1. The show starts with another promo from Kane that is similar to the one he did last week. Same red lighting and background music. Kane says that The Undertaker finally opened his eyes and managed to speak the name of his attacker. Kane then says that Rey Mysterio was the attacker. He says that he will destroy Mysterio at SummerSlam because victory won’t be enough for him.
2. Christian VS Drew McIntyre – Christian starts by hammering on McIntyre and attempts a pin, but McIntyre counters with a series of punches. McIntyre hit’s a knee to the midsection and runs at Christian, but Christian sends him flying out of the ring. Christian misses a baseball slide, but comes back with a dropkick. McIntyre crawls under the ring and pulls Christian into the side of the ring when he goes to get him. Back in the ring, McIntyre puts Christian in an arm hold. Christian fights out, but McIntyre hits him with a shoulder block and a clothesline which sends Christian out of the ring as we go to commercial. We come back to see Christian get back in the ring at a 9 count. McIntyre then puts Christian back in the arm hold. Before he can fight out, McIntyre slams him for a near fall and then goes back to the arm hold. McIntyre then hit’s another slam and lands a few clubbing blows outside the ring. Another near fall for McIntyre. Christian fights back and hit’s a dropkick from the middle rope. Christian hit’s a series of shots, and lands a reverse choke using the ropes. Christian climbs to the top rope and hit’s a flying cross body, but McIntyre rolls through and gets a near fall. Christian goes for the Kill Switch, but McIntyre counters only to be hit with a reverse DDT instead. McIntyre then counters by slamming the now injured arm of Christian for a near fall. McIntyre stands on the injured arm and attempts a stomp from the middle rope. Christian counters by getting his foot up and gets a near fall. Christian hit’s a flying elbow from the middle rope and sets up for the Kill Switch again. McIntyre counters and throws Christian into the ring post. Christian rolls up McIntyre with a small package to get the win. B Good all around match with plenty of action and a unexpected finish. We now see CM Punk in a locker room yelling at the SES.
3. Big Show VS Luke Gallows – Show dodges a few punches and hit’s a knee to the midsection of Gallows followed by a headbutt and a chop. Show holds him in the corner and demands that a microphone be brought up so everyone can hear the chop better. Show then throws Gallows across the ring and sends him out of the ring by his neck. Show goes out to get him and the rest of the SES immediately attack him and the referee calls for a DQ. They throw Show into the steps and hold his hand on the top step while Punk stomps on it. Show passes out and Matt Striker says that he passed out from the pain. That’s stupid. I hope they don’t have Big Show come out next week with a cast on his hand. He just did that as recently as January 2006 in his feud with Triple H. No rating.
4. Kofi Kingston VS Dolph Ziggler – Ziggler starts by hammering on Kofi. Kofi fights back and hit’s a money flip on Ziggler. It looked like Ziggler tried to land on his feet, but missed. Ziggler counters and hit’s a series of slams on Kofi for a near fall. Kofi counters with a head scissors that sends Ziggler out of the ring. Ziggler then hit’s a reverse choke on Kofi using the ropes. Ziggler now puts Kofi in a chin lock. Kofi fights out, but Ziggler hits him with a knee and throws him in the corner. Kofi counters with a dropkick, but misses a splash in the corner. Ziggler comes back with a reverse slam for a near fall. Todd Grisham now compares Ziggler and Vickie to Tom and Roseanne Arnold. I’m sure all the 10 year old kids watching will understand that reference. Ziggler hit’s a jumping elbow for a near fall as we go to commercial. We come back to see Ziggler holding Kofi in an arm and chin lock. Kofi fights out, but Ziggler hits him with a neck breaker for a near fall. Kofi counters and hit’s a jawbreaker, but Ziggler comes back with a series of shots. Kofi counters again and slingshots Ziggler into the corner. Kofi hit’s a dropkick and a clothesline, but Ziggler counters with a kick to the knee and a fameasser. Ziggler then chokes Kofi using the ropes and Vickie slaps him while the referee is distracted. This enrages Kofi, who starts hammering on Ziggler. Kofi refuses to listen to the referees orders and gets disqualified. C Not a bad match, but it was slow in spots and had a confusing end. After the match, Kofi continues to hammer on Ziggler at the announce table. Eventually, several referees pull Kofi off of Ziggler. We now see a recap of Cena’s team fighting on Raw.
5. Layla VS Tiffany – Before the match, Vickie Guerrero comes out and says that Michelle McCool will defend the title and not Layla. Tiffany dropkicks McCool while she does some pushups and sets her on the top rope. They exchange forearms and Tiffany hit’s a superplex on McCool for a near fall. Layla then grabs Tiffany’s leg and Kelly attacks her. McCool then hits her face breaker on Tiffany for the win. D Not a complete waste of time, but still a long way from good. We now see Teddy Long on the big screen. He says that there is only 1 women’s champion in WWE. He says that they must decide who the champion will be by next week or else he will decide for them.
6. Rey Mysterio VS Jack Swagger – No DQ Match – Swagger starts by hammering on Mysterio in the corner and attempts a Vader Bomb, but Mysterio moves out of the way and sets up for a 619. Swagger rolls out of the ring and puts Mysterio in the ankle lock when he comes out after him. Mysterio counters by throwing Swagger into the steel steps as we go to commercial. We come back to see Swagger attempting a superplex on Mysterio. Mysterio counters with a headbutt that sends Swagger off the ropes. Rey hit’s a senton, but misses a rebound cross body. Swagger runs at Mysterio, but Mysterio pulls down the top rope sending Swagger out of the ring. Swagger counters and sends Mysterio into the guard rail and follows by throwing him over it. The continue to fight into the crowd. They eventually find their way to a merchandise stand and fight there for a while. Swagger throws Mysterio out of the arena where there just happen to be cameras set up waiting for them. They fight across the street while cars pass and continue into the parking lot. Swagger carries Mysterio’s apparently lifeless body a few hundred yards until they get near a body of water. Swagger throws him over the rail and Mysterio now starts to fight back. Mysterio hit’s a senton and a series of kicks until Swagger counters and hammers on him. Swagger puts Mysterio on his back and walks toward the water. Swagger tries to throw Mysterio in, but Mysterio counters with a head scissors and Swagger takes a few steps and flips himself into the water. Swagger starts screaming for help saying that he is drowning. Kane then shows up and grabs Mysterio by the throat. He chokeslams Mysterio into the water and the camera does a close up on his face as the show ends. C Not bad, but it was pretty tame and slow for a no DQ match. The whole thing just built toward Swagger being thrown in the water. Plus Swagger botched his being thrown into the water. He looked almost as bad as Batista when he was shoved by Mark Henry and took 2 steps back and jumped into the air.
Summary
Christian defeated Drew McIntyre – B
Big Show defeated Luke Gallows by DQ – No rating
Dolph Ziggler defeated Kofi Kingston by DQ – C
Michelle McCool defeated Tiffany – D
Rey Mysterio VS Jack Swagger ended in a no contest – C
Overall this was a decent episode of Smackdown. A very good opening match followed by a few decent matches. Hopefully it wasn’t a one time deal and Christian will really get pushed to the top.
Thanks for reading. Peace.
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