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Cerberos's Smackdown 9/30/04

cerberosPosted on 09/30/04 at 23:21:14

Smackdown comes on the air with footage of last week including The Undertaker's hijacking of Paul Heyman.  We then go to Paul Heyman's office.  Heyman is wearing neck brace.

Heyman:  Welcome..[grimace in pain]..to Paul Heyman's Smackdown.  First off I want to say thank you to all of the people who sent me get well cards.  It meant a lot.  I even got one from Eric Bischoff.  Eric those kind words meant a lot.  Now we are three days away from No Mercy.  Tonight I have decided to put on a huge main event.  It will be Booker T teaming with Shawn Michaels, Rico, Charlie Haas and Scotty 2 Hotty to take on the Undertaker, his buddies and the WWE Champion Kurt Angle.  

The door opens and Heyman nearly jumps out of his skin.  In walks the Dudley Boys.

Bubba:  Paul, what is the deal with giving Haas and Rico a title shot at No Mercy?  Don't you think we deserve it?  

D-Von:  Yeah we beat Spike and RVD a few weeks back.  

Heyman:  Actually I think you stopped that match.  That wasn't part of the deal.

Spike:  They did it because I was getting killed.

Heyman:  Oh the runt talks.  You have been doing enough talking in the locker room about Rob Van Dam lately I hear too.  Well I am making a match at No Mercy and it will be Spike Dudley taking on Rob Van Dam in an ECW Match.  Anything goes Spike.  Lets see just how extreme you can be.  As for you two you have a match to get ready for.  Now get out of my office.

The Dudley's all walk out.

Heyman:  No respect.  

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We come back and it is time for our opening tag match as Akio and Kenzo Suzuki take on The Dudley Boys.  It was a back and forth match with Hiroko nearly costing the Dudley's the match when she hit D-Von with her clipboard.  The end came however when Bubba hit his Bubba Bomb followed by a flying headbutt from D-Von.  

The Dudley Boys (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) defeated Akio and Kenzo Suzuki when D-Von pinned K. Suzuki after a flying headbutt in 0:05:26.
Rating: ** 1/4
[Hiroko interfered against D-Von Dudley.]

From the back out ran Nunzio and Johnny Stamboli.  They attacked the Japanese trio.  This brought out The Basham's who attacked the Dudley's and right behind them Jamie Noble and Chavo Guerrero.  It was then a five team brawl in the ring.  Finally security separated them and Heyman appeared on the screen.

Heyman:  STOP IT ALREADY!!  I have had enough of this.  At No Mercy I am making a tag team battle royal to determine the number one contenders.  Now get out of the ring.

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We come back and we see Kurt Angle in the back warming up when The Undertaker and his running buddies show up.

Taker:  Kurt, we need to talk.

Angle:  Yeah we do buddy.  I am the WWE Champion so don't start thinking you boss me around.

Taker grabs Kurt by the throat.  

Taker:  Listen to me real close.  If you EVER disrespect me you will become just another notch on my belt boy.  Do you understand me?  I will not be disrespected.  

Taker drops Angle.

Taker:  Now I think we have a few things we need to talk about.  

We then go to the ring where Luther Reigns is taking on one half of the FBI, Nunzio.

This was a quick match as Luther threw Nunzio around.  Luther however missed a running boot and crotched himself.  Nunzio quickly hit this Arrividerci Slingshot single arm DDT for the upset win.  

Nunzio pinned Luther Reigns with the Arrividerci in 0:04:02.
Rating: * 3/4

In the back we see Spike with his brothers.  

Bubba:  Listen Spike be careful out there.  We have faced RVD more then you.

D-Von:  And with Paul making it an ECW match you know ANYTHING will go.  

Spike:  Don't worry about it guys.  I did beat you a few times in Philly remember?  I know how to be hardcore.

Spike walks out of the room and runs right into Rey Misterio.

Misterio starts yelling in Spanish while Spike just looks confused.  Rey storms off with Spike just looking around.  

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We come back and it is time for a six man tag as Eddie, Show and Kidman take on Cena, Jindrak and the US Champion JBL.  This was a good mix of styles and it looked good.  Everyone was on and it showed.  At the end there was a huge brawl.  Eddie hit a slingshot body block taking out Cena and Jindrak on the floor.  Kidman hit JBL with his BK Bomb and then Big Show pressed him out onto the other three men on the floor.  JBL recovered and tried to hit his Dividends but Show side stepped him and JBL hit the corner.  Show then hit a huge Russian legsweep for the win.  

The Big Show, Eddie Guerrero and Billy Kidman defeated John Cena, Mark Jindrak and John "Bradshaw" Layfield when Show pinned JBL after a Russian legsweep in 0:07:42.
Rating: *** 1/2

In the back we see Booker T and company talking strategy.

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We come back and we have cruiserweight action as Spike Dudley is taking on Rey Misterio.  During the match we are reminded that at No Mercy Rey is getting another shot at Matt Cappotelli's cruiserweight title.  This was mostly Spike on the offense.  Finally Rey caught Spike with a low blow.  He then just started choking Spike.  The official tired to break it up but finally called for the bell.  

Spike Dudley defeated Rey Misterio by disqualification in 0:05:09.
Rating: ** 1/2

Rey just continues to choke Spike.  Finally from the back out ran Bubba and D-Von.  Rey quickly bailed with a smirk on his face.  We then get a split screen of the ten men in our main event heading to the ring.  

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We come back and it is time for our main event.  The Undertaker's team all come out to his music.  Angle looks a little roughed up with a cut under one of his eyes.  Then Team Michaels comes out to Scotty's music including everyone with the sunglasses on.  Once they hit the ring we have a huge brawl.  Finally we are left with Taker and Scotty in the ring.  Taker just bullies Scotty for several minutes including a near fall off of snake eyes and a running boot.  Finally Scotty made the tag and Michaels came in on fire.  We go to break with Michaels taking on the entire team.  

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We come back and Rico is being double teamed by the champs.  Holly hit a Falcon's Arrow for a near fall.  Haas is tagged in after Rico takes Gunn's head off with a spin kick.  Haas and Rikishi then go at it.  The entire time Angle and Taker are having words.  Rikishi, Gunn and Holly work over Haas with several quick tags.  Then a tag was made to Michaels and Angle.  The crowd erupted.  They went at it for about 30 seconds when Taker tagged himself in.  Michaels quickly hit Sweet Chin Music on Taker and tagged Booker.  This then once again erupted into a huge brawl.  Michaels hit SCM on Angle and then took Taker over the top with a clothesline.  In the ring Angle slowly got to his feet only to be given the Scissor Kick for the win.  

Booker T, Shawn Michaels, Rico, Charlie Haas and Scotty 2 Hotty defeated The Undertaker, Rikishi, Hardcore Holly, Billy Gunn and Kurt Angle when Booker  pinned K. Angle with the Scissor Kick in 0:31:47.
Rating: **

Booker is celebrating when Taker comes in and gives him a spine breaking Chokeslam.  Michaels then hits a second SCM on Taker.  We go off the air with Michaels standing over all three men and the rest of the teams fighting on the floor.  
91Posted on 10/01/04 at 00:21:20

Hmmm, could that mean that Booker T is going to be the next challenger for Kurts title? And Luther Reigns jobbing, to Nunzio - Reigns has gotten a nice run in your circuit so far, so that one came as a surprise. Still, you seem to have hinted your liking of Nunzio too, so I'm not complaining or anything.

Actually, I sort of fancy Nunzio and Stamboli for that battle royal now I think about it. Yeah, consider them my preliminary pick.
cerberosPosted on 10/01/04 at 01:18:45

Actually the Nunzio/Luther thing was just by chance.  I didn't think to book it and then that happened.  But that is the way it goes.  Same with Booker getting the pin but it does open a TON of doors in the future between Angle/Booker/Taker/Michaels doesn't it?