Original Airdate: Thursday, June 23rd, 2005
Tucson Convention Center
Tucson, Arizona
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Randy Orton is here to start the show. Orton emphasizes that he is the Legend Killer and names off all of the legends he has taken out. He then goes on to blame an injury sustained during his match at WrestleMania that caused him to not be able to beat the Undertaker. The lights start to flicker and a video is shown of their match at WrestleMania and it repeatedly shows Taker giving the Tombstone to Orton. The lights go out and Taker is in the ring when they come back on. Orton rolls out of the ring and says that he isn't going to do this on Taker's terms. Taker says that "death waits for no one" and a lightning bolt comes down and strikes near Orton. He retreats to the back and we head to commercial.
Joey Mercury vs. Heidenreich
Heidenreich hits all three of his moves on Mercury here. He then goes off the ropes even though he clearly sees Johnny Nitro standing right there and of course Nitro grabs his leg. This allows Mercury to make a comeback with a reverse neckbreaker. Heidenreich later hits an inverted atomic drop and sends Mercury over the top rope. Melina comes on the apron and slaps him. Heidenreich points to the ramp and down comes Michelle McCool. She attacks Melina, but then Nitro interferes and Mercury gets the pinfall victory. This was just filler.
Match Rating: 1/2*(out of 5)
They show a sitdown interview with Rey Mysterio and he talks about hitting Eddie with the chair last week.
MNM are in the back and Melina is furious about Michelle McCool. Melina challenges her to a match next week.
JBL is knocking on Theodore Long's door. JBL asks about a SmackDown Championship and JBL thinks he should be the champion. Long says he will have a big announcement.
Cruiserweight Championship Match
Chavo Guerrero vs. Paul London
London hits a standing hurricanrana after a early flurry from Chavo. He dumps Chavo over the top rope and then all of a sudden three men on a lawnmower are coming down the ramp. It is the infamous debut of the Mexicools. They attack both men, causing the ref to call for the bell. Juvy grabs the mic and runs down some Mexican stereotypes. They refer to the lawnmower as a Mexican limo. He says they are tired for working for us and they say they are going to take over wrestling, America, etc. The match was too short for it to be rated, as this was only on the show to debut the new additions.
Match Rating: N/R
Back from commercial break and JBL is in the ring. He says that he should be the champion of SmackDown. He says that everyone can bow down to the feet of the Wrestling God. Out comes Booker T. Booker says that he and JBL should wrestle tonight and the winner should be named SmackDown Champion. Out comes Benoit and then Big Show. They want it to be a triple threat and a fatal four way, respectively. Now Teddy is back out. He announces a five way match next week and then Muhammad Hassan and Daivari are out. We are nearing the end of his run and I have no idea if they edited out his final angle. He calls his undefeated streak the most prestigious in WWE history. Okay, buddy. He then runs down everyone in the ring with some pretty lame insults. Long adds him to the match next week. JBL pushes Hassan down and then everybody joins in and he's thrown out of the ring. Big Show then catches Daivari and he tosses him to the floor onto Hassan. Teddy then announces that Hassan will take on Big Show. That was a long segment for what they were trying to accomplish and didn't have the right guys to pull it off.
Muhammad Hassan vs. Big Show
We join the match already in progress and Big Show is dominating. Hassan is fresh off his 2 minute loss to Cena, which just also happened to be his first official loss. Matt Morgan makes his way to ringside and sits with Tazz and Cole. Yes, he still stutters. Big Show hits a huge suplex on Hassan. Hassan is getting quite the initiation here tonight with multiple open palm slaps to the chest. This is all while Morgan continues to stutter over and over. Daivari gets in the ring and Show throws him around. He then tosses Hassan into the ref. Morgan comes in with a chair, but Big Show takes it and uses it on Morgan. Hassan then uses the chair on Show with a sick thud to the head. He goes off the top rope and causes the chair to hit his throat and gets the victory. This was here to get Hassan a big victory and nothing else.
Match Rating: 3/4*
We get a highlight package of the entire Rey Mysterio/Eddie Guerrero story that has dominated the blue brand for most of the year.
Eddie is in the back taping his wrists. He says there are people who think that he can't beat Mysterio. But they don't know what he is capable of.
Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio
They stare each other down to begin, while the crowd chants "Eddie sucks". We get a long feeling out process to start. Rey finally gets a burst in and hits a dive to the outside. Back from the break and it's been all Mysterio. Eddie continues with a lot more submission wrestling. Rey counters Eddie's suplex and hits a hurricanrana. They are really pushing the story that Eddie can't beat Rey. Eddie slams Rey into the announcers table and then into the steps. He hits a powerbomb, but it only gets a 2 count. Rey gets a flurry of offense and hits the seated senton. Eddie catches an elbow, but is able to push Rey into the ring post while he's climbing the ropes. Eddie hits two of the Three Amigos. Rey reverses the third one and goes for 619, but Eddie ducks it and hits the third suplex. Eddie goes up top and misses with the Frog Splash. Rey reverses a powerbomb and then hits a 619. Rey hits a springboard legdrop and that's enough to get the three count. This was all about story and it resulted in a slower paced match that emphasized Eddie's heel turn. Unfortunately, it was not as entertaining of a match that you would expect from these two. I appreciate that they went for something different since they have wrestled each other multiple times this year, but this one just didn't click for me.
Match Rating: **1/2
I would chalk this one up as a disappointment. The draft had been really going pretty well, but Hassan just feels underwhelming. The Orton arrival feels right though and getting him away from Triple H was the right move. The main event was the weakest entry in the otherwise really good feud between Mysterio and Guerrero. It took up about 25% of the show, but didn't deliver the classic I was hoping for. Here's hoping the 6 man match next week doesn't disappoint.
Overall Rating: 47%
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