WWE Backlash 2005 - Edge vs Chris Benoit (Last Man Standing Match)
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00:00Very well, ladies and gentlemen, coming up next,
00:03Last Man Standing.
00:05Certainly won't be for the weak at heart.
00:07And ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you,
00:09this personal rivalry truly escalated
00:14in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match at WrestleMania 21.
00:20The following contest is the Money in the Bank Ladder Match.
00:26Only one way to win, that's to climb the ladder,
00:29retrieve the briefcase, and you have won yourself
00:32a world title match for any time up to one year.
00:35Uh-oh. Benoit's arm caught on that ladder.
00:38And Benoit, got Benoit to Benoit now.
00:45How is he? He's climbing up the ladder.
00:47Benoit trying to climb, but he's got to be in absolute-
00:51Wow, his shoulder may be separated.
00:52The desire of Chris Benoit has never been more prominent.
00:57No way! Right on the arm!
00:59Edge hit Benoit right on that injured arm!
01:02No! Come on!
01:03Look! Edge is there! He's got it!
01:06Oh, my God! Yes, he's done it!
01:09One step away for the respected and courageous Chris Benoit,
01:14but the winner is Edge.
01:16Not only is that contract Money in the Bank,
01:19but I am Money in the Bank.
01:23And I'll tell you when I'm damn good and ready,
01:26I'm going to face Batista for the title.
01:28I think I should tell you who you'll be facing tonight.
01:32Chris Benoit.
01:36Chris Benoit, who perhaps in hindsight
01:38should not even be wrestling tonight,
01:40has found himself in wrestling hell here.
01:43And Benoit is trying to survive and work through the pain
01:47of this injured left arm.
01:48Look out, Edge. There we go!
01:50Benoit sights at the spear!
01:52Benoit! No way!
01:53Benoit got it! Benoit got it!
01:57Oh, my God!
02:00I am Mr. Money in the Bank,
02:02and I won't be denied any longer.
02:11These two guys want to hurt each other.
02:14You want a match? You'll get a match.
02:16But it's not going to be about pinfalls or submissions.
02:20It's going to be a last-man-standing match.
02:27Last-man-standing is as physical as it gets.
02:32Pride and passion motivate both these athletes.
02:37This is not going to be a wrestling match by any means.
02:40This is going to be a knockdown dragout.
02:43Forget about pinfalls.
02:46Forget about submissions and disqualifications.
02:52They've got to literally destroy each other in this match.
02:56The match will continue until one of these men
02:59cannot stand before a ten-count.
03:03It's last-man-standing, not backlash.
03:18All the same, I see clearly
03:23where the flames come to light.
03:27Where the flames come to light.
03:31The following is a last-man-standing match.
03:34Introducing first, from Toronto, Canada,
03:37weighing in at 250 pounds, Ben!
03:42Certainly a man whose life is mired in controversy,
03:46all brought on by himself.
03:49He has lashed out at fans since October
03:52when he didn't win the popular vote
03:54for Wrestle the World Champion at Taboo Tuesday.
04:00But since then, Edge has been on a roll,
04:03winning the Money in the Bank ladder match
04:05at WrestleMania 21.
04:07He's got a shot at the World Champion
04:09any time he wants a king for up to one year.
04:11That's money in the bank.
04:15This is going to be legal, physical abuse.
04:19That's the best part.
04:22And he's got it.
04:24And we're starting in Atlanta, Georgia,
04:27weighing in at 229 pounds, Chris Benoit!
04:33Benoit's been called many things.
04:36Years ago, the Pegasus Kid,
04:39he's been called the Ravid Wolverine.
04:41And in some circles, he's been called the Crippler.
04:45And tonight, if Benoit is able to cripple Edge,
04:49if Benoit is able to cripple Edge,
04:53to where Edge cannot stand before a ten count,
04:55Chris Benoit will leave here the last man standing.
04:59And Benoit's also been called
05:00the World Heavyweight Champion, too.
05:02Don't forget that.
05:02But look at him.
05:04He is all over Mr. Money in the Bank right now.
05:05Hard shots by Benoit, Edge trying to cover up.
05:08No pinfalls here.
05:09There's no submissions, no disqualifications.
05:13This match will continue until one man
05:17cannot physically stand before a ten count.
05:20You can't! You can't! You can't!
05:25Benoit, those knees right to the face.
05:27Benoit trained in Stu Hart's Savage Dungeon.
05:31Knows all about dishing out the pain
05:34and debilitating an opponent.
05:37To say Benoit has a pronounced mean streak
05:41would be another understatement.
05:44Yeah, but that's what both of these guys
05:47have a mean streak, wouldn't you say?
05:49I would say so, yes, absolutely.
05:52You've been saying as of late
05:54that Edge is a little bit disturbed
05:55and that he's maybe over the edge at times?
05:57He just seems to be a different man
05:59than the guy that I have known for quite some time,
06:03since he was a really young guy.
06:05And he's still a young guy, but I'll agree with you.
06:07Actually, he's been, you know, we actually witnessed him.
06:11You know, that look in his eyes,
06:12that faraway look is actually pulling his hair out at times.
06:15Come on, Benoit!
06:18And while measuring,
06:20so the strategy of this match is just to
06:22debilitate your opponent,
06:24to actually break down your opponent's body, mind, and soul
06:29so when the time comes
06:30that your opponent cannot stand your income.
06:35High impact, these men are gonna pay
06:37a supreme physical price
06:39before this one is all said and done.
06:41No disqualification, right JR?
06:45No pinfalls, no disqualifications.
06:49No submissions.
06:50B-O-N! B-O-N!
06:53Stomp right to the back of Benoit and Edge now,
06:56keeping Benoit down, which is a smart thing to do.
06:59These last man standing matches are sort of reminiscent
07:03of the old days in the old school Texas death match.
07:07Physically demanding, mentally challenging,
07:11and virtually impossible to escape without injury.
07:15Yes! Yes!
07:16Hey, come on!
07:17Come on! Yes!
07:19Come on! Yes!
07:21What's the referee?
07:22Referee Earl Hebner, he's pretty much at a disadvantage.
07:24He's just, uh, what is he in there?
07:27Just for basically for the ten count, right?
07:28That's all. That was it.
07:31Not too many judgment calls
07:34for a referee in a last man standing match.
07:36He didn't count to ten.
07:38Been pretty much in business, and Edge looking for a spear.
07:41There's that look we've seen the past few months.
07:44Just to go, oh, man, face right in the mat.
07:47Brought to hold by Benoit, avoiding the spear.
07:50You can tell a lot by a man's eyes,
07:52and Edge's eyes tell a hell of a story.
07:55Let's go, Wild Rangers!
07:57I really thought that, I really thought that
07:58running that Money in the Bank match would change him,
08:01but he's still, he's still out there.
08:03Even though he's got that briefcase
08:04with that contract inside.
08:06You gotta wonder, when is he gonna exercise his option
08:09to meet the World's Heavyweight Champion?
08:11He's got a year.
08:12He's got a year to clean him off.
08:15Could be tomorrow night in Boston
08:16that Edge exercises that contract.
08:17You never know with Edge.
08:19He's totally unpredictable.
08:21And look at that knee, that hard knee.
08:23Oh, another one.
08:25This is like pit fighting.
08:26Can you imagine it tomorrow night,
08:28Boston, Edge versus Triple H
08:30for the World Heavyweight Championship?
08:32Yeah, the Red Sox are the World's Champions.
08:35Who's to say that Edge couldn't be
08:37the World's Champion tomorrow night?
08:39That's my prediction.
08:42And Edge fighting back off the pinball.
08:44This is just turning into a fist fight
08:45and another hard shot to the head.
08:47These guys have gotta use their feet
08:49because it's so easy after numerous shots, King,
08:53to break your hand on another guy's head.
08:55Right.
08:56I've done that.
08:58We've had a lot of guys do it here.
09:01And this, baseball slide through,
09:03and again, these weapons that may or may not be
09:07interjected into this match are totally legal if they are.
09:12Never even thought about that.
09:15But with no disqualification, like you said,
09:18just anything goes, absolutely anything.
09:20Even that garbage can.
09:24Wall, right to that wall.
09:25Wall into the air.
09:27Oh, no, watch out!
09:29Jim Wall elevates Edge right over the top,
09:32right over the concrete floor.
09:33Now, Ben Wall going after Edge.
09:36No count outs in this match.
09:39These guys, a lot of level fans.
09:42Oh, watch it.
09:43You come to what's a RAW event,
09:45you never know who's gonna be fighting next to you.
09:48And right now, it's Chris Ben Wall hammering Edge.
09:53Edge is trying to get some distance,
09:54but Ben Wall's hot on his trail.
09:58Yes, Ben Wall, the 18-year veteran,
10:00he's not gonna give Edge any surcease,
10:02any daylight whatsoever.
10:07Surcease?
10:09That's a good word, that's about a 50-cent word right there.
10:14Look out now.
10:16Look out now, look out now!
10:17And the sharpshooter on the fly.
10:20This is what Edge needed to accomplish.
10:23Ben Wall's not gonna win this way,
10:25but he can certainly de-habilitate his opponent
10:28by utilizing the sharpshooter.
10:30Rock and roll!
10:32Edge is tapping out,
10:33but there's no submissions in last man standing.
10:37Look at Edge, he's...
10:42Edge in the ropes,
10:43the referee will at least call for a break here.
10:45He gets it.
10:48Edge would be lucky to be able to stand up on his feet now.
10:50Knowing Ben Wall, he's gonna go back
10:51to work on those legs and back.
10:55German Suplex, Ben Wall tenaciously
10:58locking those hands in a hard shot.
11:01Ben Wall just doesn't take you up.
11:02He drives his man down, look.
11:04Bam!
11:06With authority.
11:09It's not a release.
11:11It's a hold and a drive.
11:13A pick-up and a stick.
11:19Too damn many for Edge to sustain.
11:22And Edge rolling to the outside.
11:26I saw a fan with a sign at ringside that said,
11:28Ben Wall is going over the edge,
11:30and that was after a post sign right at the moment.
11:34Four!
11:37Five!
11:39I'm telling you, Edge is not standing, is he?
11:41Six!
11:42That's a six.
11:45Come on!
11:48Three!
11:50That was count of eight, he's got two more.
11:53This referee says he's up.
11:54Edge standing, trying to get back in the ring.
11:57Here comes-
11:57Oh!
12:00Pulling us right into the face of Edge.
12:01Edge back down.
12:03Referee will start again with his ten count.
12:08Up to three.
12:09I'll tell you something, Edge is
12:11in la-la land right now, but
12:16two hard shots and rattled Edge's brain.
12:19Six.
12:21He is in control of his faculties right now.
12:24He might as well take close to a nine count,
12:26get a little recuperation time in.
12:29Up to nine, and then Edge gets to his feet.
12:32Edge worked that count as best he could.
12:35Yes, look at this!
12:35Oh!
12:37Suicide dive, head first by Ben Wall,
12:40and he was met by that trash can lid.
12:43Ben Wall with a full head of steam,
12:46right between the ropes,
12:48and got hammered in the face with a trash can lid.
12:51Watch this, listen to this,
12:53and I can tell you this is it for Ben Wall.
12:55He will not be-
12:55Oh!
12:56Oh!
12:57Good God!
12:58Look and listen.
12:59Oh!
13:01Which is what Ben Wall should have done
13:02before he crossed that street.
13:06What's the count he's up to?
13:08Seven!
13:09Seven, that's it, I'm telling you!
13:11Ben Wall trying to stir.
13:14Referee-
13:14Come on, ref!
13:15You call that to his feet?
13:16Referee using some discretion.
13:18Oh!
13:19To his knees!
13:19And again, a legal shot.
13:21What?
13:23Last man standing match.
13:25Two!
13:29Three!
13:30Hey, Doug.
13:34Four!
13:35Does this not seem like it's a little bit slower count
13:37when Ben Wall's down, than it was when Edge was down?
13:40I haven't noticed that.
13:42Six!
13:43Six.
13:45Come on!
13:47I gotta claim a little favoritism here, JR.
13:49Marked shot to the head by Edge.
13:51All Ben Wall has to do is get up on his knees.
13:55I don't disagree with that, quite frankly,
13:56but needless to say, the match continues.
14:00I got another prediction.
14:01Ben Wall is about to be canned.
14:04I don't mean the pink slip kind.
14:07Oh, whoa, look at this!
14:09Front face-locked by Edge.
14:12Ben Wall-
14:13Oh, you gotta be kidding me.
14:14Ben Wall straddling that top turnbuckle
14:15in a bad part of town here.
14:18Edge has some evil intentions right now, you know it?
14:21Again, more high concussion blows to the head by Edge.
14:24Ben Wall instinctively, animalistically,
14:27trying to fight out his predicament.
14:30You better grab him.
14:31You better grab him, Edge.
14:32Oh, look at this.
14:32Edge with a headbutt.
14:33That's right out of Ben Wall's book.
14:36A tight front face-locked by Edge.
14:38Oh, oh, oh, oh, miss!
14:39Oh my God, King.
14:41If Edge hits this, it's over!
14:43Oh, he got him!
14:45He got him!
14:45The superplex!
14:47Through the trashcan to the floor.
14:49Oh, man!
14:50Both men are down.
14:54And both men are now being counted down.
14:57Just get to your knees, Edge.
14:58That's all you gotta do.
15:00Can we see that one more time?
15:02With the count, keep track of the count.
15:06Oh, man, right through the trashcan, the metal trashcan.
15:10They're at six.
15:13Edge is, Edge is-
15:15Oh, that's up.
15:16Come on, ref, that's up.
15:17Edge is using the ropes to get himself up.
15:19Eight for Ben Wall.
15:24Oh, he's in, what is he, stop!
15:26I ref my case.
15:27Ben Wall was not up on his feet.
15:30Running knee out to the head and out of it.
15:32Look at Edge in a rage.
15:34I don't blame Edge.
15:35I'd be a little ragey right now myself.
15:37Wearing Ben Wall out with that trashcan lid.
15:41I don't know what's, what's Edge got in his mind.
15:44Who knows?
15:45Pardon me.
15:45I don't know if Edge knows.
15:46Overstatement there.
15:50Oh, you know these WWE rings.
15:52There's always some great, great things under these rings.
15:57Well, this, this ladder again, as the trashcan lid was.
16:00The trashcan, anything else these men decide to use,
16:04totally legal in a last man standing match.
16:07I wouldn't be surprised if there was a Sherman tank
16:09under one of these things.
16:10This is gonna be good.
16:15I think it's ironic that this is how this whole issue
16:17really escalated at WrestleMania 21.
16:20And that money in the bank ladder match.
16:22A ladder set up in a ring.
16:23And Ben Wall trying to fight back in it.
16:26But, and more shots to his head.
16:28And Ben Wall may be concussed from that shot to the head,
16:32from that suicide dive a few minutes ago.
16:34In that money in the bank match,
16:36Edge took advantage of Ben Wall's injured arm,
16:39which by the way, had gotten injured by that ladder.
16:40And knocked him off the ladder,
16:42right as he had that briefcase in his grasp.
16:46I don't know what's Edge thinking.
16:46Edge is climbing to the top of the ladder.
16:48At least he's going that direction,
16:50but he may not get any farther.
16:54Whenever you're gonna try to climb a ladder in a match,
16:56you need to make sure your opponent pretty much.
16:59What the hell?
17:00The ability.
17:00No, look at that suplex, they are.
17:02German suplex off the ladder.
17:06Ben Wall just drilled Edge
17:08with a German suplex from the ladder.
17:12From near the top of the ladder.
17:14It's gonna be next to impossible to get up from.
17:19Well, both these men have just beat each other to hell here.
17:22Watch this, he was nearly at the top of that ladder.
17:24His head was over the top of the ladder.
17:26And then, instead of that German suplex.
17:30Ben Wall fighting to get back up.
17:32Reaching down into his soul to get back in this match.
17:36Last man standing.
17:38No disqualifications, no submissions.
17:41No, another release suplex.
17:44Edge had brought that ladder into the ring
17:47where he could get a little extra height
17:49to drop down on Ben Wall with,
17:51but it certainly backfired on him.
17:53Ben Wall staggering his equilibrium
17:56has gotta be shot after those hammering blows to his head.
18:02And now Ben Wall looks up at the ladder.
18:04I don't think he can hurt Ben Wall's head.
18:05Have you seen that scar,
18:06that huge scar in the middle of his head
18:08that he put there himself?
18:10Headbutting people?
18:10Uh-oh, wait a minute.
18:11The Wolverine is fearless.
18:13Oh no, he's right.
18:14My God, Ben Wall's hammered to the top of the ladder.
18:17The fans rising to their feet.
18:19The ladder's mighty shaky.
18:21Oh, Ben Wall!
18:24Looking for that diving headbutt, but he missed.
18:28Ben Wall missed.
18:29He went for everything,
18:30but he missed and drove his head into the canvas
18:34from the top of the ladder.
18:35Well, that's how badly Ben Wall wants to win this thing.
18:38I'm gonna tell you, this Ben Wall is insane, JR.
18:40He will do absolutely anything.
18:44If you don't believe it, take one more look.
18:45Look how shaky that ladder is.
18:46Look how far he falls, trying to deliver that headbutt.
18:49Watch this.
18:52Oh my God!
18:54Ben Wall completely fearless,
18:56but it may have cost him here.
18:58Edge is, uh-oh, Edge got his-
19:01He's got that valuable briefcase.
19:02Money in the bank briefcase.
19:04Wait, look out!
19:05It is, oh no!
19:06Looking to use the briefcase as a weapon.
19:09Ben Wall's got a weapon of his own
19:11called a Viper Crossface.
19:13And it's locked in!
19:15Ben Wall can't win with this hold.
19:17And he can dance to your debility, Edge,
19:19to where Edge can't rise before the 10-10.
19:21Oh!
19:23Once again, Edge is tapping,
19:24but you can tap all you want.
19:27You can hammer, you can beat.
19:29It ain't gonna work.
19:30Only one way out of this match,
19:32and that's not to be able to make the referee's 10-10.
19:35And Edge is obviously, he's tapped twice.
19:38He's fading away here.
19:41Look at the torque in Ben Wall.
19:43His veins popping on his arms
19:45from the pressure of that Viper Crossface.
19:47Oh, look at this.
19:48You know what?
19:49I just realized, I think Edge has passed out,
19:51which means that's a damn good strategy
19:55on the part of Ben Wall.
19:56I think Edge is out.
19:57But Ben Wall's gotta get back up
19:59because this 10-count is applicable to both men.
20:03All Ben Wall's gotta do is raise an eyebrow
20:04and he'll be up as far as the referee's concerned.
20:06King, this damn thing could be a draw.
20:08Huh?
20:09It could be a draw.
20:11If both men don't rise before the 10-count,
20:13the only call the referee can make is a draw.
20:17Edge trying to get that briefcase,
20:20that valuable contract.
20:23On the inside, and another suplex.
20:26Three hits, it's gonna be suplex drunk.
20:30I've never seen so many belly-to-back German suplexes
20:34in my life.
20:35That's it, block him if you can.
20:38Edge desperately fighting out of the predicament.
20:40Look at this!
20:41Oh, the Impaler!
20:43Face first on the briefcase!
20:46What?
20:47That souped-up DDT, the Impaler,
20:50driving Ben Wall face first into that briefcase.
20:53Three!
20:57I think-
20:58Four!
20:58I think Ben Wall's out!
21:00Again, both men are being counted down.
21:04The toll this match has taken on both men is amazing.
21:09These wicked rules, the traumatizing effect of the offense.
21:14I've got him begging you once again,
21:15listen to this slow count.
21:16Eight!
21:20Nine!
21:21Come on, I can't say 10!
21:23Is it in your vocabulary?
21:25Spear!
21:26The Spear!
21:28It will be now.
21:29Ben Wall, he wanna stagger up,
21:31but he caught the Spear.
21:35Two!
21:36Oh, man.
21:38I'm gonna take a little nap between this count.
21:41Come on, ref!
21:45Four!
21:46The Four.
21:48We're looking for 10.
21:49I guarantee it.
21:50Five!
21:51Ben Wall even turns over on his stomach,
21:52the ref will stop the count.
21:55Six!
21:57This heavyweight's been a biased referee
21:58all the way through this thing.
22:00Seven!
22:02Watch, watch this.
22:04Seven here.
22:05Eight!
22:06Keep counting.
22:07He's not up.
22:08Ben Wall trying to get up to nine.
22:11He's up now.
22:12Edge can't believe it, and a second Spear!
22:16A second Spear by Edge!
22:18Stay down, Ben Wall, you won't have so far to fall.
22:21Stay down.
22:25Three!
22:26Don't hit me with the Sleek between two and three.
22:29Four!
22:32Come on, you got him, you got him, Edge!
22:33Five!
22:35Crowd trying to wheel Ben Wall back into it.
22:38Six!
22:41Come on, Edge wants this referee
22:42to count a little faster than I do, too.
22:46Eight!
22:48Ross got two seconds to his feet.
22:50Two seconds?
22:51You need two of the referees counting to go.
22:5320 seconds.
22:54Uh-oh, look at this now.
22:55Edge doing that.
22:56What the hell?
22:57Wait, wait, wait.
22:58Contractor, contractor!
22:59Oh, that's a grab!
22:59He got a grab!
23:00It's a grab!
23:01Oh!
23:02I didn't know there had to be something good
23:04in that briefcase other than that contract.
23:06Edge just hit Ben Wall in the head with that damn brick!
23:09Edge took that brick out of the briefcase
23:11and struck Ben Wall in the head with it!
23:13And Ben Wall is motionless!
23:16Man, oh man!
23:18There may have been a contract in there,
23:20but there was damn sure a brick in the briefcase.
23:23Let's see it one more time.
23:24Are you sure this is a brick?
23:25You're damn right!
23:26Two!
23:27That's a brick, all right!
23:29I'm damn sure it hit Ben Wall in the back of the head!
23:33Ref, you can count to 20 now.
23:35Seven!
23:35Up to seven!
23:37Bruh, Ben Wall is not even flinched.
23:39Eight!
23:42Nine!
23:46Ten!
23:47As much as the referee hated to say it,
23:49he finally said ten!
23:51And with a sense of relief,
23:53Yeah!
23:54Edge has defeated beloved Wolverine
23:59in this last man standing match,
24:02but he used a damn brick to strike his opponent
24:06in the back of the head!
24:08I mean, I haven't seen a brick that you can imagine.
24:15Gosh, I can't remember what it is.
24:19There's the brick.
24:20The damage done by the brick.
24:22They say the harder the work,
24:25the harder it is to surrender.
24:26Well, Ben Wall worked his ass off.
24:29He damn sure didn't surrender,
24:32but there's no man alive gonna get up
24:34after being struck in the head with a brick.
24:36Hey, don't forget your contract.
24:38That's money in the bank,
24:40along with bricks in the bank.
24:44Oh man, he's proud of himself.
24:46Finally!
24:47Finally he's got that smile back.
24:51He's Mr. Money in the Bank, JR.
24:54I'll tell you what, he's gonna watch this again.
24:58Great shot to the back of the head.
25:02Listen to this.
25:05Can you imagine that hitting a man's skull?
25:08I don't have to imagine it, I saw it.
25:12Money in the bank!
25:14Money in the bank, the paranoia,
25:17and the madness continues.
25:20And Ben Wall trying to move.
25:22Ben Wall has nothing.
25:25Nothing to be ashamed of here.
25:28Except the fact that he's not the last man standing.
25:30Mr. Money in the Bank is the last man standing tonight.
25:35Thanks to a brick.
25:39I can't believe this.
25:42Everything Ben Wall went through to lose it that way,
25:46and it was all within the rules
25:48of the last man standing match.
25:51Oh, Ben Wall needs some help here.
25:53Ed's so desperate to win the match
25:56that he used that brick that he had concealed
25:59in the brick case that we thought only held
26:02his Money in the Bank World Title contract.
26:10Ben Wall having a, obviously,
26:13tremendous difficulty standing.
26:15Certainly not to be a physician,
26:18but he may have a, certainly gotta be checked
26:20for a concussion here.
26:23He signed on for this match and he's not
26:26the last man standing.
26:28Wow, look at the look in his eyes, that's right.
26:30It's the old proverbial far away look.
26:32Take a look one more time.
26:34Look at the look in two heads,
26:36his eyes before he delivered that brick shot.
26:40Man, he's got it, he's got it, he's got it.
26:43He's got it, he's got it, he's got it.