SmackDown Report 20/10/06
SmackDown Report, 20/10/06
Few times we see King Booker and Batista at backstage both preparing for their match later in the show.
The Match for World Heavyweight Title
John Cena and Big Show make their way to ringside ahead of tonight’s main event as we cut to commercial.
We return as Batista makes his way out to the ring for tonight’s title match, followed by King Booker.
They do the introductions once both men are in the ring to try and give this the big match feel, but after the last segment, it flops badly, and this title match doesn’t seem special at all. At least not to me. The match gets underway with Batista gaining an early advantage as he knocks down Booker with a shoulder block then takes it to him in the corner with a flurry of elbows to the head. Booker responds with a thumb to the eye and follows it up with a knife edge chop. Booker goes for an ax kick but Batista ducks out of the way, and clotheslines Booker over the top rope. Booker crawls back into the ring as Sharmell distracts the referee, allowing Finlay to clothesline Batista on the outside and give Booker the upper hand.
Booker drapes Batista over the ring apron and hits a legdrop for a near fall before working over Batista arm as John Cena and Big Show watch on from ringside. Batista fights back with a clothesline out of an Irish Whip and follows it up with a powerbomb, and then a spinebuster. After another near fall they go to the outside, sending Big Show crashing off his chair in the process. The go back in the ring and Batista sets up Booker for a Batista Bomb but Big Show interferes as the referee calls for the bell. Winner via DQ: Batista.
Cena gets into the ring, and he and Batista double up to take out Big Show. Teddy Long’s music hits and the SD GM says that if he has his way, he’d make Batista/Cena vs Show/Booker for next week’s show. Cena and Batista look happy about that, as Booker and Big Show make their way to the back, looking less than happy to end the show.
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