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SmackDown!: October 19, 2040

We open with Ozzy Mandias entering the ring to give us all a piece of his mind. He finds it funny how Michael Hotbody was able to secure a restraining order so quickly and so legitimate but is taking his sweet time in producing it for validation. Ozzy calls Hotbody an embarrassment to the Cruiserweight Title. Quite frankly, Michael Hotbody is an embarrassment to wrestling period. Ozzy doesn't know how but he is going to find a way to get that fatal four-way match back on the PPV. That Cruiserweight Title has been around the waist of that coward for far too long and Ozzy doesn't care who he's got to go through to take it for himself!

Cue Jordan Demiras who comes out and joins Ozzy in the ring. Jordan asks for a bit of forgiveness but the fact of the matter is no one else has more of a claim to the Cruiserweight Title and the right to kick the ever-loving piss out of Michael Hotbody. Michael Hotbody stole that championship from Demiras and decided it would be funny to smash his head in with steel cage door. That's something Demiras is NEVER going to forget and the mere fact that there people walking around here thinking they have more of a right than Demiras is offensive.

Ozzy simply takes this in stride and suggests that Jordan is welcome to do something about it if he has a problem with Ozzy thinking he's the best. From the looks of things, neither one of them has anything better to do tonight so why not settle things like men? Demiras seems like he's down with that idea and that shit is on!

Opening Match: Ozzy Mandias vs. Jordan Demiras
We love our hot cruiserweight openers over here. Ozzy needs some more credibility so this is for his benefit. Unfortunately as awesome as things are with this match, Michael Hotbody decides to ruin things by coming down surrounded by cops and accusing Ozzy and Jordan of violating the restraining order. He claims they knew Hotbody was going to be here but they didn't care and decided to have a match anyway within his vicinity. He demands they be arrested right now! Sure enough the match comes to a halt as the cops surround the two competitors and slap the cuffs on them. They're dragged away as Hotbody taunts them. ****1/2, 93% overall.

Second Match: Moses McKay vs. Simon Bennett
McKay gets on the mic and reiterates his position that the Royal Effect are the biggest thing going in the tag team division and all of the hoopla surrounding Bennett and Hail is insulting. He's surprised that Paul Andrews had the guts to go forward with tonight's challenge because he should be smarter than that. Andrews is leading his two little lambs to the slaughter at No Mercy and he dares whoever Andrews picked to come down and tell him different. It'll be one-on-one so there should be no excuses. Simon Bennett answers the call without Hail or Andrews at his side. Bennett carries things as the veteran making McKay look good. McKay is, of course, full of shit as King Kavovit decides to run down when it looks like McKay is in trouble and attacks Bennett for the DQ. It's another two-on-one from the Royal Effect for a good while. Finally, Adam Hail makes himself known but a little too late as the Royal Effect decide to bail, their point made. Hail glares at the two as they depart. ****1/2, 93% overall.

Third Match: The Future Foundation vs. The Love Connection
How about some solid tag team action to break things up? I need to get the Foundation back on track. I feel like I threw them to the wolves after the whole Bennett and Hail thing. Anyways, Vivian Merrick thinks the same thing as she decides to interject on her boys' behalf, distracting Coleman. He falls victim to the Check Out Time from Hilton for the pin. Aphrodite decides to get involved as well and tackles Vivian leading to a 3-on-3 brawl. I really need to get Vivian in the ring more. ****1/2, 93% overall.

Fourth Match: Dusk vs. Frankie
The matches keep rolling on as we've got to put the newbie over. Dusk and Sorrow make their creepy entrance and Dusk demands that everyone bask in the darkness because it's going to be around for a long time. So this is all for Dusk's benefit as I hope to eventually make her a top woman in the division to replace some of the older members of the roster and to make up for a good chunk of them moving to the tag division. Another good outing from the rookie and she finishes Frankie clean with the Final Sunset for the pin. ****1/2, 87% overall.

More In-Ring Super Special Talky Time, this time with Ryan Pattillo. Now he can't speak for everyone else but from what he witnessed on Raw, Ryan Pattillo was on track to becoming the new Intercontinental Champion. This year of near misses and close calls can't go on. Well, at the very least the people responsible for those near misses and close calls need to be punished. Quinten McDaniels is such a person and it's high time he starts facing some consequences for getting too big for his britches. Pattillo's business is his own business so he's going to tell McDaniels the same thing he told Seth Von Kamp: there should be something to show for all of his headaches and trouble so McDaniels should get his ass out here right now and face the music.

Sure enough, Quinten McDaniels decides to make himself known. McDaniels claims that he doesn't owe Pattillo anything. McDaniels isn't responsible for anyone else's shortcomings so Ryan Pattillo should look in the mirror and piss off. McDaniels has bigger fish to fry because he's got Seth Von Kamp and the Intercontinental Title in his sights and he doesn't have time for Pattillo's belly-aching. McDaniels has come closer to gold this entire year than Pattillo has and ever will again. Pattillo is nothing without his little band of merry idiots surrounding him so it doesn't matter what Pattillo thinks.

Pattillo fires back that McDaniels is something else if he's going to make a statement like that. McDaniels is the odd man out if we're talking about factions. Here he stands alone still not a world champion unlike Noah Carmichael and Butch Fleming, and that's why he's reduced to blowing smoke up everyone's ass and desperate moves like on Raw. But the bottom line is this: Pattillo came out here to get a pound of flesh and that's what he's going to do. So with that, Pattillo drops the mic and makes a bee line for McDaniels. McDaniels is all about that and runs down the ramp to meet up with Pattillo and we've got ourselves a brawl! Officials try to break things up as they head through the crowd and we go to break!

Fifth Match: The Perfections vs. WWE Women's Champion Naomi Bailey and Eclypse
We get a clip from earlier in the day with Eclypse basically holding this match hostage as Naomi wants to team up. Eclypse tells her that she won't have anything further to do with Naomi unless she gets a title match against her. Naomi reluctantly agrees but she expects Eclypse to be on the same page otherwise it's no dice. Nathan Quinn declares that the clock is ticking down on the reign of Faith Connors and Jenna Kyle. They wrote one hell of a first chapter in the book of the Women's Tag Team Titles but the time to turn the page is getting closer. There will be new champions come No Mercy and it will be the beginning of a new era. He has the team. He has the players. He has the strategy. One final piece of the puzzle just needs to be put in place and you all will be looking at a much better picture with NEW Women's Tag Team Champions. So Naomi and Eclypse do their best to co-exist but Eclypse keeps giving the side eye. Things break down at the end as Leah drop kicks Naomi to the outside, leaving Eclypse and Bonnie as the legal women. Naomi and Leah brawl outside for a bit until Naomi shoves her into the ringpost. Eclypse sets up Bonnie for the Fade to Black but Naomi pulls Eclypse to the outside and throws her into the ring steps! WTF is Naomi doing? Naomi stands over Eclypse with a glare as the ref calls for the bell as Eclypse gets counted out. It looks like it's time for Eclypse to get murdered to cement her 100% as a face. Naomi pounds the shit out of Eclypse as she's down and proceeds to deliver an epic beat down. She hits the Bail Out on Eclypse on the outside and then goes to collect her belt. She pulls Eclypse's head up by the hair, shows her the belt, and demands to know if that is what she wants. Eventually Naomi leaves as Eclypse remains down and out. What now? ****1/2, 92% overall.

Backstage, Martyn LaSalle is being asked about what happened to Ozzy Mandias and Jordan Demiras earlier in the night. LaSalle thinks that it's cute that either one of them think they're entitled to the Cruiserweight Title. The reality is that Michael Hotbody fears LaSalle the most because he knows that his whole world can come crumbling down with the snap of his arm. It's telling that Hotbody had to go and get his stupid lawyers when he had to face LaSalle for SummerSlam. Hotbody even resorted to using that double-crossing tramp Luscious. Almost on cue, Luscious makes her way into the interview and asks that Martyn LaSalle don't hold grudges because it's not healthy. She got over it so he shouldn't have any more baggage regarding the two of them. Things just weren't clicking between them and there's no sense in being mad about that. LaSalle agrees that a bitch like her isn't worth the time of day. She's as real and trustworthy as that restraining order her stupid boyfriend is waving around. Luscious gets furious at this but dares LaSalle to try testing that theory. She proceeds to slap the taste out of his mouth. LaSalle recovers and starts to advance on Luscious as she backs down a hallway. Eventually LaSalle comes face-to-face with Hotbody and his group of cops. Hotbody demands LaSalle also gets arrested for violating his personal space and threatening Luscious! The cops swarm LaSalle and slap the cuffs on him and take him away. LaSalle yells more threats at Hotbody and Luscious as he's dragged off but it's all for nothing as it looks like he's joining Ozzy Mandias and Jordan Demiras.

Sixth Match: Wrakk vs. Ethan Lang
Well that was a whole lot of drama. Let's calm things down here with a solid match meant to get Wrakk over. Speaking of people getting thrown to the wolves, this is quite a set up I'm giving Lang. The poor guy hasn't even been here a month. Wrakk gets the duke after hitting the Demon Cross. Afterwards the lights dim and Haven's laugh comes over the arena. Wrakk is less than amused. ****1/4, 83% overall.

Backstage, Jason Sorola want to dish some more about what's been going on with him. Nobody should be shocked at what he's been doing and the attitude he's carrying. HE was the breakout star of the Hunters. Not Ryan Pattillo, certainly not Michael Haywood. Is it asking too much to get the proper amount of respect? He expects people to recognize who he is and they had better look long and hard at Shawn Dangerson in case they want to get any dumb ideas. It's all about HIM and no one can tell him any different. Sorola looks to rant some more but he pauses as something catches his attention. WTF? It's Gavin Jones! The former stablemates exchange a couple of angry glares. Gavin merely shakes his head and takes his leave. What was that about?

Elsewhere backstage Luscious looks like she's heading out for the night, pleased with herself, until she runs into Eddy Clash. She freaks out a bit as she's by herself. Eddy says that it's a shame that there doesn't seem to be any restraining order against him or any order protecting Zed Jones. Eddy tells Luscious that the look on her face is exactly the message she's going to deliver to Zed. Eddy appreciates the welcome she and her buddies gave him to the WWE. It's high time that he made himself at home. He'll see Zed at No Mercy. And with that Eddy goes on his merry way leaving Luscious shaken.

MAIN EVENT: Salvatore Scabbia and Ronnie Costello vs. The Dillingers
Brooke gets on the mic and asks the crowd if they can feel it. That feeling in the air is the pressure that's ready to explode. It's the pressure that Salvatore Scabbia has been under these last few weeks. The pressure of having to put up with roadblock after roadblock, nonsense after nonsense, all just because he wants to claim what is rightfully his! When that pressure explodes it can be ugly. It can be disastrous. But diamonds are born from pressure. No Mercy will be Scabbia's shining moment and all of Noah Carmichael's pride, all of his stubborness, and all of his stupidity will be the end of him and he won't have anyone to blame but himself. Well, that's not entirely true. There should be some credit handed out...to the next Unified World Champion, Salvatore Scabbia! So this is a tight way to close out the show. Oddly, Justin Mitchell and Randy Ellis aren't out here with Brooke but her boys are capable of handling things here. Things come down to Scabbia tagging himself in unbeknownst to Joey Dillinger and his own partner. Joey sets Ronnie up for the Dillinger Escape Plan but Scabbia shoves him off the top and goes for the kill, locking in the Omerta for the submission. Scabbia continues his strong streak as we're a little more than a week away from No Mercy! ****1/2, 93% overall.

Overall show rating: 88%