Smackdown – September 19, 2002: They’re the Faces?
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September 19, 2002
Location: World Arena, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Commentators: Michael Cole, Tazz
Opening sequence.
Rey Mysterio/Torrie Wilson vs. Nidia/Jamie Noble
Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena
Non-title and something that would be a bit different today. Like Cena would be wearing jean shorts while Lesnar squashed him. Lesnar forearms him in the back of the head to start and hits the first overhead belly to belly. Brock starts pounding him in the back and gets two off a delayed vertical suplex. A waistlock has Cena in even more trouble as the very slow pace continues. Brock stays on the ribs for a bit longer, shrugs off the comeback, and finishes with the F5.
Video on Rikishi, who was shot back in 1986. Ok then.
Eddie Guerrero wants revenge on Edge for the Stinkface. If that means more Edge vs. Eddie, I guess I can live with it.
Eddie Guerrero/Chavo Guerrero vs. Edge/Rikishi
Edge gets in a powerslam but Eddie cheap shots Rikishi to prevent the hot tag. I love how so many of those spots have been used for the better part of twenty years and simply do not get old. A tornado DDT is broken up and the hot tag brings in Rikishi to clean house. We get the double crush in the corner but only Chavo takes the Stinkface. Eddie bails to the floor so Chavo hits Rikishi with a TV camera for the pin.
Post match Eddie chairs Edge in the face to cut him open.
Matt Hardy vs. The Hurricane
Billy and Chuck vs. Kurt Angle/Chris Benoit
Benoit and Angle trade submissions post match, making Billy and Chuck look even more worthless.
Undertaker arrives with ten minutes left in the show.
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