WWE Smackdown for May 26th, 2005. Taped from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Report by Brad Jennette, EXCLUSIVELY for www.insidepulse.com
Carlito’s Cabana
Carlito and his new bodyguard Matt Morgan stroll to the ring. Carlito welcomes us to the Cabana. Carlito says Judgement Day was…… cool. Carilto says his guest tonight was the man who made the biggest impact at Judgement Day. Carlito introduces…. Carlito! Carlito’s guest tonight is himself! I love this guy. Carlito asks himself how did he beat the Big Show all by himself. Carlito then passes himself the mic and says it was tough but he did it. Carlito thanks his backup Matt Morgan and shows the replay of Matt Morgan F5’ing Big Show at Judgement Day. Carlito says he and Morgan together are….. cool. Teddy Long comes out as Carlito flips out. Carlito says Teddy Long coming out during the Cabana isn’t…. cool. Morgan starts to step to Teddy when Teddy warns him that he will get su-su-su-suspended if he harms Teddy. Teddy mentions the draft lotto and how Carlito and Morgan might not be together on Smackdown anymore. Teddy announces a “Winner’s Choice” battle royal for later tonight. Carlito says he’s going to win the battle royal and go on to face John Cena for the WWE title next week. Teddy says that fine, but also announces Carlito vs The Big Show in a Judgement Day rematch tonight! Holla, holla, holla!
Commercial break.
Backstage, Josh Matthews asked Rey Mysterio if he will face Eddy Guerrero next week if he wins the Winner’s Choice match tonight. Rey says Eddy should have taken his life at Judgement Day because as long as he’s breathing, he’s coming for Eddy.
Judgement Day rematch: MNM vs Haas and Holly
MNM have a rather weird, belts dangling from the groin thing going on. Melina’s entrance as usual, is the best thing on the show. Mercury and Holly start us off. Nitro immediately comes in and cheapshots Holly which allows Mercury to get the advantage. Holly comes right back with a hotshot and a big back suplex for 2. Mercury comes back and we have a chopfest between the two. Holly then pulls Nitro into the ring and chops him down as well. Holly dangles Mercury on the ropes and kicks him low. Holly then sends Mercury down with a back elbow. Haas tags in and he Oklahoma cleans house. Haas hits a beautiful dropkick on Mercury as Mercury was coming off the top rope with crossbody block. Things breakdown a little bit with Nitro getting a cheapshot in on Haas to give the heels control as we go to a commercial break.
Commercial break.
We come back from commercial with Charlie Haas being beatdown by the heels. MNM hit a nice double team gutbuster on Haas for a two count. Haas comes back with a small package, but the champs quickly regain control. Nitro slows the pace down with a chinlock. Haas fights out and BARELY misses making the tag. Haas gets driven back into the corner and Melina SMACKS him right in the mouth. Things get a little silly as Holly storms the ring and everyone runs around like chickens with their heads cut off and Holly chases them. The heels work over Haas in the corner some more, but he fights out with a great Steiner-like spinning belly to belly suplex. Haas makes the hot tag to Holly to cleans house with all his signature moves, the dropkick, full nelson slam, and top rope clothesline. Holly hits Mercury with the Alabama Slam but the referee gets bumped and that gives Nitro enough time to go outside and grab a chair. Haas takes a shot in the ribs and Nitro just plants one right on Holly’s dome for the DQ.
Winners by DQ – Holly and Haas
Postmatch, Haas gets the chair and chases Nitro off in frustration.
Commercial break.
Backstage, Josh Matthews is with Booker and Sharmell T. Sharmell gave Angle a swift kick in the balls at Judgement Day. Booker T mentions how he will never forget to take out the trash again. Sharmell says she can’t wait for Booker T to win the Winner’s Choice match tonight and then win the WWE title. NOW CAN YOU DIG THAT SUCKA!
You can’t see me, my time is now! YOUR WWE Champion John Cena comes out to the ring to a MASSIVE pop. The guy is over, period. Cena gets on the mic and simply says “thank you.” Cena says for everyone who understands what this (his spinning chain) is about. This (his spinning world title) is for you. Cena says a lot of people called him a fluke and a bad champion. Cena says two words have defined his title reign. Two words that have never came out of his mouth. That is why THE CHAMP IS HERE! Cena says JBL was right about a lot of things. This was the toughest match of his life and he was right. Cena says that he did bleed and suffer just like JBL said he would. Cena says JBL has to feel beaten, disgusted, sick to his stomach, gassy, pathetic, cowardly, a shell of a man. Cena says no one walks away empty handed with Cena as champ. Cena says tonight he has something for JBL. DING DING DING DING MOOOOOOOO! JBL rolls out in the longhorn limo, unable to put on his customary cowboy hat due to his swollen forehead. JBL slowly limps to the ring. JBL gets on the mic and says he doesn’t make excuses. JBL says that’s what made him rich and the longest reigning champion in the last decade. JBL says he’s never failed at anything until Sunday. JBL says Cena was the better man. JBL says Cena just wouldn’t quit. JBL says he realized as he was getting the glass plucked out of his arms, shoulders, and back that he had beaten everyone except Cena. JBL says he doesn’t know if can beat Cena. JBL says Cena is burning the candle at both ends. JBL says Cena is like James Dean, Kurt Cobain, and Mike Tyson. He will be a victim of his own success and that he will implode. JBL says he might not win the title back from Cena, but he will gladly wait for Cena to burn himself out and pickup the pieces. Cena says JBL just doesn’t get it. Cena says that the people define your legacy. Cena says he lives like their no tommorow. If he goes down he’s going down in a blaze of glory. Cena says he still has something for JBL’s legacy. Cena says JBL is an idiot, but he’s done a lot of good things. Cena says he put together a tribute video for JBL, but now he doesn’t want to play it because JBL insulted him. Cena tries to walk off, but JBL wants him to play the video now. Cena asks the fans and they said want to see it and they cheer. Cena plays the video and it starts off like an actual tribute video. After about 15 seconds, the video turns into a looping clip of JBL quitting. Cena says JBL wanted a legacy and JBL’s now the most well known quitter in WWE history. JBL storms off as Cena celebrates with the people.
Commericial break.
Judgement Day rematch: Carlito vs The Big Show
Big Show just beats the crap out of Carlito with slaps and headbutts. Show continues to dominate as Morgan gets involved by trying to trip Show. The referee ejects Morgan and leaves Carlito in a bad way. Carlito continues to get the crap beat out of him until Big Show accidentally crotches himself on the top rope after a missed big boot. Carlito takes control offensively and dropkicks Show in the knee. Carlito goes up top and hits a missle dropkick on Show! Show rolls to all fours and Carlito kicks him in the head. Show simply no sells it and chokeslams the shit out of Carlito for the 1-2-3!
Winner – The Big Show
Postmatch, Matt Morgan races back out and attacks Big Show from behind. Matt Morgan F5’s Show through the announce table!!! Show is left in a heap as the heels celebrate.
Commercial break.
We come back with Cole and Tazz sitting at a now non-existance announce table.
Raw Rebound: The ECW funeral. Seeing Vince, The E, and Heyman in the ring at the same time was definately surreal.
Kurt Angle is shown backstage scoffing at the video package as we go to a commercial break.
Commercial break.
Kurt Angle Invitational: Kurt Angle vs Jobber
Angle says this is a dark time in his life. At Judgement Day, he lost to an inferior man and he was also embarassed by his gutterslut wife. Angle gets on the mic and proceeds to just rip ECW a new asshole saying that he will in fact buy a group of tickets and lead a group of Smackdown superstars to the ECW PPV. This prompts Tazz to take off his glasses and headset, but unfortunately not charge the ring. Angle gets in the jobber’s face and tells him that he is in a bad mood thanks to Booker T, Sharmell T, and ECW. Angle says tonight is gonna hurt real bad. Angle then squashes the poor kid and finishes him off with the Angle Slam and ankle lock.
Winner by submission – Kurt Angle
Angle gets on the mic and says now that he’s warmed up, lets get this battle royal started!
Heidenreich comes out doing the Heidenreich strut. Carlito (still selling the chokeslam, god bless him) and Matt Morgan come out next as we go to a commercial break.
Winner’s Choice Battle Royal Match (Winner gets a shot at ANY Smackdown superstar next week in the last Smackdown before the draft)
Before Rey Mysterio can even hit the ring, Eddy jumps him from behind with a steel chair! Eddy blasts Rey in the aisle with the chair 4 times and leaves him laying as he casually gets into the ring. Eddy casually rolls OUT of the ring before anyone can attack him.
Elimations
Paul London by Chavo
Funaki by Angle
Mercury by Kidman
Akio by Booker T
Jindrak by Heidenreich
Eddy, with a f*cking BADASS bleeding nose, casually looks on from the outside as we go to a commercial break.
Commercial break.
Eliminations Part 2
Johnny Nitro by The Bashams (during the break)
Kidman by Hardcore Holly
Heidenreich by Angle
Chavo by Scotty 2 Hotty
It should be noted that Matt Morgan is not in the match. He is simply staying on the outside and keeping people from eliminating Carlito.
Haas by Angle
Nunzio by Morgan
Shannon Moore by Morgan
Carlito by Booker T
At this point, Eddy jumped back into the match after spending the entire time watching from the outside.
Scotty by Eddy
Holly by Eddy and Angle
At this point, Rey Mysterio came racing back into the ring to beatdown Eddy.
Eddy by Rey
Commercial break.
Eliminations Part 3
At this point, all three members of the Cabinet, Kurt Angle, Booker T, and Rey Mysterio are the remaining members of the match.
Danny Basham by Booker
Orlando Jordan by Booker
Doug Basham by Booker
Booker T by Angle
Kurt Angle vs Rey Mysterio
Rey beats Angle down into the corner, but Angle comes back with a nasty double leg THROW. Angle dumps Rey, but Rey hangs on even while Angle tries to stomp him off the apron. Angle hits a picture perfect suplex and then a stiff European uppercut. Angle whips Rey into the ropes and Rey ends up getting a dropkick off a sunset flip reveral sequence. Angle ALMOST gets dumped twice, barely hanging on. Rey tries the 619, but misses and Angle gets the ankle lock. Rey taps out, but that is meaningless. Rey gets caught up in the ropes and ANGLE HOLDS ONTO THE ANKLE LOCK. They do a couple of serious teases on the ropes with both men dangling from the apron and both men hitting moves where the other guy ends up dangling from the ropes by his hands with his feet less then a foot from the floor. Back in the center of the ring, Angle hits a picture perfect belly to belly suplex and then stalks Rey. Angle charges, but Rey drop toeholds Angle into the ropes and hits the 619! Rey springboards off the top rope looking for the West Coast Pop, but Angle counters with a lowblow! Angle casually picks up Rey and ANGLE SLAMS HIM OVER THE TOP ROPE to win the battle royal.
Winner – Kurt Angle
Angle gets on the mic and says this oppertunity is allowing him to go after something that he used to have, and that he wants again. Angle says tonight is Cena’s lucky night and that next week week…. Cena has the night off?! Angle says that’s right, next week its going to be Kurt Angle vs Booker T….. Booker T’s wife Sharmell! Angle licks his lips as we fade to black.
End.
