[APPLAUSE]
>> [SOUND]
And I love
that jab.
>> [INAUDIBLE] Shawn Michaels trying to put an end to this early.
Look out here.
>> Back slide by Jeff Hardy.
Taking down Shawn Michaels.
And there's a lot of things to be established,
some territories to be marked, some messages to be sent in this match.
>> Man. Michaels, [INAUDIBLE]
>> And taste for it in kind.
But keep your eye Jeff Hardy.
>> Well you said earlier, Air Traffic Control needs to be aware of this match.
Incoming.
>> But Hardy lands on his feet.
Ouch.
>> Ow, wow.
>> Hardy retaliates that slap from Shawn Michaels.
>> Michael's a showstopper.
Would love nothing more than to be the main event at WrestleMania.
Michaels knows he's one huge victory away from that.
>> [NOISE] >> Shawn Michaels has headlined
WrestleMania.
Jeff Hardy's never done that.
He can't wait for his opportunity, and
his opportunity is going to be handed to him this Sunday.
>> Yeah, handed, if he can survive the Elimination Chamber.
There's five other guys who's going to hand Hardy his head if they have
the opportunity.
>> A nice shoulder block by Jeff Hardy.
The youngest of the two Hardy brothers.
From the state of North Carolina.
>> Sleeper. The sleeper.
>> Countered into a back suplex.
>> That quickly.
And now Hardy covers.
>> And got a near fall.
A great team wrestling.
Side head lock take over again by Jeff Hardy.
Staying on the ground but that doesn't mean hardy won't go to the air and
take any chance imaginable.
Speaking of, can you imagine, ladies and gentlemen,
what this gentleman Jeff Hardy, along with his five.
I said five adversaries will do to win the Elimination Chamber this Sunday.
>> In fact, Brother's four other adversaries right now that I'm sure
whose eyes are glued to this match?
And I'm sure they're all hoping these two men beat each other.
Well, I mean, give each other the beatings of their life.
>> That was a hard shot to the face by Shawn Michaels.
That reverse elbow.
Well, that was sort of the goal earlier and that John Cena and
Kevin match up the big scene up before no way out.
That's what Randy Orton wanted.
[SOUND] >> [NOISE]
>> As these flare-like,
knife-edge chops by Shawn Michaels.
>> [NOISE] >> Uh-oh, Michaels up-side-down.
>> Man.
>> Then Jeff Hardy turns Michaels inside-out right around that steel
ring post.
>> Come on Jeff, bring it down.
>> And now Michaels in trouble, big trouble.
>> Big trouble!
>> Michaels countered!
>> [INAUDIBLE] Shawn Michael, Jeff Hardy.
>> What a match this is.
>> Physical side headlock takeover.
[INAUDIBLE] >> Once this reversal boy Jeff Coming
right at on Shawn from behind and ramming Shawn into that steel ring post.
>> What do you say Michaels?
>> And a thing about Hardy look at this.
And a combination.
Hardy has used that side him tip over three times in this match.
And not just an ordinary side head lock to take over.
>> No. >> With a lot of power,
with a lot of torque on the neck.
Jeff Hardy indeed, and is obviously is an understatement,
means business in this matchup.
There's something to prove here for Jeff Hardy.
>> Of course, Jeff Hardy wanted to prove here tonight
that he belongs in that Elimination Chamber match.
Look at this.
>> Jeff Hardy [INAUDIBLE] as they say.
>> Just got introduced to a clothesline.
Good grief.
>> We've seen Shawn Michaels skin the cat.
I'm sure that Shawn Michaels knew what was coming.
And he certainly delivered it when Jeff was able to come back over that rope.
I think Jeff telling the referee, yeah, I'm still conscious here.
>> Look at this, hello.
Boom! [INAUDIBLE]
>> He may be trying to take a few
pages out of Shawn Michael's
book here tonight and
sending that message.
>> Not a bad idea.
Michael's has got some best selling books wrestling repertoire is concerned.
>> Look at this [CROSSTALK] >> My goodness.
My goodness.
>> That was almost an inverted atomic drop.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> His knuckles get down to the floor.
He was not safe at home.
Just got hit by that last slide of Jeff Hardy.
>> Jeff Hardy
absolutely really
taken advantage
BK now [INAUDIBLE]
[INAUDIBLE]
At this one is intense.
>> [NOISE] >> And
we continue to focus on that
lower birth of Jeff Hardy.
And let's take a look at what happened right before we went to break.
That big kick right to the face of Shawn Michaels.
And then, Shawn catching Jeff Hardy coming off that rail,
converting it into a power slam.
>> And that's why Jeff Hardy's lower back is in the condition and
the shape that it is.
And Michaels has been focusing on that lower back.
Since executing that power slam on the floor, outside the ring.
[NOISE] Jeff Hardy or worse for wearing his face,
this lower back again is punished and
there's a cover for my views.
Almost stop their show needed one more second to get it done.
>> [NOISE] >> We talk about Jeff Hardy resilience.
That resilience is gonna be tested tonight.
What an irish.
>> It's being tested right now to the max.
Shawn Michaels zeroing in on that injured back of Jeff Hardy.
>> Uh-oh, this could be it right here.
Yes, you can do it.
>> Aah!
>> Michaels has got the shoulder [INAUDIBLE] skill with
the knee at the back, time to time again.
No wasted motion for Shawn Michaels.
>> Will you stand Jeff?
>> Hoping Jeff can reach the nose, he may have to tap.
>> Michaels, [INAUDIBLE]
>> [INAUDIBLE]
[INAUDIBLE]
But it
just wasn't
enough.
>> [NOISE]
>> What speaks to the heart of
Jeff Hardy both of these men showing
the effects of this battle.
>> [NOISE]
>> This is and that's exactly what it's been a battle here.
>> What is the price?
Breaker by Michaels?
Book Jeff Hardy was going for
backdrop but he telegraphed
that just a fraction
of a second to send.
You can't do that with
HBK Marcos less than
a town away from within
this one on one [INAUDIBLE]
The very personalization chamber here.
[INAUDIBLE] Jeff Hardy being
challenged supremely
by the show stopper.
The step back Hardy.
>> Jeff struggling trying to reach the rope with everything he's got.
l don't know if he will get there.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> [NOISE] Jeff Hardy breaks the rule.
Who's gonna go home.
For all [INAUDIBLE]
there has been significant
damage done again to
the lower back of Jeff Hardy.
>> You're right, Jeff Hardy paid a huge price right there.
>> [NOISE] >> You don't think
Shawn Michaels is not gonna capitalize on it.
>> Jeff Hardy fighting back, the will to compete.
Jeff Hardy is absolutely amazing.
Hardy with that headkick catching Michaels in the back of the head.
>> Just look at what we're seeing here,
you have to wonder,
are these two men going to leave Everything
that got here in this match tonight.
I mean, knowing that you know what's at stake [INAUDIBLE].
>> [APPLAUSE] >> [INAUDIBLE] That is personal
between these two.
>> [NOISE] >> And I like,
this is Michaels maybe seeing, he will serve into your party.
>> Just a few years ago as Michaels just got reintroduced to
the steel ring post and that could be a difference maker.
>> Yeah, but on these two guys making this match so
personal that it's gonna cost them.
Their chance to headline WrestleMania.
>> The sternum burst into the top turnbuckle.
And then [INAUDIBLE] brought into the sternum again by Jeff Hardy.
It is anybody's ball game here.
>> And I can't help but think that somewhere Triple H is
sitting watching this with a big smile on his face.
Wow. Michael is trying to cause separation.
Michaels needs to cause separation, and he does.
Hardy knocked off the second turn buckle.
Michaels now going to the top.
All these can.
Thanks so both parties
got a chance to do it here.
>> [SOUND] Man.
>> How close was that?
>> As close as it can get.
>> The referee's hand coming down for the fatal three count.
Michaels got a shoulder up.
Hardy barely able to stand.
Michaels' lower back's gotta be killing him as well.
>> What a match.
[CROSSTALK] The Lariat Takedown by Jeff Hardy.
At least will buy Hardy a little bit of time, but Hardy's got the advantage here.
>> Roy, watch this one more time.
Look at the back of Shawn's head bounce off that mat.
>> Can Jeff Hardy capitalize on that?
[INAUDIBLE] Comes back swinging.
No surprise their party
beat to the punch again.
Spear back into the corner.
But Jeff Hardy.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Man!
>> Man, that's an impact, that is impact, right to the sternum of Shawn Michaels.
>> I can do it.
I can do it.
If he can drag Shawn out to the, this is it, JR.
>> The cover, Hardy's got cover.
And Michaels got the kick out out of desperation,
out of instincts, out of guts and determination.
>> Man, we've talked for
years about the resilience in Shawn Michaels and
we are certainly seen it demonstrated here and again.
On their beach, what is it gonna take.
>> I wanna stand up myself?
My god, what am I an event?
My boss
somehow
some way,
just refusing
to lose
[INAUDIBLE]
[INAUDIBLE].
Michaels hits
the elbow off
the top.
And now are you ready now for American music.
>> One, two.
>> But I wanna tell you something,
you gonna give all the credit of the world to Jeff Hardy.
But right now the band is being teamed up by HBK.
He wants to stop Jeff Hardy [INAUDIBLE].
The pain has got to be excruciating.
He's gonna
break your
leg.
>> Jeff Hardy the emotion.
>> You've got to think about the way out.
>> Michaels let go.
>> Look at Hardy trying to hold on.
Jeff Hardy trying to hold on.
>> He made it to the ropes.
>> Hardy makes it.
Referee breaks it.
But what is the status of Hardy's legs?
>> I don't think he can even stand.
>> [NOISE]
>> Shawn Michaels surveying the damage.
Can Jeff Hardy stand, you're right, is the question.
>> But Hardy still got the competitive spirit to fight.
>> And still enough strength left in his legs.
Look at he's up.
Jeff Hardy is up.
>> Hardy up.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Twist of fate.
My God, the twist of fate.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Jeff Hardy.
>> Look out.
>> My Lord.
Bomb. Are you kidding me?
>> What?
>> Hardy beats Michaels.
Jeff Hardy beats Shawn Michaels.
>> Here is your winner, Jeff Hardy.
>> What a match.
What a Victory for Jeff Hardy!
>> And what [INAUDIBLE].
How do you argue that Jeff Hardy isn't
the hottest superstar right now,
this moment in the WWE.
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