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WWE SMACKDOWN 13 APRIL 2007 FULL SHOW HD
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00:00:01Yes sir, we promised you a great man.
00:00:04The last man.
00:00:05The child of Mania.
00:00:07Hulkamania is running wild.
00:00:09For God, what the hell?
00:00:10In this man.
00:00:13Oh no.
00:00:14The world is watching.
00:00:34I won't be denied.
00:00:38Not a time that is my pride.
00:00:42And I will rise on.
00:00:45Breaking out, breaking down.
00:00:47Break the rules, break the ground.
00:00:49And your death shall come.
00:00:51And the death I can do.
00:01:07Still basking in the gloom of WrestleMania.
00:01:11Smackdown roars through Providence, Rhode Island tonight.
00:01:14We are sold out at the Dunkin' Donuts Center.
00:01:17Michael Cole and JBL at ringside.
00:01:19And tonight, the Tap Team titles are on the line.
00:01:22Can Paul London and Brian Kendrick
00:01:24continue their incredible streak of 11 bucks on top
00:01:29for the 10-team division.
00:01:30Stiff competition with Decent Domino tonight.
00:01:33The fastest rising star in Smackdown history.
00:01:35Mr. Kennedy wanted hard swarble.
00:01:37The problem is, Fidley comes with him.
00:01:41And we're kicking off Friday Night's Smackdown tonight
00:01:43with in the ring, the general manager, Theodore Long.
00:01:50Ladies and gentlemen, you know, ever since last week,
00:01:54when Batista asked for a rematch against The Undertaker,
00:02:07well, the whole world have been wondering when and where
00:02:14is that match going to take place.
00:02:19Now, you all know as well as I do that Batista and The Undertaker,
00:02:26well, they tore the house down at WrestleMania 23.
00:02:32And I am proud to say that they're going to do it again in just two weeks at Backlash.
00:02:41But Tista will get the opportunity for a rematch for his World Heavyweight Championship.
00:02:53Now, let me tell you this.
00:02:55This won't be just any rematch.
00:02:59This match is going to be a last man standing match.
00:03:09So, Providence Rhode Island, let's get ready to kick it.
00:03:13Holla, holla, holla!
00:03:15My name is Finley, and I love to fight.
00:03:25The following contests in Studio 4.
00:03:28One fall.
00:03:28Making its way to the ring.
00:03:30From Belfast, Northern Ireland.
00:03:32Weighing in at 233 pounds.
00:03:36Finley!
00:03:36Oh, here's the matchup that was made last week.
00:03:39Mr. Kennedy to take on Finley in his little leprechaun.
00:03:42There he is, at least his hand.
00:03:45Hornswoggle!
00:03:46And the reason for this matchup is what happened at WrestleMania.
00:03:49It was the Money in the Bank ladder match.
00:03:51And it was Mr. Kennedy going for the Covenant briefcase along with Hornswoggle.
00:03:55And there was a bit of a, well, Hornswoggle, so to speak, on the top of those ladders.
00:04:00Hornswoggle doing what he does best, and that is look after Finley.
00:04:04But in return, Hornswoggle gets this.
00:04:09And last week here on Friday Night Smackdown, Finley.
00:04:11Boom!
00:04:12Making it plain and clear to Mr. Kennedy.
00:04:15Keep your hands off my Hornswoggle.
00:04:19Hence the reason for this two-on-one handicap matchup here tonight.
00:04:27Kennedy!
00:04:35And from Green Bay, Wisconsin, weighing in the next 235 pounds, Mr. Kennedy!
00:04:43Well, Mr. Kennedy, of course, holding the briefcase in hand.
00:04:47Mr. Kennedy, the winner of the Money in the Bank ladder match.
00:04:49And this is what I was speaking of moments ago.
00:04:52Hornswoggle confronting Mr. Kennedy after what happened at WrestleMania.
00:04:55And then from behind, the attack was slowly by Finley.
00:04:59Put your hands on the Hornswoggle again.
00:05:03You'll be watching WrestleMania sitting in a wheelchair.
00:05:10Yeah, put it any lighter than that!
00:05:15Yeah.
00:05:19Yeah.
00:05:21Yeah.
00:05:21Yeah.
00:05:23Yeah.
00:05:25Yeah.
00:05:26Yeah.
00:05:29Yeah.
00:05:49Look, look, man, we don't have to do this, okay?
00:05:55Look, I've been meaning to talk to you all week, okay?
00:05:58That's the way I see it, okay?
00:05:59We were in the biggest match of our career.
00:06:03We were in the money in the bank ladder match.
00:06:06We were at Wrestle Freaking Mania.
00:06:14Tension was high, tempers flared, things got out of hand, things got out of control, things
00:06:19happened, okay?
00:06:20And I just want to tell you, I take full responsibility for what happened last week.
00:06:29What happened to me, what you did to me, I did to myself, okay?
00:06:35And I just want to say that I'm sorry.
00:06:39I apologize.
00:06:49Listen to me, Kennedy.
00:06:54I have never met anyone who whimpers and grovels like you do.
00:07:10But you know what, Big Mouth, I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt, and I am going
00:07:18to accept your apology.
00:07:29But, but, you ever put your hands on Hornswoggle again, I will stick this shillelagh right down
00:07:42in your throat.
00:07:45Got it?
00:07:48I swear to God, it'll never happen again.
00:07:51I swear to you.
00:07:54And I'm glad that you accepted my apology.
00:07:58And I'd also like to extend an apology to, to the little guy under the ring.
00:08:06You know, I, so, uh, we're cool, no, no match tonight, right?
00:08:15There's no match, right?
00:08:18I mean, come on, man.
00:08:22Come on, man.
00:08:23We cool?
00:08:43Hold on just a minute, player.
00:08:46Now, I don't know what the hell you two think you're doing.
00:08:50Now, if you don't want to fight each other, then that's fine with me.
00:08:54But I tell you what, you two will be competing tonight in a tag team match.
00:09:03And your opponents will be Batista.
00:09:10And the world heavyweight champion, the end of Keka.
00:09:17General manager, Theodore Long has done it again.
00:09:21What a main event here tonight.
00:09:23We'll see a thing, Michael, I never thought I would see tonight.
00:09:26You see Kennedy come out here, apologize to Finley.
00:09:29Finley's sticking up for Hornswoggle, but it can't be all bad.
00:09:31Two men of integrity.
00:09:32And now you're putting him against two men who can't stand to be in the same building together,
00:09:38The Undertaker and Batista.
00:09:40Two men who are going to be in the last man standing match two weeks from this Sunday advance last.
00:09:45Undertaker and Batista.
00:09:46How the hell are they going to coexist tonight?
00:09:59What are you doing to your job?
00:10:03Come on.
00:10:05What is going on in here?
00:10:07What are you doing?
00:10:09What are you doing?
00:10:10What are you doing?
00:10:11I don't get to be a Timberlake video.
00:10:13I need to look a shame.
00:10:15Calm down.
00:10:16What happened?
00:10:21Michelle, what happened here?
00:10:25Jillian was in here.
00:10:26I don't know.
00:10:26She has a fire extinguisher.
00:10:28She storms off.
00:10:29Are you okay?
00:10:30Somebody get the doctor.
00:10:31Keep it stable.
00:10:32Keep it stable.
00:10:36And now, the WWE Smack of the Night is brought to you by new RGX Body Spread from Rikar.
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00:10:47Are you ready to step up?
00:10:50WWE Tag Team Titles on the line and no way out.
00:10:53These guys, Bruce and Domino, are for real.
00:10:57It may be only a matter of moments before the Tag Team Titles change hands.
00:11:00Look at this.
00:11:01Paul London knocked off the apron.
00:11:04Domino, nobody home.
00:11:06He's got it.
00:11:06No, he still won.
00:11:08Hats off to London and Kendrick.
00:11:11They have been the standard bearer for the WWE Tag Team Division.
00:11:20Well, Deuce and Domino have had London and Kendrick's number in the past,
00:11:23but not when the gold was on the line and no way out.
00:11:26Tonight, Deuce and Domino have another opportunity.
00:11:29Deuce and Domino have dominated London and Kendrick, except just like you said, Michael,
00:11:33when the lights were on bright and it counted when London and Kendrick have risen to the occasion,
00:11:39time after time, for almost a year now.
00:11:45The following contest is scheduled for one fall and it is for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
00:11:53Deuce and the challengers from the other side of the tracks,
00:11:56and a combined weight of 465 pounds, Deuce and Domino!
00:12:04Deuce and Domino with a great opportunity here tonight to win the Tag Team Titles from London and Kendrick.
00:12:10And this will be a contrast of styles, the smash-mouth-in-your-face style of Deuce and Domino,
00:12:17and of course the high-flying style of London and Kendrick.
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00:12:48And that is a combined weight of 369 pounds.
00:12:52There are the Tag Team Champions, Paul London and Brian Kendrick.
00:12:58And John, you have to wonder the state of mind of Brian Kendrick and Paul London after what just happened
00:13:02moments ago.
00:13:03Their inspiration, their friend Ashley, attacked in the locker room by Jillian.
00:13:08And you have to wonder if London and Kendrick, can they focus on the match?
00:13:11Are they going to be concerned about the health of their friend Ashley?
00:13:13The one common denominator for the past 11 months, Michael.
00:13:16One continuity factor has been Ashley.
00:13:19You take that away, it has to take London and Kendrick off the game.
00:13:23But you talk about a state of mind.
00:13:25Reminds you, Michael, these are two kids who wear masks to the ring and no one has any idea why.
00:13:30State of mind, they're lunatics.
00:13:32But they're damn good lunatics.
00:13:34It has been an unbelievable run as WWE Tag Team Champions for London and Kendrick.
00:13:39May of last year at Judgment Day, they won the championships.
00:13:42They've held the titles now for 327 days.
00:13:47The fourth longest reign in WWE history.
00:13:50And Michael, I don't think IU or anybody would have believed last April when they won those Tag Team Championships
00:13:56that anybody would have believed that almost a year later they would still have them.
00:14:01Look at this small package by Paul London on deuce and a kick out.
00:14:04And the thing about London and Kendrick John is, well, they've taken on all comers in all kinds of matches.
00:14:09And every time you think they're gonna lose the title, somehow they dig deep down inside and they keep the
00:14:14championship.
00:14:15They've dug deep down inside every time it counted.
00:14:17You remember the ladder match at Armageddon.
00:14:19You remember all of the great matches they've had and every time they have come out on top.
00:14:25It is a record that is nothing short of phenomenal.
00:14:28They have to, by the simple fact of their longevity, go down as one of the greatest tag teams of
00:14:33all time.
00:14:33There is no doubt.
00:14:34But Deuce and Domino looking to end that legacy here tonight.
00:14:38Paul London with that kick to the hamstring.
00:14:41Again, you've got to wonder the health of Ashley attacked in the locker room by Jillian moments ago.
00:14:46Jillian upset saying something about she's not gonna be in Timbaland's video involving a lot of the WWE Divas.
00:14:55Now Ashley won't be either according to Jillian.
00:15:01You know, the thing it is, Michael, Jillian did audition for Timbaland.
00:15:04And I thought she did a great job.
00:15:06I don't know.
00:15:07Oh, look at Paul London.
00:15:08That's unique.
00:15:09Oh, good.
00:15:09I'm styling a kick out at two.
00:15:11Are you a record producer?
00:15:12No, not at all.
00:15:13But I think I know somewhat when someone's singing well.
00:15:16And Jillian did not do a great job last week.
00:15:18She looked good.
00:15:19Paul London up over the top.
00:15:21Tag made to Kendrick.
00:15:22And there's the double team on Domino.
00:15:25Kendrick goes to work on the left arm.
00:15:27Double Japanese arm drag, Michael.
00:15:29You haven't seen moves like these guys.
00:15:31They remind me of the young Rockers, the young Sean and Marty,
00:15:33when they were in their prime flying off the top rope.
00:15:36Look, these guys are high octane.
00:15:38They are fun to watch.
00:15:39They are a car crash waiting to happen.
00:15:41And they're a tremendous tag team.
00:15:43One of the reasons, as you just saw, that they've been champions for 11 months.
00:15:47Domino trying to wear the smaller Kendrick down.
00:15:51Houston Domino, I assume John, will have to use the power game,
00:15:54that Smash Mouth style to try to unseat the champs tonight.
00:15:58This is a classic matchup of two Bruisers against two High Flyers, Michael.
00:16:03It's as old as wrestling itself.
00:16:05And it's always fun to watch.
00:16:08Nice take down by Brian Kendrick.
00:16:09Right back to the armbar.
00:16:11You see Cherry looking on at ringside.
00:16:13She is Domino's brother who's in the ring.
00:16:15The girlfriend of Deuce.
00:16:17Tag made to Paul London.
00:16:19Right back to work on the left arm.
00:16:23Snap their take down by London quickly into the cover.
00:16:26Tag team titles are on the line here tonight on Friday Night SmackDown.
00:16:30You also have to wonder about the sake of Deuce and Domino, Michael.
00:16:33They come along here in the first five weeks.
00:16:35They get a title shot.
00:16:36They defeated the tag team champions easily in the ring.
00:16:39But when the belts were on the championship were on the line, they didn't do it.
00:16:43No, they didn't.
00:16:44But the one thing Deuce and Domino did prove is that they can beat the tag champs.
00:16:47In tag team competition, non-title.
00:16:50And in one-on-one competition.
00:16:52And there's some of that smash mouth style we've been talking about.
00:16:56Punch you right in the mouth and then talk to you about it afterward.
00:16:58And that's gotta play mind games with you.
00:17:01Absolutely.
00:17:02There's nothing worse than getting beat up.
00:17:04Getting beat up.
00:17:04And a guy telling you he's beating up is worse.
00:17:08Paul London make a comeback.
00:17:09Then quickness.
00:17:10London and Kendrick need to use it here in the matchup.
00:17:12There's a big right hand by Paul London.
00:17:19Paul London catching Domino on the apron right over the head of referee Mickey Henson.
00:17:24And there's Brian Kendrick.
00:17:26And Kendrick and London have Deuce and Domino all out of sorts.
00:17:32Springboard.
00:17:33Oh!
00:17:35London and Kendrick are rolling.
00:17:38Will their incredible run as tag champs continue?
00:17:43One!
00:17:44One!
00:17:44Ryan Kendrick in on the tag and right back to work on the left arm of Deuce.
00:17:48WWE tag team titles are on the line.
00:17:51Now let's just show you an example here of the athleticism of London and Kendrick.
00:17:57One!
00:17:57Right over the referee.
00:17:59What are you saying brother?
00:18:00What are you saying brother?
00:18:00What are you saying brother?
00:18:02And that's what you talk about John.
00:18:04When London and Kendrick throw caution into the wind.
00:18:06That's what I'm saying about London and Kendrick.
00:18:08They're a car crash waiting to happen.
00:18:10I don't know how long these young kids are gonna be around.
00:18:12But we're gonna enjoy every single minute of it.
00:18:14because you'd never know what's going to happen you're right you never know what's so fun about
00:18:20these tag champs and to get you up to date the inspiration the friend of london and kendrick
00:18:26the lovely ashley was attacked in the locker room area by jillian moments ago her health and well
00:18:32being in question as we speak and you have to wonder if it will affect london and kendrick
00:18:36although it doesn't seem to have thus far nobody home and look at that domino do screw
00:18:44the referee domino took advantage cover shoulders down kick out by kendrick that's what you got to
00:18:53love about these guys michael they get things done mickey henson preoccupied everyone in the arena
00:18:58saw it they did what they tag teams do best and that is use the rules to their advantage
00:19:04and brian kendrick desperately needs to make a tag to paul london here in this great tag team matchup
00:19:10and speaking of tag team matchups general manager theater along making a huge main event earlier on
00:19:16as we see domino in the cover tag team titles up for grabs and a kick out how about this
00:19:20later on
00:19:21tonight finley and kennedy newfound best friends are gonna have to team up against the undertaker and
00:19:26batista who in two weeks just about two weeks from sunday taking batista gonna meet the last man
00:19:32standing match to the world championship how are they gonna exist tonight don't forget at wrestlemania
00:19:37michael these two guys beat the living hell out of each other these guys have not been able to
00:19:41coexist within 20 feet of each other how in the world a rhetorical question are they going to
00:19:47coexist tonight as partners off one of the most physical matchups in wrestlemania history and look at
00:19:53that flying elbow by domino that's impact kendrick in a world of trouble again hook of the leg with the
00:19:59title's up for grabs almost had him kick out at two and a half you want to know what it
00:20:03takes
00:20:03to win championships michael this is what it takes high impact
00:20:10you got to be willing to throw your own body around to win championships this is deuce and dominoes
00:20:17mickey henson good position and referee mickey henson realizing that something was going to happen there
00:20:22wisely got over and made deuce the illegal man break the hole
00:20:28and deuce with a big right hand to brian kendrick
00:20:36that's that trash talking we talk about john
00:20:41deuce and domino trying to get into the head of london and kendrick but hey
00:20:45kendrick has held those titles since last may they've been through this before i'm not against
00:20:49trash talking michael but the key is you got to be able to back it up and that's what deuce
00:20:54and
00:20:54domino have been able to do up till now here's the cover up to shoot the half hook of the
00:20:58leg and a
00:20:59kick out by brian kendrick deuce wisely keeping kendrick away from his partner again referee mickey
00:21:05henson was in great position the veteran referee moments ago as domino tried to uh illegally get
00:21:10involved on the apron and the key to tag team wrestling models you don't want to get into this
00:21:14position you want to cut off half the ring you always want your body between your opponent and his
00:21:20partner tag made again to the freshman domino deuce and domino textbook tag team wrestling frequent
00:21:27tags in and out of the ring and again we talked about it before deuce and domino have defeated the
00:21:32champs in non-title matches so they know that they can get the job done and brian kendrick with a
00:21:38high
00:21:38elbow then a right hand kendrick tries to make a tag he does and here comes paul london
00:21:47and when the champs can kick it up a notch john when they come down into fifth gear they're hard
00:21:52to stop
00:21:52michael is where they get exciting this is where london and kendrick are so fun to watch
00:21:57and why they've been champions for almost a year did you see that inverting atomic drop into the head
00:22:03scissors every week i say it michael and every week for almost a year they had delivered hooks the
00:22:09leg saved by deuce mickey henson again being very authoritative in this matchup realized he was
00:22:19going to have a tough job coming in against deuce and domino
00:22:26with those shoulders to the gut
00:22:29you can't wait to the back of the head quickly into the cover hooks the legs shoulders down there's
00:22:35two and again it's just breaking up the three count
00:22:40and probably kendrick seeded up
00:22:45kendrick steps flying out of the ring now the double team
00:22:49do some domino though they're playing walking a fine line here mickey henson's told him to get
00:22:53out of the ring oh he better get out of the ring there's a smash him in the mouth
00:23:05the winners of this match as a result of a disqualification and still tag team champions
00:23:13paul london and brian kindred referee mickey henson doing the right thing here tonight
00:23:19deuce and domino were completely out of control and henson disqualified the challengers that was a
00:23:25great call look freak and i broke the rules every time we could but we broke them behind the
00:23:31referees back ladies and gentlemen once again the winners by disqualification and still wwe tag team
00:23:39champions paul london and brian kendrick's incredible 327 day tag team title reign continues
00:23:49when the gold's on the line michael nobody has been better than london and kendrick
00:23:54and deuce and domino are beside themselves but let's set the record straight here they have nobody
00:24:00to play with themselves john they blatantly broke the rules right in front of referee vicky henson's
00:24:04face michael i agree with you deuce and domino were a great young tag team they're going to be
00:24:09tag team champions but not until they smarten up our ladies and gentlemen a star-studded friday
00:24:16night snapdown rolls along because still to come tonight in two weeks in backlash they meet in the
00:24:21last man standing match for the world title but tonight batista and the undertaker are expected to
00:24:26function as a team something's got to give tonight and a rematch of an incredible match by mvp and
00:24:35chris benoit tonight on smackdown it's wrestlemania a rematch from the big event next
00:24:45well moments ago the team of london and kendrick retained the tag team titles after a bizarre turn of
00:24:50events deuce and domino repeatedly john breaking the rules in front of referee mickey henson it's not a
00:24:56bizarre turn of events michael it's mickey henson doing a very good job as a referee you can only
00:25:01break the rules so many times before a referee has to tell you he is the authority and he will
00:25:07disqualify you this right here are two guys flushing a title down the toilet because they're not in
00:25:14control and deuce and domino absolutely infuriated
00:25:22next week right here on smackdown we're going to be celebrating its 400th episode from milan italy
00:25:29and you know what else i got some special plan just for you and me and you know milan italy
00:25:37that's
00:25:37one of the most romantic cities in the world baby girl what do you have planned well i'll tell you
00:25:56what
00:25:56now what can i do for you all right man it's cool listen to this deuce and domino the biggest
00:26:01attraction in sports entertainment it's kendrick in london for the titles and for no reason the
00:26:06referee disqualifies us that's right i hit him with the crack them in the mouth hey listen i saw the
00:26:11match now what happened is the referee disqualified you because you broke the rules yeah i didn't break
00:26:18now hey i've got one thing to say to you in the future i suggest that you abide by the
00:26:25rules or the
00:26:26referee will do his job now the best thing for you three to do is to roll up out of
00:26:31here wait a second
00:26:32i've never broken it won't relax hey i always follow now all we do is play by the rules all
00:26:37we do is play
00:26:38by the rules are you kidding me this guy's got to be kidding me i'm sorry about that baby girl
00:26:43hey
00:26:43baby baby i love it when you take charge
00:26:46oh thank you
00:26:52one two you hear the clock ticking tick tock you don't probably stop living
00:26:58i want you to remember me but the day don't have no memory
00:27:02i'm coming nobody to stop me nobody to hold me nobody to control me
00:27:08i'm coming i'm getting through my fame i'm getting brave of pain
00:27:11i'm gonna never ever change like the trump king
00:27:18slowly contest you can go for one ball making his way to the right
00:27:23from miami florida weighing in at 238 pounds montel von davian porter and
00:27:32he's the highest paid signing in back down history he's brass he's cocky but as he proved in wrestlemania
00:27:39he uh he really can back it up
00:27:41he's doing my pain
00:27:42i'm coming
00:27:46nobody can stop me nobody to hold me nobody to hold me
00:28:11Two fans in a non-title matchup thanks to a vindictive MVP who helped me pick up the victory.
00:28:19Chris Benoit, one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, was taken to the limit at WrestleMania by MVP
00:28:25and then embarrassed by MVP just last week.
00:28:30A non-title matchup here tonight, but an important one.
00:28:33And all you had to do was look at that picture right there at the beginning of the matchup, John.
00:28:37That shows the contrasting styles of these two men.
00:28:40MVP, cocky, likes to talk, likes to juke and jive in the ring.
00:28:44Chris Benoit, stoke as ever, but ever resilient.
00:28:47Yeah, but look at WrestleMania, Michael.
00:28:48No one would have believed what we saw.
00:28:50The fact that MVP realized he's not just going to be a pro with jockey strap out there and get
00:28:54by on athletic ability
00:28:55like so many great athletes try to do.
00:28:57He studied film of Benoit.
00:28:59He knew what Benoit was going to do, and he actually out-wrestled Benoit for most of that match at
00:29:05WrestleMania.
00:29:08And this sellout crowd here at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island behind Chris Benoit in the early
00:29:16going.
00:29:16MVP, is he feeding off the ground or bothered by him?
00:29:19There's the on-drag takedown by Chris Benoit.
00:29:25You look at the gentrification of MVP since he's been here, Michael, it has been nothing short of phenomenal.
00:29:31He's been through hell, he smells like smoke because he's been through fire, and through it all, he has gotten
00:29:36better and better every single week.
00:29:38Well, I do agree with you there.
00:29:40He's been in steel cage matches, inferno matches, street fights, but, oh, a nice takedown by Benoit.
00:29:44I do want to go back to WrestleMania for a moment.
00:29:46I would say Benoit was out-wrestled in that match.
00:29:48I would say that, well, he was out-caltered at points throughout.
00:29:51The bottom line is, he's still the United States champion.
00:29:53Still the United States champion, and still one of the greatest of all time, Michael.
00:29:56But you had to be impressed and shocked somewhat at how good MVP was when the occasion of WrestleMania presented
00:30:04itself.
00:30:05MVP makes it to the ropes.
00:30:06Referee Jimmy Corderas forces the break, and, hey, I said it at WrestleMania, I'll say it again tonight, John.
00:30:11MVP surprised me.
00:30:12MVP was complete game against Chris Benoit at WrestleMania and took Benoit to the limit.
00:30:18How important is this matchup tonight for MVP, John, despite the fact that it's non-titled?
00:30:23Well, MVP so far has been equally as surprising tonight.
00:30:27MVP has raised his game, and what he needs to do, because what MVP wants to be is the United
00:30:32States champion.
00:30:34He has to be able to do more than hold his own.
00:30:36He's going to have to be able to slip over and beat Chris Benoit any way he possibly can to
00:30:43get another title shot.
00:30:44And, again, the reason for the importance of this matchup, at least for Montel Vontavius Porter.
00:30:51And there is a flat toehold.
00:30:53Chris Benoit floats.
00:30:55Went for the crossface as MVP got to the ropes.
00:30:59And that's the danger of Chris Benoit.
00:31:01One blink, one miss, one mishap, and you tap out.
00:31:05That is how good and quick Chris Benoit is.
00:31:09Chris Benoit simply does not make mistakes.
00:31:12And how smart MVP was to duck out of the ring and take a breather.
00:31:16These SmackDown fans are all over MVP tonight.
00:31:20They don't understand greatness, and MVP is greatness.
00:31:25MVP kicked to the midsection.
00:31:27You know what they say?
00:31:28It's a bit of being cocky if you can back it up.
00:31:30And thus far, MVP has.
00:31:32But Chris Benoit taking MVP to task.
00:31:35Oh, wow.
00:31:39Oh, again.
00:31:40Wow.
00:31:41Tell me what that feels like.
00:31:42There's nothing like it.
00:31:44It's like getting hit in the chest with a frying pan.
00:31:47Chris Benoit chops you so hard, it is like getting hit from inside.
00:31:52Listen to that.
00:31:55The human body is not meant to take something like that from Chris Benoit.
00:32:02MVP ripped across the ring.
00:32:03Oh, boot to the face.
00:32:05And just like that, MVP gets himself back into the game.
00:32:09Cover.
00:32:10Hook of the leg.
00:32:11And referee Jimmy Cordero's perfect position.
00:32:13But look at MVP.
00:32:14Pulled Benoit to the corner, but Benoit is able to get his arm on the bottom rope.
00:32:20His sellout crowd electric tonight.
00:32:23And this is where MVP has picked up his game.
00:32:30MVP going for a snap suplex.
00:32:32But the master of the suplex, Chris Benoit countered to a snap suplex of his own.
00:32:39The United States champion.
00:32:42Trying to gain control, but MVP battles back.
00:32:48Oh!
00:32:51And that is Chris Benoit's entire offensive game plan in a nutshell.
00:32:55In your face.
00:32:56Chris Benoit never gives you room to breathe.
00:32:59There's not an ounce of backup.
00:33:01Here's the cover off the backbreaker kick out.
00:33:03And he never creates more than an inch of space.
00:33:05I've said it over and over.
00:33:06It sounds over simple, but it's not.
00:33:08If you're not on offense against Benoit, you're on defense.
00:33:11And you don't want to be on defense.
00:33:13Not against Benoit.
00:33:14Chris Benoit.
00:33:15Chris Benoit trying to wear MVP down.
00:33:17Trying to put MVP into the crossface.
00:33:18And wisely.
00:33:19MVP makes it to the bottom rope.
00:33:22The near 20-year veteran, Chris Benoit, driving that knee into the kidney of MVP.
00:33:28And you see what Benoit does.
00:33:29He takes the break from the referee.
00:33:31But he never creates distance.
00:33:33And you know what this sports entertainment business means to Chris Benoit.
00:33:37John, at one time he was quoted as saying that wrestling is his passion.
00:33:41It's his mistress.
00:33:43It's everything he's worked for since he was a little boy.
00:33:47Training in Stu Hart's dungeon up in Calgary.
00:33:49And that passion is palpable to these fans.
00:33:52How many times in your life have you ever seen a guy who didn't get over with the fans
00:33:57because of his ability to talk or be flamboyant,
00:34:00but simply because he's just simply good.
00:34:03MVP cover quickly kicked out by Chris Benoit.
00:34:05And that's what Benoit has done.
00:34:07And that's why these fans appreciate him so much.
00:34:11One of the reasons these fans, in many ways, don't respect MVP.
00:34:15These WWE fans.
00:34:17They see MVP coming on the scene as the highest paid player in SmackDown history.
00:34:23And many WWE fans don't believe that he earned his stripes to get to where he is today.
00:34:27Although, he is proving it over the past few months.
00:34:30Look at him though, Michael.
00:34:30Look at MVP.
00:34:31He's sitting there with blood in his mouth.
00:34:33The fans here don't like MVP because they simply, they're player haters.
00:34:38They don't like the guy who gets the big money.
00:34:40They don't like the guy with the flash because they know they can't be him.
00:34:43And let me tell you something.
00:34:45There are a few people in the world that can be MVP.
00:34:49MVP wearing Benoit down.
00:34:51He's got that left arm and a predicament.
00:34:54Needs to get back to a vertical base and the United States champion does.
00:35:01Missed with the right.
00:35:02And that's where Benoit's so dangerous.
00:35:07MVP outside the ring trying to catch his breath again.
00:35:10But Benoit will bring him right back in.
00:35:14MVP counter.
00:35:17Much like he did at WrestleMania, MVP has countered Benoit seemingly.
00:35:22Oh, no.
00:35:22And MVP offense, not off the apron.
00:35:24Benoit setting MVP up for perhaps a German suplex.
00:35:27And MVP is hanging on, literally for dear life.
00:35:31Benoit's still hanging on.
00:35:34And MVP bounced head first off the apron.
00:35:37That's the thing with Benoit.
00:35:39If one thing doesn't work, he'll find it.
00:35:44MVP suddenly gaining control.
00:35:47Can Benoit pick up his game when we return to SmackDown?
00:35:53And here are the right hands by MVP.
00:35:55Hook of the leg on Benoit who grabs the bottom rope.
00:35:58We are back on Friday Night SmackDown.
00:35:59Non-title matchup, the United States champion Chris Benoit against MVP,
00:36:03who has been in control since just before the commercial break.
00:36:07Benoit looked like he was dominating the match.
00:36:09But look at MVP, Sandy Benoit to the steel post, and MVP has dominated since.
00:36:15And the one thing that MVP has gotten good about, I said it earlier, I said it prematurely,
00:36:20is once she's got a guy down, MVP has become very, very good at keeping him down,
00:36:27at finishing him off.
00:36:29You know, John, we were talking earlier about the flamboyance of MVP, how he loves the nightlife.
00:36:33He, you know, loves to have a good time.
00:36:36Fuller opposite, Chris Benoit.
00:36:38I don't believe I've ever seen the Rabbit Wolverine smile, not only in the ring,
00:36:41but maybe even back in the locker room area, just, you know, hanging out.
00:36:44You're not gonna hear rumors about Benoit being out partying with a bunch of hot chicks.
00:36:47The one thing you're gonna hear about him is his party is right what's going on right now.
00:36:52This is his life, this is his soul, this is his passion.
00:36:57And MVP, how quickly did he counter that German suplex by Benoit?
00:37:01Realizing he was in trouble, but Chris Benoit, using the headbutt as a weapon.
00:37:06And you can feel the momentum beginning to build.
00:37:10Oh, what a throw by MVP!
00:37:12Did you see that counter?
00:37:14Every week, MVP raises his game to a new level.
00:37:18We are watching the amelioration of a young wrestler become a veteran.
00:37:25Benoit was building momentum like a freight train.
00:37:28And all of a sudden, that train ran into a brick wall and just stopped.
00:37:33A year ago, Michael, MVP did not have that in his arsenal.
00:37:38Shit!
00:37:42MVP, at every turn, seemingly has countered Benoit here tonight.
00:37:49With authority, whipped into the corner, shaking the ring.
00:37:53Cover by MVP.
00:37:54Champs in trouble, kick at it too.
00:37:57Again a cover, hook to the leg again.
00:37:59Come on, man!
00:38:04And watch the ring shake on this whip by MVP.
00:38:09And remember, the surgically repaired neck of Chris Benoit is always a target.
00:38:18No matter what you say about MVP, Michael, the high living, the brass, the gold that he wears,
00:38:24all of that, Michael, MVP every week has shown the ability to improve his game.
00:38:30And that is a student of this business.
00:38:32And notice what MVP's doing here, John, much like he did at Wrestlemania.
00:38:36He is working on the shoulder.
00:38:37That was injured when Benoit went into the steel post moments ago.
00:38:41If you take the shoulder out, you take out the cross face, you take out the sharpshooter.
00:38:45That's what MVP did at Wrestlemania.
00:38:47And then Benoit switched gears and used the headbutt for the victory.
00:38:54MVP, drop kick again to the left arm.
00:38:58Using much the same game plan that he used in Detroit, cover kick out.
00:39:02What that is, Michael, is that is the ability to be able to think under fire, to be able to
00:39:06think in combat.
00:39:07So many times, Michael, when you're in combat, things speed up.
00:39:11But when you become good, things slow down and you realize, go after what's injured time and time again until
00:39:17you get it.
00:39:18Off the three elbows, MVP will hook the leg and Benoit's arm under the bottom rope.
00:39:23And again, referee Jimmy Corderas in perfect position.
00:39:27What we're seeing right here, Michael, is classic wrestling match.
00:39:31They talk about what's on the marquee, it's wrestling.
00:39:34And what we are seeing here, a rematch of Wrestlemania.
00:39:38And it is just as good as what we saw in front of 80,000-plus people in Ford Field.
00:39:45MVP believes he's going to win in a kick out at two.
00:39:48An Enchalant cover might have caught MVP.
00:39:51Wrestlemania, Ford Field, record-breaking crowd of over 80,000.
00:39:56And some guys rise to the occasion, Michael.
00:39:59Some guys sink under the pressure.
00:40:01You're there, little veteran.
00:40:02Look at this.
00:40:03Off the suplex.
00:40:04There's the bridge and a kick out by MVP.
00:40:06MVP off the Northern Lights suplex by Chris Benoit.
00:40:09You're in there with a veteran, one of the all-time greats in Chris Benoit.
00:40:12Some people, Michael, would simply be overwhelmed.
00:40:15MVP has repeatedly risen to the occasion, and he's doing it again tonight.
00:40:19And it is because of superstars that you see on SmackDown every week, like Benoit and MVP,
00:40:24that we had a record-breaking crowd at Wrestlemania.
00:40:26That we have a sold-out crowd here tonight in Providence.
00:40:28And MVP looking for the delayed vertical.
00:40:32And Benoit battled out of it.
00:40:33Going for the crossface.
00:40:34Going for the crossface.
00:40:36What a counter.
00:40:37Left arm locked in.
00:40:38Benoit's got the right arm over his face.
00:40:40And the crossface is locked in.
00:40:42And MVP got the rope.
00:40:44Got the foot on the bottom rope.
00:40:47I have never seen somebody reverse a vertical suplex like Chris Benoit just did.
00:40:53That was the move, the crossface, that Benoit could not apply to MVP at Wrestlemania because
00:40:58of the bad shoulder.
00:40:59And there's the German suplex.
00:41:00The first of what Benoit hopes will be three, which would set up that flying hit button.
00:41:04This is what beat MVP at Wrestlemania.
00:41:07Here's the third and release this time in the Rabid Wolverine.
00:41:15Here comes Eric Benoit.
00:41:19This is exactly the sequence that finished off MVP at Wrestlemania.
00:41:24But MVP back to his feet this time.
00:41:26Quickly catches Benoit on the top rope.
00:41:33Benoit uses every part of his body as a weapon.
00:41:36What a one.
00:41:37Wow.
00:41:44Benoit to the top rope.
00:41:45Going to sacrifice his body again.
00:41:48Flying hit button.
00:41:49Nobody home.
00:41:50MVP rolled out of the way.
00:41:52Talk about doing your homework.
00:41:53Twice MVP countered that top rope.
00:41:56Air Benoit.
00:41:58Benoit, MVP has learned every single week.
00:42:01Michael, this is impressive as it can be to watch.
00:42:05MVP will not be beaten by the same move that beat him at Wrestlemania.
00:42:09As we take another look, Benoit just inches away from connecting again.
00:42:16MVP rolls Benoit over there.
00:42:18The shoulders down.
00:42:19Does he have a double?
00:42:19Two and a half.
00:42:22Sometimes in your life, Michael, you sit out here and you're proud to be part of this
00:42:26business because what's going on in the ring.
00:42:28Michael, right now, I have unbelievable pride in the fact that we're watching a classic between these two.
00:42:36Benoit, the United States Champion.
00:42:39MVP, one of the fastest rising stars.
00:42:42And SmackDown today.
00:42:43And a boot to the face.
00:42:44Benoit may be out cold.
00:42:46MVP may be moments away from pulling off a big win here tonight.
00:42:50Cover him, MVP.
00:42:51MVP says it's good.
00:42:53There's two.
00:42:54But it's not good enough this time.
00:42:55And Benoit kicks out at two and a half again.
00:42:59And the frustration may be mounting for Montel Vontavius Porter.
00:43:12WWE fans selling out the Dunkin' Donuts Arena in Providence are trying to get Chris Benoit back in the ballgame.
00:43:18In this non-title matchup, United States Champion Benoit against MVP, who has been taking Benoit to the limit here
00:43:28tonight.
00:43:30What a night we're having here tonight, Michael.
00:43:32This is why SmackDown is the premier brand in sports entertainment.
00:43:36And don't forget, later, we've got The Undertaker and Batista as partners against Finley and Mr. Kennedy.
00:43:46Yeah, partners.
00:43:47Undertaker and Batista are opponents in a last-man-standing match at Backlash two weeks from Sunday for the World
00:43:53Championship.
00:43:53And tonight, they're going to team up, or try to team up, I guess is the operative phrase.
00:43:58They haven't been able to be within 20 feet of each other without a fight breaking out.
00:44:03There is no possible way that Undertaker and Batista are going to coexist tonight.
00:44:08But let's talk about MVP and how he is controlling this match against Benoit.
00:44:13Well, it was controlling.
00:44:14Just like that to Benoit.
00:44:16With the arms wrapped in the hands, class.
00:44:19Went for a second German.
00:44:20MVP counted again.
00:44:28What's he looking at?
00:44:29I have no clue.
00:44:32What is this?
00:44:33Wow.
00:44:33My God, what the hell is MVP doing?
00:44:35MVP sending up Benoit for a suplex.
00:44:37Benoit went to Rolls through.
00:44:39MVP.
00:44:40MVP ran to the roster leverage.
00:44:42And he stole one.
00:44:45Here we go, MVP.
00:44:58And he stepped up and he did it.
00:45:02Well, the blue chipper, with some personal tactics, violating the rules.
00:45:06Hey, if he was in the NCAA, he'd be put on probation for this.
00:45:10MVP cheating, stealing his victory.
00:45:12There is no way to replay in wrestling.
00:45:14What goes down the record books, Michael, it's that right there.
00:45:17MVP, the hottest star of SmackDown.
00:45:20He just defeated one of the all-time greats, Chris Benoit.
00:45:25Well, ladies and gentlemen, still to come on this wild ride called SmackDown tonight.
00:45:31In two weeks, Batista and The Undertaker meeting the last man standing match for the world championship.
00:45:36The question is, how can they be a team against Kennedy and Finley tonight?
00:45:46Ladies and gentlemen, I'm here with MVP.
00:45:48And MVP, tonight, you pulled off a tremendous-
00:45:51Okay, save all that.
00:45:51Check this out.
00:45:52You saw it, and now you know exactly what I'm capable of.
00:45:55So to everybody who didn't believe, I got exactly four words for you.
00:45:59I told you so.
00:46:01So all the naysayers, the player haters, the doubters in tonight's powders,
00:46:05you know MVP will be straight-up ballin' when I become the United States champion.
00:46:15You can talk the talk if you can walk the walk, and I guarantee you this.
00:46:18MVP is walking the walk.
00:46:20Somebody who tried to talk the talk and walk the walk last week was King Booker.
00:46:23Things really didn't go like King Booker had planned.
00:46:26He was having problems with his wife all night long on Friday Night SmackDown.
00:46:30Near the end of the show, Batista at your foot of The Undertaker, demanding his rematch.
00:46:34And after all the problems, and his head wasn't quite right, King Booker tried to make things right,
00:46:39at least in his mind.
00:46:40Attacking, ambushing the world champions from behind.
00:46:43Not the right moves.
00:46:45Not the right move.
00:46:46The King's night continued to get worse.
00:46:50And then The Undertaker would deliver a devastating tombstone pile driver to King Booker on the announce table.
00:46:58And, John, because of this, King Booker suffered a strained, sprained neck, and he needed surgery,
00:47:05successful surgery this past week.
00:47:07But not only that, but also torn meniscus in his knee and a bad elbow.
00:47:11King Booker will be out indefinitely because of what happened at the hands of The Undertaker.
00:47:18WWE Magazine presents The Law Rebound.
00:47:24Tonight, it's all about putting respect back in the McMahon family name.
00:47:30And that's exactly what I plan on doing.
00:47:33You took my family's dignity at WrestleMania.
00:47:37So tonight, I plan on taking yours.
00:47:40See, I plan on taking the one thing that means the most to you.
00:47:44And that is the ECW Championship.
00:47:47Well, let's make this interesting.
00:47:49You beat me, you win the ECW World Title.
00:47:53But if I beat you, just like your dad, I save you fall.
00:48:03You're on.
00:48:05Shane McMahon, spearing Bobby Lashley.
00:48:08It's the ECW title versus Shane McMahon's hair.
00:48:11Shane McMahon knows that he's not going to be able to match streaks with Bobby Lashley.
00:48:16Shane is going to try to out-quick him.
00:48:18Shane McMahon with great right hand.
00:48:21Shane McMahon got himself intentionally disqualified.
00:48:24And now, what the hell?
00:48:25Umaga, Estrada, and more importantly, Mr. McMahon.
00:48:29And now look at Umaga trying to do more than just end Bobby Lashley.
00:48:33Lashley can't defend himself.
00:48:35And then Lashley.
00:48:36Oh, my God!
00:48:37Oh, look at Mr. McMahon.
00:48:40He's got that metal chair.
00:48:41He's got that steel chair.
00:48:42Giving it to his son Shane.
00:48:44Oh, my God!
00:48:46Oh, good Lord!
00:48:50This is another more than a gang assault.
00:48:53You want to humiliate me?
00:48:55Look at me.
00:48:56Look at me!
00:48:57You did this!
00:48:59You did this!
00:49:01This wasn't about the title tonight, but it will be.
00:49:03Yeah, Backlash.
00:49:05Bobby Lashley versus Umaga.
00:49:09No!
00:49:10Versus Shane McMahon.
00:49:13Versus Vincent Kennedy McMahon.
00:49:17The ECW title comes to the McMahons.
00:49:23I don't know how Bobby Lashley is going to withstand this particular challenge.
00:49:27With all these weapons coming at him, it's simple.
00:49:30He can't!
00:49:39And ladies and gentlemen, still to come tonight, in a matter of fact, in just minutes, the
00:49:44world champion and the number one contender on the same team tonight.
00:49:48Can The Undertaker and Batista coexist for just one match?
00:49:51We're going to find out later tonight.
00:49:56And now, the WWE Slam of the Week is brought to you by Pathfinder, Legend of the Ghost
00:50:03Warrior, in theaters now.
00:50:06Let's be a one-on-one matchup against Dave Taylor, and Regal and Taylor double-teaming
00:50:11Kane.
00:50:12This matchup not officially underway.
00:50:15Regal with a steel chair.
00:50:16No effect to Kane at all.
00:50:19What a right.
00:50:20Like Kane driving Regal into the crowd.
00:50:22And look out!
00:50:23Taylor flying across the announce table.
00:50:26Chaos at ringside at the hands of Kane.
00:50:34And here on SmackDown, I would not want to be Daivari tonight.
00:50:39Oh, man!
00:50:46Woo Pimpers!
00:50:48Stay on the floor!
00:50:49One foul!
00:50:50Coaching the ring!
00:51:19Weighed him at 323 pounds!
00:51:21And it was all because of Daivari's past relationship with the great Khali, who Kane met at Wrestlemania.
00:51:31And now Kane and Daivari set for this one-on-one matchup.
00:51:34And Kane has just been on a terror the last couple of weeks.
00:51:39He saw what he did to Regal and Taylor last week.
00:51:41Two of the toughest guys I've ever known in my life, Regal and Taylor.
00:51:45And Kane decimated him by himself.
00:51:48So if you're Daivari, beside Ron, which you offered him to do before, what would you do against Kane?
00:51:55Look, I'd like to say that Daivari has a chance.
00:51:58I don't think he does.
00:52:00I don't think there's a chance in the world anything's gonna happen but that repeatedly.
00:52:04That right hand knocked Daivari off his feet.
00:52:08And taking nothing away from Daivari.
00:52:10He's a great singles wrestler as a cruiserweight but he is in there with one of the biggest monsters of
00:52:16all time who is in a terrible mood, Kane.
00:52:19Former champion, The Big Red Machine.
00:52:24Devastating everything in his path as of late.
00:52:28And the thing about it, is Kane loves this.
00:52:33Kane feeds off this.
00:52:35You saw Kane smile when he set MVP on fire.
00:52:40And I'll tell you what gets me, this crowd loves this as well or as bloodthirsty as Kane is.
00:52:46The side slam by The Big Red Machine.
00:52:50He is toying with him.
00:52:53It's like a cat with a little wounded bird in the driveway in your house.
00:52:58Kane is just toying with him.
00:53:00You want to talk about little wounded birds?
00:53:01That's what happens to a bird when it runs into an engine of a 747.
00:53:11In The Big Red Machine.
00:53:15And total control.
00:53:17Absolute domination.
00:53:19Oh, another right knocking Daivari off his feet.
00:53:24How powerful is a man when he can knock another man off his feet with one right hand?
00:53:29Oh, did you hear that?
00:53:31In Little League Baseball, you've got a mercy rule.
00:53:33When a team gets so far ahead and you just call the game and let everybody go home.
00:53:38I would suggest Mickey Henson use the mercy rule right now.
00:53:43Well, this isn't Little League.
00:53:44It's the WWE.
00:53:46It's not Little League.
00:53:46You think a monster like Kane would be in Little League?
00:53:48And Kane showing no mercy.
00:53:51Kane showing no mercy for Daivari.
00:53:54Major League Tuckslam.
00:53:58Here's the cover.
00:53:59Kane absolutely demolishing Daivari.
00:54:05Oh, look at this.
00:54:07Hey.
00:54:08What the hell?
00:54:09Regal and Taylor.
00:54:12Regal and Taylor.
00:54:13Those two hooligans who Kane beat the hell out of last week are looking for a little revenge tonight.
00:54:18I tell you, they're two of the toughest guys I've ever seen.
00:54:21And they don't take being beaten up too well.
00:54:24To them, Michael, this is just a normal weekend night.
00:54:28This is Tayback and Kane.
00:54:32And look at Taylor trying to take Kane down.
00:54:35And Taylor and Regal taking it to the big man.
00:54:38This is like a mugging somewhere in a back alley in London.
00:54:49How much of a brute is Kane?
00:54:53Kane's still on his feet.
00:55:01And Kane is manhandling both of them.
00:55:07And Taylor and Regal both sliding out of the ring.
00:55:11He's like, wow.
00:55:16Are Regal and Taylor saying, hey, we got some shots in tonight?
00:55:20But I guarantee you, this is far from over, big man.
00:55:22That's what Regal is signaling to Kane.
00:55:27And Kane likes it.
00:55:31Unbelievable.
00:55:35What else is unbelievable, Michael, is can the Undertaker and the Animal coexist against two guys who love to fight
00:55:43tonight?
00:55:55Many times national champion of weightlifting and American record holder.
00:55:58But you can't beat me with strength.
00:56:00World powerlifting champion of the super heavyweight class.
00:56:03Speed.
00:56:03Can't beat.
00:56:04Can't beat me.
00:56:06Holder of the world's record deadlift of 903 pounds.
00:56:09You're gonna find out.
00:56:10You're looking at the strongest man.
00:56:13You just can't beat me.
00:56:15Period.
00:56:23I am the world's strongest man.
00:56:28You better worry about surviving through the night.
00:56:36nak I am the world's strongest man.
00:56:37Let's must burn.
00:56:44This is hard to kill.
00:56:55Welcome to Ganonrade.
00:56:57Pause.
00:56:57Take.
00:56:57To me.
00:57:24The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
00:57:28Making his way to the rank for Washington, D.C., weighing in at 290 pounds, Batista!
00:57:37At WrestleMania, Batista had the performance of his career, but he still fell to the phenom, The Undertaker.
00:57:47But Batista is not going to take a step back.
00:57:51He came out on Friday Night SmackDown last week.
00:57:54He walked into the ring, he went face-to-face with the phenom, and he said, I want my rematch!
00:58:02And two weeks from Sunday, The Animal will get his rematch.
00:58:07It is The Undertaker in Batista for the World Championship Last Man Standing.
00:58:13Michael, I've been in Last Man Standing matches here in the WWE.
00:58:17It is one of the most brutal matches you can possibly ever be a part of.
00:58:23And you've got two of the most combustible elements in SmackDown history.
00:58:27The Animal and The Undertaker trying to coexist tonight and just get to backlash.
00:58:33And no disrespect, Jon, for you've never been in a Last Man Standing match with The Undertaker.
00:59:02The Undertaker in the WWE.
00:59:14And his partner, from death's belly, weighing at 305 pounds, is the World Heavyweight Champion,
00:59:30The Undertaker!
00:59:32Michael, I've never been in a last-man standing match with The Undertaker, but I have been in a last
00:59:37-right match,
00:59:38and that is one of the reasons that I am sitting here in a commentating desk right now, instead of
00:59:43in that ring.
00:59:43That is how much it took out from me.
00:59:47And you're looking at, Michael, the era of the Dead Man has started.
00:59:51The new World Champion, The Undertaker.
00:59:59The new champion's staring at Batista, again, his opponent in a couple of weeks.
01:00:05But tonight, John, these two men will be on the same team.
01:00:10And to your point earlier, these two men have been able to get along for almost three months now.
01:00:15How are you going to keep them together as a team tonight against the formidable team of Kennedy and Finley?
01:00:21It's like sticking gasoline by fire, Michael.
01:00:24I can almost guarantee you all hell is going to break loose sometime tonight.
01:00:31It's not if, it's when.
01:00:47Words cannot describe the feeling when The Undertaker climbs those steps,
01:00:53raises the arms and brings the lights out of the arena.
01:00:57So I'm proud of SmackDown fans on their feet in Providence.
01:01:03Batista has not taken his eyes off the new champion.
01:01:11These two men met at WrestleMania,
01:01:15in one of the most physical, vicious matches we've ever seen.
01:01:19And had that great event.
01:01:23You've got to believe that Batista is remembering that night
01:01:27and wondering what he needs to do to wrestle back that championship in two weeks.
01:01:36But ladies and gentlemen, coming up next,
01:01:39Batista and The Undertaker need to get along.
01:01:43They take on Finley and Kennedy
01:01:45when Friday Night SmackDown returns.
01:01:55We're back on Friday Night SmackDown with the unlikely tag team
01:01:59of the new world champion, The Undertaker and Batista.
01:02:13Wearing in at 235 pounds, Mr. Kennedy.
01:02:18For Mr. Money in the Bank and inside that briefcase, John,
01:02:22is a contract where he can wrestle for a championship at any time over the next year,
01:02:27the privilege Kennedy has after winning Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania.
01:02:32My name is Finley, and I love to fight.
01:02:38And it's partner from Belfast, Northern Ireland,
01:02:41weighing in at 233 pounds, Finley.
01:02:46Because of the dynamics between The Undertaker and Batista,
01:02:49whether they can get along, whether they can't,
01:02:51we're forgetting the fact, Michael,
01:02:53we've got one heck of a tag team matchup here on SmackDown tonight.
01:02:58Well, earlier tonight,
01:02:59Kennedy and Finley kissed and made up.
01:03:02I always say they kissed.
01:03:03They shook hands like men.
01:03:05Kennedy was supposed to take on Finley and Hornswoggle
01:03:07in a two-on-one handicap matchup,
01:03:09but instead they called that match off.
01:03:12The general manager, Theodore Long, said,
01:03:14okay, we want to have that match.
01:03:16We'll have this one.
01:03:17Michael, they were diplomatic.
01:03:18They were men of integrity.
01:03:19You saw how much Finley cared for Hornswoggle,
01:03:22and you saw that Kennedy and Finley are both stand-up individuals.
01:03:27It was good to see.
01:03:28I don't think Kennedy wanted anything to do with the fighting Irishman.
01:03:31Finley tonight, but that's my opinion.
01:03:33And now you're a mind reader.
01:03:36But either way,
01:03:37general manager, Theodore Long,
01:03:39trumped them all and made this matchup.
01:03:40Undertaker said he wanted to start.
01:03:42You see that?
01:03:43You saw that smirk.
01:03:44You see the smirk by Batista?
01:03:46So it's The Undertaker,
01:03:47the new world champion,
01:03:49starting things off against the former United States champion Finley,
01:03:52who was also in that Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania.
01:03:57Two weeks from Sunday.
01:04:00Backlash.
01:04:01Undertaker and Batista,
01:04:02teammates tonight will meet in a last-man-standing match for the world championship.
01:04:07And if you thought it was physical and brutal and violent at WrestleMania,
01:04:12wait till you see what happens at Backlash.
01:04:15A little payback there, perhaps by Finley,
01:04:17as Kennedy is forced to come into this tag team matchup.
01:04:22What about the battles that Kennedy and Undertaker have had in the past?
01:04:27Kennedy, a guy who has defeated seven world champions in the past 12 months,
01:04:32and now owns the Money in the Bank,
01:04:34where he gets an opportunity at any time to take out the champion,
01:04:39who is right now The Undertaker.
01:04:41And look at the size difference between The Undertaker and Mr. Kennedy.
01:04:45Think about this, Michael.
01:04:46Tonight, you have a chance.
01:04:48You get The Undertaker hurt.
01:04:49Kennedy could use that Money in the Bank tonight to cash in that title shot.
01:04:54He could use it at Backlash.
01:04:55He could use it anytime he wants.
01:04:56I mean, cash in Money in the Bank whenever he wants to.
01:04:59You see Kennedy in trouble in the corner,
01:05:01and there's the right hand by perhaps the best pure striker
01:05:04in the history of sports entertainment, The Undertaker.
01:05:08What does it feel like to be struck by one of those big hand bones of The Undertaker?
01:05:12The problem is not just getting struck.
01:05:14The problem is knowing you're going to get struck again.
01:05:16The Undertaker quit.
01:05:18He keeps coming.
01:05:20It's one of the things about The Undertaker that has made him so great
01:05:23is how resilient he is.
01:05:24He wears his scars, his badges of honor.
01:05:27He loves a fight.
01:05:30Mr. Kennedy makes the tag to Finley.
01:05:33And Finley with that kick to the midsection, and here's the Wiley Vetter
01:05:36as Kennedy and Finley double-team the world champion.
01:05:42And what an uppercut by Finley.
01:05:45And Undertaker fires right back.
01:05:48There are none tougher in sports entertainment than Finley.
01:05:53Or The Undertaker, for that matter.
01:05:58See how Finley just shoved the champ back into the corner and then drove that shoulder.
01:06:02And look at this.
01:06:02Look how well Kennedy and Finley are working together.
01:06:06Well, Finley drew the referee.
01:06:07A veteran move.
01:06:09Referee Charles Robinson distracted, allowed Kennedy.
01:06:12And I don't think you're going to see that kind of teamwork, Michael, with The Undertaker and Batista.
01:06:17Well, the match is still early.
01:06:21I mean, I guess you're saying that you're not going to see The Undertaker and Batista cheat.
01:06:26A cheat is called teamwork.
01:06:28Behind the referee's back.
01:06:29I was once a great tag team wrestler.
01:06:30I know something about tag team wrestling.
01:06:32It's called teamwork.
01:06:34Former tag team champion you were.
01:06:35And here's Mr. Kennedy.
01:06:37Boots to the midsection.
01:06:38Undertaker not where he belongs.
01:06:39And look at referee Charles Robinson using his authority.
01:06:43And oh my, there goes the Money in the Bank briefcase.
01:06:46As Undertaker delivers the right left to Kennedy.
01:06:49Tee it off.
01:06:50Right now, I don't think it matters if Undertaker and Batista work as a team.
01:06:55Right now, Undertaker is a team.
01:06:57By himself.
01:06:58Big rights to the face of Mr. Kennedy.
01:07:02It's called accenting your point.
01:07:04Accentuate.
01:07:05And look at Finley from behind.
01:07:07Plug and blow to the back of the neck.
01:07:12And you realize through all of this, Michael, Batista has shown no signs of coming to help his partner.
01:07:19The Undertaker's been doing an okay job by himself, despite the constant double team by Finley and Kennedy.
01:07:24Undertaker trying to explode out of the corner.
01:07:26They're the right hands by the world champion.
01:07:31Finley whipped across the ring.
01:07:33And the Undertaker snake eyes to Finley.
01:07:37And Kennedy with a clothesline.
01:07:40Dropping Undertaker.
01:07:42And Batista tagged himself in.
01:07:45Yeah, I believe he did.
01:07:46A blind tag.
01:07:47Nobody saw it.
01:07:48And here's the animal.
01:07:49Firing up on Kennedy and Finley.
01:08:00And Batista, the former world champion.
01:08:02A powerhouse in his own right.
01:08:05And Batista whipping Kennedy across the ring.
01:08:09Planting Kennedy.
01:08:10And that is what Batista's game is all about.
01:08:13Look at him.
01:08:13Look at him.
01:08:13You see the stare?
01:08:15He's trying to send a message to the guy on the air, but that's the Undertaker.
01:08:19And here we go.
01:08:20Now Undertaker tagged himself in.
01:08:22A little reciprocity.
01:08:23Batista wanted to put Kennedy away.
01:08:26Undertaker tagged himself in.
01:08:28Can they get along?
01:08:29Can they function as a team?
01:08:33We are back on SmackDown.
01:08:35Undertaker.
01:08:35Here's the cover of Kennedy and a kickout.
01:08:38Undertaker tagging with Batista against Finley and Mr. Kennedy here tonight.
01:08:41But the question is, is how well Undertaker and Batista will work together.
01:08:46Well, Undertaker just tagged Batista in whether the animal wanted to come in or not.
01:08:51And remember, John, in two weeks from Sunday, Batista and the Undertaker will meet for the championship in a last
01:08:57man standing match.
01:08:57Well, I've tag teamed for many years in the WWE.
01:08:59I've never tagged a partner like that.
01:09:04That was the Undertaker reaching over and slapping Batista on the chest.
01:09:08And every time Batista drives a knee into Kennedy, he glances back at the Undertaker.
01:09:13Drives Kennedy into the corner.
01:09:16Shoulder to the gut.
01:09:17And a former champion picking up where he left off.
01:09:20Just drilling away at Kennedy.
01:09:22Get out of the way.
01:09:24And now Batista tags Undertaker in.
01:09:29Things are getting interesting.
01:09:33Undertaker with a run hand to Finley.
01:09:37You know what is unbelievable here, Michael?
01:09:40As great as Kennedy and Finley are, the story is all between Undertaker and Batista.
01:09:49Undertaker really trying to wrench that left arm out of socket.
01:09:53Dislocate that shoulder.
01:09:54Undertaker perhaps going to the top rope.
01:09:56Going for a little old school.
01:09:58Finley ran into a right hand.
01:10:00But the distraction may have helped Mr. Money in the Bank Kennedy.
01:10:05And that's where Finley's so wise, John.
01:10:07He realizes even the slightest distraction will help your partner.
01:10:11When you have a partner like Mr. Kennedy, it does.
01:10:15You have to have a partner who's willing to seize any opportunity.
01:10:18And Kennedy is one of the best at it.
01:10:21Boom to the jaw of Kennedy.
01:10:24Undertaker quickly into the cover.
01:10:25There's one.
01:10:26Finley will break up the three count.
01:10:28Another near fall for the Undertaker and Batista.
01:10:35Undertaker tags Batista in.
01:10:41And a right hand straight to the kidney.
01:10:46Batista preventing Kennedy from making it to his partner.
01:10:51So even though Batista and Undertaker don't seem like they want to be a team, John, they actually have been
01:10:56pretty effective.
01:10:58There's the cover by Batista.
01:11:00Hook of the leg.
01:11:01And Finley again saves the match.
01:11:02But what you're seeing, Michael, is two separate single matches.
01:11:05You see the Undertaker tag in.
01:11:06And he has a singles match with whoever's out there.
01:11:08Then you see Batista tag in.
01:11:10What you're seeing on the other side is a true tag team working in unison.
01:11:15That is Finley and Mr. Kennedy.
01:11:17And cheating after Kennedy went thumb to the eye of Batista.
01:11:20So to answer your point, yes, they have been effective.
01:11:21But they've been effective because of who they are, not because they're working as a team.
01:11:25Finley with a boot to the face.
01:11:27Finley and Kennedy trying to pick up some momentum.
01:11:28Off the rope, there's the strength and power of Batista.
01:11:32The animal with a lot of hands.
01:11:34Uploading on Finley.
01:11:38Oh, what a clothesline.
01:11:42I can't recall.
01:11:43Here's Batista into the cover.
01:11:45Hook of the leg.
01:11:45Kick out at two.
01:11:46This is Batista's core competency.
01:11:48It is power, power, and more power.
01:11:51John, you've been in the ring with Batista.
01:11:52You've been in the ring with Batista as being a champion when Batista was champion.
01:11:56And I'll tell you, have you ever seen him as intense as he's been the past few weeks?
01:11:59I've never seen him as intense, and I've never seen him better.
01:12:03The Batista that I wrestled was not the same Batista we're watching right now.
01:12:08We are seeing a guy that is bigger, that is stronger, and that is more intense and more focused than
01:12:13I have ever seen before.
01:12:14And the new world champion driving the point of the elbow right into the nose.
01:12:18The bridge of the nose of Finley.
01:12:19And there's one reason, Michael, because Batista has now gone from predator to prey, and he doesn't like it.
01:12:30You don't hunt the hole, and Batista wants his championship back.
01:12:35Undertaker, 300-pound frame with that leg drop across the throat of Finley.
01:12:46Cover, two, and it's Finley getting his foot on the bottom row.
01:12:50One of the reasons, Michael, his arsenal is as deep as it is in all of sports entertainment.
01:12:57You saw one thing in that arsenal last week, that Tombstone Piledriver planting King Booker on the announce table.
01:13:03And you're about to see another major part of it.
01:13:07People love to call it old school, and this is what the Undertaker's setting up.
01:13:12Of course, Undertaker on that Tombstone Piledriver to King Booker last week, taking the King out indefinitely.
01:13:19As Undertaker's in, Batista, Undertaker is going for old school, and Batista tagged himself in.
01:13:26And look at, looked like a smirk on the face of Batista.
01:13:30And Finley took that little look, that exchange of looks, between Taker and Batista, and turned it into his advantage.
01:13:37And look at that, Undertaker is right there.
01:13:39He needs nothing absolutely at all to help Batista.
01:13:42He was ticked off of Batista for interrupting old school.
01:13:45And Kennedy delivering the elbow to the knee of Batista.
01:13:47They are a team only in the sense of the word that they are on the same side, Michael.
01:13:51I guarantee you this, Undertaker and Batista are not even close to being on the same page.
01:13:56Well, John, we knew that coming in, as Kennedy takes out Batista, trying to take the power game away from
01:14:02the former champion.
01:14:04Here's the cover by Kennedy, shoulders down, kicked out by Batista.
01:14:07Quite frankly, I'm surprised that it's lasted this long.
01:14:11Michael, I still say it's not if, it's a matter of when this blows up between Undertaker and Batista.
01:14:17See Kennedy keeping Batista away from the Undertaker, Finley in off the tag.
01:14:20And Finley and Kennedy going to work on that leg of Batista.
01:14:24You take the legs out from the animal, you take away the power game.
01:14:27This is smart.
01:14:29Batista on his belly completely neutralizes all that power.
01:14:32You take away the best part of Batista's arsenal by getting him down and keeping him down.
01:14:39Undertaker yelling at Batista, telling him to get up.
01:14:44The Undertaker chants ringing to the sold-out crowd of SmackDown fans on what has been an electric night.
01:14:52And that's a get-up, Michael.
01:14:54Not that he's rooting for Batista.
01:14:56The Undertaker simply wants back in the match.
01:14:58It's competition.
01:14:59Both of these men, great, all four men, great competitors.
01:15:02Tag made to Kennedy.
01:15:04Again, Batista isolated.
01:15:07Mr. Money in the Bank.
01:15:09Kennedy.
01:15:11Opportunity to battle for a championship wherever and whenever he wants over the next year.
01:15:20And this is the opportunity that Kennedy and Finley have been working so hard for this entire time.
01:15:26Tag team matchup, Michael, you don't have to beat both of them.
01:15:29You just have to beat one of them.
01:15:31You get Batista down like they've got him right now.
01:15:33You keep him isolated.
01:15:35You keep away from Undertaker.
01:15:36They have a chance, Kennedy and Finley, to walk out of here Friday night.
01:15:40Winners against two champion and former champion, two of the greats of all time.
01:15:46Batista favoring that left leg, the knee.
01:15:48Here's the cover by Kennedy.
01:15:50Kick out at two as the former champion powers out.
01:15:57Kennedy and Finley many times.
01:15:59Look at Finley.
01:16:00Look at Finley.
01:16:01Right back to that injured knee and hamstring.
01:16:03And Batista driving the animal to the knee.
01:16:07Uh-oh.
01:16:07Finley with shillelagh in hand.
01:16:10Shillelagh to the back of the leg.
01:16:12The referee didn't see it.
01:16:14Destructed by Kennedy.
01:16:17And the Undertaker stalking Finley.
01:16:19Undertaker steel steps in hand.
01:16:21Undertaker raising hell.
01:16:29Meanwhile, right out here in front of us,
01:16:31Kennedy is driving Batista kidney first into the apron.
01:16:35And remind you, Michael, we're only two weeks away from Backlash.
01:16:39But the way that Batista's taken a beating here,
01:16:41he's not going to be 100% in just two weeks.
01:16:45Yeah, I know.
01:16:46At Backlash in that last-man-standing match,
01:16:48those steel steps, Undertaker just tossed in the ring.
01:16:51They'll be perfectly legal in that type of an environment.
01:16:55A last-man-standing match, Michael.
01:16:58Here's the cover.
01:16:59Shoulders down.
01:17:00Kick out.
01:17:00You don't get a quick win.
01:17:02You don't get an easy win.
01:17:03You get a knockout win.
01:17:05You have beaten a man so bad that he can't get to his feet.
01:17:08You have stolen his very soul.
01:17:11The man has to get to his feet before the count of 10
01:17:13in order to stay in the matchup or else he's going to lose.
01:17:16If Kennedy doesn't have a knee, doesn't have a leg to walk on,
01:17:19or it's not 100%,
01:17:20there may come a time in the match that he can't answer the 10 count.
01:17:24Can't get back to his feet.
01:17:26Kennedy going for an Indian death lock, couldn't get it locked up.
01:17:29Batista's legs are so big, it's tough to get it on.
01:17:32So Kennedy does what he does best, and that is beat.
01:17:36And here's the cover and a kick out by Batista.
01:17:39And that is beat people up.
01:17:41At Backlash, Undertaker hopes to beat up Batista.
01:17:45In that last man standing match two weeks from Sunday with a world championship
01:17:49on the line as the former champion fires back.
01:17:56And Michael, as brutal as last man standings are,
01:18:01how in the world can Batista compete with The Undertaker with a wounded limb?
01:18:07Finley in off the tag, trying to wear down that knee of Batista.
01:18:13And this is what is so smart, Finley comes in, kicks him in his head,
01:18:17and goes straight to that injured leg.
01:18:26Undertaker pacing on the apron.
01:18:28You see Batista writhing in pain, much like the pain that he's gonna go through
01:18:32at Backlash in the last man standing match.
01:18:36And John, you've been involved in last man standing matches.
01:18:38I mean, what type of strategy do you have to use in order to win the thing?
01:18:43Michael, what is so important, Batista's getting that leg taken away from him.
01:18:46You take away a leg like that, you gotta get up.
01:18:49It's last man standing.
01:18:50But Michael, let me tell you, you have no idea how brutal those things can be
01:18:56until you are actually in one of them.
01:18:58To actually have to beat a man until he cannot respond means that you have beaten
01:19:05a man as badly as he will ever be beaten in his life.
01:19:08And there are no rules.
01:19:09Everything goes in the last man standing match.
01:19:11As Batista tries to battle out of the corner, really battling on one leg,
01:19:15the right hands by the animal.
01:19:17And Finley right back to the injured knee.
01:19:20And if you're The Undertaker on the apron right now, John, what's going through your mind?
01:19:24I mean, what is going through your mind if you're The Undertaker?
01:19:26Do you want to get in and save your partner, or do you want him to continue to be worn
01:19:30down
01:19:30with backlash and last man standing looming?
01:19:33You look at what The Undertaker has done in the last few minutes of this match.
01:19:35He's chased Kennedy around the ring.
01:19:37He's chased Finley off of Batista.
01:19:39The competitive juices are flowing within The Undertaker.
01:19:42He simply wants to win this match.
01:19:44Once they get into it, they want to win the match.
01:19:47They're competitors.
01:19:48That's why Batista was world champion.
01:19:50That's why Undertaker is world champion.
01:19:52Kennedy planted by Batista.
01:19:54Trying to make a tag for The Undertaker.
01:19:56Can the animal get there?
01:19:57Literally at one leg, crawling across the ring.
01:20:00Tag him.
01:20:01Here he goes.
01:20:01He'll cause the world champion.
01:20:02It's a new ballgame.
01:20:04Undertaker with the rights to Kennedy and Finley.
01:20:09Undertaker was pacing on the apron like a caged animal.
01:20:12And now he's in the ring.
01:20:15And 300 pound frame, squashing Kennedy and Finley.
01:20:19300 pound frame moving like that, Michael.
01:20:22That is scary.
01:20:24And Finley tossed over the top rope.
01:20:27Undertaker makes it to Kennedy.
01:20:33Chokeslam.
01:20:37And look at Batista.
01:20:39Undertaker was going for the victory.
01:20:42But Tista tagged himself in with a big smile on his face.
01:20:45Does he want to win or does he want to get Batista?
01:20:48We're about to find out, Michael.
01:20:50Finley into the ring.
01:20:51Finley knocking Undertaker over the top rope.
01:20:54Batista measuring Kennedy.
01:20:59Undertaker.
01:21:00Pied off.
01:21:05Batista bomb.
01:21:07The Batista bomb.
01:21:09Here's the cover.
01:21:10Hook to the leg.
01:21:11Batista.
01:21:12And the Undertaker win.
01:21:16Here are your winners.
01:21:19Batista.
01:21:20And the world heavyweight champion.
01:21:25The Undertaker.
01:21:27It couldn't be any clearer than that, Michael.
01:21:29Batista is sending a message to the Undertaker with that Batista bomb.
01:21:35The question, though, if Batista does that to the Undertaker,
01:21:39is that enough that the Undertaker will not answer that well?
01:21:43It was almost like Batista, when he tagged himself into the matchup,
01:21:47said to the Undertaker,
01:21:49look, this may happen to you at Backlash in Last Man Standing.
01:21:54Following the Chokeslam.
01:21:56Undertaker going for the win.
01:21:57And there was the tag and that smirk on the face of Batista.
01:22:00And as you said, almost like a message was sent, John, to the world champion.
01:22:05This is about the world championship, Michael.
01:22:08That is all it is.
01:22:09This is mind games.
01:22:11This is posturing.
01:22:12These are two of the toughest guys we have in the history of this business
01:22:17trying to send messages about a last man standing match.
01:22:21And there is one simple question that will be answered at Backlash.
01:22:24Who will be the last man standing with a world title on the line?
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