replays, and we come back to Lesnar trying a whip into the corner - and
connecting with a shoulder in the gut.  Angle isn't leaving the corner.
Another shoulder in the gut.  And one more.  Lesnar with a headbutt that
looks like it hurts HIM just as much as Angle.  Another headbutt.  Stomp.
Stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp.  Lesnar tells Hebner to get off his back.
Whip into the opposite corner, but Angle escapes and Lesnar shoulders the
post!!  Angle tries to fire back - right, right, right, right, into the
ropes, reversed by Lesnar, Angle DUCKS the clothesline...and hits the
flying jalapeno off the ropes!  Ducks another wild swing - and hits a
German suplex!  Lesnar tries to grab the ropes but Angle pulls him away -
and hits the SECOND!  Lesnar again grabs the ropes - AGAIN Angle pulls
Lesnar off the ropes and hits the THIRD!  He released him after that one.
Angle tries to capitalise...but Lesnar pulls him through the ropes and
onto the floor!  Lesnar staggers out after him.  Hebner starts the count
as Lesnar grabs Angle and whips him into the aisle barricade.  Hebner is
up to five...Lesnar back in...and back out.  Back to Angle - but Angle is
back up - gutshot to Lesnar - right hand, right, right, Lesnar with a knee
in the gut, picks him up on his shoulders - F5 ON THE FLOOR!!  Lesnar
struggles back to his feet...and into the ring at nine.  For some reason,
THIS time Hebner *continues* his count and hits ten.  (COR 19:55, Lesnar
3-1)  Replay of the F5.  Hebner is out to check on Angle...and with the
clock at 39:40, we take another ad break.

DURING THE BREAK, Lesnar ran into a belly-to-belly suplex...and Angle
immediately followed up with a SECOND

As UPN is home of the 3:30 ad break, the clock is at 36:07 when we return.
Angle is firing away on Lesnar, but by the time we are done watching
replays, Lesnar has reversed a whip and lets Angle run RIGHT into this
shoulderblock.  Angle BOUNCES off him and heads outside.  Angle is slow to
get back into the ring...ang Lesnar is waiting.  Big right hand.  Kick in
the gut.  Stomp, stomp, standing on the neck.  25:00 down, 35:00 to go.
Lesnar drops an elbow.  Another elbowdrop.  Hooks the leg - 1, 2, no!
Lesnar with the right hand.  Kick in the gut.  Kick.  Kick.  Into the
opposite corner, Angle attempts a reversal, Lesnar attempts a clothesline,
ducked, gutshot by Angle, ANGLE SLAM!!  Angle hooks the leg - 1, 2, 3!!
(25:54, Lesnar 3-2)  Angle tries to suck it up in the corner as Cole tells
us UPN has granted the WWE permission to run over if the falls are tied at
the end of sixty minutes...that's gonna take some suspension of disbelief
from you and I because we KNOW that the syndicates aren't gonna take
kindly to pre-emption of THEIR local programming, but heck, let's roll
with it, why not.  It's nice of them to think of an explanation for a
tie...and you know, this match DID start at 8:58 so there COULD be a (very
brief) overtime...anyway, this break was closer to thirty seconds but
Angle is back on Lesnar as soon as he hears the bell.  Right hand by
Angle, right, right, forearm to the head, right, stomp, stomp, legdrop,
stomp.  Angle picks him up - and there's a suplex.  Hooks the leg, 1, 2,
no!  Lesnar tries to beg off - it ain't happening.  Angle stomps.  Stomp,
stomp, stomp.  Brings him to his feet - right hand.  Another right.
Lesnar manages a knee to the gut, another knee, a third knee, Angle ducks
a clothesline and hits a German suplex.  DOWN COME THE STRAPS!!  Angle
waits on him - Angle slam attempt FAILS - Lesnar with a gutshot, going for
an F5!, Angle lands on his feet, single leg, ANKLELOCK!!  Lesnar should
tap now and save himself for later...but instead he manages to roll
forward and throw Angle off - and almost into a crash landing on Hebner!
Lesnar tries to take advantage of the distraction with a lariat - Angle
ducks it - but Hebner DOESN'T!!  Oh no....we got a ref down here.  ANGLE
SLAM!  Leg is hooked, but of course there's nobody to count but the crowd.
Crowd gives him a five count but that doesn't help either.  Commentators
examine the replay and speculate as to whether Lesnar floored him on
purpose or not.  Lesnar with an uppernut on Angle (ohhhhhhh) and that'll
turn the tide.  That's two potential falls for Angle that won't show up on
the scoreboard.  Lesnar leaves the ring...and yells until ring announcer
TONY CHIMEL runs away.  Timekeeper MARK YEATON isn't as lucky - Lesnar
throws him across the floor and grabs the WWE Championship belt.  We're at
the halfway mark as Lesnar CREAMS Angle with the title!  Crowd boos
lustily as Lesnar paws at Hebner with his boot, then picks him up by his
belt and drags him over to count very slowly...1, 2, 3.  (30:26, Lesnar
4-2)  We take a replay...and an ad break.

"WrestleMania XIX" ad (again) - nice to see they found a use for all that
movie footage they shot, isn't it?

WrestleMania XX ad - plan on NOT getting tickets on the 27th!

In case you care, my clock and their clock seem to be off by one or two
seconds - still close enough for government work.  Finally back, mine says
34:53 elapsed and their says 25:05 to go - Angle on the outside and Lesnar
on the inside...but Angle ankles Lesnar and brings him out!  Right, right,
right, whip into the STEEL steps!  Angle rolls in - and Hebner stops the
count.  Angle ready to go out again - climbing up to the top (!) - and
hitting an AXEHANDLE FROM THE TOP ROPE TO THE FLOOR!!  Lesnar rolled back
in - Angle hooks the leg - 1, 2, NO!!  We take a replay of the axehandle
as Angle goes up top AGAIN - Lesnar makes it to his feet - Angle with a
MISSILE DROPKICK!!!  Close to the ropes, but Angle pins the near arm while
hooking the leg - 1, 2, NO!!!  Angle with a scoop...and a slam.  He's
telling the crowd he's going to go up top one more time - and here he
goes!  MOONSAULT!! - MISSES! ohhhhh Both men are down and Hebner starts
another count.  Let's see him miss it again.  Of course, a double countout
doesn't really change anything, but it DOES run up the score...looks like
Lesnar is up - both men are up at 7.  Angle ducks the swing, schoolboy, 1,
2, no.  Lesnar pops up with a clothesline...but both men are down again.
Lesnar's up first - belly-to-belly RELEASE and Angle SAILS across the
ring.  Lesnar crawls over and hooks the leg - 1, 2, NO!!  Lesnar's up at 2
- wants another belly-to-belly but Angle slips under the arm, counters,
drops down and grabs the anklelock again!  But AGAIN Lesnar is able to
roll forward, this time throwing Angle through the ropes to the floor!
While Angle struggles to beat the ten count, we take another replay of the
anklelock counter.  Well, Lesnar must think Angle's gonna make it because
he's out after him now - Kick in the ribs, and a HARD whip shoulder-first
into the STEEL steps.  Angle rolled back in, Lesnar following, hooks the
leg, 1, 2, NO!  Forty down, twenty to go.  Lesnar leaves the ring and goes
for the top half of the backside steps - he wants to bring them into the
ring?  But it's taking him too long - while he has them hoisted onto the
apron, Angle runs into a baseball slide dropkick to the steps that rams
Lesnar!  Angle leaves the ring to follow up - Lesnar rolled back in, Angle
hooks the leg - 1, 2, no!  1, 2, nope.  We take a replay of the dropkick
into the steps - one angle much more impressive than the other.  Angle
with another stomp, stomp, kick in the gut, stands on the neck and HE
pulls on the ropes to accentuate it.  Clock pops up again to remind us
that it's Lesnar 4, Angle 2 with 18:30 to go.  Into the ropes,
shoulderblock by Angle, 1, 2, NO, and Cole says we *have* to take our last
ad break - noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Unforgiven promo - Triple H vs. Goldberg - Sunday - is there ANY chance
it'll be better than THIS match?  (maybe a teeny eentsy tiny one - MAYBE)

"The Rundown" ad (again)

During the Break, Lesnar hit a top-rope superplex and pinned Angle to go
up 5-2 - no idea what time that was

Coming back, their clock and mine are now off by TWENTY seconds - somebody
must have snuck an ad in somewhere!  Coming out of the replay, their clock
says 14:00 remains.  Angle is outside, Lesnar is outside, commentators are
deep into overdubs.  Lesnar meets Angle at the commentary table and drives
hits a right.  Head to the table.  Both men are getting deep in the tank.
Lesnar wants the F5 into the ringpost - but Angle gets back to his feet,
posts *Lesnar* - grabs HIM on his shoudlers and ANGLE hits the F5 into the
ringpost!!  Cole notes that Lesnar did that exact move to Angle months
agao (not to mention to Spanky and Zach Gowen) and he's FINALLY gotten a
taste of his own medicine.  Angle breaks the count and heads back out to
work on Lesnar - stomps the injured knee, puts him back in the ring, grabs
the leg and applies a half crab - BRILLIANT!  Lesnar has three falls on
him, he REALLY should consider giving one back just to stop the pain - but
Lesnar hasn't tapped yet, so why should it be any different now?  Lesnar
crawls and reaches for the bottom rope - and gets it - but Angle switches
to the anklelock!  This time Lesnar gets to the bottom rope...Angle's
taking his time releasing the hold, though, and Lesnar has to use his
other leg to get enough leverage to break it up himself.  Angle back on
him, stomping on the knee.  Another shot to the targeted body part.
Lesnar manages a right hand.  Angle runs back at him...and runs RIGHT into
an F5.  Both men are down.  Lesnar tries to crawl over for a cover - hooks
the leg - 1, 2, Angle kicks out!  Lesnar slowly gets to his feet...and
goes outside to the apron...and climbs up to the top.  What is he
thinking?  All that can happen here is Angle can pop up, climb up the
corner and superplex him...sure enough, Angle pops up, stairsteps up the
ropes, grabs Lesnar and delivers the top rope superplex!  Cover - 1, 2, 3!
(50:28, Lesnar 5-3)  The clock reappears on the screen saying "9:51"  and
it's gonna stay there for the rest of this match.  *This* time the fifteen
seconds is pretty close to fifteen seconds...but nobody's moving.  Hebner
starts a ten count, for what it's worth.  At six, Lesnar makes it to his
knees - Angle as well.  Hebner stops after seven as they both slowly make
it to their feet - Angle rares back and throws a right hand.  Lesnar takes
it and answers with one of his own.  Angle with a right.  Lesnar with a
right.  Angle.  Angle.  Angle, Angle, Angle, ANGLE, ANGLE, ANGLE, ANGLE,
backed Lesnar into the corner, right, right, right, right, right, forearm
in the back.  Angle steps back to the center and tries to catch his
breath.  Crowd tries a "USA" chant.  Angle brings Lesnar to his feet -
suplex!  Angle puts his straps back up...and DOWN COME THE STRAPS!  Angle
is HOPPIN' - going for the Angle slam - but NO - Lesnar shoves Angle into
the ropes, gutshot, DDT!!!!  Leg is hooked - 1, 2, NO!!  Angle kicked out!
Lesnar DARES Angle to get up - but Angle strikes back with a right, right,
right, Lesnar ducks the next one, grabs the waistlock and hits the German
suplex!  Lesnar grabs him again - ANOTHER German suplex!  Cole says Lesnar
can start to think about just milking the clock.  Lesnar grabs the
waistlock for the third time - and AGAIN gives Angle another released
German suplex!  Both men are down now, and staying down.  Hebner gets to
five before Lesnar grabs Angle...AGAIN going to the waistlock, but THIS
time Angle laces the leg to block.  Angle with a standing switch - ANGLE
with a German suplex!  Angle is first back on his feet - got the waistlock
and it's ANOTHER German suplex!  Angle looks like HE wants to go for the
trifecta - Lesnar manages to block THAT one, standing switch, but Angle
drops down, rolls him up and ends up grabbing the anklelock!!  Brock tries
to reach for a rope but Angle will only let him circle without getting any
closer.  Brock's been in the anklelock a good thirty seconds now but won't
tap.  And now Lesnar FINALLY manages to inch to the bottom rope - he DOES
grab it but Angle pulls him back to the centre - Hebner DOESN'T call for
the break - and for the first time in this match, LESNAR TAPS!!  (56:11,
Lesnar 5-4)  We're down to four minutes left in the match and Cole again
reminds us that UPN has cleared overtime if necessary.  The bell rings to
end the rest period and the clock on the screen says 3:41 remains.  Angle
back to his feet - and AGAIN puts on the ankle lock!  THIS time, Lesnar
manages to roll forward and Angle ends up landing on the second rope,
bouncing back into the ring.  Angle's up first - maybe Lesnar CAN'T get
up.  Three minutes to go.  Lesnar desperately shifts his body so Angle
can't put on the anklelock again - but Angle manages to grapevine the leg
- Tazz says Angle is going for a "freestyle bow and arrow," which I've
never heard of, but I'm not gonna argue with him.  Angle grabs the
headlock and still has the leg grapevined.  But time is rapidly running
out - I don't know if this is a good idea.  Lesnar manages a shot to the
head to break it up.  Lesnar rolls out of the ring - Angle is hot on his
trail.  Angle picks him up - Lesnar's dead weight.  Angle stomps.  Angle
with an anklelock on the outside!  This is a BAD idea.  Angle puts Lesnar
back in the ring.  Lesnar rolls out!  Ninety seconds to go!  Angle puts
Lesnar's head into the STEEL steps.  Lesnar put back in the ring - Lesnar
swings and Angle ducks - Angle with a German suplex!  He's holding on -
ANOTHER German suplex!  ONE MINUTE TO GO!  Angle wants the third German
suplex - and he gets it!  He's got to get another fall to tie it up - a
FOURTH German suplex!  FORTY SECONDS!  Lesnar's grabbing Hebner's belt -
and as he pulls Hebner close, his trick knee acts up and Angle goes DOWN
to the unseen low blow!!  TWENTY seconds to go and Angle is down.  Lesnar
shouldn't go anywhere NEAR him but he does - and sure enough, Angle grabs
the anklelock one more time, and adds a leg scissors to boot!!  Can he
hold on ten more seconds?  How bad does he want the championship?
3...2...1....HE HELD ON.  Cole:  "Damn it!  Damn it!  Time has run out on
Kurt Angle!" Brock Lesnar, 5....Kurt Angle, 4.  Ladies and gentlemen, we
have a new WWE Champion.  Cole: "Brock Lesnar came into this matchup with
one gameplan - to CHEAT his way to the WWE title.  And that last low blow
with less than a minute to go was the exclamation point. ... Brock Lesnar
had no intention of playing the game of 'who's the better athlete' here
tonight - Brock Lesnar never wanted to play that game!  Brock Lesnar
wanted to cheat his way to the WWE title - Brock Lesnar did that here
tonight!"  We go out with two shots of exhausted competitors - one,
defeated and distraught...the other, with a belt in his lap and laughing.

Oh yeah, the THIRD reason I did this was to remind you that my wedding is
in fifteen days.  Hit http://CRZ.net if you're feeling generous!  Thanks!

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