Original Airdate: Thursday, June 2nd, 2005
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Carlito's Cabana kicks off the show this week. He makes fun of the crowd and then introduces John Cena. Of course Cena makes fun of Matt Morgan's stutter and then compares him to Michael Cole. An almost 15 minute segment for Cena to announce that he and Big Show will take on Carltio and Morgan tonight.
Teddy Long is on the phone when Booker walks in with Sharmell. He does not want Sharmell taking on Kurt Angle tonight. Teddy says there is nothing he can do about it. Teddy tells him that it will now be Angle vs. Sharmell and Booker.
WWE Tag Team Championship Match
15 Minute Iron Man Match
MNM vs. Charlie Haas & Hardcore Holly
After getting to watch the MNM entrance a few times now for the first time in years, it really was kind of lame with the exception of the paparazzi. It felt very unnatural for both Morrison and Mercury with their mannerisms. Regardless, I'm looking forward to this one, as I enjoyed both of their other matches so far. Calling a 15 minute match an Iron Man Match is kind of silly though. Holly took great pride in making sure he could chop Mercury as hard as he could. Holly has Mercury up for the Alabama Slam, but Morrison superkicks him and Mercury reverses it into a pinfall for the early 1-0 lead. Creative spot there. They do a commercial break and it takes 3 minutes out of the match and we miss a pinfall. IT IS A TAPED SHOW. Haas hits a nice dive over the top rope to the floor during the break, but then he got thrown into the ring post and they barely even mention how they got the second fall. Haas gets a pinfall and now it's 2-1 around the 5 minute mark. Down to about 2 minutes and Holly gets a hot tag. He slingshots Morrison over the top rope and a dropkick to Mercury gets a nearfall. Holly goes up top, but is knocked down by Nitro. MNM goes for the Snapshot, but Haas spears Morrison and then Holly hits the Alabama Slam on Mercury. Melina runs in and gets on top of Mercury to block the pin by Holly and time has expired. It's really a shame that they chose to eliminate about 3 minutes of the match, let alone the pinfall. With the exception of that, this was another good match in their series.
Match Rating: ***1/4 (out of 5)
We get a recap of the Eddie Guerrero/Rey Mysterio saga.
Kurt Angle is out and confronts Tazz about not doing commentary during his match last week. They show a clip of Angle's appearance in ECW with Tazz. He offers Tazz a chance to join him and end ECW.
Kurt Angle vs. Booker T & Sharmell
Booker T is obviously fired up, but Angle quickly counters it and knocks Booker T out. He goes right for Sharmell and sets her up for a powerbomb, which leads to some gyrations. Booker attacks him from behind and hits the Book End. Booker hits some chops and right hands, but Angle goes right into three German suplexes and gets a 2 count. Sharmell jumps on Angle's back, but he counters and puts her in a hold and this angle is just absolute garbage. Angle hits an Angle Slam on Booker and gets a 2 count. Sharmell starts slapping angle and attempts to kick him, but Kurt puts him in an Ankle Lock. Booker makes the save with a kick to the face. Booker misses with the Scissor Kick and Angle pushes Booker into Sharmell and she is out. Booker hits a superkick on Angle and goes and checks on Sharmell. Angle drills Booker with a chair twice and then pins Sharmell for the victory. He lays on top of her after the victory, but Booker chases him away with a chair. I still can't believe that these guys agreed to this.The match was actually pretty entertaining for the type of match, but the angle just leaves the most awful taste in your mouth.
Match Rating: **1/4
They show a John Cena hype video.
Heidenreich vs. Devon Nicholson
Heidenreich picks a young girl out of the crowd to be his friend. Nicholson isn't your usual looking jobber, but Heidenreich still destroys him anyways. I don't know how, but this is more over than I ever remember it being. This is such a strange time.
Match Rating: 1/4*
The Divas are in the back talking and in walks Mark Jindrak. They talk about the draft and then he makes fun of them and they throw stuff at him. Awesome television.
Nunzio vs. JBL
JBL says that he is not wearing a cowboy hat is because of the stitches and injuries he suffered and blames it on ECW for making wrestling no longer a pure sport. He then calls Paul Heyman a liar and makes fun of him for living in his mom's basement. He then says that this match will last about as long as ECW and says he will make it an ECW Rules match. Nunzio agrees and is immediately is hit with a boot to the face. Nunzio goes under the ring and comes out the other side with a kendo stick and nails JBL in the head with it. Nunzio takes out the Cabinet with it, but JBL hits him with a Clothesline From Hell and then takes a kendo stick to the skull and that is all. It was a spirited squash.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Booker is backstage with Teddy Long. He wants a match with Angle and Long tells him that as long as they are both still on SmackDown, they will have a match next week.
John Cena & Big Show vs. Carlito & Matt Morgan
Big Show tosses Carlito over the top rope and on to Morgan as we head into the commercial break. Back from commercial and we have missed nothing. We miss a pinfall on the tag match, but nothing in this inconsequential match, okey dokey. Cena is in and body slams Morgan. Big Show hits a side slam on Morgan and begins to sell the injured ribs. The heels take the advantage as the result and Morgan goes to work on the ribs. Morgan puts him in the Bear Hug, my favorite move. Show battles out and tries to put Carlito in the Chokeslam, but Morgan pushes him away, right into Cena for the tag. Cena comes in and takes control. Five Knuckle Shuffle and the FU finishes off Carlito. Pretty standard TV main event there.
Match Rating: **
Well, the Angle/Booker storyline continues to be a complete embarrassment and it appears it is going to continue next week. However, it was nice to see a 15 minute segment for the tag titles and the squashes were kept short. Not a great show, but far from a bad one.
Match Rating: 58%
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