Dark Match & Friday Night Smackdown Tapings; Houston, Texas

Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
On Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 3:16 AM EST

The following took place on Tuesday in Houston, TX.

Dark Match:

- Tommy Dreamer defeated Kevin Thorn.

WWE Friday Night Smackdown Tapings for June 27:

- Vickie Guerrero (on screen) introduced the new voice of Smackdown, Jim Ross. Ross came out to a big reaction.

- WWE Champion Triple H came out next. Triple H put over the new team of Mick Foley and Jim Ross at ringside. He talked about Night of Champions and John Cena repeating the line that if Cena doesn't beat him, he is nothing. World Heavyweight Champion Edge comes out and brings up how unique it is to have two of the company's world champions in the same ring. Triple H said he had a bigger ego than Edge does and that he was "bigger" in many other ways. Edge then brings up his record against John Cena and Batista compared to Triple H. Batista runs out and it ends with Batista spearing Edge. Batista posed with the World Title, while Triple H posed with the WWE Title.

- ECW Champion Kane & Big Show defeated MVP & Mark Henry.

- Backstage, Edge complains to Vickie about Batista stealing his belt. Vickie assures him they will get it back.

- Finlay & Hornswoggle defeated Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder.

- World Heavyweight Champion Edge defeated WWE U.S. Champion Matt Hardy.

- Mark Henry has been added to the ECW Title Match at Night of Champions so it is now Kane (c) vs. Big Show vs. Mark Henry.

- Victoria, Natalya & Maryse defeated Michelle McCool, Kelly Kelly & Cherry.

- Vladimir Kozlov defeated Domino.

- Rey Mysterio comes out for his last appearance on Smackdown. Mysterio puts over winning the Tag Title, Cruiserweight Title and World Title on Smackdown and now he is going to chase new dreams on Raw. Batista comes out (with the World Title still) and tells Mysterio that no matter where he goes he will always have his back.

- Batista defeated Umaga via DQ. The DQ happened when Edge and his back up hit the ring to attack Batista. They got the World Title back for Edge. Triple H ran down to make the save and the show ended up Batista and Triple H challenging everyone to return for a fight.

Source: The Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online