The LumberJack match between Christian and Mark Henry for the World Heavyweight Championship is up next. On that note, we head to commercial.
World Heavyweight Championship: Mark Henry (c) vs. Christian (LumberJack Match)
We return from commercial and get a long, drawn out video package highlighting Hugh Jackman’s involvement on Raw this past Monday. After that we go back to the arena and we see the lumberjacks already surrounding the ring. Christian’s music hits and Tony Chimel does his thing. “Somebody’s gonna get they ass kicked” plays as the new World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry makes his way to the ring. Our World Title Lumberjack match is now officially underway. We head to a mid-match commercial before anything happens. We return from commercial and the bell rings. Christian immediately wants to leave the ring, but the lumberjacks won’t let him. The announcers put this over as being the first Lumberjack match for the World title in the history of Smackdown. Henry smashes Christian into the corner. Henry slams him down. Christian tries fighting back with punches, but all they do is piss Henry off. Henry manhandles Christian and throws him out of the ring. The lumberjacks throw him back in. Henry goes back to work on Christian in the ring. Christian tries making a comeback again, but can’t knock Henry off his feet. He keeps trying, though, and is getting in his first real series of offense in the contest thus far. Christian comes off the top and finally knocks Henry off his feet. Christian tries pinning Henry, but Henry kicks out at two. Christian was trying to get him with the Killswitch, but he was too big. Henry knocks Christian down and now seems to again be in control of the match. Both guys go out to the floor. Every single lumberjack tries attacking Henry, but he literally fights them all off by himself. Henry rolls back in the ring, while all the lumberjacks are laid out. Christian is still on the outside and is looking at what just happened. It appears as though Christian is simply going to walk away. As he tries to, Sheamus comes from the back and throws Christian back in the ring. Henry is waiting for him and hits him with the World’s Strongest Slam for the easy pinfall victory. Mark Henry wins and retains his World Heavyweight Championship.
Winner and STILL World Heavyweight Champion: Mark Henry
After The Match:
After the match, Randy Orton’s music hits and out comes the former champion running to the ring. Orton and Henry face off. Orton starts blasting Henry with punches. He tries to RKO him but Henry avoids it. Orton blasts Henry some more and knocks him out to the floor. Henry remains on the floor, looking on at Orton in the ring. Orton is in the ring grilling him right back. The announcers put over Orton vs. Henry at Hell In A Cell and we fade away on that note. That’s Smackdown for Friday, September 23, 2011.
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