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Michael Cole: Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to Friday Night SmackDown! The Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon is jacked and ready for SmackDown action! Michael Cole & Matt Striker here at ringside and partner, what a night we have lined up.
Matt Striker: You said it, we are going to have 2 Money in the Bank Qualifying Matches and not to mention Drew McIntyre defending The Intercontinental Championship against Curt Hawkins!
Michael Cole: I can't wait to see that and also, I want to hear the explanation as to why Alberto Del Rio screwed Kane out of the World Heavyweight Championship last week.
In the Arena:
*****You know it's The MacMilitant*****
Theodore Long's music hits and he makes his way down to the ring and he looks like he's all business. He gets in the ring and gets on the mic.
Theodore Long: Let's not waste any time and let's cut right to the chase playas! Alberto Del Rio! Come out to this ring, right now and explain your actions!
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Alberto Del Rio's theme hits and he comes out his signature Rolls Royce honking the horn obnoxiously.
Michael Cole: Looks like we won't have to wait long to find out about Alberto Del Rio.
He gets in the ring with Ricardo Rodriguez and he has a big smile on his face.
Theodore Long: Well Alberto, let's not waste any time and beat around the bush. Why did you attack Kane last week and cost him his World Heavyweight Championship Match with Edge?
He hands the mic to Alberto Del Rio and the crowd starts booing and start a "You Suck" Chant.
Del Rio: Teddy Long, Amigo, you should be thanking me for what I did. I did what was best for SmackDown. Nobody wants to see Kane as The World Heavyweight Champion. I did you a favor and saved SmackDown's WrestleMania Main Event. These people want....no these people need Alberto Del Rio as their World Heavyweight Champion. And if I can't be World Champion, nobody can.
Fans erupt into boos and start an Asshole Chant.
Del Rio: My Amigo Christian is an exception because he actually beat me. But I will not allow that "thing" to hold such a precious title. Not as long as Alberto Del Rio is on SmackDown. It is MY Destiny to win the World Heavyweight Championship, not Kane's. He had two title matches and LOST them both and a third was not necessary. That is why I did what I did. And one day these people will thank me for it.
Fans continue to boo him as he passes the mic back to Theodore Long.
Theodore Long: Well, that's quite an explanation playa, but it does not excuse what you did last week. So, here's what we're gonna do playa, I looked through your schedule and I looked through Kane's schedule and the both of you are free around WrestleMania.
Fans start cheering.
Matt Striker: Uh-oh, wait a minute.
Theodore Long: It's very simple playa, Alberto Del Rio one on one with Kane at WrestleMania!
Fans erupt into cheers as Del Rio is irate as Ricardo tries to calm him down.
Michael Cole: Oh My! Kane and Alberto Del Rio at WrestleMania!
Del Rio: Wait a minute, you can't do that!
He starts speaking in Spanish until Long cuts him off.
Theodore Long: Hold on playa, you seem to forget that I run this show and I can do whatever I want playa. You want to play games, you won the Grand Prize: A Match with Kane at WrestleMania!
Matt Striker: This is an abuse of power. Our General Manager is on a Power Trip!
Michael Cole: Del Rio is getting just what he deserves if you ask me.
Theodore Long: And as far as tonight goes, you're going to have your first taste of the Kane because I'm making a match. It'll be Kane and a partner of his choosing and they will take on Alberto Del Rio and a partner of his choosing! Holla Holla Holla!
Michael Cole: Wow!
Matt Striker: This is not right!
Long's music plays as Del Rio is still talking trash and being held back by Ricardo Rodriguez.
Michael Cole: What a way to start off SmackDown! Alberto Del Rio will face Kane at WrestleMania, but not only that, but both men will have to find partners to face off in a Tag Team Match here tonight!
Matt Striker: This is not fair to Alberto Del Rio. He was just doing what was right for SmackDown.
Michael Cole: Well, Kane is going to be gunning for Del Rio. We'll see what happens and what partners both men are going to choose.
*****COMMERCIAL*****
Match 1:
Money in the Bank Qualifying Match
Wade Barrett vs Kofi Kingston
Both men circle the ring and Gabriel gets on the apron which distracts Kofi and he goes after him. Barrett attacks Kofi from behind and begins going to work on him. He whips Kofi off the ropes now. Kofi ducks under a right hands, comes back and catches Barrett with a flying reverse elbow. He covers and gets a two count. He picks Barrett up and hits him some forearm shots. He goes whip Barrett into the ropes, but he reverses. Kofi goes off the ropes and gets tripped up by Heath Slater. Slater brags, then Kofi hits Slater with a baseball slide sending him into the baracade. He turns around and gets beheaded by Barrett with a clotheslines. He crawls over for a pin, but gets a two count.
He drags Kofi over to the ring ropes and chokes him out on the bottom ring rope. He goes over and poses to the crowd as the other Corre members clap and cheer for him. He goes back over to Kofi and he catches him with some shots to the body. He whips off the ropes, but Barrett catches him on the rebound and puts him down with a knee to the midsection. He picks him and whips him hard into the corner. He saunders over to Kofi. Kofi hits Barrett with shoulder thrust and he takes him and down and rolls him up into a bridge pinning combination. The ref makes the count, but Kofi gets a long two count. Barrett gets back up quickly and takes Kofi down with an elbow to the jaw.
He brings Kofi over to the ropes and starts laying into him with shoulder thrusts. He hammers away on Kofi until the ref calls for a break. He whips Kofi into the corner, but amazingly Kofi runs up the turnbuckles, turns around and takes Barrett down with a HUGE moonsault into a pinning combination. But Barrett manages to get his shoulder up at 2. He whips Barrett into the ropes and Kofi leaps over him with amazing agility! Barrett stops and catches Kofi with a sweet looking Dragon Suplex for a two count. He sits Kofi up and gets him in a chinlock. The fans will Kofi on and he makes his way up finally and starts getting shots to the body. He gets Barrett to break the hold and he whips off the ropes, but Barrett catches him with a powerslam. He covers, but gets another near fall.
He whips Kofi into the corner. He runs into him, but Kofi gets his boot up. He climbs the ropes and comes off the top with a HUGE crossbody. What elevation! He covers Barrett, but gets a nearfall. He catches Barrett with a dropkick, bounces off the ropes and hits the Boom Drop for a two count. Slater gets on the apron and distracts the referee while Tyler Reks gets in the ring and drops Kofi with a powerbomb and leaves the ring. Barrett crawls over to Kofi, then all of a sudden.....
*****We Are One*****
Michael Cole: Wait a minute, that's The Nexus' music!
Matt Striker: What are they doing here?!!
Michael Cole: The Nexus and The Corre got into it on RAW Last Monday night. It's time for Round 2!
The Nexus' theme hits in the Arena and drives the fans into a frenzy. The 4 Corre members outside of the ring walk halfway up the entrance ramp waiting for the Nexus to come out as the ref is looking that way too.
Matt Striker: Well, where are they? Don't tell me they chickened out.
Michael Cole: Wait a minute, look!
CM Punk hops the baracade in the midst of all this, slides in the ring and low blows Barrett. He picks him up and drops him with GTS and leaves the ring. The Corre members finally spot him, but Punk quickly retreats through the crowd! Kofi crawls on top of Barrett. 1,......2,......3! Kofi wins!
Winner: Kofi Kingston
Matt Striker: Come on now Michael, you know this is not right.
Michael Cole: Well, fair or not, The Nexus get a measure of revenge for RAW and cost Barrett a shot at the Money in the Bank Match at WrestleMania. Kofi advances, but we another Qualifying Match still to come tonight!
*****COMMERCIAL*****
Backstage:
Laycool are backstage, walking down a hallway with equipment all over the place.
Michelle: Speaking of Men, how funny was it when Beth Phoenix got locked in that broom closet?
Layla: OMG, it was so funny, I almost tweeted it. Talk about Dum with a capital Duh.
Michelle: A capital what Lay?
Laycool: Duuuhhhh!!!
Michelle: But it all worked as I am the new Divas Champion.
Layla: Don't you mean, we are?
Michelle: Um, sure Lay.
She laughs and they run into Vickie Guerrero.
Vickie: Well, well, if isn't my good friends Laycool. I need your help. Beth Phoenix is looking for me and I need you two to protect me.
Michelle: Whoa, hold on, that Big Amazon is your problem, not ours.
Vickie: But...
Layla: Yeah, we didn't tell you and Kaitlyn to beat her up and lock her in the Broom Closet.
Vickie: Yeah you did!
Michelle: Vickie, real talk, I think you're starting to lose it.
Amidst all this, Teddy Long makes his on the scene.
Teddy Long: Hey Ladies, I was looking for the two of you. It's nice to see that Laycool has their Divas Titles back. Almost looks like you're Tag Team Champions. And that gives me a great idea. Seeing as how all 3 of you wanna screw around with Beth Phoenix, here's what we're gonna do. Tonight, on SmackDown, Laycool, the two of you will face the team of Beth Phoenix & Natalya for those same Divas Championships.
Laycool start to argue and Vickie laughs out loud.
Teddy Long: Laugh it up Vickie because seeing as how you and Kaitlyn were involved in luring Beth into the Broom Closet in the first place, you have the task of facing Beth Phoenix one on one next week on SmackDown!
Fans erupt into cheers as Vickie is speechless.
Teddy Long: Holla Holla Holla!
He says that and walks off as Laycool try to conceal their laughter, then burst out in laughs.
Layla: You ok Vickie? You want a Soda?
Michelle: Yeah, do you need a hug?
Vickie walks off like she just got the worst news of the day as Laycool continue to laugh as we head to a Commercial Break.
*****COMMERCIAL*****
Backstage:
Tiffany: Welcome back to SmackDown everybody and my guest at this time, The NEW Intercontinental Champion Drew McIntyre and Kelly Kelly!
The camera pans to both of them as Kelly is all over Drew and rubbing his IC Title.
Tiffany: Drew, how do you feel that later on tonight, you'll have to defend your Intercontinental Championship against Curt Hawkins?
Kelly: Babe, can I get this one? Curt, let me explain something to you. You have some nerve ruining my baby's celebration when he became the new Intercontinental Champion last week. Tiff, Curt Hawkins is nothing more than a bitter little child that got his heart broken. Boo-hoo.
She laughs and gives McIntyre the mic.
Drew: Curt, my good friend. Somehow, I figured you weren't gonna learn your lesson after that beating I gave to you at No Way Out. Maybe after tonight, you will finally learn your lesson. But just remember, you asked for this. You made you bed and now you have to sleep in it Laddie. Tiffany, you want to know what I'm going to do to Curt Hawkins? I'm going to take the last bit of his Pride and crush it. It'll be as easy as 1,...2,....3.
They both laugh and walk off.
Match 2:
Money in the Bank Qualifying Match
Dolph Ziggler vs Chris Masters
Both men circle the ring. Ziggler stops and shows off his muscle to Masters and shows off his abs. Masters scoffs and looks the crowd and shows his physique and the girls go crazy. Ziggler tries to attack him from behind, but Masters backdrops him out of the ring. He leaves the ring and starts hammering away on Ziggler before sending him into the steel steps. Vickie stalks Masters with her boot, but he spots her. He starts to go after her, but Ziggler pushes Masters into the ring post. He slides in and out of the ring to break the ref's count. He brings Masters over to the baracade and bounces his head off the ropes and starts hammering away. He finally sends Masters back into the ring. He slides into the ring and goes for a quick cover, but only gets a two count.
He picks Masters up and hammers away. He bounces him off the ropes. Masters ducks under a right hand, but Ziggler catches him on the rebound with a sweet dropkick. He covers again, but gets another two count. Then, he starts arguing with the referee. He starts stomping away on Masters. Masters begins to fight back and he fights back up to his feet and hammers away on Ziggler. He bounces him off the ropes lowers his head, and Ziggler nails him in the face with his boot. Ziggler bounces off the ropes again and Masters catches him and picks him up into a Gorilla Press Position. He press slams him down to the mat and shows off his muscles.
Before he could capitalize, Sean O' Haire makes his way out, but stops at the entrance ramp. Masters spots him and he wants him to come down to the ring. Ziggler attacks him from behind now. He starts hammering on his back until Masters pushes him down to the mat. He waits for Ziggler to get up and clotheslines him inside and out! He goes for a covers, but Ziggler, gets his shoulder up at two! Ziggler crawls over to the ropes and the ref checks on him. Chris Harris hops the baracade and grabs Masters foot and Vickie gets on the apron. Masters kicks Harris in the face and down to the floor, but the ref is busy with Vickie Guerrero. Ziggler comes up from behind and low blows Masters. Vickie drops from the apron and Ziggler drops Masters with the Zig Zag and gets the win.
Winner: Dolph Ziggler
After the match:
Ziggler and Vickie celebrate as Sean O' Haire and Chris Harris leave like nothing even happened.
Michael Cole: Sean O' Haire and Chris Harris look like they have unfinished business with The Masterpiece and cost him a slot in the Money in the Bank Match at WrestleMania.
Matt Striker: Michael, why don't you focus on the important news, Dolph Ziggler is one step closer to becoming the next Mr. Money in the Bank!
Backstage:
Laycool is walking down the hallway.
Matt Striker: Oh Michael, look.
Michael Cole: The walk of shame for Laycool. Will it be a short reign for the Divas Champions as they put both belts on the line against Natalya and Beth Phoenix, next!
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Match 3:
Divas Tag Team Championship Match
Laycool vs Beth Phoenix & Natalya
The Bell rings and Natalya looks like she's going to start things off and Laycool are playing Rock, Paper, Scissors to see who will start it off. Beth and Natalya get fed up and attack both Divas. Beth drags Layla outside and starts hammering away on her and Natalya goes to work on Michelle in the corner. She whips her into the opposite corner. She charges, but Michelle manages to slide out of the ring. Beth comes up from behind and throws Michelle back in the ring. Michelle is yelling at Beth and Natalya comes up from behind and drops Michelle with a back suplex. She then precedes to get Michelle in the sharpshooter, but Layla runs in and clotheslines Natalya to break the hold and quickly scoots out of the ring. Michelle takes advantage and stomps on the lower back of Natalya. She picks her up and connects with a suplex and floats over into a pin, but gets a two count.
She brings her over to her corner and tags in Layla. They come in and hit a double suplex on her. Layla continues to work on that lower back as she locks in a Boston Crab submission. Natalya is able to make it to the ropes and Layla has to break the hold. Michelle claps and cheers as Layla bows to her. She brings her over to the corner and starts working on the abdomen of Natalya, but she quickly fires back with right hands and takes Layla down with a dropkick. She waits for Layla to get up and takes her down with a series of clotheslines. Then, she nails Michelle for good measure knocking her off the apron.
Beth pleads for the tag and Natalya tags her in. She comes in and can't wait. Layla turns around and Beth picks her up hoisting her high over head! Michelle comes in now. Beth press slams Layla and powerslams a charging Michelle. She covers, but only gets a two count. Layla is lying down in the corner and Natalya charges, but Layla trips her and she lands face first into the middle turnbuckle. Layla then throws her out of the ring. Vickie Guerrero now makes her way down to the ring and starts talking trash to Beth Phoenix. Beth is telling her to bring it on. Michelle tries to attack from behind, but Beth picks her up and press slams her out of the ring and onto Vickie Guerrero! As she celebrates, Layla rolls up Beth and hooks the tights for the win!
Winners and STILL Divas Tag Team Champions: Laycool
Michael Cole: Hey, wait a minute!
Matt Striker: What?
Michael Cole: What do you mean what? She had the tights!
Matt Striker: I saw Layla pin Beth Phoenix in the middle of the ring.
Michael Cole: Are you watching the same match I am? You didn't see Layla grab a handful of Beth Phoenix's tights?
After the match, Laycool and Vickie escape with the Divas Championship belts and celebrate on the top of the ramp before leaving.
Matt Striker: I saw a great victory by Laycool.
Michael Cole: Well, Vickie will damn sure get hers next week when she goes one on one with Beth Phoenix!
Backstage:
Curt Hawkins walked out his Locker Room and he looks all business.
Michael Cole: Well, Ladies and Gentlemen, Curt Hawkins has a chance at some revenge on Drew McIntyre as he challenges Drew McIntyre for the Intercontinental Championship. It's Next!
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