jts0405 Match 1: Paul London & Brian Kendrick (c) vs The Pit Bulls (Kid Kash & Jamie Noble) for the WWE Tag Team Championship - Not a bad match actually. I think that the four of these guys actually got overlooked and were just put into this so the pay per view could have enough matches. All in all it went pretty quick and entertained the fans. In the end London & Kendrick retain the belts.Match 2: Finlay (c) vs William Regal for the United States Championship - On this night we saw a load of replacements for all sorts of matches. Regal was originally scheduled, but Lashley was also scheduled to compete in this match and thus making it a triple threat. The match was pretty dull and boring. Both of these guys can perform really well, but this just didn't work for them. Finlay retains the title with help from Hornswoggle.Match 3: Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms vs Matt Hardy - Originally Helms was set to defend against Super Crazy, who was taken out of the event due to injury. So instead they placed Matt Hardy into a non title match with Helms. It was a fairly decent time filler, but honestly Hardy should have already been booked instead of being just a last minute replacement. Helms and Hardy put forth a pretty nice match and Helms wins in the end with a shining wizard.Match 4: The Undertaker vs ECW Champion Big Show in a Punjabi Prison Match - Yet again we have another replacement. The Great Khali originally requested a Punjabi Prison Match with Undertaker, but at the event General Manager Theodore Long decides to replace Khali with the Big Show. It was a pretty nice match, back in 2006 Big Show really couldn't compete to the standard he does now in 2009. It was a little useless and uninteresting, but it still turned out to be just decent. Undertaker escapes both structures for the win.Match 5: Ashley vs Kristal vs Jillian vs Michelle McCool - It was a four way bra & panties match. Pretty much to get the male audience off their seats and interested. Ashley ends up winning, nothing special in the wrestling category.Match 6: Mr. Kennedy vs Batista - Mr. Kennedy, just as Matt Hardy, should have already been booked instead of being a last minute replacement guy. Originally Batista was scheduled to face his rival Mark Henry, with basic revenge on the line for Henry sidelining Batista for the early portion of 2006. A pretty short match, that could have been a lot more decent than it was. Batista gets himself disqualified and beats the hell out of Kennedy. It wasn't the best.Match 7: Rey Mysterio (c) vs King Booker for the World Heavyweight Championship - King Booker earned the title shot by winning a battle royal on the road to The Great American Bash. Mysterio at this point had only defended it successfully twice against Randy Orton and JBL, so he really looked prominently to retain once again. Booker brings Sharmell out with him, to give him the extra advantage. In the end though we see Chavo Guerrero jump ships and nail Mysterio with a chair. Booker scraps up the pin to score the World Heavyweight Championship. Farily above average main event.

kliko400 I watched the last two Great American Bash PPV'S {2004 & 2005}. But this one wasn't really good in my opinion, perhaps because a lot of superstars were cancelled for the show due to liver problems.FIRST MATCH- PAUL London & BRIAN KENDRICK VS. THE PITBULLS {KID KASH & JAMIE NOBLE} FOR THE WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP The best tag team match. Probably the best match off the night. Great double tag team from London & Kendrick, also the Pitbulls as well. London & Kendrick get the win after a sunset flip by London on Kid Kash got them the victory to retain their WWE Tag Team Titles. 6/10 It's now supposed to be Finlay vs. Regal vs. Lashley in a triple-threat match for the US Title. But the Smackdown GM Theodore Long comes out & says that Lashley cannot compete because he has liver problems. Which he changes the match to two best friends facing each other Finlay & Regal.SECOND MATCH- FINLAY VS. WILLIAM REGAL FOR THE WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP Pretty boring match, both men just use res holds, tie ups & a couple of submission holds. Little Bastard {Who is a leprechaun hiding under the ring} steals Regal's boots. Behind the referee, Little Bastard gives Finlay the boot who he uses it by slamming Regal on the head with to get the 3 count to get the victory & keep his US Title. 3/10 THIRD MATCH- GREGORY HELMS VS. MATT HARDY {This was included as a bonus match} Another boring match. Although this one did not include a lot of submission moves like the previous match. Gregory Helms gets the hard victory after getting a roll-up on Matt while using the ropes for leverage. 3/10 Backstage Undertaker meets Khali, & goes to attack him but then suddenly Big Show comes & knocks down the Undertaker & starts pounding away on him with some kicks. Which leads Theodore Long to come & announce that Big Show will be taking Khali's place in the Punjabi Prison match.FOURTH MATCH- BIG SHOW VS. UNDERTAKER IN A PUNJABI PRISON MATCH {The rules of this match is that both men have to escape through a door & climb out of the prison-cage like structure in order to win the match} This was an okay splendid match, great work by both men who tried really hard to survive this dangerous match structure. Undertaker wins when Big Show slams him through the prison-cage like structure, but unfortunately for Big Show, Undertaker got out first which makes him with the first-ever Punjabi Prison match. 5/10 FIFTH MATCH- KRISTAL VS. ASHLEY VS. JILLIAN HALL VS. MICHELLE MCCOOL IN A FATAL 4 WAY BRA & PANTIES MATCH I didn't really watched this match. I just skipped it. N/A SIXTH MATCH- MR. KENNEDY VS. BATISTA Batista seriously is not fair. He slams Mr. Kennedy against the steel steps & Mr. Kennedy is busted open so bad as though somebody stabbed him through the forehead. Unfortunately for Batista, Batista continues pounding away on Mr. Kennedy which leads the referee to DQ him as Mr. Kennedy has beat Batista by DQ. After the match Batista gets angry, & takes his frustration out on Mr. Kennedy with 3 spine-busters followed by a Batista Bomb. 3/10 SEVENTH MATCH- REY MYSTERIO VS. KING BOOKER W/ SHARMELL FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Slow & sloppy most times. Booker T matches are just so boring, he takes them very slow. It takes Mysterio to do his own cool acrobatic moves to get the match going on well. Mysterio goes for a hurricana but Booker gets Rey & throws him onto the referee knocking him out. While the referee is down, Chavo comes in the ring & as it looks like he is going to hit Booker with the chair, he hits Mysterio with the chair knocking him out. The referee gets up just in time for King Booker to cover Mysterio for the 3 count as he has became the new World Heavyweight Champion. 3/10 This wasn't really a good Great American Bash PPV, I thought it was going to be a better PPV considering that it is my favorite PPV of the year.Overall: I'll give it 6/10 & a D+

wrestlingsitewebmaster Whenever WWE has PPV's lined up such as this one, New Years Revolution and No Mercy, you can guarantee that they will fail to deliver, and this is exactly what I'm on about. Some factors were beyond the WWE's control like they had to medically disqualify several superstars from the card like Super Crazy (liver problems), Bobby Lashley (liver problems), The Great Khali (not that anyone was complaining) and Tatanka. Mark Henry was scheduled to wrestle Batista on the card but he was injured on the Saturday Night's Main Event special so his replacement was Mr Kennedy, but there was no storyline purpose to it.Held before a crowd of 8,750 in Indianapolis, Indiana, the following results were: Gregory Helms defeated Matt Hardy to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship in a decent match - Paul London & Brian Kendrick defeated Jamie Noble and Kid Kash in a good match to retain the WWE Tag Team Championships - Finlay defeated William Regal to retain the United States Championship which bored fans stupid - Mr Kennedy defeated Batista via DQ in a passable match - The Undertaker defeated The Big Show in an abysmal Punjabi Prison Match - Ashley won a lame gauntlet match which also involved Kristal, Michelle McCool and Jillian Hall - King Booker defeated Rey Mysterio to win the WWE Championship in a good match.WWE NEEDS to end this stupid brand extension. The main eventers on Smackdown! are Booker, Batista, The Undertaker and possibly Rey Mysterio, but who have you got on Raw? HBK, HHH, John Cena, Kane, Randy Orton, Edge and even Umaga! Perhaps the rumor of Cena going to Smackdown! will help but WWE really needs to pull their finger out if they want to survive! Overall Grade - C

Stuart Wilson Indianapolis Indiana was the venue of choice for the WWE's third attempt at The Great American Bash pay-per-view. Due to the draft lotteries of the past two years, the Bash has been mediocre at best. Nothing like the WCW and NWA attempts of the past. The card looked fairly solid despite losing JBL, Chris Benoit and Randy Orton in recent weeks. This all changed after Saturday Night's Main Event when Mark Henry was added to the injured list. Followed soon by the popular Bobby Lashley and the useless Great Khali the WWE needed to do something pretty special on the night to satisfy the fans interest. They didn't.The Punjabi Prison was an impressive sight to say the least. Sure it looked as though it came flat packed from IKEA but I thought we were going to be in for a gore fest. The Big Show was slotted in to replace Khali. At least storyline wise, this move made sense. Unfortunately The Show showed us once again why he has turned into one of the biggest bores to watch lately and put on another mediocre performance. The Undertaker wasn't even able to save this from being a disaster. Undertaker picked up the win but it looks like his feud with The "Great" Khali will be continuing.Bobby Lashley was not replaced in the Triple Threat match for the United States Championship. This was never going to be on the par of the Intercontinental Championship match at Vengeance but it should have been entertaining. Instead the title match between Regal and Finlay wasn't even half of the match it could have been. Sure, it was hard hitting and the Leprechaun always makes me laugh but this should have been a lot better.The WWE Tag Team Championship match that opened the show was the match of the night. Kendrick and London looked flawless in their successful defence against The Pitbulls. Matt Hardy and Gregory Helms was a pleasant surprise. The woman's four way Bra and Panties contest was the usual rubbish.Batista came out to a thunderous ovation and gave the fans what they are used to seeing. Himself smashing his opponent's head in. Mr Kennedy looked great as he took the bumps for Batista. Unfortunately his head was busted open in the process of his disqualification win. A wound that required 20 stitched to heal.The main event of the evening had already been given to us for free the previous Friday night on Smackdown! as World Champion Rey Mysterio battled King Booker. I don't understand the rational behind that at all. The match itself was good but the screw job ending wasn't a surprise at all. Surely I wasn't the only one who had been waiting on Chavo Guerrero to turn heel for weeks now. So Rey's dream came to an end at the hands of a steel chair, Booker T and perhaps more importantly a Guerrero. Looks like now as we head into SummerSlam we will have a program between Batista and King Booker and Rey Rey and Chavo.The Great American Bash 2006 will only be remembered for two things. The night Mysterio lost his Championship and the first time we witnessed the Punjabi Prison. Neither of which where to thrilling and worth watching again.