[suspense music plays]
[female voice] For one night…
all that rules…
is extreme.
Tonight, fury is unleashed.
But where the heart is strong,
can his will find a way?
A steel cage holds the viper,
the animal…
and their fates.
The climb to the top stirs the soul.
[man] Oh my God.
[female voice] Tests even the fearless
and pushes the boundaries.
At the end,
he that falls plummets into anguish
and the victor elevated to champion.
[music ends]
[music plays]
[female voice] Tonight, these men risk their lives,
gamble their careers,
and take every last chance.
Tonight, they go…
extreme.
[male voice] And now, WWE Extreme Rules.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Welcome to the one night of the year
that WWE goes extreme.
Welcome to Extreme Rules.
Live at the New Orleans Arena, minutes from Bourbon Street,
on a night when five championships are up for grabs.
The following is a Fatal 4-Way scheduled for one fall.
It is for the United States championship.
["SOS" playing]
[explosions burst]
[Lilian] Introducing first, from Jamaica,
weighing in at 218 pounds.
He is the United States champion, Kofi Kingston.
[Michael] Two weeks ago, Kofi Kingston
beat Matt Hardy and William Regal in a triple threat match
to earn a U.S. championship opportunity.
It came last week, on Monday Night Raw,
Kofi Kingston versus MVP.
What a competitive match this was.
[Jerry] Kofi Kingston, you're right. He pulled out all the stops.
He surprised a lot of people but, you know,
he didn't surprise you and I, Michael, because we knew.
We've been expecting big things from this young man,
and we saw it in this match. Look.
-[crowd cheering] -[bell rings]
[Michael] Kofi Kingston, the new United States champion
with a huge victory on Monday Night Raw.
[Jerry] Look at this refreshing display of sportsmanship.
Not to be confused with the competition these two men
are gonna bring to this match up here tonight at Extreme Rules.
[Michael] Without a doubt, Kofi Kingston may have to have
his smile surgically removed after winning that U.S. title.
[Lilian] Introducing the challengers. First, from Blackpool, England,
weighing in at 240 pounds,
William Regal.
[Michael] Here's a man who rarely smiles, William Regal.
Many people say the only reason he's in this match tonight
is because he's been ingratiating himself
to general manager Vickie Guerrero over the past weeks.
He's definitely gone out of his way
to get on the good side of general manager Vickie Guerrero
and, like you say, a lot of the superstars
are thinking that's the reason Regal is in this match.
-["Live For The Moment" playing] -[crowd cheering]
Introducing next, from Cameron, North Carolina,
weighing in at 236 pounds, Matt Hardy.
[Jerry] A broken hand on Matt Hardy in this match.
Again, another man who's been, well, helping out Vickie Guerrero as of late.
Remember last week Matt Hardy and Regal concocted that plan
to have Vickie involved in a match up with Santino,
where Vickie actually slapped Santino during the match.
[Michael] Well, you're right.
You know, I can remember…
I think that, well, Regal got a little snapped himself, didn't he?
And so did Matt Hardy!
That was pretty refreshing.
[Jerry] Nonetheless, it paid off on a championship opportunity tonight.
-["I'm Coming" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Lilian] And from Miami, Florida, weighing in at 259 pounds,
Montel Vontavious Porter, MVP.
[explosion bursts]
[Michael] MVP had the automatic rematch clause
after losing the U.S. championship this past Monday night.
Hopes to regain it in this Fatal 4-Way Match,
but King, this is a tough way for Kofi Kingston
to begin his first title reign in a Fatal 4-Way Match
where nothing seems to favor the champion.
[Jerry] You're right. The numbers game, just to simplify things,
the odds are definitely against the champion retaining
in a Fatal 4-Way Match.
I can't think of a better way
to get Extreme Rules started than a Fatal 4-Way.
[Michael] Odds against the former champion, MVP, to regain it.
Remember the first man to gain pinfall or submission
will become the United States champion.
One fall to the finish here tonight
The champion doesn't have to be involved in the decision.
[Jerry] A lot of these guys are long shots.
What are the odds against a man with a broken hand
winning a Fatal 4-Way Match?
[Michael] If he uses the cast as a weapon, his chances are pretty good.
[bell ringing]
[Michael] We've seen Hardy do that more than once.
Strategy: early part of this match for these men.
[Jerry] Just actually try to stay away,
try to stay out of harm's way if you can.
[Michael] Will any tentative alliances be formed?
[Jerry] It's supposed to be every man for himself, but…
[Michael] There you go!
[Jerry] I just started to say that if I had to pick an alliance,
it would be between Matt Hardy and Mr. Regal,
but Regal threw that right out of the window early on.
[Michael] Regal, from Blackpool, England,
his countrymen watching live tonight on Sky Sports.
Also watching live all over the world.
[Jerry] Did you see that?
[Michael] In places like Australia, Mexico, Germany,
Luxembourg, the Middle East and Canada.
[Jerry] Matt Hardy just returned the favor on Wililam Regal.
[Michael] Matt Hardy from outside with a trip up.
[Jerry] A long standing rivalry between Matt Hardy and MVP over the years.
Both men former United States champions.
[Michael] Look out!
[Jerry] The leaping ability of Kingston.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Trying to take out his competition
in the early part of this Fatal 4-Way.
[Michael] The action is gonna be fast and furious
inside the ring and outside as well.
Incoming!
[Jerry] If Kingston picks up the pace like this, he'll retain the title.
Two-count kick out by Regal.
MVP realizing that, looking to slow Kingston down.
MVP, the two-time United States champion.
[Michael] In his first reign, he was the longest reigning U.S. champion
in WWE history.
[Jerry] Those guys may have just hit heads. I'm not sure.
[Michael] Cover again. Remember, first pinfall or submission
can gain that man the United States championship.
[Jerry] We talked about the display of sportsmanship shown
after that victory by Kofi Kingston over MVP.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Look at Kofi go!
-[Michael] What a high elbow! -[Jerry] Ooh!
[Michael] The controlled frenzy of Kingston. And William Regal.
Nothing pretty about Regal's offense.
[Jerry] Well, you're right there. Nothing pretty about William Regal at all.
[grunting]
[Michael] I really think that, after that match…
I just got to believe that MVP felt like that was an upset.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] That if he got his rematch he'd be able to regain
the U.S. title from Kofi Kingston
but now, suddenly, these other two combatants
are thrown into the pitch.
[Jerry] I don't think MVP was ready for this.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Look at Regal go now.
[Michael] The reason general manager Vickie Guerrero
is Ms. WrestleMania is because of that man, William Regal.
And one of the reasons that Vickie's husband, Edge,
still has the world championship is because of Matt Hardy.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] This could be bad.
-[wrestlers grunting] -[Michael] Ooh!
[Jerry] Good grief!
[Michael] William Regal landing on his shoulder,
Kofi on his skull, MVP injured as well.
[Jerry] Crashing and burning. Ugly!
-[Michael] It could be the opening. -[Jerry] Look at Hardy!
Matt Hardy trying to win the U.S. championship,
hooks the leg and MVP squirms out.
Now, goes to Regal for the cover, over the leg again and a kick out.
Matt Hardy taking every advantage here now.
[Michael] Now looking to pin the champion who kicks out in two.
He was out for three. I'm sure he'll blame the broken hand on that.
You got to admit it is hard for Matt to hook his opponent's leg properly.
-[grunting] -[screaming]
[Michael] No problem with the hand. Hook on the leg on Regal.
Will Matt Hardy be the U.S.-- and a kick out.
[Jerry] So much for the alliance between Hardy and Regal
that I had envisioned.
[Michael] Think about the number of hall of famers from the WWE
that've held the U.S. championship.
The likes of Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes,
Harley Race, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
-[crowd cheering] -[grunts]
[Michael] Big leg drop across the throat.
Hardy looking good in the early going…
[counting]
as he hooks the leg. MVP kicks out.
[Jerry] No doubt that the U.S. title is a very prestigious title.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Evidenced by these guys, pulling out all the stops
to win that title here tonight.
-[wrestler grunts] -[Jerry] Kofi exploding out of nowhere.
[Michael] You've to have eyes in the back of your head in a 4-Way.
Opponents coming from every direction.
-[loud thud] -[Jerry] Nice dropkick.
[Michael] Standing dropkick from Kingston who begins to build momentum.
And Regal in trouble!
Not often do you see Kofi do that, but he's fired up.
[crowd cheering]
-[grunts] -[loud thud]
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Stereo! Matt Hardy!
Will Kofi retain?
And Regal breaking it up as Harry slipped his shoulder out.
[Jerry] Regal wasn't doing that to save Matt Hardy
as much as he was just to keep this match going
to keep his own chances of becoming the United States champion alive.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Kingston. Tremendous balance, great ability and instinct.
[Jerry] What a beautiful maneuver by Kofi Kingston!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] You need to keep track, Kofi's all over the place.
-[Jerry] And Regal. Look at William Regal. -[Michael] William is stopping there?
-[audience] Ooh! -[wrestlers grunting]
[counting]
[Jerry] Double collision, but Kofi managed to get into the cover.
I don't think he realized it was happening.
[Jerry] Regal, that was almost a suplex
or something that he did to Kofi Kingston.
Kofi landed right on top of Matt Hardy.
[Michael] The former U.S. champion, MVP, trying to build some momentum.
-[thud] -[Jerry] What a throw by MVP!
[Jerry] Hooks to both legs of the champion and it's Matt Hardy breaking it up.
[Michael] It may go on all night.
It's gonna be nearly impossible for one man to pin another…
[grunts]
with other guys trying to break it up every minute.
[Jerry] Bodies flying everywhere. MVP unloading.
-[loud thud] -[audience] Ooh!
[Jerry] A haymaker.
[audience] Ooh!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] I think MVP is about to go balling.
[Jerry] They play hoop here, the New Orleans Hornets,
but MVP is bringing his own style to the arena.
-[wrestler screaming] -[crowd cheering]
[thud]
[Jerry] MVP is-- William Regal was waiting.
[Michael] How many times has Regal been, like you said, waiting?
Just lying in wait to break up a count.
[Jerry] Great throw by the tenacious Regal,
the southpaw unloading.
[audience] Ooh!
[Michael] Kofi Kingston was going after Regal.
-[thud] -[screaming]
[Jerry] This match has been so physical. It's much physical as it's pretty.
[Michael] That knee right into the side of the head of MVP.
[Jerry] Regal on a roll now.
[Michael] Regal just eliminating bodies everywhere.
[shouting]
[Jerry] Kofi Kingston from out of nowhere into the cover on Regal.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Trouble in paradise! Kofi retains the United States title.
[Lilian] Here is your winner and still United States champion,
Kofi Kingston!
[Jerry] How exciting, how scintillating is Kofi Kingston?
[Michael] Man, you can't take your eye off the action,
especially when it comes to the United States champion,
Kofi Kingston.
[Jerry] One of the toughest ways you can start a title reign
by having to defend it in a Fatal 4-Way against three great competitors.
and somehow Kofi Kingston against the odds got it done.
[Michael] Early on in this match, Kofi Kingston absolutely on fire
and he was really taking it to them.
That was a fantastic move right there! And look at this!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Wow!
At that point, William Regal turned things around
and it looked like he had it going!
[Jerry] Kofi, I think, was going for Regal. Watch!
-[thud] -[screams]
[Jerry] Regal dumping in Kofi on the back of his head,
eliminating MVP with that huge knee.
[Jerry] But then watch. This is that momentary lapse
you can't take your eye off Kofi Kingston.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] It'll come back to haunt you.
[audience] Ooh! One, two!
There's gonna be trouble in paradise for many on Monday Night Raw Superstars
if the great young star Kofi Kingston has anything to say about it.
-["SOS" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] I like that young man.
What a start to Extreme Rules tonight live at New Orleans.
Still to come later on perhaps the biggest challenge for John Cena,
when he takes on The Big Show in a submission match.
Well, we've seen time and time again John Cena go for his patented maneuver
to try to put The Big Show away. It just seems to be impossible.
I don't know what Cena's gonna do.
Our broadcast colleague, Josh Mathews,
had an opportunity to catch up with the world's largest athlete,
The Big Show.
[knocking on door]
Excuse me, Big Show, I wanted to ask your strategy
heading into your submission match tonight with John Cena?
Shouldn't you be asking John Cena his strategy?
I've proven it's physically impossible for John Cena to apply the STF on me.
Tonight I'm gonna embarrass John Cena.
If you think John Cena going through that spotlight was bad?
Tonight, it's gonna get a lot worse.
Now, get away from my bus.
It may be a long night for John Cena. Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome back alongside hall of famer Jim Ross. My name is Todd Grisham,
we're getting geared up for Chris Jericho versus Rey Mysterio.
JR, Chris Jericho doesn't simply want Rey Mysterio's intercontinental title,
he wants Rey's mask.
Well, once it was said that everything is badly
or else it wouldn't end.
And it would end badly tonight for Rey Mysterio.
It was just couple of weeks ago in Los Angeles
[Jim] when Chris Jericho impersonated a Rey Mysterio fan.
Rey has a wonderful habit of interacting with his fans
coming into the ring and right here, that was Chris Jericho
that assaulted Rey Mysterio
just to illustrate the human being that Chris Jericho truly is.
[audience] Ooh!
[loud thud]
[Jim] Jericho ripping at the mask,
the mask Rey Mysterio wears so proudly with all that luchador tradition.
[Jim] Jericho is guaranteed a victory here tonight.
[bell ringing]
The following is a No Holds Barred match
for the intercontinental championship.
-[explosion bursts] -[music]
[Justin] Introducing first the challenger, weighing 226 pounds,
Chris Jericho.
[Justin] Is there a reason we don't see Chris Jericho?
[Chris] Stop the music. Stop the music.
I'm not down there. I'm up here.
[crowd cheering]
The last time I was at the merchandise stand,
I was speaking about John Cena
but since then, I found an even bigger liar and hypocrite
in Rey Mysterio.
Not only does Mysterio relish in lying to his fans,
he also has the audacity to have the WWE sell these.
Instead of being honest and truthful to all of his parasitic fans…
[audience] Ooh!
he encourages all of you to spend your hard earned money
to encourage his deception.
[crowd cheering]
Well, two weeks ago, on Smack Down, I decided to become one of you.
[Chris] Don't touch me!
I bought a Rey Mysterio mask
and I sat amongst the damned.
I sat all amongst the hypocrites, the liars and the cheaters.
[crowd cheering]
And I waited-- Don't you touch me again. I will knock you out, junior.
And I waited until the time was right and I ambushed Mysterio
and I made him realize there were consequences for his actions.
And someday you'll be enlightened by what I'm saying.
You will realize that with Chris Jericho-- Don't touch me.
[crowd cheering]
What Chris Jericho says is the truth.
But by then, you'll be too old and decrepit to do anything about it.
That's your problem, not mine.
As far as tonight goes,
I am going to make those masks that you buy
even more worthless that they already are
when I rip and tear the mask off of Rey Mysterio's face,
expose his identity,
expose his true self and end his facade forever.
And then I'm gonna go on and beat him for the intercontinental champion
for the unprecedented and inconceivable ninth time
and there is nothing that anyone of you is going to be able to do about that.
[crowd booing]
[Todd] JR, there were plenty of guarantees in that speech.
[Jim] And Jericho says he is a man of his word. Time will tell.
[crowd cheering]
["Booyaka 619" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[explosion bursts]
[Justin] And his opponent, from San Diego, California, weighing 175 pounds,
the current intercontinental champion, Rey Mysterio.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] I had an opportunity today to talk to Rey Mysterio about this match,
what the intercontinental title means to Rey,
or at least to his Hispanic Community
as the proud Hispanic-American Rey Mysterio is,
and he's the first masked intercontinental champion
in the 30-year history of WWE.
After that, of how proud Rey is to be a masked wrestler.
His uncle was a masked wrestler
and Rey grew up hearing about the most famous masked man
in all of Mexico, El Santo.
So there's a lot riding on this match. Obviously, the gold,
that Rey's been pressing high above his head,
but also the tradition and the heritage of the mask he wears.
[Todd] Rey Mysterio's first professional match
was at the age of 14 in a church in Tijuana, Mexico.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Rey Mysterio wore a mask then, he wears a mask now,
but will he be wearing wearing that mask when all is said and done tonight
here at Extreme Rules?
[music plays]
[Jim] I think the bottom line here, Todd,
is that, as Rey has said himself, without the mask he's not Rey Mysterio,
without the mask, this intercontinental champion
is not the same human being, just not the same man.
[Todd] JR, you'll agree Rey Mysterio is one of the nicest superstars
you'll ever find, beloved the world over,
yet Chris Jericho has managed to bring out a side of Mysterio
I don't think we've seen.
[bell rings]
[Todd] Rey Mysterio is all business as you can see tonight.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] This match, No Holds Barred,
can be won only by pinfall or submission.
-[thud] -[grunts]
[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] And Rey Mysterio is certainly going right after Y2J.
Anything goes and Mysterio has the top of the…
[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] table.
[Jill] Again, no disqualifications with No Holds Barred
and a low drop kick right to the temple, the side of the head of Chris Jericho.
[crowd cheering]
[Jill] It has been speculated.
Can Rey Mysterio reach down deep enough and create enough…
I'll say evil to match Chris Jericho's evil streak
as it was.
[Todd] This is the type of match
that actually encourages you to hold nothing back and, so far,
these two competitors are doing absolutely that.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jill] Amazing!
[Todd] Athletic ability and the resourcefulness of Rey Mysterio
to drop kick the ring steps
which then, in turn, right to the knee of Chris Jericho.
-[screams] -[grunts]
[audience] Ooh!
Rey Mysterio says that Jericho's word is worthless.
-[screams] -[grunts]
[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] You don't have to worry about a conspiracy, Chris Jericho,
just the 619.
[Jim] At this point, Todd, words are irrelevant anyway.
[screams]
[Jim] It's all about the actions.
-[loud thud] -[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Only the reactions of these two world class competitors.
[clapping]
[Todd] Look at Rey Mysterio from the ring apron.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] What a hurricanrana! Running hurricanrana right of the apron.
Amazing timing.
[Todd] Rey Mysterio could simply do things that no other superstar can do.
Over the top rope, leg drop. This could do it. It may be over early.
-One, two. -[Todd] Hooking a leg.
[Jim] Mysterio on a two.
[Todd] Rey Mysterio told us weeks ago
he wants to go down as one of the greatest intercontinental champions
of all time.
Certainly a win over Chris Jericho tonight would help raise legacy.
[Jim] Well, you never wanna count Rey Mysterio out
even though he's not the biggest dog in the fight
but I have been very surprised at the aggression
we have seen from Rey Mysterio thus far.
It is only now that Chris Jericho has been able to slow Mysterio down.
[Todd] Is this good for Rey Mysterio to get out of his comfort zone?
To be this aggressive?
[Jim] I think Mysterio has to get out of the comfort zone
to retain his intercontinental title.
-[thud] -[screams]
[Jim] And that's not comfortable.
Got hung up on the bottom rope.
[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] Chris Jericho's comfort zone. However, shoulders are down.
One, two!
[Todd] Jericho will do anything,
go anywhere, create havoc at any level,
to get what he wants and tonight everything is legal.
[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] I think so will Rey Mysterio, on this night,
under these set of circumstances.
[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] No Holds Barred. Remember, what Rey Mysterio asked for.
Rey requested No Holds Barred.
[Todd] It's a night of extreme.
The one night of the year that the WWE goes completely extreme.
-[thud] -[screams]
[Jim] Mysterio's counters are just so unique…
[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] And exclusive him that he gets in that no man's land,
that top turnbuckle area, an the veteran Jericho,
who has been an eight time intercontinental champion
won his fourth one here in Louisiana.
The only time the intercontinental title has ever changed hands--
-[Jim] Look at this! -[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Jericho taking advantage of Rey Mysterio
being in an awkward situation there.
[Jim] And he should, quite frankly.
[Todd] Take nothing away from what Jericho has done throughout his career.
[Jim] Jericho can excel in any type of match.
-[thud] -[screams]
[Jim] Good counter!
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Jericho looking for a spring board dropkick,
we think,
and Rey Mysterio so quick, quicker than a hiccup,
was able to counter in mid air. Look at this.
[crowd cheering]
-[thud] -[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] Lightning fast Rey Mysterio.
[crowd cheering]
Was that a 619?
[Jim] Modified version if not.
[Todd] Mysterio from the top rope
[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] Right onto Jericho.
[clapping]
[Todd] Mysterio letting it all hang out here in New Orleans.
[Jim] Mysterio showing more aggression than we have seen him in a long time.
Is this a 619?
[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] I believe it is.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Then how about this? Mysterio.
[crowd cheering]
Soared like an eagle,
and then a leg drop. This may be it!
One, two!
Shoulders are down! No.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] The ultimate underdog, Rey Mysterio,
in a No Holds Barred match
against the eagle maniacal, Chris Jericho.
-[shouts] -[thud]
[Jim] And for the intercontinental title.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jim] 619, down and up.
[thud]
[Jim] And Jericho quickly out of the area code of 619.
Still a collision.
Jericho ever resourceful, always thinking.
[Todd] Jericho may be vain, may be the master of the insult.
-[Jim] May be vain? He is vain. -[Todd] But very intelligent.
[Todd] Does his homework, Jericho.
-[audience] Ooh! -[Jim] Nice shots.
[Todd] Mysterio going low here on Jericho.
[Jim] Three hard shots to the thigh.
The quadriceps will knot up on you.
-[screams] -[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Jericho… Nice!
-[counting] -[cheering]
[Todd] Mysterio's his shoulders down and Jericho reverses.
One, two.
[Jim] Jericho at 226 has the size advantage on Mysterio
but Mysterio has never wrestled a human being
in his life smaller than him.
[Jim] So that's nothing new for the champion.
-[thud] -[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] Look at this.
[clapping]
[Jim] Walls of Jericho, the submission into the inside cradle.
One, two.
[Jim] Shoulders down, one, two-- That was close. That was close.
[crowd cheering]
-[thud] -[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] Now, that was a kick. That'll be the knockout blow.
-One, two… -[Jim] This could end the match here.
[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] You could feel the intensity Rey Mysterio delivered that kick with.
[Jim] This whole situation has gotten…
Not only is it professionally critical for Mysterio,
but it's gotten very, very, very personal.
-[thud] -[screams]
[Todd] Bring the mask into play, cross the line.
Don't come across with a luchador. One, two.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] When you're talking about Rey's family, his heritage
it goes away deeper than…
[Todd] Mysterio said it was part of his soul.
[Jim] I think Rey meant every word he said.
Now Jericho has the opportunity
to slow this thing down.
Use his size and strength advantage
to widen the offense and advantage on the intercontinental champion.
[crowd cheering]
-[wrestler screams] -[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] First time the intercontinental title
has been defended at Extreme Rules.
As we mentioned, Jericho won his fourth title
in the state of Louisiana.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Would history repeat itself?
[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] Watch this. Jericho just swinging Mysterio right out of the ring.
[Jim] There are some things that Rey's size
give him a distinctive advantage in
and there are some things like we just saw
that really are a liability to the intercontinental champion.
-[grunts] -[thud]
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Rey Mysterio right here on our Smack Down announce table.
[Jim] This man cannot be counted out or disqualified.
-[grunts] -[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] A face first suplex to the floor right in front of us.
[Todd] There are No Holds Barred here.
[Jim] But the match must end inside the ring.
Jericho so wise knows that so well.
[Todd] And now, Y2J has those shoulders down again.
Two! And another near fall
for the eight-time intercontinental champion Chris Jericho.
Mask down.
Come on, Rey!
[Jim] Jericho'd break his own record by winning here tonight.
[Jim] By the way…
The mask! Come on, Mysterio!
[Jim] 13 WWE hall of famers have proudly worn intercontinental gold.
And now, look! The mask. The mask!
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Jericho trying to expose Mysterio's face
by removing the mask.
[Todd] Nearly did it as well.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] That has got to take Rey a lot out his game plan.
Two things to worry about:
intercontinental title and being unmasked.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] You could see Mysterio
is, right now, a little bit confused as to where his game play to go.
What should he do next?
-[grunts] -[screaming]
[Todd] Or maybe it was just a game of possum
as Jericho's shoulder finds that steel ring post.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Ring post became an unlikely ally for Mysterio.
-[screaming] -[Jim] Good Lord!
[Jim] Mysterio just flew out of the ring.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Mysterio with an amazing suicide, head-first dive.
It looked like Mysterio was in the air for five minutes.
[Todd] Look how courageous Mysterio is.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] The elevation right on to Jericho.
[Jim] And again, a count out is irrelevant.
It's no part of this match.
[crowd cheering]
[audience] 619!
[Jim] It must end by pin or submission in the ring.
[audience] 619!
[Todd] This capacity crowd calling for the 619 out of Rey Mysterio.
They wanna see it.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Beautiful headscissors counter.
Quickly done, expertly done.
[grunts]
-[thud] -[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Now, Jericho again.
One, two!
[Todd] Lifeless on the mat. Two.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Rey Mysterio about a half count away from retaining his intercontinental title.
You saw, moments ago,
Jericho trying to rip that mask off of Rey Mysterio.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] And now it's Mysterio again for the 619
and again Jericho counters.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] What a backbreaker by Jericho. Counter, the lateral press.
Is it over? No!
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Well, it wasn't over,
but it was closer to 19 than 20!
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] What a backbreaker by Jericho!
One, two!
[Todd] Look how close!
Just in the nick of time for the master of the 619
but how about Jericho's game plan?
Setting up, waiting for Mysterio to attempt the 619
and then pulling out the counter.
[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] Well, Jericho has said that Mysterio's mask
would be raised downfall.
-[Todd] Ooh! -[Jim] The Lionsault missed!
[audience] Ooh!
-[Jim] Another 619! -[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Mysterio connected to the back of the skull.
Jericho never saw it coming, literally.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] And now, Mysterio from the top!
-[Todd] A codebreaker. -[Jim] A codebreaker.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Jericho has quickly turned defense into offense
time and time again in this match.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Amazing counter into the codebreaker.
[Todd] And we're about to see a new champion
for the record, 9th time.
One, two!
-[Todd] Jericho shoulders down. -[crowd cheering]
[Todd] No.
[Jim] Jericho astonished the codebreaker did not get it done.
[Todd] Everyone here in New Orleans may be astonished.
[crowd shouting]
[Jim] Jericho, this might not be good here at all
but it's legal.
Again, No Holds Barred
and essentially, no weapons barred either.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Rey Mysterio is still shaking from that codebreaker.
Jericho winding up with a steel chair.
[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] But Mysterio with a dropkick right into Jericho's face.
[female voice] Come on, Mysterio!
[Jim] Jericho just ate the chair!
-One, two! -[Jim] Mysterio with a cover.
[Jim] Mysterio hooking in a leg and all his body weight
on that reverse lateral press got a near fall.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] But Jericho brought the chair in play.
[crowd cheering]
-[thud] -[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] Now Mysterio using the chair to his advantage. Jericho brought it in!
-[Jim] Interesting way to take a seat. -One, two!
[Jim] Ooh! Again, Jericho barely able to get a shoulder up.
-[audience] Ooh! -[thud]
[Todd] I don't think that's what Jericho had in mind
when he grabbed the steel chair.
A dropkick to the face and then a leg drop.
[Jim] This is a night of extreme without question.
Now we have seen extreme offense.
-[thud] -[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] Extreme counters.
A drop toehold onto the chair.
[crowd cheering]
[audience] Ooh!
-[Todd] Wait. -[Jim] Ooh!
-[Todd] Jericho! -[Jim] Rey will counter it.
[Todd] Setting up for the walls of Jericho.
Mysterio trying to perhaps grab that chair
and find a way out.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] I don't know what the chair can do for Rey at this point.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Mysterio's fighting off his back, that's a good thing.
[audience] Ooh!
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Well, there's the answer of how the chair can be used as a counter.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] And now Jericho in a very uncomfortable predicament.
Speed dial.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jim] What? What? -[Todd] The mask came off!
-[Jim] The mask came off! -One, two!
-[crowd cheering] -[bell ringing]
[Jim] Jericho wins the title. Mysterio's unmasked.
-[crowd cheering] -[music plays]
[Justin] The winner of this match and new intercontinental champion,
Chris Jericho.
[Todd] Jericho, believe it or not,
did exactly what he said he was gonna do.
Win the intercontinental title
and take the mask off of Rey Mysterio.
[Jim] Jericho guaranteed he'll become intercontinental champion.
Jericho guaranteed he would unmask Rey Mysterio
and both guarantees have come to fruition.
[music plays]
[Todd] And the ultimate insult, the ultimate sign of disrespect
was just handed down on Rey Mysterio.
It looked, JR, like Rey Mysterio
had finally found the end of this match
with a steel chair shot
right over the skull of Chris Jericho.
-[thud] -[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] And then the 619. Look at that!
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Jericho was laying in wait. Mysterio trying to cover his face
with no mask and that's where Jericho took advantage.
[Jim] Was this strategic? Was it right place at the right time?
But history has been made.
Jericho has broken his own record
becoming the intercontinental champion for the 9th time.
But more importantly perhaps in the eyes of some,
Jericho has unmasked Rey Mysterio.
An extreme intercontinental championship victory
for the new champion, Chris Jericho.
[Todd] Congratulations, Chris Jericho.
[music plays]
[Todd] Welcome back to New Orleans.
That is Bourbon Street here in the big easy
a place you have a lot of fun or…
Or find a lot of trouble, one of the two.
Standing by backstage our broadcast colleague,
here's Josh Mathews.
Ladies and gentleman, please welcome the number one contender
and the man that will challenge for the WWE championship tonight.
The animal, Batista.
[crowd cheering]
Batista, I'd like to take you back to this past Monday on Raw
to what went down between Randy Orton and your mentor, Ric Flair?
[music plays]
[Randy] This Sunday at Extreme Rules,
[Randy] I'm gonna be the one walking out of that cage door
still WWE champion.
[Ric] Whoo!
[crowd cheering]
What don't you understand about being retired?
What don't you understand about being a man?
I'm not challenging you to a match.
I'm calling you out.
You and me, I'll fight to the finish.
When one man can walk, he's the winner.
[tense music plays]
This is a fight to the finish in a parking lot.
Anything can happen.
I'm gonna be in complete control.
[Ric] This is going to be a night you'd never forget
because it's going to be one you won't be able to remember.
[audience] Ooh!
[Ric] I need you not to be my hero.
I need you to believe that Ric Flair can go out and do this like he used to.
[music plays]
I have and I will always believe in you.
[commentator] Going for figure four, he's the man.
He's got it locked in.
Look out! Rhodes and DiBiase assaulting Flair, saving Orton.
Ric Flair is helpless right now.
[crowd cheering]
[commentator] Finally, Batista bringing in some help.
Batista trying to rip the cage door off.
It's a steel cage, it's impossible.
[Randy] In a steel cage,
there are no rules which means I can do whatever I want.
I'm going to break you in half.
You're mine.
[Randy] I'm going to be the one walking out of that cage door
still champion.
Ric!
[tense music plays]
Your reactions?
You know, Randy,
it's one thing when you kick me in the head
and put me out for months
but when you take the same cheap shot
on a man that I love and respect,
a legend like Ric Flair…
[audience] Ooh!
That's a whole different ballgame.
And I'm going to make you pay,
so you get ready for a long road of pain and suffering.
You think tonight's the end?
Tonight's only the beginning.
Tonight, I take away the WWE championship.
[crowd cheering]
Then I'm going to take your pride,
I'm going to take your dignity,
I'm going to take your health,
I'm going to take everything.
And I'm not going to stop until I completely wipe out
your entire legacy.
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
The following contest is a Samoan Strap Match.
[crowd cheering]
[music plays]
Introducing the participants. First, from the island of Samoa,
weighing 350 pounds, Umaga.
[Todd] Few superstars in the history of the WWE
have possessed the unbridled power that man possesses, JR.
Not only will Umaga have a strength advantage,
the entire match revolves around the advantages
that Umaga possesses.
[Jim] Well, unlike John Fogerty singing,
this man was not born on the bayou.
He was born in Samoa.
And this is, underscore, a Samoan Strap Match.
I've made my prediction.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Speaking of power.
[Jim] Amazing.
Agile. Super heavyweight.
They'll be joined at the wrist by this man.
-[music plays] -[crowd cheering]
[Justin] From Chicago, Illinois,
weighing 220 pounds, CM Punk.
[Todd] JR, the goal for CM Punk tonight is pretty simple.
Do something that many feel is physically impossible for punk to do.
[Jim] A lot of people didn't think CM Punk
could win the Money in the Bank Ladder Match at WrestleMania
two years in a row either, but he did it.
But I agree, it's gonna be very challenging for CM Punk
to drag Umaga around and touch all four corners.
Let's take you back and show you how this really came to a head,
why we're here tonight in this environment.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Punk had delivered the go to sleep to Chris Jericho
and then it was an assault,
a mauling by the Samoan savage
using that leather strap.
-[grunts] -[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Listen to these shots.
[grunting]
[Jim] The strap, perfectly legal. Everything we're seeing.
-[grunting] -[cheering]
[Jim] Everything we're seeing, and we're hearing
would be perfectly legal in this match.
[Jim] And to win the match, you've got to touch all four corners
in succession with your hand.
Not your head, not your foot,
not your shoulder, but your hand to qualify for a legal touching.
[Todd] And one other rule,
you have to be dragging your opponent at the same time with that strap.
How is Punk going to drag the 350 pound Samoan Bulldozer
from ring post to ring post?
[Jim] I don't know. I think that's why they're having the match.
We will find that out momentarily.
[bell ringing]
[Jim] Referee's gotta have a keen eye on the corners.
It's his only responsibility.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Punk giving up a lot of weight. A lot of power.
We saw CM Punk on Friday night, Friday Night Smack Down,
score a victory over Umaga
in a very unlikely way in the eyes of many.
[Todd] Umaga was certainly upset.
It wasn't just a win, JR.
CM Punk hit the got to sleep on Umaga.
One!
There it is, first turnbuckle touched.
Two!
[Jim] Umaga got two turnbuckles
but he didn't hit them in succession.
[grunts]
[Jim] So we're starting over as it were.
[grunts]
[Jim] As far as touching the turnbuckles are concerned.
[grunts]
[Todd] CM Punk now.
[Jim] Turnbuckle one, two.
[grunts]
[Jim] That does not count as three buckles.
[Todd] A Samoan drop.
[Jim] But the Samoan drop counts.
Starting all over.
The referee'll wave it off. Keep an eye on him,
ladies and gentleman.
He'll wave it off when we start a new sequence
of touching the four corners in succession.
-[thud] -[grunts]
[audience] Ooh!
[grunts]
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Leather and skin, leather wins.
[grunts]
[Todd] After Umaga assaulted CM Punk in the video we saw moments ago,
he told Punk: "you think you're hurt now. Wait until Extreme Rules."
-[grunts] -[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] Umaga clearly more than happy to oblige
by dishing out kicks, punches, and swats
with that leather strap right across the back.
[Jim] It should be just a matter of time for Umaga, one has to assume.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] I just don't know that CM Punk
has got to disable
and get Umaga down for his chances to win
or to even be remotely there.
[Todd] Well, it's an unlikely event
for CM Punk to somehow incapacitate Umaga to that point.
[screaming]
[grunting]
[Todd] Umaga trying to rip that shoulder out of socket.
[grunts]
[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] All this is legal here in this one night of the year
WWE goes totally extreme.
[grunts]
[Jim] And certainly, this match,
this rule is a lot of extreme. Certainly to the advantage of Umaga.
[Todd] A total of five championship matches
tonight at Extreme Rules.
We've already seen two matches. One title has changed hands.
Just moments ago, Chris Jericho
winning in an unprecedented 9th intercontinental title.
-[grunts] -[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] Three hundred fifty pounder simply manhandling CM Punk
and I don't want to write CM Punk out of this.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] You might want to now.
A Crescent kick sent Punk off the apron,
but now Umaga is going to have to drag Punk back in the ring somehow.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Maybe not.
One.
[Jim] One turnbuckle.
Umaga's halfway home just about right now.
-[crowd cheering] -Two!
[Todd] Two to go…
But Punk is gonna be about a 200-pound deadweight.
[crowd cheering]
Two hundred and twenty pound deadweight.
[crowd chatter]
[Jim] Umaga couldn't quite touch that third turnbuckle,
got nailed by Punk's kick.
Now, Punk, springboard.
A Muay Thai aficionado strikes
and the referee is waving it off again.
Nap time.
[Jim] So, we are starting a new sequence.
[Todd] Now, Punk is saying that Umaga is about to go to sleep.
Three hundred and fifty pounds… No.
-[thud] -[crowd cheering]
[Todd] And you talk about agility by a big man.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] How about that from Umaga?
[Jim] Punk was able, Todd, to go to sleep 2 days ago.
I don't know if his back has recovered from that.
[grunts]
[Jim] Look at this amazing agility.
[Todd] Well, Punk was undaunted.
Felt that he could hit the go to sleep on Umaga again.
[shouting]
[Jim] Umaga touched the turnbuckle but not the way he had envisioned.
-[thud] -[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] That's one way to use a strap.
[Jim] Unique utilization of the leather strap,
legal and effective.
-[grunts] -[crowd cheering]
-[grunts] -[audience cheering]
[Jim] Punk pulling Umaga right into the ring post.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Punk showing you his renegade attitude, his cavalier style
by even accepting this match,
for believing that he could beat Umaga in a Samoan strap match.
[Jim] And a running knee,
and then the bulldog and now Punk
has an opportunity to attempt to touch some turnbuckles.
One.
-[Jim] There's one. -[Todd] Three to go.
[Todd] Can Punk reach the second one?
-Two! -[Todd] He can.
About halfway home to winning this match
and it would be an upset.
-Three. -[Jim] Three.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] One more.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] One more to go.
One more to go.
Punk inches away.
It must seem like an eternity now.
-[thud] -[crowd cheering]
[Todd] And that starts things over
in more ways that one for CM Punk.
Punk was literally about six inches away from winning this match.
All he had to do was touch that fourth turnbuckle…
-One! -[Jim] Like he was in Mississippi.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Now, Umaga has one.
Two!
And Punk needs to get up quickly.
Umaga is now just two away.
-[Todd] Make it one. -Three.
One more left and Umaga wins.
[Todd] Punk using what seems to be a smart strategy,
using those ropes for leverage,
to prevent Umaga from touching the fourth turnbuckle.
[Jim] And Punk was using his legs.
[grunts]
[Jim] Umaga charging.
Luckily for Punk,
he was able to avoid the contact
and we will start all over again, Todd.
One.
[Todd] Now Punk with the first touch.
Umaga is out of the ring.
Two.
Geometrically speaking,
it's impossible, I think, for Punk to touch all four.
-[Todd] I studied geometry. -Three!
[Todd] He's at three.
One more, and Punk wins.
[crowd cheering]
-[thud] -[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] That primitive strength of Umaga shining through,
preventing Punk from touching the fourth.
The referee waves it off again.
[audience] Umaga!
[Jim] So, we are starting from scratch.
[thud]
[Jim] Starting from scratch yet again.
[male voice] He's gonna fly.
[Todd] Umaga at this point not content on just touching the top turnbuckle,
wanting to inflict more damage.
[Jim] Punk's up though, from the slack on that strap.
-[grunts] -[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] Slamming Umaga from the top.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] That could be a duplex making maneuver
in this match up.
[Todd] Punk with another innovative move
using that strap as a weapon.
And now, it's Punk's turn.
-One. -[Todd] Starting at one.
-Two. -[Todd] Two.
[crowd cheering]
-[Todd] Here we go. -Three.
-[Todd] One more for Punk. -[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Punk's been here before. Can he get to the fourth one?
Punk has had the three turnbuckles before touched.
-[shouting] -[crowd cheering]
The monstrous, mountainous tide Umaga is on his feet though,
can he prevent Punk?
-[audience] Ooh! -[Jim] Ooh!
[Jim] Punk, go to sleep and there's the fourth.
-[crowd cheering] -[bell ringing]
[Jim] Punk wins, my God. CM Punk has upset Umaga.
[music plays]
[Justin] The winner of this match, CM Punk.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Many felt CM Punk simply could not physically do it,
could not beat Umaga,
but once again, CM Punk has beaten the odds.
[Jim] I'll admit it. Umaga, this is his kind of match.
It was physically impossible for Punk to touch all four corners.
I was wrong.
Punk has done it.
He has outsmarted, outstrategized,
and has won this match,
a match that, quite frankly, it's a shocking result.
[music plays]
[Todd] So, CM Punk earlier on was going to that fourth turnbuckle
but Umaga ended that idea in a hurry
with that devastating move.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Then, this pretty much changed the game, didn't it, JR?
[Jim] Those are difference maker, we thought at that time it might be.
And this is Punk going for the fourth turnbuckle.
Umaga made the mistake of charging Punk
He goes to sleep.
-[bell ringing] -[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Turnbuckle touched. Punk wins at Extreme Rules.
[music plays]
[Jim] The first ever two-time back-to-back Money in the Bank Ladder Match winner
has beaten Umaga in a match that Umaga wanted.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] A Samoan strap match. What a win.
What a night for the straightedge superstar.
[Jim] Underdogs can win in life
and in WWE.
And CM Punk has done that here tonight.
[Matt] It only happens one night a year.
WWE goes extreme
and tonight we're live in The Big Easy, New Orleans, Louisiana.
[Josh] New Orleans is alive and well.
As you can see, the riverboat is cruising.
And, Matt, tonight, our ECW champion, Christian,
is hoping to cruise to victory in a Triple Threat Hardcore Match
with his championship hanging in the balance.
Well, a little play on words.
This ECW championship match is going to be big.
It's going to be anything but easy.
Gregory Helms is standing by with ECW Christian right now.
Gregory, what have you got?
[music plays]
Ladies and gentlemen, he is the ECW champion,
captain charisma, Christian.
[crowd cheering]
What is your mindset going into this Triple Threat Hardcore Match
for the ECW title?
There's been talk about tonight's match,
that this may be Tommy Dreamer's last night.
I'm good friends with Tommy Dreamer.
For our friendship, people think I'm in a tough situation.
Either I lose my ECW championship,
or my friend has to walk away from the thing
he's loved to do for the last 20 years.
Because that has got me thinking.
All week I've been pondering, my mind's been racing.
At this point the only thing I could think
I sure am gonna miss Tommy Dreamer.
Tommy is my friend. I'm gonna miss him.
Riding up and down the roads from city to city busting on each other.
Making fun of how…
When he takes his shirt off, he looks like a melting candle.
Look, it's like this. After tonight,
I hope Tommy and I can still remain friends.
But after tonight, I know
that I will still be the ECW champion.
[crowd cheering]
You got most of that right.
This could be my last night.
I have been doing something that I love for the last 20 years.
As far as my body looking like a melting candle,
what does that make yours?
The wick?
Seriously, Christian, after this match,
you won't be ECW champion.
-Is that right? -Yes, it is.
-What do you think? -Hold up. Hold up. Hold up.
-Let me tell you something. -[cheering]
Neither one of you are going to be ECW champion
after tonight.
[crowd laughing]
Hey! Hey, where are you going?
[bell ringing]
The following contest is a Triple Threat Hardcore Match.
And it is for the ECW championship.
[music plays]
[Josh] Matt, most people would say in this type of environment,
the champion is in the most jeopardy.
Triple Threat rules do not let themselves
to Christian leaving tonight as ECW champion.
[Matt] Under the triple threat rules,
the champion does not need to be pinned
or made to submit to lose the title.
Back during the peril of hardcore rules
and yes, Josh, the ECW champion is in dire jeopardy here tonight.
[music plays]
[Matt] Christian of course mentioning his friendship with Tommy Dreamer
does not equal any apprehension on Christian's part.
Good friends, better enemies, Josh?
[Josh] Well, Christian did say he's going to miss Tommy Dreamer
after tonight.
[crowd cheering]
[Josh] And for Tommy Dreamer, Extreme Rules is all or nothing.
If Tommy fails to win the ECW championship here tonight,
Tommy Dreamer will walk away from ECW.
[Matt] Well, Dreamer's contract expired yesterday at midnight.
But a one day extension was granted by our ECW general manager, Tiffany,
to allow Tommy Dreamer this one last shot.
But essentially, Tommy Dreamer does not completely control his destiny.
Imagine your professional fate in the hands of your enemies.
What must be going through that man's mind?
[crowd cheering]
[music plays]
[Josh] There is the former ECW champion,
the all-American American Jack Swagger.
Matt, Jack Swagger has become consumed with once again being the ECW champion.
[Matt] Well, think about it. Swagger has a knowledge of holds and techniques.
Coupled that with a vicious mean streak in this young man,
multiply by Swagger's manic pursuit of the ECW title
it does not bode well for the two-time all-American's opponents tonight.
And it's all about the ECW championship hardcore rules,
Triple Threat Match.
Introducing one of the challengers from Perry, Oklahoma,
weighing in at 263 pounds,
the all-American American, Jack Swagger.
[crowd booing]
The other challenger from Yonkers, New York,
weighing in at 265 pounds,
Tommy Dreamer.
[crowd cheering]
And from Toronto, Canada,
weighing in at 227 pounds,
he is the ECW champion, Christian.
[crowd cheering]
[Matt] Well, Josh, triple threat matches
are usually very unkind to the reigning champion.
It's evident from WrestleMania 25,
where John Cena captured the world's heavyweight championship
in a Triple Threat Match.
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
[Matt] Here we go.
[crowd cheering]
[Josh] Matt, in this Triple Threat Hardcore
one fall, will finish match up.
I mean, the championship advantages
thrown out the window for Christian.
[Matt] Some would say.
[crowd cheering]
[Matt] The book of exodus says: "my enemy's enemy is my friend."
So, here we go.
[Josh] Triple threat hardcore rules.
Christian, the reigning ECW champion.
-[grunts] -[Matt] Ooh!
[audience] Ooh!
[Josh] Well, New Orleans is an unsettling town for Christian.
[thud]
[Matt] Christian came in 2001 as a World Tag team champion to the city,
left a former champion.
[Josh] Well, Christian took a three year hiatus from the WWE,
returned, became the ECW champion at Backlash,
defeating Jack Swagger.
[Matt] You know, many say if not for Jack swagger,
Tommy Dreamer may already be the ECW champion.
So take that with a grain of salt. Here we go.
[Josh] About to get hardcore.
These are the accessories that we've mentioned.
It is all legal.
[Matt] Ooh!
[crowd cheering]
[Matt] Tommy Dreamer and his weapon of choice, Singapore stick.
-[Josh] The Singapore cane, Matt. -[Matt] I'm sorry. Cane, stick.
[Matt] Call it what you want. Don't hit me with it.
[Josh] I was gonna ask you what hardcore is about
but we're seeing it right here. Just listen.
-[thud] -[audience] Ooh!
-[grunts] -[audience] Ooh!
-[grunts] -[Matt] Ooh!
[Matt] The Singapore stick is made of bamboo. It opens and closes.
-[Josh] Cane, Matt. -[Matt] Singapore cane opens and closes.
Ripping parts of your flesh away.
[Josh] Tommy Dreamer, to the cover on Swagger.
[crowd cheering]
[grunts]
[Josh] Tommy Dreamer, of course, if he doesn't win here tonight,
if he doesn't become the ECW champion, he'll walk away forever.
Matt, Tommy Dreamer
has been the ECW champion once in his career.
[Matt] He never really had the opportunity to wear the title.
Tommy won and lost it--
-[thud] -[Josh] Ooh!
[Matt] In the same night, so tonight is exceptionally special for Tommy.
[crowd cheering]
-[thud] -[audience] Ooh!
[Josh] Dreamer built a reputation in ECW as being the innovator of violence.
We saw it there.
[Matt] What about the reputation Jack Swagger can build for himself
if Swagger were to become the ECW champion tonight?
[Josh] We talked about Swagger's obsession
with, once again, becoming the ECW champion.
Swagger has that opportunity here at Extreme Rules.
[Matt] It's a focus. It's a focus. It's very impressive on this young man.
[crowd cheering]
[Matt] Ooh!
As if in the ring was not dangerous enough.
[grunting]
[Josh] And once again, this is all legal.
It is hardcore rules in this Triple Threat Match.
-[Matt] No! -[Josh] What is this?
[audience] Ooh!
[Matt] The innovator.
Tommy Dreamer.
[crowd cheering]
[Matt] Josh, imagine ECW without Tommy Dreamer.
Imagine never seeing that ever again.
[crowd cheering]
[Josh] Never saw it before. There you go.
[Matt] Probably highly unlikely that you'll ever see it again.
[Josh] Tommy Dreamer feeling at home here in this hardcore environment.
-[thud] -[Matt] Ooh!
[grunts]
[crowd cheering]
[Matt] Where is he going now? What could he possibly be going for?
Right underneath the throat here.
-[thud] -[Matt] Ooh!
[grunts]
[crowd cheering]
[Josh] Not going to look good.
[crowd cheering]
[Matt] I don't feel good either.
-[thud] -[Matt] Ooh!
[crowd cheering]
[Josh] Christian looking out for kicks.
[audience] Ooh!
[Josh] And either way it was a bad way for Jack Swagger.
-[thud] -[audience] Ooh!
[Josh] Christian with the cover on Dreamer.
[thud]
[grunts]
[Josh] It is literally all or nothing here for Tommy Dreamer
in this ECW championship match.
[Matt] Never count on Tommy Dreamer trained by hall of famer, Johnny Rodz.
[audience] Ooh!
[Matt] Look at Jack Swagger.
-[thud] -[Josh] No way.
[Josh] Swagger getting the hang of hardcore here.
Jack Swagger with the cover, new champion.
[thud]
[Josh] Here's that strength of the all-American American cover there.
Jack Swagger has limited experience in Extreme Rules
but seems to show why Jack Swagger is the 21st century prodigy,
just adapting to every situation.
[Matt] We've seen the speed of Swagger. So quick for a man his size.
[grunts]
[Josh] Swagger with the cover again.
-One, two. -[Matt] Hooks the leg.
-[Josh] This is interesting. -Come on, ref.
[Matt] Tommy Dreamer's on the outside and he could walk away
if Jack Swagger or Christian win this match.
Again, Tommy Dreamer's destiny
not in his own hands completely.
[grunts]
[audience] Ooh!
[Josh] Christian takes advantage of the assist from Tommy with a cover.
-[grunts] -[audience] Ooh!
[crowd cheering]
[Josh] Tommy Dreamer trying to take control of his own destiny.
[thud]
[crowd cheering]
[Josh] Matt, we've been talking for weeks:
Tommy is the sentimental favorite.
-[grunts audience] Ooh!
[Matt] I know there are many Christian fans
and one or two Jack Swagger fans out there.
-[Matt] I'm a Swagger fan. -[Josh] Took the words out my mouth.
[Matt] All the sentiment in the world is not gonna make or break Tommy Dreamer,
All of that is out the window.
[crowd cheering]
[Josh] Watch out for the champion!
[audience] Ooh!
[Matt] Swagger just waiting.
-[Matt] Are you impressed with Swagger? -[Josh] Absolutely.
[Josh] You can see the carnage all over the place.
[Matt] Tommy, just full of venom. His eyes tell the story.
[audience] Ooh!
[Josh] Swagger went high, Dreamer went low.
Modern day gladiators battling it out.
-[thud] -[Josh] Ooh!
[Matt] Interesting that Swagger chose an already used trash can.
Those are far more dangerous because of the ridges and jagged edges.
What is Swagger gonna do now?
[Josh] I don't think Dreamer wants to find out
what Jack Swagger has in mind.
ECW champion Christian on the outside.
[Matt] He had no choice.
[Josh] Tommy's destiny wasn't in his hands when he was outside.
Christian, ECW champion, destiny not in his hands right now either.
Look at this.
Ooh!
[crowd cheering]
-[audience] Ooh! -[Josh] Ooh!
[Josh] Who got the worst of it?
Someone needs to go for a cover.
[crowd cheering]
[Josh] Christian opting to go after Tommy Dreamer.
-One, two! -[Josh] Hand over Tommy.
[Josh] Kicks out.
Now, on to Swagger.
This time, Christian hooks the leg at Jack Swagger.
Keeps this match going.
[Matt] Doesn't matter who he beats as long as Christian can pin someone
to retain the ECW championship.
[crowd cheering]
[Matt] It doesn't matter who Tommy or Jack Swagger would beat.
That's what we've been talking about, the nature of this type of contest.
-[audience] Ooh! -[Josh] Ooh!
[grunts]
-[Josh] Killswitch coming. -[Matt] Killswitch engaged.
[crowd cheering]
[Josh] Not quite.
[grunts]
[audience] Ooh!
[Josh] That exposed steel
right off the head of the ECW champion.
-[audience] Ooh! -[Josh] Ooh!
[crowd cheering]
[Josh] DDT.
[crowd cheering]
[Josh] Can Dreamer's career continue?
-[audience] One, two, three. -[cheering]
[bell ringing]
[crowd cheering]
[Tony] Here is your winner
and the new ECW champion,
Tommy Dreamer.
[Josh] The long road from Gleason's gym has finally paid off.
Thomas John Laughlin is the ECW champion.
And for one moment, all is right in this world.
[music plays]
[crowd cheering]
[Josh] Finally, the passion and dedication of Tommy Dreamer
after all these years
has finally paid off.
There's a lesson in here for everyone watching.
[Matt] Here's how it ended.
Jack Swagger going for that gutwrench powerbomb.
Tommy Dreamer takes advantage,
the DDT from the ECW original.
[audience] One, two, three.
-[bell ringing] -[crowd cheering]
[Matt] And Tommy Dreamer is the ECW champion.
Listen!
[audience] ECW, ECW!
[Matt] On a night we thought was Tommy's last night.
[crowd cheering]
[Josh] For Tom, it may only be the beginning.
[crowd cheering]
[Matt] For two decades, Tommy Dreamer has waited for this moment.
And where better to celebrate than amongst his people.
The working class hero, Tommy Dreamer.
Your new ECW champion.
[crowd cheering]
[music plays]
[Josh] Congratulations to the ECW original, Tommy Dreamer.
Once again, Tommy Dreamer is the brand new ECW champion
here at Extreme Rules.
[crowd cheering]
[Matt] A night Tommy will never forget.
You're upset, Vickie. The WWE universe is calling you a pig, Vickie.
A pig, bacon, ham.
Santino is calling you a pig, Vickie.
We're going to show who the pig is, aren't we?
-[pig noises] -[Vickie] Yes.
Come on, Vickie. Come on, harder.
[makes animal noises]
Ooh!
Not so hard.
You made my eyes water.
[Josh] Coming up next, Vickie Guerrero
getting to ready to defend her Ms. WrestleMania crown
against Santino Marella's twin sister, Santina,
in a hog pen match.
[Josh] I'll tell you, Vickie Guerrero, of course,
won that Ms. WrestleMania a few weeks ago with the help of a William Regal
when she defeated Santina in the ring.
Santina arriving on the scene back at the 25th anniversary of WrestleMania
when Santina would be the surprise entrant
in the Diva Battle Royal.
If Santina wins, she becomes Ms. WrestleMania.
Right now, here's my broadcast colleague, Jerry "The King" Lawler
with a special look at the hog pen.
[Jerry] Well, I want to warn everyone right now.
Right now, this next match is going to stink literally.
This is a kind of match where opponents have to look out for number one
and try not to step in number two.
In a hog pen match, you literally take a bunch of hogs,
add some hay and some mud
and a little bit of slop.
And then the two opponents climb in this hog pen and compete in it.
And the individual who… Shoo!
The individual who pins their opponent in this hog pen
will be declared the winner and the undisputed Ms. WrestleMania.
So without any further ado…
Without any further "do-do",
we're gonna go ahead and get this match under way.
Let me introduce the participants in this Hog Pen Match.
[music plays]
First, Santina Marella.
[crowd cheering]
[Josh] Now, there she is. The first ever Ms. WrestleMania.
[music plays]
[Josh] Ooh!
Santino of course was denied entry
into the Diva Battle Royal of the 25th anniversary of WrestleMania
so he found his twin sister, Santina,
to participate.
She must've been in town the same night.
Hi.
[music plays]
Come on in. Come on in.
Your nice pink loafers
are going to do well in here. Come on, Santina.
[music plays]
[Jerry] Yeah, step on in.
-[Josh] She's a bit reluctant. -[Jerry] Ew!
[shouts]
It's gross.
I don't like it.
Do you want to get a little closer to the pigs?
[Santina] No!
Well, I think their roll on has rolled off.
And now,
Santina's opponent,
the general manager of Raw and the reigning Ms. WrestleMania,
Vickie Guerrero.
[crowd booing]
[Josh] Chavo, of course, in the corner of his aunt Vickie here,
Mr. WrestleMania, Raw's general manager.
[crowd chattering]
[Josh] Hadn't imagined Ms. WrestleMania would wrestle in this gown,
but she's got to be extremely confident.
[female voice] Santina! Santina! Santina!
Now, Vickie…
Vickie, I can't believe that's the attire you've chosen
to compete in this Hog Pen Match.
But before this match gets started,
I just want to ask you one question.
As the general manager of Raw,
how did you get yourself in this mess?
Well, quite frankly, Jerry, I won't be alone
because my nephew Chavo is going to join me.
[crowd booing]
What?
I have officially made this match a handicap match.
[female voice] That's no fair.
Yes.
Wait, wait, you're making this match a handicap match?
Yes, and Chavo, get in there.
Now.
Vickie, I can't. I got new clothes on. I got nice clothes on.
I am your boss. Get in there.
-I'm not ready, Vickie. -Now!
I didn't warm up. I didn't--
Ref, can we get this going?
It looks like this is now…
Wait a minute, before you get in, Chavo, let me get out.
And now, you can get in.
[crowd chattering]
[Chavo] I can't do this.
[crowd chattering]
[making disgusted noises]
[female voice] I thought you were a warrior.
[male voice] Chavo!
[indistinct chatter]
-[male voice] Chavo, you stink. -[male voice] Ring the bell!
[bell ringing]
[Josh] We're on our way in a hog pen match.
It's Santina against Vickie and Chavo…
[crowd cheering]
To the undisputed Ms. WrestleMania crown on the line.
[Josh] Ooh!
[audience] Ooh!
[female voice] Come on, Chavo. Come on!
[Josh] Chavo not finding any of this funny.
-[male voice] Your head on the ground. -[crowd chattering]
[Josh] Chavo was officially in the corner when the match began
but the general manager, Vickie, can change the rules
and Chavo is now a participant.
-[audience] Ooh! -[Josh] Gross!
King's joined us here again at ring side.
[Jerry] Oh, my God. I don't want to miss a minute of this.
You would not believe the stench inside that hog pen.
[Josh] Ooh! I can smell it. Move over there next to JR.
[Jerry] I even get on my pants leg.
[Jim] Chavo Guerrero just got backdropped full-body into that mud and slop.
[Josh] Nice white boots you had, by the way.
Ooh!
Oh, the slop!
[Jerry] There are around…
[Josh] A slop bucket!
[Jerry] Eight buckets full of slop in there.
-[Jerry] That's what I was smelling. -[Josh] A sloppy match.
[male voice] Vickie!
[Josh] What kind of pigs are they?
I don't know.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Josh] No, no!
[Josh] Santina is about to find out what kind they are. Into the hog pen!
And Chavo!
No! Chavo is with the pigs.
[Jim] One of them is Arnold Ziffel, I recognize him from "Green Acres."
[Josh] Sixty-six wants our comedy back.
Ooh, look at this!
Santina, the cover! Santina!
Did she get it?
[Jerry] I think that was just a two count.
[Jim] Ooh, Santina's face is being driven down into the mud.
Come on, Chavo, get her.
[Josh] Vickie Guerrero cheering from the outside.
Ooh, the face first getting smothered.
[Jerry] Man.
[Josh] No! A tag was made.
[Jim] Look, Vickie Guerrero is gonna come in and make the count.
[Josh] Gown and all.
[crowd chattering]
[Josh] Ms. WrestleMania.
Santina's getting up.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] No, no! A slop bucket.
Slop, slop, slop.
Ooh. From behind. Chavo.
[Chavo] You wanna throw this to her?
I'm gonna throw it right on you.
[Jim] Another bucket of slop.
[crowd cheering]
[audience] Ooh!
[Josh] Vickie's been slopped.
[crowd cheering]
[Josh] Vickie's been slopped.
[Jim] And look at Chavo.
[audience] Ooh!
[Josh] Vickie!
-[Jim] Vickie's gonna be sick. -[Josh] She's about to lose her lunch.
[Vickie shouting]
-[Josh] Santina, Santina! -[Jim] Look cover.
[Josh] Santina wins!
[bell ringing]
[music plays]
[Josh] The undisputed Ms. WrestleMania again.
[music plays]
[Lilian] Here is your winner
and the new Ms. WrestleMania,
Santina Marella.
[Jim] Santina Marella has just made a silk purse
out of a sow's ear.
[Jim] Vickie's waving.
Chavo's a mess!
[Jerry] Oh, my…
[Josh] You don't want to be within a hundred yards of them,
the way they smell.
[music plays]
[Jim] Vickie Guerrero will never shop at Piggly Wiggly again.
Look at that! No way, they're putting the tiara.
The crown is going on Santina as Ms. WrestleMania.
[Jerry] Just by the hair of a teeny chance…
[Jim] Wait a minute!
Vicky and Chavo are going at in here.
It's a mess.
Oh, my God.
[Chavo] I'm sorry, Vickie. I'm sorry.
[laughing]
[Jim] I think Chavo is trying to help her up.
Vickie, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
-[crowd chattering] -[laughing]
[Vickie screaming]
Oh.
[woman] Chavo, you're not supposed to hit a girl.
[Jerry] They cannot stand up in that mire, that muck.
[screaming]
[Josh] He's trying to clean her face off and making it worse.
[Jerry] He was brushing it off.
Santina, I know…
[Jim] Well, the pigs are loving it.
They're in the stuff over there.
[Josh] Meanwhile, Chavo and Vickie is rooting around.
[music plays]
[Josh] Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the only thing missing is Mr. Haney.
[music plays]
[Jerry] Do you have any updated pigs?
[Jim] Ms. WrestleMania…
Look, here was the turning point of the match.
[Josh] Watch Vickie's reaction.
I think she was getting sick.
[Jim] It's in her mouth. It's in her mouth.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Chavo's waiting and then…
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Chavo's got a head full.
Oh.
[Jim] Got hand on that bucket.
The pit, Vickie was really slopped. Listen to her.
[Vickie screaming]
[bell ringing]
[Josh] Who can blame her?
[music plays]
[Josh] Well, it's a glorious day.
We have a new Ms. WrestleMania.
[music plays]
[Jerry] What is that smell? Is that on my hands? Get that off.
[Josh] Stay away from me.
[Jerry] Look at this.
-[Jerry] Talking about extreme. -[Jim] Yes, this was…
[Josh] It has been a night of extreme.
[Josh] The extreme hog pit match.
[Jerry] Vickie and Chavo are gonna have to walk through a carwash
after carwash.
[Josh] Great reporting by the way there.
Right down the frontlines.
[Jerry] Top-notch journalist.
[Michael] The biggest WWE event that ends this summer, Summer Slam,
but tonight it's about extreme rules.
We are in New Orleans. There's the world famous super dome
and across the street, we're here in the New Orleans Arena
hosting Extreme Rules and it's been an extreme night so far.
We have a new Ms. WrestleMania.
Undisputed Ms. WrestleMania.
[Jerry] I still think I have some of that-- Get it.
-Wipe it off, please. -At least you took the boots off.
God, you stink.
[Michael] Some thank yous.
[Jerry] Thanks to my all-time favorite group, Sick Puppies.
[Michael] We wanna say thank you to the Sick Puppies
for "You're going down" as the official Extreme Rules theme song
that's off the album Tri-Polar.
Available on July 14th.
[Jerry] Just saw sick piggies.
Yes.
[Jerry] Coming up, ladies and gentlemen, a steel cage match
for the WWE championship between the champion, Randy Orton,
and the challenger Batista in a rivalry that was taken to a new level,
taken up a notch last month at Judgment Day.
[Randy] At judgment day, I wasn't just looking to retain my title.
I was looking to take Batista out for good
and when I was about to accomplish that,
I was stopped by Ric Flair.
[crowd cheering]
[commentator] Batista's mentor, Ric Flair, unloading on Orton.
[music plays]
Batista, the champion.
Flair, if you think that you saved Batista last night,
all you did was to delay the inevitable.
I dare you to get in my business again, Flair,
because if you do, I won't hesitate.
Woo!
[crowd cheering]
You might still be the champion
but let's make one thing clear.
You did not beat Batista.
[commentator] Orton struck the referee and the referee had no choice
but to disqualify Randy Orton.
You are gonna defend the title one more time
but you don't have to worry about disqualifications or count outs
because when you defend the title against Batista this time,
it'll be in a steel cage
at Extreme Rules.
Flair, since you were so nice enough to come out here and deliver that message,
I wanna give you a message
to give Batista for me.
[commentators] Ooh!
[male voice] This Sunday at Extreme Rules…
[Randy] I'm gonna be the one walking out of that cage door
still WWE champion.
[Ric] Whoo!
[crowd cheering]
What don't you understand about being retired?
What don't you understand about being a man?
I'm not challenging you to a match.
I'm calling you out, you and me.
I'll fight to the finish.
When one man can walk, he's the winner.
This is a fight to the finish in a parking lot. Anything can happen.
I'm gonna be in complete control.
[Ric] This is going to be a night you'd never forget
because it's going to be one you won't be able to remember.
[crowd cheering]
[Ric] I need you not to be my hero.
I need you to believe that Ric Flair can go out
and do this like he used to.
I have and will always believe in you.
[commentator] Ric going for figure-four. He's the man.
He's got it locked in.
Look out!
[commentator] Rhodes and DiBiase assaulting Flair, saving Orton.
Ric Flair is helpless right now.
[crowd cheering]
[commentator] Finally, Batista bringing in some help.
Batista trying to rip the cage door off.
It's a steel cage. It's impossible.
[Ric] In a steel cage,
there are no rules
which means I can do whatever I want.
I'm gonna break you in half.
[crowd cheering]
[Randy] I'm gonna be the one walking out of that cage door
still champion.
[grunts]
-I don't know what to think. -I'm so humiliated.
It was slippery out there.
-My crown? -We'll get your crown back.
-I want my crown. -I promise you, we'll get that crown back.
WrestleMania crown, we'll get it back.
Don't even worry about it.
I'm so mad at you. This is all your fault.
Vickie, I'm sorry. I tried out there. I was slipping all over the place.
-You didn't try hard enough. -Give me a regular match.
I'll beat Santina Santino up, you know.
-Don't… -I'm so humiliated.
-Vickie… -[laughing]
Vickie, I know this isn't the best time,
but since you're my boss,
would you sign this expense reports for me?
-Look, she can't sign that now. -I took Hornswoggle to lunch.
I don't know if we get a… Dear God, you smell like shit-- Mushrooms.
Oh, my God. Don't do that. That could've been poop, pig poop.
Come on, let's go.
[laughing]
Never mind them, Vickie. Never mind them. Forget them.
They don't know what they're talking about. Weirdos.
I just want some title myself.
-I'll give you a title. -Everybody was laughing at us.
Vickie, they're laughing with us, I think.
Look, I'm sorry, Vickie, and I know…
[crowd cheering]
Just two months away from me and look what you've become.
Hey, lay off.
Look what she's been through. She's traumatized. Leave her alone.
Back off, Chavo.
I have a world heavyweight championship match
to strategize with my wife.
Your wife?
Where were you? I need you earlier.
Where was I?
-Chavo, just go. -Where was I?
I was preparing for one of the most violent matches
in the history of this company.
This is all about you, isn't it, baby?
Well, you know what? Tonight there is no strategizing.
For the first time, you're gonna face Jeff Hardy all alone.
Now, get out.
[crowd cheering]
Get out?
Do you know who you're talking to?
I made you.
You're nothing without me.
And when I need you the most,
you're gonna shove me out?
You don't even care about me,
you never have.
That's why tonight I'm not gonna ask any of the raw superstars
to help you and your Ladder Match.
I just want some time to myself.
I'm so…
Look at me!
You're not gonna help me? You're not gonna help me?
Fine. Fine.
But I'm gonna help you up.
I'm gonna give you some advice.
I suggest you get a good divorce attorney.
[crowd cheering]
Because tonight it all ends.
First, Jeff Hardy.
And then, the sham of a marriage.
[crowd cheering]
[sobbing]
[Jim] Wow. Edge is out of the sham of a marriage.
Looks like he's escaped from a cage.
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen, coming up next,
the WWE title will be defended
inside that dangerous steel structure. A structure that both men here tonight
say they plan to use as a weapon.
[bell ringing]
[Lilian] The following is a steel cage match
and it is for the WWE championship.
Now, the only way to win
is by pinfall, submission or a escape in the cage
with both feet hitting the floor.
[music]
[Michael] He is the WWE champion.
Randy Orton has been on a rain of terror the past few months
that has been unparalleled.
He took out every member of the big man family.
He took out Triple H, The Game, The Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
All with a punch to the skull.
But this past Monday night on Raw, King,
the one thing Randy Orton did, in my estimation:
he woke up an animal.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] That may really come back to haunt Randy Orton right here,
inside that cage.
We've said it before.
The most dangerous kind of animal
is the one that's caged.
And Batista, I mean, we've seen it. We've witnessed it.
Everyone seized the emotion,
the rage that is inside Batista.
It's all gonna come out inside that cage.
I'm afraid at the extent of Randy Orton.
You know you talked about Randy Orton's evil deeds as of late
and I travel all around the country, Michael
and I talk to, I don't know how many members of the Raw Universe,
different cities, different states, and I'm telling you,
Randy Orton is, without a doubt, the most despised man
in the entire WWE right now.
[music plays]
[Michael] Earlier tonight, Orton's opponent, Batista,
told Randy Orton: "Tonight is just the beginning.
Tonight I'm gonna take your WWE championship,
but then I'm gonna take your pride.
Then I'm gonna take your dignity. Then I'm gonna take your health.
Ooh!
I'm gonna take everything
and I'm not gonna stop until I wipe out your entire legacy."
And if Batista does everything that he says he is gonna do,
I don't think there is one person
that's gonna feel sorry for Randy Orton at all.
Orton inside the steel cage. He brought this upon himself.
[Jerry] Remember what he tried to do at Judgment Day.
He tried to get himself disqualified, and counted out.
[Michael] He did get himself disqualified to retain the WWE championship.
None of that's gonna apply tonight.
[Jerry] That steel cage is to keep everyone else out
and keep Orton and Batista, just the two of them, inside.
[music plays]
[Michael] You can tell from the look on Orton's face,
somehow, someway in his heart
he believes he's gonna retain that title.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] As a matter of fact,
I hate to say if I were a betting man,
I would probably be betting on Orton myself.
[crowd cheering]
[music plays]
[crowd cheering]
Wow.
[Michael] Flat out intensity.
[Jim] Man, everyone on their feet here in New Orleans.
[explosion bursts]
[Jerry] Batista's been sinning since Monday night
when he stood outside the steel cage
and he watched helplessly as Randy Orton punched his mentor,
his friend, Ric Flair, in the skull.
King, let's put this in perspective.
What did Ric Flair mean to Batista?
[Jim] Well, you know, I think everyone,
everyone that is watching this right now can relate.
Just think of someone in your family or your closest friend,
someone that you care about, someone that you love,
in the position Flair was in.
[Lilian] Introducing first, the challenger.
From Washington DC,
weighing in at 290 pounds,
Batista.
[crowd cheering]
[Lilian] From St. Louis, Missouri,
weighing in at 245 pounds,
the WWE champion,
Randy Orton.
[Michael] Randy Orton, four-time world champion,
and Batista, four-time world champion,
meet inside the steel cage tonight for the WWE title.
[Jim] The gold on the line. The only way you leave with that gold
is if you pin your opponent, you let your opponent submit
or somehow you're able to escape that cage with a three-steel door.
[bell ringing]
-[Jim] Orton's trying to escape quickly. -[Jerry] No, no!
[Jerry] Batista, in pursuit. Orton trying to put this match away early.
If Orton can get over the top… But he can't.
[Michael] I was gonna say it's the strategy for Orton.
-[Jerry] Orton on top of the cage! -[Jim] He's out, he's out.
[Jerry] Randy Orton, look at him survive and keep the title.
[Jim] Batista holding on to Orton's head
and that's the only thing that he's got.
[Michael] High drama early on
and extreme rules in the steel cage match
for the championship.
[Jerry] Some would say that's the coward's way out
trying to run and climb out of the cage immediately
but that's good strategy.
[Michael] Randy Orton has to weather the emotion of Batista
early on in this match.
For Batista, he's got to channel that energy
and focus it on the man who, months ago, kicked him in the skull.
[Jim] Orton slithering like a snake across the green field.
[Michael] Orton costing Batista four months of his career,
and an opportunity to participate in the 25th anniversary of WrestleMania.
[Jerry] I got to think that was Orton's plan from the get-go:
Immediately try to escape the cage,
end this without suffering the wrath of Batista,
but I'm afraid he is gonna have to go to plan b.
[grunts]
[Jerry] A spear right into the cage.
[Michael] So a spine buckling against the metal and Batista.
[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] Orton able to jump up at Batista.
[Michael] Wait! Look at the champion.
Orton again trying to escape, to climb.
He's to get over, have both feet touch the floor.
Both feet now.
[grunts]
[Michael] Batista fires up with a thunderous clothesline.
[Jerry] Almost took Orton's head off.
[Jim] Orton's glazed over there.
He's got blasted by a 290 pound man
sizzled like a stove.
[Michael] Look at Batista with the power on the suplex.
Look at it wear Orton down, punish Orton.
The cover, hooks delayed.
Remember title, King, change hands for your pin fall in this new cage.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Ominous words from Batista earlier on tonight.
No doubt he wants to punish the man
who Batista once said he loathes and despises.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] A long list of people, but I guarantee you
Batista is right at the head of that list.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Batista, as much as he wants to win that goal,
I don't think he is gonna be in a hurry to escape the cage.
He wants to punish Orton.
[Jerry] Orton can escape through the door. Both feet up to hit the floor!
Batista's not gonna allow that to happen.
[grunt]
[Jim] Orton with very little offense in the early going.
He's focused more on escape.
[grunt]
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Orton looking for a counter.
Ooh, and Batista stow off the steel.
Back breaker, buys Orton some time.
[Jim] Gives Orton an opportunity to escape.
[Michael] It's going through the mind of Randy Orton now.
[Jerry] The WWE champion wants nothing to do with Batista.
[Jim] Door is open.
[Jerry] Orton slithering out the door.
He is almost out but the feet have to be on the floor.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Orton with both hands so close.
[Jim] Then Batista just powering,
dragging Orton's 250-pound body back into the ring.
-[grunts] -[commentators] Ooh.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Disheartening for Randy Orton to have had that steel door open
and both hands out being able to touch that floor,
feel it with your hands but not being able to get your feet on it.
[Michael] Orton's been manhandled since the early going, King.
[Jerry] Batista on a mission powerful slam.
Cover, will we crown a new champion?
-[Jim] Randy kicked out. -Two.
[Jerry] I thought Batista had it.
[Jim] Batista just taking Orton to all four sides of that steel cage
and introduced him to each side face first.
[Jerry] Orton…
[audience] Ooh!
[Michael] There is Randy Orton again
with an opening and an opportunity.
You can never get complacent.
Never think that you got things well in hand when you're against Orton.
[Jerry] He will strike when you least expect it.
[grunts]
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Everywhere.
[Jerry] From what he promised, Batista will suffer the worst beating
of his, quote, "miserable life" in this cage tonight.
[Michael] Orton again contemplating escape.
He's looking what's gonna be the best wrap.
-Okay. -Oh my…
[Michael] Is he gonna punt Batista's skull?
Is that maybe what was going through Orton's mind?
[Jerry] It's hard to say.
With the sadistic mind about Randy Orton.
-[Jim] Spinebuster. -[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] It may be the beginning of the end for Orton here.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Orton's skull bouncing up the canvas.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Batista closing in on the gold.
[Jerry] Bounced down signal from Batista.
He is taking Batista…
[Michael] Ooh, what a counter! What a counter by the champion.
[crowd cheering]
Wow.
[Jerry] Batista just lift to death before back drop
and then swung right into the steel cage right there.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Drops down on his head.
[audience] Batista!
[Michael] Both men showing the effects of the cage
as the WWE Universe is formally behind Batista.
[Jerry] What a standing drop kick.
[Jim] As Batista's skull again contacts the metal.
[Jerry] In this, we talk all the time, is where Orton becomes so dangerous.
[Michael] Orton's gonna try to escape again. Batista's to get up.
Batista's not even…
Orton.
[Jerry] Why isn't he going up?
[Jerry] Wait. He's going for the punt.
He's gonna go for the punt.
Orton! And Batista just flew it out of the way.
Orton realized even the stake was made,
now has to capitalize trying somehow to escape the cage.
[Jim] That may have been a huge mistake for Randy Orton.
Now Batista has Orton.
[crowd cheering]
Will Batista bomb or not?
Randy Orton hanging on.
Randy Orton got greedy.
Batista trying to make the champion pay. Can he capitalize?
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Ooh!
[Jerry] Batista.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Here it is. -[Michael] Randy Orton.
Ooh.
[Jerry] Batista bomb, we're gonna get a new champion
perhaps punch away. He's got him.
[bell ringing]
[crowd cheering]
[Lilian] Here's your winner and new WWE champion,
Batista.
[Jim] Batista has won the gold.
[Michael] A five-time champion.
It was a long struggle but Batista finally back on top.
[Michael] Months and years of frustration with Randy Orton
ended for a moment here tonight for Batista.
[music plays]
[Jerry] That's got to feel great for Dave Batista right now.
The hoist, the WWE championship high over his head.
Randy Orton lays on his feet.
[Jerry] Check this out one more time.
Orton aiming to escape that first attempt
and Batista went for the RKO, missed it
and then it was locked in.
[crowd cheering]
Listen to this impact.
-[audience] Ooh! -[Jerry] Ooh!
[Michael] But remember, King. For Batista, tonight is only the beginning.
[Jim] Batista claimed tonight he would take Randy Orton's title. He did.
And then he is gonna take Orton's pride.
He's gonna take Orton's dignity.
He's gonna take Orton's health.
He's gonna take everything from Randy Orton.
And he's not gonna stop until he wipes out Orton's entire legacy.
[Michael] Batista an animal on a mission.
I got to say I believe that that's the man that could get the job done.
-[music plays] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] What an emotional week for Batista.
For you, Ric. For you, Ric.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Batista with a dedication to his mentor,
his long time friend, The Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
The man who took Batista under his wing and turned, in Batista's words,
a muscle headed goofball into a world champion.
-[music plays] -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Congratulations to Batista,
five-time champion.
[Jim] Randy Orton just now crawling, getting to his knees
and staring at that sight.
Batista, the new WWE champion.
[shouting]
[Jerry] Still plenty of work for Batista to do in Randy Orton's case
but nonetheless, could be party time tonight for the new WWE champion
on Bourbon Street, America's party capital here in New Orleans for Extreme Rules.
but I think there's one person who will not be partying tonight
no matter what happens.
John Cena into the match of his life.
[Jim] Well, you're right. John Cena, The Big Show, in a submission match.
What's going on inside the mind of John Cena right now?
Can it be done?
[Michael] Biggest challenge in his career.
[music]
[John] You know, for what seems like forever,
I've been beat up, broken down and wore out.
I've heard the critics talk and they say that maybe I've lost a step.
Even those who believe began to question my resolve.
And with my back against the wall at Judgment Day,
I overcame physics and gravity
by defeating The Big Show.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] He's got him up. How does he do it?
[Jim] The attitude adjustment.
[Jerry] See that made believe kind of a lot of people here today.
[John] Critics were silenced and those who believe
can once again hold on to that sense of pride
knowing that I will not let them down.
[John] Impossible, loyalty, respect.
That is the code in which I live by.
[music plays]
Make believe time is over.
[The Big Show] John Cena may think that he is done with me
but I am not done with John Cena by far.
I just talked to Vickie Guerrero
and Vickie made a match for Extreme Rules.
It's a match that I know John Cena physically can't win.
It's a submission match.
[celestial music plays]
[Michael] John Cena, his submission maneuvers, the STF.
[Michael] On three separate occasions in Judgment Day,
John Cena was not able to lock in the STF
on The Big Show.
[Jim] It was physically impossible.
[Jerry] The Big Show may just been too big.
[Jerry] It can't be done.
The Big Show bowing the main goal and made John Cena.
[The Big Show] I wanna end John Cena's career.
[crowd cheering]
[John] At Extreme Rules, may the best man win.
[The Big Show] It's a match that I know John Cena physically can't win.
[Jerry] John Cena is gonna need another miracle.
[John] With my back against the wall,
those who believe can once again hold on to that sense of pride
knowing that I will not let them down.
[The Big Show] John Cena, I'm gonna hurt you.
[bell rings]
[Lilian] This next contest is a submission match.
[crowd cheering]
[music plays]
[explosion bursts]
[Lilian] Introducing first, standing at seven feet tall,
weighing in at 441 pounds,
The Big Show.
[Michael] King, Big Show is wwe.com superstar of the day,
he might as will be .com's monster of the day.
How in the world are you gonna get this man to tap out? Can it happen?
[Jerry] I just don't believe you can, Michael.
She just said 441 pounds
and I think that's being generous.
Not generous, being a little lie if you can on Big Show.
But the seven feet tall that makes it physically impossible
for John Cena to get that STF on him.
[Michael] I know Big Show, hoping he's going to have John Cena
mangled and maimed.
Next time, WWE comes your way on pay-per-view
three weeks from tonight, in Sacramento, California for The Bash.
[Jerry] Maybe you know something I don't.
Maybe you've heard something that I haven't.
Maybe John Cena has learned a new submission hold
that would work on The Big Show.
[Jim] I'd like to see it.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Is there such a thing?
[music plays]
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] The New Orleans Arena is erupting.
[Michael] Ooh!
[music plays]
[Lilian] From West Newbury, Massachusetts,
weighing in at 240 pounds,
John Cena.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] King, we talked about the determination of John Cena
all the time. The resolve of this man,
but do you believe John Cena
is psychologically behind the eight ball already here tonight?
Knowing that he's not able to apply his number one submission,
the STF against The Big Show.
[Jerry] I can't personally speak for John Cena
but I can say that, Michael, there were a few times in my career
when I was wrestling and going in the ring
and I honestly didn't feel I was gonna win the match.
And brother, you're right, that's for you behind the eight ball
so how do you get over that? How do you will yourself through that?
It's difficult. It's very, very difficult.
You know what, every time that I went into a match
wondering or thinking I wasn't gonna win, I didn't win.
[Michael] That is what John Cena faces tonight against the 7-foot.
Ladies and gentlemen, he told us earlier on this week
that he's actually 485 pounds.
[Jerry] Wow.
[Michael] That is what John Cena faces here tonight at Extreme Rules.
Again, this is a submission match.
The first man to make his opponent tap out will win.
[crowd cheering]
[bell rings]
[Michael] We saw that highlight package earlier
and we saw the attitude adjustment John Cena delivered to The Big Show.
[Jerry] It doesn't matter tonight.
You hit that, it's not gonna make the man submit on that.
[Michael] No.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] In fact, it's not so much the 485 pounds with The Big Show.
[Jim] That's something, that's enough, but…
[Jerry] It's the seven foot tall body that that 485 pounds is in,
the girth of that body that makes it impossible for STF to work.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] John Cena would be wise not to take punches.
[Jerry] Just look at it. I mean, it's a classic.
The picture is worth a thousand words. Look at the size difference.
[Michael] John Cena is trying to knock The Big Show
and he got caught.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] That tree-limb-like arm of The Big Show.
The look in the eyes of the Big Show.
[Michael] And there! Look, King.
[Jerry] Setting Cena up for the killer punch backbreaker.
[Jerry] Look at Cena!
[Michael] Cena going for the STF, the submission maneuver we talked about.
Cena twerked. He couldn't do it.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Unless Cena realized right off the bat it's not gonna work
and well, Big Show as well. He knows too.
Smile on the face of a giant there.
[Michael] Cena, why go for that? Why go for that early on?
[Jerry] I don't know. Maybe he's like, why not?
What I'm saying to JR, dance with who brung you.
That's what he's won so many matches with.
He's gonna try it, he's to try it.
Cena keeps going for the legs to knock the big man down
and Cena's gonna have to use his quickness
through the left of the body of The Big Show,
try to wear the big man down.
-[Jerry] Ooh! [audience] Ooh!
[Jerry] The agility of the 7-foot tall, 485-pounder.
[Michael] That is a size 22 5E boot
landed into the jaw of Cena.
[Jerry] Ooh!
Well, you saw that big hammer-like fist into the mid section.
Remember it would only take one of those to the side of Cena's head or his jaw
to knock Cena out. If Cena's knocked out, that's a submission.
[Michael] Exactly.
King, do you wanna talk about the size of those hands?
Big Show wears a ring that is 22 and a half inches.
That's sort of shows the size of the hands.
[Jerry] Well out of respect, you know, I got large fingers. I wear a size 12.
[grunt]
He's twenty-two and a half. Twenty-two and a half.
[Michael] Mallet-like hands.
[crowd cheering]
Man.
[The Big Show] You don't think this is gonna be easy, did you?
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Telling Cena again: "You didn't think this was gonna be easy!"
-[grunts] -[Jerry] Ooh.
[Jerry] I know that Cena didn't think it was gonna be easy.
[Michael] Big Show is impacting John Cena's career tonight.
[Jerry] Cena won't let that happen, but did you see that?
With one hand, causing John Cena to fall from the ring,
literally out of the ring.
The strength of The Big Show is incredible.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Watch again, watch.
[audience] Ooh!
[Jerry] Like shooing a fly.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] The intensity in the eyes of The Big Show.
He's a gargantuan man.
[Michael] He's got to be feeling pretty good about it.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Big Show said earlier Cena can't physically win.
Probably right.
[thud]
[Michael] Cena trying to just drag himself back into the ring.
[Jerry] Cena's gonna have to try to avoid moving his mid section
his rib cage open like that.
[Michael] But every part of Cena's body is vulnerable, King.
[Jerry] You don't leave the rib cage open. I mean--
One of those hammer-like blows from the Big Show to crack a rib.
[Michael] Cena realizes where he can be if he was tied up in the ropes.
That is somehow, this fight is way out.
[Jerry] The fighting determination of Cena.
Ooh!
[Jerry] There's the strength and size of the unstoppable giant.
[Michael] How many men have we seen John Cena knock down
with his flying shoulder?
Countless.
[Jerry] Almost everyone except
except now, not The Big Show.
[Jerry] Here's the one we're talking about. You're right.
[audience] Ooh!
[Michael] Cena's used that very maneuver to put countless opponents on the mat.
Cena says he has to adapt and overcome.
How do you adapt and overcome against this man?
[audience] Ooh!
[Jerry] I don't know, Michael. I don't know how you absorb those blows.
[Big Show] Can't last all day.
-[Jerry] A fearless, breathless… -[The Big Show] I'm gonna break you.
You know this, I'm going to break you.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Trash talking…
Ooh.
[Jerry] He really can't understand.
Big Show telling Cena he's gonna break him.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Big Show is being embarrassedly humiliated by this man.
[Michael] A full Nelson. It can be a submission maneuver.
[Jerry] Right, but I don't think…
Cena's able to block it now.
[Michael] Trying to anyway.
[Jerry] Big Show's his fingers around the shoulders.
Cena trying to power out.
[Michael] We've talked so much about The Big Show,
but we've also witnessed and seen the strength of John Cena,
sometimes almost superhuman himself.
We saw John Cena pin the Big Show at WrestleMania,
did it again at Judgment Day.
We've seen John Cena actually lift The Big Show in the air,
which is incredible.
[Jerry] This is a different ball game tonight.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Big Show embarrassed and humiliated by Cena
over the past few months,
enhanced this anger.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] There's a nice stopper. A sleeper hold.
Perhaps this will work!
[Jerry] It could work! Knock out point earlier.
If Big Show passes out, the match is over.
Cena doesn't have it locked in right.
This is not the classic sleeper hold here.
He's got one of the arteries on the side of his neck blocked, but…
[Michael] Doesn't matter, Big Show is trying desperately to get out of this.
but now Cena may begin to be blinding it,
locking it in a little bit.
[crowd cheering]
Look at Big Show.
[Jerry] Cena may somehow try to--
Ooh!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] The Big Show is down to one knee! Can John Cena do it?
[Jerry] I'm going to take it back. This version of Cena's sleeper is working.
It's got the giant down to one knee.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Big Show, his face cherry red.
Cena's got to be putting an incredible amount of strength,
arm pressure on the neck.
For that point there, the sleeper hold didn't work.
But did it work to see
that it can get the Big Show to tap out or be knocked out?
[Michael] I think that maybe… Ooh!
[audience] Ooh!
[Jerry] That did some damage to both men.
Cena going down face first,
but at the same time all of Cena's body weight
fell on the head of The Big Show.
Watch this.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Look! Ooh!
I think Cena absorbed most for that last one.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Big Show is still reeling from that sleeper.
[Michael] Perhaps his sleeper was the final flurry for Cena.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] But perhaps as you said,
it may have put a little doubt in the mind of The Big Show.
He may realize, "I do have to be weary of Cena."
[Michael] The Big Show has now turned his focus to the ribs of Cena.
Remember the back injury and rib injury
sustained when Big Show slammed Cena through that 7,000-watt searchlight
back at Backlash a few weeks ago.
[Jerry] Early on in this match, we saw Big Show
softening up that midsection, those ribs.
[audience] Ooh!
[Jerry] Big Show is actually asking for silence of the fans
before he blasted Cena there
to make sure everybody can hear that impact.
[Michael] Cena trying to fight back against swatted away
of the world's largest athlete
and for much of this match has been pulverizing Cena.
[Jerry] I can't help but think though
that when Cena got that sleeper partially on,
just partially on, it took The Big Show to his knees.
That may have let Cena realize
there is a chink in the armor of The Big Show.
[Jerry] Might have just angered Big Show.
Ooh!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Back to the ribs.
[Michael] Cena literally gasping for air.
Oh, my gosh.
[grunts]
[Jerry] Targeting the ribs in the lower back.
Giant suplex, literally.
[Michael] The smile crossing the face of Big Show,
realizing he's in complete control.
[Jerry] The face of a man that's proud of his work.
No! He's going to stand on Cena's ribs.
[shouting]
Near 500 pounds.
[crowd chattering]
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Almost like he's enjoying this.
[Michael] I'm sure he is.
[crowd chattering]
[grunting]
[Jerry] Using the ropes as weapon.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] He's trying to block it towards Cena. Just two for a moment.
[Michael] Cena's in trouble. After all the damage Big Show
has done to Cena's midsection and his ribcage.
And the Big Show gets on Cena's back
and locks in his version of that camel clutch,
Even if you're Superman, you're not getting out of that.
[Jerry] Look!
[Michael] It's almost like Big Show is toying with Cena, punishing him.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] It seems he can put him away whenever he wants.
He's somewhat toying with him
as he's making an example out of him.
[Michael] This is gonna be an awfully large example,
500 pounds, ladies and gentlemen,
John Cena Rose out of the way,
this could be the opening that Cena needs.
[Jerry] The Big Show landed awkwardly on his hip there,
I think he saw that Cena was moving
and he tried-- Look!
-[Michael] John Cena! -[Jerry] Body slam! Couldn't do it.
Big Show.
[Michael] No pinfall in this, but…
[Jerry] Big Show locking this in,
Submission maneuver. Look at the way John Cena…
[grunts]
[Michael] Again, the pressure, the entire way to Big Show's body
into the ribs and back of Cena.
[Jerry] Cena may have to tap out. How much of this can he take?
Big Show just wrenching each and every time.
That mammoth, Big Show, is putting all of his weight down on Cena
and applying as much pressure as he can to Cena's neck and shoulder.
[Michael] Torch.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Cena has nowhere to go.
His arms are locked around the body.
Cena has to use his legs as weapons now, but will it be enough?
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Cena's knees going into the ribcage of the Big Show.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Cena caught in that.
[audience] Ooh.
Again, chokeslam would target the back but Cena blocked it.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] The strength of the Big Show. He just manhandled Cena
right over the top rope, out into the floor.
[Michael] John just can't get going. He just can't build any type of offense.
[Jerry] It's not that John can't get going,
it's that the Big Show is not letting Cena get going.
[Michael] This is dangerous, not good at all right here.
[crowd chattering]
[The Big Show] Here he comes.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] John may realize there's always so much of this abuse and punishment
Cena's body can take.
[Michael] Evil intentions for Big Show, no doubt.
[Jerry] The Big Show is extremely… It is a steel post!
Come on!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Hush has come over the fans here, everyone here
realizes what kind of trouble John Cena's in right now.
Big Show just destroying this man.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Cena, five-time champion.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Big Show… The abdominal stretch.
[grunts]
Focusing attack on the midsection again.
[Jerry] Cena could have to submit here.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Will Cena tap out?
If he does, Big Show wins this submission match.
[Jerry] Look at Cena's shoulder. Look at Cena's ribcage.
Ooh! My God.
[Michael] That big paw of the Big Show.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I don't know how John can withstand this kind of pain.
And now look at Cena.
[Michael] Trying to battle back.
[Jerry] Loosening the grip of The Big Show.
The strength and power and resilience of Cena.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] No!
John Cena countered into a DDT.
[crowd cheering]
Does Cena have anything left to capitalize?
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] John Cena's again going to try to go for the STF.
-[Michael] Big Show to his side… -[Jerry] No way.
[Michael] Didn't allow Cena any chance.
And then just kicked him out of the ring.
[Jerry] I can't believe John fell out face first on the floor.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] So the Big Show favoring the knee.
I'm thinking if at some point one of these two men can't continue,
that too would be considered by the officials as a submission.
-[Michael] Did you just see that? -[Jerry] Unreal.
[Michael] John Cena showing signs of life.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I don't know how.
[crowd cheering]
John Cena going to go up high on Big Show.
[crowd cheering]
Catching Cena in a bear hug.
[crowd cheering]
And with an extra exclamation point.
[Michael] Locked the arms around the waist.
[Jerry] Back to the ribcage,
the lower back of John Cena
and look at the pressure the Big Show is applying.
[Michael] Bear hug is excruciating, but when you have the rib injuries
and then a man like The Big Show applying it…
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Will Cena tap out?
Will he submit to end this match?
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Some of these holds
sometimes don't sound kind of impressive
but believe me: Bear Hug is something you can only see here.
It is an excruciating hold
and if the Big Show gets it on you… Look at this!
[Michael] John Cena.
[Jerry] What's he doing?
The spirit of Cena has broken the bear hug.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Cena's still with life.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] What?
[crowd cheering]
[audience] You can't see me.
[Jerry] John Cena defiantly telling The Big Show: "You can't see me."
A five knuckle shuffle by John.
[crowd cheering]
What is this going to accomplish?
Ooh!
[Michael] Momentum stopped quickly for a moment.
[Jerry] Look at this, again.
The align for adjustment
but again, you can't make the big man submit this way.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Cena trying to roll Big Show over again in position for the STF.
Can John Cena put the STF on?
Can he lock it on this time or is Big Show too big?
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] The elbow. Pointed elbow.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I've seen it a couple of times, but every time is see John Cena
get that giant up in the air on his shoulders
I'm in shock, amazed. But the problem with--
Ooh!
A knock out punch!
And if Cena can't answer the count, this one's over.
Cena left his chin exposed for a moment and paid.
[Michael] Man, you're right.
Cena just dropped his guard and brother, the Big Show took advantage.
That came from left field,
a haymaker.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Cena really knocked out, he's not…
No, no. Ooh!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Cena running the Big Show head first
into that steel ring post. Both men are down.
[Michael] It had to be done instinctively. No other way to explain it.
[crowd chattering]
Self preservation maybe.
[crowd chattering]
[Jerry] We'll see that one more time,
It look like Cena was in bad trouble and then…
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] A desperate Cena with a desperate move
that's paid off for at least now.
[Jerry] Still, after that, Big Show is still the first to his feet.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Amazing.
He's dragging himself.
[Michael] Realizes an opening. Cena saw an opening.
For just a moment he saw--
[audience] Ooh!
[Jerry] He took advantage with a lay drop from the top rope.
[Michael] He can pin Big Show now but that is not going to matter.
[Jerry] Look at Cena! What is he doing here?
[crowd cheering]
John Cena's…
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] What is he doing?
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Cena looks as if he's trying to tie that huge leg.
-[Michael] He's locking up… -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Now look. Look at this.
Look at this!
An STF, an STF.
[crowd cheering]
Cena's got him locked in using the ropes as advantage.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] The Big Show.
[Michael] Big Show trying to power out.
[crowd cheering]
Can Cena get the giant to tap?
Big Show's eyes! Look at the eyes.
Big Show taps out…
-[crowd cheering] -[bell ringing]
[Michael] John Cena with another miracle.
[music plays]
[Lilian] Here is your winner,
John Cena.
[Michael] John Cena persevered,
somehow found a way.
[Michael] John Cena created this opportunity, he found the opening.
[Jerry] Coming up that top rope,
dazed the giant
and then allowed Cena to have time to lock that in on the giant's head.
[Michael] You know what he did when he locked the legs to the rope?
[Jerry] It really extended the length of John Cena's body.
[Michael] It allowed Cena to use the ropes as an extension of his own legs.
It allowed him to use the STF pressure, applied to Big Show to get him to tap out.
It showed good encounter with his upper and lower body
entangled between the ropes.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Just bad luck for Big Show,
getting tied up in the rope like that.
[Jerry] Throughout the match
John Cena tried, not once, twice, but several times to lock on the STF
but as you can see he could get the leg,
but once he had the leg he couldn't reach the head of the giant.
And then finally, as you said, Michael,
using that rope as an extension,
if you will, of John's own body.
Locked in.
The pressure was applied
and the Big Show finally, before he passed out,
had to tap out.
[Michael] The eyes of the Big Show tell the story,
rolling back in his skull and nearly passing out
had to tap out.
[Jerry] Look at the pressure!
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
[Michael] Somehow, some way, John Cena has done it again.
[music plays]
He continues to amaze. What a match!
What a fantastic, extreme match.
[Jerry] Talk about creating your openings.
[Michael] All you could say is that John Cena came here tonight
and did the near impossible
with a little help from lady luck.
[Todd] What a night it has been so far here in Extreme Rules
but it's time for our SmackDown main event
and from the moment we found out what type of match we were gonna see
the entire WWE Universe has been all of us.
Well, we saw great resilience and innovation by John Cena
just a couple of moments ago.
We're going to see even more in this ladder match.
[Todd] Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time ever, one-on-one,
it will be Jeff Hardy and Edge in a ladder match
for the World Heavyweight Championship.
It's a match that has been 10 years in the making.
[music plays]
[male voice] For nearly a decade,
two men have waged war on each other
and in turn, redefined an industry.
One with a high risk, high reward,
leave no chance on taking lifestyle.
The other with an immoral, opportunistic hunger for power and glory.
Tonight, their years of battles culminate at the apex of Extreme,
a World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match.
[Edge] Jeff Hardy, you always impress, you always shine,
you always make everyone's jaws drop.
But me, I always win.
[music plays]
[Edge] Jeff Hardy is not championship material.
Correct me if I'm wrong,
but when I became WWE champion, got beat upon that goes by the name Edge.
[music]
[Jeff] At Extreme Rules, I will be climbing a ladder
to become the World Heavyweight champion.
[male voice] Tonight, at WWE Extreme Rules,
climb the ladder, grab the gold,
win the war.
[Jim] Well, there are plenty of options, JR.
Someone will have to climb the ladder
Championship. World Heavyweight championship.
[Jim] Ladders everywhere and everyone you can climb, man.
This must be a vanishing land.
Ladders of all sizes, as the WWE two greatest Ladder Match competitors
about to quarrel for the first time ever,
one-on-one in this environment.
[bell ringing]
[Tony] The following is a Ladder Match
for the World Heavyweight Championship.
[music plays]
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Ladies and gentlemen,
you're looking at the World Heavyweight champion,
and one of the greatest Ladder Match performers of all time.
[explosion bursts]
[Jim] All certainly going in this match
[unintelligible]
The stakes are high,
above the ring about 20 feet
is a Heavyweight title.
And that's what's at stake tonight.
[music plays]
[Jim] It's very difficult
to look back in matches that really locked a career,
and for both Edge and Jeff Hardy
that happened in 1999 at the first ever Tag Team Ladder Match,
that had no mercy in Cleveland.
On that night, it was Jeff Hardy who eliminated Edge.
Must bear that in mind.
[crowd cheering]
[audience] Hardy! Hardy!
[music plays]
[explosions burst]
[Todd] He is the charismatic, number one contender
and if there was any night of the year,
any pay-per-view that you perhaps would want to face Jeff Hardy,
it would have to be on this night in Extreme Rules.
[Jim] As we saw Friday night on Smack Down, Jeff Hardy is not superstitious.
He was waving in and out under those ladders
As if-- Well, they were just ladders.
[Todd] Well, Edge just said that Jeff Hardy is a screw up
and that Jeff Hardy is not championship material.
He just lives for the moment,
he's just too big of a carefree lifestyle.
Hardy said: "Listen. Living for the moment will not be my downfall,
it will be my salvation.
Ladders are my comfort zone."
[Jim] This match will have no pinfalls and no submissions.
First man to climb a ladder
and retrieve the World Heavyweight Championship belt
will be the winner.
And let's remember this, neither of these men
have ever lost at Extreme Rules.
[music playing]
[Tony] Introducing first, the challenger.
From Cameron, North Carolina, weighting 225 pounds,
Jeff Hardy.
[crowd cheering]
And his opponent, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
weighting 241 pounds,
he is the current World Heavyweight champion,
the rated R superstar,
Edge.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Edge's eyes look like he was out all night
with Polk Salad Annie. They're bulgy.
He's already in game pace, game mode.
[bell ringing]
[Jim] An emotional night for him, but also for Jeff Hardy.
[Todd] Two masters of the extreme clashing for the ultimate war.
[Jim] This won't be about peeling out. These two know each other too well.
It will be about beating down and debilitating,
being able to incapacitate and then utilize the ladder to climb it
and retrieve the world title.
[Todd] JR, in your opinion,
there a better Ladder Match performer out there or are these two best?
[Jerry] These are the best.
They've been in more ladder matches than anyone at WWE history.
Their records speak for themselves.
I don't know who you could put in the same category.
It's arguable, but these are the two best in my eyes.
[Todd] Jeff Hardy's made a prediction for tonight
and told Edge last week that people will talk about this match forever,
long after we're gone.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] A strong statement.
[Todd] First ever Ladder Match at WrestleMania X,
Shawn Michaels versus Razor Ramon.
It is the litmus for all other Ladder Matches.
Both of these superstars at their home probably watched that match
thought maybe one day their dream would come true.
Perhaps they could compete in a Ladder Match.
Tonight, they have that opportunity for the World Heavyweight title.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Jeff Hardy defeated Edge in a one-on-one contest
in order to make a stipulation.
There was no hesitation in Jeff Hardy's voice,
He wanted a Ladder Match and here we are.
-[thud] -[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Today's first suplex.
Most many top ten WWE
would not want to be in a Ladder Match under any circumstances.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] It's just too darn risky
and it's poorly and it's career threat quite frankly.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] No doubt you put your physical well-being on the rope,
just like that.
A baseball slide by Edge right into the ladder,
which, in turn, went right into the ribcage of Jeff Hardy.
[Jim] The goal was, in the early part as he mentioned,
disable your opponent.
Obviously Edge right there, low dropkick,
wasn't totally disabled.
[crowd cheering]
He's still parking in rigorous spots.
[Todd] Jeff Hardy defeated Edge
in Armageddon for his first ever WWE title.
Edge in turn defeated Jeff Hardy
at the Royal Rumble one-on-one to regain that championship.
[Jim] With lots of help from Jeff's brother,
the ever loving, egocentric Matt Hardy.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd and Jim] Ooh!
[Jim] The ribs can be cracking.
[Todd] Edge was hoping perhaps he could get foot hold on the apron.
Instead, his chest collided with that ladder.
[Jim] The issue is that these ladders are just not going to give,
but the anatomy will.
[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] Look at this, crossover the top and right there!
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Jeff Hardy is a professional risk taker…
And now has an opportunity to grab the gold.
[Jim] This is it for Jeff Hardy, first man to try to climb the ladder tonight.
[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] And the first man to be punished for it.
[Todd] So many options.
I don't think I've ever seen these many ladders in one place.
[Jim] A lot of options, one goal.
But that one ladder is going to take you where you want to go.
Straight up to the top and Hardy…
[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] Got mangled and tangled and got dangled by that ladder
and now you see the position Jeff Hardy is in, in the ladder.
[Todd] Look at the twisted metal.
That was all caused by Jeff Hardy's body.
[Jim] Maybe some twisted bones, tissue and muscle.
Well, look at this right here.
[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] Not that any place is a good place to get hit by a ladder,
but Jeff Hardy in a very uncomfortable landing.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Uncomfortable is one way to put it.
Jeff might be incapacitated as we admitted to earlier.
That's the objective in the early part of any Ladder Match.
Incapacitate and climb.
[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] Edge, the ultimate opportunist.
He always seems to have something in mind, some sort of game plan.
[Jim] Turnbuckle is bad enough.
The ladders make it even worse, obviously.
As we're seeing these ladders can be used as very evil assets.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Edge-- Ooh!
[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] Went for the abdomen, but instead found one of the wrongs in that ladder.
[Jim] Edge was looking for the brakes,
he couldn't find it.
Went head first into the ladder
and now can Hardy…
[audience] Ooh!
The slap, the smack.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Let's be honest, JR. Jeff Hardy would love this
to turn into a human demolition derby,
that's the way Jeff Hardy likes it.
[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] Willing to crash and burn,
willing to climb higher, fall further in any opponent.
[Jim] We've seen Hardy use those maneuvers before, many times,
and squeezing that ladder
and making that ladder the meat of the sandwich
is a little bit punishing, to say the very least.
[Todd] Tonight, Edge has promised the extermination of Jeff Hardy
as we know him.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] We've already seen three championships change hands tonight.
The WWE title, ECW title and intercontinental championship…
Look out here. All have new holders.
[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] Almost steals it.
Edge, seeing Jeff Hardy out of the corner of his eye.
Edge is too smart, too calculating,
especially in these Ladder Matches
to get caught in the same position again.
[Todd] You've to be ware of the aftershock of any type of collision with the ladder.
You've to keep your head on the swivel. There's always more steel to follow.
[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] What's Edge got in store?
Like a chopping block.
[Jim] Hardy's legs now being pulled
but more of his torso is in between the ladders
Look at this! A sharpshooter.
[screaming]
Jeff Hardy is caught between the ladder in a sharpshooter
He's tapping but the match can't end by a tap out.
[Todd] It's not a submission match, it's a Ladder Match.
Edge at this point seems to be in complete control
but still much work to be done
if Edge wants to grab that World Heavyweight championship.
[audience] Hardy, Hardy!
[Jim] Well, he'd climb that ladder on one leg, I can promise you.
Like one arm man in that contest.
He can finish first.
[Todd] Now Edge. I don't know if that ladder is up to task.
Trying to straighten it out,
it's been banged against Hardy's body.
[Jim] If I were Edge, I'd try it, up the task or not.
You got to go for it.
Edge has got this opportunity, a golden opportunity,
no pun intended, hanging above his head.
Jeff Hardy, Jeff Hardy!
[audience] Ooh!
Hardy dropped taking ladder and human body
and then both go crashing to canvas.
Two bodies, one ladder and the title still hanging.
[Todd] It was almost as if Jeff Hardy waited until the opportune moment,
waited until Edge got to the perfect height
and then hit this drop kick.
-[thud] -[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] You hear the impact,
you hear the smack of flesh as Hardy took down the ladder
and his competitor opponent, the reigning world's champion Edge.
And Hardy, the first man up but how is Jeff Hardy standing?
Hardy trying to get that ladder back in the operational condition.
[Jim] But Hardy is, I don't know, trying to stabilize the ladder.
He's not gonna climb it that way, obviously.
[Todd] The unique extreme enigma
has something planned here for Edge.
[Jim] This is not about climbing a ladder,
it's about destroying the champion.
[audience] Ooh!
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Like a pinch of flesh right off.
[Jim] How do you break a fall?
Break your ribs.
Internal damage could be forthcoming for the champion.
Look at this here. Look at this.
[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] There's no way to grab anything
to break a fall or to reduce the impact.
It was just there and it was just going to happen
The champion's got to endure it.
[Todd] Jeff Hardy has found another ladder, a working ladder.
and now Jeff Hardy with the opportunity to climb to the top.
[Jim] Well, one ladder has been disabled and perhaps two bodies.
This is a bigger ladder.
[Todd] Look at the size of that ladder.
It's 15-feet high.
[crowd cheering]
[screaming]
[Todd] And twist of fate.
[crowd cheering]
Champ.
[Todd] This is the moment.
[Jim] Jeff Hardy's got the opportunity to climb the ladder.
Going run in the time, Jeff.
One step at a time to glory.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] The risk taker.
[Jim] Jeff's done it before.
Can he do it again?
Jeff's long ways from the ladder or from the world title hanging
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Jeff got it!
[crowd cheering]
-[Todd] He's got to unhook it! -[Jim] Jeff Hardy'd win right here.
-[audience] Ooh! -[Jim] My God.
Edge jerked Jeff Hardy down
and Hardy's jaw top front off the ladder,
and the world title is still hanging.
Hardy trying to get the feeling back in his left leg
which may have been destroyed on that fall.
[crowd cheering]
Look at this. Hardy, grabbing the title, couldn't unhook it.
Edge desperately pulling hard,
jerking Hardy down.
[Todd] Not only did Hardy suffer that shot to the jaw
but you can see the after effects on that left knee.
Hardy can barely stand right now.
[Jim] Well, two words in a ladder match.
What do you want to do to survive?
Two words, eliminate the sense
and that was a hellacious descent by Jeff Hardy.
[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] I don't care who wins or who loses this competition.
These men may never be the same no less.
Jeff Hardy on adrenaline, on a wheel.
[Todd] Whisper in the wind from up the ladder.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Hardy went about three quarters up the ladder,
executed whisper in the wind
literally in a blink of an eye.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] There's nothing that Hardy won't do.
[audience] Hardy, Hardy!
[Todd] Hardy never wavering at all.
Look at that whisper in the wind.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] On a normal circumstances, if this was pinfall,
Hardy'd have won right there.
You've got to believe, after all the abuse that Edge has taken,
Hardy could have won the match if pinfalls are counted.
But it's not about pinfalls,
it's about climbing the ladder
and retrieving the world title
which is hanging about 20-feet above the ring.
[Todd] Edge has criticized Jeff Hardy saying: Jeff only makes highlight real,
he doesn't win matches.
Edge says that he does,
but right now, Hardy literally steps away
from winning the World Heavyweight championship.
[Jim] Hardy more prudently positioning that ladder
and Jeff Hardy taking Edge to the floor,
and himself obviously.
Now is a good check,
who's gonna to be able to get back in the ring
and capitalize on the one ladder
that is sitting almost directly into the world title.
[audience] Ooh!
[Jerry] Hardy had a perfect shot.
That was a bull's eye right in the face by Edge.
[Todd] Jeff Hardy's had most of the offense the past few minutes.
Edge trying to get something going his way right now
Why not grab a ladder to build some momentum?
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Well, Edge knows he has got to totally incapacitate Jeff Hardy
to retain the world title.
Edge knows that.
And so does Jeff Hardy.
Both Edge and Hardy got to be completely out for the other to win,
That's the bottomline.
[Jerry] Edge, looks like he's gonna try and suplex Hardy on to that ladder.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Right here near us and into the security wall.
The ladders and…
[Todd] One thing:
They're not gonna ran out of ladders to use tonight. They're everywhere.
[Jim] And the ladder again becomes another opportunity
to become an evil asset.
[Todd] Well, caution is not an attribute
either one of these men can afford to have in this match
and none has shown it.
[Jim] I don't know how these men are even standing.
It was less--
-[thud] -[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] Hardy's body just wrapped around the steel steps
and at some point mother nature has to intervene.
The human anatomy has to give away.
[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] Again, ladder and security wall.
[Todd] Right now, Edge has all the momentum in the world.
Can the rated R superstar cash in?
[Jim] This is absolute carnage.
[Todd] Edge staggering out with the steel steps in Hardy.
[Jim] It just goes to show you
what these two men would put their bodies through.
How they will shorten their careers to become the world's champion.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] This is a match that can shorten careers.
Both these men are putting their physical will-being on the line.
[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] I don't know, Jeff Hardy was sailing.
Edge got hung up on the security wall,
and Jeff Hardy somehow, my God, has bounced off of the concrete.
[Todd] That look like a neck breaker, running neck breaker on Edge
right on top of that security wall.
[Jim] Jeff Hardy is a human thrill ride.
[Todd] Take a look at this again.
[audience] Ooh!
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Jeff Hardy looking to finally debilitate
eliminate Edge's opportunity to remain champion
once and for all. My God, what is Jeff Hardy thinking?
[Todd] This may be the moment, JR.
Edge not moving on one ladder,
while Hardy climbs another.
[crowd cheering]
Edge on that-- Wait, wait.
[Todd] Hardy took his eyes of the prize, so to speak,
and now Edge's going to meet Hardy at the top of this ladder.
[Jim] This'd be one of the major moments in this match.
Both men on this huge ladder outside the ring.
[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] No! My God!
[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] Bodies and ladders are broken.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] They just snapped the steel ladder in half.
[Jim] These two men
may have also just snapped their careers in half.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Listen to the impact.
[crowd cheering]
[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] Both these men worse for wear now, but Edge moving
and Hardy grasping his shoulder.
[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] Even the steel was broken, the ladder was broken.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] So one can only imagine
what that has done to the two bodies of the champion
and his number one contender.
[Todd] The internal injuries must be massive.
[Jim] Well, yet somehow, some way, they have come back in the ring.
Some way they're back in the ring and they're continuing.
They're trying to build their way up that ladder to greatness.
[Todd] No matter what happens outside the ring,
the only thing that matters is hanging above the ring.
And that's the World Heavyweight title.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] The referee went down.
Good thing there's another referee.
Still there's no kind of submission.
Jeff Hardy, climbing one step at a time
closer to reaching the top of the mountain.
Literally, one more time on the ladder.
[Todd] Hardy's got his fingertips on it.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Look at Edge with a steal!
[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] God, it was a twist of fate.
[Jim] In mid air.
[unintelligible]
What a twist of fate in mid air.
Edge just drill got drilled by Jeff Hardy.
But remember these two men had both gone up the ladders.
Look at this.
[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] Edge trying a maneuver
that he made famous in another ladder match.
It was countered by Jeff Hardy.
Jeff Hardy was a victim of a mid air sphere.
[Todd] And now Jeff is climbing again,
as Edge is away on the canvas.
[Jim] I don't know if that's to give back in this thing.
After that counter in mid air.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Both these men just fell out of the atmosphere
and now Hardy trying to climb again.
[crowd cheering]
[Todd] Hardy about four more runs to go to get to the top.
[Jim] But Edge… It's a race now.
It's a race to the finish, the top of the ladder.
[Todd] Hardy's got it. Just got it.
[Jim] Just jump the ladder. He's got the title.
He had to forget the moment. Hardy handling gold and now Hardy is down.
Edge has got it.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Has Edge just snatched the win?
[Todd] Both these superstars just inches away from having that title.
[Jim] Look at this, Edge hold between the rungs of the ladder.
[Todd] Edge tapping, in no man's land.
Literally, and there's Hardy.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Hardy is climbing, Edge is hung up.
He can't go. Hardy is climbing. And he's got it!
-[bell ringing] -[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Jeff Hardy party has started again.
[music plays]
[presenter] The winner of this match
and new World Heavyweight champion,
Jeff Hardy.
[Jim] The reign and our superstar has been crucified on a ladder
and Jeff Hardy wins the World Heavyweight championship.
[Jim] I cannot believe it, my God.
Jeff Hardy has done it again.
Jeff almost had won it earlier.
It looked like he couldn't quite unhook the championship.
Edge made Hardy pay the price
but Hardy would not quit.
Hardy would not say no.
[Todd] Edge has his opportunities as well.
[Jim] But look at this, Jeff pulling Edge through the ladder
and there was no where for Edge to go.
Nothing the rated R superstar could do
but watch as Jeff Hardy climbs the ladder
and wins the World Heavyweight championship.
-[bell ringing] -[music plays]
[Jim] Jeff Hardy said it was a match that people will talk about
for a long, long time
and you've got to believe the extreme enigma was right.
A classic confrontation here tonight at Extreme Rules.
[music plays]
[crowd cheering]
[referee] This is for your title.
[bell ringing]
[Todd] Money in the Bank!
Money in the Bank Contract, oh my God.
[Jim] My God, CM Punk! CM-- No, Jeff Hardy!
How in God's name did Jeff Hardy kick out?
[Todd] CM Punk has elected to cash in his money on the big contract
here tonight on Extreme Rules
against the new World Heavyweight champion.
[Jim] After Jeff Hardy's gone through a ride to hell and back
in the Ladder Match with Edge.
What an opportunistic time.
It's an inside cradle! It's the title!
[crowd cheering]
-[Jim] Did he get it? -[Todd] He got two. A two, JR.
[Jim] CM Punk was within half a second of losing.
His Money in the Bank opportunity has been cashed in.
[Todd] What has Jeff Hardy have left?
[audience] Ooh!
[Todd] There can't be much left in the tank
and CM Punk sets Jeff Hardy up,
with a go to sleep and it connects.
[Jim] The second time! Go to sleep connected,
both legs are hooked and CM Punk--
[bell ringing]
[Jim] He has beaten Jeff Hardy.
-[music plays] -[presenter] The winner of this match--
[Jim] The world title!
[presenter] The new World Heavyweight champion,
CM Punk.
[Jim] CM Punk has ruined this Jeff Hardy party.
There was no celebration.
There was no time to recover.
[music plays]
[Todd] There are celebrations right now,
but unfortunately for Jeff Hardy's fans,
it's for CM Punk.
For the second consecutive year
he has cashed in his Money in the Bank Contract
and won the championship.
[Jim] And that's what Money in the Bank is all about,
cashing in the end at the right place,
at the right time.
It was Punk's right to cash it in.
I was in the ring and I interviewed Jeff Hardy.
I hear Punk's music, I'm shocked.
[Todd] I was shocked. I didn't know what to say or do.
CM Punk, however, did. Picking the opportune moment.
[Jim] Jeff Hardy's body will never be the same again
on a night where he became the world's champion.
[Todd] Jeff Hardy went through hell tonight, JR.
[Jim] Well, without a doubt. What a counter.
What a counter, look at this.
[audience] Ooh!
[Jim] Some metal broke at Edge
and Hardy lived the fight and then…
[Todd] Out of nowhere, CM Punk
with the go to sleep.
He hit it once and Hardy miraculously was able to kick out.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Well, Jeff Hardy said that tonight, this match,
would be a night that we would never ever forget.
And he was exactly right about that.
-[referee] One, two, three. -[bell ringing]
[Jim] We'll never forget this night on Extreme Rules.
[music plays]
[Todd] It was an extreme night on every level you could possibly imagine.
[Jim] Here's the reason why we'll never forget it.
CM Punk cashing in Money in the Bank.
Hardy's body is broken
but we have a new World Heavyweight champion.
His name is CM Punk.
[music plays]
Subtitle translation by: Lucía Laccabue ion.