Friday Night SmackDown! 9/16/2005: For and Against
AGAINST: Forgetting to tape this show.
AGAINST: Forgetting to reset my VCR clock.
FOR: Benoit/Christian tonight.
FOR: Orlando's earnestness. You can tell that he's tired of being embarrassed by Benoit every week.
FOR: Booker making the save makes sense with his issue with Christian.
FOR: Making it a tag match. Nice callback to the days of the Heyman book where this sort of thing happened every week.
AGAINST: When did Sharmell get out here?
FOR: Tazz explaining how Orlando's losing face with all of these quick losses.
FOR: The Crossface counter out of the Unprettier.
FOR: Orlando and Christian arguing after winning the match. This is what heels should do.
FOR: This Orton/Taker video package.
FOR: David Batista, Madcap Practical Joker.
AGAINST: What, they're just going to announce a new No. 1 contender?
FOR: That was actually done pretty well aside from Canon having to reach across Long to grab the mic from him.
AGAINST: Eddie's new music. Yes, still.
FOR: Nobody's buying this.
FOR: "I'm about LOVE, homes!"
FOR: Eddie's facial expression after Batista drops the "Everybody knows what kind of man you are" line.
FOR: Eddie's facial expressions while getting Batista's hug.
AGAINST: I'm a little disappointed Batista didn't say, "Let's hug it out, bitch."
FOR: Is this the first time we've seen Heidenreich in the full face paint?
AGAINST: What's Melina bitching about?
AGAINST: What's MNM bitching about? You got caught.
FOR: This wouldn't have happened if Jillian was around.
FOR: Long and Canon having their argument.
FOR: Long almost looks sick when Eddie's shaking his hand.
FOR: Rey's new entrance. The new video and the pyro at the launch station are good star-making touches.
FOR: The Tornado DDT counter out of the fallaway slam.
AGAINST: Bad editing on the springboard moonsault.
FOR: Rey wins!
FOR: Nunzio has a point. Why hasn't he been on SmackDown?
AGAINST: They replayed the bad edit.
FOR: Kennedy: "Yep. Gained a pound."
AGAINST: Is that Tomko?
AGAINST: Cole mangling this poor guy's name.
FOR: Eddie cheering Batista on.
FOR: That's one way to get Vito out of the ring.
FOR: U-Haul. The official moving truck of sports entertainment schemers.
KENNEDY.
FOR: THAT was interesting.
AGAINST: "RIP Randy Orten" Way to rep the fan base.
FOR: Good to see that Cowboy Bob's arm has finally healed up.
FOR: UT's work on Orton's arm.
FOR: The pop for the ropewalk.
FOR: Orton tripping Undertaker up on the ropes.
AGAINST: Cole and Tazz going berzerk over the casket. Calm down, guys!
FOR: The variation on the snake eyes/big boot spot and Orton's dropkick to break it up.
FOR: Haven't seen that over the backbreaker in a while.
AGAINST: Took them long enough to get to the casket.
FOR: Now that I was not expecting. How'd they do that?
FOR: Bob bringing a second ref.
FOR: Taker kicking out anyway.
FOR: The RKO counter.
WHOA: I almost would've put money on Randy winning.
AGAINST: Forgetting to reset my VCR clock.
FOR: Benoit/Christian tonight.
FOR: Orlando's earnestness. You can tell that he's tired of being embarrassed by Benoit every week.
FOR: Booker making the save makes sense with his issue with Christian.
FOR: Making it a tag match. Nice callback to the days of the Heyman book where this sort of thing happened every week.
AGAINST: When did Sharmell get out here?
FOR: Tazz explaining how Orlando's losing face with all of these quick losses.
FOR: The Crossface counter out of the Unprettier.
FOR: Orlando and Christian arguing after winning the match. This is what heels should do.
FOR: This Orton/Taker video package.
FOR: David Batista, Madcap Practical Joker.
AGAINST: What, they're just going to announce a new No. 1 contender?
FOR: That was actually done pretty well aside from Canon having to reach across Long to grab the mic from him.
AGAINST: Eddie's new music. Yes, still.
FOR: Nobody's buying this.
FOR: "I'm about LOVE, homes!"
FOR: Eddie's facial expression after Batista drops the "Everybody knows what kind of man you are" line.
FOR: Eddie's facial expressions while getting Batista's hug.
AGAINST: I'm a little disappointed Batista didn't say, "Let's hug it out, bitch."
FOR: Is this the first time we've seen Heidenreich in the full face paint?
AGAINST: What's Melina bitching about?
AGAINST: What's MNM bitching about? You got caught.
FOR: This wouldn't have happened if Jillian was around.
FOR: Long and Canon having their argument.
FOR: Long almost looks sick when Eddie's shaking his hand.
FOR: Rey's new entrance. The new video and the pyro at the launch station are good star-making touches.
FOR: The Tornado DDT counter out of the fallaway slam.
AGAINST: Bad editing on the springboard moonsault.
FOR: Rey wins!
FOR: Nunzio has a point. Why hasn't he been on SmackDown?
AGAINST: They replayed the bad edit.
FOR: Kennedy: "Yep. Gained a pound."
AGAINST: Is that Tomko?
AGAINST: Cole mangling this poor guy's name.
FOR: Eddie cheering Batista on.
FOR: That's one way to get Vito out of the ring.
FOR: U-Haul. The official moving truck of sports entertainment schemers.
KENNEDY.
FOR: THAT was interesting.
AGAINST: "RIP Randy Orten" Way to rep the fan base.
FOR: Good to see that Cowboy Bob's arm has finally healed up.
FOR: UT's work on Orton's arm.
FOR: The pop for the ropewalk.
FOR: Orton tripping Undertaker up on the ropes.
AGAINST: Cole and Tazz going berzerk over the casket. Calm down, guys!
FOR: The variation on the snake eyes/big boot spot and Orton's dropkick to break it up.
FOR: Haven't seen that over the backbreaker in a while.
AGAINST: Took them long enough to get to the casket.
FOR: Now that I was not expecting. How'd they do that?
FOR: Bob bringing a second ref.
FOR: Taker kicking out anyway.
FOR: The RKO counter.
WHOA: I almost would've put money on Randy winning.
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