SmackDown!: August 10, 2040
Opening Match: The British Infection vs. Galino & Farnes
This was set up on Superstars due to an altercation between Fantasee and Luscious. With names like those, what else could they become besides wrestling personalities?
I need to start treating Galino & Farnes as contenders. I can only imagine the level of prickness with them wearing the tag team titles along with Hotbody's Cruiserweight Title reign. Galino & Farnes talk about how the courts have rejected all of their efforts to deny LaSalle's title match against Michael Hotbody. They believe the best course of action will be to subpoena the bank records of Lisa Benton, Martyn LaSalle, and the judges they've dealt with in order to find the obvious DARK MONEY being passed around in order to shut down the obvious surefire case that Hotbody has. The dud show doesn't appear to be rearing its ugly head here as these guys work a tremendous match. Luscious decides to interject herself and that allows Nate Exley to fall prey to the Cross Examination from Galino & Farnes giving the heels the win here. Fantasee tries to get a piece of Luscious but she has the GAVEL OF DOOM and uses it to KO Fantasee. ****1/2, 90% overall.
Backstage, Eclypse is prepping herself up for tonight's match. Her partner, the WWE Women's Champion Naomi Bailey comes in to thank Eclypse for agreeing to all of this. They move one step closer to history tonight by knocking off Roderick and Frankie and she hopes Eclypse is focused and ready. Eclypse wouldn't be here if she wasn't and she once again reminds Naomi to not cause her to regret partnering up.
Elsewhere backstage Paul Andrews is being interviewed and is asked about his future plans as far as managing goes since Conner Buchanan had to hang things up. First he wants to talk about Seth Von Kamp's quest to get a match with Brandon Reigns. He hopes that Seth knows what he's getting into and to learn from the past. Andrews, however, does point out that anyone looking to be a client of his and learn from one of the best is welcome to step up if they think they have what it takes. Ziggy Styles bursts on to the scene full of joy and demands that Paul Andrews stop bringing the mood down with all of this gloom. Ziggy invites Andrews to leave his little corner of sadness and disappointment and get on board the locomotion to Happy Town and Good Time-opolis with Ziggy Styles. There, Andrews will totally get over losing a chump like Connor Buchanan and learn to get Ziggy with it! Andrews merely looks at Ziggy up and down and shakes his head as he leaves.
Second Match: Seth Von Kamp vs. Ronnie Costello
Seth gets on the mic to say that he hopes that Brandon Reigns doesn't think he's off the hook just yet. Seth goes on to say that he might just have to go over Reigns' head in order to get what he wants. Anyways, this match is for Seth's benefit as you might imagine as he continues his progress towards getting in the ring with Reigns. It's a pretty solid affair that ends with Seth nailing the Collapse of Society for the pin. ****1/2, 92% overall.
Third Match: WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Competition - The Southern Belles vs. The Lonely Girls
Winner of this match is the first team to go to SummerSlam and compete for the title. Bobbi Jo steps up her game here and hangs pretty well with Faith and Jenna. Ultimately, it's Hannah that has the unfortunate role of the one to ruin everything as Faith rolls out of the way of a Spotlight attempt from Hannah and goes on to hit a surprise Mirror's Edge for the win! Faith and Jenna are going to SummerSlam! *****, 94% overall.
Backstage, King Kavovit is with Lisa Benton accusing the Play Pals of attacking Moses McKay and putting him on the shelf and that's why he's not here tonight. Kavovit is aware of the scheduled match they were all supposed to have but he demands that it be called off and that the Play Pals face suspension for what they did! Benton demands proof of Kavovit's claims but none is forthcoming as he plays stupid. Benton offers a measure of a bone by allowing Kavovit to find a replacement partner for the match. He agrees but insists on the Play Pals facing suspension if they lose.
Elsewhere, Martyn LaSalle talks about Michael Hotbody and the ridiculous levels he goes to in order to avoid a real fight. What exactly was he expecting out of becoming the Cruiserweight Champion? LaSalle assures us that the match is going to happen as scheduled as all of the legal nonsense in the world that Hotbody's "legal counsel" wants to toss around aren't getting anywhere. It's time Hotbody stops hiding and faces up to the challenge.
Fourth Match: Wrakk vs. Kerry Cemenko
This is Wrakk's first match back since his return after a year-long absence. It'll be interesting how he hangs especially with a talent like the former number one contender Kerry Cemenko. Things look pretty good for both parties and Quentin McDaniels decides to spoil everything by getting in Cemenko's face allowing Wrakk to come up from behind and hit the Demon Cross for the pin. Haven makes a surprise appearance almost out of nowhere when the lights go out and helps drive the heels off. *****, 94% overall.
Fifth Match: WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Competition
WWE Women's Champion Naomi Bailey and Eclypse vs. The Jersey Connection
The winners here will face Jenna and Faith at SummerSlam. The Jersey Connection play underdogs as the heels take control with power. The comeback eventually arrives but in the chaos C4 decides to show their faces and ruin things for Frankie by laying her out and bailing. Naomi blind tags herself back in and hits the Bail Out for the pin sending her and Eclypse to SummerSlam. ****1/2, 92% overall.
Backstage, Sophie Waters talks about her clients, The Internet Darlings and how nobody should count them out just yet as far as becoming Women's Tag Team Champions goes. They may not be the first but they'll still aim to win them down the road all the same. She'll always do what she can for the benefit of her clients. Jason Sorola makes his way into the picture and asks if that includes someone like Shawn Dangerson. Everyone's talking about the turn his career has taken since partnering up with Sophie but he's bound to hit a roadblock no matter how well she manages him. Sophie wonders if Jason is that roadblock. Sorola responds by being flattered and that he'll be happy to give it a shot if Dangerson isn't afraid.
MAIN EVENT: The Play Pals vs. King Kavovit and ???
Kavovit talks about how angry and disgusted he is at the cowardly tactics of the Play Pals. Rather than being men about things, they'd rather resort to putting Moses McKay on the shelf and hope their problems just go away. Well, where one problem may disappear, an even worse one may rear its head. And with that, he welcomes his partner for tonight's match....
MAIN EVENT: The Play Pals vs. King Kavovit and Salvatore Scabbia
Kavovit lets Scabbia do most of the heavy lifting. He tags himself back in when it looks like Haywood is done for. Ryan Pattillo uses this opportunity to make himself known by walking down the ramp and mocking Scabbia. Scabbia goes up to confront him leaving Kavovit perplexed and alone and that's enough to allow the Play Pals to double team him into oblivion and hit the Achievement Unlocked for the pin. *****, 94% overall.
Overall show rating: 91%