 The next match involved four wrestlers from the Smackdown ! <unk> in a match for the WWE United States Championship ; Eddie Guerrero defended the title against Chris Benoit , Rhyno , and Tajiri . The match began with Guerrero wrestling with Tajiri , while Benoit wrestled with Rhyno . During the encounter Guerrero applied a Lasso From El Passo on Tajiri , while Benoit employed a Crippler Crossface on Rhyno . Afterwards , Tajiri applied a Tarantula on Benoit . The hold distracted the referee , which allowed Guerrero to hit Rhyno with the United States Championship belt . Tajiri then attempted to hit Benoit with a <unk> Kick , but Benoit countered the maneuver by lifting and sitting Tajiri onto his shoulders . Tajiri , however , countered by tossing both himself and Benoit over the top rope onto the arena floor . Capitalizing on the situation , Guerrero then performed a Frog splash on Rhyno , after which he scored the pinfall , thus retaining the WWE United States Championship . 
