SMACKDOWN AND ECW SPOILERS 3-06-09

thealltimelow

ECW

We are live on tape from Memphis, Tennessee and your announcers are Matt ‘I can’t top what Dave called him today in his audio hotline’ Striker and Josh ‘Does someone need their SATs taken’ Mathews. Match Number One: Evan Bourne versus Mark Henry with Tony Atlas
They lock up and Henry sends Bourne into the turnbuckles and Evan goes into the ropes and Henry with a clean break. Bourne escapes and he kicks Henry, but Henry with an elbow that sends Bourne to the mat. Bourne with a sleeper but Bourne is knocked off. Bourne with a drop kick to the knee but Henry with a body block that dazes Bourne. Henry with a forearm to the back and then he works on Bourne’s back some more. Henry throws Bourne into the and then he stretches Bourne using the ring post. Henry with a chin lock as he works on Bourne’s back. Henry with a head butt to the back followed by a kick. The referee threatens to disqualify Bourne if he does not observe the count. Henry misses a splash onto Bourne when Evan moves out of the way. Bourne with a series of kicks including a drop kick that take the big man down. Henry with an emphatic kick out. Bourne tries for a cross body from the turnbuckles and then Henry with a fallaway slam that sends Bourne out of . Bourne goes up top but Atlas grabs Bourne’s leg and the referee calls for the bell.
Winner: Evan Bourneby disqualification
After the match, Bourne avoids Henry and Henry goes to the floor. Mark yells at Tony and says that he blew it and that he had Bourne beat. Tony says that he was just trying to help.
We see footage from last week’s main event when Jack Swagger pinned Christian during the handicap match only to see attack Swagger. Then we see the Hart Attack.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Two: Zack Ryder versus Dustin Carwile
They lock up and Ryder with a knee and shoulder tackle and kicks. Ryder sends Carwile into the turnbuckles and then Ryder with a forearm in the corner. Ryder slaps Carwile and Carwile with a sunset flip. Ryder with kicks to the ribs followed by a rear chin lock. Ryder misses a charge but he connects with an elbow and a missile drop kick. Ryder with a neckbreaker for the three count.
Winner: Zack Ryder
Gregory Helms is with Fit Finlay and he asks Finlay when he is coming back. Finlay says that he believes in the saying a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye.
Match Number Three: Tommy Dreamer versus Paul Burchill with Katie Lea
Before the match starts, Katie tells Tommy that it is his honor to face her brother in Dreamer’s last match on ECW.
Dreamer with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Dreamer with an elbow drop and then he returns to the side head lock. Burchill with punches in the corner. Dreamer with a hip toss and arm drag into an arm bar. Burchill gets to the apron and Katie distracts Dreamer so Burchill sends Dreamer into the ropes and gets a near fall. Burchill works on the shoulder with knee drops. Burchill with a reverse chin lock. Dreamer with a sunset flip but Burchill with an elbow and knee to the back of the neck. Burchill with a reverse chin lock and he adds a body scissors. Burchill sends Dreamer to the mat. Dreamer with chops to the chest but Burchill with a front face lock and Irish whip followed by a running clothesline into the corner. Burchill with a choke on Dreamer. Dreamer with a side Russian leg sweep and both men are down. Dreamer with a punch to the midsection followed by an Irish whip and bulldog followed by a rollup for a two count. Dreamer with an inverted DDT but Burchill is under the rope. Burchill with an elbow to the back of the head and then Burchill with a brainbuster for a two count. Burchill charges into the corner but Dreamer moves and Dreamer hits a DDT for the three count.
Winner: Tommy Dreamer
We go to commercial.
We are back and Tommy Dreamer is still in the ring. He says that he wanted to take the time to say thank you because that might have been his last match on ECW television. Dreamer says that he will try to make sure that it is not his last match.
Dreamer is interrupted by Jack Swagger that Dreamer is the last ECW original and then he mocks Dreamer’s potential farewell address. Swagger says that the only person who cares is him. Swagger reminds Dreamer about his announcement that he will leave if he cannot win the title. Swagger says that it is only a way to keep him relevant. Swagger says that we have been hearing about it for months but he will take care of it on Sunday by winning the title on Sunday in Dreamer’s match, a hardcore match. He will make sure that Dreamer never appears on his show.
Dreamer says that he hopes that Swagger understands that this is not about his glory because it means something that he is willing to put his career on the line. Dreamer says that he would never grasp for any glory that he thought he had. Dreamer says that he will stand in the ring next week as the new ECW Champion.
It is time to run through the card for Extreme Rules.
We go to commercial.
We are back with the Weekly Striker about how more people watched ECW than baseball on ESPN last Tuesday.
Match Number Four: Tyson Kidd with Natalya and David Hart Smith versus Christian
They lock up and Christian backs Kidd into the corner and Christian with a clean break. They lock up again and Kidd with a waist lock but Christian with a hammer lock but Kidd reverses to the approval of Natalya. Kidd with a side head lock. Christian with a spinning heel kick for a near fall. Christian works on the arm but Kidd reverses and works on the arm and applies an arm bar. Christian reverses and then Kidd does the same and turns it into a cross arm breaker but Christian escapes into a side head lock. Christian with a series of shoulder tackles and near falls. Kidd backs into the corner and then he connects with a back kick and a drop kick to Christian’s head. Kidd sends Christian’s head into the turnbuckles. Christian blocks a move off the turnbuckles and hits a flapjack for a near fall. Kidd with forearms to Christian and an Irish whip but he charges into boots from Christian followed by a back elbow. Kidd sends Christian to the floor and he tries for a kick from the apron but Kidd misses. Christian pulls Kidd of the apron but Kidd with a spear into the ring steps and we go to commercial.
We are back and Kidd with a series of elbows to Christian’s back and then he chokes Christian in the ropes. Kidd with a kick to the head but Christian punches back and slaps Kidd. Kidd with a Maple Leaf but Christian rolls through to try to escape but Kidd holds on. Kidd holds on and stomps on the chest. Christian with an inside cradle to Kidd for a near fall but Kidd with a clothesline for a near fall. Kidd works on the back again and then he connects with a knee. Christian escapes a suplex attempt and then each man was thinking clothesline and they both go down. Christian with punches to Kidd followed by a running forearm. Christian with a drop toe hold and Christian stands on Kidd’s back while he is in the ropes. Christian goes to the apron and then he drops Kidd’s back on the top rope. Christian with a missile drop kick for a two count. Kidd avoids the Killswitch and then he blocks the tornado DDT. Christian tries for a sunset flip but Kidd drops down for a near fall. Kidd with a hard Irish whip followed by a back kick. Christian with a power bomb for a near fall. Christian catches Kidd on a springboard move and gets a two count with a power slam. Christian with the pendulum kick to Kidd and then he goes up top.
Jack Swagger comes out and he distracts Christian to allow Kidd to knock Christian off the turnbuckles. Kidd with a leg drop from the turnbuckles but Christian kicks out. Tommy Dreamer comes out and he knocks Swagger off the apron and then he hits a cannonball onto Smith and Swagger.
Kidd kicks Dreamer but Christian sends Kidd into the ring post and then hits the Killswitch for the three count.
Winner: Christian
After the match, Dreamer comes into the ring to applaud Christian’s victory. They fight over the title belt for a second and then they shake hands, but it was a trap since Dreamer hit a DDT on Christian. Dreamer kisses the title belt as we go to credits

thealltimelow

smackdown

*World champion Edge interviews Jeff Hardy in the Cutting Edge. There are tons and tons of ladders set up in and around . Edge interviews Hardy atop of two ladders until he pushes Hardy's ladder over.
*John Morrison defeated Shelton Benjamin with his corkscrew split-legged moonsault.
*Chris Jericho defeated R-Truth. Rey Mysterio attacked Jericho after the match and nailed him with a senton off the stage.
*CM Punk defeated Umaga with the GTS.
*Layla El & Michelle McCool & Alicia Fox defeated WWE Women's champion Melina & Gail Kim & Eve Torres with Maria as the special referee. Layla pinned Melina.
*Great Khali defeated Dolph Ziggler.
*WWE World champ Edge defeated WWE Intercontinental champion Rey Mysterio with a spear. Edge was laid out by Jeff Hardy, who posed atop a ladder to close the show.

Minto

I don't see the need for spoiler tags since it says spoilers in the thread title.

Here's a more detailed SD report:

SmackDown! Opener: Cutting Edge with Jeff Hardy

WWE SmackDown! open with a "Cutting Edge" segment. Edge is hosting his in-ring talk show with special guest Jeff Hardy. There are several ladders in the ring. Jeff gets a big reaction from the crowd. He climbs to the top of one of the ladders and tells Edge if he wants to talk to him, he has to do it on top of a ladder. Edge slowly climbs the ladder while saying no matter how high Jeff climbs, he'll knock him back down. With that said, Edge pushes Jeff off the ladder and onto the ground below.

Shelton Benjamin vs. John Morrison

Benjamin's music hits and he's coming out for a match. John Morrison's music hits and he'll be Benjamin's opponent for this one-on-one match. Very good match with lots of cool moves from both guys. Finish saw Morrison getting the pinfall victory after connecting with the starship pain move.

Winner: John Morrison


Chris Jericho vs. R-Truth

Chris Jericho's music hits and out he comes for an in-ring promo. Jericho talks about how he is going to expose Rey Mysterio. R-Truth's music hits and out he comes. R-Truth calls Jericho a hypocrite. He asks if Jericho thinks he's a thug and tells him things are going to get bad and that's the truth. Apparently this was prelude to a match as the bell sounds to start things off. Short match with Jericho getting the win via the codebreaker.

Winner: Chris Jericho

After The Match: Rey Mysterio Attacks

After the match, Jericho was celebrating and out came Rey Mysterio. Mysterio went on the attack with Jericho, who took some brief punishment before running off to the back.

CM Punk vs. Umaga

CM Punk's music hits. Out comes Umaga. We're going to have a one-on-one match with these two I guess. Punk gets the win with the "go to sleep".

Winner: CM Punk

-Todd Grisham and Jim Ross run down all the matches for Sunday's WWE "Extreme Rules" pay-per view.

6-Diva Tag Match:
-Candice Michelle, Layla & Alicia Fox vs. Gail Kim, Melina & Eve

Candice Michelle made her return tonight despite posting on Twitter that she'd be back in July. Typical Diva-cluster with the finish coming when Layla got the pinfall victory over Melina.

Winners: Candice Michelle, Layla & Alicia Fox

The Great Khali vs. Dolph Ziggler

Quick match, basically a squash match. Finish came when Great Khali hit the chokeslam on Ziggler for the pinfall victory.

Winner: The Great Khali

-John Cena is shown on the big screen to a huge ovation from the crowd.

Edge vs. Rey Mysterio

Decent match. Finish came when Edge got the pinfall victory with the spear.

Winner: Edge

After The Match: Edge Attacks; Jeff Hardy

After winning the match, Edge tries to attack Mysterio some more with the ladder. Jeff Hardy hits the ring to make the save. Edge runs off and the two stare each other down as the show ends.

JP Liz

Much much much better than Raw

thealltimelow

give me smackdown any day

Tricity Bendix

I've only seen ECW, so I'm avoiding the SD spoilers til Friday.

Thoughts:
Finlay's eye looked stoopid

I couldn't understand Katie-Lea

Whats wrong with being known as the woo WOO wooo guy? I don't like this more serious direction.

Christian v Kidd was awesome.

Jolt2007

Tricity Bendix wrote: »

Thoughts:
Finlay's eye looked stoopid

I couldn't understand Katie-Lea

Whats wrong with being known as the woo WOO wooo guy? I don't like this more serious direction.

Christian v Kidd was awesome.

Sums up exactly what I thought too.

As for Smackdown, what's the point in Punk/Umaga right before the PPV? Besides that it looks a treat once more. Looking forward to Shelton v JoMo again.

SlickRic

Smackdown should be the flagship show.

simple as that.

DM_7

Another Great Smackdown.

Just read the spoilers after watching the show and they didn't do the Smackdown any justice at all. It was far better than what appeared.

Strong start with the Cutting Edge. Good promotion of the ladder match.

Some good matches. CM Punk v Umaga was very good, Both Guys can really Benefit from this Feud. Punk got a nice response throughout the match. Umaga has come back very strong Post Injury.

I think Dolph has a great chance, he got a nice match out of Khali, so deserves praise.

Jo Mo's climb continues. I'm a pit pissed off seeing Shelton perform so well each week and end up losing but I should be used to it.

If someone told me before I watched the show that Jericho would take on Truth I wouldn't have had much Interest. But the interaction between the two pre match created interest for extreme rules Jericho v Rey and Truth v Jericho. Truth standing up to Y2J and putting up a good showing in the match means he actually gained respect while losing.

Thats my Favourite thing about Smackdown, By having guys go out and really compete they all look good, no matter who wins or who loses.

Edge Rey was another match full of competition. They both put on a good performance. I really don't get why some people are anti Rey as he has adapted very well to the limitations his injuries have put on him.

dsmythy

SlickRic wrote: »

Smackdown should be the flagship show.

simple as that.

It's a pity they're trapped on that godforsaken network. Then it would nearly have a chance of being so.

grames_bond

god i wish that people would tell JR and grisham to stop with the feckin doors references during jo mo's matches, its just getting annoying now! :mad:

Sunset V

grames_bond wrote: »

god i wish that people would tell JR and grisham to stop with the feckin doors references during jo mo's matches, its just getting annoying now! :mad:

Indeed.

I think he's getting into the grove of being a face now though. Shelton and he are really putting on some solid matches.

Are we likely to see more talking from Jo Mo soon though? He's solid on the mic.

flahavaj

Sunset V wrote: »

Indeed.

I think he's getting into the grove of being a face now though. Shelton and he are really putting on some solid matches.

Are we likely to see more talking from Jo Mo soon though? He's solid on the mic.

I don't think hes that great on the mic to be honest. His voice annoys me as well, he sounds like a young fella who's voice is in the process of breaking.

Sunset V

flahavaj wrote: »

I don't think hes that great on the mic to be honest. His voice annoys me as well, he sounds like a young fella who's voice is in the process of breaking.

looking back on my post I really should've said will we hear more talking rather than see!

I dunno, I thought the Dirt Sheet was very good. Yeah he wasn't as comfortable as the Miz but he had some really funny lines in it at the same time. But to be taken seriously as main eventer, surely he needs to be charismatic on the mic?

Jolt2007

He's improving on the mic, think he's rather good in this interview http://gamingring.com/news/?p=5166

Gerard.C

flahavaj wrote: »

I don't think hes that great on the mic to be honest. His voice annoys me as well, he sounds like a young fella who's voice is in the process of breaking.

That's the one problem I have with him, there's somethign about his voice that would wreck your head. Hope he works on it too, I really like him and hope he does well for himself. Enjoyed the match with Shelton on Smackdown.

As for ECW, Christian and Tyson Kidd was brilliant, Kidd has been BRILLIANT since being called up, I hope the Hart Dynasty really takes off. I could see Kidd's size holding him back, but every now and then there is someone who gets by being small, ya'd never know. Fingers crossed

flahavaj

Gerard.C wrote: »

That's the one problem I have with him, there's somethign about his voice that would wreck your head. Hope he works on it too, I really like him and hope he does well for himself. Enjoyed the match with Shelton on Smackdown.

As for ECW, Christian and Tyson Kidd was brilliant, Kidd has been BRILLIANT since being called up, I hope the Hart Dynasty really takes off. I could see Kidd's size holding him back, but every now and then there is someone who gets by being small, ya'd never know. Fingers crossed

I went out of my way to see this match on the recommendation of a few people and boy, was I not disappointed. Kidd is REALLY good and when did Christian get so good? Hes been great in-ring since he came back, really stepped it up a notch.

Gerard.C

flahavaj wrote: »

I went out of my way to see this match on the recommendation of a few people and boy, was I not disappointed. Kidd is REALLY good and when did Christian get so good? Hes been great in-ring since he came back, really stepped it up a notch.

True, remember when people were wicked upset that he returned on ECW? By god has he made the most of it, I've no problem with him being there. His fued with Swagger has been brilliant, and the matches have really lived up to the fued itself.

Tyson Kidd - Evan Bourne, wouldn't that be some fued? There's so much potential on ECW these days.

DM_7

I would like to join the Tyson Kidd Appreciation club.

He has performed brilliantly since appearing on ECW. I think he was very lucky to be called up to ECW. The other brands may not have given him the tv time he is getting on ECW to showcase his talents. The Hart Trilogy guarantees him TV time which is another bonus.

I love his version of the Elbow drop. Using the springboard off the ropes makes it into something better than a simple jump from the top corner. He also performed a nice leg drop this week which i hope he sticks with.

I really like the way he mixes the high risk moves with holds and strikes. It gives his matches plenty of variety.

flahavaj

Gerard.C wrote: »

True, remember when people were wicked upset that he returned on ECW? By god has he made the most of it, I've no problem with him being there. His fued with Swagger has been brilliant, and the matches have really lived up to the fued itself.

Tyson Kidd - Evan Bourne, wouldn't that be some fued? There's so much potential on ECW these days.

Whoever would have thought that WWE's version of ECW would be the best wrestling show on TV today? Mies better than ROH even these days.

Agreed on Kidd/Bourne. Book it Vince.