(Pics from WWE.com)
~Last week on Smackdown, The Undertaker and Batista fought to a no-contest, Big Show got laid out by The Great Khali, Cherry upset Victoria and MVP beat Tommy Dreamer. This week's episode is headlined by The Undertaker vs. Batista rematch for the World Heavyweight Title.
-The show starts with "La Familia" (Edge, Chavo Guerrero, Smackdown General Manager, Vickie Guerrero, Bam Neely, Zach Ryder, Curt Hawkins and Teddy Long). Edge says he'll be the new World Heavyweight Champion after he wins his match at Backlash and he says Chavo Guerrero will beat Kane to be the new ECW Champion.
-Randomly, CM Punk comes out and reminds everyone that he holds the Money in the Bank briefcase, meaning he can receive a world title shot whenever he wants within the next year. GM Guerrero announces that it'll be Edge vs. CM Punk later that night.
-Shannon Moore picks up a win over The Miz.
-Natalya runs through Cherry.
-Matt Hardy and WWE US Champion, MVP, have a confrontation before their match at Backlash. Hardy says he's gonna win the belt and MVP doesn't like that.
-So, MVP hits Hardy in the face with the belt. Take That!
-Edge defeats CM Punk.
-Vladimir Kozlov beats on some chump.
-Shawn Michaels, who has a match against Batista at Backlash, interferes in his match against The Undertaker.
-This leads to The Undertaker winning the match and retaining the World Heavyweight Title.
John Morrison was on commentary during the Miz/Shannon Moore match and he had some pretty funny lines. They should replace Coach and put Morrison in instead.
Cherry still has horrible theme music.
Speaking of Cherry, she got completely handled by Natalya this week. In my opinion, Natalya had a solid in-ring debut and I'm excited to see more matches featuring her.
Although the Big Show/Great Khali match at Backlash will probably be pure garbage, there was a pretty good highlight video of the Show/Khali feud shown. I think this is going to be way better than the actual match.
That was a solid segment with MVP and Matt Hardy! I know Hardy's gonna take that title though.
Vladimir Kozlov is the man!.
The last 5 minutes of the Edge/CM Punk match was just awesome. The crowd was so into it. I think it was the match of the night.
WWE Backlash Preview
~WWE's latest PPV event, Backlash, is gonna take place later tonight. Here's the announced card:
WWE Title Fatal Four Way Match
Randy Orton (champion) vs. Triple H vs. John Cena vs. JBL
World Heavyweight Championship Match
The Undertaker (champion) vs. Edge
ECW Championship Match
Kane (champion) vs. Chavo Guerrero
Batista vs. Shawn Michaels
Special Guest Referee: Chris Jericho
Big Show vs. The Great Khali
WWE United States Championship Match
MVP (champion) vs. Matt Hardy
12-Diva Tag Team Match
WWE Women's Champion Mickie James, Maria, Ashley, Michelle McCool, Cherry & Kelly Kelly vs. Beth Phoenix, Melina, Jillian, Layla, Victoria & Natalya
Right off the bat, I'm looking forward to the Michaels/Batista match because Shawn Michaels can make anyone look good in a match and because I wanna see what Chris Jericho is going to do.
Of all the title matches going on, the only title switch I see is in the US Title match between MVP and Matt Hardy. I don't think MVP really even needs the belt anymore, because I think he's still a strong performer and has enough credibility without the gold around his waist. At this point, I think Hardy needs it more, especially since he is just coming back from an injury.
I'm interested to see how Randy Orton retains the WWE title this time. I know that it's possible that he could lose, but I'm digging the "Age of Orton" and I think he'll get a decent run with the title, maybe at least until August.
I'm also interested to see just how bad Big Show vs. Great Khali is going to be.
More Screwups with Mike Adamle
~Once again I would like to point out that I am optimistic about Mike Adamle improving as a play-by-play "analyst" on ECW, but these videos highlighting all his mistakes are just too funny to me. Here's all his screwups from the latest episode of ECW.
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