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Drama’s Smackdown Report 1/2/09
Drama’s Smackdown Report 1/2/09
Friday Night Smackdown!
January 2, 2009
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Jim Ross and Tazz
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WWE Tag Team Titles History (SD!)
| Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit | Rey Mysterio & Edge | 10/20/2002 | No Mercy[1] |
| Edge & Rey Mysterio | Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit | 11/7/2002 | Smackdown! |
| Los Guerreros | Edge & Rey Mysterio | 11/17/2002 | Survivor Series[2] |
| Benjamin & Haas | Los Guerreros | 2/6/2003 | Smackdown! |
| Eddie Guerrero & Tajiri | Benjamin & Haas | 5/18/2003 | Judgment Day[3] |
| Benjamin & Haas (2) | Eddie Guerrero & Tajiri | 7/3/2003 | Smackdown! |
| Los Guerreros (2) | Benjamin & Haas | 9/18/2003 | Smackdown! |
| Basham Brothers | Los Guerreros | 10/23/2003 | Smackdown! |
| Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty | Basham Brothers | 2/5/2004 | Smackdown! |
| Charlie Haas & Rico | Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty | 4/22/2004 | Smackdown! |
| The Dudley Boyz | Charlie Haas & Rico | 6/17/2004 | Smackdown! |
| Billy Kidman & Paul London | The Dudley Boyz | 7/8/2004 | Smackdown! |
| Kenzo Suzuki & Rene Dupree | Billy Kidman & Paul London | 9/9/2004 | Smackdown! |
| Rob Van Dam & Rey Mysterio | Kenzo Suzuki & Rene Dupree | 12/9/2004 | Smackdown! |
| Basham Brothers (2) | Rob Van Dam & Rey Mysterio | 1/13/2005 | Smackdown![4] |
| Rey Mysterio & Eddie Guerrero | Basham Brothers | 2/20/2005 | Smackdown! |
| MNM | Rey Mysterio & Eddie Guerrero | 4/21/2005 | Smackdown! |
| Animal & Heidenreich | MNM | 7/25/2005 | Great American Bash |
| MNM (2) | Animal & Heidenreich | 10/28/2005 | Smackdown![5] |
| Batista & Rey Mysterio | MNM | 12/16/2005 | Smackdown! |
| MNM (3) | Batista & Rey Mysterio | 12/30/2005 | Smackdown! |
| Brian Kendrick & Paul London | MNM | 5/21/2006 | Judgment Day |
| Deuce & Domino | Brian Kendrick & Paul London | 4/20/2007 | Smackdown! |
| MVP & Matt Hardy | Deuce & Domino | 8/31/2007 | Smackdown! |
| The Miz & John Morrison | MVP & Matt Hardy | 11/16/2007 | Smackdown![6] |
| Curt Hawkins & Zach Ryder | The Miz & John Morrison | 7/20/2008 | Great American Bash[7] |
| Carlito & Primo Colon | Curt Hawkins & Zach Ryder | 9/26/2008 | Smackdown![8] |
Footnotes:
[1]: To give the Smackdown show tag titles exclusive to their brand, a tournament was started and this was the finals.
[2]: This was a triple-threat tag team match which also included Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle.
[3]: Tajiri was a replacement for Eddie’s injured partner Chavo Guerrero.
[4]: This was a four-team elimination match which also included the teams of Mark Jindrak & Luther Reigns and Booker T & Eddie Guerrero.
[5]: This was a four-way match which also featured the Mexicools and Paul Burchill & William Regal.
[6]: With Morrison a part of ECW and Miz a part of Smackdown, the tag belts were shared on both shows.
[7]: This was a fatal-four way tag match which also included Jesse & Festus and Finlay & Hornswaggle. Since both Hawkins & Ryder are a part of Smackdown, the belts returned to being exclusively defended on Smackdown.
[8]: At WrestleMania XXV on April 5, 2009, Carlito & Primo Colon defeated The Miz and John Morrison to unify Smackdown’s WWE tag team championship with Raw’s World tag team championship.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
WWE United States Title History
| Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Guerrero | Chris Benoit | 7/27/2003 | Vengeance[1] |
| Big Show | Eddie Guerrero | 10/19/2003 | No Mercy |
| John Cena | Big Show | 3/14/2004 | WrestleMania XX[2] |
| Booker T | Rob Van Dam | 7/29/2004 | Smackdown![3] |
| John Cena (2) | Booker T | 10/3/2004 | No Mercy |
| Carlito | John Cena | 10/7/2004 | Smackdown! |
| John Cena (3) | Carlito | 11/18/2004 | Smackdown! |
| Orlando Jordan | John Cena | 3/3/2005 | Smackdown! |
| Chris Benoit | Orlando Jordan | 8/21/2005 | SummerSlam |
| Booker T (2) | Chris Benoit | 10/21/2005 | Smackdown![4] |
| Booker T (3) | Chris Benoit | 1/13/2006 | Smackdown![5] |
| Chris Benoit (2) | Booker T | 2/19/2006 | No Way Out |
| JBL | Chris Benoit | 4/2/2006 | WrestleMania 22 |
| Bobby Lashley | JBL | 5/26/2006 | Smackdown! |
| Finlay | Bobby Lashley | 7/14/2006 | Smackdown! |
| Mr. Kennedy | Finlay | 9/1/2006 | Smackdown![6] |
| Chris Benoit (3) | Mr. Kennedy | 10/13/2006 | Smackdown! |
| MVP | Chris Benoit | 5/20/2007 | Judgment Day |
| Matt Hardy | MVP | 4/27/2008 | Backlash[7] |
| Shelton Benjamin | Matt Hardy | 7/20/2008 | Great American Bash[8] |
| MVP (2) | Shelton Benjamin | 3/20/2009 | Smackdown! |
| Kofi Kingston | MVP | 6/1/2009 | Raw |
| The Miz | Kofi Kingston | 10/5/2009 | Raw |
| Bret Hart | The Miz | 5/17/2010 | Raw[9] |
| R-Truth | The Miz | 5/24/2010 | Raw[10] |
| The Miz (2) | R-Truth | 6/14/2010 | Raw[11] |
| Daniel Bryan | The Miz | 9/19/2010 | Night of Champions |
| Sheamus | Daniel Bryan | 3/14/2011 | Raw |
| Kofi Kingston (2) | Sheamus | 5/1/2011 | Extreme Rules |
| Dolph Ziggler | Kofi Kingston | 6/19/2011 | Capitol Punishment |
Footnotes:
[1]: In an attempt to revive the U.S. title, this was the title tournament finals as the belt became exclusive to Smackdown.
[2]: On July 8, 2004, Cena was stripped of the belt after attacking Smackdown General Manager Kurt Angle.
[3]: This was an eight-man elimination match which also featured John Cena, Rene Dupree, Kenzo Suzuki, Billy Gunn, Charlie Haas and Luther Reigns.
[4]: The title became vacant after a double-pinfall decision during a Booker/Benoit match on November 25, 2005. Therefore, a best-of-seven series between the two was started.
[5]: This was match #7 in the best-of-seven series, but since Booker was injured, Randy Orton subbed in his place and won the title for Booker T.
[6]: This was a triple-threat match which also included Bobby Lashley.
[7]: Matt Hardy was drafted to ECW on June 23, 2008, making the belt a part of the ECW brand.
[8]: Since Shelton Benjamin was a member of the Smackdown brand, the title returned to Smackdown.
[9]: Bret Hart vacated the WWE U.S. title when a week later, he became the General Manager of Raw.
[10]: This match served the purpose of filling the title vacancy.
[11]: This was a fatal four-way match which also included John Morrison and Zach Ryder.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
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