Smackdown Spoilers for Friday 4 November

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Dot Net reader Jonathan Pitts attended Tuesday's WWE Smackdown taping in Greenville, S.C. and sent the following report.

Pyro hit after a recap from last week, Tony Chimel then announced a street fight.

1. Randy Orton defeated Cody Rhodes in a Street Fight. This was a fantastic match, I really hope most of it makes it onto the TV cut. They fought into the crowd and Rhodes fought the last half of the match without the mask because he used it as a weapon once, and then Randy returned the favor. Orton hit the RKO for the pinfall.
Christian v. Sheamus graphic was shown for later in the show..

2. Ted DiBiase defeated Tyson Kidd. DiBiase won in maybe two and a half minutes with Dream Street.

Backstage Matt Striker attempted to interview Mark Henry, when he started walking towards someone. It was Daniel Bryan. He asked Daniel Bryan why he was looking at him so funny, and asked if he was planning on trying to cash in his MITB briefcase. Daniel played it off and it somehow led to Henry stating he would go talk to Teddy Long for a match with Bryan later tonight. Bryan all of a sudden played the hero by saying "See you out there."

This is the main event? Maybe Powell is right and we will see an eventual David vs. Goliath match…

3. Alicia Fox defeated Natalya. Short boring match, which is unusual for Nattie. Not sure why they boost her on Raw just to bury her on Smackdown.

Big Show headed to the ring and cut a promo asking why Henry wouldn’t give him another title shot. Show made a Del Rio reference somehow, and told Henry "Mama said Knock You Out" funny. Cue Christian. Christian asked Show why he thought he deserved "One more match"

Show clinched his fist and pretended he was gonna hit Christian, Christian played a tough guy and eventually took a Choke Slam from Show. After a commercial break Im assuming, Sheamus made his entrance. Wade Barrett’s music hit and told Sheamus since Christian was in no shape to compete, that he would fight Sheamus.

4. Wade Barrett defeated Sheamus. Wasn’t really looking when the match ended, but Sheamus was pissed and pulled Barrett back in the ring before turning around to a spear from Christian.

After a commercial(?), a backstage brawl was going on between Christian, Sheamus and Wade Barrett, Wade and Sheamus were separated by the Uso’s and some officials.

Backstage, Big Show talked to Daniel Bryan, he told Bryan he would keep the briefcase safe. Bryan said its okay, he’s gonna take it to ringside anyway. Show said, "No I'll keep it safe because Im gonna be in your corner."

5. Sin Cara defeated Epico by DQ after interference from Hunico. Confusing end to this match. Hopefully the announce team can better explain it. Between Cole’s Ross jokes.. bleh..

A video package announced Raw SuperShow would be back in Greenville on June 5.

6. Mark Henry defeated Daniel Bryan by DQ after Big Show knocked Henry the hell out. After Show delivered the knock out blow, he got Bryan’s briefcase and gave him some water. Bryan teased cashing in the briefcase but when he went to hit Henry with it, Henry caught him with a World’s Strongest Slam. Show tried to hit Henry with the briefcase but caught a World’s Strongest Slam of his own.

Teddy Long emerged and stated that Henry will defend the Title against Big Show at Survivor Series. End Taping.

Dark Matches

1. Sheamus and Big Show vs. Henry and Christian ended in No Decision after Henry walked to the back and Show chased him down. Christian grabbed a mic and got cheap heat by insulting Greenville and stating he was ready to leave the city. Sheamus roughed him up and told Christian the fight was just beginning.

2. Sheamus defeated Christian with Booker T as guest referee. Another solid delivery from these two. Sheamus won with the Brogue Kick.

Half the Arena was tarped off. Not a lot of seats sold.. The usual small city attendance.

Biggest Pop:
Randy Orton
Sheamus
Big Show

Most Heat:
Mark Henry
Christian
Cody Rhodes

Notes: Overall it was a fun show. I had two with me that had never been to a WWE event before so it was fun seeing their reactions. I encourage anyone to go to a WWE live event whenever it’s in your area. Great atmosphere. Hope to watch with you all Friday!

JP Liz V1

Barrett's winning streak continues

starviewadams

At least they reminded the audience that Danielson is still Mr.MITB!

flahavaj

Bryan vs Henry is a Dream Match of mine. He's brilliant against big guys.

Pentecost

I'd be very interested to see how he would work with Henry and make it look good, I don't doubt that he can.

DM_7

I hope this is the start of WWE getting DB involved in main events to raise his profile.

Its shocking that as good as he has been he has never been involved in RAW or Smackdown main events when he is already advertised for a title match at Mania.

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Didn't see rest of smackdown as I missed the start due to 9 o clock start time. Will record tomorrow and watch over week end.

JP Liz V1

DM-ICE wrote: »

I hope this is the start of WWE getting DB involved in main events to raise his profile.

Its shocking that as good as he has been he has never been involved in RAW or Smackdown main events when he is already advertised for a title match at Mania.

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Didn't see rest of smackdown as I missed the start due to 9 o clock start time. Will record tomorrow and watch over week end.

I like to see many wrestlers challenge DB for his MITB title shot all the way up to WM, great way to build him up and of course having him winning all the matches

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JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I like to see many wrestlers challenge DB for his MITB title shot all the way up to WM, great way to build him up and of course having him winning all the matches

Thats a pretty great idea but I wouldn't trust wwe to keep putting him over the likes of Barrett, Rhodes and The Blob Show.

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Daniel Bryan played a mean Zack Gowen on this show.

Rjd2

D Bryan in main event and Mizark = Ratings:)

WWE Smackdown on Friday, November 4 scored a 2.19 rating, up from a 1.93 rating the previous week up against Game 7 of the World Series.

After the one off-week, Smackdown resumed its hot streak that started in September after the live Super Smackdown episode on Tuesday, August 30 and around the time of Night of Champions when Mark Henry became World Hvt. champion.

Smackdown averaged 3.27 million viewers, which is the most average viewers since the Smackdown following WrestleMania 27 in April. Smackdown's viewership slightly topped the Sept. 23 episode, which scored the highest-ever Smackdown rating on Syfy.

On cable TV Friday night, Smackdown ranked #8 in overall viewers (trailing the family and kids-oriented programming that dominates Friday nights), #3 among males 18-34, and #2 among males 18-49. The first hour was #1 among m18-49. "Gold Rush" on Discovery dominated the second hour.

Also, Smackdown scored its best Friday night m18-49 rating since moving to Syfy, even topping WM27 season. Smackdown also carried younger viewers. Smackdown ranked #1 among m12-34 on Friday night and was #2 in its time period among male teens. In m12-17, Smackdown scored its highest rating since May.