This Weeks spoilers for those of you who haven't seen them yet...

Dark Match:

Funaki d. KC James.


Smackdown:

The Boogeyman wrestled The Miz & Krystal to a no contest.

Footage of Rey Mysterio's knee surgery is shown.

Chris benoit d. Tatanka. After the match, Benoit was laid out by Chavo.

Mr. Kennedy cut a promo regarding The Undertaker.

William Regal d. Paul London.

MVP d. Kane in a Street Fight with help from Mr. Kennedy. Undertaker then made the save.

Matt Hardy d. Gregory Helms in a non-title match.

Batista & Bobby Lashley d. King Booker & Finlay.

from From DangerousInc:

Teddy Long revelaed on the "Best Of SmackDown! 2006" that starting next week they will have what they call the "Smackdown Sprint." The "Sprint" is a time stipulated match which means that each week they will have a "Smackdown! Sprint" match and the wrestler who wins the shortest match gets to vs the champion in the main event at Royal Rumble.

Source: Smackdown

 

Oh dear.  What a crap idea...  Is there no original angle ideas left or have they done it all?

Matt Hardy vs Kennedy was the best match I've seen on SmackDown for ages. Storytelling, time to build, good finish, lovely stuff. First SmackDown match I'll keep since Booker won the title (apart from my SummerSlam tape). That is all.

This weeks spoilers Im sure theres a more complete version somewhere but here's what we got.

Dark Match:

Burchill d. Flash Funk

Smackdown:

Teddy Long came out. Announced Batista vs Undertaker rematch for Backlash.

Finlay vs Kennedy was a non match. Kennedy apologized to Finlay for what happened at Mania. Finlay accepted and agreed with Ken that there shouldnt be a match. Long came back out and said both would be fighting Undertaker and Batista in the main event.

London and Kendrick d. Duece and Domino via DQ. Pretty long match ending when D&D refuse to listen to the refs warning of double teams... thus a DQ. D&D were furious. They went into Long's office and questioned the officials decision but Long said they need to learn to abide by the rules.

MVP d. Chris Benoit (Non Title). A good 20 minute match back and fourth. Benoit missed a diving headbutt giving MVP the advantage. MVP wins with a roll up and using the ropes.

Kane d. Davari. Squash match. Regal and Taylor come out post match and work over Kane.

Batista and Undertaker d. Kennedy and Finlay. Pretty average match with Undertaker choke slamming Batista at the finish then Batista tagging himself in. Batista bomb on Kennedy 1-2-3. Taker & Batista teased turning on each other through out.

Nothing note worthy off screen on ECW.

Dark Match Main Event:

Batisa vs. Undertaker

Well the title's been sorted....

Spoiler

Dark Match:

- Eddie Colon d. Shannon Moore

Smackdown:

- Undertaker/Batista steel cage promo opens the show.

1) Chris Benoit & Matt Hardy d. MVP & Finlay

- Another Taker/Batista promo airs.

2) Michelle McCool d. Jillian Hall

- In a backstage skit, Teddy Long told Kristal to invite Vickie Guerrero to Smackdown next week.

- They aired highlights of Edge winning the Money in the Bank briefcase from Raw.

- Ashley was interviewed by Michael Cole and JBL, and said she can't wait to take care Jillian.


3) Paul London (with Brian Kendrick) d. Domino (with Deuce and Cherry).

- Another Steel Cage match promo airs.

4) Kane (with Boogeyman and Little Boogey) d. Dave Taylor (with William Regal)

- Yet another Undertaker vs. Batista video promo.

- Ozzy Osbourne was announced as performing live on Smackdown next week.

5) Jimmy Wang Yang d. Cruiserweight champion Chavo Guerrero Jr. in a non-title match.

- Undertaker/Batista package aired.

- Snitsky cut a promo.

6) Edge captured the World Heavyweight title by cashing in his money in the match title shot during the Undertaker-Batista steel cage match. Mark Henry interferred and attacked Undertaker, after both Batista and Taker escaped the cage at the same time and the match was declared a draw. Edge speared Undertaker to score the pin fall. After the match, Edge laid out Taker with the briefcase.

Here is this weeks spoilers:

Spoiler

Dark Match:

- The Major Bros. defeated WWE Tag Team champions Deuce & Domino in a non-title match.

Smackdown:

- A Cutting Edge segment opens Smackdown. WWE World champion Edge brings out Torrie Wilson, then promptly accuses her of blowing up Mr. McMahon. MVP comes out and acts as if he's going to defend Wilson, then demands that she take a lie detector test. Ric Flair hits the ring and they beat him down. Batista makes the save.

- Backstage, Teddy Long and Vicky Guerrero discuss what just went on, but the audio was hard to understand live.

- Chavo Guerrero & Jamie Noble defeated Jimmy Wang Yang & Shannon Moore.

- Mark Henry defeated Funaki.

- The main event for Smackdown is Batista & Flair vs. Edge & MVP.

- Backstage, Vickie Guerrero tells Teddy Long she's finished booking all the travel arrangements for Mr. McMahon's memorial service on Monday. Long tells her he has something special for tonight. Kristal Marshall enters and Long tells Kristal he has something special to ask her tonight inside the ring.

- Matt Hardy defeated Finlay in what was described as a good, long match.

- Teddy Long asks Kristal Marshall to marry him. She starts crying and leaves, leaving Long in the ring alone.

- Chris Masters defeated Danny Shinley (last name may be incorrect).

- Backstage, the federal investigator reveals they have found DNA for Mr. McMahon and the limo driver in the limo and the investigation is continuing.

- Ric Flair & Batista defeated Edge & MVP when Batista pinned Edge with a Batista Bomb.

The only thing there that excites me is the Hardy Finaly match.

So the fans are expected to go from mourning Vince's death to being festive about a wedding in the same week? Only in the WWE...

Expect Kristal to turn heel after Teddy gives complete control of SD over to Vickie Guerrero which sets up the big pay off match of....oh wait....

Batista is a wally, he really is.Smackdown sounds average as usual,and summerslam sounds like it was really bad from the reviews iv checked out, so i guess im not missing a whole lot.Even the Puro wrestling mags here in japan which usually have some WWE stuff inside havent anything about the company in the last issues or so.

-- Edited by Totoro101 at 09:47, 2007-08-30

But you moaned about that in the other thread...

The problem is that Matt Hardy is very unlikely to be pushed to main event status because Vince holds a grudge against him over the way he went public about the Edge/Lita affair. And there is heat between Matt and Johnny Ace (surprise surprise).

Can't be any worse than Khali or Rey Rey though... and at least he's viable.

I like Matt hardy, he seems a good guy in real life but in the ring,i would agree with mr Emelianenko,I just cant see Hardy ever as a world champion.He is a decent wrestler,nothing more.Rey Rey is far more exciting to watch and i believe he is more over with the crowd then matt while Khali,as awful as he is,has the look and the size which Vince loves and obviously seems to enjoy the guy being the champ right now. Matt just screams midcarder to me.Who honestly would pay to see a main even with Khali vs Hardy or Batista vs Hardy?

Spoiler

From PWIinsider

Dark Match:

Dave Taylor & Drew Macintyre vs. The Nasty Boys. Drew slipped on the steps during his entrance which got a few laughs. The Nasty Boys got a good pop and won the match in about 7 minutes. Nasty Boys were said to have looked good.

WWE SmackDown!:

The opening SmackDown! video airs. They show a recap from Survivor Series of Edge screwing 'Taker out of the title.

They go backstage to Edge's locker-room and Vickie Guerrero is there. She says as a 'punishment' for screwing 'Taker, he'll get to face Batista next week for the World title. Vickie then flirts with Edge calling him 'baby' and the two begin making out.

The opening segment is JBL in the ring with a gift for MVP. JBL gives him the gift (a ring with diamonds) and MVP accepts and proceeds to start calling out Matt Hardy. Rey Mysterio comes out to stick up for Hardy and calls him a punk. The two trade punches and it is broken up. Mysterio vs. MVP later tonight?

MLB star Wade Boggs is in attendance.

WWE U.S. Champion MVP pinned Rey Mysterio. No Matt or Jeff Hardy appearances. A segment was done where JBL presented MVP with a diamond ring.

World Heavyweight Champion Batista came out for an interview. During the course of the taping, it is revealed that Edge's return was done in cahoots with Vickie Guerrero and the two are together, and they were even shown making out at one point. Edge vs. Batista is announced for next week's show. The Undertaker gets involved and gives Guerrero a Tombstone at the end of the episode, with Vicky going out on a stretcher.

WWE Tag Champions John Morrison and The Miz defeated The Major Brothers.

Jamie Noble defeated Chuck Palumbo

Finlay and Hornswoggle defeated Mark Henry in a Handicap match. Great Khali came out and got involved after the match.

Torrie Wilson defeated Victoria.

Kane defeated Big Daddy V by DQ.

Very very odd sounding show...

More news from the tapings:

Former WWF and WCW World Tag Team champions The Nasty Boys, Jerry Saggs and Brian Knobbs worked their first WWE match in many years in a dark match at last night's Smackdown taping in Tampa, Florida that was said to have been an absolute disaster, leaving a ton of heat on the Nastys and possibly causing a ripple effect that nearly screwed up the live broadcast of ECW on the same taping.

From what I was told by several backstage, The Nastys treated the dark match like they were huge stars coming back. They took forever to even get in the ring because they spent so much time interacting with friends and family members sitting ringside. Brian Knobbs entered the ring with his back to the hard camera. Jerry Saggs then got in the ring "literally right next" to opponents Drew McIntye and Dave Taylor, "leaving them looking like idiots" according to one source.

Once the match started, The Nastys were said to have taken liberties in the ring with McIntyre. McIntyre, who is 21 and just started on the main roster a few weeks ago, tried to be respectful and take the abuse but finally starting dishing it back out by returning with stiff shots of his own. Even worse, Dave Taylor, a respected veteran, was treated in similar fashion by the Nastys. One WWE performer called the dark match, "one of the all time worst things you could ever hope to see. It was abysmal."

Another source believed that the Nastys taking so long actually screwed up the flow of the taping. The Smackdown taping didn't end up until 9:54 PM, leaving the WWE crew only six minutes to rush and change over the set and ring for the live ECW on Sci Fi broadcast. I have not confirmed that with additional sources, but one person who was live in the building described the ring crew as being "frenzied to finish" after the end of the Smackdown aspect of the show.


Why the hell they gave these two idiots anther go in the first place is a mystery!

This weeks SD! Taping results...

Spoiler

here is the smackdown spoilers for march 14 WWE is currently this week's edition of Friday Night SmackDown from the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois. Below is our weekly live coverage from the tapings.

Dark Match:

Shelton Benjamin d. Chris Harris
Chris Harris made his WWE debut in a dark match against Benjamin. Benjamin hit his code breaker type maneuver to score the pinfall victory. There were some TNA chants in the crowd.

Pre-Show Note:

We are told that they accidentally turned the ring over while changing out the ECW stuff for SmackDown's setup. Tony Chimel and referees were said to be responsible. I was told it was hilarious.

- There are two rows of tires in the center of the ring.

- We are told that there is something that looks like potato sacks at ringside. Jonathan Coachman and Michael Cole are now at their positions ringside.

WWE SmackDown (Air date 3/14):

The show opens with the Divas Swimsuit competition. Eve Torres, Cherry, Maryse, Victoria, and Michelle McCool are all featured. Maryse is voted off by the fans through their text messages.

Michelle McCool wins an obstacle course with the remaining WWE divas. The obstacle course was said to be extremely dumb as the divas had to run through the tires in the ring, complete a potato sack race, and jump a small wall.

A Ric Flair/Shawn Michaels promo is up next.

WWE shows a promo for tonight's match between DAVE and MVP for the U.S. Championship in a no holds barred match.

(1) Big Show d. Jimmy Wang Yang & Shannon Moore in a handicap match. Big Show pinned Shannon Moore. After the match Big Show tossed Wang out of the ring.

It is announced that WWE Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz will face off against one another in a WrestleMania Money in the Bank ladder match qualifier.

(2) John Morrison d. The Miz in a Money in the Bank ladder qualifying match for WrestleMania. I was told the crowd was not too involved during the match. It should also be noted that Jeff Hardy's picture was removed from the MITB graphic.

(3) United States Champion Montel Vontavious Porter d. Batisa in a No Holds Barred match to retain the title. This match was given significant amount of time. There was a lot of chairs used throughout. MVP was able to get the pin after Umaga came out and hit DAVE with a Samoan Spike.

(4) Chuck Palumbo & The Great Khali d. Kane & Jamie Noble
Khali pinned Noble to get the win for him and Palumbo

5) Edge, Zack Ryder, urt Hawkins, & Chavo Guerrero d. Ric Flair & Shawn Michaels in a steel cage match. Flair gets a monster pop from the live Chicago crowd. Vickie Guerrero comes out and says that ECW Champion Chavo Guerrero will join Edge, Ryder, and Hawkins and the match will be 4-on-2. Michaels got caught in the rope for several minutes as all six men are in the cage. Flair is busted open early in the match. Michaels and Flair both locked Figure Four leglocks on Edge and Chavo at the same time, which I was told was a very cool spot. Eventually the lights went out and the Undertaker appeared. He cleans up but Edge is able to escape for the win. Undertaker points up to the WrestleMania sign.

Vickie Guerrero re-appears and says now it's Big Show vs. Undertaker. This could be a dark match forthcoming.

(6) Undertaker d. World Heavyweight Champion Edge. It started as Big Show vs. Edge. Big Show was dominating early but left the ring when Edge came out and instructed Big Show to leave. Undertaker ended up hitting a Tombstone on Edge to get the victory.

So you have Undi beating the champ already... There goes the WM match... Morrison in the MITB could be intresting and Khali and Palumbo as a tag team?

This weeks smackdown results

Spoiler

- Edge came out with Vickie Guerrero, Chavo Guerrero and the Edgeheads and cut a promo about losing the World Title at Wrestlemania. Vickie announced Undertaker vs. Kane for later in the show.

- Matt Hardy defeated MVP in a non-title match with the Twist Of Fate.

- Jesse & Festus defeated The Edgeheads.

- Shawn Michaels came out for an interview, but was interrupted by DAVE, who said if he was in Michaels' position, he would have let Ric Flair win. DAVE made his own "Old Yeller" comparison for Michaels, and waked off angry.

- It was announced that Michelle McCool beat Cherry in the final round of the Diva competition. Victoria came out and attacked Michelle.

- John Morrison & The Miz defeated Jimmy Wang Yang & Shannon Moore. Great Khali came out and beat up everyone. The Big Show came out, but Khali backed away again.

- Undertaker vs. Kane ended with Edge, Chavo and The Edgeheads attacking them. Kane & Undertaker made a comeback and laid out Edge and Chavo with chokeslams.

(source: Scott Megan @ PWinsider.com)

Matt Hardy's Push continues?  HBK Vs. DAVE... Seriously purleassee no.

To go with the strange RAW ending and the strange ECW ending....

This weeks (08/08/08) edition:

Spoiler

(1) Maryse, Victoria and Natalya d. Michelle McCool, Cherry and Maria.

- Backstage La Familia find Bam Neeley laid out backstage with a black rose on top of him.

(2) Curt Hawkins & Zach Ryder d. Shannon Moore & Jimmy Yang in a non title match.

- Jeff Hardy vs MVP is announced for Summerslam.

(3) Jeff Hardy d. Shelton Benjamin on a DQ after MVP gets invloved.

- Great Khali and Triple H compete in an Indian Broken Glass Arm Wrestling Challenge. It ends with Khali laying out Triple H with the Chokebomb and Vice Grip.

- A video for R-Truth aka Ron Killings airs.

- Hawkins and Ryder are shown backstage laid out with a black rose on them as well.

- Chavo tells Vickie that he thinks Edge has been laying everyone out.

(4) Vladimir Kozlov d. Jesse.

(5) Brian Kendrick d. Super Crazy.

- Backstage Edge sucks up to Vickie and says he had nothing to do with anyone being attacked.

- Vickie, Edge and Chavo all come to the ring. They call out Undertaker and the lights go out. When they come back on Edge has a chair and lays out Chavo. He then dumps Vickie out of her wheelchair and leaves with a big smile on his face.

Hell be back.Foley always does :).

I wasn't aware of this myself as I watched the show via download but apparently SKY/WWE cut all of Edge's segments from SD last night where he teased Vickie, wheeling her about the arena and then his final promo at ringside.

I really thought we were over this crap but it would appear that some moron at SKY still thinks wrestling is real, that Vickie is really a paraplegic and Edge really is demented and the poor UK viewing audience would have nightmares watching these scenes. When I watched the segments (from the Australian airing) I felt that Vickie's awful overacting made the segments seem worse than they actually were and it would seem some schmuck at SKY believed it.

The show airs at 22.00pm - after the watershed - and is preceded by a frank and unambiguous warning message stating the shows are not suitable for young kids. So, working on the fair assumption that the audience is largely teens and adults (although kids will no doubt stay up or tape these shows), who the hell is going to believe that this is real? We used to have this kind of petty censorship during the Attitude era when things were more "extreme" and any and everything was censored to bits yet 10 years later when things have claimed down, we're still being treated like morons by SKY/WWE.



-- Edited by Man In Black at 09:55, 2008-08-16

Same here Totty. Normally keep up to date through here/youtube and catch the odd PPV. Much the best way to do it.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!

IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING DONT WATCH IT!!!!!!

It appears the roster jumping has started again - Super Crazy worked ECW last night and Finlay worked SD. Not to mention Jamie Noble working the SD dark match against Takeshi Morishima.