Original Airdate: Thursday, July 14th, 2005
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Eddie Guerrero is out to kick off the show. He shows the clip from last week of Rey holding the ropes open for him. He says this week he will top that by telling his secret. He tells Dominik to listen closely. Vickie Guerrero comes out with his two daughters while he is telling his story. Eddie yells at her to go to the back. Vickie grabs the mic and begs him not to tell the secret because it could hurt a lot of people. She calls Rey a good man, causing Eddie to grab her and take her to the back. After the commercial break, they show them arguing in the back. Hardcore Holly comes out and tells Eddie to calm down. Eddie pushes him away, but Holly fires back and shoves Eddie into their car. Eddie yells at Vickie to drive away. They did the best they could with a storyline that is just a little too much for wrestling.
Mexicools vs. Paul London, Funaki & Scotty 2 Hotty
Super Crazy and Funaki start it off. Funaki hits a headscissors and it's already pretty apparent this one is going to be a quick match. Scotty kicks Crazy off the apron, but then the Mexicools catch him from behind to regain control. Psicosis and Juvy hit a double sliding dropkick to the head of Scotty. London gets the hot tag and takes care of all three Mexicools with a variety of kicks. London hits a suplex and is heading up top, but Pisocisis stops him and Super Crazy pulls London off and hits a springboard moonsault. Juvy hits a 450 splash for the victory. London got absolutely destroyed by Juvy's knee right in the face there. Not a great way to win over the office there. The match got over that the Mexicools are a heel team that will go to any length for a victory. It's just too bad they are stuck with an awful gimmick.
Match Rating: *3/4 (out of 5)
Candice Michelle is backstage looking at herself in a mirror when Christian interrupts. Christian tells her that if she needs any help breaking out of her mediocrity, he can help because he is so respected. Booker overhears it and challenges him to a match tonight.
Batista is back with Josh Matthews and they show the clip of JBL losing last week. He said that he will punk JBL out.
MNM is in the back and Melina walks up to Torrie Wilson and confronts her. Melina tells Torrie that she can do anything Torrie can do better. Torrie challenges Melina to a match at Great American Bash. Torrie decides to make it a bra and panties match. What a set up.
Heidenreich is on his way to the ring, but he is attacked by MNM. Melina asks where all of Heidenreich's friends are now. MNM is about to go for the Snapshot, but out comes Road Warrior Animal and Michael Cole acts as if it's The Rock. He runs in and tosses both Mercury and Nitro out of the ring. He was 44 years old here. He grabs a mic and calls MNM a couple of little baby punks. Joey Mercury challenges the Road Warriors to a match at Great American Bash, but Nitro says they can't because his partner is dead. Yes, really. Heidenreich then offers to be his partner.
Eddie Guerrero vs. Hardcore Holly
Holly opens up with some stiff chops to Eddie's chest. Eddie regains control with a drop toe hold. Holly counters a headscissor into an electric chair. Holly follows up with a clothesline and a dropkick. After a 2 count on a roll up from Eddie, Holly hits a Full Nelson Driver. Holly hits a clothesline from the top rope for a 2 count. On the outside, Eddie is able to shove Holly's shoulder into the ring post. The ref gets hit in the eye and Eddie uses the table and apron on Holly's back. Eddie then grabs a pipe from under the ring and uses it on Holly. Eddie brings him back in the ring and slaps on the Texas Cloverleaf, causing Holly to tap out. The match was a little disappointing, as I typically enjoy Holly a little more than most.
Match Rating: **
Eddie grabs the mic and tells his family how much he loves them. He says that if Rey wins at Great American Bash, that Eddie will lock his secret away.
They announce that Muhammad Hassan will be taking on Undertaker at Great American Bash in a #1 contender match. Tommaso Ciampa is here playing Hassan's attorney under the name of Thomas Whitney. He announces that Hassan has taken a leave of absence from SmackDown. The crowd is pretty into this segment. He continues reading the statement until Undertaker interrupts. Ciampa is only 20 years old here. That's pretty crazy that they trusted him with this role at such a young age. Whitney pleads that he is not a wrestler, but Undertaker chokeslams him anyways. He then gives him a Tombstone for good measure.
Booker T vs. Christian
Christian attacks Booker as he's walking to the ring. He throws him into the ring post and into the steps. The ref rings the bell reluctantly and he hits the Unprettier and gets the easy win. Man, I am going to miss Christian coming up here.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Orlando Jordan vs. Batista
JBL is out with Jordan and says that last week was the most embarrassing night of his life. He has a black eye and staples in his head, but that's not why he's embarrassed. It's because he lost to the Blue Meanie because of Batista. Batista takes it to Jordan quickly and stares down JBL as he does it. Jordan kicks Batista in the face and JBL grabs him by the leg and trips him up. Jordan distracts the ref as JBL continues the attack. Jordan goes to work on Batista's knee. Batista battles back with a back drop and then drives his shoulder into Jordan in the corner. Batista manages to hit a powerslam despite the bad knee. Jordan then collides into the referee and knocks him down. Batista hits the spinebuster and is going for the Batista Bomb, but JBL comes in and hits him in the head with a chair. JBL dumps a drink on the referee. The ref is up and Batista kicks out. JBL goes for a lariat, but Batista hits one of his own. Batista Bomb on Jordan and that is all. JBL attacks Batista's knee as he is celebrating. He comes back and hits him with a Clothesline From Hell and celebrates with the World Heavyweight Championship over Batista. The match was pretty paint by the numbers, but the crowd was definitely behind Batista big time.
Match Rating: *3/4
This one just didn't click for me. From a wrestling standpoint, it was disappointing. I also felt that most of the stories told tonight were forced. I've enjoyed just about everything with the Rey/Eddie feud, but the angle tonight just didn't do it for me. Raw continues to be the better show overall and I'm not sure it's really close right now.
Overall Rating: 46%
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