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Smackdown: Dave's gonna kill you!
By
JON WALDMAN -- SLAM! Wrestling
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Smackdown is the lone broadcast standing between us and Survivor Series. Expect
some hype tonight for the PPV, mixed in with a very intriguing card tonight.
Let's take a look at how everything went down.
Match 1 - Batista vs. Matt Hardy
As I said on a message board earlier this week, I'm digging Batista's new intensity,
as are many fans as evidenced by how he's cheered by match's end, when he delivers
three spinebusters and a Batista Bomb to finish off Hardy. Can we please start
the chant "Dave's gonna kill you!"
Winner: Batista
Backstage, Josh Matthews catches up with Batista post-victory. Would've been
more effective doing this in the aisle after Dave's win -- this one really looked
like it was taped beforehand.
Next we go to Teddy Long's office, where Vickie Guerrero is chiding him for
putting the Brothers of Destruction together. After some back-and-forth between
the two, Vince McMahon comes in and expresses the same sentiment, then makes
Guerrero the Smackdown consultant, which sends her shrieking in glee. Oy.
Match 2 - Drew McIntyre vs. Finlay
Finlay gets the bulk of the offense here before McIntyre kills him dead with
the double-underhook DDT. Vicious!
Winner: McIntyre
CM Punk's out next and preaches the Straight Edge ways, dumping out cigarettes,
prescription pills and a bottle of whiskey into a garbage can to demonstrate
his restraint. This brings out R-Truth, who cuts a good promo before attacking
Punk and eventually dumping said addictive substances all over him (though notably
not over his face so that he doesn't ingest accidentally the whiskey, which
you have to respect). For good measure, Truth lays in with a trashcan shot.
Okay, this built up their feud a bit more, but did nothing to hype the Survivor
Series elimination match.
Match 3 - John Morrison vs. Dolph Ziggler (2/3 Falls, IC title match)
Okay, straight out of the gate, I'm going to say I'm disappointed with this
match. This should have gone at least 20 minutes and had a lot more intensity.
Bottom line? Should've been on PPV. Morrison won #1 with the roll-up, Ziggler
won #2 with the Zig Zag and Morrison took #3 with Starship Pain.
Winner: Morrison
Match 4 - Mickie James vs. Layla
Quick match with James getting the win.
Winner: Mickie
I'll apologize now for refusing to describe what happened after the match...
no wait, I won't. What WWE put on next was disgusting and despicable. I sincerely
hope that Mickie's country career takes off quickly so she doesn't have to suffer
this kind of abuse on TV.
Match 5 - Rey Mysterio vs. Tyson Kidd
Solid but short bout between these two with Dave sitting at ringside. The action
ends up on the floor, where Dave attacks Kidd to draw the DQ on Mysterio (unannounced).
Winner: Kidd (DQ)
Mysterio then attacks Batista and we get a nice little exchange, Tom 'n Jerry
style, with Rey narrowly escaping Dave's clutches. Once again, I implore you:
"Dave's gonna kill you! Dave's gonna kill you!"
Backstage, Jeri-Show have a funny exchange. Man, the majority of the show has
been bad but this one run has totally saved it (and hyped the PPV more than
any other part of the show!).
Match 6 - Brothers of Destruction vs. Jeri-Show
This was what you'd expect it to be for the most part -- solid big-man action,
good build for Survivor Series and overall fun to watch. The match eventually
breaks down as we end the show with Jericho putting the Codebreaker on Show
and walking away with the World title.
Winners: no contest
A lot of the show was just... there, but the build for the title bout and the
Rey/Dave match was awesome. I get the funny feeling that Kane's getting involved
in the title bout somehow now though...
See you in 7.
