The show starts with Tazz and Cole talking about the two main events of the night - Taker and Henry, Rey and Orton.
MNM come down to the ring. Melina is ain a tiny denim skirt and a very low cut deep pink top. She starts to do her ring entrance when London and Kendrick grab her from behind and pull her from the ring in split position. They spin her around slowly a couple times so all of the audience can get a good koochie shot. She’s pissed and screams her head off.
They grab Nitro, roll him in the ring - still in his beautiful fur coat - and double team him. They nail him with double back elbows. Mercury gets up on the apron and he gets punched to the floor. Kendrick goes to his corner and immediately gets tagged in. They double team him with a double hip toss and then they each kick him. One kick to the chest, the other to the back at the same time. Kendrick covers for two. Nitro pushes Kendrick down and begins to stomp him. Kendrick gets tossed into a corner. Kendrick lifts his feet up, gets his ankles around Nitro’s neck and nails head scissors. Kendrick covers for two. Kendrick locks on a headlock. Nitro pushes him off and Kendrick runs the ropes. Melina trips Kendrick from outside. Then she and Mercury each grab an ankle and pull Kendrick from the ring so he lands face first on the floor. Mercury tosses Kendrick in and Nitro covers for two.
Mercury tags in. Nitro holds Kendrick while Mercury kicks him in the gut. Mercury locks on a reverse bear hug down on the mat. Kendrick fights to his feet and nails a reverse elbow. Mercury whips Kendrick into a corner, but Kendrick manages to get an elbow up.
Nitro rushes in, gives Kendrick a knee to the gut and then tosses him out the opposite side of the ring - right where Melina is standing. Melina rakes Kendrick’s eyes and Nitro tosses him back in the ring. Mercury hangs Kendrick up on the second rope and then covers for two. Nitro tags in and the two of them whip Kendrick into their corner. Melina lets out one of her primal screams. Nitro covers for two. Nitro backs Kendrick into the heels’ corner with his shoulder in Kendrick’s gut. Nitro then pulls back and drives his shoulder into Kendrick’s gut. Kendrick nails Nitro in the face with a forearm, Mercury gets an elbow to the face and Nitro gets another forearm to the face. Nitro goes for a suplex but Kendrick reverses it and rolls Nitro up. Mercury distracts the ref from the cover. When the ref finally notices Nitro kicks out. Nitro stomps Kendrick and knees him in the gut a couple times. Nitro nails a leg sweep on Kendrick and covers for two while Melina screams on the outside. Nitro kicks Kendrick in the back and then chokes him on the second rope. Nitro distracts the ref while Melina locks head scissors on Kendrick and kicks him in the head. Nitro stomps Kendrick and tags in Mercury.
Someone in the front area mush have said something nasty to Melina as she smacks her own ass as glaring over her shoulder into the front of the crowd.
They double team him with double leg drops. Mercury covers four times, but can’t get the three. Mercury slams him to the mat. Mercury tags in Nitro and nails a back breaker on Kendrick. He holds Kendrick there while Nitro bounces over the top rope and drops a leg on Kendrick’s chest. Melina again screeches. London rushes the ring and the ref makes him go back to his corner. Nitro locks on a front facelock. Melina glares at someone in the front and points. Kendrick pushes against Nitro to get to London. Finally Kendrick tags London, but Mercury was distracting the ref and didn’t see the tag. The ref makes London leave the ring. Mercury and nitro drag Kendrick to their corner and double team him. They try to suplex him, but he lands on his feet. Kendrick rolls through a clothesline and tags London in and he goes after both heels with punches and standing drop kicks. London whips Mercury and then nails a spin kick to Mercury’s face. London covers but Nitro breaks up the count. Nitro gets drop kicked out of the ring and moonsaults Mercury at the same time. London covers Mercury for two ½. London tries to suplex Mercury, but Mercury lands on his feet. Mercury pushes London into the ropes where Nitro hangs him up on the top rope. Mercury covers for two. London gets tossed into a corner but gets his feet up into Mercury’s face. London climbs but Melina distracts the ref while Nitro pushes London off the top.
The heels go for the snapshot but Kendrick comes out of nowhere and takes out Nitro. Kendrick pushes Nitro from the ring and flies over the top rope to land on him.
London rolls up Mercury and finally gets the three count. London and Kendrick climb the ramp celebrating while MNM stand in the ring screaming at them that they hadn’t won the title and aren’t the tag champs. MNM are not happy about the loss, most of all Melina.
- Winners: Brian Kendrick & Paul London
Outback Teddy Long is on the phone and Booker comes in with Sharmell. They are both very happy and Teddy can’t understand why as Booker lost to the Boogeyman and Sharmell got the nastiest kiss in the world from the same worm eating freak.
Booker says they got restraining orders for themselves against the Boogeyman. Booker says if the Boogeyman gets within 100 feet of him of Sharmell, Teddy can get his ass sued.
Teddy doesn’t look very happy about the whole thing.
Video recap of Rey Rey’s appearance at Royal Rumble and how he dedicated his win to Eddie.
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Booker and Sharmell come out to the ring. In the ring is Gunnar Scott.
Booker picks up Booker from behind and slams him to the mat. Booker locks on a hammerlock into a side headlock. Booker drops Gunnar to the mat, but Gunnar drops Booker with a drop toe hold. Booker drives a few knees into Gunnar’s gut and then locks on a headlock. Gunnar gets out with a nice arm drag. Booker gets a foot up into Gunnar’s face and then drops him with a back elbow. Booker gets a few punches blocked but manages to nail a spinebuster.
Boogeyman’s music hits and it distracts Booker. Gunnar capitalizes by rolling Booker up, bridging and getting the three count.
Booker and Sharmell are looking all over for the Boogeyman. Teddy’s Long’s music hits and he comes out. He apologizes for the miscued music and say we all felt the presence of the Boogeyman. Long again announces the winner as Gunnar Scott.
- Winner: Gunnar Scott
Video of Orton beating Rey for his title shot. Then Long comes out and adds Rey to the WM title match.
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Video recap of what just happened in the ring with Booker and Gunnar.
Outback Benoit goes up to Gunnar who’s excited about his first win and pumps him up more for his win over Booker.
Simon Dean is at the ring. Benoit’s music hits and Simon’s face crumbles and he starts riding his little scooter/cart thing up the ramp in Benoit’s direction. Benoit clotheslines Simon off his ride and to the floor.
‘Benoit’ chants. In the ring Benoit backs Simon into a corner and tosses punches. Benoit nails a snap suplex and throws some chops. Benoit nails another suplex and drops an elbow. Benoit nails a knee to Simon, and then a scoop slam. Benoit misses an elbow drop and gets backed into a corner. Simon slams his shoulder into Benoit’s gut a couple times. In the center of the ring Simon knees Benoit in the face a number of times. ‘Simon sucks’ chants.
Simon nails a snap suplex for two. Simon locks a lock on Benoit’s neck but Benoit elbows out. Benoit nails two Germans and goes for the cross face. Simon taps out.
- Winner: Chris Benoit
Drumming starts and a JBL video starts talking about what a great American he is. It invites us to join JBL next week in celebrating a true great American. It ends with saying JBL over and over and over again.
Benoit is in the ring looking none too impressed.
Outback Orton is heading for the ring. Cole says Orton doesn’t want to be called the Legend Killer tonight. Tonight he wants to be called the Dream Killer.
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Stills recap of Rey winning the title at WM.
Outback Angle walks up to Orton. Orton tells Angle he’s missing something - the title. Orton says after this match Orton will have it around his waist and Angle will know where it is. Angle bitch slaps Orton out of the camera shot. Orton regains his balance and glares at Angle while Angle screams in Orton’s face.
Orton’s music hits and he comes out holding his jaw. He looks a little shaken. By the time Orton gets to the bottom of the ramp he’s grinning.
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Orton is pacing around the ring. Chimmel announces him as the Legend Killer - thought he was the Dream Killer tonight. Rey Rey bounces out of the stage with the belt. It looked a bit awkward as if the extra weight threw him off. The belt looks huge over his shoulder, but great and he looks so happy. He holds the belt up in every corner. The crowd seems to love him. The ref pats him down before taking the belt. ‘Eddie’ chants start.
They circle each other and play a bit of patty cake. Orton backs of and Rey just grins. ‘Eddie’ chants are louder now. They lock up and Rey gets backed into a corner. Clean break. Orton tries to punk out Rey, Rey won’t let him get away with it. Rey gets a side headlock on Orton. Side headlock take down on Orton. Orton gets his legs around Rey’s neck and hold the scissors. They get to their feet and Orton locks on a side headlock. Rey pushes Orton off. Orton shoulder blocks Rey to the mat for two.
They run the ropes and Rey gets clubbed in the back. Rey gets backed into a corner and beaten down. Rey gets tossed into a corner but moves before Orton gets there. Orton nails an upper cut for two. Orton locks on a headlock. Rey gets out and kicks Orton in the leg. Rey goes for a bulldog, but gets slammed face first into the mat for two. Orton locks on a headlock. Rey gets out and nails tilt-a-whirl head scissors.
Rey nails a drop toe hold but Orton moves before 619. Orton is outside and gets a baseball slide to the sternum. Rey nails a seated senton over the top taking Orton to the floor. ‘Eddie’ chants. Rey rolls Orton into the ring and covers for two. Rey slams his shoulder into Orton’s gut in a corner and nails 10 punches. Rey then throws more punches. Rey gets down to his feet on the mat and Orton falls to his face. They run the ropes and Orton nails a neckbreaker for two.
Orton locks on a rear naked choke. ‘Eddie’ chants. Rey throws elbows to get out but gets slammed to the mat. Orton covers for two. Orton reapplies the choke. Rey gets to his feet and reaches for the ropes but can’t get there. Orton throws some forearms to Rey’s chest. Rey runs and then holds the ropes. Rey gets his feet into Orton’s face. Rey bounces over the top rope and looks like he’s going to fly over them but Orton nails him in the neck/face with a standing drop kick. Rey hits the apron and rolls to the floor.
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Orton has the rear naked choke locked on along with body scissors. Rey is reaching and is able to get to the ropes. Rey gets whipped into a corner but gets an elbow up. Orton then slams Rey face first to the mat for two. Orton locks on another headlock. ‘Lets go Rey’ chants. Rey gets to his feet and throws elbows to get out. Orton runs the ropes and holds on. Rey lands on his back for a missed standing drop kick. Orton climbs and shows he’s dropping and elbow but Rey gets his feet up into Orton’s face.
Rey chops, a kick to the ribs and a bulldog for two. Rey nails a seated senton for two. Rey gets to his feet first but gets a thumb to the eye from Orton. Rey slingshots off the ropes to land on Orton’s shoulder. He manages an inverted DDT. Rey climbs but runs into a standing drop kick. Orton covers but Rey gets his foot on the bottom rope.
Orton sets up for the RKO, but Rey nails a spinning kick to the side of Orton’s head. Orton nails a shot to the gut and a clothesline for two. Orton throws Rey into a corner, but Rey drops out of the way so Orton nails the ring post shoulder first. Rey nails a 619 around the ring post. Orton bounces up and lands in perfect 619 position, so he gets another. Rey then nails a springboard legdrop for three.
(This would have been better if I didn’t already know Orton was being suspended. Also, I’ve been watching wrestling for years and a number of those shots looked stiff - first from Orton and then from Rey in retaliation. It might just be me, but that’s how I saw it on my TV.)
- Winner: Rey
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Palmer Cannon says the following views are not those of him, the network or the affiliates.
Promo for the Miz.
Video recap of what Rey just did to Orton in the ring. Tazz says that match solidifies Rey as the champ.
Outback Kristal says people have been naysayers and that Rey couldn’t do this. Rey rattles off in Spanish. He then says dreams do come true. He says at WM he proved that. After his match with Orton he’s ready to face anyone. He then says he wants to thank certain people. He calls out his wife and kids. Then thanks and kiss them.
Outback Regal walks up to Pirate Paul and says that if Paul wears the suit Regal had made for him he will forget the match they are supposed to have.
Paul says he started it because of his heritage but is having fun with it. He likes the coat, the sword and swinging through the air. Also since doing this he is undefeated. Paul comments that Regal hasn’t won much lately. So Paul says that if Regal wins he will wear what Regal wants, but if he wins Regal has to wear what Paul wants him to wear.
Regal agrees to that.
Paul walks away and quickly returns and tells Regal he will make quite a ‘buxom wench’. Paul then tweaks Regal’s nipple. Regal holds onto his pec as Paul walks off.
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Regal comes down to the ring with his wonderful heel sneer. Pirate Paul grins into the camera and then swings across the stage to the top of the ramp. Paul tosses beads to the crowd as he walks down the ramp.
They lock up and Paul gets backed into a corner. Paul reverses it and Regal is in a corner. Paul throws some forearms and some punches. Regal locks on a quick headlock that Paul pushes out of. Paul nails a back body drop. Regal nails a bunch of uppercuts and punches. Then they exchange punches and Paul covers for two.
Regal nails a ½ nelson back suplex for two. Regal is on the outside and kicks Paul’s head against the ring post. Regal rolls in and covers Paul over and over but can’t get the three. Regal locks on a headlock and rips at Paul’s face. Paul nails a suplex. When Paul gets to his feet and screams. Paul rushes Regal in a corner but Regal gets his foot up. Pirate Paul executes his nameless flipping suplex for three.
Regal realizes he’s going to have to dress up like a ‘buxom wench’ and his face crumbles and distorts.
- Winner: Pirate Paul
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Outback Teddy Long has a bunch of wrestler outback and says he’s bringing back the King Of The Ring Tournament and they’re all in it. He says the first match is Angle and Orton.
Orton is sitting on a bench behind the rest of the wrestlers holding his neck. When Teddy says Orton’s name Orton is not very happy about it at all.
Mark Henry comes down to the ring. He grabs a mic and says Taker and the fans don’t understand that after WM he will never be the same. His lungs will never be the same. He’s wide, he’s big and shouldn’t be contained. So when Taker shut him in the casket Henry struggled so much he passed out. Henry says he almost passed on. He says when they opened the top he saw a bring light and got air into his lungs. At that point he had an epiphany, a vision. That is that after tonight Taker will never be the same again.
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Henry is standing in the ring looking like a mountain when the Gong hits. Taker comes out in his long - but worth it - entrance. Taker is wearing new tights - actual spandex rather than his regular pants. There’s a pattern of sorts down the sides.
Henry rushes Taker when he puts his hat over the side. Taker side steps the attack and punches Henry into a corner. Henry gets tossed into another corner and gets an elbow up. Henry then punches, kicks and headbutts Taker. Taker gets a boot to the head. Taker gets some punches in and goes old school. Henry pushes Taker to the mat and covers for two. Henry again headbutts Taker in a corner. Taker ducks a clothesline and nails a shoulder block knocking Henry to the mat. Henry rolls out and Taker follows. Taker bounces Henry’s head off the stairs and then sets Henry up so his head is hanging off the apron. Taker nails an elbow and then drops a leg.
Taker is working over Henry by the announce table when Daivari comes down to the ring with a huge man. From everything I’ve seen online this is Dalip Singh.
Taker climbs into the ring and they face off in the center. Taker throws a right hand to this guy’s face, then another to get very little reaction. Dalip then chops the top of Taker’s head dropping him to the mat. Taker does his signature sit up on the mat. He gets to this feet and Dalip grabs Taker around the throat with one hand and rips the top turn buckle pad apart with one swipe of the other. (Obviously faked as the inside looks like styrofoam peanuts and not regular padding - but it looked good falling to the mat in pieces.) Dalip then bounces Taker’s face off the bared corner. Taker falls to the mat. Dalip picks Taker up by his hair and head butts him in the back of the head a couple times while keeping hold of his hair. Taker crumbles to the mat.
Dalip and Daivari stand over a prone Taker, Dalip’s arms in the air.
Biggest pop
Taker
Angle (when on screen)
Rey (Eddie)
Benoit
Biggest heat
Orton
Dalip & Daivari
Booker & Sharmell
