**SPOILERS** WWE SmackDown! Taping Results

[Don Carlito]

Dark Match:

*Billy Kidman pinned Carly Colon with the shooting star press.

Velocity Taping:

*Jamie Knoble pinned Paul London.

*The Full Blooded Italians’ Nunzio and Johnny Stamboli defeated Akio & Sakoda.

- Bill DeMott and Josh Matthews came to ringside to call the next match.

*Mark Jindrak pinned Hardcore Holly. Holly got a big reaction live.

-They began setting up for Smackdown. The Velocity announcers left, followed by the introduction of Tazz and Michael Cole live.

Smackdown:

*The Dudley Boyz defeated Rico and Charlie Haas to win the WWE Tag Team championships. Bubba Pinned Rico with his feet on the ropes. Haas had bumped Jackie Gayda off the apron and was checking on her outside the ring.

*At the ramp, Paul Heyman greeted the Dudleys. After commercial, Heyman did a long interview explaining that at the Great American Bash PPV, it would be The Undertaker vs. The Dudleys in a handicap match. Heyman explained that “The Undertaker’s conscience” would be sitting inside a glass “crypt” for everyone to see at the PPV and if Undertaker didn’t do the right thing, they would fill the crypt with cement.

*WWE champion Eddie Guerrero is in the ring right now for an interview.

*WWE champion cut a promo in the ring, challenging John Bradshaw Layfield to come out. Instead The Bashams came out, telling Eddie they have unfinished business. This led to...

*WWE champion Eddie Guerrero pinned Doug Basham.

-Backstage, John Cena came to Kurt Angle’s office. Angle tells Cena that later tonight, he will have to team with Rob Van Dam vs. Rene Dupree and Booker T. Angle also said the Great American Bash 4 way will be an elimination bout.

-Backstage, Funaki (dressed like Cena) does a battle rap with John Matthews. Funkai makes fun of Kurt Angle. Angle tells Funaki he will face Luther Raines.

*In the ring right now is Kenzo Suzuki vs. Spike Dudley.

*Kenzo Suzuki pinned Spike Dudley.

*They aired news footage about John Bradshaw Layfield being fired by CNBC. Layfield cut a promo in the ring saying that CNBC never called him, and that American media stinks because it focuses on the negative. Eddie Guerrero came out and brawled with Layfield.

*Rey Mysterio pinned Chavo Classic to win the WWE Cruiserweight championship in a short match. Classic hugged Chavo Guerrero in the ring after the match.

-Backstage, they showed Luther Raines preparing for his match against Funaki.

*Luther Raines pinned Funaki. Raines warned that anyone who messes with Kurt Angle and has to go through him. Angle comes out and made Raines beat down Funkai.

*Torrie Wilson comes out dressed like Uncle Sam promoting the PPV.

*Backstage, Booker T is interviewed by Josh Matthews, saying he got screwed out of beating John Cena last week. Rene Dupree warned Booker that he better have Dupree's back tonight.

*In the ring right now is John Cena and Rob Van Dam vs. Rene Dupree and Booker T.

*Rob Van Dam & John Cena vs. Booker T & Rene Dupree - Cena and RVD ended up fighting during the bout after clearing the ring of the heels. The lights go out and Undertaker appears and is in the ring. He tombstones Cena. Paul Heyman and The Dudleys come out. It appears the show ends here.

After the show ends, The Dudleys try to shake Undertaker's hand. John Bradshaw Layfield comes out and after some banter, ends up chokeslam.

[Sunshine]

sounds pretty good again for the 2nd week in a row...but what happened to the Chavo Classic thing? Wasnt something about him supposed to be written in?

[Don Carlito]

sounds pretty good again for the 2nd week in a row...but what happened to the Chavo Classic thing? Wasnt something about him supposed to be written in?


" Rey Mysterio pinned Chavo Classic to win the WWE Cruiserweight championship in a short match. Classic hugged Chavo Guerrero in the ring after the match. "

i guess that hugg at the end, show that Chavo Classic is gone!

[Sunshine]

oh..my bad...what the? He worked one more match i see..

[The-Noodle]

yeah it's a so-so SD. i like the ending, but i hate the idea that eddie versed another basham. eddie is the champ dammit, why should he verse doug and danny within matter of weeks apart.

7/10.

[The_Wolf]

i wonder what the the crowd reaction was towards taker when he tombstoned cena

[Gravedigger]

i wonder what the the crowd reaction was towards taker when he tombstoned cena
me too, that could have been a test to see how it would be if they faced each other in the future. Especially if Cena turns heel.

[unpossibl1]

yeah it's a so-so SD. i like the ending, but i hate the idea that eddie versed another basham. eddie is the champ dammit, why should he verse doug and danny within matter of weeks apart.

7/10.

I talked about this in a post not too long ago...Eddie isn't being established as a credible champion because he isn't facing championship level opponents. On Raw however, Benoit is looking like a solid champion and main event fixture...he has beaten Triple H, HBK, and now Kane. It's one of the many problems with SmackDown.

I am glad that the Dudley's got the tag belts, because the Haas/Rico thing wasn't that great. The only question it who are the Dudley's gonna defend it against? Rico and Haas? They aren't in the Dudley's league. The Bashams are heels, so it won't be them. Hmmm...Gunn and Holly maybe...although that isn't all that exciting. Oh, how I long for the days when SmackDown had Los Guerreros, Benoit/Angle, and Edge/Mysterio competing for the tag titles!

[Unknown]

This was the first time I read SD spoilers in nearly two years because I was anxious to see what they’d do with the cruiserweight title. Rey is a safe choice for the champ but right now he should be giving the rub to other cruisers and moving into the US title hunt. He has that Eddie Guerrero appeal to him meaning that he shouldn’t be limited to that division. He should put over Jamie Noble or maybe even a heel Billy Kidman (given the right time they can develop this feud into something good which could give him a new identity while getting him over enough to hold the belt). Chavo’s character is fine without the belt as he’s already over enough and has had a proper run with the belt already. I’ll have more on that in my review of the show on Friday.

As for the Benoit/Eddie comparison, I couldn’t agree more. Here’s the quote from the thread along with my response which was posted right after.

Yours:

I couldn't disagree more. I love the Triple H/HBK feud. Both guys can put on a great show and work together to perfection. The Hell in a Cell should be a great way to cap off a great feud. Remember, this is the feud that we never got to see 6 years ago. HBK lost the title to Austin at WM14. The next night, HHH came out on Raw and blasted HBK for dropping the ball. Everyone was waiting for HBK to come back for revenge, but it never happend because of HBK's back. Yeah, this feud has been going on for awhile now, but why shouldn't it? With the history between these guys a one PPV and done feud would cheapen the whole thing. This feud is something special, and that's why it's lasting longer than a typical one. Enjoy it while it lasts.

Moving on, has the gap in quality between Raw and SmackDown ever been biggger? Look no further than the Champion of each show. On Raw, Benoit is being respected and feared by everyone. He has beaten two legends in HBK and HHH...twice, getting clean wins each time.

On the other hand, Eddie Guerrero, who like Benoit, was a perennial upper mid carder at best, beat Brock Lesnar for the title because Goldberg took out Lesnar. From there, he beat Angle at WrestleMania, but it wasn't a decisive win. He tricked Angle and won with a rollup. After that, he has gone on to face Bradshaw, who he actually lost to via DQ. Eddie hasn't been established as a true main event star. He doesn't have the respect that Benoit does...he hasn't been allowed to dominate anyone, and it's a shame.

Furthermore, SmackDown is clearly hurting for stars (Bradshaw in the main event...need I say more?). Injuries have been a problem as well, and things will probably get worse before they get better. It's going to take a while to develop new stars, and with the Undertaker not working every show there isn't really any reason to tune into SmackDown every Thursday. I didn't watch the last one and I don't think I missed much. On the other hand, Raw is exciting...if I can't see the show I sure as hell am taping it.

Bottom line, SmackDown is the JV team, the second string, the Eastern Conference of the NBA if you will. And it's going to be that way for a while

Mines:


Yeah I've gotta agree with you on that one. I could understand to a degree why they had him lose to Brock like that but Angle? That wasn't understandable at all. After one fluke victory, the WWE should have used that matchup to show that Guerrero was a true champion. They could have maybe even had him use the Lasso from El Paso to make Angle tap out. Then they have him basically doing everything in the world to make Bradshaw look like a main eventer. I think the problem is that the WWE wanted to find a way to make Brock and Angle save face which is stupid because if your champion can't beat a challenger it makes him look weaker. They then took the weaker looking champion and pushed him into a feud where he'd look even weaker by building up Bradshaw. IMO, that should be the role of the Undertaker. He is nearing the end of his career and he shouldn't have even switched back to the deadman gimmick seeing as it won't help the show one bit if he has to destroy half of the roster. Eddie's credibility as a champion isn't great and that's only because the WWE has him playing the role of the underdog all of the time rather than the role of a credible champion. The challenger should always be the underdog not the other way around. What does the champion have to overcome? The challenger is the one who has to overcome the odds to become champion. I just hope that the WWE doesn't give Bradshaw the belt at GAB (the ratings will be horrendus) making sure that Eddie wins the matchup cleanly and that they bring back someone like the Rock for a few months or maybe turn the Undertaker and make Eddie feud with one of them on equal footing and get a clean decisive win over one of the two. That is the only way I could see him becoming as credible of a champ as Benoit is right now.

Here's the link to the thread just in case anyone wants to look at it http://www.wrestlepower.net/showthread.php?t=1025

They need to do something with Eddie. The money feud was Eddie/Booker going into Summerslam but they ruined all of that when they decided to kill Booker's character once again (as if they haven't hurt the guys character enough already). It's rumored that Taker might work as a tweener to feud with Eddie. This is the only way I can see Eddie gaining any credibility as champ. Going over Taker cleanly and looking as strong as him throughout the feud (not that they will even see this as logical...Taker never loses cleanly anyways). Eddie is SD's only choice as a champ right now. If they had built Booker like I said in the thread titled "What does the future have in store for the former five time WCW champ?" then they could have had someone to take the belt from Eddie when they needed him to drop it. Right now, unless they do something with either him, RVD, or John Cena, the only other choices for champs would be the worst choices in Taker and Bradshaw.

[Y2J World Champ]

I don't know if anyone know this. But I was wondering..................WHERE IS MORDECAI?

[12]

Heaven?

Smackdown does look better this week, Rico and Hass had a good thing going and so perhaps giving the titles to the Dudleys wasn't a good decision, especially seeing as they are in the middle of a feud with the Undertaker they ae guarenteed not to defend the belts at the GAB.
The end also look intresting, can't wait to see how it plays out.