A brother returns, a title has been retained... and a challenge has been set for Championship glory.At Summerslam - The Charismatic Enigma and the Straight-Edge Superstar go one-on-one in a TLC Match, consisting of Tables, Ladders, and Chairs!
It all started when CM Punk attacked Jeff Hardy before the start of the Championship match - The two were restrained and Vincent Kennedy McMahon announced a Special Guest Enforcer for later on in the night.
That enforcer was, none other than, Matt Hardy. The jealous brother who cost Jeff the WWE Championship, defeated him in an Extreme Rules match, sent him home on a stretcher, but uttered the words "I Quit." How could Jeff Hardy win - with his older brother looking on to his younger brother who once again captured a World Title.
This championship match was no match at all - it was a brawl between two lifestyles: Straight-Edge and Living for the Moment.
Matt Hardy remained silent throughout the proceedings of the match - Jeff Hardy not only had to retain his title, but watch his back - incase of another act of betrayal.
Yet, CM Punk, aiming for Jeff, struck the wrong Hardy - knocking Matt on his back with a baseball slide kick to the midsection.
Jeff Hardy may have escaped the GTS, but CM Punk countered The Swanton Bomb - And went for the cover.
But it would be Matt Hardy who would stop the 3-count by pulling the referee out of the ring.
CM Punk was outraged - he had the match won.
As he argued with Matt, Jeff went for the roll-up and The Enforcer counted the pin for a 1-2-3 victory and second title retain for Jeff Hardy.
Has Matt Hardy changed his ways? Is Matt going back to being a face? Or was Matt just punishing CM Punk for the strike?
Whatever the case may be - Matt Hardy was not there to prevent what happened next.
CM Punk, in outrage, destroyed Jeff Hardy by slamming his face into the announce table and wrapping Jeff's head inside a steel chair - only to throw him into the ring post.
I don't know if anyone noticed - But the cameras turned away from the two impacts - Jeff's head against the announce table, and Jeff - steel chair wrapped around his neck - into the ring post. The camera would cut away to the audience reactions.
Just last week, the WWE Universe witnessed Hardy's crimson mask as he was tortured by CM Punk - Is WWE tucking its tail between its legs and refusing to show too much physical violence??
Just this past Tuesday we witnessed a hellacious Extreme Rules Match between Christian and Tommy Dreamer for the ECW Title - why must we be cheated out of the carnage outside of the ring on Smackdown?
For those who could not witness the devastation on the MyNetworkTV Broadcast - here are the photos of the impacts done to Jeff Hardy:
The last TLC match was between Edge and The Undertaker - the match that saw Taker not only fall through four tables - but banished from the WWE under Vickie's orders.
Could this be Hardy's final match? The Stipulation that ignited Jeff Hardy's career - can it be the match that ends it?
Jeff Hardy has been in more ladder matches than anyone in the WWE - he is an expert and feels comfortable with the cold steel chairs, the hard wooden tables, and the unforgivable aerial assaults off of the ladders.
But CM Punk has contested in 3 Money in the Bank Ladder Matches at Wrestlemania - and won the last two - winning him 2 World Heavyweight Championship reigns.
These two understand the dangers that lie within the confines of the ladders - but CM Punk has never contested in a TLC.
With only two weeks until SummerSlam - Will Jeff Hardy be ready to successfully defend his Title for a third time? Or will CM Punk cement his legacy with the biggest win of his young career?
1 comments:
It didn't cut away on tv, hulu cuts out the violent shots though so if you watched it there that would explain it.
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