Shifty Presents: WWE 2005 - SmackDown! up!

August 22nd, 2005. | Hampton, VA.

After the opening video plays, the theme of the 'Heartbreak Kid' Shawn Michaels sounds throughout the arena. Michaels steps through the curtain, getting a mixed reaction from the crowd as he strolls towards the ring, microphone in hand. When he gets in the ring, he begins to speak. He says last night, he and Hulk Hogan, who's name being mentioned gets a huge pop from the crowd, put on what is usually described as 'a match for the ages'. He continues, saying that going into that match, he didn't want to prove he was better than Hulk Hogan, or that he was wrestling's bigger icon, he just wanted to give the fans the match they never would have seen. The crowd pops, realising Shawn's intentions were not bad, but good, as HBK smiles in the middle of the ring. However, he is interrupted by the Intercontinental Champion, Carlito, who has a microphone in hand. He says that 'Carlito doesn't like liars, because lying's 'not cool''. Continuing, Carlito says that Shawn Michaels is overrated, and is NOT an icon at all. He says when he injured his back in 1998, he should've stayed gone, because now, Carlito's going use him as a stepping stone to greatness. Michaels challenges Carlito to step in the ring with him right now, but Eric Bischoff cuts in. He makes his way out onto the stage, and stands away from Carlito, before saying tonight, RAW is going have a blockbuster main event, because Shawn Michaels is teaming with John Cena, to take on Chris Jericho, and Carlito! Bischoff's theme plays as Michaels and Carlito stare each other down and the camera fades.

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Kerwin White def. Tajiri:
While there wasn't much crowd intrest in either participant as they made thier way out, these two managed to put on a fantastic contest that really got the crowd into the night's action, and possibly take the match of the night prize as well. The match was very much like that you'd expect from the Smackdown cruiserweights, so it was a refreshing way to open up a Monday Night. After much battling, and many signature moves being traded, the close of the contest came when Tajiri threw a kick that White ducked, and the kick hit the referee. While the ref was down, White used one of his golfclubs, whacking Tajiri across the back of the head with it as he tried to wake the ref. White then covered to collect the three count.

Following the contest, Kerwin got on the mic, and began to mock Tajiri. He yelled at him that he'll never make it in the WWE because he 'ain't white'. He then began his to say his catchphrase, 'if it ain't White, it ain't right' but Shelton Benjamin charged down to the ring with an angry look on his face. White rolled out of the ring, grabbing one of his golf clubs and waving it at Shelton, warning him to back off, as commercials came in.

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RAW returns backstage in the office of Eric Bischoff. Bischoff is in the room with Chris Jericho, who says he has a a great idea on how to finally get rid of John Cena. He says that next week, him and Cena can have a match for the WWE Championship, with the loser getting fired! Jericho says that 'the loser obviously won't be him', and Bischoff agrees, saying that Summerslam was just a fluke. The two smile, as they look forward to seeing thier plan in action.

RAW returns to the arena, as the theme of Edge plays through the arena. Edge makes his way out with his girlfriend, Lita, making out with her on the stage as the two walk to the ring. The two stand in the ring as the crowd pelted the two with abuse. Edge says right now, he doesn't give a damn about what the fans are feeling, or whether they want to buy into Matt Hardy's sob story. He says simply put, Matt Hardy is a loser, and Edge is a winner, as he proved last night, and everyone loves a winner, especially Lita. At this, Matt Hardy has had enough, and makes his way out to the ring. He yells at Edge, saying it wasn't his decision to be a loser last night, and that he wanted to carry on. He said that Edge is bragging about a 'phantom' victory, and he challenges him to a rematch at Unforgiven. Edge says he'll gladly kick Hardy's ass, and doing it live on Pay Per View makes it all the more sweet. Hardy smiles, saying as usual, Edge has made the wrong decision. He says that if Edge hadn't interrupted him, he would've been able to tell him that the match at Unforgiven, will be a steel cage match! Matt smiles, as Lita looks concerned for Edge, and the two enemies stare each other down as commercials roll in.

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Kurt Angle's theme plays as RAW returns from the Commercial Break. The Olympic Gold Medalist walks down to ringside with his Gold Medal around his neck, constantly pointing to it, and looking very pleased with himself. He climbs in the ring, and says that despite what many may have thought, he is sadly going to end the Kurt Angle Invitational. The crowd cheers, as Angle says how sad an occasion it is, that this chance to jump to stardom is going. He says he is however, going to give one more plucky rookie the chance to face him , in this, the final Kurt Angle Invitational, and the rookie will be from right here in Oklahoma City! The crowd cheers, and JR mentions that he hopes the youngster from his home state does well against the Multi-Time WWE Champion Kurt Angle. A generic theme then plays, and an unknown wrestler makes his way down to the ring. He is wearing blue tights, and black boots, with black wrist tape, a black beard, and long black hair. He climbs into the ring, and plays to the crowd a little more. Kurt Angle asks him his name, and he replies 'Brent Albright'. Kurt Angle then asks him to say where he's from, to which he replies 'Oklahoma City!' Angle then nods his head, takes off his medal, and tells the ref to 'Ring the Bell!' as the match begins.

Kurt Angle def. Brent Albright in 2:58:
A solid back and forth wrestling match between two great technicians. Albright, who is currently working in the farm territory Ohio Valley Wrestling, had a good showing against Angle, who looked intense as always, and made Albright look like a legit contender. A nice spot in the contest came when Angle nailed his trifecta of German Suplexes on Albright, only for Albright to recieve a rush of adrenaline, and get back to his feet and nail Angle with three Germans of his own. The contest came to a close when Albright went for a delayed vertical suplex, but Angle managed to land on his feet and connect with the Angle Slam. He covered, but somehow, Albright kicked out at two. Angle then looked up, and saw there was 57 seconds left on the clock, he locked in the Angle Lock. Albright cried out in pain, desperately trying to roll through, but it failed, so instead he clawed his way towards the ropes. He reached the ropes, but Angle dragged him away, with 15 seconds left on the clock. Angle then held onto the hold, but Albright wasn't tapping, and now with 7 seconds left, Angle wrenched the ankle of Albright one last time, forcing the rookie to tap with 2 seconds remaining. Afterwards, Angle had the referee place his gold medal around his neck while he stood on a chair, as the crowd boo'd.

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RAW returns with Ring Announcer Lillian Garcia as the focus of the camera. She says to welcome the winner of the 2005 'Diva Search' - Ashley! Ashley then makes her way out to the ring, slapping all of the fans hands, and looking genuinely excited to be on Monday Night RAW. She gets into the ring, and grabs a microphone, thanking all of the fans for voting for her as the winner of the 2005 Diva Search! She says she knows that her life is going to change forever, and she knows that now she has to work her hardest to become a Diva who'll be remembered as more than just the 'Diva Search Winner'. Before she can go any further, the theme of Victoria plays, and she makes her way out to the ring to some strong boo's from the crowd.

She looks incredibly angry as she climbs into the ring, and snatches a microphone from Lillian Garcia. She then begins to speak, saying that its an absolute disgrace that some bimbo who isn't even worthy of stepping into a WWE ring is getting time on screen, and she isn't. She says that WWE needs to wake up, and see nobody wants to see losers like Ashley on TV, and everybody would much prefer to be entertained by a former Womens Champion, in herself, Victoria! The crowd boo's, which adds fuel to the fire, as Victoria asks the crowd if they'd prefer to listen to 'Trashley' instead. The crowd cheers, and Victoria feigns handing over the microphone, but instead nails Ashley with a knee to the gut, before beginning to beat her down. She lays into her with several kicks to the midsection, as well as several shots to the head, and it isn't long before Ashley is knocked out. At this point, Victoria drags her up, and nails her with the Widow's Peak, leaving her motionless in the middle of the ring. She then yells abuse at her, before walking backstage as a 'Don't Try This At Home' video plays, before commercials start.

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The Hurricane & Rosey def. The Heart Throbs:
The third contest of the night wasn't all that entertaining, but did its job, getting over Hurricane and Rosey as genuine stars, and worthy World Tag Team Champions. The 'Superhero' pair controlled all of the match, hitting all of thier signature moves on the now 'perrenial jobbers' The Heart Throbs, who's night came to an end following a Crossbody from Hurricane, followed up by a 'Superhero Splash' from the top rope, courtesy of Rosey, before The Hurricane covered the legal man, Romeo, to collect the win for himself and his World Tag Team Champion partner.

The Champions celebrated their non-title victory, but the celebration was cut short when two men in ski-masks and black army style attire jumped them from behind with steel pipes. They laid into the Champions with several shots, beating thier backs with the pipes. The two were silent throughout thier assault, only stopping when the champions were motionless. At this point, the two unkown assailants looked down at the World Tag Team Championships in unison, pointed at them, before making a title around thier waist gesture. The crowd boo'd as the two men pumped thier fists into the air, as RAW went to commercials.

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Carlito & Chris Jericho def. John Cena & Shawn Michaels:
A strong main event to close out this edition of Monday Night RAW. Jericho and Carlito worked well as a team, despite thier limited experience together, as did Shawn Michaels and John Cena. The fans were into this main event, and were on the side of the WWE Champion Cena, though it was probably because of who he was teaming with, Shawn Michaels, who thanks to the handshake the previous night and the promo earlier on had managed to win over the fans once more. Michaels was in trouble, as the heels were controlling him and the match as the final Commercial Break of the night interrupted the match. When the match returned, the fans were willing Michaels back into the contest and, after a mistake from Carlito, Michaels was able to make a tag to Cena, who exploded into the ring. Cena shoulder blocked Carlito, before sending Jericho flying off the apron with a shoulder block as well. Carlito got back to his feet, but Cena nailed the Protobomb, befoe following it up with the Five Knuckle Shuffle. As Carlito got to his feet, Jericho climbed into the ring, tossing the WWE Championship to Carlito, and also distracting the referee. Shawn Michaels ran through the ring and took Jericho out, and then the ref ushered out Michaels. While all this was happening, Carlito grabbed his apple, quickly chewed a chunk, before spitting it at Cena, blinding him, before whacking him with the WWE Championship, and covering him to collect the victory for himself and Jericho.

Carlito quickly rolled out of the ring to avoid Shawn Michaels, who was even more ticked off than before now. Michaels helped Cena, who was wiping his eyes, to his feet, as Jericho was handed the WWE Championship by Carlito. Jericho raised it up in the air, saying 'This will be mine next week!' as RAW came to a close.

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August 25th, 2005. | Greensboro, NC.

The opening video finishes playing, and the fireworks blast across the Smackdown stage, before the lights in the arena come on, the fans cheer, and Smackdown's commentators Michael Cole and Tazz welcome the WWE Fans to tonight's edition of Smackdown! The theme of the World Heavyweight Champion Batista plays through the arena, as the World Heavyweight Champion makes his way out into the arena. He grabs a microphone, and says he is so glad to still be the World Heavyweight Champion! The crowd pops, as Batista continues, saying right now there is nobody happier than him on Smackdown, but the theme of Rey Mysterio plays, and he makes his way out towards the ring. He says with all due respect, he just won the right to be a father to his son Dominik. Batista congratulates Rey on his victory, but Eddie Guerrero makes his way out to the ring.

He reminds Rey that being Dominik's father is something he will NEVER be. And that on Sunday, all Rey proved was that he couldn't beat Eddie Guerrero on his own. Rey says that he doesn't know what's got into Eddie this year, but he sure as hell isn't going to let him ruin all the ambitions he has of being World Heavyweight Champion! Batista cuts in, saying Rey has a big dream there, and there's one hell of a big man standing in his way. Eddie says that he's already proved there's only one man in this ring who should be holding a World Championship, and thats him. At this, the General Manager of Smackdown, Theodore Long makes his way out. He says since he has two very worthy contenders, tonight, Smackdown's main event will see Rey Mysterio battle Eddie Guerrero, and the winner, will be the NEW number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship! The crowd pops, as the three men in the ring stare each other down, and the first break of the night begins.

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The Legion of Doom def. MNM:
A solid opening contest for this week's edition of Smackdown, as the WWE Tag Team Champions Road Warrior Animal and Heidenreich squared off against the men they faced to win the Championships way back at the Great American Bash, MNM. It was a great opening contest that pulled the fans into the night, as MNM used all the usual heel tactics against the rising star Heidenreich and the legend Animal. However, none of it proved to be enough, as the popular pair were able to capture the victory after hitting the Doomsday Device, followed by Heidenreich covering Nitro to collect the win.

The two celebrated the victory, as Melina and Mercury helped Johnny Nitro out of the ring, and backstage. However, William Regal then appeared behind the WWE Tag Team Champions with a man who had not previously been seen on WWE TV. Regal and the unknown man, who was dressed in Regal's 'Born Naughty' T-Shirt and some union jack tights. The two assaulted Animal and Heidenreich, taking out Animal by throwing him out of the ring, before Regal nailed Heidenreich with a shot to the head with Brass Knuckles, and when he fell, the unknown man locked him into a high angle fujiwara armbar, with Heidenreich crying out in pain. The assault ended when Animal returned to the ring, chasing off Regal and his accomplice, before attending to his partner in paint, Heidenreich, as another commercial break came in.

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Backstage, JBL is seen talking to the General Manager of Smackdown, Teddy Long. He complains to him that he, the Wrestling God, has been left out of tonight's show with nothing to do. Teddy says he understands what JBL must be thinking, but assures him that next week, he will be on the card, as JBL will be in a Triple Threat match, where the winner will be the NEW #1 Contender to the United States Championship. JBL says that doesn't sound half bad, pats Teddy on the back, and thanks him for his time, before walking away.

Kazarian def. Jamie Noble:
A great contest here between two fantastic wrestlers that was given a lot of time for the two of them to impress in. This was the Smackdown! debut of Kazarian, a new talent to the WWE, who is looking to make an impact in the cruiserweight division. The two cruiserweights had a great back and forth outing here, where the crowd really managed to get behind Kazarian, despite this being his debut, as Jamie Noble played the nasty heel really well. In the end however, Kazarian took the victory after hitting his signature move, Wave of the Future, to collect the three count. After the match, Kazarian signalled to Nunzio that he wanted the Cruiserweight Championship by pointing to, and rubbing, his waist.

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A promo airs of Akio and Funaki training in a Japanese Dojo with a female Dojo Master. The two cruiserweights say they will make an impact three weeks from now, on Smackdown! Orlando Jordan's theme then played, and the former United States Champion made his way out to the ring. He grabs a microphone, and looking quite upset, he begins to complain about how Chris Benoit embarassed him, and made him look like a chump at Summerslam. He says since that fateful night, he has been waiting for tonight, when he will reclaim the United States Championship, and make everyone forget his failure at Summerslam.

Chris Benoit def. Orlando Jordan to RETAIN the United States Championship
A fantastic contest to close out the first hour of Smackdown. This was a much more equal contest, where Orlando Jordan knew exactly how to counter the Crossface, with Benoit become uncharacteristically frustrated with Orlando. Orlando played on Benoit's frustrations, taking control, and nearly nailed his Blackout. But as he went for it, Benoit spun out, and nailed his trifecta of German Suplexes, before ascending the ropes, and nailing his Diving Headbutt. Instead of following this up with the Crossface, Benoit locked Jordan into the Sharpshooter to the delight of the fans, as Jordan had no choice but to tap.

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The Mexicools def. Christian: This was a match personally requested by Christian following the Mexicools ruining his 'Peep Show' segment last week. Despite a very valiant effort from 'Captain Charisma', Christian just couldn't overcome the numbers game. The Mexicool's, all three of whom were facing Christian in this match, just went out and used thier numbers game to show themselves off to the audience. In the end, the contest ended after Super Crazy nailed Christian with a moonsault, and Psicosis followed it up with a Leg Drop, before Juventud covered Christian to collect the three count.

Following the contest, the three Mexicans went to thier 'Juan Deere' lawnmowers, and grabbed several cleaning untensils, such as mops, brooms, and rakes, and began to hit Christian with them. This assault continued until Booker T ran down to ringside, with a chair in his hands. The Mexicools saw him, and rolled out of the ring, leaving Booker to help Christian to his feet. Christian looked puzzled at Booker's assistance, as the two had been rivals of sorts, but thanked him for it as adverts started.

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Smackdown returns with a casket in the ring, along with a wreath, and a picture of Randy Orton standing tall over The Undertaker. The theme of Randy Orton then plays, and he makes his way out towards the ring with his father, Bob Orton. Looking confident, and dressed in a suit, Orton climbs into the ring, and grabs a microphone. He says this past Sunday, at Summerslam, he defeated the 'Phenom' The Undertaker. And with that defeat, he killed the Legend of The Undertaker. He then says that tonight, he, and the WWE, mourn the death of The Undertaker's menacing presence, his stranglehold of fear, his reign of darkness that has lasted for fifteen years. All that, is dead now. He says then that he is Randy Orton, but at this point, a thunderbolt hits the Smackdown fist. Orton looks on in fear, as another hits the wreath in the ring, igniting it. The lights fall, before returning, the Undertaker's dark purple. The casket door opens, and The Undertaker sits up! He climbs out of the casket, and grabs at both Orton's. Randy escapes, but Bob isn't so fortunate, as Undertaker is able to grab him by the throat. Undertaker stares down Randy, who is stood in fear outside the ring for just a few seconds, before making a cut throat gesture. He then chokeslam's Bob Orton into the empty casket, before closing the lid! He stares down Randy on the outside, before lifting his arms up, and the lights return, as his theme plays and another commercial break comes in.

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Mr. Ken Kennedy def. Hardcore Holly:
Ken Kennedy is a debuting superstar on Thursday nights, and looks like he has potential to be a future star. Before the match began, or Hardcore Holly had made his way out, he took exception to Tony Chimel's, as he called it, 'poor' announcing skills, before insisting on introducing himself as 'Mr. Kennedy!' with long pause, followed by him climbing the turnbuckle and calling his name 'Kennedy' once more. When Hardcore made his way out for the match, Kennedy laughed mockingly, only to recieve punishment from Holly in the form of a fist to the face. The match then went for around 6 minutes, when it ended after Kennedy rolled out of the Alabama Slam before grabbing Hardcore, planting him on his shoulders, and nailing him with his finisher, the Green Bay Plunge, to collect his first win in the WWE.

Backstage, the World Heavyweight Champion Batista is being interviewed by Josh Matthews. He is asked who he'd prefer to win tonight's #1 Contender's match, but he answers he doesn't care. He says whoever wins tonight is just going to fall at the feet of The Animal, inside his pit of danger, the WWE Ring, come No Mercy. Batista then walks away, saying he's got to go and do to commentary, as Smackdown enters its final commercial break.

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Eddie Guerrero drew Rey Mysterio:
A very heated contest to close out Smackdown, between these two rivals. World Heavyweight Champion Batista was on commentary for the bout as he said in the interview. The two had a very agressive match, with lots of brawling mixed in with thier lucha style offense. These two's hatred made them lose focus at times, as the two both had moments where they made mistakes. As the match progressed, Rey managed to hit a 619 in the corner as Eddie climbed into the ring, sending him back to the outside, before hitting him with a plancha. From there, the two brawled, trading shots, and throwing each other into the barricades, ring aprons and posts, and steel steps, but the two were so focused on hurting each other, they ended up being counted out, with the match being declared a draw.

The two rivals walked away dissapointed with the draw, Rey Mysterio ripping his gloves off and throwing them angrily at the floor, while Guerrero kicked the steel steps. However, Theodore Long made his way out, saying that due to the result of the contest, at No Mercy, it will be a Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship! The crowd popped, as Guerrero and Rey both walked over to the commentary booth, and the three men stared each other down, as Batista raised the World Heavyweight Championship up, and Smackdown ended.

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