Friday
Night Smackdown
February 1, 2008 – Recap by Sassy
Friday
Night Smackdown is broadcast on the CW network.
Ringside announcers: Michael Cole and Jonathan Coachman
Ring announcer: Justin Roberts
Backstage interviews: Todd Grisham
Assistant General Manager Theodore Long is in the ring. He says he is going to make an announcement per Vince McMahon Teddy is in charge tonight on Smackdown. He is in charge because Vickie Guerrero was injured last Sunday at Royal Rumble. We see Vickie being hit by Mysterio with the 619 when Vickie got in the way. She managed to interfere in the match several times before she got smacked. Unfortunately, Mysterio lost the match and Edge retained the title. Teddy says that at the next pay per view, No Way Out, there is going to be a match to determine who will face the WWE World Heavyweight Champion at Wrestlemania. Smackdown will also have an elimination chamber match (Monday Night Raw declared their elimination chamber match earlier this week.).
Six Smackdown Superstars will compete in the chamber
The Animal Batista
Vs.
The Punjabi Giant The Great Khali
Vs
The Man Who Loves to Fight Finlay
Vs.
M.V.P., WWE United States Champion
Vs.
Big Daddy V
Vs.
The Undertaker
The winner of this match will go on to Wrestlemania to
face the WWE World Heavyweight Champion
Teddy says that at No Way Out, Edge will defend his title in
a rematch against Rey Mysterio. Edge comes charging down to the ring to face
Teddy. Edge says that since Mysterio injured Vickie, he shouldn’t be entitled
to a rematch. Edge says he will face anyone but Rey Mysterio. Teddy says that he
is in charge and what he says goes.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break.
Career Threatening Match
Royal Rumble Rematch
Ric Flair from Charlotte, NC
Vs.
M.V.P. weighing 248 lbs.
WWE United States Champion
Audience favorite: Ric Flair
My favorite: I like them both
Cole reminds the audience how much respect Flair got from the
fans when he made MVP tap out with the figure four-leg lock at Royal Rumble.
Flair has certainly been earning his paychecks since McMahon told him he would
have to retire if he lost a mach. MVP has come a long way since his debut in
WWE. He makes a fantastic heel but
he is also a showman and very entertaining for the crowd. Flair may be the
dirtiest player in the game but MVP appears to have learned a little from
watching Flair. MVP is working on Flair’s left shoulder and arm. MVP tries for
a cover three times in a row but Flair manages to kick out before the three
count. Flair looks tired and the audience sounds a little concerned. Flair goes
for MVP’s leg and it appears he is thinking about that figure four one more
time against MVP. Now MVP is the man on the mat and Flair does go for the figure
four, but MVP manages to counter the move. Again Flair tries for the leg lock
but MVP manages to roll over and Flair is the one in pain. Flair is too close to
the ropes and he manages to crawl under the bottom rope. MPV refuses to break
the leg lock and MVP gets himself disqualified.
Winner
Ric
Flair
by DQ
After the match, MVP continues the assault on Flair’s leg
by slamming it into the corner post. The ref can’t get MVP to back off as MVP
goes for the steel steps and slams Flair’s leg between the steps and the ring
apron. The audience voices their displeasure to MVP as he exits the arena. Flair
is helped from the arena by a ref and trainers
Replay of the end of the match and the assault on Flair by
MVP after the match.
Rumor has it that Ric Flair may be in his final match at
Wrestlemania. As much as I hate to
think about wrestling minus Ric Flair, there wouldn’t be a more fitting place
for him to face his final opponent.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break, the announcers remind the
audience there will be two Elimination Chamber Matches at No Way Out:
Raw Elimination Chamber Match
Y2J Chris Jericho
Vs.
John Bradshaw Layfield
Vs.
HBK Shawn Michaels
Vs.
Jeff Hardy
Vs.
The Game Triple H
Vs.
Umaga
The winner of this match faces the WWE Champion at
Wrestlemania.
Flair is backstage with the trainers who are checking on his
left knee.
Chuck Palumbo enters the arena on his motorcycle. I do like
Chuck, don’t get me wrong, but this is nothing more than Chuck getting into
the ring with a mic to apologize to Michelle McCool and to tell everyone how
great it felt to beat down Jamie Noble. In fact, Chuck shows the audience a
replay of that beat down and what happened to Michelle. Michelle enters the
ring, tells Chuck she doesn’t believe him, and she slaps him. Chuck promises
that he will take out that slap on Jamie Noble and will make sure McCool
watches.
As much as I like Chuck as a heel, I don’t like the
direction this particular storyline has gone.
It isn’t entertaining and it isn’t amusing for a big bruiser to beat
up on a woman. It was even stupider for McCool to slap Chuck and not expect him
to hit her back. She’s lucky he didn’t, storyline or not.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break, promo for Stone Cold Steve
Austin’s DVD, The Legend of Stone Cold Steven Austin which will be released
February 12, 2008.
Tag Team Match
Rey Mysterio from San Diego, CA, weighing 165 lbs.
&
CM Punk from Chicago, IL, weighing 222 lbs.
Before Chavo is introduced, we see this week’s ECW
Fiesta where Punk took out Chavo with a guitar.
Vs.
Chavo Guerrero from El Paso, TX weighing 215 lbs.
WWE ECW Champion
&
The Rated R Superstar Edge from Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
weighing 250 lbs.
WWE World Heavyweight Champion
Audience favorites: Rey Mysterio & CM Punk
My favorites: I like them all
Although we haven’t seen Edge do a lot lately in the ring,
these four men are capable of putting on quite a match for the fans. Punk took a
nasty fall over the top rope and smacked his arm on the ring apron on the way
down. It wasn’t pretty but it
didn’t seem to slow Punk down. Punk is on the floor and we go
COMMERCIAL
BREAK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MATCH!
THAT’S
ONE!
Back from commercial break, Punk and Edge are back in the
ring and Edge has the upper hand. Punk needs to get a tag to Mysterio. Edge tags
Chavo. Punk is in trouble and Mysterio works the audience to get them involved.
Punk manages to send a boot to Chavo’s head and both men are down to the mat.
Chavo tags in Edge and Punk tags in Mysterio. Mysterio also takes a tumble off
the side of the ring and now he is down on the floor. The ref counts to eight
before Edge reaches over and helps Chavo up on the ring apron to send him back
down to the mat. Edge tags in Chavo again and Mysterio is down on the mat. Chavo
goes to work on the left knee of Mysterio and then takes him back to Edge’s
corner. Punk now works the crowd to get them involved in helping get Mysterio
back to his feet. He does and takes down Chavo but now both men are down on the
mat. Chavo grabs Mysterio’s leg and goes for the tag, tagging in Edge. Punk is
doing some heavy-duty trash talking in his own corner but Mysterio is having
trouble getting back to his feet. He does and Edge immediately delivers a boot
to Mysterio’s face, sending him back to the mat. Edge goes for the cover but
can’t get the three count. Mysterio is still down on the mat but he bites Edge
to make him break his hold. Chavo comes in but Mysterio manages to take down
Chavo and Edge but Mysterio is back down on the mat. He gets the tag, in comes
Punk, taking down Chavo and sending Edge out to the floor. Punk comes off the
top rope and goes for the cover but only gets a two count before Chavo gets a
shoulder up. Edge is back in the ring and he goes for the spear, but Punk gets
out of the way. Edge almost hits Chavo but stops just in time. As he and Chavo
are facing each other, Punk sends them both down with a nice dropkick. Edge goes
after Punk, Mysterio comes off the top rope and sets both Edge and Chavo up for
the 619. Edge gets out of the way by rolling out onto the floor, Mysterio hits
Chavo with the 619 and then flies out of the ring and onto Edge, taking him down
to the floor. Punk hits Chavo with the GTS, goes for the cover and gets the
three count.
Winners
CM
Punk
&
Rey
Mysterio
I have got to say this was one great match. I don’t
remember seeing anything this spectacular on Smackdown in a long time. Punk and
Mysterio work well together in the ring as a tag team although I do like them
both as single competitors. Edge and Chavo did a great job in spite of being the
most despised in this match up.
Cole tells the audience that tonight it will be The Big Red
Machine Kane and The Undertaker up against The World’s Strongest Man Mark
Henry and Big Daddy V.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break, we see the discussion between
McMahon and Hornswoggle on Monday Night Raw where McMahon calls Hornswoggle a
loser because he didn’t win the Royal Rumble Match. I’d be happy Hornswoggle
came back in one piece!
Hornswoggle and Finlay are backstage when McMahon shows up.
McMahon tells Finlay he is disappointing him too. McMahon tells Finlay he threw
away his chance at Royal Rumble to protect Hornswoggle. Finlay says he did it
out of loyalty and friendship. McMahon says there is no such thing as loyalty
and what Finlay did was stupid.
Tag Team Match
Deuce
&
Domino
Accompanied to the ring by Cherry
Vs.
Finlay
&
Hornswoggle
Audience favorites: Hornswoggle & Finlay
My favorites: Finlay & Hornswoggle
Cherry makes the mistake of grabbing Finlay’s foot as he
comes off the ropes. Finlay takes care of Deuce and Domino and then goes out of
the ring after Cherry. Hornswoggle comes up behind Cherry and lifts up her
little frilly skirt, then gets down on his hands and knees. Finlay backs Cherry
up and she falls over Hornswoggle and onto the floor. Deuce comes after Finlay
as Hornswoggle heads back to his corner of the ring. Finlay sends Deuce over the
guardrail and into the audience area. Domino tries a baseball slide out of the
ring but Finlay catches him and pounds on him before rolling him back into the
ring. Finlay slaps Domino to the mat, Hornswoggle delivers the tadpole splash
and gets the three count.
Winners
Hornswoggle
&
Finlay
Deuce and Domino have been more of a joke team lately than
anything else. I don’t know whether they aren’t capable of doing anything
else in the ring or not, but Hornswoggle and Finlay manage to keep the audience
entertained in spite of it all. I’m a Finlay fan and I’ll admit I even like
Hornswoggle.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break, Raw Rebound: Last October when
Randy Orton took out John Cena with an injury. Cena made it in as the last
entrant in the Royal Rumble match to win the event. Last Monday Cena made
arrangements to face Orton for the title at the next pay per view instead of at
Wrestlemania.
Eve Torres, the WWE Diva Search Winner, is in the ring to
introduce Batista. Batista enters the ring in his street clothes. Batista wants
to talk about the elimination chamber match after he welcomes Eve to Smackdown.
Batista said he almost guaranteed a win at the Royal Rumble match and even
though he didn’t win, he was in the match longer than anyone else and was
eliminated by Triple H and John Cena. Batista says he is getting a second chance
to headline Wrestlemania and compete for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Batista says he is the only man in his elimination match that has been in one
before. I really like Batista but he seems to be doing a lot of talking lately.
I’d rater see him in action than with a mic in his hand.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break, Jesse is backstage with two
pictures of Festus. Jesse says that Festus is a brand new man and Festus feels
great. Next week on Smackdown, Jesse and Festus will be coming back bigger and
better than ever.
Tag Team Match
Curt Hawkins
&
Zach Ryder
At a combined weight of 437 lbs.
Vs.
Jimmy Wang Yang
&
Shannon Moore
At a combined weight of 410 lbs.
Audience favorites: Jimmy Wang Yang & Shannon Moore
My favorites: Jimmy Wang Yang & Shannon Moore
Cole reminds the audience Shannon Moore has his own tattoo
parlor. Moore does have a lot of tattoos. I think I preferred Hawkins and Ryder
as The Major Brothers. It may be because they became Edgeheads but I am not as
impressed by their performance recently. Yang and Moore do work well as a tag
team and both of them are high-risk workers.
Winners
Curt
Hawkins
&
Zach
Ryder
Cole reminds the audience that Kane and Undertaker will take
on Mark Henry and Big Daddy V next.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break, promo for Wrestlemania XXIV live
at the Florida Citrus Bowl on Sunday, March 30, 2008. Additional tickets have
just been released. For more information, go to www.ticketmaster.com.
Tag Team Match
The Big Red Machine Kane weighing 323 lbs.
Kane was one of the four remaining competitors in the Royal
Rumble Match. He was eliminated by
Triple H and Batista.
&
The Undertaker from Death Valley, weighing 299 lbs.
The Undertaker made it for 30 minutes in the Royal Rumble
Match. He was eliminated by HBK Shawn Michaels.
Vs.
The World’s Strongest Man Mark Henry
&
Big Daddy V
At a combined weight of 879 lbs
Accompanied to the ring by Matt Stryker
Audience favorites: Kane and Undertaker
My favorites: Kane, Undertaker and Mark Henry
Before the match begins, recap of what happened last week
between Undertaker and V.
Commercial break before the match begins.
Back from commercial break, the match has already begun with
Kane and Henry in the ring. Kane is working over Henry’s leg by using the
ropes. Henry turns it around and he has Kane down on the mat. Kane manages to
get Henry down to the mat and as Henry gets back to his feet, Kane back Henry up
to his corner and tags in Undertaker. Undertaker goes to work on Henry’s left
shoulder and then goes up on the top rope, but Stryker gets up on the ring apron
to try to throw off Undertaker. Undertaker goes back down to the mat and
delivers a boot to Henry’s chest. Undertaker tags in Kane and he has Henry
backed into a corner. Henry switches it, sends Kane across the ring and delivers
a squash. Henry tags in V. Kane goes to work to back V into his corner, but V
backs Kane into the opposite side of the ring. Kane is in the wrong corner, but
he nails Henry with a fist and then backs V into Undertaker’s corner. Kane
makes the tag and Undertaker is now in the ring with V. Undertaker has V in a
corner and tries to send him across the ring. V gets the switch and sends
Undertaker into the corner post. V tags in Henry and Henry goes to work with
shoulder blocks to Undertaker’s abdomen. Undertaker gets a boot up and nails
Henry, then he tags in Kane. Kane enters the ring and goes to work on Henry.
Kane delivers a squash once and then twice. Kane goes up to the top turnbuckle
and comes off to hit Henry with a clothesline. As Kane sets up for the choke
slam, Stryer is again on the ring apron distracting Kane. Henry is back to his
feet, sending Kane across the ring and into the ropes. Henry rolls Henry out
onto the floor as V comes around the outside after Kane. V slams Kane’s head
into the announcer’s table but Undertaker comes around the ring and backs up
V. Henry comes out of the ring and he slams Kane’s head onto the announcer’s
table before rolling Kane back into the ring. Henry tags in V. V continues to
work on Kane and delivers a splash that sends Kane down to the mat. V tags in
Henry and he goes for the bear hug. Kane has Henry by the hair as the ref asks
Kane if he wants to give up. Undertaker is pacing outside on the ring apron
trying to get Kane to tag him into the match. Kane is reaching but Henry slams
Kane into the corner post. Kane gets a boot up and sends Henry back before going
up to the second rope and delivering a clothesline that sends Henry down to the
mat. Kane is trying to get to his corner and Undertaker is begging for the tag.
Kane makes the tag and goes after Henry. He delivers two splashes and then goes
up to the top rope. After he drops Henry to his knees, he goes across the ring
and nails V. Undertaker hits Henry with a DDT but V is in to break up the cover.
Kane and Undertaker deliver a choke slam to V and then Undertaker prepares for a
choke slam to Henry. Undertaker hits the choke slam but he does not go for the
cover. Undertaker instead goes for the submission hold that he used on V last
week. Henry taps out.
Winners
The
Undertaker
&
The
Big Red Machine Kane
Replay of the end of the match.
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