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Impact Wrestling
Date: February 28, 2013
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Tazz, Todd Keneley
We're back in Orlando for a few weeks before we head to Chicago and start the full time on the road schedule. The main story here is once again the Hogans, as they were attacked by Aces and 8's last week. This happens quite often on Impact and presumably will lead to a big swerve at Lockdown. Other than that we're inching closer to the Alamodome and Lockdown so the card will start being fleshed out soon. Also Jeff Hardy is back tonight. Let's get to it.
After the usual recap intro, Brooke and Bully say there's no update on Hulk other than he's healing.
Here's Bully top open the show. He talks about how Aces and 8's have been going crazy all over TNA for over a year (it's been about 8 months) but last week they hurt Hulk Hogan. That was going too far, and now Ray want's D-Von. First though, he brings out Jeff Hardy, his opponent ant Lockdown. Hardy is back and still has both belts.
Ray talks about their history together but says he doesn't feel right about this. He doesn't want a shot at Jeff because he's Hulk's son in law. There are a lot of guys who are better choices like the people in those matches Hulk set up. Jeff says he's glad Hulk chose Bully because of all the history they have with tables, ladders and chairs. Now they're taking it to the cage for the world title.
This brings out Daniels and Kazarian. They understand why Ray is getting the shot. It's the same reason Ray got Brooke: someone has to rub lotion on Brooke's back and tweet photos of her (both things Hulk has done). Daniels blames an allergic reaction for his loss last week and tells the two of them to get out of his ring. Ray steals the appletini and spits it back into the glass before throwing it in Daniels' face. The brawl is on and Bad Influence is thrown to the floor. A tag match is made for later tonight.
Tonight Gut Check is back and we find out the members of the teams for Lethal Lockdown.
Sting is with Magnus in the back with the Brit saying he should be on the Lethal Lockdown team because of all the times Sting has been there for him.
Knockouts Title: Velvet Sky vs. Tara
Gail Kim is on commentary and Velvet is defending. Tara jumps her to start as Gail talks about a conspiracy to keep the belt on Sky because she's a blonde. Velvet comes back with some clotheslines and a spinning headscissors but Jesse trips her up. A spear gets two on Velvet but Jesse interferes again. Referee Taryn Terrell throws him out and it's In Yo Face for the pin on Tara at 2:05.
Aries is on the phone with Roode and talks about how there's a three way tag match at Lockdown with the two of them defending against Chavo Guerrero/Hernandez and Bad Influence. Chavo and Hernandez pop in and it's Aries vs. Hernandez later.
Kenny King is in the back and says he knows where he's going from here. He walks into RVD's locker room and says he's better than champion Van Dam. Rob asks how many times he has to beat King and offers him one last shot, but if King loses he's out of the X-Division.
Austin Aries vs. Hernandez
It's power vs. speed here with the power taking over, as Aries is thrown around and knocked up and over the top rope to the floor. SuperMex loads up a big dive but charges into a shoulder to the ribs. A sunset flip doesn't work but Aries manages to send him to the floor for the suicide dive. There's a big ax handle off the top to the floor but as they head back inside, Hernandez powers Aries down again.
A slingshot shoulder puts him down again but Austin escapes the Border Toss. Aries hits a discus forearm, only to be knocked out to the floor with another shoulder. He tries to leave but Hernandez pulls him back in. They fight over a title belt but as it's being taken away by the referee, Aries pulls out a chain and blasts Hernandez in the head for the pin at 4:30.
Joseph Park tries to get on Team TNA but Sting sees Matt Morgan and asks him to be on the team. Morgan says no because Hogan should have asked him earlier.
X-Division Title: Rob Van Dam vs. Kenny King
Van Dam is defending and this is King's last chance to win the title. King takes him down with a quick headlock but Rob comes back with a sick German suplex for two. They quickly head to the floor with Van Dam hitting the spinning kick to King's back against the railing. We take a break and come back with King hitting a suplex in the ring before pounding away at Van Dam for two.
Van Dam takes King down by the legs but King rolls through a monkey flip out of the corner. Rob kicks him in the face and adds Rolling Thunder but the champion tries the 450 instead of the Frog Splash. The pin is all messed up as the pin hits but it's not clear if the shoulder was up or not. I'm guessing it was a botch because King tries the Royal Flush (reverse F5, which he can barely get Rob up for) for the pin and the title at 9:10.
We see the end of last week's show with Hulk having been attacked by Aces and 8's, allowing them to beat Ray and Sting. We get a picture of Hogan's recently operated on knee.
Speaking of the bikers, here they are with something to say. D-Von talks about how Sting is drinking the Kool-Aid from Hogan, because Aces and 8's gets to dominate in 2013. All Sting is responsible for is a bunch of shattered dreams. This brings out Sting who announces his first teammate as Samoa Joe. No shock there. Sting is sorry for the next teammate, but the teammate is sorry about D-Von's luck, because it's James Storm. Number four is Magnus and the final member is......Eric Young. The brawl is on and the bikers are cleared out.
We get a look at Ivelise Valez who is in Gut Check tonight. I believe she was on Tough Enough as well. She talks about training in MMA and having to sacrifice her relationship with her mother to be in wrestling.
Back from a break and Angle is happy.
We look at Lei'd Tapa who is the nephew of the Barbarian of wrestling fame. Tapa cries because her uncle is proud of her. She wants to get people to care about her.
Gut Check: Ivelise Valez vs. Lei'd Tapa
Tapa shoves her around to start but Valez graps a quick guillotine choke, only to get shoved off by the far bigger girl. Valez counters something out of a fireman's carry into a choke. Some kicks to Tapa's legs slow her down but Valez walks into a superkick to put her down. Tapa headbutts her down and doesn't seem to know what to do from here. Valez nicely avoids a charge in the corner and hits a quick DDT to put Tapa down. A very nice hurricanrana puts Tapa down but the far bigger Tapa comes back with a Samoan Drop for two. Valez puts on another guillotine and gets the submission at 4:15.
Austin Aries tells Hardy he's pulling for him at Lockdown.
We get a video on where AJ Styles has been for the last few months. AJ's wife talks about how they met in high school and how great Styles has been over the years. They say he's changed a lot over the years and how he's been a different kind of dad in the last year. The wife walks out on the interview. AJ pops up, sporting a beard and says the cameramen don't get it. He walks out and rides away on his motorcycle.
We recap the problems between the Rob's over the last few weeks.
Here's Robbie E in the ring and he has to admit that there's a bigger and better bro and his name is Rob Terry. E asks Big Rob to come to the ring and opens the ropes for him like Terry usually does. Robbie says last week when he slapped Terry in the face, he crossed a line. He offers one last Bro Off for old times' sake. E goes first and goes a bit nuts with the dancing but says he'll step aside for the Bro Off champion to do his thing. As Big Rob starts dancing, Robbie E comes in and breaks a poster of some kind over his head. Big Rob stands up and gets very mad, causing E to run away.
Kurt Angle is looking for Aces and 8's.
Bad Influence vs. Jeff Hardy/Bully Ray
Daniels and Ray start with Ray taking Daniels down with a clothesline. Ray hits a VERY loud chop and a second that isn't as loud. Kaz comes in and talks into a backdrop but it allows Daniels to forearm Ray down. Back to Kaz for a double suplex onto Ray but the evil team dances Gangnam Style, allowing Ray to clothesline them both down. Ray dances a bit in a disturbing sight, allowing Hardy to come in for the reverse 3D as we take a break.
Back with Ray and Hardy double teaming Kaz with a corner splash and Poetry in Motion in the corner. Daniels misses a charge and his his partner, allowing for Ray to splash him as well, but Kaz breaks up Poetry in Motion. Daniels vs. Hardy now with Daniels sending the champion into the corner and then into the boot of Kazarian. Jeff gets beaten down for a few moments but comes back with a Whisper in the Wind to put Daniels down.
Hot tag brings in Ray who cleans house on Daniels. A Rock Bottom gets two on Daniels and he launches Kaz off the top. Ray suplexes Daniels down but Kaz breaks up the Swanton. An STO gets two on Jeff and everything breaks down. The thrown together team comes back though and it's an electric chair from Bully into a Swanton from Jeff for the pin on Daniels at 11:10.
Post match Angle goes into the Aces and 8's clubhouse to beat down Brisco. He finds the last masked man and takes him out before unmasking him. Angle sees who it is and freaks out, shouting HOW COULD YOU. Aces and 8's come in and beat Angle down to end the show.
Results
Velvet Sky b. Tara In Yo Face
Austin Aries b. Hernandez Pin after a chain shot to the head
Kenny King b. Rob Van Dam Royal Flush
Ivelise Valez b. Lei'd Tapa Guillotine Choke
Jeff Hardy/Bully Ray b. Bad Influence Swanton to Daniels
Friday
Impact got a 1.14, up from previous weeks.
Smackdown
Date: March 1, 2013
Location: Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Commentators: Jerry Lawler, Josh Matthews, Michael Cole
This is another special edition of the show called Social Media Smackdown. In other words, the show is heavily themed around things like Twitter, Tout and whatever else is popular in that area of technology. I'm not entirely sure how we're supposed to hear live from fans during a taped show, but I'm sure WWE has some clever idea in mind to solve this dilemma. Let's get to it.
The opening video talks about Orton and Sheamus attacking the Shield on Monday in a surprise attack.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Damien Sandow
Non-title. On the way to the ring, Sandow complains about the poor sentence structure that the champion and Ricardo both use. He also doesn't like the spit bucket that Ricardo carries for some reason. Sandow is only accomplished by his good looks and jealous gazes of the unwashed masses. Alberto makes fun of Damien's breath and we're ready to go. They fight over a lockup to start until Sandow gets a quick shoulder to knock Del Rio down.
The champion comes back with one of his own and Damien heads to the apron. Back in and Sandow hooks a headlock before stomping away in the corner. We get some tweets on the bottom of the screen to meet the social media requirement of the match. Some of the commentary is indeed new though as we hear Cole talk about some news stories from Friday.
Alberto comes back with a slam and a middle rope moonsault for two. Sandow hooks a chinlock to no avail as Del Rio comes back with la majistral (rolling cradle) for two. Damien is right back with a clothesline for a near fall of his own though as the fast pace continues. Sandow jumps into a kick to the ribs and gets backdropped out to the apron. An enziguri puts him on the floor and we take a break.
Back with Damien slamming Del Rio down and dropping the Wind-Up Elbow for two. Sandow drops some knees into the champion's ribs and hooks a chinlock with his knee in the back. Del Rio fights up and hooks a German suplex to escape, putting both guys down. Back up and they slug it out until the Del Rio comes back with some clotheslines and a backbreaker. A low superkick gets two on Sandow as Swagger and Colter are watching in the back.
The cross armbreaker is countered into an Edge-O-Matic (reverse X-Factor) for two. Del Rio sends Sandow into the ropes and spins him around, allowing for some forearms to the back and a Backstabber for another near fall. Alberto loads up something in the corner but charges into a boot, followed by a running flip neckbreaker for two more for Sandow. He loads Del Rio into the Terminus but Alberto counters into the cross armbreaker for the submission at 9:42 shown of 13:12.
We get some clips from the masterpiece of Cena vs. Punk on Raw.
HELL NO is in the back and they talk about facing the Prime Time Players again tonight but with the handicaps from Raw reversed: tonight Kane is blindfolded and Bryan has an arm behind his back. Kane says fine but Bryan yells because Kane doesn't know what it's like to be blinded in a match. Kane is happy because he doesn't have to look at Bryan's ugly goat face during the match. Bryan says no a lot.
US Title: Antonio Cesaro vs. The Miz
This is 2/3 falls and Miz is challenging. No jacket of flag for Cesaro this time. Miz grabs a fast rollup for two but Cesaro takes him to the mat with ease. He puts a headlock on Miz before running him over with a shoulder for two. Miz hits a back elbow of his own for one and kicks Cesaro in the face for two more. The champion heads to the floor for a breather but back inside Miz goes after the knee. Antonio heads to the floor again, only to get caught by a sunset flip back inside.
A knee to the ribs puts Miz down for two and it's off to a chinlock. Miz fights up and hits a clothesline, only to charge into a kind of torture rack slam for two. Cool looking move by Cesaro there. A rollup gets two for Miz but Cesaro Neutralizes him for the first fall at 4:02. We take a break and come back with the score tied up. Apparently Miz won a fall with the Figure Four during a break. I don't think I've ever seen that before. Miz charges into the gutwrench suplex for two and it's back to the chinlock.
The challenger fights up and stars raining down left hands on Cesaro but the champion calls Miz a stupid American, earning himself a slap. The Reality Check (backbreaker into a neckbreaker) is countered and Cesaro throws Miz into the air for the European Uppercut for a very close two. Cesaro taunts Miz, only to have the weak knee taken out for two.
They slug it out from their knees with Miz taking over and pounding away on Cesaro in the corner. The running clothesline in the corner sets up the top rope double ax handle for no cover. Back to the knee and there's the Figure Four but Antonio makes the rope. Miz tries the hold again but Cesaro kicks him off. A rollup out of the corner gets two for Miz but Cesaro reverses into one of his own, pulling the trunks for the pin at 10:04 shown of 13:34.
Orton and Sheamus are in the back and Shemaus wants Randy to worry about the Shield. Orton says he has to worry about Big Show tonight so Sheamus offers to watch his back. Randy actually takes him up on the offer.
Video on Fandango who debuts tonight.
Here's good old JR to interview Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter. JR talks about how he recruited Swagger to wrestle when he was playing football at the University of Oklahoma. Swagger insults the Sooners and Colter says they gave JR this interview because he's a real American. We get a clip from September when Swagger walked out on Raw. Colter answers for him, saying that he taught Swagger the truth about what happens in America everyday.
JR doesn't understand so Colter talks about how WWE is a microcosm of what America is like. Colter thinks it's interesting that Swagger could go on a losing streak and leave at the same time someone like Alberto Del Rio comes in and takes what should belong to Jack. Colter goes into his usual schtick about illegal immigrants taking jobs from Americans. Remarkably in one of the most conservative states in the country, no one seems to disagree. Colter says that Del Rio doesn't share the same values that he and Swagger do, so Del Rio needs to leave the country. Zeb compares Del Rio to rotten fruit that should be trashed.
Colter talks about Swagger winning the title at Wrestlemania but JR suggests that Colter is brainwashing Swagger. Apparently whatever talking Swagger and JR had done in the past means nothing anymore and JR needs to be quiet before something bad happens to him. Swagger gets in JR's face and shoves him into the corner while calling JR a sympathizer. This brings out Del Rio who stands between JR and Swagger before saying that Swagger and Colter are the problems before saying he's the solution. That's a very good line and it ends the segment.
Your choices to face Del Rio next week are Ziggler, Barrett and Cesaro. The winner will be announced later tonight.
HELL NO vs. Prime Time Players
Non-title, Kane is blindfolded and Bryan has an arm tied behind his back. After a break, Kane puts a hood on over his mask but it has a goat face on it. Funny stuff. Bryan has Kane start with Young so Darren has some fun. He tries to trip Kane up in a school boy but the masked man catches on. Darren: IT DIDN'T WORK TITUS! Kane catches up to Darren and slams him down before Bryan tags himself in. After some kicks to the chest, a one arm crucifix gets two on Young. It's off to Titus and we take a break.
Back with Daniel escaping from Titus and bringing in Kane. The fans help Kane find Titus in the corner and there's a hip toss by Kane, but he can't find Titus again. Young comes in off a tag and walks into a chokeslam but Young rolls away from the cover. Bryan tags himself in but Kane grabs the referee by the throat. Bryan tries to call him off so Kane grabs Bryan with the other hand. Kane eventually feels the beard and lets Bryan go, but the distraction lets Titus roll Daniel up for the pin at 3:55 shown of 7:25.
Post match Kane sees the goat face on the hood and is ticked off. Of all the costumes he's worn over the years, that's the one that offends him? Bryan wants a hug but Kane puts the hood on him and smacks Bryan in the face.
Big Show says he'll chokeslam Orton tonight.
Here's Chris Jericho live via Skype where it's the afternoon. He's on tour with Fozzie and bands like Metallica and Anthrax and plugs the replay of Robot Combat League after Smackdown. That's that apparently.
We meet Fandango in the back where he rubs his chest and criticizes Striker for his pronunciation of the name. We get some lessons in how to say Fandango before Striker asks him about his fighting style. Fandango says that he's accomplished everything in the ballroom so now it's time to take his rhythm and grace to the ring. Striker says Fandango's debut is up next against what sounds like Zack Ryder, but Fandango says the debut isn't happening until Striker gets his name right before walking off. Oh dear indeed.
We recap Lesnar returning to attack Vince and HHH returning to fight off Lesnar, busting him open in the process.
Del Rio faces Ziggler next week with over 50% of the vote.
Big Show vs. Randy Orton
During Orton's entrance we get a clip from Raw of Orton and Sheamus distracting the Shield, allowing Orton to hit an RKO on Rollins. Orton avoids the chop in the corner to start and pounds away on the giant. Show knocks him back down and fires off a headbutt to stagger Orton. The big mane takes over and things slow down as he pounds away at Orton's midsection. Show crushes him in the corner but gets dropkicked out to the floor as we take a break.
Back with Big Show slamming elbows into Orton's shoulder to keep him in trouble. Show hooks a short arm scissors but Randy fights up with some right hands. That gets him nowhere though as Big Show takes him right back down with the Final Cut for two. Show goes to the middle rope but his elbow from there hits the mat, allowing Orton to keep living.
Orton pounds away at the head and counters the chokeslam into a DDT for two. They head to the floor where Orton sends Big Show head first into the post to slow him down even more. Back in and Orton kicks Big Show in the jaw, allowing him to hit the Elevated DDT. Before he can follow up though, here comes the Shield. Big Show is still down so Orton is caught 3-1. Here's Sheamus before Shield can get in the ring and it's 3-2. The fans chant FEED ME MORE as the match is thrown out I'm guessing. For the time, we'll say it was 7:00 shown of about 10:30.
Orton and Sheamus get caught in the numbers game but Big Show gets back up and knocks Reigns out cold. Rollins and Ambrose don't know what to think so they run away. This didn't come off as a turn for Big Show but rather him fighting someone he perceived as an imminent threat. Big Show knocks Orton out with a punch so Sheamus Brogue Kicks him down.
Results
Alberto Del Rio b. Damien Sandow Cross armbreaker
Antonio Cesaro b. The Miz Rollup with a handful of trunks
Prime Time Players b. HELL NO Rollup to Bryan
Randy Orton vs. Big Show went to a no contest when Shield interfered
Saturday
Nothing.
Sunday
Nothing.
Quick Results
Monday Night Raw
Ryback b. Dolph Ziggler Shell Shock
Mark Henry b. Great Khali World's Strongest Slam
Randy Orton b. Antonio Cesaro RKO
R-Truth b. Cody Rhodes Little Jimmy
HELL NO b. Prime Time Players Chokeslam to Young
John Cena b. CM Punk Attitude Adjustment
NXT
Justin Gabriel b. Leo Kruger 450 Splash
Aksana b. Emma Spinebuster
Corey Graves vs. Conor O'Brian went to a no contest when Shield interfered
Impact Wrestling
Velvet Sky b. Tara In Yo Face
Austin Aries b. Hernandez Pin after a chain shot to the head
Kenny King b. Rob Van Dam Royal Flush
Ivelise Valez b. Lei'd Tapa Guillotine Choke
Jeff Hardy/Bully Ray b. Bad Influence Swanton to Daniels
Smackdown
Alberto Del Rio b. Damien Sandow Cross armbreaker
Antonio Cesaro b. The Miz Rollup with a handful of trunks
Prime Time Players b. HELL NO Rollup to Bryan
Randy Orton vs. Big Show went to a no contest when Shield interfered
Impact Wrestling
Date: February 28, 2013
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Tazz, Todd Keneley
We're back in Orlando for a few weeks before we head to Chicago and start the full time on the road schedule. The main story here is once again the Hogans, as they were attacked by Aces and 8's last week. This happens quite often on Impact and presumably will lead to a big swerve at Lockdown. Other than that we're inching closer to the Alamodome and Lockdown so the card will start being fleshed out soon. Also Jeff Hardy is back tonight. Let's get to it.
After the usual recap intro, Brooke and Bully say there's no update on Hulk other than he's healing.
Here's Bully top open the show. He talks about how Aces and 8's have been going crazy all over TNA for over a year (it's been about 8 months) but last week they hurt Hulk Hogan. That was going too far, and now Ray want's D-Von. First though, he brings out Jeff Hardy, his opponent ant Lockdown. Hardy is back and still has both belts.
Ray talks about their history together but says he doesn't feel right about this. He doesn't want a shot at Jeff because he's Hulk's son in law. There are a lot of guys who are better choices like the people in those matches Hulk set up. Jeff says he's glad Hulk chose Bully because of all the history they have with tables, ladders and chairs. Now they're taking it to the cage for the world title.
This brings out Daniels and Kazarian. They understand why Ray is getting the shot. It's the same reason Ray got Brooke: someone has to rub lotion on Brooke's back and tweet photos of her (both things Hulk has done). Daniels blames an allergic reaction for his loss last week and tells the two of them to get out of his ring. Ray steals the appletini and spits it back into the glass before throwing it in Daniels' face. The brawl is on and Bad Influence is thrown to the floor. A tag match is made for later tonight.
Tonight Gut Check is back and we find out the members of the teams for Lethal Lockdown.
Sting is with Magnus in the back with the Brit saying he should be on the Lethal Lockdown team because of all the times Sting has been there for him.
Knockouts Title: Velvet Sky vs. Tara
Gail Kim is on commentary and Velvet is defending. Tara jumps her to start as Gail talks about a conspiracy to keep the belt on Sky because she's a blonde. Velvet comes back with some clotheslines and a spinning headscissors but Jesse trips her up. A spear gets two on Velvet but Jesse interferes again. Referee Taryn Terrell throws him out and it's In Yo Face for the pin on Tara at 2:05.
Aries is on the phone with Roode and talks about how there's a three way tag match at Lockdown with the two of them defending against Chavo Guerrero/Hernandez and Bad Influence. Chavo and Hernandez pop in and it's Aries vs. Hernandez later.
Kenny King is in the back and says he knows where he's going from here. He walks into RVD's locker room and says he's better than champion Van Dam. Rob asks how many times he has to beat King and offers him one last shot, but if King loses he's out of the X-Division.
Austin Aries vs. Hernandez
It's power vs. speed here with the power taking over, as Aries is thrown around and knocked up and over the top rope to the floor. SuperMex loads up a big dive but charges into a shoulder to the ribs. A sunset flip doesn't work but Aries manages to send him to the floor for the suicide dive. There's a big ax handle off the top to the floor but as they head back inside, Hernandez powers Aries down again.
A slingshot shoulder puts him down again but Austin escapes the Border Toss. Aries hits a discus forearm, only to be knocked out to the floor with another shoulder. He tries to leave but Hernandez pulls him back in. They fight over a title belt but as it's being taken away by the referee, Aries pulls out a chain and blasts Hernandez in the head for the pin at 4:30.
Joseph Park tries to get on Team TNA but Sting sees Matt Morgan and asks him to be on the team. Morgan says no because Hogan should have asked him earlier.
X-Division Title: Rob Van Dam vs. Kenny King
Van Dam is defending and this is King's last chance to win the title. King takes him down with a quick headlock but Rob comes back with a sick German suplex for two. They quickly head to the floor with Van Dam hitting the spinning kick to King's back against the railing. We take a break and come back with King hitting a suplex in the ring before pounding away at Van Dam for two.
Van Dam takes King down by the legs but King rolls through a monkey flip out of the corner. Rob kicks him in the face and adds Rolling Thunder but the champion tries the 450 instead of the Frog Splash. The pin is all messed up as the pin hits but it's not clear if the shoulder was up or not. I'm guessing it was a botch because King tries the Royal Flush (reverse F5, which he can barely get Rob up for) for the pin and the title at 9:10.
We see the end of last week's show with Hulk having been attacked by Aces and 8's, allowing them to beat Ray and Sting. We get a picture of Hogan's recently operated on knee.
Speaking of the bikers, here they are with something to say. D-Von talks about how Sting is drinking the Kool-Aid from Hogan, because Aces and 8's gets to dominate in 2013. All Sting is responsible for is a bunch of shattered dreams. This brings out Sting who announces his first teammate as Samoa Joe. No shock there. Sting is sorry for the next teammate, but the teammate is sorry about D-Von's luck, because it's James Storm. Number four is Magnus and the final member is......Eric Young. The brawl is on and the bikers are cleared out.
We get a look at Ivelise Valez who is in Gut Check tonight. I believe she was on Tough Enough as well. She talks about training in MMA and having to sacrifice her relationship with her mother to be in wrestling.
Back from a break and Angle is happy.
We look at Lei'd Tapa who is the nephew of the Barbarian of wrestling fame. Tapa cries because her uncle is proud of her. She wants to get people to care about her.
Gut Check: Ivelise Valez vs. Lei'd Tapa
Tapa shoves her around to start but Valez graps a quick guillotine choke, only to get shoved off by the far bigger girl. Valez counters something out of a fireman's carry into a choke. Some kicks to Tapa's legs slow her down but Valez walks into a superkick to put her down. Tapa headbutts her down and doesn't seem to know what to do from here. Valez nicely avoids a charge in the corner and hits a quick DDT to put Tapa down. A very nice hurricanrana puts Tapa down but the far bigger Tapa comes back with a Samoan Drop for two. Valez puts on another guillotine and gets the submission at 4:15.
Austin Aries tells Hardy he's pulling for him at Lockdown.
We get a video on where AJ Styles has been for the last few months. AJ's wife talks about how they met in high school and how great Styles has been over the years. They say he's changed a lot over the years and how he's been a different kind of dad in the last year. The wife walks out on the interview. AJ pops up, sporting a beard and says the cameramen don't get it. He walks out and rides away on his motorcycle.
We recap the problems between the Rob's over the last few weeks.
Here's Robbie E in the ring and he has to admit that there's a bigger and better bro and his name is Rob Terry. E asks Big Rob to come to the ring and opens the ropes for him like Terry usually does. Robbie says last week when he slapped Terry in the face, he crossed a line. He offers one last Bro Off for old times' sake. E goes first and goes a bit nuts with the dancing but says he'll step aside for the Bro Off champion to do his thing. As Big Rob starts dancing, Robbie E comes in and breaks a poster of some kind over his head. Big Rob stands up and gets very mad, causing E to run away.
Kurt Angle is looking for Aces and 8's.
Bad Influence vs. Jeff Hardy/Bully Ray
Daniels and Ray start with Ray taking Daniels down with a clothesline. Ray hits a VERY loud chop and a second that isn't as loud. Kaz comes in and talks into a backdrop but it allows Daniels to forearm Ray down. Back to Kaz for a double suplex onto Ray but the evil team dances Gangnam Style, allowing Ray to clothesline them both down. Ray dances a bit in a disturbing sight, allowing Hardy to come in for the reverse 3D as we take a break.
Back with Ray and Hardy double teaming Kaz with a corner splash and Poetry in Motion in the corner. Daniels misses a charge and his his partner, allowing for Ray to splash him as well, but Kaz breaks up Poetry in Motion. Daniels vs. Hardy now with Daniels sending the champion into the corner and then into the boot of Kazarian. Jeff gets beaten down for a few moments but comes back with a Whisper in the Wind to put Daniels down.
Hot tag brings in Ray who cleans house on Daniels. A Rock Bottom gets two on Daniels and he launches Kaz off the top. Ray suplexes Daniels down but Kaz breaks up the Swanton. An STO gets two on Jeff and everything breaks down. The thrown together team comes back though and it's an electric chair from Bully into a Swanton from Jeff for the pin on Daniels at 11:10.
Post match Angle goes into the Aces and 8's clubhouse to beat down Brisco. He finds the last masked man and takes him out before unmasking him. Angle sees who it is and freaks out, shouting HOW COULD YOU. Aces and 8's come in and beat Angle down to end the show.
Results
Velvet Sky b. Tara In Yo Face
Austin Aries b. Hernandez Pin after a chain shot to the head
Kenny King b. Rob Van Dam Royal Flush
Ivelise Valez b. Lei'd Tapa Guillotine Choke
Jeff Hardy/Bully Ray b. Bad Influence Swanton to Daniels
Friday
Impact got a 1.14, up from previous weeks.
Smackdown
Date: March 1, 2013
Location: Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Commentators: Jerry Lawler, Josh Matthews, Michael Cole
This is another special edition of the show called Social Media Smackdown. In other words, the show is heavily themed around things like Twitter, Tout and whatever else is popular in that area of technology. I'm not entirely sure how we're supposed to hear live from fans during a taped show, but I'm sure WWE has some clever idea in mind to solve this dilemma. Let's get to it.
The opening video talks about Orton and Sheamus attacking the Shield on Monday in a surprise attack.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Damien Sandow
Non-title. On the way to the ring, Sandow complains about the poor sentence structure that the champion and Ricardo both use. He also doesn't like the spit bucket that Ricardo carries for some reason. Sandow is only accomplished by his good looks and jealous gazes of the unwashed masses. Alberto makes fun of Damien's breath and we're ready to go. They fight over a lockup to start until Sandow gets a quick shoulder to knock Del Rio down.
The champion comes back with one of his own and Damien heads to the apron. Back in and Sandow hooks a headlock before stomping away in the corner. We get some tweets on the bottom of the screen to meet the social media requirement of the match. Some of the commentary is indeed new though as we hear Cole talk about some news stories from Friday.
Alberto comes back with a slam and a middle rope moonsault for two. Sandow hooks a chinlock to no avail as Del Rio comes back with la majistral (rolling cradle) for two. Damien is right back with a clothesline for a near fall of his own though as the fast pace continues. Sandow jumps into a kick to the ribs and gets backdropped out to the apron. An enziguri puts him on the floor and we take a break.
Back with Damien slamming Del Rio down and dropping the Wind-Up Elbow for two. Sandow drops some knees into the champion's ribs and hooks a chinlock with his knee in the back. Del Rio fights up and hooks a German suplex to escape, putting both guys down. Back up and they slug it out until the Del Rio comes back with some clotheslines and a backbreaker. A low superkick gets two on Sandow as Swagger and Colter are watching in the back.
The cross armbreaker is countered into an Edge-O-Matic (reverse X-Factor) for two. Del Rio sends Sandow into the ropes and spins him around, allowing for some forearms to the back and a Backstabber for another near fall. Alberto loads up something in the corner but charges into a boot, followed by a running flip neckbreaker for two more for Sandow. He loads Del Rio into the Terminus but Alberto counters into the cross armbreaker for the submission at 9:42 shown of 13:12.
We get some clips from the masterpiece of Cena vs. Punk on Raw.
HELL NO is in the back and they talk about facing the Prime Time Players again tonight but with the handicaps from Raw reversed: tonight Kane is blindfolded and Bryan has an arm behind his back. Kane says fine but Bryan yells because Kane doesn't know what it's like to be blinded in a match. Kane is happy because he doesn't have to look at Bryan's ugly goat face during the match. Bryan says no a lot.
US Title: Antonio Cesaro vs. The Miz
This is 2/3 falls and Miz is challenging. No jacket of flag for Cesaro this time. Miz grabs a fast rollup for two but Cesaro takes him to the mat with ease. He puts a headlock on Miz before running him over with a shoulder for two. Miz hits a back elbow of his own for one and kicks Cesaro in the face for two more. The champion heads to the floor for a breather but back inside Miz goes after the knee. Antonio heads to the floor again, only to get caught by a sunset flip back inside.
A knee to the ribs puts Miz down for two and it's off to a chinlock. Miz fights up and hits a clothesline, only to charge into a kind of torture rack slam for two. Cool looking move by Cesaro there. A rollup gets two for Miz but Cesaro Neutralizes him for the first fall at 4:02. We take a break and come back with the score tied up. Apparently Miz won a fall with the Figure Four during a break. I don't think I've ever seen that before. Miz charges into the gutwrench suplex for two and it's back to the chinlock.
The challenger fights up and stars raining down left hands on Cesaro but the champion calls Miz a stupid American, earning himself a slap. The Reality Check (backbreaker into a neckbreaker) is countered and Cesaro throws Miz into the air for the European Uppercut for a very close two. Cesaro taunts Miz, only to have the weak knee taken out for two.
They slug it out from their knees with Miz taking over and pounding away on Cesaro in the corner. The running clothesline in the corner sets up the top rope double ax handle for no cover. Back to the knee and there's the Figure Four but Antonio makes the rope. Miz tries the hold again but Cesaro kicks him off. A rollup out of the corner gets two for Miz but Cesaro reverses into one of his own, pulling the trunks for the pin at 10:04 shown of 13:34.
Orton and Sheamus are in the back and Shemaus wants Randy to worry about the Shield. Orton says he has to worry about Big Show tonight so Sheamus offers to watch his back. Randy actually takes him up on the offer.
Video on Fandango who debuts tonight.
Here's good old JR to interview Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter. JR talks about how he recruited Swagger to wrestle when he was playing football at the University of Oklahoma. Swagger insults the Sooners and Colter says they gave JR this interview because he's a real American. We get a clip from September when Swagger walked out on Raw. Colter answers for him, saying that he taught Swagger the truth about what happens in America everyday.
JR doesn't understand so Colter talks about how WWE is a microcosm of what America is like. Colter thinks it's interesting that Swagger could go on a losing streak and leave at the same time someone like Alberto Del Rio comes in and takes what should belong to Jack. Colter goes into his usual schtick about illegal immigrants taking jobs from Americans. Remarkably in one of the most conservative states in the country, no one seems to disagree. Colter says that Del Rio doesn't share the same values that he and Swagger do, so Del Rio needs to leave the country. Zeb compares Del Rio to rotten fruit that should be trashed.
Colter talks about Swagger winning the title at Wrestlemania but JR suggests that Colter is brainwashing Swagger. Apparently whatever talking Swagger and JR had done in the past means nothing anymore and JR needs to be quiet before something bad happens to him. Swagger gets in JR's face and shoves him into the corner while calling JR a sympathizer. This brings out Del Rio who stands between JR and Swagger before saying that Swagger and Colter are the problems before saying he's the solution. That's a very good line and it ends the segment.
Your choices to face Del Rio next week are Ziggler, Barrett and Cesaro. The winner will be announced later tonight.
HELL NO vs. Prime Time Players
Non-title, Kane is blindfolded and Bryan has an arm tied behind his back. After a break, Kane puts a hood on over his mask but it has a goat face on it. Funny stuff. Bryan has Kane start with Young so Darren has some fun. He tries to trip Kane up in a school boy but the masked man catches on. Darren: IT DIDN'T WORK TITUS! Kane catches up to Darren and slams him down before Bryan tags himself in. After some kicks to the chest, a one arm crucifix gets two on Young. It's off to Titus and we take a break.
Back with Daniel escaping from Titus and bringing in Kane. The fans help Kane find Titus in the corner and there's a hip toss by Kane, but he can't find Titus again. Young comes in off a tag and walks into a chokeslam but Young rolls away from the cover. Bryan tags himself in but Kane grabs the referee by the throat. Bryan tries to call him off so Kane grabs Bryan with the other hand. Kane eventually feels the beard and lets Bryan go, but the distraction lets Titus roll Daniel up for the pin at 3:55 shown of 7:25.
Post match Kane sees the goat face on the hood and is ticked off. Of all the costumes he's worn over the years, that's the one that offends him? Bryan wants a hug but Kane puts the hood on him and smacks Bryan in the face.
Big Show says he'll chokeslam Orton tonight.
Here's Chris Jericho live via Skype where it's the afternoon. He's on tour with Fozzie and bands like Metallica and Anthrax and plugs the replay of Robot Combat League after Smackdown. That's that apparently.
We meet Fandango in the back where he rubs his chest and criticizes Striker for his pronunciation of the name. We get some lessons in how to say Fandango before Striker asks him about his fighting style. Fandango says that he's accomplished everything in the ballroom so now it's time to take his rhythm and grace to the ring. Striker says Fandango's debut is up next against what sounds like Zack Ryder, but Fandango says the debut isn't happening until Striker gets his name right before walking off. Oh dear indeed.
We recap Lesnar returning to attack Vince and HHH returning to fight off Lesnar, busting him open in the process.
Del Rio faces Ziggler next week with over 50% of the vote.
Big Show vs. Randy Orton
During Orton's entrance we get a clip from Raw of Orton and Sheamus distracting the Shield, allowing Orton to hit an RKO on Rollins. Orton avoids the chop in the corner to start and pounds away on the giant. Show knocks him back down and fires off a headbutt to stagger Orton. The big mane takes over and things slow down as he pounds away at Orton's midsection. Show crushes him in the corner but gets dropkicked out to the floor as we take a break.
Back with Big Show slamming elbows into Orton's shoulder to keep him in trouble. Show hooks a short arm scissors but Randy fights up with some right hands. That gets him nowhere though as Big Show takes him right back down with the Final Cut for two. Show goes to the middle rope but his elbow from there hits the mat, allowing Orton to keep living.
Orton pounds away at the head and counters the chokeslam into a DDT for two. They head to the floor where Orton sends Big Show head first into the post to slow him down even more. Back in and Orton kicks Big Show in the jaw, allowing him to hit the Elevated DDT. Before he can follow up though, here comes the Shield. Big Show is still down so Orton is caught 3-1. Here's Sheamus before Shield can get in the ring and it's 3-2. The fans chant FEED ME MORE as the match is thrown out I'm guessing. For the time, we'll say it was 7:00 shown of about 10:30.
Orton and Sheamus get caught in the numbers game but Big Show gets back up and knocks Reigns out cold. Rollins and Ambrose don't know what to think so they run away. This didn't come off as a turn for Big Show but rather him fighting someone he perceived as an imminent threat. Big Show knocks Orton out with a punch so Sheamus Brogue Kicks him down.
Results
Alberto Del Rio b. Damien Sandow Cross armbreaker
Antonio Cesaro b. The Miz Rollup with a handful of trunks
Prime Time Players b. HELL NO Rollup to Bryan
Randy Orton vs. Big Show went to a no contest when Shield interfered
Saturday
Nothing.
Sunday
Nothing.
Quick Results
Monday Night Raw
Ryback b. Dolph Ziggler Shell Shock
Mark Henry b. Great Khali World's Strongest Slam
Randy Orton b. Antonio Cesaro RKO
R-Truth b. Cody Rhodes Little Jimmy
HELL NO b. Prime Time Players Chokeslam to Young
John Cena b. CM Punk Attitude Adjustment
NXT
Justin Gabriel b. Leo Kruger 450 Splash
Aksana b. Emma Spinebuster
Corey Graves vs. Conor O'Brian went to a no contest when Shield interfered
Impact Wrestling
Velvet Sky b. Tara In Yo Face
Austin Aries b. Hernandez Pin after a chain shot to the head
Kenny King b. Rob Van Dam Royal Flush
Ivelise Valez b. Lei'd Tapa Guillotine Choke
Jeff Hardy/Bully Ray b. Bad Influence Swanton to Daniels
Smackdown
Alberto Del Rio b. Damien Sandow Cross armbreaker
Antonio Cesaro b. The Miz Rollup with a handful of trunks
Prime Time Players b. HELL NO Rollup to Bryan
Randy Orton vs. Big Show went to a no contest when Shield interfered