The set was switched over for Smackdown with red, white, and green balloons in the ring. The show started with a recap of the Brothers of Vegetation storyline. Kane has a major announcement tonight.
*Smackdown opens up with the ring decorated in balloons, a pinata wearing a Rey mask hanging in the middle of the ring, red/white/green streamers, a table with champagne and servants with hor dourves. Alberto Del Rio comes out and talks about destroying Rey Mysterio. He takes a stick and hits the pinata. He says Rey is just like the pinata, a burro. Christian interrupts him and says he knows who he is, he's JBL - Juan Bradshaw Layfield. He says he's joking and knows he's Enrique Iglesias. Christian starts to sing 'Hero'. He tells Del Rio he saw what he did to his friend Rey and came out to confront him. Del Rio tells him to leave before he ends up like Rey. The two stare off but Del Rio tells him they'll meet another place and time. He leaves Christian in the ring, who is attacked by Drew McIntyre (Drew came through the crowd, he tried to jump the barricade but tripped and fell; that will be edited out)
(1) Christian beat Drew McIntyre in 5:00. The second match of the night to tease a double count-out at nine. Christian wins with his recent finisher: the roll up. I'm upset I don't get to hear McIntyre's theme music.
Big Show vs. C.M. Punk & Luke Gallows still to come tonight.
(2) Michelle McCool (w/Women's champion Layla) beat Kelly Kelly in 3:00. McCool has active duty for Lay-Cool tonight. Layla is on commentary. Michelle wins with the Faithbreaker for the clean win.
-- Kane will have an important announcement later. ... A promo for WrestleMania 27 actually showed Ric Flair.
-- Chris Masters is on his way out to no worse of a reaction than normal. His entrance won't make TV. Vickie is out to RIDICULOUS heat to introduce Dolph Ziggler. I barely made out a word she said. Before the match, highlights of Kofi Kingston chasing Dolph out of the arena last week were shown.
(3) IC champion Dolph Ziggler (w/Vickie Guerrero) beat Chris Masters in 2:00 in a non-title match. Masters lit up Dolph with a LOUD chop, but Dolph won with the Zig-Zag after fighting off the Masterlock.
-- Big Show is on is way out to the arena to take on the Straight Edge Society, next. ... Highlights aired from last night's Raw with Punk and Show. Joey Mercury is ringside with the Society.
(4) Big Show vs. Straight Edge Society (C.M. Punk & Luke Gallows) in a handicap match. Punk and Show are starting it off, then it quickly changes to Gallows. Big Show delivers the second chop of the night to Gallows. The match is being kept to the floor with the numbers game being used. Show went for a tackle on Punk and ate the stairs. Show beats the ten count at nine, deja vu for the third time tonight.Big Show makes Gallows tap in eight minutes with a Camel Clutch variation. Mercury was taken out half-way through after Show evened the odds. Post-match, Punk with the GTS on Gallows in anger.
-- Next up is the VIP Lounge. Jack Swagger is out to less heat than expected with his "dad" in a wheelchair. Remember that: Swagger, Sr. sells injuries longer than John Cena does. I feel like they have the same trophies out that Show destroyed during their feud...? Swagger is upset at the "What?" chants. They recapped Kane wrecking Swagger, Sr. in case we don't remember why he's in a wheelchair. Swagger might not get to do push-ups in his entrance anymore, but he brought them to the Lounge tonight.
Finally, MVP is out for the interruption. MVP declares this is his VIP Lounge and starts chucking trophies. Swagger uses his dad as a buffer, and Swagger, Sr. takes Pay dirt and "BALLIN'!" Oddly enough, despite getting a pop for the elbow drop, the crowd gave MVP some heat for laying out the old man. Swagger hightails it.
(5) Cody Rhodes beat Matt Hardy in 5:00. Before the match, Rhodes made fun of Hardy's appearances and said if anyone needed a tire, Matt has a spare. Rhodes tries to talk Hardy into some grooming tips pre-match and calls him "fatso." Cody has an old school delivery that makes this crap not as awful. Matt is working over Cody's exposed knees. Still to come - Kane's major announcement and the NXT live finale. The tide reverses and Cody plants Matt for the win in five minutes.
-- More "Legendary" promos. They're covering the stage up, preparing for a Taker sighting perhaps? Kane's pyro wrecks us all, and he doesn't even bother to come out.
*WWE World champion Kane cut a promo on the Titantron, saying he would defend his title at the Night of Champions and destroy the Undertaker once and for all. The Druids come out with a coffin. Kane pops out and says he was always the "other brother" and the "afterthought" but now the roles are reversed and Undertaker is in his shadow. Kane says Taker is weak and Kane saw his weakness when he left Taker comatose. Kane says their saga is over. Taker will be no more and nothing will stop him from destroying Taker. The lights go out and when they return, Taker is in the ring. The lights go out again and when they return, Kane is gone. Undertaker goes to the coffin and opens it but there's nothing inside. Kane appears on the Tron and promises he is going to destroy the Undertaker at the Night of Champions.
[Modificato da Mr.Kennedy94 01/09/2010 03:57]