Velocity + Ongoing SmackDown Spoilers

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

Had I known that PWI would take this long to post the full results I wouldn't have bothered dedicating myself to updating the top post until was complete. It hasn't been updated since 10:17! Come on now PWI, I want to go.

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

Finally finished.

[strummer 0]

that sounds like an awful lot to squeeze on to a 2 hour show, something's getting cut

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

Well LOD 2005 vs Jobbers is probably 10 seconds and I suspect Mexicools vs Scotty/Regal isn't very long either.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

The Guerrero shit is cool, but Dominic better have taken some acting classes because he was awful last week.

[Lil' Bitch 0]

I disagree, I really really HATE this angle and this is coming from a guy who likes both wrestlers.

[BorneAgain 0]

We're going to have a "Custody for Dominic "match at Summerslam aren't we?

 

And either Eddie loses yet again or the angle is blown off with Eddie becoming Dominic's new father.

 

How the hell is this supposed to be resolved?

[Guest Fook]

I predict a Russo swerve where Dominic costs Rey the match and walks off with Eddie.

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

That "I'm Your Papi' t-shirt sounds pretty fly, though.

[Aero 0]

Summerslam has to be the blowoff to Eddie-Rey. It's been going on way too long, especially with such a bad angle attached to it. The problem is that Eddie has no wins, but a proper blowoff would be for Rey to win. I'm thinking that WWE thinks of Eddie's "win" as just completely messing with Rey the past few weeks and revealing the secret anyway as the ultimate heel, and Rey will win the blowoff (hopefully gimmicked, maybe a cage) at Summerslam.

[Guest nokia]

Nunzio FINALY winning the cruiserweight belt =

 

Lod 2005 still around and STILL champs =

 

Paul London dropping the title on the "b show" =

 

Wonder what will happen to Paul London now...

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Wonder what will happen to Paul London now...

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Probably return to a team with Spanky.

[spman 0]

I was at this show, and it wasn't half bad. Nunzio winning the belt shocked me, but it's good to see his getting atleast somewhat of a push. The crowd actually gave Eddie a bigger face reaction then Rey, who got some audible boos. The show seems packed, but it should fit fine in the 2 hour slot, as a lot of the stuff was really short as mentioned. The crowd was pissed after the Undertaker promo when they realized he wasn't actrually coming out. Everyone also shit all over the final Eddie segment after about 5 minutes just because of the mere fact taht it seemed to go on forever.

 

After the show, Batista and JBL came out and wrelsted almost the exact same match they had at RAW last night. Batista won with the powerbomb.

[cbacon 0]

I hate this company.

[Guest Greg Valentine]

Correct me if I'm wrong, and I very well may be, but is this the first time a title has ever changed hands on Velocity?

[RedJed 0]

While I'm all for a push for more worthiness of Velocity, but its boggling my mind that they wasted a multi-month CW reign for London by jobbing him out of nowhere to Nunzio on Velocity?!!! If anything I was expecting Juvi v. London at SummerSlam if we were lucky and a title switch. LAAAAAAAAME

 

Chapter 2 sounds way worse than chapter 1 too......

[RedJed 0]

Correct me if I'm wrong, and I very well may be, but is this the first time a title has ever changed hands on Velocity?

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Most definately

[Guest Frank_Nabbit]

Keep up this crap and the Rey/Eddy storyline will help lead the WWE to file for Chapter 11

[Fökai 0]

While I'm all for a push for more worthiness of Velocity, but its boggling my mind that they wasted a multi-month CW reign for London by jobbing him out of nowhere to Nunzio on Velocity?!!!

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So what's it going to be: complaining about out-of-nowhere title changes, or complaining about predictable title changes?

 

No offense, but it just seems that no one can decide here.

[King Cucaracha 0]

While I'm all for a push for more worthiness of Velocity, but its boggling my mind that they wasted a multi-month CW reign for London by jobbing him out of nowhere to Nunzio on Velocity?!!!

 

So what's it going to be: complaining about out-of-nowhere title changes, or complaining about predictable title changes?

 

Just complaining. After all, that's what TSM does best!

 

I still don't know why people are bitching. TSM- "Oh, we want more tag teams". Mexicools are, apparantly, being moved to the tag division. TSM- "What about London". He gets beaten, they debut another tag team and make sure London doesn't job clean...and they give London a storyline. TSM- "Oh, WAAAH, London isn't the Champion, he got beat on Velocity".

 

Looks on paper like a better Smackdown than they've had in some time. Not saying much, I know, but it certainly looks an improvement.

[Fökai 0]

Looks on paper like a better Smackdown than they've had in some time. Not saying much, I know, but it certainly looks an improvement.

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You're right - in my opinion, this is probably the best show top-to-bottom that they've booked since last fall. What I find most encouraging is MNM being portrayed as a top team despite not holding the belts. It really doesn't matter who you job in the match - Booker or Benoit - because the screwjob loss really doesn't hurt either and puts heat on the heels. Everyone seems to be protected for the most part (Christian has a talk show, so his in-ring record is essentially meaningless until he finds a program), so I'm happy with how the entire night was booked.

 

This detailed report from WO.com explains the little stuff. Nice to hear about the hot crowd considering the crowd at Mohegan Sun wasn't up for anything, really.

 

Smackdown tonight was about on par with RAW. Despite the Harbor Yard

in Bridgeport being a smaller arena then Mohegan Sun, this show was

not a sellout, as there were noticalbe sections of empty seats. The

crowd that was there though was really hot throughout.

 

Dark Match: CM Punk and Bobby Lashley defeated Garrison Cade and Trevor Rhodes

 

Velocity: Nunzio w/ Big Vito defeated Paul London to win the

Cruiserweight belt. Match ended when the ref was distracted allowing

Nuinzio to use a weapon. Nunzio got a good pop, but the crowd was

pretty indifferent to Paul London.

 

Frankie Kazarian defeated Danny Doring

 

Simon Dean won a squash against an Unknown

 

Paul London came out and cut a promo encouraging the fans to protest

the injustice of him losing the title to what he referred to as "two

criminals". This mostly received boos.

 

Bob Holly defeated Orlando Jordan by DQ after OJ pulled the ref in

front of him. After the match, Holly gave OJ the Alabama Slam.

 

Smackdown: The show opened with Christian debuting his new interview

segment "The Peep Show". His guest was Rey Mysterio. Christian

recapped last weeks events, and teased Eddie coming out. Instead,

Eddie appeared on the Tron and vowed to come out later and reveal part

two of the segmetn. After Eddie's speech on the tron finished,

Christian attacked Mysterio. Eddie actually got a decent face pop,

while Mysterio ended up with the mixed reaction.

 

Jillian Hall cut a promo attempting to get over her rediculously

sutpid face blemish gimmick. The crowd didn't seem to care at all, and

it just ended up being really gross.

 

MNM defeated Booker T and Chris Benoit after Melina enterd the ring,

prompting Sharmell to chase after her. Nitro rolled up Booker T and

held onto the ropes to get the pin. They teased some dissention

between Booker T and Benoit after the match. Bother Benoit and Booker

T were very over with the crowd, who was split about 50/50 for cheers.

 

A backstyage segment was shown with Teddy Long informing Christian

that he'd be fighting Rey Mystrio later in the show.

 

Josh Matthews interviews Randy Orton. Orton says he's going to come

out alter and explain his actions last week.

 

Next up was the contract signing between JBL and Batista. Nothing

really exciting here, but both men did get a huge reaction from the

crowd. The angle they went with was Batista being cocky, and allowign

JBL to choose the match stipulation. JBL ended up going with the

played out and cliche No Holds Barred match.

 

The Mexicools beat Scotty Too Hotty and William Regal in a squash

after Regal refused to tag in and walked away.

 

A backstage promo aired between Animal and Heidenreich about

Heidenreich becoming a Road Warrior.

 

Randy Orton came out and cut a promo saying that he wants to extract

revenge for losing ot the Undertaker. He challanged the Undertaker to

a match and called him out. Instead, a video aired on the Tron with

Undertaker dfoing the voiceover, accepting the challange. This got big

heat from the crowd when they realized that it meant Undertaker wasn't

actually going to appear.

 

Animal and Heidenreich beat two jobers whose names I didn't catch in a squash.

 

Eddie Guerrero was seen in the back helping a woman out of the Limo.

He said that she was an important part of chapter two.

 

Rey defeated Christian with a legdrop off the top in a pretty good

match. During the match, Eddie came out with the mystery woman and sat

down in seats at the top of the aisle.

 

After the match, Eddie gave Rey his book and told him to read chapter

two. Finally, Eddie ended up reavealing that the woman was his lawyer,

and that he has gone through the proper legal channels go regain legal

custody of Dominick next week on Smackdown. Rey cut a good promo about

how much he loves his son and how he doesn't want to lose him. This

was a good TV segment, but it was a death sentence for the crowd, who

became restless and started to chant boring after a while.

 

After the show, JBL and batista came out to work another dark match.

This was basically the same as last night, but without the ref bump.

Batista won after the powerbomb.

[Guest Ransome]

I really thought London winning the Cruiserweight title would finally get him spotlighted a little more on SD. Instead, he spent most of his title reign on Velocity, not even warranting a spot on the most recent SD exclusive PPV (GAB), and now loses it in a nothing match even lower on the card than when he originally won it. Why aren't titles elevating the wrestlers that hold them, as they're supposed to? Given the miserable state of the Intercontinental, US, Tag, Cruiserweight and Womnen's titles, why is it that WWE has completely forgotten how to build credible divisions and champions for their titles?

 

Isn't it a little self-defeating to have Undertaker tell Orton again that he will 'Rest in Peace' come Summerslam after already promising that occurance at Wrestlemania? It would be nice if, just once, a uppercard heel wasn't actually afraid of Undertaker's cartoonish, 1991 gimmick, as they realistically oughtn't be.

[JustJoe2k5 0]

Isn't it a little self-defeating to have Undertaker tell Orton again that he will 'Rest in Peace' come Summerslam after already promising that occurance at Wrestlemania? It would be nice if, just once, a uppercard heel wasn't actually afraid of Undertaker's cartoonish, 1991 gimmick, as they realistically oughtn't be.

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Realistically, none of the performers should be fighting anyway. They are all friends behind-the-scenes.

[RedJed 0]

While I'm all for a push for more worthiness of Velocity, but its boggling my mind that they wasted a multi-month CW reign for London by jobbing him out of nowhere to Nunzio on Velocity?!!!

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So what's it going to be: complaining about out-of-nowhere title changes, or complaining about predictable title changes?

 

No offense, but it just seems that no one can decide here.

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If you think I am just unabashed complaining about this, you need to get your head examined.

 

Cmon, if you can't fucking see the wrong way to do business with a move like that, you dont understand the dynamics of how things should be run. London had a substantially long run with the CW title (since around Mania) - for them to just nonchalantly job him out to a guy who they havent even built up, even a little bit, to win the title is just bad business - it makes London look like complete shit, and Guido doesnt really get over either since he's been projected as a joke for months now. The worst thing is it hurts the CW title, which in theory should be something to crow about now with enough talent to definately support it's role on the brand.

 

If you would have read my whole post, I said I would have had no problem if they would have done what I thought was going to be the plan, with Juvi beating London for the title. That just makes sense - it could have been booked for SummerSlam or, at least, Smackdown with a build of sorts.

 

I could care less about how titles are changed (out of nowhere or predictable, I could care less) as long as they are done with logic and a semblance of order and sense. Might be possible though that London wins it back next week or something, as it could just be a way to try to draw some interest to Velocity (which of course is nothing but a good thing) and to try to put London over more, but of course that is dependant on how well the Smackdown show promotes this title change and the aftermath itself.

[Guest JMA]

Yeah, you're probably right about the bWo, especially since Stevie apparently just got injured again, and since they seem to want to keep Simon Dean around.

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They're idiots if they keep the Simon Dean gimmick.

[Team Angle Pusher 0]

They could have done Nunzio/London on the real show but NOOOO. This just makes the title seem even worse. London had a nice title reign and people really started to know him but now next week Nunzio shows up with the belt and everybody's like: WTF? I can be a good feud though, Paul London against Nunzio and his FBI friend(s) and when London wins the battle which he should. Nunzio and Big Vito can team up for the Tag Titles.

 

Looks like a pretty nice show to me, some nice matches.

[Mystery Eskimo 0]

What sounds far worse than London losing the title is his complaining promo afterwards, unless they plan to turn him heel, which would be ridiculous. Maybe it won't air.

 

An MNM vs Booker/Benoit feud over the tag titles would have been really good.

[Team Angle Pusher 0]

MNM should have the tag titles right now because a Benoit/Booker T v. MNM feud would be great. Who can Animal and Heidenreich feud with? Nobody.

[Guest nokia]

Where's JUVI ??

[ChrisMWaters 0]

MNM should have the tag titles right now because a Benoit/Booker T v. MNM feud would be great. Who can Animal and Heidenreich feud with? Nobody.

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If they keep the belts past Summerslam, and both JBL and Jordan loose their title matches:

 

LOD 2K5 vs. JBL and Orlando.