October 9, 2005 - Houston, Texas
Toyota Center
| The Advertisement |
| Sunday Night Heat Match | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| William Regal & Paul Burchill |
def. | Paul London & Brian Kendrick |
via Submission (5:09) |
| Notes: Sunday Night Heat took the place of the half-hour "Countdown" shown before the pay-per-view itself. Paul London tapped out to the Regal Stretch. | |||
| Match #1 - Six-Person Tag Team Match | |||
| Christy Hemme Road Warrior Animal John Heidenreich |
def. | Melina Joey Mercury Johnny Nitro |
via Pinfall (6:25) |
| Notes: Christy pinned Melina after she and Animal took her out with the Doomsday Device. Christy was all fired up for the match, and while attacking Melina, she paused to play to the crowd. Taz, not wanting her to let up on Melina, exclaimed: "Get on her!" I couldn't agree more, Tazz. I couldn't agree more. | |||
| Match #2 | |||
| Bobby Lashley | def. | Simon Dean w/Caterer |
via Pinfall (1:56) |
| Notes: Simon came out on the Dean Machine, followed by a caterer carrying a platter of twenty double cheeseburgers. Simon was feeling pretty confident, because he claimed that if he lost the match, he would eat all twenty burgers. Simon tossed a couple of burgers into the ring, and for whatever reason the ref thought they were dangerous, so he started cleaning them up. Simon then whacked Bobby with the platter, but it had no effect. Lashley took out Dean, and shoved a burger down Dean's throat. Dean left with the caterer and burgers, and later in the back, met up with Lashley again. Lashley forced Dean to eat all the burgers, even the dirty ones that were on the floor and tossed around. Dean found a huge hair on one burger, and eventually threw up. I was watching this with my friend Brian, and I made the comment on how Lashley looked like Brock Lesnar. And Brian then called Lashley "Black Lesnar." It fits. I think WWE would like it if he became the next Lesnar, but I don't see it happening. For one, Lashley's mic skills suck. The script said to tell Simon to "eat twenty hamburgers." And Lashley followed the script word-for-word. And said the same words about five times. Ugh. Now, Lesnar wasn't great on the mic either, but Lesnar had such a dominating ring presence. Lashley is ripped, but his face makes him look like too much of a nice guy. His face doesn't really seem intimidating. And the name "Lashley" doesn't exactly scream "bad ass", either. | |||
| Match #3 - WWE U.S. Championship - Fatal Four-Way Match | |||
| Chris Benoit Champion |
def. | Christian Orlando Jordan Booker T w/Sharmell Challengers |
via Submission (10:21) |
| Notes: Christian tapped out to the Sharpshooter. Benoit took on all three and won. Nothing too spectacular here. No real high spots to speak of. Sharmell was a raging bitch (as usual) after the match, trying to light a fire under Booker's ass. I'm just pissed that WWE is wasting Christian. He was so hot before the draft, but they sent him to SmackDown and he hasn't done shit since. | |||
| Match #4 | |||
| Ken Kennedy | def. | Hardcore Holly | via Pinfall (8:51) |
| Notes: Man, this guy is good on the mic. Take notes, Lashley. I think it's pretty sweet how they lower the mic from the ceiling like they used to as well. Nice touch. Another match that was only OK. Hardcore went to the top rope, but Mr. Kennedy caught him and finished him off with the Lambeau Leap. This Kennedy is going places, though. He just needs to change his God-awful music. Holly was hurting after the match, so Sylvan took the opportunity to get in some cheap shots. He did a number on Holly and walked off, proud of himself. Backstage, Kennedy interrupted Sharmell bitching out (again!) Booker T. That altercation was kind of funny. | |||
| Match #5 | |||
| John "Bradshaw" Layfield w/Jillian Hall |
def. | Rey Mysterio | via Pinfall (13:21) |
| Notes: Hey Rey! Your new music is terrible as well! It is just some guy talking and yelling. WWE needs a new music director. Guys used to have music that fit their character. That's the exception now. Now take JBL's music. You have the Wall Street bell starting it off, and the rest sounds like the score from a John Wayne western. Perfect for the character. But I digress. I'm glad JBL won, because before the match I decided that if Rey Rey won, I would give up wrestling forever. And you know why? JBL: 6'6", 290 lbs. Rey Rey: 5'6", 165 lbs. There should be no way in hell Rey could even think about winning this match. Besides that, Rey dusted off the Bronco Buster (lame move), and thought it would do some damage. Rey did manage to connect with the 619 (see Bronco Buster), and attempted to follow it up with the West Coast Pop. JBL ducked it and came off the ropes, laying out Rey Rey with the Clothesline From Hell just as he landed and turned around. | |||
| Match #6 - Handicap Casket Match | |||
| Randy Orton & "Cowboy" Bob Orton |
def. | The Undertaker | (19:04) |
| Notes: The druids brought out the casket, and then left. This was probably the best match of the night, but nothing particularly memorable happened, aside from the fact that the Ortons won the match cleanly. It was a decent bout. Bob had been in the casket for a while when 'Taker was about to dump Randy in it. The casket was opened, and Bob fired off a fire extinguisher right in 'Taker's face. Randy and Undertaker ended up fighting in the casket. Randy used a chair on Undertaker, and was able to get out and close the casket. The Ortons locked it and carried it up the ramp, where Randy chopped a hole in it with an axe. Bob brought out some gas, and the Ortons set the casket ablaze. | |||
| Match #7 - WWE Cruiserweight Championship | |||
| Juventud Challenger w/Super Crazy, Psicosis |
def. | Nunzio Champion w/Vito |
via Pinfall (6:49) |
| Notes: -TITLE CHANGE- You know the division is weak when nearly half the division is in the same stable. The Mexicools went nuts after the match and celebrated with the Spanish announce team. | |||
| Match #8 - World Heavyweight Championship | |||
| Dave Batista Champion |
def. | Eddie Guerrero Challenger |
via Pinfall (18:37) |
| Notes: I was disappointed with this match. Eddie almost went back to his old ways several times. He grabbed a steel chair, but didn't use it. He took the tag rope, but didn't choke out Batista with it. And even when the ref went down, he raised a steel chair over Dave's head and looked as if he really wanted to use it, but he tossed it away. Eddie held out his hand and Batista shook it, and turned to walk away. Eddie got a sly grin on his face, but it quickly disappeared when Dave turned to face Eddie again. I can only hope this is part of some master plan on Eddie's part, that he has something in store for Batista in the future. But on this night, the match wasn't anything to speak of. | |||