Really, the one thing that could have improved this would have been some blood - but after the horrific scenes at Judgment Day, it's wise that they didn't go that route here.Īs it is, it's a gripping cage match and one of JBL's best matches from his title run. They went around 20 minutes and did lots of big moves and teases, and JBL deserves a tonne of credit for allowing himself to look so vulnerable by bumping willingly and doing things like begging off. One character was very likable, and one character was very hatable.
One of the reasons JBL's rivalry against Eddie Guerrero worked to his advantage was that both men were the polar opposite.
Never more so than when Guerrero hit a massive Frog Splash from the top of the cage onto his prone opponent. Eddie Guerrero was the perfect arch-nemesis for JBL, considering he was Mexican-American and was highly popular among WWE fans. Theirs was an even match and they utilised their surroundings well. He always worked as though he was much bigger, and it helped in these situations as he could conceivably throw down with someone like JBL and maintain suspension of disbelief. One thing Eddie did well was that, despite being undersized by the standards of the time, he never wrestled like a 'little' guy. It was booked for the July 17 episode of SmackDown and would take place inside a steel cage.
Eddie ended up losing the WWE Title to JBL in a Texas Bullrope match at the Great American Bash pay-per-view, but the dodgy nature of the result (Eddie looked to have won it but General Manager Kurt Angle overturned it and awarded the match to JBL on a technicality) meant that a rematch was inevitable.
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