The Natural Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 The building is packed. It's not sold out, but like 7/8 full.The show opened with Teddy Long in the ring. He announced that Vince McMahon was in the building to give him a job evaluation. He asked if the crowd thought he should be the permanent GM. The crowd responded positively. He said this would be the best Smackdown ever.Booker T's music hit and he made his return. Booker T thanked Teddy but said he would be resuming the general manager duties. Enter Vince McMahon, who said there can be only one. He asked what they have to offer. Teddy announced Curtis Axel vs. Chris Jericho for the Intercontinental Title. Booker announced Alberto Del Rio vs. Randy Orton.Enter Brad Maddox, who said he already thought of those matches, and announced the Smackdown return of Rob Van Dam. Big pop. Vince teased all three and announced that the new Smackdown general manager is Vickie Guerrero. Big heat and "No!" chants followed. Vickie cut a promo about how she's back and she hates all of us. Nuclear heat.1. Dolph Ziggler beat Jack Swagger (w/Antonio Cesaro and Zeb Colter). Ziggler won after hitting the Zig-Zag in about four minutes. Cesaro and Zeb were sent backstage after Cesaro pulled Ziggler off the apron into his uppercut. Post match, Ziggler cut a quick promo about dumping AJ. He said he should've done it sooner.AJ was watching backstage with Big E and went nuts. She beat up a chair and even attacked Big E. Eventually, he hugged her and they had a moment. They were about to kiss when Langston pulled away and kissed her on the forehead.There was a non-televised entrance for The Shield. The Uso's microphones didn't work for their entrance. It was really staticky. Is that a word? it is now.2. Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns vs. The Usos never started because Dean Ambrose ran in. Mark Henry made the save to a huge pop. Babyface turn. The Shield retreated back up the stands and the babyfaces held the ring.3. Daniel Bryan beat Wade Barrett via LeBell Lock in about 5:00. Unbelievable reaction for Bryan. Huge pop, arena-wide "Yes!" and "Daniel Bryan" chants. No need for audio sweetener with this great crowd tonight.Miz TV with Paul Heyman. Epic non-response for Miz's entrance. Great heat on Paul. Paul put over Brock Lesnar and offered Punk a piece of advise: "Stay down." Paul threatened that if Punk ever showed his face again, he would be be victimized by Brock Lesnar. More brilliance from Heyman. Miz was lame, then he left.On his way up the ramp, Heyman interrupted Miz leaving and brought out Curtis Axel. He and Miz exchanged looks but passed each other on the stage.4. Curtis Axel (w/ Paul Heyman) pinned Chris Jericho in about 10 minutes to retain the Intercontinental Title. Decent back and forth match that Axel won with his hangman's facebuster. The crowd went bonkers for Jericho's offense (the pop on The Walls being applied won't be sweetened. Unreal). There seemed to be no connection between Axel and the crowd. Post-match, Ryback came to the ring and hit Jericho with the Meat Hook and Shellshocked.Damien Sandow came to the ring. He said he didn't screw Cody, so he couldn't understand why Cody attacked him Monday. However, he wasn't going to spew angry rhetoric at Cody, because that's what makes him different from us. He said he and Cody were still best friends, and he invited Cody to join him in the ring.Cody entered and Sandow said he forgave Cody. He offered Cody a "metaphorical olive branch" in the form of the offer to be the "guardian of the case. Cody, you earned this." Sandow said. Cody attacked Sandow, but Sandow quickly escaped and ran to the back. Unimpressive reactions for Cody.5. Rob Van Dam beat Darren Young (w/Titus O'Neil). RVD won with the Five Star Frog Splash in about five minutes. A showcase match for RVD, who used all of his standard spots.Backstage, Vickie Guerrero had security remove Teddy Long from the building.A brief graphic hyped that Big Show would be making his return to Raw this Monday.6. Randy Orton pinned Alberto Del Rio in a non-title match. Orton went over clean after an RKO in about 10 minutes. What you'd expect from these two. I still don't like how frequently champions lose non-title matches. This was the end of Smackdown. Credit: prowrestling.net I'd like to see the things involving Daniel Bryan and Mark Henry. EDIT: At Tuesday night’s SmackDown television taping, Mr. Money in the Bank Randy Orton was injured during his match against World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio.According to WWE medical personnel, the nine-time World Champion suffered a cervical strain and cervical neuropraxia.Check back with WWE.com for details as they become available. That's a shame. I've mostly enjoyed Randy Orton particularly his 2004, 2007 and 2011.
Brian Fowler Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 Hey, Smackdown spoilers. I read them every week when you post them, but when the board was down, I didn't even think to look for them on my own. 5
JRV Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 That would suck for Randy & whatever plans they had for his MITB angle. Sounds like an immensely skippable show.
Bustronaut Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 Isn't cervical neuropraxia just the technical term for a stinger?
Yo-Yo's Roomie Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 More job evaluations and GM shuffling. Will WWE ever move on from this?
Matt D Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 I wonder what they're going to do with Show at Summerslam. I kind of want to see Show vs RVD. They've paired up pretty well in the past. I also want a year long tag-title reign for Christian/Henry, but that's kind of beside the point.
Jrag Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 Show/Henry vs Reigns/Rollins at SS! Book it! Might as well throw RVD/Ambrose on the card as well. Seems like a good feud for both guys at this point.
Patrick B. Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 Sigh. Beyond tired of Vickie but it seems we'll never be totally rid of her. Oh well.
w. josh Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 Might as well throw RVD/Ambrose on the card as well. Seems like a good feud for both guys at this point.Axel/RVD sounds a little better to me, both because of the Heyman thing and because I'd rather see Ambrose wrestle...just about anyone.
BEN! Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 Randy Orton ✔ @RandyOrton Hey, remember when I said don't listen to the net? I'm fine. Del Rio's kicks are hard as hell, and I caught one to the neck, part of the job 6:27 AM - 17 Jul 2013 "S'up baby, don't believe the hype. My cervix is good." 4
Ace Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 Apparently this match is Jericho's last for a little while.
Cristobal Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 Apparently this match is Jericho's last for a little while. Which is too bad, cuz I'd have liked the next stop on Jericho's "put the kids over" tour to have been a US title feud with Ambrose.
Big Rob Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 I like the Mark Henry progression, is Summerslam too long to hold out for him and The Usos against The Shield? Seems like that would be a fun match to kick off the show, but it also is an easy time filler for a Smackdown or Raw. 1
piranesi Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 "S'up baby, don't believe the hype. My cervix is good." That little kid is saying "You're going to be my new dad now."
Go2Sleep Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 Really, they had to shove Vickie back into the (secondary) spotlight? What happened to Booker T? Mark Henry as a face is something we can all get behind. They really should've saved that retirement promo for after the Cena feud and used it for the Shield beatdown. I'm glad Orton's not really hurt, but if anyone could handle a sustained layoff during a big push, it's him. He could be off tv for months and "I hear voices" would still get an Austin-esque pop whenever he re-emerged with the case.
odessasteps Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 That little kid is saying "You're going to be my new dad now.""Did you read that my divorce is final?"
MORELOCK Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 They really should've saved that retirement promo for after the Cena feud and used it for the Shield beatdown.Exceedingly happy you aren't in charge and didn't get to ruin the segment of the year. 1
DylanWaco Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 Best news from this taping is that The Big Show is coming back 1
rzombie1988 Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 I reviewed this week's SD here:http://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/wwe-friday-night-smackdown-7192013.htmlOverall thoughts: This wasn't good. The reactions of Booker/Teddy/Maddox were funny in the first segment but that's really it as far as this being entertaining. Of course, the segment made no sense so it means nothing overall. All of the matches were short and not that special and the best thing angle wise on this show was from Bobby Heenan and Mr. Fuji from 1991. Skip this.Some shots from the show:
Jeremy Posted July 20, 2013 Posted July 20, 2013 The Cody/Sandow segment was pretty awesome and I liked how the crowd got behind it and quickly stopped all the "What?!" comebacks. Shame Sandow is one of the most vanilla in-ring guys they have, though.
Johnny Sorrow Posted July 20, 2013 Posted July 20, 2013 Mark Henry and The Uso's cleaning house on the Shield was fucking awesome. I marked out, no pun intended.
Big Z Posted July 20, 2013 Posted July 20, 2013 Actually thought it was a pretty good show and stayed engaged up until the main event. And man does Ziggler needs to help the world title ASAP (and earliest now may be Night of Champions), as now that Del Rio is done with him he is back to being the same guy that was stale from the end of 2011 to the start of his face run.
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