December 30, 2004
Event Report for SmackDown!
Announcers: Joey Styles and Jerry Lawler
Reported by The Dames
The 8 members of The Establishment are backstage. Their target was Matt Hardy, who they talked an insurmountable amount of garbage to.
Overall Rating 87%
Eric Bischoff is backstage, and announces that tonight we will see Matt Hardy, Burchill, Eddie Guerrero, and Kurt Angle compete in a four corners match.
Overall Rating 86%
The Dudley Boyz vs Ultimo Dragon and Funaki.
Match Background: The Dudley Boyz are one of the most experienced teams in the promotion.
Late In The Match: Spike Dudley comes running down the aisle and into the ring! Funaki turns around. Spike Dudley spins Funaki around. Spike Dudley hits the Dudley Dogg! Spike leaves the ring, the damage done! ONE...TWO...THREE. Bubba defeats Funaki. Ultimo Dragon and Funaki are left down and out in the ring thanks to the attack of D-Von, Bubba and Spike.
Overall Rating 86%
Crowd reaction 77%
Match Quality 96%
Paul Heyman is backstage with The SAT. Paul Heyman was talking trash about World's Greatest Tag Team.
Overall Rating 81%
Joel Maximo vs Charlie Haas.
Match Background: This is a continuation of the The SAT vs World's Greatest Tag Team feud. World's Greatest Tag Team have yet to beat their rivals in the ring since the feud began.
Late In The Match: Jose Maximo comes running down the aisle and into the ring! Charlie Haas turns around. Jose Maximo spins Haas around. Jose Maximo hits the Maximizer! Jose leaves the ring, the damage done! ONE...TWO...THREE. Joel defeats Haas. Joel and Jose are beating the hell out of Charlie Haas! Shelton Benjamin sprints down the aisle and slides into the ring! He goes toe-to-toe with Joel Maximo, exchanging punches, while Charlie Haas comes back, sending Jose out of the ring with a clothesline. World's Greatest Tag Team have cleared the ring, driving off Joel and Jose!
Overall Rating 85%
Crowd reaction 87%
Match Quality 83%
Jerry Lawler has come out for his retirement speech. He brings out Diamond Dallas Page at the end, and says that everything he stood for, he is now passing on to DDP. He leaves for the last time with Diamond Dallas Page.
Overall Rating 84%
Paul London vs AJ Styles.
Match Background: This match is for the WWE Cruiserweight title. AJ Styles has been WWE Cruiserweight champion since 25 December 2004.
Late In The Match: Paul London slugs AJ Styles, sending him down into the corner. While London fires up the crowd, Styles is removing the turnbuckle pad! Paul London comes over...but Styles grabs him by the tights and uses the leverage to slingshot Paul London face first into the exposed steel turnbuckle! AJ Styles rolls up the stunned Paul London, and even puts his feet on the second rope to add insult to injury! 1....2...3! What a display of cheating from AJ Styles.
Overall Rating 88%
Crowd reaction 77%
Match Quality 99%
John Cena is in the ring. Johnny Stamboli comes out of the crowd and attacks. John Cena can barely stand. Here it comes - Fuhgettaboutit. Johnny Stamboli takes a chair from ringside, then comes back into the ring. He sets up John Cena and nails him with a chair shot, busting him wide open.
Overall Rating 81%
Chavo Guerrero vs Tajiri.
Late In The Match: AJ Styles comes running down the aisle and into the ring! Tajiri turns around. AJ Styles spins Tajiri around. AJ Styles hits the Styles Clash! Styles leaves the ring, the damage done! The ref gets into position, administers the three count, and it's over. Chavo Guerrero pins Tajiri. AJ Styles has a chair. Tajiri stands up...and gets floored by a shot to the head. Another two shots smack down across his back, leaving him unmoving on the canvas. Styles sets the chair up, then picks up Tajiri. He gets whipped into the ropes...and then drop toe holded, sending him face first into the chair! AJ Styles has left Tajiri down and bloodied in the ring after a brutal assault!
Overall Rating 88%
Crowd reaction 76%
Match Quality 100%
Kurt Angle is backstage. I've got a feeling this one is going to be good. He was out there to tell Eddie Guerrero that he was going to discombobulate him. Great, now I've got to look that word up. Time to sit back and watch.
Overall Rating 99%
Burchill vs Eddie Guerrero vs Kurt Angle vs Matt Hardy.
Match Background: This will be an elimination bout. This is another chapter in the long-running Eddie vs Angle feud. Neither has managed to get an in-ring victory in this feud. This match is for the WWE Heavyweight title. Matt Hardy has been WWE Heavyweight champion since 25 December 2004.
During The Match: Corkscrew BRAINBUSTAH~! Burchill gets destroyed by it. ONE...TWO...THREE. Angle defeats Burchill. Back heel kick off the second rope, Eddie goes down. Cover gets three for Matt Hardy, Eddie got pinned. Kurt Angle floors Matt Hardy. Matt Hardy gets locked in the Angle Lock! Submission victory!
Overall Rating 73%
Crowd reaction 75%
Match Quality 69%
Overall Rating 84%
We got a 5.66 rating for 'SmackDown!'!
The attendance level was 10007 people.
We made $400280 from ticket sales.
January 1, 2005
Event Report for Velocity!
Announcers: Michael Cole and DDP
Reported by The Dames
Sonny Siaki vs Funaki.
Match Background: Siaki is making his debut at this show.
Late In The Match: Funaki is in trouble. Siakalypse!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!!
Overall Rating 74%
Crowd reaction 69%
Match Quality 97%
A video is played, hyping the John Cena vs Johnny Stamboli feud.
Overall Rating 84%
Devon Storm vs Nova.
Match Background: D. Storm is making his debut at this show.
Late In The Match: Nova gets knocked to the ground by D. Storm, who is already climbing the turnbuckle. Moonsault!!! 1....2....3!! It's all over.
Overall Rating 68%
Crowd reaction 73%
Match Quality 80%
World's Greatest Tag Team are backstage. They was building up the feud with The SAT. I respect you, Booker Man.
Overall Rating 83%
Matt Cappotelli vs Burchill.
Match Background: Matt is making his debut at this show.
Late In The Match: Matt Cappotelli gets knocked to the ground by Burchill, who is already climbing the turnbuckle. The C4!!! 1....2....3!! It's all over.
My Opinion: A wise man once said 'Can I get a side of bland with that bland'. He's dead now, though. That's what this match was...bland. **
Overall Rating 62%
Crowd reaction 64%
Match Quality 75%
Torrie Wilson is backstage with Tajiri. Torrie Wilson was building up the feud between AJ Styles and Tajiri. Good idea.
Overall Rating 82%
Akio vs Tajiri.
Late In The Match: Akio can barely stand. Buzzsaw Kick! 1....2....3. AJ Styles comes running down the aisle, and gets into the ring! AJ Styles spins Tajiri around. AJ Styles hits the Styles Clash! Tajiri has been left down on the canvas.
Overall Rating 75%
Crowd reaction 74%
Match Quality 95%
Eddie Guerrero is backstage. He was building up the feud with Kurt Angle. Well, that's just...neat!
Overall Rating 90%
The Radicalz vs Chavo and Noble.
Match Background: The Radicalz used to be a regular team, but have been inactive for a while. Whether this match will lead to a reformation as an active unit remains to be seen.
Late In The Match: Eddie Guerrero floors Jamie Noble...and climbs the turnbuckles. Through the air, Frog Splash! 1....2....3.
Overall Rating 71%
Crowd reaction 80%
Match Quality 80%
A video is played, hyping the Kurt Angle vs Eddie Guerrero feud.
Overall Rating 89%
Scotty 2 Hotty vs Kurt Angle.
Match Background: This match is for the WWE Heavyweight title. Kurt Angle has been WWE Heavyweight champion since 30 December 2004.
Late In The Match: Scotty 2 Hotty is in trouble. Here it comes - Angle Slam. 1....2...3, it's finished.
Overall Rating 72%
Crowd reaction 82%
Match Quality 80%
Overall Rating 75%
We got a 5.98 rating for 'Velocity'!
The attendance level was 10010 people.
We made $400400 from ticket sales.