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WWE Smackdown for 9/30/04
Triple H and Stephanie are out from the back. Triple H cuts a long promo, talking about how in three days he is going to take the Undertaker to hell in back. Triple H says he retired Mick Foley in Hell in a Cell. Kevin Nash has never been seen again since his last Hell in a Cell Match with Triple H. Jericho has not been the same. Triple H says there will be no problem as he takes the Undertaker out. However, Triple H would like to turn his attention to another problem. Scott Hall. Last week, Hall left Triple H and allowed him to get attacked by the Undertaker. Triple H says he is calling out Hall. Hall comes out and enters the ring. He asks Triple H what the big deal is. Triple H states Hall was hired to watch his back, to prevent the Undertaker from attacking him and yet, Hall failed on his job last week. Triple H says he is not too happy and he would fire Hall but Triple H says he has a better idea. Triple H says he will put the WWE Championship on the line tonight on Smackdown one on one against Scott Hall. Triple H promises to end Hall's career. Hall looks at the belt and remarks after tonight we will be seeing a new WWE Champion and then Hall will destroy the Undertaker in Hell in a Cell this Sunday to retain his newly acquired title, chico.
Segment Rating: 86
Gregory Helms, Shannon Moore, and Booker T vs the World's Greatest Tag Team and Nova(w/Paul Heyman)
Helms and Nova will be a part of the Cruiserweight Insanity Match this Sunday. They attacked each other at the bell, brawling to the back and leaving a standard tag team match involving Moore and Booker T against the WGTT. Booker T says he has backup this Sunday, as he will face off against the World's Greatest Tag Team. Booker T gets double teamed by the World's Greatest Tag Team who pulls out all kinds of slick double teaming moves. Booker T eventually catches Benjamin with the Harlem Side Kick and rolls over to the corner before making the tag. Moore enters the ring, rocking and attacking both Haas and Benjamin with punches. Moore dropkicks Haas across the ring. Another dropkick connects to Benjamin. Moore grabs Haas and Benjamin, ramming the heads together before leaping to the top rope. Somersault Neckbreaker takes Benjamin out but he is not the legal man. Moore turns around and kick from Haas. Northern Lights Suplex brings Moore over and holds him down to score the pin. The World's Greatest Tag Team score another victory.
Winners: The World's Greatest Tag Team and Nova(w/a Northern Lights Suplex on Moore)
Segment Rating: 77
Crowd Reaction: 75
Match Quality: 80
Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar are standing by with Josh Mathews. Heyman shoves Mathews out of the way and states that he will handle the interview. Heyman hypes up Lesnar as the most dominant force in the WWE today, the man who will make Chris Benoit tap out at No Mercy. Lesnar says he will destroy Benoit, slowly and painfully, gaining his revenge from Wrestlemania XX when Benoit humilated him in the center of the ring, making Lesnar tap out and causing him to lose the WWE Championship. Heyman says this Sunday will be the end of the legend of the Canadian Crippler.
Segment Rating: 90
XD vs Bill Goldberg
XD is a pompous Cruiserweight wrestler who thinks he is better than everyone else due to his revolutionary new style. He runs around the ring at the start yelling: "It's not about weight limits, it's about no limits" before getting promptly clotheslined by Goldberg. Goldberg hoists up XD in a Gorilla Press and tosses him down before Spearing him. XD is dead weight and Goldberg pulls him up, before spiking him with the Jackhammer. Goldberg covers and the crowd counts along for the three. Goldberg will be facing Sean O' Haire this Sunday at No Mercy but Goldberg also has a WWE Championship Match set up for the Survivor Series against the winner of Hell in a Cell.
Winner: Bill Goldberg(w/the Jackhammer)
Segment Rating: 73
Crowd Reaction: 71
Match Quality: 75
Replay of the past five matches in the Best of Seven Series are shown. Christian has won three and Cena has won two. Tonight we will see the sixth match but if Christian wins tonight, he is the WWE United States Champion.
Segment Rating: 74
Christian vs John Cena(Match #6 In the Best of Seven Series)
Christian attacks Cena at the bell but Cena fights back. Nice leaping clothesline and Cena drops a knee before tossing Christian into the corner. Stomp flurry into the corner but Christian gets a thumb to the eye. Elbows the the head and snap mare followed by a pair of elbowdrops. Christian whips Cena into the corner and dropkick. Christian hooks Cena around the head and runs up before bringing him down with a Swinging DDT. Cover scores a two count. Attempted Inverted DDT but Cena fights back and shoves him off. Leaping Dropkick. Pumping up the shoes and five knuckle shuffle connects. Cena lifts up Christian. Attempt of the F-U but Christian counters with a sunset flip, scoring a two count. Cena clotheslines Christian into the corner and runs up the buckles. Ten count punches but Christian stops Cena cold with a low blow. Cena is doubled over and Christian hooks the arms before bringing down Cena with the Unprettier. Christian covers but Cena drapes the foot over the bottom rope at two and a half! Christian thinks he has won but the referee informs him differently. Backslide from Cena putting his feet on the ropes, to cheers from the crowd and that manages to hold Christian down to score the win to tie up the series.
Winner: John Cena(w/a backslide)
Segment Rating: 79
Crowd Reaction: 80
Match Quality: 80
Christian argues about the finish but here comes Jim Cornette with the United States Title Match. Since they are tied at three a piece, Cornette is going to add a stipulation onto the final match, to insure there is no controversy. At No Mercy, the United States Title Belt will be hanging above the ring as Match Seven of the Best of Seven Series will take place. Christian will take on John Cena in a Ladder Match. The crowd cheers, as this should be a fantastic match. Christian looks smug, as Cena has never been in a Ladder Match but Christian has many times.
Segment Rating: 89
Paul London vs Too Cold Scorpio
London's Cruiserweight Title is not on the line, as Scorpio is a bit out of the weight limit but damn if Too Cold did not put his working boots on tonight, keeping up with the younger Paul London. London will defend his Cruiserweight Title this Sunday against Ultimo Dragon, the former champion, as a part of No Mercy. Scorpio hits a slick leg lariat off the top and Tumbleweed splash. Attempted Moonsault but London moves and dropsault followed by a somersault legdrop to the back of the head. London lifts up Scorpio and brain buster but out comes Ultimo Dragon to watch. London is too busy taunting the Dragon as he goes up. London leaps off but London Calling misses as Scorpio rolls out of the way! London is dazed and confused. Scorpio hoists him up onto his shoulders and Forward Rolling Samoan Drop brings London down. We understand Scorpio calls that move the "Scorpio's Sting". He covers London and scores the pin. Scorpio has scored a win over London in this non title match.
Winner: Too Cold Scorpio(w/the Scorpio's Sting)
Segment Rating: 85
Crowd Reaction: 80
Match Quality: 90
Rhyno and Chris Benoit vs A-Train and Brock Lesnar(w/Paul Heyman)
A brutal brawl for sure with all four men brawling inside and outside of the ring. No real high spots, just stiff chops, punches, and kicks. A-Train shoved Rhyno into the corner in the end and hit the Avalanche. Derailer attempt but Rhyno slipped down. Gore nearly snaps A-Train in half. Cover holds him down and scores the pin as Benoit and Lesnar trade chops down the aisle. Rhyno will be facing the mysterious new member of the Dangerous Alliance as part of No Mercy and of course Benoit and Lesnar will be facing off in that Tap Out Match.
Winners: Rhyno and Chris Benoit(w/the Gore on A-Train)
Segment Rating: 76
Crowd Reaction: 76
Match Quality: 77
WWE Championship Match:
Scott Hall vs Triple H©(w/Stephanie McMahon)
Hall flicks the toothpick but Triple H goes to the floor, pulling out the sledgehammer but the lights go out. Out comes the Undertaker from the back and the Undertaker is coming to the ring. Triple H attempts to swing the sledgehammer at the Undertaker but the Undertaker takes Triple H down with a big boot. Hall picks up the sledgehammer and he is going to take out Triple H with it. No, Hall smashes the sledgehammer into the ribs of the Undertaker! Triple H and Scott Hall have just swerved us. They pound away at the Undertaker, double teaming him in the corner. Pedigree brings the Undertaker down. Triple H leaves the ring as Hall stands over the Dead Man taunting him. The Undertaker sits up! Hall's eyes go wide and he rolls to the floor. The Undertaker looks down with his cold icey glare and makes the belt motion around his waist. We could very well be seeing a new WWE Champion. See you at No Mercy
Winner: No Match
Segment Rating: 86
Show Rating: 80
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WWE Smackdown Preview for 9/30/04
No Mercy is only three days away and the stars of Smackdown are going to kick the heat up into high gear as we get closer to the Smackdown event of the fall.
Brock Lesnar and Chris Benoit are to collide in a tap out match at No Mercy but this week on Smackdown, they will be on opposite sides of the fence in a tag team match. Chris Benoit will team up with "The Man Beast" Rhyno while Lesnar will team up with the massive, A-Train in this little preview for No Mercy.
Triple H and the Undertaker are set for a collision course inside Hell in a Cell at No Mercy. Triple H and the Undertaker will no doubt cross paths, as Triple H wants revenge from that bone rattling Choke Slam at the end of the show last week but we understand Triple H is a bit miffed at Scott Hall for failing to save him, so Scott Hall may have some explaining to do this week on Smackdown.
Best of Seven Series time as Match Six of the Series will happen as John Cena will collide one on one with Christian. If Christian wins, he wins the series and the United States Title but if Cena wins, he ties up the series and the seventh and final match will happen this Sunday at No Mercy.
At No Mercy will feature Gregory Helms against Nova in a "Cruiserweight Insanity" Match and the World's Greatest Tag Team taking on Booker T and a partner of his choosing for the WWE Tag Team Titles. This week, Shannon Moore, Gregory Helms, and Booker T will face off against the World's Greatest Tag Team and Nova in a six man tag team match.
All this and much more on the pre No Mercy addition of Smackdown.
Confirmed Matches:
A-Train and Brock Lesnar vs Chris Benoit and Rhyno
Match Six of the Best of Seven Series: Christian vs John Cena
The World's Greatest Tag Team and Nova vs Booker T, Shannon Moore, and Gregory Helms
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WWE Monday Night Raw for 9/27/04:
The World Heavyweight Champion Eddie Guerrero is out. Eddie states that last Tuesday at Taboo Tuesday, he went to hell and back with Rey Misterio Jr and says he respects Rey a great deal for giving him a tough title defense. Eddie says he is bored in the back, waiting for a twenty man battle royal to happen to declare the next challenge so Eddie is up for a little non title action against anyone not in the Battle Royal. Out come the Spanish Announcer's Team, who came off of a big win at Taboo Tuesday. After a brief bit of discussion, it will be Joel Maximo who will be facing Eddie Guerrero tonight.
Segment Rating: 81
Joel Maximo(w/Jose Maximo) vs Eddie Guerrero
These two men did not click as well as one would think with the high spots unlimited style of Maximo not meshing with the psycology of Eddie. Eddie beats Joel down and airplane spin into a neckbreaker scores the pin. He did not even need to use the Frog Splash. Eddie picks up the World Heavyweight Title Belt and says he wants competion, not a night off.
Winner: Eddie Guerrero(w/an airplane spin into a neckbreaker)
Segment Rating: 70
Crowd Reaction: 62
Match Quality: 78
A video is played talking about how the Darkness is a mysterious thing and should be feared because you never know what might lurking. What Demons might come out and snatch you away from all you hold dear? Perhaps the places which you think are safest are actually the most dangerous.
Beware Seven and Bane...The Demons of the Deep are coming to destroy you.
Segment Rating: 59
It is now time for the return after a long hiatus, the most talked about talk show on Raw, the Highlight Reil. Chris Jericho is your host and he shows off his new hardware, the Interconinental Title and the brand new, still expensive, Jeritron five thousand and one. Jericho introduces his guest tonight, the man who is perhaps the most demonic, sick, son of a...well let's introduce Kane. The pryo goes off and out comes Kane. Kane enters the ring, starting at Jericho like a shark about ready to go for the kill. Jericho states Kane may be the thing that goes bump in the night but he does not freak out Jericho. "After all, how can something that comes from Paul Bearer's semen scare me." Jericho says he will smash and bash Kane tonight to retain the Interconinental Title. Jericho says he may even offer Kane, a cup of coffee. Jericho offers Kane the icrophone for a response. Kane responds with a clothesline and the destruction of Jericho's set but Jericho manages to save the Jeritron five thousand and one from destruction. The bell rings, kicking off the Interconinental Title Match.
Segment Rating: 80
WWE Interconinental Title Match:
Kane vs Chris Jericho©
Jericho superballs off of Kane's offense including a huge Choke Slam but Kane goes for a chair. Thankfully the referee takes it away from Kane and Jericho hits a leaping enzugiri and Lionsault but Kane powers out at two. Kane is just too big for the Walls and a criss cross knocks the referee down which allows Jericho to take the Interconinental Title Belt and bash it over Kane's skull. Kane goes down and Jericho grabs the chair, folding it over the head of Kane before leaping to the second rope. Lionsault snaps the chair shut on the head of Kane. Jericho just took a page out of Kane's playbook. Jericho covers Kane and just barely holds him down for the pin! Jericho leaves, belt in tact and Kane is up, the neck cruncher with the chair not even effecting him. Kane grabs the referee by the throat. Choke Slam sends the referee for the ride as Kane stalks after Jericho.
Winner and Still Interconinental Champion: Chris Jericho(w/a beltshot and a chair assissted Lionsault)
Segment Rating: 83
Crowd Reaction: 86
Match Quality: 79
Stacy Keibler is backstage, stretching and JBL comes up to her. JBL comes up, hitting on Stacy and introduces himself as "JBL....All American Hero and Wrestling God". JBL offers to "plant his flag on Stacy's land" but Stacy declines his offer which causes JBL to roughly grab Stacy. Before JBL can do anything which might get the WWE on hot water, Nick Dinsmore comes up, yanking JBL off and states JBL better watch himself. JBL laughs at Dinsmore and asks "who the hell do you think you are". Dinsmore replies: "I am the guy who beat you in the center of the ring, bitch". JBL goes to punch Dinsmore but Dinsmore grabs him by the arm and takes him over with a judo throw. JBL goes down and runs off, vowing "this is not over". Stacy hugs Dinsmore in apperciation but JBL is not going to be happy with Nick Dinsmore.
Segment Rating: 82
Ric Flair is out in the ring, with a pre written statement prepared by Randy Orton as well as a briefcase. Flair says that Orton is not here tonight due to "the barbaric actions of Kurt Angle at the Taboo Tuesday Pay Per View." Angle managled Orton's face, thus ruining Orton's chances for a possible career in Hollywood when he retires from the ring. Angle will pay for these damages he has done to Orton as Orton is suing Angle a half a million dollars for mental duress caused by the disfigurement. Angle's music interrupts this and asks, "what the hell is Orton playing at?" Orton started this by attacking Angle at every turn, Angle just gave Orton his receipt. Angle declares Orton better make it a round million because if Angle ever sees Orton again, he will mangle his face all over again. Flair gets all hot and challenges Angle to a match, ripping off his sports jacket and tie before dropping an elbow on the canvas and wooing in Angle's face. Angle prepares to fight Flair but Burchill and Regal run out, attacking Angle from behind! They stomp a mudhole in Angle and Burchill grabs Angle in a Rock Bottom set up before flipping backwards and slamming Angle into the canvas. Burchill sets up Angle and Cross Armed STF. Regal talks trash to Angle, kicking him in the face. After a couple more minutes, Burchill lets up and Flair hands Regal the briefcase, who opens it to reveal stacks of money. Regal nods approvingly as Regal and Burchill leaves the ring. Flair gives Angle a parting kick. Angle has been set up tonight.
Segment Rating: 78
#1 Contenders Match for WWE Women's Title:
Alexis Laree vs Molly Holly vs Victoria
Gail Kim joins JR and the King on Commentary, saying the Women's Division is a waste of time as she beat both Molly and Victoria in the past. When JR asks about Alexis Laree, Gail's fellow Evolution teammate, Gail accuses JR of "stirring the pot". Alexis Laree pulls off a few athletic moves, which are pretty rare to the Women's Division, including a somersault dropkick off the second rope to Molly but Gail Kim remarks that "all the athletic moves in the world will not get you anywhere, when you are tied up like a pretzel on the canvas in one of my submission moves." Victoria hit the Widow's Peak on Molly and attempts the pin but Alexis pulls her off. Victoria knees Alexis and airplane spin but Alexis counters with a Spinning DDT which spikes Victoria into the canvas. Alexis covers Victoria and scores the pin. Alexis Laree will face Gail Kim for the Women's Title in two weeks on Raw! When asked by JR, "how do you counter a move like that.", Gail Kim storms off the commentary.
Winner: Alexis Laree(w/the Spinning DDT)
Segment Rating: 69
Crowd Reaction: 72
Match Quality: 65
Twenty Man Invitation Battle Royal for a World Heavyweight Title Shot on October 11th
Highlights
-Nineteen Men to start, due to the fact Angle was attacked earlier tonight.
-Eddie Guerrero joins us for colored commentary
-Kane is a house of fire early on, taking out both members of La Resistance at the same time before pitching Stevie Richards as an added bonus
-Lance Storm dumps Bobby Roode but Val Venis dumps Storm in turn
-Midway through, Angle runs out, enters the ring and assaults Burchill, knocking him out of the match. Angle then leaps after Burchill and brawls with him to the back.
-Nick Dinsmore and JBL get into things during the match several times with Dinsmore dumping JBL but JBL distracting Dinsmore and allowing Bentley to take out Dinsmore.
-Jericho and Edge attack each other, as there feud has only just cooled down but is not over. A Spear from Edge knocks Jericho into the ropes but a cross body knocks both men to the floor. They then brawl to the back.
-The Final Six are: Shawn Michaels, Rob Van Dam, Rey Misterio Jr, Batista, Kane, and Matt Bentley
-Spinning Headscissors by Rey launches Bentley over the ropes and out.
-Kane and Batista brawl. Spinebuster. Kane sits up. Choke Slam. Batista gets up but Big Boot knocks Batista to the floor.
-The Final Four is RVD, Rey, Michaels, and Kane. RVD and Kane form an alliance as do Michaels and Misterio.
-Lots of close calls and near Eliminations but RVD misses the Rolling Thunder and gets dropkicked out by Rey Misterio Jr.
-Michaels gets destroyed by Kane and clotheslined out but manages to hold on, teetering on the top rope.
-While this is happening, Kane picks up Rey Misterio Jr and launches him into the guardrail. Rey crashes ribs first into the guardrail hard.
-Kane turns around, thinking he has won but Michaels is back in. Superkick sends Kane over the top rope and to the floor. Shawn Michaels has won the Battle Royal and the title shot against Eddie Guerrero in two weeks.
Winner: Shawn Michaels(last eliminating Kane)
Segment Rating: 72
Crowd Reaction: 75
Match Quality: 66
Shawn Michaels leaves the ring, celebrating but stops by the commentary table and stares down Eddie before picking up the World Heavyweight Title Belt, holding it up and mouths: "two weeks" before thrusting it into the chest of Guerrero. Eddie Guerrero faces Shawn Michaels in what is no doubt a Dream Match for the World Heavyweight Title in two weeks on Raw.
Segment Rating: 80
Show Rating: 75
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This Weekend in Wrestling
WWE Velocity for 9/25/04:: Too Cold Scorpio pinned Tajiri with a Forward Rolling Samoan Drop after blocking a brain buster and hitting a spinning leg lariat. Bryan Danielson pinned Jamie Noble with a rolling cradle in a great cruiserweight match with a lot of nearfalls. Matt Morgan squashed Maven with a Yakuza Kick after Maven missed a Flying Cross Body Press and Morgan finished him off. In the Main Event, Chris Benoit made A-Train tap out to the Sharpshooter. Brock Lesnar ran in and brawled with Benoit after the match and A-Train attacked Benoit, allowing both A-Train and Lesnar to beat down Benoit until Rhyno made the save. We understand that this week on Smackdown, A-Train and Brock Lesnar will face off against Rhyno and Chris Benoit in tag team action.
WWE Heat 9/26/04: Steven Richards pinned Nunzio with the Stevie T in a squash match. The Demons of the Deep, Bane and Seven made their WWE debuts, promoting a revolution of evil throughout the WWE and then defeated Joey Ryan and Chris Bosh in a squash, ending things when Bane hit Ryan with a big boot as Seven held him up in a power bomb. A second new tag team made their debut, Adranaline, the team of Chris Charisma and Turbo Toland who wore Rockers style gear and hit a lot of high flying moves, en route to defeating Chris Stylez and Adam Pearce when they pinned Pearce with a double missile dropkick. In the main event, in a Taboo Tuesday rematch, La Resistance defeated the Spanish Announcer's Table when Grenier sat down on a Jose Maximo springboard sunset flip and held him down for the pin.
WWE Monday Night Raw preview for 9/27/04
Taboo Tuesday is only six days removed and Raw will be a rocket buster as Eric Bischoff has announced that the fourth Raw: Clash of the Champions special of the year will take place October 11th. Of course, we need a new number one contender and Bischoff knows just how to get it.
That's right. A 20 Man Invitational Battle Royal will take palce on Raw. Twenty of the best Raw Superstars will go at it and the winner faces the World Heavyweight Champion Eddie Guerrero in two weeks at the Raw: Clash of the Champions IV special. A list of the partipants will be below in the confirmed match listings.
One man who will not be at Raw will be Randy Orton. We understand Mr. Orton has a pre prepared statement which Ric Flair will give on Raw and we understand Orton is not too happy about Angle mangling his face on Taboo Tuesday in that brutal Last Man Standing Match. Sources close to Orton says he may be persuing legal action for "invaluable damage done to his Hollywood star looks" and more will be shed on this light on Raw.
Chris Jericho shocked the world by becoming the WWE Interconinental Champion but Jericho has to step into the ring against the number one conteder. The Big Red Machine himself, Kane. Kane and Jericho have crossed paths before and Kane would like nothing better than to put Chris Jericho down for good.
Also, the number one contender for the Women's Title will be decided in a Triple Threat Match between Victoria, Molly Holly, and Alexis Laree. Raw is going to pull out all the stops for the special on the 11th of October. Tune in and see.
Confirmed Matches:
Twenty Man Invitational Battle Royal: Rob Van Dam, Kurt Angle, Rey Misterio Jr, Kane, Chris Jericho, Edge, JBL, Shawn Michaels, Lance Storm, Val Venis, Burchill, Nick Dinsmore, Batista, Matt Bentley, Test, Nunzio, Bobby Roode, Steven Richards, Rob Conway, and Sylvan Grenier
WWE Interconinental Title Match: Kane vs Chris Jericho©
#1 Contenders Match: Molly Holly vs Alexis Laree vs Victoria
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WWE Smackdown 9/23/04
Paul Heyman is out along with Brock Lesnar, who is dressed to wrestle. Heyman hypes up Lesnar as the greatest technical wrestler on Smackdown and perhaps in the world. Heyman says that no one can make Lesnar tap out and at No Mercy, Lesnar will prove it when he destroys Chris Benoit in a "Tap Out" Match. Heyman says he is challenging anyone in the back, on behalf of Lesnar to take a shot at Lesnar. The crowd is waiting and out comes...Mark Magnus. The kid sure does not know when to give up. Heyman asks if Lesnar dropped Magnus on his head a bit too hard last time, as Lesnar has destroyed Magnus twice in the last month and he wants to go for time number three. Magnus enters the ring and slaps Lesnar across the back. The kid has guts, if not any brains and Lesnar explodes into Magnus with a clothesline. The bell rings, kicking off this match.
Segment Rating: 93
Brock Lesnar(w/Paul Heyman) vs Mark Magnus
Lesnar destroys Magnus, dumping him on his head with a pair of overhead belly to belly suplexes before stomping and punching him on the mat. He sets him up and huge spinebuster. Lesnar gives the signal. He hoists up Magnus and F-5. Lesnar covers Magnus and pulls him up at two. Lesnar slaps around Magnus some more and out comes Chris Benoit in his street clothes, watching Lesnar from the ramp. Lesnar hits another F-5 on Magnus, yelling "this one's for you" to Benoit and goes to taunt Benoit while he could have won the match. Lesnar lifts up Magnus again and gets small packaged! Magnus has just scored the pin! Benoit laughs at Lesnar before leaving and Lesnar is ticked. Clothesline from behind on Magnus. Lesnar stomps Magnus into the canvas before hoisting him up. F-5 brings Magnus down and Lesnar puts Magnus in the Crippler Crossface, punishing him. Lesnar does not take defeat too well! Lesnar gets up, spitting on Magnus.
Winner: Mark Magnus(w/a small package)
Segment Rating: 66
Crowd Reaction: 60
Match Quality: 88
The Shane Twins(w/Dawn Marie) vs Billy Gunn and Hardcore Holly(w/Torrie Wilson)
Torrie is now managing Gunn and Hardcore for, well for lack of anything better for her to do. Carlito joins us for commentary, calling Hardcore "the epitome of things that are not cool." Usual tag team fare, with Gunn getting pounded by the Shane Twins. Gunn fights back and Dawn Marie attempts to interfere but Torrie cuts her off and we have a catfight on the floor. Hardcore is more interesting in talking trash with Carlito then helping his partner and the Shane Twins overwelm Gunn and put him down with the Double Penetration to score the pin. Hardcore decks Carlito, knocking him out but the match is over. Gunn does not look too happy with his partner and thus we have an arguement.
Winners: The Shane Twins(w/the Double Penetration to Gunn)
Segment Rating: 64
Crowd Reaction: 69
Match Quality: 76
James Mitchell is backstage with Sean O' Haire. Mitchell says O' Haire the thing that goes bump in the night and Mitchell likens himself to "the devil himself." Mitchell says Goldberg is a good soul, but at No Mercy, O' Haire will bring Goldberg down to the depths of hell. O' Haire will end the Goldberg legend but he is not telling you anything you don't already know.
Segment Rating: 65
WWE Cruiserweight Title Fatal Four Way Match:
Nova vs Gregory Helms vs Paul London vs Ultimo Dragon©
Helms and Nova will compete in the first ever Cruiserweight Insanity Match at No Mercy, where they can only win a match by doing a move off of one of the fifteen foot high platforms in the corner. Nova and Helms attack each other, brawling around the ring as Dragon and London trade moves. Helms and Nova eventually brawl to the back and out of the running. Dragon brutalizes London with all kinds of kicks and sets him up. Liger Bomb snaps London down but only a two count. Dragon up to the second rope and Asai Moonsault into a Dragon Sleeper but London counters with a jawbreaker. Dropsault and Eddie Guerrero style brain buster but London Calling misses and Dragon assaults London with more kicks and German Suplex. Two count. Dragon puts London up top and Frankensteiner off the ropes. Dragon hooks the head of London and runs up the buckles. Asai DDT attempt and it connects but the referee gets wiped out in the crossfire. Dragon goes to revive the referee, which allows London to grab the Cruiserweight Title Belt from the timekeeper. London enters the ring and swings the belt, wrapping it around the head of Dragon! Dragon goes down, having been brained with the belt and London covers Dragon. The referee comes to but London only scores a two and a half count off of the belt shot! Not to be denied, London goes up top and leaps off. London Calling connects to the Dragon! Cover and this time, London scores the pin capturing the WWE Cruiserweight Title.
Winner and New WWE Cruiserweight Champion: Paul London(w/the London Calling)
Segment Rating: 74
Crowd Reaction: 78
Match Quality: 88
John Cena vs Christian(Match 5 in the Best of Seven Series)
Christian attacks Cena before the bell and hits him with a chair. Since the bell did not win, there is no disqualification but when Christian covers, he only scores a two count. Christian works over Cena, attempting to score the win but Unprettier is blocked and overhead suplex from Cena. Powerslam connects and Five Knuckle Shuffle. F-U attempt but Christian slides down and kick. Inverted DDT but Cena flips over the back and hoists up Christian, slamming him down with the F-U Cena covers and scores the pin. Christian is still leading, but the gap is widening at 3-2. If Cena wins next week, the series is tied up but if Christian wins, he is the United States Champion.
Winner: John Cena(w/the F-U)
Segment Rating: 71
Crowd Reaction: 80
Match Quality: 80
Booker T cuts an impressive promo backstage, causing the Dangerous Alliance cowards for ganging up on people. Booker T says he is going to shut them all down, starting with the World's Greatest Tag Team tonight. Booker says he is going to give the WWE Tag Team Champions the fight of their life and then Booker will set his sights on Brock Lesnar. Can you dig that, sucka!
Segment Rating: 87
Bra and Panties Match:
Dawn Marie vs Miss Jackie
This match, on a wrestling quality standpoint, to borrow a phrase from Jim Cornette, "sucked a dick". Every wrestling move tried, was botched or blown. Even punches missed by miles. Jackie's shirt went first but Jackie countered by pulling off Dawn Marie's shorts, spanking her to a huge pop while doing so. They do the steamroll over the referee spot and Dawn grabs at the shorts of Jackie but Jackie flips over Dawn Marie(well in theory), and removes the shirt to score the win. After the match, Jackie takes off her shorts and struts around in her bra and panties as Dawn Marie vows revenge.
Winner: Miss Jackie(after stripping Dawn Marie)
Segment Rating: 53
Crowd Reaction: 81
Match Quality: 9(ouch, worst match of the year for sure)
The World's Greatest Tag Team(w/Paul Heyman) vs Booker T
Booker tries to fight his best against the WGTT but Haas and Benjamin overwelm Booker T, dazzling him with several double teaming moves but Booker T fights back, catching Haas with the Harlem Side Kick and kick to Benjamin but Heyman grabs the foot of Booker T and Shelton hits a Superkick, knocking Booker T for the loop. More double teaming and Booker attempts to fight back once more but a Benjamin superkick into a Haas German Suplex release, followed by a double cover spelled the end for that as they held Booker T down for the pin. It goes to show you, no matter how good a singles wrestler is, he will always go down to the best tag team in the end.
Winners: The World's Greatest Tag Team(w/a Superkick/German Suplex combo to Booker T)
Segment Rating: 72
Crowd Reaction: 82
Match Quality: 78
Booker gets up as the WGTT are in the ramp. Booker T is not done yet and he challenges the World's Greatest Tag Team to a match at No Mercy. Heyman grabs the microphone and says if Booker has a deathwish challenging them to another handicap match, Heyman is not about to stop him but Booker cuts Heyman off saying he now has backup and there will be new WWE Tag Team Champions at No Mercy. Heyman says he does not care who Booker T brought it, it will not stop Paul Heyman's Worlds Greatest Tag Team from retaining the titles once again. Another match has been made for No Mercy.
Segment Rating: 77
The WWE Champion Triple H is out along with Stephanie McMahon and Scott Hall. Triple H says he is not afraid of the Undertaker and he is not afraid of Hell in a Cell. Triple H says he has defeated many top competitors in Hell in a Cell. He defeated Kevin Nash. He beat Chris Jericho. He retired Mick Foley. Sure, the Undertaker may have invented Hell in a Cell but Triple H revolutionized it. Triple H says he will take the Undertaker down in his own match and prove why he is the Game, he is that damn good and he is...the lights go out. Out comes the Undertaker and Hall goes down the ramp, after the Undertaker but the Undertaker is in the ring. Stephanie walks up to the Undertaker and slaps him in the face. The Undertaker grabs Stephanie by the throat and Triple H attacks the Undertaker from behind. Triple H sets up the Undertaker and Pedigree brings the Undertaker down. Triple H has taken the Undertaker out. No he has not as The Undertaker sits up! The Undertaker has just taken the Pedigree and survived. What will it take! Triple H turns around and the Undertaker grabs Triple H by the throat. For the ride and Choke Slam brings Triple H down to the canvas. Stephanie scurries out of the ring to avoid the wrath of the Undertaker as the Dead Man stands in the ring, making the belt sign around his waist. These two enter Hell in a Cell in ten days.
Segment Rating: 82
Show Rating: 72
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WWE Smackdown Preview for 9/23/04
No Mercy is a mere ten days away and the stars of Smackdown are ready to roll for a great night of wrestling action.
First off, the challenge has been made and the challenge has been accepted. Booker T will be facing both members of the WWE Tag Team Champions the World's Greatest Tag Team. The WGTT have defeated many of the top tag teams on Smackdown but Booker T says he has a plan but will it be enough to defeat the team which may be the greatest tag team in the world today.
Coming up at No Mercy, Chris Benoit will collide with Brock Lesnar in a "Tap Out Match" This week on Smackdown, Benoit will be in the house as will Lesnar. Will there paths cross? We do not know but the only way to find out is to tune into Smackdown this week.
Also, match five of the best of seven series will take place. Cena got on the board with a win last week but Christian can beat Cena at any time as he leads 3-1. Cena is on the bubble, one more loss and Christian is the United States Champion. So, no pressure for the Master of Thuganomics.
Triple H has got to be a bit unnerved as he is ten days away from going into his title defense against the Undertaker inside the confines of Hell in a Cell. The Taker is looking to win his fifth WWE Championship from the Game in the Cell. Triple H will have a few words on Smackdown.
Carlito has been hyping up his apperances on Smackdown for the past several weeks and has challenged Hardcore Holly to a match for No Mercy. Hardcore Holly has accepted the challenge. Carlito will have to watch closely as Hardcore Holly steps into the ring along with Billy Gunn to take on the undefeated Shane Twins.
Also, Dawn Marie collides with Jackie Gayda in a Bra and Panties Match and Ultimo Dragon defends the WWE Cruiserweight Title in a Fatal Four Way Match against Gregory Helms, Nova, and Paul London. Smackdown will be rocking this week on UPN, don't you dare miss it.
Confirmed Matches:
The World's Greatest Tag Team(w/Paul Heyman) vs Booker T
Match Five in the Best of Seven Series: Christian vs John Cena
The Shane Twins vs Hardcore Holly and Billy Gunn
Dawn Marie vs Jackie Gayda(Bra and Panties Match)
WWE Cruiserweight Title Match: Nova vs Paul London vs Gregory Helms vs Ultimo Dragon©
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WWE Taboo Tuesday 9/21/04
We cut to the entrance ramp. Jonathan Coachman and Terry Funk are the hosts for this show with Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler providing commentary. We are going to kick things off with an undercard match. Five WWE Raw Tag Teams were put up for voting by you, the fans, and the top two vote getters are going to have to battle in a match.
First, the running up team, with thirty three percent of the voting, La Resistance are making their way down to the ring, wearing the Quebec Flag. Conway and Grenier have not been on Pay Per View in some time but tonight they get a chance to prove their worth. The Resistance play to the crowd, who boos them.
The crowd cheers, as the team who won the poll, with thirty five percent of the voting comes out. The Spanish Announcer's Team, Jose and Joel Maximo run down to the ring. We understand they have a cult following due to their impressive work on Sunday Night Heat recently and they have a chance to work with a bigger audience tonight. The bell rings and this fan's choice tag team match kicks off.
La Resistance vs the Spanish Announcer's Team
Joel Maximo starts out with Sylvan Grenier. They lock up and Grenier shoves Joel to the mat but Joel kips up and grabs Grenier around the arm. Armdrag flips Grenier to the canvas. Grenier charges Joel and another armdrag. Joel waits on Grenier and leaps off, knocking him back with a dropkick. Joel backs off and another dropkick. Joel Maximo picks up Grenier and whips him into the ropes. He leaps up onto the shoulders of Grenier and flips him to the canvas with a headscissors takeover. Joel Maximo leaps to the second rope and leapfrog over Grenier. Grenier turns around and Joel grabs him around the arm. Armdrag flips Grenier to the canvas. Grenier rushes Joel but drop toe hold and tag to Jose Maximo. Jose leaps into the ring and springboard legdrop down across the back of the head as Joel holds down Grenier. Jose Maximo lifts up Grenier and shoves him into the corner. Kneelift into the corner. Another knee driven into the ribs of Grenier and Jose Maximo climbs up behind Grenier. Punches across the back of the head and legs wrapped around the head. Spinning Headscissors out of the corner. Backing off and running senton backsplash. Cover, scores a two count. Jose Maximo lifts up Grenier and whips him into the ropes. Attempted Leapfrog but Grenier catches him. Inverted atomic drop. Jose is stunned and Grenier lays waste to Jose with a clothesline.
Jose Maximo is down and Grenier lifts up Jose. Forearm to the chest knocks Jose into the corner. Knee to the chest in the corner and tag to Conway. Irish whip into the ropes and double back elbow sends Jose spiraling to the canvas. Conway backs off and elbow down across the chest. Conway lifts up Jose and pulls him into a knee. Go behind and belly to back suplex. Conway floats over for the cover. Two count off the cover. Conway lifts up Jose Maximo and gutwrench. Maximo is lifted over the shoulder and Conway brings Jose down onto his face with a Dominator like move. Conway climbs to the second rope and elbow driven down across the sternum. Jose convulses underneath the weight of of Conway and Conway scoops up Jose before making the tag to Grenier. Grenier backs off and clothesline to Jose as Conway holds him up. Grenier lifts up Jose Maximo and scoops him up before bringing him down with a backbreaker. Grenier sets up Jose Maximo and chinlock applied. Grenier is attempting to put the pressure on Jose Maximo, to make him submit but Jose is fighting back to his feet. Grenier attempts to keep the hold down but Jose drops down. Jawbreaker brings Grenier down to the canvas! Joel is extending his hand, attempting to get his brother to make the tag. Conway gets tagged and attempts to grab the leg of Jose but Jose steps through with a heel kick and tag made to Joel Maximo.
Joel enters the ring, chopping away at Conway before whipping him into the corner. He grabs the arm of Conway and hiptoss flips him to the canvas. Joel Maximo whips Conway to the other corner and runs up the buckles. Ten Count Punches before Joel backflips off and catches Grenier with a crossbody as he attempts to interfere. Joel Maximo hooks Conway around the head and runs up the buckles. Swinging DDT brings Conway into the canvas. Joel Maximo goes to the top rope. High risk move on the way. He leaps off and Corkscrew Moonsault misses! Conway moves out of the way and hooks Maximo. Cross Armed Neckbreaker brings Joel Maximo down. Conway covers but gets broken up by Jose Maximo at two and half. Jose punches away at Conway but Grenier is in the ring and charges. Jose drops down and La Resistance have a meeting of the minds, which knocks Conway to the floor! Grenier swings at Jose but Jose ducks and Joel is back up. Double Dropkick sends Grenier to the floor! The Maximos nod and run in opposite directs. Stereo Tope Sucida Dives to La Resistance from the Spanish Announcer's Team!
Conway just got wiped out by Joel as Jose wipes out Grenier. All four men are down on the floor from that high risk move but Joel rolls Conway into the ring. Slingshot into a somersault splash but Jose is in the ring. The Spanish Announcer's Team hoist up Conway and put him on the top rope. They are up, setting up Conway. Spanish Fly brings Conway down to the canvas! Joel covers Conway as Jose baseball slides and catches a reviving Grenier with a Swinging DDT to the floor. The referee counts three, giving the Spanish Announcer's Team the win!
Winners: The Spanish Announcer's Team(w/the Spanish Fly on Conway!)
Segment Rating: 75
Crowd Reaction: 63
Match Quality: 87
The Spanish Announcer's Team celebrates the victory, their first high profile win in the WWE.
Gail Kim comes out for the WWE Women's Title Match. Gail comes out, holding up her title belt and taunting the crowd. Gail Kim does not know who her opponent is, due the voting. Gail Kim hands the belt over to the referee.
The crowd explodes into cheers as Trish Stratus, with 32% of the voting makes her way out. Trish Stratus rolls into the ring, leaping at Gail Kim. The bell rings, kicking off the Women's Title Match.
WWE Women's Title Match:
Trish Stratus vs Gail Kim©
Trish whips Gail Kim into the ropes and hoisted her up. High back body drop brings Gail Kim down. Trish backs off and leaps at Gail Kim. Thesz Press brings Gail Kim down and forearms rain down on the face of Gail Kim. Gail Kim attempts to crawl away but Trish fires a pair of boots to the back of the head and hoists her up. Hooking from behind and atomic drop brings Gail Kim down. Spinning her around and hoisting her up. Inverted Atomic Drop and Trish rushes Gail Kim, knocking her back with a kneelift. Trish lifts up Gail Kim and shoves him into the corner. Kick to the ribs batters Gail Kim. Another kick to the ribs. Trish grabs the hair and tosses Gail across the ring. Backing off and clothesline knocks Gail Kim over. Trish lifts up Gail Kim and onto the shoulders. Airplane Spin dizzies Gail Kim and Trish drops Gail Kim. Gail staggers around and falls facefirst onto the canvas. Trish Stratus backs off and rushes Gail Kim. Attempted dropkick but Gail Kim steps back and Trish hits the canvas. Gail Kim backs off and awkard dropkick to the face brings Trish Stratus down. Gail Kim lifts up Trish Stratus and forearm across the chest knocks her back. Gail Kim rolls Trish Stratus over and knee into the back with Gail Kim pulling back onto the hair of Trish Stratus. Trish is being punished by Gail Kim before Gail Kim breaks it and elbow is tapped into the lower back of Trish who screams out in pain.
Gail Kim lifts up Trish and hooks her. DDT drives Trish Stratus into the canvas! Gail Kim rolls over Trish Stratus and scores a two count before Trish bridges out. Gail Kim lifts up Trish Stratus and grabs her, ramming her into the corner. Gail Kim hoists up Trish and backbreaker. Gail Kim hangs Trish loosely, lightly burying the knee into the back and Gail Kim is trying to force a submission out of Trish Stratus but Trish is fighting up, driving an elbow into the midsection. Trish backs Gail Kim off and grabs her by the arm, before hitting her with a short clothesline. Trish Stratus waits on Gail Kim and kicks her, hooking her and bringing her over with a snap suplex. Trish does not even sell the back, despite Gail Kim working over it and makes a cover scoring a two count. Trish grabs the legs of Gail Kim and pulls her out into the center of the ring. Giant Swing coming up. Gail Kim is dizzied and Trish hangs onto the legs, rocking back before sending Gail Kim flying facefirst into the canvas with a catapault. Gail Kim pulls herself up and Trish pivots, before knocking Gail Kim down with the Chick Kick. Trish covers Gail Kim hooking the leg but only scores a two and a half count when Gail Kim gets into the ropes.
Trish hoists up Gail Kim into the corner and rams her face into the buckles. Trish backs up and lightly buries a couple of boots into the midsection before climbing to the second rope and raining down at Gail Kim with punch after punch, barely connecting with each one. Trish leaps on the shoulders of Gail Kim attempting a Frankensteiner but Gail Kim counters with an awkward power bomb, launching Trish off the corner. Trish has to roll back into position and Gail Kim drops down, putting her head between the legs of Trish and putting the feet on the ropes to score the pin and retain the title. Gail Kim is still WWE Women's Champion.
Winner and Still WWE Women's Champion: Gail Kim(after using the ropes for leverage)
Segment Rating: 68
Crowd Reaction: 73
Match Quality: 59
Next, we are going to have a special match with the runner up and the second runner up of the Interconinental Title Voting and the winner will earn an Interconinental Title Shot this Monday on Raw. First up is the second runner up, Tommy Dreamer who has netted 10% of the voting. Dreamer is looking for the Interconinental Title Shot on Raw next Monday but to do it, he will have to face the man which we are going to introduce next.
The pryo explodes and out comes Kane, who has received a whoppin' 25 percent of the voting. Kane walks down to the ring, stepping into the ring and Dreamer attacks Kane to begin this match.
Winner Receives an Interconinental Title Shot on Raw Monday:
Tommy Dreamer vs Kane
Dreamer whips Kane into the corner but Kane comes out with a clothesline. Kane backs off and big boot brings Dreamer down. Kane scoops up Dreamer and attempts the Tombstone but Dreamer is kicking his feet and he drops down behind Kane. Kick to the groin from behind on Kane! Dreamer hooks Kane and DDT brings Kane into the canvas. Kane rolls over and sits up but Dreamer is on the second rope. Dropkick off the second rope from Dreamer. Dreamer backs off and clothesline but Kane grabs him by the throat on the second clothesline and hoists up Dreamer but Dreamer counters with another Low Blow and hooks Kane around the head, but Kane shoves Dreamer off and hoists him up. Side Slam brings Dreamer down but Dreamer rolls to the outside in an attempt to catch a breather. Kane bends out to get Dreamer and Dreamer smacks Kane over the head with a singapore cane! Kane staggers back and Dreamer climbs to the top rope, cane in hand. The referee is warning Dreamer and Dreamer leaps off, crowning Kane with the cane a second time but Kane remains on his feet. Dreamer swings for the fences but Kane grabs Dreamer by the throat. Choke Slam brings Dreamer down to the canvas. Kane hoists up Dreamer and by the throat again. Another Choke Slam sends Dreamer down. Kane lifts up Dreamer again and a third choke slam. Kane picks up the singapore cane, placing it on Dreamer's throat before ascending the ropes. Kane leaps off. Kneedrop snaps the cane in half over the throat of Dreamer. Dreamer is gasping for breath as Kane scoops up Dreamer. Tombstone Piledriver sends Dreamer down into the canvas. Dreamer is dead weight as Kane places a foot on the chest to score the pin.
Winner: Kane(w/the Tombstone Piledriver)
Segment Rating: 75
Crowd Reaction: 74
Match Quality: 77
Kane sets off the pryo, drawing heat from the crowd. Kane will be facing the winner of the Interconinental Title Match on Raw.
Now it is time for the World Tag Team Title Match. Out come the World Tag Team Champions, Batista and John Bradshaw Layfield along with their manager Ric Flair. Evolution will be facing the two men who did not win the World Heavyweight Title Voting for the World Tag Team Titles. JBL taunts the crowd, while holding up his World Tag Team Title Belt, drawing a sizeable portion of boos. Batista looks meancing as per usual.
Now, here comes the man who placed third in the World Title Voting, Edge. The crowd cheers as Edge, who received 17% of the voting makes his way down to the ring. Edge, even through he did not win the World Title Voting, wants a chance to once again hold the World Tag Team Titles.
Here comes the runner up, and it is Shawn Michaels who received 39% of the World Heavyweight Title Voting. So, it means Rey Misterio Jr will collide with Eddie Guerrero with the World Heavyweight Title on the line later tonight. Shawn Michaels and Edge share an uneasy glare, as these two men have not gotten along too well in recent weeks. The bell rings, kicking off this World Tag Team Title Defense.
World Tag Team Title Match:
Edge and Shawn Michaels vs Batista and John Bradshaw Layfield©(w/Ric Flair)
JBL starts out with Edge. They lock up and JBL puts Edge in a headlock, taunting the crowd while grinding on the head of Edge but Edge shoves JBL off and hooks him around the head. Hiptoss brings Layfield to the canvas. JBL looks flustered and he rushes Edge again, getting another hiptoss. Layfield motions for Edge to "come get some" and Edge rushes. JBL attempts a hiptoss but Edge lands on his feet, reversing and sending JBL to the canvas with a hiptoss. JBL charges Edge like an angry bull but Edge takes him down with a drop toe hold. JBL is up and Edge kicks JBL in the midsection before backing off. Clothesline takes JBL down to the canvas. Edge picks up JBL and whip into the ropes. Dropkick catches JBL as he comes off the ropes. Edge waits on JBL and he rushes at JBL but JBL ducks and shoulderblock brings Edge down. Edge kips up to his feet(drawing a dirty look from Michaels on the apron) and charges JBL, catching him with a knee to the midsection. JBL is doubled over and Edge backs off before bringing Layfield down to the canvas with a swinging neckbreaker. Kneedrop driven down across the chest and Edge covers, but only scores a two count. Stomps are fired to the chest of Layfield and Edge motions for Layfield to get up. Whip into the corner. Edge charges in but JBL gets the boot up to the face. JBL to the second rope and he leaps off but Edge catches him with a powerslam. Edge uses great power and makes the tag to Shawn Michaels, bringing the Heart Break Kid into the match.
Michaels enters the ring, firing a jab at JBL. Another jab delivered to JBL and Michaels whips JBL into the ropes. Elbow to the chest brings JBL down. Michaels waits for JBL to rise to his feet. Kick to the midsection and Michaels hooks JBL. He attempts to bring JBL over for a suplex but JBL blocks it and reverses the move. Attempted suplex from JBL but Michaels drops down and leaps at JBL, knocking him forwards with a knee. Michaels waits on JBL to get up and he rushes at him, knocking him down with a dropkick. Tag brings Edge back into the canvas. Edge hammers a forearm into the chest of JBL. Another forearm into the chest of JBL. Edge whips JBL into the ropes. Edge goes for a clothesline but JBL ducks it and Edge bounces off the ropes. Batista pulls the top rope down, causing Edge to take a nasty tumble to the arena floor! Edge is hurt and JBL has the referee which allows Batista to drop down. Batista charges Edge and nearly decapitates him with a vicious lariat! Batista scoops up Edge and rams him into the ringpost before rolling him back into the ring. JBL lifts up Edge and belly to back suplex brings Edge down. JBL covers, hooking the leg. Two count only.
JBL lifts up Edge and knee rammed into the face. Whip into the ropes and JBL rushes Edge. Shoulderblock sends Edge crashing down to the canvas. JBL lifts up Edge by the hair and forearm down across the back. Gutwrench hook and gutwrench suplex brings Edge down to the canvas. Tag is made to Batista. JBL lifts up Edge, holding his arms behind his back so Batista can unload on him with punches. JBL leaves the ring as Batista whips Edge into the ropes. Batista hoists up Edge and brings him down with a spinebuster. Cover is made hooking the leg but Edge kicks out at two. Batista lifts up Edge and knee to the chest. Batista hoists up Edge over his shoulder and drops him chest first into the buckle with a Snake Eyes before wrapping both of his hands around the throat, trottling Edge. Batista breaks after a few seconds and knee to the midsection. Batista hoists up Edge to his shoulders and brings him down with a Samoan Drop. Batista uses his power to crush Edge and now Batista covers, hooking the leg. Another two count on Edge. Batista lifts up Edge and whip into the ropes. He hoists up Edge and vicious spinebuster snaps Edge into the canvas! Batista covers Edge hooking the leg but Edge rolls the shoulder at two and a half! Batista lifts up Edge and backs off. Lariat driven to the back of the head of Edge! Edge falls on his face and Batista rolls over Edge. Another cover and Edge kicks out of the cover once again at two and a half!
Edge is showing his toughness tonight as Evolution is really pulling the pressure on Edge. Tag to JBL. Batista lifts up Edge as JBL climbs to the second rope. Elevated Springboard Shoulderblock sends Edge crashing down to the canvas! JBL lifts up Edge and forearm across the back. Another forearm across the back. Standing headscissors and JBL hoists up Edge. Power Bomb brings Edge down to the canvas. JBL covers for the pin attempt but Edge once again rolls the shoulder up. JBL lifts up Edge and shoves him into the corner. Kicks to the midsection batter Edge and JBL distracts the referee as Batista chokes Edge from behind with the tag rope. Edge staggers out of the corner and JBL decks Edge with a Yakuza Kick. Edge clutches his nose as it may have been broken from that vicious move and JBL covers, scoring a two and a half count. JBL lifts up Edge and whips him into the corner. Scooping up Edge as he staggers out and Fallaway Slam brings Edge down. JBL makes the tag to Batista. Batista leaps into the ring and hoists up Edge. Whip into the ropes. Batista hoists up Edge and Spinebuster snaps Edge down to the canvas! The third in many moments as Batista gives the signal. He is going to go for the Batista Bomb. This could spell curtains for the title conquest of Edge and Michaels. Batista hammers Edge with a few punches to the face to soften him up before pulling him up. Setting him up and hoisting him but Edge twists behind and drives Batista down to the canvas with the Edge-O-Matic!
Edge is crawling towards the corner as the crowd is getting behind Edge. JBL is yelling for Batista to get up and Batista rolls into the corner, making the tag to JBL. JBL enters the ring and attempts to grab the ankle of Edge but Edge is too quick. Tag to Shawn Michaels! Michaels enters the ring and JBL attempts to punch him but Michaels reverses it and knocks back JBL with a few punches before winding back and hitting him with the haymaker. Shawn Michaels backs off and knocks Batista off the apron with a forearm smash. Michaels bounces off the ropes and flying forearm sends JBL down to the canvas. JBL goes down but is back up. Kick to the midsection and Michaels scoops up JBL before slamming him down. To the top rope, as quick as cat but JBL is back up so Michaels leaps off with a double axe handle before hooking JBL and taking him over with a snap suplex. Michaels fires a leaping stomp to JBL and climbs to the top rope once again. Michaels is on the top rope and he leaps off. Flying Elbowdrop connects the ribs of JBL. JBL twitches in pain and Shawn Michaels is playing to the crowd. The band is being cued in the corner and JBL pulls himself up. Shawn Michaels rushes JBL and knocks him down with the Sweet Chin Music! Michaels covers JBL hooking the leg. Two and Three Fourths count until Ric Flair pulls JBL to the floor!
Flair may have saved the titles but Batista is in the ring. He charges Michaels from behind but Edge enters the ring and cuts Batista off with the Spear! Edge slides to the floor and attacks Flair before rolling him back into the ring. Flair staggers into the ring and gets knocked out with the Sweet Chin Music! Michaels is ready and Batista is up. Sweet Chin Music takes on Batista as well! JBL is back into the ring and JBL rushes Michaels as he turns around. Clothesline from Pennsylvania Avenue nearly wipes out the Heartbreak Kid! JBL covers Michaels hooking the leg. Edge attempts to save but Batista manages to hold him back and John Bradshaw Layfield has just pinned the Legendary Shawn Michaels!
Winners and Still World Tag Team Titles: Batista and John Bradshaw Layfield(w/the Clothesline from Pennsylvania Avenue on Michaels)
Segment Rating: 84
Crowd Reaction: 85
Match Quality: 85
Batista and JBL are celebrating their ill gotten win as Ric Flair holds up the World Tag Team Title Belts. JBL has beaten both Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels on back to back Pay Per Views, that has to be a great feat for him. Not many people can see they have beaten those two period.
It is now time for the Interconinental Title Match, but we understand there was a tie in the voting, so there will be two challenges making this match a Triple Threat Match. Out comes the Interconinental Champion Matt Bentley, along with Alexis Laree. Laree bounces up and down as Bentley has a cocky smirk. Bentley told us before the match, it does not matter if it is a tie, I could beat anyone in the lockeroom.
Out comes the first challenger Burchill along with William Regal in his corner. Both challengers received 26% of the voting to enter this match. Burchill looks meancing as Regal sneers at the crowd. Regal has led Burchill to quite a few impressive victories but now can he lead Burchill to his first piece of gold, in the Interconinental Title.
The Y2J Countdown kicks off and the crowd cheers as Chris Jericho comes down to the ring. Jericho would like nothing better than to hold the Interconinental Title one more time tonight but he will have to be two other world class wrestlrs to do so.
WWE Interconinental Title Match:
Chris Jericho vs Burchill(w/William Regal) vs Matt Bentley(w/Alexis Laree)©
Jericho attacks Burchill at the bell with chops as Bentley just sits in the corner and chills. Jericho whips Burchill into the ropes and clothesline is ducked. Burchill creams Jericho with a clothesline, knocking him down. Burchill lifts up Jericho and whips him into the ropes. Burchill ducks the head and Jericho fires a kick to the face but no sell by Burchill and Burchill hooks Jericho's arms and takes him over with a suplex of some sort. Jericho is up and Burchill grabs onto the right arm and head before flipping Jericho over with a judo throw. Burchill sees Bentley in the corner and rushes over, smashing his chest with a forearm. Burchill fires another forearm to the chest of Bentley and whips him into the ropes. Burchill kicks Bentley in the midsection and double arm hook. Double underhook suplex brings Bentley down. Jericho is up and Burchill knees Jericho before tossing him to the floor. This allows Regal to deck Jericho with an European Uppercut, before readjusting his tie. Burchill lifts up Bentley and shoves him into the corner. Burchill backs off and corner clothesline stuns Bentley. Burchill scoops up Bentley and swinging powerslam brings Bentley down. Burchill covers but Bentley kicks out at two. Burchill lifts up Bentley and whips him into the corner. Burchill charges into the corner but Bentley moves. He attempts a German Suplex but Burchill powers out of the move. Burchill catches Bentley across the chest with an European Uppercut followed by a snap mare takeover.
Burchill backs off and jumping neck snap brings the head of Bentley backwards. Burchill sets up Bentley for a piledriver but Jericho is on the top rope and he leaps off with a springboard dropkick! Burchill is taken out and Jericho and Bentley nod to each other. They are going to join forces in an attempt to take out Burchill. Jericho and Bentley dive at Burchill, battering him with chops and kicks before setting him up and hoisting him up. Double suplex brings Burchill down. Bentley turns on Jericho straight away, catching him with a forearm across the back of the head. Bentley lifts up Jericho and whips him into the corner. Bentley fires a knee to the midsection of Jericho. Hook and Gutwrench Suplex brings Jericho down to the canvas. Bentley steps to the outside and slingshots in, before connecting with a slingshot legdrop! Cover hooking the leg but Burchill pulls Bentley off at a two and a half count. Burchill grabs Bentley and hooks him in a Rock Bottom position but Bentley manages to elbow out and Bentley backs off. Bentley leaps on the shoulders, attempting a Frankensteiner but Burchill counters with a face first power bomb! Bentley is on the canvas and Burchill hooks the legs, setting up Bentley. Cross Armed STF applied to Bentley. Burchill has Bentley softened up and Burchill is attempting to get a submission out of the Interconinental Champion but Jericho is up and he leaps on Burchill, ramming an elbow to the back of the head.
Jericho pounds away at Burchill and trips him up, attempting the Walls of Jericho but Burchill uses his leg strength to launch Jericho off. Jericho comes off and Burchill hooks Jericho. Rock Bottom set up and Burchill flips backwards, driving Jericho into the canvas. Bentley is up but Burchill beats him to the punch, knocking him back before whipping him into the corner. Burchill charges into the corner but Bentley gets the foot up to the face. Bentley leaps to the second rope and attempted cross body but Burchill catches Bentley! Alexis Laree is on the top rope and she leaps off. Missile Dropkick from Alexis knocks Burchill backwards and Bentley flies on top for the pin attempt! Bentley has the cover but a two and a half count when Burchill backs out and William Regal is on the apron, with the brass knuckles. Regal attempts to toss them to Burchill but Jericho catches them in mid air! Jericho puts the knuckles on his hand and knocks Regal with them! Burchill reverses a whip on Bentley and hooks him before bringing him down with a belly to belly suplex. Burchill turns around and gets popped with the knuckles by Jericho! The referee is attending to an injured William Regal and Alexis Laree is on the top rope. Jericho turns around. 450 Flip into a Huracanrana brings Chris Jericho down to the canvas! Alexis pulls her man on top of Jericho before leaving the ring. Bentley has the cover. The referee turns around and counts only two and three fourths before Jericho kicks out!
Bentley lifts up Jericho and hooks him. Belly to Back Suplex brings Jericho down and Bentley is climbing the ropes. The Interconinental Champion is about ready to fly. Bentley leaps off the ropes. Splash off the Top Rope misses as Jericho rolls out of the way! Bentley crashes and burns hard. Jericho is up and chops away at Bentley. Bentley is doubled over and Jericho backs off. Running Faceplant brings Bentley into the canvas. Jericho leaps to the second rope and springboards off. Lionsault connects to Bentley! Jericho is about to cover but Alexis Laree is on the ring apron! Jericho gets up and walks over to Alexis with a smirk on his face. Jericho grabs Alexis and lays a big sloppy kiss on her! The crowd is cheering but Bentley is up. Jericho lets go of Alexis who falls down with a dazed expression on her face and Bentley attempts a clothesline but Jericho ducks and trips up Bentley. Walls of Jericho applied on Matt Bentley! Bentley is squirming but Jericho has the hold on tight. Burchill is starting to get up but Bentley cannot hold on much longer. Bentley taps out! We have a new Interconinental Champion!
Winner and New WWE Interconinental Champion: Chris Jericho(w/the Walls of Jericho on Matt Bentley)
Segment Rating: 81
Crowd Reaction: 76
Match Quality: 87
Jericho is presented with the Interconinental Title Belt. Jericho has been going so a slump this year but he is back and better than ever as the WWE Interconinental Champion.
It is now time for the World Heavyweight Title to be on the line. The crowd cheers as the challenger for the World Heavyweight Title, the man who received 46% of the voting, Rey Misterio Jr makes his way down to the ring. Rey slaps hands with the fans, as he is a cult favorite ever since coming to Raw and he could make history by being the smallest World Heavyweight Champion ever.
Here comes the champion. Eddie Guerrero, who has his shoulder taped up. Eddie is working this match at less than a hundred percent. Will that fact be the difference maker? Only time will tell as Eddie Guerrero steps into the ring, staring down with Rey Misterio Jr. The belt is held in the air as the bell rings.
World Heavyweight Title Match:
Rey Misterio Jr vs Eddie Guerrero©
Both men lock up and Rey catches Eddie with an armdrag. Eddie howls in pain, clutching the shoulder. Rey just armdragged that bad arm. He knows what is at stake. If Rey takes away Eddie's arm, he seriously limits the offense of Eddie. Both men lock up again and Rey goes behind with a hammerlock but Eddie counters with a snap mare before Rey can do much damage. Dropkick to the back of the head snapping Rey's head forward. The crowd gives an "oooh" and Eddie lifts up Rey. Forearm across the back. Chop drills Rey across the chest. A quick succession of chops reddens the chest of Rey and Eddie whips Rey into the ropes before popping him in the jaw with a back elbow smash. Eddie lifts up Rey Misterio Jr and whip into the ropes. Rey baseball slides underneath the legs of Eddie and dropkicks him from behind. Eddie lands on the middle rope. 6-1-9 attempt but Eddie ducks out of the way! Eddie has that move well scouted, he knows Rey better than anyone in the WWE. Rey waits on Eddie and Eddie enters the ring. They lock up and Eddie whips Rey off into the ropes. Eddie goes for a tilt a whirl but Rey counters by snapping off a spinning headscissors. Eddie is up and he charges Rey. Spinning Heel Kick brings Eddie down to the canvas! That hot Latino temper is getting the better of Eddie Guerrero. Rey backs off and rushes Eddie Guerrero. Eddie catches Rey and hoists him up. High Back Body Drop launches Rey over the top rope and all the way to the arena floor!
Rey lands with a thud on the arena floor and Eddie slides to the floor. European Uppercut to the chest of Rey Misterio Jr, knocking him back. Eddie scoops up Rey before dropping him chest first down on the security barrier. Eddie grabs Rey around the arm and hiptosses him into the ringsteps. Eddie stands back, as Rey holds his back in pain. Eddie rolls back into the ring, breaking the count before rolling back out. Eddie is pulling back the ring mats, exposing the concrete floor. Eddie lifts up Rey and hooks him. Snap Suplex brings Rey down on the hard concrete floor! Eddie poses over Rey to a mixed reaction before Eddie steps on Rey's face bfore entering the ring. We are seeing a vicious side of Eddie Guerrero which we have not seen in some time. Rey is crawling back into the ring and Eddie meets him with boots to the back of the head. Eddie hooks Rey Misterio Jr. He hoists up Rey and brings him down with a brain buster. Eddie poses over Rey as the crowd is starting to get behind Rey a bit and booing Eddie. Eddie picks up Rey by the mask and tosses him across the ring. Eddie delivers a sliding dropkick to the side of Rey before turning him over. Camel Clutch is applied to Rey Misterio Jr. Eddie is putting the pressure and is now ripping at the mask. Eddie is trying to rip the mask of Rey Misterio Jr. Rey is fighting it off and elbow driven down across the chest. Eddie rolls over Rey Misterio Jr and boot scrape across the face of Rey.
Eddie lifts up Rey and rams him into the corner. Kick to the back of Rey. Another kick to the back of Rey. Eddie whips Rey into the ropes and hoists him up into a tilt a whirl. Backbreaker brings Rey Misterio Jr down! Rey clutches the back in pain and Eddie Guerrero pulls up Rey in a sitting position. Dropkick drills the back of the head of Rey and once again causes the head of Rey to snap forwards. Eddie pulls up Rey by the back of the mask and hooks him. Eddie hoists up Rey and belly to back suplex brings Rey Misterio Jr. Eddie steps to the outside. Slingshot into a somersault headbutt across the ribs of Rey Misterio Jr. Eddie Guerrero covers Rey, hooking the leg. Only a two and a half count before Rey squirms out. Eddie lifts up Rey Misterio Jr and hooks him around the head. Running up the buckles and planting Rey with a Swinging DDT. Eddie slaps his chest. Eddie is feeling a little froggy. Eddie is climbing to the top rope. He is on the top rope and Rey is helpless. Eddie leaps off the top rope and Frog Splash connects to Rey Misterio Jr! Eddie parades around the ring, declaring it is over. Eddie then sits with his back lightly brushing against Rey with a light cover. Two and a half count before Rey rolls into a crucifix and nearly scores the pin but Eddie manages to squirm out just before three!
Eddie knocks Rey for a loop with a clothesline. Eddie fires stomps to the back of the head of Rey Misterio Jr. Eddie lifts up Rey and shoves him into the corner. Chops viciously smack across the chest of Rey and Eddie whips Rey into the opposing corner. Rushing into the corner and elbow smacks Rey in the face. Rey is doubled over and Eddie hooks Rey. Snap suplex brings Rey down. Eddie viciously slammed Rey down. Eddie hangs on Rey and pulls him up. Second snap suplex. Eddie hangs on again and roughly pulls up Rey. Hugh brainbuster sends Rey Misterio Jr crashing into the canvas! Eddie is going up top, with a sneer on his face. The crowd is chanting "Eddie Sucks" and "Let's Go Rey!" Eddie leaps off but Rey moves so Eddie tucks his head and forward roll. Eddie is back to his feet and spinning leg lariat connects to the back of Eddie! Eddie staggers forward and lands on the bottom rope. Rey dials it up. 6-1-9 coming up but Eddie moves and Rey gets tangled in the ropes! Rey is totally defenseless and Eddie slaps Rey a few times in the face just to be evil. Eddie hoists up Rey and puts him on the top rope facing the crowd. Eddie climbs up behind Rey and forearms to the back of the head. Eddie hooks Rey. Black Tiger Bomb coming up perhaps. Eddie has Rey but Rey counters with a Top-Rope Frankensteiner out of the corner! That move is how Rey won the WCW Cruiserweight Title back at Halloween Havoc 1997 from Guerrero. However, Eddie manages to kick out at two and three fourths!
Rey has his hands in his head. He is frustrated and Eddie catches an unware Rey with a low blow! Rey is doubled over and Eddie grabs Rey. Attempted German Suplex but Rey catches Eddie in a bodyscissors and brings him crashing down facefirst with a bulldog! Rey steps to the outside. Rey leaps off and Drops the Dime down across the back of the head of Eddie Guerrero! Rey rolls over the World Heavyweight Champion and covers hooking the leg. Two and a half count only. Rey will not be denied and he pulls the limp body of Eddie over before placing it on the top rope. Rey dials it up once again and this time he hits it. 6-1-9 connects. Eddie flies backwards and Rey is to the outside. He leaps to the middle of the top rope. West Coast Pop coming up. Rey leaps off. Eddie counters with a dropkick to the groin of Rey Misterio Jr! Rey is down and hurt and Eddie looks really pleased with himself. Eddie climbs to the top rope, going for one more climatic Frog Splash. Eddie leaps off the ropes but Rey gets out of the way! Eddie crashes and burns on the canvas. Eddie pulls himself up, staggering around and Rey dropkicks Eddie in the back! Falling on the second rope and Rey dials it up. 6-1-9 connects once again. Eddie falls back and Rey leaps to the middle of the top rope. He leaps off and West Coast Pop connects with the champion! We are going to have a new champion, Rey has Eddie down for the pin. No! Eddie rolls the hold over at two and three fourths and holds Rey down with a sunset flip. Eddie has Rey trapped and scores the pin to retain the title!
Winner and Still World Heavyweight Champion: Eddie Guerrero(w/a sunset flip)
Segment Rating: 81
Crowd Reaction: 82
Match Quality: 82
Eddie Guerrero is up and he has been taken to the limit by Rey Misterio Jr. Rey gets up and Eddie extends his hand. Rey takes it and both men shake hands in a sign of respect. Eddie turned it up to a whole new level but that last match was a hell of a match.
Now it is time for the main event. Randy Orton colliding with Kurt Angle. As both men are making their entrances, this match, with a respectable 44% of the voting, is going to be a Last Man Standing Match.
Last Man Standing Match:
Kurt Angle vs Randy Orton
Angle has a bit of limp to start but is not wearing the cast. Orton attacks Angle at the bell, attempting to get a quick lead but Angle fights back with some punches and whips Orton into the ropes. Angle knocks Orton down with a clothesline. Orton is up and Angle blasts Orton with chop after chop. The crowd is becoming unglued and Angle whips Orton into the corner. Orton hits sternum first and Angle hooks Orton. German Suplex dumps Orton down on the back of his head! The referee starts the count but Orton gets up to his feet at two and Angle chops Orton. Another vicious chop and Angle whips Orton into the corner. Angle hooks Orton and overhead belly to belly suplex. Angle lifts up Orton and rams him into the corner. Another ram into the corner. Angle fires a forearm across the back of the head. Angle delivers a double leg to Orton and Orton begs off. Angle will have none of it and he drops a knee down onto the crotch of Orton! Orton screams out in pain and Angle lifts up Orton. Waistlock but Orton counters with a low blow back kick! Orton yells at Angle: "How does that feel, bitch! Slaps to the face of Angle but this just enrages Angle who grabs the ankle, taking Orton down. Ankle Lock but Orton rolls out and launches Angle to the floor. Angle lands hard on the floor and Orton is in control.
Orton to the floor and he batters Angle with punch after punch before slamming him headfirst into the timekeeper's table. Angle's head bounces off the bell and Orton fires some forearms and grabs the camera cable, attempting to choke out Angle. Orton is choking the life out of Angle but Angle has his hands on the ring bell. Angle swings the bell back and it cracks Orton in the face! Orton falls back as the referee puts the count on Orton but Orton is up a five and he is starting to bleed! Orton looks horrified as he feels the own blood on his face. Angle pounds away at Orton and bounces his head off the steps. Angle turns over Orton and forearm to the chest. Another forearm to the chest. Angle grabs Orton and throws him into the table. Orton is on the table and Angle climbs up with Orton, firing a kick to the ribs. Orton turns around and Angle punts Orton in the face. Angle has an intense look on his face and Orton is attempting to escape through the crowd but Angle will have none of that. He grabs Orton by the ears and headbutt to the back of the head. Another headbutt to the back of the head and Angle hooks Orton. Overhead Belly to Belly Suplex off the Announcer's Table and onto the arena floor!
Orton lands on the floor but Angle is up. He pulls the timekeeper out of his chair and he has the chair. Orton pulls himself up and Angle swings the chair. The chair is smashed into the face of Orton! Angle grabs Orton in a headlock and hammers away on the face of Orton with punch after punch. Angle grabs Orton and slams him headfirst into the steps. Orton's blood is pouring onto the steps and Angle is pulling back the ring mats. Angle grabs Orton and DDT sends Orton crashing facefirst onto the floor! A puddle of blood is forming around the face of Orton and Angle kneels down by Orton in the rear mount, rubbing Orton's face into the floor. The crowd is cheering at this act of brutality by Angle and Angle has the chair. He swings the chair but Orton moves and the chair bounces off the floor. Orton enters the ring and Angle follows Orton but Orton catches Angle with a dropkick to the leg! Angle is hurt and Orton pounds away at Angle but looks a little dizzy from the blood loss. Orton whips Angle into the ropes and leaping dropkick brings Angle down. The referee puts the count on Angle but he is back up at one. Angle dives at Orton like a pitbull, taking him down and punching away at his face. Orton is covering up, but Angle rips Orton's hands off of his face and continues his all out assault.
Angle lifts up Orton and rams him into the corner. Chop smacks off the chest of Orton and Angle hooks Orton. Overhead Belly to Belly Suplex dumps Orton to the canvas! The referee is putting the count on Orton but Angle stops the count. Angle lifts up Orton and punishes him with another Overhead Belly to Belly Suplex! This is madness! Angle leaves the ring and returns with a chair before lifting up Orton. Orton catches Angle with a low blow! Hook around the head and DDT brings Angle down to the canvas. Both men are down and the referee is putting the count on both men but Orton is up at five and Angle gets up at six! Orton has the chair and Orton smashes the chair into the bad leg of Angle! Orton is making sure he is the last man standing by making Angle unable to stand. Angle goes down, clutching his leg as the referee puts the count on Angle but Orton pushes the referee away and smashes the chair down across the leg of Angle again! Another chairshot to the leg. Orton is showing he can turn up the brutality as well. Orton lifts up Angle and hooks him before bringing him down with a knee crunching atomic drop. Angle goes down and Orton jabs the chair into the ankle of Angle. Another chair jab. Orton folds the chair over the leg of Angle. Orton has done this many times. Orton is climbing to the top rope and he leaps off. Orton stomps the chair shut on the ankle of Angle! Orton steps back with a smug expression on his face as the referee puts the count on Angle but Angle is up at eight!
Angle is staggering, limping and Orton walks over but Angle catches him with a chop. Another chop and Angle whips Orton into the ropes. Clothesline brings Orton down. Angle is still taking the fight to Orton. Orton is up, blood dripping down his forehead and dried into his hair. Angle limps at Orton but Orton catches Angle with a kick to the leg. Attempted RKO but Angle shoves Orton off. Angle Slam brings Orton down! Angle is up, and he pulls down the straps. Angle grabs Orton's leg and Ankle Lock is applied. Angle is going to give Orton a taste of his own medicine as Angle is now trying to snap the ankle of Randy Orton! Orton struggles but manages to roll to his side and get his hands on the chair. Orton swings it upwards, cracking it into the head of Angle! Angle falls back and the vicious chairshot has busted Angle open now as well! Orton pulls up Angle and puts him on the top rope. Orton climbs up with Angle and hooks him. Superplex sends both Angle and Orton crashing off the ropes! The referee puts the count on Angle and Orton and Orton is up at seven. The crowd is rallying behind Kurt Angle at every turn and that gutsy son of a bitch has just risen to his feet at nine and a half! Orton is ready and he lashes out, striking Angle down with the RKO! This time Angle may not be rising to his feet. Orton slumps his corner, his face, hair, chest, and arms all soaked in his own blood. The referee is putting the count and Angle is somehow up once again at nine and a half!
Angle is superhuman, there can be no other explaination about it. Orton rushes Angle, attempting the RKO but Angle shoves him off. Orton comes off the ropes, clipping Angle in the leg. Orton picks up Angle, talking trash to Angle and the blood from Orton is dripping onto the face of Angle. Orton has Angle's leg and vicious dragon screw legwhip taking Angle down! Orton grabs the leg, spinning around and the figure four leglock is locked on. Orton learned that move from one of his mentors, the Legendary Ric Flair and he is now using it against Angle. Angle is attempting to shut out the pain but the pain may be too great. Blood dripping down Angle's forehead but Angle is attempting to turn the Figure Four over. Orton is attempting to fight the hold but Angle turns the hold! Now the pressure is reverse but Angle is not done yet. He shifts his weight and heel hook submission applied on Randy Orton! Angle is abusing Orton with his little used, more deadly version of the Ankle Lock! Orton is tapping out, like that would do any good as this match is Last Man Standing. After about a minute in the hold, Angle releases. He pulls himself to his feet, limping and the referee is putting the count on Randy Orton. Orton rises to his feet just before ten!
Angle is frustrated but Orton can barely stand. Angle grabs Orton but Orton snaps off the RKO, sending Angle crashing down to the canvas! Angle is down but Orton has the chair. Orton is placing the chair over the head of angle. Orton wants to break Angle's neck. The injury Angle suffered back in 2003 is talked about and how that nearly ended his career. Orton is climbing to the top rope. He is going to snap Angle's neck and Orton is nearly up but Angle is up and he hobbles up the buckles. Hooking Orton from the side and Pop Up Angle Slam brings Orton off the ropes! Orton hits the canvas and the crowd is chanting for Angle. Both men are down and the referee is putting the count on both men. The referee is about ready to make the final count but Angle pulls himself up just before ten! Orton does not however and the referee calls for the bell, awarding the match to Kurt Angle! Kurt Angle is the Last Man Standing.
Winner: Kurt Angle(after the Pop Up Angle Slam)
Segment Rating: 93
Crowd Reaction: 97
Match Quality: 84
Angle raises his arms in the air in victory. Angle has done it. He has walked out of Taboo Tuesday with the victory over Randy Orton. What a night folks! See you on Raw.
Show Rating: 83
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WWE Monday Night Raw for 9/20/04
Randy Orton is out with a smug look on his face. He talks about how he will finish Kurt Angle off once and for all at Taboo Tuesday. Angle is nothing compared to the Legend Killer says Orton and Orton will kill the Olympic Hero's legend this Sunday. It does not matter if Orton has to make Angle quit, if Orton beats Angle up until Orton is in the last man standing, or if Angle gets maimed in the confines of a steal cage. Orton says Angle has not been seen in two weeks and Angle does not have the guts to confront Orton. "Medal" kicks up and Angle hobbles out, with a cast on his right ankle with a crutch. Angle is going to face off against Orton and Angle slides into the ring but Orton attacks Angle from behind. RKO attempt but Angle shoves Orton off and German Suplex brings Orton down on the back of his head. Angle grabs the crutch and throttles Orton with it from behind. Eric Bischoff comes out with security and they enter the ring, pulling a crazed Angle off of Orton. Bischoff states since Angle seems to be ready to go, he will be in action later tonight as a tuneup match for Taboo Tuesday. Bischoff says he does not quite know who Angle will be facing, but it will be painful. Angle says it does not matter who it is, because Angle will make anyone who is in his path to Orton pay the price.
Segment Rating: 97
Lita and Victoria vs Molly Holly and Gail Kim
The announcers talk about Taboo Tuesday where the three women in this tag team match, along with Trish Stratus and Alexis Laree will be part of the Women's Title Voting. Lita gets battered by Molly and Gail but managed to snap off a rana to Molly and tag in Victoria. Victoria enters the ring, house of fire and dropkicks Molly to the floor but Gail Kim kicks Victoria. Forearms to the chest and attempted Northern Lights Suplex but Victoria snaps Gail Kim down with a DDT. Victoria rolls over Gail Kim to cover and score the pin. This has to improve Victoria's chances of winning the Women's Title Voting for Taboo Tuesday.
Winners: Lita and Victoria(w/a DDT to Gail Kim)
Segment Rating: 70
Crowd Reaction: 72
Match Quality: 68
The FBI are hanging around backstage when Eric Bischoff walks up to Nunzio. Bischoff says he needs a favor from Nunzio. Nunzio says if the price is right, he will be happy to help Mr. Bischoff. Nunzio and Bischoff walk off to discuss business as the announcers wonder what that last bit was about.
Segment Rating: 77
Chris Jericho and Lance Storm vs Burchill and Val Venis(w/Bobby Roode and William Regal)
The four men in this match will be part of the Interconinental Title Voting at Taboo Tuesday. The announcers talk about how Storm and Jericho teamed up earlier in their career and now they are teaming together again. Burchill and Venis double team Storm throughout the most of the match but Storm ducks a Burchill charge and Storm hits a superkick to Burchill. Race to the tag and Jericho enters the ring, pounding away at everyone. Running Jumping Forearm knocks Venis down but Burchill attacks Jericho. Storm leaps into the ring and leaps in with a clothesline, knocking Burchill to the floor. Venis gets slammed down and Jericho and Storm climb opposite buckles. Double Missile Dropkick brings Venis down just after he gets back up. Jericho leaps to the second rope and Lionsault delivered to Venis. Storm knocks Burchill off the apron and scores the pin. Jericho and Storm are your victors.
Winners: Chris Jericho and Lance Storm(w/a Lionsault)
Segment Rating: 79
Crowd Reaction: 75
Match Quality: 84
Evolution(w/Ric Flair) vs Garrison Cade, Mark Jindrak, and Nick Dinsmore
Garrison Cade plays punching bag for Evolution, mostly Batista and JBL with Orton putting in a cheapshot whenever he can. Batista set up Cade and brings him down with a spinebuster and tags in Orton but Orton misses an elbow off the ropes. Cade tags in Jindrak and Jindrak gets a few moves before getting trapped into Evolution territory. Evolution seems to be tapping into the old Four Horsemen playbook, using double team tactics behind the referee's back in the corner. Ric Flair even joins in the fun by taking off his shoe and smashing Jindrak in the head with it allowing Orton to hit a DDT for a nearfall. Jindrak gets beaten down before fighting out of the corner and tag to Dinsmore. Dinsmore enters the ring and lays into Evolution but it is all for naught when Dinsmore gets crotched by an interfering Flair. JBL climbs up with Dinsmore and Super Fallaway Slam. Cover but JBL pulls up Dinsmore at two and a half before smacking him around a little bit. Power Bomb connects and another two and a half before JBL pulls him up. JBL appears to be having fun but Flair is starting to yell at JBL to finish him off before he can come back. JBL whips Dinsmore into the ropes and kick. JBL poses for the crowd and goes for the Clothesline from Pennsylvania Avenue but Dinsmore ducks and hooks JBL. Northern Lights Suplex brings JBL down! JBL is so shocked, he cannot kick out in time and Dinsmore scores the pin! Dinsmore scatters before Evolution can realise what happened. JBL's cockiness cost him the match and netted Dinsmore perhaps his biggest win since he has been on Raw.
Winners: Garrison Cade, Mark Jindrak, and Nick Dinsmore(w/a Northern Lights Suplex on JBL)
Segment Rating: 76
Crowd Reaction: 74
Match Quality: 78
Eddie Guerrero is backstage with his right arm completely taped. Eddie would normally be wearing a sling but he has to have his arm only taped up because Eric Bischoff is afraid Eddie might try to smuggle in a weapon or something inside the sling. "It's almost like Eric does not trust Latino Heat not to cheat" says Eddie before winking at the camera. Eddie says he is not going to let a seperated shoulder slow him down and he will walk out tonight with the victory in the champion vs champion non title match with Matt Bentley and then tommorow night at Taboo Tuesday, no matter if it is Rey, Edge, or Shawn Michaels. Eddie says anyone who gets in his way will feel the burn.
Segment Rating: 91
Non Title Match:
Matt Bentley(w/Alexis Laree) vs Eddie Guerrero
Eddie is wrestling both tonight and tommorow night against doctor's orders and Bentley targets the shoulder of Eddie Guerrero, including pulling it into the ringpost several times. Bentley scoops up Eddie and drops him down onto the arm. Stomps to the arm and knee stomps as well. Bentley scoops up Eddie and shoulderbreaker. Bentley locks on a cross armbreaker. This move was used against Eddie when he fought Burchill in a few weeks ago and now Bentley is using it. Eddie gets to the ropes and Bentley pounds away at Eddie before hoisting him up in an elevated hammerlock before slamming him down. Bentley goes to the top rope but Splash off the top rope misses. Eddie kicks away at Bentley and hits two thirds of the three amigos but the shoulder just goes dead on the third one and Eddie cannot roll even slightly without serious pain. Bentley rolls away, distracing the referee as Alexis grabs the arm and rams it into the apron. Eddie is to his feet and knee to the shoulder. Single Arm DDT brings Eddie Guerrero down and Bentley turns it into a Fujiwara Armbar. Bentley has Eddie dead center but Eddie is refusing to submit. He would rather pass out from the pain. Bentley is cranking up on the shoulder but Eddie may be moments away from being seriously injured. The crowd is chanting for Eddie but Bentley has the hold on tight. The agony Eddie is in can be heard through his screams but he will not submit. The crowd is cheering as Rey Misterio Jr comes out with a towel in his hand. Rey enters the ring and tosses the towel into the ring. Rey is saving his friend and possible Taboo Tuesday opponent from serious injury. The bell rings and Bentley wins after Rey forfeits for Eddie by tossing in the towel.
Winner: Matt Bentley(after Rey tosses in the towel for Eddie)
Segment Rating: 83
Crowd Reaction: 84
Match Quality: 81
Rey is in the ring, checking on Eddie but Eddie is up and angrily shoves Rey away. Eddie yells he did not want to lose that way. Eddie says he did not submit and Eddie drops to his knees, clutching his shoulder. Rey looks concerned but Eddie angrily tells him to go away. Rey walks off as Eddie is staggering to the back for medical attention due to the shoulder.
Kurt Angle, promo god, is backstage with an intense promo about his match with Orton. Angle says he won the Olympics with a broken neck, he is pretty sure he can beat Orton with a broken ankle. Angle says he will defeat anyone who Eric Bischoff throws in his way and Angle will be back to the top, he is going to go straight for the World Heavyweight Title. Angle says he will keep fighting until his body shuts down on it, which may be soon but Angle vows not to go down until his final breath. Angle says Orton will get pout out by Angle at Taboo Tuesday. It's True, It's True.
Segment Rating: 100
Johnny Stamboli and Chuck Palumbo(w/Nunzio) vs Kurt Angle
Bischoff's meeting with Nunzio was about Stamboli and Palumbo to destroy Angle tonight for Bischoff's golden boy, Orton. It did not work, as Angle was a house of fire. Angle Slam to Palumbo. Angle Slam to Stamboli. Ankle Lock to Stamboli and tap out. Palumbo gets Ankle Locked and taps out as well. Nunzio enters the ring but gets taken down and Ankle Lock. Nunzio taps as well and Angle leaves the ring but Randy Orton comes up from behind with a chair and hits Angle in the injured ankle with it. The announcers yell it is twenty four hours before Taboo Tuesday and Orton is taking out the ankle of Angle. A series of chairshots to the ankle of Angle, busting the cast open before Orton folds the chair over the leg of Angle and climbs a bit off the metal supports of the Titan Tron. Orton pillmanizes the ankle from about ten feet up, snapping the chair shut on it! Angle is down, the ankle in worse condition. Orton looks smug, as his chances for Taboo Tuesday have improved with that little ambush.
Winner: Kurt Angle(w/the Ankle Lock on Stamboli)
Segment Rating: 77
Crowd Reaction: 76
Match Quality: 79
Rey Misterio Jr vs Edge vs Shawn Michaels
Rey used his speed and agility to keep his two bigger foes off balance, scoring a nearfall off of a springboard Thesz Press on Edge before Michaels broke it up. Michaels batters Rey and suplex takes Rey out but Edge attacks Michaels and faceplant brings him down. Edge up top but Michaels crotches him. Superplex but Rey climbs up behind him, gripping Michaels in a power bomb. Rey power bombs Michaels off the ropes as Michaels hits a superplex on Edge! Rey covers Michaels, scoring two. He covers Edge, and another two count. Rey backs off as Edge gets up and dropkick to Edge. Rey dials it up and 6-1-9 takes Edge down. Rey takes a running start and dropkick from behind to Michaels. 6-1-9 stuns Michaels. Rey is up to the top rope and he leaps off with the West Coast Pop but Michaels counters with the Superkick in mid air! Michaels covers Misterio but he gets pulled off at two and a half. Edge pounds away at Michaels and knee to the midsection. Attempted Edgecution but Michaels shoves Edge off. Attempted Sweet Chin Music but Edge ducks and Spears Michaels down. Edge covers Michaels and scores the pin just a second before Rey can break it up. Rey was a second too late and Edge gets the win. Edge poses and makes the belt motion around his waist. If Edge wins Taboo Tuesday, we could very well be seeing Edge winning the World Heavyweight Title but the only way to find out is to watch Taboo Tuesday tommorow night only on Pay Per View.
Winner: Edge(w/the Spear on Michaels)
Segment Rating: 86
Crowd Reaction: 89
Match Quality: 80
Show Rating: 83
(I will cut off voting at 12:00 PM Central Time tommorow afternoon so vote if you have not voted already)
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WWE.Com Special Report.
Rosey, Rikishi, Sable, Orlando Jordan, and Spike Dudley have all been released from their contracts in World Wrestling Entertainment. We wish them well in their future endeavors.
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WWE Smackdown 9/16/04
Match Four of the Best of Seven Series: John Cena vs Christian
We start with this match already in progress, as we are informed that these two men could not wait until cameras roll to get started. Christian works over the injured knee of Cena but Cena fights up and hits a pair of suplexes. Leaping Clothesline and powerslam. Five Knuckle Shuffle and Cena pumps it up but Christian hits a low blow and Reverse DDT for a two count. Christian is up top and elbow off the top rope connects. Another two count. Christian sets up Cena for the Unprettier but Cena shoves Christian up and clothesline. Christian is dazed and to the shoulders but F-U is countered with a crucifix for a nearfall. Christian nearly sweeped the series. Forearm is ducked and Cena delivers a reverse roll up, managing to hold down Christian to score the pin. Cena gets on the board but Christian is still up 3-1 in the Best of Seven Series.
Winner: John Cena(w/a reverse roll up)
Segment Rating: 80
Crowd Reaction: 80
Match Quality: 81
James Mitchell is standing by with Sean O' Haire. Mitchell informs us O' Haire has been observing events on Smackdown like a demonic bird, ready to strike and O' Haire has set out to find his next target. Mitchell warns Bill Goldberg to keep on his toes because O' Haire has marked him out for evil. Mitchell says Goldberg is impressive but O' Haire has the drive which Goldberg could have had. Mitchell says O' Haire and Goldberg will collide soon.
Segment Rating: 65
Triple H is walking into the Dangerous Alliance lockeroom with a briefcase full of money. Triple H says he needs Heyman to do him a favor, to assist him against Booker T tonight. Triple H says he will pay Heyman but Heyman asks why he should help Triple H after Triple H assaulted Heyman when Triple H first appeared on Smackdown. Triple H, looking desperate, offers a WWE Championship Match in the future to Brock Lesnar if Heyman has the Dangerous Alliance help the Game. After a moment of thought, Heyman asks if Triple H's word is good. Triple H states "it's better than your book keeping abilities Heyman, but you can count on a title match after I get down with the Undertaker and Goldberg who are first in line." Heyman says he will hold Triple H to it and they shake hands, sealing the agreement.
Segment Rating: 87
Jamie Noble is out. He says he is going to call out anyone from the back. Some rock music kicks up and It's Too Cold Scorpio! Scorpio is making his return to the WWE. The announcers put over Scorpio as one of the pioneers of Cruiserweight wrestler. Noble quickly backpeddals. Scorpio enters the ring and the bell rings, kicking off this match.
Jamie Noble vs Too Cold Scorpio
Scorpio works over Noble throughout this match, hitting an impressive springboard dropkick and a series of armdrags, proving he did not lose anything since he has been inactive in the past couple of years. Scorpio hits a release fisherman DDT and goes up top but Noble crotches him and superplex. Noble covers and scores a two count. Tiger Bomb and another nearfall. Noble climbs up top and leaps off but Scorpio connects with a leg lariat. Scorpio puts Noble on his shoulders and Forward Rolling Samoan Drop. Scorpio covers and scores the pin. Scorpio looks to the camera and says: "I'm back, baby" before dancing to cheers from the crowd. Scorpio has made an impact tonight on Smackdown proving anything can happen on Thursday Nights.
Winner: Too Cold Scorpio(w/a forward rolling Samoan Drop)
Segment Rating: 82
Crowd Reaction: 80
Match Quality: 84
Dawn Marie leads the Shane Twins out, on crutches. The announcers wonder what this is about. Dawn states she had an intense photo shoot for Smackdown magazine and suffered a sprained angle, so she will not be able to compete in this intergender tag team match. She says she is going to offer a replacement. Funaki! Funaki comes out, dressed in drag and not looking too pleased. The announcers say that Dawn Marie's servitude over Funaki expires next week.
Jackie, Maven, and Rico vs the Shane Twins and Funaki(w/Dawn Marie)
Standard six person fare. Maven and Rico get taken out and the Shane Twins brutalize Jackie Gayda, with one of the twins hitting a clothesline to pin her. After the match, Dawn Marie enters the ring and chokes out Jackie with the crutch and kicks her, proving she was faking the injuries but Rico and Maven attack the Shane Twins and distract them by trading punches while Jackie turns the tables on Dawn Marie and tears off her clothing, leaving Dawn in nothing but her bra and panties. Dawn runs out, with the one of the Shane Twins covering her up with his ring jacket and vowing payback on Jackie.
Winners: The Shane Twins and Funaki(w/a clothesline to Jackie)
Segment Rating: 68
Crowd Reaction: 70
Match Quality: 65
We understand Jackie Gayda and Dawn Marie will face off next week in the match in which many great gladitorial contests have been settled in the past, the Bra and Panties Match.
Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar make their way down to the ring. Heyman hypes up the Tap Out Match between Lesnar and Benoit at No Mercy and says he is here to watch this next match. He says if Rhyno wins this match, Rhyno is in the Dangerous Alliance and Benoit will hopefully be in traction. Heyman says no matter what, Lesnar will prove Wrestlemania XX was a fluke by making Benoit tap at No Mercy.
Segment Rating: 91
Rhyno(w/Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman) vs Chris Benoit
Disappointing Match. Chops were traded but Rhyno gains control, hitting a sick spinebuster on Benoit. Bow and Arrow Hold works over Benoit but when Rhyno goes for a power bomb, Benoit counters with the Sharpshooter. Rhyno is in the ropes and Benoit pounds Rhyno, before hitting the Triple German Suplex. Up top and Swandive connects for a nearfall. Crippler Crossface is blocked and High Angle Back Suplex. Rhyno goes to the ropes and pump splash connects for a nearfall. Second pump slams hits the knees and Benoit locks the Crippler Crossface on. Rhyno squirms but he has no where to go. Rhyno taps out, giving Benoit the victory.
Winner: Chris Benoit(w/the Crippler Crossface)
Segment Rating: 76
Crowd Reaction: 78
Match Quality: 74
Heyman is in the ring, as Benoit leaves, putting the badmouth on Rhyno. Heyman says he wondered what the difference was when Rhyno had the "I" in his name as opposed to the "Y". Heyman says he found out the reason, Rhino had a spine and Rhyno is a castarated bitch who could not win a match to save his life. Heyman calls Rhyno gutless and says back in ECW, Rhino would have ripped Benoit's head off and beat him with it. Rhyno is nothing but a piece of crap. Heyman slaps Rhyno twice but the third time is blocked and Rhyno grabs Heyman by the throat. Lesnar attacks Rhyno from behind! Lesnar pounds way at Rhyno and F-5 brings Rhyno down. Lesnar grabs Rhyno and twists his head viciously, digging the knee into the back of the neck. The announcers scream Rhyno had previous neck surgery and Benoit rushes back to the ring, grabbing Lesnar and hitting him with a German Suplex. Heyman leaves, helping Lesnar to the floor and says Benoit will pay against Lesnar but as for Rhyno, Heyman is not done. Heyman is bringing in an old employee of his from ECW to teach Rhyno a lesson at No Mercy and this man will be the newest member of the Dangerous Alliance. Heyman says this man will destroy Rhyno and teach him what is is like to be a real wrestler.
Segment Rating: 83
Mortis vs Bill Goldberg
Mortis batters Goldberg for a bit before Goldberg reverses a whip and wastes Mortis with a clothesline. Gorilla Press into a Powerslam. Goldberg backs off and Spear nearly takes Mortis out. Goldberg lifts up Mortis and spikes him with the Jackhammer to score the pin and remain undefeated on Smackdown. Sean O' Haire enters the ring with a chain wrapped around his hand! O' Haire spins Goldberg around and smashes the chain covered fist into the face of Goldberg. Another couple of shots with the chain rock Goldberg and Sean O' Haire lifts up Goldberg and Prophecy brings Goldberg down! O' Haire unwraps the chain and wraps it around the throat of Goldberg, before hanging him on the top rope! O' Haire is hanging Goldberg with the chain. Security is out and they pull the crazed O' Haire off. Goldberg could have been killed by O' Haire. O' Haire walks off, having made his point.
Winner: Bill Goldberg(w/the Jackhammer)
Segment Rating: 79
Crowd Reaction: 77
Match Quality: 81
Booker T vs Triple H(w/Stephanie McMahon)
Triple H works over Booker T, using an abdominal stretch but Booker T fights up and flapjack to Triple H. Booker T pounds away at Triple H and whips him into the corner. Pair of clotheslines and Booker T sets up Triple H. Knee to the midsection and Axe Kick but the Dangerous Alliance, in the form of Heyman and the World's Greatest Tag Team are out. Heyman has the referee distracted as Benjamin enters the ring and spinning leg lariat to Booker T. Haas lifts up Booker T and German Suplex to Booker. They leave and go to the back, thinking the damage is done and Triple H sets up Booker T for the Pedigree but the lights go out! The Undertaker's music pops up and the Undertaker is walking down to the ring. Triple H drops Booker T and takes his belt, leaving through the crowd(while getting pelted by garbage the whole way through). The referee puts the count on Triple H, reaching ten and Booker T scores the win, via countout.
Winner By Countout: Booker T
Segment Rating: 75
Crowd Reaction: 79
Match Quality: 67
The WGTT are back in the ring and they jump Booker T but Booker T is fighting back. Booker T is taking the fight to Benjamin and Haas and he manages to knock them to the floor with a Harlem Side Kick each. Booker T gets on the microphone and says if the World's Greatest Tag Team wants a piece of him, they should come to Smackdown next week and Booker T will take on both their punk asses in a handicap match. The World's Greatest Tag Team accepts, saying they look forward to eliminating Booker T as a thorn in their side once and for all next week. Smackdown goes off the air on this note.
Segment Rating: 77
Show Rating: 76
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WWE Smackdown 9/16/04
Smackdown is less than three weeks away from No Mercy and there is no doubt that the superstars of Smackdown are beginning to formulate their plans for the fall Smackdown brand Pay Per View.
Chris Benoit will take on Brock Lesnar as part of No Mercy in a match where the only way you can win is making your opponent tap out but Paul Heyman is a little unnerved about this match, so he has enlisted the help of Rhyno to attempt and soften up the Rapid Wolverine prior to No Mercy. Heyman has hinted Rhyno may be the newest member of the Dangerous Alliance and this match with Benoit is his tryout for the Alliance. Rhyno is coming off taking Goldberg to the limit not once but twice, but can he hand with the former WWE Champion Benoit?
Speaking of WWE Champions, Triple H will be in action this week for the first time since Summerslam, facing off against Booker T in a non title match. Triple H is not obligated to defend his belt until No Mercy against the Undertaker but he would be a fool if he were to look past Booker T. The Undertaker is also lurking, so Triple H has got to be unnerved, leading up to his Hell in a Cell Match with the Deadman at No Mercy.
Christian has 3-0 and if he wins this week, he will sweep the series. This week John Cena will take on Christian in match four of the Best of Seven Series. Cena has got to be unnerved because if he slips up just a little bit, Christian will win the series in a 4-0 sweep and become the new United States Champion.
All this and a six person intergender tag team match featuring the Shane Twins and Dawn Marie against Maven, Rico, and Jackie Gayda plus much more. Smackdown is on fire this week as always on UPN.
Confirmed Matches:
Rhyno vs Chris Benoit
Triple H vs Booker T(Non Title Match)
Match Four of the Best of Seven Series: Christian vs John Cena
The Shane Twins and Dawn Marie vs Maven, Rico, and Jackie Gayda
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WWE Monday Night Raw for 9/13/04
Taboo Tuesday is eight days away and we kick the show off with Randy Orton coming out with a smug look on his face. Orton steps into the ring and states last week was a grand week, the week in which he took Kurt Angle out of commission. Orton says he seriously doubts Angle will make it to Taboo Tuesday, due to Orton shattering the ankle of the Olympic Hero. Orton calls for the footage to be rolled from last week in which he destroys the ankle of Angle with a chair. Orton says Angle is no longer a threat and throws out a challenge to whomever wins the World Heavyweight Title Match at Taboo Tuesday, as Orton feels confident he can walk out with the World Heavyweight Title shortly. Orton says tonight he is going to challenge anyone in the back who thnks they can match Angle. Some generic rock music kicks up and out comes Nick Dinsmore. Dinsmore has been winning quite a few matches on Heat but can he take on perhaps the breakout star of 2004, Randy Orton. We shall see.
Segment Rating: 96
Nick Dinsmore vs Randy Orton
Dinsmore will be part of the Interconinental Title Voting for Taboo Tuesday. Dinsmore stuns Orton with a series of armdrags and dropkicks before hitting a powerslam for a close two count. Impressive armwork on the mat but Orton goes to the eyes, stalling the momentum of Dinsmore. Some back and forth action with Orton pulling off a Backspin DDT to score a nearfall. Orton goes up top and attempted crossbody but Dinsmore counters with a dropkick. Chops to the chest and whip into the ropes. Overhead Belly to Belly Suplex stuns Orton and Dinsmore kicks Orton before hitting a Northern Lights Suplex. Orton is in the ropes at two and a half! Dinsmore attempts a German Suplex but Orton counters with a low blow and snaps off the RKO to score the pin! Orton pulled that move out of way but at Taboo Tuesday, he will face Kurt Angle in a fans pick the stipulation match.
Winner: Randy Orton(w/the RKO)
Segment Rating: 85
Crowd Reaction: 81
Match Quality: 90
William Regal is backstage with Burchill. Regal says its a disgrace that Burchill, after taking Shawn Michaels to the limit last week, has to step into the ring with some fruitcake who takes to a mannequin head. Regal says the only reason why Al Snow is getting airtime right now is that Tough Enough is back on the air and they want to get ratings for "a pitiful little show where a bunch of amateurs who don't know a wristlock from a wristwatch trade moves and pretend to be wrestlers." Burchill is a true wrestling machine and tonight he will add Al Snow to the list of wrestlers in which he is defeated. Burchill ends the interview by glaring at the camera in a meancing manner.
Segment Rating: 80
We are backstage where Edge and Rey Misterio Jr are talking strategy about their match with Evolution tonight but Shawn Michaels comes in. Edge does not look too happy about Shawn Michaels being late but Michaels ignores him and starts pitching strategy, saying as he is the most experienced wrestler of the three, he should be the captain of the team. Michaels says Edge and Misterio should be honored to ride the coattails of a great wrestler like Shawn Michaels as Michaels says he will sweep the voting at Taboo Tuesday and then give Eddie Guerrero a little taste of Sweet Chin Music to once again be the World Heavyweight Title. Edge gets in the face of Michaels and says if Michaels does not pull his end of the match tonight, he will have to deal with Edge. Edge says it will be him winning the Taboo Tuesday voting and he will be the World Heavyweight Champion in eight days. Michaels laughs and Edge and Michaels exchange shoves with Rey attempting to break it up but Michaels shoving Rey to the side. Rey, losing his temper, dives at Michaels. The trio is breaking apart before they compete in the six man tag tonight.
Segment Rating: 91
Kenzo Suzuki and Lance Storm vs Val Venis and Bobby Roode
The crowd was dead as these two teams seemed to be going through the motions for this match. The match was ended when Val Venis hit a spinebuster and Money Shot to Suzuki and Roode cut off Storm with a clothesline. The pin is scored. Storm leaves, vowing to find another partner to defeat Roode and Venis.
Winners: Val Venis and Bobby Roode(w/the Money Shot to Suzuki)
Segment Rating: 61
Crowd Reaction: 45
Match Quality: 77
We cut to Eddie Guerrero's home. He is standing by via satallite, talking about how the shoulder is really bugging him but he vows to train hard and be ready in eight days for Taboo Tuesday. Eddie says he looks up and down Raw and sees a lot of tough challenges. Edge, Rey, Angle, Michaels, Orton, Burchill, Kane, Jericho, JBL, the list goes on and one but Eddie says he will fight anyone who thinks they can take his belt away. Eddie says if he had it his way, he would fight all three contenders in the Taboo Tuesday voting at the same time, because that's what kind of champion he is but unfortunately, that cannot be the case. Eddie promises his opponents will feel the burn of Latino Heat.
Segment Rating: 87
Al Snow vs Burchill(w/William Regal)
Snow plays the underdog to Burchill's power, getting a few two counts when he could outwrestle Burchill but when the power comes into play, Burchill is dominate. Snow goes up top and missile dropkick but Regal enters the ring. Snow knocks Regal off the apron and gets kneed by Burchill. Burchill hooks Snow and hooks him in a Rock Bottom type position before flipping over, drilling Snow into the canvas. Burchill rolls Snow over and puts him in the Cross Armed STF. Snow has nowhere to go so he submis, giving Burchill the win. After the match, Burchill and Regal double team Snow but Tommy Dreamer rushes out with a singapore cane to make the save. Dreamer chases Burchill and Regal to the outside. No doubt a tag team match is in the future for both these teams.
Winner: Burchill(a/a cross armed STF)
Segment Rating: 62
Crowd Reaction: 42
Match Quality: 82
Kane vs Chris Jericho
Both these men are part of the Taboo Tuesday Interconinental Title Voting. Kane and Jericho trade punches with Kane getting the better of the exchange and hitting a sidewalk slam for a two count. Kane goes up top but Jericho crotches him and brings Kane off the top with a superplex. Kane sits up but Jericho connects with a running faceplant. Jericho to the second rope and Lionsault is countered with a choke. Kane pulls himself up, attempting a Choke Slam but Jericho kicks Kane in the groin and DDT brings Kane down. Cover scores a two count. Jericho backs off and running forearm knocks Kane down but not out as he sits up again. Jericho backs off and hooks Kane's arms, before driving him facefirst into the canvas. Another cover and another two count. Jericho is getting extremely frustrated and he slides to the floor, grabbing a steel chair. Jericho slides into the ring, chair in hand but the referee takes it away! Jericho could not use the chair and Jericho goes after the referee but Kane kicks him from behind. By the throat and Choke Slam brings Jericho down. Kane covers and scores the pin! Kane grabs the chair afterwards and folds it over the neck of Jericho but the referee stops Kane from snapping Jericho's neck like he has done to the Big Show and the Rock in the past. Jericho is up and he leaps at Kane. Chairshot smashes Kane across the skull! Kane is busted open but he sits up. Kane is enraged, being forced to taste his own blood and Jericho scatters.
Winner: Kane(w/the Choke Slam)
Segment Rating: 84
Crowd Reaction: 86
Match Quality: 81
Evolution(w/Ric Flair) vs Shawn Michaels, Rey Misterio Jr and Edge
Rey, Edge, and Michaels fought among themselves which allowed Evolution to gain control for several parts of the match. Edge was battered by Evolution, mostly Batista and JBL with Bentley getting in a cheap shot here. Edge manages to fight out of the corner, Spear Batista and tag in Rey. Rey enters the ring, fists of fire, knocking everyone around with forearms and dropkicks. JBL is the legal man with Rey and gets dropkicked from behind twice. He falls on the top rope and 6-1-9 connects. Rey is up top and bulldog brings JBL down but Batista is in the ring but gets cut off by Edge. Bentley enters the ring and pounds away at Rey but Michaels is in the ring and He Superkicks Rey by mistake when aiming at Bentley! Edge looks ticked at Michaels and Takes Michaels out with the Spear! Batista takes Edge to the floor with a clothesline and JBL covers Rey, scoring the pin thanks to the miscue from Michaels!
Winners: Evolution(w/a mistaken Superkick to Rey Misterio Jr)
Segment Rating: 84
Crowd Reaction: 85
Match Quality: 82
Rey is up and Rey attacks Michaels from behind but Michaels fights back, knocking Rey back. Edge goes after Michaels with another Spear but Edge accidentally Spears Rey! Michaels attacks Edge from behind and tosses him into the corner. Punches but Edge fights back and clothesline decks Michaels but Rey dropkicks Edge from behind for Spearing him. Security rushes to the ring to break this up and Eric Bischoff is out. Bischoff says since these three men have to fight, next week Bischoff is going to make a Triple Threat Match between Rey Misterio Jr, Edge, and Shawn Michaels. Bischoff bids them a nice day and says he will see them next week. Rey Misterio Jr vs Edge vs Shawn Michaels....Triple Threat, Twenty Four Hours before Taboo Tuesday.
Segment Rating: 78
Show Rating: 80
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This Weekend in Wrestling:
WWE Velocity 9/11/04: Lots of hype off of the live Smackdown this past week. This week we have a new commentary team of Joey Styles and Mike Sanders. Rene Dupree pinned Bryan Danielson with the Bastille Driver. Danielson got a couple of nearfalls but Dupree was just too powerful in the end. The Shane Twins defeated Rico and Maven with the Double Penetration to Rico. And in the main event, Booker T pinned Jamie Noble with the Harlem Side Kick. Noble took the fight to Booker T but Booker T countered the tiger bomb with a backdrop and won with the match ending move. Also, it is announced that due to his winning streak, Goldberg will compete for the WWE Championship at Survivor Series against the winner of the Triple H/Undertaker Hell in a Cell Match which will be a part of No Mercy.
WWE Heat 9/12/04: Lots of hype for Taboo Tuesday in this hour of Heat. Nick Dinsmore pinned Al Snow with a Northern Lights Suplex. This week Snow was replaced by Terry Funk on commentary. Test pinned Jose Maximo with a Pumphandle Slam. And in the main event, Val Venis and Bobby Roode defeated Lance Storm and Orlando Jordan when Roode pinned Jordan with the Cut Scene(A Clothesline to the Back of the Head).
WWE Monday Night Raw Preview for 9/13/04:
Taboo Tuesday is just eight days away and the stars of Raw are ready for action. Raw this Monday will be a huge test for the wrestlers involved in the Taboo Tuesday Voting.
First up in the main event, big six man tag team action as the three superstars involved in the World Title Voting, Edge, Shawn Michaels, and Rey Misterio Jr will be forced to form a shaky alliance as part of a six man tag team match to face off against Matt Bentley, Batista, and John Bradshaw Layfield of Evolution. Evolution is looking to make an example out of the World Title contenders as their leader Randy Orton was forced out of the voting.
Speaking of Randy Orton, he goes into his fans pick the stipulation match with Kurt Angle with a lot of momentum. Orton has taken down Angle last week and broke his leg with a steel chair. We understand Orton will be at Raw, gloating about his latest accomplishment but will Kurt Angle be to follow.
Two men in the Interconinental Voting will collide one on one this Monday. Chris Jericho takes on Kane on Raw. No doubt both men are looking to drum up some fan votes to insure they get the Interconinental Title Shot against Matt Bentley at Taboo Tuesday. Kane is returning from a couple of months on the shelf due to a broken arm and last week, he made his pressense known by interfering in a Diva Tag Team Match.
Eddie Guerrero will not be at Raw this week once again, as he is still nursing the Seperated Shoulder but he will have a few words for Taboo Tuesday via satallite from his home in El Paso, Texas. What will Latino Heat have to say? Only one way to find out is to tune into Raw this Monday.
Plus, Val Venis and Bobby Roode take on Lance Storm and Kenzo Suzuki. Last night on Heat, Storm failed to get the advantage over Roode and Venis with Orlando Jordan as his partner. Will he yield better results with Suzuki? Tune into Raw this Monday to find out the answers to these and other burning questions.
Confirmed Matches:
Matt Bentley, Batista, and John Bradshaw Layfield vs Shawn Michaels, Edge, and Rey Misterio Jr
Kane vs Chris Jericho
Val Venis and Bobby Roode vs Kenzo Suzuki and Lance Storm
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WWE Smackdown 9/9/04
Steel Cage Match:
Rhyno vs Bill Goldberg
High impact match. Not as good as their last encounter, but still very good. Goldberg gets busted open on the cage but Rhyno gets some of the same. Thrust Kick and Goldberg attempts the Spear but Rhyno avoids it and nearly snaps Goldberg in half with the Gore. Cover scores a two count. Rhyno hammes away at Goldberg and goes to the top rope. Rhyno leaps off with a crossbody but Goldberg counters with a dropkick. Goldberg rushes Rhyno and Spear. Rhyno is lifted up and Jackhammer which gets...two. Goldberg is frustrated and he pounds away at Rhyno but Rhyno counters by flapjacking Mr. Berg into the cage. Rhyno drags Goldberg up the cage and pounds away at him. Rhyno prepares to Piledrive Goldberg from fifteen feet in the air. This could kill him! Thankfully Goldberg counters with a low blow and Jackhammer to Rhyno off the top of the cage!. The crowd erupts and Goldberg scores the pin to win this impressive cage match.
Winner: Bill Goldberg(w/the Jackhammer off the Cage)
Segment Rating: 84
Crowd Reaction: 85
Match Quality: 83
John Cena is backstage. Cena talks about how Christian beat him in the first two matches but tonight, Cena is going to turn the tables. Last week Christian punked Cena but this week, Christian will be the one getting punked. Cena promises to be the comeback kid and sweep the remaining four matches in the series to win the Best of Seven Series. He will put Christian down with the F-U tonight.
Segment Rating: 84
Paul London vs Chris Benoit
London played the designated pinball to Benoit, getting chopped, punched, and suplexed. London gets a few moves in, including a slick dropsault/standing shooting star press combo which scores a nearfall. London goes up top but Benoit meets him. Superplex. London is up and Triple German Suplex. Into the Crippler Crossface. London struggles and manages to get to the ropes. Benoit breaks the hold and when he goes after London, London trips him up and uses the ropes, scoring a two count. London sets up Benoit and Reverse Tornado DDT. Another nearfall. London is up top and 450 Splash misses. Benoit hooks London in a full nelson and Dragon Suplex connects. Benoit bridges to score the pin.
Winner: Chris Benoit(w/the Dragon Suplex)
Segment Rating: 78
Crowd Reaction: 76
Match Quality: 80
Heyman comes out with a smirk on his face. He repeats his challenge to Benoit, about having one last match with Brock Lesnar, where the only way to win is by making your opponent tap out. Benoit is quick to accept and promises it will be Wrestlemania XX all over again when Brock taps out to the Crippler Crossface. Benoit dares Lesnar to prove him wrong. Heyman says the match will take place at No Mercy, so Benoit better prepare.
Segment Rating: 86
Christian comes down to the ring for his third match in the best of seven series to crown a new United States Champion. Christian puts himself over as the greatest wrestler Smackdown has ever seen and says he oozes of Charisma, while Cena oozes of suckitude. Christian restates his promise to sweep the series, and prove his superiority to John Cena. Christian only has two more to go and he is the United States Champion. Christian calls out Cena and promises to embarass him once again.
Segment Rating: 77
Match Three in the Best of Seven Series:
Christian vs John Cena
Cena is worked over by Christian, as Christian focuses on the knee he injured last week. Christian has a spinning toe hold on but Cena powers out and pounds away at Christian. Powerslam, leaping clothesline. Cena scoops up Christian and slams him down. Five Knuckle Shuffle. Cena pumps up the shoes. He kicks Christian and attempts the F-U but Christian drops down and Reverse DDT scores a two count. Christian stomps away at Cena and attempts the Figure Four Leglock but Cena counters with a small package. Spinebuster connected by Cena and knee stomp to the crotch. Christian is in pain and Cena lifts up Christian. Flipped into the corner and Christian is caught in the tree of woe. Cena has Christian now and he pounds away at Christian with stomps. The referee is warning Cena but Cena is in the zone, too far gone. The referee counts, reaching five and calls for the bell. Cena has been disqualified due to excessive brutality. The crowd explodes into boos and chants "bullshit". Cena looks pissed and goes after the referee but the referee hightails it out. If Christian wins next week, he is the United States Champion!
Winner by Disqualification: Christian
Segment Rating: 81
Crowd Reaction: 82
Match Quality: 81
Gregory Helms vs Nova
Pretty high impact, stiff, high flying match. Nova is wearing the Hurricane's mask around his neck and Helms batters Nova before hitting a suplex. Helms is up on the top rope and senton connects, scoring a two count. Helms is up top again but Nova crotches him and brings him out of the corner with a pulling DDT. Nova climbs to the top rope but misses a legdrop. Helms kicks Nova and flipping neckbreaker. Vertebreaker attempt is fought and Nova connects with the Eye of the Hurricane but Helms is in the ropes at two. Nova climbs up top. Swanton Bomb misses and Helms knocks Nova to the floor with a superkick. Helms rushes Nova and twisting plancha wipes Nova out. Both Nova and Helms are brawling on the floor. Nova manages to dump Helms over the security wall but Helms comes back with a springboard dropkick which knocks Nova back. The referee reaches ten and this match is a double countout. Nova reverses a whip into the steps and Helms hits hard. Nova rolls Helms back into the ring and Nova leaps to the top rope before coming off with a kneedrop to the throat of Helms. Nova picks up Helms and snaps him down with the Novacain before leaving him laying.
Winner: No Contest due to a double countout
Segment Rating: 87
Crowd Reaction: 75
Match Quality: 95
Jim Cornette is backstage and he says the madness has to stop between Nova and Helms. Cornette says he is not one to make wrestlers kill themselves for entertainment purposes but since these two are trying to do that anyway, he might as well cash into it. Cornette announces the first ever "Cruiserweight Insanity Match" as part of No Mercy. The rules of this match are very simple. Four platforms will be suspended from the corners eighteen feet above the ring. The match can only be one by a move off one of the platforms followed by a pinfall. No countouts, no disqualifications, weapons are legal, no submissions, and no time limit. Cornette hopes he can settle the score between Helms and Nova with this ground breaking, bone shattering match.
Segment Rating: 85
WWE Tag Team Title Match:
The Dudley Boys vs Hardcore Holly and Billy Gunn vs the World's Greatest Tag Team©(w/Paul Heyman)
Booker T joins us for color commentary, saying the World's Greatest Tag Team sickens him with all the illegal tactics they have used to kept the WWE Tag Team Titles. Booker says he may have bring some backup to teach the World's Greatest Tag Team a lesson. Pretty standard three way fare, as the WGTT do not have to lose the match to lose the titles. Carlito is also sitting at ringside, sipping on a drink, and heckling Hardcore Holly. This is getting under the skin of Holly who drops what he is doing(a leglock on Haas) before making the tag to Gunn and going after Carlito. Hardcore Holly tells Carlito to knock it off. Meanwhile in the ring, the WGTT are in control, battering Gunn. German Suplex/Missile Dropkick but the Dudleys are in the ring and all hell breaks loose. We see Carlito chewing on an apple as Hardcore Holly gives him a glare. Carlito spits the apple in the face of Hardcore Holly! Hardcore reaches over the railing, choking Carlito as Paul Heyman has just passed Benjamin the cell phone. Cell Phone Shot right into the head of Bubba, taking him out. T-Bone Suplex connects to D-Von and Haas is up on the top rope. Flying Elbowdrop connects and the WGTT get another one. Booker T states someone will step up and beat the WGTT, but they prove why they may indeed be one of the top tag teams in the history of the WWE with another victory.
Winners: The World's Greatest Tag Team(T-Bone/Flying Elbowdrop combo to D-Von)
Segment Rating: 83
Crowd Reaction: 83
Match Quality: 84
Scott Hall vs the Undertaker
Hall attacks at the bell but Taker counters by choking Hall. High stakes match, as if Taker wins, he faces Triple H at No Mercy in a stipulation match of his choosing. If Taker loses, he will get no title shot as long as Triple H holds the title. The Undertaker batters Hall in the corner and whips him into the ropes. Clothesline and Legdrop followed by picking Hall up. Armwringer and Vintage Undertaker, slamming the forearm down across the back of the head of Hall from the top rope. The Undertaker batters Hall with throat thrusts and Hall staggers around like he is drunk. Big Boot connects and Taker goes for a choke slam but kick to the groin and hand to the throat. Hall choke slams Taker down. Hall mocks the Undertaker's thumb across the throat before going for the cover, scoring a two count. Hall lifts up the Undertaker and fallaway slam. Hall signals for the Edge but Taker sits up. Hall pounds away at Taker and up top. Bulldog connects but Taker sits up. Hall kicks Taker and Edge attempt but Taker counters with a backdrop. Punches rock Hall and Taker whips Hall into the ropes. Clothesline ducks but Taker comes back with a leaping clothesline. Hall is up and Taker goozles Hall. Up and down with the Choke Slam. Taker crosses the arms across the chest and scores the pin!
Winner: The Undertaker(w/the Choke Slam)
Segment Rating: 80
Crowd Reaction: 83
Match Quality: 75
The Undertaker celebrates but Stephanie McMahon is down at ringside, screeching at the Undertaker. The Undertaker's attention is diverted and Triple H sneaks into the ring, sledgehammer in hand. Triple H is going to take out the Undertaker before he can even get his title shot. Triple H rears back but Taker whips his head around and kicks the sledgehammer into the face of Triple H, snapping the handle in two! Taker lifts up Triple H and tosses him into the corner, before battering him with punches. Taker grabs Triple H by the throat and Choke Slam brings him down. Taker stands with one foot on the chest of Triple H and calls for the microphone. Taker ends with this statement. "Triple H...you....me....Hell in a Cell...No Mercy. I will become the WWE Champion and you will Rest in Peace!" The crowd explodes into cheers. Triple H against the Undertaker for the WWE Championship inside Hell in a Cell. See you next week.
Segment Rating: 83
Show Rating: 80
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WWE Smackdown Preview for 9/9/04
Smackdown will be a special live addition this week on UPN with Six Blockbuster Matches on UPN.
First up, Scott Hall has been brought in by Triple H as the roadblock as the Undertaker. Triple H has made it clear The Undertaker will not be able to get a WWE Championship Shot at the Game unless he beats Hall and this week on the Live Smackdown, the Undertaker will collide with Scott Hall in a high stakes match. If Hall wins, Taker will not receive a WWE Title Shot as long as Triple H is champion. If Taker wins, he gets a WWE Championship Match at the next Smackdown Pay Per View, No Mercy and gets to pick the stipulation for said match.
Rhyno and Bill Goldberg stole the show at Summerslam and tonight, they fight one more time to settle the score. Indeed, Rhyno and Goldberg will go one on one inside the confines of a steel cage. Both men have agreed to wave the escape stipulation, so we will have a decisive winner by pinfall or submission. We will have a brutal battle inside the cage.
The WWE Tag Team Champions the World's Greatest Tag Team have been fighting champions over the past couple of weeks and this week, they will defend the belts in another match. They will defend the belts in a Triple Threat Tag Match against both the Dudley Boys and Hardcore Holly and Billy Gunn. The WGTT have won many great two on two tag team matches recently but we shall see what happens in the tag team title match.
Match Three in the Best of Seven Series for the United States Title will be on Smackdown this week. John Cena and Christian are set to fight in the third match of the series. Christian is up 2-0 in the series. Can Cena turn it around? Smackdown will hold the answers.
Two men who have been going at it for several months will finally go at it one on one when Gregory Helms and Nova. Nova had stolen the mask of Helms when he was in his Hurricane persona and last week, he pinned Helms in a six man tag team match. Helms wants a measure of revenge but will he get it. Smackdown will hold the key.
Finally, the number one contender to the WWE Cruiserweight Title Paul London will be in action, in perhaps one of the biggest matches in his Smackdown career. London will collide one on one with "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit. Benoit has got to be watching his back, as Brock Lesnar and Benoit have been having problems as of late. Will Lesnar make his pressence known? Tune into Smackdown to find out.
All this and More on this special Live Smackdown on UPN.
Confirmed Matches:
Scott Hall vs the Undertaker
Steel Cage Match: Rhyno vs Bill Goldberg
WWE Tag Team Title Triple Threat Match: The Dudley Boys vs Hardcore Holly and Billy Gunn vs the World's Greatest Tag Team©
Best of Seven Series, Match Three: Christian vs John Cena
Nova vs Gregory Helms
Paul London vs Chris Benoit
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WWE Monday Night Raw for 9/6/04
Non Title Match:
Joel Maximo(w/Jose Maximo) vs Matt Bentley(w/Alexis Laree)
Bentley poses with his Interconinental Title Belt but Joel Maximo takes the fight straight to Bentley, scoring a couple of nearfalls with his lucha libre style offense. Joel sets up Bentley on top and one man Spanish Fly nearly wins the match. He goes up top next but Frog Splash hits the knees and Mr. Total Non Stop Attitude sets up Joel Maximo with a nice powerslam. Bentley climbs up top rope but misses the Flying Elbowdrop. Joel Maximo hits a Swinging DDT and La Magistral Cradle but Alexis Laree has the referee distracted. Bentley's fellow member of Evolution Batista sneaks into the ring and Lariat creams Joel. Jose is on the top rope but he gets plucked off and hit with the Spinebuster. Joel Maximo is set up by Bentley and the Impact Zone connects. Bentley covers and scores the pin, winning another match.
Winner: Matt Bentley(w/the Impact Zone)
Segment Rating: 78
Crowd Reaction: 64
Match Quality: 94
JBL is standing in front of a giant American Flag banner. JBL tells us that if you are in need of an American Hero, JBL will be your hero. JBL will take care of the forces of evil and chase all illegal immigrants over the border. JBL will fight the good fight, do what's right, and if any countries get in the way of the true American Hero, JBL, he will run them over and turn them into a parking lot. JBL states tonight he is going to face Kurt Angle, who is a joke and the fact he won a gold medal "makes George Washington roll over in his grave." Angle is nothing but a wannabe, says JBL and tonight JBL will prove why he is a Real American. He retired Hulk Hogan and now, he will take Kurt Angle out. JBL turns around, saluting the flag in a cheesy manner which draws boos from the crowd.
Segment Rating: 96
Burchill(w/William Regal) vs Shawn Michaels
Burchill attacks Shawn Michaels went he is posing. Shawn seems to be easing into a tweener role as of late. Burchill pounds away at Shawn, working over the back as the announcers remind us Shawn had to retire for four years due to a back injury back in 1998. Burchill delivers a pair of backbreakers and bow and arrow submission hold. Taboo Tuesday hype. Michaels fights out and punches are traded with Shawn Michaels getting the better of the exchange. Leaping Forearm. Ten Count before Michaels kips up at nine and beats Burchill to the punch before slamming him down. Michaels favors the back, going up top. Flying Elbowdrop connects and he goes to cue the fan but William Regal runs in and eats the Sweet Chin Music! Regal goes down but Burchill knees Shawn Michaels and hooks him in a Rock Bottom type position before flipping over driving Michaels down to the canvas. Michaels barely rolls the shoulder up and Burchill puts Michaels on the top rope. He pounds away at Michaels and attempts to superplex him off but Burchill is shoved off the top rope. Michaels leaps off. Slingshot Sunset Flip rolls Burchill to the canvas to score the pin! Michaels was barely able to hold Burchill down. Michaels celebrates but Regal has something on his hand. Power of the Punch brings Shawn Michaels down. Michaels has won the match but Regal laid him out with the Power of the Punch. Regal appears to have brass knuckles on his hand. Burchill rolls over Shawn Michaels and rubs his face into the canvas before security comes out. Michaels is one of the three superstars set for the World Title Voting at Taboo Tuesday. If you have not already, do not forget to vote.
Winner: Shawn Michaels(a/a slingshot sunset flip)
Segment Rating: 66
Crowd Reaction: 55
Match Quality: 80
Edge is backstage. Edge talks about how he came back for a neck injury, when no one gave him any hope. Edge's sights are focused on the World Heavyweight Title and he vows to win at least one World Heavyweight Title before it is all said and done. Edge puts over Eddie Guerrero as a great champion but should Edge get the Taboo Tuesday nod from the fans, Edge will be walking out of Taboo Tuesday as the new World Heavyweight Champion. Tonight, Randy Orton is just another stepping stone in the path of Edge.
Segment Rating: 77
Trish Stratus is bending over and stretching backstage when Victoria walks up to her. Victoria says she knows Trish and her have had their differences but tonight and only tonight, they will team up and take care of business against the women of Evolution, Gail Kim and Alexis Laree. Trish looks up at Victoria and says she is not too happy with Victoria for costing her the Women's Title at Summerslam. Victoria attempts to tell Trish she attempted to stop Gail Kim from using the belt but Trish will have none of it. Trish storms off angrily and says she will see Victoria in the ring. Victoria yells after Trish, saying she will win the Taboo Tuesday voting and Trish will be left out in the cold.
Segment Rating: 82
Kurt Angle is backstage. Angle starts out by talking about how JBL amused him but JBL is wrong about one thing. Angle is the true American and JBL is nothing but a fraud. Angle says JBL is a great wrestler but not as good as the Olympic Hero. Angle promises to make JBL tap out. Angle then switches gears to Randy Orton. Angle says at Summerslam, Orton ended Angle's World Heavyweight Title Reign with the RKO when he eliminated him from the match and the next night, Orton cost Angle his title match with Eddie Guerrero. Angle says he got the last laugh when he shut Orton out of the Taboo Tuesday Voting and now, Angle will take down Orton when the fans get to choose what kind of bout they compete in. It could be the twisted, skin tearing steel of a Steel Cage Match. Angle could grind Orton's pretty boy face against the cage and disfigure him. It could be the Last Man Standing Match where Angle beats down Orton until he can stand no more. Or it could be Angle's personal favorite, the I Quit Match. Angle says nothing will give him more pleasure than making Orton say those two words but the fate of Orton is up to the fans. Angle says he will walk out of Taboo Tuesday the victor. It's true, it's true.
Segment Rating: 100(Angle rocks. Enough said)
Victoria and Trish Stratus vs Alexis Laree and Gail Kim
Standard Women's Fare for a few minutes, with Trish and Victoria not making eye contact on the tags but the pryo explodes and here's Kane! Kane is making his way down to the ring. Gail Kim and Alexis Laree scatter. Victoria is left in the ring as Trish looks like she is about ready to leave but Victoria throws Trish in the path of Kane! Victoria makes her leave as Kane has Trish by the throat. Kane lifts up Trish for the ride and Trish is begging and Kane sets her down. Kane shoves Trish off and seems to back off. Trish looks relieved. Kane shoots a fireball into the face of Trish Stratus. Trish falls back, clutching her face. Kane may have disfigured the face of Trish Stratus with that fireball. Kane laughs as the crowd boos Kane, throwing garbage at him and Kane makes a motion like he is going to go after fans. First The Big Show, then the Rock, and now Trish Stratus. Kane's path of destruction this year has been horrible. Something must be done.
Winner: No Contest due to Kane coming out
Segment Rating: 65
Crowd Reaction: 68
Match Quality: 61
Rey Misterio Jr vs Ric Flair
Rey dazzles Flair with his high flying offense to start but Flair crotches Rey on the ropes and chops away at Rey before working over the knee. Flair drapes the knee over the bottom rope and sits down on it. Flair works the knee and knee crunching atomic drop. Figure Four Leglock is locked on and Flair gets a pair of two counts before Rey manages to reverse the hold. Flair stomps Rey and goes up top. Rey catches Flair and dropkicks him to the apron. Rey flips Ric Flair in and spinning leg lariat from behind. Flair falls on the top rope. Dialing it up. 6-1-9 connects. Rey Misterio Jr is on the ring apron and he drops the Dime. Rey covers and scores the pin. Rey goes into the Taboo Tuesday Voting with a win over Ric Flair. That victory has to give him a lot of momentum and the crowd is going wild.
Winner: Rey Misterio Jr(w/the Dropping of the Dime)
Segment Rating: 85
Crowd Reaction: 92
Match Quality: 69
Randy Orton comes down to the ring, drawing big time boos from the crowd. Orton says the time to add another legend to his list will be at hand at Taboo Tuesday. Orton says Angle cost him his chance to get on the Taboo Tuesday voting and now Orton will get his revenge. Orton does not care which match gets voted in because it all leads to pain for Kurt Angle. Orton talks about the wrestlers he has defeated. The Rock, Mick Foley, Shawn Michaels, Rob Van Dam, the list goes on and one and coming up at Taboo Tuesday, Orton will add the name Kurt Angle to his list. Orton says tonight Edge will take on the Legend Killer and Orton says he will abort Edge tonight, killing his legend before it starts. He concludes no one will stop his destiny in being World Heavyweight Champion.
Segment Rating: 100
Edge vs Randy Orton
Slugfest to start with Orton getting knocked back and Edge whips Orton into the ropes. Flapjack brings Orton down and Edge delivers a tilt a whirl side slam for a nearfall. Edge is up top and diving shouldeblock sends Orton to the floor. Baseball Slide into a Swinging DDT sends Orton down on the floor. Orton is rolled in and Edge pounds away at Orton before bringing him down with a faceplant. Edge is up top but Orton is up and crotches Edge. Orton is up top and belly to belly superplex brings Edge down. Orton covers Edge, scoring a two count. Knee driven to the head and Orton pounds away at Edge. Orton whips Edge into the ropes and spins around before driving Edge down with a DDT. Nearfall and Orton kicks away at Edge. Orton climbs to the top rope and waits on Edge. Orton leaps off but Edge ducks and Orton hits the canvas with the missed crossbody. Edge hoists up Orton and inverted atomic drop. Edge hooks Orton and Edgecution brings Orton down. Orton is covered but in the ropes at two and a half. Edge lifts up Orton and tosses him in the corner. Shoulder thrusts in the corner and Edge climbs to the second rope. Punches but Orton low blows Edge. Edge is down and Orton hooks Edge. Attempted RKO but Edge shoves Orton off. Spear brings Orton down. Edge covers and scores a two and three fourths count!
Edge is frustrated and pounds away at Orton. Edge whips Orton into the ropes but Orton reverses and powerslam brings Edge down. Two count off the cover. Orton lifts up Edge and whips him into the ropes. Knee to the midsection and swinging neckbreaker. Orton works over Edge with a surfboard but Kurt Angle is out on the ramp, watching. Edge fights up out of the surfboard and Edge pounds away at Orton. Whip into the ropes and knee. Running faceplant brings Orton down to the canvas and Edge lifts up Orton but Orton thumbs Edge in the eye. Orton hooks Edge and attempts the RKO but Edge counters with the backslide to score the pin!
Winner: Edge(w/a backslide)
Segment Rating: 89
Crowd Reaction: 90
Match Quality: 88
Edge leaves as Orton is up but here comes Angle. Angle attacks Orton from behind and German Suplex brings Orton down! Angle leaps on Orton but JBL comes out to the ring and attacks Angle from behind. The bell rings and the main event is underway.
John Bradshaw Layfield(w/Randy Orton) vs Kurt Angle
JBL pounds away at Angle but a clothesline is ducked and German Suplex. Angle drives some knees into the head of JBL and whips him into the ropes. Overhead Belly to Belly Suplex. Angle lifts up JBL but forearm to the face. JBL whips Angle into the ropes and spinebuster brings Angle down. JBL sets up Angle and kneedrop to the groin. JBL works over Angle and bearhug. Insert a commercial break somewhere in here. JBL works over Angle but Angle fights out but forearm to the face and JBL whips Angle into the ropes. Scooping him up and fallaway slam. JBL covers and two and a half. JBL lifts up Angle and forearms to the back. Set up and power bomb. JBL kneels down but decides to lay down and pull Angle on top of him. JBL then kicks out at two, doing an overdrawn version of hulking up. JBL makes Angle hit him lightly three times before blocking and three punches. JBL whips Angle in and big boot. JBL cups his hand to his ear before bouncing off the ropes. Big Legdrop misses. JBL pays for his fun and Angle hooks JBL. Overhead Belly to Belly Suplex! Triple German Suplex. Angle goes up top but Moonsault misses. JBL backs off and Clothesline from Pennsylvania Avenue. JBL covers Angle but only scores a two and a half count!
JBL lifts up Angle and pounds away at his back with forearms and hooks him. JBL climbs up behind Angle and pounds away. Attempted Belly to Back Superplex but Angle elbows out and JBL falls off the top rope. Angle turns around and missile dropkick brings JBL down. Angle lifts up JBL and whips him in. Overhead Belly To Belly Suplex. Angle pulls down the straps and Angle Slam connects. Angle covers JBL but Orton puts the leg of JBL on the bottom rope at two and half. Angle dives at Orton, punching him but JBL is up. JBL rushes Angle and attempts a big boot but Angle ducks and charges at JBL. Back Body Drop sends Angle to the ring apron. Angle may have blown out his knee on the ring apron and JBL knocks Angle to the floor with the Clothesline from PA. Angle is down on the floor and the referee is putting the count on him. At eight, the referee is distracted by JBL. Orton clips the knee of Angle out from underneath him.. Orton plays innocent as the referee turns around and counts Angle out. JBL has won this match via a countout.
Winner By Countout: John Bradshaw Layfield(due to Kurt Angle interference)
Segment Rating: 84
Crowd Reaction: 87
Match Quality: 80
JBL celebrates like he won the main event of Wrestlemania and captured the World Heavyweight Title. Orton pounds away at Angle and rolls him back into the ring. Orton grabs the leg of Angle and wraps it around the ringpost a couple of times before grabbing a chair. The chair is bashed into the leg of Angle. Another chairshot and Orton slides into the ring. Orton raises the chair over his head and jabs it into the leg of Angle. Another jab and Orton is now folding the chair over the leg of Angle. Orton climbs to the top rope. He leaps off and Kneedrop off the top rope snaps the chair shut on the leg of Angle! Orton stands over Angle as Angle screams in agony. Orton may have broken Angle's leg and Taboo Tuesday is only two weeks away. Raw goes off the air on this note.
Show Rating: 83
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This Weekend in Wrestling
WWE Velocity for 9/4/04: Jamie Noble pinned Scotty 2 Hotty with the Tiger Driver. A-Train pinned Jason Cross with the Derailer. Bryan Danielson made his debut, being put over as one of the top wrestlers trained at the Shawn Michaels Texas Wrestling Academy, and defeated Akio with a German Suplex and bridge. In the main event, Bill Goldberg pinned Rene Dupree with the Spear and Jackhammer. The live Smackdown is hyped up as Scott Hall will face the Undertaker, Rhyno takes on Goldberg in a Cage, Christian against John Cena in match three of the Best of Seven Series, Gregory Helms vs Nova, and more.
WWE Heat 9/5/04: Lots of Taboo Tuesday hype. Nunzio pinned Kenzo Sukuki after the Arivederci. Both these men will be involved in the Interconinetal Title Voting at Taboo Tuesday. Christopher Nowinski pinned Orlando Jordan with the Honor Roll. Chuck Palumbo pinned Mark Jindrak after interference from Johnny Stamboli and in the main event, Lita pinned Molly Holly after reversing a Northern Lights Suplex into a DDT. Heat ended with JBL coming out and calling out Kurt Angle. Angle came out and accepted JBL's challenge for a match tommorow night on Raw. The announcers speculate about how this could be a set up for JBL to soften up Kurt Angle
WWE Raw Preview for 9/6/04
Taboo Tuesday is two weeks away and the Superstars of Raw are ready for action. Eric Bischoff has released a blockbuster card to WWE.Com for this Monday's Raw. Last night on Heat, JBL challenged Kurt Angle to a match tonight on Raw. Angle accepted that challenge and tonight John Bradshaw Layfield will face off against Kurt Angle. Remember, JBL's fellow Evolution teammate Randy Orton will be facing off against Kurt Angle so JBL could be softening up Angle for Orton. We will see on Monday.
Kane is back and he not a happy man. He is in the Interconinental Title voting but he is ticked about having to miss out on his chance to be in the Elimination Chamber Match by being injured. Kane will be in the house on Monday, no doubt some unfortunate souls will cross Kane's path and be struck down.
Rey Misterio Jr is in the World Title Voting but this Monday on Raw, but he has a tough challenge this Monday. Against the Sixteen Time Former World Champion Ric Flair. To be the man, you have to beat the man, and many say Ric Flair is still the man. If Rey wins this battle, he could garner up some fan support for Taboo Tuesday.
The other two men in the World Heavyweight Title Voting, Edge and Shawn Michaels will also be in action this Monday. Edge will face off against the Legend Killer Randy Orton. Orton is also involved in that fan's choose the stipulation match with Angle, so if Orton was to knock off one of the World Title contenders, it would be big time momentum for Angle.
Shawn Michaels has a tough battle ahead of him as well. He will step into the ring with the tough and rumble fighter from the United Kingdom known as Burchill. Burchill has only one loss and that was against the World Heavyweight Champion Eddie Guerrero. Burchill is looking to add perhaps one of the all time greats to the list of wrestlers who he has defeated on Monday.
Speaking of Eddie Guerrero, it should be noted that Eddie Guerrero has been given the week off due to the seperated shoulder he suffered at the hands of Burchill and Regal and was further aggravated last week against RVD. Eddie is going to rest, and heal up to be ready for Taboo Tuesday.
Also, Victoria and Trish Stratus take on Alexis Laree and Gail Kim. All that and more this week on Raw.
Confirmed Matches:
John Bradshaw Layfield vs Kurt Angle
Ric Flair vs Rey Misterio Jr
Randy Orton vs Edge
Burchill vs Shawn Michaels
Alexis Laree and Gail Kim vs Victoria and Trish Stratus
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WWE Smackdown 9/2/04
John Cena is stretching backstage preparing for match two in the best of seven series. Christian rushes up from behind, clubbing Cena in the back of the leg with a baseball bat!. Christian pounds away at Cena's leg with the bat before pounding the leg and lifting up Cena. Unprettier drives Cena facefirst into the concrete floor! Christian fires a few more stomps to the leg before yelling: "I am going to win the series for my peeps, because that's how I roll."
Segment Rating: 88
Nova and the Shane Twins(w/Dawn Marie) vs Gregory Helms, Shannon Moore, and Maven
Nova will face Gregory Helms next week one on one on the live Smackdown. The Shane Twins pinball around the smaller men, with Nova being a weasel and getting in a few cheapshots but Gregory Helms gets in and pounds away at Nova. Gregory Helms knocks Nova with a superkick. Helms lifts up Nova and attempts a Vertebreaker but Nova slides down and knee. Novacain brings down Helms for a two count. Nova sets up Helms on the top rope but Helms knocks him off. Springboard Dropkick. Helms leaps to the top rope and flying elbowdrop but Dawn Marie is up on the apron, allowing the Shane Twins to enter the ring and destroy Helms with the Double Penetration. Moore and Maven gets knocked off the ring apron, as Nova rolls on top. The referee turns around and counts the pin.
Winners: Nova and the Shane Twins(after the Shane Twins hit the Double Penetration and Nova scores the pin)
Segment Rating: 72
Crowd Reaction: 69
Match Quality: 75
Paul Heyman is backstage with Brock Lesnar. Heyman puts over Lesnar as the greatest technical wrestler in the WWE today and repeats his challenge to Chris Benoit. Lesnar has won one, Benoit has won one, Heyman wants to break the tie and Lesnar wants to make Benoit tap out to fully avenge his Wrestlemania XX loss. Heyman says if Benoit has the guts, he can face Lesnar in a match where the only way to win is by making your opponent tap out. Lesnar vows to break Benoit. Heyman says he is going to wait for Benoit's answer to the possible rubber match.
Segment Rating: 89
Chavo(w/Konnan) vs Paul London
Paul London is the number one contender to the WWE Cruiserweight Title and will receive a title shot sometime down the road. Pretty good back and forth match with Konnan threatening Chavo if he lost. Chavo hits the Tornado DDT and the Gory Bomb but London manages to kick out. Chavo puts on an STF but London gets to the ropes. Chavo pounds away at London and attempts a brain buster but London drops down and stuns Chavo with the dropsault for a two count. London lifts up Chavo and whips him into the ropes. Leaping Roundhouse Kick. London takes it to the top rope but Chavo pounds away at London before climbing up. Super DDT brings London off the ropes! The crowd applauds for that move and Chavo covers London to score a two and three fourths match. Chavo steps to the outside and leaps off but Frog Splash misses. London goes up top and London Calling connects! Chavo is stunned and London covers Chavo to score the pin. London pulls himself up and makes the belt motion around his waist, indicating he wants the Cruiserweight Title currently held by Ultimo Dragon. Konnan puts the badmouth on Chavo, slapping him a couple of times after the match. Chavo looks about ready to strike back but he does not.
Winner: Paul London(w/the London Calling)
Segment Rating: 76
Crowd Reaction: 62
Match Quality: 90
Hardcore Holly vs Scott Hall
Triple H and Stephanie McMahon are on color commentary for this match. Triple H says that the Undertaker will never get another title match unless he gets past Hall. Hall looks pretty motivated tonight and he pounds away at Holly. Hall chops away at Hardcore Holly and whips him into the ropes. He scoops up Holly and fallaway slam brings Holly over. Hall lifts up Hardcore Holly and rams him into the corner. Kicks in the corner and abdominal stretch. Hall uses the ropes for leverage behind the back. Hall works over Hardcore Holly but Holly counters the Outsider's Edge with a high back body drop. Dropkick stuns Hall. Hardcore Holly pounds away at Hall and powerslam scores a two count. Hardcore Holly climbs up top facing the crowd but Hall crotches Holly up top. Hall climbs to the second rope, hooking the arms of Holly. Super Outsider's Edge brings Hardcore Holly down! Hall covers scoring the pin.
Winner: Scott Hall(w/the Super Outsider's Edge)
Segment Rating: 75
Crowd Reaction: 73
Match Quality: 78
Triple H and Stephanie enters the ring, congratulating Hall on his successful comeback win but the lights go out! The Undertaker comes out to the ring and enters the ring, staring down Scott Hall. The Undertaker challenges Hall to a match next week and if Taker beats Hall, the Undertaker will receive a WWE Championship Match with Triple H with any match stipulation of his choosing. If Hall wins, the Undertaker cannot receive a title shot as long as Triple H holds the WWE Championship. Triple H accepts the challenge for Hall with Hall looking a little uneasy. The Undertaker promises to make Hall rest in peace and then he will take the belt from Triple H. The lights go out and the Undertaker leaves.
Segment Rating: 88
Mark Magnus vs Brock Lesnar(w/Paul Heyman)
Footage from two weeks ago on Smackdown when Magnus got creamed by Lesnar. Magnus is going for round two with Lesnar and Magnus gets a bit of offense on Lesnar for about the first minute before Lesnar catches Magnus with an overhead suplex and it's pretty much over from there. Lesnar pulls out a Triple German Suplex, mocking Chris Benoit before hoisting him up. F-5 drives Magnus down and Lesnar covers with the foot on the chest to score the pin. After the match, Lesnar hoisted up Magnus and launched him over the ropes into the guardrail.
Winner: Brock Lesnar(w/the F-5)
Segment Rating: 74
Crowd Reaction: 59
Match Quality: 89
We cut to a vignette where Carlito is shown watching a past Smackdown. Carlito says that was not cool, and Smackdown is in a dangerous need of a cool transfusion. Next week, Carlito will be coming, he will be arriving on Smackdown and Carlito will shown the superstars of Smackdown what is cool. Carlito will be ready to spit into the face of the people who don't want to be cool.
Coming Next Week: Carlito
Segment Rating: 83
Christian is out, with a smirk on his face. Christian tells the referee to count out Cena and award him the match because after what Christian did to Cena, Cena will not be competing tonight. The referee puts the count on but at eight, Cena's music kicks up and he limps out. Cena enters the ring and trades punches with Christian.
Segment Rating: 77
Christian vs John Cena(Match Two of the Best of Seven Series)
Cena batters Christian with punches but Christian attacks the knee. Christian pounds away at the knee of Cena and works over the knee. Cena is in a lot of pain but manages to fight up despite the pain several times before Christian puts a stop to that offense with a dragon screw and a figure four leglock. Christian works over the legs and Cena attempts to turn the hold but Christian grabs onto the ropes to block it. Cena is in pain and is attempting to reverse but Christian has the hold on tight. Eventually, after a few minutes Cena passes out and the referee stops the match, awarding it to Christian. Christian is up 2-0 in the series and Christian's promise of sweeping the series is becoming closer.
Winner: Christian(after Cena passed out in the figure four leglock)
Segment Rating: 76
Crowd Reaction: 78
Match Quality: 74
WWE Tag Team Title Match:
Chris Benoit and Booker T vs the World's Greatest Tag Team(w/Paul Heyman)©
The WGTT get rocketed around in the early going but Booker gets trapped in the corner and double teamed. Booker T attempts to fight out but Haas and Benjamin punish Booker with a double Northern Lights Suplex. Haas goes up top but misses an elbow. Tag made to Benoit and Benoit chops away at the WGTT. Benjamin attempts a spin kick but Benoit ducks and Triple German Suplex. Benoit goes up and Swandive Headbutt. Cover but Haas breaks it up and Booker T knocks Haas to the floor with a Harlem Side Kick. Heyman is up on the apron but Benoit pulls him into the ring and chops away at him. Benoit flips Heyman over, using Heyman's tie. Benjamin attempts to strike Benoit but Benoit puts Benjamin in the Crippler Crossface. Benoit has Benjamin trapped but Heyman is in the ring, having the referee distracted. Brock Lesnar enters the ring with a tag team title belt!. He brings it down onto the back of the head of Benoit before lifting him up. F-5 brings Benoit down. Benjamin is rolled on top of Benoit and the referee turns around to count the pin.
Winners: The World's Greatest Tag Team(after Brock Lesnar interference)
Segment Rating: 80
Crowd Reaction: 78
Match Quality: 82
Lesnar stomps away at Benoit and lifts him up before hitting another F-5. Lesnar sets up Benoit and puts Benoit in the Crippler Crossface. Lesnar is punishing Benoit with his own Crossface. Lesnar is pulling back on the neck of Benoit as he is screaming for Benoit to tap. Smackdown goes off the air with Lesnar cranking on the Crippler Crossface on Benoit.
Show Rating: 78
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WWE Smackdown Preview for 9/2/04
One week from tonight, Smackdown will be live with a big show including the final battle between Rhyno and Goldberg inside a steel cage but this week on UPN, we also have a blockbuster card, with the WWE Tag Team Titles on the line. Indeed, The World's Greatest Tag Team will defend the WWE Tag Team Titles against Chris Benoit and Booker T in what should be a big time tag team match. The WGTT have beaten many top tag teams but Benoit and Booker T have been going at it with the Dangerous Alliance which includes the World's Greatest Tag Team, Brock Lesnar, and Paul Heyman.
Last week, Scott Hall returned to the WWE, helping Triple H lay out the Undertaker. Triple H says the Undertaker will have to get through Scott Hall to get another title shot at Triple H. We understand the Undertaker has been silent on the issue but may break his silence this week on Smackdown. In the meantime, Scott Hall will make his in ring return on Smackdown going one on one with Hardcore Holly.
Also, the Best of Seven Series continues with match Two. Last Week, Christian cheated to beat John Cena but this week on Smackdown, John Cena and Christian collide in the second match of the Best of Seven Series to declare a new United States Champion. Christian is up one but can Cena even the odds? Smackdown will hold the key.
Also, the Shane Twins and Nova team up to face off against Gregory Helms, Shannon Moore, and Maven in six man tag team action. Nova and Helms have a big one on one match on the live show but we will see a bit of a preview tonight on Smackdown. All this and more this week on Smackdown.
Confirmed Matches:
WWE Tag Team Title Match: Chris Benoit and Booker T vs the World's Greatest Tag Team©
Scott Hall vs Hardcore Holly
Match Two in the Best of Seven Series: Christian vs John Cena
The Shane Twins and Nova(w/Dawn Marie) vs Gregory Helms, Shannon Moore, and Maven
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WWE Monday Night Raw for 8/30/04
Alexis Laree(w/Matt Bentley) vs Trish Stratus
This match starts with hype for Taboo Tuesday and a reminder to go vote if you have not already. Alexis gets pummeled by Trish for most of this match but she turns the tides with a few illegal tactics. Alexis batters Trish Stratus as the announcers talk about how one of these two women could be voted by the fans as part of Taboo Tuesday. Trish hit Alexis with the Chick Kick which knocked her to the floor but this allowed Matt Bentley to slip into the ring and knock Trish down with a vicious clothesline while the referee was counting Alexis out. Alexis enters the ring and knee to Trish. Reverse DDT snaps Trish down and cover scores the pin. Alexis Laree has won her first match on Raw against Trish Stratus. Bentley and Alexis double team Trish after the match but the crowd cheers. It's Rey Misterio Jr. Rey rushes out and Bentley charges him but gets dropkicked. 6-1-9 sends Bentley for the loop. Rey lost the Interconinental Title to Bentley two weeks ago and Rey wants revenge. Alexis and Bentley rush out, wanting to fight another day.
Winner: Alexis Laree(w/Bentley interference)
Segment Rating: 68
Crowd Reaction: 74
Match Quality: 56
Kurt Angle comes out for an interview. Angle talks about the past couple of weeks about how Orton pinned him in the Elimination Chamber, screwed him out of the title the night after Summerslam, and screwed Angle out of the Taboo Tuesday Voting. Angle says Orton is going to pay and Angle does not care what match it is, because he can cause Orton pain no matter what happens. Angle says Orton may be a good young wrestler but in his short career, he has faced nothing like Kurt Angle. Angle says he will roll over Orton but Ric Flair comes out. Flair puts over Angle as a great wrestler but warns Angle to be the man, he must beat the man. Ric Flair challenges Angle for a match tonight. Angle accepts and promises to make Flair tap. Flair counters by stating he went all night long with the greatest wrestlers in the world, when Angle was in diapers and tonight, Angle is going to find out why Ric Flair is the greatest of all time. Wooo!!
Segment Rating: 99
Matt Bentley is ranting about Rey Misterio Jr in Eric Bischoff's office. Bentley is not too happy about being humilated and offers to put the Interconinental Title on the line against Rey tonight but Bischoff shoots that idea down reminding us that no title matches are to take place on Raw between now and Taboo Tuesday. Bischoff offers to make Bentley and Rey face off in a non title match and Bentley accepts. Bentley promises to batter Rey once again.
Segment Rating: 80
Burchill(w/William Regal) vs Chris Jericho vs Nick Dinsmore
Much more Taboo Tuesday Hype as these three men will be part of the Interconinental Title Voting. Standard triple threat fair Burchill and Jericho joining forces at times to batter Dinsmore. Dinsmore gets knocked to the floor and Burchill punks Jericho. He hooks Jericho in a Rock Bottom type position and Backflips into the air spiking Jericho into the canvas! The crowd is in awe as Burchill slaps on the cross armed STF. Jericho struggles but Regal holds Dinsmore back and Jericho is forced to submit, giving Burchill the win.
Winner: Burchill(w/the Cross Armed STF)
Segment Rating: 74
Crowd Reaction: 68
Match Quality: 84
Val Venis comes out to the ring, looking smug. Val Venis states he is going to introduce the star for the new adult film in which he is directed. Val Venis said he had to look far and long for someone who could measure up to the standard in which the Big Valboski has accomplished but he found a star up in Canada. Please give it up with Bobby Roode. Bobby Roode comes down to the ring, looking like a sleeze and attempts to hit on a couple of female fans at ringside. Venis calls Roode in the ring and states Roode will take over the WWE just like he will take over the Adult Film Industry.
Segment Rating: 72
Tommy Dreamer vs Bobby Roode(w/Val Venis)
And Roode gets pummeled by Tommy Dreamer throughout this match to give him a warm reception into the WWE. Val Venis turns the tide by cheapshotting Dreamer and Roode batters Dreamer, scoring a nearfall with a power bomb. Dreamer gets dumped to the floor and Val Venis prepares to attack him but Lance Storm rushes out from the back. Lance Storm wants to get his hands on Val Venis. Storm attacks Venis, before throwing him into the steps. Storm leaps to the top rope and Springboard Dropkick delivered to Roode. Roode falls, right into the Spicolli Driver! Dreamer holds down Roode to score the pin and make his first WWE match a loss. Val Venis attacks Dreamer after the match but gets attacked by Lance Storm. Roode is up and he attacks Storm and helps Val Venis pummel Storm to the canvas. Roode holds the arms of Storm behind his back so Val Venis can slap him a few times.
Winner: Tommy Dreamer(w/Lance Storm interference)
Segment Rating: 60
Crowd Reaction: 51
Match Quality: 70
Edge vs John Bradshaw Layfield
Edge will be part of the Taboo Tuesday World Title Voting and he attempts to drum up support by battering JBL. The tide is turned when JBL stops Edge cold with a boot to the head. JBL batters Edge and chokes him in the corner. Fallaway Slam scores a two count. Power Bomb nearly puts Edge down. JBL attempts the Clothesline from Pennsylvania Avenue but Edge ducks it and punches away at JBL. Edge delivers a spinning heel kick. Edge whips JBL into the corner and Spear nearly folds JBL in half! Edge prepares to cover but Batista is in the ring. Lariat nearly decapitates Edge. Batista pounds away at Edge and whip into the ropes. Huge Spinebuster nearly impacts Edge into the canvas. JBL is up and he helps Batista lay a whoopin on Edge. Spiked Batista Bomb and Edge is done. Evolution has made a statement destroying Edge tonight.
Winner By Disqualification: Edge
Segment Rating: 81
Crowd Reaction: 83
Match Quality: 78
Non Title Match:
Matt Bentley(w/Alexis Laree) vs Rey Misterio Jr
Another awesome match between these two. Bentley seems to be keeping Rey off balance with his power, including a nice triple gutwrench suplex into a bow and arrow submission hold. The Interconinental Title Holder chokes Rey out in the corner. Powerslam followed by a suplex and Bentley goes up top but he is met by Rey and battered, before getting armdragged off the ropes. Rey batteres Bentley. Springboard Thesz Press scores a two count. Dropkick from behind. Rey dials it up. 6-1-9. Alexis is on the top rope and springboard dropkick to Rey but Trish Stratus runs out from the back and spears Alexis. Trish is returning the favor from tonight and Trish chokes out Alexis as they have a hair pulling, eye gouging cat fight. It's a damn shame Joey Styles is not on the payroll right now. Anyway, back to the match as Bentley manages to snap off a slingshot suplex for a nearfall. Up top and Flying Elbowdrop. Nearfall. Bentley sets up Rey and superplex but Rey fights off and Frankensteiner off the top rope. Bentley is dizzied and Rey dropkicks Bentley before delivering another 6-1-9. West Coast Pop is ducked but Rey switches gears and leapfrogs. Bentley charges Rey but Rey grabs him and flips Bentley over the buckles. Spinning leg lariat knocks Bentley to the floor and Bentley just throws his hands up in the air and starts walking towards the back. The referee puts on the ten count, reaching the ten. Bentley has gotten himself counted out to avoid the wrath of Rey Misterio Jr!
Winner By Countout: Rey Misterio Jr.
Segment Rating: 88
Crowd Reaction: 78
Match Quality: 99
Eddie Guerrero is standing by backstage. Despite his injured arm, Eddie Guerrero will not back down from any challenge. If Eddie had it his way, his match with RVD would be for the title but since Bischoff froze all title defenses between now and Taboo Tuesday, a non title match will have to do. Eddie promises to walk out and puts over RVD has his greatest rival. Eddie says it will not be easy but promises RVD will feel the heat and the burn.
Segment Rating: 91
Ric Flair vs Kurt Angle
Hot Match from the crowd perspective but disappointing from a wrestling standpoint. Angle stuns Flair with a series of suplexes but Flair goes to the eye poke and works over the leg of Angle. Figure Four Leglock applied but Angle turns the hold and manages to twist his body before putting the Ankle Lock on Flair. Flair thrashes around, looking about to tap out but Randy Orton rushes out from the back. Orton enters the ring and attacks Angle, causing the disqualification. Orton pounds away at Angle but Angle comes back, battering Orton. Angle kicks Orton but Flair catches Angle with a low blow!. Angle is stunned and Orton catches Angle with the RKO! Orton stands over Angle before rolling him over and slapping the Ankle Lock on Angle. Angle is out cold from the RKO and Orton is cranking on this Ankle Lock. Flair taunts Angle. Angle has been laid out at the hands of Randy Orton, as Orton demonstrates the principle for one of the bouts on the Taboo Tuesday Voting, The Last Man Standing Match as Orton is the last man standing over Angle.
Winner by Disqualification: Kurt Angle
Segment Rating: 83
Crowd Reaction: 93
Match Quality: 60
Non Title Match:
Rob Van Dam vs Eddie Guerrero
Shawn Michaels joins us for color commentary for this match and states there is only one choice to be voted against Eddie Guerrero for Taboo Tuesday and that choice would be Shawn Michaels. Eddie favors the shoulder but manages to fight Van Dam but RVD is just too much for him at the early going. At one point, RVD clinches in a hammerlock and kicks away at the shoulder. RVD works over Eddie. Spin Kick and whip into the corner. Monkey Flip. Rolling Thunder is countered with a knee pull up and Eddie is battling back. Nice DDT brings RVD down for a two count. Eddie chops away at Van Dam and snap suplex. Another snap suplex but the shoulder gives out when Eddie attempts to pull up Van Dam for the brain buster so Eddie opts for a cradle, scoring a two count. Eddie's shoulder just went on him and he chops away with his good arm as his injured arm hangs limply at the side. Van Dam is whipped into the corner. Eddie charges in but Van Dam moves and Eddie's shoulder clips the ringpost! Van Dam scoops up Eddie and throws him down onto the shoulder. Up on the top rope and Five Star Frog Splash connects! Van Dam covers and scores the pin. That injured shoulder cost Eddie the match due to him not being able to complete the three amigos and as a result, Van Dam has won this non title match with Eddie. Shawn Michaels promises that he will be standing over Eddie in victory at Taboo Tuesday but the announcers warn HBK he better not count his chickens before they hatch. With this, Raw goes off the air.
Winner: Rob Van Dam(w/the Five Star Frog Splash)
Segment Rating: 89
Crowd Reaction: 91
Match Quality: 86
Show Rating: 81
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This Weekend in Wrestling
WWE Velocity 8/28/04:: Nova pinned Scotty 2 Hotty with a double underhook into a version of the Fame-Asser, Gregory Helms came out after the match and attacked Nova. It is announced that Helms and Nova will fight on the live Smackdown on 9/9/04. Rene Dupree pinned Joey Matthews with the Bastille Driver. Matthews earned quite a few nearfalls in the match and took Dupree the limit. A-Train pinned Mark Magnus with the Derailer. And in the main event, Maven and Rico scored a major upset over the Dudley Boys when Maven pinned D-Von after a crossbody/schoolyard trip combo. The Dudley Boys assaulted their opponents after the match, putting Maven through a table with a Super Bomb.
WWE Heat 8/29/04: Rob Van Dam pins Chuck Palumbo with the Five Star Frog Splash. Van Dam expressed his displeasure of being left off the Taboo Tuesday and vowed to make an impact on that night, despite being left off the balloting. Van Dam challenged Eddie Guerrero to a future title match. Johnny Stamboli came out, laughing at his partners loss and challenged anyone. Heat Color Commentator Al Snow accepted the challenge. Al Snow pinned Johnny Stamboli in an impromptu Hardcore Match after Chuck Palumbo accidentally hit Stamboli with the Jungle Kick. Matt Bentley calls himself the greatest thing to ever hit Raw and "Mr. Total Non Stop Attitude", before making an open challenge for the Interconinental Title Match. WWE Interconinental Champion Matt Bentley(w/Alexis Laree) pinned Garrison Cade after Alexis distracted Cade and Bentley hit the Impact Zone for the pin. The World Tag Team Champions Batista and John Bradshaw Layfield defeated the Spanish Announcer's Team in the main event when JBL pinned Joel Maximo after Batista hit the Batista Bomb. The Maximos gave Evolution some anxious moments. To end Heat, Eric Bischoff made a special announcement that no titles would be defended between now and Taboo Tuesday. And I would like to add this reminder tovote if you have not already.
WWE Monday Night Raw Preview for 8/30/04
Eddie Guerrero barely survived his World Heavyweight Title Match with Burchill last week and suffered further damage to his already seperated shoulder but a challenge has been issued for Raw and Eddie, despite being injured, will not back done for a fight. Even through the challenge was originally for a World Heavyweight Title Match, Eric Bischoff has since put an injunction on any title matches on Raw between now and Taboo Tuesday. As a result, this Monday, Rob Van Dam, who feels he was spurned on the Taboo Tuesday, will face off against Eddie Guerrero in a non title match. Van Dam wants to make a statement and if he beats Eddie, he could get into the title hunt after Taboo Tuesday.
Kurt Angle and Randy Orton have been at each others throats for the past few weeks and their wars may culminate in the "Fan's Choose the Stipulation" match as part of Taboo Tuesday. Angle and Orton will be at Raw and no doubt if their paths cross, fireworks should go off.
You got JBL, the self proclaimed Real American, one half of the World Tag Team Champions. You have Edge, one of the hottest young superstars on Raw. Add them together and you could have a potential for an explosive singles encounter. Another big match this Monday, which features Edge taking on John Bradshaw Layfield. Edge is looking to get some needed momentum as he goes forward into the World Heavyweight Title balloting for Taboo Tuesday but JBL is fresh off a pinfall victory over Hulk Hogan a few weeks ago at Summerslam, so he would like nothing better than to add to that momentum.
Also, two of the women who are involved in the Taboo Tuesday Women's Title Voting will compete against each other. Trish Stratus will face off against Alexis Laree, who is making her first in ring apperance on Raw. Laree has been stirring up trouble as the valet of the cocky, egotistical, Interconinental Champion, "Mr. Total Non Stop Attitude" Matt Bentley, but we will see if she measures up to the competion in the ring.
Plus Val Venis said last week he is going into directing in the Adult Film Industry, retiring from his starring role in films and will introduce the star of his first film this week. Also: Chris Jericho, Nick Dinsmore, and Burchill will compete in a Triple Threat Match as a small preview for the Interconinental Title Taboo Tuesday Voting. Raw will be on fire once again this week.
Confirmed Matches:
Rob Van Dam vs Eddie Guerrero(Non Title Match)
John Bradshaw Layfield vs Edge
Alexis Laree vs Trish Stratus
Burchill vs Chris Jericho vs Nick Dinsmore
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WWE Smackdown 8/26/04
The Shane Twins(w/Dawn Marie and Funaki) vs Hardcore Holly and Billy Gunn
The announcers remind us that Funaki is forced to be Dawn Marie's servant for thirty days due to the fact he lost to the Shane Twins a few weeks ago. Funaki gets on his knees, to be used as a step as the Shane Twins get into the ring. Pretty high impact, rough and tough tag team match. Gunn gets trapped in the corner of the Shane Twins but he manages to fight out and get the tag to Hardcore Holly. Holly rushes into the ring, battering the Shane Twins with punches. Hardcore Holly hits the Dropkick on one of the Shanes and clotheslines the other before stomping him. Hardcore Hooly scoops up a Shane Twin and slams him. Hardcore Holly climbs up to the top rope and diving kneedrop but the other twin attacks him. Billy Gunn enters the ring and knocks the second Twin to the floor. The referee is distracted, as Dawn Marie orders Funaki to interfere. Funaki leaps to the top rope and catches Hardcore Holly from behind with a Missile Dropkick! The Shane Twin in the ring kicks Holly and drops him with a DDT. Cover scores the pin as Funaki reluctantly interfered to help the Shane Twins win the match. Hardcore Holly is up and is not too happy. Dawn Marie shoves Funaki into the grip of Hardcore Holly. Hardcore Holly beats Funaki to a pulp before laying him out with the Alabama Slam.
Winners: The Shane Twins(after Funaki interference)
Segment Rating: 70
Crowd Reaction: 68
Match Quality: 73
James Mitchell is backstage, talking on behalf of Sean O' Haire. Mitchell talks about how O' Haire will take another unfortunate victim into the depths of hell shortly. O' Haire will not be stopped, no one will stand in his way and he will destroy anyone who does. O' Haire will not be intimidated by anyone, not even somelike like Bill Goldberg. Mitchell laughs as O' Haire says that he has marked Goldberg as his next victim and soon Goldberg will be destroyed at the hands of O' Haire.
Segment Rating: 74
Rhyno vs Spike Dudley
Spike makes his return after a few months off and gets destroyed by Rhyno. Rhyno bounces Spike to the canvas with the Gore to score the pin. Here's Goldberg! Goldberg rushes into the ring and attacks Rhyno, battering him before tossing him across the ring and backing up. Attempted Spear but Rhyno leaps over Goldberg with a leapfrog!. Rhyno and Goldberg attempt to shoulderblock each other but no one moves. All of the sudden, Jim Cornette and security comes out from the back.
Winner: Rhyno(w/the Gore)
Segment Rating: 77
Crowd Reaction: 78
Match Quality: 75
Cornette says Goldberg and Rhyno have issues and Cornette can respect that but they will settle their business in the ring, with one final battle. Two weeks from tonight, a special live Smackdown will happen. On this night, Bill Goldberg will take on Rhyno and Cornette has decided to add a stipulation to make this match special. Rhyno and Goldberg will do battle inside the confines of a fifteen foot steel cage! Rhyno promises to break Goldberg while Goldberg promises Rhyno will be next!
Segment Rating: 84
Triple H is in the ring, along with Stephanie McMahon, looking a bit better than last week but still looking pretty banged up. Triple H says he is still the WWE Champion, he survived the Undertaker, and there will be no rematch. Triple H states he has nothing to prove by beating the Undertaker, because the belt certifies Triple H is the best on Smackdown. Triple H calls the Undertaker gutless for attempting to attack him when he was injured and even Triple H at less than a hundred percent would kick the Undertaker's ass. The lights go out and the Undertaker is making his way down to the ring, slowly going after Triple H. The Undertaker steps into the ring but Triple H is backing off but a beer vender climbs over the guardrail, into the ringside area!. What in the...the beer vender looks like a larger gentlemen and he reaches inside his uniform to pull out a glass bottle. The Undertaker does not see him as he has his eyes locked on Triple H. The beer vender breaks the bottle over the head of the Undertaker!. Triple H kicks the stunned Undertaker and drives him down with the Pedigree. The beer vender appears to be taking off a disguise and holy shit, it's Scott Hall! Hall and Triple H go way back and Scott Hall has just ambushed the Undertaker. This was a set up. Hall and Triple H stomp away at the Undertaker for a bit before Triple H grabs the microphone and says for the Undertaker to get another title shot, he must get through one of Triple H's best friends in wrestling, "Da Bad Guy" Scott Hall.
Segment Rating: 86
#1 Contendership for the Cruiserweight Title At Stake:
Tajiri vs Paul London vs Jamie Noble
Pay Per View Quality match tonight as all three of these great Cruiserweight Athletes show their mettle. Noble works over the knee of Tajiri after knocking London to the floor. Tajirii's efforts to kick Noble's head off are slowed down due to the knee work but London enters the ring and a pair of dropsaults connect to Noble and Tajiri. London goes up top but 450 Splash misses when Tajiri puts the knees up. Huge Kick to the head but Noble grips Tajiri and German Suplex. Bridge but only a two count. Noble pounds away at Tajiri and Tiger Bomb. Another nearfall and Noble wrenches the legs of Tajiri some more and figure four leglock applied. Tajiri appears to be on the verge of submitting but London is up on the top rope. Shooting Star Foot Stomp stuns Noble!. Noble gets tossed to the floor and London covers the weakened Tajiri to score the pin and earn the match with Cruiserweight Champion Dragon at some point in the future.
Winner: Paul London(after taking advantage of a weakened Tajiri)
Segment Rating: 86
Crowd Reaction: 82
Match Quality: 91
Paul Heyman is standing by with the Dangerous Alliance. Heyman states he is a genius and he united three of the greatest wrestlers in the WWE in the World's Greatest Tag Team and Brock Lesnar. Heyman says he is scouting the globe for the greatest wrestlers the world has to offer and more will come soon. Heyman says that tonight, the Dangerous Alliance will roll over the competion. Benoit is a fool for thinking he can match holds with Brock Lesnar and Heyman continues degrading Benoit by stating that Benoit lost his luster once he got a taste of the top. Heyman challenges Benoit to a match on behalf of Lesnar where the only way you can win is your opponent tapping out and Lesnar will prove once and for all that Benoit is the real quitter. Heyman finishes the interview by warning Triple H to watch out, as after Lesnar's business with Benoit concludes, Lesnar is coming after Triple H's belt and Triple H will be destroyed by Lesnar. "It doesn't matter who you know or whoses bed you share, Hunter, it won't matter against Brock Lesnar," remarks Heyman to close out the interview.
Segment Rating: 90
Funaki(w/Dawn Marie) vs Sean O' Haire(w/James Mitchell)
Dawn Marie is forcing Funaki, her servant for 30 days to compete despite the fact Hardcore Holly beat the snot out of him earlier tonight for interfering in the Shane Twins/Holly and Gunn match. Funaki gets squashed in short order, O' Haire finishes with the Prophecy in less than two minutes. O' Haire is compared to Goldberg on commentary in the way he dominated but it is wondered if he can do the same against a fresh opponent or if he can attain the success of Goldberg.
Winner: Sean O' Haire(w/the Prophecy)
Segment Rating: 76
Crowd Reaction: 75
Match Quality: 78
We cut to a beach house with pictures full of Smackdown superstars and a basket full of apples. We see Carlito sitting, looking at the pictures in disgust while munching on the apple. Carlito spits his apple at a picture of Billy Gunn and states "dat is not cool" before turning to the camera. Carlito talks about how Smackdown suffers from a lack of cool wrestlers but rest assure, Carlito is coming to infuse Smackdown with the cool. Carlito grabs another apple and chews on it, looking at the pictures before spitting on pictures of Maven, Booker T, Hardcore Holly, Rico, John Cena, Chris Benoit, and Goldberg. Carlito promises to spit in the faces of those who are not cool and take control of Smackdown.
Coming Soon to Smackdown: Carlito
Segment Rating: 86
Match #1 In the Best of Seven Series of the Vacant United States Title:
Christian vs John Cena
Christian attacks John Cena as he is playing the crowd, working him over before Cena comes back with punches and knocks Christian to the floor. Christian is suplexed back in and Cena pounds away at Christian. Powerslam and Five Knuckle Shuffle. Cena pumps it up and sets up for the F-U but Christian grabs onto the top rope to block and drops down. Kick to the groin from behind and Christian delivers a reverse DDT, scoring a two count. Christian batters away at Cena and modified backbreaker followed by a second rope elbowdrop. Unprettier attempt is shoved off and Cena batters Christian with punches. Double leg takedown and catapault into the corner. Christian gets set three sixty with a clothesline and begs off in the corner. Cena bends down but Christian thumbs Cena in the eye. Christian trips up Cena and uses the ropes for leverage to score the pin. Christian has stolen the first match in the best of seven series thanks to some illegal tactics and now leads 1-0.
Winner: Christian(after using the ropes for leverage)
Segment Rating: 76
Crowd Reaction: 78
Match Quality: 74
Booker T, Ultimo Dragon, and Chris Benoit vs the Dangerous Alliance(w/Paul Heyman)
A bit of a chaotic six man tag team match to start but things cooled down when Dragon and Haas were left in the ring. Dragon batters Haas and whip into the ropes. Leg Lariat and Dragon delivers a series of kicks before a jumping back kick. Haas tags in Lesnar and Lesnar uses his power to subdue Dragon. Dragon gets trapped in enemy territory and battered in the corner but he manages to fight out and tag to Chris Benoit. Benoit and Benjamin are the legal men and chops are traded with Benoit snapping off the Triple German for a nearfall. Swandive Headbutt connects for another nearfall but Sharpshooter is stopped by a clothesline from the blindside. The numbers game are just too much as the Dangerous Alliance assault Benoit in the corner again. Benoit's leg is assaulted and Lesnar attempts the Brock Lock but Benoit manages to get to the ropes before too much damage is down. Lesnar prepares to dragon screw Benoit but Benoit pops up, smashing Lesnar with an enzuigiri. Race to the corner. Tag to Shelton and tag to Booker T. Booker T enters the ring, fists of fire. Clotheslines for everyone. Heyman gets in but gets attacked. Shelton gets caught with a spinebuster by Booker T. Waiting for him to get up and Harlem Side Kick connects. Haas attempts to interfere but he gets Asai Moonsaulted. Lesnar attempts to interfere but Benoit attacks him with chops. Lesnar and Benoit are brawling in the corner and Shelton clubs Booker T from behind. Attempted T-Bone but Booker T slips behind and reverse roll up! Booker T has Shelton pinned but no referee due to the fight between Lesnar and Benoit in the corner! Heyman slips to the ring and shatters a cell phone over the back of the head of Booker T! The cover is reversed and Shelton has Booker T held down. Lesnar and Benoit tumble to the floor as the referee turns around to register the pin. The Dangerous Alliance steal this one thanks to Paul Heyman. Smackdown goes off the air with Lesnar and Benoit brawling towards the back while security and other wrestlers pour from the back in an attempt to pull them apart.
Winners: The Dangerous Alliance(after a cell phone shot to Booker T)
Segment Rating: 74
Crowd Reaction: 75
Match Quality: 75
Show Rating: 77
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WWE Smackdown 8/26/04
Smackdown has been on the air for five years as a full time show and this week on UPN, we are going to celebrate the festivities with a huge, blockbuster show including a six man tag team main event.
Last Week, The World's Greatest Tag Team and Brock Lesnar joined forces along with Paul Heyman to reform the Dangerous Alliance. Now this week, in our huge six man tag team main event match, Lesnar, Benjamin, and Haas will join forces to take on the trio of two of the men they destroyed in Chris Benoit and Booker T and the WWE Cruiserweight Champion Ultimo Dragon. Scores are to be settled between Benoit and Booker T against the Dangerous Alliance but they have scored a coup enlisting perhaps the best WWE Cruiserweight Champion of all time in the Dragon as their partner.
Also, the Best of Seven Series for the Vacant United States Title will kick off. John Cena will take on Christian in this match. Whomever wins the first match will have a psychological advantage to kick things off in the series.
You cannot seem them anywhere else but UPN. That's right, the Cruiserweights will be in the house this week when Jamie Noble, Tajiri, and the returning Paul London collide in a Triple Threat Match where the winner begins the number one contender to Ultimo Dragon's Cruiserweight Title. We should see all kinds of high flying actions.
Also, the WWE Champion Triple H will be in the house and the Undertaker should be far behind. Smackdown is popping this week, only on UPN.
Confirmed Matches:
The Dangerous Alliance(w/Paul Heyman) vs Chris Benoit, Booker T, and Ultimo Dragon
Best of Seven Series for the Vacant United States Title, Match One: Christian vs John Cena
#1 Contender Match for the WWE Cruiserweight Title: Tajiri vs Paul London vs Jamie Noble
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WWE Monday Night Raw for 8/23/04
Shawn Michaels vs Kurt Angle
This match was not as good as the past encounters, as it seemed to be stalling for something. Michaels works over Angle's neck for an extended period but Angle rallies back and hits a pair of suplexes. Angle hits the Angle Slam but Randy Orton comes out and Angle decides to baseball slide Orton like an idiot and go out to pound him. Angle gets in and Sweet Chin Music connects!. Michaels covers Angle to score the pin! Shawn Michaels will be the first man in the World Heavyweight Title Voting for Taboo Tuesday. Orton has screwed Angle out of yet another match!
Winner: Shawn Michaels(w/the Sweet Chin Music)
Segment Rating: 79
Crowd Reaction: 86
Match Quality: 66
William Regal is standing by with Burchill. Burchill has his arms folded with a meancing look on his face. Regal says tonight Burchill is going to grab the brass ring, become the first ever World Heavyweight Champion to come out of the United Kingdom. Regal says Eddie Guerrero is a miserable little toad and a disgrace to the title but that will change tonight when Burchill beats Eddie. Regal promises Burchill will snap Eddie in half and go onto Taboo Tuesday to destroy whomever the fans pick to be sent into the slaughter.
Segment Rating:76
WWE Women's Title Match:
Victoria vs Gail Kim©
The crowd is dead for this match, which is better than your average Women's Title Match. Trish Stratus joins us for commentary, saying that she knows the real Victoria and Victoria is uncaring, only out for herself. She calls the fans misguided for cheering Victoria. Victoria attempts the Widow's Peak but Gail Kim slips out and trips up Victoria. Catapault over the top buckle, causing Victoria to fly headfirst into the ringpost. Gail Kim snap mares Victoria and locks on a stump puller. Victoria has nowhere to go but she refuses to submit until she passes out from the pain. The referee stops the match and Gail Kim retains the title. Trish says she is not impressed by Gail Kim and says she would be the champion by now if Evolution first and then Victoria hadn't screwed up her two previous title shots.
Winner: Gail Kim(after Victoria passed out from the stump puller)
Segment Rating: 66
Crowd Reaction: 53
Match Quality: 79
Val Venis is out, sporting a heel sneer. Val Venis says he was sick of carrying Lance Storm on his back and now, Val Venis has kicked Storm to the curb, much like he has kicked many women who could not keep up with the Big Valboski. Val states Storm was good for a short time but Val Venis is onto bigger and better things. Val says he is going to go back to his roots but instead of starring in Adult Film Movies, he is direct them. Val Venis says he will introduce the star for his next movie next week on Raw. Val calls out some jabroni who cannot keep up with the Big Valboski.
Segment Rating: 78
Orlando Jordan vs Val Venis
Val Venis kicks the ever living crap out of OJ and finishes him off with a spinebuster and Money Shot combo. Val Venis rolls over Orlando Jordan and rubs his face into the canvas, for daring to think he can match up with him. Val Venis has an attitude and that could take him places on Raw!
Winner: Val Venis(w/the Money Shot)
Segment Rating: 72
Crowd Reaction: 63
Match Quality: 82
Nick Dinsmore and Tommy Dreamer vs Nunzio and Test
These four men will be involved in the Interconinental Title Voting at Taboo Tuesday where the winner of the voting faces Matt Bentley for the championship. High impact tag action with all four men throwing in all their signature moves. Dreamer took Test out before clotheslining Nunzio and Nunzio falls into a German Suplex from Dinsmore who bridges for the pin. Dinsmore has a bright future on Raw.
Winner: Nick Dinsmore and Tommy Dreamer(w/the German Suplex to Nunzio)
Segment Rating: 74
Crowd Reaction: 65
Match Quality: 84
Randy Orton comes out along with Ric Flair. Orton states that he showed Kurt Angle tonight and Angle is out of the World Title voting due to Orton's master plan. Flair puts over Orton in the background while Orton talks about the darkest spectre in his career. The fact that he has never scored a victory over Rey Misterio Jr. Tonight this will end as Orton will plant Rey with the RKO and move onto the Taboo Tuesday World Heavyweight Title Voting. Orton says if the fans have any sense, they would vote him in and then Orton will achieve his divine right as World Heavyweight Champion.
Segment Rating: 96
Taboo Tuesday World Title Voting Qualifier:
Rey Misterio Jr vs Randy Orton(w/Ric Flair)
Rey dazzles Orton with some dropkicks and armdrags but Ric Flair trips up Rey and Orton attacks Rey. Orton pounds away at Rey and hits a pair of vicious suplexes before choking Rey on the bottom rope. Orton lifts up Rey and whips him in, connecting with a powerslam. Orton signals for Rey to get up and Orton delivers a clubbing clothesline. Orton sets up Rey and whip into the corner. Attemtped belly to back suplex but Rey flips up and spinning leg lariat to Orton. Rey steps to the outside and springboard Thesz Press connects. Flair is on the apron and Flair gets dropkicked off. Orton kicks Rey and plants him with a vicious DDT. Two count scored. Orton climbs up to the top rope but Rey dropkicks Orton. Orton falls spread eagled on the top rope and Rey climbs up, hooking Orton before launching him off with a bulldog. Rey steps to the outside and Dropping of the Dime. Cover and two count. Rey lifts up Orton, forearms, and running dropkick from behind. Orton falls on the ropes. 619 connects. Ric Flair is on the ring apron and Rey catches him with a 619. Orton is up and he rushes Rey but Rey moves and the referee gets hit. The referee goes down and Orton scoops up Rey but Rey drops down. Attempted dropkick but Orton catches Rey and catapault into the corner. Head grabbed and RKO drives Rey down!. Cover but no referee to count but we do have Kurt Angle, who is up behind Orton. Angle drives a series of forearms across the back of the head before hoisting up Orton and dropping him with the Angle Slam. Angle leaves the ring as Rey pulls himself up. To the outside and Orton is staggering up, groggy. West Coast Pop connects to Orton! Rey hooks both legs on the way down and holds down Orton for the pin, advancing to the World Heavyweight Title Voting. Orton and Angle have cost each other their Qualifying Matches tonight!
Winner: Rey Misterio Jr(w/the West Coast Pop)
Segment Rating: 84
Crowd Reaction: 85
Match Quality: 85
Randy Orton storms into Eric Bischoff's office in a rage. Orton says he wants a match with Kurt Angle and Bischoff tells Orton to calm him down because Bischoff has an idea. At Taboo Tuesday, Randy Orton will face Kurt Angle and the fans will get to pick the stipulation. It could be an I-Quit Match. Perhaps it could be a Last Man Standing Match. Or it could be inside the confines of a Steel Cage. Orton looks pleased and promises to make Taboo Tuesday Angle's last night.
Segment Rating: 75
Taboo Tuesday World Heavyweight Title Voting Qualifier:
Edge vs Chris Jericho
Jericho attacks Edge but Edge fights back with some punches and a flying forearm. Edge sets up Jericho and sends him down with a faceplant. Edge waits on Jericho and pair of clothesline. Up top and Missile Dropkick. Nearfall. Edge goes for the Spear but Jericho moves and Edge lands on the floor. Jericho pounds away at Edge and suplexes him into the ring. Jericho knees Edge in the back. Up and pair of double underhook backbreakers. Jericho rolls over Edge and stands on the back. Jericho lifts up Edge and huge power bomb into the Walls of Jericho. Jericho locks the move on Edge but Edge makes it to the ropes. Jericho beats down Edge and running faceplant. Lionsault hits the knees and Edge is up. Spear is side stepped and Jericho trips up Edge, attempting the Walls of Jericho but Edge counters with a small package to score the pin!. Edge, Rey, and Michaels will be the three men in the Taboo Tuesday voting. Jericho attacks Edge at the bell and sends the referee flying as well. Jericho is not too happy and he has to be restrained by more referees.
Winner: Edge(w/a small package)
Segment Rating: 81
Crowd Reaction: 83
Match Quality: 78
World Heavyweight Title Match:
Burchill(w/William Regal) vs Eddie Guerrero©
Eddie has his shoulder taped up and this is a big warning sign for Burchill to attack the arm of Eddie. Burchill rams Eddie's arm into the post before kneeing Eddie in the arm. Burchill attempts a shoulderbreaker but Eddie drops down and pair of European Uppercuts. Snap Suplex but the shoulder is in pain. William Regal is crouched down behind the ring apron and when Eddie rolls over towards his side of the ring, Regal chokes Eddie with his tie. Eddie is winded and Burchill grabs Eddie, single arm DDT, floated over into a Fujiwara Armbar. Eddie screams out in pain but does not submit and manages to reach to the ropes. Eddie clutches his shoulder as Burchill destroys it with more punches. Burchill sets up Eddie Guerrero and hammerlock, followed by a hammerlock belly to belly suplex. Burchill hooks the arm and cross armbreaker. Eddie sells the move like Burchill is attempting to tear his shoulder off. Eddie gets to the ropes and Burchill breaks the hold, only to drag Eddie to the center of the ring and reapply the hold. Eddie is in danger of losing the title. He can't reach the rope but he can reach Regal, who is leaning into the ring, taunting him. Eddie steals Regal's tie, wrapping it around the throat of Burchill and pulling him into a cradle. Burchill still has the hold clamped on but Eddie has Burchill trapped using the tie so he scores the pin! Burchill has suffered his first defeat thanks to the cunning of Eddie Guerrero!
Winner: Eddie Guerrero(after using Regal's tie to pull Burchill into a cradle while Burchill has the Cross Armbreaker on)
Segment Rating: 79
Crowd Reaction: 72
Match Quality: 86
Burchill still has the hold on and he refuses to break the hold. Burchill is not too happy and Regal kneels down on Eddie's other arm to prevent Eddie from fighting. After a couple more minutes, Burchill lets up on the hold and Eddie is screaming in pain. Regal looks at the camera and says Burchill will soon hold gold, no one will be able to hold him down. Raw goes off the air with Burchill looking meancing and Eddie clutching his arm while screaming bloody murder.
Show Rating: 78
Now it's time for the fun to begin. The Taboo Tuesday Voting Ballot is Here. Please go and make your voice heard. Every vote counts. Uncle Eric wants you!
World Wrestling Entertainment 2004: A Different Route
in The Dome Retro Room
Posted
WWE Velocity for 10/2/04: Raw invades Velocity and nothing of note really happens. Garrison Cade pinned Johnny Stamboli with a Flying Elbowdrop, Chuck Palumbo pinned Mark Jindrak with the Jungle Kick, and Gail Kim defeated Ivory in a non title match with a standing figure four leglock/front facelock hybrid move.