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Falls
Count Anywhere
11-08-05
(continued) (Taboo Tuesday)
SmackDown!
Not a bad show, really. They did a great opening with MNM
arriving in LA and treating it like it was a Hollywood premiere.
It looks like they’re trying to rebuild them, which
is the only way they can get money out of those guys. This
show actually went a fair ways towards doing that.
They
did a tag match with Rey Mysterio and Matt Hardy taking
on the ‘One Last Time’ Christian and JBL with
Holly as the ref. Rey was way over in LA. Nice spot as Hardy
launched himself onto Christian and JBL on the outside,
but the big man caught him. This allowed Rey to hit a plancha
onto the three of them. This was a good match and it ended
with the expected finish. Hardcore Holly got involved and
gave Christian the Alabama Slam, then he took the 619 and
the Twist of Fate to give the faces the win and Christian
the send-off.
So long,
Christian. You’re finally on your own.
Booker and Sharmell came out and jawed.
Theodore R. Long then came out and in a nice touch, Sharmell
and Book danced to his music. Teddy said he had to keep
Benoit from coming out to keep the peace and said that Booker
would be defending against him. Benoit came out to a good
pop, and the crowd seems to like Booker as a heel because
he got a lot of heat. The match was solid and it ended with
a nice finish as, after making the ropes during a Crossface,
Booker just walked away from the match. Good stuff up to
then.
Piper vs. Orton was bad. It ended with Piper
about to win when Randy came in and gave him the RKO.
Bobby
Lashley is a big guy and will go far. He beat Nunzio and
Big Vito. Lashley could be big if they push him right. They
took Ron Simmons and packaged him as Farooq and gave him
the Nation and he went big time, but they can’t do
that again. If they give Lashley a manager, and if they
can bring back Clarence Mason, they may have something.
Bischoff came out and said that he’d
like to see a Five-on-Five Survivor Series match between
the companies. I agree. Teddy said it was on. They’ll
also meet, and I don’t like Theodore’s chances.
Ken
Kennedy beat a jobber by the name of Scotty 2 Hotty. He’s
got even more potential than Lashley, and is far more ready
for the big time than Bobby. There’s a heel group
that is just begging to have Kennedy as its Arn Anderson.
Add MNM and maybe JBL as the talker and you’ve got
one hell of a stable.
The
main event wasn’t great, as Batista isn’t the
type of guy you want working with MNM. They had Eddie missing
the win on a few occasions, which doesn’t help him.
They had him give Melena the Frog Splash though. This ended
with Eddie getting hit with the knux and being small packaged.
Overall,
not a show you’re gonna wanna go out and make sure
you have taped, but not bad viewing.
RAW
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