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6/23 Friday Night SmackDown! Recap

By Eric Cohen, About.com


WWE Tag Team Title: Champs Paul London & Brian Kendrick vs The Mexicools (Super Crazy/Psicosis) – The story going into this match is that Psicosis has abandoned his partner the past two weeks when Super Crazy was getting beaten up by The Great Kahli. When Super Crazy was getting ready to win the match, Psicosis blind tagged himself in and wound up losing the match when he missed a move off the top ropes. After the match, The Mexicools started fighting with each other and Super Crazy left his former partner lying in the ring. Winners: Paul London & Brian Kendrick

Tatanka vs Simon Dean – The match starts outside the ring because Simon was insulting the Native American people. When Tatanka has the match well in hand, The Great Kahli makes his way to the ring. The Great Kahli beats up both men. He ends his assault by mocking The Undertaker by crossing the arms of Simon Dean and covering him with his tongue sticking out. Winner: No Contest

Finlay vs Gunner Scott – On his way to the ring, Little Bastard (the official name of the leprechaun), throws several cans of Guinness at Finlay from under the ring. Suring the match, the leprechaun escapes from under the ring and is about to hit Gunner with a shillelagh but Finlay stops him because he doesn’t want to get disqualified. While the ref is dealing with the shillelagh that the leprechaun brought into the ring, Finlay hits Gunner with his to get the win. Winner: Finlay

- Vito, in his dress, asks Ashley out on a date. JBL, the SackDown! Announcer talks over the end of the segment which features Ashley leaving the area with Vito.

- A vignette for Sylvan, an ambassador for Quebec, is shown.

- Michael Cole interviews Chavo Guerrero about Mark Henry attacking him and if he thinks that Rey Mysterio can keep his title tonight against Mark Henry.

- Kristal interviews Mark Henry about the comments just made by Chavo. He laughs them off because he is the world’s strongest man.

Non-title Match: U.S. Champ Lashley vs King Booker w/Queen Sharmell & William Regal – The big story of this match is the knee injury that Lashley suffered last week. In addition to having to deal with Regal and Sharmell outside the ring, Finlay came to the ringside area and used his shillelagh to further injure Lashley’s knee. Lashley got his second wind and was going to hit the dominator when the referee was distracted by all the outside activity. Lashley grabbed a steel chair that was slid into the ring for King Booker and the ref saw him use the chair on Regal and King Booker. Winner: King Booker by DQ

Ken Kennedy vs Funaki – Kennedy controls the entire match and wins with his version of the senton bomb which he calls the Kenton bomb. After the match, he forced Tony Chimmel to announce his name the “proper way”. Winner: Kennedy

- King Booker and Queen Sharmell summon SmackDown! GM Teddy Long to their locker room. They tell him that he will never fight Lashley again. Teddy Long makes a match between Lashley and King Booker for next week. When Sharmell lets it be known that Lashley and Regal will probably interfere in that match, Teddy Long makes next week’s match a steel cage match.

World Championship Match: Champ Rey Mysterio vs Mark Henry - Several weeks ago, Mark beat Rey in a non-title match. Since then, Mark has gone on a path of destruction. Last week, his victim was Chavo Guerrero, Rey’s best friend. After several minutes of back and forth action, the ref guts injured. Chavo Guerrero runs to the ring with a chair and taking a page out of his late uncle’s game plan does the lie, cheat, and steal move. Chavo put the chair in Mark’s hands just as the ref got up and Rey was on the ground. The ref saw Mark with the chair and immediately disqualified him. Winner: Rey Mysterio by DQ

Match Results:


    - WWE Tag Team Titles: Champs Paul London & Brian Kendrick beat The Mexicools
    - Tatanka and Simon Dean fought to a no contest
    - Finlay beat Gunner Scott
    - King Booker beat Lashley by DQ
    - Mr. Kennedy beat Funaki
    - World Championship Match: Champ Rey Mysterio beat Mark Henry by DQ

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