Friday
Night Smackdown
November 23, 2007
Recap by Sassy
Comments by Sassy are noted in italics.
Matt
Hardy underwent an emergency appendectomy in Florida this week. Matt will be out
of action for eight to ten weeks as of the latest report.
We see a recap of the Hell in a Cell match between Batista,
the Champion, and The Undertaker, the challenger. Edge made his return to WWE at
the Survivor Series match and interfered, ensuring that Batista retained the WWE
Heavyweight Championship title.
We are backstage with Vicky Guerrero and Edge. It begins with
Vicky reprimanding Edge for what he did at Survivor Series and then tells Edge
in order to punish Edge; she will give him a World Title Match against Batista
on Smackdown. The end of the “talk” is that Vicky and Edge now have a
relationship going on.
Okay, and that’s enough. Kristal Marshall may have
been correct in that she refused to do a degrading story line and got canned by
WWE. I can’t believe Vicky Guerrero is going along with this one. It has
nothing to do with Vicky being Eddie Guerrero’s widow – everyone has to have
a life. It has to do with the lack of taste and the unbelievably lousy
storylines WWE continues to throw at their fans. No offense WWE fans but I will
not be relating parts of this storyline anymore than I have to in order to
report the show.
Someone should but Vince McMahon – or his writers –
subscriptions to the soap opera channel. Then
they can watch sappy stories and perhaps we, the fans, will be able to watch
wrestling without the excess garbage.
Smackdown is being broadcast from Tampa, FL on the CW
Network.
Ringside announcers: Michael Cole and JBL
Ring announcer: Justin Roberts
Cole tells the audience that tonight Edge will be hosting The
Cutting Edge and Batista will be his guest. Hornswoggle has a match scheduled
against The World’s Strongest Man Mark Henry.
JBL is in the ring. He calls out MVP, WWE’s United States
Champion. JBL wants to award a United Nations diamond ring to MVP. Cole tells
the audience that Matt Hardy is out indefinitely due to a knee injury sustained
after an attack by MVP. MVP accepts the ring and tells the audience why he
dumped Matt as a tag team partner. We see a video replay of what MVP did to Matt
Hardy on Smackdown last week. JBL leaves the ring and as MVP continues to brag
about MVP, Rey Mysterio enters the arena and the ring to confront MVP. Mysterio
wants to teach MVP respect and he challenges MVP to a match tonight.
MVP does play a great heel but I liked the comedy
connection he had with Matt Hardy.
We see John Morrison and The Miz, the new WWE Tag Team
Champions, coming toward the arena.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break, we see a replay of the match
where Morrison and Miz won the titles – not once, but twice – from Matt
Hardy and MVP.
The Miz, weighing 231 lbs., from Cleveland, OH
&
John Morrison, weighing 219 lbs., from Los Angeles, CA
WWE Tag Team Champions
Vs.
Brett and Brian Major, The Major Brothers, at a combined
weight of 435 lbs., from NY
Audience favorite: I’m not sure
My favorite: The Major Brothers
Winners: John Morrison and The Miz
I haven’t gotten over the fact that Morrison and Miz
have the title belts. When Morrison gets back in the ring after the match is
over, he has blood on his chest. I have no idea what he hit or how he hit or
where he is even injured, but it appears to be on the chest.
We are now backstage with McMahon and Finlay and McMahon
hints that he wants Finlay to help out Hornswoggle in his match with Henry. It
will be a handicap match: Finlay and Hornswoggle versus The World’s Strongest
Man Mark Henry.
Another case of a big waste of time and talent. Finlay
needs to be in the ring working his magic, not backstage with McMahon.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break.
The Big Red Machine, weighing 323 lbs.
Vs.
Big Daddy V, weighing 487 lbs., from Harlem, NY
accompanied to the ring by Matt Striker
Audience favorite: Kane
My favorite: Kane
Winner: Kane by disqualification
I still don’t understand why Striker is running around
behind V when he could be working in the ring as a wrestler. Like I don’t
understand the feud between Kane and V. Kane can do a good job in the ring, but
it’s difficult to shine against someone that doesn’t wrestle.
We see Rey Mysterio heading for the arena and his match
against MVP.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break, the camera pans the audience and
Baseball Hall of Famer, Wade Boggs is in the front row.
MVP, weighing 248 lbs., from Miami, FL
Vs.
Rey Mysterio, weighing
Audience favorite: Rey Mysterio
My favorite: I like them both
Winner: MVP by cheating and holding the ropes to pin
Mysterio
During this match there seemed to be some dissension
between Cole and JBL. JBL became subdued after yelling over Cole when Cole was
attempting to talk. After that, JBL only responded when Cole directly asked him
a question until after the commercial break. The camera was not on the
announcer’s table when the exchange occurred, so we aren’t certain what
happened between the two of them.
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Back from commercial break.
Batista is backstage with Vicky and he knows about the match
he has with Edge. Batista says The Undertaker deserves the shot. Batista has a
nice bandage on his forehead courtesy of The Undertaker during the Hell in a
Cell match.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break, we see recaps of Survivor Series
matches in order for WWE to inform us that fans can purchase the replays of
Survivor Series on pay per view.
Jesse and Festus are backstage with Festus dressed up in his
John Cena outfit. Now that’s
funny! Jesse is there to push the John Cena DVD that is now available and tells
us that Festus is big John Cena fan.
We see Michelle McCool backstage with Jamie Noble who decides
to hit on her. Can someone find Noble a date? He hits on every girl he has seen!
Noble gets slapped – again and tells her that after he beats up Chuck Palumbo
he will come look for her.
Finlay and Hornswoggle are making their way to the ring.
Hornswoggle stops Finlay long enough to tell him thank you for being his partner
in his match against Mark Henry.
We see a replay of the Survivor Series match between
Hornswoggle and The Great Khaki where Finlay comes to Hornswoggle’s rescue.
Two on One Handicap Match
The World’s Strongest Man Mark Henry, weighing 392 lbs.,
from TX
Vs.
Finlay & Hornswoggle, at a combined weight of 366 lbs.
Audience favorite: The team of Finlay & Hornswoggle
My favorite: The team of Finaly & Hornswoggle
Winner: The team of Finlay & Hornswoggle
Finlay and Hornswoggle do work well together in the ring.
I have a great respect for Finlay. He’s good in the ring when he actually does
want to do technical wrestling and he’s a great heel. Finlay spent most of
this match protecting Hornswoggle from danger.
Unfortunately for Finlay, The Great Khali makes his way to
the ring in order to pay back Finlay for interfering in his match at Survivor
Series. Henry provides an assist by taking Finlay down to the mat so that Khali
can power bomb Finlay to the mat. Hornswoggle wisely goes out on the ring apron,
but goes back in to try to help Finlay after Khali leaves the ring. It
appears McMahon has set Finlay up.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break, we see a replay of the end of the
match before commercial break.
Chuck Palumbo, weighing 280 lbs., from San Diego, CA
accompanied to the ring by his motorcycle &
Michelle McCool
Vs.
Jamie Noble, weighing 202 lbs., from Hanover, WV
Audience favorite: Chuck Palumbo
My favorites: Chuck Palumbo, Jamie Noble and Chuck’s
motorcycle
Winner: Jamie Noble
I’m not quite sure how that win happened but everyone
else was surprised too. Not that I’m knocking Jamie Noble. I think he’s a
great wrestler and he’s quick. McCool appeared to be trying to see if she
could pop out of her top again during this match and the camera was right in
there checking it out. Noble has his eyes on McCool as he leaves the ring. What
is it – spring in Florida???
We see Torrie Wilson heading to the ring for a match after…
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break, we see the Raw Rebound which is
the return of Y2J Chris Jericho on Monday Night Raw and we can only hope the
story lines on Raw are better than what we are seeing on Smackdown these days.
Torrie Wilson from Boise, ID
Vs.
Victoria from Los Angeles, CA
Audience favorite: I’m not sure
My favorite: Victoria
Winner: Torrie Wilson
I don’t buy this win at all. Torrie hasn’t been
working that hard in the ring to be able to take out Victoria. The only two
women wrestlers in WWE who might have a chance of taking down Victoria are Beth
Phoenix and Mickie James.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break, we again see a recap of the Hell
in a Cell match at Survivor Series between WWE World Heavyweight Champion
Batista and the Challenger The Undertaker.
Edge and Vicky Guerrero enter the arena and the ring. Edge is
there for his The Cutting Edge spot. I’m not sure why Vicky is there. Edge
comes back from an injury and surgery for this kind of stuff?
C’mon Edge. As great as you are, you don’t need this.
Edge introduces his guest, Batista, who Edge will face next
week on Smackdown in a title match.
Edge introduces Batista who then enters the arena and the
ring. Batista is angry but so is Edge because Batista has the title that Edge
had to give up after he was injured. Batista shoves Edge into the ropes and then
sticks a finger in Vicky’s face before he leaves the ring and the arena.
Unfortunately for the pair left in the ring, The Undertaker
decides to pay a visit to The Cutting Edge – uninvited. Edge makes a break for
and gets out of the ring before Undertaker can do any damage, but Vicky is left
to face Undertaker’s wrath. And Undertaker decides the best thing for Vicky
since Edge won’t come to her rescue, is deliver a tombstone pile driver in the
middle of the ring.
Don’t tell me, let me guess. Vicky will be in a neck
brace next week but will have forgiven Edge for not coming to her aid.
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