Taping Date: 5/5/09 - Air Date: 5/8/09 - Mellon Arena - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania SmackDown starts with Teddy Long introducing Rey Mysterio. He talks about being home on SmackDown. He calls Jeff Hardy the better man and invites anyone to challenge him for the Intercontinental Championship. Chris Jericho comes out. He calls himself the face of SmackDown and boasts about his accomplishments. He calls the fans and wrestlers disrespectful. Jericho goes on to say that Teddy Long is a "fly by night" General Manager. He demands a title match against Mysterio. Rey tells him to shut up and pushes Jericho to the ground. Rey exits the ring. Jeff Hardy enters and says Jericho has to beat him to get a title match. If Chris Jericho wins it will be a Triple Threat Match at Judgment Day. Teddy says it's official and Jericho leaves Mike Knox b. R-Truth - Slow paced match with Knox connecting with fists. Truth hits a drop kick but Knox hits a spinebuster. Knox then connects the sleeper on Truth. Truth breaks free and hits a scissors kick on Knox. Flying drop kick for the two-count. Knox connects a kick to the face of R-Truth, hits his finisher, and wins via pinfall Michelle McCool w/Alicia Fox b. Gail Kim - McCool taunts Kim by doing push ups. McCool gains control early on but Kim hits a swinging neck breaker off the top rope. She gets a two-count. McCool catches Kim and hits a body face plant finisher on her followed by a pinfall Josh Matthews conducts a backstage interview with Jeff Hardy. He asks Hardy about his match with Chris Jericho. Jeff calls Jericho a distraction and says everyone will see him win the title Edge is shown in Teddy Long's office. He complains about the triple threat situation. Long announces Edge vs. CM Punk for the title tonight John Morrison b. Charlie Haas w/Shelton Benjamin - Haas controls early on with his technical mat work. Morrison counters and hits a spring board drop kick off the ropes. Back drop from Morrison on Charlie. Haas hits a couple moves followed by a back breaker. Morrison gains momentum and hits Haas with an elbow to the face followed by a inside out drop kick. Morrison then hits a spinning move off the ropes and pins Haas for the win CM Punk b. Edge - Edge and Punk go back and forth. Punk sends Edge to the outside and hits a diving body. They get back in the ring and Edge hits Punk with a boot. Edge reverses Punk and locks in an arm bar in the middle of the ring. Punk gets lose with knees to the head. Both go for a body dive but collide into each other. Punk comes too and gets a two-count on Edge. He then goes to the top rope and connects with a drop kick. Electric chair attempt by Edge but reversed and hit CM Punk with knees to the face. Edge gets thrown outside and walks away. CM Punk gets the win via countout. After the match Umaga comes out of the crowd and hits Punk with a kick. Samoan Spike on Punk. Edge watches and leaves Cryme Tyme hosts an arm wrestling match between Eve & Layla. Layla stops due to a hurt elbow. They go again and Eve wins. Layla attacks Eve Dolph Ziggler, Jimmy Wang Yang, and Jesse are shown backstage. Dolph says he has something to say next... Dolph offers an open challenge. He says he'll rip through the SmackDown roster. The Great Khali accepts the challenge The Great Khali b. Dolph Ziggler - Khali clothes lines Dolph and follows up with a slap to the chest. Dolph hits him with a chair repeatedly until he knocks him down. The Great Khali gets the win via disqualification CM Punk vs. Umaga is announced for Judgment Day Jeff Hardy b. Chris Jericho - Fast paced match. Jericho counters Hardy and throws him from the steps into the barricade. Hardy attempts Whisper in the Wind. Mysterio comes out. Chris Jericho & Jeff Hardy continue to exchange blows. Chris connects with Walls of Jericho but Hardy counters. He hits a front suplex but misses the Swanton Bomb. Chris Jericho connects with a Lions Sault and gets a two-count. Jericho misses a kick and Hardy reverses and gets him in Walls of Jericho. Two roll ups but both unsuccessful. Both Jericho and Hard get knocked to the outside. Jericho throws Hardy into Edge's lap whose on commentary. Jericho gets a close two-count. Edge distracts Jericho and Hardy rolls him up for a two-count. Hardy finally hits Twist of Fate followed but a Swanton Bomb for the win. After the match Rey Mysterio hits Chris Jericho off the top rope and cheers with the crowd.
Taping Date: 5/12/09 - Air Date: 5/5/09 - Ervin J. Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio C.M. Punk & John Morrison b Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas when Morrison pinned Haas with the split legged corkscrew moonsault. Chris Jericho did an interview talking about how it took Edge, Rey and Jeff Hardy all to beat him last week. He wants Mysterio, but instead, he gets Edge. Edge is mad because Jericho calls himself the face of Smackdown. Teddy Long then announced that he's tired of hearing from them so he's putting them in a non-title singles match on TV this week Jeff Hardy b Ricky Ortiz with a swanton - After the match, Jeff Hardy does a promo noting that Edge always wins at a PPV and then loses at the next one. He didn't explain that's because the company changes its mind on who they want as champion every three weeks and Edge is always the heel in the picture Gail Kim & Melina b Michelle McCool & Alicia Fox when Melina pinned McCool with the infared Dolph Ziggler b Jimmy Wang Yang - Khali after the match chases Ziggler out R-Truth b Mike Knox Edge b Jericho via DQ. Edge was the face to the audience. Jericho brought in a chair for the DQ. Jeff Hardy came out and laid both men out. Punk came out with his briefcase to steal the title from Edge, but before he could do so, Umaga was in the ring. Mysterio also hit the ring at the end so you ended with all three Smackdown matches for Judgment Day in a brawl
Taping Date: 5/19/09 - Air Date: 5/22/09 - U.S. Bank Arena - Cincinnati, Ohio Edge is out first. He cuts a promo saying that there is no more debate, he is the face of SmackDown. He criticizes Jeff Hardy, Chris Jericho, & CM Punk for their loses at Judgment Day. The fans are cheering hard for Hardy to come out. Teddy Long comes out to the ring. He announces that Edge will take on Jeff Hardy in a rematch at Extreme Rules. Jeff Hardy comes out to the ring. He asks the crowd want to see that match tonight. Jeff will take on Edge tonight and the winner will pick the stipulation for their match at Extreme Rules Ricky Ortiz cuts a heel promo dogging Cincinnati for their sports teams Cryme Tyme & John Morrison b. Charlie Haas, Shelton Benjamin, & Ricky Ortiz - The World's Greatest Tag Team start the match off working on JTG's shoulder. JTG finally tags out to Morrison. Everyone gets in the ring and begins fighting. The referee separates everyone and Morrison hits Starship Pain on Charlie Haas for the win Melina is backstage with Josh Mathews. She talks about the number one contender match between Michelle McCool and Gail Kim. She says she ran through Raw and now it's time to see what SmackDown has. Alicia Fox comes in and says that McCool says to warm the title up for her. Melina smacks her Michelle McCool w/ Alicia Fox b. Gail Kim to become the #1 Contender - Quick match. Fox tries to get involved but Gail hits her face on the ring post. McCool connects with a Styles Clash for the win Rey Mysterio is shown getting ready for an interview A preview for next week's Raw is shown; Ric Flair calling out Randy Orton Rey Mysterio is interviewed backstage. He says that he's moving on from Jericho to give some of the young guys a chance. He wants to bring back some honor to the title. He then talks about past Intercontinental Champions, wanting to become the greatest, the history of the mask, and more CM Punk b. Chris Jericho - Before Punk comes out, a recap from WWE Superstars is shown. Jericho plays the crowd up and takes control of the match. Jericho & Punk continue to go back and forth both connecting with their finishers. Umaga comes out of the crowd and attacks CM Punk. He gets on the mic (yes,in English) and challenges Punk to a "Samoan Strap" match at Extreme Rules Ricky Ortiz & Maria are shown backstage talking. He says he is going to rally up. Jeff Hardy walks by and Maria ditches Ortiz. She tells him he did a good job at Judgment Day. They then talk about Extreme Rules. Hardy leaves and Ortiz tells Maria she is looking for love in all the wrong places. He tells her to "keep your head up and rally up" then gives her his rally towel A SmackDown rewind of the Dolph Ziggler/Great Khali feud is shown Dolph Ziggler b. R-Truth - Ziggler gets the win with his finisher after R-Truth dominates the majority of the match. After the match Khali comes out and chases Dolph back into the ring where Truth hits him with a spinning elbow A replay of the Eve & Layla feud is shown. Eve vs. Layla is announced for next week Chris Jericho vs. Rey Mysterio in a No Holds Barred match is announced for Extreme Rules Jeff Hardy b. Edge - Jeff Hardy comes out to a huge pop. Edge dominates early on and draws a ton of heat. Hardy is down on the outside. The crowd is trying to "bring him back" but Edge does the duty instead. Hardy gains control and hits Whisper in the Wind for a two-count. Jeff Hardy then misses two Twist of Fates but eventually hits a third for the win via pinfall. Todd Grisham asks Hardy what the stipulation at Extreme Rules will be and he says a Ladder Match
Taping Date: 5/26/09 - Air Date: 5/29/09 - Staples Center - Los Angeles, California Rey Mysterio comes out to the ring to a loud pop and praises the fans here in Los Angeles. Talks about his upcoming No Holds Barred Match with Chris Jericho and says that not only will be able to hit the 619 at any time, he can also hit the 213, the 323, the 310, and the 818 on Jericho as well! Jericho interrupts Mysterio and continues to bad-mouth Mysterio and Mickey Rourke (who was in attendance at ringside and shown on the titantron). Jericho goes on to mention how he’s too much of a professional to not come over there, hop over that ring barrier and punch his lights out. Rourke remains seated with a sly smile and a gesture to bring it on. Jericho attempts to attack Mysterio but counters and attempts to hit the 619 on a prone Jericho but he escapes out of the ring and to the back. R-Truth & The Great Khali vs. Mike Knox & Dolph Ziggler - Typical tag match with both sides getting in a fair amount of offense. Ziggler abandons his partner towards the end of the match, leaving Knox in the ring to deal with Khali. One giant Khali Bomb and the cover on Knox results in Khali and R-Truth getting the win via pinfall. WWE Women’s Champion Melina vs. Alicia Fox - Fox managed to get some offense in on Melina despite some outside interference by McCool. Despite this, Melina connects with her split-legged leg drop on Fox for the cover and pinfall. Post match, Michelle grabs the Women’s Title out of referee Jack Doan’s hands and stares directly at the title only to shove the title over to Melina. Interview segment: Josh Matthews interviews John Morrison. Morrison talks about his upcoming match with Umaga later tonight and goes on to mention Haas and Benjamin, referring to them as the World’s Most Forgotten Tag Team. Jeff Hardy is seen walking backstage towards the ring, he’s coming up next! Hardy out to the ring and talks about why he chose a Ladder Match for his match against Edge at Extreme Rules Umaga vs. John Morrison - Umaga’s facepaint has a silver outline tonight. Makes it look like it was drawn on by a texta. Morrison gets a little chant to begin, as they are in his hometown. Fun big man/attractive quick man match for a while, before settling into a nerve hold or three. Awesome Samoan Drop lead to the ad break. Ross says calculated risk no less than ten times regarding Morrison’s offence. Morrison hit something that resembled AJ Styles’ Pele Kick, and Ross actually called it. Morrison also hit London’s dropsault. As Morrison looked to be getting back into the match, Umaga unleashed with the strap. Winner: John Morrison by DQ - Post Match: The strap makes a really good slapping sound. Umaga ties up Morrison the same way he did Punk last week, and after a few kicks, Punk runs down. He nails Umaga in the heads with the briefcase a few times, before hitting his running knee in the corner into a bulldog onto the briefcase. Umaga leaves, so Grisham enters the ring to interview Punk. Punk says he has no strategy for the Strap Match. Good little promo, putting over Umaga, but saying that Umaga’s not CM Punk Cryme Tyme vs. Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin - Nothing extraordinary here in this tag match. Benjamin hits Paydirt out of nowhere on Shad for the win. Eve vs. Layla - Match quickly spills to the outside for a minute as Eve gets some shots in on Layla before rolling her back underneath the bottom rope. Eve gets the roll up on Layla for the win. Backstage Edge and Chris Jericho are talking about their upcoming tag match against Rey Mysterio and Jeff Hardy Edge & Chris Jericho vs. Rey Mysterio and Jeff Hardy - Edge out to the ring first. They show a video of Jeff Hardy choosing the stipulation for their Title match at Extreme Rules. Edge is on the mic talking about how Jeff Hardy can be summed up in two words: Wasted Opportunity. Edge berates Hardy about his choice of a Ladder Match and how he has had more success in Ladder Matches than anyone else in WWE history. Says how Jeff manages to make it onto the highlight reel with the things he does with the ladder but that he (Edge) simply WINS! Jericho out next as his pyro explodes and music plays but does not come out to the ring. Rey Mysterio out next as he greets two fans by the security rail wearing Rey Mysterio masks then a 3rd fan who then attacks him, hops over the rail and begins his assault on Mysterio out on the entrance way. The fan pulls off his mask and it’s Chris Jericho! He continues to attack Rey, pulling on his mask (tearing off pieces in the process) before Jeff Hardy runs in to make the save. Mysterio is helped to the back by the officials as this becomes a 2-on-1 handicap match. A valiant effort on the part of Hardy but the double team of Jericho & Edge proves to be too much as Edge connects with the spear on Hardy for the win. Post match, Edge goes to the outside and brings out a ladder and begins attacking Hardy with it, laying him out on the mat. Edge rolls Hardy between the ladder legs, sandwiching him in there, as Edge forcibly crunches him with the ladder. Edge then poses with his World Heavyweight Title over a lifeless Hardy.
Taping Date: 6/2/09 - Air Date: 6/5/09 - FedEx Forum - Memphis, Tennessee WWE SmackDown! open with a "Cutting Edge" segment. Edge is hosting his in-ring talk show with special guest Jeff Hardy. There are several ladders in the ring. Jeff gets a big reaction from the crowd. He climbs to the top of one of the ladders and tells Edge if he wants to talk to him, he has to do it on top of a ladder. Edge slowly climbs the ladder while saying no matter how high Jeff climbs, he'll knock him back down. With that said, Edge pushes Jeff off the ladder and onto the ground below. Shelton Benjamin vs. John Morrison - Benjamin's music hits and he's coming out for a match. John Morrison's music hits and he'll be Benjamin's opponent for this one-on-one match. Very good match with lots of cool moves from both guys. Finish saw Morrison getting the pinfall victory after connecting with the starship pain move. Winner: John Morrison Chris Jericho vs. R-Truth - Chris Jericho's music hits and out he comes for an in-ring promo. Jericho talks about how he is going to expose Rey Mysterio. R-Truth's music hits and out he comes. R-Truth calls Jericho a hypocrite. He asks if Jericho thinks he's a thug and tells him things are going to get bad and that's the truth. Apparently this was prelude to a match as the bell sounds to start things off. Short match with Jericho getting the win via the codebreaker. Winner: Chris Jericho After The Match, Jericho was celebrating and out came Rey Mysterio. Mysterio went on the attack with Jericho, who took some brief punishment before running off to the back. CM Punk vs. Umaga - CM Punk's music hits. Out comes Umaga. Punk gets the win with the "go to sleep". Winner: CM Punk Todd Grisham and Jim Ross run down all the matches for Sunday's WWE "Extreme Rules" pay-per view. 6-Diva Tag Match: Candice Michelle, Layla & Alicia Fox vs. Gail Kim, Melina & Eve - Candice Michelle made her return tonight despite posting on Twitter that she'd be back in July. Typical Diva-cluster with the finish coming when Layla got the pinfall victory over Melina. Winners: Candice Michelle, Layla & Alicia Fox The Great Khali vs. Dolph Ziggler - Quick match, basically a squash match. Finish came when Great Khali hit the chokeslam on Ziggler for the pinfall victory. Winner: The Great Khali John Cena is shown on the big screen to a huge ovation from the crowd. Edge vs. Rey Mysterio - Decent match. Finish came when Edge got the pinfall victory with the spear. Winner: Edge After winning the match, Edge tries to attack Mysterio some more with the ladder. Jeff Hardy hits the ring to make the save. Edge runs off and the two stare each other down as the show ends
Taping Date: 6/9/09 - Air Date: 6/12/09 - Mississippi Coast Coliseum - Biloxi, Mississippi Smackdown opened with World champ CM Punk coming out to cut a promo. The crowd was into him until Jeff Hardy came out World champion CM Punk defeated Chris Jericho Dolph Ziggler defeated The Great Khali via countout Michelle McCool & Layla defeated WWE Womens champion Melina & Eve Torres John Morrison & R-Truth defeated Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas Edge defeated Jeff Hardy by DQ when CM Punk got involved. Punk was doing commentary and Edge threw Hardy at him. Punk then responded, causing the DQ
Taping Date: 6/16/09 - Air Date: 6/19/09 - Roanoke Civic Center - Roanoke, Virginia SmackDown opens with CM Punk & Jeff Hardy cutting a promo on The Bash. Jeff says he will win his title back. Punk says he earned the title fair and square Jeff Hardy b. Chris Jericho via countout - Hardy got the win with help from Rey Mysterio The Great Khali b. Dolph Ziggler via disqualification - Ziggler got himself disqualified with a chair Melina b. Alicia Fox - After the match Michelle McCool attacked Melina and said that she will be the first diva to hold both the Women's and Diva's Championship Edge b. John Morrison - Edge gets the win via pinfall after connecting with a spear Cryme Tyme & R-Truth b. The World's Greatest Tag Team & Ricky Ortiz - R-Truth got the win via pinfall on Shelton Benjamin Rey Mysterio comes out and challenges Chris Jericho to a match. Jericho accepts for A Mask vs. Title Match at The Bash pay-per-view CM Punk b. Rey Mysterio - Chris Jericho is on commentary. He interferes during the match and Punk gets the win over Mysterio with Go To Sleep
Taping Date: 6/23/09 - Air Date: 6/26/09 - Bradley Center - Milwaukee, Wisconsin Vince McMahon is out to open SmackDown Teddy Long announces that the main event with be "Rage in a Cage" with Edge & Chris Jericho vs. Jeffy Hardy & Rey Mysterio with CM Punk as the special guest referee R-Truth b. Shelton Benjamin - Truth gets the win via pinfall Michelle McCool & Alicia Fox b. Melina & Gail Kim The Great Khali vs. Dolph Ziggler is announced for The Bash John Morrison b C.M. Punk in a non-title match after a series of counters. After the match, they shook hands. Then Punk jumped him and used the Go to sleep Jim Ross & Todd Grisham rundown The Bash Edge & Chris Jericho b. Jeff Hardy & Rey Mysterio - Solid match with lots of back and forth action. Edge pinned Hardy after Punk distraced Hardy. Hardy laid out Punk.
Taping Date: 6/30/09 - Air Date: 7/3/09 - Save Mart Center - Fresno, California The show started with Punk saying that he was hurt at the Bash and kicked the ref by accident. He said Jeff Hardy was out of line for attacking him and he demanded an apology from him. Teddy Long came out and said that Hardy would get a rematch with Punk at Night of Champions. He also said tonight's main event would be Punk teaming with Hardy against Edge and Chris Jericho Finlay beat Ricky Ortiz in a fast match Dolph Ziggler and Maria were flirting backstage. Ziggler then beat R Truth Vince McMahon's insanity invaded Smackdown as Kane beat Rey Mysterio with the chokeslam. Great Khali came out and ran off Kane Jericho and Edge said that their opponents tonight will not be a challenge to them Cryme Tyme beat the debuting Hart Dynasty Melina won a four way match over Maria, Michelle McCool and Layla Edge and Jericho beat Punk and Hardy. Good story here as Punk wouldn't tag in, selling the eye. Jeff forced him in and Punk "tried" to fight. When he went to make the take, Jeff faked his own eye injury. Edge pinned Punk with a spear
Taping Date: 8/4/09 - Air Date: 8/7/09 - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, Long Island, New York CM Punk comes out and says he will stay the course and teach the fans the difference between right and wrong, even if so far all his work just seems to make the fans love Jeff Hardy more. He said that this is just another obstacle in his life that he will overcome. They showed Punk's attack on Hardy last week. He said the fans love Hardy because he is just like them and none of them have the strength to be straightedge. He said none of them can be strong like him. Punk said they can boo him but the truth sometimes hurts and he will continue to tell it. The crowd was all over Punk. He accused the crowd of gobbling prescription medicine like Pez. He went on and on about all the vices people have that he doesn't do...smoking, marijuana, alcohol. He told the fans that they need a straight World champion...they need CM Punk. World Title - Jeff Hardy (c) vs. CM Punk - Hardy attacked Punk before the bell. Officials pulled them apart. Out came Vince McMahon, who ripped on Teddy Long for not keeping control. He demanded everyone return to the back and said that since Long couldn't control them, Vince will appoint a guest enforcer to maintain control, and he'll make everyone wait and find out. Punk and Hardy began brawling again. John Morrison vs. Tyson Kidd - In a really good match, John Morrison pinned Tyson Kidd after a split legged twisting press. Morrison slipped on a springboard kick so expect that to be edited out as he did the move a second time. Really good back and forth match with lots of near falls, highspots and some stiff kicks. Slam Master J vs. Charlie Haas - Slam Master J defeated Charlie Haas with a top rope splash Winner Gets I-C Title Shot @ SummerSlam: R-Truth vs. Mike Knox vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Finlay - Rey Mysterio does commentary at ringside. Lots of fast action. Truth does dive over top on Knox. Finlay goes for Emerald Frosion on Ziggler but Knox hits boot to face. Killings hits lariat off ropes for 2. Ziggler tosses Killings out of ring. Finlay cracks Knox with shillelagh. Ziggler nails Finlay with finisher and scores pin Backstage, Maria and Melina talked about Maria's relationship with Dolph. Melina said she was happy for Maria but she hears bad things about Ziggler in the locker room. Maria says the Dolph in the ring isn't how he is outside of it and he treats her good. Melina said she was happy for her but to be careful Chris Jericho vs. JTG - Solid back and forth match. Jericho nailed the Codebreaker on JTG but his arm and leg were under the bottom rope so ref wouldn't count. Jericho jawed with the ref and Shad Gaspard, then pulled JTG to the center. He went to pick up JTG but was pulled into an inside cradle and pinned. Big reaction for Cryme Time since they are from Brooklyn Great Khali vs. Ricky Ortiz - Great Khali destroyed Ricky Ortiz. Kane came out from under ring and tossed Khali out of the ring, then went after Runjin Singh and dragged him through the crowd out of the Arena Matt Hardy is introduced as the special enforcer for the World title match World Title: Special Enforcer: Matt Hardy - Jeff Hardy (c) vs. CM Punk - Jeff gets in Matt's face but Matt won't even look him in the eye, glaring away. Hardy is outside of ring enforcer. They went back and forth with a solid bout. Hardy went to the top but Punk cut him off. Punk nailed a superplex off the top for a two count. Punk nailed a martial arts combination and went for GTS but Hardy avoided. Punk rolled up Hardy but was kicked out of the ring. Hardy did a dive out onto Punk. The Hardys faced off outside. Punk hit a sliding kick but Jeff moved and Matt got hit. Jeff took Punk down and went for the Swanton. Punk got his knees up and went for the pin but at 2, Matt pulled the referee out of the ring. Punk began screaming at Matt but Jeff rolled him up from behind and Matt counted a fast three. A shocked Punk attacked Jeff and beat his head into the announcing table, then beat him with a chair. He stuck Hardys head in a chair and ran him into the ringpost Teddy Long Makes An Announcement Teddy Long came out and asked Punk if he was proud of himself and Punk said he was because Matt Hardy screwed him. Punk said he was and he wanted his rematch. Long said if Hardy can defend the title by Summerslam, Punk will get it in a TLC match. Punk was pissed about the stipulation
Taping Date: 8/11/09 - Air Date: 8/14/09 - Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada CM Punk comes out for a promo. He shoots on Jeff Hardy before Theodore Long is able to come out and interrupt. CM Punk vs. John Morrison is announced Jeff Hardy's music hits and he comes to the ring. Hardy sells the entire time at ringside and can barely lift the title before leaving Dolph Ziggler b. Finlay. Mike Knox comes out and interferes and hits Finlay with his shelleigh. After the match, Knox beats down Finlay Kane has Ranjin Singh held captive backstage. He does a 24-style hostage video They do a Maria/Melina promo. It is announced Michelle McCool will return to SmackDown next week CM Punk b. John Morrison via pinfall Melina b. Layla Cryme Tyme comes out for an in-ring promo. Huge chants for Chris Jericho Big Show w/Chris Jericho b. Shad w/JTG The Great Khali is shown saving Ranjin Singh from Kane. Kane attacks him with a lead pipe Jeff Hardy vs. DH Smith & Tyson Kidd w/Natalya. The Hart Dynasty gets the biggest pop of the night Tyson Kidd & DH Smith w/Natalya b. Jeff Hardy when Tyson Kidd pins Hardy after a springboard clothesline. I'm told there was a massive pop for The Hart Dynasty. CM Punk comes out as does John Morrison. Morrison cleans house as Matt Hardy comes out and takes out CM Punk. Matt picks up Jeff as the Hardys celebrate with John Morrison to end the show
Taping Date: 8/18/09 - Air Date: 8/21/09 - Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri Big Show, Chris Jericho & Dolph Ziggler d. Cryme Tyme and Rey Mysterio when Zigger got the pin on Mysterio, very entertaining match, 2nd best of the night. Matt Hardy was then interviewed backstage. Kane then cut a promo on Khali, which lead to Khali coming out. Khali punched a chair out of Kane's hand and Kane ran away. Finlay d. Mike Knox via DQ CM Punk/Jeff Hardy promo with Tables, Ladders, Chairs surrounding ring. Jeff botched a spot when he did his finisher on Punk and hit his head on the ladder, nothing serious Maria & Melina d. Layla & Natalya - Michelle McCool did commentary Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy & John Morrison d. CM Punk & The Hart Dynasty which was a really good match Post-show Dark Match: Jeff Hardy d. Punk via Swanton in a Cage Match. Punk was carried out on a stretcher to help sell the injury.
Taping Date: 8/25/09 - Air Date: 8/28/09 - US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona Matt Hardy & John Morrison vs. The Hart Dynasty - Great match. They gave it a reasonable amount of time. Hardy and Morrison won clean in the end. Drew McIntyre vs. R-Truth - This ended up in a no contest, as McIntyre attacked R-Truth before the bell, cut a quick promo and just left Melina vs. Layla - Michelle McCool was out for commentary during this match. Melina ended up attacking her at one point. Finish came when Melina pinned Layla clean for the victory Unified Tag Titles - Chris Jericho & Big Show (c) vs. Cryme Tyme: This started as a singles match but Teddy Long came out and ordered it to be a tag match for the titles. Jericho and Big Show ended up winning anyway to retain the belts Intercontinental Title - Rey Mysterio (c) vs. Kane: Finish came when Kane was disqualified for ramming Rey into the ring post. Winner via DQ: Rey Mysterio - After the match, Great Khali came out and brawled with Kane. Khali eventually threw Kane out of the ring. Dolph Ziggler also came out and laid out Mysterio. World Title: Steel-Cage - "Loser Leaves WWE" - CM Punk vs. Jeff Hardy Amazing match. Great final match for Jeff Hardy. Remember this was the "loser leaves WWE" stipulation in addition to being a steel cage match. CM Punk obviously got the win here to retain the World Heavyweight championship and send Jeff Hardy packing. Winner and STILL World Heavyweight champion: CM Punk After the match, Jeff Hardy cut a really good promo. He was saying his goodbyes and the crowd was really into it. As he was saying goodbye still, CM Punk attacked Jeff Hardy. This lead to Undertaker's music hitting. Undertaker came out and chokeslammed CM Punk
Taping Date: 9/1/09 - Air Date: 9/4/09 - Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio CM Punk comes out with his face painted and dressed like Jeff Hardy. He cuts a promo on how Hardy is gone that we will never see him again. He receives massive heat. Punk then shoots on The Undertaker and how he is a big star. He challenges him to come to the ring. Matt Hardy comes out and cuts him off. Hardy attacks Punk while the crowd responds with a huge pop. Referees come out to break up the altercation Teddy Long and CM Punk are shown talking about what just happened. Long announces that Matt Hardy will face Punk tonight The Great Khali & Finlay b. Mike Knox & Kane - Finlay starts off the match being dominated by Knox & Kane. Khali is tagged in and comes to the offense. Finlay gets the pin on Knox for the win Vince McMahon is shown backstage with Teddy Long Maria & Eve are shown backstage. Michelle comes up and says that Dolph will leave her. Melina comes up and threatens Michelle with a knuckle sandwich. Maria tells her to stay out of her business John Morrison b. Rey Mysterio to become the new Intercontinental Champion - Great back and forth match that lasted about 20 minutes. It was described to me as pay-per-view quality R-Truth comes out to the ring. He is attacked by Drew McIntyre who is wearing a dress shirt. After the attack, McIntyre cuts a promo Maria & Eve b. Natalya & Layla - Eve gets thew in with the pin on Layla Josh Mathews is in the back interviewing Matt Hardy. The lights go out... An Undertaker promo is shown and the lights come back on Matt Hardy vs. CM Punk ends in disqualification - CM Punk is out first followed by Matt. Slow action throughout with several long two counts. CM Punk goes for a chair shot when the "gong" hits and Undertaker appears. He chokeslams Punk through the announce table
Taping Date: 9/8/09 - Air Date: 9/11/09 - Metro Centre - Rockford, Illinois The Undertaker comes out for the opening pyro. The crowd is ecstatic. He says he'll beat CM Punk Sunday at Breaking Point. Punk comes out and says Undertaker is Alice In Wonderland. He goes on to say that Undertaker is a liar and he'll make him tap. CM Punk vs. Matt Hardy is announced for later tonight Finlay b. Mike Knox in a Belfast Brawl - Several weapons such as trash cans were used. Finlay got the win after hitting Knox with his shillelagh. In a backstage segment, Dolph Ziggler is looking for Maria when Michelle McCool hits on him and groaps him. Layla El was hiding and taking pictures of this as it was going on DH Smith vs. Kane - The match doesn't even get started as Kane jumps Khali as soon as he gets in the ring. Khali fights him off Chris Jericho & Big Show are shown backstage. They're up next Chris Jericho & Big Show b. Cryme Tyme - Jericho got the win by pinning JTG for the three-count Backstage, Vince McMahon tells Teddy Long he's on probation but Long tells him that next week he has a surprise that will change the face of Smackdown and will have something excellent at the PPV Sunday John Morrison b. Charlie Haas - Morrison got the win with his Starship Pain finisher. After the match Morrison thanks Rey Mysterio for the footage of him winning last week. He says anytime he wants a re-match, he'll get one. Dolph Ziggler comes out and says he wants a title match. Morrison tells him they can do it right now. Ziggler declines and Morrison calls him Mr. Ziggles. The crowd chants Mr. Ziggles. Dolph exits ringside Matt Hardy is backstage with Josh Mathews. He says he'll make CM Punk submit tonight and then Undertaker will beat him on Sunday Layla w/Michelle McCool b. Melina Josh Mathews is backstage with R-Truth. Truth says he wants an actual match with Drew McIntyre. McIntyre jumps Truth and leaves him laying Jim Ross & Todd Grisham are in the ring hyping Sunday's Breaking Point pay-per-view CM Punk b. Matt Hardy in the main event by getting Hardy to submit
Taping Date: 9/15/09 - Air Date: 9/18/09 - Copps Coliseum - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Batista opened the show with a segment. Lead to Jericho coming out and receiving a spinebuster. Scott Armstrong said he was told before-hand how the Submission match at Breaking Point was going to end. Vince McMahon told Teddy Long to apologize to the fans. This lead to a brief apology in the ring. Upon leaving ringside, Long was locked in his limo and driven away with Undertaker as the driver WWE Intercontinental champ John Morrison defeated Mike Knox Melina pinned WWE Women's champion Michelle McCool in a non-title match CM Punk had an in-ring segment. Same stuff he says every week about being straight edge Hart Dynasty defeated Cryme Time Kane vs. Great Khali ended by DQ when Kane hit Khali with a chair. He then used the steel ringsteps on Khali's leg about five times. Khali did a stretcher job during the break Drew McIntyre beat up Charlie Haas, who was waiting for his opponent in the ring Batista defeated Chris Jericho after a Batista bomb The dark match main event was CM Punk vs. Undertaker ending in a no contest when Punk brought a chair into the ring, but Undertaker used it. Afterwards, he hit Punk with a chokeslam and two Tombstones
Taping Date: 9/22/09 - Air Date: 9/25/09 - Bank Of Oklahoma Center - Tulsa, Oklahoma CM Punk comes out for a promo. The pyro doesn't go off to open the show. Punk gives a typical heel promo as druids come out with a casket. CM opens the casket and Teddy is inside bound and gagged. Teddy is ungagged and he announces CM Punk vs. Undertaker at Hell in a Cell CM Punk vs. Undertaker is announced for a match later tonight on SmackDown. John Morrison & Finlay b. Mike Knox & Dolph Ziggler. Backstage Cryme Tyme have Slam Master J spray paint Teddy's office. Slam Master J will compete tonight. They tape a backstage segment with CM Punk and Vince McMahon. McMahon says Punk and Teddy should have understood the consequences of messing with the Undertaker. McMahon wishes Punk luck in his match tonight. Vince McMahon cuts a heel promo on the people from Oklahoma. Talks up next week's tenth anniversary special. Drew McIntyre comes to the ring cuts a heel promo. R-Truth enters through the crowd rapping. R-Truth welcomes McIntyre to SmackDown then beats him down. Batista b. Big Show via disqualification. Batista applies an ankle lock and Jericho comes out for the save. Batista ends up applying the hold on Jericho. Vince McMahon and Teddy backstage. McMahon asks why the conspiracy and where is his picture. Teddy says it isn't finished. DH Smith b. JTG after help from The Hart Dynasty. Josh Mathews interviews Batista back stage. Batista and a partner challenge for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship. Batista says they have their number because his partners number is 619. The Undertaker vs. CM Punk is up next. John Cena, DeGeneration X, The Legacy and The Undertaker are all advertised for next week's tenth anniversary SmackDown special. CM Punk b. The Undertaker via count out
Taping Date: 9/29/09 - Air Date: 10/2/09 - TD Garden - Boston, Massachusetts The Decade of Smackdown special starts off with Jim Ross and Todd Grisham inside the ring talking about their ten year anniversary and how the party has begun. They showed clips of numerous talents from all three brands backstage at a party Batista pinned Kane Backstage at the party, Teddy Long is seeing and greeting people. Michael Cole sees Finlay and calls him "Vintage Finlay." Teddy Long bumps into Vickie Guerrero, who has short hair. She introduces him to her new boyfriend Eric Hornswoggle kicks Michael Cole in the shin. Everyone is allowed into MVP's VIP area except Zack Ryder. Iron Sheik is there Video package remembering Eddie Guerrero. It was really well done and got a huge reaction Dolph Ziggler & The Miz defeated WWE United States champ Kofi Kingston & WWE Intercontinental champ John Morrison. Jack Swagger did commentary at ringside More party nonsense including Yoshi, Funaki and Jillian doing karaoke, The Iron Sheik choking on food, Hurricane gives him Heimlich maneuver. Jericho and Show walk into the party, Michael Cole throws up from drinking Taped Rock promo. He makes a random comment asking who Dolph Ziggler is. He then goes on to do the "Finally the Rock has come back to Smackdown" and talks about being there since the beginning. The crowd chants his name, etc. He talks about CM Punk, says he should be called BM Punk (bowel movement). He talks about making history with Taker, tells a camera guy to shave his chest, talks about Hell in the Cell and says maybe its time he guest hosts Raw. The crowd went nuts for that WWE Women's champ Michelle McCool defeated Melina in a Lumberjill match when Beth Phoenix interfered Backstage Undertaker promo. He said that after the beating he gives CM Punk Sunday, Punk will crave the pills and alcohol he claims to despise. Drew McIntyre proposes a toast to himself at the party. Ron Killings attacks him and they brawl. It gets broken up and Teddy Long declares the party over WWE champ John Cena & DX & Undertaker defeated World champ CM Punk & Legacy & Randy Orton when Taker pinned Orton. They dumped tons of blue and white confetti in the Arena to celebrate the anniversary and close the show
Taping Date: 10/6/09 - Air Date: 10/9/09 - Sovereign Bank Arena - Trenton, New Jersey Smackdown opens with Teddy Long in the ring discussing the Bragging Rights PPV. Long says John Cena is welcome to come to Smackdown if he doesn't win the Iron Man Match against Randy Orton. CM Punk comes out and tells Long not to focus on Cena, but on him. He complains he has to wrestle Batista tonight. He demands a rematch against The Undertaker tonight and that Scott Armstrong be the referee Vince McMahon comes out and announces at Bragging Rights that The Undertaker will defend the World championship against CM Punk, Batista and Rey Mysterio. He says the action will begin right now and calls out Mysterio for his match Rey Mysterio defeated Chris Jericho in a good match with a 619 and top rope splash WWE Women's champ Michelle McCool defeated Eve Torres Backstage, Vickie Guerrero complains to Teddy Long that it's unfair that Eric Escobar doesn't have a PPV match since he was introduced on the Smackdown roster last week. She says it's also not fair that Undertaker has to be in a Four Way at the PPV . In Spanish, Escobar tells Long he won't be disrespected. Guerrero reminds Long he's on probation WWE Intercontinental champ John Morrison defeated Dolph Ziggler. Maria was at ringside watching but didn't become involved beyond taking a chair Ziggler had set up to "use later" and sitting on it. When Ziggler went for the chair and saw it wasn't there, he was distracted, allowing Morrison to nail him with a kick for the win Backstage, Maria asks Ziggler to speak to her. Ziggler tells her that he has a personal life and a professional one. He tells her he sees big things in his future, but she isn't one of them and walks off. Maria starts to cry Drew McIntyre & Kane defeated R-Truth & Matt Hardy when McIntrye pinned Hardy with the double underhook DDT. Backstage, Batista and Rey Mysterio agree that whatever happens in the Four Way at the PPV, they will remain cool and hug. WWE World champ The Undertaker comes out and discusses winning the belt in the Hell in A Cell. He says that at the PPV, he's going to win and take all of their souls CM Punk defeated Batista by countout. After the match, Batista gave CM Punk a Batista Bomb
Taping Date: 10/13/09 - Air Date: 10/16/09 - Rupp Arena - Lexington, Kentucky Todd Grisham and Michael Cole on commentary. Teddy Long came out and introduced the captain of Team Smackdown Chris Jericho, who walked to the ring and cut a promo on John Cena. Jericho said that it's his responsibility to put a team together that will do everything he says and that his team will defeat the delinquents of DX. There was a big chant for DX and a "You Suck" chant at Jericho. Jericho talked about how DX pushes their merchandise and points out all the merchants. He has the DX book in his hand and said, "You know what I think of DX?" and he rips up the book. Out comes Kane to confront Jericho. Kane comes out and says "Your team? We need to talk" to Chris Jericho. He says he is the new co-captain of team Smackdown. Jericho says, "Of course you are, I was thinking the same thing" and tries to put Kane over. Kane says that as far as he is concerned, the DX book and DX can all go up in flames. Finlay vs. Mike Knox vs. Dolph Ziggler for a spot on Team Smackdown at Bragging Rights was up next. Ziggler actually got a pop. Ziggler pinned Knox after Finlay and Knox hit in the air on a cross body while Finlay had the shillelagh in his hands. In a tag team Bragging Rights qualifier match, Cryme Tyme beat The Hart Dynasty when JTG pinned Tyson Kidd. Cryme Tyme is on Team Smackdown at the PPV. Chris Jericho, with Michelle McCool, came and said that there will be three Raw vs. Smackdown matches at the PPV and he can't count on Morrison winning so Jericho asks if he can count on McCool winning her match. McCool says she can beat anyone at any time. Mickie James walked in and said she has a better chance of beating a Raw diva. McCool went to leave and brushed into Beth Phoenix, who told her she won't be keeping her title for long. CM Punk walked into Vince McMahon and said that the Fatal Fourway at the PPV is unfair. Vince agreed and said that he really likes the idea that Punk had last week so he's making a match for next week: Punk vs. Taker in a submission match with Scott Armstrong as the ref and Teddy Long at ringside. Before a Bragging Rights qualifying match, Tony Chimmel introduced Vickie Guerrero. She got a ton of heat, you could barely hear her. She introduced Eric Escobar and as soon as she said his name, people stopped booing and just sat down. Wow. His opponent is Matt Hardy, to a big pop. Escobar won after Vickie distracted the ref, rammed Hardy into the turnbuckle and rolled him up. After the match the happy couple posed in the ring. They aired a commercial for the new Batista DVD, which comes out this Tuesday. The Miz and John Morrison did The Dirt Sheet. You could tell these guys have good chemistry whether they are friends or foes. Miz said he is the Shawn Michaels of The Rockers, and Morrison is Marty Jannetty. Morrison told Miz he is a mixture of Mr. Ed, Michael Phelps, Pink, and Big twinky Johnson. Morrison said all Raw was a version of Saturday Night Live. He asked whether Big Bird was going to host next week. Morrison challenged him to a match during this show, but The Miz left the ring. Great segment. Drew McIntyre defeated R-Truth via countout to earn a spot on Team Smackdown at Bragging Rights. Rey Mysteiro defeated Batista. Both men came out to huge pops. The match started slowly & Mysterio won with the 619. They raised each other's hands after the match. Batista left the ring while Rey was posing for the crowd. C.M. Punk ran in and hit the GTS on Mysterio. Batista came back and ran off Punk. Post-show Dark Match: Undertaker defeated C.M. Punk to retain the World Championship. Taker won with the Tombstone
