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>> Match up under way.
Kane versus King Booker, two former champions.
King Booker was very reluctant to get into the ring moments ago to start this
matchup.
Let's talk strategy, John.
What kind of strategy do you use against the big red machine, Kane?
>> You gotta find a way to make a mistake.
King Booker is just as much a veteran as Kane is, not nearly as strong.
No one is, so you gotta wait for Kane to make a mistake and
you gotta capitalize on it [INAUDIBLE].
Cuz you can't match power with the big red machine.
>> That Kane showing you, with the elbows in the right hands to King Booker.
And big right hand to the midsection.
High elbow to King Booker.
And the King, listen to him, screaming in agony.
>> Screaming?
>> Well, what was he doing there?
>> He's not screaming.
>> How would you describe that?
>> It's groaning.
He was groaning, same thing people do at gym here.
Same thing Arnold Schwartzenegger did.
He was groaning.
Men do that.
>> [NOISE]
>> And Kane, the power house.
King Booker into the corner.
Kane just wailing his opponent down, and that is Kane's MO,
wear your opponent down.
>> Kane just keeps on coming.
No matter what he does, he doesn't allow space and
he pounds a guy until submission.
>> Elbow to- >> Kane is a sick human being,
what he did to MVP at Armageddon was repulsive.
>> That was bad- >> He lit a guy on fire on purpose.
That's the kind of person that Kane is.
That is ridiculous.
>> John- >> And for these fans around here to honor
a monster like Kane and vilify somebody like King Booker is beyond comprehension.
>> Which is clear one thing up, John, and the fact is, is that MVP [INAUDIBLE] for
the auspices of a [INAUDIBLE] match, it was illegal.
>> Keep that in mind. >> Kane lethally burned another human
being.
You don't find anything wrong with that?
>> Not at all, well, let me rephrase that.
I don't think anybody should be burned, but
it was under the rules of the match up, John.
So what would you have done?
If you were in an inferno match and you had to win and
you would have burned your opponent to win?
What would you do?
Not set them on fire? >> I wouldn't have done it, [INAUDIBLE].
>> The Big elbow to the jaw.
King Brooker walks right into the- >> [NOISE]
>> Backbreaker, and
Kane knee to the spine.
>> [NOISE] >> One thing I like about sports
entertainment done right, both these two guys do it.
This isn't ballet.
This is full contact You get your bicuspids knocked out,
you get your arm broke.
So what? You gotta to keep competing.
These two guys do smash mouth wrestling, and
they do it as well as anybody ever has.
>> Kane is so sinister, but he's hung up on the top rope by King Booker,
the veteran.
One of the most decorated sports entertainers in history, King Booker.
Uh-oh, King Booker in trouble.
Knee to the midsection.
Reversal, boot to the face.
And Kane is measuring the King.
>> It's gonna be over quick and he hits it.
>> And now King Booker knocked over the top rope.
>> Kane has dominated the King really since the get go.
>> That's what I said, Michael, if you're the king, if you're Booker T,
you've gotta weather the storm.
You gotta wait for a mistake from the big red machine.
He doesn't make them very often.
But a guy like King Booker will capitalize [INAUDIBLE], there it is.
That's your opening, King.
>> Kane glanced at the referee and King Booker was able to take advantage.
>> That's all it takes, [SOUND] one instance, and the King is back on top.
>> King Booker who can be relentless, he can be as vicious as the best of them.
>> When you talk about the year 2006, John, you've really got to talk about it
being really the year of King Booker here on SmackDown.
World Champion, King of the Ring winner.
>> [NOISE] King Booker- >> Booker [CROSSTALK] fly,
makes a drop kick.
>> He doesn't lead his feet often, but when he does, it can be effective.
>> How about that?
Rarely ever do you see a guy that big- >> Hook on the leg, shoulders down.
There's two.
>> Rarely ever do you see a guy as big as King Booker do something that's usually
reserved for cruiser weights.
Don't forget this, Kane is a monster.
Everybody knows it.
You look at the size in the match up, King Booker is not that much smaller than Kane.
He's a monster of a man himself and you gotta take chances to beat a monster.
>> And King Booker trying to wear Kane down.
Look at how he has the elbow.
Laid in the jaw.
Laid in the temple of Kane.
You take out that left arm, you take the power game away from the big red machine.
>> You gotta ground the monster.
You're right, Michael.
You gotta ground him, you gotta keep him down.
He goes the top rope, hits a missile drop kick,
something you see Booker T do literally a couple times a year when he has to.
He pulled it out of the hat.
He's got him down.
He doesn't wanna let Kane up.
>> Shouting words of encouragement from ring side.
Big red machine Kane, trying to get back to the vertical base.
Try to alleviate some of the pressure from this hold by King Booker.
>> [NOISE] >> And
look at Kane's just ripping King Booker.
>> That's power.
>> Bouncing up with a with the right hand clothesline but
has the damage been done to the big red machine?
Straight power.
King Booker had that hold locked in, and Kane merely with one arm,
whipped him nearly half way across the ring.
>> This is what King Booker means to avoid, tit for tat.
Here goes a monster to the top.
Watch out King.
[CROSSTALK] >> On occassion too.
>> The world is a 300 pound plus man doing on the top rope?
>> And King Booker countered.
What a counter, a heel kick to Kane.
>> That's the King for you.
Look at this, Michael.
>> Listen to this impact.
>> I told you about taking chances.
You take chances, you hit it, you look great.
You hit McCovey Cove, you don't, you whiff.
Kane just went for it which I admire, King Booker caught it.
Now covering Kane.
Covering Kane.
>> King Booker going for the cover.
>> He got him.
One, two [SOUND].
>> Kick out by Kane.
>> Now we're getting any man's ballgame.
They both hit each other with home runs here, Michael, this is what I like.
>> [NOISE] >> King Booker, still the world champion,
with a right hand, driving Kane back to the corner.
>> Two tough big men willing to knock skin with each other.
We're gonna find, [LAUGH] we got us a hell of a fight.
>> [SOUND] >> Kane blocked a right hand by
the Big Red Machine.
>> Another right by Kane the former world Champion, John,
it's really >> Here's for the clothesline,
King Booker, both of them knocked down.
>> Flying car crash, Lula corner two in Daytona today.
I like it.
This is what it means for these two.
They're fighting for pride.
>> King Booker- >> King Booker has it.
>> He's got the cover.
Hook to the leg, kick out by Kane.
>> [NOISE] >> King Booker
is screaming at the referee.
>> [SOUND] Open up, two.
>> I'm the King of the world.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> He's the king of the world and
he's on top of the world and he's got the hottest queen in the whole world.
>> And loves what she's seeing out of King Booker.
>> Look at the admiration, the way she looks at her man, the King.
>> Queen Sharmell has been very instrumental.
>> The King's feeling it, look at him.
He's dancing and a jiving and a hitting and a moving.
This is where the King gets good.
This is why you call him the King.
The King of the ring, the former world champion.
One of the most decorated men in all of sports entertainment.
>> King Booker's wearing Kane down in trouble in the corner.
>> Trying to take the big red machine for a ride.
>> Can King Booker roll the big red machine over to the suplex?
No, what a counter by Kane.
>> [NOISE] >> But can Kane take advantage?
>> Kane had one misstep.
Other than that, King Booker has taken the fight to the big red monster.
How many times in Kane's history have you seen a guy able to take the fight to him?
>> Not many times at all.
>> This is impressive and this is a hell of a fight.
>> Kane's back to his feet and Kane's [INAUDIBLE].
King Booker with a kick.
[CROSSTALK] Cover him, King.
>> That is that tremendous flexibility we talked about, John, from the former champ.
>> Cover him, finish it, finish it.
>> Get him, King.
Hook his leg, King, that's it.
>> And a kick out at two.
>> [NOISE] >> And Queen Sharmell telling the referee
it should have been a little quicker count there.
>> The thing about this Michael, you look at the King, he's a cardiovascular wonder.
But Kane is unusual of a big man, and he's a bit of an anomaly.
He doesn't tire, he gets better the longer the match goes, same as the King.
>> [NOISE] >> Kane with a right hand,
trying to get back in the match up, driving King Booker back.
>> [NOISE] >> Missed the clothesline.
>> Uh-oh, get out of it, king.
>> And he did, a near low blow, but the referee was right there.
So obviously, King Booker with a kick to the gut.
>> Referee very rarely in good position.
Was that time.
King Booker's trying to put it away.
>> There he goes.
>> Going for the home run.
>> What a close line.
>> Turned him inside out.
That is a car wreck.
This is a turning point in the matchup.
First man to his feet will gain momentum.
>> First man to his feet, to hell with that, first man to cover the other one.
>> Come on, King.
Half way, the count of five, if he gets to ten, this match should be a draw.
>> Come on, King.
Cover him, King.
>> [NOISE] >> Get up, Book.
Get up, Book.
You gotta win, Book!
>> Uh-oh!
>> No!
Kane sat up!
>> [APPLAUSE] >> This isn't good.
>> Big upper cut.
The Big Red Machine, building momentum.
>> One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten.
>> And Kane got through the ten.
>> What the hell?
Do your job, Charles Ronson.
What the hell?
You have a ten count to break?
No, you have a five count to break.
Would somebody please disqualify Kane?
You're not allowed to get away with that.
I don't care who you are.
There are rules, there are standards,
there are things you have to obey in this society!
This guy's a freaking monster.
Somebody take control.
What the hell have we got a referee for?
What do we have a referee for?
>> [APPLAUSE] this Kane, with King Booker in trouble, side slam.
And Kane looking to put the King away.
>> You have rules to stop this.
This is why the King doesn't know where he's at right now.
The King Booker has no idea where he's at, he's helpless.
>> [NOISE] Kane top rope.
And a clothes line.
The second time was a charm for Kane.
>> That is a sick, demented monster.
>> [INAUDIBLE] >> Kane has [CROSSTALK].
>> Queen Sharmell at the apron.
Queen Sharmell has the referee distracted.
Somebody get her back.
[INAUDIBLE].
King Booker with a kick to the face after a distraction by the Queen.
>> [NOISE] >> Uh-oh, choke slam.
>> Find the fat lady.
>> He's got him hooked.
Come on.
[MUSIC]
>> Here's your winner, Kane.
>> That makes me sick, Michael.
It makes me sick.
>> Why, cuz he won the match?
>> He looked at Sharmell.
He scared Sharmell for absolutely no reason.
>> Sharmell shouldn't have been on the apron.
>> And he took advantage of her husband.
>> Sharmell simply got on the apron of the ring.
>> Why the hell isn't there some type of order, some type of law around here?
[MUSIC]
>> The bottom line is Queen Sharmell- >> If King Booker would've done that,
he would have been penalized, he'd been fined.
How about a little reciprocity around here?
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