SmackDown 10/13
This past Friday night edition of SmackDown was highlighted by a three-way #1 contender match as Lashley, Batista and Finley all went at it for the right to meet King Booker for the title next week. It was a solid match that in the end saw Batista walk away with the right to meet Booker. Not sure about the booking of this one, as Batista has had more than one shot to get the belt back from Booker, and the last time they met it was Finley who helped Booker keep the belt with a clean win. Next week the storyline will have both John Cena and Big Show watching the title match, as these three are going to have a "Champions of Champions" match coming up at Cyber Sunday. With that, it looks as if we are going to have some sort of interference that will lead to a DQ win by Batista, keeping him in title mix for yet another shot at Booker in the future.
There was a lot else to this show, making it what I felt was the best in sometime. Kane joined the roster, and beat up MVP before he bailed out on the match, thus making the crowd hate him even more. MVP got little offense on the Big Red Machine, and eventually just ran away. It looks like the same old for Kane, as they will use him as the monster on the roster, and eventually he will get beat by someone who in no way shape or form should ever get over on him. There was a lot of talk in the past few months about Kane retiring sometime in 2007, meaning that this could very well be his last run now that he's on SmackDown.
The other biggest event on the show was the match between Chris Benoit and Ken Kennedy that led to music from the Undertaker playing, eventually leading to Benoit getting the crossface on Kennedy and having him tap out, leading to Benoit getting back the US Title. It was a good story leading to the title change, and I like the belt on Benoit, as I still think he's the hardest working wrestler on the SmackDown roster. I think so highly of him that I still think that down the road they should allow him to get the World Heavyweight Title back. His title regin after WrestleMania 20 when he made HHH tap out was a solid title regin that ended too soon to Randy Orton.
Chavo and Mystero's feud will finally end next week as they will have an "I Quit" match that will lead to Mystero leaving the roster for some time to have knee surgery. I am totally burned out of these two, despite them having solid matches, even the "falls count anywhere" match last week at the No Mercy PPV. I think that its time for the both of them to move on, and of course with Mystero leaving, they are going to need to find something new for Chavo. Maybe a feud with Benoit? That would be interesting.
Vito vs Regal and a six-man with the tag champs and Jimmy Yang vs Idol, Stevens and Sylvan was also on the show, and pretty much played as filler over the other stuff that again, I thought was pretty good. We'll see if they can follow it up next week with the Supershow taping in Los Angeles with the title match as well as the "I Quit" finale between Chavo and Mystero. All in all, a good showing from the brand.
There was a lot else to this show, making it what I felt was the best in sometime. Kane joined the roster, and beat up MVP before he bailed out on the match, thus making the crowd hate him even more. MVP got little offense on the Big Red Machine, and eventually just ran away. It looks like the same old for Kane, as they will use him as the monster on the roster, and eventually he will get beat by someone who in no way shape or form should ever get over on him. There was a lot of talk in the past few months about Kane retiring sometime in 2007, meaning that this could very well be his last run now that he's on SmackDown.
The other biggest event on the show was the match between Chris Benoit and Ken Kennedy that led to music from the Undertaker playing, eventually leading to Benoit getting the crossface on Kennedy and having him tap out, leading to Benoit getting back the US Title. It was a good story leading to the title change, and I like the belt on Benoit, as I still think he's the hardest working wrestler on the SmackDown roster. I think so highly of him that I still think that down the road they should allow him to get the World Heavyweight Title back. His title regin after WrestleMania 20 when he made HHH tap out was a solid title regin that ended too soon to Randy Orton.
Chavo and Mystero's feud will finally end next week as they will have an "I Quit" match that will lead to Mystero leaving the roster for some time to have knee surgery. I am totally burned out of these two, despite them having solid matches, even the "falls count anywhere" match last week at the No Mercy PPV. I think that its time for the both of them to move on, and of course with Mystero leaving, they are going to need to find something new for Chavo. Maybe a feud with Benoit? That would be interesting.
Vito vs Regal and a six-man with the tag champs and Jimmy Yang vs Idol, Stevens and Sylvan was also on the show, and pretty much played as filler over the other stuff that again, I thought was pretty good. We'll see if they can follow it up next week with the Supershow taping in Los Angeles with the title match as well as the "I Quit" finale between Chavo and Mystero. All in all, a good showing from the brand.
