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Marty Jannetty vs. Kurt Angle; Courtesy 3/17/05 Smackdown
Topic Started: Mar 17 2005, 10:00 PM (2,572 Views)
Scrooge McSuck
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WWE Smackdown!
March 17th, 2005
Taped from Savanah, GA

Backstory:
This is Jannetty pretty much being a pawn move for the Shawn Michaels/Kurt Angle feud for Wrestlemania XXI (which will suck according to the lineup, in my opinion), where Angle stated that he would accomplish in four weeks what Shawn Michaels would in his entire career. On the March 10th, 2005 episode of Smackdown, Angle defeated some local "hero" in an obviously silly Ladder Match, then after the match, declared he would beat fight Marty Jannetty on March 17th. On the March 14th episode of Raw, Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty reunited for 1 night only in a Rockers Reunion, and beat La Resistance in easy fassion, even giving Jannetty the pinfall. Originally everyone probably thought Angle would win this match in a cake walk, but after seeing his performance on Raw, will that be the same?

- Marty Jannetty vs. Kurt Angle:
I must say first, that Jannettys ring attire just looks bad considering the times and the promotion. I guess thats what happens when you sell off your old Rocker attire and have "Independent Company" gear instead. Oh well, it's not the clothes that make a good match, but how talented the men in the match are and how well they can gel together. Before the match, Angle says he is going to make Jannetty tape, then we get footage from Raw where "The Rockers" destroyed La Resistance in about six minutes. Marty chant from the crowd as the match starts. Lockup goes into the corner, and Angle with a surprisingly clean break, but with a shit eating grin on his face. Lockup #2, and Angle with a hammerlock. Jannetty reverses, and Angle takes Jannetty down with a firemans carry. Jannetty counters a headlock with a head scissors, but Angle escapes, only to miss an elbow drop. Angle blocks a piledirver and applies a wristlock. Irish whip and Jannetty with a hip toss. angle mule kicks Jannetty down, but he kips up back into a nuetral position. Marty chant starts up once again as the two lockup. Angle with a standing side headlock into a takeover. Irish whip to escape, but Angle takes Jannetty down with a shoulder block and takes him over with another headlock. Jannetty escapes momentarily with a modified crucifix pinning combination for a two count, but Angle turns it back into the headlock. Both men up to their feet, and Angle drops Marty with a shoulder block. Criss cross and Jannetty with a deep arm drag into an armbar. Jannetty with a knee into the elbow of Angle, and reapplies the armbar. Jannetty turns the move into a wristlock, but Angle takes Jannetty down with a modified takedown/firemans carry, but Jannetty works over the arm once more. Angle with another clean break in the corner. Angle with a boot to the midsection, and he applies a front facelock, into a takeover for a two count. Jannetty escapes into a go-behind hammerlock, but Angle snapmares to escape. Angle applies a reverse chinlock, but Jannetty escapes and applies another hammerlock, then applies an armbar. Angle dumps Jannetty over the top rope, but he head scissors Angle out of the ring and skins the cat back in. Jannetty with a modified baseball slide, and he comes off the top rope with a double axehandle! Damn it, we have to go to a commercial break...

[Commercial Break]

We come back from the commercial, and Angle has Jannetty grounded with a reverse bear hug, and he turns it into a pin attempt for a two count. Angle floats over for another two count as Instant Replay shows Angle throwing Jannetty into the ring post (with oversell of course). Jannetty tries fighting free with elbows to the side of the head, but runs into a knee for a two count. Angle with an overhead suplex into a cover for another two count. Angle hammers away on the back of Jannetty, and connects with a back breaker for a two count once again. Angle applies a body scissors and pulls on the face of Jannetty. Angle keeps the hold applied, and applies a modified chinlock as well. Jannetty starts fighting free of the body scissors, and escapes the chinlock with a jaw breaker. Irish whip is reversed, and Angle connects with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Angle goes for the Angle Slam, but Jannetty escapes with an arm drag takeover! Jannetty hammers away on Angle in the corner, and sends him to the corner, but misses a charge. Angle connects with a german suplex, but that only gets a series of two counts. Angle applies a front waistlock and applies a modified neck wrench but soon releases that portion of the hold. Jannetty escapes into a cover for two, but Angle turns it over and applies a modified cradle combination for a two count of his own. Angle turns the hold into a rear waistlock and then turns it into a rear chinlock while adding pressure into the lower back of Jannetty with his knee. Angle applies an underhook armbar and turns it into another pin attempt for two. Angle with a standing waistlock, but Jannetty escapes with a series of elbows and chops. Irish whip is reversed, but Jannetty connects with a DDT to put both men down for the moment. Jannetty with a series of roundhouse rights into the ropes. Irish whip, and Angle ducks a clothesline, but Jannetty bounces back with a diving back elbow. Charge into the corner, but Angle boots Jannetty in the face, but then runs into a spinning heel kick! Jannetty with mounted punches in the opposite corner of the ring, but Angle escapes, only to have it turned into a hurricanrana! Jannetty goes to the top rope, and comes off with a cross body press, but Angle reverses for a two count! Angle with a go behind and takes Jannetty down with a german suplex! Angle pulls the straps down and tries for the Angle Slam, but Jannetty escapes and rolls Angle up for two! Clothesline is ducked, but Angle tries for the Ankle Lock! Jannetty counters with a spinning kick to the chest, then rolls up Angle for a very close two count. Angle sweeps the leg up Jannetty and applies the Ankle Lock, but he rolls it into the corner, sending Angle crashing into the turnbuckles! Jannetty goes for the Rocker Dropper, but Angle with a takedown, and applies the Ankle Lock again! Jannetty tries kicking off, but Angle holds on. Jannetty tries once again, but Angle turns it around and grapevines the leg! Jannetty tries fighting free of the hold, but the pain is just too much, and he taps out at 17:56, giving Angle the victory. **** Holy crap... I did NOT expect the match to be this well booked. The first portion of the match was very well done with lots of great chain wrestling and smart counters. Then it went into smart ground work from Angle while Jannetty fought off every chance he could. Then it evolved once more into a very heated exchange of moves and counters, until Angle was able to hook the grapevine Ankle Lock, forcing Jannetty to tap out of after doing anything he could to escape. One of my favorite TV matches so far in 2005, and if anything, this shows Jannetty, in his mid-40's, still has fire in him to be a good performer in the WWE. If people like VISCERA can get a paid for appearence contract, so should Jannetty.
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Viceroy Virus
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The match had a really good, clean ending that I particularly liked.

Would you really say ****?
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Scrooge McSuck
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Thats what I thought after 2 viewings and in serious mark mode. Maybe ***1/2 on a more level head. Of course, ratings are argumental, because not everyone likes the same thing. For instance, MANY people love Brock/Angle Ironman, but I thought it was drizzling shit that wasn't even worthy of a "*" ratings.
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I think *** to ***1/2 is a good range for the match. Not bad for an opener on SmackDown.
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As far as TV matches go, this was ****+ easy. I loved this match, and to be honest, I can't wait for Angle/HBK at Mania.
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Scrooge McSuck
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In 2005, only three times have I enjoyed a match this much (in terms of quality, not marking out).

Angle vs. Rey Jr. in Japan
London vs. Akio (I think the IVth match it was)
Benoit vs. HHH (this past Raw)
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In all seriousness, I enjoyed the match too....but I would peg it at about the *** mark. Nothing higher IMO though.....

Nice review too JPAI.
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My ****+ was obviously in comparison to other WWE TV matches. Meaning, this was better than almost any WWE TV mach.
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whitemilesdavis,Mar 18 2005
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My ****+ was obviously in comparison to other WWE TV matches. Meaning, this was better than almost any WWE TV mach.

Oh, I totally understand. I just rate all matches on the same scale. I do know what you meant though....
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I'd really have to watch it again to get a solid number on it. I did enjoy it very much upon the first watch, and the job of the match was to build to Mania, which it did nicely.

So anybody think Marty got a job?
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I have no idea. It was probably more of a lucky convenience, because Jannetty lives in Georgia (I forget what city, but both Raw and SD have been in different GA cities this week).

However, if both matches were chances to "prove he could still go", he did a hell of a job in the Angle match, and was pretty into it for the Raw tag team match. He pretty much worked the WWE style, except it wasn't boring, and obviously can get crowd support (judging by fans reactions without sound, they were into it.
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Honestly, with half of the shitty workers there.....I really hope Marty gets a job.
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ho ho who the hell are you?
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Marty at least got a job with TNA but I'm not sure about the WWF. They're so out there with their hirings and firings lately that I wouldn't put it past them to pass up on him.
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I would be totally up for a program with Micheal Shane.
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Scrooge McSuck
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Michael Shane? Blech... Shane has very little (if any) charisma to make anything he does seem exciting. Thats going only by his TNA work, though.
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