Original Airdate: Friday, September 16th, 2005
Alltell Arena
Little Rock, Arkansas
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Chris Benoit vs. Christian
Orlando Jordan comes out complaining about Benoit. Christian distracts Benoit and Jordan attacks him from behind. Benoit fights it off and puts him in the Crippler Crossface, but Christian makes the save. Out comes Booker T to make the save and the ref makes it a tag team match.
Chris Benoit & Booker T vs. Christian & Orlando Jordan
Christian and Booker go back and forth until Booker hits a big spinebuster for a 2 count. We get kind of an awkward ref/Orlando Jordan distraction, but it allows Jordan to attack Booker behind the ref's back. Booker hits a Book End on Jordan and Booker makes the tag to Benoit. Benoit hits a snap suplex on Christian and then does the same to Jordan onto Christian. He then trips Christian, causing him to headbutt Jordan below the belt. Christian goes for the Unprettier, but Benoit counters into the Crossface. Jordan makes the save and all four men are in the ring. Booker sends Jordan out of the ring. Jordan goes for a chair and he and Booker fight over it, causing Jordan to run into Sharmell. Jordan then throws Booker into the steps. Benoit hits three German suplexes on Christian. Benoit heads up to the top rope, but Jordan hangs him up on the top rope and Christian hits the Unprettier for the victory. This was a pretty good match with the heels cheating at every opportunity and the story between all of these men continuing in a logical way.
Match Rating: **1/2 (out of 5)
After a Undertaker/Randy Orton package, Batista is shown walking backstage. He passes by Stacy and Christy, then walks by Simon Dean and a random guy, causing Dean to spit his drink all over the poor lad's face. They were really laying it on thick that Batista was cool.
Teddy Long and Palmer Canon are in the ring and introduce Batista. Batista says that they are here to name a new #1 contender for his championship. Teddy Long is about to make the announcement and Canon rips the mic from his hand and announces it as Eddie Guerrero. Teddy is not happy about it. Eddie says that everyone knows about his demons, but his biggest addiction has always been manipulation. Last week when he finally beat Rey Mysterio, he found a new addiction and it's respect, honor and doing the next right thing. He says that he is the new and improved Eddie Guerrero and that he's all about love. He wants to prove that they can have a great wrestling match without hating each other and thanks Batista. Batista says he likes it and that they can be the two amigos. Batista pulls a Tommy Boy and gives Eddie a hug. So just three weeks after Unforgiven, we are getting No Mercy.
WWE Tag Team Championship Match
Heidenreich & Road Warrior Animal vs. MNM
Well, when you only have two tag teams, I guess you have to have them wrestle each other a lot. Mercury avoids Heidenreich by leaving the ring, but Animal hits him with a clothesline and sends him back in the ring. Melina distracts the rope and Nitro hits Animal with a kick below the belt. Melina tries to throw a punch at Animal, but he catches it, but the distraction still works. MNM hits a double Russian leg sweep for a 2 count. Heidenreich tags in and takes down both opponents with big boots and then slams them both face first. Animal goes for a double ax handle off the apron, but Mercury avoids it. Melina is distracting the ref, but he turns around just as Mercury hits Heidenreich with the title belt and we have a DQ finish. The feud must go on. This was at least a lot shorter than last week's match.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Long and Canon are talking in the back and Eddie walks in to thank them for making his dream come true. Eddie leaves and Long says that Rey Mysterio was going to be who he named as the #1 contender. Canon says that Eddie fits what Teddy was looking for and now it's a match that all of the fans want to see.
Bob Orton is hanging out in front of a U-Haul and here comes Randy. He says that the surprise is all ready to go.
JBL vs. Rey Mysterio
This is a pretty big match for a random match on the middle of the show. Mysterio hits a hip toss and goes for the 619, but JBL gets up and runs him over. JBL works on Mysterio and he puts in a bear hug. Perhaps he saw Chris Masters doing it on Raw this week and thought he'd teach him a lesson? Mysterio counters with a DDT and both men are down. Rey hits a spinning headscissors and then hits two dropkicks and a bronco buster. He goes for a monkey flip, but JBL slams him to the mat. He goes for the Clothesline From Hell, but Mysterio takes out hits legs and hits the 619. JBL catches the seated senton, but Mysterio escapes and hits a springboard moonsault for the victory. It's pretty interesting that JBL was the champ for so long and now a few months later is doing 6 minute losses.
Match Rating: **
Nunzio and Vito are in the back complaining that since he became Cruiserweight Champion, he has yet to be on SmackDown. Eddie inspires Canon to announce that Nunzio will be in action tonight in a champion vs. champion match against Batista.
Josh Matthews attempts to interview JBL backstage, but he walks away. Ken Kennedy says it's typical that the media is going after the negative stuff. He comes in and says that they should focus on something positive like him. Kennedy says that Matthews smells like Arkansas. Get it? They're in Arkansas. I have to say Kennedy's character is much more entertaining in the ring than he is in these backstage segments. He then does the Kennedy...Kennedy to Matthews.
Ken Kennedy vs. Jacus Plisken
Kennedy hits a knee to the mid-section, but walks into a right hand from Jacus. Jacus goes up to teh top, but Kennedy slows him down and he hits the Green Bay Plunge for the victory. That was short even by squash match standards.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Batista vs. Nunzio
Just as the bell rings, Eddie Guerrero comes out cheering on Batista. Batista tosses Nunzio into Vito. Batista again gets distracted by Vito, so he knocks him off the apron and then Nunzio hits a second rope dropkick. I always thought Nunzio was an underrated worker, especially for this era. Batista again tosses Nunzio around and hits a spinebuster on Vito. He then hits a spinebuster on Nunzio on top of Vito. He hits the Batista Bomb and that is all. Squash.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Randy and Bob are still by the U-Haul talking about their surprise.
Jillian Hall comes into JBL's locker room. JBL asks her to work for him and she agrees.
Randy Orton vs. Undertaker
This starts right after the commercial break with Taker throwing Orton across the ring. Orton gets a burst of offense in with a hip toss and some right hands, but then eats a big boot for a 2 count. Taker goes to work on Orton's left shoulder. Taker goes for Old School, but Orton kicks the rope causing Taker to fall. Orton goes for a superplex and after a struggle, he finally hits it. Orton then yells for his dad to bring the truck down. As the truck is being backed down, Taker sits up so Orton hits a DDT. They start unloading a casket out of the truck. Undertaker tries to mount a comeback, but Orton hits a nice dropkick to slow down the momentum. Orton hits a body slam and goes to the second rope. He goes for an elbow drop, but Taker gets the boot up. Orton hits his variation of the backbreaker and gets a nearfall. They begin exchanging blows and Taker hits a leaping shoulder tackle. Taker hits Snake Eyes and the big boot. Taker clotheslines Orton over the top and scares Bob Orton away. He picks up Orton and goes to put him in the casket. When he opens up the casket, he sees himself. That was obviously edited. Back in the ring, Orton is in control and he hits the RKO, but Taker kicks out. Taker is back up and hits the chokeslam, but Bob Orton pulls the ref out of the ring before he counts 3. Taker knocks Bob out of the ring and then avoids Randy's RKO attempt. He hits the Tombstone and gets the victory. Despite the casket stuff, this was another good outing from these two.
Match Rating: ***
Even though last week featured the big time card, this show I felt delivered the more entertaining show. It was hardly a perfect effort, but I thought from top to bottom this was a good showing for the blue brand.
Overall Rating: 65%
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