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 Held in: COREL CENTRE
Location: ONTARIO, CANADA
          on July 2004 at 9:00pm

Interview:
The former champion returns...
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The Ultimate Warrior's plans for a WWE title rematch are scuppered by Scotty
Steiner.


The Outsiders defeated Tajiri and AJ Styles when Hall pinned Styles with the
Outsider Edge in 0:23:28.
Rating: *** 1/2

The Outsiders get their first win back together, in a hard fought contest over
Tajiri and AJ Styles.


Interview:
Hall and Nash...
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A confrontation between the Outsiders and HBK.


Brian Kendrick pinned Ultimo Dragon with the Sliced Bread #2 in 0:09:11.
Rating: *** 3/4
(Brian Kendrick retained the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.)

Great match, which saw Kendrick make a successful defence of the Cruiserweight
Championship.


Bret Hart and The Rock defeated La Resistance when Rock pinned S. Grenier
 with the People's Elbow in 0:16:05.
Rating: ** 1/2
(Steve Austin no-showed.)

Hart managed to gain a manner of revenge over La Resistance by defeating them
along with the Rock.  Can you imagine what would have happened if the man who
was originally scheduled to have been Bret's partner had turned up?


Interview:
The Highlight Reel returns!
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Chris Jericho interviews Randy Savage in the Highlight Reel.  Hulk Hogan comes
out to interrupt the proceedings, challenging Savage to a match on Smackdown,
and Jericho to one right now!


Hulk Hogan pinned Chris Jericho with the Big Leg Drop in 0:01:22.
Rating: **

Hogan squashed Jericho, but was immediately attacked by Savage after the match.
The Hulkster was left down and busted open before officials could break up the
melee.


Interview:
The Million Dollar Team explain their actions...
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Ted DiBiase and the Big Show want a rematch with the a.P.a.


Kurt Angle and Rob Van Dam defeated Chris Benoit and Shane Douglas when RVD
 pinned Benoit with the Five Star Frog Splash in 0:10:13.
Rating: *** 1/2


A great match, which saw RVD pin the Intercontinental Champion.  He must now
surely be in line for a shot.


No-Countout-No-DQ-Match:
The Undertaker pinned Brock Lesnar after hitting him with the guardrail in
           0:02:36.
Rating: ** 3/4
[Sting interfered against Brock Lesnar.]
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A very short match, which saw the Taker win after receiving a foreign object 
from Sting.  Jeff Jarrett, who was also at ringside, enter the ring and a four
way brawl ensued.



Card rating: ***


Match observations: 

The main event picture is certainly getting interesting, with The Undertaker
getting a win over Brock Lesnar here tonight.  It's questionable whether he
could have done it without the help of Sting, but for now, the Dead Man can
accept this major morale boost.

Things should certainly start to heat up come Smackdown, as the Taker and Sting
will face Lesnar and Jarrett in a tag team match.  This time around, William
Regal will have no involvement at all, or at least he shouldn't!

Based upon tonight's tag match, RVD will now face Chris Benoit for the IC title
at Vengeance.  Van Dam has held the gold in the past, but can he regain the 
gold when he goes one on one with the Rabid Wolverine, who has been rather
dominant in singles competition as of late.

Shawn Michaels has claimed that he will bring a partner to Vengeance to face
the Outsiders, Hall and Nash.  As of yet, we have no idea who that partner will
be, but whoever it is, he'll need to be more than up to the task of taking out
Hall and Nash.  Plus, to be able to work well with HBK, he'll need to be a tag
team specialist.

Also official for Vengeance now is a cage match between Scott Steiner and the
former WWE Champion, the Ultimate Warrior.  After the seeds of rivalry were
sewn for these two just prior to Bad Blood, you can expect some brutal goings
on when they once again step inside the steel.

And finally, what will the a.P.a. think of the Million Dollar Team's challenge
here tonight?  There's no doubting that Faarooq and Bradshaw are proud men
that never turn down a challenge.  But after the way they were manhandled by
DiBiase and Show at Bad Blood, would they have any hope of retaining the gold?

Next Show: Smackdown