WWE Judgment Day Results [Updated]

Once again we find ourselves coming off of a WWE PPV. Let's see how things shaped up at Judgment Day and how well David and myself did with the predictions...

Tag Team Championship
MNM (C) v. Brian Kendrick & Paul London
An average match as far as tag matches are concerned. Nothing special. Nitro was holding Paul London and Mercury went to hit London, but he ducked and Nitro got nailed instead. London then did a sunset flip into a bridge to get the pin. London and Kendrick are now tag champs. I hope it's only for a short time. After the match Melina started yelling at Mercury. She then slapped him and he grabbed her arm. Nitro then attacked Mercury. A bunch of officials had to seperate them. Teddy Long came out to help break them up but he got shoved down.
Me: 0/1
David: 0/1

Finlay v. Chris Benoit
It looked like a very stiff match. No leprechaun. Benoit won with a crossface.
Me: 0/2
David: 1/2

King Of The Ring Finals
Booker T v. Lashley
An OK match. Finlay came out and nailed Lashley with a shilelagh while the ref was distracted. Booker picked up the win. After the match Booker was posing with the cape and crown. Lashley then speared him into the throne knocking it backwards onto the floor. I'm looking forward to seeing King Booker's reign as King Of The Ring. It should be very comedic.
Me: 0/3
David: 1/3

Jillian Hall v. Melina
I was expecting to see Mercury get involved after the way the tag match ended up, but he wasn't. A good women's match. While it wasn't spectacular, it was actually watchable. Jillian pinned Melina, but Melina was holding the ropes. The ref didn't see it though. After the match she went to Teddy Long's office to complain that she should not have been pinned since she was holding the ropes. Teddy Long (still angry about being shoved down earlier) said he wasn't going to do anything about it. Melina then slapped him and he fired both Melina and Nitro.
Me: 1/4
David:1 /4

Cruiserweight Championship
Gregory Helms (C) v. Super Crazy
Looked a little too rehearsed. Overall a decent match...barely.
Me: 2/5
David: 2/5

Kurt Angle v. Mark Henry
A lackluster match as far as Kurt Angle matches go, but look who he was in the ring with. What did you expect? Henry gave Angle an avalanche into the ring post. Angle was unable to make it back into the ring in time. Henry picks up the victory. Yes, Kurt Angle lost to Mark Henry. After the match Henry started pounding and slapping Angle on the chest. Angle then started to fight back and gave Henry an Angle Slam onto the announce table. Henry just slid off though. Angle then nailed him with a chair and he fell onto the table and broke it.
Me: 2/6
David: 2/6

Undertaker v. Great Khali
Before the match an old looking woman came out...Nevermind, that was Undertaker. A very slow and boring match. They managed to stretch 3 minutes of action into 8 minutes of match. I only counted 1 wrestling move in the entire match. I'm not kidding - 1 move. It was a bodyslam - the most remedial of all moves. The rest of the match was punching and kicking. Oh, Yeah - a lot of Khali posing and growling. Was it a classic? Probably not. At one point Khali irish whipped 'Taker into the steps. After running into them he proceeded to leapfrog over them - Very phoney looking. After a chop to the head and a kick to the head Khali pinned Undertaker. Undertaker actually lost. I couldn't believe it. This can only mean 2 things - Khali will be around a little while longer and Undertaker will be gone for the next 2 months.
Me: 2/7
David: 2/7

World Championship
Rey Mysterio (C) v. JBL
JBL was looking a little tubby. I know that he's never been in real great shape, but he just looked really bloated. Rey got busted open, which is something I don't think I have ever seen. One funny spot in the match was when Rey went for the Bronco Buster, but JBL put his foot up and nailed Rey right in the balls. Rey went for the West Coast Pop, but JBL shielded himself with the ref. A second ref came down and JBL went for a pin, but Rey kicked out. In anger, JBL nailed the new ref. Eventually the original ref came to and counted the 1-2-3 after a 619 and frogsplash by Rey onto JBL. I broke the rule and paid the price. After the match Chavo came out and celebrated with Rey. I was waiting and rooting for Chavo to turn on Rey, but it never happened. I get the feeling that it will somewhere down the line though.
Me: 2/8
David: 3/8

Summary: I did even worse than David did at Backlash. I only got 2/8 matches correct. David didn't do much better though. He got 3/8 right. I guess I better stop fast-forwarding through Smackdown.

Update: At first I was skeptical of WWE's decision to break MNM up. I have now learned part of the reason that the WWE had gone in that direction. Reports indicate that Nitro and Melina have been getting a lot of backstage heat lately and have alienated many of their fellow wrestlers, including Joey Mercury. By breaking up MNM the WWE was able to come up with a storyline to explain Nitro and Melina's real-life suspension from the Smackdown roster by having Teddy Long 'fire' them. I wonder where this leaves the Smackdown tag tam division. Besides the champs (London and Kendrick), there are very few tag teams. There's Gymini, The Mexicools, and....that's it. It seems like the WWE either has a really good tag division or a really bad one. MNM was the only quality team on Smackdown and now they're broken up.

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