TEST VS. EDGE

Tuesdays will be a mix to keep things fresh, this week I'll look at a tournament match, so it made sense to look at a King of the Ring match. I decided to begin some television qualifiers and early rounds, with not many King of the Ring pay-per-views showing the quarterfinals. Also I'm sticking to the original 1993-2002 run for now.

This is the second King of the Ring qualifier on this show. Michael Cole and Tazz are on commentary, discussing KurtAngle's Street Fight with Shane McMahon which is also at King of the Ring. It's almost an alien concept to me now, having pay-per-view matches hyped before the event. Christian accompanies Edge to ringside

TEST VS. EDGE (King of the Ring qualifier.

WWF Smackdown VI (7^th June 2001)

Test kicks Edge in the gut before they lock up and sends him to the mat. He grabs Edge by the throat, launching him into the corner and hammers him with rights, then lays in the boots before the referee brings him away. Edge is sent across the ring with a hip toss out of the corner. Edge gets to his feet in the opposite corner and is squashed with a clothesline then gets sent over the top to the floor with another one. Test follows to the floor, backs Christian away and chases Edge around ringside. Christian blindsides Test with a clothesline as Edge slides in the ring. Edge goes back to the floor and drops Test's knee on the barricade and goes after it with stomps. Edge breaks the count before taking it back into the ring, clipping Test with a chop block and working the knee on the mat. Edge twists Test's knee around the rope in the corner before the referee backs him off. Edge snapmares Test out of the corner, but Test kicks him off into the corner and rolls him up for 1.

Edge goes back to the knee with a chop block and a cannonball on Test's knee using the bottom rope as a springboard, covering for 1. An elbow drop to the knee and leglock follow on the mat, then Test is dragged to the corner. Edge tries to set up a ring post figure four but Test shoves him into the barricade. Edge gets back in the ring but is cut off with a right hand, they exchange until Edge ducks a shot and kicks at Test's knee again. Edge runs into a tilt-a-whirl sitout slam. Test knocks Edge down with a clothesline, but Edge ducks the second and kicks at Test's knee, Test blocks a clothesline turning it into a full nelson slam, planting Test and bringing Christian up to the apron. Test goes over to have a word and runs into a Spear from Edge, I miss when he did it without the set-up some times. Edge slowly covers but only gets a nearfall. Edge gets sent into the ropes, he ducks the big boot, getting kicked in the gut the second time around. Test hits a Pumphandle slam and covers, but Christian puts Edge's foot on the bottom rope. Test brings Christian up to the apron and into the ring by his hair, hitting him with the Big Boot. Edge hits the Edgucution on Test to win the match.

WINNER: EDGE

This was a good match. Edge had a clear game plan, with Christian by his side as the insurance policy. Christian took one for the team to let Edge get back into the match but didn't interfere to take away from it. They would do better at Survivor Series, but this was serviceable for what it was. Two guys looking to climb the ranks on the bloated roster.– [**] match but personally 3.5/10