BROCK WINS
THE
One week
after surviving perhaps the challenge of his career from Chris Benoit, Brock Lesnar began SmackDown! alongside General Manager Paul Heyman,
where it was revealed that Benoit will never get another shot at the WWE
Championship, as long as Heyman is General Manager. Heyman explained that his long-term plans for SmackDown! are to build the show
on Lesnar’s back, a la Vince McMahon, Sr. building
WWE on the back of Bruno Sammartino and Mr. McMahon
building WWE on the backs of Hulk Hogan and Stone Cold Steve Austin. Benoit, Heyman explained, came too close to ruining that plan, and
therefore he will never get another shot at the WWE Championship.
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The
elimination of Benoit as a contender did not eliminate all viable contenders
for the Championship, as Lesnar later learned. After
several derogatory remarks about
However, Lesnar’s evening did not end there. While Lesnar began to celebrate his victory, one of Mysterio’s mask-clad “relatives” attempted to enter the
ring to defend Mysterio. That relative turned out to
be none other than Hardcore Holly who, despite his indefinite suspension, is
still determined to break Lesnar’s neck as he
promised. An attack from Holly sent Lesnar reeling
and proved that despite his current standing, there are many out there waiting
in line to take a shot at the WWE Champion.
Also on SmackDown!, Shannon Moore finally passed one of Paul Heyman’s tests and, in the process, may have caused some
dissention from within the ranks of Team Lesnar.
After being scolded by Heyman for his bet against Lesnar last week, Heyman gave
A-Train a shot at redemption with a match against Moore – a match for which
Matt Morgan placed a substantial bet on A-Train. After a shocking win by
Speaking of
Big Show, while the big man had the night off from in-ring action, he certainly
enjoyed his fair share of activity, including a Battle Rap with John Cena. While the Big Show held his own considering it was
his first rap, judging by the crowd’s reaction, Cena
appeared to win. And if Cena did not win the rap, he
most certainly won the battle as he hit the Big Show with a low blow at the
conclusion of the contest that left Show on his knees in the ring.
SmackDown! also featured a tag team
slugfest between Los Guerreros and The
Self-Proclaimed World’s Greatest Tag Team. Los Guerreros
stole the win, literally, but their strife appeared to continue as the match
featured several arguments between the two. However, the win puts Los Guerreros in a better position to challenge for the WWE Tag
Team Championship – a Championship that may not belong to the Basham Brothers
much longer as they announced that they will defend the WWE Tag Team
Championship against Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty next week on SmackDown!
How will
Brock Lesnar react to Hardcore Holly – the one
challenger that Paul Heyman can not control? Are
Shannon Moore’s test over now that he scored an upset win? Does the Big Show
have revenge in mind for John Cena? Who will be the
World Tag Team Champions? Answers to all of these questions and more can only
be answered one way … by watching SmackDown! next week at 8/7 CT on UPN!
Match
results:
Rhyno defeated Bradshaw
Shannon Moore defeated A-Train
Los Guerreros defeated the Self-Proclaimed World’s
Greatest Tag Team
Brock Lesnar defeated Rey Mysterio