WWE World Heavyweight Championship
– Randy Orton (c) vs. Batista vs. Daniel Bryan
After the legends are show, we immediately hear the WWE World Heavyweight Champion’s theme song playing. We see Rev Theory, the band who performs the song “Voices,” playing the song live at the top of the stage. Out walks the champion, Randy Orton. Orton slowly makes his way to the ring as Rev Theory continues singing the theme song live.
After the theme ends, the crowd appluds Rev Theory for rocking it. Next up, Batista’s theme music hits. You hear what it sounds like when 70,000-plus people boo, as everyone craps all over “The Animal” as soon as the first note hits. That remains as he makes his way out to the top of the stage. He finally starts making his way down the aisle and to the ring as the boo’s continue.
When Batista’s theme song ends, the boo’s become even louder. Next up, Daniel Bryan’s music hits and the place erupts again. Daniel Bryan comes out heavily selling his injured shoulder still. It’s still very heavily taped up, by the way. Bryan finally “Yes!” chants-his-way down the stage, however he does so while only raising one arm, continuing to sell the effects of the shoulder injured he’s suffering from. During his ring walk, we see Triple H’s post-match attack on Bryan in the opening match of the evening earlier tonight.
Bryan’s music fades down and Justin Roberts begins his formal introductions for tonight’s main event. First up, he announces Daniel Bryan. He leads all of the fans in a big “Yes!” chant. He announces Batista next and everyone boo’s. Finally, he introduces the WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton, and Orton receives a bit of a mixed reaction, but mostly boo’s. Orton hands the titles off to the referee, who holds them up to show everyone what they’re fighting for tonight.
The bell rings and immediately Batista ends up in control. The Network (once again, at least for me) goes black and silent again. It only lasts for a second, however, and we’re back live. We see Batista continuing his dominance, working over Orton in the corner of the ring while Bryan is out on the floor. Orton finally cuts Batista’s momentum short with a big backbreaker. Bryan goes to re-enter the ring, but he’s knocked out to the floor. Batista knocks Orton over the top and onto the floor as well.
Batista goes out after Orton and attacks him outside of the ring. He slams Orton’s face off of the announce table and then whips him back-first into the barricade. The fight continues on the floor for a while, before Batista and Orton finally end up back in the ring. Orton is in control of the offense now, as he starts doing the “Ronnie Garvin Stomp,” stomping away at a ground “Animal.” Bryan, meanwhile, is still on the floor outside the ring.
Out of nowhere, Bryan comes off the top rope with a double-missile dropkick, knocking down both Orton and Batista. He fires up and starts blasting Orton and Batista with “Yes!” kicks repeatedly. Orton eventually cuts him short, dumping Bryan on his injured shoulder. Orton covers Bryan for a pin attempt, but Bryan manages to kick out at two.
Batista ends up in control of the match again, and the fans start boo’ing like crazy. Now Bryan is running from one side of the ring to the other, screaming as he runs across, nailing both Orton and Batista in opposite corners with flying kicks. After he finally stops, the crowd cheers as a sign of respect for Bryan’s efforts.
We are told that “#ThankYouTaker” is the number one trending topic worldwide on Twitter right now. Meanwhile, Bryan is launched over the top rope and out to the floor, crashing down hard on his injured shoulder.
Back in the ring, Batista goes up to the top rope. Orton cuts him off. Orton goes for a superplex, but Batista blocks it. Orton headbutts Batista over-and-over again and eventually hits the big superplex off the top. Bryan comes in the ring out of nowhere and takes out Orton.
Also out of the blue, Bryan locks the “Yes!” lock on Orton. We see Triple H and Stephanie McMahon come out of the crowd and out to ringside. Bryan is distracted by this, as he turns his attention to them. Bryan goes to hit the ropes for a dive onto HHH on the floor, but he runs directly into Batista’s spinebuster.
“That crooked referee” Scott Armstrong appears in the ring as Michael Cole flips out. Batista hits a Batista-Bomb on Bryan. 1-2….NO! The fans erupt in “Yes!” chants. Batista charges after Bryan in the corner, but Bryan moves and Batista rams himself shoulder-first into the ring post.
The heel ref Scott Armstrong leans over and Bryan kicks him in the face. Michael Cole reminds everyone that the match is no disqualification. I must have missed that announcement. Bryan does a big dive onto Armstrong, HHH and Stephanie on the floor. The fans go nuts with “Yes!” chants as we see replays of Bryan’s dive.
HHH, pissed that Stephanie was knocked down, goes under the ring and grabs a sledgehammer. He goes to enter the ring with it, but Bryan gets it away from him. He knocks HHH out to the floor with it. Bryan rolls up Batista, but Orton breaks up the count. The action ends up outside the ring on the floor, where Orton goes “Viper-mode” on Bryan. Orton and Batista seem to be aligned now as they both stomp away at Bryan on the floor.
Batista scoops Bryan up and slams him shoulder-first into the barricade. We see a number of officials helping HHH to the back. Batista takes the ring steps and nails Bryan shoulder-first with them. Now Batista and Orton turn their attention to each other. They get face-to-face, but shake their heads “yes” as if they agree on something. They clear off the announce table.
The fans break out into a huge “CM Punk” chant as Batista scoops Bryan up onto the announce table. Orton is on the Spanish announce table next to them. Batista hoists Bryan up and instead of Batista-Bombing him directly down, launches him over to the next table, where Orton catches him coming down with an RKO through that table. An absolutely incredible spot. The crowd goes nuts seeing that. We see a bunch of replays of it. Really cool spot.
Ringside doctors check on everyone, mainly Bryan. Orton is having trouble getting back to his feet. The announcers have their “sad” and “concerned” voices on as they talk about how Byan hasn’t moved since going through the table. Doctors come down to ringside with a stretcher. Batista is just standing there watching it, with the announcers correctly questioning why he doesn’t just grab one of the two, throw them in the ring and pin them. Good question.
Batista stops the doctors from attending to the two. He throws Orton into the ring post. The doctors now have Bryan in a neck brace and are loading him onto a stretcher. The announcers, still in their serious voices, talk about how Bryan hasn’t even opened up his eyes yet. Meanwhile, Batista continues his vicious attack on the WWE World Heavyweight Champion on the floor. The fans explode in a random “Daniel Bryan” chant.
Bryan is on the stretcher now and they are pushing him up the ramp. At the same time, Orton turns the tide on Batista. Orton hits his trademark draping-DDT on Batista onto the floor. We see the doctors pushing Bryan on a stretcher up the ramp, but Bryan sticks his hands up and pushes them away. He stumbles over and off the stretcher, falling onto the floor. He crawls up to his feet and comes back to ringside to continue fighting.
As soon as Bryan makes it to ringside, Orton grabs him and whips him into the ring steps. The fans break out into a huge “Daniel Bryan” chant. Orton poses to the crowd and slams down onto the mat in “Viper” fashion, calling for the RKO. Out of nowhere, Bryan latches onto Orton with the “Yes!” lock. Batista breaks it up. Now Bryan has Batista in the “Yes!” lock. Orton breaks that one up.
The “Daniel Bryan” chants start up again as Orton waits for Batista to get up so he can RKO him. Batista avoids it and knocks Orton down. Batista goes for a spear on Orton, but Orton avoids it and Batista spears Bryan instead. He turns around right into a RKO from Orton. 1-2…NO! Orton sees a grounded Batista, and with his face tells the story that he’s about to hit the punt on Batista. Bryan runs out of nowhere with his Running Knee on Orton. Batista tries capitalizing, throwing Bryan out to the floor and quickly covering Orton. 1-2, NO!
“This is awesome” chants break out. Batista hits the Batista Bomb on Orton. Out of nowhere, however, Bryan comes off the top and knocks Batista down. Bryan locks Batista in the “Yes!” lock. Batista taps. Daniel Bryan’s music hits and the crowd goes ape shit.
Winner and NEW WWE World Heavyweight Champion: Daniel Bryan
After The Match
Daniel Bryan is handed the WWE World Heavyweight Championship by the referee as Michael Cole goes insane on commentary trying to sell it as the biggest moment and upset in history. Bryan’s music continues to play as the fans go nuts. The “Yes!” chants break out. Everyone in the building is doing the “Yes!” chants, led by Bryan — holding both titles — in the ring. The “WrestleMania Moment” we all wanted to see is happening. In walks a little girl and Bryan hugs her. Another blond girl walks into the ring and Bryan hugs her too. No one explains who they are, however. Confetti drops from the ceiling — tons of it — and the fans continue chanting and going nuts. Bryan gets on the top rope, holding both titles, and leads everyone in yet another enormous “Yes!” chant.
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