WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.560 --> 00:00:09.240 My god, it's still told. Listen the same jum c versus the show 2 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:15.080 stop, oh covid and the lock in the same way we never take my 3 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:25.280 place and the heads. Oh my god, God, Mine's texting us down 4 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:35.479 all It'll be the Rock, It'll be Austin. Do you believe Amable? 5 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:43.840 Hey, what's going on? Guys? And welcome back to w w E 6 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:49.920 Retro on the WWE podcast on this Friday, June second. As we are 7 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:55.359 five days or six days post um Clash of Champions rather and I gotta tell 8 00:00:55.399 --> 00:01:00.759 you, I am super super excited for SmackDown tonight, not only to see 9 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:07.599 the reaction and the fallout from the USO's Jimmy USO specifically termaining on Roman Reigns 10 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:12.319 in the main event of Clash of Champions, but also to see the newly 11 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:21.000 unveiled Wwuniversal Championship that is set to be unveiled tonight as one singular title if 12 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:25.400 I'm not mistaken. As Roman Reigns starts this new era in a lot of 13 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:30.719 ways, this new portion of his reign now in the one thousand days and 14 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:38.719 now seemingly without the full bloodline behind him. But as we look at Roman 15 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:44.200 Reigns and his new era of his championship run. We're gonna go back today 16 00:01:44.319 --> 00:01:49.840 and look at the beginning of another dawn of another championship run, a run 17 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:57.079 that was started at SummerSlam two thousand and four. And before we get into 18 00:01:57.120 --> 00:01:59.879 that, you know, we're going to try and look at a bit of 19 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:05.879 the setup to this pay per view and the lay of the land at that 20 00:02:05.959 --> 00:02:12.719 time. You look at Monday Night Raw and since WrestleMania twenty six months prior, 21 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:16.520 or about five months prior, you had Chris Benoas as the World Heavyweight 22 00:02:16.599 --> 00:02:24.199 Champion. He had successfully defended it against Triple H and Shawn Michaels at the 23 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:30.439 Backlash pay per view in an exact rematch from their WrestleMania main event. You 24 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:37.479 had him successfully defended against Kane at Bad Blood, and this was still into 25 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:42.919 Kane's heel version of himself, the unmasked version of Kane. And on the 26 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:49.800 SmackDown side of things, you had jbl about two months into his run as 27 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:54.680 the WWE champion. You had Eddie Guerrero and Curt Angle rekindling their rivalry that 28 00:02:54.759 --> 00:03:00.400 started all the way back in the winter of two thousand and four, and 29 00:03:00.479 --> 00:03:05.280 you had the Undertaker, who had only been returned to the WWE in his 30 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:12.000 dead man gimmick of himself for about five months since WrestleMania twenty and the summer 31 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:15.120 of two thousand and four, I gotta tell you, it was a very, 32 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:23.080 very crazy time to be a wrestling fan. And you know, you 33 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:27.960 look at all the main event talent that they had and what they were doing 34 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:31.240 with it, and how more impressive it was given the fact of the guys 35 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:36.840 who were missing, you know, the Rock long gone at this point as 36 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:42.439 a full time in ring competitor, Stone Cold Steve Auston wasn't even on TV 37 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:46.759 anymore as the sheriff for the COGM. Bill Goldberg at restume at twenty had 38 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:52.479 just stepped away and walked away after his first year with the company. Brock 39 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:55.280 Lesner, the next big thing, the guy that many people thought that the 40 00:03:55.319 --> 00:04:00.439 company would be structured around for this foreseeable future, had walked away from the 41 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:08.199 company following Resume twenty as well. So it ended up being left on the 42 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:12.120 shoulders of a lot of the guys who we may not have thought were ready 43 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:15.080 for that main event, or who would have ever been ready for that main 44 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:21.079 event in the likes of Chris benoit In the likes of Eddie Guerrero, and 45 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:27.120 who would have known or who would have thought of John Bradshaw Layfield winning the 46 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:32.560 WWE Championship after being pretty much a career tag team competitor. So the first 47 00:04:32.600 --> 00:04:38.000 match of the night, in my opinion, was kind of showing off what 48 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:43.240 kind of depth the roster had, because the depth of the WWE, in 49 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:46.680 my opinion at this point in time, is what carried it because at times 50 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:49.439 the star power got a bit boring or stale, I should say boring, 51 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:53.199 He's not the right word, got a bit stale because of just how often 52 00:04:53.240 --> 00:04:56.360 the same guys were in the main event scene. But it was the depth 53 00:04:56.399 --> 00:05:00.279 there was the IC Championship scene, it was the United States Chanchampionship scene that 54 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:05.519 really kept things interesting here. And before we get into the card, let's 55 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:10.839 set up the main event as the main event of the night was Chris ben 56 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:16.319 Watt defending his World Heavyweight Championship against the man who was who was facing off 57 00:05:16.959 --> 00:05:23.439 for a world title for the first time after becoming the number one contender via 58 00:05:23.480 --> 00:06:20.439 a Battle Royal on Monday Night Raw Time, Go work, Hardy Hain't go 59 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:35.680 this sting. You go to Spier a summer slim colu with race or Amber 60 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:44.399 for God the more don't been a word of assisted among man for the world 61 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:57.600 away next It's all just be Stavision, would could have and all Elation may 62 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:06.399 have been a summer slant organism, So very important note there. Randy Orton, 63 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:12.279 still a member of Evolution at this time, will face off against the 64 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:18.199 World Heavyweight Champion at SummerSlam. But later on that night, on Monday Night 65 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:24.800 Raw in late July, there was a Iron Man match between Triple H and 66 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:28.800 Chris ben Wah for the World Heavyweight Championship, and I remember that match. 67 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:31.199 It was a hell of a match. I remember they went three for three 68 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:36.680 and Chris ben Wah ends up coming away retaining the World Heavyweight Championship with the 69 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:45.399 help of Eugene. So you remember that the whole Eugene feud with Evolution and 70 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:50.240 how maybe controversial that character was back then and would certainly be in today's climate. 71 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:54.759 And just it's crazy to think that they went as far as they did 72 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:59.920 with the Eugene character. So this would set up for Randy Orton against Chris 73 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:03.000 has been Wall for the World Heavyweight Championship in the main event of SummerSlam two 74 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:07.920 thousand and four. So we start things off in a singles match. On 75 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:13.199 the SmackDown side of things, Rob Vandam defeats Renee Dupree in six minutes in 76 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:18.120 seven seconds. Then on the sticking on the SmackDown side of things, you 77 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:22.600 have the Dudley Boys Bubba, Ray Devon and Spike defeat Raymisteria, Billy Kidman 78 00:08:24.279 --> 00:08:28.560 and Paul London in eight minutes. And crazy to think how far Raymisteria has 79 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:35.720 come from losing one of the opening matches to the Dudley Boys on at Summer 80 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:39.000 Slam. And this was near the end of the road for the Dudley Boys 81 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:43.799 during their time with WWWE. They would quickly leave the company and move on 82 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:50.879 to TNA Impact Wrestling. But this was actually good, a good gimmick for 83 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:54.159 the Dudley Boys. This is when Spike had the boss gimmick where he all 84 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:56.840 of a sudden was in charge of the Dudley Boys. I actually kind of 85 00:08:56.879 --> 00:09:01.000 liked it. He was the Cruiserweight champion and he held that championship all the 86 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:05.440 way until I want to say it was December of that year. Was it 87 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:09.720 Armageddon? I think he lost it to Funaki, but I really liked this 88 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:16.399 gimmick for the Dudley Boys and most specifically Spike. Then we get Kane defeating 89 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:22.840 Matt Hardy in six minutes and eight seconds in a till death Duah's part match, 90 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:31.159 as this was the storyline where Kane had impregnated Leda and basically whoever would 91 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:37.159 win this match would marry Leda and Kane would come away with this and the 92 00:09:37.279 --> 00:09:41.559 falling out on raw he Matt would try and break it up and Kane would 93 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:45.879 choke slam him like through the stage, and he would end up marrying Leda, 94 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:48.960 and you know you fast forward a year and we go from Kane and 95 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:56.360 Matt Hardy fighting over Leda in storyline to Matt Hardy and Edge fighting over Leda 96 00:09:56.600 --> 00:10:01.480 in real life and then into storyline. So this story with Matt Hardy and 97 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:05.039 Leda and first Kane and then Edge and Kane and Edge fought over her at 98 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:11.320 the at the beginning of it as well, it was a very intricate and 99 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:18.799 something that strung on for quite quite a long time. Then we get into 100 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:24.200 my opinion, the good stuff here and I love the fact what they did 101 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:30.480 here between John Cena and Booker T. And it was a singles match, 102 00:10:30.759 --> 00:10:35.679 and it was a tournament for the United States Championship. Well, it wasn't 103 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:39.279 a tournament. That's not the way I should say. It was a best 104 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:43.279 of five match, and Booker T was the US champion at this point in 105 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:46.320 time, and obviously John Cena had won the US title for the first time 106 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:50.759 of Rest of My twenty dropped it along the way, and this was an 107 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:56.480 opportunity for them to really legitimize John Cena against a veteran like Booker T and 108 00:10:56.600 --> 00:11:01.879 putting Booker T in the United States Championship picture, a belt that he held 109 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:07.039 a lot uh in his WCW days, I thought did a lot for John 110 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:11.159 Cena here. This was one of his more important feuds early on in his 111 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:13.639 career. He had only been a baby face for about ten months at this 112 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:18.679 point, and obviously he wins the title against the Big Show early on, 113 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:24.080 well not early on at WrestleMania, and holds it into the summer and Booker 114 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:26.840 T coming over from Monday Night Raw in the two thousand and four drafts something 115 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:35.120 we covered last week was a big get for SmackDown and in the first match 116 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:37.720 of their best to five. I really thought that John Cena and Booker T 117 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:43.600 put on a hell of a match, and the outcome certainly had people intrigued. 118 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:03.399 I hear, I see a Booker team, you know in of the 119 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:07.039 quarner get a hook in the face, lot of books long. Actually that's 120 00:12:07.080 --> 00:12:11.840 a sleeper bunk to face doctor, look at right across the rate. John 121 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:16.879 see in the eye yellow nas on a road. He sucking up face first. 122 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:20.600 I guess I spook too. So the better Booker team take it out, 123 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:26.919 spinner Ronny action there. I like the confidence a book of team now 124 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:46.679 building up pink and looking out Er teams that the pig kidness right down, 125 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:50.200 getting the wind that runs the best of time and shitties. That's a bunch 126 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:56.279 of man. John c M two wins away turning out of state championship Er 127 00:12:56.360 --> 00:13:13.279 team. See hell been, I'm beating shut up Sea. So John Cena 128 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:16.799 wins the first match of the best of five series. Booker T the United 129 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:22.240 States Heel Champion, really trying to present an obstacle for John Cena early on 130 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:26.840 in his career, something that every young up and comer, especially a baby 131 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:33.360 face and needs. And the other part about this pay per view is that 132 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:37.120 you look at John Cena where he was, as you know, challenging for 133 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:39.919 that United States Championship, and you look at Randy Orton, who was set 134 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:45.440 to challenge for the world heavyweight titles SmackDown, seeing John Cena featured on their 135 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:50.480 show Raw, having Randy Orton featured on their show, So you never really 136 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:54.240 saw these two up and comers cross pass. And the beauty of the brand 137 00:13:54.320 --> 00:14:00.320 split was at these pay per views, the Big Four, the brand the 138 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:05.519 brand neutral pay per views where Raw and SmackDown competitors were competing, and aside 139 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:09.080 from that, they would never cross pass. At these events. It would 140 00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:16.279 feel special when a John Cena and a Randy Orton would cross pass because it 141 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:20.600 never happened on weekly television or at regular pay per views, like an Unforgiven 142 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:26.200 or No Mercy or an Armageddon or a backlash. But at this pay per 143 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:31.399 view we got to see two of the up and comers and two guys that 144 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:37.759 would prove to be the faces of the following generation and professional wrestling cross pass 145 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:43.200 for one of the first times on television. Shocked it. What just happened 146 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:52.039 has got to be upset now. She had tod why would be okay tonight 147 00:14:54.360 --> 00:15:01.960 for celebration to go down in history because one of the most talented, one 148 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:09.480 of the youngest, most charismatic, and best looking ww superstars is going to 149 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:24.600 ascend to greatness tonight. Tonight will be the night that the franchise opened up 150 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:31.360 shop on Bunker Tea's ass and we're doing big business right here in Toronto. 151 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:37.320 Thanks for the introduction, bro. He just called me to the youngest, 152 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:45.720 best looking, most charismatic superstar at WWE and Randy June see Tuney gets wristbands 153 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:48.879 Advisor. We're gonna get you some merch's gonna look nice. But I'm a 154 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:52.279 fan of yours too, and I really got fans out did We're gonna see 155 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:56.000 how many fans you got out? Did your t dot? Can you heady 156 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:07.399 do y'all like Randy Olton. Oh that's so good. I'm gonna trying to 157 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:12.519 love. I'm gonna trying to love and yo ta tonight is Randy Oton gonna 158 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:22.159 beat Chris ben Wah for the World Heavyweight Championship. Well, at least you 159 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:32.080 got the people behind it. Well, Randy, I think the crowd has 160 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:34.559 spoken. They don't think tod I don't care what a bunch of ass backwards 161 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:38.840 Canadians think. Am I sure, it's I don't care what Sean Cina has 162 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:44.799 to say. Quite frankly, I find it rather pathetic that Sina had to 163 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:49.480 interrupt my review to get a little bit of airtime. Because there's nobody there 164 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:56.320 is nothing more important than Randy Orton. Okay, not tonight. Not only 165 00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:59.519 am I gonna beat Chris ben Wa, but I'm gonna make history. I'm 166 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:11.279 gonna leave the world heavy chap. It's just so crazy, you know, 167 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:15.000 nineteen years ago, that's when this pay per view was, nineteen years ago, 168 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:19.880 and you see two of the bigger up and coming stars in the company, 169 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:25.720 one representing Raw, one representing SmackDown, rarely crossing paths because of how 170 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:32.160 enforced the brand split was, and you know, you it's just grow okazy 171 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:37.279 to think about that. Over the following decade decade and a half, those 172 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:41.160 two would literally become the faces and cornerstones of the entire company. Forget the 173 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:45.319 brands that they were exclusive to at this point in time, but the entire 174 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:51.160 company. The rivalry they had. How many Randy Orton and John Cena matches 175 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:55.279 had we seen over the years and one the first time we saw them interact 176 00:17:55.640 --> 00:18:00.240 as both of them were really trying to become up and coming star ours. 177 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:04.200 So we see John Cena win the first match of the US Championship best of 178 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:12.839 five for in just over six minutes. Then we have Edge defend his Intercontinental 179 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:18.279 Championship against Batista and Chris Jericho that went eight and a half minutes. And 180 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:22.799 I gotta say, I love the placement of the US title and the and 181 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:29.720 the and the Intercontinental Championship on this card. I really do believe that this 182 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:36.160 is how you elevate your championships. And you know, in my mind, 183 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:38.920 if you want to have your titles feel important, this is the only way 184 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:44.200 to do it. You have to place them strongly on pay per views and 185 00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:48.160 now on premium line of events. And I think what Triple H has done 186 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:52.559 amazingly over the last twelve months is just that making the IC Championship in the 187 00:18:52.720 --> 00:19:00.599 US Championship feel important. And again, the Intercontinal Championship at Summers two thousand 188 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:03.759 and four was a hell of a match leading into the two main events. 189 00:19:15.279 --> 00:20:34.920 Cherricle, I think that marked my bull out your heads a cherrible. So 190 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:41.079 Edge retains his Intercontinental Championship. Obviously soon after this is when he would turn 191 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:45.359 heel and not get right into the rated AR Superstar gimmick, but like he 192 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:48.200 would be well on his way to that. But something else that was important 193 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:53.359 here is Batista. This was one of the more prominent matches that Batista was 194 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:56.880 featured in as a singles competitor. At this point in time, he had 195 00:20:56.880 --> 00:21:03.119 always been tagging with with Rick Flair, or acting as the heavy to Triple 196 00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:07.079 H and Evolution, or tagging alongside Randy Orton in a six tag match. 197 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:11.839 So it was cool to see that Batista got his shot in a prominent match, 198 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:15.440 even if he didn't come out with the victory, and at this point 199 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:21.240 he had never even held a singles championship, let alone a world championship, 200 00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:25.039 but very good that he didn't take the pen and they were clearly fast tracking 201 00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:29.960 Batista to become, you know, one of the better or more prominent guys, 202 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:33.559 as he would have won the more unexpected and organic pushes. Ever, 203 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:37.519 just four months down the line here, like you saw that John Cena and 204 00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:41.720 Randy Orton were the guys that they were looking to the future with, specifically 205 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:44.720 given their age. You know, they were in their early mid twenties, 206 00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:48.400 Batista was already older than Triple H. But I do think that it was 207 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:55.000 really cool to see how fast Batista exploded as a main eventer and beloved by 208 00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:59.839 fans and got so over with fans organically starting out as you know, almost 209 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:04.079 like a third wheel in the Intercontinental Championship match, to you know, seven 210 00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:11.400 months down the line becoming a contender to the World Typyweight Championship. So now 211 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:18.079 we move on to the SmackDown's main event of JBL with his first real significant 212 00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:22.640 championship defense. Or actually no, we actually had a few more matches to 213 00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:25.880 get to that. Sorry, I jumped to Gliden. So you have curt 214 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:33.039 Angle defeating Eddie Guerrero in thirteen and a half minutes by submission, continuing their 215 00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:37.519 rivalry. And it makes sense that curt Angle would get this victory seeing as 216 00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:41.319 how Eddie got the big win at WrestleMania twenty and curt Angle was just recently 217 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:47.640 brought back to being a full time competitor after taking some time off as the 218 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:52.440 as the SmackDown GM. So curt Angle, it's back in the saddle, 219 00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:56.599 wins the match and is right back at the top of the card and feuding 220 00:22:56.640 --> 00:23:02.839 with Eddie Guerrero in a grudge feud. Triple H defeats Eugene in just over 221 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:06.559 fourteen minutes in a singles match. I mean a real big step down for 222 00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:10.880 Triple H, big time here, as this was just kind of like a 223 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:15.240 stepping stone to get him to his next rivalry, which we'll get to in 224 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:19.000 just a couple of moments. But obviously Triple H and Eugene had to put 225 00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:23.119 a bow on their mini program that had lasted over the course of the summer, 226 00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:29.039 and obviously Eugene costing him in the Iron Man match against Chris Benois. 227 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:36.519 Then we get to JBL defending his WWE championship against the Undertaker in a singles 228 00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:44.160 match that went seventeen minutes and thirty seven seconds and in classy in classic rather 229 00:23:44.279 --> 00:24:00.359 JBL fashion, he would do so by hook or crook one and the cheapest 230 00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:04.599 stand up after come and removed the other one, and other calls like for 231 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:10.200 health that's two in this matchup delivered to GM under the Undertaker and then then 232 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:12.079 then take a holiday to stand up with an injured knee if the not one 233 00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:18.680 but two closed on some health Champiel physical taking it to the challenger. Babyl 234 00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:25.680 is just making his mare and that's the last fort way to see him go 235 00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:33.160 light out of the corner. I came rod of the cover puck. Last 236 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:40.680 three is the river Undertakeer rooms the championship one the remberrees come tis the one 237 00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:49.640 TBL just got the shoulder up? What matchup here at so sli the last 238 00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:56.119 mine? I call Undertaker of the Cold to one man, what ain't championship? 239 00:24:56.240 --> 00:25:00.079 That's I'll tell you that. It's awesome close to watch the j p 240 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:06.559 hell and struggle. So now that you're still I'll be got face that she 241 00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:08.880 was downing the staff just got drump like a man. How did you take 242 00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:18.720 a look at st I'm chaking out a way by sign man. You gotta 243 00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:26.400 be kidney. They go all that, Wow, you gotta be kidney or 244 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:30.480 pick some bad takers being be smotified after chiming, having a little jim and 245 00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:37.680 used the cold in the mat shop, Rumking trumping undertake up. He's binking 246 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:41.640 his way right now. Wundertaker stuff through so he's not and jiddy Hill he's 247 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:48.680 now on the ends down a hot time here he steel straps Undertaker all the 248 00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:53.400 high all that to is lust it over the little on the long horns came 249 00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:57.359 off in the right hand and watching he be out but the fish right there 250 00:25:57.480 --> 00:26:06.279 fish oh head book champion has been knocked down. Undertaker taking out his frustration. 251 00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:08.839 I'm a champion. I think that's a that's a right way to put 252 00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:14.079 it. Who knows what till think you hit my point album? What's this? 253 00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:21.400 JBL colect it on the parts heckles go up for the which shad of 254 00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:25.039 jbls that is bustle ups have the up call to the skirt of a which 255 00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:29.880 shields shout at the head is shout of JBL. This is something this is 256 00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:33.279 getting up jap hell cut open as its head bell felt the hood a limo. 257 00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:37.359 Thank god. The gonna take his leave with it up, bust it 258 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:41.720 up for JBL. I'm gonna take it. Not happening going on the league 259 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:47.400 Torontoo w W champion, the champion retaining the title. But JBL's us for 260 00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:56.960 wearing or what it or both champions on hoodle car plea run the shop on 261 00:26:56.160 --> 00:27:07.920 the undertakers fakings fame tax it. Yeah, this is oh my god. 262 00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:33.480 So JBL retains the championship by disqualification and just like that, he once again 263 00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:37.480 retains the title. And I say once again, but this was very early 264 00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:42.319 on in his title reign, but it was kind of like a story that 265 00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:47.359 we would see told over and over and over again right until he would eventually 266 00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:51.559 lose the championship to John Cena at Wrestling at twenty one. It was just 267 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:57.759 predominantly the story of JBL's title reign. Now to the main event, Chris 268 00:27:57.880 --> 00:28:06.720 ben Wah against Randy Orton, a match that went pretty long, twenty minutes 269 00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:11.319 and eight seconds, the longest of the night. And this was something that 270 00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:17.640 I think we don't talk about a lot because it is um obviously featuring Chris 271 00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:21.920 ben Wah, and that's something that WWE does not like to feature. But 272 00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:26.519 I will tell you it was a hell of a match and the outcome is 273 00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:30.920 one of the more memorable finishes, in my opinion, in the history of 274 00:28:30.400 --> 00:29:04.400 SummerSlam. Been wrong with the World Clime Himania by ready remember Destiny, Nick 275 00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:10.839 Destiny, gip, wrong hip, blood on, holding on hip order, 276 00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:18.599 perspiration or caller in any of them or slip all across face he wrote through 277 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:26.119 it the second time, Oh my god, hare Okay, No where hords. 278 00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:45.599 Got that's ready or this Garne looking at his face, look at at 279 00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:52.920 basically how you can't believe it? You time wild anyway? Champion, let 280 00:29:52.079 --> 00:30:03.400 me sumness some lightning strike, seek from nowhere, all the chippy truth, 281 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:14.599 destiny, he gets the world champion in history. Why he'll a wrestling man's 282 00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:26.000 here or a heart breaker from her? Him every day with a heart breaker. 283 00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:30.119 Christy Raw, Yeah, has such a great year. Can't watch set 284 00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:33.599 of take review event in the role You're coming back to the home country. 285 00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:41.200 The word Chendon has done. He was the world him and to share it 286 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:45.279 on his summer sound. He's the man of destiny, been gonna happen. 287 00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:52.160 Beat everybody that he was, got to the ring with he dominated, not 288 00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:57.480 row. This loan is the word from cheer from the night. Don't get 289 00:30:57.480 --> 00:31:12.799 a post killer, don't And just like that, Randy Jordan becomes the youngest 290 00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:17.599 world heavyweight champion, and it would kind of spell the end of him an 291 00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:22.079 evolution as we know it. Evolution would turn on him the very next night. 292 00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.960 The following week, on Monday Night, Raw, he spits in the 293 00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:30.359 face of Triple h and they go off to the races. On their initial 294 00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:34.680 program, but Randy Jordan's initial title reign due to you know, behind the 295 00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:41.559 scenes immaturity would only last about one month, as you drop it at unforgiven, 296 00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:45.000 there were some things we didn't cover at this SummerSlam, like Diva Dodgeball 297 00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:52.160 for one thing, as it kind of goes to show what were the state 298 00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:56.160 of the women's division at this time. You know, the women's championship was 299 00:31:56.200 --> 00:32:00.039 not defended here and the only featured women on the car with them playing Dodge 300 00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:05.799 Paul in bikini outfits. But obviously there's no reason to break that down. 301 00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:08.039 But all in all, I think Summer Slim two thousand and four was a 302 00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:13.240 sign of things to come. Randy Ortan becoming the youngest world heavyweight champion, 303 00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:15.400 John seen A winning a match in the first of the Best to Five for 304 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:22.240 the US Championship, and Batista in his for one of his first big matches 305 00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:25.400 showcased as a single star, and you fast forward six to ten months for 306 00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:30.200 all of them, and they are all playing prominent roles at WrestleMania twenty one. 307 00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:32.720 And we guys, that's all I got for you tonight. I hope 308 00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:36.799 you enjoyed Summer Slim two thousand and four. As always, you can get 309 00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:38.519 me on Twitter at A to Marco twenty five. 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