Smackdown!

Boston, Massachusetts
February 28, 2002

SmackDown! kicked off from the Fleet Center in Boston with the Hardy Boyz and Lita teaming up to take on the Dudley Boyz and Stacy Keibler, who limped her way to ringside with a brace on her right ankle. Before the match started, Jazz made her way out and got in the face of Lita. An injured Stacy stepped aside and “allowed” the Women’s Champion to take her place in the six-person tag team match. The boys from Dudleyville took it to Jeff Hardy, cutting off the ring and putting the boots to the master of the Swanton. Jeff finally tagged in Matt, but the Dudley Boyz continued their assault on the older Hardy. D-Von climbed the ropes to set up the Dudleyz’ “Wassup?!” spot, but Lita pushed him off and onto the canvas. Matt then hit Bubba Ray with a low blow and set him up for a dose of his own medicine! With Matt holding Bubba, Lita dove off the top turnbuckle head-first and hit her own version of the “Wassup?!” splash. Jazz ran into the ring and tried to take out Matt, but the older Hardy suplexed the Women’s Champ and allowed Lita to take over on the beating. Lita went for the Twist of Fate, but, while the ref’s back was turned, Stacy jumped into the ring and crushed Lita’s face with a brace-loaded spinning-heel kick! This allowed Jazz to nail a Fisherman’s Suplex on Lita to give her team the win!

Backstage, Undertaker was in his locker room watching a tape of his brutal beating of Arn Anderson from RAW when Federation co-owner Ric Flair walked in. Flair called Taker a “cold-blooded bastard”, and told him that he was furious about the beating of his best friend. The Nature Boy turned off the television, took out the videotape, threw it against the wall and told the Dead Man that he would get his answer later in the night.

After commercial, Stone Cold Steve Austin, who was still limping from the nWo’s attack on him on RAW, walked to the ring carrying a steel chair. Before the Rattlesnake was able to say a word, the nWo’s music hit as the trio made their way to the stage. Stone Cold said that the first S.O.B. that comes to the ring would get his ass handed to him. Hollywood Hulk Hogan said that after what Scott Hall did to his knee on RAW, Stone Cold was in no position to make any threats. Hogan said that Austin was about in as good of shape as The Rock. Hogan said that the Great One wasn’t at SmackDown!, so Hogan was going to use this time to produce a video package tribute to the greatest ever – Hollywood Hulk Hogan. With that said, Hogan left the stage.

Scott Hall took the mic and told the Rattlesnake that they took The Rock and Stone Cold out with relatvie ease. Hall then played video footage of the trio’s concrete-block attack on Austin from RAW. Hall said that was just the beginning of the Rattlesnake being treated like an animal.

He said at WrestleMania X8, Austin would go down and out. Kevin Nash asked Hall if they should go down to the ring and take out Stone Cold right then, but Austin interrupted them and said that he was going to walk up to them and take the duo out himself. Stone Cold walked halfway up the ramp and pulled a strange device out from his jacket. Austin aimed the contraption and fired a huge net at Nash, which engulfed the nWo giant! Hall tried to help Nash out, but Stone Cold started attacking the Bad Guy! Nash finally fought his way out of the net as Hall fended off Austin, and the duo fled the stage into the back! The Rattlesnake slowly made his way back to ringside before celebrating with a couple brews.

Intercontinental Champion William Regal battled Big Show in a non-title match. Show had total control of the match, treating the Englishman like a rag doll. However, as Show gave the sign for his chokeslam, Regal, using his “power of the punch”, pulled out his brass knuckles and blasted the behemoth right in the jaw! The force knocked out Show, but the huge man bounced off the ropes and fell on Regal! The Englishman couldn’t kick out from the dead weight of the giant, so Big Show picked up the non-title victory!

Backstage, Booker T was getting ready to shoot a commercial for a Japanese shampoo product. The Book asked Tajiri to critique his dialogue, which he began to spit out. “Yo Japanese people! What’s the deal with your nasty hair?

Just because you know Kung Fu doesn’t mean you know shampoo!” Booker T said. Torrie Wilson told Booker that Tajiri said his dialogue was very offensive. The Book asked him what was wrong with it, and Torrie said that Tajiri wondered why Booker made fun of Japanese people’s hair when Booker’s hair looked like “Buckwheat on crack.” A furious Booker said Tajiri’s advice was pointless before walking out!

Stephanie McMahon and Undisputed Champion Chris Jericho were in their locker room backstage. Stephanie told Y2J that he would have to team up with Kurt Angle on SmackDown! and that the two of them would get along. Stephanie asked Jericho if he got her her hand lotion, but as he handed it to her, she screamed at him for buying the wrong brand! She told him to go buy her the correct lotion right away, but Jericho said he would do it after his tag match on SmackDown! Stephanie said that he needed her for his big match against Triple H at WrestleMania X8 and he needed to keep her happy, so she demanded Y2J to go buy her the lotion right then!

Hardcore Champion Maven defended his championship for the first time as he faced Goldust. The veteran took it to the rookie, as Goldust started things off hardcore right away when he bashed Maven’s skull with a trashcan. The Golden One continued his assault on Maven when he went for a fire extinguisher under the ring.

Goldust threw the weapon into the ring, but before he could use the extinguisher, Maven pulled the trigger, which sent the cold cloud of smoke into the Bizarre One’s face, allowing the Tough Enough winner to cover a dazed Goldust for the win!

After the match, Undertaker made his way to ringside on his motorcycle. With Maven still struggling to get to his feet in the ring, the Dead Man entered the squared circle and began beating on the rookie. He continued his attack until Al Snow rushed to the ring and blindsided Taker! Snow began to punch out the Dead Man and eventually hit a superkick to take Taker out of the ring. Snow followed him to the outside and picked up a steel chair to take out the Dead Man, but Taker caught Snow and hit a chokeslam on the Tough Enough trainer on the concrete floor. Flair then ran out to ringside and took the lead pipe from Taker’s motorcycle. The Nature Boy jumped into the ring and started beating the hell out of the Dead Man, thus getting some retribution back for his friend Arn Anderson, as well as Maven and Snow. With Taker writhing in pain, Flair picked up the mic and said that he still refused to have a match with the Dead Man at WrestleMania X8.

After the barroom brawl on RAW, Bradshaw and Faarooq opted to use their guaranteed WrestleMania tag team title shot on SmackDown! against Billy and Chuck.

Faarooq and Bradshaw had full control of the match early, obviously wanting revenge on the duo after their bar-room brawl the foursome had on RAW. With Billy and Bradshaw going at it on the outside, Faarooq hit a spinebuster on Chuck and began berating him when Billy re-entered the ring and hit a Fame-Asser on Faarooq! Billy then placed Chuck on top of the former Florida State star for the 1-2-3 win!

Backstage, a medic was checking on Maven when Goldust came into the room to ask how he was doing. The Golden One then attacked the rookie and covered him for the win, thus becoming the new Hardcore Champion, courtesy of the 24/7 rule!

In another backstage area, Tajiri was talking on the phone with the Japanese commercial’s producer before Booker T ripped the phone out of his hand and told the producer that after his match, he was going to allow the producer to meet the new spokesman for his Japanese shampoo.

Next, Michael Cole and Jerry “The King” Lawler introduced the video package that Hollywood Hulk Hogan produced by himself, about himself.

Booker T made his way out to the ring to battle Scotty 2 Hotty in singles action. The Book dominated the match, throwing the lighter Scotty around the ring. However, when Booker when for his martial arts kick, Scotty ducked, which caused Booker to straddle the top rope! Scotty hit a bulldog on The Book and went for the Worm, but Booker kicked Scotty in the face, ended the fan favorite maneuver.

Booker then went for his Spinarooni, followed by a high kick to Scotty’s face for the victory!

As Booker celebrated in the ring, he, and the crowd, witnessed the Japanese producer congratulating Edge for winning the role in the shampoo commercial! A furious Booker T marched backstage in disgust.

In the locker room, Triple H and Kane were going over their match strategy before Stephanie walked in. Kane powdered as an enraged Steph yelled at The Game for the comments he made about her on RAW. Steph also said that his lawyers were being completely unreasonable in their divorce settlement. The Game said that 50 percent for each was more than fair. Steph said that since she made Triple H, she not only deserved 50 percent of what they had together, but she also deserves 50 percent of anything The Game earns from now until he dies! The Billion Dollar Princess said she always gets what she wants, and she stormed out of the room.

In another locker room, Christian was talking to himself, saying that he must be out of his mind listening to DDP when Page snuck up and surprised him. DDP asked Christian if he was ready to erase his negative energy. Page said that the first way to lose his negativity was to bond with Federation fans. DDP introduced two kids – Joey and Shelby – to Christian. Christian reluctantly said “hi,” but the kids said he was an ugly loser. Christian said he was a winner, and that if they wanted to see a loser, they should go find their father!

The kids said that their father had left them, and they ran out of the room after kicking Christian in the shins. Christian said that he understood why they father had left them as DDP shook his head and realized that Christian was going to take a lot of work.

The main event of SmackDown! saw The Game and Kane team up to battle Undisputed Champion Chris Jericho, who was accompanied to the ring by Stephanie, and Kurt Angle. The Game and the Big Red Machine went to work on Y2J first, but the Living Legend was finally able to tag out to the Olympic Hero. Angle chopped Kane down to size, working on the legs of the behemoth. Angle eventually snapped on the ankle-lock on Kane, but Triple H ran in to make the save. The Big Red Monster finally tagged out to Triple H, allowing The Game to go to work on Kurt. Triple H had the Olympic gold medalist locked in for the Pedigree, but Stephanie ran in and pulled his hair. The Game then set up Stephanie for the Pedigree, but Jericho ran into the ring and laid out Triple H with his championship belt! Angle locked on the ankle-lock onto The Game, but Kane made the save with a flying clothesline from the top rope! Steph re-entered the ring with a steel chair, but she quickly dropped it after locking eyes with Kane. The Big Red Machine picked up the chair and waffled Angle in the head, allowing Triple H to hit a Pedigree on the Olympic Hero for the win as SmackDown! went off the air!