GREAT AMERICAN BASH

PAY-PER-VIEW

JULY 22, 2007
San Jose, CA
HP Pavilion

The following play-by-play is from wrestlingwire.net

SmackDown’s Michael Cole welcomes us to the Great American Bash where nearly 14,000 fans are in attendance for a sell out pay-per-view.

Video package aires on Edge relinquishing the Title on Smackdown before Khali won it in a 20-man battle royal.

World Heavyweight Championship
Triple Threat Match
The Great Khali vs. Kane vs. Batista

Kane is introduced first, followed by Batista, and Khali last. Bell rings and all three converge. Kane and Batista go after Khali at the same time. Khali answers with a double clothesline.

Khali boot chokes Batista. Kane tries to tear him off but gets tossed off. Khali axe handle smashes Kane. Khali lariat’s Batista. Batista fights back and punches. Khali hits a back kick on Batista, then a clothesline on Kane, sending him out of the ring. Khali applies a nerve hold now.

Kane in now and Khali snap mares him over. Nerve hold on Kane now. Batista interferes and Khali Chokeslams him. Then slaps a choke on Kane and Chokeslams him as well.

Khali goes outside the ring where Batista and Kane have rolled out. Khali tears apart the top of an announce table. Kane slaps the choke on Khali, but he reverses out with elbows. Batista attacks from behind and tries a Batista Bomb but Khali battles out. Kane slaps Khali. Batista and Kane each throwing punches on Khali. Batista and Kane now double Chokeslam Khali through the table.

Batista and Kane go inside now and Kane Sidewalk Slams Batista. Batista sends Kane to the corner and charges. Kane gets an elbow up. Batista scoop slams Kane and hooks the leg on the cover and only gets two.

Batista and Kane on the top rope battling now. Kane Headbutts Batista off to the mat. Kane sets to fly and there he goes, with a Flying Clothesline. Kane calls or the Chokeslam, but here comes Khali and Kane Chokeslams him. Goes for the pin…1….2… Batista breaks it up. Batista now clotheslines Kane outside.

Khali goes for a chop but Batista ducks and Spine busts Khali. Kane breaks up the pin. Kane gets Batista in the corner and charges, but Batista moves. Batista sets up for a Batistabomb, but Kane counters with a Back body drop. Kane hits a Chokeslam on Batista and goes for a pin. ONLY 2!

Kane went to the floor and grabbed a chair. Michael Cole said it was legal, because there are no DQs in a Triple Threat Match. Kane went at Batista with the chair, but Batista gave him a spinebuster. Batista gave Kane a Batista Bomb, but Khali pulled Batista out of the ring and rammed him into the ringsteps. Khali got in the ring and gave Kane the double handed chokeslam for the clean pin at the ten minute mark. Winner: The Great Khali