WWE SmackDown Taping Results (20/2) + (27/02) **Spoilers Inside**

CMpunked

2/20 (airing this friday):

Dark Match:
* Jimmy Wang Yang b. Eric Escobar
- Jimmy Wang Yang gets the win after connecting with a moonsault. Prior to the match, Escobar cut a promo in Spanish.

SmackDown: (Airing This Week)
* Edge opens SmackDown by cutting a promo about being a winner. Jeff Hardy interrupts him putting himself over and insulting Vickie Guerrero. Jeff then hits Edge with Twist of Fate and leaves.

* Vickie announces that Jeff Hardy will take on Edge tonight in a non-title match.

* Michelle McCool & Maryse b. Eve & Maria
- Michelle gets the win via pinfall on Eve and knocking her off the top rope.

* A video clip from The Miz & John Morrison's date with The Bella Twins is shown. The Colons go undercover as waiters but end up pieing the twins.

* MVP & R-Truth b. Shelton Benjamin & Chavo Guerrero
- R-Truth gets attacked before the match begins, making it a handicap match. Chavo Guerrero turns on Shelton and MVP hits the Drive By for the win.

* Triple H is interviewed.

* Carlito & Primo Colon vs. The Miz & John Morrison for the WWE Tag Team Championship is announced for next week.

* Umaga b. Scotty Goldman in a squash match.
- After the match, Vickie says to restart it. Goldman has a petrified look on his face. Umaga gets a pop from the crowd.

* Vickie Guerrero comes out to a ton of heat. They have to turn up her mic. She says that neither Shawn Michaels nor JBL should face The Undertaker. Vladimir Kozlov comes out. There is so much heat it is hard to understand what it goes on. It appears Kozlov is challenging the winner of Shawn Michaels vs. JBL.

* Jeff Hardy vs. Edge
- Edge controls most of the match. Hardy hits his signatures. Twist of Fate countered into an Edge O' Matic. Jeff connects with a Swanton Bomb. Matt Hardy comes out and interferes. He hits Twist of Fate on Jeff. The referee ends the match in disqualification. Matt gets on the mic and says he wants Jeff one-on-one next week. Edge spears Jeff and poses to take SmackDown off the air.

Next Friday (27/2):

Next week's edition of SmackDown opens with Vladimir Kozlov vs Undertaker and Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy being announced for later in the night.

John Cena opens to mostly cheers by calling out Edge. He asks for a World Heavyweight Championship re-match. Edge accepts, but Vickie comes out and says Edge won't be competing tonight. Cena charges but Vickie says something. I can't hear because there is so much heat on Vickie. She introduces Big Show as his opponent for tonight instead.

Carlito & Primo vs. The Miz & John Morrison for the WWE Tag Titles

A ton of Missed spots took the crowd out of it. The Bellas come out and look fantastic. Carlito hits the Backstabber on Morrison for the clean pin. The Colon's leave with the Bellas.

John Cena vs. Big Show

Huge pops for both athletes. Great long match with offense back and forth. John Cena hits the Attitude Adjustment and then Edge runs out. He slides in and out of the ring without even touching Cena. Very weird spot. Cena looks at Edge and gets the KO from Big Show. High elevation Showstopper for the pinfall victory. Edge gets in the ring and poses over Cena. Edge is limping noticeably.

Undertaker vs. Vladamir Kozlov

A very long match that was boring in spots but the crowd firmly behind Undertaker. Kozlov botches snake eyes twice. Surprisingly clean pinfall victory for Kozlov, however, after he reverses Old School into a powerslam.

Jeff Hardy vs Matt Hardy

Matt out first, then Jeff comes out in street clothes. Jeff on the mic says they've always been together and that they will always be brothers. Matt says he is not his brother. He goes on a long semi-shoot about how the fans love Jeff more and how it is about Matt this time. He says the fans wouldn't forgive Matt if he committed Jeff's sins. Matt blames the fans and Jeff for his mediocre career. (Way to throw the ECW championship under the bus huh?) He says Jeff is all hype. Matt says fight me but Jeff refuses. Matt slaps Jeff twice but Jeff walks away to a mixed reaction. There is no match.

Shelton Benjamin vs. Chavo with MVP at ringside
Shelton throws Chavo into MVP at ringside. Taunts MVP then gets cradled for the victory. No one in the crowd knew it was a three count. Shelton hits the Drive By as Shelton looks stunned by his defeat.

Dark Match Main Event

Casket Match between Undertaker & Big Show

The match lasted literally a minute. Both wrestlers had long matches beforehand and looked exhausted and uninterested. Boot by Undertaker, Big Show hits the mat and Taker rolls him into the casket. Good Night!

Furious-Red

Im guessing there gonna do the same kinda thing with Matt/Jeff as they did with Kane/Taker many years ago where Taker didnt want to fight his own flesh until eventually Kane provoked Taker and they had the match

SlickRic

this pushing of koslov is starting to get to me.

regular botches, can't tell a match story, little or no heat whenever i see him. i suspect the heat he had here was because of Vicki's presence more than anything (plus maybe the idea of koslov v taker at WM).

at the end of this koslov can never claim he wasn't given the chance to shine. clean pin on 'taker?? one in a million get that sort of rub, especially on a clean win on a Smackdown.

JP Liz

I'm confused who are the tag champs


Kozlov clean over Taker :mad:

Handsome Bob

* Vickie Guerrero comes out to a ton of heat. They have to turn up her mic. She says that neither Shawn Michaels nor JBL should face The Undertaker. Vladimir Kozlov comes out. There is so much heat it is hard to understand what it goes on. It appears Kozlov is challenging the winner of Shawn Michaels vs. JBL.

Undertaker vs. Vladamir Kozlov

A very long match that was boring in spots but the crowd firmly behind Undertaker. Kozlov botches snake eyes twice. Surprisingly clean pinfall victory for Kozlov, however, after he reverses Old School into a powerslam.

:rolleyes:

They have reached new heights of stupidity if they go with Kozlov -v- Undertaker over HBK -v- Undertaker at WM25. Kozlov's "undefeated streak" has been watered down so much that no-one gives a rats ass any more about him. Insanity.

Bubs101

I'd say you'll have HBK beat both JBL and Kozlov to earn the right to lose to Taker at WM

Dancor

JP Liz wrote: »

I'm confused who are the tag champs :confused

No titles changed hands. The match was for the WWE titles.

chopperbyrne

dancor wrote: »

No titles changed hands. The match was for the WWE titles.

Hopefully it's building towards a unification of the tag titles.

dsmythy

I liked Kozlov from the beginning and thought he had great potential. I would defend him against accusations that he isn't up to it. But having seen him in the chamber match and recently on Smackdown, he hasn't been improving at all. He just can't tell a story or get his mannerisms right during a match. If he's booked to control his emotions they really have to unshackle him and let him show a bit of personality. Otherwise if he were to face Undertaker at WM it would be a dud no matter how well the Undertaker performs.

I'd imagine his inability to sell snake eyes twice in his SD match against Undertaker will cut Kozlov v Undertaker from happening. It's a pity because if he was any better the streak v streak match at WM might of been a great match with a good meaning behind it. Not to be though.

Furious-Red

Yea i noticed during the EC that Taker couldnt actually get Kozlov up for the snake eyes and i think he tried it on SD last week aswell and the same thing happened. I cant stand Kozlov he just bores me , kinda typical of Vince pushing the big guys. Lets just hope they do have HBK vs Taker at WM because in all fairness Vince would be stupid to think that Kozlov vs Taker would actually draw ppv buys and especially at WM25 instead of HBK vs Taker.

Kid Nothing

i know everyone has been saying great things about Miz/Morrison lately but I just never saw what was so great about them........but that segment in the restaurant was quality, really impressed me

grames_bond

dsmythy wrote: »

It's a pity because if he was any better the streak v streak match at WM might of been a great match with a good meaning behind it..

i still prefer wrestlemania streak vs mr wrestmania as opposed to streak vs streak!

i just think koslov is just another stupid big fella who cant speak english and goes "bleagh" that the wwe love, and he has not imporved at all, the cnake eyes was terrible in the EC and i was delighted when he was elimated coz it meant i didnt have to be angry watchin him anymore!

Degag

I think the general concensus is that Michaels, Taker would be the most anticipated match of the card if it goes ahead, and i think it will. They might have jbl vs kozlov just to have jbl on the card.

The reason why i say this is, the only combination of Taker, Michaels, Kozlov or JBL that will sell (or work) is Michaels v. Taker yet they're not going to leave jbl out of w25 in his home state. As we've seen Taker vs. Kozlov would stink and tbh, we've seen Taker vs. JBL too many times in recent years....

Bounty Hunter

Degag wrote: »

I think the general concensus is that Michaels, Taker would be the most anticipated match of the card if it goes ahead, and i think it will. They might have jbl vs kozlov just to have jbl on the card.

The reason why i say this is, the only combination of Taker, Michaels, Kozlov or JBL that will sell (or work) is Michaels v. Taker yet they're not going to leave jbl out of w25 in his home state. As we've seen Taker vs. Kozlov would stink and tbh, we've seen Taker vs. JBL too many times in recent years....

How about a Texan triple threat - HBK vs Taker vs JBL

if its not HBK vs Taker thats what id expect

grames_bond

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

How about a Texan triple threat - HBK vs Taker vs JBL

i doubt they'd do that on account of the fact that the storyline is "who will challenge taker to beat his streak" if he doesnt win the triple threat technically his streak still stands (just like koslov is still undefeated even though he has lost tag matches, triple threat matchs and the EC)

Degag

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

How about a Texan triple threat - HBK vs Taker vs JBL

if its not HBK vs Taker thats what id expect

I think it could work and be a good match sure, but i don't think it'd sell as much as Taker v. Michaels would.

JP Liz

HHH was pretty intense in the interview with JR - he admitted Steph was his wife and the mother of his kids - its building his feud with Orton very nicely

dsmythy

JP Liz wrote: »

I'm confused who are the tag champs


Kozlov clean over Taker :mad:

Well i guess we now know who has what tag titles. One of the twins seems to prefer Miz and Morrison over the Colons. Twin v twin time!

I was surprised at first but i think it works two ways. The first is that it seeds some doubts in some people's minds that Michaels is a shoo-in to beat Kozlov on Raw. The second is that it will mean Michaels will have beaten a guy who Undertaker couldn't and all what that may imply for the storyline.

I'm saying that on the presumption it's HBK v Undertaker at WM. Ya never know with WWE...

grames_bond

dsmythy wrote: »

The second is that it will mean Michaels will have beaten a guy who Undertaker couldn't and all what that may imply for the storyline..

i enjoy this storyline....the showstopper to be the very first guy to beat koslov sets it up brilliantly for mania! i just hope wwe dont fcuk it up!

Fozzy

I don't see how they can go with anything but Undertaker vs Michaels vs Kozlov for it to make sense. If Shawn wins on Raw then Kozlov will still hold a win over the Undertaker, which should qualify him more to get the Wrestlemania match than it would Shawn

If that is the route that they go then I expect a Shawn vs Undertaker match at Summerslam

grames_bond

Fozzy wrote: »

I don't see how they can go with anything but Undertaker vs Michaels vs Kozlov for it to make sense. If Shawn wins on Raw then Kozlov will still hold a win over the Undertaker, which should qualify him more to get the Wrestlemania match than it would Shawn

koslov beats taker......HBK beats koslov......i see it being a perfect way to set up the wm match! a triple threat match would bore me to tears....have never liked them too many "close calls" in one match! and it wouldnt be for takers streak if they did a triple threat match!

Fozzy

grames_bond wrote: »

koslov beats taker......HBK beats koslov......i see it being a perfect way to set up the wm match! a triple threat match would bore me to tears....have never liked them too many "close calls" in one match! and it wouldnt be for takers streak if they did a triple threat match!

So you don't think that actually beating the Undertaker is more important than beating someone who beat him?

grames_bond

Fozzy wrote: »

So you don't think that actually beating the Undertaker is more important than beating someone who beat him?

i think HBK beats koslov...then says "i have broken one undefeated streak....now im coming for yours taker" just sets it up perfectly!

Furious-Red

grames_bond wrote: »

i think HBK beats koslov...then says "i have broken one undefeated streak....now im coming for yours taker" just sets it up perfectly!

Yea that would work , unless HBK makes Koslov submit or counted out , then HBK wins and Koslov still hasnt been pinned.