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Introducing first from Toronto, Canada,
weighing 250 pounds, Edge.
>> Being up there is very telling when Edge and Orton have that brief,
cursed conversation just a few moments ago.
That the one thing they did agree on was it can't be Shawn Michaels
that goes to WrestleMania to face John Cena for the WWE Title.
>> Well if you're Edge and if you're Orton, that fact is obvious.
I mean, I don't see Edge and Orton working together as a team in this match.
But one of the two of them want to be at WrestleMania.
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>> From St. Louis Missouri, weighing in at 245 pounds Randy Orton.
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>> Indeed ladies and gentlemen this is a triple threat match to
determine the number one contender for the WWE title.
It will be every man for himself.
There are no disqualifications.
There are no count outs.
The first man to score a pin or a submission is the winner.
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>> And what steaks.
One of the main events at WrestleMania.
Right to RKO the World Tag champions until seven days ago,
when Shawn Michaels, and yes, John Cena, became world tag champions.
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[APPLAUSE] >> What do you think, Jay R?
Will these guys be on the same page?
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>> We're about to find out.
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[APPLAUSE] >> And from San Antonio, Texas and
worked out of the world 19 Champion and
the Generation X member, The Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels.
>> Can Shawn Michaels continue his show stopping ways?
The new Shawn Michaels,
the man that came this close to winning the Royal Rumble match game.
>> I love Shawn's, his whole new approach.
Here we go.
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>> The old Shawn Michaels has
back the battler.
The man that wants to steal every show and be in the main event of every major
event but right now Michaels is being double teamed.
Are these odds gonna be too much for even HBK to overcome, Jay R?
>> Well, that's a great question.
Michaels is still a mortal man.
He is a human being and as long as Orthon enhance making this a handicap mat.
Which structure has to be?
Shawn Michaels is going to continue to battle.
He's going to be in jeopardy.
[APPLAUSE] >> Well, I hate to admit it but
it sounds strategy for Orton and Michaels to eliminate Shawn Michaels and
then the just go on and see which of these two guys are the better man?
>> Michaels' lower back is being exploited here and
they're in the early going, Edge and Orton.
At least conversing, they seem to be able to hold each other but maybe I'm wrong.
>> [APPLAUSE] Nonetheless, Michaels.
Michaels has been board of the close line, a pair of his own and
inverted atomic rrop on Edge.
And for good measure, Orton work gets a swelling at the right hand.
Remember, sudden death here.
The man who scores the first pair submission wins and
goes to WrestleMania to face John Cena for the WWE title.
>> [APPLAUSE] Lookout.
>> Up and over.
Orton landing hard on the outside with great elevation, Michaels took Orton over.
And now, Michaels, one on one.
And Michaels' lower back, the pounding his lower back took earlier in
the match seems to be adversely affecting Shawn Michaels.
>> I don't know if it was the pounding or if Shawn did something himself.
You know it's so easy.
I mean, you never know what's gonna go wrong.
>> Michaels was about to take a huge chance and
Randy Orton just took a lack of crashing and burning off the top turnbuckle and
Michael's landed on the lower part of his back.
>> Check this out one more time.
Shawn didn't see that coming from behind.
Well put HBK back in a precarious position now.
>> Watch out. Watch Orton here.
Watch Randy Orton's eyes.
They're on Edge and Orton, you gotta know what was taking RKO.
[APPLAUSE] >> And he's like, what are you doing?
Well, who is going to go to WrestleMania?
Who will face John Cena?
We will find out tonight.
Because this match continues.
We're back live here on Monday Night Raw.
This is a triple threat match and determine the number one contender for
the WWE title.
>> Randy Orton went high on the top rope, crashing into our next table.
Shawn Michaels back perplexing Edge, those three men Michaels,
Orton and Edge in our triple threat match here now,
to determine who will face John Cena at WrestleMania 23.
That will be determined here tonight.
>> Well Carlito may not be watching this match right now, but
you can bet John Cena is somewhere watching this match.
>> [NOISE] >> Look out.
>> Whoa.
>> You saved us, Jay R.
[LAUGH] >> Look at Michaels now, man.
Michaels.
>> Man.
>> What a kick by Edge.
By the face of Shawn Michaels when it looked like Michaels having advantage when
he cover.
He got Edge in a half a count away from heading to WrestleMania to meet John Cena.
And Edge remember, has beaten John Cena for the WWE title.
>> As he reminded the world, he's undefeated at WrestleMania.
Randy Orton didn't all end and out here in front of us.
He is really.
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out one more time.
Lower back has been tortured by both Norton and
Norton still own hands and knees.
Trying to claim his way up back into the ring and get back into this fight.
>> All three of these men wanna be in that match at WrestleMania so badly JR.
And you know what?
With all respect,
all three of these men deserve to be in that match at WrestleMania.
>> We are in a sudden death situation.
Come here.
First pin for submission wins the match wins contender to
WrestleMania that's on the line here.
One fall our one submission or what we're looking for three minutes post me,
every man for himself.
We haven't seen that much from Darko.
And Michaels goes down, it's been more
like a handicap match game in my estimation
Gordon has been out of this thing for
a while taking various positions.
Now or just got the cover.
Mania. >> [NOISE]
>> Randy Orton had the count away as Edge
moments ago.
Michaels continues to fight.
Continues to try to hold on and fight through the pain of his lower back.
>> Right now Shawn Michaels continues to absorb punishment first from Edge,
now from Orton.
>> And Orton now hooked the leg, Randy Orton got another ten count.
Just wasted some time there bad mouthing the referee.
He got a two count Michaels trying to pull himself back here against
Randy Orton to come back and bite him in the backside but maybe,
not that has another shot To the spine by Randy Orton.
Edge is on the outside, this is a magnificent opportunity for
Randy Orton to tap the lot.
Randy Orton needs to be, now you gotta try to pin him.
>> That could be it.
Right in the face.
Did they get Is making a huge
mistake he needs to stay on the offensive.
Get an arc to do something right now on the outside Do you have
the textbook dropkick?
orden did get a miracle.
And now Michaels, you don't wanna give us any opportunity to
resuscitate to regenerate that emotion that Shawn Michaels Good.
>> [NOISE]
>> Shawn is being hammered and
barely able to stand here Who knows?
Near fall.
That's it. >> There it is.
>> That is emphatically it.
The RKO.
Orton is going to Wrestlemania.
>> [INAUDIBLE] off of Michaels.
And now Randy Orton no doubt Had Shawn Michaels pinned with the RKO.
>> Things are deteorating here JR.
>> It's suppose to be every man for himself.
The stakes are too high to do anything else.
And RKO their emotions are boiling over.
>> I think cooler heads are gonna prevail here.
[NOISE] That's smart JR, they gotta take care of the business at hand,
and the business, Look at that.
>> They just proved that neither can be trusted.
>> They're both snakes.
You gotta love that as well JR.
>> [INAUDIBLE] are hammering each other with those right hands,
if one pins the other The winner is going to WrestleMania John Cena looking for
the arcade Come on, hit the spear here and
trying to employ that middle term, >> Hit
first >> Ordinance delete prompt and
avoid the contact Man, these are two, three young stallions here.
And the double [INAUDIBLE].
>> Wow.
And that was a mid air collision by Randy Orton and Edge.
And this is a huge man.
I mean, huge man WrestleMania >> All right,
this Triple Threat Match has the same implications as the Royal Rumble Match.
>> Michaels was starting to stir here.
With Edge in downtown Shawn Micheals capital.
Realize here now.
>> You can never count out HBK, he'll pop up like a pimple on prom night.
>> What are these two man, these three man are going to Wrestlemania.
This is a thriple-threat match.
>> The elbow. >> Michaels hits the elbow.
Will Michaels be the number one contender?
Which of these three man will meet John Cena at Wrestlemania 23?
We will find out, live here tonight.
He is feeling it.
It is the BK coming back like he said.A
show stopping spirit of Shawn Michaels
lives as brightly as perfectly as it ever
has.Shawn Michaels will smite you.
Shawn Michaels want to go to Wrestlemania and
leave his tag team partner with a WWE title.
>> Michaels sidestepped.
>> Where did that come from?
>> Not only a kick, a superkick.
>> One leg going over.
>> Whoo.
Has done it.
Shawn Michaels is going to wrestleMania.
>> Here`s your winner the handbreak is, Shawn Michaels.
>> Shawn Michaels avoided the spear.
He had speared Orton and then.
>> Uh-oh, uh-oh, look at this, Markos top team partner and
brainy WWE Champion john Cena here in the ring.
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