazz] I don't like Orton's odds, not at all.
Telling you that right now.
Randy Orton. [laughs]
I mean, what could be going for Orton's head right now?
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] This is that time when you're waiting for The Undertaker to come out
and you're trapped in that cage, you're stuck in that cage
all by yourself.
[Michael] Hey, make no mistake about it. This ain't any old cage.
-[Tazz] No, I know. It's a cell. -[Michael] This is a cell.
-[Tazz] A Hell in a Cell. -[Michael] There's no way in and out.
You win by pinfall or submission.
[crowd cheering] Undertaker!
-Undertaker! -[Tazz chuckles]
[crowd cheering] Undertaker!
[Tazz] Hearing The Undertaker chants here in Providence.
Well, Orton's got that look now. He might be ready, Cole.
-["Rest In Peace" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] The Deadman cometh.
["Rest In Peace" playing]
[announcer] And from Death Valley,
weighing in at 305 pounds,
The Undertaker!
[Michael] There is really no way to describe this.
It is the most chilling, it is the most eerie,
it is among the most frightening introduced to the ring
in the history of sports entertainment.
The Undertaker is indeed a legend.
[Tazz] And I honestly believe-- there is The Undertaker.
I honestly believe a good portion of the mind game
of The Undertaker is his presence.
His initial presence, his arrival, walk to that ring, it gets into your head.
[Michael] If you're Randy Orton and you're standing in the middle
of that ring with two tons of steel surrounding you and you look out
and you see the image of this man,
what in the world is going through your mind?
[Tazz] In my mind, if I was Orton,
I'd be like, "What the hell did I get myself into?"
"Why am I standing in this ring, in this cell, looking into the eyes
of the man that just might put me right to hell?"
[Michael] And remember, two-- over the past two and a half months,
Randy Orton thought not once, but twice,
that he had killed the legendary Undertaker.
He set a casket on fire with The Undertaker inside at No Mercy
and just a couple of weeks ago,
he backed the car with Undertaker across the trunk
through the SmackDown Dome and exploding in flames,
and yet The Undertaker is still here.
[Tazz] Well, Randy Orton said that The Undertaker--
and I guess Orton says he's gonna prove it tonight, is not invincible.
A claim that The Undertaker will-- you know, he'll retire.
I don't know, man. I don't know, Randy.
I don't know if you could get that done.
We'll see. We're gonna find out right now.
["Rest In Peace" continues playing]
[Tazz] Look at this.
Randy Orton looks like he's seen a ghost.
Can you imagine looking at this guy and you gotta fight a match in a cell?
[Michael] The silhouette of the cell off the forehead of The Undertaker.
And now that symbolic,
-slamming, shut of the door. -[Tazz] Hold on.
The referee didn't slam the door.
The Undertaker slammed the door.
More or less saying, "Hey guess what, Randy?"
"I'm closing the door, we are trapped in here."
"You and I now. Who's the better?"
[Michael] Best way to put it, trapped.
[Tazz] Look at the size of the cell now, I can't-- I can't explain it.
["Rest In Peace" continues playing]
[Michael] The cell is made of solid steel.
It is used as a weapon by the best who have survived the Hell in a Cell matchup.
That steel will rip your skin apart,
it will tear your body apart as we showed you earlier tonight.
And the door obviously locked, so there's no way in and no way out.
We've been showing you throughout the night, Tazz,
the damage that could be done inside this structure.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Men have changed, bodies have changed.
You gotta wonder.
Hey, Randy Orton, all he's done to The Deadman,
the last thing Orton's done was set The Undertaker
with a possible retirement this past Friday Night on SmackDown.
The Deadman is gonna make Orton pay for that, Cole, I'm telling you right now.
[Michael] Hell in a Cell ended the career of Mick Foley.
Don't forget about that.
So it has come down to this.
At WrestleMania, Undertaker and Randy Orton won-- I meant, Undertaker won.
At SummerSlam, Randy Orton kicked up a victory,
and tonight's scores will be settled inside Hell in a Cell,
the devil's playground.
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] Well, I'll tell you what. Orton, what he's doing is a lot of moving.
Undertaker's forehand, Orton is just trying to get out of the way here.
[Michael] So if you are Randy Orton, what type of strategy do you use?
[Tazz] Stay in the ring.
If you're Randy Orton, keep it in the damn ring.
Don't let the match go to that cell, on that steel.
[Michael] So make it a wrestling match?
[Tazz] Yeah, exactly.
That's exactly what you-- exactly what you wanna do.
[Michael] And Randy Orton is outside the ring and realizes that…
-[Tazz] Oh my God, he looks terrified. -[Michael] …he may not wanna be there.
Rules of the matchup, again, this is not like an ordinary cage match.
[Tazz] No, this is definitely not that.
[Michael] You win by pinfall or submission,
not from escaping from the cage because there's isn't really a chance
to escape from this demonic structure.
[Tazz] Look at Orton now.
He hasn't done anything yet on him, except run.
-[Michael] Can you blame him? -[Tazz] No.
[Michael] When you look into the eyes of the man who--
whose legend cannot be killed.
And the side headlock, the power of the legendary Undertaker.
Seventh time trapped inside that cell.
He's been through it all.
And a big shoulder knockdown.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Look at the speed-- look at the speed--
-look at the speed of The Undertaker. -[Michael] Nice hip toss.
-[Tazz] Watch out, no! -[Michael] Ooh, standing dropkick
-by "The Legend Killer" Randy Orton. -[Tazz] Here we go, here we go.
[Michael] Pinfall, hook of the leg,
and Randy Orton would love to end this match quickly.
[Tazz] A right hand right to the forehead.
Watch out. Watch out! Oh!
[Michael] Back body drop that quickly Randy Orton mounted some offense.
[Tazz] Like a man or not, that was impressive. Oh!
-[Michael] Oh, man. -[Tazz] That was it.
If you're Randy, that was it, but if you're Undertaker,
a very impressive boot to the face.
Look at the size of that cell, Cole.
-Look at that. -[Michael] Randy Orton.
Undertaker trying to knock him over the top rope
-with a clothesline, sent over… -[Tazz] Uh-oh.
[Michael] …the top rope on the other side.
[Tazz] Well, guess what?
The Undertaker didn't just--
I don't think The Undertaker tossed Randy over
just to make him fall on the floor.
[Michael] And here's The Phenom, the legend in pursuit of Randy Orton.
[Tazz] Randy Orton knows he's in no man's land out there.
He better get his butt back in that ring.
[Michael] And Orton trying to scurry away like a rat.
And Undertaker with a right hand.
And Randy Orton does not wanna be in this position, vulnerable outside the ring.
[Tazz] And you got Undertaker on the offense.
And here we go. Here's the-- what a headbutt.
What a headbutt.
[Michael] If there's anybody in sports entertainment, Tazz,
that knows how to use this cell as a weapon, it's The Undertaker.
[Tazz] You think? Absolutely.
[Michael] Oh, my.
Randy Orton up on the shoulder of The Undertaker.
-[Tazz] Here we go, watch out! -[Michael] And Randy Orton from behind.
And Orton back into the ring-- scurrying back into the ring.
[Tazz] Exactly. Smart.
Keep it in the ring, wrestle.
Hey, that's what Randy Orton-- that's what he wanna do.
[Michael] Randy Orton knows he could beat The Undertaker in a match inside the ring.
He did it in SummerSlam with the help of his old man.
And tonight, Randy Orton's giving the right hand to The Undertaker.
[Tazz] But his old man as you put it,
"Cowboy" Bob Orton who is a Hall of Famer,
can't help Randy Orton tonight 'cause the door is locked
on the cell.
[Michael] And Cowboy Bob is outside the ring.
And look at Undertaker.
[Tazz] Oh, my!
[Michael] Did you see the look in the eyes of Randy Orton?
And here are the right hands, the Soup Bones, as he likes to call them,
The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Just about seven or eight straight right hands to the face of Orton.
Stalking Randy Orton is The Undertaker.
[Michael] Randy Orton just cannot get out of the box
and can't get into a groove here.
Every time he tries to mount some offense,
Undertaker shuts it, you know, puts him right away.
[Tazz] I think part of the reason, you know, just watching this match here,
the beginnings of this match, is that Randy Orton is thrown off
in the jump street, beginning of this match
-[Michael] Oh! -[Tazz] Randy Orton was thrown off.
He's been looking at that cell.
[Michael] I was gonna say, the psychological presence of the cell…
-[Tazz] Uh-oh. Uh-oh. -[Michael] …and the mind games
-played by The Undertaker. -[Tazz] Look at this.
Come on, Orton. What do you say?
[Tazz] The knee driven, and again this is-- there's no count,
there's no-- it's all legal right now.
[Michael] Right. It's just pinfall or submission wins this thing.
That's it.
[Tazz] The Undertaker was hanging onto the ropes,
driving his knee into the throat of Orton.
It's all good.
[Michael] This is all good too.
Referee Nick Patrick--
basically, Referee Nick Patrick is there for one reason,
either count the pinfall-- actually two, or to make sure the man submits.
[Tazz] Yeah, you don't wanna submit in the-- you know, make him want to,
you know-- uh, getting crammed into that cage,
like, again into that cell.
But now Undertaker-- did you hear that?
[Michael] Yeah, I heard it all right.
That's why Randy Orton writhing, screaming in pain.
[Tazz] But since you don't wanna do-- I mean, if you're Orton, you got--
just keeping the match in the ring for the most part-- uh-oh.
Orton is getting measured up here. Hold on a minute.
[Michael] Oh, and a boot and Orton just falling out of the ring.
[Tazz] My point is, Orton was able keep the match for the most part in the ring,
now they're outside the ring.
And just stripped the-- this is pure brutality
and it's right down The Undertaker's alley.
This is what this guy loves, Undertaker.
[Michael] Orton slithering away like the snake that he is.
[Tazz] Go under the ring. Go under the ring.
-[Michael] Undertaker caught him… -[Tazz] Oh!
[Michael] …by tail and then stomped him in the chest.
[Tazz] Did you see that kick?
He just stomped right on his face, his chest.
-[crowd chatter] -[Tazz] Oh!
[Michael] The Undertaker shows no remorse.
There's no doubt about that.
He's not gonna feel sorry for you in there,
-especially with all the terrible things… -[Tazz] Now what?
[Michael] …that Orton has done to Undertaker in the past.
[Tazz] Orton, obviously, is about to pay for his sins.
But what the hell-- what is Taker looking for?
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Hold on. Steel chair.
Remember the way that Randy Orton used that steel chair
on the skull of The Undertaker two nights ago at Friday Night SmackDown,
bending it all on the head of The Undertaker.
[Tazz] With the set up on the fake client meeting that Orton pulled,
but he's in trouble!
-[Michael] Payback! -[Tazz] Oh. God Almighty.
Oh, man, that was nasty.
-[Michael] Did you hear that? -[Tazz] Oh.
Payback is hell.
[Michael] Randy Orton floored with a steel chair across the skull.
[Tazz] Floored. I'm shocked you don't see his brain spread out
all over down those steps.
-He's busted open, man. -[Michael] He's busted open.
[Tazz] Right over the eye, it looks like.
[Michael] Randy Orton struggling to get back into the ring.
[Tazz] Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh.
[Michael] And chair right to the gut!
-[Tazz] Oh, no. Oh! -[Michael] And a chair on the skull again!
[Tazz] Oh, my Lord.
God, that was nasty.
Cole, I think we're about to witness a night we'd never gonna forget here.
I'm serious, man.
This thing is just kicking off and this might just end.
[Michael] How the hell can Randy Orton recover from that?
[Tazz] That was one of the more vicious chair shots I've seen, man.
And I've seen some and that was brutal.
And now-- Oh man, now the cell.
Look at this.
[screaming]
[Tazz] Oh, welcome to hell, Randy.
-Oh God. -[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen,
that's like taking a cheese grater, and taking your face,
and rubbing it into a cheese grater.
That's what that's like, ladies and gentlemen.
[Tazz] Let's take a look at the second chair shot.
-Listen to this. -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] How do you explain that?
-[Michael] We see Randy Orton-- -[Tazz] Oh my God.
[Michael] Randy Orton now over by his dad.
He was trying to climb up the cell.
-[Tazz] Oh, man. -[Michael] But what good does that do?
You can't escape from the damn thing.
[Tazz] He's right out in front of us and now--
I thought The Undertaker got a hold of him.
How could he? Orton--
[Michael] Randy Orton is a mess already.
-Blood… -[Tazz] Oh my God.
[Michael] …just pouring out of the open wound in his forehead.
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] And Undertaker is on the prowl, Cole.
[crowd member] Come on, Randy!
[Michael] Oh. Randy Orton-- Randy Orton with a steel chain in hand.
[Tazz] Well, he can't-- he can't even stand up.
What's he gonna do with it?
-[Michael] Oh, nothing. -[Tazz] That's what I'm saying.
He's losing blood rapidly here.
Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh!
-[Michael] Oh! -[Tazz] Oh God.
I hear it, right in front of us.
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] Just imagine if you're "Cowboy" Bob Orton gonna sit here,
and watch your son be put through hell.
But Orton deserves it, man.
[Michael] Or you know what, maybe "Cowboy" Bob Orton and Randy
should have thought about it when they were setting a casket on fire
with The Undertaker inside.
Maybe they should have thought about it
when they backed a car up through the Dome and exploded it.
-[Tazz] Oh, Cole, look at this. -[Michael] And look at the steel chain,
-completely legal… -[Tazz] Oh my God.
[Michael] …around the neck of Randy Orton.
[Tazz] And you see "Cowboy" Bob Orton in the background.
-He's just trying to climb the -[Michael] Yeah, but where is he gonna go?
There's a roof on the damn thing.
[Tazz] Look at this, Cole.
[Michael] Listen to this.
Look at the blood just dripping.
[Tazz] Orton might wanna contemplate just giving up here.
[Michael] You know what, tap out and go wait for another day.
[Tazz] Yeah. I was gonna say live to fight another day, but how about just live?
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] Now what?
Look at-- Randy Orton can't even defend himself.
[Michael] Oh, not at all. He's defenseless at this point.
[Tazz] Oh, Lord. Oh my God! Oh my-- Oh, look--
[Michael] Like a dart driven into the steel!
[Tazz] Like a lawn dart face-first and skull-first.
Orton laying there, limp.
[Michael] This is vintage Undertaker.
[Tazz] Absolutely. Cole, listen.
These are the reasons why The Undertaker is so feared for so many years and
[Michael] Did you see that? Did you see the blood?
-The blood dripping down the post? -[Tazz] Watch this.
-[Michael] Randy Orton's blood. -[Tazz] Right to your living room.
-Look at that. -A busted open Randy Orton.
[Michael] Oh, Undertaker lifting up those steel steps and Randy Orton
showing signs of life, kicks to the midsection.
The Legend Killer with the right hands to The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Well, I think Orton now, instead of fighting to win,
he's fighting to survive.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Driving Undertaker down to his knees.
Randy Orton with a relentless assault,
with the right hands and now the boots to The Undertaker.
[Tazz] But Orton's losing a lot of blood, he's exerted a lot of energy.
He might just pass out even though he's on the offense.
[Michael] Yeah. But you've said it on a number of occasions, Tazz,
when you've tasted your own blood, something comes over you.
-[Tazz] It motivates you. -[Michael] It's survival technique.
[Tazz] Uh-oh. Uh-oh. But Orton is in control.
Watch out, Deadman.
Oh my God. Orton's got those steel steps.
[Michael] Measuring The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Watch out.
-[Michael] Oh, and a boot! -[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] He might have broken an arm. -[Tazz] He might have.
He definitely might have.
[Michael] That boot to the steel steps, Orton grabbed his forearm.
That may have been the last gasp that Randy Orton has in this matchup.
[Tazz] I think the forearm is the least of Randy Orton's problems right now, Cole.
Look at him.
It's just how Undertaker put his boot up. Let's take a look at this.
Right here. You see from another angle, bam, right into his forearm.
It must have got caught in the bottom of the steps, Randy's forearm.
[Michael] And Undertaker now taunting "Cowboy" Bob Orton.
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] "Cowboy" Bob Orton is right in front of our announce table here.
Kinda happy that that cell was in there.
I don't think he's in there, because I just looked at him for a second,
it freaked me out a bit.
[Michael] You can see the concern in the look of "Cowboy" Bob Orton's face
for his son, Randy.
Undertaker tossing Orton back into the ring.
[Tazz] Look at the blood.
[Michael] The blood of Orton is everywhere.
It is everywhere inside that cell.
[Tazz] Randy Orton, who knows what kinda open wound he has in his head.
-[Michael] And look at this. An RKO! -[Tazz] What the hell?
[Michael] An RKO, an RKO off the top rope from out of nowhere!
The Legend Killer exploded!
Like a damn rattle-- like a cobra,
just jumped right out of nowhere with it.
-[Tazz] He just-- -[Michael] Randy Orton with an RKO,
hanging The Undertaker up on the top rope.
[Tazz] How did he do that?
[Michael] And "Cowboy" Bob Orton screaming at his son,
realizing this may be the opportunity for Orton.
Let's take another look at the RKO.
[Tazz] The Undertaker was looking right at "Cowboy" Bob Orton for a sec
and got nailed with that.
Now, look at these nasty punches.
[Michael] And we saw two nights ago on Friday Night SmackDown
that this kid Orton has a vicious streak, Tazz, that he has a vicious streak,
and he's showing it here.
[Tazz] He sure as hell is.
You know, Randy Orton became the youngest World Heavyweight Champion in WWE history.
Now, that's not by fluke. And he's holding that forearm still, Cole.
[Michael] Randy Orton learned from the two of the dirtiest players
in the history of the game, Triple H and Ric Flair in Evolution.
And Randy Orton has got to draw on that knowledge right here
-at this point of the matchup. -[Tazz] Uh-oh.
He's going for the steps again.
He's hell-bent on this, Orton is.
Uh-oh, watch out!
[Michael] Steel steps off the skull of The Undertaker.
-[Tazz] Wow. -[Michael] And suddenly,
The Phenom is on his heels.
Suddenly, Randy Orton is the aggressor and The Undertaker is trying to get away.
[Tazz] I don't know if it's a second wind for Randy Orton
or whatever the hell it is, but Orton better stay on The Undertaker.
[Michael] And look at Undertaker. Undertaker has been cut open.
He's been busted open by those steel steps.
And Orton smelled it.
He saw the wound and now he's going to work on it.
[Tazz] Oh God, look at this.
[Michael] And now driving The Undertaker's eyes.
-[Tazz] Look at that. -[Michael] Right across that solid steel.
-[Tazz] Watch out. Oh! -[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] Wow.
And now this is why you're here.
You know, this is the-- watch the steps.
-Watch this. Listen to it. -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] That's Undertaker's skull beating the steel of the steps.
-[Michael] And now skull off… -[Tazz] Oh!
[Michael] …the steel steps again.
Randy Orton, you've said it, got a second wind here, Tazz.
[Tazz] I don't know.
Maybe that's what it is. I don't know what the hell, but--
-[Michael] Steel chain. -[Tazz] Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
[Michael] Steel chain wrapped around The Undertaker's neck.
And if Randy Orton can take out The Undertaker here, this will be over.
This matchup will be over.
Choke on this! Choke on this!
[screaming]
[Tazz] Oh my God. This is brutal.
Look at the color. Undertaker is turning pink.
What do you say, Undertaker?
[Tazz] This Hell in a Cell, this is just-- look at the viciousness here, man.
[Michael] And Referee Nick Patrick asking The Undertaker, does he give up?
Remember, only pinfalls and submissions will win this matchup.
-Undertaker is turning a… -[Tazz] You know, giving up--
-…turning up pins into submissions. -[Michael] You're right.
And Undertaker is turning red
and I don't mean from the blood, ladies and gentlemen.
His face is turning a beet red.
[Tazz] He's got a damn chain wrapped around his neck, Cole.
-[Michael] And a headbutt. -[Tazz] He can't breathe.
He's turning red.
His head, his face is pink.
His blood rushing through his skull.
[Michael] Now, Undertaker, Undertaker back on the offense.
[Tazz] Not yet. He's trying to get there.
[Bob Orton] Come on up, Randy. Come on up.
[Michael] Undertaker back in the ring.
[Tazz] Well, this is what this match--
this is what Orton didn't want this match to turn into,
but Undertaker is hurting big time.
-Oh! -[Michael] Steel chair again!
This time to the skull of The Undertaker!
Randy Orton crawling into the cover!
Will Orton pick up the victory?
-[Tazz] He's gonna get it! Oh my God! -[Michael] Will he be The Legend Killer?
No, not right now.
Look at these two men. Oh God.
Orton is--
I'm curious to know how bad he's actually screwed up.
He's bleeding like a stuffed pig.
-[Michael] Who, The Undertaker or Orton? -[Tazz] No, I'm talking about Orton.
-They both are, but-- -[Michael] Watch this. Listen to this.
[crowd cheering]
-[Tazz] Man. -[Michael] Now remember,
it's only been a couple of nights removed since devastating chair shots
to The Undertaker by Orton on a Friday Night SmackDown.
And headbutts, Undertaker on the attack.
[Tazz] Well, he's headbutting right to that wound.
Undertaker knows-- we can't see,
but Undertaker knows where that wound is and he's gunning for that.
And if you get blood in your eyes, you can't see squat.
-I'm telling you. -[Michael] Watch out.
-Randy Orton. -[Tazz] Oh, man!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Off the cell.
[Tazz] Wow.
[Michael] That is why this matchup is called the most dangerous in the history.
-[Tazz] Watch out! -[Michael] And Undertaker--
[Tazz] Oh my God!
[Michael] That's a six-ten, 300-pound man flying through the air
and driving your body into solid steel.
[Tazz] Oh, and The Undertaker is fine.
His hip, his lower body crashing.
And look at Orton's face.
[Michael] Randy Orton is a falling heap.
He is a heap, ladies and gentlemen.
[Tazz] Look at him. Look at Randy Orton.
[Michael] And Undertaker with the straight kicks right to the open wound.
[Tazz] And Undertaker has no remorse.
He's not gonna go easy on him.
[Michael] Why should he?
Randy Orton tried to burn him in a casket,
tried to drive him in a car through the SmackDown Dome and blow it up.
Why should he show any remorse?
[Tazz] I didn't say he should show remorse,
I'm just pointing out that he's not showing remorse.
[Michael] And Orton tossed back into the ring.
The Undertaker again in control.
Every time Orton mounts some offense,
Undertaker takes it away from him.
[Tazz] This might be it. I mean, Undertaker,
all he's gotta do is hit one or two moves, maybe not even and just cover him,
but I don't think Undertaker's got that in mind.
He could have went for a cover, but he didn't.
[Michael] Randy Orton slammed to the mat by The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Watch this. Watch the hip. Watch him get off the feet.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Oh my God!
[Tazz] Face and head.
Undertaker jumped right off those steps, into the face of Randy Orton.
Look at this. Oh, man.
Cole, look at this.
[Michael] Top rope.
[Tazz] He's going Old School without the hand.
[Michael] Using that metal.
-[Tazz] Watch out! -[Michael] Nobody home.
Randy Orton rolled out of the way, grabbed a steel chair.
Undertaker missed from the top rope.
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Let's see what he's doing. -[Tazz] There's something under it.
Pulling a table out.
[Michael] Randy Orton with that table.
[Tazz] I'd get something more than that 'cause I can see that there's a--
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Look at the look in the eyes…
-[Tazz] Orton's got a plan, obviously. -[Michael] …of Randy Orton.
[Tazz] Orton's got something in mind.
-[Michael] He better have a plan. -[Tazz] He better have a plan in mind.
We might see his mind spread out on this canvas.
[Michael] Randy Orton setting that table up.
I think Undertaker is oblivious to what's going on here.
[Tazz] What the hell is Orton gonna do?
[Michael] I have no idea. An uppercut by Randy Orton.
Randy Orton on the attack.
Right hands by Orton.
Another uppercut by The Legend Killer.
Trying to kill a legend in The Undertaker, once and for all…
-[Tazz] Gotta get those legs-- -[Michael] …inside Hell in a Cell.
[Tazz] Watch out.
[Michael] Big boot, Undertaker knocked out of the ring.
[Tazz] Well, the point of the boot.
I think Randy caught him with the point of the boot,
but Undertaker-- right through his gut or sternum there.
Look at that.
Look at Cowboy--
[Michael] Oh, look at "Cowboy" Bob Orton pulling the hair,
grabbing Undertaker by the hair.
[Tazz] If there's any way for Orton to inject himself in this match,
-he will and he did. -[Michael] Oh!
[Tazz] Just trapped there!
Well, the referee is telling him to get off the hair.
[Michael] Well, he can tell him all he wants, but it doesn't matter,
completely legal.
-There are no disqualifications. -[Tazz] He's not even in the match.
[Michael] It doesn't matter. No disqualifications.
The right hands by Undertaker.
And there's a big boot.
And now-- uh-oh.
-"Cowboy" Bob Orton has been caught. -[Tazz] Oh man.
He got caught with your hand and in the cookie jar!
[Michael] And there's Bob Orton.
[Tazz] Oh, his arm is caught in that-- [groans]
his arm is in that hole in that cage. Oh!
[Michael] Well, that'll teach him not to stick his hand where it doesn't belong.
[Tazz] Not exactly a pretty job.
-[Michael] And Randy Orton… -[Tazz] Oh!
[Michael] …just ran into his dad.
[Tazz] Two great minds collide.
[Michael] Uppercut by The Undertaker.
[crowd chatter]
[Tazz] Now what? Undertaker…
Orton-- "Cowboy" Bob Orton got a gash right over his eye.
-Look at that. -[Michael] He's been cut open.
[Tazz] Yeah. He got a nice little slice across his head.
[Michael] Watch this.
[Tazz] Oh!
[crowd cheering]
-[Tazz] Oh! -[Michael] Oh man!
[Tazz] That's what split that eye open, that link of that cell,
went right over the eyebrow, I think, of "Cowboy" Bob Orton.
Split him open.
[Michael] And Randy Orton trying to-- look at this.
-Randy Orton, here's the cover. -[Tazz] Here we go!
[Michael] Shoulders are down and a kick-out.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Randy Orton trying to end this thing with The Undertaker but not so fast.
[Tazz] Remember, when "Cowboy" Bob Orton has been on the outside,
it's dangerous just being anywhere near the cell,
on the outside, on the inside.
-Look at this counter by Randy Orton. -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Like a powerslam it looked like.
Undertaker, he's zoned out.
That live--
[Michael] Undertaker realizing he was in trouble, had the wherewithal…
-[Tazz] Oh. -…to lift that table out of the way.
[Tazz] Well, what a heck of an uppercut by Undertaker.
[Michael] Randy Orton, kick to the midsection, and uppercut.
A brutal matchup this has been.
[Tazz] The man can't even stand up, Cole.
He can't even stand up.
Watch out!
-[Michael] Undertaker… -[Tazz] Heads up.
[Michael] Flying and straight to jump, Undertaker.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Here's the cover, shoulders are down.
It's two, kick-out by Orton.
[Tazz] Now, this is where conditioning takes play, Cole. I'm telling you.
This is where Undertaker's got the advantage.
The longer this match goes-- this is Old School.
The longer this goes, the more it's to Taker's advantage from experience.
-Watch out! -[Michael] Old School connected!
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Oh, look at that-- look at that look.
Somewhat zoning in for the kill.
[Michael] Randy Orton face-planted!
And you're beginning to feel, Tazz,
momentum may be completely in The Undertaker's corner!
-[Tazz] He got it! -[Michael] Into the cover!
kick-out at two.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] So, now Orton continues to kick-out.
[Tazz] You don't see that often,
but it looked like The Deadman got
-a little frustrated now. -[Michael] Exactly.
[Tazz] You don't usually see that happen to Taker.
-[Michael] Randy Orton… -[Tazz] Uh-oh.
-[Michael] …up high on the shoulder. -[Tazz] Tombstone. Tombstone.
-Snake Eyes! -[Michael] Going for Snake Eyes.
A boot to the face.
[Tazz] Man.
[Michael] Snake Eyes by The Undertaker.
Big leg drop.
[Tazz] That's it, Cole.
[Michael] Here's the cover, shoulders down--
and Randy Orton got the shoulder out.
[Tazz] Not for nothing. Is Orton a glutton for punishment or what?
What is he staying in this thing for?
Stay down, Randy, I'm telling you.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Oh, man.
Undertaker measuring this man, measuring Randy Orton.
[Tazz] Just waiting for Orton to get to a vertical base.
And I think it'll be Goozle City quite possibly.
There it is.
[Michael] Oh, Randy Orton's in trouble.
-Undertaker! -[Tazz] Heads up!
[Michael] Chokeslam!
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] With authority!
-[Tazz] Goodbye. -[Michael] Here's the cover,
shoulders down, and Randy Orton got his foot on the bottom rope.
[Tazz] Are you kidding me or what?
[crowd chattering]
[Tazz] I tell you what, if Orton does survive this thing, I'll be shocked.
But if Orton does survive, he'll never be the same, Cole.
-I'm telling you. -[Michael] Exactly.
[Tazz] And I don't know if Undertaker will.
[Michael] And now Undertaker.
Look at Randy Orton, he can't even stand.
I don't think he even knows where he's at.
[Tazz] Well, that table was interjected in this ring by Randy Orton earlier.
[Michael] And Undertaker is gonna use it however.
[Tazz] Well, maybe, if he can.
We don't know that yet.
[Michael] Look at Undertaker just stalking, stalking Randy Orton.
[Tazz] Watch out!
[Michael] Oh, and a big knee to the gut.
[Tazz] Again, he did that earlier into the cell and now into the turnbuckle.
No way for Orton to go.
[Michael] Randy Orton can't even stand up.
[Tazz] Randy, watch out.
Here he comes. Here comes Deadman.
[Michael] Got out of the way. And Undertaker got caught in the top rope.
[Tazz] Got caught in a bad position too.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] With a low blow,
straight low blow with a steel chain, completely legal.
Wow.
[Tazz] Man, that would-- that's gonna keep that man down for a while.
That'll definitely keep him down.
[Michael] That was a straight low blow with a steel chain.
[Tazz] Look at Orton. Randy Orton measuring The Undertaker.
[Michael] Right hands to the wound
that has been opened to the forehead of The Undertaker.
[Tazz] That table's still in the ring.
[Michael] Randy Orton setting it up in the middle of the ring,
trying to get Undertaker to his feet, blows to the back.
[Tazz] Orton's trying to soften up The Undertaker.
He's got a front headlock.
Is he gonna-- uh-oh. What is this?
[Michael] Undertaker placed on the table.
Randy Orton with the right hands.
[Tazz] Oh, he's trying to weaken Undertaker.
He wants Undertaker to stay in that table.
I've been laid on many tables and got driven through them,
so I know that position.
-Trust me. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Where is Randy Orton going?
-Randy Orton going up to the top rope. -[Tazz] To the tope rope.
-Undertaker's laying. -[Michael] Undertaker's in trouble.
Randy Orton on the top rope, measuring this man.
[Tazz] Undertaker is far away across!
What the hell is this?
[Michael] Off the top rope, through the table!
Splash. Off the tope rope,
through the table.
Both men driven through the table.
[Tazz] "The Legend Killer" Randy Orton,
sacrificing his own body to put down The Deadman.
[Michael] But Undertaker trying to get up. Watch this.
[Tazz] Look at the height. Look at the distance.
-[crowd cheering] -[Tazz] Wow.
-[Michael] Here's the cover. -[Tazz] Oh!
[Michael] And a kick-out at two.
Randy Orton thought he had The Undertaker there.
There's the damage on the table.
Undertaker driven through it off the splash by Randy Orton.
And suddenly, The Legend Killer is in control.
Imagine if Randy Orton can defeat The Undertaker
inside The Undertaker's devil's playground,
-the Hell in a Cell, can you imagine? -[Tazz] Well, that would be shocking.
It would be something see.
Look at, though, Randy Orton soaring through the air in the Hell in a Cell.
Oh my God. What an impact.
[Michael] You said it earlier, you've gotta put your body on the line
in order to win this title matchup.
[Tazz] You gotta sacrifice yourself.
-[Michael] And look at this. Randy Orton… -[Tazz] Uh-oh.
-Uh-oh. -[Michael] …bragging just a bit too long.
[Tazz] Someone's going for a ride, my friend.
[Michael] Went for the Last Ride, Randy Orton,
and Undertaker with a right hand to the referee,
driving Nick Patrick out of the ring as Randy Orton ducked out of the way.
[Tazz] And Undertaker still going on the kill, he's got to.
[Michael] Referee has been knocked down, knocked out of the ring.
Referee got clocked!
-[Michael] Oh, and an RKO! -[crowd cheering]
-[Tazz] Wait a minute. -[Michael] Or a choke? Both?
[Tazz] I don't know. Undertaker went for a chokeslam looks like--
[Michael] I think Orton countered with an RKO.
[Tazz] We don't have a ref out here.
[Michael] Into the cover, but there's no referee.
Wait.
-Referee Jimmy Korderas is attending… -[Tazz] He got split open, too.
-[Michael] …attending to Nick Patrick. -[Tazz] Referee Jim Korderas.
[Michael] We got a cover on in the ring.
[Tazz] He had a key to get in there, Korderas.
The door is open because Jim Korderas,
the referee, had to help-- wait a minute now.
[Michael] Korderas is the man outside the ring.
[Tazz] Well, he had a key to open the
[Michael] Hey, wait a minute, another referee.
Who is that? Charles Robinson.
-[Tazz] Here we go! -[Michael] There's the cover!
-Undertaker at two. -[Tazz] Hey, hold on a second.
Get Bob Orton out of that damn cell.
[Michael] And what the hell is "Cowboy" Bob Orton doing in there?
He's not supposed to be in there.
-Oh, and Undertaker sat up. -[Tazz] Uh-oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Now what, if you're Orton?
[Michael] I don't know what you'd do now if you're Orton.
Right hands by The Undertaker.
Look at that. I guess he went for the eyes.
[Tazz] You got to…
[Michael] Oh!
Kick to the face, Undertaker.
[Tazz] Uh-oh.
-[Michael] Oh, my. -[Tazz] Uh-oh.
Now, Randy Orton is going for a ride, Cole.
[Michael] The Last Ride!
-Last Ride to Randy Orton… -[Tazz] Oh my God. Holy cow.
[Michael] …by The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Oh my God, that is it.
-[Michael] What an impact. -[Tazz] Goodbye.
[Michael] Here's the cover, hook of the leg,
and Bob Orton just pulled the referee out.
[Tazz] Oh, he just cracked the ref.
Get him out of the damn cell.
"Cowboy" Bob Orton split up and--
[Michael] And Undertaker in pursuit
of "Cowboy" Bob Orton who's got The Undertaker's urn.
What a right hand!
Bounced off the cell!
[Tazz] "Cowboy" Bob Orton getting attacked left and right. Watch out!
[Michael] "Cowboy" Bob Orton shouldn't even be in there,
and now he's paying for it.
[Tazz] And that kidneys paying for it in a gigantic way.
[Michael] Pointed the elbow to the head of "Cowboy" Bob Orton.
Randy Orton still out in the center of the ring.
And again, we have no referee.
[Tazz] Oh, I can respect Bob Orton trying to save his son, as a parent myself.
But I'll tell you what, "Cowboy" Bob Orton just became a sacrificial lamb
and now Randy Orton, he's going down right now by The Deadman, I'm telling you.
[Michael] Randy Orton doesn't realize what's going on.
Undertaker, Randy Orton in trouble!
-Undertaker-- -[Tazz] Going for the--
going for that Tomb--
[Michael] And look at this.
-Randy Orton countered the Tombstone! -[Tazz] Now, what's this?
[Michael] He countered the Tombstone!
[Tazz] I've never seen anyone do that!
Are you kidding me? Oh my God!
[Michael] Tombstone Piledriver, Tombstone Piledriver!
Randy Orton with his own move to The Undertaker.
[Tazz] The paramedics helping the referee.
He just got a--
[Michael] And now just like The Undertaker, Randy Orton…
-[Tazz] One, two-- -[Michael] …here's the cover!
-And The Undertaker sat up! -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Oh, man.
[Michael] Undertaker sat up through the Tombstone!
[Tazz] Cover him again.
-[Michael] Randy Orton can't believe it. -[Tazz] Oh God.
-[Michael] He sat up again! -[Tazz] Oh my God.
[Michael] The Legend Killer trying to keep the legend down.
[Tazz] I never saw anybody reverse a Tombstone on The Undertaker.
Undertaker got up-- he keeps--
-He keeps sit-- Uh-oh. That's it. -[Michael] He tried to sit up,
but couldn't that time.
And Randy Orton believes it's over.
Randy Orton believes that he's conquered The Phenom.
-[Tazz] Uh-oh, uh-oh. -[Michael] Oh my!
[Tazz] Not so fast, my friend.
Oh man.
-[Michael] Here's Cowboy Bob! -[Tazz] What the hell?
[Michael] Knocked out by The Undertaker.
-Randy Orton with the-- -[Tazz] RKO!
[Michael] Oh, it didn't happen.
[Tazz] It didn't happen.
[Michael] Urn in his hand.
-[Tazz] Oh! -[Michael] Right up the skull!
[Tazz] Randy's next!
[Michael] Oh, and Randy Orton.
-[Tazz] Did you hear that? -[Michael] Knocking Orton down.
The power's back in the hands of The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Undertaker's in control.
"Cowboy" Bob Orton.
-Welcome to the Tombstone! -[Michael] Tombstone Piledriver!
[Tazz] God Almighty.
God, that was nasty.
[Michael] And now Randy Orton's next.
Undertaker stalking this man.
[Tazz] The end is near, Cole.
The end is near, I'm telling you!
[Michael] The end is here.
The end is here.
-Tombstone Piledriver. -[crowd] One, two, three!
-[Michael] It's over! -[bell ringing]
[Michael] The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Wow.
[Michael] The legend continues.
[announcer] Here's your winner, The Undertaker!
[Tazz] What a violent, and vicious,
and intense Hell in a Cell match that was.
The Undertaker, successful.
Wow.
["Rest In Peace" playing]
[Tazz] Oh my God. What a match.
[Michael] Undertaker, victorious inside Hell in a Cell.
[Tazz] Inside his domain, Cole.
The Hell in a Cell is without a doubt
The Undertaker's playground,
the devil's playground.
[Michael] And Undertaker just tossed the urn on top of the cell.
-[Tazz] Look at this. -[Michael] And watch this.
First, a Tombstone to Cowboy Bob.
[Tazz] Watch this. Oh my God. Right on the top of his head.
And there's one more coming. I said the end was near.
You said the end was here.
You, my friend, were correct.
Randy Orton, just another victim to The Deadman.
[Michael] An awe-inspiring sight.
He is indeed The Phenom.
He is indeed the legend.
[Tazz] On top of the hell, on top of the cell is The Undertaker.
Look at this, man.
[Michael] Surveying his damage.
[Tazz] And there's a lot of it.
Bob Orton, Randy Orton, referees.
["Rest In Peace" continues playing]
[Michael] There is no question that this match lived up to its name,
Hell in a Cell.
Randy Orton came to play in the devil's playground
and Randy Orton lost.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Happy holidays, everybody.
Thank you for joining us for Armageddon
and good night from Providence, Rhode Island. ound