Smackdown

Card Information:
 Held in: SAN ANGELO COLISEUM
Location: TEXAS, UNITED STATES
          on August 2005 at 8:00pm

Interview:
Evolution re-united...
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Evolution are interrupted by Chris Benoit, leading to a change in the main 
event for the evening.


Ultimo Dragon pinned Billy Kidman after a moonsault in 0:04:30.
Rating: *** 1/4

Ultimo proved his worth as number 1 contender to the Cruiserweight Title with
this win.  Steve Austin was at ringside for the match, and issued a warning to
Billy Kidman that he was going for revenge at Summerslam.


The Great Americans (Kurt Angle and John Bradshaw Layfield) and Test and
Val Venis, Edge and Scott Hall battled to a double countout in 0:25:26.
Rating: ***

A rather good match ended with Hall and Test brawling to a double countout
outside the ring.  It looks as though there may be more fighting to come 
between those two.


Interview:
Backstage happenings...
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Confrontations between Cactus Jack and Chris Benoit, as well as the Dudley Boys
and the World's Greatest Tag Team.


AJ Styles and Raven defeated The Dudley Boys (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley)
 when Styles pinned D-Von with his special move in 0:09:25.
Raven tore his left biceps. He will be out for approximately 8 cards.
Rating: *** 1/2
[Charlie Haas interfered against Bubba Ray Dudley.]
[Shelton Benjamin interfered against D-Von Dudley.]

After interference from Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin, the Dudleys became
the second team to fall victim to Styles and Raven.  After the matches, Bubba,
D-Von, Charlie and Shelton got into it in a brawl that WWE officials had to
break up.


Handicap-Match:
Masahiro Chono defeated La Resistance (Rene Dupree and Sylvan Grenier) when
Chono pinned S. Grenier after a tiger suplex in 0:22:52.
Rating: **** 1/2

Amazing handicap match, with both La Resistance and Chono taking everything
that the other had to offer and still surviving, until Chono eventually came
out with the win.


Interview:
At Summerslam...
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Yet another mystery vignettes for the returning superstar, who it seems will
make his or her come back at Summerslam.


Sting pinned Shannon Moore with the Scorpion Death Drop in 0:14:34.
Rating: *** 1/2

Making his first appearence since Judgment Day, Sting returns to defeat Shannon
Moore.


Interview:
A backstage attack...
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Ric Flair is found out cold backstage.  Who did it, and who will replace Flair
in the upcoming main event?


Evolution (Randy Orton and Triple H) and Cactus Jack defeated
Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit and The Rock when Orton pinned Rock with the RKO in
0:21:09.
Rating: ****
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A shocking turn of events, as not only did Cactus Jack appear as Evolution's
replacement partner for Flair, but Randy Orton was also able to pin the Rock
with the RKO.



Card rating: *** 3/4


Match observations: 

We have witnessed a series of incredible, and shocking events as we move closer
to Summerslam.  The question on the lips of every fan was "Why, Mick, Why" as
Cactus Jack teamed up with Evolution here tonight.  Was Mick Foley that upset
with not being picked by Chris Benoit to face Evolution here tonight that he
actually went and joined them?  I guess we'll have to wait and see what Mick
Foley has to say come Monday night.

And who was it that attacked Ric Flair tonight?  Shane McMahon seemed to think
that Foley was behind the attack, but why would he do that if he had joined
Evolution.  At this current moment in time, the plan is for McMahon to step 
into the ring first thing Monday night on Raw and interview Foley, thus getting
him all the answers first-hand.

Another shock to come from the main event was Randy Orton pinning The Rock.  We
now know he can do this in a tag team environment, but come Monday we'll get to
find out if he can do it 1-on-1 as well, as Orton and The Rock finally meet up
in a non-title match.

Sting made his return here tonight, thus proving that he's not the subject of
the mysterious vignettes that have been appearing as of late.  We'll finally
get to find out who's behind them at Summerslam.

And speaking of Summerslam, a few more matches have been signed for the show
based upon tonight's happenings.  We'll see the Dudley Boys square off against
the World's Greatest Tag Team, and Scott Hall go one on one with Test.  There
are some pretty heated rivalries building up there, so expect the matches at
Summerslam to be rather exciting.

Next Show: Raw