InsidePulse’s WWE Best Of Smackdown! 05 Recap

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We start with Orton/Taker highlights which kicks into…

Tazz and Cole wishing everyone Happy Holidays. Tazz and Cole talk about Batista vs. HHH from WM21. Wasn’t this a Raw match? I understand Batista is now on Smackdown but still. Even on a Smackdown “Best Of”, HHH gets some air time.

Batista vs. Triple H: They go through Batista’s entire entrance. HHH gains the advantage to start and goes for an early Pedigree but Batista fights out and press slams HHH. Batista boxes HHH in the corner. Backdrop by Batista but HHH fights back with a high knee. We skip forward to HHH suplexing Batista. HHH goes to work on the back of Batista. Flair chokes Batista on the apron. Batista tries to fight back but HHH knocks him to the outside. Back in the ring, HHH and Batista trade right hands until HHH hits a spinebuster. Neckbreaker by HHH. He goes for the Pedigree but Batista backdrops out of it. Knee to face by HHH. HHH goes to the top and leaps but Batista catches him with a clothesline. Sideslam by Batista. We skip ahead to HHH whipping Batista into the steps. HHH goes for the Pedigree on the steps but Batista catapults him into the ring post. Batista rams HHH’s head into the steps. UPN doesn’t like blood so the screen goes black and white. Back in the ring, Batista goes to work on HHH. Corner clotheslines by Batista. They spill to the outside and HHH grabs a chair and knocks down the ref. Back in the ring, Flair comes in with the belt but gets a spinebuster. HHH hits Batista with the title. HHH bounces off the ropes and eats a spinebuster. Batista goes to pick up HHH but feels a low blow. HHH goes for the Pedigree but Batista fights out. Batista Bomb and Batista wins the World Title.
Winner – Batista

Tazz and Cole talk about how dominant Batista is and I notice a Sting Poster in the background.

We get highlights of some celebration for JBL.

Tazz and Cole talk about how good JBL is. They talk about WWE being in England which leads to…

Booker T vs. JBL vs. Angle vs. Big Show: Show takes out everyone to start. And it’s more Big Show dominance. Show goes to chokeslam Angle but Angle slips out and hits the Angle slam. Axe kick on Big Show by Booker. Clothesline from hell on Big Show. They knock Big Show to the outside and it all leads to Angle hitting the Angle Slam on Big Show through the table. Big Show gets counted out and eliminated. Skip ahead to Angle working on Booker. Some exchanges lead to Angle locking on the ankle lock but Booker rolls out. Angle hits the Angle slam on Booker. Kick by Booker on Angle. Jordan slides a chair to JBL. Angle ends up with the chair and he hits Booker with it to eliminate him. Skip ahead to JBL clotheslining the ref. Angle Lock on JBL. The Bashams come out and get suplexed. Multiple German suplexes on JBL by Angle. Angle again puts the Angle Lock on JBL but still no ref. Booker comes in and knocks down Angle with a chair. JBL covers Angle for the win.
Winner – JBL

Tazz and Cole talk about the troops.

We get highlights of Raw In Afghanistan.

Highlights of Eddie and Rey winning the tag titles.

Tazz and Cole talk about Eddie and Rey and their friendship.

Eddie vs. Rey: Eddie has control to start. They trade luchadore moves. Eddie trips up Rey and puts him in a headlock. Headscissors by Rey. Rey tries a senton but Eddie just falls back. Arm bar by Eddie. Rey tries a springboard moonsault but Eddie catches him and puts him in a tree or woe. Eddie tries a baseball slide but Rey sits up on the turnbuckle. Skip ahead to Rey having Eddie in a sleeper. Eddie fights out and flapjacks Rey. Eddie gets caught in 619 position but he ducks the 619. Eddie rolls to the corner and Rey goes for the Bronco Buster but Eddie gets his leg up. Eddie and Rey go to the top and Rey tries a supercanrana but Eddie hangs on to the ropes. Eddie hits a top rope sunset flip but Rey rolls through with a dropkick to the face. We ski forward to Eddie catapulting Rey into the ref. Eddie goes outside and grabs one of the tag titles. He lays the title over Rey and then lays down. Rey gets up and puts the title on Eddie and lays down. Eddie tries to hide the title from the ref as Rey claims Eddie hit him with the belt. Eddie tries to toss the title out of the ring but gets caught. Rey starts to laugh at Eddie. The ref removes the title from the ring and Eddie lays on the ropes in 619 position. Rey goes for the 619 but Eddie ducks and cradles Rey. Rey rolls through the cradle and pins Eddie.
Winner – Rey Mysterio

After the match Eddie and Rey argue a bit over the count before shaking hands and hugging.

Tazz and Cole talk about how great of a person Eddie is. They each call Eddie their friend. Cole introduces a Eddie Guerrero package.

The package plays over 3 Doors Down – Here Without You. The package looks new so credit to WWE’s Production team for putting this nice package together

A package shows highlights of Boogeyman’s first ever match against Simon Dean.

Tazz talks about inviting the Boogeyman to his Christmas Party. Cole talks about the new faces lighting up the Smackdown airways.

A package plays of all the new Smackdown talent including: Ken Kennedy……Kennedy, My Main Man Kid Kash, Bobby Lashley, The Mexicools, Sharmell, MNM, and The Boogeyman

Highlights of Jordan vs. Benoit at SummerSlam, the match that lasted all of 26 seconds.

Cole talks about how great Benoit is. Tazz loves the word “Hence.” And we get a Chris Benoit vs. Booker T match from October

Chris Benoit vs. Booker T: Lock up to start and hammerlock by Benoit. Booker fights back with chops. Benoit reverses with chops of his own. Benoit chops Booker down with a stiff shot and then looks at him as to say “I’m Chris Benoit and I’m f*ckin better than you.” Now they trade chops. Knee’s to the head by Benoit. Booker goes for the jump kick but misses and spills to the outside. Benoit goes for a through the ropes suicide dive but Booker moves and Benoit looks as if he kills when he hits the announce table. Back in the ring, Booker has Benoit in a chinlock. Benoit fights out and knocks Booker down. Snap suplex by Benoit. Hat Trick German Suplexs by Benoit. Benoit goes to the top and hits the diving head butt. He covers but only gets 2. Booker comes back with a side kick. Booker tries to go to the top but Benoit cuts him off. They try a superplex but they both slip and it comes off badly. Sharmell distracts Benoit causing Booker to go on the offense. Benoit is backed into the ropes and Sharmell low blows Benoit. Booker hits the axe kick and wins the U.S. Title
Winner- Booker T

Now we get a video package of what happened next week when Booker turned on Benoit.

Now Tazz and Cole talk about the Best Of 7 between Booker and Benoit. We get pictures of Benoit vs. Booker at Armageddon. Match 5 is next week on Smackdown!

Highlights of the Ortons vs. Taker casket match.

Tazz says that Orton had a great year.

Now we go to the Survivor Series Raw vs. Smackdown Match.

Raw vs. Smackdown: Lashley dominates Masters, Carlito, and Michaels. Dominator on Carlito. Lashley goes for the Dominator on Michaels but Kane chokeslams him and HBK eliminates Lashley. We skip forward to Rey tagging in Batista to fight Kane. Batista goes to work early but Kane fights back until Batista hits a spear. Then Batista takes out the entire Raw team. Rey hits the 619 on Kane and Batista hits the spine buster to eliminate Kane. Big Show chokeslams Batista but Batista kicks out. Double Chokeslam on Batista and he is eliminated. JBL comes in to fight Big Show. Big Show destroys the entire SD team until JBL hits the Clothesline From Hell. Rey hits the 619 on Show. Orton hits the RKO. Another Clothesline From Hell from JBL. Rey hits a senton splash on Big Show for the elimination. We skip forward to Rey going to work on Michaels. The rest of the Raw team is gone. 619 on Michaels. Rey goes for the springboard but HBK catches him with the Superkick to eliminate Rey. JBL comes in and HBK ducks a clothesline and hits the superkick on JBL for the elimination. We skip forward, both Orton and HBK are down but HBK kicks up. HBK hits his normal series of moves ending with a scoop slam. Michaels goes to the top and hits the elbow drop. HBK tunes up the band. JBL comes in and HBK ducks a chair shot and superkicks JBL. This allows Orton to hit the RKO on HBK for the win.
Winner – Randy Orton (Team Smackdown)

The Smackdown Job Crew comes out to celebrate with Orton. The gong sounds and some wack music plays as the druids comes out with a casket. Lightning strikes the casket and it goes up in flames. The casket opens and The Undertaker comes out. The reaction wasn’t very big if you ask me. Taker enters the ring and cleans house. Taker poses as Survivor Series ends.

Now a video package plays. It looks to be the same package that probably played before their Hell In A Cell Match. That package leads to highlights of their Hell In A Cell match from Armageddon. Based on these pictures it looks like this was a pretty bad Hell In A Cell match.

Tazz and Cole talk about how good the Hell In A Cell match was. Of course they talk about how 2005 was awesome and how 2006 will be even better.

Show End