JEFF HARDY vs. KANE

Kane got too aggressive and Jeff low-bridged him. He then plancha’d onto Kane on the outside. Back in the ring a clothesline didn’t budge the Big Red Machine, who then caught Hardy with an uppercut as the colorful enigma was coming off the ropes. Loud “Hardy, Hardy” chants. Twist of Fate was blocked and Kante draped Hardy across the top rope and followed it up with a boot to the face. Hardy fell to the outside as they went to break.

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Kane still held the advantage out of break and hit Hardy with a low dropkick for two. He put Hardy in a rear waist-lock on the mat in an attempt to keep him grounded. Jeff worked out with a jaw-breaker, then a dropkick to the knee. Dropkick to the mid-section (I guess- always looks like he hits the groin to me), but then Kane picked Jeff up in a GTS-like move where he put the knee to the mid-section instead. With Jeff shoved gut-first under the bottom rope and into the steel post, Kane dropkicked him right into it. Kane continued to work the abdomen area of Hardy. Back-breaker got two. Kane put a stop to Hardy’s comeback (which included a weak mule kick) with a sidewalk slam. Knae to the top, but that was unsuccessful for him. Corner dropkick by Hardy- dropkicks aplenty in this one. Hardy went to the top and we got a major edit (Kane was near the buckle….then he was far away) as he jumped into a chokeslam. Then he hit a Whisper in the Wind on the other side of the ring, for two. Twist of Fate by Jeff, who then went to the top rope. C.M. Punk’s music played and he walked out to the top of the stage and looked at Hardy with one eye closed. That distracted Hardy enough for Kane to chokeslam him off the top for the win. Punk smiled at Hardy getting pinned.

WINNER: Kane, at 13:08. Well, if you like dropkicks, this was right up your alley. Kane matches don’t really excite me anymore, even with Hardy in the ring.

JEFF JOINS JR & TODD AT THE ANNOUNCERS TABLE FOR CM PUNK vs KHALI;

Jeff Hardy was at the commentary table for the next match. C.M. Punk came out for his match with Khali and got the mic. He said Hardy had a lot of nerve faking an eye injury, leaving him to fend for himself during the tag match last week. Punk said Hardy mocked him by coming out with an eye patch. He showed Hardy a small bottle that he said had to be applied to his eye three times a day and could only be obtained with a doctor’s prescription. He made a crack about Hardy being familiar with prescription medicine and said unlike Jeff, that’s the only foreign substance he’s willing to put in his body. Punk said Hardy needs to lead a clean lifestyle like him. Punk said the number of times he’s been suspended is zero, the number of strikes he has against him is zero and the number of trips he’s take to rehab is zero. He said Hardy’s chances of beating him at Night of Champions is zero. It has become personal.