WWE SmackDown Results: Y2J Vs. Swagger, The Shield Dominates, Ryback-Henry Collide & More
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- We open with a wide shot of the arena in Ft. Wayne, In as Michael Cole welcomes us to the show.
- Sheamus' music hits and he comes to the ring. We see footage of The Shield's attack on Sheamus and Randy Orton from RAW. Randy Orton's music hits and he joins Sheamus in the ring. Cole is on commentary with Josh Mathews and Brad Maddox.
Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes come out as Sandow cuts a promo on their way down the ramp. They are mad that Orton and Sheamus ruined their night on Monday and they are going to ruin theirs tonight.
Randy Orton & Sheamus vs. Team Rhodes Scholars
Sheamus builds momentum and hits his forearm spot on Sandow in the ropes. Cody hits the Disaster Kick to Sheamus on the floor as we go to break.
Sheamus kicks out in the ring as we return. Cody tags Sandow who goes to the floor to pound Sheamus under the bottom rope. Cody and Sandow make frequent tags and keep Sheamus under control and away from Orton. Sheamus gets both boots up in the corner on Sandow and pulls himself to the top. Sheamus hits a double axe off the top and makes the tag to Orton. Cody tags in too and Orton goes to town on him with a powerslam and the ropes DDT. Sandow comes in and gets a Brogue Kick from Sheamus. Orton coils up and hits the RKO on Cody for the win.
Winners by pin: Randy Orton & Sheamus
Orton and Sheamus shake hands as The Shield's music hits to a sea of boos. Orton and Sheamus look around and the trio appears on the Titantron. They are on a WWE camera but it is shot in the hand-held style. The Shield talks about all their victims including The Rock and John Cena. They say they don't even have a match at WrestleMania and that is an injustice. Dean Ambrose tells them to find any partner to face them. Orton and Sheamus are in. Ambrose says that at WrestleMania we will believe in The Shield.
- The David Otunga/Halle Berry/Kane promo for The Call runs.
- A Fandango promo runs.
- We return from a break to footage of Brock Lesnar's appearance on RAW. Cole talks about different stipulation options and says we will hear from Triple H on Monday.
- The Big Show approaches Orton and Sheamus and he wants to be their partner. Show says he doesn't trust either on of them but in lieu of recent events that should be his spot. Show says their partner should be able to bulldoze anything in front of him and be the ultimate destroyer. Orton and Sheamus agree and Show thinks it is him. Sheamus points off-camera and says that is why it should be him; the camera pans to the side and we see Ryback. Show turns and has a short stare-down with Ryback and walks away. Ryback faces off with Henry later.
- Back from a break with Divas action set to begin.
Layla & Kaitlyn vs. Aksana & Tamina Snuka
Tamina powers Layla into the corner and knocks her on her butt. The Funkadactyls look-on from a monitor in the back. Tamina and Aksana take turns on Layla and keep her away from Kaitlyn. Layla kicks Tamina off and tags in the Divas Champion Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn goes to work on Aksana and hits the spear. Layla tags herself in and hits a crossbody off the 2nd buckle for the win.
Winners by pin: Kaitlyn & Layla
Layla drags Kaitlyn to the center of the ring to get their arms raised but Kaitlyn isn't too thrilled.
- Cameron & Naomi and The Bella Twins have a confrontation in the back. Cameron & Naomi say they grew up watching The Bella's. The Bella's call them hoochie mamas who got hired to shake their butts for an old dinosaur and a guy who thinks he's Japanese and the twins attack them. Officials have to pull the Bella's off the Funkadactyls.
- Footage of CM Punk and The Undertaker from RAW runs. Kane makes his entrance with Daniel Bryan as we go to break.
- Dolph Ziggler has made his entrance with AJ Lee and Big E. Langston as we return. We see footage of AJ's confrontation with Daniel Bryan from last week and his subsequent as*-kicking by Big E.
Kane vs. Dolph Ziggler
Kane takes early control and hits a big boot to the face of Ziggler and slams him a couple of times. Ziggler tries to mount some offense and creates some space on the apron. Ziggler comes off the top with a missile dropkick to Kane and takes control.
Kane powers-up and throws Ziggler off of him. Ziggler drop toe-holds Kane into the corner and hits a big DDT for 2. Kane fights off an onslaught of punches from Ziggler and hits a delayed side vertical suplex but The Show Off kicks out. Brad Maddox seems to have toned it down tonight as I haven't caught anything too memorable or notable.
Kane fights off a sleeper and comes off the top with a big clothesline. AJ gets on the apron and Bryan and Big E mix it up at ringside. Big E tosses him into the timekeepers area. Big E runs into a big boot from Kane and gets laid out. Kane goes back in the ring and gets the Zig Zag from Ziggler.
Winner by pin: Dolph Ziggler
Ziggler trash talks to Kane on the mat but Kane grabs him by the throat. Big E comes in and runs over Kane and hits the Big Ending on The Big Red Machine. They stand over Kane and walk up the ramp.
- Cole sends to another parody video from Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez. They talk about borders but they are talking about Canadians. Ricardo talks about their accents, "eh?" and their love of ice sports and maple syrup.
- Chris Jericho and R-Truth laugh in the locker room as they react to the footage. Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter approach Jericho and say he isn't a real American. Jericho calls Zeb, Yosemite Sam and says Swagger better focus on WrestleMania. Jericho and Swagger wrestle later.
- Fandango debuts next...No he won't.
- JBL sends us a Tout from the summit of his mountain climb. He will be back soon.
- The Great Khali and Natalya dance in the ring awaiting and during the music of Fandango. Fandango and his dancer enter on the stage. Fandango wants Khali to pronounce his name. Fandango doesn't like Khali's accent and walks him through the syllables. He tells Khali to put it all together and tells him that was horrible. Fandango and his dancer leave and we go to another break.
- The excellent Cena-Rock promo from RAW is shown.
- Matt Striker is standing-by in the back with Sheamus and Randy Orton. The says they feel the odds are in their favor now that Ryback is on their team. They are attacked by The Shield. The Shield slams Orton into a steel garage door twice and put Sheamus through a table. Refs come and check on Orton and Sheamus and call for Booker T.
- Back from a break as Booker and Teddy Long have arrived on the scene. Ryback shows up and asks what happened. Booker tells Ryback they have it under control and that he needs to focus on Mark Henry.
- We go to the shot of Mark Henry's back as he makes his entrance to the ring. "Feed Me More" hits the speakers and Ryback makes his way to the ring.
Ryback vs. Mark Henry
The bell rings and the two monsters lock-up. They struggle to a stalemate as The Shield's music hits and they make their way through the crowd. Henry ducks to the floor as The Shield hits the ring and attacks Ryback. Ryback clears the ring of them and Henry gets back in but The Shield attacks Ryback from behind and Henry dips to the floor again and looks-on. The Shield stomps Ryback and hits the triple powerbomb. The Shield puts their fists together in solidarity and leaves.
Mark Henry slides back in the ring and delivers 2 World's Strongest Slams to Ryback to a sea of boos. He screams, "That's what I do!" as he picks Ryback up for one more WSS. The crowd boos and chants, "Feed Me More." Henry kneels down and tells Ryback that he is not like the punks he has been running through. He screams that Ryback will not run through him and he welcomes Ryback to the Hall of Pain. The chants get suspiciously louder as we go to commercial.
- We return to a replay of what just happened and go to Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter's entrance for the main event. I kind of dig Swagger's theme. Pyro goes-off and the lights go out as Y2J makes his entrance; he is very tan and greasy.
- We cut to the WWE Rewind of Del Rio rescuing Sin Cara from Swagger last Monday on RAW.
Chris Jericho vs. Jack Swagger
They lock-up and grapple on the mat. Swagger backs Y2J into the corner and clocks him in the face. Jericho fights out with chops and forearms. Jericho hits a springboard dropkick and knocks Swagger to the floor as we go to commercial.
Back to action in the ring. Swagger screams, "We the people!" as he stretches Jericho from behind. Jericho escapes with a side suplex but Swagger runs him over with a clothesline and gets 2. Jericho builds a momentum with a series of shoulderblocks and comes off the top with an axe-handle. Y2J hits a bulldog but Swagger avoids the Lion-sault. They go back and forth with counters. Jericho hits a big kick to the back of Swagger's head and gets 2.
Swagger takes out Jericho's leg and goes for the Patriot Lock but Jericho doesn't let him get it locked-in. Swagger hits a belly-to-belly and gets 2 as we go to break.
Jericho counters Swagger with a DDT and gets 2 as we return with 5 minutes left in the show. Swagger goes for a gut-wrench powerbomb but Y2J counters into The Walls Of Jericho. Swagger blocks it and reverses into the Patriot Lock. Jericho rolls-through and applies the Walls. Zeb Colter gets on the apron and distracts Jericho which allows Swagger to escape to the floor. Jericho hits a dropkick through the ropes and sends Swagger into the steel steps.
Y2J sends Swagger back in and goes up top with a crossbody. Swagger kicks out at 2. They counter each other in the corner and Swagger hits the gut-wrench powerbomb for the win.
Winner by pin: Jack Swagger
Swagger poses with his hand on his heart on the 2nd turnbuckle as he points to the WrestleMania NY/NJ sign. Michael Cole signs-off.
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