WWE Dark Match, ECW & Smackdown Spoilers (10/3/2006) Wichita, KS
Spoilers credited to the Wrestling Observer website:
ECW
No backstage segments were shown. If Diva Strip Poker happened, it
was backstage, and it wasn't shown to the live crowd.
1 - CM Punk vs. Rene Dupree - A good match. The crowd was really into
Punk and Dupree in their various roles. Punk won clean.
2 - Kevin Thorne w/ Ariel vs. Tommy Dreamer - Tommy Dreamer had a lot
of fans in the ICT tonight. Lots of Tommy chants. Francine escorted
him to ringside but then disappeared, so no catfights tonight. Dreamer
won clean.
3 - Sabu, RVD & The Sandman vs. The Big Show, Test & Matt Striker - A
great 6-man tag. All the spots you'd expect. RVD was the most over of
the six. RVD, Sabu & Sandman won clean.
DARK MATCH:
Kendrick/London vs. The Gymini - The Gymini aren't the best
wrestlers, but the crowd was hot for this match since it was the first
of the evening. Kendrick & London won
SMACKDOWN
1 - Rey Mysterio & Matt Hardy vs. Chavo w/Vickie & Gregory Helms -
Good opening match., as you'd expect from these 4.End came shortly
after Mysterio hit a double 619 on Hardy & Chavo to get the win.
2 - Tatanka vs. Elijah Burke - Burke is not only a pretty good
wrestler and can cut a promo (which he did before the match) but he is
also much more interesting than Sylvester Terkey. Burke won with
interference from Terkey in the first heel win of the night. Lord
knows Tatanka just can't be beat on his own, it takes two men to do
the job. Terkey beat down Tatanka following the match.
*Backstage segment between Finlay, Booker, Sharmell & Regal. Booker
demanded Finlay lay down for him tonight. Finlay said he won't, and
asked Regal what he would do. Regal, looking flabbergasted, just
walked off. Finlay reminded Booker that "...my name is Finlay, and I
like to fight", before walking off leaving Booker and Sharmell
mortified.
3 - King Booker vs. Finlay - If anyone wants to play the world's
fastest drinking game, I think I invented it tonight. Every time
Sharmell says "All Hail King Booker" take a shot. You WILL be
intoxicated within 3 minutes flat. Good match. Crowd was really into
Finlay with lots of Finlay chants, and then got bored out of nowhere
and started a brief boring chant. The end came when Sharmell grabbed
Finlay's leg, letting Booker nail him from behind, and also bringing
out Little Bastard who chased Sharmell around the ring with a rat.
This distracted Booker and the ref just long enough for Booker to be
nailed in the head with the Shillelagh. Finlay pins the world champ
for the win!
4 - Batista vs. Lashley - Batista easily, I mean easily, got the
biggest pop of the night. Easily. This wasn't the, um, best idea for a
match and I would advise WWE not to program these two in a feud
anytime soon. Match ended in a no contest when Finlay ran out and
attacked Batista. Booker then ran out and attacked Finlay. Then
Lashley and Batista went at it. Then the reforees & trainers got
involved. Nothing could contain the mayhem until...
*Teddy Long showed up and announced since these 4 wanted to go at it
so bad he was changing the main-event of No Mercy to a Fatal Four-Way
for the World Title. Lashley got angry and attacked a guy who looked
like John Laurentitus. The lookalike (not sure if it was him) landed
in a wet spot and the cameras focused on the big wet area on his rear
as exited the ring.
*Booker, Finlay & Lashley were all arguing with eachother in Teddy
Long's office when Batista came in and said "Hey Guys", causing them
all to stop, "Can't we all just get along"? That got a big laugh out
of the crowd. Batista then shook Long's hand and told him thank you.
Then all 4 started arguing and Long interupted and announced a
main-event tonight of Lashley & Batista vs. King Booker & Finlay. No
one looked happy about that.
5 - Sylvan vs. Jimmy Wayne Yang - Yang is very over. After he made it
to the ring they darkened the arena and played a backstage promo where
he did his routine.This was actually one of the best matches of the
night. Sylvan has really come a long way and he and Yang work really
well together. Yang hit several innovative spots before losing to
Sylvan, who grabbed the ropes to help pick up the victory.
* A platform that took forever to set up was brought out....so that
MVP could come out and cut a boring promo on it. That guy's a double
threat so far: He's not interesting and he's not over. If he's a bad
wrestler I guess that'll make him a triple threat.
*The platform was taken away.
*Kennedy cut an incredible promo about the Undertaker from a room with
a black background. One of the best promos I've seen all year on any
WWE program. It's not a short promo either, they gave Kennedy a chance
to really talk and build it up. It ended with him saying all the fans
and other wrestlers might fall for cheap parlor tricks, which is all
an exploding microphone is, but one man, one man won't and this Sunday
Undertaker will never forget the name Kennedy". This promo alone is
worth watching Smackdown for. It really is that good, and I'm not even
a big Kennedy fan.
6 - Ashley w/ London & Kendrick vs. Michelle McCool w/ Idol & Stevens
- McCool, Idol & Stevens cut a backstage promo before the match. Let's
just say it was no Trish vs. Mickie or Lita, and that ended when Idol
& Stevens interfered, allowing McCool to roll up Ashley with a handful
of tights.
7 - Batista & Bobby 'The Bore" Lashely vs. Finlay & King Booker -
Thankfully we were spared Sharmell's introduction this time. A decent
tag match that was made above average by the crowd. They were louder
than any pyrotechnics when Lashley made a hot tag to Batista. That guy
is popular in Wichita. I thought it was just me, but apparently it's
not. Matche ended in a no-contest when Regal ran down and got
involved. Chaos ensues. Little Bastard gets involved, almost gets
mauled by Batista, but flees the ring, leaving a staredown between
Batista and Lashley to close the show.
*Overall, a good show and a hot crowd.
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