Smackdown spoilers for 12/2/04

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From PWInsider...

 

Thanks to Trace Armstrong for sending along a report from the Smackdown taping in Richmond, Virginia.

 

Bill ????? over Scott Matthews with a reverse roll-up. Terrible match, just terrible.

 

Billy Kidman over Chavo by pinfall with his feet on the ropes. Great match with a lot of back and forth action. Kidman worked the left arm of Chavo the whole match.

 

Luther Reigns and Jindrak over Funaki and Nunzio when Jindrak pinned Funaki after his finisher. Basically a squash with little offense from Funaki and Nunzio.

 

Paul London pinned Akio following a top rope DDT. Match of the night by far. Highlights saw London do a flip over the ropes to the outside and the incredible finisher. WWE is missing the ball by not pushing London, he was over by the end of the match.

 

Now for Smackdown.....

 

Opening skit with Theodore Long telling JBL and his entire crew that The Bashams would take on Eddie Guerrero and Booker T in a tag match and that JBL and Orlando would face Undertaker in a handicap match.

 

Opening pyro followed by...

 

(1) RVD, Rey Mysterio, and Torrie Wilson vs. Kenzo, Hiroko, and Renee Dupree. Short match that ended when RVD hit the Five Star on Kenzo and Mysterio pinned him. After the match Hiroko and Torrie got into it and Theodore Long made a Bra and Panties Match for next week.

 

Tough Enough Segment: They all come out and Al asks one of them (Ryan Reeves) if he wanted to quit because he had broken ribs. He feigned quitting then said no. Interviews backstage by all 4 about who should go. All of them said Puder and Puder said either Justice or broken rib guy. He was then eliminated leaving Justice, Miz, and Puder. Al Snow announces that they will have a beauty contest where the 3 remaining contestants would have to dress up like a woman (the crowd could have cared less).

 

(2) Charlie Haas vs. Jesus is a no contest before the bell. Jesus and Carlito beat down Charlie Haas.

 

Backstage segment where one of the Diva contestants (another one got hired...I can't believe this crap...fire Gail Kim and Nidia who can wrestle and hire T&A to do nothing but try to keep Eddie and Booker from fighting...great Vince) tried to keep Eddie and Booker from fighting in the locker room. Eddie tells Booker he'll see him out there.

 

(3) Bashams vs. Booker T and Eddie. Good match with decent action. Eddie was way over in Richmond. JBL does commentary while Orlando Jordan sits there and looks dumb. Late in the match, Eddie accidentally pulls down the top rope and and Booker tumbles to the outside with a Basham. Eddie hits Three Amigos and Booker comes back in and argues with Eddie. Eddie gets knocked into Booker and Eddie is rolled up for the pin.

 

(4) Kurt Angle Invitational. Crowd loves to chant "You Suck!" Same story as last week. A local jobber who gets no reaction until Chimel says he's from Richmond then he gets the pop of the night. Simply ridiculous. Angle gets on the Mic and insults the crowd. Angle slaps the Sebastian the Jobber from Richmond then whips him in the ropes, hits the Angle Slam, down come the straps, and a tap to the ankle lock. Match lasted maybe 30 seconds.

 

(5) Dawn Marie comes down wearing a Santa outfit similar to Jackie's earlier. They get in a catfight and Long comes out and makes a match at Armageddon with Dawn Marie vs. Jackie with Charlie Haas as special referee. I smell heel turn for Charlie.

 

Tough Enough Segment:

Expectations were really low for this but it wound up being the best one of the competition so far but that's not saying much. Puder comes out first and he just looks like a dude dressed as a woman. Justice AHEM...Justine as he was announced and came out looking like a Male Transvestite. It was sick. Miz comes out last and looks awesome. He's wearing a Metallica shirt with cutoff jeans, a wig, and carrying a Six pick of Miller Lite. To put a mental image in your head. He looked like Chyna dressed up in Nidia trailer park trash clothes. Al Snow announces the catch saying you have to seduce a superstar....CUE Bob Holly still getting punished. Bob Holly's music hits and the Tough Enough contestants have to seduce Bob Holly. I know but it gets worse. An exchange takes place and Holly tries to leave but Al punks him into staying. Miz tries to just come on like an actress in a 30's movie by going..."Hardcore....Hardcore....hehehhehhehe." The Miz has acting skills. Holly tried to keep from laughing but he broke character the whole time. Justin comes up next and he acts like a inner city ho and presents him with a bottle of, I kid you not, Colt 45 Malt Liquor. Vince is in the back getting off on this I'm sure. Puder just gives Holly a teddy bear. Holly keeps breaking character and laughing then he beats up Al Snow.

 

(6) Jordan and JBL vs. Undertaker. Undertaker dominates the whole match until the end. Undertaker hits all his signature spots until he goes for a double choke slam. JBL hits a low blow and the ref calls for the bell. JBL's whole posse comes out and beat down on the Undertaker. Undertaker uses his "powers" to recover and fend them off after JBL sends them all out of the ring. All four take a choke slam and then JBL gets tombstoned. Taker walks out and looks back and sneers then raises his arm and leaves.

 

This won't be on Smackdown but JBL is laying in the ring with a mic and has the Bashams try to help him up. Lot of comedic mic work followed with Redskins insults and everything else under the sun. Bashams support him, then he tells them to open the ropes, they let go and he fell like a tree trunk and calls for a doctor. He finally leaves to end the show.

 

After the show I waited by the ramp outside to meet wrestlers. Chavo and Eddie left together and Eddie signed autographs while their car was at the red light then he pulled away. Nunzio signed a shirt I threw down to him and he threw back up. Then, Ricky Steamboat walks up the ramp and into the crowd. There's about 50 people and he graciously signs autographs and takes pictures until everyone that wanted one had one. It was awesome to meet one of my idols. It started to rain and most people left but me and two other guys waited. Undertaker drove up and waved at us. Paul Heyman leaves and we tried to get his attention but he was in the passenger seat on the phone. His driver kept waving at us. I was wearing an ECW hat so I was trying to get Paul's attention to get an autograph. They drive away and 3 minutes later he circles back and rolls down his window and screamed ECW then drove away. It was pretty funny.

 

All in all, a decent show. Middle of the road. Paul London's match was the best on the night but then again I'm a mark for AJ Styles, Benoit, and Eddie Guerrero so I'm a workrate lover and London showed it.

[Mole 0]

Of course it will be Puder and the Miz in the finals. And if Puder never punked out Angle, then the Miz would win by a mile.

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It would be awesome if one of the TE kids tried to get Holly to "do the WWE dance".

[Guest LooneyTune]

Ahahaha! Hardcore Holly getting seduced by men in drag. That's rich, and sounds like he was having fun with it. Paul London at least won on Velocity this week.

 

Torrie vs. HIROKO in a B&P Match? Jesus...and I don't mean CCC's lacky.

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Wow, how obvious is it that Haas is turning heel?

[Slickster 0]

Hooray for Holly getting punished.

 

Man, this Dawn/Jackie thing would be a good feud if anyone gave a shit about the parties involved; it's been building since September and has been consistently in the background of other storylines. People would care if this involved two male superstars, but since its the Divas it means nothing but slaps and hairpull tosses.

[Guest QUP2CME]

I cant believe Holly is still on the payroll

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Another set of spoilers, from WO:

 

Velocity & Smackdown Tapings from Richmond, VA

by Kirk S.

 

Dark Match

- Local wrestler def. ???

 

Velocity

- Kidman def. Chavo (Kidman used the ropes for the pinfall victory)

 

- Jindrak/Reigns def. Nunzio/Funaki (Jindrak used his finisher on one of

them and got the pinfall)

 

- London def. Akio (I'm not sure how London won it; security distracted my

section)

 

Smackdown

- Joy comes out to ringside.

 

- Backstage, JBL, OJ, Amy, and the Bashams enter the arena. They run into

Teddy Long, who asks what was up with last week. JBL tells Teddy that the

Bashams are now the Secretaries of Defense in his cabinet. Teddy makes a

couple of matches for tonight ~ Bashams vs Eddie/Booker and JBL/OJ vs

Undertaker in a handicap match.

 

- SD opening plays on the screen. Fireworks were insanely loud.

 

- Mysterio/RVD/Torrie def. Dupree/Kenzo/Hiroko after RVD hit the 5-star frog

splash on one of his opponents and pinned the guy.

 

- There was a backstage promo with Hiroko complaining to Kenzo about his

fascination with Torrie. She was so pissed off she got herself a Bra &

Panties match against Torrie next week on SD, thinking she has the better

body. Kenzo grinned after Hiroko walked off.

 

- Tough Enough contestants come out. They pre-recorded comments about who

they would eliminate this week. Milzan (sp?), Reeves, and Smith all said

Puder. Puder said Smith. Reeves was eliminated by the fans. Al Snow told the

remaining three that this week's challenge is that they would have to show

their feminine side and dress up like women.

 

- Haas (w/Jackie) vs Jesus (w/Carlito). Carlito gets on the mic and asks

Jackie why is she with Charlie when she can be with a cool guy like Carlito.

Haas hit Carlito, then Jesus beat on Haas a bit and gave him a chain shot to

the gut. The match never happened. Haas had to be helped to the back.

 

- Backstage, Teddy informs Carlito & Jesus that it will be Jesus vs Cena at

Armageddon in a Street Fight. (I don't think he said whether or not the U.S.

title will be on the line, but I'd assume it will be.)

 

- Backstage, Booker & Eddie were stretching with Michelle and the two men

argued for the 2nd week in row.

 

- Eddie/Booker vs Bashams. JBL & OJ were at ringside. Towards the end, Eddie

was about to hit the frog splash on one of the Bashams when Booker got in

the way, complaining about something. Bashams took advantage and one of them

used the ropes to pin Eddie. After the match, JBL hit Eddie with a

clothesline from hell and did the same to Booker. JBL & OJ give the Bashams

props and they all leave the ring. After an ad on the big screen, Eddie &

Booker get up, almost fight, but don't.

 

- Kurt Angle Invitational. Angle def. local jobber easily in less than a

minute.

 

- After Kurt's match, Luther gets on the mic and says he wants to apologize

to Joy for last week by taking her on a date. Joy gets in the ring and turns

him down cuz she has a date with Big Show. This pisses Luther off...he,

Kurt, and Jindrak are about to put their hands on Joy when Big Show comes

out and cleans house. After Angle & co retreat to the back, Joy gives Big

Show a hug.

 

- Tough Enough contestants come back out dressed like women. Al Snow calls

out Hardcore Holly to be a part of this "challenge". At first Holly doesn't

want any part of it, but after Snow implied he was a coward, Holly changed

his mind. Each of the guys aka drag queens hit on Holly. Milzan won the

contest. After Snow told people to vote, Holly decked him with a punch (that

may not be shown on TV).

 

- Dawn comes out, asking the crowd who looks better as Santa ~ her or

Jackie. The crowd didn't really favor one over the other. Jackie runs out

and the two girls catfought. Teddy comes out and makes a match between them

for the PPV.

 

- Taker def. JBL & OJ by DQ when the two men low-blowed Taker. After the

match, JBL, OJ, and the Bashams beatdown to Taker to close the show.

 

After the TV cameras appeared to stop rolling, JBL challenged a weakened

Taker to a one-on-one match. JBL was the aggressor at first, but then Taker

turned the tables, kicked his ass, took out OJ & the Bashams, chokeslammed

JBL and then tombstoned JBL. Taker left after that. A couple minutes later,

JBL comes to and asks for a mic. He's still on the ground, talking nonsense

and acting like a dumbass. It was kinda funny though. When he finally stood

up on his feet, he fell right back down. Chimmel thanked us for coming and

that was all.

 

It was a very solid show overall. Nothing sucked except for the 2nd Tough

Enough segment ~ it was stupid crap I didn't need to see. All the matches

from both SD & Velocity were decent at the very least. The crowd was a lil

crazy IMO. Mostly everyone got a reaction; Taker got the biggest pops of the

night.

 

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So Armageddon is looking like:

 

JBL vs. Taker vs. Booker vs. Eddie

Cena vs. Jesus

Dupree/Suzuki vs. RVD/Rey (man, the tag champs have been jobbing like crazy)

Spike vs. Shannon Moore

Jackie vs. Dawn Marie (Charlie Haas as heel turning referee)

Big Show vs. Luther Reigns

 

And that leaves us with maybe Chavo vs. Kidman in a rematch? Angle and his hometown challenge? The Bashams, who are getting a big push again? Orlando Jordan? Who knows.

[Guest hhheld_down]

armageddon looks like the worst one since the event started, there is NOTHING on this card at all, and the hope of JBL loosing the WWE title isnt going to be enough.

[sluggo 0]

I got a free ticket to go to Smackdown last night...I gave it to some kid.

 

If you remember, last time a show came here, the fire alarm kept going off and the crowd chanted Y2J with the beeps.

[AndrewTS 0]

So Armageddon is looking like:

 

JBL vs. Taker vs. Booker vs. Eddie

Cena vs. Jesus

Dupree/Suzuki vs. RVD/Rey (man, the tag champs have been jobbing like crazy)

Spike vs. Shannon Moore

Jackie vs. Dawn Marie (Charlie Haas as heel turning referee)

Big Show vs. Luther Reigns

 

A possibly decent main event...

 

Match for an angle I don't care about.

 

Comedy tag team against thrown-together-tag-team-currently-getting-a-push in a match we've seen before, although there *might* be a title switch this time.

 

Shannon Moore on a PPV??! HAHAHAH!! SD really is sad.

 

Stupid fluffer match.

 

Hoss grunt fest.

 

What a pathetic card.

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Sadly, Hiroko in a bra and panties match is the best thing SD! has offered in a long, long time. I might actually watch part of next week's show.

[haws bah gawd 0]

Im really looking forward to the London/Akio match, especially for what sounds like a sweet finish. No one is WWE takes a head-bump better than Akio (RVD take a good one too, but thats besides the point). I'll be at the Smackdown tapings next week, so at least I have the bra and panties match to look forward to.

[Guest M. Harry Smilac]

So I guess if two superstars hook up in real life their destined to turn on each other in the storylines?

 

First Matt/Lita and now Haas/Jackie.

 

Does that mean Jackie will end up having to carry the bastard child of Undertaker until Heidenreich hits Taker with a chair and causes Jackie to have a mis-carriage?

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Sadly, Hiroko in a bra and panties match is the best thing SD! has offered in a long, long time. I might actually watch part of next week's show.

I agree, but she'd better bust out the martial arts mastery to go with the rest of the stereotypical character.

 

Kenzo is so useless that I swear somebody at WWE meant to try to sign Kensuke Sasaki, but was dyslexic and thought Kenzo Suzuki was close enough.

[Vyce 0]

Once again, Velocity is the better of the two SD brand shows.

 

The TE shit just looks beyond awful, Holly humiliation or not.

 

And I agree with nl5 - the promise of Hiroko in B&P match is the only thing to look forward to next week.

 

Armageddon has to be on track to do an even worse buy rate than Taboo Tuesday.

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Update on Tough Enough from Meltzer

 

"Ryan Reeves was cut tonight in the Tough Enough competition, leaving just Mike Mizanin, Justice Smith and Daniel Puder as the final three.

 

The plan at this point is to cut one competitor on Tuesday, and the final two will have a shoot match under boxing rules on the PPV. Yes, even after everything that has happened, they haven't learned the dangers of the unpredictability of shooting on live TV yet."

[Guest whitemilesdavis]

Update on Tough Enough from Meltzer

 

"Ryan Reeves was cut tonight in the Tough Enough competition, leaving just Mike Mizanin, Justice Smith and Daniel Puder as the final three.

 

The plan at this point is to cut one competitor on Tuesday, and the final two will have a shoot match under boxing rules on the PPV. Yes, even after everything that has happened, they haven't learned the dangers of the unpredictability of shooting on live TV yet."

A shoot match? A SHOOT?!?

 

First, I won't believe it til I see it. Secondly, That's possibly the dumbest thing WWE has ever done, and that's saying a lot. What does a boxing match have to do with anything? Let's just assume the final two will be Miz and Puder. Puder outweighs him by 30 or 40 pounds and is a trained fighter. He would kill Miz. Like possibly really hurt him bad. Does that mean that he'd be the better pro-wrestler? He can't cut a promo to save his life, and there is no evidence that he knows how to work. This makes me think this whole contest was a setup to get Puder in, but why?

[Guest Fook_Theta]

What. That will get knocked down quickly. Angle does a run in and breaks Puder's ankle, kayfabe for sending him to OVW.

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any knowledge of who this week's hometown boy was?

 

and the PPV won't suck, but it really doesn't have any huge match by any stretch of the imagination. The only thing good about it is the almost certain WWE title change.

[geniusMoment 0]

This ppv will be just like the Holla Holla Holla tour, off the hizzle fo' shizzle.

[Taker666 0]

Show looks pretty decent.

 

I'am just glad The Undertaker is finally back in ring action again. That should be fun to watch even if it is against JBL and Jordon. last time Taker wrestled on SD! was against Gangrel and Viscera. that was freakin 2 weeks before No Mercy. sheesh.

 

This new stable with JBL,Jordon, Bashams and Amy sounds pretty interesting. bout time SmackDown! gets their own stable. They just need a catchy name, something like "Layfield Corperation" or something.

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A shoot fight on PPV is going to be interesting and ridiculous at the same time.

[AndrewTS 0]

Show looks pretty decent.

 

I'am just glad The Undertaker is finally back in ring action again. That should be fun to watch even if it is against JBL and Jordon. last time Taker wrestled on SD! was against Gangrel and Viscera. that was freakin 2 weeks before No Mercy. sheesh.

 

This new stable with JBL,Jordon, Bashams and Amy sounds pretty interesting. bout time SmackDown! gets their own stale. They just need a catchy name, something like "Layfield Corperation" or something.

Eh, maybe. But Amy's gotta dress more formal, wear glasses, and attempt to sound intelligent. Optionally, she can carry a notebook computer to bash faces in the head with.

 

Did you intend to type "stale?"

[Taker666 0]

Eh, maybe. But Amy's gotta dress more formal, wear glasses, and attempt to sound intelligent. Optionally, she can carry a notebook computer to bash faces in the head with.

 

Did you intend to type "stale?"

heh, course I ment Stable. fixed it though.

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Backstage segment where one of the Diva contestants (another one got hired...I can't believe this crap...fire Gail Kim and Nidia who can wrestle and hire T&A to do nothing but try to keep Eddie and Booker from fighting...great Vince) tried to keep Eddie and Booker from fighting in the locker room. Eddie tells Booker he'll see him out there.

Well, Apprently that new DIVA SEARCH LOSER GOD DAMMIT was just Michelle, who already debuted on SD!.

[SuperJerk 0]

I always thought Michelle was the hottest of the bunch.

 

Not hot enough to get me to tune in, though.

 

 

Thanks to the internet, I don't have to watch this crap, but still know what's going on.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

They just need a catchy name, something like "Layfield Corperation" or something.

Layfield Enterprises?

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

Shannon Moore on a PPV??! HAHAHAH!! SD really is sad.

What's wrong with Shannon Moore? He is alot better then most of the roster. It's about time he gets a PPV slot.

[AlaskanHero 0]

None of the TE guys have to really do anything. It's already pretty damn obvious they're all getting signed and just working for the best contract.

 

Anyways, the show looks acceptable to me, so I'll try to tune in.