WWE Vengeance 2004 - Edge vs Randy Orton (WWE Intercontinental Championship)
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00:00The most eagerly anticipated matchup for Vengeance will be for the Intercontinental title.
00:04Randy Orton defending the title against Edge, and it's Edge the man who can do what others have failed to do.
00:11Take down the Intercontinental Champion.
00:16As the days turn, evolution remains constant.
00:21I'm Randy Orton. I'm a member of evolution.
00:26My accomplishments are endless.
00:30I'm 24 years old, third generation superstar.
00:34I'm the Intercontinental Champion.
00:36I've had the longest reign with this title in the last seven years.
00:42I entered this ring Randy Orton, legend killer.
00:47As I left this ring when all was said and done,
00:51I left this Randy Orton living legend.
00:56Get a look at greatness. Have a look.
01:01I pride myself on being a legend killer.
01:11Greatness has entered the ring.
01:15I'm a legend.
01:19For the last year, I watched evolution dominate Raw.
01:23I've been sitting on the sidelines watching you run your mouth.
01:28It's time for a change.
01:30Somebody needs to take a stand.
01:33That somebody is going to be me.
01:37You're all going down.
01:41One by one, you're all going to fall.
01:45Randy Orton, at vengeance, you're mine.
01:49I might not be a legend, but I'm daring you right now to spit in my face.
01:55This Sunday, it's going to take Orton down.
02:04One by one, you're all going to fall.
02:08Fall.
02:15You think you know me.
02:31The following contest is for one fall, and it is for the Intercontinental Championship.
02:37Introducing the challenger from Toronto, Canada, weighing in at 250 pounds, Edge.
02:44Well, King Ed said he's the man that's going to take evolution down.
02:47He made a big boast there.
02:49And to get it done, he's got to start tonight by winning the Intercontinental title.
02:54This young man's got a big mouth, and I think that mouth just wrote a check that his body can't catch.
03:00Edge, a four-time Intercontinental Champion, won his first title in July of 99.
03:05And looking at my research, as I'm sure you did, there have been 10 Intercontinental title changes in the month of July.
03:12More than any other month since the Intercontinental title was put on the map by Pat Patterson.
03:23And from Stanford, Missouri, weighing in at 255 pounds, being the Intercontinental Champion, Randy Orton.
03:33Just watch this introduction.
03:35It's a thing of beauty. It's a thing of greatness.
03:38This is what legends are made of.
03:43This young man certainly exudes confidence.
03:49Some may say he exudes arrogance.
03:52As he said, he's 24 years old.
03:55A third-generation superstar who won the Intercontinental title back in December 14th of last year.
04:01The longest Intercontinental title reign in seven years.
04:05He certainly did that for us.
04:07And it's because of the Humpty Dumpty man who had the longest Intercontinental title reign in seven years.
04:12That puts Orton, the Humpty Dumpty man, the magnificent Morocco, Pedro Morales, all in the long Intercontinental title reign.
04:20Will it end tonight is the question.
04:22And did any of those guys that you just mentioned do it at the young age of, what did you say, 24?
04:2824 years old.
04:30No, I don't think so.
04:31You're right.
04:33This guy is a one in a million, JR.
04:36He is a legend killer.
04:38And you know what?
04:39He will take time out of his busy schedule to knock on the new wannabe legends like Edge here tonight.
04:47Orton has been on a great roll on pay-per-view dating back his winning streak back to September of last year
04:54when he defeated one of the greats of all time, in my view, Shawn Michaels,
04:58at Unforgiven back in September of last year.
05:01In one-on-one tag team matches, Orton has not lost on pay-per-view.
05:08It's away from the game since...
05:11Okay, which one of those cancels each other out?
05:14What do you mean?
05:15Well, Orton's not lost on pay-per-view and the Intercontinental title has changed hands in July more often than any other month.
05:23I don't know if they cancel each other out.
05:25I'm just throwing out some things to think about.
05:27July is a hot month.
05:29Is it fate or is it not?
05:31You're a master of useless information.
05:33I probably am.
05:36Just trying to do my homework.
05:37Look at Edge.
05:40He better have that look of determination on his face.
05:42Edge out of action from February of 2003 to April of this year with the next fusion surgery.
05:49Let's go, Orton!
05:52Let's go, Orton!
05:54I don't know about tie-up, neither man gaining an advantage.
05:57Let's go, Orton!
06:01Randy Orton, this guy.
06:03I mean, JR has it all.
06:05You're infatuated with him, aren't you?
06:06I'm not infatuated.
06:07Is he your Siegfried, your Roy, or what?
06:09I do admire the young man.
06:10He's not headlocked by Orton.
06:12Well, I'd jump on his bandwagon, but there's no room with you sitting there.
06:15Oh, is that right? Well, see...
06:16You know, JR, and everybody knows that I am also an artist,
06:19so I'm a connoisseur of things like fine paintings, masterpieces, works of art.
06:24And that's what this kid reminds me of.
06:26He has the good looks of certainly a GQ model,
06:30you know, magazine covers.
06:33He's like a Michelangelo painting.
06:37Would you like a painting?
06:40Knocked down by Edge.
06:41Challenger for the Intercontinental Title.
06:43Intercontinental Title to Edge.
06:44As we said, a four-time Intercontinental Champion.
06:46A good feat.
06:47Could be commissioned to paint a portrait.
06:49A nine-time tag champion.
06:50So, Edge is no stranger to big-match environment,
06:53and Orton has...
06:55Boy, the list of people that Orton has defeated
06:58in the last...
06:59in less than the last year are amazing.
07:01He's a magic killer.
07:02What did you expect?
07:05And do you see anybody on the horizon
07:08or, better yet, in the ring that can stop Randy Orton?
07:11Not yet.
07:12There you go.
07:13I think Orton...
07:14Orton reminds me of his young age
07:16when The Rock was here as a young man.
07:19Almost on day one, he was great.
07:22And Orton has been there.
07:23Orton has always been an amazing athlete.
07:26Six cents.
07:27That third-generation heritage
07:29is certainly significant in this business.
07:31Sounds like you're trying to crowd your way
07:33onto the Orton bandwagon.
07:35Shot by Edge.
07:36Just giving him his due.
07:38He's earned that.
07:40Well, tell us about this Johnny-come-lately Edge.
07:43Why in the world does he think he's the man
07:46that's gonna be able to take down Evolution?
07:48You gotta believe you can do something
07:50before you can do it.
07:51I believe that's part of the game.
07:53You better all believe that he can fly
07:55and go out here and jump off one of these buildings
07:57and believe that he can take down Evolution.
08:01You have about the same end to it,
08:03jumping off the building,
08:04trying to take down Evolution.
08:05He'll end up smashed either way he goes.
08:09Orton downstairs, now focusing on that back,
08:11driving the air out of Edge.
08:13This one-fall match
08:15for the Intercontinental title.
08:16Side headlock by Randy Orton,
08:17keeping that wide base.
08:19Orton about 6'4".
08:21Young, singles.
08:26More information.
08:27What?
08:28More information.
08:29All right, yeah.
08:30Well, that's not useless information.
08:32I'm sure there are millions of women out there right now
08:34that would love to be able to somehow
08:36get their phone numbers to Randy Orton.
08:43So, in just a while,
08:44there's Chris Cross and Orton dropping down.
08:46Oh!
08:47And shot shoulder-locked by Edge.
08:50Side headlock taken.
08:52Nice contact by Edge
08:53right into the side headlock,
08:54taking down Orton.
08:55You know that, Detective JR,
08:57when you talk about Randy Orton?
08:58What?
08:59Jealousy?
09:00That's what you're gonna say?
09:01Bingo!
09:02Bingo!
09:03I read your mind like a book.
09:04Jealousy has reared its ugly head.
09:06Yeah, I got a lot to be jealous about Randy Orton.
09:08I'm an Oklahoma mule.
09:11He's a feral mule.
09:14Side headlock by Orton.
09:15Well, that's exactly why you should be jealous.
09:17I guess so.
09:18But you're not, are you?
09:19I'm not jealous of him.
09:20Not at all.
09:21I admire him.
09:22You should.
09:25Right now,
09:26he's in a very unadmirable position.
09:29It's a matter of time.
09:31He'll come out of it.
09:32He'll come out of it.
09:36Richard Patton signed this contest
09:38for the Intercontinental title.
09:40Will it be the Spear versus the RKO?
09:44This match evolves.
09:45Time will certainly tell
09:47the story of those two finishing maneuvers.
09:50So, Edge, on the other hand,
09:51you think Edge would make a credible,
09:54a good Intercontinental champion?
09:56Of course he would.
09:57Why wouldn't he?
09:58Give me a few reasons why he would.
10:00He's already been there four times.
10:03Yeah, but he's lost it.
10:04That means he's lost it.
10:05A great young athlete.
10:06Uh-oh.
10:07Orton.
10:08Orton taking the easy way out.
10:11Randy Orton has never lost
10:12the Intercontinental Championship, has he?
10:14No, he has not.
10:15But see,
10:17Edge is a proven loser in that category.
10:21I guess you could call Ric Flair a loser.
10:23He's won the 16-time champ.
10:25How many times have you lost titles?
10:28I don't know.
10:29I felt like a loser.
10:30But it doesn't matter.
10:31How's Orton doing there?
10:32Orton's gonna get counted out.
10:33This is...
10:36This is not the way that you retain
10:38a title with any pride,
10:40is to get counted out.
10:41He's taking a little breather.
10:43And Edge out there to make sure Orton
10:45was walking up the ramp.
10:48He's doing his exercises.
10:50Yeah.
10:52Three!
10:54Three!
10:55Shot by Edge.
10:56Referee's count in effect here.
10:59And the champion hops back into the ring
11:01by the challenge.
11:02Rather unceremoniously, I might add.
11:05For some reason,
11:06we talked about jealousy earlier.
11:08I think Edge is the one that's jealous
11:10of Randy Orton.
11:13Oh, look out.
11:14Orton sidestepping Edge
11:15and sending Edge right over the top.
11:18Oh, look at it.
11:19Look at that guy.
11:21So smart, they are.
11:22Very confident.
11:23Very ring-wise for such a young man.
11:25No doubt about that.
11:27And Edge, who grew up a WWE fan
11:29his entire life.
11:33He was WrestleMania VI
11:34when he was a youngster
11:35in the Toronto Skydome.
11:38Two!
11:40One!
11:41Two!
11:42Three!
11:43Referee's count.
11:44Orton back in the ring.
11:45That breaks the count.
11:46Orton doesn't want to be counted.
11:48Well, not now he doesn't.
11:49No, he's got the solid advantage.
11:53Oh, this should be good.
11:55Oh!
11:57And a suplex!
11:59And the outside apron back in.
12:02And Orton now with that cover
12:04and somewhat of an arrogant cover.
12:07I think Edge is jealous
12:08of Orton's wrestling ability.
12:10I think Edge is jealous
12:11of Orton's wrestling heritage.
12:14But most of all,
12:15I think Edge is jealous
12:17I think Edge is jealous
12:18of the fact that
12:20when it comes to getting women
12:22Edge has to take a backseat
12:24to Orton every time.
12:25Edge grows that hair long
12:26he thinks the girls love that.
12:27You guys look like a rock star.
12:29Oh my God.
12:30What? What does that have to do
12:31with the Intercontinental title match?
12:32Getting the women?
12:34And how disrespectful
12:35do you need to say
12:36getting the women?
12:37What kind of man are you?
12:38Getting the women?
12:39Well, that's what life's all about,
12:41isn't it?
12:43The Intercontinental Championship
12:44is on the line here, by the way.
12:46It's tuned in.
13:02Not creative at all.
13:04Hard shot by Orton.
13:05And Orton now
13:06is starting to turn up the heat
13:07here a little bit
13:08on the offense
13:09clipping away at the chest
13:10of the challenger
13:11for the Intercontinental title.
13:16He can even tell the referee
13:17how to do his job.
13:18Randy Orton can do it all.
13:19Wrestle, he can referee,
13:20he can come up here
13:21and probably take your place
13:22there.
13:24You ever heard him commentate?
13:25No, sir.
13:26Play-by-play?
13:27Never have.
13:28Oh, I bet he's good at it.
13:29I'm sure he's wonderful.
13:30Snap here and take it off
13:31by Orton.
13:32Taking down Edge again.
13:36Look at the leverage
13:38that he's able to use.
13:39And look at all the holes
13:40that Randy Orton knows.
13:41Obviously taught to him
13:42by his fathers,
13:43grandfathers.
13:45Just look at the way
13:46he implies it.
13:49Very, uh,
13:50very sound.
13:51Just look at that right there.
13:52That picture,
13:53it looks like a work of art.
13:54It looks like a famous
13:55statue by Michelangelo.
13:56Right now the referee's
13:57breaking a hole
13:58because Orton was covering
13:59the mouth and nose,
14:01which is illegal.
14:05Actually should have been
14:06a break there.
14:07The goal should have been
14:08broken and it's not.
14:11Literally wretched
14:12the neck of Edge.
14:14I gotta give Edge
14:15some credit.
14:16He's hanging in there.
14:17Edge, uh,
14:18out 14 months
14:19of that neck surgery
14:20and Orton is
14:21missing just exactly
14:22how sound that
14:23Edge's neck may be.
14:26How sound do you think
14:27his neck really is?
14:28That's gotta be hurting him, right?
14:29He had a great surgeon
14:30and he was out
14:31over a year.
14:32I'd like to believe
14:33he's completely healthy,
14:34but, you know.
14:37Don't you think
14:38the referee should be
14:39doing something about
14:40those close fists?
14:41I would suggest yes.
14:43And downstairs
14:44goes Randy Orton.
14:45That's why Randy
14:46had to try to tell
14:47the referee how to
14:48do his job.
14:49Shot down by Edge.
14:51Orton shot right
14:52to the face.
14:53Clothesline.
14:54Faces.
14:55He's quickening here.
14:57Edge taking it to
14:58Randy Orton.
15:05Good move.
15:07Orton held on the ropes
15:08to try to avoid
15:09the contact
15:10and it backfired on him.
15:13Come on, Orton.
15:14Get back in the ring.
15:15Clotheslining the champion
15:16over the top rope.
15:17Orton is credited
15:18back up.
15:21I think that Edge
15:22is coming to his knees.
15:24I don't see Orton
15:25in his side
15:26with Randy Orton.
15:27I think Randy's had
15:28just about enough of him.
15:30On his Intercontinental
15:31Championship belt.
15:32That's his, isn't it?
15:35And Edge baseball slide
15:37right through,
15:38driving the Intercontinental
15:39title belt
15:40and maybe back in
15:41to Orton's face.
15:44To the side of
15:45Orton's head, I think.
15:47I'm not sure where.
15:48Let's see.
15:56And the clothesline
15:57coming around the apron.
15:59High impact
16:00clothesline by
16:01Edge taking down
16:02Randy Orton.
16:03He's gotten into
16:04Edge now.
16:06The goal to become
16:07the Intercontinental
16:08Champion is going to be
16:09what I would assume
16:10is motivating Edge.
16:12Wouldn't you?
16:14I don't...
16:15Honestly, I don't...
16:16I don't think Edge
16:17really believed
16:18that he had a chance.
16:27A lot of them
16:28are in favor
16:29of Randy Orton.
16:30Randy Orton's got
16:31some fans here.
16:33And boom!
16:34Missile drop
16:35hit by Edge
16:36off the top turnbuckle.
16:37Could it be a left here?
16:38The hook of the leg!
16:42He's got his shoulder up.
16:44A little too close
16:45for comfort right there.
16:48I'm sure this is not
16:49exactly what Edge
16:50was bargaining for.
16:51A lot of Orton fans
16:52here tonight.
16:53But do that as he'll make.
16:54Uh-oh.
16:55Randy?
16:56Randy?
16:57Edge ready to uncoil.
16:59Don't turn around, Randy!
17:00That spear.
17:02And man, Orton.
17:03A very elementary
17:04counter,
17:05but very effective.
17:07Boom!
17:08Modified backbreaker
17:09by Randy Orton.
17:10And Orton now.
17:12What's he doing?
17:13Hooking the leg
17:14by Yomberto.
17:15But Edge able
17:16to get his shoulder up
17:17before the three count.
17:20Randy's...
17:21I'm starting to say
17:22he's exhausted,
17:23but look at this.
17:24There's the attempted spear.
17:27And a knee.
17:29A high knee
17:30got right in the face there.
17:32That suggests
17:33Orton got punted.
17:34Randy Orton
17:35punted Edge
17:36because,
17:37you know why?
17:38That spear
17:39had obviously been
17:40well scouted
17:41by Randy Orton.
17:44Now this crowd,
17:45let's go, Edge!
17:48Very aggressive
17:49elbow by Orton.
17:50Found its mark
17:51with Orton
17:52rolling back in,
17:53breaking the referee's
17:54ten count.
17:55Rolls right back
17:56outside.
17:57Regained the unfair
17:58advantage.
17:59Uppercut forearm.
18:00The elbow
18:01to the back of the head.
18:02All the way
18:03to the back of the head.
18:04All while Orton
18:05is on the outside.
18:06One of these fans here,
18:07they can't seem
18:08to make up their mind
18:09who they want to win.
18:11It's exciting sometimes
18:12to come to the...
18:13to see the WWE live.
18:19Chad Pack
18:20admonishing
18:21Randy Orton
18:22for choking Edge
18:23with that bottom rope.
18:26And now Orton
18:29continues to rob
18:30the oxygen
18:31from his challenger,
18:32the Intercontinental Title.
18:35Trying to reason with Orton,
18:36but I don't know
18:37if that's gonna work.
18:39You gotta admit,
18:40you're seeing this
18:41with your own two eyes
18:42just like I am.
18:43It's been a long,
18:44grueling,
18:45hard-fought match.
18:46But Randy Orton
18:47looks...
18:48he looks refreshed.
18:49Poor Edge.
18:51He looks haggard.
18:53He's about had it.
18:55Now the fans
18:56are back on Orton
18:57and the fans are gonna get it.
19:00Orton wringing that neck.
19:02Oh!
19:03I'm gonna beat your ass!
19:09I don't blame him.
19:10They weren't there for him
19:11when he needed him.
19:12Now he doesn't need him.
19:15Edge's neck.
19:17That's Orton's focus
19:18right here.
19:19Hook of the leg.
19:21So when you think about it,
19:22the RKO
19:24is gonna be very effective
19:25if Orton can...
19:26can find the...
19:27find the right combination
19:28to execute it.
19:32Orton!
19:33Orton!
19:34Orton!
19:35Orton!
19:36Orton!
19:37Orton!
19:39It's caught coming in.
19:41I detected
19:42Orton sucks
19:43to get going on out there.
19:44Come on.
19:45The fans are certainly
19:47ready, willing
19:48and able to express
19:49themselves here tonight.
19:51There's a knee to the abdomen
19:52again.
19:53Down goes the challenger.
19:54Every time Edge
19:55starts to build some momentum
19:56it's Randy Orton
19:57who...
19:58who shuts it down
19:59and Orton with that choke.
20:00And that knee
20:01pressed firmly
20:02into the throat
20:03of Edge.
20:04And it choked
20:05Edge
20:06on four or five
20:07different occasions here.
20:09And has expertly
20:10used the referee's count
20:11in his attempt
20:12to cheat.
20:15And that's
20:16sort of what
20:17Edge is doing
20:18here tonight
20:19after all the bravado,
20:20after all the
20:21rags and all of the
20:22claims that he made
20:23how he was gonna
20:24put Evolution down
20:25one by one.
20:27Looks like Edge is choking.
20:28It's not over, King.
20:29The bell hasn't sounded.
20:31And it only takes
20:32three seconds
20:33for Edge to stand
20:34and drop the textbook.
20:36Orton now
20:37on the cover
20:38the hook of the leg
20:39and...
20:41a very confident
20:42Intercontinental Champion
20:43two and a half seconds
20:44is in the driver's seat
20:45here.
20:46Again,
20:47using leverage
20:48and that reverse chin lock
20:49to grip the neck
20:50and focus on the neck
20:51of Edge.
20:52Focus on the neck
20:53of Edge.
20:59Another thing
21:00Edge is jealous of
21:01of Orton.
21:03What's that?
21:05You know, I told you
21:06I'm a connoisseur of art.
21:07Look at that
21:08fine artwork
21:09on the body of Orton.
21:11Edge's tattoo
21:12he's got one there
21:13looks like it was done
21:14by Stevie Wonder.
21:17Edge trying to get
21:18that bottom rope
21:19which would break
21:20this predicament
21:21but Edge's neck
21:22really creeping up.
21:24Scary position.
21:25Now Orton gaining
21:26an unfair advantage.
21:28Everybody trying to
21:29look eye to eye
21:30with Edge
21:31as if Edge wants to give it up.
21:35Orton has great leverage
21:37in the very elementary maneuver.
21:39You gotta admire that.
21:40I certainly admire that, JR.
21:42Nobody else...
21:43I don't ever see anybody
21:44use leverage
21:45the way that Randy Orton does.
21:48Almost as if it was
21:49a six-six
21:50for the young man.
21:52And Edge now
21:53trying to fight out of this thing.
21:55Oh, look at the chance
21:56for Edge again.
22:02Watch his way back up.
22:04Going downstairs
22:05with a clenched fist.
22:10Big handful of hair
22:11I'm not sure
22:12but it's where that
22:13long hair that
22:14Edge was so proud of
22:15come back to haunt him.
22:17Look at that leg drop.
22:18Again, leg drop.
22:20Lateral press again.
22:22Edge with his legs up.
22:25Tell me this.
22:26Why would you have
22:27in a sport like wrestling
22:29why would you have
22:30that long of hair
22:31if you weren't trying
22:32to impress the girl?
22:35What would be his reasoning?
22:36I don't know.
22:38That's what it's about.
22:39It's about getting chicks, JR.
22:42I'm past that.
22:45Randy Orton is too, really.
22:46He knows that
22:47he doesn't have
22:48that long stack of hair.
22:53Look at the confidence
22:54on this guy right here.
22:55It is just a
22:57riveting confidence.
22:58Oh, he bit him.
23:04Orton laying on that neck
23:05putting his weight
23:07on the neck of Edge
23:09turning that neck right there
23:10you can see about
23:11a 45 degree angle.
23:12Leverage, JR.
23:13It's leverage.
23:14It's all about leverage.
23:19What?
23:20How would you describe that look?
23:22It's not exactly frustration.
23:24It's closer to
23:25maybe hopelessness.
23:27Oh, yeah.
23:28I would feel pain in there
23:29at some point.
23:30Oh, yeah.
23:31Definitely pain.
23:32It's beginning to fade away
23:33here in Orton.
23:35I guarantee you
23:36Edge wishes he was away.
23:37He wishes he was
23:38far, far away
23:39from Hartford, Connecticut
23:41right now.
23:43And Orton is
23:45maybe winning this thing
23:46with a
23:47reversed headlock
23:48that modified
23:49headlock there.
23:50He's trying to
23:51he's trying to wrap him up.
23:52Orton with his
23:53resembles an octopus in there.
23:54There's arms and legs
23:55everywhere.
23:56Orton grapevining the leg
23:57of Edge.
23:58He's still got the neck
23:59crimped.
24:00You know what?
24:01Just go ahead and face it, JR.
24:02Just admit it.
24:03Orton can do it all.
24:04Say it.
24:05You know, I'm about to have
24:06enough of this, you know.
24:08I really have.
24:09I mean, you're making
24:10he's a great athlete, King.
24:11There's no doubt about that.
24:12He's an Intercontinental
24:13Champion.
24:14Can he do it all?
24:15At least at the moment
24:16he's an Intercontinental
24:17Champion.
24:20But what?
24:21I mean, what?
24:22I don't understand what
24:23what you can say bad about
24:24the guy.
24:26I don't know what I've been
24:27saying bad about the guy.
24:28You're in love with him.
24:29I mean, I've been
24:30wondering about you.
24:31I'm in love with Edge.
24:32Edge's arm
24:33will be dropped this time.
24:34This one's over.
24:37Shades of Ed
24:38Strangler-Lewis
24:39winning with a headlock.
24:40No, stop.
24:41Don't try to make this
24:42about me, JR.
24:43No.
24:44It's about Orton.
24:46Edge finding his way
24:47back up.
24:48Got a rush of adrenaline
24:49there, perhaps.
24:50And
24:51To the hair again.
24:52Orton got a handful
24:53of hair.
24:55Oh, hard crossbody.
24:56Hook of the leg
24:57and Orton kicking out.
24:59Orton wasn't expecting
25:00that crossbody out of there.
25:02And a roll-up by
25:03Edge.
25:04Orton able to free himself.
25:06Got a two-count
25:07and a hard knockdown
25:08right back to that
25:09head and neck.
25:12Orton about to say
25:13that Edge, one thing
25:14he will do, he will
25:15run into you
25:16full speed ahead.
25:18Whether it's with that spear
25:19or just sacrificing
25:20his body, but he also
25:21ran right into that
25:22big clothesline
25:23from Randy Orton.
25:25What's this gonna be, JR?
25:26No!
25:27Oh, no!
25:28What a counter by Edge!
25:30That could be one of
25:31the defining moments
25:32in this match.
25:33Edge with that dropkick
25:34as Orton was
25:35coming off the ropes.
25:37I think Randy's going
25:38for a missile dropkick
25:39himself and then
25:40Edge hit him.
25:41Oh, my gosh.
25:42That's devastating.
25:43Orton in midair
25:44and nowhere to go
25:46but to absorb the
25:47blow of the dropkick.
25:49Went downstairs.
25:57Trying to turn Orton.
25:58Fight it, Randy!
25:59Fight it!
26:02A neckbreaker by Edge
26:05letting Orton feel
26:06the pain in his neck.
26:09The match this has been,
26:10both of these guys
26:11have given everything
26:12they have and now
26:13they're both laid out
26:14flat on their backs.
26:15And they're down.
26:17Double count.
26:24Either of these guys
26:25are gonna be able
26:26to get up, JR.
26:27They have four.
26:31If that were the case,
26:32King Orton will retain
26:33the title.
26:34That'd be a count out.
26:35That would be very fitting
26:36and just as
26:37would be served.
26:40I think that
26:41this darn Edge
26:42is gonna make it up.
26:44Count to eight.
26:48And
26:49the count is over.
26:50Both men exchanging
26:51right hands.
26:52The match continues here.
26:54Edge with a forearm.
26:55Orton with one
26:56in retaliation.
26:58They've knocked each other
26:59to their feet.
27:03Oh, man.
27:04Look at this guy.
27:05I'll tell you something.
27:06It's just
27:07going for him.
27:08It's a slugfest now.
27:09Edge getting the better
27:10of him.
27:11Oh, no!
27:12Side brushing leg sweep
27:13by Edge.
27:14That caught Randy off guard.
27:15Looking for the cover here.
27:16The champion!
27:18Edge looking for
27:19Intercontinental gold.
27:20Got a two count.
27:25I think Edge
27:26is about to realize
27:27that he just can't
27:28get the job done.
27:29There's nothing he can do
27:30to kind of put Randy Orton
27:31down for the count.
27:32Oh, no!
27:33Orton going for
27:34that drop kick.
27:35Edge made a U-turn
27:36at the ropes.
27:37Orton ate some canvas.
27:41What's he going to do here?
27:44Orton's face
27:45was just driven
27:46into the top turnbuckle.
27:48Model-like look.
27:50The cover!
27:51Is he in here?
27:52Look at this!
27:55Long time two count.
27:57I was holding my breath
27:58because honestly
27:59I thought that was it.
28:00But if Randy Orton
28:01was able to dodge
28:02that bullet,
28:03there is no way
28:04that he is not going
28:05to walk out of this
28:06ring without
28:07his championship.
28:08You may be right.
28:09And you may not.
28:10That had to take
28:11all the wind
28:12out of the sails of Edge.
28:13There's that one up top.
28:14This could be...
28:15Well, he don't even
28:16know what to do.
28:17This could be
28:18where all the marbles
28:19here sort of meet.
28:20This is absolutely
28:21a desperation move here.
28:22And Orton catches Edge
28:23in that top turnbuckle
28:24up there.
28:25The old no-man's land
28:26and barred right by Orton.
28:28No telling what Edge
28:29is going to try,
28:30but it's obviously
28:31going to cost him now.
28:32Obviously,
28:33as a backfired on Edge
28:34and Orton now
28:35going to capitalize
28:36on this predicament,
28:37Edge put himself
28:38in and...
28:39Oh, look out!
28:40Oh, no!
28:41And Orton
28:42just got hung up
28:43on that top rope.
28:44Edge came free
28:45of the front face lock
28:46and Orton...
28:47Look at Edge now.
28:48His eyes look
28:49like saucers.
28:50Oh!
28:51Crossed by him!
28:52Orton rolled through!
28:53Orton rolled through!
28:54Look at that!
28:55Oh, no!
28:56Got a near fall
28:57to Randy Orton.
28:58A thumb to the eye.
28:59Thank you, Ric Flair.
29:00Thumb to the eye
29:01by Randy Orton
29:02who's learned
29:03his lesson
29:04here in the ring.
29:05Well,
29:06that's what...
29:07Wait a minute here.
29:08One of the good things
29:09is going to be
29:10in an evolution.
29:11Orton exposing
29:12that turnbuckle.
29:13And,
29:14well,
29:15look at this
29:16Mr. Goody Two-Shoes
29:17referee.
29:18Referee inside cradle
29:19by Edge.
29:20Hey!
29:21He grabbed!
29:22Come on!
29:23He got...
29:24No!
29:25Oh, man.
29:26Referee a little
29:27slow getting there.
29:28And now
29:29Orton the roll-up.
29:30Got the tights here!
29:31Oh, no!
29:32Oh, no!
29:33Oh, no!
29:34Got the tights here!
29:35Orton turn up!
29:36Oh, man.
29:37I thought Orton stole it.
29:38Looks like Orton did
29:39against Jericho
29:40last week on Raw
29:41using the ropes.
29:42What a match!
29:43Come on, Orton!
29:44Orton now.
29:45Will that be enough
29:46here?
29:47Not this time.
29:48I'll tell you,
29:49I'm worried about Randy.
29:50He's in a little
29:51weakened condition here.
29:52He didn't even have
29:53the stamina
29:54to reach back
29:55and hook
29:56Edge's leg.
29:57Now he's throwing
29:58off the elbow pads.
29:59Orton
30:00sending Edge
30:01for the ride.
30:02Edge counters.
30:03And
30:04freeslide!
30:05Oh!
30:06Impaled!
30:07The most
30:08bad DDT
30:09we've ever
30:10told!
30:11Man.
30:12Orton was
30:13high following
30:14for sure.
30:15He had
30:16a new
30:17Intercontinental
30:18Champion there.
30:19And Edge
30:20must be thinking...
30:21Can I open my eyes?
30:22What I'm thinking...
30:23Did Randy lose?
30:24No, Randy
30:25didn't lose.
30:26Oh, no!
30:27Oh, no!
30:28No, Randy
30:29didn't lose.
30:30I thought he was
30:31done for then,
30:32JR.
30:33Next thing you know,
30:34you have some
30:35Randy Orton
30:36tattoos.
30:37Orton
30:38trying to
30:39pull himself
30:40back up.
30:41I'm beginning
30:42to think if Edge
30:43couldn't beat
30:44Orton with that
30:45impaler,
30:46he may not
30:47be able to beat
30:48him at all.
30:49Randy Orton
30:50said it.
30:51Randy Orton
30:52may be
30:53unbeatable.
30:54Orton
30:55trying to
30:56cover up here.
30:57Look at this!
30:58Look at this!
30:59Come on!
31:02Now, I'm beginning
31:03to wonder what
31:04it's gonna take.
31:05Randy Orton
31:06just knocked
31:07Edge across
31:08that unexposed
31:09metal turnbuckle,
31:10then used the rope
31:11for leverage,
31:12and still didn't
31:13get the win.
31:14Orton
31:15encouraging Edge
31:16to stand up.
31:17Could it be time
31:18for the RKO?
31:19Oh, yeah.
31:20I feel an RKO, JR.
31:21I feel it
31:22coming on.
31:23Oh!
31:24Edge
31:25has pulled the RKO.
31:26He's got an RKO.
31:27I feel a spear!
31:28Oh!
31:29Oh, my God,
31:30what athleticism
31:31by Orton.
31:32Leapfrogging
31:33the spear,
31:34and this time
31:35it's Edge
31:36who went face-first
31:37into the second
31:38turnbuckle.
31:39Athleticism!
31:40I mean,
31:41it's athleticism
31:42personified.
31:43There's no
31:44hope!
31:45Orton on the RKO!
31:46The Box Slugger is
31:47the Box Slugger!
31:48Oh, no!
31:49A count away
31:50from a new
31:51Intercontinental Champion.
31:52Look at these people.
31:53Everybody in this arena
31:54is on their feet.
31:55I can't blame them.
31:56A series of near falls.
31:57It's back!
31:58It's back!
31:59Exchange!
32:00Exchange!
32:01Oh!
32:02An exposed turnbuckle!
32:03The spear!
32:04That's gotta be it!
32:05It is!
32:06Edge has won the title!
32:07Oh, my God!
32:08Here is your winner
32:09and the new
32:10Intercontinental Champion,
32:11Edge!
32:12Randy Orton
32:13took the turnbuckle
32:14off,
32:15and he paid the price.
32:16The exposed
32:17turnbuckle
32:18went to Orton's
32:19spine,
32:20and now
32:21he's got
32:22a new
32:23Intercontinental
32:24Champion,
32:25Randy Orton!
32:26Oh, my goodness!
32:27Oh, my goodness!
32:28Oh, my goodness!
32:29Oh, my goodness!
32:30Oh, my goodness!
32:31Oh, my goodness!
32:32Oh, my goodness!
32:33Oh, my goodness!
32:34Oh, my goodness!
32:35Oh, my goodness!
32:36Oh, my goodness!
32:37Oh, my goodness!
32:38Oh, my goodness!
32:39Oh, my goodness!
32:40Oh, my goodness!
32:41Oh, my goodness!
32:42Oh, my goodness!
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32:44Oh, my goodness!
32:45Oh, my goodness!
32:46Oh, my goodness!
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32:52Oh, my goodness!
32:53Oh, my goodness!
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32:55Oh, my goodness!
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32:59Oh, my goodness!
33:00Oh, my goodness!
33:01Oh, my goodness!
33:02Oh, my goodness!
33:03Oh, my goodness!
33:04Oh, my goodness!
33:05Oh, my goodness!
33:06Oh, my goodness!
33:07Oh, my goodness!
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33:09Oh, my goodness!
33:10Oh, my goodness!
33:11Oh, my goodness!
33:12Oh, my goodness!
33:13Oh, my goodness!
33:14Oh, my goodness!
33:15Oh, my goodness!
33:16Oh, my goodness!
33:17Oh, my goodness!
33:18Oh, my goodness!
33:19Oh, my goodness!
33:20Oh, my goodness!
33:21Oh, my goodness!
33:22Oh, my goodness!
33:23Oh, my goodness!
33:24Oh, my goodness!
33:25Oh, my goodness!
33:26Oh, my goodness!
33:27Oh, my goodness!
33:28Oh, my goodness!
33:29Oh, my goodness!
33:30Oh, my goodness!
33:31Oh, my goodness!
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33:33Oh, my goodness!
33:34Oh, my goodness!
33:35Oh, my goodness!
33:36Oh, my goodness!
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33:38Oh, my goodness!
33:39Oh, my goodness!
33:40Oh, my goodness!
33:41Oh, my goodness!
33:42Oh, my goodness!
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33:45Oh, my goodness!
33:46Oh, my goodness!
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33:48Oh, my goodness!
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33:50Oh, my goodness!
33:51Oh, my goodness!
33:52Oh, my goodness!
33:53Oh, my goodness!
33:54Oh, my goodness!
33:55Oh, my goodness!
33:56Oh, my goodness!
33:57Oh, my goodness!
33:58Oh, my goodness!
33:59Oh, my goodness!
34:00Oh, my goodness!
34:01Oh, my goodness!
34:02Oh, my goodness!
34:03Oh, my goodness!
34:04Oh, my goodness!
34:05Oh, my goodness!
34:06Oh, my goodness!
34:07Oh, my goodness!
34:08Oh, my goodness!
34:09Oh, my goodness!
34:10Oh, my goodness!
34:11Oh, my goodness!
34:12Oh, my goodness!
34:13Oh, my goodness!
34:14Oh, my goodness!
34:15Oh, my goodness!
34:16Oh, my goodness!
34:17Oh, my goodness!
34:18Oh, my goodness!
34:19Oh, my goodness!
34:20He's in denial.
34:23Well, this match is officially in the record book.
34:27King, I think your man there maybe got ready to cry.
34:32It seems to me that Orton may be- Now, that's ridiculous.
34:36I take exception to that.
34:37The man is in great pain.
34:39He suffered from that spear.
34:41He had the Intercontinental Championship for seven months.
34:44And it's been, he's not crying, believe me, he's not crying.
34:47That sweat, some sweat has gotten into his eyes.
34:50His eyes are watering.
34:53Well, I mean, he wouldn't want people calling him a crybaby.
34:55He's not crying.
34:57This is a shame.
35:11The fans, the fans are serenading Orton.
35:14No sympathy from the fans here in Hartford, Connecticut.
35:21This is just awful.
35:24He's gonna be held to pay over this, JR.