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          on July 2004 at 9:00pm

Brock Lesnar pinned Tajiri after a shooting star press in 0:03:49.
Rating: ***

Brock Lesnar made short work of Tajiri, to the disdain of the crowd.


Interview:
An announcement...
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William Regal shows off his alliance with Brock Lesnar, and announces Jeff
Jarrett's title celebration ceremony tonight.


Kaientai defeated The Big Show and Ted DiBiase when Funaki pinned DiBiase
 with the Fisherman's Buster in 0:20:23.
Rating: *** 1/4
(Kaientai won the WWE Tag Team Championship.)

Overcoming all the odds, Kaientai earned an amazing victory to become the new
WWE Tag Team Champions.


Triangle Match:
Hurricane Helms defeated Dean Malenko and Ultimo Dragon when Hurricane pinned
U. Dragon after a Shining Wizard in 0:10:46.
Rating: **** 1/4

An excellent match-up, as the Hurricane made up for his Cruiserweight Title
loss here tonight.


Interview:
Big Daddy has words to say...
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Kevin Nash shares his true feelings about the fans and Shawn Michaels.


No-Countout-No-DQ-Falls-Count-Anywhere Match:
Cactus Jack pinned Kanyon after a kneedrop in 0:01:58.
Rating: **

Cactus Jack made short work of Kanyon, much to the delight of the fans.


Rob Van Dam and The Rock defeated Triple H and Chris Jericho when Rock pinned
Y2J with the People's Elbow in 0:17:53.
Rating: ****

Great match, with another big win for the Rock.


No-Countout-No-DQ-Match:
Chris Benoit pinned Kurt Angle after a power bomb in 0:08:08.
Rating: **** 1/4
(Chris Benoit retained the WWE Intercontinental Championship.)
[Paul Heyman interfered against Kurt Angle.]
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Excellent match-up, which could have been ever better if they were given more
time.


Interview:
Jeff Jarrett's celebration ceremony...
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What was supposed to be a celebration of Jeff Jarrett winning the WWE title
soon degenerated into a brawl.



Card rating: *** 1/2


Match observations: 

So, just one day removed from Bad Blood, and it looks as though Jeff Jarrett
will be making his first WWE title defence against the Undertaker, at the next
Pay Per View extravaganza, Vengeance.  However, long before that all goes down,
there will be a 3 on 2 handicap match on the next Smackdown, with the Taker
teaming up with Sting to take on Jarrett, Brock Lesnar and William Regal.

Speaking of Sting and Lesnar, after what went down at Bad Blood, and tonight's
symbolic bat pointing, it looks as though those two are on a collision course
for Vengeance.

Kevin Nash cut a rather interesting promo tonight, firmly establishing himself
as a heel.  It should be interesting to see where he goes from here, and if he
will run into Shawn Michaels again at some point down the road, when HBK makes
his come back.

Kaientai pulled off an amazing upset win to become the tag team champions here
tonight.  They'll defend the gold against the aPa on Smackdown, but will surely
have to face possible revenge attacks from the team they took the gold from,
Ted DiBiase and The Big Show.

It looks like Paul Heyman may have made the right decision when he picked
Chris Benoit over AJ Styles, as Benoit successfully defended the IC belt here
tonight against Kurt Angle.  As mentioned earlier, these two have the potential
to put on a longer, even greater match at some point in the near future.  I,
for one, hope that will we get to see it.

Next Show: Smackdown