Smackdown

Card Information:
 Held in: BUSHKILL EXHIBITION CENTER
Location: PENNSLYVANIA, UNITED STATES
          on September 2004 at 8:00pm

No-Countout-No-DQ-Match:
Triple H pinned The Undertaker with the Pedigree in 0:06:44.
Rating: *** 3/4
[Batista interfered against The Undertaker.]

Following Hunter's win, Batista and the returning Randy Orton helped launch a
3 on 1 attack on the Taker.


Interview:
Evolution passes by...
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Triple H officially announces that he, Batista and Randy Orton have put 
Evolution back together, and that he will win the Elimination Chamber.


No-Countout-No-DQ-Match:
Kane pinned Tajiri with the Choke Slam in 0:07:44.
Rating: *** 1/2
[Brian Kendrick interfered against Tajiri.]

Along with a spot of help from Brian Kendrick, Kane demolished Tajiri.  The
Japanese Buzzsaw was left hurt, but not seriously injured after the match.


Steve Austin pinned The Big Show with the Stone Cold Stunner in 0:10:01.
Rating: ** 3/4
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It took three stunners during the course of the match, but Stone Cold came out
victorious in the end.


Interview:
X-Pac explains his actions...
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X-Pac wants Marty Jannetty to team up with him once again.  So much so, that
Pac has got himself a match with Al Snow at Unforgiven, with Jannetty as the
guest referee.


Handicap-Match:
Goldberg defeated Chris Benoit and Ted DiBiase when Goldberg pinned DiBiase
 with the Jackhammer in 0:17:59.
Rating: *** 1/2

Goldberg increases his streak to 4 and 0, after once again defeating DiBiase
with the Jackhammer.


Lion's Den Match with Special Referee Roddy Piper:
Ken Shamrock defeated Chris Jericho when Chris Jericho passed out in the
Ankle Lock Submission in 0:11:32.
Rating: *** 1/2

With Jericho out cold, Piper had no choice but to call for the bell.  Y2J was
less than pleased when he awoke.


Interview:
The WWE Champion...
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Jeff Jarrett is ready for The Rock, up next in non-title action.

Jeff Jarrett pinned The Rock after a gutwrench suplex in 0:07:06.
Rating: ***
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A surprisingly quick and easy victory for the champion.



Card rating: *** 1/4


Match observations: 

With Unforgiven just over a week away, things are heating up even more for the
Elimination Chamber.  Right here tonight, Triple H, Stone Cold and Jeff Jarrett
all picked up major victories over the Undertaker, the Big Show, and the Rock
respectively.  Who will come out victorious on Raw, when a rather special
triangle tag team elimination match will occur.  It'll be Triple H and Jeff
Jarrett vs The Rock and Stone Cold vs the wild card team of the Big Show and
the Undertaker.  This will be a must see main event on Monday.

Goldberg continued his winning streak here tonight.  At this rate, it seems
to be fairly obvious that he'll be leaving Unforgiven as the brand new WWE
Intercontinental Champion, but don't be surprised if Paul Heyman and Chris 
Benoit have a few other tricks up their sleeves.

After Randy Orton returned tonight, and it was subsequently announced that
Evolution are back together, we have learned that Orton and Batista will face
the Basham Brothers at Unforgiven, with the tag team championship on the line.
Neither team are fan favourites, so it'll be intriguing to see who comes out 
on top, as well as who the people get behind.

Also set for Unforgiven is X-Pac vs Al Snow, with Marty Jannetty as the guest
referee.  Will Marty choose to stick with Al Snow as his partner, or will he
turn to the Pac side?

Another defeat for Chris Jericho tonight, as he passed out to the Ankle Lock
submission hold.  With Piper as the referee for that match, Y2J will be far
from happy with the finish.  Expect him to make a little noise about that on
Monday, most likely on the Highlight Reel.

Next Show: Raw