411’s WWE Smackdown Report 2.24.05

WWE SmackDown! is taped from Philadelphia, PA at the Wachovia Center. As always, our commentary team is Michael Cole and Tazz, and tonight is Thursday, February 24, 2005.

Tonight, JBL will celebrate his history making title defense, as he is the longest reigning WWE Champion in almost 10 years. The opening package is basically all about RAW, which is kind of annoying. Also tonight, Linda McMahon will be on hand to tell us all of the decision made by the Board of Directors about Teddy Long’s GM status, and the Undertaker will face Jindrak and Reigns in a Double Jeopardy match.

WWE Tag Team Championship
Eddy Guerrero & Rey Mysterio vs. The Basham Brothers

Eddy starts off with Danny and they lock up. Headlock is grabbed by Basham and Eddy gets out with a pair of armdrags. Eddy makes a tag in to Mysterio and he takes over on Danny, getting a hurricanrana for 2. Another tag back out to Guerrero and he goes after Danny’s left knee. Into the corner Eddy gets whipped into the opposite one, but gets a boot to the face and a 2 count off a backdrop suplex before Doug breaks it up. Doug comes in with a spinebuster from the second rope, but Rey comes in to break up the fall.

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Coming back on the air, Doug misses a leg drop and Eddy capitalizes with a swinging neckbreaker. Eddy wants a tag but Rey is down on the outside. Danny is in and gets a reverse DDT. Tag back out to Doug and he whips Guerrero into the corner, but he misses a charge and hits the post. Rey is still down, allowing Doug to get a knee to the back and a tag back out to his brother. Danny puts in a neck vice, then snapmares Eddy, but he gets out of a surfboard only to run into a powerslam for a pair of 2 counts. Eddy gets driven into the corner and Doug is tagged in and gets an elbow from the second rope for 2. He works into a single leg crab, but Doug knocks Mysterio off the apron before they can get a tag. Danny comes back in and distracts the ref while Doug uses the tag rope for a choke. Eddy battles back with some rights to both men and comes off the ropes with a dropkick on Danny. Tags on both sides and Rey comes in with a seated senton to Doug and a dropkick on Danny’s knees. Stereo 10-punches for the Champs and Rey gets a springboard moonsault on Doug for a 2 count. Doug gets the Angel’s Wings (without the turn) for 2, and Eddy comes in to break it up, and gets 2 parts of the Three Amigos. Rey goes for the 619 but ends up hitting Guerrero, and Danny gets a big backdrop suplex leading to a top rope headbutt for Doug for 2. 619 finally gets Doug and Eddy flies off with the Frog Splash for him and takes Danny down on the outside. Rey comes off the top and Drops the Dime for the pin.

Eddy Guerrero & Rey Mysterio def. The Basham Brothers via Pinfall to retain the Tag Team Championship – 12:51

On Sunday, John Cena defeated Kurt Angle to win the number one contendership at WrestleMania. Pictures are shown of the eventful match.

Orlando Jordan is in the women’s locker room to invite the women to JBL’s celebration coming up soon tonight.

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Angle cuts off Chimel’s introduction of the Olympic gold medalist and calls out his opponent.

Kurt Angle Invitational
Kurt Angle vs. Matt Martel

Angle takes him down after Martel asked him what it felt like to lose to Cena at No Way Out. Kurt chokes him on the ropes then gets a German suplex for 2, but he pulls the kid’s shoulders up. Angle chokes him in the corner and gets an overhead belly-to-belly suplex for 2 and pulls the shoulders up again. He gets a bow and arrow submission, then lets go and hits the Angle Slam, but he pulls the shoulders up one more time. Kurt finally locks in the Ankle Lock and gets the win.

Kurt Angle def. Matt Martel via Submission – 2:11

Tazz joins Angle in the ring to see if he has an answer to HBK’s challenge on RAW. He shows Kurt the clip from Monday’s show, and before Angle bothers to answer, he throws the microphone down and walks out of the arena.

Outside, the guests of JBL are arriving in limousines for the celebration.

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Heidenreich is backstage writing another poem and Josh Mathews is there to ask him some questions. He wrote a poem about why he used a chair on Booker at No Way Out. He doesn’t value human life, etcetera.

Recap through pictures of JBL’s successful title defense in the Barbed Wire Steel Cage match at No Way Out against the Big Show. Footage from a different angle is show of JBL coming out from underneath the ring as Big Show walked down the steps.

The ceremony is at ringside as JBL’s guests wait for his appearance. Backstage, JBL is still banged up from his match at the PPV, and this is his night, and he does not want to postpone it as his Chief of Staff suggests.

From Stamford, CT, Linda McMahon is ready to give her decision via satellite later tonight..

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WrestleMania goes Hollywood in 38 days.

The Cabinet is in the ring and OJ declares a celebration of excellence of a man who has done the impossible. JBL takes forever to get out to the ring, shaking the hands of all the men in attendance and kissing all the women. They have a musical tribute to JBL from some female opera singer as the crowd begins to chant for John Cena. Orlando then unveils a painting of JBL as the champion and the champ speaks. The Big Show finally interrupts as JBL’s guests scatter and he destroys everything in sight. Show takes out the Cabinet, but they stop him from hitting the chokeslam on the champ. They wrap him up in the ropes before Cena comes out and makes the save, cleaning house and breaking the painting over JBL’s head, and Theodore R. Long makes his way out, announcing tonight’s main event between JBL & Orlando vs. Cena & Big Show.

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WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Chavo Guerrero vs. Funaki

Chavo takes Funaki down with kicks before Funaki even enters the ring and holds control with a pair of European uppercuts. He gets a 2 count and then a snapmare before an armlock. Funaki gets out with a flying snapmare and a back body drop. Funaki gets a couple elbows and a punch takes Chavo down. Funaki gets a couple more followed by a bulldog coming off the ropes for 2. He gets a flying forearm on the champ and tries the Tornado DDT, but Chavo throws him off. Funaki drives Chavo back first into the turnbuckles before he is able to reverse it into the Gory Bomb to retain his title.

Chavo Guerrero def. Funaki via Pinfall to retain the Cruiserweight Championship – 3:21

London comes out of nowhere and beats Chavo down, getting a back body drop, and a dropsault knocks Guerrero out of the ring. Chavito is able to move, stopping London from trying a dive over the top.

The Undertaker goes up against Mark Jindrak and Luther Reigns in Double Jeopardy next.

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Handicap Double Jeopardy Match
Mark Jindrak & Luther Reigns vs. The Undertaker

Jindrak starts in there with the Undertaker, who takes him down in the corner with some fists. Irish whip and Jindrak gets a knee, but it only pisses ‘Taker off. Another one leads to a big boot, and ‘Taker knocks Reigns off the apron. Powerslam gets a one count for Jindrak before the Undertaker counters it into the Triangle Choke to get the submission.

The Undertaker def. Mark Jindrak and Luther Reigns via Submission – 1:21

Reigns pushes Jindrak down afterwards, and Jindrak comes back with a big left hand and the two men fight out to the floor. They get back inside and Reigns takes him down with a double leg before referees and agents can break them up.

Next, Linda McMahon announces the fate of General Manager Theodore R. Long.

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The GM is in the ring, and he is proud to be the General Manager regardless of the decision made by the Board of Directors. Carlito then makes his way out to the ring and is glad that the GM will be no more, and that he’ll be able to have all the fun. Apparently, that’s cool. Long will still be the GM, as everything he’s done was for the greater good and for the SD! fans. The crowd cheers their “Teddy! Teddy!” chants, and the GM takes a bite of Carlito’s apple and tells him to show up for work early and that he has something in store for Cool. He steals CCC’s line and exits.

Up next is the main event featuring Cena and Big Show versus JBL and Orlando.

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Triple H Braveheart promo for WrestleMania.

Both teams enter for the main event, which is next.

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John Cena & The Big Show vs. John Bradshaw Layfield & Orlando Jordan

We are joined in progress as the Big Show chops OJ and biels him across the ring followed by an open hand chop in the opposite corner. Show gets a headbutt and another chop in the adjacent corner then chokes Jordan on the middle rope. Irish whip and Show wants JBL to tag in, but he won’t. Show clubs Orlando down and tries to make a tag happen, but it doesn’t so he tags in Cena. Orlando stops him with a knee to the gut and punches him down, but Cena gets a headbutt and a pair of clotheslines before an Irish whip and a back elbow, but JBL jumps off the apron when Cena comes toward him. Irish whip and JBL trips Cena allowing Orlando to get a dropkick on the US Champ. Outside Cena gets whipped into the steps by JBL, but Show chases him off while OJ beats Cena down on the outside. JBL is now in the ring with Cena as he pounds him down in the corner, but Cena gets a fist to the injured ribs before Jordan gets tagged back in. The Chief of Staff chokes Cena on the middle rope and levels him with a clothesline for a 2 count. Back to the corner and JBL chokes Cena with the tag rope. Cena comes back with some punches, but angers the Champ who comes in and double teams Cena, but Show comes in and cleans house, then gets a butt splash on the Champ and Jordan before a huge flying shoulder block on OJ. JBL is out of the ring, and Cena gets the FU on Jordan, then pins him with the 5 Knuckle Shuffle.

John Cena & The Big Show def. John Bradshaw Layfield & Orlando Jordan – 6:00

The victors celebrate as the show goes off the air.