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news & headlines Aug. 10, 2008 "Hell In A Cell" dvd From: wrestlingattitude.com WWE's Complete Hell DVD which comes out on October 7th. The 3 disc set has a runtime of 540 minutes. To view the cover photo click here.
Disc 1 July 22, 2008 Smackdown! 07/25/08 From: lordsofpain.net The Rated R
Superstar makes his way down to the ring and grabs a mic. Edge says that he
wants Vickie to make her way down to the ring, because he wants to apologize
to her face to face. Vickie is rolled down to the ring by Chavo and Bam.
After they help Vickie into the ring, they leave. Edge gets down on one knee
and he tells Vickie that what he did last week was indeed horrible. He then
goes to say that the video did not show how many times he refused to have
physical contact with her...in other words, no means no. Edge continues by
saying that he didn’t leave, because he wanted finish planning the wedding
so that everything would be perfect for Vickie. He tells her that he cannot
live without her love and attempts to kiss her, but she pulls away… July 15, 2008 wwe.com: who is he? From: wwe.com WWE.com have posted the article on who the person Kane is talking about could be. They show the odds of the people it could be, The Undertaker is also listed. "At One Night Stand, the Brothers of Destruction were permanently deconstructed when the Rated-R Superstar earned a tainted victory that ended Undertaker’s career. Even in defeat, The Phenom usually rises, but by stipulation, not this time. With his brother gone from WWE, Kane just might be so distraught that he could be confusing The Deadman’s forced retirement with … well … being deceased." To view and vote who this 'He' could be click, here. June 19, 2008 Spoiler Undertaker's Return From: wrestlingattitude.com Undertaker will return to television by crashing the wedding between Edge & Vickie Guerrero scheduled for a SmackDown taping in mid-July. He will then be plugged right back into his program with Edge and feud with him for at least the rest of the summer. If they don't have a match at The Great American Bash, then definitely at SummerSlam, although it looks like the wedding is happening before GAB, so they could hotshot it for that show too. There was a feeling that his feud with Edge needed to be put on the shelf for a little while, although he did have some nagging injuries to tend to. The feeling was that it was going to run out of steam without a major twist, hence the retirement storyline. As noted earlier, despite his "retirement," Undertaker worked SmackDown's tour of Australia and New Zealand this past week. The decision for him to retire on television was a last minute move, but he had been advertised as the top star on the tour, so they decided to bring him on it. Tickets went on sale several months ago and the company drew huge advances everywhere, so a lot of fans were expecting to see him. The storyline explanation for his appearances on the tour has Shane McMahon coming out at the start of shows to say that he was talking with Vickie Guerrero and they agreed to let him have an "Undertaker farewell tour." June 14, 2008 More news about Undertaker From: gerweck.net The current plan has The Undertaker returning in late July to set up another match with Edge at Summerslam. They decided to do the Undertaker “leaving” angle since the Edge-Taker feud was going to continue, and WWE felt it was going to run out of steam without a heavy angle, reports the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Of course with WWE creative, ideas change on an almost daily basis. The Undertaker is also working the New Zealand-Australia tour. June 07, 2008 News about Undertaker From: pwmania.com Despite being off TV, The Undertaker is on the Australian tour. Smackdown General Manager Vickie Guerrero has allowed the Undertaker to travel to New Zealand and Australia for a Farwell Tour. Our fans in New Zealand & Australia should appreciate Mrs. Guerrero’s generotisy but the Undertaker will not be facing Edge for the World Heavyweight Championship. From: pwmania.com TLC Match
for the vacant World Heavyweight title - If Taker loses, he must leave the
WWE: Edge vs. The Undertaker. May 31, 2008 Smackdown! 05/30/08 From: wrestlingattitude.com
Backstage, Edge
addressed the camera. He said he’d be presenting moments that chronicle the
Undertaker’s career, as this will be the last time Taker will be on
Smackdown. He’ll also be a guest on “The Cutting Edge” tonight.
Edge
came out for “The Cutting Edge.” Edge said Taker has been hovering over him
like a black cloud. Edge said the stipulation at ONS is that Taker is
banished from all of WWE, not just Smackdown. Edge said his experience will
give him the edge on Sunday. Edge showed footage of both of their
experiences in the TLC matches. First was Taker’s, which nothing aired as
he’s never been in that match before. Edge then showed a preview of his
match at ONS. Edge introduced Taker as someone who’s career will be over
come Sunday. Cole noted that Taker has been on Smackdown since the beginning,
nine years ago. Taker came out ready to fight. Edge said he knew Taker was
uncomfortable with tables, ladders and chairs so Edge had Ryder, Hawkins,
Neely and Chavo bring out something to make Taker feel more at home: A
casket. May 24, 2008 Smackdown! 05/23/08 From: lordsofpain.net Vickie
states that none of the fans know how it is like to run a show like
Smackdown! The fans start to boo loudly. She says that despite the pressures
she faces she accomplishes her duties as a general manager. She states that
one of her duties is to enforce the rules and regulations. She then goes on
to state that championship cannot be won by count outs. She then states that
it was Charles Roberson’s (Referee) fault for counting Edge out and giving
Taker the title. She then states that One Night Stand is a PPV which all
matches will compete in extreme rules. Edge helps her get out of the
wheelchair. She then goes on to say that the most extreme match in extreme
history will take place because it’s Edge vs. Taker in a TLC. She then goes
on to state that if Taker loses it will be the last time to see him again.
If he loses then Taker is banned from the entire WWE. Undertaker vs. Chavo From: pwmania.com The vacant
World Heavyweight Title is on display in a case in the arena. The music and
pyro hits and out comes Edge by himself. The Undertaker's music hits and he
comes out with his grand entrance as Edge looks on in the ring. Edge and
Taker go at it to start the match and Edge ends up rolling outside for a
break. Back in the ring, Edge hits Taker with a series of right hands in the
corner. Taker grabs Edge by his neck and throws him to the mat, attacking
him with kicks and punches. They go outside for a minute and Taker brings
him back in the ring and goes to work on the shoulder with shoulder block
takedowns. The Undertaker continues to punish Edge and goes to the top rope,
walks it and goes for Old School but Edge blocks it and takes him down. Edge
goes to work on Taker with stomps and punches, sending him outside to the
floor. Taker overpowers Edge and drops him over the fan barrier at ringside.
Taker and Edge continue to battle on the outside. Edge throws Taker into the
steel steps with force. Edge rolls back into the ring and hits a baseball
slide kick, sending Taker back into the fan barrier. Back in the ring and
Taker goes for a big kick in the corner but Edge moves and Taker lands on
the mat. Edge with a quick 2 count. They get back to their feet and Taker
nails Edge with a few right hands, wearing him down. Edge takes Taker down
with a kick to the knee and continues working on the legs with stomps and
kicks. Edge goes outside and pulls Taker's legs around the turnbuckle post,
punishing the legs. Back to their feet now and Edge knocks Taker down with a
kick to the gut. Taker goes for his illegal choke hold on Edge but stops the
hold before applying. It looks like Edge goes for Old School and Taker
knocks him off the ropes. Taker comes off the ropes with a flying forearm
and goes back to work on Edge, in control this time. Taker with a big
forearm again and goes for the chokeslam but throws Edge into the turnbuckle.
A big boot by Taker and he looks to be going for the win. Edge with a big
counter as Ryder and Hawkins come to ringside and distract the referee. Edge
exposes the turnbuckle as Taker gets to his feet. Edge counters the Last
Ride and goes for the win but only gets a 2 count. Edge goes for the Spear
but Taker throws him into the turnbuckle post. Taker hits the Last Ride and
uses it to throw Edge into the turnbuckle pad. Taker goes for the win but
only gets a 2 count as Edge's foot gets on the ropes. Taker scoops Edge for
the Snake Eyes on the exposed turnbuckle but Edge pushes him into it with
another counter. Edge climbs onto Taker with hard right hands to the face.
May 16, 2008 Smackdown! 05/16/08 From: pwmania.com 6-on-1 Handicap Match. The Undertaker vs. La Familia (Edge, Vickie Guerrero, Ryder, Hawkins, Chavo Guerrero & Bam Neely). When La Famlia came out Chavo and Bam Neely left them at the ramp way. This left Edge, Ryder, Hawkins, and Vickie vs. the Undertaker. They fought for a bit. Eventually Taker had Vickie alone in the ring. He went to chokeslam her but Edge hit a spear. Edge then got her out of the ring and pushed Vickie up the ramp in her wheelchair. Kane’s music then hit and he pushed Vickie back to ringside. Undertaker and Kane beat up everyone until it was down to just Vickie. Kane threw Vickie into the ring. Undertake teased a chokeslam, but eventually tombstoned Vickie. May 09, 2008 Smackdown! 05/09/08 From: pwmania.com SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero comes out. She makes the announcement that at Judgment Day The Undertaker will be able to compete for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship title against an opponent that will be determined tonight. It is announced that there will be a "Champion Chase" tournament. The winners of the tournament will compete in an over the top battle royal as this week's SmackDown main event. The winner of that match will face The Undertaker at Jugment Day. The Chase the Championship Battle Royal main event is next. Big Show vs. Kane vs. Batista vs. Matt Hardy vs. Fit Finlay vs. MVP, Matt Hardy is eliminated first by MVP. Finlay is eliminated next by Kane. MVP eliminates himself. Big Show eliminates Kane. Batista eliminates Big Show for the win! Vickie Guerrero comes out and says Edge has been cleared to wrestle. Edge spears Batista off the ring apron. SmackDown ends with Edge celebrating on the entrance stage beside a podium that contains the World Heavyweight Championship belt (it had been there all night). The podium suddenly blows up and the lights go out. Undertaker's music hits. No Taker. May 02, 2008 Smackdown! 05/02/08 From: pwmania.com The Undertaker came out for the World Title match. Before Khali came out, Edge and Vickie Guerrero did. Vickie announced there wouldn’t be a World Championship match tonight. Vickie said Taker’s choke-hold is illegal. Vickie said it is her responsibility to look after the well-being of her superstars. Vickie then banned the choke-hold, saying it had nothing to do with what happened to Edge. She then stripped Undertaker of the World Title. She ordered him to walk the ramp and surrender the title to her. He refused, so she sent Khali to the ring to retrieve it. Taker laid the title on the mat. Taker kicked Khali in the face, sending the big man to the mat like a tree. Taker then applied his finisher on Khali, while Hawkins and Ryder came to the ring and made off with the title. Taker stared a hole through Edge and Vickie as they went backstage and the show ended. From: pwmania.com The
Undertaker defeated Edge to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.
Another ring introduction was done for the challenger Edge and the champion
Undertaker. Mick Foley brings up the close camera shot on Undertaker when he
mouthed the words, "I'm going to hurt you" while looking at Edge. The bell
rings and Undertaker steps forward looking to strike. They lock up and
Undertaker launches Edge out of the ring through the ropes. Shoulder charge
by Taker on Edge. Edge with boots to the face on Taker followed by a quick
clothesline. Taker with more strikes on Edge. Taker with a few rights on
Edge in the corner. Edge with a clothesline on Taker sending him over the
top rope. Taker stays on his feet and Edge catches him with a baseball
slide. Edge jumps off the ring apron at Taker, but Taker catches him and
sends him back first into the steel ring post! Taker rolls in to break the
referee count and headbutts Edge. Taker launches Edge into the ring
barricade near the announce tables. Taker again breaks the count and drops
Edge face first off the ring barricade. Another count break and drops Edge
face first off the ring apron. Taker throws Edge back in, keeps his head out
under the bottom rope and hits a big boot. Taker then stands on the ring
apron and drops a leg over the chest of Edge! Taker with a scoop slam on
Edge in the middle of the ring followed by a leg drop. Edge fires back with
a reverse DDT. Edge with a big charge on Taker in the corner. Edge takes the
back of Taker and applies a body scissors. Taker turns himself over and
starts dropping bombs over Edge. This is starting to look like an MMA fight!
Well that didn't last long as they break it up and Edge connects with a
baseball slide sending Taker to the outside. Edge with a camel clutch on
Taker to make him humble. Taker looks to lift Edge put, but he falls back
down and they roll to the sound with Edge keeping the body scissor in. Taker
grabs the ropes, the referee breaks it up and Edge again goes back to the
camel clutch. Taker drops Edge back first on the ring. Double clothesline
and both men are down. Both men are up, hit double kicks and they are both
down again. Back and forth shots between the two. Taker misses a charge, but
Taker catches Edge, snake eyes, boot to the face and elbow drop combo. Edge
with a big boot on Taker in the corner. Edge puts Taker up on the top, Edge
stands up on the top, Taker throws Edge off, goes back to the top, jumps,
but Edge moves and Taker lands hard. Edge leaves the ring, grabs the World
Title, drops Taker off the top rope, Edge is in, Taker goes for a chokeslam,
but Edge counters into a russian leg sweep. Edge is up on the top, Taker
launches him off, covers, but Edge gets his boot on the bottom rope. Taker
signals for the end. Taker gets Edge up, Edge grabs the ropes, Edge exposes
the top turnbuckle and drives Taker into it. Taker levels Edge with a
clothesline. Curt Hawkins then runs out and hits Taker over the back of the
head with the World Title. Edge covers, but Taker kicks out. Edge attempts a
Spear, but Taker counters that into a DDT. Zack Ryder runs down, but Taker
throws Edge into him. Edge counters a Tombstone into a sunset flip, but
Taker applies the gogoplata! Taker locks it in and Edge eventually taps out.
Apr. 25, 2008 Smackdown! 04/25/08 From: wrestlingattitude.com The two men took turns shoulderblocking the other down. Batista speared Undertaker, but fell down on Taker, who tried to apply his submission hold, but Batista rolled out of the ring. Batista was thrown shoulder-first into the ring steps upon return. Taker went for Old School, but Batista was having none of that. A few seconds later, Taker tried it again, and hit it. Taker grabbed Batista for a chokeslam, but Batista fended it off. Powerslam by Batista for two. Spear by Batista for two. Batista punched away at Taker, but Taker came away from the corner and powerbombed him. Only two, again. Taker brought the steps into the ring and had Batista up for a Tombstone on it. But Batista got out and hit the spinebuster on Taker on the stairs. Ouch. He then tried to hit the Batista Bomb onto the stairs, but HBK came out of nowhere and hit Sweet Chin Music on Batista. Tombstone by Taker and it’s over. From: pwmania.com WWE champion Randy Orton & JBL & Chavo Guerrero & Edge vs. Triple H & John Cena & ECW Champion Kane & World Hvt. champion The Undertaker. In-ring: Randy Orton's music hit. Oh yeah, the WWE champion. Forgot about him. Orton walked out on stage and surveyed the arena. Time for the eight-man tag main event. Before that, he took the mic in center ring and said he's sick and tired of hearing people talk about leaving Backlash as new WWE champion. Orton said he doesn't have anything to say except No Mercy. Armageddon. Survivor Series. Royal Rumble. No Way Out. WrestleMania 24. Orton said they all featured successful championship victories. He said there is nothing that anyone can do about the fact that at Backlash, he will remain WWE champion. Crowd booed that. JBL's music then interrupted and the white limo appeared, with JBL emerging from the passenger side. JBL slowly made his way to the ring and stared down Orton. They had a close encounter talking in the ring while Chavo Guerrero slowly came to the ring oblivious to the disagreement between JBL and Orton. Edge then came out as the fourth member of the team. He tried to play peacemaker between Orton and JBL before they cut to a break. In-ring: Triple H came out first for the babyface four-man team. John Cena followed out next, making his first appearance on Raw in two weeks, when it seems like months. Hunter stared straight ahead at the opposition while Cena stared down Hunter. Kane came out third, then the announcers went silent as The Undertaker made his entrance. Ross interjected that if there ever is a final story written on WWE, the Undertaker will be in chapter one. Taker wanted to start things off. Edge feigned that he would start, but Orton jumped him from behind. Edge tried to use the distraction, but Taker quickly shook that off and took down Edge with Old School. He cleared the heels from the apron before they cut to a break. They returned with Chavo scoring a nearfall on Hunter. Edge then tagged in and wanted the spear, but Hunter countered with a spinebuster. Hunter then hopped over to his corner and hot-tagged to Cena, who cleaned house. Cena measured Edge for the Five Knuckle Shuffle, but Chavo pulled down the top rope and Cena fell to the floor. Back in the ring, the heels ganged up Cena while the crowd got hot and hotter. Cena tried to fight back against Edge, but Edge caught him with a boot to the jaw. Orton instantly took a tag and pounded Cena into the mat. They then had a double-clothesline, leaving both men out cold in center ring. Cena made a hot tag to Kane while Orton tagged out to Chavo, who took a high back body drop from Kane. Kane cleaned house, then went up top. He landed an um...clothesline on Chavo, but the heels broke up the pin. And all heck broke loose. Men battled everywhere while Kane grabbed Chavo around the neck for a chokeslam. But, Edge had taken a blind tag and he speared Kane out of nowhere. Edge covered Kane for the pin and the win. Afterward, Cena was in prime position to catch a celebratory Edge with the FU in center ring. Hunter and Cena then had a stand-off. Cena went for the FU, but Hunter blocked and went for the Pedigree, but JBL smashed him with a clothesline. Orton then dropped Cena with the RKO. Orton and JBL had a big staredown, then Taker put an end to all that non-sense with a double chokeslam on Orton and JBL. He posed with the blue smoke in the ring. Backlash in six days this Sunday, said Ross to close the show. Apr. 18, 2008 Smackdown! 04/18/08 From: wrestlingattitude.com Batista vs. Undertaker.The match begins with both men locking up. Batista gets put into the corner and Undertaker throws some fists into Batista’s abdominal section. Taker gets whipped into the opposite corner. Batista comes running at Taker but Batista gets hit by a clothesline from Taker. Taker goes for the pin and gets a two count. Batista starts to gain some quick momentum and gets a few quick pins in that only get two counts. Batista starts to work on Taker on the ropes with a couple of fists. Batista whips him off the ropes and Taker comes back with a DDT that lays Batista and Taker flat on the mat. Taker goes for the pin to get the 1…2…NO!!! Batista manages to get the shoulder up. Taker starts to wear down Batista’s shoulders and throws Batista’s shoulder right into the top turnbuckle. Taker starts to open up some fists on Batista in the corner. Taker locks in a armlock using the ropes and breaks it at the count of four. Taker throws Batista back into the corner and throws a few fists into his face. Taker sets up an old school, but Batista knocks him down with a fist. Batista hits a clothesline and gets a two count. Batista whips Taker of the ropes and both men knock each other down to the mat with a clothesline. We come back and see that both men are going fist for fist and Taker hits a giant boot to the head of Batista and Batista goes down. Taker locks in a headlock but he has to break it because Batista is on the bottom rope. Taker starts to work on the arm of Batista with a few fists and shoulder blocks. Taker sets up another old school and yet again Batista punches him down. Batista climbs onto the top rope with Taker and starts to pound on him. Taker knocks Batista down but Batista gets back up with Taker and hits a superplex that sends both men down to the mat and hard. Batista goes for the pin and gets the 1…2…NO!!!!!! Taker quickly locks in a headlock and Batista’s shoulders are down on the mat. Taker gets a one count on Batista. Taker starts to headbutt Batista’s shoulder. Taker goes for old school and this time manages to hit it. The third times a charm. He throws Batista out of the ring. Taker follows and sets Batista up on the side of the mat. He hits a leg drop right across the throat of Batista and Batista is laid out on the floor. Taker lifts him up and throws him into the ring. He goes for the pin to get a two count. Taker sets up a tombstone piledriver, but Batista gets out of it and hits a spear on Taker. Batista covers for the 1…2…NO!!!! Batista and Taker go fist for fist again. It ends with Batista ducking a fist from Taker and clothesline Taker over the top rope. Taker pulls Batista out of the ring and throws Batista’s head on the steel steps. Taker lifts Batista up and they go fist for fist outside of the ring. The referee reaches the 10 count and the match is over by count out. Post match: Both men start to battle out of the ring. Taker sets up Batista on the announce table and throws his head on it. Taker then throws Batista in the barricade. Batista then throws a fist to Taker and throws Taker’s head into the barricade. Taker pulls Edge from out of the crowd and into the ring. The Edgeheads come in and start to help battle Taker. Taker manages to take out the Edgeheads with Batista’s help. Batista gets into the ring and Edge quickly gets up and hits Batista straight into his face. Edge looks terrified and tries to explain to Batista that it was an accident. Taker heads in and they start to fight amongst each other. The Edgeheads come in and Batista and Taker start to take out everyone out of the ring. Chavo and his body guard head to the ring, but Batista and Taker take care of them quickly. All that remains in the ring is the both of them. Vickie comes out and states that Batista and Undertaker have jeopardized the company by attacking Edge and the Edgeheads. She then states that they could press civil suites against them. She states that next week it will be Batista vs. Undertaker for the World Heavy weight Championship. She states that the winner of next weeks match on Smackdown! will face Edge at Backlash. Both men stare at each other in the ring and the show closes out. From: pwmania.com World Heavyweight. champion The Undertaker & ECW champion Kane vs. WWE tag team champions The Miz & John Morrison. Miz and Kane started things off instead of Miz and Taker. Kane tagged out to Taker, who set up Miz for the big leg drop across the apron, but Morrison cut him off with a sudden clothesline that knocked Taker to the floor. And break. Taker worked on Morrison out of the break and smashed him with a boot to the face. Adamle called it a knee to the face. Hands, shoulders, knees, and toes, knees and toes! Kane then tagged in Morrison avoided a chokeslam to made a desperate tag to Miz, who was surprised to find himself the legal man. Kane had control until Morrison chopblocked him from behind to start working the knee. Miz cut off Kane from making his comeback and nailed his diving clothesline in the corner. Taker eventually got the hot tag at 11:00 after Kane smashed Miz with a boot to the face. Adamle said Taker is "getting busy" working on Miz. Taker tried a double chokeslam, but the tag champs blocked. Kane then entered the picture and the brothers executed stereo chokeslams. Taker scooped up Morrison, then gave him a Tombstone for the pin and the win. Apr. 10, 2008 Undertaker for ECW next Week From: pwmania.com Undertaker & Kane as a tag team, will appear on ECW next week. Apr. 09, 2008 Smackdown! 04/11/08 From: wrestlingattitude.com Festus (w/Jesse) vs. Undertaker. The bell rang and Festus went into his transformation. Taker battered Festus at the bell. Cole wondered if Festus has any idea the legend he's in the ring with. Coach astutely suggested it might help Festus if he doesn't comprehend the magnitude of this match. Festus took over at 2:00 and forearmed and kicked Taker. Cole asked Coach what he calls him. Coach didn't reply at first, then finally chimed in and called him a Cornfed Colossus. Coach apologized for brain freeze. They fought to ringside at 5:00. Taker reverse whipped Festus into the ringside steps. Coach said he doesn't think Taker underestimated Festus. They rolled into the ring and went into an MMA-like sequence with punches on the mat and Taker going into a guard on his back briefly. Taker DDT'd Festus off a rope rebound leading to a near two count. At 9:00 Taker hit a chokeslam, but Festus draped his leg over the bottom rope to break up the pin. He rolled to ringside. Jesse checked on him. Taker chased Jesse away at ringside. Well, he looked at Jesse and Jesse ran; it wasn't really a chase. Back in the ring, Festus took over on Taker again. Cole said, "The World Champion is startled and stunned." Festus charged Taker in the corner, but Taker moved and ref Charles Robinson went down. Festus took over on Taker. Taker, though, sat up as Jesse gave Festus a pep talk. Taker then locked Festus in his MMA-style submission hold without an official name. Taker rolled back and forth to avoid his shoulders being down for a three count, although the ref was still out. A second ref ran out and called for the bell. Jesse ran in and tried to wake up his cousin. Cole said that's the longest anyone's been in that devastating hold, but Festus didn't know to tap out to save himself. He said Festus could suffer after-effects. They seemed to be setting it up as a transformative moment for Festus, where he'll come to as a different type of character, which would explain the booking of this odd match-up. (watch: video 1 - video 2) Apr. 05, 2008 Next Smackdown! Main Event from: wwe.com As first announced in a WWE Mobile on AT&T exclusive video, GM Vickie Guerrero has made a blockbuster main event for next week's SmackDown: Corn-fed colossus Festus vs. World Heavyweight Champion Undertaker. Apr. 04, 2008 Smackdown! 04/04/08 From: lordsofpain.net The Undertaker vs. Kane. The match begins with both men staring down each other. They lock up and Taker pushes off Kane. They lock up again and Kane pushes him off. They lockup once more and Taker locks in a headlock. Kane pushes him off. Kane gets back with a headlock and Taker pushes off. Kane hits an arm drag and front slams him. He goes for the pin to get a two count. Kane locks in a arm lock and Taker counters with one of his own. Kane turns it back into a armlock. Taker pushes Kane down for a quick pin for one. Taker then locks in an arm lock on Kane. Kane takes Taker off his feet and pins him for two count. They get up and Taker grabs on to Kane’s leg and locks in a leg lock. Kane pushes him off and they stare down again. They lock up yet again and Kane locks in a arm lock and Taker turns it into an armlock of his own and starts to set up an old school and Kane stops him by pulling back. They go back and forward with this armlock position eventually getting to Kane getting Taker in the corner. Kane pushes him and Taker is wondering what is going on. Taker throws a fist right into Kane’s face. Kane states that it hurt. Kane comes back with a right of his own. They start to throw some major fists going back and forward and Taker comes up getting the advantage. Kane whips taker off the roes and hits a boot to the face. Kane picks him up and starts to work on Taker in the corner with some boots and fists. Taker gets out of the corner and throws Kane into the corner with some fists. He throws one big one the nearly throws Kane out of the ring. Taker goes out of the ring to get at Kane He throws Kane’s head on the barricade. Taker goes for another but Kane blocks it and throws taker in the ring. On their knees they go back and forward with their fists and both men lay exhausted in the ring. Kane whips taker off the rope and attempts a right. Taker comes back by grabbing a hold of Kane’s throat. Kane then grabs Taker’s throat. Taker pushes him off and both men hit a boot to each others face and down go both men. The ref starts to count and both men rise up at the same time. The ring gets rushed down with Edge, Chavo, and the Edgeheads attacking both men. The match ends in a no contest. Post match: They start to beat up both men and lay them out on the ring. Kane and Taker rise again and take all men out of the ring. We see bodies flying everywhere. Kane and Taker chokeslam their Wrestlemania opponents. They then both tombstone then dead in the ring. The brothers celebrate in the ring. Apr. 02, 2008 Undertaker match announced for Backlash From: pwmania.com It was announced during the SmackDown tapings last night that the WWE Backlash pay-per-view this month will feature two WrestleMania rematches. Edge will face The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship and Chavo Guerrero will face Kane for the ECW Championship. This year's Backlash pay-per-view will take place on April 27, 2008 from the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. Mar. 30, 2008 Wrestlemania XXIV result From: pwmania.com They had a stare down, then the bell sounded. They're going to have to work really hard to get the crowd involved because this doesn't feel like the main event after the big matches already occurred. Taker got the crowd into the action with a leaping dive over the top rope after Edge had the advantage for most of the match. Cole and Coach are just atrocious together. It's like listening to an old record player on constant repeat. At 13:00, Taker and Edge came to life with a round of right hand blow exchanges. Taker splashed Edge in the corner, then went for Snake Eyes, but Edge countered the big boot with a nice dropkick. Good spot for a nearfall. Taker tried to come back with a chokeslam, but Edge nailed the impaler for a close call. They traded close calls on their finishers, with each man pulling off some impressive counters. Huge nearfall at 18:00 when Taker finally hit Last Ride and Edge kicked out just before three. Taker called for the end with the Tombstone, but Edge countered with a fall-back slam for another nearfall. At 20:00, Edge ducked a big boot and the ref took the blow to the face. Edge landed a reverse DDT. Coach, apparently blind, told Edge to cover Taker while the ref was KO'ed. Edge talked trash, then Taker reached up his hand for a chokeslam, but Edge smashed him with a kick to the groin. He then grabbed a TV camera and smashed Taker between the eyes. Edge tried to wake up the ref, but he knocked the ref off the apron to the floor. Taker sat up and Edge did his big eyes before going for a Tombstone. Taker countered into a Tombstone of his own and dropped him in center ring. He had the pin, but there was no ref. Charles Robinson hauled major ass into the ring and slid right into a count, but Edge kicked out just before three. Huge pop for that nearfall. Hawkins and Ryder charged the ring, but Taker cleared them with a double chokeslam. Edge then surprised Taker with a spear, but Taker kicked out. Edge then went for another spear and smashed him a second time. The crowd thought it was over, but Taker surprised Edge with the triangle choke submission hold as Edge lingered over Taker's body before trying to cover him. Edge fought the choke, but tapped out after a tense ten or fifteen seconds. WINNER: Undertaker in 24:00 to capture the World Hvt. Title. Seven minutes of blah, and then seventeen minutes of just plain amazing work and great main event heavyweight style pro wrestling. Just so great with the believable nearfalls and the way the match was laid out at the end. Of course, Edge has his "out" to set up a re-match at Backlash with the original ref being knocked out of the ring. I'm going to toss out the first seven minutes, and actually give both men props for persevering through that slow stretch to take it to three more levels in the next part of the match. Closing: They showed Taker holding the WWE Title belt up in the air, then a huge fireworks display went off. ... They aired the traditional WrestleMania wrap-up video to recap all of the moments from the show. Mar. 28, 2008 Smackdown! 03/28/08 From: lordsofpain.net The organ
starts to play and Teddy Long introduces Vickie Guerrero. Teddy then
introduces Edge. Edge gets the mic and the fans start to chant that he sucks.
Edge starts to state that they are there to celebrate the end of the
Undertaker’s winning streak. He states that every win Taker won at
Wrestlemania and that level will never be seen again. He starts to name the
people that Taker has defeated at Mania. Edge states that everything must
come to an end sooner or later. He says that this Sunday at Wrestlemania he
will bury the streak and Taker. He then states that with death their comes
new life and beginnings. He state that history will be rewritten and nobody
will remember Taker or his streak. He states that he will be the one to do
it. Vickie grabs the mic and states that it is her duty to be unbiased and
finds it difficult when it comes to Edge. She states that we know Edge as
the world champion, but she sees him as something more. She starts to go on
a list of many good quality of Edge. She states that they made a preview of
Wrestlemania especially for Edge. Mar. 21, 2008 Smackdown! 03/21/08 From: lordsofpain.net Chavo vs. The Undertaker. The match begins with Taker kicking Chavo in the mid section and then whips him into the ropes. He then throws him up into the air and what goes up must come down and so does Chavo. Taker lifts him up and hits a few clotheslines. He then goes for an old school and down goes Chavo. Taker starts to pound on him in the corner and one of the Edgeheads are attempting to get at Taker and he is distracted. Chavo goes to take advantage with some fists. Taker however isn’t going to take it and throws him in the corner. He then unloads on Chavo and then goes for a chokeslam but takes to long due to Edge and Chavo kicks his way out. Taker then is distracted by Edge and Chavo knocks him out. Taker goes to chokeslam an Edgehead and Chavo hits a baseball slide and knocks Taker in the announce table. Chavo throws him in and goes for the pin to get two. He goes back to work on Taker and gets an armlock on him. Taker gets his hand to the ropes and Taker lifts Chavo up and back drops him to the mat. Taker then hits some fists to Chavo and whips him in a corner. He then goes for a clothesline and a snake eyes. He hits a big boot and Edge and Hawkins go to distract Taker. Chavo goes to the top rope and Taker catches him for a chokeslam. He then throws the last Edgehead out on Edge and the other Edgehead. He then locks in the deadly submission hold and Chavo taps out. The winner of the match is the Undertaker. Overall Match Rating: It was an ok match. The only thing that kept Chavo coming was Edge’s gang. Though I suppose it gives the feud a push. The match gets a 3 out of 5 stars. Post match every on comes in and attacks the Deadman. The Deadman then has a chokeslam position on the two Edgeheads. He turns around and Edge takes him out with a spear. They go get some chairs and start to hit Taker all over the body with them. Edge ends up by hitting the chair on the deadman’s skull. Edge then lays him on the chair. He demands the Edgeheads to hold him down for the conchairto. He slams the chair on Taker’s head and screams 15-1 and the streak is going to be over. Mar. 15, 2008 Smackdown! 03/14/08 From: pwmania.com Edge, Zack Ryder, Curt Hawkins, & Chavo Guerrero d. Ric Flair & Shawn Michaels in a steel cage match. Flair gets a monster pop from the live Chicago crowd. Vickie Guerrero comes out and says that ECW Champion Chavo Guerrero will join Edge, Ryder, and Hawkins and the match will be 4-on-2. Michaels got caught in the rope for several minutes as all six men are in the cage. Flair is busted open early in the match. Michaels and Flair both locked Figure Four leglocks on Edge and CM Punk at the same time, which I was told was a very cool spot. Eventually the lights went out and the Undertaker appeared. He cleans up but Edge is able to escape for the win. Undertaker points up to the WrestleMania sign. Mar. 11, 2008 Raw 03/10/08 From: lordsofpain.net At Raw is Wrestlemania Rematch Night. The druids are out, and it's time for a casket match! Undertaker v. Mark Henry in a casket match. The two square off, with Taker getting the upperhand, striking the big man repeatedly. Taker then hits a flying clothesline and calls for the casket to be open. He tries to throw Henry out, but Henry stops him. Taker puts Henry in the corner again and starts working on him before going Old School. Henry catches him after Old School and locks in a bearhug. Taker struggles his way out of it, but catches a clothesline that sends him to the outside. He lands on his feet and pulls Henry out, throwing him into the rail. Taker tries again, but Henry reverses it and throws Taker into the wall. Henry then catches a taste of the ringpoll and gets his head slammed against the casket. Taker puts Henry back in the ring, but walks right into a big slam and splash that puts the Dead Man out. He calls for the casket lid, and pulls on Taker's leg. Taker snaps up and locks in a Triangle Choke. Henry taps out, but to no avail. Taker releases him, and Henry is bleeding from the mouth. Taker then stomps Henry into the casket and closes the lid for the win! Mar. 07, 2008 Smackdown! 03/07/08 From: lordsofpain.net The Undertaker vs. Edge, Zack Ryder, and Curt Hawkins. The match starts out with Hawkins ducking a fist from Taker. Taker starts to get some fist at Hawkins in the corner. Taker whips him and then double arm chokeslams him in their corner. Ryder then tags in and Taker continues to get the advantage with some fists and head butts in the corner. Taker throws Ryder into his corner. Edge and Hawkins duck down from the mat. Taker throws Ryder out of the ring and sets Ryder up on the side mat. Taker hits a boot right to the side of the head of Ryder. Taker then takes advantage by going on the side mat and hitting a leg drop. Ryder starts to crawl for the tag and Taker comes in trying to force the tag to Edge. Edge however jumps down to avoid contact with Taker. Seeing the opportunity Taker starts to damage Ryder by hitting some head repeatedly in a corner. Taker hits a snake eyes right into his corner. He then whips him in a corner and hits a clothesline. Taker sets up for a kick to the head but Edge moves Ryder out of the way for Taker to get stuck in the corner. Edge goes for a cheap shot and lets Ryder go back on the attack. Ryder goes fist after fist on Taker. Taker gets back and whips him in the ropes. Ryder comes back with a dropkick to the mid section and Taker goes down. Ryder tags in Hawkins who hits an elbow right into the mid section. Ryder tags in Hawkins who does the same thing as Ryder. They do this repeatedly until Edge demands the tag. Just as Edge mocks Taker he rises up and catches Edge in a chokeslam position. Edge however moves right out of the way. Taker hits major DDT. Edge tags in an Edgehead and Taker takes care of easily. Taker sets him up with some fists and an old school. Take then knocks off the other Edgehead and hits a snake eyes to the one currently in the ring. Edge gets a blind tag in and attempts to attack Taker from behind. Taker like having a 6th sense gets a chokeslam position in on Edge. Taker decides to go for the deadly submission move but the Edgeheads go in for the save Edge. Taker hits a double chokeslam on both of the Edgeheads and turns around to see a spear from Edge. Edge goes for the pin and gets the 1…2...3! The winners of the match are Edge, Zack Ryder, and Curt Hawkins Mar. 06, 2008 Backlash Poster released From: pwmania.com WWE has released the official PPV poster for April's Backlash PPV. The Undertaker is the main feature of the poster. This year’s WWE Backlash pay-per-view will take place on April 27, 2008 at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. To view the poster, click here. Feb. 29, 2008 Smackdown! 02/29/08 From: pwmania.com The Undertaker vs. Zack Ryder. Ryder looked hesitant to start things off. A distraction though put things in his favor. Not for long however, as Taker drove Ryder’s back into the ringpost. Edge and Hawkins were in the aisle watching the match. Taker dominated back in the ring. He set up for the chokeslam, but Hawkins ran up to the apron, distracting the referee. That allowed Ryder to kick Taker below the belt to take over on offense. Taker turned things his way again and gave Ryder some soupbones in the corner. Snake eyes and running boot from Taker. HIGH chokeslam on Ryder by Taker, who then stared Edge down. Chokehold submission by Undertaker and Ryder immediately tapped. Hawkins and Edge hit the ring as soon as the bell rang. They worked on Undertaker til the Dead Man reversed things and Edge ran for the hills. That left Hawkins to take a chokeslam. He was then put in the submission move as well. Feb. 23, 2008 Smackdown! 02/22/08 From: lordsofpain.net The night starts off with a video footage of the elimination chamber match for Smackdown at No Way Out. It shows the brutality that each opponent has faced and last showing Taker hitting a tombstone on Batista. Out comes The World Heavyweight Champion Edge with his Edgeheads. Edge starts to rant on how is still the World Champion. He stated how he and his Edgeheads weakened Rey Mysterio and how he finished the job at No Way Out. He says that his is a “predator” and that he has the opportunity to face Undertaker at Wrestlemania. He says that he isn’t afraid of the Deadman. He sees him as an opportunity. He says that the Deadman is undefeated at Wrestlemania just like him. He then starts to mock the fans stating how much more courage he has more than them. He says that he will never lose the World title. He then states everyone wonders who will beat the streak. He stated that he will not fall to the Deadman and that he is the one who’s going to end it. The Arena blacks out as the gong begins to ring. The lights cut back on and Taker has a chokeslam position on Edge. The Edgeheads manage to stop the chokeslam by attacking Taker who is preoccupied. Taker in return hits the big boot and knocks them away. Edge takes advantage and attacks Taker from behind. However Taker comes back with a vengeance and works on Edge in the corner. One the Edgeheads come over and starts to distract Taker. Edge rolls out of the ring as Taker slams the Edgehead. Feb. 18, 2008 No Way Out result 02/17/08 From: pwmania.com The
announcer goes over the rules as the referees check on the Chamber. Two
wrestlers will start out in the ring with the other 4 waiting in the pods.
WWE United States Champion MVP is out first. Big Daddy V is out next with
Matt Striker and V stops and stares at the Chamber before making his way
inside. MVP and Big Daddy V are locked into the pods as The Great Khali
makes his way out to the ring. The referees manage to get Khali inside a pod
as Finlay makes his way out to the ring. The Belfast Bruiser is put into a
pod as well as the final two Superstars get ready to come out. Batista is
out next; he and The Undertaker will start this match off. Batista waits in
the ring, surrounded by the 4 other Superstars closed up in the pods. The
lights go out, the flames rise and out comes The Undertaker. Taker does his
usual entrance and enters the Chamber, closing the door behind him. Batista
and The Undertaker size each other and the other Superstars up as the bell
rings. The Undertaker and Batista start the match off trading lefts and
rights. Batista takes Taker in the corner and hits him with shoulder thrusts.
Taker throws Batista over the ropes onto the steel platform and starts
raking Batista's head into the steel structure. Batista battles back with a
right hand and back in the ring we go. Big flying clothesline by Batista as
he gets a 2 count on The Undertaker. Taker backs Batista in the corner with
punches and kicks and starts choking The Animal in the corner. Taker holds
Batista down with his boot in the corner and backs off at the referee's
request. Taker keeps Batista in the corner, in control of the match. The
Undertaker keeps control over Batista with stomps and chokes. Batista
finally gets up and fights back with lefts and rights, staggering Taker. Big
elbow from Batista and another 2 count on Taker. Batista misses the
clothesline off the ropes and Taker levels him with a big boot. The
countdown starts and Big Daddy V is released from his pod and enters the
match, going right after Batista, then to Taker. Big Daddy V goes back and
forth between Batista and Undertaker with big chops and clotheslines. V
scoops Undertaker up with a huge scoop slam. V continues to go back and
forth, working on both Superstars. Big Samoan Drop by Big V on The
Undertaker. Big V stands on Taker, putting all of his weight down on the
chest. Feb. 16, 2008 Smackdown! 02/15/08 From: lordsofpain.net Big Daddy V vs. The Undertaker. They start to lock up. Daddy pushes Taker right into the corner. Taker moves out of the corner and starts to set up for another showdown. They lock up again and Daddy pushes Taker into the corner again. Taker gets out again and goes for one more showdown. They lock up once more and Taker manages to get behind Daddy. Taker tries to take Daddy off his feet but the big man clubs him on the back of the head. Daddy starts to works on Taker in the corner. He whips Taker into the opposite corner and then goes for the clothesline. Taker sees this and dodges out of the way. Taker moves in and starts to throw fist after fist on Daddy. Taker starts to work on Daddy’s arm in the corner and then brings his arm around and starts to attack it with some punches. Striker goes to the top mat and distracts the referee. Taker knocks off Striker but Daddy takes the advantage and gets Taker out of the ring. Striker gets a cheap shot on Taker with a kick to the back. Daddy goes outside and chops Taker. Taker however, gets back and then tries to throw Daddy head into the steps. Daddy reverses and throws the deadman’s head into the steps. Daddy throws Taker into the ring and goes for the pin to get a two. He gets Taker laid on his stomach and starts to pound the side of the abdominal area. The Deadman is in corner and Daddy rushes towards him pressing all his weight into Taker. Taker however comes back and knocks the big man off his feet. The match progresses a little. Taker gets Daddy out of the ring. Taker then pushes Daddy back into the ring just enough for his head to stick out. Taker goes to the side of the mat and hits a leg drop. Taker gets back in the ring and hits his DDT. He goes for the pin and gets 1….2….3!. The winner of the match is The Undertaker Feb. 09, 2008 Smackdown! 02/08/08 From: lordsofpain.net Batista
makes his way into the arena with some pop from the crowd.Michael Cole is in
the ring. Cole is asking stating how he has the chance to make it to
Wrestlemania. Batista states that he has experience on his side. He then
states that there is going to be a lot of monsters in the chamber and that
he is going to survive the chamber and win back “his” world title. MVP makes
his way down into the arena. He says that Batista’s experience doesn’t count
because MVP hasn’t been in there. MVP starts to state something but Batista
says that he will beat anyone who stands in his way. Big Daddy V and Matt
Striker enter the ring. Feb. 02, 2008 Smackdown! 02/01/08 SmackDown opens with two huge announcements. First Theodore Long announces that World Heavyweight Champion Edge will defend his title against Rey Mysterio at No Way Out. He then announces a SmackDown Elimination Chamber match at No Way Out for a title shot at WrestleMania XXIV. The competitors are revealed as Batista, Undertaker, MVP, Finlay, The Great Khali, and Big Daddy V. Kane & The Undertaker defeated Big Daddy V & Mark Henry: Kane working on Henry in the corner. He attack Henry’s legs but Henry punches out. Henry then throws his fist at Kane and starts to whip Kane into the corner. Kane starts to get the upper hand and he throws all his weight on Henry and starts to attack Henry again. He pushes Henry in the corner and taker tags in. taker starts to throw his fists at henrys face. Taker works on Henry’s arms with punch after punch. Taker stets up an old school but Striker distracts the referee for Henry to take advantage of the distracted Taker. Unfortunately Taker hits a big boot and tags in Kane. Kane works on Henry in the corner but Henry whips him out and clotheslines him in the corner. Henry then tags in Daddy who gets Kane in the corer and does his V chop. Daddy then throws punches at Kane. Kane then gets some fists and uppercuts on Daddy, but Daddy doesn’t take it for very long and pushes Kane into the corner. Daddy then starts to run and press all his weight on Kane. Kane then smacks Henry on the outside then starts to attack Daddy. He gets him in to his corner for Taker to tag himself in and throw some punches on Daddy. Taker tries to whip Daddy but he reverses and whips Taker. Daddy gets a clothesline in the corner on Taker. He then tags in Henry who then works on Taker in the corner. Henry whips Taker in the opposite corner but Taker lift the big boot in time for him to tag in Kane. Kane then gets Henry in the corner and gets a couple of running clotheslines on him. Kane goes to the top rope and hits the diving clothesline. Kane gets ready for the chokeslam but Striker interferes and distracts Kane. Kane then gets ambushed by Henry. Henry throws him out of the ring. Daddy then works on Kane outside illegally but here comes Taker to break it up. Daddy then starts to back up as Henry throws Kane in to the announce table. Henry then throws Kane back inside the ring. Henry then tags in Daddy who kicks Kane in the abdominal section. Daddy works on Kane with a couple of punches in the corner. Daddy then splashes all his weight into Kane. He then tags in Henry who then gets a bear hug on Kane. Kane punches his way out to try to get the tag. Henry pushes Kane into the corner and tries to clothesline him but Kane gets the boot up in time and does a diving clothesline from the top rope. Kane struggles to get up to get the tag to Taker. To his relief he gets the tag to Taker who starts throwing fist at Henry in the corner. Taker then whips Henry then splashes him in the corner. Taker goes old school and then attacks Daddy. Taker then tries to whip Henry but Henry reverses and whips Taker. Taker on the rebound hits a running DDT on Henry who looks knocked out. Taker goes for the pin to get a two due to Daddy interrupting the count. Taker gets Daddy in a chokeslam but then Kane comes in and locks up his hand for the chokeslam as well. Both of them get a double chokeslam on Daddy and the arena basically shook. Taker then hits a clothesline on Henry. Taker then sets up his lethal lock from last week on Henry to get him to tap out. Jan. 28, 2008 Royal Rumble Match result 01/27/08 At the Royal Rumble Match The Undertaker enter with the number #1, and Shawn Michaels with number #2! Santino Marella, The Great Khalì and Snitsky are eliminated by The Undertaker before him is eliminated by Shawn Michaels. After that Undertaker leg dropped Snitsky on the announce table. Jan. 26, 2008 Smackdown! 01/25/08 The Undertaker defeated Big Daddy V. Friday night, it was The Deadman who displayed his dominance. Using a submission move never seen before, Undertaker defeated V, leaving him with blood flowing from his mouth – and requiring the World’s Strongest Man, Mark Henry, to help him exit the ring. Somehow, The Phenom always finds a way to win. Will he find a similar way to defeat the 29 other men come Royal Rumble? Jan. 19, 2008 Smackdown! 01/18/08 A video package aired showing the final elimination of last year’s Royal Rumble, with Undertaker coming out on top. The bell tolled back in the arena, signaling the Undertaker’s entrance. He slowly made his way to the ring. He said it’s not often he comes out to talk, because he usually doesn’t have much to say. He issued a warning to the 29 other men set to step in the ring nine days from now at the Royal Rumble. If they stand before him, they will fall before him, Taker said. He said if they enter the ring, they will rest in peace. At that, Big Daddy V and Matt Striker came out. Striker said the big difference between last year’s and this year’s Rumble is that Big Daddy V wasn’t in it last year. Striker said V would dominate at the Rumble. The former Viscera then made his way to the ring. Taker punched him off the apron and down to the mat, where V pulled Taker to the outside. They traded blows, then Taker whipped V into the steel steps. V backed away and up the aisle at the behest of Striker. Jan. 12, 2008 Smackdown! 01/11/08
The Undertaker vs. Mark Henry
& Matt Striker in a handicap match.
The
match starts and Striker heads outside. ‘Taker puts his fists to work on
Henry’s body and give him a good old fashion arm ringer. He goes old school
and Striker shakes the ropes and ‘Taker slips off the ropes and hits the mat.
Striker goes to kick him and he sits up. Henry tries to take ‘Taker to task,
but he wraps his hand around his neck and goes for a chokeslam, but Striker
gets him distracted although he takes a boot to the face for his trouble.
Undertaker goes back up top and this time executes the old school walks the
ropes forearm smash. Quickly after he hits the Tombstone and it’s over. Jan. 05, 2008 Smackdown! 01/04/08 Michael
Cole wished viewers a happy new year and welcomed us to Smackdown from
Richmond. Teddy Long wheeled Vickie Guerrero out. She said that if Batista
or Undertaker put their hands on Edge, their chance for a World Title match
would be out the window. Vickie, in cahoots with Edge, decided to make a
beat-the-clock challenge, with the winner facing Edge for the title at Royal
Rumble. She said Finlay, Rey Mysterio, Batista and Undertaker would be in
action. Guerrero brought out the new color commentator, Jonathon Coachman.
And I so loved the Regal-Coach dynamic from Raw. BEAT THE CLOCK CHALLENGE- UNDERTAKER vs. MARK HENRY Dec. 17, 2007 Armageddon 12/16/07 World Title Triple Threat Match: Batista (c) vs. Edge vs. Undertaker. This match is all over the place to start. All three men are going at it on the floor as there are no count outs or DQ's. Taker locked in the triangle choke on Batista. Edge rang the bell which broke the hold. Taker thought he had won but obviously he hadn't. Edge nailed Taker with spear for a new fall. This is a very good match thus far. A phony Edge enters the ring and takes a Chokeslam. The real Edge comes in from behind and nails Undertaker with 3 chairshots for the win. The show ends with the real Edge holding the World title as the fake Edge's crawl away. New champ. Dec. 15, 2007 Smackdown! 12/14/07 This week
on Smackdown! The Undertaker vs. Mark Henry & Big Daddy V in a Handicap
Match. Taker started with V, and Undertaker was floating and stinging early
on. But Mark Henry came in and the heels backed Taker into the corner and
beat on him. Henry tried to suplex Taker to the outside, but Taker blocked.
Taker kicked V down, then hit a big boot on Henry as well. Taker legdropped
Henry as he was draped over the apron. Big Daddy V met Taker on the outside
to attack. Taker countered and pushed the former Viscera into the ring post.
Henry grabbed Taker back in the ring, and squeezed him in a bearhug. V then
hit a Samoan drop on Taker. That got only a two count. Undertaker was
leaning against the ropes and kicking each man as they came near. He then
ran from corner to corner, splashing each man three times. He grabbed V’s
throat for a chokeslam, and Henry as well. That worked about as well as you’d
expect. V hit a back elbow after an whip by Henry. Henry laid the shoulders
into Undertaker in the corner and held him there as V splashed both men.
Cole noted Henry took one for the team there. V implored Henry to do the
same, but it took Mark a while to recover, and Undertaker escaped as Henry
just splashed V. Undertaker chokeslammed Henry to get the win. V attacked
after the match. Taker fought off both men until V hit the two-handed slam.
They did a two-man Torture Rack on The Phenom. Edge came to the ring and
surveyed the damage. He mocked Taker as Taker tried to sit up, but couldn’t. Dec. 11, 2007 Raw 12/10/07 Vince
McMahon was in the ring out of the break to ask the question of who the
greatest superstar is in Raw history. He said that person has to be
synonymous with the greatness of this program. McMahon said that person has
to have had the single biggest impact on Raw. He asked for an envelope.
McMahon carefully opened it before revealing the answer: Vincent Kennedy
McMahon. So, that answers the question that he is subject to the Wellness
policy. Dec. 09, 2007 Raw's Greatest Superstar Regardless of the storyline agenda this week on Raw, the fans have spoken on wwe.com and chosen Undertaker as Raw's greatest superstar with 29.2% of the vote. John Cena finished second in the voting with 15.4%, The Rock received 11.8%, while "Stone Cold" Steve Austin finished with 10.2%. Dec. 08, 2007 Smackdown! 12/08/07 Edge pounded away at Kane in the corner. Kane, though, grabbed hold of Edge’s throat and tossed him into the corner for a beating. Kane threw Edge shoulder-first into the ring post. Cole noted Kane had a great game plan, working on Edge’s left pectoral muscle. Kane worked on stretching the shoulder and the pectoral muscle out using the top rope. The tide turned when Edge rolled out of the way of a Kane elbowdrop. Edge dropkicked Kane under the ring rope and to the floor. Edge jumped on Kane, but the Big Red Machine caught him and slammed him into the edge of the apron. As Kane was getting in the ring, Edge nailed Kane, who flew into the barricade on the outside. Edge was in control out of break. Kane tried to work out of a rear waistlock. He was successful, and threw Edge off of him when the Canadian tried a DDT. Kane hit some running clotheslines in the corner, then a sidewalk slam. Edge ducked to avoid a clothesline off the top from Kane. Edge went for the spear but got hit with a boot. Kane went for the chokeslam but Edge kicked his way out. Kane caught Edge with a right hand as Edge was coming off the top. Kane went back to the top and was successful in hitting the clothesline this time. He got Edge in the chokeslam, but Edge grabbed the ropes. He went to the outside and grabbed a chair...and was immediately disqualified when he brought the chair into the ring, without even using it. Edge got the chair kicked back in his face and Kane went for the steel steps. But Edge got Kane with a drop-toe hold and then a spear. Edge went for the move he hit Undertaker with at Survivor Series (steel chair to the head with the man lying on the steps), but Batista came in to stop things. There was a standoff, as either man was waiting for the other to make a move. The lights went out and when they came on, Taker had Edge in a choke hold. But Batista speared Undertaker and Edge got away. Dec. 05, 2007 WWE Plans for Royal Rumble & Wrestlemania 24 It's unknown right now if Batista will be winning the Royal Rumble, but it makes sense because the winner can face any brand's Champion at WM 24. Seeing how Batista is on SmackDown and HHH on RAW right now, Batista would pretty much have to win the Rumble to face HHH at WrestleMania because of the rules of the upcoming Elimination Chamber match at No Way Out, that will only feature wrestlers from the same brand. The other brand's Champion will have six superstars from his brand face off in the Elimination Chamber match with the winner getting the other World Title shot at WrestleMania. It looks like that match will be a SmackDown brand match. It looks like Batista will lose his title sometime soon as there's no way WWE will have a Title vs. Title unification match at WrestleMania. Edge will likely be the one to take the strap from Batista. It makes sense for The Undertaker to win the Elimination Chamber match and face Edge at WrestleMania in a huge match, with the title and the winning streak on the line. Nov. 30, 2007 Smackdown! 11/30/07 From Smackdown! main event World Heavyweight Championship match, Batista vs. Edge: "As he waited for Edge to rise, the lights went out and Taker's bell sounded. Taker appeared in the ring with his hand on Edge's throat. Edge rolled out of the ring quickly. Taker then gave Batista a chokeslam as Edge continued his retreat. Out walked Teddy Long! He's back! He didn't get much of a pop. Heartless fans. Edge was right. Long stood over Edge and told him he deserves a rematch for the World Title. Long said he's going to say the same words to Undertaker that Vickie said to Edge last week. He read a sheet of paper and read verbatim what Vickie told Edge, reenacting her contradictory justification for "punishing Edge" by giving Edge a World Title match, so he added Undertaker to the title match at Armageddon to "punish him." The crowd got it and laughed along with Long's cleverness." Nov. 23, 2007 Smackdown! 11/23/07 Edge came out with Vickie Guerrero for a "Cutting Edge" show in the ring. Good to hear Edge's music again. His song and Randy Orton's took a long time to grow on me, but now they've stood the test of time and actually grown better over time - in part because they stand out more now because WWE has otherwise diversified their intro music. When Edge and Orton debuted their songs, they sounded like several others. Edge told the crowd, "It's great to see me again, isn't it. Admit it." He said it's great to stand in front of them as their no. 1 contender. He said as much as he made it all happen, he also wanted to thank Vickie Guerrero. He said: "She's the general manager of Smackdown and she's the love of my life." He nuzzled noses with her and batted index fingers playful. He said what they're witnessing is the culmination of a several month plan. He said he will become the new World Heavyweight Champion again next week when the plan plays out completely. He introduced his guest, Batista, as the soon-to-be former heavyweight champion, Batista. Edge began to welcome Batista to the show. Batista interrupted with a stern "shut up!" He said he didn't know what was going on with them, but it disgusted him. Edge said what was disgusting was watching him hold his title belt for months while he was home recovering. Batista shoved Edge and said he'd get an ass kicking next week. Vickie bent over to check on her man. Batista left the ring with his belt, then held it in the air and looked back on Edge from the stage. Edge stood. The lights went out. Undertaker's bell sounded. When the lights came back on, Taker went for a clothesline. Edge fled the ring immediately. Taker grabbed Vickie by the throat. Edge signalled for him not to hurt her. "Please don't do that; don't hurt her, please," he said. Taker drew it for 30 seconds, then lifted her for a Tombstone. Edge couldn't watch. He turned away, but eventually turned back. Taker lowered Vickie's head. Edge turned again. Taker dropped her on her head. Edge held his head in agony at what he just heard. He began crying as Taker shook in the ring. With all due respect, it seemed Taker may have slightly overreacted. Vickie is love-struck and doesn't know what she's doing. Giving her a Tombstone seemed a bit heavy-handed for a babyface. Nov. 18, 2007 Survivor Series Main Event result Batista defeated The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell Match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. Crowd in Miami was very pro-Undertaker during Batista's entrance. Early in the match, Batista took out Undertaker right away with a quick Spear. The action spilled outside the ring and Undertaker sent Batista into the steel steps and then sent him head first into the cell structure. Undertaker dropped a leg across the throat of Batista over the ring apron and busted open Batista using a steel chair. Undertaker attempted the Old School walking the ropes, but Batista countered into a big spinebuster. Undertaker again sent Batista head first into the cell. Batista responds with a big superplex on Undertaker. Undertaker then applied a triangle choke. After breaking the triangle by getting to the ropes, Batista got the steel steps and bounced them off the head of Undertaker. A busted open Undertaker was able to pull off a Last Ride and a chokeslam on Batista. Both resulted in a two count. Another big spinebuster by Batista on Undertaker. Batista then brings a table into the ring and gives Undertaker a Batista Bomb through it, resulting in a two count. Undertaker with a big back body drop over the steel steps on Batista. Batista gets his hand on the bottom rope during the pinfall attempt by Undertaker. Undertaker responds with a Tombstone Piledriver and Batista barely kicks out. Undertaker then picks up Batista again and hits a Tombstone over the steel steps. Undertaker covers Batista, but Edge pulls the referee out of the ring. Edge was dressed as a cameraman the entire time. Edge uses the camera and hits Undertaker with it. Edge then drags Undertaker head first over the steel steps and cracks a steel chair over his head. Edge puts Batista over Undertaker and the referee counts the pinfall. Batista retains. After the match, Edge again uses the steel chair and cracks it over Undertaker's head. Nov. 16, 2007 Smackdown! 11/16/07 From Friday Night Smackdown of this week: an in-ring promo from the Undertaker was next. He got an amazing reaction. What he said was pretty short and sweet, that the "devil’s playground" of Hell in the Cell should be known as the Deadman’s playground and that Batista would rest in peace. Clips of Taker brutalizing people in Cell matches (HBK, Foley, Rikishi) aired throughout the show. Nov. 13, 2007 Raw 11/12/07 The show opened with a tribute to Veteran's Day. The live portion started with Smackdown's champion Batista. From ringside, Ross and Lawler asked why Batista is here tonight on Raw. He half-heartedly said he's grown fond of his new home on Smackdown, then said he was invited to Raw by William Regal to take on some Raw competition. Batista switched gears and talked about The Undertaker and his Hell in a Cell match. He dragged this out for a while, then he called for his hand-picked opponent, but Taker's music hit, the lights went down, then Taker walked out to the ring. Taker did his entrance and a ref was in the ring, but Regal's music hit and he interrupted the proceedings. He said he invited them to the show for some competition, but not against each other. Regal booked them in a tag match against the finest time on Raw. The country music song hit and the tag champs Cade & Murdoch walked out for a special challenge match. Taker didn't waste any time going right after Cade. Batista tagged in and warmed for a finish on Cade, but Taker tagged himself in and gave Cade a quick chokeslam. He had the easy win, but Murdoch broke up the pin. Batista cut him off, then Taker gave Cade a Tombstone. He draped Cade's arms over his chest and scored a pin for the win. Afterward, Batista gave Murdoch a Batistabomb because he can. Taker and Batista then had a staredown afterward. Nov. 10, 2007 Smackdown! 11/09/07 Undertaker worked the body, but it had pretty much no effect on Khali. Taker hit Old School like, less than 30 seconds in. He chokeslammed the big man and only got a two-count. Khali was kicking away at Taker in the corner. Headbutt by Khali. JBL said Taker came out tonight listed at 299 pounds, the first time ever he’s been listed under 300. Taker fought back with punches that looked like Khali was blocking. Khali applied a nerve hold on Taker. Taker fought out with more body shots. He got caught with a back elbow from Khali though. Khali put the vice grip on Undertaker. Taker made it back to his feet and broke the vice grip, first time ever. Another chokeslam for Khali. Another kick-out though. Taker gave the throat-slash gesture, so its over. Khali countered with a blow to the back of the neck. Khali picked Taker up for a two-handed chokeslam and put him down. As Khali was going for the vice grip again, Taker sat up and put Khali in the triangle choke. After being in a for a few seconds, Khali tapped. Nov. 03, 2007 Smackdown! 11/02/07 The Undertaker & World Heavyweight Champion, Batista defeated The Great Khalì & Mark Henry by DQ. Taker and Henry start it off. Taker pounds away on Henry but can't connect on Old School. Henry gets met with a big boot though and Taker works on his shoulder. Taker nails Old School and then takes a shot at Khali. Taker takes Henry out of the ring. Batista is dominating Henry now and gets a two count. Shoulder thrusts to Henry and tag to Taker. Heab but by Taker and then some strikes. Running knee splash by Taker for a two count. Henry shoves Taker into the corner though and tags in Khali. Khali dominates Taker with boots and clotheslines. Tag to Henry and Taker is able to come back after a DDT. Tag to Batista and he pounds away on Henry. Clothesline by Batista for two. Henry shoves Batista in the corner and tags Khali. Khali dominated Batista with boots and choke. Big boot by Khali and he gets a two. Khali works on Batista in the corner with elbows and kicks for a two count. Clothesline by Khali and he lock in the Khali Vice Grip. Batista gets out of the hold though and gets met with a chop by Khali who only gets a two count after the one foot pin. He locks in the Vice Grip again till Taker breaks it. Spear to Khali by Batista and both men tag out. Taker goes to work on Henry. Taker takes out Khali and delivers splashes to both men. He goes to chokeslam both men but can't. Batista comes in and nails a spine buster on Henry. JBL runs in and nails the Clothesline from Hell on both men! Henry locks in a bear hug on Batista and Khali locks in the Vice Grip on Taker as we go off the air. Nov. 02, 2007 The Undertaker 15-0 DVD The Undertaker 15-0 DVD release that is exclusively available at Wal-Mart is heavily clipped. A number of his WrestleMania ring entrances have been cut off not to mention that about half the matches are joined in progress. Furthermore, the DVD doesn't offer any interviews even though the DVD cover states that it features interviews from many of his opponents. Nov. 01, 2007 Modified Armageddon Poster WWE Pay-Per-View provider InDemand recently released the poster for WWE Armageddon featuring Batista holding the World Heavyweight Championship, but WWE Affiliates have re-released the poster slightly modified, now Batista is holding up a gas mask instead. This could signify that Batista will lose the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in the upcoming Hell in a Cell Match at WWE Survivor Series against the Undertaker. Click here to view. The main
event is revealed to be Undertaker and Batista vs. The Great Khali and Mark
Henry. Batista comes out and talks about his life and how he has had up and
down battles and that his battle with The Undertaker is not over yet. He
says that they each have had one win over each other and that they need to
have a rubber match. Lights go out! Taker appears in the ring! Taker grabs
the mic and speaks!! He says he has Batista's back in the main event but he
wants to gold in a Hell in a Cell match! Khali & Henry eventually come out
and blab about the main event. Oct. 29, 2007 Cyber Sundat Main Event Batista defeated The Undertaker to retain the World Heavyweight Championship with Steve Austin as the special guest referee. Crowd in Washington, D.C. was really behind Undertaker tonight. Batista still got good reactions though and wasn't the complete heel in the match. Jerry Lawler had to sit in for JBL at the Smackdown booth along with Michael Cole. Early on, Batista countered an Old School attempt by Undertaker. Undertaker responded by dropping his leg across the neck of Batista on the ring apron. Batista countered another Old School attempt and connected with a big spinebuster on Undertaker. Undertaker responded with a big chokeslam as well. Batista with a Spear on Undertaker, but only got a close two count. Undertaker with a Last Ride on Batista and another kick out. Fans were really into the constant finisher attempts and kick outs. Batista took out Undertaker with another spinebuster and again got a two count. Batista then hit Undertaker with two Batista Bomb's and Undertaker kicked out of both. The finish saw Batista hit a third Batista Bomb and get the pinfall to retain the World Title. After the match, Batista celebrated his title victory and Undertaker stared him down from the ring teasing a possible rematch. Another solid match between these two guys. They just work really well together. credit: PWMania Oct. 26, 2007 Smackdown! 10/26/2007 JBL is in
the ring and hypes the Cyber Sunday match, and pimps himself as the referee.
The campaign buttons and such are a great touch. He runs down Foley and
Austin, and then runs a special presentation, paid for by the Friends of JBL!
This is great, it's hype for JBL and then slander on Austin and Foley. "JBL
never had to pull a gun on his boss or jump off a roof." This should have
been 10-minutes long and closed the show. He has gifts for us…vote JBL
shirts! "A vote for JBL is a vote for Batista losing!" He says he will even
give Taker one to wear. JBL chants his name and Taker finally makes his way
to the ring. JBL says he will make sure Taker wins this Sunday, and he
should pledge allegiance to JBL and wear his shirt right now. JBL is not
asking. Taker takes off the coat, the hat, JBL tries to give him the shirt
and then says he has beat Taker's ass before and can do it again because he
is the wrestling… God! and Chokeslam! Oct. 20, 2007 Smackdown! 10/19/2007 The Undertaker defeated Jamie Noble in 1 min 14". Noble got some kicks on Undertaker in the corner, then went to the middle rope for some punches and got pushed off. Noble went back after Taker but ran right into a chokeslam. Taker gave the high sign for the Tombstone, then hit his finisher. Thanks for coming out, Jamie. credit pwmania.com Oct. 18, 2007 New DVD, Undertaker 15-0 WWE Presents: Undertaker 15-0 will begin airing on inDemand starting on Monday, December 3rd. The synopsis of the show: 3He has been the biggest Superstar on sports entertainment’s grandest stage, amassing a record unlikely to be equaled anytime soon. Undertaker has entered the ring 15 times at WrestleMania, and he’s always emerged victorious, defeating some of professional wrestling’s biggest stars, including Triple H, Batista, Kane, Randy Orton, Diesel, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, Ric Flair and more! For the first time, review this amazing ride with Undertaker 15-0, which includes highlights from his matches and interviews from many of his opponents. Oct. 13, 2007 Cyber Sunday World Heavyweight Title Match WWE.com announced that Batista would be defending his World Heavyweight Title at Cyber Sunday against the Undertaker. Fans will have their choice of who will referee the bout. Your choices are Stone Cold Steve Austin, JBL or Mick Foley. Voting is underway right now at WWE.com Oct. 12, 2007 Smackdown! 10/12/2007 Undertaker
& Kane defeated WWE Tag Team Champions Matt Hardy & MVP (non-title match):
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