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    WWE Wrestling/Usapang Wrestling

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    Batista's last stand falls

    By Mike McAvennie

    June 24, 2007

     

    HOUSTON – The third time, by all rights, should have been the charm for Batista at Vengeance: Night of Champions. Despite being turned away by World Heavyweight Champion Edge at Judgment Day and One Night Stand, The Animal was primed to capture his third World Heavyweight Title in Sunday night’s Last Chance Match. However, when it most looked like victory was his, Edge’s Ultimate Opportunist-ic ways would force a referee’s 10-count to tragically deprive Batista of his third consecutive — and final — opportunity to wear the World Heavyweight Championship.

     

    In the week prior to his presumed death, Mr. McMahon’s match stipulation was direct and to the point — if Batista lost at Vengeance: Night of Champions, he could no longer challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship so long as it remained secure around Edge’s waist. Where others might have wilted from this “win-or-go-home” proviso, The Animal relished it, and was determined to make the most of his last chance. He also made sure that Edge knew it during a Tag Team Match on last Friday’s SmackDown, during which he Batista Bombed, then pinned the World Heavyweight Champion.

     

    Hours before the match, Batista had told SmackDown announcer Michael Cole that an animal is always trapped in a corner, though he hadn’t fully grasped just how true that was until Sunday night. His match strategy was simple: to win. Edge, on the other hand, had an equally straightforward game plan: to survive. That meant weathering the initial storm of Batista’s offensive barrage long enough to find an opportunity. And no one can find opportunities like the Ultimate Opportunist.

     

    Almost immediately, the Last Chance Match proved as brutal as Edge and Batista’s previous two encounters. The warriors countered each other’s fiercest attacks, only to grow increasingly frustrated when they couldn’t capitalize for any longer than a two-count. That is, until Batista counteracted a Rated-R spear with one of his own. With The Animal going for the k*ll with his Batista Bomb, a desperate Edge floored him with a low blow in plain sight of the referee. The official called for the bell, awarding the match to the challenger via disqualification, which was exactly what the Ultimate Opportunist had intended; knowing the title couldn’t change hands by way of a disqualification, he walked up the ramp, content that his reign as World Heavyweight Champion remained intact.

     

    Like our fans in the sold-out Toyota Center, SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long was far from satisfied with the outcome. Therefore, despite the Rated-R Superstar’s irate protests, Long ordered the referee to restart the Last Chance Match, then decreed that if Edge got himself disqualified again, he would lose his World Heavyweight Title. The Ultimate Opportunist raced back into the ring to steal a quick pinfall, but not even one of his most powerful spears could put The Animal down for good. Before long, Batista sent his adversary sailing out of the ring, then met him with a Batista Bomb that may well have cracked the outside floor.

     

    Unfortunately for Batista, that’s when his certain victory fell victim to an unfortunate 10-count defeat. The battle-weary Animal not only had to struggle back to his feet, he had to lift Edge’s completely limp body and roll it back into the ring in order to pin him. And pin him he would have…had Batista gotten back inside just before the referee counted 10. Unfortunately, history is defined by mere moments in time, and in this instance, history would prove unkind one last time for The Animal.

     

    Visibly dejected by the fateful decision, Batista vented his Animal rage one last time, planting Edge to the canvas with a second Batista Bomb. He then left ringside, disheartened by the knowledge that when Edge finally woke up, it would still be as World Heavyweight Champion…while he would no longer be a contender for the title. His only chance to ever wear the World Heavyweight gold again now must lie with someone else, someone who can do what The Animal couldn’t in three valiant efforts: take down the Ultimate Opportunist.

     

    In spite of the devastating loss, Batista handled WWE.com’s questions about his future like a man deserving of wearing championship gold. “I think what’s next for me is to take it day by day, week by week,” he said. “I’m still one of those guys that will take any opponent set in front of me—whether it be on SmackDown or any other brand. I don’t respect Edge, but I do respect the World Heavyweight Title and the stipulations from tonight’s Last Chance Match. No matter what, rest assure that one day, I will regain the World Heavyweight Championship.”

    WWE Wrestling/Usapang Wrestling

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    Benoit's death part of a double murder-suicide

    Written: June 25, 2007

     

    According to lead investigator Lt. Tommy Pope, of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department, in Fayetteville, Ga., the deaths of WWE Superstar Chris Benoit, wife Nancy and son Daniel were the result of a double murder-suicide, WWE.com has learned.

     

    Benoit failed to appear both at Saturday’s live event in Beaumont, Tx., and WWE’s Vengeance: Night of Champions in Houston Sunday night, after informing WWE of a family emergency. Several curious text messages sent by Benoit early Sunday morning prompted concerned friends to alert Richard Hering, VP of Government Relations for WWE, Inc. Hering, in turn, spoke with Fayette County sheriffs Monday, and requested that they respond to the Benoit residence to check on him and his family.

     

    Authorities representing the Sheriff’s Department initially had a difficult time entering Benoit’s new Fayetteville home Monday afternoon, which had been guarded by two large German Shepherds roaming freely around the property. Once authorities entered the residence, they quickly located the bodies of Benoit, Nancy and Daniel. WWE was notified of the discovery at approximately 4 p.m.

     

    At 10 p.m. Monday night, Lt. Pope held a press conference in conjunction with Scott Ballard, the district attorney for Fayette County. The press conference officially ruled authorities’ findings as a double murder-suicide from within the home.

     

    WAGA, a FOX-owned and operated television station in Atlanta, reported that investigators believe Benoit killed his wife and 7-year-old son over the weekend, then himself on Monday.

     

    The three bodies have been received by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab, in Decatur, Ga., where autopsies will be performed Tuesday morning. Toxicology reports will not become available for at least two weeks.

     

    WWE.com has further information relating to both the investigation and the cause of death, but the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department has requested that WWE.com not release any additional details at this time.

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    Five alive

    By Louie Dee

    June 24, 2007

     

    HOUSTON – Vengeance was the Night of Champions, and on this night, it was THE Champ who stood tall once again with the WWE Championship around his waist. Just as he always seems to do, John Cena survived horrendous odds to win the WWE Championship Challenge Match and retain the gold.

     

    Facing the task of having to take down four hungry former World Champions, Cena’s chances of winning were a mere 20 percent heading into the match. Even worse, there were no eliminations, disqualifications or count-outs; the first man to gain a pinfall or submission would walk out of Houston as the WWE Champion.

     

    Action was fast and furious as all five combatants battled inside and outside the ring. Each man looked like they would be victorious late in the bout, only to have their championship dream shattered by one of the other three competitors as they attempted the winning pinfall.

     

    Early on, it was a fired up Bobby Lashley who looked like a lock to claim that right. The new Raw draftee, who was stripped of his ECW World Title upon being drafted to Raw, decimated all four competitors. He even stood toe-to-toe with Cena, providing our fans with a momentary glimpse of a dream match in the making. Unfortunately, Cena ended up winning the intra-match war with Lashley, smashing him through the ECW announcers’ table with a thunderous FU.

     

    Late in the bout, there was a flurry of action that saw Mick Foley clobber everyone with a steel chair; but just when it looked like the sadistic Hardcore Legend would claim another WWE Championship, long-time nemesis Randy Orton spoiled the party. Ultimately, it would be Foley who would end up as the one who actually tasted defeat.

     

    With the other three competitors knocked out of the ring, an exhausted Cena hoisted Mrs. Foley’s baby boy onto his shoulders. With a yell, he drove Foley into the mat with an FU and covered him to take the winning pinfall, a result that even surprised Cena.

     

    “That was truly like betting the farm on roulette and hitting…one in a million,” an amazed Cena said after the match. “You could see the chaos out there. I’ve said it before: I hate those kinds of matches. I’m just glad I came out clean on the other side.”

     

    Already in 2007, John Cena has had to endure a brutal Last Man Standing Match with Umaga, an epic clash with Shawn Michaels, a Fatal Four Way and a tripleheader with The Great Khali. Yet after surviving a schedule that would make most ordinary men crumble, The Champ once again dug down deep and “came out clean” against four men who have reached the top of the sports-entertainment mountain.

     

    Ladies and gentlemen…The Champ is still here.

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