WWE United States Championship Match
Jeff Hardy vs. Shelton Benjamin (c)
Jeff Hardy is so over. Tazz says that Virginia is said to be for lovers (Im not sure any Virginians know for a fact?) because the Virginia crowd loves him. They show the match Jeff Hardy and Shelton had last week and how it was ruined by MVP causing the DQ.
The bell rings and this match is set to begin. The crowd is really adding to this match. Both men just look at each other from across the ring and then slowly approach and lock up. They struggle at it for a bit and Jeff Hardy is turned into the corner and the referee gets in the middle to ensure a clean break. Benjamin backs away and Hardy comes out of the corner. They go to lock up again and Benjamin quickly locks in a side headlock and cinches it in a few times. Hardy tries to lift him up for a back suplex to break the hold but Benjamin cinches it again and Hardy cannot complete the move. Benjamin has the headlock on for a few more seconds and Hardy grabs the leg and takes him down for a pin but only gets a one count. Benjamin quickly pops up and Hardy gets him in a backslide pin for a two count! While Hardy gets up Benjamin kicks him in the gut and whips him into the ropes but lowers his head and Jeff Hardy sails over for a sunset flip that gets a two count. Benjamin pops out of the move and goes for a bridging pin but Hardy counters and gets another nice two count! Benjamin stalks Hardy real quick and goes for Pay Dirt but Hardy pushes him off and goes for a Twist of Fate but Benjamin pushes off and goes out of the ring to think about it. Good start to the match.
Benjamin stays on the outside for a few and comes in at the six count. Benjamin is dictating this pace according to Tazz as they just stare at each other for a few. The fans are chanting for Hardy and they go to lock up but Benjamin hits some knees to the chest and a big forearm to the back and really aggressively punches and kicks Hardy down. In the corner Shelton stomps a mudhole in Jeff Hardy and walks it dry. Benjamin hits a snapmare and kicks Hardy in the back. Benjamin now has Hardy in a chinlock and he has it really locked in. Jeff fights up to his feet and elbows out of the move but as he goes for the ropes Benjamin pulls him down by his face and goes for the pin but gets a two count. Benjamin grabs the hair and pulls Hardys back into his knee. Benjamin backs Hardy into the corner now and hits a knee to the gut. Referee Mickie Jay backs him away from Hardy.
As Benjamin approaches Hardy again, Hardy hits some right hands to the head and some kicks and bounces the Gold Standards head off the second turnbuckle. Hardy now hits some rights and kick as Benjamin is down in the corner and Mickie Jay backs him away. Hardy goes for his slingshot dropkick in the corner but they do the same spot from last week where Benjamin pops up and catches him on his shoulder but instead of slamming him, Jeff Hardy slides off the shoulder and pushes Benjamin away and then hits his flipping mule kick which knocks Benjamin into a seating position in the corner so Hardy can follow it up with a slingshot dropkick! Hardy covers him but Benjamin is too close to the ropes and gets his foot on at two and a half. Its time for a commercial!
:::Commercial Break:::
Back from the break we see Benjamin briefly hold in an arm lock on Hardy but Hardy counters it by putting a grapevine on Benjamins neck! Benjamin almost gets pinned but lifts a shoulder off the mat at two. Benjamin pops to his knees and does a headstand into a jackknife roll up for a two count. Benjamin hits a hard right hand and a knee to the face and whips Hardy into the ropes but Hardy comes off with a running forearm to the face of Benjamin! Hardy kicks Benjamin in the gut and goes to do it again but Benjamin grabs the leg and gets Hardy on his shoulders and hits a turnbuckle powerbomb and Hardy just crumbles!! I love that move. Benjamin goes for the pin and nearly gets him with a two and a half count!
Benjamin is frustrated and gets Hardy up and in a front face lock and then hits a suplex for another two and a half count! Benjamin is really upset and locks in an inverted cloverleaf on Hardy. Hardy is screaming in pain and Benjamin releases the one leg and its an inverted Boston Crab but its not held in for long as Hardy gets the ropes to break the hold! Benjamin drags Hardy to the center of the ring and goes for a pin and gets a close two and a half count again! Benjamin looks really upset now and grabs Hardys hair and whips his forearm around for a crossface and then hits a knee to the face. Benjamin is now stalking Hardy and telling him to get up. Slowly but surely Hardy gets up and Benjamin gets Hardy in a torture rack position and drops him down for a Samoan Drop and AGAIN only gets a two and a half count!! Benjamin has had enough and is grounding and pounding Jeff Hardys face. As Hardy rolls over to get up Benjamin kicks him in the ribs!
Benjamin now goes to pick up Hardy but Hardy punches him in the gut! Hardy gets an uppercut and gets up but Benjamin grabs the hair and hits a knee and some right hands. Benjamin backs up a bit and goes for a kick but Hardy catches him and spins him around and Benjamin hits a Dragon Kick but only gets a two and a half count!!
Benjamin grabs Hardy but the hair and hits some right hands and puts Hardy in the corner. The referee backs him away and Benjamin goes to the corner directly opposite Hardys. Benjamin charges for a splash but Hardy gets out of the way and Benjamin stops himself before he hits! Benjamin now picks Hardy up by his hair and Hardy hits a sitout jawbreaker, knocking Benjamin down! Jim Ross calls that the North Carolina Jaw-jacker. I dont know if itll catch on but that sounds good!
Both men are down and the referee begins counting the men out and Hardy gets up at six but Benjamin is grabbing on to the seat of Hardys pants and Hardy elbows him and hits some rights and comes off the ropes with a flying clothesline! Hardy now hits a forearm sending Benjamin flying into the corner and hits some kicks to the midsection and pulls Benjamin out. He gets Benjamin in the other corner and kicks him. Hardy whips him but Benjamin reverses it and Hardy goes to climb up the ropes but gets his foot stuck but miraculously STILL hits Whisper in the Wind from the second rope! Wow! Now Hardy is the one with the two and a half count!
Hardy now goes for the Twist of Fate but Benjamin counters and pulls Hardys hair to execute a backbreaker for a two and a half count!! Benjamin is beyond upset now! Benjamin whips Hardy into the ropes and goes for Pay Dirt but Hardy counters with a crossbody block!! The referee is counting the men out again and he gets to six and Hardy is up on the apron. Benjamin sees this and jumps over the top rope for a sunset flip powerbomb but Hardy counters it into a hurricanrana on the outside!!!
Hardy gets Benjamin inside the ring at four and Benjamin is crawling away from Hardy, begging him not to hit him. Hardy comes close and Benjamin kicks him in the midsection. Benjamin goes to whip Hardy into the corner but Hardy reverses it and Benjamin tries to jump over a charging Hardy and in a moment of miscommunication they both crash onto the mat and even though Benjamin landed on Hardy, Benjamin is the one down. Not sure what they were going for there. In any event Hardy goes up to the top rope for a Swanton Bomb but MVP comes through the crowd and pushes Hardy off the top rope, causing the disqualification for the second week in a row!
Winner by Disqualification: Jeff Hardy
STILL United States Champion: Shelton Benjamin
The crowd is really upset as MVP gets in the ring and goes for the Player Kick on Hardy but he gets out of the way and MVP ends up kicking Shelton Benjamin in the head!! MVP now turns around and goes to clothesline Hardy but Hardy ducks and hits a Twist of Fate knocking MVPs doo rag off!!! Hardy then goes up to the top rope and hits a Swanton Bomb on MVP!!! He then runs across the ring and climbs the top rope and hits a Swanton Bomb on Shelton Benjamin!!! Hardy now goes up the ramp.
source: wrestleview.com
