Fallon
07-19-2002, 07:59 AM
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SmackDown! kicked off from the First Union Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, with Chris Jericho in singles action against John Cena.
During Jericho's entrance, Michael Cole informed us that Marc Loyd was outside the area awaiting the arrival of the new general manager of SmackDown!
Back in the ring, Cena made his way to the ring, and the two superstars starting talking trash to each other until Jericho finally slapped the rookie across his face. Cena immediately attacked Y2J, hitting a German Suplex on Jericho. He nearly got a pinfall after a quick rollup, but Jericho kicked out. Frustrated, Y2J nailed Cena with a low blow and got disqualified! Jericho locked the ailing Cena in the Walls of Jericho and wouldn't let go until several refs pried him off! Jericho didn't stop there. He grabbed a steel chair from ringside and whaled away on Cena's back before he was stopped again by the refs.
A white limousine pulled up outside with Marc Loyd immediately running up to it in expectation of seeing the new SmackDown! general manager. But instead, RAW GM Eric Bischoff popped out and strolled into the arena.
Bischoff found Randy Orton working out and introduced himself. Orton directed Bischoff to Hulk Hogan's locker room. The RAW GM walked straight in and greeted the Hulkster. Hulk hesitantly said it was nice to see him. Hulk said he heard The Bisch was attempting to sign Triple H, but he warned Bischoff that he couldn't go on a power trip here. Plus, Hogan said Bischoff was there to see The Rock, not him. Bischoff denied this and said he was always ready to negotiate. "Negotiate my ass," Hogan said as Bischoff exited.
The Hurricane leapt into action against Chavo Guerrero next. Hurricane downed Chavo with a huge neckbreaker followed by a back body drop and a cross body off the top rope. Chavo fought back with a blow to the knee that appeared to injure the superhero. The ref attempted to check on Hurricane's status, but Chavo viciously attacked the wounded knee. The Hurricane battled back, but the pain in his knee limited him. Chavo put Hurricane in the STF hold and forced the superhero to tap out.
Chavo took the mic and said that he is the premiere Latin-American superstar in WWE, but every time he turns around, he hears something else about Rey Mysterio Jr. Chavo screamed that he is sick of it and said that next week Mysterio should make his in-ring debut next-week against him!
A black limousine pulled up outside and Vince McMahon got out. Vince said that the SmackDown! GM may already be in the building. He told Loyd that with Eric Bischoff in the building, this would be a very interesting evening.
Backstage, Rico offered his services to Eric Bischoff, but the GM just wanted to know where The Rock's dressing room was. Bischoff ran into Vince and said that there's nothing better than checking out the competition live. He said that there was no way the new SmackDown! GM would be able to stop him from signing away Triple H. Bischoff excused himself to continue his search for The Rock.
Michael Cole showed footage of his interview with the Undertaker held prior to SmackDown! in the arena. Taker said he is the Undisputed Champion not because he kissed ass and was protected, but because he defended his title and there is nobody that can beat him in a championship match. Taker told how The Rock attacked him at King of the Ring because he knows that one-on-one the Brahma Bull can't beat Taker. Taker said Rock attacked him to get, Taker's attention, but when someone gets his attention, he feel's Taker's wrath.
Taker accused Kurt Angle of living in a fantasy world for thinking he made the Dead Man tap out two weeks ago. The Undisputed Champion stated that Angle could not make him tap in 1,000 matches. Taker promised to straighten out a lot of things at Vengeance this Sunday, saying that Kurt Angle and The Rock would find out that WWE is Taker's yard and people get hurt when they play in it.
Billy and Chuck, joined
SmackDown! kicked off from the First Union Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, with Chris Jericho in singles action against John Cena.
During Jericho's entrance, Michael Cole informed us that Marc Loyd was outside the area awaiting the arrival of the new general manager of SmackDown!
Back in the ring, Cena made his way to the ring, and the two superstars starting talking trash to each other until Jericho finally slapped the rookie across his face. Cena immediately attacked Y2J, hitting a German Suplex on Jericho. He nearly got a pinfall after a quick rollup, but Jericho kicked out. Frustrated, Y2J nailed Cena with a low blow and got disqualified! Jericho locked the ailing Cena in the Walls of Jericho and wouldn't let go until several refs pried him off! Jericho didn't stop there. He grabbed a steel chair from ringside and whaled away on Cena's back before he was stopped again by the refs.
A white limousine pulled up outside with Marc Loyd immediately running up to it in expectation of seeing the new SmackDown! general manager. But instead, RAW GM Eric Bischoff popped out and strolled into the arena.
Bischoff found Randy Orton working out and introduced himself. Orton directed Bischoff to Hulk Hogan's locker room. The RAW GM walked straight in and greeted the Hulkster. Hulk hesitantly said it was nice to see him. Hulk said he heard The Bisch was attempting to sign Triple H, but he warned Bischoff that he couldn't go on a power trip here. Plus, Hogan said Bischoff was there to see The Rock, not him. Bischoff denied this and said he was always ready to negotiate. "Negotiate my ass," Hogan said as Bischoff exited.
The Hurricane leapt into action against Chavo Guerrero next. Hurricane downed Chavo with a huge neckbreaker followed by a back body drop and a cross body off the top rope. Chavo fought back with a blow to the knee that appeared to injure the superhero. The ref attempted to check on Hurricane's status, but Chavo viciously attacked the wounded knee. The Hurricane battled back, but the pain in his knee limited him. Chavo put Hurricane in the STF hold and forced the superhero to tap out.
Chavo took the mic and said that he is the premiere Latin-American superstar in WWE, but every time he turns around, he hears something else about Rey Mysterio Jr. Chavo screamed that he is sick of it and said that next week Mysterio should make his in-ring debut next-week against him!
A black limousine pulled up outside and Vince McMahon got out. Vince said that the SmackDown! GM may already be in the building. He told Loyd that with Eric Bischoff in the building, this would be a very interesting evening.
Backstage, Rico offered his services to Eric Bischoff, but the GM just wanted to know where The Rock's dressing room was. Bischoff ran into Vince and said that there's nothing better than checking out the competition live. He said that there was no way the new SmackDown! GM would be able to stop him from signing away Triple H. Bischoff excused himself to continue his search for The Rock.
Michael Cole showed footage of his interview with the Undertaker held prior to SmackDown! in the arena. Taker said he is the Undisputed Champion not because he kissed ass and was protected, but because he defended his title and there is nobody that can beat him in a championship match. Taker told how The Rock attacked him at King of the Ring because he knows that one-on-one the Brahma Bull can't beat Taker. Taker said Rock attacked him to get, Taker's attention, but when someone gets his attention, he feel's Taker's wrath.
Taker accused Kurt Angle of living in a fantasy world for thinking he made the Dead Man tap out two weeks ago. The Undisputed Champion stated that Angle could not make him tap in 1,000 matches. Taker promised to straighten out a lot of things at Vengeance this Sunday, saying that Kurt Angle and The Rock would find out that WWE is Taker's yard and people get hurt when they play in it.
Billy and Chuck, joined