Raw:
Raw dark match featured Shelton Benjamin and Robert Conway. Conway
with the shades on looked awfully similar to Buff Bagwell. Standard
warm-up match for the crowd with Benjamin winning with the Exploder.
Crowd was dead silent in shock after the Michaels turn as nobody saw
it coming. Hogan sold it like death and was helped to the back without
posing after cameras stopped rolling.
Smackdown:
After the changeover, JBL, not entering via limo, started Smackdown
off with a promo against Batista before his music came on again and
the limo came out. I was expecting Orlando Jordan and was pretty
surprised to see the bWo come out. They had an exchange that set up
JBL vs Blue Meanie for the show. Mostly ECW chants from the crowd with
a few bWo chants. I’m sure most of the crowd didn’t know what was
going on or about the backstory between JBL & Meanie, so the segment
got a mild reaction.
Eddie-Rey backstage promo was up next. Eddie wants Rey to be his
partner, but Rey naturally tries to decline until Eddie brings up
“their little secret”. I’m already groaning of what this secret could
potentially be.
The Blue Meanie pinned JBL after Batista ran in and gave a spinebuster
to JBL and threw an out of it Meanie on top of JBL. Stevie Richards
delivered a nasty chairshot to JBL that appeared to bust him open
hardway.
MNM defeated Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero to retain the tag titles
when Nitro(?) pinned Rey. The main story during the match was Eddie
walking off the apron and sitting out most of the match, forcing Rey
to go at it alone. Rey nearly won singlehandedly, but Eddie attacked
Rey and allowed MNM to finish him off. After the match, Eddie tries to
get Rey to strike him, but reminds him of their little secret, then
brings up Rey’s son. Eddie forces Rey to open up the ropes for him on
his exit.
Matt Morgan NC William Regal when the Mexicools make an appearance and
squash Morgan with highspots topped off with a triple team baseball
slide to force Morgan out of the ring. Regal never even entered the
ring. The Mexicools cut a promo, most of which I didn’t understand.
The highlight was Juventud running down ethnicities then proceeding to
pull his eyes into slits upon mentioning the Japanese. Great way to be
racially sensitive, boys.
Undertaker squashes Daivari with a chokeslam and Tombstone, but the
big thing is Hassan summoning 5 or 6 masked men that just kinda look
like terrorists to destroy the Undertaker, beating him and choking him
out with piano wire. Hassan adds on a camel clutch for extra measure,
and if that wasn’t enough, the masked terrorists lift Daivari up above
their heads like a martyr and carry him to the back. I sincerely wish
I was making this up.
Batista defeated Christian after a Batista Bomb. JBL and Orlando
Jordan attempt to run in after the match but Batista fends them both
off, delivering a Batista Bomb to OJ in the process. After the cameras
stopped rolling, Batista posed for the crowd some more and seemed a
bit moved by the crowd reaction.
Source: WrestlingObserver.com
