Post by James Sims on May 23, 2007 4:08:41 GMT -5
SMACKDOWN
MARCH 16, 2007
Batista comes to the ring in a suit and carrying both the WWE & World title belts. He starts by talking about Ric Flair and how he helped Batista win the WWE Title because Flair thought Batista was easier to beat than Cena. Well Batista rode up and down the road with Flair for awhile and he learned all of his weaknesses, so the Nature Boy doesn’t worry him. But now what about the World Title? This is an opponent he will not discover till hours before his title defense. And just today he received a run down of all16 names that will be in the tournament. Such WWE stars as Undertaker, King Booker, Shelton Benjamin, & William Regal. But we also have guys from ECW…Bobby Lashley, RVD, CM Punk, & Hardcore Holly. Also former WWE Stars like…Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, Christian Cage, & The Big Show. And not to mention a few men who have never set foot in a WWE ring before. Men like Vampiro, Sting, Chris Hero, & AJ Styles. Batista goes on to say that a match against any of these men will be great, but no matter who he faces in the main event of WRESTLEMANIA 23, he will walk out still holding the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
ECW TITLE
MR. KENNEDY[c] VS MATT HARDY
Kennedy retained the ECW title by delivering a Green Bay Plunge onto Matt.
Kennedy gets on the mic afterwards and promises, no Guarantees the after Wrestlemania he will be Mr. Money In The Bank.
MVP VS SABU
MVP won via DQ when Beniot attacked Porter.
6-PERSON TAG TEAM MATCH
PAUL LONDON, BRIAN KENDRICK, & ASHLEY VS MNM
MNM picked up the victory when Mercury delivered a vicious lariat to Ashley and Melina made the cover.
King Booker said that he would again be a world champion and he would make an example of the resurrected Undertaker.
DAVARI VS KANE
Kane made short work of Kahli’s former handler & pinned him after a chokeslam.
KING BOOKER w/Sharmell VS UNDERTAKER w/James Mitchell
Booker went on the offense early and tried to stay away from Taker, but Booker missed a Scissors Kick and Taker caught him with a chokeslam for the pin.