Friday Night SmackDown! 10/7/2005: For and Against
FOR: The recap of the Raw angle to open the show.
AGAINST: Same old opening.
AGAINST: Piper vs. the Ortons?
FOR: SmackDown having its six-man tag tonight.
FOR: Long almost daring Bischoff to crash No Mercy.
FOR: Randy's new nWo-style T-shirt.
AGAINST: Canon taking Orton's side.
FOR: I think I've finally got a grasp on Canon's character... he's just a corporate suckup.
AGAINST: That it took two months of me wondering "Is he working against Long?" "Is he just stupid enough to not know better?"
AGAINST: Orlando's purple tights.
FOR: The "You Tapped Out" chant.
AGAINST: Booker looks like he lost.
FOR: Booker seeing the replay and wondering what happened.
FOR: Kennedy on PPV!
HUH?: Is the ring setup flipped around this week?
FOR: "How you clowns doing?"
FOR: Reader suggestions.
FOR: Kennedy referencing Holly's Sparky Plugg days.
AGAINST: Cole passing off Holly's rope-hanging low blow as a legal shot to the abdomen. We all know what's going on, Michael.
FOR: "Here is your LOOOOOOSER" > "...Better."
FOR: Piper's "weeping willow" line.
FOR: Eddie continuing to play the part at the press conference.
FOR: Look at Regal's face. You'd think he was walking into a toxic waste dump.
AGAINST: Butch's inevitable "toxic waste/Christy Hemme" retort.
FOR: Regal's ring robe~~~~~
AGAINST: The camera angle on Melina's ambush.
FOR: Cole's continuing skepticism about the "new" Eddie.
FOR: Cole's theory that Eddie's trying to cut Batista's edge.
FOR: Batista's reaction to the "soul mate" line.
FOR: Batista's lessons learned from Evolution.
AGAINST: This is awfully Stingesque, isn't it?
KENNEDY.
AGAINST: Piper's pasty legs.
AGAINST: Piper overselling the beatdown, then winning after two distractions.
FOR: That's another neat trick.
AGAINST: Strength advantage?
FOR: Lashley's Hindu squats with Craven on his shoulders.
FOR: Finally getting Jillian's last name. (Hall)
FOR: Cole selling Bischoff being "afraid" to hold this match on Raw.
FOR: The pop for Eddie vs. Benoit.
FOR: The pop for Batista vs. Eddie.
FOR: Eddie applauding after the press drop, then tagging out.
FOR: Batista's face when Eddie tagged him.
FOR: All the present and past storylines weaving together.
FOR: Rey's bump from the apron to the barricade.
FOR: There's something you don't see every day... a supposed heel screwing his heel teammates out of a win.
FOR: And there's something else... the other heels beating him down after the match.
AGAINST: I guess seeing Eddie actually stick the knife in Batista's back is gonna cost us.
FOR: Batista, MNM, Benoit, Lashley, Kennedy, Undertaker, JBL, Nunzio.
AGAINST: Same old opening.
AGAINST: Piper vs. the Ortons?
FOR: SmackDown having its six-man tag tonight.
FOR: Long almost daring Bischoff to crash No Mercy.
FOR: Randy's new nWo-style T-shirt.
AGAINST: Canon taking Orton's side.
FOR: I think I've finally got a grasp on Canon's character... he's just a corporate suckup.
AGAINST: That it took two months of me wondering "Is he working against Long?" "Is he just stupid enough to not know better?"
AGAINST: Orlando's purple tights.
FOR: The "You Tapped Out" chant.
AGAINST: Booker looks like he lost.
FOR: Booker seeing the replay and wondering what happened.
FOR: Kennedy on PPV!
HUH?: Is the ring setup flipped around this week?
FOR: "How you clowns doing?"
FOR: Reader suggestions.
FOR: Kennedy referencing Holly's Sparky Plugg days.
AGAINST: Cole passing off Holly's rope-hanging low blow as a legal shot to the abdomen. We all know what's going on, Michael.
FOR: "Here is your LOOOOOOSER" > "...Better."
FOR: Piper's "weeping willow" line.
FOR: Eddie continuing to play the part at the press conference.
FOR: Look at Regal's face. You'd think he was walking into a toxic waste dump.
AGAINST: Butch's inevitable "toxic waste/Christy Hemme" retort.
FOR: Regal's ring robe~~~~~
AGAINST: The camera angle on Melina's ambush.
FOR: Cole's continuing skepticism about the "new" Eddie.
FOR: Cole's theory that Eddie's trying to cut Batista's edge.
FOR: Batista's reaction to the "soul mate" line.
FOR: Batista's lessons learned from Evolution.
AGAINST: This is awfully Stingesque, isn't it?
KENNEDY.
AGAINST: Piper's pasty legs.
AGAINST: Piper overselling the beatdown, then winning after two distractions.
FOR: That's another neat trick.
AGAINST: Strength advantage?
FOR: Lashley's Hindu squats with Craven on his shoulders.
FOR: Finally getting Jillian's last name. (Hall)
FOR: Cole selling Bischoff being "afraid" to hold this match on Raw.
FOR: The pop for Eddie vs. Benoit.
FOR: The pop for Batista vs. Eddie.
FOR: Eddie applauding after the press drop, then tagging out.
FOR: Batista's face when Eddie tagged him.
FOR: All the present and past storylines weaving together.
FOR: Rey's bump from the apron to the barricade.
FOR: There's something you don't see every day... a supposed heel screwing his heel teammates out of a win.
FOR: And there's something else... the other heels beating him down after the match.
AGAINST: I guess seeing Eddie actually stick the knife in Batista's back is gonna cost us.
FOR: Batista, MNM, Benoit, Lashley, Kennedy, Undertaker, JBL, Nunzio.
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