strummer 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 VELOCITY (1) Heidenreich beat Funaki.: Heidenreich looked sloppy. Funaki got a surprisingly decent pop but Heidenreich wouldn't sell for him. Heidenreich ended it at about the 3 minute mark with a sidewalk slam (2) Booker T beat Shannon Moore. Big pop for Booker T in this match. Booker opened with a variety of kicks. Moore took control and tried to end it with a twist of fate, which he of course missed. Booker ended it with a bookend at about the 4 minute mark. (3) Mark Jindrak beat Mabel Starr (sp?) There was very little reaction to this match. Both had little offensive moves beyond your standard punches and kicks. Jindrak thankfully ended the pain with a decent looking back suplex which he turned into a sidewalk slam (4) Charlee Haas beat Akio Both received a decent pop. Akio was surprisingly sloppy looking throughout. He worked Haas leg and eventually took Haas down with a good looking missile drop kick from the top rope. Haas kicked out and won the match with a turn around cross body off of the top rope. (5) Billy "Ass Man" Gunn beat Doug Basham (w/Danny Basham). Gunn didn't get the pop he seems to get in some house shows. Gunn goes on the offensive leading to the proverbial Basham switch. The biggest pop for the Velocity show came with a head on collision which of course led to the dramatic 8 count. Gunn finished off with A.J. Styles's "Styles Clash" after a second attempt at a switch between the twins. SMACKDOWN Tazz got a nice pop, but I expected much more. Opening Segment: JBL came out (after about four minutes of music) in one of the best visuals for TV. He was wearing a massive neck brace with his 10 gallon hat perched about 1 foot off of his head. It took him and Orlando 5 minutes to get to the ring. He had a decent interview where he addressed not pinning the Undertaker much to his dismay but that was all the Dead Man's fault. He accused the Undertaker of not passing the torch and said, "the Undertaker is very mean." One of the best lines came when he not only complained about being slammed into the car and the pain, but of the heat of the hood which burned him. He said the Undertaker would never get a rematch. Along the way he slammed Canada for not going to Iraq and got his cheap heat. Of course the led to the Undertaker coming out to the biggest pop of the night. JBL comically escaped with help from Jordan, but Orlando returned to help his boss. One punch and a choke slam later, the Undertaker was left with the belt in the ring. This ? hour segment (I kid you not and pray it will be edited by at least 1/2 ) was over. IT was funny, but way too long. (1) Spike Dudley beat Scotty 2 Hotty to retain the Cruiserweight Title. Spike was quickly thrown over the top to the floor. Scotty quickly went for the worm but was stopped by Bubba. After some offense from Spike he then went up top for the double stomp but missed it. After some distraction and a quick counter by Spike he finished it with his top rope bulldog. The triple team then ensued ending with Spike nailing Scotty in the head with the belt. Raw Recap John Cena Interview: This was to hype next week's second match between him and Booker T. Spike got involved and said that Cena had no gold to back his words. Spike then landed a low blow, which then led to a beatdown by all three Dudley's and Spike saying, "Can you see me now?" (2) Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Jamie Noble beat Billy Kidman & Paul London in a non title match. The match started quickly with London and Noble putting a display of nice technical wrestling and counter wrestling. London then took it to both men before Chavo took control. Chavo missed a weak looking springing leg drop. Kidman finally gets in the match to a nice pop and quickly pulled off an amazing looking fireman's carry into a neckbreaker on Noble. Kidman goes up looking for the Shooting Star but is knocked out of the ring. Chavo then scores the pin after reversing a pinfall attempt by London and by holding the ropes. A very good eight minute match, but the crowd was pretty quiet for this match. Teddy long announces that Cena will fight D-Von later on. Torrie, Jackie and Norma Lee come out and shoot t-shirts in a segment that seemed to be taped. It was a complete waste of time but it resulted in the 2nd biggest pop of the night thus far (hence why we have a diva search... sigh) Interview Segment Two: Eddie Guerrero Comes to the ring to a massive pop. He calls out Angle who get the "You Suck" chants. He challenges Angle to a match tonight but Kurt refused saying why when he beat Eddie at SummerSlam. Eddie agrees that he was outwrestled for the first time he can remember, but reminds Kurt he holds a pinfall on him from WMXX. He says he respects Kurt and says that they are the only two that love the business. He wants to shake Kurt's hand but Kurt says you can't trust a cheat and liar. After about a 5 minute delay Angle agrees, and of course Eddie attacks him, leading to Luther storming the ring. Before the two can take on Eddie, Rey Mysterio comes to the ring and cleans house. Again, this was entertaining, but 1 and ? hours in, and we have 2 matches. (3) John Cena beat D-Von with Booker calling the match at ringside. Cena comes out to a big pop. The match opens in typical brawling style. D-Von gains control but can't string more than 2 moves together without Cena taking back control. About 5 minutes in the match is over with an FU from Cena, which led to a stare down with Booker. A short and disappointing match. (4) Rob Van Dam beat Renee Dupree. This was probably the best match of the night. Both start off with pinning moves back and forth, which ends with a good ovation. Renee took control and worked on submission (rest) holds. RVD counters with a heel kick and a superkick which led to a running moonsault. The best move of the night came with a beautiful German suplex by RVD on Renee which he held for a two count. It looked a lot more high impact than Angle's version. RVD then went for the rolling thunder but Dupree got his legs up. After some brief offense by Dupree Rob went to the top but was caught by Dupree in a big superplex. Dupee then did his dance, which allowed RVD to recover and end the match with the Five Star Frog Splash. After the match RVD was attacked by Suzuki who came out with a female manager. After some brawling moves Suzuki (at least who I think he is) put a claw on RVD and then through him backwards into the mat to KO him. A very entertaining ten minute match and a nice twist at the end. Teddy Long Makes a "Major Announcement." Teddy comes to the ring and shows a promo of a superstar he has resigned. Of course it is the Big Show. We see a video of some of the Big Shows moments from years past. He also announces the 2nd match between Booker and Cena for next week and that Heidenreich will get his tryout next week. (5) Eddie Guerrero & Rey Mysterio beat Kurt Angle & Luther. Surprisingly, this match didn't get the response that it should have. It was a good match, but by no means a classic, or up to the standards of either Eddie or Angle. The match begins with Luther beating down on Eddie. Eddie regained control and brought in Rey. Eddie does a nice spot where he picks up his partner in what appears to be an atomic drop and throws him into Luther so that Mysterio hit a drop kick. Luther quickly regains control of the smaller Rey and Luther got out of the ring (thank God as he is a horrible looking worker). Angle gets some brief offense in before Rey took control with a head scissors. Eddie is tagged in and quickly begins to pummel Kurt. Eddie went for his 3 suplex combo but is denied the third by Luther. Luther comes in, does some kicks and leaves us again. Angle then begins to go after Eddie's leg. Luther will do the same, with Eddie selling the leg lock as though he was shot. This goes on for about 5 minutes until Angle decides to show us a different move with the overhead belly to belly suplex. Angle and Eddie eventually collide heads, which will allow Rey into the match. Rey hit 3 very nice flying moves (head scissors, flying sitdown etc.) before the ref is taken out by Luther accidentally. Rey then hit a 619 on Angle, who was outside of the ring. Rey flew around the post to hit this impressive looking move. Rey sets Luther up for the regular 619 but as he spins Angle plastered him with a steel chair. Eddie finds a chair and chases out Angle to the back. Luther goes for the powerbomb (once he figured out where the camera was) but Eddie returns in time to hit the low blow. Eddie is tagged in and hits his 3 suplexes. Rey then hits the 619 allowing Eddie to hit the frog splash (once Luther moved 2-3 times to get into position) for the pin. After the match Kurt returns out and has a bucket of paint, which he pours on Eddie's car, much to the dismay of Eddie. This is where the taping will end. After the show, we got ten minutes of Eddie looking upset and a bizarre bit where Eddie and Rey spread paint across each other's chests. Both leave and so do the few remaining fans. Credit: The Torch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lil' Bitch 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 Jamie and Chavo sounds like an interesting team. Wouldn't mind catching Velocity for Haas / Yang. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeDirt 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 Sounds decent. Main event should be good and the non-title tag match should be too. Heidenreich next week? JOYOUS OF ALL JOYS~! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NYU 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 So RVD's next feud is going to be with the ever-so-talented Kenzo Suzuki? Somehow, without fail, they always seem to find the worst guys for Van Dam to feud with. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeDirt 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 So RVD's next feud is going to be with the ever-so-talented Kenzo Suzuki? Somehow, without fail, they always seem to find the worst guys for Van Dam to feud with. I haven't watched SD in a while...so why would Suzuki attack RVD? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UseTheSledgehammerUh 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 That sounds awful... OHMYGOD THE SHOW IS HIGHLIGHTED BY A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!! Big Show has resigned?!?!?!?! Wow, maybe the FUCKING WWE COMMERCIAL FOR SUMMERSLAM FEATURING THE BIG SHOW didn't "spoil" his "resigning"... Jobbing the tag champs to the token "job team" of Velocity....nice. Cena Vs. D-Von...vomit. HeAT rematch... Sometimes I laugh when I see the "end the brand split! remerge the rosters!" argument. Honestly, I'd fire all but like 5-6 of the Smackdown! roster. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strummer 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 From the Observer Spoiler report: "It was announced that Tough Enough will return this fall on Smackdown with the winner getting $1,000,000." $1,000,000!!! Jesus Christ, that is what the top guys make. We joke about the Diva search,but this has to KILL morale. I can't believe they are giving that big of a contract. This pisses me off more than the damn Diva thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChick 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 So RVD's next feud is going to be with the ever-so-talented Kenzo Suzuki? Somehow, without fail, they always seem to find the worst guys for Van Dam to feud with. I haven't watched SD in a while...so why would Suzuki attack RVD? No logical reason, but they have a week to come up with one. So RVD's next feud is going to be with the ever-so-talented Kenzo Suzuki? Somehow, without fail, they always seem to find the worst guys for Van Dam to feud with. Hey, look on the bright side: it's better than doing a whole lot of nothing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Rock-a-jabroni Report post Posted August 18, 2004 From the Observer Spoiler report: "It was announced that Tough Enough will return this fall on Smackdown with the winner getting $1,000,000." $1,000,000!!! Jesus Christ, that is what the top guys make. We joke about the Diva search,but this has to KILL morale. I can't believe they are giving that big of a contract. This pisses me off more than the damn Diva thing. That million has to be over a span of a few years, or something. Maybe there's just the million in prize money plus a considerably smaller contract? Because honestly, look at where the current Tough Enough winners are today, and tell me if they're worth a million bucks. Hardly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lil' Bitch 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 Well, at least, the TE winners will get more money than the Diva Search winner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Brian Report post Posted August 18, 2004 It has to be a bonus. There's very little profit to make off those guys by signing them to multi-million dollar contracts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 More comedy from Eddy / Angle? AS will not be pleased. But it looks watchable this week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob E Dangerously 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 La Parka should enter TE4 He'd at least be a good investment with that money Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TigerDriver91 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 Okay, who the hell is Norma Lee? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DeathBecomesYou Report post Posted August 18, 2004 La Parka should enter TE4 He'd at least be a good investment with that money That would rule. La Parka on TV in general would rule. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Rock-a-jabroni Report post Posted August 18, 2004 Do you think there's anything stopping indy/TNA wrestlers from trying out for Tough Enough, besides the embarassment and/or ego factor? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DeathBecomesYou Report post Posted August 18, 2004 I don't think so, if I remember correctly some indy guys tried out for the original series and correct me if i'm wrong, but Nowinski had already had few matches before TE didn't he? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
natey2k4 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 I wish Nowinski came back.. I actually liked him:( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JoeyStyles Report post Posted August 18, 2004 Well at least RVD has a feud and hopefully something good will come out of this,right????????? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dark Age 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 No. It's Kenzo Suzuki vs Rob Van Dam. No good can come from it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thuganomics 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 um... actually I'm pretty sure the TE winner just gets a million, no guaranteed contract for a year. That way they don't have to worry about getting any "quality" workers like Jackie and Linda Miles out of this one. And I want to know who the hell Norma Lee is as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dark Age 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 Then what would be the point of the contest if the winner wasn't signed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mole 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 Looks like I'll be missing Smackdown again this week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 Doesn't look like that bad of a show. Knoble/Chavo vs. London/Kidman should be good (hopefully setting up a feud here), the ME tag should also be good, but I'm not so sure about the other matches. I highly doubt RVD/Dupree was "match of the night", and I seriously hope we're not getting a Spike/Scotty feud. They seriously need to just cut their losses and dump Heidenreich. Jobbing the tag champs to the token "job team" of Velocity....nice. Maybe/hopefully a feud is being set up? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest M. Harry Smilac Report post Posted August 18, 2004 Doesn't look too bad minus the first segment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Trivia247 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 Crash Holly was messing with the Styles Clash before his departure and now Billy Gunn does it one the one show no one watches... poor AJ his move is going to the dogs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 "Norma Lee" is what someone who can't hear and for whatever reason hasn't heard of or seen "Dawn Marie" would call her, I assume. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dids Report post Posted August 18, 2004 Important note. Big Show RE-SIGNED. Had he resigned, it means he would have quit. This is a peeve of mine, please carry on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted August 18, 2004 Jobbing the tag champs to the token "job team" of Velocity....nice. Hell, I LIKE this. Chavo & Noble could be one amazing tag team. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 Well, he DID quit. Heh. Why on earth would RVD feud with Kenzo Suzuki? I mean, I don't guess there's really much else for him to do at the moment (what with Booker/Cena best of 5 going, Angle and Eddie, JBL/UT), but still it's Kenzo Suzuki. And by the way, I haven't seen it mentioned on here very much, but honestly, who in the year 2004 uses a fucking clawhold? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
