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This match on the **May 24, 2001 episode of WWE SmackDown! ** was a fatal-4-way Tables, Ladders, and Chairs (TLC) match for the WWF Tag Team Championship featuring The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray & D-Von Dudley), The Hardy Boyz (Matt & Jeff Hardy), Edge & Christian, and the reigning champions Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho. All four teams brought intense, high-risk action with ladders, tables, and chairs in and around the ring, resulting in multiple crazy spots — including Jeff Hardy leaping off a ladder and leg-dropping Bubba Ray through a table and Benoit taking a brutal bump through a table early on. As the bout progressed, competitors battled atop ladders and swung for the hanging tag titles, with leaders like Edge spearing high on a ladder and Jericho applying the Walls of Jericho to Edge on another ladder. Despite the chaotic carnage and each team coming close, Benoit & Jericho ultimately prevailed, with Benoit climbing the ladder and unhooking the belts to retain the WWF Tag Team Championships for his team as bodies lay strewn around the ring. The match stood out as a rare, free-TV TLC bout that delivered the signature risk-taking and drama associated with the stipulation.
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00:00Chris, we thought we wouldn't have a chance in hell of winning on Monday.
00:06Yeah, that's right.
00:07We thought we'd walk out with our heads down, and we walked out WWF champions.
00:13Some are saying it's a fluke, others were one hit wonders.
00:17Some are saying it was a damn miracle.
00:21You know, they stacked the odds against us Monday, and we overcame them.
00:25Well, tonight, not only are we facing one of the best teams in WWF,
00:30we're facing three of the best teams in the WWF.
00:34Yeah.
00:34With the belt suspended above the ring, it's their match, and they're coming after us.
00:41Mm-hm.
00:43Well, it seems that the odds are against us, huh?
00:45I know you feel the same way, that's the way we like it.
00:48So let's go out there tonight and show them it wasn't a miracle.
00:51Let's show them who the champions really are.
00:53Let's do this, Chris.
00:56Let's compete.
00:58TLC for the tag titles next!
01:06History in the making on SmackDown.
01:08There are the World Wrestling Federation tag team titles.
01:12They are hanging high above the ring.
01:14This is a first-ever table, ladders, and chairs match on broadcast television.
01:21And for the first time in World Wrestling Federation history, Taz, four teams will be involved.
01:27The rules are simple, Cole.
01:29Find the ladder and snatch those titles.
01:33And you win them.
01:35Tolling is a four-way tables, ladders, and chairs match for the World Wrestling Federation tag team championship.
01:45And we have seen in the past that these brothers will stop at nothing.
01:58Putting their careers and lives on the line for tag team goals.
02:04Hands up, Cole!
02:07Welcome back in the home!
02:11And there's a line weight of 545 pounds of Ray and Devon, the Dudley Boys!
02:19They are the masters of the tables.
02:21They're former tag team champions as well.
02:24And now, the Dudley Boys, betters of TLC.
02:28No doubt, no doubt, no doubt, no doubt.
02:30The Hardys, they'll master those ladders for their risk takers and high flyers.
02:34And the Dudleys are the table masters.
02:42This is gonna be, I can feel it, Cole, man.
02:44I'm getting goosebumps.
02:45This is gonna be sweet.
02:46And from Toronto, Ontario, at a combined weight of 455 pounds, Christian and Ed.
02:58They are seven-time tag team champions, but not their normal swagger here tonight.
03:04Edge and Christian Feeney perhaps a bit nervous.
03:06Could it be their last walk ever to the reg?
03:09The danger factor in this matchup is completely off the charts.
03:16No one in the world can dispute what you just said.
03:19And as I said, the Dudley's master of the tables are hard to pass the ladders.
03:24Obviously, the chairs are mastered by Edge and Christian.
03:27But tonight, there is a fourth team in Baltimore.
03:29The tag team champions!
03:31Weighing in Edge, 125 pounds, is one half of the World Wrestling Federation Bag Team Champion,
03:39Chris Benoit!
03:41What a hellacious week for Chris Benoit.
03:43The two out of three falls match versus Kurt Angle, and then tag team turmoil at Judgment Day.
03:48And then winning the tag team titles with Chris Jericho on Raw Monday night.
03:54And from Winnipeg, Manitoba, SYCH diff
04:09Weighing in at 227 pounds, one half of the World Wrestling Federationrag –
04:13Rick jericho!
04:16Is Chris Jericho fearing the worst?
04:18This matchup set up by Mr. McMahon to punish Benoit Jericho.
04:24Look for these four teams, eight men, risking their careers, their lives.
04:29All for the tag team titles, tables, ladders, chairs, next.
04:41We are back on SmackDown, tag team titles high above the ring.
04:44For the first time ever, a 14 table ladders and chairs match.
04:48The champions, Benoit Jericho, the challenger,
04:51Edge and Christian, the Dudleys and Hardys, and here we go.
04:55And look at the strategy of the TLC Masters.
04:59Go for the champions and take them out.
05:02Very small by Edge, Christian Dudleys and Hardys, very small.
05:05Edge the first one to go for the ladder outside the ring.
05:09And as the Dudleys and Hardys are busy with the champions,
05:11Edge and Christian trying to sneak away with the tag team titles.
05:15You gotta love it, look at this.
05:17And wisely, the Dudleys and Hardys cut them off with the pass.
05:21I'll tell you, the rules are simple in this matchup task.
05:23Like I said earlier, you just gotta climb up there,
05:26snatch those titles, and you win them.
05:28It's that easy.
05:29Well, not easy, but it's that's the way it goes.
05:31The champions, Benoit and Jericho, don't even have to be involved in the decision
05:35to lose the tag titles.
05:36That's why Mr. McMahon knew exactly what he was doing setting this type of matchup up.
05:41Oh, what impact.
05:44Inside the ring, Bubba Ray and Jeff Hardy, Devon, and Matt Hardy,
05:48Edge Christian, Benoit Jericho outside the ring, and Bubba Ray misses.
05:52Nobody home.
05:53There's just bodies all over the place already.
05:55I mean, right in front of the table, you can't see it.
05:57I mean, you got E&C hanging out, and they're doing something.
06:00They're up to something, Shady.
06:01I mean, and the Hardys are just capitalizing on the Ducks.
06:04Jeff Hardy delivering a right hand to Devon.
06:06Look at Matt.
06:07The first use of the ladder tonight, banging it up the skull of Bubba Ray Dudley.
06:12The first example of the punishment in this match.
06:15Wow.
06:16Jeff Hardy poetry in motion.
06:19Tables, ladders, chairs, all repping.
06:22And look at that.
06:22Look at the poetry in motion.
06:24Ladder up the skull.
06:26Man, man.
06:28Wow.
06:30The champions back into the ring.
06:31Benoit Jericho never been involved in a table, ladders, and chairs match.
06:36And they're making pretty good use of the ladders right now.
06:39Did you see Benoit just snap suplex Bubba on that ladder?
06:43Unreal.
06:44Wow.
06:45Check out the impact Jeff Hardy off the ladder.
06:48And now the tag team champions, Benoit Jericho, are cooking.
06:52Placed into this match by Mr. McMahon for ultimate punishment.
06:55I don't know why.
06:57I don't know what the fuck's gonna get up too quick after that snap suplex on that ladder.
07:01That was everything he stopped by Benoit.
07:03Now Edge and Christian attacking Benoit from behind.
07:06And the masters of TLC, Edge and Christian showing their expertise like Benoit.
07:13Unreal.
07:14I mean, it's just better.
07:15Most of the people, they want tables.
07:17Well, you're getting ladders.
07:18You're getting channeled.
07:19You're getting everything.
07:19You're greedy.
07:22Kaz only six people in the history of sports entertainment.
07:26Before tonight, I've ever competed in a table ladders and chairs match.
07:29But look out, Jericho.
07:31What impact.
07:32And you know, we've seen Jericho.
07:33You know, he has some experience with ladders.
07:35So very little, though.
07:36And so does Benoit.
07:37Very little.
07:37But he's in there, as we've been saying all night long, with the masters of the TLC.
07:43These three great teams, Dudley's Edge and Christian at home.
07:46Well, Edge and Christian going for the tag team titles.
07:48If they reach the gold, they will win the tag team championship.
07:52But Matt Hardy towers with a power bomb.
07:55Off that ladder, Edge to the top now.
07:57And Matt, a shot to the chest.
07:59Edge is real close there.
08:00And Matt gave a shot to the gut.
08:03Oh, look out Benoit.
08:04Here goes Edge.
08:05Here goes Matt Hardy.
08:07Unbelievable.
08:08Unreal.
08:09I've been in all sorts of matches, Cole.
08:11But never, ever would I have been in one of these matches.
08:15And what do I want to be in one of these matches?
08:17What type of strategy would you employ in a match like this?
08:20I don't know.
08:21That's why I'm not in it.
08:22I'm sitting here next to you.
08:23You've got to be a little nuts.
08:24And you've got to have a lot of speed and a lot of guts and a lot of luck, too.
08:28Well, all the teams in there have guts, I'll tell you that.
08:31But regardless of any type of strategy, Taz, these men are, they're risking their careers.
08:37Oh, look at this.
08:39Look out.
08:42What's he doing?
08:43Table.
08:45And missed Benoit through the table.
08:48Oh, he landed hard, cold.
08:51Right on his ribs, his jaw might have popped up the floor, too.
08:55I believe Benoit, Taz, may have gotten the wind knocked out of him.
08:59Just an example of what these guys put themselves through for tag team gold.
09:04And now the race for the titles.
09:07Jericho could be in trouble because I think this part of Chris Benoit is out.
09:11Benoit with that fly and headbutt through the table.
09:13Bubba Ray's got to the gold.
09:15Bubba Ray just has got the gold.
09:18Right hand to Jericho.
09:21What are they going to do?
09:22Someone's going to go flying.
09:24One down.
09:25Two Dudleys, a hearty, and what happened to tag team champions of the ring.
09:29Now it's down to Jericho.
09:30Oh, my God.
09:32Bulldog for the title of the radical.
09:36A Bulldog.
09:37Look for Benoit.
09:38Benoit's still down.
09:40Chris Benoit taking another look.
09:42I'm going to go check on him.
09:43Well, Taz is going to check out Benoit as the rabid Wolverine flew off the top rope
09:48through a table, and he has yet to move.
09:52Get it out.
09:53You hear Taz calling for help, but Benoit's out.
09:56Mr. McMahon and Stone Cold Steve Austin got exactly what they wanted.
10:01Come on, hurry up.
10:03It's been a wild week for Benoit.
10:07And Chris Jericho, you hear Taz saying, it looks like it may be his ribs.
10:11Hurry up.
10:12Chris Benoit's been hurt.
10:14He's been hurt badly.
10:19Oh, this is not a good scene for one half of the tag team champions.
10:23Just an example of the risk of these tables, ladders, and chairs matches.
10:28As Benoit's being loaded onto the stretcher, another look.
10:34Chris Benoit's body crashing through the table, and if Benoit's gone, so is the opportunity
10:40to repay the tag team gold.
10:42Jericho has the heart of the lion, but he can't even overcome these odds.
10:48It's a damn shame that this dream week for the tag team champions is going to end like this.
10:54Back on SmackDown, tables, ladders, and chairs, taking the toll on what happened to tag team
11:06champions.
11:06Chris Benoit taking to the back, being examined by EMTs after crashing through a table.
11:12And here's Edge, climbing the ladder, trying to get to the tag team titles.
11:16The odds are insurmountable for Chris Jericho now.
11:20Edge, he's climbing to the top rope.
11:22Jericho all alone, trying to make it into the ring.
11:25And he better grab Grickle, he's going to lose his titles.
11:28He's fighting for Benoit right now, Benoit's out of here.
11:31Chris Jericho now, Edge top of the ladders, tag team titles on the line.
11:36If Jericho gets the gold, he'll retain the tag team titles.
11:40If Jericho can step on his back or something, and use him to get up on that ladder.
11:45Oh no, he's not going to...
11:46Look at this!
11:47Oh my God!
11:48The walls of Jericho!
11:49A point to Edge!
11:51On top of the ladder!
11:52That's got to be excruciating on your lower back.
11:56And now Christian from behind, pounding away at Jericho.
12:00Jericho's partner, Chris Benoit.
12:02Oh man!
12:03Oh man!
12:04And I'll tell you, good thing Jericho would hit that ladder, or he'd be back on the stretch of his
12:08corner.
12:09Edge and Christian close to becoming tag team champions for an eighth time.
12:13They have to go right ahead!
12:15And it's out!
12:15Christian!
12:17And I'm coming on the top rope!
12:20It's a car wreck, Cole!
12:21It's like a damn demolition derby!
12:26And now Matt Hardy and Bubba Ray in the ring.
12:29First time on SmackDown!
12:30These people are witnessing history in the making, Cole!
12:34TLC for the tag titles!
12:36Wow!
12:37Chris Benoit has been taken to the back by the MTs.
12:40We've been told his lips are closed, perhaps could be broken.
12:43It looks like Jericho and Benoit are going to lose the tag titles tonight.
12:47Matt Hardy!
12:48Whoa!
12:49What a hip toss by Devon!
12:51Huge hip toss!
12:52Eight feet off that ladder!
12:56Oh no, look out!
12:57Jeff!
12:57Whoa!
12:58Suplex off the top of the ladder!
13:01Oh my God!
13:02Did you see the impact?
13:03That had to be 15 or 20 feet, Cole!
13:05That was all impact!
13:07Oh my God!
13:08We've got to take another look at the action!
13:10First, Chris Jericho!
13:12Christian from behind, saving his partner, Edge!
13:14Look at this!
13:15Barrett's face!
13:16First from the top turnbuckle!
13:18Oh man!
13:20Look at this!
13:21Wow!
13:22Christian off that ladder, over the top rope from the floor below!
13:24I don't know what to say, Cole!
13:25I don't even know how to call this!
13:26Come on!
13:28And Edge suffering the same thing, but check out the suplex!
13:3115 feet high, off the top of the ladder, Bubba Ray Dudley taking Jeff Hardy to the mat below!
13:40And Jeff Hardy may have been broken in a million pieces!
13:45Yeah!
13:46It's carnage outside the ring!
13:49What the hell is he doing out here?
13:55Benoit, the raven Wolverine, on his way back out to the ring!
14:00Look at his face, Cole!
14:01He looks raveny!
14:03I don't believe he's out here!
14:06Listen to the man, Bill Gold, Steve Austin, Triple H!
14:09They've got to be enjoying this!
14:10I'm sure they are!
14:12But Benoit, Benoit's hurt!
14:14He shouldn't be out here, Cole!
14:16Of course he shouldn't be out here!
14:17But Chris Benoit, the show's alone in the world!
14:21Shows you how important!
14:22Can he do it?
14:24Can Benoit climb the ladder?
14:26Can he climb the ladder?
14:28And he's got a few more steps to go!
14:30And he can retain his goal!
14:31Can he get to the 10-team double?
14:33An edge!
14:34Pulling Benoit down!
14:35And the Wolverine battling back with everything he's got!
14:38Unbelievable!
14:39Chris Benoit is the Wolverine machine!
14:42I cannot believe that he's fighting!
14:45But Christian wisely goes to work on the ribs of Benoit!
14:49Oh man, he's laying those boots in two!
14:51And Benoit's got to be feeling nothing but pain!
14:53And now the chair is into the ring!
14:54We told you the preliminary report!
14:56Benoit may have broken ribs, but he's out here anyway!
15:00This is nuts, man!
15:02It's awesome!
15:04Ancient Christian steel chairs in hand!
15:07Oh, this doesn't look good!
15:09Benoit covering his head in the concerto!
15:11To the ribs of Benoit!
15:14Listen to him screaming, Cole!
15:16The pain that Benoit's in!
15:18Benoit caught him up his head, and Ancient Christian got him in the ribs!
15:23And Bubba left Dudley with a slam!
15:25And listen to this crowd!
15:30We're gonna hit this big watch-up!
15:34You know we've seen this a ton of times!
15:36It's coming, it's coming, it's coming, it's coming, it's there!
15:39Could the Dudley boys be on the verge of regaining the tag team titles?
15:48We love!
15:59Thousands of unisons with Bubba left Dudley to get the tables!
16:02And now the Dudley boys are gonna go to work!
16:05It's work time!
16:07Take another look at the concerto, Taz!
16:09Instinctively covering his head, Chris Benoit!
16:11But his bruised, perhaps broken ribs, suffering the impact of the concerto!
16:16This crowd in the pod chanting for the tables, and they're gonna get him!
16:23Ring-ong-ring-line, they're gonna get him!
16:25But who's gonna be the victim that goes through the table?
16:28But Dudley should be touching it!
16:30Jericho!
16:31Jericho, steal!
16:32To the back of Bubba right Dudley!
16:37Oh, my God!
16:41Wow!
16:43Did you hear that thud echo through the arrowhead pod?
16:46What a shot!
16:48Christian just hit Y2J with!
16:50And to Christian, the masters of the chairs!
16:53Christian, he's in la la la!
16:56Wow!
16:58Listen to this!
17:00It's Jericho, steal the chair!
17:03And the receipt for Christian!
17:05Oh, I think that was so genuine!
17:08Whoa!
17:09Jericho just getting over that concussion from a week ago!
17:12I forgot about that, you're right, Bo!
17:14Oh, Bubba Ray Dudley out of the table, and perhaps the tables are gonna come back to haunt
17:19Bubba Ray and Devon Dudley!
17:21Could you imagine that?
17:22Could you imagine Bubba being put through the table?
17:25What's Christian up to here?
17:26This is all about the tag team titles hanging above the ring, first team to grab the gold wins!
17:33The gold, the tag titles are just perched up there, sitting and waiting for someone to grab them!
17:38And Devon with a shot to the ribs of Christian!
17:43No!
17:43Oh, no!
17:44Oh, I've never seen this!
17:45Look at this!
17:46No!
17:46Three lines from the top of the ladder!
17:50The ultimate 3-D from the Dudley boys!
17:54That's like a 4-D!
17:56That was unreal!
17:58Christian is out!
18:00Oh, he's gotta be out!
18:00He ain't getting up from that!
18:02Wow!
18:03The Ws need to get that ladder under those titles and climb up there and get it!
18:07There are bodies lying everywhere!
18:10And check out the ultimate 3-D!
18:14Can you imagine what that felt like?
18:17He probably didn't feel that he probably got knocked out home!
18:19Oh, look out now, the Hardy boys are outside the ring!
18:22Bubba Ray fighting back!
18:24And Matt Hart is off his right iron out table!
18:27And a TV monitor!
18:29To the left of Bubba Ray!
18:33Bubba Ray Dudley with a shot!
18:37And now the Hardy boys!
18:38Get out of the way, Cole!
18:39Come on!
18:39Hurry up!
18:40Setting up shop!
18:42He's sure off!
18:46Devon is out in the middle of the ring!
18:48Jeff Hardy with a ladder here!
18:50They fire on out table!
18:54And a monster calling in the ladder!
18:56Get out of the way!
18:57That's a huge monster!
18:58Matt Hardy grabbing a steel chair!
19:02Oh!
19:03Oh!
19:03Bubba Ray!
19:07The Hardy boys have set up a 20-foot ladder here at ringside!
19:13Look at Jeff Hardy, Cole!
19:16Jeff Hardy!
19:16And Matt Hardy battling outside the ring!
19:20But look at Jeff!
19:21Where the hell is Jeff Hardy going?
19:23Oh, man, Cole!
19:24He's gonna be about 35 feet!
19:27Oh, my God!
19:31Jeff Hardy from 20 feet in the air!
19:34I'm speechless, Cole!
19:39I don't know what to say!
19:41I can't believe it!
19:43Jeff Hardy 20 feet through the air!
19:47And check this out!
19:49And check this out!
19:50He in popped through Bubba Ray!
19:53Through the announce table!
19:54Jeff Hardy has no regard for his body!
19:59He sure as hell low!
20:00And Jeff Hardy's got to be feeling his elbow!
20:02Look at this call!
20:03Unbelievable!
20:04He's got to be feeling his elbow above Bubba!
20:06Look at him!
20:07I'm looking right at his face!
20:08He's out, Cole, man!
20:09But D-Rock's in the ring with the ladder!
20:10Matt Hardy with the ladder as well!
20:12Jeff Hardy's sacrificing his body so his brother can get into the ring and try to get to the tag team titles!
20:19Someone better get help out here for these guys!
20:21It is a race for the titles!
20:25Matt Hardy and D-Bomb!
20:28They're fighting away for it, Cole!
20:31Oh, look out!
20:32With Matt Hardy, twist the faith off the ladder!
20:38D-Bomb convulsing in the ring!
20:41Matt Hardy trying to make it to his feet!
20:44This is unbelievable!
20:46You only see stuff like this on a pay-per-view!
20:48But check this out!
20:50Check this out!
20:51Twist the faith on the top!
20:52Look at this!
20:53Oh, my gosh!
20:55Out from the top of the ladder!
20:56And you can feel the impact right in your living room!
20:59And now Matt Hardy all over the ring with the ultimate prize!
21:03That's it!
21:03He's gonna get it, Cole!
21:04The Hardys are gonna get the titles right now!
21:07There's no one here to stop him!
21:09But Hardys are gonna get it!
21:11Matt Hardy coming for the goals!
21:13Matt Hardy's almost there!
21:16Hardy to the top of the ladder!
21:18And it's Jericho countered by Matt Hardy!
21:21And Jericho!
21:22Oh!
21:24Hung up in the top rope!
21:27Cole, his body's everywhere around this ring side!
21:31I can't believe this!
21:34Chris Jericho went after the Tag Team Champions tag,
21:37trying desperately to retain the titles!
21:42The gold head from above his head!
21:44First team to reach the gold wins the Tag Team Championship!
21:47And it looks like Y2J is going up for him and Benoit right now to get his gold!
21:54This is not what Mr. McMahon and Stone Cold wanted!
21:57This is supposed to be the ultimate punishment for Jericho and Benoit!
22:01He ain't got the ladder under the title star, Cole!
22:04Jericho's a little active in here!
22:06Edge!
22:07Edge is up!
22:08Jericho to the top of the ladder near the gold!
22:11And up with a spear!
22:12Up with a spear!
22:16What do you say about that, Cole?
22:18A spear from the top of the ladder!
22:22A spear by Edge to Chris Jericho!
22:24And let's take another look!
22:26Feel the impact!
22:27Jericho's head bounced up the mat,
22:30like a rubber ball!
22:31Look at this!
22:32Oh, God!
22:36It is one of the greatest nights in World Wrestling Federation history!
22:40And it's not over!
22:41Look at Benoit, Cole!
22:42Chris Benoit, the rabid Wolverine,
22:45perhaps with broken ribs, standing in the ring!
22:50Benoit should be in a hospital, not in a damn ring in a TLC match!
22:54But instead, Benoit is under his tag team titles!
22:58And he's gonna go for it!
23:00And can he do it?
23:00Can he ever get to the climb?
23:02That's what I want to see!
23:04Can Benoit get to the gold, the guts, the resilience of the rabid Wolverine?
23:10What does the tag team titles mean to Chris Benoit?
23:13He's almost there!
23:15How can he do this?
23:16How painful is this?
23:17And his ribs!
23:18He's gonna do it!
23:19Benoit step away!
23:21Benoit to step away!
23:24Chris Benoit has the gold!
23:26He did it!
23:27He did it!
23:28Retain the tag titles!
23:30Chris Benoit, despite all the obstacles, have retained the tag team titles!
23:48Winning tables, ladders, and chairs!
23:51All eight men risking their careers, but Chris Benoit, truly amazing!
23:57First sacrificing his body, bruising, perhaps breaking his ribs!
24:03But somehow, dragging himself back into this matchup, even after suffering the concerto
24:10from Edge and Christian!
24:13The tag team champions have overcome the odds!
24:16Benoit and Jericho have arrived, making a major statement tonight!
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