WWE Smackdown! Report for June 6, 2002
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Submitted by Rajah on June 13, 2002 at 22:25:51


* 20 Man Battle Royal
Smackdown in Oklahoma City began with twenty Superstars in the ring: Mark Henry, D-Von, Chavo Guerrero, Christian, Hurricane, Godfather, Big Valbowski, Triple H, Albert, Randy Orton, Al Snow, Hardcore Holly, Hugh Morrus, Faarooq, Test, Billy Kidman, Chris Jericho, Lance Storm, Kurt Angle and Hollywood Hulk Hogan. Vince comes out and says that the superstars are going to face each other in a 20 man Battle Royal to decided who is the number one contender for the Undisputed Championship. The eliminations happened really quickly. The final 6 guys in the ring were HHH, Angle, Hardcore Holly, Hogan, Test, and Jericho. Holly soon knocked Angle out of the ring. Test hit a big boot to Hardcore, knocking Holly out of the ring. Hogan eliminated Jericho and HHH eliminated Test. This left Hogan and HHH to battle it out. HHH went for a clothesline to knock Hogan out of the ring but HHH went over the rope with him. The officials couldn’t decided whose feet touched the ground first. Both men claimed that they had won the match.

* Vince says that he called the Undertaker during the break and asked him who he would like to face. He said that the Undertaker didn’t care who he would face. Vince said the two men would fight again tonight to decided who will face the Undertaker. Hogan and HHH went after each other in the ring.

* Backstage in an interview Angle, Angle said what just happened was a WWE legend and an icon just got screwed. He is then asked who he thought won, HHH or Hogan. Angle responds by saying he was talking about himself then asks if its screw Angle month? Angle says just like being screwed in the cage match that he had with edge when Hogan put him back in the cage, Hardcore Holly screwed him in the ring tonight. Holly comes up and says if Angle doesn’t stop stressing, he is going to lose his hair. Angle says that remark was funny, Angle said it wouldn't be funny for Holly to face him in a match. Hardcore accepts by saying he didn’t get the name "Hardcore" by backing down from challenges, then he asks how Angle likes him now.

* Backstage Billy and Chuck are watching a past match. Rico comes in. Rico says they look awful and they left themselves go. Rico says Billy has a zit. Rico pulls down Billy's pants and shows Chuck. They discuss it. Billy says they wouldn't look bad if they still had their stylist. Billy said they have one more chance to win the tag titles and if they can’t do it tonight they will be looking for a new stylist.

* Tag Team Elimination Match Billy and Chuck vs. Rico and Rikishi
The next match of the night was an elimination match for the Tag Team Championship. Of course the competitors in this event were Rikishi and Rico vs. Billy and Chuck. Rico and Rikishi argue over who should start. Chuck drop toeholds Rico and gets him in some sort of submission and Rico taps out. Rico is eliminated. Billy and Chuck then double team Rikishi. They whip him into the ropes but Rikishi counters with a double clothesline. Chuck falls into position for the stink face, but Billy gets into the ring. Rikishi slams Billy face-first and covers him for the pin. Billy is now eliminated. Chuck and Rikishi take it to each other. Chuck beats on Rikishi in the corner. Rico gets up on the apron and takes off one of the turnbuckle covers. Rikishi hits chuck with a few right hands. Rikishi is then thrown into the exposed turnbuckle, Chuck covers for a pin but Rikishi kicks out. Billy gets is the ring but Rikishi uses the Samoan drop on Billy then uses it on Chuck. Chuck kicks Rikishi in the face and covers him for the pin. Rikishi had his foot on the ropes but Rico moved it. After the match Rikishi jumped on Rico chest from the top rope.

* Backstage Hurricane lurks around. He finds a note on a cooler. It says "you think I’m a witch, I flew in on my broom, if your looking to find me, I’m in your locker room. Hurricane says of course, where else would she be.

* Hurricane goes into his locker room and finds Nidia! Nidia mocks him by saying "stand back there‘s a hurricane coming through." Hurricane says that she is the last person he needs to see. Nidia says that that’s no way to greet her. She asks what about first ever Tough Enough Champion?, or the best sex ever? Hurricane says it has been over between him and her. He says she is a "hurri-bitch." Nidia says Hurricane is done being the Cruiserweight Champion. She says her boyfriend will take care of him. Jamie Knoble comes in and kicks Hurricane down and pummels him in the corner. Knoble says that Hurricane better not forget him.

* King of the Ring Qualifying Match Christian vs. Big Valbowski
The next match of the night was a King of The Ring Qualifying match featuring Christian and Big Valbowski. Christian starts off the match by going straight to Val and kicking him. Val fights back and kicks Christian into the turnbuckle. Christian gets up and whips Val into the other turnbuckle. Christian chops at Val and then whips Val and drop kicks him, Christian goes for the pin but Val kicks out. Christian hits Val in his lower back. Val battles back with a right hand to Christian.(Damn it, the Red Wing just scored again!) Christian hits Val with a fore arm to the face. Val whips him around the hits him with a fisherman suplex. Christian kicks out. Christian gets put into a submission by Val. Christian gets to the rope. Christian knocks him down and goes for a pin but Val kicks out. Christian tries for the unprettier but Val counters with a swing out power bomb. Val covers Christian for the win.

* Backstage Vince is on the phone talking about Hogan and HHH to Undertaker. Jackie and Linda from Tough Enough enter the office. They introduce themselves. Ivory comes in and yells at them for bothering Vince. Ivory yells at them some more. Ivory says that they are lucky that Tough Enough is over. Linda gets in Ivory’s face and says Tough Enough is over. Linda then apologizes to Vince. Vince says that WWE is full of opportunity and on Velocity, Ivory and Linda will face each other in a match.

* Kurt Angle vs. Hardcore Holly
The next match was Kurt Angle vs. Hardcore Holly. Angle makes sure his wig is on straight then locks up Holly in the ring. Holly drop kicks Angle. Holly chops at Angle. Angle whips Holly into the ropes, but Holly lands on hid feet. Holly knocks down Angle and goes for the pin but angle kicks out. Angle belly to belly suplexes Holly. the crowd begins an "Angle sucks" chant. Angle covers Holly but Holly kicks out. Angle throws Holly into the turnbuckle. Holly hits Angle a few times and then knocks Holly down. Angle gets Holly in a choke hold sort of thing. Holly goes to his knees. Holly manages to get out of it. Holly reverse Angle and gets him in a sleeper. Angle counters with a suplex. Both men are down and the ref begins to count. He gets to 6 (I think) and the guys get up. Holly whips Angle into the ropes and throws him over his head. Holly slams Angle to the ground and goes for the pin. Angle kicks out. Holly gets on the top rope but Angle belly to belly’s him from the top rope. Angle goes for the pin but Holly kicks out, Angle goes for an Angle slam but Holly counters. Holly hits Angle with a belly to belly slam. Holly kicks Angle's abdomen with Angle's head in the ropes. Holly slams Angle down and goes for the pin. Angle kicks out. Holly sets up for an Alabama slam. Angle counters and gets Holly into the Angle lock. Holly gets to the ropes. Holly tries to kick him, but Angle rolls him up for a pin-fall by using the ropes. After the match Holly goes after Angle and gets him with the Alabama slam. Holly went to rip off Angle’s wig. Angle gets out of the ring and gets the ring bell. Holly hits Angle with the ring bell.

* At an emergency room, Maven lays in bed with his broken leg. Torrie comes into the room. Maven is surprised. Torrie says she came to cheer him up. Maven asks what she had in mind. Torrie insinuates "something" with a banana. A nurse comes in and says Maven need to keep is leg elevated,, Maven says he is "elevated." The nurse leaves and Torrie takes off her shirt. They close the curtain. Tajiri comes in to the hospital and asks where Maven is. At first the nurses don’t understand him but then they say that Maven is in room 600 and his pretty blonde girlfriend just went up to see him. Tajiri is really angry.

* A review of the Battle Royal’s finish is shown. Three camera angles are shown to see whose feet hit the ground first. None were conclusive. Tazz says he thinks HHH will win the match to decide it tonight. Michael Cole says that he believes Hogan will win because Vince may want Hogan to win.

* Back to the Hospital, Tajiri is in a doctor outfit. He is about to go into Mavens room when some other doctors approach him and say they need him in the operating room. Tajiri declines. The doctors say they need him because of a serious tractor trailer accident.

* Edge came out to the ring with a mic. He says he had been in the business for 9 years and he has been lucky when it comes to injuries. He says that the spear from the top rope hurt his shoulder pretty bad. He says its bad enough to need surgery and so he wont be around for while. The crowd boos. Edge says that the injury pisses him off, he is pissed at his body for not holding up. Edge says if he had to choose to do the spear again he would damn sure do it again, not only because it helped him beat angle, but he said he would do it again because he loves this business. Edge says it kills him to say that he can’t wrestle for a while, it kills him to not defend his King of the Ring thrown, and it kills him to forfeit his qualifying match tonight. He says he’s going to come back. He says his goal when he comes back is to win the WWE Championship. Jericho’s music plays and Y2J comes out. Jericho grabs a mic and gets into the ring with Edge. Jericho says Edge makes him sick and so do all the jackasses in the arena. He mocks Edge’s injury, and not being able to defend his King of the Ring title. Jericho says he is mad that he can’t beat the living hell out of Edge tonight. Jericho says since he is the King of the World, he can be the King of the Ring as well. Jericho says he wants Edge to raise his hand in victory. Jericho says that the forfeit makes Jericho the winner and Edge the loser. Edge punches him in the face . Jericho gets up and hits Edges injured shoulder. Jericho whips edge into an exposed steel barricade. Jericho uses edge sling to choke edge. Then Jericho takes off the sling. Jericho mocks Edge, asking if his shoulder hurts, Jericho whips Edge into the steel steps. Jericho gets a chair and whacks Edge’s shoulder with it. Jericho stands up and exclaims that he is the king of the World. Big Valbowski comes out and beats up on Jericho, then throws him out of the ring. A replay is shown of Jericho hitting Edge with the Chair.

* Backstage, Dawn Marie goes up to Stacey. Stacey says that if Dawn Marie has papers for Mr. McMahon then they need to go through her. Dawn Marie said that Vince said she could bring them. Stacey says that the rules have changed. Stacey tells Dawn Marie she needs to button up her blouse. Dawn Marie tells Stacey that she is just jealous.

* Backstage Lance Storm tells Billy Kidman that he is boring and dull. Kidman says that he appreciates hearing that from Storm because Storm is so exciting in the ring. Kidman says that Storm has the best haircut in all of the WWE.

* In the hospital, Mavens lays is bed with a huge grin on his face. Torrie asks Maven how he is doing. Maven says he is a lot better now. Tajiri knocks on the door and the comes in. Tajiri knocks Maven out of his bed and then kicks him several times. Torrie screams in horror and Maven shrieks in pain.

* Billy Kidman vs. Lance Storm
The next match of the night was Billy Kidman vs. Lance storm. They two men go at it in the ring. Kidman throw storm out of the ring. Storm jumps on Kidman from the top rope. Storm covers Kidman but Kidman kicks out. The two men the roll each other up in pins but they both kick out. Storm uses a DDT on Kidman. Storm pins Kidman but Kidman kicks out. Off the top rope Kidman bull dogs Storm. Storm gets a half Boston crab on Kidman. Kidman gets to the ropes. Kidman kicks storm down. Kidman sets up for the shooting star but Storm kicks him down. Kidman counters a kick to the mid section and whips Storm into the ropes. Storm throws Kidman down and Storm covers him for the victory.

* Backstage in an interview with HHH. In a few minutes HHH has a match to be the number one contender for the WWE Undisputed Championship. They replay when Undertaker beat up on HHH with a chair last week. The interviewer says that the doctor says that HHH only has 30% range of motion in his arm. He says that a great icon Triple H must go up against the icon Hogan. Triple H walks away.

* Number One Contender for WWE Undisputed Championship Match Hogan vs. Triple H
The last match was the match to determine the number one contender for the Undisputed Championship. Both men came into the ring huge ovations from the crowd. The bell sounds and the two men lock up in the ring. HHH pushes Hogan into the corner. HHH hits Hogan with a few right hands. HHH whips Hogan into the turnbuckle. Hogan hits HHH with a right hand and Hogan whips HHH into the ropes. Hogan throws HHH out of the ring. HHH hits his hurt elbow. Hogan slams HHH on the barricade. HHH falls into the crowd. Hogan pulls him back over the barricade. HHH slides Hogan back into the ring. HHH chops at Hogan in the corner of the ring. HHH beats on Hogan in the corner. HHH whips Hogan into the ropes and knocks him down. HHH covers Hogan but Hogan kicks out. Hogan battles back by hitting HHH. HHH gets a sleeper hold on Hogan. Hogan falls to his knees. HHH gets Hogan all the way down. HHH wrenches the lock more. The ref checks Hogan’s hand. It stays up the third time. Hogan gets out of it and gets HHH in a sleeper. HHH hits Hogan with a side suplex. HHH hits Hogan as Hogan begins to Hulk up. Hogan battles back by hitting HHH. Hogan boots HHH and then goes for the leg drop but HHH moved. HHH set up for a pedigree but Hogan lifted HHH over his head. Hogan hit the leg drop on HHH. HHH gets up and pedigrees Hogan. HHH covers Hogan and picks of the win. HHH paces around the ring. HHH tries to help Hogan up but he is pushed away. HHH leaves but Hogan calls him to come back. Hogan says he isn't done with HHH. Hogan says that he doesn't have a problem shaking the better mans hand. The two shake hands then embrace. Hogan raises HHH’s hand. Hogan is about to leave but HHH motions Hogan to comes back. HHH grabs a mic and says that it seems to him the two have unfinished business. HHH does the Hogan ear thing. Then the two pose together. Angle’s music sounds and he comes out. The two stare at Angle and Undertaker attacks HHH from behind. Angle attacks Hogan. Taker choke-slams HHH as Angle uses an Angle slam on Hogan. Taker looks down at HHH. HHH crawls to Taker. Undertaker gives the Game the last ride. Then Undertaker talks some trash to HHH as Smackdown ends.

* On another important note. If you are a Carolina Hurricanes fan or if you just are sick of the Detroit Red Wings, like I am, tonight was not your night. My condolences go out to Carolina as Detroit tied the series 1-1 tonight.


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