WWE ARMAGEDDON 2002
TD Waterhouse Center
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
December 15, 2002
The Dudley Boyz
vs. The Un-Americans vs. Booker T & Goldust vs. Chris Jericho
& Christian (WWE Tag Team Champions)
Lance Storm and Buh Buh started the match and The Dudley Brother
had the upper hand. He hit a huge splash on Storm in the corner
and then Storm tagged out to Christian. Buh Buh pulled him in the
ring and then tagged in D-Von. They hit a double-team maneuver,
but Christian nailed D-Von in the eyes and took the upper hand and
then tagged in Regal. Goldust then got the tag and Regal took him
down with a Powerslam and then whipped off the ropes and got hit
with a blind tag from Christian and then went for the pin on the
Gold One, but there was no count since he was no longer the legal
man. Christian came in and then tagged in Jericho, who got
catapulted into the ropes by Goldust. Jericho fired back with a
flying forearm and then threw blows at him on the mat. Christian
then got the tag again from Jericho and Goldust sent him off the
ropes and hit the Atomic Drop and then a stiff clothesline and
went for the pinfall, but he kicked out. Buh Buh then got the tag
and they each hit the Biotic elbow on Jericho and Christian and
then on The Un-Americans. D-Von then got up top and hit the
diving headbutt on Christian. All Hell then broke loose in the
ring. D-Von and Christian were the legal men. They hit the 3D but
Regal got a blind tag and the referee could not count the pin.
Regal rolled up and pulled the tights to get the fall and
eliminate the Dudleyz. Shortly after in a moment of chaos, The
Un-Americans were also eliminated, leave it down to Booker T and
Goldust facing the Tag Champions. Jericho and Booker were in the
ring. Jericho whipped Booker into the turnbuckle and was met with
a huge elbow to the face. Goldust was tagged in a double-team
maneuver almost led to a victorious pin from Goldust on Jericho.
Christian was tagged in and whipped Goldust off the ropes and he
got momentum and missed a clothesline and rolled right out of the
ring to the floor and was tossed back in by Jericho after a few
cheap shots. Christian hit a backbreaker on Goldust and went for
the pin, but Booker broke the count. Christian then got Goldust
in the abdominal stretch in the middle of the ring. Goldust fired
back and was then leveled by Christian, who immediately tagged in
his partner Chris Jericho. Goldust hit a desperation move to get
some offense and could not capitalize and make the tag to Booker
and the tag champs then got the double-team tactics on Goldust in
their corner. Goldust went wild in the corner and took both of
them out and then hit a sidewalk slam on Christian. They were
both down and Goldust inched over to Booker to make the tag.
Christian tried to stop him and he kicked him away and then each
man got the tag to fresh partners. Booker hit a roll-up on
Jericho and almost won them the titles, but he kicked out. He
backed him into the corner and slapped the hell out of him, but
Jericho mounted some offense and started to get Booker in the
Walls of Jericho, but he rolled out of it. Booker missed the
Scissors Kick and then Jericho locked in the Walls of Jericho.
Booker T worked his way to the ropes but Goldust hit the Bulldog
on Jericho while he still had the hold locked in. Christian then
got a title belt and went up top and Goldust made the save and
knocked him down. Booker nearly got the pinfall, but Jericho
kicked out. Booker then went to the top rope and hit the missile
dropkick, but still did not get the pinfall. Booker ducked the
Lionsault and hit a Flapjack and then nailed the Spin-A-Rooney in
the middle of the ring. He nailed the scissors kick, but the ref
was distracted by Goldust and Christian on the ring apron and did
not make the count in time. Jericho nailed Booker with the title
belt and he managed to kick out. Jericho went for another shot
with the title and missed and walked right into the Bookend from
Booker T and a 1-2-3 count to win the team the WWE Tag Team
Championship.
Josh Matthews interviewed Brock Lesnar and asked him that since his suspension was wavered will he play a role in the corner of Kurt Angle tonight for the WWE Championship match. Brock responded by saying that he want to make an impact at Armageddon in some way.
Edge vs. The
A-Train
Edge was out for revenge in this match, not only for Rey
Mysterio, but also for himself after the slight injury sustained
from A-Train. A-Train started the match and used his huge size
advantage to slam Edge into the corner. He shoulder blocked him
and then picked him up and tried to slam him into the corner, but
he got free and tossed the big man out of the ring. A-Train fired
back once they got in the ring with a huge Powerslam and Edge
kicked out of the pin. Train then catapulted Edge right into the
ropes and nearly decapitated him, A-Train then got Edge in the
headlock in the middle of the ring, but Edge dropped down and hit
the DDT-like maneuver to break free. Edge then got up and knocked
the A-Train down with a spinning heel kick. Edge got A-Train in
the corner and hit a facebuster from the middle rope and then
went for the pin, but the 350+ pounder managed to kick out.
Albert then fired back with a bicycle kick on the missile
dropkick attempt from the top rope. Edge was setting up for the
Edgecution but A-Train then hit a huge powerbomb, but Edge kicked
out. Edge got up and nailed A-Train with the Spear, but he got up
and nailed Edge with a chair in his injured knee. He went for
another shot and Edge nailed the chair with a dropkick and then
went berserk on him with the steel chair in the middle of the
ring.
Paul Heyman was in the back trying to convince Big Show to stop what he was about to do. Show said he heard Brock Lesnar say he was going to make an impact and he said that this says nothing about what being the Champion is and getting respect. He said he knew Brock was going to get involved in his match and he was going to go in and approach Stephanie McMahon and take care of it. Heyman said for him to go back to his dressing room and relax and he would take care of it in a professional manner.
Eddie Guerrero vs.
Chris Benoit
The two circled each other in the ring and Eddie shot for a low
single-leg takedown but Benoit pushed him away. The two grappled
on the mat and wrestled back and fourth for quite some time.
Benoit whipped Eddie down and got him in a reverse chinlock.
Eddie got free and kicked Benoit in the mid-section to crack him
down to the mat. Guerrero had Benoit in an armlock on the mat and
Benoit picked him up with brute strength and slammed him down to
the mat. Eddie got Benoit down on the mat yet again and locked
him in a head-scissors. Benoit spun Eddie around and got him in a
hold, but he grabbed the ropes and he was forced to break it.
Benoit was tossed to the outside and Eddie hit a plancha from the
top rope on the outside and then got Benoit back in the ring and
worked on his knee. Eddie locked Benoit in a leglock in the
middle of the ring and put major league pressure on the left knee
of the Rabid Wolverine. Eddie broke the hold when Benoit got to
the ropes and then continued to work on the knee. He kicked
Benoit in that left knee and then got him up in the turnbuckle
and slammed him down to the mat. Eddie whipped him into the
opposing corner and slammed him into him, but Benoit fired back
and hit repeated German Suplexes all in a row until he hit five.
The Crippler got up and signaled that the end was near and he
went up to the top rope. Benoit was up top and saw Eddie moving
around on the mat and jumped down and hit another pair of German
Suplexes, but Eddie fired back with a few of his own afterward.
Eddie then went up top and hit the Frog Splash and Benoit somehow
managed to kick out. Eddie speared Benoit out of the ring and
then kicked him in the side on the outside of the ring. Chavo
then nailed Benoit on the outside with a Tag Belt on the outside
while Eddie had the referee looking the other way in the ring.
Benoit somehow kicked out of the pin in the ring and Eddie was
furious with the referee and told him it was a slow count. Eddie
hit the drop toehold and then went for the Lasso. Eddie was
relentless and kept working on the left knee of Benoit. Benoit
then nailed Guerrero with a Powerbomb and then went upstairs. The
Wolverine hit the flying headbutt and did not make the pin very
quickly thereafter and Eddie locked in the Lasso from Al Paso.
Benoit broke free and went for the Crippler Crossface. He locked
it in and Eddie nearly got the ropes, but he synched it back in
and Guerrero was forced to tap out.
Paul Heyman was in Stephanie's locker room and she knew he was talking to her and trying to make something happen about Brock Lesnar. Heyman tried to tell Stephanie that her decisions have been frowned upon lately. She saw past it and said Brocks suspension would still be lifted and there was nothing he could do about it. He told her that if Brock got involved tonight, Big Show was not going to show mercy and he was going to break someones neck.
Dawn Marie/Torrie
Wilson Segment
Dawn Marie came down to the ring with Al Wilson. She got on the
microphone and was talking about all the questions concerning the
tape she was going to show. She said that Torrie was not even in
the building tonight because she was embarrassed, but Dawn was
not and she was going to show everyone what happened in room 357.
The footage rolled on the Titantron. Torrie Wilson walks into the
room and Dawn is waiting for her, champagne in hand. Dawn told
her that if she did everything she wanted her to do, she would
call off the wedding. Torrie began to leave, but Dawn put the
guilt trip on her about how much she really loves her father, and
she came back. Dawn offered her champagne to make her feel better
and ease her nerves. Dawn then went over and grabbed some
strawberries and tried to feed them to Torrie, but she wasnt
having any of it. Dawn then took off Torries jacket and
skirt to get her down to her bra and panties. Torrie looked very
uncomfortable while this was going on. Dawn told her she smelled
like strawberries and then undressed herself down to her
lingerie. Dawn told Torrie that all men want her, but they cant
give her what she can, and only another woman can really give a
woman what she needs. Dawn started kissing Torrie and in the
ring, Dawn got back on the mic and asked them to freeze the
footage. Al Wilson then grabbed the mic and said they have seen
enough because that was his daughter and he couldnt stand
for it to go any further. She said it would go further because
his daughter did just that. The tape continued to roll and Al
Wilson kept telling her to stop the footage. He said he didnt
give a damn if the people wanted to see more and that he demanded
that this was enough. The crowd booed Wilson and chanted that he
was an ASSHOLE. Dawn said that she would stop the
tape for her fiancé and the tape was stopped and the two said
they were going back to their hotel room.
Kane vs. Batista
w/ Ric Flair
Kane and Batista locked up in the middle of the ring and Batista
took the Big red Machine down with a shoulder block. Batista
picked up Kane and was set to slam him down, but Kane broke free,
slammed the man making his PPV debut, and then drove the elbow
into him. Batista fired back and slammed Kane into the corner and
then whipped him into the opposite corner and got nailed with the
big boot. Flair tried to get involved and Kane went after him and
had him by the neck on the outside. Batista got Kane back in the
ring. Kane slammed him into the turnbuckle and then nailed him
with the big boot in the middle of the ring. Batista fired back
and went for a powerbomb in the middle of the ring, but dropped
him and Kane hit the low blow. Kane then went up top and hit the
flying clothesline. Kane went for the cover, but Flair had the
referees attention and no count was made. Batista hit the
Sidewalk Slam on Kane and he kicked out and then the Big Red
Machine hit a chokeslam on him and then brought in Flair and
worked him over in the middle of the ring. This allowed Batista
to hit a low blow on Kane and then hit his finisher to defeat
Kane.
Kurt Angle was in the back and he asked Funaki where to find Brock Lesnars locker room.
John Cena and B2 walked out on the stage for some freestyle for the audience and then walked out.
Victoria (WWE
Women's Champion) vs. Trish Stratus vs. Jacqueline
Victoria ran down to the ring and quickly got tossed out of the
ring. Trish then tossed Jackie out and Victoria nailed Trish in
the ring. Victoria then went outside and went to work on Jackie.
In the ring, Jackie turned the momentum around and hit a sweep
kick on Victoria and went for the pin. Jackie and Victoria then
hit a double-team suplex on Trish. Victoria hit a sidekick on
Trish and went for the pin, but Jackie made the save. Victoria
then got tossed out of the ring and Jackie nailed Trish and she
went up top, but Trish pulled her down with a head-scissors.
Trish came in and got leveled by Victoria, but then she went up
top and Jackie tossed her out of the ring. Trish clotheslined
Jackie in the corner and went for the pin and from the outside;
Victoria hit Trish with the title and then got the pin on Jackie
herself to win the match.
Kurt Angle was talking to Brock Lesnar and telling him to be in his corner when he faces The Big Show. He told him that he had a chance to be within 20 feet of the man that screwed him out of the title, Paul Heyman. Brock said he wasnt sure how involved Angle was in getting his suspension removed, but he wouldnt regret it. Angle then left but put on the tape of Heyman turning on Brock from Survivor Series.
The Big Show (WWE
World Champion) w/ Paul Heyman vs. Kurt Angle
Angle and Show locked up and The Olympic gold medalist was tossed
across the ring. Angle got taken down but countered and got Big
Show in a head-scissors lock on the mat. Angle got tossed over
the ropes and took out Heyman, and Show was looking over the
ropes at him. Angle snuck around and tossed Show out of the ring,
Royal Rumble style. Show then got back in the ring and tossed
Angle out with one hand. Angle battled back once he got in the
ring and Show hit the sidewalk slam on him and then went for the
pin. Angle got up and went back on the attack. He whipped off the
ropes and got caught with the cross body block and got
powerslammed to the mat. Show picked him up by the head, but then
Angle bit Show and got free. Kurt Angle got Big Show in a Sleeper
Hold and got him down to the mat, but then Show stood up and
flipped Angle to the mat. Angle tried to mount offense and Show
shoved him away. Angle fought back and kicked Show in the face
and then he went up to the top rope. He hit the missile dropkick
from the top and went for the pin, and Big Show kicked out right
before the 3. Show and Angle battled in the middle of the ring
and finally The Olympic Gold Medalist hit the Angle Slam on Big
Show, but he managed to kick out of the pin. Show then got locked
in the Ankle lock and he rolled through it and knocked out the
referee. Heyman then got a chair and tossed it into the ring to
Big Show. Show and Angle got up at the same time and Angle kicked
Show when he went for the chair and grabbed it and nailed The
Champion with it repeatedly. Angle got Big Show in the Ankle lock
again and then The A-Train ran down and pummeled Angle and then
nailed him with a backbreaker in the middle of the ring. Show got
up and chokeslammed Angle and then Brock Lesnar ran down and hit
the F5 on the 500-pounder and then chased Paul Heyman to the
backstage area. Angle inched over and covered Big Show and got
the 3-count to win the WWE Championship.
Shawn Michaels
(WWE World Champion) vs. Triple H w/ Ric Flair
2 out of 3 falls
The first fall of the match was a street fight and the trashcan
was a huge factor right from the beginning of the match. Shawn
missed Triple H with the flying cross body block and hit the
trashcan. They battled inside and out of the ring and Shawn
finally went under the ring and pulled out a table and set it up
near the entrance. HBK attempted to slam Triple H through the
table, but he stopped him and slammed him down on the floor. HBK
took the trashcan up top and leaped at Triple H, who was down on
the mat, and he lifted the leg and the can nailed the Champion in
the face. Triple H got up and went to the outside. Triple H set
up another table on the outside parallel with the first one that
HBK set up. He tried to suplex Shawn over the ropes and through
the table, but HBK countered and suplexed him right back into the
ring. Triple H went back to the outside and got a chair and
brought it back into the ring. Triple H set the chair up in the
middle of the ring and went for the sidewalk slam on the chair,
but HBK broke free and slammed Hunter through the chair and broke
it completely. Michaels went to the outside and slammed Triple Hs
back into the ring apron repeatedly. He then got under the ring
and got the lid from a trashcan and whaled Triple H in the back.
HBK got back in the corner and geared up for the Sweet Chin Music
and got caught and then Triple H twisted the knee of Michaels.
Triple H then focused on the knee of the Champion and drove it
down on a trashcan. Triple H then pulled HBKs leg around
the ring post and slammed the side of the knee into the side of
it. Triple H then pulled HBK into the middle of the ring and got
him in the Figure 4 leglock. Shawn fought toward the ropes with
Triple H taunting him the entire time. Shawn finally reversed the
move and Triple H broke free from it and smashed the trashcan lid
over HBKs head. They fought to the outside and Triple H
slammed Shawn into the barrier in the aisle. Triple H dragged
Shawn to the stage and slammed Shawn into the metal stage
settings. Triple H went behind the stage and got a 2x4 wrapped in
barbed wire. Shawn was down and he held up the board and then
stopped himself. They thought he was going to show some mercy on
his old friend, but he went back and lit the wood on fire with
the flames on the stage. Michaels nailed Triple H right in the
face with the flaming board. Triple Hs forehead was busted
wide open and then Michaels slammed Triple H into the crowd
barrier. He threw blows at his busted forehead and then led him
back to the ring. Shawn got him back in the ring and brought a
steel chair with him. He nailed Triple with the trashcan lid in
the ring and then went back for his chair he brought in. He set
up the chair and Triple H countered and hit the drop toehold on
him and slammed Shawns face into the setup chair. Triple H
picked up Shawn and went for the Pedigree and Michaels hit the
legal low blow and then kipped right up to his feet, but Triple H
was waiting with the chop block. Triple H hit the Pedigree and
pinned Shawn to win the first fall.
First Fall: Triple H
The second fall is in
a steel cage. The cage was lowered down on the ring and Shawn was
still down and out in the middle of the ring. Triple H propped up
a table in the corner and then picked Shawn up to his feet. Shawn
beat the Game to the punch line and slammed his head into the
table he himself had set up for Shawn. Triple H catapulted Shawn
into the wall of the cage. Michaels was down and Triple H
pummeled him on the mat and then grinded his head into the side
of the cage. Triple H ran HBK back and slammed him into the cage.
Shawn Michaels went for a comeback with a back body drop but
Triple H kicked him in the face. Triple H then tried to climb out
of the ring and Shawn and Flair set up another table on the two
that were down below. He wanted Triple H to put Shawn through
them. They fell back down in the ring and Flair stole the key to
the cage door from the ref and got in the ring. Shawn leveled
both him and Triple H with the chair. Shawn then slammed Flair
into the side of cage. Shawn worked over Flair more and then
Triple H grabbed him and tried to hit another Pedigree, but Shawn
broke free and hit the Sweet Chin Music. Shawn did not get the
pin, but went for a table. He set it up next to the Game and laid
him down on top of it. Shawn climbed to the top of the cage and
splashed Triple H right through the table.
Second Fall: Shawn Michaels
The third fall of the
match was a ladder match. The cage was lifted back up and the
title was tied up and lifted above the ring. Shawn grabbed a
ladder and propped it up in the corner. Shawn backed Triple H
into the corner and whipped him into that ladder. Shawn picked up
the ladder and let it drop on Triple Hs back. He picked him
up and suplexed him on the ladder. Shawn picked up the ladder and
set it up near the corner. Shawn climbed to the top of the ladder
and leaped down and missed Triple H and nailed the mat. Triple H
picked him up and hit the Pedigree and then crawled toward the
ladder. He dragged it to the middle of the ring and then climbed
it to get the World Championship belt. Shawn jerked Triple H off
the ladder and then hit the Super Kick and knocked Triple H
completely out of the ring. Shawn then climbed the ladder slowly
to get the title. Triple H then got back in the ring and pushed
the ladder over and sent Shawn through the stacked tables on the
outside. Triple H climbed the ladder and grabbed the World
Championship Belt to win the match.
Winner: Triple H