#1: WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event (July 15, 2006)
When thinking about which Saturday Night’s Main Event had the most stacked talent in one show, it was the one that was building for SummerSlam 2006. It was a combination of RAW and SmackDown’s top talent all competing in entertaining matchups. A strong open occurred when Hulk Hogan made his return to WWE to accept Randy Orton’s SummerSlam challenge.
SmackDown’s top babyface, Batista, had his first match in almost half a year when he, World Champion Rey Mysterio, and Bobby Lashley defeated King Booker, WWE United States Champion Finlay, and Mark Henry. The unique duo of Carlito and Trish Stratus also defeated Intercontinental Champion Johnny Nitro and Melina, whom they’ve had problems with on RAW.
The most entertaining match of the night was Triple H and Shawn Michaels of D-Generation X defeating all five members of The Spirit Squad in what was a 5-on-2 handicap elimination match. What was amusing about this match was that whenever someone faced elimination, they entered a shark cage at ringside.
When the entire Spirit Squad was in the cage, DX gave Mr. Mahon a taste of his own medicine when Michaels hit McMahon with a “Sweet Chin Music”, thus landing on The Spirit Squad.
Following the Handicap Elimination Match were two cooldown matches, where the first one was SmackDown’s Michelle McCool beating RAW’s Victoria in a Diva Bull-Riding Contest. Next up was an ECW bout, where Sabu defeated Stevie Richards in an Extreme Rules Match. Right before the main event, The Great Khali, alongside ECW Champion Big Show, came out to gloat about their attack on The Undertaker at ECW.
Thinking they were untouchable, The Undertaker came out for revenge. Unfortunately for The Undertaker, he fell short against the two giants and was beaten down much like the initial attack.
The final match of the night was John Cena getting a shot at the WWE Championship against Edge. Cena pulled all the shots in trying to reclaim the WWE Title. What seemed as if Cena was on his way to beating Edge, Lita pulled the referee out of the ring and slapped him in the face, leading to Cena winning the match via disqualification. This made Cena furious due to not winning the championship in a DQ finish.
Cena decided to take his anger out on Edge by nailing him with an “FU” on the announcer’s table.
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