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**SPOILERS** WWE SmackDown! Taping Results
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Published On: 06/09/2004

**SPOILERS** WWE SmackDown! Taping Results

Dark Match:

Funaki beat Carly Colon.

Velocity:

Mark Jindrak beat Billy Kidman in a solid match.

Bob Holly and Billy Gunn beat two local guys. Holly and Gunn got a monster pop. Maybe Arn Anderson was right about them!

Spike Dudley beat Akio.

Rico beat Jamie Noble.

Mike will be calling back with Smackdown results later on.

The taping opened with Kurt Angle was in the ring, in his wheelchair. He demanded that Booker T and John Cena apologize for what happened to him last week when the two men knocked him out of his chair during their fisticuffs. Booker apologized to Angle, but Cena refused to. So, Angle told Cena that he had to wrestle Rob Van Dam, Rene Dupree and Booker T tonight. The first one to beat him tonight will get a US Title match against Cena at the Great American Bash.

Next was the debut of Kenzo Suzuki, who was carried out to the ring in "King Mabel" style and was with his wife. He beat Scotty Too Hotty in a pretty bad match.

Backstage, they did a bit where Angle it was stated that Cena's three challengers would draw straws to see who wrestled him when.

They did a vignette where Bradshaw was shown getting a manicure.

Rey Mysterio beat Chavo Guerrero Jr. after Chavo Classic's interference backfired.

A vignette aired that showed Paul Heyman with the Dudleys at an "unknown location" where they were keeping Paul Bearer. Heyman told the Dudleys that they didn't realize what kind of anger they had unleashed in the Undertaker. Heyman said he was going to go to Nassau Coliseum to talk to the Undertaker.

John Cena's three man challenge was next.

Booker T went first, and he and Cena battled to a five minute draw.

Rob Van Dam was out next, and RVD hit the frog splash as time was running out. He didn't make the cover in time, so that match ended in a five minute draw as well.

Cena then faced Rene Dupree but that match ended in a five minute draw as well.

Kurt Angle ordered an additional five minutes, and Cena pinned Dupree with the FU. Angle said that the pin didn't count, and then ordered that Cena defend the U.S. Title against Rene Dupree, Booker T and Rob Van Dam at the Great American Bash in a four way match. Booker and Dupree then attacked Cena, but RVD made the save. After Booker and Dupree were run off, RVD made a gesture to Cena that he wanted the belt. RVD ended up laying out Cena with a kick before leaving.

Bradshaw's limo arrived at the building. Bradshaw got out, then said he didn't need to wrestle tonight, so he was going to head back to New York City. He got back into the limo, and we saw that Eddie Guerrero was now driving the limo as it took off into the night.

Mordecai defeated Paul London.

The limo returned to the building, with Eddie crashing it into things. Eddie drove it to ringside, and we saw that Bradshaw, unconscious and covered in garbage, was still in the limo. Eddie got out and had the crowd scream to wake up Bradshaw. As Bradshaw stumbled out of the limo in shambles, Guerrero said that at the Great American Bash, Bradshaw would be as banged up as his limo was. Bradshaw was trying to put broken pieces back on his limo, and was very upset over what Eddie had done to his limo.

Paul Heyman came to the ring, and announced that tonight would "change the course of wrestling" as either the Undertaker would join him, or the Undertaker would destroy him. Undertaker came out, and it appeared that he was going to go after Heyman, but Heyman pulled out the urn, and Undertaker dropped to one knee in his classic "worshipping the urn" pose. That ended the TV taping.

After the taping ended, they did a brief Bradshaw-Undertaker confrontation for the live audience.

Seems like S2H is jobbing to these new guys all the time. And omfg, Paul London got TV time!..OH wait but he jobbed to Mordecai to..damn.Seems like an average Smackdown to me, but it might be better on TV as it always seems to be.

I hope to God that bit after the show doesn't signal an Undertaker/Bradshaw fued. Haven't the bookers punished the fans enough?

Also, notice how they are trying to get Dupree over as a serious contender for the US Championship? Yup, they are jobbing him out cleanly to the champion at every turn. And people say the Cruiserweight championship is a joke. The US belt has been treated like shit, ever since Big Show gained the title. I thought Cena picking it up would make it prestigious would change that, but it hasn't.

That was the whole show? it sounded like about 20 mins of airtime stretched in 2 hours

Oh yeah, its SmackDown!

Good god. Doesn't that Undertaker thing reminiscent of what Paul Bearer did to the Taker in 1997 (though Bearer was using Taker's "secret" as blackmail)?

Taker is not turning this is just some bullshit angle.


But read between the lines, RVD layed out Cena with a kick before leaving


RVD Heel turn: :drool:

R V D
:y: :yes: :yes: :drool: :yes: :yes: :y:

Sounds like the "John Cena show" this week. I question him working over 15 minutes, but then again, if he's going to move up the card he has to do that on a nightly basis.

I disagree with the US title thing, I think that title has been treated fine since Cena got it. Cena is basically a main event guy, and as such the US title gets featured every week, plus he's had the belt for several months now. I think they hurt the title with Big Show somewhat because he rarely defended it, but with Cena its been fine. I agree they shouldn't be jobbing Dupree so much, but again, that hasn't hurt the US title. The 4 way at GAB should be good. Although I question putting 4 of the top guys in one match, might hurt the rest of the card.

Taker-Heyman thing is an exact copy of the angle with Bearor back in the day, but at leats its a decent angle. Pretty much what I thought they would do, I would imagine he'll turn on them next week, leaidng to the handicap match at the PPV.

Eddie-JBL angle sounds like one of those typical WWE "lets smash stuff up" type deals. They've already shot all the angles they need for this feud, its just a mattter of taking up time before they get to the PPV.

Not much else to say, Mordecai squash, Suzuki squash, meh.

:y: :yes: :)

:drool:

It doesn't look like a RVD heel turn to me.

Look's more like they're trying to build a feud. The Rock attacked Austin when they were both faces, that didn't make Rocky a heel.

Everbodys"BAH GAWD RVD Heel Turn" Wet Dream = Not Happening.

But tonight I saw a more determined side of RVD that I really liked. Sweet as shit that they didnt "shake hands".

Come on...The WWE doesn't give us enough credit to think we can remember back that far. ;)

Why come up with new ideas when you can rehash?

What happened to the Mordecai? Did I just miss it or was it taken out?