Jeff Defeats Edge and Chooses a Ladder Match at Extreme Rules

Jeff Defeats Edge and Chooses a Ladder Match at Extreme Rules

WWE Smackdown
May 22, 2009
Cincinnati, OH
Report by: Mike Tedesco of WrestleView.com

A video recap of the Judgment Day Main Event is shown. We see highlights of the match, which was great until Matt Hardy interfered with his cast. Edge delivers an Edgecution to Jeff Hardy off the top rope and Edge retains the title.

The Smackdown video plays and we’re brought into the arena with a great pyrotechnics display. Jim Ross and Todd Grisham welcome us to the show. Tonight we’ll see a rematch from Superstars with CM Punk taking on Chris Jericho, who he defeated last night.

Justin Roberts is in the ring and asks us to welcome the World Heavyweight Champion Edge. Edge comes out to a less than enthusiastic response. Edge grabs a microphone and says if there was ever any doubt as to who the face of Smackdown, then lets end the debate now. Edge says he doesn’t want to hear any other Superstar coming out and declaring himself the face of the show. Judgment Day has come and gone, and he is still the face of this brand. Edge says that Chris Jericho lost to Rey Mysterio, CM Punk lost to Umaga, and he embarrassed and defeated Jeff Hardy, which means he’s still our World Heavyweight Champion. Edge says to make no mistake about it – he is the premier superstar in the WWE today. The crowd is chanting for Jeff Hardy but Edge says that he’s not even in Edge’s league. He is a winner. Edge says Jeff Hardy is just like his legions of fans – the people who believe in him and chant his name. He’s just like all of them – a loser.

Teddy Long’s music hits and he makes his way out to the ring. Long says what he witnessed at Judgment Day was an atrocity. Long says he believes the referee’s decision is final but as the General Manager of this show he cannot deny that Matt Hardy illegally interfered in a World Heavyweight Championship match. Therefore, at Extreme Rules, he is going to grant a rematch to Jeff Hardy!

Edge is angry and says he beat Jeff. You can say that he lost because he got hit in the head with a cast but that’s just an excuse. He’s tired of everyone giving excuses for him because the fact is he ran up against a man who has more will, heart, and determination and who is willing to pull out all the stops. Edge says he went back into the vault, the millions of moves he’s mastered over the years, and he pulled out his top rope Edgecution, and that’s how Jeff Hardy got beat. Jeff Hardy is not World Heavyweight Championship material. Jeff Hardy is a failure.

Jeff Hardy’s music hits and he makes his way out to the ring to a great reaction. Hardy stops outside the ring and says Edge is right. He’s a loser, a failure, a screw-up, a let down, pathetic, and reckless. But above and beyond all of that, deep down, Jeff Hardy is a competitor. He also knows that at Extreme Rules, every match is extreme. Hardy says they should get crazy – they should have a match tonight and whoever wins gets to decide what type of extreme match they will have.

Edge says that Hardy can’t come out and make his own match and pleads to Teddy Long. Hardy says for Long to correct him if he’s wrong but he said last week this show belongs to the WWE Universe so lets hear what Cincinnati has to say. Hardy gets in the crowd and asks a bunch of people if they want to see Hardy vs. Edge tonight and they all say yes. Hardy then asks the entire crowd and they scream yes. Hardy says Cincinnati has spoken and Teddy Long makes the match happen for tonight. Edge is not happy as Jeff Hardy and the crowd celebrates.

Main Event Match
Jeff Hardy vs. Edge

This is not a World Heavyweight Championship match. If you’re just starting to read here, this match is to determine who will choose the stipulation for their title match at Extreme Rules. They’re playing up that Hardy may have been concussed at Judgment Day.

Mike Chioda calls for the bell and this match begins. They’re at opposite sides of the ring and take a bit of time before locking up. Edge forces Hardy to the corner and punches him. Hardy gets around him and rolls him up for a no count and Edge quickly crawls away. They separate and lock up. Edge gets a headlock but Hardy slides out and rolls Edge up for a one count. They take some more time before locking up again and Edge goes for a test of strength but tricks Hardy by kicking him. Edge goes for a body slam but Hardy slides off and rolls him up for a one count and Edge gets out of the ring frustrated.

Edge grabs Hardy’s leg and pulls him down. Edge goes for an elbow drop but Hardy moves. Hardy gets a headlock on and executes a takeover. Hardy tries pinning Edge’s shoulders and gets a one count. Edge fights up and goes for a back suplex but Hardy counters into another takeover. Edge fights up to his feet and punches Hardy in the knee. Edge punches Hardy in the head and Hardy is staggered. Edge has a whip into the corner reversed on him and he hits the corner sternum first. Hardy splashes him in the corner and bounces Edge’s head off the top turnbuckle about ten times and hits a slingshot dropkick to Edge, but this hurts Hardy more because of his bruised brain. Edge looks astonished that Hardy is able to stand and hits a running big boot to the skull. JR wonders if Hardy can beat Edge as we go to commercial.

-Commercial Break-

We come back from the break to see Edge dropping knees on Jeff Hardy’s head. Edge taunts the crowd and they’re not happy. Hardy is really looking in rough shape. Edge goes outside and hangs Hardy on the apron. Edge elbows his head and hits a running kick to his head. Edge gets back in the ring and will accept the count-out. Edge stops this and goes to the outside and bounces Hardy’s head off the apron. Edge puts him back in the ring and covers for a near fall.

Edge’s face says it all – he’s psychotic. Edge bounces Hardy’s head off the top turnbuckle and whips him into the opposite corner. Edge charges into a back elbow and then into Hardy’s boots. Hardy now connects with Whisper in the Wind and covers for a CLOSE near fall. Hardy blocks a right hand and punches Edge. Hardy has a whip reversed on him but he’s able to forearm Edge down. Hardy goes into the ropes for another forearm for a two count. Hardy hits a sit-out front suplex and takes off his shirt. Hardy goes to the top rope for the Swanton Bomb but Edge runs away.

Hardy ducks a clothesline and hits an inverted atomic drop. Hardy then goes for a double leg drop to the groin but Edge pushes him away, and Hardy hits the back of his head. I’ve never seen anyone counter that before. Edge covers for a near fall. Edge picks Hardy up and hits a nice neckbreaker for a close near fall. Edge punches Hardy in the skull a bunch of times and goes to the second rope. Edge comes off and Hardy dropkicks him out of the air. Hardy then baseball slides Edge out of the ring.

Hardy springboards over the top rope with a plancha! Hardy puts Edge back in the ring and body slams him. Hardy gets to the second rope and hits a Hardy Leg Drop for a near fall! Haven’t seen him do that in a while! Jeff Hardy now signals for a Twist of Fate but Edge pushes him off into the corner. Edge goes for the Spear but Hardy counters with a sunset flip for a nice near fall! Hardy now goes for a Twist of Fate but Edge counters with a backslide pin for a near fall. Edge goes for the Edgecution but Hardy twists out and hits the Twist of Fate! Hardy struggles to the top rope and Edge cuts him off. Edge goes up top for a top rope Edgecution, much like Judgment Day, but Hardy punches him off! Hardy hits a beautiful Swanton Bomb for the huge win!

Winner by Pinfall: Jeff Hardy

Charles Robinson raises Jeff Hardy’s arm and he looks like he’s been through a war. We see replays of all the big head shots Hardy took in this match but he still came out on top. Todd Grisham gets in the ring and congratulates him on a fantastic win. Grisham now asks what type of match we’ll see in New Orleans at Extreme Rules. Hardy says at Extreme Rules he will not be painting, cleaning gutters, or changing bulbs but what he will be doing is climbing a LADDER to become the World Heavyweight Champion! It’s official – at Extreme Rules it’ll be Jeff Hardy vs. Edge in a Ladder Match for the World Heavyweight Championship! Edge clutches his championship as Smackdown ends!

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Edge Retains World Heavyweight Title Against Jeff Hardy

Edge Retains World Heavyweight Title Against Jeff Hardy


WWE Judgment Day PPV Results - 5/17/09
Location: Chicago, Illinois
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
Edge (c) vs. Jeff Hardy

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

The bell rings and both circle each other. Lock up and Edge goes to work on Hardy's left arm. Hardy does the same to Edge, but takes Edge down to his knees and wrenches back. Edge is back up and hits a kick and then applies a side headlock. Edge with a shoulder block to Hardy, but Hardy comes back with two big arm drags. Hardy then works on Edge's left arm again. Hardy with another arm drag on Edge. More arm drags by Hardy on Edge. Edge then rolls out of the ring and Hardy flips over the top rope taking out Edge on the outside. Back in the ring, Hardy attempts a Whisper in the Wind and Edge moves out of the way. Edge follows up sending Hardy into the steel ring post and then hits a Spear to the lower back on Hardy who goes flying off the ring apron to the mat below. Edge tosses Hardy back in the ring and starts kicking him repeatedly. Edge with a cover and Hardy kicks out after two. Hardy is up against the ropes and Edge hits a crossbody over Hardy's back. Another cover by Edge and Hardy kicks out. Edge counters a Twist of Fate attempt into an inverted DDT into a cover that results in a two count. Hardy with a crossbody into a cover that results in a quick two count. Hardy with a jawbreaker and front face suplex on Edge. Hardy is up top, jumps and Edge moves out of the way with Hardy crashing to the mat.

Edge quickly goes for the cover and Hardy again kicks out. Edge misses a big boot allowing Hardy to hit a big clothesline, atomic drop and leg drop to the crotch followed with a dropkick to the face. Cover by Hardy and Edge again kicks out. Hardy charges at Edge in the corner, Edge jumps up, Hardy slides under him, trips up Edge, goes up top, hits a crossbody into a cover and gets a close two count. Hardy with an inside cradle that results in a two count. Hardy counters an Impaler DDT and locks on a Sharpshooter! Very different for Hardy here. Edge reaches and eventually makes it to the bottom rope to break up the submission. Hardy catches Edge with a Twist of Fate, but Edge is able to kick out just barely after two. Hardy with a clothesline on Edge in the corner causing Edge to fall down. Hardy attempts his dropkick in the corner, Edge catches him, Hardy flips over Edge and gets in a quick pinfall attempt that results in a very close two count. Hardy starts going up top when Edge gets in a shot to stop him. Edge climbs up with Hardy and Hardy gets in some shots. Hardy with a sunset flip on Edge from the top turnbuckle into a cover and Edge barely kicks out after two. Hardy kicks Edge down into the corner, Edge slides to the side, Hardy is up attempting his dropkick and catches it on Edge as he tries to slide out.

Hardy follows Edge to the outside and sends him into the security wall. Hardy clears the Smackdown announce table and throws Edge over it. Hardy then gets on top of the security wall, runs across it towards Edge, but Edge jumps up and hits a Spear on Hardy in mid air! Hardy is down and Edge is in the ring as the referee starts the count. The referee gets to 9 as Hardy slides in the ring. Edge can't believe it as he falls to his knees. Edge starts kicking Hardy over his back. Hardy pulls himself up to his feet on the ring apron. Edge charges and Hardy drops Edge's head off the ropes with a leg drop. Hardy with a TWist of Fate on Edge over the ropes. Hardy then springboards in hitting a leg drop on Edge, hooks the leg and Edge gets a boot on the bottom rope to break the pinfall. Hardy with a Whisper in the Wind on Edge, hooks the leg and Edge barely kicks out after two. Edge rolls out of the ring and Hardy follows. Hardy sends Edge into the ring barricade and then slides the steel ring steps near Edge. Hardy backs up, runs, jumps off the steel steps and hits a big flying side kick to Edge and both go over the ring barricade into the crowd! Hardy tosses Edge over the ring barricade to the ringside area. Matt Hardy then hits Jeff over the head with his cast and Jeff looks out.

Edge tosses Jeff back in the ring, covers and Jeff somehow kicks out after taking that shot from Matt using his cast. In the ring, Jeff gets to his feet, dodges a Spear from Edge, goes up top, Edge catches him with a right, goes up top and hits a superplex on Jeff into a DDT from the top rope. Edge covers Jeff and gets the pinfall.

Winner & STILL WWE World Heavyweight Champion: Edge

After the match, we see a shot of Edge and Jeff Hardy laying back on the mat after a grueling match. We then see highlights of the match leading to the finish. Back live, we see a shot of Edge heading up the ramp with the WWE World Heavwyeight Championship over his shoulder. The PPV goes off the air with Edge holding up the title as WWE officials check on Hardy.

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Jeff Hardy Pumping Up for Judgment Day

Jeff Hardy Pumping Up for Judgment Day

WWE Smackdown
May 15, 2009
Dayton, OH
Report by: Mike Tedesco of WrestleView.com

Jeff Hardy vs. Ricky Ortiz

This is a weird match-up. Ortiz cut a promo backstage, which they showed while he was walking out, claiming that 50% of victory is hard work and the other 50% is believing in yourself but to beat Jeff Hardy he needs 100% of the WWE Universe to dig deep and rise up for him and to rally on. That rally gimmick is garbage.

Jack Doan calls for the bell. They circle the ring and lock up. Ortiz digs a knee into Hardy and clubs him. Ortiz hits a head-butt and hits a big hip toss. Ortiz goes into the ropes and hits a shoulder block for a no count. Ortiz goes into the ropes and hits another rough shoulder block and a pair of knee drops for a two count. Ortiz locks on a modified chin lock and the crowd is rallying behind Jeff Hardy instead. Hardy fights up but Ortiz pulls him down by his hair. Ortiz gets on top of Hardy and hits three head-butts for a near fall. Ortiz motions for the crowd to rally up but you can hear crickets. Ortiz now goes for the Big O but Hardy gets his knees up.

Hardy goes into the ropes and Ortiz hits a powerslam for a near fall. Ortiz locks a chin lock on and Hardy fights up and elbows out but Ortiz clubs him down. Ortiz goes into the ropes and Hardy hits him with his snap neckbreaker. Hardy hits a pair of forearm smashes and hits his flipping mule kick, which puts Ortiz down in the corner, allowing Hardy to hit his slingshot dropkick. Ortiz crawls to the other corner and Hardy hits a forearm smash. A whip into the opposite corner is reversed on Hardy but he hits Ortiz with a back elbow when he charges. Hardy now takes Ortiz down with Whisper in the Wind! Hardy motions for a Twist of Fate and hits it! Hardy goes up and hits a huge Swanton Bomb for the win!

Winner by Pinfall: Jeff Hardy

-Commercial Break-

We come back from the break to see a replay of the end of the Hardy/Ortiz match. Hardy crushed him with that Swanton Bomb.

Josh Matthews is in the ring and he says that it appears Jeff Hardy has all the momentum heading into Judgment Day this Sunday. Hardy says that Edge is a creature of habit. If we’ve watched him over the last few months, we’ll notice he wins a title on one Pay Per View, and loses it on the next. Hardy says it’s a pattern and someone from the crowd yells that he’s the greatest and Hardy, off script, yells that that fan is the greatest. Hardy says at Backlash, Edge won the title again, and at Judgment Day he will LOSE again. It won’t just be for Hardy, it’ll be for each and every one of us who have supported him through thick and thin and always believed in what he stands for, and that is him, Jeff Hardy! Hardy poses for the crowd.

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Jeff Hardy defeats Chris Jericho on Friday Night Smackdown

Jeff Hardy defeats Chris Jericho on Friday Night Smackdown
WWE Smackdown
May 8, 2009
Pittsburgh, PA
Report by: Mike Tedesco of WrestleView.com

Jeff Hardy vs. Chris Jericho

In case you just started reading here, if Chris Jericho wins then he gets added to the World Heavyweight Championship match at Judgment Day.

Mike Chioda calls for the bell and the match begins. Hardy gets the crowd into it. Jericho quickly gets on the offensive, kicking Jeff Hardy in the midsection and punching him around the ring. Jericho holds him against the ropes and talks trash into his ear. Jericho whips Hardy into the ropes and he spears him down and punches him a bunch of times. Hardy clubs Jericho a few times before bouncing his head off the top turnbuckle. Hardy has a whip reversed on him but Hardy hangs on the top rope, causing Jericho to miss the dropkick. Hardy then hits a double leg drop to Jericho’s midsection and covers for a two count.

Hardy gets Jericho up but counters with a forearm to the midsection and a head-butt. Jericho attempts a body slam but Hardy slides off and hits his own body slam. Hardy now goes up to the top rope for a Swanton Bomb but Jericho slides out of the ring before he can do it.

Jericho is taking a breather on the outside but what he doesn’t know is Rey Mysterio makes his way down to ringside! Jericho then sees Mysterio and talks trash until he is hit from behind by Jeff Hardy. Mysterio claps as Hardy bounces Jericho off the barricade. Hardy puts him in the ring and bounces his head off the top turnbuckle. Hardy forearms him in the corner but has a whip into the corner reversed on him. Jericho charges and dives but Hardy moves and Jericho bounces his head off the ring post and falls to the outside!

Hardy whips Jericho into the barricade and fixes the steps up for himself. Hardy runs and flies off the steps for a Poetry in Motion type move but Jericho moves and Hardy crashes and burns! Jericho gets in the ring to accept the count-out but Hardy gets in at nine! Edge was even cheering him on! Jericho immediately covers for a two and a half count. Jericho covers again but Hardy’s feet are on the ropes. It’s time for a commercial.

-Commercial Break-

We’re back from the break and we see Jericho standing on Hardy’s back while he’s prone on the second rope. Jericho talks some trash to Edge before heading back towards Hardy and grabbing his legs. Jericho then performs a catapult guillotine into the second rope. Jericho smiles as the crowd chants for Hardy. Jericho picks him up and Hardy punches Jericho before going into the ropes and getting hit with a knee to the midsection from Jericho for a two and a half count. Jericho quickly locks on a chin lock. Hardy fights up but stays in control. Jericho then goes for an Irish whip but Hardy twists into his clothesline takedown neckbreaker.

Hardy comes back with a forearm smash and a clothesline. Hardy has a whip into the corner reversed on him but he tries to counter with a Whisper in the Wind but loses his footing and Jericho quickly gets to him to keep him from falling on his head! Jericho hammers Hardy in the kidneys and gets to the second rope for a super back suplex but Hardy forearms him off and hits Whisper in the Wind on Jericho! Hardy covers for a two and a half count!

Hardy gets the crowd into it and goes for a kick that gets blocked. Hardy goes for his flipping mule kick but Jericho pushes him away and goes for the Walls of Jericho and locks it on! Hardy is bleeding from the eyebrow! Edge is cheering his long time rival on to NOT tap out! Hardy eventually fights to the ropes. Jericho gets into an argument with Mike Chioda about that. Jericho then charges towards Hardy but Hardy catches him with a sit-out front suplex. Hardy then removes his shirt and goes up for the Swanton Bomb but Jericho moves and Hardy crashes to the mat! Jericho quickly hits the Lionsault and Jericho covers for a CLOSE two and a half count!

Jericho is really upset but this. He punches Hardy a few times before picking him up and going for a kick that gets blocked. Jericho tries for the enzuigiri counter but Hardy avoids that. Hardy punches Jericho a few more times and goes for the Twist of Fate but Jericho twists into a leg sweep and attempts to lock the Walls of Jericho back on but Hardy kicks Jericho off. Hardy catches Jericho with an inside cradle but Jericho turns Hardy onto his shoulder at the two count and Jericho gets a two and a half count! Jericho is against the ropes and Hardy clotheslines him over the top rope, taking himself along for the ride!

Hardy attempts to punch Jericho but Jericho counters by throwing Hardy over the announcer’s table into Edge’s lap! Jericho gets Hardy back in the ring and covers for a two and a half count. Edge now gets on the apron and talks trash to Jericho. Hardy then comes from behind and school boys Jericho for a two and a half count! Jericho is in the corner and Hardy runs right into his boot. Jericho then covers and gets both feet on the ropes for leverage and almost gets the win until Rey Mysterio yells over to the referee that Jericho is cheating. Jericho talks trash to Mysterio and turns into a Twist of Fate! Hardy then goes to the top rope and hits a Swanton Bomb for the win!!

Winner by Pinfall: Jeff Hardy

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It will be Jeff Hardy versus Edge on WWE Judgment Day

After defeating John Cena at Backlash, it didn’t take long for World Heavyweight Champion Edge to find out he would be defending his gold against the high-flying Jeff Hardy at Judgment Day.

On the first SmackDown after Backlash, Jeff Hardy won a No. 1 Contender Fatal-4-Way Elimination Match against formidable foes, Kane, Chris Jericho, and Rey Mysterio in Madison Square Garden. The victory officially gave Hardy the opportunity for a match with The Rated-R Superstar.

And on that same night in The Garden, Hardy delivered a Twist of Fate and Swanton Bomb to Edge, who found himself in a vulnerable position after losing a non-title match to CM Punk.

Hardy has made it clear. He wants gold – something that was taken from him at Royal Rumble by none other than Edge, after a shocking betrayal from his own brother, Matt Hardy.

At Backlash, Jeff finally got revenge on his brother by winning their emotion-charged “I Quit" Match.

Now, Hardy has set his sights on the world champion.

Can Edge find a way to beat Hardy like he did Cena at Backlash , or will The Charismatic Enigma ride a wave of momentum into Judgment Day and leave with gold around his waist?

Jeff Hardy wins Fatal Four Way to Become #1 Contender

WWE Smackdown
May 1, 2009
New York City, NY
Report by: Mike Tedesco of WrestleView.com

Fatal Four Way Elimination Match
Winner becomes #1 Contender for the World Title
Rey Mysterio vs. Kane vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Chris Jericho

The rules are that four superstars will compete in the ring at the same time. Superstars are eliminated by pinfall, submission, or disqualification. The match will continue until only one superstar remains – that superstar will be the #1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Championship at Judgment Day!

Charles Robinson, my favorite referee, calls for the bell and this match begins. Kane quickly establishes dominance, knocking everyone down with pushes, punches, and kicks. Jeff Hardy is quickly dumped out of the ring by Kane and he right away goes to work on Jericho with an uppercut and a clothesline. Kane picks Jericho up and uppercuts him again, putting him against the ropes. Kane whips Jericho into the ropes and drops him with a big boot and then quickly pummels Mysterio with a big clothesline. Kane kicks Jericho in the head before going back to Mysterio and delivering a sidewalk slam. Kane covers for a two count. Jericho gets up and walks right into an uppercut. Kane bounces Jericho’s head off the top turnbuckle and whips him into the opposite corner. Kane charges and hits a corner clothesline before throwing Jericho out of the ring right by Hardy. Kane then picks Mysterio up over his head and throws him over the top rope to the outside on top of Jericho and Hardy! Kane is dominant as we go to commercial.

-Commercial Break-

We come back from the break to see Kane come of the top rope for his clothesline but Jeff Hardy counters with a dropkick! Mysterio then hits a springboard leg drop on Kane and covers for a two and a half count. Mysterio gets on Jericho with some forearms but has an Irish whip reversed on him and Jericho crushes him with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for a two and a half count. Hardy then hits Jericho with a club and whips him into the ropes for his flying neckbreaker, covering Jericho for a two and a half count.

Hardy goes for a hurricanrana on Jericho but Jericho counters into the Wall of Jericho! Jericho wrenches it in until Kane grabs him by the throat and goes for a Chokeslam but Jericho gets out of it and goes for the Walls of Jericho but Kane powers out before Jericho can lock it on! Kane then grabs Jericho and Hardy by the throat but releases them when he sees Mysterio springboard off the top rope and grabs Mysterio by the throat. Kane lifts him up for the Chokeslam but Mysterio counters into a hurricanrana, putting Kane in position for the 619! Mysterio goes for it but Jericho, on the outside, grabs Mysterio’s legs and drags him out!

In the ring, Jeff Hardy ducks a clothesline and hits Whisper in the Wind on Kane! Hardy quickly goes to the top rope and hits the Swanton Bomb and covers but Jericho pulls him out of the ring at the count of two! Jericho then scurries into the ring and covers Kane, eliminating him!

Kane has been eliminated from the match.

Jericho smiles but turns right into an uppercut from Kane, flooring him. Kane then exits the ring and bounces Hardy’s head off the barricade. Kane takes the top half of the stairs off and grabs two chairs, putting them in the ring. Kane then leaves – anticlimactic! Charles Robinson throws one of the chairs out but stops when Mysterio dropkicks Jericho in the back, setting him up for the 619! Mysterio hits it and goes for the West Coast Pop but Jericho throws a chair in his face! Charles Robinson calls for the bell and disqualifies Chris Jericho!

Chris Jericho has been eliminated from the match.

Jericho argues with Charles Robinson before finally leaving. It’s now down to Jeff Hardy and Rey Mysterio. This should be a great finale to the match.

-Commercial Break-

We come back from the ring and Hardy and Mysterio are at opposite sides of the ring, circling each other. They approach and both go for a kick but because Hardy is a little bigger his leg connects first. Hardy has a whip into the ropes reversed on him, he jumps over Mysterio, goes back into the ropes, and gets dropkicked down by Mysterio. Mysterio covers for a two and a half count. Mysterio whips Hardy into the ropes and goes for a dropkick but Hardy holds the ropes and Mysterio crashes on the mat. Hardy hits his double leg drop to the abdomen, low dropkicks Mysterio in the face, and covers for a two and a half count.

Hardy gets the crowd into it before charging Mysterio in the corner but Mysterio moves. Mysterio charges Hardy in the corner but Hardy kicks him in the face, goes to the second rope, and comes off with a sunset flip but Mysterio rolls through and kicks Hardy in the head for a near fall! Mysterio goes into the ropes and hits a leg drop, covering for a two and a half count. Mysterio forearms Hardy but has a whip reversed on him. Mysterio ducks the clothesline and they both go into the ropes at the same time and have a mid-air collision with dual cross-body blocks! Both men are down!

Charles Robinson does not count them down. There must be a winner here. Hardy is the first up and he clubs Mysterio. Hardy kicks him and whips him into the ropes but Mysterio holds on. Hardy charges right into his boot. Mysterio springboards off the second rope for a moonsault press but Hardy catches him on his shoulder and turns it into a Twist of Fate attempt but Mysterio sweeps the legs and goes for a jackknife cover but Hardy reverses it into a cover of his own for a two and a half count!

Hardy goes for a back suplex but Mysterio flips onto his feet. Hardy goes for a kick, which Mysterio blocks, so Hardy hits his flipping mule kick. Hardy goes for the corner slingshot dropkick but Mysterio moves at the last second and Hardy crashes to the mat hard. Mysterio goes into the ropes and does a wheelbarrow into a roll up but Hardy reverses at the two count into a pin of his own for a two and a half count!

Hardy pushes Mysterio into the ropes and Mysterio hits him with a hurricanrana, putting Hardy in position for the 619! Mysterio hits it and hits his springboard senton but Hardy reverses the pinfall into one of his own and gets the pin! Jeff Hardy is the #1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Championship! Great match!

Winner by Pinfall: Jeff Hardy

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