April 7 , 2006 Smackdown results The April 7 , 2006 Edition of Smackdown is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s Smackdown brand , which took take place on April 4 , 2006 at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria , Illinois . Summary . As the road to WrestleMania 23 begins , it was a night of firsts as Friday Night SmackDown emanated from Peoria , Ill . On SmackDown , Rey Mysterio made his first - ever defense of the World Heavyweight Championship against Randy Orton . Leading up to the match , several moments were shown highlighting Rey ' s path to the top . As Orton stood backstage stretching , he was approached by Kurt Angle . After telling Angle that he would help him find the World Heavyweight Championship , the Legend Killer was surprised when the Wrestling Machine slapped him twice across the face . In the match itself , Rey took control early , using an uncharacteristic mat attack to ground Orton . Rey then sent Orton to the floor , where he hit a seated senton onto the challenger . Back in the ring , Rey got a two count , but Orton took control with a backbreaker shortly after . For the remainder of the match , the Legend Killer cockily pounded his smaller opponent , thwarting all of the champion ' s comeback attempts . At one point , Mysterio tried to springboard off the apron , but an Orton dropkick sent him crashing to the floor . However , Rey managed to kick Orton coming off the top rope , and the champion was able to regain control . After hitting another seated senton , Mysterio hit a modified reverse DDT and went to the top rope , but got caught coming down with a dropkick . Randy then set up for the RKO , but Mysterio avoided it with a spin kick . After Orton charged into the steel post , Mysterio hit a pair of 619s and then Dropped Da Dime on the Legend Killer to pick up the victory . After the bout , Kristal caught up with Rey backstage , who said that he would keep proving the naysayers wrong as he shared the moment with his family . SmackDown also saw the first appearance of a monstrous newcomer . Prior to his match with Undertaker , Mark Henry said that after passing out in the casket at WrestleMania , he saw a vision that Undertaker would suffer a similar fate . Throughout the match , it looked like a false vision , as the Deadman dominated Henry . At one point , the match spilled outside the ring , and Undertaker rammed Henry into the ring steps . As they brawled , Daivari led an unknown giant out to the ring . The man stood over 7 - feet tall , and he stared down the Deadman . Undertaker got back into the ring to confront him , but his punches had no effect . Daivari ' s charge nailed the Deadman with a monstrous chop and laid Undertaker out with repeated headbutts to the back of his head . Undertaker was left lying beaten in the ring as everyone in the arena wondered who this new monster was . In addition , Gunner Scott got his first SmackDown victory , upsetting Booker T . Prior to the match , Booker T showed Teddy Long a restraining order on the Boogeyman , preventing him from coming within 100 feet of Booker or Sharmell . Booker was all smiles as he headed to the ring for the match , but he seemingly underestimated Scott . The newcomer gave Booker a run for his money early in the match , but the former United States Champion soon took firm control . Just as Booker looked to finish Scott off , Boogeyman ' s music suddenly played in the arena . As Booker & Sharmell looked around confused , Scott used the distraction to his advantage , rolling up Booker to get the upset pinfall . Theodore Long then came out to apologize to Booker , but after he did , the General Manager reaffirmed that Scott was the winner of the match . That wasn ' t Long ' s only announcement of the night . Before the main event , Long gathered Kurt Angle , Chris Benoit , Randy Orton , Booker T , Matt Hardy , Bobby Lashley and Finlay in the locker room , where he announced the return of the King of the Ring tournament . The tournament will start next week , and the first opening - round match will pit Kurt Angle against Randy Orton . Chris Benoit may have some business to attend to next week as well , based on the activity after his match . After Benoit defeated Simon Dean , a video played highlighting great Americans of the past . It was soon learned that JBL was behind it , as his face was superimposed onto Mount Rushmore . The video hailed JBL as one of the greatest Americans in history , and said that next week there would be a celebration for JBL ' s United States Championship victory at WrestleMania 22 . Also on SmackDown , Paul London & Brian Kendrick made a statement by defeateding WWE Tag Team Champions MNM in a non - title match . Before the match began , London & Kendrick interrupted MNM ' s entrance , pulling Melina off the apron in the middle of her split . They then took the fight to MNM for several minutes before a referee distraction allowed Melina to trip Kendrick as he ran the ropes . The champions then proceeded to cut Kendrick off from his partner , dominating the match . Kendrick actually had Nitro defeated with a small package , but referee Jim Korderas was again distracted and MNM took control once again . Kendrick was also able to break free and tag London at one point , but again Korderas was distracted and he disallowed the tag . Finally , Kendrick escaped a double suplex attempt and tagged London , and the former Cruiserweight Champion cleaned house on MNM . London hit the dropsault for a two count , but his attack on Mercury was thwarted when Nitro dropped him neck - first on the ropes . MNM tried the Snapshot , but London was able to escape , and a brawl broke out . In the end , London was up on the top rope , but Melina pushed him off , and London appeared to injure his leg . Mercury then tried to follow up with a Boston crab , but London reversed it into a rollup to get the surprising pinfall . Plus , Paul Burchill defeated William Regal once again . Before the match , Regal offered to call off the bout if Burchill agreed to stop dressing like a buccaneer . Burchill refused , but made Regal an offer : if Regal won the match , he would change his wardrobe ; however , if Burchill won , Regal would have to dress as he saw fit . Regal agreed , and Burchill told him he would look good dressed as a buxom wench . It will soon be seen if that is true or not , as while Regal dominated the match , Burchill ended up victorious , pinning Regal following a backflip uranage slam . Regal was unhappy after the match , begging Burchill for reprieve , but the English scoundrel will now have to honor his word .