Thanks to Joe Mistretta and Lee Martoni for the recaps.
WWE Smackdown 8/30 Nassau Coliseum House Show Report
The crowd was very small, less than half of the building was full.
Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio Jr beat Nunzio - Best match of the night.
The Basham Brothers w/Shaniqua beat Jamie Knoble & Billy Gunn - Mostly a comedy match, when Knoble was in it was good.
Matt Hardy w/Shannon Moore beat Mortis - Crowd was dead because nobody knew who Mortis was, although if he worked the match as Kanyon I don't think it would have been any different.
Vince came out with Sable and talked about Labor Day. He went on to say that he didn't want to work on Labor Day so John Cena would take his place as ref for the main event. He then told Sable to kiss him which she did. He then said she could do better so "kiss me bitch" and they made out. Vince then said he was in a good mood and he wanted someone to join his club, the Vince McMahon kiss my ass club. He was about to pull down his pants but then had a better idea. He told Sable he would like to join the Sable kiss my ass club, so Sable pulled up her skirt and Vince kissed her ass to end this bad segment. The addition of Vince to house shows is worthless, especially in meaningless segments like this one.
Billy Kidman & Spanky beat Chuck Palumbo & Johnny Stamboli - The only thing I can say about this match was it was good to see Spanky.
A-Train beat Orlando Jordan
WWE Tag Team Champions Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin beat The APA - Before the match Bradshaw made fun of Benjamin calling him Shaniqua. This match was terrible and waste of Haas and Benjamin's talent. You could have put Kidman and Spanky against Haas and Benjamin and APA against FBI. At least then we could have had one great match instead we watched great wrestlers work against guys who couldn't keep up with them.
Rhyno and Tajiri went to a no contest - This match was absolutely terrible. The crowd was hot at the beginning chanting ECW but then the match took place and was one big five minute head lock. The whole match consisted of Tajiri in a headlock. Finally Vince came out and rang the bell and told them to leave the ring because he wanted to start the bikini contest. So again two talented wrestlers are told to bore the crowd so Vince could come out and save the day.
Sable beat Nidia, Torrie Wilson, and Dawn Marie in the Bikini Contest - Vince was the MC for the contest. Sable got booed but Vince let her win anyway. There was a catfight after she was declared the winner. All of the girls grinded on Vince.
The Undertaker beat Brock Lesnar and The Big Show - John Cena was the referee for this match. He rapped about the Jets and Redskins and was a total babyface. The match was OK, it was NO DQ so there were chairs involved.
Overall a poor showing by the WWE. Smackdown has three of the greatest wrestlers in the world on their roster and none of them appeared. How could you have a Smackdown show without Kurt Angle (who was LISTED in the program lineup as appearing tonight!), Chris Benoit, and Eddy Guererro! I think a Raw house show with a Kevin Nash main event would have been better then this. WWE is never going to turn around their house show business with poor showings like this.
WWE Smackdown returns to Madison Square Garden on 9/20. They announced Chris Benoit vs. Eddy Guerrero for that show.