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6/9/06 Friday Night SmackDown! Recap

By Eric Cohen, About.com


- William Regal introduces King Booker to the ring, but Lashley comes out instead and beats him up because of what happened to him last week. GM Teddy Long comes out and makes a match between Regal and Regal for tonight. Long then said that if Lashley wins he will get a match with King Booker.

- A vignette for the returning Batista is shown.

Super Crazy w/Psicosis vs Brian Kendrick w/Paul London – Last week on velocity, The Mexicools beat Paul London and Brian Kendrick in a non-title match. Super Crazy hits one of the most impressive finishing maneuvers ever. He pinned Kendrick after hitting a moonsault/superplex. After the match, The Great Kahli came out and destroyed London & Kendrick. He then attacked Super Crazy and Psicosis was too scared of The Great Kahli to help his partner. Winner: Super Crazy

- Kid Kash, Gregory Helms, Simon Dean, and Jamie Knoble are in the locker room with Nunzio. Everyone leave Nunzio alone when Vito walks in dressed in drag. Nunzio tries to talk to his partner about how he is dressing. Vito then tells Nunzio he has a match against him tonight and will show him what type of man he is.

Vito vs Nunzio – Vito wrestles in drag. They mention that Nunzio wrestled as Little Guido for ECW on Wednesday’s special. Vito beats up his partner and finishes him off with a brainbuster type move. Winner: Vito

Non-title Match: U.S. Champ Lashley vs William Regal – King Booker and Queen Sharmell are at the top of the ramp to watch the match. When Lashley hits the spear on Regal outside the ring, King Booker runs to ringside to revive Regal. He is unsuccessful and must now face Lashley next week. Winner: Lashley by countout

Bikini Contest: Ashley vs Jillian Hall vs Michelle McCool vs Kristal – The contest is hosted by The Miz. The four women come into the ring in robes. They take the robes off when they are called except for Michelle who says that her needs could not be net by anyone in the crowd. The crowd voted for Ashley. Winner: Ashley

Mark Henry vs Ramon Row – Mark has injured Chris Benoit and Paul Birchill over the past two weeks. Mark Henry man handles his opponent and hits the world’s strongest slam twice before putting Row out of his mercy. Winner: Mark Henry

Mr. Kennedy vs Scotty 2 Hotty – This is Kennedy’s first match on SmackDown! since being injured several months ago. Kennedy easily wins the match with a move off the top rope and then announces himself as the winner. Winner: Mr. Kennedy

- Rey Mysterio is in the locker room with Chavo Guerrero. They talk about Paul Heyman’s offer for Rey to join ECW. Chavo says that whatever he decides, he will have his back. Rey then tries to talk Chavo out of retirement.

- Michael Cole is in the ring to find out if Rey is going to stay in the WWE or go to ECW. Tazz gets in the ring and announces that he is going back home to ECW and leaves. Paul Heyman then enters the ring to talk to Rey. Rey decides to stay on SmackDown! The two men shake hands and Paul says that he thinks Rey is going to need luck tonight.

Non-title Match: World Heavyweight Champ Rey Mysterio vs Finlay – Paul Heyman is at ringside doing commentary. During the match, Rey is dragged under the ring by the leprechaun. A few moments later, Rey is in control when Sabu comes to ringside. Hi distraction allows Finlay to use the shillelagh and then hit the Celtic Cross to get the win. After the match, Sabu set up Mysterio on a table outside the ring. He then did his patented chair to rope to leg drop through the table move to Rey. Winner: Finlay

Match Results:


    - Super Crazy beat Brian Kendrick
    - Vito beat Nunzio
    - Non-title match: U.S. Champ Lashley beat William Regal by count out
    - Bikini Contest: Ashley beat Jillian Hall, Kristal, and Michelle McCool
    - Mark Henry beat Ramon Row
    - Mr. Kennedy beat Scotty 2 Hotty
    - Non-title Match: Finlay beat World Heavyweight Champ Rey Mysterio

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