ARMAGEDDON AFTERMATH

SmackDown!
December 21, 2007
Rochester, NY
Aired on The CWB
source: Richard Trionfo, PWInsider.com

KANE, CM Punk, and Rey Mysterio vs. Mark Henry, MVP, and Big Daddy V

Henry and Kane start things off and Henry backs Kane into the corner and then Henry punches Kane in the corner. Kane with punches to Henry. Henry with an Irish whip but he charges into an uppercut. Kane slams Henry’s head into the turnbuckle and Punk is tagged in. Punk with a drop kick into the corner and then he tries for a snap mare but Henry stays up. Henry backs Punk into the corner and Porter tags in and punches Punk followed by kicks. Porter with a side head lock to Punk. Porter with a shoulder tackle to Punk but Punk with a jumping leg lariat. Punk with an Irish whip and Punk with the running knee into the corner. Punk tries for the bulldog but Porter gets out of the hold. Porter misses the running boot into the corner and Punk with a series of rollups and near falls. All six men are in the ring and we go to commercial.

We are back and Punk and Porter try kicks but they block each other. Punk with punches and kicks to Porter and then Punk puts Porter in the corner and Rey is tagged in. Rey with a seated Senton Hart Attack followed by a snap leg drop for a near fall. Rey holds on to the ropes and he kicks Porter followed by a slingshot head scissors and Punk is tagged back in. Punk with a kick to the chest and he gets a near fall. Punk with an arm bar but Porter with a punch and Big Daddy V is tagged in. Punk avoids V and tries to take him down with flying forearms but Big Daddy V with a Bossman Slam and V walks across Punk’s chest. V with a chop in the corner and then V sends Punk into Henry.

Henry tags in and he punches Punk. Henry with a kick to Punk’s chest. Porter tags in and he kicks Punk in the back and chest. Porter with punches to Punk and he gets a near fall. V tags back in and he presses Punk over his head and then he lets Punk go. Porter tags in and he kicks Punk in the back of the head and then he works on Punk’s arm with an arm bar. Porter with a drop toe hold to keep Punk from making the tag. Henry is tagged in and he connects with a head butt for a two count. Henry tosses Punk into the corner and then he kicks Punk in the chest. Punk tries to fight out of the corner but he cannot take care of all three men.

Porter is tagged back in and he snap mares Punk followed by a rear chin lock. Punk with a jawbreaker to get out of the hold but he is unable to make the tag. Punk with an enzuigiri and then he makes the tag to Kane and Kane with punches to Porter. Kane with an Irish whip and two running clotheslines. Kane follows that with a side slam. Kane goes up top to finish off the Moves of Doom with the jumping clothesline. Kane sets for the choke slam and Big Daddy V comes in and Kane takes care of V. Rey is tagged in and Rey hits a moonsault for a two count. Kane and Big Daddy V fight at ringside while Rey sets for the 619 but Henry with a boot to Rey. Henry with an Irish whip but Henry misses a charge into the corner. Punk with a knee to Henry. Porter is sent outside the ring and Punk with a suicide dive. Henry is sent into the ropes and Rey with a 619 followed by a choke slam from Kane and a springboard frog splash for the three count.

Winners: CM Punk, Rey Mysterio, and Kane

ARMAGEDDON 2007

PAY-PER-VIEW
December 16, 2007
Pittsburgh, PA
Mellon Arena
source: Richard Gray, WrestlingNewsWorld.com

Big Daddy V and Mark Henry vs. Kane and CM Punk
Referee: Scott Armstrong

The start: Punk and Henry started off. Henry shoved him down. Punk came back with several kicks to the thighs. He tried to single leg takedown Henry but was beat down. Punk nailed a drop toehold in the corner and began nailing him with punches. Kane tagged in and they worked over Henry briefly. Punk tagged back and nailed a dropkick but was caught with a clothesline. V tagged in. He kicked Punk in the gut, then chopped him in the corner. Punk fired back with chops and punches. He charged at V but was nailed down to the mat. V tossed him to the floor, where Matt Striker kicked him while he was on the ground.

Mid-match notes: V hiptossed Punk over the ropes back into the ring. V pressed and dropped Punk. Henry tagged in and stepped over Punk's prone body. He choked Punk. Punk backed into a corner but was smothered with a boot to the face. Henry beat Punk down and charged him in the corner. Punk avoided the charge and tagged Kane. Kane went right after Henry with a running clothesline in the corner. He nailed a second, then a big boot to the face. Henry didn't go down, but finally did when Kane nailed a flying clothesline off the top. Kane called for a chokeslam, then nailed V in the corner. That allowed Henry to run Kane into the corner, where he was double teamed. V caught Kane with a sitdown powerbomb, but Punk broke up the pin with a dropkick to V's back.

V clotheslined Kane down as Punk tried to rally him in the corner. V splashed Kane's back and smothered him with his weight and he peppered him with punches. Henry tagged back in. V nailed a running splash in the corner. Henry locked on a bearhug as Kane staggered out of the corner. Kane battled to escape and was nearly able to tag Punk but Henry dragged him back to the opposite corner. V and Henry continued to work over Kane. Kane finally fired back with punches on V, but was taken out with a clothesline. Henry tagged back in and was drilled with a DDT.

The Finish: Kane made the tag to Punk who went right after Henry and V with punches and kicks. He nailed V with a pair of knees in the corner, but was shoved off while going for the bulldog. Punk dropkicked V, who went down to one knee. Henry went after Punk but Kane attacked him and they went to the floor. Punk went for a springboard clothesline, but Striker jumped on the apron. Punk nailed him. Punk dove into the ring but V caught him on his shoulders and hit a Samoan Drop, scoring the clean pin.

Winners - Mark Henry and Big Daddy V

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THE ELEVENTH HOUR

SmackDown!
December 14, 2007
Boston, MA
Aired on The CWB
source: Richard Trionfo, PWInsider.com

KANE vs. Batista Non-Title Last Man Standing Match

WWE Smack of the Night: Vickie announces that Batista will face Kane in a Last Man Standing Match. She also announces that the Undertaker will face Mark Henry and Big Daddy V in a Handicap Match.

The start: Kane starts off with a kick to Batista followed by an uppercut. Kane with a slam and elbow drop. Batista with a punch and then he clotheslines Kane over the top rope to the floor. Kane pulls Batista out to the floor and then he punches Batista. Kane slams Batista's head into the apron and then he tries to slam Batista but Batista gets out of the hold and then he sends Kane into the ring post and then Batista hits a power slam on the floor and then he tells the referee to start counting.

Mid-match notes: Kane gets to his feet and then he is rolled back into the ring. Kane with an Irish whip and running clothesline into the corner. He hits another running clothesline followed by the side slam. The referee starts his count as Kane goes up top to finish off his Moves of Doom but Batista moves out of the way on the jumping clothesline. Batista with an Irish whip to Kane followed by a running clothesline into the corner and a series of shoulders. Batista with another Irish whip but he charges into an elbow.

Batista with a spinebuster to Kane and then he sets for the Batista Bomb but Kane with a back body drop. Kane connects with a choke slam and he wants the referee to start his count. Batista gets to his feet at eight and Kane is frustrated. Kane punches Batista in the corner. Batista is able to hit the Batista Bomb and both men are down. Batista goes up top but Kane meets him with an uppercut. Kane punches Batista on the top turnbuckle and then he hits a superplex. Both men are up at nine but we go to commercial after a double clothesline.

We are back and Kane throws Batista over the top rope to the floor. Kane goes to the floor and he slams Batista's head into the apron. Batista sends Kane into the ringside barrier and then Batista runs Kane into the ring post. Batista sets for a power bomb on the floor but Kane runs Batista into the ringside barrier and then Kane with a big boot that sends Batista over the ringside barrier and into the crowd. Kane with punches to Batista.

Kane grabs a chair but Batista hits a spear before Kane can use the chair. Kane gets to his feet at nine and Batista punches Kane. Kane Irish whips Batista into the ring steps and the referee starts the count. Batista rearranges the announce table and then he grabs a monitor and hits Batista in the head with it. Batista gets up and Kane with a clothesline to send Batista to the ground one more time.

The finish: Kane moves the ring steps and he sets for a choke slam through the announce table but Batista blocks it and hits a spinebuster onto the announce table. Batista gets up but he is met with a spear from Edge. The referee counts and Batista gets to his feet. Edge charges at him again but Batista with a back body drop as the referee makes the ten count on Kane.

Winner: Batista

After the match: Edge gets a chair and he hits Batista in the back with the chair. We go to commercial.

BEFORE THE STORM

ECW on the Sci-Fi Channel
December 11, 2007
Boston, MA
Aired on The Sci-Fi Channel
source: James Caldwell, PWTorch.com

KANE & ECW champion C.M. PUNK vs. DEUCE & DOMINO (w/Cherry)

ECW champion C.M. Punk came out to start the show. They're doing a tag match to start things off. Kane came out as his partner, then the Greasers came out as the opposition. They're doing Punk & Kane vs. Big Daddy V & Mark Henry at the PPV on Sunday.

Punk started things off with Domino, who shoved him across the chest. Punk answered with kicks to the gut before tagging out to Kane. Domino accepted an uppercut and back elbow from Kane for a nearfall. Punk came back in and the Greasers took control. Domino missed with a splash when Punk pulled the ropes down, then Punk made a tag to Kane.

Kane cleaned house, then he landed a top rope clothesline on Domino in center ring. The action broke down and the babyfaces executed their finishers - Go 2 Sleep and chokeslam - a few seconds off. Kane covered Domino for the win.

WINNERS: Kane & Punk

Backstage, Matt Striker stood comically behind Mark Henry and Big Daddy V's chest muscles. He built up the ECW tag match at the PPV. Daddy spoke and said Kane's decade of destruction ends at Armageddon. Henry said Punk has one option: run. Striker referenced the Bible about not worrying about tomorrow because today brings its own grief. That would be Matthew 6:34 from Striker. Henry and Daddy glared menacingly into the camera as Striker tied it together to the Armageddon PPV.

RED-TRIBUTION

SmackDown!
December 07, 2007
Florence, SC
Aired on The CWB
source: wwe.com

KANE vs. Edge

Only two things are clear about the situation surrounding Batista, Edge, Undertaker and the World Heavyweight Championship: Everybody hates everybody, and their building tensions will all come to a head at Armageddon.

Nine nights before he tries to reclaim the gold, however, Edge had a chance at retribution of a different kind. When the Rated-R Superstar interrupted Theodore Long’s show-opening address to remind him that he was now SmackDown’s Assistant General Manager and complain about Long’s recent matchmaking, little did he know that Long would give him something he craved: A match with Kane, the Superstar who put him out of action with a torn pectoral muscle back in July.

With guest commentator Batista – who had defeated Elijah Burke earlier in the night – looking on from the announcers’ desk, the stage was set, but when the Big Red Monster made his way to the ring, he didn’t seem to have any heart – or sympathy – for Edge’s plight. Kane wisely focused his attack on Edge’s left arm and pectoral area, the same that had been injured back in July.

Late in the match, after Kane’s flying clothesline sent him hurtling to the arena floor, a seemingly fed-up Rated-R Superstar reached for some reinforcement. He introduced a chair into the action, prompting the referee to call for the bell and throw the match out. Kane and Edge fought over the steel seat, with the Big Red Monster twice whacking Edge with it.

When the Big Red Monster tried to bring more steel – this time the ring stairs – into play, the Ultimate Opportunist seized the advantage and speared the seven-footer. But when he set up for a Con-Chair-To using the stairs as a base, Batista decided he’d seen enough and bolted into the ring to halt Edge’s assault.

That’s when things really got out of hand.

The lights went out at the sound of the familiar gong, and when they reset, Undertaker was in the ring holding Edge by the throat. Seeing The Phenom in the ring – and a chance to get some payback of his own for last week’s chokeslam – Batista charged and dropped Undertaker with a vicious spear. Meanwhile, Edge hightailed it out of Dodge, for the second consecutive week, escaping trouble. This time, both Brothers of Destruction were left prone on the mat as the angry World Heavyweight Champion glared at the retreating Edge.

UNFINISHED EXTREME BUSINESS

ECW on the Sci-Fi Channel
December 06, 2007
Florence, SC
Aired on The Sci-Fi Channel
source: wwe.com

It appeared that any choice CM Punk made on ECW on Sci Fi was going to be a painful one, until the Big Red Machine came to exact retribution on the gargantuan duo of Big Daddy V and Mark Henry. By the end of the night, it seemed the aligned behemoths may have been the ones who made a critical choice – a wrong one – when they attacked Kane a week earlier. (WATCH)

It was to be the “Champion’s Choice,” where the Straightedge Superstar would answer the challenge of either the 500-pound beast known by the letter “V” or the World’s Strongest Man from SmackDown. With all signs illuminating a no-win situation for Punk, the ECW Champion abandoned choice and threw caution to the winds of chance.

No matter what, the Straightedge Superstar was prepared to compete against either giant, and opted to leave the decision in the sinister hands of Matt Striker. A coin toss later, the ring bell sounded to commence a competitive contest between Punk and the World’s Strongest Man.

Clearly outsized and overpowered, CM Punk fought and kept his head above water during the taxing encounter. Averting near decapitation from Henry’s repeated clotheslines and crushing body blows, the ECW Champion still sustained a steady attack of quick kicks.

The educated feet of Punk, however, only got him so far until the lingering 500-pound mastodon outside the ring got involved. Wedged between both The Dominating Force in WWE and the self-touted king of the SmackDown jungle, the champion earned a victory by disqualification, but fell to the Titanic-sized pair.

Suddenly, a fiery blaze signaled the intervention of Kane, who was similarly victimized by this oversized ogres on the previous edition on ECW on Sci Fi. Just more than one week ago, the quarter-ton titans obliterated the Big Red Monster in the final moments of his Extreme Rules Match against Big Daddy V. Given the intent in the big booted stride of Kane, the destructive SmackDown Superstar was seeking – physical – reprisal.

Wielding a steel chair, the frenzied 7-footer advanced toward the battle to the aid of the Straightedge Champion. The Big Red Machine dueled weapons with Big Daddy and Henry (who also bore chairs), blasting the Extreme Mastodon and causing his other foe to flee.

Fortunately for CM Punk, the odds were evened up on ECW on Sci Fi. Otherwise, the combined brutality of Striker’s assemblage may have yielded permanent damage to the ECW Champion and possibly jeopardized his reign. Though Kane thwarted any additional injury, connecting cold steel with the vast back of Big Daddy V will likely not be enough for the Big Red Monster.

What lies ahead for these four individuals? And what implications does it have on WWE’s next pay-per-view extravaganza, Armageddon?

HUGE VICTORY

SmackDown!
November 30, 2007
Roanoke, VA
Aired on The CWB
source: prowrestling.com

KANE and Rey Mysterio vs. Big Daddy V and WWE United States Champion MVP

MVP and Rey start it off. Rey begins with kicking and strikes MVP in the corner. Another big kick and tag to Kane. Uppercut by Kane and he dominates. Kane goes for the big boot but MVP rolls out of the ring so Rey nails a flying senton as we go to commercial.

We're back with Kane dominating MVP. MVP tried to battle back but Kane nails another uppercut. Splash in the corner by Kane followed by another. MVP somehow tags in Daddy V and he pounds away on Kane. Belly to belly to Kane for two. Tag to MVP and clubs away on Kane. Kane reverses a headlock into a roll up for two. MVP goes for the running bog boot but runs into a Kane clothesline! Tag to Rey and he nails the West Coast Pop Two and then a drop kick. Crossbody to MVP and then a dropkick. MVP is set up for the 619 but Matt Striker trips Rey.

MVP slams Rey down and tags Daddy V. Daddy V stands on Rey. He goes for a gorilla press slam but Rey lands on his feet. Daddy V takes him down and tags MVP. MVP locks in a modified sitting abdominal stretch. MVP tags Daddy V and he clubs on Rey. Daddy V misses the splash though. He tags in MVP before Rey can tag Kane. Enzaguri to MVP though and here comes Kane for the tag.

Kane goes through MVP and then attacks Daddy V. Side slam by Kane. Tag to Rey and he goes to the top rope and so does Kane. Kane nails the flying clothesline and Rey nails a hurricanrana, 619, and a springboard splash for the win.

Winners: Kane and Rey Mysterio