1st Week of June - The Astrodome, Houston, Texas
Ratings : 8.39
The show opened with a close-up on Lita's face. Lita reminded the crowd that at Judgment Day she had defeated Stephanie thus making of her…her devoted servant! She added that as she said on Raw she was keeping the best humiliations for Stephanie for Smackdown! and it would start right now. Lita grinned as she said that fans had been wanting to see that for a long time and tonight it'd become a reality, the Smackdown! General Manager will be presenting Smackdown! in her underwear all night long!
Smackdown! opening
The new Women's champion headed to the ring all by herself but once in the ring she introduced to the audience the Smackdown! GM who is her servant as well: Stephanie! As Lita announced it, Stephanie made her way to the ring in her undies which gave the crowd a good laugh. Lita kept humiliating Stephanie by showing some footage of the week she has spent on Stephanie's expense. Indeed, the clip showed a beautiful mansion in which Lita was sleeping in a sumptuous bed. Then, all of a sudden someone drew the curtain while telling Lita that her breakfast was ready, and this person was none other than Stephanie dressed in a French maid uniform! The crowd cheered and laughed like never before. Another segment informed the viewers of Lita increasing Stephanie's former Mexican servants' wages by 100%. As a matter of fact, Lita did well say former as she had given them the month off (while still being paid by Stephanie's money) in order for Stephanie to be the only one to attend to all the mansions' chores. Stephanie was furious in the ring but became outraged when on the Titantron she saw herself doing several chores from scrubbing the floor on all four to mopping the toilet. Stephanie couldn't take it anymore and insulted Lita while threatening her to make her pay for that and all the Latina sluts of her kind! Being near the border, Stephanie got booed massively which made Lita telling them Stephanie must be taught how to show some proper respect to La Raza! Lita picked 5 Hispanic women out of the crowd (a teenager, a fat one, a Salma Hayek look-a-like, a common looking one and an ugly one). Lita told them to line up near the ropes and…to take their shoes off. Stephanie began to feel a little bit concerned. Then, Lita told Stephanie that from now on every Hispanic woman is a Goddess to Stephanie and therefore she has to show them proper respect by prostrating herself in front of them and to kiss their feet! Stephanie answered Lita that there was no way she would do such a degrading thing especially to these piece of trash and that she'd rather die than grovelling at their feet. Lita threatened her with the match contract they signed prior to JD which compels the loser to the Women's Champion to obey her every command. If Steph kept disobeying she would sue her ass and hence promised her that in jail she would certainly do worse than just kissing feet! Stephanie looked scared and rushed at the Latinas feet and reluctantly kissed them. Stephanie was about to puke when Lita told her that she wasn't done yet as she forgot one Latina Goddess: herself! Stephanie was fuming but eventually kissed her rival's feet. Lita was laughing triumphantly over her long time enemy and told her that she didn't seem to like worshipping Hispanic women, as a consequence the Women's Champion announced Stephanie that from this moment on, each and every week she'd kiss Hispanic feet until it becomes normal for her to treat Latinas as her superior! Stephanie was sobbing at this thought.
All of a sudden, Vince McMahon's music hit and the owner of the WWE walked down the aisle and entered the ring. Stephanie thanked him for saving her but Vince interrupted her saying that just like he did on Raw he wasn't there to save his daughter. She was the one who wanted this stipulation added to her match as she wanted so bad to treat Lita as her servant and humiliate her as she once did with Trish. But what comes around goes around and he's only here to make another announcement. First and foremost, he'd like to announce Smackdown! viewers that two Smackdown! superstars left for Raw: Rhyno and Scotty 2 Hotty. The crowd booed. However, Two Raw superstars are coming to Smackdown! and they will be live tonight. Nevertheless, he didn't want to spoil the surprise so the fans will have to wait and see. Now, if he's here, it's for some business concerning Stephanie. Stephanie looked at her father trying to hide herself still uneasy about being seen in her underwear. At the King of the Ring, it's going to be Raw vs Smackdown! as 4 Smackdown! superstars will face 4 Raw superstars for the first time since the draft, nevertheless what's the best way to represent this clash than a match between the 2 General Managers. Therefore, in one corner, there will be the Raw GM Eric Bischoff and in the other, her daughter, the Smackdown! GM Stephanie! In order to spice this match a little bit, the winner of the match will be able to ask whatever s/he wants from the other GM, if Bischoff wins and he wants to spend a night with Stephanie he would be able to do so, if Stephanie wins and she wants to sign all the major stars of Raw to Smackdown! she would be able to do so! At last but not least, he added that since Edge had both the US and Intercontinental around his waist, he'll defend his Intercontinental belt against one wrestler from the other brand the GM would have chosen.
Vince was about to leave when the nWo's music hit. Hogan and The Rock joined the owner in the ring and the man behind the nWo asked Vince for a rematch against Triple H. Vince asked him and Hogan told him that he beat Triple H at WrestleMania and Triple H defeated him last Sunday, as a consequence they should settle the issue in a final match. To that The Rock intervened in saying that Hogan's opportunity has passed and that it was high time The Rock got another title shot. The Rock argued that he had already ended one of Triple H's title reigns once and he could do it again. Hogan quickly added that in the first place it was Triple H who ended The Rock's title reign. Vince got fed up with the issue and solved the case by stating that at the King of the Ring, there would be a Triple Threat pitting Triple H against Hollywood Hogan and The Rock for the WWE Undisputed Championship!
1) Chris Benoit defeats Eddie Guerrero, who was making his comeback after his run-in at Judgment Day, in 4:59 with the Crippler Crossface.
At the end of the match, Kurt Angle stepped into the ring and threw a tantrum telling Benoit he got robbed at Judgment Day since he should have been the one to have been declared the winner! Benoit told him he made Flair tapped quicker than Angle did with Cena and that's all, not a big deal. Oh yeah, Kurt answered, it was a big deal to him as he is sure he is the best wrestler on Smackdown! and Judgment Day was his chance to prove the world this fact! Benoit reacted quickly telling him that everybody knows he is the best technical wrestler of the world today. Benoit and Angle were about to collide when Stephanie arrived, still in her lingerie, to put an end to this childish argument. She told them that in any case they wouldn't face each other tonight.
2) John Cena earns the first spot in the King of the Ring tournament with a victory over Kane in 5:07 with the F-U. John Cena did a little rap taunt before the match but once everything was said and done, an unmasked Kane snapped when he hit Cena several times with a steel chair and Chokeslammed him through the announce table!
Backstage, a cameraman caught Stephanie trying to poison Lita's food! Lita caught her on the spot and decide to punish her by sending her to the ring in order to face a mystery diva. Stephanie is forced to the ring by Jazz who brought her on her shoulder. Lita, on the giant screens, announces that the new diva Stephanie is about to face is the one she has just signed few days ago! Lita added she really believes Stephanie need to become more submissive as she's not the dominant woman on Smackdown! anymore and therefore who better to teach her some submissiveness than a submission specialist: Gail Kim!
3) Gail Kim made Stephanie submit in 4:49 with a modified Leg Grapevine similar to Edge's Edgecator.
In the nWo's locker room, Hogan and The Rock were arguing about who should be the Undisputed Champion at the King of the Ring. Finally, they both calmed down saying that what really mattered was that Triple H would no longer be champion and kick his ass out of Smackdown! as well as bringing the belt around the nWo's waist, no matter whose waist it is.
One of the two Raw superstars who defected for Smackdown! was scheduled to appear in the next match as Tazz and Michael Cole mentioned it.
4) Edge, the newcomer, defeats William Regal in 3:53 with the Edgecution.
Backstage, Smackdown! number one announcer, Funaki, interviewed Triple H about tonight's main event. Triple H told him that he had a mystery partner for his match against The Rock and Hollywood Hogan tonight. The crowd began chanting "Stone Cold! Stone Cold!" All of a sudden, Funaki caught sight of Stone Cold and asked him whether or not he was Triple H's partner. Austin just looked at him coldly but said nothing.
Back in the nWo locker room, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash were celebrating their mischief. Hall had fun telling Nash how he unmasked Kane at Judgment Day even though he lost the match but Nash told him it was nothing compared to his buried alive match when out of pure anger Kane helped Nash buried The Undertaker! They kept laughing when Nash suddenly told Hall that the match with Hogan and The Rock was about to start.
5) Hollywood Hogan/The Rock defeat Triple H/X-Pac (who was his mystery partner, the last one defecting from Raw) in 19:02 when The Rock covered Triple H after X-Pac attacked his former friend out of nowhere with the Undisputed belt. During the match there were tensions between Hogan and The Rock as at one moment Hogan prevented The Rock from doing the People's Elbow just for Hogan to plant his own version, the Hollywood's Elbow. The ref was also on the nWo's side as he did nothing to prevent X-Pac from attacking Triple H and celebrated the nWo victory along with its new member: X-Pac!
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