rajah.com smackdown! report: by sebastian kumali
Tonight's show began with John Cena in the back talking to Charlie Haas and Jackie Gayda. Haas tells Cena that it's suicide if he goes out there right now. Cena appreciates the sentiments but has his own agenda. The United States Champion comes out and says he respects the Undertaker's legacy and the whole decade of destruction thing. He wants answers as to why Undertaker attacked him last week and tombstoned him. Kurt Angle gets wheeled out with a huge smile on his face! The GM says he hasn't been this happy in weeks, the reason being is that Cena will lose at G.A.B. Cena calls Angle lumpy and says he's having a bad day. Angle does a little rap on Cena and Orlando. Tonight, Cena will face the deadman himself!
Next up, the cruiserweight battle royal!
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Scotty 2 Hotty makes his way out, the camera goes to the back. Kurt Angle and Luther are talking about Cena in back. JBL comes in and shakes both men's hands. He says Cena may be deplorable but there's a much greater cancer in the locker room and that's Eddie Guerrero. JBL says Eddie needs to be taught a lesson by wrestling tonight. Both Angle and JBL say they wish they could do it themselves, JBL smiles and looks at Luther. The match is made, Luther will take on Eddie tonight!
Paul London vs Shannon Moore vs Nunzio vs Akio vs Billy Kidman vs Shoichi Funaki vs Jamie Noble vs Spike Dudley vs Scotty 2 Hotty vs Chavo Guerrero Jr.
¬ Cruiserweight Battle Royal
Rey Mysterio joins Tazz and Cole for commentary. At the start, all the cruiserweights go after each other. The action kept switching back and forth so it was hard to keep up with. The first casualty of the match was Spike Dudley after taking a dropsault kick by Paul London with the assist from Nunzio. London dumps Nunzio over the top next but the referee didn't see it. Nunzio jumps back in and attacks London. London balances Nunzio on the ropes and springboards off the ropes with an enziguri!! Nunzio is officially eliminated by Paul London. Akio and Shannon Moore try to eliminate London but he hangs on in Shawn Michaels fashion. Nunzio comes from around and pulls London off the ropes eliminating his eliminator. Akio and Shannon Moore go at it with each other. Akio hits an enziguri on Moore who was hanging on the ropes. He manages to stay on the apron with only one foot hitting the floor. Moore grabs Akio with a head scissors from the edge of the apron and eliminates him! However he eliminates himself in the process. Down to the final five. Chavo works Funaki over who has been hanging on the edge of the ring for a while. Scotty hits the face buster Chavo and goes for the worm. Rey Mysterio spells WORM in Spanish. Jamie Noble goes for the clothesline on Scotty who ducks it and superkicks Noble. Kidman gets Scotty from behind and knocks him over the ropes. Funaki gets eliminated by Chavo Guerrero with the assist from Billy Kidman. Down to three! Kidman hit a head scissor/headlock take down combo on Jamie Noble and Chavo. The fight went back and forth between Kidman and the alliance of Chavo and Jamie. Kidman gets put in a tree of woe and Noble encourages Chavo to do a sliding drop kick. Noble fakes out Chavo with a clothesline! The short lived alliance is dead. Kidman and Noble slug it out, Kidman whips Noble to the corner. Noble jumps up but Chavo gets his revenge and pushes Noble out. It's down to Chavo and Billy. The two have a few close calls but in the end, Chavo hits the Gory buster to the outside, taking the #1 contendership!
Chavo Guerrero Jr. def All Cruiserweights to become No. 1 Contender
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In back, Paul Heyman chats it up on the phone with the contractor. He says he wants a monstrosity built so that no man can escape or get in. The Dudleyz come in the picture and wants to know what Heyman is up to. They don't exactly trust him since he won't tell them what "the right thing" means.
Suddenly, Mordecai comes popping through the door beating up Hardcore Holly. Mordecai slams him in to the wall and picks him up with ease. The two battle around the arena and comes out to the ring area, then battles to the back again. Luther and Kurt Angle comes in to break the fight up. Mordecai vows that he will crucify Holly.
Kurt Angle talks to Heyman who stood by watching the action. Angle asks Paul if he's sure everything will go right tonight. Heyman says he's got Taker under control and tonight, he will destroy John Cena.
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Kenzo Suzuki w/Hiroko Niizuma vs Billy Gunn
Billy Gunn muscles Kenzo to the corner, Kenzo looks a little shocked. Kenzo counters and chops Billy in the corner. Gunn whips Kenzo to the corner and elbows and kicks. Kenzo chops Gunn again and knocks him out with a knee to the chest. Lots of USA chants from the audience. Suzuki locks in a headlock. Billy elbows out and clotheslines Kenzo. The two trade blows. Billy Gunn clotheslines Kenzo again and splashes him in the corner. Gunn hits the fame-ass-er on Kenzo and goes for the pin. Hiroko throws powder in Billy Gunn's eyes and the referee disqualifies Kenzo. Suzuki gets up and clutches Gunn's throat and executes the osoto guruma (found out the real name!).
Billy Gunn def. Kenzo Suzuki via disqualification
Torrie was in back dressed in the Uncle Sam outfit. Sable walks on in looking hot as ever. The two start out civil but Sable snaps and accuses Torrie of hogging the air waves. Sable insults Torrie's outfit before leaving. Torrie says "At least my outfit doesn't make me look easy." Sable runs back and the two scuffle.
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The JBL/Eddie highlights from past and present are shown. Eddie comes down to the ring with a low rider and big reception by the fans. Next up, Luther Reigns vs Eddie Guerrero!
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Eddie Guerrero vs Luther Reigns w/Kurt Angle · Non Title Match
Eddie and the mammoth body guard lock up. Luther pushes Eddie to the corner and the lock up again. Luther strikes Eddie in the corner. Luther power lifts Eddie and slams him hard to the mat. Eddie asks for the test of strength but ends up teasing Luther getting a laugh out of the audience. Eddie knocks Luther down with a shoulder block. Cole says Eddie's beaten much bigger men like Brock Lesnar. Eddie rebounds off the ropes but Kurt Angle trips him on the outside. Luther hits a butterfly suplex and locks Eddie in a bearhug. Eddie roles out of it and pins Luther for two. Luther locks in a reverse bearhug but Eddie hits a jaw jacker. Eddie fires rights and lefts, landing another jaw jacker. Eddie goes for the three amigos but Luther counters out of the third. Luther goes for his own suplex but Eddie pushes him away, knocking the referee out cold. Luther clotheslines Eddie and hits his power/sidewalk slam driver! Kurt Angle comes in and Tazz claims it's a miracle he can walk! Angle tries a fast count but Eddie kicks out. Luther goes out to get the WWE Championship, no doubt to use as a weapon. Luther misses Eddie, Eddie kicks Luther below the belt and nails him with the WWE title. Angle stands in the corner while Eddie comes after him with the belt. When the ref gets up, Eddie throws the belt to Angle and plays possum. The ref throws Angle out of the ring while Eddie hits the frog splash. Just as Eddie was about to win, JBL comes charging in and beats on Eddie with the bullrope. He wraps it around Eddie's neck and dumps him to the outside. Eddie drapes JBL's neck over the top rope to get the advantage and the bullrope. JBL is whipped out of the ring along with Kurt Angle.
Eddie Guerrero def. Luther Reigns via disqualification
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Rob Van Dam vs Ren
