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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the U.S.A.!
00:29Ladies and gentlemen, to the University of Tennessee and Friday Night SmackDown, alongside
00:34Jim Ross, I'm Todd Grisham, and this should be an amazing two hours, and what a way to
00:39kick it off with the unique enigma that is Jeff Hardy.
00:43And once again, we experience the rock star reception for the strange, unique enigma,
00:50Jeff Hardy.
00:54What a tumultuous last of several weeks it's been for Jeff Hardy.
00:59Ever since his brother cost him the WWE title in January at the Royal Rumble, Jeff Hardy's
01:05life has literally been upside down.
01:08And this is the first time we'll see Jeff Hardy in action since last week's SmackDown,
01:13where Jeff faced his brother Matt in that brutal stretcher match.
01:16Well, the object of this match was to incapacitate your opponent, put him in the stretcher, and
01:21cost the finish line.
01:22Jeff Hardy took every chance, and perhaps in the very end, Jeff Hardy, as he did at
01:29WrestleMania, took one chance too many.
01:34High risk, high reward.
01:36That's the career Jeff Hardy has always had, and last week, it did not pay off.
01:42Jeff Hardy's brother Matt vows that he will erase Jeff Hardy's image from the complete
01:49WWE universe before it's all said and done.
01:55Well, it's the Big Show!
02:02It's the Big Show!
02:04Standing at seven feet tall, weighing 441 pounds, the Big Show!
02:13Ladies and gentlemen, you're looking at, quite simply, the largest athlete in the world,
02:18the Big Show, and JR, he is not in a good mood.
02:21No doubt about that.
02:22We saw that Monday night.
02:23Of course, Big Show now is a property of Monday Night Raw.
02:26This week, we've won the last opportunities.
02:28We have to see the biggest athlete in the world here on Friday Night SmackDown.
02:35The Big Show involved in that tri-branded Battle Royal this past Monday on Raw.
02:40He was very dominant, very physical.
02:43In fact, single-handedly lifted Mark Henry over the top rope.
02:47I've never seen anyone do that.
02:49The damage a Big Show's fist can do to average-sized men, as is the 225-pound Jeff Hardy,
02:55is devastating.
02:57But what his right hand did to a 400-pound Mark Henry was absolutely off the page.
03:08Jeff Hardy giving up 260 pounds in this match.
03:13That's a lot of pounds.
03:15A lot of risk.
03:17One fall matchup here on Friday Night SmackDown.
03:20And the Big Show obviously trying to corner Jeff Hardy.
03:23Make the ring smaller would be the Big Show's objective, at least one of them.
03:29We talked about the Big Show being in a bad mood.
03:31How about the 25th anniversary of WrestleMania?
03:33The Big Show lifted up on the shoulders of John Cena.
03:37The attitude adjustment.
03:39The Big Show does not like being manhandled in that way.
03:43The Big Show's been in a bad mood for several weeks.
03:45But he is absolutely an extraordinary human being.
03:49And Jeff Hardy trying a single-leg takedown.
03:52And that might not be the most judicious offensive path for the High Flyer.
03:59Well, in the land of Tennessee, I don't think anyone would volunteer to face the Big Show.
04:08A true Goliath is the Big Show.
04:12Close to that 500-pound mark.
04:14An athletic 500 pounds.
04:16Just ripped Hardy's shirt off.
04:18What a chop.
04:20And it resonates all the way to the top row of this arena.
04:24Big Show's hands are, as the rest of them, a giant like.
04:28He wears a size 22 ring.
04:31And when those chops rain down on your sternum or your heart, it's devastating.
04:36It's got to be like being hit with a tennis rack.
04:40And Joe, what can Jeff Hardy do to beat the Big Show?
04:44What's his game plan?
04:45Well, there's a few things Jeff Hardy can't do.
04:47Jeff Hardy can't stand in front of the Big Show.
04:49Can't withstand those right and lefts.
04:51Hardy must pick up the pace and somehow destroy the vertical base of the 7-foot, 485-pounder.
04:59So basically, Jeff Hardy's strategy can't be the same one that John Cena used at WrestleMania.
05:04Jeff Hardy and John Cena are entirely different athletes.
05:07Cena's one of the strongest men in the history of WWE.
05:12That'll concave your chest.
05:14Jeff Hardy became WWE Champion by taking major, massive chances and hitting big moves when he had to.
05:24Not by overpowering people.
05:29When we saw Jeff Hardy just last night, JL, we had the honor of calling the first ever match in WWE Superstar's history.
05:35Jeff Hardy made an appearance as his brother, Matt, tried to hightail it out of the arena.
05:39Matt wanted to leave a match with The Undertaker last night.
05:42Jeff Hardy came down, interceded, put his brother, Matt, back in the ring.
05:46We saw the results of the amazing chokeslam by The Undertaker, who will be here tonight.
05:52And that's a very resourceful move.
05:55Jeff Hardy's got to be resourceful here.
05:57He's got to be resilient, creative with his offense.
06:00Hardy using the Big Show's own weight against him.
06:03Speaking of weight, how about the size of that headbutt?
06:06And you see what happens when Jeff Hardy stays in front too long of The Big Show.
06:12Whether it's The Big Show's fists or his hands.
06:16And look at that agility. 500 pounds, pushing over.
06:19With the covering, Hardy able to kick out.
06:22And one can only imagine how much energy it takes just to kick out of a lateral press by The Big Show.
06:29It's like having to bench press nearly 500 pounds.
06:34Jeff Hardy staying near those ropes, two reasons.
06:37One, he might get a break if he has to have it.
06:39Secondly, I think he may have needed the ropes to pull himself up.
06:43But look at the courage of Jeff Hardy.
06:47Jeff Hardy doing all he can, giving everything.
06:50But as you mentioned, JR, sometimes Jeff Hardy gives too much.
06:55It's like stepping on the interstate here on I-75 in front of an 18-wheeler.
07:01And look at the strength and the power.
07:07And look at this.
07:09Right across the skull of Jeff Hardy.
07:13And The Big Show controlling this match 100%.
07:17Well, that boot to the face is an extraordinary boot because The Big Show wears a size 18.
07:236E wrestling boot.
07:26And I'm sure when a lot of members of our WWE Universe think about Jeff Hardy,
07:30they think about his high-flying exploits.
07:32But they don't think about how tough this superstar is.
07:35Just think about all the beatings, all the shots he's taken over the years,
07:39including the ones that The Big Show is delivering right now.
07:45Big Show feeling very confident, as he should.
07:48He's enjoying this.
07:50And Big Show made the first mistake of this match for him.
07:56And Jeff Hardy's down, trying to capitalize.
08:00Using his own momentum.
08:01But the pace has quickened.
08:05Oh, and just like that.