Hardy's Defeat Against Kane Caused by CM Punk

Hardy's Defeat Against Kane Caused by CM Punk

WWE Smackdown
July 10, 2009
Bakersfield, CA
Report by: Mike Tedesco of WrestleView.com

The Smackdown video plays and we’re brought into the arena with a great pyro display. Jim Ross and Todd Grisham welcome us to the show. Our Main Event tonight will be Rey Mysterio defending the Intercontinental Championship against Chris Jericho, who is invoking his rematch clause.

Jeff Hardy makes his way to the ring with a giant eye patch over his right eye. Hardy gets in the ring and grabs a microphone. Hardy says last week in the middle of a tag team match with CM Punk, tragedy struck. We now catch the recap of what happened on the last edition of Smackdown. They were facing Edge and Jericho. Hardy was in there for a while and went for the tag numerous times but CM Punk was distracted by his injured eye and missed the tag. Hardy eventually fights them off and forces Punk to make the tag. Punk does a good job fighting them off but eventually needs to make a tag but all of a sudden Hardy’s eye is injured and he can’t make the tag. Edge Spears CM Punk and takes the win.

Hardy claims he didn’t know what happened except his eye was on fire. Hardy says after the match CM Punk didn’t take the time to find him and see if he’s ok. Hardy says it’s almost as if Punk believes Hardy is making the injury up. Unlike CM Punk Hardy does not make up injuries, kick referees in the back, or forfeit matches. Hardy says to believe what he says (he removes the patch, showing a healthy eye) that his eye injury is just as serious as Punk’s.

Kane’s music hits and he’ll be going one on one with Jeff Hardy.

Jeff Hardy vs. Kane

The match begins and Hardy claps to get the crowd into it. Hardy quickly tries to stun Kane with some punches but he just pushes him away. Hardy ducks a clothesline and punches Kane some more but Kane simply pushes him away again. Kane charges into Hardy’s boots and angrily charges again but Hardy pulls the top rope down and Kane flies over. Hardy hits a slingshot baseball slide before taking him down with a nice plancha. Hardy clubs Kane some more before being pushed away.

Kane gets back in the ring and Hardy follows. Kane picks him up for a slam but Hardy slides off his shoulder and hits a clothesline but it doesn’t budge Kane. Hardy goes into the ropes and right into an uppercut from Kane for a near fall. Kane hits a punch and a kick before ominously walking around. Hardy then snaps up and goes for the Twist of Fate but Kane pushes him into the ropes and hits a kick to the midsection. Kane then hits a front suplex onto the top rope, hanging Hardy up there. Kane then big boots him off the rope and we’ll take a commercial right here.

-Commercial Break-

We come back from the break to see Hardy on the second rope with Kane choking him. Kane releases the hold and hits a snapmare. Kane goes into the ropes and hits a nice low dropkick to the face for a near fall. Kane locks a grounded waist lock on now. Hardy fights up and elbows out. Hardy hits a sit-out jawbreaker and a dropkick to the knee, taking Kane down. Hardy hits a low dropkick to the face for a near fall of his own. Hardy hits a double leg drop to the midsection but this only gets him a one count.

Hardy hits some punches and goes for a whip but Kane twists him. Kane gets Hardy on his shoulders and hits a nice gut buster. Kane pins him for a near fall. Kane throws Hardy under the bottom turnbuckle spine first into the ring post. Kane then hits a baseball slide on Hardy right into that ring post again! This will get Kane a near fall. That was a nasty exchange. Kane bounces Hardy off the top turnbuckle and strikes him a few times in the corner before Hardy collapses. Kane gets Hardy up and hits a backbreaker for a near fall. Kane now locks on a body scissors, the first time I think I’ve ever seen him do that. JR fills us in that in the early 1900s, wrestlers would train to use the body scissors on bags of wheat. Thank god for JR.

Hardy punches Kane in the knee and gets out of that. Hardy hits his flipping mule kick but that doesn’t take Kane down. Hardy goes into the ropes but Kane simply takes him down with a sidewalk slam for a near fall. Kane climbs to the top rope and Hardy cuts him off. Hardy climbs up there too and attempts a superplex but Kane pushes him off. Kane goes for his clothesline but Hardy crotches him up there. Hardy hits his slingshot dropkick and gets Kane on his knees. Hardy hits a DDT for a near fall. Kane is up in the corner so Hardy charges him and Kane back body drops him to the apron. Hardy comes off the top rope and Kane grabs him by the throat. Kane goes for a Chokeslam but Hardy lands on his feet and runs up the corner for a nasty Whisper in the Wind, which gets him a close near fall.

Hardy drops Kane with a Twist of Fate and takes his shirt off. Hardy goes up top and all of a sudden CM Punk’s music hits. CM Punk makes his way out to the stage squinting and all of a sudden Kane grabs Hardy by the throat and he Chokeslams him off the top rope for the win!

Winner by Pinfall: Kane

Read the full Smackdown result here