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-The dark match saw Kung Fu Naki defeating Zach Ryder.
-There's really not much I can add to the first show. It was an incredibly basic show. The opening promo by Matt was done well. He came to the ring with no music and the "very same" chair he hit Jeff with. He sat down in the middle of the ring and proceeded to cut a solid promo. It wasn't perfect, but it certainly got the point across. I wanted to pull my hair out when the fans started chanting "What?" during this promo. I really hope it isn't as noticeable on TV. Yes he's a heel, but why wouldn't you want to hear his explanation? He mentioned that Jeff wasn't there tonight and of course went into the "I'm sick of taking care of my brother" bit. At the end he said there was no such thing anymore as The Hardy Boys and that Jeff is no longer his brother.
-R-Truth defeating Kendrick was the very similar to their last match on Smackdown. Relatively short with Truth winning with the Axe Kick.
-MVP beat Chavo with the Drive By and then cut a promo leaning towards the face side saying that he wanted his United States title back.
-Umaga seemed to come out without much fanfare and beat Yang in under two minutes.
-Undertaker and Mark Henry was a solid match with Undertaker winning with the chokeslam after failed interference by Tony Atlas.
-Vickie came out and introduced Edge who cut a promo saying that he no one believed him when he said he has nothing to do with the attacks on Matt Hardy and that everyone should stand up and apologize. Edge did this beautifully and then since he was feeling "frisky" he decided, for the benefit of those with flash photography, to bring back the 5-Second pose. Which was Edge and Vickie making out as Edge held up the belt. I really think that right then it cut to commercial and that's when the Big Show made his entrance as Edge just kind of left.
-I don't recall Festus getting much, if any, offense at all against Big Show before Show won with the Knockout Punch.
-Triple H, Khali, and Vladimir was an incredibly formulaic and predictable triple threat match with Triple H getting the pin on Khali after a really bad looking Pedigree.
-The guys came out for the battle royal and the show started with Vickie announcing that Jeff's rematch would be in the Elimination Chamber and that the last spot would go to the winner of the battle royal. Khali and Koslov were the only two to get entrances as they made their second appearance in front of the live crowd in under 10 minutes. Off the top of my head I remember the battle royal including Hawkins & Ryder, Carlito and Primo, R-Truth, Kendrick, Kizarny, Scotty Goldman, Shelton, MVP, Kung Fu Naki and the aforementioned Khali and Koslov. Koslov and R-Truth were the last two before Koslov tossed him out. Not much else to say about this one as it was the basic everyone fight for 6-7 minutes and then all the eliminations quick at the end.
-Helms was interviewed backstage about the Hardy situation. He wondered if Matt didn't "just change." Maybe Matt had really been like this all along and now he is showing his true self. He said he was going to go find Matt.
-After commercial Matt walks down to the ring once again with no music. Granted, they could have come back from commercial with Matt in the ring, but the dramatic effect of no music is pretty cool. Matt said that Helms didn't have to go looking for him, he was right here. Helms ran out and they brawled around ringside with Matt pretty much punking him out.
-Shelton came down the ring and cut a short promo on MVP. He said that MVP should change his name to VPM as in Very Peyton Manning. Just like Peyton, MVP is going to choke when it comes down to the big game. Aside from Edge/Vickie and Matt Hardy, this comment may have got the most heat all night as Peyton is God in Indianapolis. The match was solid as it was given some time. MVP won with the Drive By.
-In the back, Primo and Carlito were seen talking. The Bella Twins came up and kissed them on the cheek. Carlito talked them into kissing them on the other cheek as well. Killings came up and made sure they were going to be focused on their match. The three headed towards ringside. Their match against Morrison, Miz, and Kendrick wasn't bad, but it really needed some more time. This match basically just said conveyed that they were going to continue Kendrick-Truth and Miz & Morrison-Colons feud. The match ended when Kendrick hit The Kendrick on Primo.
-Michelle McCool and Eve Torres were seen talking in the back which was followed by a quick match that McCool mostly dominated.
-Kung Fu Naki got slightly more offense on Umaga than Yang did, but nonetheless Umaga won another short squash.
-The main event was pretty much what you'd expect. Solid stuff from all four guys. Towards the end of the match Edge got pissed at Show and shoved him a few times. Show got a little irked and just straight up laid Edge out with the Knockout Punch. Show went back over and stood and watched on the apron as Undertaker proceeded to Tombstone Edge. Big Show left right after the match followed by a long Taker exit. My guess is that the end of the show will be Taker looking back at Triple H who was still in the ring right before Taker did his pose and left.
-The crowd really wasn't as hot as I would have hoped, but I don't know how much of that was due to Matt saying that Jeff wasn't going to be there. Triple H, Undertaker, and R-Truth were the most over by far.
-Overall I'd say the first show is easily skippable but the second is definitely worth checking out. [/spoiler]
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