This prompted an onslaught from the other competitors in the match who would surge towards the ring, finding themselves all climbing ladders towards the prize, only to be suplexed or thrown off the ladders, crashing down on the mat with a sound that echoed throughout the Arrowhead Pond. With fallen bodies decorating the ring and its surrounds, Chris Benoit returned to the ring holding his ribs, hobbling towards the ladder until he was caught in a con-chair-to by a quickly recovered Edge and Christian, sending the Wolverine to the mat screaming in pain. The Dudleyz quickly took advantage of the distracted Canadians as they attacked E & C before nailing Edge with a five star ‘Wassup!’ With the crowd chanting “We want tables!” Bubba sent D-Von to ‘get the tables’, setting one up in the ring for an inevitable 3D until Chris Jericho spoilt their plans by taking out both half-brothers with cracking chair shots before copping one of his own at the hands of Christian, who had quickly entered the ring.
The Dudleys’ plan were not to be ruled out yet however, as Christian was caught by D-Von climbing the ladder only to be brought down from the heavens for a devastating Dudley Death Drop through the table. Their celebration would not last long as the Hardys would once again remind the other teams that they were still in this match, dragging Bubba Ray to the outside, giving him a chair shot and laying him out on the Spanish announce table before Jeff Hardy, armed with a 20 foot ladder, would launch himself into the clouds to hit the fallen Bubba with an incredible springboard leg drop. This left Matt Hardy and D-Von Dudley in the ring, climbing up adjacent ladders, reaching high towards the tag team championships. Push came to shove between the two as they stood high above the ring until Matt Hardy caught D-Von in the twist of fate and sent them both crashing to the ring below, before once again making his way up the ladder towards the belts… only to be vacated from the ring by Y2J.
In an action packed couple of minutes, Jericho would then make another advance towards his and Benoit’s tag team championships until he was speared from the top of the ladder by Edge, who had made his way back into the match. Not for long it would seem, as a wounded Benoit clutching his ribs crawled into the ring and up the ladder uncontested, grabbing the belts and with that, ensuring that he and Y2J would stay champions for another day…
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