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WWE Championship - Iron Man Match, Anything Goes
Randy Orton (c) vs. John Cena
A minute in and Orton has the chinlock of doom already locked in. At the 56:00 mark, Cena put Orton in the STF and Orton immediately tapped, in order to not get injured for the rest of the match. Fall 1: Cena via submission
At the 51 minute mark, Orton caught Cena coming off of the ropes for the five knuckle shuffle in an RKO to get the pin to even up the match. Fall 2: Orton via pinfall
At the 49 minute mark, Orton took the match outside of the ring and nailed Cena in the head with a monitor, but only got a two count. He put Cena back in the ring and hit Cena in the head with a microphone for another two count. Cena's head got busted open though. The referee stopped the clock to get Cena's head checked out, but Cena refused and the clock restarted.
Orton continued to beatdown Cena and went for another RKO, but Cena reversed it, hit the five knuckle shuffle and went for the Attitude Adjustment, which Orton half-way turned into an RKO and they both were out. Both men had an arm over the other, and the referee counted them both out with a double pinfall, so it's at 2-2. Fall 3 & 4: Cena and Orton via double pin.
Doctors came in to check on Cena, but Cena refused medical attention again. Cena was quickly able to get Orton to the top rope, and hit an attitude adjustment from the top rope and pinned Orton for the fifth fall at round the 40 minute mark. Fall 5: Cena via pinfall
During the 30-second rest interval, Ted Dibiase and Cody Rhodes hit the ring and attacked Cena, allowing Orton to pin Cena for the sixth fall at around the 39 minute mark. Fall 6: Orton via pinfall
Kofi Kingston ran in with a chair and chased Dibiase and Rhodes to the back, so it's back to one-on-one.
The match went towards the back, and Orton threw Cena threw the stage causing some pyrotechnics to go off. Orton pinned Cena to win the seventh fall. Fall 7: Randy Orton via pinfall
They are on par to tie, if not top, the 11 falls set in the Rock - Triple H iron man match from 2000.
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