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411’s Live! WWE Judgment Day Coverage: Eddie Vs. JBL
Eddie Guerrero vs. John Bradshaw Layfield for the WWE Title
Before the match, JBL guaranteed victory and said he would make Eddie’s mom his maid. Eddie comes out in a car. JBL asks Eddie how his mom is, which pisses him off. He attacks JBL and fires away rapidly After about five minutes of Eddie being in control, JBL finally rebounds and now is in total control. Chopping away at Guerrero in the corner. He whips Guerrero hard into the turnbuckle and then locks on a headlock. Crowd chanting “Eddie.” Eddie fights out of it but JBL quickly regains control and snaps on another headlock. Eddie again battles out and hits a pair of clotheslines. JBL retreats to the outside. Guerrero flings himself over the top for a crossbody but JBL catches him and throws him over his shoulders on the outside. Both guys down as the ref starts the 10 count. Both guys back up. Eddie chops away and charges JBL who back bodydrops him onto the Spanish announcers table. Back in the ring, JBL hits a swinging neckbreaker for two. Really slow match. Guerrero back to his feet and the two exchange punches. Crowd chants “Eddie.” JBL whips him into the ropes and hits another back bodydrop for two. Bradshaw locks on a bearhug. Eddie gets out of it and whips JBL into the turnbuckle. He pounds away on JBL and starts dancing for the crowd. Eddie hits a dropkick, followed by two suplexes. Eddie goes for the third but JBL goes for a powerbomb but Eddie gets out of it. Eddie goes to bounce off the ropes but nails the ref. JBL charges Eddie but gets tossed to the outside. The ref is out. Eddie goes to the outside and throws JBL into the ENGLISH announce table. JBL quickly back up and nails Eddie with a wicked chairshot. Eddie is now bleeding like crazy. The crowd responds with a “ohhhhh” as Eddie starts gushing blood. The sound seems to be messed up right now. JBL now pounding away on Eddie who is wobbling and bleeding heavily. Eddie is leaving puddles of blood all over the ringside area. JBL smashes the steel steps into Eddie. Back in the ring, JBL poses and gets a round of boos. JBL is all smiles as he continues to pound away. He is now signaling for the Clothesline from Hell and nails it. The ref is still out though. JBL is confused as the crowd chants “Eddie.” Another ref is finally out, JBL goes for the pin but only gets two. He is in shock. He is signaling for another Clothesline from Hell. The ring is covered with blood. JBL goes for the Clothesline but Guerrero trips him into the other ref. JBL then nails a powerbomb. The other ref is up, JBL pins him but another two count! Crowd is now into the match! This one has surprised me. JBL goes for another pin but again gets two. JBL locks on a sleeper hold. Man, Guerrero has lost a ton of blood. Guerrero counters out of the sleeper with a slam. JBL now dancing again and JBL is in shock. Guerrero whales away on JBL and goes for the crossbody but JBL catches him. Eddie turns it into a swinging DDT though. Both guys down now. Guerrero slowly going to the top turnbuckle and goes for the Frogsplash but JBL moves. Both guys are totally out. JBL rolls to the outside and gets the WWE Title belt and a chair. He hides the belt behind his back and throws the chair into the ring. As the ref takes the chair and puts it outside, JBL goes to knock out Eddie with the belt but Eddie counters and nails JBL with the belt. The ref sees it and rings the bell as the crowd boos. Eddie now on top of JBL, landing punches. Crowd is not happy at all with this finish. More refs come out to get Eddie off of JBL. JBL wins by DQ. Eddie throws the refs out and nails JBL with the title belt. JBL is now also busted open. Eddie now has a chair and slams JBL with a loud shot to the head. If you like blood, this is the match for you. JBL now begging for Eddie to stop but Eddie nails him with another chairshot. Eddie now goes to the top and nails a Frogsplash. JBL starts crawling to the back but Eddie again charges him and the brawl continues. A big crew is out now to split them up. JBL finally gets to the back as Eddie returns to the ring. His music hits to a big pop. It was a surprising match in a good way all the way up until the finish.
Winner: John Bradshaw Layfield by DQ