Team Angle pulls the rug out from beneath Lesnar

Kurt Angle promised to face Brock Lesnar in the ultimate wrestling match, but the WWE Champion didn't give Brock Lesnar all the stipulations!

Angle told Lesnar that in order to get him in the ring for a one-on-one confrontation, Lesnar would first have to defeat Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin in separate consecutive singles matches! Lesnar sneered as Angle smugly grinned, but Brock chewed up the WWE Tag Team Champions as appetizers, forcing Angle to keep his word. But before a single hold could be applied, Paul Heyman nailed Lesnar with a steel chair to force a disqualification! Team Angle then took special pleasure in ganging up on Lesnar and beating him senseless! Brock will get the chance for revenge this Sunday at No Way Out when he teams up with Edge and Chris Benoit to take on all three Team Angle members in a six-man tag match!

Kurt Angle wasn't the only one playing mind games on SmackDown! The Big Show delivered two oversized wooden crates to the ring for the Undertaker. The Dead Man hesitantly pulled one open and scooped up a puppy that came bounding out! After handing off the dog, Taker began smashing the second box, expecting to find the Big Show. The box was empty, but obviously served as an effective diversion for Show, who leapt into the ring and attacked the Dead Man mercilessly! Things couldn't be any hotter between Taker and Big Show heading into their match at No Way Out!

The Rock returned to SmackDown! and found himself face to face with Hulk Hogan for one final time before their WrestleMania X-8 rematch at No Way Out. No punches were thrown, but The Rock's cockiness left a sneer on Hogan's face. The two sports-entertainment icons are undoubtedly geared up to make this confrontation a historic one on Sunday!

Matt Hardy had to shed every piece of clothing on his body, but Version 1 cur down to 220 pounds to qualify for his Cruiserweight Championship Match against Billy Kidman at No Way Out! Matt was so excited that he exuberantly embraced Shannon Moore! Mattitude kept the momentum going as Hardy and Moore teamed up to defeat Kidman and Rey Mysterio in tag team action after Matt hit the Twist of Fate on the champion.

Michael Cole sat down with Nathan Jones, who stated that his jail time was in the past and that he's now focused on two things. Jones said he wants the WWE Championship, but first, he wants to take down the biggest dog in the yard -- the Undertaker. You can bet that Jones will be watching the Undertaker very closely this Sunday at No Way Out!

Match results
Chris Benoit def. A-Train
Rikishi def. Johnny Stamboli
Matt Hardy & Shannon Moore def. Billy Kidman & Rey Mysterio
Nidia def. Torrie Wilson in a Paddle on a Pole Match
Brock Lesnar def. Charlie Haas
Brock Lesnar def. Shelton Benjamin
Brock Lesnar def. Kurt Angle via disaqulification