Smackdown

Card Information:
 Held in: VETERAN'S MEMORIAL COLISEUM
Location: ARIZONA, UNITED STATES
          on August 2004 at 8:00pm

Interview:
Lesnar snaps...
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Brock Lesnar challenges Jeff Jarrett to a match with only the winner going on
to Summerslam.


No-Countout-No-DQ-Match:
Jeff Jarrett pinned Brock Lesnar with the Stroke in 0:06:22.
Rating: ****

Jarrett pinned Lesnar.  Following the match, William Regal got into the ring,
and then attacked Lesnar.  Regal and Jarrett continued to beat down Lesnar
until...


Interview:
The Money is Back!
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Shane McMahon wants his Summerslam match right now!

No-Countout-No-DQ-Match:
Shane McMahon pinned William Regal with the Shane-O-Mac Terminator in 0:16:59.
Rating: *** 1/4
[The Undertaker interfered against William Regal.]

With a spot of help from the Undertaker, Shane McMahon defeats William Regal
to finally end the Regal Reign!


Interview:
An aftermath with a few shocks, and match bookings...
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Shane fires Regal, then announces two blockbuster main events for the evening,
with some rather sad reasonings behind them.


Chris Jericho defeated Rob Van Dam by countout in 0:06:15.
Rating: ***

Van Dam lost by count-out, but it was announced during the match that, due to
Bret Hart's departure, RVD will now be a part of the Intercontinental Title
match at Summerslam.


The Can-Am Express defeated The Outsiders when Furnas pinned Nash with the
Frankensteiner in 0:17:06.
Rating: *** 1/2

The Can-Am Express prove their worth as Number 1 contenders by taking down the
Outsiders.


Interview:
Flair names his opponent...
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Ric Flair wants to face Triple H in his last match.


No-Countout-No-DQ-Match:
Ric Flair made Triple H submit to the Figure-Four Leglock in 0:16:39.
Rating: *** 1/4
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The fans popped like crazy to see Helmsley tap to the figure 4.  After the
match, Flair and Hunter shook hands, before Triple H left Flair to savour the
spotlight one last time.


No-Countout-No-DQ-Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
Shawn Michaels beat Bret Hart 2 falls to 0:
         x Michaels beat B. Hart via the Sweet Chin Music in 0:13:15
         x Michaels beat B. Hart via a moonsault bodyblock in 0:15:22
Rating: *** 1/2
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Michaels managed to get two straight falls over the Hitman.  Bret left in a
hurry, as Shawn said goodbye to the crowd.



Card rating: *** 1/4


Match observations: 

How appropriate that we were in the Veterans Memorial Colliseum, as we said
goodbye to three of the greatest veterans of all time?  Bret Hart, Ric Flair
and Shawn Michaels will most likely be back one day, but for now, the company
will have to live on without them.

Also gone are Brock Lesnar and William Regal, as we saw tonight, but also no
longer with the company are Sting, the Ultimate Warrior, Booker T, Hulk Hogan,
the Legion of Doom, Chavo Guerrero and Chris Nowinski, amongst others.  There
will be further re-negotiations after show tonight, so yet more people could
be on their way out.

The complexion of Summerslam has obviously changed as a result of this, with
the Shane McMahon versus William Regal and Bret Hart versus RVD matches now
both off.  As mentioned during the show, RVD will now be a part of the match
for the Intercontinental Title, which is now a four way elimination match.

Also mentioned earlier, Shane McMahon will name a brand new commissioner of WWE
on Raw.  Fans are calling for Shane to take on that role himself, but as of yet
it has not been decided who will fill the slot.  We can only wait and see.

Next Show: Raw