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Monday
Smackdown got a 1.8, down (I think) from last week.
Monday Night Raw
Date: August 29, 2011
Location: BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Commentators: Jim Ross, Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler
It's officially Alberto vs. Cena at the PPV but the bigger story at the moment is the conspiracy that Punk thinks is going on against him. According to him, someone wants Alberto to be champion. This opens a lot of doors because the questions of who sent the text message, was Alberto in on it and who is lying to who and who knows what are all in play. Let's get to it.
The boss opens the show as is the custom recently. He says that for the forseeable future, Raw and Smackdown will be combined to form Raw Supershows. Did the Brand Split just end? I very well may have misunderstood it but that's what it sounded like. Anyway HHH now wants to talk about the bad part of the job, which in this case is people lying to him which he thinks Nash has done. He calls Nash to the ring but gets someone else instead.
Here's Punk who is still getting a decent response. He wants to be told that HHH and Nash have been together all along. Cue Nash to the NWO music. Nash admits that he lied about the car wreck last week. Nash yells about Stephanie. For all the references to her, shouldn't she be here soon? He asks HHH what kind of man HHH is and HHH says the kind that shouldn't be lied to by his best friend.
HHH can't trust him anymore and tells Nash to leave now and not come back. Nash doesn't leave and says he wasn't lying about the text. While HHH was gone last week, Nash was signed to a contract by Johnny Ace so he has to be fired to be gone. It's a guaranteed paycheck too so Nash gets paid even if he's just sitting at home. HHH says he's not fired but no more lying.
Punk has a sudden viral stomach attack and begins to dry heave all over the ring as he's sickened by this. He says he's just acting, exactly like those two are. Punk references the Clique, which is the sound of remotes changing the channel every time Nash is on screen. Also it's the sound Nash's knees make when he walks.
Nash says since he's under contract now, Hunter should book the match everyone wants to see. Punk says let's do it at NOC and then makes sure the Board, and by that he means Stephanie, is cool with it. HHH may not wear the pants, but he wears Stephanie's panties. HHH says the match is on for NOC and they can both suck it.
HHH leaves but with Punk and Nash in the ring...here's Orton? He doesn't say anything but it's Orton vs. Ziggler later. In a nice touch we get a little highlight reel of Ziggler with JR narrating about how good he is. That's EXACTLY what they need to do to save time and still get these guys some mention.
Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler
Ok so it seems it's just Smackdown guys being on Raw and not vice versa. Well it's a step in the right direction at least. Vickie is compared to great managers who had a diverse stable. I'd like to see that come back because it gives people some fallback storylines if they're bored. Orton keeps up the advantage and Ziggler has a noticeable tan line. Vickie gets involved and Ziggler counters the elevated DDT to send Orton to the floor.
Zig Zag on the floor has Orton in trouble. It gets a close 8 count on the floor but Randy gets back in, allowing Dolph to stomp away as we take a break. We're back on the floor with Orton being rammed into the steps. Swagger is watching in the back. Something resembling a crossface chickenwing by Ziggler and he keeps Randy down even longer.
Dolph goes up and they slug it out with Orton taking over. Superplex by Orton puts both guys down but randy gets two. Here come the clotheslines and Orton is all fired up. Belly to belly gets two. Ziggler gets a Fameasser out of nowhere for a near fall. What might have been a sleeper attempt is countered into a rollup for two. Ziggler channels his inner Hennig and is catapulted into the corner.
Orton busts out his sweet over the shoulder powerbomb into a neckbreaker for two. He loads up the punt but Ziggler NAILS him with a superkick for a very close two. This is starting to get good. Orton teases throwing Ziggler to the floor but stops him at the apron so he can hit the elevated DDT. That was kind of cool. RKO time but Ziggler counters into the sleeper. Orton escapes and tosses him into the air and Ziggler bounces to his feet and a kind of botched RKO (Ziggler didn't fall fast enough so it was closer to a Stunner) ends this at 12:30.
We get a clip of Cena getting beaten down last week and Josh asks him about it, but Cena just walks away and is all mad.
Here's Cena (saying that you should come see this on his way through the curtain) to talk about Alberto. Cena says that Alberto talks about having honor as a champion but last week he got jumped by the champ in a dishonorable fashion. He calls out Del Rio but gets Mark Henry instead. Henry talks about how he's hurt everyone in his sight and now he's going to make Cena join that list. Oh and he'll win the title at Night of Champions after he beats whoever wins the cage match.
Cue Christian who says he'll be facing Henry at Night of Champions. But we'll deal with that later. Right now he wants to tell Cena that he's tired of John's whining. Cena says that hasn't been whining and makes fun of both of them. If they want some, come get some. Christian says let's do this but here's Sheamus for the save.
Cena pulls his fist back to punch Sheamus because he's not sure if he can trust him. That's BRILLIANT as Sheamus hasn't had a big change of heart and it wouldn't be much of a turn for him to beat up Cena too. Christian bails and Henry, realizing he's outnumbered, thinks better of it and leaves. He doesn't come off like a coward, keeping his monster levels high. Nice touch again. Man they're thinking tonight and it's improving the show massively.
Johnny Ace says the match should be made and HHH comes in and is like dude, I got this covered and says the match is made.
Punk vs. Miz next. I'm DIGGING this brand split ending thing.
CM Punk vs. The Miz
Punk is in the ring post break which is kind of weird. Miz has a mic. Oh I'm liking this. Miz says that he was dropping pipe bombs way before Punk was and he's much more must see than Punk. Punk takes over early on with his usual assortment of strikes but the Macho Man elbow is broken up. Miz hits his running boot to the head for two.
He hammers away with left hands so Punk fires off some kicks. Short DDT gets two for Miz. Off to the chinlock before a neckbreaker gets two for Miz. Corner clothesline and a double axe off the top get two. Big boot gets two for Miz. This is a much better performance from Miz than I was expecting. After a few more minutes with almost nothing from Punk, Miz sends him to the floor and we take a break.
Back with Miz holding his third chinlock of the night. Punk starts his comeback as Cole is blasting JR and Lawler for every word he says. Punk hits the top rope elbow and loads up the GTS. And never mind as here's R-Truth for the DQ at 14:00. Man I wish this could have gotten some more time and a proper ending.
Punk beats them down but here's Nash for the distraction so that Miz can take over. Jackknife leaves Punk laying.
Sin Cara vs. Jack Swagger
BIG pop for Cara. No Vickie with Swaggs. The lights start out as normal and then go out a few seconds into it. Cara sends him to the floor and this an Asai Moonsault to take Swagger down. Here comes Vickie as Swagger hits a Vader Bomb and legdrop for a cocky one count. Swagger is in control and here's Dolph to yell. He goes to the ring and calls Jack a loser. Swagger charges but gets caught by a springboard dornado DDT and the swanton/Lionsault combo for the pin at 2:51. Hunico is WAY more coordinated than Mistico out there.
Tag Titles: Evan Bourne/Kofi Kingston vs. David Otunga/Michael McGillicutty
Kofi's pyro doesn't go off for some reason. There was a poll online and the new champions are going to be known as Air Boom. I've heard worse. McGillicutty takes over to start on Bourne and hammers away. Bourne gets beaten down as we're waiting on the hot tag to Kofi and it connects before I can finish typing that sentence. Kofi comes in with a huge springboard chop and things speed up. SOS is countered by Michael but Kofi hits a spinning springboard cross body for two as everything breaks down. Big dive takes out Otunga and Trouble in Paradise ends McGillicutty at 2:25. This was fine.
Post match Otunga gets in Lawler's face and Daivd takes the headset off him. They stare each other down but nothing else happens.
Kelly Kelly vs. Brie Bella
Oh joy, it's this match again. Kelly hammers away to start and we cut to Beth and Natalya complaining about someone else that are causing the problems. They should be in the ring, not Kelly. The twins switch places and Nikki gets the pin with an X-Factor at 1:18.
Trailer for HHH's new movie Inside Out. So how many times are we going to see this over the next few weeks? It's an action movie about a guy that is trying to reform or is out of prison or something like that. Again though, does anyone care?
Mark Henry/Christian vs. John Cena/Sheamus
Sheamus vs. Henry to start at 11:01. Sheamus pounds him down to a nice reaction but Henry runs him over with a clothesline. The tape on Sheamus' ribs is taken off and the Great White (yes they're really calling him that in a feud with a big angry black man) is in trouble. Off to Christian as this is one sided. The not great and not white (I'm just going off what they're calling his opponent) Henry comes back in and works on the ribs even more.
Christian is back in but he jumps into the Irish Curse and is down. We're waiting on the hot tag to Cena and are also waiting on Alberto to run in because we haven't see him all night. Off to Cena who cleans house and the young ones begin to cheer. Christian escapes the AA but can't get the tornado DDT.
Powerslam puts Christian down but he tries his cross body out of the corner and jumps into the AA which is blocked again. Henry breaks up the STF but misses a charge at Sheamus and they hit the floor. A running shoulder block off the apron takes Henry down and Christian gets a spear for two on Cena for two. Killswitch is countered and Christian is shoved into a Brogue Kick and the AA for the pin at 6:40.
To end the show, Punk comes in to HHH's office and the match with Nash is off. Instead, it's Punk vs. HHH. Oh my.
Results
Randy Orton b. Dolph Ziggler RKO
CM Punk b. The Miz via DQ when R-Truth interfered
Sin Cara b. Jack Swagger Lionsault
Kofi Kingston/Evan Bourne b. Michael McGillicutty/David Otunga
Brie Bella b. Kelly Kelly Pin after a facejam from Nikki Bella
John Cena/Sheamus b. Christian/Mark Henry AA to Christian
Tuesday
Raw got a 3.1, up from last week.
Smackdown
Date: August 30, 2011
Location: Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita, Kansas
Commentators: Michael Cole, Booker T, Josh Matthews
It's the live show tonight and the main event is Christian vs. Orton 4985 for the title in a cage match. It's a double branded show and hopefully we'll get the announcement that Raw guys will also appear on Smackdown. Anyway this should be fun as the live shows are usually better. Let's get to it.
Punk and HHH will sign their contract tonight.
Do You Know Your Enemy? Mine is the Detroit Tigers who won't let my Indians get back in contention.
Here's Cena to open the show. He's not sure what day it is. I kind of like him talking on the way to the ring. Don't adjust your sets because this is Smackdown, it is Tuesday and we are live. He lists off a bunch of shows that are here, ranging from Raw to Smackdown to Nitro to Smokey Mountain Wrestling to the XFL superstars. Scratch that XFL idea because that was worse than the Shockmaster.
He calls out Alberto and the music plays but it's Rodriguez instead. He says that Cena has to wait a bit longer to be in the ring with Del Rio and actually speaks English for a bit. And scratch that as it's time for the full entrance. Not that Del Rio is here due to visa issues but whatever. Ricardo keeps saying Del Rio's name over and over until Cena shouts at him. Cena has a gift for Alberto though. It's a right hand and down goes Ricardo.
Here's Barrett or as Cena says Mr. Winds of Change himself. Barrett yells at Cena for beating up the fat ring announcer which gets us a Tony Chimmel reference. They argue back and forth a bit and the bell is after the break.
Wade Barrett vs. John Cena
Cena pounds him down into the corner and Barrett is reeling early. Headlock takeover puts Barrett down again but the British dude gets a shot in to take over. Cena doesn't like being in trouble though so he hits a sitout powerslam to put Barrett down again. Boss Man Slam gets two for Wade. They're going through this kind of fast and it's making it a weaker match. Case in point we're less than three minutes in and Cena is on his finishing sequence including the Protobomb and Shuffle. The AA hits and Cena wins 100% clean at 3:17.
Henry doesn't care who wins tonight. He says Striker asked a dumb question when he asked what a cage match was like.
Sin Cara vs. Daniel Bryan
This should be good. Cara hits some arm drags to take over and grabs an armbar. Bryan gets a kick to the chest in and the suicide dive/shove to take over. He's looking a bit mad tonight for some reason. Here come the kicks from Daniel Bryan: Male Rockette. Off to a surfboard but he's no Rob Van Dam so it doesn't work. Instead he drops Cara down into a dragon sleeper which was pretty cool. Bryan is backdropped to the floor and Cara manages to avoid missing a dive but the second, a springboard spinning cross body to the floor, takes Bryan out.
Back in the swanton gets two but he didn't try the Lionsault. Bryan gets his moonsault out of the corner and they collide on cross body attempts to put both of them down. They exchange kicks but Cara manages to put him down and hit the swanton/Lionsault combo and gets the pin at 5:03.
They shake hands post match but CARA KICKS HIM IN THE FACE!!! Did Sin Cara just turn heel??? I was referring to a Bryan turn!
Air Boom says they're awesome and teach Striker the Boom Boom Boom.
Sheamus doesn't like bullies and you shouldn't either.
We recap the Orton vs. Christian feud since MITB, which is really all you need to know about the feud.
Christian says this is his night.
Natalya/Beth Phoenix vs. Kelly Kelly/Alicia Fox
Aksana is guest ring announcer which is supposed to be connected to her hitting on Teddy. So Alicia is a face now? Nattie vs. Kelly to start. Kelly looks like the victim of a bubblegum accident. Cold tag to Alicia and after some offense from her, the Glam Slam takes care of this at 2:00.
It's time for the contract signing and Teddy brings out HHH. He talks about the match a bit and says he's glad that he gets to take the suit off for one night. The fans seem totally behind Punk. Punk puts his feet on the table and wants to know why we're here. He thinks HHH has put a stipulation into the contract but HHH says there's nothing suspicious going on. Punk says there's nothing HHH can do to surprise him.
Punk interrupts HHH when he talks about respect and for once, someone tells Punk to shut up. HHH says he's bent over backwards to work with Punk but Punk kept pushing. He wants to know who Punk thinks got Living Color to let the company use Cult of Personality as his theme. Who does Punk think got him that Best in the World shirt? Punk has gotten everything he's asked for but Punk hasn't cooperated. Now HHH wants Punk to deal with him like a man.
Punk says he doesn't want to fight the COO but rather the Cerebral Assassin. Maybe HHH isn't the right man for the job because just like Vince, he can't separate the business from the personal stuff. Punk insists he loves the WWE because if he hated it he wouldn't be sitting here right now. He wants a change and says that he and the fans are dying for a change. Punk says he wants to be a catalyst for that change.
HHH says give me a break because half of the fans agree with him and half of them flat out do not care. Some of the fans like the WWE, which draws a big pop. He's right too. Punk only wants change if it means Punk is on top. He's no different than anyone, including HHH. They'd both do whatever it took to get on top but HHH said he'd do whatever it took to get to the top. Punk has no balls though and is trying to sneak his way to the top by pretending to be a martyr.
Punk says if he's seen as a martyr then maybe he's doing the right thing. HHH talked about half of the people liking it but Punk wants EVERYONE to like it. Before Punk was a wrestler he was a fan and at his core he's still that. He'll do whatever he can do to make this place fun again. The reason he says these things about his wife is because it tests HHH. HHH is just like Vince and is just as egotistical and corrupt as everyone and the hiring of HHH's old buddies is proof of that.
Punk signs and says that if he has to be the catalyst of change and has to go through HHH to do it, so be it. At Night of Champions, don't fine him or suspend him after he beats the boss. HHH says the difference between Punk and himself is respect. He respects Vince and says that they wouldn't be there if not for Vince McMahon. That's a hard one to argue for Punk I think.
He's about to say why he's not like Vince but gets cut off by Punk. Punk calls him short sighted and HHH is living in the past that Vince is trapped in. Punk wants change and HHH says he'll get it. This is where he's not like Vince (he signs here) because at NOC he would have gotten in the ring with Punk and taken a beating because it would have been good for business. This isn't about business and it's personal. HHH: I'm going to kick your skinny, fat ass. Take one off the Connecticut public school system I guess.
Here's Nash and Punk FREAKS. HHH tries to hold him back but the big man gets in there. They slug it out and HHH tries to break it up, allowing Nash to get in a big boot. HHH gets in his face and Nash shoves him down, stunning HHH.
Sheamus vs. Great Khali
Sheamus still has bad ribs. Khali dominates to start and locks in a nerve hold after hammering away on the chest and ribs. Sheamus fights back and hits his forearms while Khali is in the ropes but as he sets for the Brogue Kick, Mahal comes in for the DQ at 2:50. This was nothing.
Post match the Indian dudes try a beatdown but Khali misses the chop and hits the post. A Brogue Kick takes him down and Sheamus beats up Legs Mahal for fun.
Inside Out trailer wastes some time.
There's a poll for the world title match tonight: Orton wins 85 to 15. DANG.
The cage is lowered and it's just after 9:30. This is going to get some time.
Smackdown World Title: Christian vs. Randy Orton
In a cage and Orton is champion in case you're reading this in like 10 years. You can win by pin/submission/escape. I didn't know the back of the belt was red. They have about 18 minutes left so for a TV main event that's more than enough. Christian tries two early escapes but Orton saves both times. He tries something off the middle rope but jumps into a dropkick from Randy for two. With that we take an abrupt break less than two minutes into the match.
Back with Christian in control and hammering away in the corner. Orton takes him down with a clothesline and the fans seem to like Orton better. Why do I sound surprised by that? Anyway Christian gets slammed off the top off another escape attempt. A pair of knee drops gets two for Orton. Orton's escape attempt fails as does the elevated DDT. The Canadian goes up but Orton makes a save again.
They're really playing up the idea of it could end at a moment's notice as Orton gets a rollup and Christian gets a spinebuster, both for two. Cole says Christian has been around for 17 years. I don't know what school he went to but they weren't noted for their math. Christian gets to the top of the cage but Randy makes another save. They fight on the top rope and Orton snaps off a superplex to put both guys down at break #2.
Back with Christian almost making it and having his hands on the floor but Orton saves again. Orton starts his insane stuff but the elevated DDT is countered again. A shot to the cage is reversed into the falling DDT for two for the Canadian. Christian goes for the escape and even shoves Orton down but he's feeling froggy and it only gets two.
Orton makes about his 10th save and avoids a spear. RKO misses and the second spear attempt hits for a close two. The drama in this has been very good. Christian loads up the Punt but Orton avoids it and in a NICE bit of psychology Christian teases his turning dive out of the corner and Orton jumps for an RKO but Christian fakes him out and climbs. Orton stops him again and gets that sweet over the shoulder powerbomb position into a neckbreaker for two. The fans are into this.
Christian tries the Killswitch but Orton escapes and tries the elevated DDT and gets it for once but the RKO is countered. Christian makes a lunge for the climb but Orton makes ANOTHER save. We're past 10pm now and they're fighting on the top rope. Christian tries the Killswitch from the top but Orton counters into a SUPER RKO and Christian is dead at 13:35.
Post match Henry comes out for the beating and Orton is destroyed. Randy escapes for a bit but Henry takes him down with a clothesline and a splash stops Orton cold. He gets sent into the cage and takes a World's Strongest Slam to end the show.
Results
John Cena b. Wade Barrett Attitude Adjustment
Sin Cara b. Daniel Bryan Lionsault
Natalya/Beth Phoenix b. Kelly Kelly/Alicia Fox Glam Slam to Fox
Sheamus b. Great Khali via DQ when Jinder Mahal interfered
Randy Orton b. Christian RKO off the top rope
NXT
Date: August 30, 2011
Host: Matt Striker
It's the show on the night of the live Smackdown....and it's a highlight show. This is NXT Graduates, which means that we're getting highlights of people that have been on NXT rather than any new material. This is EXACTLY what I wanted as this show KEEPS FERAKING GOING. With this, next week we'll be at six months of this season. For those of you wondering, yes I do take donations for psychiatric care. Let's get to it.
So yeah this is going to be Striker narrating kind of like a bad DVD.
We start with Barrett's promo from last week's Smackdown saying he won't fight a jobber.
Video on Brodus Clay.
Time to talk about AJ and we don't get a clip from her on NXT. We get clips from her on Smackdown! Since I really don't want to watch these matches again, I'm just copying the reviews from the originals.
Originally aired August 19, 2011 (Smackdown)
Kelly Kelly/AJ vs. Natalya/Alicia Fox
Nattie vs. AJ to start and the cute one (in plaid) is in trouble. Natalya is killing it here as we're just waiting for the hot tag to Kelly to clean house. AJ finally fights her way to the tag and Kelly does her usual stuff. Alicia misses the axe kick and K2 ends this at 4:30. Just nothing to talk about here.
Video on Justin Gabriel being in South Africa.
Matt talks about his sister thinking Gabriel was gorgeous.
Originally aired August 19, 2011 (Smackdown)
Justin Gabriel vs. Tyson Kidd
Well they had a great match on NXT a few weeks ago so I have high hopes here. We get some nice speed stuff to start and Tyson takes over with some shots to the face. Nice dropkick to the back of the head as the announcers are talking about fishing with sharks. A hard elbow gets two. Justin fires off with some kicks which get two. Kidd rolls through a springboard cross body and tries a leg lock but Justin escapes and hits an STO. Justin goes for the 450 and after knocking Kidd off the top the splash ends it at 4:23.
Well sure they picked that one. Why pick the really good one from NXT?
Video on Alex Riley.
Originally aired July 17, 2011 (Money in the Bank 2011)
The version they show is clipped but this is the full review.
Sin Cara vs. Justin Gabriel vs. Heath Slater vs. Sheamus vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Wade Barrett vs. Kane vs. Daniel Bryan
This is going to be a big insane match so its almost impossible to call whats going on in these things. Im really not sure who to predict in this. I went with Cody as a more or less random choice mainly out of a lack of anyone else. Big mess to start as these really should only have six people in them. Kane, Barrett and Sheamus clear the ring out and its a three way staredown.
The Europeans .wait Kane is from Spain. Ok the two guys not named Kane go down and its ladder time already. Bryan dropkicks Kane down as Slater and Gabriel team up a bit. Cara, who is in white/gray here, gets taken down but the former tag partners fight already. Slater goes for the ladder and is loudly booed. Gabriel goes up but the ladder is way off center. Bryan dropkicks him off but Cody goes up.
Kane sends Sheamus and Cody to the floor but Barrett stops the Big Bald. Kane throws a ladder at Sheamus to take him down. Slater vs. Kane and guess who wins that one. Cara pops up out of nowhere to drill Kane and break up the clothesline. Bryan hits a big dive and Gabriel does the same. Sorry for all the play by play stuff but its all you can do in these things for the most part.
Cara is like screw you guys Im the flier here and takes out Sheamus with a huge one. He follows that up by kicking Bryan in the head and hitting the top rope C4 to take Bryan down. Sin tries to go for the briefcase but cant pick a ladder up and into the ring. Barrett kicks his head off so it doesnt matter. They do the whole set up a ladder as a bridge from the ring to the table thing as is customary.
Cara avoids going through it though and Barrett clotheslines the post. For some reason the masked guy goes in again without a ladder and gets his head kicked off by Sheamus. Not a good night for the Mexican dude. Cara gets powerbombed through the ladder to more or less kill him. BIG pop for Sheamus for that one. Sheamus is controlling almost everyone here as Cara is taken out on a stretcher.
Kane and Sheamus are in the ring and fighting over a ladder. Scratch that as all three go to the floor. Bryan, Kane and Cody are all in the ring with ladders now. The small guys work together to take Kane down and there goes that partnership. Cara is gone now, as in out of the entire arena via a stretcher. Kane has the big ladder set up in the ring and everyone comes in. Cody makes an attempt but all the small guys make a save.
The former Nexus triple teams Bryan and then the tag team tells Barrett to go ahead. Barrett proves why British wrestlers are stupid as he goes up and is pulled down just a few seconds later. Both of them go up but Rhodes shoves the ladder down. Cross Rhodes takes someone down and its time for Barrett and Rhodes to fight over the ladder. Cross Rhodes takes Barrett out but Sheamus makes the last second save.
Theres an Irish Curse and pasty goes up, only for Bryan to make the save. Bryan rams him into the ladder a few times and goes up at the same time. Sheamus and Kane combine for a Doomsday Device to END Bryan. Kane and Sheamus are alone in the ring now. Well other than a ladder but that doesnt count I dont think. The big ladder is in the ring and a regular one is set up as a bridge against the middle buckle.
Kane escapes though and chokeslams various small people. Big Bald goes up but Bryan makes ANOTHER save despite being legally deceased I believe. Bryan goes up and almost gets the LeBell Lock on the ladder. That would be awesome. Bryan manages to knock Kane to the floor but Slater stops him. Bryan saves AGAIN as hes been insane so far tonight.
Slater goes up one more time but Barrett saves. Time for Barrett vs. Sheamus which doesnt sound all that appealing. Thankfully they team up and stop Slater, using a ladder like a fork to stop Slater and shove him off the top. That was cool. Sheamus goes nuts and takes out a lot of people so he can climb. Naturally hes not that smart so he sets up another ladder on the top rope.
Sheamus is just beating people up at the moment and not really trying to go after it. Even Booker is saying GO FOR IT. Ok now hes going up but Kane pops up from nowhere to stop him. Sheamus has a bridge ladder beneath him. He goes onto it but doesnt break it. FREAKING OW MAN! Wasteland hits Kane and Gabriel climbs a ladder and hits 450 in the tightest space possible. That was AWESOME.
Bryan and Cody go at it on the ladder as everyone but Barrett is down. Wade comes up as Bryan tries to choke Cody out because hes an idiot. Cody goes down and Wade takes an elbow to knock him backwards a bit. Bryan is alone up there and Wade is on the bridge. Bryan kicks him down and WINS THE CASE! Totally didnt see that one coming.
After the Inside Out trailer, we actually TALK ABOUT THE SHOW. It's a highlight reel about what's happened on the show over the last 25 weeks or whatever. We get clips of everyone being eliminated and Bateman returning...and that's it. No word on what's next, no words on upcoming eliminations, nothing. That's it. I have never felt like I wasted my time on a show before, but I do now.
Results
Kelly Kelly/AJ b. Alicia Fox/Natalya K2 to Fox
Justin Gabrile b. Tyson Kidd 450 Splash
Daniel Bryan won the Smackdown Money in the Bank Case Bryan pulled down the case
Wednesday
Smackdown's live show got a 2.1, up from what the show has been doing lately, which is about 1.8.
Smackdown got a 1.8, down (I think) from last week.
Monday Night Raw
Date: August 29, 2011
Location: BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Commentators: Jim Ross, Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler
It's officially Alberto vs. Cena at the PPV but the bigger story at the moment is the conspiracy that Punk thinks is going on against him. According to him, someone wants Alberto to be champion. This opens a lot of doors because the questions of who sent the text message, was Alberto in on it and who is lying to who and who knows what are all in play. Let's get to it.
The boss opens the show as is the custom recently. He says that for the forseeable future, Raw and Smackdown will be combined to form Raw Supershows. Did the Brand Split just end? I very well may have misunderstood it but that's what it sounded like. Anyway HHH now wants to talk about the bad part of the job, which in this case is people lying to him which he thinks Nash has done. He calls Nash to the ring but gets someone else instead.
Here's Punk who is still getting a decent response. He wants to be told that HHH and Nash have been together all along. Cue Nash to the NWO music. Nash admits that he lied about the car wreck last week. Nash yells about Stephanie. For all the references to her, shouldn't she be here soon? He asks HHH what kind of man HHH is and HHH says the kind that shouldn't be lied to by his best friend.
HHH can't trust him anymore and tells Nash to leave now and not come back. Nash doesn't leave and says he wasn't lying about the text. While HHH was gone last week, Nash was signed to a contract by Johnny Ace so he has to be fired to be gone. It's a guaranteed paycheck too so Nash gets paid even if he's just sitting at home. HHH says he's not fired but no more lying.
Punk has a sudden viral stomach attack and begins to dry heave all over the ring as he's sickened by this. He says he's just acting, exactly like those two are. Punk references the Clique, which is the sound of remotes changing the channel every time Nash is on screen. Also it's the sound Nash's knees make when he walks.
Nash says since he's under contract now, Hunter should book the match everyone wants to see. Punk says let's do it at NOC and then makes sure the Board, and by that he means Stephanie, is cool with it. HHH may not wear the pants, but he wears Stephanie's panties. HHH says the match is on for NOC and they can both suck it.
HHH leaves but with Punk and Nash in the ring...here's Orton? He doesn't say anything but it's Orton vs. Ziggler later. In a nice touch we get a little highlight reel of Ziggler with JR narrating about how good he is. That's EXACTLY what they need to do to save time and still get these guys some mention.
Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler
Ok so it seems it's just Smackdown guys being on Raw and not vice versa. Well it's a step in the right direction at least. Vickie is compared to great managers who had a diverse stable. I'd like to see that come back because it gives people some fallback storylines if they're bored. Orton keeps up the advantage and Ziggler has a noticeable tan line. Vickie gets involved and Ziggler counters the elevated DDT to send Orton to the floor.
Zig Zag on the floor has Orton in trouble. It gets a close 8 count on the floor but Randy gets back in, allowing Dolph to stomp away as we take a break. We're back on the floor with Orton being rammed into the steps. Swagger is watching in the back. Something resembling a crossface chickenwing by Ziggler and he keeps Randy down even longer.
Dolph goes up and they slug it out with Orton taking over. Superplex by Orton puts both guys down but randy gets two. Here come the clotheslines and Orton is all fired up. Belly to belly gets two. Ziggler gets a Fameasser out of nowhere for a near fall. What might have been a sleeper attempt is countered into a rollup for two. Ziggler channels his inner Hennig and is catapulted into the corner.
Orton busts out his sweet over the shoulder powerbomb into a neckbreaker for two. He loads up the punt but Ziggler NAILS him with a superkick for a very close two. This is starting to get good. Orton teases throwing Ziggler to the floor but stops him at the apron so he can hit the elevated DDT. That was kind of cool. RKO time but Ziggler counters into the sleeper. Orton escapes and tosses him into the air and Ziggler bounces to his feet and a kind of botched RKO (Ziggler didn't fall fast enough so it was closer to a Stunner) ends this at 12:30.
We get a clip of Cena getting beaten down last week and Josh asks him about it, but Cena just walks away and is all mad.
Here's Cena (saying that you should come see this on his way through the curtain) to talk about Alberto. Cena says that Alberto talks about having honor as a champion but last week he got jumped by the champ in a dishonorable fashion. He calls out Del Rio but gets Mark Henry instead. Henry talks about how he's hurt everyone in his sight and now he's going to make Cena join that list. Oh and he'll win the title at Night of Champions after he beats whoever wins the cage match.
Cue Christian who says he'll be facing Henry at Night of Champions. But we'll deal with that later. Right now he wants to tell Cena that he's tired of John's whining. Cena says that hasn't been whining and makes fun of both of them. If they want some, come get some. Christian says let's do this but here's Sheamus for the save.
Cena pulls his fist back to punch Sheamus because he's not sure if he can trust him. That's BRILLIANT as Sheamus hasn't had a big change of heart and it wouldn't be much of a turn for him to beat up Cena too. Christian bails and Henry, realizing he's outnumbered, thinks better of it and leaves. He doesn't come off like a coward, keeping his monster levels high. Nice touch again. Man they're thinking tonight and it's improving the show massively.
Johnny Ace says the match should be made and HHH comes in and is like dude, I got this covered and says the match is made.
Punk vs. Miz next. I'm DIGGING this brand split ending thing.
CM Punk vs. The Miz
Punk is in the ring post break which is kind of weird. Miz has a mic. Oh I'm liking this. Miz says that he was dropping pipe bombs way before Punk was and he's much more must see than Punk. Punk takes over early on with his usual assortment of strikes but the Macho Man elbow is broken up. Miz hits his running boot to the head for two.
He hammers away with left hands so Punk fires off some kicks. Short DDT gets two for Miz. Off to the chinlock before a neckbreaker gets two for Miz. Corner clothesline and a double axe off the top get two. Big boot gets two for Miz. This is a much better performance from Miz than I was expecting. After a few more minutes with almost nothing from Punk, Miz sends him to the floor and we take a break.
Back with Miz holding his third chinlock of the night. Punk starts his comeback as Cole is blasting JR and Lawler for every word he says. Punk hits the top rope elbow and loads up the GTS. And never mind as here's R-Truth for the DQ at 14:00. Man I wish this could have gotten some more time and a proper ending.
Punk beats them down but here's Nash for the distraction so that Miz can take over. Jackknife leaves Punk laying.
Sin Cara vs. Jack Swagger
BIG pop for Cara. No Vickie with Swaggs. The lights start out as normal and then go out a few seconds into it. Cara sends him to the floor and this an Asai Moonsault to take Swagger down. Here comes Vickie as Swagger hits a Vader Bomb and legdrop for a cocky one count. Swagger is in control and here's Dolph to yell. He goes to the ring and calls Jack a loser. Swagger charges but gets caught by a springboard dornado DDT and the swanton/Lionsault combo for the pin at 2:51. Hunico is WAY more coordinated than Mistico out there.
Tag Titles: Evan Bourne/Kofi Kingston vs. David Otunga/Michael McGillicutty
Kofi's pyro doesn't go off for some reason. There was a poll online and the new champions are going to be known as Air Boom. I've heard worse. McGillicutty takes over to start on Bourne and hammers away. Bourne gets beaten down as we're waiting on the hot tag to Kofi and it connects before I can finish typing that sentence. Kofi comes in with a huge springboard chop and things speed up. SOS is countered by Michael but Kofi hits a spinning springboard cross body for two as everything breaks down. Big dive takes out Otunga and Trouble in Paradise ends McGillicutty at 2:25. This was fine.
Post match Otunga gets in Lawler's face and Daivd takes the headset off him. They stare each other down but nothing else happens.
Kelly Kelly vs. Brie Bella
Oh joy, it's this match again. Kelly hammers away to start and we cut to Beth and Natalya complaining about someone else that are causing the problems. They should be in the ring, not Kelly. The twins switch places and Nikki gets the pin with an X-Factor at 1:18.
Trailer for HHH's new movie Inside Out. So how many times are we going to see this over the next few weeks? It's an action movie about a guy that is trying to reform or is out of prison or something like that. Again though, does anyone care?
Mark Henry/Christian vs. John Cena/Sheamus
Sheamus vs. Henry to start at 11:01. Sheamus pounds him down to a nice reaction but Henry runs him over with a clothesline. The tape on Sheamus' ribs is taken off and the Great White (yes they're really calling him that in a feud with a big angry black man) is in trouble. Off to Christian as this is one sided. The not great and not white (I'm just going off what they're calling his opponent) Henry comes back in and works on the ribs even more.
Christian is back in but he jumps into the Irish Curse and is down. We're waiting on the hot tag to Cena and are also waiting on Alberto to run in because we haven't see him all night. Off to Cena who cleans house and the young ones begin to cheer. Christian escapes the AA but can't get the tornado DDT.
Powerslam puts Christian down but he tries his cross body out of the corner and jumps into the AA which is blocked again. Henry breaks up the STF but misses a charge at Sheamus and they hit the floor. A running shoulder block off the apron takes Henry down and Christian gets a spear for two on Cena for two. Killswitch is countered and Christian is shoved into a Brogue Kick and the AA for the pin at 6:40.
To end the show, Punk comes in to HHH's office and the match with Nash is off. Instead, it's Punk vs. HHH. Oh my.
Results
Randy Orton b. Dolph Ziggler RKO
CM Punk b. The Miz via DQ when R-Truth interfered
Sin Cara b. Jack Swagger Lionsault
Kofi Kingston/Evan Bourne b. Michael McGillicutty/David Otunga
Brie Bella b. Kelly Kelly Pin after a facejam from Nikki Bella
John Cena/Sheamus b. Christian/Mark Henry AA to Christian
Tuesday
Raw got a 3.1, up from last week.
Smackdown
Date: August 30, 2011
Location: Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita, Kansas
Commentators: Michael Cole, Booker T, Josh Matthews
It's the live show tonight and the main event is Christian vs. Orton 4985 for the title in a cage match. It's a double branded show and hopefully we'll get the announcement that Raw guys will also appear on Smackdown. Anyway this should be fun as the live shows are usually better. Let's get to it.
Punk and HHH will sign their contract tonight.
Do You Know Your Enemy? Mine is the Detroit Tigers who won't let my Indians get back in contention.
Here's Cena to open the show. He's not sure what day it is. I kind of like him talking on the way to the ring. Don't adjust your sets because this is Smackdown, it is Tuesday and we are live. He lists off a bunch of shows that are here, ranging from Raw to Smackdown to Nitro to Smokey Mountain Wrestling to the XFL superstars. Scratch that XFL idea because that was worse than the Shockmaster.
He calls out Alberto and the music plays but it's Rodriguez instead. He says that Cena has to wait a bit longer to be in the ring with Del Rio and actually speaks English for a bit. And scratch that as it's time for the full entrance. Not that Del Rio is here due to visa issues but whatever. Ricardo keeps saying Del Rio's name over and over until Cena shouts at him. Cena has a gift for Alberto though. It's a right hand and down goes Ricardo.
Here's Barrett or as Cena says Mr. Winds of Change himself. Barrett yells at Cena for beating up the fat ring announcer which gets us a Tony Chimmel reference. They argue back and forth a bit and the bell is after the break.
Wade Barrett vs. John Cena
Cena pounds him down into the corner and Barrett is reeling early. Headlock takeover puts Barrett down again but the British dude gets a shot in to take over. Cena doesn't like being in trouble though so he hits a sitout powerslam to put Barrett down again. Boss Man Slam gets two for Wade. They're going through this kind of fast and it's making it a weaker match. Case in point we're less than three minutes in and Cena is on his finishing sequence including the Protobomb and Shuffle. The AA hits and Cena wins 100% clean at 3:17.
Henry doesn't care who wins tonight. He says Striker asked a dumb question when he asked what a cage match was like.
Sin Cara vs. Daniel Bryan
This should be good. Cara hits some arm drags to take over and grabs an armbar. Bryan gets a kick to the chest in and the suicide dive/shove to take over. He's looking a bit mad tonight for some reason. Here come the kicks from Daniel Bryan: Male Rockette. Off to a surfboard but he's no Rob Van Dam so it doesn't work. Instead he drops Cara down into a dragon sleeper which was pretty cool. Bryan is backdropped to the floor and Cara manages to avoid missing a dive but the second, a springboard spinning cross body to the floor, takes Bryan out.
Back in the swanton gets two but he didn't try the Lionsault. Bryan gets his moonsault out of the corner and they collide on cross body attempts to put both of them down. They exchange kicks but Cara manages to put him down and hit the swanton/Lionsault combo and gets the pin at 5:03.
They shake hands post match but CARA KICKS HIM IN THE FACE!!! Did Sin Cara just turn heel??? I was referring to a Bryan turn!
Air Boom says they're awesome and teach Striker the Boom Boom Boom.
Sheamus doesn't like bullies and you shouldn't either.
We recap the Orton vs. Christian feud since MITB, which is really all you need to know about the feud.
Christian says this is his night.
Natalya/Beth Phoenix vs. Kelly Kelly/Alicia Fox
Aksana is guest ring announcer which is supposed to be connected to her hitting on Teddy. So Alicia is a face now? Nattie vs. Kelly to start. Kelly looks like the victim of a bubblegum accident. Cold tag to Alicia and after some offense from her, the Glam Slam takes care of this at 2:00.
It's time for the contract signing and Teddy brings out HHH. He talks about the match a bit and says he's glad that he gets to take the suit off for one night. The fans seem totally behind Punk. Punk puts his feet on the table and wants to know why we're here. He thinks HHH has put a stipulation into the contract but HHH says there's nothing suspicious going on. Punk says there's nothing HHH can do to surprise him.
Punk interrupts HHH when he talks about respect and for once, someone tells Punk to shut up. HHH says he's bent over backwards to work with Punk but Punk kept pushing. He wants to know who Punk thinks got Living Color to let the company use Cult of Personality as his theme. Who does Punk think got him that Best in the World shirt? Punk has gotten everything he's asked for but Punk hasn't cooperated. Now HHH wants Punk to deal with him like a man.
Punk says he doesn't want to fight the COO but rather the Cerebral Assassin. Maybe HHH isn't the right man for the job because just like Vince, he can't separate the business from the personal stuff. Punk insists he loves the WWE because if he hated it he wouldn't be sitting here right now. He wants a change and says that he and the fans are dying for a change. Punk says he wants to be a catalyst for that change.
HHH says give me a break because half of the fans agree with him and half of them flat out do not care. Some of the fans like the WWE, which draws a big pop. He's right too. Punk only wants change if it means Punk is on top. He's no different than anyone, including HHH. They'd both do whatever it took to get on top but HHH said he'd do whatever it took to get to the top. Punk has no balls though and is trying to sneak his way to the top by pretending to be a martyr.
Punk says if he's seen as a martyr then maybe he's doing the right thing. HHH talked about half of the people liking it but Punk wants EVERYONE to like it. Before Punk was a wrestler he was a fan and at his core he's still that. He'll do whatever he can do to make this place fun again. The reason he says these things about his wife is because it tests HHH. HHH is just like Vince and is just as egotistical and corrupt as everyone and the hiring of HHH's old buddies is proof of that.
Punk signs and says that if he has to be the catalyst of change and has to go through HHH to do it, so be it. At Night of Champions, don't fine him or suspend him after he beats the boss. HHH says the difference between Punk and himself is respect. He respects Vince and says that they wouldn't be there if not for Vince McMahon. That's a hard one to argue for Punk I think.
He's about to say why he's not like Vince but gets cut off by Punk. Punk calls him short sighted and HHH is living in the past that Vince is trapped in. Punk wants change and HHH says he'll get it. This is where he's not like Vince (he signs here) because at NOC he would have gotten in the ring with Punk and taken a beating because it would have been good for business. This isn't about business and it's personal. HHH: I'm going to kick your skinny, fat ass. Take one off the Connecticut public school system I guess.
Here's Nash and Punk FREAKS. HHH tries to hold him back but the big man gets in there. They slug it out and HHH tries to break it up, allowing Nash to get in a big boot. HHH gets in his face and Nash shoves him down, stunning HHH.
Sheamus vs. Great Khali
Sheamus still has bad ribs. Khali dominates to start and locks in a nerve hold after hammering away on the chest and ribs. Sheamus fights back and hits his forearms while Khali is in the ropes but as he sets for the Brogue Kick, Mahal comes in for the DQ at 2:50. This was nothing.
Post match the Indian dudes try a beatdown but Khali misses the chop and hits the post. A Brogue Kick takes him down and Sheamus beats up Legs Mahal for fun.
Inside Out trailer wastes some time.
There's a poll for the world title match tonight: Orton wins 85 to 15. DANG.
The cage is lowered and it's just after 9:30. This is going to get some time.
Smackdown World Title: Christian vs. Randy Orton
In a cage and Orton is champion in case you're reading this in like 10 years. You can win by pin/submission/escape. I didn't know the back of the belt was red. They have about 18 minutes left so for a TV main event that's more than enough. Christian tries two early escapes but Orton saves both times. He tries something off the middle rope but jumps into a dropkick from Randy for two. With that we take an abrupt break less than two minutes into the match.
Back with Christian in control and hammering away in the corner. Orton takes him down with a clothesline and the fans seem to like Orton better. Why do I sound surprised by that? Anyway Christian gets slammed off the top off another escape attempt. A pair of knee drops gets two for Orton. Orton's escape attempt fails as does the elevated DDT. The Canadian goes up but Orton makes a save again.
They're really playing up the idea of it could end at a moment's notice as Orton gets a rollup and Christian gets a spinebuster, both for two. Cole says Christian has been around for 17 years. I don't know what school he went to but they weren't noted for their math. Christian gets to the top of the cage but Randy makes another save. They fight on the top rope and Orton snaps off a superplex to put both guys down at break #2.
Back with Christian almost making it and having his hands on the floor but Orton saves again. Orton starts his insane stuff but the elevated DDT is countered again. A shot to the cage is reversed into the falling DDT for two for the Canadian. Christian goes for the escape and even shoves Orton down but he's feeling froggy and it only gets two.
Orton makes about his 10th save and avoids a spear. RKO misses and the second spear attempt hits for a close two. The drama in this has been very good. Christian loads up the Punt but Orton avoids it and in a NICE bit of psychology Christian teases his turning dive out of the corner and Orton jumps for an RKO but Christian fakes him out and climbs. Orton stops him again and gets that sweet over the shoulder powerbomb position into a neckbreaker for two. The fans are into this.
Christian tries the Killswitch but Orton escapes and tries the elevated DDT and gets it for once but the RKO is countered. Christian makes a lunge for the climb but Orton makes ANOTHER save. We're past 10pm now and they're fighting on the top rope. Christian tries the Killswitch from the top but Orton counters into a SUPER RKO and Christian is dead at 13:35.
Post match Henry comes out for the beating and Orton is destroyed. Randy escapes for a bit but Henry takes him down with a clothesline and a splash stops Orton cold. He gets sent into the cage and takes a World's Strongest Slam to end the show.
Results
John Cena b. Wade Barrett Attitude Adjustment
Sin Cara b. Daniel Bryan Lionsault
Natalya/Beth Phoenix b. Kelly Kelly/Alicia Fox Glam Slam to Fox
Sheamus b. Great Khali via DQ when Jinder Mahal interfered
Randy Orton b. Christian RKO off the top rope
NXT
Date: August 30, 2011
Host: Matt Striker
It's the show on the night of the live Smackdown....and it's a highlight show. This is NXT Graduates, which means that we're getting highlights of people that have been on NXT rather than any new material. This is EXACTLY what I wanted as this show KEEPS FERAKING GOING. With this, next week we'll be at six months of this season. For those of you wondering, yes I do take donations for psychiatric care. Let's get to it.
So yeah this is going to be Striker narrating kind of like a bad DVD.
We start with Barrett's promo from last week's Smackdown saying he won't fight a jobber.
Video on Brodus Clay.
Time to talk about AJ and we don't get a clip from her on NXT. We get clips from her on Smackdown! Since I really don't want to watch these matches again, I'm just copying the reviews from the originals.
Originally aired August 19, 2011 (Smackdown)
Kelly Kelly/AJ vs. Natalya/Alicia Fox
Nattie vs. AJ to start and the cute one (in plaid) is in trouble. Natalya is killing it here as we're just waiting for the hot tag to Kelly to clean house. AJ finally fights her way to the tag and Kelly does her usual stuff. Alicia misses the axe kick and K2 ends this at 4:30. Just nothing to talk about here.
Video on Justin Gabriel being in South Africa.
Matt talks about his sister thinking Gabriel was gorgeous.
Originally aired August 19, 2011 (Smackdown)
Justin Gabriel vs. Tyson Kidd
Well they had a great match on NXT a few weeks ago so I have high hopes here. We get some nice speed stuff to start and Tyson takes over with some shots to the face. Nice dropkick to the back of the head as the announcers are talking about fishing with sharks. A hard elbow gets two. Justin fires off with some kicks which get two. Kidd rolls through a springboard cross body and tries a leg lock but Justin escapes and hits an STO. Justin goes for the 450 and after knocking Kidd off the top the splash ends it at 4:23.
Well sure they picked that one. Why pick the really good one from NXT?
Video on Alex Riley.
Originally aired July 17, 2011 (Money in the Bank 2011)
The version they show is clipped but this is the full review.
Sin Cara vs. Justin Gabriel vs. Heath Slater vs. Sheamus vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Wade Barrett vs. Kane vs. Daniel Bryan
This is going to be a big insane match so its almost impossible to call whats going on in these things. Im really not sure who to predict in this. I went with Cody as a more or less random choice mainly out of a lack of anyone else. Big mess to start as these really should only have six people in them. Kane, Barrett and Sheamus clear the ring out and its a three way staredown.
The Europeans .wait Kane is from Spain. Ok the two guys not named Kane go down and its ladder time already. Bryan dropkicks Kane down as Slater and Gabriel team up a bit. Cara, who is in white/gray here, gets taken down but the former tag partners fight already. Slater goes for the ladder and is loudly booed. Gabriel goes up but the ladder is way off center. Bryan dropkicks him off but Cody goes up.
Kane sends Sheamus and Cody to the floor but Barrett stops the Big Bald. Kane throws a ladder at Sheamus to take him down. Slater vs. Kane and guess who wins that one. Cara pops up out of nowhere to drill Kane and break up the clothesline. Bryan hits a big dive and Gabriel does the same. Sorry for all the play by play stuff but its all you can do in these things for the most part.
Cara is like screw you guys Im the flier here and takes out Sheamus with a huge one. He follows that up by kicking Bryan in the head and hitting the top rope C4 to take Bryan down. Sin tries to go for the briefcase but cant pick a ladder up and into the ring. Barrett kicks his head off so it doesnt matter. They do the whole set up a ladder as a bridge from the ring to the table thing as is customary.
Cara avoids going through it though and Barrett clotheslines the post. For some reason the masked guy goes in again without a ladder and gets his head kicked off by Sheamus. Not a good night for the Mexican dude. Cara gets powerbombed through the ladder to more or less kill him. BIG pop for Sheamus for that one. Sheamus is controlling almost everyone here as Cara is taken out on a stretcher.
Kane and Sheamus are in the ring and fighting over a ladder. Scratch that as all three go to the floor. Bryan, Kane and Cody are all in the ring with ladders now. The small guys work together to take Kane down and there goes that partnership. Cara is gone now, as in out of the entire arena via a stretcher. Kane has the big ladder set up in the ring and everyone comes in. Cody makes an attempt but all the small guys make a save.
The former Nexus triple teams Bryan and then the tag team tells Barrett to go ahead. Barrett proves why British wrestlers are stupid as he goes up and is pulled down just a few seconds later. Both of them go up but Rhodes shoves the ladder down. Cross Rhodes takes someone down and its time for Barrett and Rhodes to fight over the ladder. Cross Rhodes takes Barrett out but Sheamus makes the last second save.
Theres an Irish Curse and pasty goes up, only for Bryan to make the save. Bryan rams him into the ladder a few times and goes up at the same time. Sheamus and Kane combine for a Doomsday Device to END Bryan. Kane and Sheamus are alone in the ring now. Well other than a ladder but that doesnt count I dont think. The big ladder is in the ring and a regular one is set up as a bridge against the middle buckle.
Kane escapes though and chokeslams various small people. Big Bald goes up but Bryan makes ANOTHER save despite being legally deceased I believe. Bryan goes up and almost gets the LeBell Lock on the ladder. That would be awesome. Bryan manages to knock Kane to the floor but Slater stops him. Bryan saves AGAIN as hes been insane so far tonight.
Slater goes up one more time but Barrett saves. Time for Barrett vs. Sheamus which doesnt sound all that appealing. Thankfully they team up and stop Slater, using a ladder like a fork to stop Slater and shove him off the top. That was cool. Sheamus goes nuts and takes out a lot of people so he can climb. Naturally hes not that smart so he sets up another ladder on the top rope.
Sheamus is just beating people up at the moment and not really trying to go after it. Even Booker is saying GO FOR IT. Ok now hes going up but Kane pops up from nowhere to stop him. Sheamus has a bridge ladder beneath him. He goes onto it but doesnt break it. FREAKING OW MAN! Wasteland hits Kane and Gabriel climbs a ladder and hits 450 in the tightest space possible. That was AWESOME.
Bryan and Cody go at it on the ladder as everyone but Barrett is down. Wade comes up as Bryan tries to choke Cody out because hes an idiot. Cody goes down and Wade takes an elbow to knock him backwards a bit. Bryan is alone up there and Wade is on the bridge. Bryan kicks him down and WINS THE CASE! Totally didnt see that one coming.
After the Inside Out trailer, we actually TALK ABOUT THE SHOW. It's a highlight reel about what's happened on the show over the last 25 weeks or whatever. We get clips of everyone being eliminated and Bateman returning...and that's it. No word on what's next, no words on upcoming eliminations, nothing. That's it. I have never felt like I wasted my time on a show before, but I do now.
Results
Kelly Kelly/AJ b. Alicia Fox/Natalya K2 to Fox
Justin Gabrile b. Tyson Kidd 450 Splash
Daniel Bryan won the Smackdown Money in the Bank Case Bryan pulled down the case
Wednesday
Smackdown's live show got a 2.1, up from what the show has been doing lately, which is about 1.8.