411's WWF Smackdown Report 8.31.00
Posted by Sean McCluskey on 08.31.2000
An average Smackdown! with more of the soap opera that is HHH, Stephanie, and Angle. Read on....
411's WWF Smackdown! Report
August 31, 2000
Taped from somewhere in North Carolina
Your announcers are Cole and King
Report for 411 by Sean McCluskey
Steph is out to kick off Smackdown! She says HHH will be here soon. She appreciates everyone’s concerns for her. Says she was at the hospital with Shane, that explains her absence. She says her and HHH are back to being happy now. Angle is out now. Big “asshole” chant for Angle. Angle shows HHH accidentally hitting her. Steph says that she knows that it wasn’t intentional. Angle then shows HHH and Chyna hugging. Steph doesn’t believe it. Chyna is out now and looking rather scrumptious.(CW knows how to pick ‘em!). Now Angle shows footage of Chyna tending to HHH. Chyna comes to the ring. She goes for Angle but Steph cuts her off and talks smack. Kurt hits an olympic slam. Eddie comes down to tend to Chyna.
Commercials…
Replay of what we just saw.
HHH arrives and sees Angle in the locker room with Steph. HHH chasies him out. Steph questions HHH about Chyna. HHH gets heated and goes out to calm down.
Oh God, please keep Bull’s hick-ass off of the mic…
I guess Roadie is a face again. I don’t like the guy, but he is much better as a face.
Road Dogg Vs Bull Buchanan
Bull in control to kick things off. Bull hits a flying kick for two. Bull is dominating. Bull somehow hits his balls on the turnbuckle. Steven Richards interferes. Bull goes for his scissor kick but Road Dogg reverses into a powerslam for the win.
Winner: Roadie
Foley announces Guerrero Vs Angle Vs HHH in a triple threat match for tonight.
Commercials...Madden 2001 looks great
Edge, Christian, and Jackie Vs The Hardyz & Lita
Christian and Matt in to start. Christian gains control in the corner early. Tag to Jackie and she does a flying cross body onto Matt. Matt moves out of the way of an elbow and tags in Lita. Lita and Jackie exchange shots. Backdrop by Jackie on Lite and then a tag to Edge. Matt tags back in. Edge works on Matt and tags in Christian. Christian goes to work on Matt in the corner. Elbow by Matt in the corner followed by a clothesline. Jeff tagged in and he cleans house. Jackie dropkicks Jeff off the top rope. Edge goes for a pin but Matt breaks it up. The Hardyz and Lita hit a triple DDT on Jackie and Edge. Twist of fate, then a swanton bomb, then the three count.
Winners: Hardyz and Lita
The Hardyz celebrate with their Dad who looks too much like Dick Clark.
Angle says to Steph that it was a friendly kiss. Steph looks psychotic.
Commercials….
European Title Match
Saturn (c) w/Terri Vs Al Snow
Saturn goes to work on Snow in the corner. Big gorilla press slam by Saturn. Saturn follows up with a powerslam on Snow. Saturn goes to the outside to talk with Terri. Snow hits a cross body to the outside. Snow goes for Terri but Saturn hits a superkick. Back into the ring now and Saturn hits a big suplex. Arm bar submission by Saturn. Saturn then rams Snow into the turnbuckle. Back into a submission maneuver. Saturn misses a clothesline and Snow gains control with a few punches and an elbow. Body slam by Snow. Snow goes to the top. Saturn reverses into a slam. The two wrestlers go through a series of pinning combinations. Big powerslam by Snow. Snow hits a moonsault. Terri has head. He takes head from her and hits Saturn. The ref notices head and doesn’t count the three. Saturn hits a double arm suplex for two. Saturn tries to go for the rings of saturn but Snow reverses it into a dragon sleeper and Saturn taps!
Winner and NEW CHAMP: Al Snow
HHH and Steph in the back. They talk about Chyna and Kurt. HHH snaps and Just Joe is listening through the door.
Commercials….
Bikertaker Vs Benoit Is God
Undertaker in control. UT misses a clothesline. Benoit tries for a pin but Taker grabs him by the neck and tosses him across the ring. Benoit moves out of the way of a charging Undertaker in the corner. Benoit goes to work on the right leg of Taker. Taker tosses Benoit outside of the ring. Benoit comes in and Taker hits a big boot. Big spinebuster by Undertaker. Taker goes for a choke slam but Kane comes out and takes out Taker.
Winner by DQ: Bikertaker
All 3 men fighting now. Now Benoit and Kane are working together. Here comes the Rock. The number one contender is undecided as it needed to be a pinfall or submission.
Commercials….
Replay of what we just saw.
Tazz is out. Says that Lawler and JR are costing him matches. Says that King is going to be just another victim. Y2J’s music hits. Jericho talks some major trash to Tazz. Talks in a thick New York accent.
Chris Jericho Vs Tazz
Jericho in control early. He goes for the walls of jericho but Tazz gets out of it. Tazz hits a huge suplex. Tazz goes to work in the corner with some punches in chokes. Insiguri by Jericho. Flying forearm by Jericho followed by some WOOOOOOOO chops. Tazz takes Jericho out. Tazz goes to the outside and takes out King. King goes after Tazz and Jericho hits a baseball slide. Back in the ring now. Tazz locks in the tazzmission. King distracts the ref and Jericho hits a low blow. Jericho hits a bulldog then a lionsault for the win.
Winner: Chris Jericho
Just Joe tells Angle about the loud, violent noises he heard in HHH and Steph’s locker room.
Commercial break…
Kai En Tai enjoying watching Buh Buh Ray go through a table at Summerslam. They turn around to see the Dudleyz. They escape. That sets up the following match….
The Dudleyz Vs Kai En Tai
The Acolytes come out as we start. Buh Buh and Funaki out to start. Buh Buh hits a clothesline to gain control. Tag to D-Von. Flying elbow by D-Von and a tag back to Buh Buh. Buh Buh hits a huge powerbomb. Flying nut buster on Funaki. They go for tables. Taka gets in their way. 3D on Taka. Faarooq distracts the ref and Bradshaw hits a clothesline from hell on D-Von. He puts Taka on him and they get the win.
Winners: Kai En Tai
After the match, Kai En Tai get powerbombed through a table.
XFL team introductions.
Kurt asks Steph if she was hurt by HHH. She says not to worry about it. Angle says that he is here for her.
Commercials…
Trish giving Val the business. Val dumps her. Trish says that he’ll be sorry.
Rikishi w/The hos with names Vs Val Venis
Exchange of punches to start off. Big clothesline by Rikishi to gain control. Neckbreaker by Val. Val lays the boots to Rikishi in the corner. Val misses a clothesline and Rikishi clotheslines Val over the top rope. Val gets thrown into the steel steps. Back into the ring and a big somoan drop by Rikishi. Three big butt splashes in the corner. RTC is out. Rikishi goes for the stink face but Steven hits him with the ring bell as the hos are distracting the ref . Odd. Val gets the duke.
Winner: Val Venis
Review of what happened between Chyna and HHH on Raw.
Commercials…
HHH apologizes, they sweet talk and then they hug. Cops come in and say that they need to take HHH downtown for spousal abuse. Foley comes out and says that since Chyna will be in Eddie’s corner, she must be in Kurt’s corner.
Commercials….this new Terminator 2: Ultimate Edition looks pretty awesome. It’s supposed to have a huge booklet and a ton of extra features. T2 is one of the best sequels ever made. Usually the first one in a series is always the best.
Eddie Guerrero w/Chyna Vs Angle Rules w/Steph
Guerrero attacks Angle to start. Big flying kick by Eddie sends Angle to the outside. Chyna gets a shot in on Angle. Back inside and Eddie hits a suplex for two. Angle reverses a clothesline into a big release german suplex. Guerrero gets tossed to the outside. Angle grabs a chair but Chyna grabs it. Eddie goes to use the chair but Angle puts Chyna in front of him. Chyna hits a low blow. Eddie goes for a chair shot but he misses and hits the ring pole. Back inside, Eddie hits a hurricanrana on Angle for two. Eddie falls off the ring apron onto Steph. Steph slaps him and Chyna goes after her. Back inside the ring Jurt takes out Eddie for a two count. Kurt hits a belly to belly suplex for two. Eddie with a sleeper hold. Angle reverses it into a back suplex. Steph and Chyna are up on the both sides of the apron. Kurt shoves Eddie into Chyna. Kurt takes Chyna’s IC title and takes out Guerrero while the ref tends to Chyna. Of course the ref gets back in perfect time to count the 3 for Angle.
Winner: Angle Rules
Chyna storms the ring and takes out Angle. Steph and Chyna exchange words. Chyna grabs Steph by the hair. Chyna DDTs Steph! Angle drags her out of the ring and helps her out as we fade…...
