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Card Information:
 Held in: TRICITY COLISEUM
Location: WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES
          on May 2004 at 9:00pm

Interview:
The People's Champ on the Nature Boy...
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The Rock lays the verbal smack down on Ric Flair, hyping Judgment Day and the
six man tag match tonight.


Matt Hardy pinned Shannon Moore after an Asai moonsault in 0:08:41.
Rating: ** 1/2
(Matt Hardy won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.)

After the match, the Hurricane ran down to ringside and raised Hardy's hand as
the new Cruiserweight Champion.  However, after a few moments, the new champ
clotheslined Hurricane down, before nailing him with the belt.


No-DQ-Match:
Kaientai defeated The Basham Brothers when Funaki made Doug submit to
a bow-and-arrow submission in 0:23:28.
Rating: **** 1/4
[Shaniqua interfered against Taka Michinoku.]

An excellent tag match, which would have ended sooner, had Shaniqua not used
the no DQ rule to her advantage.  Big win for Kaientai.


Interview:
Words from the challenger...
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Hulk Hogan issues strong words to the Ultimate Warrior.


Val Venis pinned Ultimo Dragon after a fisherman suplex in 0:04:17.
Rating: *** 1/4
(Val Venis retained the WWE Intercontinental Championship.)

Big win for the Intercontinental Champion.  Both Rey Mysterio and Chris Benoit
watched the match from backstage.


Interview:
A dejected Austin...
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Following a heated argument, Bret Hart will face Stone Cold in a submission
match at Judgment Day.


Triple H pinned Mick Foley with the Pedigree in 0:11:11.
Rating: ** 1/2

A brutal match, with Triple H getting a much needed win.


Ric Flair, Ted DiBiase and The Big Show defeated
The Kliq (Kevin Nash and Shawn Michaels) and The Rock when DiBiase made Rock
 submit to the Million Dollar Dream in 0:13:54.
Rating: ** 3/4

A surprising finish to the match, as The Rock was forced to submit.


Interview:
Final words with Lesnar...
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Lesnar lays down the law to William Regal prior to the cage match.


No-Countout-No-DQ-Cage Match:
Brock Lesnar pinned William Regal after a German suplex in 0:08:53.
Rating: * 3/4
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Lesnar makes short work of Regal, and ensures that he will not be facing a
suspension.



Card rating: ** 1/2


Match observations: 

William Regal really didn't stand a chance being locked inside of a cage with
Brock Lesnar, and Lesnar proved that was true by demolishing the commish within
nine minutes.  How will Regal react to this loss?  We may well find out on
Smackdown.

Also on Smackdown, The Rock will square off against Ted DiBiase, after the
Million Dollar Man was able to make the People's Champ submit.  We may well
see Ric Flair around ringside for this bout, so Rocky will have to be rather
careful.

Matt Hardy finally showed some of his promise as a Cruiserweight by taking the
title from Shannon Moore tonight.  He will now face the Hurricane at Judgment
Day for the gold. So upset was he that he lost the gold, Shannon Moore actually
quit the WWE after the match.

Hulk Hogan was oddly aggressive in his comments towards the Ultimate Warrior,
regarding their title match at Judgment Day.  What could the Hulkster have
up his sleeve for the show?  Another fireball maybe?

And Austin versus Bret at Judgment Day?  That should be a classic!

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