WWE Smackdowns

[Jeremi]

del rio is damn good. he works well with show and showed he knows the difference between working as a heel or face by having a very different match with show than their previous matches.

also kaitlyn continues to improve her technique in the ring, lately aksana has also looked more crisp than i've seen before.

You know I didn't care much for Del Rio when he was heel, but I'm liking the little I've seen with him as a face. Ricardo's always gold though.

[Gryphon]

Spoilers for this week


spoilers:

Dark Match: * Natalya beat Alicia Fox SmackDown: * SmackDown opens with Randy Orton talking about the Royal Rumble. Sheamus comes out and they argue about who will be the last one. Big Show and Antonio Cesaro come out to interrupt. Booker T makes Orton and Sheamus vs. Show and Cesaro for tonight’s main event. * The Miz beat Heath Slater. * Natalya, Hornswoggle and The Great Khali beat Primo, Epico and Rosa Mendes. * Wade Barrett beat Kofi Kingston to retain the Intercontinental Title. * Tamina Snuka beat Layla. * Randy Orton and Sheamus beat Big Show and Antonio Cesaro. Orton and Sheamus had a staredown to end the show.

end of spoilers

[lboinyamouf4sho]

Aksana is still bad, but she is much much better than she used to be.
Like...much better.
But when you start at a negative and move to a 2...meh.

maybe, but the last couple of matches i can't say anything bad about her xecution. she might still not pass a ring psychological evaluation but she doesn't really need to to have decent-good diva matches.

SD was pretty good.

slater vs miz was surprisingly good & competitive. miz worked well as a face getting the crowd involved and looking like he was in serious danger of losing the match. best slater match and miz as a face work i've seen.

khali/hornswoggle vs los carlitos, thank the heavens for team hell no revitalizing the tag division. i remember back when the tag teams were just fodder for guys like khali in handi-cap matches. now he needs hornswoggles help to beat the true tag teams.

kofi vs wade was great, and the feud has been very damn good. strong booking for a heel.

tamina vs layla. tamina has gotten better. she needs to work on that splash though or her knees will be shot quickly.

orton & sheamus vs show & cesaro. good main event. the end had sheamus looking like a serious gloryhound asshole. i do wonder where is legato to call cesaro out on not knowing how to sell his hand injury.

[The Scarlet Sapien]

The skit where Mae Young gives Birth to Baby new Year Hornswoggle was both Tedious and Offensive. Kudos Vince. Maybe the worse thing on tv that did not involve true life fatalities or Our nation's elected officials.

[Huthaifa]

I was shocked at how good the Miz/Slater match was. Those two really clicked. Give Miz time, and I think he will be valuable face.

[steve2275]

Natalya retaliates - "Backstage Fallout" SmackDown - January 4, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm8_F5uebZQ

[DennyK]

The skit where Mae Young gives Birth to Baby new Year Hornswoggle was both Tedious and Offensive. Kudos Vince. Maybe the worse thing on tv that did not involve true life fatalities or Our nation's elected officials.

Tedious and Offensive... why has nobody used this as a tag-team name yet?

[The Scarlet Sapien]

Tedious and Offensive... why has nobody used this as a tag-team name yet?

Too Many Syllables, Probably. Intresting through. Who would be on the team? Ted Dibiase and .......... Brad Maddox, Maybe?

[Gryphon]

Major Spoilers

spoilers:

SmackDown opens with CM Punk and Paul Heyman at Sun Life Stadium. Punk puts on The Rock's college football jersey. The stadium The Rock played college football at (the Orange Dome) is gone and the WWE that The Rock used to wrestle for is gone too. At the Royal Rumble, Punk is going to show The Rock that you can never go home. * The Rock comes out for a promo. Flo Rida is in the house. The Rock is back on The Rock's show, SmackDown. Rock talks about his college football days. Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes come out. They say they are going to be champions soon and The Rock doesn't deserve this time. Rock says Cody has a dead caterpillar on his lip and makes fun of his lisp. Sandow has a wager for The Rock. Sandow says if Rock can answer 3 questions, he can stay. If not he leaves. Rock says bring it. Question 1 - who was the 19th US president. Rock says Rutherford B Hayes, b---h. Cody asks what movie won Best Picture in 1993. Rock says Schindlers List & he's right again. Question 3 - Rock says now it's his turn to ask a question. What happens when you combine a geological aggregate of minerals with its lowest form. Sandow says that's easy - you get Rock Bottom. Rock grabs him and gives him a Rock Bottom! Cody gets in Rock's face and gets a spine buster and then a People's Elbow. Rock celebrates. * Lilian Garcia introduces SmackDown General Manager Booker T. Booker announces Antonio Cesaro vs. Randy Orton. The Rock will be in this very ring tonight. Also Big Show vs. Alberto Del Rio. Show comes out and confronts Booker. He gets a microphone and says his match with Del Rio is because Booker T has a personal vendetta against him. Big Show says Del Rio is only getting the match because they're in Miami and Del Rio is Latino. There are no more Latino heroes, no more Irish heroes, no Viper heroes. Del Rio runs out and attacks Big Show and clears him out of the ring. Loud chant for Del Rio. * Backstage segment with Booker, Rhodes and Sandow. * A pre-recorded video from Antonio Cesaro announces he will be in the Royal Rumble. * Randy Orton vs. Antonio Cesaro is next. Cesaro comes out with the US flag. As Orton was in control and getting ready to hit the RKO, The Shield ran down and destroyed Orton & hit the 3-man power bomb. * Show vs. Del Rio for later tonight will be a Last Man Standing match. * Matt Striker interviews Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre backstage about the Rumble. They have a score to settle with Sheamus tonight. * AJ Lee and Dolph Ziggler vs. Natalya and The Great Khali is up next. Hornswoggle and Big E Langston are at ringside. AJ pins Natalya in a short match after hitting Sliced Bread. After the match, Langston levels Khali with his body tackle. Ziggler hit the leg drop on Khali and Langston hit his finisher on Hornswoggle. * Sheamus vs. 3MB in a Handicap Match. 3MB runs away as soon as the match starts. Slater runs back and attacks Sheamus from behind but gets hit with a Brogue Kick. Sheamus gets the win. * Kane and Daniel Bryan vs. Darren Young and Titus O'Neil is up next. Team Hell No win a quick match. Bryan's knee was taped up and he was limping after the match. * Show vs. Del Rio in a Last Man Standing match is next. Del Rio came out in a Lamborghini. Big Show put him through a table on the outside. Del Rio starts using a chair on Show in the ring. Lots of back and forth. Show hits a choke slam and Del Rio gets up after 7. Outside the ring, Big Show slams Del Rio through the ringside barricade. Del Rio gets up after a 9 count and the crowd goes nuts. Back in the ring, Big Show nails Del Rio with the WMD knockout punch. Del Rio makes the count by rolling out of the ring at the last second and standing up. Big Show tries to hit Del Rio with ring steps but it backfired and he hits himself. Del Rio hits Big Show with the ring steps 3 times and Big Show is hurt. Del Rio turns the announcers table onto Big Show and gets the 10 count for the win. And new World Heavyweight Champion - Alberto Del Rio! Del Rio celebrates in the ring and in the crowd.

end of spoilers
Read more: http://www.WrestlingInc.com/wi/news/...#ixzz2HRep3fTK

[Alex]

....I don't even think they advertised on Raw, stupid.

[Brandon Hanvey]

spoilers:

Huh weird title switch from Big Show to Del Rio. Either Show is hurt or they are setting up for a Ziggler cash in

end of spoilers

[Legato]

spoilers:

Huh weird title switch from Big Show to Del Rio. Either Show is hurt or they are setting up for a Ziggler cash in

end of spoilers

Could be both.

[Brandon Hanvey]

Huh. WWE even "spoiled" the title change on the front page of their site.

[Alex]

Could be both.

Oh god, he's right
spoilers:

Poor Del Rio, he only has the belt so Show doesn't have to job and so Ziggler can get a win when Del Rio challenges for the title.

end of spoilers

[Alex]

Huh. WWE even "spoiled" the title change on the front page of their site.

They have been doing that latetly, i think they realized everyone knows Smackdown is taped.