After the WWE intro:
Unlike usual, there is no festive greeting by Michael Cole as the camera pans the crowd.
Because Edge is the in the ring with Lita, gloating about his cunning victory.
The gold World Heavyweight Championship is resting over his shoulder.
The crowd instantly hates him, having gained no new fans since jumping from RAW. The Rated R Superstar can't torture the crowd with self-praise for long because Theodore Long emerges and makes a rematch for the title.
But Edge blatantly low blows The Undertaker, which ends the match by DQ. Afterward, the SmackDown! General Manager isn't convinced and neither is Orton or Batista, who make their way down to the ring. They all want a piece of the gold and plead their respective cases to the GM.
"At The Bash, I'm making a triple threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship between the new champion, Edge, the #1 contender, Randy Orton, and...the former champion, The Undertaker." The crowd approves but Batista clearly doesn't and neither does Orton. Each argues the decision but Long's judgment is final.
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After his crushing defeat at the hands of the Big Show, Rey Mysterio is back in shape against Rob Van Dam, in a ladder match for the Cruiserweight Championship, which winds up being quite a treat for the fans. Mysterio wins!
"New Cruiserweight Champ, Cole! Mysterio did it!"
"The two prideful combatants exchanging mutual respect..."
Backstage, Benjamin scoffs at Mysterio's victory, watching the program on a monitor, as he bumps heads with Christian. "What are you looking at?"
"I might ask you the same thing. What's the matter, don't like being proven wrong by Mysterio? That makes, what, two weeks in a row now that you've eaten your words? How's the ankle?"
"And who are you?" Benjamin defensively objects. "Last I saw, you gave up the Tag Team Championship to Mysterio's opponent tonight." He coldly bites back.
Christian smirks with a wry chuckle. "You know what, Benjamin? I think the Peeps would like it if I taught you a lesson tonight on who the true Gold Standard is."
"Peeps? What are you, Captain Canary now? You're on, chump."
Meanwhile...
The arena has fallen under a crimson shroud. It's Kane. He's back.
AND HE'S WEARING A MASK!
"Last week on SmackDown!, the Big Show made his debut." Kane foully growls to the audience behind the guise of a new fiery red mask. "What a freak. Smiling at all of you... pretending a hideous giant fits in with normal people. And what makes me SICK is how you people cheer him on, making him believe he's not a monster. Well, at least I have accepted what I truly am."
"It seems the attacks from Muhammad Hassan long ago have snapped something alive inside of Kane." Cole speculates, followed by Tazz. "What the hell happened to Kane since he went to RAW, Cole? Sheesh!"
Big Show comes out, clearly upset, saying, "This freak is going to cinch his giant-sized fingers around your neck and chokeslam your ass back to hell!" The crowd approves and Kane merely laughs from behind his mask, tightening his glove.
The bell rings, and before long, Kane's taunting starts to take effect on the giant. While he's beating on Kane in the corner, he gets disqualified for not heeding the referee's warnings. In a sudden outburst, the Big Show snaps and chokeslams referee Charles Robinson. The crowd heavily boos and Big Show shouts at them. In the heat of the moment, Kane has slithered out of the ring, laughing as he retreats.
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Fresh off his tag team victory with RVD, Booker T is excited backstage with his partner about the opportunity he has tonight to win more gold in the US title. He is bummed that RVD lost his match against Mysterio, but is given a wish for good luck by Mr. Thursday Night all the same.
...GO!...
The Peeps have leaped into existence as Christian makes his way to the ring, followed shortly by Shelton Benjamin's ego, along with the blond-headed superstar. In a competitive match, Christian catches Benjamin's foot mid-super kick, spins him around for the Killswitch, but gets shoved off into the ropes. On the rebound, Benjamin snares him for the t-bone suplex that seals an impressive showing by the auspicious, albeit arrogant superstar. The Peeps have vanished.
In the ring, only Hassan & Daivari have the self-righteous nerve to blather on about how they're the pure choice for United States Champion and will one day rise to even higher peaks of greatness, that the audience or WWE itself won't be able to stop them from doing so. The scorn from the audience nearly drowns out their words and the WWE Universe is spared by Booker T's entrance.
"Thank god, Cole. Here comes the next US Champion..."
"That has yet to be seen, partner, though honestly I wouldn't mind it."
Hassan soils everyone's dream, however, but Kurt Angle (still hot off his loss to The Undertaker) shows up and easily disposes of Daivari (who helped Hassan win by hitting Booker T with the title belt). "You're a disgrace to that belt, Hassan!" Kurt calls out the cowering champion, who has retreated up the ramp with a wounded Daivari. "I'm a real US champion! Enjoy that belt while you can. Because at The Bash, it's going to be mine!"
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The main event for tonight's show has rocketed into place. The crowd negatively welcomes Randy Orton, one of the culprits behind the end of Undertaker's title reign, and gives a slightly warmer response to Batista, though the Animal could not be less concerned with them. The crowd easily favors the third man that enters the arena.
In a star-studded affair, the Legend Killer and the Animal tussle again, but are smacked into next week by the Brahma Bull. After an RKO goes awry and sends Orton crashing outside of the ring, Batista gets planted by a spinebuster. The People want their favorite Elbow Drop, but the Animal powers back up to his feet.
"Right back at ya, Rock! Ha!" Tazz comments as the Animal plants the Great One and shakes the ropes, the arena falling into utter turbulence. He preps the Batista Bomb, dragging the flattened People's Champion back up to his feet, but The Rock counters, flipping the bigger man onto his back. Blinded by fury, Batista races forward with a deathly clothesline, but is sprung off his own feet for a thunderous Rock Bottom!
The applause of the people shatters the sound barrier as their champion wins.
"What a great comeback win for The Rock!" Cole announces. Orton is seen favoring a sore shoulder after tumbling out of the ring. Instead of engaging the victor, the #1 contender retreats, sorely nodding his head.
But...
As Orton backs up the ramp, he is greeted by The Undertaker, whose hulking frame collides into the Legend Killer from behind. Before Orton can respond, he is powerlessly seized by a dragon sleeper. Struggling for breath, Orton is choked out.
"Payback's a bitch, Cole! Orton's counting sheep!"
"A foul warning of things to come from the Phenom, partner..."
Thunder crackles as Undertaker rolls back his eyes and runs his thumb over his throat as he demonically gazes down at the unconscious louse.
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