Beat the Clock Challenge
Jeff Hardy vs. The Brian Kendrick w/ Ezekiel Jackson
Ezekiel takes off The Brian Kendrick’s nifty red jacket and leaves the ring. Charles Robinson rings the bell and this match is on! More than 15 seconds pass before Jeff Hardy goes to lock up but The Brian Kendrick just ducks him and taunts a little bit! The Kendrick runs around the ring for a few, avoiding Hardy. The Kendrick then goes for a kick which Hardy ducks and Hardy does a quick roll up for a two count! The Kendrick pops up and goes for a clothesline which Jeff Hardy counters into a backslide pin for a two count! Hardy kicks him in the midsection and gets him in a small package for another two count! At the 59 second mark The Kendrick gets out of the ring for a breather which doesn’t make Jeff Hardy happy!
Jeff Hardy gets out of the ring and Ezekiel Jackson gets in his face as The Kendrick taunts from behind. Hardy gets back in the ring at 1:20 and waits for The Kendrick. The Kendrick finally gets in the ring at 1:38 and finally locks up with Hardy who gets a few punches in before bouncing his head off the top turnbuckle! Hardy hits a nice suplex and covers for a two count!
We’re at the 2:00 mark and The Kendrick tries to get out of the ring but Hardy pulls him back in and drops a leg on him! Hardy covers and gets a one count. Hardy picks him up, hits a snapmare and covers but The Kendrick kicks out before a count is made. Hardy now has a nice chinlock on The Kendrick as JR points out the bandage on Hardy’s neck from the “attack.” Hardy now picks him up, kicks him in the midsection and has an Irish whip reversed on him. The Kendrick leap frogs him and goes for a monkey flip but Hardy grabs his legs and hits the painful looking compactor on him for a two count at 2:45! Hardy now hits an inverted atomic drop and does his trademark double leg drop to the midsection! Hardy covers at the 3:00 mark for a two count!
The Kendrick is now pulling himself up on the ropes so Jeff Hardy grabs him and starts punching and kicking him! Hardy sends him into the ropes and hits a nice back body drop! The Kendrick then rolls out of the ring at 3:27! Interestingly enough they show a big shot of the arena and we see a cage hanging over the ring even though there isn’t one advertised this week! Could that be for the next taping that took place immediately after this one?! The Kendrick complains to JR and Tazz but Jeff Hardy has had enough and punches The Kendrick from behind and throws him back in the ring at 3:53!
Hardy hits a body slam and covers for a two count at 4:04! Hardy hits a falling scoop slam for a two count again! Hardy goes for a whip in the corner but The Kendrick reverses and its Hardy in the corner but Hardy gets an elbow in The Kendrick’s face when he charges! Hardy now goes for Whisper in the Wind but The Kendrick crotches him! The Kendrick then hits a sick neckbreaker with Hardy still on the top rope at 4:44!! Ouch!! The Kendrick is letting the clock tick down as we go to a commercial break!
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We come back from the break at 7:34 to see Hardy being put in a neck vice! During the break The Kendrick kicked Hardy right in his bandaged up neck! We get to the 8:00 mark and Hardy is starting to gain momentum. Hardy gets up and starts punching but The Kendrick gets a knee in the midsection and attempts a suplex but Hardy reverses it into an inside cradle for a two count! The Kendrick now pulls Hardy face first into the second turnbuckle. The Kendrick lays Hardy’s head across the bottom rope and starts illegally choking him, which he breaks at the four count! The Kendrick now taunts a little bit as Hardy appears loopy, selling the attack from Sunday. The Kendrick puts his foot on Hardy’s throat for a few seconds before getting him in a rear chin lock at the 8:50 mark.
We get to 9:00 and there’s no sign of a Hardy comeback yet. At 9:15 The Kendrick transforms it into a Cobra Clutch! Maggots! We’re at 9:30 and Hardy gets The Kendrick on his back and backs him hard into the corner a few times, breaking the hold! The Kendrick now charges and Jeff Hardy flapjacks him throat first onto the top rope! Unfortunately Hardy is too weak to go for the cover and we’re at the 10:00 mark! Hardy ducks a clothesline at 10:18 and gets The Kendrick on the top rope and puts him in the Tree of Woe position before hitting his slingshot dropkick!! Hardy covers at 10:39 for a two and a half count!!
We’re at the 11:00 mark and Jeff Hardy hits his sitout falcon’s arrow for a two and a half count!! Hardy taunts to the crowd to let him know he’s ok and goes for a Twist of Fate but The Kendrick pushes him off! Hardy punches him and hits Whisper in the Wind at 11:35!! Hardy covers and The Kendrick gets his foot on the ropes at the two count!!
Ezekiel Jackson now goes to pull The Kendrick out of the ring but Hardy hits a baseball slide on him, knocking him away!! Hardy hits an alley-oop bomb on The Kendrick at the 12:00 mark and goes for the top rope!! Hardy hits the Swanton Bomb and covers The Kendrick for the win at 12:13!!
Winner by Pinfall at 12:13: Jeff Hardy
Later that night, Matt Hardy put everything on the line for the sake of his brother, battling tenaciously with the mighty Moscow Mauler, Vladimir Kozlov, while keeping one eye on the clock. The Extreme champion’s endurance paid off, as time expired without a winner, thereby sealing the door shut on Kozlov’s opportunity to be part of the Armageddon main event.
After a grueling match, Triple H hit the Gold Standard with a Pedigree. However, WWE Official Mike Chioda had been knocked out, and struggled through glazed eyes to finally deliver the three-count. However, after raising The Game’s hand in triumph, indicating that he had beaten the clock, a second WWE Official, Charles Robinson ran down to dispute the outcome. The two officials came to the consensus that Triple H and Jeff Hardy had earned their win in exactly the same amount of time, 12:13, leading with the decision of a Triple Threat Match between Edge, Triple H and Jeff Hardy for the WWE Championship on Armageddon.
source: wrestleview.com
