WWE SMACKDOWN 20 APRIL 2007 FULL SHOW

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00:00:00Yes, sir, we promised you a great man here.

00:00:03The last man here.

00:00:05The Chinese.

00:00:06The Mania.

00:00:07The Mania is running wild.

00:00:09My God, what a man.

00:00:10The Mania is running wild now.

00:00:14There's not a world that's watching.

00:00:30The Mania is running wild now.

00:01:00The Mania is running wild now.

00:01:30The Mania is running wild now.

00:01:33The Mania is running wild now.

00:01:38The Mania is running wild.

00:01:48The last man standing match

00:02:10You are guaranteed

00:02:12That one man

00:02:13Will prove victorious

00:02:15You are guaranteed

00:02:16That one man

00:02:17Will get beaten so badly

00:02:18He cannot even get on his own two feet

00:02:21It is the most brutal match

00:02:24To judge that he has

00:02:25Thousands of SmackDown fans

00:02:29On their feet

00:02:29From Batista here

00:02:30In Milan, Italy

00:02:31And I cannot think of a better opponent

00:02:33For Batista

00:02:34To get ready for a brutal

00:02:37Last man standing match

00:02:38To the man he faced tonight

00:02:39Before the United States

00:02:41Champion Finley

00:02:42You want to learn

00:02:43What it's like to go through

00:02:44Hell

00:02:45Put yourself in the middle of a fire

00:02:47And that is what Batista is doing tonight

00:02:49With Finley

00:02:51Because what we're going to see

00:02:53At SmackDown is not going to be a classic

00:02:56It's not going to be a five-star match

00:02:58It is going to be a war

00:03:01My name is Finley

00:03:03And I love to fight

00:03:05In this race

00:03:08Brookman basketball in Ireland

00:03:09Weighing 233 pounds

00:03:12Finley

00:03:13In this match

00:03:14Born out of what happened last week

00:03:16In that huge tag team matchup

00:03:18It was Finley and Kennedy

00:03:19Versus The Undertaker

00:03:21And Batista

00:03:22And Finley has some

00:03:24Fans here

00:03:25In Italy

00:03:26A lot of World Cup fans here

00:03:30They love Ireland

00:03:32Italy good win the World Cup

00:03:33They like rugged people here

00:03:37Not that they're rugged

00:03:39Back when the pyro went off

00:03:40Looks like the French

00:03:41And Italian Army

00:03:42Both surrendered

00:03:43So it's Finley and Batista

00:03:45Set to go one-on-one

00:03:46As we kick off

00:03:47Friday night SmackDown

00:03:48Here for Milan, Italy

00:03:50This is going to be

00:03:55A great match

00:03:56And you see

00:03:57Referee Jimmy Corderas

00:03:59Admonishing Finley

00:04:02From the get-go

00:04:02Saying you better put

00:04:04That Shillelagh

00:04:05Out of harm's way

00:04:07And Finley has used

00:04:09That weapon on a number

00:04:10Of occasions

00:04:11As Finley gets set

00:04:14To start things off

00:04:15Against the former

00:04:16World Champion

00:04:17Batista

00:04:18John, can Batista

00:04:23At all

00:04:24In this type of matchup

00:04:25Against Finley

00:04:26Learn anything

00:04:26As he prepares

00:04:27For last man standing

00:04:28A week from Sunday

00:04:29Absolutely

00:04:30You're fighting

00:04:31One of the toughest guys

00:04:32In the history of this business

00:04:34A true veteran

00:04:34You don't get much more

00:04:36Veteran than a Finley

00:04:37A guy who you cannot surprise

00:04:39Can you learn anything

00:04:40If you can't learn anything

00:04:41Fighting Finley, Michael

00:04:42You can't learn anything

00:04:44Period

00:04:44Talk about the intensity

00:04:45That the animal Batista

00:04:47Has shown us over the past few weeks

00:04:49Including how he went toe-to-toe

00:04:51And gave the Undertaker

00:04:52All the Undertaker

00:04:53Could handle at Wrestlemania

00:04:54Fifteen years of being undefeated

00:04:57At Wrestlemania

00:04:57The Undertaker

00:04:58Was never taken to the limit

00:05:00Like he was by Batista

00:05:01At one point

00:05:02It looked like Batista

00:05:03Had broken the streak

00:05:04Batista

00:05:05Who was game

00:05:06Was already elevated

00:05:07Has raised it

00:05:08Beyond what we have

00:05:10Ever seen before

00:05:11Variation of that

00:05:12Arm drag takedown

00:05:13By Batista

00:05:14Working with an arm bar

00:05:15And Finley back to his feet

00:05:17But Batista

00:05:17Working on that left shoulder

00:05:19Left arm of Finley

00:05:20Batista targeting a body part

00:05:23Nearly going to this matchup

00:05:24This is important, Michael

00:05:26You're seeing Batista

00:05:27Target a body part

00:05:28He never did that before

00:05:29It was all about power

00:05:30It was all about brute force

00:05:31Batista is raising his game

00:05:33He realizes that backlash

00:05:34He better bring everything he has

00:05:37Plus a bucket full of guts

00:05:38Because there's nothing like

00:05:40A last man standing match

00:05:42Because the rules are simple

00:05:43If you incapacitate your opponent

00:05:45Your opponent can't make a ten count

00:05:47Then you win the matchup

00:05:48And think about it, Michael

00:05:49We're either going to see

00:05:50Undertaker or Batista

00:05:52Beat up so badly

00:05:53That they cannot answer the tale

00:05:55What a forearm by Finley

00:05:56And the veteran

00:05:57Explodes out of the corner

00:05:58Driving the animal

00:05:59Back into the corner

00:06:01On the other side

00:06:01And what an uppercut

00:06:02Flooring Batista

00:06:03Finley into the cover

00:06:04Well, thought he was

00:06:05But instead he's going to

00:06:06Maul away at the animal

00:06:08Again, Finley

00:06:12With that rough

00:06:12Rugged style

00:06:14Oh, couple late

00:06:16Takedown by Batista

00:06:17And now the right hands

00:06:18Flailing away at Finley

00:06:20Referee Jimmy Corderas

00:06:23Right in Batista's face

00:06:24Saying no close fists

00:06:26Gentlemen

00:06:26Back down fans

00:06:37Back in the animal

00:06:38In this matchup

00:06:39He's got something in his eye

00:06:43What did he do?

00:06:45Fly in there?

00:06:47Maybe it was a thumb

00:06:48Batista hit him with a thumb in the eye

00:06:50Maybe

00:06:50He's going to touch him

00:06:52Right there

00:06:53Sounding good

00:06:55Oh, and Finley

00:06:59Look at Finley

00:07:00And that is what Finley

00:07:02Is all about

00:07:02And Batista

00:07:05Sent through the second rope

00:07:06By the fighting Irishman

00:07:08Finley playing possum

00:07:10Suckered Batista in

00:07:11But there's the power of the animal

00:07:13Catching Finley

00:07:15Boot to the point

00:07:16Right off the jaw

00:07:18He's knocking Finley's head off his shoulders

00:07:21It's not like Finley was good looking

00:07:23But that certainly won't help his lungs

00:07:25And it won't hurt your back cuspids either

00:07:27Here's the cover by Batista

00:07:29Hooks the leg

00:07:30And a kick out by Finley at two

00:07:32Finley's face

00:07:35Watch his face

00:07:36Oh

00:07:37Boot right to the jaw

00:07:40How is Finley still standing?

00:07:43He's from Ireland

00:07:44He loves to fight

00:07:45Batista driving the shoulders

00:07:48Into the gut of Finley

00:07:50That would be one way

00:07:51To win a last man standing match

00:07:52Kick your opponent to face

00:07:54Knock him out

00:07:54So he can't make the ten count

00:07:55The animal

00:07:58Wearing Finley down

00:07:59As we take another look

00:08:01Watch the impact

00:08:02Oh my

00:08:04Right on the kisser

00:08:06And think about this

00:08:10Michael

00:08:10Finley takes that

00:08:12And he's actually able

00:08:13To get up from that

00:08:14Kick like that

00:08:15So think what it's going to take

00:08:17To knock a man out

00:08:18Where he can't answer a ten count

00:08:20And you're not talking about

00:08:21A normal man either

00:08:22John

00:08:22You're talking about

00:08:23The undertaker

00:08:24The phenom

00:08:25The world champion

00:08:26And on the other side

00:08:27You're talking about the animal

00:08:28You're talking about Batista

00:08:29One of these guys

00:08:30Is going to get beat up so bad

00:08:32They will not answer a ten count

00:08:33We are in

00:08:34For a war

00:08:36At Backlash

00:08:37Batista went for a clean break again

00:08:40And a cheap shot by Finley

00:08:41Right over the head of the referee

00:08:43Who is in perfect position

00:08:44And Batista would like to make Finley pay

00:08:46And Batista knocking Finley off the top rope

00:08:49What's good for the goose

00:08:50Is good for the gander I guess

00:08:52The animal enraged

00:08:53Can he keep it up

00:08:54When we return

00:08:55To Milan

00:08:56We are back on Friday night

00:08:59Smackdown

00:09:00And Batista

00:09:01Has brought the fight

00:09:02To Finley

00:09:03Outside the ring

00:09:04Bouncing Finley's head

00:09:05Off the barricade

00:09:06I understand Michael

00:09:10They've got a ten count

00:09:11To get back in the ring here

00:09:12And Backlash

00:09:13With Batista

00:09:14And the undertaker

00:09:15This is all legal

00:09:17And looking from behind

00:09:18That's Kennedy

00:09:19Mr. Kennedy

00:09:20Attacking Batista

00:09:21From behind

00:09:22Mr. Money in the bank

00:09:25From out of nowhere

00:09:26Helping out his

00:09:27Well his new close friend Finley

00:09:30And the assault begins

00:09:33Kennedy to the left

00:09:34His right to the animal

00:09:35And Finley with that

00:09:47So Lally

00:09:47Right after the

00:09:49The right leg

00:09:51That hamstring area

00:09:52The back of the knee

00:09:53After that match last week

00:09:56That tag team match

00:09:58With Kennedy

00:09:58Finley

00:09:59Batista

00:09:59And Undertaker

00:10:00I think Finley

00:10:01And Kennedy

00:10:02Are getting on some back

00:10:03Right now Michael

00:10:04Finley with those knees

00:10:06Directly into the temple

00:10:07Of Batista

00:10:08And look at Kennedy

00:10:09A DDT

00:10:10Planting the animal

00:10:12Kennedy

00:10:18Kennedy

00:10:18Suppled a Batista bomb

00:10:19Last week

00:10:20At the hands of the animal

00:10:21And Kennedy

00:10:22Look at the look

00:10:23At his face

00:10:23And look at Finley

00:10:24Stalking the animal

00:10:25Not this

00:10:27Finley sending the animal

00:10:29Up

00:10:29Batista's in trouble

00:10:30The Celtic cross

00:10:31Kennedy

00:10:44Kennedy

00:10:44And Finley

00:10:45Laying waste

00:10:46To Batista

00:10:47A hell of an impact

00:10:49For that duo

00:10:50Tonight

00:10:50Finley

00:10:52And Kennedy

00:10:53Came to get them

00:10:54Some

00:10:54And Milan

00:10:55And Italy

00:10:55Michael

00:10:56And they just

00:10:57Got them

00:10:57Some

00:10:58Sixth smile

00:11:05On the face

00:11:06Of Finley

00:11:07And we have to

00:11:09Take another look

00:11:10At what happened

00:11:11Toward the end

00:11:12Of this matchup

00:11:13Mr. Kennedy

00:11:14From out of nowhere

00:11:16A flat out ambush

00:11:17Attacking Batista

00:11:19From behind

00:11:20And then the

00:11:21Double team assault

00:11:22Would begin

00:11:22First the DDT

00:11:25And then Finley

00:11:26With the Celtic cross

00:11:28Taking out the animal

00:11:29I said in the beginning

00:11:32You can't look past

00:11:33Finley

00:11:33Well it turns out

00:11:34Michael

00:11:35You better not

00:11:35Look past

00:11:36Finley

00:11:36And Mr. Kennedy

00:11:38Well John

00:11:42Speaking of Kennedy

00:11:43He will be in action

00:11:44Tonight

00:11:44The new world champion

00:11:46The Undertaker

00:11:47Will take on

00:11:48Mr. Money in the Bank

00:11:50Mr. Kennedy

00:11:51From Milan, Italy

00:11:52Tonight

00:11:53On Fat Dan

00:11:54It is Smackdown

00:11:58Quattro Cento

00:12:00That's 400

00:12:00In Italian

00:12:01And we are in Milan

00:12:03What a wonderful place

00:12:04And there is the

00:12:05Leonardo Da Vinci statue

00:12:07Here in Milan

00:12:08And our visit here

00:12:12Has been front page news

00:12:13Everywhere

00:12:13We'd like to thank

00:12:14Italy

00:12:14And all the great

00:12:15WWE fans here

00:12:16For a wonderful time

00:12:18Ladies and gentlemen

00:12:32Please welcome

00:12:33Jillian

00:12:34I could see Jillian

00:12:37Cruising in the Ferrari

00:12:38Singing with the top down

00:12:39I could too

00:12:40Hot bread

00:12:42That's the name

00:12:42Of her new song

00:12:43Her hit song

00:12:44Hot bread

00:12:44Did you just say

00:12:46Hit song

00:12:46Yeah

00:12:47Hit song

00:12:48Hopefully she'll

00:12:49Sing it for us

00:12:50Oh she's smoking

00:12:51You've got hot bread

00:12:52On your iPod

00:12:53I'm sure

00:12:53Yes I do

00:12:55She's good looking

00:12:58Why did you ever

00:12:59Fire her

00:13:00Long story

00:13:02May hire her back

00:13:06Remember me

00:13:07I do

00:13:08Well

00:13:09I'm sure that

00:13:11Ashley does

00:13:12What is going on

00:13:16In here

00:13:16What are you doing

00:13:20What are you doing

00:13:21I don't get to be

00:13:22In Timberlake's video

00:13:23I need to shake

00:13:25Calm down

00:13:26What happened

00:13:27Are you okay

00:13:28What are you doing

00:13:30Somebody give some help

00:13:31Oh that's funny

00:13:35Well um

00:13:36Ashley unfortunately

00:13:39Couldn't be here tonight

00:13:40So um

00:13:42I've prepared

00:13:44You know

00:13:45A little

00:13:45Italiano

00:13:47Opera song

00:13:48For you

00:13:49All of my

00:13:50Adoring

00:13:51Italian fans

00:13:53Awesome

00:13:54So on your feet

00:13:57Get up Michael

00:13:58On your feet

00:13:59Ahem

00:14:01I'm gonna need you guys

00:14:03To be quiet though

00:14:04Ahem

00:14:06Ahem

00:14:07Ahem

00:14:08Ahem

00:14:09Ahem

00:14:10Ahem

00:14:11I like the pizza

00:14:17Ahem

00:14:18Ahem

00:14:20It's

00:14:22Chimple

00:14:24Food

00:14:26I like

00:14:31Baracini

00:14:32Albedo

00:14:34Ahem

00:14:35Ahem

00:14:37Ahem

00:14:40It tastes good too

00:14:43I like a little mozzarella

00:14:52Stop the pain!

00:14:56Stop the pain!

00:14:59We'll ask it each hour's pain.

00:15:01Here comes the next Mrs. Whitefield!

00:15:04Michelle McCool who stumbled on that ambush last week.

00:15:09Thank goodness.

00:15:10That was really, really bad for Jillian.

00:15:14It's always a pleasure when Michelle comes down here, but tonight, isn't it a pleasure?

00:15:17I wasn't done yet. Go back.

00:15:19I wasn't done yet.

00:15:21I wasn't...

00:15:25Here in Italy, Jillian,

00:15:27they say,

00:15:28Tu fai schifo!

00:15:36Translation?

00:15:38You're horrible!

00:15:43Oh, Jillian tried to take a cheap shot!

00:15:46And Michelle...

00:15:48Look at Michelle go!

00:15:55Oh, my!

00:15:56Why?

00:16:01Well, that's one way to attend the karaoke.

00:16:03The next Mrs. Whitefield is bilingual.

00:16:05How about that, Michael?

00:16:06No, no, no.

00:16:07Just another man in love with me.

00:16:09Just another man in love with me.

00:16:10Just another man in love with me.

00:16:11Just another man in love with me.

00:16:13Just another man in love with me.

00:16:14Just another man in love with me.

00:16:15And Jillian's thingy debut in Italy.

00:16:16It was quite the way she wanted it to.

00:16:17And you still have to ask me why.

00:16:19I fired her?

00:16:22Please tell me that was a horrible question.

00:16:27Now, there was the cheap shot.

00:16:28Jillian tried to take it.

00:16:29Michelle made her pay for it.

00:16:32And I agree.

00:16:33Jillian's thing is pretty horrible.

00:16:35I mean, no, Margaret, it's not that good.

00:16:37The next Chuck is mean.

00:16:38I never lost my touch.

00:16:40I just gave it to you.

00:16:41But I woke up.

00:16:55The following is a six-man tag team match scheduled for one fall.

00:17:00Introducing Bert from Cameron, North Carolina.

00:17:02At a combined weight of 461 pounds,

00:17:05they are the world tag team champions,

00:17:08Matt and Jeff,

00:17:10the Hardy.

00:17:11Well, uh,

00:17:12SmackDown ECW and Wall Street.

00:17:14Stars are in the middle of a two-week tour of Europe.

00:17:17John, selling out all over the Great Continent.

00:17:19So, why not have the world tag team champions

00:17:22here with a head SmackDown this week?

00:17:24And you realize the Hardings are not just

00:17:26the United States of the Novelies.

00:17:28They are popular everywhere around the world.

00:17:31From Atlanta, Georgia,

00:17:33weighs 234 pounds.

00:17:35He is the United States champion,

00:17:38Chris Benoit.

00:17:40Chris Benoit has definitely got his career

00:17:43been a survivor.

00:17:45And speaking of surviving,

00:17:47tomorrow, Miami, tickets go on sale

00:17:50for Survivor Series.

00:17:52The annual white of the Thanksgiving season.

00:17:55Tickets on sale in Miami,

00:17:56tomorrow.

00:17:57That's gonna be fun, Miami.

00:17:59Yeah.

00:18:00South Beach.

00:18:01Ooh, Chapo.

00:18:03Ooh, Chapo.

00:18:06And making their way to the ring,

00:18:11at a combined weight of 430 pounds,

00:18:14Gregory Helms,

00:18:16and the Cruiserweight Champion of the World,

00:18:19Chapo Guerrero.

00:18:21Through the great Cruiserweights of all time,

00:18:23Michael Chapo Guerrero,

00:18:24a six-time Cruiserweight Champion,

00:18:26and Gregory Helms,

00:18:28the longest reigning Cruiserweight Champion ever.

00:18:31One, two,

00:18:33you hear the clock ticking,

00:18:35tick-tock,

00:18:36you about to stop living,

00:18:38tick-tock,

00:18:39I want you to remember me,

00:18:41tick-tock,

00:18:42but the day don't have no memory.

00:18:43I'm coming!

00:18:44Nobody can stop me,

00:18:46nobody can hold me,

00:18:48nobody can change me,

00:18:49I'm coming!

00:18:50I'm getting through my pain,

00:18:51I'm in his brain,

00:18:52I'm in his brain,

00:18:53I'm in my chain,

00:18:54I'm in my chain,

00:18:55I'm in my chain,

00:18:56I'm in my chain,

00:18:57I'm in my chain,

00:18:58I'm in my chain,

00:18:59and MVP has developed quite the rivalry

00:19:04with the United States Champion Chris Benoit.

00:19:07At WrestleMania,

00:19:08Chris Benoit knocked off MVP

00:19:10in a very competitive matchup,

00:19:13and just last week,

00:19:14MVP picking up a victory in controversial fashion

00:19:18in an on-title match against the Rabid Wolverine.

00:19:21And how appropriate is that MVP

00:19:23come out of that smoke-filled tunnel

00:19:24right by a Ferrari?

00:19:26Because what we have right here, Michael,

00:19:28is IOC team-class MVP,

00:19:31the hottest star on SmackDown.

00:19:34So a six-man tag team matchup here on Friday Night SmackDown,

00:19:38it is a great match.

00:19:39Chavo, Guerrero, the Cruiserweight Champion,

00:19:42former Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms,

00:19:44and MVP against Chris Benoit,

00:19:46the United States Champion,

00:19:47and the World Tag Team Champions,

00:19:49Matt and Jeff Hardy.

00:19:51And it's Chavo, Guerrero, and Chris Benoit

00:19:53starting things off center of the ring.

00:19:54And talking about rivalries,

00:19:55Benoit and Chavo had one going

00:19:57for a number of months last year.

00:19:59Talk about a rivalry that is deep-born and deep-bred.

00:20:03The Benoit versus Guerrero rivalry

00:20:05is one that has lasted for a long, long time.

00:20:09Big shoulder knocked down by Chris Benoit.

00:20:11Knee to the side of the face of Chavo Guerrero.

00:20:14And yet another chop by Benoit.

00:20:16And Chavo with a knee to the midsection.

00:20:20Chavo Guerrero winning the Cruiserweight Championship

00:20:22back in February at No Way Out.

00:20:25Surprise appearance of the Cruiserweight Open.

00:20:27It makes it tag to Montel Montavious Porter,

00:20:30who made a statement last week, John,

00:20:31in that non-title win over Chris Benoit.

00:20:34I said last week that Montel Montavious Porter

00:20:37was going to have to sneak a win over Benoit

00:20:39to step back in the title picture.

00:20:41Michael, that is exactly what he did.

00:20:43MVP didn't want anything to do with Benoit

00:20:45as the Rabbit of Wolverine started to build momentum.

00:20:47And here comes Gregory Helms,

00:20:48walks right into that arm drag.

00:20:50What a drop kick by Benoit.

00:20:51Gregory Helms is the longest-reigning

00:20:54champion in SmackDown history,

00:20:57holding the Cruiserweight title for over a year.

00:20:59The thing I like about Gregory Helms,

00:21:01just the same I like about Chavo Guerrero,

00:21:03is they are not your typical Cruiserweights.

00:21:05These are guys who can step up like Rey Mysterio did,

00:21:08like Bernard Hopkins did,

00:21:09and compete with heavyweights.

00:21:11Matt Hardy whipped into the corner,

00:21:13high elbow to Gregory Helms.

00:21:14Hardy and Helms have always this personal rivalry,

00:21:18grew up together.

00:21:19Oh!

00:21:20And Hardy and Helms trying to prove each and every week

00:21:22whenever they're in the ring with each other.

00:21:23Who's the best?

00:21:24And what a great series of matches they had last summer.

00:21:27Matt Hardy, great counter.

00:21:29Actually, Gregory Helms with a tremendous counter.

00:21:32It goes quickly.

00:21:33I thought it was going to go for the cover,

00:21:35but it's going to unload with the right hand.

00:21:36This is about who is the better person.

00:21:38These guys go home to North Tiger Lackey,

00:21:40and all they got to hear from their friends

00:21:42is what happened at Friday night on SmackDown.

00:21:45The last thing they want is for the other one.

00:21:48Hardy or Helms to get the upper hand

00:21:50because they didn't hear it in their hometown.

00:21:52Oh!

00:21:53Matt Hardy with a big clothesline,

00:21:54taking out Gregory Helms.

00:21:55Nine nights from tonight, Sunday, at Backlash.

00:21:59The Hardys, Matt and Jeff,

00:22:01will defend those World Tag Team titles

00:22:03against quag, Lance Cade, and Trevor Murdoch.

00:22:05That'll be a hard-hitting affair.

00:22:07And Gregory Helms grabs the bottom rope

00:22:09before referee Jimmy Coderis can start the camp.

00:22:13We'd like to thank you, ladies and gentlemen,

00:22:15for joining us on this historic 400th episode

00:22:18of Friday Night SmackDown.

00:22:20You know, WWE.com is running a list

00:22:23of the top 10 SmackDown moments of all time.

00:22:25John, in fact, you're in there.

00:22:27Number one?

00:22:28Oh, no.

00:22:29Actually, you are in the top 10, though,

00:22:30as Jeff Hardy misses off the top turnbuckle

00:22:34as Helms rolls out of the way.

00:22:36It actually was a fairly disgusting incident in my book

00:22:39when you tried to play Border Patrol.

00:22:42Protecting America is what I did.

00:22:45Tag made.

00:22:46Chavo Guerrero.

00:22:48With a big uppercut to Jeff Hardy.

00:22:50And there's another one.

00:22:51To the former Intercontinental Champion.

00:22:53Helms and Chavo work very well together as a team.

00:22:57Two great champions.

00:23:02Chavo kicks to the midsection.

00:23:04Referee Jimmy Cordero is doing his job,

00:23:06but the distraction allows the double team.

00:23:09And there's the veteran Chavo.

00:23:11Realizing that you distract the referee,

00:23:13allows your teammates to get involved.

00:23:18It's just smart business.

00:23:19That's all it is, Michael.

00:23:22MVP.

00:23:23MVP uses that boot like a Masahiro Jono or a Bruiser Bode.

00:23:31You hadn't seen that in many years.

00:23:33That straight, stiff boot.

00:23:35I like it.

00:23:36One thing I do want to talk about, John,

00:23:37is that Backlash World Championship,

00:23:39World Tag Team Championship match.

00:23:41Talk about contrasting styles.

00:23:43The Hardys and Caden Murdoch.

00:23:45Here's the hook of the leg and a kick-ass.

00:23:47Caden Murdoch sort of remind me of the old APA.

00:23:50From what I understand, they drink like the old APA.

00:23:53And they beat people up like the old APA.

00:23:56Caden Murdoch are a throwback to the old generation of Murdoch.

00:23:59Stan Hansen.

00:24:00The guys that grew up in West Texas that made it famous.

00:24:03Then you have the Hardys.

00:24:04As flamboyant as you could possibly be.

00:24:07And who couldn't forget what Jeff Hardy did at WrestleMania.

00:24:10He had a chance to win Money in the Bank,

00:24:12but Stan Trattich wanted to steal the show,

00:24:15jumped off a ladder and almost destroyed himself.

00:24:18Jeff Hardy didn't try to steal the show.

00:24:19He tried to do what he had to do to win Money in the Bank.

00:24:21That's what it was all about.

00:24:22He could have climbed the ladder, Michael.

00:24:24He could have climbed the ladder and won the match.

00:24:26He said he wants to steal the show in front of 80-something thousand people.

00:24:29Look, I admire Jeff Hardy.

00:24:30He is a great champion.

00:24:32But the guy is a lunatic.

00:24:33Nobody picks himself up like that unless he is.

00:24:35Cover by Chavo, hook of the leg and a kick at it too.

00:24:38But Guerrero, Helms and MVP doing a tremendous job isolating Jeff Hardy.

00:24:44Not allowing him to make a tag.

00:24:48They understand this.

00:24:49You don't want the fresh Hardy.

00:24:51You don't want Chris Benoit stepping on that ring.

00:24:53To get that done, you keep Jeff Hardy isolated.

00:24:56You cut that ring off in half.

00:24:58Always make sure that you are between them and their partner

00:25:01and you win the match.

00:25:03The ever intense Benoit.

00:25:05Trying to get Jeff Hardy back in the game.

00:25:07Matt Hardy cheering his brother on as well.

00:25:09Jeff Hardy blocks the right in a right of his own.

00:25:11And here comes Jeff Hardy.

00:25:15And just when Hardy was starting to get out of the box,

00:25:18Chavo Guerrero drops him with a drop kick.

00:25:20Here's the cover.

00:25:21Look at the forearm right in the face.

00:25:22There's a two-counting kick out.

00:25:24What a beautiful drop kick by Chavo Guerrero.

00:25:28That is a Guerrero classic.

00:25:31Tag made to Helms.

00:25:32Look at Chavo in Helms.

00:25:34Perfect utilization of the five count they have for Chavo

00:25:38to get out of the ring.

00:25:39Here's the cover by Helms.

00:25:40And Matt Hardy breaks up the possible three-count.

00:25:42Tag made to MVP.

00:25:47And Montel Montavious Porter taking his turn.

00:25:50Hook of the leg.

00:25:51Shoulders down.

00:25:52And a kick out by the resilient Jeff Hardy.

00:25:54One of the most impressive stars in all of SmackDown the last few weeks here has been MVP.

00:26:01What he did at WrestleMania against Crispin Juan and how he followed it up last week was nothing short of impressive.

00:26:08And I've got to agree with you, John.

00:26:09I wasn't sold on it.

00:26:10And look at Gregory Helms preventing Hardy from getting to the corner.

00:26:13Well, MVP of the referee distracted.

00:26:15But again, to get back to MVP.

00:26:17I wasn't sold on it when he came here.

00:26:19Highest free agent signing in the history of WWE.

00:26:21I wasn't either.

00:26:22I found him offensive when he came here.

00:26:24Cover again.

00:26:25Hooks the leg.

00:26:26And a kick out by Jeff.

00:26:27I thought it was disgusting that this young guy would come in here talking so much trash.

00:26:31Getting paid so much money.

00:26:33Wearing all that bling.

00:26:34Being everything wrong with the business that I hate about the business.

00:26:37Boom!

00:26:38Turning out to be SmackDown's hottest star.

00:26:41Cheap shot by Chavo.

00:26:43Knocks Matt Hardy off the apron.

00:26:44Draws Chris Benoit.

00:26:45And again, that distraction allows the double team.

00:26:48And that's the veteran instinct of the Cruiserweight Champion, Chavo Guerrero.

00:26:55MVP has earned the respect that he has gotten.

00:26:59There's no doubt, John.

00:27:00I mean, he's been through inferno matches.

00:27:02He's been through cage matches.

00:27:03He's been through street fights.

00:27:05He has a victory over the United States Champion.

00:27:07Perfect suplex.

00:27:08There's the cover kick out again.

00:27:10Almost shades of Chris Benoit, perhaps, by MVP.

00:27:13I think maybe sending a little message to the United States Champion through the suplex.

00:27:17But there's a headbutt.

00:27:18MVP went for the cheap shot.

00:27:20Jeff Hardy makes the tag.

00:27:21And here comes the United States Champion.

00:27:24Here's what MVP didn't want.

00:27:26And that's fresh Benoit coming in the ring.

00:27:28Chavo didn't want Benoit either.

00:27:30Snap suplex.

00:27:32Right into the gut of MVP.

00:27:34And that shot knocked Helms off his feet.

00:27:41MVP wants nothing to do with Benoit.

00:27:44He's smart.

00:27:45German suplex.

00:27:46Get ready for a ride, Gregory.

00:27:47There's a second one.

00:27:48And there's nothing Helms can do.

00:27:49A third German.

00:27:50This time released.

00:27:51Benoit speeding it.

00:27:52And from behind, Chavo Guerrero.

00:27:53Matt Hardy.

00:27:54Side effect.

00:27:55This is what you love about six hand tags.

00:27:56Twist the face.

00:27:57Matt Hardy.

00:27:58Taking everybody out.

00:27:59Just to the top rope.

00:28:00The Swanton.

00:28:01The Swanton.

00:28:02The Swanton.

00:28:03The Swanton.

00:28:04The brothers do that against Cade Murdoch.

00:28:05It's over.

00:28:06Jeff dumped over the top rope on the other side.

00:28:08There goes Chavo and Matt Hardy.

00:28:10There goes Chavo and Matt Hardy.

00:28:11Chris Benoit.

00:28:12Is the legal man.

00:28:13MVP.

00:28:14paid for it.

00:28:15Here's Benoit.

00:28:16Benoit.

00:28:17Straight from Stu Hart's dungeon to Milan Italy.

00:28:18The sharpshooter.

00:28:19Locked in.

00:28:20An MVP.

00:28:21A backboard.

00:28:22And it's over.

00:28:23And it's over.

00:28:24And it's over.

00:28:25Jeff dumped over the top rope on the other side.

00:28:26There goes Chavo and Matt Hardy.

00:28:27Chris Benoit.

00:28:28Is the legal man.

00:28:30MVP.

00:28:31Paid for it.

00:28:32Here's Benoit.

00:28:33Benoit.

00:28:34Benoit connected with a headbutt.

00:28:35A bullseye.

00:28:37And now Benoit.

00:28:39Straight from Stu Hart's dungeon to Milan Italy.

00:28:42The sharpshooter.

00:28:43Locked in.

00:28:44An MVP.

00:28:45About body drop.

00:28:46And the sharpshooter still locked in.

00:28:49Will Helms tap out?

00:28:50And he does.

00:28:51Chris Benoit.

00:28:52And the Hardys.

00:28:53Pick up the win.

00:28:54What a matchup Michael.

00:28:57The winner of the match.

00:28:59Sinti Muglaar Hardys.

00:29:01And Chris Benoit.

00:29:02Chris Benoit.

00:29:03Chris Benoit and MVP put on a wrestling classic last week on SmackDown Michael.

00:29:08They followed it up with a great six man tag match.

00:29:11This was fun to watch.

00:29:13But this is a team effort.

00:29:14I mean Matt Hardy.

00:29:15He uses the faith.

00:29:16He uses the side effects.

00:29:18Jeff Hardy uses the spot top.

00:29:20Benoit the sharpshooter and the flying headbutts.

00:29:23What a match.

00:29:24Everybody wants to show out overseas.

00:29:29The ladies and gentlemen.

00:29:31Still to come tonight.

00:29:35The tag team titles are on the line.

00:29:38A rematch from last week.

00:29:39Can London and Kendrick continue their incredible run?

00:29:43We'll find out next.

00:29:51Welcome back.

00:29:52Friday Night SmackDown is just heating up.

00:29:56We are in Milan, Italy tonight for Friday Night SmackDown, but I do like the French feel.

00:30:04I may have to go to France tomorrow.

00:30:06Ha ha.

00:30:07Get a French maid.

00:30:08This contest scheduled for one fall is for the WWE Tag Team Championship.

00:30:18Introducing for a static combined weight of 369 pounds, they are the current WWE Tag Team Champions, Bryan Kentrick and Paul London.

00:30:24334 days and counting nearly a year as Tag Team Champions.

00:30:36Michael, for the sheer longevity of the record, you have to put these guys up there with the great tag teams of all time.

00:30:42Fourth longest rain ever.

00:30:43Fourth longest rain ever.

00:30:44And please explain to me why they wear those masks.

00:30:46They're mysterious.

00:30:47That's your answer.

00:30:49You have a better one?

00:30:52Well, from a Ferrari to a pink Cadillac.

00:31:01Introducing the Challengers.

00:31:03Big and coming into the ring by Cherry.

00:31:05From the other side of the tracks, at a combined weight of 465 pounds, Deuce and Domino.

00:31:12And don't forget roller skates.

00:31:14We have Evermead's transportation here.

00:31:16Well, Deuce and Domino with an unbelievable record which keeps them in title contention.

00:31:25Despite the fact that they were disqualified last week in the Tag Team Championship matchup.

00:31:30Referee Mickey Henson doing a great job of disqualifying Deuce and Domino who at a time got a bit out of control.

00:31:35Michael, let me tell you something.

00:31:36I was once part of a great tag team, the APA, three-time world champion.

00:31:40You've got to stay in control.

00:31:41I don't care how tough you are.

00:31:43I don't care how hot-tempered you are to win championships.

00:31:46You have to stay within the boundaries of the rules no matter how much you dislike those rules.

00:31:51So can Deuce and Domino do that?

00:31:53They've only been on the scene here for a few months on SmackDown.

00:31:56Last week they did.

00:31:58They have not shown the ability to be able to do that, no.

00:32:01Can they? I don't know.

00:32:03So if you're London and Kendrick with the Tag Team titles on the line, can you use that as a psychological ploy?

00:32:08They try to bring Deuce and Domino out of their game early, knowing that they are prone to a possible disqualification.

00:32:14I think Kendrick and London want to win it by disqualification, but can you rile them?

00:32:18Yes. It's called mind games. You do it all the time.

00:32:20London and Kendrick, two pretty little boys.

00:32:22You have two tough guys across from them.

00:32:24Yes, mind games play in this matchup.

00:32:27And this is Brian Kendrick of the Tag Team Champions starting off against Deuce of Deuce and Domino.

00:32:32So contrasting styles in the matchup, John.

00:32:35In order for London and Kendrick to keep the titles, they have to do what?

00:32:38They have to do what they do best, and they have to do what brought them the fourth longest title reign of all time.

00:32:43They have to fly, they have to move, they have to create distance between them and Deuce and Domino.

00:32:48What about the challengers?

00:32:49The challengers have to do what they do best.

00:32:51They're not overly huge guys, but they're a lot bigger than London and Kendrick.

00:32:54They've got to rely on being close and being in control.

00:32:58And there's the high-flyer Kendrick knocking Deuce down.

00:33:01And when Brian Kendrick can move around the ring like he is now, it's hard to stop the Tag Team Champions.

00:33:06Brian Kendrick follows it up, tag made by Paul London.

00:33:10These two know each other so well.

00:33:12London and Kendrick.

00:33:13There's that high-cost body.

00:33:15Rolled out of a possible lateral press, but London right back on the attack.

00:33:19You ask what one team has to do and what one team shouldn't do, this is a perfect example of it.

00:33:23This is what London and Kendrick have to do, what Deuce and Domino shouldn't do.

00:33:28Paul London, kick to the face of Deuce.

00:33:31Quick tags by London and Kendrick.

00:33:33This is where they're most effective.

00:33:35Driving that elbow to the left arm.

00:33:37Deuce and Domino, most of last week dominated the Tag Team Champions.

00:33:41I guess they would hope to do that for the majority of the match tonight and wear down the high-flyers.

00:33:46And if you remember, Michael, the first time they faced the Tag Team Champions, they defeated them right in the middle of the ring.

00:33:51They've had the Tag Team Champions number, Michael, except in cases like this where the champions should be on the line.

00:33:58A mule kick to that left arm by Paul London.

00:34:02Deuce and Domino, as John mentioned, have knocked off the champs on a number of occasions.

00:34:07They're hoping the third time is a charm with the Tag Team titles on the line.

00:34:10But the one thing that London and Kendrick have had the ability, the proclivity to do, is rise to the occasion when the titles are on the line.

00:34:17Double-teamed by London and Kendrick.

00:34:20So fluid are the Tag Champs.

00:34:22Reminds me of a young...

00:34:23And look at this!

00:34:24Wow!

00:34:25Cherry drew the referee, and Domino planted a knee in the back of Kendrick and then paid for it.

00:34:32And Paul London, doing what he does best.

00:34:34Off the end, but went for a moonsault, took a little too much time, and he paid for it.

00:34:41You ask what the champions need to do?

00:34:43That's what they need to do.

00:34:44They need to use everything at their disposal, and that's used for Roller Skate Girl.

00:34:48That's what they need to do.

00:34:49Let's take another look.

00:34:50Is Paul London hurt?

00:34:52Probably after that, moonsault missed.

00:34:54But again, John, we talk about the high-flyers and how that high-octane offense is so effective to Tag Champs,

00:34:59but it can also be their undoing many times.

00:35:03Said there are car crashes waiting to happen.

00:35:05Sometimes it works in their favor, Michael, but understand.

00:35:07It's like corner two at Daytona.

00:35:10You're gonna see some car wrecks.

00:35:12And it's Brian Kendrick, dragged to the corner, tag made to Domino.

00:35:16The cherry on the outside of the ring.

00:35:18Domino's sister, Deuce's girlfriend, as Domino delivers the elbow to the heart.

00:35:24That's gotta be a fun dynamic riding the roads together.

00:35:27And Paul London is barely moved outside the ring.

00:35:30And now, doctors, trainers out here to check for Paul London at ringside.

00:35:37As Deuce and Domino begin the assault of Brian Kendrick.

00:35:42Kendrick is really partnerless at this juncture.

00:35:45This is a two-on-one mugging for Deuce and Domino as we speak.

00:35:49Deuce into the cover, hooks the leg, tag team titles on the line, and Kendrick kicks out.

00:35:57This is where Deuce and Domino have to stay in control, Michael.

00:36:01But for the first time that I can remember, John, over the past year that Lennon and Kendrick have been tag team champions.

00:36:07And here's the cover by Deuce again and a kick out.

00:36:11One of the team has been taken out.

00:36:13And when you've got a team like Lennon and Kendrick who rely so much on teamwork like they do,

00:36:19you'll afford to have your partner taken out, especially against bruisers like Deuce and Domino.

00:36:25They remind me of a young Steve and Sean Simpson from South Africa.

00:36:29Two great guys in world-class championship days.

00:36:32But Sean and Steve were great tag team champions.

00:36:36That's like London and Kendrick.

00:36:38This is where Kendrick, for the first time in almost a year, is in a lot of trouble.

00:36:44There's no one standing on that apron.

00:36:46Ashley's out as well.

00:36:48Kendrick is a man on an island.

00:36:50It's been a wild couple of weeks for London and Kendrick.

00:36:52Ashley going down after that attack by Jillian last week.

00:36:55Somehow London and Kendrick got that out of their head to retain the titles.

00:36:58But here tonight, Paul London has been taken out of this matchup.

00:37:02And Brian Kendrick doing it alone.

00:37:04Up over the top, went for the sunset flip.

00:37:06And Domino with a clothesline.

00:37:09Cover.

00:37:10Shoulders down.

00:37:11This should be it.

00:37:12And again.

00:37:13You're not going to win a championship like that.

00:37:14Come on.

00:37:15You're better than that.

00:37:17Paul London though.

00:37:18The concern is the fact that London has yet to move after coming off the apron with that moonsault.

00:37:24Yeah, but this is the opportunity for Deuce and Domino to win a world championship.

00:37:28Cover again by Deuce.

00:37:29Hooks the leg.

00:37:30Shoulders down.

00:37:31And again Kendrick.

00:37:32Somehow kicks out.

00:37:33That's how you make a cover.

00:37:34And with this time right now, Deuce and Domino need to stay in control.

00:37:37They have a perfect storm on their side.

00:37:39No Ashley.

00:37:40No London.

00:37:41They cannot do anything to get themselves disqualified.

00:37:44And they will walk out of here.

00:37:46The tag team champions tonight.

00:37:48Well, we know they have hot heads.

00:37:49We saw that last week.

00:37:50And did you see perhaps some frustration beginning to build in the eyes and the body motion of Deuce a few moments ago?

00:37:56Absolutely.

00:37:57That is their weakness.

00:37:59That's what cost them last week.

00:38:01This though, Michael, I'm telling you, you do not have your stars better aligned than what they have right now.

00:38:06Ryan Kendrick.

00:38:07Big right hands to the gut.

00:38:09Deuce whips Kendrick across the ring.

00:38:11Kendrick got caught up on the second rope.

00:38:13It looked like he was about to mount some sort of counter, but got caught up on the second rope and Deuce took advantage.

00:38:18He's got a five count.

00:38:23He broke it.

00:38:24Again, close to that five count.

00:38:27Referee Charles Robinson was right there.

00:38:30But how much does Brian Kendrick have left?

00:38:32I mean, this is a matter of time in my mind before Deuce and Domino walk out of here with a tag team goal.

00:38:37If they're patient, they'll finally wear Kendrick down.

00:38:40That's what they have to be.

00:38:41They have to be patient.

00:38:43Look, Kendrick is as resilient as any superstar we have.

00:38:46But you have to understand, you've got to wear the young man down.

00:38:50London and Kendrick have not held the tag team titles for 334 days because they have no heart.

00:38:57We know that they do for a fact.

00:38:59But Kendrick is doing this alone.

00:39:01His partner, Paul London, has barely moved at ringside.

00:39:05After that missed, moonsaulted.

00:39:07Brian Kendrick walked into a clothesline, cover again, and a two count.

00:39:12As Domino again fails to hook the leg.

00:39:15Just dumb.

00:39:16You've got to do everything.

00:39:17These opportunities don't come along very often, Michael.

00:39:20SmackDown fans trying desperately to get Brian Kendrick back into this match.

00:39:26Domino ducks underneath!

00:39:28Knees right to the nose.

00:39:29Tag made to Deuce.

00:39:31And Deuce driving that fist into the skull.

00:39:36Kendrick motionless like his partner.

00:39:38Here's the hook of the leg.

00:39:39And Kendrick kicks out again at two.

00:39:43And there's the frustration.

00:39:45Go back for another cover perhaps.

00:39:48You cannot get frustrated.

00:39:50You cannot get mad.

00:39:51You cannot get upset.

00:39:53Brian Kendrick with an elbow.

00:39:54Right hand to Domino.

00:39:56Look at the heart.

00:39:57Look at the heart and soul on this kid, Brian Kendrick.

00:40:00And you listen to these fans in Milan.

00:40:04These huge soccer fans who love to cheer and chant.

00:40:07And they are getting behind Kendrick here.

00:40:10But Kendrick's down.

00:40:11Deuce is down.

00:40:12Deuce is down.

00:40:13Domino's down.

00:40:14Cherry trying to get Deuce back in the ball game.

00:40:20Referee Charles Robinson at a count of four.

00:40:22If he reaches ten before someone gets to their feet, this match will be a draw.

00:40:30Oh!

00:40:31And Deuce driving a knee.

00:40:33Kendrick just realized that he's like a bird when the earth is burning.

00:40:36There's nowhere to land.

00:40:38John, what does that feel like?

00:40:40Pretty psychologically when your partner's taken out.

00:40:43And it's you.

00:40:44Two on one.

00:40:45Gets the world.

00:40:46Not only that, Michael, but also remember Ashley was taken out.

00:40:49He's got absolutely no one left.

00:40:50You're so set, Michael.

00:40:52You're so used to being able to reach in that corner and find somebody to help you.

00:40:56Oh!

00:40:57What a kick!

00:40:58Wow!

00:40:59Did you hear that impact?

00:41:00Here's the cover.

00:41:01Hook of the leg.

00:41:02There's two.

00:41:03And it's over.

00:41:04Deuce and Domino take advantage of the numbers game

00:41:07to win their first tag team title.

00:41:10Winners of this match.

00:41:11And new WWE Tag Team Champions, Deuce and Domino.

00:41:18The stars were perfectly in the line, Michael.

00:41:20But that's what happens in this business.

00:41:22That's what happened when you have Buck and Kendrick.

00:41:24Car crash waiting to happen.

00:41:25Unfortunately, it happened for them at the wrong time.

00:41:28But Deuce and Domino, Michael.

00:41:30Three months or less of WWE.

00:41:33They are holding championship goals right now.

00:41:36But the story here is this, John.

00:41:38That high-flying, seemingly out of control, Devil May Care offense

00:41:42finally caught up with London and Kendrick.

00:41:44And you see Brian Kendrick going to his home partner, Paul London.

00:41:48That missed insult off the apron by Paul London.

00:41:51And that desperate attitude may have cost them the title.

00:41:55Michael, it's been a heck of a year.

00:41:56I've said all along it's going to be fun to watch these guys while these guys last.

00:42:00Sooner or later, they might self-destruct tonight.

00:42:03Unfortunately, they did.

00:42:05And this is Paul London.

00:42:07Now he took himself out of the matchup with a missed moonsault

00:42:10as Domino wisely rolled out of the way.

00:42:13And Brian Kendrick looking for his Parker.

00:42:16Nobody home.

00:42:17And it allowed Deuce and Domino to take advantage.

00:42:20Could have gotten disqualified.

00:42:22Could have rolled out of the ring.

00:42:23But instead, he stayed in there like a team champion.

00:42:26What a great year.

00:42:27And what a great title run for London and Kendrick.

00:42:31The streak is over at 334 days at the top for London and Kendrick.

00:42:36The fourth longest title reign ever.

00:42:38We have new tag team champions in Deuce and Domino on SmackDown tonight.

00:42:43And I think Sonic has forever lost her order, girls.

00:42:46Because now Sandy is with Deuce and Domino and the tag team gold.

00:42:50John, it's Cherry.

00:42:52Ladies and gentlemen, still to come tonight on Friday Night SmackDown.

00:42:58The world champion is here.

00:43:00The dead man.

00:43:01The phenom The Undertaker.

00:43:03Goes one-on-one with Mr. Money in the Bank.

00:43:06Kennedy, who's already made his presence felt against Batista tonight.

00:43:11It is the third oldest cathedral in the world.

00:43:15The formal cathedral here in Ceylon, Italy.

00:43:18Your SmackDown is coming from tonight.

00:43:19I should build something like that to myself.

00:43:23And tonight, Friday Night SmackDown is brought to you by Paramount Pictures' new film.

00:43:27Next.

00:43:28In theaters April 27th, rated PG-13.

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00:43:40Get in the zone.

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00:43:44WWE Magazine presents The Raw Rebound.

00:43:50Oh my God!

00:43:53Mr. McMahon's heavy hitter.

00:43:55The man that the chairman believes will eliminate Bobby Lashley, of course,

00:43:59with the chairman and his son Shane.

00:44:01Anyone who wants to take on Umaga.

00:44:05Let's go, bring him down.

00:44:06I can't imagine anybody being too eager to accept that challenge.

00:44:09Umaga will put up the Intercontinental Championship.

00:44:12That sweetens the deal, but...

00:44:15The only thing we have left is one of you people.

00:44:20Alright, you.

00:44:21No, no, come on.

00:44:22Do you have a name?

00:44:23Santino Marella.

00:44:25Okay, Santino Marella.

00:44:26Ring the damn bell.

00:44:27Looks like Santino's got a little bit of...

00:44:28I'm gonna fight in him.

00:44:29Oh, what a good set.

00:44:30He almost pinned Umaga.

00:44:31Hang on a second.

00:44:32I forgot to announce that this is a no-hose-barred match.

00:44:33Morgan with a cheat shot there.

00:44:34I think the fun and games are over now that Mr. McMahon has made this a no-hose-barred match.

00:44:37Umaga versus a fan.

00:44:38Santino defenceless.

00:44:39Hey, look at this!

00:44:40And look at the ECW champion.

00:44:41Uh-oh, wait a minute.

00:44:42The McMahon's got this.

00:44:43Oh, I'm gonna fight in him.

00:44:44I'm gonna fight in him.

00:44:45I'm gonna fight in him.

00:44:46Oh, what a good set.

00:44:47He almost pinned Umaga.

00:44:48Hang on a second.

00:44:49I forgot to announce that this is a no-hose-barred match.

00:44:50Lorda with a cheat shot there.

00:44:51I think the fun and games are over now that Mr. McMahon has made this a no-hose-barred match.

00:44:54Umaga versus a fan.

00:44:57Santino defenseless.

00:44:59Hey, Woody.

00:45:00Look at this.

00:45:01Bobby Larsley.

00:45:02And look at the ECW champion.

00:45:03Uh-oh, wait a minute.

00:45:04McMahon's got that steel chair again.

00:45:06Fuck!

00:45:07Lashley blocked.

00:45:08Oh!

00:45:09Michael Stagger.

00:45:10Look at the eyes on Lashley.

00:45:11Can't believe it.

00:45:12The steel chair has did it.

00:45:14Lashley putting Santino on top.

00:45:16One, two, three.

00:45:18Yes!

00:45:19Yes!

00:45:20Yes!

00:45:21Yes!

00:45:22Yes!

00:45:23Yes!

00:45:24Yes!

00:45:25Yes!

00:45:26Yes!

00:45:27Yes!

00:45:28Santino for Obama.

00:45:29Bobby Lassley.

00:45:30And look at the ECW champion.

00:45:31Uh-oh, wait a minute.

00:45:32Bobby Lassley's huge assist has just scored the upset of the century.

00:45:38The new Intercontinental Champion, Santino Morella!

00:45:45Oh my God!

00:45:46I don't believe what I'm saying!

00:45:48Santino Morella, a complete unknown, is the coveted Intercontinental Champion.

00:45:55Santino!

00:45:56Santino!

00:45:57Santino!

00:45:58Santino!

00:45:59Santino Morella, what a story!

00:46:00The new Intercontinental Champion, but the other story is this, John.

00:46:03Again, Lashley has stuck it to Mr. McMahon.

00:46:06But you've got three monsters now you've got to worry about.

00:46:09McMahon, McMahon, and Ubox.

00:46:10Yeah, comes your way nine nights from tonight.

00:46:13A week from Sunday at Backlash.

00:46:14The ECW Championships on the line, and a three-on-one handicap match.

00:46:18And Lashley may have finally bitten off Morgan Incatru.

00:46:21He knew there would be hell to pay when he sided with Donald Trump.

00:46:24Well, it's happening at Backlash.

00:46:26Molina will put her Women's Championship on the line against the former Women's Champs.

00:46:31Biggie James is looking to break the streets of Molina.

00:46:35World Tag Team titles on the line.

00:46:37The Hardys against the Cape Burdock.

00:46:39Talk about a contrast in style.

00:46:41Two beer drinking rednecks against two hot fly boys from North Kagalaki.

00:46:45Four men, one goal.

00:46:47The WWE Championship.

00:46:49All former champions in one ring, Michael.

00:46:53That's going to be exciting.

00:46:55And the main event from SmackDown.

00:46:57Last man standing.

00:46:59Will it be The Undertaker?

00:47:00Or will it be Matisse number one?

00:47:02One of these two powerhouses is going to get beat up so bad that they cannot answer the bell.

00:47:09And there is The Undertaker's brother.

00:47:13The Maniacal.

00:47:15Demonic.

00:47:16Evil Kane.

00:47:17The Big Red Machine.

00:47:18In action.

00:47:19Next.

00:47:23Everybody knows what I'm capable of.

00:47:27Chris Benoit.

00:47:30He felt it.

00:47:32Rey Mysterio.

00:47:37Felt it.

00:47:39Felt it.

00:47:40Thessalon.

00:47:41Chavo Guerrero.

00:47:42Felt it.

00:47:43Felt it.

00:47:45Felt it.

00:47:49But he stopped.

00:47:54Forgot.

00:47:55Until I hurt him so bad that he had to give up the world heavyweight title.

00:48:01Heavyweight Diner, you will feel exactly what the World's Strongest Man is all about.

00:48:18The SmackDown locker room has been put on notice.

00:48:23The following is a handicap match scheduled for one fall.

00:48:27Currently in the ring at a combined weight of 507 pounds, the team of Dave Taylor and William Regal.

00:48:42Weighing 320 pounds, Kane.

00:48:47There are very few absolutes in this world, Michael, but they're the absolutes.

00:48:51You don't talk, Michael Jordan, you don't talk on Superman's cake, and you don't mess with Kane.

00:48:57Kane's unproaching.

00:49:01Let's try OJL next time.

00:49:05Regal and Taylor set for a two-on-one handicap matchup against the big red machine, Kane.

00:49:10And I'll tell you, the past couple of weeks has been like a train wreck for Regal and Taylor.

00:49:15A couple of weeks ago, Regal was supposed to go one-on-one, match never got started.

00:49:18Kane battled the two outside the ring.

00:49:20Last week, Regal and Taylor ambushed Kane before Kane ran him off.

00:49:24Tonight, they get Kane two-on-one.

00:49:26And this has been amazing.

00:49:28You ask anybody in the UK if they could believe that someone would be in a handicap match with Regal and Taylor,

00:49:35nobody would believe they had survived.

00:49:37Except for Kane, the big red machine, taking it to William Regal.

00:49:40Want to talk about amazing?

00:49:42This is SmackDown's 400th episode.

00:49:45Making history here tonight.

00:49:46Even more episodes than shows like The Simpsons, Law & Order, MASH, Seinfeld, Cheers.

00:49:52Because there's superstars like you, looking at the ring.

00:49:55Kane, the big red machine.

00:49:56And listening to me.

00:49:59Superstars like me.

00:50:00And Kane really taking it to Regal in that left arm.

00:50:04And what a better place to have a 400th episode, Michael, than right here in Milan, Italy.

00:50:08Show what a global brand SmackDown has become.

00:50:10I actually went out and bought me some Bruno Magli shoes and one glove today.

00:50:14And look at Taylor.

00:50:17Whipped across the ring by Kane.

00:50:19There's a high elbow by the big red machine.

00:50:22And of course, Kane, the star of the WWE film's first movie, See No Evil.

00:50:26The latest movie out next week starring Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Condemned, A Week from Tide.

00:50:30And if you're among the first 10,000 people who submit their ticket stubs from the movie,

00:50:35you receive the Condemned, Limited Edition poster, among other things.

00:50:38Go to www.com for complete terms and conditions.

00:50:44And look at Regal.

00:50:45Knocking Kane off the steps.

00:50:47And there's the crafty William Regal.

00:50:51Taking advantage.

00:50:53And you know he learned that on the streets of Blackpool, England.

00:50:55Look for any opening, any advantage that you can get, and capitalize on it.

00:51:01You learned a couple things about Regal and Taylor.

00:51:02They're not very well liked here in Milan.

00:51:05However, I saw them at the hotel bar.

00:51:07They do like older, large ladies here in Florida.

00:51:11Although, Regal and Taylor are likely to get a more positive reaction next week

00:51:14when SmackDown continues his tour of Europe from London, England.

00:51:19Earl's Court.

00:51:20I wrestled with his lordship, Sir William Regal, one time in Manchester, England,

00:51:24just over a year and a half ago.

00:51:25I was surprised at the response of the fans.

00:51:28They actually booed me.

00:51:30That's a shock.

00:51:32And there's a tag made to William Regal.

00:51:34And Regal now has Kane down.

00:51:36And all because Regal saw the opening,

00:51:38it bounced Kane's skull off the steel step moments ago.

00:51:41There is nothing pretty about these guys, Regal and Taylor.

00:51:45But I want to tell you, I am huge, huge fans of these guys.

00:51:48These guys do wrestling the way you're supposed to be wrestling.

00:51:52It's not pretty.

00:51:52It is simply effective.

00:51:54SmackDown fans who watch us on Italia Uno here in Milan.

00:51:59Cheering Kane on.

00:52:01Oh, and a right.

00:52:02Wow.

00:52:02Just knocked Regal down.

00:52:04What a right by Kane.

00:52:07And here comes the rough and tough Dave Taylor.

00:52:11Taylor's got fighting in his blood as well.

00:52:14Dave Taylor's knee is going to be on the Olympic team this next Olympics.

00:52:18This should be an Olympic sport.

00:52:19Oh!

00:52:20Olympic sport.

00:52:21Kane's right in.

00:52:26Regal wins.

00:52:28You were telling the story.

00:52:29This is going to the Olympics.

00:52:30You just had the worst segue I've ever heard in my entire life.

00:52:32Well, you can't have hit him out of the park all the time.

00:52:35At least I admit it.

00:52:38Dave Taylor had the front face log on Kane.

00:52:40And look at the strength of the big red machine.

00:52:43Kane tossing Taylor.

00:52:45And here comes Regal.

00:52:46But once Kane recuperates from one, the other comes in like Regal is.

00:52:51Wow.

00:52:52It's lolling Kane.

00:52:55Yes.

00:52:57That is putting the boots to somebody.

00:53:01Come on.

00:53:02Come on.

00:53:02He was actually screaming for Kane to come on.

00:53:11Kane trying to get back into it with right hands.

00:53:14Oh, and Kane ran into the boot of William Regal.

00:53:23Oh!

00:53:25A shoulder block.

00:53:28Regal completely upended.

00:53:30Michael, this is nothing short of amazing.

00:53:32There's two of the toughest guys in the history of this business,

00:53:36Regal and Taylor.

00:53:37And while they are taking it to Kane right now,

00:53:39the fact that Kane is merely able to survive this long is amazing.

00:53:44And fans behind Kane again.

00:53:52Dave Taylor, a Sambo champion for over two years in the U.K.,

00:53:56third-generation wrestler.

00:53:58His grandfather was in the 1932 Olympics.

00:54:02Comes from a wrestling background.

00:54:05His daughter is a first-fourth-generation wrestler.

00:54:08Yeah, she's going to the Olympics.

00:54:09No, that's his niece.

00:54:10Oh, sorry.

00:54:11And Dave Taylor, look at Lundgren on his elbow.

00:54:15Trying to just use that forearm in the face of Isaac Kane.

00:54:19Kane battled out for a moment.

00:54:20Taylor quickly back on top.

00:54:22There's the cover kick out by the Big Red Machine.

00:54:24And another tag made to Regal.

00:54:27This is where Regal and Taylor have the advantage.

00:54:29Frequent tags in and out keep each other fresh.

00:54:31And double teams like that.

00:54:32Cover by Regal.

00:54:36Forearm right in the jaw.

00:54:38And a kick out at two.

00:54:40And again a cover.

00:54:41Again a kick out.

00:54:42And look at these mauling tactics by William Regal.

00:54:46The man who in his teens learned his craft by, well,

00:54:50exercising moves like that in the carnivals of Blackpool, England.

00:54:55Used to fight to put food on his table.

00:54:59Still is.

00:55:00And Kane.

00:55:03And the difference between this and what happened with Kendrick Michael

00:55:05is the simple fact that Kane, if you get him down,

00:55:10sometimes it's like a wounded bear.

00:55:11You better find a way to finish him or you're going to regret it.

00:55:15Well, is that by sticking your finger in his mouth

00:55:16and trying to rearrange his looks?

00:55:18See, any way you had can do it, Michael.

00:55:21Tag made to Taylor.

00:55:22Rock kick by Dave Taylor.

00:55:28He looked shocked.

00:55:29And Taylor and Regal, much to the chagrin of these SmackDown fans,

00:55:36are wearing down Kane.

00:55:42Come on!

00:55:46He's wearing him down.

00:55:48They're just wearing him down.

00:55:49It's like chopping a sequoia with a hand axe.

00:55:52Sometimes if you chop long enough, you finally get the tree to fall.

00:55:55And that's what Regal and Taylor have done.

00:55:58Another tag made to Regal.

00:56:01That was a straight kick right in the face.

00:56:04Made no bones about it.

00:56:05He just kicked Kane right in the face.

00:56:07There is nothing pretty about these two.

00:56:11It's simply effective.

00:56:12High knees, dropping Kane to the mat again.

00:56:15And you have the opportunity to be effective on Kane

00:56:19when you can keep the big man on the mat.

00:56:22You take the power game away from him.

00:56:25You chop him down to your size.

00:56:32Look at Dave Taylor.

00:56:33And William Green.

00:56:34What a double team!

00:56:3590-night.

00:56:37What an effective game play.

00:56:39Here's the cover.

00:56:40Kick out by two.

00:56:42Almost defeated.

00:56:45What an effective strategy by Taylor and Regal.

00:56:49Taylor and Regal have done everything you need to do to win a match like this.

00:56:54William Regal.

00:56:55Uh-oh.

00:56:56Uh-oh.

00:56:57Regal and Taylor may have made one mistake.

00:56:59Well, there's again a double team.

00:57:02Kane off the ropes.

00:57:03Double close line!

00:57:06Knocking Taylor and Regal down!

00:57:08And here comes the Big Red Machine building momentum!

00:57:14Here's what you don't want of your Regal and Taylor,

00:57:16the Big Red Machine, to get on a roll.

00:57:18Well, Kane did what he had to do.

00:57:20He isolated one man.

00:57:22Tossing Taylor out of the ring.

00:57:23Look at the strength of Kane.

00:57:25Side slam!

00:57:29I don't know what you have to do to beat Kane.

00:57:33Kane out to the apron.

00:57:34And Kane going to fly high!

00:57:39Regal in trouble!

00:57:41Kane off the top rope!

00:57:47Kane has weathered the storm.

00:57:49You talk about a monster.

00:57:51going for the chokeslam.

00:57:55And Taylor into the ring.

00:57:56Man into a big boot.

00:58:01Kane with a clothesline.

00:58:03And William Regal, the legal man, referee Jimmy Cordero is signaling to him, and where the hell's Regal going?

00:58:12You've got to be kidding me.

00:58:13You've got to be kidding me.

00:58:14You've got to be kidding me.

00:58:15You've got to be kidding me.

00:58:17Regal and Taylor have left the ring.

00:58:19Regal and Taylor have left the ring.

00:58:21Referee Jimmy Cordero is at a count of nine.

00:58:24At a count of nine.

00:58:25And this match is over.

00:58:27The winner of this match is the result of a count out, Kane.

00:58:34He's one of the toughest guys I've ever seen running from one man, albeit Kane the monster himself, but still.

00:58:41One man.

00:58:43Can't say I blame him.

00:58:45Ladies and gentlemen, still to come tonight.

00:58:49The new world champion is in action, The Undertaker versus Mr. Money in the Bank, Mr. Kennedy.

00:59:01101 tonight.

00:59:05Friday night's Smackdown in Milan, Italy tonight, and there is the Galleria Vittorio Emanuella.

00:59:10A very fancy shopping center.

00:59:13JBL merchandise flying off the shelf there, Michael.

00:59:16Well, what is flying off the shelf, JBL, the many magazines and newspapers that are covering the WWE in Europe this week?

00:59:23It's not right.

00:59:24I know.

00:59:25It's putting on with Kane all the time, jumping all over his bloody noggins.

00:59:28It's not right.

00:59:29Look, what he's trying to say is, we've had it up to here with being harassed by that one-eyed monster,

00:59:34and it's up to you to do your job and keep Kane away from us.

00:59:37Well, let me explain something to both of you.

00:59:39You know, this is the WWE players.

00:59:40We're talking about competition here.

00:59:42And in case you two didn't know it, that's why you're here in the first place.

00:59:45Of course it is.

00:59:46All right.

00:59:47I'll tell you what.

00:59:48How about next week, right here on Friday Night Smackdown, you two in a tag match with Kane.

00:59:54I just told you we don't want to get in the ring with him.

00:59:57We want to get away from him.

00:59:58Well, I just told you that next week you're going to have Kane.

01:00:01And Kane's partner will be...

01:00:03The Boogeyman.

01:00:04No!

01:00:05Hellfire!

01:00:06It's not right!

01:00:07One other thing, please.

01:00:08Now, you two need to be real careful of the Boogeyman, because he's coming to get you.

01:00:13You know, you'll bang out of order.

01:00:14Thank you!

01:00:15This is the best day ever.

01:00:16Did you buy everything in Milan?

01:00:17I went shopping everywhere.

01:00:18I went to Tiffany's.

01:00:19I went to Prada.

01:00:20I got Prada shoes.

01:00:21Well, show me.

01:00:22Show me what you got.

01:00:23Come on.

01:00:24Oh, look at him.

01:00:25Look at him.

01:00:26Oh, look at him.

01:00:27Look at you.

01:00:28This is the best day ever.

01:00:29Did you buy everything in Milan?

01:00:30I went shopping everywhere.

01:00:32I went to Tiffany's.

01:00:33I went to Prada.

01:00:34I got Prada shoes.

01:00:36Show me.

01:00:37Show me what you got.

01:00:38And I saw some cute Christian Louboutin shoes and they were bread.

01:00:40Did you buy it?

01:00:41Yes.

01:00:42Show me some.

01:00:43And he got these Gucci glasses.

01:00:44Don't you think they're so cute?

01:00:45Oh, right there.

01:00:46Oh, I love them.

01:00:47Show me what you got.

01:00:50Come on.

01:00:51oh look at here Louis Vuitton dollar dollar oh yeah can we talk about this

01:01:03you know what from the looks of it look like you've maxed out my credit but

01:01:08don't you worry about it crystal because I'll take care when we get back to the

01:01:11States because I want you to know this having you here with me in Milan has

01:01:17been the most happiest time of my life and I really mean that

01:01:22Teddy you're so romantic

01:01:37I'm gonna regurgitate most happiest time the man's in love

01:01:41see how it's supposed to be running this show this is a worldwide brand smackdown

01:01:45have you never been in love before you go tongue-tied love a chicken times and I

01:01:49bought a lot of hot chicks a lot of things I'll tell you what I'm still not

01:01:52tongue-tied well ladies and gentlemen married eight times quit it still to

01:01:55come tonight on what has been a wild Friday Night Smackdown Mr. Money in the

01:01:58Bank Mr. Kennedy gonna be in action against The Undertaker and boy did Mr.

01:02:02Kennedy make his presence fell earlier on tonight it was Finley versus Batista

01:02:06went from out of nowhere Mr. Kennedy attacking Batista behind perhaps retaliation for that Batista bomb that Kennedy

01:02:14suffered in the tag team match last week and then the two-on-one starting

01:02:18Kennedy and Finley came to Milan for one reason they wanted to get them some of the animal Batista and get them some of the animal they did

01:02:26Finley with the shillelagh look at how he targets the animal in that knee

01:02:30Finley and Kennedy wanted to make a statement and they made a statement tonight with an exclamation point

01:02:40yeah a two-on-one attack in assault a mugging of Batista a statement Michael a statement

01:02:47this is how you make a statement in the WWE

01:02:52that reason officials couldn't even stop Kennedy and Finley first Kennedy with a DDT and then Finley

01:03:01would set Batista up after a little bit of trash talking

01:03:05for the Celtic cross

01:03:10look at the fighting Irishman

01:03:16two of the best finishers in the game

01:03:20and what they did tonight was finish off Batista

01:03:27and here comes the accomplished Mr. Money in the Bank

01:03:41who at Wrestlemania won Money in the Bank and has a title opportunity whenever he wants it

01:03:47but he's not going to cash in tonight

01:03:54he's got this incredible draft ball

01:03:56making his way to the ring first

01:03:57for three day Wisconsin

01:03:59wing 236 pounds

01:04:02Mr. Kennedy

01:04:04you may call him an accomplished Michael

01:04:12what I call him is the fastest rising star in Smackdown history

01:04:18no he brought the microphone to Italy with him

01:04:22the custom stats

01:04:27could be high

01:04:29see

01:04:33you people can call me whatever it is that you want

01:04:37because you know what

01:04:39it doesn't matter

01:04:41I've got

01:04:42this

01:04:43it's true

01:04:46see I've been called

01:04:48I've been called everything under the sun

01:04:50okay

01:04:52from

01:04:52from every curse word known to man

01:04:55to

01:04:56the fastest rising superstar in sports entertainment history

01:05:00I called him that

01:05:01the future

01:05:02of sports entertainment

01:05:04the next

01:05:07world

01:05:08heavyweight champion

01:05:10you see

01:05:18you people

01:05:19refer to me

01:05:22as Mr. Money in the Bank

01:05:25I

01:05:26refer to myself

01:05:28as

01:05:29Mr.

01:05:30Kennedy

01:05:34what a treat

01:05:48for the Milan fans

01:05:49they love him

01:05:53Mr.

01:06:02Kennedy

01:06:02Mr.

01:06:03Money in the Bank

01:06:04goes head to head

01:06:05with the world champion

01:06:06The Undertaker

01:06:07next

01:06:08we are back on Friday night

01:06:11Smackdown

01:06:12Mr.

01:06:12Money in the Bank

01:06:12Mr.

01:06:13Kennedy

01:06:13is focused tonight

01:06:14as he goes head to head

01:06:16with the new world champion

01:06:17come on

01:06:20come on

01:06:22thank you

01:06:50from death valley

01:06:51Weighing 305 pounds, he is the world heavyweight champion, The Undertaker.

01:07:16It is hard to describe the presence.

01:07:21Of The Undertaker, who nearly three weeks ago defeated Batista at WrestleMania to begin his current world title reign.

01:07:33No thanks, Michael. If I try to describe the Canals of Venice, if I try to describe the Grand Canyon, you simply can't do it unless you experience it live and in person.

01:07:45At WrestleMania, some have said, John, that no one has taken The Undertaker to the limit that Batista did.

01:07:53And in nine nights, a week from Sunday, again, The Undertaker will be tested by Batista in a last man standing match.

01:08:00At one point in WrestleMania, in front of those 80-something thousand-plus people in Ford Field, Michael, when Batista hit the Batista bomb on Undertaker, I thought the streak had ended.

01:08:11And never before at WrestleMania did I feel that way with The Undertaker.

01:08:16What about when Batista slammed The Undertaker through the announce table at WrestleMania?

01:08:22It was one of the most vicious encounters in WrestleMania history in the two men meet again at Backlash.

01:08:29But tonight, John, The Undertaker stares at a man who one day may be his opponent for the World Championship.

01:08:45Because Mr. Kennedy has money in the bank, which means any time up until next year's WrestleMania, Mr. Kennedy can cash in on a medal opportunity whenever and wherever he wants one.

01:08:57What we are looking at, Michael, is a future main event for a World Championship.

01:09:02But tonight, Michael, what a main event we have on SmackDown.

01:09:07The fastest rising star in SmackDown history, Mr. Kennedy, against the five-time new World Champion, The Undertaker.

01:09:17Mr. Kennedy knows about The Undertaker.

01:09:19And two were spoiled in a pretty heavy rivalry this past fall.

01:09:25But so many things have changed since then.

01:09:27The new World Champion.

01:09:30And let me say this, Michael, look at this.

01:09:33Look at this and view it yourself in any language.

01:09:36The Undertaker emits fear.

01:09:39It is among that psychological warfare, the mind games, that The Undertaker has made a living doing.

01:09:54Psyching out your opponent before the matchup can ever take place.

01:09:57And you know The Undertaker well.

01:09:59You have been there.

01:10:00I know it well, Michael, and once you get past that psych out, once you get past all that, you've still got this.

01:10:06A seven-foot-tall, 300-pound-plus monster called The Undertaker.

01:10:11Undertaker with a boot to the midsection.

01:10:13Mr. Kennedy whipped across the ring.

01:10:15Went for the back.

01:10:16Body drop in Mr. Money in the bank with a kick.

01:10:17Didn't even startle The Undertaker.

01:10:19Mr. Kennedy trying to use his quickness.

01:10:23Could be over early.

01:10:24Look at this.

01:10:25And a Kennedy with a kick right to the knee.

01:10:28Mr. Kennedy unloading with the right hand to the World Champion.

01:10:31And there's a boot by The Undertaker right to the jaw of Kennedy.

01:10:37And a champion quickly into the cover.

01:10:39And a kick out at two.

01:10:42Undertaker's so impressive, the new world champion.

01:10:46Watch the attack.

01:10:49Right off the jaw.

01:10:51And just like that, The Undertaker's in control.

01:10:55So one thing about The Undertaker, you ever allow an inch of space, you ever hesitate for one moment,

01:11:00but he is all over you.

01:11:02You cannot make mistakes against The Undertaker if you want to have any success whatsoever.

01:11:08Undertaker wearing down the left arm.

01:11:09And perhaps the phenom, the champion, going a bit old school in Milan.

01:11:13But Mr. Kennedy with a right hand, cutting off The Undertaker to pass.

01:11:17And this is what Kennedy has to do.

01:11:19Having said that, you've got to understand the only way to deal with The Undertaker

01:11:23is to take it straight to him like Mr. Kennedy's doing.

01:11:26You've got to be able to walk into the fire.

01:11:28You've got to be able to stand in the pocket and throw everything you've got.

01:11:31And right, right hands by The Undertaker.

01:11:33A right after right to the ribs.

01:11:35But just like that, Mr. Kennedy right back on the attack.

01:11:38And you've got to be impressed with Mr. Money in the Bank.

01:11:41Going for the superplex to The Undertaker.

01:11:44Kennedy looking for a huge upset.

01:11:46And a kick out at two.

01:11:48And Undertaker sat right up.

01:11:50And did you see the look in the eyes of Mr. Kennedy?

01:11:53That quick pause.

01:11:54But then right back on the attack.

01:11:58Kennedy with a right.

01:11:59And then the kick to the midsection.

01:12:01This could be a statement match for Mr. Kennedy.

01:12:04You better believe it's a statement match for Mr. Kennedy.

01:12:07Reversal.

01:12:08Kennedy into the corner and walks into the clothesline.

01:12:14Talk about a momentum changer.

01:12:16Right when you think you have The Undertaker.

01:12:20The Undertaker pulls out a clothesline like that.

01:12:22And here he goes for Old School.

01:12:25Old School in Milan, Italy.

01:12:27And there's the blow to the back of the shoulder.

01:12:31The rotator cuff area.

01:12:33And Undertaker follows it up with a clothesline.

01:12:35Kennedy belts it off the announce table.

01:12:38The Undertaker.

01:12:39The world champion showing us why he rules the SmackDown Roost.

01:12:43Get him, Kennedy.

01:12:43We are back on Friday Night SmackDown.

01:12:49The world champion, The Undertaker.

01:12:51Against Mr. Money in the Bank, Mr. Kennedy.

01:12:54And Undertaker has been controlling the matchup through the commercial break.

01:12:59The Undertaker, who has never looked better in all of his career,

01:13:02is sending a message to Mr. Kennedy.

01:13:05Remember, Mr. Kennedy owns a victory over The Undertaker.

01:13:09One of the seven world champions he has defeated in the past 12 months.

01:13:13And Mr. Kennedy has the opportunity to catch in Money in the Bank whenever he wants.

01:13:17Just not tonight.

01:13:18But you could be looking at a future championship matchup.

01:13:21Look at The Undertaker.

01:13:23Continuing to work on that left arm, the shoulder of Mr. Kennedy.

01:13:27Wearing him down.

01:13:28You see the respect he has for Kennedy in the way he doesn't allow an inch of space.

01:13:32He sees something hurt.

01:13:33He jumps right on it.

01:13:34Well, what you're also seeing here is so many, and there's shoulders down and a kick out.

01:13:39So many different aspects of The Undertaker's game.

01:13:42Many people think he's all power, John, but that's not the case.

01:13:45Never has been.

01:13:46You see a guy that is 300 plus pounds walking on the top rope.

01:13:50There is nothing.

01:13:51They don't call him the phenom, Michael, because he's average.

01:13:54They call him the phenom, because he is indeed the dead man, and he is one of a kind.

01:14:00Driving that head right into the injured shoulder.

01:14:03He has endured time itself.

01:14:05He wears scars like badges of honor.

01:14:08Undertaker taking it to Mr. Kennedy.

01:14:11Utilizing the entire five count from referee Nicky Henson.

01:14:15And at 300.

01:14:16Oh, they got caught up on the top rope.

01:14:18This is what Kennedy needs.

01:14:20A rare mistake by The Undertaker, and Kennedy needs to take advantage of it, because you

01:14:24don't get this very often.

01:14:27Mr. Kennedy stomping away at the world champion.

01:14:31Kennedy made it.

01:14:32Named for himself earlier tonight.

01:14:34Hand pushing Batista from behind, and now taking it to the world champion.

01:14:39The one thing Kennedy has to do is stay with his game plan, and his game plan just became

01:14:44getting Undertaker off of his feet.

01:14:46Well, that's the one thing Mr. Kennedy is so adept at doing, and that is focusing on

01:14:52an injured body part, like he is the left knee.

01:14:56At takedown, driving knee into the injured knee of The Undertaker.

01:15:00Undertaker trying to cover up, but Mr. Kennedy has found a bullseye.

01:15:04The one thing you can't coach, and the one thing you can't control is strength and size.

01:15:08That's what Undertaker was given to him by God.

01:15:10What Kennedy can't control is his game plan, which he has got to stick with.

01:15:15Mr. Kennedy beginning to brew with confidence.

01:15:21There's big boots to the stomach, back to the knee.

01:15:26Wearing the champion down.

01:15:32Batter up.

01:15:33Oh, right into the face.

01:15:35Another look at Mr. Kennedy, barely across the ring.

01:15:47Wow.

01:15:49John, I know you've been a huge fan of Mr. Kennedy since he debuted in SmackDown.

01:15:54And here's the cover.

01:15:55There's two.

01:15:56Does he have him?

01:15:57No.

01:15:57Kick out by the champion.

01:15:58I've been on the receiving end of Masahiro Chono's boot.

01:16:06I've seen Brody's boot.

01:16:08Hanson, that right there is as impressive a boot as I have ever seen in this business.

01:16:15Undertaker trying to battle out of this predicament.

01:16:18Get back to a vertical base, which he needs to do.

01:16:21Champion back to his feet.

01:16:22Kennedy, right back to the, that injured limb of the Undertaker, that leg.

01:16:33And Undertaker, and that is the sign of the champion.

01:16:37Doing anything you can, anything you have to do to get yourself back into the matchup.

01:16:41And presence, knowing where you are in the ring.

01:16:45That is something you gain only from experience.

01:16:47Oh, Kennedy bounced off the steel step.

01:16:49Did you see the look in the eyes of the Undertaker as he went after Kennedy outside the ring?

01:16:54And this is where Undertaker gets dangerous.

01:16:59Mr. Kennedy, and worn down in the apron.

01:17:03Bad knee and all, the champion, to the apron.

01:17:08Dropping a 300-pound leg drop.

01:17:12Undertaker, though, may have done some more damage to that injured leg.

01:17:20Watch Vintage Undertaker.

01:17:23In the, in the ring.

01:17:24Covered by the champion.

01:17:26Hit a kick out by Kennedy.

01:17:27Why is it vintage?

01:17:28He does it every week.

01:17:30Vintage.

01:17:34What'd you think I said?

01:17:35Vintage.

01:17:35Right.

01:17:36Here's Kennedy.

01:17:37Whips him across the ring.

01:17:39Went, oh, what a swingy neckbreaker.

01:17:41Great counter.

01:17:42By Mr. Money in the Bank.

01:17:43Into the cover.

01:17:44Forearm in the face.

01:17:45Two-count kick out by the champ.

01:17:49Mr. Kennedy countering the Undertaker seemingly at every turn.

01:17:53The thing Kennedy has to do is he has to go back to his game plan.

01:17:57He has to stay on that injured body part.

01:18:01Right hand by the Undertaker.

01:18:02The one thing Mr. Kennedy does not want to do is get into a slugfest with a phenom.

01:18:07He's the best pure striker in the history of sports entertainment.

01:18:10And Kennedy went right back to the injured knee to again gain the upper hand.

01:18:19Undertaker.

01:18:19Take it out, Kennedy.

01:18:21Wow.

01:18:22Turned him inside out.

01:18:23And he whipped across the ring.

01:18:32Undertaker.

01:18:33Set to roll some dice.

01:18:35Snake eyes.

01:18:38Boop.

01:18:38Ninety-nine, sweet prince.

01:18:43Undertaker stalking Mr. Kennedy.

01:18:48Could be moments away.

01:18:51Mr. Kennedy.

01:18:53Going to go for the ride.

01:18:55Chokeslam by the Undertaker.

01:18:56Kick on the back of Kennedy's head.

01:19:00And Undertaker's head.

01:19:01And look at Finley.

01:19:03Finley into the ring.

01:19:04She'll literally get in hand.

01:19:07Finley rushing the ring.

01:19:09Undertaker.

01:19:12Going to give Finley a ride.

01:19:14And from behind with the money in the bank.

01:19:16Three cases.

01:19:17Kennedy.

01:19:18Off the back.

01:19:19Off the gut.

01:19:20Of the Undertaker.

01:19:22And now the two-on-one.

01:19:23Foggy.

01:19:24Wow.

01:19:25That we saw earlier.

01:19:26And it's like a pack of hyenas.

01:19:30They are all over Undertaker.

01:19:33You hear that steel-clays clunk up the head of the Undertaker.

01:19:37I don't care if you wear your scars like badges of honor, Michael.

01:19:40That will knock you silly.

01:19:44The SmackDown fans here are chanting for Batista.

01:19:47But quite frankly, there's no reason for Batista to come out here.

01:19:50He and the Undertaker are opponents at Backlash a week from Sunday.

01:19:54And look at Kennedy.

01:19:56And we didn't see the Undertaker earlier when Batista was the dog kicked out of him either.

01:20:01A DDT to the champion.

01:20:02I think it's a little reciprocity.

01:20:04You've got to take care of yourself around here.

01:20:07And Finley.

01:20:08Just like earlier tonight to Batista.

01:20:12The Celtic cross to the Undertaker.

01:20:17Kennedy and Finley.

01:20:19What a night Kennedy and Finley just had.

01:20:25Laid out the two biggest, baddest, toughest men in the hall of WWE.

01:20:31The Undertaker and Batista.

01:20:38Kennedy and Finley have destroyed Batista and The Undertaker here tonight.

01:20:45What a hell of a night.

01:20:50What a hell of a message sent by Kennedy and Finley.

01:20:59Let's show you what happened toward the end of the matchup.

01:21:03The Undertaker was in control before Finley got involved.

01:21:07And then the two-on-one mugging in assault.

01:21:10The briefcase brought into play.

01:21:11Followed by the DDT.

01:21:13And Finley would put the icing on the cake with the Celtic cross.

01:21:17It was like a pack of hyenas.

01:21:19Finley and Kevin working together in perfect unison.

01:21:23Making an unbelievable statement tonight on SmackDown.

01:21:27All right.

01:21:28Let's record starting a week of mayor.

01:21:29We love you.

01:21:29Three guys and my baseball.

01:21:31We move out.

01:21:35Let's record starting a week.

WWE SMACKDOWN 20 APRIL 2007 FULL SHOW

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