Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler The champions enter the match and JR says they are without their belts because they are hung above the ring, the only way you win the match is by retrieving them. We breeze through the entrances as the Dudley Boyz and Hardyz briskly make their way down.
EDGE & CHRISTIAN
© VS. THE DUDLEY BOYZ VS. THE HARDY BOYZ
WWF Summerslam 2000 (27th August 2000)
The Fink doesn’t get to introduce the Hardyz before they’re brawling with the Dudleyz, Edge & Christian each grab a chair from ringside but get cut off. Jeff hits Edge in the midsection as Matt Hardy goes after D-Von Dudley. Matt Hardy hits Bubba with the chair, but it’s thrown back into Jeff’s face as the Hardy Boyz try the Poetry in Motion. Edge knocks Jeff down with a clothesline and E&C send D-Von into the corner, Christian springs off the chair for a clothesline and Edge brings D-Von down with a drop toehold onto the chair. Edge brings a ladder into the ring but Bubba sends it back into him. Buh Buh hits a DDT on Christian and the fans want tables. Bubba Ray Dudley starts climbing the ladder but the Hardyz bring him down to the mat with a double powerbomb. Jeff starts to climb but D-Von Dudley cuts him off, bringing another ladder into play. Edge follows them and hits a double Russian legsweep from the ladders. Christian “comes in the back door” as JR puts it, but Bubba follows and hits a Bubba bomb from the ladder! Jeff makes the climb but Edge sends the ladder over, seesawing another ladder into Matt’s head. Jesus.
Jeff Hardy ducks a Con Chairto, Bubba runs through the champions with a ladder and sends Jeff into the corner too. Bubba Ray Dudley scoop slams Edge and D-Von positions the ladder in the corner for the Wazzup headbutt. Bubba tells D-Von to get the table as he keeps control of the ring. D-Von takes an unnecessary journey for the table but it’s set up in the ring. They Dudley Boys hit the 3-D on Christian through the table and stack some more at ringside. Bubba looks to powerbomb Matt Hardy through them but Edge cuts him off with a chairshot, D-Von gets one too, but Matt Hardy hits the Twist of Fate on Edge. Matt Hardy hits a legdrop from the ladder, Jeff leapfrogs and hits another leg drop before disappearing. Matt Hardy collapses the ladder and lays Edge inside it, sandwiching him between the sides. Jeff Hardy runs a ladder into Bubba Ray on the outside as Christian climbs to the top rope. Matt sends Christian into the ladder and Edge! We cut to ringside, Jeff Hardy has Bubba laying across two tables and climbs a taller ladder on the floor, Bubba rolls out of the way of the Swanton Bomb as Matt dumps the broken ladder out to the floor, replacing it with the larger one, which he sets up in the ring. Bubba eats a chair shot at ringside as Matt climbs up, the champions follow him, as does D-Von. Christian hits the inverted DDT from the ladder on Hardy! Edge and D-Von send each other off the ladder and across the top rope.
Bubba Ray Dudley is the only one standing, he just doesn't know it. He gets back in the ring and climbs the ladder in a daze. Edge and Christian send Bubba from the top of the ladder through the tables on the floor! They take the expected route up the ladder, but Lita runs down to the ring and sends it over, crotching them both over the top rope. Lita screams for Matt Hardy to get to his feet and he does, he get to the top of the ladder but D-Von Dudley starts tipping it, Matt Hardy is sent through another table at ringside, taking a terrifying back bump. Lita goes to check on Matt and Edge Spears her, knocking her head on the edge of the ladder. Jeff Hardy and D-Von fight over the championship belts, they each grab one but the champions take the ladder away! D-Von is the first to lose his grip and he falls to the mat. Edge and Christian start throwing a ladder at Jeff and he falls away from the titles too. Edge and Christian get rid of the small ladder and use the one that will reach to grab the belts and retain.
WINNERS: EDGE & CHRISTIAN (STILL WWF Tag Team Champions)
Holy shit. This match doesn’t stop for a second. Even the spots that need to be set up were done swiftly enough that there was no down time in the match. They all took their share of punishment and each team got to shine with the different weapons. The table spots were different enough that I didn’t hate the finish and Lita’s inadvertent ladder bump makes me wince years later. An amazing match that would soon be topped. [***¾] 8/10.
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