Angle gets title shot at 'No Mercy'

In a prelude to Sunday's pay-per-view, "No Mercy," and in front of a sold-out crowd at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Eddie Guerrero set the stage for "Monday Night Raw" by entering the ring first and bad-mouthing Chyna. Look for these two to stay broken up, as Guerrero will face Bad Ass Billy Gunn Sunday. You could even see Gunn with the Intercontinental Title come next Monday's Raw.\nRikishi then gave an interview about Stone Cold Steve Austin. His feelings were hurt because The Rock did not appreciate him running over Austin to help launch his career. Later in the show when Austin came out to address the crowd, Rikishi came on the big screen. \nBecause Rikishi has tendonitis in his knee, there was no physical contact between the two, but there will be one "helluva" brawl this Sunday. Anticipate Austin to lay the smack down on Rikishi, as this will be Austin\'s first wrestling match since returning from his injury.\nWilliam Regal defeated Al Snow to become the European Champion. Regal will probably hold this title for a while, seeing as he is a newcomer and is British.\nTriple H and Kane went at each other in a physical match. Triple H gave Kane a pedigree outside the ring. Chris Benoit then interfered with the match by getting Triple H in the cross-face crippler. Triple H and Benoit will wrestle at No Mercy, and I am predicting a good match, with Triple H being the fan favorite.\nChris Jericho (Y2J) and X-Pac are set to face each other in a steel cage match Sunday. With luck, this will be the last of the feud between these two. I predict Y2J will come out victorious, because they will work him into a different angle to start facing some more big time competitors, seeing as how Y2J is also a fan favorite.\n The Dudley Boys faced Los Conquis-tadors -- siply Edge and Christian dressed all in gold -- on Raw and lost. When D-Von was getting a table from under the ring, Buh Buh Ray was pinned.\n Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley introduced Kurt Angle for the main event on Raw. Stephanie now accompanies Angle to the ring as his manager. The main event was with Angle and Edge & Christian against The Rock and The Hardy Boys. The Rock immediately attacked Angle once he got to the ring, and he was ready to pin Angle when Stephanie interrupted the match. With The Rock distracted by Stephanie, Angle was able to get Jeff Hardy pinned for the victory.\nThe main event at No Mercy is going to be an interesting one. With Stephanie now accompanying Angle at the ring, I would not be surprised to see a title change. The Rock has held the title for quite some time, and this would be a good spin off to have Triple H launch his career again without Stephanie. \nBy giving Angle the title, fans would dislike him even more, not a bad thing in the good guy, bad guy scheme of professional wrestling. \nAlso, this would open up a lot more possibilities for different champions. Rikishi and Stone Cold will not be fighting long. But, everyone would love to see The Rock and Austin wrestle. By launching Angle\'s career with the title, The Rock can try to find his niche as the bad guy. \nThis might be difficult for the WWF, but in the world of wrestling the good guy always has to face the bad guy.