Shawn Michaels delivered Sweet Chin Music to Triple H
and won the World Heavyweight Championship Sunday
night before a rabid sellous crowd at Madison Square
Garden!
HBK, who hadn't held a title since dropping the WWE
Championship to Steve Austin at WrestleMania 14, also
pinned Chris Jericho in the Elimination Chamber match
to set up his showdown with The Game.
Jericho looked unstoppable upon entering the ring. Y2J
sent both Kane and Booker T back to the locker rooms
after scoring pinfalls. RVD also looked impressive,
starting the match with high-octane offense against
the defending champion, Triple H.
After Michaels scored the pinfall, Madison Square
Garden erupted with defeaning cheers and a shower of
streamers and confetti. What will become of HBK's
reign as the World Heavyweight Champion? Tune in to
RAW at 9/8 CT Monday night on TNN to hear what the
champ has to say!
All month long, one question burned in everyone's
mind: Could Brock Lesnar hit the F-5 on the Big Show?
Many felt that the champion's devestating finisher was
the key to a successful title defense. Brock Lesnar
gave a resounding answer to that question by picking
the 7-foot-2, 500-pound Big Show onto his shoulders
and slamming him to the mat without hesitation!
Even Lesnar's advisor, Paul Heyman, stared in
wide-eyed shock after feeling the tremor caused by
Show crashing to the canvas. Brock appeared to have
locked up the win, but Heyman unexpectedly pulled the
referee out of the ring in mid-count! Lesnar's blood
boiled as he stared into Heyman's terrified face.
Brock gave chase but was cut down by a chairshot from
his opponent. After a chokeslam onto the steel chair,
Big Show got the pinfall and celebrated with Paul
Heyman and his newly-won WWE Championship!
Eddie and Chavo Guerrero earned the WWE Tag Team
Championship by outlasting Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit
and the defending champs, Edge and Rey Mysterio, in an
Elimination Match. Angle and Benoit were the first to
be ousted after their bickering distracted them both.
Eddie finished off an incredible, fast-paced match by
making Rey Mysterio tap out to the Lasso from El Paso.
In a brutal mach that featured all sorts of weapons --
from ironing boards and brooks to trash cans and fire
extinguishers, Victoria pinned Trish Stratus to become
the Women's Champion! The fact that blood gushed from
Victoria's nose through most of the match only seemed
to fuel her rage throughout.
Not even Nidia's interference could help Jamie Noble
at Madison Square Garden. Billy Kidman took hold of
the Cruiserweight Championship after nailing a perfect
Shooting Star Press to end Noble's five-month title
reign.
When the brand extension first took hold, it appeared
to signify the end of one of the greatest tag teams of
all time. But the Dudley Boyz teamed up to break at
least one more table at Survivor Series! Bubba faced a
desperate situation. Both his partners had been
smashed through tables and eliminated, leaving him to
face two opponents by himself. Just as Bubba faced
certain elimination, D-Von Dudley raced in and evened
the score. The Dudley Boyz put Rico through a table
with a 3-D and brought the Madison Square Garden crowd
to its feet! Are the Dudley Boyz back together again?
Match results
Spike, Bubba Ray & Jeff Hardy def. 3-Minute Warning &
Rico
Billy Kidman def. Jamie Noble for the Cruiserweight
Champion
Victoria def. Trish Stratus for the Women's
Championship
The Big Show def. Brock Lesnar for the WWE
Championship
Los Guerreros def. Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit and Edge
& Rey Mysterio for the WWE Tag Team Championship
