Tonight on SmackDown, it’s The Brian Kendrick, MVP, Shelton Benjamin, and Jeff Hardy in a Fatal Four Way to determine the number one contender for the WWE Championship at No Mercy. Also, what possessed The Big Show to take out The Undertaker at Unforgiven?
You know how it works by now, quick results up here and detailed results after the jump. BTW, I’m sorry this is starting late, somebody called me at 8PM. Who the hell calls a wrestling fan on Friday night at 8PM?
Anyways, here goes:
Triple H says that Jeff Hardy will never win the big one.
Brie Bella, Maria & Michelle def Victoria, Natalya & Maryse
R-Truth def. Chavo Guerrero via DQ
Jesse & Festus wrapped Kenny Dykstra in duct tape and wheeled him out of the arena on a dolly.
Big Show says he beat up The Undertaker for not following the rules. Seriously, that’s what he said.
Vladimir Kozlov def. Funaki & Scotty Goldman
Carlito & Primo Colon def. Hawkins & Ryder
Jeff Hardy def. The Brian Kendrick, MVP, & Shelton Benjamin
Well, I’m not going to bore you with a results page (but if you must know, Matt Hardy, Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Michelle McCool, and in a surprising twist, Chris Jericho were your winners), I just wanted to get a few things off my chest about WWE Unforgiven 2008.
First of all, congratulations to Matt Hardy – it may be the ECW Championship, but you’ve finally won the big one. Unfortunately, your brother was just one second away from upstaging you and winning the World Heavyweight Championship, but instead of lunging over to break up Triple H’s pin attempt, he ran over into his own pin attempt on Shelton Benjamin.
Speaking of which, Jeff Hardy bugged the hell out of me last night (and later on in the night, so did Kane). Jeff was the current WWE Champion at one point, and a couple of times while he was the current champion, he went for a pinfall. Tell me, what good would it have done for Jeff Hardy, while being the current champion in the match, to pin somebody? He’s already achieved the only thing you get when you pin somebody, so what is the point of pinning somebody else since a pin doesn’t really benefit you. Kane, as current World Heavyweight Champion, made a pin attempt on Batista in RAW’s Scramble Match. It makes no sense to me.
Speaking of the RAW match, it really bothers me that CM Punk, the reigning World Heavyweight Champion, was written out of the match. If they really wanted Jericho to win, they could have had Kane attack Mysterio backstage, have Jericho replace Mysterio and have Orton come out to the ring to cost Punk the World Championship. I think it’s complete BS that Punk wasn’t even in the match that he lost the title in.
The beating HBK gave Jericho last night was not as bad as they’re going to make it out to be, though Jericho did come out of the match in pretty rough shape. You could see how badly he was beaten up as he made his way to the ring for the Championship Scramble. That match had a pretty good finish, with Jericho stealing the victory without getting in a single move throughout the time he was in the match.
What I’m going to take away from Unforgiven is the fact that The Brian Kendrick is eventually going to win the WWE Championship if he stays clean and doesn’t do anything stupid. That said, the same statement will apply to Jeff Hardy, albeit much sooner than it will apply to Kendrick.
The Big Show heel turn was piss poor. Normally the guy arguing with whoever the Undertaker is feuding with will leave before the druids come out. Show stood there and laughed at Vickie. Sure, he pretended to be mad at her, but you could tell that he was turning heel the moment the camera got a shot of Show and Guerrero in the ring together.
You guys all know that I’m normally against name changes – especially when the guy has his old name on his tights – but I think it’s a good thing they changed Afa Jr.’s name to Manu. WWE doesn’t like to use “Junior” at the end of names (Chavo Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, and most recently and most baffling, Ted DiBiase). People remember Afa, so calling this kid Afa isn’t going to make a lot of sense (again, see DiBiase, Ted). Calling him Manu and telling everybody that he’s Afa’s son is a good move.
I’m really glad that I probably won’t ever have to see that Chris Jericho/Shawn Michaels video package again. Hopefully, Shawn’s promo at Unforgiven stating that for Jericho, the worst is still yet to come doesn’t mean that he’s going to find himself in the World Title hunt.
That’s it for me, I’ll see you guys in the morning with a RAW review!
What’s up guys? Tonight, Triple H takes on The Great Khali in a lumberjack match. The lumberjacks? Triple H’s Unforgiven Scramble opponents, The Brian Kendrick, Jeff Hardy, MVP, and Shelton Benjamin. Speaking of, The Brian Kendrick and Jeff Hardy will be one on one for the first time ever, and Shelton Benjamin will take on MVP. All this and more, airing RIGHT NOW on the CW! You guys know how it goes, we do quick results up here on the main page, and detailed results after the jump. Keep hitting refresh every so often for the latest results!
Triple H promo erupts into a brawl featuring all five WWE Championship Scramble competitors and Ezekiel Jackson. Triple H and Jeff Hardy stand tall.
R-Truth def. Bam Neely via pinfall.
Undertaker says he’ll send Vickie to hell to reunite with Edge.
Shelton Benjamin def. MVP via pinfall.
Maryse insults Maria backstage.
Maryse def. Maria via pinfall.
The Brian Kendrick def. Jeff Hardy via pinfall.
Super Crazy def. Ryan Braddock via pinfall.
Big Show challenges Vladimir Kozlov to a match, but it’s ordered to not happen by Vickie Guerrero.
Vickie demands that The Undertaker apologize to her at Unforgiven.
Brie Bella def. Victoria via pinfall.
Triple H def. The Great Khali via pinfall in a Lumberjack Match.
After the match, Jeff Hardy drops Triple H with a Twist of Fate and stands tall over the Champion as the show goes off the air.
You know how we do Friday Nights around here – quick results, followed by detailed results, so keep your refresh button handy, because it’s time for SmackDown in real-time on BoredWrestlingFan.com!
Undertaker tells Vickie Guerrero she’ll burn in hell.
K-Kwik R-Truth def. Kenny Dykstra via pinfall.
Maryse & Natalya def. Maria & Michelle via pinfall.
Jeff Hardy def. MVP via pinfall. After the match, both men were hit with Pay Dirt by Shelton Benjamin.
Hawkins & Ryder vs. Jesse & Festus went to a no contest when The Big Show beat up both teams.
It’s Friday Night, you guys know what’s up! Much like last week, this week’s SmackDown in real-time is brought to you by the BoredWrestlingFan skipping a free concert – this week it’s Joan Jett. Anyways, quick results up here, detailed results after the jump, as per usual!
Vickie Guerrero announces that SmackDown will also have a Championship Scramble match at Unforgiven.
Maria def. Natalya via disqualification when Maryse interfered
Big Show finds out he’s been overlooked as far as the Championship Scramble is concerned
The Brian Kendrick wins a 10 man battle royal to qualify for the Championship Scramble – thanks to The Big Show.
MVP def. Festus via countout to qualify for the Championship Scramble.
Shelton Benjamin def. Finlay to qualify for the Championship Scramble.
Jeff Hardy def. The Great Khali to qualify for the Championship Scramble.
Well, I wasn’t planning on doing a real-time tonight, just a review later, but since I decided not to go to the concert I was going to go to (Puddle of Mudd, if you’re wondering), I’m home and ready to go for the BoredWrestlingFan Friday Night Tradition! You know the drill, so here we go!
Jeff Hardy def. Shelton Benjamin via disqualification when MVP interfered
Natalya & Maryse def. Michelle McCool & Maria via pinfall
The Brian Kendrick def. Scotty Goldman via pinfall
The 2008 Summer Olympics began earlier today and are going on as we speak – but nobody cares about that, it’s Friday night, it’s 8PM, it’s time for SmackDown! You guys know the drill by now, so here we go!
Tazz is filling in for Mick Foley
Natalya, Maryse, and Victoria def. Maria, Michelle McCool, and Cherry via submission.
Backstage, Bam Neely is found unconscious with a black rose on him.
Hawkins and Ryder def. Jimmy Wang Yang and Shannon Moore by pinfall.
MVP announces that he’ll be wrestling Jeff Hardy at SummerSlam.
Jeff Hardy def. Shelton Benjamin via disqualification.
The Great Khali left Triple H lying in the ring via the vice grip.
Curt Hawkins is found unconscious with a black rose on top of him. Apparently Ryder was found with one earlier too.
Vladimir Kozlov def. Jesse via pinfall.
The Brian Kendrick def. Super Crazy via pinfall.
Edge takes out Chavo with a Con-chair-to, and tells Vickie that he’s taking her to hell with him.
Hello, folks, and welcome to SmackDown in real-time! As has become BWF Friday Night tradition, we’ll be posting quick results up here on the main page, with detailed results after the jump!
MVP def. Jimmy Wang Yang
After the match, Jeff Hardy hit MVP with a Twist of Fate
Mr. Kennedy def. Shelton Benjamin in a non-title match.
Well, the legend of NostraJOEmas went the way of the dinosaur last night. I was only right on 50% of my predictions (including one that didn’t come up here, I picked Matt Hardy over Shelton Benjamin). Some of the ones I got wrong didn’t really surprise me, but others did. I wasn’t too thrilled with the PPV as a whole, though there were some bright spots, including the Shawn Michaels/Chris Jericho match. To be fair though, I think I went into the show with high expectations after last month’s Night of Champions, and the month of great RAWs and SmackDowns afterwards.
My thoughts, and the show results, after the jump! (more…)
