-[dramatic music playing] -[man 1] Yes, sir, we promised you
-a great main event… -[man 2] Gorgeous George…
[man 3] Freddie Blassie, the maker of champions.
-[man 4] Andre the Giant. -[Vince] WrestleMania!
[Ted] Everyone has a price.
[Michael] Well, ladies and gentlemen, it is electric.
-[Rock] If you smell… -[Vince] You're fired.
-[Stone Cold] Give me a hell yeah! -[bell tolling]
[Cena] The champ is here!
[music fades]
[festive music playing]
[narrator] 'Twas a week till Christmas
and all through the arena,
not a superstar was stirring,
not even John Cena.
The sledgehammer was hung above the ladder with care
in hopes that The Game soon would be there.
The WWE Universe waited all snug in their seats,
anxiously anticipating amazing TLC feats.
When out in the ring there arose such a clatter,
CM Punk, The Miz, Alberto Del Rio,
and a shiny new ladder.
A Triple Threat Match of the highest degree,
the winner would be champion tonight at TLC.
On Orton, on Barrett, in a table match
that will prove to be vicious
but can the Barrett Barrage spoil The Viper's holiday wishes?
And what to my wandering eye should appear,
a sledgehammer over a ladder as ex-friends fight near.
A Jackknife Powerbomb, a Pedigree or two,
it's the season for giving and we give this Ladder Match to you.
Plus the World's Largest Athlete and the World's Strongest Man
battle in a chair match that will be felt throughout the land.
As the first bell is rung and matches begin,
it's sure to be a memorable night.
Happy Tables, Ladders, and Chairs to all.
And to all,
a good fight.
[music fades]
[man] And now WWE presents
TLC,
Tables, Ladders, and Chairs.
["Days Are Forgotten" playing]
[explosions]
♪ Days ♪
♪ Days are forgotten ♪
♪ Now it's all over ♪
[Michael] It is the final pay-per-view event of the year
and what an explosive way to wrap up 2011
with Tables, Ladders, and Chairs.
You are looking live at the 1st Mariner Arena
in Baltimore, Maryland. I'm Michael Cole
alongside the Hall of Famer, Jerry "the King" Lawler at ringside
and what a way to kick off the holiday season.
That's right. Happy holidays, everybody.
But, well, tonight is not gonna be happy for some people, right?
Yeah, of course. Tables, Ladders, and Chairs,
championships on the line,
stipulations galore, what a night it's gonna be in Baltimore.
-[Vickie] Merry Christmas, everyone. -Oh, no.
[crowd booing]
Excuse me.
[crowd booing]
Ladies and gentlemen,
allow me to introduce to you
the man who loves only one more thing than showing off,
and that's winning.
The greatest gift anyone can ask for,
the United States Champion,
Dolph Ziggler.
["Here To Show the World" playing]
♪ I'm here to show the world ♪
[Jerry] I know what I want for Christmas.
[Michael] And that is?
[Jerry] Well, for Vickie to get a case of laryngitis.
[Michael] I know what I want for Christmas.
-[Jerry] What's that? -[Michael] For Dolph Ziggler
to finally stop the hype of Zack Ryder here tonight.
There is the longest reigning champion in WWE today,
Dolph Ziggler.
♪ Things are exactly What they seem ♪
[Michael] And also joining us here at ringside tonight,
our Spanish colleagues, Carlos Cabrera, Marcelo Rodriguez.
-[Jerry] Hey, guys. -[speaking Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
[Jerry] Can they talk any faster, Cole?
-They can talk faster than I was. -[Zack] Woo, woo, woo.
-You know it. -["Radio" playing]
[Jerry] Get up, Cole. Come on. I know you're gonna love this.
♪ Oh, radio Tell me everything you know ♪
[Jerry] Cole, it looked like you just a got a headache.
-[Michael] I do. -[bell ringing]
[Justin] This contest set for one fall is for the United States Championship.
Introducing the challenger from the LI, weighing 214 pounds,
"The Long Island Iced-Z" Zack Ryder.
[Michael] Now, ladies and gentlemen, the "Ryder Revolution"
has been taking the nation by storm,
but I'm afraid to say that the flash in the pan is over tonight.
Thanks for coming, Zack Ryder.
Finally, he will be put in his place by Mr. Ziggler.
[Jerry] You know, you used to have a photographic memory,
but I think it's out of film.
Do you not realize or remember how many times
Zack Ryder has defeated Dolph Ziggler?
[Michael] Yeah, but again, none of those matchups were for the championship.
And tonight, it's all about the United States title.
[crowd chanting] Ryder! Ryder!
Thank you for joining us live tonight here in Baltimore, Maryland, for TLC.
As the Ryder chants had begun,
and I'm sure they're chanting "Ryder! Ryder! Ryder!"
all over the world watching tonight live at the United Kingdom on Sky Box Office,
places like Italy, Germany, the Philippines, all of the Middle East,
and, of course, our servicemen and women watching all over the world
on the Armed Forces Network.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Well, Dolph Ziggler,
typical Ziggler starting off, cocky, arrogant,
one move and he thinks that he's beaten the world.
[Michael] And listen to the WWE fans,
the Ryder fans.
-[Jerry] What? -[crowd] Let's go, Ryder!
[Michael] Dolph Ziggler is putting on a clinic right now
and all these goofs can do is chant "Let's go, Ryder!"
Oh.
-And Ryder-- -[Jerry] Trying to respond.
[Michael] Nice sequence there and there is Ziggler, the high elbow.
Already trending worldwide, #TLC, here tonight.
Now, Ziggler, the United States Champion and the showoff.
And there is an example why.
You know, Dolph Ziggler has every reason to show off.
[Jerry] Really?
Name four.
[Michael] I'll name more than that.
[Jerry] Whoa.
-[Vickie] Look out. Come on. -[Michael] Uh-oh. Look at this.
-[Jerry] Caught mid-air. -[Michael] Ryder catches Ziggler.
-And Zack Ryder… -[Jerry] Ooh.
[Michael] …riding a wave of momentum early and Ziggler is in a bit of trouble.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Did you just say a bit of trouble?
[Michael] Ziggler has to try to ride it out here.
-[Jerry] Whoa. -[Michael] Look at Ryder up over the top.
[Jerry] I'd say Dolph is in a world of trouble, not a bit of trouble.
[crowd chanting] Woo! Woo! Woo!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Zack Ryder is such a goof.
I mean he's one of these kids who didn't fit in when he was growing up.
People used to make fun of him. He's a so-called underdog
and well, as you've been saying all along, Jerry,
he really took matters into his own hands and put himself--
Well, he gave himself this opportunity…
-[Jerry] You know… -…thanks in part to John Cena.
[Jerry] …a better way to put that was Zack is a unique individual.
[Michael] Oh! And there's Ziggler.
Yeah, Zack Ryder is unique and as I said before, a flash in the pan,
but Dolph Ziggler, he's the real deal.
Ziggler, a former world champion,
Intercontinental Champion,
Tag Team Champion, United States Champion.
In high school, he won two national titles.
He was the leading wrestler in Kent State University history.
He's got a degree in political science and law.
[Jerry] Okay.
Let's take a look at this move one more time by Dolph Ziggler.
Take a look at Vickie.
Look at her reaction. She is so happy. Oh.
[Michael] And off the neckbreaker, Ziggler now in control.
As I mentioned, he just had to weather the storm of Ryder early
and now Ziggler can take control.
[Jerry] Just look at that smirk on his face.
I mean, he is so proud of himself.
[Michael] Elbow after elbow straight to the heart of Zack Ryder.
-And Ziggler just… -[Jerry] Come on, Zack.
[Michael] …wearing Ryder down.
He's gonna make an example of Zack Ryder here tonight.
[Jerry] How many is that, ten?
[crowd booing]
[Jerry] You know, why don't this guy--
why doesn't he let everyone else sing his praises?
Hey, he's good. He's talented.
[Michael] And here we go again, Ziggler,
hook to the leg, shoulders down and a kickout.
[Jerry] He don't always have to pat himself on the back.
[Michael] Zack Ryder this past Monday night on Raw
won the Slammy for Trending Star of the Year.
And then Dolph Ziggler, well, he made off with Ryder's Slammy Award,
really Ziggler did deserve it, he won the Fatal 4-Way Match on Monday.
[Jerry] It wasn't something that you deserved.
It was something that you earned by-- Oh, literally trending worldwide the most.
[Michael] But Ryder has accomplished nothing this year.
[Jerry] It doesn't matter, he has trended worldwide.
[Michael] And speaking of trending worldwide,
number one trend in the world right now is WWE TLC.
Here is a guy, Zack Ryder, who is a lifelong WWE fan.
-[crowd] Let's go, Ryder! -[Michael] He's living his dream,
worked his way to get to this point.
And then because he couldn't get it done in the ring,
he starts this big social media campaign.
[Jerry] Excuse me, I'm trending.
I'm tweeting rather.
Do you realize how big a deal that is to be
-the number one trend in the world… -[Michael] I know.
…and would have the most of anything in the world?
[Michael] It happens to me every week.
-[Jerry laughing] -[Michael] It does.
As Vickie looks on.
But nonetheless, for Zack Ryder as you see Ziggler going to the cover here,
trying to wear Zack Ryder down.
Zack Ryder, he made himself, so to speak.
He started this big social media campaign
and all of these goofs, these lemmings out there or the WWE Universe,
-they bought into this campaign… -[Jerry] Wait a minute.
…and they made Ryder something he isn't.
[Jerry] You're saying the WWE Universe are nothing more than lemmings,
that they just follow someone like Zack Ryder,
he leads them blindly, you're crazy, Cole.
[Michael] Exactly. They watch his Z! True Long Island Story
on YouTube each and every week,
he's got his Zack Pack and his Broskis of the Week.
[Jerry] And that's why he trends worldwide.
The guy is interesting. He's fun to watch, he's fun to listen to.
[Michael] But he hasn't accomplished anything.
[Jerry] He's entertaining.
-[Michael] What has he accomplished? -[Jerry] Unlike you.
[Michael] And again, Dolph Ziggler, look at that.
Picture perfect from Ziggler.
Again, looks to put to Ryder away, hooks the leg this time,
and a kickout by Ryder again.
[Vickie] Come on, Dolph. He's just a little boy.
-You're the champion. -[Jerry] This Ryder, this Zack Ryder.
-That's a real man. -[Jerry] He's resilient.
[Michael] He's also a guy who made up this internet championship
that doesn't even exist.
He had this foolish tournament between 64 invisible men
in the backyard of his mother's house in Long Island,
and crowned himself the internet champion.
-[Jerry] Hey, that's fun. -[Michael] That's a-- That's goofy.
[Jerry] No, it's not-- Ooh.
-And look at this. -[Michael] Look at Ryder.
Uh-oh. Missile dropkick, Ryder into the cover.
-Ziggler in trouble, two count, kickout. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
That goofy guy was almost our new United States Champion, Cole,
what do you think of that?
What would you do if Zack Ryder wins the US title?
[Michael] Well, it's not gonna happen.
Maybe I'll go on his silly YouTube show or something, who knows?
[Jerry] What would Vickie Guerrero do?
-[Michael] Oh, my, look. Can you imagine? -[Jerry] Look at this dropkick.
[Michael] Vickie would blow a gasket.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] There is no denying, however,
how he has really drawn the WWE community together.
[Vickie] Come on, Dolph.
-[Michael] They're on the edge of their seat here tonight for this matchup.
Almost all of them in the corner of Ryder who begins to build some momentum.
And here comes the six-foot-one, 214-pounder from Long Island.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Michael] Ziggler face-first.
[Jerry] Well, Ziggler telegraphed that
and Zack Ryder took advantage, look at Zack.
I like that look on his face right now. Oh!
-[Michael] Uh-oh. Uh-oh. -[Jerry] What, Cole?
[Michael] Ziggler is in trouble in the corner.
[Jerry] You're getting a little nervous?
[Michael] Zack Ryder--
[crowd chanting] Woo! Woo! Woo!
[Michael] Looking for the Broski Boot, he connects.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] Oh, no, oh, no, Ziggler is in trouble now.
He cannot do this.
-Not like this. -[Jerry] Hey, hey, hey.
-Wait a minute. -[Michael] And Ziggler got his foot
on the bottom rope.
-[Jerry] She cannot do that. -[Michael] What did she do?
[Jerry] The referee hasn't seen her put Ziggler's foot on the bottom of the--
-Oh, look at that. Yes. -[crowd cheering]
No!
[Michael] Vickie Guerrero…
[Jerry] You are out of here, baby.
…sent packing.
Zack Ryder believed he had won the United States Championship.
Vickie Guerrero got involved
and now she's gonna have to watch the rest of this matchup
back in the locker room.
[Jerry] Vickie Guerrero has been ejected.
And Dolph Ziggler is now dejected.
-[Michael] Uh-oh. From behind. -[Jerry] Oh, here we go.
Ryder looking to steal one here,
two-count and Ziggler rolling through,
he's got the ropes and Ryder still kicks out again.
And now, Dolph Ziggler's wisely looking to regroup.
[Jerry] Is there no level that Dolph Ziggler
will not stoop to to retain that title?
[Michael] Well, that's why he's the champion
because of moves like that.
-[Jerry] Oh, he missed. -[Michael] Went for the Zig Zag,
Ryder rolls him up. May have him here,
two-count and a kickout by Ziggler, still surviving.
And again, Ziggler back on the attack.
-This time Ziggler connects. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Michael] And it's all over for Zack Ryder.
-Dolph Ziggler puts an end to the Ryder-- -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Zack Ryder is still in this thing.
[Michael] Did you see the look on the face of Dolph Ziggler?
[Jerry] I would love to see the look on Vickie Guerrero's face
back in the locker room right now.
This is a great match.
What a way to kick off TLC.
[Michael] I cannot believe that Zack Ryder was able to kick out.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Oh, watch your back.
[Michael] And Dolph Ziggler went for the sleeper hold.
And Zack Ryder-- Oh, ran right into it.
And again, Ziggler looking to take Ryder out, hooks the leg this time
-and again Ryder with some fight left. -[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Cole, what is it gonna take?
What does Zack Ryder have to do to make a believer out of you?
This kid is good.
I got to admit, great dropkick here, wow, by Dolph Ziggler
but, hey, that would have beaten an ordinary man,
but not Zack Ryder.
[Michael] Yeah, but Dolph Ziggler has got to be patient here.
He's continuing to wear Ryder down.
[Jerry] Did you say Dolph Ziggler has gotta be patient?
I don't know if that word is in his vocabulary.
[Michael] He cannot allow frustration
-to come into play here. -[Jerry] Oh, boy.
[Michael] And Zack Ryder, big time move for Ryder.
Oh, look at Zack here, Ryder, hurricanrana.
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. Cover.
[Michael] For the United States Championship.
-[Jerry] No. -[Michael] And, oh, Ziggler.
-Woo. -[Jerry] No.
Was that a three-count?
[Michael] Two and a half, Ziggler kicks out.
[Jerry] Two and a half?
[Michael] Ryder thought he had him.
Thought he won the United States Championship.
Come on, throw a temper tantrum, you little jerk.
-Come on, Ryder. -[Jerry] No, he is not--
he is not throwing a temper tantrum.
This is patience. He's waiting.
He's setting up.
-[Michael] He's got the LI up. -[Jerry] Here it comes.
[Michael] Going for the Rough Ryder and Ziggler with a great counter.
And now, Dolph Ziggler looking to put Ryder away.
[Jerry] Watch the tights, the drawers.
[Michael] Oh, and a kickout again at two.
Ryder trying to win his first major singles championship
here in WWE.
[Jerry] And Dolph Ziggler just trying to survive.
…two…
-[crowd chanting] Let's go, Ryder! -[Jerry] He's used every cheap shot.
He's thrown every underhanded trick in the book on Zack Ryder.
[Michael] I doubt that. Dolph Ziggler is doing what he can here.
And up over-- Whoa, Ryder with the double knee.
A double knee for Ryder, Ziggler is in trouble,
Zack Ryder, Rough Ryder.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Michael] Oh, no. Come on, Dolph.
-Come on, Dolph. Come on, Dolph. -[crowd] One, two, three!
-You got to be kidding me. -[bell ringing]
-["Radio" playing] -[crowd cheering]
♪ Tell me everything you know ♪
[Justin] …new United States Champion,
the "Long Island Iced-Z" Zack Ryder.
-[Michael] Oh, my God. -[Jerry] Oh, baby.
Look at this.
It's pandemonium.
♪ Every babe's gonna want A piece of me, yeah ♪
[Jerry] The roof just came off this arena. Look at these--
look at the WWE Universe now, Cole.
Cole, come on, smile. Look at this.
♪ I like the things I see ♪
[Jerry] This is great.
["Radio" continues]
[Jerry] Check it out, Cole, that's Zack's dad right there.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] What a celebration.
What a well-earned victory.
Yes.
[crowd cheering]
Woo! Woo! Woo!
♪ I see desire in their lies ♪
[Jerry] Well, you know, Michael, this is the time of year for miracles.
Do you think we just witnessed one?
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Oh, come on, Cole.
[laughs]
What's the matter, Zack got your tongue?
This is great.
♪ Yeah, I'm gonna get some girls I like ♪
-♪ I'm gonna wear my pants real tight ♪ -[yells]
Finally.
-Woo! Woo! Woo! -[Jerry laughs] You saw that sign.
All we want for Christmas is a new US Champion.
We got it. Zack Ryder.
Come on, Cole, help me here. Look at this.
Tell us how the demise of the US Champion came about.
[Michael] What do you want me to say?
[Jerry] Well, that right there, call it.
[Michael] It was a Rough Ryder.
And Zack Ryder is the new United States Champion.
You call it a Christmas miracle? I call it a fluke.
♪ I will believe your every word ♪
♪ Just tell me so ♪
[Jerry] There you go, the US Broski.
-♪ I see desire in their lies ♪ -[Jerry] Check this out one more time.
At the count of three when Zack Ryder won,
there's Zack's father sitting right here at ringside.
Is that a happy man or what?
["Radio" continues]
-So, are you excited? -Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah, I'm ready.
-You look really jacked today. -I'm ready to get this done.
-Yeah. -Well, what about you,
are you ready to see Booker T experience and do this damn thing or what?
Oh, wow.
Wait, help. I need some help here.
-[Booker T groans] -[Michael] Oh, my God.
[Sharmell] I need some help over here.
Help.
-[man 1] Come on. -[man 2] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
-[man] Come on, Cody. -Take that, Booker.
-Come on. Hey, hey, hey. -Can you take that?
-Take that, Booker. -Come on.
-[Cody] Merry Christmas, Booker. -[man] Hey.
[Cody] Merry Christmas.
-Get him out of here. -[Cody] Merry Christmas.
You okay, man?
Yeah, boy!
[crowd cheering]
["Boom" playing]
[explosions]
-[bell ringing] -[Justin] This contest set for one fall
is for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
Approaching the ring first at a combined weight of 377 pounds,
they are the current WWE Tag Team Champions,
Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, Air Boom.
[Jerry] Air Boom, we got an explosive start to TLC tonight,
new United States Champion
and what about Booker getting attacked by Cody Rhodes?
[Michael] Yeah, later on tonight, Cody Rhodes is supposed to defend
the Intercontinental Championship against Booker T,
but again, for the second time in a couple of weeks,
an assault, a sneak attack by Rhodes on Booker T.
We'll keep you updated on this situation throughout this matchup,
throughout the rest of the night.
[Justin] And the challengers,
being accompanied to the ring by Rosa Mendes,
at a combined weight of 432 pounds,
Primo & Epico.
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen,
Primo & Epico have earned this opportunity
at the WWE Tag Team titles.
Let me take you through what this team has accomplished
over the past couple of weeks.
Primo owns a singles victory
over Kofi Kingston.
And then at Tribute to the Troops,
Primo & Epico knocked off Air Boom in a non-title matchup.
-[Jerry] Can we just see Rosa, please? -[Michael] Then again--
-Well, there you go. -[Jerry] Thank you.
[Michael] Then again, in a-- in a Superstars match last week,
another non-title victory for Primo & Epico,
hence the reason that they have this
-tag team title match tonight. -[Jerry] Okay, Rosa.
I hope I get a swing like that in my backyard for Christmas.
Man.
[Michael] I was talking about Primo & Epico
and what they've accomplished here but nonetheless like--
[Jerry] No. And despite the look on my face, you kept talking.
You just love to hear yourself talk, don't you?
[Michael] Trying to explain what these two--
these two men have done to earn themselves the tag team title opportunity.
[Jerry] Why would you stop talking when Zack Ryder won?
[Michael] Anyhow, Rosa has been doing a great job…
-[Jerry laughing] -…backing up Primo & Epico here
-and it's going to be Epico… -[bell ringing]
…starting things off against Evan Bourne.
-Epico goes six-foot-two, 217 pounds. -[Jerry] Whoa.
[Michael] He's Primo's cousin from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
[Jerry] Primo, Epico, and Rosa.
I'm a big fan of one-third of that out there.
[Michael] I wonder who.
And look at this, Evan Bourne looking to catch Epico and put him away.
Evan Bourne goes five-foot-eight, 165 pounds
from St. Louis, Missouri.
[Jerry] Yeah, this is some guy, Evan Bourne.
I mean, he's certainly not the biggest guy in the WWE
and for that reason, oh, I think a lot of guys…
[Michael] Shoulders are down.
…overlook Evan Bourne but it's, you know,
it's a big mistake because this young man can do things
that most people would think are impossible in the ring.
[Michael] Nobody are gonna overlook Epico & Primo if they win here tonight.
They've been on such a roll as of late,
knocked off the Usos this past Friday on SmackDown.
Evan Bourne looking to keep Epico off balance in the early going.
[Jerry] Well, you saw the United States title change hands in our opening match.
We could see the tag team titles change.
-[Michael] Look at that. -[Jerry] Oh, look at this move.
[Michael] The great leaping ability of Kofi Kingston, he's in off the tag,
-hooks the leg on Epico and a kickout. -[Rosa shouting]
[Michael] Kofi Kingston has said he grew up
idolizing the great Shawn Michaels,
Hall of Famer.
[Jerry] Well, that's not unusual.
I think a lot of young men grow up idolizing Shawn Michaels.
[Michael] And there goes Kofi.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Off the attempted double team.
-Primo, the legal man. -One
[Michael] Here's the cover and a kickout.
Come on. Pick it up.
[Michael] Primo goes five-ten, 215 pounds.
The son of Puerto Rican Legend Carlos Colón.
-[Kofi grunts] -[Mike] Go. Get out of the corner.
[Michael] Primo was once part
of the first ever Unified Tag Team Champions
a couple of years ago.
Primo--
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Michael] Look at Kofi,
-how does he do that? -[Jerry] Oh, the athleticism
of this guy is amazing.
I think the laws of physics don't apply to him.
[Michael] Kofi gonna show how it's done again, into the cover.
And a two-count before Primo kicks out.
[speaking Spanish]
[Jerry imitating Rosa]
[Michael] You understood that?
[Jerry] I love someone that's multilingual.
[Michael] I don't even wanna get into that.
-Look at that Evan Bourne. -[Jerry] Whoa!
[Michael] Great double team.
And Evan Bourne, another quick cover.
Tag Team Champions looking to win this one quickly.
-[Evan grunts] -[Jerry] Oh.
-[Rosa speaking Spanish] -[Jerry] Big boot there from Primo
-caught Evan Bourne off guard. -[Michael] And Epico was just--
-[Jerry] Oh, look at Evan. -[Michael] Oh, look at Evan Bourne caught.
-[Jerry] Wait a minute. -[Michael] And, oh, man.
Great move by the tag team number one contenders.
-[crowd clamoring] -[speaking Spanish]
[Michael] Evan Bourne back, tossed back into the ring by Primo.
And Epico looking to win the tag team titles here,
-off the two-count. -[Jerry] Whoa.
[Michael] Are you paying attention to the match at all?
[Jerry] Of course I'm paying attention. Watch this move.
I got to give these guys credit. This was a big match changer right here.
Hopefully took the momentum away from Bourne and Kofi Kingston.
[Michael] It wouldn't help that Rosa's set up right in front of us here at ringside.
[Jerry] Yeah, that is a little--
Oh, disconcerting as far as my view.
Well, I do have a great view, but not of the match.
[Michael] Frequent tags by Epico & Primo,
-textbook tag team wrestling. -[Jerry] Oh, right in the face!
Hey, knock it out.
[Michael] And they are just wearing down Evan Bourne.
[speaking Spanish]
[Michael] Again, for the tag team titles, hook of the leg.
-[Kofi] There you go. -[Mike] Two.
[Michael] This is great. Isolating the smaller man here.
[man speaking foreign language]
[Jerry] Well, I'm sure that's a strategy.
I'm sure that's what they talked about before the match even got going here.
-[Evan] King, come on. -[Michael] And again,
trying to keep Evan Bourne from making a tag,
getting to his corner to his partner Kofi.
-[Kofi] Give it up, Evan. -[speaking Spanish]
[Michael] Oh, what is she saying?
-[man speaks indistinctly] -[Michael] Listen Kofi?
[Rosa speaks Spanish]
[Michael] I guess she was saying, "Look at him, look at him."
That's what Carlos was yelling over to me.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] Oh, Evan almost got there, fingertip away.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[speaks Spanish]
[Jerry] Evan Bourne driven hard back into that turnbuckle.
-Oh, watch out! -[Michael] Oh, and again, nice dropkick
-right up underneath the jaw. -[Jerry] Yeah.
[Michael] Epico again, hook to the leg, and Bourne is just being worn out.
[Kofi] Come on, make a tag!
-[speaking Spanish] -[Kofi] Make a tag!
Come on, Evan, come on, let's go!
[Michael] See the angst on the face of Kofi Kingston.
Evan trying to fight back into this thing.
I know you're gonna tell me all about the heart and--
This is something I can't believe.
-The number one trend worldwide right now… -[Jerry] Yeah.
…is Air Boom.
People are actually talking about the tag champs.
-[Jerry] Yeah. -[Michael] They should be talking about…
The team was about to win the Tag Team Champions.
[Jerry] It's not Michael Cole trending. It's Air Boom.
That's what really upsets you, isn't it?
[Michael] Oh, yeah, and just with the snap of my fingers,
I can make the world trend for me.
But I'm not in the mood tonight.
And again-- Ooh.
Could just be a matter of time before the tag team titles change hands
-here tonight at TLC. -[Jerry] And, again, watch Evan Bourne
-land on the back of his head. -[Michael] Oh.
[Primo] Go ahead, count him!
[Michael] And this time Bourne is in all kinds of trouble,
-stack up and at two. -Two.
[Michael] Again, another near fall
for the number one contenders of the tag titles.
[Jerry] I can understand how Primo & Epico would wanna do well
every time they set foot in the ring with Rosa in their corner.
I mean, you know they wanna try to impress Rosa.
You know they wanna look good for Rosa, make her happy.
As opposed to having, like, Vickie Guerrero in your corner.
[Michael] What is wrong with Vickie? Vickie is a, you know, tremendous…
-[speaking Spanish] -[Michael] …tremendous talent.
-[Jerry] I'm not saying about the talent. -[speaking Spanish]
[Michael] Great motivator as is Rosa, I'm sure.
-[crowd chanting] -[Rosa speaking Spanish]
-[Michael] Look at Evan Bourne. -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Michael] May have him here. Oh, looked to steal one.
And Epico kicking out at two
as Bourne, again, really
-in desperate need of a tag. -[Jerry] Really bad. Oh, there you go.
[Michael] This could be what Evan Bourne needs.
Can he get over to Kofi though?
What happened?
[Jerry] And Evan Bourne has absorbed so much punishment.
He needs to somehow pull himself to his corner.
And there it is. There's a tag and a fresh Kofi Kingston.
Oh, my gosh! How high can that man jump?
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] And Kofi Kingston…
a three-time Intercontinental Champion, two-time US Champion,
again, the current tag champ is rolling.
-[Kofi screams] -[Michael laughs]
Epico just went flying and now Primo…
-[screams] -[Michael] …runs into Kofi.
[Jerry] Kofi Kingston been doing some flying of his own
but that's a good thing in his case.
-[Rosa screams] -[crowd cheering]
-Boom! -[crowd] Boom!
-Boom! -[crowd] Boom! Boom!
-[Jerry] Boom Drop. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And Kofi Kingston could be closing in on a victory here.
-Kofi is all pumped up. -[crowd cheering]
[crowd] Boom! Boom!
Boom! Boom!
[Michael] Primo. And he saw Trouble in Paradise coming.
And Primo docks out of the way.
And now Primo looks to take control.
-Kofi top rope. -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Michael] What a crossbody! Lateral press, hook to the leg.
Two-count-- Oh, Epico saving the matchup.
And now, Evan Bourne gets involved.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Uh-oh, Evan Bourne way up high! -[Michael] High!
-The high flyer! -[Jerry laughs] Man.
[Michael] That is the air part of Air Boom.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] From where we're sitting, it looked like--
-[Michael] And now the Boom part! -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Looked like Evan Bourne was coming out of the roof now.
-[Michael] Trouble in Paradise. -[crowd] One, two, three.
-[Jerry] Got him. -[bell ringing]
[Michael] Air Boom retains the tag team titles.
["Boom" playing]
[Justin] The winner for this match
and still WWE Tag Team Champions,
Air Boom.
[Michael] Well, game effort by Primo and Epico here tonight
but Air Boom retains the tag team titles at TLC.
[Jerry] Well, that was a great match, and these two young men,
our Tag Team Champions could be very proud.
They faced a stern challenge from Epico and Primo.
But they were up to that-- they were up to the task.
Look at the amazing Kofi Kingston here.
-[crowd] Boom! -[Jerry] Look at that Boom Drop.
[Michael] Now, watch Evan Bourne will take out Epico
and then watch Evan Bourne fly.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] It looks as if he's coming out of the ceiling.
-Oh, man. -[crowd cheering]
[crowd] Boom!
[Michael] And as I mentioned, that was the Air part,
here is the Boom part. Trouble in Paradise.
-Tag champs with the victory. -[crowd] One, two, three.
[bell ringing]
[Michael] I gotta admit, they're pretty impressive.
[Jerry] Oh, really? You're gonna really admit that?
[crowd] Boom! Boom!
[Jerry] Well, you can't be very happy so far, right?
-[Michael] No, I mean-- -[Jerry] I mean, I know
you got your favorites. You don't make any doubt about it.
You let everybody know who you're for and so far, you are 0-2.
Yes, Zack Ryder, ladies and gentlemen,
he won the United States Championship earlier tonight.
Very disturbing what happened a little bit ago,
Cody Rhodes, the Intercontinental Champion,
attacking Booker T back in the locker room area.
With an update now, we go to our colleague, Josh Mathews.
Thanks, guys. Currently, Booker T is being evaluated
by WWE trainers and medical staff.
Nothing official yet, but moments ago,
Cody Rhodes did walk by with a huge smile on his face
so one would have to assume their match tonight is off.
Like I said, that's not official and as soon as I do get word,
I'll let you know right away. Thank you.
[Michael] Well, ladies and gentlemen,
we are in beautiful Baltimore, Maryland, tonight for TLC.
Happy holidays, everybody.
[Jerry] What are you gonna do for the holiday season?
I still got a lot of shopping to do.
I've already finished your gift. I got your gift already.
[Michael] What'd you get me? What'd you get me?
[Jerry] Well, I'll tell you in just a few minutes. I'll tell you.
-["MacMilitant" playing] -♪ Hey, get out of my way ♪
♪ I'm comin' with thunder And lightning and striking ♪
♪ I'm inviting all you to the storm ♪
♪ Feel the pain that I try to contain ♪
♪ My heart is as black As the blood in my veins ♪
♪ And I'm comin' to get it on ♪
-♪ Aiyyo I, break and smash ♪ -[song stops]
Ho, ho, ho, Hornswoggle.
I'm glad you finally showed up.
And since you've been a good little boy this year,
I've got a present for you.
A good little boy? Little boy?
For God's sakes, I have a beard, I have matured testes.
I'm dressed ridiculous, Teddy.
And by the way-- by the way, Teddy,
since when has Santa been Black, anyways?
[crowd cheering]
Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.
Wait, no, no, no, no, listen, let me tell you something, playa,
the neighborhood that I came from,
no fat jolly White man would ever come down my chimney.
-You feel me? -[Jerry laughing]
-I'm feeling you, Teddy. -All right.
Now, why am I in here?
-Anyways, why am I dressed like this? -Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,
I'll tell you why you're here.
Now, I saw you last Monday on Raw, trying to talk jack.
-Yeah. -Uh-uh. It was just horrible.
-Horrible? -Horrible.
And that's why I've got this present for you.
Right here we got, for you.
-This-- -For you.
Merry Christmas.
-All right. -You're gonna like it.
-Yeah? -Oh, yeah.
[Jerry laughs] Oh, my.
-Rosetta Stone Ebonics, Teddy? -Yeah.
Hey, you don't understand.
With this, you can never embarrass yourself anymore.
-All right. -Come on.
All right.
It was a-- Thank you.
-You like it? -Yeah, I really do.
Oh, I'm happy. I'm happy.
Come on. Come on. Hug it out.
It was-- It's pretty good.
-All right. All right. -It's pretty good.
-All right. -[laughing]
-[Jerry laughing] -[Michael] Hey.
Come back here, you stupid little--
Santa will-- Santa will kick here right in your Christmas ornament.
-[Michael] Oh. -[Jerry laughing]
[Michael] Oh, my.
Oh, Santa looks like he's been on a hunger strike.
Look at him. Oh, my God.
-[bell ringing] -[crowd cheering]
[Lilián] The following is a Tables match.
Now, in this match, the only way to win
is to put your opponent through the table.
[crowd cheering]
-["Voices" playing] -♪ I hear voices in my head ♪
♪ They council me ♪
♪ They understand ♪
♪ They talk to me ♪
[Lilián] Introducing first from St. Louis, Missouri,
weighing in at 235 pounds,
he is the Apex Predator,
Randy Orton.
[Jerry] Well, I'm really excited to see Lilián Garcia back.
She's with you there on SmackDown now,
but I'm more excited to see Randy Orton here tonight.
[Michael] Well, ladies and gentlemen, Randy Orton in a Beat The Clock Challenge
with Wade Barrett a couple of weeks ago on SmackDown, beat the clock.
So, he got to choose the stipulation for tonight's matchup against Barrett.
-It is a Tables match. -[Jerry laughs]
[Michael] And again, you heard the rules.
You have to put your opponent through one of those tables to win here tonight.
♪ I feel tension rising ♪
♪ I hear voices in my head ♪
♪ They council me ♪
♪ They understand ♪
♪ They talk to me ♪
♪ They tell me things that I will do ♪
♪ They show me things I'll do to you ♪
♪ They talk to me ♪
♪ Talk to me, talk to me ♪
♪ They talk to me ♪
♪ Talk to me, talk to me ♪
♪ All the lawyers are defenseless ♪
[Jerry] Well, you talk about being put through a table,
that's the only way you're gonna be able to win this match.
But for the last few weeks, Wade Barrett has put Randy Orton
through a lot of extra misery and abuse
and mind games and all of that sorts.
And so tonight, all that's out the window.
Tonight, it's about one thing, putting your opponent through a table.
-["End of Days" playing] -♪ I've had enough ♪
♪ I'll make 'em see ♪
[Lilián] And his opponent from Manchester, England,
weighing in at 246 pounds,
Wade Barrett.
[Michael] Now, ladies and gentlemen, Wade Barrett has claimed that
he is in the head of Randy Orton,
essentially, "turning the tables on Randy."
-And I'm beginning to believe it. -[Jerry] You are.
[Michael] It was last month in Liverpool, England,
the home country of Mr. Barrett,
Wade Barrett really shocked a lot of people
when he defeated Randy Orton in a one-on-one matchup.
Then at Survivor Series, Team Barrett would defeat Team Orton.
And ever since then, Barrett has been causing Orton all kinds of matchups
with distractions here and there.
Barrett believes that he's next in line for a world championship opportunity
but he has to get through Orton to do that.
[Jerry] Well, I'm sure Wade Barrett does believe that.
But what you said is exactly right.
He has to get through Orton to earn that right.
And, well, that's what this is all about tonight.
He has to get through Orton but he may get put through a table.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] So again, to win this matchup,
you have to put your opponent through one of the tables…
-[bell ringing] -…that surround the ring here.
And it's Randy Orton, a nine-time world champion,
winner of the 2009 Royal Rumble
-to take on Wade Barrett. -[crowd chanting] Randy! Randy!
No pinfall, no submissions in this matchup.
[Jerry] And there is no shortage, I just looked,
no shortage of tables around ringside, is there?
-They're everywhere. -[Michael] Randy Orton and Wade Barrett,
serious personal rivalry developing between these two men,
-as they unload in the early going. -[grunting]
[Michael] So, what type of strategy, Jerry, do you use on a Tables match?
[Jerry] Well, you know, you really have to be defensive in this kind of match.
I mean, you have to be on guard at all times.
You know, I mean, the-- a table can be put in the ring by your opponent
at some point in the match and you got to realize there,
not forget things here, look here,
table being brought into play early on here.
[Michael] And again, the rules of the matchup.
And Randy Orton-- Oh.
And as you see Barrett,
you can use that table to your advantage as he did there.
[Jerry] Yeah, and smacked Randy right in the forehead.
-[crowd clamoring] -[man] Let's go, Randy.
[Michael] Wade Barrett goes six-foot-seven.
He's 246 pounds, a former Bareknuckle Fighting Champion.
[Jerry] Yeah, Wade Barrett is a deceptively big guy.
-I mean, he's, you know-- -[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Randy Orton's a big guy,
but Wade, I believe Wade Barrett is bigger than Randy.
Watch this once again. Listen.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Second smack was that chair or that table rather
bouncing off the head of Randy Orton.
[Michael] Now it's Barrett looking to introduce a table.
Wade Barrett suffered a broken nose a number of weeks ago.
And when I asked him about it, he said he was proud of it.
It was a badge of honor in his world.
-And look at-- -[Jerry] Whoa.
[Michael] And again, he may have another broken nose there.
[Jerry] Well, I'm sure it's happened many times.
When you look at him, he may be from England
but he's got a Roman nose.
It roams all over his face, it's been broken so many times.
[Michael] And he said he never got it fixed
because he likes the look of the broken nose,
-makes him look tougher he said. -[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] Oh, and again and you see the damage already
has been done to Barrett by the table.
[Jerry] Some people are just like that. You know what?
I think you would look great with a broken nose.
[Michael] I've had it broken three times.
In fact, I think you did it in WrestleMania.
-[Jerry laughs] -[man] Right here, Randy.
[Jerry] That was the best you ever looked.
[Michael] And Barrett in all kinds of trouble,
and look at Randy Orton now, assembling the tables.
As we take another look.
[Jerry] Yeah, watch this and listen to this again.
-Oh, man. -[Michael] Oh, man.
Randy Orton has got some momentum coming into this matchup.
He and Zack Ryder defeated Barrett and Ziggler a couple of nights ago
on SmackDown in a tag team matchup.
[Jerry] And there you see a table perfectly set up, it's ready to go.
I mean, literally, anything can happen here.
Look at all those tables.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And again, no pinfall, submission,
count-out, or disqualification.
So, the-- this-- all this action out here in the entranceway completely legal.
And if Barrett could put Orton through a table here,
-Barrett will win this matchup. -[Jerry] It's over. You're right.
That's why I say part of your strategy is you--
it has to be a defensive match.
[Michael] Whoa.
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] And now Wade Barrett-- Oh, look at this.
-Maybe going for that pumphandle slam. -[Jerry] Yup.
[Michael] Looking to put Randy Orton through the table early
and end this thing. And Randy Orton counters.
And it was a smart move by Barrett.
[Jerry] That's a defensive move. That's what you got to do.
Be aware of where those tables are
and where you might go, where you might land.
[Michael] Barrett turned around right into Orton
and realizing Randy can put him through the table
and knocked the table out of the way.
[crowd clamoring]
-[Jerry] Oh! -[man] Right here.
[Michael] Back toward the ring they come.
[man] Randy, right here.
[Jerry] You could see some of that built-up,
pent-up frustration on the face of Randy Orton.
And, you know, sometimes you have-- you have matches with opponents
and maybe several matches with them.
You know, you don't necessarily detest him.
[Michael] Oh, wait, wait, look at-- Wait.
Saw Randy glanced over his shoulder at that table that's set up there.
-And Orton perhaps going for a suplex. -[Jerry] He goes--
[Michael] Looking to put Barrett through the table and Wade Barrett blocks.
-Now, it's Randy in trouble. -[Jerry] Oh! Oh, no.
[Michael] Skull-first off the post.
[Jerry] Oh.
A double whammy there by Wade Barrett and he's got Randy reeling here.
[Michael] You think with Wade Barrett and his bareknuckle background
at this type of atmosphere, this type of match favors him?
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] I don't know.
-I don't know if the-- -[man] Go, Randy!
[Jerry] I don't know if the bareknuckle background
is gonna come into play that much.
[crowd clamoring]
[man] Come on, Randy!
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] As tough as they come, Wade Barrett says it's all about himself,
it's all about making money now, it's all about winning championships,
but in order to do that, he realizes he's got to get through Randy.
[Jerry] Yeah, well, you know, he can say that all he wants.
As I started to say earlier, sometimes you have matches with guys
-you don't necessarily dislike or detest. -[crowd chanting] Randy! Randy!
You're just trying to beat them. You're just trying to win.
But these two guys have genuinely developed a rivalry there,
they can't stand each other.
[grunting]
[Michael] Barrett just punishing Orton.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] You better watch out here, Randy.
[Michael] And that table set up there at ringside.
If Orton goes through, Barrett will be the winner.
[Jerry] Oh, this is dangerous.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] And Barrett's got to be real careful.
[Jerry] Well, Barrett can jump off and if he lands on Randy and--
[Michael] And Randy had been-- Barrett--
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] Luckily, Barrett did not launch himself
before Orton rolled off the table.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Now, look at this.
And you got to put your opponent through the table
as you see Barrett driving Orton kidney-first into the apron.
Again.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Randy, he's in a bad way right now.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Wade Barrett able to just-- he's got Randy where he wants him.
He's able to just kind of take his time now.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Michael] Oh, my.
Wade Barrett delivering that elbow to the heart of Orton.
And the Barrett Barrage as Wade Barrett likes
to call his run to the top of the mountain here
in WWE is rolling right now.
[Jerry] When you got a guy that big, six-foot-seven,
coming off that second rope with the big elbow
dropping right across your chest, and sternum, and neck,
well then, you'll feel that for a long time.
[grunting]
[Michael] This is all legal, no disqualifications in a Tables match.
No pinfall, no submission, no count-outs.
[Jerry] And that's why this match is doubly dangerous.
I mean, you can basically get away with anything.
[Michael] Oh, look at Randy. Randy is in trouble.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Perched precariously with a table behind him.
And Randy Orton luckily landed on the apron.
Barrett was trying to kick Orton off the-- out of the ring
and through the table, didn't happen.
[Jerry] I'm gonna tell you, one of Randy's legs
hooked that second rope.
And I don't even know if he did it on purpose and his hand,
that's all that saved him.
This match would be over. Watch Randy's leg and his hand.
-[Michael] Almost just instinctively. -[Jerry] Yeah, there you go.
[Michael] Instinctively by Orton.
Now, Barrett's gonna try his fare with a table in the ring.
[Jerry] That's legal as well.
The table doesn't have to be set up like you're gonna eat off of it,
you could put it up in that position right there
and run your opponent face-first through it,
you're still a winner.
[Michael] And Wade Barrett looking to do just that.
-[Jerry] This may do it. -[Michael] Randy Orton in trouble.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Barrett Barrage time!
-[Jerry] Whoa, whoa, whoa. -[Michael] Wade Barrett.
-[grunts] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And here comes Orton.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And the WWE's Apex Predator is on the hunt.
[Jerry] Oh, I love that slam.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] You almost feel like Randy's about to go to that place
that only he knows where he goes.
[Jerry] Oh, that scary look he gets on his face.
[Michael] And Barrett realized the DDT was coming.
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Michael] There's a table there again.
[Jerry] Ooh.
[Michael] And Barrett this time gets hung up.
[crowd cheering]
[grunting]
[Michael] That table is just waiting there ominously
below both these men.
[Jerry] And if I was either one of these guys right now--
[Michael] Uh-oh. Wasteland.
-[Jerry] Oh, no, Wasteland. -[Michael] Wasteland through a table.
-Barrett going for a Wasteland. -[Jerry] This could end a career.
[Michael] Orton trying to fight out of it and he does.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Oh!
And now Orton--
[crowd clamoring]
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Orton looking to plant Wade Barrett here.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Vintage Orton.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, boy.
[Michael] Randy Orton, The Viper is coiled.
Looking for the RKO.
Barrett-- Oh, boy. Randy Orton just hanging on.
He runs right into the spinning sidewalk slam.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] Furious action between these two men.
[Jerry] Oh, and a move like that, not only did Randy land
on the back of his head but that would knock every bit of breath,
every bit of air and wind you got in your body out of you.
[Michael] Now, Barrett decides what's in the playbook next.
[Jerry] Oh, watch out here with that chair-- I mean, that table.
[Michael] Uses the table to his advantage.
[Jerry] Slammed it right across Randy Orton's helpless body there.
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] Barrett has given Randy everything he can handle and more.
I mean, dominating parts of this matchup.
[Jerry] And just moments ago, it looked like Randy had everything in hand
when he was about to go to that place,
he was about to win this thing,
but the tables have certainly turned now, no pun intended.
[crowd chanting] Randy! Randy! Randy
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] May just be a matter of moments
before Wade Barrett wins this matchup…
and moves even closer to his goal.
[Jerry] And you know Wade Barrett's got something devious in mind.
He would like to end this thing with a flair.
He would like to-- He would like to end this thing
in some kind of wild fashion here.
What's he gonna do?
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] Wade Barrett looking to put Orton through the table.
Looking to drop the-- Oh, RKO.
-RKO through the table. -[bell ringing]
-["Voices" playing] -[Michael] Randy Orton.
[Lilián] Here is your winner, Randy Orton.
[Michael] The Viper strikes.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I got to think that Randy Orton may have been playing
a little bit of possum there,
making Wade Barrett think he was more out of this thing than he was.
♪ But when rules start getting broken ♪
[Jerry] The Viper waited lying in-- lying in wait for Wade Barrett
to come flying off that rope
and he turned it into an immediate RKO.
[Michael] And the Barrett Barrage was on fire for most of the matchup
and it looked like he was gonna win this thing.
And drive an elbow through the chest of Orton
and put Orton through the table, but it didn't happen.
[Jerry] Yeah, you're right. Early on, earlier in this match,
Randy went for an RKO,
Wade Barrett was able to shove him and you see…
[grunts]
[Jerry] Oh, Randy's head bouncing hard off the mat.
He was in big time trouble there.
Wade Barrett thought at this point he had won this thing but no way.
-[bell ringing] -[Jerry] Randy Orton caught him
in midair with an RKO, look at Randy waiting and there it is.
-Wow. -[bell ringing]
[Jerry] That was pretty.
♪ They talk to me! ♪
[Michael] Randy Orton, at least for the moment,
has slowed the Barrett Barrage.
[Jerry] Slowed it?
It's an understatement.
[Michael] What a physical battle between these two SmackDown superstars.
♪ All the bosses I will fire ♪
♪ All the bankers will have losses ♪
♪ Politicians are all liars ♪
[Michael] It's like The Viper was just lying in wait on the table.
Waiting for his opening and his moment and he struck from out of nowhere.
[Jerry] Can we see that one more-- Yes, one more time,
this is absolutely amazing. Here comes Barrett.
And there goes Barrett.
Courtesy of an RKO right through the table.
[crowd cheering]
♪ They talk to me ♪
♪ They talk to me, yeah ♪
♪ They tell me things that I will do ♪
[Jerry] Cole, your frown is getting bigger and bigger.
None of your favorites have won so far tonight, have they?
-[Michael] No. -[Jerry laughs]
-I deserve a gift. -No, I deserve a gift.
Actually, I deserve the world.
-Brie's been bad. -Oh, really? How have I been bad?
She deserves coal in her stocking.
I deserve the gift.
Nikki is the bad sister.
I'm the good sister.
Always have been.
-No, what-- -Plus, I've always been Santa's favorite.
Um, no, you haven't, I have.
-Oh, really? How have you been? -I'm the better half.
-I'm more athletic. -Oh, how are you-- Oh, really?
-Who was the champion? -Wait, wait, wait.
-That doesn't count. -Yeah, makes me the better half, right?
Ladies, ladies, ladies, there's no need to fight, all right?
Now, the both of you had been bad.
But however, this is the holiday season and it's the time for giving.
Yeah.
And I've got presents for the both of you.
-Oh. -Oh, that sounds good.
Yeah. Hold on just a minute.
Here we go right here. Bam.
-Eww. -What is this?
It's the number to my direct line
in case you two ever wanted to play any reindeer games, you feel me?
-[crowd clamoring] -Ugh.
-What a waste of time.
Call me.
[crowd cheering]
What's your problem?
You make the most ridiculous Santa ever.
-I do not. -Yes, you do.
Matter of fact, you make the most ridiculous GM ever.
Are you really gonna let Mark Henry get away with hitting me
with a steel chair on SmackDown?
What are you gonna do about this, Teddy?
I'm not gonna do anything about it.
-Oh, it's like that? Well, Vickie said-- -It's like that.
Well, I don't care what Vickie said.
Vickie doesn't run SmackDown, I do.
And by the way, this is Christmas, not Halloween.
And you're the one that ticked Mark Henry off in the first place.
I'll tell you what, why don't you sit right here on my lap
and let's see if we can work something out.
Teddy, I think someone spiked your eggnog.
-What? -I'm six-six, 270 pounds,
if I sit on you, I'll break your hip.
Now, listen to me, Teddy, I'm a former world champion.
-[Sheamus] Merry Christmas, Teddy. -Hey, Merry Christmas to you.
-How are you doing, fella? -All right.
And, uh, Merry Christmas even to you, too, Swagger.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
What's the crack, Teddy? You said you were looking for me.
I have to say, fella, you make a sharp looking part of Christmas.
Well, thank you, playa.
Uh, Sheamus, I was looking for you. Here's what I was thinking.
Hold on. You wanna talk to this goof?
-And you can't do anything for me? -Goof? Goof?
You know what, Swagger,
you remind me of my cousin Killian from County Clare.
And everyone knew he wasn't the sharpest tool in the drawer
because he used to like to spend his time doing somersaults downhill.
And then one day, he hit a tree and put his head up his ass.
[crowd cheering]
You talk to me like that again,
I'll make sure I'm the tree to you.
Gentlemen, wait, wait.
This is not the time or place, all right?
Just wait, wait, please.
You're gonna let him talk to me like that?
You-- You're right.
I'm gonna do something about it, all right?
I'll tell you what, I'm gonna give everybody an early Christmas present.
Jack Swagger goes one-on-one with Sheamus…
-[crowd cheering] -…tonight.
[crowd cheering]
Merry Christmas.
-["Glamazon" playing] -[Jerry] Merry Christmas.
[Michael] That's a great matchup from Teddy Long.
But what is wrong with this guy?
I mean, he's running around with the Bellas sitting on his lap.
He wants to play-- He's ridiculous. He's out of control.
[Jerry] You wouldn't like the Bellas to sit on your lap?
[Michael] Yeah, but he's an-- he's an authority figure.
[Justin] This match set for one fall is for the Divas Championship.
Approaching the ring first from Buffalo, New York,
she is the current Divas Champion,
The Glamazon, Beth Phoenix.
[Jerry] You know-- You know, I played Santa Claus
-many times. -[Michael] I'm sure you have.
[Jerry] If you don't believe it, check out the divorce settlements from my ex-wives.
[Michael] As I've said before on SmackDown,
Teddy Long has run around acting like Herman Cain.
-Nonetheless, ladies and gentlemen… -[Jerry] What?
…Beth admits she was embarrassed at the Slammys.
Let's take it back to Raw when the legendary diva Lita
was presenting an award.
And your winner
for the Divalicious Moment of 2011
is Kelly Kelly.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, yeah, no one was more Divalicious than Kelly Kelly.
Oh, my gosh, you guys.
[Michael] Now, Beth-- Now, Beth was interrupting Kelly.
-Thank you. Diva of the Year-- -[Jerry] Yeah, raining on her parade.
-[Michael] Uh-oh. -[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] I mean, Beth Phoenix believed that she should have won the award,
not Kelly Kelly and I agree with Beth.
[Jerry] And you know what that got her?
A nice slap in the face from Kelly Kelly.
Well deserved.
[Michael] Well, hence, the reason for this matchup
here tonight for the Divas title.
-["Holla" playing] -♪ Holla, holla, holla ♪
♪ So all my girls in the club say hm ♪
[Justin] And the challenger from Jacksonville, Florida, Kelly Kelly.
[Jerry] Oh, my goodness.
[Michael] Now, ladies and gentlemen, it was right here in Baltimore, Maryland
when Kelly Kelly won her first and only Divas Championship
back in the Raw Power to the People.
Kelly is back here at Baltimore tonight looking to win the championship yet again.
[Jerry] Oh, seeing Kelly Kelly in that outfit
is an early Christmas present for everyone.
♪ Handle my business ♪
♪ I am not afraid ♪
[Michael] It has been an incredible year, nonetheless, for Kelly Kelly,
not only winning the Slammy for Divalicious Moment,
she was one of Maxim's Hot 100.
She was also the cover girl of the December issue of Maxim Magazine.
And she had an incredible reign as Divas Champion
before Beth Phoenix ended that reign back in October.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] A little word to the wise for you Christmas time.
-[bell ringing] -[Jerry] The one thing your wife
doesn't wanna find in her stockings on Christmas morning.
[speaks indistinctly]
-[Michael] No, go ahead. -[Jerry] You.
I'm asking you to put it right here. Do it again.
[Jerry] What is it, Cole?
Do it again, Kelly, come on.
Do it again right here.
[Jerry] Yeah, slap her.
-[crowd clamoring] -[Jerry] Ooh.
[Michael] Oh, and oh, she did and I don't know how wise that was,
it might have just angered The Glamazon.
And here comes Beth Phoenix and there goes Beth Phoenix.
And Kelly Kelly playing mind games here early with the Divas Champ.
Come on now, let's keep it in the ring, Kelly.
-Let's go. -[Jerry] Look out.
-[Michael] Oh, man. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[man] Yeah, Kelly.
[Michael] Look at the look on Kelly's face.
[Jerry] A bulldog off the-- off the ring apron.
[Michael] Kelly not happy with the way she's been treated by Beth
over the past number of months.
Remember Beth Phoenix saying that it was time to end
the cute, perky diva's reign.
[Jerry] Well, this little, cute, perky diva
just drove Beth Phoenix's face right into the floor.
And look at this move.
[Michael] Yeah, now Beth Phoenix in trouble yet again.
Kelly Kelly using almost the entire five-count.
And Beth back into the ring, Divas Championship on the line.
[Jerry] You got to admit, Cole. That was a unique hold there.
-[Michael] Very unique. -[Jerry] Whoa.
[Michael] And Kelly again.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Whoa. -[Michael] Look at this.
[Jerry] The referee had to be fast on his feet.
-[crowd clamoring] -[Michael] Kelly taking it to Beth here
in the early going of this matchup.
[Jerry] Watch out. Look out.
-Oh, my goodness. -[Michael] Witness the strength
-of The Glamazon. [crowd cheering]
[Michael] Again, this has not been a great week for Beth Phoenix.
She was embarrassed by Kelly Monday night on Raw.
She was embarrassed by Extra's host Maria Menounos at Tribute to the Troops.
[Jerry] And I think that, uh, she has snapped.
[Michael] And tonight, she's taking out all that frustration
on Kelly Kelly and a kickout at two.
Hey, watch it. Hey, now, come on, now.
[Jerry] It's like somebody just flipped a witch switch.
-She has turned evil here. -One, two, three.
Come on. Watch her hair. Now, come on now, Beth.
[Jerry] The referee's gonna have to keep an eye open.
Let's go. Hey. One, two, three.
-[Michael] She is punishing Kelly. -[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Well, if the referee gets up to a five-count on the hair
pulling or standing on the-- on Kelly there,
Beth can get disqualified, I know that.
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] And Beth Phoenix, she's the real deal.
She's a four-time champion.
-What do you say, Kelly? -No.
[Michael] She's the second woman to ever compete
-in the Royal Rumble match. -Ask her, ref.
[Jerry] Man, oh, man.
-Look at the pressure. -Shut up.
[Jerry] Did you hear her tell you to shut up, Cole?
Beth Phoenix putting the pressure on Kelly Kelly right here.
[Michael] It's been-- Oh, this is what the pin-up strong movement is all about.
[Chad] Come on now. Let's get her up. Now, come on,
-you got to listen to me. -[Michael] Divas like Beth Phoenix.
Come on.
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] Can you read the--
-[Jerry] Hey. -[Michael] Now, look at Kelly Kelly
looking to steal one here for the Divas title.
And again, Beth back on the attack.
-The Glamazon is so strong which Kelly-- -[Jerry] Yeah, she just manhandled Kelly.
-[Michael] Very athletic as well. -[Jerry] Oh, there you go.
Cover here, Kelly, come on. Oh!
[Michael] And Kelly's got some fight in her.
And every time Beth tries to mount some offense,
Kelly somehow fighting back into it, but that may have been it.
-Oh, man. -[Jerry] Ooh!
-[Michael] Beth Phoenix with authority. -One, two--
[Michael] And a kickout by Kelly at two.
-[Jerry] Oh, wow. -[Michael] And Beth again into a cover.
-One, two… -[Michael] Shoulders are down this time.
Kelly fights out again.
-Beth Phoenix… -One, two--
[Michael] …a third time and Kelly continues to fight
-and there may be some frustration. -[Jerry] You think?
Hey, come on now. Hey! One, two. Come on now…
[Jerry] Beth Phoenix is just-- She's about lost it here.
She thought she had Kelly Kelly on numerous occasions,
somehow Kelly able to kick out three times in a row there.
[crowd clamoring]
[crowd chanting]
[Michael] And what is Beth gonna do here?
[Jerry] I don't know, but you don't usually see The Glamazon
go to the top rope every often.
[Michael] Yeah, but remember the last time she was,
she was up for Divalicious Moment when she gave the Glam Slam to Eve
and that's the reason because Kelly rolls out of the way.
[Jerry] Oh, my goodness.
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] Could be the turning point of the matchup
as Kelly looks to win her second Divas Championship.
[Jerry] Could be, Beth Phoenix with a crash landing there.
That should be a game changer.
-Look at Kelly. -[Michael] Oh, man.
-And Kelly Kelly-- -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Michael] And she may have made a mistake.
-Beth Phoenix-- -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] And look at Kelly. -[Jerry] Hey!
-[Michael] Reversal for the Divas title. -One, two…
[Michael] Oh, no. Beth Phoenix rolls through here,
-shoulders down and a kickout. -[Jerry] Wow.
I thought this thing was over.
But both these divas countering the-- Uh-oh.
-Oh, man. -[Michael] Oh. Wow.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh.
Beth with a version of the electric chair just dropping poor Kelly Kelly.
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] And Beth Phoenix retains
the Divas Championship.
-Awesome power by The Glamazon. -["Glamazon" playing]
[Justin] The winner of this match and still Divas Champion,
The Glamazon, Beth Phoenix.
[Michael] It's gonna be real hard to take that Divas Championship away
from Beth Phoenix.
She's powerful. She has the experience.
[Jerry] She's just mean.
She's a mean woman.
[Michael] And you can't get her riled up like Kelly did earlier this week.
Beth Phoenix retains the Divas title.
[Jerry] Mean.
-[speaking Spanish] -["Glamazon" fades]
You have one job and one job only
and that is have my food, my car ready.
How I'm gonna make my incredible entrance without my car?
[speaks Spanish]
Go and get me some food.
[speaking Spanish]
[crowd clamoring]
[crowd cheering]
I just wanna make one thing clear.
When we weakened CM Punk,
it was for the greater good of one us becoming a WWE Champion.
When that bell rings, this, whatever you want to call it, alliance--
[speaking Spanish]
Don't insult my intelligence, kid.
You don't think I know our alliance is dead?
In fact, there was no alliance in the first place.
I was just using you.
-Really? -[speaking Spanish]
-Really? -[speaks Spanish]
Really?
Funny.
I was being used by a guy whose title reign
was as uneventful as the Ravens' Super Bowl run.
[crowd cheering]
You are talking to the man
that defended the WWE Championship
and defeated John Cena in the Main Event of WrestleMania.
What did you do last year at WrestleMania?
You lost to Edge when his neck was hanging on by a thread.
[speaking Spanish]
What?
[speaking Spanish]
Let me put it this way.
That means you are just a stupid little boy.
A guy who comes from a reality TV show.
A guy who think he's a badass when he's not.
Because I know you can't hurt anybody.
You're weak.
You're pathetic.
You couldn't even take Ricardo or my pool boy.
-Is that clear? -[speaking Spanish]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] Now, ladies and gentlemen, tonight, TLC is in Baltimore.
And there you see the cannon from Fort McHenry.
And ladies and gentlemen, as everyone is well aware,
the last of our troops left Iraq earlier today
completing President Obama's order of withdrawal from that country.
Earlier this month, a special message from the Maryland Army National Guard,
the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade.
I'm Colonel David Carey, Commander of the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade
coming to you from Taji, Iraq.
We'd like to thank WWE for this opportunity
to wish our families and friends a very happy holiday season.
-Twenty-nine… -[all] Let's go.
-["Can You Dig It" playing] -[Booker] Can you dig it, sucka?
[Michael] And just a great holiday, ladies and gentlemen, and--
[Jerry] Hey, I thought you said we might not have this match.
[Michael] I guess we're gonna have the matchup after all.
-Booker T looks ready to go. -[bell ringing]
[Lilián] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
And it is for the Intercontinental Championship.
[Michael] Oh, man, from behind,
-Cody Rhodes again. -[Jerry] Come on!
What is with this guy?
[Michael] For the second time tonight,
an ambush, an assault by Rhodes on Booker T.
[Jerry] Well, this just-- this has gotta tell you that
Cody Rhodes does not want to face Booker T one-on-one in a fair fight.
Get off out right now. Come on.
-[crowd clamoring] -[Jerry] Get him out of here.
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] Man, Cody was laughing and--
-[crowd clamoring] -[Jerry] Yeah, that's real funny.
[Michael] I mean, it's the second time tonight
an assault or an attack on Booker.
And did you see how Booker's head and his neck area was driven hard
into the steel barricades by Cody?
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] And whether or not Cody Rhodes--
whether he wants this match to happen or not,
it's probably a moot point at this juncture.
Easy, easy. On your own. On your own.
[crowd clamoring]
Let's go back to training room, Book.
I'm gonna take a look at you, let's go to the training.
[Jerry] I mean, come on, what does tell you about Cody Rhodes?
[Michael] Yeah, well, you know, you heard the doctor telling Booker,
"I got to take you back, I got to examine you."
"I got to take a look at you."
And, you know, say what you want about Cody Rhodes
when he assaults and he attacks here tonight, ladies and gentlemen,
but if Cody--
if what you say is true and Cody didn't want to have this matchup,
I think he succeeded there with his second assault of the night.
Well, I guess so.
I mean, what do you expect, he jumps Booker T twice?
Not once but twice from behind.
Well, I understand, ladies and gentlemen, that as they take Booker T
to the back to examine him, we're gonna switch gears now
to talk about another rivalry that has become very personal,
uh, between Triple H and Kevin Nash.
It's a situation that really started nearly started 20 years ago
when these two men were the best of friends but because of circumstances
involving a misunderstanding and ego, and greed, and jealousy,
it has exploded to what we're about to see here tonight.
[Triple H] It's a tough business.
You can either make friends…
I've known you for 20 years!
I'm your friend!
…or you can make money.
-[crowd cheering] -You're fired.
Nash is one of those guys I thought was there for my whole life
and then, one of my best friends
came to the ring last night and tried to break my damn neck.
[Jerry] Oh, no. No!
[Michael] Jackknife Powerbomb folding Triple H in half!
[Booker T] Kevin, why did you do it?
[Triple H] But I'm not worried about my neck.
Kevin Nash broke my heart.
If the last 20 years have meant anything, get your ass in this ring.
For once in your life, Kev,
-be a man, walk down here. -Hey, Hunter. Hey, Hunter.
Now, to my knowledge,
-Kevin Nash is not here. -[Triple H] Shut up.
Shut up.
Here's how it's gonna work, John.
I'm the COO which means you still report to me.
So, you are gonna find Kevin Nash
and bring him back to me so I can kick his ass.
[crowd cheering]
Just bring him to me.
[Michael] Oh, my God.
Nash.
[tense music playing]
You're not supposed to be here!
Come on, you got to leave.
Get out of here.
[crowd clamoring]
[Triple H] Nash was one of those guys I thought was there for my whole life.
[man] Come on. Oh, come on, come on.
-Put him down! Put him down! -We got to get him to the hospital.
I come back to the WWE and I think I've got a friend in Triple H.
And what do I have?
A boss!
Wake up, baby. All right?
We had a real friendship.
You gave me some kind of a has-been legends contract.
You betrayed me.
-[grunts] -[indistinct clamor]
I took your sledgehammer and used it against you.
[indistinct clamor]
-[medic 1] Hunter. -[medic 2] Uh, get the gurney.
We gotta get him to the hospital.
That's how you play the game.
[dramatic music playing]
[Triple H] You should have finished the job, buddy, 'cause I'm back.
[Jerry] There he is.
-He's back. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Seven weeks ago, Kevin Nash sent Triple H to the hospital.
Triple H carrying a sledgehammer.
[dramatic music playing]
[Triple H] It's not gonna matter who thinks they're right
and who thinks they're wrong.
This Sunday, might will make right.
This Sunday, I will climb to the top of the ladder.
I will get this hammer because I am right.
I will bring this hammer down on Kevin Nash
over and over again because I am right!
And, Kevin Nash,
you are simply done.
[dramatic music concludes]
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, there it is.
There's that sledgehammer
-hanging over the ring. -[bell rings]
The following is a Sledgehammer Ladder Match.
[crowd cheering]
[Justin] Once the sledgehammer is retrieved,
it can be used legally to beat your opponent.
[crowd clamoring]
["Rockhouse" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Justin] Introducing first from Detroit, Michigan,
weighing 305 pounds,
Kevin Nash!
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen, Kevin Nash is one of the most
controversial figures in the history of sports entertainment.
He has won seven world championships.
In the 1990s, he was the longest reigning
WWE Champion of the decade
and he formed one of the most outlandish,
one of the outlaw groups of all time
in the New World Order in WCW.
Kevin Nash, a formidable foe.
[Jerry] Well, you're right about that.
I mean, foe is the keyword if you ask me.
Every time I watch this footage of the history of Kevin Nash and Triple H,
uh, some-- I have to doubt that this man was ever Triple H's friend.
[Michael] Well, Kevin Nash returned to the Royal Rumble earlier this year
and he received a huge ovation.
And he believed based on that ovation, he deserved a job back in the WWE.
He says he called Triple H about getting work
and he said Triple H never returned his call.
So, in his mind, it is Triple H who ruptured their friendship.
Tonight in Kevin Nash's mind, it's all about business.
[Jerry] Good grief. Look at that.
Kevin Nash, seven feet tall, he's so tall and won't take him much
to just-- he won't have to climb more than two steps on the ladder
to be able to reach that sledgehammer.
[Michael] First time ever, Sledgehammer Ladder Match.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting] Triple H! Triple H!
-["The Game" playing] -♪ It's time to play the game ♪
♪ Time to play the game ♪
[laughs]
[crowd cheering]
[Justin] His opponent, from Greenwich, Connecticut
weighing 255 pounds,
he is "The Game" Triple H!
[Jerry] Oh, he's back.
♪ All about control And if you can take it ♪
♪ All about your debt And if you can pay it ♪
♪ It's all about pain ♪
[Michael] And he's all business.
Triple H, the man whose resume
includes 13 World Championships.
He's the current COO of WWE but tonight,
it has nothing to do with business.
It has to do with settling issues with that man, his former buddy, Kevin Nash.
♪ So, move on out here And die like a fool ♪
♪ Try to figure out What my move's gonna be ♪
♪ Come on over, sucker ♪
♪ Why don't you ask me? ♪
♪ Don't you forget That the price you can pay ♪
♪ 'Cause I am the game And I want to play ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ It's time to play the game ♪
[crowd clamoring]
["The Game" continues]
[Jerry] Let me tell you something. I don't know if Triple H
has ever looked better.
He is absolutely ready for this match.
♪ It's all about the game And how you play it ♪
♪ It's all about control ♪
[Jerry] Have you ever seen The Game before serious about anything?
[crowd cheering]
♪ It's all about pain And who's gonna make it ♪
♪ I am the game ♪
♪ You don't wanna play me ♪
♪ I am control ♪
♪ There's no way you can change me ♪
♪ I am your debt, And you know you can't pay me ♪
♪ I am your pain And I know you can't take me ♪
[Michael] Well, their story began in the mid-1990s
when Triple H arrived on the scene and he was welcomed in
to this group of stars that Kevin Nash was a part of called The Kliq.
-[Jerry] The Kliq. Oh, boy. -[Michael] But for so many years,
these two men remained great friends
-until their falling out this year. -[bell rings]
[Michael] And here we go, Nash and Triple H.
You have to climb the ladder, grab the sledgehammer.
If you get it, you can use it
to take out your opponent.
-And there goes The Game. -[grunting]
[Michael] And Triple H trying to take the bigger man down early.
Kevin Nash goes six-eleven, 315.
Triple H, six-four, 255.
[Jerry] And both of these Superstars come out throwing bombs.
Man, at this pace, this match can't last very long.
[Michael] Triple H has only been in the ring a handful of times this year.
-[Jerry] Wow. -[Michael] 2011 been a historic year
in many ways for Triple H.
[Jerry] Triple H landing those huge haymakers on the side of the head
of Kevin Nash, but Nash is gonna dish out some himself.
[Michael] Yeah, there's the strength of Kevin Nash,
who reemerged on the team back at SummerSlam to take out CM Punk.
[crowd chanting] Triple H!
He believed that Triple H would back him up
when he came to run roughshod over the WWE,
but instead, Triple H fired Kevin Nash.
And when Nash, uh, returned,
-he sent Triple H… -[Jerry] Oh, man.
…to the hospital with a fractured vertebrae and a concussion.
[Jerry] Whoa, what a shot there.
[Michael] But right now, it's Triple H on the attack of Kevin Nash.
And Nash, he should take heed, Jerry.
Look at what Triple H has done to some of his former friends in the past,
the likes of Ric Flair
-and Randy Orton and X-Pac. -[Jerry] Look out. Look out, man. Oh!
[Michael] And perhaps, uh, Kevin Nash will join the fold tonight.
[Jerry] Well, this is a little too close for comfort if you ask me.
[Michael] Ladders surrounding the ring.
-You need to use that ladder to get… -[Jerry] Watch it.
-…to the sledgehammer. But… -[Jerry] Whoa. Man.
[Michael] …see Nash plant that boot expertly
right into the kidney of Triple H.
[Jerry] These ladders are huge. You gotta be careful.
Those things,
when they fall, they fall a long way. Watch it!
[Michael] Whoa. Look at--
Now, notice where-- Jerry, did you notice where Nash put the ladder?
Aimed it right at the neck of Triple H.
Triple H has been medically cleared to compete tonight.
We have to wonder, he had a fractured vertebrate.
He can't be a hundred percent,
especially not ready for a match like this against a man like this.
[Jerry] Well, when you see Kevin Nash do something to-- like that to Triple H,
that's why I say, "I gotta wonder if this man ever was really The Game's friend."
-Wonder what is he doing here? -[Michael] Oh, boy.
-[Jerry] Watch out! -[Michael] Look at Triple H
off the announce table taking out Kevin Nash.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
-[Michael] And look at Triple H go. -[man] Get him. Get him, Triple H!
[Michael] He said, uh, "Might will make right tonight," the words of The Game.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And the big man, Kevin Nash, is down
right where The Game wants him.
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] And Nash, this time sent into the barricade and Triple H…
-[Jerry] Oh, whoa! Look at that. -…sends him over into the crowd.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] As Triple H looks to regroup…
buying himself some time, Kevin Nash into the crowd.
Remember, the sledgehammer hangs above the ring to be used
by who can retrieve it first.
-First-ever Sledgehammer Ladder Match. -[Jerry] Watch out.
[Michael] And look at-- Ran right into an elbow!
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Michael] Triple H looking to take advantage of Nash trying to pull himself
over the barricade and Nash with a wicked elbow.
[Jerry] This Kevin Nash is just--
[Michael] Well, he's nasty.
[Jerry] Well, he's-- not only is he nasty, he's so freaking big here that--
-Oh! -[Michael] Oh, man.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Not often you see a man, uh, literally manhandle Triple H.
[Jerry] Oh, watch the size of that nasty elbow there from Kevin Nash.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Oh.
Well, this is brutal.
-[Jerry] Look out. -[Michael] Oh, face-first.
Face-first into the steel post goes Nash.
-[crowd clamoring] -[man] Come on, buddy.
[Jerry] Well, The Game able to reverse that or that would have been--
he could have-- might have done it for Triple H.
He was able to reverse it.
Reversed Nash's momentum, sent him face-first into that ring post.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Watch when he hits here.
-Oh, pow, man. -[man] Oh!
[Michael] You noticed how Triple H,
who's on the lower part of your screen went right after the leg of Nash
to try to keep the big man down,
delivered a kick right to the back of the knee of the man known as Diesel.
[Jerry] Well, that's smart.
Keep those legs out from that big guy.
Bring him down.
Bring him down a notch or two.
Nobody yet has been able to get a ladder set up to even go after…
-[Michael] Yeah. -…the sledgehammer. They've done--
They've done enough damage to each other
just through their fists and these ladders.
Imagine if-- What's gonna happen when one of them gets that sledgehammer?
[Michael] And again, Triple H, using the ladder on offense here,
but he also needs the ladder to place it in the ring
to be able to climb it to grab the sledgehammer.
-[Jerry] Here it comes again. -[Michael] And again to the knee.
The knee that Triple H targeted moments ago outside the ring
-has become the point of attack. -[Jerry] Whoa!
[Michael] Keep the big man off his feet.
Take the power game away.
That is why Triple H is known as The Cerebral Assassin.
[Jerry] Triple H just swinging that huge metal ladder like a baseball bat.
And what's he got in mind here?
[Michael] And again, right to the point of the knee.
I mean, it's frightening to think these men were once,
you know, the best of friends.
[Jerry] You need to forget about that.
Right now, Triple H trying to cripple Kevin Nash,
damage those knees where Nash wouldn't be able to walk, much less climb a ladder.
[Michael] Oh. Now, look at this. Again, to the leg of Nash
and that's a wonderful point.
Not only do you take the power game out,
you don't allow Nash to climb the ladder
or you make it extremely difficult for him.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Well, I'm telling you,
there can't be much left of Kevin Nash's left leg and-- Oh.
[Michael] Oh, no. Now, look at this.
[Jerry] There's gonna be nothing left of it after this.
[Michael] Triple H can be as nasty as they come and…
-[Jerry] What in the world? -[Michael] Oh, now look at this.
-Triple H… -[Jerry] A figure-four.
-…figure-four in the ladder. -[Jerry] Oh, man. Oh!
[Michael] Figure-four in the ladder.
[Jerry] He's gonna break his legs.
[Michael] Kevin Nash screaming in agony.
-[screaming] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Figure-four leglock applied with Nash's legs trapped in the ladder.
Triple H's sole intent there was to maim.
[Jerry] I think you're right about that.
If Triple H had held that on much longer,
I believe Kevin Nash would have had to submit.
[Michael] You know, Monday night on Raw, Triple H almost seemed hurt
by the fact that this relationship has exploded this way.
He said he couldn't believe this nearly 20-year relationship
was based on lies and deception, almost seemed hurt by that.
[Jerry] Well, I believe it.
-Watch out. -[Michael] Oh, and again!
[Jerry] Man, these guys are trying to destroy each other.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] You know, I honestly believe that Triple H could've won this thing
with that figure-four with the help of that ladder,
but I don't think he's gonna be content until he gets his hands
on that sledgehammer
and use it on Nash like Nash used it on The Game.
[Michael] And again-- Now, look at Nash back to his feet.
[Jerry] How does he have anything left in those legs?
-Whoa! -[Michael] Oh, man!
-[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. -[Michael] Oh, Lord.
Triple H with a…
[Jerry] Oh, wow.
[Michael] And again, you gotta keep in mind the injured neck of Triple H,
almost whiplash-like as he flew over the ladder after the connection
and out of the ring.
[Jerry] Well, I think that might have taken every bit of strength
-that Kevin Nash had. Watch this. -[Michael] Watch, watch, watch.
-Oh, look at that. -[Jerry] Whoa.
[Michael] From the neck, banging off the ladder, off the apron down to the floor.
[Jerry] And then Kevin Nash collapsed afterwards.
[Michael] And look at it. I want you to see.
You can see here in this shot.
Look at the emotion, the change on the face of Nash.
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] Just seething with anger.
Kevin Nash realizing this is his moment.
[Jerry] I'm gonna tell you something. This is intense, man. This is not pretty.
-This is serious. -[Michael] Kevin Nash has felt--
Well, he felt betrayed.
Betrayed by the one man that he believed--
-[Jerry] Oh, come on. -[Michael] Well, betrayed by the one man
-that he believed-- -[Jerry] That's Kevin Nash's story.
[Michael] Yeah, it is his story but he feels like he was betrayed
by the one man in this business he could still count on.
[Jerry] If there was any betray at all, it's on the part of Kevin Nash.
[Michael] Now, why would you say that?
Triple H didn't even return his phone calls.
He wouldn't even return the man's phone call.
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] Just an explosion of emotion here.
[Jerry] Both of these guys' bodies gotta be…
-wracked with pain. -[Michael] I don't even know how Nash
-can drag the injured leg around. -[Jerry] I don't see how he can walk
after everything Triple H did to his-- Nash's knees with those ladders.
[Michael] Now, Kevin Nash, look at this, side slam!
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Michael] Oh, man,
spine-first into the ladder.
[crowd clamoring]
[groans]
[Michael] Did you hear that?
[Jerry] I mean, it's hard to watch and listen to.
[Michael] What's interesting here, Jerry, is these men are so hell-bent
on destroying one another, physically tearing each other apart,
no one has even made an attempt to go after the sledgehammer yet.
No one.
[Jerry] That's what this match is all about.
It's-- Well, that's supposedly what's it's all about.
But you're right. I think what's it all about, in reality,
to both of these men is just destroying each other whether--
-[Michael] Oh, my Lord! -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Man, how much more can The Game take?
[Michael] Bruised and beaten all over his body,
as Kevin Nash comes out for more.
-No, come on, Kevin. -[Jerry] Come on, Kevin. What are you…
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Just end the thing now. You made your point.
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] So just-- I want you to listen to this.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] Oh, no.
What in the world? Oh, my God. Not this. Not this.
-He's gonna-- -[Jerry] Look out.
[Michael] Oh, my Lord. Nash was sent over the table.
It looked Kevin Nash was setting Triple H up
for the Jackknife Powerbomb and somehow,
Triple H was able to reach down deep
and just get Nash over the table.
[Jerry] Man, oh, man.
Kevin Nash really having a difficult time getting to his feet
with the damage that has been done to his legs.
Oh, look at Triple H.
[Michael] Triple H trying to set up the ladder.
Trying to set up the ladder. Here is The Game.
That sledgehammer above the ring.
Triple H trying to climb here, ladies and gentlemen.
-[Jerry] He's almost there. -[Michael] He's almost there!
If he gets this sledgehammer.
And Nash from behind, again to the small of the back
that he's been working on all matchup.
It's amazing.
Kevin Nash, he doesn't wanna--
he just wants to continue to dish out punishment back and forth.
[Jerry] I don't know why he didn't go for the sledgehammer there.
What do you-- What do you think he's thinking?
[Michael] I think he just-- I think the sledgehammer maybe, he believes--
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Michael] Maybe Kevin Nash believes
this sledgehammer plays into Triple H's game too much.
-It is Triple H's weapon of choice. -[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
[Michael] And look at this!
A thunderous chokeslam.
Maybe Kevin Nash wants to prove to Triple H
he can beat him without the sledgehammer.
He's doing a pretty darn good job of it now.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] What is Kevin Nash up to?
-[Michael] I mean, Triple H is-- -[Jerry] Just watch him.
What is Kevin Nash doing now?
[Michael] Yeah, but look at Triple H in the ring. I mean, he's barely moving.
Now, Kevin Nash is in this sledgehammer match,
but Kevin Nash is tearing out a table.
Pulling out all the stops.
-[Jerry] No way. -[Michael] Oh, my. I mean, this is--
[Jerry] Well, you-- I mean, you know, there's no way to try to figure
what goes through the mind of Kevin Nash.
This guy is pure evil.
[Michael] I mean, you gotta wonder what-- when someone like Shawn Michaels,
a former member of The Kliq, former great friend of both of these men,
you gotta wonder what he's thinking right now.
You know he's watching this matchup back at home.
You gotta wonder what he-- what he's thinking about seeing
-this friendship torn apart. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
Look at Nash trying to send a message here.
This time you can see-- Look at Kevin Nash's knees.
Triple H did so much damage to Nash's knees early on in this match,
he could barely move.
How is he gonna be able to lift The Game here?
[Michael] Oh, look at Triple H! Oh, man!
Oh, out of pure instinct.
Digging down deep again,
Triple H driving Nash into the ladder.
[Jerry] That was out of desperation because if Nash would have been able
to lift The Game, he was gonna slam him with a powerbomb right through that table.
-[Michael] You knew this matchup… -[Jerry] Watch out!
-Oh. -…was not gonna be pretty.
Right back to the injured leg, Triple H.
And he looks to set up the ladder.
The sledgehammer hanging ominously above the ring.
And we all know the damage Triple H can inflict with that.
[Jerry] Well, this is The Game's best shot.
Kevin Nash immobilized outside-- Whoa, whoa.
I may have spoken too soon.
[Michael] Triple H climbing the ladder, trying to make it up to the top.
Back into the ring is Nash.
-Nash looking to climb the other side. -[Jerry] He's got his hands on it.
-The Game's got his hand on the ladder. -[Michael] Yeah, but he's gotta be able
to unhook now. He's gotta be able to unhook the sledgehammer.
Triple H has gotta be able to unhook that sledgehammer.
[Jerry] Oh, this is so precarious.
These two guys, these two big superstars
-are teetering on the top of that ladder. -[Michael] Yeah. And then--
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Michael] A sledgehammer off the skull.
Triple H using the sledgehammer.
-And again. Incoming Nash! -[Jerry] Oh!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Off the ladder and through the table.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] That may be it for Kevin Nash but--
[Michael] And now Triple H, as he looks down on his fallen prey,
realizes the sledgehammer is his.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] What more can he do?
[Michael] Kevin Nash trying to scramble away after falling
from that ladder through a table. I don't think Nash
has a clue where he's at.
[Jerry] Well, he's about to be hit with the clue stick.
[Michael] And now sledgehammer-- Oh, back to the knee!
-And again! -[grunting]
[Jerry] The Game attacking every part of the body of Kevin Nash.
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] Triple H seething.
[Jerry] Watch out. Watch out.
Guess you don't need that anymore.
Michael, this has been-- this has been tough enough already,
but this may be about to get really hard to watch here.
This has been brutal up to this point.
[Michael] Kevin Nash trying somehow to get out of the Pedigree.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Michael] Triple H connects!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Well, he got away once, but not the second time.
[crowd chanting] One more time! One more time! One more time!
[Jerry] Well, you hear this chant.
Well, the Universe wanting one more Pedigree
but now The Game's got something else in mind.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd booing]
[Jerry] Can you believe this?
[Michael] Kevin Nash-- That is The Kliq's trademark sign.
-[Jerry] Oh! Oh! -[Michael] And Triple H says,
to hell with The Kliq.
[crowd] One, two, three!
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] The Game is back
with a vengeance.
[Justin] The winner of this match,
"The Game" Triple H!
["The Game" playing]
[Jerry] What a war.
♪ I am control, no way you can change me ♪
♪ I am heavy debts No way you can pay me ♪
♪ I am the pain And I know you can't take me ♪
♪ Look over your shoulder ready to run ♪
♪ Like a Cleveland bitch From a smoking gun! ♪
♪ I am the game and I make the rules ♪
♪ So move on outta here And you can die like a fool ♪
[Jerry] Well, you can see here, Kevin Nash almost stopped The Game
from getting the sledgehammer, but that's what he got in return,
knocked off the ladder through the table.
And then The Game, with sledgehammer in hand, I mean, he went nuts.
Unmerciful.
[Michael] And then Triple H did not wanna use the sledgehammer to win this.
He'd used his trademark maneuver, the Pedigree.
And then Nash would try to get out of it one last time, begging for mercy.
And for a final time,
The Kliq's trademark sign will be put up
and Triple H would put it out
with a sledgehammer to the skull.
As ruthless as they come.
And as Triple H predicted, might makes right tonight.
[Jerry] And, oh, how the shoe's on the other foot now.
It's Kevin Nash being loaded
onto that backboard,
about to be hauled off to a medical facility.
♪ I am the game You don't wanna play me ♪
♪ I am control, no way you can change me ♪
♪ I am your debts I know you can't pay me ♪
♪ I am your pain, And I know you can't take me ♪
[Jerry] Well, they say what goes around comes around
and it certainly came around hard to Kevin Nash tonight.
♪ You're gonna change your name ♪
♪ You're gonna die in flames ♪
Please welcome the WWE Champion, CM Punk.
[crowd cheering]
Punk, you had a rather interesting encounter this past Monday night on Raw
with your opponents tonight in your TLC Triple Threat match.
Let's take a look.
[Michael] Yeah, in Raw, it was Miz and Alberto Del Rio
against CM Punk and Randy Orton.
Now Orton had been taken out of the equation after interference
by Wade Barrett.
And then Miz and Del Rio working as a team
to punish CM Punk and then the Cross Armbreaker.
Yeah, it hurts, don't it? Pipe Bomb engaged.
[Michael] And you gotta believe Punk is still hurting here tonight.
[Jerry] Definite message sent to the-- CM Punk.
Punk, Miz seemed pretty confident when he said, "Pipe Bomb engaged."
-Your thoughts? -Well, you know, I had six days to watch
that scene over and over and over.
And as painful as it was to watch, painful it was to experience,
I saw something more painful.
Something caught my eye.
It was ten times more painful than my arm being mangled inside of a ladder
while Alberto Del Rio wrenched on it with his Cross Armbreaker.
It's more painful than Alberto butchering the English language.
It's more painful than watching Miz make his little bad guy face
and his pathetic attempts to sound like a tough guy.
Really?
It's more painful than sitting through two hours of Michael Cole commentary
as he struggles to sound relevant.
Now, I continue to watch Monday Night Raw
and what I saw was old clown shoes himself,
the Executive Vice President of Talent Relations
and Interim General Manager John Laurinaitis
accept an award on my behalf.
This wasn't just any award. It was Slammy Award
for Superstar of the Year,
being accepted by a guy who's never been superstar 30 seconds.
I mean, who's he ever beat?
And I'm not a hard guy to find.
I have yet to receive said Slammy.
So what-- Oh, speak of the devil.
-Sorry-- -So what-- No, no, no, no.
Don't apologize. Where's my Slammy?
Punk, I mailed your Slammy to you.
-You mailed-- -But with the holiday season,
it may take a while to get to you.
But if I were you,
I'd be more worried about your championship match tonight
than your Slammy.
Well, if I were you, I'd wish myself best of luck in my future endeavors, you know?
But I don't expect you to do that.
In fact, you wouldn't do that,
just like I'm not gonna lose the title tonight.
So when TLC is over with,
you're still gonna have to put up with CM Punk as your WWE Champion.
You know what, Punk?
I'm gonna be the bigger man right now, okay?
I mean, after all, I am taller than you.
Good luck tonight and Merry Christmas.
Johnny, luck is for losers.
-["Get On Your Knees" playing] -♪ Check one two ♪
[Michael] Oh, it's so nice of Mr. Laurinaitis,
who's gonna mail the Slammy back to CM Punk.
-[Jerry] Yeah. -[Michael] Wonderful leader.
-[Jerry] It's in the mail. -[bell rings]
[Lilián] This next match is set for one fall.
Introducing first, being accompanied by Vickie Guerrero, from Perry, Oklahoma,
weighing in at 260 pounds,
"The All-American American" Jack Swagger.
[Michael] Oh, it's been a rough night for Vickie Guerrero so far.
[Jerry] Yeah, you're right about that.
What a-- Was it about halfway into the United States Heavyweight title match
that she was ejected from ringside,
thrown out of here, and then her charge,
Dolph Ziggler, went on to lose the title to "Woo! Woo! Woo!"
[Michael] But have no fear, Jack Swagger is here.
[Jerry] Oh, boy.
[Michael] The man who trained me to a WrestleMania victory.
[crowd clamoring]
["Written In My Face" playing]
♪ It's a shame for they lost their head ♪
[Lilián] And from Dublin, Ireland,
weighing in at 267 pounds,
he is "The Great White" Sheamus.
[Michael] I'm telling you, Sheamus likes to have a lot of fun
but don't make him angry.
You know, he was on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon this past week.
He told an incredible story.
He said that Mattel, who makes our action figures.
[Jerry] Right, right.
[Michael] They had to use a special plastic
just so they could get the right shade of pale for Sheamus' body.
Do you believe that?
-[Jerry] Why is that funny? -[Michael] Jimmy Fallon also talked
about Sheamus' earlier career as an IT specialist.
Sheamus said he was the worst IT guy ever.
[Jerry chuckles] I can believe that.
[Michael] He does have a degree however from the National College of Ireland.
-He's-- -[Jerry] Was there--
Did there used to be a song called "A Whiter Shade of Pale"?
-[Michael] Yes. -[Jerry chuckles]
I think that was written about Sheamus.
[Michael] Now, Sheamus and Swagger here tonight.
Sheamus, former two-time WWE Champion.
In fact, two years ago, at this event,
Sheamus won his first WWE Championship,
knocking off John Cena…
-[Jerry] Oh, look at this. -[Michael] …in a Tables Match.
[Jerry] Oh, wow.
Don't make this guy mad.
[Michael] Not at all.
Jinder Mahal knows all about that if you watched SmackDown this past week.
[Jerry] When I think about it, you actually
-don't have to make him mad. -[Michael] Sheamus again-- Oh.
[Jerry chuckling] He's always mad.
Actually, when I look at Sheamus, he sort of reminds me
of my Christmas present to you.
[Michael] And that was? You still haven't told me.
[Jerry] It's a Tickle Me Carrot Top Doll.
[Michael] Well, speaking of Carrot Tops-- Nice segue because Sheamus actually won
a Slammy Award in the supplemental Slammies in wwe.com.
Outstanding Achievement as a Muppet Resemblance.
So you get a segue and didn't even know it.
Now, look at Swagger. There's the amateur background.
Swagger with the abdominal stretch behind-- on Sheamus
who tries to battle out of this.
Swagger, a former world champion,
former Money in the Bank ladder match winner,
two-sport star in Oklahoma.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. [chuckles]
[Michael] Man.
[crowd] …four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
[Michael] I can't even imagine.
[Jerry] I would love for you to experience that.
[Michael] How can you breath after that?
And there goes Swagger.
And you saw the look of concern on Vickie's face.
[Jerry] Well, you wouldn't be able to breathe, but, at least,
Jack Swagger has what you call-- You've never heard of this part,
pectoral muscles.
[Michael] I've got pecs.
[Vickie] No!
Oh, Jack!
[Michael] Oh, and Sheamus again planting the right hand.
He won't let Swagger back in the ring.
-Sheamus is just… -[Vickie] Are you kidding me?
-[Vickie shouts indistinctly] -[Michael] And look at Vickie.
-[Jerry] Watch it. -[Michael] Paying dividends! Oh!
-That's why Vickie is so valuable. -Good job, Jack! Good job!
-Do it again. -[Michael] Oh.
And here comes Sheamus.
Very big bodies flying everywhere
here tonight at TLC in Baltimore.
[Jerry] Speaking of flying, that's what I got Vickie
for a Christmas present, a vintage boomerang.
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] I don't understand your issue with Vickie. What's she ever done to you?
[Jerry] She and I have just never seen eye to eye.
It's her voice, I mean.
[Michael] Swagger Bomb!
And Sheamus in trouble.
This would be a big win for Swagger,
trying to slow the momentum of Sheamus in recent weeks.
It's a one, two, three!
So unfair!
[Jerry] Can you-- It's not-- Can you not hear her voice?
Is it not irritating to you?
[Michael] Well, not irritating.
It's like listening to a robin in the morning.
[Jerry] A robin?
[Michael] Oh!
[Jerry] More like Angry Birds. [laughs]
-[Michael] Robin-- -Do you know who I am?
Do you know who I am?
[Michael] Oh, Sheamus.
And, again, don't make Sheamus mad.
Why haven't guys learned today that you don't tick Sheamus off
because an Irish temper will blow up in your face?
[Jerry] Well, it's bad enough having to listen to Vickie shriek at the ringside,
then Jack Swagger's gonna talk smack.
Back it up now! One, two, three!
[Jerry] Thuds.
Oh, man.
One, two--
[Michael] And again a kickout by Swagger at two.
Come on, Jack. Finish him!
Come on! Do it, Jack!
Who do you think you are?
Come on, Jack! Come on!
[Michael] Sheamus again turning focus.
-And we've seen Sheamus… -[Jerry] I'm sorry.
[Michael] …who's been on an incredible roll as of late on SmackDown,
was gonna go up top perhaps for the battering ram
and Jack Swagger countered.
Swagger, keep it in the ring.
Come on.
[Michael] Oh!
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] And Sheamus--
[Jerry] Returning the favor.
[referee] …three!
-[Vickie] Focus! -[Jerry] Listen to that voice.
[Michael] And now, again, Sheamus…
looking to head up top.
And there's the battering ram from the top rope.
Sheamus looking to put Swagger away into the cover
and Swagger kicks out at two.
[Jerry] Whoa. Two and three-quarters.
[Michael] Matchup made by SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long a bit ago.
Teddy Long, running around dressed as Santa tonight at the big holiday party.
[Jerry] Thanks, Teddy. You gave us an opportunity to see
Vickie Guerrero not once but twice tonight.
[Michael] Look at Sheamus.
-Went for the Brogue Kick. -[Jerry] Missed him.
[Michael] Swagger great athleticism as he ducked underneath the Brogue Kick
and now takes the leg out.
-And Jack Swagger-- -[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] This is where Swagger is so dangerous.
Trying to soften Sheamus up for the ankle lock submission maneuver.
[Vickie] Come on, Jack.
[Michael] Swagger!
[Jerry] Oh, comes off from the second rope.
[Michael] And delivered the elbow right to the knee.
Jack Swagger's point of attack.
-Look at-- Going for the ankle lock now. -[Jerry] Oh, here comes that ankle lock.
[Michael] The ankle lock submission maneuver.
Come on, Sheamus, huh. Come on, Sheamus.
[Michael] As you can well attest, this is so dangerous.
[Jerry] Yeah. This may be over.
Look at the big fella.
[Michael] Sheamus trying to drag Swagger to the ropes and break this hold,
but Sheamus back to the middle of the ring.
[Jerry] He'll wind up with a broken ankle.
[Michael] Oh, nice counter by Sheamus.
[Vickie] Come on, Jack.
-Jack, be careful. -[Jerry] It's so hard to get your pins
back under you after that.
[screams]
[Michael] Swagger went for the leg again.
Brogue Kick off the jaw.
[Jerry] Wow.
This is it.
-Yes. -[bell rings]
-["Written In My Face" playing] -♪ It's a shame ♪
♪ For they lost their head ♪
[Lilián] Here is your winner, Sheamus.
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen,
Sheamus has been so hard to beat as of late.
Another huge win here tonight at TLC.
[screams]
[Jerry] And all Vickie Guerrero wants for Christmas is someone who can win a match.
Here is where Jack Swagger went to the well one time too often
and he paid the price.
[Michael] Sheamus with another big win here tonight.
And The Great White continues to roll.
He's a player. Big-time player.
[Jerry] Let's see this kick in slow motion.
That's better-- That would be called, "oh motion."
The Great White wins again.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the man who will challenge Mark Henry
for the World Heavyweight Championship tonight
in a Chairs Match, the Big Show!
[crowd cheering]
Show, we're just moments away.
Any final thoughts?
Final thoughts? I'm feeling it, Josh.
When I look at Mark Henry's eyes Friday night, I've got him beaten.
Ever since I've been back, he hasn't been able to beat me.
He's tried every underhanded thing he could do to try to get over me.
It hasn't happened. And, tonight, I've got chairs.
I've got the freedom to hit him with a steel chair as often as I want,
as hard as I want.
And you know what I'm feeling?
I'm feeling Mark Henry's reign of terror is over.
I'm feeling my nine-year drought from World Heavyweight Champion is over.
I'm feeling that tonight…
tonight…
is gonna end in a giant way.
Yeah!
-[bell rings] -[Lilián] The following is a Chairs Match
and it is for the World Heavyweight Championship.
[crowd cheering]
-["Crank It Up" playing] -♪ Well, it's the Big Show ♪
♪ Oh ♪
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen, moments ago, Big Show,
well, seemed extremely confident as he heads into this Chairs Match tonight
for the world title.
[Jerry] I like the sound of what Big Show had to say.
He's confident, that's an understatement.
[Michael] Yeah, Big Show looking for his first world championship
in nine years.
And I believe he-- he's on a roll to do it tonight.
He has done a number on Mark Henry,
on Mark Henry's ankle over the past number of weeks.
And, tonight, chairs are legal.
You can use chairs or anything you want,
but you gotta win the championship via pinfall or submission.
Pretty frightening thinking that you're gonna have a seven-foot, 485 pounds,
World's Largest Athlete with a table in hand.
[Jerry] Oh, you're not kidding.
-[Michael] Scary thought. -["Somebody's Gonna Get It" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, boy.
But equally scary, The World's Strongest Man.
Look at the width, the girth.
♪ Beat 'em up Break his neck, beat 'em up ♪
[Michael] Look at the look in the eyes of Mark Henry.
This is a man who, this past week on SmackDown,
assaulted not only Jack Swagger, but a cameraman working at ringside
with a steel chair.
That cameraman suffered fractured ribs at the hands of Mark Henry.
A little message being sent to the Big Show for the matchup tonight.
[Jerry] Well, without a doubt,
a lot of people had spent time in the Hall of Pain,
including the Big Show.
[Michael] It was back at Money in the Bank in July that the Big Show
was taken out of action by Mark Henry,
becoming Mark Henry's first victim in the Hall of Pain.
Then back at Vengeance, when these two men met in October,
it was a moment that would actually win the Slammy
for the Holy-you-know-what Moment of the Year…
[Jerry] Oh, yeah.
…when these two men
came off the top rope via a suplex
and the entire ring imploded.
Then at Survivor Series, Madison Square Garden,
many say Mark Henry got himself intentionally disqualified
to keep his championship.
And that has led to tonight.
And you notice the left ankle of Mark Henry, heavily wrapped,
damage done by the Big Show.
Introducing first, the challenger,
standing at seven feet tall,
weighing in at 441 pounds,
the Big Show.
[crowd cheering]
And from Silsbee, Texas, weighing in at 412 pounds,
he is The World's Strongest Man
and the World Heavyweight Champion,
Mark Henry.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] That's quite a résumé.
The World's Strongest Man
and the World Heavyweight Champion.
Which just about says it all, doesn't it?
[Michael] That's what it's all about.
The coveted world championship
again on the line in a Chairs match where steel chairs are legal,
but you still have to win via pinfall or submission.
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] And here we go.
Matchup number three
and Big Show quickly gonna go to the outside
and bring the chair or chairs into play.
[Jerry] Look at this. Look.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] That sort of sums up Big Shows' feelings toward Mark Henry.
[Jerry] Look at how effortlessly he tosses those chairs.
[Michael] But, Jerry, remember, it was a steel chair
that Mark Henry used to steal four months of Big Show's career,
to put Big Show in the Hall of Pain
and it was a chair Big Show used to take out Henry's ankle.
It has been what this story has been all about.
[Jerry] Well, right now, there's about 12--
Well, that would give you-- Stay in there.
Twelve chairs? Thirteen?
Mark Henry just swatting them aside as they come flying in.
Now, you're gonna get some payback.
Yes. Come on.
[Michael] Oh, man.
That is one angry giant.
The problem is World's Strongest Man has a steel chair in hand as well.
Talk about Clash of the Titans.
[Jerry chuckles]
[crowd booing]
[Michael] What in the--
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Henry just looking back saying, "You crazy."
[Michael] Well, he is. Certainly is, Big Show.
You out your mind.
-You big coward. -Give me my title.
[Big Show] Huh?
This ain't happening.
[Jerry] What do you mean this ain't happening?
It ain't happening.
[crowd booing]
[Jerry] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Wait a minute. What happens if he walks out of here?
Is he stripped of the title or what?
[Michael] That's a decision that we can't make, obviously,
but I don't know if he's gonna be able to walk out of here.
-[Jerry] Watch out. -[Michael] And, wait, Mark Henry went--
wanted to use the title. And a chair.
-And again. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] And Big Show-- Oh, my--
[Jerry] Mark, I got news for you.
This is happening.
[Michael] Oh, it's gonna happen.
Big Show hell-bent on winning the world title.
And look at the rights and lefts by The World's Largest Athlete.
[Jerry] And that's after four or five shots with that steel chair. Oh.
[Michael] Yeah, but Mark Henry, don't count him out.
His 15-year journey brought him to tonight.
Fifteen-year journey to win the championship.
[Jerry] Oh, no. Not the world's strongest chair.
Ow! Did you feel that?
[screams]
[Michael] Oh, look. He went right after the hand.
-Mark Henry-- -[Jerry] Yeah, that's impressive.
That was smart.
[Michael] Yeah, attacked the hand of Big Show.
The right hand Big Show has used
to knock out many opponents over the years, including Mark Henry.
And if you-- And notice how Big Show,
he had to reach for the chair with his left hand there.
[Jerry] Yeah, his hand is definitely hurting.
[Michael] Gingerly hanging on to the chair with the right.
-Oh, man. And there again. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] Oh, man. Oh, that injured hand is gonna make it hard to deliver
any sort of weapon in Big Show's arsenal,
the right hand, the chokeslam.
Hard to use a chair. And this could be easy pickings for Henry.
Welcome to the Hall of Pain.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Big Show!
[Jerry] Things have certainly gone south in a hurry for the Big Show.
This is not what he had in mind, not what he had planned at all.
[Michael] Look at how he's-- Look, using the right hand.
Trying to use the right and left hand.
But, look, every time he hits Henry with the right, he--
it's bothering him.
Going for a chokeslam. Just nothing there.
[Jerry] Yeah, man, I'm telling you, I'm afraid Big Show is done for here.
[groans]
I mean, that takes away just about any…
-[Michael] Oh. -…offense that he could think of.
Certainly hitting with a chair.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Certainly that knockout punch is out the window.
Oh, no.
[Cone] What do you say now, Big Show?
[Jerry] The Big Show's fist caught in that chair
and Mark Henry stomped right on it.
[Michael] In that one moment-- In that one moment outside the ring,
when Mark Henry slammed Big Show's hand and wrist into the steel steps,
changed the entire complexion of this match.
Big Show looked unstoppable there in the beginning.
[Jerry] I mean, things went south in a hurry for Big Show.
This is--
It's the absolute opposite of what he had intended when he came out here.
-Are you kidding me? -[Michael] Now, World's Strongest Man
trying to lift the near 500-pounder off his feet.
Big Show using the good arm.
And, again, right hand has nothing left.
[Jerry] He's thinking of maybe a chokeslam but--
[Michael] Oh, look at this.
Oh, and the right hand connected from out of nowhere.
Pain or not, Big Show with the right hand.
[Jerry] How did he do that?
[Michael] Mark Henry, he may be out cold.
Mark Henry may be unconscious.
[Jerry] I think he is but can Big Show turn the big man?
[Michael] Big Show trying to end a nine-year drought.
Trying to win the world championship.
-Here's the cover. And Big Show does it. -[bell ringing]
-[Michael] Big Show is the world champion. -["Crank It Up" playing]
♪ Well, it's the Big Show ♪
[Lilián] Here is your winner
and the new World Heavyweight Champion,
the Big Show.
[Michael] And the emotion pouring out of the Big Show tonight,
the new world champion.
[Jerry] Boy, I have no idea that the Big Show
still had that one big right hand left,
but somehow he pulled out.
[Michael] Damaged hand and all,
Big Show with the Weapon of Mass Destruction.
The WMD connecting,
knocking out Mark Henry.
♪ You won't see it coming But I promise you'll know ♪
[Jerry] Oh, whoa, watch your back.
[Michael] Oh, and from behind.
Mark Henry with a steel chair.
[crowd booing]
[Michael] And Mark Henry beside himself.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Michael] Angry as they come.
Gonna make Big Show pay and not be able to celebrate
his World Heavyweight Championship opportunity.
I believe he went head first off the chair.
And now I think it's Big Show who's the one that's knocked out.
[crowd chanting] Daniel Bryan!
[Jerry] Well, there is the embodiment of a sore loser right there.
-["Flight of the Valkyries" playing] -[Michael] What?
Oh, my God.
There's no way.
Go. Go. Go. Ring the bell.
Ring the bell. Ring the bell.
[bell ringing]
He wants to cash this in.
[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
[crowd] One, two, three.
-[crowd cheering] -[bell ringing]
["Flight of the Valkyries" playing]
[Jerry] Cole, do you believe what we've just witnessed?
Yeah!
[Lilián] Here's your winner
and the new World Heavyweight Champion,
Daniel Bryan.
[Jerry] Daniel Bryan has just cashed in his Money in the Bank,
that briefcase, that contract inside,
-took advantage of a… -[Daniel] You see this, Cole?
-You see this? -…nearly unconscious--
I told you I could be… I told you I could be…
I'm the World Heavyweight Champion.
Yeah.
["Flight of the Valkyries" continues]
[Jerry laughs] As I said, Daniel Bryan cashed it in.
…who supported me for the last 12 years,
this is for you.
["Flight of the Valkyries" continues]
[Jerry] Well, Daniel Bryan cashes in.
And, Cole, can you believe it?
Daniel Bryan is the new World Heavyweight Champion.
[Daniel] Yes!
[Jerry] Cole, look. Open your eyes. You gotta look at this.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] I mean, you can't help but feel sorry for Big Show
after nine long years.
[Jerry] Well, you know what?
Going back now, I think this was actually two matches ago.
Big Show with that injured right hand
still had enough to put Mark Henry down
and he would go on to win.
But before he had a chance to celebrate,
this attack from behind by Mark Henry
with the steel chair
left the Big Show down and out.
And watch this DDT…
on this-- on the chairs.
And then, Cole, I would like for you to explain what happened here.
[Michael] Daniel Bryan cashed in the Money in the Bank contract.
-[Jerry laughs] -He wants to cash this in.
[Michael] The man who said he was gonna wait till WrestleMania to do it,
-did it tonight. -[crowd] two, three.
-[crowd cheering] -[bell ringing]
[Michael] And mind you, against the man who's been very supportive of his career.
Big Show has been very supportive of Daniel Bryan
and everything he's done over the past couple of months,
and now Daniel Bryan does this.
[Lilián] And the new…
I've said all along he's a hypocrite and he proved it tonight.
I'm the World Heavyweight Champion. I'm the World…
[crowd cheering]
I'm the World Heavyweight Champion.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Well, you can say he's a hypocrite, Michael Cole,
but that's what that Money in the Bank contract is all about.
It's an opportunity, a golden opportunity
to cash in when you think you have the best chance to win,
and that's what Daniel Bryan did tonight.
And he is now the new World Heavyweight Champion.
Who would have thought this at the beginning of the night?
["Flight of the Valkyries" concludes]
[Michael] Now, ladies and gentlemen, it has been an absolutely surreal night
here on the Inner Harbor in Baltimore for TLC.
I mean, earlier on, Zack Ryder won the United States Championship.
Moments ago, Big Show won the world title
and then Daniel Bryan cashed in the Money in the Bank contract
and is the new world champion.
And, Jerry, what about what happened earlier tonight
between Cody Rhodes and Booker T?
…experience, do this damn thing or what?
Oh! Whoa!
[Jerry] Booker T scheduled to go against Cody Rhodes here tonight,
but this was the first of two attacks
from behind by Cody Rhodes.
I mean, the only thing this tells me is Cody Rhodes
didn't wanna face Booker T one on one.
[Michael] That was-- This was the second attack you were referring to.
Booker coming out here to have this matchup
and Cody Rhodes, again from behind, attacking Booker T.
[Jerry] And watch this.
He slammed Booker's head into the-- Oh, the wall here.
This-- The metal restraining wall.
And then the EMTs had to take Booker in the back, take a look at him.
I don't…
-I don't know. -[Michael] Yeah.
Book, we understand that you're gonna go out
and you're gonna try to compete tonight.
You heard right, Josh.
Look, Book,
you don't have anything to prove by going out there tonight.
Everyone knows who you are.
Everyone knows what kind of man Booker T is.
Everyone knows that one day you're gonna be inducted into the WWE--
Look, Josh, it ain't about that, man.
It's about me not going out like some sucka.
You understand what I'm saying? Right now, I'm in a whole lot of pain,
but after tonight, Cody Rhodes is gonna be in a whole lot more pain.
See, I didn't ask for this fight…
but I'm damn sure gonna finish it, Josh.
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
This next match is set for one fall
and it is for the Intercontinental Championship.
-["Smoke & Mirrors" playing] -♪ Whoa ♪
[Lilián] Introducing first, from Marietta, Georgia,
weighing in at 215 pounds,
he is the Intercontinental Champion,
Cody Rhodes.
[Michael] You know, King, Booker could talk a big fight all he wants,
but the bottom line is he is going into this match up hurt tonight
and I don't know if that's the smart thing to do for his own wellbeing.
[Jerry] Well, it may not be, but you heard Booker,
out of his own mouth. He's a man and this is about--
Well, this is about pride. This is about self-respect.
[Michael] It is. But it's also about your wellbeing.
I mean, Booker T hasn't competed in a real matchup in over two years.
And now he's gonna go in here against a man on the top of this game,
the Intercontinental Champion,
after already being severely assaulted a couple of times tonight,
not to count what happened to him over the past couple of weeks.
♪ You're only smoke and mirrors ♪
[Jerry] Well, I couldn't disagree with you.
[Booker] Can you dig it, sucka?
["Sucka" playing]
[Lilián] And introducing the challenger,
from Houston, Texas, weighing in at 256 pounds,
Booker T.
[Michael] And look at the look in the eyes of Booker T.
And, again, injuries or not, you cannot take Booker T lightly.
Here's a man who has won six world championships,
thirty-five major titles in his career.
He's the most decorated champion in the history of WCW.
He's been a King of the Ring, a 15-time Tag Team Champion.
But, again, I think his time's passed, Jerry. I really do.
And I think Booker got goaded into this matchup by Cody Rhodes
and I don't think he should be out here, honestly.
[Jerry] What do you mean? You know what? That's what gets me.
I mean, I've been where Booker T is before and it sounds--
-[bell ringing] -[Jerry] You gotta understand how--
What if somebody came out to you and said,
"You know what, Cole-- how old are you, Cole?"
-[Michael] Oh, in my 40s. -[Jerry] "Oh, your time has passed."
"You're done."
"You just can't do it anymore."
"You ought to just walk away into the sunset."
[Michael] That would be hard to swallow.
And look at Booker coming right out of the box,
taking it to Cody here tonight.
And Booker T looking to teach Cody Rhodes a lesson…
in respect, many people say.
-Huh? -[Michael] And is this about respect?
[Jerry] Well, that's right. It's not about whose time it is.
It's about respect. It's about who can do what, who can win.
And I could tell right now, just by looking at Booker T,
he is still capable of winning matches.
[Michael] Well, he's a veteran. He knows how to win.
[Jerry] If you ask me,
T looks in better condition than he ever has.
[Michael] Here comes Cody Rhodes, right into that sidekick by Booker.
And Booker looking to win the Intercontinental title.
Hook of the leg and Cody kicks out.
Nothing would shock me tonight.
Booker is probably gonna win the championship
the way this night's been going. I mean, everything is happening tonight.
[Jerry] Look at him. Whoa!
[Michael] And Booker T with a look on his face
that we haven't seen in years, folks.
[Jerry] I like seeing that look on Booker's face.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Booker!
[Scott Armstrong] Come on, Book. Back in the ring.
[Jerry] Don't throw him over here though, Booker.
[Michael] Booker T. There's that knife-edge chop
and Cody trying to fire back.
Cody has not been able to get out of the box.
Maybe he shouldn't have angered Booker T.
[Jerry] Yeah. I mean, you know, you talk about whose time…
whose time has passed. Booker T was attacked not once but twice
from behind tonight by Cody Rhodes and who's dominating this match?
[Michael] You know, this all started when Cody Rhodes questioned
Booker T's commentary on SmackDown,
some of the inflammatory things Booker was saying about Cody and his career.
Let's go.
[Michael] Booker says it's all about Cody wanting to use Booker as a steppingstone
to the next level.
Take out a legend become one yourself perhaps.
[Jerry] Oh.
-And look at Cody. -[Jerry] Oh.
Count. Now.
Go.
Are you kidding?
[Michael] And suddenly Cody Rhodes feeling pretty confident about himself.
And I really think that the longer this matchup goes,
it's obviously gonna help Cody.
I mean, he's in better ring shape.
He's much younger than Booker.
He's the current champion.
Booker had to put him away early.
Booker T, it's a young man's game and I'm younger.
[Jerry chuckles]
[Michael] The point we were making earlier. It is a young man's game, Jerry.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Getting a little worried about Book.
You know, he-- Book's-- he's been rattled here tonight.
Two attacks before this match started.
A lot of pressure on Booker.
[Michael] Well, Cody not only may have taken out--
Booker out of the game mentally but physically as well.
Just continues to wear Booker down.
[Jerry] I'm worried about Booker's physical condition.
I'm saying seeing is believing.
I've never seen Booker look in any better shape
-than he's in right now. -[Michael] And I agree with you.
Jerry, I work with Booker every week on SmackDown.
You know, he told me how much he was looking forward to this matchup.
He's been training for it. He's been getting in shape.
But the problem is he was thrown off his game early tonight by Cody.
[Jerry] Exactly.
[Michael] But that's a smart strategy by Cody.
And here's the cover. Hook of the leg and a kickout.
You might not like the way he went about it--
[Jerry] And you know what? Yeah, it's smart if you're a jerk,
if you're a back fighter, if you're a coward,
if you're afraid to face the man one-on-one, sure, it's smart.
-[Michael] But if Cody-- -[Jerry] And that's what Cody Rhodes is.
[Michael] But isn't it all about winning matches here?
Isn't it all about keeping your championship if you're the title holder?
[Jerry] Well, I don't know. You heard Booker say
it was about pride and about respect.
How can you be proud of a victory like that
where you had to jump and attack a man twice,
not once but twice, from behind? How can you be proud of that?
[Michael] Booker breaking the full nelson that Cody Rhodes had in.
Here comes Booker T trying to build some momentum again.
And Cody right back to the head.
-[Jerry] Oh, big elbow by Booker T. -[Michael] Elbow.
Cody stunned.
Both men down center of the ring.
And this, a crucial moment in this match.
[Jerry] Booker T and Cody Rhodes thinking the same thing.
[Scott Armstrong] …two…
[Jerry] Simultaneous clotheslines.
…three…
four…
five…
[Michael] Who's gonna make it to their feet first
-to grab the momentum in this matchup? -…seven…
eight…
-[Michael] Both men to their feet. -[Jerry] Up at the same time.
Oh, Cody Rhodes with the first shot though.
Oh.
Answered by Booker T.
Oh, man. Oh, man.
[crowd] Boo!
Yeah! Boo!
Yeah!
Boo!
Yeah!
-Yeah! -[Jerry] Oh, I like this.
[crowd] Yeah!
[Michael] Cody trying to fight back and he does.
Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes and Booker T pretty evenly matched so far.
And here comes Booker.
[Jerry] Cody Rhodes up quick but Booker T right there to answer.
-Sidewalk slam. -[Michael] And Booker T, can he do it?
-One more title-- No. -[crowd booing]
Cody Rhodes said that this matchup would bring feelings of nostalgia
and better days for Booker T.
"But this isn't a movie."
"This is real life, Booker." That was what Cody said to Booker.
-Uh-oh. -No, no, no.
[Michael] Book--
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] What's Cody saying right now?
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Cody Rhodes hanging on to that bottom rope.
Oh, are we about to see it?
Come on.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] What's he doing?
[Jerry] That's what he's doing. The Spinaroonie.
[Michael] Yeah. Booker with the Spinaroonie but…
[Jerry] Doesn't he usually do that after he's won?
[Michael] I mean, I don't know why Booker's even doing it now.
He's gotta be a little screwed up. Look at his actions.
He didn't look quite right when he went into the Spinaroonie.
Nonetheless, went for the big Scissors Kick.
Booker misses.
Cody, oh, Beautiful Disaster right to the skull.
Hook of the leg.
-Booker kicks out. -[Jerry] Woo-hoo!
Hang in there, Book.
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] Cody Rhodes thought he had Booker T there
but Booker, the instinct of a veteran.
[Jerry] I'm…
I'm beginning to think you're right about Booker.
I think he's rattled. I don't--
I don't know if he knows where he is right now.
[Michael] Cody again with another kick to the head.
Hook of the leg. This should do it here.
-And he got him. -[bell ringing]
-[Michael] Too… Too much. -["Smoke & Mirrors" playing]
[Lilián] Here is your winner and still the Intercontinental Champion,
Cody Rhodes.
[Michael] Well, Cody Rhodes did the damage earlier on tonight
and he retains his Intercontinental Championship
with a victory over a very game Booker T.
[Jerry] Well, Cody Rhodes, a man of his word.
He said he was gonna do it and he did it.
♪ Break the rules because I can ♪
[Jerry] Let's check on Booker.
♪ Let everybody see Their future here in me ♪
♪ Just watch the wheel go round ♪
-♪ I'll cheer as you… ♪ -[song concludes]
-[suspenseful music playing] -[Ross] The Royal Rumble.
3:16.
Austin is the champion.
The Rattlesnake is back on top of the mountain.
[Stone Cold] Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your--
[glass breaks]
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'cause I knew I was never gonna walk again ever.
I couldn't feel anything from my neck down.
There was no way I was gonna lay there
and let some ambulance or a bunch of paramedics carry me out of that ring.
[glass breaks]
[Ross] There's no one that has ever laced their boots
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than "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[glass breaks]
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Well, ladies and gentlemen, here in Baltimore at TLC,
what a frantic, what a hectic night.
It all began with the United States Championship on the line.
Dolph Ziggler defending against that-- that goofball, Zack Ryder.
I still can't believe this.
[Jerry] When are you gonna be a Zack Ryder believer?
Zack Ryder won this match, first of all, this was great.
You see Vickie Guerrero save--
I mean, the match should have been over
but Vickie Guerrero saved Dolph Ziggler.
And then the referee did the right thing. He threw her out of here.
She no longer became a factor in the match.
And once Vickie Guerrero was gone,
check out what happened.
[Michael] Yeah, it's probably a good thing Vickie wasn't out here
to see what transpired.
[Jerry] Yes. She'd have a stroke.
Because there, the Rough Ryder did the flip on Dolph Ziggler
-and we have a new US Champion. -[bell ringing]
[Michael] And, of course, Zack Ryder's father
and the rest of the WWE Universe going insane
as Ryder wins the United States Championship.
And you know what? If that wasn't bad enough,
as Zack Ryder would continue to celebrate here,
things, in my mind, went from bad to complete disaster.
It was Big Show and Mark Henry in a Chairs Match
for the world championship.
Now, let's take you through this sequence again
'cause I still cannot believe I saw this.
-Talk about Christmas miracles. -[Jerry] Well, this was a--
I mean, this was a fantastic match between these two big men.
I thought Big Show's right hand was broken,
but somehow-- And it may well be.
But somehow he pulled out that big right hand,
knocked Mark Henry out.
-One, two, three. -[Jerry] One, two, three.
Big Show was the new World Heavyweight Champion,
but he didn't get to enjoy it long.
[Michael] Yeah. He was ending the nine-year world title drought
before Mark Henry with a steel chair from behind.
A very angry Mark Henry, upset that he lost his championship.
-And watch this DDT. -[Jerry] Wow.
[Michael] Skull first into the chair.
And then it all-- it all unfolds.
[Jerry] This is where it went downhill from you-- for you, right?
There you see Daniel Bryan, the winner of the Money in the Bank ladder match.
He's got that briefcase.
He decided to cash it in.
There you see the Big Show down, already out.
One, two, three.
Two matches and two new champions.
[Michael] I mean, the man who said he was gonna cash
the Money in the Bank contract in at WrestleMania
does it tonight on an unconscious Big Show.
[Jerry] So Daniel Bryan's a hypocrite in your eyes, right?
-[Michael] I believe he is. -[Jerry] Well, in my eyes,
Daniel Bryan is the new World Heavyweight Champion.
[Michael] I cannot even fathom.
I cannot even believe that we're gonna have to sit out here each and every week
and we're gonna have to call Daniel Bryan a world champion.
[Jerry] What do you mean? Why is that?
You, yourself, you, Michael Cole,
after all the things you've said, after all the derogatory marks,
you're gonna have to eat crow
and call Daniel Bryan a World Heavyweight Champion.
Yeah, but I guarantee he'll probably have one of the shortest reigns
in the history of WWE.
That guy has no business being a world champion.
-None. -["Days Are Forgotten" playing]
[Jerry] Well, let's send out a thanks to Kasabian for "Days Are Forgotten."
It's featuring LL Cool J.
It's the official TLC theme song
and it's of the album Velociraptor!
which is available right now on iTunes.
[Michael] The question is is the WWE Championship
gonna change hands now at TLC?
The way this night is going, it probably will.
♪ I leave no scar ♪
♪ You say I'm old hat ♪
[bell ringing]
[Justin] The following is a Triple Threat Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match
and it is for the WWE Championship.
Now, the first participant to grab the title hanging above the ring
will be declared the winner and the WWE Champion.
Now, please welcome at this time,
Alberto Del Rio's personal ring announcer,
Ricardo Rodriguez.
[Jerry] The guy who cuts his hair with a weed whacker. Look at that hair.
[Michael] Well, at least, Ricardo Rodriguez cleaned himself up a bit.
I mean, the guy was just-- Well, earlier on tonight,
he was just treated real badly by Alberto Del Rio.
[speaking Spanish]
Alberto
Del Rio!
[Jerry] What's the matter? You think he don't like cake?
[Michael] Well, no. The problem is Del Rio is so intense,
he is so focused on winning back his WWE Championship tonight,
he can't let anyone get in his way.
You know, Alberto Del Rio had a great year
which started at the Royal Rumble
when he won the largest Royal Rumble match in history.
And speaking of the Royal Rumble, it's right around the corner,
the end of next month, St. Louis, Missouri.
-The next time we will be on pay-per-view. -[Jerry] I love the Royal Rumble.
[Michael] And you know what the Royal Rumble means.
-[Jerry] Oh, yes. -[Michael] The beginning
of the Road to WrestleMania.
Here's a guy, I believe, who should have been Superstar of the Year.
He won the Rumble, competed at WrestleMania,
won the Money in the Bank ladder match,
cashed it in at SummerSlam,
two-time WWE Champion in 2011.
[Miz] Awesome.
-["I Came To Play" playing] -♪ I came to play ♪
[Jerry] So if you believe Alberto Del Rio should be Superstar of the Year,
-what do you think this guy should be? -[Justin] From Cleveland, Ohio,
weighing 220 pounds, The Miz.
[Michael] I think he should have tied with Del Rio for Superstar of the Year.
I mean, Miz won the main event at WrestleMania,
successfully defending his WWE Championship.
He finally got rid of a lot of baggage this year.
He got-- He like took out the trash.
Got rid of Alex Riley.
Got rid of R-Truth.
Got rid of John Morrison.
He was even fired by Triple H
before returning with a vengeance
and what a way to cap off this year than win the title tonight.
[Jerry] Look at these two guys now.
They've already agreed that there will be no alliance here tonight.
I thought they were trying to work together in concert
to take the title away from CM Punk
but it looks like that's not gonna happen.
There's no honor among thieves.
[Michael] It's every man for himself.
[crowd clamoring]
[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk!
["Cult of Personality" playing]
♪ Look in my eyes ♪
[Justin] And their opponent, from Chicago, Illinois,
weighing 218 pounds,
he is the current WWE Champion,
CM Punk.
♪ I've been everything you want to be ♪
[Michael] You are looking at the 2011 Superstar of the Year.
He won the Slammy this past Monday night.
An award voted on by the WWE Universe.
But there's no doubting, whether you agree with him or you don't,
CM Punk deserve to be Superstar of the Year.
[Jerry] Did he just walk under the ladder?
[Michael] Obviously, not superstitious.
[Jerry] Well, I guess, he did say luck was for losers earlier tonight.
CM Punk must think he needs no luck.
[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk!
♪ Neon lights ♪
♪ A Nobel prize ♪
♪ When a mirror speaks ♪
♪ The reflection lies ♪
[Michael] CM Punk has had a great rivalry with Del Rio this year.
Back at SummerSlam, Del Rio cashed in Money in the Bank
to take the championship from Punk.
And then Punk, well, he would win the WWE title again,
beating Del Rio at Survivor Series.
[Jerry] There you see it, suspended high above the ring,
the WWE Championship.
That's what this match is all about.
[Michael] WWE fans watching all over the world tonight,
with the WWE Championship on the line,
in places like Canada and Australia, New Zealand
and Alberto Del Rio's home country of Mexico.
[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk!
[Jerry] CM Punk feeding on the enthusiasm
and the excitement of the WWE Universe here tonight.
[bell ringing]
[Michael] Punk, Miz, Del Rio.
One of these men will leave tonight WWE Champion.
And Punk goes to work.
Every man for himself, again, the rules.
Tables, ladders, and chairs are all legal.
And then you're gonna need the ladder to actually to climb it
to take the championship down from the rafters.
[Jerry] Well, and the deck is stacked even further against CM Punk
because, well, he could become the ex-champion,
he could lose the title and not even figure in the outcome,
I mean, not even figure in the pinfall.
Suppose Miz pins Alberto Del Rio.
[Michael] And look at this. CM Punk dropkick to the skull.
And look at Punk. Nice snapmare.
And again to the spine.
And CM Punk quickly goes to work.
Again, you're gonna eventually have to drag one of those ladders into the ring
and climb it to get up and take the championship down.
[Jerry] You're right about that.
I'm over here talking about who's gonna pin people
and the championship is hanging up there.
[Michael] You're used to normal Triple Threat rules.
This is the first-ever Triple Threat Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match.
[Jerry] Whoa, look out here.
[Michael] So much for Miz and Del Rio not working together.
[Jerry] Yeah. You know, looks like they're on the same page right now.
[Michael] I like this strategy though.
-You take Punk-- -[Jerry] I'm sure you do.
[Michael] Well, you take Punk out of the equation
and now you make it a one-on-one matchup.
Much easier to negotiate things.
Miz and Del Rio, former WWE Champions.
You saw the damage they did to Punk.
[Jerry] I mean, you just gotta watch Miz and Del Rio, you know--
I mean, look at them look at each other on the corner of their eyes all the time.
There is no trust there. Not one bit.
[Michael] Would you trust anyone in this type of match though?
[Jerry] No.
What do they got in mind now?
[Michael] You know, Miz is warily watching Alberto Del Rio.
[Jerry] They're both watching each other and they're…
[Ricardo] Hey, hey, don't touch me.
[Michael] Ricardo Rodriguez-- Look at Del Rio.
As the old saying, no honor among thieves.
[Jerry] Look at this.
[Michael] Del Rio wearing Miz out with the steel chair.
Every man for himself.
[Jerry] And we're actually glad that this has happened early on in this match.
So much for help-- Whoa.
[Michael] Oh, Punk.
[Jerry] I don't know if that was a wise move or not.
That had to have hurt Punk as much as it did Del Rio.
[Michael] Well, he's got a bad arm anyway because of what happened this past week
when Del Rio and Miz wrapped Punk's arm in the ladder
and had a Cross Armbreaker on it.
Saw that footage earlier tonight.
CM Punk, such an explosive, controversial figure.
There's a reason he won the Pipe Bomb of the Year Slammy.
Every time he opens his mouth, something controversial comes out.
Oh!
[Jerry] You can say pretty much the same thing could be said for The Miz.
He's pretty mouthy himself.
[Michael] The Miz, the most must-see superstar of all time.
[Jerry] What's he gonna do here?
[Michael] Here's the chair, nobody home.
Uh-oh.
CM Punk.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Michael] Here's that patented high knee.
And he always follows this up with a running bulldog.
And he's gonna use-- Oh, thought he was gonna use the chair.
-[Jerry] Miz stopped him. -[Michael] And Miz with a great counter.
And did you see the back of Punk's head.
[Jerry] Whiplash.
[Michael] And you gotta get a shot of the chair completely bent.
[Jerry] Man, oh, man.
[Michael] Look at that chair.
That is from the impact to CM Punk.
As Miz now looks to bring a ladder into play.
Again, Miz will need that ladder
-or any of these competitors will. -[Jerry] Watch out.
-[Michael] Oh, look at this. -[Jerry] Here comes Del Rio.
[Michael] Miz going for the Skull-Crushing Finale
and Del Rio fights out of it.
-And now it's Miz into the ladder. -[Jerry] Look out. Oh, man.
Cole, this kind of match is so dangerous.
You make one wrong move like that, you land wrong on that table,
your head or your neck, that could end a career.
[Michael] Hey, Jerry, we saw the mood that Del Rio was in earlier on tonight,
the way he treated his ring announcer, Ricardo Rodriguez,
that's how intense he is.
That's how badly he wants his WWE Championship back.
-[Jerry] Whoa. CM Punk tried that… -[Michael] Oh, man.
…baseball slide a second time.
Del Rio was ready for it. Watch out.
Big knee right into the ladder, the ladder into Del Rio.
[Michael] You know, all three of these men…
[Jerry] Whoa.
…very adept to ladder matches, Jerry.
Remember, all three of these men have won Money in the Bank ladder matches,
Del Rio, Miz… And Punk has actually won two.
So they know how to use a ladder.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry laughs] Crowd wants tables.
Are we gonna get one?
No. Del Rio able to reverse it.
[Michael] Uh-oh.
I think he was going for a German suplex there
and Punk with a nice counter.
And there's a neckbreaker by Punk.
[Jerry] On the floor.
[Michael] Punk, a five-time world champion.
Had an incredible year so far.
Oh, and look at Miz.
That's the danger of this Triple Threat match.
Every time you think you've taken out one opponent,
the other one's right on top of you.
[Jerry] CM Punk able to duck and dodge that chair.
That could've put him out maybe for this entire match.
Oh.
[Michael] Oh, man.
[Jerry] Man.
[crowd clamoring]
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I don't know how much more of that The Miz can stand,
-do you? -[Michael] Look at The Miz,
I don't think he knows where he is.
Oh, no. What is Punk gonna do here?
Miz already has a banged-up leg from going head over heels
into a steel ladder moments ago and--
[Jerry] The Miz is loopy. He's just sitting there out of it.
-Whoa. -[Michael] Oh, the high knee.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Right to the jaw of The Miz,
dropping The Miz in about the third row ringside.
[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk!
[Michael] Del Rio's down, Miz is down.
[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk!
[Michael] And now CM Punk goes for a ladder.
This may be his opportunity to get that ladder in the ring,
and climb it, and retrieve his championship.
[Jerry] Absolutely.
You're not gonna have many opportunities like this
where you got both The Miz and Del Rio addled.
[Michael] Oh, this is a great opportunity for Punk.
He's right there.
CM Punk right there, the title's his to grab.
-The title is CM Punk's to grab. -[Jerry] Look at this.
-Why is this idiot there? -[Michael] And look at Rodriguez,
Del Rio's ring announcer.
What does he-- What has he got?
Is that a-- Hey, look!
[Jerry] A pair of handcuffs.
[Michael] Rodriguez just handcuffed Punk to the ladder.
And now Punk is defenseless
and Del Rio is picking him apart.
And, again, this is legal 'cause there's no disqualification in this match.
[Jerry] Absolutely anything goes and…
it looks like Punk's WWE title is gonna go.
[Michael] And now Del Rio can climb the ladder
and live glory at TLC.
And look at Punk.
Punk-- Look at-- And Punk's handcuffed.
Punk's handcuffed to that ladder.
He just--
There goes the ladder.
And now Punk using the handcuffs as a weapon.
[Jerry] Punk broke that-- the strut of that ladder.
Now he's free.
He's still got a pair of handcuffs on him, but that may be to his advantage.
[crowd clamoring]
-[Jerry] Oh, my. -[Michael] Oh.
[groaning]
[Michael] Man, this is as physical as it gets.
Now, it's Miz with the ladder.
Punk still walking around with a handcuff around his wrist.
[Jerry] I don't think Punk realizes Miz is in the ring.
-[Michael] No, not at all. -[Jerry] Oh, Miz in the ring. There he is.
Miz, now, oh, gonna use the ladder to his advantage.
Right to the ribs of Punk, continue to wear Punk out.
And now it may be Miz's turn,
Miz's opportunity.
Come on, Miz.
Oh, man, what a way to cap off the year.
What a way to cap off the year.
[Jerry] Yeah, why don't you go and help Miz? You're used to that.
-[Michael] Come on, Miz. Miz. -[Jerry] Oh, no. He's up there.
-He's up there. -[Michael] Miz is up there.
And CM Punk trying to run interference.
Going for the Go To Sleep.
-Miz hanging on. -[Jerry] Can't get him.
[Michael] Miz just fighting for survival there.
[Jerry] Trying to get Miz out of the ring and…
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Oh, like I said, this may be to his advantage.
[Michael] Oh, no.
[Michael] And there's Del Rio back in. Del Rio just about…
-[Jerry] Oh, my God. Oh, my God. -…kicked the head off of Punk.
Punk through a table.
[Jerry] Oh, my God.
[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk!
[Michael] And now Del Rio on the attack.
There are bodies strewn everywhere.
It's what this whole night's been like.
[Jerry] Del Rio has come back here with a vengeance.
Watch, if you can watch that.
[Michael] Oh, man.
[Jerry] And now Punk-- Oh.
[Michael] That is an example of what TLC is all about.
[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk!
[Michael] Del Rio just in a vicious mood tonight.
He's so aggressive.
-Oh, no. -[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
[Michael] We saw Del Rio did this to Punk on Raw
and now he's doing it to Miz.
Cross Armbreaker.
[screaming]
[Michael] Gonna break his arm.
[Jerry] Well, The Miz is tapping, but that's not gonna stop this punishment.
[Michael] Yeah, it doesn't matter. You can't tap out
or win via pinfall on this one.
You gotta climb the ladder and grab the title.
[speaking Spanish]
[Michae] Del Rio's in another place tonight.
Another state.
[speaking Spanish]
[Jerry] Well, he's finished off The Miz. What's he--
And CM Punk…
going through that table, he's out of it.
Are there any ladders left?
-[man] Yeah. -[Michael] Yeah.
[Jerry] Good grief.
-Oh. -[Michael] Oh, man.
Jesus.
[crowd jeering and cheering]
[man] Yeah, Del Rio!
[Jerry] Could break Punk in half.
[Ricardo speaking Spanish]
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] Oh, man. He-- First he used the ladder to do this to Miz,
now he's gonna do this to Punk with a chair.
Cross Armbreaker.
[screaming]
[Ricardo speaking Spanish]
[Jerry] This needs to be stopped somehow.
[Michael] Well, what are you gonna do? You can't stop it.
I mean, it's what the match is all about.
[Jerry] He's gonna break his arm.
[Michael] Del Rio…
you see him looking up and realizes there's a ladder in the ring.
All he gotta do now is climb the ladder and grab the championship.
Miz may have a broken arm,
Punk may have a broken arm,
let alone broken ribs from the chairs.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] And Del Rio…
I wouldn't-- I wouldn't have thought it, but I think he's pulled it off here.
[crowd booing]
[Michael] And Del Rio-- Could just be a matter of moments for Alberto Del Rio
to climb the ladder to win his third WWE Championship
in 2011 alone.
Del Rio climbing high,
Punk and Miz back in the ring.
[Jerry] Del Rio's got his hand on the title.
And he's going for a ride.
Ooh.
No.
[Michael] You ever think you'd see Punk and Miz working together?
[screaming]
[Jerry] Oh, no.
Del Rio, ruined.
[crowd clamoring]
[grunts]
[Michael] Now Punk and Miz going at it, center of the ring.
The ladder has been taken out of play for the time being.
Oh, Punk.
And you could almost feel the momentum shifting.
Punk and Miz both down.
[Jerry] I'm just amazed that Punk and Miz have anything left…
after the punishment they've taken.
And look at this.
Long way down
for Alberto Del Rio in a bad landing.
Del Rio's bad landing.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] What is this now?
[Michael] What is he doing?
[Jerry] What is Ricardo doing going up there?
[Michael] Rodriguez.
[Jerry] Now look. This guy's a nervous-- He's a nervous wreck.
He's scared of heights, obviously the-- What?
-[Michael] Oh, my God. Not-- -[Jerry] Oh. No, no, no.
-[Michael] Not to Rodriguez! -[Jerry] Oh, yes.
-[Michael] Oh, my God! -[Jerry] Oh!
Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And-- Oh, my God. It has been one of those nights.
[Jerry] This may-- Look how-- That is a Wile E. Coyote camera.
And there he goes.
[groans] Oh.
Oh.
-Oh. -[Michael] Oh, my God!
[laughs]
Oh, for the WWE Championship,
Tables, Ladders and Chairs.
And here comes Punk.
Use headbutts now.
Going for the Go To Sleep.
Miz counters again.
Skull-Crushing finale.
Punk's gonna counter Miz.
Back and forth we go.
[Jerry] This thing.
[Michael] Oh, man.
[crowd clamoring]
-[Jerry] Oh, wait a minute here. -[Michael] Oh, look at this. Look at--
Miz! Oh, man.
Miz has effectively taken Punk out of the equation.
-[Jerry] Well, that was a… -[Michael] How smart is Miz?
[Jerry] That was a smart move.
As underhanded as it can be,
but it was a smart move on the part of The Miz.
[Michael] The WWE Champion is handcuffed…
and he's got nowhere to go.
[Jerry] And look at The Miz, Cole. I think he realizes…
"CM Punk, you're done."
"Alberto Del Rio, I believe is out in the equation."
[Michael] Punk is helpless.
And CM looking up at his championship.
All Punk can do is stand there.
Miz is taunting the champion.
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] Oh, man. This was so smart out of Miz.
-Oh! -[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] Well, the showboat caught him.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
Well, The Miz was not within arms' reach,
but he was within reach of that foot.
[Michael] That's still not gonna help Punk.
Punk's handcuffed, he can't go anywhere.
[crowd clamoring]
Hey, hey.
[Michael] And Del Rio now, introducing a ladder of his own.
[Jerry] What's Punk doing?
[Michael] Oh, he's trying to figure out how to get that handcuff off, but--
[Jerry] He's not gonna be-- He was able to break that ladder,
but he's not gonna be able to break that turnbuckle.
[Michael] And it's desperation time for the champion.
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] And look at Del Rio.
Oh, that's a pretty small ladder.
Del Rio is trying to set up there and Miz is coming too
with a much larger ladder.
Punk still struggling.
[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk!
[Jerry] Well, he-- Well, Punk is obviously trying to unscrew that turnbuckle
but you usually need a… Yeah, you need tool or a crowbar.
-[Michael] Look at this. -[Jerry] Look at this!
[Michael] Miz and Del Rio. And Punk's loose, Punk's loose,
Punk's loose!
All three men on the ladders.
Miz has got the title-- No, he had the title.
[Jerry] Look at this slug fest.
[Michael] Punk and Del Rio and Miz.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Michael] There goes Miz.
Punk switches ladder.
-[Jerry] Del Rio's got it. -[Michael] Del Rio is there.
[Michael] There goes Del Rio!
How in the world--
[Jerry] Watch it, watch it. Here comes Miz again.
[Michael] And then-- Come on Miz. Get him, Miz, get him!
And now it's Miz's turn. Come on.
Come on, Miz, come on!
[Jerry laughs] This is great.
-Oh! -[Michael] Oh, no. Oh, no.
-[Jerry] The Go To Sleep. -[Michael] Go To Sleep.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Go, Punk, go.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Here comes Punk.
Here comes Punk.
-Punk is there. Punk is there! -[Jerry] Del Rio… [speaks indistinctly]
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] Punk retains the title.
["Cult of Personality" playing]
[Justin] The winner of this match
and still WWE Champion,
CM Punk!
[Michael] CM Punk retains the WWE Championship
after an exhilarating Tables, Ladders and Chairs match.
[Jerry] Wow.
♪ I'm the cult of personality ♪
[Jerry] This is something…
♪ Like Mussolini ♪
[Jerry] …this entire night.
This whole TLC pay-per-view is something.
[Michael] CM Punk overcame two opponents
and a handcuff.
He retained the championship.
What's my name?
[Michael] It's only fitting
that the Superstar of the Year…
closes out the year retaining his title.
♪ When a mirror speaks ♪
♪ The reflection lies ♪
[Jerry] Boy, oh, boy.
I think we saw it all tonight, don't you, Cole?
I know you didn't like most of what you saw.
-[Michael] It was just such a great… -[Jerry] Unbelievable, a startling night.
♪ Set me free ♪
[Jerry] What a brutal match this was. I mean, these guys hit each other
with tables, ladders and chairs, like this.
[man] Yeah, Del Rio!
[Jerry] And then, of all things Ricardo, popped…
Well, Rodriguez got involved,
and he'll regret this maybe the rest of his life.
What a trip.
[Michael] And how smart was Miz here?
Miz using handcuffs Del Rio put on Punk earlier
to handcuff Punk to the turnbuckle.
[Jerry] Well, Miz was smart, but Punk was smarter.
He realized that if he took those covers off,
he could unscrew that turnbuckle, thus freed himself,
and get himself back into the equation.
["Cult of Personality" continues]
♪ I'm the cult of personality ♪
-[Michael] And watch the Go To Sleep. -[Jerry] Oh, yeah.
-Oh. -[Michael] CM Punk takes Miz out.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Miz was out, Del Rio was down,
and CM Punk became, or will remain,
the WWE Champion.
What a victory for Punk.
[Michael] CM Punk remains on the top of the WWE.
♪ You won't have ♪
[Michael] What a night, ladies and gentlemen.
Zack Ryder's the new United States Champion.
[Jerry] Woo! Woo! Woo!
-[Michael] Daniel Bryan… -[Jerry laughs]
-[Michael] …is the world champion. -[Jerry] Yes.
[Michael] And CM Punk is still WWE Champion.
-Good night, everybody! -[Jerry] Happy holidays!
[Michael] From Baltimore.
[song fades] m Baltimore.