WWE Smackdown Spoilers for 6th Sept 2013

Lord TSC

Second verse, same as the first...


Source: Wrestlezone

WWE Smackdown
Air Date: September 6, 2013

-The "entire roster" is out on the ramp for an address from Triple H, who is in the ring with Vickie Guerrero and Brad Maddox. He says that he didn't want to fire Cody Rhodes on Raw, and gave him every opportunity to fight for his job. Triple H claims he doesn't want anyone to fear for their job, which is why he wants anyone with something to say to speak their mind. Kofi Kingston was the first to step up, and said the whole roster is scared and living in fear, and that's not what is best for business. Heath Slater is next, and complains about Big Show not doing what's right. RVD tells Hunter that what he's doing "isn't cool, dude."

-Triple H makes fun of Slater, saying that he probably just emptied the whole content of his brain, and says he's been waiting since 2000 to be called "dude" by Rob Van Dam. He say Daniel Bryan isn't on stage because his ego is out of control, but says he can pick any member of The Shield to face tonight. He also gives Kofi a non-title match against Curtis Axel, books RVD against WWE Champion Randy Orton, and just for fun, gives Ryback another match against Dolph Ziggler.

(1) Randy Orton def. Rob Van Dam. Alberto del Rio got involved, and beat down RVD after the match.

-Backstage, Daniel Bryan says The Shield can decide for themselves who will face him, since it won't be a fair fight anyways.

-AJ Lee tells Aksana, Alicia Fox and Layla that she'd rather defend the title against them than the Total Divas girls.

(2) Ryback def. Dolph Ziggler after Dean Ambrose attacked Dolph.

(3) Kofi Kingston def. Curtis Axel in a non-title match, with the S.O.S.

(4) Naomi and Brie Bella fought to a "no contest", when they were attacked by Aksana, Alicia Fox and Layla.

(5) Jack Swagger & Antonio Cesaro def. The Usos

-Triple H told the Big Show to blow off some steam tonight, and booked him in a match against all three members of the 3MB.

(6) Big Show def. Heath Slater, Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal in a handicap match with the KO Punch.

(7) Daniel Bryan def. Seth Rollins. Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns did actually get involved, but Bryan recovered and put away Rollins with a running knee.

-Randy Orton came out and attacked Daniel Bryan, knocking him out with the WWE Championship title belt.

Moneymaker

So Bryan gets laid out again....

Ah here.

Penn

Moneymaker wrote: »

So Bryan gets laid out again....

Ah here.

I'm loving it. It rarely happens nowadays so it'll make it all the better when he finally gets the upper hand and is standing tall.

He's one man up against The Shield, Orton and the McMahon family who control the company and set the matches. They're doing all in their power to lay him out repeatedly. It would make no sense for the sides to seem evenly matched. What matters is that Bryan finds a way to overcome all the odds. To have him do so now makes him look overpowered (SuperCena-Syndrome) or makes the McMahon/Shield/Orton alliance look strangely weak.

I think he's still getting enough offense in and never backing down which gives him a lot of credibility when it comes to him finally turning the tables and winning.

Mitch Connor

Moneymaker wrote: »

So Bryan gets laid out again....

Ah here.

will have to see it - but laid the fact he seems to have fought off The Shield and got the win in the first place, without help, would build him up. Ortan taking him out after the match isn't a massive issue, for me.

Moneymaker

It just doesn't look good when the show closes with him lying dead at Ortons feet every week if you ask me.

Lord TSC

My worry right now is the hope spot (beating the Shield) is on Smackdown where a good 75% of the audience won't see this chapter in the story, and that the highlight on Raw will just focus on him getting laid out again.

CSF

Penn wrote: »

I'm loving it. It rarely happens nowadays so it'll make it all the better when he finally gets the upper hand and is standing tall.

He's one man up against The Shield, Orton and the McMahon family who control the company and set the matches. They're doing all in their power to lay him out repeatedly. It would make no sense for the sides to seem evenly matched. What matters is that Bryan finds a way to overcome all the odds. To have him do so now makes him look overpowered (SuperCena-Syndrome) or makes the McMahon/Shield/Orton alliance look strangely weak.

I think he's still getting enough offense in and never backing down which gives him a lot of credibility when it comes to him finally turning the tables and winning.

But Bryan almost definitely won't win at Night of Champions

SlickRic

i have no problem with Bryan being ultimately laid out week to week, once he looks strong, and once we get the payoff.

you have to build up the heels - keep building them up over and over and over, and when the hero overcomes the odds, then it's a mega-moment.

we're too into our immediate payoffs these days. ironically, WWE are the ones that have programmed us that way over the last few years.

CSF

SlickRic wrote: »

i have no problem with Bryan being ultimately laid out week to week, once he looks strong, and once we get the payoff.

you have to build up the heels - keep building them up over and over and over, and when the hero overcomes the odds, then it's a mega-moment.

we're too into our immediate payoffs these days. ironically, WWE are the ones that have programmed us that way over the last few years.

But how long are we gonna have to wait? Every week until Survivor Series? I mean it seems very unlikely that Orton is going to lose the title after one month so it doesn't make sense to have him hammering Bryan every single week and then also beating him for the title. Just makes Bryan look week and makes his story boring.

In the same vein, Dolph Ziggler is against Ambrose for the US title almost certainly, and I would say is very likely to win that match, but I mean that story has barely been told at all, just a couple of attacks from Ambrose with Ziggler barely able to say a word in response. Is there even a tag team contender for Reigns and Rollins? WWE badly needs to go back to the Number 1 Contender matches for various titles at the smaller PPVs so that the feuds are there from the getgo, rather than having Ambrose, Axel and The Shield all going into what is supposed to be Night of Champions with no opponents for their title or random matches with no real story being allowed build.

Lord TSC

SlickRic wrote: »

i have no problem with Bryan being ultimately laid out week to week, once he looks strong, and once we get the payoff.

For me, it's not about a payoff now. It's about the last part of your statement; I've lost faith through conditioning that the final payoff will actually occur. If it does, so be it. But as has been said, how long before that arrives?

GTR63

Like a lot of smackdown I feel like saying Seen It! So many repeated matches on it.
But am shocked that Big Show wasn't made cry again.

JP Liz V1

Kofi Kingston def. Curtis Axel in a non-title match, with the S.O.S.

Thought for sure he'd be losing too after "speaking up", did Punk get involved perhaps?

rovert

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

For me, it's not about a payoff now. It's about the last part of your statement; I've lost faith through conditioning that the final payoff will actually occur. If it does, so be it. But as has been said, how long before that arrives?

What are you talking about?

A Rogue Hobo

I think everyone moaning about Bryan not looking strong need to chill out, its only been a few weeks of what looks to a storyline that's going to last a few weeks if not months. If Bryan were on an even footing with Orton, Shield and HHH then the only thing that achieves is it makes your 5 top heels look very weak. It will be the little victories for Bryan that matter most, plus I have a feeling this will build up to a survivor series match of some sort when more people start standing alongside Bryan against HHHs rule.

Lord TSC

There seems to be the idea that the argument is Bryan should look as strong as the heels group. I don't think though that's the argument at all.

For me, it's the lack of "hope spots". People are saying that at least they aren't doing a Super-Cena style of story, but in a way, they could be. If the story is just Bryan gets trounced for 7 straight shows and then suddenly overcomes the odds and wins...that's what turned me off Cena years ago.

I said on the Raw thread and I'll say it again...to me, someone else should have taken Bryan's spot for the closing segment of Raw. Even if Bryan was there being held down, the beating should have been delivered to someone else, getting the heels over while at least trying to keep Bryan protected. But at the moment, the hope seems to be after 7 straight shows ending with Bryan being beaten down, the crowd will just accept a single Bryan win changes everything, and that's hoping Bryan even wins. But these sorts of things need a bit of balance; even if it's not a 50/50 split of power between faces and heels, there needs to be something to cling onto and for me, right now, there's not with Bryan...right now, there's been very little protection for his character at all.

smellmepower

How's there been no protection for Bryan?he's being portrayed as the sole person on the roster that has the cojones to stand up to the new regime at the moment for feck sake!

Lord TSC

Protection in terms of having the fans believe he might beat Orton or get one over on him. I have 0 belief he's getting anything more than a DQ win at the PPV, and thats being generous.

At the moment, he's treading a fine line between incredibly brave and ridiculously stupid. And as for the whole "only person on the roster" thing, you're right, but I think that says more about how pathetic the other faces look right now.

Being honest, I can see Bryan struggling along for a few more weeks before they either introduce Punk into the mix (and he'll actually work far better in the Anti-Authority role) or bringing back Cena.

the groutch

have 3MB been turned face? would be great for them to have a proper program with The Shield.

JP Liz V1

the groutch wrote: »

have 3MB been turned face? would be great for them to have a proper program with The Shield.

WWE seems very heel heavy at the moment especially with three heel stables sort of (HHH's, Heyman's and Wyatt's)

The only tag team that could be put in a programme with The Shield is the PTP who seem to be getting a push or at least screen time and matches, nothing to do with Darren's outing :P

Lord TSC

the groutch wrote: »

have 3MB been turned face? would be great for them to have a proper program with The Shield.

Yeah, reading it, I'm not sure. Heath stands up to HHH and gets insulted...but then they are 3-on-1 against Show who I think is still a face. Could be heading towards a turn.

A Rogue Hobo

I don't see how there's any lack of hope for Bryan though, he's won most matches he's been in, defeated Cena clean and it was portrayed that hadn't it been a dq he would defeated Shield in a gauntlet match. It's only after matches when he's getting "trounced". If anything it's showing that they find Bryan such a threat that they have to gang up onn him to succeed.

riffmongous

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Thought for sure he'd be losing too after "speaking up", did Punk get involved perhaps?

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* Kofi Kingston vs. Curtis Axel in a non-title match is up next. Axel comes out to a huge pop and a “welcome home” from the hometown crowd. Paul Heyman is with him. Kofi gets the win with a SOS.

Where the hell was Wade Barrett? That's his role unfortunately, having Kofi beat Axel clean is a kick in the teeth to Axel and fans expected to buy into the NOC match. Does Punk ever show up on Smackdown, it wouldn't have been too much to ask for to get him to interfere would it? I did see a theory in the comment section that Axel will drop the belt to Kofi next week on Raw, that's really the only way this makes sense.

SirDelboy18

smellmepower wrote: »

How's there been no protection for Bryan?he's being portrayed as the sole person on the roster that has the cojones to stand up to the new regime at the moment for feck sake!

Purely because he said that he doesn't care about his contract/job on the first Raw after SS. That basically automatically forced him into the role of opposition.

CastorTroy

So AJ is now forming a stable of the non Total Diva divas. Could it be that there's an actual storyline involving more than 2 or 3 divas?

jaykhunter

Whatever the payoff to this Bryan/H/Orton storyline it's not going to mean anywhere near as much as beating Cena clean at SummerSlam, passing the torch and ending the night on a big high as the new top face & champion of the company. I can see it now "Bah Gawd, he did it! Bryan's the champ, what a WWE Battleground!" :mad:

lol :pac:

GTR63

Said as much in the Raw thread Jayk, have more faith etc give WWE more time to prove they'll totally ruin it.
Natural Disaters vs L.O.D with Lord Alfred Hayes on commentary. Better wake me dog up somebody has to hear my impressions of him.