Report by Brian TuckerMark Jindrak vs Rob Van Dam
Rene Dupree proceeds to trade insults with Michael Cole Dupree calls Jindrak the reflection of rejection Apparently, Teddy Long has decided to part wayswith Mark Jindrak. RVD makes his way to the ring to a huge pop from theCanadian audience. Jindrak quickly capitalizes and takes out Van Damwith a hard right. RVD falls to the outside after a clubbing blow.Jindrak beats RVD on the outside for a while. Back in the ring, Jindrakhits a suplex, RVD leaps to the top rope but Jindrak hits a dropkick,sending Van Dam crashing to the barricade. Mark rolls RVD back in andgets a two count. Jindrak follows up with a back body drop for anothertwo count. Jindrak continues to mount offense and holds RVD in a rearchoke hold and a knee to the back. Jindrak gets RVD in a modified camelclutch hold, then hits an elbow to the back for another two count.Jindrak goes back to the ground hold headlock but RVD elbows out,Jindrak forces Van Dam back into submission with a club to the back.RVD nails Jindrak with a kick to the face from the corner! Van Damfires up with loaded rights and a thrust kick from the middle turnbuckle.
Van Dam whips Jindrak to the corner and hits a monkey flip following upwith a spinning heel kick. Van Dam signals for rolling thunder causingthe audience to chant “RVD, RVD, RVD!” Jindrak gets theknees up and blocks it. RVD gets taken to the top where the two jockeyfor position. Jindrak fails to hit the back suplex and RVD elbows himoff. Van Dam executes a split legged moonsault for the victory!
Rob Van Dam def. Mark Jindrak
Last week, JBLretained his title against little Spike Dudley. In an interview withJosh Matthews, JBL promises that he will become the greatest WWEChampion because he has class and appreciates his Canadian neighbors tothe north. In true political fashion, JBL tries to get the fans on hisside with pro Canadian comments. He detests the idea of defending hischampionship in a barbaric cage match but will do what has to be done.Says he will wrestle a champion tonight, namely El Gran Luchadore, thechampion of Mexico. JBL tells El Gran that he will personally pay allof his medical expenses after their match tonight.
Bubba Ray and D-von Dudley vs Paul London and Billy Kidman • WWE Tag Team Championship Match
A recap of Velocity was aired after The Dudleyz came to ringside.London and Kidman ran in and quickly got things under way. London wasknocked to the outside while Bubba held Kidman in their low blowposition. Kidman countered out with London dotting the exclamation markwith a dropsault from the top rope for a two count! Paul London andD-von became the legal men in this melee. London gets a brief two countand executes a few rights on D-von. Bubba holds the ropes down causingLondon to crash to the outside from the rebound. Bubba proceeds to beatLondon down on the outside. D-von takes control and sends some rightshots in the corner. D-von hits a snapmare followed up with a CurtHennig neck snap for a two count. D-von tags in Bubba who immediatelystarts his assault on London with right hand shots, a whip to the mat,and a boot to the back. Bubba slams London’s knee into the matand started psyching him out. Bubba tags D-von back in and the twodouble team him. D-von works on London’s left leg. Dudley letsLondon get up and charges in with a diving clothesline. Billy Kidmanruns in to interrupt the pin. Bubba drops an elbow on London who rolledto the outside. D-von resumes control putting torque on the neck ofLondon, he tags Bubba back in. Bubba drops another elbow for a twocount. The Dudleyz continued in and out strategy as D-von gets back inthe mix. D-von body slams London and goes up top for a head butt.London rolls out of the way giving a hot tag to Kidman! Bubba getstagged in as well but Kidman cleans house on the two. Kidman hits adropkick on Bubba for a two count, D-von saves the match. London comesback and knocks D-von to the outside. Bubba gets into a fist fight withPaul London and gets the upper hand. D-von goes up top for wazzup,London shoves D-von off the ropes! Kidman counters out and sets Bubbaup for their own wazzup, London hits the head butt! Kidman keeps D-vonat bay while London hits a superkick on Bubba. Kidman lands theshooting star press on Bubba to pick up the victory!!
Paul London and Billy Kidman def. Bubba Ray and D-von Dudley to become the new WWE Tag Team Champions
Everyone in the back greets Kidman and London with a hero’swelcome. Bubba and D-von show up and extend their hand incongratulations. The young duo appears hesitant but shakes their handsanyway. Kenzo Suzuki prepares for his interview with JoshMatthews. Kenzo asks Hiroko to translate for him. Kenzo says John Cenahad dishonored him last week by making those comments. He goes on tosay that he’s misunderstood and has great appreciation forAmerica for it is truly the land of the free and the home of the brave.Unfortunately the Canadian fans don’t share the sameviews… Kenzo interrupts Hiroko and says he wants to say ithimself. He smiles to the camera and says, “God BlessAmerica.” John Cena comes out to a huge ovation and doesa short rap on Booker T. Kenzo Suzuki comes out and charges after Cena.Cena takes offense in the whole situation ending in a clothesline toSuzuki over the top ropes. Luther Reigns comes out and gives Cena akidney punch. Reigns hits Cena with his inverted twist of fate maneuverand stands over him victorious.
John Bradshaw Layfield vs El Gran Luchadore (Shoichi Funaki) • Non Title Match
JBL comes out and shakes everyone’s hands. After El Gram’sentrance, JBL whips out the hand sanitizer and the audience starts toboo. El Gran keeps rolling away from JBL getting him frustrated. JBLcatches El Gran and clubs him down. El Gran avoids an over head drop byrolling off JBL. JBL continues to manhandle El Gran. JBL whips El Granto the ropes for a boot but misses. El Gran knocks JBL to the secondropes and gets a moonsault for a two count! JBL gets mad and beats ElGran on the outside, slamming him into the announce table. JBLcontinues the beat down in the ring landing a nice delayed suplex. JBLhangs El Gran in the corner and stretches his neck from the outside.JBL lands a top rope back body drop then boots El Gran to the outside!A masked man dressed as El Gran comes from behind and dumps JBL out ofthe ring and plants a banana peel in the ring. JBL is confused and sois the referee, JBL gets back in and argues with the ref. El Gran #2rolls El Gran #1 under the ring and takes his place. JBL drags him backin the ring for a two count. The amazing El Gran #2 has lots of energy!El Gran lands a head scissors on JBL and the three amigos. JBL rollsout and now realizes it’s really Eddie Guerrero! El Gran #2 sayshe’s a good friend of Latino Heat and next week hopes to see himhit the biggest frog splash off the top of the cage to win his beltback!
Match ended in a No Contest after Eddie Guerrero interfered and JBL crawled away.
Josh Matthews interviews Booker T. Booker say’s it’s ashame because Cena will use the excuse of Luther beating him up as thereason for him losing the title tonight.
RAW Rebound
Acting General Manager Eugene started Raw off with a game of musicalchairs. Whoever won would get a shot at a WWE title. Chris Jerichoended up eliminating Tyson Tomko at the end to earn a shot at RandyOrton’s Intercontinental Championship! Later that night, Ortonretained his title with help from Batista and the foot on the ropes. Inthe main event, Chris Benoit looked to have it wrapped up but Eugenecomes from behind and hits Benoit with a chair. Big Eugene sucks chantsfill the arena as Raw came to a close. Theteam of Scotty, Rey, and Spike Dudley spoke in the back. Scottysay’s he’ll have Rey’s Cruiserweight title soon. Reysays, “not tonight.” Bubba and D-von come and asked tospeak with Spike alone. Bubba says tonight wasn’t a good nightfor them but it can be for Spike. He says if Spike accepted their helpagainst JBL, he could have been WWE Champion tonight. Spike says hedidn’t need their advice as champions and doesn’t need itmore so now that they’re not anymore.
Rey Mysterio, Scotty 2 Hotty, and Spike Dudley vs Chavo Guerrero Jr., Akio, and Jamie Noble
Rey and Akio start off. Rey comes off the ropes and locks Akio up in anoctopus stretch. Jamie Noble interferes and undoes the hold. Akio tagsin Chavo. Chavo boots Rey in the corner and applies a half nelsonstretch hold. Chavo comes off the ropes with a shoulder block and tagsin Noble. Noble nails some short arm clotheslines and tags Chavo backin. Rey fights off all the men in the corner and springboards off ofChavo landing an arm drag. Chavo isn’t shaken and clotheslinesRey. All hell breaks loose as Rey DDTs Noble and dodged an attack fromChavo to make a hot tag to Scotty. All the cruisers are in the ring,Scotty backdrops Akio, Noble hits Scotty with a forearm. Spike gets ablind tag and hit a double stomp off the top on Noble, then aharricanrana on Chavo. Spike hits the Dudley dog on Noble, but Chavobreaks up the cover. Chavo hit Spike with an A-train trainwreck. Scottyrebounds off the ropes with the bulldog to Chavo followed up withW-O-R-M! Akio hit Scotty with a modified enziguri, then used Chavo topropel himself over the ropes into a dive on Scotty. Chavo dodged a619, but Rey used a body scissor on the ropes to send him to the floor.Rey hit a top rope Asai moonsault on Chavo and Akio on the floor!Ultimo Dragon would be proud. Spike went for a Dudley dog on Noble, butNoble blocked it and hit a neck breaker. Jamie quickly recovers andexecutes an awesome tiger driver for the win!
Chavo Guerrero Jr., Akio, and Jamie Noble def. Rey Mysterio, Scotty 2 Hotty, and Spike Dudley
Paul Heyman comes to the ring with a letter in hand and an urn. Hereads aloud and says he’s made lots of mistakes in his life butthis one is the biggest. He turns and blames the Dudleyz for all thehappened saying they miscomprehended his motivation. He asks Undertakerto let this one slide.
Booker T vs. John Cena for the US title
With Cena distracted Booker gets the early advantage. Booker gets beatdown in the corner. Cena tries to come back but Booker hits a superkick for 2. Booker locks in an arm bar. Booker breaks the hold andnails a side kick. Booker nails chops in the corner then some bodyblows to the gut. Booker sends Cena to the ropes but Cena counters witha clothesline then hits a side slam for 2. Cena then hits a falling hiptoss for 2. Cena nails a 5 knuckle shuffle but only gets a 2. Cenatries an FU but Booker counters, Booker goes for the ax kick but Cenacounters. Booker then dumps Cena over the top rope. Angle gets up fromhis wheel chair Angle busts his cane over the back of Cena.
Back on SD Booker nails his knee dropfor 2. Booker then locks in a sleeper. Cena escapes but Booker hits amassive spinebuster. Booker hits a big side kick for 2. Booker goesback to the sleeper. Again Cena escapes but is caught by a big bootfrom Booker that got him a 2. Booker goes back to the sleeper. Cenagets free and gets a sunset flip on Booker for 2. Booker then comesback with a clothesline on Cena. Booker misses with an ax kick and Cenahits a surprise DDT for barley a 2. Booker is back up and hits a suplexon Cena for 2. Booker hits some mounted punches on Cena. Cena hits across body on Booker for 2 then a small package for 2. Cenaclotheslines Booker over the top and Cena goes over as well. Cenatosses Booker over by Angle. Cena tries a clothesline but hits Angle.Cena then grabs the cane and hits Luther. Booker brings Cena back intothe ring. Booker tires an ax kick but Cena hits an FU. Luther Reignsgets in thee ring and ends the match.
Winner via DQ: John Cena
Post match: Luther nails a power slam on Cena. Luther grabs the UStitle and goes over toward Angle. Angle then says he already warnedCena once and by his own authority he has officially stripped Cena ofthe title. Angle and Luther leave with the US title to end the show.
