Post by Head Booker on Jan 10, 2007 6:51:53 GMT -6
WWE Smackdown Television taping results/ ECW live
January 9, 2007
Peoria, Il at The Peoria Civic Center
DARK MATCH
(1) The Gymini defeated Funaki & Ace Steel in a tag match.
SMACKDOWN TAPING
A recap of the beat the clock challenge aired establishing that Kennedy had the time to beat.
(1) Finlay and Matt Hardy failed to beat the clock. The match ended with Finlay applying a leg lock submission to Hardy, but Hardy refused tap. After the clock ran out Finlay refused to break the hold and Joey Mercury ran out wearing a protective face mask. Finlay kept the leg lock on as Mercury hit Hardy with a chair. Mercury then set up Matt Hardy to smash his head inside the chair. Refs ran out from the back to stop Mercury before he could jump from top rope onto the chair.
Mercury then cut a promo (interview) from the back saying that Matt Hardy destroyed his movie star good looks and that he was going to continue to beat on Matt Hardy until Teddy Long makes a one on one match between the two of them.
(2) Tatanka defeated Jimmy Wang Yang. The crowd was dead for this.
(3) Kennedy defeated Benoit in a non-title match. Kennedy got a lot of heat when he came out and then the audience said his name along with him. Benoit got a nice pop. This was an excellent match. The best work, in the ring, I've ever seen from Kennedy. Midway through the match Chavo came down and joined JBL and Cole at the announce table. The match ended when Chavo interfered and Kennedy rolled up Benoit. Benoit delivered close to a dozen german suplexes in this match.
(4) London & Kendrick defeated Regal & Taylor to retain the tag titles. Decent match with a prolonged beat down of London and then a hot tag to Kendrick. There was a brief fight with all four in the ring. Kendrick rolled up Taylor.
(5) MVP and Vito failed to beat the clock. MVP was still selling his burns and came out taped up. They did a nice make-up job on MVP's back to show part of the burn. This match was what you'd expect.
Batista then did an interview back stage. I couldn't hear all of it but she essentially asked him what he thought about facing Kennedy or Taker. Batista said Kennedy talks too much but he wouldn't underestimate him. Batista then said if it were Taker... long reflective pause... that would be new.
(6) Taker and The Miz failed to beat the clock. There was a ref bump and interference from Kennedy. Taker finally tombstoned The Miz and missed beating the clock by half a second. This was a well timed finish. The show ended with Kennedy celebrating his title shot at the entrance and Taker staring him down.
ECW TV NOTES
ECW then aired nothing much happened off camera. The crowd popped huge when they thought Kelly Kelly was actually coming out. The RVD/Lashley split was about 60/40 in favor of RVD but the crowd seemed to like both guys.
POST-TAPING NOTES
After ECW, dark match Taker & Kane & Batista defeated Booker & MVP & Kennedy. This match was actually a lot of fun. The crowd was really hot to see Batista since he wasn't actually on Smackdown other than in the backstage segment. The match ended with Taker tombstoning Kennedy. The Brothers of Destruction then took turns dropping elbows on Kennedy until he flopped out of the ring. They left together to Taker's music leaving Batista alone in the ring. He played to the crowd for a while. Over all it was a good time.
BIGGEST POPS
Taker
Batista
RVD
Benoit
Hardy/Sandman
MOST HEAT
Kennedy
Chavo
Booker
Source: www.wrestlezone.com/article.php?articleid=170426573
January 9, 2007
Peoria, Il at The Peoria Civic Center
DARK MATCH
(1) The Gymini defeated Funaki & Ace Steel in a tag match.
SMACKDOWN TAPING
A recap of the beat the clock challenge aired establishing that Kennedy had the time to beat.
(1) Finlay and Matt Hardy failed to beat the clock. The match ended with Finlay applying a leg lock submission to Hardy, but Hardy refused tap. After the clock ran out Finlay refused to break the hold and Joey Mercury ran out wearing a protective face mask. Finlay kept the leg lock on as Mercury hit Hardy with a chair. Mercury then set up Matt Hardy to smash his head inside the chair. Refs ran out from the back to stop Mercury before he could jump from top rope onto the chair.
Mercury then cut a promo (interview) from the back saying that Matt Hardy destroyed his movie star good looks and that he was going to continue to beat on Matt Hardy until Teddy Long makes a one on one match between the two of them.
(2) Tatanka defeated Jimmy Wang Yang. The crowd was dead for this.
(3) Kennedy defeated Benoit in a non-title match. Kennedy got a lot of heat when he came out and then the audience said his name along with him. Benoit got a nice pop. This was an excellent match. The best work, in the ring, I've ever seen from Kennedy. Midway through the match Chavo came down and joined JBL and Cole at the announce table. The match ended when Chavo interfered and Kennedy rolled up Benoit. Benoit delivered close to a dozen german suplexes in this match.
(4) London & Kendrick defeated Regal & Taylor to retain the tag titles. Decent match with a prolonged beat down of London and then a hot tag to Kendrick. There was a brief fight with all four in the ring. Kendrick rolled up Taylor.
(5) MVP and Vito failed to beat the clock. MVP was still selling his burns and came out taped up. They did a nice make-up job on MVP's back to show part of the burn. This match was what you'd expect.
Batista then did an interview back stage. I couldn't hear all of it but she essentially asked him what he thought about facing Kennedy or Taker. Batista said Kennedy talks too much but he wouldn't underestimate him. Batista then said if it were Taker... long reflective pause... that would be new.
(6) Taker and The Miz failed to beat the clock. There was a ref bump and interference from Kennedy. Taker finally tombstoned The Miz and missed beating the clock by half a second. This was a well timed finish. The show ended with Kennedy celebrating his title shot at the entrance and Taker staring him down.
ECW TV NOTES
ECW then aired nothing much happened off camera. The crowd popped huge when they thought Kelly Kelly was actually coming out. The RVD/Lashley split was about 60/40 in favor of RVD but the crowd seemed to like both guys.
POST-TAPING NOTES
After ECW, dark match Taker & Kane & Batista defeated Booker & MVP & Kennedy. This match was actually a lot of fun. The crowd was really hot to see Batista since he wasn't actually on Smackdown other than in the backstage segment. The match ended with Taker tombstoning Kennedy. The Brothers of Destruction then took turns dropping elbows on Kennedy until he flopped out of the ring. They left together to Taker's music leaving Batista alone in the ring. He played to the crowd for a while. Over all it was a good time.
BIGGEST POPS
Taker
Batista
RVD
Benoit
Hardy/Sandman
MOST HEAT
Kennedy
Chavo
Booker
Source: www.wrestlezone.com/article.php?articleid=170426573
