WWE Smackdown Preview

JBL said he would defeat the Undertaker at SummerSlam, and he did just that. However, the WWE Champion did not pin the Deadman's shoulders to the mat. Rather, he picked up the win via disqualification. After the match, an enraged Undertaker destroyed JBL, highlighted by an amazing chokeslam through the roof of the champ's limo. The action resulted in JBL be carted out of the SummerSlam arena on a stretcher.

This week on SmackDown!, learn about the condition of the WWE Champion after being decimated by the Deadman at SummerSlam.

Also, the Cruiserweight Championship will be on the line as Spike Dudley puts the gold on the line against former friend Scotty 2 Hotty. Spike has been on a roll of late, but Scotty has made this rivalry personal. Which great cruiserweight will come out on top?

In addition, it has been learned that SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long has a big announcement to make this week. What can it be?

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Posted by btrflygrl

We lost interest in Smackdown a LONG time ago....so very disappointing!

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Us too but sometimes we catch it. Don, what are the results?

Opening Segment:

JBL came out (after about four minutes of music)
in
one of the best visuals for TV. He was wearing a
massive neck brace with his 10 gallon hat perched
about 1 foot off of his head. It took him and
Orlando
5 minutes to get to the ring. He had a decent
interview where he addressed not pinning the
Undertaker much to his dismay but that was all
the
Dead Man's fault. He accused the Undertaker of
not
passing the torch and said, 'the Undertaker is
very
mean.' One of the best lines came when he not
only
complained about being slammed into the car and
the
pain, but of the heat of the hood which burned
him. He
said the Undertaker would never get a rematch.
Along
the way he slammed Canada for not going to Iraq
and
got his cheap heat. Of course the led to the
Undertaker coming out to the biggest pop of the
night.
JBL comically escaped with help from Jordan, but
Orlando returned to help his boss. One punch and
a
choke slam later, the Undertaker was left with
the
belt in the ring. This ? hour segment (I kid you
not
and pray it will be edited by at least 1/2 ) was
over.
IT was funny, but way too long.

(1) Spike Dudley beat Scotty 2 Hotty to retain
the
Cruiserweight Title. Spike was quickly thrown
over the
top to the floor. Scotty quickly went for the
worm but
was stopped by Bubba. After some offense from
Spike he
then went up top for the double stomp but missed
it.
After some distraction and a quick counter by
Spike he
finished it with his top rope bulldog. The triple
team
then ensued ending with Spike nailing Scotty in
the
head with the belt.

Raw Recap

John Cena Interview: This was to hype next week's
second match between him and Booker T. Spike got
involved and said that Cena had no gold to back
his
words. Spike then landed a low blow, which then
led to
a beatdown by all three Dudley's and Spike
saying,
'Can you see me now?'

(2) Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Jamie Noble beat Billy
Kidman
& Paul London in a non title match. The match
started
quickly with London and Noble putting a display
of
nice technical wrestling and counter wrestling.
London
then took it to both men before Chavo took
control.
Chavo missed a weak looking springing leg drop.
Kidman
finally gets in the match to a nice pop and
quickly
pulled off an amazing looking fireman's carry
into a
neckbreaker on Noble. Kidman goes up looking for
the
Shooting Star but is knocked out of the ring.
Chavo
then scores the pin after reversing a pinfall
attempt
by London and by holding the ropes. A very good
eight
minute match, but the crowd was pretty quiet for
this
match.

Teddy long announces that Cena will fight D-Von
later
on.

Torrie, Jackie and Norma Lee come out and shoot
t-shirts in a segment that seemed to be taped. It
was
a complete waste of time but it resulted in the
2nd
biggest pop of the night thus far (hence why we
have a
diva search... sigh)

Interview Segment Two: Eddie Guerrero Comes to
the
ring to a massive pop. He calls out Angle who get
the
'You Suck' chants. He challenges Angle to a match
tonight but Kurt refused saying why when he beat
Eddie
at SummerSlam. Eddie agrees that he was
outwrestled
for the first time he can remember, but reminds
Kurt
he holds a pinfall on him from WMXX. He says he
respects Kurt and says that they are the only two
that
love the business. He wants to shake Kurt's hand
but
Kurt says you can't trust a cheat and liar. After
about a 5 minute delay Angle agrees, and of
course
Eddie attacks him, leading to Luther storming the
ring. Before the two can take on Eddie, Rey
Mysterio
comes to the ring and cleans house. Again, this
was
entertaining, but 1 and ? hours in, and we have 2
matches.

(3) John Cena beat D-Von with Booker calling the
match
at ringside. Cena comes out to a big pop. The
match
opens in typical brawling style. D-Von gains
control
but can't string more than 2 moves together
without
Cena taking back control. About 5 minutes in the
match
is over with an FU from Cena, which led to a
stare
down with Booker. A short and disappointing
match.

(4) Rob Van Dam beat Renee Dupree. This was
probably
the best match of the night. Both start off with
pinning moves back and forth, which ends with a
good
ovation. Renee took control and worked on
submission
(rest) holds. RVD counters with a heel kick and a
superkick which led to a running moonsault. The
best
move of the night came with a beautiful German
suplex
by RVD on Renee which he held for a two count. It
looked a lot more high impact than Angle's
version.
RVD then went for the rolling thunder but Dupree
got
his legs up. After some brief offense by Dupree
Rob
went to the top but was caught by Dupree in a big
superplex. Dupee then did his dance, which
allowed RVD
to recover and end the match with the Five Star
Frog
Splash. After the match RVD was attacked by
Suzuki who
came out with a female manager. After some
brawling
moves Suzuki (at least who I think he is) put a
claw
on RVD and then through him backwards into the
mat to
KO him. A very entertaining ten minute match and
a
nice twist at the end.

Teddy Long Makes a 'Major Announcement.' Teddy
comes
to the ring and shows a promo of a superstar he
has
resigned. Of course it is the Big Show. We see a
video
of some of the Big Shows moments from years past.
He
also announces the 2nd match between Booker and
Cena
for next week and that Heidenreich will get his
tryout
next week.

(5) Eddie Guerrero & Rey Mysterio beat Kurt Angle
&
Luther. Surprisingly, this match didn't get the
response that it should have. It was a good
match, but
by no means a classic, or up to the standards of
either Eddie or Angle. The match begins with
Luther
beating down on Eddie. Eddie regained control and
brought in Rey. Eddie does a nice spot where he
picks
up his partner in what appears to be an atomic
drop
and throws him into Luther so that Mysterio hit a
drop
kick. Luther quickly regains control of the
smaller
Rey and Luther got out of the ring (thank God as
he is
a horrible looking worker). Angle gets some brief
offense in before Rey took control with a head
scissors. Eddie is tagged in and quickly begins
to
pummel Kurt. Eddie went for his 3 suplex combo
but is
denied the third by Luther. Luther comes in, does
some
kicks and leaves us again. Angle then begins to
go
after Eddie's leg. Luther will do the same, with
Eddie
selling the leg lock as though he was shot. This
goes
on for about 5 minutes until Angle decides to
show us
a different move with the overhead belly to belly
suplex. Angle and Eddie eventually collide heads,
which will allow Rey into the match. Rey hit 3
very
nice flying moves (head scissors, flying sitdown
etc.)
before the ref is taken out by Luther
accidentally.
Rey then hit a 619 on Angle, who was outside of
the
ring. Rey flew around the post to hit this
impressive
looking move. Rey sets Luther up for the regular
619
but as he spins Angle plastered him with a steel
chair. Eddie finds a chair and chases out Angle
to the
back. Luther goes for the powerbomb (once he
figured
out where the camera was) but Eddie returns in
time to
hit the low blow. Eddie is tagged in and hits his
3
suplexes. Rey then hits the 619 allowing Eddie to
hit
the frog splash (once Luther moved 2-3 times to
get
into position) for the pin.

After the match Kurt returns out and has a bucket
of
paint, which he pours on Eddie's car, much to the
dismay of Eddie.