Rusev tags in and after some quick double-team offense from Rusev and Rollins, “The Bulgarian Brute” is left alone with Ziggler. He puts the boots (or bare feet, in his case) to him for a while before tagging Kane in. The fans chant “let’s go Ziggler” as Kane hits a big sidewalk slam on “The Show Off.”
For the last several minutes now, it’s been all Team Authority, as the take turns tagging each other in, keeping fresh man on a beaten and battered Ziggler, who has become nothing more than a punching bag for all of the Team Authority members.
Now we’re in the midst of a spot where each member of both teams are taking turns hitting the ring and doing their finishing moves and other high spots on each other. Hard to keep track of who the legal men are, as the announcers point out.
After throwing Ziggler onto a group of guys outside the ring, Rusev loses his cool and is tearnig apart all of the ring announce tables, seemingly setting someone up for a big spot. He grabs Ziggler by his hair and lays him across the announce table. He climbs up on the other table himself. He runs, jumps and dives from one announce table to the other, but Ziggler moves. Rusev goes crashing through the table himself. The ref starts his count. Ziggler makes it to the ring, but Rusev doesn’t. Rusev has been counted out and is now eliminated.
Eliminated From Team Authority: Rusev
Cena’s team now has a one-man advantage. In the ring now is Ziggler and Kane, however Ziggler finally makes the tag to Cena. Cena hits an A.A. on Kane but Rollins runs in and hits a Curb Stomp on Cena out of nowhere. The announcers question how that was legal.
With help from Seth Rollins, Harper blasts Rowan with his big clothesline. 1-2-3. Rowan is eliminated.
Eliminated From Team Cena: Erick Rowan
I believe we’re down to Ziggler, Show and Cena on one side, and Rollins, Kane and Harper on the other. As soon as I say that, boom, Show hits Cena with the KO punch. Cena gets pinned and eliminated.
Elimination From Team Cena: John Cena
This leaves Big Show and Ziggler as the only members of Team Cena, however he shakes hands with HHH and Steph and walks off. They’re saying Show is going to be counted out, leaving Ziggler by himself. I’m assuming that’s what happened, although I have yet to hear that Show is officially eliminated. We’ll assume he is for now, I guess.
Eliminated From Team Cena: Big Show
So, now we’ve got Dolph Ziggler as the lone member of Team Cena. On Team Authority, we’ve got Seth Rollins, Kane and Luke Harper. Out of nowhere, Ziggler hits the Zig-Zag on Kane and covers him. 1-2-3. Kane is eliminated.
Eliminated From Team Authority: Kane
We’re down to Ziggler on Team Cena and Harper and Rollins on Team Authority. Harper and Ziggler are the legal men in the ring right now and Harper is going to work on him. He hits him with power move after power move, but can’t seem to score the three-count. Triple H is freaking out at ringside, as we see via a close-up camera shot. Boom. Out of literally nowhere, Ziggler rolls up Harper. 1-2-3. Harper is eliminated.
Eliminated From Team Authority: Luke Harper
Alright folks, we’re down to Dolph Ziggler on Team Cena and Seth Rollins on Team Authority. These are the final two legal men left in the match from both teams. Immediately, Rollins takes Ziggler out to the floor and goes to work on him.
Back in the ring, Ziggler rolls Rollins up, 1-2-….nope. Rollins kicks out. He tries again, 1-2….nope, again. Rollins kicks out again. We see Triple H throwing crap around ringside, throwing a big temper tantrum. Stephanie is losing her cool as well. Power of WWE lies in the balance as Ziggler and Rollins battle it out in the rnig. Rollins hits his big powerbomb into the corner spot for a very close near fall. No dice, however.
Ziggler and Rollins climb to the top rope but Rollins knocks him off. Rollins comes off the top but misses, right into a FameAsser from Ziggler. 1-2….Rollins kicks out. HHH is yelling at Joey Mercury and/or Jamie Noble to do something, or just freaking out. Ziggler knocks Noble and Mercury off the apron. Rollins tries to attack from behind but turns right into a Zig-Zag from Ziggler. 1-2-……HHH pulls the ref out of the ring. Now the security guys, Noble and Mercury, hit the ring and beat up on Ziggler.
Ziggler somehow fights his way out of their grip and knocks one of them into Steph on the floor. Rollins goes for a Curb Stomp but Ziggler reverses into a Zig-Zag. After a long delay, a ref runs into the ring. 1-2….HHH pulls that ref out now as well.
HHH is pissed now. He blatantly comes in the ring and takes his jacket off. He punches away at Ziggler. He rolls his sleeves up and clotheslines Ziggler down to the mat. HHH hits a Pedigree on Ziggler now and pulls Rollins on top of him. He calls for a ref and out comes the crooked Scott Armstrong ref.
As he counts 1-2….boom. A weird, Crow video plays on the big screen. We see Sting’;s face flash across the big screen.
Holy crap, folks! Sting makes his way out to the top of the stage. Sting stands as everyone looks on in amazement. Sting finally walks towards the ring and blasts the crooked referee Scott Armstrong.
Sting enters the ring and he and Triple H stare each other down. They circle each other without breaking eye-contact. Sting and HHH stare on opposite sides of the fans, ala Hogan-Rock back in the day, as an insanely loud “this is awesome!” chant breaks out.
Finally HHH goes after Sting, but Sting kicks him in the gut. He picks HHH up and blasts him with a Scorpion Death Drop. He picks up Ziggler and puts him over Rollins. He leaves the ring. The fans chant “Sting! Sting! Sting!” as he leaves. The ref returns. 1-2-3. Ziggler wins. Rollins is eliminated.
Eliminated From Team Authority: Seth Rollins
Winners — forcing Team Authority out of power: Team Cena (sole survivor: Dolph Ziggler)
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