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411’s WWE Smackdown Report 7.20.12
Welcome to 411’s LIVE WWE Smackdown Report 7.20.12
Championship Roll Call:
WWE Champion: CM Punk
World Champion: Sheamus
US Champion: Santino Marella
IC Champion: Christian
Unified Diva’s Champion: Layla
WWE World Tag Team Champions: Kofi Kingston and R Truth
–Reminder, I do not rate matches that are under three minutes long…
-Josh Matthews, Booker T and Michael Cole welcome us to the show, we’re in San Diego.
-Rey Mysterio makes his way to kick off the show. We see footage of Ray’s return to Raw on Monday. Mysterio soaks in the crowd reaction and states that it has been almost a year since he was injured in this very arena. He never lost hope and he is happy to be here with friends and family in his hometown. He couldn’t wait to come back and had to return on Raw, and since Del Rio was in the ring, it made his return sweet.
Del Rio now makes his way to the ring with Ricardo. Del Rio calls him a Chihuahua and says Mysterio never should have picked a fight with him. He then mentions that he almost ended Rey’s career, and he could finish the job right now. But instead, he will order Mysterio to leave the ring right now. Mysterio says no, and Del Rio says he did it all while Mysterio was gone, and now, Del Rio wants to address Sheamus. Mysterio reminds Del Rio that Sheamus kicked his ass at the PPV. Del Rio says he is glad he is back, because it will be a short return. Del Rio promises to end Mysterio, and then…
Dolph Ziggler and Vickie Guerrero make their way to the ring. Ziggler then says he is the next world champion, and mentions that he is not here for Mysterio, he is here for Del Rio. Ziggler says he won MITB, and he gets a world title match whenever he wants it. He was about to cash in last Sunday, and he would have been champion if it wasn’t for Del Rio. Del Rio says he doesn’t work for Ziggler, and won’t do his dirty work. Del Rio says that he could have Ziggler and his burro working for him. They look to fight and Rey attempts to egg them on, and Ziggler agrees. He and Del Rio back down Rey and…
Sheamus is out to even the odds. He and Rey shake hands, and Shamus says it is good to see Mysterio. And as for Ziggler and Del Rio, if they take one more step, he will take them out. They prepare to battle, and Del Rio bails. Sheamus levels Ziggler, Mysterio goes for a 619, but Ziggler bails.
-The main event will be Rey and Sheamus vs. Ziggler and Del Rio.
Hunico and Epico start off. Arm drags by Epico, to the corner and rights by Hunico. A shoulder block follows, and then some lucha counters and Hunico slams Epico to the mat. Epico fires back, tags Primo in and a dropkick connects, and a cover for 2. Camacho tags in, but Primo takes him down and works the arm. To the corner they go and shoulder blocks to Primo. Roll up by Primo for 2. Tag by Truth and he dances and drops Camacho with a right. Dancing leg drop follows and Truth covers for 2. Camacho slams Truth to the corner, who then escapes and all eight men are in and we have the big brawl. The faces clear the ring and we head to a commercial @ 3:00.
Back from commercial @ 7:00 with Kofi tagging in. Corner splash to Canacho followed by a clothesline. BOOM leg drop follows and Kofi looks to end things, but Hunico grabs his leg. This allows Camacho to land a spinebuster for 2. Camacho works over Kofi in the corner, chokes him out and then slams Kofi down. Tag to Hunico, slingshot senton and a cover for 2. Kofi tries to battle back, O’Neil tags in and gets a side back breaker to Kofi. O’Neil chokes out Kofi, and then Kofi fights back only to be slammed to the mat again. O’Neil covers for 2. Abdominal stretch by O’Neil, clubbing shots follow. Tag to Young, but Kofi fights back and dumps O’Neil. Tag to Primo and he flies in and takes control of Young. Leg drop and then the elbow drop. He then slams Young to the corner, and then runs up the ropes for a twisting senton for 2. It breaks down again, bodies fly to the floor and Primo up top AW distracts Primo, O’Neil knocks him off the top rope into Young’s double knee gut buster and that is all.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Hunico, Camacho and The Prime Time Players (O’Neil and Young) @ 12:00 via pin
RATING: **½
-Big Show now comes to the ring. The Players and AW escape, but Show then takes out Kofi, Truth, Hunico, Camacho, Epico and Primo. The Players did take out Kofi, but Show laid waste to everyone else. Show grabs the mic and says, “And?…What?” Yup.
-We get Jeremy Piven discussing his appearance on Raw.
-We get highlights of the MITB PPV, and John Cena winning his first MITB match.
-The announcers discuss Cena winning MITB, and his announcement that eh will challenge for the title Monday Night.
-We get a TOUT commercial, I already hate TOUT.
-As Zack Ryder makes his entrance, Sandow told people to stop embarrassing themselves by cheering for Ryder, who he called a brainless broski. Ryder attacked and the match was underway.
And here we go. Forearm by Ryder in the corner, but Sandow back with the boot and then starts to kick the shit out of Ryder. Knees to the head of Ryder, and then clubbing shots to the back. Sandow drops the elbow pad and elbows Ryder in the throat. More knees by Sandow, and Ryder is down. Necktie neck breaker by Sandow, and that is all.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Damien Sandow @ 2:00 via pin
RATING: NR
-CARTHEEL OF VICTORY by Sandow!
-And now it is time for the PEEP SHOW, hosted of course by Christian. After seeing video of the proposal, he brings out Daniel Bryan and AJ, who come out to YES chants from the crowd. Cole is all into this as Booker plays the skeptical one. We see a clip of Bryan and AJ shopping for the wedding, to the tune of Pachelbel’s Canon in D. Christian began questioning them. Christian asked Bryan if he was sure he was doing the right thing, and Bryan stated, “YES!” He asked AJ is she forgave Bryan for his past actions, and she states, “YES!” Christian asked them both if this was actually true love, and they stated together, “YES!” But the crowd disagrees, so Christian asks the crowd is they should get married, and of course they chant, “NO!” He asked about Bryan really loving AJ, and they chanted, “NO!” He asked if AJ had any clue what she was doing, and that led to AJ slapping Christian. Christian, stating that he is a married man himself, and will let that “Bridezilla slap” go. Christian then told Bryan that he obviously was so busy with wedding planning, that he forgot about his match tonight, against her psychotic ex-boyfriend, Kane.
Leg kicks by Bryan, along with YES chants to begin. Kane back with the big boot as comes off the ropes, and covers for 2. Body scissors by Kane, Bryan escapes, off the ropes and into a back breaker. Kane keeps the position and tries to play Bane to Bryan’s Batman, if you will. Boots in the corner by Kane, a corner whip and boots by Bryan. Kane misses a clothesline, basement dropkick to the knee by Bryan. Kicks to the chest of Kane, but he comes back and tries for a chokeslam, countered and a corner dropkick by Bryan. Kick to the head of Kane, and Bryan covers for 2. Kane back with the side slam, and a cover for 2. Kane up top, leaps for the clothesline but Bryan locks the arm up on the way down for the YES lock. Kane powers out, charges Bryan, who pulls down the ropes and Kane crashes to the floor. Bryan checks on AJ, so Kane kicks him in the head. He then slams him to the steps, and then the barricade. Now Kane slams Bryan into the announcer’s table, and now back into the ring they go. AJ up top and leaps in onto Kane for the DQ.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Kane @ 5:00 via DQ
RATING: **
-Bryan attacks as AJ in on Kane’s back, but Kane manages to chokeslam Bryan anyway. AJ rips at the eyes of Kane, Kane swings her around, but she doesn’t kiss him, because she’s engaged people! Bryan and AJ escape further harm as Kane looks perplexed.
-Zack Ryder discusses WWE and social media, and the original, “GTV.”
-Heath Slater out for his weekly execution, including his video package from Monday. Slater says that stuff happened on Raw, but now he is on Smackdown. His luck is about to change, because he said it would. Here comes Road Warrior Animal.
Clothesline by Animal to begin. Lays the boots to Slater in the corner, but Slater fights back with rights and then some elbows. Slater proclaims that he is the one-man band, but then runs into a powerslam. Elbow drop by Animal and that is all.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Road Warrior Animal @ 1:00 via pin
RATING: NR
-More TOUT bullshit.
-Vickie and Ricardo argue backstage. Ricardo says that Del Rio is Mexican Royalty, and that Vickie came across the river on a canoe. Vickie ends up screaming wildly.
-More Raw hype, they’re going to three hours you know.
-Ricardo announced Del Rio, and as Del Rio’s music played, Vickie interrupted to introduce the “star” of the team, Dolph Ziggler.
-We get a replay of Ziggler’s interaction with Chris Jericho from Monday.
Sheamus and Ziggler to begin things. Sheamus works his power game and controls Ziggler early. Shoulder block by Sheamus, off the ropes and he then eats a dropkick. Sheamus battles back, hits the kamikaze roll for 2. Tag to Rey, lays the boots to Ziggler. Off the ropes and a boot by Rey. Off the ropes and Ziggler decapitates Rey with a clothesline, and covers for 2. Tag to Del Rio, who lays the boots to the ribs and covers for 2. Rey fights back, tags Sheamus and he chases Del Rio to the floor. Sheamus ties Ziggler up in the ropes and proceeds to beat his chest in with clubbing shots. Sheamus follows Ziggler to the floor, tosses him back in and as Sheamus tries to enter the ring, Ziggler lands a dropkick and sends him back to the floor. Del Rio drops down and kicks him in the head, ad we head to a commercial @ 4:00.
Back from commercial @ 7:00 as Sheamus tries to fight back against Ziggler. Makes the tag to Rey, flies in with the Thez press. Head scissors follows. Charges in on Ziggler, but then rolls through a sunset flip and kicks Ziggler in the face, cover gets 2. Rey with the dropkick to the knee of Ziggler, looks for the 619 but Del Rio Kicks Rey in the back to slow him down, allowing Ziggler to clothesline Rey and cover for 2. Tag to Del Rio, kicks to Rey again and then works a chinlock with the knee in the back of Rey. Knees by Rey, fights out, off the ropes and a tilt a whirl back breaker by Del Rio gets 2. Tag to Ziggler, who continues t work over Rey and keep him grounded. Rey again tries to fight to his feet, neck breaker by Ziggler and a tag to Del Rio. Rey playing Ricardo Morton here, diving for a tag now, but Del Rio cuts him off. Rey manages to dump Del Rio to the floor, Rey looking for the tag, but Del Rio manages to tag in Ziggler and he stops Rey from tagging in Sheamus. Rey counters a slam with a tornado DDT, and BOTH men are down. Tags to Del Rio and Sheamus. Sheamus cleans house for a bit, but then lams Del Rio into Ziggler. White Noise connects for Sheamus. Looks for the brogue kick, but Ricardo grabs him foot, and that will lead to the DQ.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Sheamus and Rey Mysterio @ 13:00 via DQ
RATING: ***
-After the match Del Rio gets the arm bar on Sheamus, and referees had to run down and break things up. Del Rio and Ricardo bail, and Ziggler contemplates cashing in since the arm bar had hurt Sheamus. So of course as he is about to hand over the case, he eats a 619 and the 973rd brogue kick of 2012. Sheamus and Rey stand tall.
-End scene.
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