Tonight: Booker T vs Shannon Moore. 
Still To Come: Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero

I believe this Cena "SmackDown the Vote" commercial defines hokey.

$1,000,000 Tough Enough Coming This Fall to SmackDown!

Reflection of Perfection Mark Jindrak (Atlanta, GA, 263 pounds) vs Wavell Starr (220 pounds, already in the ring) - Bill bemoans the lack of cape for Jindrak. He still gets the mirror, for now. Josh wonders if the $1,000,000 Tough Enough was Long's idea, and Bill thinks it'd only be if Long was getting a cut of the money. Lockup, Starr walked into the corner. Big right ducked by Wavell, armdrag. Josh wants to remember fond TE memories, though he doesn't remember a million dollars. Bill wishes Josh was part of his season, "the tough season." You're not missing anything interesting in this match as Josh and Bill debate which was an easier vacation: Bahamas vs South Africa vs Iceland. Bill lets his inner anger about the winner getting a million dollars. Moving on to Jindrak, Josh once again touts his chances in the Long regime and Bill points out nothing has happened so far. Josh tries this match as a big thing for Jindrak. Bill: "It's not even Tough Enough 4! It's the $1,000,000 Tough Enough!" So I don't have to recap it? Hmm. Josh gets in the Tanaka joke, which I can't groan at because I gave up calling any action here when I couldn't figure out a sneaky way of saying Standing Thunder. Bill complains that Tanaka is much better than Starr, and will apologize to Tanaka's WMXX trading card about it. Jindrak poses after a Batista clothesline. Bill tries to find the double meaning in "climbing a tree." Bill wonders if Wavell Starr is eligible for the $1,000,000 Tough Enough and Josh thinks so. Wavell corner kips up and out but Jindrak's stop short, and that sets up the Mark of Excellence (3:05) I'll try better next time thru Canada.

Up Next: JBL on SmackDown!

Carlito Caribbean Cool is Coming. Gee, wonder who that could be.

They talk about, but do not even show stills of JBL going through the roof of the limo. We do get to see his jacket taken off, thanks. That must've been a heck of a time getting that shirt on underneath the big collar. (4:20)

Tonight: Booker T vs Shannon Moore

Wrangler Dudleys destroy Scotty of Thursday

Billy Gunn (269 pounds) vs Doug Basham (Columbus, OH, 240 pounds) - We can't go a week without a matchup. Wonder why Holly's not out here. Circle. Dough putting his finger in Billy's chest. Trash talking. Strangely, Bill doesn't know what the word nepotism means; you'd think everyone in WWE would be somewhat familiar with the term. Lockup. Battle in the corner and out of the corner and into Brian Hebner, who's not going to break this apart. Lockup, Billy backs up in the corner, break, Dough misses a cheap forearm, Billy ducks out of the corner. Bill gets on Josh for not saving John Cena from the Dudleys. Josh claims he had a very important phone call he had to get back to. Bill accuses it being a call from his brother, and goes into this week's most bizarre tangent while talking about the Dudleys: "What happened to Billy Gunn? His brother Bart was in town, everything was fine. Eddie Guerrero had his brother, everything was fine. The Bashams got their brothers, the Dudleys got their brothers, now Spike Dudley is cruiserweight champion." Josh asks Bill what he would've done if he was doing the interview, and Bill says he'd help the Dudleys! Test of Strength is slightly in Billy's favor, but he breaks it with a kick and armdrags Doug out of the ring. Danny starts to go over to help his brother up, but Billy spots it and alerts the ref before taking off after Doug. The chase is on, Doug in, Danny surprising Billy with a clothesline. Because Josh is complaining about the two on one, it's fine with Bill this week. Doug collects Billy and throws him back in. Rights, corner punches. Chop. Talking, and walking into a punch. Doug and Billy have a punch battle, Doug winning with a kick and a reverse neckbreaker one two no. Chinlock. Takes ten seconds, but Billy rallies back. Doug is quick tops top him with forearms, turnbuckle smash, Doug stands on the bottom rope and does nothing we can see (maybe a choke?) and is pulled off the ropes. Doug goes back to the corner, and wanders into a boot. Gunn with a right, it's ducked, Doug gives Gunn an atomic drop, Gunn falls forward into the corner and rebounds out, knocking heads with Basham and dropping them both. Both up and eight, another punch battle with Gunn winning this time. Whip, back elbow. Clothesline. Clothesline. Corner whip, Billy charges in, Doug sidesteps the splash, Gunn catches himself on the ropes, Doug forearms him ion the back anyway. Corner whip, quick reverse into the One and Only, but Doug reverses that into a jawbreaker. (Josh goes with a "Stunner like a maneuver", but it was head to jaw.) Ref Brian Hebner checks on Gunn as both are down, and Danny comes in to make the shift - but Hebner turns and catches it! Seems like that's happening quite often of late. Danny begs off, then charges Gunn, who sidesteps and and throws him off. Doug tries to use it as a distract to hit his Last Impression jumping side kick, but Gunn catches it and the other leg and sets him up. Crash Landing one two three (4:36) From no count to a finisher, how about that. Bill thinks the failed switch might be a turning point. 

Tough Enough contact info. You can go to website for it. I'm thinking the real winner might turn out to be Maven, but we'll see.

Up Next, the SmackDown Main Event

Clearasil handshake of Thursday

And highlights of the match, picking up with Angle's bell to belly (5:46)

Tonight: Booker T vs Shannon Moore

SmackDown! Live
08/22 - Bakersfield, CA
08/24 - Fresno, CA [SD]
SmackDown!: Return Of The Deadman tour (no dates listed)
Sydney, Australia
Brisbane, Australia
Melbourne, Australia

US Champion Booker T (Houston, TX, 256 pounds) vs Shannon Moore (Raleigh, NC, 207 pounds) in a non-title match - Win the US Title, end up on Velocity a lot. Face this week. I need to make a chart. Lockup, Booker easily forcing Shannon on into the corner, clean break is ducked, Shannon with an inside cradle one two no. Shannon pauses to mock the Five Times, and gets superkicked in the face for it! Right, whip, clothesline. Ax kick. One two NO. Corner whip, charge into a back elbow, WOW crossbody one two NO. Shannon uses ESP to duck a clothesline before he's even though, wheel kick hits one two NO. Off the ropes, Booker catches him with a big spinebuster. Stomp. Stomp. Josh says a win by Shannon Moore "will do a lot for the morality of Booker T." Huge ethical dilemmas on the line tonight. Whip, side kick. Crowd chants CENA at Booker, who is less than appreciative. Bill: "This is why I say they shouldn't let fans in the arena." One two no. Chinlock. Bill opposes the $1,000,000 Tough Enough and Fans In The Arena. And General Manager Theodore Long walking away when Bill's talking to him, which happened last time they talked. Or didn't talk. Shannon punching his way out of the chinlock, but stopped by the knee. Sidewalk slam. Booker off the ropes, kneedrop but no one's home. Bill thinks Match 1 should be thrown out for happening in Canada. He'd also like to be GM. Shannon with a kick, right, right, right, whip, reversed, Booker puts his head down too soon, Shannon grabs it and does his Matt impersonation, Matt lifts him up and puts him in the corner. Booker backs up, charges and eats boots. Shannon to the rope, HALO but Booker moves. Scissors kick. That'll do it. One two three. (3:10) He wants the belt! He gets the belt. That's that.

SmackDown!: John Cena [1] vs Booker T [0] in the Best of 5 Series for the Undisputed United States Championship
SmackDown!: Heidenreich (w/Paul Heyman)

No shot of the announcers this week? How odd.