garfieldsnose 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2007 First match is Chuck Palombo (with Michelle McCool) against Chris Masters. Both guys do their normal entrance. Masters almost gets The Masterlock but Chuck blocks it and it was never fully put it on. CP goes for a big boot. Masters ducks and then goes for a clothesline but Chuck ducks and Chuck schoolboys Masters for the win. Afterwards, CP goes to leave on his motorcycle but Masters attacks him and puts him in The Masterlock. Masters leaves. Afterwards, CP and Michelle go to leave on foot but turn around and go out on the bike. 2 local guys, Jake Adams and Conrad?, came out with no music to face Jesse and Festus! Jesse says something about Festus not being quite right and tells the ref to ring the bell. Good back and forth stuff Jesse gets the pin after Festus throws Jesse off the top rope at the other wrestler. As they leave, Deuce and Domino come on the monitor with Jamie Noble. Noble tells D&D that he was at the bar and over heard Jimmy Wang Yang talking about Cherry, so they ran to Vicki's office and dragged Noble with them. Bret Major came out with his brother for a match with Drew Macintyre (even though the screen said Drew Halloway). I believe David Taylor escorted Drew out. Drew Macintyre won with a roll up after Bret was distracted by Taylor. Drew's entrance music is William Regal's old one.\ MVP is on the phone with someone talking about his match tonight. Matt walks in and says they need to work together to win and stop competing against one another. That match is next. MVP comes out, then Matt Hardy comes out to a pretty big ovation. Kane and Undertaker come out to big ovations as well. Kane and Matt start. Taker gets tagged in and goes for old school but Matt blocks it. MVP clotheslines Taker but he sits up and throws him in. Kane throws Matt out. Taker and Kane go for a double chokeslam on MVP but Matt pulls him out, but that causes a fight with them. Undertaker ends up getting the pin after he hits Matt off the apron. Kane and Taker corner MVP and Taker hits the tombstone on him. Tonight it's Rey against Finlay for the number one contendership. I believe that is the main event. Noble was in Vicki's office talking about Teddy and how he should be better next week. Noble said that he understood why Vicki stole Teddy's job and he bragged about how he got a match for Jimmy Wang Yang tonight against Deuce, so Vicki put him in a match against Khali, which Khali won pretty quick with the vice grip. Afterwards Deuce, with Domino and Cherry, lost to JWY after, I believe, a moonsault. After the match, D&D beat down Jimmy. Then Batista came out, pyro and all, to do commentary on the main event, Finlay vs. Rey. That's actually happening right now. JBL also said that for Cyber Sunday you can choose the special ref for the World Title match: Foley, JBL or Stone Cold. As you can image, Austin got the biggest pop. I believe Rey vs. Finlay ended in a DQ when Rey kicked the chair Finlay was about to hit him with, into Finlay's face. After that, they fought a bit until the lights went out and Taker's gong and music hit! Taker symbolized he wanted the belt and Batista held it up to a reaction he probably didn't like. -PWinsider.com. Pretty sure that's the entire set of spoilers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanks for the Fish 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2007 With Drew Galloway debuting with Dave Taylor instead of Paul Burchill who has been teaming with Taylor in dark matches and house shows, maybe there is hope for Burchill to debut in ECW as a singles wrestler. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk 34 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2007 With Drew Galloway debuting with Dave Taylor instead of Paul Burchill who has been teaming with Taylor in dark matches and house shows, maybe there is hope for Burchill to debut in ECW as a singles wrestler. I'm starting to think Burchil is OVW for life. ECW need a guy like The Ripper. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2007 What's bizarre is that I saw that dude Galloway on OVW just one time this past week and he wasn't anything notable at all. What's even stranger is that I haven't seen Burchill on OVW lately either, not since a silly angle where he put up his house for a shot at the OVW title and lost. Who the hell would put up their HOUSE for a shot at the OVW belt??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk 34 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2007 What's bizarre is that I saw that dude Galloway on OVW just one time this past week and he wasn't anything notable at all. What's even stranger is that I haven't seen Burchill on OVW lately either, not since a silly angle where he put up his house for a shot at the OVW title and lost. Who the hell would put up their HOUSE for a shot at the OVW belt??? A house on OVW salary? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scroby 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2007 With Drew Galloway debuting with Dave Taylor instead of Paul Burchill who has been teaming with Taylor in dark matches and house shows, maybe there is hope for Burchill to debut in ECW as a singles wrestler. I'm starting to think Burchil is OVW for life. ECW need a guy like The Ripper. I think your right, Burchil would be a good fit for ECW but ECW needs a face to work with Purchil. Purchil is a heel with the ripper gimmick right? I haven't seen it yet, saying that does anyone have a link so I can see him wrestle as the Ripper? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk 34 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2007 With Drew Galloway debuting with Dave Taylor instead of Paul Burchill who has been teaming with Taylor in dark matches and house shows, maybe there is hope for Burchill to debut in ECW as a singles wrestler. I'm starting to think Burchil is OVW for life. ECW need a guy like The Ripper. I think your right, Burchil would be a good fit for ECW but ECW needs a face to work with Purchil. Purchil is a heel with the ripper gimmick right? I haven't seen it yet, saying that does anyone have a link so I can see him wrestle as the Ripper? Not the best example of what he can do but it was the first whole match I found... Burchill-Deuce Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2007 Not sure what the hell is wrong with WO.com, but here's my better than everyone else's because I'm a nerd that takes a notebook spoilers: Quick results: Jake Duncan d. Funaki (dark) with a TKO-like flapjack. Chuck Palumbo d. Chris Master via a roll-up. Jesse and Festus d. Conrad Borne and Jake Adams via Festus rocket launching Jesse into a standing Conrad. Drew MacIntyre / Galloway d. Brett Major via Dave Taylor distraction and roll-up. Undertaker and Kane d. MVP and Matt Hardy in a non-title bout via Undertaker tombstone on MVP. Great Khali d. Jamie Noble in a quick one via head vice. Jimmy Yang Wang d. Deuce via moonsault. Rey Mysterio vs Finlay was a no contest. Detailed Report: The arena is at about the same / slightly lower attendance than the last SmackDown taping (July 2006). The entire lower bull is full but, save for sections near the SmackDown set up to about looking directly down at the ring, the upper deck is tarped off. Even though he Justin Roberts did ECW tonight, it was not a re-switch with Tony Chimmel as Roberts did SmackDown too. The tapings start with the WrestleMania 23 recap video. Funaki vs "Jake Duncan" - I'm 90% certain this is the exact same dark match that opened last year's Detroit SamckDown taping. Duncan was TNA's Trytan but last time he was using the name Ryan. Exact same look as his previous dark match. Crowd was surprisingly into Funaki, but mostly in a "first superstar out" kind of way. SmackDown opens with a video recap of the Punjabi Prison match at No Mercy. The video screen informs us that Rey Mysterio vs. Finlay is taking place tonight for the #1 contendership to Batista's title. Palumbo (with Michelle McCool) defeated Masters when Master's tried a clothesline but hit the ropes and was rolled up. He had previously tried the Masterlock but could not lock it. This match seemed better than it looks on paper. Post match, Master's attacked Chuck and put him in the Masterlock on the floor. Jesse and Festus vs "Conrad Borne" and "Jake Adams". Conrad (better known locally as Conrad Kennedy III, aka CK3) and Jake (aka Eddie Venom) had no entrance, just walked to the ring during a break. Some of the smarter fans around us tried a "CK3" chant but to no avail. Pre-match, Jesse informed us Festus just ain't right all the time, and he's a tiger in the ring... but really nice when it's not time to wrestle. As mentioned above, Festus launched Jesse into a standing Conrad for the pin. Some heat for this, kids seemed to love it (chanting "Jesse" and "Festus" from time to time). Backstage, Jamie Noble informs Deuce and Domino that Jimmy Yang Wang made some scandelous remarks about Cherry. This makes them all angry. A video for Joe Louis Arena only, Drew MacIntyre appears on screen and informs us that he may be from Scotland but he has dual citizenship, so he wants us to chant "U S A" during his match. That sounds like something that could be a funny gimmick for a foreign heel but alas, it's just WWE trying to get fans to chant "USA" at a foreign heel on TV. Drew MacIntyre / Galloway vs. Brett Major. Brett came out with his brother while Drew came out with Dave Taylor, which actually had me wondering if he's really Burchill and I don't recognize him with long hair and no beard since I have the pirate image ingrained in my head. The reason I say Galloway is because that was the name in his titantron. Short match, Brett's brother was attacked by Taylor on the outside, distracting Brett long enough for Drew to roll him up for the win. A Diva Search video is shown. After that, they show MVP and Matt Hardy discussing their upcoming match. They both tell each other they have experience with both Undertaker and Kane. Undertaker and Kane vs Matt Hardy and MVP (non-title match) was 12 minutes and pretty good action. Taker is, as always, INCREDIBLY over. Most over guy of the night, which helps keep the match interesting live. Story was that Matt and MVP were actually working very well together, with Matt even saving MVP from a two-man chokeslam. Match ended when Undertaker went to take a shot at MVP but MVP ducked and Matt was knocked off the ring apron. MVP was then Tombstoned and pinned. Arena only video highlighting all of the Divas was shown. Rey Mysterio was interviewed by a woman named Anastasia. He said he would beat Finlay and face his amigo Batista at Cyber Sunday. A recap of the Long/Kristal wedding was shown. Noble was then shown in Vicki's office congratulating her on swooping in on Teddy's job so quickly and vicously. He then gave himself a pat on the back for riling up Deuce and Domino by saying Jimmy Yang Wang made comments about Cherry. Vicki said Teddy would be home next week and told Noble he had a match against The Great Khali next. Noble was squashed quickly. The video screens were focusing on his body just laying in the ring post match. A very good video package highlighting Jeff Hardy's career was shown. I hope this was intended for the TV audience and not just the arena. Jimmy Yang Wang beat Deuce in a rather short (and not that interesting) match with a moonsault onto a standing Deuce. Post match, D&D beat up Jimmy and Cherry slapped him around. After the cameras stopped rolling and Jimmy walked to the back, he got a pretty good reaction from the crowd. Batista comes out for commentary. This was an entire segment. He got a good pop though, 2nd loudest of the night. I assume this was arena only (and I figured out the reason afterward) - a Tribute to the Troops recap was shown in total darkness while, just visible from the light from the monitors, a whole group of production people walked to the ring, then to the backstage area before the video ended. Rey (3rd biggest pop, but some boos) vs. Finlay was 7 minutes of pretty good action. Before the match began, JBL reminded the fans to vote for him as the ref between Batista and Finlay or Rey. Finlay brought a chair into the ring and Rey kicked it into his face, causing the ref to call for the bell. They kept fighting (Rey hit Finlay with some chair shots, then a 619, but Finlay caught the West Coast Pop and powerbomed Rey) until the lights went out. *DONG*. Lights come back on. *DONG* Undertaker is already in the ring and Finlay and Rey are laid out (you could kind of see Taker doing this to them with the camera flashes). At this point I realized the previous in-arena segment was a way to sneak Taker to the ring. Taker looks down to the announce table and stares down Batista, who holds up his title belt. As the ring crew and refs changed the set for ECW, Justin Roberts informed us that Vicki Guerrero ordered a rematch between Rey and Finlay. I assumed this was a dark match but I was wrong (though it was suspicious to being with). ECW was what it was - the first 3 matches were pretty dull and while Punk vs Morrison SEEMED good to us, so much of the crowd had already left that in the slow spots, it just seemed extra slow. Not sure if this made it to TV or happened during a commercial break, but Roddy Hogan was up to his antics during a submission spot (if it was on TV, this would have been very clear as we could see him doing it on the tron). This elicited a brief "HOGAN" chant. More people begin to leave after the match while I notice that the crew has brought out the box of blue ropes. I suspect something is up. Then, as they are dismantling the ECW set, Batista comes out and sits at the announce table. Then I see them changing the ropes. Then JBL and Cole come out. Yep, it's a good old re-take. Finlay vs Rey - Round II: A crowd wrangler was asking the people that hadn't left (and a LOT had by now) to move in closer to make everything seem more filled on camera. Less fancy stuff, more Rey taking Finlay down and punching him on the mat. Not very long as they basically did a few take down spots, then had Finlay and Rey both kind of shove the ref at the same time (more Finlay I think, it was during a grapple). The ref calls for the bell and we get another no contest. I don't know why they did this other than kicking a chair you didn't bring into the ring never resulting in a DQ that I'm aware of, and no official announcement was made either time. Either way, it seems like a no contest with Taker being Batista's opponent. Overall, not the best show I've been to, but I enjoyed myself. The semi-main tag match will probably be good on TV as will the Rey/Finlay match and Undertaker angle. Also, I think these tapings with ECW are a bit long. I know ECW seems to have a lot of fans on the net with people unhappy with Raw and SmackDown, but it's really not important enough to be live. I feel they should tape it like they used to do Velocity - everything all at once, then edit it to stretch it out for one hour. With the "live" format, you get there at 7:30 for a dark match, SmackDown is taped from 7:45 - 9:45, you have to wait 15 minutes for ECW to go live, then you have to wait for ECW to end at 11:05. Throw in the re-shoot and it's one long night. Just my thought on the matter, though. Sometimes you're in the mood for a 4 hour show. I also imagine it's probably not easy to edit together a show that needs to air 2 hours later. Note: Please excuse my complete ignorance to this Drew Galloway character. I have no idea what goes on in OVW. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HollywoodSpikeJenkins 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2007 I never understood how they didn't give Burchill a monster push. He's huge and a workrate machine. Hell, just let him toss some cruiserweights around like he was doing in England before getting signed and he'll get over. Give him the Brock Lesnar push, damn it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scroby 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2007 With Drew Galloway debuting with Dave Taylor instead of Paul Burchill who has been teaming with Taylor in dark matches and house shows, maybe there is hope for Burchill to debut in ECW as a singles wrestler. I'm starting to think Burchil is OVW for life. ECW need a guy like The Ripper. I think your right, Burchil would be a good fit for ECW but ECW needs a face to work with Purchil. Purchil is a heel with the ripper gimmick right? I haven't seen it yet, saying that does anyone have a link so I can see him wrestle as the Ripper? Not the best example of what he can do but it was the first whole match I found... Burchill-Deuce Thanks but damn that was a ugly match, but thanks for trying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2007 the Drew guy looks like Stevie Richards in a kilt..sorta Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanks for the Fish 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2007 the Drew guy looks like Stevie Richards in a kilt..sorta Or a bigger, taller Brian Kendrick... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2007 The word "bookshelves" was was featured in that SAVE_US promo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2007 We didn't get to see that in the arena. Just two Cyber Sunday promos which fooled me both times despite not being fooled by it on Raw. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mecca 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2007 Burchill is suppose to also be coming up to be apart of the Taylor/Galloway group... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanks for the Fish 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2007 Burchill alone would be a better deal with Taylor, as Galloway screams babyface to me, whereas Burchill and Taylor are more the barroom brawler/street tough vein. Should have brought in Nigel McGuinness, he and Burchill would be an absolutely bad ass team. So what will the UK Survivor Series team look like - Finlay/Taylor/Burchill/Galloway or Taylor/Burchill/Galloway/Highlanders... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2007 Look at us all morph into a different crowd! And back again! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2007 wouldn't be UT without putting himself over and burying two potential ME guys in the process. "Huh? There's a world title match at the next PPV? NOT WITHOUT MEEEEE" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2007 I have a problem with that since I'm in my "Undertaker is great" mood. I was marking out like a kid for his entrance. Maybe someday I'll go back to the usual "Undertaker is terrible" mood but he's been working really hard lately. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2007 oh DocV... well, I suppose there are really no other options at this point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2007 It basically started at Mania 23, getting caught up in the Taker fandom and massive booing of Batista. And then the match was awesome. Taker vs Rey vs Finlay vs Batista sounds like a great WWE main event on paper. Vote JBL all the way for ref! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk 34 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2007 I'd love to see them actually pull the trigger and put the title on Finlay. UT is getting the title back anyways, most likely at Survivor Series. Give Finlay a one month reign and Batista doesn't have to be UT's bitch again. I don't expect them to actually do something different for once but it would be nice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanks for the Fish 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2007 Not to mention Finlay vs Undertaker is a fresh feud and would very likely be 100x better match than Taker/Batista... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk 34 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2007 Not to mention Finlay vs Undertaker is a fresh feud and would very likely be 100x better match than Taker/Batista... That's really what I wanted to see and I'd be fine if UT wins at CS and they have a Finlay-UT match at Series leaving the other guys placed for elimination matches. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MillenniumMan831 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2007 the Drew guy looks like Stevie Richards in a kilt..sorta Or a bigger, taller Brian Kendrick... I thought he looked like CM Punk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2007 Burchill alone would be a better deal with Taylor, as Galloway screams babyface to me, whereas Burchill and Taylor are more the barroom brawler/street tough vein. Should have brought in Nigel McGuinness, he and Burchill would be an absolutely bad ass team. So what will the UK Survivor Series team look like - Finlay/Taylor/Burchill/Galloway or Taylor/Burchill/Galloway/Highlanders... I like the idea of a Ireland vs UK feud. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StrapFinlay 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2007 Burchill alone would be a better deal with Taylor, as Galloway screams babyface to me, whereas Burchill and Taylor are more the barroom brawler/street tough vein. Should have brought in Nigel McGuinness, he and Burchill would be an absolutely bad ass team. So what will the UK Survivor Series team look like - Finlay/Taylor/Burchill/Galloway or Taylor/Burchill/Galloway/Highlanders... I like the idea of a Ireland vs UK feud. The images I have in my head of just how they would portray that feud make me shudder. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
