Smarmy straight-edge CM Punk couldn't elicit as much hatred as a video of President George W. Bush (although a couple of guys loudly clapped at his cameo on the Titan Tron) even as he berated the crowd, calling them a bunch of boozing, pill-popping smokers at last night's Friday Night SmackDown TV taping. Peter Rugg pointed this out in March after seeing Monday Night Raw, and the reaction was pretty much the same.
Kansas Citians hold a grudge.
Speaking of grudges, the show was built around Punk's rivalry with
World Champion Jeff Hardy. They're fighting for the belt in a "Tables,
Ladders and Chairs" match at Sunday's pay-per-view SummerSlam. To
preview the match, ladders, tables and chairs were set up all around
the ring.
You can't set up tables around a wrestling ring and not expect
someone to go through it, right? Wrong. Guess you got to pay for the
carnage. Punk tried to tip over the ladder with Hardy on it, but Hardy
hopped down and dropped Punk on his head. This wasn't the last time
that Hardy handed Punk his ass. In a six-man tag main event, a reunited
Jeff Hardy and his brother, Matt, and John Morrison defeated Punk and
the Hart Dynasty (Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith). Here's Morrison
dropping Kidd on his face.
Hardys ended up beating up Punk with Matt Hardy hitting a "Twist of
Fate" face smash on Punk. Note to Jeff Hardy: Don't trust your brother.
He'll only break your heart -- and cause you to lose your title to Punk.
Poor
Punk. He still wasn't done getting his ass beat. After getting beat up
here, he was thrown into a cage match with Jeff Hardy.
Other notes:
Cryme Tyme in another six-man tag. Two six man tags? Lazy matchmaking.
off. Knox was disqualified. Then Knox smacked Finley in the face with
the ring steps.
Benjamin beat surfer dude Tyler Reks (who has the most generic surf
music ever) and a super-popular R-Truth beat Charlie Haas.
Jackson to be his partner after the dastardly duo of Vladamir Kozlov
and William Regal kicked the crap out of Tommy Dreamer. Christian made
a poor choice because Jackson turned on him.
momentum with a boring interview segment with Sheamus and Goldust. They
don't like each other so they had a staring contest.
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Bush's legacy: even people who just love to chant "U-S-A! U-S-A!" spit on the ground whenever he's mentioned. Seems fitting in a way.
Thanks for the spoilers. Now I don't have to waste my Friday night watching Smackdown!
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