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WWE 2004: The Road to WrestleMania 21

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WRESTLEMANIA XX Results
John Cena defeated The Big Show to win the US Title
2 Falls: 4 Way Tag: Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin defeated RVD and Booker T, The Dudleys and 2 Cool to win the 1st Fall(Raw Tag Titles)
RVD and Booker T defeated 2 Cool, Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin and The Dudleys to win the 2nd Fall (Smackdown Tag Titles)
Christian defeated Chris Jericho
Evolution defeated The Rock & Sock Connection
No Holds Barred Match: Loser Leaves WWE: JBL vs Farooq
Cruiserweight Open: Tajiri defeated The Ultimo Dragon, Rey Mysterio, Chavo Guerrero, Jamie Noble, The Hurricane, Nunzio, Kidman, Paul London and Akio to win the Cruiserweight Title.
Goldberg defeated Brock Lesnar
Victoria defeated Molly Holly to retain the womens title
Eddie Guerrero defeated Kurt Angle to retain the WWE Title
The Undertaker defeated Kane
Chris Benoit defeated HHH and Shawn Michaels to win the World Title
The WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Divas Sable and Miss Jackie as well as Superstars Farooq, Scott Steiner, Test, The Ultimo Dragon, Rodney Mack, Orlando Jordan, Billy Gunn, Hardcore Holly, Sakoda and Matt Morgan. We wish them the best in all future endeavors.

Current WWE Roster as of September 20 2004

RAW ROSTER
General Manager: Eric Bischoff
World Heavyweight Champion: Randy Orton
WWE Intercontinental Champion: Tajiri
World Tag Team Champions: William Regal and Eugene
Womens Champion: Trish Stratus

Batista | Charlie Haas | Chris Benoit | Christian | Chuck Palumbo | Danny Basham | Doug Basham | Edge | Eugene | Jamie Noble | Jeff Hardy | Kane | Khosrow Daivari | Kurt Angle | Mark Jindrak | Masato Tanaka | Muhammed Hassan | Nova | Randy Orton | Rhyno | Ric Flair | Rob Conway | Rosey | Scotty 2 Hotty | Shawn Michaels | Shelton Benjamin | Sylvan Grenier | Tajiri | William Regal

Divas/GM/Managers/Announcers
Candice Michelle | Eric Bischoff | Gail Kim | Jazz | Jerry Lawler | Jim Ross | Jonathan Coachman | Lillian Garcia | Maria | Molly Holly | Todd Grisham | Trish Stratus | Victoria


SMACKDOWN ROSTER
General Manager: Paul Heyman
WWE Champion: Eddie Guerrero
WWE United States Champion: Rene Dupree
WWE Tag Team Champions: Billy Kidman and Paul London
WWE Cruiserweight Champion: Shannon Moore

Akio | Big Show | Booker T | Billy Kidman | Bubba Ray Dudley | Carlito Caribbean Cool | Chavo Guerrero | Chris Jericho | D-Von Dudley | Eddie Guerrero | Funaki | The Hurricane | John Bradshaw Layfield | John Cena | Johnny the Bull Stamboli | Matt Hardy | Maven | Mike Awesome | Nunzio | Paul London | Rene Dupree | Rey Mysterio | Rob Van Dam | Shannon Moore | Spike Dudley | Steven Richards | Triple H | The Undertaker | Val Venis

Divas/GM/Managers/Announcers
Christy Hemme | Dawn Marie | Josh Mathews | Joy Giovanni | Lita | Michael Cole | Paul Heyman | Stacy Keibler | Tazz | Theodore Long | Torrie Wilson


OVW Development Talent
Chris Masters
Johnny Nitro
Joey Mercury
Melina Perez
Michelle McCool

2004 PPV Calendar

Backlash - April 18 - Edmonton, Alberta
Judgment Day - May 16 - Los Angeles, California
King of the Ring- June 13 - Columbus, Ohio
The Great American Bash - June 27 - Norfolk, Virginia
Vengeance - July 11 - Hartford, Connecticut
SummerSlam - August 15 - Toronto, ON
Unforgiven - September 12 - Portland, Oregon
No Mercy - October 3 - East Rutherford, New Jersey
Taboo Tuesday - October 19 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Survivor Series - November 14 - Cleveland, Ohio
Armageddon - December 12 - Duluth, Georgia

 
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Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

RAW Review

I loved Heyman's RAW, I really did especially the opening segment with Paul Heyman and the superstars around the ring and Heyman said how he wasn't going to be intimidated or threatened by anyone and that if they even tried to do that, they would be suspended on the spot. I especially liked it when he called out A-Train, and then banned him from ringside for the Jericho/Christian main event but allows Trish to be there, and also Heyman interacting with HBK, I loved that. What I loved even more was seeing Evolution coming down only for Paul to put all 4 members in their place and as punishment HHH has to team with Benoit in an 11 on 2 Handicap Elimination Match, and neither one of them can get out of it and even if they try to, HHH gets suspended and Benoit is stripped of the World Heavyweight Championship, pretty good call

Great match with HBK/Orton as the opening match, and HBK beating Orton by DQ was the right call as it protects Orton's red-hot push, but I think this match could easily be Match of the Night for me by far

The Heyman/Coach backstage segment, LOL, ROFLMAO moment right there, it killed me

The Christian/Jericho/Trish backstage segment really hypes up the main event, so I am stoked for that, and I cannot wait

WGTT beating Flair & Batista, right move as it only builds them up as a legitimate tag team, and will pave the way for them to become singles stars eventually, so great move

The HHH/Benoit backstage segment also a good move as it hypes up the 11 on 2 match, so it is really good especially since neither man can really trust the other

Regal/Eugene backstage segment also hypes up Eugene to be a singles star here on RAW, and I cannot wait for his match against Dupree

Eugene beating Rene Dupree in his first match, I am so happy about that, I really am, because it was a shock win, and I could really use that too, so again another high for me

Maven returning, I can't wait and the Orton/Christian/Trish segment also loved that too

The 11 on 2 Handicap Elimination Match was awesome especially when Benoit and HHH both get jumped by the remaining guys only for Evolution to come down and clear the ring of everybody until it is just them, HHH, and Benoit and then they all turn on Benoit and beat the hell out of him while HHH is laughing and posing with the title and then he says when Bischoff gets back, he is getting his title back, awesome way to end this match and this segment

Eugene celebrating his win he deserves it, and as for Paul Heyman coming out to say he really enjoyed his time on RAW, only made me see that he is the better GM than Bischoff in my opinion and that if he were running RAW on a daily basis, he would be able to do a hell of a job

Great way to end the Jericho/Christian feud especially in a Barbed Wire Steel Cage Matchh with Jericho winning, now he can set his sights on being World Heavyweight Champion soon enough especially now that he does not have Christian to deal with anymore. But I am sure A-Train is going to want a piece of Jericho next week especially after what Jericho did to his man Christian by putting him on the shelf, and I am sure Trish is going to want revenge too next week!!!!!!!

Overall awesome show and I can't wait until Smackdown, Bischoff's Smackdown!!!!!!!!!
 
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Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

I’m not going to do Raw/Smackdown previews after this. I will just do ppv previews. Match write ups will be short (including ppvs) as i will just explain the important parts of the match.

WWE News and Notes
After competing in a gruelling barbed wire steel cage match, Christian sustained a severe back injury. He is expected to miss at least three-four months of action.

WWE Smackdown Preview
May 13, 2004



History will be made on the final Smackdown show before Jugment Day as Raw’s GM Eric Bischoff takes charge tonight. Tonight for the first time ever in Smackdown history, Eric Bischoff presents the Smackdown Roulette. This concept was first introduced on Raw in 2002 and every match tonight will be determined by the spin of the wheel. What unique matches will take place tonight? Already confirmed for the show is a match between Eddie Guerrero and Kane. What type of match will they compete in? Who is that mysterious man who helped Kane win the casket match last week? Why did Paul Bearer turn on The Undertaker. Tonight we will hear from Paul Bearer as he explains who that mysterious man was and why Paul Bearer turned on The Undertaker.

Will Eric Bischoff be able to control the Smackdown roster? Will he have better luck than Paul Heyman. What other matches will take place tonight. What other developments will take place during the final Smackdown before the pay-per-view event? To find out tune in to Smackdown.

Confirmed Matches
Eddie Guerrero vs Kane
JBL vs Chavo Classic​
 
#79 ·
Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

I haven't read a show in this thread, unfortunately, but I have skimmed through a fair few shows and I constantly see you ticking along with it and constantly posting shows which is commendable. The show its self looks decent, with very little confirmed as of yet so it'll be interesting to see what develops over the course of the night.

Guerrero vs. Kane could be decent depending on the stipulation. I expect the mystery man, {Mordecai?}, to re-appear and help Kane once again. Don't have a clue what's happening with JBL and Chavo Classc but it will probably just be a squash match so I'm not expecting much from that.

Anyway, I will actually read this show, promise! Keep going, dude.
 
#80 ·
Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

Smackdown Preview

I hope Smackdown for tonight's show will be better than Heyman's RAW, and knowing Bischoff he will be able to control Smackdown and its talent as he runs a tight ship on RAW, proving that he is the better GM out of him and Heyman

As for confirmed matches JBL vs Chavo Classic, a guaranteed win for JBL if you ask me, but knowing the Smackdown roulette, we won't know what type of match it will be

As for Kane vs. Eddie Guerrero I hope it is a Steel Cage Match or an Inferno Match or a Last Man Standing Match

And I hope Cena and Bischoff meet too, as well it is looking to be a packed Smackdown tonight
 
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Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

Wow. You've been posting shows at a rather rapid pace, it's nice to see a new thread with so much activity. Sorry I never got a review up for your last PPV. Not had much time for Be The Booker recently. I've skimmed throughy our previous shows from Backlash onwards and everything seems to be going really well. Hopefully you can keep this up, it's one of the better new threads and you're obviously improving as you go along. I'll review this weeks Smackdown if I get the chance, if not, a review for Judgement Day will be given, guaranteed.

Keep up the good work. (Y)
 
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Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

Thanks guys. Sorry if the write up for matches isn't long, it's difficult for me to write up long matches. So this is the best i could do. Plus this show is more of a promo heavy show as the final build for Judgment Day. Also don't mind the red ropes in the pic, that's the best i could do. I had to write Christian off as he was injured in real life during that time period on that date. I wanted to see how i could do this by using the roster that was available for that time period. Well at least Christian headlined Raw for 3 weeks, made him into a main event guy. So when he returns he will be ready to main event.

WWE Smackdown
May 13, 2004​

Last stop before Judgment Day
Tazz and Michael Cole welcome us to the show. Eric Bischoff’s music hits and he’s already in the ring with most of the Smackdown roster at ringside. He welcomes everyone to Eric Bischoff’s Smackdown. The fans are booing him heavily. He has some fond memories of Smackdown and his favourite Smackdown moment was when he kissed Stephanie McMahon. Tonight is Eric Bischoff’s Smackdown roulette. Tonight every match will be determined by the spin of the Smackdown roulette wheel. He runs through the matches that will take place tonight including the main event for tonight which is Eddie Guerrero vs Kane. It will be an unpredictable night as we could see many unique matches tonight. Whatever happened on Raw this week with Heyman, he’s going to address that on Raw when he’s back on the number 1 show next week. He wasn’t happy with what went down but he’s not going to let that ruin his mood tonight. He’s going to show the world how a show should be run. He’s back here on the minor leagues, the B show. When Eric Bischoff is here the ratings can only go up. Bischoff = Ratings. He is going to bring excitement to this 2nd rate show with Smackdown roulette. Eric states that on Raw, he gets respect. Now that he’s on Smackdown running things he won't let anyone and he means anyone bully him around or put their hands on him. If they do, there will be serious consequences. Eric has interaction with several stars at ringside including Booker T, RVD, Edge, Val Venis, Matt Hardy, John Cena and JBL. Eric said he was disappointed to lose a world class athlete like Booker to Smackdown. He was one of his top stars in WCW. He books Booker T in a match against Rey Mysterio tonight and if Rey doesn’t show up then he’s going to be fined. Eric doesn’t regret losing RVD to Smackdown because he was never a top star on Raw. He takes shots at RVD for coming from Paul Heyman’s Extremely Crappy Wrestling. In WCW, he never wanted to sign RVD from ECW. Booker and RVD take shots at each other. Booker T claims he’s the biggest thing to ever hit Smackdown and he’s going to kick RVD’s ass at Judgment Day suckaaa. RVD says after what Booker did to him last week, he’s going to give Booker a major beating at Judgment Day. He then mocks Bischoff and tells him he doesn’t respect him. He doesn’t like Paul Heyman but he respects him for what he’s done for this business. He’s glad to be off Raw because on Smackdown he’s going to become a huge star. Bischoff gets pissed and books RVD in a match against Edge.


Edge goes into his psychotic state and tells Bischoff he beat the hell out of Rey last week and he won’t have the guts to show up tonight. He doesn’t want RVD tonight, he wants Eddie Guerrero tonight. Edge demands Bischoff to change Eddie Guerrero’s match. He wants a title match against Eddie tonight. Eric lets Edge know that just like Paul Heyman told Raw’s #1 star HHH that he’s not going to get a title shot, he’s also not going to give Edge a title shot. He says Edge what have you done to deserve a title match. Eddie Guerrero vs Kane has been advertised for a week and he’s not going to change it. Edge is so crazy that he gets even more angrier. He gets in Bischoff’s face and told Eric, Kane is going to get his opportunity this Sunday. He beat Kane a few weeks ago on Smackdown. Edge demands a title shot. Eric Bischoff punishes Edge for talking in that sort of tone with him and almost put his hands on him. He doesn’t give Edge a title match but spins the wheel to determine which match he will compete in later on against RVD. It lands on a Tables match. Edge did not like this at all and storms out the ring and gets booed heavily. Eric tells Edge to go get ready and RVD taunts Edge. Bischoff then berates Val Venis and Matt Hardy and calls them two of his raw rejects. They complained about not getting opportunities on Raw and now on Smackdown they think they are huge stars? Well Raw is the number 1 show and if they couldn’t cut it on the number 1 show then what makes them think they will achieve success on a 2nd rate show. He rips into Matt Hardy because Hardy didn’t want to take Eugene under his wing. Eric hoped that someday Hardy meets Eugene in the ring and Eugene embarrasses him. Hardy, Val all fired back with comments and let Bischoff now that Smackdown is their new home, it is the land of opportunity. They have proved it by getting an opportunity on ppv at Judgment Day, something they didn’t get for a long time on Raw. Eric pulls the mic away from them and turns his attention to the US Champ John Cena.

This is the first time they’ve met so he goes over to shake Cena’s hand and pulls his hand back and laughs. Bischoff starts bashing Cena saying he just doesn’t understand what all this hype about Cena is all about. He doesn’t see any qualities in John Cena. He calls Cena a 2nd rate champion. He goes on about how RAW's Intercontinental Champion Randy Orton is better than Cena and that Orton could beat Cena any day of the week. Eric says next month is the King of the Ring Tournament. He is pretty confident that Raw will embarrass Smackdown at the King of the Ring and a Raw star will win. Cena wants to say something so Eric hands him another mic. Cena disses Bischoff in a rap and disses Orton too. He goes on by saying he could beat Randy Orton any day of the week. He respects what Orton has done so far in the business at a young age but at the same time he doesn’t like Randy Orton. He’s disrespected a lot of legends. Cena says if he was on Raw he could beat any one of their superstars including Orton. Cena said next week he is going to qualify for the tournament and he will go on to win the tournament. Eric will get embarrassed because a Raw star won't win it. 2004 is the year of John Cena and you're looking at the next King of the Ring. Cena says he will still be the US Champ after Judgment Day and that he will be a star here on Smackdown because Smackdown is his home. This is the big leagues. Cena then starts dissing WCW in his rap by taking shots at loads of WCW stars including Booker T. Cena goes on about how the ratings slumped. Eric tries not to be intimidated by Cena but he is.

JBL cuts Cena off and tells Cena to keep dreaming because 2004 is the year of John Bradshaw Layfield. It won't be John Cena or Randy Orton who will win or any other guy, it will be JBL who will win. After he's done defeating the international cruiserweights, he will go on to qualify for the King of the Ring. Then he will go on to win the King of the Ring. Who better to win the KOTR than JBL. He's rich, he's got everything except that he has never been King and has never won the WWE or US title. JBL vowed to win the tournament. Bischoff cuts JBL off and he's heard enough. He's so offended by Cena's comments that he books Cena in a match. That match will take place right now. He spins the wheel and it lands on Bischoff’s choice. Bischoff starts laughing and says that’s perfect. He books a 10 man tag between Cena, Rhyno, Tajiri, The Hurricane and Shannon Moore vs Val Venis, Matt Hardy, Johnny Nitro, Paul London and Kidman. Cena isn’t done yet and then bashes Val and Dawn Marie and told Dawn you want some, come get some. Eric now wants the show to get underway and wants everyone to clear the ring except the guys that are involved in the first match and Dawn Marie who is managing the heels.

Match 1
10 Man Tag Team Match
John Cena, Rhyno, Tajiri, The Hurricane and Shannon Moore vs Val Venis, Matt Hardy, Johnny Nitro, Kidman and London
This match was fast paced, back and forth action with many near falls. The heel team were in control for most of the match making quick tags. Hurricane is in the ring with Hardy. Hardy gets a side effect on Helms and gets a near fall. He put Helms up on the top rope and looks for a twist of fate but Helms knocks Hardy down. Helms gets a crossbody and Hardy kicks out at 2. Helms tags Cena and Cena and Hardy go at it. Cena gets a shoulder block on Hardy and then hits a clothesline. Hardy tags Nitro and Nitro gets a back body drop from Cena. Cena hits the five knuckle shuffle for a two. Mid-way into the match Val Venis and Tajiri are in the ring. Tajiri goes for a handspring elbow and Val moves out the way. He takes Tajiri down with a bulldog. Then delivers a suplex. Val sends Tajiri to the ropes who comes back with a spinning heel kick. Val tagged London. Tajiri gets the tarantula on London. Tajiri tagged Rhyno and London tagged in Kidman. Rhyno gets a powerslam on Kidman. He sets up for the gore and he hits it. He goes for a cover and Hardy breaks it up. Hardy and Rhyno now go at it and Rhyno clotheslines Hardy to the floor. Back in, Rhyno tags in Shannon Moore. Hardy is in the ring with his former Mattitude follower. Shannon Moore takes Hardy down with a headscissors. He misses a moonsault from the top rope and Hardy hits the twist of fate. He goes for a cover and Rhyno breaks up the count. Now Hurricane is in the ring with Kidman, they trade blows and Hurricane delivers the eye of The Hurricane on London. Kidman breaks it up. Now Hurricane is in trouble as the heels isolate him in the corner. Val Venis is now in the ring and hits the Russian leg sweep for a 2. Val goes to the top for the money shot and Helms moves out the way. He makes the hot tag to Cena. Cena and Val exchange rights and Cena ends up hitting the FU on Val. He goes for a cover and Matt Hardy steps in to save Val. We get a big brawl which spills to the floor. Dawn and Torrie have a catfight of their own outside and Dawn knocks Torrie down. The ref tries to control everyone outside the ring, Cena and Val are in the ring. Dawn Marie slips in the US Title belt and Val nails Cena with the belt. He pinned Cena for the 3 count to win the match for his team. The heels celebrate outside the ring and Val looks at Cena and says this Sunday he’s going to beat him for the US Title.
Winners: Val Venis, Matt Hardy, Johnny Nitro, Kidman and London

Dawn Marie is in the back with Eric Bischoff. She tries to seduce Eric and wants to assist him in spinning the wheel tonight. Eric gives in and agrees. He’s not like Paul Heyman who disrespected his assistant The Coach on Raw. He has class and appreciates good service. Infact he could do with Dawn’s services if she was on Raw. He takes shots at Paul Heyman. He didn’t like what Heyman did this week by throwing his picture in a trash can but he’s not going to stoop to Paul Heyman’s level. Dawn asks Eric, Val and Hardy just won their match so what does he think, Eric said it’s a good start but not good enough. Eddie Guerrero shows up and he starts flirting with Dawn. Eric tries to get his attention because he wanted to meet Eddie. Eddie’s having his fun and Eric gets angry. He scolds Eddie for not being out there in the ring earlier. Does Eddie think he's bigger than the entire roster just because he's WWE Champion. Eric continues to take shots at Eddie and if Eddie was on Raw he would not be fit to represent the Raw brand as their world champion. He made the right decision by not making Eddie into a top star in WCW. Eddie makes fun of Eric, Eric did not treat him right in WCW, he didn’t think he would become a top star. Look at him now he’s the WWE Champion. He got out of WCW at the right time when WCW was a sinking ship. Eric told Eddie that’s enough. He’s not out here to be insulted. Eric spins the wheel to decide which match Eddie and Kane will compete in. It lands on a cage match and Eric starts laughing and says too bad Eddie. You’re trapped in there like a rat against the monster Kane and he’s going to tear you apart. Now no one will be there to save Latino Heat. He forgot to mention that this will now be for the WWE Title. So Eric has now changed it to a title match to punish Eddie. Eddie’s title is in major jeapordy tonight. Kane has Paul Bearer and that monster by his side. Eddie pretends to apologise to Eric so that Eric changes his mind, he hugs Eric and says you’re doing a great job tonight. Eric told Eddie he is not changing his mind. It’s a trick because
Eddie ends up stealing Eric’s wallet. As Eddie walks off. Eric has a big smirk on his face and tells Dawn that he’s a genius. Dawn informs Eric that Eddie Guerrero just stole his wallet. Eric was furious. He just got robbed on Smackdown.


Match 2
Tables Match
Edge vs Rob Van Dam
RVD’s music hits as he makes his way down to the ring. Edge comes out next. Edge taunts a couple of Mysterio fans in the front row. The bell rings. Edge immediately kicks RVD to the gut. He nails RVD with a few right hands. RVD reverses a whip and hits a spinning heel kick to knock Edge down. He sends Edge to the ropes but Edge catches him with a knee lift. Edge pummels RVD in the corner and then puts him on the top rope. RVD shoves Edge down and goes for a frog splash but Edge moves out the way. Edge whips RVD to the ropes and gets a diving crossbody. He goes to the top and delivers a missile dropkick. RVD comes back and nails Edge with a roundhouse kick and Edge rolls out the ring and starts yelling at the Mysterio fans in the front row. Edge doesn’t end up getting a table just yet, his strategy is to first weaken RVD but at the moment RVD is taking it to Edge. Edge and RVD go back and forth in the ring. RVD goes for a charge and Edge moves out the way as RVD goes shoulder first into the post. Edge takes RVD up to the top rope and delivers a suplex. He then goes for a chinlock and RVD manages to fight out of it. He ends up hitting a clothesline to Edge to the floor. RVD is about to get a table from under the ring but Edge stops him and sends him into the post. Edge stomps away at RVD and rolls him back in. Edge pulls out a table and one of the Mysterio fans delivers a dropkick and sends Edge into the post. He gets back in his seat. RVD is back up, Edge staggers back up and RVD hits the ropes and gets a somersault dive on Edge to knock him down again. Back in, RVD is in control and nails Edge with an insiguri. He follows up with the rolling thunder.

RVD goes outside to get the table but Edge baseball slides into RVD to knock RVD down. Edge now gets the table and leaves the table in the ring. He decides to go back out to find out which Mysterio fan attacked him. RVD rolls back in and attempts another dive but Edge moves out the way and RVD hits the barricade. Edge gets another table and puts it outside the ring. He tries a suplex on RVD through the table, RVD blocks and rams Edge’s head on the apron. He rolls Edge back in. He goes for a spinning heel kick but Edge moves back and holds on to the ropes. Edge hits Edge o Matic on RVD. Edge starts stomping away at RVD in the corner and delivers the edge-ecution in the middle of the ring. Edge sets up for the spear and delivers a spear on RVD. Edge places RVD on the table and goes to the top rope. RVD gets off the table so Edge gets down and is met with a roundhouse kick. RVD gets a few stiff kicks on Edge. He delivers a backdrop followed by a clothesline. He whips Edge into the corner and charges at him with a roundhouse kick. RVD gets a rolling monkey flip on Edge. He then hits the split- legged moonsault on Edge. RVD does his taunt. He places Edge on the table and he is about to go up for the 5 star frog splash but Booker T runs down and pushes RVD off. Edge moves and RVD goes crashing through the table. Edge has won and celebrates. Booker T starts laughing up the ramp. RVD is back on his feet and chases after Booker but Booker gets away.
Winner: Edge

Now Edge goes outside the ring and wants his music to be cut and gets a mic. He demands to know which Mysterio fan attacked him. He starts talking trash about Mysterio and his fans. What he doesn’t know that one of the actual fans in the audience is the real Rey. He is looking around to find Rey Mysterio as he believes that Rey is here. He is one of these fans. He goes in the crowd asking a lot of Mysterio fans in masks, if that’s the real Rey. He is beginning to lose the plot here becoming psycotic. He demands to know where Rey Mysterio is. Edge says come on you son of a bitch, show your face, prove that you’re not a coward and stop hiding behind that mask. Edge is seeing masks everywhere. He starts removing all the masks of the kids making a lot of them cry. When he goes to ask the latest fan are you Rey? The fan doesn't move or even speak. The fan tries to act scared of Edge so Edge doesn’t remove his mask and laughs. What Edge doesn’t know is that it’s really Rey Mysterio. Mysterio ends up beating the hell out of Edge. Edge tries to get out of dodge and he is running away from Mysterio and escapes.

In the back
STACEY KEIBLER shows up on Smackdown. Eric is shocked to see her here. Eric demands an explanation from Stacey as to why she is out here on Smackdown when she’s Raw property. Stacey explained that she hasn’t been on Raw for the past couple of weeks. Her contract on Raw ran out and Eric started to worry more about divas like Trish Stratus. Stacey contacted Paul Heyman last week, and she signed a contract on Smackdown. Paul promised her that she would be a big part of Smackdown, he advised her to show up tonight on Bischoff’s Smackdown. With Stacey Keibler on Smackdown, Raw just lost their top diva and now Smackdown has a new #1 diva. Dawn doesn’t seem to agree on that and gets in Stacey’s face. Dawn says she’s the #1 diva on Smackdown. Eric says he has class and respects women but not those who go behind his back and sign a deal on Smackdown. She may be a part of Smackdown now but with him in charge tonight she’s not going to be a part of this show tonight. He tells her to leave and Dawn sucks up to Eric and taunts Stacey. Stacey slaps Dawn and storms out the office. Eric checks on Dawn to see if she’s alright. Dawn holds on to her face and says BITCH.


Paul Bearer explains his actions

Paul Bearer comes down to the ring with Kane and that mysterious man who helped Kane win the casket match last week. Paul Bearer has a mic handed to him and the first thing he says is You’re not the phenom anymore Undertaker, i’m standing next to the real phenom. Paul Bearer explains the reason why he went back to The Undertaker. He wanted to see if he was really dead. It was The Undertaker that needed him the most so he restored his powers. He wanted to see if The Undertaker was still the phenom he once was. At WrestleMania, he may have defeated Kane but the fact is that The Undertaker is a shell of his former self, because he made Taker that way. He explains why he turned on The Undertaker. At the end of the day blood is thicker than water, and Taker is no son of his, and Kane is. Paul believes that The Undertaker is starting to grow weak already. Kane always had to live in Taker's shadow when Bearer always knew that Kane is better than his older brother The Undertaker. Kane is the more dominant brother. Paul Bearer states that he never liked The Undertaker, infact many years ago The Undertaker burned his face. That fire opened up some old wounds, Taker burned him and now it is his turn to hurt him. Paul thinks since rising back from the dead, The Undertaker is not evil enough to be aligned with Paul Bearer. This is the reason why he has aligned himself with his son Kane and this man. He points to the mysterious guy. Paul Bearer tells everyone that his name is MORDECAI and he is his nephew. This is his family, they are his blood and Taker is not. Mordecai’s father is Paul Bearer’s brother. Mordecai also shares a past with both The Undertaker and Kane because he is also a part of the darkness. In the past he was also tortured by The Undertaker and now he has come back for vengeance. He is just as evil and almost as powerful as his cousin Kane. He has given Mordecai the power of the urn. Mordecai is more powerful than The Undertaker.

Mordecai explains why he is here. He is in the WWE to punish the souls of the wicked. He is going to strike fear into the hearts of the superstars of the WWE. Now that he is at his uncle and his cousin's sides, they are now the most powerful entity in the WWE. He promises to punish all the sinners on Smackdown. The biggest sinners on Smackdown are The Undertaker and Eddie Guerrero. Kane told everyone that he will destroy the Undertaker and he did. He now has possession of the urn, he now has the power of the urn. He told everyone that he will have a family soon and now he does. Now all that’s left is the WWE Title. He vows to win the WWE Title tonight in a steel cage match. At Judgment Day he’s going to walk in as champion and walk out as champion. Whatever is left of Eddie tonight, he will capitalize on and will hurt Eddie this Sunday. The fans have been laughing at him because they felt he’s no longer the monster that he once was. Now they will fear him. The Undertaker and the creatures of the night may have sent Paul Bearer to the darkside but it was him that brought him back. Kane laughs.

Suddenly Lightning struck the ring. The Undertaker’s voice is heard and he has a message for Paul Bearer, Kane and Mordecai. Undertaker says "If you think Paul Bearer’s deception will weaken me, well understand this Kane when i look at you, i see Mordecai and when i see Mordecai i see Paul Bearer. So you must take the brunt of my aggression that i hold for not only you, but two of the most evil souls that walk the face of the earth. You will pay the price. Kane, did you honestly think you were capable of destroying the most powerful entity in the WWE today. Did you honestly think that you put an end to the Undertaker. The time has come for you to pay for your crimes. It’s time Kane for you to face the phenom once more. You will pay for the violation of my sacred urn and you will pay dearly. From now on you will see a side of The Undertaker that you have never seen before. Without the power of the urn i will still prove that i am the lord of the darkness. By seeking Vengeance and taking your souls, i will prove why i am the most feared entity today. At Judgment Day, Kane you will REST IN PEACE." Taker laughs, and then his music starts playing and the lights go out. Then the lights are back on, lightning bolts strike the ringposts and the ringposts go on fire and they start burning. Taker's symbol then burns on the screen. Paul Bearer Kane, and Mordecai are worried but they are trying not to show it but you can tell that they are afraid. Paul Bearer thinks this is all Eddie Guerrero’s doing, and screams on the mic that The Undertaker has gone. The lights go out again and more mindgames are being played. This time Eddie Guerrero’s music hits and the lights are back on. The cage has somehow been lowered with Kane and Mordecai inside the ring.

Paul Bearer has vanished. Eddie Guerrero is in his lowrider and has Paul Bearer in the passenger seat. Eddie has a mic and says Kane messed with his family and now he’s going to mess with his family. Eddie gets inside Kane’s head by mocking him and tells him that he needs to put his mask back on because his face is hideous. That really outrages Kane. Now he’s going to take Kane’s fat father Paul Bearer for a ride holmes. He’s taking Paul Bearer hostage. Kane warns Eddie not to do any physical harm on his father. He will pay for this. Eddie even mocks Mordecai and tells him that the only person that will be punished is Mordecai's uncle Paul Bearer. Eddie calls Kane the most dumbest person he’s ever known. All that time he was talking he could have come after Eddie but he was stupid to hear him embarrass Kane. He's going to kick Kane and The Undertaker's ass at Judgment Day. Now he's taking Kane's Papi for a ride holmes. Orrale Vato, VIVA LA RAZA!!!! Mordecai and Kane start climbing the cage but it’s too late. Eddie gets away. Kane and Mordecai are furious and run to the back and the chase is on.

Kane and Mordecai try to track Eddie down but they can’t find him. Kane is screaming. Kane sees Spike Dudley and Scotty 2 Hotty. They grab them by the throat. Kane asks Spike if he’s seen Eddie and his father. Spike has no idea where he is. Mordecai and Kane destroy Spike and Scotty.

Eric and Dawn just watched what went down on the monitor and hoped that Kane and Mordecai don’t come after him to find out where Eddie is. He hoped that they find Eddie and teach him a lesson not only for taking Paul Bearer hostage but for stealing his wallet. He’s going to get his wallet back tonight. Dawn thinks Eddie won’t show up for his match. Now that he has Paul Bearer, we may not have a match now because Kane will be looking for his father. Eric said oh there will definitely be a cage match tonight. If Eddie doesn’t show up, he will be stripped of the title and he will declare Kane as the new WWE Champion.


Match 3
You’re Fired Match
JBL vs Chavo Classic


Chavo Classic comes down with his son Chavo Jr. JBL then comes down to the ring. Eric Bischoff appears on the screen and talks about how he made the cruiserweight division in WCW. If there is one thing he wanted on Raw was the cruiserweight division. He believes he would utilise the cruiserweights better if they were on Raw. Well right now he’s going to let Dawn Marie decide which match Chavo Classic will be competing in against JBL. It lands on a You’re Fired Match. If Chavo Classic beats JBL tonight then JBL is fired and there will be no JBL vs The World match this Sunday at Judgment Day. If JBL wins then Chavo Classic is fired. Since he doesn’t want someones job to end in outside interference, he tells Chavo Jr to make his way to the back otherwise he will be fired. Chavo Jr has to go. The bell rings. This is a quick squash. JBL pounds the hell out of Chavo Classic at the start. Chavo Classic comes back with a few rights, he even gets a swinging neckbreaker on JBL. He goes for a clothesline but is met with a big boot by JBL. JBL hits a devastating clothesline from hell and pins Chavo Sr for the 3 count. JBL wins and celebrates and leaves. Chavo Classic is in the ring and he’s upset. His son comes down and consoles him and Chavo Classic has been fired.

Winner: JBL


Now Eddie is driving Paul Bearer down the street. He is outside the arena and Paul begs Eddie to let him go. Eddie is like what do you mean let you go esse, were having fun esse. He decides to stop and he’s going to dump Paul in a sewer. Paul pleads with Eddie to let him go. Eddie says this isn’t the first time he’s been dumped in a sewer before so he will let him go. He dumps Paul head first into a sewer but doesn’t seal it. Eddie drives off. Paul screams for help. Kane and Mordecai arrive and get Paul out. Kane starts screaming. He promises to get revenge on Eddie tonight.

Match 4
No DQ Match
Booker T vs Rey Mysterio

Booker T makes his way down. Rey Mysterio is out next. Eric Bischoff appears on the screen and lets them know what match they are competing in. Dawn spins the wheel and it lands on a No DQ match. Booker jumps Rey from behind and the bell rings. Booker gets a few right hands on Rey, Rey uses his quickness to come back and take Booker down. He delivers a hurracanrana and delivers a dropkick to Booker to the floor. Rey frustrates Booker in the early going by doing high flying moves. Booker comes back and nails Rey with a sidekick. Booker looks for the scissors kick but Rey moves out the way and kicks away at Booker’s leg. He takes Booker down with a bulldog and dropkicks Booker to the floor. Rey launches himself at Booker but Booker steps out the way. Booker stomps away at Rey and whips Rey in the ringpost. They trade holds and go back and forth with Booker dominating the match. Rey fights back and delivers a 619 to Booker which knocks Booker to the floor. They fight outside the ring and Booker delivers an axe kick on Rey. Booker T assaults Mysterio and rolls him back in. Booker delivers a suplex and then gets a sidewalk slam for a near fall. Booker then hammers away at Rey in the corner and taunts him. He delivers repeated backhand chops to Rey, Rey counters and gets a few chops of his own. Rey delivers a bronco buster to Booker in the corner. He gets a springboard crossbody and clotheslines Booker to the floor. They fight outside again and Booker reverses a whip and sends Rey into the ringside guard rail. Booker lifts Rey up and drops him on the guard rail. Booker places Rey on the announce table and goes for a Book-end, Rey elbows out and delivers a ddt on the table but the table doesn’t break. Both men fall down are down.

They get back in and Rey dropkicks Booker in the corner and delivers a 10 punch in the corner. Edge comes down and spears Rey. He gets a chair. RVD runs down. Edge is about to nail the conchairto on Rey but RVD gets the chair of Edge and throws it down. He starts punching away at Edge. Booker jumps RVD from behind and they start brawling. Edge and Rey end up brawling in the ring. Mysterio hits the 619 on Edge. Rey goes after Edge on the ramp and Edge manages to escape. Meanwhile Booker gets that chair and swings at RVD. RVD kicks the chair in Booker’s face. Rey is now back in the ring. RVD drags Booker in the corner. RVD goes to the other corner with a chair in his hand and goes right to the top rope. This is coast to coast. RVD DELIVERS A VAN TERMINATOR TO BOOKER T. Unbelievable. From one corner to the next, right in the face of Booker T. Fans chant Holy Shit. RVD does his signature taunt and tells Booker this is just a start. Mysterio pins Booker T for the 3 count. Big upset win here. RVD and Rey celebrate in the ring. Edge is back on the ramp. Mysterio taunts Edge to get back in the ring and fight and Edge yells just wait until Sunday and he points to his skull saying he is smart.
Winner: Rey Mysterio



Rey Mysterio bumps into JBL in the back. JBL sarcastically congratulates Rey on his victory. JBL called Rey's win a fluke and wanted Rey to watch how he destroys the international cruiserweights at Judgment Day. JBL thinks it's going to be the most easiest challenge of his life, despite having to take on 4 men he seems very confident. JBL thinks Rey has no chance against Edge. JBL gives Rey some advice and that's to back out of his match against Edge before it's too late. JBL advises Rey to go back to the cruiserweight division so he can fight with guys his own size. If Edge doesn't send him back to Mexico then JBL claims that he will personally deport Mysterio back because he's not wanted here. Mysterio fires back and he tells JBL that he's seen JBL running his mouth making fun of the international stars on Smackdown. If there is anyone that's a disgrace to America then that's JBL. If JBL continues to run his mouth then Rey will personally make sure that JBL doesn't make it to Judgment Day. Rey walks off as JBL has a big smirk on his face and doesn't take Rey's threat too seriously.

Eric finally finds Eddie who is walking down for his match and demands his wallet back or he will strip Eddie of the title now. Eddie gives Eric his wallet back and Eric told Eddie, he hoped Kane destroys Eddie. Eddie walks down for his match. Bischoff is heading back to his office and bumps into Rey Mysterio. Eric starts berating Rey for his actions tonight. Rey said he gave Edge a taste of his own medicine and now that Edge has made it personal he will make him pay at Judgment Day. Rey then mocks Bischoff for holding him down in WCW. This is one of many reasons why WCW failed. Eric believed cruiserweights couldn’t be huge stars but look at Eddie now. Look at Rey now, someday he will become champion. Eric laughs and says that’s a good one but that simply won’t be happening. Rey said he may be small but size does not matter. He’s going to show that a guy like him can take the fight to guys like Edge. Edge likes to hurt people and he’s going to get him back for what he’s done to others. Rey walks off. Up next is the steel cage match.


Main Event
WWE Title Steel Cage Match
Eddie Guerrero (c) vs Kane
The cage comes down as Eddie Guerrero comes out first, followed by Kane who comes out by himself. Looks like Kane wants his father to be out of harms way after what just happened to him earlier. The bell rings and Eddie takes it to Kane by delivering a few right hands. Kane gets one of his own to knock Eddie down. Eddie comes back and outsmarts Kane with a few moves and really gets inside the head of Kane. Eddie taunts Kane as the crowd start an Eddie chant. Kane uses his power to get the advantage and really gives Eddie a beating inside the cage. Kane misses a charge in the corner and Eddie hammers away at Kane. He does the top rope 9 count punch and on 10, Kane delivers an atomic drop and follows with a big ddt. Kane goes for a cover but only gets a 2. Kane misses a top rope clothesline and Eddie dropkicks Kane into the corner. Eddie hits a top rope suplex. Kane sits up and Eddie is stunned. Eddie goes for a clothesline but is met with a big boot by Kane. Kane tried to put Eddie away with the sleeper but the fans get behind Eddie as he was able to get up and fight out of it. Eddie started working on Kane’s leg and locks in his submission hold, The Lasso from El Paso. This is a very painful submission hold as Eddie has it locked on. Kane uses his power to escape. Kane holds on to the ropes to pull himself up. Eddie dropkicks Kane into the knee. Chop block by Eddie. Eddie has the big man down. Eddie goes to the top rope and goes for a frog splash and Kane moves out the way. Kane is in control again and hammers away at Eddie in the corner. He sends Eddie face-first into the cage and Eddie is now bleeding. Kane goes for a chokehold in the corner and then delivers a big sidewalk slam for a near fall. Mid-way during the match Eddie was back on the offense and tried climbing the cage but Kane stopped him. Kane hit a chokeslam and Eddie just kicked out at 2. Kane signalled for the tombstone and Eddie slips out and hit a ddt. Great counter but Eddie is too hurt to go for a cover. He manages to crawl over and only gets a 2. Eddie delivers the 3 amigos suplex to Kane. Eddie starts climbing the the cage and goes to the top. All he has to do is climb down but it doesn’t seem like he wants too. Eddie HITS A FROG SPLASH FROM THE TOP OF THE CAGE ON KANE and both men are out. Eddie crawls over for the cover and Kane just kicks out at 2.

Mordecai and Paul Bearer come down and watch from outside the ring. Paul Bearer is livid. Eddie tried climbing the cage again but Mordecai was standing outside the ring so Eddie decides climb down in the ring. Paul Bearer starts screaming and yelling son, teach him a lesson, tear him apart. Both men are exchanging blows, Kane knocks Eddie down with a right hand. Kane exposed the turnbuckle pad and Eddie reverses a whip and sends Kane into the exposed turnbuckle pad. Kane is out cold. Eddie decides to get out the door but Mordecai slams the door in Eddie’s face. Paul Bearer is laughing. Eddie and Kane are both down. Kane is slowly back up to his feet. He delivers a chokeslam. He then picks Eddie up and plants him with the tombstone. It’s over. It looks like Kane’s going to win the match but suddenly the lights go out for 10 seconds as the gong strikes. Wait a minute, The Undertaker is back. The Undertaker rises up from underneath the ring and pulls Kane with him under the ring and takes him to hell. It’s like he’s risen from the dead. Paul Bearer can’t believe it. Eddie starts climbing the cage and Mordecai rips the cage door open. By the time he gets in the cage it’s too late. Kane is gone and now Eddie climbs over the cage and retains the title. Viva La Raza hits as Eddie manages to escape and celebrates near the ramp. Paul Bearer is screaming and wondering where his son has gone. Mordecai and Bearer get out the cage and Paul is freaking out. He’s had a terrible night.
Winner: Eddie Guerrero


Once Mordecai and Paul Bearer are gone Eric Bischoff comes back into the ring to close the show. He wants to let everyone know that it’s been one hell of a show tonight and all these fans should be thanking him for making Smackdown’s ratings go up for one night only. He wants to thank Vince McMahon for coming up with one hell of an idea because this wasn’t so bad afterall. Next week, Paul Heyman will return and Smackdown will just be the same old boring show, just like Paul Heyman’s other promotion Extremely Crappy Wrestling. Bischoff laughs and said well Paul Heyman you couldn’t control your roster but he could certainly control Paul’s Smackdown stars. Paul was threatened and assaulted here but with Eric Bischoff, it’s totally different. Why because the Smackdown superstars are afraid of him because he has a black belt in karate and you just don’t wanna mess with Eric Bischoff. He’s proved that he did a much better job running Smackdown than Paul Heyman. He deserves GM award of the year for going to another show and putting on a better show than the actual GM. So Paul Heyman take my advice, this is how you run a show. It’s been a wild night despite a few problems he’s enjoyed it. It’s been fun being here on Smackdown but now that he has to go back to his show RAW the A-show, he just hopes Kane beats both The Undertaker and Eddie Guerrero. So fans if you want to see the number 1 show tune in to Raw this coming Monday. The lights go out and the dong hits. The lights come back on, and The Undertaker is in the ring with Bischoff. Bischoff is shitting his pants scared out of his mind and says Nooooooooo Undertaker please i beg you. He is pleading with Taker to spare him. The Undertaker did his cut throat taunt and ends up tombstoning Bischoff. The Undertaker is back and Judgment Day is this Sunday. Taker rolled his eyes and motions for the WWE Title as Smackdown comes to a close.



WWE Judgment Day
May 16, 2004



Final Card


WWE Title Triple Threat Match
Eddie Guerrero (c) vs Kane vs The Undertaker

Booker T vs RVD

Falls Count Anywhere
Edge vs Rey Mysterio

US Title Match
John Cena (c) vs Val Venis

Tag Team Title Ladder Match
The Hurricane and Shannon Moore (c) vs Billy Kidman and Paul London

Matt Hardy vs Rhyno

Cruiserweight Title Match
Tajiri (c) vs Johnny Nitro

JBL vs The World – 4 on 1 International Gaunlet Challenge(Mexico, Italy and Japan)
JBL vs Chavo Guerrero Jr, Nunzio, Akio and Funaki
 
#83 ·
Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

Smackdown Review

Smackdown was an awesome show from start to finish especially with Eric Bischoff running things if you ask me, and especially having the Smackdown Roulette wheel here to determine the type of matches that they were going to have, and especially the build-up heading into Judgment Day, perfect

Eric also interacting with Edge, RVD, Val Venis, Matt Hardy, Booker T, Cena, and JBL, I loved it especially the interaction with Bischoff and Cena

The 10 man Tag Team Match with the heels winning, it gives them advantages and momentum going into Judgment Day, so again right call

The Dawn Marie, Eddie Guerrero, Eric Bischoff segment with Eddie stealing his wallet, loved it, classic Eddie in my opinion always the practical joker

Edge winning the Tables Match gives him so much more momentum heading into Judgment Day against Mysterio, especially loved it when Booker T got involved to cost RVD the Tables Match by helping Edge, and then Rey attacking Edge disguising himself as one of the fans and then going to sit back down, and Edge all psychotic demanding to know who attacked him and then tearing the masks off little kids wanting to know where Rey is, and he is about to tear the mask off of a certain fan, only for Rey to beat the hell out of Edge, and Edge trying to get away out of dodge, awesome moment

Stacy Keibler on Smackdown, I really love it, she can shine here on Thursday nights and especially when she slapped Dawn Marie, loved it

Paul Bearer, Kane, Mordecai segment I also loved it as well. Especially the part with Paul Bearer explaining why he turned on Taker, and how Mordecai is related to him and Kane and also Mordecai having a past with Undertaker as well, now this situation is really getting interesting

The lights going out and then Eddie's music plays, and then the cage lowers with Kane and Mordecai inside it, and Paul Bearer somehow in Eddie's low rider with Eddie taking Paul hostage, awesome, and then the chase being on, great scene

JBL dominating Chavo Classic with Chavo Sr. getting fired, awesome, I love it, one less face we have to see around here, and it can only mean one thing, the rise of JBL

Rey Mysterio beating Booker T in a NO DQ match, I love it, as it gives Rey that much needed momentum heading into Judgment Day for when he faces Edge and it looks like Rey has the upper hand as he is in Edge's head, and RVD coming down to cost Booker the match, loved it

Eddie dumping Paul in the sewer, loved it, ROFLMAO moment

Eddie retaining his WWE Title inside the Steel Cage, again hard fought victory, and Undertaker rising out from under the cage like Freddy Kreuger from Nightmare On Elm Street, that was awesome, him dragging Kane underneath to hell, and Mordecai and Paul Bearer getting all worried and scared about Kane

Undertaker Tombstoning Bischoff to end the show, really great way to end Smackdown

Overall good Smackdown, and now Judgment Day is on the horizon!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
#84 ·
Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

Judgment Day Analysis

As for the ppv itself, the only matches that stick out to me, the only ones that I will talk about here are the main event being for the WWE Title, Edge vs Rey Mysterio Falls Count Anywhere, Booker T vs RVD, and John Cena defending his United States Championship against Val Venis because these are are the matches that I am looking forward to.

John Cena vs. Val Venis, if I had to be honest, I would say Cena would win, but Val Venis has surprised me as of late especially aligning himself with Dawn Marie, and also because he took out The Big Show and how many people can honestly say that, and Val Venis has bashed Cena week after week, and Cena has fired right back, so it will be interesting to see who wins this

Edge vs Rey Mysterio Falls Count Anywhere, another prime example of best friends turning on each other, well Edge turning on Rey because of his obsession of being WWE Champion and the fact that he thinks Rey betrayed him when he chose Eddie over him, and also Edge in his psychotic state as of late, can only mean bad things for Rey but also Rey is in Edge's head also by attacking Edge, so again another interesting match to call

Booker T vs RVD, the match that I am looking most forward to because Booker T I feel he deserves a push, and after what he has done as of late to RVD, and wanting to go out on his own, he is right, all RVD has done is hold Booker T back

And as for the WWE Title Triple-Threat Match with Eddie Guerrero vs. Kane vs. Taker, this I think will be match of the night if you ask me
 
#85 ·
Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

WWE Judgment Day
May 16, 2004
Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center



Final Card


WWE Title Triple Threat Match
Eddie Guerrero (c) vs Kane vs The Undertaker

Booker T vs RVD

Falls Count Anywhere
Edge vs Rey Mysterio

US Title Match
John Cena (c) vs Val Venis

Tag Team Title Ladder Match
The Hurricane and Shannon Moore (c) vs Billy Kidman and Paul London

Matt Hardy vs Rhyno

Cruiserweight Title Match
Tajiri (c) vs Johnny Nitro

JBL vs The World – 4 on 1 International Gaunlet Challenge(Mexico, Italy and Japan)
JBL vs Chavo Guerrero Jr, Nunzio, Akio and Funaki


WWE Judgment Day 2004 Preview



WWE Championship Title Triple Threat Match
Eddie Guerrero (c) vs Kane vs The Undertaker




Eddie Guerrero has been WWE Champion ever since No Way Out 2004 when he defeated Brock Lesnar and he went on to retain at WrestleMania defeating Kurt Angle. Now at Judgment Day it is a classic story of Eddie Guerrero trying to overcome the odds yet again but by overcoming not just one monster but overcoming two monsters in Kane and The Undertaker. Eddie has shown both Undertaker and Kane that he will do whatever it takes to still remain the WWE Champion and also Eddie has shown that he won't be intimidated by either Kane or The Undertaker. While Kane has proven to be even more sadistic than ever before tormenting not just his brother The Undertaker but also tormenting Eddie Guerrero's family. Kane now has Paul Bearer back at his side with Paul Bearer turning his back on The Undertaker and aligning himself with his son Kane once again. Tis twisted family saga has turned another corner with the debut of Kane's cousin and Paul Bearer's nephew Mordecai. The Undertaker still proves that he is the master of the mind games by pulling Kane down into the depths of Hell and also Eddie pulling that kidnapping stunt by taking Paul Bearer hostage. At Judgment Day it will all come to a head. Will The Big Red Machine win the gold and become the most powerful entity in the WWE? Or will The Undertaker take the gold back with him over to the dark side? Or will Eddie Guerrero overcome the odds once again and still remain the WWE Champion?

Falls Count Anywhere
Edge vs Rey Mysterio



A friendship now turned into a bitter rivalry as these two former partners, these two former friends Edge and Rey Mysterio will do battle in a Falls Count Anywhere Match at Judgment Day. Their feud will finally be coming on to a collision course. A feud born out of betrayal and Edge's obsession with being WWE Champion but with Rey trying to stop Edge from being something that he has always wanted to be. After it is said and done, which man will walk out of Judgment Day in one piece and which man will walk out of Judgment Day broken?


Booker T vs RVD



Once good friends, once former tag-team partners now bitter enemies as this rivalry has now been born out of greed, born out of betrayal. Now at Judgment Day it will all come to a bitter end. Booker T has proven that he has RVD's number. Recently RVD has pinned Booker T twice in tag team competition but now in singles competition they go finally one on one. Will RVD beat his now bitter rival also proving that he should be in line for a future WWE Championship match? Or will Booker T prove that he is once and for all better than his ex-partner. Will he also prove that he is in line for a future WWE Championship match. We will find out when they clash at Judgment Day.


WWE United States Championship Match
John Cena (c) vs Val Venis


A rivalry of the present vs the future of this company, with Val Venis proving that he deserves to be the #1 Contender for the WWE United States Championship. Ever since he was traded to Smackdown, Val has been constantly bashing the WWE United States Champion the Dr. of Thuganomics, the street thug John Cena. Cena right back in retaliation has proven that he won't let Val Venis intimidate him. Cena has mocked Val by coming up with raps knocking Val down saying how Val is nothing more than the past and that John Cena is the future. With Dawn Marie by Val's side, she believes Val still has it and wants to revive Val's career. Since coming to Smackdown, Val's career has taken off again as he defeated The mighty Big Show in a stretcher match. A man who John Cena also defeated for the United States Championship at WrestleMania 20. Will Val Venis prove without a shadow of a doubt that he deserves to be the WWE United States Champion by beating Cena? Or will Cena prove all the critics wrong yet again by beating Val Venis?

Also The Hurricane and Shannon Moore defend the tag team titles against Billy Kidman and Paul London in a ladder match. Tajiri will defend his cruiserweight title against Johnny Nitro. Matt Hardy takes on Rhyno. JBL will be running the gaunlet against 4 of Smackdown's international cruiserweights as JBL takes on the world.

Predictions Template
1)Predict the Match order for Judgment Day? (5 points)
2)Predict the Winners? (2 points)
3)Who will be pinned/submit in the main event triple threat match? (5 points)
3)Which match will have the shortest time? (2 points)
4)How many championships will change hands? (2 points)
5)Will Mordecai interfere in the main event? (2 points)
6)Will anyone return/debut at Judgment Day? (2 points)


Still welcoming more reviews for Smackdown. Now that i’ve got the preview along with the predictions template up, the ppv should be hopefully up by Friday or Saturday. Predictions would be more than welcome and all feedback for the PPV will be returned

 
#86 ·
Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

Judgment Day Predictions

My Judgment Day predictions are as follows:

JBL I see him dominating the World beating the 4 other cruiserweights in that International Gauntlet Challenge of JBL vs. The World. The cruiserweights let's just face it are not in JBL's league, and none of them can hang with him, and that is why I see him dominating and making good on his guarantee

Tajiri I see him beating Nitro to retain his WWE Cruiserweight Championship, even though I see Nitro almost beating him but Tajiri beating him by fluke

Rhyno I see him beating Matt Hardy

London & Kidman I see them beating Hurricane & Moore in the Tag Team Title Ladder Match to become the new WWE Tag Team Champions

Val Venis I see him beating Cena to become the new WWE United States Champion

Edge I definitely see him beating Mysterio in a Falls Count Anywhere Match

Booker T I see him beating RVD by stealing a victory somehow by underhanded tactics

Eddie Guerrero I see him beating Kane and The Undertaker in a Triple-Threat Match to retain his WWE Championship, as for who he pins, I can realistically see him pinning Kane
 
#87 · (Edited)
Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

Sunday Night Heat Recap
16/5/04

Michael Cole and Tazz welcome us to Sunday Night Heat. Judgment Day will kick off in an hour. They mention that Mordecai will be making his in ring debut on Sunday Night Heat.

Backstage segments are shown as a lot of stars cut promos for their matches tonight at Judgment Day. Booker T, RVD, Matt Hardy, Johnny Nitro, JBL, Val Venis, The Hurricane and Shannon Moore, Kidman and London all cut promos for their matches tonight.

Tazz and Cole hype up some of the big matches taking place on the show such as the main event, RVD vs Booker T, Edge vs Rey Mysterio.

Sunday Night Heat Match
Mordecai vs Spike Dudley
Spike Dudley comes out first. Mordecai makes his in ring debut as he comes down to the ring with his uncle Paul Bearer. Spike was attacked by Mordecai on Smackdown and he’s got a big challenge to overcome tonight. Spike looks concerned. This guy Mordecai is very strange, he’s the cousin of Kane and now that he’s by Kane’s side, who can stop them. Mordecai stares at Spike as the bell rings. Spike goes to the ropes and tries to knock Mordecai down but he can’t. He tries again and Mordecai grabs Spike by the throat and throws him down. He starts choking Spike out and breaks it up. He pounds away on Spike and levels him with a clothesline, following by a knee to the skull. Powerslam by Mordecai. He is just too strong. Spike tries battling back with some rights. He attempts the Dudley dog but Mordecai throws him off. Chokeslam by Mordecai. He looks at Paul Bearer who raises the urn and gives Mordecai the signal to finish Spike off. He lifts Spike up and drops him with a crucifix powerbomb and pins him for the 3 count. Who can stop this guy? This match lasted 2 minutes and it was a total squash. Michael Cole mentioned that Judgment Day gets underway in just over a few minutes on ppv from here in the Staples Center.
Match Result: Mordecai defeated Spike Dudley

WWE Judgment Day
May 16, 2004
Staples Center, Los Angeles California

Judgment Day opened with a video package highlighting the main feuds for tonight’s matches. Eddie Guerrero, Kane, The Undertaker, Rey Mysterio, Edge, RVD and Booker T were all featured in the video package. Judgment Day is upon us. Michael Cole and Tazz welcome us to the show. Michael Cole goes over the matches we will be seeing tonight and now we are underway with our first match.

Opening Contest
US Title Match
John Cena (c) vs Val Venis
John Cena’s music hits as the United States Champion makes his way down to ringside for our opening contest. Cena gets a big ovation from the fans here in Los Angeles. Ever since Cena defeated the Big Show at WrestleMania to become the champion, he’s been a fighting champion. John Cena is handed a mic and kicks off Judgment Day with an opening rap. He wants the Los Angeles fans to make some noise. THE CHAMP IS HERE!!! Cena says since coming to Smackdown Val’s been complaining about being held back. He can’t even nail Dawn in the sack. Val’s not even in his league, Cena calls Dawn Marie the biggest slut there is and that everyone has had a turn with her. If Dawn wants a real man, you have to look no further than a thug while Val you are just another dude who will come up short of being a bug at Judgment Day. Cena then insults Val's manhood by saying how Val has no balls. After tonight he will still have this title around his waist, what will Val have, absolutely nothing but an STD from Dawn Marie.


Cena gets interrupted as Val’s music hits as the challenger makes his way down to the ring with his manager Dawn Marie. Val believes that a guy like Cena is not fit to represent Smackdown as the United States Champion. Val claims that he’s going to bring back prestige to the United States Title. Val and Cena have a staredown. The bell rings and they lock up in the center of the ring. Val takes Cena into the corner and gets a few right hands, Cena gets some of his own. Cena whips Val to the ropes and takes him down with a shoulder tackle. Cena does his you can’t see me taunt. Collar and elbow tie up, goes into chain wrestling with Cena coming out on top. Val comes back with a knee to the gut and gets some right hands on Cena. He whips Cena to the ropes and takes him down with a back elbow. Val delivers a suplex and goes for a cover and Cena kicks out at two. Val delivers some knee shots in the corner to Cena and goes for a charge but Cena moves out the way. Cena rolls Val up for a 2. Now Cena’s hammering away on Val. Cena makes a mistake by turning around for one second to see Dawn on the apron. She’s trying to distract Cena which allows Val from behind to pin him 1, 2, Cena barely kicks out. Then they are really taking it to each other until Val rakes the eyes of Cena. DDT by Val and Cena kicks out at 2. Val goes up to the top rope to deliver the Money Shot. Cena gets up and Val jumps off the top rope to try a Cross-Body on Cena. Cena catches Val in mid-air and counters the Cross-Body attempt into a Powerslam to pin Val 1..2..2 1/2, Val just got the shoulder up. Val reverses a whip and throws Cena to the floor. Val gets the ref’s attention and with the ref’s back turned, Dawn Marie starts kicking away at Cena. Val goes outside and rams Cena’s shoulder into the post and then rolls Cena back in. Val whips Cena hard into the corner and then delivers a big backdrop. He goes for a cover and Cena kicks out at two. Val delivers a full nelson slam and gets a near fall.

Val then delivers an elbow drop and gets a sleeper hold on Cena. The fans get behind Cena who gets up on his feet and gets out of the hold and delivers a back suplex on Venis. Both men are down. Cena is up on his feet first and takes Val down with a shoulder block. Cena connects with the throwback and gets a cover and Val is able to kick out at 2. Cena starts delivering some right hands to Val in the corner. Cena delivers a spin-out powerbomb. He goes for a cover and Val kicks out at 2. Dawn Marie gets on the apron and distracts Cena. She tries to seduce him but Cena plants a kiss on her and Dawn freaks out. Val nails Cena from behind and rolls him up for a 2. Val drops Cena with a bulldog and gets a 2. He starts delivering some mounted punches to Cena in the corner until the ref starts counting and Val breaks it up at 3. Val argues with the ref and Dawn starts choking Cena out near the ropes. The ref turns around as Dawn lets go. Val delivers a bridging cradle suplex and Cena kicks out at 2. Val tries to ram Cena’s head into the turnbuckle but Cena puts the break on and rams Val’s head into the buckle 3 times. The doctor of thuganomics delivers a twisting belly to belly suplex on Val and goes for a cover and Val kicks out at 2. Cena sends Val to the ropes and both men take each other out with a clothesline and both men are down. Cena is first to get up, Val ducks a punch and hits a fisherman suplex on Cena. Cena ducks a punch and punches Val who falls into the corner. Cena goes for a charge but runs into an elbow and inadvertedly goes into the referee. Cena goes for a whip, Val reverses and Dawn trips Cena up. Cena is furious and starts chasing Dawn outside the ring. She gets inside and hides behind the referee and Val knocks Cena down with a clothesline. Dawn gets back outside the ring. Val goes for a suplex, Cena slips out and rolls Val up for a near fall. Cena scores with a swinging neckbreaker. Cena goes to the top and Val is trying to get back up to his feet and Cena drops a guillotine legdrop at the back of Val’s neck. He goes for a cover and gets 2 ½.

Cena goes for an FU again and Val slips out and counters with a DDT and gets 2. Cena ducks a clothesline and goes to the ropes and delivers the throwback. Here we go five knuckle shuffle time. Cena goes to do his signature taunt "You Can't See Me" and he pumps his shoes and bounces off the ropes to deliver a Five-Knuckle Shuffle to Val Venis to pin him 1...2...2 1/2, Val again kicks out. Then Dawn gets up on the apron to obstruct the referee's view of things which allows Val Venis to get Cena's steel chain. He wraps it around his hand to hit Cena in the head with it. Dawn did the “You Can’t See Me” hand signal as a message to Cena. Val goes to pin Cena 1..2.and Cena gets his foot on the ropes. Val can't believe it and neither can Dawn Marie. Val begins to work on the legs of Cena. He locks in the Venis flytrap which is a reverse figure four leg lock. Cena then is trying to fight through the pain. He is trying to get to the ropes and he almost gets there only for Dawn to pull the ropes away. The ref sees what Dawn just did and he ejects her from ringside which forces Val to break the hold. Val is then getting upset trying to talk to the referee to bring her back but the ref is having none of it. She’s been here the whole match by getting away with a lot without the ref noticing by distracting Cena but now the referee has caught her out. She has to leave. Dawn leaves. Val turns around and Cena goes to pick him up to deliver the F-U but Val slides off and counters it into a neckbreaker. Val goes to the top rope to try to deliver the Money Shot. He does his old signature taunt and he’s wasting time now. Val jumps and almost hit it but Cena barely rolled out of the way with Val eating canvas entirely. Cena goes to pick up Val to deliver another F-U but this time it connects. Cena goes to pin him 1, 2, 3. Cena pins Val for the 3 count to retain his United States Championship. What a battle. Cena is still the U.S. Champion. He retains his belt in a really hard fought match-up which could have gone either way. Cena goes in the crowd and celebrates his win with the fans.

Match Result: John Cena defeated Val Venis to retain the United States Title.
Match Time: 10:05



Paul Heyman is in the back in his office and lets everyone know that it feels good to be back. He enjoyed his time on Raw as the GM for one week but now he’s back on the number 1 brand Smackdown. He enjoyed what happened to Eric Bischoff, Bischoff was running his mouth about controlling the Smackdown roster. He got what he deserved at the end. Dawn Marie storms into Paul’s office and she’s complaining about the referee ejecting her from ringside. Paul tells her to calm down and allows her to be at ringside for the ladder match.

Gaunlet Match
JBL vs The World

It’s now time for the International Gaunlet match. JBL will be taking on 4 International cruiserweights in a gauntlet match. JBL’s music hits as he comes down to the ring. Bradshaw seems very confident but he shouldn’t underestimate the cruiserweights. A few weeks ago JBL almost got his hands on the cruiserweight title and promised to sell it but the decision was reversed by the referee. Then JBL got involved in a match involving many cruiserweights and now he’s up against 4 cruiserweights in a gauntlet match. Funaki’s music hits as he is up first. JBL has a big smile on his face. How embarrassing would it be for JBL to lose this match. The bell rings as Funaki and JBL lock up. JBL shoves Funaki down and JBL has a big smirk on his face. JBL takes him into the corner and pounds away at him. He gets a delayed vertical suplex on Funaki. He goes for a whip and Funaki knocks JBL down with a dropkick. Funaki rolls JBL up and gets a 2. Funaki whips JBL to the ropes, he goes for a clothesline, JBL ducks and goes to the ropes and hits a clothesline from hell. 1..2...3. Funaki is out. It took JBL a minute to get rid of Funaki. Now Akio comes down and goes right to the top rope and gets a crossbody on JBL. He goes for a cover and JBL kicks out at 2. JBL reverses a whip and nails Akio with a bit boot. He goes for a powerbomb, Akio slips out and rolls JBL up and gets a 2. Spinning heel kick by Akio and JBL kicks out at 2. He goes to the top and goes for a moonsault and JBL moves out the way. JBL picks Akio up and plants him with a powerbomb. He pins Akio for the 3 and Akio is eliminated. Akio lasted a few seconds more than Funaki. 2 down 2 to go for JBL. Now Nunzio is in. He takes his time to get down the ring. He locks up with JBL and JBL shoves him down. Nunzio gets up and starts delivering some right hands. He goes for a springboard crossbody but JBL catches him and drops him with the last call fallaway slam. A cover by JBL and Nunzio kicks out at 2 ½. JBL picks Nunzio up and drops him with a powerbomb. He goes for a cover but decides to break it up at 2. He had the match won and he really thinks it’s an easy challenge.

JBL mauls Nunzio in the corner. He whips Nunzio to the other corner and goes for a charge and runs into a boot. Nunzio goes to the top and hits the Sicilian slice. He goes for a cover and JBL kicks out at 2 ½. He almost had it. JBL really underestimated Nunzio and he may have made a huge mistake. Nunzio goes to the top again for a crossbody but Bradshaw moves out the way. Nunzio staggers back to his feet and JBL knocks his head almost off with a devastating clothesline from hell. He pins Nunzio for the 3 count and Nunzio is eliminated. He’s posing in the ring. He has his back turned but wait a minute Chavo is on the top rope and hits a missile dropkick on JBL. Chavo is getting retribution for his dad Chavo Classic . He was fired because JBL beat him in a you’re fired match. Chavo is really taking it to JBL here as Chavo is fresh. He dropkicks JBL to the floor. Chavo goes to the top rope and takes JBL down with a flying bodypress. Chavo’s on a roll. He rolls JBL back in. Chavo whips JBL to the corner, he runs into a back elbow by JBL. JBL delivers a swinging neckbreaker for a 2. JBL starts chopping away at Chavo in the corner. JBL delivers a suplex on Chavo and Chavo kicks out at 2. JBL whips Chavo to the ropes, Chavo gets a baseball slide and takes JBL down with a headscissors. Chavo manages to get JBL up to the top rope. He’s going for a top rope hurricanrana only for JBL to catch him in mid air and then powerbombs Chavo into the canvas. JBL doesn’t go for a cover. He’s waiting for Chavo to get up. As soon as Chavo gets up JBL charges full speed at Chavo and nails him with the clothesline from hell. JBL scores the 3 count victory over Chavo to win the International Gaunlet. Now that was impressive. Chavo puts up a good fight but JBL proved to be too strong for him. A big win for JBL. JBL celebrates and he proved tonight that he was just too strong against the cruiserweights.

Match Result: JBL wins the International Gaunlet
Match Time: 6:18

In the back Josh Matthews interviews Edge in Edge’s locker room. Edge yells at Josh and asks him what he wants. Josh wanted to get a words with Edge for his match later on with Rey. Edge thinks Rey Mysterio is nowhere near his league at all. Rey doesn't stand a chance against him because Rey doesn't know him anymore. He thinks he does, but he doesn't because he won't know until the match is on. This is exactly what Edge is capable of. Edge is in his psychotic state talking to the mirror backstage in his dressing room, putting his gear on. Edge sees a Rey Mysterio mask in his dressing room. Josh looks on as Edge gets scissors and cuts the mask apart. He tells Josh that this is what is going to happen to Rey after the match is over.

Tag Team Championship
Ladder Match
The Hurricane and Shannon Moore (c) vs Billy Kidman and Paul London

The next match is a ladder match for the tag team titles. Two ladders are set up near the entrance way and expect some to be underneath the ring. Last year at Judgment Day we had a tag team title ladder match and we are getting one again. The challengers Billy Kidman and Paul London come out first with their manager Dawn Marie. Dawn starts climbing the ladder and poses as Kidman and London just stare at her body. They take her down as she walks down with them to ringside. Dawn didn’t have the luck earlier on but she may get some luck now as Kidman and London have the chance to become tag champs. They believe that they were robbed in the tag team turmoil a few weeks ago. They get their big opportunity right now. The Hurricane’s music hits as the tag team champions, The Hurricane and Shannon Moore come down with Torrie Wilson and hey it’s Stacey Keibler. The tag team champions are so lucky and Dawn Marie is furious. Helms and Moore go past the ladder and just look at it but the ladies go under the ladder. Could this lady luck be bad luck? Tazz thinks it’s great to see three hot divas here but for this sort of match they shouldn’t be there at ringside. Kidman and Torrie are no strangers to each other, they used to be an item in WCW.

The bell rings, both teams look up at the belts and then have a staredown and talk trash. Kidman and London shove the tag champs and the champs hammer right away at the challengers. They send London and Kidman to the ropes and the challengers get backdropped. They roll out the ring and Dawn fires them up. They get back in and exchange right hands with Helms and Moore. Kidman lands a kick to the gut of Helms and lands a dropkick on Helms. London whips Moore to the ropes and nails him with a spinning heel kick. They don’t waste time as they both go outside the ring and grab a ladder near the entrance way. Moore and Helms both go to the ropes and baseball slidekick the ladder into London and Kidman knocking them and the ladder down. Hurricane brings the ladder inside the ring. He sets it up as Moore and Helms start climbing. London runs in and goes to the ropes and dropkicks the ladder knocking them the champs down to the mat. Kidman and London double team Moore as they isolate him in the corner. Double suplex to Moore on the ladder. London puts the ladder on the second rope. He climbs on the ladder and does a spinning corkscrew moonsault on Moore. Kidman sets the ladder up and starts climbing and Hurricane gets to the top rope and missile dropkicks Kidman off the ladder. London sends The Hurricane face first into a ladder leaning against the ropes. Dropsault by London. Kidman and London take control until London gets dumped to the floor. Kidman backdrops Hurricane to the floor. Moore dropkicks Kidman to the floor. Shannon Moore goes to the top rope and hits the halo from the top rope all the way down to the floor taking down Kidman and London. Hurrricane and Moore grab some tables from under the ring and set it up outside the ring. Back in Shannon Moore hits a leg scissors which sends London to the outside. Moore misses a dive. London slams Moore backfirst into the apron. London and Kidman start double teaming the Hurricane. Insiguri by Kidman. They set up the ladder in the corner and whip Hurricane into the ladder. Shannon is in the ring and they whip Moore right into Hurricane crushing him knocking them both down.

London grabs another ladder from underneath the ring and brings it inside. Hurricane and Moore come back as they drive the ladder into the gut of Kidman and London. Moore whips London to the ropes and London counters with a frankensteiner as Moore lands on top of the ladder and that’s gotta hurt. Kidman and Hurricane then both start running up the ladders. They start fighting on the ladders until Hurricane gives Kidman a neckbreaker off the ladder which sends the both of them crashing back down on to the canvas of the ring. London and Moore are fighting it out near the corner of the ring on the ladder. London bashes Moore's head into the ladder. London delivers a kick right to the head of Moore which sends Moore flying right back down on to the canvas with Moore falling down hard. London comes flying off the ladder doing a 450 Splash right on to Moore. Hurricane is back on his feet, London runs up the ladder and dropkicks him in the face. He is quite far away from the belt though, he tries to reach but Moore tips the ladder over sending London crashing down to the mat. London and Kidman get back in control as they lean the ladder across the ropes and place Hurricane on it as Kidman holds the ladder. London climbs the other ladder and hits a legdrop into that steel ladder and that really hurt The Hurricane. Now Kidman climbs the ladder but Moore gets in and pushes the ladder which sends Kidman off the ladder as Kidman falls down. Moore jumps on the top rope and delivers a moonsault on Kidman. Now Moore and Kidman are down on the mat as Hurricane tries climbing the ladder but London springboard dropkicks him off the ladder. Helms and Moore come back as The Hurricane hits the shining wizard on London. Moore delivers a springboard moonsault on Kidman. They set up the ladder near the corner as Hurricane holds onto the ladder as Moore climbs. Moore leapfrogs off the ladder and delivers a huge legdrop on Kidman.

Both teams end up climbing the ladders. Kidman suplexes Moore off the ladder as both men fall down. Hurricane hits the eye of the hurricane off top of the ladder on London, what a move. Both teams are really taking it to each other here as the ladies look on. Shannon Moore and Kidman now fight at the top of the ladder, Moore knocks Kidman down. Dawn Marie gets in and pushes the ladder and knocks Moore down. Stacey gets in the ring and chases Dawn around the ring who runs into Torrie. Torrie and Dawn have a catfight outside the ring until London pulls Torrie off Dawn. Now Kidman goes to the top of the ladder, the very top of it. Instead of grabbing the titles, he does a Shooting Star Press off the ladder and on to Hurricane & Moore taking out himself and them. Kidman tries to climb the ladder and he is almost there but then he is stopped by Torrie Wilson who gets into the ring. Dawn tries stopping Torrie but Stacey stops Dawn. Torrie pushes the ladder which sends Kidman crashing down on to the outside of the ring through the tables. Now in the ring are Moore and London, Shannon Moore hits a tornado DDT off the top rope. He sets up the ladder near the corner of the ring and climbs to the top rope as London is back up on his feet. Moore hits the Moore-Gasm(Blockbuster) Now Kidman is in and he hits the BK bomb on Moore. London gets a kick on Hurricane to the back of the head. London goes to the second rope and does a springboard clothesline what a move. London hits a springboard second rope moonsault. Kidman and London are both climbing the ladders at the same time. Hurricane stops both of them and amazingly takes them both down with the hurrislam and falls down himself.

The divas again get involved and the ref has had enough and ejects all three of them from ringside. Dawn gets chased by Torrie and Stacey to the back. It is just the tag teams left and they are all back on the ladder again. Moore knocks London down. Kidman pushes the ladders away and Hurricane & Moore are literally hanging in the air with their hands on the titles. The championship is within their grasps. Kidman grabs a ladder and climbs it. He jumps off that ladder and in mid air takes out Hurricane with a shoulder block, and Kidman & Hurricane are both taken out. The crowd chants Holy Shit as they both end up falling from like 15-20 ft in the air. Moore is still hanging in the air holding one of the Tag Team Titles, and he jumps off the title and takes out London with a Splash. That could have been a major mistake by Shannon Moore. He had the match won but took a major misk. This could cost them the match. Now London hits a springboard bulldog and climbs the ropes for a Shooting Star Press on Moore but Moore moves out the way. Kidman hits a running powerbomb on The Hurricane. He sets up the ladder near the corner and climbs up. He hits a shooting star press on The Hurricane. What a move. Hurricane is now sandwiched into the ladder as they both pick the ladder and trap Hurricane in the corner. London climbs the other ladder and delivers an amazing dropsault taking himself out and also hurting The Hurricane. Now Kidman and London try climbing the ladder as Hurricane and Moore get back up and throw the other ladder at Kidman and London and it knocks them down.

Moore and Helms get another ladder and place a ladder across the apron and the barrier next to the crowd. A lot of high risk moves are pulled off here as London elevates Moore with a backdrop into the ladder. Hurricane is on the apron with Kidman and drops the eye of the Hurricane on Kidman into that ladder. That has got to hurt. Kidman and London find another ladder from under the ring and bring it in. So now we have 4 ladders and one of the ladders is across the apron. Two ladders are set up as both teams are on ladders trying to climb to get the belts. Moore and Helms take out London and Kidman by kicking them off the ladders. They go falling off the ladders with London landing all the way to the floor and goes into the ladder which is across the apron and crowd barrier. Kidman is sent crashing down to the mat into another ladder. That allows both Moore and Kidman to climb the ladders and grab the titles. Still WWE Tag Team Champions Moore & Hurricane. Stacey Keibler and Torrie Wilson come back out to celebrate with the tag champs. What a victory for Hurricane and Shannon Moore. Dawn comes back out to check on London & Kidman. She yells this isn't over between them, not by a long shot.
Match Result: The Hurricane and Shannon Moore defeated Kidman and London to retain the tag titles.
Match Time: 15:14



In the back Kane is with his family. Paul Bearer and Mordecai fire Kane up and promise revenge on The Undertaker and Eddie Guerrero tonight. Paul Bearer says we are here in the city of angels but he sees no angels, he sees two monsters. They will tear The Undertaker and Eddie Guerrero apart tonight. Kane says he has a plan. Mordecai says he will carry out this plan and make sure that his cousin Kane walks out the new WWE Champion. Paul Bearer says Kane after the match is over, you will become the new WWE Champion. It won't be that much longer now son, and that you have the power of the urn and not The Undertaker. Mordecai says he will take out Taker and Eddie Guerrero during this match if need be. Kane says he wants to take them out himself so he can prove that to Undertaker’s creatures of the night that there is a new phenom and that’s Kane. Tonight everyone will bear witness to Kane's reign of terror. Kane, Mordecai and Bearer start laughing.

Matt Hardy vs Rhyno

Matt Hardy V1 comes down first. Earlier on Sunday Night Heat, Matt Hardy claimed that he’s going to show Rhyno that he’s better than him. Matt Hardy’s career will take off and v1 is back and better than ever. Rhyno comes out next. Hardy wastes no time by jumping Rhyno before the bell. Hardy gets some right hands on Rhyno in the corner. Rhyno comes back with a few right hands of his own and knocks Hardy down with a clothesline. Scoop Slam by Rhyno. Hardy ducks a clothesline and takes Rhyno down with a clothesline. Version 1.0 grabs the momentum with a choke in the ropes and some shoulder blocks. Hardy delivers some elbows to the neck of Rhyno. Rhyno ducks a clothesline and hits a back suplex and goes for a cover and Hardy kicks out at 2. Rhyno hits Hardy with a shoulder tackle to the lower stomach area, near the groin. Rhyno gets an elbow in the face. Surfboard armbar by Hardy, Rhyno powers out and nails Hardy with some elbows. Rhyno hits a series of shortarm clotheslines. Rhyno goes for a charge, Hardy ducks and Rhyno goes over the top rope. Hardy does his v1 taunt. Rhyno is back in and Hardy stomps away at Rhyno. Hardy goes on the second rope and punches away at Rhyno. When he gets to 6 he wastes time by doing his v1 taunt and Rhyno counters into an atomic drop. Rhyno nails Hardy with a clothesline. Rhyno delivers a suplex and gets 2 only. Hardy stops Rhyno in his tracks with a thumb to the eye. Hardy with a backslide and gets 2 only. Hardy goes for a whip, Rhyno reverses and spinebuster by Rhyno and Hardy kicks out at 2. Flying clothesline by Rhyno as he starts to build momentum. Rhyno throws Hardy into the corner and charges headfirst into Matt’s feet. A Ricochet from Hardy gets him a two count. He whips Rhyno into the corner. He clotheslines him into the corner and immediately follows with a bulldog. He goes for a cover and Rhyno kicks out at 2. Rhyno reverses a hip toss attempt into a swinging neckbreaker. He goes for a cover and gets a near fall. Belly to belly suplex by Rhyno and gets another near fall. Rhyno goes for a boston crab and Hardy makes it to the ropes.

Rhyno kicks Hardy to the gut and takes him down with a clothesline. Rhyno goes to the top and goes for an axe handle, Hardy is back up on his feet. Rhyno jumps as Hardy kicks him to the gut and nails him with the side effect. He goes for a cover and gets 2 ½. Hardy lifts Rhyno up and delivers a spinning airplane neckbreaker. Awesome power there from Hardy lifting the big Rhyno up. He goes for a cover and gets 2 ½. Hardy now tries a Twist of Fate off the top rope but Rhyno throws him off. Rhyno goes to the top and delivers a flying shoulder block and gets a near fall. Rhyno scores with a ddt and Hardy kicks out at 2. Rhyno throws Hardy into the corner and stomps away at Hardy. He takes Hardy to the top rope as he looks for a suplex. Hardy fights out and lands a punch on Rhyno as Rhyno falls down. Hardy does his v1 taunt and drops a legdrop. He goes for a cover and Rhyno is able to kick out at 2 ½. Hardy is started to get frustrated now. He puts Rhyno on the ropes, he does his v1 taunt and runs to the ropes and jumps on his neck. Hardy sends Rhyno hard into the corner. He goes for a charge, Rhyno moves out the way as Hardy goes into the turnbuckle. Rhyno rolls Hardy up and gets 2 ½. Rhyno is now pounding away at Hardy in the corner. The ref starts counting until the referee has to get in there and break it up trying to restrain Rhyno from Hardy. Hardy gets a thumb to the eye on Rhyno and takes Rhyno down with a Russian leg sweep. Hardy goes to the top rope again to deliver his legdrop but Rhyno sees it coming and he catches Matt Hardy with a Gore in mid air. He goes for a cover 1....2... and Hardy gets his foot on the bottom rope. Rhyno almost had it. Rhyno goes to the corner as he starts to measure Hardy up, here comes the gore again. Hardy sidesteps Rhyno and Rhyno gores himself into the steel ringpost going at full speed. This stuns him so much that Hardy hits the twist of fate. He goes for the cover 1...2....3. Matt Hardy Version 1 has won the match.
Match Result: Matt Hardy defeated Rhyno
Match Time: 6:08


Josh Matthews interviews Eddie Guerrero. He talks about his match. If Mordecai or Paul Bearer get in his way tonight, he won't hesitate in unleashing his Latino temper on either one of them. They don't know just how scary and how evil Eddie can really be. He’s going to get payback on Kane tonight for what Kane did to his family. As for the Undertaker, he can play all the mindgames he wants, but he’s not afraid of him. He may have come back, but Eddie says he’s the one who’s the master of the mindgames because he lies, cheats and steals. It doesn't matter who he pins tonight, all he cares about is that he will still be the WWE Champion. After it is all said and done holmes, Viva La Raza!!

Cruiserweight Title Match
Tajiri (c) vs Johnny Nitro

The bell rings as Nitro and Tajiri lock up and Nitro takes Tajiri down with an armdrag. Nitro starts posing as if he’s already won the match. Tajiri charges into Nitro for a clothesline, Nitro ducks and throws Tajiri over the top but Tajiri holds on. Nitro tries to suplex Tajiri back in. He gets Tajiri up, Tajiri slips out and gets a roll up and Nitro kicks out at 2. Tajiri immediately starts kicking away at Nitro. Nitro ducks a roundhouse kick and delivers a neckbreaker and gets a near fall. Nitro goes for an irish whip, the Japanese Buzzsaw counters with a springboard elbow. Tajiri then levels Nitro with a kick to the face. Nitro rolls out. He gets back in on the apron and tries a sunset flip but Tajiri sits on him and hooks his legs and gets 2 ½. Tajiri delivers more kicks but gets caught by a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker from Nitro. Nitro goes to the top for a moonsault and Tajiri moves out the way. Tajiri whips Nitro to the corner and tries to apply the tarantula. Nitro slides out of it and slams Tajiri’s head into the mat. He goes for a cover and gets 2. Nitro delivers some elbow drops and goes to the ropes and dropkicks Tajiri in the face. He goes for a cover and gets 2 only. Nitro picks Tajiri up and delivers a hurracanrana and gets 2. Inverted fisherman suplex and gets 2. Inside cradle gets 2. Nitro puts Tajiri in a chinlock but Tajiri gets out of it. Nitro ducks a kick and takes Tajiri down with a ddt and gets a 2 only. Nitro leaps off the second rope right into a kick to the face. 1...2 and Nitro gets his shoulder up at 2 ½. Tajiri sling shots Nitro over the top rope. Nitro lands on his feet on the apron. Nitro jumps but Tajiri catches him with a lethal reverse back kick to the face which knocks Nitro to the floor. Nitro gets back in. They take the fight to the top rope and Tajiri takes Nitro down with a headscissors. He goes for a cover and gets 2 only. Tajiri goes for his Handspring Back Elbow but Nitro sees this coming. He catches Tajiri coming with a Dropsault to the back of the head which sends Tajiri down to the mat. He goes for a cover 1...2...2 ½. Tajiri just kicked out.

Nitro goes to set up for the Nitro Blast (Superkick) but Tajiri dodges that bullet by ducking out of it. He counters the Nitro Blast by giving Nitro a Bridging German suplex to pin Nitro 1..2..2 ½. Nitro just kicked out. Tajiri picks him up to deliver a snap suplex only for Nitro to land on his feet. He comes bouncing off the ropes to give Tajiri a Spinning Heel Kick to pin him 1...2...2 ½. Tajiri kicks out again. Nitro delivers a corkscrew neckbreaker and gets 2 ½. Nitro goes to set up for a Shooting Star Splash only for Tajiri to counter it by getting his knees up. This is quick fast paced cruiserweight action. These cruiserweight matches are exclusive on Smackdown you won’t see them on Raw. This is something Bischoff wanted on Raw but will not get. Tajiri delivers a nice insiguri knocking Nitro out the ring. Nitro is about to get up and Tajiri runs the ropes and gets a baseball slide kick to knock Nitro back down again. He rolls Nitro back in and delivers a quick moonsault and Nitro moves out the way. Nitro whips Tajiri to the corner. He runs into a devastating kick to the face by Tajiri and Tajiri executes a spinning heel kick to the side of the head. He goes for a cover and gets 2 ½. A roll up gets 2. Tajiri goes for another spinning heel kick and Nitro ducks. Nitro delivers a suplex and gets 2. Nitro delivers an insiguri to the back of Tajiri’s head and goes for a cover and gets 2 ½. Nitro scores with a tilt a whirl ddt and gets 2 only. Nitro whips Tajiri hard into the corner and charges at him and delivers a roundhouse kick to knock Tajiri down. He goes for a cover and Tajiri gets his foot on the ropes at 2. Nitro delivers a springboard crossbody and Tajiri nails him with a kick and both men are down. Tajiri is up first, he sends Nitro in the corner. He puts Nitro on the ropes locking him in a Tarantula. Nitro counters out of that somehow to pin Tajiri 1...2...2 1/2, Tajiri kicks out. Nitro goes to the top rope to try to deliver a moonsault but Tajiri moves out of the way and Nitro eats canvas. Then Nitro while he is getting up, Tajiri is measuring Rhyno up for the buzzkick. Tajiri nails the Buzzsaw Kick to pin Nitro 1...2..3. Tajiri retains the title.
Match Result: Tajiri defeated Johnny Nitro to retain the cruiserweight title
Match Time: 6:35



In the back The Hurricane and Shannon Moore are celebrating with Torrie Wilson and Stacey Keibler.


Up next is the grudge match between former best friends Edge and Rey Mysterio. A video package is played highlighting the feud between Edge and Rey Mysterio. It shows the history of Edge and Mysterio as tag team champions, Edge’s return from injury as he puts Kurt Angle out of action. The problems between Edge and Rey and finally when Edge turns on Mysterio.

Falls Count Anywhere Match
Edge vs Rey Mysterio

Edge’s music hits as he makes his way down to the ring and the fans boo him heavily. This feud has been very personal and this is Edge’s first ppv match in over a year. Since returning from injury he has become bitter and psychotic. Now his goal is to become champion and currently Rey Mysterio stands in his path. Rey’s music hits and he’s not out here. Edge waits and we are waiting for Rey. Edge is wondering where Rey is. WAIT A MINUTE FROM BEHIND, Rey is behind Edge. Rey is on the ropes and does a springboard hurracanrana take down on Edge to surprise Edge. Bell rings and Edge and Rey charge at each other and Rey takes him down with a tilt the whirl headscissors. Rey has caught Edge off guard and he wants retribution for what Edge did to him. This fight can go anywhere as it is falls count anywhere. Edge and Rey start taking it to each other by exchanging right hands. Edge comes off the ropes and Rey leapfrogs over him then hits a springboard crossbody and gets a 2. Edge reverses a whip and backdrops Rey who lands on his feet and dropkicks Edge into the ropes. He teases an early 619 but Edge is able to get out the ring. Mysterio runs the ropes and executes an amazing somersault plancha. He goes for the first cover of the match which is outside the ring 1...2 and Edge kicks out. Rey rolls Edge back in. Rey goes for a whip and Edge reverses and tries a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker but Rey manages to reverse it in midair into an armbar. Edge comes back with a clothesline followed by a dropkick. Edge goes for a right hand, Rey blocks and sends Edge into the ropes who nails Rey with a spinning wheel kick. Edge covers and gets 2. He hits a Half nelson face crusher and gets 2. Edge scores with a northern lights suplex and Rey kicks out at 2. Edge sends Rey to the ropes who comes back with a crucific headscissors. Mysterio does the 10 punch on Edge in the corner but at 8 Edge hotshots Rey on the turnbuckle. Edge is able to buy some time and delivers a tornado DDT on Rey. He goes for a cover and gets 2 only. Edge goes for a suplex, Rey slips out and legscissors Edge over the top rope. Rey tries a high crossbody off the apron but Edge moves out the way. Edge gets back in and Rey is now in. Edge throws Rey in the corner and takes him to the top and goes for a suplex but Rey throws Edge down. Edge gets back up to his feet and Rey delivers a moonsault. He goes for a 619 again but Edge ducked out the way and rolls outside to the floor.

Mysterio baseball slides on Edge and delivers a moonsault from the second rope all the way to the floor. They start brawling outside and Edge rolls back in and Mysterio gets back in to go after Edge. Edge stomps away at Rey and clotheslines Rey to the floor. Rey gets back up on the apron only for Edge to run to the ropes and deliver a spear to the back of Rey. This sends Rey off the apron into the security wall. Edge is now in control. He gets on the apron for an axe handle but Rey lands a punch and nailed Edge in the mid section. Rey whips Edge into the ringpost. Edge manages to reverse a hurracanrana attempt from Rey as Rey jumped from the guard rail. Edge caught him and sends Rey backward with an Alleyhoop into the announcers table. Rey’s ribs got caught on the table falling hard with the announce table not breaking. Edge with a sick smile on his face runs over to get a steel chair only for Rey to revive and dropkick the chair into Edge's face which sends Edge down in a heap. Rey goes over to get the steel chair and he goes to hit Edge with it. He hits him five times directly into his abdomen. This is a side we have never seen from Rey at all, as Rey is really taking it to Edge by being aggressive. Not even Edge expected this but with all the betrayal that Rey has gone through at the hands of Edge, it has caused him to snap. You don’t often see Rey Mysterio in matches like this and he’s really proving here that size does not matter as he can hang in there with guys that are bigger than him. Rey grabs Edge from the hair and starts hitting Edge’s head on the announce table three times and Edge is staggering as he doesn’t know where he is. Rey clotheslines him to the floor. Rey goes over to drag Edge's body and puts it on the Spanish announce table. Rey goes over to go on the top rope to deliver a moonsault onto the announce table with Edge lying on it. Rey goes off to hit the Moonsault but Edge moves out of the way, which Rey ends up going through the announce table. Edge is smiling almost laughing and goes over to get the steel steps and set it into motion. Rey is still down. He eventually gets up only for Edge to try to hit Rey with the steel steps. Rey counters it into a drop toe hold which sends Edge right into the steel steps.

Rey goes over to get a trash can from under the ring to hit Edge with it, and he does over and over again. Rey goes over to jump on to the apron and springboard off the ropes to deliver a Springboard Hurricanrana to Edge on the floor. He goes for a cover and gets 2 only. Rey tosses Edge into the barrier but Edge backdrops Rey over the barrier and into the crowd. They start to battle through the crowd. Edge and Mysterio surrounded by the fans, this is all legal as it’s falls count anywhere. You can be pinned or submit anywhere in this arena. Edge suplexes Rey on the concrete floor and goes for a cover and gets 2 only. Rey’s back has got to be hurting after that suplex. He just took a suplex out on the concrete unprotected by any mats. Edge starts to play to the crowd and gets booed heavily. They take the fight all over the arena and now they are brawling in the hall way. Rey reverses a whip and sends Edge into a drinks machine. He goes for a cover and gets 2 ½ only. Mysterio starts going up the steps and then slides down the handrail on the stairs into a dropkick on Edge’s face to knock Edge down the stairs. Rey covers and gets 2 only. They brawl all the way back to the arena as Edge sets Rey up on the steel ramp for a suplex and he hits one. Edge hit a suplex on the steel ramp. You can hear Rey’s back thunder off that steel. Edge goes for a cover and Rey kicks out. Edge is really taking it here to Rey Mysterio. Edge takes Rey back in the ring and beats the hell out of him. Edge goes to the top and delivers a diving clothesline off the top and gets a 2. Half nelson bulldog by Edge and Rey kicks out at 2. Flapjack by Edge and gets 2. Edge is really starting to get frustrated now. What must he do to put away Rey. Edge hangs up Rey in the corner upside down. He starts stomping away at Rey. He goes back a bit and spears Rey in the mid section and Rey ends up falling to the floor. Edge goes outside the ring and sends Rey back in and goes for a cover and gets a 2 only. Edge with a crossbody but wait Rey rolled through and gets a cover and Edge kicks out at 2. Edge gets up immediately and goes for a clothesline. Rey ducks and scores with a running reverse ddt and gets 2 only.

Arabian press by Rey 1..2 and Edge kicks out. Wheelbarrow bulldog by Rey and again another near fall. Now Mysterio is starting to get frustrated. Mysterio executes a sunset flip powerbomb on Edge and goes for a cover 1 ...2.... and no Edge kicks out at 2 ½. What a match up. Springboard Arabian press from Rey and again another near fall. Springboard splash and Edge gets his knees up. Edge goes up to the top and hits a missile dropkick and gets a 2. Edge hits a downward spiral, we haven’t seen that from Edge in a long time. He goes for a cover 1...2.. and Rey gets his shoulder up. Edge catapults Rey face first into the turnbuckle and he hits the EDGE O MATIC. 1...2.. and gets 2 ½ as Rey kicks out. Mysterio is starting to bleed. Edge goes for a gutwrench powerbomb which Mysterio counters into a hurracanrana. Rey slams Edge’s head into all the turnbuckles in the corner and then delivers a bronco buster on Edge. Edge reverses a whip and sends Mysterio hard into the turnbuckle. Edge tries to remove Rey’s mask but the ref is not allowing him to do so. So Edge starts arguing with the ref and Rey comes up from behind and rolls Edge up and gets a 2. Edge hits a low dropkick to the knee of Mysterio. He sets up for the spear. Mysterio counters a spear attempt from Edge into a drop toe hold that sends Edge head first into the second turnbuckle. Edge is now busted wide open. Mysterio signals for the WEST COAST POP as the crowd is really getting behind Rey here. Rey jumps but Edge catches him and slams him down and locks in the Edgecuator. Unbelievable counter. Edge has that locked in as Rey tries fighting out of it, Mysterio is screaming in pain here. Mysterio manages to turn it over and now Edge is screaming in pain. Edge breaks out of it and Mysterio and Edge end up knocking each other out with a double clothesline.

Edge brings a chair in and he’s going to do the electric chairdrop on a chair. Edge is really taking it far here. Edge has Rey up on his shoulders and he’s going to hit the move but Mysterio counters into a roll up. 1...2... 2 ½. Wow Mysterio goes to the top rope, Edge is back on his feet and goes to the top to stop Rey. Rey taking a little too much time as Edge gets a right hand at the side of the head. Edge is up top, looks for a superplex. Rey tries to fight out and gets a sunset flip into a powerbomb. Rey goes for a cover 1....2 and Edge gets a shoulder up at 2 1/2. Rey comes flying off the ropes but Edge catches him with a kick to the gut and hits the Edgecution. He’s also down and too slow to follow up on it and goes for a cover and gets 2 ½. They have beaten the hell out of each other in this match. Both men first took it to each other outside the ring and all the way to the back but now inside the ring they’ve been really taking it to each other. They have taken each other to the limit. Both men stagger to their feet as Edge is up first. Edge goes for a spear, Rey counters into a Hurracanrana which sends Edge into the ropes in position for Rey to hit the 619 on Edge. Here we go 619 Time and Rey hits it which sends Edge flying back. Rey goes up to drop the dime as he goes for a splash but Edge sees this coming. He catches Rey in mid-air coming off in mid-air with a devastating spear. He goes for the cover and hooks the leg. 1........2...........3. It is over. Edge wins.

What a physical and bloody encounter this was. Rey Mysterio should not be ashamed that he lost, he put up one hell of a fight. For over 15 minutes he really took it to Edge but in the end Edge defeated his former friend Rey Mysterio. Edge still in his psychotic state is yelling I beat you Rey and it won't be that much longer now before I become WWE Champion. Edge raises his arm in the air but wait he’s not done yet he wants more. He attacks Mysterio even more until referees come down. Edge has to be restrained by the refs who then take him to the back with Edge screaming to the fans that he has done it. He has beaten Rey, he is done with Rey and nothing will stop him from becoming WWE Champion now. Edge then leaves to heavy boos as Rey gets helped to the back.
Match Result: Edge defeated Rey Mysterio
Match Time: 16:42


A King of the Ring Promo is aired. The King of the Ring ppv returns next month as it will feature both brands.


In the back we see The Undertaker in a dark room. He takes his hat off and rolls his eyes which gets a huge reaction from the crowd. The phenom is looking for revenge tonight.


Up next is a match between two former tag team partners who are now bitter enemies. Tazz and Cole show a tale of the tape. Tazz predicts that Booker T will win and Michael Cole thinks RVD will win. RVD has pinned Booker T twice now in tag team matches. Booker T and RVD both have a point to prove here. Booker thinks he carried the tag team when they were tag team champions, Booker thinks he is better than RVD. RVD wants revenge for what Booker did to him. They were once good friends, they came to Smackdown together but Booker T turned on his partner. A video package is played highlighting the feud between RVD and Booker T.



Booker T vs RVD

RVD’s music hits as he comes down first. Booker T comes out and gets booed heavily. RVD wastes no time as he runs the ropes and hits a baseball slide dropkick to knock Booker down. The ref rings the bell and Booker is still outside. Booker T gets back up on his feet and RVD runs again and takes Booker down again with a somersault plancha. RVD does his taunt. Booker slowly gets back on the apron and RVD goes to the top rope and knocks him down again with a diving sidekick. RVD is on fire. Booker finally rolls in the ring and Tazz starts dissing RVD as Cole praises RVD. RVD sends Booker T to the corner with hard kicks to the gut. RVD delivers a monkey flip and then does his taunt. He runs the ropes and does a beautiful handspring splash. He goes for a cover and gets 2 only He whips Booker hard to the other corner and Booker falls down. RVD goes to the top for a moonsault but Booker is able to get up and throws RVD off the top turnbuckle to the floor. Now Booker has time to catch a breather because it was all RVD in the early going. RVD rolls back in and Booker goes after him. Booker starts stomping away at RVD. He sends RVD into the corner and levels him with a clothesline. Booker gets a backdrop on RVD. Booker runs the ropes, poses and drops a knee right to the face of RVD. He goes for a cover and RVD kicks out at 2. Booker T poses and delivers some knife edge chops to RVD in the corner. He then sends RVD for a whip but RVD delivers a spinning heel kick on Booker. Springboard pele kick by RVD. He goes for a cover and gets 2 only. RVD goes to the ropes and delivers a springboard spinning legdrop and gets 2. Standing moonsault and Booker kicks out at 2. RVD goes to the top and nails Booker with a martial arts jumping crescent kick. He goes for a cover and gets 2 only. Booker rolls out and RVD follows him out. They brawl outside. RVD charges into Booker and Booker backdrops him to the floor. He whips RVD into the post and starts taunting RVD.

Booker sends RVD back in the ring and now Booker gets a sleeper hold on Van Dam. The RVD chants start as RVD gets up on his feet and tries elbowing out. He does and runs to the ropes but Booker knocks him down with an elbow to the face. Booker picks RVD up and does his great arm twist sidekick. He goes for a cover and gets 2. He sends RVD to the ropes, picks him up and drops him with a flapjack and gets 2 only. Booker talks smack and humiliates RVD with some slaps. He’s not just trying to beat up RVD, he wants to humiliate him. Vertical suplex by Booker and gets 2. He goes to the top and delivers a jumping sidekick and goes for a cover and gets 2 only. Booker locks in the boston crab. Will RVD tap out, he’s trying to make the ropes and he makes the ropes in time. Booker T starts arguing with the referee and then he tries to go over to RVD who rolls Booker up in a small package...1... Booker reverses into a small package of his own by using RVD’s tights as leverage. RVD kicks out at 2 ½. Booker sets up for an outside crescent kick by whipping RVD off the ropes. RVD ducks and sends Booker T flying backwards by hitting him with a Heel Kick which sends Booker T into the turnbuckle. RVD runs over to Booker T by charging at him to deliver a monkey flip to Booker. RVD runs off the ropes bouncing off of them to hit a Rolling Thunder but Booker counters that by putting his knees up, and then goes over to pin him 1..2..2 1/2, RVD just kicks out. Booker sends RVD into the corner and runs into a boot. RVD sends Booker face first into the turnbuckle and whips Booker into the corner. RVD charges at Booker and hits a low dropkick to the face of Booker T. RVD stomps on Booker T's head and delivers a backflip. He dropkicks Booker in the face. He goes for a cover and gets 2 only.

Northern lights suplex by RVD and Booker just kicks out at 2. Booker is down on the apron. Van Dam delivers a slingshot guillotine legdrop on Booker’s neck knocking Booker to the floor. Van Dam places Booker on the barricade. He does his signature taunt and then jumps to the apron. He does his taunt again and drops a spinning ledrop on Booker on the barricade. He sends Booker back in and RVD drops three tornado like spinning legdrops with quick speed on Booker. He goes for a cover and gets 2 ½. He jumps to the 2nd rope and lands a thrust kick to the jaw of Booker. Booker rolls out the ring and looks like he’s had enough. Booker is walking away as the ref starts the count. RVD doesn’t want it that way as he wants revenge and wants to punish Booker. He goes outside the ring and sends Booker back in. Booker T reverses a whip and delivers a spinning sidekick on RVD and gets 2. Neckbreaker by Booker and gets 2. Booker goes for an axe kick and RVD counters and holds onto Booker’s leg and hits him with a windmill kick. Both men are down, RVD is back up first and nails Booker with some right hands. Booker gets a thumb to the eye and takes RVD down with a clothesline. He goes to the top rope and hits a missile dropkick and gets 2 only. Booker T nails RVD with a sidewalk slam. Here we go spinaroonie time and Booker is wasting time here. SPINAROONIE He goes to the top rope for a flip leg drop and RVD moves out the way. Springboard sidekick by RVD and follows up with a standing moonsault and gets 2 only. He whips Booker to the ropes but is met with an elbow to the face by Booker. Booker nails RVD with a sidekick to the jaw and gets a near fall. DDT by Booker. He goes for the Bookend but RVD elbows Booker in the face and knocks him down with a back kick to the face.

RVD delivers a spin kick to the face of Booker. Now he goes up and delivers the split legged moonsault. 1...2.. and Booker kicks out at 2 ½. That was close, what a match. RVD then goes for a dropkick but Booker blocks. He catches RVD and catapulted RVD headfirst into the steel post as RVD falls to the floor. Booker goes outside the ring and drops RVD on the barricade. The referee starts counting and RVD makes it back in by 8. Booker stomps away at RVD. He goes for a clothesline but RVD backdrops Booker to the floor. RVD gets on the apron and executes a moonsault which he turns into a backflip kick on Booker. Booker is back in at 7. RVD goes for a whip and Booker reverses and sends RVD hard into the corner. He starts beating the crap out of RVD in the corner with aggressive punches and kicks. Then he yells at him and taunts him and says “i’m better than you sucka.” Booker goes for a kick but RVD counters with a rolling spin kick and both men are down. RVD gets up first and goes for a spinning heel kick but Booker moves out the way. Booker T goes for an abdominal stretch and applies the pressure. Fans try to get behind RVD as they start the RVD chants. RVD uses a hiptoss to get out the hold. RVD sends Booker to the ropes and catches him with a spinning wheel kick. He goes for a cover and gets a near fall. Van Dam catapults Booker into the turnbuckle and Booker falls down to the mat. This is now RVD’s big chance. He goes to the top rope and does his signature taunt. He’s going to hit the 5 star frog splash RVD jumps but no he misses as Booker T moves out the way. Booker T waits for RVD to get up. When he is up, Booker T runs off the ropes and bounces off of them to hit the Scissors Kick. He goes for a cover 1....2....3. He got him. Booker steals this match-up, but just barely as this match-up could have gone either way. Booker T celebrates doing a Spinaroonie like he’s just won the WWE championship, celebrating over a prone RVD. Tazz says Booker T just proved he is better than RVD and now he will go on to become one of the biggest stars on Smackdown. As Booker leaves he yells he’s bigger than RVD, Rey Mysterios, The Undertaker and John Cena.
Match Result: Booker T defeated RVD
Match Time: 11:31


Backstage Eric Bischoff is on the phone with Paul Heyman. Bischoff flips out on Paul after what Paul did on Raw. He threw Bischoff’s picture in the bin, and forced HHH to team with Benoit to take on 11 stars. He blames Heyman for putting Christian in a barbaric match and now Christian’s out of action for 3-4 months. Heyman just listens and starts laughing. Bischoff is furious after what happened to him at the end of Smackdown and now he’s going to have to wear a neck brace just like Paul did when he was tombstoned by The Undertaker. He’s glad he’s not the permament GM of Smackdown because the stars of Smackdown are out of control. Heyman then makes fun of Eric and told Eric that it won’t be an easy job on Smackdown. He was assaulted, mocked by his roster but he never walked away. He’s now going to humiliate Eric because next month is the KOTR tournament. Paul believes that a Smackdown guy will win. Eric told Paul that’s not going to happen. Eric announced that tomorrow night on Raw the KOTR qualifying matches will start. Paul says he was also thinking the same because we will also see qualifying matches for the KOTR this week on Smackdown. Eric vowed to get one over Paul at KOTR and Eric hangs up on Paul. Paul didn’t seem too happy.

Tazz and Cole show a clip from Mordecai’s debut match from Heat earlier on. Will he play a big part in the main event. Michael Cole mentions that Eddie has got himself into this situation because of Edge. Now Eddie has to face not one but two men and they are monsters. Eddie’s chances do not look good tonight. Kane has been very dominant and he has all the momentum going into this match. He has his cousin by his side and his father and the power of the urn. The Undertaker is seeking Vengeance and this has got to be Eddie’s toughest challenge. A Video Package is played for the main event which features the events which lead up to this triple threat match.

Main Event
WWE Title Triple Threat Match
Eddie Guerrero (c) vs Kane vs The Undertaker

The WWE Champion Eddie Guerrero is the first to come out as his music hits and he comes out to a huge ovation. This is Eddie’s toughest challenge since becoming the WWE Champion. The odds are stacked against him, his title is in major jeapordy. Kane comes out next with his father Paul Bearer but there is no sign of Mordecai. Looks like Kane has a plan. Paul Bearer has the urn in his hands and Kane and Eddie have a staredown in the ring. The lights go out and The Undertaker makes his long entrance. Taker comes out to a great ovation. Taker stares at Eddie and Kane. The bell rings and here we go.


The Undertaker goes right after Kane as they exchange right hands as Eddie looks on. Eddie lays on the ropes and just lies there watching. Taker is hammering away at Kane in the corner. Kane ducks a clothesline as sends The Undertaker to the floor. Kane stares at Eddie who gets down from the ropes and here we go, Eddie and Kane continuing on from where they left off in the cage match from Smackdown. Eddie and Kane exchange right hands with Eddie beating the hell out of Kane as he hammers away at him in the corner. Taker gets back in and stands in the corner until he comes over and moves Eddie out of his way. Taker starts getting his shots on Kane too. Then Taker and Eddie start moving each other out of each other's way to get to Kane until Taker and Eddie turn on each other. The crowd starts dueling chants for Eddie and The Undertaker. Eddie goes to the ropes and tries to take Taker down but can’t get him down. He tries again but runs into a big boot. Kane gets in and takes out both men with a double clothesline. Kane starts stomping away at Taker and then on Eddie. Kane whips Eddie to the ropes who counters with a tilt-a-whirl headscissors. Eddie now goes after Taker who grabs Eddie by the throat, Eddie kicks Taker to the gut to escape. He runs to the ropes and gets knocked down with a right hand by Taker. Kane is up and Taker sends him to the floor with a clothesline. Taker goes after Kane and Eddie follows them out. They all brawl outside and Taker clotheslines Eddie on the floor. Kane charges into Taker and Taker moves out the way and Kane hits the ringpost. Taker charges into Eddie and Eddie moves out the way and Taker goes into the barrier. Eddie rolls Kane in and Eddie is on the outside. He grabs Kane legs and drags him near the ringpost and crotches him on the ringpost not once but twice. Back in Undertaker whips Eddie to the ropes and knocks him down with a shoulder block. Taker hits a legdrop and goes for another one but Kane pulls down the ropes to knock Taker outside the ring. Kane starts choking Eddie out in the corner and whips him into the corner. He charges into Eddie but gets met with a boot to the face. Eddie goes to the second rope and hits a tornado DDT. He goes for a cover and Kane kicks out at 2. Backdrop suplex by Eddie and Kane kicks out.

Eddie runs the ropes and walks into a two handed choke from Kane. Taker gets in and breaks it up. Undertaker goes old school and hits the ropewalk forearm. He clotheslines Kane to the floor. Eddie runs into Taker and gets backdropped to the floor. Taker runs the ropes and flies through the air and takes out Eddie and Kane with a diving suicide plancha. Paul Bearer tries to stay as far as he can away from The Undertaker. Taker places Kane on the apron as Kane’s laying on the apron. Taker is outside the ring and elbows Kane to the gut. Taker stands on the apron and drops a big guillotine legdrop across the throat of Kane. Eddie gets back in. Now Undertaker and Eddie go at it. Taker has Eddie in a wrist lock and hits a few shoulder blocks on Eddie. He whips Eddie into the corner and then Taker goes oldschool on Eddie. Eddie counters by holding onto Taker’s leg as Taker slips. Eddie up to the top and delivers a superplex on Taker. Can Eddie capatalize. He goes for an elevated single leg crab and Kane gets in and boots Eddie in the face. Throat thrust by Kane. A powerslam by Kane and gets 2 only. Backbreaker and Eddie kicks out. Kane looks over to Paul Bearer as Paul is applauding him. Now Kane and Taker are fighting it out with Kane getting the upper hand for the moment. Kane tries to chokeslam Taker. He almost hits it but in mid air Taker jumps out of it countering Kane's Chokeslam and Taker grabs Kane by the throat and then throws him into the turnbuckle. Taker is giving Kane rights and lefts, the ref doesn't want to get in it because he is scared of Taker. Taker is going for Old School and Eddie comes back and breaks up the Old School by pushing Undertaker off the ropes to the floor with Kane helping Eddie to do that. Eddie comes back into the match and he has a Steel Chair in his hand and while Kane has his back turned for a second, Eddie hits Kane with the chair in the back. He repeatedly nails Kane in the back seven times. It’s all legal in this match but the ref decides to get the chair out the ring. Eddie’s not going to go for a pin here which could be a huge mistake but he wants to hurt Kane after what Kane did to Eddie’s family.

Eddie locks in the lasso from el paso and Kane is screaming in pain. He applies more pressure as he wants to break Kane’s leg and Taker gets in and breaks up the hold. Kane rolls outside the ring and he’s down on the floor. Eddie ducked a flying clothesline from Taker and Eddie goes outside to go after Kane. He grabs a tv cable. He starts choking Kane out with the cable and Paul Bearer nails Eddie across the back with the urn. The Undertaker gets outside the ring and Paul Bearer freaks out. Paul manages to escape and retreats to the back. Taker rolls Kane back in. He grabs Kane by the throat and tries for a chokeslam. Kane ends up grabbing Taker by the throat and Eddie gets in and runs into them who release the hold on each other. They end up double chokeslamming Eddie. Both of them pin Eddie at the same time but Taker punches Kane in the face and goes for a pin himself. 1...2 and Kane breaks it up. Kane starts choking Taker out in the corner and Eddie starts laying the boots to Kane from behind. Kane reverses a whip and Eddie gets a baseball slide on Kane. Kane charges into Eddie and runs into a tilt-a -whirl backbreaker. Eddie’s on the apron and does a hilo on Kane and The Undertaker breaks it up at 2. Taker sends Eddie to the ropes and nails him with a big boot. Look out Kane is on the top turnbuckle and flying clothesline by Kane. He goes for a cover and gets 2. Sidewalk slam by Kane on The Undertaker and Taker kicks out. Kane throws Taker outside the ring. Kane comes across the ropes but Taker grabs Kane and pulls him out the ring and they brawl outside again. Kane drop toe holds Taker into the steel steps. Eddie goes outside and brawls with Kane. Kane drops Eddie on the barricade. He then grabs a chair and nails Eddie across the head with a steel chair. Eddie Guerrero is busted wide open. Kane drags Eddie over to the announce table and sets up for a chokeslam. He chokeslams Eddie through the table to take Eddie out the picture. Kane rolls Taker back in and starts assaulting Taker in the corner. Kane goes for a charge and misses. Taker sends Kane to the ropes and hits a jumping clothesline. Running DDT by Undertaker and Kane kicks out at 2. Taker picks Kane up and snake eyes Kane off the turnbuckle into a big boot to the face. He follows up with a big legdrop across the throat of Kane. He goes for a cover and Eddie is back in to break up the count.


Taker whips Eddie into the corner and charges at him but Eddie manages to counter into a reverse turnbuckle powerbomb. Eddie goes up to the top rope and jumps and gets a sunset flip on Taker. 1...2.. and Kane breaks it up. Kane hits a chokeslam on Taker and Eddie breaks it up at 2. Kane gets another throat thrust on Eddie. Kane is up on the top going for a clothesline but Eddie gets up at the top to stop him. He punches Eddie who falls down. Eddie climbs back up quick and knocks Kane to the floor with a springboard dropkick. Eddie picks Taker up and goes for the three amigos. He hits one, and now that’s the 2nd vertical suplex. Can Eddie get his hattrick, wait he takes Taker up to the top turnbuckle. Unbelievable and he hits it from the top rope. Both men are down. Taker sits up and Eddie is up and Eddie has a worried look on his face. Taker whips Eddie to the corner and charges at him to hit a turnbuckle clothesline. Taker locks in the dragon sleeper will Eddie tap. Wait Kane gets in to break it up and Eddie rolls out the ring. It’s Undertaker vs Kane now. Taker reverses a whip and sends Kane into the corner. Taker drives his shoulders into Kane’s gut. Sidewalk slam by Taker and Kane kicks out at 2. Eddie is back on the apron, Taker whips Kane into Eddie who backdrops Kane to the floor. Taker chokeslams Eddie back into the ring. 1...2. and Eddie gets his shoulder up at 2 ½. Taker charges into Eddie in the corner and Eddie moves out the way as Taker hits the buckle. Eddie hits a dropkick on Taker. He goes up to the top rope and hits the frogsplash on Taker. Eddie goes for the pin and The Undertaker kicks out. Eddie can’t believe it. Taker gives Eddie an evil look.

He goes after Eddie and starts unloading on Eddie with some right hands in the corner. Kane gets in and nails Taker from behind. Kane picks Eddie up to give him a Chokeslam and he hits it. Kane then goes to pin Eddie 1...2...2 1/2, Eddie just kicked out of the Chokeslam. Kane can't believe it. Kane goes to pin Taker 1...2...2 1/2, Taker just kicked out. Kane does Undertaker's cut throat taunt and Kane is thinking about Tombstoning either Eddie or Taker, whoever is the first to get up. Taker is up on his feet. Kane goes to Tombstone his brother but Taker counters the Tombstone attempt by his brother Kane into one of his own. Taker Tombstone Piledrives Kane into the canvas. Taker goes to pin Kane 1...2...2 ½. Kane kicks out of the Tombstone. Taker can't believe it. Eddie is back up but he's staggering. He’s lost a lot of blood tonight. Taker chokeslams Eddie. Taker signals that the end is near and does his cut throat taunt. He picks Eddie up for a tombstone, Eddie slips out and gets an inside cradle for a 2. Eddie dropkicks Taker into the corner and does the 10 punch on Taker. On 8 Taker reverses and has Eddie in position for the last ride. Taker has him up for it, but Eddie reverses the Last Ride into a Hurracanrana. Both men are down. Kane gets up on his feet and sends Eddie shoulder first into the post who falls outside the ring. Kane goes for another tombstone but no Undertaker reverses again into his own tombstone and he hit it. 1...2.. and Eddie pulls Taker out the ring. He goes in and covers Kane. 1...2 and now Taker pulls Eddie out the ring. The Undertaker had the match won. Eddie and Taker beat the hell out of each other in the ring. They run the ropes and knock each other down with a double clothesline. PAUL BEARER IS BACK but he’s not coming out alone because he’s here with MORDECAI. Kane is back up on his feet and looks over to his father and his cousin Mordecai for the power of the urn. A bloody and battered Eddie tries fighting both the monsters but the numbers game plays up as they beat the hell out of Eddie. Taker saves Eddie and clotheslines Mordecai to the floor. Kane and Mordecai assault The Undertaker.

Suddenly a psychotic Edge comes running down to the ring and he is more crazed than ever. He grabs a steel chair from outside the ring as Kane and Mordecai hit a double chokeslam on Taker. Paul Bearer tells them to look out and Edge blasts Kane with a chair which knocked Kane outside the ring. Mordecai gets hit across the back with a chair and Edge spears him into the buckle and knocks Mordecai out the ring. He has that crazy look in his eyes, and he is smiling. Eddie staggers back to his feet and Edge cracks Eddie in the skull with a steel chair knocking Eddie right out. Taker sits up and Edge gets worried. Edge is about to escape but Taker grabs him by the throat. Taker is about to Chokeslam Edge but Edge counters that in mid-air into the Edgecution. Edge grabs the chair and Taker sits up again and Edge cracks Undertaker's skull wide open with the chair sending Undertaker back down. Edge turns his attention to Paul Bearer who manages to move as far away from Edge. Edge takes the urn only to put it back down again, as Edge was like speaking to the urn saying he will become WWE Champion sooner rather than later. He believes that he has done it, and he goes to grab the WWE Championship. He poses with it for a while holding it up smiling admiring what he has done to everyone. Rey Mysterio runs down to stop Edge for the moment, but Edge still crazed goes out to meet Rey Mysterio on the outside. They start fighting each other again. Then Edge gets the upper hand as he attacks Rey with a fury and then Irish Whips Rey into the steel steps really hard sending Rey into them which causes the steel steps to separate. Edge goes to get another steel chair as he already has one. Edge still putting the boots to Rey places Rey's head on the steel steps. He sets up for a Con-Chair-to Rey Mysterio's skull with Edge's foot being placed on Rey's head so that his head can't move. Edge then moves his foot, Con-chair-to Rey's skull.

The fans boo Edge heavily as he is booed out the arena for what he has just done. Everyone is so shocked at what he has done, he could have perhaps injured Rey. Edge has just totally lost it. He attacked not only Rey, but Eddie, Kane, Taker, Mordecai, and Paul Bearer single-handedly during this main event. Edge then is admiring his handy work as he is walking to the back and he turns around and is smiling at the carnage he has left. Then everyone is starting to revive and they notice Edge still here. Edge's smile and laughter turns into fear and he runs away all the way to the back to heavy boos from the crowd. Edge then leaves to deafening boos. Officials come down and help Rey Mysterio to the back. Kane then finally manages to hit the Tombstone Piledriver on The Undertaker. He goes for the pin only for Eddie to break it up. Paul Bearer gets in the ring and tries to hit Eddie with the urn again but Eddie punches Paul’s lights out as Paul falls to the floor. Mordecai tries to get involved. Kane and Mordecai both try to take out Taker but it backfires as Taker plants Mordecai with a Chokeslam. Paul Bearer is up and Taker goes after Paul only for Mordecai to attack Taker. Bearer retreats to the back as Taker and Mordecai brawl all the way to the back. This leaves Eddie and Kane in the ring. They exchange right hands and Kane knocks Eddie down with a right hand. Kane goes to the top and Eddie stops him and takes him down with a legscissors. Eddie grabs the urn and tries to hit Kane with the urn. Kane grabs Eddie by the throat and hits a chokeslam as Eddie goes down with the urn. Kane goes for a cover and Eddie kicks out at 2. Kane gets frustrated, and attempts to hit the urn on Eddie. Eddie ducks and dropkicks Kane as he goes flying out of the ring. Kane gets back in and attempts to hit Eddie with the urn, he swings, Eddie ducks and kicks Kane to the gut as the urn drops down. Eddie goes for a suplex, Kane slips out and goes for a chokeslam, Eddie reverses in mid air and ddts Kane on the urn. Kane is out cold. This is now Eddie’s chance to finish Kane off here.

Eddie goes to the top rope and HITS A FROG SPLASH. He goes for a cover...1...2...3. Yes he got him. Viva La Raza Eddie wins. The fans go wild and give Eddie an amazing ovation. Eddie celebrates in the ring. The emotions of Eddie Guerrero boiling over tonight, what a battle he went through. He took the fight to The Undertaker and Kane and was attacked by Mordecai and Edge but he somehow retained his title. What a great champion. Cole says we have just seen one of the greatest ppvs in Smackdown history. Tazz and Cole thank the fans for joining them at Judgment Day as the ppv comes to a close.
Match Result: Eddie Guerrero defeated Kane and The Undertaker to retain the WWE Title
Match Time: 23:22


 
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Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

Judgment Day Review

I loved Judgment Day as it was a really really great PPV and I give props to my man Kintaro once again for making this a pay per view that was five-star worthy, almost like he never misses a beat

John Cena vs. Val Venis for the U.S. Championship sure entertained me from start to finish, great opening contest, and I want to see the 2 of them hook it up again as I was really impressed with Val during this match

JBL vs. The World, JBL guaranteed victory, and he comes out on top just like how I knew he would, the cruiserweights aren't in his league and they never will be, and now he can move on to the King of the Ring

Hurricane & Moore retaining their WWE Tag Team Championship in an awesome Ladder Match, as good as any ladder match in history and that is saying something as this ladder match kept me entertained the whole way through

Matt Hardy beating Rhyno, love it, only bigger and better things to come for Matt Version 1

Great Cruiserweight Championship match with Tajiri retaining his title, love it

Edge beating Rey Mysterio, awesome match, and now Edge can move on to bigger things that being the WWE Championship and now nothing will stop him from getting there

Booker T beating RVD, really great match

As for the main event match, the Triple-Threat Match for the WWE Championship with Eddie coming out on top in the end, I loved it, awesome, awesome, what a way to cap off the ppv, and no one gave him a prayer's chance of winning this match and he comes out on top and overcomes adversity once again, really great match. I especially love when Edge came out of nowhere and attacked everybody, and even gave Rey a Con-Chair-to, now Edge when he can do all of that to so many people, it just proves how psychotic, just how ruthless Edge can really be, and that he definitely deserves to be in the main event picture on Smackdown now

Great PPV, and now it is on to the King of the Ring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

Thanks for the review. I'm glad you loved the show. It will now start to get even better now because of the return of the King of the Ring PPV. I was a huge fan of the KOTR tournament and this event will feature both brands. Qualifying matches will take place on the next Raw and Smackdown show. It will be a 16 man tournament with the quarter finals, semi finals and finals taking place on the ppv. Still welcoming reviews for the Judgment Day ppv before i move on to the next Raw show.
 
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Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

King of the Ring will look to be a great PPV and I am glad that you brought it back Kintaro especially as a way to replace Bad Blood 2004 as King of the Ring this pay per view is single-handedly a prestigious pay per view as it has created legends of this business and is a tournament that is used as a launching pad for future stars of this business, and for KOTR 2004 I cannot wait until the actual tournament itself to start especially with the select few that being the 16 men, and then it being trimmed down to 8 for the pay per view. As well with Rock back from suspension will he be able to go after the World Title
 
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Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

Looks like i have to move on with my Raw show so Raw will be up tomorrow. Thanks Terry for the Judgment Day ppv review. The road to KOTR starts on the next show.



WWE.com has announced the following 1st Round qualifying matches for the King of the Ring tournament. There are question marks as to who some of the following opponents are. Could they be surprise opponents for some of the participants in the tournament to face? Tune in the following weeks on both RAW and Smackdown to find out.

Evolution members will have their qualifying matches this week on Raw. Randy Orton’s opponent has yet to be named and we will find out on Raw who his opponent is. Rene Dupree’s match will take place a week later against a participant who has yet to be announced. Eric Bischoff will make a decision on Dupree’s opponent this week on Raw. Three Smackdown qualifying matches will take place this week on Smackdown. Johnny Nitro’s match will take place the following week against a participant who has yet to be announced. The winners of all the qualifying matches will go on to compete in an 8 man single elimination tournament at the King of the Ring ppv.

King of the Ring 1st Round Qualifying Matches
Ric Flair vs Shelton Benjamin
Randy Orton vs ???
Batista vs Charlie Haas
Rene Dupree vs ???

Val Venis vs John Cena
Matt Hardy vs Tajiri
John Bradshaw Layfield vs Rhyno
Johnny Nitro vs ???
 
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Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

WWE Raw
May 17, 2004​

Eric Bischoff returns to Raw
Highlights are shown of what went down on Raw and Smackdown last week including the devastating tombstone on Eric Bischoff. The Raw video package plays as the announcers welcome us to the show. Eric Bischoff’s music hits as he comes down to the ring in a neck brace. Eric is not in a good mood. Eric says he was going to come out and say it’s great to be back but after what happened to him at the end of Smackdown, he certainly didn’t deserve that. The fans actually cheered for this. Eric bashes Smackdown and he’s glad that The Undertaker didn’t win the WWE Title last night at Judgment Day. He hoped that he doesn’t cross paths with The Undertaker again, he doesn’t want him on Raw. He addresses what Paul Heyman did last week, he made a joke out of his show. He booked a match between HHH and Benoit vs 11 guys. Is Paul Heyman out of his mind. He hoped that was the first and last time Paul Heyman controlled Raw because he did an awful job of it. Bischoff says when he went to Smackdown last week, the ratings went up and what did he get in return at the end? A tombstone. He takes shots at several Smackdown stars such as Edge, RVD, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, JBL and John Cena. Speaking of John Cena and JBL, they claim that they will win the King of the Ring, well that’s just not going to happen and a Raw star will win. He books qualifying matches for tonight. In the first qualifying match which is coming up next we will see Evolution’s Nature Boy Ric Flair against the man who pinned him last week, one half of the tag team champions Shelton Benjamin. In the other qualifying match tonight we will see Batista against the other half of the tag team champions Charlie Haas. He hoped that no one bothers him tonight because he’s not in a great mood and he needs the rest. HHH’s music hits as he storms down to the ring. A mic is handed to HHH and HHH said he’s not here to rub salt on Eric’s wounds. Last week Paul Heyman denied him of a title shot and made him team with Benoit. 11 guys beat the hell out of him last week. He was patient for a while but last week after the beating he took last week, he couldn’t wait any longer. He’s the best in the business, Raw's number one guy. He's waited for 2 months now for his rematch and now that Eric’s back he’s going to do the right thing and give him his rematch.

Eric says HHH has every right to be mad and he knows how important HHH is to Raw. However HHH has lost two #1 contender matches. He even lost a match against The Rock at Backlash and then others moved up to be in contention. He can't abuse his power and award a title shot just like that to HHH. He reminds HHH that they have always been on great terms, in the past he handed the world title to HHH. HHH appreciates what Eric has done for him but he doesn’t give a damn about the other contenders. He is the number one priority on Raw. He should always be the first in line for a title shot. The Rock’s suspension ends this week and he’s back next week, before he gets back and gets a title shot, HHH wants his rematch tonight. Eric tells HHH to calm down. HBK comes out on the stage and says he still has unfinished business with Evolution. He was the only man to take Benoit to the limit and believes he can beat him. He reminds HHH that he beat him to become the # 1 contender for the title at Backlash. HHH and HBK start arguing until Chris Jericho comes out on the stage. Jericho said he won at Backlash and HBK and HHH lost their matches. The 4 way match a few weeks ago, he would have won but Christian stole the victory. He main evented Raw last week and ended his feud with Christian by beating him in a brutal barbed wire cage match. If there is anyone who deserves the shot more then it’s him. He knows Benoit more than both of them and he’s taken him to the limit in the past. It’s about time he gets his shot. Eric says he really doesn’t want to deal with any more headaches tonight. So he decides that Chris Benoit will be defending his world heavyweight title at the King of the Ring against the winner of tonight’s match. He books a triple threat elimination match between HHH, Michaels and Jericho. HHH was furious at this decision. Eric tells them that he wants no excuses because this is the best possible way to settle this. He also adds that the first man who gets eliminated tonight will then end up in the KOTR tournament qualifier against Rene Dupree next week. As for the guy who is the 2nd man eliminated, he will decide something for him next week. Eric leaves and it’s going to be one action packed Raw tonight.

In the back Charlie Haas and Shelton wish each other luck. They beat Flair and Batista last week in a tag match but tonight they are facing them in singles matches. They are not that used to singles competition but this is a big opportunity for them tonight to qualify for the King of the Ring Tournament. Shelton’s match is next.

Match 1
King of the Ring Qualifying Match
Shelton Benjamin vs Ric Flair
Last week the tag team champions defeated Flair and Batista. We already know that Shelton’s a great tag team wrestler. Now this is a great chance for Shelton to prove if he can shine as a singles star. This is no easy task as he’s up against the dirtiest player in the game, the nature boy Ric Flair. JR believes that Shelton is a great athlete and this is a huge opportunity for him. Lawler thinks WGTT got lucky last week and tonight Flair and Batista will teach TWGTT a lesson. Who will become the first man to qualify for the KOTR tournament. The bell rings as both men lock up. Flair gets Shelton in a headlock and throws Shelton down to the mat. Flair starts strutting in the ring. He sends him to the ropes and gets an elbow on Shelton right in the face. Shelton comes back with an arm drag takedown, a hiptoss followed by a clothesline. Shelton mocks Flair and does the Flair strut. He backs Flair into the corner and Flair kicks Shelton in the mid section. Flair starts chopping away at Shelton. He whips Shelton into the corner and runs into a boot. Shelton takes Flair down with a spinning heel kick. Shelton delivers a suplex and Flair kicks out at 2. Flair gets a thumb to the eye. Flair gets a back suplex and gets a 2 only. Flair goes to the top but Shelton gets up and stops Flair with a press slam off the top turnbuckle. Insiguri by Shelton and gets 2 only. Shelton gets a backdrop and goes to the top turnbuckle and delivers a flying clothesline. He goes for a cover and Flair kicks out at 2. Flair gets an inside cradle and Shelton kicks out at 2. Flair knocks Shelton down with a hard chop. He goes to the ropes and drops a knee to the face of Shelton and gets a near fall. Flair sends Shelton to the ropes who leapfrogs over Flair and connects with a dropkick on Flair and gets 2. Shelton misses a stinger splash and Flair clips Shelton’s knee. Flair starts working on Shelton’s knee. Flair looks for the figure four but Shelton gets an inside cradle and Flair kicks out at 2. Flair gets frustrated and knocks Shelton down with a clothesline. Suplex by Flair and Shelton kicks out at 2. Shelton reverses a whip and sends Flair into the corner. This time Shelton connects with a stinger splash and delivers a t-bone suplex. He goes for a cover and gets the 3 count to defeat Flair. Big upset here as Shelton gets a great ovation from the fans. Shelton Benjamin has become the 1st man to qualify for this year’s King of the Ring. Will Haas join Shelton in the tournament tonight.
Winner: Shelton Benjamin


In the back Coach complains to Bischoff for what Heyman did to him last week. Bischoff tells Coach he’s going to call Paul Heyman up later on. Trish Stratus walks in and she’s very upset. She takes shots at Paul Heyman for setting up a barbed wire cage match last week . She shows Eric the cover of this month’s magazine and Christian and Trish are on the front cover. He was going to be the biggest star on Raw but thanks to Jericho, Christian is now out of action for three to four months. Jericho may think he settled his score with Christian but she’s not done with Jericho yet. He’s going to pay for his actions. Eric calms Trish down and tells her that even he’s not pleased with the way Raw went down last week but promises to make it up to Trish. Eugene and Regal show up. Eugene goes over to hug Trish but A-Train gets in his way. A-Train challenges Eugene to a match. Before A-Train gets his hands on Eugene, Bischoff tells A-Train and Trish to leave. Eugene hugs Eric but looks at Eric’s neck brace and asks how did this happen. He even touches it and Eric starts screaming and says let go Eugene. Regal stops Eugene. Eugene wanted to know why his uncle didn’t watch his 1st match last week. Eric explained that he was on Smackdown and that’s how his accident happened. Eugene asks who that fat bald guy was that was running the show. Eric starts laughing and said that fat bald guy was Paul Heyman and he’s the general manager of a 2nd rate Show. Regal tells Eric that Eugene was great last week. Heyman forced Eugene to go out alone and compete and he still won. Eric says what Heyman did wasn’t right but he’s pleased that Eugene won his 1st match. He looks at Regal and tells him that he made the right choice to appoint Regal to supervise Eugene. Eugene jumps around on the sofa. Eric believes that Eugene will become a major star here on Raw. Eugene asks his uncle Eric to put his picture up next to him. Eric makes up some excuses and Eugene starts yelling and Eric says fine he will do that next week. Eugene then starts asking more annoying questions and asks his uncle that he wants to be General Manager like his uncle. The look on Regal’s face was priceless. Eric tells Eugene when he becomes a huge star, someday he will get that opportunity. Eugene said he wanted to play with Trish Stratus. Eric told Eugene he can team with a diva of his choice to take on Trish and A-Train tonight. Eugene gets excited and hugs Eric again and Eric points at Regal to take Eugene away.
Match 2
King of the Ring Qualifying Match
Randy Orton vs Maven

Randy Orton comes down to the ring for his match. Orton gets a mic and talks about the King of the Ring Tournament. He points out that a few weeks ago he had a confrontation with Harley Race. Harley Race talked about his accomplishments and being King of the Ring was one of them. Race said Randy Orton has yet to be King and this is something that is next on the legend killers list of accomplishments. On Smackdown, John Cena and JBL claimed that they will win the KOTR and that no Raw guy stands a chance. Well this whole thing started when he confronted Harley Race. If there is anyone that will win KOTR then you’re looking at him. Orton brags about his accomplishments at such a young age. He’s got a qualifying match now and doesn’t know who his opponent is so he wants his opponent to come down to the ring right now. Maven‘s music hits and he makes his return to action and he is in great shape. Maven was out of action due to injury. Orton says he didn’t expect this, we haven’t seen Maven in a long time. He makes fun of Maven. Maven started a few months earlier before Orton but look at him and look at Randy Orton. All Maven is known for is that one moment at the Royal Rumble when he eliminated The Undertaker but that was 2 years ago. Right now Maven is irrelevant and he’s not in his league. Randy Orton is known for many memorable legendary moments. He may not be prepared for Maven but he’s going to make quick work of him. Maven cuts Orton off and says during his time off, he’s been watching Orton running his mouth for a long time and he’s going to shut him up. This is a great opportunity for his career to take off and what matters the most is... Orton cuts him off and says “To quote an overrated Hollywood actor it doesn’t matter what you think. Ring the bell.” The ref rings the bell and the match begins.

They lock up and Maven takes it to Orton with a few right hands. He whips Orton to the ropes and connects with a dropkick. Orton ducks a clothesline and starts delivering a few rights on Maven. Orton leapfrogs over Maven and hits a dropkick of his own and Maven kicks out at 2. Maven takes Orton down with a series of arm drags and Orton gets frustrated. Both men exchange right hands and Maven dropkicks Orton to the floor. Orton gets back in and reverses a whip and knocks Maven down with an elbow to the face. He gets a headlock as the fans get behind Maven. Maven is back up on his feet. Maven fights out of it and goes to the ropes and Orton kicks Maven to the gut and takes Maven down with a russian leg sweep. Orton starts pounding away at Maven in the corner and taunts him. He waits for Maven to get back at his feet and picks him up for a suplex. Maven slips out and rolls Orton up and Orton kicks out at 2. Maven gets a few rights on Orton. He delivers a reverse Russian legsweep and gets a near fall. Maven goes to second rope and delivers a bulldog and gets 2 only. Maven is really taking it here to Orton. Maven goes for a charge but runs into a boot. Orton is now back in control. Orton nails Maven with an inverted headlock backbreaker and Maven kicks out at 2. Orton knocks Maven down with a forearm uppercut. He starts kicking away at Maven in the corner and yells “you’re looking at greatness Maven, you’re looking at the next King of the Ring.” Orton goes for a scoop slam but Maven slips out and rolls Orton up and gets 2 1/2. That was so close. Maven fights back and knocks Orton down with a few rights. Maven sends Orton to the ropes and takes him down with a spinning heel kick and gets 2 only. Maven goes to the top turnbuckle and goes for a high crossbody. He hits it but wait Orton rolls through and gets a handful of tights 1...2...3. He got him. Orton qualifies. Maven can’t believe it, he had the match won but Orton used the tights to get some leverage and beat Maven to qualify. We now know our first quarter final match for the KOTR as Shelton Benjamin will take on Randy Orton. Orton celebrates on the ramp as Maven looks on and Maven is upset that he lost in his return match.
Winner: Randy Orton
Todd Grisham interviews La Resistance backstage. Rene is angry and calls Eugene’s win last week a fluke. However he is glad to receive an opportunity in the KOTR tournament. He doesn't care who he faces in the KOTR qualifying match next week because he will win. He vows to win the KOTR tournament. Conway and Grenier want another shot at the tag team titles and challenge TWGTT to a match in 2 weeks time in their hometown of Montreal, Quebec.

William Regal is reading the divas magazine and asks Eugene which diva does he want to team up with. Eugene wants to have a look at the magazine. Eugene gets excited and picks Torrie Wilson or Stacey but Regal tells him that they are on Smackdown so they go to the women’s locker room. Regal knocks on the door. Jazz and Molly end up making fun of Eugene and turn down his request down to team with him. Eugene gets upset. Regal tells him not to worry they will keep trying.


Match 3
King of the Ring Qualifying Match
Charlie Haas vs Batista
Earlier on Shelton Benjamin defeated Evolution’s Ric Flair to qualify. Will Haas do the same by defeating Evolution’s Batista? Or will Batista get his revenge from last week. The night did not start off well for Evolution as Flair lost. Orton can call himself lucky because Maven had him beat but Orton managed to qualify. Now will Batista be able to join Orton in advancing to the tournament. Jerry Lawler called Shelton’s win a fluke and believes that Haas stands no chance against the animal Batista. Batista is not in a good mood and this is not a good time for Haas to take on Batista, he’s going to take his anger out on Haas. The bell rings as both men lock up. Batista shoves Haas down and starts posing and yells at Haas. They lock up again and Batista sends Haas to the ropes and gets a big shoulder takedown. Haas comes back with a few rights but Batista delivers a knee to the gut. He starts hammering away at Haas. Batista starts throwing Haas around the ring. He goes for a clothesline but Haas drop toe holds Batista into the ropes. He goes to the ropes and drops a leg on the back of Batista. Haas knocks Batista down with an uppercut. He takes Batista down with a series of arm drags. Batista starts to get frustrated and goes for a clothesline, Haas ducks and hits a dropkick. Haas hits a suplex and Batista kicks out at 2. Haas runs into a devastating clothesline by Batista. Batista then takes control. He whips Haas into a corner and clotheslines him in the corner. He hits a powerslam and Haas kicks out at 2.

Batista starts flexing his muscles and delivers a suplex. He places Haas on the ropes and starts stomping away at him. The ref orders Batista to break it up and he does. Batista delivers a big sidewalk slam and Haas is able to kick out at 2. Batista sends Haas to the ropes who knocks Batista down with a dropkick. He follows up with a clothesline. Dropkick to the thigh by Haas. He’s trying to weaken Batista’s leg. Good strategy from Haas. Haas is near the ropes and applies the Haas of Pain and this is a very painful move. Batista is able to get to the ropes. Back suplex by Charlie and Batista kicks out at 2. Batista reverses a whip and clotheslines Haas to the floor. Haas gets back in and Batista starts to dominate Haas with some power moves. Batista charges at Haas full speed and Haas moves out the way and Batista goes face first into the turnbuckle. Haas delivers a german suplex. 1..2.. 2 ½ Batista just kicked out. Haas goes for another german suplex but Batista elbows Haas in the face. Spinebuster by Batista. Here we go, Batista gets Haas back up to his feet and lifts him up and drops him with the Batista Bomb. 1..2...3. It’s over. Batista has qualified for the King of the Ring. Jerry Lawler said Haas put up a great fight but Batista was just too powerful for him. Lawler predicts that Raw has a winner right there, Batista will dominate everyone in the tournament. Lawler believes that Batista will win the tournament and JR seems to agree with him. Who can stop Evolution’s animal?
Winner: Batista

Eric Bischoff is on the phone to Paul Heyman. Bischoff was not happy with the way how Heyman ran Raw last week and starts insulting Heyman. Heyman fires back with his own insults on Bischoff. They are arguing on the phone and Bischoff said he’s going to show Paul Heyman why Raw is the better brand. We just saw three KOTR qualifying matches tonight and the final qualifier will be next week. Eric guaranteed that a Raw star will win, Paul guaranteed that a Smackdown star will win. Eric mocked Paul and said if somehow a Smackdown star won, the winner may do what Benoit did when he won the Rumble. He could betray Heyman and come to Raw. Paul said that’s just not going to happen again. Eric stars laughing and hangs up on Paul.

In the back Eugene and Regal bump into Lita. Lita asks them that Eugene is looking for a diva to team up with them. She would be more than glad to team with him tonight. Her former boyfriend Matt Hardy didn’t want to take Eugene under his wing but she sees a lot of potential in Eugene. She hugs Eugene and gives him a kiss and he gets excited. She tells Eugene lets go, and Regal gets shocked.



Match 4
Eugene and Lita vs A-Train and Trish
The bell rings and A-Train starts throwing Eugene around in the ring. Regal is enjoying this. Eugene starts countering some of A-Train’s holds which surprises A-Train. Eugene goes to the ropes and A-Train lifts Eugene up and delivers a press slam. A-Train misses a bicycle kick and Eugene takes A-Train down with a dropkick. Eugene gets a few rights on A-Train and until A-Train knocks him down with a clothesline. He tags in Trish so now Eugene has to tag Lita. The divas get it on and we have a catfight in the ring. Trish gets a thumb to the eye on Lita and gets a few rights on Lita. She sends her to the ropes and Lita comes back with a hurracarana. Trish reverses a whip and sends Lita into the corner. She gives Lita a few kicks to the chest. Trish slaps Lita in the face and taunts Lita. Lita reverses a whip and knocks Trish down with a clothesline. Lita starts beating the hell out of Trish until Trish pokes Lita in the eye and quickly makes a tag to A-Train. Now Eugene is back in the ring with A-Train. A-Train mauls Eugene in the corner until suddenly Eugene no sells A-Train’s attacks. He imitates Hulk Hogan and whips A-Train to the ropes and hits a big boot. He follows up with a legdrop. Regal gets on the apron to distract the referee. Eugene is confused. A-Train rolls Eugene up who counters into a roll up of his own and gets a 2. A-Train misses a charge so Eugene hits the stone cold stunner. Trish gets in to stop the count and starts seducing Eugene. Eugene gets excited. Lita gets in and starts fighting with Trish. Regal accidently trips A-Train up and Eugene hits the peoples elbow to pick up the victory. Eugene and Lita celebrate. Regal is shocked and Eugene starts hugging Regal.
Winners: Eugene and Lita
Evolution are in the back. Batista and Orton are celebrating their victories and they are looking forward to the KOTR tournament. Flair is a bit upset that he lost but Orton says he will make it up to Flair by beating Shelton Benjamin at the KOTR. He will then go on and win the tournament. Batista laughs and says wait.... you forgot that I’m also in the tournament, it won’t be Randy Orton that will win, it will be Batista who will win. Orton laughs and before it becomes a problem, Flair says no matter who wins out of you two we have to make sure it is Evolution’s night at KOTR. HHH congratulates Orton and Batista for qualifying for the KOTR. He encourages them to follow in his footsteps because he was also a former KOTR winner. Look at what it got him, that made his career. HHH then talks about his own match and he said a lot of guys have become an obstacle in his path. The Rock is suspended Christian is out for months and now there is 2 more to go. Tonight has already been a big night for Evolution and it will turn out to be even better when he goes through Michaels and Jericho to become the # 1 contender. Evolution wish HHH luck as he leaves and the main event is NEXT.



Main Event
#1 contenders Triple Threat Elimination Match
Winner faces Chris Benoit at King of the Ring
HHH vs Chris Jericho vs Shawn Michaels
Chris Benoit’s music hits as he comes down to do commentary. HHH’s music hits as the game comes down to the ring first. HHH looks over at Benoit and taunts him. Ever since losing the world heavyweight title, HHH has not been the same. Chris Jericho comes out next and he won the barbed wire cage match last week and he has to be a favourite here. HBK comes out next and he took Benoit to the limit at Backlash and if he wins tonight, he gets his rematch to take Benoit to the limit again. Lawler asks Benoit who he thinks will become the #1 contender tonight. Chris says it doesn’t matter who it is, all of them are tremendous wrestlers. Michaels took him to the limit at Backlash and he would love to wrestle him again. He has history with Jericho because they’ve had great battles in the past and they’ve also held the tag team titles. Benoit then bashes HHH. He said he doesn’t like HHH but last week HHH for a while did live up to his bargain by being a team player. However at the end he showed his true colours and attacked him. He’s sick and tired of hearing HHH whining and complaining about his rematch, well if somehow HHH wins tonight then at King of the Ring he’s going to finally shut him up and beat him. If HHH doesn’t win tonight then he should go to the back of the line and work his way back up again. This is not a regular triple threat match, this is an elimination match. If you get eliminated then it’s down to one on one. The bell rings. At the beginning, HHH and Michaels are going at it with Jericho standing by in the corner watching these two go at it. Jericho comes into the corner and moves HBK out of his way to get his shots in on HHH. Then HBK moves Jericho out of his way to get his shots in again on HHH. They are moving each other out of each other's way to get their shots in on HHH. HBK and Jericho start going at it as they turn on each other and start trading rights and lefts. HHH rolls out the ring. HBK whips Jericho off the ropes and Jericho hits a flying forearm. HHH gets back on the apron and Jericho whips Michaels into HHH who gets knocked back down to the floor. Jericho rolls Michaels up and Michaels kicks out at 2. HHH holds the ropes which knocks Jericho to the floor. Now it is HBK and HHH going at it exchanging rights and lefts until HHH whips HBK off the ropes. HBK goes for a flying forearm but HHH ducks out of the way with HBK flying down which sends HBK out of the ring.

HHH starts getting all cocky and arrogant taunting to the crowd as Jericho gets back in. HHH whips Jericho to the ropes to deliver the high knee but Jericho counters into a spinning heel kick. 1...2....2 ½, HHH just gets the shoulder up. Jericho takes HHH down with a bulldog and goes for the lionsault but HHH gets his knees up. He goes for a cover but Michaels gets back into break it up. Michaels delivers some knife edge chops to HHH and delivers a backdrop on the game. Michaels clotheslines HHH to the floor. Michaels whips Jericho to the corner, HBK goes for a charge, Jericho leapfrogs over HBK and rolls him up and gets 2. Jericho takes Michaels down and looks for the walls of Jericho but can’t turn him over. HHH gets in and knees Jericho to the back. HHH sends Jericho shoulder first into the post. HHH gets a sleeper hold on Michaels but Michaels gets back up to his feet and counters into a back suplex. Michaels goes to the top but Jericho gets to the top and delivers a superplex on Michaels. Both men are down. HHH looks at both men and decides to cover Michaels and Michaels kicks out. He covers Jericho and Jericho kicks out. HHH and Michaels then team up against Jericho which is quite a surprise, until HHH turns on HBK and throws him to the floor. HHH whips Jericho into the corner and runs into a boot. Jericho takes HHH down with a bulldog. Jericho locks in the walls of Jericho and HHH is desperate to make it to the ropes. HHH just makes it to the ropes and Jericho now has to release the hold. Michaels is on the apron and Jericho suplexes Michaels back in. He whips Michaels to the ropes and they end up knocking each other down with a clothesline. Michaels kips up and so does Jericho at the same time.

They trade lefts and rights, Michaels ducks a punch and gets an atomic drop on Jericho. Clothesline by Michaels. Michaels tries to go for a sharpshooter but Jericho gets an inside cradle and gets 2 1/2. HHH is back in and now Michaels and Jericho double team on HHH and beat the hell out of him. Benoit is enjoying this. They take the fight outside the ring and HHH sends Jericho into the post. He turns around and gets superkicked in the face by Michaels. Michaels rolls HHH back in and goes for a cover and HHH gets his foot on the ropes at 2. Michaels gets a scoop slam on HHH. He now goes to the top turnbuckle and drops the big elbow. 1..2... 2 ½ the game kicked out. Jericho gets to the top turnbuckle and gets a crossbody on Michaels and gets 2 only. Jericho clotheslines HHH to the floor. Trish Stratus runs down to ringside and becomes a distraction for Jericho. Trish stands on the apron and distracts him, Jericho’s about to get his hands on Trish but she drops down the apron. Jericho turns around and gets planted in the face with a superkick from Michaels. Michaels pins Jericho for the 3 count and Jericho has been eliminated. Trish Stratus is laughing and leaves. Wait Michaels better turn around. Michaels turns around and HHH has a sledgehammer on him. He nails Michaels with the sledgehammer. HHH gets Michaels up to his feet and plants him with a pedigree. 1..2...3. It’s over. HHH’s music hit’s and he has become the # 1 contender. He has finally got his rematch and will face Chris Benoit for the world title at KOTR. Now that was a desperate move by HHH, he took advantage of Jericho being eliminated by Michaels only for HHH to nail Michaels in the face with a sledgehammer. Lawler says HHH waited two months to get his rematch and didn’t want to blow another opportunity so he did what he had to do.
Winner and the # 1 contender for the world heavyweight title HHH
HHH celebrates his win and grabs a mic. He told everyone he would win and he did. Now it’s only a matter of time till he becomes the world heavyweight champion again. He’s that damn good, he’s the best in the business and he just proved it tonight. HHH starts taunting Benoit and told Benoit that his time as champion is finally running out. Benoit has had enough and goes straight to the ring. Benoit congratulates HHH on finally getting that rematch he’s been desperate for. He just doesn’t like the way how HHH won. Now he doesn’t have to hear HHH whine and complain about his rematch. HHH says Benoit has had his small moment of fame. He is going to end Benoit’s dream at KOTR. HHH claims that the world title is his life, being world champion is all that he is. People know him as the world heavyweight champion. At KOTR, it’s going to be Evolution’s night. Benoit says Evolution are like a pack of wild dogs, you see after that beatdown they gave him last week, it proved that HHH can’t get the job done by himself. HHH said he just beat Michaels and Jericho by himself. Benoit said it took a distraction for Jericho and a sledgehammer shot to the face on Michaels for HHH to pick up the win.

HHH is now furious and tells Benoit he can beat him in any type of match. He’s the game and he’s that damn good, he’s the best in the business and until Benoit doesn’t beat him one on one he can’t claim to be the best. Benoit told HHH to prove it that he can beat him without Evolution. Prove it that he’s the best in the business because right now HHH is not #1, he is. He is the best in the business today. Benoit tells HHH he just said he could beat him in any type of match. HHH says that’s right. Benoit proposes a match where there are no pinfalls, no submissions, no rules. HHH looks confused. The only way to win is to make your opponent say I Quit, that way there are no excuses. That’s right HHH how about an "I Quit Match." HHH accepts. He says Benoit claims to be the best but in this business right now you’re looking at the best and that is the game HHH. Chris has never said those magic words in his career but HHH says hes's going to humiliate Benoit and will make him say "I Quit." Benoit says if he loses the title at King of the Ring then he will have no excuses,. However if HHH loses then no more whining and complaining about another title shot. If HHH does not beat him at KOTR then no more title shots as long as Benoit is the champion. The final encounter with no Evolution at ringside. He asked HHH if he agreed? HHH looking very confident agreed and said at KOTR, GAME OVER. Benoit said prove me wrong. Benoit knocks HHH with a right hand, HHH is back on his feet and Benoit levels him with the title belt sending HHH to the floor. Benoit does his cut throat signal as his music hits. HHH backs up the ramp as Benoit stares him down from the ring. HHH is furious and he’s yelling at Benoit. Benoit stares down HHH as Raw goes off the air.



WWE King of the Ring
June 13, 2004, Columbus Ohio
Current Card

World Heavyweight Title I Quit Match
Chris Benoit (c) vs HHH


King of the Ring Quarter Finals
Shelton Benjamin vs Randy Orton
Batista vs Rene Dupree or Chris Jericho
 
#93 ·
Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

RAW Review

I loved RAW, great episode to start the build-up towards one of the greatest PPVs on the whole calendar King of the Ring by having Bischoff announce King of the Ring qualifying matches for the RAW show, and then talking about what happened to him on Smackdown and how he received a Tombstone for making their show better and he hopes that The Undertaker & him never cross paths again because he hopes Taker will never be on RAW, you never know Bischoff you could just get Tombstoned again just for running your mouth about Taker and that you were glad that he didn't win the WWE Title at Judgment Day, but he was talking about how Heyman ran the show and that it became chaos with him running it.

I love the Bischoff-HHH interaction at the beginning of the show, and about how he has waited 2 months to get his rematch for the WHC whining and complaining only to be interrupted by HBK and then to get interrupted by Jericho

And then Bischoff setting up a Triple-Threat Elimination Match where the winner will face Benoit for the World Heavyweight Championship at the King of the Ring ppv

I especially loved when Bischoff ran down the Smackdown superstars by mentioning Edge, RVD, Rey Mysterio, John Cena the WWE United States Champion, and JBL by saying how a RAW star will win the tournament

Backstage segment with the WGTT I loved it, but only one of them can qualify for the tournament but if they are lucky, they will both qualify

Shelton Benjamin beating Ric Flair to qualify for KOTR, awesome match, could Shelton go all the way to the KOTR final, he could be a darkhorse

The Trish-Eugene-Regal-A-Train-Bischoff-Coach segment I actually loved it, and about how Trish is not done with Jericho yet, Jericho better watch his back and with Eugene doing one stupid thing after another, you just gotta love it

Randy Orton beating Maven to qualify for KOTR, awesome match all the way throughout, Maven had the match won and he took Orton to the limit, but Orton cheating to get the victory, typical Evolution style but I loved it, Orton is probably deemed "the favorite" to win the KOTR tournament

La Resistance backstage segment I loved it, as I just love them as a stable with Rene Dupree claiming how Eugene's victory against him was a fluke and how he is happy that he at least has the chance to qualify for KOTR and it does not matter who he faces because he will vow to win the tournament, and how Rob Conway and Sylvan Grenier challenge WGTT to a rematch for the World Tag Team Titles in 2 weeks in their hometown of Quebec, really great segment

Regal & Eugene segment with the Divas, loved it, especially Jazz and Molly making fun of Eugene and turning him down when it comes to teaming with him and Eugene getting angry and Regal saying how they will keep trying

Batista defeating Charlie Haas to qualify, really great call as Batista is now in the KOTR tournament, which Evolution member will win the tournament, will it be Batista or Orton?

Eric Bischoff and Paul Heyman backstage phone segment, I always love it whenever they interact

Eugene finds himself a tag team partner in Lita, pretty good choice and what makes it even better is the fact that they beat both Trish & A-Train in a Mixed Tag Team Match. Eugene is on quite the winning streak, Eugene Eric's nephew is undefeated right now in his matches.

Evolution backstage segment with HHH, Flair, Batista, and Orton, I love it whenever I see Evolution one of the greatest stables in all of professional wrestling, in WWE history for that matter

HHH winning the main event to finally get his rematch, and the way he won it, typical HHH style having to resort to desperation just to win a match. And now it will be an I Quit Match at the King of the Ring PPV for the World Heavyweight Championship, and to "up the antie" if HHH loses, no more title shots as long as Benoit is champion, I personally love it, and then Benoit attacking HHH after, great move

Excellent RAW and I cannot wait until Smackdown!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
#94 ·
Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

Raw Review

I enjoyed this episode, I thought the recap form would be difficult to read, But it turned out to be okay. The opening segment was good, I enjoy Eric Bischoff back here, And this is definetly an appealing time period to book WWE, Because you have everyone before they went downhill. It's kind of like the WWE is hanging off a cliff about to slowly nosedive, But you have the chance to save it.I thought the setting up of the triple threat main event was pretty good, And sounds like a very entertaining match.

I enjoyed Flair and Benjamin a great deal, I think they worked together well and Shellton was as exciting as ever. I don't know if he should win KOTR though, I just never have seen his a top level guy, More a very solid mid carder.

Trish and co segment was very funny, And it's one of those segments which I can really envisage happening on screen.I don't like Eugene as a character but I liked this segment so I hope I can go on to be entertained by Eugene in your thread. I think Trish is a great character performer, So I hope she gets used consistently.

I like how Orton cheated to beat Maven, It gives Maven a rub, That he is a threat to anyone. This was indeed an exciting and fast paced match and I personaly hope Orton wins the tournament.

La Resistance are decent wrestlers so I don't mind them being around.The interview was what I expected, Not much to say but solid and set things up nicely.

Another hilarious segment with Eugene, I am shocked I am actually enjoying Eugene, But I am. I guess it just goes to show that booking is very important in getting a character over, So yeah I think someone needs to tell that to Vince Russo. I have always thought Regal was a great comedy performer too, So I look forward to more of these segments.

Batista and Charlie Haas was a pretty good match, I have a suspicion you are going to crown Batista the KOTR, I think it should be Orton though, Although I do enjoy Batista.

Paul and Bischoff segment was good to read, I like both of them as GMs, And it apppears you are doing some very fun stuff with the two, I liked it back here when the brand extension still had a chance and the shows were feuding.

A very well written mixed tag match, I do find these sorts of matches quite fun to watch in real life, And this one was very well written, Surprisingly considering it involved Eugene. I liked Trish and Lita's exchanges, I am in fact a fan of both of them as wrestlers. A Train I actually did like too, So hopefully he can go on to be decent in this thread.

The main event was a lot of fun, And I could really imagine it happening, I found it very entertaining. I liked Jericho's offense most and Im happy to see him at the top of the card, Because I think 2004 was his best year to be a main event talent, That year everything seemed to click, So hopefully he wins the title eventually. HHH winning and then the match being an I quit was a good way to end the show, Leaving intrigue and interest to the match, And leaving the people talking.

Overall this is the first show I've read of yours, And I am impressed. Yes, I would have preferred a full show but I respect you may not have time to do so. Maybe you could do it once a month or something. I really like the angles and stuff you have going on, You are indeed a very good booker because your show was extremely entertaining, Well writen and everything made sense, Kept my interest and will keep me reading. I will carry on reading this thread, And go back and read some of the stuff I've missed, and I wish you a lot of luck buddy.​
 
#95 · (Edited)
Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

Thanks for the reviews guys. :)

WWE Smackdown
May 20, 2004​


Judgment Day fallout show
Tazz and Michael Cole welcome us to the show. Edge’s music hits as he makes his way down to the ring to new entrance music. He's updated his "You think you know me" song. His new theme is "Metalingus" by Alter Bridge. He seems proud of what he did last night. A mic is handed to Edge. He explains his actions and told everyone that last night he made a statement. He did something so unprecedented that no one else in WWE history has been able to do. He took out The Undertaker, Kane, Mordecai, Eddie Guerrero, and Rey Mysterio single-handedly all by himself and he didn't need help to do it either. He talks about giving Rey Mysterio the biggest beating that he has ever received in his life in their match at Judgment Day. After that Rey tried to interfere in his business once again, he got a Con-chair-to for his troubles. After the Con-chair-to he has made sure that Rey will never want to face him again or even be in the same ring as him again. Edge says just look at him, he went through a brutal match at Judgment Day but still made an impact later on in the main event. He made a statement and now he will finish off where he started a year ago and that is to become Smackdown's fastest rising star. He starts to run down the fans in Las Vegas Nevada. He says you guys have the worst city in the world and if I were living in this city, I would be ashamed to be a part of it. Edge then runs down Kane and Mordecai by saying how they aren't the most powerful entity in the WWE. Edge proclaims himself to be the most powerful entity in the WWE and that he could beat Kane or Mordecai whenever he felt like it. He then runs down Paul Bearer by calling him a fat tub of lard whose only claim to fame is the urn. He could have destroyed Paul with Paul’s own urn but he decided to spare him because let's face it he isn’t in Edge’s league and never will be. Edge then runs down Eddie Guerrero by claiming how he could beat Eddie any night of the week, and that Eddie is nothing more than a fluke champion. Ever since Edge came back he’s been carrying this show. If he was to become champion he would bring in more ratings than Eddie could ever hope to accomplish. Edge goes even far to call Eddie a pathetic recovering drug addict. Finally Edge starts running down The Undertaker by saying how he isn't afraid of Taker at all. In fact The Undertaker is not the one who WWE superstars should be fearing, it should be him that they should all fear. Look at what he did to Kurt Angle, Rikishi and the carnage he caused last night.

Edge claims that he is the true Phenom of the WWE and that Taker is nothing more than a man. He isn't dead, and that his mind games would never work on him and they never could. He needs an urn to become powerful, well Edge says he proved he was more powerful without a stupid urn. The fans boo the hell out of Edge. Taker and Kane had their chance last night and failed and now it's his turn to get that opportunity for the WWE Title. He wasn’t included in the lethal lottery tournament but after last night the message he sent, it’s about time he gets what he wants and that’s a title shot. Booker T’s music hits and Edge gets interrupted by Booker. The first thing Booker says tell me you didn’t just say that. Booker says Edge just talked about if he was to become champion then he would bring in the highest ratings on Smackdown? Booker T starts laughing. Booker talks about his own accomplishments and said he is the most decorated WCW superstar of all time. Since coming to Smackdown, he’s already become the biggest superstar on this show. Booker says Edge complained about not receiving a title shot, Booker T claims that he didn’t get one either because his former partner betrayed him. Now that is a travesty. Edge fires back and makes fun of Booker. Edge talks about missing two WrestleManias due to injury. Edge talks about his last WrestleMania appearance which was two years ago and reminds Booker who he beat in his hometown. Yes it was Booker and if anyone deserves the shot then it’s him, not Booker. Booker responds back and says while Edge was talking about what he did last night, how about we talk about what Booker T did last night. Booker claims that after what he did to RVD, he should be next in line for a title shot, and not Edge. He states that Edge was doing nothing more than taking advantage of a situation to suit his needs, while Booker T says that unlike Edge he equals ratings and he will prove it when he goes on to KOTR to face Eddie for the title, now can you dig that. When Booker is about to say suckaaa, he gets interrupted by Kane’s music.


Kane comes down to the ring without Paul Bearer and without Mordecai. Kane is furious, he's steaming. The reason why Kane is angry because of what Edge did to him, his father, and his cousin. He blames Edge for costing him the title at Judgment Day. Kane looks like he is going to destroy Edge but he says that he could just destroy Edge and Booker T right now but he says he will save them for a later time. The reason why he's out here is because he wants another shot at the WWE Title and he isn't leaving here until he gets it. Eddie Guerrero comes down to interrupt this party and comes out on the stage. Eddie has a mic in his hand. Orrale Las Vegas. Eddie starts to mock Kane and Edge but ignores Booker as he has no grudge against him. He says he bled a lot at Judgment Day but proved he will overcome the obstacles and he did by beating The Undertaker and Kane to retain his title. He beat the hell out of Kane esse. He hasn’t forgotten what Edge did to him a few weeks ago. Then at Judgment Day, Edge came down and interfered in his match. He doesn’t give a damn if there’s three guys in the ring, his latino temper is boiling holmes and he’s coming in the ring right now. Eddie comes charging down to the ring and he beats the living hell out of Edge until Kane gets involved as Booker watches on. Eddie fights back until Booker T gets involved and we have a three on one beatdown. RVD comes in to make the save, but it is 3 on 2. Rey Mysterio comes into the ring and Edge hightails it out of the ring, leaving Kane and Booker in there by themselves to deal with Eddie, RVD, and Rey. RVD knocks Booker out the ring and Eddie and Rey dropkick Kane to the floor. The lights go out and the gong strikes. The lights are back on and The Undertaker is in the ring. Taker just stares down Eddie, RVD, and Rey. Kane and Booker retreat to the ramp. Paul Heyman comes out and tells them to stay right there. He’s going to settle this matter right now. He’s going to outdo Raw by having an even bigger match.He announces a 6 pack challenge tonight between The Undertaker, Kane, Booker T, RVD, Edge and Rey Mysterio. The winner gets a WWE Title shot against Eddie Guerrero at King of the Ring. He doesn’t care what condition these guys are in, this is your chance to take it or leave it. Wow what a blockbuster announcement from the Smackdown GM. What a huge match it is going to be tonight.

Backstage Val Venis and Dawn Marie are Heyman’s office. He’s upset because he lost against Cena and now he has to see Cena come out tonight and say the champ is here. He’s going to get him back for this by qualifying for the KOTR. Heyman told Val he’s adding something to the match. It's just not a qualifying match, it's also for the US Title. Val shakes Paul’s hand and leaves. As they are leaving, Dawn bumps into Stacey Keibler in Paul’s office. They start arguing and Paul tells them to calm down. He books a 6 person tag tonight between Stacey, The Hurricane and Shannon Moore vs Dawn Marie, Kidman and London. Torrie Wilson is banned from ringside. Dawn likes this and leaves with Val. Paul welcomes Stacey to Smackdown and apologises to Stacey and tells her he had to make the match fair. They get down to business as he thanks her for taking up his offer to join Smackdown. That really pissed Bischoff off last week, he apologises to her for what Bischoff did to her last week. He promises to make her an important part of the show. Stacey thanks Paul and Paul wishes her luck for her match tonight.

Cole and Tazz show some footage from the Judgment Day ppv.

Match 1
King of the Ring Qualifying Match
Matt Hardy Version 1.0 vs Tajiri

The Matt Facts are back as Hardy is mocking Tajiri here by claiming Tajiri weighs too much to be a cruiserweight. This match is not for the cruiserweight title. Both men were victorious at Judgment Day and now they are competing against each other in a KOTR Qualifying match. Who will become the 1st man from Smackdown to qualify? This was a fast paced match with lots of near falls. They lock up and trade holds at the start with Hardy coming out on top. Hardy does his v1 taunt and turns around and Tajiri nails Hardy with a spinning heel kick to knock Hardy outside the ring. Back in Hardy charges at Tajiri and misses a clothesline and Tajiri takes Hardy down with a dropkick. Tajiri starts delivering some lethal kicks to Hardy who goes to the ropes to get away from Tajiri. They lock up again as Hardy whips Tajiri to the ropes, leapfrog by Tajiri, into the ropes and Hardy gets a dropkick of his own. Hardy whips Tajiri to the corner and clotheslines him and delivers a bulldog and gets 2. Hardy backs Tajiri into a corner and starts punching and kicking away at Tajiri. He goes for a powerbomb, Tajiri slips out and takes Hardy down with a hurracanrana. Hardy and Tajiri counter holds with Tajiri coming out on top. Tajiri goes for a clothesline which Hardy counters into a side effect and Tajiri kicks out at 2. Hardy then takes control and delivers his moves such as the ricochet, spinning airplane neckbreaker and a legdrop from the top rope. Tajiri managed to kick out. Hardy runs into a boot by Tajiri and Tajiri applies the tarantula and has to break it up. Tajiri starts taking it to Hardy with some kick quicks. Tajiri is fired up. Tajiri nails his handspring elbow and Hardy kicks out at 2. Tajiri is measuring Hardy up for the buzzsaw kick, Hardy ducks and delivers the twist of fate. 1...2...3. He got him. Matt Hardy becomes the 1st man from Smackdown to qualify for the KOTR Tournament.
Winners: Matt Hardy

Josh Matthews is standing by with RVD. RVD said he was all over Booker at Judgment Day, he was kicking Booker T’s ass. Then suddenly he made one mistake and Booker capatalised on it. That was once but it’s not going to happen again. Tonight the stakes are even higher in a 6 pack challenge. This is now a big opportunity for him so that he can rub this in Booker’s face by receiving a title shot at King of the Ring. He can’t guarantee that it’s going to be Booker T that he’s going to pin tonight but at the end of the match the announcer will announce the winner and his name will be ...R....V......D!!!

Eddie Guerrero runs into Paul Heyman in the back. Paul Heyman told Eddie he knows that he’s mad over what happened at Judgment Day and also earlier on tonight. Under no circumstances will he allow Eddie to ruin his main event tonight so he tells Eddie, he’s not going to eject him from the arena, but he’s barred from interfering in the main event. However he’s not going to stop Eddie from what he wants to do after the main event. Eddie was fine with that and told Paul he's going to beat the hell out of Edge and Kane esse. Eddie leaves and he's not in a good mood tonight.


Match 2
US Title King of the Ring Qualifying Match
John Cena (c) vs Val Venis
At the start of the match, Cena cut a promo and says THE CHAMP IS HERE!!! Cena told Val if he's man enough, he would do this by himself and not without Dawn. So Val agrees and Dawn leaves. Cena and Val continue to work well against each other as this was a good follow up match from Judgment Day. Val takes his aggression out on Cena in the early going but Cena fights back. Cena runs into a knee lift. Val takes over and starts to assault Cena in the corner. Cena takes quite a beating here from Val. Val starts delivering mounted punches to Cena in the corner. He whips Cena into the other corner and runs into a boot. Cena hits a bulldog and Val kicked out at 2. Cena runs into an elbow, suplex from Val. Val starts dropping some elbow drops on Cena’s knee. Val goes for a figure four but Cena rolls him up and gets a 2 count only. Backslide from Cena and Val kicks out again at 2. Val catches Cena with a knee lift and then delivers a pump handle slam. Val goes to the top, Cena shakes the ropes and Val gets crotched on the ropes. Cena delivers a suplex from the top and gets 2 ½. They continue to go back and forth exchanging holds. Val goes for an abdominal stretch and applies more pressure to make Cena submit here. Cena counters into a hip toss. Cena is now back in this. Not only is this a qualifying match, Cena’s belt is also on the line here. Cena wigth a shoulder block, follows up with a clothesline. Side suplex from Cena. Cena hits the five knuckle shuffle and Val kicks out at 2. Throwback from Cena and gets 2. Guillotine legdrop and gets 2 ½. Cena runs into a boot, full nelson slam from Val and gets 2 1/2.

Val is really getting frustrated now and wants to put Cena away. Russian leg sweep from Val. Val locks in the Venis flytrap and holds on to the ropes to apply more pressure. The ref sees this and Val has to break it up. Val is showing some ruthless aggression here. Val scores with a fisherman suplex and Cena just kicks out at 2 ½. Val and Cena end up knocking each other out with a double clothesline. Val is first to get up, Cena blocks a punch and sends Val to the ropes and nails him with a flying forearm. Throwback from Cena. Cena runs into an elbow, spinebuster from Val. Val goes up to the top rope and he’s not gonna waste any time here and delivers the moneyshot. He got him. He covers Cena 1....2... 2 ½ Cena kicked out. Val can’t believe it. Val goes for a powerbomb, Cena slips out and gets a backslide on Val and gets 2 ½. What a match up. They exchange lefts and rights and Val knees Cena to the gut. He bounces off the ropes and charges into Cena who picks Val up and plants him with the F-U. He goes for a cover 1...2...3. Cena retains the title and qualifies for the King of the Ring to face Matt Hardy. What a hard fought victory for Cena. He took a beating and managed to come back and retain his title. You got to give credit also to Val Venis who again came close to capturing the US Title. Cena celebrates and moves on to King of the Ring.
Winner: John Cena
Matt Hardy and Johnny Nitro are in the back with Paul Heyman. Heyman and Nitro congratulate Hardy on his win. Nitro is glad that Hardy beat Tajiri. Nitro vows to make up for his loss at Judgment Day by qualifying for the King of the Ring next week. He asks Paul Heyman who his opponent is next week in the final qualifying match for the KOTR tournament. Heyman had an idea and announced that whoever gets pinned tonight in the 6 pack challenge will meet Johnny Nitro next week in the final qualifying match for KOTR. Nitro was hoping that it was Rey Mysterio and not someone like The Undertaker or Kane who end up as his opponent. Nitro claimed that Rey would be an easier target for him as he's hurt but no matter who he faces he will qualify. Matt wishes him luck and Hardy talks about his match at KOTR. Hardy will be facing the US Champion John Cena. Matt says he’s never faced Cena before but Cena’s not the only star on the rise. Since coming back to Smackdown, V1 is on a roll. He showed that to Rhyno at Judgment Day, he beat Tajiri tonight and then he’s going to beat Cena at King of the Ring. Paul was disappointed that Val lost tonight to Cena but hoped that Matt defeats Cena at KOTR.

Josh Matthews is standing by with Kane. Kane thinks he was robbed last night and he should be the WWE Champion right now. Tonight he will destroy 5 men and then he will.... Kane shouts he will go on to KOTR and get his rematch. John Cena appears and says told ya so.... Cena mocks Kane again and tells him that he made a prediction that Val Venis and Kane were the past. While Val failed to win at Judgment Day, so did Kane. Cena says Kane won't win the big one again. Kane responds back and says at least he has won the big one. He looks at Cena and tells him that he's nothing more than a thug while Kane is a monster. After tonight he will become the # 1 contender now if Cena isn't careful he may not make it to KOTR. Cena gets in Kane's face and says you want some come get some. Both men start brawling and officials come down and seperate both men. Kane shouts once he becomes the WWE Champion, he's also going to take Cena's United States title.


Match 3
King of the Ring Qualifying Match
JBL vs Rhyno
JBL comes down to the ring for his qualifying match. Before his opponent comes out, JBL wants to say something to the fans. JBL brags about his win in the international gauntlet match at Judgment Day. He thinks it's pathetic that a guy like Rey Mysterio who JBL believes is a cruiserweight is in the # 1 contenders match tonight for the WWE Title. JBL says Rey Mysterio shouldn't even be considered for a title shot. JBL says he's glad that Rey Mysterio is not in the KOTR because he would damage the credibility of this prestigious tournament. JBL states that if Rey Mysterio became #1 contender tonight then he would protest. People like that are the things that he hates about America. He wanted to prove a point at Judgment Day and he did and he is leagues ahead of the international cruiserweights he beat. JBL claims that he's trying to fix the right things in the WWE and the first thing is to put all these foreigners in their place. What's bad enough is that we have a Mexican representing Smackdown as the WWE Champion. JBL believes that it's now time to move on to bigger things and that’s the King of the Ring. JBL thinks it’s pathetic that he has to even qualify for the tournament when he should just be an automatic entry in the tournament. The fans start booing JBL heavily. He starts running down the fans and tells them that they are jealous of him. There is no bigger success story than JBL. He is a radio talk show host, he works on network tv as a financial political analyst. If you want to succeed then they should see JBL as their role model. They can learn a lot from him. He wants to show the fans a clip. In the clip is a commercial of JBL giving financial advice where he is sitting at a desk in a tower reading a report. JBL gives tips on how to get rich, how they can live the high life. JBL is then in a limo with a mobile phone and laptop. It ends with JBL saying if you want to be successful in life, then watch JBL every week on Smackdown. Ad paid courtesy of Smackdown. The fans boo him as JBL has a big smile on his face.

JBL goes on and on. If he was running America, it would be in a far better state than it currently is. The boos are getting louder. He goes outside the ring and doesn’t understand why the fans are booing him. He says it’s people like you that are the reason why he moved from Texas to New York City. He makes more in a week than most people make in a year. He is a self made man, he has earned it all. This is why every guy in the locker room is jealous of him. He has inherited nothing and he has not been given anything, he did it all by himself. There is no one richer than JBL. He vows to bring prestige back to this tournament by guaranteeing victory. Guys like John Cena, Batista, Randy Orton and many more are not even in his league. He doesn't care which superstars he has to go through to get to his throne. From now on after the tournament is over, you people will have no choice but to call me King JBL. He wants the fans to start a King JBL chant but it isn’t catching on. He goes back in the ring and he’s furious at the response from the fans. He says King JBL over and over again until Rhyno’s music hits as he interrupts JBL. Rhyno’s had enough and this is a great opportunity for the man beast Rhyno. JBL tells Rhyno he isn’t done yet. As he was saying all these people will call him King JBL, King JBL, King JB...

Rhyno gets a right hand on JBL as the bell rings as we are underway with this match. Rhyno starts delivering some right hands to JBL, JBL gets a knee to the gut. JBL sends Rhyno to the ropes who comes back with a flying shoulder tackle. JBL reverses a whip and boots Rhyno in the face and Rhyno kicks out at 2. They take the fight outside the ring and JBL sends Rhyno into the steps. He rolls Rhyno back in and gets a sleeper hold on Rhyno. Rhyno powers out and elbows JBL in the face. Rhyno goes to the ropes and clotheslines JBL. Rhyno scores with a powerslam and JBL kicks out at 2. Rhyno runs into an elbow and JBL then takes control by hammering away at Rhyno. Swinging neckbreaker by JBL and Rhyno kicks out. Suplex by JBL and again Rhyno kicks out. Last call by JBL and Rhyno just kicks out at 2. JBL starts taunting Rhyno. Rhyno reverses a whip and sends JBL into the corner. Rhyno starts stomping away at JBL into the corner. Belly to Belly suplex by Rhyno and JBL kicks out at 2. Rhyno goes for a piledriver but JBL counters into a backdrop. JBL starts dropping a few elbow drops. JBL gets Rhyno in a bearhug. Rhyno fights out of it and goes to the ropes and clotheslines JBL. Neckbreaker by Rhyno and JBL kicks out at 2. Rhyno goes for another clothesline but JBL counters into an abdominal stretch. He holds on to the ropes but the ref sees it and JBL has to break it up. JBL argues with the referee. Rhyno gores JBL but JBL ends up going through the middle rope to the floor. Rhyno suplexes JBL back in. JBL is almost a 300 pounder and Rhyno is also a strong guy. Rhyno sets up for the gore but walks into a spinebuster by JBL. JBL waits for Rhyno to get up and nails him with the clothesline from hell. 1...2...3. JBL has qualified for the KOTR. JBL celebrates his win and goes outside the ring and grabs a mic. JBL says this is just the start, soon all of you people will be calling him KING JBL. JBL gets booed heavily as he celebrates on the ramp.
Winner: JBL
Backstage we get an update on Rey Mysterio’s condition as he’s with the medical team. He informs us that he shouldn’t be competing tonight but he’s not going to let this opportunity go. He’s going to compete tonight, he may not be in great condition but he can still go. He would hate to see someone like Edge getting that opportunity and he’s going to stop Edge from getting that title shot. Rey also heard what JBL had to say about him and Rey thinks JBL's ego is getting even bigger. All he can do is run his mouth but doesn't back it up. Rey believes he is worthy of a title opportunity tonight because he believes he has what it takes to become the #1 contender. Rey says once he becomes the #1 contender tonight then we will see two Mexicans competing in the main event at KOTR. Now that's something JBL would never like to see.

Match 4
The Hurricane, Shannon Moore and Stacey Keibler vs Paul London, Billy Kidman and Dawn Marie

Both teams are still selling their injuries from the ladder match at Judgment Day. Paul Heyman decided to include almost everyone who competed at Judgment Day on Smackdown in action. Shannon Moore starts with Kidman, they trade holds as the two teams go back and forth with near falls. London is now in the ring with The Hurricane. London gets a dropsault on Hurricane and gets 2 only. Hurricane sends London to the ropes and London gets backdropped. Hurricane goes to the top for a legdrop and misses. London tags Kidman in and Kidman goes to work on Hurricane. Kidman goes for a whip which Hurricane reverses and Helms hits the shining wizard. London breaks up the pin. Kidman and London start double teaming Moore. Hurricane makes a hot tag to Shannon who nails Kidman with a spinning heel kick. Moore gets a crossbody on Kidman and gets 2 only. Kidman comes back and hits a facebuster and tags in London. London starts delivering some kicks to Moore. Moore comes back with a clothesline. Northern Lights Suplex from Shannon and London kicks out at 2. He makes a tag to The Hurricane. Now Hurricane and Moore use double team moves on London. Hurricane goes to the top and delivers a flying clothesline and London kicks out at 2. London comes back with a drop sault. He delivers a dragon suplex and Helms kicks out at 2. Hurricane reverses a whip and hits a spinning heel kick on London. Moore gets tagged and now Kidman is also in the ring.

Shannon Moore knocks Kidman to the floor. He goes to the top rope and hits the halo from the top rope all the way down to the floor on London. Hurricane and Moore are in control until the heels take over. Stacey and Dawn start fighting it out for a while until Moore and Kidman go at it again. London takes Moore down with a spinning heel kick. Springboard moonsault from London and Moore kicks out at 2. London whips Moore to the corner and charges at him and runs into a boot. Moore nails the Moore-Gasm. He goes for a cover and Dawn Marie gets in to break it up. Stacey gets in and we have a cat fight. Dawn rolls out the ring. Hurricane is now in the ring with Kidman, Kidman hits the BK Bomb. He goes to the top for the shooting star press but Huricane is back up on his feet. He goes to the top but Hurricane gets knocked down with a punch. Kidman misses the Shooting Star Press as Helms moved out the way. Stacey wants in against Dawn so Helms tags Stacey. So now Dawn has to come in anyway. Stacey Keibler lands some kicks to the chest of Dawn, Dawn gets a thumb to the eye. Suplex by Dawn and Stacey kicks out at 2. Dawn taunts Stacey, she whips Stacey to the ropes. Stacey gets a backslide on Dawn and pins her for the 3 count to win the match.
Winners: The Hurricane, Shannon Moore and Stacey Keibler


Josh Matthews is standing by Chavo. He’s not ashamed that he lost at Judgment Day but suddenly blames the other cruiserweights in the match for it. He was the one who took JBL to the limit but the others were hopeless against JBL. Chavo was mad that his father was fired but now he has to move on to make his dad proud. He’s the best Guerrero on Smackdown and he wants to be a winner and not a loser. He sets his sights on becoming the cruiserweight champion again.

Mordecai comes down to the ring with Paul Bearer. Paul Bearer talks trash about The Undertaker, Eddie Guerrero, John Cena and Edge. Paul thinks John Cena is messing with the wrong person and shouldn't be getting involved in Kane's business. Now that he's crossed the line, once Kane becomes the #1 contender tonight then he will deal with John Cena. Mordecai says they have all committed a sin and they will pay for their sins. Paul Bearer states that Kane was robbed at Judgment Day but he will get his opportunity again next when he goes through five men. Mordecai claimed it was going to be Kane’s night, when Edge went away he began to deal with The Undertaker. However The Undertaker put his hands on Uncle Paul. Mordecai holds Undertaker the most responsible for costing Kane that title victory. From now on he’s going to make Undertaker’s life a living hell. He is going to punish The Undertaker for his sins, for all his crimes that he is commited. For what he put his uncle Paul Bearer through, for what he put his cousin Kane through and for what he did to him in the past, he will get his revenge on The Undertaker. For years The Undertaker has had his way with all the stars in the WWE. Now things are about to change, now The Undertaker will realise who he’s messing with. Mordecai vows to send The Undertaker into permanent darkness. It will be a cold day in hell before The Undertaker ever wears the WWE Title again. Mordecai and Paul Bearer laugh and the Mordecai and Paul Bearer leave.

Paul Heyman backstage is on the phone with Bischoff, they trade insults. Paul told Eric this is what you call a great show and this is how King of the Ring matches and #1 contender matches are done. He told Eric that Matt Hardy wasn’t treated right on Raw, but here on Smackdown he’s qualified for the KOTR Tournament. If he was still on Raw, Bischoff would have never given him a chance. Over here on Smackdown is the land of opportunity. This is the show where stars come to shine and make a name for themselves. Heyman talks about the Smackdown guys that have qualified so far for the tournament. He doesn't think Cena standa a chance against Hardy. He puts over Matt Hardy and JBL as the stars to watch out for in KOTR. Bischoff ignores Shelton and puts over Orton and Batista. Paul Heyman said once the elite 8 are set, maybe all the 8 stars in the tournament should have a confrontation on Smackdown and give their views on why they deserve to be King. Eric said that’s not a bad idea, sometimes they can agree to things but they can do this on Raw, the A-Show. They start arguing over what show they should do this on and Paul hangs up on Eric.

Main Event
# 1 Contenders 6 Pack Challenge
Winner faces Eddie Guerrero at King of the Ring
Kane vs The Undertaker vs Booker T vs RVD vs Edge vs Rey Mysterio


This is a huge opportunity for these six men because the winner of this match will receive a WWE Title shot at the King of the Ring ppv. RVD comes out first followed by Edge. Rey Mysterio comes down next followed by Booker T. Kane is out next and then finally The Undertaker makes his long entrance. The bell rings and the stars waste no time by pairing off against each other. For the beginning we have the 6 superstars pairing off with each other. Taker and Kane, Booker and RVD, Edge and Mysterio are exchanging rights and lefts beating the hell out of each other. Mysterio whips Edge into the turnbuckle who goes flying out to the floor. RVD nails Booker with a spin kick to the jaw and Booker rolls out the ring. The faces all team up on Kane. Booker rolls in and goes after Mysterio who he thinks is an easier target. Edge gets back in and starts going after Rey. Kane then goes after Edge as Edge nailed him with a chair at Judgment Day. Kane knocks Edge out the ring with a big boot. Undertaker starts dumping everyone out the ring but Booker T hits a sidekick on Taker to knock him out the ring. Booker T starts posing and does a spinaroonie in the ring. Watch out Booker, Rey’s up from the top rope and springboard hurracarana sends Booker to the ropes. Rey sets up for the 619, watch out Kane’s in and grabs Rey by the throat. Chokeslam. He goes for a cover and RVD breaks it up. Taker and Kane start brawling outside, inside Edge and Booker fight it out with RVD and Rey. Edge dumps Rey to the floor. RVD gets double teamed by Edge and Booker. Taker sends Kane into the steps and gets back in and Edge and Booker start attacking Taker. They go for a double clothesline but Taker grabs them by the throat. Double chokeslam by Taker, Booker rolls out. Taker and Edge exchange right hands until Taker whips Edge off the ropes and Taker hits a flying Clothesline and Edge kicks out at 2. Undertaker and Booker go at it and Booker whips Taker to the corner. He runs into an elbow. Taker goes to the top turnbuckle and delivers old school on Booker. Kane is in and teams up with Edge on Taker until Edge turns on Kane by raking his eyes. He throws Kane into the ringpost with such force. Rey’s back in and delivers a springboard hurracanrana on Edge. 1...2.. Booker T breaks it up. Edge starts delivering some rights to Taker in the corner but Taker counters and gives Edge some right hands of his own. Taker whips Edge into the corner and runs into an elbow. DDT by Edge. Taker sits up and Edge bails out the ring. Taker is about to go after Edge but gets jumped by Kane. Kane and Edge double team The Undertaker. The action continues as Edge and RVD now go at it and trade several near falls. Now Booker and RVD exchange rights, Booker runs into a spinning heel kick. Van Dam goes for a frog splash but Kane shoves RVD off the top rope.

Midway into the match Kane and RVD fight outside the ring. Kane sends RVD into the post. He places RVD on the announce table. Kane lifts him up and chokeslams RVD through a table. Kane and Booker T then start double teaming on The Undertaker Taker in the corner, while Edge and Rey go at it back and forth and trade holds. Wheel barrow bulldog from Rey and Edge kicks out at 2. Edge reverses a whip and sends Rey rib first into the turnbuckle and then gets a shot to the kidney. Edge o matic. He goes for a cover and gets 2. Suplex by Edge. He goes up to the top rope and gets a missile dropkick on Rey and Rey kicks out at 2. The heels all gang up on The Undertaker until Taker fights back and chokeslams all of them. Rey’s up on the apron, springboard, wait Taker catches him in mid-air chokeslam. 1...2... No Edge breaks it up. Taker and Edge go at it again, Taker hammers away at Edge in the corner. He whips him to the corner and clotheslines him. Taker hits the snake eyes followed by a legdrop. Edge kicked out at 2. Taker rams Edge’s head into the corner, Edge is staggering. DDT by The Undertaker. Booker T breaks up the count. Booker clotheslines Taker to the floor and rams Taker’s head into the steel post. While Taker was down on the floor, RVD is back in and hits the frogsplash on Kane. Edge breaks it up. Edgecution...1...2.. Booker T breaks it up. Mysterio goes to the top rope and takes them both down with a crossbody. Mysterio goes for a cover on Edge and gets 2. Mysterio gets a hurracanrana on Booker. Kane knocks Rey down with a boot. Chokeslam by Kane. Edge breaks it up. Undertaker is back in again and he starts beating everyone up in the ring. He signals that the end is near and does his cut throat signal and Mordecai comes down to the ring. Taker picks Booker up for the tombstone, Booker slips out and knocks Taker outside the ring. The Undertaker sees Mordecai and starts brawling with Mordecai. Kane decides to help his cousin out and they start attacking The Undertaker. They fight near the stage. Taker starts delivering some right hands on Kane but Mordecai knees Taker in the mid section. Mordecai and Kane double chokeslam Taker off the stage. This is now the third time where Mordecai has cost The Undertaker a match. Mordecai starts laughing and Kane does his signature taunt. Mordecai leaves and it looks like they’ve got the job done because The Undertaker is out of this match.

Kane goes back to the ring. Kane starts hammering away at everyone in the ring. Chokeslam on RVD and Mysterio breaks it up. Mysterio goes to the rope and Kane gets a sidewalk slam on Rey. RVD breaks up the count at 2. RVD goes to the top rope and gets a sidekick on Kane. Edge is on the apron and Mysterio hits the 619 to knock Edge out the ring. RVD and Mysterio team up on Kane. Rey goes to the ropes, RVD picks up up and throws him on Kane. Booker T tries to jump RVD from behind but Rey stops Booker. Mysterio and RVD clothesline Booker over the top rope. They hit a dropkick to Kane as he goes flying out the ring. Edge is back in and clotheslines Rey. RVD delivers some right hands on Edge. Mysterio goes for a springboard moonsault and takes out Kane and Booker T. Edge elbows RVD in the face. He looks for a spear on RVD but RVD turns around and drop toe holds Edge. He goes up for the five star frog splash. He goes for it but misses as Edge moves out of the way. Edge sets up for the spear as RVD is staggering back to his feet. Rey, Kane and Booker trying to get back to their feet. Edge charges at RVD and nails him with the spear. Kane’s trying to make it back in 1...2...3. No Kane couldn’t make it in time. Kane falls back out the ring. Edge wins. He’s finally got his title match at KOTR. Edge celebrates and Rey tries to get back in from the apron and Edge spears Mysterio into the barricade wall. RVD didn't get his title shot opportunity but as he got pinned he will now have an opportunity to qualify for the KOTR next week. Is that unfair on the other stars involved in this match, well Paul Heyman has to explain this next week. Edge continues to celebrate but gets cut off by Eddie Guerrero’s music. Eddie comes running down to the ring and Edge goes for a right hand. Eddie blocks and starts delivering some right hands on Edge. He backs Edge into a corner and starts unloading with some right hands. Edge is staggering and Eddie clotheslines Edge over the top rope to the floor. Kane is in and Eddie nails Kane with the WWE title belt. Edge retreats back to the ramp. Eddie taunts Edge to get back in. Edge is furious and points at Eddie and motions for the belt. Edge vs Eddie Guerrero at King of the Ring. What a match up this is going to be at King of the Ring. They stare each other down and taunt each other as Smackdown comes to a close.
Winner: Edge




WWE King of the Ring
June 13, 2004, Columbus Ohio
Current Card

World Heavyweight Title I Quit Match
Chris Benoit (c) vs HHH


WWE Title Match
Eddie Guerrero (c) vs Edge


King of the Ring Quarter Finals

Shelton Benjamin vs Randy Orton
Batista vs Rene Dupree or Chris Jericho

Matt Hardy vs John Cena
John Bradshaw Layfield vs Johnny Nitro or RVD
 
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Smackdown Review

Great Smackdown episode by the way, Kintaro and after reading it I must say you keep outdoing yourself week in, and week out and that is what I love about you, you go above and beyond and you deliver and then some, each and every time. This week is no different, just awesome!!!!!!!!!!

Edge starting it off talking about the impact he made at Judgment Day interfering in the main event and just causing so much destruction taking out Kane, Mordecai, Taker, Eddie Guerrero, and last but not least Rey Mysterio and after beating Rey earlier on in the night before the main event in a Falls Count Anywhere Match and then after in the main event giving Rey a Con-chair-to for getting in his business again, maybe that will teach Rey to stay away from Edge. Edge starts to run down the fans and also some stars on Smackdown, I loved it, I am loving heel Edge right now. Then Booker T interrupting him, and then Kane interrupting, and then Eddie coming during this segment and the way the segment ends with the 3 on 1 assault on Eddie, and then Rey coming down for the save to make it 3 on 2, and then RVD coming in to even it at 3 on 3, and then Edge bailing, typical cowardly move but it was pretty awesome, and then Taker coming in, the lights going out and the gong being heard and Taker being in the ring, awesome way to end the segment. And then Paul Heyman making a 6-Pack Challenge for later on tonight with the winner facing Eddie Guerrero for the WWE Championship at the King of the Ring pay per view, awesome match booking here

Val Venis Dawn Marie Stacy Keibler Heyman segment backstage loved it

Matt Hardy Version 1.0 beating Tajiri to qualify for KOTR, awesome match even though it was short, I thought it was pretty good, and now Hardy goes on to KOTR, he could be a favorite to win it

RVD backstage segment pretty cool as well

Eddie Guerrero-Heyman backstage segment awesome as well

John Cena defeating Val Venis to retain his WWE United States Championship and also in the process qualifying for the King of the Ring tournament, I loved it, and their match at Judgment Day and their match on this episode just proves that whenever these 2 get together, it is always a good match

JBL beating Rhyno to qualify for King of the Ring, and then the promo JBL cuts before and after the match makes me believe that JBL could be a favorite to win the tournament as well

Rey backstage with the medical team, great segment, but I can't help but to wonder if Rey is just being plain stupid to go out there tonight and compete considering how he got his ass handed to him by Edge at KOTR and also the Con-chair-to he got as a result of trying to interfere in Edge's business once again, more guts than brains

Hurricane, Moore, and Keibler being London, Kidman, and Dawn Marie, great match for an intergender 6-person tag team match, loved it

Chavo backstage segment interview, I loved it, typical move trying to blame others for your shortcomings but Chavo lost the match too, but he says he has his eyes set on being Cruiserweight Champion once again, Chavo to me he doesn't even need the Cruiserweight Title, he could go after the US Title, if anything that's a title he needs to go after, if you ask me

Mordecai and Paul Bearer segment I loved that as well, as it really makes Mordecai look good and not only that but it makes him strong too as a future star for Smackdown

Typical, Heyman and Bischoff can't get along, and it showed yet again with their backstage phone segment again, but I love it because it brings good comic relief to the show

Edge wins the 6-Pack Challenge and now he is on his way to the King of the Ring pay per view to face Eddie for the WWE Championship, and Edge winning in typical Rated-R style by being an opportunist and capitalizing off of a situation and taking full advantage

And Eddie attacking Edge after the match, awesome, and then Edge bailing, and then the 2 of them staring each other down with Edge motioning for the WWE Championship makes me a believer that their match at KOTR will be nothing short of spectacular

Great Smackdown episode and I cannot wait until RAW!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

Thanks for the review. I'm glad you loved the show and i hope to continue on by making Raw and Smackdown a much better show. It will start to get better now and i love the King of the Ring ppv. I'm really looking forward to the ppv.

WWE News and Notes

Eric Bischoff seems to be very high on his nephew Eugene and tips him to become a big star on Raw. Eugene has already made good progress on Raw and Bischoff made a good decision to pair Eugene up with William Regal. William Regal is not pleased to supervise Eugene but if he wants to remain on the Raw roster he has to put up with Eugene.

The Raw stars were in action this past weekend at a live event. This event took place in Philadelphia. Rene Dupree who was not scheduled to compete for a match came down to the ring in wrestling gear and announced that Eric Bischoff has granted him any match of his choice tonight. He was upset to be left off the card on this event. Rene went to Eric Bischoff and requested for his KOTR match which was scheduled to take place on Raw to take place tonight. Rene decided that he’s not going to wait till Monday, Kings don’t wait. We will finally have a French King at King of the Ring. He told the fans to start a King Rene chant which doesn’t catch on. Rene calls out Chris Jericho to come down for the match right now. If Jericho does not come down then the referee should declare this match a forfeit and Rene should be announced as the winner. The fans were booing the hell out of Rene and Jericho’s music hit as he came down to accept Rene’s challenge. Jericho gets inside the ring and he told Rene to shut the hell up. Jericho told Rene he had no problem in doing the match tonight because he’s going to beat this French ass clown. Rene wasn’t too pleased with Jericho’s comments. Rene felt that he was being disrespected by Jericho and promised to humiliate him infront of these fans tonight by qualifying for the King of the Ring tournament. Jericho claims after tonight Rene will never everrrrrrrrrrr be the same again. Jericho ended up winning the match by making Dupree submit to the walls of Jericho. Jericho now moves on to the King of the Ring Tournament Quarter Finals to take on Evolution’s Batista.

Footage from this match at this event will be shown to you this week on Raw. We have been informed that Jericho will present the Highlight Reel on Raw. His guests are the stars who are also representing the Raw brand in the King of the Ring and they are Batista, Randy Orton and Shelton Benjamin.
The next Raw show will be a lot promo heavy to build up King of the Ring. A Contract signing between world heavyweight champion Chris Benoit and HHH will take place on Raw. Also Vince McMahon will be making an appearance on Raw to make an announcement on the King of the Ring ppv.

Only one spot now remains in the KOTR tournament as Johnny Nitro will take on RVD this week on Smackdown. The winner of the match will face John Bradshaw Layfield at King of the Ring.​
 
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Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

WWE Raw
May 24, 2004​

Chris Jericho's Highlight Reel: Special Guests Randy Orton, Batista and Shelton Benjamin
Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler welcome us to the show and Chris Jericho’s music hits as he’s already in the ring. Jericho welcomes everyone to the highlight reel. Jericho talks about last week how Trish Stratus stuck her nose in his business again and cost him the chance of becoming the # 1 contender. He was proud of putting Christian on the shelf but Trish wanted payback and now he’s not going to be facing Chris Benoit for the world title at KOTR. Does that make him mad, yes it did make him mad. He was thinking about getting his hands on that slut but he will deal with her later. Now his mood has changed. He’s in a great mood tonight and the reason for that is that he has some news for all his Jerichoholics. Y2J has qualified for the King of the Ring. He rolls footage of the live event that took place this weekend as Jericho defeated Rene Dupree by making him tap to the walls of Jericho. Jericho will now go on to face Batista at King of the Ring. Jericho states that in this business he has almost done it all but he has never won the King of the Ring. So now this is a great chance for Y2J to become King. Jericho introduces his guest on the Highlight Reel, first representing Evolution in the tournament are his opponent and the man who he’s going to beat, the animal Batista and the Intercontinental Champion Randy Orton. Orton and Batista come down to the ring. Jericho tells Batista he will talk to him after he’s done talking to Orton. Jericho first starts saying some nice things about Orton. Jericho has been impressed with Orton, in 2 years he has achieved so much. He’s the longest reigning Intercontinental champion in the last 7 years. He retired Mick Foley. He reminds Orton that they even were on the same team last year at Survivor Series. After achieving all this now Orton wants to become the KOTR. Well Jericho thinks Orton’s the only guy in the tournament that doesn’t deserve to be in it. Orton didn’t like this. He reminds Orton that he almost got beat by Maven who returned to action last week, Orton had to cheat to win. What kind of champion is that? Jericho thinks Maven should have been in the tournament instead.

For the first time in a long time, Orton never used the RKO in his match and it took a cheap win for Orton to qualify. Well Orton got lucky last week but he won’t be so lucky when he meets Shelton Benjamin, the man who beat the legendary Nature Boy Ric Flair to qualify. Orton gets angry and asks Jericho who the hell does he think he is. Orton claims he can beat guys like Maven and Shelton Benjamin any day of the week, they are not even in his league. Orton thinks Chris Jericho isn’t in his league. After Batista is done with Jericho at KOTR, Jericho won’t be running his mouth any longer. Batista then gets on the mic and vows to beat the hell out of Jericho at KOTR and he will go on to win the tournament. Jericho cuts Batista off and tells him to shut the hell up. Jericho starts to stir things up between Orton and Batista and says things like isn’t Orton the only member of Evolution to hold gold? What if Batista somehow beats Y2J and Orton somehow gets past Shelton, we will get to see an Evolution semi final. What will you do then Batista? Will you lay down for Orton? Or will Orton lay down for Batista? Orton cuts in and he knows what games Jericho’s trying to play. He’s trying to cause problems between Evolution but that’s not going to happen. Orton thinks Jericho is jealous of him. Orton calls himself the greatest Intercontinental Champion ever and he was even a better champion than Jericho. Since Jericho was supposed to have a match tonight but now that he doesn’t have one now, how about we see how good Jericho is by taking on both Evolution members. Jericho says oh you two assclowns are real tough now, taking advantage of a two on one situation. Let me remind you that i have another guest tonight and his name is Shelton Benjamin.

Shelton comes down and mentions that last week was one of his greatest moments ever when he beat Evolution’s Ric Flair to qualify. He may not have much experience in singles competition but to beat one of the greatest wrestlers ever to qualify shows how much of a threat he can be. He’s been hearing Orton call himself the best but Shelton believes that he can beat Orton. Jericho believes that Shelton can do it, if he can beat the Nature Boy then he certainly believes that Shelton can defeat Orton. If Shelton were to do that, it would be a huge coup. Jericho thinks Shelton is a great athlete, infact we could be seeing Y2J vs Shelton Benjamin in the KOTR Semi Finals. Batista cuts him off and says that is not going to happen because there is no chance Jericho and Shelton will get past the Quarter Finals in the KOTR. Batista tells Shelton, he made an example out of Shelton’s partner Haas last week and at KOTR, Orton will defeat Shelton. He asks Shelton what has he done to warrant a match against Orton at KOTR? A fluke win that’s all? What are his achievements because whatever Shelton has done is nothing compared to what Randy Orton has done. Shelton fires back and mocks Orton for being lucky to get past Maven when Maven had him beat last week. Orton vows to make it up to Flair by teaching Shelton a lesson at KOTR. Not only will he beat him, he will humiliate him. Shelton nails Orton with a right hand and Jericho and Batista also go at it. Eric Bischoff comes down and tells them to stop right now. Bischoff announces Orton vs Jericho for next week. He tells Jericho that he’s not going to let Jericho get away with it. He may have qualified for the KOTR but he was advertised to compete tonight. So he wants him to clear the ring of the highlight reel and we are going to have a tag match right now.


Match 1
Chris Jericho and Shelton Benjamin vs Randy Orton and Batista
We are back live on Monday night raw and this match is getting underway and it’s Chris Jericho and Shelton Benjamin vs Randy Orton and Batista match that the General Manager Eric Bischoff demanded to happen now. Orton and Batista take control at the start isolating Shelton in the corner. Any time Shelton is going to make a tag, he gets stopped by Orton and Batista who make quick tags. Batista gets a sidewalk slam on Shelton and gets 2. He whips Shelton to the ropes who comes back with a spinning heel kick. Shelton gets a tag to Jericho who takes Batista down with a clothesline. Flying forearm by Jericho. Jericho goes for the lionsault and hits it but Batista gets his knees up. Batista tags in Orton and stomps away at Jericho. Orton gets a headlock on Jericho and fans start a Y2J chant to get behind Jericho. Jericho is back up on his feet and breaks out the hold, he goes to the ropes but gets taken down with an elbow to the face by Orton. Orton delivers a suplex and gets 2. Jericho reverses a whip and sends Orton to the corner. Jericho delivers a superplex from the top rope on Orton and gets 2 ½. Jericho gets back up first and goes for a suplex, Orton slips out and delivers an inverted headlock backbreaker.

Orton tags Batista, Jericho tags Shelton. Shelton hammers away at Batista. Shelton gets a drop kick on Batista. Orton runs in and Shelton clotheslines him to the floor. Shelton goes for a running plancha and lands on Orton. Mid-way in the match, the heels were in control as Orton is really taking it here to Shelton. Orton runs into an elbow by Shelton, insiguri and Orton kicks out at 2. Shelton goes up to the top turnbuckle., flying clothesline. Batista breaks up the count. Now Batista and Jericho are tagged in, Batista goes for a Batista Bomb, Jericho slips out and takes Batista down with a bulldog. Lion Sault, he hit it. 1...2... No Orton breaks it up. Batista tags Orton in. Orton gets an armbar takedown on Jericho and Batista and Orton double team Jericho. Shelton tries to get in but the ref restrains Shelton. Orton andBatista make quick tags. Orton goes to the ropes but Jericho takes him down for the walls of Jericho, Batista gets in and clotheslines Jericho. Shelton gets in and we get a big brawl in the ring. Shelton and Jericho clothesline Batista to the floor. Orton gets dumped to the floor. Jericho tags Shelton and Orton is back in and tags Batista. Batista and Shelton exchange right hands until Batista misses a charge and Shelton delivers a stinger splash. Shelton hits a t-bone suplex on Batista. He goes for a cover and Orton interrupts the count. Jericho goes for a clothesline on Orton but Orton backdrops Jericho to the floor. Orton whips Shelton hard to the corner and Batista drops Shelton with a Batista Bomb. 1..2...3. Batista and Orton win and celebrate in the ring. The announcers believe that Batista will win the KOTR, they think no one can stop him.
Winners: Randy Orton and Batista
HHH and Flair are in Bischoff’s office. Flair tells Eric now what you just saw from Orton and Batista was just greatness, that’s how Evolution rolls. Flair reminds Eric how important HHH is to the Raw roster, he’s going to win back his world heavyweight title at KOTR. HHH thanks Eric for putting Benoit in a match next against the 350 pounder A-Train, it’s just to soften him up for the contract signing later on tonight. He knows Vince McMahon is here tonight and wonders why he’s here. Eric tells them that he’s concerned because anytime Vince shows up, he always makes some blockbuster announcement or something big goes down. HHH asks Eric tonight will he add that stipulation they talked about over the phone earlier on this week? Eric shakes HHH hand and says damn right he will. HHH and Flair leave and HHH seems like he’s in a great mood tonight. It seems like he’s up to something.



Match 2
Chris Benoit vs A-Train
The match starts with A-Train talking trash to Benoit at the start. They lock up and A-Train backs Benoit into the corner and delivers some right hands on Benoit. Benoit comes back with some right hands of his own and sends A-Train to the ropes who knocks down Benoit with a shoulder block. A-Train picks Benoit up and drops him with a gorilla press slam. A-Train missed a clothesline and Benoit chops away at A-Train. He goes for a german suplex but A-Train elbows Benoit in the face. Choke bomb by A-Train gets 2 ½. A-Train whips Benoit to the corner and goes for a charge but Benoit moves out the way and rolls A-Train up for 2. Benoit whips A-Train to the ropes who comes back with a bicycle kick and gets 2 ½. A-Train takes control with some power moves on Benoit. He starts choking Benoit with his boot near the ropes and A-Train has to break it up. A-Train gets a bear hug and Benoit is able to fight out of it and takes A-Train down with a DDT. Benoit gets a snap suplex on the big A-Train and gets 2. Benoit takes A-Train down with a german suplex and follows up with a series of german suplexes. He goes to the top and hits the diving headbutt and gets two. He goes for the crossface but A-Train elbows Benoit in the face. Clothesline by A-Train. He goes for the trainwreck but Benoit slips out and takes A-Train down with the crossface. A-Train taps and Benoit wins the match.
Winner: Chris Benoit
Teddy Long approaches Maven backstage. He sees a lot of potential in Maven and wants to manage Maven, he wants to guide him to the top. He asks Maven if he wants to take up his offer? Maven thanks Teddy and told him he’s going to have to think about it. Teddy says anytime playa, holla.

Vince McMahon makes a big announcement for King of the Ring
Vince McMahon’s music hits as he makes another appearance on Raw. Vince McMahon states that he didn’t want to miss the contract signing tonight. He’s going to add a stipulation of his own for the “I Quit Match” later on. He calls out Eric Bischoff to the ring who comes down with Coach and they look concerned. Vince shakes Eric’s hand and asks Eric how is neck is? Eric says he is doing a lot better now but wouldn’t be in this mess if Mr McMahon didn’t put him in charge of Smackdown. He did enjoy taking charge because he made Smackdown’s rating go up, it was the best Smackdown show of the year. Eric complained about Paul Heyman and his actions on Raw and wanted Mr McMahon to take action on Paul Heyman. Coach agreed with Eric and told Vince that Heyman gave him the night off when Coach’s services were needed on Raw. Coach smiles and says he knows why Mr McMahon is out here, he’s going to take action on Paul Heyman. Vince shouts at Coach and tells him to SHUT UP!!! Coach just stands there in silence. Vince says he is taking no action on the GMS. He believes that they did a fine job and quite enjoyed to see a change of direction for one week only. It shows that he made a great decision. He is out here to make an announcement which relates to both rosters at the King of the Ring. Recently we’ve seen Bischoff and Heyman interacting on the phone, arguing to see which brand is better. Will we have a Raw star winning the tournament or a Smackdown star? Well it’s not just the KOTR tournament which will have bragging rights, he’s come up with another idea, a match he’s decided to make at KOTR. Just when Vince is about to announce the match he gets interrupted by Eugene’s music. Eugene comes down to the ring and waves at the fans. Eric is not too pleased to see Eugene at this moment because Eugene just interrupted Mr McMahon. Regal’s running behind Eugene trying to stop him and decides to take him back. Vince tells Regal to bring Eugene back in, he wants to meet him. Eric goes to the corner and puts his head down, he just doesn’t know what will happen.

Eugene is really excited to see Vince and imitates his powerwalk. Vince was shocked, Coach starts laughing and Eric covers his face. Vince looks at Coach and berates him and says you think that’s funny Coach. You know what was funny when Eugene beat you in his training exhibition match. Eugene was excited and marks out huge for Vince. Eugene asks Vince isn’t he the guy who got his butt kicked by Eric Bischoff a few years ago. He refers back to the Monday Night Wars. Coach bursts out laughing and Bischoff tried to contain his laughter. You can tell Vince was hot but he controls himself and says yes that was me Eugene. Eugene then asks Vince so howcome Uncle Eric isn’t the owner of this company then? Vince tells Eugene, you may as well find out that answer from your uncle Eric. Come on Eric, why don’t you tell Eugene why you’re not the owner of this company. Eric tries to change the subject and told Regal to take Eugene away but Vince tells Regal to stop right there. Vince heard Eugene’s a big WWE fan and how he wants to become a huge star here. Now that Regal is supervising Eugene, he would like to see Eugene become civilised, he asks Regal could he be able to do that? Regal says he can try but it will take a miracle to civilise this buffoon. Regal pleads with Vince to set him free from Eugene. He doesn’t need this, it’s too much stress. He looks like an idiot running after this miserable specimen. He asks Vince he can serve him and Bischoff in much better ways. Vince makes fun of Regal and reminds him that Regal was the first member to join his special club. Regal says oh no he doesn’t want to go through that again.

Bischoff gets angry with Regal and tells him to apologise to Eugene and Regal apologises to Eugene. Vince McMahon thinks what Regal is doing at the moment is fine because Eugene will become a star because of Regal. Regal may not think like that now but very soon it will be one of the best decisions he’s ever made to take Eugene under his wing. This is why Vince is pleased with Eric Bischoff for coming up with that idea to have Regal supervise Eugene. Vince moves on to his announcement. He is all about giving opportunities and announced that at King of the Ring a 30 man battle royal will take place featuring both brands. The winner will receive a title shot at their brand’s next ppv. He makes himself clear by stating that if a Raw star wins he would receive an automatic world title shot at the next Raw brand ppv Vengeance. If a Smackdown star wins he would receive an automatic WWE Title shot at next Smackdown brand ppv The Great American Bash. He names Eugene as the first participant in the 30 man battle royal. Eugene gets excited and starts licking Vince bushwhacker style. Vince shouts get him off me and Eric gets Eugene off Vince. Regal explains to Eugene not to do that again. Vince tells Eric he will see him out there later on in the contract signing. Eugene is celebrating in the ring.

Trish meets Lita in the back and tells Lita not to get excited about last week because she got lucky. She’s way better than Lita and Lita is not in her league. Trish makes fun of Lita and tells her that she has poor taste because she now has a new boyfriend and it’s that dork Eugene. Lita says Eugene is not her boyfriend, she made him feel welcome last week when the other divas turned him down. Eugene didn’t have any diva friends but he does now. She didn’t want to break his heart so she teamed with him and embarrassed Trish last week. She mocks Trish and asks how Christian is, oh she forgot that Jericho beat that CLB to put him out of action. Is Trish not the same anymore without Christian? Trish says Jericho may have qualified for the KOTR but she’s not through with him yet. She’s going to do whatever it takes to make sure Jericho doesn’t become the King of the Ring. Trish vows to make a statement tonight and it will first start with Lita. Trish throws water in Lita’s face and delivers a Trish Kick right in Lita’s face. She yells at Lita and says nobody laughs at me.



Match 3
Victoria vs Gail Kim
Handshake at the start. Victoria and Gail Kim lock up. Victoria gets a headlock on Kim, she sends Kim to the ropes who runs into a back elbow. Gail Kim comes back with some right hands and takes Victoria down with a hurracanrana. Kim whips Victoria to the corner and runs into an elbow. Victoria takes Kim down with a bulldog. Scoop slam by Victoria. Standing moonsault by Victoria and Kim kicks out at 2. Suplex by Victoria and gets a near fall. This is a good back and forth match between these two ladies. Victoria is in control before Gail Kim mounts a comeback. Suplex by Kim. Kim drops an elbow. Kim gets a boston crab on Victoria and Victoria is able to get to the ropes. Kim delivers some kicks to Victoria in the corner and knocks her down with a clothesline. Gail goes to the top rope, Victoria is back up on her feet, Kim hits a moonsault and gets 2 ½. Trish Stratus comes down the ramp to watch the action. Victoria comes back by hitting a ddt and gets 2 ½. Victoria finishes Gail Kim off with the widows peak to win the match and retain the title.
Winner: Victoria

After the match Trish gets inside the ring and jumps Victoria from behind. She hits the Trish Kick on Victoria. Trish gets a mic and states that ever since Christian’s put on the sidelines by Jericho, she’s not been the same. She will get her revenge on Jericho but as of now what Trish wants she gets. She’s a 4 times women champion, 3 time babe of the year, raw diva of the decade. She challenges Victoria to a match next week for the womens title in Montreal.

La Resistance are in the back with Rene Dupree. Rene is upset that he didn’t qualify for the KOTR tournament but declares himself as a participant in the battle royal at the KOTR. Sylvan and Conway vow to win the tag team titles in their hometown next week. It will be a big night for them. After next week Haas and Benjamin will not be the self proclaimed WGTT anymore.



Match 4
Charlie Haas vs Rob Conway
Lock up at the start as Conway knees Haas to the gut and starts delivering some right hands to Haas. Haas reverses a whip and gets a back body drop. Suplex by Haas and gets 2. Conway catches Haas with a knee lift and slows the match down with a chin lock. Haas is able to get up on his feet and fights out of it. Haas with a drop kick, follows up with a clothesline. Haas gets a german suplex and gets 2 ½. Conway reverses a whip and gets Haas in an abdominal stretch and uses the ropes for leverage. The ref breaks it up. Conway argues with the ref and Haas rolls Conway up for 2. Back suplex by Haas and gets 2. Haas sends Conway into the corner and goes for a charge and misses and Conway dumps Haas to the floor. Conway distracts the ref as Sylvan stomps away at Haas outside the ring. Back in Conway is in control. Haas finally comes back and takes Conway down with an arm drag, clothesline by Haas. Swinging neckbreaker gets 2. Sylvan gets on the apron to distract Haas. The ref orders Sylvan to get down and Conway delivers a low blow to Haas. He plants Haas with a DDT and scores the 3 count to win the match. Next week La Resistance have all the momentum going into Montreal as they receive a tag title shot against Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin.
Winner: Rob Conway
Todd Grisham interviews HBK backstage. Michaels states that since Backlash he’s been banged up but he won’t stop till he gets another opportunity at the title. Michaels has had a grudge with Evolution for quite some time now. A couple of weeks ago he was powerbombed to the floor by Batista. Last week he came so close to getting that rematch against Benoit but HHH used his sledgehammer on him. HHH knew he couldn’t beat HBK so he became desperate for his rematch and that’s why he used the sledgehammer on HBK to win. HBK was pulling for Benoit to embarrass HHH at KOTR. Now HBK has another opportunity and he’s going to superkick 29 guys out the battle royal at KOTR and then he will go on to Vengeance to receive another opportunity at the world heavyweight title. Michaels hoped that he would meet Benoit again to prove that HBK is still the man. Up next he’s going to show Evolution why he’s the showstopper and he’s going to kick Ric Flair’s teeth down his throat.

Match 5
Shawn Michaels vs Ric Flair

The bell rings as both these legends lock up. This match was not that long. Michaels and Flair exchange holds in the early going with HBK coming out on top. Flair gets frustrated at the start but comes back with a thumb to the eye followed by a suplex. Flair starts strutting in the ring and mocks HBK. Flair backs Michaels into the corner and starts delivering some right hands and then starts chopping away at Michaels. Michaels comes back with some knife edge chops of his own. Flair bails out the ring. He gets back in and they go back and forth with lots of near falls. Flair is in control until Michaels comes back and goes to the top rope. Michaels goes for an elbow drop but Flair moves out the way. Flair hits a kneedrop and starts working on HBK's leg. Flair goes for a figure four and uses the ropes to apply more pressure. Michaels somehow manages to make it to the ropes. Flair continues to chop away at Michaels and drops him with a back suplex and gets a 2 count only. Flair goes for a chinlock and Michaels is able to fight out of it and takes Flair down with a clothesline. Michaels gets a flying forearm on Flair. Michaels goes for a piledriver but Flair counters with a backdrop. Flair goes to the top but this never works. HBK kips up and throws Flair to the mat. Michaels gets a crossbody on Flair and gets 2. Michaels sends Flair to the corner and then drops him a ddt. He goes for a cover and Flair kicks out at 2. Backslide by HBK and Flair kicks out at 2. Flair reverses a whip and clotheslines HBK over the top rope to the floor.

Flair goes outside after HBK. Flair delivers a vicious knife Edge chop to HBK and then rolls him back in. Flair goes for a suplex, Michaels slips out and goes for a superkick. Flair ducks and backdrops Michaels to the floor. The ref starts counting and HBK is able to get back in by 8. Flair runs into a back elbow from HBK. Atomic drop by HBK, followed by a clothesline. HBK tries for a figure four but Flair rolls Michaels up for a 2 count. Flair sends Michaels to the ropes and gets a big back body drop. Michaels reverses a whip and hits Flair with a clothesline. Michaels goes for a sharpshooter but Flair gets an inside cradle and gets a 2 count only. Flair and Michaels then exchange knife edge chops. Michaels clotheslines Flair to the floor. HBK goes after Flair and they end up brawling outside. The referee starts counting and outside the ring they exchange knife edge chops. Flair goes for a suplex, Michaels blocks. The ref counts to 10 as both men get counted out. Michaels suplexes Flair on the floor. Michaels tunes up for the superkick as Flair gets back up on his feet, Michaels blasts Flair with sweet chin music right in the face. HBK’s music hits and Michaels gets back in the ring and celebrates.
Result: Double Count Out
Vince McMahon is on the phone to Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff is standing there listening. Paul thinks the battle royal idea is great but he believes that not only a Smackdown star will win KOTR, a Smackdown star will win the battle royal and will headline Smackdown’s Great American Bash ppv. Bischoff cuts in and says if Heyman saw the opening match tonight then he should realise that Raw’s KOTR participants are far superior than the Smackdown participants. They argue and Vince tells them both to stop it. Vince had an idea. In two weeks time on the final Raw show before the KOTR, the Smackdown KOTR participants will be invited to appear on Raw. They will be guests along with the Raw participants on Chris Jericho’s Highlight Reel. Then on Smackdown, the Raw participants will feature on Smackdown to compete in a Raw vs Smackdown 8 man tag team match. He asks the GMS what do they think? The GMS thought it was a great idea. Vince tells Paul to watch the contract signing because he's going to add another stipulation to the KOTR tournament, Vince hangs up and up next is the contract signing for the world heavyweight title match.

Contract signing for the world heavyweight title match
Vince McMahon is in the ring with Eric Bischoff. Vince states that it is now time for the KOTR world heavyweight title match contract signing. Bischoff has included another stipulation which he will announce once HHH and Benoit are in the ring. HHH’s music hits as he comes out alone. HHH starts to brag about how good he is. He has finally got his rematch but Vince cuts him off. Vince calls out the world heavyweight champion Chris Benoit. Benoit’s music hits as he comes down to the ring. HHH was furious and looks at Eric but Eric can’t do anything about it. Benoit raises the world title in HHH’s face and places the belt on the table. HHH looks at it. They stare each other down and McMahon tells them to sit down on their chairs. The mind games already commencing. Vince announces that the winner of the KOTR will automatically receive a heavyweight title shot against their brands champion at SUMMERSLAM What a huge announcement, just like the previous tournament the tradition is still now on with the winner receiving a title shot at SummerSlam. Will Benoit or HHH be champion by SummerSlam? Bischoff applauded this announcement. Vince then goes over the contract. Both individuals have agreed to a stipulation in this contract, that contract and that stipulation states that it will be a one on one match as Evolution are barred from ringside. Also if HHH loses then he will receive no title shots as long as Chris Benoit is champion. Vince says he wants to see the fans get their money's worth as he wants this match to be a fair contest. Vince says Chris Benoit is for real after proving it at WrestleMania and Backlash. Vince declares that he is adding another stipulation to this, it’s not just Evolution that are barred. Should anybody else on the RAW roster try to interfere on Triple H or Benoit's behalf, they will receive an automatic suspension without pay for 3 months. Vince asks both men any questions? You can feel the tension here. HHH states before we get down to business he wants to remind Chris Benoit that back in February when he was the world heavyweight champion, they had a contract signing for their WrestleMania match. Benoit felt the pressure but now the pressure has eased and now he has learnt to deal with the pressure. Ever since Benoit won that title, he became a marked man. Benoit felt the pressure for having that target on his back. He’s in the same position as he was but the game does it better.

HHH still believes that Benoit is a one hit wonder. Benoit may have wrestled a one hour match and defeated Shawn Michaels but HHH has also beaten the best. He’s competed in an Iron Man Match and won, he’s the master of the hell in a cell match. He’s even beaten HBK on several occasions. HHH says for the past 2 months Benoit has been bragging about making him tap and thinks he can stand in this ring with the game huh? HHH picks up the world heavyweight title and looks at it and says you see this belt here Benoit, it used to be mine. Once this contract is signed Benoit, you will step into the ring with the game, you will step in the ring with the greatest professional wrestler alive today. You will be in for the biggest beating of your life. It will be the toughest match you’ve ever had. He talked to Eric Bischoff earlier this week on the phone and demanded to know why all the stipulations in this match are going against him? If he loses he gets no more title shots as long as Benoit is champion, well he’s going to make sure that doesn’t happen. Since he’s putting something on the line here, why doesn’t Eric tell Chris the final stipulation for this match. Eric quotes a line from Mr McMahon and states that in the interest of fairness, since HHH is putting something on the line here and there will be no outside interference, if Chris Benoit loses the match he loses his title. He will not only lose his title but he’s done from Raw. HHH has a big smirk on his face. Bischoff explains it clearly, if Benoit loses his title he would have to leave Raw and go back to Smackdown under Paul Heyman’s management. That’s right the man who made Benoit’s life miserable, a man who despises Benoit will have to work again with Benoit on Smackdown.

Eric asked Chris if he agreed to this. Chris looks at Bischoff and tells him that he better get used to seeing Benoit as champion. The night after KOTR, Bischoff will still see Benoit representing Raw as the world heavyweight champion. Paul Heyman may have made his life miserable on Smackdown but he proved him wrong by moving to Raw and went on to become the world champion. He is not going to be humiliated again. He looks at HHH and told him he made him tap before but now the pressure is on for both of them. If he loses not only does he lose the title, he leaves Raw. If HHH loses, then no more title shots as long as he is champion. This is it HHH, the final encounter. Benoit looks HHH in the eye and told him it took him so long to get to the top and he’s not going to let it go that easy. You said 2 months ago that it takes more than one match to be the best, look at him now, he’s still the world heavyweight champion so currently right now in this business Benoit is the best. For the past 2 months, HHH has been whining and complaining but after KOTR, HHH’s life will change when he looks himself in the mirror and sees that he has no world title around his waist. HHH fires back and states that the world title is his life. Raw is nothing without HHH but Raw can do without Chris Benoit. Once Benoit signs this contract, it is the beginning of the end for Chris Benoit. He’s going to send Benoit back to the minor leagues. He warned Chris that when he signs that paper it will mean the end of his run on Raw. HHH claims that he can beat Benoit one on one and will prove him wrong by winning back what belongs to him and that’s the world heavyweight title. Benoit says he proved at Backlash when he went the distance against HBK that Chris Benoit is for real. He’s proud to stand here in front of these fans as champion, he’s proud to stand in front of these fans because he’s never given up but HHH has. He has earned his way to the top just like HHH has. You can see the tension boiling here as HHH gets in Benoit’s face as they get nose to nose.

Alright gentleman, lets sign these documents and make this official. There it is, HHH and Benoit have signed. Vince says it’s official three weeks from today at the KOTR, HHH vs Chris Benoit in an I Quit Match with so much on the line here. Chris Benoit’s music hits as he raises the belt over HHH’s face and does his cut throat taunt to mock the game. Benoit goes to raise the belt in the air and looks at the fans. Suddenly HHH grabs his sledgehammer from under the table and HHH tips over the table. Who could have planted that under the table? McMahon and Bischoff get the hell out of dodge. HHH is about to hit Benoit with the sledgehammer. Benoit ducks, and takes down HHH by his legs and locks in the Sharpshooter on HHH who is yelling in pain about being in the hold. McMahon orders Bischoff to remove the sledgehammer from the ring. Bischoff slides in the ring to remove the sledgehammer and leaves with McMahon. Benoit has the sharpshooter locked in and asks HHH if he quits over and over again. HHH is tapping out but he isn't saying that he quits though. Benoit eventually lets go of the hold and goes outside the ring to get a steel chair, and then out of nowhere Evolution come out and get HHH out of there. Benoit comes into the ring to try to get to HHH who is outside of the ring, but it is like Evolution are blocking Benoit from getting to HHH. Benoit has a chair in his hand and taunts Evolution to get in. Flair, Batista and Orton stand on the apron and Batista gets in first and Benoit nails him with a chair. Orton gets hit with a chair but wait chopblock by Flair and Benoit goes down. HHH is back in and starts hammering away at Benoit. HHH nails Benoit across the head with a steel chair. Flair helps Orton and Batista get back up to their feet. Batista is fuming. Orton sets the table back up. HHH instructs Batista to powerbomb Benoit through the table. Oh no here we go Batista is about to powerbomb Benoit. IF YA SMELLLLLLLLLLLLLL WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKING .... The Rock’s music hits as The Rock runs down to the ring and lays the Smackdown on Evolution. The fans give Rock an outstanding ovation here, they are on their feet. The great one is back. Orton bails out the ring. Rock hits the Rock Bottom on Flair. He delivers some right hands to HHH until Batista jumps Rock from behind. Orton is back in and he wants to nail Rock with a chair. Orton goes for a swing but wait Benoit grabs the chair from Orton and nails Orton with a chair. He nails HHH with a chair to knock HHH out the ring. Rock clotheslines Flair over to the floor. Batista gets knocked over the top with a chair. Poor Orton is left alone in the ring and Rock hits the peoples elbow on Randy Orton. Batista pulls Orton out the ring as Evolution retreat to the ramp as Rock and Benoit shake hands. What an explosive ending to Raw as The Rock has returned from suspension to get his hands on Evolution. The Rock’s music hits as Rock and Benoit staredown Evolution as Raw goes off the air.




WWE King of the Ring
June 13, 2004, Columbus Ohio
Current Card

World Heavyweight Title I Quit Match
Chris Benoit (c) vs HHH


WWE Title Match
Eddie Guerrero (c) vs Edge


King of the Ring Quarter Finals
Shelton Benjamin vs Randy Orton
Batista vs Chris Jericho

Matt Hardy vs John Cena
John Bradshaw Layfield vs Johnny Nitro or RVD


Interpromotional 30 Man Battle Royal
Featuring the rest of the WWE roster. Winner receives a heavyweight title shot at their brands next ppv
 
#99 ·
Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

RAW Review

The show starting off with the Highlight Reel with Jericho was a nice breath of fresh air and then when he brought out his guests, 2 members of Evolution Orton and Batista, and then he began saying nice things about Orton but then ragged on him afterwards by saying how he doesn't deserve to even be a part of the tournament and that he got lucky against Maven, only for Orton to fire back and diss Jericho on his own show, and then Batista saying how he is going to beat the hell out of Jericho but then Jericho stirs the pot with Evolution trying to get Orton to turn on Batista or to get Batista to turn on Orton, and then Benjamin coming out on the Highlight Reel and talking about his victory last week against Ric Flair and that if he can do that he can beat Orton for sure in the tournament

Then the tag team match with Orton & Batista vs. Jericho & Benjamin, I personally enjoyed it because the win gives Batista & Orton some much needed momentum coming into KOTR, but I am also in a way intrigued because what if it is an all Evolution semi-final between Orton & Batista, who will lay down for who, or who will turn on the other in the match

HHH & Flair backstage in Bischoff's office, that segment I enjoyed also because The Game has something up his sleeve, and he was talking to Bischoff about that stipulation and whether Bischoff was going to do it, and he said you damn right I will, I smell a rat here!!!!!!

Benoit the World Heavyweight Champion beating A-Train in what I thought was a good match-up because it made A-Train look good I think, and Benoit needs the win because it gives him momentum coming into KOTR for his I Quit Match for the World Heavyweight Championship against HHH

Teddy Long T-Lo the Playa backstage with Maven, that segment I loved also because I want to see Maven be guided to the top by Teddy Long, and I believe they would make an interesting pairing, that is for sure

Vince making the announcement for the 30-man Battle Royal at King of the Ring, I love it, because the winner if he is a RAW guy he gets an automatic World Heavyweight Championship match at the next RAW brand PPV Vengeance and if the winner is a Smackdown guy he gets an automatic WWE Championship match at the next Smackdown brand PPV The Great American Bash. But what I also loved in this segment was Eugene coming down and interrupting Vince, but also at the same time stirring the pot between Bischoff and Vince, and then Eugene licking Vince, that made me die of laughter, and then Vince naming him an entrant in the Battle Royal, nice touch, and Coach snickering, this whole segment as a whole was funny

The Trish-Lita backstage segment I loved it as well because Trish attacked Lita as it sends a strong message that Trish is not a diva to be messed with in any way, and also that she wants to become WWE Women's Champion once again and with what she just did to Lita, I would say that she has a hell of a chance of being Women's Champion again

Victoria beating Gail Kim was a good match altogether, what made it even better was Trish coming down and attacking Victoria and then challenging her to a match for the WWE Women's Championship next week in Montreal for RAW, love it

La Resistance backstage with Todd Grisham, love this segment also because of Rene Dupree saying how he is now an entrant in the Battle Royal at the King of the Ring, and how after not qualifying he plans on winning the Battle Royal and going on to King of the Ring to face the World Champion, and then Sylvan & Rob Conway challenging the WGTT to a match for the World Tag Team Titles next week in Montreal, I love it personally, great touch

Conway beating Haas sends a strong message, and now La Resistance have momentum coming into next week for RAW in their hometown of Montreal, Quebec if anything I can see La Resistance getting a massive standing ovation in their home country of Canada in their hometown of Montreal for sure

HBK cutting a promo talking about the Battle Royal and how he says he is going to win it by throwing 29 other superstars over the top rope to once again become The Man, and to go on to Vengeance to face the World Heavyweight Champion whoever it ends up being, and that he is pulling for Benoit to beat HHH at KOTR, so that way he can have another match against Benoit for the title, but then talking about how he was screwed last week and how he intends to take it all out on Ric Flair

HBK/Flair ending in double countout I thought that was the right move, and it was a good back and forth match-up if you ask me

And then the whole Vince McMahon/Eric Bischoff/Paul Heyman backstage segment on the phone, was awesome, and Eric going on saying how a RAW guy is going to win the Battle Royal and then Paul saying how a SD guy is going to win the Battle Royal, and then Vince interceding, made it funny to me

And then the final segment for the evening with the Contract signing for the World Heavyweight Championship match the I Quit Match and Vince there at the contract signing making the stipulation that if any member of Evolution or any member of the RAW roster should come out during this match to interfere on Benoit or Triple H's behalf would be suspended automatically for 3 months without pay, makes this match fair and down the middle and then Bischoff making the stipulation that if Benoit loses this match he will not only lose his World Heavyweight Championship but that Benoit will get no re-match because he will have to leave RAW and go back to Smackdown, but that if HHH loses, he gets no more title shots as long as Benoit is champion, makes this a fair fight and I love it. And then as soon as both men are done signing the contract, and Benoit raises the World Title over HHH's face, HHH grabs his sledgehammer from under the table as it was planted there, and he tries to hit Benoit with it but Benoit ducks and takes HHH down by his legs and locks in the Sharpshooter and he is asking HHH if he quits over and over, HHH is not saying the words but he is tapping like crazy. And then Benoit going to the outside to go get a steel chair and then Evolution coming down to save HHH and then they attack Benoit only for Rock to make his return, and The Rock laying the smackdown on Evolution's candy asses, and then Benoit & Rock cleaning house at the end, I love it

Great RAW and I cannot wait personally until Smackdown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
#100 · (Edited)
Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

WWE Smackdown
May 27, 2004​
Match 1
King of the Ring Qualifying Match
RVD vs Johnny Nitro

Tazz and Michael Cole welcome us to the show as we kick off Smackdown with Mr Thursday Night Rob Van Dam. RVD will take on Johnny Nitro in the final KOTR Qualifying match. Johnny Nitro makes his way down to the ring. The bell rings. RVD and Nitro lock up as RVD gets the early advantage by delivering some kicks on Nitro. Nitro ducks a spin kick and delivers a suplex on RVD. Scoop slam by Nitro and Nitro drops a few elbows and gets a 2 count. Nitro delivers an uppercut on Van Dam and gets a chinlock on RVD. RVD makes it back up to his feet and gets out of the hold. Van Dam goes to the ropes and clotheslines Nitro. RVD delivers a monkey flip and then nails Nitro with a roundhouse kick and gets a 2 count only. Nitro comes back with a hurracanrana and then follows up with a fisherman suplex and gets 2. RVD reverses a whip and gets a back body drop on Nitro. Rolling Thunder by RVD and Nitro kicks out at 2. Sidekick by RVD gets a near fall. Van Dam drops some tornado like leg drops on Nitro and gets another near fall. Nitro ducks a kick and clotheslines RVD. Nitro delivers a neckbreaker and gets 2 only. Nitro charges into RVD and runs into a boot. Spinning heel kick by RVD and knocks Nitro down. Van Dam goes up to the top and hits a five star frog splash. He covers Nitro for the 3 count to win the match and seal the last qualification spot in the KOTR Tournament. Van Dam will now go on to meet JBL in the quarter finals.
Winner: RVD
Backstage Paul Heyman looks at the brackets for the tournament on a board as the field is now set. Paul loved the new stipulation that was added to the KOTR tournament. Dawn Marie is upset that her man Val Venis is not in it but hoped that Cena doesn’t win. Paul and Dawn make their predictions as Paul thinks Smackdown’s chances look very very good in the KOTR tournament. Paul makes his predictions and since he doesn’t care about a Raw star winning, he doesn’t rate Evolution’s chances at all because they tried to intimidate him on Raw 2 weeks ago but it didn’t work. He thinks Orton will cheat to get past Shelton. Dawn agreed. Then he believes Jericho will get past Batista because Jericho beat Christian in the barbed wire cage so Jericho is not to be taken lightly. Dawn thinks Batista will win. Then Paul gets excited by looking at the Smackdown matches. He crosses off Cena’s name and believes he stands no chance and writes down Hardy’s name for the Semi Final. Dawn agreed. Now out of JBL and RVD he thinks JBL will win. Dawn says JBL is good but Paul and her know RVD very well since the ECW days and he’s got to be one of the favourites for KOTR. He was the runner up of the previous tournament. She thinks RVD will go through to the semis. Now the semi final between Orton and Jericho, Paul thinks Jericho will shut Randy Orton up. Dawn thinks it will be an all Evolution semi final with Batista going through. In the other Semi final, he can’t decide who will win between JBL and Hardy. So Paul thinks either JBL or Hardy will meet Jericho in the final and a Smackdown guy will win. Dawn thinks it will come down to Batista vs RVD or Hardy in the final but now she can’t make her mind up which Smackdown guy will win. Paul says no matter what happens, a Smackdown guy is certain to win not only the KOTR but also the 30 man battle royal.

Eddie Guerrero/Edge confrontation​
The new number #1 contender for the WWE Title, Edge comes down to the ring and brags about his victory last week. He states that it’s about time he got the respect he deserves from these fans. He’s been waiting for this opportunity all his life and finally on ppv he gets his first WWE Title match. Edge talks how other guys had their chances and he never got his opportunity. He had to sit out a whole year due to injury but if he wasn’t injured he would have been champion by now. He was left out the lethal lottery tournament but made his statement at Judgment Day. When he finally got his opportunity last week, he didn’t fail and won on his first attempt, beating 5 of the very best Smackdown has to offer. This victory alone just proves that he is better than all 5 superstars that he beat. Now nothing stands in the way of him and destiny and that his destiny will be fulfilled when he beats that Latino paper champion Eddie Guerrero in 3 weeks on June 13, 2004. He tells the people to mark that date on their calendar because that will be the day that Edge officially goes down in history as WWE Champion. Edge mocks Eddie by doing his taunt. Edge claims that he will bring more ratings to Smackdown than Eddie as champion. Edge wants to show the fans a clip until Viva La Raza hits as Eddie Guerrero comes down in a low rider. The Eddie chants have started and Eddie Guerrero starts off by saying orrale Milwaukee. He looks at Edge and told him he may have beaten 5 superstars last week but currently at this moment, Edge is looking at the best. To be called the best he has to beat the WWE Champion, Oralle Vato. Eddie says now Edge can’t complain about receiving a title shot because he’s got his title shot now and he’s going to blow it. If two monsters couldn’t stop Latino Heat then what makes Edge think that he can stop Eddie Guerrero esse? Eddie says all Edge has done since coming back is attacking people to make a statement, does that make him a better man esse? Well Latino heat has overcome every obstacle that’s been put infront of him and it’s going to take a lot to overcome Latino Heat.
Edge brings up their past matches and shows Eddie clips of some of their past matches where Edge defeated Eddie in singles matches and tag team matches. This includes their epic No DQ match they had on Smackdown. Eddie was busted wide open and Edge delivered an Edgecution on Eddie from the top of the ladder. That settled their feud which was one of the greatest matches in the history of Smackdown. Fans boo Edge and Edge says he proved he was the better man. Edge states that two years ago Eddie was jealous of him because he was popular and Eddie couldn’t handle it. Now Eddie has stolen his fans, they’ve moved on from the Edge Army and blames Eddie for it. Eddie says that’s what he’s all about holmes, he lies, he cheats and he steals esse. Edge talks about his success as a tag team wrestler, his success as a singles star, he's been KOTR. The point he’s trying to make is that all that is missing is the WWE Title. He was the biggest star from that elite group of the Smackdown six. He was Smackdown’s fastest rising star. He claims that he was better than Eddie but it was unfortunate that he got injured. If he was not injured, he would have become champion before Eddie and Eddie wouldn’t have been champion. Eddie just got lucky. He became champion around the time when he was almost ready to return. Eddie says what do you mean lucky holmes. He worked hard for many years and earned his way to the top. He went through 15 men to win a royal rumble and earn a title shot. In his first opportunity he won the WWE Title, something which Edge couldn’t do against Brock Lesnar. Huge pop from the fans. Eddie talks about his victories over Kurt Angle, The Undertaker and Kane at Judgment Day. He’s proved that he is a fighting champion, a great champion and will be for a long time. More Eddie chants You see holmes, two years ago you were not the only one that carried the show, we were all part of it and were the backbone of this show and made it successful.
The series of matches they had against each other really showcased the talent of them and helped them be future main eventers. More Eddie chants and Edge says he is sick of the Eddie and 619 chants. More Eddie chants. Edge states that since Eddie lies, cheats and steals he’s not going to let Eddie’s tactics get the best of him. Edge knows that Eddie will do anything to retain the title so if Eddie is looking for a cheap dq win that’s not going to happen. He challenges Eddie to a match they had 2 years ago, a match where he beat Eddie to prove he is better. He wants the same No Disqualification match but this time the stakes are even higher as the prize is the WWE Title. Eddie says you want it, you got it holmes oralle vato. Edge claims that Eddie is not fit to be champion and he’s going to be a transitional champion and Edge is going to take that title and humiliate Latino Heat. Eddie fires back and says since you’re taking everything holmes, why don’t you take this. Eddie knocks Edge down with a right hand. Eddie and Edge come to blows and Eddie clotheslines Edge to the floor. That’s that bad temper of latino heat, Eddie all fired up. Latino heat has exploded. Eddie taunts Edge to get inside the ring and fight him. Eddie says Oralle holmes coz I lie i steal i cheat coz no one can with stand my LATINO HEAT. Eddie’s music hits as Eddie and Edge stare each other down. Paul Heyman comes out on the stage and tells both men that they will be competing in the ring tonight in a 6 man tag match. He announces Eddie Guerrero teaming with Rey Mysterio and The Undertaker as they will face Edge, Kane and Mordecai.

Michael Cole says what a match up this is going to be between Edge and Eddie at KOTR. Can both men top their previous match they had 2 years ago on Smackdown but this time it’s for the richest prize in the business, the WWE Title. Tazz says he's really looking forward to the main event tonight. Tazz and Cole will also interview the Smackdown participants in the KOTR tournament later on. Tazz thinks the winner out of JBL and RVD will go all the way to win the tournament. Cole thinks Cena will win the tournament. Tazz then plugs the new Divas Magazine as Torrie is on the front cover. Stacey Keibler isn't here tonight and Tazz thinks we could be seeing Stacey on the cover next month.

Backstage Booker T confronts Rey Mysterio in the locker room. Booker complains about not winning last week and blames Rey Mysterio for it. Booker believes it should be him who should have gone on to KOTR to face Eddie Guerrero but now he has to wait a bit longer. Another opportunity has come and this time he’s going to win the 30 man battle royal and vows to throw Rey out the battle royal. Rey reminds Booker that he beat him 2 weeks ago. Rey knows that Eddie can beat Edge and Eddie will ruin Edge’s dream at KOTR. Eddie shows up and Booker T gets in his face. Eddie tells Booker he had no problem with Booker until Booker attacked him last week, he got involved in Latino Heat’s personal issues. Now he does have a problem with Booker. Booker tells Eddie if there is something he agrees with Edge then that’s Eddie being lucky. Booker talks about how he was robbed of opportunities to receive a title shot and how Eddie has been escaping him since Booker came to Smackdown. It don’t matter to him who wins out of Eddie or Edge because Booker T’s going to win the WWE Title soon. Eddie fires back and states that he is addicted to competition and knows that a lot of guys are gunning for the title, no problem holmes. Eddie states that all Booker can do is talk the talk but he can’t walk the walk. Rey says Booker is like Edge, they betrayed their partners, they run their mouths and talk about being robbed of opportunities. Rey says how about next week, him and Eddie against Booker and Edge, now can you dig that Book huh? Book says yeh i can dig that sucka it’s on. Rey and Eddie leave and Booker thinks that they’ve left but come back in and yell SUCKAAAAAAAAAAAA in Booker’s face and leave. Booker was furious and talks to himself and says tell me they didn’t just say that!!!

Match 2
Tag Team Title Match
The Hurricane and Shannon Moore (c) vs Akio and Funaki
This was a quick fast paced match with lots of near falls. The tag team champions get the early advantage over the challengers at the start but Akio and Funaki start to come back in it by getting back in control. Akio starts delivering some kicks to the Hurricane and takes him down with a spin kick. The Hurricane reversed a whip and backdrops Akio to the mat. Clothesline by Hurricane. Tag to Shannon, Shannon takes Akio down with a hurracanrana. Funaki gets tagged in and Funaki gets a knee to the gut on Moore, suplex by Funaki and Moore kicks out at 2. Moore reverses an irish whip and gets a crossbody on Funaki who kicks out at 2. Akio is in again and Moore sends him to the corner and runs into a boot. Spinning heel kick by Akio and a kick out at 2 by Moore. The Hurricane gets tagged inand starts hitting some clotheslines on Akio. Hurricane whips Akio across the ring, nice handstand by Akio. Shot the the midsection by Akio who sends Hurricane to the corner. Backflip kick in the corner by Akio. Funaki is tagged in and Funaki and Akio hit a double suplex on Hurricane who kicks out at 2. Akio is tagged in again and just when Hurricane makes a comeback, he goes to the top and jumps but gets caught with a beautiful spinning heel kick by Akio. He goes for a cover and Hurricane kicks out at 2 ½. Akio goes to the top for a corkscrew moonsault and misses as Hurricane moves out the way. Both men tag their partners and Funaki and Moore go at it. Funaki whips Moore to the corner and runs into a boot. Moore goes to the top and hits the Moore-gasm on Funaki. He goes for the cover and gets the 3 count as the tag champs retain the tag titles. Good action and good effort from Akio and Funaki. After the match both teams shake hands
Winners: The Hurricane and Shannon Moore
Paul Bearer is in a dark room with Kane and Mordecai. Paul Bearer claims that The Undertaker has become weak ever since Mordecai made his presence felt in the WWE. Without Paul Bearer and the power of the urn, the Undertaker simply can’t compete against the powerful entity of Kane and Mordecai. What they did to Taker last week was just the beginning and there is a lot more to come. Mordecai states that he will punish The Undertaker for all the sins he has committed. He will be punished for what he put Kane and Uncle Paul through. Kane says Eddie Guerrero still has something that belongs to him and that’s the WWE Title. Now that Edge has got that opportunity, whoever is champion after KOTR, Kane will finally take what he believes is rightfully is. If Edge gets in their way tonight then he won’t be able to make it to KOTR. Kane then sends a message to John Cena not to get involved in his business tonight or he will hurt him. Kane vows to cause destruction with Mordecai in the 30 man battle royal at KOTR. The promo ends with all three men laughing wickedly.

Match 3
Booker T vs Rhyno

Booker T comes down for his match. Earlier on Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio mocked Booker T and Booker is not in a good mood. Rhyno comes down and here we go the bell rings as both men go at it. Booker sends Rhyno to the ropes and Rhyno takes Booker down with a clothesline. Booker delivers a knee to the midsection of Rhyno and dumps him over the top rope to the floor. They start brawling outside and get back inside the ring and Rhyno reverses a whip and sends Booker to the corner. Rhyno charges into Booker and runs into an elbow. Suplex by Booker T and gets a 2 count only. Booker starts stomping away at Rhyno, Booker then whips Rhyno hard into the corner. Booker poses and delivers some hard knife edge chops to Rhyno. Booker goes for another irish whip but Rhyno reverses and clotheslines Booker. Rhyno strikes Booker with a few right hands. Shoulder tackle by Rhyno. Rhyno hits a series of short arm clothesline on Booker. Rhyno runs into a sidekick by Booker. Booker then takes control of the match and delivers a suplex on Rhyno who kicks out at 2. Booker gets a sleeper hold on Rhyno, Rhyno is able to fight out of it and takes Booker down with a back suplex. They continue to go back and forth until Rhyno gains the momentum. Booker T is near the ropes and gets gored by Rhyno as Booker goes through the middle rope to the floor. Booker makes it back in by 8. Booker sidesteps another gore attempt by Rhyno who goes shoulder first into the steel post. Booker hits the axe kick on Rhyno and pins him for the 3 count to win the match.
Winner: Booker T
Backstage Rey Mysterio gets attacked by Booker T. Eddie comes down for the save until officials and Paul Heyman come down to separate both men. Paul Heyman asks Booker to leave and as Booker leaves he shouts suckaaaa to Eddie to mock him. Paul tells Eddie to calm down, he tells Eddie that Rey won’t be able to compete tonight now. So Eddie has two choices, either go out there and wrestle in a 3 on 2 handicap match or find a partner to replace Rey. He still has some time left so if Eddie is successful in finding a partner then it will be a 6 man tag. Eddie is angry and leaves.
Match 4
Cruiserweight Title Match
Tajiri (c) vs Jamie Noble

This is a quick fast paced back and forth cruiserweight action match with plenty of near falls. Both men trade holds at the start and counter each others holds. Tajiri starts to take control by hitting Noble with some quick kicks. Chavo comes out near the entrance of the ramp and starts watching the match. Noble ducks a kick and clotheslines Tajiri. Noble hits a suplex and then sends Tajiri to the ropes and takes Tajiri down with a knee lift. Noble whips Tajiri to the corner. Noble charges into Tajiri who leapfrogs over Noble to catch him in the tarantula but he doesn’t get all of it as Noble dumps Tajiri to the floor. Noble goes to the top turnbuckle and jumps but gets caught with a kick by Tajiri. Tajiri sends Noble back in and gets a snap suplex on Noble who kicks out at 2. Tajiri gets a handspring elbow on Noble and then goes to the top rope but Noble climbs the top rope and takes Tajiri down with a suplex. Noble gets a firemans carry and drops Tajiri with a samoan drop and gets a 2 count. Noble goes for a tigerbomb but Tajiri counters into a hurracanrana and Noble just kicks out at 2 ½. Noble runs into an elbow by Tajiri who delivers a german suplex and Noble kicks out at 2. Spinning heel kick by Tajiri. Tajiri goes for a powerbomb, Noble slips out and rolls Tajiri up and Tajiri kicks out at 2. Clothesline by Noble. Noble goes for a tigerbomb and Tajiri slips out and nails Noble with the buzzsaw kick. Tajiri goes for a cover and pins Noble for the 3 count to retain the title. Chavo was impressed and leaves. Will Chavo be next in line for a title shot?
Winner: Tajiri

Jamie Noble runs into Nunzio in the back. Nunzio understands that Noble is upset that he lost but so is Nunzio for losing in the International Gaunlet at Judgment Day. Nunzio says he’s never been the cruiserweight champion but some day he will capture cruiserweight gold. Ever since Nidia left the WWE, Noble hasn’t been the same, Nunzio hasn’t been the same either since Palumbo and Bull were traded to Raw. Nunzio thinks Noble is a great wrestler, they’re around the same size and together they would make a great team. He wants to know if Noble wants to team with him as Nunzio believes if they team together they would soon become the tag team champions. Noble agreed to it and told Nunzio he’s been the cruiserweight champion before but he’s never held the tag team titles before and neither has Nunzio. They may be small but they will let their wrestling do the talking in the ring. They shake hands and looks like Smackdown has a new tag team.

Michael Cole and Tazz interview the Smackdown KOTR participants
Michael Cole and Tazz are in the ring to interview the Smackdown KOTR Participants. All the Smackdown guys that are in the tournament come down to the ring. The stakes are even higher now because not only does the winner become King, the winner receives a heavyweight title shot at SummerSlam. Cole is going to ask one question which they will all answer. What makes you deserve to be King of the Ring more than the other 3 Smackdown participants in the tournament? Matt Hardy starts if off by bragging about the reaction he got when he hit the ring. He wants to thank all his MFers for all the support, and all the hard work will pay off when he wins the KOTR. Since coming to Smackdown, V1 has been on a roll. It’s in his destiny to become KOTR. He just came over from Raw and knows what the competition is like from over there and he believes that he can beat any of the Raw guys in the final. Matt says everyone seems to favour Batista here but when in 2 weeks on the highlight reel he will tell it to Batista in his face. Matt thinks he has the qualities to win KOTR and his opponent John Cena does not. He may have the US Title but he doesn’t have Mattitude in him. All the fans can chant Cena Cena Cena right at the top of their lungs and they can chant RVD, RVD, RVD all night long but there is absolutely no one that can stop him from winning the KOTR. Everyone here is unique, they all have something that sets them apart from everyone else, however Matt Hardy Version 1.0 happens to be more gifted. Matt states that becoming King has launched the careers of many stars and he will become bigger than Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle and HHH. Matt then claims that he will go on to become WWE Champion at SummerSlam and then he will go on to headline WrestleMania next year.

Actually it shouldn’t be called WrestleMania, it should be called Matt-a-Mania. That’s the reasons why Matt Hardy Version 1.0 deserves to be KOTR. More boos as Hardy hands the mic back to Cole. It’s RVD’s turn now but JBL takes the mic off Cole. JBL says nobody wants to hear what RVD says, half the things he says are a load of crap. JBL says he understands that Milwaukee is a little backward but they are chanting for the losers. You don’t chant RVD RVD RVD or Cena, Cena Cena, you chant JBL JBL JBL but very soon they will be chanting KING JBL. All these people pay to come and see him. JBL says Matt’s rise on Smackdown has been impressive but JBL’s had the better success story. He came to New York City without a single penny, but he made his fortune here. He did this all by himself. JBL made fun of Rey Mysterio, he thinks Rey got what he deserved because he is not worthy of being in the main event of Smackdown. He disgraced Smackdown last week and paid the ultimate price for it tonight. JBL claims has all the qualities to become King because he’s rich, he’s better looking than all of these guys here, they are all jealous of him. He makes more money than all these guys and he’s the best guy to represent Smackdown in this tournament. He is a role model. Matt disagreed and claims that he is the special one. This is why Paul Heyman decided to have him back on Smackdown. All these Mattitude followers will be supporting V1 all the way. Matt claimed he is the definition of a role model and not JBL. Matt provides an example of taking some guys under his wing as they became his Mattitude Followers. Matt is so full of himself here and claims that Cena, JBL and RVD don’t even have the MATTributes to be his Mattitude followers. It looks like they all need a double dose of Mattitude.

RVD and Cena watch Hardy and JBL go on and on. JBL cuts Hardy off but RVD asks for a mic and Tazz gives him another mic. RVD who qualified earlier on informs all of them that he’s the only guy in the ring right now that has experience of the KOTR tournament. None of these guys have ever been in the actual tournament and are bragging that they will do this and that. Just to remind them all in the last KOTR he was the runner up. He almost had it but came close but knows what it is like to get there. This time he's gonna go all the way to win and become King and then will go on to SummerSlam to become the WWE Champion. RVD looks at JBL and told him that if JBL was running America, America would not be in a good state. JBL was furious. He’s heard JBL run his mouth for the past couple of months, he’s a lot like Booker T as they betrayed their partners. RVD tells JBL he seems over confident but there will only be one king and that’s R...V...D. JBL fires back and says to get far he had to step on people to move forward but people like RVD like to live the HIGH LIFE if he knows what he means. People like RVD don’t care about becoming successful. JBL states that after he becomes King he will make it his mission to become United States Champion and the WWE Champion at SummerSlam. Cena cuts JBL off and says did you just say United States Champion.... you want some... COME GET SOME. Cena says he’s been waiting for a while now to talk and heard what they had to say but now they will hear what he has to say because THE CHAMP AND THE KING OF THE RING IS HERE. Big pop from the crowd. Cena makes fun of Matt Hardy and JBL. Cena states despite being the United States champion he’s being written off by not only Paul Heyman, Dawn Marie but a guy that failed on Raw and a guy that’s a cheap Million Dollar Man wannabe. He believes RVD will meet him in the semis and he will make it another failed tournament for RVD. Cena states that this is the year of John Cena and he’s quickly becoming Smackdown’s fastest rising star. If there is anyone who’s going to win the tournament then it’s going to be him. He's going to make history by being KOTR, US Champion and will go on to become WWE Champion at SummerSlam.
He’s the only champ representing Smackdown and he’s going to add to it by being crowned the King. Cena cuts a rap on Matt Hardy and makes fun of his Mattitude persona. He mocks Matt's run on Raw and he can't be a role model because he didn't take Eugene under his wing. Matt fires back and thinks Cena isn’t funny at all and the joke will be on Cena at KOTR. Matt claims that at KOTR, Cena will be the one to suffer an unfortunate twist of fate. They all argue over who will meet who in the Semi Finals. As JBL has a big mouth he states that guys like Cena and RVD are a disgrace to America. They have no class. Guys like them are what’s wrong with America. JBL is a great American, he is a reason for all these people to look up to. That is why he deserves to be KOTR. JBL says Cena is not fit to represent the WWE as United States Champion. JBL looked at RVD and said if RVD was given the ball to represent the WWE as champion then he would disgrace the legacy of the WWE Title, RVD is no company man, JBL is. JBL has a proclamation because after he wins KOTR, he will make all of you including the fans bow down and kiss his royal feet. He vows to make RVD become the first to kiss his feet. RVD has had enough and gets a right hand on JBL and we get a brawl in the ring. Matt Hardy escapes. JBL was running his mouth for too long. Cena drops JBL with an F-U and RVD delivers the rolling thunder. RVD looks at JBL and did his taunt but wait from behind Cena picks RVD up and plants him with the F-U. Cena did his you can't see me hand taunt and looks at RVD. Matt Hardy is on the ramp as Cena stares him down. Will John Cena become the next KOTR?

Eddie Guerrero meets John Cena in the back and Cena volunteers to be Eddie and Taker’s partner for tonight.

Main Event
6 Man Tag Match
Eddie Guerrero, John Cena and The Undertaker vs Edge, Kane and Mordecai
Kane and Mordecai come out together. Edge comes down next and backs away from his partners. The Undertaker’s music hits as he comes out first and stares down Edge, Kane and Mordecai. Eddie comes down next and Cena comes out last. Cena cuts a rap promo on the heels. He disses Edge for turning his back on Rey. He makes fun of how Mordecai looks and then calls Paul Bearer a fat piece of shit. Cena targets Kane the most. Cena says that Kane looked better with his mask on but without his mask he just looks hideous. He mentions that Kane hasn't won a WWE Championship since 1998. He's like Val Venis because they're both bald and are the past and Cena is the future. Kane’s had enough and wants to get in there first against Cena.


The bell rings as Kane and Cena lock up and Kane gets a knee to the mid section. Scoop slam by Kane, Kane goes for an elbow drop and misses. Cena starts delivering some right hands on Kane and gets him to his corner and tags Eddie. Eddie knocks Kane down with a right hand, dropkick by Eddie. Eddie sends Kane to the ropes who comes back with a clothesline. Kane starts to assault Eddie into the corner. A tag is made to Mordecai and Mordecai starts choking Eddie out on the ropes and breaks it up by 3. Mordecai and Kane continue to double team Eddie by making quick tags and Edge has yet to get in the ring so he tags himself in. Edge pummels Eddie in the corner and then sends him to the ropes and delivers a big back body drop. Edge runs into an elbow by Eddie and Eddie sends Edge down with a clothesline. Edge and Eddie exchange right hands and Eddie knocks Edge down with another clothesline. Eddie tags in Cena and now Cena and Edge go at it. Cena ducks a punch and delivers a side suplex to Edge and goes for a cover and gets 2. Edge comes back with a forearm to the head and delivers a suplex. He tags in Mordecai who hammers away at Cena, Cena is able to fight back and knocks Mordecai down with a shoulder block. Here we go Cena tags in The Undertaker and Taker and Mordecai go at it and exchange punches, Mordecai delivers a knee to the gut and takes Taker down with a neckbreaker. Mordecai starts choking Taker out in the corner. He whips Taker to the corner and misses a charge and Taker takes Mordecai down with a big ddt. Flying clothesline by The Undertaker and goes for a cover and Mordecai kicks out at 2. He makes a tag to Kane and they double team The Undertaker. Taker fights back and hits a big clothesline on Kane, he goes for a cover and Kane kicks out at 2. Kane tags Edge in but he wants no part of Taker. Eddie wants in and Taker tags Eddie in so Edge gets in the ring. They go at it and Eddie Guerrero saw most of the action in this match as most of it has Eddie on the receiving end of two or three on one situations. Eddie is taking a major beating here. Edge whips Eddie to the ropes and dropkicks Eddie to the floor. Edge goes outside the ring and sends Eddie into the barricade. He rolls Eddie back in and goes for a suplex but Eddie blocks and takes Edge down with a DDT. Both men are down. Eddie makes the hot tag to Cena as Edge tags in Kane. Cena knocks Kane down with a shoulder block, spinebuster by Cena and Kane kicks out at 2. Cena runs into an elbow and Kane hits a sidewalk slam and Cena kicks out at 2.

Midway into the match Cena fights back and hits the throwback on Kane. Cena mocks Kane and hits the five knuckle shuffle and Kane kicks out at 2. Cena whips Kane to the corner and runs into a boot. Sidewalk slam by Kane. Kane proceeds to drop a leg across Cena’s neck. Edge gets tagged in and he delivers the Edge O Matic and Cena kicks out at 2. Flapjack by Edge. Edge mocks Cena’s taunt and Cena reverses a whip and clotheslines Edge to the floor. He suplexes Edge back in the ring and tags in Eddie. Eddie whips Edge to the ropes and delivers a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Here we go 3 amigos time, Eddie delivers vertical suplexes to Edge. Eddie goes for a figure four but Edge rolls him up for a 2 count. Edge knocks Eddie down with a clothesline. Edge looks for a spear but runs into a drop toe hold by Eddie. Eddie is going up to the top rope and misses the frog splash as Edge moves out the way. Edge tags in Mordecai, Eddie tags Taker and Taker and Mordecai brawl in the ring. Taker hits the snake eyes on Mordecai and follows up with a legdrop. He goes for a cover and Kane breaks up the count. Cena gets in and we get a big brawl in the ring. The faces are cleaning house. Eddie and Edge end up brawling outside the ring and take the fight near the ramp. Kane and Cena brawl outside and Taker and Mordecai battle it out inside the ring. Edge gets a low blow on Eddie and delivers the edgecution on Eddie on the steel ramp. Kane sends Cena into the steel post and grabs Cena’s chain and nails Cena with the chain. Undertaker delivers old school on Mordecai. He goes for a chokeslam but Mordecai elbows out of it and Mordecai hits the chokeslam on Taker. Kane and Mordecai deliver a double chokeslam to The Undertaker as Edge gets in on the apron. Taker stumbles back up to his feet and Edge gets in and hits the spear and then bails out the ring. Mordecai lifts The Undertaker up and drops him with the crucifix powerbomb. 1...2...3. He got him. Mordecai just pinned The Undertaker and wins the match for his team. Cena staggers back to his feet and Kane chokeslams Cena on the floor. Edge has a big smirk on his face as he grabs the WWE Title and knocks Eddie back down again and taunts him and drops the belt back on Eddie as Edge leaves. Mordecai and Kane get inside the ring and Kane picks Taker up, Mordecai goes to the top rope and they deliver a spike tombstone to The Undertaker. Mordecai and Kane celebrate with Paul Bearer as Smackdown goes off the air.
Winners: Edge, Kane and Mordecai





WWE King of the Ring
June 13, 2004, Columbus Ohio
Current Card

World Heavyweight Title I Quit Match
Chris Benoit (c) vs HHH


WWE Title No Disqualification Match
Eddie Guerrero (c) vs Edge


King of the Ring Quarter Finals
Randy Orton vs Shelton Benjamin
Batista vs Chris Jericho

Matt Hardy vs John Cena
John Bradshaw Layfield vs RVD


+ The Semi Finals and The Final

Interpromotional 30 Man Battle Royal
Featuring the rest of the WWE roster. Winner receives a heavyweight title shot at their brands next ppv
 
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Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX

Smackdown Review

Great way to cap off your Smackdown, and now it is not that much longer now until the 2004 King of the Ring PPV, like 2 more weeks left, I cannot believe it, I am so excited

RVD qualifying for the King of the Ring against Johnny Nitro was a great match-up, because it was a high-flying matchup with two contrasting styles, and for RVD to qualify, he is looking like a prime favorite to win the King of the Ring tournament

Backstage segment with Paul Heyman and Dawn Marie looking at the brackets for the KOTR tournament and agreeing that a Smackdown guy will win the tournament and also that RAW won't stand a chance in the tournament but that Dawn Marie says that out of the RAW guys she is liking Batista's chances to make it to the final, but Heyman not even valuing Evolution's chances because they tried to intimidate him on RAW 2 weeks ago when he was running RAW, but that out of the RAW guys he likes Jericho, but that out of the Smackdown guys they think RVD could advance but that Hardy or JBL could win the whole thing not even giving Cena a chance

The Eddie Guerrero/Edge confrontation I loved it, and especially now that their match at King of the Ring for the WWE Championship will be decided in a NO DQ match everything and anything goes in this match, which will settle this feud once and for all and also it will decide who is the better man once and for all, and then they attack each other with Eddie getting the upper hand. Then Heyman coming to the ramp to make the announcement for the 6-man tag team match for the main event, love that too

The Cole/Tazz segment with the Divas Magazine plugging it, good segment, and also talking about the KOTR tournament and how they will be interviewing the 4 Smackdown superstars who will be representing Smackdown in the KOTR tournament later on, thumbs up!!!!!!

The Rey Mysterio/Booker T/Eddie backstage segment I loved it, great segment especially Rey and Eddie mocking Booker T and leaving together, and Booker T muttering to himself after, it was awesome, but Booker T is also a favorite to win the 30-man Battle Royal and so is Rey Mysterio as well!!!!!!

Hurricane & Moore beating Akio & Funaki to retain their WWE Tag Team Championship, I love it, a great fast-paced high-flying match-up between 2 face tag teams, and then the 2 tag teams shaking hands afterwards, I love what you are doing with the Tag Team division on Smackdown!!!!! But what if it comes down to Hurricane & Moore in the final 2 in the 30-man Battle Royal or if it comes down to Akio & Funaki, it is possible, stranger things have happened in WWE!!!!!!

The Kane/Mordecai/Paul Bearer backstage segment, another chilling segment, a scary backstage segment and I love it, Kane is a favorite along with this man his cousin Mordecai he is also a favorite to win the 30-man Battle Royal

Booker T beating Rhyno in a great match-up, I am just loving heel Booker right now because he has been a roll since turning on RVD

Booker T attacking Rey backstage before the 6-Man Tag Team Match, what the hell, why would Booker attack Rey, for what reason, please tell me Booker T has an explanation for doing what he did to Rey Mysterio, I understand him attacking Rey for punking Booker out earlier but what is the real reason for this?

Tajiri beating Jamie Noble in a great Cruiserweight match up to retain his WWE Cruiserweight Championship, Tajiri since becoming the WWE Cruiserweight Champion has been on a roll, and with Chavo there at the ramp watching this match-up makes me think that Chavo is going to come after Tajiri. But both men are in the 30-man Battle Royal, so they could be surprises in the Battle Royal to actually go the distance and do well in it, Tajiri winning, it would be strange but stranger things have happened in WWE!!!!!!

Jamie Noble & Nunzio becoming a tag team, great, they can become WWE Tag Team Champions on Smackdown, and both men are also in the Battle Royal as well, so I can definitely see them trying to team up in there and eliminate people, but what if it comes down to the 2 of them in the Battle Royal, hey stranger things have happened

Tazz and Cole interviewing Cena, JBL, Hardy, and RVD about the King of the Ring, great segment, and it makes me think that any one of these 4 men could win it all, but out of this group here any one of the 4 could go far in the tournament and even win it all

John Cena replacing Rey in the 6-Man Tag Team Match, great choice as it gets Cena ready for KOTR, it gets him battle tested

Cena cutting a rap on Edge, Mordecai, but mostly targeting Kane, I loved it, and even when he made fun of Paul Bearer in his rap, awesome. But in all seriousness Edge, Kane, and Mordecai winning this 6-Man Tag Team Match is awesome as it gives the heels momentum coming into KOTR especially with Mordecai getting the win for his team pinning Taker giving Taker the Crucifix Powerbomb, makes me wonder could King of the Ring be Mordecai's time to becomea superstar, could it be Mordecai's time to become a main eventer and get a WWE Championship match at the Great American Bash?

The battle royal Kane & Mordecai are going to be in there together at the same time and what if in the final 2 it comes down to those 2 men, there has got to be tension here between the 2 cousins, because only one of them can win the 30-Man Interpromotional Battle Royal and go on to the Great American Bash to face the WWE Champion whomever it may be, Eddie Guerrero or Edge that is only if a Smackdown guy wins it

And I like that if any Smackdown star wins the battle royal, they get a WWE Championship match at the Great American Bash against the winner of Eddie Guerrero vs Edge, unless a RAW superstar wins and if a RAW superstar wins the Battle Royal, they get a World Heavyweight Championship match at Vengeance against the winner of the I Quit Match, whomever it may be, whether it is Benoit or Triple H, it doesn't matter who wins, but if the RAW guy wins, their championship match they get it at Vengeance!!!!!!

All of this aside, great Smackdown episode, and I cannot wait until your RAW episode!!!!!!!!
 
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