Fink says that Bret Hart was uncomfortable showing up for tonight’s show. We head out to the ring to Howard Finkle. Batista tells him not to forget he has to face Batista IF he wins that strap. Orton goes on to say that when he’s inducted into the Hall Of Fame it will be because of nights like tonight when takes out Rey the charity case and Kurt Angle the paper champion.īatista walks up behind Orton and taps him on the shoulder. Orton says he can’t believe Okerlund was inducted just for holding a microphone. Mene Gene Okerlund is interviewed backstage but is interrupted by Randy Orton. RVD pushes them down and they go tumbling down from the ladder to out ringside! RVD takes down the case and knabs the win! Benjamin jumps from ladder to the other to fight off Hardy. He starts to climb it and suddenly Benjamin comes out of no where and climbs the ladder too! Matt Hardy sets up another ladder next to them. RVD flies at least 30 feet above the ring! RVD sets up a ladder in the middle of the ring. RVD climbs a ladder in the corner and hits Finlay witha five start frog splash from atop the ladder. Hardy hits the side effect from the top of the ladder. Matt climbs the ladder but is caught by Finlay.
Finlay tries to climb the ladder but Lashley hits him with the dominator!Lashley climbs the ladder but RVD jumps off the turnbucle with a chair and hits Lashley in mid-air with a steele chair drop kick! Matt Hard stands the ladder in the corner and hits Lashley with Hardy Leg Drop. A huge boom as it was a huge slam delivered.Flair is back! He comes running down the aisle and clears house! Flair climbs the ladder but Finlay hits him with a foreign object! Down goes Flair. Lashley gets atop the ladder but he is pulled down by Finlay. Flair gets injured and he is carried back to the backstage area. He then climbs up, but Matt Hardy gets up the ladder and fights Flair on top. Finlaly sets up the ladder inside, but Ric Flair comes in and knocks him down. The ladder is set up inside the ring, and Shelton Benjamin uses the ladder as a springboard to flip onto the four wrestlers standing on the outside. Matt Hardy grabs a ladder from the outside, but RVD jumps out and attacks him. Shelton Benjamin, however, takes Lashley out with a hard kick to the face. He focuses on Finlay and Ric Flair, bringing both older men down. The match starts off with a brawl in the center, and Lashley takes control. I forgot to time it, but I think it was 7 or 8 minutes.īobby Lashley vs. Kane hits Carlito with a chokeslam for the three count. Masters hits Carlito after a jump off the top. They double team Kane, whip in, Kane boots Masters and a bunch to Carlito. Show goes to chokeslam Carlito, Masters takes out his knee. Double knee backbreaker by Carlito on Kane. Show boots him in the face to break it as the crowd boos. Kane in, backdrop to Carlito, slam to Masters He puts Carlito down again, clothesline attempt by Kane, but Masters has the masterlock on him. Crowd is hot for everything, which is great. Tag into Masters, they go for a double suplex, but Show counters and suplexes both at once. Ref gets distracted, they Show goes face first into the exposed turnbuckle and then they nail him with a double flapjack. Kane comes off the top with a punch/clothesline onto both heels on the floor. Press slam on Masters, then one on Carlito although out to the floor onto Masters. Show picks him up and crotches him on the top ropes, then boots Masters down. Carlito gets tagged in to a big pop surprisingly.
Show tags in, hits the “shhh chop” a couple times. Masters and Kane start out with Masters getting a shoulderblock, then Kane hits a dropkick after another exchange.
The challengers are making their WrestleMania debuts. There’s a ramp in the aisle for those wondering. Carlito & Chris Masters#1Ĭarlito and Masters come out first individually. Then the song changes as they go into videos for the big matches in the order of Undertaker/Henry, McMahon/Michaels, Mysterio/Angle/Orton and Cena/HHH is last. Then they play a video package highlighting WrestleMania moments through the years. They show a wide shot of the crowd as they welcome Michelle Williams from Destiny’s Child (and Chicago) to sing America the Beautiful.