Smackdown News (Page 13)

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- A promo is shown with Smackdown GM Teddy Long and World Heavyweight Champion King Booker (with Sharmell). They complain to Long about having to face Vito tonight. Long then cancels the match and then tells Booker he will be facing The Undertaker tonight instead.

- Batista & Bobby Lashley defeated Finlay & William Regal. Lashley hit Regal with a Spear to get the pinfall, while Batista attended to Finlay on the outside.

- 2006 WWE Diva Search winner Layla came out. She was followed by Kristal Marshall. Layla and Kristal started to fight when Jillian Hall came out. Jillian took Kristal's top off and did the same to Layla as well.

Matt Hardy defeated WWE Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms in a Non-Title Match. Said to be a great match. The finish saw the referee go to fix the top turnbuckle when Hardy low blowed Helms to get the win.

The Miz defeated Funaki.

- Clips of John Cena in The Marine were shown.

- Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero ended in a No Contest when Vickie Guerrero got involved.

- Paul London & Brian Kendrick defeated The Pitbulls (Kid Kash & Jamie Noble) & The Teacher's Pets (K.C. James & Idol Stevens) to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles. London pinned Noble to get the win for his team.

- Backstage, Elijah Burke introduced Sylvester Terkay as an All-American.

- Sylvan then came out and got what was described as the biggest pop of the night. He got on the mic and told the Montreal crowd that it was good to be back and added regardless of who comes out, he doesn't only have to take on himself, but he has to take on everyone here in Montreal. That got another big reaction.

- Sylvan defeated Tatanka using the ropes. Another huge pop for his win from the Montreal crowd.

- The Undertaker defeated World Heavyweight Champion King Booker via DQ in a Non-Title Match. WWE U.S. Champion Mr. Kennedy was at ringside doing commentary. Undertaker gave Booker a Tombstone after the match.

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Sadly, it's not The Miz.

According to this week’s edition of The Wrestling Observer, Dave Meltzer is reporting that John “Bradshaw” Layfield will be leaving the WWE in just a couple of weeks. apparently, JBL recently handed in his notice to WWE management and the October 6 edition of Smackdown! will be his last appearance on the show.

JBL, of course, has been just an accouncer for months now, but he's doing very well for himself away from the WWE arena as an investment banker. He wants to focus on that career.

There's no word yet on who would replace JBL next to Michael Cole as an announcer - but we'll let you know as soon as we learn more.

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The show kicked off with Finlay coming out and bragging about attacking Batista last week, costing him the World Title against King Booker. Bobby Lashley then came out and challenged Finlay. Smackdown GM Teddy Long announced a #1 Contenders Match between the two later tonight to determine who will face King Booker at No Mercy for the World Heavyweight Title.

- Backstage, William Regal and Finlay are show discussing the main event later tonight.

- WWE Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms defeated Matt Hardy.

- Backstage, Rey Mysterio is shown walking with his son, Dominick. Mysterio stops and talks with Dean Malenko.

- WWE U.S. Champion Mr. Kennedy vs. Rey Mysterio is announced for later tonight.

- Another Jimmy "Wang" Yang promo airs.

- The Miz defeated Scotty 2 Hotty.

- Brian Kendrick defeated Kid Kash & Idol Stevens in a Triple Threat Match.

- Backstage, King Booker, Sharmell, Finlay and William Regal all discuss the main event later tonight.

- Backstage, Rey Mysterio has his son watch the monitor in the back so he can watch his upcoming match with Mr. Kennedy next. When Mysterio leaves to go to the ring, Chavo and Vickie Guerrero are shown watching him.

- WWE U.S. Champion Mr. Kennedy defeated Rey Mysterio. Mysterio was distracted by Chavo & Vickie when they came out with Dominick to help give Kennedy the win. After the match, Dominick hugged Mysterio as Chavo & Vickie looked on.
- A promo for MVP airs.

- Vito defeated William Regal.

- Backstage, Smackdown GM Teddy Long is speaking with World Heavyweight Champion King Booker and Sharmell when Vito comes in. Vito has words with Booker. Long announces Booker vs. Vito next week on Smackdown.

- Sylvester Terkay defeated an unknown wrestler.

- Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero was announced for next week's Smackdown.

- Bobby Lashley defeated Finlay via DQ to become the #1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Title - Lashley will face King Booker at No Mercy for the World Title. King Booker and Sharmell were both at ringside doing commentary during the match. Regal was at ringside as well.

After the DQ finish, Batista hit the ring and attacked Finlay. Both brawled to the back. Booker and Regal attacked Lashley, but Lashley fought back and hit Booker with a Spear. The show ended with Lashley celebrating with the crowd.

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This isn't very good news. Despite a main event that featured the show's top face, Sabu, ECW on Sci-Fi this week only scored a 1.9 rating.

This is a drop frm last Tuesday's 2.1, a program that featured DX in the main event. Sadly, that probably means you can expect to see many more WWE stars randomly appearing on ECW in the future, despite the complete lack of storyline logic in that.

Meanwhile, Smackdown! had ratings problems of its own - for a different reason. The program was preempted in 45 percent of the country last week, while five percent still don't have a clearance to begin with during the switch from UPN to The CW. Major markets without a clearance this fall include Phoenix, Orlando, Porland, Baltimore, Reno, Columbia-Jefferson City (Mo.), Palm Springs, and Anchorage.

As a result, Smackdown - which featured Batista being screwed out of the title - drew a 1.0 network rating last Friday (2 share/1.1 million households).

With a move to a new network in the works (sort of, CW is the same on your TV dial) for Smackdown!, who better to discuss the change with Entertainment Tonight than one of our favorite WWE Divas?

Just hours before the most recent taping of the Smackdown!, Entertainment Tonight producers came to Worcester, Mass. to film for an upcoming one-hour special presentation on the new CW Network, giving viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the network’s programming.

Ashley served as host.

“I got to do an interview with Entertainment Tonight,” she said to WWE.com. “I’m so excited about it – how cool is that?! We were talking about moving over to CW Network. And we got to interview a few of the Superstars and we went outside and had a little fun with the WWE fans.”

Like many other SmackDown! stars, Ashley is eager and anxious for the show's move to the brand-new CW Network. The Diva believes that both SmackDown! and the CW Network have a lot to offer one another.

“This is a real exciting time for SmackDown,” said Ashley. “I think the move to CW is going to be beneficial to both parties. I think we’re going to bring unparalleled entertainment and unmatched excitement to the CW Network.

The producer of the program, Lisa DeMilo, said she was highly pleased with her backstage WWE experience.

“I cannot believe how big an event this actually is,” DeMilo said. “[The WWE Superstars] are phenomenal to work with; they are all so professional and exciting and really into what they do. [They are] amazing to work with.”

Having encountered wrestlers such as Ken Kennedy and Chavo Guerrero, DeMilo was most daunted by World Heavyweight Champion, King Booker.

“King Booker and his Queen [Sharmell]…what do you say?” asked DeMilo. “All hail to royalty! I am going to watch SmackDown every single Friday night.”

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Match 1: Finlay vs. Rey Mysterio

- Finlay talked trash to Mysterio, then hit a headlock takedown. Mysterio countered into a headscissors. Finlay rolled around and managed to escape, moving into a headlock. He hit a nice uppercut and talked more trash to Mysterio, asking him if something's wrong. Finlay put Mysterio up on his shoulders, then hung him up on the top rope. A loud Finlay sucks chant came from the crowd. Mysterio blocked a punched and fired back with a few shots, but Finlay regained control with a knee to the midsection before whipping him into the turnbuckle hard. Finlay covered, but Mysterio got his foot on the bottom rope. Finlay hit a nice tilt-a-whirl slam and covered, but Mysterio kicked out at two before bailing to the outside to try to get refocused.

Finlay swung on the ropes to kick Mysterio on the outside. Finlay held up his arms in victory in the ring. Mysterio finally got back in the ring. Finlay drove him into the corner twice. Mysterio collapsed. Finlay hit his seated senton drop to the back twice. Finlay went for the Boston crab and locked it in. Mysterio tried escaping by kicking Finlay in the head, but Finlay turned and adjusted the submission into something different. Finlay continued to hold onto one leg, but Mysterio managed to reach the bottom rope. Finlay went after Mysterio in the corner, but Mysterio moved and Finlay went shoulder first into the turnbuckle. Mysterio hit leg kicks. Finlay tried to hit a sunset flip, but Mysterio rolled through and kicked Finlay in the side of the head! He hooked the leg, but Finlay kicked out at two.

Mysterio went out to the apron and hit the springboard seated senton! He hooked the leg, but Finlay kicked out. Finlay went for a slam, but Mysterio slid out and hit the drop toehold to set up the 619. Finlay stood up, but Mysterio ducked a clothesline. He went for a springboard move to follow up, but it looked like he screwed it up by missing the ropes when he jumped toward them and bounced off. Finlay went to follow up and hit the celtic cross finisher, covering and picking up the win.

JBL got in the ring and said he had an obligation to all these Smackdown fans who Rey just disappointed after he embarrassed himself once again. He asked if the reason Rey's wrestling had become such a disgrace was because the woman he thought loved him slapped the taste out of his mouth, that being Vickie Guerrero. Rey pushed the mic aside. JBL said that they've got to know and that the Smackdown fans deserve that. He asked if the reason he's not himself could be because the entire Guerrero family has deemed Rey a piece of trash. He held the mic out for the answer, but Rey just looked sad and upset and turned away. Rey started leaving the ring and practically collapsed down to the floor as he lowered himself to leave. Mysterio paused as he walked up the ramp and looked ready to cry before continuing.

Match 2: United States Champion Ken Kennedy vs. Danny Giamondo

- Kennedy went for a go behind and took down Giamondo. Cole pointed out on commentary that what Kennedy said about Giamondo was, in fact, not true. Kennedy hit a running elbow drop, followed by a back suplex. Kennedy delivered a running leg to Kennedy in the ropes, then sent him off the ropes and beat down Giamondo in the corner. Kennedy hit a running facewash to Giamondo in the corner. Kennedy covered, but Giamondo kicked out. Kennedy put on a vise on Giamondo's head. Giamondo made a brief comeback and hit some headbutts to Kennedy's shoulder. He tried to follow up with a corner splash but got hung up on the top rope. Kennedy grabbed him and went up to the second rope, where he delivered his rolling fireman's carry slam to the mat.

Teddy Long announce that Kennedy would face the Undertaker at No Mercy on October 8.

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