Original Airdate: Friday, October 7th, 2005
Frank Erwin Center
Austin, Texas
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Teddy Long is in the ring along with Palmer Cannon. Teddy announces that the match from Homecoming will be taking place tonight. He also says that if Raw wants to come No Mercy on Sunday, SmackDown will finish what they started. Randy and Bob Orton are now out to interrupt. Randy insults Teddy saying it was he who interrupted Raw, not Teddy. Cannon then escorts Teddy away so that the future of Friday nights can talk. They talk about their match with Piper tonight and Bob says that he's going to do something he has wanted to do for a long time, which of course brings out Piper. Piper pulls out a lead pipe and the Orton's retreat.
Booker T vs. Orlando Jordan
Sharmell introduces Booker T if that is something that interests you. Jordan gets in a cheap shot and takes control early on. Booker fights back with some chops, but Jordan hits a big clothesline and Booker rolls outside. Jordan goes to hit Booker with a chair for some reason, but Booker hits a kick. Up on the ring apron, Jordan tries to suplex Booker back in, but Sharmell trips up Jordan and Booker gets the victory. They show the replay on the big screen and now Booker is upset with her. It's kind of interesting that they booked the guy that no one thinks will win the match on Sunday to lose.
Match Rating: 3/4* (out of 5)
Mr. Kennedy is out and he of course interrupts Tony Chimel. He announces that he will be the guest commentator for the next match.
Sylvan vs. Hardcore Holly
Sylvan attacks Holly as he's up on the turnbuckle. Meanwhile, Mr. Kennedy makes fun of Sparky Plugg. Holly hits his beautiful dropkick and then clotheslines Sylvan out of the ring. Holly and Kennedy start talking trash and it leads to Holly shoving Kennedy to the floor. Holly gets the kick to the abdomen in, but while the ref is checking in on Sylvan, Kennedy hits Holly in the head with the microphone. Sylvan picks up the cheap victory. After the match, Kennedy announces Holly as the loser of the match. Another match that was just too short to be anything.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Roddy Piper is backstage and is getting quite a lot of screen time here tonight. He makes fun of Bob Orton.
Road Warrior Animal & Heidenreich vs. Paul Burchill & William Regal
I guess they remembered that Burchill existed again. It's kind of crazy that Regal was only 37 years old here. The heels work on Animal's left shoulder for awhile, but he makes a tag to Heidenreich. That's all it takes for them to go for the Doomsday Device, but out comes Melina and she almost pulls all of Christy's pants down. MNM is out and attack the champs and that's it. MNM then hits the Snapshot on Christy and they escape to the back. Make that three matches in a row that were way too short.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Eddie Guerrero is backstage and doesn't want to talk about last week. He wants to talk about Raw where he showed that he has Batista's back. After the commercial, Eddie is on his way out to the ring.They show after Raw went off the air and that he had Batista's back. Batista is out now. Batista shows footage of Eddie having his back on SmackDown. Batista hands Eddie a chair and turns his back to him. Eddie doesn't take him up on it and Batista warns him.
Handicap Match
Randy & Bob Orton vs. Roddy Piper
Piper comes out and starts attacking Randy right away. Randy is able to make the tag to his dad and Roddy gets a few good shots in before Randy makes a blind tag. Randy hits a dropkick and then rips Roddy's shirt. Randy is ready for the RKO, but Bob begs to get back in. The Undertaker's bell tolls, but nothing happens. Bob hits a knee drop and then we hear the bell again. Roddy gets a victory from a small package on Bob Orton. After the match, the bell rings again and the druids are out with a casket. Taker appears on the video screen and tells them to look inside their special casket. They do the same trick as they did with Taker, showing Randy and Bob in there. Undertaker shows up behind them and they both bolt to the back. Yeah, this has not been a great buildup for this match.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Bobby Lashley vs. Eddie Craven
Before the match starts, Simon Dean is out on the Dean Machine. He's going to do some Simon squats while Lashley wrestles. Lashley steamrolls Craven as you would expect. He even finds time to step on Simon's hurt hand.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Eddie Guerrero, Christian & JBL vs. Rey Mysterio, Chris Benoit & Batista
The match starts during a commercial break and when we come back Christian and Benoit are locked up. Benoit goes for the Crippler Crossface, but Christian grabs the bottom rope. Eddie and Benoit now go at it for awhile, which is always fun. In comes Batista and Eddie's not happy. Batista manhandles Eddie and he finally is able to tag in JBL. Batista tags in Mysterio and he hits a low dropkick on JBL. JBL comes back and sends Mysterio flying off the ring into the barricade. Back from another commercial break and he hits a gutbuster for a 2 count. Rey makes his comeback when Eddie and hits a hot tag to Batista. He destorys JBL and then throws Christian in there. He hits a spear on JBL. Eddie then pulls the top rope on JBL and it causes him to fall to the outside. Batista catches Christian and hits a spinebuster on him. That's good enough for the victory. Even on their own show, this didn't get as much time as it should have. After the match, Eddie gets on his knees for forgiveness. Christian and JBL attack both men. Batista ends up making the save and checks in on Eddie. The match was pretty entertaining.
Match Rating: ***
SmackDown is in a little bit of a slump. The Randy Orton/Undertaker feud has lost all momentum for me and the Eddie/Batista story feels rushed. No Mercy just feels like a rushed show, which is a shame because the card itself isn't bad. I'm looking forward to see how it holds up nearly 15 years later. Hopefully better than this episode did.
Overall Rating: 46%
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