And to All A Good Night

SmackDown! December 22, 2006
Hampton, Virginia

This week's show begins with "King" Booker, Finlay and "Queen" Sharmell in GM Teddy Long's office demanding a rematch with Cena and Batista. Long says it isn’t gonna happen - they had their chance. "King" Booker bristles, Finlay counters saying they only want what's best for the show, which Teddy can did. So, the GM books a spectacular match for them - putting them up against The Brothers of Destruction themselves, Kane and UnderTaker! With shocked looks on their faces Booker, Finlay and Sharmell protest loudly "NO!", and we go with the opening credits.

Finlay and Booker enter the ring and shake hands. 'Slow Chemical' wails, heralding the arrival of KANE, and as he makes his way to the ring, face fixed with an intense expression, Booker and Finlay slide to the outside. The gong that only means one thing sounds and the crowd goes crazy as UnderTaker makes his way to the ring with Sharmell shown holding tightly onto Booker on the outside of the ring.

The match starts with UnderTaker and Booker in the ring, Booker takes the advantage against 'Taker in the corner, pummelling the dead man until pulled away and given a warning by the referee. Taker's turn now - he grabs Booker by the throat with both hands and throws him in the corner where he unloads on him. Taker now works over Booker's arm then just up and throws him across the ring. More work on the arm as a big UnderTaker chant starts up in the crowd and Taker goes Old School off the top rope. Undertaker turns and meets an interfering Finlay with a kick to the midsection then goes uptop to SmackDown! some Old School on him, but Booker lunges for the ropes, causing Undertaker to catch a crotch on the ropes!

Booker now mounts the ropes and superplexes Taker off the top rope! He goes for the pin but Taker kicks out and then sits up as Booker tags Finlay in. Booker holds Taker as Finlay continues the assault. Finlay offloads with a number of uppercuts before the UnderTaker statrs to fight back but Finlay takes the advantage back quickly. He whips Taker into the ropes but the crafty dead man rebounds with a DDT in the middle of the ring before making the tag to KANE! Kane unleashes on Finlay AND Booker, who has entered the ring, with big rights. He whips Booker into the ropes then clotheslines Finlay who has staggered into the opposite corner. He does the same to Booker and then picks him up and drops him with a sideslam! He goes for the cover on Booker but it's broken up by Finlay who is then attacked by Taker who has entered the ring. To a huge cheer from the crowd, Finlay and Booker are whipped off the ropes and given a big boot to the face by The Brothers of Destruction who then set up for chokeslams. Finlay and Booker are out of the ring though in record time as we go to commercial break...

Back from commercial, Kane is working on Booker in the corner with alternating lefts and rights, knocking him to the canvas before throttling him with a boot. Kane drags him to the apron, exits the ring and nearly takes his head off with a big elbow! Back in the ring Finlay has entered and as the referee is dealing with him UnderTaker delivers to Booker a legdrop from the apron! Kane goes for the cover on Booker but the 'King' kicks out. Kane executes a suples and another attempted pin, again broken by Finlay who's back in the ring. Kane tags to UnderTaker who enters the rings with a boot to Booker's middle. Undertaker presses the assault on him, chasing off the referee taking him to task over working Booker over in the corner.

UnderTaker is stunned with a thumb to the eye as he comes back to take care of Booker. The tag is made to Finlay who comes in and hits UnderTaker into the ropes following up with fists of fury. Finlay then tries to zing off the ropes and is met by a boot to the face! Undertaker slams Finlay into the corner, picks him up to deliver Snake Eyes and comes off the ropes again with another big boot and Finlay staggers! Taker whips Finlay into the corner again then tags in Kane. Undertaker goes for a big boot again to Finlay before he exits but Finlay ducks out of the way and Undertaker catches himself over the top rope before hitting the floor. Booker takes to Undertaker on the floor as Kane goes to the corner to see what has happened with his brother.

From behind Finlay whacks Kane and at the same time Undertaker is flattened by a big high kick from Booker! The momentum seems to have changed with Finlay tagging Booker but he is met by a boot to the face from Kane as he comes into the ring. Kane whips Booker across the ring and follows with a high elbow before trying to mount the ropes. Finlay tries to interfere but is knocked from the canvas with a thumb to the eye. Kane dives at Booker from the ropes but is met with a heel kick! Booker takes the advantage kicking into Kane's head before giving Kane a back kick. Meanwhile on the outside of the ring Finlay slams the Taker's head into the announcer's table! Booker tags Finlay who jumps on Kane before going for a pin but Kane kicks out at 2. On the outside of the ring Booker takes Undertaker down with a chair shot! In the ring, Finlay works Kane with a rest hold which Kane breaks A tag to Booker who fells Kane with a back kick as he's whipped off the ropes by Finlay! Another attempted cover foiled as Finlay is caught by a hand to the throat by Undertaker as he tries to hit him with the shillelagh! Finlay counters with a kick to Taker's groin before laying him out properly with the shillelagh!

The referee was distracted by Sharmell on the apron during all this and we see Booker going wild on Kane on the canvas with a barrage of blows to the head. Booker tags Finlay in and Finlay stomps on Kane's hand then tags Booker in again. The Undertaker is still on the floor! Booker whips Kane into the ropes, misses with a clothesline as Kane ducks underneath it and they double clotheslines each other! The crowd goes nuts as Finlay tries to tackle Undertaker on the outside of the ring again only to be met by a big boot to the face and Undertaker staggers back to his own corner as Kane and Booker struggle to get up. Both wrestlers make it to all fours and both just manage to make tags under the referrees count, Booker a mite faster than Kane. Finlay rushes in and is met with a right hand as Undertaker takes soupbones to both finlay and Booker in the ring! It's Undertaker's turn to clean house as he clothesline Booker and Finlay not once by twice as they're in opposite corners!! As the crowd roars it's approval, Undertaker grabs them both around the throat but they break the hold with a double kick to the gut!

Booker and Finlay slingshot Undertaker across the ring and as he bounces off he ducks under the attempted double clothesline! They turn around but are caught around the throat by Undertaker and Kane who has managed to come back into the ring! What we get now as the crowd explodes is a double chokeslam! Undertaker runs his hand across his throat and stalks Finlay, picks him up, delivers the Tombstone Piledriver, makes the pin and we have our winners!

Kane and Undertaker celebrate their win with Kane's pyros going off as Sharmell is shown cradling Booker on the floor outside the ring. We get a replay of the win as the show goes off air. [photos] [vid] [wwe.com]