Adam Gillikin, rajah.com reader
These are the results for the Smackdown! house show in Washington, D.C. at
the DC Armory.
Teddy comes out to announce the matches. The sound system was horrible here.
The crowd here really liked Teddy.
Billy Kidman vs. Spike vs. Paul London for cruiserweight championship
Paul got a huge reaction when he came out. I had a London Calling sign, but
he didnt see it. The match was ok, nothing that great. No shooting star
press, no London Calling. Paul ran right after Billy but Spike saved him.
There were a bunch of double team moves. Then Paul threw bily out of the
ring and jumped onto him. Spike smiled and jumped out, but billy and paul
moved out of the way, and he crashed on the floor. Paul and Billy went at it
in the ring some more, and spike slid in the ring and pined billyl. In the
end, Paul tried to do the London Calling to Billy, but he rolled out of the
ring.
Heidenreich vs. Nunzio
Nunzio got a lot of chants during the match. There were some "we want
Heyman" chants when Heidenreich came out alone in the straight jacket.
Heidenreich got a bunch of "you cant wrestle" yells. Nunzio carried
Heidenreich the entire match. He also did a couple of moves off the top
rope. But Heidenreich won while I was in the bathroom (I didnt really care
to see Heidenreich wrestling, you all can understand).
Orlando Jordan vs. Funaki
Funaki got a huge pop. Many people started chanting "House Boy" at OJ. OJ
was a good heel during the match, yelling at fans, and smiling after hiting
Funaki. Surprisingly, Funaki pined OJ with a roll up.
RVD and Charlie Haas vs. Rene Dupree and Kenzo Suzuki for Tag titles
RVD got a huge pop. Rene was very good in this match. He did the French
tickler a couple times and looked very natural on the mat. Kenzo hardly did
anything the entire time. Haas tried to do a flip off the top rope, but
slipped twice when trying to get up there. Then he just yelled "danmit!" and
turned around and punched Kenzo. Hioko interferred but RVD grabbed her. He
was about to punch her, but Rene hit him with the flag and pinned RVD for
the win. After the match, Haas and RVD shook hands and posed for pictures a
bit.
Miss Jackie vs. Dawn Marie
Dawn just might have gotten one of the biggest pops of the night. A lot of
people were chanting her name during the match. She posed for pictures for
what seemed like minutes before the match. When she was doing that, I
thought the crowd was going to rush the guards. There were a lot of people
at the guard rail with cameras. "We want puppies" was also chanted. Nothing
special in the match, I went to get some food, but I think Dawn won.
Big Show vs. Mark Jindrak and Luther Reigns w/ Kurt Angle
Show got a good pop. The entire arena was shaking when Kurt came out, the
"You Suck" chants were so loud. Kurt interferred a couple of times, Show
suplexed Mark and Luther when they were trying to suplex him. In the end,
Show did a double chokeslam and won. I got to shake Show's hand after the
match, man, is he huge!
JBL came out and talked about how he shouldnt be wrestling in DC. He then
said a couple of really funny jabs at the Redskins and how the Cowboys are
better. Me and like 15 people in my section started a "JBL" chant, when he
wanted people to chant his name. He pointed to us and talked about how we
were smart and better than everyone else here. Teddy came out and announced
that he wanted to give DC a taste of what was to come at the PPV. Many
people were chanting "Taker". But he said Taker wasnt here so it would have
to be a triple threat. Teddy didnt get any more cheers that night because of
that, mostly boos and "we want taker" chants. JBL tried to get out but Teddy
said that he would be striped of the title if he didnt come back. Then Eddie
came out and Booker. Eddie got a good pop, Booker still acted a little like
a heel so not that many people cheered for him. Eddie got the mic and did
his "Viva la Raza" thing. Then he and Booker ran out after JBL and got him
in the ring.
Booker T vs. Eddie Guerrero vs. JBL
Eddie and Booker did a lot of double teaming against JBL in this match. Some
"eddie" chants. Booker and Eddie then started fighting each other after one
tried to pin JBL. OJ tried to interfere and handed JBL the title while Eddie
was busy with Booker. JBL knocked Booker out and pinned him, but then Eddie
started beating him up again. When Booker got up, he hit the leg sccisors
and then eddie hit the frog splash. After they left, JBL and OJ were still
lying in the ring. Many people didnt know whether the show was over or not.
JBL got up and held up his title but then fell straight on his back. After a
few more minutes, JBL and OJ limped out of the ring and waved the title
around.
It was a good show, but nothing too special. At the ent, a bunch of people
waited near the parking lot for the wrestlers to come out. Most had already
left but a few drove by. Kurt was in the car with Jindrak and Reigns and he
stopped and rolled down his window for autographs. Dawn waved to everyone
when she came out. When eddie came out, everyone patted his car and he
stopped, turned the music in his car up, and started dancing in his car.
Biggest pops:
Eddie
Big SHow
Paul london
Nunzio
RVD
Funaki
Dawn Marie
