Smackdown spoilers thread

[Guest bcu1979]

I know there's already a Jakked spoilers thread but it made no mention of Smackdown spoilers. So I figured I'd be safe and start a new thread instead of posting in the Jakked thread.

 

They have them at http://tpww.net/results/live/

 

Sounds good so far. Lance Storm finally makes an appearance on Smackdown teaming with Kurt Angle against Edge and Val Venis!

 

And in a move that will thrill Kurt Angle fans everywhere, Edge and Angle will have a hair v. hair match at Judgment Day.

 

Jericho/Trips have an in-ring segment that seems to build up a PPV match between then and hints that Vince will be involved in the finish of the title match tonight.

[Guest]

From Rajahwwf.com

 

 

We start with video from last week's #1 Contender Match, where The Undertaker helped Chris Jericho earn an Undisputed Title shot tonight, then from last night's Raw, when Undertaker bloodied Hulk Hogan and left him for dead in the ring. The SmackDown! video rolls, the pyros explode, and we are LIVE from Pittsburgh! Tonight, Hogan defends the Title against Jericho. But first...

 

Rikishi & The Hurricane vs. Billy & Chuck (Tag Titles)

Rikishi and Billy start off, with Billy scoring a knee and a few punches before being shoved away. Billy comes back with a headbutt, but Rikishi knocks him down. Billy looks for a Sunset Flip, but quickly tags in Chuck at the sight of Rikishi's ass. Chuck runs in and gets powerslammed by Rikishi. Legdrop by Rikishi. Tag to Hurricane, who goes up top for a super Sunset Flip 1-2-kickout.

 

Headscissors by Hurricane. Helms looks for the chokeslam, but Billy runs in and breaks the hold. Billy leapfrogs Helms into Chuck, who hits Hurricane with an overhead belly-belly suplex 1-2-shoulder up. Stomps by Chuck, then a roundhouse punch. Tag to Billy.

 

Billy chokes Hurricane on the ropes, but Helms comes back with a swinging DDT. Tag to Chuck, but Hurricane floats over his back and hits a falling neckbreaker. Tag to Rikishi. Rikishi storms in with knockdown punch after knockdown punch. Superkick to Chuck. Rikishi Backs That Ass Up into Billy and Chuck. Back bodydrop to Chuck. Rikishi looks for the StinkFace on Billy, but Rico pulls him out of harm's way. Rikishi hits Chuck with a Samoan Drop. Tag to Hurricane, who hits a flying crossbody on Chuck, but Billy distracts the ref. Rico runs in and hits Helms with a spinning heel kick as Billy beats on Rikishi. He rolls Chuck on top 1-2-3!

 

After the match, Rikishi Superkicks Chuck out of the ring. He and Billy run away, allowing Hurricane to hit Rico with the chokeslam! Stinkface to Rico!

 

In the back, Lance Storm and Val Venis are talking, when Kurt Angle comes up on them. He says that it's a shame that these two incredible performers have done nothing on SmackDown! but bet on Mark Henry. Angle displays his new shirt which says "American Hero, it's true, it's true! I've got gold, how 'bout you?" He offers one of them the chance to model the shirt in the ring with him. Val reads it and claims the shirt sucks. Storm however takes up Angle on the offer, but he's concerned the fans might boo him. Angle says that he's the only thing Pittsburgh has left to cheer, claiming that Super Mario's comeback was faked for sympathy. Fade Out.

 

Kurt Angle's T-Shirt Ceremony

Kurt makes his way out to his hometown crowd, yet gets just as much heat as he does nationwide. Following Angle is Lance Storm in the new shirt, which on the back lists all of Angle's accomplishments. First of all, Angle tells them that Storm does not suck. He may be Canadian, but he's still cool, because he's wearing the real Kurt Angle t-shirt, designed by Kurt himself. Because of all the listing on the shirt, it's only available in XXL or larger.

 

Angle knows the people of Pittsburgh are having a hard time balancing their budgets, since they're mostly unemployed. But if they were smart, they'd take the money they spend on beer and porno, and put it to good use.

 

Rob Zombie hits, and Edge makes his way out on stage. Edge says that he wants to buy a t-shirt, along with everyone else here. Not that there's anything wrong with Angle's shirt, but there's a better one out there. Val Venis comes out on stage, displaying Edge's shirt from last week, proudly displaying the "You Suck" message.

 

Angle thought that Edge would have learned his lesson by now, but he hasn't learned a damn thing. So Angle wants another match, at Judgement Day, after which Edge will be the one that sucks. In fact, he'll be sucking his food through a tube because Angle inflicts so much pain. Storm whispers something in Edge's ear. Angle says that Storm makes a good point. He can destroy Edge anyday, anywhere, but it'd be much better to humiliate him. Why doesn't Edge put his hair on the line? If Angle wins, Edge has to shave his head. Edge agrees to the match, but Angle has to shave his head. Val gets on the mic and says that, in the words of another WWF superstar, if you wanna see Kurt Angle get his head shaved, give him a 'You Suck!' The fans of course tell Angle he sucks. Angle says that the match is on. Fade Out.

 

Earlier today, Stacy Keibler came up on a training Orton, wishing him good luck and kissing him on the cheek.

 

Hardcore Holly vs. Randy Orton

Holly pulls Orton down, but Orton drop toeholds him down. Dropkick by Orton 1-2-shoulder up. Hardcore kicks Orton in the gut and clubs him into the corner. Chops by Holly. Orton goes over Holly and looks for the Oklahoma Roll 1-2-kickout.

 

Powerbomb by Holly, followed with stomps. Holly chokes Orton on the ropes and gives him the Textbook Dropkick. Punches in the corner by Holly, then chops. Holly with a boot, but he runs into a powerslam 1-2-kickout. Punches by Orton, then a springboard legdrop 1-2-shoulder up. Flying forearm by Orton, then a back bodydrop. Holly low blows Orton, causing a DQ.

 

Hardcore tosses Orton out of the ring and drags him up the ramp. Holly shoves the ref away and Alabama Slams Orton onto the steel stage. Fade Out.

 

In the back, Faarooq shows Mark Henry all the money he's won off of Henry's Feats of Strength. He says that Mark deserves some of the money. Henry takes some money, but Faarooq takes it back and gives him a little less. D-Von runs in and says that he can take that dirty, sinful money and clean it so that the man upstairs will shine his light on them. A dollar is a terrible thing to waste. Henry tells him to testify his ass out of their room, lest he do something sinful. D-Von says that they should step back, lest lightning strike them down.

 

In the back, Vince says that he wants to give Stacy lots of kisses. He goes to plant a kiss on Stacy's belly-button, when Chris Jericho bursts in. Jericho says that he needs Vince to make it so that Hogan can't intentionally DQ himself. Vince makes it a No-DQ match. Then Jericho says that Undertaker said he wants to face Hulk Hogan, so how can he be sure Undertaker won't interfere? Vince says that he and Flair have agreed that any wrestler who crosses shows will be immediately suspended. Then Jericho says that he can't trust that Triple H won't try to take him out. Vince says that if he were to do so, it would be career suicide. Jericho, extremely pleased, says that this is his night. Vince tells Stacy that it's their night also, so they better get busy. He opens his mouth, seemingly attempting to swallow Stacy whole as we Fade Out.

 

Edge & The Big Valbowski vs. Kurt Angle & Lance Storm

Angle and Edge start off, with Angle chopping away on Edge. Edge turns the tables and hits a boot, then a missle dropkick from the second rope 1-2-kickout. Tag to Val, who immediately chops Angle down and stomps away. Back elbow by Val, then an elbow drop and a knee drop 1-2-kickout.

 

Angle explodes up with a clothesline. Tag to Lance Storm, who kicks Val in the gut. Chops by Storm. Val comes back with a few running knees and a Russian legsweep. Val applies a submission, but Angle stomps Val off the hold. Tag to Edge.

 

Storm slides under Edge's legs, but Edge hits him with a face-first slam 1-2-shoulder up. Edge beats Angle off the apron, but that allows Storm to take him down. Tag to Angle. Clubs and stomps by Angle, then a vertical suplex 1-2-kickout. Tag to Storm.

 

Storm with a huge standing dropkick. Storm smashes Edge down by his hair. Tag to Angle, but Edge hits a back elbow. German suplex by Angle. Tag to Storm, who again smashes Edge by his hair. Legdrop by Storm 1-2-kickout. Edge starts punching his way up, but Storm drop toeholds him down. Tag to Angle.

 

Kurt and Storm double team on Edge after Val fails to even the score. Storm wrenches Edge back with a chickenwing, but Edge whips Storm out. Storm goes for the springboard clothesline, but Edge drops and powerslams Storm down. Tag to Valbowski and Angle.

 

Clothesline by Val, then another, then one to Storm. Diving shoulder to Angle and a powerslam on Storm. Angle runs up and hits Val with a German suplex. Val elbows out and powerbombs Angle 1-2-broken by Storm. Val flips over Edge and Storm, allowing Edge to hit a double flying clothesline. Edge and Storm fight outside, while inside, Angle hits Val with an overhead belly-belly. Edge runs in and Spears Angle, but Storm takes him over the top. Val crawls to Angle and pins 1-2-kickout!

 

Angle runs into a spinebuster, and Val goes up top. Storm runs up, distracting Val long enough to allow Angle run run up and Superplex Val down 1-2-shoulder up! Angle drops the straps and yells at Val, only for Edge to run in and beat him down. Edge tosses Storm over the top, and Val rolls Angle up. Teddy Long yells for Edge to get out of the ring, not seeing the pin attempt. Lance runs in and SuperKicks Val, allowing Angle to reverse the roll up 1-2-3! Fade Out.

 

The Y2J Countdown hits 0.00, and the Ayatollah, the Larger Than Life Living Legend, Chris Jericho makes his way to the ring. Jericho says that these jackasses can't bring him down. Tonight, he is the King of the World, the Mack Daddy! Last week, he pinned Triple H for the chance to take the Undisputed Title from Hulk Hasbeen. He's going to do what "The Shame" couldn't do at Backlash and become the Undisputed Champion.

 

Oh but there's more. Tonight, he's also going to do the thing every WWF Superstar has always wanted to do, cementing his status as the living legend in this business: he will stab a stake through the heart of Hulkamania. Hulkamania will run wild no more. Tonight, Hulkamania is running out of time. The seconds are ticking away as we speak. Jericho quiets down to hear the seconds ticking away, when The Game's music hits.

 

Triple H makes his way out to the stage, even after Vince has proclaimed that he can not lay a hand on Jericho until after the Undisputed Title match. Triple H gets right in Jericho's face and smiles. Jericho says Trips came out because he's jealous of him, and there's nothing he can do about it. If he touches Jericho, he'll be committing career suicide. Jericho was the first ever Undisputed Champion, for four long months, while Triple H was a four-week embarassment. Jericho begs Triple H to punch him. All the while, Triple H just keeps smiling. Jericho changes tactics, now claiming that Triple H is scared of Jericho. He knows that he can't stop Jericho from destroying Hulkamania and regaining the Undisputed Championship.

 

Trips says that he's not smiling because he wants to punch Jericho. He's smiling because he knows something Jericho doesn't. He knows that there is no way in hell Jericho will become the Undisputed Title tonight. With that, he drops the mic and walks off, laughing at a confused Jericho. Fade Out.

 

Faarooq & Mark Henry vs. Christian & Test

Henry and Test start off, with Henry shoving Test into the corner. Christian gets in a cheap shot, allowing Test to explode with offense. Tag to Christian. He and Test double team on Henry, but Mark double clotheslines them both down. Front drop slam to Christian. Tag to Faarooq, who extends his knee. Henry picks Christian up and drops him on Faarooq's knee.

 

Test clotheslines Faarooq down and tags himself in. Stomps by Test, then elbows in the corner. Clothesline in the corner by Test, then another. Tag to Christian. Faarooq with clotheslines to Chrsitian and Test, then a powerslam to Christian 1-2-broken by Test. Henry clotheslines Test over the top and beats on him on the outside, as D-Von begins collecting for the D-Von Building Fund.

 

Meanwhile in the ring, Faarooq beats on Christian, but he keeps being distracted by D-Von. He and Henry go over and yell at D-Von for distracting them. Faarooq takes the donation box and throws the money back to the fans. D-Von clubs Henry in the back, causing the World's Strongest Man to chase after him. Meanwhile in the ring, Faarooq hits Test with a spinebuster, but there's no one to watch his back as Christian hits the Unprettier 1-2-3! Fade Out.

 

Tajiri vs. Billy Kidman (Cruiserweight Title)

Tajiri starts by kicking into Kidman's knees, but Kidman hits a leaping hurricanrana from the secondrope. Springboard armdrag by Kidman, but Tajiri comes back with a low dropkick to the knee. Stomps to the knee, then Tajiri smashes it into the ropes. Knee stomp by Tajiri. He goes for it again, but Kidman rolls over him and rolls Tajiri up 1-2-kickout.

 

Dragon Screw by Tajiri, who then locks Kidman into the Tree of Woe, dropkicking into that knee. Tajiri wrenches the knee, but Kidman hits an enziguri. Kidman with an off-the-ropes clothesline. Tajiri goes for the backflip elbow, but Kidman leaps and dropkicks him in the back 1-2-shoulder up.

 

Tajiri with a spinning heel kick. He looks for a powerbomb, but Kidman counters and hits a powerbomb of his own 1-2-shoulder up. Tajiri ducks a clothesline and hits a reverse thrust kick 1-2-shoulder up. Tajiri goes for the Tarantula, but Kidman pushes him over the top. Torrie attempts to help Tajiri up, while Kidman yells for her to get out of the way. Kidman dives for Tajiri, but Tajiri pulls Torrie in front of him, forcing her to take the impact. Kidman reaches down to help her, but Tajiri gives him the Kick of Death. He pushes Kidman back in the ring and gives him another Kick of Death 1-2-3!

 

In the back, Vince puts his belt back on as Stacy tidies up her shirt. Vince says that he needs to see Triple H, so Stacy goes to get him. Fade Out.

 

Stacy comes back with Triple H. Vince tells her to go get some coffee. Vince says that, since he and Trips are still technically related, he feels obligated to tell Triple H face-to-face that, if he interferes in the match tonight, his career is over. It will be Game Over. Trips smiles in Vince's face and walks off. Fade Out.

 

Main Event: Hulk Hogan vs. Chris Jericho (No-DQ; Undisputed Title)

They lock up to start, and Hogan just tosses Jericho away. They lock up again, and again Hogan tosses Jericho away, falling through the ropes to the floor. Headlock by Hogan, but Jericho turns it into a wristlock. Hogan uses the crowd to reverse the hold back into the headlock. Shoulder block by Hogan, then a hiptoss and a scoop slam. Hogan wrenches Jericho's arm and elbows it down. Jericho comes back with a back suplex. Stomps by the mocking Jericho, but he misses the elbow drop. Punches by Hogan, but Jericho gets a back elbow. Jericho goes up top, but Hogan tosses him to the mat. Punches in the corner by Hogan, then the 10 Punch. Hogan tries to bite Jericho's head, but Y2J pushes him down to the mat. Knockdown punches by Jericho, then chops in the corner. Jericho chokes Hogan in the corner, but misses a diving shoulder, flying over the top to the floor below.

 

On the outside, Hogan beats away on Jericho, smashing him into the apron. Jericho rams Hogan's shoulder into the ringpost, then his head into the barrier. Jericho goes up top and hits an elbow drop to Hogan on the outside.

 

Back in the ring, Jericho chokes Hogan on the ropes, then again. Jericho unwraps some tape off his wrists and chokes Hogan with it. Jericho goes for a running legdrop on the ropes, but Hogan rolls away and Jericho lands on the ropes. Hogan hits a couple standing elbow drops, but misses a running elbow drop. Jericho comes back with a bulldog and the Lionsault.

 

As Jericho hits the Lionsault, Triple H's music hit and The Game marches down to the ring. He gets to the ring and starts laughing at Jericho. Trips takes a seat at the commentating booth, as Jericho yells at The Game. Hogan comes back with punches, but Jericho ducks the Big Boot and hits a DDT 1-2-kickout.

 

Jericho punches Hogan, but The Hulkster starts Hulking up! He blocks the punches and fires back. Big Boot by Hogan. He goes for the Leg Drop, but Jericho rolls towards him, tripping Hogan into the Walls of Jericho! Hogan crawls to the ropes, forcing Jericho to break the hold. Jericho goes outside and gets a chair. Triple H asks if it's getting cold in here, as Jericho nails Hogan with the chair. "Rollin" hits and Jericho jumps on the ropes, waiting for Taker with the chair. Hogan staggers to his feet and rolls Jericho up 1-2-3!

 

As soon as the bell rings, Triple H storms the ring and attacks Jericho, beating him out of the ring. Jericho angrily storms up the ring, but The Game runs right after him, leaving Hulk Hogan to celebrate his successful Title defense. End Show.

[Guest Zero_Cool]

Bah..more of this invading bullshit...

[Guest Your Olympic Hero]

Atleast they didn't have Jericho look like a pussy jobbing to Hogan.  Jericho had things in control and seemed like he would win the title rather easily before Hogan won with a cheap rollup while Jericho was distracted.

[Guest bcu1979]

The "Cerebral Assasin" strikes again. I had to read the spoilers a couple times to understand the ending. It still doesn't make any sense though. Jericho thought Taker was coming out to interfere in the match and make sure Hogan won. But Taker would get suspended if he interefered and lose his title match presumably. Why would he interfere?

 

Unless the announcers (Cole & Tazz....ugh) do a good job of explaining all this on Smackdown, it looks like Jericho is going to come across as an idiot. But maybe it will come across as a creative finish on the show.

 

At least the match ends with a rollup and Jericho gets to counter the leg drop with the WOJ. And I can live with the finish if it leads to the Triple H/Jericho feud that SHOULD have been built up for WrestleMania. Their interaction on the last two Smackdowns has already been more interesting than any of that Stephanie McMahon crap leading up to Mania.

 

Nice build up for the eventual Torrie/Tajiri break and Torrie/Kidman couple. Storm and Christian both appear on the show and both win!

 

The idea of a Mark Henry/D-Von feud is scary. But at least it appears the Albert push has been given a mercy killing.

[Guest]

The finish makes sense. During the show Jericho is so paranoid about how he thinks someone will screw him out of the title, so during the match all these things happen to distract him. HHH comes out and Jericho thinks he is going to attack him and then Undertaker's music starts playing distracting him again, costing him the match. By the report is sounds like HHH was behind getting Undertaker's music to play. He makes that comment on pbp and then Undertaker's music starts playing. It is a unique finish.

[Guest Flyboy]

Jerky lost, damnit!  >_<

 

Conspiracy!  He deserves ANOTHER rematch.  

[Guest Flyboy]

"He goes for the Leg Drop, but Jericho rolls towards him, tripping Hogan into the Walls of Jericho! Hogan crawls to the ropes, forcing Jericho to break the hold."

 

I just saw that.  The match was No DQ!  He didn't *have* to break the Walls.  

 

Conspiracy Evidence #1!

[Guest Austin3164life]

Doesn't seem like Smackdown is the show that is drawing substantial ratings.   I remember when the draft went down, people were praising Vince's half saying that the talent has been placed on Smackdown.  But so far, Raw's ratings have been much steadier than Smackdowns'.  I'm glad Chris Jericho is Main Eventing though.  Seems like Jericho had things in steady control until the INTENSE one showed up.......

[Guest The Mighty Damaramu]

DAMMIT!! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Oh well at least Jericho didn't look like a pussy. WOW! What a novel idea! Let's not make him look like a pussy when he's no longer the #1 man in the company!

[Guest Flyboy]

DAMMIT!! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Oh well at least Jericho didn't look like a pussy. WOW! What a novel idea! Let's not make him look like a pussy when he's no longer the #1 man in the company!

Damn you, WWF!

 

You come all late.

 

But take in account he was fighting... Hogan.  It's easy to make Hogan he bad... I mean.. he got attacked on Raw blah blah blah.

 

Could Jericho done HHH like that?  No.  Why?  

 

*kicks the dead horse*

[Guest bcu1979]

The finish makes sense. During the show Jericho is so paranoid about how he thinks someone will screw him out of the title, so during the match all these things happen to distract him. HHH comes out and Jericho thinks he is going to attack him and then Undertaker's music starts playing distracting him again, costing him the match. By the report is sounds like HHH was behind getting Undertaker's music to play. He makes that comment on pbp and then Undertaker's music starts playing. It is a unique finish.

I figured out that Triple H was just playing mind games with Jericho by coming out to the ring and getting Taker's music played. I guess I was just confused as to why Jericho would think Taker would interfere when Vince announced earlier in the night that he would be suspended if he did . And if Taker was suspended then he would lose his shot at JD, presumably. But your paranoia theory makes sense and I am probably expecting too much logic from a wrestling show to begin with.

 

It also seemed like they were planting the seeds for some eventual swerve down the road involving Triple H/Jericho/Vince.

[Guest bcu1979]

Damn you, WWF!

 

You come all late.

 

But take in account he was fighting... Hogan.  It's easy to make Hogan he bad... I mean.. he got attacked on Raw blah blah blah.

 

Could Jericho done HHH like that?  No.  Why?  

 

*kicks the dead horse*

I don't think Jericho looked like a pussy at all against Triple H last week on Smackdown. They had a highly competitive match before Taker came through the crowd at the end to distract HHH.

 

Someone hit the nail on the head above mentioning how the WWF has seemingly decided to start booking Jericho as a top guy now that he has LOST the belt. When he was champ he couldn't beat Big Show or Rikishi without half a dozen screwjob finishes. But now he'll get in Hogan's face or Rock's face without running scared.

 

On another note, I'm curious as to how they'll get out of the hair match stipulations. I don't see either guy going bald. Edge is defined by his hair and Angle's got spray-on hair to begin with.

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

The finish makes sense, but it is still anti-climactic. If you are going to build something up all show long, make sure it doesn't end up being a dud. I'll say this much, the WWF complains about spoilers ruining the Smackdown ratings, but if they didn't put on crap, people wouldn't read the spoilers and know that they can afford to miss Smackdown. When Schiavone announced on NItro that Foley was going to win the title, people watched because there was something on there that they wanted to see. Put on what people want to see, and they will turn to it when the find out it's going to happen.

[Guest Will Scarlet]

I agree with Pinnacle.  Smackdown just does not excite me, so I read the spoilers to see if I want to see the show or not.  If they were putting on a good show, I may be more interested in watching, but even looking at the matches, without knowing who won, I  am still unimpressed.  For instance, when I first saw the Billy & Chuck vs. Hurricane & Rikishi, my first thought was that Billy & Chuck will win and that Hurricane will be the one who jobs, and, if I read the spoilers right, that is what happened.  Orton vs. Holly  Why have this match again?  The second I heard Hogan vs. Jericho, I knew Hogan was going to win, the only question being how.  The only match I am even remotely interested in is Tajiri vs. Kidman.  This feud is going somewhere, and it looks like the WWF is trying to do something with the Cruiserweight division, plus I get to relax knowing that Tajiri will win.

 

The thing with WWF Smackdown lately is that I have zero faith in them.  Like with Jericho, I enjoy him, and they may be doing something to make him more credible, but it is hard for me to get really into it, thinking that he will probably end up being the same main event jobber he always was in the end.  The Henry/Faarooq vs. Test/Christian match features four guys who I either either enjoy or have enjoyed at one point, but why should I care about the match knowing in my head that Henry's push will fail, and Faarooq, Christian, and Test will go back to doing whatever with no real direction like usual?  It is like, "Eh. Who cares? Call me when Christian or Test have some character direction."

 

One of the reasons Raw seems to be doing better than Smackdown to me is because  you can tell that there is some movement in the card with some wrestlers going forward and having success.  They seem to trying everyone out to figure out what certain role they should have on the show, and basically trying to figure where everyone works best.  Sure, it is not perfect, but it is trying.  Smackdown seems to be stuck in the same old mold of pointless interviews and backstage skits with occasional short matches added in there with the wrestlers just doing whatever not really moving up or down the card. I actually feel that both interviews and skits can be used effectively to get characters over, but sometimes the WWF just seems to overuse them blocking out any positive effects they may have.  Do I really need to see Vince McMahon and Stacey?  Do I need to hear Triple H's opinion on everything?  Maybe if Smackdown spent less time with Vince being a dirty old man, and more with some midcarder who might actually use the time to help himself get over, then maybe I would care, but, for now, I do not.

[Guest Mystery Eskimo]

Damn, Jericho lost...from the spoilers, it also looks like we'll get HHH v Jericho again at Judgement Day rather than have them invovled in the title shot. Which might not be a bad thing if it improves on their smackdown match, which was pretty good.

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

Be that as it may, we still get Undertaker versus Hogan. Actually there's no we to it. I'm not ordering Judgement Day, so whoever is paying the $40 to watch it is getting Hogan versus Undertaker. That match is going to be the worst main event ever. Moving around the ring slowly isn't as bad if only one guy does it while the other guy flies all over the place (like the first HIAC natch), but when they move slow, bump slow and just stink up the place, you're asking for trouble. Maybe the match will be decided with a test of stregth since Hogan can't bump and Undertaker can't bump. Maybe they should just flip a coin and be done with it.

[Guest Mystery Eskimo]

Maybe they should just flip a coin and be done with it.

That'd have far more excitement and workrate than the actual match.

[Guest]

On another note, I'm curious as to how they'll get out of the hair match stipulations. I don't see either guy going bald. Edge is defined by his hair and Angle's got spray-on hair to begin with.

Well, since Angle went over at Backlash, Edge will probably go over at JD. Angle has less hair to lose, and honestly it's probably just a reason for him to just start shaving his head to begin with since he'll look "less balding" (if that's possible)... I wouldn't put it past the WWF, anyways.

[Guest converge241]

I wonder what the idea for the hair match was?

Did the WWf just get around now to reading all those Booker T vs. Edge threads?

I dont even understand why they need a gimmick for the rematch..they blew the roof off last time with no stipulations, just let em go at it.

like others glad to see Storm on the show (with Angle no less, what a great alliance/part time tag team they would make!) but the show sounds b-a-d.

[Guest]

I think it's amusing that a few of us listed Storm & Angle as a possible tag team (in the thread "Create 10 tag teams") and here they are teaming on Smackdown... HMMM!

[Guest the 1inch punch]

Still no Dawn Marie though

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

A bald-headed angle would be some funny shit.