Armageddon 2006

Armageddon 2006

The main event was atag team match, in which the team ofBatista andJohn Cena defeated the team ofKing Booker andFinlay. Two featured bouts were scheduled on the undercard, includingThe Undertaker versusMr. Kennedy, in a match where the objective was toplace an opponent in a hearse located on the entrance stage and drive them out of the arena, which Undertaker won. The other match was anInferno match featuring wrestlers attempting to set the opponent on fire with flames surrounding thering.Kane defeatedMontel Vontavious Porter.

The event grossed over $423,500 in ticket sales from an attendance of 8,200. Canadian Online Explorer's professional wrestling section rated the WWE Tag Team Championship match a nine out of ten stars, the highest match rating. The event was released on DVD on January 16, 2007 by Sony Music Entertainment. The DVD reached second onBillboard's DVD Sales Chart for recreational sports during the week of February 18, 2007, and it dropped to the tenth spot the following week.

Background[]

Armageddon (2006) was the seventh annual Armageddon event. Eight professional wrestling matches, were featured on the event's card.

The leading staged rivalry written into the event was between Batista and King Booker. At Survivor Series, WWE's November pay-per-view event, Batista defeated Booker to win the World Heavyweight Championship. On the December 1, 2006 episode of SmackDown!, one of WWE's primary television programs, King Booker and Finlay both demanded a match against Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship. General Manager Theodore Long, a portrayed match maker and rules enforcer, announced that Booker and Finlay would instead form a tag team to compete against Batista and a partner of his choice at Armageddon. Later that night, Batista announced that his partner would be WWE Champion John Cena, a member of the Raw brand. The following week on an episode of SmackDown!, Batista defeated Finlay by disqualification after Booker interfered on Finlay's behalf. On the December 15 episode of SmackDown!, Cena defeated Finlay after lifting Finlay up on his shoulders and slamming him to the mat, a move that Cena dubbed the FU.

The secondary rivalry was between The Undertaker and Mr. Kennedy. On the September 8, 2006 episode of SmackDown!, Kennedy announced that he was looking for a new opponent, one that he had never faced before. Long informed Kennedy that he knew a SmackDown! superstar that had never faced Kennedy, The Undertaker. A match was made between the two for No Mercy, in which Kennedy defeated Undertaker by disqualification. At Survivor Series, Kennedy once again defeated Undertaker in a First Blood match. On the December 1 episode of SmackDown!, Undertaker fought Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) in a match where neither wrestler won. During the match, MVP was scripted to attempt escaping from the ring, but Kennedy caught him during the process and tried to throw him back into the ring. MVP instead threw Kennedy in. Undertaker then kicked Kennedy in the face, and Kane attacked MVP at ringside. The following week as Kennedy was in the ring, the hearse, appearing to have nobody in the driver's seat, drove into the arena; suddenly, The Undertaker appeared from the back of the hearse, as Kennedy sprung from the ring. Later that night, Kane defeated Kennedy by disqualification after MVP interfered on Kennedy's behalf. On the December 15 episode of SmackDown!, The Undertaker and Kane teamed together to face Kennedy and MVP in a tag team match, which ended in neither team winning. Kennedy knocked Kane down in the aisle and jumped into the driver's seat of the hearse that had been at ringside for the match, and threatened to run him over with it however the Undertaker appeared in the passenger side seat scaring Kennedy off.

The third rivalry was betweenMontel Vontavious Porter (MVP) andKane. After MVP signed with the SmackDown! brand and made his debut, he beggedTheodore Long for more competition. Kane answered the challenge but MVP got himself disqualified when he low blowed Kane to escape Kane's chokeslam. Over the past few months, MVP defeated Kane in astreet fight with help fromMr. Kennedy (who was feuding withThe Undertaker) and later defeated Kane in aSteel Cage match by escaping the cage. Theodore Long later announced that since MVP and Kane are so evenly matched the two would do battle at Armageddon in anInferno match. A match in which a wrestler must be victorious by setting his opponent on fire in a ring surrounded by flames.

Results[]

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

(c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.

• Dark Match:Oleg Prudius defeatedScotty 2 Hotty
• Kane defeatedMontel Vontavious Porter in anInferno match (8:21)
• Paul London &Brian Kendrick (c) defeatedWilliam Regal &Dave Taylor,MNM (Joey Mercury andJohnny Nitro), &The Hardys (Matt andJeff) in a Fatal Four WayLadder match to retain theWWE Tag Team Championship (20:13)
• The Boogeyman defeatedThe Miz (2:51)
• Chris Benoit (c) defeatedChavo Guerrero (w/Vickie Guerrero) to retain theWWE United States Championship (12:14)
• Gregory Helms (c) defeatedJimmy Wang Yang to retain theWWE Cruiserweight Championship (10:51)
• The Undertaker defeatedMr. Kennedy in a Last Ride match (19:08)
• Batista &John Cena defeatedKing Booker's Court (Finlay &King Booker) (w/Queen Sharmell) (11:29)

Other on-screen talent[]

See also[]

• List of WWE pay-per-view events
• WWE Event History
• Armageddon

DVD release[]

• Armageddon 2006 on DVD

External links[]

• Armageddon 2006 Official Website
• Armageddon 2006 at CAGEMATCH.net
• Armageddon 2006 at Online World of Wrestling