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[2000-06-22-WWF-Smackdown] HHH & Vince & Shane McMahon vs The Rock & Kane & The Undertaker


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Promo was ok but I was annoyed by the Vince thing as it feels like we have had this faction splintering stuff once every month and so and they end up on the same page. There was some good stuff there where you could debate whether HHH values the title or Steph more but they downplayed that. Of course, before the match starts Vince brings out a bunch of cronies that Taker/Kane/Rock have to beat up. Everyone comes out and they have a big brawl culminating in HHH giving Rock the pedigree and Shane delivering the elbow drop. I guess this is a match since we had a bell and Vince gets the cover off of the People’s Elbow. One of the worst segments in WWF this year. 1/4*

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The McMahon-Helmsley faction head out to the ring to open this episode of Smackdown. Triple H says that as much as he disagrees with Vince McMahon’s decision to put the World title on the line at King of the Ring, he will reluctantly agree to it. The crowd starts an “asshole, asshole” chant at him, to which Lawler quips that he hopes these Memphis fans don’t embarrass him what with this being his hometown! Although he’s not happy that he could lose the belt by either Rock, Kane or the Undertaker pinning Shane or “Dad”, HHH believes the chance of that happening is remote at best, as all three want to be the World champion and their egos won’t allow one to win at the expense of the other two. So when King of the Ring is over he will still be ‘the Game’ and he will still be the World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight champion! Vince then starts rambling talking about family values, love, challenges, and how tonight they will prove their supremacy. He sets up a six man tag with himself, Shane and Triple H taking on the Rock, Kane and the Undertaker. Despite it being supposedly part of some ‘master plan’ Shane and HHH are both livid, heading to the back and leaving Vince all alone in the ring while he shouts at them to don’t make him take on the three of them by himself.

 

Kevin Kelly interviews Biker-taker backstage who doesn’t say much, before we hear from the Rock. Jerry Lee Lewis is in the crowd watching on so Rock references his ‘great balls off fire’ much to Lewis’ amusement. Rock doesn’t care what Mr McMahon’s master plan is because they’re going to get their asses kicked not once, but twice now, and at King of the Ring the McMahon-Helmsley faction will be over while it will be the beginning of the era of The Rock. Christ he’s insanely over in Memphis (just like everywhere else really)!

 

Moments after the bell rings to get the match underway, Vince snatches the ring mic and says that before the three of them get in there and kick their asses just like they’re going to on Sunday night, he wants to introduce their first series of opponents in this special no disqualification handicap match. Argh, that this ‘master plan’ then! Those first opponents are X-Pac, Road Dogg and Bull Buchanan, however they barely last ten seconds in there before Rock and co clear the ring of them. After such a dismal effort Mr McMahon introduces their second set of opponents, Edge, Christian and Kurt Angle. With a six on three advantage Vinnie Mac’s hired help fares a little better but eventually get over ran, with Rock ’Rock Bottoming’ Angle and Kane chokeslamming Edge. It’s not over as Test, Albert and Val Venis make it opponents number three, although the ‘Big Valbowski’ is another on the receiving end of a ‘Rock Bottom’. Finally it looks like Vince’s ‘master plan’ is starting to pay off as the twelve men are just too many for Rock, Kane and Undertaker to deal with. X-Pac blasts Undertaker over the head with a chair and Test and Albert suplex Kane through the announcer’s table. In the ring Triple H pedigrees Rock, Shane with the ‘Macho Man’ elbow and finally Vince with ‘the Billionaire’s elbow’. They force Earl Hebner to count Vince’s cover of the Rock and the three of them head into King of the Ring full of confidence that they’ll be able to repeat what happened here then.

 

I thought it was a bit odd having the six man on Smackdown just a matter of days before the same match takes place on King of the Ring, but should’ve known there was more to this than meets the eye. Another that falls into the more ‘angle than match’ category and this is fine in trying to weaken Rock, Kane and Undertaker going into King of the Ring. My lone critique is having Edge, Christian and Angle involved; the three of them don’t look particularly strong here and come across as jobbers. Bull Buchanan, Road Dogg, Test and Albert, absolutely fine in this role, but those three have got far more upside than playing patsies for the McMahons.

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