WWE SMACKDOWN 24 APRIL 2009 FULL SHOW HD
WWE SMACKDOWN 24 APRIL 2009 FULL SHOW HD
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00:00:00Yes, sir. We promised you a great main event here tonight.
00:00:04Manny Blassie, the make-out campaign.
00:00:06WrestleMania!
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00:01:58Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Rated-R Superstar, Edge!
00:02:20Ladies and gentlemen, there is the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship
00:02:26And in less than 48 hours, he'll get his shot against John Cena.
00:02:30A number one contender is a disturbed, demented, destructive individual.
00:02:36And this Sunday, in a last man standing match against John Cena,
00:02:40Edge gets his final opportunity to face Cena for the world's title.
00:02:44And remember, in this match, there are no submissions and no pinfalls.
00:02:49A man must be incapacitated to the degree that he cannot enter a pin count
00:02:55to lose.
00:02:57That type of match favors the remorseless soul, and
00:03:01that certainly is the type of soul that this man possesses.
00:03:06Oh, I'm trapped in my knees.
00:03:29Two weeks ago, John Cena looked me in the eyes.
00:03:36And told me I was a desperate man.
00:03:41Told me that I was grasping at straws, that he was tougher than me.
00:03:50Told me that no matter what I threw at him in the past,
00:03:54he keeps getting back up, I can't keep him down.
00:04:03And he was absolutely right.
00:04:06It's the old cliche of the irresistible force meeting the immovable object.
00:04:14I will stop at nothing, nothing to get what I want.
00:04:21And it seems that John Cena has an unshakable resolve to keep getting back up.
00:04:29In 2006, Cena won an Elimination Chamber match.
00:04:34I cashed in my money in the bank, I speared him twice, and
00:04:37I won my first ever world title.
00:04:49Now, usually that would be a demoralizing blow, but yet, he came back.
00:04:56Since that night, I have brutalized him.
00:04:59I have cost him world titles, I have beat him for world titles.
00:05:03I have even slapped his father across the face.
00:05:12And yet, through all of that, he still came back.
00:05:15But finally, on Monday night, finally, that all changed.
00:05:29And I will never forget that night.
00:05:33I will never forget that night.
00:05:37I will never forget that night.
00:05:41I will never forget that night.
00:05:45I will never forget that night.
00:06:09I'd like to think that the last thing John Cena heard was my voice
00:06:14as he slipped and faded away into unconsciousness.
00:06:19But in case it wasn't, in case he woke up with a pounding headache
00:06:22thinking it was just all a bad nightmare, let me remind all of you
00:06:26and him exactly how his night ended, just like it will this Sunday.
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00:07:03The winner and new World Heavyweight Champion,
00:07:12the Rated-R Superstar,
00:07:20Edge.
00:07:33John Cena!
00:07:51John, you have the strongest resolve of anyone I've ever fought.
00:07:57It almost makes me want to respect you.
00:08:05But I despise you too much with every fiber of my being.
00:08:14Your will cannot match my resolve.
00:08:20This is it for me, Cena.
00:08:23This is it. I have nothing left.
00:08:25If I don't beat you for the World Heavyweight Championship this Sunday,
00:08:29I have nothing.
00:08:39My wife Vicky can't help.
00:08:49I have no friends.
00:08:55I have no family.
00:09:05In your own words, John, I'm a desperate man.
00:09:16So here we are.
00:09:19This Sunday,
00:09:22we lay it all on the line
00:09:25for the very last time.
00:09:30It has to come to an end.
00:09:32A definitive end.
00:09:36This war of attrition, this battle that we've waged
00:09:40for over three years,
00:09:42it finally has to come to an end
00:09:44because it shortened both of our careers, John.
00:09:49And in the end...
00:09:59It's over.
00:10:01It's over.
00:10:03Cena!
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00:10:09Cena!
00:10:11Cena!
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00:10:15Cena!
00:10:17In the end, John, I will walk away as champion.
00:10:30I will be the last man standing.
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00:26:18I bashed the old man and his son in the skull.
00:26:26I RKO'd the NDDT Stephanie and sealed it with a kiss.
00:26:36Tell me Triple H, when you kiss your wife, is that what you think about?
00:26:42I am this close to getting what I want.
00:26:48And may God help the McMahon family if they decide to get in my way again.
00:26:56And now the three on one assault!
00:26:58Randy, you're gonna get some backlash!
00:27:02Oh my! Big Batista! Batista is back!
00:27:10You're gonna get some backlash! It's gonna be a tidal wave coming at you!
00:27:16The three of you against my son-in-law Triple H, my son Shane, and the animal Dave Batista!
00:27:28It took me almost four months to get back in this ring.
00:27:32And the one thing that drove me was retribution.
00:27:36That vicious punt to the side of Batista's head.
00:27:40I've replayed that over and over and over again.
00:27:44It's all I can think about.
00:27:46And the worst part was waiting.
00:27:50Waiting to get my hands on Randy Orton.
00:27:56Randy Orton tried to separate my head from my shoulders.
00:28:00But he also did it to my father.
00:28:02So if anybody's getting retribution, it's me.
00:28:06Orton tried to take out my wife.
00:28:08I started it, and I am damn well gonna finish it.
00:28:18The Legacy is a well-oiled machine.
00:28:24Triple H, your team, is nothing but a bunch of hotheads and egomaniacs.
00:28:30All it is gonna take is for one of your team members to make one mistake.
00:28:34One disqualification.
00:28:36Or maybe, one of us will just have to pin you or make you submit.
00:28:42RKO from out of nowhere!
00:28:44And backlash.
00:28:46And Randy Orton is pinned!
00:28:48The WWE Champion!
00:28:50I will take my rightful place.
00:28:55As your WWE Champion.
00:29:06And the intense saga continues tonight.
00:29:10An emotionally charged, backlash-implicated tag team main event.
00:29:14Batista and Shane McMahon will collide with two members of Legacy tonight.
00:29:20Tonight!
00:29:22It's a big show!
00:29:26It's a big, big show now!
00:29:32All in one.
00:29:34It's a big show!
00:29:40This is not a simple reform.
00:29:42A virgin of the earth standing at 7 feet tall.
00:29:462441 pounds.
00:29:50The Big Show!
00:29:52Well, tonight is The Big Show's final appearance on SmackDown before going to Raw.
00:29:58And he'll look to leave this brand with a knockout over The Undertaker next at our main event.
00:30:06And welcome back everybody to Friday Night SmackDown.
00:30:10Jim Ross, top wrestler at ringside.
00:30:12The Big Show waiting to face The Undertaker.
00:30:14You know, the superstars of SmackDown are going to be able to sleep a lot easier now that tonight's my last night.
00:30:24You see, they won't have a 7 foot, 485 pound nightmare of destruction to worry about.
00:30:32Because you know, as soon as I lock this, load this, and fire this right at someone's skull, there's not any time but to pray that the lights come back on.
00:30:50And Undertaker, tonight, I'm going to turn out your lights.
00:31:00I'm going to turn out your lights.
00:31:30And his opponent, from Death Valley, weighing 299 pounds, The Undertaker!
00:32:00Ladies and gentlemen, this crowd in London, England is geared up for a Wrestlemania level match.
00:32:12The Undertaker, The Phenom, getting set to square off against simply the largest athlete in the world today.
00:32:20It makes no difference where these two meet.
00:32:24It just happens tonight to be in London, England.
00:32:26This crowd is electrified.
00:32:30This main event will be massive for more reasons than just the mere size of these two amazing athletes.
00:32:38This is a showdown.
00:32:40The Big Show has made his statement.
00:32:44The Undertaker will do his talking in the ring.
00:32:56Certainly we can all recall the jaw-dropping performance of The Big Show.
00:33:04When his pretentious right hand knocked out The Undertaker.
00:33:10That happened a few months ago.
00:33:14The Undertaker hasn't forgotten.
00:33:18The world hasn't forgotten.
00:33:22Most importantly, The Big Show has not forgotten.
00:33:28We saw Rey Mysterio get knocked unconscious.
00:33:32Jeff Hardy last week.
00:33:34Gerald Friday Night Smackdown.
00:33:36Rey Mysterio earlier this week.
00:33:38Anyone who's on the receiving end of that right hand gets knocked unconscious.
00:33:44It's that simple.
00:33:46If Big Show connects, your lights are out.
00:33:52But then again, ladies and gentlemen, we're talking about The Undertaker.
00:33:58And what can The Undertaker do to The Big Show?
00:34:02I would suggest to you folks, The Undertaker can do many, many painful things.
00:34:08Memorable things to The Big Show.
00:34:10And we're going to see it all right here.
00:34:12What an atmosphere.
00:34:14What a main event here on Friday Night.
00:34:16And JR, one of The Undertaker's main strategies is to go right at his opponent.
00:34:22But can he afford to trade shots with The Big Show?
00:34:24Well, that remains to be seen.
00:34:26I don't know if there's a human being alive that can afford to trade shots with The Undertaker.
00:34:32The Undertaker must avoid shots and get his shots in.
00:34:38We saw The Undertaker experience some of those hard shots there.
00:34:44Right to the ribs, going to the body, Big Show.
00:34:47And the headbutt is not any walk in the park.
00:34:52Anything The Big Show hits you with is going to hurt.
00:34:56Whether it's a knee, a fist, or a boot.
00:35:00Look at that knee just lifting the 7-foot, 300-pound Undertaker a foot off the canvas.
00:35:07Again, the fearless phenom has been caught in a corner.
00:35:13It could be a fatal corner before it's all said and done.
00:35:16This is not where The Undertaker needs or wants to be.
00:35:22It's been about a month since that amazing win for The Undertaker at the 25th anniversary of WrestleMania.
00:35:28One of the greatest matches of all time against Shawn Michaels.
00:35:31But as wonderful a night as it was for The Undertaker,
00:35:34it was equally as frustrating for The Big Show, who failed in his attempt to win the World Heavyweight title.
00:35:40That was in a Triple Threat match involving John Cena and Edge,
00:35:43where John Cena regained the heavyweight championship of the world.
00:35:47And again, The Big Show using that headbutt, using heavy strikes.
00:35:52Which will again be The Big Show's calling card, one would assume, here tonight.
00:35:59And since that loss at WrestleMania, The Big Show has been unstoppable.
00:36:04We've seen a new man, an angry man.
00:36:08The Undertaker's face and his body English tell a definitive story.
00:36:13Once hit with those body shots of The Big Show.
00:36:17Big Show going for a big boot.
00:36:20But The Undertaker able to escape and lands a big boot of his own.
00:36:25And the world's largest athlete has gone over the top rope.
00:36:29Stay tuned, ladies and gentlemen. This massive main event continues.
00:36:39Ladies and gentlemen, we're in London, England for Friday Night Smackdown.
00:36:43We're in the midst of an epic encounter as the world's largest athlete, The Big Show,
00:36:48goes toe-to-toe against The Phenom.
00:36:50It's amazing The Undertaker was able to deliver the offense after what we saw.
00:36:55This was during the break. The Undertaker sets sailing into the security wall.
00:37:00And as this match progresses, one has to wonder what will be the approach of The Big Show
00:37:06as far as The Undertaker's alleged neck injury is concerned.
00:37:10We have seen every opponent The Undertaker has faced since WrestleMania.
00:37:16Right there. Well, there he is. A headbutt right to the neck.
00:37:20Right to the back of The Undertaker's head, the base of his skull.
00:37:23Every opponent The Undertaker has faced.
00:37:26We saw it with Matt Hardy on Superstars.
00:37:30We have seen it with Shelton Benjamin here on Friday Night Smackdown.
00:37:33And now The Big Show assaulting that what we don't know how damaged the neck is of The Undertaker.
00:37:40Well, few men on the planet would have the nerve or guile to basically guarantee a win over The Undertaker.
00:37:46But that's what The Big Show did earlier tonight.
00:37:49Said he would deliver a nightmare of destruction and would turn The Undertaker's lights out.
00:37:55Well, The Big Show is quite aware that The Undertaker is a wounded animal tonight.
00:38:01And The Undertaker's neck has a big bullseye on it.
00:38:07And again, those clubbing blows of this messy Goliath-like individual.
00:38:14And this certainly poses a strange threat to The Undertaker who is usually the biggest, largest athlete in his match.
00:38:21But tonight, that's certainly not the case.
00:38:23Outweighed by at least 150 pounds by The Big Show.
00:38:28Look at this unique way of focusing on the neck.
00:38:32The neck is problematic to say the very least.
00:38:36The Undertaker's not going to tell you how bad he's hurt.
00:38:40He certainly was more than willing to take this main event here tonight.
00:38:45And to settle an old score with the largest athlete in the world.
00:38:51Well, JR, you mentioned that the draft goes into effect the day after Backlash.
00:38:56Will this be the final time we see these two massive superstars face off here on SmackDown?
00:39:06Very successful offense by The Veteran.
00:39:09The Demon of Death Valley able to create some offense from an unusual position.
00:39:17The Big Show continuing to target that neck of The Undertaker who now is fighting back.
00:39:24The Undertaker striking The Big Show.
00:39:27Certainly The Big Show making his last appearance on Friday Night SmackDown.
00:39:32Wants to make an everlasting impression.
00:39:34The Big Show told us once he locks, loads, and fires that right hand, it will be over for The Undertaker.
00:39:40So far, The Phenom has been able to avoid that right hand but not able to get out of the way of that.
00:39:47A shot right to the forehead of The Undertaker that snapped his neck back.
00:39:51Like a car crash and a suffering whiplash.
00:39:55And now stepping on his neck is The Big Show with that size 18, 6-inch boot.
00:40:02And again clubbing down on the neck.
00:40:04No wasted motion by this massive individual.
00:40:13The near 500-pound Big Show being very strategic.
00:40:19But he knows he's dealing with a wounded man in The Undertaker who will never ever give up.
00:40:27The Undertaker hitting with the strengths.
00:40:33But now The Undertaker. Surely not. No way.
00:40:37Back elbow to the side of the head putting all that torque and pressure on the neck of The Undertaker.
00:40:43The Big Show dodged a choke slamming bullet there.
00:40:48Oh!
00:40:54And now The Big Show setting up for the choke slam and he hits it.
00:40:59Ladies and gentlemen, The Big Show may have just beat The Undertaker.
00:41:03Undertaker literally got his left shoulder inches off the canvas.
00:41:08That was not a massive kick out with a man that weighs nearly 500 pounds.
00:41:13And what did that action from The Undertaker take out of the dead man?
00:41:18Well that shows you the resolve The Undertaker has able to kick out of a choke slam
00:41:23which was hit about 8 or 9 feet in the air.
00:41:26Look at this.
00:41:31Undertaker's neck being tortured. Literally tortured by this massive, this world's largest athlete.
00:41:41It could be mistaken for a double-decker bus here in London.
00:41:44That's truly how big this athlete is.
00:41:47Undertaker's head and neck completely engulfed in the arm of The Big Show.
00:41:53And everything is focused on The Big Show, on The Undertaker's neck.
00:42:00Oh my gosh.
00:42:01Oh and a DDT!
00:42:02What a counter!
00:42:04A counter could not have come any sooner for The Undertaker to survive.
00:42:10It may be over.
00:42:13It was a desperate DDT, JR.
00:42:16It was done by necessity.
00:42:18The Big Show was cutting off the circulation and the oxygen to that damaged neck of The Undertaker.
00:42:25And you can see The Undertaker slapping his arm almost trying to get some life back into it.
00:42:30Been a gut check time for both these men in this amazing main event.
00:42:34And we're so glad you're with us here on My Network TV.
00:42:38This has been a classic slugfest.
00:42:53One has to wonder how much damage is done internally by The Big Show.
00:42:58By The Big Show with those body shots on The Undertaker.
00:43:06Oh and the right hand again just missing by The Big Show.
00:43:09And a clothesline from The Phenom.
00:43:12The Big Show has missed twice.
00:43:13The Undertaker with the cover.
00:43:17But could not hold down The Big Show who's seemingly hell-bent on leaving his final match on SmackDown
00:43:26with a victory over The Undertaker.
00:43:36But summer vacation is not here.
00:43:40First class is in session.
00:43:42The right hand!
00:43:43The right hand!
00:43:44There it was!
00:43:45The Big Show promised it would be delivered and it was delivered with venom.
00:43:50The fortitious, pugilistic power of The Big Show catching The Undertaker right on the button with that huge right hand.
00:44:00Undertaker staggering.
00:44:03The Undertaker doesn't know where he is right now.
00:44:08And The Big Show mysteriously choosing not to go for the cover here.
00:44:17Undertaker in the ropes.
00:44:20Trying to...
00:44:21Undertaker's eyes are as glazed over as I have ever seen them.
00:44:27The damage has been done by this right hand of The Big Show.
00:44:35The giant man with the massive right hand.
00:44:37He's locking.
00:44:39Here's The Big Show.
00:44:40And loading.
00:44:42Undertaker trying to will his way with his amazing heart and resilience back into the cage.
00:44:49Into the neck with the right hand.
00:44:55Good gosh almighty.
00:44:57The right hand.
00:44:58Clean shot.
00:45:00Right to The Undertaker's neck in the back of his head.
00:45:03It's a right hand that would shatter most skulls and may have done that to The Undertaker right now.
00:45:08It's over!
00:45:09It's over!
00:45:10It is over!
00:45:12The referee has called a stop to this match after The Big Show landed not one but two of those colossal right hands.
00:45:26Ladies and gentlemen, The Undertaker cannot continue.
00:45:30Therefore, the winner of this match, The Big Show!
00:45:35I may be an unpopular decision here in London, but the referee I think made the correct call.
00:45:43The Undertaker was defenseless.
00:45:45Just think what The Big Show would have done to a defenseless Undertaker.
00:45:50We saw what two right hands did to a man obviously with a bad neck.
00:45:55And look at the courage as The Undertaker tries to pull himself up.
00:45:59I have never seen anything like this involving The Undertaker.
00:46:03Never!
00:46:05Never!
00:46:06Never!
00:46:07Never!
00:46:08Never!
00:46:13I don't think The Undertaker knows the match is over.
00:46:18Undertaker still wants to fight.
00:46:20You've got to admire the courage, but at the same time.
00:46:35This may not be the best decision the Undertaker has ever made, let me tell you.
00:46:48After Big Show with a big smile on his face, leaving SmackDown is The Big Show, and Big
00:47:15Show has done one thing.
00:47:16And that is to incapacitate The Undertaker.
00:47:17And let's take a look at this first right hand by The Big Show, catching The Undertaker
00:47:18with his entire weight coming down off that top rope.
00:47:19The hazardous hands of the world's largest athlete.
00:47:20And that fortituous right hand to the back of the head of The Undertaker.
00:47:21And Big Show has done it.
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00:48:51Introducing from Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
00:48:53she is the current Divas Champion,
00:48:56Moody!
00:48:58And JR, dare I say, this French-Canadian is less popular here in the United Kingdom
00:49:03than she is over in North America.
00:49:05I think that's a good deduction.
00:49:12But she is special.
00:49:14Ladies and gentlemen,
00:49:15tonight's SmackDown is sponsored by KFC
00:49:18and new Kentucky Grilled Chicken is here,
00:49:20marinated and grilled to perfection for that five-star,
00:49:23fall-off-the-bone taste.
00:49:25Taste the unfried side of KFC.
00:49:34And introducing the challenger from Tampa, Florida,
00:49:37Gail Kim!
00:49:40So a monumental opportunity tonight for Gail Kim
00:49:43as she gets her first crack at the Divas Championship.
00:49:46Gail Kim certainly has momentum,
00:49:48but an amazingly impactful return to Friday Night SmackDown
00:49:53and defeated Maryse last week.
00:49:57That sets the stage for this match-up
00:50:00and certainly the last time we expect to see Maryse
00:50:04who's now a property of Monday Night Raw
00:50:08here on Friday Night SmackDown.
00:50:10So Gail Kim will attempt to keep that championship
00:50:13here on SmackDown.
00:50:15Let us not forget that the women's champion, Melina,
00:50:18is now a member of SmackDown,
00:50:20coming over in the draft from Raw.
00:50:23They're not going to get Maryse out.
00:50:24She is one champion that has gotten better and better
00:50:27since she became champion.
00:50:32Maryse is your Divas Champion,
00:50:34a very proud champion,
00:50:36won that title back in December
00:50:38and has not relinquished it.
00:50:41Gail Kim showing off that athleticism.
00:50:43Nice roll-up.
00:50:45And JR, we saw that Gail Kim beat Maryse last week.
00:50:48It was a non-title match.
00:50:49Oak shoulders down too.
00:50:51So the title did not change hands.
00:50:53That's sort of like a regular season match-up.
00:50:55This is the playoffs.
00:50:56This is for all the marbles.
00:50:58Gail Kim was channeling Ricky the Dragon Steamboat
00:51:02who meets Chris Jericho this Sunday at Backstage
00:51:05with that nice cross body.
00:51:06And look at the aggressiveness of Maryse.
00:51:09Maryse is sometimes in the locker room area
00:51:12a little bit aloof,
00:51:13but she is very taut, much like you.
00:51:15Self-cherishing.
00:51:17Well, we're both attractive.
00:51:18Exactly.
00:51:21In fact, Maryse said that everyone is her favorite fan,
00:51:24whatever that means.
00:51:26And Maryse loves her hair,
00:51:28loves her look.
00:51:29And this is not a lovely field for Gail Kim.
00:51:34This gives no meaning to a camel clutch.
00:51:36And Maryse also loves the championship,
00:51:38the Divas title,
00:51:40and hopes to carry it with her over to Raw,
00:51:42but needs a victory here tonight over Gail Kim,
00:51:45something Maryse could not do this past Friday.
00:51:48King of Macaco,
00:51:49and I've learned to speak a little French,
00:51:50much like you.
00:51:52Maryse on Monday nights.
00:51:54And look at Gail Kim now.
00:51:55She starts to build a momentum.
00:51:57We've seen Gail Kim before
00:51:59who builds significant momentum
00:52:01and then finish it off.
00:52:03Well, if you had any doubt
00:52:05that WWE was a worldwide phenomenon,
00:52:07we've got an Asian-American
00:52:09squaring off against a French-Canadian
00:52:11in the United Kingdom.
00:52:13You're very geographically genius.
00:52:16I'm like an international house of pancakes.
00:52:18And now, boom!
00:52:19Oh, there's a Hurricanrana.
00:52:21That was created in Mexico.
00:52:23And Gail now for the Divas championship.
00:52:25No!
00:52:26Gail Kim hooking that near leg,
00:52:28but again, the momentum that Gail Kim built,
00:52:30she doesn't let it go to waste.
00:52:32She always maintains that advantage.
00:52:34And Gail Kim always on the move.
00:52:36Does not like to stay still,
00:52:38including this opportunity.
00:52:40Refusing to let Maryse escape.
00:52:42Maryse may have thought of that pedicure
00:52:44moment she had a little bit later on.
00:52:46I thought she was leaving.
00:52:47Oh, look at this!
00:52:48Well, maybe not Maryse.
00:52:50Just lulled Gail Kim into a vulnerable state.
00:52:53And Gail Kim off the rope.
00:52:55Say what you will about Maryse.
00:52:57Not only is she beautiful,
00:52:58she's very intelligent.
00:53:00And Maryse likes to call her version of a DDT,
00:53:02the French kiss.
00:53:04And Gail Kim can kiss
00:53:06this Divas championship opportunity goodbye.
00:53:13And still Divas champion, Maryse!
00:53:18I assume we can say a little bit more
00:53:20au revoir to Maryse,
00:53:23who will take her Divas title
00:53:26to Monday Night Raw,
00:53:28beginning this Monday night.
00:53:31Words like extreme and intensity
00:53:33used to mean everything to me.
00:53:36I used to wake up in the morning
00:53:38and know exactly who I am
00:53:40and exactly where I wanted to go.
00:53:44Living for the moment used to be
00:53:46more than just a catchphrase.
00:53:49It used to mean something.
00:53:51That things have changed,
00:53:53and I've changed,
00:53:55and I've changed,
00:53:57and I've changed,
00:53:59but things have changed, Matt.
00:54:02You beat me at WrestleMania,
00:54:04which was the biggest moment in your career,
00:54:06without a doubt.
00:54:08You said you were gonna carry me out
00:54:10on a stretcher,
00:54:11send me home on a stretcher,
00:54:13and that's exactly what you did.
00:54:15You even won again tonight.
00:54:17So congrats.
00:54:19Matt, your overconfidence will kill you.
00:54:23All the pain you've brought into my life
00:54:25will show through this Sunday,
00:54:28and you'll see that I'm just as crazy
00:54:30as I've ever been,
00:54:31and although we won't have ladders,
00:54:33tables, chairs, or stretchers,
00:54:35we will have the words,
00:54:37I quit.
00:54:39And after Backlash,
00:54:41when you walk onto the set of Monday Night Raw,
00:54:44you'll be known as the older party
00:54:47who quit when it mattered the most,
00:54:50and not just for the moment,
00:54:53but for the rest of your life.
00:54:58An emotional gym party
00:55:00will do whatever it takes
00:55:02to make his brother say,
00:55:03I quit this Sunday.
00:55:05And you're looking, ladies and gentlemen,
00:55:07at the current and longest reigning
00:55:08United States champion of all time.
00:55:11It's MVP,
00:55:12and he will be ballin'.
00:55:14He's in action next on SmackDown.
00:55:28Let's go.
00:55:30He's going all out.
00:55:34Yes!
00:55:35Yes!
00:55:36Yes!
00:55:37Yes!
00:55:38Yes!
00:55:39Yes!
00:55:40Yes!
00:55:41Yes!
00:55:42Yes!
00:55:43Yes!
00:55:44Yes!
00:55:45Yes!
00:55:46Yes!
00:55:47Yes!
00:55:48Yes!
00:55:49Yes!
00:55:50Yes!
00:55:51Yes!
00:55:52Yes!
00:55:53Yes!
00:55:54Yes!
00:55:55Yes!
00:55:56Yes!
00:55:57Let's go, MVP.
00:55:58Let's go, MVP.
00:56:00MVP!
00:56:01Oh my God.
00:56:03And we understand, ladies and gentlemen,
00:56:04it's made earlier in the week
00:56:05that MVP will defend the United States title
00:56:07against Dolph Ziggler
00:56:10this week on SmackDown
00:56:11that emanates from Madison Square Garden,
00:56:15the Mecca of sports and entertainment,
00:56:17the world's most famous arena.
00:56:23What?
00:56:25And his opponent, from El Paso, Texas,
00:56:27weighing 215 pounds, Chavo Guerrero!
00:56:32Chavo Guerrero had what I would like to call
00:56:34a bad night this past week on Raw, didn't he?
00:56:37I would suggest bad when he faced Batista.
00:56:41A lot of people have bad nights when they face Batista.
00:56:44And by the way, Batista's a shaming man.
00:56:46Still to come tonight, against two members of Legacy,
00:56:49Tony Rhodes and Ted DiBiase,
00:56:51it was Chavo's first night on Raw,
00:56:53and ended up apologizing to his aunt, Vickie Guerrero,
00:56:57for basically getting decimated by the animal.
00:57:02So here we go.
00:57:03The United States champion,
00:57:05squaring off against the Mexican warrior, Chavo Guerrero.
00:57:10Chavo certainly has a chance to redeem himself,
00:57:13as I'm sure his aunt Vickie knew what she was doing.
00:57:17Redeem himself, as I'm sure his aunt Vickie knew.
00:57:20Full-time general manager of Monday Night Raw
00:57:23is watching Friday Night SmackDown tonight.
00:57:26Chavo very opportunistic there.
00:57:28Chavo very, very talented.
00:57:30No doubt about that. Third-generation athlete.
00:57:33If you talk about superstars that are on a current hot streak,
00:57:36perhaps no superstar quite as hot
00:57:38as the man from Miami, Florida, MVP right now.
00:57:42MVP is, I think, one of the key draft picks
00:57:45of Monday Night Raw.
00:57:46He's going to make a great name
00:57:48and enhance his legacy on Monday nights.
00:57:51Longest-reigning United States champion in WWE history.
00:57:56And you know, the WWE universe
00:57:58kind of coming around here for MVP.
00:58:00Used to, it seemed like everyone was turned off
00:58:03by his flashy style,
00:58:04but now MVP actually getting some support.
00:58:07Only one reason for that, Todd.
00:58:08MVP has earned it.
00:58:10The King of Bling almost had to get rid of all his bling,
00:58:13had to return his signing bonus.
00:58:14In fact, he was going through such a rough patch.
00:58:16But since defeating The Big Show back in January,
00:58:19arguably the biggest win of MVP's career
00:58:22until Vontavious Porter has been unstoppable.
00:58:26Chavo walked right into that reverse elbow.
00:58:28MVP's very resourceful, but Guerrero is ultra quick.
00:58:35And Chavo Guerrero trying to get his groove back, so to speak,
00:58:40after what happened on Raw.
00:58:41And right now, Chavo looking pretty good.
00:58:46Chavo trying to gain more of an unfair advantage
00:58:48here on the outside.
00:58:50Must be leery of being counted out.
00:58:55MVP with a footless kneeling.
00:59:00Chavo Guerrero got caught coming back in the ring.
00:59:03Look at that strength.
00:59:05Straight over the top rope.
00:59:07Strength and leverage.
00:59:10It's a dangerous combination, strength and leverage.
00:59:12MVP ready to go balling.
00:59:22And the three-pointer is good from just outside the key.
00:59:27It's a basketball reference.
00:59:29Quite good enough.
00:59:30Boy, I got it.
00:59:31Watch this.
00:59:34Chavo Guerrero not going down without a fight.
00:59:38What a beautiful overhead throw.
00:59:40Guerrero's own momentum worked against him there.
00:59:42He may not go down without a fight.
00:59:44Just like that, MVP has ended this match as a contest.
00:59:49A primetime performance by MVP.
01:00:03MVP's got to be thinking, Madison Square Garden,
01:00:06here I come next Friday night.
01:00:13A million-dollar smile by the man who signed the largest contract
01:00:17in SmackDown history.
01:00:24That's Dolph Ziggler, by the way.
01:00:26I haven't met him.
01:00:27You haven't met him.
01:00:28I met him again four times today.
01:00:31Congratulations, MVP.
01:00:39That was an impressive victory.
01:00:48And I sure hope your number one fan, Sherri Shepherd,
01:00:52I hope she was watching.
01:00:55Because that is the last time.
01:00:58She, or any of the people in this arena,
01:01:01will ever see you leave a match as the United States champion.
01:01:11What I'm trying to say is,
01:01:16your title will be mine.
01:01:22Will be mine.
01:01:28And after I face you next week in Madison Square Garden,
01:01:39I think I'm going to introduce myself to Sherri Shepherd
01:01:44as the new United States champion.
01:01:52Dolph Ziggler.
01:01:58Well, strong words from a superstar who's never won a championship
01:02:02and will attempt to get one in Madison Square Garden,
01:02:05New York City, the Big Apple.
01:02:07Well, there's no doubt that Ziggler doesn't have the athletic ability,
01:02:10the skills, to be the United States champion.
01:02:13Now, beating MVP in the world's most famous arena yet
01:02:17is another story.
01:02:19Nobody to stop me, nobody to hold me, nobody to show me.
01:02:23Now, ladies and gentlemen, speaking of headline stories,
01:02:26it will be volatile and hostile, combustible and combative.
01:02:31Our tag team main event.
01:02:33You see the participants is only minutes away.
01:02:43Welcome back to jolly old England,
01:02:46and that is the House of Parliament still standing
01:02:49despite the bombings London took during World War II.
01:02:52And this Sunday, it's a last man standing match.
01:02:55And earlier tonight, you heard from Edge,
01:02:57and last night on WWE Superstars,
01:02:59I had the opportunity to interview John Cena
01:03:01on the heels of getting concerto'd by Edge.
01:03:08John, how's what happened Monday going to affect you this Sunday at Backlash?
01:03:13Well, Todd, this is usually the point in the show
01:03:16where I tell you I'm completely unaffected
01:03:19and I'm erring to go for that World Championship match at Backlash.
01:03:22I'm not going to do that.
01:03:24This is also the point where you probably have some follow-up questions
01:03:28which you want me to answer.
01:03:29You know what? I'm not going to answer those.
01:03:32Unfortunately, tonight, I'm not going to talk to you.
01:03:37For once, I'd like to talk to you.
01:03:43All the viewers watching Superstars.
01:03:46Now, the footage you just saw was,
01:03:49some might say, overly graphic.
01:03:57But unfortunately, it was a necessity.
01:04:03You see, the rivalry between Edge and myself,
01:04:08it simply has nowhere else to go.
01:04:13We've walked down every road.
01:04:14We've danced every step.
01:04:15We've told every story.
01:04:21This is one of the greatest rivalries
01:04:24in sports entertainment history, as a matter of fact,
01:04:28in a weird, crazy way.
01:04:31We've, through this rivalry,
01:04:34we've both manufactured each other's careers.
01:04:39This is the WWE Universe's version of the Yankees versus the Red Sox.
01:04:46So tonight, I wanted to ask you this.
01:04:49What if the Yankees and the Red Sox,
01:04:52what if they're only going to play one more game?
01:04:56You think you could drag any one of the nine off the field and ask them,
01:05:00would they risk their career to win that night?
01:05:07Would they risk their health to be the better man?
01:05:10Would they put it all on the line and gamble?
01:05:14Because they knew on the final day, they would be victorious.
01:05:17You ask any one of them, they say yes.
01:05:24I need to tell you how serious this is to me.
01:05:30How serious this is to us.
01:05:34You'll probably hear from Edge.
01:05:37Confident and cocky, as usual.
01:05:39Telling you how he's going to be the last man standing at Backlash.
01:05:42And you've seen the footage.
01:05:44I'm banged up, but I'm still standing.
01:05:46I'm still here, and I am thirsty.
01:05:49Thirsty for a knockdown, drag-em-out brawl.
01:05:53At Backlash, the two of us will stand in that ring face-to-face,
01:05:57knowing that only one will walk out.
01:06:00Knowing that at the final bell, only one man will be able to tell the story
01:06:04because the winner writes the history books.
01:06:08Knowing that at the end of this rivalry, only one will be the better man.
01:06:16Knowing at the end of the night on Backlash,
01:06:21there will only be one last man standing.
01:06:31JR, I don't think I've ever seen John Cena that intense before in his entire career.
01:06:36I still am concerned about the damage done on Monday night by Edge with that concerto.
01:06:41I quite frankly don't like Cena's chances on Sunday.
01:06:43Well, it will happen. It will be last man standing at Backlash,
01:06:46and we want to thank Veer Union for seasons the official Backlash theme song.
01:06:53And Edge has laid down the gauntlet with that concerto,
01:06:56but which one of these two superstars will be left standing?
01:06:59We saw Edge earlier tonight in a desperate state.
01:07:02We saw Edge deliver a concerto on Monday.
01:07:05Again, the rules, last man standing.
01:07:08The man that cannot rise before a 10 count will lose on Sunday.
01:07:13And it's a brotherly rivalry, and someone will have to give up.
01:07:18The world will see, the world will hear,
01:07:21one of the Hardy brothers say, I quit at Backlash.
01:07:25And the wrestling prodigy will face off against Christian for all the marbles.
01:07:30Will Christian return to WWE to become a champion again?
01:07:34He'll have that opportunity this Sunday against Jack Swampert.
01:07:38And Chris Jericho has had a problem with legends,
01:07:41and this Sunday he'll have a problem with the Dragon.
01:07:44Well, this is a battle about respect,
01:07:47and will this be Ricky the Dragon's team,
01:07:49both the Hall of Famers' last ever one-on-one match?
01:07:53Also at Backlash, one of the most unique
01:07:55and unpredictable WWE Championship matches ever.
01:07:58Well, remember, Terence's team must win
01:08:01in order for the Game to retain his WWE title.
01:08:05If Batista, The Game, or Shane McMahon get pinned,
01:08:08fenced, and pinned, countered out, or disqualified,
01:08:11the Game loses the WWE title to Randy Orton.
01:08:15♪♪♪
01:08:46-♪♪♪
01:08:49-♪♪♪
01:08:52-♪♪♪
01:08:55-♪♪♪
01:08:58This is a tag team contest,
01:09:00and the one fall entering the ring from Washington, D.C.,
01:09:03weighing 290 pounds,
01:09:06Batista!
01:09:09He is powerful.
01:09:12He is massive.
01:09:14The Animal Batista gets set to square off
01:09:17in what should be a combustible tag team main event
01:09:21as Batista teams up with Shane McMahon
01:09:25to face off against two-thirds of Legacy.
01:09:28It is next.
01:09:35We're back in London, England,
01:09:36on the precipice of what should be
01:09:38an explosive tag team main event.
01:09:41You're looking at the Animal Batista in two days.
01:09:44He'll get a chance to get his hands on Randy Orton.
01:09:48-♪♪♪
01:09:50That is Zacky Parker from Greenwich, Connecticut,
01:09:53weighing 235 pounds,
01:09:56Shane McMahon!
01:09:58And so will this man, Shane McMahon,
01:10:00who can't wait until this Sunday,
01:10:03two days from now,
01:10:05to get his hands on Randy Orton.
01:10:08-♪♪♪
01:10:14Let's take it back to last Monday night's
01:10:17main event on Raw.
01:10:18No disqualification, Triple H and Randy Orton.
01:10:22Batista was an animal, but he got his eyes straight,
01:10:25temporarily blinded,
01:10:26and then, accidentally spearing Shane McMahon.
01:10:32Chaos ensued as bodies are flying everywhere
01:10:36in this emotionally-driven situation.
01:10:40And then, right there,
01:10:42the RKO by Orton beats the game.
01:10:46If that happens Sunday, yes,
01:10:49we have a new WWE champion at bat.
01:10:53-♪♪♪
01:10:56-♪ Yeah, Christmas, ooh, yeah ♪
01:11:02-♪♪♪
01:11:06The team of Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase!
01:11:10Well, it's obvious that Randy Orton thrives on chaos,
01:11:14and chaos is what Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase
01:11:18can provide at any moment.
01:11:20They're two very talented young men.
01:11:23DiBiase is a third-generation competitor.
01:11:26Of course, Cody Rhodes, a son of WWE Hall of Famer,
01:11:29the American Green Dusty Rhodes,
01:11:31this should be an outstanding tag team main event.
01:11:34With so much backlash undercurrent,
01:11:36one has to wonder, what sort of an impact
01:11:39will this main event have on this Sunday?
01:11:43Don't forget, last Friday night on SmackDown,
01:11:46it was Ted DiBiase who went one-on-one
01:11:49against Batista, and we called that match, JR.
01:11:52DiBiase took Batista to the limit,
01:11:54nearly pulled off that win.
01:11:56With that question, I thought Ted DiBiase
01:11:58was on more than one occasion a second away,
01:12:01a near fall away from beating the animal.
01:12:04It was not to be last week.
01:12:06Things could be different this week.
01:12:08-♪♪♪♪
01:12:10Shane McMahon, vigorous in the defense of his family.
01:12:13Watched his father get punted by Randy Orton,
01:12:16his sister get DDT'd by Randy Orton.
01:12:18And RKO'd. And RKO'd.
01:12:20The hits just keep on coming,
01:12:22but on Sunday, it's Shane McMahon
01:12:24who can deliver the punches.
01:12:26And DiBiase and McMahon, what two amazing names
01:12:30within this genre.
01:12:32DiBiase and McMahon going one-on-one now,
01:12:35starting out in this tag team matchup.
01:12:38One thing I can say for Shane,
01:12:40I've known him all his life.
01:12:42He feels like he loves to fight.
01:12:44He is an aggressive kid.
01:12:47He doesn't have any fear whatsoever.
01:12:50Nice hard drag takedowns, quite frankly.
01:12:52Shane McMahon, so bold, always energetic.
01:12:55Uh-oh, tag made.
01:12:57The beast is about to be unleashed here.
01:13:00-♪♪♪♪
01:13:03And Batista, last week, as I mentioned,
01:13:05taken to the limit.
01:13:07Ted DiBiase honed in on that knee of Batista.
01:13:10Quite frankly, I think it might have been the hamstring, Todd,
01:13:13those big quads of Batista.
01:13:15Got punished there by Ted DiBiase, and a tag made.
01:13:18A blind tag. I don't know if Batista
01:13:20saw it or not.
01:13:22Maybe he did.
01:13:24And a spine buster.
01:13:26The spine on the pine.
01:13:28Rattling the ring.
01:13:30Keep going.
01:13:32Got another one.
01:13:34Whoa, a cover, two.
01:13:36Two.
01:13:37Cody Rhodes looking to get out of that predicament.
01:13:39Got his shoulder up.
01:13:41I like the teamwork of Batista and Shane McMahon.
01:13:44They're certainly together in this contest.
01:13:47Will have to be this Sunday as well.
01:13:49Being together more, just literally.
01:13:52Figuratively together.
01:13:54Let's not count Rhodes and DiBiase out as we speak.
01:13:56They have been well-tutored by Randy Orton,
01:13:59the leader of Legacy.
01:14:01And when Cody and Ted are on the same page,
01:14:03they can be about as ruthless as it comes,
01:14:06like two pit bulls.
01:14:08Double clothesline.
01:14:10Great athleticism by Shane McMahon,
01:14:12and the power of both men.
01:14:16And the power of both the animal and McMahon.
01:14:20Who's gonna survive this tag team main event?
01:14:23We're gonna find out as SmackDown rolls on.
01:14:28Welcome back to Friday Night SmackDown.
01:14:30You're watching our tag team main event
01:14:32as two-thirds of that WWE Championship match
01:14:35at Backlash are squaring off here tonight.
01:14:38Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase taking on Batista and Shane McMahon.
01:14:42Look at this cohesion and the teamwork.
01:14:44Good grief.
01:14:45How strong is Batista?
01:14:47Shane admiring the work of the Batista.
01:14:49And in the tandem vertical suplex,
01:14:52doubly effective, the cover.
01:14:56And Cody Rhodes kicking out, if you will.
01:14:59Man, that was an impressive, impressive tandem offense.
01:15:06How would you like to be on the receiving end
01:15:08of one of those clotheslines from the animal?
01:15:10Four months of pent-up frustration
01:15:12after being punted in the head by Randy Orton.
01:15:15What's going on here?
01:15:17More teamwork.
01:15:21And this could do it.
01:15:23This could do it.
01:15:24Hook in the leg.
01:15:26Two and oh, Ted DiBiase to the rescue
01:15:28just in the nick of time.
01:15:29DiBiase knew it could do it as well.
01:15:31That's the instincts of a third-generation superstar
01:15:35to interrupt the count
01:15:36when it would have very likely have been three.
01:15:39Oh, and Shane's back was turned,
01:15:41and that allowed Cody Rhodes
01:15:42to deliver a picture-perfect dropkick.
01:15:45Yeah, from behind, Shane's own emotions
01:15:48got the better of him on that exchange.
01:15:50And certainly one can understand
01:15:52how emotional this whole matter is.
01:15:55And take a look at this again.
01:15:56Shane completely distracted by Ted DiBiase
01:16:00and Cody Rhodes taking advantage.
01:16:02And J.R., you talked about Shane McMahon
01:16:05sometimes letting his frustrations,
01:16:07his aggressiveness get the better of him.
01:16:09Shane can't afford for that to happen this Sunday.
01:16:11Well, neither can the Batista,
01:16:13and neither can Triple H.
01:16:14If Triple H's team get disqualified,
01:16:17they get counted out,
01:16:18much less can they submit.
01:16:20Triple H loses the WWE title to Randy Orton.
01:16:24Well, effectively, Batista, Shane McMahon,
01:16:27and Triple H will cover two.
01:16:30They'll be like three lions
01:16:32fighting over the same piece of meat.
01:16:34Sometimes that can get ugly.
01:16:36Well, they need to share,
01:16:37is all I can tell them.
01:16:38And the WWE title's on the line.
01:16:40We have said it before,
01:16:41the WWE title is like the McMahon family shield.
01:16:45It is so dear to the McMahon family,
01:16:48and rightfully so.
01:16:49The cornerstone of the WWE,
01:16:53the foundation championship of WWE.
01:16:56And the eyes of so many.
01:17:01Shane's in a bad part of town,
01:17:02but he's fighting his way out of it.
01:17:04Look at Cody Rice.
01:17:06Nice side rush to the leg sweep.
01:17:08The takedown emphatically, powerfully.
01:17:11Tag.
01:17:13These two, their chemistry so far
01:17:15has certainly been priceless.
01:17:17Look at Cody holding down Shane's arms
01:17:19and Ted DiBiase, his full body weight,
01:17:22right under the chest of Shane McMahon,
01:17:24going right into the cover, two.
01:17:27We're seeing some sensational synergy tonight.
01:17:30From DiBiase and Rhodes,
01:17:32as they prepare for 48 hours from now,
01:17:36the big showdown at Backlash.
01:17:45And it doesn't matter where you are,
01:17:47the WWE universe follows you.
01:17:49Oh, Shane McMahon tag.
01:17:51Crowd really getting behind Shane McMahon in this match,
01:17:54but DiBiase making sure that DiBiase's body
01:17:58is between Shane and Batista.
01:18:01Again, more instinct.
01:18:04Ted DiBiase, a third generation superstar.
01:18:07Cody Rhodes, a second generation superstar.
01:18:10They know all the tricks.
01:18:11They know all the pressure points.
01:18:13They know exactly what to do and when to do it.
01:18:16And right now, that is what Legacy is doing.
01:18:19I think if you do your math,
01:18:20Shane McMahon is a fourth generation star.
01:18:24Hook in the leg and another two.
01:18:26Cody showing some frustration here.
01:18:29How important, rather, is it for momentum?
01:18:32Carrying momentum into Sunday at Backlash.
01:18:34I've always been a big fan of momentum.
01:18:36I think it's very important for confidence
01:18:38in a lot of things.
01:18:39It's a between the ears situation.
01:18:42Cody Rhodes got almost a little careless there.
01:18:44Shane McMahon needs to make the tag.
01:18:46The last thing you want right now
01:18:48is a fresh animal to get involved.
01:18:53DiBiase and Rhodes will do absolutely anything
01:18:56to get ahead.
01:18:57That's what Randy Orton saw in these two.
01:19:00Orton has kept them at his side for months now
01:19:03and it's paid dividends.
01:19:05I was absolutely shocked on Monday night.
01:19:08Man, what a way to go off the air on Monday Night Raw.
01:19:12Randy Orton beating Triple H with the RKO
01:19:15and all that chaos, confusion,
01:19:17in a no disqualification match.
01:19:21Looked like Cody was trying to suplex
01:19:23and Shane McMahon turns it into a DDT.
01:19:26Well, that will rattle your cerebellum
01:19:29with a DDT like that.
01:19:31And your cerebrum.
01:19:33And Shane needs to make a tag.
01:19:35So too does Cody Rhodes
01:19:37and in comes Ted DiBiase
01:19:39and who cuts off the corner.
01:19:41Well played by Ted.
01:19:43Well, look at this.
01:19:44Shane has his shoulders down and a kick out.
01:19:47Shane inadvertently ramming into Batista.
01:19:51Batista, I don't know if that counts as a tag or not.
01:19:54The referee even saw it.
01:19:56Does Batista really know who the legal man is?
01:19:59Oh, look at that!
01:20:00The Spinebuster!
01:20:01Batista caught Ted DiBiase in midair.
01:20:04Rather, Cody Rhodes in midair.
01:20:06The referee didn't see it.
01:20:07The referee didn't see that.
01:20:08My God, what a Spinebuster!
01:20:10And Shane McMahon gets the win.
01:20:12The grief of power.
01:20:14The explosiveness.
01:20:16The winner of this match,
01:20:17the team of Batista and Shane McMahon.
01:20:22We've talked about Batista's devastating power.
01:20:25You saw it on display there.
01:20:28Catching Cody Rhodes in the middle of the London night
01:20:32and landing a huge Spinebuster.
01:20:36I like the energy, I like the teamwork
01:20:39of McMahon and Batista here tonight.
01:20:42And it's obvious that Batista's power
01:20:45is a huge deciding factor.
01:20:47And here was a turning point in the match
01:20:49as Shane McMahon inadvertently, as you said,
01:20:52ran into Batista.
01:20:53A little bit of confusion.
01:20:55And the animal unleashes his power right there.
01:20:59And Shane McMahon picks up the scraps.
01:21:02The referee didn't see Batista's action.
01:21:05And man, what a Spinebuster.
01:21:07Ladies and gentlemen, will we see a celebratory hug
01:21:11on Sunday for a new WWE Champion crown at Backlash.