No Mercy (2004)

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No Mercy
Continental Airlines Arena
Attendance10,000
Buy rate240,000
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The 2004 No Mercy was the seventh

Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Eight professional wrestling matches were contested on the event's card
.

The

The Big Show defeated Kurt Angle
.

No Mercy grossed over US$700,000 ticket sales from an attendance of 10,000, and received 240,000 pay-per-view buys. This event helped WWE increase its pay-per-view revenue by $6.2 compared to the previous year.

Production

Background

Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Like the previous year, it featured wrestlers exclusively from the SmackDown! brand.[3]

Storylines

The event featured eight

storyline division in which WWE assigned its employees to a different program, the other being Raw
.

John "Bradshaw" Layfield as WWE Champion

The main event featured WWE Champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) defending the title against The Undertaker in a Last Ride match. The buildup to the match began after SummerSlam, where JBL defeated Undertaker in a singles match via disqualification to retain his championship.[4][5] On the August 19 episode of SmackDown!, JBL wore a neck brace, to signify that he was recuperating from a chokeslam that Undertaker gave him on top of his limo.[6][7] On the August 26 episode of SmackDown!, Orlando Jordan, JBL's chief of staff, defended the WWE Championship for JBL against Undertaker.[8][9] Undertaker won the match via disqualification following interference from JBL;[8][9] as a result, JBL retained the title. On the September 9 episode of SmackDown!, SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long announced that Undertaker would get another opportunity for JBL's title at No Mercy in a Last Ride match.[10][11]

One of the featured matches was contested for the

Booker T defended the title against John Cena. At SummerSlam, Cena defeated Booker in the first match of a "best of five" series.[5][12] On the August 26 episode of SmackDown!, the second match was won by Booker, to even the series one-to-one.[8][9] On August 27 at a SmackDown! live event, Booker defeated Cena to win the third match.[13] On the September 16 episode of SmackDown!, Cena defeated Booker in the fourth match, making the series even at two wins apiece.[14] On the September 23 episode of SmackDown!, it was announced that the final series match would be scheduled at No Mercy.[15]

The other featured preliminary match was

Luther Reigns, threw Guerrero out of the ring and offered Big Show a handshake.[14] Big Show, however, tore up Guerrero's contract and signed the one with Angle's name on it to face him at No Mercy.[14]

Event

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
English
commentators
 Michael Cole
Tazz
Spanish commentators Carlos Cabrera
Hugo Savinovich
Interviewer
 Josh Mathews
Ring announcer Tony Chimel
Referees Nick Patrick
Charles Robinson
Jim Korderas

Before the event went live on pay-per-view, Mark Jindrak defeated Scotty 2 Hotty in a match taped for Heat, one of WWE's secondary television programs.[16][17][18]

Preliminary matches

Eddie Guerrero faced Luther Reigns

The first match was between Eddie Guerrero and Luther Reigns. In the early stages, both competitors took the advantage over one another. Reigns controlled most of the match, as Guerrero tried to avoid Reigns' assaults. Guerrero won the match after attacking Reigns with a baton taken from a security guard.[19][20]

The next match was for the

Johnny Stamboli tried to prevent interference from D-Von, allowing Bubba Ray to crotch Nunzio on the ring post, allowing Spike to pin him to retain the title.[19][20]

The next match was between Billy Kidman and Paul London. The start of the match saw London perform a running springboard moonsault on Kidman. Kidman took control once back in the ring, as he focused on London's lower back. London attempted to perform a powerbomb but Kidman countered with a sitout facebuster for a near-fall. The match concluded when Kidman executed a Shooting star press on London for the win.[19][20]

The fourth match was for the

619 on Suzuki and attempted the West Coast Pop but Duprée pulled Mysterio off the ropes. Suzuki pinned Mysterio using the ropes to retain the title.[19][20]

Main event matches

The first main match was between Kurt Angle and The Big Show. The stipulation is that Mark Jindrak and Luther Reigns were banned from ringside and if anyone interferes in the match they will be fired. For the duration of the match, The Big Show, who stood at 7 feet (2.1 m) squashed Angle. Angle was intentionally counted out but General Manager Theodore Long ordered Angle to continue the match or Angle would never wrestle on SmackDown! again. After Angle returned to the ring, Big Show continued to squash Angle. Angle retrieved a steel chair but Big Show punched the chair onto Angle's face. As Big Show prepared to perform a chokeslam, Angle countered into an ankle lock. While Big Show reached the ropes to force Angle to break the hold, the referee was knocked down. Angle began targeting Big Show's knee and hit his knee with the chair. The match ended with Big Show chokeslamming Angle from the top rope for the win.[19][20]

John Cena faced Booker T for the United States Championship

The second main match was for the

Scissors Kick and executed the FU to win the title.[19][20]

Next was a

The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) and Dawn Marie versus Charlie Haas, Rico Constantino, and Miss Jackie. The match ended when Haas performed a pointed elbow drop and tagged in Rico, who performed a moonsault for the win.[19][20]

The Undertaker faced John "Bradshaw" Layfield for the WWE Championship

In the main event,

Clothesline from Hell and helped Heidenreich place the Undertaker back into the hearse. Backstage, Paul Heyman drove the hearse to the parking lot, where Heidenreich drove a car into it, causing an inexplicable explosion, meaning JBL retained the title.[19][20]

Reception

The

Canadian Online Explorer's professional wrestling section rated the event 5 out of 10.[19] The rating was the same as the No Mercy 2005 event, which was marked as an "absolutely terrible" pay-per-view from WWE.[24] The standard match between Billy Kidman and Paul London was rated a 7 out of 10.[19] Additionally, the matches of Eddie Guerrero versus Luther Reigns, Spike Dudley versus Nunzio, Booker T versus John Cena, and the Last Ride match were all rated a 4 out of 10.[19]

The event was released on

Sony Music Entertainment
.

Aftermath

Following No Mercy, the storyline between JBL and The Undertaker ended. JBL was then placed in a new angle against Booker T. On an episode of SmackDown!, a six-man tag team match involving Booker T, Rob Van Dam, and Rey Mysterio taking on JBL, Kenzo Suzuki, and René Duprée was scheduled.

company in a segment backstage.[26][27] The tag team match got underway, and JBL was led to believe that Booker was going to betray his tag partners, as Booker warned both Van Dam and Mysterio not to interfere with him during the match.[26][27] The match concluded with Booker pinning JBL for the win, thus turning Booker into a crowd favorite.[26][27] The following week on SmackDown!, Booker defeated Orlando Jordan, JBL's associate, to earn the right to face JBL for the WWE Championship at Survivor Series.[28][29] At Survivor Series, JBL defeated Booker to retain the WWE title.[30]

On the October 21 episode of SmackDown!, Paul Heyman requested that Theodore Long schedule a match between Heidenreich and the Undertaker at Survivor Series.[26][27] Long agreed to the match, but informed Heyman that in order for the match to take place, he had to get the Undertaker to sign the contract personally.[26][27] The following week, Heyman met the Undertaker at an undisclosed location where he pleaded his case about Heidenreich wanting to face the Undertaker in a match.[28][29] The Undertaker signed the contract and warned Heyman he would defeat Heidenreich at Survivor Series.[28] At the event, the Undertaker was successful in defeating Heidenreich.[31]

Following his win at No Mercy, John Cena lost the WWE United States Championship to

Armageddon 2004 in a Street Fight against Jesús.[38]

Results

No.Results
Last Ride match for the WWE Championship
20:01
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
H – the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on Sunday Night Heat

Notes

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References

  • (2004). No Mercy [DVD]. World Wrestling Entertainment.

External links

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