Main Event for Armageddon Set Up: Smackdown Results, 12-1-06

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The show starts with Teddy Long in the ring. He talks a little about Survivor Series, and says that at Armageddon, MVP will take on Kane in and Inferno Match, and Mr. Kennedy will face Undertaker in a Last Ride Match. Then he welcomed the new World Heavyweight Champion, Batista, to the ring. He said the kinds of things you would expect him to, about surrendering the title, and finally getting it back, but was eventually interrupted by King Booker.

The King said that Batista had stolen the title from him, and that he was going to invoke his rematch clause right here tonight. The were both getting ready to fight when Finlay came out and said that Booker didn't deserve a rematch, because he'd never beat Finlay. In the end of it all, Teddy Long decided to book a Triple Threat Match for the World Heavyweight Championship for later on Smackdown.

MNM vs. Brian Kendrick and Paul London
- MNM won after William Regal and Dave Taylor came out and interfered with Kendrick and London.

- There was a backstage segment with MVP and Mr. Kennedy where they talked about what had happened on Sunday. Kennedy was pretty upset, and MVP said it was a shame, because they could've helped each other out.

Chavo Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit
- Pretty standard match between these two, nothing too spectacular or out of the ordinary. The end came when Vicki got on the ring apron, and Benoit almost knocked her off again, but stopped himself, which proved enough of a distraction for Chavo to come from behind and roll him up, getting the three count by holding Benoit's tights.

- Batista was shown backstage talking on a cell phone, but they only played it in the arena for about 5-10 seconds, because Layla El was coming out and they had to play her entrance video.

Layla vs. Kristal
- The crowd started turning on this match near the end, chanting "boring." Kristal won. There was no Boogeyman during or after the match.

MVP vs. The Undertaker
- The match started out going back and forth, but eventually Taker went out of the ring and got a chair. MVP left the ring, and Mr. Kennedy came out. This, again, was on the opposite side of the ring from me, so I'm not sure if Kennedy willingly got in the ring, or if MVP threw him in, but he ended up in there somehow. Not long after that, Kane came out, and all four of them ended up in the ring. Kane and Undertaker always had the better of MVP and Kennedy, but somehow Kennedy escaped and ran over the annouce table and through the crowd.

Finlay vs. King Booker vs. Batista (C) for the World Heavyweight Championship
- There was a lot of action between all three guys, with at least one spot where Booker and Finlay teamed up, only to have Finlay pull Booker off Batista because he wanted the belt. Little Bastard made an appearance, but like at Survivor Series, he just ran in, looked at the size of the guys, got scared and ran out. Eventually, Batista got the better of both of them, and he gave a spinebuster to Finlay, and tried to put away King Booker, who escaped and went for the Scissors Kick, but Batista moved and gave him the Batista Bomb to retain his title.

Long announced that Booker and Finlay would get another shot against the champion at Armageddon in a tag match. We now know Batista's partner will be RAW's John Cena.

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