Smackdown – January 30, 2003: Undertaker is Cheap
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January 30, 2003
Location: Resch Center, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Commentators: Michael Cole, Tazz
We open with a long recap of Vince vs. Hogan. Stephanie announcing that she had a surprise last week is included, solely for the purpose of getting Stephanie on TV.
Opening sequence.
A-Train vs. Rey Mysterio
Mysterio tries a 619 as A-Train gets in but settles for a dropkick off the apron before the bell. A spinning crossbody is easily caught and A-Train hammers away, only to get kicked in the face for his efforts. Rey gets two off a running dropkick but the Derailer cuts him in half for two.
Eddie Guerrero vs. John Cena
Heyman has an idea and flags down newcomer Brian Kendrick to help him out.
Shannon Moore vs. Billy Kidman
The fans chant WE WANT JEFF as Shannon whips Kidman hard into the corner to set up a chinlock. Kidman fights out of the second chinlock and gets in a jumping elbow to the jaw as things speed up. Something like the Sky High gets two but Shannon hits a running Blockbuster from the side. That just earns him an enziguri and the shooting star gives Kidman the pin.
Post match Matt lays out Kidman, hopefully giving him a challenger for the title. It would be nice for a change.
Bill DeMott vs. Rikishi
Rating: D-. The ending here made things even worse than they would have been on their own. DeMott is going absolutely nowhere as this heel turn is a disaster so far. Having him beat up the cruiserweights was fine enough but you knew he was done as soon as they started having him trade wins with Rikishi of all people. Thankfully this is pretty much it for DeMott, who would have two more matches on Smackdown for the year while being shunted down to Velocity instead.
Video on Brock Lesnar, which is basically just an edited version of his talk from last week.
Team Angle vs. Edge/Chris Benoit
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