Original Airdate: Friday, March 10th, 2006
Mobile Civic Center
Mobile, Alabama
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Mark Henry and Daivari are out to start the show, with Michael Cole speculating that Undertaker won't be here due to the injuries suffered at the hands of Henry last week. Henry does whatever he wants, whenever he wants and he wants his title shot. He calls out Kurt Angle and Angle immediately comes out. Angle says he's ready right now and runs in the ring to attack Henry. In runs Randy Orton and they double team Angle until Mysterio is out to make the save. Out comes Teddy Long to make the obvious announcement of a tag team match.
Money In The Bank Qualifying Match
Finlay vs. Bobby Lashley
Finlay runs down the ramp to attack Lashley and they start brawling to continue their fight from last week. Security again tries to break it up, but Lashley breaks free and he spears Finlay on the top of the stage. The match has not officially started and the brawl moves to the back. They then cut to them out in the parking lot. Finlay grabs a pipe and starts smashing a car. They then start fighting on the car and Lashley then starts attacking some of the security guards. Lashley then tips the car with Finlay on top of it. Finlay falls off and then despite the security guards efforts to stop him, tips over the car. Finlay was able to get out of the way and security finally separates them. This was fun again, but disappointing that there wasn't even just a little bit of a match though.
Match Rating: No Rating
The Miz is coming to SmackDown.
JBL is out and claims to be at a loss for words after all of the concern his fans have shown him after his hand surgery. He then repeats what he always says about being the longest running champion in SmackDown history and somehow this all ties into Steve Austin. He challenges Austin to a beer drinking contest at Saturday Night's Main Event. He then goes on to him taking on Chris Benoit at WrestleMania.
Gregory Helms walks into Teddy Long's office and his nose is broken from a live show in Australia. Long says that he won't be defending his title tonight, but instead he gets a match against Chris Benoit. They show some highlights of the Australia and New Zealand tour.
William Regal is out and starts making fun of Paul Burchill. He eventually introduces him and Burchill comes out swinging on a rope.
William Regal vs. Paul Burchill
After a little bit of offense from Burchill, Regal hits a knee and then a knee drop to Burchill as he is draped over the ring apron. Regal hits an exploder suplex and gets a 2 count. Burchill explodes for a flying clothesline and then an inverted atomic drop. Burchill then hits Walking The Plank out of nowhere and gets the victory. I don't care what anyone says, I liked this version of Burchill.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Booker T and Sharmell are here to complain about how they have been treated. Sharmell blames both Long and Boogeyman. They have a bag full of letters of people complaining about the Boogeyman. He then tells Teddy Long that he needs to do something. He then announces that Booker T will take on Boogeyman at Saturday Night's Main Event on the screen. All of a sudden, Sharmell's mail bag starts smoking and worms come out of it and they freak out. Out comes the Boogeyman, but they're able to escape before he can get to them.
They once again announce Sensational Sherri as the next inductee into the WWE Hall Of Fame.
Divas Uncovered Match
Jillian Hall vs. Kristal Marshall
Jillian tosses Kristal across the ring, but Kristal hits a crossbody. Jillian is able to rip her top off, but then is hit by a spear from Kristal. Kristal goes for a sunset flip and rips off Jillian's skirt. Kristal is able to is able to rip off Jillian's top and that is all. Jillian runs away embarrassed, as if what she was wearing wasn't revealing to begin with. Kristal then takes off her skirt for her celebration. This was historic because it was Kristal's first match. Truly a day that none of us will ever forget.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They show Batista at the Arnold Classic.
Chris Benoit vs. Gregory Helms
Benoit takes it to Helms early on and even grabs the broken nose. Helms catches Benoit in the face with a reverse elbow and then a leg drop to the midsection. Helms hits Benoit with a stiff looking clothesline that maybe Benoit wasn't expecting. Benoit ducks a Shining Wizard attempt and puts Helms in the Sharpshooter. Helms climbs to the ropes to break the hold and then tries to walk away. A quartet of cruiserweights are there to throw him back in and Benoit hits a German suplex. Benoit then hits the top rope headbutt and locks in the Crippler Crossface for the victory. They probably given them a couple of more minutes there, but it accomplished what it set out to do.
Match Rating: **
The WrestleMania Big Time Moment is Butterbean knocking out Bart Gunn. They also show a Candice Michelle video from Raw.
They show clips of Animal attacking Matt Hardy from last week. They then do a an interview with Animal, who is in a studio for some reason. He then takes credit for the Legion of Doom being the greatest tag team of all time. He says that Hawk was always partying and Heidenreich was an even bigger screw up. He's sick of carrying the team and that's why he did what he did to WHardy last week. He's ready to go on his own. Yes, Animal's single run in 2006 was a real thing.
Mark Henry & Randy Orton vs. Rey Mysterio & Kurt Angle
Angle and Mysterio dominate the first segment. Mysterio goes for the 619 on Orton, but Henry is able to roll him out of the ring just before the commercial break. Daivari grabs the leg of Mysterio as he is climbing the ropes and it then allows Orton enough time to recover and hit a dropkick once Mysterio finally leaps. Henry comes in and dismantles Mysterio with his meticulous pace. Henry hits a military press slam, but Mysterio is able to avoid the splash. Mysterio makes the tag to Angle and he hits a German suplex on Orton and the straps are down. They counter each others finishers and Angle then puts on the Ankle Lock. Henry is able to break the hold. Angle tags in Henry and he gets hit with a missile dropkick. Rey hits the seated senton and again Mark Henry makes the save. Henry then decides to throw the referee in the corner and splashes him. Daivai takes out a table and sets it up in the ring. He sets Mysterio on the table and goes up to the second rope. Angle rolls Mysterio off the table and slows down Henry. Orton comes over and hits a RKO on Angle. Henry then hits a second rope splash through a table and that didn't look pleasant. After that, the lights go out and Taker tells Henry he will face him at WrestleMania in a casket match. So apparently this match is over despite no one making a ruling? The match was fine for what it was, but they're in build mode to WrestleMania, so I wansn't expecting a clean finish.
Match Rating: **1/4
I'm not sure what was going on backstage, but this was a below average show for the most part. Unlike Raw, there were some good segments and in ring action,. However, it still wasn't enough for me to give this a thumbs up.
Overall Rating; 45%
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