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 Held in: ROSEMONT HORIZON
Location: ILLINOS, UNITED STATES
          on October 2004 at 9:00pm

Interview:
The Hitman returns...
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Both Bret Hart and Chris Benoit fire Paul Heyman as their agent, before going
face to face with one another.


Tajiri pinned Rey Mysterio after a Northern Lights suplex in 0:13:19.
Rating: **** 1/4
(Tajiri won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.)

Just 24 hours after winning the Cruiserweight Championship, Rey Mysterio lost
the gold to Tajiri in controversial fashion.  Rey's foot was on the ropes when
the 3 count was made, but the referee Nick Patrick, unsurprisingly, chose to
ignore it.


No-Countout-No-DQ-Falls-Count-Anywhere Match:
The Outsiders defeated The Hardcore Legends when Nash pinned Cactus Jack
 with the Jackknife Power Bomb in 0:02:39.
Rating: ** 1/2

Hall and Nash gathered a measure of revenge for Unforgiven, as Nash put Cactus
down with the Jackknife.


Interview:
The Highlight Reel is still on the air...
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Chris Jericho interviews the new WWE Champion, The Rock.  Shane McMahon shows
up to announce a number 1 contenders tournament on Smackdown.


Goldberg pinned Matt Hardy with the Jackhammer in 0:13:20.
Rating: ****

After the disappointment of Unforgiven, Goldberg gets back to winning ways by
defeating Matt Hardy.


Al Snow pinned X-Pac with the Snow Plow in 0:13:38.
Rating: ****

Al Snow gains revenge for last night's loss to X-Pac.


Interview:
Snow appeals to his partner...
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Al Snow begs Marty Jannetty to choose between him and X-Pac.


No-Countout-No-DQ-I-Quit Match:
Chris Benoit defeated Bret Hart when Bret Hart passed out in the
Crippler Crossface in 0:28:46.
Rating: **** 1/4
(Chris Benoit retained the WWE Intercontinental Championship.)
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An amazing match.  Benoit withstood numerous attempts at the Sharpshooter and
then made Bret pass out in the Crossface.


No-Countout-No-DQ-Cage Match:
The Basham Brothers defeated Evolution (Batista and Randy Orton) when Doug
 pinned Orton with the Diving Headbutt in 0:17:51.
Rating: ** 3/4
(The Basham Brothers retained the WWE Tag Team Championship.)
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Certainly not as good as the match at Unforgiven, but the Bashams manage to
retain the titles once again, inside of the cage.



Card rating: *** 1/2


Match observations: 

Another great night of action, with a further four matches earning four or more
stars here tonight.  In the match of the night, Chris Benoit went another step
closer to establishing himself as the greatest Intercontinental Champion of
all time, with a hard fought victory over Bret Hart.

Goldberg also fought to extinguish the horrors of Unforgiven, by getting a win
over Matt Hardy here tonight.  However, the Sensei of Mattitude certainly gave
Bill a run for his money.

The actions of Nick Patrick here tonight were nothing short of reprehensible.
After Rey Mysterio worked so hard to win the Cruiserweight Title, it was the
shoddy officiating of Patrick that made it all seem worth nothing.  However,
Tajiri was also less than impressed with the way he won the belt, and he has
agreed to give Rey a rematch.  This has been signed for No Mercy, and just so
that there won't be any dubious counts this time around, the match will be a
ladder match.

This Thursday on Smackdown, there will be an eight man singles tournament to
determine the number 1 contender to the WWE title.  We know already that Chris
Jericho will be involved, but we'll have to wait and see who the other seven
superstars will be.  The winner will go on to No Mercy to face The Rock!

Next Show: Smackdown