Triple H failed to beat Ted DiBiase Jr. in a Beat the Clock challenge match on 27th July Raw, thanks to Cody Rhodes interfering and costing Triple H a WWE Championship match at SummerSlam. The following week he lost a handicap match to both members of Legacy on the third week asked Shawn Michaels to return to the ring, leaving a Corporate Catering job. I suppressed the build-up to this before the review.
D-Generation X make their way out first, getting a big
entrance with pyro before an army jeep drives to the top of the ramp. Rounds
are fired before more pyro. DX enters on a tank after the elongated introduction
and King is impressed, pyro from the tank! They leave the tank at the top of
the ramp and make their way down to the ring. Shawn Michaels hands Triple H a
microphone and we’re 6 minutes after their theme tune hit. Triple H says it’s
been a long time coming and asks if we’re ready, I’m pretty sure he’s talking
about the entrance more than the concept of the reunion. He tells Legacy that
if they want a war, they have a war paraphrasing Scott Hall. Legacy make
their way out. I typed “heir” by accident, and it actually works with their
gimmick.
LEGACY VS. D-GENERATION
X
WWE SummerSlam 2009 (23rd August 2009)
Triple H starts with Ted DiBiase Jr. They
lock up and work to the corner, DiBiase switches position but his right hand is
blocked, and he’s knocked down by Triple H.
Ted DiBiase Jr. goes back to his corner to regroup before locking back up, Triple H gets a headlock but is backed into the corner. Ted DiBiase Jr. connects with knees to the midsection and right hands until the referee backs him away. Triple H throws DiBiase in the corner for an instant receipt but DiBiase reverses an irish whip. Triple H explodes out of the corner with a clothesline and suplexes him before hitting a crotch chop knee drop on DiBiase for a nearfall. Ted DiBiase Jr. is sent off the ropes but Triple H ducks too early, DiBiase kicks him and makes a tag to Rhodes who runs into a Harley Race-like knee from Triple H. Cody Rhodes stuck in DX’s corner, he slaps Michaels across the face. Unsurprisingly Shawn Michaels asks for the tag and gets it. Rhodes stalls but is caught in a headlock as Cole reminds us this is HBK’s first match since WrestleMania 25. Rhodes sends Michaels off the ropes but is knocked down with a shoulder tackle. Cody Rhodes goes prone then leapfrogs Michaels, Shawn Michaels stops before another leapfrog but Rhodes ducks a right hand and slaps Michaels across the face again. Shawn Michaels takes down Rhodes but the momentum is switched and Rhodes rains down punches. Cody Rhodes connects with right hands and sends Michaels off the ropes, Shawn Michaels takes Cody down with a Lou Thesz press.
Shawn Michaels rains down punches before allowing Rhodes to his feet and slapping his face. Cody Rhodes grabs the top rope to avoid a Superkick attempt, bailing to the floor and straight into Triple H’s path who sends him back into the ring. Shawn Michaels sets up another Superkick and Rhodes bails to the floor, this time closer to his tag partner. Cody Rhodes runs into a drop toehold on a failed sneak attack and is caught in a front facelock. Michaels brings them to their feet in a headlock but Cody counters with a back suplex before tagging back out. Ted DiBiase Jr. misses with an elbow drop and gets sent into the turnbuckle, Shawn Michaels chops him in the corner. Ted DiBiase Jr. reverses an irish whip sending Shawn Michaels upside down in the corner, Michaels comes back the other way and DiBiase lays him out with a stiff clothesline. DiBiase with mounted punches to Michaels on the mat before he tags back out. Legacy stomp on Michaels and Cody Rhodes hits an elbow drop and covers but only gets 1 so he goes back to the stomps. Rhodes slams Michaels and hits a knee drop with his exposed knee for a 2 count before tagging DiBiase back in. Cody Rhodes holds Michaels in place for an elbow drop from DiBiase and it’s enough for another 2 count.
Ted DiBiase Jr. puts Michaels in a chinlock, Shawn Michaels slowly turns into the hold, making it a headlock and gets to his feet before fighting out and hitting a running neckbreaker. Michaels gets the tag and Triple H knocks DiBiase down with right hands. DiBiase reverses an irish whip and Rhodes takes a cheap shot from the apron. Triple H brings him in the hard way and knocks him down but the distraction allows DiBiase to kick Triple H in the gut and trip him for the damn catapult into the corner. Triple H no-sells that crap, cutting DiBiase off with a clothesline. Cody Rhodes eats a Spinebuster, then DiBiase takes one too as Rhodes rolls out to the apron. Cody Rhodes is back in to interrupt the Pedigree attempt, but Shawn Michaels clotheslines him to the floor. Triple H backdrops Michaels over the top onto Rhodes! Ted DiBiase kicks Triple H in the balls immediately after and we have a double-down. Ted DiBiase is on his feet at 6 and drags Triple H into Legacy’s corner, Legacy keep Triple H in their corner with quick tags, kicking him in the midsection. DiBiase starts choking Triple H with his boot and is backed away, giving Rhodes time to attack from ringside with forearms, DiBiase hits Triple H with a forearm shot, not wanting to miss out and covers for 2. Ted DiBiase stands over Triple H and connects with a right hand before putting him in a chinlock. The crowd help Triple H to his feet and he inches towards his corner in the hold. Triple H starts to fade before he can reach Michaels. Ted DiBiase Jr rolls through, putting himself in between DX.
Triple H plants DiBiase with a back suplex and starts to crawl to Shawn Michaels, Ted DiBiase is closer to his corner and gets the tag to Cody Rhodes, who hits a DDT on Triple H and covers for 2. Triple H kicks out of a Jacknife cover, and Cody Rhodes puts him in a front facelock whilst clubbing at him as Triple H tries to make it to his corner. Triple H backdrops Rhodes and tries to crawl to Michaels. Ted DiBiase is first to get the tag, he trips over the rope but is able to cut off the attempt, knocking Michaels off the apron. Ted DiBiase keeps Triple H in a neutral corner with right hands and kicks to the midsection as Robinson is keeping Michaels on the apron. The referee finally backs DiBiase away, he walks into Triple H’s boot but tries to keep up the attack. They exchange right hands as Triple H fights out of the corner. DiBiase kicks him in the midsection but is sent into the turnbuckles. Triple H runs into a back elbow but is able to sidestep DiBiase and send him over to the floor. Triple H tries to crawl to Michaels as Cody Rhodes brings his tag partner into the ring and waits for the tag. Cody Rhodes isn’t fast enough to stop Triple H this time and Shawn Michaels knocks Rhodes down with right hands. Shawn Michaels hits an inverted atomic drop then chops the Grandson of a Plumber and likes it so much he tries it again. Cody Rhodes reverses an irish whip but Michaels hits the jumping forearm and kips up.
Ted DiBiase barely scrapes Shawn Michaels with a clothesline from behind and goes back to the apron. Triple H drags DiBiase to the floor and sends him into the crowd before going back to his corner. Cody Rhodes goes to the top rope but Michaels rolls out of the way of the elbow drop. Shawn Michaels climbs the turnbuckles but Rhodes is able to trip him. Cody Rhodes connects with right hands but Shawn Michaels blocks a superplex, hitting Rhodes with right hands and shoving him to the mat. Cody Rhodes gets his knees up on the Elbow Drop attempt, he tries to pin Michaels but Shawn kicks out at 2. Shawn Michaels fights off a CrossRhodes and takes Cody down, locking in the Figure Four leglock. Ric Flair obviously gets a mention as Ted DiBiase breaks it up with an elbow drop to Michaels. Cody Rhodes interrupts another Pedigree attempt and takes Triple H down, Rhodes catches a Superkick attempt and turns Michaels to DiBiase, but Michaels struck first. That gives Cody a chance to hit the CrossRhodes. He covers but Triple H breaks up the pin. Triple H hits the Pedigree on Cody Rhodes as the referee is telling DiBiase to get to his corner, DiBiase hits Dream Street on Shawn Michaels as the referee turns to Triple H, when the referee turns back Triple H clotheslines DiBiase out of the ring. Got it? Poor Charles Robinson was on a pivot for this.
Triple H sends DiBiase and himself over the announce table as Cody and Shawn try to get to their feet, leaning on each other to stay vertical. They beat the count at 9, Shawn Michaels hits the Sweet Chin Music and covers for the win.
WINNERS: D-GENERATION X
This was a good match and beyond a few spots Rhodes and DiBiase looked comfortable in there with Triple H and Michaels. It went too long (and that’s not including the entrance) but it was a decent formula of isolating one of the faces until the fresh man gets a hot tag. Triple H’s heat especially surprised me. [**¾] 5.5/10
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