Friday Night Smackdown!
The United Kingdom
October 19, 2007
thanks to: wwe.com
Interactive altercations
By Lennie DiFino
October 19, 2007UNITED KINGDOM – After invading the Land
of the Extreme earlier in the week, Kane returned to Friday Night SmackDown to
face The Great Khali. Wasting little time, The Punjab Giant gave the Big Red
Monster a not-so-warm welcome back, getting disqualified for using a cable to
try and decimate Kane. As Kane recovered from the attack by Khali, ECW’s Big
Daddy V made his way to the ring, looking for retribution against the Big Red
Monster for his involvement as CM Punk’s partner on ECW on Sci Fi. The
Dominating Force in WWE laid waste to Kane, and made it known that the working
partnership between SmackDown’s Acting GM Vickie Guerrero and ECW’s man in
charge, Armando Estrada, has opened the gates for his personal path of
destruction.
Phenomenal statement
After griping to GM Vickie Guerrero about having to face Khali last week, and
stating that if Theodore Long were in charge he would never have had to face the
Punjab Giant, Jamie Noble was given another worthy opponent – Undertaker. The
young cruiserweight pleaded his case, hoping to avoid a confrontation with The
Deadman, but to no avail. As The Phenom heads toward his Cyber Sunday showdown
with Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship, he dominated Noble, sending
another message to The Animal.
When Undertaker and Batista step into the ring at Cyber Sunday, you have the
power to decide who will be the special guest referee. But will JBL, Stone Cold
Steve Austin or Mick Foley be able to control the two behemoths when the gold is
on the line?
Out of gas
For the first time since returning to SmackDown, Chuck Palumbo tasted defeat.
The rivalry between Palumbo and Masters has been building for weeks as their
contempt for one another grows. In a controversial match with Chris Masters,
Palumbo lost when Victoria distracted the revved-up Superstar by attacking
Michelle McCool. Masters took advantage and rolled Chuck up for the win.
Cruising over the tracks
The cruiserweight tandem of Jimmy Wang Yang & Shannon Moore managed to fly high
together to defeat Deuce & Domino. Yang enlisted Moore’s help to watch his back
after Domino attacked Yang following his victory over Deuce last week. The boys
from the Other Side of the Tracks have had their problems lately, unable to find
success either together or on their own. While they claim to be “all about
cool,” Deuce & Domino have been anything but cool since losing the WWE Tag Team
Championship.
One of our own
The pride of Scotland, Drew McIntyre, was in singles action once again on
SmackDown, taking on Brian Major. The young Scottish Superstar picked up his
second consecutive victory since his debut last week, and he owes both wins to
his mentor, Dave Taylor. McIntyre has taken full advantage of Taylor’s helping
hand at the expense of the Major Brothers, and the young up-and-comer hopes to
continue those winning ways.
Pushing forward
Rey Mysterio, Finlay, Matt Hardy and MVP will all take part in WWE’s interactive
pay-per-view, Cyber Sunday, but on SmackDown Rey faced the United States
Champion and one-half of the WWE Tag Team Champions, for the first time. MVP’s
co-champion Matt Hardy faced the Irishman in a one-on-one contest that saw his
“friend” MVP deliver an unlikely assist. As all four push toward their
respective Cyber Sunday matches – matches that YOU have the power to decide –
who seized the upper hand?
Taking down a deity
SmackDown’s color commentator JBL interviewed World Heavyweight Champion Batista
about his upcoming Cyber Sunday match with Undertaker, and the self-proclaimed
“Wrestling God” may have bit off more than he could chew when he began berating
The Animal.