[jetskid48]

No live recap tonight. Going to A.C., so after I sleep off the gambling, the recap should be up sometime tomorrow afternoon.

Here's the preview:

The following is from WWE.com:

Championship Friday
May 2, 2008

Atlantic City, N.J., is the gambling capital of the east coast, and when Friday Night SmackDown rolls in this week, there will be a lot of wheeling and dealing on the boardwalk.

This Friday is "Championship Friday", as all three SmackDown titles – the World Heavyweight Championship, the United States Championship and the WWE Tag Team Championship – will be on the line for a blockbuster edition of Friday Night SmackDown!

Ever since winning the gold from Edge at WrestleMania XXIV, World Heavyweight Champion Undertaker has forged a path of destruction through WWE. But, this Friday he will face the 7-foot-3 behemoth, The Great Khali. The Deadman has battled many giant Superstars over the years, but what will happen when he tangles with the Punjabi giant?

At Backlash, United States Champion Matt Hardy finally got what he wanted – revenge against MVP, and in the process, the United States Championship. With a chance to regain the title this Friday night, what will SmackDown’s Franchise Playa be willing to do? As reigning champion, how tenaciously will Hardy fight to keep what is finally his?

In the remaining championship battle, WWE Tag Team Champions The Miz & John Morrison will defend the gold against Jimmy Wang Yang & Shannon Moore. The champions have defeated Moore & Yang in a pair of non-title matches this month, but just last week, "The Redneck" defeated Morrison on ECW and "The Reject" pinned The Miz on SmackDown. With the title finally on the line on SmackDown, which duo will come out on top when it really counts?

For weeks now, Colin Delaney has been vying for a coveted WWE contract. He gets another shot next Tuesday night on the 100th edition of ECW when he faces ECW General Manager Armando Estrada. But before that battle, Estrada has brokered a deal with SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero to have the young upstart face undefeated superpower Vladimir Kozlov this Friday night. With Kozlov crushing all of his opponents, what kind of shape will Delaney be in after he crosses paths with the powerful Russian?

And, after debuting on color commentary for SmackDown at Backlash, "Hardcore Legend" and three-time WWE Champion Mick Foley will be coming to Friday nights for good.

Don't miss Foley's debut, three championship matches and much more on a special championship edition of Friday Night SmackDown, 8/7 CT on The CW Network.

Plus I'm sure we should be getting ready for dumb random shit event #3 of the week. Shoooooooooooooooould be a good one.

[jetskid48]

Smackdown 5/2/08 Recap - By: JetsKid48

We're live, from DailyMotion.com because I was too stupid to hit the DVR button last night. We're starting cold tonight, no intro video, just Theodore Long coming out to the stage.

He states the WWE tag team championship will be defended. The WWE U.S. Championship will be defended. And Tonight the WWE World Heavyweight Championship will be defended.

Now we get the intros. Thank goodness he came out, no way Cole could have just said that in the first 12 seconds...which he will anyway.

Cole is in the ring and he introduces the new color commentator...Mick Foley.

He reminds us that no matter how many bumps there have been in the road, remember one thing, he's not the coach.

Music hits, and its Morrison coming down for some tag title action.

1.MorrMiz v. MoorWang (Tag Title Match)
We get in ring intros...used to like this...but its getting overdone though.

Starts with stomps from Miz and a European Uppercut on Yang. Clothesline and back kick by Yang gets the advantage back; quick tag to Moore. Suplex by Yang into a flip into the ring by Moore. Inverted atomic drop and a leg drop gets 2. Miz comes back with some punches and tags Morrison who backs Moore into the corner. Runs at Moore who elbows him and goes for a reverse cross body off the ropes for 2. Moore tags Yang and throws Morrison into the ropes, who gets dropkicked by Yang on the way back. Morrison put on the top rope but Yang is thrown down. Yang runs back and hits an enziguri. Goes up, but Morrison tries a sunset flip off the top, fails, but he pulls Yang off the top onto his face. Tag to Miz and they hit a double gut buster. Miz pushes him down and puts on an arm bar while punching Yang in the ribs. Yang in the opponent corner, tries to fight out, but once he fights Morrison away, Miz gives him his corner clothesline. Catapult by Miz into a Morrison fist, into that elbow drop. Knees to the stomach and a reverse chin lock by Morrison. Elbow out by Yang, he runs to the ropes and rolls up Morrison for 2. Back to a chin lock, but Yang is reaching for the ropes, he kicks off Morrison and Moore in on fire in the ring. Back kicks and more, goes for a pin and 2. Morrison pushes him to the ropes and gets his ropes assisted kick to the face. Everyone in the ring, but Miz and Yang powder out. Morrison going for a move, but Moore gets a backslide on him...1...2...no. As both get up, Morrison gets the advantage and hits his flippy neckbreaker for the win.

Winners: Miz and Morrison.

Commerical.

Special Guest Ring Announcer Armando Alejandro Estrada in the ring. He pretty much declares that Colin Delaney sucks. He gets no music neither, stealing his opponents gimmick. Apparently Delaney only weights 107 pounds.

2. Vladimir Kozlov v. Colin Delaney.
Will I enjoy Delaney getting ass kicked for this one time? ....Yes.

Lockup and he just throws Delaney away. Delaney tries to tackle him, but fails. Hip toss by Kozlov and Delaney cries to long and isn't able to avoid the kick to the face. Kozlov picks him and winds up with a side kick to Delaney's ribs. Delaney tries a punch and gets a shoulderblock to the corner. Kozlov picks him up and Gorilla Presses him onto the turnbuckle. He punts Delaney in the air, catches him in mid air and gives him a Fallaway Slam. Picks him up and gets the reverse DDT for the pin.

Winner: Kozlov.

Heh, Delaney sucks, heh.

We're in the back and we see...Nunzio tying his shoes? Mark Henry comes in and reminds Nunzio that they have a match tonight. He also reminds him that he's the World's Strongest Man and well....good luck.

Commercial.

We see video of Nattie and Victoria sorta picking on Cherry. Michelle comes in and they somehow sneak in that Michelle is yahoo's most searched person. How is that possible? Really? She's no one.

3. Michelle McCool and Cherry v. Natalya and Victoria.
WHY DOES CHERRY GET TO WRESTLE?

Just some random observations since I lack the patience to actually go through this match totally.

Michelle is starting to learn some moves, much to my shock. If she wasn't about 25 pounds to light for it to be believable, it would be nice.

Cherry did some flippy shit including stuff including a move off the top rope. Looked too choreographed to be something that she actually knows how to do.

Why is everything "shades of the Anvil"? Because Nattie kicks Cherry in the head, doesn't mean that's something she got from her father.

Match ends when McCool is pushed off the top rope and Natalya rolls her up for a pin. She has some weird ass music.

Winners: Natalya and Victoria...who ass bump in celebration. Good.

Recap of Backlash. Foley calls the gogoplata a "devestating choke hold". Cole calls it, a "devastating submission hold". All I know is, I don't enjoy listening to Vickie scream. It's not cool.

Commercial.

4. Mark Henry v. Nunzio.
Hmm, I see something screwy happening here. Although they already have an underdog story coming.

And okay, instead, Nunzio waves down the Big Show. Who, after destroying Rey Mysterio when he comes back, is suddenly a man of the people. He'll be in Nunzio's corner. Does this make Big Show into Tommy Dreamer? The answer....no. Nunzio actually has talent.

Nunzio tries some kicks but Henry powers him down. Kicks to Nunzios ribs and throws Nunzio to the corner. Lifts him up and gives him the World's Strongest Slam. And that's all.

Winner: Sexual Chocolate Mark Henry.

Post match, he tries to pick up Nunzio again but Big Show is in there in a hurry. Did I ever think I'd say "Big Show in a a hurry"? I don't think so. Big Show grabs a mic and tells him to pick on someone his own size. YES, a Mark Henry/Big Show feud. YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA..............

MVP and Matt Hardy are walking out to the ring and...

Commercial.

5. Matt Hardy v. MVP (U.S Title Match)
It sure is weird to see Hardy with a non-tag title around his waist. Crowd does go wild for him though.

They lock up and Hardy pulls him over for a headlock. Turned over and MVP doesn't even get a 1. Picked up and thrown to the ropes, Hardy ducks and puts the headlock back on. They both get up and back to a lock up. MVP grabs him from the back and lays some punches to Matt's back. Hardy back with a kick and throws MVP's head into the turnbuckle. Throw to the ropes but Hardy comes back with a clothesline. MVP gets his leg on the ropes for a 1 count. MVP tries to do something but Hardy gets the Headlock on him again. MVP takes him down and then clotheslines him. Mount punches continues the onslaught. Kick to Hardy's back gets him in the corner. MVP puts on a variation of the Crossface Chicken Wing. He gets a little lazy and puts on a chinlock that Hardy turns into a jawbreaker. Hardy with a bulldog and that gets a 1. Hardy gets him up but MP pokes him in the eye. Hardy comes back still and gets a neckbreaker. No pin, but Hardy gets him up and puts a punchy-kicky combo. Back to the Headlock. MVP slips out and kicks him in the ribs, then an elbow drop to the face. Cover for not even 1. MVP starts to kick Hardy and MVP looks like he injured a finger. Foley makes his 5th Coach joke of the evening...somewhere, Al Snow feels relieved. Hardy puts MVP on the second rope and runs to sit down on him. Pincount for a 2. MVP takes advantage of Matt taking his time getting up and gives him a Punching combo. MVP goes for the kick to the face in the corner, but misses. Hardy runs back at him and gets a clothesline. Hardy slips to the outside mat but MVP runs at him and knocks him into the Barrier.

Commerical

We're back and MVP has him in a move I can't remember the name of. He's crossing Hardy's arms around his face and sitting on his back. Cool visual. Hardy starts to get him up and finally twists out of the move. MVP with a kick to the back and tries to put it back on but Hardy flips him over. Side Effect and Hardy gets a 2. Hardy gets MVP in the corner but MVP flies back with a kick to the face. Foot Choke to Hardy. This is followed by more mat beatdown. MVP with a hammerlock/headlock that is rolled into a 2. He places Matt on the top rope and there's punches. Hardy gets him off and puts on a spinning DDT from the top. Hardy up to the middle rope, AHHHHHHH elbow drop...gets 2. Hardy with a front face lock but MVP pushes him to the corner. Big Facekick by MVP. Goes for the cover but Hardy grabs the rope almost immediately. Hardy has his head on the bottom rope and MVP goes to the outside and runs to give a big kick again to the face. Two 2 counts in a row and MVP gets a weak Camel Clutch on Hardy. Hardy starts to rise, punches to the face, and runs to the ropes to just get clothelined down. Gets a 2 count. MVP goes for a kick, but Hardy reverses to a kick of his own. Twist of Fate out of knowhere and pin.

Winner: Matt Hardy.

Commerical.

Mick Foley in the ring for an interview. He introduces....Batista. Seems more of a mixed reaction, but I can't really tell. What I can tell is that Batista has exchanged white wifebeaters with a more evil black one.

Foley takes about .00003 seconds to bring up the HBK feud. Flair's name gets WOOOOs. Recap of controversial Shawn Michaels Action #87.

Batista meant everything he said about HBK, but he's not going to make excuses, HBK won. Mick Foley says hold on, lets see what Jericho said. Recap of Jericho's award ceremony. Good thing we don't have to see Heidenreich rape Cole again. Question to Batista, do you think HBK faked the injury?

He'll just say this, it would make him sick to his stomach to think HBK faked an injury? What is he, the WWE's version of Sting? He says he hopes Shawn really is hurt, because if he's not, when he sees him, he will be very hurt.

Commercial.

6. Edgeheads v. Jesse and Festus.
J & F are already in the ring. That can't be good for them. Ring bell rings, and Festus turns into Super Festus. Mick Foley loves him. He gets Ryder down and he just headbutts Ryder's stomach about 8 times. Tag to Jesse who gets bodyslammed onto Ryder. This gets a 2. Mick Foley loves the song Biscuits and Gravy. I wonder why. Jesse is thrown to the ropes but he comes back with a jumping reverse monkey flip with his knees. Lou Thezz Press by Jesse. He gets distracted though and gets clotheslined. Tag to Hawkins and some kicks. Some good tag work from the Edgeheads. Chokes to Jesse and a headtwist. Reverse DDT to Jesse. Another tag. I've lost track of which Head is which. Front face lock on Jesse who pulls towards the ropes. Festus is JUMPING. Jesse gets a back suplex and makes the tag. Festus with a big haymakers and an Ass Ram to whichever one was on the outside. Throw to the ropes and Ass Ram to whoever was in the corner follwed by a big shoulderblock. Festus slaps his ass and gives the big...front of Festus' body into whoevers on the ground. He gets distracted and a cheap chop to Festus' neck. Jesse has to tag in and he misses a jump off the rope. Ryder with some sort of reverse neckbreaker where Jesse lands on his face. Pin.

Winners: Edgeheads. Post-Match, Festus is still in pain. I guess the bell doesn't stop that.

Commercial.

We're back and Finlay is on his way down.

6. Finlay v. Julio Dinero
Name sounds familiar, but I have a feeling he sucks. Lots of Foley jokes about Dinero. Finlay doing some punches and shoulderblocks to start. Hornswoggle is nowhere to be seen. Dinero gets a punch but Finlay hits a big running elbow. Dinero fights back with a kick and kneelift but Finlay throw s him to the outside. Throws Dinero backwards into the side of the ring and Dinero starts getting pulled under the ring. Finlay pulls him out and Hornswoggle is seen holding Dinero. Put into the ring and Finlay with the Celtic Cross. Game over.

Winner: Finlay.

Postmatch: Tadpole Splash.

Commercial.

7. Undertaker v. Khali. (World Title Match)
Prior to the start, Edge's music hits and he's out with Vickie and Long. Vickie on the mic...I cry. Tonight, there is not going to be a World Title Match. For the past few months, the Undertaker has injured many wrestlers using a chokehold of many wrestlers. He ruptured the larnyxs of many wrestlers. As General Manager of Smackdown, it is her responsibility to look after the well being of superstars. What is about to say has nothing to do with her fiance, but from now on, the gogoplata is banned. If he ever uses the hold again, he will have hell to pay. Whatever that means. Since he hasn't shown any remorse, and he has no concern, and she has been under extreme pressure, she regrets to inform him that he's been stripped of the World Heavyweight Championship.

Ridiculous amounts of boos. She orders he walk up the ramp and surrender the belt. If you don't want to give him the title, she'll send someone out to get the belt. Khali finally makes his way down the ring. Undertaker puts down the title and as Khali goes to pick it up, Taker kicks him down. Yup, its a gogoplata. The Edgeheads run into the ring and grab the belt. Meanwhile, Khali is being neckraped. And its over.


Good Smackdown matchwi...wait a second...the Undertaker just lost the belt??? WHAT THE HELL?

I guess things can be more interesting without him as champion, and it would have been hard to write Edge out of the main event this quickly, but wow, I don't know that this is a great decision. Had this not been the 3rd of 3 very questionable decisions this week, I would wait to see what they're going to do, but wow, this Russotastic week is scaring me quite a bit.

MVP/Hardy was a good match. Color me disappointed Kozlov didn't Zidane Delaney tonight. I wish I could say I wasn't looking forward to that from the moment I heard that match was going to happen. I don't really like when titles are held up, and I fear how they'll determine a new champion. I was fine if Taker was going to get an extended run, and if Edge got it back, I'd be fine with it too, but not in this way, if they're going to just hand it to him after his like they did Orton last year.

Until next week.

[Tommy]

Placeholder for "Smackdown is clearly the "A" show of the WWE" comment.

-Smackdown is clearly the "A" Show of the WWE.

[Demko]

Placeholder to discuss what I read in the spoilers.

[Batman]

May 2, 2008 13:16:32 GMT -5 Tommy said:

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Not this week.

Don't get me wrong. The U.S. Title rematch was great, a lot better than their Backlash match I thought. Amazingly, MVP actually came across as a badass.

And I don't think the main event segment was that bad. It's odd that they did something screwy with announced main-event matches on every show this week, but it's not like anyone was actually looking forward to a real match between 'Taker and Khali.

But it wasn't great either, and it came on top of a show that was 90% not-great either.

[Batman]

Also, after weeks of enjoying Batista, this week his segment was terrible. Not really his fault: it was the material, not the delivery. The right answer to Foley's question would have been, "It doesn't matter whether it was a real injury or fake. I'm pissed about it either way. Pissed at myself. He warned me that he would do anything to win, and whether that meant faking an injury or gutting through an injury, I was the one who let my guard down."

[jetskid48]

Recap is up.

[Lucky]

I love the new WWE. Here's hoping RAW ends with John Cena and HHH having a stand off with Orton and Regal while JR yells "WE'RE OUT OF TIME!"

I'm half tempted to have an all woman 6 pack because for some reason the matches that actually are sticking with me after this week are ODB & Kim vs the Beautiful People, Melissa vs Haze, and Victoria & Neidhart vs McCool & Cherry.

[jetskid48]

::Harnessing my inner Paddlefoot::



"See? This is the kinda shit that goes down when John Cena is not around to make $."

[Tommy]

May 3, 2008 8:16:54 GMT -5 Batman said:

May 2, 2008 13:16:32 GMT -5 Tommy said:

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Not this week.

You're right. Not just this week. Every week.

[Mr. Dashbee]

May 3, 2008 15:02:34 GMT -5 Lucky said:

I'm half tempted to have an all woman 6 pack because for some reason the matches that actually are sticking with me after this week are ODB & Kim vs the Beautiful People, Melissa vs Haze, and Victoria & Neidhart vs McCool & Cherry.

I fully expect the ladies to have a strong presence in my Top 6. It was a good week for women's wrestling in general, especially from TNA.

[Batman]

I'm just nominating one woman wrestler this week. In the #1 slot. But she didn't wrestle a match this week....