12/30/02-1/5/03
Smackdown
INT. LOCKER ROOM – NIGHT
Bill DeMott is warming up when Nykk approaches him.
Nykk: Bill!
DeMott stops what he’s doing and gets in Nykk’s face.
Nykk: Whoa, whoa, I mean Mr. DeMott, of course. Listen, you and I have a match against Chuck Palumbo and Funaki next, and I just want to make sure we’re on the same page. I know us little guys are all one and the same to you, and I just want some assurance that you’re not going to turn on me out there or anything.
Bill: Who the hell are you to ask for mercy? Do I scare you, Nykk? I should. I’ve been in this business twelve years and you’ve been here for a year and a half. We have this thing in the wrestling industry called paying your dues. What dues exactly have you paid, Nykk? You have no business being here. So who the hell are you to ask mercy from me?
Nykk: I… never really thought about it like that.
He thinks for a few moments.
Nykk: I think you’re right, Bill. I’ll… see you out there.
Nykk leaves the locker room, and Bill looks a little puzzled.
INT. ARENA – NIGHT
MATCH: Nykk and Bill DeMott vs. Chuck Palumbo and Funaki
Chuck Palumbo’s theme hits and he and Funaki make their way to the ring.
Cole: Chuck Palumbo and Funaki are out here for tag team action.
Tazz: I don’t know how enthusiastic they should be, though. These guys have the thankless task of being across the ring from Bill DeMott.
Bill DeMott’s theme hits and he makes his way to the ring.
Cole: Here comes one of the trainers on Tough Enough, who has had a winning streak going ever since returning to Smackdown.
Tazz: He’s steamrolled over guys like Funaki and Shannon Moore, and even his own partner was worried about being attacked.
Nykk’s theme hits and he makes his way to the ring.
Cole: Here comes Nykk, and I still don’t know what’s up with him. He owes Croooooow a shot at the Cruiserweight Title, yet he ducks him again this week as he teams with Bill DeMott.
Tazz: He acted kind of funny back in the locker room too. He didn’t seem too intimidated by DeMott or anything, but something DeMott said seemed to upset him.
FINISH: Palumbo tags in and takes down Nykk with clotheslines. He executes a belly-to-belly suplex, but DeMott tags himself in. He gives Palumbo a hard clothesline, and then a scoop slam. Funaki comes in and tries a dropkick, but DeMott doesn’t budge. He beels Funaki across the ring and then give him an avalanche in the corner. He whips Palumbo into the opposite corner and gives him an avalanche. He then goes up and hits his moonsault for the three count.
Winners: Nykk and Bill DeMott at 3:43
Cole: DeMott’s streak continues. Who’s going to stop this man?
Nykk sees DeMott staring at him as he celebrates, and begs off. DeMott stalks toward him, but Nykk manages to convince him to leave him alone. DeMott leaves and Nykk looks relieved. He leans on the ropes and watches DeMott go, but all of a sudden, Huh jumps over the guardrail and slides into the ring. Nykk turns around and gets some right hands from Huh. He whips Nykk into the ropes and hits the Windbreaker. He sets Nykk on the top rope and then goes to the second turnbuckle. He puts Nykk on his shoulders and gives him an electric chair suplex from the second rope. Huh’s theme plays as he plays to the crowd.
Cole: Nykk has been laid out by a member of the group he used to lead! And it wasn’t Croooooow, Cynric or the Pyro Twins who did it, it was… Huh!?
Tazz: I guarantee you this is the one thing that Nykk never saw coming!
Nykk starts to regain consciousness as Huh stares back at him from the stage.
INT. PARKING GARAGE – NIGHT
Josh Matthews catches up with Nykk, who’s leaving the arena with his bags.
Josh: Nykk! Nykk, can I have a word, please? We just saw you get beaten up by one of your former Squad members. Do you have any comment?
Nykk: (pauses) When your friends start attacking you, it really puts things into perspective. You know something, Josh? It just isn’t fun anymore. Maybe it’s time to give it all up.
He leaves Josh behind as he heads for his car.
INT. ARENA – NIGHT
MATCH: Cynric vs. Matt Hardy
Matt Hardy’s theme hits and he makes his way to the ring. This week’s Matt Facts state, “Matt has a bowling average of 240,” and “Matt has always spelled Albuquerque correctly.”
Cole: Well, Matt Hardy asked for this match last week, and he got it. After having many confrontations with Cynric over the last few weeks, Hardy will now face him one on one.
Tazz: It looks like Mattitude is alive and well here tonight, Cole.
Cynric’s theme hits and he makes his way to the ring.
Cole: This all started the week before Armageddon, when Matt tried to make Cynric one of his followers, or MFers, as he calls them. Cynric turned him down, and Matt didn’t take it too well.
Tazz: Matt ended up on a concrete floor, but he got revenge the next week. Now he wants Cynric in a match.
FINISH: Cynric goes for the Shock Cannon, but Matt escapes and pushes him into the ref, who goes down. Matt kicks him and goes for the Twist of Fate, but Cynric pushes him into the turnbuckles, and then vaults off the second turnbuckle to take him down with a body press. He then hits the Lift Off and covers, but the ref is still out. Cynric revives him, but Shannon Moore runs out with a chair, and wearing a Matt Hardy t-shirt. He hits Cynric with the chair and then rolls out of the ring. Matt hits the Twist of Fate and gets the three count.
Winner: Matt Hardy at 4:45
Cole: Matt Hardy stole the victory, thanks to Shannon Moore.
Tazz: Well, Shannon’s been a friend of Matt Hardy for a long time, Cole. I guess it makes sense that he would help his buddy.
Matt and Shannon contemplate hitting Cynric with the chair some more, but Croooooow, Huh and Cheesecake run out. Hardy and Moore roll out of the ring as they tend to Cynric.
INT. PROMO SET – NIGHT
Mark Loyd is standing by with the Pyro Twins.
Mark: Jay, Dusty, last week you had an encounter with B-2 and John Cena, who said that you cheated when you beat them on Velocity the previous week. The question is, are you going to continue to pursue them?
Jay: Loyd, you saw along with everyone else last week that you don’t mess with the Pyro Twins. We kicked their asses last week, and plan on doing it again right here on Smackdown next week. They haven’t been beat up properly!
Dusty: B-2 and Cena think they’re real hip, dressing like street thugs. They may not be street, but we’ll make them eat pavement next week when we…
All of a sudden, John Cena runs up and clotheslines Dusty from behind. He stomps on him as Jay tries to intervene, but gets knocked out by B-2, who has a chain wrapped around his fist. Dusty gets to his knees, but also gets knocked out by the chain.
Cena: (rapping) Yo, it’s B-2 and JC, no doubt, / and you’re gonna bleed cause your act is played out / Try not to run or hide, cause we’re gonna win, / We cannot abide by you Pyro Twins / tryin’ to start fires, the pleasure you seek / You’ve raised our ire and we’ll beat you down next week!
They leave as the Pyro Twins regain consciousness. Dusty starts to laugh evilly.
INT. ARENA – NIGHT
MATCH: Croooooow vs. A-Train
A-Train’s theme hits and he makes his way to the ring.
Cole: Here comes the monster, A-Train, who is coming off a loss to Edge from a couple of weeks ago.
Tazz: The big A-Train definitely needs to recuperate, but I’m not sure Croooooow is the guy to try to do that with right now. He’s been on something of a streak lately.
Croooooow’s theme hits and he makes his way to the ring.
Cole: Croooooow is now the somewhat burdened leader of the PPV Squad, as Nykk was kicked out last week and seems to slowly be slipping into lunacy.
Tazz: He has the Cruiserweight Title, and Croooooow wants it, but he doesn’t really know if he can face his friend, when it comes down to it.
Croooooow gets a mic.
Croooooow: A-Train… I just have one question for you. What kind of train are you supposed to be, anyway? A choo-choo train? An Ice Train? I’m just curious. And what’s the deal with all that hair, man? Maybe your name should be Potty-Train, because you look like #@%$!
Cole: A-Train is infuriated!
Tazz: Croooooow doesn’t usually do something like this, Cole. It has to be part of his strategy.
Croooooow: I mean, I realize you need to be warm in the winter, but that’s just a little… oh, crap!
Croooooow drops the mic and runs for it as A-Train slides out of the ring and chases him.
FINISH: During the match, A-Train exposes a turnbuckle. He lifts Croooooow for his backbreaker, but Croooooow manages to push off the top turnbuckle and vault backwards to his feet. He gives A-Train a drop toehold and goes for the Carrion Stretch, but A-Train is too big and elbows Croooooow in the head. Croooooow dropkicks him in the head before he can get up and tries to whip him into the exposed corner. A-Train reverses it and Croooooow crashes into it painfully. A-Train charges, but Croooooow moves and A-Train slams his chest into the metal ring. As the ref checks on Croooooow, Edge runs down and grabs A-Train by the head, ramming him into the exposed turnbuckle. Croooooow schoolboys him and gets a quick three count.
Winner: Croooooow at 4:33
Cole: Croooooow sneaked in the win after A-Train ran headlong into the turnbuckle that he exposed.
Tazz: Edge came out here for a little revenge from last week and helped Croooooow beat A-Train. I think the impact knocked the wind out of him and Croooooow took advantage of it with a schoolboy roll up and a surprise victory.
Edge shakes hands with Croooooow and raises his hand in victory.
Velocity
MATCH: Cheesecake and Shadow vs. Jamie Noble and Nidia
Jamie Noble and Nidia win after Noble executes a tiger bomb on Cheesecake.