The pyro at the stage goes off, then the camera goes around the arena.  JR and Michael Cole bring the fans into the show.

JR: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Friday Night SmackDown!  We are live in Gainesville, Florida, and do we have a show in store for you tonight."

Cole: "In our main event tonight, we will see one of the participants in the World Championship Scramble match in tag team action as John Cena teams with National Champion John Morrison to take on The Miz and Mr. Money in the Bank, Shelton Benjamin."

JR: "And as announced on the TFC forums earlier in the week, we will have a musical guest just because we can, and they will have more time than Aerosmith had last week!  This week's guest is the Gainesville-based rock band, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers!"

Cole: "And we will determine Cryme Tyme's opponents this Sunday at Apocalypse.  Now, lets get on to the action."

Justin Roberts: "The following contest is a Belfast Brawl.  In this match, there are no count outs and no disqualifications.  The only way to win is by pinfall or submission inside the ring.  Introducing first, from Belfast, Northern Ireland, weighing in at 230 lbs., Finlay!"

Finlay comes down to the ring

JR: "Here comes the Fighting Irishman, Finlay.  He is one tough SOB, and tonight, he's got the Television Champion Chris Jericho in Finlay's specialty, a Belfast Brawl."

Cole: "I don't know how Jericho plans to get out of this match, but this time we don't need a second ref unless Charles Robinson gets knocked out."

Chris Jericho's pyro

Justin: "And the opponent, weighing in at 226 lbs., he is the Television Champion, Chris Jericho!"

Jericho comes out to the ring without the TV title

Cole: "Where's the title?"

JR: "I think that I have an idea, Cole, and if I'm right, he's under the ring right now."

The bell rings, and we are underway.  Jericho hits Finlay with a low blow, legal in this match.  Jericho exits the ring and searches under the ring for a weapon, but he comes out with whipped cream on his face.  Hornswoggle peeks out from under the ring holding a replica TV title.  Jericho sees the belt, then he pulls Hornswoggle out from under the ring by the replica belt.  This gives Finlay enough time to get out of the ring on the other side.  Jericho chases Hornswoggle around the ring, and Finlay leapfrogs Hornswoggle to deliver a clothesline to Jericho.

Cole: "Jericho is going to need to focus on beating Finlay instead of getting his title back from Hornswoggle."

JR: "That's not Jericho's title; it's only a replica belt.  Hornswoggle suckered Jericho in."

Finlay continues beating on Jericho.  Jericho manages to get back in the ring, and while Finlay is about to get in the ring. Jericho dropkicks Finlay's feet out from under him.  Jericho then starts raining down rights on Finlay.  Hornswoggle comes into the ring with the replica belt around his shoulder, then throws it into Jericho's face.  Jericho looks at it, but tosses it down when he realizes that it's a replica.  Finlay gets up as Jericho turns around, and Jericho hits Finlay with a Codebreaker.  Before Jericho can go for the pin, King of the Dead runs down to the ring with a bat and smashes Jericho with it.  King then hits a Twist of Death before picking up Finlay and hitting him with a Twist of Death as well, right on top of Jericho, putting Finlay in a pinning position: one... two... three!

Justin: "Here is your winner, Finlay!"

King grabs a mic

King of the Dead: "And the winner of the World Championship Scramble match this Sunday, and the World Champion after the match, King of the Dead."

King's music plays as he walks to the back holding Jericho's Television Championship; the actual belt.

JR: "What a cowardly move from King of the Dead.  No wonder he tricked Jericho in their match last week."

Cole: "We always see this when he gets involved in the matches he makes on Xtreme, but carrying that over to SmackDown is just too much."

_______________________________________

Apocalypse commercial: At Apocalypse, the Universal Championship, the Undisputed Xtreme World Championship, and the World Championship will all be defended in scramble matches.  There will also be OWC Champion CBM vs. TFC Champion Ace for both titles, and the referee will be the controversial Earl Hebner.  Which titles will change hands, and which will stay put?

_______________________________________

JR: "Welcome back to SmackDown, and now we send you to our our guest interviewer for tonight, Benmont Tench of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers."

cuts to the back

Benmont Tench: "Ladies and gentlemen, my guest at this moment, King of the Dead.  Now, King, why did you do what you did out there just now?"

King: "Because Jericho deserved what was coming to his sorry @$$.  As for Finlay, he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, but I guess we have our GM to thank for that."

Benmont: "Well, at Apocalypse, you say that you will win.  Due to your friendship with Shawn Michaels, the current World Champion, are you going to put Shawn through a lot off punishment in the match?"

King: "Yes, but only because it's business.  Otherwise, I wouldn't do anything to HBK except remind him who runs DX."

cuts to the ring

Justin: "The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall, and the winning team will join Cryme Tyme at Apocalypse for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships!  Introducing first, in the ring, the team of Kid Kash and The Great Khali!"

crowd: boos

Justin: "And the opponents..."

Justin: "From Jamaica, weighing in at 219 lbs., Kofi Kingston!"

Kofi makes his way to the ring, stopping before he enters for...

Justin: "And his tag team partner, from St. Louis, MO, weighing in at 200 lbs., Evan Bourne!"

Bourne makes his way to the ring, and he and Kofi enter together

JR: "What an oppurtunity for Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston.  Both are impressive on their own, but this is going to be one dynamic duo, even more dynamic than Batman and Robin."

The match begins with Khali throwing Kash out of the ring.

Cole: "That's no way to win a tag team match."

JR: "Unless you are The Great Khali and are able to manhandle multiple opponents at once."

Khali stands near his corner while Kofi approaches him.  Kash gets up on the apron and tags himself into the match without Khali noticing.  Khali hits Kofi with a big chop, taking Kofi down quickly.  The ref argues with Khali, telling him to get out of the ring.  Khali does while Kash goes for the pin: one... two... Bourne breaks it up.  Kash goes to make a tag but Khali drops down from the apron.

Cole: "What's Khali doing?"

Kofi tags in Bourne, then Khali enters the ring and hits Kash with a Khali Bomb before leaving the ring and walking up the ramp.  Bourne hits several springboard moves on Kash before tagging in Kofi, who hits a twin legdrop.  Kofi drags Kash over to his corner, then tags in Bourne.  Kofi hits Kash with Trouble in Paradise after Kofi picks him up, then Bourne delivers a Shooting Star Press.

Cole: "That is why they call him Evan 'Air' Bourne!"

Bourne covers Kash: one... two... three!

Justin: "Here are your winners, Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne!"

JR: "The turning point of this match was extremely early, when Khali turned on his own partner, delivering a Khali Bomb, allowing the eventual Shooting Star Press from Evan Bourne after Kofi Kingston delivered a hard-hitting Trouble in Paradise.  Now Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne will take on Cryme Tyme at Apocalypse for the vacant SmackDown Tag Team Championships."

Cole: "And from War, we have another huge tag team match as Eddie Guerrero & Chris Beniot defend the War Tag Team Championships against Scott Stiener & Buff Bagwell and America's Most Wanted in a triple threat tag team match."

JR: "From OWC, the TFC Chairman McMahon 101 takes on Wrestlemaniac.  I don't know how 101 plans to compete against the beast known as Wrestlemaniac with a broken arm, but we will find out this Sunday."

_______________________________________

OWC commercial: This week, McMahon 101 teams with OWC Champion CBM to take on Wrestlemaniac and TFC Champion Ace in a preview of both Apocalypse matches.  Which team will win and build momentum towards Apocalypse?  Find out this week on OWC.

_______________________________________

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers come out onto the stage

Justin: "Ladies and gentlemen, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers!"

crowd: loud cheers

Tom Petty: "Thank you Gainesville for the warm reception.  Now, to start off, we're going to play a song from my first solo album, Full Moon Fever.  The song is also the new entrance music of SmackDown's General Manager and my friend DX Warrior, and he will come out to the song."

During the song, DX Warrior walks down to the ring and grabs a mic, waiting for The Heartbreakers to finish the song.

DX Warrior: "Thank you, Tom.  Now, as Tom said, my new entrance music is 'I Won't Back Down,' a song from his first solo album.  Now, I decided to come down here now because there is one thing that I have to announce that's important.  Whenever I appear on OWC, I will be known as DX Warrior, but to make a separate identity here on SmackDown, during SmackDown appearances on the show, I will be known by my real name, Michael Ayers.  Of course, when I appear for a match during a SmackDown show when representing OWC, I'll be known as DX Warrior.  This way, whenever I'm talking to someone who I'm able to talk to on a first name basis when that conversation is televised, there won't be any confusion when, say, Shawn Michaels calls me Michael.  Now that that's out of the way, I'm done talking, so back to the music.  Oh, sorry, I forgot one thing to say: ROCK ON!!!!!!!"

crowd: extremely loud cheers

Michael walks back up the ramp while Tom Petty starts to talk

Tom Petty: "This next song is from our self-titled debut album, all the way back to 1976, and it's one of the cover songs that Michael's doing for his rock band, the Warriors of Rock."

Tom Petty: "And the last song before the commercial break is the title track from one of our most recent albums.  The song is used to describe another of my good friends all the way back in Los Angeles.  That man is the Lonesome LA Cowboy, Jim Ladd, who you can hear every weeknight at 9 p.m. Pacific time on Southern California's classic rock station, 95.5, KLOS.  Out here, you have to go to either Jim Ladd's MySpace page and stream the Jim Ladd Show there, go to www.955KLOS.com and stream it there, or for those with iTunes and can stream radio stations via iTunes, go to the classic rock tab in the radio section, then scroll down to KLOS.  We will play one more song after this, but right after the break, so there's time for everyone to take any necessary breaks without pausing their TiVOs or DVRs."

_______________________________________

Xtreme commercial: King of the Dead attacked the Xtreme Thugz in the parking lot in what King of the Dead made an Xtreme Rulez parking lot brawl.  What will the Xtreme Thugz do next week on Xtreme?

_______________________________________

SmackDown returns with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers starting their final song of the night

Tom Petty: "Thank you, and good night from The Heartbreakers!"

crowd: cheers as the band returns to the back

cuts to Michael Ayers' office as King of the Dead enters

King: "What did you want?"

Michael: "Just to let you know something, Shane, and it's something that really concerns your actions on Xtreme recently."

King: "First, don't call me Shane.  Only Stephanie can call me Shane.  Second, what do you mean?"

Michael: "I'll call you whatever I want, Shane, because I can.  And I will not have you in any matches on Xtreme unless I approve it.  Every time you do, here's the consequences: first time, a 30-day suspension from all SmackDown events, including matches on CBM's Cyber Turmoil; second time, a 60-day suspension from all SmackDown events; and the third time, you will be released from SmackDown.  Also, you will not compete in any of your Xtreme Rulez matches.  The first two offenses result in double the suspension that you would get from the regular policy, plus it adds the amount of days you served in the last suspension for each offense being added to the suspension.  So, if you compete in two Xtreme Rulez matches & no regular matches, first you get a 60-day suspension from SmackDown, then the second time you would get a 120-day suspension by normal policy, as well as an extra 60 days, making a total of a 180-day suspension from SmackDown."

King: "You can't do that."

Michael: "Yes, I can.  I'm your boss, so all of my rulings are offical regarding SmackDown stars, even those who just happen to be GMs for other brands."

cuts back to the ring

JR: "What a ruling by our General Manager.  King of the Dead cannot compete except when approved by someone who can make any SmackDown star compete in a match, & King of the Dead is also banned from competing in his own creation, Xtreme Rulez."

Justin: "The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.  Introducing first, fron Long Island, NY, Mick Foley!"

no one comes out for a minute

Justin: "From Long Island, NY, Mick Foley!"

No one comes out again, then we cut to the back where Mick Foley and Hitman619 are both laying on the ground knocked out.  We see a bat next to them.

JR: "That's just uncalled for, King.  Once again, King of the Dead ruined a potentially great match."

Cole: "It can't be Sting because we haven't seen him in a long time.  Not since the nWo vs. DX match on CBM's Cyber Turmoil several weeks ago."

_______________________________________

commercial

_______________________________________

JR: "Welcome back to SmackDown, and we have some footage from a security camera in the hallway where Mick Foley and Hitman619 were found knocked out."

security camera footage of what happened

Cole: "King of the Dead blind-sided SmackDown's guest from OWC, Bryant Prince, Jr., and the two fought until Mick Foley and Hitman619 tried to break them up."

JR: "King then took out his bat and knocked out Hitman619 and Foley after Prince got away.  How will this affect the World Championship Scramble match this Sunday at Apocalypse?"

cuts to the back with guest interviewer Benmont Tench

Tench: "My guest at this time, she is the SmackDown Women's Champion, Tana."

Tana: "Thanks for having me."

Tench: "Last week, you won the SmackDown Women's Championship in a pinfall battle royal with divas from all four brands featured.  You are also undefeated on SmackDown."

Tana: "And I owe it all to my hard work and getting the fans behind me these recent weeks."

Tench: "Well, next week, if SmackDown can get the agreed upon contracts signed, you will team up with Maria to take on Brie and Nikki Bella in a divas tag team match.  What are your thoughts on taking on the Bella Twins next week?"

Tana: "Well, I know that our GM is going to fire someone at Apocalypse, so the Bella Twins will be taking that person's spot on the roster.  Other than that, I'm going into it just like any other divas tag match."

_______________________________________

commercial

_______________________________________

Justin: "The following contest is an elimination tag team table match.  The only way to win is to put both opponents through a table."

Shelton Benjamin and The Miz come out together

Justin: "Introducing first, the team of The Miz and the Gold Standard, Shelton Benjamin!"

Benjamin and Miz enter the ring

Justin: "And their opponents, first..."

John Morrison comes out onto the stage and holds up the National Championship

Justin: "From Los Angeles, CA, weighing in at 220 lbs., he in the National Champion, John Morrison!"

Morrison enters the ring

John Cena comes out

Justin: "And his tag team partner, from West Newbury, MA, weighing in at 245 lbs., John Cena!"

Cena enters the ring and tosses his hat and shirt into the crowd for one of the fans

JR: "This match is bound to be a great one.  The power of John Cena and the agility and athleticism of John Morrison against the combined egos of Shelton Benjamin and The Miz."

The match begins with Benjamin tackling Morrison while Miz gets a table from under the ring.  Cena goes to help Morrison, and Miz enters the ring with the table, smashing Cena with it.  Miz sets up the table and drags Cena near it, but Cena pushes off Miz and hits a chain of various suplexes.

Cole: "There's some basic mat wrestling techniques from John Cena."

JR: "A lot of people tell John Cena that he can't wrestle, so I guess that he's going to prove them wrong here tonight."

Morrison gets Benjamin off of him, then Morrison hits Benjamin with a dropsault.  He exits the ring and gets another table while Cena starts wearing down both Benjamin and Miz.  Morrison reenters the ring and sets up the table.  Cena puts Benjamin on the table that Morrison set up, then Cena sets Miz up for the FU.  Morrison jumps up on the table with Benjamin, then sets him up for the Moonlight Drive.  Both go for the moves at the same time, but Miz goes through the table a split second before Benjamin goes through the other.

Justin: "Here are your winners, John Cena and John Morrison!"

Cena and Morrison raise their hands in victory when King of the Dead charges the ring and attacks Cena.  Morrison goes to help Cena, but Benjamin gets up, turns Morrison around, then hits Paydirt before leaving the ring.  Stone Cold Steve Austin comes out, lays Benjamin out with a Stunner, then enters the ring and attacks King.  Mick Foley comes out and attacks Austin, then Shawn Michaels comes out and attacks Foley, then Hitman619 comes out and attack HBK.  King goes back to Cena and both start to brawl, while Austin and Foley start their own brawl, as well as HBK and Hitman619.  They continue brawling into the end of the show.

show ends