In-Ring Promo: Christian & Edge
Christian comes out first. He gets on the mic and says he promised something tonight and he’s gonna get right to it. He says tonight, he’ll have in his corner – his best friend. The Rated-R Superstar. Edge. Edge’s theme music and out comes Edge in street clothes. Edge makes his way to the ring as the crowd pops pretty big for him. Edge gets in the ring and hugs Christian. They have big smiles on their faces. Edge asks Christian for the mic. Christian obliges. Crowd pops huge again. Edge says that was fun. Edge reminds everyone that he’ll never physically be cleared to compete in the ring. He says but when he left, he was happy. He felt like he was part of passing the torch to Christian. Edge says he cracked the door open for him, and he kicked it wide open and became the World Champion. He says no one deserved it more than him. Edge said he agrees it was unfair that Teddy Long made Christian defend the title. He says but then Christian complanied about it the week after that. And again the week after that. And after that. And after that. He says it about 20 times. Edge says he got his title back though and now he’s a two-time World Champion. Edge says, “but ya did it by DQ?” sounding kind of disappointed. Edge says he did some horrible things in the ring, but he always did it with style. Edge says he wasn’t boring. Crowd “oooh’s”. Edge says he didn’t hide behind lawyers and people. Edge says somewhere along the line, Christian became a disgrace to himself. Edge says he’s better than that, and he knows it. He says he’ll be his friend forever but he never knew his best friend would become a whiney, crying little bitch. Edge drops the mic. and walks to the back as the crowd cheers. Orton’s theme hits and out comes the challenger.
World Heavyweight Title: Christian (c) vs. Randy Orton
The bell rings and both guys go to work. Christian gets the upper-hand early on. Christian pounds Orton into a corner and goes to work on him with rapid-fire punches. Christian slaps his chest a bunch and poses to the crowd as Orton is down. Orton reverses Christian into the corner and then back-body drops him hard to the mat. Orton stomping away at Christian, ala Ronnie Garvin. Orton hits a big flying knee to the face of Christian for a nearfall. Christian shows some life and he is going to work again on Orton now. Christian knocks Orton out to the floor. Christian goes out after him. Orton punches Christian on the floor and then whips him back-first into the ringside barricade. Orton rips the top off one of the ringside announce tables. Orton hits a European uppercut on Christian and then puts him on the table. Orton follows him onto the table. Orton tries an RKO on the table but Christian grabs his World title and runs off through the crowd. Orton chases after him through the crowd. He catches up with him deep into the audience and pounds away, knocking him down some steps in the aisleways and forcing him back closer to the ring. Orton finally throws Christian back over the barricade and onto the ringside floor. Now he throws him back in the ring. Orton and Christian are back in the ring now and Orton is clearly in control of the match at this point. Christian avoids an Orton spear in the corner, sending Orton through the ropes and smashing his shoulder into the ringside post. We have a split chant-reaction going on in the crowd now, half for Christian, half for Orton. Christian goes under the ring looking for something. He comes back out with a kendo stick. Remember, that is legal in this match. Christian hits Orton several times with the kendo stick in the stmoach, back and everywhere else. Christian choking Orton with the tip of the kendo stick as he shouts like a crazy-person. Christian drops the stick and goes for a pin, but Orton manages to kick out at two. Christian grabs the stick again as Orton struggles to get to his feet. Christian misses a big homerun shot and Orton goes to work on him. Christian slows him down, however, and is continuing his onslaughter on “The Viper.” Orton avoids a Christian splash in the corner and rolls Christian up for a surprising nearfall. Orton hits Christian a few times before Christian stops him short with a sidewalk slam. Christian again in control of the offense. Christian goes out to the floor while Orton is shown on a close-up with his mouth bleeding. Christian comes back in with a kendo stick and goes to the middle rope. Orton turns around and Christian comes off, but Orton senses it and catches him coming down with a big dropkick. Orton has a crazy look in his eyes now as he notices the blood from his mouth. A replay is shown of Orton’s dropkick to Christian. Back in live action, Orton hits Christian with multiple clotheslines and then a short powerslam. Orton grabs the kendo stick now as the crowd explodes. Christian stops him coming in though with a kick. Orton rolls Christian up out of nowhere but Christian kicks out at two. Christian bitch-slaps Orton in the face. Orton hits Christian with a Thesz Press and punches away. Orton tries to hit Christian with the draped-DDT off the middle rope but Christian reverses. Christian nearly hits the Killswitch but Orton reverses into a backbreaker for a nearfall. Orton backs up and tries to hit a punt on Christian but Christian avoids it and rolls to the floor. Orton goes out after him. Orton knocks Christian down and then goes under the ring for something. He comes out with a table as the crowd pops. Orton pulls out a second table. Orton puts one table in the ring. Christian then knocks Orton down and sets up the other table on the floor. Orton fights back and both guys end up in the ring. Both guys are on the top rope now fighting over a superplex. Orton hits the superplex on Christian into the ring, landing on the unfolded table. Orton crawls over for a pin attempt but Christian kicks out at two. Orton goes to set up the table in the ring but it’s damaged from the superplex spot. He instead leans it against the corner of the ring, due to one the legs being broken off. Orton goes over to Christian as the crowd chants “RKO.” Christian counters Orton with a backwards DDT. Christian waits for Orton to get up. Christian goes for a spear on Orton through the table but Orton avoids it. Christian ends up dumping Orton onto the floor. Orton throws Christian and he crashes hard into the ringside steps. Orton drags a portion of the ringside steps and leans it longways against the ring apron. Christian counters him and slams Orton face-first into the ringside steps. Christian drags Orton by the arm around the ring. Christian clears off the Spanish announce table. He uses one of the TV monitors as a weapon and blasts Orton with it in the face. Christian puts Orton onto the cleared off announce table. Christian mocks Orton’s hand-pounding gesture on the table as he waits for Orton to get up. Christian goes for an RKO on Orton but Orton reverses it into an RKO of his own, with both guys crashing through the table. “This is awesome” chant breaks out from the crowd. Both guys slowly make their way back into the ring. Christian hits the Killswitch out of nowhere on Orton and immediately pins him. Orton, however, manages to kick out at two. The crowd kind of “boos'” that kick out, hoping it was the finish for Christian. Christian goes out to the floor and grabs two steel chairs. Christian lays one chair on the ground under Orton’s head and picks up the other. Christian looking for Edge’s “con-chair-to” (however you wanna spell it) but Orton avoids it. Orton grabs the chair and nails Christian with is repeatedly. Christian is on the outside of the ropes on the apron. Orton runs at him with the chair and blasts him, knocking him off the apron and through the table that was set up on the floor. Now Orton grabs the ringside steps from the floor and rolls them into the ring. He goes under the ring now and pulls out a trash can. And another. And a kendo stick. And another. He throws all the weapons in the ring before grabbing an unconscious Christian and rolling him back in the ring. Orton is standing on the second step of the ringside steps in the ring. He tries to stomp on Christian’s head but Christian moves. Christian runs at Orton but Orton catches him coming in and powerslams him through the table set up in the corner of the ring. Orton picks up a kendo stick as Christian tries getting back to his feet. Orton blasts Christian with it repeatedly. Orton grabs a trash can and sets it near the ropes. Orton has Christian set up for his draped-DDT spot off the middle ropes. He hits it hard and Christian lands face-first in the trash can. Orton starts doing his “Viper” hand-pounding on the ring mat now as Christian gets to his feet. Christian gets up and surprises Orton with a kendo shot. Christian comes off the top rope but Orton catches him coming down with an RKO, with Christian landing face-first on the ringside steps. Wow, that was actually pretty insane. Orton scores the pin off that spot. We have a new World Heavyweight Champion. It’s Orton’s 9th reign as champion, according to Michael Cole.
Winner and NEW World Heavyweight Champion: Randy Orton
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