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Hazardous to Your Health
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Spoilers for WWE Smackdown (06/08/12)
Source: The Wrestling Observer
Michael Cole came out pre-show, selling the effects of the attack on Raw. Massive heat on Cole. Alberto Del Rio opens with a recap of his attack on Sheamus on Raw. Ricardo Rodriguez is missing. Sheamus’s music hits, but it’s Rodriguez dressed up like Sheamus, including bright white tights and shirt to emulate Sheamus’s skin. He does a hilarious imitation of Sheamus as Del Rio interviews him. The real Sheamus comes out, and they end up brawling up the ramp. Teddy Long appears, dressed in a normal (for him, not for the rest of us) suit but with the big nametag. He says that the show is in his hands tonight, per John Laurinaitis, and he’s booking Sheamus vs. Kane as the main event and Del Rio vs. Khali to open the show immediately. * Alberto Del Rio beat The Great Khali via submission. Del Rio attacks Khali’s knees, then softens the arm, and Khali taps to the cross arm-breaker. Rodriguez interferes a bit, too. Typical “smaller heel beats Khali by attacking the knees” match. The crowd goers nuts for Khali, I don’t get it. Baskstage, Naomi and Cameron dance for Teddy Long, and then Brodus Clay shows up. Long tells him that he is now permanently on Smackdown. Clay gets serious and says that he will treat his opponent tonight as if he is Big Show. * Brodus Clay beat Derrick Bateman. Bateman gets squashed by Clay in a minute or two, then Clay dances with kids. I am a huge fan of both of these guys, but I was sad to see Bateman tossed out here like this. * Sin Cara beat Drew McIntyre. This was basically a spotfest to make Sin Cara look good. McIntyre did his role like a pro. Sin Cara botched one move badly and McIntyre acted like it connected, very awkward. Sin Cara won with his DDT finisher. Post-match (and not likely to go on TV from what I can tell), McIntyre cut a promo demanding that an authority figure come out and explain why he isn’t in the main event status. Triple H came out, hit a Pedigree, and left again. * Ryback beat Two Local Jobbers. You’ve seen this match before. Of course, the jobbers were from Clemson to get the Columbia audience riled up. Ryback changed it up a bit to keep the match formula fresh. The crowd loves Ryback, lots of “Feed! Me! More!” and “Finish It!” chants. The crew was setting up for the Peep Show, but deliberately didn’t finish in time so Cody Rhodes could come out and destroy the half-assembled set. He ranted about Christian, who then came out. Rhodes reminds everyone that Christian was last seen as a heel, and says that no one is buying it. Christian finally explains his turn, and says that when he inducted Edge into the HOF, he had a moment of clarity and realized that he wants to be remembered for being a winner of championships, not someone who always whined for “one more match.” Good for them to do this. Dolph Ziggler interrupted for his match with Christian. * IC champion Christian beat Dolph Ziggler in a non-title match. Good, long match. Christian won at the end with the frog splash. The crowd struggled to get into it, though. Raw Rebound. Michael Cole got on the mic and asked everyone to “move on” past the mess from Monday. JR’s music hit and the crowd went NUTS. Hornswoggle came out dressed as JR, and people were pretty disappointed, actually. He bantered with Cole. Damien Sandow came out and verbally eviscerated Hornswoggle. Quote of the night: “I am the avenging sword of taste and decency.” I want a shirt that says that. Tyson Kidd saves Hornswoggle, and Sandow leaves the ring. As Kidd and Hornswoggle celebrate, Sandow sneaks back in and beats up Kidd, hitting his neckbreaker finisher and doing the lazy sprawl on Kidd, then a cartwheel. Backstage, Striker interviews Kane. Basic “I’m going to get the title” promo from Kane. Striker asks about the look between Kane and A.J. on Raw, and Kane ignores it and stomps off. A.J. then appears from behind some crates. Wow, she’s stealing Johnny Curtis’s gimmick! Teddy Long on the ramp introduces Antonio Cesaro and “his lover, Aksana.” * Antonio Cesaro (w/Aksana) beat Jimmy Uso. Quick squash for Cesaro, who looked like a million bucks in victory. They forced Teddy Long to raise his hand at the end. * World Hvt. champion Sheamus beat Kane via DQ. About what you’d expect, right down to the DQ finish as Del Rio cleared Kane from the ring and beat up Sheamus. Kane re-entered, cleared Del Rio, but then A.J. made eyes at him from the ramp, letting Sheamus beat up Kane and send him packing. Close show. After the taping, Teddy Long comes out and says there must be a winner, and books Sheamus–Kane in a steel cage match for the World Heavyweight Championship. After they set up the cage, Arn Anderson comes out in a ref shirt as the “guest enforcer” (more like a guest referee). Dark Match: World Hvt. champion Sheamus beat Kane in a steel cage match with Arn Anderson as special referee. Back-and-forth, and Kane pushed Double A, so Anderson low-blowed Kane, letting Sheamus hit the Brogue Kick for the win. ![]() Quote:
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It's High Noon!
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So Brodus is now a full time member of Smackdown? Show looks a bit lacking overall as far as main eventers, but since a good number of guys are hurt or suspended, I guess they're making due with what they've got.
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The Darkness Has Awoken
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Sounds like an ok show I guess.
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Taller than Adam Cole
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They're eating the dogs..
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I'm only gonna tape the Ryback match
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It's High Noon!
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If they ever make a Ryback action figure, it HAS to come with 2 random jobbers as additional accessories.
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I had The Giant action figure that came with Rey Mysterio as a jobber as an accessory,
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Embracing the deception..
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It's High Noon!
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Another dull crowd it seems like. They got behind Khali but were dead during Christian/Dolph..ok
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Last of a Dying Forum
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Old meme is old.
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Over Like Rover
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always on the pulse of society, right at the cutting edge
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Last of a Dying Forum
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Last of a Dying Forum
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Hey Mister!
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Kane has been on point lately. Will be great match.
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It's High Noon!
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Last of a Dying Forum
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Resident drug enabler
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I'm not a big fan of triple threat matches unless Paul Heyman is booking them...
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Y2KoTF
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This made my night
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yeah nah good mate
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Was an okay Smackdown from what I saw although I wasn't paying attention at all times. This AJ/Kane thing is piquing my interest, and I don't care what any one else says, Kane has been great in the last month or two.
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Kane has been having some of the best matches of his life in the past few weeks with Punk and Bryan, and it allows the issues between Punk and Bryan to be prolonged, while bringing a legitimate heavyweight into their feud. The potential psychology that could be employed in a Triple Threat Match between the two gives me a mental boner.
Punk and Bryan will logically have to work together against the bigger man, which is an interesting dynamic, given the face/heel alignment of the three men. Punk and Bryan will manage to work over Kane, which will then lead to them getting to work their match against each other, with each taking turns of controlling and then going out after Kane to ensure that he doesn't come back into things. I think this has the potential to be one of the best Triple Threat Matches of all-time. Seriously. And I think it will do more to legitimise Punk more than another one-on-one victory against Bryan would. |
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Taller than Adam Cole
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and it would also give an out to Punk should they use the match to put the belt on Daniel Bryan. Like if Kane took out Punk with a choke slam, turns around and gets missile drop kicked out of the ring, then Bryan pins Punk.
And if WWE goes with this finish, I expect a cut. |
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It would not surprise me at all to see Bryan walk out of No Way Out the WWE Champion. Randy Orton's latest suspension is bigger news than I think people give it credit for, and I think the WWE will be going into overdrive to solidify their guys near the top. Two that I expect to really get the special treatment are Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler. Bryan winning the WWE Championship will give him something to gloat about, and it'll lead to another Bryan vs. Punk match at Money in the Bank -- perhaps with the stipulation that the match can only end via submission.
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Taller than Adam Cole
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Or an Ironman match, which would rule.
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The problem I have with Iron Man Matches is that they would take up roughly a third of the PPV time, and thus limiting the amount of guys you can get over. Although, an Iron Man Match with a Money in the Bank Ladder Match, a Divas Championship match and a Ryback squash could make a pretty complete PPV.
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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I very much enjoy Claudio's music
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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also, Jesus Christ Aksana
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Y2KoTF
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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that powerbomb Ryback hit was fucking nasty btw.
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MVP Mark
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Dang no PTP this week.
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Former TPWW Royalty
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Missed it last night so I caught a replay of it on Youtube.
Laughed at the part of Ricardo dressing up as Sheamus. Also liked how Sandow was watching the large tron the entire time to catch when to jump Kidd instead of how wrestlers usually ignore it or have the whole routine timed. |
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