Montel V. Porter & Mike Mizanin vs. Matt Hardy & Chris Benoit. Odd opening as they alternated team members in terms of entrance. MVP, Benoit, Miz, & Hardy were introduced in that order. JBL ragged on Miz but conceded that Miz has improved in recent weeks. Very good opener. Inasmuch as Porter has gotten a considerable rub from working with Benoit, one of his heroes, the last couple of months, Miz is a few steps away from consideration for most improved. He just has to remain consistent, especially with the draft 10 days away. They got heat on Hardy for a good part of the match, working on the neck. Hot tag to Benoit, but the German suplexes were missing this time. Benoit went for the Sharpshooter on Miz while Hardy eliminated Porter from the match with a suicide dive. Miz avoided the Sharpshooter, but couldn't get away from the Crossface and tapped almost immediately. Winners: Matt Hardy & Chris Benoit..

Michelle McCool vs. Jillian Hall.Rubber match between these two. Each has won one, with Michelle winning the last bout a couple of weeks back. Jillian left her headset mic backstage, which doesn't stop her from making like Melina and screaming (which Michael Cole thought was an attempt at singing a capella) during the match. Jillian hit a cartwheel legdrop for 2. Ashley Massaro came down, and that took Jillian's focus away from her opponent. Big mistake, as Hall walked into a spinning backbreaker from Michelle and was pinned. Winner: Michelle McCool.

Little Boogeyman (w/Boogeyman) vs. Hornswoggle. This is the first midget match on Smackdown since the demise of the "Juniors Division" a year ago. 'Swoggle came out from under the ring, as usual. Off comes the jacket and the derby. Little Boogey spits some worms into the hat. Ewww, gross. Not much to this one because of the gimmicks involved. Finlay was also under the ring and attacked Little Boogey. 'Swoggle dove on top of Big Boogey on the floor, allowing Finlay to KO Little Boogey with the shillelagh behind the ref's back. 'Swoggle goes up top and hits a "tadpole splash". Winner: Hornswoggle.

Mark Henry vs. Kane. Pretty even match on paper. Henry got an early advantage, withstanding a series of right hand punches from Kane. Cole talked about no one having previously dominated Kane. I guess Great Khali suddenly doesn't count. Please. They spilled to the floor. Kane tried a move off the apron, but Henry caught him in a bear hug and rammed him into the post. Kane went down and was counted out. After the announcement was made of Henry winning, Kane sat up, and Henry fled. They'll meet again in a lumberjack match on Sunday. Winner: Mark Henry via countout.

Kristal interviews Edge, who claims not to be intimidated by Batista, his guest on Cutting Edge tonight. Riiiiiiight. Max Bretos makes his Smackdown debut and interviews Deuce & Domino & Cherry. He asks about the draft, and Domino acts like a dunce and thinks it's the military draft. Wrong! Bretos speculates that maybe the tag champs could be split up. Deuce is upset by all this and wants to pick a fight with Bretos. Domino finds his brains and gets Deuce & Cherry out of there before things get out of hand.

Deuce & Domino vs. William Regal & Dave Taylor vs. Brian Kendrick & Paul London (WWE tag titles). As Bretos noted, this was all because of Domino's actions last week in the match between the two challenging teams. Would've been the best match on the show except for the opener. Regal & Domino started. Cole & JBL emphasized repeatedly that the champs could lose the titles without being in the decision, which meant of course that they would be involved at the end after all. Finish saw London & Domino legal. Kendrick took out the British bruisers with a plancha. Cherry scooped the legs out from under London on the top rope, and Domino simply pulled London into position for the pin.Winners: Deuce & Domino.

Teddy Long is giving Vicki Guerrero credit for the lumberjack match. Kristal is upset that she might be separated from Teddy via the draft, but Long says he's willing to sacrifice his job to be with his lady. Vicki takes charge for the rest of the night, but there isn't much left

Cutting Edge: Batista is the guest, but the by-play between these two was just flat out silly. Back and forth they went, a la Bugs & Daffy. Batista wishes Edge good luck at the PPV, but Edge says he doesn't need it. It ends when Batista drops Edge with a punch and stands over him. Underwhelming.