3/10/05 Smackdown Review
Show opens with a recap of Orlando Jordan beating John Cena last week for the US Title.
Then. JBL and his cabinet come down to the ring. Good though long speech by JBL about OJ as the new US Champ and how he is gonna beat Cena at Wrestlemania. JBL's mic skills are good enough to make me care about OJ as US Champ. Added some more good heat the the Cena/JBL WWE Title match aqt Wrestlemania. Cool part where the blew up Cena's spinner title in a garbage can and then giving OJ the old (and in my opinion better) US Title.
Then we had a NO DQ match with Heidenreich and Booker T. Good match, especially with Heidenreich involved. They didn't use the NO DQ rule too much but was still pretty good. Heres hoping this was the end of this feud.
They show a clip of Orton challenging the Undertaker to a match at Wrestlemania. Then we go to Teddy Long telling Carlito to go find the Undertaker and find out his decision. Alright segment for what it was for.
Backstage Rey and Eddie are talking about defending the Tag Titles later in the show against JBL and OJ. Chavo came in a put a little more heat between Eddie and Rey. Hope they make Rey vs. Eddie next week for Mania. Will be a helluva matchup and a great addition for the Smackdown side of the card. Just wonderin if Eddie will go heel before or after Wrestlemania.
Carlito is looking for the Taker. Acting scared at every sound. Carlito is damned good at his role. Hope he gets back in the ring soon to back up his cool character with some cool wrestling.
Slow, boring match between Jindrak and Luther Reigns. Both guys have promise but didnt show it in this match. Was only 3 minutes and ended terribly when Jindrak gave Reigns a left hook to win. Yes, someone just won a match with a punch. Not good.
Cena comes out to the ring with a steel rod and wants to fight. He has picked it up on the mic and is much more intense. Glad he is being good on the mic again as it is making me more and more pumped for his Mania match where he will probably be the new WWE Champ. Teddy came down and said Cena wasn't gonna get to fight JBL and co. and gets FU'ed by Cena for his trouble. Good, intense segment by John Cena though FUing the GM is kind of odd for a face to do. Guess they want him to be against the "man"(which in this case is black) kinda like Stone Cold.
Kurt Angle comes out and talks about HBK. Angle is golden on the mic and I am so pumped for the HBK/Angle match at Wrestlemania. He then says since he is going to do what HBK did in his whole career in 4 weeks we are going to have a ladder match right now. Kurt squashes some local guy and climbs the ladder and gets hius medal. He then says that wasn't hard and that next week he will face Marty Jannety one on one. Can't wait or that as I wonder what is gonna go down. They have been building this HBK/Angle match real good and it continued tonight.
Josh Matthews interviews Big Show and says Akebono challenges Big Show to a sumo match at Wrestlemania which Show quickly accepts. Short, decent segment setting up a spectacle of a match at Mania. It will be cool to see two guys of this size in the ring at the same time and hope the American public like it since a Sumo Champ none of us know is involved.
Carlito comes to the ring and calls the Undertaker down to the ring. GONG and then the Takers usual boring, long ass entrance. He chokes Carlito and says Randy Orton will rest in peace at Wrestlemania. Carlito gets a tombstone to top it off. This would have been fine if the Takers entrance wasnt twice as long as the segment itself. Next week there will be a contract signing between Orton and Taker. Will be cool to see Orton on Smackdown and I am looking forward to this match as well. Mania is looking good so far. Not sure who should win the Taker/Orton match but there are positives for each guy.
Main event is now with JBL and OJ vs. Eddie and Rey for the tag gold. Decent match with the usual focus on Rey for a long time in the middle for a hot tag to Eddie. Match ends by DQ when JBL hits Rey with a chair as he goes for the 619. Then a brawl when the Bashams enter and help JBL and OJ beatdown the champs. Cena then comes out and clears house with his metal pole. Show ends with a staredown with Cena in the ring and JBL in the audience. Match was alright and ending with the staredown was okay.
This show had great buildup for Mania but seriously lacked much actual wrestling. Sad when the best match was Booker T vs. Heidenreich but whatever, as long as Wrestlemania doesn't dissapoint I can deal with these heavy hype shows. Sad there was no cruiserweight action this week as I guess the WWE still hates that division.
I will rate this episode a C+ so there ya go.
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Now listening to "The New Danger" album from Mos Def.
Then. JBL and his cabinet come down to the ring. Good though long speech by JBL about OJ as the new US Champ and how he is gonna beat Cena at Wrestlemania. JBL's mic skills are good enough to make me care about OJ as US Champ. Added some more good heat the the Cena/JBL WWE Title match aqt Wrestlemania. Cool part where the blew up Cena's spinner title in a garbage can and then giving OJ the old (and in my opinion better) US Title.
Then we had a NO DQ match with Heidenreich and Booker T. Good match, especially with Heidenreich involved. They didn't use the NO DQ rule too much but was still pretty good. Heres hoping this was the end of this feud.
They show a clip of Orton challenging the Undertaker to a match at Wrestlemania. Then we go to Teddy Long telling Carlito to go find the Undertaker and find out his decision. Alright segment for what it was for.
Backstage Rey and Eddie are talking about defending the Tag Titles later in the show against JBL and OJ. Chavo came in a put a little more heat between Eddie and Rey. Hope they make Rey vs. Eddie next week for Mania. Will be a helluva matchup and a great addition for the Smackdown side of the card. Just wonderin if Eddie will go heel before or after Wrestlemania.
Carlito is looking for the Taker. Acting scared at every sound. Carlito is damned good at his role. Hope he gets back in the ring soon to back up his cool character with some cool wrestling.
Slow, boring match between Jindrak and Luther Reigns. Both guys have promise but didnt show it in this match. Was only 3 minutes and ended terribly when Jindrak gave Reigns a left hook to win. Yes, someone just won a match with a punch. Not good.
Cena comes out to the ring with a steel rod and wants to fight. He has picked it up on the mic and is much more intense. Glad he is being good on the mic again as it is making me more and more pumped for his Mania match where he will probably be the new WWE Champ. Teddy came down and said Cena wasn't gonna get to fight JBL and co. and gets FU'ed by Cena for his trouble. Good, intense segment by John Cena though FUing the GM is kind of odd for a face to do. Guess they want him to be against the "man"(which in this case is black) kinda like Stone Cold.
Kurt Angle comes out and talks about HBK. Angle is golden on the mic and I am so pumped for the HBK/Angle match at Wrestlemania. He then says since he is going to do what HBK did in his whole career in 4 weeks we are going to have a ladder match right now. Kurt squashes some local guy and climbs the ladder and gets hius medal. He then says that wasn't hard and that next week he will face Marty Jannety one on one. Can't wait or that as I wonder what is gonna go down. They have been building this HBK/Angle match real good and it continued tonight.
Josh Matthews interviews Big Show and says Akebono challenges Big Show to a sumo match at Wrestlemania which Show quickly accepts. Short, decent segment setting up a spectacle of a match at Mania. It will be cool to see two guys of this size in the ring at the same time and hope the American public like it since a Sumo Champ none of us know is involved.
Carlito comes to the ring and calls the Undertaker down to the ring. GONG and then the Takers usual boring, long ass entrance. He chokes Carlito and says Randy Orton will rest in peace at Wrestlemania. Carlito gets a tombstone to top it off. This would have been fine if the Takers entrance wasnt twice as long as the segment itself. Next week there will be a contract signing between Orton and Taker. Will be cool to see Orton on Smackdown and I am looking forward to this match as well. Mania is looking good so far. Not sure who should win the Taker/Orton match but there are positives for each guy.
Main event is now with JBL and OJ vs. Eddie and Rey for the tag gold. Decent match with the usual focus on Rey for a long time in the middle for a hot tag to Eddie. Match ends by DQ when JBL hits Rey with a chair as he goes for the 619. Then a brawl when the Bashams enter and help JBL and OJ beatdown the champs. Cena then comes out and clears house with his metal pole. Show ends with a staredown with Cena in the ring and JBL in the audience. Match was alright and ending with the staredown was okay.
This show had great buildup for Mania but seriously lacked much actual wrestling. Sad when the best match was Booker T vs. Heidenreich but whatever, as long as Wrestlemania doesn't dissapoint I can deal with these heavy hype shows. Sad there was no cruiserweight action this week as I guess the WWE still hates that division.
I will rate this episode a C+ so there ya go.
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Now listening to "The New Danger" album from Mos Def.
posted by The White Falcon at 12:38 AM
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