2.BACKSTAGE
Chris Benoit is in his locker room warming up for his first round match. Suddenly, Eddie Guerrero comes in. Benoit's head snaps up and he stares Guerrero in the eyes with great intense.
BENOIT : What the hell do you want ?
EDDIE : Hey, hey, no need to get hostile, homes. I just came to wish you good luck, essa. I mean this tournament is gonna be pretty big, it would be a shame to go out in the first round.
BENOIT : Yeah, well luckily for me that's not gonna happen. I'm completely focused and I don't care what stupid pranks you try and pull, whether you lie, cheat and steal, it makes no difference to me. I'm going out there with one sole objective in mind and that is to break my oppenent's neck and advance to the next round.
EDDIE : That's pretty tough talk, homes. Now let's see if you can put you money where you mouth is.
Eddie walks off.
3.ARENA
Eddie Guerrero comes out to the ring as confident as ever. He plays to the fans as they all chant his name. He then stands relaxed in the corner. Chris Benoit then gets introduced. He walks to the ring with an expressionless face, he is completely focused. He's not letting it bother him that the fans are cheering for Eddie. The bell rings.
Both wrestlers circle each other trying to look for an opening. Benoit then tries to lunge at Guerrero, but Eddie manages to get to the ropes. Benoit tries again but Edde again is quick to hold on to the ropes. Collar and elbow tie-up, Eddie backs Benoit into the corner and slaps him in the face. Benoit gets mad but Guerrero runs out of the ring to take a breather. Benoit doesn't want to wait for him and chases him out.
Benoit punches him and then slams his head into the ring steps. Benoit then gets Guerrero and whips him into the security railing. Benoit then puts Guerrero back in the ring. Eddie tries to back off but Benoit just kicks him in the head. Benoit then hits a snap suplex, cover 1-2-kickout. Benoit gets Eddie in the corner and repeatedly chops him. Guerrero tries to beg off but Benoit's having none of it, but then Guerrero hits Benoit with a thumb to the eye.
Eddie Guerrero then hits a bulldog and is suddenly self-assured and cocky again. He hits Benoit with a side suplex and then taunts the fans as if he's the winner. Relaxed cover : 1-2-kickout. But Guerrero's not bothered he has a feeling he has this match under control. He pulls Benoit to his feet and goes to whip him into the corner, but Benoit ducks underneath the arm, kicks Guerrero in the stomach and hits a DDT. Both men are down.
Both men stagger to their feet. Eddie swings a punch, Benoit ducks, grabs him by the waist and hits a german suplex. He rolls him over and hits another and a third. Guerrero's out of it. Benoit cuts his throat signifying the end. He goes up top and goes for the diving headbutt, but misses, Guerrero rolls out of the way.
Eddie grabs Benoit, whips him off the ropes and hits a dropkick. Eddie is once again confident he's gonna win this match. He slams Benoit to get him in position. He goes up top telling the crowd that he feels froggy. Guerrero then goes for the frog splash and hits it. Cover : 1 - 2 - kickout. Eddie can't believe it and starts to get a little frustrated.
Eddie kicks Benoit in the head a number of times. He then hooks Benoit up and hits him with a brainbuster. Cover : 1 - 2 - kickout. Benoit kicks out again. Guerrero's thinking what he must do to put Benoit away. He may have underestimated his opponent. He picks Benoit up and goes for another slam, but Benoit grabs the arm and counters into a crippler crossface. Eddie tries desperately to reach the ropes. He inches further and further towards them, but just as he's about to get them, Benoit rolls over so they're in the center of the ring and Guerrero screams in pain. He taps out !!!
Chris Benoit wins !!!
4.BACKSTAGE
Triple H is in his luxurious dressing room with other Evolution members, Ric Flair and Randy Orton. They are enjoying champagne and a whole table of snacks watching the monitor as Chris Benoit wins his match.
TRIPLE H : Benoit advances to the next round. Well I'm surpised.
FLAIR : I told you he'd win, now pay up Randy.
RANDY : You always do this, how do you always get it right ?
FLAIR : Well, you don't become a sixteen time World Champion by being second best. You do it by being number one, by being the man. And to be the man, Randy, you've gotta beat the man and I, my friend, am thee man.
RANDY : I'm gonna be bankrupt by the end of the tournament.
Randy hands Ric a hundred dollars.
RANDY : Luckily there's more where that came from, but I can't keep losing these bets.
TRIPLE H : That's why we're in Evolution because we have all the money in the world. We're paid, laid and made. And I don't care if Chris Benoit has advanced, it's not gonna stop me from winning the tournament. No one can stop me from winning.
5.BACKSTAGE
Stephanie McMahon is backstage with Bruce Prichard and Kevin Dunn organising the tournament. Suddenly, Matt Hardy Version 1.0 comes up to her.
MATT : Coming up with a way to screw me out of the tournament, are we Steph ?
STEPHANIE : (surprised) Oh Matt, what a pleasant surprise. We were just talking about you actually.
MATT : Were you saying how devilishly handsome I am ?
STEPHANIE : Um, not exactly. We were just discussing your first round match with Zach Gowen.
MATT : Zach Gowen ? You mean that one legged freak ? How dare you put me against him. I mean, how insulting can you be ?
STEPHANIE : Well, I didn't book the matches, you're gonna have to discuss that with my Dad but you don't have any right to insult Zach Gowen like that. He has just as much right to be in this tournament as anyone else as he is a full-fledged member of the Smackdown roster.
MATT : Listen here, you jacked-up bitch. My name is Matt Hardy Version 1.0, the leader of Mattitude and I'm gonna break Zach's remaining leg, how'd ya like that ?
Zach Gowen comes in.
ZACH : Excuse me ? Your gripe is with me so leave Stephanie out of this.
MATT : Oh wow, if it isn't the one leg wonder. Listen Gowen, you don't impress me one bit. You don't have a single of fibre of Mattitude in your entire body and tonight I'm gonna show you what it's all about.
ZACH : I'll see you in the ring then.
MATT : Yeah.
STEPHANIE : Good luck tonight, Zach.
ZACH : Don't worry, I'm tougher than I look.
MATT : I still wouldn't say that was very tough. I'll see you in the ring too, chump.
Matt spits on him and leaves.
6.ARENA
Matt Hardy comes to the ring giving the Version 1.0 symbol. Zach Gowen comes out limping accompanied by Stephanie McMahon who was more than a little pissed off by Matt's comments earlier. Zach gets in the ring, takes off his fake leg and gives it to Stephanie. Matt Hardy laughs and grabs the mic.
MATT : You mean to tell me that you're gonna hop around the ring and try and beat me up at the same time ? And Steph, you have no business being at ringside, so why don't you get your slutty ass outta here !
Zach Gowen then jumps Matt Hardy from behind and hits him with a number of forearms. Matt then pushes Zach away, but Zach comes back with a dropkick. Zach hits a couple more forearms but then Matt Hardy kicks his leg away so he falls to the floor. Matt is proud of what he's accomplished.
He drags Zach up and just toys with him. He slaps him about a bit and kicks him away, everything is so easy now. Matt picks Zach up and hits the Twist of Fate. Cover : 1-2- Matt Hardy pulls him up, he's obviously not done with him yet. He picks Zach up again and slams him down into the mat. Matt then goes over and taunts Stephanie who is looking very concerned for an almost defeated Zach Gowen. Matt Hardy goes over to Zach Gowen and slams him again. He goes over to Stephanie again and leans over the ropes to insult her, but Stephanie's had enough and slaps him in the face. Matt Hardy rocks backwards as Zach creeps up behind him with a schoolboy. Cover : 1- 2 - 3.
Zach Gowen wins !!!
7.BACKSTAGE
Rob Van Dam is standing with Jonathan Coachman ready to be interviewed about his first round match with Kane.
COACHMAN : RVD, I know you have a lot on your mind. Facing your former tag team partner Kane. Now we have seen a change in Kane recently like never before, what's your strategy going into tonight's matchup ?
RVD : You know, Coach, I do have a lot on mind. But it doesn't really bother me, I mean, I'm Rob Van Dam, the whole f'n show and it doesn't matter whether I'm facing that freak Kane or the Brooklyn Brawler, I'm gonna go out the winner.
Suddenly Kane sneaks up on him from behind and smashes the back of his head with a steel chair. He does it repeatedly. Jonathan Coachman tries to help but he just gets thrown into a wall. Kane then grabs RVD, pulls him up and then tombstones him on the floor. Kane walks off as expressionless as before as RVD is left in a pool of his own blood.
Just after Kane leaves, Triple H walks by and sees the mess that is RVD on the floor.
TRIPLE H : My God, look at all this mess, who's gonna clean all this up ? My God, we need a janitor, does anyone have a janitor ?
Triple H walks off towards the entranceway laughing. Rob Van Dam, unconscious with his skull cracked open and his blood all over the floor, is just left a crumpled mess.
8.ARENA
Triple H makes his entrance, looking like a man focused and ready to win. Shawn Michaels comes out next and is greeted by all the pyro and razzmatazz that makes HBK so special. But suddenly a serious look comes across his face as he runs towards the ring.
He leaps in the ring and immediately hits Triple H with a double leg takedown. He punches him and then drags him up and hits a dropkick. Shawn then whips Triple H into the ropes but he ducks a clothesline and comes back at Michaels with a high knee right in the face.
Triple H then picks up Shawn and hits a side backbreaker, the impact looking like it literally broke his back. He then puts HBK on his shoulder and hits a running powerslam. Cover : 1-2-kickout. Triple H then whips Shawn off the ropes and hits a spinning spinebuster. Cover : 1-2-kickout. Triple H goes to whip Michaels off the ropes again, but he ducks the clothseline, comes off the other side and hits a flying forearm. Kip up. Michaels then hammers on Triple H. He slams him down and goes up top and hits the elbow drop. Michaels then starts tuning up the band, goes for sweetchin music but it's blocked, Triple H spins him around, takes his legs out and then catapults him into the corner. The only trouble is the referee was in the way and he got knocked down as well.
Triple H then seizes the opportunity and goes outside to grab a steel chair. He comes back in the ring. He goes to smack the chair in Michaels' face but he moves and the chair rebounds of the ropes and hits Triple H in the face. Triple H staggers, but brings the chair up one more time, HBK superkicks the steelchair into Triple H's face. The bell rings. HBK looks around, confused.
The official decision : Both men have been disqualified for using the steel chair. Therefore, both Triple H and Shawn Michaels have been eliminated from the tournament.
Vince McMahon then comes to the ring and grabs the mic.
VINCE : Listen, we're not going to have any no contests or any draws in this tournament. These fans paid to see a winner and that's what we're gonna have. Ref, restart the match but this time, it's no disqualification.
The bell rings to restart the match. Shawn Michaels grabs the chair again and smashes Triple H in the face with it. Cover : 1 - 2 - kickout. HBK goes outside the ring and pulls out a ladder. Triple H is busted open but he struggles to his feet. HBK hits him with the chair again right between the eyes.
Shawn Michaels then sets the ladder up in the corner and climbs it. He looks to the crowd as if he thinks he's insane attempting this. He then jumps off the top and hits a big splash on Triple H. That hurt Michaels as well as lays on the crowd clutching his chest. Both men stagger to their feet. Shawn Michaels hits the superkick. Cover : 1 - 2 - kickout.
Shawn Michaels then props the ladder up in the corner and whips Triple H right into it. HBK runs in but Triple H moves and Michales runs full force into the ladder. Triple H then kicks HBK in the stomach and hits the pedigree. Cover : 1 - 2 - kickout. Triple H can't believe it ! He then grabs a steel chair and places it on the floor. He pulls Michaels up and pedigrees him again, this time on a steel chair. Cover : 1 - 2 - 3 !
Triple H wins !!!
Triple H leaves the ring and Vince McMahon smiles and offers a handshake. Triple H just walks off but doesn 't let his eyes off Vince as walks up the ramp. He then whips his bloody face and raises his arms in victory.
Chris Benoit is in his locker room warming up for his first round match. Suddenly, Eddie Guerrero comes in. Benoit's head snaps up and he stares Guerrero in the eyes with great intense.
BENOIT : What the hell do you want ?
EDDIE : Hey, hey, no need to get hostile, homes. I just came to wish you good luck, essa. I mean this tournament is gonna be pretty big, it would be a shame to go out in the first round.
BENOIT : Yeah, well luckily for me that's not gonna happen. I'm completely focused and I don't care what stupid pranks you try and pull, whether you lie, cheat and steal, it makes no difference to me. I'm going out there with one sole objective in mind and that is to break my oppenent's neck and advance to the next round.
EDDIE : That's pretty tough talk, homes. Now let's see if you can put you money where you mouth is.
Eddie walks off.
3.ARENA
Eddie Guerrero comes out to the ring as confident as ever. He plays to the fans as they all chant his name. He then stands relaxed in the corner. Chris Benoit then gets introduced. He walks to the ring with an expressionless face, he is completely focused. He's not letting it bother him that the fans are cheering for Eddie. The bell rings.
Both wrestlers circle each other trying to look for an opening. Benoit then tries to lunge at Guerrero, but Eddie manages to get to the ropes. Benoit tries again but Edde again is quick to hold on to the ropes. Collar and elbow tie-up, Eddie backs Benoit into the corner and slaps him in the face. Benoit gets mad but Guerrero runs out of the ring to take a breather. Benoit doesn't want to wait for him and chases him out.
Benoit punches him and then slams his head into the ring steps. Benoit then gets Guerrero and whips him into the security railing. Benoit then puts Guerrero back in the ring. Eddie tries to back off but Benoit just kicks him in the head. Benoit then hits a snap suplex, cover 1-2-kickout. Benoit gets Eddie in the corner and repeatedly chops him. Guerrero tries to beg off but Benoit's having none of it, but then Guerrero hits Benoit with a thumb to the eye.
Eddie Guerrero then hits a bulldog and is suddenly self-assured and cocky again. He hits Benoit with a side suplex and then taunts the fans as if he's the winner. Relaxed cover : 1-2-kickout. But Guerrero's not bothered he has a feeling he has this match under control. He pulls Benoit to his feet and goes to whip him into the corner, but Benoit ducks underneath the arm, kicks Guerrero in the stomach and hits a DDT. Both men are down.
Both men stagger to their feet. Eddie swings a punch, Benoit ducks, grabs him by the waist and hits a german suplex. He rolls him over and hits another and a third. Guerrero's out of it. Benoit cuts his throat signifying the end. He goes up top and goes for the diving headbutt, but misses, Guerrero rolls out of the way.
Eddie grabs Benoit, whips him off the ropes and hits a dropkick. Eddie is once again confident he's gonna win this match. He slams Benoit to get him in position. He goes up top telling the crowd that he feels froggy. Guerrero then goes for the frog splash and hits it. Cover : 1 - 2 - kickout. Eddie can't believe it and starts to get a little frustrated.
Eddie kicks Benoit in the head a number of times. He then hooks Benoit up and hits him with a brainbuster. Cover : 1 - 2 - kickout. Benoit kicks out again. Guerrero's thinking what he must do to put Benoit away. He may have underestimated his opponent. He picks Benoit up and goes for another slam, but Benoit grabs the arm and counters into a crippler crossface. Eddie tries desperately to reach the ropes. He inches further and further towards them, but just as he's about to get them, Benoit rolls over so they're in the center of the ring and Guerrero screams in pain. He taps out !!!
Chris Benoit wins !!!
4.BACKSTAGE
Triple H is in his luxurious dressing room with other Evolution members, Ric Flair and Randy Orton. They are enjoying champagne and a whole table of snacks watching the monitor as Chris Benoit wins his match.
TRIPLE H : Benoit advances to the next round. Well I'm surpised.
FLAIR : I told you he'd win, now pay up Randy.
RANDY : You always do this, how do you always get it right ?
FLAIR : Well, you don't become a sixteen time World Champion by being second best. You do it by being number one, by being the man. And to be the man, Randy, you've gotta beat the man and I, my friend, am thee man.
RANDY : I'm gonna be bankrupt by the end of the tournament.
Randy hands Ric a hundred dollars.
RANDY : Luckily there's more where that came from, but I can't keep losing these bets.
TRIPLE H : That's why we're in Evolution because we have all the money in the world. We're paid, laid and made. And I don't care if Chris Benoit has advanced, it's not gonna stop me from winning the tournament. No one can stop me from winning.
5.BACKSTAGE
Stephanie McMahon is backstage with Bruce Prichard and Kevin Dunn organising the tournament. Suddenly, Matt Hardy Version 1.0 comes up to her.
MATT : Coming up with a way to screw me out of the tournament, are we Steph ?
STEPHANIE : (surprised) Oh Matt, what a pleasant surprise. We were just talking about you actually.
MATT : Were you saying how devilishly handsome I am ?
STEPHANIE : Um, not exactly. We were just discussing your first round match with Zach Gowen.
MATT : Zach Gowen ? You mean that one legged freak ? How dare you put me against him. I mean, how insulting can you be ?
STEPHANIE : Well, I didn't book the matches, you're gonna have to discuss that with my Dad but you don't have any right to insult Zach Gowen like that. He has just as much right to be in this tournament as anyone else as he is a full-fledged member of the Smackdown roster.
MATT : Listen here, you jacked-up bitch. My name is Matt Hardy Version 1.0, the leader of Mattitude and I'm gonna break Zach's remaining leg, how'd ya like that ?
Zach Gowen comes in.
ZACH : Excuse me ? Your gripe is with me so leave Stephanie out of this.
MATT : Oh wow, if it isn't the one leg wonder. Listen Gowen, you don't impress me one bit. You don't have a single of fibre of Mattitude in your entire body and tonight I'm gonna show you what it's all about.
ZACH : I'll see you in the ring then.
MATT : Yeah.
STEPHANIE : Good luck tonight, Zach.
ZACH : Don't worry, I'm tougher than I look.
MATT : I still wouldn't say that was very tough. I'll see you in the ring too, chump.
Matt spits on him and leaves.
6.ARENA
Matt Hardy comes to the ring giving the Version 1.0 symbol. Zach Gowen comes out limping accompanied by Stephanie McMahon who was more than a little pissed off by Matt's comments earlier. Zach gets in the ring, takes off his fake leg and gives it to Stephanie. Matt Hardy laughs and grabs the mic.
MATT : You mean to tell me that you're gonna hop around the ring and try and beat me up at the same time ? And Steph, you have no business being at ringside, so why don't you get your slutty ass outta here !
Zach Gowen then jumps Matt Hardy from behind and hits him with a number of forearms. Matt then pushes Zach away, but Zach comes back with a dropkick. Zach hits a couple more forearms but then Matt Hardy kicks his leg away so he falls to the floor. Matt is proud of what he's accomplished.
He drags Zach up and just toys with him. He slaps him about a bit and kicks him away, everything is so easy now. Matt picks Zach up and hits the Twist of Fate. Cover : 1-2- Matt Hardy pulls him up, he's obviously not done with him yet. He picks Zach up again and slams him down into the mat. Matt then goes over and taunts Stephanie who is looking very concerned for an almost defeated Zach Gowen. Matt Hardy goes over to Zach Gowen and slams him again. He goes over to Stephanie again and leans over the ropes to insult her, but Stephanie's had enough and slaps him in the face. Matt Hardy rocks backwards as Zach creeps up behind him with a schoolboy. Cover : 1- 2 - 3.
Zach Gowen wins !!!
7.BACKSTAGE
Rob Van Dam is standing with Jonathan Coachman ready to be interviewed about his first round match with Kane.
COACHMAN : RVD, I know you have a lot on your mind. Facing your former tag team partner Kane. Now we have seen a change in Kane recently like never before, what's your strategy going into tonight's matchup ?
RVD : You know, Coach, I do have a lot on mind. But it doesn't really bother me, I mean, I'm Rob Van Dam, the whole f'n show and it doesn't matter whether I'm facing that freak Kane or the Brooklyn Brawler, I'm gonna go out the winner.
Suddenly Kane sneaks up on him from behind and smashes the back of his head with a steel chair. He does it repeatedly. Jonathan Coachman tries to help but he just gets thrown into a wall. Kane then grabs RVD, pulls him up and then tombstones him on the floor. Kane walks off as expressionless as before as RVD is left in a pool of his own blood.
Just after Kane leaves, Triple H walks by and sees the mess that is RVD on the floor.
TRIPLE H : My God, look at all this mess, who's gonna clean all this up ? My God, we need a janitor, does anyone have a janitor ?
Triple H walks off towards the entranceway laughing. Rob Van Dam, unconscious with his skull cracked open and his blood all over the floor, is just left a crumpled mess.
8.ARENA
Triple H makes his entrance, looking like a man focused and ready to win. Shawn Michaels comes out next and is greeted by all the pyro and razzmatazz that makes HBK so special. But suddenly a serious look comes across his face as he runs towards the ring.
He leaps in the ring and immediately hits Triple H with a double leg takedown. He punches him and then drags him up and hits a dropkick. Shawn then whips Triple H into the ropes but he ducks a clothesline and comes back at Michaels with a high knee right in the face.
Triple H then picks up Shawn and hits a side backbreaker, the impact looking like it literally broke his back. He then puts HBK on his shoulder and hits a running powerslam. Cover : 1-2-kickout. Triple H then whips Shawn off the ropes and hits a spinning spinebuster. Cover : 1-2-kickout. Triple H goes to whip Michaels off the ropes again, but he ducks the clothseline, comes off the other side and hits a flying forearm. Kip up. Michaels then hammers on Triple H. He slams him down and goes up top and hits the elbow drop. Michaels then starts tuning up the band, goes for sweetchin music but it's blocked, Triple H spins him around, takes his legs out and then catapults him into the corner. The only trouble is the referee was in the way and he got knocked down as well.
Triple H then seizes the opportunity and goes outside to grab a steel chair. He comes back in the ring. He goes to smack the chair in Michaels' face but he moves and the chair rebounds of the ropes and hits Triple H in the face. Triple H staggers, but brings the chair up one more time, HBK superkicks the steelchair into Triple H's face. The bell rings. HBK looks around, confused.
The official decision : Both men have been disqualified for using the steel chair. Therefore, both Triple H and Shawn Michaels have been eliminated from the tournament.
Vince McMahon then comes to the ring and grabs the mic.
VINCE : Listen, we're not going to have any no contests or any draws in this tournament. These fans paid to see a winner and that's what we're gonna have. Ref, restart the match but this time, it's no disqualification.
The bell rings to restart the match. Shawn Michaels grabs the chair again and smashes Triple H in the face with it. Cover : 1 - 2 - kickout. HBK goes outside the ring and pulls out a ladder. Triple H is busted open but he struggles to his feet. HBK hits him with the chair again right between the eyes.
Shawn Michaels then sets the ladder up in the corner and climbs it. He looks to the crowd as if he thinks he's insane attempting this. He then jumps off the top and hits a big splash on Triple H. That hurt Michaels as well as lays on the crowd clutching his chest. Both men stagger to their feet. Shawn Michaels hits the superkick. Cover : 1 - 2 - kickout.
Shawn Michaels then props the ladder up in the corner and whips Triple H right into it. HBK runs in but Triple H moves and Michales runs full force into the ladder. Triple H then kicks HBK in the stomach and hits the pedigree. Cover : 1 - 2 - kickout. Triple H can't believe it ! He then grabs a steel chair and places it on the floor. He pulls Michaels up and pedigrees him again, this time on a steel chair. Cover : 1 - 2 - 3 !
Triple H wins !!!
Triple H leaves the ring and Vince McMahon smiles and offers a handshake. Triple H just walks off but doesn 't let his eyes off Vince as walks up the ramp. He then whips his bloody face and raises his arms in victory.