WWE SmackDown! - 09/25/03
Taped:
09/23/03
Philadelphia, PA
- Tonight
- Cruiserweight Title: Rey Mysterio vs Tajiri
- Tag Team Titles: Los Guerreros vs Matt Hardy (Version One) and Shannon
Moore
- US Title: Eddie Guerrero vs Charlie Haas
- If Eddie holds on to both belts, he's going to be a busy man.
- Looks like we're having a belt presentation.
- Brock's name is on the belt.
- Vince and Sable are out to kill my will to recap this
show.
- Vince intros Brock, but gets Kurt Angle instead.
- Vince modifies his introduction while Sable heads for safer ground.
- Vince thinks Kurt is out here to complain about Brock's cheat
- Angle's expression says no, so Vince goes to theory 2: Kurt wants to
challenge for a rematch.
- Vince lets Kurt know that's not going to happen tonight or any time
soon.
- He's got to start from the bottom!
- I wonder if that's Brawler or Kane
- Vince's third theory is that Kurt wants to personally hand over the
belt.
- Is that a new belt, anyway? I only notice if they have one.
- Kurt says here's not here to congratulate Brock, unless congratulating
him includes beating him up.
- Since he's not getting a title shot, we've got two options - Brock
comes out and gets beaten up, or Angle goes in the back and beats up
Brock.
- So, it must be time for the King of Interruptions John Cena.
- Atlanta 44, old school.
- This is what he was talking about last week.
- John says Kurt has a vagina in his first rhyme.
- Kurt clotheslines him out of the ring. Back to calling out Brock. He's
not coming out, so Angle's going after him.
- Camera in the back eventually catches up to Angle.
- Angle's checking rooms. Found Brock's locker room. He rushes the room
- but no one's there.
- Angle leaves the room, and gets jumped by Cena.
- Quickly and not especially violently. But it's annoying enough.
- During the break
- Cena drove off
- Angle stole Vince's limo to follow him
- I guess he got over finding Brock real quick.
- The ring is cleared up for the belt presentation when we come back.
- Los Guerreros (441 pounds, c) vs Matt Hardy (version one) & Shannon
Moore (436 pounds) for the WWE Tag Team Titles, 1st Defense
- Why doesn't Chimel announce them as from El Paso?
- Matt Facts: Matt has wrestled with strep throat. (Who won?) Matt hates
taking medicine.
- Shelton has had knee surgery after the match last week.
- Matt and Eddie to start. Lockup, break. "I'm V1 UHH"
- Eddie is not impressed.
- Lockup, Eddie with a full nelson, around into a side headlock, shot
off, over, under, Chavo makes a blind tag and hits a dropkick.
- Los Guerreros mock V1, but cameras miss it.
- Matt charges into a Chavo drop to hold.
- Tag to Eddie, back suplex, Hilo one two no.
- Eddie with a right, tag to Chavo. Eddie with corner kicks, snap mare
into a Chavo dropkick to the face one two no.
- Chavo with European Uppercuts, whip, reversed, Chavo is pulled out by
Shannon, but Chavo punches him down.
- He forget about Matt - sliding dropkick takes him out.
- Shannon runs Chavo back first into the apron while Matt is bating
Eddie.
- Chavo thrown in, Matt covers one two NO.
- Tag to Shannon, hold for kicks. Shannon with a back suplex. Not nearly
as good as Chavo's. One two no.
- Shannon with rights, turnbuckle smash. Tag to Matt.
- Kicks in the corner. Rights.
- Tag to Shannon. Corner whip - wait, no, back in the same direction.
- Shannon with right hands. Whip, clothesline reversed into floataround
DDT (kinda)
- Hot (?) tag to Eddie - Chavo disappears rather than stay on the apron
again - Eddie with a clothesline for Shannon, clothesline for Shannon,
dropkick for Matt.
- Whip for Shannon, backdrop.
- Kick for Matt, run up the corner and Mexican armdrag/headscissors
combo.
- Eddie with right hands, whip, reversed, Matt sneaks in a kick. Shannon
off the ropes, swinging neckbreaker one two no.
- Matt kicked Chavo away from coming in there.
- Matt yells at Shannon to pick Eddie up - running punch gets Shannon,
but Matt ducks an Eddie punch and hits the Ricochet.
- Matt covers, then remembers that Shannon is legal and drags him on
top.
- Matt tells Shannon to pick him up again, but this time Chavo sweeps
out the leg as he goes off the ropes.
- Eddie back elbow out and then throws him in the path of a Chavo top
rope cross body one two Matt breaks it up.
- All four going at it now. Chavo with a corner whip, reversed into a
Mat back suplex and he's out again.
- Eddie is taking a moment from punching Shannon in the corner talk
about La Raza - Matt's sneaking up behind him.
- Eddie's turned around, kick wham Twist of Shoved Off, Chavo pulls down
the top rope and out goes Shannon.
- Eddie's watching that and gets nailed with a Shannon leg lariat one
two NO!
- Shan-trum.
- Corner whip, Eddie goes in chest first.
- Shannon to the second rope, Mooregasm but no one's home.
- Chavo back in - back suplex for Shannon as Eddie goes up.
- Frog Splash hits. One two three! (5:25)
- I guess Chavo took care of Matt on the floor, because we never saw him
try to break it up.
- Guerreros get their belts. Chavo goes to the low rider as Eddie gets
his second belt and poses.
- Matt back in - forearm to the back. SIDE EFFECT ON THE BELT!
- Chavo's finally back in and Matt takes off, but Eddie may be in
trouble for his second title defense now.
- During the break
- While Eddie is still down, Haas is in and throwing Chavo out.
- Forearms, kicks to the back. Haas of Pain.
- Haas gets run off when we're not watching, but he's happy - and
leaving thru the crowd.
- A-Train (wait, there's no introduction?)
- A-Train is in one of his ringside cleaning moods.
- OH NO HE'S GOT THE MIC
- Apparently, A-Train would like to feud with - Chris Benoit?
- He challenges everyone. Including the Philly crowd.
- And Cole. "How about you Cole, are you Tough Enough." Wrong
guy.
- He knows Tazz thinks he's Tough Enough. I thought we were going to a
match there.
- A-Train grabs timekeeper Mark Yeaton, throws him in the ring, and puts
the Crippler Crossface on him.
- Benoit has to get his music played before he can make the save.
- A-Train tastes the Crossface, but powers out of it and throws Benoit
to the apron.
- Benoit gets up and walks into an A-Train clothesline.
- I think A-Train might have found someone meaningful he can beat.
Maybe.
- Backstage, the Trainer thinks that Eddie can't wrestle
- Eddie disagrees. Though he's hurting.
- Backstage, Vince talks about Sable's breasts
- Well not just that, but this goes on far too long without any point.
- Oh they're going to have sex again
- Except a PA interrupts him. Vince yells at him for bad timing.
- They're going to do the belt ceremony again, later.
- Sable promises to have sex with Vince before this is over.
- Josh talks to Charlie Haas
- The odds are in his favor - but then they always are, because he's an
All-American.
- He took them out like they took out Shelton and him last week
- And like how Eddie and Chavo took their belts, he's going to take
Eddie's belt.
- Your announcers are Tazz and Cole, who gab.
- They recap the Tajiri/Rey feud
- 3 Weeks Ago: Tajiri misting Rey post-match
- 2 Weeks Ago: Tajiri pins Rey, belts Rey post-match
- 1 Week Ago: Tajiri mists Rhyno by accident.
- Backstage, Tajiri kicks things
- Oh wow he broke a pallet.
- That's not really hard.
- Two talky segments in a row? Wow.
- Behind the scenes of the Run Down
- This looks like it's taken from the Interview Row
- Rey Mysterio (San Diego, CA, 185 pounds, c) vs Tajiri (Japan, 208
pounds) for the WWE Cruiserweight Title
- Tazz is definitely going to see the Run Down since it got two thumbs
up
- Too bad Goldust and Booker T are too dead to tell us what they think.
- OH NO TAJIRI'S PANT LEG IS ON FIRE
- Cole: "We use a lot of adjectives here in the WWE"
- Circle. Lockup, break.
- Tajiri with a high side kick, which Rey deflects but hurts his hand
on.
- Rey with a waistlock, Tajiri back elbows out, chop.
- Whip, Rey slides under, armdrag.
- Whip, reversed into a kick, armbar.
- Rey with a forward handspring, Tajiri with a kick. Slam.
- Yelping kneedrop one two no.
- Tajiri with a forearm, corner whip, Rey kips up and out, monkey flip
is blocked and Rey is put on the top rope.
- Rey blocks a punch with his leg, then kicks Tajiri away
- There's a loud pinging noise when he does
- Rey off the second rope with a 'rana.
- Victory roll one reversed one two no.
- Rey with a single leg, Majistral is stopped with a single leg trip,
Tajiri with his own La Majistral one two NO.
- Tajiri with a kick, whip, Tajiri tosses Rey up and Rey comes down with
a dropkick.
- Rey with a right hand, corner whip, charge in but Tajiri moves out of
the way and waves him into the corner.
- Tarantula on - one two three four let go.
- Tajiri unties the top turnbuckle, but Hebner is standing right there,
so it's going to be put back own immediately.
- With Hebner distracted, it seems as though Tajiri is loading up the
mist, but Rey catches him with a couple kicks.
- Hebner is paying attention now, and you can see green mist leaking
from Tajiri's mouth. Rey blocked it with those kicks.
- Tajiri misses a big high side kick, and Rey dropkicks him.
- Tajiri rolls out, but Rey flattens him with a springboard plancha.
- Both down on the outside? Break time. (3:10)
- Both men back in the ring - Rey is knocking Tajiri down with a corner
forearm when we return.
- Rey goes for corner punches, but only gets to five before he's knocked
to the apron.
- Rey manages a shoulder, then goes up - flying nothing meets kick to
the ribs, and kick to the ribs wins. One two no.
- Tajiri takes his time following up, with a little bit taunting.
- Tajiri with knees and kicks to the midsection.
- Tajiri suplexes Rey onto the top rope, then pushes him off into the
ring one two no.
- He's obviously working that midsection/ribs
- Tajiri punches Rey's midsection on the mat.
- Full nelson variation on an abdominal stretch
- Rey back elbows out, Rey whiffs with a punch and Tajiri dropkicks Rey
in the gut one two no.
- Tajiri throws Rey hard in the corner.
- Rey tries to back elbow a way, but is stopped with another hard kick
to the midsection one tow no.
- Tajiri with a bodyscissors on the mat, rolling Rey over into a pin -
one two no. one two no.
- Rey tries to fight back, but Tajiri strikes him while on the ground,
holding in that bodyscissors. Another pushed down - one tow no.
- Tajiri with a gutbuster one two NO!
- Tajiri with a snap mare, back into the bodyscissors submission. One
two no.
- Mysterio "grasping at the air", which looks a lot like like
he's drawing from the crowd.
- Rey back elbows out of the hold, but he's slow up and Tajiri kicks him
in the rib again.
- Tajiri with a corner whip, charge into a back elbow, charge into a
kick.
- Rey with a cartwheel out into Victory Roll position - bodyscissors
bulldog one two NO.
- Both slow up - Tajiri's misses with a punch, Rey does not miss his.
- Corner whip, Rey charges, Tajiri steps forward tosses him up, Rey
lands on the second rope
- Rey hops to the top rope, moonsault bodyblock - and his right leg
clubs Tajiri's head on the way down.
- Looks like he came up a little shorter than Tajiri was expecting
- One two NO.
- Rey with a kick, off the ropes, bodyscissors reversed into a
wheelbarrow suplex by Tajiri! One two NO.
- Tazz said he's done that one, and called it a wheelbarrow back
suplex
- Actually, I bet he called it a wheelbarrow back Tazplex
- Tajiri hangs Rey in the reverse Tree of Woe, so he's facing the
corner.
- Tajiri backs up, charges, dropkick to the head!
- Michinoku Driver! TAZZ CALLED IT! One two NO!
- Replay of the dropkick as both guys are a little slow up.
- Tajiri runs Rey into the corner. Back up, charge, splash but no one's
home.
- Rey is staggered and falling to one knee. So is Tajiri.
- Rey charges, rolling up into 'rana position, but Tajiri shoves him off
into Hebner.
- Brian is stunned but standing - Rey turns around to look, and Tajiri
sets him self.
- High side kick is ducked by Rey - but not by Hebner. He's dead.
- Tajiri and Rey give a look of surprise to the downed referee, then
turn toward each other and kick each other.
- Tajiri got the best of it - kick, whip, reversed, Tajiri with the
handspring elbow, but Rey spotted in and dropkicked him.
- Tajiri lands on the second rope, so Rey gets position - 619!
- Rey waits on the apron for Tajiri to get up, but he really needs
Hebner to get up too.
- Tajiri slow up - maybe knowing what's next.
- Rey goes for it, Tajiri ducks forward, then hits the reverse thrust
kick. But he's too tired to cover and there isn't a ref anyway.
- Referee Mike Sparks is out to check on Brian Hebner. Tajiri covers, so
Mike counts - one two NO!
- Tajiri can't believe it! Perhaps he should try the Buzzsaw Kick.
- Tajiri shaking some sense into himself as Rey gets up.
- Right, whip, Rey grabs the ropes as Brian starts to stir.
- Rey tries a kick, but it's kicked an Tajiri kicks him in the
midsection.
- Tajiri tries powerbomb, but Rey slips out the back.
- 'rana, but Sparks is checking on Hebner again - and Tajiri uses the
Red Mist!
- Buzzsaw Kick to the back of the head, one two THREE (11:40)
- Tajiri takes his belt and gets out of the ring to celebrate. He's
happy.
- Replay of the end. No one calls it the Buzzsaw Kick.
- Rey is strill trying to get the mist out of his eyes.
- Next Week: Update on Zach Gowen
- In the Crowd: Fuji TV announce team for SmackDown!
- Time To Kill: WWE and Hip Hop Action Network join forces to sponsor
SmackDown! the Vote
- Please please register to vote
- Announcers talk about SmackDown! being the #1 rated show on UPN and UPN
being the #1 rated network for men 18-39
- Well that first part is true every week, so I guess something's up.
- "You get to see stars like Shaniqua and the Bashams"
- Basham Brothers (Columbus, OH, 495 pounds, w/Shaniqua) vs Jamie Noble
(Hanover, WV, 200 pounds, w/Nidia and a microphone) and ???
- See, if he can announce the Bashams as from the home town, I dunno why
he didn't for Eddie and Chavo.
- Last week, Shaniqua beat up these chicks.
- We come back in time for the whip shots.
- Jamie says Billy hurt, but he's got some unfinished business with the
Bashams.
- He may not be smart, but he's still rich.
- Check out Nidia's gear.
- Beyond that, Jamie spent money on another wise investment - Bradshaw
- Basham Brothers vs Jamie Noble & Bradshaw
- Brawl is on. I am off.
- Hey, there's the pescado, it officially is a white crusierweight
working as a face.
- Shaniqua gives Jamie a big boot when he's tossed to the outside.
- Hot tag to Bradshaw at 2:30
- Last Call at 3:00.
- Nidia tries to attack Shaniqua for going after Jamie at 3:30, but gets
a huge clothesline.
- Jamie goes to help her and gets laid out by a Basham.
- Bradshaw manages to do okay against both Bashams, hitting the
Clothesline from Hell on Danny
- Shaniqua in to break up the cover (DQ 4:16)
- Bradshaw isn't as much hurt there as then as when Doug distracts him
and Shaniqua kicks low.
- Doug lays out Jamie when he comes in, and we're into another Shaniqua/Bashams
beatdown.
- The Rundown Premiere
- Seannnnnnn thinks this doesn't suck as much as other movies he's had
to promote
- Tazz and Cole hype hype hyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyype
- Iron Man Match Tale of the Tape
- Iron Man Match recap (4:40)
- Big Show is out, but he's not scheduled to be on the show tonight.
- I dunno if I'm so interested in finding out that I'll stay thru a commercial
break.
- Charlie Haas (Edmond, OK, 239 pounds) vs Eddie Guerrero (El Paso, Tx,
229 pounds, c) for the WWE US Championship
- Someone is thrilled that they got this match one
- Big Show is here because he's here to correct problems
- And not stick around on the mic long.
- It's weird to see Eddie actually WALK to the ring. Lowrider for the
first match but not for this one.
- Eddie checks out Haas in the ring (and maybe Show at ringside? tough
to tell) and slows to the ring.
- Grabbing his ribs.
- Eddie nice talks Show as he walks by to the back. That was pointless
unless he comes back.
- Oh no he's coming back and Eddie don't know it.
- Show grabs Eddie and throws him back first into the post
- Cole: "Rib first into the steel post!"
- Cole asks why
- Show: "See ya later, ese!"
- Good lord, Eddie has long list of enemies.
- Haas is happy. He comes out to stomp.
- Haas throws him in and works over the back.
- Back suplex, one two no.
- Cole and Tazz have been pushing "the first time someone's
defended two titles on one SmackDown!"
- Haas with corner kicks. Corner whip, backdrop.
- Elbow.
- Haas charges, Eddie ducks and Haas goes out.
- Eddie yells to no one in particular.
- Haas back in, but Eddie punches in bunches.
- Whip, reversed, Haas throws him up and Eddie dropkicks him - but Eddie
is too hurt to follow.
- Haas is up slow too himself.
- Eddie charges Haas and gets a huge double leg one two no.
- Side back breaker, pressing over the knee to work the back.
- He's working the back here, and the announcers are saying the ribs.
- They do go all the way around, but I dunno why they just aren't saying
the back.
- Maybe they're stuck on rib injuries today.
- Eddie eye gouges his way out
- Haas lifts Eddie up for a gutwrench suplex, but Haas reverses to a
headscissors.
- Eddie rolls to the apron and clutches his ribs, but Haas grabs him and
uses elbows and punches.
- Charlie runs Eddie rib first into the posts - that'll hurt.
- Choida is your ref.
- Eddie is down and not moving, and Haas is being blocked from coming
out. Which stops the count from being applied.
- Replay.
- Chavo is out to check on him, and so is a referee. His ribs are hurt.
- Haas finally gets out and punches down Chavo.
- Haas grabs Eddie and throws him in the ring.
- Chavo wants in, but is being blocked from coming in - but that means
Choida isn't counting, because he's watching Chavo.
- Finally he's back in - one two Eddie grabs the ropes.
- Haas drags Eddie in the middle of the ring, Haas of Pain!
- Eddie's in a lot of trouble.
- Crowd trying to rally Eddie, though I've heard them louder.
- Eddie's trying to move to the ropes, but he's long away - he's managed
to pop his leg out.
- Close up of Eddie reveals extra saliva. Thanks for that.
- Haas stomps. Eddie manages to trip Haas out of the ring.
- Since he's out of the ring, Haas walks to the other side of the ring
and gets the belt.
- Haas in with the belt, but Choida sees it and he wants the belt.
- Choia gets the belt and drops it in the corner, much to Haas'
displeasure.
- Eddie crawling towards the belt, ad covers it up with his body.
- Haas tries to follow up with stomping and pulling Eddie out, but he's
warned not to stomp while having an arm on the ropes.
- Eddie hangs the belt over the top turnbuckle, as Haas pushed down
Choida in frustration.
- Haas charges, Eddie moves out of the way, and Haas splashes the belt!
Head to the belt.
- Eddie feigns dead, then climbs up while clutching his ribs. Is a Frog
Splash really good for his ribs?
- Frog Splash hits, but Eddie falls off the cover in pain from the move.
- He crawls back over - one two THREE (7:14)
- He retained both title, even despite all the attacks.
- Next: Title Presentation
- Ring is set up, and Vince and Sable are back in it.
- Brock Lesnar actually shows up this time.
- Cole and Tazz debate how evil Brock is
- Vince talks up Brock some more.
- Brock wants to put on his belt, but the You Tapped Out chant distracts
them.
- Brock doesn't care, because he's the new champion.
- Brock thanks Vince for reminding Brock who he is
- He's The Old Stone Cold
- Angle was in the palm of his hand last week
- Brock wants everyone in the back to know that he's unstoppable and
still not a compelling interview.
- Hey, who haven't we seen tonight? The Undertaker.
- That's quite the elbow brace.
- Undertaker reminds us he didn't interfere last week because he's got
too much respect for the title.
- But he don't respect no Brock Lesnar.
- I thought he did after the HiTC match?
- He's still not happy about his title shot being interrupted.
- Time to collect.
- Brock should hold on to the belt real tight, because his first title
defense is against Undertaker.
- Ah, Stephanie's not here but making decisions, I guess.
- Vince is behind on the story, and asks on who's authority. Everyone
else knows before the music plays.
- Stephanie believes black is a slimming color.
- Stephanie walked allllll the way to the ring to let us know that
Undertaker gets the No Mercy title shot.
- Vince thinks no. Because she's going to get one chance to change her
mind.
- If she doesn't, she gets a match at No Mercy.
- Stephanie McMahon vs Vince McMahon.
- Well, I guess she's got to explain her time off some how.
- Stephanie of course is going to take the match.
- Okay, it'll be an I Quit match.
- Vince goes to slap Stephanie - or at least put a finger close to her
face.
- Undertaker grabs Vince's arm, and takes a belt shot from Brock.
- Brock gets to stomping and talking trash. Stephanie wisely flees the
ring.
- Undertaker grabs Brock in a goozle from the mat - up, and
chokeslamming.
- Now it's Vince who's taking off.
- Undertaker poses with the belt.