*SPOILERS * Smackdown!

[algrim 0]

Dark Match:

 

*John Heidenreich beat Funaki.

 

Velocity:

 

*Bubba Ray Dudley pinned Scotty Too Hotty after Spike Dudley interfered

 

*Bob Holly & Billy Gunn defeated The Bashams. Gunn used the Styles Clash during the match.

 

*Jamie Knoble pinned Shannon Moore.

 

Tazz and Michael Cole are making their way to the ringside area now to start the Smackdown taping.

 

SmackDown!:

 

*Smackdown opens with WWE champion John Bradshaw Layfield coming out with his limo. Bradshaw and Orlando Jordan come to the ring. Bradshaw cuts a promo saying that Undertaker beat a lot of great champions in the past, naming names like Bret Hart, but he hasn't beaten JBL. He promises that he will beat Undertaker at Summerslam. Bradshaw introduces Orlando Jordan as his "Chief of Staff." Jordan says that JBL tought him that he has to take what he wants, not wait for his turn. He says that they petitioned Teddy Long tonight and Orlando Jordan will face Undertaker later on Smackdown.

 

*WWE Cruiserweight champion Spike Dudley pinned Paul London. London was with Billy Kidman. The Dudleys come out and take out Kidman. They interfere to set up the pin. After the match, they give Kidman the 3-D and whip London with a belt.

 

*They air a Heidenreich promo. He's coming and not alone. Paul Heyman will be there as well.

 

*Backstage, Scotty Too Hotty confronts Spike Dudley. Hotty says that he and Spike used to be friends and he doesn't understand what's come over him. Dudley slaps Hotty and says that he got nothing being nice. The Dudleys laugh at Hotty and walk off.

 

*Kurt Angle comes into Teddy Long's office. He says that since Eddie Guerrero auctioned off his property, he wants the money from it. Long says that the money went to charity. Angle gets mad and Long says that if he has a problem with it, he should go to the ring and explain why. Angle says he will.

 

*Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross discuss the Raw Summerslam matches. Michael Cole and Tazz go over the Smackdown matches.

 

Also announced for later is a "Summer Games Relay"

 

*Nunzio pinned Chavo Guerrero.

 

*The Undertaker defeated Orlando Jordan by DQ when John Bradshaw Layfield hit the ring and nailed UT with the Clothesline from Hell

 

*Teddy Long comes out and discusses Summerslam. He brings out Kurt Angle, then Eddie Guerrero. They go back and forth talking about their history. Long gets them to shake hands and they face off to promo their PPV match.

 

The main event is Team Cena (John Cena & Charlie Haas & Rob Van Dam) vs. Team Booker (Booker T & Luther Reigns & Rene Dupree) in the "Summer Games Relay."

 

The "Summer Games Relay" was a six man tag, sort of. The match started with a member of each team in the ring with a five minute time period. If a pinfall or submission didn't occur, then the team that won a coin toss would get "the relay" and then switch to another team member. If there wasn't a finish by the end of the relay, the other team got to send a member in, and so on.

 

The match started with Booker T vs. Rob Van Dam. At the end of the period, Reigns joined the match as Booker's team won the coin toss. The third period hit and Hass entered, then Dupree, then Cena, then Booker again. Cena pinned Booker.

 

After they went off the air, Cena spoke to the crowd.

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

Where are these from? And what was the deal with that line about the huge fight at the taping?

[Guest fanofcoils]

Cena is not making progress by still being in the US title picture. RVDing and not Ortoning is not good.

 

I haven't watched but why is Angle fighting Eddy?

[Guest TheZsaszHorsemen]

JBL gets the best of UT tonight...

 

You know what THAT means.

[algrim 0]

The results were taken from Wrestling planet.com. They match the ones from PWInsider.com. As for that line, disregard. I must've copied it by mistake.

[Australian Pride 0]

*Bob Holly & Billy Gunn defeated The Bashams. Gunn used the Styles Clash during the match.

Is that serious??? I though Billy only knew how to punch and hit a fame-asser.

[Guest fanofcoils]

I didn't even know the Bashams existed anymore in WWE

[Guest Staravenger]

*Bob Holly & Billy Gunn defeated The Bashams. Gunn used the Styles Clash during the match.

Is that serious??? I though Billy only knew how to punch and hit a fame-asser.

I didn't think Gunn was agile enough to not drop the person on their heads (cough:BenoitArmageddon2000:cough).

[Nevermortal 0]

"*Bob Holly & Billy Gunn defeated The Bashams. Gunn used the Styles Clash during the match."

 

Find me the world's biggest frowny face emoticon. It's appropriate in this dark time.

[JoeDirt 0]

Was the explanation of that summer relay match confusing to anyone else but me?

 

No? Okay then, I'm an idiot.

[Guest JRE]

The handshake angle on Angle/Eddie is interesting

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

This show seems to be a let down for the last Smackdown prior to SS, but it doesn't seem to be really bad.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

The Relay is basically WAR GAMES, minus one ring, minus a cage, and minus one partner. And with tags. There you go.

 

Eddie is fighting Angle because Angle wants revenge for losing to Eddie at WM 20 and Eddie wants revenge for Angle screwing him out of the WWE Title in a cage match against JBL. There you go.

[Vyce 0]

"*Bob Holly & Billy Gunn defeated The Bashams. Gunn used the Styles Clash during the match."

 

Find me the world's biggest frowny face emoticon. It's appropriate in this dark time.

Hold me.

 

I'm so cold.....*shivers*....so cold.....

[Lil' Bitch 0]

Find me the world's biggest frowny face emoticon. It's appropriate in this dark time.

 

Ask and you shall receive.

 

[Silence 0]

[Adam 0]

*Bob Holly & Billy Gunn defeated The Bashams. Gunn used the Styles Clash during the match.

I'm sorry, that's just fucking wrong. A guy the calibre of Billy Gunn stealing the finisher of a guy the calibre of AJ Styles. Baby Jesus = Crying.

[Dark Age 0]

They air a Heidenreich promo. He's coming and not alone. Paul Heyman will be there as well.

 

WOW!

[King Cucaracha 0]

*Nunzio pinned Chavo Guerrero.

 

Billy Gunn can steal any indie death move he wants as long as Nunzio keeps on winning.

 

 

Didn't Crash use the Styles Clash at the end of his WWE run?

[Art Sandusky 0]

You know, after seeing the reaction here, I would love to see Heidenreich use the Crippler Crossface or something.

 

Get over yourselves.

[BHK 0]

Bradshaw cuts a promo saying that Undertaker beat a lot of great champions in the past, naming names like Bret Hart, but he hasn't beaten JBL.

Is it just me or is that false? Off the top of my head, I remember SummerSlam 97 and IYH: Final Four, both instances where Hart went over.

 

I can't remember any other matches between the two though, let alone one where Taker went over.

[King Cucaracha 0]

Bradshaw cuts a promo saying that Undertaker beat a lot of great champions in the past, naming names like Bret Hart, but he hasn't beaten JBL.

Is it just me or is that false? Off the top of my head, I remember SummerSlam 97 and IYH: Final Four, both instances where Hart went over.

 

I can't remember any other matches between the two though, let alone one where Taker went over.

EDIT: Uh, yeah. Mis-read it. I'm sure Taker has beaten Bret at least once in his career without the title on the line.

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

SD looks pretty decent. On paper, it looks like it might be a bit more entertaining than Raw.

 

Velocity doesn't look too hot. Knoble/Moore should be pretty good, though.

[deancoles 0]

He won at Royal Rumble 96 by dq, he never pinned Bret on tv though(he won a match between the 2 at MSG in january 92)

[TheFranchise 0]

He won at Royal Rumble 96 by dq, he never pinned Bret on tv though(he won a match between the 2 at MSG in january 92)

Yeah, he was about to pin Bret after a tombstone but Diesel interfered by pulling the ref and then giving the finger (Kevin Nash started the Attitude era you see) setting up Nash/Taker for Mania 12.

[strummer 0]

He won at Royal Rumble 96 by dq, he never pinned Bret on tv though(he won a match between the 2 at MSG in january 92)

The Bret/UT match in Jan. 92 from the Garden aired on the MSG Network. UT squashed Bret and pinned him cleanly. Seeing it at the time, I was suprised that Bret got nothing in that match and was treated like a total jobber by Taker. Must have had something to do with Bret's contract negotiations

[Guest Dazed]

 

There's really no need to act like a six year old. The forum rules say:

 

5. Conduct yourselves like sane human beings possessed of some maturity.

 

That goes for everyone acting pathetically about Billy Gunn

[BHK 0]

He won at Royal Rumble 96 by dq, he never pinned Bret on tv though(he won a match between the 2 at MSG in january 92)

Yeah, he was about to pin Bret after a tombstone but Diesel interfered by pulling the ref and then giving the finger (Kevin Nash started the Attitude era you see) setting up Nash/Taker for Mania 12.

Ah, yes. I forgot abut the Rumble match, thank you. I'd never heard of the MSG match, though.

[cabbageboy 0]

I too wondered about the legitimacy of Bradshaw's claim of UT beating Bret. I guess UT probably beat a titleless Bret in 1991 or 92, but Bret wouldn't qualify as a great champion at that point, would he? By great champ I think Bret circa Nov. 92-Nov. 97, that era. And during that time period, I don't recall UT ever getting a pinfall over Bret.

 

As far as UT winning at SS goes, I'm for it. Anyone but Bradshaw, that's my motto. Besides, with Orton winning the title from Benoit it's goofy to have the heels go over in both title matches.

[humongous2002 0]

I hate Taker with a passion but I would rather see him as WWE champ than that midcard wrestler JBL. Taker could at least work when he wants to and could give the rub to either Eddy or up and coming guys like RVD, Cena or BT.