Airdate: Monday, March 21st, 2011 (USA Network)
Location: The Allstate Arena in Chicago, IL
Results by Thomas Hall of 411 Wrestling
“Yes, sir, we promised you a great main event…”
We open with Punk sitting in the ring and being cheered loudly. He says he’s going to miss the Mania sign when he gets to Atlanta. Punk lives in reality while Orton lives in a fantasy world. He doesn’t care what happens to the people or to New Nexus. This causes a Randy chant as Punk gets the smark crowd against him with one sentence. Not bad. It’s not his fault that they got punted in the head. Punk talks about how Orton built up a psychological advantage which meant nothing.
We get a clip of the bus attack last week which is still rather weak. Punk claims that Orton cost him a title and now Punk has cost Orton his respect. This chapter closes at Wrestlemania. Cue Orton with a big bandage on his knee. After a very slow walk he gets into the ring but gets beaten down by Punk.
And never mind as a single uppercut turns the tide and Orton gets the elevated DDT. Orton sets for the Punt but the knee gives out. There are dueling chants here as Punk gets back in the ring. He gets a shot to the knee and Orton is in trouble. GTS leaves Orton laying.
Christian stops to get Edge as apparently they’re up next. Apparently the Raw GM has allowed Edge to fight Alberto tonight.
Edge/Christian vs. Brodus Clay/Alberto Del Rio
Edge vs. Brodus to start us off here and it’s off to Christian quickly. Christian knocks Clay to the floor and dives on him, only to get caught. Edge gets a baseball slide into the back of Christian to send Brodus down and we take a break. Back with Del Rio working on the arm of Christian. Off to Clay who gets two as Lawler and Cole argue about hair. Del Rio gets a middle rope elbow for two.
Tornado DDT out of the corner puts Del Rio down and here comes both Edge and Clay. Nice pop for the tag to Edge. Cross body fails for Edge but he avoids a powerslam to get an Edge-O-Matic for two. Del Rio breaks up the spear and Christian breaks up Del Rio. Brodus misses a charge and the spear ends him at 5:42 shown of 8:12.
Edge/Christian b. Alberto Del Rio/Brodus Clay @ 8:12 – Spear to Clay
Rating: C+. Pretty decent tag match here with them having a nice way to get everyone in the ring at once. Christian and Clay have been nice additions to this feud as we’ve been able to avoid the stupid staredowns and debates and various other things like that. Not a bad match here and it keeps there from being any real contact between Edge and Del Rio before the PPV.
Both Edge and Christian get stuck in the cross armbreaker as Del Rip and Clay leave them laying.
Apparently Trish and Snooki are in a bar in Jersey. This was taped last week and Snooki was three hours late based on various reports. Not a good sign.
Sin Cara is coming.
Miz and Riley are setting up a WWE logo to be the M version from last week. The title looks like that now as well.
There’s an E-Mail and Cole has a computer in his box. He has an Ipad now. The GM needs to know if Lawler is ready for Wrestlemania after what Cole did to him last week. Swagger vs. Lawler tonight.
We get a video about HHH vs. Undertaker which is set to a song about outrunning the devil and numbers. We also get highlight videos of both guys’ careers and their matches at Mania. HHH says if he can’t end the Streak, he’ll die trying.
Back with the Corre in the ring. Apparently Justin Gabriel is in action….so here are Show and Kane? And Kozlov and Santino. Santino is the opponent. Ok then.
Santino Marella vs. Justin Gabriel
The long talked about 8 man tag of Santino/Kozlov/Big Show/Kane vs. Corre is announced. Gabriel gets an incredibly fast kick for two and locks on a modified chicken wing. Santino comes back and sets for the Cobra but Slater distracts him. Kane takes him out and it’s a big brawl on the floor. Here comes the Corba and we’re done at 1:49. Just a quick match to set up the 8 man on Sunday.
Santino Marella b. Justin Gabriel @ 1:49 – Cobra
Post match everyone does Santino’s trombone thing, even Kane. There’s a meme waiting to happen.
HHH and Taker have their showdown next.
Here comes the Deadman and that Johnny Cash theme is rapidly growing on me. Here comes HHH and as he sets to do the water spit, the gong goes off and the lights go out. They come back on…and everything is just as it was. They stare each other down, and here’s Shawn Michaels! He does belong in a WWE ring for Mania week. Huge HBK chant starts up.
Shawn says there was no way he was going to miss this. Taker and HHH have barely stopped staring each other down. Taker is either looking at Shawn or his eyes are rolled back in his head. It’s at Shawn. You could only see the whites of his eyes and with him you never can tell. Shawn talks about how great both of them are and how huge this is.
He keeps talking before turning to HHH and asking why in the world would you think you can do what I couldn’t. HHH says Shawn got soft somewhere along the way and that Shawn realized he didn’t have to win to be Mr. Wrestlemania. HHH says that he has to win and he will. The Game turns to Taker and says that when he got here he saw one guy that held everything together. He lists off a lot of injuries Taker has worked through and how HHH has looked up to Undertaker his entire career and molded himself after Undertaker.
The only person that HHH admires and respects in wrestling as much as the Undertaker is Shawn. Years ago Shawn and HHH made a pact that if either of them could ever not do it anymore they would tell the other so. If the other couldn’t accept it, they would force it on them. HHH looks at Undertaker and says that it’s time for Undertaker to stop. He’ll always respect Undertaker, but in six days the Streak is over. HHH says he’s the one, as in 18-1. Good line. Taker hasn’t said a word yet. The Streak rests in peace on Sunday.
Undertaker grabs the mic from HHH and says that if the time ever comes for someone to put him down, he wants it to be HHH. But it’s not his time. HHH is going to kill himself trying but the Streak will still be alive and so will Undertaker. Wait, Undertaker is alive? I thought he was a zombie. Taker says that if HHH doesn’t want to take Taker’s word for it, ask Shawn.
Shawn walks around being the man that gave Undertaker the best Mania matches of his career and he came that close to beating it. Shawn seems bothered by this. Taker says he looks at Shawn and sees a man that he humbled. Shawn is a man that is going into the Hall of Fame as a man full of regrets and as a man whose career Undertaker ended.
Shawn grabs the mic and tries a superkick but gets caught in an attempted chokeslam. HHH breaks it up and they stare each other down again. HHH tells Shawn to tell Taker why HHH will win at Mania. Shawn doesn’t move and HHH turns to look at him. Both guys look at Shawn as the people chant one more match. Shawn leaves and HHH shouts at him but Shawn says something we can’t hear. The camera shifts so we can see Shawn say I’m sorry and something that looked like “I can’t do it.” Shawn leaves with that.
HHH and Undertaker look at each other, Taker laughs and tips his hat and Johnny Cash plays him out. Long segment that I have a feeling is going to get a very mixed reception. Good stuff, but not good enough to make this match as epic as they were shooting for.
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