WWE Smackdown/ECW taping
August 5, 2008
Atlanta, Ga.
Report by Kevin Hensley of Ellijay, Ga., PWTorch.com contributor

The arena is a little over half full. Upper deck at back of arena is tarped off. They showed a Wrestlemania XXIV package to start things off.

DARK MATCH

(1) R-Truth pinned Kenny Dysktra.

A WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008 video aired. We did a live break in on Sci-Fi for ECW.

ECW TAPING

Mike Knox comes out and cuts a promo questioning Finlay's toughness, shows clip from SummerSlam video with Finlay & Hornswoggle dancing. Finlay & Hornswoggle come out. Finlay dares Knox to fight him. Knox backs down and walks to the back.

The Raw Rebound airs showing John Cena & Batista winning Tag Team Championship. Finlay & Hornswoggle stay out until video ends.

A WWEshop.com promo airs.

(1) Armando Estrada defeated Tommy Dreamer. Colin Delaney comes out during match and distracts Dreamer twice during the match; Estrada wins by roll-up off distraction.

A video airs plugging The Dirt Sheet tonight.

A SummerSlam promo video airs.

A WWE did you know fact airs.

A replay of ending of 1st match airs.

Estrada and Delaney are backstage when GM Teddy Long comes in and tells Delaney that he has an Extreme Rules Match against Tommy Dreamer next week.

The Smackdown Rebound airs with Edge & Mick Foley segment being highlighted.

A SummerSlam match rundown video airs.

Braden Walker is shown walking to ring.

James Curtis comes out.

A WWE Classics On Demand video from Raw last night aired.

(2) Braden Walker beat James Curtis. The boring chants are loud throughout the whole match. Walker won with a bridging fisherman suplex.

A video for The Dirt Sheet up next aired.

Cena vs. Batista match hype for SummerSlam video airs. A "We Want Hardy" chant broke out.

A "Behind Enemy Lines: Columbia" video airs.

(3) Evan Bourne & Ricky Ortiz defeated Bam Neely & Chavo Guerrero. Bourne rolled up Neely for the pin.

Another Dirt Sheet is tonight is shown on the screen.

Undertaker vs. Edge SummerSlam match video hype airs.

They set up the ring for The Dirt Sheet segment.

Morrison & Miz come out. Dirt Sheet gets its own entrance video. Morrison & Miz hype their show. Guests are Tony Atlas, Mark Henry, and Matt Hardy. Henry still pic is shown on the screen and a mouth is super imposed over for comedy. Same for Atlas. Henry mainly grunts and Atlas rhymes. Of all people, Lena Yada gets the same treatment. Pretty funny stuff actually. Morrison & Miz poke fun all around. Henry & Atlas come out and are pissed. Morrison & Miz talk them into calming down. Hardy gets a still pic on the screen as well and gets downed by all. Real Hardy comes out. Hardy compares the humor to Conan O'Brien, and then tells Morrison & Miz that they remind him of Brokeback Mountain. Morrison & Miz yell at Hardy over disrespect. Brawl breaks out. Morrison & Miz get beat down by Henry & Hardy. Show ends here. Hardy & Henry stare each other down, Henry leaves. Hardy's music hits, he poses for crowd, then leaves.

Crew comes out to set up for Smackdown. Video plugging WWE's mainstream appeal airs during this.

SMACKDOWN TAPINGS

Crew got set changed very quickly.

A video recap of Edge & Foley saga starts off the show.

Graphics for Shelton Benjamin vs. Jeff Hardy tonight, as well as an Indian Broken Glass Arm Wrestling Match between The Great Khali and Triple H, tonight.

(1) Natalya & Victoria, & Maryse defeated Maria & Cherry & Michelle McCool. The match is an Olympic themed divas tag team match. Maryse is dressed as a tennis player, Victoria is a gymnast, Natalya is a horse jockey, Michelle McCool as a volleyball player, Cherry as a boxer, and Maria as a skier. Match was super short, and Natalya won the match for her team when she made Maria tap to the sharpshooter.

Backstage, Bam Neely is shown unconscious. La Familia find him with a black rose on his chest as Vickie Guerrero just shakes her head. Loud Undertaker chants.

A WWE did you know video airs.

(2) Curt Hawkins & Zach Ryder beat Shannon Moore & Jimmy Wang Yang. Hawkins & Ryder double team on Moore for the win.

Eve interviews MVP backstage. MVP announces that he will fight Jeff Hardy at SummerSlam. A clip is shown from Saturday Night's Main Event where MVP interfered in Edge & Hardy's match during the promo.

Another graphic for Indian Broken Glass Arm Wrestling Match between The Great Khali and Triple H tonight airs.

(3) Jeff Hardy defeats Shelton Benjamin by DQ. Hardy got by far the loudest pop of the night. A great, long match ended when MVP interfered and attacked Hardy with a kick to the head.

Backstage, Chavo and Vickie are running down places to check for the Undertaker, and it is suggested to Hawkins to check the parking lot.

During commercial, Hardy's music hits and plays him to the back.

Promo for Raw coming to the Philips Arena on November 17th airs.

They set up for The Indian Broken Glass Arm Wrestling Match.

(4) The Indian Broken Glass Arm Wrestling Match: Triple H comes out first to a huge pop, followed by The Great Khali to some you suck boos, not the "you're a good heel" boos. Khali speaks and gets ridiculed by Triple H for his efforts. Singh translates and says Khali warns Triple H to get out while he can. Triple H tells Runjin to go find the lamp that Khali came out of and put him back in it. He tells his strategy for SummerSlam with some comedy mixed in. They finally begin The Indian Broken Glass Arm Wrestling Match and their hands are tied together. Good selling from both of them and it went a pretty long time. When Triple H looked to be winning, Khali grabbed Triple H, and head butted him. He went for the tree slam, but Triple H started fighting. Triple H went for the pedigree, but Khali was too tall and fought out, then put Triple H down with the vice grip. Triple H tries to power out but to no avail. Runjin grabs the mic and says "Khali has two
words for Triple H at SummerSlam, "Game Over". Triple-H is then helped to the back.

Crew comes out to clean up after the arm wrestling match.

Umaga promo airs.

Video of Hawkins unconscious backstage with another black rose on his chest.

R-Truth promo video airs.

Chavo and Vickie backstage talk about how all of La Familia is wiped out except for them. Chavo suggests to go find Edge for help, which Vickie is reluctant to do.

WWE Rewind with Vladimar Kozlov in action highlighted. Kozlov comes out and cuts a promo in Russian and then translates into English.

(4) Vladimar Kozlov pinned Jesse. Short and sweet with Jesse getting little offense in. Kozlov wins after headbutting Jesse in the chest in mid-air.

Another promo for Edge VS Undertaker at SummerSlam airs.

SummerSlam match rundown airs.

Backstage, Chavo tells Vickie that Edge has agreed to help them and tries to calm Vickie down. Vickie breaks a black rose in half then groans in disgust.

(5) The Brian Kendrick beat Super Crazy. Good for what it was. Crazy went for a moonsault, and then was distracted by Ezekiel letting Kendrick hit Sliced Bread #2 for the pin. Ezekiel put Crazy in a backbreaker after the match.

Edge comes into the office with Vickie and Chavo. Edge calms Vickie down, and then says we need to stick together, and that they would solve the problem his way. They leave the office.

Edge, Vickie, and Chavo head to the ring. Edge slides two chairs into the ring, and then calls The Undertaker out. Chavo turns his back to Edge, and then Edge strikes him with a chair. He then gives Chavo the conchairto as Vickie screams for him to stop. Edge grabs Vickie's wheelchair and turns it over with her in it. He then crawls to her and rips into her about the Hell in a Cell match and says Mick Foley brought "The Edge" out needed to win. He says he will take everybody in the family, including Vickie and The Undertaker, straight to Hell with him. It is presumed that Edge is the one that's been doing all the attacks tonight.

POST-TAPING NOTES

Smackdown appears to end here. Referees come out to help Chavo. Edge wanders around the ring, and then fakes leaving with a smile on his face. He then grabs a mic and demands Vickie and Chavo to leave the ring. He then tells Charles Robinson to stay out to officiate his advertised dark match against Triple H for the WWE Championship.

Smackdown Post-Show: Triple H comes out for the match against Edge. Edge tells Triple H that since he's calling the shots, he thinks he should fight someone else first. Vladimar Kozlov comes out to wrestle Triple H.

(1) Triple H defeated Vladimar Kozlov. Shorts and sweet with a lot of submission moves from Kozlov. Triple H hits the Pedigree for the win. Immediately, Edge, jumps in and attacks Triple H to lead into the next match…

(2) Triple H beats Edge by countout to retain the WWE Championship. Kozlov remains down in the ring for the whole match. Edge runs to the back after Triple H slams his head into the announce table four times in a row for the countout victory. Triple H then pedigrees Kozlov again and goes around ringside high fiving fans to end the show.

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