Full Velocity And Smackdown Spoilers

[Guest AndrewTS]

Ok so people who were doubting Edge being punished for this feud? He's on Velocity. Albert is on SD. Yes Edge did beat Albert...but on a show barely anybody watches. Yep that Edge is getting what's coming to him. How dare he have a bad match with Albert.

Yet Albert is main eventing Velocity AND the lead-in to the SD main event. Does that mean he goes paid a big bonus?

[Guest Choken One]

Did Albert just stay in the ring?

[Guest CanadianChick]

So I see that Edge is on Velocity, which sucks a lot. But did he even make an appearance on Smackdown at all?

[Guest Kotzenjunge]

I'd be happy too if I stumbled across Stephanie like that.

 

And I'm sure Rock was more subtle about his Philadelphia trash talk. It was probably something like "I used to play with Warren Sapp at Miami, I went on to Hollywood, he went on to be a member of the Super Bowl Champion TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS!! What? You guys aren't fans?"

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

I am wondering when they will do a railway gimmick match w/ albert vs. ____ . The ref can wear a conductors hat and they can set up a mini railway around the ring and the goal is to tie your opponent up to the tracks and he then gets hit by the mini train...

[Guest The Mighty Damaramu]

He could fight a cowboy character! Yeah and he could tie the guys woman to the tracks and the guy can come save her before the dastardly A-Train runs her over. Hey let's send Albert to RAW so that he can kidnap Stacy.....I can picture Test as the charismaless cowboy.

[Guest CanadianChick]

Good god, don't give any ideas...for the love of god.

[Guest Deebo]

Ahhh fuck the Rock. You're telling me that a guy who is only going to be at 2 PPV's before he leaves again, can't even show up to the damn shows ONCE A WEEK to promote a match with Hulk Hogan? That's bullshit.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Give Albert a big curly mustache and corny lines like "Muhaha, it looks like Stacy has a one track mind...muhahah" *twirls mustache*

 

Dress Test up like a Mountie and you've got ratings, bruddah!

[Guest Dmann2000]

Ahhh fuck the Rock. You're telling me that a guy who is only going to be at 2 PPV's before he leaves again, can't even show up to the damn shows ONCE A WEEK to promote a match with Hulk Hogan? That's bullshit.

WWE is probably doing that deliberately to get just that reaction out of people. The "Rock sucks he won't even show up on Smackdown cause he's gone Hollywood"

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

No, they are doing that because it saves time - but it also pisses off the fans... Two birds with one stone, and stuff. They are just copying RAW X - only then it was unexpected.

[Guest bravesfan]

Ahhh fuck the Rock. You're telling me that a guy who is only going to be at 2 PPV's before he leaves again, can't even show up to the damn shows ONCE A WEEK to promote a match with Hulk Hogan? That's bullshit.

 

He's not needed to show up at any Smackdowns until after the PPV, though maybe he would serve a purpose being at the Smackdown prior to the PPV.

 

 

EDIT: I'll agree with DMann.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

The rock needs to pander more to the fans. The more he says "I love you guys" the more they say "bullshit" which means the more they hate him.

[Guest BoboBrazil]

Here is a more detailed report:

 

Report by: Kev Mcelvaney, rajahwwf.com reader

 

Dark Match #1

Kanyon vs. Some jobber

Kanyon comes out to a decent sized pop, followed by his opponent. The match is at a slow pace, and the crowd's initial enthusiasm for Kanyon fades away pretty quick. Kanyon holds the opponent in ElectricChair drop position, and drops him flat on his face. Don't know exactly what to call the move, but it was enough for Kanyon to get the win.

 

Dark Match #2

Nathan Jones vs. Another jobber

Nathan Jones gets an enormous pop considering this was a dark match. I couldn't tell if Nathan was the face or the heel, but he seemed to be the face. He has a very "indestructable" style of wrestling, in that he doesn't sell certain moves to make himself look stronger. He landed several interesting variations on arm drags and slam moves. This match was much better than the first. Nathan Jones wins with a move that was very similar to the Alabama Slam.

 

Josh Matthews and Ernest the Cat come out, oddly enough, before Velocity has started.

 

Dark Match #3

Nunzio vs. Funaki Both wrestlers get face pops. Nunzio got an ovation because of his days as an ECW fan-favorite, this being Philly and all. Funaki seemed to be the better liked of the two. As far as the wrestling went, the action was much quicker paced than the first two matches. As usual, Nunzio goes to work on the arm of his opponent, and hits his tornado armhook ddt off the ropes. (I'm sorry, I can't remember the name of the move.) Nunzio via pinfall.

 

The Velocity pyro goes off, and the show is started.

 

John Cena vs. American Dragon

Note: American Dragon was going under his real name for copyright reasons. Cena came to the ring without his trademark Thugonomics freestyle and the match was quick to work. It was a good match, with only a little in-ring confusion at times. Cena seems to have a good in-ring chemistry with cruiserweights, and so this match wasn't boring at all and was a nice wakeup from the gap between the dark matches and Velocity.

 

Bill Demott vs. Jobber

I don't remember much of this match. It was a typical Demott match, with stomps and brute punches all over the place. After a few minutes of a match that seemed to be mostly filler, Demott hit his powerbomb for the win. After the match was over, Demott went halfway down the ramp only to come back and give another powerbomb to his beaten opponent.

 

Edge vs. A-Train

An unusual main event for Velocity, especially since it was a pay per view match only a couple months ago. A typical Edge vs. A-Train match, with Edge hitting a lot of nice dropkicks, and A-Train making many failed attempts at the Train Wreck. After a decent exchange between the two, and a lot of "Shave Your Back" chants, Edge hit the Spear for the win.

 

Tazz and Michael Cole enter

 

The Smackdown pyro goes off

 

A gift box is dangling from a crane beside the ramp. It has The Undertaker's name on a very large tag attached to it. It looks person-sized...Who could it be?

 

The mysterious box is not yet explained as we go into our first match.

 

Rey Mysterio Jr vs. Jamie Noble

Rey comes out to the expectedly large crowd noise. Noble makes his way to the ring accompanied by Nidia, but sans Nunzio to a mixed reaction. These two seem to be getting very fluent with each other's wrestling styles. The match is going at an exciting pace, at which point Rey sets Noble up for the 619. He goes to "dial it up," but Nidia pulls Noble out of the way. Noble somehow capitalized on this and landed an impressive sitdown powerbomb for the two count. Eventually Rey is going for the 619 again. Nidia runs in the ring so he throws her to the ropes as well. Mysterio lands a double 619 on Noble and Nidia, then hits the West Coast Pop on Noble for the pinfall.

 

The Rock "live via satellite" cuts a promo (most likely unaired) and is receiving heat immediately. He anticipates this, and begins taking obvious shots at the Philadelphia Eagles and Philly Cheesesteaks. Much of the crowd actually laughs at these things, but they get the point that Rocky is now supposed to suck again. That chant, obviously, starts up soon after. The Rock cuts off without his usual "smell..." goodbye.

 

Rikishi vs. Nunzio

Nunzio gets very little reaction, due to the fact that we had just seen him. Rikishi gets a good pop as always, but maybe not as much as in other cities. The match is a total blow-out, and Rikishi wins with the Banzai Drop. Nunzio slithers out of the ring, and, as Rikishi goes to dance, Nunzio grabs the mic. He warns Rikishi that it's a bad idea to mess with him. Rikishi wouldn't like the people Nunzio is with. Nunzio walks to the back, leaving his mafia-esque threat unexplained. Rikishi dances, and the crowd loves it.

 

Paul Heyman comes out to the ring, to a mixed reaction. A lot of fans are chanting "ECW" and he says that every time he hears Philadelphia fans chant those letters, it makes him happy to know that company has gone out of business.

 

He gets to the matter of the large gift box, and reveals it is for the Undertaker, as a token of regret from the Big Show. He reveals the Big Show is not in attendance tonight, and calls the Undertaker out to the ring.

 

"Dead Man Walking" hits, and the Badass is out on his bike. He comes into the ring, and as soon as his applause dies down, he heads right for the box. The Deadman cautiously unwraps it, and it becomes that there is, indeed, a person inside. Who steps out, but the red-faced Brother Love! Brother Love got a shocking amount of cheers from the crowd.

 

Brother Love talks about how it was he who introduced Undertaker to the WWE. He sings a song about how the Big Show is sorry and wants forgiveness, over his usual Gospel-type music. Taker obviously isn't buying it, and just stares him down. He finally grabs the mic, and spouts a quick line of trash, then chokeslams Brother Love. The crowd chants for a tombstone, and Taker was more than happy to oblige. He tombstones Brother Love and then rides his bike to the back in a fit of glory.

 

After a short break, we see Hulk Hogan moving through the back. He passes Jonah and Matt, the Tough Enough winners, and shakes their hands. Further down the hall, he runs into a smiling Brock Lesnar. Brock says it's good to see him back. Hogan is obviously still angry about what Brock did to him before. He grunts and walks away. Brock understands, and just laughs to himself.

 

Matt Hardy (version 1) w/ Shannon Moore vs. Billy Kidman

Another great cruiserweight matchup. Matt hits a lot of his new mid-match moves, like the side-effect. Kidman does the same, hitting his Baldo-Bomb like maneuver and his version of the Dudley Dog. After the Kidman Dog, Kidman goes up top for the Shooting Star, but is deterred by Shannon Moore. Matt Hardy gains the momentum again before Kidman flips, knocks him over, and bridges for the 1-2-3.

 

Matt begins shouting something at Tazz and Michael Cole, and he looks like he's going to beat the pleading Shannon Moore again, but they are cut off by Team Angle.

 

Kurt is giving a prep-talk to his team. He tells them that, although he can't be by their side in their Tag Title match tonight due to his match with Chris Benoit, that he is sure they will win. The Team break ttheir huddle, and Haas and Benjamin head out of the locker room.

 

Los Guerreros vs. Team Angle

Los Guerreros head out, and clearly the crowd is behind them. Next comes Team Angle with Paul Heyman, who all receive a good deal of heat. The match starts out very slowly, with a lot of mat-wrestling. I personally was not very impressed with Los Guerreros's mat-wrestling abilities. Maybe that was what was slowing down the match early on. Anyway, the match did last awhile, so I'm assuming they will go cross-commercials with it. Team Angle hit their Benjamin overhead hangman move, and it impressed everyone. But they attempted the move two or three more times, and it started to get old. I think maybe the first time was during a commercial break, so you probably won't see this on TV. Most of the nice spots were after the "money tag." As everything started to go haywire, we witnessed a crossbody from the buckle to the floor by Chavo and an Eddie suplex-Chavo frog splash combo move. A similar move was attempted on Shelton Benjamin shortly thereafter, with Eddie hitting his frog splash. However, the referee could not count because Benjamin was not the legal man. Charlie Haas ran into the ring and small-packaged Eddie for the win. Team Angle are the new Smackdown tag team champs. Good match, but I think my expectations were a little too high for it.

 

"Voodoo Chile" starts up, Hogan steps out, and the place EXPLODES. The Hulkster poses all over the place for a few minutes, before finally calling for a mic and beginning his speech about Vince. The Rock cuts in via satellite. He insincerely flatters Hogan, then goes on a very arrogant sounding rant. The Rock says how, since he's busy, he'll let Hogan handle the talking by himself. He mocks Hogan's mannerisms a little bit in the process. The Rock gives Hulk his cue, which is a finger pointed in a Hollywood film sort of way. The Rock cuts off before Hogan can say much, and then leaves him to his own devices. The Hulkster is very offended. He points out to the Rock that his MILLIONS and MILLIONS of fans, are now booing him, while they are cheering on Hogan. He dubs the Rock, "The Rockin' Jabroni," which is corny, but gets funnier as Hogan uses it. Hulk's voice is raspy from all the intensity of his promo and the yelling that he has done. He vows to draw on the power of his screaming Hulkamaniacs at No Way out, like at Wrestlemania, but the similarities end there. Hogan says he will defeat Rock at No Way Out. Whatcha gonna do, brother... Hogan exits.

 

On the Titan-Tron, we see everyone crowded around the monitor watching Hogan. Sean O'Haire and Brian "Spanky Kendrick are among them. The two walk to the interview area and, though we can't hear what they are saying, we see O'Haire give Kendrick a blue scarf.

 

A-Train vs. Shannon Moore

A normal squash match with a twist. Early in the match, Brian Kendrick streaks down to the ring in a flesh colored thong. (On TV, this may be edited to look like censored nudity.) A load of referees chase Kendrick through the crowd and up to the top of the first level. Most of us can tell this is a parody of the new Nike ad with the soccer game streaker, and so we know where this is headed. A-Train hits his backbreaker for the win, and Kendrick runs back out through the crowd. He runs into the ring and avoids a swinging A-Train, sliding out and under the ring to avoid the crew of referees. Kendrick pops out the other side and runs up the ramp to the back.

 

The referees continue the chase, and we see Stephanie on the phone in her office. She is asking the person on the phone if Bischoff has signed Stone Cold or not. We pan back outside, where Kendrick is running down the hall. He backs up to Stephanie's office door, where the ref's urge him not to enter. He does, and he approaches Stephanie. He goes to shake her hand and says he's very excited to meet her. Steph looks down and says "I can see that."

 

John Cena enters the ring to cut a promo. He raps about how Lesnar is an idiot and a fad, etc. He challenges Lesnar to a match next week and leaves the ring.

 

On the TitanTron, Benoit is telling a heartfelt story about his championship match at the Royal Rumble. Kurt Angle interrupts when Benoit is talking his own family. Angle says that his wife is his title belt is his wife, and his medals are his kids. He doesn't appreciate Benoit messing with his family. Benoit says he can't wait for the their match tonight, and that he's looking forward to taking Angle's family away from him.

 

Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit

Both come out to big ovations from the crowd. Angle got his usual heat and pops of respect. Benoit seemed to get even more pops than usual tonight. The match starts out with the usual wear-down tactics and builds into the use of suplexes. Benoit landed the same German release suplex as he did at the Rumble; the one where Angle does a complete flip and lands on his stomach. The usual reversal of each other's submissions was used to its extent, and the crowd was totally behind the match. Most of the match was basically highlights from the last couple Angle-Benoit matches. Angle ended up pulling off the victory with the Angle Slam.

 

Both men are standing in the ring. Benoit is bleeding around his eye and his face is a mess. Angle asks Benoit to shake his hand. Benoit is reluctant, but finally does. Angle raises Benoit's hand as a "sign of respect" but didn't hold it there long before Team Angle ran out and attacked Benoit. Soon, Kurt and his Team Angle were stomping on Benoit and beating him relentlessly. Edge runs out to make the save, but can only fight everyone off for so long. Brock runs out and F5's both members of Team Angle. Kurt gets out of the ring as quick as he can. Brock makes title belt gestures at Kurt as Kurt makes his way down the ramp. Team Angle kind of just slipped off. Brock grabs a mic and congratulates Benoit on a great match. Brock does his trademark warmup jog, and Edge tries to copy, which was humorous. The three remain in the ring for a short time to a great ovation, and then exit.

 

An awesome Smackdown overall. I hope the live energy translates well to TV, because it was electric in there.

[Guest Respect The 'Taker]

Edge on Velocity?! OOOOOOOOOOOUCH!!

LOL, you can say that again, man , is Vince PISSED at him...

 

And hold on a second here...

 

KANYON IS BACK!?!?!?!?!??!

 

*marks out in about 60 different ways*

[Guest FeArHaVoC]

I know there is still some Edge hate around here, but I'm sorry, He doesn't deserve to be pushed down like that. You got your wish Hunter.

 

Next week on Smackdown; Edge gets a Hair Cut.

 

This looks like a great show, though.

 

I just wish they put Nunzio & Moore against each other and let DeMott and Rikishi continue their "Best of HOSS Series."

[Guest THE MIGHTY THOR]

If Edge was really in the doghouse he would be main eventing on Heat instead of Velocity.

[Yuna_Firerose 0]

I just wish they put Nunzio & Moore

 

Ditto here. That way they could continue whatever feud they were having. But that'd be.......

 

*GASP*

 

....continuity for the midcards!!

[Guest Michael Joel Benoit]

They are being too conventional in turning the rock heel. They need to be more insidious. Cheap heat like "This town sucks" is too pedestrian for the potential the Rock has as a heel. We need 'people', we need cell phones, we need yoga classes, we need jews jews and more jews, and we NEEEEED the Rock saying "who loves you" to the fans...

I agree with Rudo there. Rock doesn't NEED to use cheap heat to get the fans to boo him. He's never relied on it and he shouldn't now especially when he has some fans (or most fans) booing him already since he's gone off to make Hollywood movies. He has to use that as fuel in his heel turn. He also has to show some of that 1998-1999 heel Rock arrogrance that made the fans sick to their stomachs of him. That arrogrance + the fans hating him for making movies= a great heel turn and a great run as a heel.

[Guest ManKinnd]

Team Angle vs. Los Guerros was very solid with a really hot ending. Around ****1/4. As for Angle/Benoit, I know being there adds a lot to a match, but I still think it was around ****3/4. It was just phenominal all around.

The Rock part of his interview with Hogan was great. He treated Hulk like a rookie and the crowd was mostly laughing. Looks like the fans will have to decide~ who to cheer. Both men still got huge face pops in the end.

Plus it looks like Benoit/Edge/Brock vs. Team Angle next week or at NWO, and that CAN'T be bad...

[Guest Anglesault]

People! Don't you realize that SOH has ARRIVED? Celebrate! Damn it!

Why is that good? The character does nothing for me, and he's not a good enough wrestler for anyone to get excited about.

 

Did I miss the Sean O'Haire that was anything better than mediocre?

 

At least Angle is still winning clean.

 

Brock/Cena Two? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Guest wwF1587]

SOH is here and here in style... SD! is a must watch thursday! Let the celebrations roll on

[Guest Chuck Woolery]

Am I the only one who thinks they might possibly use the Albert match on SD! to actually... I dunno... build up to his match with Edge on Velocity? Just a thought.

[Guest Anglesault]

SOH is here and here in style... SD! is a must watch thursday! Let the celebrations roll on

Why? What has this guy ever done that we should be excited over him coming back?

[The Dames 0]

To answer your question AngleSault, I think most people are awaiting Sean O'Haire because his vignettes bring something new, fresh and intriguing and could really go somewhere if implemented right. Add Sean O'Haire's former fanbase from WCW (mostly due to his look and a superior Swanton Bomb despite being a much bigger man than Jeff Hardy) and you've got EXCITEMENT.

 

Dames

[Guest The Mighty Damaramu]

I just noticed that Benoit is trying to steal someone else's wife! That bastard!

[Guest Vern Gagne]

Will Lesnar have a match before WM?

[Guest Anglesault]

To answer your question AngleSault, I think most people are awaiting Sean O'Haire because his vignettes bring something new, fresh and intriguing

Still doesn't make me want to see him wrestle.

 

 

mostly due to his look

 

Still not a ringing endoresement of his wrestling.

 

and a superior Swanton Bomb despite being a much bigger man than Jeff Hardy

 

This I've never given a flying fuck about. It's a FRONT FLIP. I don't grade my flips in varying degrees of excellence. Angle has the moonsault. I like it, but I don't rave about it, because it's not all that complicated a move.

 

And again, a finisher doesn't make up for sub-par-average wrestling.

[Guest AndrewTS]

He could fight a cowboy character! Yeah and he could tie the guys woman to the tracks and the guy can come save her before the dastardly A-Train runs her over. Hey let's send Albert to RAW so that he can kidnap Stacy.....I can picture Test as the charismaless cowboy.

Or as a mountie.

 

"I'LL SAVE YOU, STACY!"

[Guest Anglesault]

I still can't believe they are going to try Lesnar/Cena again. That MESS (Not even a match) was easily the most disapointing match on SD! since the split. Maybe not the worst, because their were some Hosseriffic ones, but who expected it to be THAT bad?

 

Just to clarify what I'm saying. When a Demott/Albert match is bad, it's a bad match, but you expected it to be terrible match. Did anyone in here go into Cena/lesnar expecting unwatchable shit? My "BAD MATCH" alarms were going off, but I couldn't predict THAT.