Taping Date: 7/9/12 - Air Date: 7/13/12 - Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado Zack Ryder opened the show by trying to get the "largest fist pump" record. He hyped "Zackdown" and was interrupted by Alberto Del Rio. Alberto threw a few weak insults at Ryder, who then announced the first match would be Del Rio vs. Sin Cara. Alberto Del Rio beat Sin Cara via armbar submission. Big show and Zack Ryder were shown backstage, with Show saying he should be Smackdown GM instead of Ryder. He threatened to KO him, but out came Great Khali. Ryder informed Show that he was his opponent tonight. Primo & Epico beat Darren Young & Titus O’Neil. Primo got a roll-up pin to upset D-Young. World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus was shown with Ryder along with Jericho backstage. Sheamus challenged Jericho to a match, and Ryder made it official. Dolph Ziggler & Cody Rhodes beat U.S. champion Santino & IC champion Christian. Ziggler got the win with a roll-up. Big Show beat Great Khali in two minutes. Show KO’ed Khali, who got a loud pop after initially knocking down Show. WWE promoted the Money in the Bank PPV pre-show match of Kofi & R-Truth vs. Hunico & Camacho. Ryback beat Tyler Reks. Ryback actually had to work for the victory, as it wasn’t handed to him. The crowd was still chanting Goldberg’s name, but everyone was chanting Feed me more by the end of it. Damien Sandow beat Justin Gabriel. Sandow put on a great match, dominated most of it, and ended up winning. World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus beat Chris Jericho in a non-title match. Very exciting match. After surviving not one, but two Walls of Jericho, Sheamus came back with a Brogue Kick to win. A great 18-minute match. After the match, Alberto Del Rio came out to attack Sheamus at the top of the ramp. He gave Sheamus a cross-arm submission
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRsAOxsG6s]WWE SmackDown : 13/7/12 - Full Show[/ame] Does WWE even care there's a PPV this Sunday? The build has been non-existent and last night was no different.
a. Because India is a big market the WWE wants to tap in to and Khali is a big star over there. Why I dunno but they love him. b. The names are dumb they come up with for some of these guys. But I'd rather get Ryback vs actual people on the roster of fresh veal who have no chance.