Originally posted by Spaceman SpiffThere's a #1 contenders match between Psi & Crazy on Smackdown.
Truly I'm on the ball. That's kind of goofy, though. One of the, what, four existing feuds left on the show and they don't have a PPV match on a PPV bereft of matches.
If Lashley's poisonous enzymes had kicked in a week ago we could've had that Batista vs. Finlay vs. Regal match everyone has been anticipating.
Originally posted by Spaceman SpiffThere's a #1 contenders match between Psi & Crazy on Smackdown.
That's what it sounded like in the spoilers, but Helms did a whole song and dance about facing "one of these two guys - I don't know which", and post match claimed "I hope I face [Super Crazy]". They were very careful never to say #1 contender or winner gets title shot, so they're up to something here (or were when they taped it.)
Originally posted by thecubsfanThat's what it sounded like in the spoilers, but Helms did a whole song and dance about facing "one of these two guys - I don't know which", and post match claimed "I hope I face [Super Crazy]". They were very careful never to say #1 contender or winner gets title shot, so they're up to something here (or were when they taped it.)
Triple Threat, perhaps?
Man, I'd be pissed if I was Matt Hardy (the character). He beats Kennedy last week, and Kennedy is the one who gets the #1 Contender's match.
Originally posted by Spaceman SpiffThere's a #1 contenders match between Psi & Crazy on Smackdown.
That's what it sounded like in the spoilers, but Helms did a whole song and dance about facing "one of these two guys - I don't know which", and post match claimed "I hope I face [Super Crazy]". They were very careful never to say #1 contender or winner gets title shot, so they're up to something here (or were when they taped it.)
The spoilers also pegged Psicosis as the winner of the match. That whole segment seems to have been altered in translation. I'm thinking they put a triple threat on.
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Rey over King Booker Undertaker over Big Show Regal over Finlay Batista over Kennedy Ashley over all the other girls PitBulls win tag titles Helms retains CW title
Rey Mysterio (c) vs. King Booker - World Heavyweight Championship match - Booker wins, setting up Booker/Batista for Summerslam. I'll go out on a limb and say Chavo doesn't completely turn heel here, but that he comes out seemingly to offset the presence of Queen Sharmell, and ends up costing Rey the match by "accident" and turns full-blown heel on Rey after a confrontation on the next episode of Smackdown.
Batista vs. Ken Kennedy - Batista. I wanted to initially go against the grain here and say Kennedy wins via some weird screwjob fashion, since WWE seemed way too high on him before his injury to just feed him to Batista. A plethora of injuries and lack of roster depth, though, doesn't really give them much of a choice...and they really don't have anything for Kennedy to do right now anyway. RELATED MINOR RANT - more than anything, them feeding a guy like Kennedy (who seems to have a lot of upside) to Batista shows how much the roster's really hurting. Regardless of whether they're ready or not, I suspect they're not going to have much choice but to start calling up more guys from Developmental or moving RAW stars over, even if the Summer's planned to be a "down period" for Smackdown.
Undertaker vs. Khali - Punjabi Prison Match - WWE still hasn't announced Khali's off the show, but Meltzer and others are insisting this is the case and he'll be replaced by The Big Show. Daivari comes out, makes up some excuse for why Khali isn't there, out comes Show. Non-title match ensues, Undertaker wins after Daivari's attempt to interfere backfires. Taker walks off and Show chokeslams Daivari in retribution.
Fit Finlay (c) vs. William Regal - United States Championship Match - Finlay goes over in what could be a great match but could also be killed by apathetic or negative crowd reaction. No reason for them to change hands with the US title twice in three (aired) days.
Kendrick & London (c) vs. The Pitbulls (Noble/Kash) - WWE Tag Team Championship Match - Kendrick & London retain. Considering the four involved (even though I was never really that big on Kash), it makes me sad how much the enforced WWE style limits potential match quality. I know a lot of people will roll their eyes at for me writing what I'm about to write: but if this match were to take place in ROH it'd be incredible. That being said, I still expect it to be a decent to above-average match (if given time). And hey, where's Gymini?
Ashley vs. Jillian vs. Kristal vs. Michelle McCool - Four-Way Bra and Panties Match - It could be any one of the four. I'll roll the dice and say Ashley.
It's a weak card in terms of drawing power, but I really only see two matches - Four-Way Bra & Panties and Taker vs. Show(?) - that have the potential to be complete stinkers. Unless morale is really low, I expect it to be average or better overall in terms of match quality.
Edit: Gregory Helms (c) vs. Super Crazy (I Guess?) - Helms retains.
King Booker over Rey Mysterio Batista over Ken Kennedy The Undertaker over Miscellaneous Fit Finlay over William Regal The Pitbulls over Kendrick/London Ashley over Michelle, Jillian, Kristial, Nidia, Candice, etc. Gregory Helms over Whomever.
King Booker over Rey Mysterio Batista over Mr. Kennedy Finlay over Regal London/Kendrick over Pitbulls Undertaker over Big Show/Whoever Helms LOSES his title Ashley wins the 4-way
Rey over King Booker Undertaker over Big Show.....assuming he is facing Big Show Finlay over Regal Batista over Kennedy Michelle over everyone London and Kendrick over the Pitbulls Helms over Crazy.....or whoever he faces
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