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09-23-2006, 07:34 AM
Smackdown Results - 22nd Sep 2006
Location - Montreal, QE
Announcers - JBL & Michael Cole
Smackdown! kicked off with King Booker and Sharmell in Teddy Long’s office. Sharmell showed Long the King’s hands, with Book saying that his hands are unblemished, and shouldn’t be allowed to touch the common folk, and that Vito certainly shouldn’t be allowed to get his hands on the King. Long informed them both that Vito had stepped aside and that Book would face The Undertaker.
The new opening credits (which are pretty cool although I don’t get why the image of Rey Mysterio has to have him wearing an Eddie Guerrero shirt) rolled to play us into the season premiere of Smackdown! which airs on the CW Network later today in the United States.
Batista’s music hit as we go straight into the first match of the night. JBL and Michael Cole commented on what a big deal it was having The Undertaker on the show as Lashley made his way to the ring for their tag team match against Finlay and William Regal. Batista worked over Regal early on, with Finlay backtracking when Batista tried to go for him. Batista tagged in Lashley, and the duo hit a sweet looking double delayed vertical suplex on Regal as Finlay argued with the referee. Lashley got a two count on Regal, who quickly tagged out to Finlay.
Finlay slowed the pace down while working over Lashley before tagging Regal back in, who hit him with a series of knees to the face. Regal and Finlay continued to trade tags, slowly weakening Lashley until he managed to make the hot tag to Batista. Batista and Finlay brawled on the outside, with Finlay being kicked into the crowd. Regal watched as Batista headed back to the ring, then turned around into a spear from Lashley for the win.
Decent opener. Hot crowd too.
The flashy new graphics remind us that Rey Mysterio vs Chavo Guerrero is up later tonight, as is Undertaker vs King Booker before we cut to commercial.
We return with Layla El making her way to the ring to a Hogan pop. Funny how all these lower card guys get such huge pops on Smackdown!. Even funnier how the Smackdown! crowds manage to shout so loudly without moving. Layla welcomes us to the CW Network premiere, then does a really ridiculous dance until thankfully being interrupted by Kristal, who I just realised for the first time looks hot. Kristal says she’s sick of all these Diva Search winners doing what they want. She says she’s the hottest diva on Smackdown!, quickly slaps Layla down and they get into a catfight. Jillian Hall hits the ring and strips Kristal down to her bra to get a cheap pop, and after Layla thinks she has a new buddy, Jillian strips her down to her bra as well. Of course, it wouldn’t be a pointless diva segment without Jillian taking her top off as well, as Michael Cole turns into Tony Schiavone and calls tonight “the greatest night in the history of television.”
A video package showing the history between Rey Mysterio and Chavo Guerrero is shown.
Gregory Helms makes his way to the ring to take on Matt Hardy in a re-match from last week as highlights are shown from their match last week. Again, it’s a non-title match. The match gets underway with Hardy taking it to Helms straight away. Helms is thrown to the outside, then dives over the top rope to land on him for good measure. They head back into the ring where Hardy continues to dominate until Hardy gets hung up on the top rope. Helms hits a neckbreaker and gets a two count. JBL lays into Cole as they discuss Helms’ title reign, with JBL saying Cole only cares about guys like Batista and The Undertaker, calling Helms “Smackdown’s best kept secret.” I could be wrong, but I’m sure he gave that title to Hardy on last week’s show.
Helms comes off the top rope and misses an elbow, with Hardy capitalising on the mistake and hitting the Side Effect and getting a two count. Mattitude goes to the top rope and lands a moonsault for another two count before going for the Twist of Fate which misses after Helms holds onto the ropes. Hardy gets hit with the Shining Wizard but Helms only gets a two count. Helms then attempts to unfasten a turnbuckle pad, only for the referee to stop him. With the referee’s back turned, Hardy kicked Helms in the groin then rolled him up to pick up the win.
Backstage, The Miz cuts an annoyingly annoying promo. He’s up next. Hoo-rah. Or something.
Just as you thought the promos couldn’t get any worse, we return from commercial for a commercial from Jimmy Wang Yang. He debuts on Smackdown! next week. Yeeee-hawww!
Funaki vs The Miz is up next, as Miz’s #1 fan, Michael Cole, tells us how The Miz is still undefeated and will be 4-0 if he wins tonight. The Miz makes fun of Funaki to start things out, gives the 170lb Funaki a bodyslam, then celebrates on the ropes as if he’s just won the WWE Title at WrestleMania. I’m all for heels acting like heels (in fact there’s not enough of it in wrestling anymore), but Miz is just plain annoying. I don’t even know if he’s meant to be a heel. This is pretty much a squash match which thankfully is kept short. JBL on commentary is yet again the highlight right here, laying into Miz for being annoying, and Cole for being his fanboy.
Backstage, Rey Mysterio cuts a promo saying that Chavo and Vicki’s betrayal was like they raped his soul. Rey says life goes on (just like this feud), and that tonight is the first day of the rest of his life.
A promo for The Marine airs. We’re nearly an hour into the show, and this is the only mention of the WWE Champion on the show so far, even though WWE.com spent the week making a big deal about Teddy Long inviting John Cena to be on Smackdown.
Vicki and Chavo Guerrero make their way to the ring to a chorus of boos. Mysterio comes out to a nice pop and we get underway straight away with Chavo attacking Rey as soon as he enters the ring. Chavo hits a series of forearms but Rey counters with a headscissors that sends Chavo out of the ring, then follows it up with a senton off the apron to the outside. Chavo catches him momentarily and they both fall into the crowd where they brawl back and forth until Mysterio starts to dominate after another senton in the crowd. They stay in the crowd for a few minutes before eventually returning to the ring where Vicki hands Chavo a chair. Mysterio hits a springboard dropkick before Chavo can use it, which leads to Vicki interferes. She tries to slap Mysterio, but he blocks it. Chavo then attacks Mysterio from behind and the two brawl in the ring until referees and officials split them up. A really good match, and the intensity was there, but no explanation was given about the result. I’m guessing the brawl into the crowd led to a double count, but it wouldn’t have harmed to actually explain that, especially when the match was continued in the ring for several minutes.
We return from commercial with one of the Diva Search finalists (Marie?) welcoming us to The CW.
Next up, Brian Kendrick & Paul London defend the Tag Titles in a triple threat against The Pitbulls and KC James & Idol Stevens. Prior to commercials, JBL really put over these guys, and during the introductions again puts over the tag team division on Smackdown. The match kicks off at a frantic pace, with Stevens taking it to the champions before Jamie Noble and Kid Kash double team him. Kash starts to work over Stevens but is quickly stopped, and Stevens tags out to KC James. James and Kash go back and forth with right hands before James tags Stevens back in, and he starts to dominate Kash with the help of James when the referee is distracted.
Brian Kendrick gets back into the match and takes out Stevens and Noble before tagging in Paul London, who clears house and wakes up the crowd. The referee gets distracted by Michelle McCool, allowing the Pitbulls to double team London. Kendrick makes the save but is then attacked by Idol Stevens. It gets a bit frantic and Noble then attacks Stevens, but Paul London in turn attacks Noble, rolls him up and gets the quick win to retain the titles. A really good match that would have benefitted from an extra five or ten minutes. Why this wasn’t saved for next month’s No Mercy PPV is beyond me.
Backstage, Elijah Burke introduces us to Sylvester Terkay, doing his best to put Terkay over as a monster. Granted he has an impressive background to justify being called a monster, but unless he starts showing some intensity in the ring, he’s not going to get over in WWE as a monster.
Highlights of Batista’s recent promotional tour of The Philippines are shown.
Sylvan comes out to a monster pop in his hometown of Montreal. JBL states that “he’s French, he’s Canadian…I double hate this man.” He cuts a promo in Canadian which gets him over before Tatanka’s music hits, and kills the crowd in a split second. The match gets underway, with Tatanka getting heel heat for every little move he does. I don’t remember the last time Tatanka got the crowd to respond to him either way to such an extent. “Let’s go, Sylvan” chants start up as Tatanka locks him into a rest hold. Sylvan powers out and starts to dominate the match. The crowd reaction really makes this match fun. It’s like watching a lower midcard version of The Rock vs Hulk Hogan from WrestleMania 18 in that it’s not a great match, but the crowd really make it fun to watch. I’m not comparing Rock or Hogan to either of these two at all, nor am I saying this match is as good, but it’s the first comparison that came into my head. I never thought I’d be giving column inches and saying good things about a Sylvan vs Tatanka match, so blame that. Sylvan quickly picks up the win, using the ropes to get the pin on Tatanka and continue the storyline of Tatanka being screwed over by referees.
Backstage, John Cena is in Teddy Long’s office. Cena thanks Long for giving him the chance to be on Smackdown if he hadn’t won the WWE title. Long tells Cena how Batista and Lashley have a problem with Regal, Finlay and King Booker, and how he’d love to have the champions of both brands in a WWE ring on Smackdown!. Cena agrees, and a 6-man tag team match will headline next week’s show. Cena leaves, and Teddy dances.
Michael Cole and JBL wet themselves with excitement over Cena’s appearance next week, then run through the card to date for No Mercy as follows:
- King Booker vs Lashley for the World Title
- Batista vs Finlay
- Rey Mysterio vs Chavo Guerrero
- The Undertaker vs Ken Kennedy
Ken Kennedy makes his way to ringside for commentary on the next match. The Undertaker vs King Booker is up next.
King Booker doesn’t get his usually extended intro as Kennedy gets time on commentary to talk about how unfair it is that he has to face ‘Taker at No Mercy. Undertaker comes out to a huge pop - and not the usual canned pop that happens so often on this show. JBL puts over how much of a badass Undertaker is as he no sells right hands from Booker and clotheslines him over the top rope to the outside as we cut to commercials for the final time tonight.
We return with Undertaker in control in the ring as he takes Book down with a boot the face and gets a near fall. ‘Taker goes to the top rope for ‘Old School’ but Booker counters and follows him to the top and attempts a superplex. It gets blocked and Booker is pushed to the mat, but Sharmell distracts the referee and gives Booker chance to give ‘Taker a low blow on the top rope and then hit the superplex. Booker stays in control, hanging ‘Taker over the top rope and hitting him with scissors kick for a two count. ‘Taker tries to get back into it with an elbow but is overpowered and pummeled with a flurry of punches from the Champ. They go to the outside momentarily where ‘Taker is thrown into the steel steps before returning to the ring where Booker hits him with a kick to the jaw for another near fall.
‘Taker starts to make his comeback but gets nailed with a DDT for another two count. ‘Taker sits straight up and again starts to fight back with right hands and a flying clothesline for a near fall of his own. He hits Snake Eyes and a boot to the face before dropping a leg and getting another two count. Booker then counters a chokeslam and hits a heel kick that puts ‘Taker on his back. It seemed like a spot was edited out here as the camera cut to Ken Kennedy, returning to the ring to see Booker attempt a tombstone only for ‘Taker to reverse it. Booker escapes, then hits ‘Taker with a low blow which the referee sees and calls for the DQ.
‘Taker gets levelled with the title belt, and Booker escapes out of the ring. He stops to pause halfway up the ramp only for Lashley to run out and toss Booker back into the ring. ‘Taker hits a chokeslam, then a tombstone piledriver which the crowd goes nuts for. ‘Taker stares at Kennedy as the show comes to a close.
Credit: PWInsider.com
Location - Montreal, QE
Announcers - JBL & Michael Cole
Smackdown! kicked off with King Booker and Sharmell in Teddy Long’s office. Sharmell showed Long the King’s hands, with Book saying that his hands are unblemished, and shouldn’t be allowed to touch the common folk, and that Vito certainly shouldn’t be allowed to get his hands on the King. Long informed them both that Vito had stepped aside and that Book would face The Undertaker.
The new opening credits (which are pretty cool although I don’t get why the image of Rey Mysterio has to have him wearing an Eddie Guerrero shirt) rolled to play us into the season premiere of Smackdown! which airs on the CW Network later today in the United States.
Batista’s music hit as we go straight into the first match of the night. JBL and Michael Cole commented on what a big deal it was having The Undertaker on the show as Lashley made his way to the ring for their tag team match against Finlay and William Regal. Batista worked over Regal early on, with Finlay backtracking when Batista tried to go for him. Batista tagged in Lashley, and the duo hit a sweet looking double delayed vertical suplex on Regal as Finlay argued with the referee. Lashley got a two count on Regal, who quickly tagged out to Finlay.
Finlay slowed the pace down while working over Lashley before tagging Regal back in, who hit him with a series of knees to the face. Regal and Finlay continued to trade tags, slowly weakening Lashley until he managed to make the hot tag to Batista. Batista and Finlay brawled on the outside, with Finlay being kicked into the crowd. Regal watched as Batista headed back to the ring, then turned around into a spear from Lashley for the win.
Decent opener. Hot crowd too.
The flashy new graphics remind us that Rey Mysterio vs Chavo Guerrero is up later tonight, as is Undertaker vs King Booker before we cut to commercial.
We return with Layla El making her way to the ring to a Hogan pop. Funny how all these lower card guys get such huge pops on Smackdown!. Even funnier how the Smackdown! crowds manage to shout so loudly without moving. Layla welcomes us to the CW Network premiere, then does a really ridiculous dance until thankfully being interrupted by Kristal, who I just realised for the first time looks hot. Kristal says she’s sick of all these Diva Search winners doing what they want. She says she’s the hottest diva on Smackdown!, quickly slaps Layla down and they get into a catfight. Jillian Hall hits the ring and strips Kristal down to her bra to get a cheap pop, and after Layla thinks she has a new buddy, Jillian strips her down to her bra as well. Of course, it wouldn’t be a pointless diva segment without Jillian taking her top off as well, as Michael Cole turns into Tony Schiavone and calls tonight “the greatest night in the history of television.”
A video package showing the history between Rey Mysterio and Chavo Guerrero is shown.
Gregory Helms makes his way to the ring to take on Matt Hardy in a re-match from last week as highlights are shown from their match last week. Again, it’s a non-title match. The match gets underway with Hardy taking it to Helms straight away. Helms is thrown to the outside, then dives over the top rope to land on him for good measure. They head back into the ring where Hardy continues to dominate until Hardy gets hung up on the top rope. Helms hits a neckbreaker and gets a two count. JBL lays into Cole as they discuss Helms’ title reign, with JBL saying Cole only cares about guys like Batista and The Undertaker, calling Helms “Smackdown’s best kept secret.” I could be wrong, but I’m sure he gave that title to Hardy on last week’s show.
Helms comes off the top rope and misses an elbow, with Hardy capitalising on the mistake and hitting the Side Effect and getting a two count. Mattitude goes to the top rope and lands a moonsault for another two count before going for the Twist of Fate which misses after Helms holds onto the ropes. Hardy gets hit with the Shining Wizard but Helms only gets a two count. Helms then attempts to unfasten a turnbuckle pad, only for the referee to stop him. With the referee’s back turned, Hardy kicked Helms in the groin then rolled him up to pick up the win.
Backstage, The Miz cuts an annoyingly annoying promo. He’s up next. Hoo-rah. Or something.
Just as you thought the promos couldn’t get any worse, we return from commercial for a commercial from Jimmy Wang Yang. He debuts on Smackdown! next week. Yeeee-hawww!
Funaki vs The Miz is up next, as Miz’s #1 fan, Michael Cole, tells us how The Miz is still undefeated and will be 4-0 if he wins tonight. The Miz makes fun of Funaki to start things out, gives the 170lb Funaki a bodyslam, then celebrates on the ropes as if he’s just won the WWE Title at WrestleMania. I’m all for heels acting like heels (in fact there’s not enough of it in wrestling anymore), but Miz is just plain annoying. I don’t even know if he’s meant to be a heel. This is pretty much a squash match which thankfully is kept short. JBL on commentary is yet again the highlight right here, laying into Miz for being annoying, and Cole for being his fanboy.
Backstage, Rey Mysterio cuts a promo saying that Chavo and Vicki’s betrayal was like they raped his soul. Rey says life goes on (just like this feud), and that tonight is the first day of the rest of his life.
A promo for The Marine airs. We’re nearly an hour into the show, and this is the only mention of the WWE Champion on the show so far, even though WWE.com spent the week making a big deal about Teddy Long inviting John Cena to be on Smackdown.
Vicki and Chavo Guerrero make their way to the ring to a chorus of boos. Mysterio comes out to a nice pop and we get underway straight away with Chavo attacking Rey as soon as he enters the ring. Chavo hits a series of forearms but Rey counters with a headscissors that sends Chavo out of the ring, then follows it up with a senton off the apron to the outside. Chavo catches him momentarily and they both fall into the crowd where they brawl back and forth until Mysterio starts to dominate after another senton in the crowd. They stay in the crowd for a few minutes before eventually returning to the ring where Vicki hands Chavo a chair. Mysterio hits a springboard dropkick before Chavo can use it, which leads to Vicki interferes. She tries to slap Mysterio, but he blocks it. Chavo then attacks Mysterio from behind and the two brawl in the ring until referees and officials split them up. A really good match, and the intensity was there, but no explanation was given about the result. I’m guessing the brawl into the crowd led to a double count, but it wouldn’t have harmed to actually explain that, especially when the match was continued in the ring for several minutes.
We return from commercial with one of the Diva Search finalists (Marie?) welcoming us to The CW.
Next up, Brian Kendrick & Paul London defend the Tag Titles in a triple threat against The Pitbulls and KC James & Idol Stevens. Prior to commercials, JBL really put over these guys, and during the introductions again puts over the tag team division on Smackdown. The match kicks off at a frantic pace, with Stevens taking it to the champions before Jamie Noble and Kid Kash double team him. Kash starts to work over Stevens but is quickly stopped, and Stevens tags out to KC James. James and Kash go back and forth with right hands before James tags Stevens back in, and he starts to dominate Kash with the help of James when the referee is distracted.
Brian Kendrick gets back into the match and takes out Stevens and Noble before tagging in Paul London, who clears house and wakes up the crowd. The referee gets distracted by Michelle McCool, allowing the Pitbulls to double team London. Kendrick makes the save but is then attacked by Idol Stevens. It gets a bit frantic and Noble then attacks Stevens, but Paul London in turn attacks Noble, rolls him up and gets the quick win to retain the titles. A really good match that would have benefitted from an extra five or ten minutes. Why this wasn’t saved for next month’s No Mercy PPV is beyond me.
Backstage, Elijah Burke introduces us to Sylvester Terkay, doing his best to put Terkay over as a monster. Granted he has an impressive background to justify being called a monster, but unless he starts showing some intensity in the ring, he’s not going to get over in WWE as a monster.
Highlights of Batista’s recent promotional tour of The Philippines are shown.
Sylvan comes out to a monster pop in his hometown of Montreal. JBL states that “he’s French, he’s Canadian…I double hate this man.” He cuts a promo in Canadian which gets him over before Tatanka’s music hits, and kills the crowd in a split second. The match gets underway, with Tatanka getting heel heat for every little move he does. I don’t remember the last time Tatanka got the crowd to respond to him either way to such an extent. “Let’s go, Sylvan” chants start up as Tatanka locks him into a rest hold. Sylvan powers out and starts to dominate the match. The crowd reaction really makes this match fun. It’s like watching a lower midcard version of The Rock vs Hulk Hogan from WrestleMania 18 in that it’s not a great match, but the crowd really make it fun to watch. I’m not comparing Rock or Hogan to either of these two at all, nor am I saying this match is as good, but it’s the first comparison that came into my head. I never thought I’d be giving column inches and saying good things about a Sylvan vs Tatanka match, so blame that. Sylvan quickly picks up the win, using the ropes to get the pin on Tatanka and continue the storyline of Tatanka being screwed over by referees.
Backstage, John Cena is in Teddy Long’s office. Cena thanks Long for giving him the chance to be on Smackdown if he hadn’t won the WWE title. Long tells Cena how Batista and Lashley have a problem with Regal, Finlay and King Booker, and how he’d love to have the champions of both brands in a WWE ring on Smackdown!. Cena agrees, and a 6-man tag team match will headline next week’s show. Cena leaves, and Teddy dances.
Michael Cole and JBL wet themselves with excitement over Cena’s appearance next week, then run through the card to date for No Mercy as follows:
- King Booker vs Lashley for the World Title
- Batista vs Finlay
- Rey Mysterio vs Chavo Guerrero
- The Undertaker vs Ken Kennedy
Ken Kennedy makes his way to ringside for commentary on the next match. The Undertaker vs King Booker is up next.
King Booker doesn’t get his usually extended intro as Kennedy gets time on commentary to talk about how unfair it is that he has to face ‘Taker at No Mercy. Undertaker comes out to a huge pop - and not the usual canned pop that happens so often on this show. JBL puts over how much of a badass Undertaker is as he no sells right hands from Booker and clotheslines him over the top rope to the outside as we cut to commercials for the final time tonight.
We return with Undertaker in control in the ring as he takes Book down with a boot the face and gets a near fall. ‘Taker goes to the top rope for ‘Old School’ but Booker counters and follows him to the top and attempts a superplex. It gets blocked and Booker is pushed to the mat, but Sharmell distracts the referee and gives Booker chance to give ‘Taker a low blow on the top rope and then hit the superplex. Booker stays in control, hanging ‘Taker over the top rope and hitting him with scissors kick for a two count. ‘Taker tries to get back into it with an elbow but is overpowered and pummeled with a flurry of punches from the Champ. They go to the outside momentarily where ‘Taker is thrown into the steel steps before returning to the ring where Booker hits him with a kick to the jaw for another near fall.
‘Taker starts to make his comeback but gets nailed with a DDT for another two count. ‘Taker sits straight up and again starts to fight back with right hands and a flying clothesline for a near fall of his own. He hits Snake Eyes and a boot to the face before dropping a leg and getting another two count. Booker then counters a chokeslam and hits a heel kick that puts ‘Taker on his back. It seemed like a spot was edited out here as the camera cut to Ken Kennedy, returning to the ring to see Booker attempt a tombstone only for ‘Taker to reverse it. Booker escapes, then hits ‘Taker with a low blow which the referee sees and calls for the DQ.
‘Taker gets levelled with the title belt, and Booker escapes out of the ring. He stops to pause halfway up the ramp only for Lashley to run out and toss Booker back into the ring. ‘Taker hits a chokeslam, then a tombstone piledriver which the crowd goes nuts for. ‘Taker stares at Kennedy as the show comes to a close.
Credit: PWInsider.com