Vince McMahon arrives at the arena and immediately makes his way to the ring. Vince is pissed off and is not going to take anymore mistakes or failures. As of tonight he is �taking over� SD (Stephanie is GM, but Vince is in control). He guarandamntees the audience that he (Vince) will be leaving with a smile on his face.
A new vide opening for SD is run.
Team Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero & Tajiri (WWE Tag Team Championship)
Early on in the action Michael Cole announces that Kurt Angle will be rejoining the SD roster in 2 weeks in Anaheim. Eddie and Tajiri are on the offensive throughout the first half of the match. A commercial break (and Tajiri going to the outside) is the turning point where Team Angle comes out of no where with the tag team chemistry and offense. At one point Eddie takes out both members of Team Angle with a Arm Drag and Leg Scissors simultaneously. The tag champs retain their titles via DQ when Haas is caught by the Ref with a chair in his hand after Eddie hit the Ref and tossed that chair at Haas.
Winner(s): Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri
Last week, Zach Gowen being assaulted by Piper and O Haire.
Backstage, Stephanie runs into her father and wants to make sure everything is alright since he seems a little obsessed with Hulk America. Vince relays to her that he is fine, but after tonight he will be out of control.
-- Commercial �
Lesnar vs. a member of FBI is promoted for later on tonight.
Vince comes storming back out to the ring and calls out Piper for his mistakes at Judgment Day. Vince snaps on Piper and slaps him once, but Piper promises to tear Vince�s throat out if he were to hit him again. O Haire has to separate the 2 men and then offers his services to Vince and the problem he is having with Hulk America. O Hair believes that he can rectify the situation this very night. Vince agrees to the match, the only stipulation is that if O Haire does not beat Hulk America tonight then Piper is fired.
-- Commercial �
Commercial promoting the return of Kurt Angle in 2 weeks.
John Cena vs. Brian �Spanky� Kendrick
Cena comes to the ring and cuts a promo/rap on Spanky. Spanky barrels ass down to the ring and basically gets his ass handed to him by Cena. This wasnt a big man style squash match, but Cena has his way with Spanky. Cena gets the victory after hitting the FU.
Winner: John Cena
Highlights of Lesnar vs. Show at Judgment Day are shown.
Backstage, the FBI are discussing their upcoming match. They are aware that they have 2 things going for them; 1) Lesnar is not 100% after the Stretcher Match, & 2) any 1 of them could be the 1 to face Lesnar.
-- Commercial �
Rey Rey�s 619 DVD is promoted (it hits store shelves next Tuesday).
Rey Mysterio comes down to ringside as a guest commentator for the next match.
Chris Benoit vs. Matt Hardy (w/ Shannon Moore & Crash) [Non Title Match]
Back and forth action between both competitors. The MFers stay out of the match until the conclusion where Moore finds himself on the receiving end of a 619 from around the post and Crash is greeted with much of the same from Rey Rey. Hardy at this time is distracted and Benoit is able to land the crossface on for the victory. After the bell, Hardy challenges Rey Rey to a title match anytime, the catch is that he has to beat both Crash and Moore in a handicap match right now. Rey Rey has no problem accepting this challenge.
Winner: Chris Benoit
� Commercial �
Rey Mysterio vs. Shannon Moore and Crash (Handicap Match)
Your typical handicap / 2 on 1 match for most of it, but Rey Rey comes up limping after a spring board dive onto Crash. For the remainder of the match he is holding his groin and in very noticeable pain. Rey Rey gets the first pin via a huricanrana on Moore. That is immediately followed up by reversing a power bomb by Crash into a roll up for the pin. After the match, Hardy returns to the ring and attacks both Crash and Moore. While that is going on Rey Rey is assisted to the back via trainers.
Winner: Rey Rey
Zach Gowen and Stephanie McMahon are shown preparing for their upcoming interview/segment.
-- Commercial �
Backstage, Stephanie is sitting down with Zach Gowen. We find out that Zach at a very young age was diagnosed with a form of bone cancer that resulted in the amputation of his leg to insure survival. He rejected the Make a Wish Foundation�s offer of granting him his wish of meeting Hulk Hogan because he knew he would survive. His next goal is to wrestle along side the immortal Hulk Hogan some day for SD. Vince is shown elsewhere backstage watching the interview conclude.
-- Commercial �
Still photos of the Stretcher Match are shown.
Backstage, Hulk America is posing for pictures when Vince walks up and adds another stipulation to the upcoming O Haire vs. Hulk America match. If O Haire wins, Hulk must next week be administered a polygraph. America is not too thrilled with this idea, but Vince convinces him that if he doesnt agree to this Zach Gowen will never see his dream fulfilled of becoming a professional wrestler because he (Vince) will guarantee that he never works for any company worldwide. Hulk America agrees to the test, as he (America) walks away he calls Vince an SOB.
Johnny Stamboli (w/ Nunzio and Chuck Palumbo) vs. Brock Lesnar (Non Title Match)
Lesnar is absolutely in charge of the first half of this match and then Stamboli gets his little run of offensive, but Lesnar gets the victory after all 3 members of the FBI interfere and proceed to �lay the smackdown� on the fallen champ. The returning Undertaker makes the save and clears the ring.
Winner: Brock Lesnar
The Hell in the Cell Match scheduled for Badd Blood is promoted (and you thought Bossman vs. Undertaker in The Cell was bad, wait until these 2 clowns get in the ring).
-- Commercial �
Moments ago, the Undertaker making his return to SD.
Okay Im going to really condense this next segment because Sable had no entry music (it was on the screen, but nothing could be heard) and it really served no purpose. Sable runs her mouth about herself being on the cover of the new Raw magazine and takes issue with Tazz awarding the Bikini Competition to Torrie last Sunday. Before Sable leaves she dumps water over the head of Tazz (which probably wasnt expected by Tazz because he jumps out of his chair and away from a mic calls her a bitch).
Backstage, Vince is talking with Piper and O Haire. They all seem to agree that Vince will be leaving happy tonight (ie; Hogan being revealed). But Vince says he will be leaving happy one way or another (ie; Piper being fired).
-- Commercial �
Sean O'Haire (w/ Roddy Piper) vs. Hulk America (w/ Zach Gowen)
Your standard Hulk match with Mistress O Haire getting much of the offense throughout the bulk of the match, when Hulk goes to �Hulk Up� Vince comes to ringside accompanied by SC�s finest. Zach is arrested, causing Hulk to get out of the ring and eventually counted out. Your winner is Mistress O'Haire. Hulk then chases after Vince, but Piper from behind hits him with a chair and leaves him in the aisle on his back. Vince raises both Piper and O Haire�s arms as the show ends.
Winner: Sean O'Haire
Credit: Christopher Ouellette of WrestleView.com