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This match between **Rey Mysterio and Chris Benoit on the October 3, 2002 episode of WWE SmackDown! ** was a highly competitive, hard-hitting singles bout that served as the show’s main event and delivered an exciting mix of technical wrestling and high-flying action. Benoit used his aggressive suplexes, chops, and submission holds to control much of the early go-round, keeping Rey grounded and working over his back and limbs with strikes and a wheelbarrow suplex for near-falls. Rey fought back with his speed, landing dropkicks, a springboard moonsault, and later a 619, staying in the fight despite Benoit’s physical dominance. The finish came after Kurt Angle interfered at ringside, distracting Benoit and allowing Mysterio to capitalize with a hurricanrana and secure the pinfall victory, giving Rey a big televised win and continuing the tense dynamic between Benoit and Angle that played into future storylines.
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00:00.
00:05Who has nothing else to stop?
00:07Are you proud to stand to know?
00:09Here we go.
00:10Put your mask out.
00:11The girl that hands out.
00:12The boy just rack out.
00:13Better tap out.
00:14Go.
00:15On the top.
00:16So let's go.
00:17Following contest, he's scheduled for a run fall.
00:19Making his way to the ring from San Diego, California.
00:23Playing in a 175 pounds, Trey, the Stereo.
00:29The 175-pound Red Mysterio is simply breathtaking.
00:35But will the rabid Wolverine take his breath away tonight?
00:40Well, Subway presents WWE No Mercy Live Sunday October 20th
00:44from the All-Tel Arena in Little Rock, Arkansas.
00:47Breast-made sandwiches are fresh baked bread.
00:49Subway eat bread.
00:51Little Rock may never be the same again.
00:53Had a cell constructed inside the All-Tel Arena.
00:56Undertaker, Brock Lesnar.
00:58And from Edmonton, Alberta, weighing in at 229 pounds,
01:03Chris Benoit.
01:05So it's Chris Benoit.
01:07From Mysterio one-on-one.
01:09If you think that Benoit has a bone to pick with Mysterio
01:13after that triple threat victory by Mysterio last week.
01:16If Benoit gets a hold of your bones, he'll pick his teeth with him.
01:19That's a type of, oh, he's got that big gap.
01:21That's what Benoit is, a vicious dude, and Mysterio knows that.
01:26You know, Benoit and Kurt Angle got so caught up in their own personal issue
01:30last week that Rey Mysterio waited for his opening, and he sees the moment
01:35to pick up the victory in that matchup.
01:38And the next week, Angle and Benoit will be part of the AFP a cohesive unit.
01:42Yeah, they can't touch each other.
01:44If they do, they'll be suspended for fine.
01:47Oh, look out.
01:48Suspended for a year as Benoit takes it to Mysterio.
01:51We pointed out earlier at the top of the show, Mysterio and Benoit
01:54have never faced each other before in one-on-one competition.
01:59Let me tell you, Benoit's reputation is worldwide in this industry
02:03and locker rooms across this country.
02:05And, uh, no, Mysterio and Benoit spent a lot of time at WCW with each other,
02:09but never faced each other one-on-one.
02:11Mysterio knows what Benoit's about.
02:12Well, you know, you're talking about Chris Benoit.
02:14Look out now.
02:15Don't roll in.
02:16Rey Mysterio making a name for himself worldwide.
02:20As well.
02:21And those chops are worldwide, nationwide.
02:23Look out, Mysterio into the corner.
02:25There's the balance of Mysterio, but the club he blows from behind.
02:29One, two, three.
02:30Just look at this.
02:31Trying to jack Mysterio off that top rope.
02:35Well, Chris Benoit is so methodical.
02:38He will pick apart his opponent.
02:40Oh, look at him.
02:41Mysterio, Brent counter, plate scissors.
02:44Going to work on Benoit.
02:46Mysterio rolls Benoit.
02:47Down.
02:48That's the speed and leverage of Mysterio.
02:51That's called a bandito.
02:52That's like a Mexican roll-up.
02:54Look at this.
02:55Look at this.
02:56Wheelbarrel.
02:57Oh, look out.
02:58Wow.
02:59Bulldog.
03:00Dropping Benoit in his skull.
03:01Hook of the leg.
03:02Mysterio's got him, Benoit.
03:03Kicks out.
03:04Benoit going for a wheelbarrel suplex, and Mysterio counter it to a Bulldog.
03:07He's got the best on strategy in this matchup, Daz.
03:08If you're Mysterio, what do you do?
03:10Well, you try and keep this match high flying.
03:13Wow!
03:14That's why I said you like leg strength and leverage by Mysterio.
03:19If you're Mysterio, you wanna keep this thing in the air.
03:21You don't wanna use that mad ground attack.
03:24The high flyer.
03:25Springboard looks like a helo.
03:28Taking Benoit down.
03:30Taking Benoit down.
03:31If you're Chris Benoit, how do you combat the high flyer and Mysterio?
03:34That work, you wanna ground the flyer.
03:36You wanna ground Mysterio, that's something that Benoit hasn't done yet.
03:39Outwrestled Mysterio.
03:41Mysterio into the cover.
03:42Here's the hook of the leg, and a kick out.
03:44But take another look.
03:45At the balancing act.
03:46Springboard hero right there.
03:48And the high flyer of Rey Mysterio.
03:51No!
03:52No!
03:53Two of them.
03:54Mysterio.
03:55And Mysterio off the rope for Chris Benoit.
03:57Oh, look out.
03:58What a backbreaker.
04:00Countered mid-air, and Benoit a unique backbreaker right there.
04:05Puts a little back in the ribs to Mysterio.
04:07But Chris Benoit is such a student of the game.
04:09And don't think for one moment that when he learned he was gonna face Mysterio in this
04:13matchup, and Chris Benoit didn't sit down and look through the tapes and find every way
04:17to counter the offense of Rey Mysterio.
04:20Well, sure thing.
04:21I mean, both these men are students of the game.
04:23Not just Benoit, so is Mysterio.
04:25These guys are-
04:26Oh!
04:27What a back suplex.
04:28Like Chris Benoit.
04:29The force on Mysterio.
04:30The cover by Benoit.
04:31And Mysterio just gets the shoulder up.
04:34Check this out.
04:35You know, one guy from Edmonton where it's cold over there, and the other guy from San Diego
04:40where it's real hot.
04:41So it's kind of weird, right?
04:42Yeah.
04:43I hear you.
04:44How are you talking about?
04:45Back drop!
04:46A big back drop.
04:48And now Chris Benoit has Mysterio where he wants him.
04:51He has grounded the high flyer, and Benoit can continue the ground-based attack.
04:56Oh!
04:57You can hear that growl and a rabid move around.
05:00The vicious cripple up with those knees to the kidneys of Rey Mysterio.
05:05I love the style.
05:06That smash-mouth style of Chris Benoit.
05:08I dig it.
05:09Get him out!
05:10Any time you just look at the lower abdomen.
05:12The small, the back.
05:13You can draw the breath from this high flyer.
05:16It will keep Rey Mysterio grounded even longer.
05:19Look at this.
05:20Both hands criss-crossed around the neck.
05:23You know, Benoit just sees Mysterio's own hands to keep pressure across the throat.
05:27Very famous hold right here from Japan.
05:30Benoit spending a lot of time in the dojos in Japan.
05:33And look at this.
05:34You can see the desperation in the eyes of Mysterio and in the intensity in the eyes of Benoit.
05:39And that's a sharp contrast.
05:41And also the knee is in the spine of Mysterio, which keeps it up.
05:45It keeps it like a tight lock.
05:47And now Mysterio begins to cry out in pain.
05:50There ain't no sign of the very, very strong Chris Benoit loosening up on this thing.
05:55But Mysterio, this is good.
05:56He's getting to his feet.
05:57That's what he needs to do.
05:58And Mysterio trying desperately to break this hold.
06:01Benoit in control of this matchup.
06:03Well, he created separation.
06:04Wow.
06:05Oh, what a switch.
06:06And look at Mysterio.
06:07How did the same move to Benoit?
06:09You know, now Benoit's got much bigger arms.
06:11So that's got to, you know, choke out a lot quicker as Benoit can out of it quick.
06:14Oh, look at this.
06:15The balance of Rey Mysterio.
06:16Quickly to the speed.
06:17Oh, my God.
06:18They have it here.
06:19And Benoit kicked out.
06:20Mysterio almost surprised Benoit.
06:22And then a clothesline to follow it up.
06:23I ain't never seen a guy do a sunset flip like that.
06:26That was wicked by Rey Mysterio.
06:28Very cool.
06:29The clothesline by Benoit.
06:30The rounding Mysterio.
06:31Yeah.
06:32Shutting down Mysterio.
06:33And that's what you wanna do.
06:34You wanna keep Mysterio parallel to the match.
06:38What a match.
06:39Listen to the grunt and growl.
06:40I love Benoit, baby.
06:41What a night.
06:42It has been here tonight on SmackDown.
06:44The tremendous matchup with Kurt Angle and Edge.
06:49The Undertaker having his hand broken in an ambush attack by Brock Lesnar,
06:54a setup by Matt Hardy.
06:55And now the fact that we've learned that Undertaker and Brock Lesnar
06:59will be inside Hell in a Cell at No Mercy in Little Rock for the WWE title.
07:06The Cell, the Hell in a Cell's The Undertaker's yard.
07:09The Undertaker moves.
07:10That's his game, man.
07:11That's his deal.
07:12Brock Lesnar is not a professional opinion.
07:15He's in trouble.
07:16And Heyman and Lesnar know it's not the place you wanna be with The Undertaker.
07:21Oh!
07:22The kidneys.
07:23Benoit continuing the pressure on Rey Mysterio.
07:26On the back of the kidneys.
07:28And that's where the mask is a problem.
07:30Benoit using the mask like it's hair.
07:33And just snap marrying him into the surfboard like maneuver.
07:36Pretty apparent to me earlier on, Taz, that Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman had a plan.
07:41That plan was to take out The Undertaker to ensure there would never be a return match at No Mercy.
07:46Backfired.
07:47It did backfire.
07:48It did break The Undertaker's hand.
07:50But now Brock Lesnar's going into a match that he knows nothing about.
07:54But Brock, The Undertaker's a wounded animal.
07:56He's a wounded man.
07:58Sometimes when a guy's wounded, he gets more vicious.
08:01Sometimes he lays down.
08:03Undertaker, uh-uh.
08:04He ain't laying down.
08:05He's gonna come into No Mercy with a blaze.
08:08And you've known Paul Heyman for a long time.
08:10Have you ever seen Heyman as concerned as he looked?
08:12Which definitely broke the news to him.
08:13I've seen him concerned about a lot of things.
08:15Uh-oh.
08:16But not this concerned.
08:17Paul Nelson.
08:18Look at this.
08:19Rey Mysterio.
08:20Oh, wow.
08:21Well, right there, really, we've seen Mysterio count on that wheelbarrel.
08:24Here's a cover by Benoit on Mysterio and a kick out by Rey.
08:28You've seen Mysterio count on that wheelbarrel for Paul Nelson right there.
08:31Benoit nailing that wheelbarrel back suplex.
08:34You think some frustration beginning to build now in Benoit?
08:37No, I don't.
08:38Thought he had the three count.
08:39He just screamed at referee Mike Chioda.
08:40That's what Benoit does.
08:42He screams.
08:43He's angry.
08:44He's a miserable, angry man.
08:45And that's what I love about Chris Benoit.
08:48Benoit just turned Mysterio inside out.
08:50And here's the cover.
08:51Rolling Mysterio up.
08:52Gonna kick out.
08:53Stacking Mysterio.
08:54Putting all his weight from his lower body on his chest and neck.
08:57Tough to kick out of.
08:58Gotta love the resilience and the experience.
09:00The resilience and the guts of Rey Mysterio.
09:02No doubt about that.
09:03But what about the guts of Chris Benoit?
09:05The return for the serious neck injury after a year.
09:08And Benoit looks back over.
09:10And Mysterio with a counter.
09:12Right in the jaw with that drop kick.
09:14You pointed out the neck surgery of Benoit.
09:16Benoit hasn't missed a beat since his back.
09:18And Mysterio didn't miss a beat on that big mu-kip drop kick.
09:22Yeah, snapping Benoit's neck back.
09:24Benoit on his feet.
09:26Who said that?
09:27Mysterio up as well.
09:28And look at the right hand by Mysterio.
09:32Mysterio can find an opening right here.
09:35Got it.
09:36In this match.
09:37Mysterio bringing those right hands.
09:38Switch.
09:39Uh-oh.
09:40Off the second round.
09:41Oh, and Benoit caught him in there.
09:42He's in trouble.
09:43Mysterio's in trouble.
09:44Benoit off the turnbuckle.
09:45And a heel kick to the chin.
09:47Spinning heel kick.
09:49Man, that just nailed Benoit's butt dead in the jaw.
09:59Now Mysterio rolling Benoit over.
10:02And Ray Ray positioning Chris Benoit.
10:04Who the hell knows what Mysterio's gonna do here?
10:06As he goes to the top rope.
10:08Springboard moonsault.
10:09Here's the cover.
10:10Hook to the leg.
10:11Two.
10:12Three.
10:13And the shoulder up.
10:15Following a spectacular springboard moonsault.
10:18Mysterio thought he had Benoit pinned for the second straight week.
10:23Look at this drop kick.
10:24Bingo.
10:25Mysterio coming right into your living room.
10:28And he'll only come into your living room Thursday nights on SmackDown.
10:32And look at the elbow to the face of Benoit.
10:34Back up, we'll block.
10:36Cigarina back to the head.
10:38Uh-oh.
10:39Dial it up, dial it up.
10:41Give it a numbers call.
10:42Give it a numbers.
10:43It's six, one, nine.
10:45Benoit caught him in the air.
10:47Benoit a busy signal.
10:49And a shoulder breaker.
10:51His only one, Benoit.
10:54And now, happy grabs to Mysterio.
10:56Benoit says, call a fat lady color sick.
11:00Mysterio not the only one who can fly.
11:03The Rabid Wolverine.
11:04And the headbutt talks.
11:06If Benoit can top Mysterio, it will be a win for Chris Benoit.
11:11Benoit trying desperately to roll into the cover.
11:14The hook of the leg by the Rabid Wolverine.
11:16And Mysterio somehow kicked out.
11:20And Benoit cannot believe it.
11:23I can't believe it.
11:24Mysterio kicking out on the crossface.
11:27He's trying to get it.
11:28Benoit's got it.
11:29But too close to the rope, and Mysterio wisely grabs the ropes.
11:32And referee Mike Kiyota doing a great job forcing Benoit to break the crossface.
11:37Benoit might wanna try and snatch that crossface again if he can in the middle of the ring.
11:42The turning point in this matchup.
11:44May have been Benoit hanging up on the 6-1-9.
11:46Charming counter.
11:48Mysterio landed on his feet.
11:49And now he goes to the back of the leg.
11:51He's grounding Benoit.
11:52Mysterio second row.
11:55The leg drop across the back of the neck.
11:57Mysterio's like a cat like Spiderman.
12:00Bouncing all over the place.
12:02What an awesome matchup here tonight.
12:056-1-9.
12:06The 6-1-9.
12:07The 6-1-9.
12:08The Chris Benoit.
12:09Sir.
12:10The Paul went through.
12:13And it's Kurt Angle.
12:18Whoa.
12:19The leg scissors.
12:20The cover.
12:21Mysterio wins.
12:22Angle screwed Benoit.
12:23And these two men will be partners next week are face to face middle of the ring tonight.
12:36They gotta get along.
12:38They gotta work as a unit.
12:40Doesn't look promising.
12:42And Benoit and Angle exchanging flaws.
12:45Punch for punch.
12:47German.
12:48A German to punch to Benoit.
12:50Remember what Stephanie McMahon said.
12:52You can't come to blows and we're gonna suspend you.
12:55Get out the ankle lock.
12:56But that's when they're not partners yet, Cole.
12:58Not yet.
12:59That's for next week.
13:00Crossface.
13:01Crossface locked in.
13:02Crossface is locked in.
13:04Benoit counting the ankle lock into the crossface.
13:07Angle's tapping.
13:08Angle tapping into the crossface of Chris Beloit.
13:12How the hell are these two gonna get along as a team next week?
13:17I can't believe it.
13:19And if they don't get along, suspended for a year without A.
13:23Chris, Benoit and Kurt Angle despise each other.
13:27They better get out of the system now.
13:30Because they ain't gonna have time next week.
13:32Benoit and Angle distrust each other.
13:35What's gonna happen?
13:37What's gonna give when Angle and Benoit-
13:39They're going again.
13:40They're gonna get the team together next week.
13:42They're going again.
13:44Come on, Chris, stay down.
13:46Benoit and Angle, reluctant tag partners to say the least.
13:51And explosions on the way next week on SmackDown.
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