KANE & CM Punk vs The Miz & Morrison: Tag Team Title Match

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - Fresno, CA

source: WWE.com - Kane, who was still seething after being attacked by the WWE Tag Team Champions on last week’s ECW, was determined to walk out of the Save Mart Center with two championships in his giant hands, alongside Punk. But after Morrison hit Punk with a Moonlight Drive and pinned him, Miz & Morrison retained their Extreme gold.

Earlier, Mark Henry visited the Land of the Extreme in hopes of meeting Big Show. The World’s Strongest Man congratulated The World's Largest Athlete on his One Night Stand victory and shook his hand, adding a prediction that Big Show will win at Night of Champions over Kane. After issuing a warning to Henry, Big Show exited the ring, coming face-to-face with none other than his Night of Champions opponent, ECW Champion Kane, who was entering the ring for a tag team match with CM Punk against the WWE Tag Team Champions. The two giants were locked in a stare for a few moments before Big Show stepped aside and let Kane continue to the ring.

Now that Henry and Big Show have made their intentions known, what might Kane have to say about the future of the ECW Championship?

KANE vs CM Punk: Non-Title Match

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - Los Angeles, CA

source: WWE.com - There’s a new General Manager in the Land of the Extreme, and his name is Theodore Long. On the former SmackDown Manager’s first night, there was plenty of action on ECW on Sci Fi.

In-ring: The opening match of the night was a fatal-four way with the winner Main Eventing against ECW Champion Kane in a non-title match. The participants were The Miz, Morrison, Chavo and Mr. Money in the Bank - C.M. Punk who hit Guerrero with a GTS to earn his chance to face Kane.

MAIN EVENT: Kane dominated the match from the start, knocking Punk to the floor with a big boot before they cut to commercial break. Kane was still dominating out of the break, but Punk came back with a sunset flip for a nearfall. Kane cut him down with an uppercut before smashing Punk out of the corner with a clothesline then settling into a keylock.

Punk broke free and smashed Kane with a leg kick, but Kane cut off Punk's comeback with a blow to the head. Punk tried a bulldog, but Kane blocked with a sidewalk slam for a nearfall. Kane then landed a top rope clothesline and teased the chokeslam. Punk blocked the chokeslam twice before trying the G2S but he couldn't keep Kane on his shoulders and Kane slipped out to nail the chokeslam for the pin and win.

Post-match: WWE tag champions Miz and Morrison jumped into the ring and attacked Kane. Kane nearly had them with a double chokeslam, but they kicked out of Kane's clutches before Miz introduced him to a swinging neckbreaker that left Kane down as they left the ring.

KANE vs The Miz & Morrison: Non-Title Match

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - Colorado Springs, CO

source: WWE.com - As May comes to an end, the world of sports-entertainment is chomping at the bit like never before as the Superstars in the Land of the Extreme are aching for One Night Stand to arrive. Both the self-proclaimed “Mexican Warrior” and Mr. Money in the Bank looked to gain an edge heading into Sunday’s contest that would determine the No. 1 Contender to Kane’s gold as Night of Champions.

This night’s main event pit the ECW Champion against the WWE Tag Team Champions in a Handicap Match. The Miz looked to defeat Kane for the second consecutive week while John Morrison hoped to overpower the Big Red Machine and make the other hopeful No. 1 Contenders sweat.

Kane dominated the WWE Tag Champs early in the match even as Miz & Morrison tried to wear him down tagging in and out and working him over with kicks and punches in their corner. After surviving a double team clothesline, Kane begins to take Miz apart when Morrison gets involved. Kane goes up-top to execute the flying clothesline following with a dual chokeslam on both men. Miz and Morrison kick out of the chokehold and begin to beat on Kane when the ref calls for a DQ.

Suddenly all of the participants of the One Night Stand Singapore Cane match are in the ring and Kane, along with Big Show, begin to clean house. In the end, the two goliaths are alone in the ring, staring each other down as the show closes.

KANE Featured on PPV Wallpaper!

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Gotta give a hand to whoever it is that comes up with the phenomenal graphics for the covers/wallpapers for the WWE Pay-Per-Views! This month's PPV graphic features KANE holding a red hot fire brand while in a fiery forge - SwwEEEET!!

At this point, KANE isn't slated for a match at One Night Stand, but I've hopes he'll put in an appearance before, during or after the Singapore Cane match!

There is a link at the wwe.com One Night Stand web page, but as of this date, the url brings up an error 404 message. If you do use that link, just delete the word stage and the 'dot' following it in url in your browser window.

KANE vs The Miz: Non-Title Match

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - DES MOINES, Iowa

source: WWE.com - 48 hours after their tag match at Judgment Day, The Miz met ECW Champion Kane on Tuesday night. Despite a list of injuries Miz took time before the match to list - a concussion, sore back, stiff neck and constant headaches - he none the less was ready to seek retribution for being brutally chokeslammed by the Big Red Machine at Judgment Day, and this time he meant to beat Kane.

Kane immediately attacked Miz and started beating on his injured body parts. Not a great idea to announce your injuries to the world just before facing Kane - Good point mad by Adamle. Miz tried to make a comeback, but Kane dumped him to the floor where Miz rammed him back-first into the ringpost. Back in the ring, Miz worked on Kane's back and upper neck and Kane countered with a sidewalk slam for a nearfall. After nailing a flying clothesline, Kane called for the end, but Miz elbowed out of a chokeslam grip, which seemed to piss Kane off to no end. He laid into Miz then hung him upside down in the corner and tried to snap his neck. Ref reached a five count and he DQ'ed Kane for not breaking in the corner. Before The Miz could even realize his DQ victory, let alone celebrate, The Big Red Machine chokeslammed him ring center then set about placing his neck in a steel chair, but Morrison slid in to save his partner from Kane's wrath.

At the beginning of the night, Estrada set up the tag match as a preview of the Singapore Cane Match at One Night Stand – where every active former ECW Champion will compete to determine the No. 1 Contender to Kane’s ECW Championship at Night of Champions on June 29th. John Morrison & Chavo Guerrero teamed up against CM Punk & Tommy Dreamer in a tag match that was interrupted in a “Big” way when Big Show stormed into the arena to remind everyone that he himself is also a former ECW Champion and should have been invited to compete in the match. Angered by ECW General Manager Armando Estrada’s faux pas, the World’s Largest Athlete took out his aggression on the ring full of champions. First, he viciously chokeslammed Chavo and CM Punk, and then tossed Morrison across the ring like a rag doll. Finally, after declaring he will once again be ECW Champion, Big Show chokeslammed ECW Original Tommy Dreamer to the canvas. Now, with the World’s Largest Athlete added into the mix, the competition just got a heck of a lot bigger – 400 more pounds.