Guest Nater Report post Posted March 31, 2004 The handicap match - no. No pin in the RVD/Haas match - no. Bradshaw didnt whine his way into the tourney - no. Taker makes a useless appearance - no. Welcome Rey and Chavo to Eddie's shadow - no. "No! No! No! No! No!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DeputyHawk Report post Posted March 31, 2004 The handicap match - yes, it puts Cena over strong and The FBI are in limbo at the moment anyway No pins in the RVD/Haas match - yes, Angle coming out and putting Haas through on points sounds great, it makes sense with the amateur background and continues Angle trying to push his boy Haas. Better than RVD getting pinned. Bradshaw didn't whine his way into the tourney- yes, he was handpicked by Angle to represent a great, self-made, capitalist American hero to take down dirty Eddie. Believe me, Bradshaw NEEDS to be put over strong for this angle to work (it's going to benefit Eddie, don't forget) and having Angle back him up is perfect for that. Taker makes a useless appearance- yes, better to use him to pop the live crowd and send them home happy than be on the actual show Welcome Rey and Chavo to Eddie's shadow- yes, disrupting the match puts Bradshaw over as an arrogant dick who hates Eddie's little hispanic buddy and is trying to get to him. Hopefully, an Eddie/Rey vs. Bradshaw/Chavo main event next week to strut their stuff and elevate the cruisers back up from the beating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCMaximo 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Bad news for the live crowd- having to watch Hardcore Holly wrestle twice Good news for the live crowd- getting to watch Hardcore Holly job twice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lil' Bitch 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Silly boy, don't you know that all WWE heels are weak and thus need to cheat to beat the face? Well, all except for HHH. HHH used to do it all the time whether it was the belt, the sledgehammer, the ballshot, or just Flair interfering. Rico with Hot Miss Jackie beats Jamie Noble. Rico made several sexual positions on Noble and wins. Okay, so its not really a push, but he did win in the main event of Velocity. I'll take what I can get. Angle out with tropy in ring, says he is proud of the locker room and HHH wouldnt last 3 mins he says Hell yeah, stick it right back to him, Kurt Kurt introduces Bradshaw, New intro music with a stock market bell and heel music. Okay, so they're just lazy at house shows then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haVoc 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Sounds like a big pile of suckage. End comes with Haas is on the outside and holds a chair as RVD tries a planch but hits the chair and its a double countout. That spot scares the Hell out of me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dimensions 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 In case ya didn't know, Carly Colon is a former wrestler of the WWC, which is a fed based in Puerto Rico. Carlos Colon was his father...he's somewhere in his mid 20's I believe. Last I saw of him, he was an above average worker, working against shitty ones. Yeah. word. Unless I am confused with someone that has Colon gimmick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Great american nominee match Booker vs Hardcore Holly. Book end for 2 count Wait, wait, wait. Holly kicks out of the Book End? Anybody else perturbed by this? That should have been the finish to the match, not a lame roll-up. If Book needs to insert some cheating, have him hit Holly in the nuts to set up the Book End. Holly kicking out is just ridiculous. Give me back my pre-draft Smackdown. Sure, it had its share of warts, but these 2 weeks of post-draft shows (both SD and Velocity) haven't exactly set my heart a flutter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IWD 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 This show looks like it's gonna suck. Prove me wrong WWE. Prove me wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt Angle Mark 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Another really detailed report WWE Smackdown Spoilers March 30th, 2004 Nationwide Arena Columbus, OH 7:30 PM - 11:50 PM EST Author: Mr. Tito from Lordsofpain.net CROWD: Pretty hot throughout. The WWE may boast that it was a sellout. However, the very upper deck was tarped off. Secondly, they rigged the crowd set up so that it looks like there are more people on the camera side, especially on the ringside area. The crowd was pretty hot overall, which is why Columbus is a regular stop for WWE events. DARK MATCHES "Lonely Road of Faith" video shown, and it's been updated through Wrestlemania 20 (added Trish and Christian's love affair). I still get chills down my spine seeing that video with a big crowd. Paul London vs. someone from Puerto Rico The new Smackdown announcer has a terrible echo in his voice, for I didn't hear the unknown wrestler that London wrestled. London came out to Spanky's old theme music, and my money is on London leaving with 2 weeks notice just like Spanky did. Decent opener, as London hit a bunch of flashy moves. Quite a talented guy. The Puerto Rican dude won with a roll-up. Afterward, London chased the man who beat him. Winner: NOT Paul London VELOCITY Out come Josh Matthews and Bill DeMott, both with separate entrances. Tazz and Cole came out to Tazz's theme just before Smackdown started. Match #1: Orlando Jordan vs. Something Albright, I think? Seriously, the guy on the PA was hard to understand, and neither of the guys I don't have names for had Titantrons to get the names from. Sorry. Orlando Jordan won the match with the Downward Spiral or Flatliner, one of the most recycled finishers out there. Orlando looked good in the ring, showing flares of charisma. Winner: Orlando Jordan OPENING FIREWORKS FOR VELOCITY! My seats were somewhat behind the main stage, for I could see the machine that made the loud exploding noises. Rather interesting. Match #2: Mark Jindrak vs. Shannon Moore It's nice to get traded to a show and immediately get to work on Velocity. Mark Jindrak played the big guy, overpowering Shannon Moore throughout the match. Jindrak won after hitting a move that started out like a back suplex, but he twisted it mid-air to look like a slam. Interesting move. Winner: Mark Jindrak Match #3: Danny Basham vs. Billy Gunn Billy Gunn had a HUGE pop for his entrance and a HUGE pop for his victory pin... but in between those two points, total silence from the crowd. The Bashams played switcheroo twice in this match. A funny scene saw the brothers holding each other, but in a spinning motion for one switch. Doug Basham tried to interfere in the match, only for it to fail and Danny was Fameasser'd. Winner: Billy Gunn Match #4: Jamie Noble vs. Rico Jamie Noble is back to wearing regular tights. Speaking of outfits, you gotta see what Jackie wore! It was insanely revealing, with it taylored to look like she had a Whale's Tail (thanks Senate!) on the back of her pants, if you know what I mean. It's a good thing that this will be on TNN and not UPN. OK match between the two. Rico got the clean win by hitting what I thought was an Edge-a-matic, but only Noble landed on Rico's knees. Winner: Rico Before Smackdown, new WWE diva "Rue Demonna" or something like that (again, bad announcer) came out to sing "America the Beautiful". Just doing the research, I believe she is or has hosted WWE Afterburn? Very beautiful voice. SMACKDOWN! FIREWORKS!!! SMACKDOWN INTRO!!! A table with a covered object was brought to the ring by the WWE ring crew. Kurt Angle opens the show and announces that he put aside his wrestling career aspirations to become General Manager of Smackdown for the "good of the show" and for the fans. To make Smackdown better, someone must step up. Someone must be a "Great American". Angle then takes off the covering and reveals a big trophy, donned with USA colors and an eagle on top. Angle says this is the Great American Award. He then says that Eddie Guerrero does not qualify for it, which is met with boos. However, the Great American Award will be given to the #1 contender for the WWE Undisputed Title, and he's set up a series of matches tonight to determine who will be up for the award. In fact, the first match is right now... Match #1: Big Show vs. Rikishi (Great American Award qualifier) Short opening match, and there wasn't much going on in the ring because the Big Show isn't healthy enough to move in the ring. Some back and forth fighting, until Rikishi got in the stinkface (which got a huge pop). Big Show pushed Rikishi's ass off his face, and a few moments later, the Chokeslam was hit. Winner: Big Show Backstage, a big white limo with longhorns on it pulls up. Bradshaw gets out and yells at his limo driver, who happens to be Spanish. Bradshaw yelled at him to speak English, which got a big pop from the crowd. COMMERCIAL BREAK Walking Tall mini-trailer was shown. Match #2: Rey Mysterio/Spike Dudley vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr./Chavo Guerrero Sr. Chavo Sr. looked pretty decent in the ring for his older age and possible ring rust. Chavo Jr. has new music, which just doesn't fit him in my opinion. Good tag match, and the Chavos should tag up more often. They had some good tag team cheats in this match. The faces won when Spike Dudley hit Chavo Jr. with the Dudley Dog, but he kicked off Chavo Sr. in the corner to execute the move. Nice finish! Winners: Rey Mysterio and Spike Dudley After the match, Bradshaw hit the ring and mauled both Spike and especially Rey Mysterio. Bradshaw got some good heat for that attack. COMMERCIAL BREAK Promo for UPN's "Game Over" was shown. Match #3: Rob Van Dam vs. Charlie Haas (Great American Award qualifier) Charlie Haas now has green shorts tights with "Haas" on the back instead of his amateur wrestling tights. Good midcard match, except for the fact that Rob Van Dam's moveset doesn't allow him to sell a leg injury. Haas works on the leg forever, but Rob Van Dam will do a move involving jumping or flying kicks only to revert back to selling the injury. A lack of psychology due to his trademark moveset. At one period in the match, Haas tried to use a chair. He put it by ringside, and the match ended when RVD jumped over the ropes for a flying body press on Haas, only to hit the chair, too. DOUBLE COUNT OUT! Winner: No Contest Kurt Angle, however, insists that there must be a winner. So he'll choose the winner based on points, and he picks Charlie Haas to advance! Crowd hates it, for they really were behind RVD. COMMERCIAL BREAK Bradshaw video package is shown, in addition to his highlights from last week. Booker T was backstage with Kurt Angle, complaining about the Smackdown fans not cheering for him and Eddie Guerrero's attack last week. Angle said he'll do Booker a favor by booking him in a match against Hardcore Holly, a man who threatened Booker last week. COMMERCIAL BREAK Backstage, Josh Matthews was with Booker T. My guess was that this was a heat seeking promo only seen by the live audience, for I've seen the WWE use this technique before. Booker T rips on the audience and city of Columbus, insisting that he needs to take a shower soon to wash the Columbus off of him (HAHA!). Funny promo that could have given him lots of heat if he had a more popular opponent. Legacy of Hope Award segment was shown, for the WWE was rewarded for their trip to Iraq to entertain the soldiers. Match #4: Booker T vs. Hardcore Holly (Great American Award qualifier) Booker T has his old music back! Yipee! Before Holly arrives, the whole confrontation segment between Booker T and Holly from last week was shown. This match was rather long, with plenty of restholds and no flare. Despite the promo beforehand from Booker T, nobody wanted to cheer for Holly in return. Dead crowd for this match, and at one point, "Holly sucks" chants began. The match ended when Holly tried for a body slam, but Booker T got out of it and rolled Holly up and held the tights for the 1, 2, and 3. Winner: Booker T COMMERCIAL BREAK Live shot of the Nationwide Arena was shown. Match #5: Dudley Boyz vs. Akio/Sakoda Big pops for the Dudleys, and the usual "we want tables" stuff included. Typical Dudley match, although Bubba whipped out a devastating spear at one point in the match. Got a "ooooohhh" from the crowd. Dudleys won via the 3D. Winners: Dudley Boyz Great American Award qualifiers were shown on the Titantron, and Cena vs. FBI was up next! Match #6: Hardcore Holly vs. Booker T Hardcore Holly ran to the ring and grabbed the mic and said Booker T can't beat him fairly. So, Booker T runs out and they do roughly the same exact finish to the last match. Booker T rolled up Holly and held the tights, in the same position as before. My assumption is that this was a repair shot, for something may have went wrong with the finish (I was in peanut heaven folks, I couldn't tell) or whatever. I'm guessing you won't see this match, BUT you'll see a clip of the ending edited on to the previous match. That's my guess, for the WWE has done it before. Winner: Booker T COMMERCIAL BREAK Backstage, all 3 Dudleys are together when Teddy Long approaches them. He hits prejudice of Smackdown wrestlers, and says that they should unite together. Teddy offers management services, gives a card to D'Von and Bubba (ran out of cards for Spike, however). Teddy says for the Dudleys to "think about it". RAW Highlights were shown. Only the Jericho/Trish interview and Benjamin/HHH highlights were shown in the package. The highlights of Benjamin beating HHH got a pretty big pop. That was awesome. Backstage, Eddie Guerrero pulls in with his low-rider and takes a look at the Bradshaw's stretch limo. He talks some Spanish to Bradshaw's driver, and I thought we'd see some car vandalism in this show. Thankfully, I was wrong. Rene Dupree comes down to the ring, in a full Ric Flair like robe, French flag, and his dog Fi-Fi. He was getting some good heat. He'll be announcing for the next match... Match #7: John Cena vs. Nunzio/Johnny Stamboli (Great American Award qualifier) Cena is insanely over! His rap was pretty funny, albeit clean. He rapped about the Great American Award, saying that Haas to cheat his way in, while Big Show eats apple pies to eat his way in. Booker T looks like Busta Rhymes. He then turns his attention to Dupree and throws something at Fi-Fi, which upsets Dupree greatly! In my opinion, that's going to make a great midcard feud. Onto the match... Cena came out with a Buckeyes oldschool jersey on, to add to his big pop. The FBI didn't give him much of a match, and Cena pinned Stamboli with the FU drop after Nunzion fell to the outside on a pretty sick bump from what I could see. Winner: John Cena Backstage, Kurt Angle says he wants to see Eddie in the ring and that he has an announcement to make. Backlash promo is shown, hyping a rematch of Wrestlemania 20 between HHH, HBK, and Benoit. COMMERCIAL BREAK Walking Tall complete trailer was shown. Was this the agreement for Rock to wrestle at Wrestlemania 20? Kurt Angle comes out to the ring, saying he'll give the power to the fans to vote on who wins the Great American Award on WWE.com. Angle begins to rip on Eddie when the low-rider pulls up. Eddie Guerrero gets on the mic and says that if he's such a threat to Smackdown as Angle says he is, then Angle should do something about it. Angle, however, says he's the GM, a position Eddie can't ever have since he doesn't understand the word "responsible". However, he knows someone who does, and Angle nominates Bradshaw as a "Great American" and making him instantly qualifiy for the Great American Award without having to wrestle. Bradshaw then pulls up in his big white limo, parking behind Guerrero's low-rider. Bradshaw continues to push his successes, moving from Texas to New York City. Talking about his football career, stock market, and his job on FOX. In fact, Bradshaw will be on FOX News this Saturday at 11:30 am. Through all of Bradshaw's successes, he lacks one thing: a world title. Eddie has it, and Bradshaw claims he always gets what he wants. Bradshaw said his thirst for the title was nothing personal, but Eddie said he'd make it personal and storms to Bradshaw's limo. Bradshaw escapes through the sunroof, but Eddie snatches his hat. Eddie ran to the ring with his hat, and Bradshaw wants it back since he paid thousands for it, calling Guerrero a "Latino Thief". Eddie questions how many gallons of stuff can the hat hold, and eventually takes it around the ring for fans to dump crap in. Several fans even spit in the hat! Eddie takes the hat and stomps it in the ring. Bradshaw yells at the fans for cheering Eddie, but Eddie challenges Bradshaw to a match and storms the limo again. Bradshaw hides for good, and Eddie leaves the arena. I'm not sure if this next part made it to television... After Eddie was gone, Bradshaw ran to the ring, upset about the hat. He yells at the fans and calls Eddie an "illegal alien" (ouch), and he wants to call the "Mexican" out right now for a fight. However, the arena got dark and the Undertaker came out to an erupting pop from the crowd. He turned on the lights with his hands and stood in the middle of the ring to a panicking Bradshaw. Bradshaw said he wanted Eddie, not the Undertaker. He also yells at the crowd for egging on the Undertaker and Eddie earlier. Bradshaw said he was tough enough to take the Undertaker, although appearing scared at the time by saying "quit looking at me" with the Undertaker in a dead stare right at him. Bradshaw tries to throw a righthand at him, but is blocked. Chokeslam by the Undertaker, and then a Tombstone. End of show, as the Undertaker walks out and Bradshaw is left in the ring. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haVoc 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 We're suppose to trust WWE polls when they have stuff like this on there? Teen pop divas Hilary Duff and Avril Lavigne have been engaged in a bitter rivalry as of late. Which girl do you think would win if we put them in a WWE ring? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hilary Duff 33.79 % Avril Lavigne 66.20 % Total Votes: 125078 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Match #4: Jamie Noble vs. Rico Jamie Noble is back to wearing regular tights Hmmm. Not sure I like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Salacious Crumb Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Better, more detailed spoilers from Meltzer. The KAGATA actually sounds like a really good concept and Bradshaw's heel run sounds like it's being handled well. He's a good 'Corporate America' foil for Eddie. Chill, it's not like he's actually going to win the belt or anything. For me, the initial spoilers came across as very childish and petulant, just saying everything was 'boring' for the sake of being jaded. Honestly, why even post spoilers like that and bring everyone else down? The detailed rundown of the show actually has a lot of positives which can be taken from it. Hey jackass. Did you actually bother to read the part where I said I was extremely excited since I hadn't been in awhile or were you too busy with your anti-smark bullshit? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nater Report post Posted March 31, 2004 The handicap match - no. Cena doesnt need to look any stronger, the fans dont really care if he can beat two 'nobodys' at the same time. The proper way to do it would have Stamboli get beat while Nunzio fails to help him cheat/win. Thereby it doesnt completely bury two guys to make one guy look badass. No pin in the RVD/Haas match - no. Angle gives us a handjob when he promises the full show, how the hell am I going to respect a show that suddenly skips track and goes to "points". Making the match continue to force a pin would be best, alas they dont want to make one of these guys job out yet. Both fresh, one to the show the other to singles. Hard to make a call. Show or Rikishi vs RVD or Haas - any way. Bradshaw didnt whine his way into the tourney - no. Doesnt show how favoritism works. Doesnt show that Bradshaw is more than a "hootey tooty i like money and booty" guy.. an empty gimmick. Thanks again! Taker makes a useless appearance - no. If it doesnt make TV, good. Right now its too thick in nostalgia to be wasting every week for small ratings bumps. Overexposure killed so many other 'returns'. Welcome Rey and Chavo to Eddie's shadow - no. Realistically Rey wont see another title match until the belt changes hands. Chavo is just in this downward spiral, and why is Sr. a wrestler and not a manager? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Cameras to the back and a white limo with longhorns on it pulls up with JBL on the side, *Marks out* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lil' Bitch 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Jamie Noble is back to wearing regular tights He wore rights before (in WWE anyway) ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewTS 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 We're suppose to trust WWE polls when they have stuff like this on there? Teen pop divas Hilary Duff and Avril Lavigne have been engaged in a bitter rivalry as of late. Which girl do you think would win if we put them in a WWE ring? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hilary Duff 33.79 % Avril Lavigne 66.20 % Total Votes: 125078 Answer: Austin runs in and stuns them both. It's good to see WWE has their fingers on the pulse of their target markets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boner Kawanger 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 They gave Chavo new music? Boooooooo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Jamie Noble is back to wearing regular tights He wore rights before (in WWE anyway) ? Not to my knowledge. He's always worn the jeans shorts since getting called up, and I imagine he wore them in HWA, too. He wore long tights in WCW, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LucharesuFan619 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Who the hell is "Fifi?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Dupree's poodle. Debuted on the draft Raw. Dupree had it last week on SD, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anglesault Report post Posted March 31, 2004 He's a good 'Corporate America' foil for Eddie. Chill, it's not like he's actually going to win the belt or anything. That made the Bob Holly/Brock Lesnar feud SO much better! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anglesault Report post Posted March 31, 2004 (it's going to benefit Eddie, don't forget) I'm not quite sure how, exactly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brett Favre 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Booker T got his old music back. That's good enough for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2004 Booker T got his old music back. That's good enough for me. and Chavo has some interesting new music.. "OH CHAVO! OH!" - A Woman screams at the beginning and then some generic music. Chavo's new theme Right click and save as, its 145 kbs and about 20 seconds long in mp3 format. The sound quality honestly sucks but you can still make it out well enough. You might need to have a yahoo username to access it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DeputyHawk Report post Posted April 1, 2004 Hey jackass. Did you actually bother to read the part where I said I was extremely excited since I hadn't been in awhile or were you too busy with your anti-smark bullshit? Uh, hi. Wasn't being anti-smark, just anti laziness in reporting. Whether you enjoyed the show or not, your opinions's valid (and I'm honestly sorry you felt let down by the show). What ticked me off was the lazy way you reported the spoilers with very little detail and then couldn't even be bothered to stay for the end of the show. It's fun for me to read SD spoilers on a Wednesday morning, and I'd rather just have searched around and found someone who'd made the effort. By posting such lazy spoilers, you just wasted everyone's time. Sure, post comments on the show once a decent thread's up and running but don't start one up if you're only going to half-ass it like that. That made the Bob Holly/Brock Lesnar feud SO much better! And A-S, although both challengers were the shits, Holly was just a generic I'm gonna kick your ass kind of guy with a generic you hurt me before grudge. Bradshaw (and I'll wait until I see Thursday's show before singing too much praise) with the longhorn limo, the asshole attitude to the hispanic driver and the money-money-money corporate attitude, plus his 'nothing personal, just good business' approach to taking Eddie's title is at least fresh and interesting and makes sense storlyline wise why they would have an issue. I'm certainly not pleased with Bradshaw getting a push, but now that they've decided to go for it they are not half-assing it and I think it has the potential to put both Eddie and Bradshaw over pretty well. So far, it's been a much fresher, more interesting angle than Lesnar-Holly, and that can only be a good thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes Report post Posted April 1, 2004 For those who flashback to (K)nobles WWE Debut, he wore tights for his first week or so then became trailer trash Noble. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
