Stephanie Hugs Kurt Angle! Triple H is Jealous – WWE SmackDown Review 8/3/00
Former WWF writer Tommy Blacha and co-host Rob Pasbani are back to review an action packed episode of SmackDown from August 3, 2000 in Birmingham, Alabama.
The soap opera drama surrounding the McMahon Helmsley era reaches new heights on the road to SummerSlam. Stephanie McMahon demands space from Triple H after the controversial ending to the previous Raw. Kurt Angle is more than happy to step in as a friend, leading to a massive six person main event where Stephanie McMahon secures the pinfall over Lita and celebrates in the arms of the Olympic gold medalist while Triple H watches in jealousy.
Tommy Blacha also sheds light on the WWF infiltrating the political conventions and the push to get WWE fans registered to vote. Inside the ring, Big Show continues his path of destruction by chokeslamming Kane through the stage during a chaotic tag team match featuring The Rock and Chris Benoit.
Other major discussion points include:
– The Rock delivering a hilarious promo mocking Chris Benoit.
– Edge and Christian laying the groundwork for TLC by delivering a con-chair-to to Jeff Hardy.
– Right to Censor officially closing the APA’s office for business.
– X-Pac and Road Dogg picking up singles victories over Too Cool.
– Steve Blackman retaining the Hardcore Championship against Perry Saturn with help from Al Snow.
– A look back at a loaded episode of Sunday Night Heat featuring Eddie Guerrero, Chyna, Taz, and Val Venis.
0:00 Intro and Memories of Birmingham
6:56 Triple H and Trish Stratus Try to Apologize
7:48 Scotty 2 Hotty vs. X-Pac
13:00 Stephanie McMahon Needs Space and Kurt Angle Steps In
14:22 Shane McMahon’s New Alliance
22:02 Eddie Guerrero and Rikishi vs. Val Venis and Taz
26:46 Mick Foley Books the Main Event
27:56 Matt Hardy vs. Edge and the Con-Chair-To
30:06 The Rock Mocks Chris Benoit
31:57 The Rock and Kane vs. Big Show and Chris Benoit
34:55 Right to Censor Clears Out The Acolytes Office
35:31 Steve Blackman vs. Perry Saturn for the Hardcore Championship
36:47 The Acolytes vs. Right to Censor
38:46 Road Dogg vs. Grandmaster Sexay
41:10 The SummerSlam Commercial
42:48 Main Event: Triple H, Kurt Angle, and Stephanie McMahon vs. The Dudley Boyz and Lita
48:03 Michael Cole at the RNC and WWF Voter Turnout
52:39 Sunday Night Heat Recap and Outro
