411’s LIVE WWE Unforgiven 2008 Coverage: Unsanctioned Match: Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho

Posted by Larry Csonka on 09.07.2008



-HBK meets with the doctor and gets taped up and reminded of the dangers of doing the match tonight.

-We get a video package for HBK vs. Jericho.

Unsanctioned Match: Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho
The only way to win is by pin or submission.

HBK walks to the ring showing no emotion with his left arm heavily taped up. HBK charges in and it is a FIGHT! Wild punches by HBK and kicks follow. He takes a boot off and NAILS Jericho over the head with it! And again! A 3rd time sends Jericho to the floor. They brawl into the crowd now and rights by HBK as he favors the inured left arm. Back ringside and HBK catapults Jericho into the steel post. HBK searches under the ring for toys, and then gets a chair from ringside. He misses Jericho and hits the post, allowing Jericho to slam HBK to the announce table. Jericho gets a DDT on the floor and he looks for toys. He gets a table and then another one. He slams one of the tables onto HBK and then sets up a table. Jericho looks for a powerbomb, but instead falls back and drops HBK face first onto the ring apron. Back into the ring they go and Jericho has a chair. A shot to the gut by Jericho and then one to the back. Backdrop suplex by Jericho, grabs the chair again and wedges it in the corner. Jericho grabs HBK and delivers forearm shots. Rights follow, boots and then chokes out HBK. Jericho tries to send HBK to the chair, but HBK sends him to the steel post. Jericho on the apron, they brawl and Jericho looks for a suplex. Jericho with rights, has HBK up but he makes the apron. HBK tosses Jericho into the ring and follows. Rights by HBK, off the ropes and the flying forearm by HBK. Kip up and HBK chokes out Jericho! HBK now goes up top and the big elbow connects. VINTAGE HBK!

We're 10-minutes in now and HBK tunes up the band, holds up on the superkick and then starts to pummel Jericho with rights! HBK with the rear crucifix and delivers some MMA style elbows. HBK drops into the cross face now, but Jericho sends HBK into the chair in the corner, and that hurts the previously injured eye of HBK. Mounted rights by Jericho, he chokes out HBK and then rips at the eye. Rights and jabs by Jericho, slaps follow but that fires up HBK! Rights by HBK, and Jericho sends HBK into the steel chair but HBK tackles him and then gets a clothesline. HBK tries a piledriver, countered into the walls of Jericho! HBK makes the ropes, but Jericho refuses to break because he doesn't have too! HBK hangs from the apron in the hold and snags up a fire extinguisher from ringside, shoots it and blinds Jericho with it! Jericho can't see, HBK has the extinguisher and NAILS Jericho with it, sending him to the floor. To the floor goes HBK, he slams Jericho into the ringside barrier in the isle. And again HBK send shim to the barrier. To the ramp they go and a suplex by HBK. HBK holds his arm and screams in pain, here comes Lance Cade and HBK beats him down. Jericho tries to escape back to the ring by HBK follows and levels him with a clothesline. Cade nails the arm of HBK and then turns him inside out with a lariat! They lay HBK by the post, head first and wrap the arm around the post, and Cade with the kick to the arm. Cade pulls HBK up, holds him and Jericho with slaps. Jericho is bleeding from the elbow as he punishes the arm of HBK. Jericho is bleeding from the nose as well as Cade hands him a chair and he nails the arm of HBK. Cade beats down HBK, holds the arm and Jericho with another chair shot to the injured arm. They wrap the arm in the chair, Cade holds HBK down and Jericho goes up top. HBK kicks Cade into the ropes and crotches Jericho. SUPERKICK to Cade!

We're 20-minutes in now and HBK with the chair and NAILS Jericho who falls from the top rope and THROUGH the table that was set up on the floor earlier. HBK to the floor with the chair and with one arm swings away at Jericho! HBK now dismantles an announce table and lays Lance Cade on it. HBK goes back in the ring and to the top rope, no, back down and starts to kick Jericho in the face. He then lays Jericho on the table on top of Cade! HBK up top…ELBOW DROP TO BOTH MEN THROUGH THE TABLE! HBK is up and then drops to the floor and appears to be weeping. He gets to his feet and drags Jericho back to the ring. HBK removes his belt now and WHIPS JERICHO! The ref keeps asking what he is doing and HBK continues to whip Jericho! He then wraps the belt around his hand and wraps up Jericho and starts to PUMMLE Jericho with lefts right in the eye of Jericho! Jericho appears to be out of it and lays motionless on the mat as HBK goes back on the attack. The referee stops the match.

Winner: HBK @ 28:00 via Referee Stoppage

HBK moves the ref away and starts to punish Jericho even more. The ref pulls HBK off of Jericho and HBK then SUPERKICKS THE REFEREE! More refs are out as the crowd chants for HBK. He has this crazed look on his face, which turns to sadness. HBK drops to his knees as commentary asks if God could ever forgive HBK for what he has done.