SmackDown 9/29
It was a mixed bad this last week on SmackDown, as the show used a RAW star to get over it's six-man tag, as well as try and build up its upcoming PPV on October 8th - No Mercy. The show as highlighted by the six-man tag, as RAW Champion John Cena tagged with Bobby Lashley and Batista to take on King Booker, along with Finley and William Regal. The match itself was okay, with the face team coming out on top. The ending of the show was kind of bizare, as they used Edge coming in and spearing Cena to get over their upcoming cage match for the title on RAW Monday night. It was as if the entire night was leading to that moment, and once it happened it seemed to make everything that happened the entire show for every SmackDown star mean a little less. Even Lashley getting the pin over King Booker seemed not to mean as much.
Ken Kennedy's interaction with the Undertaker was rather funny, and part of me does want to see this match to see what angle they play. They could very easily let Kennedy get over if they have someone come in and interfere on his behalf, thus his cheating allowing him to get the win over Taker. No way shape or form does Kennedy get a clean win over the Undertaker. It's just not going to happen. On the other hand, I can't see them stopping Kennedy's rise and giving the win to Taker either. We shall see what direction they go.
Batista should get a clean win over Finley at the PPV. No reason here to bury Batista anymore than he already has been. Week after week, it looks as if Batista is just not the same. I know that I have stated that here plenty of times before, but the fact that he has yet to get the belt back shows that they are still unsure as to what direction they are going to go with him. Give him the belt, it could lead to a really stale title regin, keep the belt off of him gives them time to maybe try and re-create him a bit and make him fresh again for the chase late in 06 and into 07.
The Mystero-Guerrero match at the PPV will finally end the feud, and I cannot wait. It's been old for about a month already, and I wish they would have not done this feud in the first place. Mystero will be gone for awhile after this match, leading me to think they may actually have him lose and use the injury angle as the reason why. It wouldn't be the worst idea. I just wonder what they do with Vicki after its all said and done. Hopefully get her as far from the ring and mic as possible.
The rest of the show as mostly filler, as the head scratcher of the night was Jimmy Wang Yang losing in his debut match to Sylvan, no idea what the thought process was there. The tag titles will likely change at the PPV with Idol and Stevens beating London and Kendrick, and the Miz gets another win, but no one really cares. One more show till the PPV, and next week they are doing the Friend vs Friend "Pick your Posion" angle with Batista vs Lashley and Finley vs King Booker.
