The bad apple jokes fly all around. Tonight King faces Swagger. If King wins he faces Cole and makes the stipulation. If Swagger wins, Cole retires undefeated. JR is in King’s corner.
JR comes out and attacks JR verbally in quite the nasty way. JR is pisses and attacks the Mine. He shakes the box, trying to get in. JR hits Cole over the top with his hat. Special Guest Ref comes and tries a cheap shot on King, but he’s ready and they fight. A bunch of refs out to try to peel JR off the Mine and separate King and Swagger.
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.Jack Swagger w/ Cole vs. Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler w/ JR
They lock up. King to the ropes. Swagger with a punch, then a back body drop on King. Cole screeches. Swagger runs around the ring. JR tells King he’ll go for the ankle, then yelled at Swagger to shut up. Upper cut to Swagger, then he mimics Swagger running around the ring. Swagger on King with blows in a corner. Side headlock on King as Cole crows. JR yells at King to counter. Back drop to Swagger.
Swagger grabs King’s ankle and locks in. King gets to the rope, but Swagger holds for the whole five, then lets go. Swagger stomps on King as Cole yells at King to stay down, then attacks JR verbally. Swagger pins for two. Wristlock on King as JR tells Cole that Swagger’s stupid. King up to his feet, but into a corner. Back elbow to King in a corner. Huge heat for Swagger’s showboating. King eats another corner, then the next as Cole taunts him and King gets revved up.
The strap comes down and King on Swagger with huge blows. Kick to King’s knee, then Swagger picks King up. King slides off, then hit’s a drop kick to send Swagger to eat a corner. Cole on the apron yelling to Swagger. "Jerry" chants from the fans. Cole on the apron distracts King. Swagger up and clotheslines King. Cole claps for Swagger, still up on the apron. JR comes around and pulls Cole’s feet out from under him. Cole hits the apron, then the floor. Swagger reaches out and grabs at JR’s head and shoulders through the ropes. King grabs Swagger from behind and rolls him up in a schoolboy for three.
Winner – King w/ JR!
JR is all pep, raises King’s arm at announce as Cole starts to look green, really ill. King celebrates as Josh says King will get to set the stipulation for their match at Extreme Rules. Cole in and yells at Swagger. Cole calls Swagger an idiot. He goes off about paying Swagger good money. Cole then bitch slapped Swagger. Cole flees the ring yelling that Swagger deserves it. King grabs a mic and says that he gets to decide the match and the stipulation. He has a real good idea for the match. King wants to make it a Tag Team Match. King and JR against Cole and his former friend Swagger. Swagger, that’s the guy who slapped the taste out of your mouth. How do you feel about that Swagger? Cole is back peddling on stage, looking down at Swagger in the ring.
Josh talks about the WMXXVII match between Triple H and Taker. A video starts that shows a lot of pretty shots of Trip and Taker. Christian says it’s not that Taker thinks or knows he can win, he expects to win. Austin says they’re both competitors, warriors and take this very seriously. Stills from the match. Big Show says they’re the most respected in the industry two of the biggest today. Zeus and Hades battling is out on Mt. Olympus. More stills. JR, from the match when Trip hit a pedigree and Taker kicked out. Punk says he’s been in the ring with Taker, knows what it takes to put him down, doesn’t know what it takes to keep him down. JR yells that it’s too much! Edge says the tombstone was the moment that he thought the streak was done. Orton says Trip covered Taker’s arms over his chest, the tongue and everything, 1-2. Pat Patterson says that when you think you’re winning and the guy kicks out and you wonder what to do next. Punk says Taker beats you with his bare hands and will, Trip likes sledges. Austin says Trip didn’t want to do it, but felt he had to do it. Edge says Trip has you believing it will end. Big Show says when Trip was locked in hell’s gate, he knew it was over. Cena says Trip was right, the streak is everything, but Taker will do whatever it takes to win that day. Rock says it was an example of just how incredible those guys are. Cena says to have a match this brutal, one didn’t walk away and it was the guy who won. Trip says they left everything in that match and when Taker comes back, Trip will be waiting.
Backstage Cena and Edge are talking off mic. They shake and Edge heads for the ring.
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