Friday Night Smackdown Taping Results (to air 8/22); Moline, IL
On Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 10:57 PM EST WWE Friday Night Smackdown! Tapings
Moline, IL
August 19, 2008
WrestleView's own Adam Martin is live at tonight's Smackdown tapings and sent in the following results:
-- General Manager Vickie Guererro was wheeled out and announced that at Unforgiven, Smackdown would hold it's own 5-man scramble match for the WWE Championship. Matches would be held during the show to determine the participants.
-- Maria v. Natalya ended in a no contest when Maryse ran out and attacked Maria. Michelle McCool ran down to make the save.
-- Armando Estrada, Funaki, Super Crazy, Scotty Goldman (Colt Cabana), and unknown wrestler, Curt Hawkins, Zack Ryder, Jimmy Wang Yang and Vladimir Kozlov and Brian Kendrick are participants in an over the top rope battle royal to determine one of the contestants in the Main Event of Unforgiven. Brian Kendrick wins after Big Show arrives and tosses everyone out of the ring. Kendrick is caught by his body guard and summarily tossed back in once Show leaves.
-- Another R-Truth promo aired.
-- MVP def. Festus via count out to qualify for the Unforgiven Championship Scramble match.
-- WWE U.S. Champion Shelton Benjamin def. Finlay to qualify for the Unforgiven Championship Scramble match. Mike Knox interfered to setup the finish. Knox got a very strong reaction.
-- Jeff Hardy def. The Great Khali to qualify for the Unforgiven Championship Scramble match. Triple H was at ringside on commentary. He took out Khali's manager and then hit Khali with a chair to setup the finish.
-- May Not Air: After the match, Triple H took the mic and talked about the championship scramble and it's opponents. He botched the promo at first but then started over cracking a joke about how this wasn't live and he gets second chances. Kenny Dykstra eventually came bounding down to the ring, interrupting the promo and got himself a pedigree for his efforts.
-- La Familia came out to the ring and called the Undertaker down to the ring. Vickie begged him for forgiveness. Taker said he wasn't looking for that, he was looking for their souls. La Familia beats Taker down as Vickie rolls off to the back. Taker eventually fought them off and then posed in the ring afterwards.
-- Post-Taping Bonus Match: WWE Champion Triple H defeated The Great Khali in a Street Fight.