Jay & Mark Briscoe vs Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin
Jay and Shelton start the match and do a feeling out process. They tie up and go to the corner, but neither man gets an advantage, so they pull apart and Jay shoves Benjamin on the break. Jay gets a go behind and a waistlock, but Benjamin pops the hips and goes behind with a waistlock of his own. Jay reverses back to one of his own, Benjamin with a drop toehold, Jay floats out to a front facelock, Benjamin reverses to one of his own and then goes to a wristlock. Jay rolls out of that and drop toeholds Shelton and goes to a front facelock. Jay drags Benjamin to his corner and tags to Mark, who takes Benjamin down with a hammerlock and scissors the head. Benjamin rolls through and slips out, then goes to a side headlock. Mark gets to his feet and shoves Benjamin into the ropes, Shelton takes him down with a shoulderblock and goes for a second, but Mark dumps him to the apron. Shelton skins the cat back in and Mark gets a sunset flip for 2 and they exchange pinning combinations and end in another stalemate. Haas asks for the tag and Shelton obliges, so Haas comes in and snaps Mark down with an armdrag and drops several knees to Mark's arm and goes to a top wristlock. Haas rams Mark's arm into the corner and then whips him across the ring and follows in with a running forearm. Mark tries fighting back with some chops but Haas no sells and lays in several chops of his own. Mark no sells those and lights Haas up with a hard chop and they tie back up. Mark with a knee to the midsection and tags Jay and they run Haas over with the double football tackle. Jay lays in several boots in the corner, but Haas reverses a whip and hits a hard running forearm in the corner and a dropkick to the face for 2. Shelton comes back in with a hard kick to Jay and Jay tries a whips to the corner, but Shelton leapfrogs into a sunset flip for 2. Shelton goes for a German Suplex but Jay rolls through into a cradle for 2 and we're at another stalemate. Benjamin takes Jay to the corner and rams a hard shoulder to the ribs and then bricks Jay with a chop, Jay responds with one of his own, and they exchange hard forearms until Shelton whips Jay to the ropes and almost literally puts his boot down Jay's throat for 2. Jay tries to get to his corner, but Shelton cuts him off, tags Haas, and slams Jay on Haas' knee. Haas snapmares Jay and flat out punts Jay in the back. Jay gets to his feet and snapmares Haas and punts him in the back, then tags Mark, who comes in with a fistdrop. Mark makes a blind tag as Haas goes for a waistlock and Jay hits a running boot to Haas and then nails Shelton on the apron. Jay gets a European uppercut and then rams several shoulderblocks into Haas in the corner. Jay puts the boots to Haas and chokes him with his boot, then Mark tags in and hits a running clothesline in the corner, followed by a running Yakuza kick in the corner from Jay, and then a hard double whip across the ring and Haas crumples into the ring and Mark covers for 2, then goes to a neck vice. Mark dumps Haas to the floor and he and Jay go out and pick Haas up for a double back suplex and drop him backfist on the barricade. Mark rolls back in as the referee starts the count, but Jay goes after Haas and rolls him back in. Haas fights out of a suplex attempt and goes for a dropkick, but Mark dodges and tags out to Jay. Jay clubs Haas with forearms and goes for a back suplex, but Haas rolls through and hits a release German suplex. Haas makes the hot tag and Shelton comes in and cleans house on the Briscoes, hitting an inverted atomic drop on Mark and then turning him inside out with a running palmstrike. Samoan Drop on Mark followed by the Stinger Splash and a T-Bone Suplex for 2. Mark comes back with Redneck Kung Fu and Shelton tries for a backdrop, but Mark lands on his feet and superkicks Shelton and then Jay kills him with a running Yakuza kick for 2. Jay with a fireman's carry and Shelton slips out, goes for the superkick, Jay catches it and spins Shelton out so Shelton can spinkick him for 2. Haas runs in and hits a BIG Angle Slam on Jay and then they set Jay up for the World's Greatest Leapfrog, but Mark comes in and nails Shelton, Haas nails Mark, and Jay nails Haas. Jay hits a Death Valley Driver on Haas and Mark goes up top, but Shelton runs across the ring and leaps up to the top rope and suplexes Mark clear across the ring and goes for the cover, but Jay makes the save at 2. Shelton and Mark duke it out in the middle of the ring and Mark comes off the ropes right into a superkick to the jaw. Jay pulls Shelton to the floor and dumps him into the crowd, but Haas nails him and they go into the crowd as well. Mark gets to his feet and you know what's happening next: Mark slingshots onto the top rope and springboard off with a somersault dive into the crowd and onto Haas & Benjamin. The Briscoes toss Shelton back into the ring and Mark hits a Finlay Roll and Jay comes off the top with a legdrop and goes for a cover, but Haas breaks at 2. Briscoes work Haas over as the crowd gets a "this is awesome" chant. Jay picks Haas up on his shoulders and Mark goes up top for the Doomsday Device, but Haas slips out as Shelton superkicks Mark off the top and then they hit a Shelton Blockbuster into a Haas spinebuster for the incredibly hard fought win.
Winners: Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin
This was just off the charts and blows away any match I've ever seen Haas & Benjamin in. These guys beat the crap out of each other for over 20 minutes and it was just unbelievable. The Briscoes hang their heads in the corner as Haas & Benjamin celebrate, then get to their feet with angry looks on their faces. The two teams face off as the crowd is on their feet applauding, then Haas & Benjamin point to Jay & Mark and the crowd starts chanting for the Briscoes. Haas & Benjamin extend their hands and the Briscoes shake. All four men raise their hands in the middle of the ring to the cheers of the crowd as we go off the air.
Great show and the last two matches blew me away. If you didn't watch this live, I highly highly highly recommend you get the replay when it's available.
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