Falls Count Anywhere

07-03-06

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SmackDown!
Gotta say, I hadn’t missed much when I’d been missing SmackDown!. JBL was pretty good on commentary, but I'm betting that the WWE's management was not nearly as impressed. JBL knocked new SmackDown! 'host' The Miz for winning a "Diva cuteness contest", meaning his Fear Factor win last year, while he called Mr. Kennedy an "Entertainer."

I’m sure Vince won’t like that.

They had Mark Henry do a bit where he said that he would spit on Eddie Guerrero if he were alive. That brought out my man Chavito and they faced off. Chavo said that he knew that Henry was only trying to get him out of retirement and then he got attacked. That brought out Rey-rey, but he got waylaid and that allowed Henry to get the Torture Rack on. Not a bad little angle as there are a lot of places to go with it, but I’m still not sold on Henry.

In a really good little match, SuperCrazy won by DQ over Gregory Helms. The crowd loved Crazy, which wasn’t surprising. I loved the Missile Dropkick that Crazy used on Helms. Psicosis came out and attacked Crazy. Good match. These two will probably be programmed together on house shows which will probably produce good matches that almost nobody will see.

They debuted Jamie Nobel and Kid Kash as The Pitbulls. They have the motto that it’s not the size of the dog in the fight. I’m not sure why they’re bringing the Pitbull name back without using Pitbull Number 2 at all. Still, they had a squash and finished with a Doomsday Device.

Ashley and Kristal did a segment where they got catty to each other. After that, they showed Bobby Lashley backstage in a sharp suit. The man can dress

This image may haunt my dreams.

Matt Hardy took on Fit Finlay. They showed Hardy vs. Fit from January in a way to try and build heat. Matt was over with the crowd, especially when he started his comeback with a Bulldog. Fit had his leprechaun and when Hardy looked under the ring, the little guy kicked him in the face. That led to Hardy having to take the Snake Eyes and then the Celtic Cross for the win to Finlay. The little guy then gave JBL a Guinness. Not a bad match, but really didn’t go too far towards any sort of impressive future.

Ken Kennedy beat the hell out of Gunnar Scott. Afterwards, Kennedy announced himself the winner. The Great Khali came out and Kennedy took off leaving Gunnar to get destroyed.

Vito in the dress took on Simon Dean. Vito won. That’s all I’m going to say about that match.

The cage match between Booker T and Bobby Lashley wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t much of anything special. This really was where they’d have been able to make Lashley look like a star by winning the cage match clean overcoming the interference of Finlay and Regal. They didn’t play that angle much, except when Lashley was about to go out and Fit slammed his head with the door. Lashley knocked Booker off the top and then climbed down to victory.

Not a great show, a fair bit uneven.

NEWS
They’re trying to get Hulk Hogan back, and it seems like they’re close. They’ve started the angle with Orton and there’s talk about having Orton lusting over Brooke as a way to get her exposure. There’s also a lot of talk that her people, other than Hulk, are totally against her getting involved in wrestling. They both probably have a point. There’s money in Orton-Hogan, but not enough to justify doing the match.

In other news, there’s talk about The Rock. While Vince and Rocky have only chatted briefly lately, the topic was brought up. We’ll have to see.

I’ll be back on Thursday with more news and notes.

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Chris Garcia