Smackdown

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 Held in: MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM
Location: MISSOURI, UNITED STATES
          on June 2004 at 8:00pm

Interview:
Early words from...Lance Storm?!?!
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Storm is confident that he will earn victory.


Lance Storm pinned The Rock after a sunset flip in 0:11:50.
Rating: *** 1/4

Storm's confidence paid off, as The Rock once again got beaten.


Four Corners Match:
Brian Kendrick defeated Matt Hardy, Ultimo Dragon and Dean Malenko:
         x B. Kendrick beat D. Malenko via a small package in 0:22:12
         x B. Kendrick beat M. Hardy via the Sliced Bread #2 in 0:30:34
         x B. Kendrick beat U. Dragon via pinfall in 0:33:28
Rating: ***

Brian Kendrick earns the right to face Hurricane Helms at Bad Blood for the
Cruiserweight Title.


Interview:
From the office of the Commissioner...
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William Regal announces the stipulation for his match with Brock Lesnar at Bad
Blood.


Kevin Nash pinned Scott Hall with the Jackknife Power Bomb in 0:01:13.
Rating: **
[Shawn Michaels interfered against Scott Hall.]

Nash got the win, without realising that Michaels had hit Hall with the chair.
After seeing this on the replay, he was disappointed with the situation.


I-Quit Match:
Ric Flair made Kurt Angle submit to the Figure-Four Leglock in 0:22:27.
Rating: ***
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Good match between two technically sound wrestlers.  Flair gets the big win.


No-Countout-No-DQ-Cage Match:
Val Venis defeated Chris Benoit by escaping the cage in 0:15:18.
Rating: ****
(Val Venis retained the WWE Intercontinental Championship.)

An excellent match, which saw Val Venis retain the belt once again.


Interview:
Hitman is ready for the fight...
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Hart is confident he can best Austin in a Street Fight.


[Street Fight]: No-Countout-No-DQ-Falls-Count-Anywhere Match:
Bret Hart pinned Steve Austin after a German suplex in 0:25:43.
Rating: **** 1/4
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Bret managed to beat Austin at his own game, after an excellent contest.



Card rating: *** 1/2


Match observations: 

If there were two guys capable of beating Val Venis and Chris Benoit out for
the match of the night, it had to be Bret Hart and Steve Austin.  These two
put on another excellent showing, with the Hitman once again emerging as the
winner.  How will Austin react to this defeat, in what was supposed to be his
type of match?

Brock Lesnar and William Regal will meet in a Towel Match at Bad Blood.  Regal
has already announced that, surprisingly, Scott Steiner will be his cornerman
for the match.  We'll find out on Raw who Lesnar puts his faith in.

After being so delighted by his win over Scott Hall, Kevin Nash was a little
angry to discover the reasoning behind the quick victory.  Shawn Michaels was
desperately trying to point out that he had Nash's best interests at heart when
he interfered, but Big Daddy Cool didn't seem convinced.

The Rock's morale dropped lower than ever when he was defeated by Lance Storm
here tonight.  Storm may have boosted himself up to IC title contention with
that win tonight.  Chris Benoit, on the other hand, may be dropping out of that
position after his very brief reign as champion.

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