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411’s WWE Smackdown Report 8.31.12

August 31, 2012 | Posted by Larry Csonka

Welcome to 411’s LIVE WWE Smackdown Report 8.31.12
Championship Roll Call:
WWE Champion: CM Punk
World Champion: Sheamus
US Champion: Antonio Cesaro
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…

-Sheamus comes to the ring, and due to the fallout from Raw, he had to talk about Triple H. Sheamus kisses his ass and said that he didn’t know what was in Hunter’s future, but he has his respect. He then took his lips off of Triple H’s ass just in time for Damien Sandow to come out. Lord, they talk about Triple H more, noting the Raw 1,000 attack on Sandow. After Sandow wanted to bring enlightenment to the show, Sheamus invited him to get into the ring, but Sandow stated that Sheamus was unworthy of his time. Booker T came out, stopped Sandow from leaving and then booked the two for a match later tonight.

Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes
Both men look for position, Cody with a takedown but Mysterio works the arm. Cody slams Mysterio to the corner, rights follow and then a cover for 1. Cody knocks Mysterio to the mat, boot to the gut and then a boot by Mysterio. Dropkick follows, Rey goes for the 619 but Cody to the floor and slams Mysterio to the announce table. We head to a commercial @ 1:00.

Back from a commercial @ 5:00, with Cody getting a suplex, and covering for 2. Cody works a bow and arrow, Mysterio to his feet and he escapes. Cody lays the boots to him, knee to the gut and a gut buster suplex by Cody for 2. Boot to the gut by Cody follows, and then a snap mare and knees to the back. Cody works the chinlock, and then goes after the mask, Mysterio escapes and dropkicks Cody to the corner. Mysterio up top, Thesz press and then a head scissors. Kick to the head by Mysterio and a cover gets 2. Jawbreaker by Cody, Mysterio goes for a 619, countered and a sunset flip gets the win for Mysterio.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Rey Mysterio @ 9:00 via pin
RATING: **

-Cody attacked Rey after the match, and tried to remove his mask. Sin Cara made the save, Rey hit the 619 on Cody and then they put a Sin Cara mask on Cody.

-A recap of the Anger Management segments from Raw.

-Eve makes her way out to do commentary.

Natalya vs. Kaitlyn
These two have had a deadly Twitter war. Boots by Natalya, headlock takedown and Natalya talks trash. Kaitlyn out, and to her feet and works a headlock. Kaitlyn misses a baseball slide, and Natalya slams her to the floor. Back into the ring they go, and then Natalya slams he face first to the mat. Abdominal stretch by Natalya, and commentary is largely ignoring the match to talk about Eve, AJ and other things. Kaitlyn escapes, roll up gets 2. Dropkick by Kaitlyn, knees follow. Off the ropes, boot by Natalya and then a clothesline gets 2. Kaitlyn gets a roll up out of nowhere to get the win.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Kaitlyn @ 2:00 via pin
RATING: NR

-Matt Striker interviewed Booker T backstage. They showed the footage from Raw of Vickie campaigning to be Raw GM again and AJ Lee attacking her. Booker noted that he has high hopes for AJ, but that the pressure may be getting to her and said that she may be off her rocker. Vickie arrived and noted that all of AJ’s friends have turned on her, and also noted that AJ was crazy. Vickie then said that the WWE Board of Directors had assured her they were taking action, but if they do not, she will take action into her own hands.

-Recap of Punk vs. Lawler from Raw.

-A recap of the Anger Management segments from Raw.

Non-Title Match: Sheamus © vs. Damien Sandow
Lock up, to the corner and Sandow yells at the ref to break them up. Lock up, to the corner again and Sheamus grabs the beard of Sandow. Sandow sneaks out, grabs a headlock. Off the ropes, and Sandow bails to the floor. He yells at the ref about the beard pull, and makes his way back in. Boot to the gut by Sandow, into the side headlock. Off the ropes and clotheslines by Sheamus. Sandow bails again to the floor. Sheamus follows, and Sandow is able to slam him into the steps. Sandow works over Sheamus, into the ring and hopes for a count out victory. Sheamus beats the count, and knees by Sandow follow. Clubbing shots by Sandow, and works a chinlock. Sheamus to his feet, escapes but a Russian leg sweep by Sandow. Sheamus back with rights, to the corner and misses the charge. Necktie neck breaker connects for Sandow, and it gets only 1. More clubbing shots by Sandow, and back to the chinlock. Sheamus again to his feet, a boot by Sandow and then runs into a backdrop. Double axe smash by Sheamus. To the corner, a knee lift connects for Sheamus. Sandow escapes white noise and bails to the floor. Sheamus chases, tosses him in and then Sheamus ties up Sandow in the ropes and gets the clubbing shots to the chest. Slingshot shoulder block by Sheamus, and that gets 2. Sandow again bails to the floor, Sheamus follows and Sheamus tosses him back in. White noise by Sheamus countered, misses a brogue kick as Sandow bails to the floor. Sheamus once again chases, rolls him back in, but Sandow escapes again. Sandow now runs away from Sheamus, and that will be a count out.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Sheamus @ 6:00 via count out
RATING: **

Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel vs. Titus O’Neil and Darren Young
O’Neil and Kidd to begin. Kidd uses his speed, tag to Gabriel and a double dropkick off the ropes connects. Gabriel mocks the dance of the PTP, and works over Young. Double team moves on Young, and Kidd covers for 2 as O’Neil makes the save. Young slams Kidd to the corner, and they work him over and then a big boot by O’Neil. Kidd continues to get worked over, slammed to the mat and Young tags in and O’Neil suplexes him onto Kidd. Cravat by Young, Kidd with rights to escape, off the ropes and a boot by Kidd and a tag to Gabriel. Leg kicks follow, and then off the ropes and a spinning forearm by Gabriel. Takes O’Neil to the floor, STO by Gabriel and he heads up top. Fights off O’Neil, Kidd tosses him and then gets a plancha onto O’Neil. Young crotches Gabriel, and then gets the press gutbuster for the victory.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Titus O’Neil and Darren Young @ 4:00 via pin
RATING: **

-Another recap of the Anger Management segments from Raw.

-Josh Matthews interviewed Alberto Del Rio in the ring. Del Rio gloated a lot about making Orton tap last week. Del Rio promised to do the same to Sheamus at the Night of Champions PPV. Matthews brought up the fact that Sheamus has repeatedly defeated Del Rio in title matches, and Del Rio told Josh that what Kane did to him would be nothing compared to what he was about to do. Kane’s pyro hit, Josh bailed and then Del Rio also bailed. Kane apologized to Josh (part of his anger management) and then thanked him for helping him in his recovery. This was at the urging of his doctor. Teddy Long’s music hit, he appeared, and made a match between Kane and Del Rio.

Kane vs. Alberto Del Rio
JIP with Kane working over Del Rio in the corner. Del Rio works some leg kicks, but then Kane beats him down again in the corner. Off the ropes and a boot by Del Rio. Off the ropes, a knee to the gut by Kane and then a basement dropkick and cover gets 2. Del Rio battles back, to the second rope and Kane with the uppercut knocks him off. On the apron is Del Rio, who slams Kane’s arm to the post. Back in and Del Rio works over the arm, Kane tries a chokeslam, but Del Rio with kicks to the shoulder. Arm bar try by Del Rio, countered and a big boot connects for Kane. Corner clothesline by Kane, side slam follows for 2. Kane now heads up top, flying clothesline connects. Kane sets for the chokeslam, Rodriguez distracts him, allowing Del Rio to hit a lung blower, and cover for the win.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Alberto Del Rio @ 4:00 via pin
RATING: *¾

-Del Rio and Rodriguez ran away after the win. Kane was pissed after the loss and chased after Josh Matthews. He was apologizing for getting angry, and then killed poor Josh Matthews with a chokeslam. Harold wouldn’t have done that.

-Cole, alone on commentary, played up the attack on Matthews by making a plea to the GMs to think about the announcers and their safety.

-We got a recap of Triple H’s speech from Raw.

“Leave the memories alone…”

-Cole talks about the reactions to Triple H’s promo. Apparently it is a hot topic.

-Vickie Guerrero makes her way out to the ramp to introduce Dolph Ziggler.

Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler
And here we go. Lock up to begin, off the ropes and a shoulder block by Orton. Ziggler back with the dropkick and he struts a bit to show off. Lock up, side headlock by Ziggler. Orton escapes and works a headlock of his own. Off the ropes, and a shoulder block by Orton. Orton then connects with the dropkick for 2. Orton stomps away at Ziggler, shades of Ronnie Garvin there, and then hits the slingshot suplex, shades of Tully Blanchard. Orton covers for 2. Off the ropes, boot by Ziggler and then the neck breaker connects. Ziggler then lays the boots to Orton and then drops the elbow and covers for 2. Ziggler now works a chinlock, Orton works to his feet and uses elbows to escape. Rights follow, they trade shots, back breaker by Orton. Boot by Orton, to the corner and Ziggler catches Orton with a boot and then a clothesline. Ziggler then misses an elbow drop, but misses the corner splash. Clothesline by Orton, snap slam follows and then sends Ziggler to the apron. Ziggler counters the hangman’s DDT, but rights by Orton connect. They climb in the corner, SUPERPLEX by Orton shades of Cowboy Bob, and he covers for 2. Ziggler fights back and hits a jumping DDT, and covers for 2. Ziggler sets, looks for Zig Zag, that is countered and Orton gets the hangman’s DDT for 2. They briefly brawl on the floor, Zig Zag countered, RKO by Orton and hey what do you know, Dolph loses.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Randy Orton @ 7:00 via pin
RATING: **¾

-Orton celebrated after his victory, while Vickie took the chance to remind us all that Dolph still holds the MITB briefcase.

-End scene.