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411’s WWE Smackdown Report 8.24.12
Welcome to 411’s LIVE WWE Smackdown Report 8.24.12
Championship Roll Call:
WWE Champion: CM Punk
World Champion: Sheamus
US Champion: Santino Marella
IC Champion: The Miz
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…
-We begin with Randy Orton coming to the ring, with a video package of his victory over Alberto Del Rio on Raw airing. Orton said he deserved the next shot at Sheamus, and that if anyone had an issue with that, they could come to the ring and tell him to his face. World Champion Sheamus came out, and stated that Del Rio had his chance and failed over and over again. He actually agrees with Orton, and says that Orton should be first in line for a title shot. Booker T then came out, putting over Orton’s credentials, noting that those alone would always keep him in line for a title shot.
Del Rio finally came out, and he was pissed, claiming that the world title should be his. Del Rio told Booker that Sheamus was a criminal and a cheater while Orton was a crazy animal. Every time Booker tried to speak, Del Rio would cut him off. Del Rio then called Booker a criminal like Sheamus was, and said it was a conspiracy. Booker finally said that Orton and Del Rio had cases, and that Del Rio was going to be next in line, but he kept running his mouth. So tonight, Del Rio vs. Orton with a title shot on the line.
-Ryback makes his way to the ring.
-Back from commercial and Teddy Long comes out to join Michael Cole on commentary. Josh Matthews is gone, selling the attack from Kane at Summerslam.
-Ryback says tonight Jinder Mahal will realize his place in the food chain. FEED ME MORE!
Lock up and a boot by Mahal. Side headlock, and that leads to Ryback dumping him and then beating him down in the corner. Mahal back with the back elbow, knees follow. To the corner, and a cravat by Mahal followed by knees. A knee drop follows and then a high knee connects for 1. Mahal with boots to Ryback, but one gets caught and Ryback mounts a comeback. Shoulder blocks in the corner, and then a powerslam follows. Clothesline by Ryback, FINISH IT! Ryback with the fisherman’s buster and that is all.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Ryback @ 2:50 via pin
RATING: NR
-Teddy Long leaves the commentary booth, and is replaced by Kaitlyn.
Side headlock takedown by Fox, Layla to her feet an rolls Fox up for 1. Kicks by Layla, springboard cross body gets 2. Forearms follow, and then Fox back with a dropkick for 2. Fox trips up Layla in the ropes, and Fox works the knee of Layla. Single leg crab by Fox, but Layla back with a roll up for 2. High kick connects for Layla, and that is all.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Layla @ 1:30 via pin
RATING: NR
-Kaitlyn gets in the ring post match, and shakes Layla’s hand and they hug. Eve then came down to the ring. She raised both of their hands with a big fake smile. Layla and Kaitlyn didn’t seem to know what to make of this.
-We get a replay of Raw’s ending segment, involving Cena, Punk and Lawler.
-Dolph gloats in the back along with Vickie about the victory over Chris Jericho. Ziggler was upset that AJ had made him put his briefcase on the line, and Vickie said she would take care of AJ. Sheamus appeared and tried to get Ziggler to cash in the MITB case right then, but Dolph said he would do it on his terms, when Sheamus wouldn’t see it coming. Teddy Long appeared and said that he would suggest to Booker T that he make a match between them for tonight.
-Cody Rhodes joins us for commentary with his ridiculous “picture” of Sin Cara.
Cara in control early, off the ropes and a dropkick connects. Misses the enziguri and Slater sends him to the floor. Slater follows and then tosses Cara back into the ring and covers for 2. headlock applied by Slater, Cara to his feet and escapes. Off the ropes and a springboard back elbow by Cara. Run up the ropes and the lucha arm drag connects, and Slater rolls to the floor. Slingshot cross body by Cara. Slater slams Cara to the apron, back in and lays the boots to him. Rhodes gets up from commentary, and Rhodes turns Sin Cara’s mask around when the referee was distracted with Slater. This allowed Slater hit an inverted DDT for the shocking victory.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Heath Slater @ 2:00 via pin
RATING: NR
-After the match, Cody attacks and tries to rip off Sin Cara’s mask, but is stopped by referees.
-Vickie Guerrero joins Cole for commentary.
Ziggler runs a bit at the beginning, back in and a side headlock takedown by Sheamus. Ziggler to his feet, escapes, off the ropes and a dropkick by Ziggler gets a cover for 2. Boot by Ziggler, off the ropes and a flapjack by Sheamus gets 2. To the corner, rights by Sheamus. Sheamus looks for white noise, but Ziggler escapes and misses the rocker dropper. Clothesline by Sheamus, and he looks for the clubbing shots to Ziggler in the ropes, but Ziggler escapes. Ziggler connects with a DDT on the apron, and he is in control. Back into the ring and Ziggler covers for 2. Ziggler works the chinlock, Sheamus works to his feet and gets the backdrop suplex. Sleeper by Ziggler, Sheamus escape and lands clotheslines. High knee by Sheamus, to the ropes and the clubbing shots to the chest by Sheamus. White noise try connects for Sheamus. Sheamus now sets for the brogue kick, but Ziggler dives out of the way. Vickie hands Ziggler the MITB case, he hits Sheamus and that is a DQ.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Sheamus @ 5:00 via DQ
RATING: **
-Following the finish, Ziggler continues his attack and decides that this will be his time to cash in MITB. As he hands the ref the MITB case, Sheamus got up in the corner, so Ziggler grabs the MITB case and bails. He again said that he would cash in on his terms.
-We get a Wade Barrett video package.
-Santino makes his way to the ring, and as he does, they show Santino said he was feeling less and less American after losing the US title, and he didn’t like it. He then said he wasn’t sure if he could get back on the same page with “The Cobra,” which then appeared and they had a conversation. Santino stated that Aksana was gorgeous, but explained to the Cobra that he cost them the match and the title. In the end, Santino said that he couldn’t stay mad at the Cobra, and then quoted Rocky IV to inspire the Cobra. Antonio Cesaro and Aksana then came out to the ramp. Cesaro called himself a winner in five languages, and that led to Santino power walking after him. Santino knocked Cesaro down, but the Cobra was once again distracted by Aksana, allowing Cesaro to lay out Santino. Seriously, this actually happened.
-Del Rio and Ricardo argue backstage.
-The Primetime Players join Cole for commentary.
Kofi and Epico to begin. Counters and roll ups early, they both try dropkicks and stand off. Epico talks Kofi to the corner, bats him down and tags in Primo. Double team moves on Kofi, and Epico back in and covers for 2. Kofi counters a powerbomb into a head scissors to the corner. Tags to Truth and Primo, Truth is the house of fire, gut buster suplex connects, and a cover gets 2 as Epico makes a save. Kofi and Primo to the floor, Truth counters the back stabber and gets the flatliner for the win.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Kofi Kingston & R Truth @ 2:50 via pin
RATING: NR
-We get a video package for the new WWE Studios film, The Day.
-Matt Striker interviews Kofi and Truth, asking who their next challengers would be. They claimed that they would take on all comers, and Prime Time Players came up and said they would be taking the championships. The Usos then arrived as did Primo and Epico and the new to regular TV tag team of Justin Gabriel and Tyson Kidd. A big brawl then broke out backstage.
-Booker T meets with Teddy, who says that referees had broken up the fight and that it was all under control. Eve then arrived, and while Teddy didn’t have a clue who should challenge for the tag team titles, had put together a win loss record with her recommendation, as well compiling a full schedule for Booker’s next two weeks. Booker was pleased, which made Teddy look like an idiot. Teddy looked like a sad panda.
-Highlights of the Daniel Bryan vs. Kane saga as well as clips of the Lesnar vs. Triple H saga.
-They then show Brock Lesnar’s retirement VIA TOUT!
-Randy Orton makes his way to the ring.
-Sheamus joins Cole for commentary.
Del Rio takes Orton down early, and covers for 2. To the corner, a roll up by Orton gets 2. Orton with the slingshot suplex, and a cover gets 2. Stomps by Orton, and Del Rio gets the ropes. Orton lays the boots to him anyway, and then catapults Del Rio into the bottom rope, and covers for 2. Del Rio works the arm now, lays the boots in and takes control. Del Rio looks for the arm bar, countered into a neck breaker and Del Rio rolls to the floor. We head to a commercial @ 2:00.
We are back from a commercial @ 6:00, with Del Rio in control, working the chinlock. During the commercial, Del Rio worked over the arm of Orton. Orton fires back with rights, but eats a knee to the gut from Del Rio. Del Rio lays the boots into the ribs of Orton and covers for 2. Del Rio works the arm, sends Orton to the corner and then misses the run up enziguri. Clotheslines from Orton, snap slam follows and Del Rio rolls to the apron. Hangman’s DDT try by Orton fails as Del Rio snaps the arm in the ropes. Del Rio back in, back breaker by Orton and a cover gets 2. Single arm DDT by Del Rio, and he covers for 2. Del Rio looks for the arm bar, countered and then a dropkick from Orton. Orton covers for 2. Back elbow by Orton, and then the hangman’s DDT connects. Orton drops down to set for the RKO, Del Rio to his feet, countered as Del Rio hangs onto the ropes. Cross arm breaker by Del Rio! Orton struggles, and taps!
OFFICIAL RESULT: Alberto Del Rio @ 10:00 via submission
RATING: **¾
-Del Rio tossed Ricardo to the mat after the victory, and then grabbed one of his shoes and threw it at Sheamus. Sheamus avoided it and charged the ring. Who throws a shoe, really? They brawled, but Del Rio grabbed Ricardo’s other shoe and knocked out Sheamus.
-Ziggler then ran down, looking to cash in the MITB case, but he ate an RKO from Orton.
-End scene.
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