Smackdown Spoilers for 12/27/13

[victor]

Hi me again spoilers #3 for next week's Smackdown as WWE shuts down for Christmas. Looks like a good show.

 

 

* John Cena comes out first and to a surprisingly loud (and somewhat unified) pop. He asks to face Randy Orton for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match on the program, but is interrupted by  The Shield. They beat Cena mercilessly, until Mark Henry comes in for the save, then the both of them get attacked and abused by the Shield.

WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E. Langston then comes out and the faces get the upper hand on Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, and Roman Reigns. Kane then arrives to make the matches for the show. Langston vs. Ambrose, Reigns vs. Henry, and Rollins vs. Cena.

1.) The Wyatt Family (w/Bray Wyatt) def. The Usos. Bray hit the ring after the match was over to hit “Sister Abigail” and end the segment.

* WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton is interviewed by Renee Young. Dolph Ziggler interrupts him however, and a Kane makes a match between the two of them for later on in the program.

2.) Antonio Cesaro def. Cody Rhodes.

3.) Prime Time Players def. Curtis Axel / Ryback.

4.) *WWE World Heavyweight Champion* Randy Orton def. Dolph Ziggler. Orton wins a great match with the RKO.

5.) Daniel Bryan def. Damien Sandow. After the match, Bray Wyatt comes out to cut a promo on Bryan and discusses Bryan joining the Wyatt Family again. Bray gets some good heat during the promo.

6.) Big E. Langston def. Dean Ambrose. 

7.) Roman Reigns def. Mark Henry. 

8.) John Cena def. Seth Rollins. This was said to have been an excellent match and it closed out the program.

(Dark Match Main Event: John Cena vs. Randy Orton for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Cena wins by DQ.

 

[Fat Spanish Waiter]

I'd believe Roman fucking Reigns beating Mark Henry about as much as I'd believe Roman Polanski beating Mark Henry. Fuck.

[Victator]

How many drinks did he have?

[Matt D]

Reigns vs Henry and Ambrose vs Big E are things I kind of think they shouldn't have given away but there's a lot of stuff that looks like it'll be good here. 

[RIPPA]

Isn't Ambrose vs Big E a champion vs champion match? How often does that happen?

 

More often than you think now - especially since they don't care about the US Title (and they used to not care about the IC title)

 

It really wouldn't shock me if at the Rumble Langson and Ambrose are unifying the IC and US belts

[Matt D]

Which would be fine because it opens things up for the Henry/Langston/Undertaker vs Shield Mania match that I want. I'll miss the World title but I wouldn't miss the US title that much.

[RIPPA]

How many title defenses has Ambrose actually made with the US title anyway? Less than 5?

[Brian Fowler]

I don't think there has been a televised one since the match with Big E at HIAC.

[ebbie]

How many title defenses has Ambrose actually made with the US title anyway? Less than 5?

 

 

I keep forgetting he has that belt tbh.

[RIPPA]

I was bored so I looked it up myself.

 

He won it at Extreme Rules in May.

 

He has had a whooping 11 defenses since then (I included the defense on NXT). Of course - he has only won 3 times clean (and shocker that was twice over Ziggler and once over Kofi)

[Dank]

That's just WWE keeping the old-school mentality of protecting the title and not giving away title defenses every week on free TV.

[MonteCarl]

11 defenses in 7 months? At least he's defending it every 30 days, on average. But when was his actual title defense? Was it against Big E at HitC?

[Greggulator]

Ambrose has been in about 500,000 six-man matches during that same time period. It's not like he's not doing anything.

[BEN!]

Is Cena just going to show up on every show and demand a title match?  He lost fair and square.  Back of the line, homeboy.

[RIPPA]

He last defense was the Raw after HITC (also against Langston)

 

And if we do follow the 30 day rule - he should have been stripped in August as he defended it July 10 on NXT and then not again till August 18 at Summerslam.

And if you don't count the NXT defense (since the July 10 date is the taping date - I dont know when it aired) - he went from June 17 - August 18 without a defense

[_MJ_]

They should have threw the US belt (or even the tags belts) in the garbage, and brought back the six-man tag titles for this faction revival era.  Down with tradition.

 

Too late now with the Shield on the outs

[Newb82]

Ambrose is still doing better than Show's U.S. title reign.

[RonL21]

He last defense was the Raw after HITC (also against Langston)

 

And if we do follow the 30 day rule - he should have been stripped in August as he defended it July 10 on NXT and then not again till August 18 at Summerslam.

And if you don't count the NXT defense (since the July 10 date is the taping date - I dont know when it aired) - he went from June 17 - August 18 without a defense

 

Are house shows included in 30 day rule?

[Go2Sleep]

Reigns vs. Henry and Cena vs. Rollins are two pretty interesting matches. Definitely have to check those out.

[Matt D]

He last defense was the Raw after HITC (also against Langston)

 

And if we do follow the 30 day rule - he should have been stripped in August as he defended it July 10 on NXT and then not again till August 18 at Summerslam.

And if you don't count the NXT defense (since the July 10 date is the taping date - I dont know when it aired) - he went from June 17 - August 18 without a defense

 

AMBROSE: The Intercontinental Title has always been referred to as the “workhorse title,” because it was defended more frequently and more feverishly. Right now, I look at the United States Championship that way. I’ve defended that thing on four continents and more countries than I can remember. I take a lot of pride in that.

 

www.wwe.com/inside/should-wwe-unify-intercontinental-and-united-states-titles-26170268

[Log]

Antonio Cesaro def. Cody Rhodes.

 

One step closer to the Cesaro/Golddust match I'm dreaming of!

[MGFanJay]

Orton-Dolph was good, while the Shield-a-thon was incredible. Big E-Ambrose was simple, while Reigns-Henry was impressive, and Cena-Rollins was a PPV main event-level match. Rollins got his best singles showcase to date, and had this been on a meaningful Raw show, it would be remembered for a long time.

 

http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2013/12/sd-12-27-13.html

 

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http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/94sodqvuithf9hfbm84qmny4yimmxr16

[Matt D]

I was watching it all but burnt out during the shieldfest due to watching something like 20 Dustin matches today. I'll have to double back for Rollins/Cena.

[Hagan]

Holy cow - yeah, they've gotta run Cena/Rollins on Raw with that amount of time. I'm concerned that Cena, with his injuries, is getting a little too deep into the Hogan routine of sell, sell, sell, comeback, win, though. I mean, selling has always been his thing but since his comeback it's getting especially formula.  But yeah, Rollins came off as a star in this one. I might have liked the Bryan match from the gauntlet a few months before but this is right there with it.

 

I'm starting to think that Ambrose is falling into that trap of "we can beat him because his talking will keep him over." Clearly he's being positioned as the actual "weak link" of the group to provide fodder for when he eventually double-crosses them, but I guess if his character is supposed to the cocky quasi-leader who's generally the most ineffective one then they're doing a good job.  

[Curt McGirt]

You saw a lot of crazy shit in that match, like a pile of great mat wrestling at the start, a Shiranui (I TOLD YOU THE FUCKING MOVE WOULD SHOW UP), and Cena's moveset being broken up every time it got standard by Rollins. That was a great fucking match. Cena's selling was off the charts, Rollins' confidence was too, Ambrose got kicked right in the face accidentally by Reigns coming over the table. That was really, really good.

 

EDIT: I also have to mention how good the Shield was on the apron, going from antagonism to dejection towards the end, with shots of Ambrose rolling his eyes and Reigns having a "sitting at a funeral" look on his face. Meanwhile Rollins never missed a beat, always looking mean and confident. Great stuff.