Original Airdate: Friday, June 23rd, 2006
Pepsi Arena
Albany, New York
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After a King Booker/Lashley recap, Miz is here to get the crowd hyped up.
Paul London & Brian Kendrick vs. Mexicools
I would have loved to have seen these two teams have a 15 minute match at some point, but I'm pretty sure that never happens. Kendrick and Super Crazy have a cool segment together that leads to a Kendrick submission attempt. In come their partners and London hits a top rope mule kick on the back of Psicosis. Crazy gets a hot tag and he takes care of both men. He goes up top for the moonsault, but Psicosis tags himself in. He goes for a top rope leg drop and misses and the champs get the win. After the match, the Mexicools start brawling with each other, with Crazy standing tall. The match was a good TV style match, but I wanted some more time.
Match Rating: **1/4
Tatanka vs. Simon Dean
Simon comes out spouting out insults and Tatanka attacks him. They have a match for a few, but this is all just a vehicle for Great Khali to come out and destroy both guys. He then mocks the Undertaker with his pose. Good times.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Finlay vs. Gunner Scott
Gunner runs in and takes it to Finlay. Finlay quickly hits a couple of clubbing clotheslines. Gunner makes a come back and hits a missile dropkick. Finlay snaps Gunner's neck on the ropes and out comes Hornswoggle. Finlay attacks him to stop him from attacking Gunner and gets bit for doing so. Finlay grabs the shillelagh and hits Gunner in the head with it behind the referee's back for the victory. I'm not really sure I understood the point of this.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Vito compliments Ashley and asks her out.
Sylvain's vignettes are still a thing apparently.
They talk to Chavo Guerrero about Rey Mysterio's chances against Mark Henry tonight. They show clips of Henry attacking Chavo.
We now go to Mark Henry and he talks about bones snapping or something.
King Booker vs. Lashley
They really are having way too many matches for this feud to work for me. Lashley still has the knee taped up from last week. Booker works on the knee. Lashley reverses a submission attempt with a small package, but it's only a 2 count. Booker then immediately clocks him with a clothesline. Booker gets in a thumb to the eye to keep things under control. Finlay is now out and it leads to him hitting Lashley with the shillelagh behind the referee's back. Michael Cole is beside himself. Lashley tries making a comeback, but Booker hits a drop toe hold into the bottom turnbuckle. Booker gets Lashley into the Figure Four for a lengthy amount of time until Lashley finally reverses it. Booker gets out, but Lashley explodes for a belly-to-belly suplex and gets a 2 count. Lashley goes for the Dominator, but Regal gets on the apron and Finlay comes in to interfere. Lashley fights him off, so Sharmell gives Booker a chair. Lashley stops that as well and then hits Regal and Booker with the chair, causing the disqualification. I'm surprised they gave them that much time for that finish, but they probably also wanted to see what Lashley could do. He played his role well and Booker led him to a good match.
Match Rating: **3/4
We go back to Miz, who hypes up the main event tonight. He then gets interrupted by Mr. Kennedy's entrance.
Mr. Kennedy vs. Funaki
Kennedy reminds us that nice guys finish last and then goes on to attack Funaki. Kennedy, of course, has a big few months ahead of him, as they try to re-build him here. He hits the Kenton Bomb for the victory. This was probably the first time they gave him a total squash.
Match Rating: 1/4*
King Booker and Queen Sharmell are not happy backstage and tell Teddy Long will never step foot in the ring with Lashley again. Teddy says that he can't make that proclamation and he will face Lashley one more time next week. Teddy also informs him that there will be no interference because it will be inside of a cage.
World Heavyweight Championship Match
Mark Henry vs. Rey Mysterio
Henry starts off strong, but since there's a commercial break coming up, Rey hits a dive. When we come back, Mysterio is back to getting dominated. During the commercial, they show that Rey missed a jump off the apron to the floor. Rey runs into a big boot and then hits a big right hand to Rey on the top rope, sending him to the floor. I really am not a fan of Henry's ring gear. The gold knee pads are awful. Mysterio makes his comeback and hits a springboard bulldog for a 2 count. Henry swats Rey away from another springboard move and then rips off the top turnbuckle. He throws Rey into that corner, but he also hits the referee who was trying to repair the turnbuckle. Out comes Chavo Guerrero and he hits Henry with a chair to the back. Henry no sells it and hits Chavo with a right hand. Rey dropkicks him from behind and hits a 619 with the chair to his face. He goes for the springboard seated senton, but Henry catches him. Chavo comes in and takes out his knee. Chavo takes the chair and bangs it on the ring post and tosses it to Henry. He tells Rey to stay down and shows the referee. He calls for the DQ and Henry isn't happy. Both men worked hard here and delivered a pretty good main event.
Match Rating: **1/2
SmackDown continues to be the red headed stepchild with all of the Raw/ECW crossover going on and not to mention the DX reunion. However, they typically deliver a pretty good television product and tonight was no different. This wasn't must see TV or anything, but it was an enjoyable show.
Overall Rating: 60%
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