WWE SmackDown! - 02/06/03
Philadelphia, PA
Taped 02/04/03

• We notice right off the bat there's something odd
  • There's a big crane in the seating section
  • And it's connected to a big box in the ring.
  • The box has a "to: Undertaker, from: Big Show" tag on it.
  • The crane lifts the box out of the ring to tart.
• Tonight
  • Hulk Hogan Live
  • The Rock via Satellite
  • Team Angle vs Los Guerreros (#1 contenders)
  • Kurt Angle vs Chris Benoit - non-title return match
• Rey Mysterio (San Diego, CA, 175 pounds, 2) vs Jamie Noble (w/Nidia, Hanover, WV, 200 pounds, 6)
  • Rey gives the Box a look - it's been raised and moved towards the stage now
  • I guess people looking at the box is going to be a theme, because Mysterio and Noble do it too.
  • Rey in control early, till they miscommunication on a spot and Noble body checks Rey.
  • Oooh, Noble press into a carry into a gutbuster.
  • Noble working the midsection - going with the abdominal stretch.
  • Rey escapes with the bodyscissors bulldog.
  • Rey making the comeback (already), hitting a springboard cross body and then a jumping spinning DDT for 2.
  • Noble accidentally bumps the ref, and Nidia smartly uses the distraction to pull Rey off the apron.
  • Noble hits a through the ropes dropkick on the floor.
  • Noble loses control by walking into a drop toe hold, but Nidia saves Jamie by pulling him out of the way.
  • Ricochet powerbomb by Noble! 2 count.
  • Tiger Bomb is oddly reversed - Noble quickly falls backwards and Rey ends up on his chest.
    • It's almost like Noble overdid the pickup, and ended up losing the momentum.
    • I was thinking they meant to do that bodyscissors powerbomb they did last time.
    • Rey came up a little hurt, grabbing his knee.
  • Nidia comes in after a Rey enziguri, but they both end up getting knocked to the ropes.
  • Double 619.
    • Tazz: "1238!"
    • Cole: "What?"
  • West Coast Pop, one two three. (3:42)
  • Just a bit off tonight.
  • I wonder if Rey will finally get a shot at the Cruiserweight Title.
• Immediately following the match, we go to the Rock on satellite
  • Rock says he's come back, but points out that he isn't there.
  • Crowd is mixed on him.
  • Rock says he's fixing a Philly Cheesestake, then says he's was kidding.
    • He wouldn't be caught dead eating that stuff!
    • Because it gives him gas.
    • The power of farting noises make the fans forgive the Rock.
  • Rock opts for Tampa Bay Tofu instead.
    • Crowd is not pleased.
  • Rock talks with his friend off camera a bit.
  • Rock talks about returning in Philly last time, and hearing the people chant his name.
    • Exposing that this is pretaped, any "Rocky" chant is very much voiced out, and he goes on like he's heard his name.
    • They're actually cheering Hogan's name.
  • Rock says he will forever be the People's Champion.
  • Rock says he's noticed that some of them are booing the Rock.
    • That's okay, he'll electrify anyway.
    • He just doesn't get why they're booing him.
    • Oh, wait, he got it.
    • Philly boos all their heroes - McNabb and Schmidt
  • Rock has noticed "there's one man who's pretty good - not great, not like the Rock, but he's okay - who you've never booed. That man is Hulk Hogan."
    • Rock's a funny guy.
    • Crowd reactive positively anyway.
  • Rock loves Hogan too.
  • And he's excited to face Hogan at No Way Out.
  • But he's not sure what happened to Hogan the last six months - he hasn't been returning Rock's calls.
  • And then all of the sudden, Rock sees him doing ballet commercials with Terry Bradshaw.
  • Rock says that's cool.
  • All joking aside, Hulkamania won't die at Montreal - the Rock thinks it'll live forever.
  • But what will happen is in front of the millions -
    • Yep, they chant along. Twice.
  • "Hogan you want to do a commercial, you want to dial a number - the Rock's got a number for you - call 1-800-CALL-I-WANNA-GET-MY-ASS-KICKED-BY-THE-ROCK, the Great One, the People's Champion, the most electrifying man - [to offscreen:] The Rock knows that's too many numbers! Shut your mouth and make the tofu!"
  • Anyway the point, the Rock will lay the SmackDown on Hogan.
  • We cut out - no Smell?
  • Perhaps he's not really done. 

• Rikishi (350 pounds) vs Nunzio (already in the ring)
  • Rikishi looks at the box.
  • I bet the GobbledyGooker will come out.
  • Nunzio tries jumping Rikishi and gets knocked down.
  • Nunzio has more success by taking out a leg.
  • Tazz calls him an Italian Bulldog.
  • Nunzio off the ropes and into a chokeslam. Thus ends his offense.
  • Slam. Thrust kick. Corner splash.
  • Nunzio is in position to do a Stinkface and the crowd notices it, but he ends up just doing a running butt smash instead.
  • Rikishi drags him into position - Rump Shaker. One two three. (1:36)
  • Total squash. And not just the last move.
  • Oh it's the magic dancing hat. This must mean an angle.
    • Wait, he's too serious to do the Stinkface in the match, but fine with dancing after it?
    • Rikishi is a complicated man.
  • Nunzio cuts him off with words.
    • As opposed to punking him out.
  • Nunzio says he feels disrespected.
    • The people he's with aren't going to like this.
    • Rikishi made a big mistake.
    • Nunzio says Pasian.
    • The "are they paying attention" comment is: Ah, he's obviously talking about Jamie Noble, but not Nidia because they don't get along.
    • The "oh so that's what happened there" comment is: Sounds like Johnny Stamboli got traded from RAW.
  • Rikishi responds by dancing.
    • What were they going to do with those fireworks if he didn't win?
    • Maybe he'd dance anyway.
    • Maybe Nunzio would dance.
    • This is still going.
    • Tazz and Cole kill time by talking about Angle/Benoit
• Paul Heyman interrupts - he's here to dance!
  • No wait, he's going to talk a bunch. Dang.
  • This is apparently "the night we are afraid of commercial breaks in the first half hour"
    • Better solution would to be put on matches that would seem to matter.
  • Paul stares lovingly at the crate.
  • Paul claims responsibility for the box and the crane
  • It's a gift for the Undertaker.
  • Ah, this is to get us to stick around over the break.

• Paul talks some more
  • Recapping some
  • That crate seems to be swaying slightly.
  • No Big Show tonight.
    • Crowd goes wild.
  • But the gift is from him, if Paul and the giant gift tag are to be believed.
  • Paul requests Undertaker come accept a gift.
  • After a short pause, he drives on down.
  • Paul takes off before he gets there.
  • Hmm, hinges on the crate. I bet it's the door.
  • Taker realizes it, and braces himself to open it.
  • He open it slightly - outside our view - sees who's instead, and is disbelieving.
  • Oh no Brother Love.
    • Tazz: "I love this guy! I don't think the Undertaker does"
  • Brother Love gives Taker a hug.
    • Taker does not hug back.
  • Cole: "You know the history between Brother Love and the Undertaker?"
    • Tazz says "Yea" so Cole isn't forced to read it from his card.
  • Brother Love brings to Taker a message of Love and Forgiveness.
    • Forgive the Big Show, of course.
  • Brother Love reminds Undertaker that he brought him to the WWE.
  • "So, from one Icon to another, do you remember the Lesson of Love and Forgiveness that I instilled upon you as a Young Undertaker?"
    • Brother Love keeps pulling the mic away on questions
  • Please Last Ride him already. Please.
  • Undertaker's had about enough.
    • "I think the question is, do you remember this?"
    • Chokeslam.
  • Cole is sure that if Brother Love couldn't convince Undertaker to forgive, no one could.
    • Who thought anyone could to start with?
  • Oooh, Tombstone for Brother Love.
  • At least we got Brother Love's annual appearance out of the way early this year.
• Backstage, Hogan walks and shakes hands.
  • Two jobbers are impressed.
  • Stareoff with Brock.
  • "Welcome Back."
  • Brock cackles as Hogan walks away.

• Matt Hardy (Version One, Cameron, NC, 234 pounds, w/Shannon Moore) vs WWE Crusierweight Champion Thug Life Billy Kidman (Allentown, PA, 215 pounds), non-title
  • Matt Fact: Matt has a TV/DVD Player in his car and he usually exceeds the speed limit.
    • All about living on the edge for Matt.
  • We go back to last week to see Kidman beat Shannon, and Matt laying Kidman out with 2 Twist of Fates.
    • You know, Matt's 0-2 against Kidman recently - lost on Velocity 01/25, and back on SmackDown 01/09
  • Billy's all ticked as he comes to the ring.
    • Matt wisely uses Shannon to "hold him back."
    • Tazz discuss the word buffer
  • Matt pushes Shannon into Kidman, Kidman backdrops Shannon, Matt hits the Side Effect on Kidman.
    • Double Version One.
  • Off the ropes, elbow drop for 2.
  • Whip, back elbow/leg drop combo for Double Impact and 2.
  • Chinlock around the ropes.
  • Kidman kicks his way out of the corner, and his the spinning headscissors
    • Tazz apologizes for singing Highway to Hell when he was making an Osborne reference last week
    • He apologizes to the Osborne fans and Ozzy.
    • Tazz goes on to sing "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
  • Kidman tries the rebound clothesline but Matt catches him in a sleeper.
  • Kidman escapes and hits a dropkick.
  • Kidman rallying with a jumping back elbow and clotheslines.
  • Short powerbomb one two no.
  • Corner whip is reversed, Kidman kips up but Matt uses a what looks like low blow uppercut to drop Kidman on the turnbuckle face first
    • Kidman doesn't sell it like immediate death - as I'm used to when I see that spot elsewhere.
    • In fact, it's more used as a set up to the turnbuckle smash - not really as a low blow at all.
  • Ricochet for 2
    • Tazz called it!
    • He must visit the website.
  • Slam, no Kidman lands behind, kick, corner whip, reversed kick yell Twist no Kidman spins out of it - Acid Drop.
  • Kidman drags Matt into place
    • Shannon oddly starts walking AWAY from the corner Matt is in while Kidman does this.
  • Kidman goes up but Matt is up and crotching him.
  • Matt going up - superplex? NO, pushed off.
  • Kidman going for a top rope axhandle but gets kicked
    • This was very close to being a "jumping nothing" but Kidman at least tried to fake that he was doing something for real there.
  • Yell, Twist no Kidman with a double leg takedown into a jacknife cover one two three! (3:00)
  • Matt can't believe it! Shannon can't believe it! I can't believe it!
  • Kidman believes it.
  • Announcers wonder if Matt just took Kidman too lightly here.
    • Well, he is only 215
  • Shannon doesn't immediately start running for his life, which is what I would do.
  • Matt bugs the announcers
    • Kidman was very very lucky.
    • Know what he's going to do?
    • He's going to prove that Mattitude is strongest.
    • He's a heavyweight right now, 234 pounds
      • It always makes me laugh when they say that.
    • But he's going to drop ten pounds and get to 224, and beat Kidman for that title.
      • Boy, is he going to be disappointed when he finds out that the limit is 215
      • Assuming they didn't change it again.
    • Cole offers some Stacker2.
• Kurt Angle gives Team Angle a pep speech.
  • He won't be there because he's got to be ready for his match with Chris Benoit
  • He wants them to soar like an eagle - but not like the Philadelphia Eagles, since they lost in their own building.
  • Bring home the gold.

• Los Guerreros (c, 441 pounds) vs Team Angle (w/Paul Heyman, 476 pounds) for the WWE Tag Team Titles (5^th defense)
  • Announcers note that if Team Angle wins, he's got the 2 big belts on SmackDown in his roster.
  • Chavo and Shelton to start. Mat exchanges to start.
  • Chavo takes a break to talk strategy with Eddie, and the strategy turns out to tag in Eddie.
    • Fans are very pro Eddie
  • Back to mat wrestling.
  • Shelton powers Eddie into his corner so Haas can get tagged in.
  • Eddie holding his own on the mat wrestling with these two.
  • Haas makes the mistake of shooting Eddie into the ropes, which kicks starts the Guerreros.
  • Eddie hits a shoulder block, tag to Chavo, snap mare, Chavo dropkick to the face.
  • Chavo tags Eddie, and there's the back suplex/Hilo combination.
  • Charlie trying to come back with clubbing blows and mangos a front facelock to get over to Shelton.
  • Shelton tries a side headlock but Eddie rudely drops him with a back suplex.
  • Another quick tag to Chavo, who works over Shelton with punches and European uppercut. Running clothesline.
  • Chavo kicks Shelton down in the corner, then backs away so Eddie can choke Shelton with the tag rope while the ref is distracted.
    • Cole is okay with this because the Guerreros are honest cheaters.
  • Eddie back in and beating down Shelton in a neutral corner.
    • Another distraction/cheap shot spot.
    • And then another.
    • Guerreros being treated like the faces but acting like the heels here.
  • Chavo and Eddie crotch Shelton on the ringpost while Choida is discussing with Haas.
  • Eddie tagged back in and they work together to beat Shelton down in the corner.
  • Eddie takes Shelton down and puts him in a bodyscissors sleeper.
  • Quickly up to a side headlock and Shelton back suplexes out.
  • Eddie tries to block off Shelton, but Shelton punches Haas and makes the tag anyway.
  • Both of Team Angle are in to attack Eddie, so Chavo is in to and all four men are fighting.
  • Eddie and Haas are whipped into each other.
  • Chavo charges Shelton and gets backdropped out of the ring, but Chavo hangs on and sticks on the apron.
  • Eddie dropkick Shelton, who knocks Choida down, who knocks Chavo off the apron and to the announcer desk.
  • Haas clotheslines Eddie and stomps him out of the ring.
  • Choida is out to check on Chavo, who's down and hurt.
  • Break. (6:41)

• We return to see Shelton having Chavo in a chinlock.
• Chavo elbows out, ducks a clothesline but gets a high flapjack one two no
• Apparently, during the break, Choida stopped the match to check on Chavo, but Chavo wants to go on.
  • Speculation is that Choida felt somewhat responsible for Chavo taking that bump to the desk, since it was Choida who bumped into him.
• Haas tags in, hits three elbow drops and covers for two.
• Eddie tries to fight in but is pulled back by Choida.
• Tag to Shelton - here's the GdI running sit. One two no.
• Tag to Haas - setting it up again, but Shelton is tripped up by Eddie.
• Eddie pulls Haas down with a schoolboy and punches him
• Meanwhile, Chavo hits a sunset flip on Shelton one no.
• Shelton up with a clothesline for Chavo and Eddie.
• Things settle back down - tag to Haas, double backdrop no Chavo reverses to a double DDT!
• Chavo needs to make a tag
  • Heyman pounds the mat to try and get the crowd into it.
• Tag to Eddie - clothesline for Haas, clothesline for Shelton, kick and a right for Haas, Shelton clotheslined out.
• Eddie ducks a Haas right, whip, backdrop.
• Eddie kicks at Heyman, who backs away.
• Snap suplex snap suplex snap suplex by Eddie one two NO.
• Chavo kicks Shelton from coming in, and then he and Eddie make up a quick plan.
• Eddie sets up Haas on the top rope as Chavo climbs up an adjacent corner.
• Off the top rope superplex! Chavo frogsplash! Chavo yells for Eddie to cover one two Shelton breaks it up!
• 10 minute mark.
• Chavo throws Shelton back up, and then yells at Eddie to go up
• Chavo setting up for the off the second rope swinging DDT as Eddie goes up.
• Chavo hits the swinging DDT, but Shelton pushes Eddie off the top rope and to the floor.
• Shelton in, but Chavo backdrops him to the floor.
• Chavo going up - top rope plancha to the floor!
• Haas is the only one in the ring, and he's out of it.
• Eddie back in - clotheslines for Charlie.
• Whip, reversed, flapjack by Haas. Overhead belly to belly suplex one two no.
• Chavo is into prevent another corner with an axhandle.
• Choida throws him out of the ring and Chavo is ticked that he's enforcing rules right hen.
• There's the GdI sit again - Haas German Suplex with bridge, Chavo spots it and breaks it up
  • by hitting Eddie, but he just wanted it to get broken up.
• Chavo is tossed out - Team Angle sets up Eddie on the top rope and go to follow him
• Chavo quick back in electric chair suplex on Haas!
• Eddie rallying back on Shelton - off the middle rope sunset flip powerbomb one two no.
• Eddie's feeling froggy - but Heyman is up grab him by the leg.
• Eddie tries to get loose, but Chavo scares him away - pescado on Heyman!
• Frogsplash! One - no, Choida realizes he's not legal! Haas is the legal man!
• Haas Oklahoma roll one two THREE (12:40)
• New champions!
• Eddie can't believe he made that mistake, but it was the right call.
• Cole: "Team Angle has all the gold!"
  • Good that Kidman got some friends, that's what I say.
• Cole: "The excitement doesn't stop here, because Hulk Hogan is in the house"
  • Says him.

• Hulk Hogan is out to talk.
  • I don't think I'm giving this as much detail as the last match.
  • Entrances goes on for a while (I didn't bother to count) but the Rock re-appears on the big screen to break it up.
  • He asks for the music to be stopped.
  • Rock says Hogan looks good! Can't wait to face him!
  • Rock can't wait to hear what Hogan's got to say - so go ahead.
  • Wait, Rock will help out - when the Rock points, Hogan talks.
  • There's the point.
  • Hogan talks! Rock is all powerful.
  • Rock is falling asleep.
  • Hogan thinks Rock is afraid of him.
  • Hogan mocks Rock's hair, but he really has nothing to stand on there.
  • Rock asks for him to fast forward to the posing and Let Me Tell You Something.
  • There's the point. Hogan talks!
  • Hogan calls him "Rockamania" like what the heck.
  • Hogan says that if Rock was here - and Rock interrupts him because the tofu is ready!
  • Rock says he's got to leave and go get tofu, no disrespect meant.
  • Rock says he trusts Hogan to leave him with his fans - just don't bore them with the "eat the vitamins" stuff.
  • Just get to the part where he talks about the Rock and No Way Out and the posing.
  • "Hang in there kid, everything's gonna be fine."
  • Rock asks, when they get to No Way Out, for Hogan to remind Rock something.
  • "Remind the Rock to whip the ass. That's all I ask. Just remind the Rock - he's got a busy day that day."
  • Rock knows the tofu is ready - and he wants that pie ready too.
  • Rock's gotta go - if you smell what the Rock is cooking.
  • Rock walks off while Hogan talks some more.
  • Hogan brings up Rock being booed at RAW X.
  • Hogan says what Vince said last week wasn't true.
  • Vince is scared to face Hogan.
  • Hogan calls Rock "the Rock of Jabroni" like what the heck again.
  • The fans will all be cheering for Hogan.
  • I don't know, I'm on the Rock's side here.
• Backstage, many people are crowded around the interview set monitor
  • What, there's only one?
  • Go away Cat. Stop talking to Rey. You're a bad influence.
  • One can only wonder what Dawn and Rikishi are talking about.
  • Hey, Brian, you're probably not supposed to be wearing a ZERO-ONE T-Shirt on this show.
  • Enter stage right Sean O'Haire, who introduces himself to Brian Kendrick.
  • Sean takes him aside for conversation.
  • It takes a certain type of person for Brian to do what he did last week - that takes guts.
  • Brian tells Sean and reminds us that he'd do anything to make it in the WWE.
  • Sean has an idea for him - he needs to make an impact.
  • Sean notes that Brian is wearing Nike Shox and brings up the commercial.
  • Sean gives him the scarf.
  • "You mean, you want me to streak."
  • "Brian, I'm not telling you anything you don't already know."
  • Sean walks away.
  • Brian thinks a half second - "okay!" and off comes the shirt. Uh oh.
  • The group at the monitor notices this and starts trying to figure out it.
  • Groan as he starts to take off his pants - and we fade to black.

• A-Train vs -
  • Well before this even gets going, Kendrick (blurred out) runs in the ring and waves his scarf.
  • Hip swivel on the ropes.
  • Brian Hebner plays the rule of hapless security.
  • Brian ends up running around the announcers to spook them out.
    • Tazz: "Don't point that thing at me!"
    • Cole: "It is February, it's cold..."
  • Brian chases Brian up the stairs out of the arena.
• A-Train vs Shannon Moore (no entrance)
  • Tazz can't stop laughing.
  • So this is the same match we've seen before with these two.
  • No word on Matt.
  • Bicycle kick, check.
  • Slingshot into the middle rope, check.
  • Train Wreck, check. (:50)
  • Brian is back after the match.
  • Cole points out this is quite like the Nike announce commercial for those who are slow.
  • Brian with a little pole dance, then ducks an A-Train clothesline.
  • Brian is cornered - so he crawls under the ring.
  • They all wait for him to come out the other side.
  • He's cornered - but slips through security legs to take off.

• During the break, Stephanie was on the phone
  • She wants to know if Eric's signed Austin.
  • Meanwhile, Brian is cornered - and ducks in an office. Stephanie's off course.
  • "Stephanie McMahon, Brian Kendrick, sure am excited to meet you."
  • Brian's dragged out.
  • "I could see that."
  • Tazz and Cole wonder if that hurts or helps his chances.
• John Cena is out to chat.
  • No Red Dog.
  • Red/Gold/While Harlem Globetrotter outfit
  • Cena calls out Brock.
  • Brock sucks as bad as Philly.
  • Brock is dumb.
  • Brock couldn't beat a cripple in a dance off.
  • Penis joke.
  • "I challenge you next week so I can kick your ass!"
  • Oh not the return of the rewind sound.
  • "I challenge you next week so I can kick your ass!"
  • And that's that.
• In a sit down interview, Chris Benoit talks
  • We go over the Rumble match - Angle was the better made, tough match, stand obviation after the match.
  • He felt like he let down his family by not winning.
  • But they were very proud of him.
  • It got his drive pushed up even more.
  • He will never give up his title quest now - but he's interrupted from this interview.
  • How did Kurt get in here? He's just staring.
  • "You talk about my wife - let me tell you about my wife. See this title? I'm married to this title, this title is my wife, Chris. You talk about your children? See these medals Chris? These medals are my Children. And when you get in the ring for me, whether for it's the title or not, you're messing with my family, you're messing with my wife and kids, and you're messing with my life. Are you ready for that?"
  • "I look forward to wrestling you tonight Kurt. And I look forward to one day, taking your family away from you."
  • Stare - Angle backs away as we we go away.

• WWE Tag Team Champion Kurt Angle (Pittsburgh, PA, 247 pounds) vs Chris Benoit (Edmonton, Alberta, 229 pounds)
  • Chris is wearing a Toothless Aggression T-Shirt.
  • If Matt was right about the Cruiserweight Limit up there, Chris would be only four pounds over the limit.
    • That's why it's been 215.
  • Announcers compare this feud to Ali/Frasier, Yankees/Red Sox
  • Mat to start, with Angle getting the early advantage but Benoit quickly rallying back.
  • Benoit puts on an left armbar early.
  • Angle turns it around with punches in the corner.
  • Announcers speculate that Heyman is celebrating with Team Angle, and that's why they're not there.
  • Benoit turns it around off a corner charge - snap suplex one two no.
    • Tazz brings up the Dynamite Kid.
  • Angle catches Benoit in an overhead belly to belly suplex. Beating him down.
  • Angle's short clotheslines don't look good. He gets a two count.
  • Paul Heyman's at ringside now.
  • Angle immediately throws out Benoit - and Paul hits a running axhandle on him.
    • I didn't know he was Polish!
  • Angle brings Benoit in, one two foot on the rope.
  • Angle with a suplex one two no.
  • Crowd getting on Angle, and Angle going for a rear chinlock with bodyscissors.
  • Cole claims that Benoit has more wins over Angle than vice versa
    • He doesn't say singles victories, though that's the implication.
  • Benoit ends up escaping the chinlock only to run into a knee for two.
  • Story is that Angle is trying to wind Benoit - shoulders to the midsection, then a back suplex for 2.
  • Benoit comes back, and hits a better short clothesline. Backdrop.
  • German - no, Angle rolls out of the waistlock into the Anklelock!
  • Benoit rolls through into a pin for one two no.
  • Angle up and trying a clothesline, but Benoit gets on the Crossface!
  • Angle has no place to go - roll through is countered by Benoit.
  • Angle tries to stand up out of it for an Olympic Slam, but Benoit reverse to a modified Oklahoma cradle one two no.
  • Angle tries another clothesline and Benoit catches him with a Waistlock.
  • German Suplex hits, but Angle breaks out for another one.
  • Kick, Olympic Slam but Benoit armdrags through to the Crossface!
  • Angle is in trouble - but picks the ankle and reverses to the Anklelock!
  • Benoit reverses it back to the Crossface!
  • Angle now trying to crawl to the ropes.
  • A hand's length away - but he gets it.
  • Stomping. Working that shoulder over.
  • Dragging Angle in the middle of the ring but Angle kicks him away.
  • Benoit gets a running forearm, going up...
  • But Angle is up - running superplex is pushed away, but Angle rolls away.
  • Benoit off the ropes and charging - into a kick - dangerous powerbomb into the corner!
  • Benoit manages to stand up in the corner, duck a clothesline, German suplex!
  • Now they're both down.
  • Benoit is bleeding from around his eyes.
  • Cover one two no.
  • Thumb across the throat - he starts to walk to the corner and changes his mind.
  • German suplex! Now he's going up.
  • Swandive Headbutt MISSES, Angle moved at the last second.
    • Ten minute mark.
  • Angle Oklahoma Cradle on two NO
  • Heyman pounds the mat.
  • Benoit tries a clothesline, Angle ducks it and goes for the armbar takedown into the Crossface, Benoit spins around, Angle grabs him in a front facelock, Benoit gets a knee up to block, Benoit gets the waistlock, Angle elbows out, Olympic Slam! One two three.
  • 10848-11925
  • It was an intricate finishing sequence, but the Angle Crossface tease was only a flash and it didn't come a little bit out of nowhere.
  • Blood is still pouring out of Benoit's face as Angle and Heyman celebrate
  • Angle and Benoit have a post match staredown.
  • Angle want a handshake. Benoit thinks it over a bunch.
  • Benoit takes the arm and shakes it. Hand raised.
  • Benoit and Angle to face the announcers - so Benoit can't Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Hass running in to attack!
  • Team Angle triple team on Benoit, stomping him in the mat
  • Edge tries to make the save, nicking Angle on a Spear but Charlie and Shelton catch him and stomp him down.
  • Brock Lesnar is out! Clothesline for Shelton, clothesline for Haas, F5 for Benjamin! F5 for Haas! 
  • Angle and Heyman have retreated to the stage as Edge and Benoit pull themselves back up and Brock stares.