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Random X · 11-21-2007, 06:39 PM

Raw Review-

Opening Promo- Nice promo to start off the first Raw after Wrestlemania with the new champion. This was a good way to continue the feud with Orton and HHH. The fans seem really behind HHH and Orton is getting the heat he deserves. That match for Backlash sounds like its going to be great!Main event should be good also.

Hardy vs MVP- Jeez, new Intercontinental Champion! I am a big MVP fan and I love the fact that he is Intercontinental Champion. I hope that he has a long reign. But I doubt that Jeff Hardy will drop out of the title hunt. This feud will go on for a little while longer.

Hardy/Santino Run In- Haha, I see an encounter happening between the two on Santino's show next week. Cant wait for the segment.

Women's Tag Match- I am not a fan of the women's divison, this match was whatever.

Jericho Interview- This was complete GOLD. Jericho was in character very well, and I enjoyed this promo. I liked the little Chris Jericho.......Jericho part at the end lol. Very funny. I can see Jericho losing his match to Kennedy however.

Lashley vs Snitzky- Snitzky being a big doofy jobber just had to kick Lashley in the nuts. I see Lashley kicking his ass at Backlash, or even next week for that matter.

Lo Spettacolo- This segemnt was kinda funny with Santino taking cheap shots on the crowd and his accent. But when he left the seriousness came on between Kennedy and Cena. These are two great mic workers, and I can see a future feud happening between them when Kennedy is the champion. John Cena gives Kennedy an FU and is sending a message that he will be back soon. Good segment.

Jericho vs Kennedy- I didnt expect Jericho to win. Even tbhough he cheated and used the ropes I did not expect it. But this probably would have been a good match to watch in person. But Kennedy had the lower hand due to John Cena's FU. Ken Kennedy will probably try to move on from Chris Jericho after this loss.

AAE Promo- Decent promo hyping up the monster Umaga. AAE was in good character.

Umaga vs Crazy- Haha, usual squash for Umaga. I cant wait to see him in a good feud where he is going to need more than 2 minutes to win.

MVP/Regal Promo- Haha, good MVP promo here. Him using slang and Regal not understanding him. MVP is being his usual self, wanting more of anything, in this case money. I like how Regal sticks up for himself. MVP will probably just move on from this subject.

Main Event- Good summary of the match. It sounded like it would have been a great match. I like how Randy Orton is the 1 who wins the match with the pin on HHH. That is pretty cool and definitely boosts his ego. But next week I see HHH coming out on top and deciding the 2nd match of the 3 stages of hell match.

Aftermath- First blood! I like this match a lot. However, I see HHH winning this first fall at Backlash.

Overall Grade- 8/10. Good show.

Hollywood Event · 11-21-2007, 07:57 PM

We have the traditional Backlash rematch here, Triple H vs. Orton should be good, It'll be interesting to see what the stipulations are, I have a funny feeling I know what's going to happen but I'll see how it plays out.

Nice to see MVP as the IC champion, not sure about the title switch the night after when Jeff had won the night before at Wrestlemania but theres nothing wrong with it.

Another dominant win by Beth Phoenix, it'll be interesting to see who can challenge her.

Seemed like a passionate promo by Y2J, hopefully him against Kennedy goes on to develop more than just the match tonight as those two could have great matches together.

Mini-push for Snitsky possibly? Lashley's having a hard time, loses to Khali and know he's been dropped by Snitsky. It'll be interesting to see where you take this one too.

Cena-Kennedy in the future then? Cena still leaves his mark on the show despite being injured. I like how Santino showed his cowardness by just getting out of the way and leaving lol.

Jericho goes over Kennedy in this one, though I sense it'll be a different outcome should the two meet again, especially if Kennedy has a program with Cena looming in the future.

Umaga vs. Batista II? I would've liked to see Umaga continue with the momentum he has from beating Batista by possibly getting involved in the title situation. Instead he squashes Super Crazy lol.

Orton wins and picks the first fall. A first blood will be good, means both will be banged up for the other two falls, assuming of course the match goes to the third fall (as JR would say) :P

Overall good show Wolfie, a solid start to the thread.

kid o mac · 11-21-2007, 10:50 PM

Good opening promo as it was very realistic and gave off the feel of the actual promos that take place on the Raw following Mania. Regal's announcement concering the WWE Championship Match for Backlash was great as well as it builds interest for the Raw brand and the storyline over the next couple of weeks until Backlash. It looks the push for MVP begins here on this edition of Raw, as MVP ends Hardy's seven month reign as Intercontinental CHampion. Right now I have a feeling that MVP will have a huge year on the Raw brand in this thread. The Diva's tag match was good but I'm not surprised that Beth and her team won the match. Jericho's promo was done in true Jericho fashion and Jericho mocking Kennedy was great as well. If you're starting a Lashley/Snitsky feud, I hope that it does not become a long term feud, as Lashley should be in a better feud than this, IMO.

Promo of the night right here with Santino/Cena/Kennedy. All three were in character especially Santino and Kennedy. The only problem with the promo was that Cena should have said a bit more before hiitng Kennedy with the F-U. Good to see that Kenenedy and Cena will resume their feud when Cena returns in this thread. Jericho and Kennedy could have been given a little more time for their match, but nice booking of how Jericho won the match, as it looks like the two will feud until Cena makes his return in this thread. Umaga's and Estrada's segment was well written as well as Umaga's squash match against Super Crazy. Like the match, enough said about that segment and match with Umaga.

MVP's promo with Regal was on point, however Regal really made the promo great when he explained the stipulations of MVP's contract that he is on Raw. As far as the Main Event goes, this was a great match, but it was no surprise that Orton's team won the match. Great way to give Orton some heat before announcing his stipulation for Backlash. With the first fall being a First Blood Match, the three falls match should be excellent. Orton's promo in this final segment was great and well written!

Overall Comments: Finally after almost five months, you have finally returned to BTB with a show posted. While there have been better shows from you before, this was still a great show from a BTB Hall of Famer and from a booker who is making his return to BTB after a five month absence. I have a feeling that as the thread continues the shows are going to get even better, like they did in your old thread. As far as my thread, it's still the same thread, and the next PPV in my thread, Uncensored will be posted either on Thursday or Friday. Looking forward to Szumi's Smackdown and next week's Raw!

**INVINCIBLE** · 11-22-2007, 07:07 AM

RAW Review

- The Champion starting the show is expected after Mania unless you had some other mega feud that took place at mania. I really miss the full version of King of Kings so glad that you used it for the King of Kings. The 0pening commentary was good and long enough for Triple H to get to the ring. But the focus would mostly be on the Game. Looking forward to John Cena being on Santino's 'SHOW'. Good stuff. Triple H's speech was very good and gave a lot of credibility to himself and Randy Orton. The crowd reactions were good but Cena's been out for a good while and he is huge face. I'd expect him to get huge face pops. The commentary in between the different shots were well done and not seen in a lot of BTBs. Randy's lines were very good. But in my opinion, just in my opinion, the RAW after WrestleMania should be a show in itself and set the stage for the year to come. The Backlash business could start the next week. Looking past that Randy Orton vs. Triple H produce good matches but somewhere down the line it must get repetetive, so I'm guessing Backlash will be their final match unless you're aiming for a Hell in a Cell. Randy suggesting 2/3 falls and triple H counter-offering 3 stages of hell? Kind of same. Regal's line about him making the matches is used way too often, other than that he was spot on as well. But what do the tag teams have to gain from the main event. A win? I thought maybe there should've been something more on the line as WrestleMania just ended. Personally I was hoping for an Iron-man match between them but whatever floats your boat

- Again the commentary in between segments and during the different spots of the segment is very good. It's very realistic and gives and idea on what's about to happen. I never expected MVP to pick up the win after jeff retained the title at Mania handing MVP his second straight WrestleMania loss. This was very surprising indeed. The match was okay and seemed to flow well. It could've gone longer but this is RAW afterall.

- There's not much to comment on the commentary, ironic isn't it? It also serves as a transition between two matches without there actually having to have anything in between them much like PPVs. Sanito's grammer was too good here. Change maybe the your to you or something. Just sounds a lot more like him that way. This was a good way to get Santino some heel heet but he's so bad in the ring he's only good for RAWs. There's pretty much no matches that he can be a part of in PPVs. You referred to Beth as 'he' on one spot, just thought I'd point it out as you usually don't make any spelling errors. The diva's match was good with good booking to back it up. Beth is really pushed as the unstoppable glamazon forcing Mickie to pass out.

- The Chris Jericho interview was amazing. All his catchphrases seem to fit perfect and at the best place possible. His Kennedy act at the end was very good too. Mocking Todd is getting old fast (maybe not that fast) but this was still fun. Bobby Lashley vs. Snitsky was a good booked match with Snitsky getting disqualified. Hope you give Snitsky a more edgy character as this seems to be wearing off. A feud between Lashley and Snitsky could be good or horrible but I think you can make it work. Hope for a little more edge in the shows as it's been pretty tame so far.

- Santino's talk show started out pretty fun. Santino getting a lot of heat before the show even gets underway, getting the state wrong and everything else was just good. He was caught well in character and his lines were pretty funny as well. Santino whining about not getting a spot on the Mania show was hilarious as was the Jerry Funk bit. He is trying to unravel a conspiracy theory now? Santino is some great heel. Santino plays the fool well too as him trying to get Cena to go back when he was coming out to his music was a good bit too. Cena & Maria, interesting...quite. Anyway Cena's lines at the start were very generic but it picked up when Santino was on the mic again trying to get Cena out of the lo spettacolo. I don't like mightn't much and you used it more than once which I thought was bad wording. Kennedy coming out now? Marella's exit was even more epic than his entrance. He left the lo spettacolo to just Cena and Kennedy. Kennedy describing himself was pretty lame and cheep heel tactics but it was okay. Not the strongest booking for Mr. Money in the Bank but he's now atleast already worn off against Y2J after the F-U, which was out of nowhere by the way. And Cena got fired up a bit too fast but I can understand that the rage must've been building inside him and he just unleashed it. The cold stare between Jericho and Cena was very good but I thought Cena should've just walked backwards without even minding Jericho like Brock did to the Rock. I think that would've created more tension

- The Jericho vs. Kennedy match was good but the ending for Jericho was a little too cheep. He's the face right? He didn't need the ropes but I guess you don't want to hurt Kennedy's credibility. Did the match start during the commercial or after we returned as Kennedy was still feeling the effects of the F-U. The aftermath was good with kennedy not actually striking Jericho. I see a feud over the MITB with Kennedy winning. Kennedy should acknowledge being MITB holder for the second time and blah blah blah etc. You know what I'm talking about

- The Orton shot was a good way to hype the match but you stopped with the commentary? Helped the flow but this gets the point across fine. The AAE promo was hard to understand and I wasn't much into it. It seemed to go out of the flow of the rest of the show and a squash match here was not really needed but Umaga squashing Crazy was okay. I guess the ending montage is coming up

- MVP and Regal situation is very intriguing. The pay raise just lit the fire of the feud. I hope this angle plays out big as the seeds have been sown and not just a time wasting plan on here. MVP could try and take over Regal and maybe sometime Matt Hardy can come to RAW soon as well. Next week Orton's man vs. Triple H's man. Looks good but I see Orton making some kind of deal to get his guy to compete in the match. First, this week's fall...I thought the main event was a bit too short, not the match in itself but the time you gave it at 11 minutes. All six men are good in the ring and it could atelast have gone for 15 but a good match for sure. By the way this match went I am thinking that Randy Orton will get to pick all three stipulations and then Triple H will win at Backlash. Good way to end the show with Randy Orton picking the first fall as first blood. Taking guesses at the next falls I'm thinking somewhere along the lines of a steel cage match and a street fight of some sort.

A good show to start off the thread but with it being right after Mania, more could've happened on the show. It lacked the feel of how epic a RAW can be. 7/10

kane01 · 11-22-2007, 12:34 PM

Raw Review

No surprises that the World Champion starts the show the night after Wrestlemania. Good opening promo wasn’t too particularly interesting until Randy Orton came to the ring and the two got into the confrontation. No surprises that Orton gets his rematch, Orton v HHH in 2/3falls is going to be great at Backlash and I like the concept of whoever gets the win gets to pick one of the stipulations.

Yes MVP wins the belt!

Slightly surprised that you didn’t have MVP win the title at Wrestlemania seeing as he wins it the night after. Good to see MVP win the belt however and hopefully you give him a long reign.

Lol at Santino, give him a big push please.

Meh never keen on Women’s matches really but Mickie/Beth could be a good feud as Mickie could give her a run for her money. Thought the ending was well booked as you made both Mickie and Beth look very good.

Jericho promo was good and was in character, would love to see a Jericho/Kennedy feud over the MITB, the promos would be great.

Lashley/Snitsky feud=Ugh. Little surprised at the outcome of this as I thought Lashley would get the win to avenge his Mania loss.

Loved the Santino promo, you got Santino’s character spot on and was definitely promo of the night. Jerry Funk LMAO! Looks like we will be having a Cena/Kennedy feud which is good, as knowing the WWE in real life Cena will probally be pushed straight back to the title.

Great match here, would have been even better to see seeing the time you gave them. Good to see Jericho getting the victory and I am expecting these two to feud up until when Cena comes back and Kennedy will move onto feud with him.

Like Santino you got Estrada’s character spot on and was very well written and good squash win for Umaga making him look very strong but will be interesting to see who you move Umaga to feud with.

Great main event and even better to see Orton get the pinfall on Triple H before announcing his stipulation. Great stipulation chosen for the first fall, looks like HHH and Orton are gonna have one hell of a match seeing the first fall is First Blood and then will have two more Gimmicky stipulations to go through.

Overall it was a great show and you have still got it five months on. Was a very solid Raw with some good matches and a fantastic Santino/Cena/Kennedy promo. 8.5/10

TAFKA Szumi · 11-23-2007, 01:23 PM

Friday Night Smackdown- 04-04- Preview

The biggest event under the sun, Wrestlemania 24, has come and gone, and now tonight, experience all the fall out of the greatest spectacle in sports-entertainment, on Friday Night Smackdown! Michael Cole and John Bradshaw Layfield will be ready to call all the action that you can only get in the WWE, and Smackdown!

The Undertaker, perhaps the greatest superstar in the history of sports-entertainment when it comes time for Wrestlemania, and this past Sunday night, he improved his streak to 16-0 when he defeated ‘The Rated R Superstar’ Edge, retaining the World Heavyweight Championship in the process! The Deadman has been on a roll ever since winning the World Heavyweight Title, and one has to wonder when, and if, anyone can defeat the mysterious Phenom! While Edge will certainly be upset about not winning back the World Heavyweight Title at Wrestlemania, he can’t fume for too long, as he’ll be in main eventing Smackdown in an epic tag team match this Friday night! Edge will team up with the 7’3”, 400lbs. monster, The Great Khali, to take on two of the greatest legends in sports-entertainment, ‘The Nature Boy’ Ric Flair and ‘The Heart Break Kid’ Shawn Michaels! Khali is coming off a big Wrestlemania victory of Bobby Lashley, while HBK and Flair, two longtime friends, wrestled in a ‘friendly’ at Wrestlemania with HBK coming out the victor. Edge and the two legends have had their troubles with each other throughout 2008, so you can expect a hard fought and epic main event this Friday on Smackdown!

There’s a new tag team on Smackdown, and they’re making sure you know how dominant they can be! Big Daddy V and Mark Henry have been teaming together for just about a month now, and they already are the WWE Tag Team Champions, having defeated Chavo Guerrero and Rey Mysterio for the Belts this past Sunday at Wrestlemania! Big Daddy V and Mark Henry are two behemoths on their own, but when paired together, who knows what these two men will be able to accomplish!? They’ll be in action on Smackdown this Friday night, taking on The Major Brothers!

As said earlier, Rey Mysterio walked out of Wrestlemania without a victory on Sunday night. However, he isn’t the only man to do so; The Miz was one of five superstars who entered the Money in the Bank ladder match, but ended up a loser, thanks to Raw’s Mr. Kennedy winning the prize. Both Mysterio and The Miz are unhappy about being unable to clinch the win at Wrestlemania, and this Friday night, the two will go one-on-one in the ring! Both men are ready to release some steam and regain some momentum, so this is a match that you will not want to miss!

CM Punk is another man who was unable to walk away from Wrestlemania with a victory, as he lost in the Money in the Bank ladder match, but not without giving what was possibly a show stealing performance! Impressed with Punk’s great effort, Smackdown General Manager will be rewarding CM Punk this Friday night on Smackdown, with a WWE United States Championship match against the new Champion, Finlay! The Irishman defeated the former Champion Matt Hardy at Wrestlemania 24, but will have no time to celebrate his victory as CM Punk will be looking to give Finlay what he loves the most, a fight! However, Finlay may have to look over his shoulder, as Matt Hardy may be looking to extract some revenge from his loss at Wrestlemania 24; Finlay used his trusty shillelagh to aid him in his victory. If you’re a fan of everything that is wrestling, this is not the match you will want to miss!

Dave Batista is a man who has seen the highest of highs, and the lowest of lows. For Batista, he has been experiencing a lot more lows than highs as of late! Batista lost the World Heavyweight Championship to the Undertaker at Survivor Series, failed to win it back at Armageddon and the Royal Rumble, failed to win the Royal Rumble match, and is now coming off of a hard-fought loss to ‘The Samoan Bulldozer’ Umaga at Wrestlemania. However, Batista has spoken with the staff of WWE.com, and he has made it known he is ready to forget all about the past few months, and rekindle his focus and his intensity! Batista will get that very opportunity on Friday Night Smackdown, when he goes one-on-one with Dave Taylor! Will Batista be able to restart on his path to winning back the World Heavyweight Title, or will the wily veteran throw yet another wrench into Batista’s plans? Only one way to find out, and that is by tuning in to catch The Animal in action, on Smackdown! You can expect all of this excellent action, and so much more, only on the CW Network, this Friday night, at 8PM EST!

Confirmed Matches:
Batista vs. Dave Taylor
Big Daddy V & Mark Henry vs. The Major Brothers
CM Punk vs. Finlay © (WWE United States Championship)
Edge & The Great Khali vs. Ric Flair & Shawn Michaels
Rey Mysterio vs. The Miz

jman619hbk · 11-23-2007, 01:26 PM

DAMN Szumi

Preview is greatness

cant wait!

TAFKA Szumi · 11-23-2007, 06:14 PM

Smackdown: April 4th 2008: Orlando, Florida:

Opening Video & Theme

Pyro

Michael Cole: Hello everybody, and welcome to WWE Friday Night Smackdown! We are just five days removed from thee biggest event in the history of this company, Wrestlemania 24! We are live from the Amway Arena, here in Orlando, Florida, and tonight, all the fallout from Wrestlemania begins!

JBL: Michael Cole, these people don’t give a damn about hearing you yak and yak about Wrestlemania 24! These people already know it’s the best damn thing in sports entertainment today, and that Wrestlemania is the biggest stage of ‘em all! But tonight, like you said before I could, is the fallout! We have a new United States Champion, new Tag Team Champions, but worse of all, somehow, someway, The Undertaker is still the World Heavyweight Champion and still undefeated at Wrestlemania! Cole, it’s a disgrace!

**METALINGUS**

Michael Cole: Well JBL, it looks like the man who failed to beat the Deadman at Wrestlemania 24, The Rated R Superstar, Edge, is on his way out to the ring!

JBL: Ya’ gotta feel for Edge, Michael Cole. He is the rightful World Heavyweight Champion, and the Undertaker screwed Edge at Wrestlemania! The Phenom reigns supreme, my ass!

How Does One Bank A Dead Ass?

‘The Rated R Superstar’ Edge finishes making his way down the entrance ramp and into the ring, where he receives a mic from ring announcer Justin Roberts. Edge is dressed in a leather jacket, his own t-shirt, jeans, and sunglasses on top of his head. He’s been booed since coming out, received chants of ‘Undertaker’, and has looked pissed off the entire time. Edge raises the microphone to his mouth, only for another loud ‘Undertaker’ chant to start up.

Edge: You people can just shut the hell up!

The crowd boos, but then eventually goes quiet

Edge: Yeah, that’s what I thought! You know, tonight was supposed to be my night! My night, my time! I was supposed to walk out to this ring tonight, World Heavyweight Champion! But no, at Wrestlemania 24, the grand daddy of them all, the biggest spectacle sports entertainment has ever known, the Undertaker… the Phenom, defeated me in the Smackdown main event, and retained my World Heavyweight Championship. You hear that, ‘Taker!? My night, my time, and MY BELT!

The crowd boos as Edge pauses to spit to the outside of the ring, furious

Edge: At Wrestlemania 24, it was supposed to be the start of the Rated R Era! I was going to end the “historic” and overrated legacy that the Undertaker has created at Wrestlemania, snapping his undefeated streak! But go figure, the one time, the one time the Undertaker wrestles someone with talent at Wrestlemania, he gets a fluke victory!

More boos from the crowd

Edge: You people can boo me all you want, but the truth is the truth! The Undertaker is an old fraud. The Deadman… The Phenom… sorry, but the Rated R Superstar isn’t seven years old anymore, I don’t buy into all that supernatural crap! I think that the Phenom is a crock, and just like the entire aura of the Undertaker, his victory over me at Wrestlemania was a crock too! Deadman, you could never beat me again!

More boos from the crowd

Edge: I don’t know what it is with you people, but for some reason, you blind sheep buy into the Undertaker! Well sorry, not Edge! I’m not going to stand back and praise your precious Undertaker to high heaven, or high hell, or whatever it is you Undertaker worshipping freaks believe in! Ah no, not me, not Edge! I refuse to stand back and let the Undertaker “reign supreme” on Smackdown; I am going to take a stand!

Edge paces around the ring as the crowd listens on

Edge: I’ve told you people before, and I’ve been telling you ever since the Royal Rumble, this year, this is my time! This is the Rated R Era! I refuse to let injuries, affairs, Triple H, the Undertaker, or anyone else stand in my way! I don’t care what I have to do, who I have to beat, I am going to get my rematch with the Undertaker, and I am going to win back my World Heavyweight Championship that I never even lost! I won’t slip up, and I won’t lose to the Deadman, not again! And like I said, I don’t care who I have to beat, or what I have to do. That starts right here, tonight! Tonight, I team up with The Great Khali to take on the wheelchair buddies, ‘The Nature Boy’ Ric Flair and ‘The Heart Break Kid’ Shawn Michaels…

The crowd cuts Edge off with cheers for the two men

Edge: Cheer all you want now, but after tonight, those two old geezers are going to be lying on the canvas, broken and beaten, their ribs and hips shattered by the Rated R Superstar!

The crowd lays into Edge with more boos

Edge: But you know what? HBK and the Nature Boy, I’ll focus on them later, but for right now, Deadman…

Edge walks over to the camera, and gets inches away from it before speaking one last time

Edge: Deadman, I’m not gonna back down from you… you don’t scare me. The time will come, Taker, when you and I meet up in this ring again for my rematch… I will beat you, and I will win back my World Heavyweight Championship! And Taker, you can bank your dead ass on it!

Edge backs away from the camera as **Metalingus** hits again, and Edge looks around the arena as the show cuts to its first…

Commercial

When Smackdown comes back, the Major Brothers, Brian and Brett, are already in the ring, doing absolutely nothing.

Michael Cole: Welcome back to Smackdown folks! We had some strong words there from Edge to start the show, so John, what’s your take on the situation?

**SOMEBODY’S GONNA GET IT**

JBL: Michael Cole, I’ve been preaching it ever since Sunday night, and I’ll continue to do so: Edge was screwed out of victory at Wrestlemania 24! The Undertaker is not the caliber of talent that Edge is, and whenever the Undertaker comes out from hiding, because that’s what he’s doing right now, hiding from Edge, Edge will kick his ass and win back the World Heavyweight Title! And that’s a fact, Cole!

The WWE Tag Team Champions, Big Daddy V and Mark Henry, slowly (because they can’t go fast, they’re fucking fat) make their entrance to the back from some boos

Michael Cole: Now John, I know we have some differing opinions, but this time, your opinion is even more ridiculous than before! The Undertaker was the better man at Wrestlemania, and he cleanly defeated Edge. Saying anything else is nothing but a lie and an attempt to tarnish the Deadman’s credibility!

Remember folks, that’s the wrestler Deadman’s credibility, not the internet Deadman; he never had any. Nevertheless, Big Daddy V and Mark Henry enter the ring, and prepare for the ~~squash~~ match.

First Match: Non-Title Tag Team Match
Big Daddy V & Mark Henry © vs. The Major Brothers
BDV & MH are two of the biggest fat asses in this company, and as individuals, they were un-over-and-at-times-unstoppable-monsters, but as a team, they are un-over-and-unstoppable-monsters. Tonight, they were again, the latter, making quick work of Brett and Brian Major with a barrage of right hands, big slams, and ‘running’ avalanches. After some more sloppy offense, Big Daddy V plants Brian Major with an elevated scoop slam while Mark Henry gives Brett a powerslam. Simultaneous splashes follow, and a double cover leads to the quick and easy three count from referee Mickie Hansen.
Winner: Big Daddy V & Mark Henry @ 2:13

**BIG BEHEMOTH** hits this time, and Big Daddy V and Mark Henry pose with their respective WWE Tag Team Title Belts, looking monstrous as ever

Michael Cole: JBL, Big Daddy V and Mark Henry continue to look more and more dominant each time they team up here on Smackdown!

JBL: For the first time in a long time, you got something right, Cole! Big Daddy V and Mark Henry are two bad, bad men, and they’ve been kicking ass and taking names ever since they’ve teamed up! They beat the two Mexican jumping beans at Wrestlemania, and now tonight, the wonderless twins get their asses handed to ‘em.

You Don’t Know Why

The show cuts to the back, where Smackdown interviewer Josh Matthews is standing by with Mike ‘The Miz’ Mizanin and Layla El.

Josh Matthews: At this time, I’d like to everyone to welcome, The Miz.

The camera gets a close shot on just The Miz, who smirks cockily

Josh Matthews: Miz, at Wrestlemania 24, you were one of five men who participated in the Money in the Bank ladder match, only to come up short as Mr. Kennedy won the Money in the Bank for the second straight year. What are your thoughts on competing at Wrestlemania, only to come up short?

The Miz: Josh man, at Wrestlemania 24, a tragedy occurred. You know what that tragedy was called? Exactly what you just described; Ken freaking Kennedy winning the Money in the Bank ladder match, and everyone in that match not named The Miz working together to make sure The Miz didn’t win Money in the Bank! Oh yeah, it’s true, Josh. All those no namers, Mr. Kennedy, DH Smith, CM Punk, Kane, and Chris Jericho, they purposely went out of their way to make sure that yours truly, The Miz, could not win Money in the Bank. Wrestlemania was nothing more than a classic example of 5 inferior wrestlers ganging up on one superior superstar, and somehow finding a way to get lucky and stop the superior one from winning.

The Miz closes his eyes and shakes his head in disbelief and sadness. Layla rubs Miz’s arm and shoulder to soothe him

The Miz: But do you know something, Josh?

Josh goes to reply, but The Miz cuts him off and speaks over him

The Miz: Of course you don’t, so let me fill you in. A man of my caliber, a man like The Miz will not be deterred from becoming a Champion in the WWE because of one fluke, one incident. And tonight, I will prove just that! Tonight, yours truly, The Miz, Mike Mizanin, is going to walk down the aisle, step into the ring, and kick the crap out of that overrated midget, Rey Mysterio! And you know why, Josh?

Matthews goes to respond again, but The Miz replies before Josh can

The Miz: Again, of course you don’t. I’m going to beat Rey Mysterio tonight because I am The Miz, and I am an all-star! Rey Mysterio, he’s billed as a legendary cruiserweight, but I got news for everyone. By weight definition, Mike Mizanin is a cruiserweight, and The Miz will show that he’s the best damn cruiserweight, and the best damn wrestler, period, in this company! Now Josh, step back, and let The Miz give the fans what they want.

Layla gives Josh a nasty look while The Miz shoves him out of the shot. The Miz then puffs up his chest, staring off to his right. As The Miz swivels his head from the side back to the center, he delivers his final line of…

The Miz: HOORAH!

The Miz strikes a signature pose while Layla rubs her hand on his chest, as the scene fades out, and a video fades in

The Phenom Era… Continues

A dark night scenery is shown, with a lone cross-shaped tombstone engraved into the mossy ground as the center piece, a large tree in the background as well. A bolt of lightning strikes the tombstone, filling the screen with a bright light for a few seconds. The bright light dims, and rolls straight into clips of the current World Heavyweight Champion, The Undertaker, in several of his Wrestlemania matches, featuring mainly his victories over ‘Superfly’ Jimmy Snuka at Wrestlemania 7, Giant Gonzalez at Wrestlemania 9, Sycho Sid at 13, Kane at 14, Ric Flair at 18, Batista at 23, and then his latest victory over Edge at Wrestlemania 24. A series of text flashing “16-0” shows, and then more clips of The Undertaker kicking ass and taking names, showing clips of his Hell in a Cell matches against Shawn Michaels and Mick Foley, and various other clips. As the video package starts to end, very quick flashes of the Undertaker throughout the Deadman years in quick succession, ending with the text of “The Phenom Continues”. Another quick flash of lightning appears, making the screen white for a quick moment. The whiteness disappears, cutting to a shot of the Undertaker at Wrestlemania 24, on his left knee, right knee sticking into the air, his right arm extended out and holding the World Heavyweight Championship Belt. The video ends with that still shot.

Commercial

Michael Cole: Welcome back to Smackdown, folks! We don’t have much time to talk right now folk because it’s time for the United States Championship to be decided between CM Punk and the new Champion, Finlay!

**THIS FIRE BURNS**

CM Punk charges out from the back to a loud ovation from the fans. Punk makes his entrance down the aisle and to the ring, trying to get the crowd pumped up all the while.

JBL: I really don’t like this CM Punk kid. No alcohol, no, drugs, and especially no premarital sex? It doesn’t take a genius to know what’s really going on with CM Punk, Michael Cole! I think someone spent a little too much time at the Catholic Church as a kid!

Michael Cole: Now you stop that, JBL! That’s just tasteless and disrespectful! CM Punk is a man of morals and values, and if you ask him, that’d probably make him better than you!

**LOVE TO FIGHT**

The United States Champion, Finlay, walks out to the back to boos. Finlay, shillelagh in hand, marches right down the aisle and into the ring, staring down Punk all the while, ready, for well, a fight.

JBL: Now here’s a real man, Cole! Finlay is a tough son of a gun who has no problems knocking your teeth out, and then heading over to a bar and pounding back a Guinness! A real man, Cole, something you or CM Punk would know nothing about! I can’t wait for Finlay to knock this kid on his ass!

2nd Match: WWE United States Championship Match:
CM Punk vs. Finlay ©
Ever since there’s been a brand extension, Smackdown has always had some of the best work horses in the company, and in 2008, CM Punk and Finlay are two top horses. So what does that mean? A hell of a match. The two men go through an extensive series of chain and mat wrestling for the first several minutes of the match, putting on a clinic for the Orlando fans. There’s near falls galore in the mat wrestling, as the two men roll this way and that, doing things words can’t describe. For those who have no interest in mat wrestling, then maybe it was stiff strikes they like; after ending their mat wrestling in a stand off, the two start to lay into each other with stiff strikes, throwing punches, forearms, elbows, knees, and kicks, as well as a few head butts from Finlay. Finlay starts to take advantage after the heavy hitting brawl, thanks to a quick combination of stinging jabs and a stiff lariat to Punk’s chest.

The matches continues on with Finlay starting to take somewhat of an advantage, and the Irish man continues to use hard-hitting strikes and various slams and suplexes to Punk to try and keep an advantage. However, Punk fights back after just several minutes of being on the defense, and scores with a big spinning heel kick to Finlay’s face, followed by a snap hurricanrana to give Punk the advantage. It’s CM Punk who goes on the offensive then for the next several minutes, using an all-around approach to just wear down Finlay. As the match eclipses the ten minute mark, CM Punk tries to finish the match off with the GTS, but Finlay squirms off of Punk’s shoulders, lands behind CM Punk, and nearly decapitates him with a running lariat.

From there on at, Finlay keeps laying into CM Punk with hard punches, another lariat, and an elevated scoop slam, before trying to finish him off with the Celtic Cross. However, Punk squirms out, and knocks Finlay silly with a leaping knee to the face. Finlay staggers into the corner as CM Punk charges, looking for a shining wizard. However, as CM Punk leaps off his feet and into the air, Finlay, in desperation, grabs his shillelagh and drills CM Punk across the face with it, knocking him senseless, right in plain view of referee Charles Robinson. Yeah, DQ.
Winner: VIA DQ- CM Punk @ 12:16

The bell starts ringing, but no music plays as Finlay doesn’t care about being disqualified, instead just stomping away at the back of Punk’s head. Finlay stomps away for several long moments, despite Robinson trying to persuade Finlay not to and Mark Yeaton continuing to ring the bell… which of course, has so much importance and significance! Finlay backs off eventually, only to pick up the shillelagh. Finlay twirls the shillelagh in his fingers as he waits for CM Punk to start to revive himself. After several seconds, Punk slowly starts to come to, trying to pull himself up to his knees. As Punk starts to do so, Finlay pulls back to swing away, home run style, but instead of booing, the crowd starts to cheer heavily. Why, you ask? Because here comes Matt Hardy! Matt Hardy sprints down the ramp from the back in street clothes, making a beeline towards the ring. Hardy dives into the ring as Finlay goes to swing the shillelagh, who is unbeknownst to Hardy’s presence, apparently. Hardy tackles Finlay from the side before he can drill the shillelagh across Punk’s temple, again, sending both men stumbling to the canvas. Hardy pounces right on top of Finlay, however, swinging away with a flurry of punches, trying to lay into Finlay’s head and face. However, Finlay is able to kick and squirm and then shove his way free from Hardy’s mounted position, and quickly rolls out of the ring. Finlay backs up the ramp in retreat as Hardy picks up the shillelagh, and chucks it out of the ring and at Finlay’s direction, landing near his feet. Hardy stares down Finlay for a few seconds, looking pissed as can be at the man who defeated him for the US Title at Wrestlemania 24, before turning to CM Punk, and check on him.

Michael Cole: Well John, despite what you say about CM Punk, he was the better man tonight, and if Finlay fought fairly, CM Punk would be our new United States Champion!

JBL: Finlay’s Irish, Cole! A shillelagh is fair game to those crazy bastards! CM Punk should’ve taken it like a man, but instead, he got knocked on his punk ass and failed to win the Title! And you know why, Cole? Because CM Punk is a loser!

Michael Cole: Well he’s walking away a winner, tonight, JBL, but if it wasn’t for Matt Hardy, he may not have walked at all for the rest of the night. Hardy saved CM Punk from a sure-concussion by running down to the ring and attacking Finlay.

JBL: There’s another chump if I ever saw one! Matt Hardy and CM Punk are the dream team, Cole! Punk’s a little pansy, and Matt Hardy’s a whiny baby. I hope Finlay knocks ‘em both out next week!

Michael Cole: You’re truly