Actually, Layla is the real women's champ because she pinned Beth Taping Date 5/25/10 - Air Date - 5/28/10 - Quicken Loans Arena - Cleveland, Ohio Teddy Long announces that Big Show will be granted another shot at the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at the Fatal Four Way PPV. The two remaining spots will be determined in matches involving Kane vs. CM Punk and The Undertaker vs. Rey Mysterio. Drew McIntyre presented a letter to Teddy Long from Vince McMahon that stated Matt Hardy would be suspended after his actions at the Over The Limit PPV Big Show & Kofi Kingston def. Jack Swagger & Drew McIntyre CM Punk def. Kane to advance to the main event at Fatal Four Way Christian & Hornswoggle def. Chavo Guerrero & Dolph Ziggler The Undertaker def. Rey Mysterio to advance to the main event at Fatal Four Way. After the match, Jack Swagger took out Mysterio
Taping Date 6/1/10 - Air Date - 6/4/10 - Amerina Airlines Center - Dallas, Texas Teddy Long comes out to open the show. He says The Undertaker was found by Kane in a vegetative state over the weekend. Cue the opening video and the pyrotechnics. Druids come out signing and walking with a casket to the ring. Kane comes out and says The Undertaker is gone from WWE and he vows to find out who did this to his brother. He says he will hunt them down and make them pay. World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger vs. MVP. Swagger comes out wearing an Oklahoma University jersey. Swagger b. MVP with a roll-up. After the match, Vance Archer and Curt Hawkins attack MVP. Backstage, Vickie Guerrero asks Teddy Long who will replace The Undertaker in the main event match at WWE Fatal 4-Way. She suggests Dolph Ziggler. Long says there will be a battle royal tonight and the winner will replace him in the match. Kelly Kelly and Tiffany are shown backstage talking about how they hate Michelle McCool. CM Punk is shown adjusting his mask backstage. Kane storms in and asks him if the Straight Edge Society had anything to do with what happened to The Undertaker. A video is shown of last week recapping Drew McIntyre's feud with Matt Hardy. Kofi Kingston vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Intercontinental Championship is up now. Matt Hardy comes through the crowd and holds up a ticket before taking a seat at ringside. Matt Hardy gets involved and ends up taking a cheap shot from McIntyre. Hardy tries to retaliate and the distraction is enough for Kofi to hit SOS to get the pinfall and retain the title. Hardy finally jumps Drew after the match and escapes over the barricade. Security chases him off. Backstage, Rey Mysterio is shown. Kane comes in and asks him if he had anything to do with what happened to The Undertaker. A Junk Yard Dog video is shown. World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger out for a promo. He says OU gets no love in Dallas. He starts signing the Oklahoma Sooners fight song. He can barely be heard he's drawing so much heat. Kane comes out and takes him out. Rosa Mendes vs. Kelly Kelly. Layla and Michelle McCool watch the match from the top of the ramp. Kelly Kelly won after hitting her finisher. A stare down ensues between Kelly Kelly and McCool & Layla. Backstage, Kane is shown yelling at Big Show. Battle royal for The Undertaker's spot at WWE Fatal 4-Way. The match includes Rey Mysterio, Dolph Ziggler, MVP, JTG, Christian, Finlay, Drew McIntyre, The Dudebusters, Chris Masters, Chavo Guerrero, Curt Hawkins, Vance Archer, Luke Gallows, Kofi Kingston, Kane and pretty much everyone that isn't a Diva. CM Punk and Serena are at ringside. Rey goes under the rope at Punk, Gallows goes under bottom at Mysterio. Punk leaves ringside. Dudebusters, JTG, Masters, Kofi, McINtyre, Ziggler, Christian, Chavo, MVP, Archer, Hawkins, Finlay, Gallows are all eliminated in that order. It comes down to Kane and Rey Mysterio. Mysterio wins the battle royal and the spot in the match
maybe its just me, but Vance Archer is another worthless POS Im betting he gets a shemus style push soon
Vance Archer? As in the nameless member of the gimmick-less jobbing tag team "The Dudebusters"? Now that would be even more ridiculous than pushing Sheamus, at least he had a gimmick and is fairly solid in every department (Other than wrestling, of course). I really expected Kofi to be pushed on Smackdown but he seems to have found himself at the same level as he was on Raw. On the topic of pushes, it'll be interesting to see the backlash of the current Matt Hardy/Drew Mc feud. It almost seems that once again they are trying to put Matt over again(Something that has happened on numerous occassions). Even though he's well out of shape, as long as it keeps Drew from getting the meteoric push that he's bound to get, I support it.
ive read two consistant things over the past week. Kofi and MVP are going to be pushed cause WWE needs a black star and Matt Hardys been going idiot on twitter and WWE will never push him cause he's nothing withiout his brother
So The Undertaker has broken orbital bone in his face so that is why he is out. I think happen when took that 619 in his match with Rey
Taping Date: 6/15/10 - Air Date: 6/18/10 - RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina The show opens with CM Punk talking about making The Undertaker tap out and putting him in a vegetative state. The lights flicker and The Undertaker appears in the ring. Punk poses Taker and it's Luke Gallows dressed up as The Undertaker. Kane comes out but Jack Swagger hits him. The masked member of the Straight Edge Society gets involved until Rey Mysterio and Big Show hit the ring. The Straight Edge Society retreats as Kane gets a 619 from Mysterio and a chokeslam from Big Show. Curt Hawkins & Vance Archer b. Christian & MVP Backstage, Rosa Mendes tries to get in the locker room of Michelle McCool and Layla. They mock her for only winning matches on Superstars. Kaval is shown with his Pros. Backstage, Vickie Guerrero has Dolph Ziggler hanging a picture, dressed in jean shorts. She checks out his backside and calls for Chavo Guerrero. Chris Masters walks in and sees what is going on then walks right back out. JTG b. Chavo Guerrero It's announced Kofi Kingston will defend the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Drew McIntyre at Sunday's Fatal 4-Way pay-per-view. Drew McIntyre vs. Teddy Long. McIntyre came out with security. Drew made Teddy get down on his knees and call him the chosen one before making him lie down to take the three count. Drew went for his finisher on Teddy Long but Kofi Kingston came out for the save. Security got in the middle as Matt Hardy came out. Finally, Drew's security gave him the advantage, allowing him to his his finisher on Kofi and Hardy. Kelly Kelly b. Layla Dolph Ziggler b. Chris Masters. Vickie Guerrero came out first to introduce Ziggler. Jack Swagger cuts a promo, saying he dedicates his win on Sunday at WWE Fatal 4-Way to his father Big Show & Rey Mysterio b. World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger & CM Punk. After the match Kane came out and gave chokeslams followed by a Tombstone on Mysterio. He got on the mic and said Sunday will be fatal. An open casket on the stage was surrounded by flames as Kane left the casket open to end the show
Taping Date: 6/22/10 - Air Date: 6//25/10 - Verizon Wireless Arena - Manchester, New Hampshire The show opened with Teddy Long and Vickie Guerrero talking from the top of the ramp. Long announced there would be an eight man Money in the Bank ladder match at next month's pay-per-view and the winner could cash it in for a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship. Vickie Guerrero spoke before Drew McIntyre came out and ran down Long. Long informed McIntyre it's his show and reinstated Matt Hardy. McIntyre vs. Hardy is announced for later. Following the Smackdown opening, Big Show comes out. Kane vs. CM Punk in a no disqualification match is announced for later. Jack Swagger comes out and says he's protesting how he was treated at Fatal 4-Way and he's exercising his rematch clause against Rey Mysterio for the World Heavyweight Championship at Money in the Bank next month. Big Show b. Jack Swagger via disqualification after Swagger would not release an ankle lock despite Show getting to the ropes. The referee called for the bell as Show was carried to the back by several referees. The sight of the referees carrying Big Show drew a pop from the liv ecrowd. Footage of Curt Hawkins & Vance Archer over Christian & MVP is shown from last week. WWE Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston, Christian & MVP b. Curt Hawkins, Dolph Ziggler & Vance Archer in a 6-man tag team match. Backstage, Kane is talking to an empty casket. He says he's going to take off the head of the Straight Edge Society tonight in his no disqualification match with CM Punk. Kane slammed the casket shut. Matt Hardy b. Drew McIntyre after hitting Twist of Fate. After the match, Teddy Long comes on the big screen and tells McIntyre because he didn't win the match, his Visa has expired and he's now in the country illegally. He says it's time to send Mr. McIntyre back to Scotland. McIntyre is upset as the crowd chants him goodbye. Cody Rhodes and Husky Harris out for an in-ring promo. Rhodes put over his looks. Backstage, Dolph Ziggler is telling Vickie Guerrero he is unhappy with their relationship. He demanded a title match before leaving. Kelly Kelly b. Rosa Mendes CM Punk vs. Kane is ruled a no-contest in a no disqualification match. Kane chokeslammed Luke Gallows into a table and threw Punk into the crowd. Punk left but Kane followed, continuing the match throughout the arena. Kane chokeslammed him through a table but Punk recovered to the point where he was able to run across the street as Kane went after him. Dark Match Main Event: Big Show b. Jack Swagger in a cage match
Taping Date: 6/29/10 - Air Date: 7/2/10 - Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Jack Swagger opens SmackDown in the ring with a promo about beating Big Show last week. He brags about his victory. Big Show comes out and interrupts. He beats down Swagger but his jumped from behind by Cody Rhodes. Rey Mysterio comes in for the save. Kofi Kingston b. Dolph Ziggler CM Punk is shown with his arm in a sling. Matt Hardy is a special guest on The Peep Show. Prior to the segment, ladders are setup in the ring. Hardy is reinstated and it is announced that Drew McIntyre is out due to issues with his visa. Matt Hardy attacks Christian. Cody Rhodes is shown looking in a mirror telling himself he's dashing. He said his motivation for his attack earlier was the Money in the Bank match. Kane vs. Luke Gallows (w/CM Punk) - SES attacks Kane and beats everyone up. Serena comes in the ring and begs Kane not to hurt CM Punk. A video is shown of Serena drinking at a bar on May 31st and being confronted by SES. CM Punk was with them hence he couldn't have attacked Undertaker. Serena is left alone in the ring. MVP b. Chavo Guerrero - Prior to the match Chavo gets on the mic and says he deserves a Intercontinental Championship shot if he wins tonight. A video package for Ricky Steamboat's new DVD is shown. Kelly Kelly b. Michelle McCool via pinfall. Rey Mysterio comes out and cuts a promo on his win at Fatal Four-Way. It is announced that Rey will face Jack Swagger at Money in the Bank. Rey Mysterio & Big Show b. Jack Swagger & Cody Rhodes - Show & Rey get the win after Swagger gets disqualified for not releasing the ankle lock on Rey. After the match Mysterio sells his injury
Taping Date: 7/6/10 - Air Date: 7/9/10 - Phillips Arena - Atlanta, Georgia Drew McIntyre and Teddy Long were up first. They did a back and forth. Teddy made Drew get on his knees and beg. Teddy makes Drew say he is handsome and other stuff. Drew said that he wants to be in MITB. Teddy said that we will have Drew vs. Kofi Kingston, if Drew wins he is in MITB. Chavo Guerrero vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. MVP in a Triple Threat match to qualify for the Money in the Bank Ladder Match at the PPV. The heels worked together early on and of course turned on each other. Ziggler got the win. After the match, Ziggler put the Sleeper on MVP. Matt Hardy and Christian took on Curt Hawkins and Vance Archer. Christian left Hardy and it became a handicap match that Hawkins and Archer won. Kofi Kingston vs. Drew McIntyre was a great match. It was a back and forth match which Drew won. He is in MITB. CM Punk and Luke Gallows are shown walking to the ring. SES drama. Serena asks Punk for forgiveness. Luke Gallows walks off. Cody Rhodes d. JTG in a short match. Kelly Kelly and Laycool fight backstage. A Big Show interview then went into a commercial. Jack Swagger vs. The Big Show went to a double countout. Swagger and Kane were in a room in the back. Swagger says he has an alibi. Kane says he prove it next week.
Taping Date: 7/13/10 - Air Date: 7/16/10 - Freedom Hall - Louisville, Kentucky Smackdown opened with Cody Rhodes and Kofi Kingston going to a draw after Kane came out and destroyed both men. He then cut a promo vowing to kill Jack Swagger later. Drew McIntyre def. Christian. CM Punk and the SES in the ring for a promo before Big Show interrupts. Show brought out various ladders that didn't accomodate his size, but then brought out a custom ladder specially made for his size. SES attacked Show, but he eventually got rid of them and went after Punk. It culminated with Big Show taking Punk to the top of the ladder and removing his mask Kelly Kelly and Chris Masters def. Layla and Trent Barretta. Rosa Mendez came out and distracted Layla by jumping rope. Dolph Ziggler def. Matt Hardy. Jack Swagger brought out his "father" played by former WCW star Bunkhouse Buck with "evidence" that would clear him from Kane's accusations. It was just a bunch of silly photos with Swagger and his dad doing athletic contests during the Memorial Day holida. Kane came out and called BS, then attempted to chokeslam both men. Swagger fought back and Rey Mysterio came out and attacked Swagger, leading to Kane chokeslamming Swagger's dad while poor Jack watched from outside the ring
I'm waiting for WWE to ditch the Jack Swagger name and his crappy theme. The name/theme doesn't suit Hager's new gimmick at all.
i'll be out of town this weekend, so here are the spoilers for tonight: Taping Date: 7/20/10 - Air Date - 7/23/10 Smackdown begins as Kane starts out the show celebrating the title win. He recapped his MITB win and cashing in on Rey Mysterio. Kane said he did it for his brother the Undertaker and brought the title back to the dark side. He vowed to not rest until he finds his brother's culprit. Jack Swagger vs. Rey Mysterio in a 2 out of 3 falls match to determine the No. 1 contender was announced. Drew McIntyre and Cody Rhodes defeated Christian and Matt Hardy. Christian and Hardy had the advantage most of the match. Christian dove to the outside on Rhodes and McIntyre. Rhodes took advantage for his team. He tagged in McIntyre, who had a field day with Christian. Rhodes was tagged back on. Christian tagged in Hardy, who took out McIntyre. Hardy gave McIntyre a tornado DDT from the turnbuckle into a pin only for Rhodes to distract the referee from counting the pinfall. Rhodes and McIntyre ended up winning the match. After the match, Christian and Hardy shook hands. Swagger was interviewed by Josh Matthews. He talked about how he will beat Mysterio and then go on to beat Kane at Summerslam. A LayCool promo started as they boasted about their win against Kelly Kelly on Sunday. They gave each other best friend necklaces. Teddy Long walked up and told Layla that she will be defending her title against Tiffany next week. Dolph Ziggler (w/Vickie Guerrero) defeated Kofi Kingston (w/Michael McGillicutty) in a non-title match. This was a pretty even match up. Both superstars scored some offensive moves throughout the bout. Michael McGillicutty got sent to the back due to Vickie Guerrero influencing the referee as Kofi was outside selling being thrown over the ropes. Kofi reentered the ring as Ziggler continued to take advantage. As Ziggler went for a leg drop, Kofi rolled him into a pin for a 2 count. Kofi regains control only to be distracted by Vickie Guerrero. Ziggler puts Kofi in the sleeper for the win. After the match, Ziggler poses over Kofi with the Intercontinental Title. Dolph tries to leave with IC belt, but the ref wouldn't let him. Vickie comforted Dolph. 3Big Show defeated the SES Masked Man. Show unmasked him to prove once and for all that Joey Mercury is straight edge. Show put the mask on and then chokeslammed Mercury for the pin in a short match. Mysterio cut a promo hyping the number one contenders match. An Alberto Del Rio vignette aired. Rey Mysterio defeated Jack Swagger in a best of three falls match to become the No. 1 contender to the World Hvt. Championship. The match started as Swagger pushed Mysterio into the turnbuckle to take opening advantage of the match. There was a lot of back and forth action early. Swagger continued to work on Rey giving him a belly to back. Swagger remained in control of the match. He took out Rey's knee on the turnbuckle. Swagger scored a lot of close two counts. He threw Rey into the ropes only for Rey to jump off the ropes onto swagger a two count. Rey went to setup the 619 on Swagger only to come short. Swagger put Rey into the ankle lock. Rey made it to the ropes. Swagger refused to let go and was disqualified,so Rey won the first fall. Jack won second fall by making Rey tape out with the ankle lock. Short match. Rey went for the 619 and Jack caught him. Swagger and Rey fought outside. Swagger threw Rey back inside the ring and continued on the offensive. Rey reverses the gut wrench powerbomb into a pinfall to get the pin and become number one contender for Kane's title. Jack went after Rey after the bell. Kane ran down and took out Jack. Kane held up Rey's hand. Kane left the ring and then returned and went to chokeslam Rey, who turned it into the 619. Rey ran away.
Taping Date: 7/27/10 - Air Date: 7/30/10 - American Bank Center - Corpus Christi, Texas SmackDown opens with Kane in the middle of the ring with the casket. A video recap from last week is shown with Rey Mysterio earning the number one contendership. Kane says he sits by The Undertaker everyday waiting for him to awake. He said yesterday was the first time he moved his eyes and spoke. Kane says he only said two words; the name of the person who attacked him. Kane said The Undertaker mumbled Rey Mysterio and anger raged through his body. He said Rey's name hangs in the air like a demon. He then asks why Rey would do it. Kane continues on saying that beating Rey at SummerSlam still wouldn't be enough. Kane says Rey must pay for his sins and experience what The Undertaker endured. The lights go out with Kane still in the ring Rey Mysterio vs. Jack Swagger in a No Disqualification match is announced. Christian b. Drew McIntyre - Christian counters a DDT and gets the win via pinfall. Layla vs. Tiffany for the WWE Women's Championship is announced for later tonight. Cody Rhodes gave his grooming tips. He was wearing a face mask. He said he's bringing us one step closer to being dashing. An Alberto Del Rio video package is shown. CM Punk is backstage asking the rest of the SES which one was going to let him down. He smells Serena's breath and tells her thanks for showing up sober. The then complains about Joey Mercury losing his mask and says none of them would be anything without him. He said if they don't actually do something to pack their bags. Big Show b. Luke Gallows - Big Show gets the win via disqualification when he's attacked by SES. After the match CM Punk removes his sling to show that his arm is in good condition WWE Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston b. Dolph Ziggler w/Vickie Guerrero via disqualification - Referees ended up having to restrain Kingston who was going crazy. Backstage, Jack Swagger says he doesn't have time for stupid questions. Swagger says he's going to beat up Rey, break his arms and throw him in the Gulf of Mexico. Vickie Guerrero announced Michelle McCool will replace Layla in a match against Tiffany. The match is still for the WWE Women's Championship. WWE Women's Champion Michelle McCool w/Layla b. Tiffany w/Kelly Kelly to retain - Layla interfered, allowing McCool to get the win. Teddy Long came out and said there only needs to be one Women's Champion and they can either decide for themselves or he'll decide for them next week. They argue to end the segment. Rey Mysterio vs. Jack Swagger in a no-disqualification match ended in no contest - They battled outside and Mysterio caused Swagger to fall into the water. Kane was outside and chokeslammed Rey into the water
On so many levels does that fail. 1. Rey is a midget, and his matches with anyone above average size are so unrealistic (His feud with Botchtista for example), his attacks look weak as hell. 2. Undertaker is huge, and as stated before, Rey Mysterio having the ability to even sustain damage to him, let alone "render him in a vegetative state" would make even the biggest mark question it's realism 3. Undertaker is a super face, how can they still retain Rey as a babyface as well if he beating the crape out of one of the legends of the biz? 4. Rey Mysterio being kept happy in favour of pushing Jack Swagger stinks. This storyline could have solidified Swagger as a main eventer but instead keep Mysterio's last stand going on. 5. Face vs Face feud involving a past it lucha and a past it jobber? That'll help push younger superstars. 6. We all know that this is just filler until Undertaker returns and takes the belt from Kane, giving him yet another unneeded title run. 7. Did I mention that Swagger needs his push to continue? Kinda thinking about it, Smackdown has become similar to WCW, keeping the old guard around (Undertaker, Kane, Mysterio & Big Show) in the main event and keeping the young blood down (CM Punk, Swagger, Kingston etc.)
Taping Date: 8/3/10 - Air Date: 8/6/10 The show opens with Rey Mysterio. Rey says he did not take out The Undertaker. Drew McIntyre comes out and says he's going to take out Mysterio just like he did to Christian last week. Rey accepts Drew's challenge for the main event. Cody Rhodes defeated Matt Hardy A backstage segment with Layla, Michelle McCool and Teddy Long. Teddy demands they give up one of the belts and Michelle does. LayCool argues and breaks the other belt. Dolph Ziggler defeated Kofi Kingston to become the new WWE Intercontinental Champion. Ziggler got help from Vickie Guerrero in the match. Kofi attacks Dolph after the match and beats him up bad. CM Punk, Serena, Joey Mercury and Luke Gallows come out. Punk shows footage of them beating up Big Show last week and brags about it. Punk cuts a promo on his fellow SES members. Punk, Gallows and Mercury defeat the team of MVP, JTG and Chris Masters. Good match here with Gallows getting the win for his team. Teddy Long and Jack Swagger had a backstage segment. Swagger blamed all his troubles with Kane on Teddy. Rey Mysterio defeated Drew McIntyre in the main event with a rollup. This was the best match for SmackDown of the night. After the match Kane comes down and there's a casket. Rey escapes from Kane and says he didn't take out Undertaker and reveals that Kane was the attacker. SmackDown ends with Kane staring up to the sky for a long time, crying or laughing to himself
SES > Nexus They tried to force CM Punk over as a face and it didn't work. He's wildly over as a heel and he's kept down in the midcard of Smackdown. I wonder if it's because he's an IWC favourite or he's pissed off Triple H/Jonny Ace/Vince.
