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MICHAEL: Big Show, Chris Jericho, set for this history-making match
Triple Threat tag-team match, live on RAW.
(BREAK IT DOWN PLAYING)
JUSTIN: Introducing next, "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels,
The Game, Triple H,
D-Generation X!
MICHAEL: Earlier tonight, before Triple H Pedigreed Hornswoggle,
Shawn Michaels and Triple H sat out here at the ring and said,
"Hey, we're gonna get along at Survivor Series."
It doesn't matter who wins the championship from John Cena, as long...
As long as the title comes back to D-Generation X.
STRIKER: Well, Madison Square Garden awash in DX green.
The DX Army ready to mobilize, and we enter the Survivor Series.
MICHAEL: It is electric here tonight! 20,538 WWE fans!
(THE TIME IS NOW PLAYING)
JUSTIN: And their opponents, first,
from West Newbury, Massachusetts,
weighing 240 pounds, he is the WWE Champion,
John Cena!
MICHAEL: And all those WWE fans are on their feet!
Ladies and gentlemen, you are watching the longest-running
weekly episodic television show in history!
This is Monday Night RAW and we are live at the Garden in New York.
And there are the three members
for the Triple Threat Match for the WWE Title,
Sunday at Survivor Series,
DX and John Cena.
Look at this place!
So much history has been made.
STRIKER: Oh, I can tell ya, I've been coming here since I was a little kid,
never before has it been like this.
(MARCH OF THE DRUIDS PLAYING)
CROWD: (CHANTING) Undertaker! Undertaker!
(REST IN PEACE PLAYING)
JUSTIN: And his tag-team partner,
from Death Valley, weighing 299 pounds,
he is the World Heavyweight Champion,
The Undertaker!
MICHAEL: For the first time in almost a year, The Undertaker is in action,
live on Monday Night RAW.
The only way to describe it in my mind is...
Goosebumps!
And the face that's on our Superstars, including D-Generation X,
Jericho, Big Show and John Cena, show their tremendous respect,
that the World Champion, The Undertaker, has garnered over the years.
Let's get down to business now.
This is a Triple Threat tag-team match-up,
and here are the rules.
Three men will start in the ring.
You can only tag your tag-team partner.
Standard Triple Threat rules apply.
The first man to get a pinfall or submission
will win this match for his team.
STRIKER: A lot of interesting, inter-weaving stories, conflicts here.
But you have to believe that John Cena and The Undertaker
are the only two men that can trust each other here in this match tonight.
MICHAEL: Cena, Michaels, Jericho start things off in this Triple Threat Match.
And there's Shawn Michaels and Cena.
They'll meet at Survivor Series, of course.
Cena-Jericho and Jericho-Michaels with long histories.
And here comes the World's Largest Athlete, The Big Show.
And here comes the 13-time World Champion, Triple H.
And here comes The Undertaker.
STRIKER: A once-in-a-lifetime Superstar,
the World's Heavyweight Champion, The Undertaker.
MICHAEL: First time ever in Madison Square Garden
that we've seen a Triple Threat tag-team match,
and things do not look good for The Big Show.
Undertaker and Triple H unloading
on the seven-foot near-500-pounder!
Big Show feeling the knee, and there goes the big man!
And now, The Undertaker!
Sorta like Sunday,
it's really every man for himself or every team for themselves,
I should say, in this match, here tonight.
Undertaker, the World Champion,
who faces Jericho and Big Show Sunday,
unloading on Triple H.
STRIKER: You bring up a good point.
Will DX be on the same page come this Sunday?
MICHAEL: They claim they will be. John Cena says no.
That was vintage Triple H with a spinebuster!
The tag is made.
For the first time since the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania,
Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker
in the ring, one-on-one. Look at this!
STRIKER: Perhaps two of the greatest of all time squaring off.
MICHAEL: And look at Michaels! Ladies and gentlemen, classic Michaels.
The Undertaker!
STRIKER: The Undertaker!
MICHAEL: And I don't think either one of these men realize... A spear!
He went for Sweet Chin Music, and The Big Show just clobbered Michaels.
Here comes Chris Jericho.
STRIKER: And this is where Jericho and The Big Show are so dangerous.
When the match begins to become part of their ebb and flow,
this is where Jeri-Show takes over.
MICHAEL: Yeah, but on Sunday, they're not gonna be
a team, Matt. It's all about the World Title.
It's every man for himself.
Will Jericho and Big Show implode Sunday?
Lionsault, Shawn Michaels countered.
Oh, a body counter, on Jericho.
STRIKER: If Jericho can get this,
that puts extreme pressure on the lower back.
MICHAEL: This will put extreme pressure on the neck.
And look! John Cena just tagged himself in.
John Cena tagging himself in as he hammers away on Chris Jericho.
And John Cena, running bulldog.
Triple H in off the tag, again,
DX working together tonight as a team,
unsure whether or not that will happen Sunday.
John Cena!
Side slam.
Hey this is reminiscent of the Royal Rumble a couple of years ago.
STRIKER: In this very building.
MICHAEL: With John Cena and Triple H.
STRIKER: And look at the attitude of the champion, John Cena.
MICHAEL: John Cena won the Royal Rumble in his return.
And Big Show!
Double chokeslam!
And Undertaker, who's had so many battles
with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Mankind,
and his brother, Kane, in this building.
STRIKER: Oh!
MICHAEL: Don't forget, Undertaker will team with his brother Kane on SmackDown
this coming Friday night against Chris Jericho and The Big Show.
That's gonna be extremely special.
STRIKER: Did you hear that?
This is very important.
It gives The Big Show an inside look
into The Undertaker's tendencies,
MICHAEL: Jericho! Jericho cover!
Hooks the leg of Cena! And a kick-out.
We need a scorecard out here, but I do believe
the three men in the ring are legal.
STRIKER: That's the allure of the Triple Threat is that you can essentially
steal a victory at any time, you can pin anyone at any time.
MICHAEL: Right place at the right time.
We saw it here on RAW a couple of weeks ago.
Big Show knocked out Cena with a right hand,
Chris Jericho would pin Cena in a Triple Threat to pick up the win.
STRIKER: I gotta tell you, if this is any insight,
they're pushing all that weight for the Survivor Series.
MICHAEL: Here comes Shawn Michaels,
and what a personal rivalry these two men have had in the past.
Shawn Michaels flying through the air,
and how many times has Shawn done that in the Garden?
STRIKER: I know what a lot of people would like to see Shawn do.
MICHAEL: Remember WrestleMania X, first ever Ladder Match?
Shawn Michaels putting on a show right here in New York.
And there is vintage Michaels, drops the elbow to the heart!
STRIKER: Shawn Michaels thrives in the spotlight! Shawn Michaels lives for this!
This is what the people want right now, Sweet Chin Music!
MICHAEL: Went for Cena, who ducked under.
Remember, first man to gain a pinfall
or submission wins for his team.
It doesn't matter which of the other two men you pin in there.
STRIKER: Look at the speed and the power of the WWE Champion!
MICHAEL: John Cena won his first singles title ever right here in the Garden.
STRIKER: Had his very first WrestleMania at the Garden.
MICHAEL: And look at this. Triple H tagged in!
I don't believe Cena realized it! Now he does!
STRIKER: Although there are many crowns, but only one king, The Game, Triple H.
MICHAEL: Oh, high knee!
STRIKER: (CHUCKLING) Right in the head.
MICHAEL: And Triple H looks to do this Sunday against Cena for the WWE Title!
STRIKER: Triple H had arguably his greatest moment in this building.
MICHAEL: It's gonna be like this this Sunday at Survivor Series. Non-stop action!
Pinfall or submission, only way to end the match.
With the WWE and World Titles on the line!
Look at Shawn. Oh, Sweet Chin Music!
Right place! Right time!
STRIKER: Codebreaker!
Right place! Right time, Cole!
(CROWD CHEERING)
MICHAEL: Chokeslam!
And there goes The Undertaker, John Cena from behind!
Triple H never saw it coming. Up on the shoulders!
Attitude Adjustment! Cena, cover! Hooks the leg! He did it!
John Cena and The Undertaker win!
JUSTIN: The winners of this match, the team of The Undertaker
MICHAEL: Look at this!
Undertaker!
Tombstone Piledriver!
Another Madison Square Garden moment.
STRIKER: Is this a message of domination
from the World's Heavyweight Champion?
MICHAEL: Sunday on Survivor Series,
Undertaker defends that World Title
against Chris Jericho and Big Show in a Triple Threat Match.
STRIKER: Truly every man for himself.
MICHAEL: You have to wonder what that Tombstone Piledriver
is going to do to John Cena's chances
to retain the WWE Title against D-Generation X Sunday.
And what a historic night. What an electric evening
at the world's most famous arena, Madison Square Garden.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen,
for joining us live on Monday Night RAW.
Good night, from New York!
With all of the great matches, memories and moments,
it's easy to see why Madison Square Garden holds such a special place
in the hearts of Superstars and fans all across the world.
Great moments happen here in Madison Square Garden, WWE's home turf.
I'm Matt Striker, thank you so much for allowing me
to join you on our trip down memory lane.