Smackdown kicks off as English horns play. The Commissioner makes his way to the ring. Hello to all my good friends in Nashville. Now, as my first decree this evening, I would like to have right now in this very ring, the presence of the Undertaker and Kane. Come on. Crowd chants asshole.
Boom. Keep rollin rollin rollin rollin. Enter Undertaker and Kane. Taker and Kane enter the ring. Taker and Kane stare down Regal and walk around the ring to get pops.
Now, I don't know who you two think you are, but I will not have you coming out as you did on Monday night in Raw while Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H were celebrating in the ring. It will not be tolerated. So what you will do is stay away from Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H and they will stay away from you. And Kane it seems that you're ready for action and that you will defend the Hardcore title against Rhyno who will be accompanied by Edge and Christian.
Rhyno enters with Edge and Christian.
WWF Hardcore Championship Match Kane vs. Rhyno Taker decks Christian and Edge. Kane takes out Rhyno. On the outside Rhyno slams Kane's face into the steps. Taker throws Edge and Christian into the crowd. Rhyno with right hands in the ring. Kane with a big boot. Kane goes upstairs. Taker follows Edge and Christian. Kane with a big clothesline off the top. Kane chokeslams Rhyno. Austin and Triple H run in. Both take turns smacking Kane with chairs. They drive their chairs into Kane. They try to injure Kane's shoulders with the chairs. Triple H rolls Kane over. Triple H drives the chair into Kane's chest. Austin drives it into his chest and gut. Austin gets Rhyno to cover Kane. 3 count and a new hardcore champion. Winner and New Hardcore Champion: Rhyno
Taker runs back as Austin put a chair on Kane's foot. Triple H and Austin run away. Taker throws a chair at them.
We're shown a recap of the preceeding events during the Hardcore title match.
During the break, Kane the ring holding his left arm.
Sirens play and here comes all of the Right To Censor.
Here comes Kaientai and the Acolytes.
8 Man Tag Match Acolytes and Kaientai vs. Right To Censor Funaki and Steven start in. Funaki does some sumo and martial arts stuff. Steven misses a clothesline. Funaki hits a head scissor takeover. Tag to Taka. Funaki drop toe holds Steven and locks him in the camel clutch. Taka drop kicks Steven's face. Steven pushes Taka into the RTC corner. All beat down Taka. Tag to Val. Val with right hands. Taka runs into an elbow. Val misses a backwards crossbody off the top. Val hits a clothesline. Val with a spinebuster. Tag to Goodfather. Goodfather with a kick to the ribs. In the corner, Goodfather kicks down Taka. Goodfather with a hip toss. Goodfather with a side suplex. Cover. Faarooq breaks it up. Val back in. Val with stomps. Tag to Bull. Double elbow. Bull with a right hand. Bull with a short arm clothesline. Bull with another clothesline. Bull mounts Taka on the top. Bradshaw pulls Bull back. Bull knocks Bradshaw off the ring apron. Faarooq goes after Bull. Wild melee ensues. Goodfather throws Funaki into the barracade on the outside. Powerbomb on Steven by Bradshaw. Double spinebuster on Bull by APA. Taka comes off the top rope with a knee to the sternum of Bull. Cover and the victory. Winners: Acolytes and Kaientai
RTC is frustrated. Taker walks Kane in the back. Kane is holding his arm breathing heavily. They run into some guys. Taker asks where the Commissioner's office is. They point him in the right direction. Taker and Kane walk off. Taker turns back and tells those guys to call 911.
Grandmaster Sexay is shown looking at himself in the European title. Eddie enters. Grandmaster says he doesn't have to get so hot dawg. Eddie asks if he's a dawg. Grandmaster says for him to calm down and not to be so hot. He says tamale. Eddie says now he's a tamale. Grandmaster offers to take him to a club to show him some hip hop moves. Eddie says he'll hip hop him in the ring and leaves. Grandmaster says fine.
WCW 1 pulls up and Shane gets out. He makes his way somewhere.
Taker and Kane barge into Regal's office. Taker clears off Regal's desk and gets in his face. Taker says he and Kane want Austin and Triple H tonight and then they want Edge, Christian, and Rhyno afterwards. Regal says he can't give them that. Taker tells Kane to show Regal what happens when he gets upset. Kane sets Regal's trash on fire. Regal says he'll give them Edge and Christian tonight for the tag team titles. Taker asks about what about the rest. Regal asks what more can they want. Taker tells Kane that either this guy has a poor memory or he doesn't understand the seriousness of all this. Kane sets Regal's plant on fire. Regal says fine and he'll give them Triple H and Austin if they beat Edge and Christian. Taker lets him go. He says Regal is a smart man and he knew he'd see things his their way. Regal says the tag team title match will be a no disqualification match. Taker says damn right. Taker and Kane are about to leave. Taker asks Kane what he thinks. Kane sets Regal's desk on fire. Taker and Kane leave.
We're shown a recap of the previous events in Regal's office.
Turn it up. Bangin it bangin it bangin it. Here comes Grandmaster Sexay dancing to the ring.
Latino Heat. Eddie Guerrero enters the arena set to defend the European title.
WWF European Championship Match Grandmaster Sexay vs. Eddie Guerrero Grandmaster gets the crowd clapping. Eddie with a kick to the gut. Eddie with right hands. Eddie with an elbow to the face. Eddie with a stomp. Eddie misses a clothesline. Grandmaster slides under Eddie's leg. Kick to the gut. Hangman's neckbreaker. Grandmaster with right hands. Grandmaster superkicks Eddie. Missile drop kick off the middle. DDT by Grandmaster. Eddie to the outside. Baseball slide. Grandmaster Sexay with right hands. Grandmaster with a bulldog on the ramp. Back in the ring. Grandmaster goes upstairs. Grandmaster misses a crossbody. Eddie double stomps Grandmaster. Eddie with shoulder blocks to the gut. Eddie with a European upper cut. Grandmaster Sexay stops himself at the turnbuckle. Grandmaster hoists Eddie face first into the turnbuckle. Grandmaster with an insiguerri. Grandmaster with a back body drop. Right hands. Snake by Grandmaster and a right hand. Grandmaster over Eddie. Eddie goes for a German suplex. Grandmaster with a back elbow. Grandmaster goes for a figure four. Eddie pushes him into the post. Eddie with a suplex. Eddie goes up top. Grandmaster Sexay goes up after him with right hands. Grandmaster with a superplex. Grandmaster grabs the goggles. Grandmaster goes up top. Eddie grabs the ref's leg and the ref stumbles into the rope crotching Grandmaster. Eddie with a single leg and head roll up. Three count and the victory. Winner and still European Champion: Eddie Guerrero
Vince, Triple H, and Austin are in Regal's office. Triple H asks where he came up with the idea that if Taker and Kane beat Edge and Christian, they get him and Austin. Regal says it's a no disqualification match and they can use it to their advantage. Vince says he'll add some entertainment and watch what he does to Shane in the ring. Vince leaves for the ring. Regal asks if Triple H still wants an explanation. Triple H still wants it as we go to commercial.
Lugz Boot Of The Week is Linda low blowing Vince at Wrestlemania and Shane's dropkick into the trash can.
Lillian is with Edge, Christian and Rhyno. Edge says controversy rules. Rhyno winning the Hardcore title is just a small portion of what's going on. He says they are big game hunters. Christian says they are also big game players. They've taken on big obstacles perhaps not as big as Undertaker and Kane, but they'll still walk out with the tag team championships. He says they have a plan that reeks of awesomeness. They say it's the plan. The three walk off.
No chance is what you got. Here comes Vince McMahon. Vince asks if this is southern hospitality. Asshole chants. It's not enough that his son Shane came back to the ring and kicked his ass. It's not enough that he moved to Atlanta and stole WCW. It's not enough that Shane drop kicked a trash can into him at Wrestlemania. He says Shane is stalking him. He said he knows Shane is here in his big WCW limo. He says he never wanted to buy WCW anywhere. He calls Shane out to confront him face to face. What about it Shane-O? No guts.
No chance is what you got. Shane McMahon makes his way to the ring.
Vince asks what the big news is. Shane says he came out to tell him that he's sorry. He came out to apologize. Vince says it's about damn town. Shane says he's sorry that if he would've known Wrestlemania would've been that fun, he would've kicked his ass earlier. He says things are getting interesting in WCW. He says he just continues to bury himself. He says mom found that speech very interesting and so did her attornies. He quotes something from his friend Mick Foley, "Have a nice day." He goes to leave.
Vince stops him and says just for the record he was talking about the sacredness of marriage. Vince says that Shane had something to say about Big Show. We're shown a recap of Shane and Big Show on Raw. Vince reminds him that Big Show is under contract to him. Rather than having some private conversation, why not bring it all out in public. He says he buzzed Big Show earlier. He calls Big Show to the ring. He says don't make him have to come back there.
Weeeeelllll. Well it's the Big Show. The Big Show enters the arena and makes his way to the ring. Listen to that pop. :-P Handshake with Shane.
Vince asks Show what he was attempting to do by asking Shane to watch his match Monday night? He wanted to impress Shane? Even he has to admit that Big Show is the single biggest disappointment to this business. Shane says to stop. Vince says Shane wants him in WCW. He congratulates Shane about getting his first WWF superstar to WCW. He congratulates Big Show and says when he gets down there, he'll give him one of his pep talks. Vince shows him a year ago when Shane called him pathetic after Shonan The Barbarian. He then shows him a still of Shane breaking a cinder block on his head at Judgement Day. Vince shows the footage of Shane's "Which way did he go?" Vince shows more footage of "Which way did he go?" in different times. He asks where Show will go. Will he go with Shane to WCW. He says Show still has potential to be the meanest WWF champion ever. He can do it in the WWF. He says it's a moment of decision. Which way did he go?
Shane asks Vince what he's trying to pull.
Vince tells him to shut up.
Shane says he's not trying to recruit the Big Show.
Vince tells him to shut up. Make your choice Big Show. He asks which way Big Show will go.
Big Show grabs Vince's throat. He pushes Vince a bit and lets go so he can grab Shane's throat. Chokeslam to Shane. Vince says it will be the last man standing between Shane and the Big Show at Backlash.
We're shown a recap of the previous events involving Vince, Shane, and Big Show.
Bombs away and it's time to get the tables. Here come the Buh Buh Ray and D-Von without Spike.
Y2J countdown. Come on. You know I got ya. Yeah. Break the wall down!!! Chris Jericho enters the arena and makes his way to the ring.
Smack of the night are the post match events of Chris Jericho vs. Kurt Angle on Raw.
Shooter hits and here comes the rabid wolverine.
English horns hit and William Regal enters with Kurt Angle. Once again I grace you wonderful people with my presence. Ten days until Backlash and don't think for one minute Chris Jericho that you'll have it easy. He'll face Regal in a Dutchess of Queensby rules match. He says he'll explain the rules in due time. He says Benoit will face his good friend Kurt Angle in a 30 minute submissions match at Backlash. The one with the most submissions wins the match. He says let the tables match begin.
Tag Team Table Match Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit vs. Dudley Boyz Dudleyz attack Benoit and Jericho. Jericho with kicks to D-Von in the corner. Benoit and Buh Buh Ray are battling outside. D-Von with a powerslam. Kurt is on the ramp watching. Jericho with a flying forearm. D-Von is dropkicked to the outside. Buh Buh Ray with a side suplex on Jericho. Benoit with a chop on Buh Buh Ray. Buh Buh Ray hits a Buh Buh Bomb. Body slam to Benoit. Whaaazzzzuuuuppppp. Whaaazzzuuuuppppp. D-Von. Get the table. Dudleyz go outside to get a table. Jericho baseball slides to the outside. Dudleyz lift the table. Dudleyz clock Jericho with the table. Table in the ring. Dudleyz attempt a flap jack on Benoit. Jericho pushes the table. Jericho with take downs on the Dudleyz. Buh Buh Ray puts Jericho on a table. D-Von goes to the top. Benoit chops D-Von. Buh Buh Ray is knocked down. Benoit and Jericho attempt a double superplex. Buh Buh Ray moves the table. Buh Buh Ray clothesline Jericho out of the ring. Benoit with three German suplexes on Buh Buh Ray. D-Von moves the table on the third one. Jericho with a missile drop kick to D-Von. Jericho and Benoit put D-Von on the table. Jericho goes for a Lionsault. Buh Buh Ray grabs him as he bounced off the ropes. Benoit goes up top. Kurt runs to the ring and pushes Benoit off. D-Von moves and Benoit goes through the table. Ref calls for the bell. Winners: Dudley Boyz
Dudleyz leave. Jericho is trying to see if Benoit is okay.
We're shown the video package of Undertaker and Kane to Marilyn Manson's "Fight Song".
Vince is shown talking to Edge and Christian. He wishes them luck. He says somehow he thinks that with the no DQ they won't need any luck. Vince walks into his dressing room while Triple H and Austin are watching the end of Raw where they attacked the Hardyz. Vince says as much as they enjoy it, they have to talk about that no DQ match. But for now, they want to enjoy it.
Molly Holly is shown backstage stretching. Coach walks in and asks how she feels. Molly says she's got a fair match tonight. She might not be as big as Chyna, but she's gonna give it her all and she may be the new Women's champion tonight. Coach wishes her luck and says go get her. Molly leaves for the ring.
Chyna is shown in the back looking at herself in the mirror getting ready. Chyna leaves for the ring.
Kevin Kelly is shown nervously waiting for an interview.
Jevon "The Freak" Kearse of the Tennessee Titans is shown in the crowd.
Kevin Kelly is interviewing Taker and Kane. He asks if they're gonna be okay tonight after all they've gone through. Taker says Kevin asks the stupidest questions. Taker says that just because Triple H and Austin beat up announcers doesn't make them bad asses. He says that Edge and Christian are seven time tag team champions and they're gonna lose it for the seventh time. Taker says they're gonna make Edge and Christian famous. The Brothers of Destruction leave.
Here comes Molly Holly.
Don't treat me like a woman. Don't treat me like a man. Chyna enters blasting her bazooka.
WWF Women's Championship Match Chyna vs. Molly Holly Molly with a waste lock. Chyna reverses it. Molly with a head lock. Chyna charges over Moly. Grapple. Chyna with an arm bar. Molly with a roll forward. Molly tries an armbar. Chyna hip tosses Molly. Chyna with a kick to the midsection. Chyna gorilla presses Molly and drops her in front of her. Chyna runs into the corner and misses Molly. Molly hits a bulldog. Cover. 2 count. Molly goes up top. Molly with a cross body. Cover. 2 count. Chyna with a clothesline. Chyna sets her up and hits the power bomb. Cover and the victory. Winner and still Women's Champion: Chyna
Kurt is shown talking to someone in his dressing room. He says don't come out until he tells him to. They're gonna teach Chris Benoit about the 3 I's. Kurt shuts his dressing room door and makes his way to the ring.
The following is a five minute submission exhibition as Tony Chimmel announces.
Medal hits and Kurt Angle comes out to the ring. We're shown a recap of Kurt screwing Benoit in the table match. People, I've been beating opponents my whole entire life. It's what I do. As the kids say, it's my thang. I've defeated many opponents by pinfall and it's great. But sometimes it leaves me a little empty inside because all I'm basically doing is pinning their shoulders to the mat for the 1-2-3. He talks about how there's no better feeling when he makes someone submit. That's why he went to Commissioner Regal to demand the ultimate submission. 30 minutes of torture for Benoit. 30 minutes of Benoit to teach him the 3 I's. 30 minutes of who can make the other man tap out the most wins. He's gonna make Benoit squeal over and over and over again. He can tell by the cocked heads and blank expressions that some of the crowd aren't understanding it. He will make it so that everyone understands. He calls out three locals. He will place himself in the ring and they will have the opportunity to make him submit. He tells Benoit that he can multiply this by 50.
He calls the first one. Grapple. Kurt with a headlock. The guy taps. Second guy goes after him. Front face lock. Tap out. Third guy goes after him. Cross arm breaker. Tap out. First guy again. Fireman's carry takeover. Cross arm breaker. Tap out. Second guy again. Belly to belly suplex. Dragon sleeper. Tap out. Kurt tries to help him up. Kurt turns it into an ankle lock. Tap out. Kurt gets down on all fours for some mat wrestling. First guy goes for him. Kurt rolls him into an ankle lock. Tap out. Kurt gets down on all fours again. Third guy is about to go after him. Benoit runs to the ring. Benoit throws the guy out of the ring. He locks in the Crippler Crossface on Kurt. Kurt taps. Benoit leaves.
Edge, Christian, and Rhyno are shown walking to the ring.
Blast of the Night is Kane getting screwed out of the Hardcore title.
You think you know me. You think you know me. You think you know me. Edge and Christian enter the arena with Rhyno.
Boom. Kane comes out of the fire with his left arm bandaged. He sets off his pyro with one arm.
Keep rollin rollin rollin rollin. Undertaker rides to the ring.
Edge, Christian, and Rhyno go right after Kane
WWF Tag Team Championship No Disqualification Match Undertaker and Kane vs. Edge and Christian Taker knocks down Rhyno and Edge. Kane hits a sidewalk slam on Christian. On the outside Taker decks Edge. Kane with right hands to Christian. Kane steps on Christian's face in the corner. Kane misses a right hand. Christian with right hands. Christian goes to the middle rope for more punches. Kane pushes him off. Kane decks Edge on the ring apron. Kane with a running powerslam. Kane hip tosses Edge into the ring. Kane boots Edge. Rhyno distracts Kane. Christian runs for Kane. Kane flips him out. Taker goes after Christian. Rhyno comes into the ring and Gores Kane. Taker drops Christian on the announce table. Edge drives his knee into Kane's arm. Kane struggles to his corner while Edge stops him. Edge with right hands. Arm bar on Kane's left arm. Kane coming back with right hands. Edge with a boot to the stomach and does flying armbar. Cover. Taker breaks it up. Taker intimidates the ref. Tag to Christian. Christian driving his knee into Kane's arm. Christian with a short arm scissors on Kane. Kane rolls himself backwards. Christian still has a short arm scissors. Kane picks him up and turns it into a suplex. Edge distracts the ref. Tag to Taker. Ref keeps Taker out. Edge with stomps to Kane. Cover. 2 ocunt. Kane battles back with right hands. Edge gets swung into the corner. Kane with a side suplex. Christian tries to come in. Kane clotheslines him. Edge goes to grab him. Kane hits an upper cut. Tag to Taker. Taker unloads on Edgea and Christian. Back body dorp on Christian. Knock down to Edge. Body and face shots to Christian. Taker throws Edge into Christian. Body shots and faceshots. Taker squashes Edge. Taker clotheslines Christian. Taker knocks Edge out of the ring. Taker has Christian up in the air for a chokeslam. Rhyno hits him with a chair. Christian covers. 2 count. Rhyno punches Taker. Kane comes in and knocks down Rhyno. Rhyno clotheslines Kane out of the ring. Edge and Christian continue kicking Taker. Kane hits a big boot on Rhyno on the outside. Chokeslam to Rhyno on the ramp. Triple H and Austin run out and attack Kane. They beat on him with whips. Edge and Christian go for the Con-chair-to on Taker. Taker ducks. Taker decks Edge. Taker hits the Last Ride on Christian. Taker covers for the 3 count and the tag team championships. Winners and New Tag Team Champions: Undertaker and Kane
Austin and Triple H run in after Taker. They try to tie his legs. Kane comes in with a chair. Austin and Triple H head for higher ground. Taker and Kane hold up the titles and tells them to bring it on.
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