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DWEarhart
05-11-2007, 08:02 PM
Weez in Pittsburgh. I said Pittsbuuuuuuuuuuurgh. You already know the ending, but the hell with it, we’re going to make it official TOOOOOONIIIIIIIIGHT!!!

MVP & Finlay vs. Chris Benoit & Matt Hardy: All the gold’s over heeeeeeyuuuuuuh. Benoit and Hardy knuckle up, MVP and Finlay are arguing over who’s washing dishes. Finlay’s problem with his eye makes MVP reluctantly tag. Early attempt for the crossface; ropes kill it, and Hardy goes to work. Benoit wants more, sweet NL suplex, and, Hardy tags to gets him some. Finlay and Benoit tag in; Hornswoggle’s happy he found toilet paper. Matt’s knee takes damage, but an enziguri gives opens up his chance to tag Benoit. Tres Germans on Finlay. HEADBUUUUUUTTT- Finlay rolls out. Benoit slaps the jackknife pin on MVP, and it’s for all 3.
Winners: Chris Benoit & Matt Hardy

Ozzy on Smackdown next week. No, not Fozzy. Ozzy.

Jillian vs. Michelle McCool: Jillian getting some love from me. I’m glad she doesn’t have a six pack. Camel Clutch by McCoo, but Jillian shocks the world by knowing she can grab the ropes. New ways to pull hair, then a cart wheel into what might have been an elbow. Straight punches by McCool. Snappin suplex, and another Jacknife, but only 2.
Weak belly belly by McCool, but Jillian goes delicately Muta with the springing elbow. McCool slips Jillian into a sideslam – 1…2…3.
Winner: Michelle McCool.

Kristal implies that she has a solution for Teddy’s managerial problems, but The Hillbillies intrude. The big one was the last fake Kane. Long says he doesn’t have work for them tonight, but next week, oh yes; next week. Kristal brings up Vickie Guerrero, and they bring Eddie’s name back in, nothing extreme, but seemingly necessary for the storyline. Teddy agrees to interview Vickie.

Smackdown reminds us that it sucks being Mr. Kennedy. Then they talk to Ashley. She’s been raiding Matt Striker’s wardrobe. Oh dear, this is an actual interview. Oooookay. She decides to take London and Kendrik’s advice, and make it on her own.

Domino (w/Deuce & Cherry) vs. Paul London (w/Brian Kendrick): London uses his speed and agility, and forces Domino to take a break, but chasing jumping back in the ring, chasing him costs London. JBL points out the high spots costing the former champions a lot. London counters Domino’s foot into a rollup, but only 2. A stalemate with the backslide becomes a rope-walked flapjack. London shuns Deuce away and spin kicks Domino. Kendrick holds Deuce, London dropkicks, then gets the 3 on Domino.
Winner: Paul London

Kane (w/Boogeyman & Little Boogey) vs. Dave Taylor (w/William Regal): Kane slaps around the blood and tights that are blue. Taylor slips under and out, but Kane shows him the way back in. Taylor pounds back, but the ref doesn’t like it. Regal’s distractions take their toll on Kane. Taylor pounds away, but Kane works his way to a sidewalk slam. Boogey big and small keep Regal from buting in, Kane comes down, goozle, and Chokeslam for the 3.
Winner: Kane

Steel Cage –World Title Match: Undertaker © vs. Batista: The build up for this match was damn near ridiculous. Punches by both, BOOT by Undertaker. They play Batista’s new tattoo wraps as an injury. Undertaker goes after it to avoid a possible Batista Bomb. Ground n Pound for Undertaker. He dangles Batista on the top rope, Batista fights back, and drops Taker. The Animal leaps off the tope, and Taker eats shoulder. Batista motions for the door, but Taker goes back to the leg. Batista makes a run for the top, but taker sucks up the beating and prevents the escape. Batista’s pinned between the ropes and the cage. BOOT by Undertaker. Batista is back to fight, and Undertaker is dazed. Good shots by the dead man, and Batista takes pain in the corner, a snake eyes, and BOOT. GOOZLE. CHOKESLAM. The eye liner is STILL ON. 2 COUNT. Taker signals for a Tombstone. Batista’s up, but slides off the back. He drives Taker’s skull into the cage, and the champ is bleeding. Batista gets 2. 10 Count Corner Punch, then uses Taker as a ladder, BUT – LAST RIDE. 1…2…NO. He signals for the door. Taker’s crawling, but Batista grabs him. The crowd al all over this. The door closes. Take perches Batista up top, goozles, and joins Batista upstairs. Elbows by Batista, and he gets Taker down again. Batista’s on top of the cage, Taker rises. He scuttles up the cage, it’s a race. BOTH men droop to the floor. And it’s the two dumbest refs in the whole company, Baldy Mc Opossumkill and Vino Lesweatalot. Even the WWE needs instant replay. They cover the bottom of the monitors with the camera. The crowd directly behind them shout Batista, but the refs think different.
Winner: Draw. Undertaker retains.

MARK HENRY COMES TO GET HIM SOME. He goes right after Taker’s wound. Spinebuster to the post. Henry tosses Taker in. SPLASH. AND AGAIN. He backs up when the refs tell him to. And then…..

“On This Day, I see clearly….” EDGE IS CASHING IT IN BABY!!!!

World Heavyweight Title match – Undertaker © vs. Edge:
The ref accepts the briefcase and this match is now official. The ref is reluctant, but he calls for the bell. Edge covers – 1..2..TAKER IS BACK. Another 2 count, but again Taker isn’t finished. He tries to rise, but he needs help from the ropes. This gives Edge all the time in the world. SPEAR. 1…2…3!!!!
Winner: …and NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWd WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION – EDGE ©
Taker slowly gets up. Edge returns to the ring – briefcase to the face. Taker stays down. Edge stands strong.

Thoughts: Wow, one women’s match that didn’t suck, and one that wasn’t bad at all, but Smackdown’s Divas have always been slightly ahead of Raw’s. Freakin Deacon is a Hillbilly. Ashley split with London and Kendrick. Why the hell didn’t they use my monage tois idea? Oh well. Less weight for the future tag champs London and Kendrick. Tonight saw the best cage match in a long time, with a so so ending. And Edge once again proves why he reigns. All he had to do was show up, work for about 10 minutes, and the night is all about him. Not really, but YEAH it is.

SnowTrooper
05-11-2007, 08:04 PM
I forgot how sluggish Mark Henry is.

Edge as champ is going to reek of awesomeness.

Ravenheart
05-11-2007, 08:07 PM
Edge had been champ 3 times now and two of those times he won it after cashing in MITB after the champ had just had a match :rolleyes: That got old after the first time.

DWEarhart
05-11-2007, 08:07 PM
Even though I knew it was coming, and being glad I didn't watch any video spoilers, it was still effin' awesome.

This feels so right. It's too too good.

Young Avenger
05-11-2007, 08:08 PM
Why doesn't the WWE release Mark Henry already? They constant sent the guy to development terrorites and he never improves. Also, he's responsible for some of the Smackdown guys being injuried. There's no hope for the guy. Please let him go.

Agreed with SnowTrooper, Edge as champ will reek if awesomeness.

nervmeister
05-11-2007, 08:11 PM
And they call Ric Flair "the dirtiest player in the game". :mad:

SnowTrooper
05-11-2007, 08:17 PM
And they call Ric Flair "the dirtiest player in the game". :mad:

Boogeyman should be given that knickname, I mean come on....does the guy roll around in the mud before coming out to the ring?

nervmeister
05-11-2007, 08:31 PM
Boogeyman should be given that knickname, I mean come on....does the guy roll around in the mud before coming out to the ring?Actually, Boogeyman would be the "gamiest player in the dirt".

RichStanz
05-11-2007, 09:41 PM
Isn't the smaller guy in the hillbillies team, Terry Gordy's son?

I know Gordy never really had a WWE legacy, so they don't feel the need to acknowledge it, but I wonder how long it will be before JBL references his lineage. That guy is not afraid to be honest in his commentary, and the fact that he name dropped Chono on Smackdown means I can expect anything to come out of his mouth.

SnowTrooper
05-11-2007, 10:05 PM
We already got a Southern Cowboy and Truck Driver tag-team on RAW, why do we need a Hillbilly team on Smackdown?

DWEarhart
05-11-2007, 10:24 PM
Money In the Bank is 3 for 3 in title changing goodness.

Tony Bang
05-11-2007, 10:28 PM
Is Taker involved in some kind of heat backstage? The Edge change seemed to quick to be a natural development.

DWEarhart
05-11-2007, 10:30 PM
Is Taker involved in some kind of heat backstage? The Edge change seemed to quick to be a natural development.

Torn bicep. He's going to be out for a good while.

The Zapper
05-11-2007, 11:02 PM
EDGE = ratings!
If Edge can now beat Batista clean Smackdown will indeed reek of awesomness.

SnowTrooper
05-11-2007, 11:08 PM
Im curious to see if the ratings for this weeks Smackdown will improve due to the WWE spoiling it for everybody.

Rusty Cage
05-11-2007, 11:26 PM
Isn't the smaller guy in the hillbillies team, Terry Gordy's son?

I know Gordy never really had a WWE legacy, so they don't feel the need to acknowledge it, but I wonder how long it will be before JBL references his lineage. That guy is not afraid to be honest in his commentary, and the fact that he name dropped Chono on Smackdown means I can expect anything to come out of his mouth.

Yep, that is Gordy's son. I've been looking forward to seeing him being a big Freebird mark. Can't say that the gimmick excites me, but we'll see. I guess.

What can you say...very good show tonight. Credit to Taker for working two great matches with the injury. Henry showed a lot of improvement in his last run, so I'm willing to give him a chance. Edge was great as usual. Can't wait to hear his promo next week. Tough week for SD, but suddenly they have a lot of momentum coming out of tonight. Hopefully they can keep it up.

clayholio
05-12-2007, 01:01 AM
That cage match was amazing, especially considering Taker's injury. Even though I knew what was going to happen, watching the whole thing unfold was awesome. Edge is the man, and I can't wait to see what happens with his title reign on Smackdown.

The opening tag match was pretty good as well. No surprise, considering who was involved, but it was pretty good.

I was pretty excited about Mark Henry's return, but he's in noticably worse shape than his last run, and he didn't look too smooth this time around either. I'm going to reserve final judgement until he has an actual match, but I'm a little skeptical at the moment.

Young Avenger
05-12-2007, 01:46 AM
I know Gordy never really had a WWE legacy, so they don't feel the need to acknowledge it, but I wonder how long it will be before JBL references his lineage. That guy is not afraid to be honest in his commentary, and the fact that he name dropped Chono on Smackdown means I can expect anything to come out of his mouth.

That won't be a problem. Deuce is Jimmy Snuka's son and JBL hasn't said anything about his lineage.

lboinyamouf4sho
05-12-2007, 04:30 AM
We already got a Southern Cowboy and Truck Driver tag-team on RAW, why do we need a Hillbilly team on Smackdown?

i's love to see some interaction between the 2 teams at a PPV, could rival heidy/snitsky segment from a few years ago.

speaking of snitsky, what was with the random snitsky video??

my thoughts,

give people just a little shred of a reason to believe in matt hardy and the guy is pretty damn over.

jillian vs michelle mccool, i don't know about a timbaland video, but that match would make a hell of a video for an old too $hort song: invasion of the flat-booty b*tches. decent brawl by diva standards.

kristal=chickenhead

london is sloppy. i remember some time back somebody was telling me how AJ styles was ok but he was no paul london, and then going on to talk about AJ doing flips all over the place. well london did an assload of flips, 2 before the match even started, and again the guy is really sloppy.

it's such a shame to see regal wasted like this, i haven't seen much of taylor but him and regal seem like a good tag team. if only regal was booked 1/2 as strong as finlay i'd be happy.

the cage match was good, very good. glad to see mark henry back and he's already added another man to his list of guys he's "taken out". i don't care much about edge being champ but if i may borrow a line from michael cole, NO, NO DAMN IT NOT LIKE THIS. not the god damn queer spear. seriously lazz's britney spear>edges spear.

Erik Lehnsherr
05-12-2007, 05:58 AM
Good show all around. Good cage match. Kudos to Taker for pulling it out. I never took to Henry's push. I love how Vickie Guerrero gets more heat than a Randy Orton and that's without even being around for weeks. I heard London was botching as I haven't watched the recording of that match yet. The Hillbilly team? I'll pass on that. Kristal=RATINGS. Jillian needs to be used better. Edge is the star of the week apparently. Benoit/Hardy put on a good performance again.

Someone had to do it..
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3475/20061113kristalbf6.jpg

Howard Allan
05-12-2007, 06:47 AM
Hillbillies have a long tradition in the WWE. Going back past the days of Hillbilly Jim. You can't be the WWE and not have Hillbillies for a long time.

SnowTrooper
05-12-2007, 08:10 AM
Hillbillies have a long tradition in the WWE. Going back past the days of Hillbilly Jim. You can't be the WWE and not have Hillbillies for a long time.

Werent the Bushwhackers Hillbillys too?

speaking of snitsky, what was with the random snitsky video??

They played one of those on RAW too. I think there just trying to make Snitsky familiar with everybody that dosent watch ECW and has forgotten about him in case they ever put him on a PPV. These videos are probably an omen that he'll be challenging for the ECW World Title soon.

JDogindy
05-12-2007, 08:15 AM
We already got a Southern Cowboy and Truck Driver tag-team on RAW, why do we need a Hillbilly team on Smackdown?

I dunno, diversity?

It's kinda odd to know what was going to happen, and yet still be pissed by it. I finally get to see Henry, but... boy is he still slow. And then Edge comes in to win. I swear he smacked Undertaker in the head with his briefcase (customed with his logo now).

Super Macho Man
05-12-2007, 10:26 AM
I finally realized three things of varying importance last night.

1. Damn, Edge's spear does suck.

2. Damn, Paul London does kick ass.

3. Damn, Kristal IS fine as hell.

So, I was right. That is ray Gordy. I remember somebody showed him to me once and he had this rapper thing going on.

That's a drastic gimmick change.

The Zapper
05-12-2007, 11:33 AM
Yeah, I"m not a fan of the spear in general, but Edge's is particularly bad. I wouldn't mind it so much if it was used as a set up, but as a finisher it just doesn't measure up. Edge is still about the best thing on WWE right now though. I hope he's booked to look credible, and not as week as he was on Raw.

DWEarhart
05-12-2007, 12:50 PM
Yeah, I"m not a fan of the spear in general, but Edge's is particularly bad. I wouldn't mind it so much if it was used as a set up, but as a finisher it just doesn't measure up. Edge is still about the best thing on WWE right now though. I hope he's booked to look credible, and not as week as he was on Raw.

He should go back to the Downward Spiral. I'd even prefer the Edge-o-matic to the spear, especially when Lashley and Batista are woring it as well, though Edge had claimed it before both of them. It would not be missed by me if Edge dropped the move.

BoosterBronze
05-12-2007, 02:03 PM
My town only got CW last week. So I FINALLY get Smackdown, and the second week it's on I lose Kennedy and Undertaker, and gain Mark FREAKING Henry and Hillbillies.

Many bad words were said in my home last night.

DWEarhart
05-12-2007, 02:16 PM
Not sure how much of a Matt Hardy or Chris Benoit fan you are, but they usually show up to work, and work well.

MVP is gaining serious momentum. Finlay makes anyone look good. Kane is having much more fun here than on Raw. Regal and Taylor, no matter how badly their being used, they put on a show, and these Divas are far better wrestlers than the ones on Raw, and there's some signs of a tag division.

Smackdown still surpasses Raw as the "wrestling" show, and as the more entertaining one, and now that Edge is here, and Kennedy due back for short segments in a week or so, and a full return in about a month and a half, things are still looking up for the blue-roped brand.

Speaking of Edge:
- Edge vs. Batista for the World Title has officially been added to WWE Judgment Day.

RichStanz
05-12-2007, 03:13 PM
That won't be a problem. Deuce is Jimmy Snuka's son and JBL hasn't said anything about his lineage.

You know, I don't know if its a good thing or a bad thing to acknowledge the heritage of someone like Deuce or Ray Gordy.

The problem could be that fans expect them to be a carbon-copy of their fathers. But Deuce never really displays the agility of his father in his prime; Ray is about half the size of a monster like Terry. It could piegon-hole these athletes before they really get a chance to shine on their own, develop their own identities.

... But, I still think referencing the legacy is a great launch pad for a superstar, be it living up to it, or wanting nothing to do with it. The Rock and Goldust were both formed out of trying to escape the family legacy that was swallowing up their young careers, but they still acknowledged it.

lboinyamouf4sho
05-13-2007, 12:28 AM
Yeah, I"m not a fan of the spear in general, but Edge's is particularly bad. I wouldn't mind it so much if it was used as a set up, but as a finisher it just doesn't measure up.

I finally realized three things of varying importance last night.

1. Damn, Edge's spear does suck.

2. Damn, Paul London does kick ass.



He should go back to the Downward Spiral. I'd even prefer the Edge-o-matic to the spear, especially when Lashley and Batista are woring it as well, though Edge had claimed it before both of them. It would not be missed by me if Edge dropped the move.

edge should get with ashley and learn how to do a good spear, and yes i mean ashley.

i thought london looked like crap.

things are still looking up for the blue-roped brand.




did anybody notice ECW's ropes on tuesday?? they looked like steel cables w/o any sort of wrap on them.

marshal99
05-13-2007, 01:13 AM
Edge's spear has been lame for many years now since back in his days with E & C , he doesn't have the mass nor the power to execute it like it hurts , his version have always been more of a bodyhug.

Kid Kamikaze10
05-13-2007, 05:46 AM
Although his spear does suck, I love the way Edge sets it up.

Good SD!, but Mark Henry, to this day, still looks like crap in the ring. But hey, monster wrestlers aren't supposed to look good in the ring (for the most part).

lboinyamouf4sho
05-13-2007, 06:45 AM
Edge's spear has been lame for many years now since back in his days with E & C , he doesn't have the mass nor the power to execute it like it hurts , his version have always been more of a bodyhug.

which is why he needs to talk to shley and find out her secret.

Super Sonic
05-13-2007, 08:05 AM
Edge's spear has been lame for many years now since back in his days with E & C , he doesn't have the mass nor the power to execute it like it hurts , his version have always been more of a bodyhug.

...I always thought it was the mass thing...but, after watching Jimmy Jacobs for the past year,who is smaller than Edge, delivering some vicious spears, to guys bigger than him....I think it's just Edge not putting enough power into it.

SnowTrooper
05-13-2007, 08:38 AM
...I always thought it was the mass thing...but, after watching Jimmy Jacobs for the past year,who is smaller than Edge, delivering some vicious spears, to guys bigger than him....I think it's just Edge not putting enough power into it.

I agree. Edge always just seems to kinda jog over to his opponent, put him arm around him, and then the opponent trys to fall down hard. Like at Wrestlemania when he threw out like 6 spears in a row, only half of them looked good. If Edge ran at full speed and the other guy sells it good then it might look devastating.

cactusmaac
05-13-2007, 10:44 AM
He's had his neck fused so he can't go all-out on the spear.