Re: WWE 2004: Road to WrestleMania XX
WWE Smackdown
August 5, 2004
Smackdown begins with Dawn Marie backstage with Val Venis. They welcome the fans to Smackdown. Tonight Dawn is in charge and she promises the fans that tonight’s show will indeed be very memorable and Val has a huge surprise planned for tonight. The Smackdown video package plays as the announcers welcome us to the show.
The Undertaker playing mind games with Eddie Guerrero
Eddie Guerrero’s music hits as the WWE Champion comes down to the ring and tells the fans that a lot of guys in the locker room have been telling him that his time as champion is coming soon to an end. That is what they think but Eddie asks the fans who they think will win at SummerSlam. The crowd is split 50/50. Eddie says he’s heard all of his challengers tell him that his time as champion will come to an end but Latino Heat continues to overcame obstacles and proves time and time again that he is a great champion, so what makes The Undertaker any different than the guys he has defeated? Suddenly The Undertaker appears on the screen. Undertaker sends a message to Eddie Guerrero. Many men have come and stepped in the ring with The Phenom and tried to make a name at the Undertaker’s expense. The result was that all these men have never been the same again. While Kane is living in fear on Raw, it was the right decision for him to stay away from The Undertaker and be on a different brand. Undertaker states that Eddie Guerrero was lucky to escape with the title at Judgment Day but this time at SummerSlam it’s one on one. Lying cheating and stealing will not help Eddie in any way shape or form because he senses something in Eddie. He senses something in Eddie that he hasn't seen in a while and it isn't that same cockiness and that feeling Eddie has in the pit of his stomach is fear. At SummerSlam he will prey on that fear and once again become WWE Champion. Victory is his destiny because Eddie’s fate will be sealed at SummerSlam.
The screen goes blank and Eddie gets pissed off and fired up and says Undertaker may be the master of mindgames but Latino Heat isn’t that far behind either. He always has some tricks up his sleeve and he will do whatever it takes to win even if it means lying cheating and stealing then so be it. Suddenly the lights go out and now they are back on and The Undertaker is in the ring and a stunned Eddie Guerrero drops the mic. Undertaker gets the mic and tells Eddie that his mouth says one thing but his eyes say something else. Eddie may be a great champion but all great things must come to an end and at SummerSlam, The Undertaker has one goal. He’s set his sights on the prize he desires which Eddie has and that’s the WWE Title. The way how he sees it, it’s his time now to once again reign supreme and Eddie is just another victim. Undertaker does his cut throat signal and Dawn Marie comes out on the stage and informs Undertaker and Eddie Guerrero that tonight they will be teaming up and they will face JBL and the future of Smackdown, Rene Dupree. Dawn leaves and then the lights go out and then they are back on and The Undertaker has disappeared again. Eddie rolls out of the ring and you can see the look of concern on Latino Heat’s face.
Match 1
# 1 Contenders Tag Team Match
The Dudleys vs The Hurricane and Shannon Moore
The match begins with Hurricane locking up with D-Von. D-Von sends Helms into the ropes and knocks him down with a shoulder block. Hurricane then ducks a clothesline and bounces off the ropes and hits a flying crossbody and gets a 2 count. He tags in Moore who comes in and gets a headscissors takedown on D-Von. He then runs into a clothesline by D-Von and D-Von tags Bubba. The Dudleys then take control exchanging tags by wearing down Moore. They hit the suplex/neckbreaker combo on Moore and gets a 2 count. Moore then lands a spinning wheel kick on Bubba and makes the hot tag to Helms. Helms hits Bubba with some right hands and delivers a Hurri-Slam and goes for a pin but D-Von breaks it up. Moore gets in and hits D-Von with a spinning heel kick. Helms and Moore then clothesline Bubba over the top rope. Moore then hits a somersault plancha on The Dudleys to the outside. Hurricane now goes up top as The Dudleys start getting up, he goes for a flying clothesline but The Dudleys moved out the way. Bubba rams Moore’s face in the post. They send Helms back in and hit the 3D and pin him for the 3 count. The Dudleys are now the #1 contenders for the tag team titles while Kidman and London watch on the monitor. Back in the ring The Dudleys celebrate their win and they will receive a future tag team title shot against the tag team champions.
Booker T is standing by with Josh Matthews. Footage is shown from earlier this week where Booker T ran into some John Cena fans. He mocked them and cut a freestyle rap on them. Booker then starts laughing. He tells Josh that Cena doesn’t know jack about what thug life is because Booker T is the one who had a hard life. He’s been through a lot and got to the top because he worked hard unlike Cena who didn’t pay his dues. Booker thinks Cena can’t rap, a guy like Cena thinks he’s a thug but he’s nothing more than a Booker T wannabe. Cena representing Smackdown as the US Champ is a disgrace. Booker claims that he can rap better than Cena and he challenges Cena to a freestyle rap contest next week. Booker vows to expose Cena for the phony that he is and tonight in the relay match he’s going to whoop Cena’s ass now can you dig that sucka!
Match 2
#1 Contenders Cruiserweight Tournament 1st Round
Jimmy Yang vs Funaki
Teddy Long comes down with his new protégé Jimmy Yang who was formally known as Akio. Funaki then comes down running to the ring and the bell rings and Funaki starts hammering away at Yang and then Funaki hits a dropkick and gets a 2 count. Funaki then comes charging into Yang and Yang counters with an overhead belly to belly suplex. He whips Funaki into the corner and hits him with a corner rolling wheel kick. Yang goes for a powerbomb, Funaki slips out and hits a bulldog and gets a 2 count. He goes up to and gets a diving crossbody on Yang and gets a near fall. Yang reverses a whip and sends Funaki face first into the turnbuckle and follows up with a corner backflip kick. Yang in control here until Funaki gets a springboard crossbody on Yang and gets a near fall. He whips Yang into the turnbuckle. Funaki comes charging in but gets caught with a reverse elbow to the face which staggers Funaki. Yang goes up top and hits the Yang Time(Standing Moonsault) and pins Funaki for the 3 count to advance to the Semi Finals. Now that is impressive. Long gets in the ring to celebrate with Yang but wait a minute it looks like Yang isn’t done yet. He puts Funaki in the corner and gets a hanging figure four necklock on him. The ref starts counting and Yang releases the hold at 3. Yang celebrates with Long as the cruiserweight tournament gets off to a great start.
Winner: Jimmy Yang
Backstage Chavo Guerrero was watching the match on the monitor and Dawn Marie comes in Chavo’s locker room. She informs him that next week she’s decided that Chavo will not face Funaki. Instead next week in a non title match he will face a former cruiserweight who was one of his biggest rivals and that’s Rey Mysterio.
Josh Matthews interviews Matt Hardy backstage. Matt says Val will suffer a lethal dose of Mattitude tonight but suddenly Hardy gets jumped by Val Venis. Val ambushes Hardy and Hardy is busted wide open until referees pull Val away. Val yells you’re the one who’s just suffered the twist of fate. What a vicious assault from Venis and Hardy is hurt quite bad and Val enjoys what he just did.
Match 3
Eddie Guerrero and The Undertaker vs JBL and Rene Dupree
Eddie Guerrero and Rene Dupree start off first with Eddie in control at the start working on Dupree’s arm. He sends Dupree into the ropes and gets a hurracanrana takedown. Eddie then bounces off the ropes and Dupree catches him with a spinebuster. He then does the French tickler and hits a knee drop and gets a 2 count. He tags JBL who starts hitting Eddie with some clubbing blows to the back. JBL goes for a suplex, Eddie slips out and rolls JBL up for a 2 count. Eddie sends JBL into the corner and hits him with some lefts and rights and tags in The Undertaker who starts hammering away at JBL. JBL rolls out of the ring, Taker follows but JBL gets back in starts stomping away at The Undertaker. He sends Taker into the ropes and Taker counters with a flying clothesline and gets a 2 count. He tags Eddie Guerrero. Midway into the match, JBL and Dupree take control as they exchange quick tags as Eddie Guerrero takes a beating. Eddie avoids a charge from JBL who goes face first into the turnbuckle. Eddie makes the hot tag on The Undertaker who comes in and hits snake eyes on JBL and follows up with a legdrop. Rene Dupree gets a cheapshot on The Undertaker and JBL hits the clothesline from hell and goes for the pin and gets a 2 count.
JBL can’t believe it and he argues with the ref and suddenly JBL gets a cheapshot on Eddie knocking Eddie to the floor. Taker sits up, JBL freaks out and goes outside the ring. Taker tries going after JBL but Dupree gets in and starts hiting Taker with lefts and rights but Taker fights him off. JBL pulls a chair under the ring and rams Taker with a chair to the gut and the ref calls for the bell. JBL tries hitting Taker with a chair again but Taker boots JBL in the face. Taker sets JBL up for the last ride and Eddie in an attempt to hit Dupree with a chair swung a chair at Dupree who ducked and Eddie accidently hits The Undertaker. Uh oh Eddie’s in trouble but suddenly Eddie tossed the chair to Dupree as The Phenom recovered and
Eddie’s gone down playing possum to act as if he’s been smacked with the chair as well. Dupree pleads with The Undertaker that it wasn’t him who did it and The Undertaker assumed that it was Dupree so he grabs Dupree by the throat and chokeslams Dupree while JBL backs up the ramp looking on in fear. The Undertaker’s music hits as he brings Eddie back to his feet and Eddie acting that he’s hurt with Undertaker still unaware that Eddie had actually hit him in the first place. Taker gives him an evil look. He rolls his eyes back and motions for the title and then does the cut throat signal. Undertaker sending a message to Eddie that the end is near.
Winners by disqualification Eddie Guerrero and The Undertaker
Backstage Josh Matthews is in the back with Dawn Marie, Rey Mysterio and HHH. Dawn tells them that they are here to conduct a coin toss so she doesn’t want any trouble. HHH wins the coin toss and but HHH starts talking trash about Mysterio. HHH claims that he’s going to make an example out of Rey at SummerSlam, he’s wrestled a lot of guys and proved to them that he’s that damn good but Rey will be his easiest challenge. Guys like Rey are too small to be champion, does Rey have any idea what it’s like to be the heavyweight champion? HHH boasts about the number of ex WCW guys he’s humiliated and beating Rey will just be a simple task. Rey responds back and tells HHH that a lot of guys make fun of Rey’s size but size does not matter. He is not only a giant killer, he is a future champion. HHH starts laughing and Rey tells HHH he can laugh all he wants but it will be him that will have the last laugh when he humiliates HHH. HHH says we will see about that and the game walks off.
Match 4
Val Venis vs Matt Hardy
Val Venis comes down to the ring and takes the mic and says he hasn’t done this in a long time so he says HELLO LADIES!!! Val waits for Hardy to come down but Hardy doesn’t come down so Val demands that the referee declare him the winner so Val wins this match via forfeit. Val says he knew Hardy wouldn’t come down and why would he after the beating he just gave him earlier on. Matt Hardy claimed that he was going to give the big Valbowski a lethal dose of Mattitude but Matt Hardy has no substance. Val says he’s all man and Matt Hardy can't rise to the occasion even if he tried. The big Valbowski’s had more women than Hardy’s ever had in his life.
Winner via forfeit: Val Venis
Val reveals Lita’s past
Val then mentions that he promised a big surprise tonight and since he is still the Big Valbowski, he still loves to have fun and his way of fun is making adult films because he was an adult film star before he even came here to the WWE. As soon as he got here to the WWE he made an instant impact. Then he hit a downward spiral this year when the women here turned on him for the younger guys but the only woman who didn't turn on him was Dawn Marie. She saw something in him that no one else did and that is potential, huge potential. Val laughs. With Dawn Marie he has shown her that he has what it takes unlike Matt Hardy who doesn't have what it takes at all, and that if he couldn't please Lita, what makes him think he could please Dawn Marie in the bedroom? Val then brings up the fact of Matt dumping Lita last year and now he’s back with her. Since Lita has come to Smackdown her life has been one train wreck after another. Now if she leaves Matt to be with a real man, the big Valbowski, she will never ever be disappointed. She may as well forget about the lethal dose of Mattitude, she may as well have a lethal dose of the money…Val stops and laughs and doesn’t finish his line but we all know that Val is clearly talking about the name of his finishing move. Eww!!!
This brings him to his next point, he’s starting his very own adult film company and shows footage of his previous work. Clips are shown of Val’s flings with Terri Runnels, Mrs Yamaguchi Son and Ryan Shamrock. Val thinks that Lita would be a perfect actress for his next adult film and he promises a preview of his latest movie next week which will be starring Lita. This brings Lita down and Lita seems disgusted. Val offers Lita the chance to be his next XXX actress. Lita calls Val a coward for attacking Matt from behind and when Matt returns next week Val will get what’s coming to him. Lita then tells Val that she’s not cheap, she’s got class and she would never go for a guy like Val. Val calls her a hypocrite because infact he took her for a ride on the Hooooooo Train. Val exposes Lita for the real truth by showing a clip of Lita’s actual WWE debut when she debuted as one of the Godfather’s Hoes.
Val says he knew Lita way before Matt knew her and he had a fun time on the Ho Train and he would love to have that fun again. He knows Lita would love to do this again because she knows that the big Valbowski has a lot of ammunition in his cannon. She knows that Val can satisfy her more than Hardy ever could. Val is going way too far here. He sets the bar high and tells her how about at SummerSlam, if him and Dawn win, he gets to sleep with Lita again. Or maybe a monage et trios? Him, Lita and Dawn. Lita seems disgusted and Val says come on he’s the real deal all natural. Val tells Lita, you wrap your legs around this rocket and you will be sure to be shot right into orbit. Lita slaps Val across the face but Val actually likes it and but grabs Lita by the hair and kisses her. Fans start a Hardy chant but Hardy doesn’t come out because he’s hurt. Lita starts crying in the ring and Val licks his lips and tells her to think about it. Val then does his hip swivel taunt as Lita looks on in disgust. Val leaves to huge heat.
Backstage Dawn Marie receives a call from Paul Heyman and Dawn proposes a tag match between Eddie Guerrero and John Cena vs The Undertaker and Booker T for next week. A preview for SummerSlam. Heyman thinks it’s a great idea and he can’t wait to return next week.
Meanwhile Eddie Guerrero goes to the parking lot as he is about to leave. Eddie starts his low rider but it isn’t starting. Eddie gets out of the low rider to check what the problem is and suddenly the lights go out and they are back on and Eddie notices the low rider moving and no one is driving it. The low rider stops and Eddie over to his his low rider and suddenly the tape player starts playing The Undertaker’s theme so a disturbed Eddie Guerrero moves away and walks off. Tazz and Michael Cole are like what the hell is going on here.
Main Event
Summer Games Relay Match
John Cena, RVD and Rey Mysterio vs Booker T, Chris Jericho and HHH
The announcers explain the rules for the relay match. Team Mysterio is out first and John Cena comes down with Smackdown divas Stacey Keibler and Torrie Wilson. Cena takes the mic and starts insulting Team HHH and Cena also accept’s Booker’s challenge for next week. Team HHH then comes down. Michael Cole points out that Team HHH is a team of decorated stars, they have held so many championships, they are all former heavyweight champions while all members of Team Mysterio have never held the WWE Title.
It looks like a change of strategy from both team captains because now Rey Mysterio will start off against Chris Jericho. This is the first time they will be stepping in the ring against each other in the WWE and they had a great rivalry in WCW. Cole also makes the correction that it’s Team HHH and Mysterio, not Team Booker or Cena. Tazz says who cares who the captain is, they are all great superstars. This was the best period of the entire match, fast paced action with lots of near falls. Jericho takes control at the start until he whips Mysterio into the ropes and Rey counters with a wheelbarrow bulldog and gets a 2 count. Jericho reverses a whip and sends Mysterio into the corner, leapfrog by Rey and he rolls up Jericho for a 2 count. Jericho gets up as Rey avoids a charge and he drop toe holds Jericho into the turnbuckle. 1 Minute left in the first period. Jericho reverses an irish whip and hits a tilt a whirl backbreaker on Rey. Jericho goes for the walls of Jericho but Mysterio counters into a roll up and Jericho kicks out at 2. Jericho back up comes charging into Rey but Rey again drop toe holds Jericho into the ropes. 619 time coming up and the first period almost over with 10 seconds to go. Rey hits the 619 and follows up with a springboard splash. 1…2… and no
the time limit has expired and HHH immediately gets in and attacks Rey. HHH is the fresh man in and Jericho can count himself lucky there. HHH going right to work on Mysterio. HHH hitting Rey with some right hands. He launches Rey with full force into the turnbuckle. HHH takes control for most of this period until Rey avoids a charge and elevates HHH over the top rope. This gives Rey some time to rest but no he bounces off the ropes and hits a springboard plancha on the game. Rey sends HHH back in and sends HHH into the ropes but HHH counters with a face buster. HHH tries the pedigree but Rey counters with an inside cradle and gets a 2 count.
HHH gets back up and lands a spinebuster on Mysterio and gets a 2 count. The second period almost over with 30 seconds to go. HHH goes for an Indian death lock on Mysterio. Mysterio is trying to fight the pain. Rey hangs in there as the time limit expires. HHH still has the hold only for Cena to get in to break the hold and now we’re into the 3rd period. Cena and HHH end up brawling outside, Cena whips HHH into the turnbuckle and runs into an elbow, HHH goes for the pedigree but Cena counters with a backdrop. Cena then misses his guillotine legdrop and then HHH starts hammering away at Cena. HHH then gets an abdominal stretch on Cena. Cena counters with a hiptoss. Cena then delivers the five knuckle shuffle and gets a 2 count. The countdown begins with 15 seconds to go as Cena tries the F-U but HHH counters with a DDT and both men are down as the time limit expires. HHH rolls out as Booker T gets in for the 4th period and immediately goes for a pin on Cena and Cena kicks out at 2. Booker T brings Cena back to his feet and starts hitting him with some right hands. Booker whips him off the ropes Cena ducks a clothesline and then hits a diving shoulder block and gets a 2 count. Cena then clotheslines Booker over the top rope and they brawl outside. They get back in and Booker hits Cena with a knee to the cut and lands a side kick and gets a 2 count. Booker goes for a chinlock, Cena fights out of it and hits a back suplex and gets a 2 count. Cena then hits a gutwrench suplex and gets a near fall. Booker reverses an irish whip and hits a spinebuster on Cena. 30 seconds to go till the next period and Booker’s wasting a lot of time here as he does the spinaroonie.
Booker sets up for the scissors kick, he goes for it, Cena ducks and lifts Booker up for the F-U and hits it. Cena goes for the cover and HHH puts Booker’s foot on the ropes. Oh come on and now the time limit expires. Mysterio tries going after HHH but the second referee restrains Mysterio and now RVD comes in as we now go into the 5th period. Former partners RVD and Booker T going at it. RVD starts taking it to Booker and whips him off the ropes and nails him with a spinning heel kick and gets a 2 count. RVD sends Booker into the turnbuckle and delivers a monkey flip and follows up with a rolling thunder and gets a 2 count. Booker T then avoids a charge and RVD goes shoulder first into the post. Booker then takes control wearing RVD down until we go into the 6th period and for the second time Chris Jericho enters this match. Jericho had some time to rest. Jericho starts hitting RVD with some lefts and rights and starts taunting RVD. Jericho goes for a cocky pin and RVD kicks out at 2. Jericho went for a lionsault but RVD gets his knees up. RVD hits some tornado style legdrops on Jericho and gets a nearfall. RVD sends Jericho into the corner and runs into an elbow. Jericho takes RVD up top for a superplex but RVD fights him off and nails Jericho with a right hand sending Jericho crashing to the mat.
RVD then hits a five star frogsplash and pins Jericho for the 3 count to win the Summer Games Relay match for his team. HHH and Booker get in and get a cheapshot on RVD only for Cena and Mysterio to get in and help out RVD. Team Mysterio clear the ring as Team HHH back up the ramp. What a huge win this is for Team Mysterio to beat a team of former champions. Cena, Mysterio and Van Dam building momentum heading into SummerSlam. The divas come in and celebrate with Team Mysterio as they stand victorious in the ring as Smackdown goes off the air.
Winners: John Cena, RVD and Rey Mysterio
WWE SummerSlam
August 15, 2004
Toronto, Canada
Final Card
Icon vs Icon: The Rock vs Shawn Michaels
WWE Title Match: Eddie Guerrero © vs The Undertaker
World Heavyweight Title Match: Chris Benoit © vs Randy Orton
#1 Contenders Last Man Standing Match Edge vs Kurt Angle
HHH vs Rey Mysterio
RVD vs Chris Jericho
US Title Match: John Cena © vs Booker T
Intercontinental Title 8 Man Ladder Match: Tajiri © vs Batista vs Rhyno vs Charlie Haas vs Ric Flair vs William Regal vs Eugene vs Kane
Mixed Tag Match: Matt Hardy and Lita vs Val Venis and Dawn Marie