[2005-12-18-WWE-Armageddon] Chris Benoit vs Booker T (Best of Seven Series Match #4)

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This was a really good match. Much better than their Survivor Series bout. Booker T was up 3-0 in the series and looking to sweep Benoit. Benoit took it Booker both technically and physically. There were some great WWE-style near falls, and the match had far more heat than their first match. Part of what made it so compelling was the fact that it wasn't beyond the  realm of possibility for the WWE to job Benoit out 4-0. There were a couple of moments where I thought they were going to do just that. The only weak point was Sharmell. I liked the fact that she was carrying a broom to signal the sweep, and it allowed Cole to make a few cracks about her being a witch, but it wasn't much of a foreign object. That may have been intentional, as she did pull a pretty good facial when she tried to whack Benoit with the broom to no effect, however with the amount of whining Cole did about Sharmell interfering in the matches, she was largely ineffective at ringside and couldn't prevent her man from tapping even when his leg was right near the ropes. Broom aside, it was one of the better WWE matches from the second half of '05.