Smackdown spoilers from England

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Wrestlemag

 

- In a dark match, Funaki beat KC James after a sunset flip.

 

- The Boogeyman vs The Miz & Kristal went to a no-contest to open Smackdown. No official announcement was made on the result.

 

- Backstage, King Booker and Finlay got talking as it was announced they’ll be taking on Batista and Bobby Lashley later on in the show

 

- Footage of Rey Mysterio undergoing knee surgery last week was shown.

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- Chris Benoit beat Tatanka after Tatanka (who looked awful) tapped out to the Sharpshooter. Post-match, Chavo Guerrero laid Benoit out with a chair.

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Is Idol Stevens hurt or have they realized that he and James as a tagteam had nothing to offer?

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- Mr Kennedy cut a promo on the TitanTron. He said he’s the future of the business and that he had surpassed The Undertaker.

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- William Regal came out to a huge pop and went on to beat Paul London via pinfall after a running kneelift.

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REGAL V. LONDON on my birthday????

 

Best. Smackdown!. Ever.

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- Michael Cole brought some fans from ringside into the ring and got them to start up some football chants. Two of the fans supported Manchester United, a third a Liverpool fan.

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I know I've harped about Harry Smith a lot in the past, forgive me...but wouldn't it make some sense to debut the kid during one of these England shows? I don't know how well known he is there, but being the son of Davey Boy Smith has gotta bring some automatic overness of some kind, right? IMO, he should have been the one answering...and winning...the Masterlock Challenge.

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He's still being 'trained' in OVW. Still, it couldn't have hurt to have him work a dark match.

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- MVP beat Kane via pinfall in a Street Fight after interference from Ken Kennedy. The Undertaker made the save and the heels bailed out. Kennedy then threw MVP into the ring where he was met with a double chokeslam.

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- MVP beat Kane

 

 

I think my brain just exploded.

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- Matt Hardy beat Gregory Helms via pinfall in a non-title match after a Twist of Fate.

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Any word on how long the London/Regal match was given??

 

How many times has Helms and Hardy wrestled lately? That's 5-6 times in the last couple of months now...

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How many times has Helms and Hardy wrestled lately? That's 5-6 times in the last couple of months now...

 

I'm thinking the same thing...next thing you know, we'll get a best-of-7 series for the Cruiserweight belt.

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And Matt ties the series at 1,203 wins a piece!

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- Backstage, Teddy Long announced that next week on Smackdown, MVP would again face Kane, this time in a Cage match.

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- While the cameras weren’t rolling, fans were treated to seeing Big Dick Johnson in the ring, rubbing himself up against Tony Chimmel.

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- While the cameras weren’t rolling, fans were treated to seeing Big Dick Johnson in the ring, rubbing himself up against Tony Chimmel.

Damn, we missed the best part.

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- Batista & Bobby Lashley beat King Booker and Finlay in the main event after Batista pinned Booker following a spinebuster.

 

Show's over now.

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So Lashley is still on SD! eventhough he showed up in ECW? I guess this ensures that Lashley will win the title because if they were only using a "wwe" talent to help sell the PPV they'd have chosen somebody bigger than Lashley.

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Sounds like an eh show, but Regal-London is going to be awesome no matter how long it goes

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Sounds like I made good picks from Smackdown on my fantasy roster this week.

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Sheesh, every time Matt beats Helms, it's non-title. Why don't they just give him the strap? It's not like Helms has done anything spectacular with the belt in his 10 month reign.

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Remember the last time Hardy won the belt..?

 

Better get running, Matt.

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they should just get the belt off of Helms, but don't give it to Hardy. They don't need a belt for this feud.

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Should've had Helms beat Hardy. Gives Helms more of the heelish edge every other member of his team has going into the match, well except for Knox but I can see him getting the upperhand on Punk in the coming weeks backstage. Helms winning would've made the Hardyz making him look like a fool at SurSeries more special. Then Hardy could beat him for the gold on the following SD.

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He's still being 'trained' in OVW. Still, it couldn't have hurt to have him work a dark match.

 

I thought they let Harry Smith skip OVW.

 

Second how good does an Indy wrestler has to be. To be able skip OVW or HWA.

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Sounds like an eh show, but Regal-London is going to be awesome no matter how long it goes

 

This is from another report

 

(3) William Regal defeated Paul London (with Ashley at ringside) in easily the best match of the night. This is not my British bias showing through, this really was a very good match that should play well on tv. These two worked extremely well together and Regal put on a real clinic. He was clearly motivated and on his game tonight. Surprisingly the crowd was split early (probably due to the high number of young kids who like London) but as the match wore on, they were far more in favour of Regal. Key moment in the match saw Regal throw London over the top rope, and he accidentally landed on Ashley, who sold the bump big time. Regal didn’t really play heel during this match, and received a big crowd pop for his win. After the match, Brian Kendrick ran out and consoled both London and Ashley.

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There wasn't a Smackdown thread I guess...

 

For some reason, the picture quality of the show is awful tonight. I knew it was going to look a little different like Raw since it's in Britain and all, but this is just bad.

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He's still being 'trained' in OVW. Still, it couldn't have hurt to have him work a dark match.

Harry Smith isn't in OVW.