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 Held in: OMAHA CIVIC AUDITORIUM
Location: NEBRASKA, UNITED STATES
          on November 2004 at 9:00pm

Interview:
The Mac is Back!
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Shane McMahon returns to accept Hollywood Hogan's challenge, but adds a few
extra stipulations of his own.


Shannon Moore and Brian Kendrick defeated Tajiri and Hurricane Helms when
B. Kendrick pinned Hurricane with the Sliced Bread #2 in 0:14:45.
Rating: ****
(Rey Mysterio no-showed.)

An excellent match to start the evening, featuring four men who have been the
Cruiserweight Champion, and who will all be involved in the five-way title
elimination match at Survivor Series.


Elimination Match:
The New Rockers (Al Snow and Marty Jannetty) beat
The Million Dollar Team (Ted DiBiase and The Big Show) 2 falls to 0:
         x Jannetty beat Big Show via disqualification in 0:00:22
         x Snow beat DiBiase via the Snow Plow in 0:07:22
Survivors: Al Snow, Marty Jannetty
Rating: *** 1/4
(The New Rockers retained the WWE Tag Team Championship.)
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Another nWo plan to try and take the belts went horribly wrong, as the Big Show
was eliminated in less than 30 seconds.  DiBiase was unable to cope in a 2 on 1
situation.


Interview:
A backstage incident...
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Goldust suffers a serious injury backstage, which Hollywood Hogan claims to
know "nothing" about.


Funaki defeated Scott Steiner by disqualification in 0:07:44.
Rating: ** 3/4

Steiner's constant abuse of the referee's led to him being disqualified.  After
the match, he manhandled Funaki further, and then sent a message to Chris
Jericho, saying that he would be the next Intercontinental Champion.


Interview:
Booker T reveals the culprit...
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It emerges that Scott Hall was responsible for attacking Goldust, leading to
an impromptu match between him and Booker T.


Booker T pinned Scott Hall with the Harlem Side Kick in 0:10:07.
Rating: *** 1/2

Booker T gains a measure of revenge over Hall, but the damage has already been
done to his best friend.


The Basham Brothers (Doug Basham and Danny Basham) defeated
Bret Hart and Steve Austin when Doug pinned S. Austin with the Diving Headbutt
 in 0:13:12.
Rating: *** 1/4
[Shaniqua interfered against Bret Hart.]

Danny Basham's return saw the former tag team champions score an upset victory
over Hart and Austin.


Interview:
Benoit and Helmsley prepare to fight...
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Chris Benoit and Triple H outline their focus for tonight's tag main event.


nWo (Goldberg and Randy Orton) defeated Chris Benoit and Triple H when Goldberg
 defeated Benoit by disqualification in 0:16:22.
Rating: ** 3/4
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What appeared to be an accidental clothesline by Benoit on the referee led to
the nWo picking up a DQ victory.  No scores were settled here tonight.



Card rating: ***


Match observations: 

The nWo comes away with another main event victory, this time thanks to an
unfortunate DQ decision, which saw Goldberg and Randy Orton defeat Chris
Benoit and Triple H.  Whether Benoit's clothesline was intentional or not,
the fact is that the referee thought it was and therefore called for the bell.
On the plus side, this should help to fuel Benoit's anger, as he strives to
take the WWE title from Goldberg at Survivor Series.

On the subject of Survivor Series, the brutal attack on Goldust here tonight,
which we later discovered Scott Hall was responsible for, has caused the Golden
one to miss out on Survivor Series.  As of yet, Shawn Michaels, Booker T and
the New Rockers have not announced a replacement partner for the 5 on 5 match
at the event, but we expect to hear from them by this Thursday on Smackdown.

It's unknown whether Shane McMahon will be around for Smackdown, but we do know
now that he will take on Hollywood Hogan at Survivor Series, in a Texas Death
Match.  That should be a brutal contest, with rather a lot at stake for the
winner.  

Also announced for Survivor Series is a 5-Man elimination match for the WWE
Cruiserweight Title.  Tajiri will be defending the gold against former champs
Rey Mysterio, Shannon Moore, the Hurricane and Brian Kendrick.  It should be
an excellent match, if tonight's tag team match is anything to go by.

Next Show: Smackdown