10 Weirdest WWE Smackdown Main Events Ever
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00:00Sadly folks, not everything in wrestling can be The Bloodline or Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar.
00:05And for every truly stellar main event in WWE Smackdown's history, there has been one that, well, stands out like a sore thumb to be honest.
00:14Hell, there's been that many, we were able to make a whole damn list about them.
00:18Because I am Gareth, this is WhatCulture Wrestling, and here are the 10 weirdest WWE Smackdown main events ever.
00:25And for the purposes of this list, a main event is going to be the final match on the card.
00:29Regardless of whether or not they were the final segment of that show.
00:33So now we've got that out of the way, let's get to it.
00:34Number 10, La Familia vs. Batista, Nunzio, Funaki and Colin Delaney, June 6th, 2008.
00:41After winning the World Heavyweight Championship at One Night Stand 2008,
00:46Edge and his on-screen squeeze Vicky Guerrero, along with their La Familia stable, were celebrating on Smackdown.
00:53When that big nasty Batista came out to spoil the fun.
00:57The Animal was placed into an 8-man tag team match against the faction for the night's main event.
01:02But with one condition, Vicky got to pick his partners.
01:05Uh-oh.
01:05This led to the multi-time world champion and future box office topper teaming up with three of the biggest jobbers to have ever jobbed.
01:13Those being Nunzio, Funaki and Colin Delaney.
01:17Yep.
01:17Even with a group of partners with about three televised wins between them, though, Batista still held his own against Edge, Chavo Guerrero, Zack Ryder and Kurt Hawkins.
01:27After a few brushes with defeat, Big Dave crushed Paul Ryder with a spear and a Batista bum, giving him the win in what was essentially a four-on-one handicap match.
01:36So not only did the three lower-card lads get to close out the show, but they actually got to win a match as well.
01:42Dreams really do come true.
01:43Number 9.
01:44Kane vs. the NXT Rookies, April 2nd, 2010
01:47Everybody remembers that The Nexus made their debut on the June 7th, 2010 episode of Raw, destroying the ringside area, beating up John Cena, and angering WWE sponsors when Daniel Bryan choked Justin Roberts with his own tie.
02:02Ah, those were the days.
02:03However, this wasn't actually the first time this combination of stars had been seen on the main roster.
02:08On April 2nd, two whole months before their infamous Raw appearance, Wade Barrett, Justin Gabriel, Heath Slater, David Otunga, Skip Sheffield, Darren Young, Michael Tarver, and Dee Bry all made their SmackDown debut against Kane.
02:24That's right, it was all eight of them vs. Kane on his own.
02:28I mean, sure, why not?
02:29This bizarre encounter was over in less than nine minutes after the NXT Rookies, as they were known at the time, all attacked Kane at once for the DQ.
02:38The Big Red Machine had actually managed to eliminate two of them before this, though, including Wade Barrett, you know, the guy who would go on to win NXT later that year.
02:46It's nice to see that WWE were making the Nexus look like absolute chumps even before they'd officially debuted.
02:53These guys really didn't stand a chance, did they?
02:55And while we're talking about the Nexus, I want to know right now, how would you have booked this whole Nexus thing in WWE?
03:01Because we know how WWE did it and it didn't go very well.
03:03So I want to know how you think it should have played out.
03:05You let me know in the comments section down below.
03:078. Booker T and Josh Matthews vs. JBL and Orlando Jordan, November 4th, 2004
03:13Whilst most fans will remember Josh Matthews as a play-by-play commentator and one-time vessel for The Undertaker, he actually began his career as an in-ring competitor.
03:23Real name Joshua Lomberger, Matthews came second in the first season of WWE's Tough Enough, but was still hired by the company in 2002.
03:31Two years later, he would find himself on the wrong side of the WWE champion JBL though, who slapped the poor lad for allegedly not showing enough respect whilst interviewing his running buddy Orlando Jordan.
03:43This led to Matthews' first match on SmackDown, in which he was paired with Booker T to take on JBL and Jordan on the November 4th episode.
03:51The future Mr. Madison Reign got his butt handed to him for most of the match, but still managed to make a hot tag to Booker, who picked up the win after an axe kick to OJ.
04:00The next week, Matthews had his first and only singles match on WWE TV too, where he not only took on Jordan, but beat him after some help from Booker.
04:10So Josh Matthews is technically undefeated in televised WWE matches. What a world, eh?
04:157. The Rock, Chris Jericho and Mike Chioda vs. The Dudley Boys and Nick Patrick, October 4th, 2001
04:22Anyone who's seen the Invasion pay-per-view might remember that WWE referee Earl Hebner took on WCW referee Nick Patrick in a 5-star classic of a match.
04:33I mean, that 450 splash from Hebner was truly something, folks. Yeah.
04:36Anyway, it turns out that wasn't the only time officials from opposing companies got into it in 2001, as demonstrated by this show-closing bout from the October 4th SmackDown.
04:47Patrick returned to the ring for his second and final WWE match, with his opposite number this time being WWE's Mike Chioda in his one and only competitive fixture.
04:58As for the actual wrestlers, well, the Dudley Boys were backing up Patrick, whilst Chioda had The Rock and Chris Jericho on his side.
05:04Not bad backup. After a typically nonsense brawl that saw Chioda rip Patrick's shirt off in the worst softcore movie ever made, Rocky hit a rock bottom on the WCW ref, which was then followed by a lion salt from Y2J, which was then followed by the worst people's elbow of all time from Chioda to end this insane match in a victory for the good guys.
05:24Poor Nick, what did he ever do, eh? Oh yeah, Starrcade 97.
05:27Number 6, Finlay and Little Bastard vs. The Boogeyman and Little Boogeyman, February 23rd, 2007.
05:34Fans watching No Way Out 2007 were subjected to some absolute tosh when Finlay and his son Hornswoggle, who was legitimately called Little Bastard during this time period, took on The Boogeyman and Little Boogeyman.
05:47Rob Van Dam vs. Shelton Benjamin got bumped to the pre-show for this, just so you know.
05:51Because its audience clearly hadn't suffered enough, WWE ran this match back just five days later on SmackDown, and for reasons known only to Vince McMahon, it was the final match on the damn card.
06:03At least this version was significantly shorter at just 2 minutes 46 seconds, but watching well-respected grappler Fit Finlay trying to work with this menagerie of joke characters,
06:13whilst the announce team were making demeaning comments about little people, was just as painful to sit through the second time.
06:19The Irish crew got the win with Hornswoggle pinning The Boogeyman as if anyone really cares.
06:24But this feud still was not over.
06:26The two teams fought again on an episode of Saturday Night's Main Event, before Swoggle beat Little Boogie in a singles match on SmackDown in May to mercifully banish this feud from television forever.
06:38A strange, strange time.
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06:53Number 5, Sean O'Hare vs. Mr. America, May 22nd, 2003.
06:58Andre the Giant, The Ultimate Warrior.
07:01Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels.
07:02These are just some of the many names that Hulk Hogan has main-evented a wrestling show with across his lengthy and accomplished career.
07:10However, when the great history of Hogan is written at some point in the future, it probably won't mention the time that he closed out an episode of SmackDown against Sean O'Hare.
07:19Now technically this wasn't Hulk Hogan, this was Mr. America.
07:23The mask-wearing Patriot that turned up on the blue brand shortly after Hogan got fired, and looked, sounded, and acted just like the Hulkster.
07:32I know.
07:32Whilst Mr. America's main feud was with Vince McMahon, Roddy Piper was also involved following his return at WrestleMania 19, as was Piper's apprentice, Sean O'Hare.
07:42As a result, O'Hare got the opportunity of a lifetime on the May 22nd, 2003 edition of SmackDown, when he fought Hogan in a singles match.
07:51And the only bloody one, now sure it was by count-out, but a win over Hogan is a win over Hogan, brother.
07:56As a result of his defeat, Mr. America was then forced to take a lie detector test, which I'll just leave you to go and check out for yourself if you haven't already.
08:04It sure is something.
08:06Number 4, Brock Lesnar vs. Stephanie McMahon, September 11th, 2003.
08:10Stephanie McMahon was having a rough old time of it in 2003.
08:14A series of decisions that she made as SmackDown general manager led to tensions between her and her father, which the chairman handled with all the grace and decorum that you'd expect from a man of his position.
08:25Just kidding, he made her life a living hell.
08:26In one of the most bonkers matches ever promoted by the company, and that is saying something, Steph was pitted against human bulldozer Brock Lesnar to close out the September 11th SmackDown.
08:37The billion-dollar princess managed to get some offense in, hitting both the beast and her father with low blows, but was ultimately caught and manhandled by Lesnar, who chucked her into the barricade like she'd just told him that Minnesota was the worst state in America.
08:50Before Brock could fully dismantle Steph, Kurt Angle thankfully made the save, preventing everyone in the arena that night from being accessories to murder.
08:57Technically, this wasn't an official match, so maybe it shouldn't count, but the fact that it did happen and did close out an episode of actual television meant that it was just too insane to leave off the list, folks, so it's here.
09:09Number 3, Zach Gowan and Stephanie McMahon vs. Big Show, July 3rd, 2003.
09:14Just when you thought 2003 SmackDown couldn't get any weirder, two months before she got pulverized by Lesnar, Stephanie was taking part in another match she definitely should not have been in.
09:24Zach Gowan, the inspirational one-legged wrestler that WWE treated like dirt when they had him on their books, was embroiled in a feud with Mr. McMahon following his association with Mr. America.
09:35Gowan wanted a WWE contract, but Vince was not going to let him have one without a fight, so this match was made for the July 3rd SmackDown.
09:44Gowan and Stephanie vs. The Big Show.
09:46If the babyfaces were able to win, then Zach would officially join the SmackDown roster, but if they lost, then, well, they'd get beaten up by an angry giant.
09:55Through grit, determination, and the power of friendship, plus a shedload of interference from Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar, Gowan and McMahon were victorious in their quest, with Zach himself pinning Show off a top-rope moonsault.
10:08It was magical. A feel-good moment for the ages. Zach Gowan was now officially a WWE superstar. Just, you know, ignore how the rest of his career went.
10:19Number 2. Sheamus and Mean Gene Okerlund vs. Daniel Bryan and Alberto Del Rio April 10th, 2012.
10:25Beloved interviewer Mean Gene Okerlund had two WWE matches during his career.
10:30The first was in 1984, when he and Hulk Hogan teamed up to defeat George Steele and Mr. Fuji.
10:36And the second was...in 2012? Surely that can't be right.
10:40Oh no, it is.
10:41The date was April 10th.
10:42Mean Gene was in the ring interviewing Sheamus, who had just beaten Daniel Bryan to win the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 28.
10:50John Laurinaitis then came out to announce that Sheamus would be facing Bryan tonight in a tag-team match.
10:55Dee Bry's partner would be Alberto Del Rio, whilst the Great White would be teaming with...the 69-year-old announcer.
11:02Yeah, that's right.
11:03The heels took out Sheamus and then cornered Gene in the ring, presumably about to beat him within an inch of his life,
11:09when out came a bunch of legends led by Roddy Piper to save Okerlund's hide.
11:14Thank God for that.
11:15This distraction allowed Sheamus to recover, hit Bryan with a brogue kick, and pin the American Dragon once again.
11:21Between his two wins in WWE and his two in WCW, Mean Gene is actually undefeated in televised matches.
11:28What a legend.
11:291. The Big Show vs. The Fabulous Moolah, November 28, 2002
11:34The November 28, 2002 edition of Smackers emanated from Columbia, South Carolina,
11:40the home city of women's wrestling legend and, um, dodgy person, The Fabulous Moolah.
11:45Stephanie McMahon, the heel authority figure at the time, was not a fan of Columbia or Moolah.
11:51So, put the hometown gal in a match designed to humiliate her.
11:55Her opponent? The Big Show.
11:56Yes, this actually happened, folks.
11:58Moolah was nearly 80 years old at the time and looked absolutely terrified as her 500-pound foe made his way down to the ring.
12:05Paul Heyman initially made it seem like Show was not gonna hurt the Hall of Famer,
12:10but then changed his mind and ordered his charge to give her a choke slam.
12:13Um, mercifully, Brock Lesnar then ran in to save the day, preventing what surely would have been an honest-to-goodness homicide from taking place.
12:22The bell never actually rang, so this match technically never happened.
12:25But in kayfabe, if Lesnar hadn't been there, then Big Show would have surely beaten Moolah to a heavily made-up pulp.
12:32Smackdown, eh? What a weird little show.
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12:45Haha, bye now.