Smackdown Spoilers

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Dark Match:

1) Shannon Moore v Ray Gordy

Gordy misses a swanton and Moore hits a twisting neckbreaker from the middle rope for the win. The winner: Shannon Moore. A passable match.

 

Velocity:

1) Nunzio (w/o FBI) v Orlando Jordan (w/ the second worst entrance video behind Matt Morgan).

Highlights of the match were a triangle choke by Nunzio on OJ and towards the end of the match there were three spots of a two count by OJ. OJ wins with powerslam.

The winner: OJ. A so-so match.

 

Someone from the audience tells Brian Hebner he sucks and he responds with "You suck nuts!"

 

2) Jamie Noble v Paul London

Mostly mat wrestling and London got really no reaction at all which is sad b/c I am a big fan of his and of Noble's as well. Boring chants did break out but once a few high spots by London were done, they got into it. We see a nearfall by London as he hits a knee from the top-rope to the back of Noble's head for 2. London also on top turnbuckle and gets thrown off and hits the apron which popped the crowd. London skins the cat but ends up with a dropkick into his face by Noble. Noble hits a standing clothesline for 2. London hits a flatliner with a DDT followed by a dropsault and a chicken wing into a sitdown facebuster (the Kidman and Xpac move). Noble gets a nearfall with a powerslam. Noble is perched on the top-rope and London runs over and catches him and looks to be going for a frankensteiner, however, it is reversed into a dragon sleeper by Noble but he is thrown in the ropes and crotched. London then hits a moonsault from the second rope for 2. London tries again for frankensteiner and it is reversed into a pin by Noble but for 2. Then the finish is a dragon sleeper by Noble, countered into a Northern Lights Suplex by London into another dragon sleeper by Noble for the 3 as London taps out. The winner: Jamie Noble. Very good match, one of the best of the night I thought.

 

3) Onyx and Michael Adrian v FBI (Palumbo and Stamboli)

FBI wins with Palumbo superkick on Onyx. Onyx is not announced as Onyx I could not hear his name but Onyx was on his tights. He is a short jacked up black guy. The winner: FBI. A Velocity usual match.

 

4) Billy Gunn v Rhyno

Rhyno goes for the gore but misses as he is leapfrogged by Gunn and Gunn hits the fameasser for the win. The Winner: Gunn

 

Smackdown:

Opens with Heyman backstage on the screen with Dawn Marie (looking fantastic) telling the crowd that he apologizes for Eddie Guerrero's actions from last week and to tell us that Kurt Angle will appear live via satellite in Pittsburgh b/c he wants to prevent any altercation occurring between the two. Lots of Eddie chants already and this is a non-Hispanic audience.

 

Austin's music hits, but out comes Lesnar on Austin's Sheriff Mobile. He wants to tell SCSA that he was the one who impounded his ATV on Monday and that is takes guts for someone like him (Lesnar) to go get things done on another man's show. They show a video recap of 2 weeks ago with the F5 on Austin. He says that now that Austin is out of the way, Bill Goldberg is Next. He has a match with Hardcore Holly tonight that started early when Hardcore interrupted Lesnar.

 

1) Lesnar v Holly

Lesnar wins with F5 in 2:00. After his win, he mocks Austin by drinking some Miller Lite in the ring and leaves to Austin's music and on the ATV popping wheelies as he leaves. The Winner: Lesnar. A throwaway match.

 

2) Danny Basham (w/ Doug) v Scotty 2 Hotty (w/Rikishi)

For some reason Shaniqua is still in the entrance video for the Bashams. Anyway, the worm is stopped as Doug rolls in for his brother and rolls up Scotty. I don't see how they believe that the ref is so stupid as to not being able to tell the difference between Doug and Danny. But this is WWE and suspending logic is all part of the game (no pun intended). The Winner: Danny Basham at 4:00. A so-so match.

 

WM Promo aired for 3 way for World Heavyweight Championship

 

Live from Pittsburgh, Kurt is getting mic'd up and a video package airs recapping the events between Kurt and Eddie.

 

Kurt is live via satellite and tells us that he doesn't want to show up and have Eddie lose his temper. He says that a leopard never changes its spots. His feelings were hurt last week when the crowd booed him but he doesn't regret it because if it helped someone to teach their child to be less like Eddie than his job was accomplished. He is fighting for the future of the company and Eddie is only a disgrace and a shame for the company. Starts the continuous Eddie chants that would be throughout the program.

 

3) Chavo Jr. (w/Sr.) v Funaki

Sr. gets on commentary with Cole and Tazz at one point and then a minute later, Chavo wins with a pull of the hair. The winner: Chavo at 4:00. An ok match.

 

Heyman and Dawn backstage and Heyman calls out Eddie to apologize.

Paul is out in the ring and wants a public apology for his actions. Eddie chants begin and Eddie comes out. He wants Eddie to apologize for his drug addiction, his assault on Dawn, for disgracing the title and for disgracing Paul Heyman's Smackdown. The mic for Eddie doesn't work so Paul asks the tech if he is from Savannah. Eddie says that he is sorry and Paul accepts his apology but Eddie says he forgot 1 thing, his motto is : I lie, I cheat, I steal. Eddie says he will be walking into Wrestlemania the champ and walking out el campeonato. Eddie says he could beat Paul with his hands tied behind his back and so the main event will be Eddie v Paul with Eddie's hands handcuffed behind his back since he is so used to them as Paul says.

 

After this they confiscate some kids sign, I don't know what it says but the person in front of me is filming the event and I don't think that is allowed but a sign is the end of the world. If you want to know what sign look on the hard camera side front row, a few seats to the left of these people with blue and green wigs on.

 

4) Rey Mysterio/Billy Kidman/Ultimo Dragon v Akio/Sakoda/Tajiri

Highlights: stiff chest kick by Dragon on Akio for 2 count.

Triple dropkick by Tajiri's group. Finish sees Rey getting caught by Akio, hits a spinning DDT (Akio planted vertically) and the pin. The winner: Rey/Ultimo/BK in 5:00.

 

Heyman backstage says that he will beat Eddie and Dawn asks him if he will be okay.

 

APA music hits and Haas and Benjamin come out in APA outfits. Bejamin is Bradshaw with blonde wig and Haas is Faarooq with big afro. They are going to sing for us. And the people rejoiced. They say "hell were down here in Savannah, GA and this is where brother's marry sisters and sister's marry brothers" at one point and asks Haas "did you learn all that drinking down at Florida State?" They had barstools and Miller Lite. They sing The West Texas Rednecks song from WCW. The real APA comes out and they are followed by the Bashams who with WGTT double-team APA. H-bomb on Faarooq by Bashams, clothesline from hell by Benjamin on Bradshaw and then Scotty and Rikishi come out to clean the ring but the heels already jumped out.

 

A-train and Big Show are shown backstage talking but I don't know what was said b/c the audio wasn't loud enough.

 

Wrestlemania recall moment is Rock v Hogan at WM18

 

5) Cena v A-Train

Cena comes out with Herschel Walker jersey (UGA). Good pop for Cena. Some lines from his rap: "I hope WGTT doesn't sing for the titles, They're worse than that Japanese dude from American Idol." "They cut all my lines from your TV set so that means that Vincent Kennedy McMahon can't even seem me yet." Lots of Cena chants with A-train working over the injured left leg (MCL) of Cena. Cena wins with FU at 9:00, way too long for an A-Train match. The Winner: John Cena

 

After the match, Show comes out and says that Show envies Cena, not because of his abs (no joke needed there) but because of his ability to dream, to fantasize that he honestly believes he will be Show at WM to win the US Championship. He says Cena woke up a sleeping giant and that while Cena is busy dreaming he will walk head on into a nightmare.

 

Heyman backstage with Dawn and Brian Hebner. Tells Hebner to put handcuffs on Eddie. And that he will do what Eddie's father didn't do, beat some sense into him.

 

6) Main Event: Paul Heyman v Eddie Guerrero

Paul comes out with a velour suit on and Eddie with a lowrider. Paul tries to beat on Eddie but Eddie gets the advantage and knees Paul since he can't use his arms. Paul runs behind the lowrider to the entrance and out comes Kurt. Eddie backs up as Kurt is taping up his wrists. Eddie gets back in the ring still handcuffed and Angle is on the outside trying to get in. Kurt finally gets in and goes for a clothesline but Eddie ducks and kicks Kurt. Kurt blocks the second attempt and drops Eddie across the ropes. Kurt beats on Eddie and yells, "You're nothing, if you were champion you'd get your ass up right now." Kurt then grabs the belt and gets in Eddie's face. Eddie spits right into Kurt's face and then Kurt hits Eddie with the belt. Kurt then holds up the belt and the crowd Boos him. He then spits on Eddie and looks over him and then walks back still staring at him. It might go off here but after this Kurt leaves and they shoot Eddie face down on the ground trying to get back up with the belt next to him. Eddie is let out of the cuffs and the shot is on him. So I am not sure where it goes off but I assume at Kurt holding the belt and then walking back.

 

Loudest Pop: Eddie (by far), then Rey, then Cena

 

Eddie was way, way over in a non-Hispanic market, which I think, is really good for him. The cheers for him were very, very loud as I was in the third row so all the cheers from above came right my way.

 

Jason

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Wow. Ultimo gets on Smackdown and they did a nice Angle beatdown on Eddy to save face.

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Austin's music hits, but out comes Lesnar on Austin's Sheriff Mobile. He wants to tell SCSA that he was the one who impounded his ATV on Monday and that is takes guts for someone like him (Lesnar) to go get things done on another man's show.

 

Thank you, Brock.

 

4) Rey Mysterio/Billy Kidman/Ultimo Dragon v Akio/Sakoda/Tajiri

 

Wasn't this the Heat match from NWO?

 

APA music hits and Haas and Benjamin come out in APA outfits. Bejamin is Bradshaw with blonde wig and Haas is Faarooq with big afro.

 

 

They sing The West Texas Rednecks song from WCW

 

OMG!!!

 

*marks the fuck out

[Guest Choken One]

what's with the Impersation craze tonight?

 

Brock is Austin

WGTT is APA

Heyman is Angle

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I'm watching if only for the APA Skit.

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Fairly decent damage control show for Eddie/Kurt.

 

And isn't it great that Charlie was Faarooq and Shelton was Bradshaw?

 

BECAUSE HAAS IS WHITE AND BENJAMIN IS BLACK!

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That was kinda cute i thought that they swtiched the races...

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-Many recappers and net fans can't (more like won't) tell the difference between Doug and Danny Basham. I don't get it either.

 

-Hardcore Holly now loses to Show and Lesnar in two minutes. Now why can't that happen with Billy Gunn? Gunn and Bradshaw = my two least favorite Smackdown roster members.

 

-Speaking of, about time Shelton got some out-of-ring revenge on Mr. "I can't tell the difference between black people"

 

-Eddie/Angle continue to carry the show on their backs. I don't know why but Cena/Show needs a more epic feel to it since it's a feud that has gone on for more than three months. It needs a video package with dates outlining what they have been doing to each other.

 

-Looking forward to Noble/London.

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I'm sure it will make a funny visual.

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-Many recappers and net fans can't (more like won't) tell the difference between Doug and Danny Basham. I don't get it either.

 

-Hardcore Holly now loses to Show and Lesnar in two minutes. Now why can't that happen with Billy Gunn? Gunn and Bradshaw = my two least favorite Smackdown roster members.

 

-Speaking of, about time Shelton got some out-of-ring revenge on Mr. "I can't tell the difference between black people"

 

-Eddie/Angle continue to carry the show on their backs. I don't know why but Cena/Show needs a more epic feel to it since it's a feud that has gone on for more than three months. It needs a video package with dates outlining what they have been doing to each other.

 

-Looking forward to Noble/London.

Doug has the kinda-goatee, and Danny has a rounder head and barely visible facial hair.

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I just want to add that I hate how the Velocity guys never get a chance to do promos or do ANYTHING to get their character over.

 

Orlando Jordan has been on the roster for over a year and I've never heard him speak once. WHY THE HELL WOULD THE AVERAGE FAN EVEN THINK ABOUT CHEERING HIM? It's not like he makes up for it with stunning workrate.

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Doug also looks older and has the cut abdominals.

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Doug also looks older and has the cut abdominals.

And he kinda looks like Bushwacker Butch...

 

 

I'm kidding...I think.

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I just want to add that I hate how the Velocity guys never get a chance to do promos or do ANYTHING to get their character over.

 

Orlando Jordan has been on the roster for over a year and I've never heard him speak once. WHY THE HELL WOULD THE AVERAGE FAN EVEN THINK ABOUT CHEERING HIM? It's not like he makes up for it with stunning workrate.

U clearly forgot that riveting segment he had with 'Taker and Cena last year

 

Undertaker: I like you...(rambles for 3 minutes)

Jordan: Oh Thanks, I really appre...

Cena: WHOA! BRAH! (Raps for a couple minutes)

(cena leaves)

Undertaker: No Respect

('Taker walks away)

 

Awkward silence from Jordan as they cut away

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Eddie vs Angle will save WMXX.

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I just want to add that I hate how the Velocity guys never get a chance to do promos or do ANYTHING to get their character over.

 

Orlando Jordan has been on the roster for over a year and I've never heard him speak once. WHY THE HELL WOULD THE AVERAGE FAN EVEN THINK ABOUT CHEERING HIM? It's not like he makes up for it with stunning workrate.

U clearly forgot that riveting segment he had with 'Taker and Cena last year

 

Undertaker: I like you...(rambles for 3 minutes)

Jordan: Oh Thanks, I really appre...

Cena: WHOA! BRAH! (Raps for a couple minutes)

(cena leaves)

Undertaker: No Respect

('Taker walks away)

 

Awkward silence from Jordan as they cut away

Being black AND german doesn't help Jordan in WWE.

 

Only black main eventers who are pushed GOOD were...The Rock. And hes not even around. Booker T is made out as a joke, and is punchline to Lawler jokes every week.

 

And GERMAN doesn't help either.

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umm...Didn't really have anything to SAVE actually

 

Every match save for the Tag Matches have good builds and The Three Way will be a good-great matche, Cena will be insanely over in MSG when he beats TBS, Undertaker's return will be huge, Foley/Flair/Rock will have MSG going insane...Brock/Goldberg could be QUITE an interesting affair...The Open should be frantic and fresh...Only the three tag matches (wwe tag, world tag and playboy) mean nothing...

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I just want to add that I hate how the Velocity guys never get a chance to do promos or do ANYTHING to get their character over.

 

Orlando Jordan has been on the roster for over a year and I've never heard him speak once. WHY THE HELL WOULD THE AVERAGE FAN EVEN THINK ABOUT CHEERING HIM? It's not like he makes up for it with stunning workrate.

U clearly forgot that riveting segment he had with 'Taker and Cena last year

 

Undertaker: I like you...(rambles for 3 minutes)

Jordan: Oh Thanks, I really appre...

Cena: WHOA! BRAH! (Raps for a couple minutes)

(cena leaves)

Undertaker: No Respect

('Taker walks away)

 

Awkward silence from Jordan as they cut away

Being black AND german doesn't help Jordan in WWE.

 

Only black main eventers who are pushed GOOD were...The Rock. And hes not even around. Booker T is made out as a joke, and is punchline to Lawler jokes every week.

 

And GERMAN doesn't help either.

Right... That pesky German thing has REALLY kept that Lesnar kid from breaking out.

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I just want to add that I hate how the Velocity guys never get a chance to do promos or do ANYTHING to get their character over.

 

Orlando Jordan has been on the roster for over a year and I've never heard him speak once. WHY THE HELL WOULD THE AVERAGE FAN EVEN THINK ABOUT CHEERING HIM? It's not like he makes up for it with stunning workrate.

U clearly forgot that riveting segment he had with 'Taker and Cena last year

 

Undertaker: I like you...(rambles for 3 minutes)

Jordan: Oh Thanks, I really appre...

Cena: WHOA! BRAH! (Raps for a couple minutes)

(cena leaves)

Undertaker: No Respect

('Taker walks away)

 

Awkward silence from Jordan as they cut away

Being black AND german doesn't help Jordan in WWE.

 

Only black main eventers who are pushed GOOD were...The Rock. And hes not even around. Booker T is made out as a joke, and is punchline to Lawler jokes every week.

 

And GERMAN doesn't help either.

Hey, don't get me wrong, Jordan sucks...

 

But _NOBODY_ on Velocity or Heat gets mic time EVER, which is important for the younger guys, I think. How about the Bashams? I think they've had one chance on the mic. How about Paul London?

 

Oh well, it's not like they're going to change. Oh well.

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Jordan is German? Didn't know that.

 

Why did they have to include the Bashams in this thing? Without Shaniqua they look even more lame.

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to even up the face/heel ratio I guess...

 

Personally, I think a 2COOL/WGTT straight up match would be fucking good given the time.

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Why did they have to include the Bashams in this thing? Without Shaniqua they look even more lame.

Because 2 face-1 heel triple threat matches (aka the main event) normally portray the faces as weak (like Benoit-Jericho-Austin from KOTR 2001).

 

Jason

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Only black main eventers who are pushed GOOD were...The Rock. And hes not even around. Booker T is made out as a joke, and is punchline to Lawler jokes every week.

 

And GERMAN doesn't help either.

Well I think the that reason The Rock was pushed so good was because he doesn't look black at all. Hell I don't know that many fans that know he's half black. And I think that one of the main reason why Rock has had a great push because hasn't played a stereotype, etc. If he was full black I doubt he'd be anywhere near the top as he is. Hell he'd be feuding with Booker about who the better robber.

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So we get just 24 minutes of wrestling on a two hour show?

 

And a non-main event that's a complete copy of the Austin/Mcmahon "match" from 98?

 

And Impersonathon 2004?

 

Where do I sign up?

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Really freakin' lame that the matches are still super-short. *sigh*

 

On the other hand, no Torrie, Eddie is over big still, the angle with Angle is picking up...and...

 

"They sing The West Texas Rednecks song from WCW"

 

= I'm watching.

 

"There's only one thing that I hate, cuz it's a bunch of crap. I-yi-yi hate rap!!"

 

Maybe they'll do Good Ol' Boys next, although that'd probably be best left to some one on Raw, though, with Stacy on that show.

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London-Noble sounds worth seeing. Shame about the rest. Smackdown is going to desperately need new guys post WM.

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Austin's music hits, but out comes Lesnar on Austin's Sheriff Mobile.

 

Can I mention that I love how this is being booked? It's nice to see SOMEONE being able to fuck with Stone Cold's head a little bit for once, and about two or three years too late in coming.

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That's because HEYMAN'S doing the booking for this thing. Not only Angle, but also Lesnar are starting major heel heat. The fans are really gonna hate those two, now.

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Third day in a row the site has been down all morning. Becoming the norm for me.

 

Anyway, I also like that Lesnar is getting the best of Austin. I'm sure it will lead to Brock getting a stunner or two at Mania. As long as Goldberg jobs I'll be happy.

 

Looks like a fun show Thursday.

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Hey, don't get me wrong, Jordan sucks...

 

But _NOBODY_ on Velocity or Heat gets mic time EVER, which is important for the younger guys, I think. How about the Bashams? I think they've had one chance on the mic. How about Paul London?

 

Oh well, it's not like they're going to change. Oh well.

Have you ever heard Paul London on the mic? It's painful. It's so bad that to get my mind off of it, I have to watch him wrestle again immediatly after to remind myself why he's so awesome. If WWE wanted Paul London to get over, they would let him wrestle the way he did before coming on board. If the only Paul London wrestling I had ever seen was his Smackdown appearances, I'd say London was a generic cruiserweight and I KNOW that is not true.

 

 

But you are right. Velocity guys have no chances to get over. I remember last year the FBI was starting to get over thanks to some noteworthy wins and some really entertaining video packages... but I guess WWE didn't agree.

 

Oh well.