The Official SmackDown! Spoilers Thread

[Burke]

I wonder what the deal is with Brodus not being on either show this week.

[Current Mr. El]

Teddy Long informed Daniel Bryan that Randy Orton had a concussion and therefore would not be competing against him. Esequiel mentioned there were security guards stationed outside the office as Teddy told Bryan.

1. Great Khali and Big Show vs. Cody Rhodes and Wade Barrett. Khali and Show won after Khali chokeslammed Barrett. Show knocked Khali out during the post-match celebration.

Backstage, a returned Mark Henry was lobbying Teddy Long to put him in the Elimination Chamber match. Show came in and demanded a match vs. Daniel Bryan tonight. He ended up knocking Henry out and trashing Long's office. Long told the security team to escort Big Show out if they saw him. Security said they weren't getting near that giant. Long told them to step up.

2. Hunico defeated Ted DiBiase. Hunico won with a roll-up.

3. Epico and Primo defeated the Usos. Primo scored the pinfall with a backstabber.

Daniel Bryan cut a promo in the ring about what he did on Raw. He said Big Show and Orton were afraid to come out. He said come Sunday, he would still be World Champion. He told Lilian to announce him the winner of the main event by forfeit, but Teddy Long came out and announce Bryan would face Sheamus instead.

4. Daniel Bryan defeated Sheamus by disqualification. Bryan spit in Sheamus's face and Sheamus went crazy. The ref tried to hold him back, but Sheamus pushed him to cause the DQ.

Backstage, Cody and Barrett asked Teddy who was taking Orton's place in the Chamber match. Teddy said they were going to have a battle royal and the winner would take the final spot. He said anyone from any brand could compete.

5. Jinder Mahal defeated Ezekiel Jackson. Mahal won by submission with the came clutch.

Long was on the phone backstage and John Laurinaitis walked up. He said Teddy needed someone with charisma in the battle royale and entered David Otunga. Teddy wished him luck.

6. Tamina and Alicia Fox defeated Beth Phoenix and Natalya. Tamina pinned Natalya for the win.

7. Santino Marella won a battle royal to claim Randy Orton's spot in the Elimination Chamber. The final four were Santino, Drew McIntyre, Ezekiel Jackson, and David Otunga. Drew was eliminated first, followed by Zeke. Crowd went nuts for Santino win.

Khali and Santino are in the elimination chamber.

[Tarry]

I really hope they're not done with Brodus. He was really getting over

And Santino will probably get attacked by Christian before the match and replaced, but I kinda hope he really does compete in the match tbh.

[Current Mr. El]

Sheamus came out first cut a promo said Daniel Bryan was a changed man. He said he's now conceded just like Sheamus was when he won his first title two years ago. Vickie Guerrero and Dolph Ziggler came out and interrupted them. Dolph cut a promo saying he should've been in the main event at WrestleMania. Teddy Long came out to interrupt and booked Dolph vs. Sheamus as the first match.

1. Sheamus defeated Dolph Ziggler. Swagger came out to distract Sheamus. Ziggler and hit the Zig Zag, but Shemaus kicked out and then finished off Dolph for the win.

Big Show vs. Mark Henry was advertised for later in the show.

2. Santino Marella defeated Heath Slater. Slater went for a move off the top rope. Santino knocked him off and as Slater was still sitting on the top rope, he hit him with The Cobra.

3. Eve defeated Natalya.

Cody Rhodes came out and then so did Big Show. Cody started up in the crowd and Big Show said he was going to come after him. Teddy Long came out and booked Show vs. Rhodes in a title match at WrestleMania. Then Long introduced Mark Henry, who came out for his match with Big Show.

4. Big Show defeated Mark Henry. Henry dominated most of the match. He missed hitting Show with the steel ring steps. Show kicked out of the World's Strongest Slam, then Show hit the WMD for the win.

They had a Johnny Ace and Teddy Long segment in the back. David Otunga said they wouldn't seek criminal charges for Teddy striking Ace on Raw, but they might take civil action. Long booked Otunga vs. Big Show for Raw. Next up is Drew Mcintyre vs Justin Gabriel. Long said that McIntyre is fired if he loses.

5. Justin Gabriel defeated Drew McIntyre. Teddy Long appeared on the big screen and fired McIntyre, who sold it by crying in the ring before he left.

6. Daniel Bryan fought Randy Orton to an apparent no-contest. Good back and forth. Orton was about to hit his DDT when Kane's pyro hit and he came out. Kane and Orton brawled outside for a while and it was back and forth. They both got in the ring and Kane got control and chokeslammed Orton and stood over him. Then he asked for a mic. He stood over Orton, who was out, and said, "Welcome back." Kane dropped the mic and left. Bryan got a big cheer all night because he's from Washington. There were loud chants for him all night.

[Current Mr. El]

* Lilian Garcia kicked off SmackDown with a look back at the United States Title win by Santino Marella on RAW. There's a cage hanging above the ring.

* The cage is lowered and out comes David Otunga and John Laurinaitis. Laurinaitis announces Santino vs. Swagger for the US Title in the cage.

* Santino Marella retained the US Title against Jack Swagger in the cage. Dolph Ziggler tried to interfere but caught a pair of Cobras from Santino. Santino escaped the cage to win after Vickie Guerrero accidentally hit Swagger with the cage door.

* Backstage segment with Teddy Long begging John Laurinaitis to cancel Aksana vs. Kane but he won't. Ace then makes Long vs. Laurinaitis for later with the winner deciding if Kane vs. Aksana happens.

* Drew McIntyre comes to the ring and John Laurinaitis has given him a shot at getting his job back. His mystery opponent is The Great Khali. David Otunga comes out instead and reveals Drew's new opponent.

* Drew McIntyre beat Hornswoggle to earn his job back.

* Mark Henry defeated Ezekiel Jackson.

* Teddy Long beat John Laurinaitis, who was wearing black shoes and black spandex under his track suit. Laurinaitis started the match by telling Long to lay down for him. Kane came out but Randy Orton attacked him with an RKO on the floor. Out of all this Teddy rolled Laurinaitis up for the win.

* Kofi Kingston and R-Truth beat Epico and Primo in a non-title match.

* Michael Cole brought Sheamus and Daniel Bryan out to the ring for a segment. AJ Lee came out with Bryan and at one point he yelled at her and told her to shut up when she tried to talk. Cody Rhodes came out to pick on Big Show's WrestleMania history some more. Show came out as did The Miz and Randy Orton so we have a six-man match.

* Big Show, Randy Orton and Sheamus beat Cody Rhodes, The Miz and Daniel Bryan. Kane came out after the match and brawled into the crowd with Orton. They fought back to the ring and Orton countered a chokeslam with an RKO to end the show.

[Current Mr. El]

The show opened with the Peep Show segment involving Christian and guests John Laurinaitis and Teddy Long. Laurinaitis and David Otunga came out together to great heat. Long got a nice pop. Christian asked Long and Laurinaitis to convince him which team he should be on. Laurinaitis said he'd give Christian a title shot if Team Laurinaitis wins, so Christian joined his team.

Teddy tried to set up Christian in a match, but Johnny stopped it. Instead, they went with Kofi Kingston, now on Team Teddy, facing David Otunga, who wore his sweater vest.

1. Kofi Kingston defeated David Otunga. Otunga worked the match in his regular pants, which split halfway through the match. Funny. Kofi won with Trouble in Paradise.

There was a Daniel Bryan and AJ segment. Bryan said the dress AJ was wearing looked better on the mannequin.

2. A.J. (w/Daniel Bryan) defeated Brie Bella (w/Nikki). AJ won with a rollup.

Chris Jericho vs. Sheamus was announced as the main event.

3. Cody Rhodes defeated The Great Khali. Rhodes cut a promo before the match. He won with the Beautiful Disaster springboard kick.

Randy Orton came out to a big pop and the Orton vs. Kane match was made official for WrestleMania 28.

4. Big Show defeated Drew McIntyre. Show won a squash.

5. Mark Henry defeated Yoshi Tatsu. It's turned into squash city.

Chris Jericho cut a great promo before Sheamus was introduced for the main event.

6. Chris Jericho defeated Sheamus via countout. Daniel Bryan's interference led to Sheamus being counted out.

[Mutant Couch]

Brodus had a dark match prior to the show. Which was awesome... him being out there, not the match.

[Current Mr. El]

Daniel Bryan and A.J. came out to start the show to a lot of boos. Bryan made A.J. tell everyone how much she loves him. It was hard to hear anything because he was being booed so loudly. A.J. added that Bryan is going to make Sheamus tap out at WrestleMania 28. Sheamus interrupted and called Bryan a coward while saying his speech made him throw up in his mouth. Sheamus said he will kick Bryan's teeth down his throat and added that he will be called a former World Hvt. Champion.

1. Mark Henry defeated R-Truth. Henry won with the World's Strongest Slam in three minutes.

A graphic was shown for Big Show vs. Kane for tonight's show.

A video package revealed Yokozuna as the newest WWE Hall of Fame inductee.

Zack Ryder and The Great Khali were added to Teddy Long's team at WrestleMania 28.

2. A.J. (w/Daniel Bryan) beat Brie Bella. A.J. received a pop because she's from Union City, N.J., which is about ten minutes away from Newark. She got the win with a distraction by Bryan followed by a roll up for the pin. Afterward, Bryan entered the ring and celebrated more than A.J.

A No Way Out video package aired to hype the event that will be held in New Jersey.

3. Zack Ryder (w/Hornswoggle) beat Jack Swagger (w/Vickie Guerrero). Lilian Garcia mistakenly introduced Ryder as Swagger. Back and forth action, Ryder got a near fall, and so did Sswagger. Ryder hit the Rough Ryder for the victory after Vickie and Hornswoggle argued on the apron in 3:49.

4. Big Show defeated Kane by DQ when Cody Rhodes interfered. Cody ran in and hit Big Show for the DQ. Show chased him into the crowd. Randy Orton snuck inside the ring and hit the RKO on Kane for a big pop. The match lasted a little over four minutes.

5. Brodus Clay beat Health Slater. Squash match.

Christian came to ringside for commentary.

6. Dolph Ziggler (with David Otunga & John Laurinaitis) vs. Great Khali (with Teddy Long). Ziggler put Khali in a sleeper. Laurinaitis called for the bell. Teddy restarted the match and said he would count out Ziggler if he didn't return. He was counted out. Santino and Kingston tossed Ziggler back into the ring, where Khali chopped him.

7. WWE champ CM Punk & Sheamus defeated World champion Daniel Bryan & The Miz when Sheamus drilled Miz with the Brogue Kick.

[Current Mr. El]

- Smackdown opened with an appearance by "Coffee Mug" David Otunga. He was followed out by John Laurinaitis, the new Smackdown GM following WrestleMania. Mega-heat on Laurinaitis, who wanted to bring out Teddy Long one last time. Long told him to "go to hell." Laurinaitis introduced new Smackdown graphics on the arena walls. He then wouldn't let Long quit, otherwise his grandkids's WWE-sponsored college fund will be cut. So, Long is Laurinaitis's lackey now.

(1) Mark Henry & David Otunga beat R-Truth in a handicap match. This match was made by Laurinaitis. Henry quickly demolished Truth and won with the World's Strongest Slam.

Kane vs. Randy Orton in a WrestleMania match was turned into a No DQ match. Orton complained that the middle rope was too lose, so the ref appeared to gimmick one of the turnbuckle pads.

(2) Randy Orton beat Kane in a No DQ match. Orton won with a DDT onto a chair followed by an RKO for the win. They fought by the announcers, made their way to the stage, and Kane hit a DDT on the steel leading to a likely commercial break. Back in the ring, chairs were introduced. Five, to be exact. Orton hit the second-rope DDT onto a chair for a two count. For the finish, Orton flung Kane into the exposed turnbuckle and hit the RKO for the win.

New World Hvt. champion Sheamus was up next. Still a lot of boos. A Raw Recap aired on the Alberto Del Rio-Sheamus segment. Almost all of the crowd noise was edited out.

In the ring, a local jobber was given mic time to say he's glad to be here. Ryback (former Skip Sheffield) then returned to TV. Not much of a reaction.

(3) Ryback beat Random Jobber with a Fisherman lift into a Samoan Drop.

Daniel Bryan was advertised for the next segment. Loud "Yes!" chant. WWE is going to have to pipe in boos, as there was a thunderous reaction for Bryan.

Bryan came out with no "Yes!" shouting to sell that he's mad. A.J. held the ropes open for him with all of her body weight in a funny moment. To start, AJ tried to make Bryan feel better about losing the World Title at WrestleMania. The crowd wants to support Bryan, but he thinks they're mocking him. He says the "Yes!" chants don't make it better, then blamed all of his troubles on AJ, running her down and trying to get the crowd to boo him. He then dumped her and heeled it up pretty well, shouting "We're through!" Plus, he called her "fat." AJ ran out of the ring to the back as the crowd sang the "Na na na, goodbye" song. Then, "Yes!" chants and the crowd still cheered him.

Off-camera, Bryan gave out his only "Yes!" chant of the show.

(4) IC champion Big Show squashed Heath Slater. Former champ Cody Rhodes was on commentary. They had a staredown post-match.

- Laurinaitis said he wants Sheamus and Alberto Del Rio to face off before their match to prevent Sheamus from delivering another surprise attack. This led to another Sheamus story.

(5) Nikki Bella beat Divas champion Beth Phoenix in a non-title match. Nikki won quickly - under a minute - after Kelly Kelly distracted Beth. It was a very minor distraction.

- On the Titantron, WWE developmental wrestler Damien Sandow debuted. Sandow ran down how sinful and dirty our humanity is. He preached himself as a better, more pure person.

(6) Alberto Del Rio beat World Hvt. champion Sheamus via DQ in a non-title match; Del Rio earns a future World Title shot. In the beginning, the "Si!" chants took on a life of their own and the crowd began counting out Del Rio in Spanish. Del Rio began working on Sheamus's arm on the outside, then Sheamus mounted a comeback. Del Rio tried to attack Sheamus with a chair, but failed. Sheamus was caught with the chair in hand and was DQed! Del Rio pulled an Eddie Guerrero, feigning a chair shot from Sheamus.

Post-match: Sheamus threw a fit, then took out his anger on the referee with a Brogue Kick to end the show. Overall, good chemistry for Del Rio and Sheamus.

[Tarry]

Apr 3, 2012 21:21:05 GMT -5 Current Mr. El said:

- On the Titantron, WWE developmental wrestler Damien Sandow debuted. Sandow ran down how sinful and dirty our humanity is. He preached himself as a better, more pure person.

Fuck yeah! Sandow is brilliant, and he has great entrance music. Hopefully he gets to keep it, it's much better than generic rock music.

[jayzero42690]

Apr 3, 2012 21:21:05 GMT -5 Current Mr. El said:

(5) Nikki Bella beat Divas champion Beth Phoenix in a non-title match. Nikki won quickly - under a minute - after Kelly Kelly distracted Beth. It was a very minor distraction.

[Tiarnán]

I can get behind a Nikki push, but poor Beth. During this title reign (i.e. the most dominant title reign ever!) she's been pinned by Kelly, Eve, Alicia, Maria Menunos twice and now a Bella. And the rest of the time she just hasn't been on TV at all.

[Burke]

I thought the Bella’s being on opposite teams at WM was just a one off thing. Are WWE really going to try and push Nikki as a babyface and Brie as a heel? I always thought the opposite would work better.

[Tiarnán]

Me too, but I'm just happy to see Nikki get an opportunity. They've clearly always favoured Brie over her. Just because Nikki comes second in the alphabet and has a wonkier face.

[Current Mr. El]

* Michael Cole and Booker T are out for commentary. Lilian Garcia comes down to sing God Save the Queen and trips coming down the ramp. A six-man match with Mark Henry, Cody Rhodes and Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton, Sheamus and The Great Khali is announced, possibly the dark main event.

* Daniel Bryan opens the show to lots of YES chants. He says Sheamus cheated to win the World Heavyweight Title and talks about how he will win it back at Extreme Rules. AJ Lee comes out and Bryan tells her to leave but she won't. She wants to talk about their problems but he says she was the problem. Bryan wishes AJ was never born and says he will never take her back. He leaves her in the ring to cry.

* Natalya vs. AJ is up next. AJ takes out all her rage on Natalya in the corner and gets disqualified, still crying.

* Big Show vs. Alberto Del Rio is advertised for later.

* A Damien Sandow promo airs.

* Hunico and Camacho come out next. Brodus Clay comes out with Hornswoggle. Hornswoggle is dressed like Brodus. Brodus gets the quick win.

* Backstage segment with Teddy Long, Darren Young and Titus O'Neil. Laurinaitis walks in and makes a joke of Teddy before leaving.

* Matt Striker is backstage with Randy Orton, who gets a big pop. Orton says his dad is fine after the attack last week and talks about Extreme Rules. Orton says Kane will see just how sick and twisted he can be.

* The Usos vs. Titus O'Neil and Darren Young is next. Young and O'Neil get the win after a Hart Attack combo move out of the corner.

* Alberto Del Rio vs. Big Show is up next. Cody Rhodes interferes and hits a Disaster kick on Show, allowing Del Rio to get the win. Cody attacks Show after the match but just pisses him off. Show chases Cody off through the crowd.

* Ryback gets the squash win over local talent James Lerman.

* Backstage Teddy Long is dressed as a Queen's Guard and other Superstars mock him. Laurinaitis comes out of his office and welcomes Antonio Cesaro into his office.

* Six-man main event time. Daniel Bryan is out first followed by Mark Henry and then Cody Rhodes. Sheamus comes out next to a big pop. Orton is out next and The Great Khali. Cody interrupts Khali's entrance and takes out his knee, injuring him. Khali is helped to the back but Big Show comes out as his replacement. Cody isn't happy but starts the match against Orton. The end comes when Show hits the knockout punch on Cody and then the KO punch on Henry. Orton RKO's Henry for the win.