Guest BoboBrazil Report post Posted January 8, 2003 Velocity: Nunzio b Crash by pin fall. -Nunzio came out to some generic music. Couldn't he just use Noble's entrance until his video is ready? Good match from these two. Nunzio worked the arm the entire match, and he put Crash away with what I would call a Springboard Tornado Armbar Takedown. Think of Trish's Stratusfaction, but with the armbar instead of the bulldog. Dynamite b Funaki by pin fall. -You read that correctly. Funaki jobbed to an indy guy tonight. How dare they treat Smackdown?s #1 Announcer this way! At least it was a good match. Dynamite finished Funaki off with a move similar to the Acid Drop, but instead of spinning around into the bulldog, he flipped backwards into a reverse DDT. It looked great. Dynamite offered his hand to Funaki after the match. Funaki hesitated at first, but then shook it. At this point, Josh Matthews came out. No one cared. Then Ernest The Cat Miller came out, and surprisingly, the crowd popped big time for him. Velocity pyro goes off. Bill DeMott b Mike Colvakian(?) by pin fall. -I'm guessing on jobber Mike's last name. I had trouble hearing it. Squash match. More exciting than some of DeMott?s recent matches, but still nothing special. He won with a sit-out powerbomb. After the ref counted three, DeMott sat there as if he were in a trance for a few seconds, and then finally got up and left. Similar to Bubba Ray Dudley back when he was putting women through tables. Chuck Palumbo b Keiji Sakoda by pin fall. -The pin came after Sukoda came off the top rope and Palumbo caught him in midair with the superkick, which legitimately knocked him out! After Palumbo left, several referees came down to check on Sakoda. It took him a few minutes to get up. He was finally able to get out of the ring, and the referees got him some water and helped him to the back. The fans cheered him as he was helped out. Stage and ring were changed to Smackdown. Tazz and Michael Cole came out to a good ovation. Intro video played, but not much pyro to open the show. One small explosion coming out of the fist, and then we go right into the first match. It seems kind of lame that Velocity has more exciting pyro than Smackdown. Big Show b Rikishi by pin fall. -A few good spots. Rikishi did a twisting bump off a Show clothesline, and Show did some vicious chops. But nothing special. Not a good way to start the night. Choke slam finished off the phat man. Rikishi had to be helped to the back. Don't know if he was legit hurt or not. If he is, that makes it the second injury tonight. And we're just getting started! Following the match, Heyman said they have a lesson to teach to Brrrrroooooock?Leeessssnarrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Billy Kidman b Matt Hardy (Version 1.0) by pin fall. -Matt was accompanied by his MFer, Shannon Moore. During the match, Kidman did a Springboard Shooting Star Press to the outside on both Matt and Shannon. Near the end, Kidman went for the SSP again, but Shannon interfered. His interference backfired, however, as Matt ran into him following a reversed Irish whip, and Kidman rolled him up for the pin. Kidman got almost no reaction when he came out, but was very over when he won. Matt ordered Shannon to get in the ring, but instead of punishing him like he did two weeks ago, he forgave him, saying he?d rather Shannon try and fail than not try at all. He then gave Shannon a hug and they walked to the back. Good match. A promo aired on the Tron with Cena and B-2. As usual, Cena did most of the talking, and B-2 just said, ?Indeed!??er, I mean, ?Booyah!? Kind of an anti-Tucson promo, kind of an anti-Guerrero promo, but mostly an anti-Hispanic promo. Didn?t expect that (especially since there were probably just as many Caucasians in the crowd as there were Hispanics), but I guess it did its job. It got them the heel heat. John Cena (w/ B-2) b Chavo Guerrero (w/ Eddie Guerrero) by pin fall. -B-2 interfered in the match, causing Eddy to attack him. Both men were ejected from ringside. Cena pinned Chavo using the ropes. Another good match. Two in a row. The American Gladia?uh, Team Angle is up next! Haas is scheduled to face Edge tonight, while Benjamin will be fighting Benoit. Charlie Haas (w/ Shelton Benjamin and Kurt Angle) b Edge by pin fall. -Angle cut a promo before the match. Just as the match was about to start, Benoit?s music played and he came down to ringside. Interference toward the end of the match. Edge hit Haas with the spear, but Angle reached in and pulled him off. Benoit took out Angle, but Benjamin nailed him with a superkick! Hass got the pin after hitting Edge with a modified powerslam. Three good matches in a row! Angle and Benjamin ran into the ring to beat down Edge some more. Benoit came in and they scattered. Benoit grabbed a mic and cut a short promo about the Royal Rumble. Staredown between Team Angle and Edge and Benoit. The referees came out and got Angle, Haas, and Edge out of there. Once they were gone, Benjamin entered the ring and the next match began! Benoit b Shelton Benjamin by disqualification. -Benoit hit Benjamin with the Swandive Headbutt and then locked in the Crossface, but Angle came down and distracted the referee while Benjamin tapped. Benoit tried to go after him, but Angle hit him with his crutch in plain view of the referee, causing the DQ. Despite the DQ ending, still a good match. That?s four a row! I love Smackdown. Haas then ran down to assist Team Angle in beating up Benoit. Edge tried to make the save, but was taken out. Benoit held his own for a moment, but was eventually overwhelmed. A Bill DeMott promo airs on the Tron where he bashes University of Arizona basketball. I hope security escorts him to his car. Crowd starts a ?U of A? chant. Bill DeMott b Shannon More by pin fall. -Bill DeMott again!? Why? What did we do to deserve this? Matt Hardy did commentary. This match got a rather loud ?boring? chant, and did it ever deserve it. I?m guessing they?ll edit that out in post-production. DeMott won with the same powerbomb he used on Velocity, and had the same reaction after the three-count. After he left, Matt helped Shannon up?and then hit him with the Twist of Fate! Eddie Guerrero b B-2 by pin fall. -Cena and B-2 came out and started rapping their way to the ring, much like they did in the earlier match, but this time, Los Guerreros attacked them from behind! Match was okay, but had a couple of blown spots. Latino Heat won with the Frog Splash. A-Train tells Heyman and Show to stay away from Lesnar until he?s through with him. According to the main event graphic on the Tron, Albert weighs 350 lbs. Without the hair, he weighs 275. Brock Lesnar b A-Train by pin fall. -Not bad for a hoss match. Lesnar wins with the F5. Lesnar grabs a mic and challenges Show. Show and Heyman start to come to the ring?but then they decide to head for the parking lot. Lesnar is pissed, and he decides to take his aggression out on A-Train. Here?s where our third and final injury of the night occurs. Brock lifts A-Train up for another F5, but when he brings him down, instead of spinning A-Train around and dropping him face down, he accidently flips him over and drops him right on his head! Referees ran down to help him as Brock left. He was down for several minutes, but eventually he got up and walked out of the arena under his own power. The fans cheered him as he left. Tony Chimmel thanked us for coming. Show?s over. wrestlingobserver.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest geniusMoment Report post Posted January 8, 2003 Yes no stupid Dawn and Al skits unless they add them in during post production. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bps "The Truth" 21 Report post Posted January 8, 2003 They are going to show their honeymoon video Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest AndrewTS Report post Posted January 8, 2003 WHOOO!! Big Show and Rikishi jerk the curtain and Matt Hardy wrestles in a non-squash. The Al and Dawn crap, if added later, will likely be to a minimum. Awesome workers in full force. B2 too high on the card but he jobs. Was that so hard now? The crowd also told them to take Demott and shove 'em up their asses, so that's great news. Raw's gonna be so OWNED this week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisMWaters 0 Report post Posted January 8, 2003 Unless I missed it, the announcement for who from Smackdown will be in the Royal Rumble will be a post production thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RedJed Report post Posted January 8, 2003 I'm betting Dynamite has GOT to be Spanky. That sounds just like Sliced Bread #2 for his finisher Also, I'm hoping that Albert spot from Lesnar was a legit screwup and not just a planned injury angle thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisMWaters 0 Report post Posted January 8, 2003 Was his name Dynamite or was it...DYNO-MITE! ...sorry, had to do that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mole Report post Posted January 8, 2003 Well, I don't think it will be very hard for Smackdown to own Raw. Raw was so bad, it isn't even funny. Mole Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mulatto Heat Report post Posted January 8, 2003 Bill DeMott is now using Batista's finisher. The irony is almost overwhelming. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Insane Bump Machine Report post Posted January 8, 2003 It doesn't surprise me that Brock's F5 eventually caused an injury. The last few weeks he did it increasingly sloppy. Not good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FeArHaVoC Report post Posted January 8, 2003 Thank You Smackdown! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Will Scarlet Report post Posted January 8, 2003 Minus the DeMott squash, it sounds like a good show. Both Cena and B-2 in action? Booyah! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Goodear Report post Posted January 8, 2003 Did you happen to not notice that B2 and Cena both suck? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FeArHaVoC Report post Posted January 8, 2003 Hey, I thought they were going to Announce the 15 participants for the Royal Rumble? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Goodear Report post Posted January 8, 2003 And actually get people to buy tickets for the thing? Are you crazy? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ArchoanJB Report post Posted January 8, 2003 Holy Crap, count the matches on the show. A Grand Whooping Total of 8! Thats like the most on WWE TV in years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest AfricanAmerican Report post Posted January 8, 2003 Holy Crap, count the matches on the show. A Grand Whooping Total of 8! Thats like the most on WWE TV in years. ya know after they reimplemented use of the jobbers on the "B" shows, i was just waiting for one of them to pick up a victory off of the known WWE employees (kinda like 123 Kid and Razor). curious to see what dynomite (spanky) looks like since a lot of u guys have said some good things about him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lord of The Curry Report post Posted January 8, 2003 I don't think we'll be seeing Spanky this week, as if you read above Josh Matthews and The Cat came out after the first two matches matches started, along with the Velocity pyro. I really hope I'm wrong though, as I've been itchin' to see some Spanky since they signed him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest EternallyLazy Report post Posted January 8, 2003 I'm betting Dynamite has GOT to be Spanky. That sounds just like Sliced Bread #2 for his finisher Also, I'm hoping that Albert spot from Lesnar was a legit screwup and not just a planned injury angle thing. Jesus Christ you are a sick fuck. You actually want a wrestler to be dropped on his mother fucking head just because you don't like him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest buffybeast Report post Posted January 8, 2003 Brock lifts A-Train up for another F5, but when he brings him down, instead of spinning A-Train around and dropping him face down, he accidently flips him over and drops him right on his head! Oh no!!! I hope my sexy boy is not badly injured. Damn that Brock Lesnar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest crandamaniac Report post Posted January 8, 2003 Seems like a good show, and I'm glad that I don't have to work this thursday, as I finally get to see it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Spaceman Spiff Report post Posted January 8, 2003 Didn't Tajiri beat Knoble, too? I read that in spoilers on CRZ's board. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Mighty Damaramu Report post Posted January 8, 2003 Albert hurt? Well some of my prayers are being answered. Now for Demott. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest D'Lo White Report post Posted January 8, 2003 I read from another spoiler, that Dawn/Al/Torrie have 4 segments. The last one being Dawn and Al in bed together with Dawn trying to wake a "sleeping" Al, but can't. I took it as meaning that you are supposed to believe that Al might be dead. It also said that they annouced a Dawn/Torrie match for Royal Rumble. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest wwF1587 Report post Posted January 8, 2003 Well despite the hosses it sounds like SD! will restore faith that was lost from RAW. Thank God. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ram Report post Posted January 8, 2003 I took it as meaning that you are supposed to believe that Al might be dead. Do you know how funny this would be? LMAO! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Zero_Cool Report post Posted January 8, 2003 I wonder when they'll notice that DeMott is really worthless in this role? It's also surprising how they just jobbed their number one face to Haas (Benoit is getting there, but he's not really face yet). You never want to see someone as big as Albert dropped on his head...a lot more force in the impact. I don't like him as a performer, but I hope he's fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Zero_Cool Report post Posted January 8, 2003 oops...double post Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheArchiteck Report post Posted January 9, 2003 Dawn/Al/Torrie have 4 segments. The last one being Dawn and Al in bed together with Dawn trying to wake a "sleeping" Al, but can't. I took it as meaning that you are supposed to believe that Al might be dead. OMG, that would be the funniest thing to top off this wack angle. Hope thats true. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Mighty Damaramu Report post Posted January 9, 2003 I wish this angle led somewhere.....you know to a match. But the only match it can possibley lead to will be terrible(Torrie/Dawn). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites