The Smackdown Summary - 4th December 2009
04/12/2009
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Opening Match: C.M Punk Vs. R-Truth
Segment 1: Jeri-Show Interviewed
Match 3: Mickie James Vs. Beth Phoenix Vs. Natalya
Segment 2: Batista Visits Teddy
Match 4: John Morrison Vs. Drew McIntyre
Match 5: Eric Escobar Vs. The Hart Dynasty
Segment 5: Punk & Gallows Interviewed
Main Event: Cryme Tyme Vs. Jeri-Show
Closing Segment: The Undertaker Calls Out The Animal
The Smackdown Summary
R.I.P Eddie ‘Umaga’ Fatu (March 28, 1973 – December 4, 2009)
Before we get down to the Smackdown Summary today I’d like to re-iterate the sentiments from the Superstars Recap:
I’d just like to once again offer condolences from all the WWEBlog staff to the friends and family of Eddie “Umaga” Fatu, who sadly passed away on Friday the 4th December.
Eddie dedicated a large part of his life to wrestling and the WWE, finding niche’s first as one half of ‘3 Minute Warning’ and then even more so as The Samoan Bulldozer; Umaga.
Although he had parted company with the WWE recently, rumour has it that he was set for a comeback, and it’s a huge shame that this will now never happen.
Eddie leaves behind a loving family and friends, to whom our thoughts go out at this difficult time.
Match 1
Singles Match
C.M Punk (w/ Luke Gallows)
Vs.
R-Truth
Yawn. I hope Gallows jumps in on this one like he did during Punk’s match against Matt Hardy last week, and preferably sooner rather than later.
I’ve nothing against R-Truth, but I just find him really hard to get interested in. He’s a bit like Rey Mysterio, hitting the same 4 or 5 moves week in and week out.
Punk, on the other hand, is much more accomplished than this and in my opinion should be in a feud with a little more substance, pardon the pun.
I think having Gallows/Festus backing Punk up is a master-stroke, as his slightly weasel-ish heel character will benefit well from a big guy that ‘does his dirty work’.
As I hoped, Gallows interjected himself into this match in exactly the same way as he did last week, beating Truth down with Punk’s assistance.
Apparently Gallows’ Reverse Full Nelson Slam is called the ‘12 Steps to Recovery’, and it’s grown on me since last week.
I smell a Punk/Gallows Vs. Truth/Hardy match in the not too distant future.
R-Truth wins by Disqualification.
Match 2
Singles Match
Kane
Vs.
Mike Knox
Despite The Informant’s best rumour-mongering, it appears Mike Knox is still around, at least for the time being.
At one point I thought these guys would make a pretty formidable heel tag team, but unfortunately it never developed into anything worth remembering and instead Knox became the ‘Evil Kinesiologist’.
Interestingly here we have a former Evil Dentist Vs. an Evil Doctor, and I’m struggling to work out who’s career has been the more unfulfilled.
Kane on one hand is a former World Champion, but really could have been used much much better over the years, while on the other Mike Knox is saddled with a weak 80’s gimmick and appears to be on a jobbing streak, extended by the outcome of this match.
The actual wrestling side of things was pretty good, but the recent directions of these guys careers should have told you all you needed to know about the result.
Kane hit the Chokeslam and picked up a rather meaningless win, but a win none the less.
Kane wins by Pinfall.
Segment 1
Jeri-Show Interviewed
Back in the locker room Josh Mathews asked Jeri-Show about his loss on Raw and the subsequent handicap match against DX that will take place in a few days.
Jericho talked about how they are going to end DX’s career, pointing out how all the different aspects of a TLC match favour Show and himself over their opponents.
Great delivery from Jericho as always.
Match 3
Womens Championship #1 Contendership Triple Threat Match
Mickie James
Vs.
Beth Phoenix
Vs.
Natalya
Women’s Champion Michelle McCool and her hanger-on Layla decided to sit at ringside for this match, sporting matching ‘Piggie James’ t-shirts.
They’re seriously going to run with that one huh?
Sadly, based on both the current situation between them, and the fact that both of the other women are major heels, I fully expect to see Michelle Vs. Mickie for the title after this one is all said and done, which is a shame because as good as she is, she’s arguably the least talented Diva in this match.
This was your standard Triple Threat match; no friends, plenty of pinfall and submission attempts broken up and a somewhat fortuitous victory at the climax.
As expected Mickie snatched the win, picking the bones of a Glam Slam after dropkicking Beth to the outside.
After the match Josh graced the ring and asked Mickie how she feels about becoming the #1 contender.
She says that she’s feeling on top of the world and is looking forward to not only getting back the championship, but exacting some revenge on Michelle McCool for the suffering she’s caused recently.
Mickie tells Michelle she’s going to shut her mouth once and for all, once she’s dislodged Layla from her butt.
She then dumped Michelle into the chair and beat the hell out of Layla, eventually getting an assist from the returning Maria when Michelle recovered and joined in the brawl.
Mickie James wins by Pinfall and becomes the #1 Contender for the Womens Championship.
Segment 2
Batista Visits Teddy
Backstage Batista is pleading his case to Teddy Long, claiming Taker doesn’t even belong in the same room as him.
Teddy says since The Animal’s ‘change in philosophy’ (aka heel turn) they don’t exactly see eye to eye, and as a result he’s given Rey Mysterio a rematch.
He explains that the two will meet next week in Street Fight and Batista says he’ll have no problem beating him up again as long as his Hold Harmless agreement is still in place.
He then says that he does have a problem with The Undertaker calling him out and the GM doing nothing about it, but Teddy explains that after the brutal attack after the main event last week, his hands are tied.
Segment 3
Creative Control
Elsewhere Matt Hardy is playing on Smackdown Vs. Raw 2010 when John Morrison enters.
It turns out that it was Morrison’s game that Hardy has picked up, pitting The Friday Night Delight against Drew McIntyre.
Hardy says he didn’t even think McIntyre made it into the game and Morrison confirms it, saying he had to create him in order to virtually beat the hell out of him, which was only second to doing it for real, which he plans to do in their match, which is up next.
Match 4
Singles Match
John Morrison
Vs.
Drew McIntyre
As The Informant predicted, it appears that McIntyre is now on the Intercontinental Championship path.
Before the bell McIntyre said that Morrison must have let the title go to his head, because requesting a match against him is stupid thing to do.
As he continued to talk Morrison jumped him and the match began.
I think this is the first time we’ve seen McIntyre in a proper 1 on 1 match (against some decent opposition) and I can sort of see what all the fuss is about.
I get the feeling he’s not at his best just yet, but he’s certainly one to watch for the not so distant future and this match was perfectly acceptable.
Morrison seems to have the ability to make almost any match watchable, but that characteristic wasn’t a necessity here, as both men put in a very good showing.
My one gripe with this match would have to be that it’s pushed Ziggler out of title contention, which could be devastating for his career, having failed to capture the gold numerous times without eventually managing it.
In a match that could have gone either way, McIntyre picked up undoubtedly the biggest victory of his career so far, putting Morrison out with his trademark Kobashi DDT, after grabbing a huge assist from the steel support bars that make up the base of the ring.
A very good introduction for the Scottish Sensation; Drew McIntyre.
Drew McIntyre wins by Pinfall.
Segment 4
Excuse Me!
Can you guess who’s in the ring for this segment?
Yes, it’s the ever annoying, ever screechy Vickie Guerrero.
After a clip of Escobar’s scathing verbal attack on her last week plays, Vickie says that he has made a huge mistake and is now going to face the consequences.
She says in addition to being beautiful and powerful, she’s also fair, so she’s going to give him a chance to beg her forgiveness and save his job.
Escobar makes his way to the ring to a, well not even mixed reaction from the crowd. He actually got no response from the crowd if anything.
Escobar says he’s sorry… that they ever met, that he wasted his time with her and that he’s deeply sorry he got to see her wearing her negligée.
Vickie erupts and says she COULD fire him, but that’s too easy. She instead decides to book him in a handicap match against The Hart Dynasty.
Wait, did they just turn Escobar face?
Match 5
2 on 1 Handicap Match
Eric Escobar
Vs.
The Hart Dynasty
The rules of this handicap match meant that Kid and Smith had to tag in and out rather than just being able to pick apart Escobar together.
This gave him a fighting chance and a few times I thought he might make a fools of Vickie, The Hart Dynasty and the WWEBlog Informant, but in the end The Dynasty won with a Hart Attack.
After the bell Kidd helped Vickie into the ring and DH Smith held Escobar while she slapped the taste out of his mouth.
The Hart Dynasty win by Pinfall.
Segment 5
Punk and Gallows Interviewed
Josh Mathews is having a busy night tonight.
He’s back behind the scenes and asks Luke Gallows to explain his metamorphosis from the brain-dead hick; Festus.
Gallows says that his previous existence wasn’t his fault, but it showed that his family and friends were no better than a common street pusher, by not helping him to fight his addiction to a prescription pain pill.
He says he’s thankful that someone came along and helped him beat the addiction, passing things over to Punk.
Punk assures Gallows that no one will ever take advantage of him again and his miraculous recovery should be an example to others in similar positions.
Gallows says he was lost, but now he’s found and he prays that all the other lost souls can adopt the Straight Edge lifestyle and see Punk as he does, as a saviour.
Main Event Match
Tag Team Match
Cryme Tyme
Vs.
Jeri-Show
It looks like Cryme Tyme are going to be used as fodder for the Unified Tag Team Champions again.
I’m going to ‘long story short’ this one because they’ve met so many times in the past, often with much higher stakes, that a generic Smackdown main event isn’t really going to be a huge talking point.
It didn’t run too long anyway, and finished when Show tagged in and immediately dispatched Shad with the Knockout Punch to pick up the 3.
Jeri-Show win by Pinfall.
Closing Segment
The Undertaker Calls Out The Animal
After during Taker’s usual time consuming, but awe inspiring entrance Batista bolted out from the side of the ramp and blasted the Deadman with a chair, before driving him into the steel steps and continuing to reign down the shots with the steel.
Once in the ring Batista lands another chair shot and hits a Spinebuster on the steel before posing with the title belt, much to the dismay of the crowd.
Batista added an exclamation mark just before the show went off the air, by driving the title belt into his TLC opponent’s head, leaving Taker down and out for the second week running.
