Friday Night Smackdown!
San Antonio, Texas
June 29, 2007
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The Animal's revenge
By Andrew Rote
June 29, 2007
SAN ANTONIO – Last Sunday may have been Vengeance: Night of Champions, but this
week’s SmackDown was truly a night for revenge.
Much to his disappointment, Edge was forced by acting General Manager Vickie
Guerrero to face Batista in a Night of Champions rematch. Even though he is not
eligible to win the World Heavyweight Championship, The Animal ran wild on Edge
in the main event. After punishing the Rated-R Superstar throughout much of the
contest, Batista foiled his plans for a spear when he turned it into a setup for
an earth-shaking Batista Bomb, following by a three-count.
As Edge lay on his back, Batista raised the World Heavyweight Championship and
then dropped it on the still body of the titleholder. The Ultimate Opportunist
still has the gold, but does The Animal have his number?
In one of the night’s inter-promotional matches, WWE Tag Team Champions Deuce &
Domino had their hands full with Cryme Tyme. Raw’s notorious thieves tripped
Domino and popped him in the kisser, breaking his nose before Domino was able to
roll up Shad for the pin. Cryme Tyme may have lost, but revenge was theirs when
they drove out of the arena in Deuce & Domino’s ride.
Montel Vontavious Porter didn’t look as sharp as he did when he retained the
United States Championship against Ric Flair at Vengeance: Night of Champions.
Capitalizing off of a missed kick by MVP, Kane sent the prosperous Superstar to
the mat with a chokeslam. Fortunately for MVP, the title is still his and his
contest with Kane wasn’t an Inferno Match like the last time they met at
Armageddon.
Flair didn’t have the chance to get revenge on the United States Champion this
week, though he was able to teach a lesson to his other young, disrespectful
rival, Carlito. Raw’s self-proclaimed coolest Superstar suffered the infamous
Figure Four Leg Lock before tapping out to his former mentor.
The Cruiserweight Championship was once again on the line when Chavo Guerrero
faced Jamie Noble and Funaki in a Triple Threat Match. Proving once again that
he deserves the gold, Chavo covered Funaki to earn the win. Perhaps nobody is
quite on his level when it comes to SmackDown’s cruiserweight division.
Another chance for vengeance came when Matt Hardy took on one half the World Tag
Team Champions, Lance Cade. Hardy hit him with a Twist of Fate out of nowhere
and covered Cade, who didn’t have his partner in crime this time around to help
him bend the rules.
In other SmackDown action, The Great Khali turned Eugene into his personal
ragdoll and Mickie James spoiled Victoria’s first night in action as a member of
the SmackDown roster.
Did Batista and company get enough revenge for their peace of mind or will they
keep coming back for more?
Matches
Ric Flair def. Carlito
Matt Hardy def. Lance Cade
Cruiserweight Champion Chavo Guerrero def. Funaki and Jamie Noble (Triple Threat Match)
WWE Tag Team Champions Deuce & Domino def. Cryme Tyme (non-title match)
Kane def. United States Champion MVP (non-title match)
Mickie James def. Victoria
The Great Khali def. Eugene
Batista def. World Heavyweight
Champion Edge (non-title match)