SD & ECW spoilers for the 12/15 & 12/16 airings

[BorneAgain 0]

From PWInsider.com

 

Smackdown

 

*Smackdown opens with WWE champion John Cena coming to the ring. Finlay and King Booker confront him. Batista makes the save. Smackdown General Manager Teddy Long comes out and rules Cena will wrestle Finlay in tonight's main event.

 

*WWE Tag Team champions Paul London & Brian Kendrick & Jimmy Wang Yang defeated WWE Cruiserweight champion Gregory Helms & William Regal & Dave Taylor when Yang pinned Helms. Regal and Taylor walked off, leaving Helms alone and he was pinned

Match was said to be OK.

 

*Matt Hardy pinned Joey Mercury with the Twist of Fate in a short match, so it looks like Mercury is on the Smackdown brand now.

 

*Ken Kennedy and MVP argue backstage but finally agree to work together to take out Kane and the Undertaker tonight.

 

*A hearse is parked in the aisle leading to the ring.

 

*The Undertaker and Kane vs. Ken Kennedy and MVP match results in a double countout. Undertaker and MVP brawl to the back. Kennedy gets in the hearse and teases running over Kane but the lights go out. When they come back on, Undertaker is inside the car with Kennedy who runs off and Kane does the situp. Crowd was really into the entire scenario.

 

*Chavo Guerrero defeated Funaki. Guerrero said on the mic before the match that Chris Benoit owed Vicky Guerrero an apology. Benoit came out and watched the match. After Chavo won, Benoit attacked him and locked him in a Sharpshooter. Vicky slapped Benoit, who stares at her and leaves.

 

*Vito pinned Sylvan with a rollup in a match that didn't get over with the live crowd.

 

*The Miz comes out to eat "crazy foods" He ate what was said to be a pig's tongue and monkey brains (hey someone watched Indiana Jones and Temple of Doom over the weekend!) but balked at eating worms. He went to place the lid back on the pot of worms when Boogeyman popped out with a mouthful and Miz ran off.

 

*WWE champion John Cena pinned Finlay. Booker and Batista ran in for post-match fun

 

ECW

 

*The announced main event is ECW champion Bobby Lashley vs. Paul Heyman's security in a Handicap match.

 

*Killer Kowalski is in the front row behind the announcers.

 

*Scheduled for later is CM Punk vs. Hardcore Holly.

 

*Test defeated Rob Van Dam after holding onto the ropes when RVD attempted a sunset flip and sitting down. Said to have been a good match.

 

*Matt Striker does an in-ring classroom segment where he insults Boston. Balls Mahoney comes out and nails Striker with a bunch of punches but is kicked low and left laying.

 

*CM Punk defeated Hardcore Holly via DQ when Holly used excessive punches in the corner. Punk came back to lock on the Anaconda Vice. The crowd was said to have died when they did the finish.

 

*Tommy Dreamer comes out and challenges the Great Khali. Daivari answers the challenge. Dreamer wins in 2 minutes but Khali attacks Dreamer and chokeslams him on the floor.

 

*ECW champion Bobby Lashley defeated Heyman's Security with the Dominator and attacked them with a nightstick after the match. Looked like they were being blown off as characters.

 

 

Edit: Well the title looks redundant now, but whatever.

[Guest samoapunk]

Well, well, well.....looks as if ECW is beyond dead already. If not for CM Punk, I wouldn't even watch it.

 

Smackdown doesn't look likes it's going to be much better. Why can't they leave Cena on Raw?

[UZI Suicide 0]

That ECW show just sounds BRUTALLY bad.

[BorneAgain 0]

Booking plans for ECW have completely frozen at this point. This is clearly a fallout card from the PPV, and outside doing some more mix and match contests with guys from the Elimination Chamber, they need new programs soon, especially with Lashley.

[Ginger Snaps 0]

That ECW show just sounds BRUTALLY bad.

 

They're lucky it's on a Saturday. Nobody is going to be around to watch it anyway.

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

John Cena is the final fantasy week stud if there ever was one..4 matches, 3 main events..a PPV ME..

 

and what happened to all that "Boogeyman is gone" stuff?

 

and uh..ECW doesnt sound good..but I might watch it in the old latenight ECW 2 am sat night/sun morning time slot for old time nostalgia sakes..

 

CALL THE ECW HOTLINE NOW!

[Ginger Snaps 0]

*The Undertaker and Kane vs. Ken Kennedy and MVP match results in a double countout. Undertaker and MVP brawl to the back. Kennedy gets in the hearse and teases running over Kane but the lights go out. When they come back on, Undertaker is inside the car with Kennedy who runs off and Kane does the situp. Crowd was really into the entire scenario.

 

I hate that crowd. This only encourages them to do more of this stupid science fiction crap.

[Scroby 0]

The ECW show doesn't sound good, but I'll watch it first before I say anything about it.

[Insanity 0]

Why are Heyman's bodyguards still around anyway? WHO ARE THEY TAKING ORDERS FROM?

[theintensifier 0]

I usually don't rant about wrestling anymore, but the WWE is fucking horrible. I mean, seriously, what the fuck is wrong with them? Do they honestly believe what they are producing every week is what we the fans/viewers want?

 

ECW is dead. It's been dead since late 2000 - early 2001. The WWE is just trying to pinch a few more pennies out of it, and are failing, misrably. Lashley as the ECW champion? Disqualifications? Excessive punching? Test? Hardcore Holly? Security guards? Ridiculousness. I understand Rob Van Dam fucked up big time, but he's the person everyone wants to see at the top, or CM Punk, but definitely not Lashley. What's going to happen next, Monty Brown comes to ECW and faces his "twin" brother Lashley, or re-forms Doom?

[Guest TheBigCalbowski]

Here's my version of the spoilers that I sent in to lordsofpain

 

Just got back from the ECW and Smackdown taping from

Boston.

 

About 10 minutes before start time, we get a video

package of everything the WWE does ranging from being

pop culture to charity work.

 

Justin Roberts welcomes us to the show and tells us

that later tonight we'll see a taping for Smackdown

following ECW on SciFi.

 

Dark Match

 

Scotty 2 Hotty vs. Kevin Thorn w/Ariel

Scotty got a nice pop while Thorn and Ariel got some

good heat. So get this, its a Smackdown wrestler vs.

an ECW wrestler in an ECW ring with a Smackdown

referee. Typical match with Thorn dominating most of

the match until Scotty makes a come back. Scotty hits

the chop follow the Worm, but Thorn kicks out. Thorn

drapes Scotty on the top rope and hits his neckbreaker

finisher for the pinfall.

 

Winner: Kevin Thorn

 

Good to get the crowd pumped.

 

Tazz and Joey Styles are introduced. We start off

with a video package of Lashley/Big Show from last

week and here we go with the ECW on Scifi intro.

Tonight's main event will be Bobby Lashley vs.

Heyman's Enforcers.

 

Rob Van Dam vs. Test

Match wasn't spectacular, but both got to hit most of

their spots. RVD goes for the Five Star Frog Splash,

but Test moves out of the way. Test picks up RVD for

a powerbomb, but it gets countered into a sunset flip

attempt. Test botches the spot and grabs the top rope

in front of the ref. Test lets the rope go and the

ref turns his attention to the mat while he grabs the

middle rope. Test with the pinfall victory.

 

Winner: Test

 

CM Punk vs. Hardcore Holly later tonight.

 

The ring crew comes out to set up the classroom.

 

Matt Striker comes out talking about the history of

Boston and then proceeds to run the town down. Good

stuff. Got some odd stares from little kids for

yelling out that I agree with Striker and that Boston

sucks. Fun playing a heel at these events. Striker

talks about how Boston's athletes are no good with

balls. This leads to him calling out Balls Mahoney

who graces us with his presence. Striker makes

comparisons between Balls and Boston. After Balls had

enough, he starts to beat on Striker with his

signature punches with the crowd chanting. Striker

actually kicks him in the balls when he was winding up

and hopes he's not feeling blue.

 

CM Punk vs. Hardcore Holly

Sadly, the reaction for Punk wasn't that great. There

were chants here and there, but nothing like the

crowds in other towns. This was a fairly short match

with Punk hitting most of his spots. The end came

when Holly kept beating down Punk in the corner going

over the 5 count. Punk wins by DQ.

 

Winner by DQ: CM Punk

 

Holly argues with the referee over the decision and is

about to go back to giving him a beating, but Punk

comes back putting Holly on the ground locking in the

Anaconda Vice.

 

Tommy Dreamer comes out to the ring for the next

match. Dreamer grabs the mic and challenges Khali.

Khali comes out with Daivari. Daivari decides to

accept the challenge himself and clocks Dreamer with

the mic.

 

Tommy Dreamer vs. Daivari w/The Great Khali

Very short match with Dreamer hitting a DDT after

Khali hit him in the back from the outside out of no

where on Daivari for the win.

 

Winner: Tommy Dreamer

 

Dreamer rolled to the outside only to be met by Khali

who gives him a choke bomb on the onto the mat outside

the ring.

 

Elijah Burke along with Sylvester Terkay cut a promo

about how they're the greatest fighting duo. Looks

like the team will be called the Tap Out Knock Out

Connection.

 

Handicap Match

 

Bobby Lashley vs. Paul Heyman's Special Enforcers

Pretty much what you would expect. Lashley used power

moves. The end came when he hit one of the enforcers

with the spear and a dominator for the win. The other

enforcer tried to come back in, but also got a spear

and dominator.

 

Winner: Bobby Lashley

 

The ring crew comes out to change the set for the

Smackdown taping.

 

Tony Chimmel lets us know that in a few moments the

show will start to get the crowd pumped.

 

We get the Smackdown Intro and a pyro display.

 

The first one out to the ring is John Cena to cut a

promo. The crowd went nuts which is quite funny since

Summerslam was her and the crowd was heavily booing

him. Cena says he's out here for 3 reasons. 1. He

lives here. 2. He wants to give Michael Cole his

Christmas presents. Cena goes outside the ring and

grabs a basket for him. Its contents...a large salami

followed by a picture of David Hasselhoff without a

shirt on and a giant bag of salty nuts because we all

know how much Michael Cole loves nuts. 3.

Armeggeddon. He says history will be made among other

things. King Booker along with Sharmell and Finlay

show up. He says that Batista was vanquished and

shows a clip of the beating he received last week.

Booker then says they're going to give him the same

beating. The two are outside the ring and Batista

runs into the ring. Batista and Cena are ready for a

fight. Teddy Long makes his way to the ring. He

wants them to remember that they have their tag match

at Armeggeddon. Tonight he books Cena vs. Finlay.

 

We're shown a recap of London and Kendrick's loss to

Regal and Taylor last week.

 

Jimmy Wang Yang, Paul London, and Brian Kendrick

w/Ashley vs. Gregory Helms, William Regal, and Dave

Taylor

A short but fun match to watch with some nice spots.

No indications during this match of the problems

between London and Kendrick. Kendrick played the face

in peril and Yang got the hot tag. Nice spots from

Yang. Regal and Taylor decide to abandon the match

and walk to the back. London and Kendrick stand on

the ring apron daring them to come back. Helms looks

out and sees his partners walking out. He turns

around and gets a moonsault from Yang who pins him for

the win.

 

Winners: Jimmy Wang Yang, Paul London, and Brian

Kendrick

 

Matt Hardy vs. Joey Mercury

Excellent match for the time it was given. Matt Hardy

takes the victory with a Twist of Fate followed by a

pin.

 

Winner: Matt Hardy

 

Layla El comes out to the ring for the "Sign Up"

segment where she was showing the best signs. Pretty

much all mark signs.

 

MVP is shown in the back talking to his agent to try

to get him out of the inferno match on Sunday.

Kennedy walks in and tells him he needs to focus on

the tag match tonight. They agree they need to be on

the same page tonight and shake hands on it.

 

The lights are out and the song of the druids is

played as the hearse is driven out to the aisle.

 

Undertaker and Kane vs. Mr. Kennedy and Montel

Vontavious Porter "MVP"

The match was pretty much the same flow as 2 weeks

ago. MVP is knocked to the outside. Kane and Taker

double chokeslam Kennedy. The Brothers of Destruction

signal the tombstone. Taker lifts up Kennedy for the

tombstone, but MVP pulls him off and out of the ring.

Taker and Kane follow to battle it out. The referee

calls for the bell so it looks like a double count

out. Taker and MVP battle to the back. Kennedy sends

Kane into the steps. Kennedy climbs into the driver's

seat of the hearse. MVP runs back out to beat on

Kane. He waves Kennedy on to run over Kane. Lights

out and we get a gong. I can see Taker running back

out. Lights on and Taker is sitting in the passenger

side. Kennedy and Taker look at each other. Kennedy

freaks out and gets out of the hearse to MVP. Both of

them walk to Kane's immobile body, but another gong

and he sits up. Kennedy and MVP freak out and run to

the back. Taker and Kane pose for the crowd and

leave.

 

Funaki vs. Chavo Guerrero w/Vickie Guerrero

Chavo takes the mic and demands that Benoit publicly

apologizes to Vickie and the crowd. He goes on about

how Benoit hit a woman and demands that he come out.

Benoit comes out to the ring dressed in some nice

threads. Benoit says he didn't do anything and has

nothing to apologize for. Not even what he's gonna do

to Chavo at Armeggeddon. Benoit steps outside away

from the ring to watch the match. Chavo pretty much

squashes Funaki in a short match. Chavo hits a

brainbuster followed up by a frog splash for the win.

 

Winner: Chavo Guerrero

 

Following the match, Benoit gets in the ring and puts

Chavo on the ground to lock him in a sharpshooter.

Chavo taps while Vickie slaps Benoit to try to get him

to release the hold. Benoit just keeps smiling.

Benoit finally releases the hold and walks towards

Vickie who just crouches down begging not to be hurt.

Benoit looks at her for a while and leaves.

 

Jillian Hall comes out for the Kiss Cam. One of the

"couples" was actually near where I was sitting. It

was actually 2 guys who had been pretty loud the

entire night and were more smart mark friendly. They

just flipped off the camera. There were a few couples

who wouldn't kiss on the cam. I figured either they

were just friends or were related.

 

Now for a filler match.

 

Vito vs. Sylvan

Thankfully Vito didn't wear a thong this time around.

Vito did his typical antics and won the match with a

schoolboy.

 

Winner: Vito

 

Lights out and a segment is set up.

 

We have a table with three platters with silver covers

on them. The Miz makes his way to the ring with

Kristal. Miz says he's not afraid of the Boogeyman

because he's done it all in his reality shows. He's

gonna prove that he can eat gross things as well with

Kristal as his assistant. First platter is pig

tongue. Miz shows it to the crowd and eats it. No

problem. Next is monkey brains. Miz shows it and

takes a bite. No problem. Last is worms. Miz makes

a couple attempts and gives up. He says it doesn't

matter that he can't eat worms because he's still not

afraid of the Boogeyman and covers the plate back.

The cover pops off and the Boogeyman's head comes up

from the worms. Another new paint job. Miz and

Kristal head for higher ground while Boogeyman crawls

out from under the table to stair them down. He's

hungry so he eats some pig tongue and monkey brains as

well before running to the back.

 

John Cena vs. Finlay

Not a bad match with Finlay mostly dominating working

the arm over. Little Bastard did make an appearance

to a funny sequence. Finlay tosses him to Cena who

tosses him to JBL. JBL pushes him off and tries to

get the Little Bastard away from him by hitting him

with his hat. Little Bastard goes back and hits JBL a

few times before Finlay tosses him back under the

ring. The end saw Cena hitting signature spots and an

FU for the win.

 

Winner: John Cena

 

Cena poses for the crowd and Booker hits the ring to

attack him. Booker and Finlay start a beat down on

Cena until Batista runs down to make the save. The

two champions pose for the crowd as we go off the air.

 

Cena chases Booker to the back while Batista goes

outside after Finlay. Batista throws Finlay in the

ring. Finlay hits a DDT as Batista is getting in the

ring and the referee rings the bell.

 

World Heavyweight Championship Match

 

Batista© vs. Finlay

This match went for a few minutes. Batista hits the

spinebuster on Finlay prompting Little Bastard to hop

up on the ring steps. The referee gets distracted as

Batista goes over to him. Finlay hits Batista in the

leg with the shalleleigh(sp?), but Batista quickly

recovers to hit a Batista Bomb for the pinfall.

 

Winner and still World Heavyweight Champion: Batista

 

I did not know this was a title match until Tony

Chimel announced that Batista was still the champ.

Batista poses for the crowd as Finlay is being helped

up by the ref. Little Bastard throws a chair into the

ring and jumps JBL. JBL chases him to the back

hitting him with his hat. Finlay walks to the back

and Batista is the only wrestler left out there. He

poses some more and slaps a few hands. He raises his

arms for the crowd to make some noise does his

entrance with the pyro. If you've never attended a

live event before and think you'll see this intro

clearly, don't get your hopes up. You'll probably be

squinting your eyes more than anything.

 

Not a bad show. Crowd was hot for most of the show.

[haVoc 0]

This is actually the first ECW show without Heyman. He wrote last weeks episode before being sent home.

[NoCalMike 0]

The thing is, if Vince has any interest in keeping ECW around, he should be introducing new characters as it was obvious that the current roster is not enough to fill a PPV...of course without an Elimination chamber match, it would free up more guys to have matches, but still.

[theintensifier 0]

I think they should just cut their losses, and bury this failed project. Punk, Lashley, RVD, Mercury, and a few others could be used on SmackDown, Raw, or TNA.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

They could do an angle where Coach announces on RAW that he's negotiated a deal for to buy out ECW, because he's "sick of all this extreme crap" or whatever. Have a few guys get signed away by Teddy Long to go to Smackdown, and there you go. They could even keep the ECW timeslot and call the show "RAW Xtra" or something, since that's basically what it is now.

[UZI Suicide 0]

RVD jobs to Test - I think RVD is as good as gone. Him going to TNA seems more real by the day.

[Scroby 0]

RVD jobs to Test - I think RVD is as good as gone. Him going to TNA seems more real by the day.

Why is it everytime someone looses to Test, someone on the board says their loosing their job and their pretty much done with the WWE? You people do realize that Test is pretty much going to be ECW #1 heel now that Big Show is gone right?

[UZI Suicide 0]

RVD jobs to Test - I think RVD is as good as gone. Him going to TNA seems more real by the day.

Why is it everytime someone looses to Test, someone on the board says their loosing their job and their pretty much done with the WWE? You people do realize that Test is pretty much going to be ECW #1 heel now that Big Show is gone right?

 

Because Test blows? Because there's rumors of RVD being interested in leaving for TNA? Because his contract his up in a few months? Because jobbing him out in a pointless TV match that got no hype can't bode well for his future with the company?

[Scroby 0]

RVD jobs to Test - I think RVD is as good as gone. Him going to TNA seems more real by the day.

Why is it everytime someone looses to Test, someone on the board says their loosing their job and their pretty much done with the WWE? You people do realize that Test is pretty much going to be ECW #1 heel now that Big Show is gone right?

 

Because Test blows? Because there's rumors of RVD being interested in leaving for TNA? Because his contract his up in a few months? Because jobbing him out in a pointless TV match that got no hype can't bode well for his future with the company?

 

-Test will also be ECW's #1 heel soon enough.

 

-Yes their are rumors of RVD leaving, but just because he looses, it isn't just because he's leaving ECW.

 

-Just because a wreslter looses doesn't mean "OH MY GOD, HE'S DOOM!!!!!!!!!" I don't know why, but for some reason people (not everyone) on this board gets so worked up when a wrestler looses. If a wrestlers looses, a wrestler looses. Lets wait and see if there's a point for him loosing or not. Like I said, Test is going to be booked as the #1 heel and most likely will be the next person to go after the title while Lashley holds it. Why not put him over some of the top ECW faces?

[UZI Suicide 0]

I don't recall ever saying it was written in stone that RVD is gone, but at this point his world title push has been scrapped and he's jobbing on TV to Test in matches with no build-up whatsoever, and now he'll likely toil around in the mid-card while Test and Lashley feud.

 

Now combine that with the rumors of him wanting to go to TNA.

 

Hey I'm not saying, "OH MY GOD, HE'S DOOM!!!!!!!!!" (the fuck?), but his future in the WWE doesn't exactly seem bright.

[NoCalMike 0]

For a little nostalgia, here is a vid of ECW's intro before they started using the generic ECW Theme...

 

ECW......Thiiiiiiiis is Extreme!

[Mecca 0]

RVD can go to TNA and get stuck in their midcard and never get out like.....Christian

[2GOLD 0]

RVD can go to TNA and get stuck in their midcard and never get out like.....Christian

 

Uhh....Christian is currently feuding for the World Title and the best heel in the company. That's not exactly the midcard.

[TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe 0]

May I ask why ECW was on Saturday rather than Tuesday?

[Enigma 0]

Sure, RVD made a huge mistake. But what I don't understand is how this company can continually give a shithead like Randy Orton 5th and 6th chances to be a top star. Even after all the incredibly stupid bullshit this idiot has done, they are still lining him up to win the WWE Title at WM23.

 

Looks a little hypocritical to me.

[Scroby 0]

Sure, RVD made a huge mistake. But what I don't understand is how this company can continually give a shithead like Randy Orton 5th and 6th chances to be a top star. Even after all the incredibly stupid bullshit this idiot has done, they are still lining him up to win the WWE Title at WM23.

 

Looks a little hypocritical to me.

The only reason I can think of is that the WWE are playing favorites.

[razazteca 0]

May I ask why ECW was on Saturday rather than Tuesday?

Nobody wants to see Bobby Lashley as champion and Sci-Fi is running a mini series all week about a hotel room with magic powers or some shit.

[The Amazing Rando 0]

May I ask why ECW was on Saturday rather than Tuesday?

Nobody wants to see Bobby Lashley as champion and Sci-Fi is running a mini series all week about a hotel room with magic powers or some shit.

 

[razazteca 0]

May I ask why ECW was on Saturday rather than Tuesday?

Nobody wants to see Bobby Lashley as champion and Sci-Fi is running a mini series all week about a hotel room with magic powers or some shit.

 

use that item to job out the champion to someone undeserving.