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Jeff Hardy Wins Via DQ Against Punk at The Bash

WWE The Bash PPV Results - 6/28/09
Location: Sacramento, California
Commentators: Michael Cole & Jerry "The King" Lawler, Jim Ross & Todd Grisham and Josh Mathews & Matt Striker
Report by: Adam Martin of WrestleView.com

WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match
CM Punk (c) vs. Jeff Hardy

They did ring introductions for the challenger Jeff Hardy and champion CM Punk.

The bell rings and here we go. Fans are really behind Jeff Hardy in Sacramento, while CM Punk continues to get mixed reactions. Lock up and Punk pushes Hardy to the corner. Hardy with a side headlock on Punk. Punk with a quick shoulder block takedown on Hardy and Hardy backs off regaining his composure. Punk takes the back of Hardy, Hardy takes the back of Punk and Punk counters taking the back of Hardy again. Hardy counters and gets in a side headlock takedown on Punk. Punk tries to break it up sending Hardy into the ropes, but Hardy slows himself down falling to his knees keeping the headlock applied. Punk then counters with a side headlock takedown of his own. Punk with a shoulder block on Hardy, lifts Hardy to his shoulders, but Punk slides off into a roll up resulting in a two count. Punk then charges and Hardy sends him over the top rope to the outside. Hardy with a springboard cross body over the top rope onto Punk. Hardy sends Punk back first into the guard railing, backs up, runs, jumps off the steel steps, but misses a side kick on Punk and crashes into the guard railing. Punk slides back in the ring as the referee starts the count. The referee gets to 9 and Hardy jumps back in. Punk had yelled at the referee earlier that he didn't want to win via countout. Punk with a knee to the back of Hardy's head and then some stiff kicks to the back.

Punk then applies a figure four headlock on Hardy on the mat. Punk drops a few elbows over the head of Hardy keeping the figure four locked in. Punk then breaks it up and hits a backbreaker on Hardy. Punk hooks the leg and Hardy kicks out after two. Punk then goes back to the figure four headlock on Hardy. Hardy pushes his body around and puts his foot on the bottom rope to break up the submission by Punk. Punk with a big scoop slam on Hardy near the corner. Punk jumps up on the corner, attempts a leg drop and Hardy moves out of the way. Punk misses a corner charge on Hardy and Hardy connects with the Whisper in the Wind. Hardy hooks the leg and Punk kicks out after two. Hardy with two clotheslines to Punk followed by a neckbreaker takedown. Hardy with an atomic drop, leg drop to the groin and dropkick to the face on Punk that results in a two count after a pinfall attempt. Hardy with a facebuster suplex on Punk. Hardy slides out to the ring apron and starts climbing up the top turnbuckle. Punk rolls out, Hardy jumps down to the ring apron and jumps off taking out Punk. Hardy with a dropkick to the back of Punk sending Punk to the corner. Punk counters a dropkick to the chest and hits Hardy with a HUGE kick to the head. Punk hits his high knee and bulldog combo that results in a two count. Punk with kicks to the body of Hardy, but Hardy hits a Twist of Fate out of no where.

Hardy then goes up top, jumps and Punk sits up dodging the Swanton Bomb attempt. Punk signals for the Go To Sleep. Punk lifts Hardy up, but Hardy counters into an inside cradle for a two count. Punk with a stiff kick to the back of Hardy, lifts him to his shoulders, Hardy counters off and hits another Twist of Fate. Hardy is near the corner, goes back up top, jumps and connects with the Swanton Bomb. Hardy crawls over, hooks the leg and the refereee counts the full three. However, the referee sees that Punk's leg was under the bottom rope and reverses the decision making the match continue. Hardy argues with the referee and can't believe it. Hardy grabs Punk, attempts a Twist of Fate, Punk counters out and attempts a GTS. Hardy rakes the eyes of Punk and Punk falls down immediately favoring his eye. The referee keeps Hardy away from Punk as Punk tries to recover in the corner. Punk then kicks the referee in the back. The referee falls and then calls for the bell.

Winner via DQ: Jeff Hardy
Winner & STILL WWE World Heavyweight Champion: CM Punk

After the match, Jeff Hardy looks at CM Punk in disbelief. Punk continues to favor his eye as he crawls over and his handed the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Punk grabs his belt and starts to leave when Hardy catches up with him. Hardy argues with Punk and Punk tries to explain himself when Hardy goes crazy hitting him with punches. Hardy grabs Punk, tosses him back in the ring, mounts him and hits some big right hands. Hardy continues the assault on Punk until WWE referees hit the ring to break it up. Hardy is pulled back, but then explodes and tackles Punk one more time. Punk is able to get away and rolls out of the ring. A WWE referee helps Punk to the back who grabs his World Title on the ramp and heads to the back. We then see highlights of the match leading to the finish including Hardy's post-match attack on Punk. Back live, we see a shot of a frustrated Jeff Hardy in the ring.

read the full The Bash PPV result here

Edge &Y2J Defeat Mysterio and Hardy on Smackdown Cage Match

WWE Smackdown
June 26, 2009
Milwaukee, WI
Report by: Mike Tedesco of WrestleView.com

Rage in the Cage Match
Jeff Hardy & Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Jericho & Edge
Guest Referee: CM Punk

CM Punk calls for the bell and it’ll be Jeff Hardy starting out against Edge. They lock up and Edge powers Hardy to the corner. Edge has a whip into the opposite corner reversed and Hardy whips him there hard. Hardy bounces Edge’s head off the top turnbuckle and tags in Rey Mysterio. They double whip Edge to the corner and Hardy jumps off Mysterio’s back with Poetry in Motion. Mysterio covers for a one count. Mysterio kicks Edge in the back of the leg as we go to commercial.

-Commercial Break-

We come back from the break to see Mysterio punching Edge in the corner. Edge responds with a kick and a punch. Edge whips Mysterio into the corner and charges but Mysterio drop toe holds him into the turnbuckle. Mysterio hits a head-scissors and Edge is set up in position for the 619. Mysterio goes into the ropes and since it’s impossible to hit a 619 in the cage Mysterio jumps up on Edge’s back and attempts to escape the cage. Edge quickly pulls him back down but Mysterio is able to kick him off and hit a top rope cross-body block for a two count. Mysterio wrenches Edge’s arm and tags in Jeff Hardy, who comes off with a double axe handle.

Hardy punches Edge a few times before going into the ropes but Edge counters with a back body drop into the cage and Hardy nearly lands on his head on the way down! Edge hits an elbow drop and drags Hardy to his corner where he makes the tag to Chris Jericho. Jericho kicks Hardy in the ribs before hitting him with a belly to back suplex. Jericho yells at the crowd before covering for a slow two count. Jericho has some words with CM Punk before catching Hardy before he got to his corner and locks Hardy in a rear naked choke. Hardy fights back but Jericho cuts him off. Jericho whips Hardy but Hardy holds on and drops him with a spinning neckbreaker. Hardy makes the tag to Rey Mysterio.

Mysterio comes in with a top rope seated senton on Jericho. Mysterio goes into the ropes and runs into a kick from Jericho. Jericho goes into the ropes and goes for a sunset flip but Mysterio rolls through and kicks him in the head for a near fall. Mysterio punches Jericho but has a whip to the corner reversed on him. Jericho charges into Mysterio’s boot and Mysterio comes off the second rope with a flying hurricanrana. Jericho is seated in the corner so Mysterio hits him with a baseball slide to a very sensitive area on a man’s body. Mysterio whips Jericho into the corner but Jericho stops and starts climbing but Mysterio catches him. Mysterio sits him on the top rope and goes for a hurricanrana but Edge interferes and gets Mysterio on his shoulders. Hardy comes in and saves Mysterio from the Doomsday Device before sending Edge’s head into Jericho’s crotch. Mysterio leaps over Edge and hits a top rope hurricanrana on Jericho for a near fall!

Mysterio goes into the ropes and rolls up Jericho’s body but Jericho drops back and smashes Mysterio’s face into the cage. We’ll take our final break at this point.

-Commercial Break-

We come back from the break to see Jericho catapult Mysterio throat first into the bottom rope. Jericho slaps Mysterio before attempting to remove his mask but Mysterio kicks him away. Mysterio almost tags in Hardy but Jericho catches him and tags in Edge. Edge stomps Mysterio before taunting the crowd. Edge stomps Mysterio before choking him on the second rope. Edge hits a cross-body to the back and gets a near fall. Edge punches and kicks Mysterio in the corner and there’s nothing CM Punk can do about it. Edge sends Mysterio into the corner and catapults onto Edge’s shoulders and hits a head-scissors takeover.

Edge tags in Jericho and Jericho cuts Mysterio off before he tags in Hardy. Jericho puts Mysterio on the top rope and clubs him. Jericho attempts to remove Mysterio’s mask on the top rope but Mysterio is able to elbow him off. Mysterio comes off the top for a seated senton but Jericho counters with a dropkick in mid-air! Jericho grabs the leg and Mysterio gets out with an enzuigiri.

They tease both men making the tag but Jericho gets there first and Edge cuts Mysterio off before he can. Edge picks him up on his shoulder and uses his head like a battering ram into the cage. Mysterio blocks a second one and twists into a nice DDT! Edge tags Jericho back in and Jericho stomps Mysterio before talking some trash. Jericho slaps Mysterio and talks more trash about the mask. Jericho head-butts Mysterio before sending him into the ropes but Mysterio holds on to the ropes. Jericho charges into Mysterio’s boot and Mysterio charges so Jericho catapults him over his head but Mysterio hits the cage and begins climbing up in an awesome spot! Jericho eventually cuts Mysterio off but Mysterio is able to kick him away. Mysterio floors him with a top rope dropkick and both men are down again.

Both men finally tag in their respective tag team partners and Hardy takes Edge down with a clothesline. Hardy clotheslines him again before sending him into the cage face first. Hardy sends him into the cage again before hitting an inverted atomic drop, a double leg drop to the groin, and a dropkick to the face for a near fall. Edge hits Hardy with a kick and has a whip reversed on him but Hardy lowers his head and eats a kick. Edge goes into the ropes for a Spear but Hardy leap frogs him and Edge Spears CM Punk inadvertently!

Edge goes to bounce Hardy’s head off the turnbuckle but Hardy elbows him and hits Whisper in the Wind! Hardy covers but Punk is down. Punk eventually rolls over and counts for a near fall. Hardy confronts Punk about this but Punk is in the clear – he did take a Spear after all. Edge turns Hardy around and Hardy drops him with a sit-out front suplex. Jericho runs in and Hardy drops him with a kick. Mysterio then runs in and grabs Hardy to swing and hit Jericho with the 619! Mysterio charges Edge and Edge drops him with a big boot. Hardy goes for a Twist of Fate but Edge blocks it and Hardy goes face to face with CM Punk. Hardy then turns into a HUGE Spear from Edge and CM Punk unwillingly counts the pin!

Winners by Pinfall: Chris Jericho & Edge

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