JEFF HARDY OPENS THE SHOW;
We start with a recap of Night of Champions and Jeff Hardy’s title win, which leads to him coming out with his newly-won championship. As he’s coming to the ring we discover that he’s fighting John Morrison for the title tonight. That should be something else.

Hardy has a mic. If this is a dream, don’t wake him. He wants to thank the outcasts, The Reject Shannon Moore, all the freaks… He says that if everyone was like CM Punk the world would be boring, and the only thing he’s high on is being world champion. Because he’s a human, and he has the God-given right to live life the way he chooses. He knows Punk has got his rematch and he can have it whenever he wants. He goes on to put over John Morrison and says tongiht should be amazing. Cryme Tyme’s music hits and they come out and celebrate with Hardy as we go to commercial.

JEFF HARDY vs JOHN MORRISON; world heavyweight championship match;
They do the super special ring announcing. Hardy has pink sleeves. Hot pink.

Morrison gets control early with an armbar, Hardy reverses to a hammerlock and a headlock before taking morrison down with a shoulder. Chinlock by Hardy, Morrison flips him off and tries a kick. Jeff ctaches the foot but can’t stop the foot coming over the top. 2 count only. Whip by Morrison hard, Hardy goes down and that gets 2. Modified Buffalo sleeper now by Morrison. Hardy gets to his feet and gets a schoolboy for a quick 1 before eating a clothesline and getting a 2 count. Rear chinlock now by Morrison. Again Hardy gets up, ducks a clothesline and hits a pair of forearms and an inverted atomic. Double leg takedown, Hardy goes to drop feet to the groin but Morrison blocks it, then catapults Hardy up and over the top to the floor. He teases a flip to the outside but lands on the apron, kicks Hardy in the face and hits an Asai moonsault as we go to break. Great start.

Back from break and Hardy is in a chinlock on the mat. Who let Orton in here? Hardy gets up again and slugs his way free, kicks Morrison and has a twist of fate try blocked and turned into a quick cover for 2. He snaps Hardy’s neck over the top and goes for Starship Pain!!! Hardy moves but Morrison lands on his feet…Whisper in the Wind!!! 1…2…no! Hardy in control now with a snap mare and a chinlock. Morrison tires to knee his way clear but Hardy gets a slam and a Matt-esque yodeling legdrop from the second rope for 2. Back to the chinlock now. Morrison throws off Hardy and then hits an STO backbreaker/Russian legsweep combo followed by a standing shooting star press! 1…2…2.806! Punches in the corner by Morrison and a neckbreaker get 2 more. Whip by Morrison, he charges but gets lifted to the apron. He hits a forearm and climbs, Hardy climbs with him, they slug it out on the second rope and both men fall to the floor! Good time for a break…THERE it is.

Back from break and they are STILL slugging it out mid-ring. Morrison gets control and hits a clothesline and a sweet dropkick, but Hardy comes back with a clothesline of his own and hits the double leg to the groin followed by a low dropkick for 2. Morrison has rolled under the rope and is on the apron, Jeff gets a shoulder to the gut and tries a sunset bomb to the outside but Morrison sits down and then whips Hardy to the barri…reversed! Morrison hits the rail! Hardy positions the steps and does a running leap off them into Morrison! both men back in and hardy gets a 2. Twist of Fate try, Morrison pushes him off but Hardy runs up the ropes, Whisper in the Wind! MISSED! SHINING WIZARD! 1…2…2.8771! hardy is whipped in but he ducks the Chuck Kick! HUGE dropkick by Morrison gets 2 anyway. Hardy reverses a whip and charges but gets crotched…CHUCK KICK by Morrison on a crotched Hardy! 1…2…2.903! Morrison stays in control, Moonlight Drive! COUNTERED! Gordbuster! Hardy goes up top…SWANTON! I smell Punk. Hardy with the cover! 1…2…NO!!!!! He kicked out of the Swanton! Hardy tries the mule kick in the corner but Morrison blocks it and push-kicks him across the ring! STARSHIP PAIN!!! KNEES ONLY! Twist of Fate by Hardy! Swanton! 3! Incredible. Best match I’ve seen this year.

Winner: Jeff Hardy via pinfall (Swanton)

Here comes Punk! He’s dressed to compete…he claps for Morrison’s effort as the latter leaves the ring area and stares down Hardy before raising his arm…Hardy looks unconvinced, as am I. Punk calls for a mic. HERE it comes. He starts to talk and WHAM! Mic shot to the head! Beatery ensues as Punk takes Hardy to the barricade and stomps him like an Irish dance. He rams Hardy’s back into the barricade and…YES! Danielson-style elbow strikes! Hardy is bleeding! Well, the subtlety seems to have been dismissed. Punk leaves, stops, thinks better of it and runs back, laying some kicks to the spine and throwing Hardy across the announce table. We get shots of some shocked kids in the crowd. Punk has the mic at the top of the ramp.

“I want everybody all over the world to tune in to Smackdown next week, because that’s when I’m going to take MY World Heavyweight Title back.” Nothing like a hard sell.

WWE taped this week’s edition of SmackDown at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland…
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