Friday Night Smackdown!
Kansas City, Missouri
March 18, 2011
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The Smackdown video plays and we're
brought into the arena with some fireworks. We're 16 days away from WrestleMania
27. Josh Mathews and Booker T welcome us to the show. Big Show and Kane will
take on Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater for the WWE Tag Team Championships.
The production crew is constructing the "Cole Mine" at ringside. Tony Chimel
then introduces the "Voice of WWE" Michael Cole. Cole comes out waving his
Slammy Award to massive boos. I'm sorry but this is absolutely hilarious. I love
Michael Cole. Cole calls himself a "pop icon" and the Cole Mine a "broadcast
palace" and a "fortress of attitude". How can it get any better than that?
Booker T is at his best ripping at Cole right now.
Edge vs. Brodus Clay w/ Alberto Del Rio & Ricardo Rodriguez
They circle the ring and Edge ducks a clothesline. Edge punches but is unable to
whip the massive Clay into the corner. Clay sends him to the corner but runs
into a boot. Edge jumps off the second rope right into a leg hook belly-to-belly
suplex. Clay starts to work on the injured arm of Edge, stretching it out on the
rope. Clay wrenches the arm and brings Edge to his knees in pain. Edge fights to
his feet but Clay punches him right in the heart. Clay applies a standing arm
bar but Edge fights up again. Clay knees him and sends him to the corner but
runs into a back elbow. Edge goes for a tornado DDT but Clay pushes him off and
clotheslines him down.
Clay goes into the ropes but Edge avoids the falling head-butt. Edge hits a few
running forearms and goes for an impaler DDT but clay pushes him to the corner.
Clay charges into a drop-toe-hold, putting him face first into the turnbuckle.
Edge this a top rope cross-body block but Clay kicks out at two. The kick out
sent Edge to the apron. Edge shoulders him and goes for a roll-up but Clay KILLS
him with a BANZAI Drop but it's only a near fall! Clay drags him to the corner
and props him up. Clay goes across the ring and charges but Edge avoids the butt
bump. Edge goes to the second rope and hits a diving bulldog.
Edge gets up in the corner and the crowd is really feeling it right now. All of
a sudden Rodriguez distracts the referee and Del Rio distracts Edge. Clay levels
Edge but Edge kicks out at two and a half. All of a sudden Christian runs down
and beats up Del Rio. Clay picks him up by the head and head-butts him off the
apron. Clay turns and tries to clothesline Edge but Edge ducks it and Spears him
for the win!
Winner by Pinfall: Edge
Match Rating: * 3/4
Edge can barely celebrate before Alberto Del Rio runs in and dropkicks him down.
Christian runs in and beats up Del Rio before he can really injure Edge. They
brawl at ringside and roll right over the announce table. The referees run down
and pull them apart.
Smackdown's General Manager Teddy Long comes out and tells them to break it up.
Long says he's not going to just standby and watch the four of them get into
each other's faces. Tonight our main event match will be Alberto Del Rio taking
on Christian. Long says he means one-on-one and to assure that happens, that
match will take place inside a STEEL CAGE!
We'll see the Intercontinental Champion take on the United States Champion next.
It's Kofi Kingston taking on Sheamus!
-Commercial Break-
United States Champion vs. Intercontinental Champion
Sheamus vs. Kofi Kingston
They lock up and Sheamus quickly powers him to the corner. Sheamus quickly takes
down Kingston and starts working on the left arm. Kingston rolls out and starts
punching Sheamus to the corner. Sheamus reverses a whip to the corner but
Kingston avoids the charge. Kingston leaps up to his shoulders and starts
punching but Sheamus gives him snake eyes. Sheamus hits a short-arm clothesline
for a near fall. Sheamus hits a nice neckbreaker for another near fall. Sheamus
drops a knee on the lower back and applies a chin lock. Kingston fights up and
elbows out. Kingston goes into the ropes and eats a back elbow from Sheamus.
Sheamus gloats to the crowd and they're eating it up. Sheamus goes for a
neckbreaker but Kingston rolls him up for a quick two count. Sheamus quickly
gets back in control by sending him to the corner but loses it quickly when he
runs into a pendulum kick. Kingston hits a top rope cross-body block but Sheamus
rolls through and goes for a powerslam but Kingston slides off. Sheamus runs
into a boot and Kingston punches. Kingston goes into the ropes, counters a
powerslam, and hits a Russian leg sweep. Kingston hits a superman punch and the
Boom Drop. Kingston signals for his finish but Sheamus rolls to the apron.
Kingston goes to bring him back in but Sheamus snap shots him off the ropes.
Kingston counters Sheamus and hits the ranhei, or SOS, but Sheamus grabs the
bottom rope just in the nick of time. Sheamus rolls out of the ring and seems to
be bleeding from the mouth. Kingston goes outside and jumps off the steps,
leveling Sheamus with a superman punch. Sheamus gets out of it and goes behind
the stairs. Kingston follows and Sheamus kicks the steps into his knee. Sheamus
rolls him into the ring and hits the Brogue Kick for the win!
Winner by Pinfall: Sheamus
Match Rating: ** 1/4
We see some video from two weeks ago in a match between Big Show and Kane. The
Corre came out and gave Kane a chair, which he used to crack Big Show with. Kane
then assaulted the Corre after that. Then last week Big Show took the Corre out
with the chair and then Kane.
Kane and Big Show are backstage. Big Show says they should put their differences
aside and put a dent in the Corre. Big Show says they'll be united and take the
Tag Team Titles from the Corre. Big Show asks if Kane remembers how they
dominated as tag champions in the past. Kane grabs Big Show by the throat and
Big Show grabs him as well. They fight each other off and Kane laughs, saying
Big Show "completes" him. Big Show laughs and says he's crazy. Um, ok.
-Commercial Break-
JOBBER ALERT: Trent Barreta is in the ring with no TV entrance. Cody Rhodes
makes his way to the ring with a slowed down version of his song. It sounds so
weird. He's also wearing a towel over his head and is in his suit. This is
awesome.
Trent Barreta vs. Cody Rhodes
As soon as the bell rings, Rhodes rips the towel off and beats Barreta down.
Barreta desperately gets Rhodes in the corner and the referee backs them up.
Rhodes head-butts Barreta in the face with the facemask and does it again.
Rhodes hits him one more time with the mask and picks up the win.
Winner by Pinfall: Cody Rhodes
Match Rating: N/A
Rhodes quickly puts the towel back over his head and leaves, keeping his face
completely covered.
They show footage from last September when Alberto Del Rio injured Christian,
tearing his pectoral muscle after a vicious assault with a chair. They'll face
each other in a cage match tonight.
-Commercial Break-
The announcers hype up Undertaker vs. Triple H at WrestleMania. They then show
the video of HBK talking about Undertaker, saying the streak is the hardest
thing to try and beat.
Layla makes her way to the ring with Michelle McCool. She'll be in action next
against Kelly Kelly.
-Commercial Break-
Layla w/ Michelle McCool vs. Kelly Kelly
Michelle McCool is on commentary for the match. Charles Robinson, my favorite
referee ever, is the official of this match. Layla shoves her and Kelly shoves
her right back. Kelly kicks her down in the corner but Layla quickly comes back.
Layla runs into a boot and Kelly chokes her out with a head-scissor. Kelly
knocks her down and walks on her back. Kelly hits a Thesz Press and clotheslines
her down a few times. Kelly hits an X-Factor for a near fall. Kelly sends her to
the corner and goes for a handspring back elbow but Layla kicks her down.
Kelly pretty much no sells that and beats on Layla a bit. Kelly knocks her down
and McCool distracts her. Layla rips her off the second rope and picks up the
win. They spent the whole time talking about Snooki instead of calling any of
the match action.
Winner by Pinfall: Layla
Match Rating: 3/4 *
The Corre is making their way to the ring. They'll defend their titles next
against Big Show and Kane.
-Commercial Break-
A Sin Cara video plays. I can't wait for him to debut.
WWE Tag Team Championship Match
Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater (c) vs. Big Show & Kane
Gabriel starts out against Kane. Kane backs him to the corner and punches away
at him. Kane hits a snapmare and a low dropkick to the face for a near fall.
Kane sends him to the corner but Gabriel flips over him and tags in Slater.
Slater runs into a punch and gets sent to the corner. Kane pummels Slater and
hits a sidewalk slam for a near fall. Kane punches away at him in the corner but
winds up missing a big boot. Slater works on Kane's knee and tags in Gabriel.
Gabriel continues to work over Kane's injured leg. Kane fights them off but they
keep making frequent tags, preventing him from tagging Big Show. Kane eventually
uppercuts Gabriel out of mid-air and tags in Big Show.
Big Show clotheslines Slater a few times and hits a nasty back body drop. Big
Show hits a big butt bump in the corner and a running shoulder block. Big Show
gets the crowd into it and hits a Chokeslam. Gabriel pulls the referee out of
the ring and Scott Armstrong calls for a disqualification.
Winners by Disqualification: Big Show & Kane
Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater remain Tag Team Champions
Match Rating: * 1/2
Kane punches Gabriel down at ringside and throws him into the ring. Big Show
goes for a Chokeslam but turns into a nasty clothesline from Ezekiel Jackson.
Wade Barrett sends Kane into the barricade and the four of them beat up Big
Show. Barrett hits an impressive Wasteland on Big Show. Kane tries to fight the
Corre off but they eventually beat him down. Barrett and Jackson send Kane into
the steel steps and then set them up over Kane. They beat Big Show down again
and then Barrett smashes the steel steps on top of Kane! This is exactly what
the Corre needs right now. They clear the announce table and Barrett and Jackson
slam Big Show through it! The Corre gets in the ring and celebrates.
Todd Grisham is backstage with Alberto Del Rio. Grisham asks what the
ramifications will be when Del Rio steps into a cage for the first time in his
career. Del Rio says Long is trying to interfere in his destiny. Del Rio says
he's not an animal.
-Commercial Break-
Chris Masters vs. Jack Swagger
Michael Cole is really putting over his ankle lock. His character is so great.
Swagger works over Masters in the ring and takes him down with a clothesline for
a one count. Cole is calling his Ankle Lock an "An-Cole Lock". I LOVE IT!
Masters comes back with a Samoan Drop but Swagger quickly comes back. Swagger
fights out of a Masterlock and he gets the Ankle Lock applied but Masters gets
out. Swagger smashes his ankle off the ring post a few times and he applies the
ankle lock for the win.
Winner by Submission: Jack Swagger
Match Rating: N/A
Michael Cole leaves the Cole Mine and applies the An-Cole Lock to Masters! Cole
screams, "Come on Lawler" a bunch of times. This is awesome. Cole and Swagger
hug before dancing around the ring. This is hilarious.
They show a video of Chris Jericho talking about his upcoming gig on Dancing
With The Stars.
Rey Mysterio is walking backstage. He'll be in action next.
-Commercial Break-
Rey Mysterio vs. Ted DiBiase w/ Maryse
DiBiase kicks Mysterio but Mysterio counters a body slam. Mysterio slides
through the legs but DiBiase catches him, punching away at him. Mysterio
eventually gets a head-scissor into the turnbuckle but jumps into a dropkick
from DiBiase for a near fall. DiBiase drops a knee and stomps away at Mysterio.
DiBiase sends him to the ropes but lowers his head and eats a kick. Mysterio
counters a powerbomb but DiBiase clotheslines him down for a near fall. DiBiase
applies a chin lock but Mysterio fights up and punches out. DiBiase counters
into a backbreaker and hits a knee to the spine.
Mysterio punches DiBiase away and goes for a head-scissor but DiBiase counters
into a powerslam attempt. Mysterio counters that counter into a spinning DDT!
Mysterio hits a head-scissors takeover and goes for a second but DiBiase
counters into a slam for a near fall! DiBiase goes for the Million Dollar Dream
but Mysterio counters out. Mysterio dropkicks him into position and hits the
619! Mysterio hits a top rope splash and picks up the win!
Winner by Pinfall: Rey Mysterio
Match Rating: * 1/2
Maryse, obviously angered by yet another loss by DiBiase, walks off on him. Rey
Mysterio celebrates his win in the ring.
They show footage of Christian returning at Elimination Chamber to save Edge
from a vicious assault by Alberto Del Rio. Christian and Alberto Del Rio will
face each other in a Steel Cage Match.
-Commercial Break-
They show all the media coverage that came out of the Snooki appearance on Raw.
They then run down the WrestleMania card.
The Steel Cage is being lowered. Christian will take on Alberto Del Rio next.
-Commercial Break-
Steel Cage Match
Alberto Del Rio vs. Christian
Charles Robinson, my favorite referee ever, is the official for this huge match.
Christian quickly punches away at Del Rio but Del Rio just as quickly comes back
with a snapmare and a kick to the back. Christian comes back with a kick and a
back body drop. Del Rio blocks Christian sending him into the cage and also
blocks a Kill Switch. Del Rio clotheslines him in the corner. Christian whips
him to the corner but Del Rio scales the cage and nearly escapes but Christian
cuts him off. Del Rio goes to German Suplex him off the top rope but Christian
holds on to the cage desperately. Christian tries to scale the cage but Del Rio
gets him with a Samoan Drop and they crash to the canvas! That was a nasty bump!
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break to see Del Rio kick Christian in the head. Del Rio
punches and sends him to the ropes but lowers his head and eats a kick.
Christian charges but Del Rio sidesteps him, sending Christian face first into
the steel cage. Del Rio then dropkicks his face into the cage and grinds it in
there. Del Rio stomps him and hits a nice back suplex for a near fall. Del Rio
applies a chin lock but Christian fights up and punches out. Del Rio counters
and slams him right back down.
Del Rio starts to climb the cage but Christian cuts him off before he can get
out. Christian hot shots him off the top rope but Del Rio quickly comes back
with a kick. Del Rio puts Christian on his shoulder and goes to slam him into
the cage but Christian blocks it. Christian counters into a reverse DDT for a
near fall. Christian punches and takes Del Rio down. Christian smashes Del Rio's
face off the cage for a near fall. Del Rio grabs Christian before he can make it
to the cage door. Christian begins climbing to the top but Del Rio stops him.
Del Rio then scales to the top rope and hits an enzuigiri for a near fall!
Del Rio goes to leave through the cage door but Christian stops him. Del Rio
kicks him away but again fails to get out. Del Rio kicks him down and looks at
the WrestleMania sign before attempting the Cross Arm Breaker. Christian
counters the Cross Arm Breaker into a Kill Switch for a near fall! Christian
begins climbing the cage again but Del Rio pulls him down and shoves him twice
into the cage. Del Rio kicks him and uses Christian's body to climb the cage!
Del Rio gets on top of the cage and Christian grabs him.
They both sit on top of the cage. Del Rio punches and smashes Christian's face
off the steel. Del Rio goes to get out but Christian out of nowhere struggles
over Del Rio and drops to the ground first!
Winner by Escaping the Cage: Christian
Match Rating: ***
Del Rio flips out and attacks Christian with a dropkick. Del Rio sends him over
the barricade and grabs a microphone. Del Rio says he'll destroy him like he'll
destroy Edge at WrestleMania. Del Rio grabs a chair and all of a sudden we hear
honking.
Edge is in the car that Del Rio drove into the arena. Edge says it's a nice
Bentley and must've cost $200,000-300,000. Edge admires it and says it'd be a
shame if something happened to it. Edge threatens to destroy the car and Del Rio
begs him not to. Edge grabs a chair and all of a sudden Brodus Clay attacks him
from behind! Clay smashes the chair off Edge's back and Del Rio stands over him,
talking trash. Del Rio sets Edge's arm up on a chair and hits a con-chair-to on
the arm! Del Rio stands over Edge as he lays in pain.