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Part I: The Beginning
Smackdown 05/01/2009
Chris Jericho comes out and speaks down to the fans, calling them ignorant and clueless. He calls himself the biggest superstar ever to be drafted to Smackdown. He says he’s taking over and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. Jericho then says he shouldn’t have to be in this fatal 4 way match tonight, but he will do it and go on to win the World Title at Judgement Day. Suddenly, Edge comes out and makes fun of Jericho terrorizing old people and that he was the one to beat Cena, when Cena was the one to beat Jericho for the title. Edge says his angry man in a suit gimmick won’t work on his show, he says there’s nothing like walking into the world’s most famous arena…..The air Canada center in Toronto (It’s funny cause this is in MSG) And knowing you’re better then everyone. Edge says Smackdown isn’t his to take because it belongs to him, suddenly CM Punk comes out. Punk shows footage of him cashing in on Edge, Jericho cuts in and says nobody cares about him. He says he allowed Edge to do it ‘cause he’s the champion but not him. Punk shrugs him off and Jericho ends up leaving out of protest and Punk says tonight, he's got a match vs. Edge. It's non-title, but after he beats Edge, he's going to cash in Money in the Bank.
Backstage: Chris Jericho rants to Teddy Long, as the Great Khali comes in talking nonsense. As Singh says Khali says he’s the number one playboy and Jericho needs to get over himself.
Number One Contenders Match for the World Heavyweight Championship: Rey Mysterio vs. Kane vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Chris Jericho
Kane pretty much dominates early with the other 3 bumping great for him; Kane throws Rey onto both Jeff and Jericho on the floor as we go to a commercial. When we comeback the match has picked up as all 4 begin battle one another, we get a lot of mini little match-ups it’s most 2 battling one on the floor and the other slowly getting up to do a move. Jeff would hit the whisper in wind and the Swanton on Kane but as Jeff covers, Jericho pulls him off just so him can cover Kane himself FUCKIN’ HEEL Jericho always gotta get that glory. Kane is pissed, so he beats up all three men before throwing chairs into the ring. As Kane leaves Rey hits the 619 on Jericho, but as Rey comes off the ropes Jericho hits him with a chair forcing a DQ wat? We are now down to Jeff vs. Rey; it ruled so hard. It got around 6 or 7 minutes and it’s back-and-forth crisp and smooth counters. And the crowd was super hot for everything, they do this sweet double crossbody, but because Rey is smaller he got the better. They did this amazing counter when Jeff caught a moonsault and tried the twist of fate but Rey countered into the Jacknife pin but Jeff would counter that with a roll for two. The match would end when Rey hits the 619 and follows up with the Senton but when Rey lands Jeff counters by rolling Rey onto his back for the win. GREAT STUFF! Man I really wish we would have gotten a Rey/Jeff series of friendly matches back in 2008/2009. As for this 4 way match it told a great story, with Kane being a monster, it started the Jericho/Rey thing and got Jeff the shot at the world title. *** - ***1/4
Backstage: Chris Jericho yells at Teddy Long for being useless and threatens to quit, Morrison walks over and tells Jericho he’s looking at a quitter. They begin to brawl as wrestlers and security breaks it up. Suddenly, Punk walks over stops in front of Jericho looks at his briefcase and whistles skipping away.
Smackdown 05/08/2009
Teddy Long comes out and introduces Rey Mysterio back to Smackdown; he says it feels so good to be home on Smackdown. He says last week he came so close but he can admit Jeff was the better man and he knows he will get another shot down the line. But as for now, he’s willing to face anyone for IC title. Well, that’s when Jericho’s music hits and he comes down to the ring. Jericho tries to intimidate Teddy, he says he’s the face of Smackdown not Rey or anyone else on this show. Jericho demands Teddy apology to him about what happen in the Fatal 4 way last week. Rey cuts in and tells Jericho to shut up. Jericho tells him to watch his mouth, and Rey again tells him to shut up before shoving him to the mat. Rey says he doesn’t need to hear his crap and leaves, Suddenly Jeff Hardy comes out and says if Jericho wants respect and a title match he’s gotta beat him. Jeff calls Jericho the biggest liar and hypocrite he’s ever seen; he then tells Jericho that if Jericho can beat him tonight Teddy will make the Judgment Day match a triple threat match. Jeff then slaps the shit out of Jericho, and Jericho leaves as Teddy makes the match official.
Jeff Hardy vs. Chris Jericho
Edge is on commentary for this so we already know how this will end, yeah so this is fine nothing spectacular. Lots of back and forth to start with neither man capable of controlling the pacing of the match. At one point Rey comes out and that distraction allows Jeff to jump Jericho, minutes later Jeff tries the running poetry in motion off the steps but he crashes and burns hitting the rails. Jericho begins working the back and keeping Jeff grounded, it’s alright the whole thing feels like a filler now. Anyway Jeff begins to make a comeback, but Jericho cuts him off and applies the Walls but Jeff reaches the ropes. Jeff would come back with a front face buster but misses the Swanton as Jericho hits the Lionsault for two, the two would brawl around ringside for a bit when shockingly Jericho throws Jeff into Edge, before rolling Jeff back in for two. Edge then gets onto the apron and begins to argue with Jericho allowing Jeff to roll him up for two. Edge begins to leave as Jericho tries to use the ropes for a pin but Rey points it out to the ref to stop the pin. Jericho tells Rey to keep out of this but as he turns around he walks right into the Twist of fate for the win. Post-Match: Rey hits Jericho with the seated Senton off the top. Like I said the match was just an angle-advancement, just here to basically set up Rey/Jericho. **1/2
Smackdown 05/15/2009
Chris Jericho comes out and talks about what the meaning of Judgement Day is and how he’s not afraid of it. He then talks about ever since he’s comeback to Smackdown he’s been screwed to, lied to and cheated on. BECAUSE IT’S ALL BE A CONSPIRACY AGAINST HIM! Jericho says it will all end this Sunday, and he doesn’t mind going through everyone to do so. He then turns his attention to Rey by telling him he took the chance of being the world title away from him so now he’s gonna take the IC title away from him. Jericho then promises that the people will not see a 619 on Sunday and they will see a new champion, he then demands Rey to come out but instead Edge does. Edge says he’s only been here for a few weeks and he’s already sick of him. Edge then talks about how this has always been his show and Jericho may be a nine time IC champ this Sunday, but he’s a nine time world champ. Edge then calls Rey out, the two then argue some more until Teddy comes out and sets up Edge vs. Chris Jericho tonight.
Backstage: Rey Mysterio cuts a promo about how Jericho is an egotistical fool, and he’s not gonna let him walk all over him.
Edge vs. Chris Jericho
So this was fine, it wasn’t as much as a filler as Jeff/Jericho was as they played a good game of one-upmanship. Jericho targets the arm of Edge trying to stop him from using the arm. I liked how aggressive Jericho is as he not letting up a bit and is still trash talking, but he takes a few seconds to gloat after baseball sliding kicking Edge out of the ring, allowing Edge to throw him into the steps. Only thing that really upset me is that neither man really sells the arm unless it’s being worked on. I did legit laugh when both men try the roll-up pin with both men trying to put their foot on the ropes to steal the pin but get caught. Again both men trade submission attempts with Edge locking in the Sharpshooter and Jericho locking in the walls but both men get to the ropes, the re forces Jericho to break as Edge hits the spear knocking Jericho to the floor. Jericho picks up a chair but Edge kicks it back into his face for the DQ. Post-Match: Jeff runs down and hits the twist of fate on Edge onto the chair before diving off the top onto Jericho on the floor. Suddenly, CM Punk comes out to cash in but Umaga stops it as the two brawls to the floor. Edge and Jeff begin to brawl into the crowd on one side as Umaga and Punk brawl on the other. As Jericho leaves Rey attacks him from behind and they brawl on the ramp. **1/2 - **3/4
Judgement Day 2009
WWE Intercontinental Championship: Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Jericho
Great first match to kick off the feud with, especially when they tease the 619 10 seconds into the match. Rey plays the speedy underdog so well, and his bumping here is just great. He makes everything Jericho do look violent. I would say the first 5-7 minutes or so of the match is back and forth but Rey tries that high risk move one too many times and he gets dropped onto his hamstring before Jericho connects with the springboard dropkick to the back of Rey’s head knocking him to the floor. Jericho would try to slow the match down, but Rey doesn’t take it as again he tries the 619 but Jericho just throws his body at Rey’s knees which as AWESOME! A couple of minutes later Jericho would hit the tilt-a-whirl torture rack backbreaker Jericho then turns his attention to Rey’s mask, which allows the opening for Rey to make that giant comeback but another tilt-a-whirl move this one being a backbreaker to the knee stops Rey’s momentum. For a third time Jericho has the 619 scouted but this time Rey has a counter for that and tries a springboard but Jericho catches him, but Rey manages to slip him over and again tries the 619 but Jericho catches the feet and locks in the walls, but Rey fights out and into a cradle for two Rey kicks him in the head but Jericho hits the pop-up powerbomb for two. AWSOME! The match would end when Jericho tries a corner charge but Rey drop toe holds him into the turnbuckle and hits the 619 into the corner and finishes him off with the splash for the win. GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! Finishing stretch, I loved the story with Jericho having the 619 scouted and it took Rey 4 times to figure it out so he had to hit it from using a different position. ***1/4