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JBL and Michael Cole make their way to the ring, the opening video is shown and everyone gets a little deafer from the pyrotechnics. Vince McMahon and Jonathan Coachman are out first, still trying to figure out who Vinceâs bastard son is. Kaneâs pyro goes off and damn near gives me a heart attack â heâs on his way to the ring to tell Vince he thinks heâs his son and to also demand a match with Finlay. Finlay and Batista is our main event for the evening, so McMahon adds Kane vs. Finlay to the SummerSlam card.
MATCH #1: Chris Masters vs. Chuck Palumbo
Personally, I think the âMasterpieceâ gimmick is about as dead in the water as could be, and Palumboâs biker get-up isnât doing anything for me either. Heâs looks like the âAmerican Badassâ version of Undertaker, only not nearly as warmly received by the crowd. He got little to no pop, even when he defeated Masters with some kind of crucifix powerbomb variant.
MATCH #2: Funaki vs. Chavo Guererro
Not much to say about this match. Chavo comes to the ring with a mannequin head that has a Rey Mysterio mask on it, then does his best Al Snow impression. Chavo would be disqualified after failing to obey the refâs orders, and he then put the Mysterio mask onto Funaki and tried to take out his knee.
MATCH #3: Jamie Noble vs. Jimmy Wang Yang
Iâd like to see these two have a match that went 20 minutes or more; theyâre both more than capable of having fantastic matches, itâs just that more often than not theyâre relegated to 5 minute bouts like this. It was good for what it was worth, though, and Noble went over but seemed to be more concerned with whether or not Hornswoggle was under the ring.
MATCH #4 â WWE Tag Team Championship: Deuce & Domino w/ Cherry (c) vs. Shannon Moore & Eugene
Eugene got one of the bigger pops of the night, even though I was under the impression audiences had begun to turn on him a bit as of late. No real question what happened here; Deuce & Domino retain.
1-ON-1 BASKETBALL CHALLENGE: MVP vs. Matt Hardy
Before this took place, there was a backstage segment where MVP put himself over to Teddy Long saying he could beat all the current SD! brand champions. Teddy then one-upped him by saying he guessed MVP thinks he could take the tag team championships by himself, but MVP backpedals then says heâll tag with the next person to walk in Teddyâs office to take on Deuce & Domino. In walks Matt Hardy, and Teddy makes the match for next week: MVP & Matt Hardy vs. Deuce & Domino.
To start the basketball challenge, MVP again put himself over with how great he is at basketball, saying heâs friends with Shaq and D-Wade of the Miami Heat, only to miss an easy layup. Matt Hardy makes his entrance and starts the challenge by throwing the ball directly into MVPâs face. While heâs recovering Deuce and Domino attack and beat down the pair of them, the idea being to create some sort of chemistry between Hardy & MVP working as a team.
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