goodhelmet Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 From WO: 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bravesfan Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 Here's what I posted at thesmartmarks... Iin my opinion, this is probably the best show top-to-bottom that they've booked since last fall. What I find most encouraging is that MNM are 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 really meaningless until he finds a program), so I'm happy with how the entire night was booked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alfdogg Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 Man, Connecticut sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dazed Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 This got big heat from the crowd when they realized that it meant Undertaker wasn't actually going to appear. Here's what I don't understand... It's a taped show, so why don't they have Taker come out and make the acceptance, and just not air the entrance? The amount it costs for the smoke and lights is hugely worthwhile compared to how much it'd please the crowd and have no impact on TV. That someone who was there was motivated enough to send a report to the internet shows that they care somewhat about the product, and they thought that this heat - not good, "boo... he's a bad guy" heat, but, "fuck you, WWE" heat - was worthy of comment is something WWE need to look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SweetMama Scaat Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 Why is Nunzio cruiserweight champion? The creative team really IS out of ideas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest teke184 Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 Has anyone else gone off yet on how pathetic it is that the writers have blatantly stolen the "mole" bit from Goldmember for use by Jillian Hall? Jesus, someone needs to tell these people about the seven-year statute of limitations on gimmick theft made famous by Jim Cornette... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted August 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 Man, Connecticut sucks. Why do you say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 The mole looks far more like a pecan sandy than a mole. I really hate this company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted August 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Can anyone who saw last week's SD! comment on any of the matches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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