Original Airdate: Friday, April 6th, 2007
Allen County War Memorial
Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Mr. Kennedy is on his way to the ring and they show highlights of him winning Money In The Bank. He talks about the Hogan era and the Austin era, but now it's time for the Kennedy era. Out comes Jeff Hardy and Michael Cole says it's a surprise. It's such a surprise that the ring announcer is ready for it.
Mr. Kennedy vs. Jeff Hardy
We get the typical "wrestler A hits a dive on wrestler B" before the commercial break. When we come back, Kennedy capitalizes on a Hardy mistake and then pulls Hardy's entire back against the ring post. Then we get some rest holds from Kennedy to slow this match down. Kennedy misses with a boot to the head and Hardy hits him with a Whisper In The Wind. Hardy goes for the Swanton, but Kennedy rolls out of the way. He kicks out the back of Hardy's legs and hits a DDT for the victory. This looked like a match between two guys that almost killed themselves two nights prior. Kennedy gets the convincing win just one day after Hardy won the World Tag Team Championships. After the match, Hornswoggle comes out and distracts Kennedy for Finlay to attack him. He tells him not to mess with Hornswoggle.
Match Rating: *1/4
Teddy Long and Kristal are together and she gives him an envelope. She tells him to open it later because she's shy. Mr. Kennedy comes in and says he wants Hornswoggle in a match and Long says we'll have it here next week on SmackDown. He then adds in that Hornswoggle will have Finlay as a partner. After Kennedy leaves, Teddy opens the envelope and says that it's amazing.
Ashley is with Timbaland and they talk about the new album until Jillian comes and ruins the moment. She sings for him and he shuts it down before mocking her.
We get the same WrestleMania music video again.
Chris Benoit vs. Miz
JBL is all over Miz and compares all the work that Benoit put in. Barf. After an initial burst from Benoit, Miz actually does get to take control here. Benoit comes back and starts hitting German suplexes. He goes for the top rope headbutt and out comes MVP from under the ring. He pulls Miz out of the way and Benoit misses. Miz covers Benoit and steals the victory. Kind of surprising that is all it took for the Miz to win.
Match Rating: 3/4*
They show King Booker choosing his wife over Money In The Bank. Booker and Sharmell are backstage and Sharmell says that she felt violated by Matt Hardy. He says that someone is going to get hurt tonight.
King Booker vs. Matt Hardy
It's always nice when they use those multi-man matches to start a mini feud like they have here. It's a little bit of an odd choice since they decided to give the Hardys be a tag team again, but it at least gives us something meaningful tonight. Booker controls the entire beginning of the match here. Hardy fights back and hits the second rope leg drop. Booker comes right back with a big spin kick to the jaw. Hardy is bleeding from his mouth as Booker slows things down. I guess he's gotten enough revenge and now just wants to wrestle? Hardy is able to hit a Side Effect. He goes for a Twist Of Fate, but Booker gets out and goes for a Scissor Kick, but Hardy moves out of the way. Hardy rolls him up and gets a 2 count and then Booker hits him with a super kick for another 2. Hardy goes for another Twist Of Fate, but it's blocked. Hardy is able to turn it into an inside cradle and picks up the win. After the match, Sharmell grabs the microphone and grabs Booker by his hair. She screams at him for losing and calls him a disappointment to both her and himself. She storms off to the back and the crowd chants "You suck" at Booker.
Match Rating: **
Dave Taylor vs. Kane
Oh boy. William Regal and Taylor both attack Kane outside the ring before the match starts. Kane dominates them and then Regal hits Kane with a chair. Kane no sells it because he's a moron. He throws Taylor over the announce table and then stands in the ring and does his pyro. His music plays, so we have no match. Do we really need to re-build Kane? I wouldn't mind if they sent him away for the rest of his career.
Match Rating: No Rating
Booker goes up to a crying Sharmell and apologizes. He promises that she has nothing to worry about and then she slaps him. I can honestly say that I don't remember any of this.
We get a Mark Henry vignette for his return.
London & Kendrick vs. Chavo Guerrero & Gregory Helms
Just before the bell is about to ring, Deuce and Domino come riding out in their convertible to watch the match. So they stuck Chavo in the Cruiserweight division and then give him the title just to have him be in a tag team. Why did they even let the Cruiserweight division go on as long as they did? Did they make a single cent off of it? London and Kendrick are two guys that continued to get wasted on the roster as well. I don't mind Chavo and Helms as a team, even if it makes no sense. They are giving these teams time, which is kind of surprising. The heels get a lengthy heat segment until London gets the hot tag. Their hot tags are among the best of the decade. London hits a top rope mule kick on Helms, but Chavo breaks up the pin attempt. Helms rolls him up, but that's only good for a 2 count. Chavo goes up top, but Kendrick sees him and gets there first. He goes for a superplex, but Helms joins the part. Here comes London and he knocks Chavo to the floor and they hit a cool super Sliced Bread #2 on Helms to pick up the win. That was a solid tag match and they then focus on Deuce and Domino in their car.
Match Rating: **1/2
They show highlights from the premiere of The Condemned in Detroit.
Next week Paul London and Brian Kendrick will face Deuce and Domino.
King Booker is backstage and beside himself.
We get the Hall of Fame video package now.
Undertaker gets the druid entrance here for his big post-championship interview. Before he even gets a word out of his mouth, Batista's music hits and he's quickly making his way to the ring. Batista says "Congratulations, I want my rematch" and drops the mic. We get no response from Taker and then he gets attacked from behind by Booker. Taker clotheslines him over the top and throws him into the steps. He hits the Tombstone on the announce table and then stands over him holding up his championship. Sharmell comes out and checks on Booker and the medical staff is out as we go off the air.
This was a little bit of an odd episode. Like the other shows this week, there were the same highlight packages that ate up a considerable amount of time. There were no big surprises and really the only thing truly new was the Booker episode long story. The matches were mostly fine and we thankfully were spared a Kane match.
Overall Rating: 58%
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