San Jose, CA
September 21, 2002
We're just one day away from Unforgiven and there's one last house show before it. The stars of Smackdown have made their way to San Jose for tonight's house show at the Compaq Center. Let's see what happens here.
Match 1
Rey Mysterio Jr vs Billy Kidman vs Jamie Noble for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship in a 3 Way Dance
Again, its always funny how Rey was getting the big pushes on TV and jobbing to Noble on the houses. Noble pinned Kidman with his feet on the ropes during a backslide then pinned Mysterio after the Tiger Bomb. Torrie Wilson was the guest ring announcer but it didn't help Kidman.
Winner: Noble (still Cruiserweight Champion)
Match 2
Bull Buchanan vs John Cena
Talk about filler as Cena is in the second match against Buchanan here. Cena wins it.
Winner: Cena
Match 3
Mark Henry & Crash Holly vs Billy & Chuck
Why in the hell would you put Palumbo and Billy Gunn against a makeshift team that has no connection at all? Palumbo pinned Henry after a superkick.
Winners: Billy and Chuck by pinfall
Match 4
Randy Orton vs Reverend D'Von
They put over the rookie Cena in the second match but Orton isn't so lucky here. D'Von wins it with Saving Grace.
Winner: D'Von by pinfall
Match 5
Tajiri and Doug Basham vs Shannon Moore and The Hurricane
Kind of an odd hodge podge with Tajiri and OVW's Doug Basham against 2/3 of Three Count. Hurricane pinned Basham after the Shining Wizard.
Winners: Moore and Hurricane by pinfall
Match 6
Kane vs Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship
What? Kane?? Believe it or not, these two did go one on one at least on a house show. With the ppv being a joint production, made sense to boost ticket sales by having an interpromotional showdown. Kane got disqualified after using a chair.
Winner: Lesnar by DQ (still WWE Champion)
Match 7
Val Venis vs Matt Hardy
Guy on the rise against guy on the way down, I'll give you three guesses to what happened. That's right, Matt wins with Twist of Fate.
Winner: Hardy by pinfall
Match 8
Chris Benoit vs Kurt Angle
An Unforgiven preview with Benoit and Angle going one on one. Angle wins this one.
Winner: Angle by pinfall
Match 9
Edge and Rikishi vs Los Guerreros (Eddie and Chavo Jr)
A Smackdown rematch with Rikishi gaining revenge by pinning Chavo with the Rikishi Driver.
Winners: Edge and Rikishi by pinfall
Kind of a weird show with OVW guys out of place and Kane instead of The Undertaker taking on Brock. Still, the ppv was tomorrow night so no sense doing anything crazy with the show already booked. Still, John Cena and Randy Orton have come a long way since curtain jerking as rookies. We still got one operation to go before Unforgiven and that is tonight's Velocity. I'll see you there.
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