Smackdown Spoilers

[Guest BoboBrazil]

WWE TV Tapings

Charlotte, North Carolina

Report by: Mike E., rajahwwf.com reader

 

 

Rey Mysterio vs. Tajiri

-Rey starts it off with a dropkick on Tajiri before he comes into the ring. Rey hits a top rope plauncha on Tajiri on the outside of the ring. Rey then hits a headscissors takedown. Tajiri eventually gains control with a clothesline. Rey counters a flip from Tajiri and then Tajiri hits a kick in Rey's face!. Tajiri launches Rey into the air, then locks Rey in a surfboard into a backslide conversion, 2 count only. Rey lands on his feet on the outside of the ring. As Rey tried to fly back into the ring, he gets a kick in the chest. Tajiri takes Rey and drives his back into the ring and barricade while on the outside. Tajiri then locks Rey's body around the ring post and stretches him. Tajiri suspends Rey in the corner and then hits a single foot baseball slide in Rey's face. Tajiri applies a bow 'n arrow submission on Rey. Tajiri keeps going after Rey's kidneys with a knee into the back. Rey gives Tajiri an elbow in the face but Tajiri regains control quickly. Tajiri re-applies the knee into the back. Rey tries for the Torito but hits a spinning DDT instead, 2 count only. Tajiri locks in the Tarantula and goes for the Kick of Death but Rey avoids it. Tajiri catches Rey and hits him with a Stiff powerbomb, 2 count only. Tajiri stalks Rey but Rey gets up and hits the 6:19 on Tajiri from the second rope. Rey goes for the springboard huricanrana but it's converted into a sunsetflip for a 2 count. Rey hits a top rope huricanrana on Tajiri to get the 1-2-3. Good matchup!

Winner VIA Pinfall - Rey Mysterio

 

Kurt Angle Interview

-Angle starts off by telling begining to tell people he's Sorry for giving everybody a scare last week. He goes on to talk about what might've been or could've been, etc. without his presence on SmackDown!. He talks about letting off some steam and explains it to be because of Brock Lesnar, Angle goes on to mock Lesnar for his achievements. He then praises Lesnar for talent but asks a question, Where are your Gold Medals?. Angle continues to berade Brock Lesnar in regards to his match last week and #1 man-ship. Kurt Angle then calls out Lesnar. Then Hollywood Hulk Hogan comes out saying "waa, waa, waa, etc" that was funny. Hogan then tells Kurt Angle to shut the Hell Up..Almost Jericho-Style. Hogan goes on to tell Kurt about the events of last week with his issues with Brock Lesnar and if anybody should face Brock tonight, it should be Hogan. Kurt then asks Hogan is this was a joke and Angle asks him if he's gonna challenge him to a game of shuffleboard?. Angle then makes a stand that he's facing Brock and if he had a problem with it to come down. Hogan does and gets into the ring and just when it looked like they we're gonna go at it, then Stephanie McMahon comes out and tells them "Whoa, Whoa, Whoa" and says she's loves is the competitive spirit and thats what separates it from RAW. She then says that the most aggressive, competitive and entertaining superstars are on SmackDown! and why Brock Lesnar signed with her on SmackDown!. Staphanie then makes a match facing Hollywood Hulk Hogan vs. Kurt Angle and the winner to face Brock Lesnar next week. After Steph leaves, Kurt says it's fine with him and claims he'll do the same thing to Hogan that he did at King of the Ring and that was to make him tap out. Kurt then says he feels a little sorry for him and promises he'll make it quick. Hogan responds with three punches and a backbody drop to Kurt Angle all the way outside the ring. Kurt walks away talking trash with Hogan remaining in the ring swinging his Hollywood belt.

 

Stephanie is seen in the hallways saying Hi to some guys in the backstage area and enters her office only to find Eric Bischoff sitting on a couch. Eric tries to talk some business advantages and disadvantages to her but Steph barely let him get much across before eventually calling security. Steph has Eric escorted out while following the security guard named Darryl (Not the Tough Enough guy) out of the building but before he got out, he asked Steph what the main event for tonight on SmackDown! was and she said it was Edge vs. The Rock and then told Eric that it was too bad he wouldn't be in the building to see it. Then Darryl finished his escort service in taking Biscoff outta the building.

 

Mark Henry vs. Brock Lesnar

-Both men lock up in a test of strength and nobody budged. Brock tries a shoulder block but nobody moves, however Brock knocks down Henry with a clothesline for a 2 count only. Brock hits a shoulder to Henry's gut in the corner. Henry hits a standing vertical suplex on Brock for a 2 count. Henry places Brock in between the second rope and Henry drops his rear end on Brock's head. However, Brock comes back and hits an amazing belly-to-belly overhead suplex and hits the F-5 on Henry to get the 1-2-3.

Winner VIA Pinfall - Brock Lesnar

 

After Brock's matchup he finds Hogan and hopes he gets to face him next week. Brock then pats Hogan on the left arm and Brock and Paul walk away. Brock and Paul pass up Billy and Chuck in the hallway who are arguing about things, they're both talking dissention within the ranks kinda stuff until Rico tries to play Peacemaker but is less than successful. John Cena walks by to gloat about what going on between them and then both Cena and Rico exchange taunts regarding styles. Rico attempts to slap Cena but Cena blocks it and then looked aggressive, Cena then tries a fake-slap on Rico but just smiles and walks away and Rico walks away infuriated and bumps into Kurt Angle and Angle tells him to stay outta his way. Rico walks off in his own direction. Angle then encounters Brock Lesnar nearby and Brock hopes he gets to fight him next week and then they just staredown and Angle walks away.

 

Kurt Angle vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan

-th men lock up and Hogan shrugs Angle off. Both men lock up again Hogan shrugs off Angle. Angle locks in a headlock on Hogan and then goes after Hogan's left arm, Hogan reverses and returns the same tactics. Angle then goes punching away and then Hogan knocks down Angle. Angle tries a hiptoss twice and Hogan blocked them and gives Angle a hiptoss of his own. Both men fight on the outside and Hogan introduces Angle to the steel post. Hogan sends Angle's head to the turnbuckle 9 times and follows up with a spinning punch for a #10 to the head. Angle comes back and sends Hogan to the corner and shoulder blocks Hogan into the guts. Both men continues to change the pace of the matchup, Angle hits a clothesline and it's a 2 count only. Angle takes many shots to Hogan in the corner and then Hogan fires back but gets a rake to the eyes and then a suplex, but only a 2 count for Angle. Angle re-applies the reverse chinlock. Angle uses the ropes on occasion to assist the pressure being applied on Hogan. Angle maintains the chinlock on Hogan a few moment and then Hogan fights outta it but Angle maintains control of the match another second until Hogan pops up and gives Angle a bodyslam and then an elbow but only a 2 count for Hogan. Hogan goes for a Big Boot but Angle catches the boot and attempts to put him in the Ankle lock. Hogan then gets the Big Boot but Angle comes back again and delivers the Olympic Slam but only a 2 count. Angle pulls the straps down and locks in the Ankle lock. Hogan does counter and kicks off Angle and the ref gets caught in it. Angle gets a steel chair and Hogan gives Angle a Big Boot with the chair in the face. Hogan then hits the legdrop but the ref is still down. Brock comes down but Hogan knocks him down, suddenly Angle drills Hogan with the chair but the ref came around and caught him red-handed doing it and gets DQ'd. Kurt Angle attacks Hogan in frustration for being DQ'd but Hogan fights him back and gives him another Big Boot, but before Hogan can hit legdrop, Brock Lesnar re-enters the ring and attacks Hogan and gives him the F-5. Both Brock and Paul Heyman leave pleased from their actions.

Winner VIA DQ - Hollywood Hulk Hogan

 

Rikishi vs. Reverend D-Von

-D-Von blindsides Rikishi in the begining of the match, but Rikishi fires back within seconds and knocks down D-Von. As the match goes on, Batista interferes covertly. Rikishi and D-Von battle it out until Rikishi gets D-Von caught right in his ass...Literally!!. Rikishi delivers a DDT on D-Von and drops the Banzai drop on D-Von's chest to get the 1-2-3. After the match, Rikishi tries to Back the Ass Up but Batista interferes again and knocks down Rikishi with a Spinebuster and D-Von hits a top-rope headbunt.

Winner VIA Pinfall - Rikishi

 

Jamie comes out to talk about a lot of trash about people being perverts and stuff and that he and Nidia on royalty but Noble was hellbent on making his points clear and goes right to Michael Cole and claims that Cole has a thing for Nidia and Noble gets Nidia to completely dominate Michael Cole. Nidia unbuttons him and does gestures of complete Exoticness and swaps tongues with Nidia completely reluctantly. Tazz was getting a real kick outta the whole thing. After it was over, Noble and Nidia make out again.

 

After all that, Mike Awesome, Hardcore Holly and Billy Kidman are in the back watching a tape from RAW and Stephanie comes in and notices it and told them that she never wants to see any WWE Superstar on SmackDown! to watch RAW in her arena again.

 

John Cena vs. Rico

-Great action in this matchup, both men go at it back and forth but in the end John Cena hits his spinning suplex finisher to get the 1-2-3. After the match, Billy and Chuck come out and jump on Cena and deliver the top rope Doomsday Device clothesline.

Winner VIA Pinfall - John Cena

 

Eric Biscoff returns and pays off a fan for their ringside ticket and remains to observe tonights show.

 

Stephanie comes out and acts nice about the fact that Bischoff is still here and bought a ticket. Stephanie then clairified that there was a misunderstanding between the Rock/Edge match tonight, that Rock and Edge will team up and face newly acquired RAW talent in Eddie Guerrero and the IC Champ, Chris Benoit!!

 

Bischoff got pissed and tried to jump in the ring but got escorted out again by security while screaming that he'd knock her out!

 

Eddie Guerrero & Chris Benoit vs. The Rock & Edge

-Eddie jumps on Rock as he was holding up the title on the turnbuckles. This main event was action packed. Brock Lesnar came down and distracted The Rock a couple times. Chris Benoit locked in a Crippler Crossface on The Rock as he and Brock Lesnar continued to remain eyeball locked on each other, The Rock eventually had no choice but to tap out.

Winners VIA Submission - Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero

 

Aftermath

-Rock calls Brock out to Just Bring It!. Brock comes down and beats on Rock until Edge interferes and gets F-5'd for his troubles. Rock eventually attacks Brock and gives him the Rock Bottom. Then everybody leaves.

 

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Benoit and Eddy on Smackdown could be a good thing as they will get more time to shine. Smackdown has the IC title now too.

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

sigh.

 

Benoit/RVD II will have to remain a pipe dream.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Okie Dokie, they have Jericho, Booker, and Storm on Raw and Benoit on Smackdown... There goes THOSE matches. And FUCK, Eddie and Chavo are together again and the tag belts are on the other show! Why must they taunt me?

[Guest Zero_Cool]

And they move one the best tag teams in WWE away from the belts. Go figure.

 

RVD/Benoit = dead

[Guest DJ Jeff]

I was right about Benoit joining Smackdown, and I had a feeling that Guerrero would join also. The only bad part is that we won't get to see Benoit vs. RVD. Unless, RVD joins Smackdown also, which could happen.

[Guest Vyce]

Goddamnit.

 

They can't have shifted Bubba over to Smackdown? Or Taker? Or Jeff Hardy? Or anyone else that I wouldn't miss if they left the RAW roster for good?

 

At least Rock tapped.

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

What's more...who is Benoit going to feud with over the IC title?

 

Other than Edge and Eddy...one of which is a heel...the other of which is getting the push RVD SHOULD be getting (you know...the one that commits to him being the top face on the show)...

 

Everyone else is ALbert and Rikishi.

 

I guess we'll be treated to Benoit vs. Gunn 2.

 

Stupid.

[Guest bob_barron]

Does anyone else realise Rock tapped to the Crippler Crossface???

[Guest BoboBrazil]

Atleast Rock tapping to the crossface doesn't make the Booker T tap out seem so bad. I still don't understand why they would have Rock tap though. It seems like they would have gone with Edge tapping if they wanted someone to tap.

[Guest Zero_Cool]

Rocky tapped..but for some odd reason, he was in the hold for five minutes!!

 

Unless this is going to result in Benoit getting a main event push, heh, this is a lousy move.

[Guest the pinjockey]

Does anyone else realise Rock tapped to the Crippler Crossface???

I am going to wait until next week to see if they even bring that up. If Cole screams about how Brock cost Rock the match like he did when Jericho rolled up HHH after the UT came to ringside the finish will be worthless anyway.

[Guest myburninghammer]

Man, I don't whether to be impressed or disturbed that your standards are still so high after the last year we've had. Me, knowing they book out of their ass on an hour-by-hour basis, I'll take the fact that we've got three good matches this week (RVD/Benoit, Tajiri/Rey, the Smackdown tag match) as a good thing and stop complaining so much. Back in March/April, we didn't even have ** matches to get excited over.

 

And jesus, shouldn't we really be complaining about Velocity? Terrible.

[Guest Anglesault]

Angle is DEAD. He has no where to go. The face turn is canceled. Theer is no top gface for him to face at Summerslam

[Guest the pinjockey]

Angle is DEAD. He has no where to go. The face turn is canceled. Theer is no top gface for him to face at Summerslam

Well Hogan may have that rumored match with Vince so all that leaves is another match with..uh oh....Edge

[Guest Anglesault]

::Gives pinjockey the deathstare::

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

There's always Rikishi.

 

And...if Billy and Chuck split up...

 

Angle vs. a face Billy Gunn...

 

Who wouldn't pay to see that?

[Guest the pinjockey]

I was just pointing out a fact not making a suggestion. Of course I can't say I am upset about the fact that Jericho was able to avoid a prolonged Edge Feud.

 

How ridiculous would that be. They have been burying Angle and Jericho forever so when the trade Jericho to Raw they just plug Angle into the feud he left. Maybe they can have Angle just throw someone around for the next month and then pop him into a title feud after SS.

[Guest DJ Jeff]

Angle could always have a match against Benoit for the Intercontinental Title at SummerSlam. In fact, that's what I think we'll see. I know not alot of fans want to see another Benoit vs. Angle fued, but it looks like we might see another one, unless RVD does join Smackdown.

[Guest jimmy no nose]

I don't mind Benoit and Eddie moving over. I actually suggested it in a thread I made that I forget the name of. Something about Smackdown heels. I suggested Benoit-Edge and Eddie-Cena, but that's not going to go over well with this board.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Well, here is how I see Rock tapping to Benoit to be a good thing.

 

a)Gets over Benoit's crossface (but not benoit, unfortunately...he had to have help to get it on..)

 

b)It not only shows that Rock is human, but that Brock MAKES Rock human. For this angle to work, for this angle to get Brock over, Brock must be able to humble the rock. Something that NO ONE has ever done before.

 

Brock is probably going to squash Hogan next week, so Anti-Hogan fans can rejoice to that.

[Guest BoboBrazil]

They are building up Angle as Brock's first opponent after he wins the title at Summerslam it looks like. This interaction between them is leading to a match some time.

[Guest Anglesault]

Angle/Benoit, NO IC TITLE= Good

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

I dont figure the Cole Nidia thing will air..

[Guest NoCalMike]

Well unless RVD jumps within the next week or two, where does this leave him? The only positive thing I can think is that he dropped the I-C belt to start a run at the top for the World Title, since Brock can appear on Raw once he wins the title. RVD could want revenge and such......but aw well who knows.....Smackdown sounds pretty decent though, I am so drooling over Rey/Tajiri....

[Guest RicFlairGlory]

STUPID, STUPID STUPID STUPID

 

Fuck that shit... No Benoit/RVD, the Guerreros together, without the Tag Belts on the show, NO direction for Angle, Whatsoever....

 

God damnit they were doing SO fucking well

 

Now here goes

 

This is our ONLY HOPE

 

Angle goes to RAW on monday, and in retaliation, Stephanie takes RVD

 

Anybody else want to petition Vince with that idea? Please? Pretty please???

[Guest Brian]

No screw that.

 

First off, I'm happy for Eddie, Chavo, and Benoit because now they can all travel together. I don't care about tag team or no tag team, I'm happy for these guys. I don't care about RVD/Benoit right now; I'm still assuming that they find a way to have the SummerSlam match either out of RVD chasing Benoit or Bischoff chasing Benoit (the latter I could care less for). Heck, I'd complain more about Chavo in dark matches this week.

 

Second, Angle stays on SmackDown and RVD comes over if they move. RAW's going to be really heel heavy after an RVD move, and the only reason I could see them moving Booker is to re-build Booker (which isn't that bad of a move). Nonetheless, there is no point of an Angle move especially if they follow through with the Michaels/HHH feud with HBK leaving shortly after. And even if they don't, the only other option is for HHH to remain face and have either Jericho or Angle do the dirty work and we all know how that will end up, even if one of them does get put over Michaels in the short term.

 

Third, they have to stop the exchanging of talent. At some point it's going to get really saturated and lose it's feel, and they're better off quitting. I'd probably be looking at after next week as the basic cut-off. I like the way the whole thing is headed especially with <<PARTIAL SPOILER>> Steph making talent turn off the RAW watch, telling them it's not allowed. There's still some real competition evident but the end result should probably be a) Bischoff bringing back WCW, or at least the Nitro name and/or B) each groupd creating their own set of titles, with Steph and a tag team set and Bischoff and a mid-card set (harkening back to the US title Vince shitted on?).

[Guest mach7]

*sigh* Just when I thought that all of my favorite Canucks were going to be on the same show. *grr* I would have kept Benoit on RAW and moved Eddy & Jeff Hardy (to finally split that tag team up and give the CW division one more wrestler) over. But I guess the plan was to get another title on Smackdown. In that case, Dreamer could have jumped... but.. bah. Stupid Smackdown.

[Guest nikowwf]

Angle doesn't have a good program for summerslam, but I think its better not to throw him into something if its not going to benefit him. Continue his slow turn, PUT HIM OVER CLEAN, and I'll be happy.

 

They CANNOT screw the Angle push up. He is the future of the company. If they need to put him in a holding pattern for a month until they are ready for him, then so be it.

 

Niko

[Guest Anglesault]

They CANNOT screw the Angle push up.

 

They have proven MANY, MANY times that they most certainly can and will screw it up.

 

Bps pointed something out yesterday. The most over long term face (RVD) and the most over long term heel (Angle) are both feudless on different shows. That is the perfect thing to show the state of the WWF right now.

[Guest the pinjockey]

They CANNOT screw the Angle push up.

 

They have proven MANY, MANY times that they most certainly can and will screw it up.

 

Bps pointed something out yesterday. The most over long term face (RVD) and the most over long term heel (Angle) are both feudless on different shows. That is the perfect thing to show the state of the WWF right now.

Well if you want to take the VERY optimistic approach you can imagine that they are just keeping RVD and Angle seperated until next year's WM so they will be fresh for their main event match for the title. Yeah that works.