Smackdown!

Manchester, England
October 14, 2004

TIMELY ARRIVAL
Oct. 14, 2004

Nobody had seen Big Show the entire night.

Thankfully for Eddie Guerrero, his timing was impeccable.

Kurt Angle, Luther Reigns and Mark Jindrak were giving away free haircuts in Manchester, England, Thursday night, and Latino Heat was their first unwilling customer.

But before Angle’s fiendish friends could warm up the clipper, Big Show arrived on the scene and cleared house, making sure his friend Guerrero didn’t suffer the same humiliating fate he did at the hands of Angle.

Show’s appearance delighted the United Kingdom crowd and capped another unpredictable night on SmackDown!

Both the WWE and United States Championships were on the line Thursday, although neither changed hands.

JBL, who has been put through the ringer in recent weeks, survived a Hardcore Rules Match with Hardcore Holly, using a steel chair to finish off the job.

The violent brawl marked the first time the WWE Championship had been decided in a Hardcore Match. Television monitors, street signs and garbage cans were all part of the arsenal for both Superstars.


Meanwhile, at the top of the program, General Manager Theodore Long confirmed that former United States Champion John Cena was indeed involved in a nightclub melee last week in Boston.

Cena is currently recovering from multiple puncture wounds, including some dangerously close to his kidney.

The tragedy opened the door for a new No. 1 contender, which was decided by an 18-man Battle Royal, with the winner facing current United States Champion Carlito Caribbean Cool.

The fierce Battle Royal came down to Angle and Rey Mysterio, who somehow managed to avoid multiple attempts to toss him out.

With Angle on the outside apron, an exhausted Mysterio unveiled one last trick, using the 619 to bounce the Olympic Champion off the ropes and onto the floor.

But his luck would run out against Carlito Caribbean Cool. Mysterio held his own against the bigger champion, but for the second straight week, the young Cool was too slick for the referee, this time using the ropes for the roll up and victory.
Cool left the ring with his Championship, and he continues to wear Cena’s steel chain as a memento of his victory in Boston.

Heidenreich is more unstable than ever. Paul Heyman brought his client into the ring to apologize for last week’s attack of four WWE fans, per orders of Long.

And after the most insincere of apologies, Heidenreich made it clear he wasn’t sorry for attacking Undertaker at No Mercy. He even went as far as to call the Phenom out, demanding he come to the ring or someone else would pay.

But before Heidenreich could find another innocent victim, he appeared to have a mental breakdown, pummeling himself in the head before falling to the mat in anguish.

MATCH RESULTS:

RVD defeats Rene Dupree

Billy Kidman def. Charlie Haas

Rey Mysterio wins United States Championship No. 1 Contender Battle Royal (Order of elimination: Orlando Jordan, Funaki, Nunzio, Kenzo Suzuki, JohnnyStamboli, Spike Dudley, RVD, Bubba and D-Von Dudley, Scotty 2 Hotty, Dupree, Kidman, Rico, Jindrak, Guerrero, Reigns, Angle).

WWE Champion JBL def. Hardcore Holly

United States Champion Carlito Caribbean Cool def. Mysterio

Guerrero def. Reigns via DQ