Report by: wrestlingobserver.com
Dark Matches/Velocity
Sylvain def Springfield jobber
Doug Basham def Worcester jobber
Jamie Knoble def Boston jobber
William Regal def. Scotty 2 Hotty with help from Paul Burchill (crowd was
nuts for Scotty, don't know why)
Orlando Jordan def. Funaki
Brian Kendrick and Paul London def. two jobbers
Simon Dean promo mid-ring, insults Springfield crowd, talks about how he
hates XMas, bah humbug.
-Sorry I didn't catch the names of these guys, as Tony Chimmel was tough to
hear over the hot crowd early on.
Smackdown
The Boogeyman def. Nunzio (w/ Vito) in a major squash
Randy Orton is shown back stage, talking to his father, Bob Orton, who
recommends that he see a shrink. Orton obliges, and is next shown laying on
a couch talking to the shrink, an older man with a beard. The shrink asks
Randy what he's got to prove and that this 'Hell in a Cell' is a matter of
life and death. Randy thinks about what the shrink said.
Batista is shown backstage, and Melina enters and begins rubbing his
shoulder and chest. She kisses him, and Batista grabs her on his lap, as she
grinds him, and they make out as the screen fades to black.
Screen comes back and Melinda is shown fixing her hair, insinuating that
Batista tapped that ass, and says something to the effect of asking Batista
if the match with him and Rey tonight against her MNM is off. He laughs and
tells her he's going to 'kill those guys.'
Kid Kash def. Super Crazy with brainbuster. After the match, Kash attempts
another brainbuster on a chair, but Juventud and Psychosis save Crazy.
Batista and Rey Mysterio def. MNM to win the tag team titles. Rey played the
victim the entire match, made the hot tag to Batista, who finished off I
belive Johnny Nitro for the win.
Bobby Lashley def. Paul Burchill in a squash.
Randy Orton is shown backstage talking to his father, and tells him that he
has made a decision and will share it with the crowd later tonight.
Matt Hardy promo backstage with black lady interviewer, and is interrupted
by JBL, who punches Hardy. After JBL begins talking, Hardy attacks JBL and
they brawl on the ground before its broken up by officials
Hardy and JBL is shown on the screen announced for Armageddon.
The Dicks def. LOD when Heidenrech was pinned with a top rop legdrop.
JBL comes out to do commentary for the Matt Hardy/Booker T match.
Booker T def. Matt Hardy after JBL gave Hardy a clothesline from hell on the
outside when Sharmell distracted the ref. (Sharmell came out with a broom,
signifying the sweep on Benoit. Note, there was NO mention of Benoit on the
show. Very pissed off about that).
Randy Orton comes out and announces his retirement. He says that he has
killed many legends, and has since realized that nobody can kill the legend
of the Undertaker. He says that he is going to kill another legend tonight,
his own. Cue Undertaker music. Druids come out, followed by the Taker. Crowd
went NUTS live. Taker walks into the ring, druids leave, except for one, who
holds up an urn. Taker looks towards Druid, while Orton blindsides Taker and
kicks him in the balls. Orton attacks Taker with an RKO, yet Taker gets up.
Orton grabs a chair and destroys Taker, yet he gets up once again. The druid
takes off the hood and its Bob Orton. Randy grabs the urn from his daddy and
nails Taker, who this time does not get up. Randy grabs the microphone and
tells Taker he'll see him this Sunday at Armageddon. End of show.
Afterwards, Taker just got up to his music and slowly walked back as Chimmel
thanked us for coming.
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Velocity (results not in order):
- Sylvan Grenier, Doug Basham (he lives!), and a returning Jamie Noble all won squash matches. Brian Kendrick & Paul London won a tag team squash. Simon Dean came out and did the Scrooge interview about not liking Christmas.
- William Regal defeated Scotty 2 Hotty.
- Orlando Jordan defeated Funaki.
Smackdown:
- Boogeyman defeated Nunzio.
- Randy Orton visited a psychiatrist. Seriously.
- Melina apparently had "relations" with Batista, then asked Batista to call off the tag match with him and Rey Mysterio vs. MNM. Batista laughed at her and said he would kill them tonight.
- Kid Kash defeated Super Crazy. Great match. Afterwards, Kash tried to give Crazy a brainbuster into a chair, but the other Mexicools made the save.
- Batista & Rey Mysterio defeated MNM for the Tag Titles. Yep, Batista, who can barely work a singles match, now has two titles, and the MNM vs. Mexicools match at Armageddon is now meaningless. Way to go Creative!
- Bobby Lashley defeated Paul Birchall in a squash.
- Matt Hardy was being interviewed by Kristal, but JBL interrupted and ended up brawling with Hardy. A match between the two was announced for Armageddon.
- The Dicks defeated Road Warrior Animal & Heidenreich.
- Booker T defeated Matt Hardy when JBL interfered to help Booker. Surprisingly, no Benoit run-in for the save. Actually, no Benoit at all.
- Randy Orton came out and announced he was retiring, since he can't kill the Undertaker. Taker came out, accompanied by Druids. One of the Druids held up an urn, which seemed to surprise Taker, and Orton attacked Taker. The Druid turned out to be Cowboy Bob, and Randy laid out Undertaker with a shot from the urn. Orton got on the mic, revealing it was a setup and promised to beat UT at Armageddon in Hell In A Cell.
Very strange way to build up the PPV. No Big Show, No Kane, No Benoit, and other than Hardy vs. JBL, nothing else added to the show (although it seems like Kash vs. Juventud will be thrown on, there was no graphic for it shown).
