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WWE Judgment Day Results
May 18, 2008
By Raj Giri, WrestlingInc.com Staff
HHHA video package aired highlighting the featured matches on tonight's show. Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler opened the show at ringside as JBL began to make his way to the ring.

JBL vs. John Cena
JBL came to the ring first in his limo followed by Cena to a positive reaction. Jim Ross noted that Cena is 4-0 at Judgment Day. The match went back and forth at the beginning before JBL got the advantage. JBL threw Cena shoulder first into the turnbuckle and then he started working on Cena's shoulder.

JBL continued to work on Cena's shoulder for several minutes until Cena hit several clotheslines to regain the advantage. Cena went to the top to hit a flying tackle but missed, allowing JBL to regain the advantage.

JBL continued to dominate the match for several minutes. JBL then got Cena in a body scissors for awhile. Cena was able to stand up, turning it into a full nelson. Cena was finally able to power out and attempted an FU on JBL, but his shoulder gave out allowing JBL to regain the advantage again.

JBL continued to work over Cena with punches and elbows. JBL has pretty much dominated the entire match, leading me to believe that Cena's going over. JBL just hit Cena with another big clothesline. Just as I wrote that, JBL went for another big clothesline that Cena ducked and turned it into an FU on JBL and the pin.

Winner: John Cena By Pinfall

King Regal is shown in a luxury box frowning as Cena made his way to the back. A promo was then shown for 'The Dirt Sheet', the show that the Miz and John Morrison have on WWE.com.


WWE Tag Team Championship Match
John Morrison & The Miz (c's) vs. ECW Champion Kane & CM Punk.

Kane and CM Punk were introduced first, with Kane being cheered and Punk getting a surprising amount of boos. Morrison and Miz were introduced next to a chorus of boos.

Kane and Punk dominated the match early with Kane's power moves and some good double team moves from Kane and Punk. Punk then applied a bunch of submission moved on Morrison before Morrison poked Punk in the eye to gain the advantage.

The two teams continued to go back and forth before Morrison hit a neckbreaker on CM Punk to get the pin. A good, fast paced match even though it could have been a little longer. Punk must have heat with someone with the number of jobs he's been doing lately.

Winners: John Morrison & The Miz

A promo for Rambo appeared next. A promo then aired previewing Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho which is up next.

Shawn Michaels vs. WWE Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho
Chris Jericho came out first to a positive, albeit quiet reaction. Lilian Garcia introduced him as the Intercontinental Champion, but never called the match a title match. Jim Ross then stated that the match isn't about the Intercontinental title. Shawn Michaels came out next to a good reaction. Ross noted that Michaels and Jericho are 2 of only 5 grand slam champions in the history of WWE.

Jericho kept trying to get Michaels' leg early on, but Michaels repeatedly kicked him off. Michaels and Jericho then traded holds and pinfall attempts before Michaels was able to get Jericho in a modified figure four leglock (almost an Indian deathlock). Jericho made the ropes and Michaels broke the hold. Michaels then slapped Jericho, infuriating Jericho.

The two continued to go back and forth for the next several minutes. Finally Michaels went for an elbow off the top rope onto Jericho, but Jericho raised his knees to get the advantage.

Jericho at one point was able to get the Walls Of Jericho on Michaels, but Michaels made the ropes. Jericho then went to the top to hit Michaels, who was standing outside the ropes, but Michaels hit sweet chin music on Jericho, knocking Y2J out of the ring. HBK then threw Y2J in the ring and covered him for a 2 count. HBK then hit an elbow from the top and went for sweet chin music again, but as he kept going to kick Jericho, Jericho would fall. Finally Michaels went for it but Jericho surprised Michaels and hit the codebreaker on Michaels. He was slow to make the cover, and only got a two count.

The end of the match saw Jericho trying to get the Walls on Michaels again, but Michaels was able to reverse it and get the three count. Great match.

Winner via pinfall: Shawn Michaels

After the match, Jericho held out his hand. Michaels reluctantly shook it and it looked like Jericho was going to attack Michaels, but he didn't. Jericho clapped as Michaels left the ring.

Todd Grisham interviewed Mickie James and asked how it went with John Cena last week. Mickie James answered that it was good before JBL and drove James away. JBL said that he beat Cena for 20 minutes, basically saying he was the real winner of the match. He threatened Grisham before walking out.


WWE Women's Championship Match
Mickie James (c) vs. Beth Phoenix vs. Melina

Beth Phoenix started the match by opening the ropes and asking Melina to get out of her ring, but Melina kicked her out.

The three worked a typical triple threat match, where one participant would be laid out while the other two worked. At one point Phoenix was able to get Melina and James in a backbreaker at the same time!

The finish of the match saw James hit Melina with a DDT to get the win. The finish kinda came out of nowhere, but it was one of the better WWE women's matches.

Winner via pinfall: Mickie James

Shawn Michaels was shown backstage when Batista approached him. Batista told him that he'd hurt him, but he'd dictate the time and place. Michaels looked concerned as Batista walked out.

A promo was shown for the WrestleMania 24 DVD.

Michael Cole and Mick Foley introduced the World Heavyweight Title Match. In the online voting, 85% of the fans thought that the Undertaker would win.

World Heavyweight Championship Match
The Undertaker vs. Edge

Edge entered the ring first followed by the Undertaker. Undertaker had the advantage early but went for old school, but Edge knocked the Undertaker out of the ring while he was walking the top rope.

Edge dominated the next several minutes, working over the Undertaker's legs. The Undertaker went for the gogoplata chokehold, but the referee quickly waved him off and Taker let it go. Edge then went for old school, but Taker knocked him down. Undertaker hit old school a few minutes later and went to hit Edge with the tombstone but Ryder and Hawkins came to ringside and distracted the ref. Edge removed the padding from one of the turnbuckles.

Edge and Undertaker exchanged some holds before Edge hit a DDT and got a two count. Edge then sidestepped a spear from Edge and then powerbombed Edge into the corner and got a two count before Edge put his foot on the ropes. Undertaker then went for snake eyes on the exposed turnbuckle, but Edge countered. After a couple more counters, Undertaker hit snake eyes on Edge on the exposed turnbuckle. Taker slowly got to his feet, but as he charged at Edge, Edge was able to hit a spear and got a two count.

A couple of minutes later the Undertaker hit a big chokeslam on Edge, but again was only able to get a two count. Taker kicked Edge out of the ring and then clotheslined Edge over the barrier, sending both men into the crowd. Both struggled back to the ring, but Undertaker got there first to seemingly win the vacated world title via countout. Just as the announcement was about to be made, Smackdown General Manager Vickie Guerrero came down to ringside. It took her a minute to start talking because of the boos from the fans. When she finally was able to speak, she noted that a title could not change hands on a countout so the World Heavyweight Title remains vacant. After the announcement, Undertaker grabbed Edge and gave him a tombstone.

Winner via countout: The Undertaker, the World Heavyweight Title Remains Vacant

A backstage promo was shown with Randy Orton. Orton said Triple H never taught him a thing when they were in Evolution because he knew this day would come.

MVP started to make his way to the ring. MVP noted that he was slighted being left off the card and demanded a match. He challenged anyone from the back and Matt Hardy's music hit. Hardy came out and said he's already proven that he's better than MVP, so he introduced Jeff Hardy. Thankfully, I think that also means that Mark Henry vs. The Big Show if off the show.

MVP vs. Jeff Hardy
The two went back and forth early on. A few minutes into the match MVP gained the advantage and started working over Hardy's arm. He continued to work over Hardy's arm for several minutes and then hit a big kick to Hardy's arm, knocking Hardy out of the ring.

After dominating for a few more minutes, Hardy was able to reverse a playmaker and gain the advantage. He missed the swanton and MVP went to hit a kick again, but Jeff countered it and hit a whisper in the wind to get the three count. Not a bad match, but nothing special.

Winner via pinfall: Jeff Hardy

William Regal was shown frowning again in the crowd. A promo was then shown for Rambo with comments from Sylvester Stallone.

WWE Championship - Steel Cage Match
Triple H (c) vs. Randy Orton.

Randy Orton entered the cage first, followed by Triple H. Orton tried to quickly escape, but was stopped. Orton then rammed the cage door into Triple H's head to get the early advantage.

The match went back and forth for awhile. At one point Triple H got the steel chair, but before he could hit Orton with it Orton nailed The Game with a low blow. Orton then hit Triple H with the chair across the back and then DDT'd Triple H onto the chair for a two count. Orton then setup the chair and went to hit the RKO onto the chair, but Triple H pushed him off into the cage and dropped Orton into the chair face first with a drop toehold. He covered Orton for a two count.

Orton got up first and went to climb out of the cage, but Triple H caught him, slammed him into the cage and Orton fell off. While Triple H was climbing out, Orton quicklt got up and stopped him and knocked him back into the ring with a right hand. He then tried climbing out again, but was again stopped by HHH. HHH then tried a pedigree from the top rope, but Orton stopped it and tried to escape again. He climbed to the top and started to drop to the floor when HHH caught him again brought him back into the cage.

Back in the cage, HHH hit Orton with a spinebuster, and went for a pedigree on the chair, but Orton reversed it and dropped HHH on the chair. Orton then went to hit Triple H with a big kick but missed, Triple H hit Orton with the chair and then the pedigree and got the pin.

Winner via pinfall: Triple H

For another more detailed report of the show, click here.


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