WWE Live Events 5/6 WWE Smackdown tapings: World Hvt. Championship match for Judgment Day PPV announced May 7, 2008 - 12:13 PM Email This Article | Printer Friendly Page Send Us News & Results | Back to Main Listing WWE Smackdown Taping London, Ontario Report by Dot Net reader Martin Dasko Dark Match 1. Jamie Noble defeated Ted DiBiase Jr. Smackdown Tapings   Smackdown opened with Teddy Long wheeling Vickie Guerrero to the ramp alongside Edge, who kept a low profile so that he would not get cheered. She announced that Undertaker would fight for the vacant title at Judgement Day. He will meet the winner of an over the top battle royal. The contestants in the battle royal would be determined through a series of five matches involving former champions, with the five winners advancing to the battle royal. She said Edge was not medically cleared and therefore would not participate.   1. Matt Hardy beat CM Punk in a battle royal qualifier. 2. Finlay fought MVP to a draw in a battle royal qualifier. The shoulders of both wrestlers were pinned. Vickie came out and announced that she would be positive and consider both men winners and battle royal entrants. 3. Batista defeated John Morrison in a battle royal qualifier. I guess this was the battle for Melina (although it wasn't portrayed that way at the tapings). 4. Natalya def Kelly Kelly. 5. Big Show beat Tommy Dreamer in a battle royal qualifier. 6. Kane defeated Chavo Guerrero (w/Bam Neely) in a battle royal qualifier. Another clean pin for Kane, so what's the point of Chavo's bodyguard? 7. Vladimir Kozlov squashed a local jobber. 8. Edge won the battle royal and will face Undertaker for the vacant World Hvt. Championship at Judgment Day. The crowd was split because there were five faces and one heel in the ring. MVP eliminated Hardy. Kane threw out Finlay. Batista threw out MPV. Big show eliminated Kane. Finally, Batista threw out Big Show and appeared to win the match. As Batista was being announced the winner, Vickie came out and said Edge had just been medically cleared to enter the battle royal. Edge ran down and eliminated Batista. So basically this means the entire episode of Smackdown was one big waste of time. Vickie could have made that the match right off the bat instead of holding the battle royal qualifiers. Notes Neither Undertaker nor John Cena made the trip to Ontario, as they were not at the tapings despite half the kids holding signs for both wrestlers. The wrestling crowd has greatly changed. It was mostly little kids with their parents, and a few people in the 18-35 age range trying to create the "Bizarro World" vibe that Ontario was once known for. BOOKMARK DOT NET AND ADD US TO YOUR RSS • HELP DOT NET: TAKE OUR ADVERTISER DEMO SURVEY CLICK TO RETURN TO MAIN LISTING OR SELECT A LINK BELOW FROM THIS CATEGORY WWE Live Events Latest Twelve Articles 12/1 ECW TV taping in Washington, D.C.: Full results of tonight's show, plus a dark match featuring Cryme Tyme 12/1 ECW TV taping in Washington, D.C.: Full results of tonight's show with the Matt Hardy vs. MVP main event 11/29 WWE Smackdown/ECW in State College, Pa.: Triple H teams with Jeff Hardy in an impromptu main event, Edge gets rid of the beard, Ricky Ortiz performs a "gross" new spot 11/17 ECW taping in Atlanta, Ga.: Full results of WWE's Tuesday night show, former Smackdown Diva returns to television with a new wrestler 11/15 WWE Smackdown in Dortmund: Triple H defends the WWE Championship against Big Show, Vladimiar Kozlov vs. Jeff Hardy, Kung Fu Naki vs. Ezekiel Jackson 11/13 WWE Raw in Belfast, Northern Ireland: Batista, Rey Mysterio, and C.M. Punk pay tribute to Eddie Guerrero on the three-year anniversary of his death, Batista checks out a female fan and then taunts her boyfriend