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Count Anywhere
11-13-06
Welcome to Falls
Count Anywhere! My name is Chris. That is all.
SmackDown!
Well, this was a better episode than I’ve come to
expect, but still, there were problems.
They
opened with a thing to celebrate King Booker winning the
Champion of Champions at CyberSunday. Theodore R. Long came
out and said that he had promised Batista a title shot at
Survivor Series. That led to Theodore telling Booker that
he’d be defending against Lashley, which happened
early in the show.
The
match between the two of them wasn’t half bad. Lashley
still needs a good worker to guide him and Booker isn’t
quite at that level at the moment, but he’s still
good enough to carry his half. Lashley caught Booker when
he tried to leapfrog over him and hit a powerslam. He hit
a Spinebuster too. Of course, the finish was Sharmell distracting
the ref and that allowed Booker to get the schoolboy and
hold the tights for the win.
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There, there, let it all out...
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They did a lot
of backstage stuff with Benoit wanting answers from Vickie
and Chavo. I find this whole storyline awful and it hasn’t
even led to any good matches.
In a
quick match that I kind enjoyed, Jimmy Wang Yang and Matt
Hardy beat Gregory Helms and Sylvan. The heels teamed Yang
a bit, but when Sylvan came off the top, Jimmy hit him with
a Spinning Heel Kick. Hot tag led to cleaned house and hit
a Side Effect for a near fall. Yang hit a sweet corkscrew
plancha to the outside that is just another reason why he’s
actually getting himself over. Matt pinned Helms with a
SUPER Twist of Fate. Nice stuff.
Kennedy
did a little promo and UT came out. Kennedy pummeled him
with the mic and Undertaker ended up all bloody. It was
a nice beat down. I really think Kennedy needs to be the
one that beats UT at Mania. It would make him forever.
Benoit
and K.C. James had a match and I liked it. This was pretty
much a semi-squash, with James getting offense in at the
start and then the Wolverine getting his suplexes and a
diving headbutt. The end was the Crossface after James fought
it for a while.
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Bring
back corporal punishment.
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Michelle
McCool might be the hottest woman in wrestling right now
(if you don’t count Trinity or Ariel). They basically
filed the serial numbers off of Stacy Kiebler’s Miss
Hancock gimmick and delivered it to a hotter woman. She’s
smokin’!
Boogeyman squashed
a guy. It’s hard to believe that Boogey’s 43
or so.
Fit
Finlay is the Man! He and Batista, who is on Smallville
this week, had a decent match. Batista even used a sweet
backbreaker that I hadn’t seen before. The Leprechaun
hit Batista in the leg with the shillelagh while Finlay
was working the ref. Finlay worked on Batista’s leg
from then on. Batista then hit shoulder thrusts and used
a Muscle Buster. Batista nailed a running powerslam but
when he went for the DemonBomb, Finlay managed to get to
his leg. Batista hit a spear and a Spinning Side Slam before
Booker tried to interfere. That led to Booker pushing Finlay
into him and then using a Spinebuster for the win.
OK, that’s
all I saw this weekend. More later!
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