March Week 4 | Bakersfield, CA
Rey Mysterio viciously attacked Eddie Guerrero before the match started, and possibly would've crippled him if not for WWE officials pulling him away. Eddie still had to compete against Jericho though despite the attack, and it certainly didn't help him. Y2J showed no sympathy and took advantage of the weakened Eddie Guerrero, eventually hitting him with a Lionsault and locking in a Walls of Jericho in the center of the ring. Eddie was able to get out though and throw Jericho to the outside. Guerrero used the environment to damage Jericho but when the two of them re-entered the ring, Jericho got him in a school-boy roll up to get the pin and the win in embarrassing fashion for the Intercontinental Champion. Eddie was pissed off and in his anger grabbed the microphone and said something he probably shouldn't have, "So you think I'm a joke huh, eses? Eddie Guerrero is no joke amigo. Tell you what, at Starrcade, I'll take on all three of you: Rob Van Dam, Chris Jericho and of course my former friend, Rey Mysterio. I can beat you all at once." That's a challenge that Eddie will probably regret but an incredible opportunity for the other three superstars involved.
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Trish waited in the ring for Lita. Lita's entrance music came but she wasn't there to Trish's confusion. Suddenly, Lita slid in from behind and assaulted Stratus, looking for revenge from last week. She grabbed a chair and bludgeoned Trish with it before the match even got started and stood tall over her with the chair in hand.
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Kane and Shawn Michaels were barred from ringside for this one, after Taker and Triple H had caused a major ruckus in the match between the former two last week. However, HHH was permitted to have his wife, Stephanie McMahon, accompany him to ringside. HHH was clearly overmatched against Taker, with whom he'd had a feud with almost a full year ago for the WWE Championship. However, Stephanie was the X-Factor. Just after Taker hit HHH with a chokeslam and looked to set up the Tombstone Piledriver. Stephanie started causing a fuss outside the ring apron, drawing the attention of the referee completely and causing Undertaker to look over. That brief moment of distraction gave HHH time to hit Taker with a low blow outside the ref's field of view. He then kicked him in the same area and Pedigree'd Taker and the referee recovered just in time to count and give HHH the victory. This is a move that drew boos from the crowd, however HBK came out afterwards and celebrated with HHH, and as that happened, the crowd decided to support HHH along with the babyface HBK and cheered the two of them. Will they be able to win the belts at Starrcade?
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Chris Benoit took on Big Show for the second time in three weeks, and again was simply way too good for the larger athlete. His technical skill was too much for Show and he nearly ended it early with a Crippler Crossface in the center of the ring, but Show was just able to make it to the ropes. After this, Big Show got some offense in, but was again knocked off his feet thanks to the savvy of Benoit. Benoit hit a trio of German Suplexes again on the giant and finished him off with a powerful Diving Headbutt to get the win and start off his WWE career 2-0. His celebrations didn't last long though as the United States Champion, John Cena, ran up on him and threw him from the top turnbuckle while he celebrated. Cena then hit the Five Knuckle Shuffle on Benoit. But rather than going for the F-U, he locked in his STFU submission hold as punishment for Benoit's actions last week, forcing Chris to tap until he finally released the hold. Tensions are running really high between these two going into their triple threat match with Big Show for the US Title at Starrcade.
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Before Brock could even get into the ring, Booker was all over him, desperate to defend his championship. Brock was pissed off when the bell finally rang and Booker ran away to the outside but Lesnar gave chase. The two brawled in the section just outside the ring before Lesnar clotheslined Booker over the barricade and continued his assault. Booker briefly regained control when he threw Lesnar into a table, but when he tried to follow that up with an Axe Kick, Lesnar caught him on his shoulders and delivered and F-5 through the same table he'd just been shoved into. The referee was already at an 8 count at this point though, and Lesnar realizing that, tried to make it back to the ring but was too far away and they both got counted out. Sharmell squealed and went to go grab Bookers' World Heavyweight Championship and help her husband, as they walked back up the ramp slowly with Booker using her as a crutch and Lesnar fuming in the ring, Vince McMahon's music started to play. The boss spoke, "Hell no, no way is this going to end like that. Booker, you're going to defend that title again in six nights at Starrcade. And just to make sure there can be no count outs, no disqualifications and no shenanigans, you will do so in a NO HOLDS BARRED match! Booker and Sharmell yelled in frustration as a crooked smile appeared on the face of Lesnar.
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No holds barred against Lesnar. Booker T better play by any means necessary. Expecting a lot of blood from that one.
