Smackdown, ECW & Superstars Spoilers

Brolly

ECW and Superstars taping from Tulsa, OK

Dark Match
Jimmy Wang Yang def. Alex Riley (**1/2) Riley came out first and took the mike. He garnered some great heat comparing himself to the "guys that used to stuff you in your locker in high school". Yang came out, and they put on a decent match, especially Riley, who has the look of an up-and-comer. Winner by pinfall: Yang

We went live with the 'Abraham Washington show'. Tony Atlas was out first-as horrible as this segment is, adding Atlas was a great move. His constant laughing at every lame Washington gag had several people in hysterics. First Washington brought out Sheamus. After some "His skin is so white..." jokes, out came Shelton Benjamin. Shelton, as always, was competent on the mike, but not in an exciting way. The two grapplers traded barbs, then fists as their brawl wrecked the set. Surprisingly, not a truly awful time-waster.

Yoshi Tatsu def. Paul Birchill (w/Katie Lea) (*) Your basic stuff from both guys. Some decent moves by Tatsu, nothing spectactular. Winner by pinfall: Tatsu

Ezekial Jackson & Vladimir Kozlov squashed Dustin Brady and Brandon Young. Complete squash. The only welcome sight was that of William Regal. No stars.

Another ad for WM 26.

An ad for the "Hell in a Cell" PPV. Personally, I can't get too pumped over a PG, juice-free set of HIAC matches.

In an attempted interview by Gregory Helms, Katie Lea tried to shoo Helms away, but Burchill saw the goings-on and beat down Helms. "Don't ever talk to her again!" Aren't they bro and sis? Weird stuff.

Main event for the ECW championship Christian def. Zack Ryder (**) Ryder came out to absolutely zero reaction. Christian received a nice pop. A decent back and forth bout, dragging at times. Both men missed at least one spot. Winner: Christian by pinfall. After the match, Regal came to the ring and challenged Christian. The champ chased the crafty Brit back to the dressing room.

Superstars

Golddust beat William Regal by DQ (*1/2). Solid heat for Regal, but the match disappointed. A little back and forth, followed by an attack from Jackson Koslov. Before they were able to do much damage, Christian and Tommy Dreamer ran in to save Dustin. The faces cleared the heels, and stayed celebrating in the ring for what felt like an eternity.

Jim Ross and Todd Grisham made their way to the announcers table. Enormous pop for hometown hero JR.

Michelle McCool & Leila def. Melina & Maria when Layla pinned Maria ( **) Slightly better than expected. Dragged when Layla was in the ring, but even then McCool would get involved and perk things up. She's gotten hotter since flipping.

Matt Hardy def Kane by DQ (*) Great crowd reactions for both men. Crowd was pro-face all the way, but popped when Kane threatened a chokeslam. Ending came when Kane crotched Hardy on the top rope repeatedly.

Smackdown from Tulsa, OK

The show opened with CM Punk making his way to the ring. Fantastic heat-great crowd in Tulsa. Punk ran down a list of his accomplishments, figuring the alcoholic drug fiends in attendance probably couldn't remember them. Another mention of the "enigmatic enabler" Jeff Hardy. Punk had the crowd good and riled up. Suddenly the arena got dark and Undertaker's music hit. A team of druids carried a casket down to ringside. Punk poked around the coffin awhile, then finally ripped the top open. Surprisingly, a tied up Teddy Long was inside. Punk pulled him into the ring, and gave Long the mike. Teddy said that Taker's submission move was now legal. He also said Punk would defend his belt at the "Hell in a Cell" PPV against Taker in the demonic cage. Finally, Long announced a match this evening between the two. Punk played upset. I hope Vince knows what a great personality he has in CM Punk-great work all the way through this segment.

John Morrison & Finlay def. Dolph Ziggler & Mike Knox. (***) Morrison, shockingly, got very little reaction coming out...Finlay actually received a bigger pop! Thankfully, no chants of "Mr. Ziggles" this evening; I pray to almighty Jesus they've dropped that from the IC champ's repetoire. Fans were into the match; Knox was terrific. Too bad he's been buried so bad it's almost impossible to give him a legit push. Ending came when ref's back was turned while dealing with Ziggler. Finlay ran in and smacked Knox over the head with the shileleh. (SP.?) Morrison then broke out Starship Pain and got the win. Entertaining.

A backstage vignette with Crime Tyme and Slammaster J aired. It began as an attempt to sell DVD's; then Teddy Long appeared and told J that he would be in the ring tonight against a mystery opponent.

Before the next match, an ad for "Hell in a Cell" PPV aired.

Kane pinned Slammaster J. (no stars) Complete squash, maybe 30 seconds. Kane wins with the chokeslam.

Another backstage piece, this time featuring CM Punk confronting Vince McMahon about having to face Undertaker tonight. Vince said that's what he gets for conspiring with the referee and Long at "Breaking Point". Punk began to tell Vince "But it was your idea", but Vince cut him off and left him standing.

Vince McMahon came out to an enormous pop. Fans were bowing and going nuts for what they must have assumed was the "face" version of Mr. McMahon. The cheering turned to boos when Vince began running down "this godawful hillbilly state, Oklahoma." He ragged on the state a little, then poked some fun at JR. Actually, hilarious stuff. The heel McMahon, though somewhat stale, is miles above the nice guy routine, probably because even hillbillies know that's bull****. They didn't mind cheering him on the way out, though. Vince also said next week was a 3 hour celebration of the 10th anniversary of Smackdown. He mentioned Steve Austin and The Rock. Of course, crowd started chanting "What?", which McMahon had some nice comebacks for. "Hillbilly says what?" "What?" "Exactly." He then introduced a man he said he personally signed, and a man who would someday be world champion. Out came Drew McIntyre. No pressure, Drew. Drew cut a promo, and of course the crown started chanting "USA!" since our biggest enemy is Scotland. McMahon quietly left during the Scot's speech, then R Truth came down one of the aisles rapping his masterpiece, "What's up?". For some strange reason, Truth received the 2nd biggest pop of the night, despite his frequent ass-kickings of late. Truth dove into the ring, brawling with McIntyre. 3 refs instantly, as if they were psychic, came running in from the back to break it up. Crowd ate it up; I decided everything Vince said was true.

Batista def Big Show by DQ (**1/2) Yes, that's kind of high for a Leviathan-Giant matchup, but thankfully Batista was on the defensive almost the whole match, while Show applied the standard bearhugs among other classics. None of it mattered, because Chris Jericho, who accompanied Show, was drawing heat by yelling at JR and trying to get involved. Has anyone else noticed Jericho is awesome? Thought so. Finale came when Jericho was caught interfering, drawing the DQ. While Show was catching a blow on his back outside the ring, Batista applied the Anglelock on Jericho, which he sold like a madman. The vendors probably heard his screams. Fun stuff, thanks to CJ. After the match, Batista was interviewed backstage. He said he had a partner, and they would challenge Jericho and Show for the tag titles at "Hell in a Cell". He said his partners number was "619" which got a loud ovation. They'll probably give them the belts to placate Rey over the suspension.

David Hart Smith def. JTG (**) Outside interference cost JTG the match. This team is a booker and marketer's dream (The Hart Dynasty). Hopefully they'll get a long title reign.

CM Punk def. Undertaker by countout (**) The crowd was insane for this match. Not surprisingly, Taker had by far the biggest pop of the night. Some decent back and forth, but Taker was obviously avoiding any big bumps. After a bit, both men ended up outside the ring. The Dead Man cleared the announcers table, teasing a chokeslam, which drove the fans bonkers. Some of us noticed that he never removed the TV monitors from the table, so the maneuver was highly unlikely. After slipping out of Taker's grasp, Punk ran into the ring and ran out the other side. Taker ran in also, and the bell rang. The match went to CM Punk by countout, which was unpopular, to say the least. Punk walked backwards up the aisle, pointing to his title and his unmarred by narcotics brain. Taker then did the jog up the ramp after CM disappeared to the back, and the show ended. Seconds after we were off the air, Taker dragged Punk back to the ring, where he sent the Okies home happy with a chokeslam and tombstone.

From: http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/117064/Second-and-More-Detailed-WWE-Superstars-and-Smackdown-Taping-Results-%28SPOILERS%29.htm

Penn

Brolly wrote: »

Another backstage piece, this time featuring CM Punk confronting Vince McMahon about having to face Undertaker tonight. Vince said that's what he gets for conspiring with the referee and Long at "Breaking Point". Punk began to tell Vince "But it was your idea", but Vince cut him off and left him standing.

Of course, crowd started chanting "What?", which McMahon had some nice comebacks for. "Hillbilly says what?" "What?" "Exactly."

So long as Vince doesn't get TOO involved with the fued, this could be great

chopperbyrne

I was right about Rey so.

Penn

chopperbyrne wrote: »

I was right about Rey so.

I think it worked out great. Keeps Batista out of the main event for a while, adds another tag team, Ziggler and Morrison should be really good, Drew McIntyre and R-Truth has great potential, Vince appearing to be the mastermind that organised Undertakers loss at Breaking Point is good

It's almost hard to believe Smackdown and Raw are made by the same company.

Only thing is I hope that now Batista and Rey are going after the tag titles, MVP and Mark Henry still stay as a team. The match at Breaking Point was pretty good I thought

DM_7

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

I think it worked out great. Keeps Batista out of the main event for a while, adds another tag team, Ziggler and Morrison should be really good, Drew McIntyre and R-Truth has great potential, Vince appearing to be the mastermind that organised Undertakers loss at Breaking Point is good

It's almost hard to believe Smackdown and Raw are made by the same company.

Only thing is I hope that now Batista and Rey are going after the tag titles, MVP and Mark Henry still stay as a team. The match at Breaking Point was pretty good I thought

Really? to me smackdown sounds a lot like an average raw this week.

A no tag team match: John Morrison & Finlay def. Dolph Ziggler & Mike Knox.

A backstage vignette: Crime Tyme and Slammaster J beginning as an attempt to sell DVD's


Complete squash

Two Vince segments, one with vince pretending he had nothing to do with something he had everything to do with followed by Vince insulting the town they are in tulsa and putting over Drew

A Brawl

Batista def Big Show by DQ, Show applied the standard bearhugs among other classics. Jericho was caught interfering, drawing the DQ.

Outside interference match.

A count out win in the main event

Sounds like the standard RAW formula I was pissed off with!

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

I think it worked out great. Keeps Batista out of the main event for a while, adds another tag team, Ziggler and Morrison should be really good, Drew McIntyre and R-Truth has great potential, Vince appearing to be the mastermind that organised Undertakers loss at Breaking Point is good

But the points above are true. Batista and Rey are a good pairing for Show and Y2J. Jiggelr and Morrison goes on. Nice to see a guy like Drew made out to be a star. R-Truth gets a storyline. Vince behind the Taker storyline isn't that bad, it makes me wonder where it will go.

JP Liz

So Vince was behind Taker's screw job

I hope Henry/MVP is also added to the tag title match with Rey/Batista and Jerishow at HIAC PPV

Penn

JP Liz wrote: »

So Vince was behind Taker's screw job

I hope Henry/MVP is also added to the tag title match with Rey/Batista and Jerishow at HIAC PPV

Henry and MVP winning that match would be incredible

Rjd2

The Christian v Ryder match on ECW is great, unlike the mad laughter of Tony atlas.

flahavaj

Christian is such a workhorse these days, the guy is having consistently geat matchs on a weekly basis over on ECW. Dark horse for wrestler of the year at this rate.

How dare you jeer Tony Atlas' laugh though, its brilliant.

DM_7

So what did ye think of smackdown.

I thought it was okay but not really memorable. Not as good as recent times.

Tricity Bendix

DM-ICE wrote: »

So what did ye think of smackdown.

Worst SD in a while, if only because of Batista vs Show. Someone needs to remind Batista that he's already missed Breaking Point, the there's no point in using the ankle lock.

Smith celebrating after beating JTG was funny.

I find it somewhat annoying that DX et al are turning up to the decade of Smackdown! show next week, considering how little they've done to promote the B brand.

JP Liz

Not a great SD in my opinion

I would love if it were E&C facing Jerishow but i know its too soon for Edge's return - Christian would be better on SD than Batista