The Smackdown Summary – 10th September 2010
10/09/2010
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Segment 1: Welcome to the Kane and Undertaker Show
Match 1: Jack Swagger Vs. M.V.P
Match 2: Matt Hardy Vs. Alberto Del Rio
Match 3: Drew McIntyre Vs. Kaval
Segment 3: Dashing Grooming Tips
Match 4: Ziggler & Guerrero Vs. Kingston & Masters
Segment 4: The Big Show Interviewed
Main Event: The Undertaker Vs. C.M Punk
The Smackdown Summary
Segment 1
Welcome to the Kane and Undertaker Show
Or as it’s otherwise known; Smackdown.
This week The Deadman starts the show, appearing as if by magic in the ring during one of his trademark blackouts.
He says that he often had to defend his (disturbed freak of nature) little brother both from others and from himself, so he’ll have no regrets in doing what he ‘has to do’ at Night of Champions.
He explained that Kane has a false sense of confidence and this has led to him mistakenly thinking he has the upper hand, and ‘The power of Darkness’ comparable to that of The Deadman.
Taker says that Kane will never forget Night of Champions, because it’ll be the night his older, wiser, more evil, dominant brother stops his reign of terror and takes back the World Heavyweight Championship.
He tells Kane that when they finally come face to face he’s sure they will open the gates of hell and unleash everything they have on each other, and he can’t wait, but a fight of that magnitude means there are no rules that can contain them, so he proposes they make it a No Holds Barred bout.
Instead of Kane appearing from behind the curtain, Taker’s opponent for tonight, C.M Punk emerges instead.
Punk, while applauding himself, tells everyone in the arena to give him a standing ovation, because he deserves one.
Punk quickly asserts his heelishness moments later, saying that the crowd should bask in Taker’s presence now because after Night of Champions they’ll never see him again.
He says he’s enjoyed watching the sibling rivalry develop, and has taken great pleasure in seeing Taker slowly spiral downwards towards his demise.
Punk says when he looks at Taker he sees an old man who’s had one too many fights, and Taker fires back by saying when he looks at Punk all he sees is his next victim.
Punk tells Taker his threats no longer carry the same weight they used to, and tonight he’s going to send a message to The Big Show, The WWE Universe and The Deadman, and that message is that none of them are a match for the power of Straight Edge.
Taker tells him to come to the ring now and try it, but he assures him that as always, he’ll fail.
Punk crows about making Taker tap out at full strength, then asks The Deadman what he thinks would happen if he took him on in his current weakened condition.
Taker tells him exactly what will happen; he’ll ‘Rest. In. Peace.’
Match 1
Singles Match
Jack Swagger
Vs.
M.V.P
Yay, another Swagger/M.V.P match.
It’s this kind of hypocrisy that makes me laugh with WWE writers.
A few years back during a feud with John Cena, Edge visited his parents house and slapped his dad around.
Then a little while later Randy Orton dragged Cena’s father over the guard rail and attacked him.
Both times the commentators were disgusted with the Superstars actions, so much so that the events were shown week in, week out leading up to the big matches at the respective Pay Per Views.
Last week out-and-out face M.V.P beat the hell out of Swagger’s defenceless, wheelchair-bound father, and no one seems to give a crap.
As you’ve probably guessed by the fact I went off on a ranty tangent during this match, I find nothing at all interesting about another Swagger/M.V.P rivalry, or match, or shoot-out, or anything else for that matter.
For those of you that do give a damn, Swagger won with the Ankle Lock after kicking the steel steps into M.V.P, who had been dominating up until that point.
Jack Swagger wins by Submission.
Segment 2
Lay-Cool & Kaval
Backstage Lay-Cool are talking about how Vickie Guerrero wrote a stipulation into their contracts that either of them can face Melina at Night of Champions, and how they plan to keep her guessing.
Michelle says Melina is going to be so surprised to see her step into the ring at Night of Champions (I guess Melina doesn’t watch Smackdown, and that’s why she’d be surprised and still guessing), at which point Layla disagrees and says she should be the one to defend the title.
After some bickering Kaval asks them both to shut up so he can concentrate on his first official match as a WWE Superstar later tonight.
The ladies tell him he wouldn’t have even won if it wasn’t for them, and they didn’t enjoy listening to him talking in his Barry White-esque voice any more than he claims to have enjoyed listening to them bleating on.
This whole segment was one of the worst Lay-Cool bits I can remember, and that’s really saying something.
I hope Kaval breaks away as soon as he possibly can.
A Undertaker/Kane history of promo played after this, they’re really going to town on this rivalry.
Match 2
Singles Match
Matt Hardy
Vs.
Alberto Del Rio
It seems like wherever Christian is these days, Matt Hardy isn’t far behind.
Del Rio made his way to the ring with his usual extravagant entrance (I wonder how long before they get tired of finding a new classic car and having to rig the falling fireworks) and we got to see Christian confronting him again, before cutting to a rather inventive sign in the crowd that read ‘Alberto Del Cheato’.
Hardy has been damaged goods for a long time now, so it was no surprise that Del Rio dispatched him with the Cross Armbreaker, although what was slightly more surprising is that Hardy didn’t get completely squashed as he did in the early days of his feud with Drew McIntyre.
After the bell Del Rio looked to inflict more pain but Christian hit the ring to run him off and save his ‘friend’.
Del Rio does look very good in the ring, I just think he’s been saddled with such an uninspiring gimmick, and I’m starting to wonder if the writers have also realised that.
Last week Christian called Del Rio ‘Juan Bradshaw Layfield’, and he was spot on the money, the guy is literally a Mexican version of the JBL character, there’s pretty much no variation at all.
Hopefully they’ll develop it further, or get him into a strong rivalry as soon as possible to create some interest.
Alberto Del Rio wins by Submission.
Match 3
Singles Match
Drew McIntyre
Vs.
Kaval
Kaval’s got some lame-ass generic rock entrance music.
You’d think they’d get some decent entrance music lined up, especially when they know the EXACT date NXT is going to provide a new Superstar.
Kaval has apparently requested Lay-Cool not be allowed to ringside for this bout, as he wants to prove himself alone.
Unfortunately for the newcomer this turned out to be a poor decision, as although he had a very good showing McIntyre ultimately came out on top after Powerbombing Kaval into the barricades with extreme momentum, before rolling him into the ring for a FutureShock and the pinfall.
After the bell Lay-Cool came to the ring and helped their former Rookie to the back.
Very good first bout for Kaval despite the outcome.
Drew McIntyre wins by Pinfall.
Segment 3
Dashing Grooming Tips
This week’s grooming tip explained why a facial is crucial for any man in today’s world.
There’s really not much more I can say about that is there.
Match 4
Tag Team Match
Dolph Ziggler & Chavo Guerrero (w/ Vickie Guerrero & Kaitlyn)
Vs.
Kofi Kingston & Chris Masters
Vickie introduced Dolph as usual, but before doing so asked Kaitlyn to introduce her, then complained when she didn’t do it ‘right’.
As they all made their way down to the ring I got a sneaking suspicion that Ziggler will eventually cheat on his ‘girlfriend’ with her NXT Rookie, but I could be wrong.
At Night of Champions Teddy Long has finally come up with a way to stop Ziggler sneaking a title defence, or so he thinks.
The match will be a standard singles match, but if Ziggler loses by Disqualification OR Count Out he’ll lose the title.
This match ended in controversy, as Ziggler and Chavo made a legitimate tag, only for the referee to reverse it as he was too busy keeping Masters out of the ring and didn’t see it.
In all the confusion Kingston hit Ziggler with the Trouble in Paradise and got the 1..2..3.
Kofi Kingston & Chris Masters win by Pinfall.
Segment 4
The Big Show Interviewed
Remember when they turned The Big Show all goofy and had him doing impressions of people like Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper?
Yeah, well they’re doing it again.
Backstage The Big Show interviewed himself, pretending to be Josh Mathews while Kelly Kelly watched on, sort of half laughing (believe me, there was nothing here to even half laugh about.)
Eventually Mathews showed up looking for his microphone, then left when Show produced it from under his armpit and handed it to him.
Main Event Match
Singles Match
The Undertaker
Vs.
C.M Punk
This is a bit of a step up from last week’s main event.
Sure I like Cody Rhodes, I think he’s going to be a big star one day, but his bout with Matt Hardy pales in comparison to a PPV quality re-match between the legendary Undertaker and C.M Punk.
Not to mention that it’s Taker’s first match back since Rey Mysterio injured him just before Fatal 4 Way (or Kane put him in a vegetative state, if you’d rather go with the storyline explanation.)
I think the angle they were going for here was the whole ‘Taker isn’t the man he used to be’ bit, as every time Taker seemed to build up a head of steam, Punk cut him off.
Punk then kicked out of a Taker Chokeslam, but found himself powerless as The Deadman locked on Hells Gate to win by Submission.
The commentators talked about how much weaker he looked, but to be honest I didn’t notice a world of difference between this and his PPV matches against Punk.
After scoring the victory Taker dropped to one knee to perform his usual match-winning ritual, but as he did Kane’s pyro’s erupted, his music hit and his demonic laugh echoed around the arena, seemingly leaving Taker in a sorry state as the show went off the air.
The Undertaker wins by Submission.
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The Undertaker suggested he and Kane’s match at Night of Champions be a No Holds Barred Match.
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Kaval lost his first match on Smackdown to Drew McIntyre.
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The Undertaker defeated C.M Punk, but didn’t seem his usual self.
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