Original Airdate: Friday, October 6th, 2006
Kansas Coliseum
Wichita, Kansas
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King Booker kicks off the show by picking Lashley's poison and it's none other than Batista. Lashley gets his turn and he chooses Finlay.
Rey Mysterio & Matt Hardy vs. Gregory Helms & Chavo Guerrero
The babyfaces get off to a quick start to get the crowd going and just as Chavo and Helms are gaining momentum, Mysterio hits a drop toe hold into the corner. He tags in Hardy and all four men end up in the ring. Chavo knocks Mysterio out of the ring and Hardy dumps out Chavo right after. This gives Helms the opening he needs to take control. They work on Hardy, but as you would expect, Rey gets the hot tag and takes both opponents out. He hits a kick to the head of Chavo, but Helms nails him with a clothesline. Things have broken down and both Chavo and Helms end up on the ropes and get hit with a double 619. Vickie pulls Chavo out of the ring and that leaves Helms to be pinned. This was a little shorter than I expected and I'm surprised Hardy and Mysterio won. Short, but sweet.
Match Rating: **1/2
Maryse welcomes us back to SmackDown.
Elijah Burke vs. Tatanka
This is a bizarre pairing, as Tatanka remains on the roster. Burke hits a big dropkick and Tatanka shows off his boxing skills. He hits his hangtime elbow drop in the corner, which was always an underrated move. Tatanka battles back and hits End Of Trail. He goes up to the top rope and hits the chop, but Burke kicks out. Tatanka gets distracted by Sylvester Terkay and gets hit with a right hand. Burke hits the Skull Crushing Finale and that's all. After the match, Terkay hits a belly-to-belly suplex on Tatanka. This was actually fairly entertaining.
Match Rating: *
King Booker, Queen Sharmell, Finlay and William Regal are backstage. Booker asks Finlay to just lie down in their match tonight. Finlay asks Regal if he would lay down for the King. Regal gets squirmish and leaves the area. Finlay says that he didn't make this match, but he won't lay down and Booker is furious.
King Booker vs. Finlay
They get outside the ring and Booker shows off some aggression on his sometime partner. Finlay fights back with a stiff clothesline and the crowd is liking it. Finlay throws Booker shoulder-first into the ring post and hits some kicks to the head. Booker battles back with a spinebuster for a 2 count. Out comes Hornswoggle to scare off Sharmell with a mouse. With the referee distracted, Finlay hits Booker with the shillelagh and that's enough for the pinfall. That seems like kind of a meaningless loss. This seemed like the perfect opportunity to do a double countout or DQ.
Match Rating: **
Bobby Lashley vs. Batista
We get lots of lock up attempts to start. They do about as basic of a match as you can get, which is to be expected with 2 faces going at it for no reason. Out comes Finlay and he attacks them. Booker is behind and they all start brawling. Not so fast, as Teddy Long makes his appearance. He changes the main event for No Mercy and it's not a Fatal 4-Way for the World Heavyweight Championship. The match was was nothing other than to set that up.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Booker is furious at Teddy Long backstage and the other 3 competitors join in on the fun. Teddy says that we will have a tag team match between the 4 of them tonight.
Jimmy Wang Yang vs. Sylvan
We have ourselves a rematch of their epic match last week. After I decide not to type about the majority of the first moments, Sylvan hits a nice spinning slam. Yang battles back after hitting a kick when Sylvan goes off the top rope. We get another screwjob finish with Sylvan seated on Yang and grabbing the second rope to steal the victory. This wasn't bad for what it was, even if I was too lazy to recap it.
Match Rating: *
They show clips of the No Mercy press conference and actually feature the Matt Hardy/Gregory Helms feud.
MVP is here and he cuts a promo on the little stage by the entrance ramp. He talks about how great he is and his match at No Mercy.
Mr. Kennedy is in all black and in front of a black backdrop. He mocks Undertaker and his hocus pocus stuff that he uses to intimidate his opponents.
Ashley vs. Michelle McCool
I get that they are trying to incorporate these two into the feud, but I'm not sure they are really giving them an opportunity to be successful here. Plus, we're stuck listening to JBL trying to be Jerry Lawler here. Anyway, Ashley hits a crossbody and Michelle rolls through and picks up the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
It's the movie premiere of The Marine at a Marine base. In my intense research during my ad on Peacock, the original film is the lowest rated of the entire series over on Letterboxd.
Finlay & King Booker vs. Bobby Lashley & Batista
As you would expect, it doesn't take long for some cheating from the King and he throws Lashley into the steel steps. Lashley blocks a suplex attempt and hits one of his own. Booker is able to tag Finlay and he stops Lashley from making the tag to Batista. Lashley is able to drive Finlay back into his corner and make the tag, but the referee was distracted and he doesn't allow it. Lashley ducks a kick by Booker and hits the Spear. Both men make tags and Batista takes care of both opponents and then William Regal comes in and the ref calls for the bell. In comes Hornswoggle from behind and he gives him a low blow. It only slows him down momentarily and he gives Finlay a spinebuster before celebrating. This was more of a teaser than a match.
Match Rating: *3/4
They built the whole show around the main event of Sunday's pay-per-view, which makes sense. It wasn't necessarily gripping television, but it wasn't bad either. I wouldn't say this was a ho hum show, but it was a very forgettable episode.
Overall Rating: 51%
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