WWE Friday Night Smackdown
October 19, 2007
Recap by Sassy
Comments by Sassy in italics.
Breaking
News this afternoon:
Larry
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Smackdown
is being broadcast from the United Kingdom.
Ring
announcers: Michael Cole and John
Bradshaw Layfield (JBL)
Ring
announcer: Tony Chimel
We see a video recap of
last week’s match between Finlay and Rey Mysterio with Batista at the
announcer’s table. The ref goes down, both men are disqualified, however, The
Undertaker shows up and indicates that he will be seeking the title from Batista.
Hey, Batista is good, but The Undertaker is better.
It will be The Undertaker
versus Batista at Cyber Sunday. The choice for the referee in that match is JBL,
Mick Foley or Steve Austin.
JBL will be interviewing
Batista tonight on Smackdown.
The Great
Khali, over 7’0”, weighing 420 lbs., from India
accompanied
to the ring by his translator
Vs.
Kane,
weighing 323 lbs.
Audience favorite: Kane
My favorite: I’m not
sure, but Kane was on ECW this week – he could already be tired after battling
Big Daddy V
Winner: Kane when
Khali gets disqualified after choking Kane outside the ring.
Khali is like having
Andre the Giant in the ring. There
is no one as large as he is or as forceful as he is based on size and weight.
Kane is one of my favorite performers, but how much can Kane take from someone
that much larger than him. Our referee, Charles Robinson, certainly isn’t
large enough to put a stop to either man in this match. Kane went for the
choke slam…I was hoping he’d get the job done. After the match, Khali sends
Kane into the steel steps, Khali takes apart the announcer’s table but Kane
takes Khali out with the bell. That dropped Khali in his tracks.
As soon as Kane is back in
the ring, Big Daddy V and Matt Striker enter the arena.
RUN, KANE, RUN! Kane doesn’t run and he is trapped between Kane
and V. I’m sorry, but as V takes apart Kane, we have to wonder how “brave”
V is when he goes for Kane and not Khali.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break,
we see a Batista promo regarding his new book, Batista Unleashed.
Matt Striker is backstage
with V telling everyone that V is Striker’s ticket to stardom and that V will
be on Smackdown on a regular basis. Does
this mean that ECW will be disbanded as per the current rumors?
Chuck
Palumbo, weighing 280 lbs.
Accompanied
to the ring by Michelle McCool and his motorcycle
Vs.
The
Masterpiece Chris Masters, weighing 267 lbs., from Los Angeles, CA
Audience favorite: Chuck
Palumbo
My favorite Chuck
Palumbo and Chuck’s motorcycle
Winner: Chris Masters with
a roll up and a three count after interference by Victoria outside the ring
I do like Chuck Palumbo
and don’t understand why WWE insists on these constant one on one feuds. It
seems as though these two have been wrestling each other since Chuck came back
to WWE. If I recall correctly, Chuck works well as a tag team partner.
Perhaps WWE should be finding someone to pair him up with besides someone
who sits behind him on his motorcycle. I
haven’t figured out how Victoria worked her way into this but she should be
working in the ring as a wrestler. That’s
what she does best.
We go backstage to Matt
Hardy who is joined by MVP. MVP
isn’t looking forward to his match against Matt at Cyber Sunday.
MVP tells Matt how much he has come to be his partner and his friend. MVP
tells Matt that he will have his back tonight in his match against Finlay but
Matt says he doesn’t need the help. Not much comedy in this routine but I
do hope that MVP and Matt retain the tag team titles and that they get back to
their hysterical jousting soon.
We go to commercial break.
Back from commercial break,
we see the Raw Rebound, which consists of Umaga beating up some poor guy three
times in a row.
Matt
Hardy, weighing 246 lbs., from Cameron, NC
One half
of the WWE Tag Team Champions
Vs.
Finlay,
weighing 233 lbs., from Belfast, Northern Ireland
Audience favorite: Matt
Hardy
My favorite: I like them
both – Hardy for his speed and high flying ability and Finlay for his no
nonsense brawling ability.
Winner: Matt Hardy
with a twist of fate, a pin and a three count
MVP does make a save by
showing up to take Finlay’s weapon away. I can’t tell if Matt is happy
that MVP showed up or not.
We see the Major Brothers
heading toward the ring before we go to
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break,
we see a recap of the match last week between one of the Major Brothers and Drew
McIntyre with Dave Taylor and the loss suffered by the Major Brothers due to
interference outside the ring by Taylor
Drew
McIntyre, 246 lbs., from Scotland
accompanied
to the ring by Dave Taylor
Vs.
Brian
Major, weighing 222 lbs.
Accompanied
to the ring by his brother, Brett Major
Audience favorite: I’m
not sure
My favorite: I’m not
sure
Winner: Drew McIntyre
with a pin and a three count after outside interference again by Taylor.
The Major Brothers may
be a great tag team but they haven’t been working as a tag team. I like the
work Drew McIntyre has been doing and I have always liked Dave Taylor.
We see a video recap of the
ongoing feud between Batista and Undertaker before it is time for JBL to
interview Batista and we go to
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break,
JBL is in the ring talking about JBL when Batista interrupts him with his
entrance to the arena and the ring. The interview goes downhill from there with
JBL calling Batista a coward as Batista is leaving the ring and with Batista
spearing JBL in the middle of the ring to prove that he is not a coward. Part of
the interview was a push for Batista’s new book.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break,
JBL is back at the announcer’s table yelling about Batista taking a pot shot
at JBL in the ring. JBL then pushes everyone to vote for JBL as the referee at
the Batista versus Undertaker match.
We see the Diva Search
finalists, Surf & Rescue.
Deuce
& Domino, at a combined weight of 455 lbs.
accompanied
to the ring by Cherry and a nice convertible
Vs.
Jimmy
Wang Yang & Shannon Moore, at a combined weight 407 lbs.
Audience favorites:
Jimmy Wang Yang & Shannon Moore
My favorites: Jimmy Wang
Yang & Shannon Moore
Winners: Jimmy Wang Yang
& Shannon Moore after Jimmy Wang Yang does a back flip off the top rope,
pins Deuce and gets the three count.
I have not been overly
impressed with Deuce and Domino as a tag team. I don’t think they have had a
match that allowed them to showcase any particular talent either of them may
have. Shannon Moore has always been a favorite of mine and Yang is quickly
becoming a favorite. Shannon has some nice tattoos.
We are backstage with Vicky
Guerrero and Jamie Noble. Noble says that he isn’t feeling all right because
he was forced into a match with The Great Khali last week and that he
understands it must have been her hormones or something. She corrects last
week’s error in match making by setting Jamie Noble up with a match with The
Undertaker this week. Jamie
Noble just can’t leave well enough alone. Although I have to admit Noble is
one of the funniest character on Smackdown.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break,
we see a video recap of last week’s match between Finlay and Rey Mysterio
where both men are disqualified and Undertaker shows up to lay claim to the
match at Cyber Sunday with Batista for the title belt. We saw this video
at the first of the show.
The
Undertaker, weighing 305 lbs., from Death Valley
Vs.
Jamie
Noble, weighing 202 lbs., from Hanover, WV
Audience favorite:
The Undertaker
My favorite: I like them
both
Winner:
The Undertaker, obviously, after a choke slam, a tombstone pile
driver, a pin and a three count.
This isn’t really a
match between these two. Of course, Noble is doing what he has been doing best
– working hard to make himself an enemy to the audience and putting over the
bigger guys. I have a lot of respect for Noble in the ring.
He can wrestle when he gets the opportunity to do so and he did give this
match the old college try even though the match didn’t last long enough to do
much of anything.
Commercial break.
Back from commercial break,
we see a promo for the Rey Mysterio DVD: Size Doesn’t Matter.
The 3-disc set will be available next Tuesday.
Then we get another push
for Cyber Sunday courtesy of Michael Cole and JBL.
MVP,
weighing 248 lbs., from Miami, FL
One half
of the WWE Tag Team Champions and the United States Champion
Vs.
Rey
Mysterio, weighing 175 lbs., from San Diego, CA
Commercial break before
Mysterio is introduced – and we see the Save Us 222 video again.
Back from commercial break,
we see a Big Daddy V and Kane promo for ECW live next week.
Audience favorite: Rey
Mysterio
My favorite: MVP
Winner: We don’t know because
Finlay comes out to the ring and goes after MVP because MVP interfered in
Finlay’s match with Matt Hardy tonight. After Finlay works over MVP, he goes
after Mysterio and Mysterio manages to send Finlay out onto the floor impressing
the UK fans.
MVP may be
my Smackdown favorite. I don’t
know if it is his in ring ability or his showmanship that makes me think he is
one of their best stars. From his entrance theme to his flashy outfits to his
facial expressions during the match, the guy just has that something that makes
you take notice. Rey Mysterio, on
the other hand, is one of the most popular wrestlers on Smackdown and is a
special favorite of the younger fans. I think half of the audience had on
Mysterio masks and Mysterio spends a little longer getting to the ring because
he stops to slap hands and notice the fans. Mysterio got a standing ovation
tonight.
Commercial
break in the middle of what was turning into a decent match.
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