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5 L7 t, K/ p( Q4 T O' L9 f& BPrior to his WrestleMania XXVII match against The Undertaker, Triple H takes out Ted DiBiase with a particularly high, leaping Pedigree.
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% q$ C; p3 i* ?; A! b* G! CWith The World's Largest Athlete hoisting The World's Strongest Man high above it, this table wishes it was the world's most durable broadcast desk.
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Luke Gallows finds himself on the receiving end of a chokeslam from his half-brother, Kane.
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The hate-obsessed Big Red Monster gets added height on this chokeslam to John Cena.
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- O" a, M2 K+ T5 j# T7 y7 P- C* }Kane again plants an opponent with an organ-shaking chokeslam. This time, it's Edge.
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) i9 y8 v- Y/ q4 y8 z' u% gKofi Kingston throws caution to the wind at Money in the Bank 2010, delivering an insane Boom Drop onto Drew McIntyre.
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Jeff Hardy, an artist both inside the ring and out, Swantons a prone CM Punk.
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6 ?) S( S4 q, U& X; SImitation is the sincerest form of flattery? Don't tell that to Mick Foley. Here, The Hardcore Legend - chair in hand - flattens a Mankind impersonator.7 R. G4 j5 F1 x4 G; P, w: j/ n
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2 N* V2 r. c1 }On the very first edition of SmackDown, The Rock rocks Triple H by introducing him to the table.
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Perhaps taking a cue from The Great One, Triple H bounces Sheamus' head off the table during an Extreme Rules 2010 Street Fight.! g& i, a/ {" |4 C' t4 y: P$ O) ?
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8 @0 {3 s$ F* Y: r2 w3 p9 fSheamus, informed by his run-ins with The Game, tries his luck with the same move, whipping Wade Barrett face-first into the table.
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Barrett is reunited with the table, courtesy of The Viper.
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A sign of things to come at Extreme Rules 2012? Chris Jericho proves, at least for the moment, that he's the best at tossing Punk into the broadcast table.
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Against Christian, The Second City Saint displays his table talent.
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Former Evolution running mates Randy Orton and Triple H prepare for a miserable landing ...% ^# R3 P4 L8 o1 `6 Q
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... but said landing is not completely foreign to Orton.
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7 P/ I9 W' `, v4 q+ E. ZEdge again returns to the table, this time Spearing an overmatched Jeff Hardy.
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: `# e% z+ L! i% MSomewhere in that table wreckage are Edge and The Undertaker.
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& G. b" @& h/ Z+ R/ [: ETriple H looks on as his D-Generation X partner, Shawn Michaels, begins to recover from a desk-demolishing maneuver.
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Mark Henry inducts Big Show, and the table, into his "Hall of Pain."
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x0 @: y& ]0 U0 t* u, R' ?/ tSoon to be without an announce desk, Jerry "The King" Lawler exclaims in shock at John Cena disposes of Orton with an Attitude Adjustment.
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Over time, Cena has come to master the elevated Attitude Adjustment onto the broadcast table. Alberto Del Rio suffers the consequences ...
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... as does Batista.
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; d, r8 ~' e2 i" P. [# ]"Stone Cold" Steve Austin never turns down an opportunity to smash a McMahon through a table. On this occasion, Shane is The Texas Rattlesnake's victim of choice.
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Dapper though he is, Big Show is no less dangerous in a suit than he is in a singlet. Jack Swagger can attest.
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