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 Held in: WAR MEMORIAL
Location: NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
          on May 2005 at 9:00pm

Interview:
Jericho's challenge...
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Chris Jericho challenges Christopher Daniels to a cage match, which the Fallen
Angel duly accepts.


No-Countout-No-DQ-Cage Match:
Chris Jericho pinned Christopher Daniels after an Asai moonsault in 0:09:54.
Rating: *** 1/4

Jericho got the pinfall victory over Daniels that he was looking for last
night.  The Fallen Angel seemed majorly frustrated by the loss.


12-Man Tag Team Battle Royal:
Rene Dupree and Sylvan Grenier won a 6-team Battle Royal:
         x Scotty threw out Bubba (partner: D-Von Dudley) in 0:03:29
         x S. Grenier threw out Scotty (partner: Grandmaster Sexay) after
a roundhouse right in 0:04:52
         x S. Grenier threw out Haas (partner: Shelton Benjamin) after
a flying lariat in 0:05:01
         x S. Grenier threw out Cena (partner: Tazz) in 0:06:11
         x S. Grenier threw out Danny (partner: Doug Basham) in 0:08:52
Rating: ***
[Shaniqua interfered against Sylvan Grenier.]

Following the recent departure of Rob Conway, Rene Dupree and Sylvan Grenier
have been forced back together as La Resistance.  Their win here tonight has
earned them a shot at the tag team titles.


Interview:
The Game goes for the Gold?
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Triple H announces that he'll contest for a title shot tonight, and that Ric
Flair will make his return later in the evening too.


Steven Richards pinned William Regal after a superkick in 0:04:01.
Rating: ***

To a mixed reaction from the crowd, Steven Richards gained a manner of revenge
on his former tag team championship partner, William Regal.


Paul London pinned AJ Styles after a swinging facebuster in 0:08:17.
Rating: ** 1/2

London and Styles put on an interesting, if not mind-blowing match, with London
coming out victorious.


Interview:
The Money Presentation...
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Ted DiBiase's attempt to abscond with the 1 Million Dollar is halted by a very
special suprise guest.


Shawn Michaels and Cactus Jack defeated Evolution (Batista and Ric Flair) when
Cactus Jack pinned Batista after a flying sunset flip in 0:17:17.
Rating: ** 1/2
(Shawn Michaels and Cactus Jack retained the WWE Tag Team Championship.)
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Despite the best efforts of Evolution, HBK and Cactus once again retained the
tag team titles.


Four Corners Match:
Vader defeated Bret Hart, Triple H and Chris Benoit:
         x Benoit beat B. Hart via disqualification in 0:31:57
         x Benoit beat HHH via a power bomb in 0:37:18
         x Vader beat Benoit via the Vader Bomb in 0:42:25
Rating: **** 1/4
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Benoit fought hard to get a rematch, but in the end it was Vader who won the
match, and will go on to face Stone Cold at Judgment Day.



Card rating: *** 1/4


Match observations: 

So at Judgment Day, Stone Cold Steve Austin will make his first defence of the
WWE Championship against Vader.  Austin can be lifted by the fact that it was
Vader whom he defeated to earn his shot against Chris Benoit originally, but
since then, the Mastadon has been on a path of rage, which he will attempt to
bring to the boil by gaining revenge on the Champion.

We saw two big returns tonight, the first being Hollywood Hogan, who made his
comeback from injury to confront Ted DiBiase.  Hogan seems to have turned over
a new leaf since we last saw him, and he'll apparently square off against the
Million Dollar Man in singles action at Judgment Day.  Whether we can actually
trust Hogan remains to be seen.

The other return was from Ric Flair, who came close to winning the tag titles
with Batista here tonight.  As Triple H said, Evolution is back together, and
who knows what kind of impact they can make in the near future, whether they
have gold or not.  The team that defeated Flair and Batista tonight, Cactus
Jack and Shawn Michaels, will have their hands full at Judgment Day, when they
face La Resistance, who won the tag team battle royal tonight.  Grenier and
Rob Conway were supposed to get a shot at the belts just a few weeks ago, but
missed out due to the Dudleys.  Grenier and Rene Dupree have no intention of
making the same mistake.

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