2nd Week of June - World Arena, Colorado Springs, CO


Ratings : 11.15 - historic record !


A clip showing the end of last week's Smackdown! aired showing X-Pac's betrayal when he viciously attacked his long time friend Triple H to join the nWo.

Lita appeared on the giant screens peacefully sitting on the General Manager's leather chair. She announced that from this very night she is the new General Manager of Smackdown! and hence one should get ready to witness the greatest Smackdown! of all time, isn't that right Stephanie ? The camera zoomed back so to give a wider view of the scene thus showing Stephanie knelt beside Lita manicuring her while answering "yes madam Lita".

Smackdown!'s opening


Lita made her way to the ring followed by her servant Stephanie dressed this time as a…bunny girl ! Lita grabbed the mic and said that it was time once again for Stephanie to show some respect for all the Mexican women she badmouthed in the past. Lita added that she was about to select one more time a bunch of Mexican women in the crowd but this time she would choose the ugliest ones! Lita got booed. After picking the girls, Lita ordered Stephanie to once again got down on her hands and knees and to kiss their feet ! Stephanie had no choice but to obey which gave Lita a good laugh but it was far from being over. Indeed, Lita turned her attention to something that was hidden under some sort of curtain…While drawing the curtain Lita told the audience that what was under it was going to be the main attraction of the night. Stephanie swallowed hard when she discovered that there was one big wheel with her head at its center as well as different sections with not pleasant things written on them. Lita introduced the crowd and Stephanie to the "Stephanie's humiliation wheel" ! She added that from time to time during the show she will turn the wheel and Steph would have to perform what is written on it…with an evil smile she asked why don't we do it right now ?! Lita turned the wheel and the wheel stopped on "secret confessions". Lita was all excited about that and told Stephanie she was about to have some real fun with that while some crew members were bringing a lie detector in the ring. Once Stephanie was put on the device, Lita started by asking her simple questions such as her name or to whom she was married to in order to verify the lie detector's efficiency. Then Lita asked Stephanie if she had ever cheated on her husband to which she answered no. The lie detector signalled she lied. Stephanie was appalled. Lita asked it again and Steph was compelled to answer in the affirmative which proved to be true by the detector. Lita asked her about the identity of the "lucky guy" and after a long pause Stephanie shamefully answered Kurt Angle. Oh my, said Lita, but she soon followed with another question : 'Is there someone in the locker room who is making you fantasize about ?' With a burning red face, Stephanie answered The Rock. When asked about lesbian experience, Stephanie answered in the negative which made the detector react which embarrassed Stephanie all the more… However, when Lita was about to ask Stephanie about her sexual fantasies Rico's music played and he showed up. Rico told Lita he has been on a streaking win for some time on Velocity and he now thinks he deserves a shot on Smackdown! Lita told him she didn't like being interrupted but she will prove to be a good General Manager by granting him what he is asking for. At this very moment, Kane's music hit in the arena and the Big Red Machine showed up.

1) Rico def. Kane in 4:50 as a result of a disqualification when Kane snapped and Chokeslammed him several times before finishing him off with several chair shots !

Backstage, the nWo celebrated the arrival of their new member, X-Pac with Champaign and all. All of a sudden, there wasn't any Champaign left and X-Pac offered to bring back some. As he went out he met Edge who looked at him in a scornful way. Edge told him he couldn't believe he betrayed Triple H on his very first day on Smackdown!. X-Pac told him that DX is dead and he is intelligent enough to have realized that before the others, now he goes where the money is that is to say with the nWo. Edge told him he made him sick and X-Pac offered him to wrestle him tonight if he had a problem with him.
Back in the ring, Lita said it was high time for a new Steph humiliation ! However, this time she said it was not really funny for her to turn the wheel, instead why doesn't Stephanie decide of her own fate by being the one turning the wheel. Much to Stephanie's chagrin she turned the wheel which ended on the strip-tease section. Lita made some stripper music play in the arena while Stephanie reluctantly got rid off her clothes. Stephanie couldn't bear it any longer and broke into tears which finally made Lita stopped her…for the moment.

2) Ivory defeats Gail Kim in 2:56 with the Poison Ivory and move on to the Queen of the Ring's semi-finals.
Backstage, Eddie Guerrero couldn't believe his eyes when he saw written on the matches' card that he was set to face Triple H for the Undisputed Championship. He met Lita at a corner who informed him that she has decided to place Smackdown! under the Latinos sign and that's why Eddie would make a great champion to represent Smackdown! and La Raza. Furthermore, she added that the championship match was set to be a special match, a Mexican Strap match ! She then excused herself as she headed to the ring for another "Steph humiliation".


Inside the rope, Stephanie was once again forced to put her fate in the wheel as she turned and ended up on the "spanked by the all roster" section. Steph was frightened and tried to escape but Lita caught her before she could do so and Steph was placed against her will in a pillory so she couldn't flee. Hopefully for her, the Big Show was on the Raw roster but it didn't prevent all those who had suffered from her authority to delight in spanking their former boss. They all did it but one, Stone Cold Steve Austin who didn't show up. After a while he appeared on the giant screens drinking some bears and didn't give a damn about Lita's calls for him to come in the ring to spank his former boss. Lita was furious !

3) Edge defeats X-Pac in 6:22 with the Edgecution. After several taunts from X-Pac, Edge agreed to put his United States championship on the line. During the course of the match, X-Pac bleed and there were several kick-outs.

Back in the locker rooms, Benoit and Angle were still arguing about who was the best wrestler of the two. Angle still held a grudge on Benoit for having made Flair tapped at Judgment day just few moments before he made Cena tapped. Benoit told him that it was exactly what he was pointing out, if he made Flair tapped before Angle did so with Cena it simply proves he is the best of the two. To this, Angle quickly added that it just proves that Flair is more of a wimp than Cena ! The arguments got louder and louder until Lita intervened and said she had had enough of hearing them arguing all the time, with them shouting so loudly she can't even enjoy the foot massage Stephanie is giving her ! That's why, in order to solve the case, tonight Chris Benoit will face Kurt Angle in a King of the Ring qualification match, end of the story.
In the ring, Lita was back once again with the infamous wheel ready to humiliate Stephanie even more…Steph turned the dreadful wheel and much to her horror the cursor pointed on "All of them"…Steph sank to her knees pleading Lita to let her go but the women's champion refused telling her that as long as she would wear this belt around her waist Steph will remain her slave and would have to obey her every command. The crowd started to boo Lita heavily to which she replied "don't tell me you're not having fun in humiliating this bitch !" Talking about bitch Lita decided to start the series of humiliations with some dog training ! Poor Stephanie couldn't hide her shame as she was made to perform basic dog commands such as sit, roll over, sit pretty, heel, bark or even a slap her in her face when Lita made her fetch her championship belt like a dog. Those who didn't like Stephanie laughed at her but the vast majority definitely turned their back on Lita by booing her out of the building. Nevertheless, Lita proceeded in the second humiliation out of the four remaining ones : HLA. As she mentioned it, some fans started to cheer once again for Lita only to boo her few moments later when she announces that Steph's "partner" for the night would be Jazz ! Steph was thus forced to dance suggestively around Jazz making of this night the worst moment of her entire life. Lita whispered something into Jazz' ear who then planted a kiss on Steph's mouth much to her disgust. Steph was once again in tears.

4) Chris Benoit defeats Kurt Angle in 6:31 with the Crippler Crossface and moves on to the King of the Ring tournament. Kurt went ballistic at the end of the match and told the ref it was a mistake and that he didn't tap, seeing that the ref didn't believe him, he put him in the Angle Lock and made him admit this submission move was way way better than the Crossface. The ref only longing to escape from Angle's clutches told him what he wanted to hear but Kurt didn't release the hold. Several officials had to intervene to make him stop.

Backstage, Triple H was starting to feel sympathetic for his estranged wife and decided to talk some sense into Lita's head. When he opened the door of the GM's office, he discovered it to be empty. He looked almost everywhere to no avail until he found himself in front of the nWo locker room. He heard some noise as if a party was being thrown inside. As he opened the door he took a glimpse of his wife still dressed as a bunny girl serving drinks to her former acolytes of the nWo while Lita was showing off among them. Triple H asked what the hell was going on only to be informed on Lita's new position as the new member of the nWo thus making Stephanie falling from her former status of leader of the nWo to the one of servant to this group or even mere plaything. To this X-Pac told Triple H that they're going to enjoy Stephanie a whole more than Triple H will ever do. Triple H went mad and jumped at X-Pac's throat. Lita called for the security to escort Triple H to the ring as his championship match is next !
On his way out, Triple H encountered Austin who was delighted in seeing his former foe arrested and then after a good laugh entered the nWo's locker room…

5) Triple H defeats Eddie Guerrero in 9:21 in a Mexican Strap match and thus remains the WWE Undisputed Champion. The goal of the match was to climb all four ring posts in a row, doing a taunt on top of them, while dragging the opponent around as both wrestlers had to remain at arms length from each other (having technically a strap attached to their wrists). The match was a classic with several Holy Shit moments among them a Pedigree through the announce table, blood, weapons and several near wins.

With no time to collect himself, Triple H was arrested and escorted out of the building due to an order given by Lita so she could finish Stephanie off with her two humiliations left ! A bloody Triple H swore to make Lita pay for everything she did to his wife ! "Blah, blah, blah", said Lita while Stephanie saw her last hope of freedom taken away from her. Lita then introduced Steph to her new humiliation, act like a monkey ! She made her climb to the posts while forcing her to utter monkey sounds. She eventually gave her a banana that she had to eat sensually and in a provocative manner while Lita taunted her saying it was for posterity. Steph just wanted to kill the evil bitch but had no other choice but to obey. Finally, came her last humiliation for the night : Pie eating. Steph's eyes widened in shock and Lita asked her mockingly that it will be nothing for her as she already admitted to have eaten some pie before! Steph bowed her head in shame but was relieved to see actual pies coming. Nevertheless, Lita tied Steph's hand behind her back so she has to use her tongue to eat them…At this very moment, Steph would have given anything to hide herself from this shame. After licking all the dishes presented to her, Lita took one of them which was not finished and planted it straight on her face thus provoking huge boos and "Lita sucks!" from the crowd. Lita took one more pie and presented it in front of Stephanie but told her she wasn't the one who would do it but someone who has been eager to make Steph pay for everything she did to him : Stone Cold Steve Austin ! Stephanie grew pale as she gulped when Stone Cold's music hit. Austin climbed in the ring and laughed at Stephanie while asking for a beer. Lita ordered Stone Cold to throw the pie straight in Stephanie's face. Austin grabbed the pie and told Steph that he had been craving for doing this for a really long time but stopped asking Lita "Is it just me or have you ordered Stone Cold to do something ?!". Lita lost her composure as she tried to say something to Stone Cold but was always interrupted by fans who were shouting "what ?" every time. Eventually, Stone Cold told her that nobody and that means absolutely nobody not even Vince tells Stone Cold what to do ! Just as he finished saying this he threw the pie straight to Lita's face and ended his deeds by a Stone Cold Stunner on a pie-covered Lita. Austin ripped off Lita's shirt, leaving her on her bra, to wipe the pie off Stephanie's face and left the ring with her.

"Stephanie's wheel"


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