Armageddon (2006)

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Armageddon
Promotion
World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand(s)SmackDown!
DateDecember 17, 2006
CityRichmond, Virginia
VenueRichmond Coliseum
Attendance8,200
Buy rate239,000[1]
Tagline(s)The End...Is Only the Beginning
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The 2006 Armageddon was the seventh

event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's SmackDown! brand division. The event took place on December 17, 2006, at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia. It was the final Armageddon to be brand-exclusive as following WrestleMania 23
the following year, brand-exclusive PPVs were discontinued.

The

Mr. Kennedy, in a match where the objective was to place an opponent in a hearse located on the entrance stage and drive them out of the arena, which Undertaker won. The other match was an Inferno match featuring wrestlers attempting to set the opponent on fire with flames surrounding the ring, in which Kane defeated Montel Vontavious Porter
.

The event grossed over $423,500 in ticket sales from an attendance of 8,200.

Sony Music Entertainment. The DVD reached second on Billboard
's DVD Sales Chart for recreational sports during the week of February 18, 2007, and it dropped to the tenth spot the following week.

Production

Background

World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) December pay-per-view (PPV) and was held every year except in 2001.[2] The 2006 event was held on December 17 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia. It was the seventh event in the Armageddon chronology. Like the previous two years, the 2006 event featured wrestlers exclusively from the SmackDown! brand.[3]

Storylines

John Cena teamed up with Batista against King Booker and Finlay

The leading

Finlay both competed in a Triple Threat match against Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship, with Batista winning. Later that night, General manager Theodore Long announced that Booker and Finlay would form a tag team to compete against Batista and a partner of his choice at Armageddon. Batista announced that his partner would be WWE Champion John Cena, a member of the Raw brand.[6] The following week on the December 8 episode of SmackDown!, Batista defeated Finlay by disqualification after Booker interfered on Finlay's behalf.[7] On the December 15 episode of SmackDown!, Cena defeated Finlay after an FU.[8]

The secondary rivalry was between

Undertaker and Kane teamed together to face Kennedy and MVP in a tag team match, which ended with 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, Undertaker appeared in the passenger side seat scaring Kennedy off. [8]

The third rivalry was between

Inferno match
.

Event

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
English
commentators
 Michael Cole
John Bradshaw Layfield
Spanish commentators Carlos Cabrera
Hugo Savinovich
Ring announcer Tony Chimel
Referees Nick Patrick
Charles Robinson
Jim Korderas

Preliminary matches

Montel Vontavious Porter, who faced Kane in an Inferno match

The first match to air live was between Kane and MVP in an Inferno match. The only way to win an Inferno match is by throwing one's opponent into a fire that surrounds the ring on all four sides. This match was the first time that the Inferno match had been used on pay-per-view in more than seven years.[11] At the start of the match, MVP attempted to leave the ring, but was unable to as the flames surrounding the ring prevented him. Kane kicked MVP in the head and threw him into the ring corner. MVP escaped the ring and was unable to go past the fire, so he returned to the ring and was continuously knocked down by Kane. The finish of the match saw Kane grab MVP and force him backwards into the fire. MVP's costume caught on fire as he ran to the entrance ramp. MVP fell to the floor as WWE workers put out the flames with fire extinguishers.[12][13]

The following match featured

WWE Tag Team Championship. Towards the end of the match, while MNM and The Hardys were out of the ring, Regal and Taylor attempted to climb the ladder, but Kendrick managed to knock the pair off. Kendrick fought off Regal and Taylor as London climbed the ladder and captured the titles to win the match for his team and retain the championships. During the match, Mercury suffered a legitimate nose injury after being hit by a ladder.[14][15][16]

I happened to be looking up, so it hit me in the throat. But Mercury was looking straight at it and it hit him square in the nose and the orbital bone. It really could have been any one of us. I was just lucky that the ladder hit him first.

— Johnny Nitro, [15]

I'll always remember [the match] for what we did to Joey Mercury's face. After the seesaw, I remember hearing him yell, "I'm bleeding," and it was like someone went to a sink and turned the faucet on. It was gruesome.

— Matt Hardy, [15]

The third match was a

The Miz. The Boogeyman controlled the majority of the match and eventually won by pinfall after a Falling Chokebomb.[12][17]

The next match featured

clothesline. Benoit and Guerrero wrestled inconclusively until Benoit covered Chavo to try to pin him. Chavo managed to place his foot on top of the bottom rope, which forced Benoit to break the pin per official wrestling match rules. While Guerrero was lying on his stomach, Benoit applied the Sharpshooter, and made Chavo submit to retain the championship.[12][18]

The fifth match was the encounter of

WWE Cruiserweight Championship. Helms performed a swinging neckbreaker on Yang. Yang retaliated, but Helms quickly moved back into the power position and pinned Yang to retain the championship.[12][19]

Main event matches

The Undertaker. who faced Mr. Kennedy in a Last Ride match at Armageddon

The following match was a

Mr. Kennedy, where the only way to win was by throwing one's opponent into a hearse and driving it out of the arena. During the beginning of the match, The Undertaker tossed Kennedy into steel steps on the side of the ring and then onto the commentator's announcing table. The Undertaker then threw Kennedy into the ring apron, which is the apron covering the area under the ring. Kennedy and The Undertaker wrestled inconclusively until The Undertaker tossed Kennedy on top of the roof of the hearse. The Undertaker then delivered a Chokeslam and a Tombstone Piledriver, both onto the roof of the hearse. As he was still in control of the match, The Undertaker threw Kennedy into the hearse and drove it out of the arena to win the match.[12][20]

After the Last Ride match,

Diva with the loudest fan reaction would win. The host of the contest was Santa Claus (portrayed by Big Dick Johnson, otherwise Christopher DeJoseph). Johnson declared all four of the Divas as the winners and proceeded to take off his Santa costume and dance to music being played in the arena.[12][21]

The main event was the tag team match between John Cena and Batista versus the team of King Booker and Finlay. Batista wrestled the match with his left arm taped up due to a previous injury. Both teams wrestlers inconclusively until Cena applied the

superkick Batista, but Batista moved out of the way, and Booker accidentally hit Finlay. Batista then delivered a Batista Bomb and pinned Booker to earn the victory for his team.[12][22]

Reception

The Richmond Coliseum has a maximum capacity of 13,000, but that was reduced for the 2006 Armageddon event.

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 United States Championship, Cruiserweight Championship, and Last Ride matches all received seven out of ten stars. The main event match received a five and a half stars out of ten rating.[3]

The event was released on

Sony Music Entertainment. The DVD reached second on Billboard's DVD Sales Chart for recreational sports during the week of February 18, 2007, and it dropped to the tenth spot the following week.[25] It remained on the chart's "top ten" for two consecutive weeks until the week of March 4, 2007, when it ranked 17th.[26]

Aftermath

On the December 22, 2006 episode of SmackDown!, King Booker and Finlay demanded a rematch against Batista and John Cena. General Manager Theodore Long informed the pair that they would instead be facing Kane and The Undertaker later that night in a match, which Kane and The Undertaker won. At the

undefeated streak.[29]

Chris Benoit continued to feud with Chavo Guerrero over the WWE United States Championship. On the December 22, 2006 episode of SmackDown!, Benoit defeated Guerrero in a rematch for the title, with Vickie Guerrero accompanying Chavo to ringside. Benoit won the match by disqualification when Vickie hit Benoit in the head with the championship belt.[11][30] On the January 12, 2007 episode of SmackDown!, Mr. Kennedy defeated Chris Benoit in a standard match, with help from Chavo Guerrero.[31][32] The following week, Benoit defeated Chavo yet again with the championship on the line.[33]

The feuds between Kane and Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP), and The Undertaker and Mr. Kennedy did not continue after the event. On the January 5, 2007, episode of SmackDown!, Kennedy set the time to beat in the "Beat the Clock" sprint, a tournament based on the time wrestlers win matches, to become the new number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship.

Tatanka.[31][32]

The 2006 Armageddon was the final brand-exclusive Armageddon, as following WrestleMania 23 in April 2007, brand-exclusive PPVs were discontinued.[36]

Results

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