Tuesday, October 4, 2022

SmackDown 9-22-06 Review

Original Airdate: Friday, September 22nd, 2006
Bell Center
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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This the big CW debut and Teddy Long is on the phone to talk about it. He has a big main event for tonight, but before he can say it, in walks King Booker and Queen Sharmell. Booker is complaining that he has to fight Vito tonight. Teddy calls an audible and says that he has to fight Undertaker instead. 

We get a new intro, but the same terrible song. Ugh.

Batista & Bobby Lashley vs. Finlay & William Regal

Batista goes for an early Batista Bomb, but Finlay distracts him. He chases him around and ends up giving Regal a spinebuster instead. Batista and Lashley then hit a double vertical suplex on Regal and Lashley hits another one on his own. In comes Finlay with the same results. A Regal distraction allows Finlay to dump Lashley to the floor and shift the momentum. Batista goes after Finlay outside the ring and kicks him over the barricade. Regal goes for the shillelagh, but Batista takes it away. Lashley hits the Spear and picks up the victory. This felt like a squash, which doesn't really make sense since they have been pushing Finlay as a threat. As a match, this felt more like a house show type of match.

Match Rating: **1/4

Layla is out here and followed up by Kristal. She's sick of Diva Search winners coming out here because she's the hottest diva on SmackDown. She slaps Layla in the face and we get a fight on the mat. Out comes Jillian and she goes after Kristal and rips off her shirt. Jillian then throws Layla to the mat and takes her shirt off. Jillian then takes off her top and this was every women's non-wrestling segment ever from this era. 

We get a lengthy recap of the Rey Mysterio/Chavo Guerrero/Vickie Guerrero feud.

Gregory Helms vs. Matt Hardy

Hardy goes right after Helms and hits him with a clothesline. Hardy back body drops Helms over the top and follows it up with a dive. Helms is able to snap Hardy's neck on the top rope and follows it up with a neckbreaker. Helms slaps on the sleeper, but Hardy counters with a jawbreaker. JBL predicts that Helms will one day be a World Champion. Hardy hits a Side Effect and gets a nearfall. Hardy hits a moonsault and another 2 count. Hardy goes for the Twist Of Fate, but Helms holds onto the rope and then hits him with the Shining Wizard, but Hardy kicks out. Helms tries to rip off the turnbuckle, but the ref catches him. Hardy hits Helms below the belt behind the ref's back and picks up the victory. That was a spirited bout and it's more than clear that these two enjoy working together.

Match Rating: **3/4

The Miz runs down every show he's ever been on. 

We get another Jimmy Wang Yang spot and he says that he's making his debut next week on SmackDown.

Miz vs. Funaki

Miz has beaten the 3 sub-bosses in Tatanka, Scotty 2 Hotty and Matt Hardy, so now it's time for the final boss in Funaki. We get a lot of taunts and gloating from Miz to start. He hits a few moves and then the Mizard Of Oz for the easy victory. That was quick.

Match Rating: 1/2*

Rey Mysterio says that today is the first day of the rest of his life. 

Chavo Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio

Both men go at it and the action quickly spills outside and into the crowd. This is just a brawl that goes all around the arena. They get back to the ring and Vickie hands Chavo a chair. Mysterio hits a dropkick to get him out of the way. Vickie then distracts Rey and Chavo attacks him from behind. The referee calls for help and more officials come out to try and get Chavo off of Rey. So this wasn't actually a match, just a brawl. 

Match Rating: No Rating

Maryse welcomes everyone back to the season premiere of SmackDown.

Triple Threat Match For The WWE Tag Team Championships
London & Kendrick vs. Pitbulls vs. KC James & Idol Stevens

The Pitbulls and the champs go at it before the third team even makes it to the ring. These kinds of matches are always hard to recap. It's all pretty standard stuff until the hot tag to London, where he tears down the house. Kash hits a brainbuster on London, but Kendrick hits Sliced Bread #2. Jamie Noble rolls up London, but it gets reversed and the champs retain. This was pretty good, but way too short.

Match Rating: **1/2

Elijah Burke and Sylvester Terkay are here and credit to Terkay for knowing what his name is.

Sylvan vs. Tatanka

I'm pretty sure they only kept Sylvan on the roster this long for this show. Tatanka gets in some early offense as the crowd chants for Sylvan. No joke. Sylvan comes back and hits a nice spinning side suplex for a 2 count. They should have just put him in the main event here. Tatanka gets dumped outside the ring and on his way back in tries for a sunset flip. Sylvan holds onto the ropes to counter it and picks up the victory to a huge pop. This was bizarre to see Sylvan actually over.

Match Rating: 1/2*

Teddy Long is backstage and in walks John Cena. Cena tells Teddy that he owes him for taking a chance on him back in the day. Teddy takes him up on it and says next week it will be John Cena, Batista and Lashley against King Booker, Finlay and William Regal. 

They run down the card for No Mercy. I bet it won't change. 

Mr. Kennedy comes down to join the announce team. 

King Booker vs. Undertaker

The two slowest entrances going head-to-head here. There's not much happening here before the commercial here. We come back and they start battling up on the turnbuckle. Undertaker knocks Booker off, but Sharmell distracts the referee and Booker hits a low blow and follows it up with a superplex. Taker makes his comeback with the leaping clothesline. He comes back with Snake Eyes and a leg drop for a 2 count. Booker is able to hit a leg lariat and he gets a 2 count this time. Booker goes for the Tombstone, but Taker counters it. Booker gets out of it and hits him with a low blow and the referee calls for the bell. He takes the World Heavyweight Championship belt and hits him with the face before heading to the back. Out comes Bobby Lashley and he throws him back in the ring just as Undertaker sits up. Taker hits the chokeslam and the Tombstone. Taker for some reason poses with Booker in the pin position because he's lame and then signals for rest in peace to Mr. Kennedy. This was a pretty dull main event overall. 

Match Rating: *3/4

The first hour of the show was very solid, but it kind of fell off the rails in the second hour. None of it was bad, it was just nothing super interesting. 

Overall Rating: 59%

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