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00:00C'mon! You know I gotcha! Yeah! One! Break the wall! Break down the wall!
00:20YQJ, Chris Jericho!
00:30Well, the question on my mind is, do you think Chris Jericho will be an objective official tonight?
00:38Well, Jericho will call it right down the middle, especially after getting some sweet gin music and a Batista bomb in route of getting here.
00:48Well, imagine, if you will, a high-stakes poker game. Five-card stud. Suddenly, it becomes a game with a wild card.
00:57It makes it a whole different game, and Chris Jericho is the wild card in this situation tonight.
01:02Does he have an agenda? I don't know. We'll find out.
01:07Jericho is off on the wild card in many scenarios. And Chris Jericho has been known to have an agenda.
01:17gone and a half blast.
01:21I know.
01:22I know.
01:24I know.
01:25I know.
01:26I know.
01:27I know.
01:29It's an incorrect sheet.
01:31I know.
01:36Here we go, let's go!
02:06The following contest is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first, from Washington DC, weighing in at 290 pounds, Batista!
02:23Wow, Smackdown's animal! Batista looks as focused and as intense as I've ever seen him in my life!
02:31You know, Batista's gonna be intense because last Friday night of Smackdown, three days ago, Shawn Michaels arguably cost Batista the heavyweight championship of the world!
02:42You're right! If we thought this was personal before, Shawn Michaels' actions last Friday at Smackdown made it ultra-personal!
03:02It all started about Shawn Michaels retiring, the greatest wrestler of all time, Ric Flair! Batista took exception to Shawn Michaels' actions at WrestleMania 24 when Michaels in deep brain brought his A-game!
03:16But this whole matter between that man, the animal Batista, and the showstopper has evolved into much more!
03:23Much more!
03:24I think I'm key! I know I'm sexy! I've got some more!
03:36I think I'm key! I know I'm sexy! I've got some more!
03:40And from San Antonio, Texas, the heart-breaking kids, Shawn Michaels!
03:57I've got some more!
03:58I've got some more!
03:59Up and down, next line, I'm just a sexy boy!
04:02I'm not your boy at all!
04:07I'm not your boy at all!
04:12I'm not your boy at all!
04:16I make them hot!
04:18I make them shiver!
04:20I make them shiver!
04:23This match, no doubt, has global significance!
04:27As two of the most talented, popular superstars in all the WWE put their popularity aside to settle a very personal issue!
04:42The key word there, global!
04:45This match is being seen worldwide!
04:48United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Egypt!
04:54The world is watching!
04:56It's great that our Armed Forces are watching on the Armed Forces Network!
05:01And I know there's one man, the greatest of all, watching right now in Charlotte, North Carolina!
05:07The Hall of Famer, that kiss, stealin', wheelin', dealin', clear jet ridin', son of a gun, that's got a vested interest in the outcome of this contest!
05:18I'm not your boy at all!
05:22Both men, Michaels and Batista, know what it's like to be at the top of the mountain as heavyweight champions of the world!
05:29Both men know what it's like to win such prestigious events as the Royal Rumble!
05:35But this, again, about pride!
05:37It's about pride and passion!
05:39It's about perseverance!
05:42The right hand took care of that nice shiner there on the eye of the world!
06:04From the eye of Batista!
06:06And Batista looks like he's still feeling the effect of his jaw from that super kick from HBK Friday night at SmackDown!
06:13An explosive night, Friday night at SmackDown!
06:18And here we go, Batista almost with a smirk on his face!
06:22No doubt Batista with a huge size and strength advantage at 290!
06:31But Michaels is certainly the ultimate strategist! Speed, quickness and leverage!
06:37Michaels gotta use it all tonight in this context!
06:40Wow!
06:45Michaels retaliates!
06:47But look at the strength of Batista!
06:50Whoa!
06:51Michaels looking at my sweet chin music and Batista thinking about countering with a Batista bomb!
06:58Oh, an attempted super kick and an attempted Batista bomb!
07:07Either one could have ended this match early!
07:09HBK regrouping!
07:11Re-strategizing!
07:12HBK!
07:13HBK!
07:14HBK!
07:15It goes without saying that Shawn Michaels thinks that he has to somehow out quick and be faster than Batista during this match!
07:24But hey!
07:25Batista is in no way, shape, form or fashion slow!
07:29I mean Batista is as quick as, how do you say, a hiccup himself!
07:33I think that's probably one of the things that make Batista so dangerous!
07:36Speed and quickness!
07:37And Michaels trying to not up those big quadriceps of Batista and slow Batista down!
07:42But Batista again, going back to what brought him his great success!
07:46Part of that success was power!
07:48And look at the job the referee's doing!
07:50Chris Jericho!
07:51And Michaels using that positioning that Jericho inadvertently created!
07:57Man!
08:00Velocity!
08:01Impact!
08:02And there's not a man alive that can withstand multiple shots like Shawn Michaels just sustained!
08:09Speaking of multiple shots, Shawn Michaels hit Batista with three right hands right in the jaw and seeming to have no effect!
08:16Look at the power once again of Batista here!
08:18Boom!
08:19What impact!
08:20That is a collision!
08:22An I-95 light collision by Batista!
08:25And Michaels taking a trick out of the dirtiest player in the game's playbook!
08:30With that chop block on the knee of Batista!
08:33Trying to destroy the vertical base of the animal!
08:36But!
08:37Up here!
08:38Oh!
08:39And Michaels!
08:40Michaels trying to...
08:41Look at the short-arm scissors!
08:43Ric Flair always said, to be the man, you gotta beat the man!
08:47And I guess right now that makes Shawn Michaels the man!
08:50Michaels trying to use leverage and the strength of his legs!
08:56To slow down the animal and Batista looking to counter him and has done so!
09:01And look at Michaels hammering away on the triceps!
09:05Oh!
09:06Oh!
09:07Oh!
09:08Oh!
09:09Come on now!
09:10Come on!
09:11Oh!
09:12Michaels focusing on the left arm of the animal!
09:15Come on!
09:16Come on!
09:17Come on!
09:18Come on, Batista!
09:19I think that's gotta be part of Shawn Michaels' game plan!
09:22Zero in on some part of Batista!
09:24Weaken it!
09:25To the point that you can...
09:28Whoa!
09:29Look at this!
09:30Nice counter again by Batista!
09:31That is a power counter!
09:32Just rolling through the leverage that Michaels had earned and was sustaining there momentarily!
09:38That's why it's gonna be so hard for Shawn Michaels to weaken any part of Batista!
09:42Look!
09:43Uh-oh!
09:44Look at the strength!
09:45Come on, Batista!
09:46Can you give up?
09:47Can you give up?
09:48Can you give up?
09:49I'm also asking Batista if he gives up.
09:51I don't...
09:52Can you give up?
09:53I don't think Batista's close to tapping out here or submitting.
09:56Michael's shoulder's down!
09:58One!
09:59Two!
10:00One!
10:01Two!
10:02Again, Jericho in position to see the shoulders on the canvas.
10:07You get it!
10:08You get it!
10:09A precarious situation, quite frankly, for both these tremendous athletes.
10:15The pain in Batista's left arm and Michael's shoulders on the canvas.
10:19Good look!
10:20Good look!
10:21Oh, my God!
10:22Good Lord!
10:23The strength and power of Batista!
10:24And Batista may have...
10:25He may have torn his arm going over the top.
10:26Oh!
10:27Come on now!
10:28Shawn Michaels somehow with the wherewithal not to relinquish that hold that he had on Batista's
10:30left arm, but I don't know what I would have done had I been Shawn Michaels just be in a state of shock.
10:37Watch the strength of Batista as he lifts dead weight of Shawn Michaels right off the mat.
10:43Amazing!
10:44This is after being in that short arm of scissors to point some time, and there you see Batista's arm.
10:50And Michael's taking advantage, ramming that injured left arm of Batista into the steel ring post.
10:58Now look at, look at, on Michaels' face, tells a story, he's risking disqualification.
11:16An unforgiving ring post, bam!
11:18Right there!
11:19The ring post did not move, did not flinch, but Batista's arm has felt the pain of the steel.
11:26And Chris Jericho, the special referee of Batista, rolling in before the count of 10.
11:35And look at Shawn Michaels, relentless now, attacking the arm and shoulder of Batista.
11:42Well, it looks like Jericho willing to give a little latitude and let these two guys go at it.
11:46He could have easily disqualified Shawn Michaels on the outside, ramming Batista's shoulder into that post.
11:52Shawn Michaels trying to forge a half Nelson into the, along with the hammerlock, and Batista on his shoulders.
12:01Batista, Batista still too strong for Michaels to hold down.
12:05Come on, come on!
12:07Oh!
12:08Michaels ripping and tearing at the arm, the elbow, the shoulder, both joints are being affected by Michaels' offense.
12:15Hyper extending the elbow of Batista, and as you said, trying to pull that shoulder right out of the socket.
12:21One, two, three!
12:24Michaels gaining that unfair advantage, but did break the hold at the count of three.
12:28He would have been disqualified at the count of five.
12:30Batista's right hand is healthy.
12:34As Michaels with a testosterone to hold, and look at Michaels' aggression.
12:44Michaels, obviously, trying to debilitate the left arm of Batista.
12:50And how do you execute a Batista bomb with one arm?
12:53Well, I think if it hasn't become obvious to Batista by now, it will shortly, that he's not going to be able to defeat Shawn Michaels by brute strength alone.
13:03Shawn Michaels, too wary of a veteran to go down to just somebody's brute strength.
13:09Michaels beats Batista to the punch.
13:14Michaels one step ahead of the animal, and look at Michaels.
13:19Oh, my God!
13:20Michaels hurt it to damage the arm, but Michaels on the outside.
13:26He's going to get disqualified.
13:29Michaels broke the hold that time on four.
13:32Michaels helped that painful maneuver on the outside as long as he possibly could without getting disqualified.
13:42But look at the focus of Shawn Michaels.
13:45There's one body part that Michaels has fixated on.
13:49Well, I gotta tell you, I'm impressed, and I'm shocked at the one-sidedness of this match to this point.
13:57The fervor and intensity of Shawn Michaels and the strategy that he is employing is absolutely perfect for a man as strong as Batista.
14:07It's all about leverage and the pursuit of damaging and exploiting the body part.
14:19In this case, the left arm and shoulder.
14:22And Batista with a strength.
14:24With one arm and the strength of Batista again, utilizing a Samoan drop.
14:30That will at least for the moment give Batista somewhat of a surcease from Michaels' onslaught.
14:42Batista, a little bit of time to recuperate, but he moves right in on Shawn Michaels.
14:47That may have been a mistake.
14:49How ironic.
14:50It all started about Nature Boy and Ric Flair's retirement.
14:54And Michaels using Flair's knife bench chop.
14:56Oh, just the velocity.
14:58Takes Michaels inside out.
15:00Upside down.
15:01Oh, my gosh, what a close line.
15:04Michaels looks like he just got run over by a truck.
15:08Whoa, Batista's left arm may be injured, but it looks like that big right arm is working fine for the animal.
15:14We talked about Batista's size and strength.
15:19It's great athleticism.
15:20Now we're seeing the toughness from the animal.
15:23And look at this.
15:24Impact.
15:25Impact.
15:26A slobber knopper of a close line almost beheading Shawn Michaels.
15:31And the hot arm Batista manhandles the showstopper.
15:36Shoot.
15:37Shoot.
15:39Shoot.
15:44Michaels again far side.
15:46You heard the velocity.
15:47Michaels backed up.
15:48Oh!
15:49Batista follows up.
15:51A power slam.
15:52The hook of the forehead results in a near fall.
15:55Well, the momentum of this match has certainly changed.
15:58I don't know what Batista needs to do here to sustain this offense, but somehow he's gotta figure out.
16:04One arm Batista bomb, I don't know.
16:09Batista bomb, is that what we're thinking?
16:11The cross face.
16:13Michaels got the cross face on Batista.
16:17Batista may have to tap out.
16:19Will the animal tap out here tonight at Black Lash?
16:25Look at Shawn Michaels wrenching and twerking and tearing at Batista.
16:31Come on.
16:38One can almost feel the pain riveting through the left arm and shoulder of the animal.
16:46And you can see Batista's eyes.
16:49The promised land, the destination, the saving grace of those ropes.
16:54Can Batista reach them?
16:55No, look at Shawn Michaels.
16:56One.
16:57Michaels looking for the cover.
16:59And Michaels again.
17:04Remember Shawn Michaels made it emphatically clear when he told Batista that on this night,
17:09Michaels would do anything he had to do to beat Batista.
17:14A showstopper would reach back and use anything he could.
17:18And we're seeing right now a very physical, a very tenacious side of Shawn Michaels.
17:26We heard Shawn Michaels say that he brought his A-game to WrestleMania to defeat Ric Flair.
17:32And he certainly brought his A-game here tonight.
17:34Come on.
17:37You see Batista finally makes it to the host.
17:41Referee, Chris Jericho gonna have to break the hole.
17:44Whoa, he physically breaks the hole.
17:46Jericho manhandling Shawn Michaels' strategy.
17:49Well, I don't know if that was necessary or not, but-
17:54Who is the official?
17:58Be careful, Shawn.
17:59Not to get disqualified.
18:01Jesus.
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18:43What a spear, the Spermichael win it.
18:46How close, Jericho's hand was inches away from the three count.
18:51Man, vintage Shawn Michaels popping up like a pimple on prom night,
18:58but only to face this huge spear from Batista.
19:02Look at this, bam.
19:04Wow.
19:05Right in the sternum.
19:07Tremendous impact.
19:10Shoot it.
19:12This match has been so physical.
19:14Both of these superstars got to be almost drained here.
19:24Michaels trying to find his way out of this situation
19:28where he can create some high-risk offense.
19:31Uh-oh.
19:34So Michaels want to hit the big elbow.
19:36He does!
19:38The elbow to the Spermichael.
19:42Now can Shawn Michaels capitalize?
19:45One, two, three.
19:47Momentum back in the favor of the showstopping.
19:51Our fans are on their feet.
19:53The band is tuning up.
19:55One, two, three.
20:00Sweet chicken.
20:01Sweet chicken.
20:02Oh!
20:03Oh!
20:04Oh!
20:05What a spine buster.
20:06Oh, power.
20:07Oh!
20:08Oh!
20:09Oh!
20:10Oh!
20:11Oh!
20:12Oh!
20:13Oh!
20:14Oh!
20:15Oh!
20:16Oh!
20:17Oh!
20:18Oh!
20:19Oh!
20:20Oh!
20:21Oh!
20:22Uh-oh.
20:23Oh!
20:24This is the predicament, but…
20:25Heh, Zeah...
20:27No, he knew it.
20:28Aw!
20:29Oh!
20:30Oh, did that go…
20:32Oh!
20:33Oh!
20:34Oh, oh, ah!
20:35No, ah.
20:36Oh, oh, ah!
20:37Oh!
20:38Oh!
20:39Oh!
20:40Oh, man!
20:41Oh, oh.
20:42He made the counter, it seemed like he really got all tangled up on that left knee.
20:48Every Chris Jericho asking Michael if he wanna.
20:58My God, where did that come from?
21:03Matisse wants to run into sleep to music.
21:07Wait a minute.
21:09Here is your winner, the heartbreak kid, Shawn Michaels.
21:21Matisse, Lord is born for just a moment to assess the damage that Michaels apparently
21:29had done to his knee.
21:31Well, Matisse had said early on that he didn't really respect Shawn Michaels' actions in the
21:38ring, but Shawn Michaels said that he would do any and everything to win this match.
21:43And we just saw it.
21:50Boy, you can never, ever underestimate HBK.
21:54Chris Jericho raising the hand of Shawn Michaels.
22:04Look at this.
22:05This was the first time Shawn went for the super kick.
22:08And Matisse had it well scouted.
22:11Michaels was lucky there.
22:13Now right here is where Michaels apparently hurt his knee.
22:16What's the knee?
22:17Just came down wrong on that knee.
22:19Somehow Shawn Michaels literally pulls himself up off the rope,
22:24delivers the sweet chin music, and it was lights out for the animal.
22:29Shawn Michaels is, we said earlier, one of the, the ultimate strategist in the entire WWE,
22:33he's a wily son of a gun, and Michael, he went on one bad leg, caught Batista,
22:48luring his guard and walked right into the sweet chin music.
22:52Jericho.
22:53Not only being the special referee, but having to help Shawn Michaels to the back after that
23:07knee injury.
23:08Shawn Michaels said that after tonight, that he would be the man, and Shawn Michaels is
23:13leaving the band.
23:15The不要's, C-4 J.
23:18Natchin Boy toy
23:33Dab immediacy to the promo, and Ken, who's the PRAD member plays