 Another preliminary match was between the Raw and SmackDown ! brands . The feud began on the October 3 episode of Raw , in which WWE Chairman Vince McMahon wanted a match between SmackDown ! wrestlers on the program . A match was scheduled , but before it could get underway , Eric Bischoff announced that McMahon had left the arena , thus leaving himself in charge . Seeing SmackDown ! as inferior , Bischoff stopped the match by turning off the lights and going to a commercial break . At the end of the broadcast , SmackDown ! General Manager Theodore Long , led SmackDown ! superstars to the ring , and they fought with Raw superstars . On the October 17 episode of Raw , John " Bradshaw " Layfield 's ( JBL ) ( SmackDown ! ) entrance music played during Edge 's ( Raw ) match , the distraction caused Edge to lose the match . As part of the storyline , Edge and Chris Masters showed up to the SmackDown ! program on the October 21 episode , in which they interfered in a match between JBL and Rey Mysterio , where they assaulted Mysterio . On the October 24 episode of Raw , a match was made between Edge and Masters , and two of five SmackDown ! superstars chosen by the fans , and Mysterio attacked Edge from behind . The following week , Bischoff invited Mysterio to the Raw program to take the Master Lock Challenge , a challenge where the wrestler must break free from Masters ' swinging full nelson submission hold , which he calls the Master Lock . Mysterio , however , attacked Masters instead , which caused Bischoff to call for other Raw superstars . Long called for SmackDown ! superstars , and they fought until the Raw roster retreated . 
