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Post by justhugo on Apr 3, 2008 19:11:24 GMT -5
The show starts off with the tell tail ‘WOOOOO’ and the NEW General Manager of Smackdown! Ric Flair makes his way down the ramp to a chorus of tumultuous applause.
Ric – It’s great to be back here on Smackdown! I love this business with all my heart, and so when Linda McMahon called me up and she said, ‘there’s only one man for the Smackdown! job, and that’s the Nature Boy!’ I had just one answer for her: ‘WOOOO’! And I’ll say it again WOOOO, WOOOO, WOOOOOOO!
The camera pans around the arena, focusing on a ‘Flair IS Smackdown!’ and a ‘Thank you Ric’ sign in the crowd.
The crow are lapping up Naitch piping in with a chorus of ‘WOOOOs’
Ric – And so It’s with great pleasure I announce the new Smackdown Champion, and the man who will represent this brand in the unification match. A man who embodies the true spirit of wrestling…
The count down hits and then… ‘BREAK THE WALLS DOWN!’ The crowd is electric chanting ‘Y2J, Y2J, Y2J’!
Ric – Let’s hear it for Y2J Chris Jericho!
Jericho enters the ring and shakes Ric’s hand. Ric motions to Justin Roberts who enters the ring and presents Jericho with the World Championship.
Y2J – Well Ric, let me just start off by saying, nobody likes to just have a belt handed to them, but I do appreciate the opportunity you’re giving me. So without further delay, let me welcome you all to SMACKDOWN IS JERICHO! One more thing, don’t worry about the unification match at Backlash because-
Randy Orton cuts Jericho off on the mic, storming down the ramp.
Orton – wo, wo, wo, wo! Stop everything. Ric you don’t need to worry about Backlash because tonight, I’m winning that title! I am the legend killer. I am the youngest champion in WWE history! Ric, I don’t know why you gave that title to this washed up has been, but tonight I’m going to set things right!
Y2J – Easy there Junior. Hold your horses. If you want a match tonight against The Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla, if you want to test your hand against the SEXY BEAST, then you will never-
Jericho pauses and the crowd pipes in with ‘ever’
Y2J – NEVER-
Once again the crowd chant ‘ever’
Y2J – EEEEVER be the same again!
Michael Cole – Looks like we’ve got our main event!
Coach – And what a main event! The legend Killer is going to Kill the legend of Y2J!
Cole – I’m not so sure about that partner, but after this commercial break we’re going to see the first match of the Tourney for the Gold as Dave Taylor takes on William Regal!
Coach – All that and more only here on Smackdown!
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Post by justhugo on Apr 3, 2008 19:13:32 GMT -5
A video package putting over the events of ECW airs, closing with a shot of Batista Batista-bombing Raven.
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Post by justhugo on Apr 3, 2008 19:47:58 GMT -5
Cole – And we’re back folks, and what a controversial ECW show that was, hey partner?
Coach – Absolutely, I’m not sure Paul Hayman wants to be messing with the Boss this soon after returning to the WWE.
Cole – What about the shocking return of Raven?
Coach – What’s even more shocking is the debut of Batista on ECW!
William Regal’s music hits and he makes his way down to the ramp to a mixed reaction.
Cole – Well don’t expect to see a fast paced high flying match between Dave Taylor and this man!
Coach – Not at all, these two are incredible wrestlers. They have a pure, old-school European style! This is going to be as stiff a match as anything we’ve ever see when these veterans of the industry lock it up!
Regal is halfway down the ramp, when Taylor sprints from the back and knocks him down with a huge shot to the back of his head!
Cole – Will you look at that?
Coach – Looks like Taylor didn’t want to wait for the bell!
Taylor goes to pick up Regal, but he is cut off with a big knee to the midsection. Regal follows up with massive left hand, then drags Taylor to the ring and dumps him over the top. Regal tries to enter the ring quickly, but Taylor was quick to recover and cuts him off. He pulls him into the ring with a headlock, and slows the match down as he applies the pressure in the middle of the ring. Regal fights him off by backing into the ropes then shooting him off. Taylor and Regal collide in the ring as b Regal utilizes a shoulder block, flooring the sambo champ! He wastes no time in dropping to the mat with a knee across the ankle of Taylor! Regal follows up with a grapevine-knee-lock.
Cole – Dave Taylor is in trouble on the mat; look at the pressure Regal is applying!
Coach – Look at the pain in Taylor’s eyes! William Regal is an expert at picking apart any body part!
Taylor manages to get to the bottom rope and the ref forces William to break the hold. Regal stalks Taylor as he gets slowly to his feet favouring his knee. Regal looks to snap off a T-Bone (exploder) suplex, but Taylor counters him with hard elbows to the side of his head before tossing him to the outside with the single armed sambo-suplex!
Cole – Did you see that?
Coach – This one could be over for Regal…
Taylor slides outside and begins working over Regal with clubbing blows! Regal counter him by whipping him into the steel ring steps! The ref’s count is at 6…
Cole – Both men are down! What a match!
Coach – What happens if neither man can get back in the ring?
The ref’s at 8 when Regal gets back to his feet. Taylor looks to slip into the ring but is quickly cut off! Regal hits a stiff European uppercut then takes him over with a European Uppercut! The ref counts to 10 and calls for the bell! Regal and Taylor ignore the bell with Taylor taking a strong front face-lock on Regal. The two spill into the crowd and begin throwing fists among the fans! Security comes down to break the two up and they are escorted backstage.
Cole – What a match! But what does a double disqualification mean for the European title?
Coach – I guess we’ll have to wait and see!
Backstage Regal and Taylor are talking amongst themselves when they are approached by the new interviewer, Melina!
Melina – It’s strange to see you two getting along after what we saw out there. What’s going on?
Regal – You know what, it’s funny but no matter how long I’ve been in this country, I’ll never understand why Americans have no concept of sportsmanship.
Taylor – Why can’t two friends put on a great physical match up without hating each other?
Regal – Back in England, no, anywhere in Europe, you respect your opponent, you leave everything in the ring! That’s what we did!
Taylor – You know what William? Let’s just go, it’s obvious these ‘yanks’ will never understand…
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Post by justhugo on Apr 3, 2008 19:48:18 GMT -5
Commercial break, putting over the return of Bret Hart to Smackdown next week!
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Post by justhugo on Apr 3, 2008 20:11:00 GMT -5
Cole – What a night we’ve had so far! Ric Flair has returned to WWE as the General Manager of Smackdown!
Coach – Not only that but we have a new champion in Y2J Chris Jericho!
Cole – But a new champion also means a new challenger and the number one contender to the Smackdown Championship is none other than the legend killer, Randy Orton!
Coach – And those two will do battle later, but the next tonight we have the Heart Break Kid in action!
The music hits and Shawn dances his way down to the ring! He poses on the ramp and the pyro goes off!
Ring Announcer: Justin Roberts – And the opponent, from Scotland, Drew McIntyre!
McIntyre rushes at HBK only to eat some sweet chin music! Michaels covers him for the three and the crowd goes ballistic! Michaels calls for the mic..
HBK – You know what, I’m not ready to go home just yet, how about you give me some real competition, I’ll wrestle another match, right now!
The crowd starts to chant ‘one more time’ and Shawn tunes up the band as McIntyre staggers to his feet! One sweet chin music later and McIntyre is sent to the outside and Justin Roberts is back on the mic.
Justin Roberts – Shawn Michaels has requested a second opponent…
Jamie Noble rushes into the ring and takes Michaels down quickly! He sets to work on his legs before being kicked off! Michaels kicks up off the deck and takes Noble down with a reverse atomic drop! He wastes no time in ascending the turn buckles and hits the flying elbow. Shawn is tuning up the band when Armando Estrada appears on the ramp.
Michaels is distracted as Estrada sprints down to the ring screaming at him, the ref gets out of the ring to try and send him to the back. While the ref is distracted Randy Orton slides into the ring behind Michaels, spins him around and hits a huge RKO! He slides Noble over him as the ref turns back around to make a three count!
1..2..3!
Cole – I don’t believe it! Orton just screwed Michaels!
Coach – Call it what you want! Jamie Noble now holds a pinfall victory over the Heart Break Kid! And it’s his own fault for wanting two matches in the same night!
Jamie jumps out of the ring and celebrates with Drew McIntyre!
Backstage Jericho confronts Orton.
Y2J – That was a pretty classless way to make a point Randy…
Orton – Say whatever you want, I killed the legend of ‘HBK’ tonight, and in the main event, I’m going to kill your legend!
Cole – Well that was an odd turn of events, but either way, next up we have the final match in the Battle of the Gold Tourney! We will crown a new European Champion tonight!
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Post by justhugo on Apr 3, 2008 20:12:04 GMT -5
Commercial Break putting over Finlay’s return to Smackdown next week, and the Randy Orton/ Chris Jericho World title Match for later tonight!
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Post by justhugo on Apr 3, 2008 20:40:55 GMT -5
Cole – I can’t believe what we’ve just seen… HBK Shawn Michaels was just screwed out of a double victory tonight by Randy Orton!
Coach – You can call it whatever you want Coal, but the fact of the matter is, Shawn Michaels lost, 1,2,3 to Jamie Noble!
Cole – Well that may be partner but right now, we’ve got a great match up, t crown the NEW European Champion! Gregory Helms and Edge will go one on one, and that’s next!
Gregory Helms is making his entrance.
Coach – Well this will be one hell of a match, The Rated ‘R’ Superstar said to me earlier tonight he was going to win this title, then after Backlash he said he was going to become the double European and Undisputed Champion!
Edge rushes down to the ring as soon as his music hits and takes Helms by surprise! He rushes him into the corner and follows up with a series of hard shoulder blocks to the midsection! He backs off and attempts to follow up with the big finish! He rushes into the corner looking for a spear but Helms leaps clean over him and takes a quick roll up attempt!
Cole – The count of two and Edge kicks out…
Gregory Helms wastes no time in taking a side headlock on the mat, wearing Edge down… Edge struggles to his feet and attempts to take him over with a big backdrop, but Helms counters with a high-headlock takeover! Edges shoulders are down for the count of 1..2.. and Edge rolls the shoulder up, and then down again! 1..2.. and Edge pops the shoulder up again! This time Edge fight his way up to his feet for a second time and tosses Helms off the ropes. Helms comes off the ropes to be leap-frogged by the Rater ‘R’ superstar, Edge runs to the opposite rope and come off at Helms, who drops down under his feet, Edge skips over him and comes off the ropes again and hits a huge spear!
Coach – Spear! The spear! This one has to be-
The lights go off!
Coach - …over? What’s going on?
Cole – What is this? This is insane?
As the lights come back both Helms and Edge are down in the centre of the ring and Finlay is standing over them with the European Title!
Cole – It’s, it’s…
Coach – That’s Fit Finlay! He’s come a week early! He’s stolen the European title!
Finlay covers both men! The ref has no choice but to count! 1..2..3!
Cole – I don’t believe it! Finlay has stolen this one! What is General Manager Flair going to do about it?!
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Post by justhugo on Apr 3, 2008 20:44:21 GMT -5
Commercial Break. A video package airs once more, putting over the Main event. RAW this Monday, and Bret Hart’s return Next week!
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Post by justhugo on Apr 3, 2008 20:58:46 GMT -5
As we come back from the break Y2J is standing in the ring with a mic in hand.
Y2J – Well Randy, I’ve got some bad news for you tonight junior! Since you took it upon yourself to interject yourself into Shawn Michael’s match earlier tonight, the ‘Sexy Beast’ took it upon himself, and yes I just referred to myself in the third person! As I was saying, I took it upon myself to go to general manager Flair and ask him to make this match a special referee match! So without any further delay, it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you, the special guest for the match, and fellow sexy beast, the Heart Break Kid, SHAWN MICHAELS!
….H..B..K! The music hits and the crowd hits the roof screaming for HBK! Shawn makes his way to the ring wearing the black and white ref’s shirt. He is soon cut off by Randy Orton’s music as Orton comes down the ramp microphone in hand!
Orton – No No no no no! This isn’t fair! Someone has to stop this! This is a disgrace! I’m Randy Orton! This is unfair! What have I done to deserve this?
While Randy is taking on the ramp, Armando Estrada, DH Smith, Drew McIntyre and Jamie Noble all hit the ring and attack Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels!
Orton – Well, I guess I should introduce MY new backup! Michaels, Jericho, meet the ‘Legend Killers’!
No sooner had Orton said this then HBK and Y2J had begun to fight back! It did not take long for the two to clear the ring of Smith, Noble and McIntyre, leaving only Estrada! Jericho hits a huge running Code Breaker on him, which is followed by a decapitating Sweet Chin Music! Estrada is busted open and lies motionless! Orton however has taken this opportunity to slide into the ring and hit Jericho with the RKO! By this time the remaining members of the ‘Legend Killers’ are back in the ring and working over Shawn Michaels when without warning the lights in the arena go dead!
They begin to flash pink as the unmistakable guitars and drums hit!
Cole – It’s the Hitman! Bret Hart is here!
Coach – Look at how quickly the Legend Killers bailed out of the ring!
Orton and his new stable waste no time in heading for higher ground as they escape through the crowd... We go off the air with the image of Hart standing underneath the Titan Tron, doing his world famous pose…
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