Smackdown 9/05/05
SD house show Albany, GA - Albany Civic Center

1. WWE US title: Chris Benoit b Orlando Jordan Benoit gave O.J. about 10 German suplexes. Benoit won with the crossface. Good heat for Jordan though…Of course Benoit was way over with the crowd. O.J. actually dominated most of the match.

2. Mexicools b William Regal & Bushill A lot of crowd heat involved with this one. Mexicools were the faces. After the match, Regal and Bushill cleared house. The Mexicools attempted the get revenge, but Regal and Bushill kept them from entering the ring again.

3. Teddy Long came out to run down the show, and annouce that SD is moving to Fridays. Teddy was way over with the crowd!

4. WWE Cruiserweight title: Nunzio w/ Vito b. Spanky & Juvi. Juvi was the crowd favorite. A lot of “Juice” comments from the crowd. Spanky wore pink velvet tights which drew some crowd heat. He played it off well though! Spanky took a couple of sick bumps and the crowd appreciated his work!

5. Ken (Mr.) Kennedy b Simon Dean. Kennedy reminded us of a 25 minute time limit. Kennedy appeared to injure his leg. Folks from the back came out and assisted him, when the ref threw up the X. Simon held the roped as Kennedy was leaving, WHEN Kennedy quit the faking and started beating on Simon. Nice crowd heat. Kennedy pinned Simon very shortly after that.

6. Booker T w/ Sharmell b Christian. Good comedy spots here. Albany Peeps (including me holding my sign saying “I paid to see Christian”, which Christian made Booker look at before the match started, were well represented. Christian was funny here, doing a spot when Booker hit his head into the buckle, he kept going after Booker stopped doing it. Christian did the whole entire Spinarooni spot, complete with hand gesters. Booker won with ax kick. After the match, Booker did the Spinarooni. THEY WERE SELLING CHRISTIAN T-SHIRTS IN ALBANY,GA.

7. WWE Tag titles: LOD b MNM w/ Jillian Hall. Stacy Keibler was the ring announcer, but she was stopped by Jillian. Melina interfered during the match, and Animal caught her. He set her up for the Hart Attack, and Stacy came in and knocked over Melina. Nice crowd reaction to this one.

8. Randy Orton b Rey Mysterio. THE UNDERTAKER was heavily advertised for Albany, BUT HE WASN’T THERE!!! Rey came out to a good pop, and Orton with a strong reaction. A lot of comedy early on in the match, with Rey having Orton chase him. Orton made fun of Rey’s height, so Orton got on his knees and was gonna fight Rey. Crowd ate this up. Rey took the RKO off the ropes---sweet move!!!

9. World title: Batista b JBL. JBL ripped the crowd a new one---HUGE HUGE HEAT!!!! A guy behind me kept calling JBL “fat boy.” Batista came out to a huge pop. O.J. tried to interfere, but it didn’t help. Once the match got started, it went fairly long. Good match from both guys.