CenturyTel Center
Bossier City, Louisianna
September 29, 2002
After the best Smackdown of all time, the stars of the show ventured to Bossier City, Louisana for a Sunday house show. Pretty much the same matches that were going on in the house show circuit so let's see how these play out.
Match 1
Crash Holly vs Sho Funaki
Standard opener for most Smackdown cards with Funaki taking this one.
Winner: Funaki
Match 2
Albert and Bull Buchanan vs Batista and Doug Basham
Jim Ross' dream of four big hosses in one match although Basham isn't that imposing compared to the others. The OVW guys take on the veterans with the OVW guys getting the duke.
Winners: Batista and Doug Basham
Match 3
Billy and Chuck vs Reverend D'Von and Faarooq
WWE was experimenting with D'Von and Faarooq as tag team partners and they did have some good chemistry. Billy and Chuck once they ditched the gay lovers gimmick were enjoying a babyface run and they get the win here.
Winners: Billy & Chuck
Match 4
John Cena vs Shelton Benjamin
More OVW guys although Cena had already graduated to Smackdown by this point. Shelton was definitely a rising star and just needed the right moment to make his WWE TV debut. Cena gets the win here.
Winner: Cena
Match 5
Shannon Moore vs Matt Hardy
On TV this would be teacher vs pupil but in real life Moore started training just three years after Matt. Its well documented the quartet of the Hardys, Moore and Shane "Hurricane" Helms came up together so this would have been fun to watch live. Hardy gets the win here.
Winner: Hardy
Match 6
Edge vs Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship
Edge had already been working with Lesnar on the houses but I can't imagine the pop he got on this night after stealing the show on Smackdown. Lesnar gets the win to keep the title.
Winner: Lesnar by pinfall (still WWE Champion)
Match 7
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Jamie Noble and Nidia vs Billy Kidman and Torrie Wilson
Once again, fake couple vs real couple. Once again, Kidman and Torrie are the winners.
Winners: Kidman and Wilson
Match 8
Chavo Guerrero Jr vs Rey Mysterio Jr
The rematch from Sunday Night Heat before Unforgiven. That match was good so this should have been good as well. Rey wins this match as well.
Winner: Rey Mysterio
Match 9
Val Venis vs Chris Benoit
Two Canadians enter, one man leaves victorious. The rabid wolverine Benoit wins this one.
Winner: Benoit
Match 10
Kurt Angle vs Rikishi in a Kiss My Ass match
Why this is the last match on the card compared to anything else I don't know other than to send the fans home happy. Naturally Rikishi wins and gives Kurt the stink face.
Winner: Rikishi by pinfall
That was a long card so the matches must have been shorter than usual. Still, the quick pace might have helped especially with a lot of the smaller guys on the card. Rey vs Chavo worked on Heat so that might have been good here too and Matt vs Shannon definitely would have benefited from crash style. Smackdown was just heating up so let's see how they keep the momentum going from here. While this was going on, the crew from Raw was in Beaumont, Texas for their own house show. I'll see you there.
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