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Impact
Date: April 14, 2011
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Tazz
Episode Title: Hogan’s Law
It’s the final show before Lockdown and most of the card is set. Tonight is likely going to be just the final push to the show which is standard operating procedure. We’ll also likely see Hogan and Immortal trying to go after Anderson for him double crossing them last week and also more development in the three way feud for the world title. Let’s get to it.
We open with a recap of the three way feud stuff from last week, including Anderson being the referee for the non-title main event. The most important thing though is Anderson screwing over Hogan and Immortal and Hogan being furious.
Here’s Immortal in full force to open the show. Gunner has the TV Title in his teeth. Hogan says there’s nothing but top level talent here but he wants to get rid of the strength of rotten garbage. He calls out Anderson and here he comes. Wow Anderson looks really skinny here for some reason. Hogan says that he’s tired of Anderson doing things the hard way and he’s going to make an example out of him.
Anderson goes off on Immortal, talking about how they’re all just riding their coattails and no one respects Hogan. Especially Bischoff who made his entire career off of Hogan. Wow that’s cutting a bit close. Anderson sets to say his line and Hogan I think slaps him down and the beating is on. With Immortal holding him in place, Hogan gets in Anderson’s face and says he’s going to take Anderson out tonight, because he’s “the baddest mamma jamma in this place.” Anderson spits in Ray’s face and gets drilled by the Bully.
Velvet yells at Winter and wants to know what Winter has done to her. Winter says that Angelina can make her own decisions. Velvet says she’s going to call Angelina out herself and if it’s not accepted she’ll come drag Angelina out there herself.
Back with Immortal celebrating but Bischoff is a bit upset. He just got a call from the Network and they want a best of 3 series between Immortal and Fourtune with the winner getting an advantage in the Lethal Lockdown match on Sunday. Hogan says Bischoff was supposed to take care of the Network and gets on him about it.
Jesse Neal vs. Douglas Williams vs. Crimson vs. Orlando Jordan
Winner gets….a win I guess. All of the partners are at ringside and Moore gets after Steiner. Orlando looks to be in a purple dress for lack of a better term. Neal vs. Williams to start but the British dude tags in Jordan quickly. Side slam gets two and it’s off to Crimson vs. Neal. T-Bone suplex gets two but Neal hits his spear on Crimson. Moore keeps making fun of Steiner and distracting Neal. Moore finally pushes him and the fight is on. Steiner goes out to help him so we’re down to a three way.
Crimson goes off to help but here’s Abyss to jump Crimson. Magnus and Young fight on the floor as Abyss rips up the railing. Chokeslam onto the guardrail leaves Crimson laying as the match is down to Jordan vs. Williams for all intents and purposes. Jordan grinds on Williams and gets a clothesline for two. Young and Magnus come in which goes nowhere as Jordan hits something like Cross Rhodes (called the Gender Bender) to end it at 3:35.
Bully Ray comes in to tell RVD that Hogan is going to make him an offer where the grass is greener and there are fewer seeds. I don’t get weed jokes but I guess that makes sense.
Matt Hardy vs. Kazarian
This is match #1 in the aforementioned best of three series. Team Immortal is here with Matt. The series is for the initial advantage in Lethal Lockdown. Fourtune comes out with Kaz but Hebner sends them away and does the same to Immortal. Flair freaks out and wants to fight Hebner. Kaz grabs some rollups to start but only gets two on both. Kaz charges but is sent to the apron where Matt kicks the rope for a low blow on the way back in.
Neckbreaker gets two as they’re moving rather quickly out there. I guess Matt is moving due to the lack of dreads out there. Matt focuses on the neck of Kaz, hitting the slingshot into the middle rope for two. Later we get Storm vs. Abyss and Roode vs. Flair. Cravate works on the neck even more but the Twist of Hate is reversed into a backslide for two. Side Effect doesn’t work and Kaz grabs a pinning combination for another two.
Side Effect gets two and there’s another one. Matt goes up but misses a moonsault to give Kaz a breather. Forearm by Kazarian and here’s the comeback. Hogan is going to force Anderson to run the Immortal gauntlet. Springboard legdrop gets two for Kaz and Fade to Black (called Kryptonite Crunch by Taz) is reversed. Missile dropkick gets two as Matt gets his foot on the rope. They go to the corner and Matt shoves Hebner into the ropes, allowing him to grab Kaz in a double underhook bodyscissors hold for the pass out/submission. Hard to tell but the hold is called the Ice Pick and it ends this at 5:16.
Madison is upset about something and Tara says just get it over with.
Back with Madison and Tara in the ring. Madison says she hasn’t been able to sleep for a week over what happened last week. She would have done something different: she would have backed up and run her over again. Tara doesn’t like this that much. Then Madison would have slapped Tara for questioning here. Tara is getting too comfortable in her role so Madison reminds her that she works for Madison. If Tara doesn’t chill, she’s going to be back selling lip gloss.
Tara has something to say but Mickie comes out instead. She’s in a sling and has a separated shoulder. TNA needs to really stop having Titantron videos playing during promos as they’re really distracting. Mickie goes nuts and says she’s going to put Madison through more pain on Sunday than Mickie went through. Sunday she’s going to take Madison out and get back at her for the last six months. Very solid and intense promos here.
Jeff Jarrett/D’Angelo Dinero/Hernandez vs. Matt Morgan/Samoa Joe/Kurt Angle
Always a good sign to throw feuds into one match. It’s the best possible way to get a bunch of them built at once and works almost every time. That wasn’t sarcasm if it sounded like it. Jarrett and Angle start us off here which is rather surprising. Jarrett runs and tags in Hernandez maybe 10 seconds in. We take a break after about 15 seconds.
Back with Morgan throwing the rapid fire elbows to Pope’s head in the corner. Morgan loads up the Carbon Footprint but Pope takes the leg out and Morgan is in trouble. Off to Hernandez who hammers away but a discus clothesline sends Morgan down and brings in Kurt. Kurt is taken down by a simple boot to the ribs and Hernandez goes up top. You don’t go up top against Kurt and Angle gets the running belly to belly to send Hernandez down.
Off to Joe and Jarrett as Joe cleans house. Quick powerslam gets two for Joe but Pope breaks up a cross armbreaker. Muscle Buster to Pope is blocked twice as Jarrett breaks it up. Jeff throw Joe to the floor but runs into Kurt. They run off to the back as Hernandez gets a slingshot shoulder block to take Joe down. Border Toss is reversed into the Clutch but Pope comes off the top with an elbow to break it up. Morgan back in as the tagging is completely abandoned. Anarquia throws Hernandez some brass knuckles but Morgan takes him down. Pope gets them and knocks Joe out cold for the pin at 9:20 total.
The heels leave Morgan and Joe laying.
The Jarretts try to leave but Karen says she forgot her purse. Jeff says screw it but she runs after it anyway, only to run into Kurt. Jeff leaves without her and Kurt says what a great pick for a husband and leaves her there.
Here are Hogan and Bischoff. Hulk calls RVD to the ring and lays it on thick, talking about how this is the new RVD who is all aggressive. Hogan saw what happened last week where RVD pinned the TNA Champion, which was awesome. Here’s Sting to say that what Hogan said was a lie. Sting talks about how RVD needs to earn it and he won’t do that in Immortal. If he beats Sting cleanly cool, but if it’s not clean it’s over Sting’s dead body. RVD leaves.
Bischoff talks to Sting now and says that Hogan has been working Sting for his entire career and that Checkmate is in Sting’s future. Sting disagrees, saying Checkmate is his. He drills Bischoff in the ribs and hits the Death Drop on him. Hogan is scared to death as he’s in a back braces still. Sting says it’ll be on his time, not Hogan’s.
Abyss vs. James Storm
Abyss has new music. Storm goes right at him, spitting beer in the face and we hit the floor early. Apparently on Sunday the Angle/Jarrett match is now 2/3 falls. First is pin, second is submission and third is escape only. That match just got even more awesome. Back in the ring and Abyss gets a big boot to take him down.
Storm pops up and hammers away, finally taking him down with a forearm. Top rope cross body gets two and Storm counters a chokeslam into a Codebreaker and a Backstabber for two. Chokeslam gets two and Abyss is surprised. Shock Treatment and the Last Call both miss and the Black Hole Slam gets the pin clean at 3:50. Immortal wins the man advantage.
Back with Bischoff talking to the Network and him being all upset about it. He demands to know who is working with the Network and the Network apparently says in time. Bischoff demands to know now and gets hung up on.
Here’s Velvet to call out Angelina. She gets Winter’s music instead and Angelina is here in that trance still. Velvet shoves/hits her to get her attention but gets speared down. Angelina gets a chair and DDTs Velvet on it. No emotion at all from Love here. Winter beckons Angelina back and they leave together.
We run down the Lockdown card.
Mr. Anderson vs. Immortal
This is a gauntlet match. First up is Murphy who gets a quick clothesline and a slam. The slam puts Anderson’s leg into the rope and it might be injured. DDT to the leg and Anderson is in trouble. And never mind as the Mic Check sends Murphy out quickly. Rob Terry is in second and Anderson grabs a small package and rollup for two each. Terry goes after the knee some more and uses basic power. Mic Check as a reversal ends him also.
In third is the TV Champion in I believe his first match since winning the title. There’s not a lot to say here as you know Anderson is about to take this one with a quick win also. Gunner works on the knee in the corner and Anderson is stuck. Fourth is going to be Bully Ray and he’ll be last. Anderson gets a boot in the corner and some strikes to set up a spinning neckbreaker for two. Yep there it is as he sends Gunner into the corner and the Mic Check makes Anderson 3-0.
Finally it’s Bully Ray who hammers away and drops some elbows before hammering on the knee even more. The fans chant you can’t wrestle at Ray. There’s a WWE joke in there somewhere. Anderson gets yelled at a lot and knocked down again. The back splash from the middle rope of course doesn’t work as Anderson fires in some shots. He manages to get Ray up in a fireman’s carry despite having a bad knee. Well of course he can.
They slug it out and Anderson takes over. Big boot puts him right back down though and Ray throws him to the floor. Then he drills the referee and takes the fight to the floor. Ray takes him up the ramp and sets for a powerbomb like he did to AJ a few weeks back. As he sets for it Hogan comes out dancing a bit and walks to do it instead. There goes the back brace and he sets for a powerbomb. Here’s Sting with the bat though for the save. Abyss pops up and Sting drills him with the bat. Ray gets the same treatment and Hogan backs off. We’ll say the match ended when Ray hit the referee so the match ran 9:30.
Fourtune talks about how this ends Sunday. Storm yells about Abyss.
RVD doesn’t say anything.
Anderson says nothing has changed with him and Sting. He wants more mountains to climb and rants about the title.
Sting says he'll keep the title on Sunday.
Hogan says Immortal is going to break Sting in half and if he wants a war, he's got one.
Results
Orlando Jordan b. Douglas Williams, Jesse Neal and Crimson – Gender Bender to Williams
Matt Hardy b. Kazarian – Ice Pick
Hernandez/Jeff Jarrett/D’Angelo Dinero b. Kurt Angle/Samoa Joe/Matt Morgan – Dinero pinned Joe after a punch with brass knuckles
Abyss b. James Storm – Black Hole Slam
Mr. Anderson vs. Immortal went to a no contest
Friday
Impact got a 1.14. By my math that’s the 4th straight week it’s declined.
Smackdown
Date: April 15, 2011
Location: Times Union Center, Albany, New York
Commentators: Michael Cole, Josh Matthews, Booker T
Well all of a sudden this is a far different looking show. As of Monday, Edge, the current World Heavyweight Champion, has to retire immediately due to neck problems. Obviously this changes everything for both Extreme Rules and Smackdown as we’re going to have to crown a new champion. I’d bet we’ll find out something about that tonight. Let’s get to it.
This is a version where the commercials haven’t been edited in yet, so when they go to a break the match continues right where it left off so the traditional 3:30 won’t be added. The show also has a long post main event segment which I’d bet is after the cameras went off and since the whole video is two hours, I doubt it’ll air on TV. This is a bonus for you I suppose.
The opening video is of course about Edge and how he has to relinquish the title after retaining it at Wrestlemania. The line used is destiny can change in the blink of an eye.
No theme song this week as Ricardo Rodriquez brings out Alberto. The car of the night is a 1950 Rolls Royce. He says his name but tonight isn’t about him. WWE lost a hero on Monday. He’s held more titles than anyone ever in company history, which is surprising for some reason. It was Alberto’s destiny to be champion but he didn’t expect it like this. He does however think it’s fair that the title be surrendered to him.
After a long delay, here’s Teddy. No one is going to present Alberto with anything tonight. Teddy says that Del Rio did win the right to fight in a ladder match at that PPV and that’s what he’s going to do. The opponent for Alberto will be determined in tonight’s main event: a 20 man over the top rope battle royal. Alberto says it’s a conspiracy. This is in WWE, not TNA dude. Del Rio takes credit for retiring Edge and Teddy says shut up and leaves.
Ezekiel Jackson vs. Kofi Kingston
The rest of Corre is on commentary here. Barrett says he won the title on his own and Slater isn’t sure he agrees. Jackson shoves Kofi away to start and Barrett says Jackson isn’t all that smart. Jackson is a scary looking man. We talk about the battle royal a bit and Barrett says the Corre is going to work together to make sure Barrett gets the title shot. Slater and Gabriel both disagree.
Booker says the back of Jackson’s head looks like a tsunami hit it. Not the best choice of words there former King. We hit the floor and Jackson press slams Kofi onto Corre, wiping them out. Back into the ring, Kofi tries the SOS but Barrett tries to get in. Jackson takes advantage of the distraction and hits his release Rock Bottom (and no I won’t call it a Uranage) to end this at 2:22. Short and mostly dominant here.
Jackson says he’s going to dominate the battle royal tonight. Well according to his own song everything he does in life he dominates.
We see Laycool’s couples counseling with a therapist that looks like Paul Giamatti. Layla is holding Michelle’s hand for some reason and says they’re like Bert and Ernie or Thelmer (yes Thelmer) and Louise. “So now you’re comparing us to two puppets and two characters that drove off a cliff?” The bluntness in that made me chuckle. Layla asks Michelle how her back is and Michelle says it’s hurt since she’s been carrying Layla since day one. The doctor is shushed and Michelle rips into Layla and is a total jerk to her before leaving. Layla was borderline face here.
Back to the arena with Cody in the ring with a hood over his face. He doesn’t feel anything anymore and tonight he’s going to hurt Rey tonight in the battle royal. Rey is a father and there may not be any monsters in his kids’ closets but he wants Rey to become the monster they’re afraid of. He’s going to make sure that happens but here’s Rey to interrupt and start a brawl. 619 misses but Rey eventually manages to get one in the ribs and send Cody running.
Kong vignette which is rather awesome.
Rey Mysterio vs. Drew McIntyre
How in the world did Drew fall so far in just a year? Also I guess the whole Kelly thing is just going to be abandoned? Drew absolutely towers over Rey. He grabs a powerslam for two on Rey as we talk about the battle royal a lot. Booker thinks Drew can be a world champion. That’s so cute. Snap suplex gets two for McIntyre.
Rey fights him off and uses some of his speed/high flying stuff to fight Drew off. The fans really don’t seem to care as we head to the floor. Drew rams him into the railing in a swinging powerbomb motion as we take a break. Back with Drew holding Rey in an armbar. Booker thinks Drew is Wade Barrett for some reason. I thought it was Thomas Tallahassee Jefferson or something but whatever.
Drew counters a headscissors into a backbreaker and we hit the chinlock. Booker messes up the name again and it’s back off to the armbar. Rey avoids a corner charge to send Drew’s shoulder into the post. Seated senton off the top and here comes Rey. Springboard cross body gets two. Big boot nearly takes Rey’s head off for two.
Powerbomb is blocked so Drew shifts to a hot shot. Rey escapes and lands on the middle rope and hits a nice tornado DDT for another two. In a very odd looking finish, Rey reverses a clothesline into a 619 and goes up for the splash. The odd looking part is that Rey jumps for the splash while McIntyre is still on his feet. Drew falls quickly and the splash hits to end this at 9:20.
Edge is walking to the ring and various people applaud him and hug him. He runs into Kane and gets a handshake, I guess which says “sorry for the whole causing your dad’s death thing. His….3rd death I believe.”
Here’s Edge in his suit and sunglasses to surrender the title. The fans chant thank you Edge and he says he’ll never get tired of hearing that. He says this has made him think about a lot of things, like his entrance and how insane some of the matches he’s been in have been. Wow Edge has been in a lot of gimmick matches. Edge thinks his music is the coolest in WWE and he thanks Alter Bridge for it. He wants to do his entrance one more time. He’s going to go up the ramp and come out to the song one more time. And that’s exactly what he does.
Edge does his full entrance again, complete with pyro and heads back to the ring. Cool moment there. He says he’s out of shape already because that tired him out. Edge talks about how good it was that the doctors caught this early before he got hurt even worse and couldn’t get up. He’s happy about everything he gets to do now, including wearing one of his two suits. He bought it for $100 at JC Penny. Well at least he’s honest.
His first world title came here in Albany so this place is special to him. He also came up with the name Edge in Albany. Edge’s mom is here tonight too. What’s her name? Cliff? The fans chant “Thank you mom” which is rather funny. Edge thanks her for everything and says that without her he wouldn’t be here. Well yeah there was that whole giving birth thing.
He shifts over to the title and says that everyone holds a piece of it. But now it’s time to do what he came here to do: relinquish the title. Edge thanks the fans again and puts the belt down in the middle of the ring before leaving to go hug his mom. That’s a sad moment at first but at the end of the day, it’s for his own good for the sake of his neck and his health. Classy speech too.
That’s What I Am trailer.
Rosa Mendes says something to Edge in Spanish and Edge says he has no idea what she just said but she had him at quiero. Alberto pops up behind him and offers a handshake but Edge leaves.
Kelly Kelly vs. Layla
On the way to the ring we recap the tag match last week with Michelle’s bad back. Josh says he doesn’t buy it and asks Michelle about it. She says no one ever accused him of being smart. Layla goes off on Kelly to start but gets taken down and hammered on. Cole and Michael chat a bit as Booker asks about the back injury. Out to the floor and Kelly rams Layla’s face into the floor. Layla is almost sent through the Cole Mine and is almost counted out before Michelle throws her back in. Kelly gets the easy pin at 2:08.
Laycool argues post match and Michelle drills her.
The Raw Rewind is the announcement of the tag match at the PPV.
Booker wants to know how Cole could be that stupid. Cole apologizes to Jack which I doubt will get him anywhere.
We get the same video from Raw talking about how awesome HHH vs. Undertaker was.
Battle Royal
Big Show, Brodus Clay, Chavo Guerrero, Chris Masters, Christian, Cody Rhodes, Curt Hawkins, Drew McIntyre, Ezekiel Jackson, Heath Slater, Jack Swagger, JTG, Justin Gabriel, Kane, Kofi Kingston, Rey Mysterio, Trent Barreta, Tyler Reks, Wade Barrett, Yoshi Tatsu
There is a TON of time left for this so it’s getting the big match treatment. Alberto is on the floor also. Kane comes out last when most people came in during the commercial. Booker says someone has to make a pact with someone else. There we go and I’m not going to try to call this for the most part. Show throws JTG out to get us down 5% already. Barreta tries to get Show out and guess what happens. Yeah we’re down to 18.
Something I’ve always wondered: other than the final guys, is there a set order to the eliminations? I mean I know the big stars have marching orders, but for guys like say Chavo (assuming he doesn’t make it to the final few people) is he supposed to stay in for like 8 minutes and then go when he has an opening to be eliminated, or is he told that he goes out say 7th via Trouble in Paradise for instance? I’ve always been curious about that. Anyone know anything regarding that?
Anyway, Show gets the knockout punch to put Slater out and get us down to 17. Slater is a great seller. Show charges at Jackson and BOTH go out! Wow I wouldn’t have bet on that one. Del Rio applauding that is a nice touch. Swagger and Reks can’t get Kofi out as we take a break. We come back and nothing has changed. They’re in the exact same place with maybe 3 seconds of time going by. Ok then. For the sake of timing at the end of the match I won’t be adding the 3:30 for that.
We get to the part of the show where everyone hammers on everyone and nothing is really happening. Kofi fires some kicks at Swagger as Cole sucks up to Swagger. Cody goes over the top but catches himself on the apron, only for Rey to hit him in the face and put him down. Rey doubles up and gets Hawkins out with a forward roll out of an electric chair. Kind of like a victory roll minus the pin.
Brodus takes out I think McIntyre as Chavo jumps on Clay’s back. Chavo is gone and yes it was McIntyre. Kane and Clay have our battle of the monsters and Kane beats him down with ease until like an idiot he tries a chokeslam. Headbutt to the chest stops Kane but the big fried freak manages to fight back and send the big fat tub of goo up and over as we take a break. Nothing changes again so we don’t add in 3:30 here either. That’s really weird to see.
Barrett tries to throw Kofi but Kofi hangs on and tries to skin the cat. I say tries to because he gets tossed out by the IC Champion. We’re down to roughly 8-9 at this point. There goes Reks at the hands of Christian and we are indeed down to eight. The remaining competitors: Swagger, Mysterio, Kane, Christian, Tatsu, Gabriel, Masters and Barrett. As I type that Christian tosses Yoshi and we’re down to seven.
Booker says everyone should go after Kane which isn’t a bad idea. Kane goes after the members of Corre but they manage to toss him to get us to six. They’re the only two standing as well. Barrett goes after Masters who fights back with some valor. Masters is sent to the apron and like an IDIOT puts the Masterlock on while on the apron. Barrett breaks it with relative ease and kicks Masters in the face to eliminate him. Gabriel sneaks up on Barrett and we’re down to four! It’s Christian, Gabriel, Mysterio and Swagger.
Rey vs. Gabriel and Swagger vs. Christian are the pairings. Rey sends Gabriel into the 619 position but can’t connect. Gabriel charges, only to get caught in a headscissors and put out. Christian has put Swagger down but not out and squares off with Rey. Christian is put down but not out and Swagger tosses Rey but Rey holds on. Rey comes back with a rana off the top that sends Swagger into 619 position.
Cole jumps up on the apron and takes the brunt of the move to score points with Swagger I guess. Rey goes after Swagger when he realizes what’s going on and tries what can best be described as a monkey flip position to get him out. Swagger holds on though and tosses Rey to get us down to Christian vs. Swagger. Vader Bomb is countered but Christian can’t shove him out.
Back to Swagger in control as Cole is more or less dead on the floor. They’re both on the apron and Christian tries the pendulum kick, only for Swagger to catch the ankle in the ankle lock for a nice counter. Christian tries to toss him but Swagger kicks him in the chest to break that up with ease. Christian is tossed to the apron but like an idiot heel, Swagger stops looking and Christian gets back up. Del Rio tries to pull Christian off but can’t do it either. Swagger charges and Christian puts him out at 17:00.
Edge comes out to celebrate and Del Rio stares them down. This is where I’d bet the show goes off the air. I’m sorry if this is confusing but this is the version I found at the site I use and I can’t watch it as it airs.
Christian gets a mic and it’s time for a 5 second pose! They even do the hands at the sides which is very cool to see. The locker room comes out and everyone, faces and heels alike, applaud Edge. That’s always cool to see. Edge starts crying as he and Big Show hug. Chavo and Rey come in and hug him also. And here comes HHH!
He’s getting the Vince walk going so you can tell he’s waiting to get in charge. The ring clears out other than Edge. He goes to the apron but climbs back in and picks up the mic. He says he didn’t know this was coming and it was the ultimate show of respect. Edge talks about how this is great and he loves being respected by his peers. He especially talks about Taker (not there) and Kane who he calls one of his best friends in the business.
He talks about everyone that sets up the show, down to the production people and the graphic designers and the catering. If he goes into the Hall of Fame he can thank all of them too. He even thanks the writers (yes he said writers) and names a few them individually. He thanks Vince, specifically saying it’s not Mr. McMahon. Vince apparently was the one that thought he could run with the World Title. He’s afraid to thank Booker because it would mean an Edge-a-Rooni which hurt the only time he tried it at Wrestlemania.
The fans chant Hall of Fame and Edge says he wants to thank people he’s worked with over the years. He says Vickie and the people boo. Edge says that’s a sign of how great she is. He thanks Lita for all the fun they’ve had over the years. “Hey get your minds out of the gutters…..even though we did.” And now, he thanks Christian. He talks bout them growing up together and wanting to be tag champions and at Wrestlemania 16, that’s exactly what they did.
Christian has been there all the time for him and Edge wants to see where he goes. The Edgeheads should get behind him if they could. He says he’s said enough and the fans boo slightly. He says he doesn’t have any spears left in him and he’s gotten to live his dream. He has no complaints and he’s had an amazing life and a lot of that is due to the fans. If anyone sees him come up and talk to him.
He’ll always be part of the WWE in some respect so we’ll probably see him again. He’s going off the radar for awhile though so he can be with his dogs. A fan shouts to give his mom a hug and he says like you have to tell me to do that. A huge thank you Edge chant takes us back to Alter Bridge. Edge goes out to thank the commentators and high five some fans. He hugs his family and goes up the ramp, throws his arms up and walks to the back, ending the show. I really hope this is put on DVD somewhere at some point as it’s awesome stuff.
Results
Ezekiel Jackson b. Kofi Kingston – Release Mat Slam
Rey Mysterio b. Drew McIntyre – Top Rope Splash
Kelly Kelly b. Layla – Kelly pinned Layla after ramming her into the Cole Mine
Christian won a battle royal by last eliminating Jack Swagger
Impact
Date: April 14, 2011
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Tazz
Episode Title: Hogan’s Law
It’s the final show before Lockdown and most of the card is set. Tonight is likely going to be just the final push to the show which is standard operating procedure. We’ll also likely see Hogan and Immortal trying to go after Anderson for him double crossing them last week and also more development in the three way feud for the world title. Let’s get to it.
We open with a recap of the three way feud stuff from last week, including Anderson being the referee for the non-title main event. The most important thing though is Anderson screwing over Hogan and Immortal and Hogan being furious.
Here’s Immortal in full force to open the show. Gunner has the TV Title in his teeth. Hogan says there’s nothing but top level talent here but he wants to get rid of the strength of rotten garbage. He calls out Anderson and here he comes. Wow Anderson looks really skinny here for some reason. Hogan says that he’s tired of Anderson doing things the hard way and he’s going to make an example out of him.
Anderson goes off on Immortal, talking about how they’re all just riding their coattails and no one respects Hogan. Especially Bischoff who made his entire career off of Hogan. Wow that’s cutting a bit close. Anderson sets to say his line and Hogan I think slaps him down and the beating is on. With Immortal holding him in place, Hogan gets in Anderson’s face and says he’s going to take Anderson out tonight, because he’s “the baddest mamma jamma in this place.” Anderson spits in Ray’s face and gets drilled by the Bully.
Velvet yells at Winter and wants to know what Winter has done to her. Winter says that Angelina can make her own decisions. Velvet says she’s going to call Angelina out herself and if it’s not accepted she’ll come drag Angelina out there herself.
Back with Immortal celebrating but Bischoff is a bit upset. He just got a call from the Network and they want a best of 3 series between Immortal and Fourtune with the winner getting an advantage in the Lethal Lockdown match on Sunday. Hogan says Bischoff was supposed to take care of the Network and gets on him about it.
Jesse Neal vs. Douglas Williams vs. Crimson vs. Orlando Jordan
Winner gets….a win I guess. All of the partners are at ringside and Moore gets after Steiner. Orlando looks to be in a purple dress for lack of a better term. Neal vs. Williams to start but the British dude tags in Jordan quickly. Side slam gets two and it’s off to Crimson vs. Neal. T-Bone suplex gets two but Neal hits his spear on Crimson. Moore keeps making fun of Steiner and distracting Neal. Moore finally pushes him and the fight is on. Steiner goes out to help him so we’re down to a three way.
Crimson goes off to help but here’s Abyss to jump Crimson. Magnus and Young fight on the floor as Abyss rips up the railing. Chokeslam onto the guardrail leaves Crimson laying as the match is down to Jordan vs. Williams for all intents and purposes. Jordan grinds on Williams and gets a clothesline for two. Young and Magnus come in which goes nowhere as Jordan hits something like Cross Rhodes (called the Gender Bender) to end it at 3:35.
Bully Ray comes in to tell RVD that Hogan is going to make him an offer where the grass is greener and there are fewer seeds. I don’t get weed jokes but I guess that makes sense.
Matt Hardy vs. Kazarian
This is match #1 in the aforementioned best of three series. Team Immortal is here with Matt. The series is for the initial advantage in Lethal Lockdown. Fourtune comes out with Kaz but Hebner sends them away and does the same to Immortal. Flair freaks out and wants to fight Hebner. Kaz grabs some rollups to start but only gets two on both. Kaz charges but is sent to the apron where Matt kicks the rope for a low blow on the way back in.
Neckbreaker gets two as they’re moving rather quickly out there. I guess Matt is moving due to the lack of dreads out there. Matt focuses on the neck of Kaz, hitting the slingshot into the middle rope for two. Later we get Storm vs. Abyss and Roode vs. Flair. Cravate works on the neck even more but the Twist of Hate is reversed into a backslide for two. Side Effect doesn’t work and Kaz grabs a pinning combination for another two.
Side Effect gets two and there’s another one. Matt goes up but misses a moonsault to give Kaz a breather. Forearm by Kazarian and here’s the comeback. Hogan is going to force Anderson to run the Immortal gauntlet. Springboard legdrop gets two for Kaz and Fade to Black (called Kryptonite Crunch by Taz) is reversed. Missile dropkick gets two as Matt gets his foot on the rope. They go to the corner and Matt shoves Hebner into the ropes, allowing him to grab Kaz in a double underhook bodyscissors hold for the pass out/submission. Hard to tell but the hold is called the Ice Pick and it ends this at 5:16.
Madison is upset about something and Tara says just get it over with.
Back with Madison and Tara in the ring. Madison says she hasn’t been able to sleep for a week over what happened last week. She would have done something different: she would have backed up and run her over again. Tara doesn’t like this that much. Then Madison would have slapped Tara for questioning here. Tara is getting too comfortable in her role so Madison reminds her that she works for Madison. If Tara doesn’t chill, she’s going to be back selling lip gloss.
Tara has something to say but Mickie comes out instead. She’s in a sling and has a separated shoulder. TNA needs to really stop having Titantron videos playing during promos as they’re really distracting. Mickie goes nuts and says she’s going to put Madison through more pain on Sunday than Mickie went through. Sunday she’s going to take Madison out and get back at her for the last six months. Very solid and intense promos here.
Jeff Jarrett/D’Angelo Dinero/Hernandez vs. Matt Morgan/Samoa Joe/Kurt Angle
Always a good sign to throw feuds into one match. It’s the best possible way to get a bunch of them built at once and works almost every time. That wasn’t sarcasm if it sounded like it. Jarrett and Angle start us off here which is rather surprising. Jarrett runs and tags in Hernandez maybe 10 seconds in. We take a break after about 15 seconds.
Back with Morgan throwing the rapid fire elbows to Pope’s head in the corner. Morgan loads up the Carbon Footprint but Pope takes the leg out and Morgan is in trouble. Off to Hernandez who hammers away but a discus clothesline sends Morgan down and brings in Kurt. Kurt is taken down by a simple boot to the ribs and Hernandez goes up top. You don’t go up top against Kurt and Angle gets the running belly to belly to send Hernandez down.
Off to Joe and Jarrett as Joe cleans house. Quick powerslam gets two for Joe but Pope breaks up a cross armbreaker. Muscle Buster to Pope is blocked twice as Jarrett breaks it up. Jeff throw Joe to the floor but runs into Kurt. They run off to the back as Hernandez gets a slingshot shoulder block to take Joe down. Border Toss is reversed into the Clutch but Pope comes off the top with an elbow to break it up. Morgan back in as the tagging is completely abandoned. Anarquia throws Hernandez some brass knuckles but Morgan takes him down. Pope gets them and knocks Joe out cold for the pin at 9:20 total.
The heels leave Morgan and Joe laying.
The Jarretts try to leave but Karen says she forgot her purse. Jeff says screw it but she runs after it anyway, only to run into Kurt. Jeff leaves without her and Kurt says what a great pick for a husband and leaves her there.
Here are Hogan and Bischoff. Hulk calls RVD to the ring and lays it on thick, talking about how this is the new RVD who is all aggressive. Hogan saw what happened last week where RVD pinned the TNA Champion, which was awesome. Here’s Sting to say that what Hogan said was a lie. Sting talks about how RVD needs to earn it and he won’t do that in Immortal. If he beats Sting cleanly cool, but if it’s not clean it’s over Sting’s dead body. RVD leaves.
Bischoff talks to Sting now and says that Hogan has been working Sting for his entire career and that Checkmate is in Sting’s future. Sting disagrees, saying Checkmate is his. He drills Bischoff in the ribs and hits the Death Drop on him. Hogan is scared to death as he’s in a back braces still. Sting says it’ll be on his time, not Hogan’s.
Abyss vs. James Storm
Abyss has new music. Storm goes right at him, spitting beer in the face and we hit the floor early. Apparently on Sunday the Angle/Jarrett match is now 2/3 falls. First is pin, second is submission and third is escape only. That match just got even more awesome. Back in the ring and Abyss gets a big boot to take him down.
Storm pops up and hammers away, finally taking him down with a forearm. Top rope cross body gets two and Storm counters a chokeslam into a Codebreaker and a Backstabber for two. Chokeslam gets two and Abyss is surprised. Shock Treatment and the Last Call both miss and the Black Hole Slam gets the pin clean at 3:50. Immortal wins the man advantage.
Back with Bischoff talking to the Network and him being all upset about it. He demands to know who is working with the Network and the Network apparently says in time. Bischoff demands to know now and gets hung up on.
Here’s Velvet to call out Angelina. She gets Winter’s music instead and Angelina is here in that trance still. Velvet shoves/hits her to get her attention but gets speared down. Angelina gets a chair and DDTs Velvet on it. No emotion at all from Love here. Winter beckons Angelina back and they leave together.
We run down the Lockdown card.
Mr. Anderson vs. Immortal
This is a gauntlet match. First up is Murphy who gets a quick clothesline and a slam. The slam puts Anderson’s leg into the rope and it might be injured. DDT to the leg and Anderson is in trouble. And never mind as the Mic Check sends Murphy out quickly. Rob Terry is in second and Anderson grabs a small package and rollup for two each. Terry goes after the knee some more and uses basic power. Mic Check as a reversal ends him also.
In third is the TV Champion in I believe his first match since winning the title. There’s not a lot to say here as you know Anderson is about to take this one with a quick win also. Gunner works on the knee in the corner and Anderson is stuck. Fourth is going to be Bully Ray and he’ll be last. Anderson gets a boot in the corner and some strikes to set up a spinning neckbreaker for two. Yep there it is as he sends Gunner into the corner and the Mic Check makes Anderson 3-0.
Finally it’s Bully Ray who hammers away and drops some elbows before hammering on the knee even more. The fans chant you can’t wrestle at Ray. There’s a WWE joke in there somewhere. Anderson gets yelled at a lot and knocked down again. The back splash from the middle rope of course doesn’t work as Anderson fires in some shots. He manages to get Ray up in a fireman’s carry despite having a bad knee. Well of course he can.
They slug it out and Anderson takes over. Big boot puts him right back down though and Ray throws him to the floor. Then he drills the referee and takes the fight to the floor. Ray takes him up the ramp and sets for a powerbomb like he did to AJ a few weeks back. As he sets for it Hogan comes out dancing a bit and walks to do it instead. There goes the back brace and he sets for a powerbomb. Here’s Sting with the bat though for the save. Abyss pops up and Sting drills him with the bat. Ray gets the same treatment and Hogan backs off. We’ll say the match ended when Ray hit the referee so the match ran 9:30.
Fourtune talks about how this ends Sunday. Storm yells about Abyss.
RVD doesn’t say anything.
Anderson says nothing has changed with him and Sting. He wants more mountains to climb and rants about the title.
Sting says he'll keep the title on Sunday.
Hogan says Immortal is going to break Sting in half and if he wants a war, he's got one.
Results
Orlando Jordan b. Douglas Williams, Jesse Neal and Crimson – Gender Bender to Williams
Matt Hardy b. Kazarian – Ice Pick
Hernandez/Jeff Jarrett/D’Angelo Dinero b. Kurt Angle/Samoa Joe/Matt Morgan – Dinero pinned Joe after a punch with brass knuckles
Abyss b. James Storm – Black Hole Slam
Mr. Anderson vs. Immortal went to a no contest
Friday
Impact got a 1.14. By my math that’s the 4th straight week it’s declined.
Smackdown
Date: April 15, 2011
Location: Times Union Center, Albany, New York
Commentators: Michael Cole, Josh Matthews, Booker T
Well all of a sudden this is a far different looking show. As of Monday, Edge, the current World Heavyweight Champion, has to retire immediately due to neck problems. Obviously this changes everything for both Extreme Rules and Smackdown as we’re going to have to crown a new champion. I’d bet we’ll find out something about that tonight. Let’s get to it.
This is a version where the commercials haven’t been edited in yet, so when they go to a break the match continues right where it left off so the traditional 3:30 won’t be added. The show also has a long post main event segment which I’d bet is after the cameras went off and since the whole video is two hours, I doubt it’ll air on TV. This is a bonus for you I suppose.
The opening video is of course about Edge and how he has to relinquish the title after retaining it at Wrestlemania. The line used is destiny can change in the blink of an eye.
No theme song this week as Ricardo Rodriquez brings out Alberto. The car of the night is a 1950 Rolls Royce. He says his name but tonight isn’t about him. WWE lost a hero on Monday. He’s held more titles than anyone ever in company history, which is surprising for some reason. It was Alberto’s destiny to be champion but he didn’t expect it like this. He does however think it’s fair that the title be surrendered to him.
After a long delay, here’s Teddy. No one is going to present Alberto with anything tonight. Teddy says that Del Rio did win the right to fight in a ladder match at that PPV and that’s what he’s going to do. The opponent for Alberto will be determined in tonight’s main event: a 20 man over the top rope battle royal. Alberto says it’s a conspiracy. This is in WWE, not TNA dude. Del Rio takes credit for retiring Edge and Teddy says shut up and leaves.
Ezekiel Jackson vs. Kofi Kingston
The rest of Corre is on commentary here. Barrett says he won the title on his own and Slater isn’t sure he agrees. Jackson shoves Kofi away to start and Barrett says Jackson isn’t all that smart. Jackson is a scary looking man. We talk about the battle royal a bit and Barrett says the Corre is going to work together to make sure Barrett gets the title shot. Slater and Gabriel both disagree.
Booker says the back of Jackson’s head looks like a tsunami hit it. Not the best choice of words there former King. We hit the floor and Jackson press slams Kofi onto Corre, wiping them out. Back into the ring, Kofi tries the SOS but Barrett tries to get in. Jackson takes advantage of the distraction and hits his release Rock Bottom (and no I won’t call it a Uranage) to end this at 2:22. Short and mostly dominant here.
Jackson says he’s going to dominate the battle royal tonight. Well according to his own song everything he does in life he dominates.
We see Laycool’s couples counseling with a therapist that looks like Paul Giamatti. Layla is holding Michelle’s hand for some reason and says they’re like Bert and Ernie or Thelmer (yes Thelmer) and Louise. “So now you’re comparing us to two puppets and two characters that drove off a cliff?” The bluntness in that made me chuckle. Layla asks Michelle how her back is and Michelle says it’s hurt since she’s been carrying Layla since day one. The doctor is shushed and Michelle rips into Layla and is a total jerk to her before leaving. Layla was borderline face here.
Back to the arena with Cody in the ring with a hood over his face. He doesn’t feel anything anymore and tonight he’s going to hurt Rey tonight in the battle royal. Rey is a father and there may not be any monsters in his kids’ closets but he wants Rey to become the monster they’re afraid of. He’s going to make sure that happens but here’s Rey to interrupt and start a brawl. 619 misses but Rey eventually manages to get one in the ribs and send Cody running.
Kong vignette which is rather awesome.
Rey Mysterio vs. Drew McIntyre
How in the world did Drew fall so far in just a year? Also I guess the whole Kelly thing is just going to be abandoned? Drew absolutely towers over Rey. He grabs a powerslam for two on Rey as we talk about the battle royal a lot. Booker thinks Drew can be a world champion. That’s so cute. Snap suplex gets two for McIntyre.
Rey fights him off and uses some of his speed/high flying stuff to fight Drew off. The fans really don’t seem to care as we head to the floor. Drew rams him into the railing in a swinging powerbomb motion as we take a break. Back with Drew holding Rey in an armbar. Booker thinks Drew is Wade Barrett for some reason. I thought it was Thomas Tallahassee Jefferson or something but whatever.
Drew counters a headscissors into a backbreaker and we hit the chinlock. Booker messes up the name again and it’s back off to the armbar. Rey avoids a corner charge to send Drew’s shoulder into the post. Seated senton off the top and here comes Rey. Springboard cross body gets two. Big boot nearly takes Rey’s head off for two.
Powerbomb is blocked so Drew shifts to a hot shot. Rey escapes and lands on the middle rope and hits a nice tornado DDT for another two. In a very odd looking finish, Rey reverses a clothesline into a 619 and goes up for the splash. The odd looking part is that Rey jumps for the splash while McIntyre is still on his feet. Drew falls quickly and the splash hits to end this at 9:20.
Edge is walking to the ring and various people applaud him and hug him. He runs into Kane and gets a handshake, I guess which says “sorry for the whole causing your dad’s death thing. His….3rd death I believe.”
Here’s Edge in his suit and sunglasses to surrender the title. The fans chant thank you Edge and he says he’ll never get tired of hearing that. He says this has made him think about a lot of things, like his entrance and how insane some of the matches he’s been in have been. Wow Edge has been in a lot of gimmick matches. Edge thinks his music is the coolest in WWE and he thanks Alter Bridge for it. He wants to do his entrance one more time. He’s going to go up the ramp and come out to the song one more time. And that’s exactly what he does.
Edge does his full entrance again, complete with pyro and heads back to the ring. Cool moment there. He says he’s out of shape already because that tired him out. Edge talks about how good it was that the doctors caught this early before he got hurt even worse and couldn’t get up. He’s happy about everything he gets to do now, including wearing one of his two suits. He bought it for $100 at JC Penny. Well at least he’s honest.
His first world title came here in Albany so this place is special to him. He also came up with the name Edge in Albany. Edge’s mom is here tonight too. What’s her name? Cliff? The fans chant “Thank you mom” which is rather funny. Edge thanks her for everything and says that without her he wouldn’t be here. Well yeah there was that whole giving birth thing.
He shifts over to the title and says that everyone holds a piece of it. But now it’s time to do what he came here to do: relinquish the title. Edge thanks the fans again and puts the belt down in the middle of the ring before leaving to go hug his mom. That’s a sad moment at first but at the end of the day, it’s for his own good for the sake of his neck and his health. Classy speech too.
That’s What I Am trailer.
Rosa Mendes says something to Edge in Spanish and Edge says he has no idea what she just said but she had him at quiero. Alberto pops up behind him and offers a handshake but Edge leaves.
Kelly Kelly vs. Layla
On the way to the ring we recap the tag match last week with Michelle’s bad back. Josh says he doesn’t buy it and asks Michelle about it. She says no one ever accused him of being smart. Layla goes off on Kelly to start but gets taken down and hammered on. Cole and Michael chat a bit as Booker asks about the back injury. Out to the floor and Kelly rams Layla’s face into the floor. Layla is almost sent through the Cole Mine and is almost counted out before Michelle throws her back in. Kelly gets the easy pin at 2:08.
Laycool argues post match and Michelle drills her.
The Raw Rewind is the announcement of the tag match at the PPV.
Booker wants to know how Cole could be that stupid. Cole apologizes to Jack which I doubt will get him anywhere.
We get the same video from Raw talking about how awesome HHH vs. Undertaker was.
Battle Royal
Big Show, Brodus Clay, Chavo Guerrero, Chris Masters, Christian, Cody Rhodes, Curt Hawkins, Drew McIntyre, Ezekiel Jackson, Heath Slater, Jack Swagger, JTG, Justin Gabriel, Kane, Kofi Kingston, Rey Mysterio, Trent Barreta, Tyler Reks, Wade Barrett, Yoshi Tatsu
There is a TON of time left for this so it’s getting the big match treatment. Alberto is on the floor also. Kane comes out last when most people came in during the commercial. Booker says someone has to make a pact with someone else. There we go and I’m not going to try to call this for the most part. Show throws JTG out to get us down 5% already. Barreta tries to get Show out and guess what happens. Yeah we’re down to 18.
Something I’ve always wondered: other than the final guys, is there a set order to the eliminations? I mean I know the big stars have marching orders, but for guys like say Chavo (assuming he doesn’t make it to the final few people) is he supposed to stay in for like 8 minutes and then go when he has an opening to be eliminated, or is he told that he goes out say 7th via Trouble in Paradise for instance? I’ve always been curious about that. Anyone know anything regarding that?
Anyway, Show gets the knockout punch to put Slater out and get us down to 17. Slater is a great seller. Show charges at Jackson and BOTH go out! Wow I wouldn’t have bet on that one. Del Rio applauding that is a nice touch. Swagger and Reks can’t get Kofi out as we take a break. We come back and nothing has changed. They’re in the exact same place with maybe 3 seconds of time going by. Ok then. For the sake of timing at the end of the match I won’t be adding the 3:30 for that.
We get to the part of the show where everyone hammers on everyone and nothing is really happening. Kofi fires some kicks at Swagger as Cole sucks up to Swagger. Cody goes over the top but catches himself on the apron, only for Rey to hit him in the face and put him down. Rey doubles up and gets Hawkins out with a forward roll out of an electric chair. Kind of like a victory roll minus the pin.
Brodus takes out I think McIntyre as Chavo jumps on Clay’s back. Chavo is gone and yes it was McIntyre. Kane and Clay have our battle of the monsters and Kane beats him down with ease until like an idiot he tries a chokeslam. Headbutt to the chest stops Kane but the big fried freak manages to fight back and send the big fat tub of goo up and over as we take a break. Nothing changes again so we don’t add in 3:30 here either. That’s really weird to see.
Barrett tries to throw Kofi but Kofi hangs on and tries to skin the cat. I say tries to because he gets tossed out by the IC Champion. We’re down to roughly 8-9 at this point. There goes Reks at the hands of Christian and we are indeed down to eight. The remaining competitors: Swagger, Mysterio, Kane, Christian, Tatsu, Gabriel, Masters and Barrett. As I type that Christian tosses Yoshi and we’re down to seven.
Booker says everyone should go after Kane which isn’t a bad idea. Kane goes after the members of Corre but they manage to toss him to get us to six. They’re the only two standing as well. Barrett goes after Masters who fights back with some valor. Masters is sent to the apron and like an IDIOT puts the Masterlock on while on the apron. Barrett breaks it with relative ease and kicks Masters in the face to eliminate him. Gabriel sneaks up on Barrett and we’re down to four! It’s Christian, Gabriel, Mysterio and Swagger.
Rey vs. Gabriel and Swagger vs. Christian are the pairings. Rey sends Gabriel into the 619 position but can’t connect. Gabriel charges, only to get caught in a headscissors and put out. Christian has put Swagger down but not out and squares off with Rey. Christian is put down but not out and Swagger tosses Rey but Rey holds on. Rey comes back with a rana off the top that sends Swagger into 619 position.
Cole jumps up on the apron and takes the brunt of the move to score points with Swagger I guess. Rey goes after Swagger when he realizes what’s going on and tries what can best be described as a monkey flip position to get him out. Swagger holds on though and tosses Rey to get us down to Christian vs. Swagger. Vader Bomb is countered but Christian can’t shove him out.
Back to Swagger in control as Cole is more or less dead on the floor. They’re both on the apron and Christian tries the pendulum kick, only for Swagger to catch the ankle in the ankle lock for a nice counter. Christian tries to toss him but Swagger kicks him in the chest to break that up with ease. Christian is tossed to the apron but like an idiot heel, Swagger stops looking and Christian gets back up. Del Rio tries to pull Christian off but can’t do it either. Swagger charges and Christian puts him out at 17:00.
Edge comes out to celebrate and Del Rio stares them down. This is where I’d bet the show goes off the air. I’m sorry if this is confusing but this is the version I found at the site I use and I can’t watch it as it airs.
Christian gets a mic and it’s time for a 5 second pose! They even do the hands at the sides which is very cool to see. The locker room comes out and everyone, faces and heels alike, applaud Edge. That’s always cool to see. Edge starts crying as he and Big Show hug. Chavo and Rey come in and hug him also. And here comes HHH!
He’s getting the Vince walk going so you can tell he’s waiting to get in charge. The ring clears out other than Edge. He goes to the apron but climbs back in and picks up the mic. He says he didn’t know this was coming and it was the ultimate show of respect. Edge talks about how this is great and he loves being respected by his peers. He especially talks about Taker (not there) and Kane who he calls one of his best friends in the business.
He talks about everyone that sets up the show, down to the production people and the graphic designers and the catering. If he goes into the Hall of Fame he can thank all of them too. He even thanks the writers (yes he said writers) and names a few them individually. He thanks Vince, specifically saying it’s not Mr. McMahon. Vince apparently was the one that thought he could run with the World Title. He’s afraid to thank Booker because it would mean an Edge-a-Rooni which hurt the only time he tried it at Wrestlemania.
The fans chant Hall of Fame and Edge says he wants to thank people he’s worked with over the years. He says Vickie and the people boo. Edge says that’s a sign of how great she is. He thanks Lita for all the fun they’ve had over the years. “Hey get your minds out of the gutters…..even though we did.” And now, he thanks Christian. He talks bout them growing up together and wanting to be tag champions and at Wrestlemania 16, that’s exactly what they did.
Christian has been there all the time for him and Edge wants to see where he goes. The Edgeheads should get behind him if they could. He says he’s said enough and the fans boo slightly. He says he doesn’t have any spears left in him and he’s gotten to live his dream. He has no complaints and he’s had an amazing life and a lot of that is due to the fans. If anyone sees him come up and talk to him.
He’ll always be part of the WWE in some respect so we’ll probably see him again. He’s going off the radar for awhile though so he can be with his dogs. A fan shouts to give his mom a hug and he says like you have to tell me to do that. A huge thank you Edge chant takes us back to Alter Bridge. Edge goes out to thank the commentators and high five some fans. He hugs his family and goes up the ramp, throws his arms up and walks to the back, ending the show. I really hope this is put on DVD somewhere at some point as it’s awesome stuff.
Results
Ezekiel Jackson b. Kofi Kingston – Release Mat Slam
Rey Mysterio b. Drew McIntyre – Top Rope Splash
Kelly Kelly b. Layla – Kelly pinned Layla after ramming her into the Cole Mine
Christian won a battle royal by last eliminating Jack Swagger