[tense music playing]
[narrator] We're all leaving this world.
What's waiting for us on the other side is anyone's guess.
/[man 1] Edge that sick piranha.
The ultimate opportunist has done it again.
This is a travesty.
[Edge] I am your world champion.
[man 1] Judgment Day is coming.
That title belongs to me.
I'm taking it back.
[Edge] Anytime, anywhere, bring Batista on.
[Vince] Judgment Day, I'll be your judge, jury and your executioner.
[Jerry] Bobby Lashley versus Mr. McMahon, Shane McMahon and Umaga.
[Bobby Lashley] I will take back my ECW title.
[John Cena] I do not ever back down from any challenge.
You want this, you go through me.
Great Khali, you just signed up for the fight of your life.
[Jim] Are we looking at the future?
No, no.
Is 7'3, 420 pound Great Khali our next WWE Champion?
[Jerry] How many superstars have fell into the hands of Khali in that move?
[Jim] Oh, no. Oh, my God.
John Cena has never been physically dominated as we're seeing here
by this monster of a man.
[narrator] Now, the time has come to face…
Judgment Day.
[narrator] And now, RAW, ECW and SmackDown present,
WWE Judgment Day.
["I Don't Wanna Stop" music playing]
[fireworks popping]
[audience cheering]
♪ All my life, I've been over the top ♪
♪ I don't know what I'm doing All I know is I don't wanna stop ♪
[Jim] We're live in Saint Louis, Missouri.
The Scottrade Center is rocking for the 9th annual Judgment Day.
And what a night it's gonna be.
Hi, everybody, I'm Jim Ross alongside Jerry "The King" Lawler.
And we got some huge matches tonight, King, representing Monday Night Raw.
We're all gonna have a Judgment Day, for some WWE superstar, today's that day.
John Cena may not like this Judgment Day.
And our friends from ECW, Joey Styles and Tazz are here as well.
Thank you, JR. Tonight, Bobby Lashley has an opportunity
to regain the ECW World Title.
But again, Lashley is facing three-on-one odds.
And if any one man can defy those odds, it is Bobby Lashley.
We'll find out tonight.
Let's send it to our SmackDown colleagues, Michael Cole and JBL.
Thanks, guys. And to use the old cliche, it could be Judgment Day for Edge tonight
because, John, Batista is coming for the world title.
Batista is coming to try to end the era of the Rated-R Superstar.
SmackDown welcomes Edge tonight.
[audience cheering]
["Also Sprach Zarathustra" playing]
[audience cheering]
[bell ringing]
[Justin] This contest is set for one fall.
Making his way to the ring first from Charlotte, North Carolina,
"the Nature Boy" Ric Flair.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Ladies and gentlemen, talking about Halls of Fame,
this man, "The Nature Boy," deserves to be in the wall.
The Wrestling Hall of Fame, the WWE Hall of Fame,
the [inaudible] Hall of Fame,
styling and profiling for his first match in this great city, 1978,
against the late great Pat O'Connor.
But tonight, Flair is going to attempt to take a young man
on an elongated trip, King, to the old proverbial woodshed.
[Jerry] Well, if anybody had to come in, I'm sure on your mind,
and a lotta our fan's mind, young Carlito has it coming
and Ric Flair, as you said, is the man that's gonna,
well, [inaudible] the punishment, so to speak.
♪ I spit at the face of people Who don't want to be cool ♪
["Cool" playing]
[Justin] Introducing next, from the Caribbean,
weighing 220 pounds, Carlito.
[Jim] And maybe Carlito will be taking Mr. Flair to the woodshed
because Carlito, a second-generation star, younger, quicker,
faster than "the Nature Boy."
Also, a former Intercontinental and US Champion.
[Jerry] Did you just see that? Carlito just threw his apple at Mr. Flair.
[Jim] That's another illustration of Carlito's total lack of disrespect
-for "Nature Boy" Ric Flair. -[Jerry] You mean, lack of respect, right?
Respect, I mean. Oh, Carlito disrespects the Naitch.
-And Flair… -[Jerry] Oh, did you hear that?
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Ric Flair's electric company lighting up Carlito
and the southpaw from San Juan, now living in Miami.
Carlito fighting back, but Flair maybe too much here in the early going.
And Carlito, looking for a sunset flip,
-but instead… -[Jim] Not today.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Left and right from the Naitch.
[Jim] Flair with the left hands, right hands… Oh, and another jab.
And Carlito standing right in trying…
He's absorbing a lotta punishment here in the early going.
[Jerry] I'm loving this, JR.
-[grunts] -[audience cheering]
[Jim] Nice back body drop by Ric Flair.
Flair is a man that took his time to try to motivate Carlito
who Flair saw it as many of us have
an unlimited amount of potential in Carlito,
but potential don't buy groceries. Carlito had to get more motivated.
Build that fire. He's got the fire, he's got the passion.
But he's gotta create it on a nightly basis
and that was Flair's whole issue a moment ago.
And Carlito now, after being Flair's tag team partner
and then disrespecting Flair on Monday Night Raw a couple of weeks ago.
Now has a distinct advantage over the 16-time former world's champion.
[Jerry] You're right. If there's one place
that we thought Flair would have a huge advantage,
it's an experience and knowledge
and he just got outsmarted by a young Carlito there a second ago.
[groans]
[Jim] Carlito isolating the left arm of Ric Flair.
Flair a right handed competitor, meaning that as a rule,
the left arm is not quite as strong as your dominant arm.
Flair, a right-handed man and… You see what I mean?
The right hand, big thick right hand right to the chest.
But Carlito to his credit going back to the left arm of "The Nature Boy."
[Jerry] If he could keep Ric Flair grounded as he's right now,
that'll be to Carlito's huge advantage.
He won't have to absorb those high-powered chops from "The Nature Boy."
[Jim] Carlito and Flair only a handful of superstars in history
to be both the Intercontinental and United States Champion.
And Carlito with that hammerlock has grounded Flair.
And Flair, King, from this position is a not chop worthy.
[Jerry] And you know, JR, you said the word "handful" a second ago
and it reminds me of something you and I were talking about.
How many times over his illustrious career
has Ric Flair taking someone under his wing like he did Carlito
and offer his unlimited experience and knowledge to this young man?
[Jim] I got two words for you, Four Horsemen.
-[Jerry] But still only a handful. -[Jim] Absolutely, only a handful of guys.
[Jerry] And Carlito takes that opportunity and threw it right out the window.
[Jim] But the ones that listened became awesome, became superstars,
became main eventers over a long period of time.
[audience chattering]
[Jim] Carlito has that same opportunity, or should I say did.
And Flair, the Naitch has lighten up Carlito again.
But Carlito to his credit, this is not Carlito's first rodeo,
I'll tell you.
His dad, the legendary Carlos Colon,
dominating the wrestling scene in Puerto Rico for many, many years.
Come on!
[Jim] And again that left arm exposed, isolated
and focused on the elbow right to the bicep.
You get in the ring now. Get inside the ring.
[Jim] Referee Jack Doan admonishing Carlito.
Carlito certainly doesn't wanna be counted out
with a obvious offensive advantage at this point in time over Ric Flair.
[Jerry] You said the word admonishing.
I've been trying to figure out Carlito's reasoning
and maybe he just got tired of Ric Flair telling him what to do.
You mentioned the fact that Carlito's father,
a long time successful wrestler in Puerto Rico,
I'm sure he told Carlito every move to make
as he was a young wrestler growing up.
Maybe Carlito felt Flair came along doing the same thing.
[inaudible].
[Jim] Carlito's game plan very succinct, very obvious.
And now the cover, the hook of the leg and Flair able to kick out
of that pinning predicament created by the younger Carlito
who'd love to come to this historic city of Saint Louis, Missouri
with such a long history of this business
and beat one of the business all-time greats.
[Jerry] And as we can see, Carlito doesn't seem motivated.
It's obvious that Ric Flair have motivated this young man,
but maybe not the way Flair wanted to.
-[grunts] -[audience cheering]
[Jim] Carlito has every skill, every trait
that he needs to be a world championship level competitor.
[screaming]
[groans]
[audience screaming and chattering]
[Jim] The referee telling Carlito, to get back inside
and keep it in the ring, but he's not listening.
[Jerry] Carlito rolled in long enough to make the count.
[groans]
[Jack] Carlito, that's your last one.
-[Jim] Flair has had some issues with… -[Jerry] Oh, my gosh, what a move.
[Jim] That dropkick right there on the ring post.
Flair has had issues with his rotator cuff and Flair writhing in pain.
The cover and Flair quickly kicks out.
[Jerry] Boy, oh, boy, check this out one more time.
I don't know if I've seen this move before.
A dropkick from the floor right onto Flair's left arm
that was, well, up against that steel ring post.
[Jim] No one could say that Carlito
doesn't have the appropriate aggression here tonight,
a motivation aggression, but no intimidation.
As Flair fights on that corner.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Flair a veteran big game hunter gets cornered
and he becomes a different kinda animal. Carlito knows…
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Jim] Carlito.
The athleticism of Carlito coming to play and that's what we say about Carlito.
If Carlito wrestles this match every night,
he maybe the next WWE Champion.
[Jerry] Carlito definitely showing everyone and especially Ric Flair
that he wants to be his own man. We've both questioned Carlito's reasoning.
I really question it when he kicked Torrie Wilson to the curve.
[Jim] That was either arrogance or ignorance.
[Jerry] I'd vote for the ladder.
[Jim] And again, Flair keylocked there by Carlito.
[Jerry] And we just kinda wonder what is going through Carlito's mind?
First to turn his back on the opportunity of having Ric Flair,
one of the greatest of all time as a mentor,
and then to turn your back on Torrie Wilson,
one of the most beautiful divas that we've ever had in the WWE.
I don't get it.
[Jerry] I don't know how you determine, would it be the defiance
or would it be arrogance?
That will be something only Carlito could probably answer
and I'm not so sure he'd answer it truthfully.
But Carlito has Ric Flair in a very exposed situation right now.
Something that Flair has done his entire career,
isolate body parts, normally the leg for Flair.
[Jerry] I did hear that Carlito has said and explaining his actions
that he just didn't want anymore distractions.
He felt Flair was a distraction and he felt Torrie was a distraction.
Of course, Torrie can distract me anytime she wants to.
Oh.
[Jim] Maybe Carlito needs to become a monk.
-He would be distracting our monastery. -[Jerry] A monk?
[Jim] Shot by Flair lighting up Carlito and Carlito fighting right back.
That's the difference in Carlito tonight.
Flair is getting one shot in, Carlito is getting two or three.
-[groans] -[Jack] One, two, three.
[audience chattering]
[Jim] Flair again trying to work through the pain that… as a…
It could be his is left arm.
[Jerry] Whenever I watch a match like this and know the history and the background…
I tried to…
Carlito asking the referee to ask Ric Flair if he wants to give up.
I don't think Ric Flair is gonna give up.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] He's knot to an arm bar there.
But I gotta wonder, I think about what are the implications
if Carlito wins this match, what does it mean to Carlito's career?
Or more than that, what does it mean to Ric Flair?
Oh.
[Jim] The knockdown by Carlito. Carlito hooking the near leg.
Flair again kicking out as quickly as he can,
but Carlito is stomping away on the left arm,
that injured arm of Flair,
then dropping the elbow, one of the elbow right back in the bicep.
We talked about Flair's rotator cuff issues.
He had rotator cuff surgery several years ago.
[Jerry] Boy, that passion is certainly coming back to haunt Ric Flair right now.
Carlito showing it in spades.
[Jim] Carlito certainly has been in a relentless attack
throughout this contest
with something to prove in his mind's eye.
Flair has had relentless competitors in this squared circle on many cases.
This is nothing new to Flair.
[Jerry] And what does it prove if Carlito beats "The Nature Boy?"
Does it prove that Ric Flair was wrong and all of his preaching about passion?
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] That… Oh, look at this dropkick.
I'm telling you, Carlito is taking it to Ric Flair tonight.
[Jim] I'm impressed about Carlito's athletic ability.
His game plan, the hook of the leg and another near fall this time,
it wasn't one count, but a two count that Flair was able to kick out after.
One more count, Flair is a beaten man.
Flair and those pinning predicaments early was kicking out at one.
And again, Carlito using the ring, the turnbuckles, the ring post,
all of these…
-[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. -[audience cheering]
[Jim] ] That was a jolt of a 220 outlet and another one.
Flair's chops echoing throughout the arena here in Saint Louis
and Carlito now working on Flair's body.
[Jerry] I'm surprised that Carlito's chest and neck aren't bleeding right now.
-[grunts] -[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Carlito showing not only passion but toughness.
-[grunts] -[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Flair is laying those chops.
You wanna talk about… Hello, that's Ric Flair.
-How tough is "The Nature Boy?" -[audience cheering]
[Jim] And what a slobberknocker. Oh, but [inaudible] chop.
A succession of them and that what took Carlito down.
[Jerry] Ric Flair is pretty much beating Carlito with one hand right here.
I've gotta give it to Carlito.
Although I'm already tapped out after about the fourth chop
from "The Nature Boy."
[Jim] Flair got elevated, and [inaudible] his back there.
Flair pulling some hair to get a little predicament.
I know that Flair landed on his right side trying to protect his left arm
and that back body drop, that's something only a veteran could do.
Flair's making a little adjustment in midair to protect his anatomy,
which is already being exposed and exploited by Carlito.
[Jerry] I'll tell you from experience, JR.
I've been in the ring, I've had it all done to me.
I would rather had to be pile driven, powerbombed, super slammed, anything,
than take Ric Flair's chops.
[audience chattering]
[Jim] Carlito now, the arm barred.
[Jerry] Hey, look at that.
One, two…
-Now, break the hold. -Come on!
You [inaudible] break the hold.
[Jim] Good officiating by Jack Doan, Carlito broke the rules,
he's gotta break the hold and lose control there for a moment.
Would regain it right away, but nonetheless, he did break the hold,
which is a good officiating by Doan.
And now Carlito wide-based wrenching back with the arm,
the elbow and the shoulder specifically and this is why for several minutes,
a punishment that Flair's left arm has been exposed to.
[audience chattering]
[Jerry] Flair certainly not willing to call it quits here.
[groans]
[Jerry] It's like Carlito's putting so much pressure on there,
he's trying to dislocate Flair's shoulder and try to rip that shoulder,
that arm right out of its socket.
[Jim] Carlito had a wide-based, again the leverage advantage.
Leverage is so important in this one-on-one…any wrestling contest
and Carlito, again, showing his ambidextrous side
using his right foot to stomp and his left.
One.
[Jim] Flair, shoulders down, Carlito again…
-[grunts] -[groans]
…focusing on the arm
and Flair obviously is in more pain that he would care to deal with.
[speaking Spanish]
[Jerry] Uh-oh, you don't wanna hear what Carlito just called Ric Flair there.
[Jim] What was it? You speak Spanish now?
[Jerry] Well, that's profanely.
[audience chattering]
[Jim] We're back up to a vertical base, reliving some of the pressure
because Flair just a little taller than Carlito. Look at Flair.
He is getting this thing out.
[Jerry] He's in a lotta pain right now with that shoulder.
[Jim] And Flair able to counter Carlito and Carlito's chest looked…
[audience cheering]
…with that very reason is a little bit discolored.
There's chops and Flair back in the corner. Gosh.
Flair lured Carlito perhaps into the corner
and the veteran…
Flair caught Carlito with a big time right hand
that takes down…
[audience cheering]
…second-generation star and another hard chop to the chest.
[Jerry] I've got a new found respect for Carlito's chest.
[Jim] Snapmare take over.
Flair with the boot to the face, all legal maneuvers
by now a very aggressive Ric Flair
who's essentially competing with one arm.
[audience cheering]
[grunts]
[Jerry] Every now and then a good measure, Ric Flair would throw in a right fist.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Flair with a reverse elbow and again relying strictly on his right arm
is Ric Flair, can Flair win this match?
Assisting with his left arm is somewhat useless.
[Jerry] Yeah, I think he got… Oh, wait a minute.
-Don't forget Flair's legs. -[Jim] Oh, Flair with a chop block.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Don't forget Carlito's legs
because Ric Flair is certainly not gonna forget them.
[Jim] Flair the dirtiest player in the game.
Shades of former St. Louis Cardinals Conrad Dobler,
the dirtiest player in the NFL with a chop block.
Big time chop block by Flair taking down Carlito
and Carlito with a thumb squared to the eye.
[Jerry] That's a pains outta Flair's book, can't say anything.
Oh, went for the backstabber. Flair was able hold on to the ropes.
[Jerry] Yeah, how quick was that maneuver. A new name, backcracker to backstabber
and "the Nature Boy" stomping away with that leg and this crowd here,
many of them are St. Louis veteran fans
has seen Flair throughout the years beat a lotta greats,
a lotta Hall of Famers by working on those Hall of Famers' legs.
[Jerry] Oh, that's right.
[Jim] Oh, Flair drove his knee right into Carlito's quad.
-[audience cheering] -[groans]
[Jim] The body muscle being punished.
[Jerry] Can he do it? Can Flair do it?
[audience cheering]
[Jim] I don't think there's anything Flair can't do.
-[audience cheering] -[Jerry] A figure-four.
-[Jim] It's a… -[Jerry] Figure-four.
[Jim] Oh, it's a figure-four.
And "the Nature Boy" with a figure-four locked in on Carlito.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] And Carlito's options are limited here.
[Jerry] You gotta get to the rope, Carlito, or tap.
-There it is. He did it. -[bell ringing]
[audience cheering and applauding]
[Jim] "The Nature Boy" holding on the figure-four, Ric Flair.
[Justin] The winner of this match as a result of the submission,
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair.
[Jim] Can you believe it? St. Louis, Missouri.
The legendary Ric Flair gets his hand raised
via the figure-four leglock.
[Jerry] That's called practicing what you preach.
Flair tried to instill that passion into Carlito.
And tonight Flair showed the passion, and then Flair gets the victory.
[Jim] This is not the first time that Ric Flair has come to St. Louis
and left with a victory using the figure-four leglock.
["Also Sprach Zarathustra" playing]
[Jim] The legendary 16-time champion, it's an amazing, amazing performance,
maybe the most inspirational superstar in the entire WWE.
-Woo! -[Jerry laughing]
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Styling and profiling, there'll be a big party tonight, King,
here in St. Louis.
-[Jerry] Where do you think it'll be, JR? -[Jim] I don't know. I'm not invited.
Shawn Michaels, after what Randy Orton did to you this past Monday,
I'm sure you can't wait to get your hands on him tonight.
In fact, if you don't mind, let's take a look at the footage
of what went down on Monday Night Raw.
Listen, Shawn, I wanted to wish you good luck tonight
in your match against Edge. I hope you beat him.
[Jim] Oh.
-[Jerry] There it is. -[Jim] The Sweet Chin Music.
[dramatic music playing]
-[Jim] Yes! -[Jerry] He did it!
[Jim] I have no earthly idea
how Shawn Michaels could overcome a concussion
to win this match.
Michaels probably shouldn't have even been competing this week.
-[Jim] Wait, what the hell? -[Jerry] What is this?
[Jim] Randy Orton.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Orton] I think I can beat you.
[pants]
Todd Grisham, it's my understanding that it was "rumored"
that I wasn't even supposed to be here tonight.
And judging from that footage, I can see why.
But the fact that matter is, I am here.
Now I know everyone thinks that Randy Orton
probably has the upper hand.
[grunting]
[Todd] What are you doing?
Orton, out of here. Out of here, Orton. Come on. Get out.
Back off. We need some help. We need some help.
-We're getting help, Shawn. -[groaning]
Hold on.
Come on.
[Joey] Bobby Lashley on the front line tonight facing not one, not two,
but a trifecta of challengers and any one of them can defeat Lashley
and become ECW World Champion.
Oh, this is it, this is it. Lashley on top, got them all,
and finally, here's come the chairman Mr. McMahon.
Oh! And the championship belt right to the skull.
Uh-oh, uh-oh. Oh.
[Tazz] And now the boss wants to tag.
[Joey] Mr. McMahon on top, hook to the leg.
[Tazz] Oh, whoa, whoa, not again.
Umaga comes crashing down on Bobby Lashley.
[tense music playing]
-One, two, three. -[Tazz] Oh, he got him.
-[bell ringing] -[Tazz] He's got him.
[Justin] The winner of this match
and new ECW World Champion Mr. McMahon.
[Tazz] What the hell just happened? The ECW World Champion is Mr. McMahon?
[Vince] So what do you think of your new ECW World Champion?
Excuse me while I whip this out.
This is what everybody is talking about. Everybody's talking about me.
[upbeat music playing]
You think I'm not man enough to put this title on the line with you?
I'll take you on, Bobby Lashley.
Judgment Day, Bobby Lashley,
against the ECW World Champion Vincent Kennedy McMahon.
And Mr. McMahon's tag team partners, Umaga and my son Shane.
[Jim] Mr. McMahon, Shane McMahon and Umaga covered by a very unique insurance policy.
Lashley can't touch those three unless physically provoked.
And if you do, Lashley, you'll never have an opportunity being champion again.
[Jerry] Oh, well, there was no rule that Lashley couldn't put his hands
on Jonathan Coachman.
[Jim] Bobby Lashley is using Coach as a surrogate.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Jim] Wait.
Shane McMahon and Umaga physically assaulting Bobby Lashley.
[Jerry] They're physically provoking Lashley.
[Jim] Oh, Lashley retaliating.
Oh, my God, what a spear by Bobby Lashley.
[tense music playing]
[Jerry] Oh, oh, oh, wait a minute, wait a minute.
[tense music playing]
[Jim] Oh, Shane McMahon lying in wait for Bobby Lashley.
[tense music continues]
[Jerry] Uh-oh, uh-oh.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Jim] Shane McMahon right into the moonroof of the limo.
[Vince] I will never forgive or forget what Bobby Lashley did on WrestleMania.
My head was shaved bald.
This Sunday, it's gonna be, first, you versus me, your judge,
my son Shane, the jury and Umaga, the executioner.
And I get to tell you this, Bobby Lashley, after is all said and done,
there's gonna be one ECW World Champion
and his name is Mr. McMahon.
[Jim] Oh!
[bell ringing]
The following is a 3-on-1 Handicap Match
for the ECW World Title.
[audience cheering]
-♪ Here comes the money ♪ -♪ Here we go, money talks ♪
♪ Here comes the money ♪
♪ Money, money, money, money ♪
[Justin] Introducing first from Greenwich, Connecticut,
weighing 235 pounds, Shane McMahon.
[Joey] And, of course, as we saw it,
Shane McMahon instrumental to say the least
and his father, our chairman becoming the ECW World Champion
because of Shane who cracked Lashley in the skull
with that championship belt at Backlash.
[Tazz] Let's face it, Shane McMahon's a great son to his dad.
Great genetics that Shane has. We've seen his physical prowess.
When you're the son of the genetic [inaudible],
I guess you have those skills.
[Joey] Genetically poised might be more accurate.
["Virtual Voodoo" playing]
[Tazz] Speaking of poise, and this guy here is deadly.
[Justin] Introducing next, from the Island of Samoa,
weighing 350 pounds, Umaga.
[Joey] And, of course, it was Umaga who was mostly responsible
for Mr. McMahon becoming ECW World Champion at Backlash.
Not one, he took two of those huge splashes
from the 350-pound craze carnivore finally then in came the champion.
Very bravely, by the way, to make the cover and win the ECW World Title.
[Tazz] This guy is just… Umaga is just damn near unstoppable.
["Virtual Voodoo" continues]
[Tazz] As you pointed out, not one but two splashes from the top rope
from a damn near 400 pounds Samoan bulldozer.
Look at this man.
[Joey] Lashley was in the hospital after Backlash and he struggled with that.
Hopefully, that will not be what happens tonight.
Of course, I'm speaking on behalf of WWE fans [inaudible].
[Tazz] I'm sure they're really happy that you're doing that for me.
["Virtual Voodoo" continues]
-[Tazz] I think Umaga is ready. -[Joey] Here's two-thirds of this team.
["No Chance in Hell" playing]
♪ No chance of that's what you got ♪
[Justin] Making his way to the ring next,
the chairman of WWE and the current ECW World Champion,
Mr. McMahon.
[Tazz] You know, so many people worldwide are complaining or upset
that Mr. McMahon is the ECW World Champion.
But I ask you this, who is more extreme than Vincent Kennedy McMahon?
That man right there. Who?
[Joey] We only have a few hours, so I can't run through that list.
But it was in WrestleMania 23 that Mr. McMahon
suffered the worst humiliation of his life, in his words,
when his head was shaved in front of 80,000 people in Detroit
with millions watching globally
and Mr. McMahon blames Bobby Lashley for that humiliation.
-[Tazz] Who else could he blame? -[Joey] He could blame himself.
He's a grown man who made a wager with Donald Trump.
How about little self-responsibility?
[Joey] You saying Mr. McMahon is not responsible?
-Come on, you work for the guy. -[Tazz] Yeah, I'll tell you, listen.
I'm an ECW original.
I'll tell you what, I got no problem Mr. McMahon being the ECW Champion.
He wins it well.
[Joey] That's upsetting on so many levels.
[Tazz] Come on, chairman of the board, ECW Champion, works for me.
[audience chanting]
[Joey] It's not that Mr. McMahon isn't deserving of being a champion,
Mr. McMahon created this industry.
In fact, Mr. McMahon hated the original ECW.
[audience chanting]
["Hell Will Be Calling Your Name" playing]
[fireworks popping]
[Justin] Introducing the challenger, from Colorado Springs, Colorado,
weighing 273 pounds, Bobby Lashley.
[Joey] Bobby Lashley told wwe.com in an interview,
"I will win tonight and I will regain the ECW World Title."
Powerful words from a very powerful athlete.
[Tazz] And look at the face, as we saw a moment ago, of Bobby Lashley.
Talk about dominance, talk about intensity.
Look at the eyes of Lashley.
-[audience cheering] -[fireworks popping]
[audience cheering]
["Hell Will Be Calling Your Name" continues]
[Tazz] Look at Lashley getting right in that ring with all three men in there.
That takes guts.
-[audience cheering] -[Tazz laughing]
[Tazz] You gotta give it to Lashley, he's got some guts.
[Joey] Look at that snide look of Mr. McMahon, huh?
[Tazz] He's not impressed.
[Joey] You think Lashley would like to wipe that snide look
off the face of Mr. McMahon, along with his skull
after the way Mr. McMahon has been tormenting Bobby Lashley?
["Hell Will Be Calling Your Name" continues]
[Tazz] That's what it's all about right there, Joe.
Can Bobby Lashley regain that
while the debt is stacked against him in such a big way here?
[Joey] And think about everything that McMahon, Tazz, has done to Lashley,
first of all, at Backlash making Shane and Umaga do the dirty work
so Mr. McMahon could become ECW World Champion.
And then that whole new [inaudible].
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Joey, here we go.
-[Joey] Oh, look. -[Tazz] Oh, there it is.
Bobby Lashley finally get his hands on the chairman, but not for long.
[Joey] And Shane shooting a half nelson while he's working on the midsection…
Oh, wait a minute. Hold on. Watch out.
[audience cheering]
[Joey] Oh, my God.
The fruit of Mr. McMahon's [inaudible], there's a shot for Umaga.
[Tazz] Uh-oh. Whoa.
Mr. McMahon is caught in a trap. He's caught in the hands of Lashley.
[Joey] But once again,
it's his son Shane saving the father, the champion, Mr. McMahon.
[Tazz] Won't you save your father? If Lashley's trying to rip his leg off?
[Joey] I don't know. If my father behaved like Mr. McMahon, maybe I would not.
Uh-oh. Goodbye.
[audience cheering]
-[Joey] Holy smokes. -[Tazz] Are you kidding me?
[Tazz] The explosive belly-to-belly suplex.
Here comes Lashley.
[audience cheering]
[Joey] Oh, Bobby Lashley, seemingly, with eyes on the back of his head,
like a knife through the heart of Umaga. What a spear.
[Tazz] The ever explosive Lashley is on fire, baby.
-[audience cheering] -[Tazz laughing]
[Joey] Dominator, this could be it. He's got it.
-[bell ringing] -[audience cheering]
-[Joey] What the hell happened? -[Tazz] I'll tell you what happened.
[Justin] The winner of this match, and new ECW World Champion,
Bobby Lashley.
[Tazz] Bobby Lashley defied the odds, Joey.
He came out here exploding all over the McMahons and Umaga.
We got a new ECW champ.
[Joey] Bobby Lashley, once again, ECW World Champion
and just like that, all is right in the world again.
[Tazz] Mr. McMahon obviously dejected, shocked and disappointed.
Holy cow, Joey.
It looks like record time almost of winning the championship.
[Joey] Bobby Lashley ran right through Shane McMahon, Umaga,
even got a few shots in on the chairman.
[Tazz] And that is Mr. McMahon, the chairman of board,
the former ECW Champion.
He's gotta be hot or he's gotta be angry. That sounds much better.
Mr. McMahon former ECW Champion.
[Joey] I cannot believe how this just went down.
[Tazz] [chuckles] It went down exactly
as Bobby Lashley said it was gonna go down.
[Joey] And Lashley saying, "Mr. McMahon, come on and look at this." Wait a minute.
Mr. McMahon, Shane's still down in the corner, you see that?
Watch out. [inaudible].
[screaming]
[Tazz] Samoan spike delivered right to the throat of Lashley.
-[Joey] Mr. McMahon… -[audience booing]
[Tazz] What the hell is going on here? The match is over.
[Joey] The match is over and Bobby Lashley is the new ECW World Champion.
[audience booing]
Hey, Bobby, congratulations, you won the handicap match.
What you did not win is this championship.
-[Joey] What? -[Tazz] What the hell?
[audience booing]
In order to beat me, Lashley, in order to become champion,
you've got to beat me.
Still your ECW World Heavyweight Champion,
Vincent Kennedy McMahon.
-[Joey] Are you kidding me? -[Tazz] I'm shocked.
[Joey] Unfair doesn't even do this justice. That's just crap.
[Tazz] I don't know what to say. I don't know who is champion here.
And Mr. McMahon saying, "Hey, you gotta beat me to be champion."
Bobby had won the handicap match, but he didn't beat the champion.
[Joey] Frankly, we should've known
that Mr. McMahon would've something else up his sleeve or under his durag,
as it were.
[Tazz] You know what, in my opinion, [inaudible],
you gotta admit it's kinda smart, very ingenious.
Mr. McMahon, what the hell?
[Joey] Genius is one word, devious might be another.
♪…puppets ♪
Well, Lashley came out here with attempt to dominate the McMahons,
and Umaga and then he did jump.
Joey, Bobby Lashley jumped right on this thing here.
[Joey] Lashley did dominate Umaga and the McMahons.
[Tazz] [inaudible], right there.
Umaga is gotten Lashley on fire, like a house on fire.
He came right through, right through Shane McMahon, Umaga and Mr. McMahon.
[audience cheering]
[Joey] And Umaga took Shane outta the match.
Here's the dominator, the cover and this should have been it.
[Tazz] It should've been, would've been, could've been, but it wasn't,
because he did not, this is after the match.
Bobby Lashley did not pin the champion, did not pin Vince McMahon.
-He pinned Shane McMahon. -[Joey] Wow.
[Tazz] Once again, Mr. McMahon makes it clear, WWE is his world
and he makes all the rules.
♪ No chance ♪
♪ No chance at all ♪
Listen to me, I'm not gonna allow you to compete. You can't go out tonight.
I'm not gonna allow you to go out. Do you understand me?
You can't go out.
["This Fire Burns" playing]
-[bell ringing] -[Justin] This bout is set for one call.
Coming down the aisle from Chicago, Illinois, weighing 222 pounds,
CM Punk.
It's clobbering time.
[Joey] CM Punk taken down,
courtesy of a cheap shot and a kick right to the ribs by Elijah Burke
and despite being a loner,
CM Punk was heavily recruited by Elijah Burke to join Burke's faction,
The New Breed.
Immediately, Burke told Punk to keep his mouth shut and fall in line
and Punk retaliated by knocking Elijah Burke out and costing him a match.
[Tazz] Tell you what, you walk in a ring like that with your ribs heavily taped.
It's a big target on your body for a guy like Elijah Burke who's absolute striker.
-♪ Don't waste… ♪ -♪ Yeah, uh-huh ♪
-♪ My time ♪ -♪ Yo, yo ♪
[Justin] And his opponent from Jacksonville, Florida,
weighing 230 pounds, Elijah Burke.
[Joey] Elijah Burke lately embarrassed
because Burke was the one himself personally
who recruited CM Punk for Burke's group The New Breed
and Punk started tearing apart The New Breed from the inside.
[Tazz] I'll tell you, I spoke to Elijah Burke earlier today.
I said, "Burke, tell me your game plan in this match here with CM Punk."
He said, "Tazz, it's simple. I'll stick and move, baby, stick and move."
-You know what that means, right, Joe? -[Joey] Yes. [inaudible].
-Let's get out the way and not get him. -[Tazz] Very good, very good.
And maybe Burke alluding to his amateur boxing background.
Stick and move maybe difficult against CM Punk,
who not only is a very well-versed Brazilian Jujitsu,
but also on Muay Thai kickboxing.
And obviously, if Burke wants go fist against feet of Punk,
the legs are gonna have the reach advantage.
-[bell ringing] -[Tazz] Both these young athletes,
two definite young lions in ECW.
[audience chattering]
Both very aggressive, you know, very intent on being successful,
being at the top of their game.
[audience chanting]
[Joey] A lotta pride on the line here tonight at Judgment Day.
[audience chanting]
[Tazz] Yeah, a big CM Punk chant from our fans here in St. Louis, Missouri.
[Joey] Again, you see right there, CM Punk trying to keep some distance
between himself and Burke.
[Tazz] Most of all, I think trying to keep Burke away from those bruised ribs.
You never know what's going on internally when you see an athlete,
his ribs taped off such as Punk's are. You never know how bad they really are.
Nice, that's a great go behind there by CM Punk though.
Yeah. Punk with the waist lock, again, trying to keep Burke away from his ribs.
Burke looking for a way out.
Outstanding switch by Burke, and now Burke right there, boom.
Smart, simple, right to the ribs.
But here comes Punk, trying to defend himself here.
[Tazz] Punk knew from the outside,
he couldn't let Burke continue to pound away on his ribs.
[grunts]
[Joey] Punk trying to slow down Burke.
[Tazz] And Elijah Burke, he's the leader of the New Breed.
His passion, he's group of those individuals are…
He's very proud.
Probably released by example didn't like the fact that he highly recruits CM Punk.
Punk comes in the New Breed, Punk just basically punk it out.
And disrespecting Burke, the leader.
[Joey] It's that Muay Thai kickboxing background, the leg kicks on Elijah Burke.
You know, a few weeks ago, Elijah Burke dispatched the fanged freak,
the huge Kevin Thorn to take care of CM Punk. Thorn came up a little short.
Elijah Burke's temper got the better of him.
[indistinct chatter]
Burke berated Kevin Thorn and Thorn quit the New Breed.
[Tazz] Yeah, but the New Breed still going stronger. Don't worry about that.
[Joey] Elijah Burke has got him almost in full effect.
[grunts]
[Tazz] Right now, you could see… great body shot. Wow, what a haymaker.
Two great upper cuts to the bruised ribs
and a shot right to the [inaudible] of CM Punk.
[Joey] Just imagine out of [inaudible] place…
[Cone] Keep them outta there.
[Tazz] Boots are in the ribs. I don't know what the referee's problem is here.
I mean, I know the guy is the corner here, trying to get them out.
Let Elijah Burke do his thing here.
[Joey] You got a five-count to get them out. Oh, that hurt.
-Taking Burke… -[Tazz] Oh, nice,
low round kick to the spine of Burke.
[Joey] Good God. Right between the shoulder blades
and that'll slow anybody down.
And it was CM Punk going one-on-one with The Enforcer of the New Breed,
the Alpha Male… hold on, wait a minute, lateral press,
hook to the leg, this could… no, one-count only.
CM Punk was wrestling the Alpha Male Marcus Cor Von,
when Elijah Burke came around the ring behind the ref's back
with that cheap kick right to the ribs of CM Punk
which then allowed the Alpha Male to pounce Punk right in those ribs again.
[Tazz] Why is it? Why are you calling it cheap?
[Joey] Well, because Burke wasn't officially involved in the matchup.
He was supposed to be seconding Marcus Cor Von.
[Tazz] Again, to the ribs goes Elijah Burke.
[audience cheering]
-[grunts] -[Tazz] Uppercut shot to the ribs.
I understand you're hurt and stuff, but I don't know, I hate to say it,
but I don't know if Punk should've his ribs taped up here.
-[groans] -[Tazz] Bobby had to do it thought.
[Joey] Tazz, you said at the opening of this matchup, having your ribs taped
is just a bull's eye for your opponent and Elijah Burke taking full advantage.
-[grunts] -[audience cheering]
[Joey] Nice spin kick by Punk and Burke looks rocked.
[Tazz] Oh, very nice exploder suplex by CM Punk on Burke.
[Joey] But Punk slowing to follow up, that could be the ribs.
Cover, here we go, this could be it, two, no, two-count only says referee John Cone.
[Tazz] It's nice to do a suplex, called a T-Bone,
-but I call a few of those. -[Joey] Thank you.
-Hey, come on, Punk. -[Tazz] All right.
Now, CM Punk trying to build some momentum here against Burke.
[Joey] And those are CM Punk's kicks and those create distance between them
because what Punk doesn't want is for Burke to get inside like a boxer
and throw more body shots at the ribs.
You could see Punk still holding onto, I would think, Tazz,
if you can't breathe, that affects whatever you do in the ring,
-not just kicks. -[Tazz] You're exactly right.
That's right, If you can't breathe, yeah, it's hard to build momentum
and once you get the momentum, hard to keep it.
Uh-oh, look at this, delayed vertical suplex.
-[audience cheering] -[Tazz] Blood is rushing in Burke's head.
-[Joey] What's he doing to Punk's ribs? -[Tazz] I was about to say that,
I gotta give Punk credit here showing his power and strength.
Oh, he has to feel that. Who felt it more?
[Joey] It looks like Burke right now. Punk on the other person… no.
[Tazz] CM Punk sacrificing himself there to try to get a pinfall victory.
And now, with a very technically sound rear chinlock.
[Joey] CM Punk slowing down Elijah Burke and this will let Punk catch a few breaths
while making Burke carry all of Punk's body weight.
[grunts]
[Joey] Here you go, elbows to the ribs again and again by Elijah Burke.
Very sound strategy by Burke coming in this matchup.
[Tazz] Look at that forearm shimmer before two punches behind the ribs.
Oh, man, look at Burke. Oh, right to the jaw.
[Joey] Again the haymaker, you see Burke has four-up written on his taped fist.
That stands for four knuckles upside your head.
[Tazz] Yeah, I knew that.
Uh-oh, whoa, nice reversal. Watch out.
-[audience cheering] -[grunts]
[Joey] Punk throwing some nice forearms in the corner.
[Tazz] Burke told me he was gonna stick and move
and he's not moved from those from those forearms.
[Joey] Yeah, Burke has been sticking well, sticking his fist in the ribs of Punk.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Keep up. Watch out. Oh, and crossbody, the leg is hooked.
-This could be it. -[Joey] Oh, that was close.
[Tazz] Again, I personally got to give it up for CM Punk.
A lotta intestinal fortitude in Punk to put his body on the line like that,
sacrificed himself for the reverse springboard,
crossbody block with, you know, messed up ribs.
[Joey] Yeah, we know that Dr. Rios told Shawn Michaels
that we wasn't gonna let Michaels contend tonight.
Perhaps the doctor should've looked at the bruised ribs of CM Punk.
Maybe CM Punk should not be competing tonight.
-[grunts] -[Tazz] Come on, Elijah.
As once again, Burke perhaps trying to turn those bruised ribs
into broken ribs.
-Well, it… -[audience cheering]
[Joey] Holy Punk, you could hear the wind rushing out of the lungs of Elijah Burke.
That maybe the only way to quiet down Burke.
[audience chattering]
-[Tazz] That was ugly. -Somebody get him.
[Joey] And on the way down, Punk smacked the steel steps.
[Tazz] I think Punk might have been trying to do that high knee.
I don't know if Punk will be able to get the air to do the move though.
[audience chattering]
-[Joey] That heel's underneath the jaw -[Tazz] That's how it looked, right?
[Joey] Yeah, and apparently, Burke may have used the momentum of Punk
instead of sailing over the top rope and again, Punk crashed,
I think, head first in the steel steps before careening to the floor.
[Tazz] Whoa, look at this. Oh, wait a minute, look at this.
-Shoulders down. -[audience cheering]
-[Joey] Only two and seven-eights. -[Tazz] Kinda.
But way to think in your feet, CM Punk.
Try and steal one with a sunset flip going a little old school there.
[Joey] Yeah, headlock takeover, but Burke very wisely keeping…
[Tazz] An old school on a sunset flip, not the headlock takedown.
[Joey] No, I was saying now we have a headlock takeover
and Burke wisely trying to keep his right shoulder off of the canvas.
-Thanks for jumping on me on television. -[Tazz] No problem.
-I do it every Tuesday. -[Joey] Yes, you do.
One…
[Tazz] One-count only, referee John Cone right there.
[Joey] I gotta say, Punk has been aggressive here
in terms of the number of times Punk has gone for a pinfall victory.
Punk wants to win this match and get out with as many ribs in tact as possible.
-[grunts] -[audience cheering]
[Tazz] I mean, Punk's really impressive. Very aggressive and intense,
-that's what I like about him. -[Joey] Uh-oh, uh-oh.
-Oh, look at this. -[Tazz] Oh, nice.
[inaudible] that fireman's carry, watch out. Punk's going…
[Joey] CM Punk looking for the GTS, but Burke hanging on for dear life.
-[grunts] -C'mon, Punk, get him back in here.
-[Tazz] Oh, watch out. -[audience cheering]
[Joey] Dropkick connect, Burke hits the floor and hard.
[Tazz] Yeah, but can CM Punk capitalize, Joey?
[Joey] Yeah, Punk may not be able to capitalize.
Punk has sustained so much punishment to those ribs.
You gotta wonder how much is left in the tank of CM Punk.
-[Tazz] Wait a minute. -[Joey] And find out. Watch out.
[Tazz] Incoming,
[audience cheering]
CM Punk falling Burke into the wind sacrificing his own well-being
and launching himself like a projectile at Elijah Burke.
[Joey] Look at this. That gotta give it up.
[Tazz] Wow, CM Punk gone airborne.
What an impact in the forearm from the top and second rope. Could he capitalize?
This could be it, Punk on top, the leg is hooked.
-[Tazz] Oh! -[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Give Elijah Burke credit for kicking out once again.
[Joey] Burke doesn't wanna lose to Punk here tonight
after everything that has gone down between these two young men.
[groans]
[Tazz] Well, to see, the reason is, Joey, Elijah Burke is a born leader,
hence why he is a charge, he is the front man of the New Breed.
[grunts]
[Joey] Right now, he ran front first to an elbow.
[Tazz] And you know why, Joey, Elijah's reputation…
Elijah's reputation is on the line in this match.
He's got to face his New Breed members,
God forbid he loses.
[Joey] After the way Elijah Burke berated everybody else who lost to CM Punk.
Could you imagine what would come back the way go
-if Burke will lose the Punk? -[Tazz] Look at that one.
[groans]
-[Joey] God, he's bringing those forearms. -[Tazz] Here we go.
[Joey] This could be it, Burke [inaudible].
Two.
[Tazz] You can't hit a guy much harder with those forearms. Now watch the impact,
oh, CM Punk driven on that… those ribs that lower back.
At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if those bruised ribs at this point,
were, in fact, broken ribs.
[Joey] CM, oh.
[Tazz] Right there, jabbed right across that top rope.
Come on. Get it off him.
[Tazz] And those ropes are also so tight, Joey, and so thick right across your ribs,
it got him like a baseball bat rubbing against bruised ribs.
And a kick to the boot, literally, two and…
-[Joey] No, -Two.
[Joey] And this time, Punk likes to get the shoulder up.
[Tazz] I'll tell you, give it up in my opinion for both these men
for their desire to win this match,
both of these athletes, in my view, leaving it all in the ring.
[Joey] The body scissors now being applied by Elijah Burke
trying to squeeze the air out of CM Punk
and now Punk fighting for each and every breath.
But the problem is, every time the sternum expands
and contracts with the legs wrap around, Punk's gonna get less air each time.
[Tazz] Well, thank you, Dr. Styles.
And you see, the fact of the matter is why you have this hold on
or should I say, with Burke put this hold on, perfect time in the match.
You wear a guy down for 15 minutes or so whatever,
and then you put the hold on, but Burke got out.
I'm sorry, Punk got out. Punk throws some elbows.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Burke taken Punk over but holding on.
[audience cheering]
-[Tazz] Oh, nice quick… Oh. -[Joey] Nice back suplex.
CM Punk driven again on his whole back rib area.
[Tazz] Nice offensive combination. But would it be enough? Leg hook, but no.
[audience chanting]
[groans]
[Joey] And right back to the body scissors goes Elijah Burke.
[Tazz] Yeah. Right now, you see the body scissors
while pulling the head back of CM Punk.
[audience chattering]
[Joey] How good you have performance been of both CM Punk and Elijah Burke
-in this matchup does far? -[Tazz] Oh, that's what I was saying.
Again, the desire of both these guys, both these men to try to win here.
CM Punk he has… you know, his will to win in this competition,
his competitive spirit all was flying.
Like I said earlier Elijah Burke, he's got a face, his passion, his group,
his team, his men, the New Breed, if he wanna lose this match.
[Joey] Yeah. Right now, CM Punk and Elijah Burke are shinning example
of the competitive spirit we have on ECW as now Punk trying to rain down
bare knuckles on Elijah Burke you could only cover up.
[audience chattering]
[Tazz] Some of those shots were blocked. But did Burke block enough of them.
Both Burke and Punk looking for a kick.
-Well, watch out small package. -[Joey] Yeah.
Punk maybe looking for fisherman suplex. Two count this time by Burke.
[Tazz] You're right. Punk was there before a fisherman quickness
so the life of Burke sleeping in the cradle there to try to get pinfall.
-[grunts] -[Joey] Oh. Whoa.
Right to the jaw. That rocked Punk and stopped the young man on his tracks.
Oh. Uh-oh. Burke.
Burke gets called, and now, Burke in a very precarious position,
and Punk's gonna join Burke up there.
[inaudible].
[Joey] Oh, you can hear it. [chuckles]
The flesh getting whipped. Uh-oh, uh-oh.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] They're jumping for position. Punk's gonna be crazy.
If he hits this, this is gonna kill his own ribs.
-Oh. -[audience cheering]
[Joey] What a superplex.
But Tazz, to your point who got the worse of it,
Elijah Burke or CM Punk and his ribs.
[Cone] One…
[Tazz] I don't know, man. On one hand, I'd give Punk credit
from going for such a massive high impact superplex from the tip of the top rope.
But then again, both men again countered here.
I mean, it's CM Punk have to stand up, Joey.
[Joey] I see the pain, it's to the face of Elijah Burke
and there it is on the face of CM Punk as well.
[audience chattering]
[Cone] Eight.
-[Joey] Ref's count is eight. -Nine.
[Tazz] Competitors both up. And here we go again.
[grunts]
[Tazz] Nice round kick. What a hit. Listen to this.
-[audience chattering] -[Tazz laughing]
[Joey] These guys are banging. Uh-oh. Almost feel the shots at ringside.
[Tazz] It's not ballet as the saying goes and Burke and Punk approving it. Whoa.
[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Oh, good night, Irene, as the saying goes.
[Joey] That's it, that's it.
-Oh. -[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Wow. I don't know how the hell Burke just kicked out
Big league props to Elijah Burke.
He had to lose at least four or five beads on that kick to the head.
[Joey] And again, Tazz, to your point, Burke doesn't wanna lose,
it have to go back and face his New Breed
and there's that knee lift that Punk was looking for earlier on.
[Tazz] Watch out. Oh.
It looked like Punk was trying to follow up
with his patent bulldog after it.
[Joey] And Elijah Burke had that well-scouted.
[Tazz] Oh, oh, here goes the knee pad, Joey. You know what's coming?
Choo-choo express… oh, going for the Elijah Express.
-Nobody at the station now. -[audience cheering]
Could this be the go-to-sleep, the GTS, no Burke is free.
[Joey] Oh.
[Tazz] That's the Elijah experience and that should be all for CM Punk.
-…two… -[Joey] Oh.
[audience cheering]
[Joey] Whoa. Punk gets the left shoulder up
and what must that do to the very cocky Elijah Burke?
[Tazz] Looks like from what I could see it's motivating Burke to zone in
and take this chance going for the kill again, work for the back and the ribs.
That's reinforcing a five-count in the corner.
[audience cheering]
-[Joey] Oh, there's the Elijah express. -[audience cheering]
[Joey] Oh, my God.
[Tazz] And now CM Punk tied up in the tree of woe.
[Joey] I think Burke hurt his own knees, pulling down those knee pads
and because Punk is tied up in the turnbuckle.
[Tazz] Punk, he's done, Joey.
[Joey] Yeah. Burke couldn't go for the immediate cover though.
It's over. It gotta be. It's now cover, two.
-[Tazz] He's in the ropes. -[audience cheering]
[Joey] Right hand under the bottom rope, Referee John Cone right there.
[Tazz] Very good math sense by CM Punk
to realize where he was in the ring.
Both competitors very evenly match throughout this contest.
[audience chanting]
Here we go, the Elijah experience once again, no.
-[grunts] -[audience cheering]
[Tazz] Uh-oh. Someone's going to… oh.
-[audience cheering] -[Joey] Oh, he's got him,
-he's gonna got him. -One, two, three.
-[bell ringing] -[audience cheering]
["This Fire Burns" playing]
[Justin] The winner of this match, CM Punk.
[Joey] And the straight edge superstar, CM Punk
finally gets the win he so badly wanted
against the leader of the New Breed, Elijah Burke.
[Tazz] We just witnessed that extremely called upon physical matchup.
Kind of watched mismatch style, match from both athletes.
♪ This fire burns… ♪
And a matchup that exemplifies the competitive spirit
we love to feature in extreme championship wrestling.
[Joey] This is earlier in the matchup. Oh, that knee.
That knee, the running knee and then the Elijah experience.
Look at that, bam. But that wasn't enough to get CM Punk.
[Tazz] Yeah, then finally the counter through the second Elijah experience,
-the GTS, go-to-sleep. -[audience] One, two, three.
[bell ringing]
[Joey] How the hell is Elijah Burke gonna face the New Breed now?
But CM Punk, hell of an outing.
And so did that man, in my opinion, Elijah Burke, both guys. What a match.
[Tazz] Absolutely, Elijah Burke hasn't gonna be ashamed of,
but in the end your winner, CM Punk.
Ladies and gentlemen, please, welcome guest at this time.
He's the rater-R superstar and the World Heavyweight Champion, Edge.
[audience cheering]
Edge, you've been quite a roll recently.
-Are you going from Raw and… -Whoa, whoa.
Quite a roll? I've been on quite a roll.
[chuckles]
It's gonna little bit more than a roll.
I've had the greatest two weeks of any superstar in this industry
from winning the Money in The Bank to the way I cashed it in,
the feeling quite possibly the greatest world champion ever, a phenom.
I did in three seconds what Batista couldn't do in three months,
and that's defeat The Undertaker.
I know since WrestleMania, Batista's been running around
saying this is his world championship.
Well, here's a newsflash, those days are over. It's mine.
And tonight it stays that way…
[audience cheering]
…because the rated-R era… has begun.
[audience cheering]
♪ All my life, I've been… ♪
[Jim] Ladies and gentlemen. We're back here with us tonight
and the Gateway to the West in St. Louis tonight in the Judgment Day,
four championships are still to be decided here tonight in St. Louis.
[Jerry] But, JR, it looks like, well, Shawn Michaels'Judgment Day
may have ended early.
["Burn in My Light" playing]
[Jim] Ladies and gentlemen, Shawn Michaels being interviewed before…
[audience cheering]
…jumped by Randy Orton from around here in St. Louis.
Michaels coming in to last Monday with the concussion
after wrestling The Great Khali a week before in a no. 1 contenders match.
Certainly, Randy Orton exploited that last Monday night
with that right shot to the head.
I don't know exactly why Orton's out here if the doctor has already said…
-[Jerry] You think he's under the gloat? -[Jim] Could be. He's a gloat worthy.
[Jerry] The doctor said Shawn Michaels head hit the side of that
where that metal staging area there, in the interview area.
I don't think Shawn even knows where he is at this moment.
[Jim] Well, Orton is here. Now, he's got another opponent tonight.
We're not sure, ladies and gentlemen, we gonna go for the single fans here.
We know that Orton's the youngest World Heavyweight Champion in WWE history
winning a title at the age of… ripe old age of 24.
You heard the doc. You heard Dr. Rios says Shawn Michaels can't compete.
He forfeits. I'm the winner. Declare me the winner right now.
[audience chattering]
Ladies and gentlemen, the doctor for WWE, Dr. Rios
will not allow Shawn Michaels to compete tonight.
-[Jim] Wow! -[audience chattering]
Therefore your winner by forfeit…
["Sexy Boy" playing]
[Jim] Wait a minute.
♪ I know I'm sexy ♪
[Jim] And Randy Orton thought the road to victory runs right through a sewer.
He was gonna take the forfeit victory, but can he still make the forfeit victory.
For all we know, obviously, that's Shawn Michaels' music.
-We have here… -[Jerry] Where's Shawn?
[Jim] I don't know, King. But we have here conclusively from the WWE king doctor,
-Michaels has gone… -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Jim] Wait a minute.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] I can't believe it.
♪ I make 'em shiver ♪
♪ Their knees get weak ♪
[Jim] I've always admired Shawn Michaels passion…
and maybe Michaels is coming for another reason
because certainly Shawn doesn't seem to be in any condition to compete.
[Jerry] Not at all.
-♪ I'm not your boy toy ♪ -♪ Boy toy ♪
-♪ I'm just a sexy boy ♪ -♪ Sexy boy ♪
-♪ I'm not your boy toy ♪ -♪ Boy toy ♪
[Jim] I hope that Shawn Michaels is not gonna attempt…
[Jerry] Well, we don't know what he's thinking.
[Jim] Shawn has gone in the business himself at least a…
[audience cheering and chattering]
[man 2] You can't compete, Shawn.
What are you doing? Shawn, you don't have to do this, Shawn.
Shawn, please, you don't have to do this tonight.
Shawn, please. Don't do this. You don't have to compete.
[Jim] Referee actually begging Shawn Michaels not to do this.
-And I concur. -No, because you can't compete.
[Jim] Well, the referee doesn't want what could be a very…
-Ring the bell. -[Jim] I'm not gonna…
[Jerry] Shawn understands what the referee was saying.
[Jim] And Randy Orton with a shot right to the head.
I understand the referee's sentiments, his feelings,
who would want this on their conscience.
I'm not prophesizing that the doom on Shawn Michaels
but quite frankly, how's Michaels gonna be able to withstand the legend killer
in Orton's own hometown.
[Jerry] We've always talked about Shawn Michaels resilience
and his will to win have been… this is not smart.
-[Jim] No, this is bad right here. -[Jerry] Orton.
[Jim] You talked about exploitation, the DDT.
Michaels head driven into the canvas.
-[Jerry] What? -[Jim] For the love of God.
Somehow Michaels able to kick-out.
-One, two… -[Jerry] That's just instinct, JR.
[Jim] Well, that's instinct.
[Jerry] I can assure you, Shawn Michaels has no idea where he is. Look at his eyes.
Come on, Shawn. What do you say? Huh? Shawn, trust me.
[Jerry] Oh, he got… He can't… He can't continue.
-Oh. -[Jim] It just sort of.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, we're not in the stripe shirt,
but you gotta wonder the referee's gonna allow this match to continue much longer.
Another strike kicked to the head by a very focused Randy Orton.
[Jerry] Yeah. You can look in… at Orton's face and his reaction.
He knows exactly the condition that Shawn's in.
[Jim] Orton has disrespected and defeated many of the great legends in the WWE.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] And Michaels who has a tremendous pride.
[Jerry] Oh, wait a minute. Look at this.
-Michaels… -[Jim] Orton trying to go for the RKO.
[Jerry] Michaels is unable… Michaels does have no offense.
[Jim] Michaels get… can he withstand on his own?
-Give me strength. -[Jerry] Yeah. But…
Come on, Come on, Shawn. You can't do this. You don't have to.
Come on.
Come on, Randy.
-[audience cheering] -[referee] Come on.
[Jim] It's hard to say. Was that an act of compassion from Orton
when he didn't deliver that RKO.
[grunts]
-[Jim] But there's no compassion. -[Jerry] There's no compassion in Orton.
[Jim] Randy Orton is looking… making a statement.
[Jerry] He's thinking of something even more devastating than RKO.
[Jim] And Michaels…
animalisticly, instinctively,
Michaels turning his hand into the eyes of Randy Orton.
-[Jerry] Well, that was… -[Jim] Pure self-defense.
[Jerry] …self-preservation. You're right.
[audience chattering]
-[Jim] And again Michaels… -[groaning]
…is like a wounded animal
that has been cornered doing whatever he can to protect himself.
[audience cheering]
Michaels so unsteady.
His equilibrium, this man competing with the concussion,
told by the doctors he should not compete.
[Jerry] This is not good.
C'mon, ref, don't let him do this. Oh, he did it.
-[audience cheering] -[Jim] Michaels hit the elbow.
I wonder how, where that he is [inaudible] that they did hit it.
Michaels unable to go for a cover here, King.
And that should tell the official at this time, this match needs to end.
I'm not the official. And maybe I shouldn't say that.
That's how I feel.
[Jerry] But it tells me something amazing that Shawn Michaels is likely most at home
or most comfortable inside the ring.
He's doing these things purely on instinct, JR.
[Jim] I'm not sure the band is back together tonight.
[Jim] Michaels turned his… tune up some Sweet Chin Music.
[audience chattering]
[Jim] But you noticed his… he could barely stand his feet.
He's having hold onto the ropes.
[Jerry] Exactly, Michaels using the ropes just to hold himself upright.
[audience chattering and cheering]
[Jim] But say what you will Shawn has tuned up the band.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[audience cheering]
[Jim] Michaels trying to deliver the Sweet Chin Music but he's…
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Michael's body just… it just… it just gave out.
And just… how much left is there in this wonderful competitive spirit,
-the passion and the pride? -[Jerry] C'mon, JR, there's nothing left,
he's collapsed already.
[audience chattering]
[audience chanting]
[Jerry] Stop the match, ref.
-No, no. He can't… -[bell ringing]
-[Jim] That's the smart thing to do. -[Jerry] Absolutely.
-He can't continue this. No. He can't. -[audience cheering]
[Justin] The winner of this match, Randy Orton.
[Jim] I think it's certainly the right time.
Orton wins the match.
Which we will not hear the end of in this life-changing period of his life,
this period of a time.
♪ Take what's mine… Hey ♪
[Jim] Man, this is hard to watch.
[Jerry] Sad moment in the annals of the WWE. Let me tell you.
[Jim] Immediate the doctors back out on him.
[audience chanting]
[audience chattering]
[Jim] Oh, you got the bastard.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, my God.
[Jim] Hey…
-Come on. Somebody, help him. -[audience chattering]
[Jim] Damn, Orton.
That young lady is Shawn Michaels's wife, Rebecca
with back the…
[audience chattering]
Shawn, Shawn, please. Shawn, talk to me, man.
[audience chattering]
Hey, I gotta come on down.
[Rebecca sobbing]
Shawn, Shawn.
[audience chattering]
Oh, baby. Oh, my God.
Shawn. Shawn.
[Jim] He's unconscious.
[audience chattering]
Shawn, talk to me.
-Come on, please. -[audience chattering]
[sobbing]
Come on, come on, he'll be all right.
-Is he even conscious? -[audience chattering]
[Rebecca screaming and sobbing]
[audience chattering]
[Jim] So disturbing and disheartening.
[audience chattering]
[Rebecca] Shawn, baby, baby, you're okay.
[audience chattering]
[Rebecca sobbing]
Shawn.
-[medic 1] Slide him over here. -[medic 2] Slide him over here.
[audience chattering]
[Jerry] Well, the doctors know about Shawn's history of concussion.
That's why he told him he wasn't gonna allow him to compete.
[audience shouting and chattering]
-[medic 3] Ready, doc? -[medic 4] Ready.
-You're all right, big daddy. -[audience chattering]
[audience shouting indistinctly]
[audience chattering]
You're okay, Shawn.
[audience chattering]
[audience chattering and applauding]
You're all right, big daddy. You're all right. You'll be all right.
[audience chattering]
[audience yelling]
[audience chattering]
[Jerry] Has he said anything, does he talk?
[Jim] Taking you back to earlier tonight, guys.
Shawn Michaels was jumped on by Randy Orton.
And you see Michaels head rammed o that steel staging,
-those pipes and that… -[Jerry] That was it right there.
-That should've been it. -[Jim] Another shot to the head.
The doctor then subsequently said Michaels couldn't compete.
More shots right to the head by Randy Orton,
which was we knew was gonna be the target, and that was sick.
[audience chattering]
[Jim] I don't know how… somehow Michaels was able to instinctively kick out.
[Jerry] You're right. All of these was instinct,
Shawn trying to go for the Sweet Chin Music,
not even able to stand, and then just collapsing.
I mean that pretty much ended the match right there.
But then, well, it wasn't over as far as Randy Orton was concerned.
Look at this. As the referee tried to help Shawn to his feet,
Randy Orton got him with an RKO.
[Jim] That was sick, pathetically sick by Randy Orton,
this hideous conduct by Orton.
And our thoughts are with Shawn Michaels.
[speaking Hindi]
As you can see, I'm standing next to The Great Khali
who is in possession of John Cena's WWE title.
And yet tonight, Khali could very well win that championship
as he faces off against John Cena.
Just wanna get your thoughts on this huge match.
[speaking Hindi]
[audience cheering]
[speaking Hindi]
-[audience cheering] -[speaking Hindi]
[audience cheering]
The Great Khali says John Cena stands no chance tonight.
The Great Khali has demolished John Cena several times over the last few weeks.
And The Great Khali says that if John Cena wants some, John Cena can come get some.
[speaking Hindi]
[audience cheering]
[bell ringing]
The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the World Tag Team Championship.
["Loaded" playing]
[fireworks popping]
[Tony] Making their way to the ring from Cameron, North Carolina
at a combined weight of 461 pounds,
they are the world tag team champions,
Matt and Jeff, The Hardys.
["Loaded" continues]
[Cole] World tag team titles are on the line tonight at Judgment Day,
a matchup made earlier today on WWE.com.
Matt and Jeff in action, it should be a high flying affair.
[JBL] It's like a rock concert here when the Hardys show up.
One of the best, most exciting tag teams of all time
we got to watch in action tonight.
["Loaded" continues]
[Cole] And quite a rivalry developing between these tag team champions,
the Hardys and their opponents here tonight at Judgment Day.
["Southern Pride" playing]
[Tony] And the challengers, at a combined weight of 532 pounds,
Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch.
[Cole] The challengers lost the tag team title matchup
against the Hardys at Backlash,
but since then, John, they've really had a change of heart.
I mean, Cade and Murdoch seemed to have foregone their rule-breaking ways
and shown a little sportsmanship.
In fact, at all turns, they've made it a point to really praise the Hardys.
[JBL] Stupid, absolutely stupid. You don't do that.
You have to dance with what brought you, Michael.
What brought them to the dance is two mean human being who don't care about anything.
Do you wanna know why they call Randy Orton the legend killer?
I really don't give a damn what JR, the King, or you think about it.
What Randy Orton did today was make a statement in his hometown.
That is how you get a head, Michael, and that's how Cade and Murdoch,
who have all the talent in the world to get ahead
not by winning the glee club, most popular people.
[Cole] That's what it's all about, the world tag team titles,
the Hardys against Cade and Murdoch, here at Judgment Day.
And of course, we're also following our other huge developing stories,
serious concern about the health and well-being, John, of Shawn Michaels.
Doctors and the EMTs, we understand, are attending to HBK
back in the locker room area, but just a disturbing scene, moments ago.
[JBL] Absolutely disturbing. One of the greatest careers of all time,
The Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels. They call him the legend killer.
That is what Randy Orton did today.
[Cole] In fact Shawn Michaels is detrimental in the career
of one of the gentlemen in this matchup,
and that's the man who'll start things off for the challengers,
Lance Cade against Matt Hardy.
Power and elbow tie up to back Matt Hardy into the corner,
and this tag team title match underway.
John, let's talk about the contrasting styles here.
First with the Hardys, they've gotta use that high-flying technique,
unorthodox style to keep those titles tonight.
[JBL] That's exactly what got the Hardys here.
That's what made them the most popular tag teams of all time,
but also one of the most successful.
You remember, the Hardys were here
in what I consider the golden age of tag team,
when you have the Hardys, New Age Outlaws, DX and the APA.
The Hardys are still best in breed today.
That says something about what a class act and great tag team the Hardys are.
[Cole] John, the APA, much the same style as Cade and Murdoch.
If you were coaching Cade and Murdoch, you've been in the ring with the Hardys,
what type of tips would you give them heading into this matchup?
[JBL] Very simple, drink beer and knock people's teeth out.
That's all you need to do.
It's about being effective. It's about winning matches.
That's why I disagree with what Cade and Murdoch are doing.
I don't know if some type of sound logic you employ.
I don't know what they're thinking, but I disagree with it.
[Cole] We're gonna have to see if Cade and Murdoch's new philosophy
in the ring will…
[JBL] Well, Cade and Murdoch are a great tag team.
They come out of the old tradition of West Texas Cowboys,
like Dick Murdoch, Black Bart, Stan Henson, Dusty Rhodes.
[audience chattering]
What I was trying to make is we have to see
if Cade and Murdoch's new philosophy
will help them in this matchup here tonight.
They have tremendous respect for the champions, the Hardys.
Matt Hardy, who has been on quite a roll on Friday Night SmackDown
in individual competitions.
Nice leapfrog by the big Lance Cade, nice hip toss, cover,
kick out before a count of one.
[JBL] Matt Hardy has not been on just a roll, Michael.
Matt Hardy is looking better than he has ever looked in his career.
He's been on one of the hottest single rolls on SmackDown
than any star on the brand right now.
[Cole] Here's the rough and tough in your mouth,
in your face, I should say. Trevor Murdoch.
[JBL] This guy I like, Trevor Murdoch, broken the old routine in a dojo in Japan.
They came over trained by the great Harley Race,
who made a name for himself right here in St. Louis.
But he made a name for himself, not making friends, Michael.
And that's where Trevor and Lance Cade, in my opinion, are best.
[grunts]
-[JBL] Did you hear that? -[Cole] That's a reversal.
[JBL] Right hand into the head of Cade. Matt Hardy with the high elbow.
And that may flip the momentum of the matchup quickly.
[Cole] Into the corner, tag made to brother Jeff,
and here comes the former intercontinental champion.
[audience cheering]
[Cole] Cover. Hook to the leg by Jeff… kick out before a count of one.
Watch out Matt Hardy turned around the match. Listen.
-[grunts] -[audience cheering]
[Cole] That rang the bell of Lance Cade for a moment.
[JBL] That's a momentum changer.
-Play by the rule. That's right. -[audience chattering]
[Cole] And here's Trevor Murdoch. That's the new philosophy.
Trevor Murdoch getting off the tag wisely as Lance still trying to shake the cobwebs
out of his head after that shot to the head by Matt Hardy.
[audience cheering and applauding]
[JBL] The capriciousness of Jeff Hardy is fun to watch
because you never know what this tattooed up freak will do.
[Cole] We've talked about the unorthodox style of the Hardys.
There was a picture of it by Jeff.
[JBL] Michael, unorthodox is wearing jeans to a business meeting.
What they are is way beyond unorthodox.
[Cole] Nice reversal. Hip toss by Trevor Murdoch.
[audience cheering]
[Cole] An even matchup in the early going for the World Tag Team Championship.
[audience cheering]
[Cole] So you don't think Cade and Murdoch could play by the rules
and also use their physical… you know, use their physical ability.
[JBL] Murdoch was broken by Harley Race. He was broken in a Japanese dojo.
No. You dance with what brought you and brought them to this is [inaudible].
And they are a very good tag team is not staying within the rules.
[Cole] To me, that doesn't say anything, John. As you see Matt has made the tag.
Batista was trained, like, you know, grew up and learned this business
from Ric Flair and Triple H, two of the dirtiest players in the game,
-and he doesn't break the rules. -[JBL] He does what he has to do to win.
[Cole] Matt Hardy, the clothesline here. Hook to the leg and a kick out.
[JBL] He also didn't beat The Undertaker, did he?
-[Cole] You know, he… -[JBL] Maybe he should've broke the rules.
[Cole] And Matt Hardy, continue to work on the left arm of Trevor Murdoch,
as the Hardy Boyz look to wear down the bigger competitors,
the challengers for the world tag team titles.
[grunts]
[audience cheering]
[Cole] High elbow by Matt Hardy.
[audience cheering]
[Cole] This is where Matt's dangerous.
Well, Matt Hardy can use the ropes for offense.
Elbow to the back of the neck. Cover.
Hooks the leg, referee slides into position,
and a kick out at two by Trevor Murdoch.
[audience chattering]
[JBL] Lance Cade gets off a tag.
I don't believe Matt Hardy saw it, and walked into the clothesline
following the kick by Murdoch.
[Cole] Lance Cade cover, could be it, world tag titles up for grabs,
kick out by Matt Hardy.
And a standing dropkick by the big man.
-[JBL] That's impressive. -[Cole] Cover again.
And a two count before Matt Hardy rolls out.
[JBL] This is what I'm talking about with Lance, he reminds me of a young me.
He's just not as good looking and not quite as well built.
Lance Cade likes to knock people out, so does Trevor Murdoch.
This is what brought them to the dance.
[Cole] Frequent tags by Cade and Murdoch, keeping each other fresh,
isolating Matt Hardy, textbook tag team wrestling.
The champion's in trouble.
[grunts]
[JBL] And Matt Hardy, with the tag team title on the line,
whipped with authority to the corner.
[Cole] That'll give you whiplash, and make you think and see double.
[audience chanting]
Come on.
[JBL] Murdoch getting off yet another tag.
And you gotta love what Murdoch and Cade are doing here.
This is what good tag teams…
how you become acknowledged as a great tag team.
[Cole] Matt Hardy countered, got the knees up in time.
[JBL] Right when I start putting 'em over.
[Cole] And here's the tag to Jeff Hardy.
Jeff Hardy trying to turn the momentum back to the champions.
World tag team titles on the line at Judgment Day.
[JBL] This is about to get fun to watch, I guarantee it.
This is the Hardy Boyz.
-[audience cheering] -[grunts]
[screaming]
[JBL] Trevor Murdoch. Oh, my.
Jeff Hardy, right to the sternum, cover, hook to the leg,
could be it, and a kick out at two.
Trevor Murdoch dropped down out of those right hands
and Jeff Hardy still was able to capitalize.
Jeff Hardy sort of invents things as he's going along.
[audience cheering]
[JBL] Jeff Hardy, into the cover, hooks the leg, shoulders down.
Lance Cade, realizing his partner was in trouble, broke up the three count.
[audience cheering]
[Cole] And Matt and Jeff driving the challengers over the top rope.
Do you think the Hardys are pumped up?
[audience chattering and screaming]
[JBL] Only Jeff Hardy can do this.
-[grunts] -[audience cheering]
[audience chattering]
[Cole] I don't believe Lance Cade is quite… sure of where he's at.
[audience chanting]
[JBL] What would you call that move that Jeff Hardy did?
[Cole] Good?
-[JBL] Ref… Referee Chad Patt… -[Cole] That was too easy.
[JBL] …is counting.
Cade and Murdoch are thinking twice about walking up that ramp.
World Tag Team title match continues.
[Cole] Trevor Murdoch saying, "Hey, give me time to catch my breath."
[JBL] It's okay. The Hardys are on a roll.
The Hardys are not only exciting, but they're unbelievably effective.
I once knew, probably the greatest tag team of all time,
who over underestimated the Hardys and lost the championship to them.
That was the APA.
Sometimes, you just regroup, and you slow these guys down,
and you get back to what you do best. Stay within your core competency.
[Cole] Knocked on the apron, but had his knees taken out,
his legs taken out from underneath them.
-Come on! -[Cole] Jeff Hardy.
Nobody's home.
Trevor Murdoch, do you think maybe perhaps he drew Jeff Hardy into that?
[JBL] Absolutely. Absolutely.
-[Cole] Watch. -[JBL] Look at it.
[Cole] A simple side step and this match has turned around.
Just a simple side step, suddenly, the champions are in trouble.
[JBL] But they should know,
the championship doesn't change hands on disqualification.
Attaboy, Trevor, put him back in the ring and beat him.
You got a chance to walk out of St. Louis the new tag team champions.
-What a big victory this is gonna be. -[Cole] Here's the cover. Hook…
Jeff… Great officiating by Chad Patton.
Trevor Murdoch's legs were under the rope, he cannot go for the pin cover there.
[JBL] Cover him again, Trevor.
[Cole] And Trevor Murdoch tag to Lance Cade. Cade and Murdoch.
Oh. You have to give them credit, John.
A near flawless game plan thus far.
It could possibly win the tag team titles for Cade and Murdoch here at Judgment Day.
And you notice how Cade exposes that knee,
driving the bone right into the spine of Jeff Hardy.
[audience chanting]
[JBL] Double team, perfectly legal within the five-count.
Here's the cover by Murdoch.
Hooks the leg, there's two, could he get it? No.
And a kick out at two and a half.
Cade and Murdoch, so close to winning the World Tag Team Championship.
[Cole] This is smart. You lay on him, you don't let him breath,
you keep him down, you got him down.
These fans could cheer all they want. The only way to get Trevor Murdoch off him
is to climb in the ring and that won't happen.
[JBL] So you're telling what Murdoch and Cade…
[Cole] I am doubting what he is doing right now.
-Oh. Murdoch. -[audience cheering]
-[JBL] This brought 'em to the dance. -[Cole] This could be it.
Will Cade and Murdoch win the World Tag Team titles?
And Jeff Hardy kicks out at two and a half.
Watch this kick.
[audience cheering]
[JBL] Hey. Cade and Murdoch proved that you can be rough and tough.
You can beat your opponent from pillar to post,
to use the old expression, around the ring and not have to break the rules.
-Perfect double team. -[Cole] Quit your sycophant aggrandizing.
-[JBL] That is it. -[Cole] Quit it.
Forearm to the jaw, this one's over. Hook to the leg.
Cade and Murdoch will win… No.
At two, Jeff Hardy somehow, with his rubber band like body,
able to squirm out of the cover.
[JBL] And your pedantic reason ain't exactly working.
The reason they are winning right now, and they got Jeff Hardy isolated,
is because they're doing what brought them to dance and that is beating people up.
You keep a guy isolated.
[Cole] They're doing it within the confines of the rules, John.
That's what they're doing.
You were out here blasting them 'cause they weren't rule breakers anymore
-at the start of the matchup. -[JBL] [inaudible] rule breakers.
I blasted them because they wouldn't stretch the limit.
[audience cheering]
[Cole] Trevor measuring Jeff Hardy, up over the top, shoulders down.
Matt Hardy, realizing the gold was in trouble, broke up the three-count.
[JBL] You come out with this anti-Machiavelli theory,
you somehow win matches because you're a good guy. You don't.
You win because you're good.
[Cole] You know what, you break the rules on Wall Street, JBL, you go to jail.
[JBL] That's true and I don't even stretch them, by the way.
[Cole] Yeah, right. And look at this.
Jeff Hardy, perhaps just outta pure instinct
was able to counter, but both men are down.
[Jeff] Come on!
-[Cole] Matt really is playing here. -[JBL] The key thing here, Michael,
is for Trevor to stay between Jeff Hardy and his brother,
the tag and the salvation of his championship.
You don't have to beat both, you gotta beat one of them.
And the one that you have right now in the bag is Jeff Hardy.
[Cole] But Cade's gotta get into the ring
and he's got to prevent Jeff Hardy from making a tag.
Nobody home, Hardy rolls outta the way. Here comes Matt Hardy, a fresh man.
[JBL] All may have just changed.
[Cole] And the World Tag Team champion have a second breath.
-High elbow. -[JBL] Right in the mouth.
[Cole] Big back body drop.
[JBL] I told you, Matt Hardy has never looked better.
-[Cole] Bulldog, clothesline. -[JBL] This young man is on fire.
[Cole] The cover. Hook to the leg.
There's two, he got it… No, a kick out at two by Lance Cade.
But just like that, the Hardys have turned things around, the side effect.
[JBL] Cover again. Hook to the leg
and Trevor Murdoch rolling Hardy out of the cover and then he paid for it.
[audience chattering]
[Cole] Uh-oh.
Lance Cade's slamming Matt Hardy.
[JBL] What a spinebuster.
[JBL] Hardy, distracted for a moment by Murdoch, and Cade took advantage,
and will be crowned new tag team champions.
And Matt Hardy, he got the shoulder out at two and a half.
[Cole] Goes into it like a Hiroshi [inaudible] suplex
and takes him straight into a spinebuster. This is brilliant.
[JBL] That's where Matt Hardy was distracted,
yet he showed the heart and resilience as he kicked out at two.
[audience cheering]
[JBL] Good [inaudible], Lance Cade.
[Cole] This crowd's about to come on their feet, look at them.
Look at this. Look at him get up like it's a rock concert.
[JBL] Swanton Bomb connecting.
-[JBL] This place is about to explode. -[Cole] IT's better than a rock concert.
The Hardys retain the gold.
["Loaded" playing]
[Tony] Here are your winners and still World Tag Team Champions,
the Hardys.
[JBL] And look at them, Michael, one of the greatest tag teams of all time.
These fans absolutely love them.
Thousands of people here in St. Louis and not one of them sitting down.
You leave them standing, Michael, you've done your job no matter what.
[Cole] The Hardys looked like they were in trouble for much of that matchup, John,
but the resilience and the will to win for the champions prevailed tonight.
[JBL] They've been in tables, ladder, chairs.
They've been in every match you can ever be.
And through it all, Michael, for the better part of a decade,
the Hardys had been best in breed in the WWE.
["Loaded" continues]
[JBL] That was a fun match to watch.
[audience chattering]
[audience chanting]
[audience cheering and applauding]
[Cole] That's good to see,
and you heard the respect from our fans here in St. Louis.
This Cade, Murdoch and Hardys rivalry has turned into a pretty good one.
[JBL] The match is over. Be a sportsman. I got no problem with that.
Now, your problem will be you plan for another day,
which is what Cade and Murdoch need to do.
[Cole] Let's see the Hardys in action. Matt lost his focus for just a moment,
and it looked like Lance Cade may pick up the victory for his team,
but it wasn't to be, as Matt turned him around in to the twist of fate.
Just watch. Words cannot describe the poetry of Jeff Hardy.
[audience cheering]
[JBL] I've been there.
["Loaded" playing]
[Cole] The well-deserving tag team champions, Jeff and Matt Hardy.
[Jim] Earlier tonight, everybody, we asked you to vote.
To text your vote on who thought might win a championship here tonight on AT&T,
the exclusive mobile provider of the WWE.
King, I know you text.
[Jerry] I did text. I'm already wrong.
[Jim] Look here at the results from our great WWE fans.
And wow, Batista.
Thirty-nine percent of the…
[Jerry] I was the one percent that picked Cade and Murdoch.
[Jim] Well, it came close.
[Jerry] Can I text? Can I still text?
Ladies and gentlemen, a much more series note,
we understand that Shawn Michaels has been removed from the arena in an ambulance.
He's been taken to a nearby medical facility.
That's the medical update that we know on Shawn at this moment.
Hopefully maybe WWE.com can keep up with the Shawn Michaels situation
throughout the night and we check in.
Absolutely. We wish Shawn our very best.
[Tony] Ladies and gentlemen, please, direct your attention to the Tron,
because the following video is courtesy of the new World Heavyweight Champion,
Edge.
[audience cheering]
[Edge] Last week, I went on to have the greatest week
of any superstar in the history of this industry.
[Jim] Oh, the spear by Edge. No. Wait a minute. It's over.
Edge has won the Money in the Bank.
I cashed it in on, quite possibly, the greatest champion of all time,
The Undertaker.
[JBL] Edge is a shark that smells blood in the water, Michael.
He's become world champion like this before.
[Edge] Not this way, damn it.
The ultimate opportunist has done it again.
[Edge] My name is Edge and I'm your World Heavyweight Champion.
♪ I don't know What they're talking about ♪
♪ I'm making my own decisions ♪
♪ This thing that I found Ain't gonna bring me down ♪
♪ I'm like a junkie without an addiction ♪
♪ All my life, I've been over the top ♪
♪ I don't know what I'm doing All I know is I don't wanna stop ♪
[Edge] I'll be a champion that you can be proud of,
a champion that will take on any and all comers.
That title belongs to me.
And I'm sorry, but I'm gonna be needing it back.
♪ Too many religions, but only one God ♪
♪ I don't need another savior ♪
♪ Don't try to change my mind ♪
♪ You know I'm one of a kind Ain't gonna change my bad behavior ♪
[Edge] You think I'm afraid of Batista?
I did it in three seconds what Batista couldn't do in three months,
and that's defeat The Undertaker.
[Cole] Edge, Judgment Day is coming,
and The Animal roaring to St. Louis and regain his title.
♪ All fired up, I'm gonna go till I drop ♪
♪ You're either in or in the way Don't make me, I don't wanna stop ♪
[bell ringing]
[Tony] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the World Heavyweight Championship.
[audience cheering]
["Metalingus" playing]
♪ On this day, it's so real to me ♪
♪ Everything has come to life ♪
♪ Bitter place and a broken dream ♪
♪ And we'll leave it all Leave it all behind ♪
♪ On this day, it's so real to me ♪
[fireworks popping]
♪ Another chance… ♪
[Tony] Making his way to the ring from Toronto, Canada,
weighing in at 248 pounds,
he's the World Heavyweight champion,
the Rated-R Superstar, Edge.
[Cole] You know, some has called Edge an opportunist.
Many have called him a crook,
as you just witnessed the biggest hunt in SmackDown history.
Now, John, Edge did say that he took the championship
from perhaps the greatest champion in WWE history.
I don't agree with the way that he took that championship,
but I do agree with the statement.
[JBL] Well, I don't agree with your vituperative comments, period.
This is a 12-time tag team champion.
That's a record, three-time world champion,
one-time United State champion, King of the Ring,
two-time Money in the Bank.
Let me tell you, right here in St. Louis,
Ric Flair, Harley Race, The Briscoes, Bob Orton Jr.,
I will put Edge up,
right at this point in his career, against any of them, period.
He's now, at this stage in his career, the greatest wrestler of all time.
Did you hear that? Did you hear that, Marky boy?
The greatest wrestler of all time.
And I'm begging you to dispute it with facts,
not your comments, not your vituperous commentary.
That is the rated-R era and it is with SmackDown,
and I am damn proud of it.
[Cole] But just a list of accolades, does not a true champion make.
He gotta prove it in the ring. He'll have the opportunity tonight…
-[JBL] And he has it. -[Cole] …against an angry animal.
-["I Walk Alone" playing] -[audience cheering]
[fireworks popping]
[audience cheering]
[Tony] And the challenger from Washington, DC,
weighing in at 290 pounds, Batista.
[Cole] John, to many and many others around the world,
this man, Batista, is what being a champion is all about.
It's about having heart. It's about being courageous.
It's about standing up for what you believe in,
not by winning the championship being a sneak, and a cheat,
and coming in after somebody else did the damage
to steal the title from The Phenom.
[JBL] This vitriolic commentary is absolutely amazing to me.
Being a champion is about that right there, Michael.
It's about holding a championship. You can be a good guy.
You can look like you got this million dollar body like Batista.
You can be a great athlete like Batista.
You can put on a hell of a trilogy that was quite frankly,
one of the best all time against The Undertaker, just like Batista.
But if you wanna be a champion, you gotta be like Edge and have a tittle.
[Cole] You know what Edge did? Edge robbed every one of the opportunity
for the rivalry between Batista and Undertaker to continue to grow.
You see that bandaged right leg of Batista? That is just an example.
That is just a scar of the many battles that he's engaged in with The Undertaker
ever since WrestleMania.
Who would ever forget Backlash,
when neither Undertaker or Batista could make the ten count?
Who will ever forget the steel cage match when it ended in a draw?
And then there's piranha Edge to come into the ring, and steal the gold,
and not allow that rivalry to continue? And you condone that?
[JBL] Oh, weh, weh, weh, you're altruistic purist.
What the hell is wrong with you? He's a champion.
I give Batista all the accolades he deserves.
Gentlemen, it's gonna be a one fall match, World Heavyweight title is on the line.
I'll give you a five-count on the ropes, ten-count on the outside.
I want you to listen to my commands and obey them. Any questions?
[audience chattering]
One fall… Hey, hey, come on, relax.
One time… One fall, title is on the line.
[audience chattering]
[Cole] Edge has been world champion for nine days.
This is his first title defense since cashing in Money in the Bank
and sending the Undertaker's spirit from SmackDown this past Friday night.
And there's the champion, realizes what is in front of him.
[JBL] And he did in three seconds what Batista couldn't do in three months.
[Cole] John, you know that is not fair. You know that's stretching the truth.
-Come on. Undertaker had been… -[JBL] It is the truth.
[Cole] …Undertaker had been destroyed by Batista in that great steel cage match,
and then the attacked by Mark Henry,
only to have Edge come and… literally pick the bones, like a vulture.
-[JBL] Sometimes you could come… -[Cole] Cashing in Money in the Bank.
[JBL] That's what Money in the Bank is all about.
It's about winning by attrition, which is what Edge has done.
Batista, sometimes you're hardened by a fire, but you look at it,
there's no way he endured that trilogy with The Undertaker unscathed.
There's no way Batista is 100% animal tonight.
I don't care how good his mind set is,
you look at that bandaged leg, and what he went through.
He went through hell, he smells like smoke because he'd been through fire
with The Undertaker.
[Cole] Yeah, but John, how much did Batista learn from those rivalries
and those battles with The Undertaker over the past months.
-He gained a wealth of experience. -[JBL] Granted. I agree with you.
I agree with you, it was a tremendous learning experience.
[audience chattering]
[JBL] That's something you can't replicate in the gym.
What Batista went through, you only can learn by going through it.
[Cole] There's no doubt that Batista has been changed forever.
We only have to see if Batista has been changed for the better.
[audience cheering]
[Cole] You see the look of surprise at the world champion, Edge?
He seems to be a bit off his game early on.
Perhaps he forgot how powerful Batista really is.
[JBL] I'm sitting by Carl Jung here.
Now, all of a sudden, you're psychiatrist, and you're reading Edge's mind.
He's suckering Batista in here, is what he's doing.
They're playing mind games.
It's part of what goes into a world championship match,
which is what this is. And it's gonna be a damn good one.
[Cole] Batista doing, what I believe, he has to do to win the title,
to use the power to his advantage.
Get inside the mind of Edge,
make sure to turn the tables on the psychologist, that being Edge.
It's often Edge who plays the mind games, Batista seemingly doing that early.
[audience chattering]
[grunts]
[JBL] Batista off the high elbow… Cover, kick out at one by Edge.
Edge told Batista earlier tonight, "Hey, newsflash,
it's not your title, it's my title."
-[grunts] -[screaming]
[JBL] Batista said that he'll be needing that championship back tonight.
And there's the Rated-R Superstar, doing his best, breaking the rules,
as Batista sends the champ over the top rope.
[audience cheering]
[JBL] It's not just fire, bad, water, good, Michael.
There's not black in everything and there's not white in everything.
There's gray areas.
This is a world championship match, you do what you have to do.
And I can guarantee you, Batista will do the same thing.
-[grunts] -…three…
[Cole] Uh-oh. Edge counter, Batista, bad knee, bag leg and bad knee,
into the steel steps, as Edge wisely roll back into the ring
to break up ten-count by referee Mickie Henson.
-[Mickie] Get back here. -[grunting]
[audience chattering]
[Cole] But the damage may have been done to that injured leg, John.
Oh, come on, guys.
-You [inaudible]. One… -[grunts]
[Cole] Edge driven spine first to the apron.
And we both, John, tried to get outta Batista earlier today,
how bad that leg really is, and he didn't wanna make excuses.
He said he was ready to go here tonight.
[JBL] He doesn't wanna make excuses. He didn't give a game plan for Edge.
Look, I'm a buddy of Edge's.
If I found out that information, I'm gonna go tell him right away.
[Cole] The challenger Batista clearly frustrated.
Edge has begun to attack the leg of The Animal,
the challenger for the world championship here at Judgment Day.
[JBL] The problem with Batista right now,
when he comes out is you highlight an injury like that.
[Cole] This, John, is where it started.
-[grunting] -[audience chatter]
[Cole] You talk about highlighting the injury,
that'll be a big bull's-eye that wrapper on the leg.
[JBL] It's a huge bull's-eye, but what do you do? Do you not protect it?
Do you let the mystery of the mind stay out there that it's hurt?
-[grunting] -[audience cheering]
[JBL] Hardly, you do the smart things that doctor will advise you,
and bandage up the leg, and give your opponent a bull's-eye.
[Cole] Batista may not have to worry about the leg after that.
That could cause a separated shoulder.
[audience chattering]
[Cole] And Edge, the world champion, allows himself to regain his composure,
catch his breath, and begin to think about how he'll assault the champ.
One, two, three, four.
[Cole] And wisely, right to the injured shoulder of Batista.
And if you take the arm and the leg out, John,
you take all the power out of Batista's arsenal.
[grunting]
[JBL] The capriciousness of Edge
is one of the thing that has made him such a great superstar.
He's attacking the arm. He's attacking the leg.
Batista doesn't know what his defense needs to be right now.
[Cole] Trying to fight back from his knees.
John, Edge claims that he actually represents our fans
around the world as world champion.
Well, I wonder what our great fans watching live tonight
in places like the United Kingdom, and Canada, Australia, Jordan,
New Zealand, what do they think about Edge and his antics for the past few weeks?
-[grunting] -[audience chattering]
[Cole] As the world champion continues to cut Batista down to size.
[JBL] I think they think what I think, Michael.
They appreciated the integrity of the man.
You forgot to mention the people at my Wall Street office watching this.
[Cole] Edge works on the leg, back to the shoulder.
Come on. What are you saying? Nope. He said no, Edge.
[audience chattering]
[Cole] Smart strategy here.
If you think about it, the leg you know on Batista is not 100%.
Now you find another body part.
You find another part of that body, you attack it, and you try to weaken it.
He is slowly picking Batista apart. This is a brilliant game plan.
[JBL] And again, it take…
-Right now, what did you say? -[audience chattering]
-[groaning] -[grunting]
[Cole] Again, with the point earlier, John, if you take the leg and arm out,
it doesn't allow Batista to do things like the Batista bomb or the spinebuster,
things that allow Batista to put opponents away.
[JBL] You're looking what Edge has done already this early in the match,
he has got this match on the ground.
Last thing you want is Batista, with all that power,
and all that athleticism, to be up and standing, looking you in the eye.
[Cole] The Rated-R Superstar who garnered that nickname
because of stuff like live sex celebrations,
table, ladders, and chairs matches, two cashes in of the Money in the Bank.
We'd love to add the destruction of The Animal to his credit here tonight,
but Batista will not go down without a fight.
[audience chattering]
[Cole] That boot glancing off the jaw of Batista,
but just enough to stop The Animal's momentum, just for a moment.
[grunting]
[Cole] Shoulders driven to the gut of the world champion.
-[grunting] -[audience chattering]
[Cole] It's all about the World Heavyweight Championship,
Edge the champion, Batista the challenger, wants his title back.
And Batista, the bad leg perhaps, not allowing him to retain his balance.
[JBL] Could be the headbutt to the face by Edge as well, Michael.
[Cole] Oh. And a clothesline.
[JBL] That will knock you outta your boots.
[Cole] But can Batista capitalize?
One, two…
-[Cole] Watch the… -[JBL] That's a game changer.
…five…
[Cole] Both men have to get up before a count of ten, and they do.
World champ, Batista, exchanging rights.
I don't think Edge wants to get into a slugfest with this Animal.
[grunting]
[Cole] Big back body drop.
[audience cheering]
[Cole] It may have hurt Batista's shoulder,
as Edge went up over the top.
Batista really seems to be hurting here, John.
[JBL] There's no doubt about it.
[Cole] The champion, bad leg, still able to drive Edge to the mat off that slam
and a kick out, roll of the shoulder out, the champion, at two.
[JBL] Batista's got all the power in the world.
Normally, you pick a guy up for a slam like that, he runs,
he drives him into the mat. You're not seeing that happen right now.
I don't believe that The Animal came into this match 100%.
[Cole] How could he? After the battles with The Undertaker…
Oh. Batista taking advantage.
He may get the champion here. And a kick out at two.
[audience chattering]
[inaudible].
[Cole] I mean, even if Batista's not 100% out here tonight,
you've seen Batista's accomplishments over the past two months,
he can still win that championship.
But Edge may have something to do about it.
[audience cheering]
[JBL] These guys are taking homerun shots at each other.
[Cole] Into that cover, hook of the leg, there's two, two and a half,
and The Animal kicks out.
[JBL] One thing you're seeing Batista not do, Michael,
is mount that serious offense like he normally does.
He's doing his best, and that takes big shots with big moves at people.
It may be enough to win the championship, but you're facing one of the best ever.
-And if he hits this, it's there… -[Cole] Batista with a spear of his own.
[audience cheering]
[Cole] Goes to the cover, shoulders are down. Oh, we got a count.
There's a new heavyweight champion… No.
[audience cheering]
-[Cole] Watch this counter. -[JBL] What a tremendous counter.
[Cole] Almost like The Animal could sense it,
like a sixth sense, can feel Edge coming for the spear.
[JBL] That is what having this trilogy with The Undertaker will do for you.
It raises, it elevates your games.
[Cole] Uh-oh.
[audience cheering]
[Cole] Say goodnight, Edge.
[audience cheering and applauding]
[JBL] It may indeed be Batista's championship.
[Cole] Here we go. Thumbs up, thumbs down.
[audience cheering]
[JBL] Our fans are on their feet here in St. Louis.
[Cole] Edge rolled out, went for the clothesline,
may have made a mistake, spine buster.
[audience cheering]
[Cole] But Batista may have hurt the leg, and Edge rolling Batista,
-Edge [inaudible]. -[bell ringing]
[Cole] Edge took advantage of the injured leg.
[Tony] Here is your winner and still the World Heavyweight Champion,
the Rated-R Superstar, Edge.
[Cole] I can't believe it, John.
[JBL] Absolutely brilliant, Michael, taking moves like that,
be thrown around like Edge was,
and did have the clarity of mind to capitalize on Batista.
He had an inch, Michael, and he made those yard out of it.
The Rated-R era is still going strong.
[Cole] Or he may make a case that Edge was just lucky here tonight,
but it has been his MO in all his title reign,
Edge manages to escape with victory and his championship here tonight.
I thought Batista had this one on the spine buster,
but just for a quick moment, that knee and that leg buckled on him,
and Edge, ever the opportunist, capitalized.
[JBL] You can call him an opportunist or a brilliant.
This is where Edge's game plan was, right here.
He set the stage for his championship win right there.
And this is where it pays dividends.
[audience cheering]
[JBL] And you saw right there, he had one opening, he took it,
and Edge, right now, Michael, is our world champion.
You can call him an opportunist, or a predator,
you can call him a piranha, but call him world champion.
♪ A bitter place and a broken dream ♪
♪ And we'll leave it all ♪
♪ We'll leave it all behind ♪
♪ All my life, I've been… ♪
[Cole] A very big thank you to Ozzy Osbourne
for the official Judgment Day theme song, "I Don't Wanna Stop."
John, how great was Ozzy in SmackDown this past Friday night, rocking the house?
You were even dancing in your seat.
[JBL] I'm a more of a Merle Haggard fan, but I gotta admit, Ozzy is awesome.
[bell ringing]
[Tony] The following is a match, 2-out-of-3 falls,
and it is for the WWE United States Championship.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, the first superstar to win two falls
will be the United States champion.
["I'm Comin'" playing]
♪ 1, 2, You hear the clock tickin'? ♪
♪ Tick-tock, you about to stop livin' ♪
♪ Tick-tock, I want you to remember me ♪
♪ Tick-tock But the day don't have no memory ♪
♪ I'm comin' ♪
♪ Nobody could stop me Nobody could hold me ♪
♪ Nobody control me, I'm comin' ♪
♪ I'm here to do my thing I'm here to bring the pain ♪
♪ I'm never ever gon' change ♪
♪ Like Tropicana, I got the juice Offer the leash… ♪
[Tony] Introducing the challenger from Miami, Florida,
weighing in at 248 pounds,
Montel Vontavious Porter, MVP.
[Cole] Montel Vontavious Porter making his Judgment Day debut,
one of… another of our great SmackDown superstar, John,
with an opportunity here tonight to win the United States Championship.
What about what he told us Friday night, that he is motivated to win,
and no more politics.
He said he's gonna beat the system,
in his words, tonight for the championship.
[JBL] Well, the system has kept him down, Michael.
Teddy Long has been against this young star, the future at SmackDown,
ever since he came into this entertainment.
Entertainment brand, I still can't get over that diva segment.
[Cole] It could be this.
Right here is the match people have been talking about in St. Louis.
Look at this, people get on their feet.
[Tony] From Atlanta, Georgia, weighing in at 234 pounds,
he's the United States Champion, Chris Benoit.
[Cole] And one of the greatest performers in World Wrestling Entertainment history,
Chris Benoit.
[JBL] People get on their feet when Chris Benoit walks down that ramp,
that aisle, whatever it is, because they know this,
they are about to see one hell of an intense fight.
[Cole] At WrestleMania, Chris Benoit defeated MVP in the great matchup.
Benoit did the same at Backlash.
MVP claims that the third time will be a charm tonight.
But my question is this, John.
If MVP couldn't beat Chris Benoit in a single match
on those two grand stages,
how the hell will he beat Benoit two out of three falls tonight?
[JBL] Very simple, the amelioration rate of MVP has been phenomenal.
He has gotten better every single time he has faced Benoit.
-[bell ringing] -[Cole] So the first fall underway.
The first superstar to win two falls will be the United States champion.
Of course, you win a fall via pinfall or submission,
disqualifications and count-outs as well, as MVP backs Chris Benoit into the corner.
[JBL] And don't forget the set up for this match,
this 2-out-of-3 falls championship match happened 48 hours ago, Michael,
with absolutely no compunction.
You had MVP take out the leg of Chris Benoit
after Finlay takes it out with a shillelagh.
This 2-out-of-3 Fall match, Michael, this could go awhile.
That leg can come into play.
[audience chattering]
[Cole] Face off center of the ring. Oh. And MVP.
[JBL] I like it.
[Cole] And Chris Benoit countered, and the Rabid Wolverine,
the United States Champion went for the crossface…
[JBL] Look at this. That's how you can beat him right there.
He has scouted Chris Benoit, every single match, he has gotten better.
[Cole] Again, to win this matchup, you win by pinfall or submission.
First man to do that twice will be the United States champion.
MVP counter with an elbow, tie up, center of the ring.
[audience chattering]
[Cole] Chris Benoit, perhaps the stronger of the two men, MVP the quicker.
[grunting]
[Cole] Nice arm drag takedown by the United States champion.
Drop toe hold, Benoit, putting on a clinic in the early going.
-[JBL] How could you say he's stronger? -[Cole] Look at Benoit,
-going for the crossface perhaps. -[JBL] He's going for the crossface early.
You're already picking sides, Michael. How do say stronger immediately?
MVP is a young phenomenal athlete.
I admit how great Chris Benoit is, but a little unbiased reporting here.
[Cole] Chris Benoit won the United States Championship
seven month ago in October.
-Ironically it was the same week… -[JBL] That leg…
That leg is the one that got hit with the shillelagh.
And you see MVP going out for it. You see a trepidation in Chris Benoit.
He knows it's hurt.
[Cole] And what John is talking about is, 48 hours ago on SmackDown,
Chris Benoit, really in a battle, a physical battle with Finlay.
Finlay targeting the knee throughout the matchup.
As MVP continues the pressure on the Rabid Wolverine.
-[grunting] -[audience chattering]
[Cole] MVP driving those, I should say Benoit driving those knees into the spine.
John, I talked about Benoit winning the United States title back in October.
Ironically, it was the same week in which MVP had his first ever match
here on SmackDown.
[grunting]
[Cole] And Benoit, the Rabid Wolverine, taking it to the man
who was the highest paid free agent in the history of SmackDown.
[JBL] And has earned every penny of it.
I was one of MVP's biggest critics, and look at this,
he's willing to go tooth and nail with Chris Benoit,
and there aren't many people who even wanna get in the ring with Chris Benoit.
[Cole] MVP has been in the ring with some of the greatest superstars in WWE history
since he debuted back in October.
He's been in steel cage matches, street fights,
and who could forget that infernal match, where he was burned by Kane.
Oh, nice single leg takedown by MVP, went right for the leg.
[JBL] Lit on fire directly in front of us, Michael.
And here he is back in a championship match.
And look at this, look at Benoit, the whole time he's going for that arm.
What a great chess match we have going on here tonight.
[Cole] As we've seen in matches at WrestleMania, and then in Backlash,
MVP's one of the very few superstars, John,
who has been able to find counter after counter to Chris Benoit.
Benoit just happen to survive those two matches.
[grunting]
[JBL] There's not much counter for that.
[Cole] What does Benoit have to do, John, to retain the title here tonight?
[grunting]
[Cole] MVP, quickly into the cover, hooks the leg, kick out.
-[JBL] He's got to beat MVP. -[Cole] Thanks.
MVP, driving elbows into the knee,
we've talked about earlier, of Chris Benoit.
[JBL] Chris Benoit has to be Chris Benoit.
Look as good as MVP is, both of us, you have to admit,
have been amazed at how good MVP has become,
and how well he has done against Benoit. Benoit still holds the upper hand.
You're still talking about a Hall of Fame guy,
a guy who's a top ten wrestler of all time.
Chris Benoit, to win this match, has to be Chris Benoit.
[Cole] Cover by MVP, best two out of three falls.
This is the first fall
with the United States Championship on the line.
And it's the knee that MVP has begun to target, John,
that knee that was really torn apart by Finlay Friday night,
the victim of a shillelagh attack at the end of the matchup,
and then by an attack by MVP later on.
[JBL] Great game plan by MVP.
2-out-of-3 Fall match, you have some of the old timers here in St. Louis,
remember how great this classics can be.
You take your time in the first fall,
and you figure out a way to hurt your opponent.
That injury to that knee will start wearing on Benoit
the longer this match goes, and the next fall, and if we have a third.
[Cole] MVP's knee, tapped as well, John.
You can see it underneath his kneepad there, on the right leg.
[audience chattering]
[Cole] Benoit trying to get some blood flowing back into that knee.
[JBL] It ain't ballet, Michael.
And these two guys have certainly demonstrated it.
It's like gaudy war, I love it. Listen to that.
-[grunting] -[audience cheering]
[Cole] You do not realize… Going for that…
[JBL] Went for the German suplex, and MVP countered,
but Benoit this time, with the German suplex,
arms wrapped, hands clasped, and a second German suplex.
The knee not affected for the suplexes here.
[JBL] Yes, it did or was it did?
[Cole] That knee gave out.
You saw MVP not planted like he should've been by a German.
[grunting]
[Cole] Look at Benoit, going to the crossface,
turning MVP down, MVP, crossface locked in.
-[JBL] He's got it deep. -[Cole] If MVP taps out,
Benoit will take the first fall, of the 2-out-of-3 Fall matchup.
[JBL] You take the first fall, and the ballgame's yours.
-[groaning] -[audience cheering]
[JBL] Will MVP tap out?
And MVP wisely made it to the bottom rope, forcing Benoit to break the crossface.
[Cole] But look at Benoit not pressing the advantage.
[JBL] Obviously, the leg is bothering him.
And MVP saw Benoit trying to get the blood back into the leg,
saw it as target and attacked.
[Cole] Normally, you see Chris Benoit go for that crippler crossface.
If he isn't able to get it… I guess Benoit…
MVP is not the only one that studies his opponent.
[JBL] We saw MVP go for that kick
that took out Matt Hardy Friday night and Benoit as well.
And look at this, Chris Benoit trying to roll MVP onto his belly.
[Cole] He doesn't have him in the middle of the ring.
[JBL] But MVP is on the belly, sharpshooter locked in,
Chris Benoit trying to hold on, and MVP again makes it to the bottom rope,
forcing the referee to break the hold.
[Cole] You see, MVP right away,
once that sharpshooter starts getting rolled over,
is looking to see where he is in the ring.
[JBL] MVP knows his opponent so well. Benoit.
Great counter, MVP back to his feet, back to work on the injured leg.
[Cole] Enzuigiri, back of the head.
Could this be the opening the United States champion needs?
[JBL] Counter after counter after counter,
we are watching two greats have a physical chess match in front of us.
[Cole] Chris Benoit. Here's MVP in trouble off the enzuigiri.
And Chris Benoit looking to take advantage,
but Benoit's having problems, John, standing on that leg.
[JBL] So few times when you see Chris Benoit do something,
you not see him give his opponent even an inch,
-and you're not seeing that right now. -Get off the rope.
[Cole] You're not, but injury… but injury or no injury,
nothing's gonna stop Benoit from defending his championship,
as you see here, perhaps going for the electric chair, MVP in trouble.
-And I believe the… -[JBL] Playmaker. Playmaker.
[Cole] And the playmaker, hook to the leg, shoulders down,
MVP has won the first fall. Benoit's…
[Tony] The winner of the first fall, MVP.
[Cole] MVP picked up the first fall,
and he's one fall away from winning the United States title.
But, John, I'd love to see this again, as both the superstars
take the traditional 60-second rest period between falls.
MVP went for the injured leg.
Now watch this, did Benoit's… Again, Benoit's knee and leg gave out,
allowing MVP to be in perfect position for the playmaker.
[JBL] Presence of mind, just like Edge had.
One of the reasons the great champ against Batista,
MVP demonstrated the same.
Okay. He dodge that. Go ahead.
[Cole] Referee Charles Robinson,
I don't know if you heard it, ladies and gentlemen,
but he did ask Benoit how the leg was.
The United States champion said it was fine.
But now, Benoit's back is against the wall.
He's got to win two falls in a row to retain the United States title.
MVP just has to win one of the next two.
[JBL] Benoit, showing the heart of a champion…
trying to get along on… well, really one leg.
[Cole] What did you expect?
These people get on their feet when Benoit walks into an arena because of that.
[screaming]
[JBL] Listen to Benoit and the amount of pain.
And Chris Benoit is in here tonight. MVP…
Get in the ring. MVP, get in the ring now.
One… Hey, stay in the ring, man. Get in here. One…
-[grunting] -[Cole] MVP relentless on the assault.
[JBL] And that leg does not bend that way.
-One, two… -[Cole] Shoulders down,
Benoit had to roll it out at two,
as MVP continues to work on the knee of Benoit.
Shoulders down, yet again, and the next fall for MVP,
means he's United States champion.
The champion Benoit must rally at Judgment Day.
[audience chattering]
[JBL] Chris Benoit has dug himself a tremendous hole here.
[grunting]
[Cole] Wow. Benoit trying all he can to get back into this matchup.
[JBL] That was a straight heel to the mouth.
[Cole] But every time Benoit seems like he's getting back into it perhaps, John,
MVP is right there,
little separation between himself and the champion.
Keep out of the corner, man.
[JBL] Because one thing that MVP has learned from Benoit…
[Cole] Look at Benoit, the Rabid Wolverine, trying to hold on.
[JBL] It's just fact, if you're on offense, they're on defense.
[Cole] That injured knee, the target, hung up on the top rope.
[audience chattering]
-[JBL] And MVP… -[Cole] MVP is feeling it. Look at him.
[JBL] MVP may be closing in on his first championship ever in WWE.
Cover, hook to the leg, shoulders down, and the champion will not go down quietly.
-[Cole] And right back to work. -[JBL] Again, MVP…
-[grunting] -[audience chattering]
[JBL] Look at Benoit. [Cole] Benoit's trying to counter.
[JBL] This is what I love about Benoit.
Anytime you stick any limb anywhere near Benoit, he grabs it.
-[groaning] -[audience chattering]
[Cole] Benoit said that wrestling is his passion, that it's his mistress,
and he's showing you why here tonight.
The United States Championship on the line,
Benoit must rally to win two falls in a row to keep that title.
MVP may be just a few seconds away
from winning the United States Championship,
but here comes the Wolverine.
[JBL] That feels like you get chopped from inside your chest.
[Cole] MVP rolled through a possible crossface,
right back to the injured knee.
[JBL] He's got him. [Cole] A submission maneuver.
He's gonna take two straight…
-[groans] -[audience chattering]
[JBL] Listen to MVP.
-[groaning] -[audience chattering]
[JBL] In the middle of the ring. And it's…
The injured knee of Benoit wrapped around the head of MVP.
Will Benoit tap out? Will the champion tap out?
[Cole] He's got him hooked deep.
[JBL] Benoit, an arm's length away from the bottom rope,
and forcing MVP to break the hold, but he's gotta get there.
[Cole] MVP is about to win by submission against Benoit.
[JBL] Look at Benoit, fingertips away, and he makes the bottom rope.
[audience chattering]
[JBL] It forces MVP to break the hold.
[Cole] Don't lose it, MVP.
You got a chance to walk out of here champion.
[JBL] MVP continuing the assault on Benoit
in his injured knee.
[grunting]
[JBL] This is smart.
[Cole] Oh, going for the playmaker again, and Benoit somehow countered.
He's got MVP in a world of trouble.
MVP right hands, Benoit right just back to the crossface, trying to lock it in.
[audience cheering]
[Cole] And Benoit has got the right arm locked.
Can he lock the hands around the chin? And he can't.
And look at MVP, right to the injured knee,
elbows to the kneecap.
[JBL] And MVP rolls through, Chris Benoit rolled up,
shoulders down, and a kick out at two. Yes, Benoit did kick out.
[audience chattering]
[Cole] Right to the injured knee, yet again.
The champion trying to make it back to his feet.
[JBL] MVP torque-ing the knee, rolling it through, hooks the legs,
shoulders down, he got it.
-[bell ringing] -[audience cheering]
[Cole] I cannot believe MVP.
[Tony] The winner of the second fall, and the match,
and the new United States champion,
MVP.
[Cole] I cannot believe MVP defeated Chris Benoit two straight falls tonight
for the United States champion.
[JBL] What a huge upset. And you know how much I think of MVP.
I think he's the future of sports entertainment.
Well, he may have taken his place in the Upper Echelon tonight in St. Louis.
Look, I don't care how hurt Benoit was.
MVP took two straight from a sure fire Hall of Famer, Chris Benoit.
That is impressive.
[Cole] A chop block to the back of the knee,
the injured knee of Chris Benoit really turned things around.
Chris Benoit's bad knee buckled,
MVP took advantage with the playmaker to win the first fall.
But I thought Benoit was gonna rally, John,
that Benoit was gonna get back into this, but MVP focused on the injured knee.
[JBL] First, Benoit came in here less than 100%.
You don't expect anything else from Benoit. He makes no excuses.
A former world champion with the top ten wrestlers of all time,
and MVP, you talk about dates in history,
people are going to remember this in this young man's career.
Mark it down, that is the future of sports entertainment and SmackDown.
[Cole] A clean sweep for MVP and Chris Benoit.
And MVP, the blue chipper,
well, he's primetime where he wants to be, as the United States champion.
MVP, like he likes to say, John, balling.
[JBL] You asked what it would take for MVP to win,
a masterful performance, which is exactly what he just did.
♪ Me, on the other hand ♪
♪ I can blow 100 stacks And bounce back rubberband ♪
♪ 30 karats here, 100 on the other hand ♪
♪ I do me I don't worry 'bout another man ♪
♪ I'm way past 'em, got 'em playin'… ♪
-Wow. -I'll tell you what,
the shocks keep on coming here tonight at Judgment Day.
Ladies and gentlemen, hope you're enjoying tonight's pay-per-view.
The next we have the opportunity to join you on pay-per-view
will be in two weeks from now. We'll be in Jacksonville, Florida.
Another ECW, SmackDown, Raw, Tri-Branded, pay-per-view, One Night Stand.
I'll tell you something, a new champion, is that a sign of things to come, JR?
What about The Great Khali and John Cena?
And would you say that John Cena could be coming into this match,
even though he's a champion, as the underdog?
Well, I think that he would have to be considered the underdog.
[Jim] Well, ladies and gentlemen,
John Cena's professional Judgment Day begin uniquely.
It began with a superhuman statement
of very few words.
♪ Another savior Don't try to change my mind ♪
[John Cena] Apparently, someone is trying to make a statement.
[man 3] Shawn Michaels is down, Edge is down, Randy Orton is down.
[John Cena] Someone is trying to get the attention of the WWE Champion.
Whoever you are, you want some? Come, get some.
["Da.Nger" playing]
[Jim] The Great Khali has destroyed Shawn Michaels, Edge, and Randy Orton,
and now he's coming for John Cena.
John Cena has never been physically dominated as we're seeing here.
["Da.Nger" continues]
[John Cena] I don't back down from any challenge.
[Jim] And Cena, look at what he's trying to do.
Oh, you got to be kidding me. Cena got Khali up.
Cena got Khali up, but The Great Khali, from his elbow
twice into the temple of John Cena.
Oh, no, how many superstars have fallen in the hands of Khali with that move.
And John Cena has been destroyed by The Great Khali.
[John Cena] No one has accomplished what The Great Khali has accomplished
in the last three weeks.
The devastation…
-[Jerry] No, no. -[Jim] Oh, my gosh.
[John Cena] …the carnage…
[Jim] For the love of God, Michaels may have broken his back here.
[John Cena] …the destruction…
[Justin] The winner of this match and the number one contender,
The Great Khali.
[Jim] Ladies and gentlemen, you might wanna think about saying a prayer
for John Cena at Judgment Day.
[man 4] So we pray. Our Father who art in heaven, hollowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come, thy will be done…
[John Cena] The Great Khali is a man who's never been pinned.
He's never submitted.
He has erased every person who stepped in his way.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] The Great Khali has just showed us all how devastating,
and destructive this human being can be.
["Warrior" playing]
[Jerry] I don't know who or what can stop him.
[John Cena] The Great Khali has something of mine
and I want it back.
[Jim] Khali with a shot right to Cena's face.
[Ranjin Singh] The Great Khali says he will become the new WWE Champion.
[Jim] Is this an omen?
[Ranjin Singh] John Cena, if you want some, come get some.
[Jim] Is the 7'3", 420 pound Great Khali our next WWE Champion?
[Jim] And here is the tale of the tape.
And I think, King, the status speaks volumes.
[Jerry] It's a tell-all tale of the tape. Look at the difference in size.
I mean, my gosh, it's unbelievable.
[Jim] Khali out-weight Cena 172 pounds.
-[Jerry] What is a quadruple E foot? -[Jim] Four E, that's wide, huge.
And look at the reach, Khali with a 41-inch reach,
9-inch advantage over John Cena,
in addition to having a 172-pound weight advantage.
-["The Time Is Now" playing] -[audience cheering]
♪ Rapido ♪
[audience cheering]
♪ Your time is up, my time is now ♪
♪ You can't see me, my time is now ♪
♪ It's the franchise, boy I'm shining now ♪
♪ You can't see me, my time is now ♪
♪ In case you forgot, or fell off I'm still hot… ♪
[Jerry] JR, there's something wrong with this picture.
It's John Cena, the champ is here,
but as we can all see, he does not have the championship.
[Jim] The Great Khali, taking the WWE Championship physically
from John Cena in a heinous assault a couple of weeks ago.
Cena may not have the gold around his waist,
make no mistake, ladies and gentlemen, John Cena is the WWE Champion.
But let's not make the mistake either, that for the last three weeks running,
The Great Khali has physically dominated John Cena in a variety of situations.
[Jerry] And John Cena said himself, that he was personally embarrassed
about the fact that The Great Khali took that championship,
and there was absolutely nothing John Cena could do about it.
[Jim] There's something John Cena can do about it tonight.
He's gotta compete tonight like The Great Khali just hit Cena's momma
with a two by four.
[audience chattering]
[Jim] Cena says that Khali will never be in a greater fight,
but will that even be enough?
[audience chattering]
[Jerry] I hope John didn't look at that tale of the tape.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] King, can John Cena wrestle his normal power style match,
and ground and pound, and retain the title?
[Jerry] That's the question of the night. Who knows?
[audience cheering]
["Da.Nger" playing]
[Jim] Now, don't adjust your sets, ladies and gentlemen.
Indeed, this human being, and I'll use that term somewhat loosely,
is exactly seven feet three, 420 pounds.
The Great Khali, the number one contender for the WWE title
that he is bringing to the ring.
The big question here is, will Khali leave with the WWE title?
And let's also remind our fans around the world
that The Great Khali has never been pinned, has never been made to submit.
[Jerry] Well, I'll tell you something, JR, John Cena just looked over here,
looked me right in the eyes, and then rolled his eyes.
And that tells me there's something… There's gotta be doubt.
I mean, he's been manhandled by this monster.
["Da.Nger" continues]
[Jim] This title doesn't belong to Khali yet.
[bell ringing]
This contest set for one fall is for the WWE Championship.
[audience cheering]
[Justin] Introducing first, the challenger from India,
standing over seven feet tall, weighing 420 pounds,
The Great Khali.
[audience booing]
Introducing next, from West Newbury, Massachusetts, weighing 248 pounds,
he is the current WWE Champion,
John Cena.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] I'm just hoping and praying that John Cena can prove
what I've been telling my girlfriend for years, size doesn't matter.
Come on, John.
[Jerry] John Cena must do things
that perhaps we haven't seen Cena utilize offensively
to successfully defeat The Great Khali. No man has ever beaten The Great Khali.
[Jim] The Great Khali has never been pinned, never made to submit,
and I suggest John Cena may… I have to steal a pun,
but may want to get extreme in this contest.
-Unbelievable size difference. -[Jerry] Well…
[shouting]
[grunting]
[Jim] And John Cena, going to the body of The Great Khali.
And Khali…
The question, how much punishment can cause… Oh, my God.
That anvil-sized right hand, borders on Polonius assault.
[audience chattering]
[Jerry] Man, I don't agree with John's strategy right now.
I would've tried the old stick and move, stay out of the way.
[groaning]
[Jerry] I don't think you try to go right at The Great Khali head on like this.
[Jim] A difference maker, a difference making move right there.
Khali's size and strength
makes the most basic wrestling maneuvers extraordinary,
like that one clothesline.
[Jerry] Right, and John Cena is playing right into the size and strength
of The Great Khali.
When you try to go… Well, head to head with…
Oh, speaking of heads, look at that huge fist to the head of John Cena.
[Jim] A massive hand and horrible strength,
but one thing for sure…
[Jerry] My God. JR, what will Raw be like with The Great Khali as our champion?
[Jim] Khali cannot win the title with Cena on the outside,
but Khali certainly has realizes that. He is no fool.
[audience chattering]
[Jerry] Khali, decimating John Cena.
[Jim] With one hand, and one arm, the strength that this monster possesses.
[Jerry] The gargantuan number one contender for the WWE title
is physically dissecting John Cena, as if Cena was a small child.
You heard the impact as Cena's flesh on the steel.
Steel wins, and Khali right here.
-Khali's got the… -[audience cheering]
[Jim] That size 18, four E boot on the chest of John Cena,
who was able to kick out. Cena's got great fortitude.
[Jerry] The Great Khali has won a lotta matches like that,
but I got a feeling that tonight, it'll take more than that to beat Cena.
[Jim] Khali with a slam, but I'm not so sure
he wasn't trying to stick Cena's head right on the canvass, like a piledriver
and a… The biggest leg drop I think I've ever seen.
[Jerry] Look at this, JR.
John Cena is 248 pounds, and he is being…
[Jim] Cover, Cena got a foot on the rope,
because there's no way Cena knows he could have kicked outta that predicament.
[Jerry] Cena's being thrown around like a rag doll.
[Jim] Cena, lucky that he was near the ropes on that exchange.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Referee Mike Chioda doing his best to communicate with The Great Khali.
And a hard Irish flip that shook the ring and John Cena's spine,
smacking those unforgiving turnbuckles.
[Jerry] I don't know. I'm at a loss as to what Cena should try here.
This giant is just relentless.
[Jim] The clothesline, again, finding its mark.
And one has to wonder how much more punishment
can John Cena's anatomy stand…
[Jerry] That's what John Cena's gotta do, stay out of the way, avoid the giant,
and hope he makes some sort of mistake.
[Jim] Cena avoided contact, he's gotta do that more often.
And Khali down, and Cena planted Khali's head on the canvass.
Khali now is down, Cena's got the cover, Cena got… No.
And look at the power of the challenger.
[Jerry] He threw John Cena clear back to his feet.
[Jim] That was a supersized kick out by The Great Khali.
[Jerry] I think our champion's just improvising right now.
[Jim] God almighty.
I'm shocked of the flexibility and the athleticism of The Great Khali,
in that big roundhouse kick.
[Jerry] That was the biggest kick I've ever seen in my life.
Look out, he's coming this way.
[audience chattering]
-[Jim] This is a scary human being. -[Jerry] Yeah, I'm leaving.
[Jim] The Great Khali and John Cena, right in front of us.
[audience chattering]
[Jim] Cena's head bouncing off this wooden announce table.
-[Jerry] Watch it, watch it. Not again. -[Jim] With a sickening thud. Again, Cena.
His eyes are glazed over, and John Cena may be a heartbeat away
from losing the WWE title here against this number one contender,
an undefeated number one contender, The Great Khali.
-[audience chattering] -[groaning]
[Jim] It's just amazing to me, this man standing right in front of us,
literally blocking out the sun.
I've never met a more intimidating athlete in any field, King.
[Jerry] Well, he's not just an athlete. He's not a man, JR.
I mean, there are men, there are big guys, there are tall guys,
but this is a true giant.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Khali's arms resembling a large man's leg,
and Khali using that superhuman strength
to clamp down on a trapezius muscle of John Cena,
who has been grounded and pounded thus far by the number one contender.
[Jerry] This giant has the ability, and the strength, and the power
to make someone tap out just to that move.
[Jim] Cena's determination etched on his face.
Cena does not have a reverse.
[Jerry] Get up, John.
[Jim] Cena refusing to loss on so many occasions,
but this is an extraordinary occasion against a superhuman man…
[Jerry] Look at the strength of John Cena.
[Jim] Cena's strength…
Cena's got the strength and Cena's staggering Khali.
-Cena hitting Khali. -[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
-[audience cheering] -[Jim] And Khali's tied up.
-[Jerry] Oh, look at this. -[Jim] Cena's gotta take advantage.
[Jerry] It's like Christmas morning.
[Jim] Cena's got to take advantage here, with everything he's got.
[Jerry] Stay on him, you gotta stay on him.
[Jim] Khali untied himself and kicked right back.
[Jerry] You cannot let that giant up if you ever get an advantage.
[Jim] Cena, with those thunderous right hands…
[audience cheering]
…proving to be somewhat ineffective quite obviously.
And The Great Khali signifying that the end could be near for John Cena.
As we said, that anvil-sized right hand of Khali…
[Jerry] This is not good.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] You'd cave your skull in with that…
-[audience cheering] -[Jim] Cena blocked it.
Cena blocked the right hand, but Khali throws Cena out the ring again,
as if John Cena, who's at 248 and 6'1", was a small child.
[Jerry] Boy, JR. what a humbling experience it must be
to be completely manhandled.
-[Jim] Oh, yeah. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
-[audience cheering] -[Jim] Cena dropkicked the ring steps
right back into the knee of The Great Khali.
Cena, being resourceful,
perhaps being a sense of desperation, King.
[Jerry] That may be a difference maker right there.
This is the first time we've seen that giant show some vulnerability.
[audience cheering]
[Jerry] Here comes Cena.
[Jim] Cena. A leg drop off the top, Cena's got a chance here,
Khali is down, Khali is down.
-Cena. Yes, the STFU. -[audience cheering]
[Jim] I didn't know if Cena could lock it in.
The STFU, Khali is suffering at the hands of Cena.
[Jerry] He's got him.
He's got him locked in. Put the pressure.
[Jim] The grip, the guts of John Cena.
[Jerry] Look at the giant's leg, it's contorting.
[audience cheering]
[Jim] Cena ripping and tearing at the biggest son of a gun
-I've ever seen in my life. -[Khali groaning]
[audience cheering]
[Jim] No one has lasted this long in the STFU.
-[bell ringing] -[Jim] And Khali taps, Khali taps.
-[Jerry] Oh, my God. -[Jim] For the first time, Khali taps.
[Justin] The winner of this match applying submission
and still WWE Champion, John Cena.
[Jerry] A giant victory for Cena.
Oh, my God.
[Jim] The Great Khali, a supersized human being,
but you've gotta admit that John Cena's guts are supersized as The Great Khali.
On this night, Cena's resourceful,
using the ring steps as a tag team partner, as a weapon.
[Jerry] One of the most impressive victories I've ever seen.
He snatched it from the jaws of defeat.
[Jim] Look at him. The marvelous mettle of John Cena,
the resourcefulness to use whatever he could
to get possession of this WWE Championship again.
♪ Your time is up, my time is now ♪
♪ You can't see me, my time is now ♪
♪ It's the franchise, boy I'm shining now ♪
♪ You can't see me, my time is now ♪
[Jim] And Cena went through hell, about three round trips.
♪ Base tan pants with a gold tee ♪
[Jim] And John Cena has done what no man has ever done.
John Cena has defeated The Great Khali.
[Jerry] It wasn't an easy task.
Khali manhandled John Cena throughout the match.
John Cena gave it everything he had, but it wasn't having much success…
I mean, literally.
But finally, with that move, John Cena got his.
Oh, boy, that was great.
[Jim] This was it for John Cena, utilize the ring steps, and then the STFU.
We weren't even sure that Cena could utilize the STFU
on the 7'3", 420-pounder, but, yes, he could.
And The Great Khali, for the first time in his career,
made to submit by John Cena.
[Jerry] You can say what you want to about John Cena, love him or hate him,
but that was damn sure impressive. What a win.
[Jim] And at Judgment Day, the champ is still here.
["The Time Is Now" continues]
Subtitle translation by: Aaron champ is still here.