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The Dirt Sheet returns on the shows tonight.
Jim Ross is not at the show. I think it’s Todd Grisham and Michael Cole on commentary.
Teddy Long came out and introduced the captain of Team Smackdown Chris Jericho, who walked to the ring and cut a promo on John Cena. Jericho said that it’s his responsibility to put a team together that will do everything he says and that his team will defeat the delinquents of DX. There was a big chant for DX and a “You Suck” chant at Jericho.
Jericho talked about how DX pushes their merchandise and points out all the merchants. He has the DX book in his hand and said, “You know what I think of DX?” and he rips up the book. Out comes Kane to confront Jericho.
Kane comes out and says “Your team? We need to talk” to Chris Jericho. He says he is the new co-captain of team Smackdown. Jericho says, “Of course you are, I was thinking the same thing” and tries to put Kane over. Kane says that as far as he is concerned, the DX book and DX can all go up in flames.
Finlay vs. Mike Knox vs. Dolph Ziggler for a spot on Team Smackdown at Bragging Rights was up next. Ziggler actually got a pop. Ziggler pinned Knox after Finlay and Knox hit in the air on a cross body while Finlay had the shillelagh in his hands.
In a tag team Bragging Rights qualifier match, Cryme Tyme beat The Hart Dynasty when JTG pinned Tyson Kidd. Cryme Tyme is on Team Smackdown at the PPV.
Chris Jericho, with Michelle McCool, came and said that there will be three Raw vs. Smackdown matches at the PPV and he can’t count on Morrison winning so Jericho asks if he can count on McCool winning her match. McCool says she can beat anyone at any time. Mickie James walked in and said she has a better chance of beating a Raw diva. McCool went to leave and brushed into Beth Phoenix, who told her she won’t be keeping her title for long.
CM Punk walked into Vince McMahon and said that the Fatal Fourway at the PPV is unfair. Vince agreed and said that he really liked the idea. Punk had last week so he’s making a match for next week: Punk vs. Taker in a submission match with Scott Armstrong as the ref and Teddy Long at ringside.
Before a Bragging Rights qualifying match, Tony Chimmel introduced Vickie Guerrero. She got a ton of heat, you could barely hear her. She introduced Eric Escobar and as soon as she said his name, people stopped booing and just sat down. Wow. His opponent is Matt Hardy, to a big pop.
Escobar won after Vickie distracted the ref, rammed Hardy into the turnbuckle and rolled him up. After the match the happy couple posed in the ring.
They aired a commercial for the new Batista DVD, which comes out this Tuesday.
The Miz and John Morrison did The Dirt Sheet. You could tell these guys have good chemistry whether they are friends or foes. Miz said he is the Shawn Michaels of The Rockers, and Morrison is Marty Jannetty. Morrison told Miz he is a mixture of Mr. Ed, Michael Phelps, Pink, and Big Dick Johnson.
Morrison said all Raw was a version of Saturday Night Live. He asked whether Big Bird was going to host next week. Morrison challenged him to a match during this show, but The Miz left the ring. Great segment.
Drew McIntyre defeated R-Truth via countout to earn a spot on Team Smackdown at Bragging Rights. Not much for either one of these guys.
Rey Mysteiro defeated Batista. Both men came out to huge pops. The match started slowly. I guess it’s due to them being friends. Mysterio won with the 619. It wasn’t one of the best matches I’ve seen. They raised each other’s hands after the match.
Batista left the ring while Rey was posing for the crowd. C.M. Punk ran in and hit the GTS on Mysterio. Batista came back and ran off Punk.
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