PPV Rewind: WWE No Mercy (2002)

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#5 Triple H vs Kane - Champion vs Champion winner takes all

Triple H vs Kane
Triple H vs Kane

The match starts with Kane choking out Triple H in the corner. Triple H counters but gets taken down with a hard right hand. Triple H delivers a series of right hands, then Irish whips Triple H into the corner and gets beaten down with a series of rights and lefts, then a throat thrust, and a back body drop to Triple H as he rolls to the floor.

Kane kicks Triple H into the ring barricade. Both men enter the ring, as Triple H decks him with a right hand then a clothesline for a two count. Kane follows through with a clothesline in the corner to Triple H. Kane misses the body splash in the corner, as Triple H drops Kane with a Neckbreaker. Kane sits right up. Kane catches Triple H off the ropes into the Powerslam for a two count.

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Triple H catches Kane with a Knee Smash followed up by a hard clothesline sending Kane out to the floor. Kane catches Hunter by the throat, Triple H counters and sends Kane into the steel ring post with a High Knee Smash to the back. Both men reenter the ring.

Triple H hits a Swinging Neckbreaker for the near fall. Triple H then hits one more Neckbreaker for good measure, working over the head/neck of Kane to soften him up for the Pedigree later. Kane tries to counter but is met with a Double A Spinebuster for the two count. Triple H slingshots Kane throat first across the middle rope. Triple H counters a clothesline and applies a Sleeper hold. Kane reverses the hold into a Belly-to-Back Suplex.

Kane clotheslines Triple H in the corner and connects with a Sidewalk Slam. He climbs the top rope and connects with a Flying Clothesline. Ric Flair makes a run-in and shoves the referee out of the way. Kane takes down Flair and hits Triple H with a Big Boot. Flair slips Triple H the title belt, as Triple H hits Kane in the face. Triple H goes for the cover as Kane kicks out.

The Hurricane (Kane’s tag partner) makes a run-in and attacks Ric Flair outside the ring. Triple H comes out and attacks The Hurricane. He connects with a Pedigree to The Hurricane on the arena floor. Triple H enters the ring as Kane sets up. Kane gets up and clotheslines Triple H numerous times, then punches Triple H with a flurry of lefts and rights. He catches Triple H with a Powerslam for the near fall.

Triple H jumps off the top rope, Kane catches him and goes to deliver a Superplex, but it’s countered as Kane is shoved to the mat. Triple H jumps off the rope to deliver an elbow drop but gets hit in the face with a Big Boot. Both men are laid out on the mat. Kane gets up first and calls for the Chokeslam. Triple H counters with elbows to the head. Kane goes to hit Triple H with the boot but hits the referee instead. Kane gets sent to the floor.

Triple H goes to attack Kane, but this is countered into a huge Chokeslam through the table. Ric Flair tries to chop away at Kane but gets decked with a huge right hand. Triple H gets tossed back into the ring. Flair comes in with the sledgehammer. Kane blocks the attack and snatches the sledgehammer away.

Kane threatens to strike Triple H with the sledgehammer. As he inches closer, Triple H gives him a low blow. Hunter has the sledgehammer in his hand as Kane picks him up for the Tombstone Piledriver. Triple H strikes Kane in the head with the hammer. Kane somehow recovers and delivers a Chokeslam to Triple H. Kane gets the cover as another referee runs down to make the count. Kane gets a two count as Flair drags the referee outside. Kane catches Flair and gives him a Chokeslam.

Triple H charges after Kane and shoulder blocks him into the corner. Kane stumbles out and gets hit with the Pedigree. The referee recovers and makes the count of three. Triple H wins the match and retains the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and unifies the title with the Intercontinental Championship.

Match Rating: 3 ½ Stars (Very good match that picked up the pace and tempo as it went along. Triple H and Kane worked a slow, methodical match. The match picked up steam as it went along, especially after Ric Flair got involved. Kane put up a good fight with Triple H, as both men gave it there all in the ring. Kane came off looking very strong in the match and believably could have defeated Triple H, but it was not meant to be. Certainly, one of the best matches of the night, so far. Good finish.)

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Edited by Nishant Jayaram
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