411’s LIVE Raw Coverage 12.06.04 | Shelton Vs Christian; Match For Next Week

Match #3: Shelton Benjamin vs Christian (w/ Tyson Tomko)
Intercontinental Championship

Solid reaction for Shelton. Christian is introduced as “Captain Charisma”, and he’s actually wearing a horned mask and a full-body red and yellow outfit with “CC” on the front. Tomko gives him a pep talk at the top of the ramp and sends him down. “Vigilant” Mike Chioda, my favorite, is your referee. King, playing Captain Obvious, blames Jericho for Christian’s outfit. He baseball slides air. He walks right into a flapjack from Shelton and a rollup for two. Tomko gets on the apron, and that doesn’t distract Chioda. Christian gets the edge back anyway and whips Shelton into the corner and hits a monkey flip, but Shelton lands on his feet. He heads to the opposite corner to the second rope. Head and shoulder fake, knocks Christian down, and he gets the flying clothesline… but Christian reverses a whip, Tomko uses an elbow to Shelton’s back, and Christian gets an inverted DDT for two! Christian goes to stomps. Shelton gets a couple of punches to the gut, but Christian uses a front suplex onto the top rope for two. Christian uses an abdominal stretch. Shelton escapes, runs the ropes, and hits a cross body for two. Christian uses a whip into the corner, but charges right into the leg lariat. Chioda counts with GUSTO and makes it all the way to four before Christian gets up on the apron and Shelton walks into a shoulder thrust. Christian heads up top and tries a double axehandle, but Shelton uses a furious forearm to the gut and a clothesline. Christian reverses a whip, but Shelton gets a forearm. Shelton reverses some sort of slam and hits a Russian leg sweep for two. Shelton goes for a running attack, but misses. He lands on the second rope and hits a flying sunset flip from there for two. Shelton uses a whip into the corner, but Christian dodges the Stinger splash. Shelton alnds on the second turnbuckle, but Christian pulls him down with a hard schoolboy for two. Tomko puts the belt in and distracts Chioda. Christian grabs the belt and tries a beltshot, dodged, but Tomko gets a boot to Shelton’s face (with Christian holding Shelton in a headlock)! I do believe “Vigilant” Mike Chioda missed it! That gets two. Tomko gets on the apron again and accidentally boots Christian. Shelton knocks him off, and hits that’s MISTER Exploder on Christian for the win.

Winner: Shelton Benjamin via pinfall (5:26)

Next week on Raw, Edge will face Randy Orton by mandate of Chris Jericho. Jericho then leads Fozzy into a live version (with a full arrangement of guitars and drums) of the Goodbye Song for Christian and Tomko.

Smackdown Rebound: JBL and OJ lose a handicap match to the Undertaker by DQ, but lead a 4-on-1 beatdown of him.