black_dragon Wrote: ************SPOILERS***************************** Smacdown looks great!!!!!!! Its regaing its steam!!!! here are the results that i remember Spike Dudley d Rey for the cruiserweight title after Dvon helps! Kurt in actioin next week Teddy is new GM London/Kidman d Dudleyz to reatain after Rey interfered Spike/Rey vs Dudleys next week Booker T wins US championship in a 8 man elimination match Finish was great .... Cena was Eliminated via RVD frog Splash and Booker got the Pin, folowed by a Huge Scissors Kick via RVD to win the US championship **********END SPOILERS******************

Kinda pissed that there was no Undertaker. but the show looks pretty good. Booker T as US Champion is pretty cool. Spike as Cruiser Champion is alright I guess. and I'am looking foward to the Angle/Eddie segment. that should be funny.

I guess Teddy Long as General Manager could be entertaining. hes a funny guy. and at least hes a FACE GM for once.

Here are the full results:
SPOILER ALERT!!!

Thanks to Doug Stuerenberg for the following:
Dark match: Hardcore Holly d. Carly Colon with the Alabama Slam. It was a decent length and not as bad as some Holly matches. Wonder if he's relegated to this due to his attitude problems?

Velocity: WWE Champion John Bradshaw Layfield d. Shannon Moore in a squash with a big powerbomb. Layfield cut a promo before the match saying that had the Undertaker confronted him before Layfield had wrestled last week, he would've knocked out Taker with one punch instead of getting chokeslammed.

"The Reflection of Perfection" Mark Jindrak d. Scotty 2 Hotty by dropping down on S2H's sunset flip attempt. He held the ropes to get the pin.

Chavo Guerrero d. Funaki. Fastest-paced match to that point. Chavo raised Funaki up on his back a la the Razor's Edge, then dropped him straight backward onto Funaki's face. That got the win.

The F.B.I. d. the Bashams. One of the Bashams had Stamboli rolled up when Nunzio caught the Basham with a kick, and Stamboli reversed the rollup for the pin.

Smackdown:

Video recap of Kurt/Vince/Eddie from last week opens the show -- the same recap as was seen on the Smackdown rebound on RAW. Pyro hits and Booker T comes out with pyro.

Booker says he wants whoever the new GM is to honor Angle's word and award him the U.S. title. Kenzo Suzuki comes out and says he deserves it, with a geisha girl translating for him. Booker got in a funny line about wanting the GM, not the owner of a sushi bar. RVD came out, immediately followed by Renee Dupree, Luther Reigns, Billy Gunn, Charlie Haas, and finally John Cena to a massive pop. Cena says the fans know who should be the champ, and started an eight-man brawl. Vince McMahon came out and said only one man can decide who should be champ: The new General Manager ... Theodore R. Long! Long said one man deserves the title, and Booker interrupts to say thank you. Long said he didn't mean Booker and says Booker doesn't deserve a thing for hating on Smackdown all the time. He says there will be an eight-man elimination match for the title tonight.

Spike Dudley d. Rey Mysterio to win the WWE Cruiserweight title. Good match w/ no commercial break because it was relatively short. Finish came when D-Von ran out from the back to yell at the ref and Spike as Spike was in position for the 619. Bubba ran out from the crowd and tripped up Mysterio on the other side of the ring, and Spike hit the Acid Drop for the win. After figuring out his half-brothers had helped, he was angry and tried to apologize to Rey.

Recap of the JBL/Taker stuff from last week. Teddy Long tells the divas they will not be underutilized anymore, then walks into his GM office, where he finds Kurt Angle. Angle said he was packing up but Luther already did it for him. Kurt makes comments about Teddy being the first black GM, and Long said that thinking is from 1985. He said Kurt will be in a match TONIGHT, but Kurt starts making excuses, finally settling on not having his wrestling gear. Long says he will be fined $1,000 for not being prepared for work, and Kurt will wrestle next week! "Get ta steppin'!" Long tells Kurt.

Paul London and Billy Kidman d. the Dudleys to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship. This appeared to have a commercial break, and it was a pretty good match. The finish came when Bubba tried to hit Kidman outside the ring with a chair, but Mysterio ran out from the crowd to get revenge, and he dropkicked the chair back into Bubba. D-Von was promptly pinned in the ring by London.

Ivory interviews Mick Foley at the Democratic National Convention. Eddie Guerrero starts his lowrider going into commercial. Hilarious SummerSlam commercial shows Batista doing a floor routine in a gymnastics competition.

Eddie comes out with something covered in the lowrider to a huge pop. He wants Kurt to meet him face-to-face, but Kurt won't do it, so Eddie tells the crew to unveil stuff in the lowrider: stolen items from Kurt's old GM office. He decides to auction them off on WWE.com. Kurt still doesn't budge. He says the false cast needs some lysol with it, the picture with Kurt and Heyman with a WWE championship belt should be used for a bathroom because it makes him want to go, and he'll get his cousin to put hydraulics on Kurt's wheelchair. Eddie draws a mustache and an "I suck" saying on another Kurt picture, then finds the gold medals. He tries to auction them off to a Cincinnatian for $1, but Kurt finally comes out. He says if Eddie won't give back his stuff, he'll steal the lowrider. Eddie says don't do it because there's an anti-theft device. Kurt says "Nice try" but turns the key and gets powdered in the face! Eddie says the only thing that would make the night better ! is stealing Kurt's music, which plays. Huge "You Suck" chants as Kurt leaves. Entertaining and strong segment.

Next week: Kurt Angle in action, Spike/Rey vs. the Dudleys.

JBL commercial a la a politician's commercial airs recounting his playing football with a broken leg, going behind enemy lines to entertain troops, and being the Mexican, Korean, European and WWE Champion. So over-the-top that it works.

Booker T won the 8-man elimination match for the U.S. title. Eliminations as follows: Charlie Haas eliminated by Billy Gunn's fameasser. Dupree eliminated by Luther Reigns' finisher. Cena comes in and gets into it with Luther. It spills outside and Kenzo Suzuki hits Cena with the belt from behind, getting DQed. Billy Gunn is next to go with the FU. Luther gets the FU soon after and is gone. The finish was splendid, as RVD caught Cena with the 5-star frog splash. Booker stole the pin and eliminated Cena and quickly caught RVD with a vicious scissors kick to win the match and the title. RVD's head was driven down hard and it looked convincing from my vantage point.

Booker celebrates on the ramp and leaves. End of show.

And as always, credit goes to Wrestlinginc.

At least Book gets a strap; I'm glad to see they followed through with that. Hope he can run with it a little. I look forward to Rey Rey and Spike. WTF happened to Hass/Ricco? That shit was entertaining. Wait, Rico got injured, didnt' he? Meh, I forget. Anywho...

Has that Batista floor routine comercial been aired before? LOL, I can't wait to see that .

Satyagraha Wrote: At least Book gets a strap; I'm glad to see they followed through with that. Hope he can run with it a little. I look forward to Rey Rey and Spike. WTF happened to Hass/Ricco? That shit was entertaining. Wait, Rico got injured, didnt' he? Meh, I forget. Anywho... Has that Batista floor routine comercial been aired before? LOL, I can't wait to see that .

Yeah, Rico got injured but Haas is still on the roster.

Batista doing floor Routines = #1 reason to watch SmackDown!!!

- The following is from wistv.com:

(Hilton Head Island-AP) July 28, 2004 - A former professional wrestler has been arrested on Hilton Head Island.

Sean Haire, known to WWE fans as Sean O'Haire, is charged with assault and battery against two women at a nightclub last month.

Haire was arrested Tuesday.

A warrant states Haire punched Ivy Rowland and Deidre Clancy at Club Hypnotic on June 12th. Haire also is accused of kicking Clancy while she lay on the ground.

The Hilton Head Island resident was released from WWE about a month ago.

- From what we know, Roddy Piper has recently contacted Vince McMahon via fax about a possible job in WWE again.

Don't know many details at this point but basically Piper presented his side of the situation for whatever statements he made on HBO's "Real Sports" segment regarding deaths in pro-wrestling. Those statements are the ones that actually led to Piper being released from WWE during his last run. He also even mentioned some character ideas for himself, if he were to be brought back in to the company.

- Brock Lesnar passed his physical and signed a contract on Tuesday with the Minnesota Vikings for the league minimum of $230,000.

Lesnar won't get the money, though, unless he makes the final roster. The Pioneer Press says that would be "stunning". Lesnar is considered a longshot at making the team, but will report to training camp on Friday.

If Lesnar doesn't make the final roster, but makes the practice squad, he will receive $73,000.

NFL.com has also carried the story about Brock Lesnar signing a contract with the Minnesota Vikings.


Here is the official NWA TNA PPV Preview for July 28th, 2004:

THE RETURN OF THE ULTIMATE X MATCH!
FOR THE X CHAMPIONSHIP
The Phenomenal AJ Styles vs. Michael Shane and Kazarian
One of the most innovative matches in wrestling history returns this Wednesday night live on Pay-Per-View as AJ Styles defends the X gold against Michael Shane and Kazarian in the daredevil high-wire Ultimate X Match! Two steel cables – crossing high above the ring to form a giant X – are connected to four giant steel structures. Hanging above the ring will be the X Title and the first TNA superstar that can climb the Ultimate X and pull down the gold will walk out the champion! In an effort to prove the dominant force in the X division – Styles or Shane and Kazarian – TNA officials will try to settle this feud with the most death-defying match in wrestling! Can The Phenomenal One somehow find a way to once again overcome the odds in his first Ultimate X Match? Or, will Shane and Kazarian truly own the X Division and the X Championship?

NUMBER ONE CONTENDER’S MATCH
Jeff Hardy vs. The Alpha Male
Jeff Hardy sent shockwaves through the wrestling world on Wednesday night when he signed a contract to officially join the TNA roster. The superstar didn’t want big money or rock star treatment – his one and only demand was much different .a shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Title. True to his word, The American Dream Dusty Rhodes gave it to him, but neither Jeff Jarrett or The Alpha Male agreed with the decision. Jarrett says Dusty didn’t have the authority, while The Alpha Male refuses to let anyone get in his way of getting the gold. Now, TNA officials have signed a number one contender’s match between Jeff Hardy and The Alpha Male this Wednesday night on Pay-Per-View! Can Hardy find a way to overcome “The Pounce”? Tune in and find out!

NWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH
Champions The Naturals vs.
Fresh off their win over America’s Most Wanted in the Six Sides of Steel, NWA World Tag Team Champions The Naturals won’t get any rest when they defend the gold against this Wednesday night live on Pay-Per-View! Daniels and Skipper earned the shot by beating Team Mexico, and are hell-bent on once again dominating the tag team division. On the other hand, The Naturals proved beyond a shadow of a doubt their title reign is for real when they won the cage match, and Stevens and Douglas will be looking to take their game to a whole new level this Wednesday against live on Pay-Per-View!

AMERICA’S MOST WANTED vs. TEAM CANADA w/ Coach D’Amore
Within reach of reclaiming the tag team gold in the steel cage, America’s Most Wanted were denied another title reign by Team Canada and Coach D’Amore, who eliminated Chris Harris from the bout after attacking him like a pack of wolves. As a result, AMW are out for revenge – and have Team Canada in their crosshairs. This Wednesday night live on Pay-Per-View, AMW will have their chance to face Team Canada in tag team action. With a possible title shot for one of these teams as the prize, both sides will be looking to dominate. The question is, can Chris Harris and James Storm keep their eyes on the prize or will their rage lead them to an all-out war with D’Amore and his troops?

WILL RAVEN AND SABU FINALLY COLLIDE?
Raven made his shocking return to TNA on Wednesday night, costing Sabu his match against Abyss when Raven pushed his former friend off the top balcony and sent him crashing to the arena floor. In a final horrific act, Raven stood above the injured Sabu – screaming at the Homicidal, Genocidal, Suicidal superstar to fight him! Now, will Raven and Sabu finally collide this Wednesday night? Or, will their violent war continue to go beyond the TNA ring? Tune in and find out!

THE MONEY VS. THE CONTRACTS
Abyss and Alex Shelley w/ Goldylocks vs. D-Ray 3000 and Sharkboy
D-Ray 3000 is be one of the most popular and entertaining superstars in TNA, but he may not be the smartest for accepting Goldylocks challenge. In a “Money vs. Contracts” match this Wednesday night, Abyss and Alex Shelley will take on D-Ray 3000 and Sharkboy with two important stipulations. If Abyss and Shelley win, D-Ray, Sharkie and their contracts will belong to Goldylocks. But if D-Ray and Sharkboy pull off the win, they’ll be TNA’s unlikeliest millionaires – and Goldy will be flat broke!

DAVID YOUNG vs. REFEREE MIKE POSEY
Quickly approaching his 100th loss without a win, David Young needs a victory or else he’ll be the first victim of the Gut Check List and kicked out of TNA. He didn’t exactly shows any signs of hope this past Wednesday when he was beat by TNA referee Mike Posey in a six man match. As a result, Young made a promise to Director of Authority Vince Russo and TNA – if he can’t beat referee Posey in a match this Wednesday night, he’ll pack his bags and leave TNA for good! Can David Young FINALLY win a match (albeit against a referee)? Or, will Posey be the one to boot Young from TNA? Tune in for what could possibly be David Young’s last match!

ALL THIS AND MORE THIS WEDNESDAY LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW!

This just in:

More on Piper's possible WWE Return:

As reported earlier, Roddy Piper is trying to make his way back into the WWE and recently contacted Vince McMahon with a personal fax regarding the possibility of him coming back to work for the company.

Basically, the fax was all about Piper trying to explain to Vince McMahon why he said what he said back on the HBO special that resulted in the loss of his last job with the company. He also pitched a few character ideas for himself if he were to return to WWE programming.

Piper wants to be more of an on-air personality rather than a wrestler. He had outlined that he wanted to become a character on the programming, though at this point we are unsure whether WWE will consider him or not. In reality, there is not much left for WWE to do with Piper due to the fact that they can't use him in the ring, though WWE does have quite a track record regarding past talent that has made money for the company over time.

What did Piper say in the HBO special? I heard something about him talking about veterans dying after years of wrestling, but I missed it.


GD

I'd just like to put in a few words for TNA. Almost all these posts are about WWE. I could count with my fingers how many posts TNA is in within about 5 pages. I'd like to point out some reasons why TNA is well on it's way to give WWE some competition.

1: No promos that last like 20 minutes.

2: Actually concentrates on the wrestling.

3: Doesn't have to resort to giving all they're wrestlers gimmicks (cough...Eugene...cough)

4: X DIVISION!!!

5: AJ Styles, Ken Shamrock, and Jeff Hardy!

I wouldn't mind Roddy Piper back in the WWE. when he was on SmackDown! last year he was very entertaining!. but FOR HEAVEN SAKES don't let him wrestle!

www.wrestling-stuff.com has some Summerslam spoilers for those who want to know.

i havn't looked at them however coz i want to watch it but i thought you spoilsports might want to know.

P.S. Please dont put them on this thread coz i really dont want to know.

P.P.S. My copy of Ric Flairs book should be arriving from amazon tommorrow.....yay

i've also noticed that wwe.com has started its babe of the year competition.

Question....Why the hell are Moolah and Mae on there? like they have a chance.

jade2004 Wrote: Question....Why the hell are Moolah and Mae on there? like they have a chance.

Why else? to give the 70-90 year old fans a chance to vote. duh!

is that sarcasm i sense?

NoObSaIbOt777 Wrote: I'd just like to put in a few words for TNA. Almost all these posts are about WWE. I could count with my fingers how many posts TNA is in within about 5 pages. I'd like to point out some reasons why TNA is well on it's way to give WWE some competition. 1: No promos that last like 20 minutes. 2: Actually concentrates on the wrestling. 3: Doesn't have to resort to giving all they're wrestlers gimmicks (cough...Eugene...cough) 4: X DIVISION!!! 5: AJ Styles, Ken Shamrock, and Jeff Hardy!

Feel free to talk about TNA or any subject on wrestling. As you see the title of the thread states discuss everything wrestling, past, present, whatever. WCW, ECW, TNA, WWFE, whatever your little hearts desire. I'm a fan of TNA myself. I'm posting an article for Canadian TNA fans at the bottom.

jade2004, don't worry about me posting spoilers, I don't like it any more than you do. I ask everyone to please not post any more spoilers. If anyone wants to read the spoilers there are plenty of sites, such as the ones I've posted in the past, where you can see them for yourselves.

If anyone wants to hear Flair's OTR interview from last night, go to www.tsn.ca/wrestling, they posted video from the interview.
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- As many wrestling fans have seen and heard, there has been much talk lately regarding the situation between Bret Hart and Ric Flair. Though there could possibly be a lot more to the situation than we know.

Shane McMahon and Bret Hart have had numerous talks recently concerning the upcoming Bret Hart DVD. Mainly, the meetings were regarding the DVD and Bret would give Shane input as far as what matches would be on the DVD and such.

Lately we have been hearing that while meetings were specifically for the DVD, it has recently turned into Shane McMahon actually bringing up the subject of a WWE return for Bret.

We will have more on this story later on today.


From TSN:

- ESPN Classic Canada has signed a new one-year deal with TNA Entertainment, providing the network with complete access to Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling's pay-per-view programming library.

ESPN Classic Canada will televise the entire TNA Wrestling collection, chronologically, every Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET with encores at 12 midnight ET, and Thursdays at 6 a.m. ET and 4 p.m. ET. The ringside action premieres Wednesday, Aug. 4 at 6 p.m. ET with TNA Wrestling's first ever pay-per-view event from June 2002.

TheMkGeek Wrote: ESPN Classic Canada will televise the entire TNA Wrestling collection, chronologically, every Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET with encores at 12 midnight ET, and Thursdays at 6 a.m. ET and 4 p.m. ET. The ringside action premieres Wednesday, Aug. 4 at 6 p.m. ET with TNA Wrestling's first ever pay-per-view event from June 2002.

DAMMIT! I wish I lived in Canada!

Nice job. I like it.

WORD LIFE!111!1!

Scorpionvsermac Wrote:

sub-zeromasta Wrote: Nice job. I like it. WORD LIFE!111!1! Scorpionvsermac Wrote:

Yeah, I agree, nice picture Scorpionvsermac! I only wish I could draw that good.

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- Brock Lesnar was featured several times on ESPN today on Sportscenter, Around The Horn, and Pardon The Interruption.

On Sportscenter, they mentioned the fact that Lesnar signed with the Vikings (which had already been reported on this website yesterday). On Around The Horn, the argument came up as to whether Brock Lesnar will be athletic enough to compete in the NFL. Everybody on the show argued that Pro-Wrestling is not a sport, and he wouldn't be anything in the NFL, but Woody Paige stuck up for Lesnar and Pro-Wrestling, stating that guys have to be athletic enough to do the things they do in the ring. For anyone who watches the show they might find it funny that Jay Mariotti didn't know that the WWF is now the WWE.

Pardon The Interruption had a segment which was a debate whether Lesnar would have over or under 1 career sack in his NFL career (which they guessed would last one season).

Basically the overall feeling amongst many of the sports analysts and journalists at ESPN is that a pro-wrestler in the NFL is somewhat of a joke, and unless he proves himself people are going to continue to laugh at the fact that a pro-wrestler is playing in the NFL.

Anyone who wants to see new info and screenshots of Smackdown vs. Raw, should check out IGN.com. There's tons of new info, including the modes of play and two new create modes are added. Check it out.

ROFLOL!!!! OMG!!!

Teddy Long as general manager of Smackdown!!! That was funny!!!


GD

Hmmm. Wasn't impressed by Smackdown. I enjoyed RAW much more. But it does seem that SD is getting a bit better.

A bit? Dude, compare it to how it was a month ago , and it will make the Current SD!'s a Television Phenomonon (sp?)

MetadragonX Wrote: Hmmm. Wasn't impressed by Smackdown. I enjoyed RAW much more. But it does seem that SD is getting a bit better.

Black_Dragon Wrote: A bit? Dude, compare it to how it was a month ago , and it will make the Current SD!'s a Television Phenomonon (sp?) MetadragonX Wrote: Hmmm. Wasn't impressed by Smackdown. I enjoyed RAW much more. But it does seem that SD is getting a bit better.

Hehehe. I have to admit youre right. It was much better than it has been.
Anywho, can't wait for Impact tomorrow. I like it more and more every week I see it.

Yup, thats true

MetadragonX Wrote: Anywho, can't wait for Impact tomorrow. I like it more and more every week I see it.

I thought SmackDown! was excellent tonight.

All 3 matches were great. espeically the Eliminaion Match. The Cena/Asian Girl part was hillarious.

I think Teddy Long is making a pretty good GM so far. thank god SmackDown! finally has a FACE GM for once. he makes me laugh when he talks the way he does.

The Eddie/Angle segment was hillarious! the ending with Angle stealing Eddie's car only to have powder sprayed in his face was really funny!

The only thing that bugged me was no Undertaker. I see no logic in keeping your #1 CONTENDER off the damn show for no fuckin reason. however, sence SmackDown! is in houston Texas next week, Taker's REAL hometown, I think it would be sucide not to have him on the show.

overall, Great Smackdown! IMO. which was far better than anything on Raw right now.