Smackdown Spoilers for this week (Supreme smokes pole. Oh, and a big spoiler) - Now with video too!
 

Courtesy Ben Nisbet of PWI:

*World champion Edge defeated Kane in a Last Man Standing match.

*Kofi Kingston pinned Dolph Ziggler to win the WWE Intercontinental championship. Post match, Dolph attacked Kingston. Vickie Guerrero cuts a promo demanding a restart and there was so much crowd heat, you couldn't make out what she said. Kingston then wins again.

*Backstage promo with Drew McIntyre and Kelly Kelly.

*Drew McIntyre vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Big Show to determine a new top contender for the World championship. Vickie Guerrero comes out and adds Dolph Ziggler to the match. Dolph Ziggler pinned Cody to become the number one contender. Late in the match, Wade Barrett came out and attacked Big Show.

*They aired another new Ezekiel Jackson promo pushing that he's coming soon to Smackdown.

*Michelle McCool pinned Kelly Kelly. LayCool continued to attack Kelly but Drew McIntyre hit the ring and cleared it to make the save.

*Best of Three Falls: Alberto del Rio vs. Rey Mysterio. Del Rio avoids the 619 and nails the rolling armbreaker for Fall One. Rey comes back to win the second fall. Del Rio scores the pin in Fall Three after Ricardo holds Rey's leg down. Rey destroys Ricardo after.



Note by Mike Johnson:

In asking around, I was told Wade Barrett's appearance on the Smackdown taping tonight is a permanent move to that brand. So, there's going to be no babyface turn or follow-up, just CM Punk taking over Nexus.

What's the fucking big spoiler, the IC change?

From main Event level on Raw to feuding with the Big Show. Lame

Putting Ziggler on PPV is a good thing. Probably the most consistently excellent wrestler in the company.

Ok so clearly Wade Bah-utt on Smackdown is the big spoiler I mentioned in the 1st post. I am glad they did not turn him face/give him a break and allow the fans to forget him.

A bit disappointed it came at the expense of the Cody-Big Show "feud" or whatever it was going to be. I fear Cody may be left stranded a bit here.

Zeke is still on his way, they definitely didn't want both him and Wade coming in the same week. Maybe Zeke-Cody?

Lastly, Kofi is IC Champ :D

Bitch bitch bitch. That's all you do.

lol c'mon. You were all predicting him getting lost as a face. Be glad we got this.

When they actually do something right with Barrett I won't bitch, until then.

The guy's been in the company for less than a year and was pushed like a god. What more do you want?

Seriously, you're going to bitch no matter what they do. You know it. I know it. Let's just be up front and honest about it. You just want to bitch because that's what you do.

Nah I was predicting either he'd get lost as a Face or go over to Smackdown and get lost there amidst a mediocre show

So what do you think is "right with Barrett"? I don't see anything wrong with him feuding with the 2nd biggest face on Smackdown (after Rey) right now. Beside, Barrett is a legit 6'4" or so and will look real good if put over Big Show here.

A god? He's been pushed like a total idiot for the past 4 months or so.

Wade will be just fine. He's probably on Smackdown to feud with Undertaker. They'll probably feed Big Show to him and then have Taker return and set-up their match at Wrestlemania.
Unless Brock Lesnar returns to WWE, I'm quite certain that's the going plan.

See, NO ONE gets put over Cena. The fact that Barrett got an angle with him for over 6 months is more than most established superstars can claim. Despite the match results, Barrett is now a recognized force in WWE whereas 12 months ago he was in FCW wearing that awesome coat w/rose of his.

Oh ya one more thing, he is finally going to get that promised theme song of his now :p

Bros, who even gives a shit about stupid ass Wade Barrett rite now?

Dolph Ziggler is main eventing, niggums.

Nexus didn't really humiliate him. CM Punk cost him a match and took over. He can easily cut a promo on Smackdown claiming that they made the wrong choice, underappreciated him, and he's on Smackdown to fly solo.

Ziggler vs. Edge should be a great match :y:

Barrett and Show just seems like an "in the rumble" feud until his business with Kane and Undertaker comes to the surface. Sounds pretty good to me.

Indeedy. Should be a hot main event. Royal Rumbles are usually used to elevate stars into main events that usually aren't, though.
He'll probably return to the midcard for the rest of the year.

I think he'll win MITB this summer.

Ya, that is definitely a good thing. Almost a guarantee he is in the smackdown Elimination Chamber match too.

Well he'll main event the Rumble, which means he'll most likely be in the Elimination Chamber, and he'll definitely be in MITB or some match at WrestleMania.

I SAID IT FIRST

Not according to this thread, nigga.

he will probably get his fcw theme(kavals old theme)

Since they have other plans for Punk, I think they'll have a Ziggler Danielson rematch at Wrestlemania

I don't think the audience can be expected to have forgotten Kaval so quickly. I am hoping for a Jim Johnston special sooner rather than later.

Sounds like a broke-ass NFL films song

That must have been made for XFL highlights

Should take the Danielson approach and give him an NFL CLASSIC

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Love the real deal

Who ends that with Peyton Manning? C'mon. This is about glory and victory, not endorsements

No Tom Brady? Fuck that noise!

At least Peyton looked like a homo in that red uniform.

Can't you go five minutes without masturbating to Tom Brady? Despite what you think, that's not normal.

No

Looking good for Ziggler's career right about now. Should be a good feud too, with Vickie in the mix with her history with Edge. They need to let some of Vickie's heat transfer over to Ziggler though. Often Vickie will do all of his talking for him. He needs to reach out and take the hatred for himself.

As for Wade Barrett, things look slightly worse for his career... but still infinitely better than when he came in. When he came in, he was just a nobody. Now, even with being booked very weakly, he is a "major player". He is a somebody.

Sucks that we'll get no follow up with him and Punk/Nexus though.

Why is it that every time something happens in wrestling, people react like it's the last thing that will ever happen?

"Sucks that we'll get no follow up with him and Punk/Nexus though."

You're basing that on the spoilers of one show. They'll have more.

How can you say that based on 1 show?

Edit: :foc: Supreme

I WIN

EAT IT

I see Tazz Dan doesn't like profanities. What's up with that, TD?

Dunno. Don't worry. I got it.

A shame I can't rep you again right now.

Barrett has been on TV for like over six months. That does not equal one show. I didn't say he was booked weakly on Smackdown.

Smackdown sounds like an overall good show. Except for the fact that the WWE writers are fucking stupid. Why couldn't Barrett feud with Nexus,Cena,Orton,Miz,Sheamus,and everyone else. They had a perfect setup to have a wrestler who is against everyone all the time. Such an asshole that everyone hates him. Like he's been doing throughout his entire nexus run. I really think that they took the lazy and totally unimaginitive way out.
i also think they'll just forget about Nexus/Taker angle all together in typical WWE-"Fans don't remember more then 3 months" attitude.

Just because they didn't book it exactly like you wanted them to doesn't mean it's a bad decision.

Also don't see how it's lazy or unimaginative in any way. You haven't even seen it. You read 1 sentence about it.

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Come on. Even with just one sentence, it is pretty obvious that sending him to Smackdown was the easy way out. He could do wonders there, don't get me wrong. Doesn't change the fact that it was the easy way out.

OR

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maybe they'll do it later

they held off on Miz Morrison for a long time. don't hear anyone bitching about that.

actually a lot of people bitched about that

but they were wrong

It was mostly just Lara Emily and Xero. Ok, I take that back.. That IS a lot of people if you know what I mean. BOOM!

The point is that in a never ending world of storylines that goes on and on and on without rest, it's really fucking retarded to act like because something doesn't immediately happen, that means it'll never happen.

Alberto Del Rio will be World Heavyweight Champion before Summerslam.

Surely you meant to post that in the "Predictions for 2011" thread, eh hombre?

No.

Love Del Rio a ton.

That's the point though. In a never ending world of storylines that go on and on without rest, if things don't happen right away, and a few months are allowed to pass by it does not have the same meaning.

Using your example of Miz/Morrison. They held off on it, yeah. But by the time it came about, their history together was pretty much just something for the commentators to note, rather than part of the story.

Lo amo mucho

I'm surprised Ziggler is getting a shot at the title before Del Rio.

WWE Management seems pretty high on Ziggy at the moment.

All I know is you people jump the gun way too early and act like whatever happens can't be changed.

Oh wait, him and Rey were randomly added to the match at TLC. Never mind.

Ziggler is one of a select few guys that you can guarantee a quality match out of. The guy is excellent.

WWE's pushing young guys left and right, to see which ones "stick".

That's ok, I guess.

Kinda gutted about Barrett being on Smackdown, I mean, the Blue Brand is my favourite show and all, but I feel it's kind of a lack of creativity on the WWE's part. "He's out of Nexus and we don't know what to do now, so we'll trade him to Smackdown".

I sure hope he remains on a huge push though. The guy is awesome.

Undertaker is on Smackdown. Why is this being missed? Did anyone see the finish to the buried alive match at Survivor Series?

:love::love::love::love:

I was thinking of the front page :mad:

:shifty:

Guess who's got two thumbs and will start downloading Smackdown?

This guy :y: :y:

Keep him on SD until Mania, have Taker then and win, lose or draw, he could be drafted back to Raw if needed or just feud with Nexus from an inter-brand position. Could be fun.

Also glad I'm not at work, can't access topics that have swears in the title.
That VSG cunt.

What's to say WWE won't consider having him start another Nexus on Smackdown?
Sure, it's the same idea as The Wolfpack, but I don't think that's stopping anything.

So... Hasney is saying I did a good thing for once? :eek:

Yeah, but at least they won't be on the same show. I'd rather he goes on his own for a bit though, or forms a loose partnership rather than a hard and fast group.

Don't be like that baby you know you're my world.

:D

Everyone knows the Wolfpac was the cooler group, so it would only be a good thing. If they were comparable it is.

Also, could totally see Rey and Del Rio teaming up and starting some lWo style group too. :y:

Ziggles in the main event. Sweet! I hope he can run with Edge as well as he did with Danielson.

Edge v Ziggler. Nice.

even tho i dont like kaval, i will say this..comparing the two NXT winners, i would say your statement it irrelevant

i was at this smackdown tonight in Tucson..the crowd was hot..real hot..even tho they had a good 10+ sections tarped off. viky guerrero got SOOO much heat it was crazy..u could not hear a fucking thing she said. Kofi got a great pop when he won then retained. best part for me, was first marking out for Del Rio, and being in a section FULL of kids in misterio masks..second during his match, everytime Rey got a nearfall i would stand up and yell "TWWWOOOOO" it got to the point that this little kid in front of me was PISSED...and half the sections around me would look over when they saw a nearfall and lol...course when del rio got a nearfall i caught some flak from everyone. lol..then the count out, and that little kid would not turn around and i marked out again. all in all, this was a very good show..edge and kane fought right by me..which was cool..and the crowd was great. from NXT to Superstars to Smackdown they really did a great job this time. i cant wait for them to come back..oh i also marked for barrett..those kids hated me

So the Rumble title matches are set then.

The Miz (c) vs. Randy Orton
Edge (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler

Ziggler in a title match is just all kinds of awesome. I don't see him winning at the Rumble, probably because Vickie or some shit, but it's cool cuz he's in the main event so I can't really ask for much else. He's going to put on a good match, he's going to be made to look good, and he's going to win the title at some point this year. Ziggler is on the rise and anyone who has issues with that is an idiot cuz the guy is the goods. The whole Vickie's new man vs her old man thing could make this fued a bit more interesting, especially if Edge kidnaps Vickie. :shifty:

Orton in another title match is a good thing too as it leaves the Rumble wide open for someone who has never won it before to do so. Think about it, Orton is in a title match, as is Edge, Taker is hurt, HHH is MIA, Rey won't win again, and I think Cena will either have a match against Punk at RR or he'll get tossed by NeXus. So who does that leave us to win the RR? I really only see 3 options here.

1) Sheamus. He's the 2010 KotR, and winning the RR could just further him into greatness. Have him win the MitB this year and the guy has pretty much won a good amount of honors in his first few years.

2) John Morrison. Clearly the WWE is behind him and clearly they want to give him a run with a title, but the question is when? His title match on Monday was pretty damned good and I could easily see him using his athletic ability to win the Rumble.

3) Alberto Del Rio. Safe to say, he's got to be the odds on favorite to win the Rumble. He's been booked strong against Rey, and of all the guys on SD on the brink of main eventing, I see Del Rio being the guy who gets there next.

The next World Heavyweight Champion, Mr. Ziggles???

I'd like to see one of those 3 win the Rumble, since it would totally fresh, but Cena HHH and Taker all have chances as well.
Barrett and Punk do too, I think.

Barrett on SD!? SWERVE!

There's really no such thing as Smackdown from Rumble to Mania anyways.

With the Rumble on Jan 30, and a certain book coming out on Feb 16, I wouldn't be shocked if the countdown to a number 28 or so began like:

I don't mind the concept, but I guess I wish it wouldn't seem so rushed which I think might end up being a big problem for Pro Barret people.

They took an angle and really let it develop over a period of 3-4 months. Then you had the Survivor Series stipulation that seemed to take forever in which Barret actually gets to fire Cena.

But what they allowed to develop over a summer and fall they then broke down in a month.

We all know how the Cena angle ended with him getting fired, re-hired and Supermanning Barret in a Chairs match. It was bad enough they rushed the end of that angle like the writers realized they were only one month away from Road to Wrestlemania.

But then you just rush the whole Barret angle getting booted from Nexus. Why not let it last a bit and tease the ideas that there is dissension? Instead in two shows he goes from a possible leader of Nexus to being kicked off Raw and now in a feud with Big Show.

Everything involving the guy just seems rushed and thrown together. Even this Show feud will last what, a month max?

And who knows if he'll even win the feud with Show. Thats kinda what scares me

That's why you watch the show. To see what happens.

Nooooooooooooooooo, not Barrett. anybody but Barrett. :(

"John Cena flag waving morons."

-Wade Barrett

I almost don't want to like Barrett anymore, lest I be grouped with the other people :'(

nah I love Barrett

and I have faith in his ability to succeed

Can't really remember the last time 3 guys all debuted around the same time and I loved them so quickly. I guess Danielson doesn't count since I knew him from the indies, but I knew nothing of Barrett and Del Rio.

del rio cut an awesome promo, i forgot to talk about in my post earlier. talking about how their are two kinda mexicans, him then the gardners..him then the mexicans who wash cars..then those idiot kids started chanting USA..and i was like WTF Misterio? lol..

Agreed. I've enjoyed the fact that they have actually done a really good job elevating new HEELS in the past 18 months. I'll give WWE a ton of credit for that. Thinking back to mid 2008 look who is in the fold.

-Sheamus
-Barrett
-Miz
-Del Rio
-Ziggler
-Swagger

With the exception of the latter two, they've really gotten me interested in the WWE again.

That's really impressive, to such a point you don't even really NEED Y2J and they moved their #1 heel in Orton into a face role now. And the so called groomed star in DiBiase has been passed by with no real problem.

The problem is whether it's politicing or not, they've done a pretty crummy job in developing fresh faces.

The only ones I can think of are Kofi, Bryan and Morrison. Even then they completely ended Kofi's main event potential the minute he jobbed to Orton and they gave Sheamus that title shot in the "first time battle royal" in the end of '09.

Morrison is near that level but Bryan is now stuck in US Title obscurity with no one to feud with.

They now need to either finally start main eventing some vets (R-Truth, Christian, Henry), or go to FCW and bring him some new guys to push to the moon. This Cena injury should at least serve warning to the WWE that you need other credible faces to make sure the show goes on.

Nice to see Ziggler getting a shot in the main event.

If he does win the rumble then Del Rio vs Edge vs Christian at Mania for the belt would be lovely.

Way to make Dolph Ziggler and Vickie Guerrero weak before Wrestlemania :nono:

What? How is being No.1 contender for the World title "weak"?

Because he isn't a champion RIGHT NOW!! :mad: :mad:

It is standard protocol, Dave: when you upgrade from mid card to upper card, you lose mid card title.

Has Kane won anything or had anything make him look good since feuding with Edge?