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NOVEMBER 26, 2004 - SMACKDOWN!

It's the last SmackDown! of November, and tonight promises to be the latest in a string of noteworthy shows. Eric Bischoff announces a huge match for Starrcade, new World Tag Team Champions are crowned, and the tournament for the vacant Intercontinental Title begins!

We kick things off with a first-round match pitting the exciting Brian Kendrick against former champion "Nature Boy" Dave Batista, the winner will advance to the quarterfinals in two weeks! Batista clearly has his fire back, and he wants the Intercontinental Title back as well. Kendrick puts up a good fight, but Batista's power is just too great, and he puts Kendrick away with a Figure-Four Leglock.

BJ Whitmer is out next for his first-round match, but he clearly got a raw deal as his opponent is a fired-up John Cena! As soon as the bell rings, Cena blasts BJ with a spear, then lands an F-U for the win! As Cena celebrates, Christian appears out of nowhere with a steel chair! Christian hits a big chair shot and walks off, leaving Cena bloodied. These two look like their burgeoning feud is going to be huge!

WWE Chairman Eric Bischoff is backstage in his office and announces that, by virtue of Rey Mysterio pinning United States Champion Chris Benoit last week in their tag match, Rey has earned a shot against Benoit at Starrcade!

Two of the most exciting young cruiserweights on SmackDown! are in action next in a first-round IC Title tournament match as John Morrison takes on Carlito! It's a very entertaining contest with both men getting in their spots. Eventually, Carlito's experience edge payss off as he reverses a submission hold into his trademark reverse figure-four for the win! Carlito advances to the quarterfinals!

Rico takes on Test in tonight's final IC tourney match. This is probably the worst of the four we've seen tonight, but there were still a couple of good nearfalls. Rico picks up the win with a spinning kick, but gets jumped after the bell by Chris Kanyon who hits I'm Betta Than You to leave his rival laying!

WWE Champion The Rock appears on the TitanTron and he cuts a promo on his upcoming defense against the Japanese buzzsaw Tajiri. He talks about how of all the challengers he's faced over the years, he never thought he'd be at this point, talking about Tajiri as the #1 contender. But it just goes to show that, given the right opportunity, if you have the right set of skills, you can climb the mountain. Tajiri's always had all the skill in the world, and now he's found his opportunity. But The Rock's got an opportunity at Starrcade, too. He's got an opportunity to get back at Tajiri for jumping him a couple of weeks ago, and he's got an opportunity to once again enter the new year as the People's Champion and still the WWE Champion! If ya smellllllll what The Rock is cookin'!

A pair of #1 contenders go head-to-head next as United States Title contender Rey Mysterio takes on Cruiserweight Title contender Matt Hardy Version 2.0! The crowd gets really into this high-flying encounter, and both men come out of it looking like a million bucks, but Rey eventually picks up the big win with the West Coast Pop!

Last week on SmackDown!, Eric Bischoff announced that Jeff Hardy had been stripped of both the Intercontinental and World Tag Team Titles. Earlier tonight, four of the eight quarterfinal slots in the IC Title tounrament were filled. And now we're going to determine new tag champions in a triple-threat match made up entirely of former champions! It's the Dudley Boyz versus Los Guerreros versus the Metro Connection! The Dudleyz take turns working over Kanyon in the early-going until Kanyon can tag in his partner Billy Gunn. From there, the tags come quickly and often between all three teams, and during one of the more chaotic moments Eddie Guerrero plants Billy Gunn with a tiger suplex to set up the frogsplash and Los Guerreros are your new champions!

Unfortunately, as Eddie is celebrating his big win, Chris Jericho hits the ring! These two will collide at Starrcade, and Jericho takes the opportunity to weaken his rival with the Walls of Jericho!

Earlier tonight, the top contenders for the US and Cruiserweight Titles went one-on-one, and now it's the champs' turns as Chris Benoit takes on Paul London! London gets off to a hot start with a back suplex (shades of his trainer, Shawn Michaels), then a big legdrop for two. Benoit fights back with punches, a back suplex of his own, a thrust kick, and a horrifying Tiger Driver 91 that nearly crushes London's neck! London somehow kicks out, but Benoit stays on the offensive with a butterfly suplex. He goes up top for his trademark headbutt, but London snaps off a super Frankensteiner for two! London continues to use the top rope to his advantage with a big DDT for two more. Dropkick to the knee and a spinning kick keeps London rolling, but when he attempts for an arm wringer, Benoit uses his technical expertise to escape, then land a dropkick and a brainbuster. Out of nowhere, Matt Hardy Version 2.0 hits the ring. Benoit distracts the official allowing Hardy to take out London with a chair. Benoit clamps on the Crippler Crossface on an unconscious London, and the ref calls for the bell! Hardy joins Benoit in a beat-down on London until Rey Mysterio hits the ring to drive them off.

And now for a tag-team main event. On one side, the #1 contenders for the World and WWE Titles, Brock Lesnar and Tajiri. On the other, World Champion Rhyno and The Hurricane! It's actually a very good match that gets all four guys good exposure. Lesnar blasts Hurricane with a tiger bomb, then puts him away with the F-5 for the win. After the match, Rock takes out Tajiri with a chairshot, and the People's Champ stands tall as SmackDown! goes off the air.

Next week, four more SmackDown! Superstars will join John Cena, Rico, Carlito, and Dave Batista in the quarterfinals of the Intercontinental Title tournament, we'll finally hear from Rico about the accusations levied against him by Chris Kanyon, plus the build-up to Starrcade continues!
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