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Friday
TNA got a 1.31 with nearly 2 million viewers. Now thats not a surprise, but the rating for next week is where things get interesting.
Smackdown
Date: February 4, 2011
Location: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
Commentators: Michael Cole, Josh Matthews, Booker T
Its the first show since we officially started the Road to Wrestlemania with Alberto Del Rio vs. Edge being the tentative match for the title at the biggest PPV of the year. Edge/Kelly vs. Ziggler/Laycool for the title tonight which certainly sounds intriguing. Also expect the beginning of the set up to Elimination Chamber. Lets get to it.
Do you know your enemy? Where I live its SNOW.
Theres a fiesta tonight apparently and theres a Wrestlemania piñata. Yes lets take something we love and are looking forward to and beat it with a stick.
Heres Booker T and hes apparently the new member of Smackdowns announce team. Cool, and based on what he looked like at the Rumble hopefully hes an occasional wrestler. We get a Spinarooni to really get the crowd going. Booker got a good reaction. Its like he hadnt been around since 2007.
Vickie interrupts Bookers entrance and says that well get qualifying matches tonight for the Smackdown Elimination Chamber which will be for the title. Ziggler is with Vickie. She orders Kelly to come out here right now which prompts a bunch of screeching. Ah there she is. Bookers voice is much better than it was when he did some commentary with TNA. Its clear and deep instead of hard to understand.
Vickie yells at Kelly, saying that without her interference Dolph would be the world champion. Shed rather humiliate Kelly instead of firing her. Kelly is going to cost Edge the world title tonight. Kelly says Vickie is trying to destroy her character. Kelly has a character? Oh she means her personality. Kelly has a personality? Ah ok shes saying Vickie is a bad person. Makes more sense.
Dolph blames Kelly for the world title loss because she allowed Edge to hit the illegal spear. We see a clip of it, which makes me wonder why Vickie doesnt just reverse it since shes GM and theres proof Edge broke the rules. Dolph: Now Vickie cant reverse the referees decision. Wait why not? She can do ANYTHING but she cant reverse it? She cant make the referee reverse it? She cant show the referee the tape and have him do it for her? I love the ever changing rules in wrestling.
Anyway Ziggler yells at Kelly, blaming her for him not being champion. The only reason shes here is because she may be the reason Dolph wins the world title tonight. Until then she can get out. Kelly slaps Dolph and shoves Kelly. Cue Laycool until Edge comes out for the save.
Santino Marella/Vladimir Kozlov vs. Justin Gabriel/Heath Slater
Non-title here. We get a clip from Raw of Orton attacking the New Nexus and putting out Harris. I missed him RKOing Harris so I thought Harris was down from the Cobra for like three minutes. That punt looked good too. I might be missing something but it sounds like Corres music is different here. Kozlov vs. Gabriel to start. Booker is having some issues getting in on the commentary here but I can definitely give him a break on the first night.
Off to Slater vs. Santino. Booker says Cole talks a lot of nonsense so hes definitely a nice guy commentator. He talks about how there has to be a leader on all teams, but Josh has to lead him into it. Slater gets a nice reverse DDT to Kozlov and the 450 ends this perfectly clean at 3:03.
Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Drew McIntyre
Were told that Edge and Ziggler are automatically in the Chamber because Edge is champion and Dolph just because. Booker has no comment on that. Were of course talking about the Chamber and since Booker has experience in one, Cole cuts him off every few seconds. Basic back and forth stuff to start us off. Booker talked to Drew and he says hes the Chosen One but Booker isnt sure.
I know Im talking about the announcers a lot but its one of the main aspects of the show tonight. Kofi gets a jumping back elbow for two. Not a lot is going on in the ring anyway so the commentary and how Booker is doing is a bit more interesting anyway. Armbar by Kofi as theyre seeming to have issues getting off the ground here. Could be a slow build though which is fine.
Pendulum kick in the corner breaks the little bit of momentum Drew had and a clothesline puts him on the floor. We hit the floor with Kofi in control until Drew manages to get a modified flapjack to send Kofi into the steps as we take a break. Back with Drew getting a back elbow for two. Wisely Drew goes after the ribs with something close to an abdominal stretch on the mat.
Kofi gets dropped on the ribs in a gutbuster which gets two for McIntyre. Drew gets a nice dropkick to put Kofi down for two. Cole rants about Lawler for awhile until Drew tries a clothesline. Kofi jumps up into the air and spins around, catching Drew with a DDT. That was awesome looking. Kofi hammers away in the corner and stomps a mudhole in him.
Superman punch/clothesline gets two. Boom Drop hits and Kofi wants Trouble in Paradise. Drew manages to avoid the kick though and heres Ricardo on the big screen to introduce Alberto? He doesnt say anything but just stares down Kofi (remember Kofi beat him in a tag match last week). The distraction is enough for the Futureshock to end it at 9:42 shown of 13:12.
Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: Rey Mysterio vs. Jack Swagger
This should be pretty good. The push-ups are back! Apparently Cody Rhodes is going to have facial reconstruction surgery next week. Swaggers boots are a brighter color and theyre taking some getting used to. Rey sends him to the floor as we take an early break. Back with Swagger sending Rey into the corner which gets him nowhere.
Rey gets a cross body for two. 619 is avoided though so Rey tries what might have been an Asai Moonsault. Jack blocks it though and Reys legs are tied up in the ropes. Back to the ring with Swagger working on the knee. The leg goes around the post which gets two. Back to the floor with Swagger in complete and utter control. After knocking over a Red Bull were back in the ring.
Vader Bomb gets two. Swagger picks him up and throws him across the ring. I love basic moves like that. Another Vader Bomb misses though and here comes Rey. Tornado DDT takes Swagger down for two. Rey tries the 619 but Swagger grabs the legs for the ankle lock. Rey is in the ropes though. Not that it matters though as Swagger pulls him back to the middle. Rey sends him into the corner and gets a kick into a rollup to end this at 8:37 shown of 11:07.
We get a clip from Raw of Alberto picking his opponent.
Edge and Kelly are in the back and Edge says he didnt think his title reign would end like this. Kelly says Edge has no faith in her and that Edge is just like Drew McIntyre before storming off.
Here are Horny and Rosa who looks a bit different now. They throw some t-shirts to the fans until Ricardo introduces Alberto. He says his usual stuff while Horny and Rosa are still in the ring. Alberto has a present for Horny: the piñata. The candies and toys are symbols of everything he wants to give to all his fans here in New Jersey, drawing nice heat (show is in New York).
Horny is blindfolded and swings the stick while the piñata is still in the air. Naturally he misses and hits Alberto in the balls. Alberto enters a higher level of heelness as he kicks Horny in the head and hammers away. Kofi runs down for the save. Ricardo distracts Kofi though and Del Rio beats him up with the stick and throws on the cross armbreaker.
Stone Cold is hosting Tough Enough. Booker throws in that hell be a coach on Tough Enough. Thats kind of cool actually and something hed be great at.
Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: Chavo Guerrero vs. Kane
Uh yeah. I wonder if this lasts longer than their Wrestlemania match. Well theres that record. Chavo goes up and is caught in the chokeslam. He counters though by clothesline Kane over the top. Frog Splash hits but Kane catches him in the chokeslam from the mat and its over at 1:02.
Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: Big Show vs. Wade Barrett
Yeah Corre definitely has new music here and its much better. Its a toned down song this time that still has lyrics. All of Corre comes out and surround the ring. This is for the final spot in the Chamber. Barrett has to keep moving and gets a shot to the knee to take over. Barrett gets sent into the corner where he crushes the referee. Jackson comes in to run over Show but only gets two. And never mind as a DDT by Barrett ends it seconds later at 2:00. This was incredibly quick.
Show tries to fight off Corre post match but gets slammed. Jackson grabs a mic and says the end has come, it has awakened against you.
That sets the Chamber at Edge vs. Ziggler vs. Barrett vs. McIntyre vs. Mysterio vs. Kane.
Smackdown World Title: Kelly Kelly/Edge vs. Laycool/Dolph Ziggler
We even get big match intros for this. Chimmel has cut down on the throat cracking during Edges intro. The genders have to match here. Vickie says if theres a spear the title is vacated. The guys start us off with Edge in control. He wants the spear and Vickie shouts at him to do it. Ziggler tags both members of Laycool so we get Michelle. Off to Kelly to make it Kelly Kelly vs. Michelle McCool for the World Heavyweight Championship as we take a break.
Kelly is all fired up here and beats up both members of Laycool with her gymnastics. Instead though Michelle catches a rana on the floor and spins Kelly into the barricade. That gets two back in the ring. Dolph: Stay down Barbie! Layla in now as Kelly is in trouble. Belly to belly by Michelle gets two. Kelly backflips out of a suplex and slaps the hell out of McCool to put both girls down.
Is there a reason why the initials on Dolphs tights are backwards? Layla gets a head scissors choke on Kelly for a bit. Kelly fights back and its an X-Factor to break the momentum. The referee misses the tag to Edge allows Layla to beat on Kelly a bit more. Edge goes after Ziggler anyway but Michelle misses a big kick to Layla. Edge is ready for the tag but instead Kelly spears Layla to retain the world title at 6:50 shown of 10:20.
Post match Kelly gets fired. So Vickie can fire people but cant coerce a referee to change a decision? She yells at Kelly about how she never cared about Vickie and how this is her show and all that jazz. After Kelly is gone, Vickie makes Edge vs. Dolph for next week with her as guest referee. Perhaps a title change for a quick title reign before the PPV? Zig Zag to Edge out of nowhere ends the show.
Results
Drew McIntyre b. Kofi Kingston Futureshock
Rey Mysterio b. Jack Swagger Rollup
Kane b. Chavo Guerrero Chokeslam
Wade Barrett b. Big Show DDT
Edge/Kelly Kelly b. Laycool/Dolph Ziggler Kelly speared Layla
Saturday
Boring weekend.
Sunday
Very boring weekend.
Quick Results
Raw
Santino Marella/Vladimir Kozlov b. Michael McGillicutty/Husky Harris Cobra to McGillicutty
Daniel Bryan b. Tyson Kidd LeBell Lock
Great Khali/Mark Henry b. The Usos in a Dance Off
Jerry Lawler won the Raw Rumble
NXT
Johnny Curtis won an Arm Wrestling Challenge
Chris Masters b. Byron Saxton Masterlock
Brodus Clay b. Ted DiBiase Powerslam
Derrick Bateman won the Talk the Talk Challenge
Daniel Bryan/Derrick Bateman b. Johnny Curtis/R-Truth LeBell Lock to Curtis
Impact
Ink Inc b. Gunner/Murphy Mooregasm to Murphy
Samoa Joe/D-Von vs. Bully Ray/DAngelo Dinero went to a no contest
Jeremy Buck b. Jay Lethal and Douglas Williams Buck pinned Lethal after Rolling Chaos Theory
Mickie James b. Sarita by knockout
Mr. Anderson b. Jeff Hardy Pin after a Styles Clash from AJ Styles
Smackdown
Drew McIntyre b. Kofi Kingston Futureshock
Rey Mysterio b. Jack Swagger Rollup
Kane b. Chavo Guerrero Chokeslam
Wade Barrett b. Big Show DDT
Edge/Kelly Kelly b. Laycool/Dolph Ziggler Kelly speared Layla
TNA got a 1.31 with nearly 2 million viewers. Now thats not a surprise, but the rating for next week is where things get interesting.
Smackdown
Date: February 4, 2011
Location: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
Commentators: Michael Cole, Josh Matthews, Booker T
Its the first show since we officially started the Road to Wrestlemania with Alberto Del Rio vs. Edge being the tentative match for the title at the biggest PPV of the year. Edge/Kelly vs. Ziggler/Laycool for the title tonight which certainly sounds intriguing. Also expect the beginning of the set up to Elimination Chamber. Lets get to it.
Do you know your enemy? Where I live its SNOW.
Theres a fiesta tonight apparently and theres a Wrestlemania piñata. Yes lets take something we love and are looking forward to and beat it with a stick.
Heres Booker T and hes apparently the new member of Smackdowns announce team. Cool, and based on what he looked like at the Rumble hopefully hes an occasional wrestler. We get a Spinarooni to really get the crowd going. Booker got a good reaction. Its like he hadnt been around since 2007.
Vickie interrupts Bookers entrance and says that well get qualifying matches tonight for the Smackdown Elimination Chamber which will be for the title. Ziggler is with Vickie. She orders Kelly to come out here right now which prompts a bunch of screeching. Ah there she is. Bookers voice is much better than it was when he did some commentary with TNA. Its clear and deep instead of hard to understand.
Vickie yells at Kelly, saying that without her interference Dolph would be the world champion. Shed rather humiliate Kelly instead of firing her. Kelly is going to cost Edge the world title tonight. Kelly says Vickie is trying to destroy her character. Kelly has a character? Oh she means her personality. Kelly has a personality? Ah ok shes saying Vickie is a bad person. Makes more sense.
Dolph blames Kelly for the world title loss because she allowed Edge to hit the illegal spear. We see a clip of it, which makes me wonder why Vickie doesnt just reverse it since shes GM and theres proof Edge broke the rules. Dolph: Now Vickie cant reverse the referees decision. Wait why not? She can do ANYTHING but she cant reverse it? She cant make the referee reverse it? She cant show the referee the tape and have him do it for her? I love the ever changing rules in wrestling.
Anyway Ziggler yells at Kelly, blaming her for him not being champion. The only reason shes here is because she may be the reason Dolph wins the world title tonight. Until then she can get out. Kelly slaps Dolph and shoves Kelly. Cue Laycool until Edge comes out for the save.
Santino Marella/Vladimir Kozlov vs. Justin Gabriel/Heath Slater
Non-title here. We get a clip from Raw of Orton attacking the New Nexus and putting out Harris. I missed him RKOing Harris so I thought Harris was down from the Cobra for like three minutes. That punt looked good too. I might be missing something but it sounds like Corres music is different here. Kozlov vs. Gabriel to start. Booker is having some issues getting in on the commentary here but I can definitely give him a break on the first night.
Off to Slater vs. Santino. Booker says Cole talks a lot of nonsense so hes definitely a nice guy commentator. He talks about how there has to be a leader on all teams, but Josh has to lead him into it. Slater gets a nice reverse DDT to Kozlov and the 450 ends this perfectly clean at 3:03.
Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Drew McIntyre
Were told that Edge and Ziggler are automatically in the Chamber because Edge is champion and Dolph just because. Booker has no comment on that. Were of course talking about the Chamber and since Booker has experience in one, Cole cuts him off every few seconds. Basic back and forth stuff to start us off. Booker talked to Drew and he says hes the Chosen One but Booker isnt sure.
I know Im talking about the announcers a lot but its one of the main aspects of the show tonight. Kofi gets a jumping back elbow for two. Not a lot is going on in the ring anyway so the commentary and how Booker is doing is a bit more interesting anyway. Armbar by Kofi as theyre seeming to have issues getting off the ground here. Could be a slow build though which is fine.
Pendulum kick in the corner breaks the little bit of momentum Drew had and a clothesline puts him on the floor. We hit the floor with Kofi in control until Drew manages to get a modified flapjack to send Kofi into the steps as we take a break. Back with Drew getting a back elbow for two. Wisely Drew goes after the ribs with something close to an abdominal stretch on the mat.
Kofi gets dropped on the ribs in a gutbuster which gets two for McIntyre. Drew gets a nice dropkick to put Kofi down for two. Cole rants about Lawler for awhile until Drew tries a clothesline. Kofi jumps up into the air and spins around, catching Drew with a DDT. That was awesome looking. Kofi hammers away in the corner and stomps a mudhole in him.
Superman punch/clothesline gets two. Boom Drop hits and Kofi wants Trouble in Paradise. Drew manages to avoid the kick though and heres Ricardo on the big screen to introduce Alberto? He doesnt say anything but just stares down Kofi (remember Kofi beat him in a tag match last week). The distraction is enough for the Futureshock to end it at 9:42 shown of 13:12.
Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: Rey Mysterio vs. Jack Swagger
This should be pretty good. The push-ups are back! Apparently Cody Rhodes is going to have facial reconstruction surgery next week. Swaggers boots are a brighter color and theyre taking some getting used to. Rey sends him to the floor as we take an early break. Back with Swagger sending Rey into the corner which gets him nowhere.
Rey gets a cross body for two. 619 is avoided though so Rey tries what might have been an Asai Moonsault. Jack blocks it though and Reys legs are tied up in the ropes. Back to the ring with Swagger working on the knee. The leg goes around the post which gets two. Back to the floor with Swagger in complete and utter control. After knocking over a Red Bull were back in the ring.
Vader Bomb gets two. Swagger picks him up and throws him across the ring. I love basic moves like that. Another Vader Bomb misses though and here comes Rey. Tornado DDT takes Swagger down for two. Rey tries the 619 but Swagger grabs the legs for the ankle lock. Rey is in the ropes though. Not that it matters though as Swagger pulls him back to the middle. Rey sends him into the corner and gets a kick into a rollup to end this at 8:37 shown of 11:07.
We get a clip from Raw of Alberto picking his opponent.
Edge and Kelly are in the back and Edge says he didnt think his title reign would end like this. Kelly says Edge has no faith in her and that Edge is just like Drew McIntyre before storming off.
Here are Horny and Rosa who looks a bit different now. They throw some t-shirts to the fans until Ricardo introduces Alberto. He says his usual stuff while Horny and Rosa are still in the ring. Alberto has a present for Horny: the piñata. The candies and toys are symbols of everything he wants to give to all his fans here in New Jersey, drawing nice heat (show is in New York).
Horny is blindfolded and swings the stick while the piñata is still in the air. Naturally he misses and hits Alberto in the balls. Alberto enters a higher level of heelness as he kicks Horny in the head and hammers away. Kofi runs down for the save. Ricardo distracts Kofi though and Del Rio beats him up with the stick and throws on the cross armbreaker.
Stone Cold is hosting Tough Enough. Booker throws in that hell be a coach on Tough Enough. Thats kind of cool actually and something hed be great at.
Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: Chavo Guerrero vs. Kane
Uh yeah. I wonder if this lasts longer than their Wrestlemania match. Well theres that record. Chavo goes up and is caught in the chokeslam. He counters though by clothesline Kane over the top. Frog Splash hits but Kane catches him in the chokeslam from the mat and its over at 1:02.
Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: Big Show vs. Wade Barrett
Yeah Corre definitely has new music here and its much better. Its a toned down song this time that still has lyrics. All of Corre comes out and surround the ring. This is for the final spot in the Chamber. Barrett has to keep moving and gets a shot to the knee to take over. Barrett gets sent into the corner where he crushes the referee. Jackson comes in to run over Show but only gets two. And never mind as a DDT by Barrett ends it seconds later at 2:00. This was incredibly quick.
Show tries to fight off Corre post match but gets slammed. Jackson grabs a mic and says the end has come, it has awakened against you.
That sets the Chamber at Edge vs. Ziggler vs. Barrett vs. McIntyre vs. Mysterio vs. Kane.
Smackdown World Title: Kelly Kelly/Edge vs. Laycool/Dolph Ziggler
We even get big match intros for this. Chimmel has cut down on the throat cracking during Edges intro. The genders have to match here. Vickie says if theres a spear the title is vacated. The guys start us off with Edge in control. He wants the spear and Vickie shouts at him to do it. Ziggler tags both members of Laycool so we get Michelle. Off to Kelly to make it Kelly Kelly vs. Michelle McCool for the World Heavyweight Championship as we take a break.
Kelly is all fired up here and beats up both members of Laycool with her gymnastics. Instead though Michelle catches a rana on the floor and spins Kelly into the barricade. That gets two back in the ring. Dolph: Stay down Barbie! Layla in now as Kelly is in trouble. Belly to belly by Michelle gets two. Kelly backflips out of a suplex and slaps the hell out of McCool to put both girls down.
Is there a reason why the initials on Dolphs tights are backwards? Layla gets a head scissors choke on Kelly for a bit. Kelly fights back and its an X-Factor to break the momentum. The referee misses the tag to Edge allows Layla to beat on Kelly a bit more. Edge goes after Ziggler anyway but Michelle misses a big kick to Layla. Edge is ready for the tag but instead Kelly spears Layla to retain the world title at 6:50 shown of 10:20.
Post match Kelly gets fired. So Vickie can fire people but cant coerce a referee to change a decision? She yells at Kelly about how she never cared about Vickie and how this is her show and all that jazz. After Kelly is gone, Vickie makes Edge vs. Dolph for next week with her as guest referee. Perhaps a title change for a quick title reign before the PPV? Zig Zag to Edge out of nowhere ends the show.
Results
Drew McIntyre b. Kofi Kingston Futureshock
Rey Mysterio b. Jack Swagger Rollup
Kane b. Chavo Guerrero Chokeslam
Wade Barrett b. Big Show DDT
Edge/Kelly Kelly b. Laycool/Dolph Ziggler Kelly speared Layla
Saturday
Boring weekend.
Sunday
Very boring weekend.
Quick Results
Raw
Santino Marella/Vladimir Kozlov b. Michael McGillicutty/Husky Harris Cobra to McGillicutty
Daniel Bryan b. Tyson Kidd LeBell Lock
Great Khali/Mark Henry b. The Usos in a Dance Off
Jerry Lawler won the Raw Rumble
NXT
Johnny Curtis won an Arm Wrestling Challenge
Chris Masters b. Byron Saxton Masterlock
Brodus Clay b. Ted DiBiase Powerslam
Derrick Bateman won the Talk the Talk Challenge
Daniel Bryan/Derrick Bateman b. Johnny Curtis/R-Truth LeBell Lock to Curtis
Impact
Ink Inc b. Gunner/Murphy Mooregasm to Murphy
Samoa Joe/D-Von vs. Bully Ray/DAngelo Dinero went to a no contest
Jeremy Buck b. Jay Lethal and Douglas Williams Buck pinned Lethal after Rolling Chaos Theory
Mickie James b. Sarita by knockout
Mr. Anderson b. Jeff Hardy Pin after a Styles Clash from AJ Styles
Smackdown
Drew McIntyre b. Kofi Kingston Futureshock
Rey Mysterio b. Jack Swagger Rollup
Kane b. Chavo Guerrero Chokeslam
Wade Barrett b. Big Show DDT
Edge/Kelly Kelly b. Laycool/Dolph Ziggler Kelly speared Layla