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AUGUST 13, 2004 - SMACKDOWN!
SmackDown! kicks off with a number-one contender match for the Cruiserweight Title. The winner faces off against Rey Mysterio next week! Carlito and Nunzio put on a solid match that the crowd has trouble getting into because they're both heels and apparently the virtual fans in EWR are all marks. Carlito blows a legdrop attempt, and Nunzio capitalizes with the Sicilian Crap for the win.
Chavo Guerrero is walking backstage when he's approached by Aaron Stevens. Stevens tells him that he was supposed to be teaming with his mentor The Hurricane against the Playas' Club tonight, but Hurricane just went down with an injury. "Yeah, that seems to be happening a lot lately." Stevens swears that he's not cursed, even though he's now the last Superfriend standing. PLEASE come out and be my partner tonight. Chavo thinks about it for a second, then agrees. That match is next!
And it's underwhelming. When Nowinski is in the ring, he and the babyfaces put on an exciting match, but once Henry comes down, it slows way down. Eventually, he manages to land a big splash on Chavo to give his team the win.
SmackDown! General Manager Steve Austin appears on the TitanTron to make an official announcement for Summerslam. Paul London and Billy Kidman have been tearing it up lately, and he wants to give them a shot on the big stage, so at Summerslam, they'll be going one-on-one!
Former World Tag Team Champions the Dudley Boyz are out next for a tag match against Dave Batista and John Layfield. The match is pretty much a straight-up brawl, which plays into all four men's hands perfectly. Eventually, Layfield eats the 3-D, and the Dudleyz get the win. After the match, he and Bats argue over whose fault the loss was.
Christian comes to the ring for the big six-man cruiserweight tag match later tonight, but first he wants to issue a challenge. He and Rico have torn the house down so many times lately that he wants to do it one more time at Summerslam, the second-grandest stage of them all! And he's going to avenge his Vengeance loss, 'cause that's how he rolls!
And now it's time for Christian, Tajiri, and Billy Kidman to take on Rico, Paul London, and the Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio! London and Tajiri shine in this match, taking most of the high spots. Eventually, though, Tajiri also takes the fall, courtesy of the West Coast Pop.
After the match, Tajiri (in broken English) challenges Rey for one last match at Summerslam. Hopefully, he can get by Nunzio next week, because he wants to take back the Cruiserweight Title!
And now for the start of our triple main event! First up, it's WWE Champion Matt Hardy Version 2.0 taking on Eddie Guerrero. These two put on an incredible match. It ends when Brock Lesnar blindsides Eddie with a chair, allowing the champ to roll him up. Afterwards, Brock returns the favor for Eddie's triple-finisher attack last week by blasting him with a trio of F-5s! Medics cart Eddie off as Brock stands tall.
It's a WrestleMania rematch as Lesnar takes on the man who pulled off the upset by unseating him as WWE Champion, John Cena! We get another fantastic match out of these two. There is a ref bump. Lesnar hits Cena with an F-5, but a valiant Eddie Guerrero manages to catch him with a frogsplash while he's down, allowing Cena to get the win. Eddie pulls the same finish that Brock did to him last week with the repeated chairshots and the drop toehold on the chair. Holy shit, is this feud hot or what?
And in our main event, it's The Rock taking on one of his Summerslam opponents, Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy! A third tremendous main event in a row, but this one gets a clean finish (thanks to GM Austin's rule about no non-match contact) with Rock putting him away with the Rock Bottom to send the fans home happy.
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