Smackdown 1st June, 2007
    Submitted by Rudi Pavani on Friday, June 1, 2007 at 8:55 PM EST



    G’day all, and apologies for not getting a review up last week. This week’s sadly isn’t going to be much of one at all either thanks to some dodgy weather and an outage that stopped my recording. Below is posted what was on the site earlier in the week from John Canton who provided the live feedback and g’day as well to Billy who sent me an email after having attended the show and letting me know about it. I want to thank Davey as well for giving a review of the show through his column. If you all ever want to read a great column then don’t go by Daveyboy’s and that of the other writers on this site! Here is John’s review below and I’ll make sure next week we’ll be back to normal. I’ll include my predictions for One Night Stand at the end.


    I was at Smackdown/ECW tonight. Here's the rundown. Some of it may not be in perfect order. I think I got everything, though. Crowd was about 90% full, so I'd guess about 8,500 in attendance.

    The dark match saw Cody Rhodes beat Daivari with a top rope crossbody block. Cody looked okay, but it was your basic opening match.

    JBL and Michael Cole came out. I think JBL got one of the best pops of the night.

    Chris Benoit and Matt Hardy vs. MVP & The Miz
    Decent match that went about 15 minutes with a commercial break in there after the usual babyfaces clean house spot. Hardy got worked over for much of the match while building to the hot tag to Benoit. The Crippler won it with a Crossface although no rolling Germans or headbutt. He just got the point this time. MVP got a nice pop while Miz was hated and Hardy and Benoit got a lot of support.

    Finlay pumped up Hornswoggle for his match later on. Have to give Hornswoggle some props for the facial expressions.

    Michelle McCool vs. Jillian Hall
    I'm a fan of both ladies as far as their bodies go, but the action wasn't all that great. Crowd was dead for it. After about five minutes of a back and forth match, Ashley came down the aisle just as Jillian was in the advantage, so Michelle ended up catching her with a spinning backbreaker for the pin. Then Ashley left. Many of us were wondering if Jillian was going to have a wardrobe malfunction because it sure looked like she was close.

    Boogeyman prepared his mini buddy by giving him worms to eat.

    Hornswoggle vs. Mini Boogeyman
    Lots of fun with a hot crowd for it of course. Everybody loves the midgets apparently. Finish came when Finlay came out from under the ring (I saw him sprinting out there during Boogey's entrance) to help Hornswoggle. Finlay hit Mini Boogey with the shillelagh and then Hornswoggle won it with a splash off the top. Crowd liked him.

    At this point it was pretty funny because they were putting the carpet in the ring for what we thought was the interview segment (see main event), but then they ended up taking it out quickly as Kane's music started up. During the match I could see ring announcer Tony Chimmel yelling at one of the tech guys about it. I guess they got something wrong on their order sheet.

    Kane vs. Mark Henry

    This was one of the worst matches I've ever seen live and I've seen Nathan Jones live, so that's saying something. It went about 6 or 7 minutes and ended when Mark Henry gave him a bearhug on the floor, then rammed him into the post. Kane got counted out. They made a lumberjack match for One Night Stand as a result of this.

    Backstage, Edge did his usual promo about beating Undertaker and then Batista, so he's not an underdog.

    Deuce & Domino did an interview with some new announcer dude. It was their usual '70s type of speak with one of them (the short haired one) being extra aggressive.

    Deuce & Domino vs. London & Kendrick vs. Regal & Taylor for the Tag Titles
    This match was in the 15 minute range or so. Much of it was spent with Kendrick getting worked over by the four heels. The guy behind me wouldn't shut up as he yelled for Regal to tag with Nigel McGuinness while another guy in the area yelled at him to shut up before he opens up a can of whoop ass. That got a loud ovation. Anyway, London came in after the tag, cleaned house and went for something off the top when Cherry shoved him off and the champs got the pin. I don't remember which one. The one with the longer hair, I think.

    Backstage, Teddy Long credited Vickie Guerrero with booking Kane vs. Henry in a Lumberjack match at One Night Stand. Then Kristal pondered about what would happen if Teddy and her weren't on the same brand after the draft. The segment ended with Vickie telling Teddy & Kristal to go on a romantic night out on the town because she would take care of the rest of the show. And then she did nothing to take care of the show. Weird segment.

    Main Event Interview
    Batista was a guest on the Cutting Edge show. Edge got a massive pop on the way out. I'd say it was the biggest of the night. He had a sore throat, so they got right to the point. He beat Undertaker and he beat Batista, so he's not afraid of him. Then he gently slapped him, Batista gently slapped back. Then they gently nudged each other and the segment ended with Batista decking him with a right hand.


    One Night Stand – Predictions

    John Cena (Champion) vs. The Great Khali in a Pinfalls count anywhere match for the WWE Championship
    It’s hard to go against John Cena here and noone in their right mind would. John the Giant Killer will find a way to overcome all odds.

    Vince McMahon (Champion) vs. Bobby Lashley in a Streetfight for the ECW Championship
    This feud has gone on enough? I can see Vince winning by interference from either Umaga or Shane or both. I’d love to see Shane cause Vince to lose though by accident leading to further storylines between these two.

    Edge (Champion) vs. Batista in a Steelcage match for the WWE Heavyweight Championship
    It’s Edge for me to continue his reign as champion. Batista has had a good turn and though he’ll get it back at some stage there is more to his reign for us to see still.

    Melina vs. Candice Michelle in a Pudding match
    Ummm, Does it matter who wins? It’s a non title match so I can see Candice coming up trumps.

    The Hardys (Champions) vs. TWGTT in a Ladder match for the World Tag Team Title
    This has potential to be match of the night and I can see the Hardys winning this one.

    C M Punk, Tommy Dreamer and Sandman vs. Elijah Burke, Matt Striker and Marcus Cor Von in a six man tag Tables match
    The team of Burke, Striker and Cor Von to win this one in a match that if they lose will have Matt Striker being the fall guy.

    Randy Orton vs. RVD in a Stretcher match
    RVD unless he has resigned in the past few days looks like the one to lose this match in an angle that will keep him away from the ring for the rest of his contract of a few weeks.




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