Post by Deleted on May 29, 2012 15:40:11 GMT -5
1. Goldberg def. Santino Marella
the night started off with Goldberg's debut match after his attack on Ryback to see Bill destroy Santino in a matter of minutes. after this squash match Goldberg grabbed a mic and began threatening to have that be Ryback at Wrestlemania. after Goldberg's promo Goldbeg turned around to be speared by Ryback. Goldberg began to get up, but Ryback was prepared and hit Goldberg with a Jackhammer, too add insult to injury by beating Goldberg with his own moves.
2. Randy Orton is backstage talking about how last week wasn't his night but tonight he warns Big Show that at Wrestlemania, things will change for Orton, starting with the defeat of Big Show and then Orton will be going after the world title.
3. Undertaker def. Bully Ray
this match saw the returning Bully Ray and an angry Undertaker go head to head in a violent battle. throughout the match Kane continued to circle the ring with a steel chair. Taking advantage of Takers brother being on the hunt for Undertaker's head Bully consistantly attempted to get Undertaker out of the ring but Taker continued to over power Ray at the right times. in the end Undertaker finished Bully off with a tombstone piledriver and a pin. Kane attempted to smash Taker with a steel chair but Taker connected a big boot colliding the chair to Kane's face. Undertaker then followed up with the microphone and told Kane at Wrestlemania he will "REST ... IN ... PEACE!"
4. Motor City Machine Guns def. Christopher Daniels & Evan Bourne
this match saw Shelley and Sabin get revenge on Daniels and Bourne for past embarrassments, The match started out evenly and slowly tipped in favour of Daniels in Bourne as the match grew longer. Daniels & Bourne had the advantage up until their Wrestlemania opponents Cody Rhodes & Magnus interrupted the match, distracting Daniels long enough for Alex Shelley to roll him up for the pin.
5. the camera cuts backstage to the middle of a hardcore brawl between Randy Orton and Big Show, Show grabs Orton by the neck and throws him through a door leading into the tech room, where the pyro and theme music work is done. Big Show pushes the camera man down so all you here is crashing and painful smashes along with yelling and screams of pain. at the end of the scene the camera catches a bloody Big Show hit the ground outside of the room as a bloody Randy Orton stands over him with a pipe and says "Last ... Man ... Standing." and walks away as the camera fades into commercial.
6. Antonio Cesaro w/Kassius Ohno def. Daniel Bryan
with Antonio not by Kassius' side at Wrestlemania his chance for beating down Bryan came this night. the match began in Daniel's favour as he worked Antonio into a headlock and whipped him with a snapmare. the match slowly began to come in Cesaro's favour and finally ended with a gutwrench powerbomb by Antonio, followed with a Yes Lock to mock Daniel Bryan, also causing Bryan to tap out. KOW then celebrated their win as Daniel realised this could be his fate at Wrestlemania.
7. Brock Lesnar is sitting in the locker room and the camera slowly comes to him as the camera man asks him about his match at Wrestlemania with the Rock. Brock wouldn't respond. The cameraman tried asking again, but the only thing from Brock after the second questioning was a fist shattering the camera.
8. CM Punk & Samoa Joe def. Jeff Hardy & AJ Styles
this match started seeming like an average super hero movie where everyone's favorites were giving the bad guys a taste of their own medicine. eventually however Punk and Joe viciously assaulted Jeff Hardy, knocking him out of the competition. AJ seemed to have had Punk under way but was cheap shotted by Joe while the ref wasn't paying attention. After the cheap shot Styles turned around to be hit with a GTS by CM Punk.