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Smackdown: Eddie pins Brock in tag bout
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DALE PLUMMER -- SLAM! Wrestling
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It's only three days till No Way Out and the WWE
really hasn't give anyone any incentive to order,
unless you are trying to complete your set of
WrestleMania XX trading cards. With only four matches
on the card heading into tonight's Smackdown from
Tacoma, Washington, the WWE better add some
interesting matches. I feel sorry for the guy that has
to report the buy-rates to Vince on Monday morning.
Match #1 -- Rey Mysterio vs. Tajiri
Rey kicks off the show, and he's brought a friend.
Former IBF featherweight champion (man, where's Nate
Tylwalk when I need him) and childhood friend of
Mysterio, Jorge Paez, joins Rey in his corner and will
be with him at No Way Out. Mysterio hits a head
scissors on Tajiri, early. Mysterio is distracted when
Chavo Guerrero Junior and Senior walk out on stage.
Tajiri takes advantage and is able to lock in a camel
clutch. Tajiri then tries a sunset flip, but Mysterio
rolls trough and hits Tajiri with a drop kick. A
spinning heel kick sends Tajiri into the ropes, and
Rey nails the 619. Mysterio doesn't miss a beat
landing a seated senton of the top rope, and pinning
Tajiri for the win. Chavo Guerrero hits the ring and
nails Mysterio. Jorge Paez chases Junior from the
ring, only to come face to face with his father. Paez
shows off some fancy footwork, and then lays out a
mesmerized Chavo Sr. with a left hook.
Winner via pin fall: Rey Mysterio
A recap of what happened to Paul Heyman on RAW is
shown, read all about it in Nick Tylwalk's
Raw report.
Paul Heyman is in his office with Brock Lesnar.
Brock can't figure out if Goldberg was trying to send
him a message by spearing Heyman. Yes, Brock he was.
Way to use that University of Minnesota education.
Match #2 -- Scotty II Hotty w/ Rikishi vs.
Danny Basham w/ Doug and Shaniqua
Various holds start off the match. Scotty breaks
up the tedium with a suplex. He follows up by ducking
a clothesline and hitting a drop kick. Doug jumps up
on the apron, distracting the ref. This allows
Shaniqua to lay Scotty out with a clothesline after he
is tossed from the ring. Back in the rings, Danny
locks on a head vice, but Scotty fights out and nails
a spinning back suplex. Danny ducks a bulldog, and
knocks Scotty down in the corner. Danny gets the pin
with a lot of help from the ropes and his tag team
partner. Rikishi then takes out Doug and tosses
Shaniqua into the ring. Scotty hits her with a bulldog
and Rikishi drags her to the corner. The Bashams pull
her to safety before Rikishi can squash her.
Winner via pinfall: Danny Basham
Josh Matthews interviews Rey Mysterio. Rey calls
Chavo a coward, and that's why his boy Jorge Paez has
his back.
In the trainer's room, Chavo Senior is receiving
medical attention. Junior goes off, making excuses for
why his dad got knocked out. The senior Guerrero
doesn't seem real excited when Junior says his dad
will kick Paez's butt.
Josh Matthews really gets around, as he is now
interviewing Kurt Angle. Angle is pretty confident he
can win the triple threat match on Sunday night.
Match #3 -- Hardcore Holly vs. Rhyno
Do my ears deceive me, but do I hear a pop for
Hardcore Holly? Both men jaw at each other for a
while, until Holly hits a side suplex. Rhyno tries a
clothesline, which Holly ducks, and responds with
chops to the chest. Rhyno fights back and sets up
Holly for a powerbomb, but instead drops Holly over
his back onto the turnbuckle. Rhyno then locks in a
scissors hold, which Holly manages to turn into a
pinning situation. Rhyno nails a spinebuster, and sets
up for a gore. Holly counters with a dropkick. Rhyno
drops Holly into the corner. After repeated warnings
Rhyno shoves the ref and gets himself disqualified.
Holly then loses his cool, and the fight spills to the
outside. Rhyno is whipped into the stairs and the two
continue to brawl. It takes several officials to pull
the two apart.
Winner via DQ: Hardcore Holly
Backstage, paramedics rush to the aid of Kurt
Angle. All we know is someone laid Angle out with a
chair, and he has lost conciousness. He is out cold and
the medics roll him onto a stretcher.
Mariachi music interrupts the scene in the back,
and we cut to the ring, where a mariachi band has set
up to play a gig. Brock Lesnar is behind the hijinks,
dancing his way to the ring. He is throwing Eddie
Guerrero a celebration, tonight, since he won't be
celebrating after No Way Out. Eddie rushes to the
ring, and everyone including Brock scrambles. Lesnar
calls Eddie an addict, and then Guerrero cuts one of
the best promos ever. I can't do it justice here.
Eddie agrees that he is an addict. He addicted to the
high that he gets from the cheering fans, and winning
that title belt will be his way of apologizing to his
family for his past mistakes. Brock is left in a
stunned silence.
Match #4 -- Shelton Benjamin w/ Charlie Haas vs.
Bradshaw w/ Faarooq
For some reason these two tag teams will face each
other at Now Way Out. So tonight, we have the
requisite singles match. Bradshaw is tossed from the
ring, early, and promptly lays Haas out on the floor.
Back in the ring, Bradshaw hits the Last Call, but
isn't able to pin Benjamin. Haas distracts the ref,
allowing Benji to hit a fireman's carry, but Benjamin
spills to the outside by a low bridge from Farooq.
Bradshaw nails Benjamin with a back suplex, but the
standout college wrestler is able to block the
Clothesline from Hell, injuring Bradshaw's arm in the
process. Benjamin works the injured arm of Bradshaw,
but the big Texan fights through the pain. Benjamin is
laid out with a big boot. He follows with a
clothesline in the corner and then a scoop slam.
Benjamin kicks out after a two count, and then nails a
stunned Bradshaw with a superkick. Bradshaw kicks out,
and then musters up enough energy to hit the
Clothesline from Hell. Bradshaw covers for the
victory.
Winner via pin fall: Bradshaw
Josh Matthews updates us on Kurt Angle. The
Olympic champ is semi-conscious. Thanks Josh. Josh
thinks the prime suspects are John Cena, Big Show, and
Brock Lesnar. Quick get Gill Grissom and CSI in there!
Jamie Noble is in the ring to address Nidia. He
says that if she gives back all the stuff he bought
her, including the mink coat, and moves out, he will call
off the match at No Way Out. Nidia rides onto the
stage with a local tree service, and a large wood
chipper. Nidia says if Noble wants her coat, to come
and get it. She promptly tosses it into the chipper.
And for the match on Sunday, Noble will be
blindfolded.
An interview with Playboy cover girls and WWE
Divas Torrie Wilson and Sable chews up five minutes.
Just remember guys; you bought it for the articles,
like the Jim Carrey interview. (It's really in there,
too, bet you didn't think I'd notice that.)
Match #5 -- Kurt Angle and Eddie Guerrero vs.
Big Show and Brock Lesnar
The heels are all ready in the ring, when Eddie
Guerrero drives out in his low rider. He wisely waits
for his partner, but Angle is a no show when his music
hits. Then Cena's music hits, and Eddie has a new
partner.
Match #5 -- John Cena and Eddie Guerrero vs.
Big Show and Brock Lesnar
Show pounds on Cena to start the match, but Cena
is able to knock the giant from the ring. Show tags
Lesnar in, and Guerrero wants in. Cena tags him in and
Eddie goes to work on the champ, until a spinebuster
slows him down. Show tags back in and sets up Eddie
for a power bomb. Eddie fights out of it and tries a
sunset flip. He can't get it over, and is almost
squashed by Show. Cena tags in, and is greeted by a
head butt from Big Show. Guerrero pulls show out of
the ring by his neck over the top rope, and Lesnar is
knocked to the floor as we go to break. After the
commercial, Big Show has Cena in an abdominal stretch.
Cena fights out, only to have show tag in his partner.
Lesnar nails a fisherman's suplex, and Guerrero has to
break up the pin fall. Show tags back in, and works
over Cena again. Show picks up Cena by the throat, but
Cena is able to nail a DDT. Both men are down, but
Show is able to tag in Lesnar, and Cena cannot get the
tag. Cena is able to hit a DDT on the champ, and tags
in Eddie. Guerrero ducks a clothesline, and is able to
hit two vertical suplexes. He then knocks Show off the
apron. Eddie hits a leg scissors and follows with a
missile drop kick off the top rope. Big Show saves
the match by breaking the pin fall. On the outside,
Cena goes after Show, who sets him up for a chokeslam.
Cena is saved when Angle runs down with a chair and
lays out show. Cena isn't in the clear, though, as
Angle lays him out. Kurt jumps on the apron, to get at
Lesnar. With the ref distracted, Eddie grabs Cena's
chain, and hits Lesnar with a low blow. Guerrero
covers, and grabs the win.
Winner via submission: John Cena and Eddie
Guerrero
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Dale Plummer is a rookie on the SLAM! Wrestling
staff. Dale is also an addict. He is addicted to
watching the New York Rangers, which is why there may
be some holes in tonight's report, as they were on TV
against the Philadelphia Flyers. Dale is currently
seeking treatment for following a crappy hockey team.
