I attended tonight’s double taping of WWE Smackdown from the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Here are some highlights:
-Victoria announced to the crowd that she had wrestled her last match. In an emotional speech she thanked the crowd and hugged JR and Tazz. It was likely a “dark” segment, but if it were to air it’d be on this Friday’s episode.
-Another freak “accident” happened to Jeff Hardy. The final segment of this week’s Smackdown will be the Cutting Edge with Hardy as the special guest. As Jeff makes his entrance his pyro goes off – but then fireworks start shooting him in the face. Medics and referees rush out, and at first a good portion of the crowd believed it as legit accident – until they showed plenty of replays and it closed the first taping.
-Edge opens the 2nd taping claiming it was an accident and he had nothing to do with it, Matt Hardy chases him into the crowd leading to a Matt Hardy vs. Edge match for later in the night.
-MVP WINS! MVP WINS! The opening segment of this week’s Smackdown has Vickie Guerrero stack the deck against Triple H. Originally she states it’ll be Triple H vs. Big Show in another “Last Man Standing” match where if Triple H loses, he’s out of the rumble. After Vickie’s “Nude Pics” surface, Vickie changes it to MVP vs. Big Show, last man standing and if MVP loses, Hunter is out of the Rumble, and Hunter is barred from ringside.
-During the match, MVP lures Big Show up the ramp, where Triple H nails him with a Sledgehammer, knocking him out. MVP rises to his feet and WINS.
-Backstage,Vickie claims Triple H is out because she barred him from ringside – but HHH points out that he wasn’t at ringside, he was on the stage. So Vickie one ups him by booking him in a matchs to a with Vladimir Kozlov match for next week’s Smackdown, where if Triple H loses, he’s the #1 entrant in the Royal Rumble.
Come match time, Vickie changes it to a handicap match. Big Show/Kozlov vs. Triple H – Hunter loses, making him the first entrant in the 2009 Royal Rumble.
Here are the match results for this and next Friday’s shows:
Taping #1
-King Fu Naki def. Ryan Braddock (dark match)
-Matt Hardy/Finlay def. Jack Swagger/Mark Henry (Hardy pinned Swagger)
-R-Truth def. Brian Kendrick
-MVP def. Big Show (last man standing)
-Michelle McCool def. Victoria (her last match)
Taping #2
-Undertaker def. Shelton Benjamin
-The Great Khali def. Chavo Guerrero
-Michelle McCool/Natalya vs. Bella Twins (No Contest – Maria interference)
-Edge def. Matt Hardy (Swagger/Henry interference in No DQ match)
-The Miz/Morrison def. Carlito/Primo (Champion vs. Champion, non-title)
-Vladimir Kozlov/Big Show def. Triple H
Saturday, March 20
Live Events
!Bang!
Television Taping
Ocala, FL – 7:00 pm
CHIKARA
“Wit, Verve, and a Bit o’ Nerve”
Palmer Community Center
Easton, PA – 6:30 pm
Matches include Eddie Kingston vs. Pink Ant and Los Ice Creams vs. Daisee Haze/Sara Del Rey
Florida Championship Wrestling
Orlando Armory
Orlando, FL – 7:30 pm
Jersey All Pro Wrestling
“Wild Card”
Rahway Rec Center
Rahway, NJ – 8:00 pm
Matches include Samoa Joe vs. Kazuchika Okada, Teddy Hart/Jack Evans vs. Generation Me, and Dan Maff, the Heavy Hitters, Sara del Rey, Devon Moore, and Bandido Jr. will all defend their titles against Wild Card opponents
NWA Anarchy
Television Taping
NWA TV Arena
Cornelia, GA
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Davis Arena
Louisville, KY – 7:30
This event is a fundraiser for the Sertoma Foundation.
Ring of Honor
International Centre
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada – 7:30 pm
Matches include Kenny Omega vs. Davey Richards, Chris Hero vs. El Generico, and Colt Cabana vs. Steve Corino
World League Wrestling
North County Middle School
Deslodge, MO – 7:00 pm
WWE Raw
Tucson Convention Center
Tucson, AZ – 7:30 pm
WWE Smackdown
Visalia Convention Center
Visalia, CA – 7:30 pm
Television Broadcasts
AAA Lucha Libre
Television Broadcast on Galavision – 4:30 pm eastern
NWA Anarchy
Television Broadcast on AMG-TV Network – 7:30 pm eastern
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Television Broadcast – WOBZ-TV9 – 9:00 pm
Television Broadcast – WKYT-TV – 11:00 pm
Sunday, March 21
Live Events
CHIKARA
“Testimony of Evil”
Knights of Columbus Hall
Fairfield, CT – 3:30 pm
Matches include Team Frightening vs. Bruderschaft and Eddie Kingston vs. Lince Dorado
CMLL Lucha Libre
Television Taping
Arena Coliseo
Mexico City, Mexico – 5:00 pm
Matches include Mistico/ Hector Garza/ Blue Panther vs. Taichi/ Mr. Niebla/ Negro Casas and Toscano/ Hijo del Fantasma/ Valiente vs. Euforia/ Vangellys/ Okumura
TNA
Destination X
Impact Zone
Orlando, FL
Matches include Beer Money vs. Morgan/Hernandez and an Ultimate X match
Television Broadcasts
Florida Championship Wrestling
Television Broadcast on Bright House Sports Network – 6:00 pm
TNA Destination X
Live Pay-Per-View broadcast at 8:00 pm
Matches include Beer Money vs. Morgan/Hernandez and an Ultimate X match
WWE AM Raw
Television Broadcast on USA Network – 2:00 AM
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Monday Night Wars - what are you watching this week?
- RAW (44%, 136 Votes)
- TNA (33%, 102 Votes)
- Recording and watching all (9%, 28 Votes)
- Flipping around (8%, 26 Votes)
- None (3%, 9 Votes)
- ROH (2%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 308
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Swagger, Henry and Edge all needed to beat Matt? Not that I’m complaining…
Will miss Victoria; always liked her.
I’m thinking with Swagger and Mizzark, there maybe 3 way at the Rumble for the ECW Title.
Plus only 4 matches for this week?
They just might put Victoria’s speech in there to fill time.
I hope Victoria’s moment makes the tv broadcast.