4. JBL (Smackdown 7/7/2005)
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This was one of those situations that no one saw coming, nor did anyone really understand the reasoning for some time. The Blue Meanie had been away from WWE for several years but was called back for this one-off opportunity to work one segment for 2005’s One Night Stand pay-per-view. However, to his own admission, Meanie had been spreading a lot of negativity about his experiences with JBL, while he was on the WWE/ECW roster. During one particle interview, The Blue Meanie was asked about his time with WWE and he explained that he had nothing but good memories from his time with WWE...except for his memories of JBL.
Meanie explained that JBL was always one of the rudest people he'd ever encountered in the business and that he was simply put, "just an a**hole." Meanie went on to say that no matter how nice he tried to be to JBL, he was always rude and disrespectful in return.
On the night of 2005’s One Night Stand, JBL and The Blue Meanie were both scheduled to be a part of one all-out brawl, involving a number of superstars. During the segment, he says things went wrong and he took some serious blows as a result.
Meanie said that JBL headed directly for him and pulled a hockey-type of maneuver, pulling Meanies' shirt over his head, then delivering blows to the face and head.
Once they got back to Gorilla Position, a bloodied Meanie confronted JBL, looking for answers. In turn, JBL defended himself by saying "you were talking about me on the internet!" A shocked Blue Meanie replied- "doesn't look like I was wrong either, huh?"
Meanie ended up taking his frustrations to WWE management, to the point of even threatening legal action if they didn't address the incident. But, in the end, WWE officials and Meanie settled with a non-title, no disqualification match against JBL, on Smackdown. It's also worth noting that JBL was ordered to job to The Blue Meanie and simply take the loss.
The time came on an episode of Smackdown for Meanie to settle the score. Accompanied to the ring by his fellow bWo brothers, Meanie entered the ring, only to meet a boot to the face by JBL, who looked visibly set off. Needless to say, this was a stiff contest, but through it all, Meanie appeared to take things in stride and remained professional. That was until Stevie Richards got involved. Richards jumped into the ring and planted JBL with a chair shot to the head, which could've been felt on the other side of Sacramento.
Following the chair shot, Meanie attempted to finish the match with his patented Meaniesault. However, JBL kicked out, but it didn't matter because Batista would put JBL down for good, with a vicious spinebuster, then pulled Meanie over Layfield for the 1-2-3 win.
