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Wrasslin Discussion: Week of June 5th.
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Heat:
Sho Funaki d. Mike Knox.
Tatanka d. Seth James.
Gunner Scott d. Colt Cabana.
The Pitbulls (Kid Kash & Jamie Knoble) d. Sterling James Keenan & Jon Bolen.
Matt Hardy d. Simon Dean.
Smackdown:
William Regal comes out and talks about last weeks Smackdown as footage is shown. Bobby Lashley jumps Regal from out of the crowd and the fight breaks out onto the announce table. Agents and referees rush out from the back to separate the two. It is announced as Lashley v. Regal, with the stipulation being if Lashley wins he gets a match with King Booker.
Psicosis (w/ Super Crazy) d. Brian Kendrick (w/ Paul London)
Match saw a great finish with Psicosis giving Kendrick a version of a belly-to-belly from the top rope. After the match, The Great Khali came down and dominated all four men.
Vito (wearing a white dress) d. Nunzio
Bobby Lashley d. William Regal via count-out as King Booker and Queen Sharmell look on from a makeshift throne.
Mark Henry d. Raymond Rowe in a squash match
Mr. Kennedy d. Scotty 2 Hotty in his return match
Smackdown Bikini Contest w/ Ashley, Jillian, Kristal, and Michelle McCool
McCool rants on about how the media portrays teachers and refuses to disrobe. Ashley Massaro wins.
Michael Cole then gets in the ring and says he hears rumors that Paul Heyman is trying to get Rey Mysterio to jump to ECW, and Cole wants Heyman to set the record straight. Tazz interrupts Cole, and says that he doesnt know about Rey, but he knows that he has made up his mind. Tazz says that he is going back home, to the place where he belongs. He says that he had a lot of fun with the WWE on Smackdown, but hes done. Tazz then walks out and meets with Heyman and they hug.
Rey Mysterios music hits and he makes his way to the ring to confront Paul Heyman. He says that ECW gave him his start in the United States, but he is living a dream in the WWE and on Smackdown. He says he isnt going anywhere. Heyman wishes Rey the best of luck this Sunday and tonight against Finlay, because he says Rey is going to need it. Heyman then joins Cole for commentary.
Finlay d. Rey Mysterio after Sabu poses as a distraction and Finlay hits Rey with his shillelagh and his Emerald Fusion finisher. Sabu then places Rey on a table outside the ring, springboards off the top rope, and delivers a leg drop to Rey through the table. Smackdown goes off the air.
Dark Match:
The Undertaker d. Mark Henry & The Great Khali
Khali got caught up in the ropes while Undertaker chokeslammed Henry for the win.
Biggest Pops:
1. The Undertaker
2. Bobby Lashley
3. Rey Mysterio
4. Matt Hardy
5. Ken Kennedy
Biggest Heat:
1. William Regal
2. King Booker
3. Finlay
4. Mark Henry
5. Michelle McCool
Sho Funaki d. Mike Knox.
Tatanka d. Seth James.
Gunner Scott d. Colt Cabana.
The Pitbulls (Kid Kash & Jamie Knoble) d. Sterling James Keenan & Jon Bolen.
Matt Hardy d. Simon Dean.
Smackdown:
William Regal comes out and talks about last weeks Smackdown as footage is shown. Bobby Lashley jumps Regal from out of the crowd and the fight breaks out onto the announce table. Agents and referees rush out from the back to separate the two. It is announced as Lashley v. Regal, with the stipulation being if Lashley wins he gets a match with King Booker.
Psicosis (w/ Super Crazy) d. Brian Kendrick (w/ Paul London)
Match saw a great finish with Psicosis giving Kendrick a version of a belly-to-belly from the top rope. After the match, The Great Khali came down and dominated all four men.
Vito (wearing a white dress) d. Nunzio
Bobby Lashley d. William Regal via count-out as King Booker and Queen Sharmell look on from a makeshift throne.
Mark Henry d. Raymond Rowe in a squash match
Mr. Kennedy d. Scotty 2 Hotty in his return match
Smackdown Bikini Contest w/ Ashley, Jillian, Kristal, and Michelle McCool
McCool rants on about how the media portrays teachers and refuses to disrobe. Ashley Massaro wins.
Michael Cole then gets in the ring and says he hears rumors that Paul Heyman is trying to get Rey Mysterio to jump to ECW, and Cole wants Heyman to set the record straight. Tazz interrupts Cole, and says that he doesnt know about Rey, but he knows that he has made up his mind. Tazz says that he is going back home, to the place where he belongs. He says that he had a lot of fun with the WWE on Smackdown, but hes done. Tazz then walks out and meets with Heyman and they hug.
Rey Mysterios music hits and he makes his way to the ring to confront Paul Heyman. He says that ECW gave him his start in the United States, but he is living a dream in the WWE and on Smackdown. He says he isnt going anywhere. Heyman wishes Rey the best of luck this Sunday and tonight against Finlay, because he says Rey is going to need it. Heyman then joins Cole for commentary.
Finlay d. Rey Mysterio after Sabu poses as a distraction and Finlay hits Rey with his shillelagh and his Emerald Fusion finisher. Sabu then places Rey on a table outside the ring, springboards off the top rope, and delivers a leg drop to Rey through the table. Smackdown goes off the air.
Dark Match:
The Undertaker d. Mark Henry & The Great Khali
Khali got caught up in the ropes while Undertaker chokeslammed Henry for the win.
Biggest Pops:
1. The Undertaker
2. Bobby Lashley
3. Rey Mysterio
4. Matt Hardy
5. Ken Kennedy
Biggest Heat:
1. William Regal
2. King Booker
3. Finlay
4. Mark Henry
5. Michelle McCool
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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LOL REY MYSTERIO LOSES AGAIN.
Tchu-Espresso
likes mayo on everthing and can't dance
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!
Keyser Soze
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well at least Rey loosing kinda sets up the match at ONE NIGHT STNAD a small bit better
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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He'll lose there too.
Edit: I read on a wrestling forum that Austin Aries and Roderick Strong's contracts with TNA are up and it's unknown whether they'll be offered new ones. They would be awesome in the new ECW.
Keyser Soze
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Austin Aries and Roderick Strong FTW
I still have faith in the ECW product although I am not as excited in ONS as last year
I still have faith in the ECW product although I am not as excited in ONS as last year
Its official about Rey:
He is the worst book champion of all time. Come on, FInlay???? Finlay???? I know its non title, but Finlay who has not done so hot as far as his W/L record goes, going over on the champ, even with outside distraction makes no sense. Why couldn't Sabu just have attacked Rey AFTER Rey beat Finlay...damn...Who's Coffee did Rey masturbate in to get treated like this???
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Nameless said:
It's Vince reminding him weekly that he's a midget and he should be glad people are dead or hurt because Vince would otherwise never put a belt on a man smaller than the belt itself.
This is Vince we're talking about. You know he's thinking this.
This is Vince we're talking about. You know he's thinking this.
Vince needs competition--serious competition like WCW was in the 90s. Without it he is able to impose his slightly insane will on the company more than ever. He lowballs superstars on contracts, buries smaller guys more than ever, and green lights storylines/characters that would have made people scratch their head during the "kayfabe era"-- things weren't like this when WCW was around.
I hope TNA can find a real financial backer. The company has taken a constant loss but they need some one who can afford to take a relatively large hit while TNA estabishes itself as a viable competitor to WWE. Impact gets closer and closer to Smackdown in the ratings with mid-90s WCW Nitro mainevents and a bunch of indy guys. If they were able to get some bigger names(Brock, Jericho, etc..) and begin to tour larger markets they could possibly challenge Vince, or at very least light the creative flame that he and his people used to have.
I hope TNA can find a real financial backer. The company has taken a constant loss but they need some one who can afford to take a relatively large hit while TNA estabishes itself as a viable competitor to WWE. Impact gets closer and closer to Smackdown in the ratings with mid-90s WCW Nitro mainevents and a bunch of indy guys. If they were able to get some bigger names(Brock, Jericho, etc..) and begin to tour larger markets they could possibly challenge Vince, or at very least light the creative flame that he and his people used to have.
Tchu-Espresso
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those key people dont work for him anymore.Nameless said:
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Nameless said:
Panda Energy has more money than Vince. They just don't really have anyone to go after! There's no real marquee names out there that will help them draw a larger audience. Jericho doesn't WANT to come back, and no one knows if Brock is allowed to wrestle in the US due to the settlement of the lawsuit being sealed.
Apparantly Goldberg wants WAYYYY too much money for the amount of appearances he'll give. Hell, they gave Sting $500,000 for a year of just working PPV matches. They have money to toss around.
BTW, TNA turned a profit recently. A lot quicker than they expected.
The main reason the big bucks aren't being thrown around is that damn 11 PM time slot. Why spend a ton of cash for a late night, one hour TV show? No matter what you do, it's impossible to pull primetime numbers at 11 pm.
Tchu-Espresso
likes mayo on everthing and can't dance
Keyser Soze
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this will never be alowed as a avatar but .....
Outcast2004
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TBBP, I love you.....
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
It appears it took two people to beat Rey, so it doesn't seem THAT bad. Now if Finlay's little friend beat up Rey, then it would be a problem. Plus it did set-up the PPV match, just like RVD laying out Cena...wait that didn't happen did it? lol Either way, Rey is champ, he is getting PPV payoffs, he is winning championship matches so I am sure he could care less if he loses every Smackdown match as long as he wins at the PPV and keeps the belt.
Angle's first run with the title was the worst booked of all time. He lost matches, was in the first hour, sometimes first segment, he was total a comedy figure while Steph and HHH were the focus of the show.
Angle's first run with the title was the worst booked of all time. He lost matches, was in the first hour, sometimes first segment, he was total a comedy figure while Steph and HHH were the focus of the show.
Outcast2004
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pilonv1 said:
The thing is Orton has actually DONE the whole shitting in gym bags thing. He's a rampant sexist and an all around asshole who's lucky to still have a job. If Smackdown were'nt in such bad shape he'd be on the unemployment line.
The guy is a cancer.
As for TNA, well when you tape once very few weeks and your guys are spread all over the place doing indy shows I can see where the difficulty can lie, but not even returning PR calls? That's unacceptable.
Christopher
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thanks guys for keeping smackers a spoiler I really want to watch it this week without spoiling it.
Outcast2004
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Sad news folks, another one passes away. 
RIP John.... You put up a hell of a fight to the bitter end.
RIP John.... You put up a hell of a fight to the bitter end.
Tchu-Espresso
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42?! I thought he was in his 50s atleast.
Alex Anderson
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Total bummer about Tenta
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
To be honest I thought Tenta was already dead.
Still sad news though.
Still sad news though.
Tenta is one of the most underrated heels of all-time. He had great feuds with the likes of Hogan,Sting, Savage and Ultimate Warrior. I remember being like "WTF" when I was a kid and he came out of the crowd and destroyed The Ultimate Warrior. He was also an integral part of what is no doubt one of the best periods of tag-team wrestling as part of The Natural Disasters.
RIP Quake.
RIP Quake.
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
Nameless said:
For someone that honestly does not remember, can you tell me how his role was any different that Mark Henry's today?
dskillzhtown said:
It was a lot different. Tenta wasn't an 8 year vet who spent that entire time either as a low/midcarder or on the shelf, only to suddenly be pushed into a role where he started destroying the companies top names. Upon his debut Cena took out the Ultimate Warrior, and if I recall immediately entered into a feud with Warrior & Hogan. He then made the transistion and was part of one of the most memorable tag-teams of all time.
The main difference, though, is that unlike Henry, Tenta's work in the ring was stiff and unispired. What he limitations he faced because of his stature he made up for with his in-ring psychology, and his ability to "tell a story" in the ring. Besides, there was never talk of giving Tenta the WWE or WCW titles, which would have been a mistake IMO.
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
Bloodwake said:
I predict many, many ECW video packages to remind people of ECW was, though Vince, Angle and Paul have all said that the new ECW will be something completely new.
Outcast2004
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Bloodwake said:
....and then cut to a bx of ECW DVDs and tapes the pan up to see Vince pissing all over it just like he's going to do to the company's legacy.
As this gets closer, I find myself more disgusted with it.
BREAKING NEWS! DON YOUR YELLOW JOCK STRAPS said:
Means nothing without Lance Storm and Dawn to complete the team. Justin SUCKED terribly when I last saw him. He wrestled Raven on a TNA PPV and just stunk up the joint.
Outcast2004
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What do ya know? ACTUAL ECW MATCHES!
BUT WAIT! There's more! Tommy's brining his hot wife tonight...
Christopher
BDE (Big Dad Energy)
I still wnt Jazz to be involved...either destory Trish, Lita or both.
Christopher
BDE (Big Dad Energy)
heelz wit faces omgwtf??
Battlezone
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Nameless said:
Man, Cena's been overcoming the odds since he was a kid!
Hahah, look at the little ECW entrance next to the HUGE Titantron... :lol
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