Smackdown

Card Information:
 Held in: MOBILE CIVIC CENTER
Location: ALABAMA, UNITED STATES
          on August 2004 at 8:00pm

No-Countout-No-DQ-Match:
Kurt Angle, Val Venis and Rob Van Dam defeated
Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho when RVD pinned E. Guerrero
 with the Five Star Frog Splash in 0:08:30.
Rating: *** 3/4
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The Summerslam participants get the show started with a great match-up.


Interview:
The man who would be commissioner...
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The Mountie oozes confidence, as he explains more about the ladder match at
Summerslam.


The New Rockers defeated La Resistance when Jannetty pinned R. Dupree after the
Double Flying Fistdrop in 0:25:34.
Rating: *** 3/4

Some classic Rockers action saw Snow and Jannetty pick up the win.


Kane pinned Maven with the Choke Slam in 0:01:00.
Rating: **

Making his first appearence in a while, Kane destroys Maven in sixty seconds.


Interview:
More matches for Kane...
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Shane O Mac gives Kane a match for Summerslam, against a rather special mystery
opponent.


Scott Hall defeated Terry Funk by countout in 0:04:52.
Terry Funk tore his left rotator cuff. He will be out for approximately 6 cards.
Rating: 3/4*

A generally poor match, which ended in a count-out, due to Funk's injury.  This
could throw some spanners into the works for Summerslam.


Triple H pinned The Rock with the Pedigree in 0:08:54.
Rating: *** 1/4
[Sylvan Grenier and Rene Dupree interfered against The Rock.]
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Triple H got the win, with La Resistance jumping Rock after the match.  Hunter
took exception to this, however, and gave Rene Dupree the Pedigree.  Rock also
managed to fight back, and hit Grenier with the Rock Bottom.  Rock and Triple
H then went face to face.

And at once, the glass shattered...


Interview:
Stone Cold!  Stone Cold!
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Austin returns to WWE television to accept Rock's challenge, and deliver a
Stunner to the Game.


Jeff Jarrett and The Mountie defeated The Undertaker and Shane McMahon when
Jarrett pinned Undertaker with the Stroke in 0:17:36.
Rating: **** 1/4

Excellent match, which could have gone on longer, had the Taker tagged out to
Shane McMahon.  As it is, Jeff Jarrett must now be the favourite going into
the match at Summerslam.



Card rating: ***


Match observations: 

A pretty good card right before Summerslam, although it seems as though the
card is not yet complete.  There is still one match slot left unfilled, and
the scheduled Outsiders vs Hardcore Legends tag match is in need of tweaking,
after Terry Funk suffered an injury here tonight, which will keep him out of
action for a while.

Shane O Mac teased the arrival of a major superstar at Summerslam, who will
take on Kane.  While it would be wrong to speculate on who that might be, it's
fair to say that come Sunday, Kane will have a Bill to pay.

And on the subject of Shane O Mac, he and the Undertaker were on the losing
end of their tag team match tonight.  Both guys had better hope for more luck
on Sunday, or else we'll have to deal with The Mountie as Commissioner and
Jeff Jarrett as the WWE Champion once again.

Expect Rock vs Austin vs Triple H to be an absolute barnstormer this Sunday.
Emotions were running high tonight, as Austin returned, and when the bell
finally does ring on this historic encounter, every man will be giving it his
all to prove who the greatest icon of attitude really is.

Next Show: Summerslam