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Feel free to join us tonight in the AngryMarks LIVE Chat at http://www.angrymarks.com/livechat.php as we cover tonight's PPV. We start the show with the ramp-up to Shawn Michaels vs. John Layfield for HBK's name and freedom. We then go into the arena LIVE in Seattle, WA where Jim Ross tells us that we are SOLD OUT!
WWE Championship - Elimination Chamber Match: champion Edge vs. The Undertaker vs. Big Show vs. Vladimir Kozlov vs. Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy
We're going right into an Elimination Chamber match to start the show, and Undertaker is introduced first with a spectacular introduction! Big Show, Kozlov, Triple H and Jeff Hardy are all introduced next, and finally the champion makes his appearance, and I can't tell if Jeff Hardy or Edge actually gets the bigger pop! Here we go!
We start out with Edge and Jeff Hardy, Hardy backs Edge into a corner, chops, whips him off the ropes, flying forearm smash, clothesline, clothesline, whip, Edge reverses it, boots Hardy in the face to stop his momentum! Edge with the first pin attempt, Hardy kicks out. Edge pulls up Hardy and drills him between the eyes as the fans chant for Hardy. Hardy is laid out on the middle rope, Edge with a splash to the back, covers, hooks the leg, two count. Edge pulls Hardy up again, headbutts him in the corner, punch to the back of the head, spins him around, punches him in the face, whips him out to the opposite corner, Hardy tries to float over, Edge catches him, Hardy with the headscissor takeover, a double leg takedown, legdrop into the crotch!
Hardy tries for the Twist of Fate, Edge blocks it and tries for the DDT, Hardy blocks it and connects with the Twist of Fate! Hardy goes up to try to finish this match early, goes for the Swanton Bomb, and Edge moves! Edge tries for the spear, Hardy with a a small package, 1-2-3!!! EDGE HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
Edge cannot believe he was just eliminated and Hardy has a good two minutes to rest up before his next opponent is released. That man is... "the Moscow Mauler" Vladimir Kozlov! Kozlov throws hardy right in the corner, hammers away with shoulders and kicks, another big shoulder spear, again and again, but Hardy puts a boot up to stop the last one, dropkick to the face, climbs up top, goes for a double axehandle smash, Kozlov with the headbutt to the sternum. Kozlov rolls Hardy to the apron, steps through the ropes, and throws him repeatedly into the steel chains that make up the Elimination Chamber cage! Kozlov picks him up and rams Hardy's back into the cage repeatedly, then a nice overhead toss back into the ring. Kozlov goes for the pin, gets a two count.
Kozlov mounts Hardy for some ground 'n pound, then picks him up and lays him over the top turnbuckle, more headbutts this time into the ribs, then he steps back and take a big kick into the sternum. The fans are starting up a "U-S-A! U-S-A!" chant as Kozlov executes another overhead release slam, covers, two count. Kozlov picks up Hardy and executes a huge backbreaker over the knee, covers, two count. Kozlov with more G'n'P, then moves into a bearhug on the mat, focusing on the small of the back. Hardy gets to his feet, beats his way loose, bounces off the ropes and gets taken down with a shoulder block from Kozlov.
Kozlov follows up with an elbow drop to the sternum, picks Hardy up on his shoulders and goes for a running power slam, Hardy slides off, throws Kozlov head-first into the corner, then dropkick into the face. Hardy pulls himself up, goes for a cover, Kozlov kicks out at two, more like one-and-a-half. Hardy takes his time to pull off a Whisper 'o the Wind that connects, but Hardy goes back down again as his next opponent arrives... The Big Show!
Big Show rips the shirt off of Hardy then throws him across the ring with a huge Beil Toss before stepping across his back. Big Show with a headbutt, Kozlov get to his feet and delivers a pair of headbutts of his own before tossing Hardy down to the mat. Big Show pulls Hardy up, another headbutt. Kozlov takes a turn at a headbutt. It looks like this is now a dickwaving contest between Kozlov and Big Show. Big Show with a scoop slam on Hardy. Kozlov with a scoop slam on Hardy. They walk around Hardy's body like two hungry dogs over a piece of steak!
Hardy isn't going to take this, though, he gets to his feet, punches Big Show several times, ambushes Kozlov with a forearm smash, tries to do the same with Big Show, Show takes him down with a headbutt, picks him up, open hand chop to the chest takes Hardy back down. Kozlov looks on as Big Show throws Hardy in the corner, a big closed-fist punch right in the chest, Hardy crumples! Big Show turns around and Kozlov takes him off his feet with a headbutt to the chest. Big Show stands up, charges, and they lock up, Big Show shoves Kozlov down! Kozlov charges, Big Show with a knee up to stop it, but Kozlov delivers lefts and rights, Big Show punches back, snaps up Kozlov in a front facelock, puts him in the corner. Big Show backs up, charges with a splash, Kozlov moves out of the way, whips Big Show to the corner, Big Show stops, turns around and clotheslines Kozlov as Triple H enters the cage!
Triple H takes it to Big Show, taking him off his feet with a facebuster, turns around and hits Kozlov with a high kneelift. Triple H throws Big Show in the corner and punches him down. Jeff Hardy gets back to his feet, gets clotheslined. Kozlov charges with a clothesline, Triple H pulls down the top rope and Kozlov goes over to the apron. Triple H tries to throw Kozlov into the cage, Kozlov blocks it, elbows him. Triple H recovers, they fight, tries for a Pedigree, Big Show grabs him by the hair and chops him in the chest, then pulls him back into the ring. Big Show puts Triple H in the corner, delivers lefts and rights.
Kozlov and Hardy recover and fight in the corner, Big Show with a side slam on Triple H, cover, two count. Kozlov with an elbow drop on Hardy. Big Show puts Triple H in the corner near Undertaker, clotheslines, Triple H falls on his face. Kozlov has Hardy in the corner, nailing him with body shots and head shots and elbows and chokes with the boot. Big Show has Triple H in a choke slam, Triple H wiggles out, drills away with rights, bounces off the ropes and runs right into a gorilla press slam from the Big Show! Big Show with a big headbutt on Triple H, sending him over the ropes. Kozlov still beating on Hardy in the corner. Big Show throws Triple H head-first into the cage.
Jef Hardy gets the better of Kozlov as Big Show with a splash into Triple H on the cage. Hardy tries for a cross-body block on Big Show from the top turnbuckle, Big Show catches him and slams him into the cage. Big Show tries to smash them both, both men move out and Big Show eats the cage. Triple H and Jeff Hardy then team up to book Kozlov in the midsection and hit a double-team suplex! Triple H kicks Hardy in the midsection, throws Hardy into the corner, Hardy converts it to a Whisper 'O the Wind to take Triple H down!
Undertaker is brought in, he clears off Big Show, he throws Kozlov into a corner upside down then kicks him in the face! Undertaker with a clothesline on Hardy and Triple H in opposite corners! Undertaker goes for a double chokeslam on Triple H and Hardy, kicks Kozlov in the face, but Big Show catches him from behind! Big Show whips Undertaker off the ropes, UT ducks a clothesline, connects with a flying forearm smash. Undertaker takes out Triple H with a clothesline off the top rope! Kozlov snatches up Undertaker, throws him in the corner, headbutts into the sternum, climbs up and tries for a 10-count round of punches... no ELBOW DROPS! Taking his time dishing them out as well! Undertaker waits it out, then picks up Kozlov and delivers the Last Ride! Cover! 1... 2... 3! VLADIMIR KOZLOV IS ELIMINATED.
Big Show runs over and slams Undertaker. Triple H charges Big Show, he gets backdropped over the top rope and into the steel grating of the apron! Jeff Hardy runs over, Big Show press slams him into Triple H and takes him back down! Big Show steps back over the rope, headbutts Triple H, throws him into the cage. Jeff Hardy with some kicks to the midsection, climbs the top turnbuckle, Big Show catches him, throws him into the cage, Hardy catches himself and scales to the top of one of the holding chambers! Big Show pulls open a door to rack him! Big Show climbs up to attack Hardy. Big Show climbs up the turnbuckle and fights Undertaker, snaps off a Superplex! But Undertaker doesn't make it up, Big Show does! Triple H is back up... PEDIGREE! Jeff Hardy stands up and is calling for the Swanton Bomb from the top of the cage... he files and connects onto Big Show! But he rolls off injured! Triple H crawls over, lays an arm over Big Show... 1... 2... 3.. BIG SHOW IS ELIMINATED!
Everybody gets to their feet, Hardy tries for the Whisper 'o the Wind on Undertaker, Taker sidesteps it. Triple H attacks Undertaker, tries to whip him out, Undertaker reverses and puts him back in the corner, Taker with the body shots, whips Triple H hard into the corner, Triple H with a Flair Flip over the corner and back out to the apron. Undertaker grabs Hardy by the arm, climbs the turnbuckle, starts to walk the ropes, but Triple H grabs the ropes and shakes Undertaker off, racking him on the top rope! Jeff Hardy recovers, charges at Undertaker, Undertaker ducks down, Hardy steps on Undertaker's back and uses him as a catapult to launch himself into Triple H's body! But Hardy eats more of the cage than Triple H does. Undertaker pulls up Hardy, nails him with the Tombstone Piledriver, 1-2-3 JEFF HARDY IS ELIMINATED!
We're down to Triple H and Undertaker, both men take a breather before Triple H charges, Undertaker throws him into the corner, delivers big left hands and headbutts, Triple H staggers out of the corner, Undertaker with another headbutt to put Trips back in the corner. Undertaker goes for a big running boot, Triple H ducks it, Undertaker gets hung up in the corner, falls over the top rope to teh apron. Triple H steps through the ropes, throws him head-first into the cage. Triple H climbs up to the top turnbuckle as Undertaker rolls into the ring and stands up. Triple H flies, Undertaker catches him with the Chokeslam!! Cover!! 1.... 2.... KICKOUT!
Undertaker throws Triple H into the corner, Triple H charges out, Undertaker catches him on his shoulders, goes for the Snake Eyes, Triple H wiggles out, bounces off the ropes, goes for a spear on Undertaker, Undertaker catches him with a spinebuster. Undertaker goes to throw Triple H into the cage, Triple H reverses, goes for the Pedigree, Undertaker blocks it and catapults Triple H into the cage! Undertaker tries to throw Triple H into the cage off his shoulders, Triple H floats over, tries for a DDT into the ring, Undertaker flips through and has Triple H in the Tombstone! Undertaker goes for the win... 1... 2... KICKOUT! Undertaker pulls up Triple H, Triple H with a boot to the midsection, Pedigree! Cover 1... 2... KICKOUT!
Both men use the ropes to try to climb up, but end up crowded together in the corner. Undertaker pulls up Triple H, but Triple H with the advantage in the corner and doles out rights, Undertaker trades rights, The Game retaliates, back and forth sea-saw battle, Undertaker whips Triple H into the corner, Triple H reverses, climbs up and goes for a 10-count round of punches... 1... 2... 3... 4... UNDERTAKER GOES FOR THE LAST RIDE! Triple H wiggles out, another kick to the midsection! Another Pedgree! Rolls Undertaker over... 1.... 2..... 3!
WINNER and NEW WWE CHAMPION, TRIIIPLLLEEEE HAAAAIIIIICCHHHHH!!!! Fifteen minutes of ring entrances, 45 minutes of action and a two shocking upsets, and the standard has been set for the rest of the evening! We play through the highlights, then watch as Undertaker is leaving the ring and looking back as Triple H celebrates his new title reign.
In the back, Edge is complaining to WWE Smackdown General Manager Vickie Guerrero, saying that his hair was pulled and his tights were pulled, he wants her to restart the match. Guerrero shouts back, "What do you want ME to do? YOU lost this match! This is your fault!" Edge stands back, shocked, and slumps onto the couch. Vickie comes over and comforts him, apologizing for the outburst.
No Holds Barred Match: "the Legend Killer" Randy Orton vs. WWE Executive Vice President Shane "Shane-O Mac" McMahon
We then roll into the highlight package of Randy Orton vs. the McMahons.We then go to a pre-taped statement from Randy Orton.
"Hey, Shane! Hey, Shane, listen up! How is your father? He's probably home from the hospital by now, huh? Propped up in bed, as we speak, with your mother Linda right by his side, hoping, praying that tonight their only son will avenge them. Well, that's not going to happen. Tonight will be the first time that Vince McMahon is completely helpless. He is going to watch you, his only son, cry. And cry out in pain, screaming for your life, as I take you apart piece by piece. Your only father will try to turn away, closing his eyes, hoping that the carnage wills top, but I will not stop until I destroy the entire McMahon family. I will make my legacy at the expense of yours. And after it is all over, Shane, you and your father together can watch as I take my rightful place in the main event of WrestleMania."
We then go to ringside as Randy Orton is introduced, and HOLY CRAP they cannot cover up the cheers fast enough! They finally get the mics muted as we focus in on a fan with a sign that says, "Randy Orton, the voices in my head say SHUT UP!!!". But clearly the fans are in favor of Randy Orton at this point. Not to say that Shane McMahon doesn't have his own fans, they clearly pop loud as he enters, but you start to hear a lot of boos coming through and again WWE's production staff has to mute the crowd sounds.
We get a bell, Randy Orton walks right into a left jab from McMahon, steps back, approaches again, Shane drills him again, then a few more. Orton goes for a punch, McMahon ducks it, dishes out a few more punches, Orton backs off into a corner. Orton approaches, kicks McMahon in the face, then just drills him in the face a dozen times or so until McMahon cowers in the corner. Orton goes to reel off another punch, McMahon with a low blow, a jaw jacker, then a right cross, gets to his feet, and punches on Orton until he falls out of the ring. McMahon connects with a baseball slide to Orton's head on the outside.
McMahon goes under the ring, pulls out a table and the crowd pops. McMahon kicks Orton in the head, pulls out a trash can, stuffs it under the ring rope, picks up Orton, Orton plays possum, knees McMahon in the guts, then hits the backbreaker, drives McMahon back-first into the apron a few times, rolls him into the ring, takes his time and the fans start to boo Orton as he kicks McMahon in the ribs. Orton pulls McMahon up and delivers a big belly-to-back suplex. Orton takes his time as he goes over to a corner and removes a turnbuckle pad. Orton goes back over to McMahon, whips him into that corner and McMahon goes in hard, Orton follows up with a boot to the chest as McMahon slumps to the mat. Orton takes his time to kick McMahon out of the ring, then soaks up more boos from the fans.
But it was McMahon's turn to play some possum. As Orton comes over to the ropes, McMahon pulls out the kendo stick and smacks him in the head. McMahon rolls into the ring, holding his back, but uses the kendo to take down Orton several more times before flipping it around and delivering a blow right across the chest! McMahon lines up for a baseball-style swing and smacks Orton in the head, Orton rolls out of the ring, McMahon follows and clotheslines Orton. McMahon then pulls the top off of the WWE SmackDown table, picks up a monitor and smacks Orton in the head with it! Orton is cut open hardway and bleeding!
McMahon lays Orton out on the table, climbs back into the ring and up to the top turnbuckle, but he's attacked by Ted DiBiase, Jr. and Cody Rhodes! They put him in the corner, DiBiase lays in the punches, Rhodes slides out, grabs a chair, gets back in the ring. DiBiase has McMahon hemmed up, Rhodes swings with the chair, but McMahon swings his body around and DiBiase eats the chair shot to the back! McMahon grabs Rhodes and hits him with a DDT on the chair! DiBiase falls out of the ring, Rhodes is propped up in the corner. McMahon goes over to the trash can he put in the ring earlier, grabs it, plants it on Rhodes... crosses the ring and delivers the "Coast to Coast" Van Terminator! Except he didn't hardly connect with it at all! HOLY FUCK that looked worse than the one he delivered on Raw!
McMahon climbs back up the turnbuckle... turns around to the announcer's table, Orton is still laid out... Jerry "the King" Lawler stands up and screams at McMahon not to do it... Shane leaps with the elbow drop... ORTON ROLLS AWAY! McMahon crashes through the table! Orton pulls himself up and rolls into the ring, crawls over to Rhodes, DiBiase is now back in the ring. Orton tells DiBiase to take Rhodes, out of the ring, make sure he's OK. Shane McMahon barely crawls back into the ring, Orton comes over, picks him up by the neck as he gets on the apron, drags him through the middle rope, hangs his feet off the edge and connects with a DDT. Orton covers, hooks the leg, kickout. Orton hooks again, cover, two count as McMahon kicks out. Orton grabs both legs, rolls him up, 1... 2... KICKOUT!
Orton turns to the table that McMahon propped against the ring earlier, and the fans start chanting "Ta-bles! Ta-bles! Ta-bles!" Orton pulls the table into the ring, sets it up, goes back over to McMahon, drills him with some punches into the chest. Orton picks up McMahon, puts him on top of the turnbuckle, and drills him with more punches. Orton turns around and re-adjusts the table, goes back to McMahon, climbs up, sets up for a Superplex, pulls up McMahon... EXECUTES! Both men crash through the table, looks like Orton's back ate more of the table than Shane did. Orton leaves a HUGE pool of blood on the mat as he crawls over, tries to pin McMahon, he kicks out at two.
An upset Orton takes McMahon's head, slams it into part of the table, then clears the way as he delivers the Orton Stomp followed by the huge kneedrop to the head. McMahon holds his chest as Orton covers, hooks the leg, and only gets a two count for his troubles. Orton steps back, waits to set up for the punt, he charges, McMahon charges himself and catches Orton with the Spear! Both men crumple onto the mat again. McMahon drags himself over to the edge of the ring and grabs the steel chair. Both men crawl to their knees, McMahon swings the chair and connects with Orton's back, and Orton sells it for a million bucks! McMahon swings again, nailing Orton's knee. McMahon swings again, crushes an ankle (but Orton holds a knee instead). McMahon gets to his fee, another chairshot to a knee. McMahon lines up for the big swing, Orton gets to his knees and begs for mercy!
NO MERCY!!! NO QUARTER! MCMAHON TAKES ORTON OUT WITH A CHAIRSHOT TO THE HEAD!!(OK, it actually hit Orton's arm as he turned aside, but he was going for the head!)
McMahon dares Orton to get up, taunting him. Orton is on his face, trying to get to his knees. McMahon measures up a punt of his own... charges... R-K-O!!! Orton leaps four feet into the air and catches McMahon in the RKO out of nowhere! Roll-up! 1-2-3.
WINNER: Randy Orton. As Orton's theme music plays, he crawls into the corner and pulls himself up by the ropes... he's lining up for the big punt! Referee begs him not to do it, Orton finally backs off and rolls out of the ring, limping off. Shane is sucking wind HARD on the mat and selling it.
ECW Championship: champion "the All-American American" Jack Swagger vs. Fit Finlay (w/ Hornswaggle)
Todd Grisham and Matt Striker come onto the air next to earn their $5 and a hot dog to call the ECW Championship Piss Break. We start with a lock-up, Finlay drives Swagger into the corner, Swagger tries to kick him, Finlay grabs the leg, drags Swagger out to the ring, flips him over and locks in a single-leg crab. Swagger tries to crawl to the ropes for a break, Finlay drags him back to the middle, stomps on the back of the knee, rolls him back over into the crab. Swagger fights it, crawls to the ropes again, Finlay pulls him back, stomps on the back of th knee again. Finlay puts Swagger in the corner, drapes the injured knee over the middle rope, kicks the knee, backs off, charges, Swagger wiggles out of the way, drop toehold on Finlay as he hits the turnbuckle. Swagger then kicks Finlay in the ass and sends him shoulder-first into the ringpost.
Swagger gets to his feet, delivers a pair of knees into the midsection (using the same knee he was just selling, now no-selling), puts Finlay in a hammer lock / front facelock combination and hammers on Finlay's left shoulder. Swagger wraps that arm over the rope and clubs it again. Swagger picks up Finlay, flips him over and delivers a shoulder slam. Swagger then grabs the arm and goes for an armbar submission. Finlay gets to his feet, tries to power out, Swagger pulls him back down, gets a quick pin attempt as Finlay drops his shoulders to the mat. Finlay quickly tries for a side headlock after escaping, Swagger, turns around, drops him, goes back into the armbar.
Swagger pulls Finlay to his feet, delivers a few shoulder blocks to the injured shoulder, picks up Finlay on his shoulders, Finlay wiggles out, hits an inverted DDT, covers, two count. Finlay with a front facelock, Swagger picks up Finlay and drives him into the corner, then kicks him in the guts a few times. Swagger backs up, charges, Finlay tries to duck down to stop the attack, Swagger stops himself from hitting the buckle. Swagger backs off, charges again, Finlay leaps over, Sunset Flip, 1-2-kickout. Swagger drives Finlay into the corner, referee forces Swagger to break clean. Swagger delivers a punch to the head, sits Finlay on the top turnbuckle, goes up, climbs him in the back, Finlay shoves him off, though. Finlay steps down and kicks Swagger in the ribs, hits a pair of European Uppercuts then a short-arm clothesline.
Finlay climbs to the middle turnbuckle, hits a cross-body block after acknowledging Hornswaggle, cover, two count. Finlay with a pair of clotheslines and a shoulderblock on Swagger, followed by a seated senton, cover, two count. Swagger backs off into a corner, Finlay with a shoulderblock, whips out Swagger to the opposite corner, another shoulderblock. Finlay goes for the Celtic Cross, Swagger wiggles out, shoves Finlay into the ropes and knocks Hornswaggle onto the floor! Swagger picks up Finlay and hits the gutwrench powerbomb for the win.
WINNER: Jack Swagger. Play the highlights, Swagger collects his belt and walks off. Ringside Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler tell us that Shane McMahon has been taken to a local hospital, more updates to follow.
"the Heart Beak Kid" Shawn Michaels vs. John "Bradshaw" Layfield
Backstage, Shawn Michaels is seen praying in a corner, then stands up and walks towards the ring as we play the promo package for the next match. As John Layfield enters the arena, the camera pans over to Rebecca Hickenbottom, the real-life wife of Shawn Michaels. Layfield steps into the ring, sees her at ringside and mouths a few words to her. Everything goes silent as the fans build up an "H-B-K! H-B-K!" chant until Michaels' music finally breaks the silence. Michaels goes through is motions, goes over to Rebecca, she stands up and expresses her approval for the match.
"Better the Devil you know, than the Devil you don't," the saying goes. I have a feeling that Layfield is about to experience the Devil he never knew existed.
We get a lock-up. Layfield pushes Michaels into the corner, then smarts off to him, putting his finger in Michaels' face before backing off. We lock up again, Layfield again backs Michaels into the corner, referee calls for a clean break, referee has to start a count, Layfield breaks clean, but Michaels explodes out of the corner with punches and beats on Layfield until he rolls out of the ring and staggers around the corner, he can't get out of there fast enough!
Layfield cocks a grin, prompting Michaels slide out of the ring and attack him, throws him back in the ring, Layfield catches him with a club to the back, punch to the face, whip off the ropes, Layfield ducks down, Michaels with a Sunset Flip, Layfield blocks it by grabbing the legs, goes for a pin, Michaels wiggles out, goes for a backslide pin attempt, Layfield wiggles out, elbow drop to the chest, cover, two count. Michaels recovers and clips the back of Layfield's knee a few times, goes into the Figure Four Leglock, Layfield leans over and grabs the ropes, referee has to count to four to break the hold. Layfield starts to get up, Michaels catches him with the Crippler Crossface, but Layfield counters with a roll-up into a pin attempt, two count.
Michaels shoves Layfield into the corner, chops, referee backs him up. Layfield is whipped out of the corner, reverses it and Michaels takes a flip over the top turnbuckle and down to the floor. Layfield steps to the outside, drives Michaels back-first into the apron, then rolls him back into the ring. Layfield clubs Michaels in the back, delivers a half-dozen elbow drops to the head, covers, hooks the leg, gets a two count. Layfield pulls Michaels up, short-arm clothesline, covers, two count. Layfield puts Michaels into the corner, drills him in the jaw a half-dozen times, referee breaks, then lays in a half-dozen more and a kick to the head before the ref breaks it again.
Layfield whips Michaels out to the opposite corner, catches him out of the corner in a bearhug. Michaels eventually fights his way out of it with punches t the head, a chop, whips Layfield off the ropes, Layfield reverses and drops his head down, allowing Michaels to catch him with a swinging neckbreaker. Both men take their time getting to their feet, catching some wind. Michaels with the inverted Atomic Drop, a chop, another inverted Atomic Drop that sends Layfield into the corner. Michaels with some classic knife-edge chops, whips Layfield into the opposite corner, Layfield reverses, Michaels flips upside-down, falls back down, walks into a punch from Layfield. Layfield sets Michaels up on the top turnbuckle, climbs up, sets up for a Superplex, Michaels blocks it, punches to the ribs, drills Layfield in the face a few times and knocks him off.
Michaels goes for the elbow drop off the top...he flies... Layfield rolls out of the way! Layfield gets to his feet, bounces off the ropes, CLOTHESLINE FROM HELL! Layfield crawls over, covers, hooks the leg, Michaels kicks out! Layfield waits for Michaels to get to his fee and delivers another Clothesline from Hell. Michaels is slow to get to his feet as the referee starts a count.... 5...6...7...8...9... Michaels barely makes it back into the ring. Layfield clotheslines him back out of the ring, goes out to beat him up, but stops and taunts Michaels' wife. She leans over and decks him!
And with this Michaels explodes with a renewed vigor! He throws Layfield back in the ring, catches him with a clothesline, pounces him with a Thesz Press, scoop slam, Michaels goes up... CONNECTS WITH THE ELBOW DROP! Michaels is going nuts, he backs off into the corner... he's tuning up the band! 1-2-3-4-5... Layfield staggers to his feet... SUPERKICK! 1-2-3!!
WINNER: Shawn Michaels. The crowd goes nuts, as does Michaels! The camera pans over to Rebecca, then back to Michaels as he bails the ring, runs over to ringside, picks up Rebecca in his arms, slaps a huge kiss on her, then grabs her hand and leads her back up the ramp! Shit they're gonna be fucking like rabbits before they can even get back to the locker room!
Backstage, Todd Grisham interviews Chris Jericho. Jericho says that he is going to win tonight's match, become the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, then he says he is going to call Ric Flair out of retirement and challenge him to a title match at WrestleMania 25. Jericho then laughs and says, "I'm not going to waste my time on a charity case like Ric Flair. I wanted to build him up before I took him down, take the rug out from underneath him, bringing him back down to reality." Jericho closes with his reiteration that he will win the championship tonight.
WWE World Heavyweight Championship - Elimination Chamber Match: champion John Cena vs. Mike Knox vs. Kane vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Rey Mysterio, Jr.
Interesting that John Cena, the champion, is introduced first in this match. Michael Cole gives us the math - with Edge's shocking elimination earlier in the evening, 67% of Elimination Chamber matches result in a change of title.
If you wanted a swerve, now you got it! As Kofi Kingston enters the arena, Edge ambushes him from behind, throws him head-first into the steel ringstep, grabs a chair, knocks Kingston out, then enters one of the Elimination Chamber pods to take his place!!! Rey Mysterio runs down, checks on Kingston, doctors get to his side, and Mysterio tries to break into the pod to get at Edge, Edge laughing at him. Kingston is dragged away by ringside doctors as Jericho makes his entrance.
Cole and Lawler are wondering if Edge can remain in there as a leal man, but apparently he will as they lock the cage door and start the match with Mysterio and Jericho! We lock up, Jericho with a front facelock on Mysterio, hip toss into a side headlock on the mat, back to their feet, Mysterio with a knee to the midsection, shove-off into the ropes, Jericho takes him down with a shoulder block and a cocky grin. Mysterio leapfrogs over Jericho as he bounces off the ropes, catches him with a monkey flip, whips him off the ropes, Jericho reverses, Mysterio with a sloppy headscissor takeover into the middle rope, Mysterio goes for the 6-1-9, Jericho bails to the outside, Mysterio stops, backs off and goes for a plancha over the ropes into Jericho.
Mysterio with a low kick into Jericho, then clotheslines him back into the ring from the apron. Jericho begs off into a corner, Mysterio hits him with a forearm shiver, mounts, laysin some punches, whips Jericho out, Mysteiro charges, Jericho not only side steps him, but grabs him by the tights and throws him head-first into Kane's Elimination Chamber pod! Jericho walks over and kicks Mysteiro in the head, sets him up for a delayed vertical suplex and executs, covers, hooks the leg, two count.
Jericho pulls up Mysterio in a inverted DDT, Mysterio kicks his way out, but Jericho tosses him over the top rope and into the cage. Jericho then sets up Mysterio to catapult him into the cage, but Mysterio catches the chain, climbs up, then drops down on Jericho's head and pulls of a huracanrana, sending Jericho back into the ring. Mysterio with the seated senton off the top rope onto Jericho, cover, two count! Nice spot! Both men take a breather, get to their feet, Mysterio with a kick to the leg, forearm shot, goes for the wheelbarrow side headlock into the bulldog.
Five minutes is up, and next man in is... KANE! Kane runs in, levels Mysterio, levels Jericho, then comes over to Edge and stares him down. Jericho tries to leap onto Kane's back with a sleeper hold, Kane throws him off. Mysterio tries to attack, Kane catches him with a side slam, cover, two count. Kane puts Jericho in the corner, punches, kicks, stiff uppercut punch. Goes over to Mysterio, snap mare, bounces off the ropes, dropkick right into the head, cover and a two count by Kane.
Jericho runs over and hits Kane in the back of the head, drills him on the ropes, lays in some shoulder blocks, pulls him off, Kane blocks a punch, returns a pair of uppercuts, puts Jericho on the rops and clotheslines him back over into the steel grate apron, Jericho lands on his knee and tweaks it. Kane steps over the ropes, grabs the injured leg and slams it into the steel grating a few times. Mysterio runs over and attaks Kane, brings him back in the ring and continues to punch and stomp on him. Mysterio bounces off the ropes and hits a baseball slide into Kane's ribs, sending him back out to the apron. Mysterio steps through the ropes, Kane catches him with an uppercut, kicks him in the ribs to send him back in the ring. Kane steps back in, whips Mysterio into the corner, charges, Mysteiro gets a boot up, charges out himself, Kane tries for the side slam, Mysterio flips out of it into a DDT on Kane. Jericho tries for a Lionsault onto Kane from the corner, Kane rolls out of the way, he charges at Mysterio, Mysterio drop toeholds him into the corner.
Mysterio drop toeholds Jericho onto the middle ropes, goes for the 6-1-9, Kane recovers, steps in the path and goes to hit Mysterio with the Chokeslam, but Jericho runs over and catches Kane with the Codebreaker. Mysterio goes up top the Elimination Chamber pod and hits the seated senton, covers, 1-2-3 KANE HAS BEEN ELIMINATED.
Just in time, Mike Knox enters next, punches down Mysterio, whips Jericho off the ropes, boot to the face. Whips Mysterio into the corner, charges and connects with a splash. Jericho takes a scoop slam from Knox, Knox backs off into the corner, charges and delivers a big kneedrop, cover, hooks the leg, 1-2-kickout by the former champ. Camera pans over to Edge, who is chomping at the bit to get in. Jericho tries to fight with Knox, Knox cuts him off, whips him off the ropes, Jericho holds onto the ropes, Knox charges, the veteran Jericho craftily dumps him over the top rope. Jericho then tries to springboard off the ropes, but Knox shows his power and catches him, slams him into the cage, picks Jericho up and slams him into the cage again before stomping him down.
Knox doesn't see Mysterio leaping at him from the corner, though. Mysterio leaps on his back, but Knox simply pulls him over his shoulder, upside-down, and drives him into the cage, holds him there, hangs up a foot in the side of the cage, then delivers a series of knees to the midsection. Knox picks up Mysterio's head and slams it into the cage, Mysterio falls to the apron. Jericho tries to take advantage of the distraction, but Knox simply slams him into the cage, picks him up in a Gorilla Press Slam and throws Jericho back into the ring. Knox throws Mysterio back into the ring as well before stepping in. Mysterio is clubbed in the back, whipped off the ropes, Mysterio slides under the legs, Knox catches him , throws him in the corner, charges, Mysteiro gets a boot up, but Knox grabs him and hits a side slam into a backbreaker. Jericho out of nowhere runs ove and catches Knox with the Codebreaker, covers, 1-2-3. MIKE KNOX HAS BEEN ELIMINATED.
Knox slowly leaves the ring, Jericho focuses on Mysteiro as we count down the clock again... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... EDGE~! Mysterio breaks into the chamber as the door opens and he goes to town on Edge, slamming his head into the pod, throws him in the ring, seated senton off the top rope, kick to the ribs, another kick, punch to the face, bounces off the ropes, ducks a clothesline from Edge but Jericho runs over and connects with a clothesline of his own, much to the boos of the fans. Jericho goes for a pin, Mysterio kicks out. Jericho with a side slam on Mysterio, then leans over and taunts him. Edge blindsides Jericho with a punch, but Jericho punches right back, whips Edge into the corner and catches him out of the buckle with a bulldog!
Jericho pulls Mysterio up, they trade punches, but Mysteiro is whipped off the ropes and eats an elbow. Jericho goes for the Lionsault out of the corner for the second time, Mysteiro gets the knees up, and Jericho fails for the second time. Edge runs over and hits Jericho from behind, cover, two count. Edge whips Mysteiro chest-first into the corner, waits for the Spear, charges, Mysterio side-steps it. Mysterio sets up Edge for the 6-1-9, but Jericho steps in his way and hits Mysterio with the Spear himself. Jericho stomps on Edge, grabs Mysteiro, puts him in the corner, climbs up to the top turnbuckle, pulls up Mysterio. Mysterio fights him on the trunbuckles, Edge comes over and clubs Mysteiro in the back, sets up for an Electric Chair, Jericho sunset flips over them all and pulls both of them down into a powerbomb! All three men are down!
Edge gets to his feet first, stomps on Mysterio, kicks Jericho in the midsection and throws him over the top rope into the fence as we count down... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... and THE CHAMP IS HERE! Edge tries to cut Cena off with a spear, but Cena ducks it, shoulderblock on Edge, shoulderblock on Jericho, bulldog on Edge, sends Jericho back through the ropes, side slam on Edge, the fans go wild as Cena looks around, grins, and calls for the Five Knuckle Shuffle! Cena bounces off the ropes, dusts off the shoulders and connects! Cena goes for The Throwback, but Edge wiggles out and dropkicks him into the ropes! Mysterio recovers and goes for the 6-1-9 on Cena and connects! Jericho catches him off the rebound with the Codebreaker, then Edge capitalizes with the Spear! Edge with the cover, 1-2-3!!! JOHN CENA IS ELIMINATED!!!!
All chaos now breaks loose, but it is Mysterio who gets the upperhand, the action is too fast to keep up with, Mysteiro tries for the Seated Senton off the top on Jericho, Jericho catches him in the powerbomb, goes for the cover, but Mysterio rolls him up in a small package, 1-2-3. CHRIS JERICHO IS ELIMINATED!
Edge sets up for the spear, waits, charges, Mysterio side-steps him, Edge eats the ringpost, Mysterio with the rollup, 1-2-KICKOUT!! Mysterio whips Edge into the ropes, Edge reverses, Mysterio with the moonsault off the middle rope into the cross-body block, covers, 1-2-KICKOUT. Edge recovers first, kicks Mysteiro in the midsection, bounces off the ropes, sunset flip, Mysterio rolls through, dropkick to the face, covers Edge, 1-2-kickout! Mysterio can't believe he didn't get the pin, both men are exhausted!
Both men get to their feet, Mysterio whips Edge off the ropes, reverses, Edge ducks down as Mysterio holds on, Edge approaches, Mysteiro kicks him in the face, goes for the moonsault again, Edge catches him on his shoulder, Mysteiro converts it into a DDT, cover, 1... 2... KICKOUT!! Mysterio can't believe it again! Both men take their time getting to their feet, Mysterio climbs to the top turnbuckle, Edge runs over and kicks him in the head, knocking him off the top and over the ropes to the apron. Edge pulls himself up, then rolls underneath the ropes to the apron. Edge gets to his feet first, waits for Mysterio to get to his, then staggers over, pulls up Mysterio, sets up for a powerbomb, Mysterio wiggles out and hits a front face slam!
Mysterio hangs Edge on the middle rope, facing into the ring. Mysterio gets in the ring and connects with a reverse 6-1-9 into the back of Edge's head! Fans are chanting "REY! REY REY!" as Mysterio backs up and charges at Edge, Edge picks up Mysterio and launches him face-first into one of the pods! Edge collapses and falls back into the ring. Mysterio staggers back into the ring, Edge sets up and connects with the Spear! 1-2-3.
WINNER, AND NEW CHAMPION, EDGE! In an upset more shocking than Edge's loss to start the show, Edge ends the night walking out with the title he lost ten months ago to CM Punk when he cashed in his "Money in the Bank" title shot on Raw the week after the WWE Draft Lottery. What does this mean for the title scene now? Who will Randy Orton seek to challenge in the Main Event at WrestleMania 25??
We'll find out more tomorrow night on WWE Raw! Come back tomorrow night for the recap! And that's it for us here!