Smackdown Results
'Three Minutes' of horror for Stephanie McMahon
Stephanie McMahon endured "three minutes" of horror as the hotly anticipated commitment ceremony between Billy & Chuck went terribly awry for the for the former Tag Team Champions.
The ceremony, which received widespread media attention from such outlets as the New York Times, Variety, and Good Morning America, was supposed to have established a union between Billy & Chuck as life partners. But just before a justice of the peace was set to complete the ceremony, a nervous Billy & Chuck stopped him in his tracks. Billy & Chuck revealed that the whole thing was a charade thought up by Rico as a publicity stunt and demanded to know why Rico didn't put a halt to the ceremony as planned.
As Rico berated Billy & Chuck for not having the guts to go through with the stunt, the elderly justice of the peace stated that the bond between the tag team was sacred, whether it lasted for months or just three minutes! Stephanie's eyes widened in shock as the justice of the peace stripped off his rubber mask and revealed his true identity as RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff! Before Stephanie could flee, Rosie & Jamal swept into the ring to dispose of Billy & Chuck and nail the SmackDown! GM with a Samoan Drop! The SmackDown! locker room emptied as a dozen superstars raced down to chase the RAW invaders from the building!
The Undertaker had an equally difficult night as Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman attacked the Dead Man both physically and psychologically. Last week on SmackDown!, Heyman insinuated that Taker's wife, Sara, could become a distraction on the Dead Man's quest to take the WWE Championship from Brock Lesnar.
Heyman made sure that Taker's concentration was broken during the Phenom's match against Matt Hardy. Heyman cornered Sara in a backstage locker room and made threatening advances on her. Taker, seeing the action on the TitanTron, forgot all about his match and raced to the back where he pounced on Heyman. Before any damage could be inflicted, Brock Lesnar, who started the evening off by pinning Hardcore Holly, stomped in and clobbered Taker with a steel chair! The WWE Champion loomed over a quivering Sara in a menacing fashion before leaving the room!
Kurt Angle tried to use intimidation to his advantage before facing Rey Mysterio. Angle took to the ring and told his undersized opponent that he is a little boy playing in a man's world. "And I'm a man who loves to play with boys," Angle said. When he realized what he had said, Angle tried several times to give a better explanation but failed miserable with each attempt and caused the Minneapolis crowd to roar with laughter and, "You suck" chants! Angle got the last laugh, though, as he defeated Mysterio via pinfall following a top rope Angle slam!
Angle later attacked Chris Benoit and held the Wolverine in position for a Rikishi Stinkface! An irate Benoit demanded - and received - a match against Angle at Unforgiven on Sept. 22!
Match results
Brock def. Hardcore Holly by pinfall
Chavo & Eddie Guerrero def. Edge & John Cena by pinfall
Kurt Angle def. Rey Mysterio by pinfall
Chris Benoit def. Rikishi by disqualification when
Kurt Angle interfered
Torrie Wilson def. Nidia by pinfall
Matt Hardy def. Undertaker fought to a no-decision
