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We open with a recap of the title match at One Night Stand.
After "Bodies", we find Vince McMahon sitting
in a rocking chair on a stage just to the left of the entrance
Bobby Lashley vs. the ECW Originals (Balls Mahoney,
Tommy Dreamer, & Sandman)(non-title handicap match).
Smackdown's Tony Chimel is subbing for Justin Roberts tonight,
as Justin gets a well deserved night off. Justin has filled
in for Tony recently, in addition to subbing for Lillian
Garcia on Raw. Could be a sign of things to come with the
draft next week. Joey tells us that Chairman Wackjob ordered
a hardcore handicap match, sending the Originals out to
face Lashley. Dr. McNutty just doesn't get it. Period. They
did get heat on Lashley, buffeting him with signs, canes,
and chairs. However, after Dreamer called for the tables,
the tide turned toward the champion. Mahoney misfired with
the chair and KO'd Dreamer. After flattening Lashley, Mahoney
set the chair under Lashley and went to the middle turnbuckle.
Lashley sat up, and Mahoney landed on the chair. Sandman
was driven through the table. One spear to Mahoney later,
and it's over. Winner: Bobby Lashley. Post-match, the champion
stood before the insane chairman and raised the belt. Vince
just sat there and said nothing. Kinda looked like Linda
when she had to pretend to be medicated back in the winter
of '01.
Kevin Thorn vs. Stevie Richards. Protracted
squash. Richards got some offense in, and tried to do a
CM Punk impersonation with kicks. He avoided Original Sin
once by hotshotting Thorn off the top rope, but Thorn came
right back and crotched Richards on the top turnbuckle,
then hit the finisher. Winner: Kevin Thorn.
Extreme Expose performs, and finishes their routine with
a table dance for Joey & Tazz's benefit. Layla even
blows Joey a kiss as he tells us the girls could be split
up by the draft (doubtful, but they have done some stupid
things lately). Clips were shown of the Orton-RVD match
at One Night Stand, and Joey & Tazz repeated the kayfabe
line that Van Dam is "out indefinitely" with a
concussion.
The Majors Brothers vs. the New Breed (Marcus Cor
Van & Elijah Burke). With talk of a tag tournament
filtering across the newsboards, it seems fitting that two
teams that would be players in the division would meet.
After a surprise win over Cor Van & Matt Striker last
month, the Majors have dropped like a pair of stones. Oh,
they tried to hang with the Breed, but with revenge as a
motivator, it was just too much to overcome. Cor Van hit
the Pounce on Brett, who nearly slid out of the ring. Winners:
New Breed.
Matt Striker vs. CM Punk. Striker cut a
brief promo on Punk, feeling jealous of the fan adulation
Punk gets. Heh, Striker should be lucky he didn't get called
to be on "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?",
where he'd be suffering further embarassment. Pretty even
here, too, as Striker was given some offense. Punk was selling
the back moreso than the ribs, which weren't taped this
time. It took a while, but Punk got the offense in motion,
and finally finished off Striker with the Go To Sleep. Winner:
CM Punk.
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