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WWE SmackDown! May 9, 2008

The 456’th editon of WWE SmackDown came to you from the John LaBatt Centre in London, Ontario, Canada.

 

Match Results

  • Championship Chase To Judgment Day: Qualifying Match: Non-Title: Matt Hardy (SmackDown) def. CM Punk (ECW) by roll-up to advance to the Finals.
  • Championship Chase To Judgment Day: Qualifying Match: MVP & Finlay fight to a Draw when both men’s shoulders were pinned to the mat following a back suplex by Finlay; Both MVP & Finlay advance to the Finals.
  • Natalya (SmackDown) def. Kelly Kelly (ECW) by submission to the Sharpshooter.
  • Championship Chase To Judgment Day: Qualifying Match: Batista (SmackDown) def. John Morrison (ECW) by pin following the Batista Bomb to advance to the Finals.
  • Championship Chase To Judgment Day: Qualifying Match: Big Show (SmackDown) def. Tommy Dreamer (ECW) by pin following the Chokeslam to the Finals.
  • Championship Chase To Judgment Day: Qualifying Match: Non-Title: Kane (ECW) def. Chavo Guerrero (with Bam Neely) (ECW) by sitting out on a sunset flip attempt to get the pinfall and advance to the Finals.
  • Squash Match: Vladmir Kozlov def. Phil Atlas (jobber) by pin following the Russian Impaler.
  • Championship Chase To Judgment Day: Finals: Over-The-Top-Rope Challenge: Edge (SmackDown) def. Batista (SmackDown), Kane (ECW), Finlay (SmackDown), MVP (SmackDown), Matt Hardy (SmackDown), & Big Show (SmackDown) to earn the right to face The Undertaker at Judgment Day for the vacant World Heavyweight Title (Order of Elimination- 1) MVP elim. Matt Hardy, 2) Kane elim. Finlay, 3) MVP elim. Himself, 4) Big Show elim. Kane, 5) Batista elim. Big Show, 6) Edge elim. Batista


Match Quality

  1. Over-The-Top-Rope Challenge
  2. Batista Vs. John Morrison
  3. MVP Vs. Finlay
  4. CM Punk Vs. Matt Hardy
  5. Big Show Vs. Tommy Dreamer
  6. Kane Vs. Chavo Guerrero
  7. Vladimir Kozlov Vs. Phil Atlas
  8. Natalya Vs. Kelly Kelly

Note(s)

Edge was a last second participant after Batista was announced the winner, SmackDown GM Vickie Guerrero announced that at just that moment, Edge had been cleared to compete. Edge came in and speared Batista off of the apron to win.