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Raw may be without its WWE Champion going into No Mercy this Sunday, but SmackDown may be without its Master of the 619 come this Friday night. Rey Mysterio takes on The Great Khali, hoping for a similar ending to what has grown into a David vs. Goliath-esque rivalry. Giving away nearly two feet and 250 pounds to the Punjabi giant, the Master of the 619 may well have to fight for his very survival. Even though there is no title on the line, The Great Khali has assured his Punjabi Prison Match opponent at No Mercy – World Heavyweight Champion Batista – that he will put on “a spectacle of epic proportions” when he gets his massive paws on the masked Superstar this Friday. And should Khali lock his Vise Grip around Mysterio’s masked skull like he did on SmackDown a month ago…well, it’s quite possible Rey may not be in any shape to deal with his No Mercy adversary, Finlay, this Sunday night.

Meanwhile, WWE Tag Team Champions Matt Hardy & MVP will put their tag gold on the line against Deuce & Domino. Though they lost the titles to Hardy & MVP more than a month ago, the bomber-jacketed Superstars hold a recent non-title victory over them. And after last week – in which Hardy ruined MVP’s one-year anniversary celebration as SmackDown’s Franchise Playa and U.S. Champion – it’s clear that this “odd couple” is more at odds with one another than ever. Can they stop the WWE Tag Team Titles from falling back on the Other Side of the Tracks…or will their constant bickering make it easy for Deuce & Domino to “Crack ’em in da Mouth” and take the gold?

For the answers to these questions and more, tune into Friday Night SmackDown, 8/7 CT, only on The CW Network. Then be sure to witness history being made at No Mercy, live on pay-per-view, this Sunday at 8/7 CT.

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