Smackdown

Interview:
Cactus looks for a partner before the show...
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Cactus Jack takes out Terry Funk, as Shane McMahon shows his face for tonight's
broadcast.


Card Information:
 Held in: PONTIAC SILVERDOME
Location: MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES
          on September 2005 at 8:00pm

Spike Dudley pinned Rhyno after a moonsault bodyblock in 0:03:56.
Rating: *** 1/4
[D-Von Dudley interfered against Rhyno.]

Spike pinned Rhyno, but only thanks to help from his brothers Bubba Ray and
D-Von.  It seems as though Spike is back in the Dudley fold.


Billy Kidman pinned Paul London after a hiptoss in 0:11:28.
Rating: ****

Great match, which saw Kidman sneak out a victory.  The 5-man match this Sunday
is going to be very interesting indeed.


Interview:
Shane O Mac's trip to the darkside...
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Shane McMahon announces a battle royal for tonight, and then falls victim to
one half of the Brothers of Destruction, who then exchange words prior to their
match this Sunday.


Raven pinned Charlie Haas after an elbowdrop from the second turnbuckle in
           0:09:17.
Rating: *** 1/2

Raven got the clean win over Haas.  At this rate, it looks like we'll have new
tag champs come Sunday.


20-Man Battle Royal:
Christian won a 20-man Battle Royal:
         x Chono threw out Rock in 0:03:58
         x Angle threw out Orton in 0:06:38
         x Venis threw out Edge in 0:08:50
         x Booker T threw out Vader after a chop in 0:11:29
         x Batista threw out Y2J after a kick to the midsection in 0:14:36
         x Chono threw out Booker T after a duck-down move in 0:21:59
         x Angle threw out Shamrock after a waistlock takedown in 0:22:22
         x Daniels threw out Jarrett in 0:25:22
         x Cena threw out Chono after a forearm smash in 0:27:00
         x Daniels threw out E. Guerrero after a spinning leg lariat in 0:30:49
         x Angle threw out Cena in 0:32:20
         x Batista threw out Tazz after a boot choke in 0:41:35
         x Big Show threw out Daniels after a headbutt in 0:48:13
         x Lesnar threw out Angle after a Gorilla Press in 0:48:34
         x JBL threw out Batista in 0:51:57
         x Venis threw out Big Show in 0:53:44
         x Venis threw out Lesnar in 0:57:09
         x JBL threw out Venis in 0:58:05
         x Christian threw out JBL in 1:00:22
Rating: *** 1/2
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Christian ended up as the surprise winner of the Battle Royal, which saw Kurt
Angle eliminate Ken Shamrock, and Batista eliminate Chris Jericho, prior to the
matches between them at Unforgiven.  It was also surprising to see The Rock and
Randy Orton be the first two guys out of the ring.


Interview:
Cactus is ready...
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Cactus Jack reveals William Regal as his partner, but gives him a stern warning
prior to the tag match.


Shawn Michaels and Scott Hall defeated Cactus Jack and William Regal when
Michaels pinned Regal with the Sweet Chin Music in 0:13:23.
Rating: *** 1/2

Michaels got the pin over Regal to win the match for his team.  Upset at the
result, Cactus Jack ended up putting William Regal in the Mandible Claw, until
officials came to break up the melee.


Chris Benoit pinned Triple H after a flying headbutt in 0:08:23.
Rating: *** 1/2
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Benoit finally picks up a win, going into Unforgiven.  However, his joy was
shortlived, as Ric Flair soon hit the ring and attacked the champ.  As the
show went off the air, Flair and Helmsley posed above the fallen Benoit with
the title belt.



Card rating: *** 1/2


Match observations: 

We're going into Unforgiven with plenty of anticipation for the title match.
Tonight, Chris Benoit pinned Triple H, after suffering defeats at the hands of
the Game and Ric Flair over the past few weeks.  However, come Sunday, Benoit
will have to cope with both Helmsley and Flair at once, and if the post match
beatdown tonight is anything to go by, he may not be able to.  Of course, you
also have to figure in the ego factor of Flair and Helmsley.  Would either man
allow the other to become champ.  Flair may well let HHH get the win, but can
you honestly see it happening the other way around?

It seems as though Cactus Jack is busily making enemies.  Not only did he 
attack Terry Funk here tonight, but he followed that up by attacking William
Regal, after Regal was pinned in their tag match tonight against Shawn Michaels
and Scott Hall.  With Cactus facing Michaels on Sunday for the IC title, he may
have to keep having a lookout over his shoulder, so as to ensure that there 
isn't someone there to stab him in the back.

The Dudley Boys seem to be building up a number of allies in the backstage area
lately.  After joining forces with Aj Styles and Raven last week to attack the
tag team champions, they've now seemingly brought Spike Dudley back into the
fold, as they helped him earn a victory over Rhyno tonight.  Where is this
leading to?  We may find out before long.

Big win for Christian in the Battle Royal tonight, as he prevented JBL from
getting a win.  What will be Captain Charisma's reward for his victory?  We
don't know yet, but we hope to find out soon enough.  The Battle Royal did see
some interesting setups, though, with The Rock and Randy Orton being eliminated
very early, Batista and Kurt Angle eliminating their Unforgiven opponents Chris
Jericho and Ken Shamrock respectively, and even Val Venis eliminating his tag
team championship partner of just a few weeks ago, Edge!

Unforgiven should prove to be a rather interesting show, and with two PPV's to
come in the month that follows, we can expect a number of exciting results to
come from it.

Next Show: Unforgiven