WWE Smackdown
Week 1, Sept 2004
Shelton Benjamin vs Christian
In a decent opening match for the show, these two got the crowd hot and exited for a great show tonight. The end came when Christian was able to hit an Unprettier and pick up the W.
Rating: 76
MAIN EVENT MADE!
Donald Trump is shown on screen and makes the main event for tonight, Kane vs Sting.
Rating: 62
Samoa Joe vs Mick Foley
The wrestling wasn’t top notch here, but the crowd was enjoying it and that helped the match out. The end came when Samoa Joe would choke out Foley to the point the ref had to stop the match.
Rating: 58
Orton wants change?
Orton is backstage, talking about how he has to truly find himself, how he needs to change, and how he wants to top of the mountain, and all of that starts tonight.
Rating: 71
Shane Helms vs Big Dick Stevie
Big Dick Stevie returned, and this match didn't have much eat, and the wrestling was pretty bad all around, the crowd couldn't give one single fuck about it. But in the end, Stevie picked up the win.
Rating: 46
Chris Benoit vs Eddie Guerrero
This was a banger of a 20 minute classic, the crowd was on FIRE during the whole matchup, and loved watching these two go at it. Eddie finally was able to put him away with a Frog Splash to pick up the win.
Rating: 77
What the actual fuck was this mess?
So, we see Virgil backstage with Antonio Inoki, where Virgil is talking about the many things he has done in wrestling, from winning championships all over the world, to sleeping with Stephanie McMahon, which gets Inoki to mention his WWE Title win that WWE doesn't even have in the history books, which Virgil tells him to stop making things up, The ICP come walking over, and agree with everything Virgil is saying, even going as far as saying how they won the 6 men tag titles with him....which just leaves everyone so confused.
Rating: 21
Randy Orton vs William Regal
The crowd was a little bit into this one, and the wrestling was pretty decent as well, it didn't last to long, but just enough for the fans to enjoy it. Orton ends up winning the match after an RKO.
Rating: 61
NOPE!
After the match, Regal offers a handshake out to Orton, who refuses and walks to the back.
Rating: 43
QUEEN OF THE RING!
We get Trump, who formally annouces the Queen of the Ring we heard about, saying that it will start next week with 4 matches, followed by 4 the next week, with the Semi-Finals, and Finals happening at the PPV.
Rating: 34
Kane v Sting
Good Main Event tonight for the crowd, who truly was having a great time with this match, they really seemed to love what was happening. The end came when Orton caused a distraction to Sting, which helped Kane pick up the win via Chokeslam.
Rating: 78
NO!
After the match, Orton gets in the ring and started to beat down on Sting, and even hit an RKO on him as the show goes off the air.
Rating: 53
Overall Rating: 73
(oof, 45 regions of pop lost....wow)