Big Show announced that he wanted to call out the new World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan and personally congratulate him. But before he could do that ,Mark Henry interrupted him. Henry suggested that Show should take the week off and quit the business, he also announced that he wanted his rematch against Bryan for the title that night. The World Champion decided to enter the ring with the giants and admitted that although he's not the most charismatic or powerful wrestler in the company, he's a damn good wrestler. He speaks the truth. Big Show and Henry began to bicker once again until Teddy Long (ugh) announced a number ones contender match to the World Heavyweight Title between the two.
Zach Ryder defeated Cody Rhodes in an average match up and great result for Ryder. Nice to see WWE wisely capitalising on Ryder's momentum at the moment. The win came after Booker distracted Rhodes with his own special Christmas carols just for the Intercontinental Champ.
Just before the Big Show versus Mark Henry match could commence, the assistant to the terminally boring John Laurinaitis, David Otunga announced that due to Henry's leg injury he was not medically cleared to compete that night. Show thanked him for the news by WMDing Otunga.
Backstage The Miz confronted a confused Teddy Long, asking him who his opponent was that night. Long had no idea who had called Miz to SmackDown, so Miz decided to protest in the ring until an opponent made himself available to face him. Sheamus decided to accept the challenge.
Sheamus defeated The Miz in a decent enough bout. It actually made a bit of a nice change seeing Miz on the blue brand. Sheamus defeated Miz after executing the Brogue Kick for a clean win, which I wasn't expecting.
Wade Barrett on the mic bragged once again about his win over Orton at Survivor Series and his Wasteland to Orton on this weeks Raw through a table. Barrett expressed his opinion that after his wins and actions on Orton, he should be next in line for a World title shot. As Wade was on his way out 'The Viper' halted him and chased him backstage to the parking lot where Orton hosed him down, then slammed and RKO'd him onto a car. It was a nicely executed segment I thought, bringing back more of the dangerous side of Randy.
Kofi Kingston defeated Primo in quite an entertaining match. Although not as exciting as their previous match ups featuring Kingston and Bourne facing off against either Epico or Primo.
Daniel Bryan versus Dolph Ziggler was a solid and intense encounter between the two talented wrestlers. Bryan has obviously had the ability to pull off these technically brilliant bouts for years but Ziggler has really upped his game this year and shown he belongs with the top tier performers in the company. Although I can't see him winning the Royal Rumble in January like some are predicting, I can definitely see a World Title around his waist next year. The match didn't end due to Big Show chasing Swagger into the ring and causing Teddy Long to instead create a tag team match between the four men.
Daniel Bryan and Big Show defeated Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger in a solid and thoroughly enjoyable main event. I found it entertaining from start to finish with a nice pace of action throughout. Daniel Bryan grabbed the win via submission when he forced Swagger to tap to his patented LaBell Lock. Afterwards Josh Matthews even called Bryan, no, not a 'superstar' but "a great wrestler, and a great submission expert." Wow, maybe things are changing in WWE. I'm also relieved to see that they haven't just decided to turn Big Show heel for the sake of his match with Bryan for the title. I'm much more intrigued to see how it progresses as a face versus face feud.
Zach Ryder defeated Cody Rhodes in an average match up and great result for Ryder. Nice to see WWE wisely capitalising on Ryder's momentum at the moment. The win came after Booker distracted Rhodes with his own special Christmas carols just for the Intercontinental Champ.
Just before the Big Show versus Mark Henry match could commence, the assistant to the terminally boring John Laurinaitis, David Otunga announced that due to Henry's leg injury he was not medically cleared to compete that night. Show thanked him for the news by WMDing Otunga.
Backstage The Miz confronted a confused Teddy Long, asking him who his opponent was that night. Long had no idea who had called Miz to SmackDown, so Miz decided to protest in the ring until an opponent made himself available to face him. Sheamus decided to accept the challenge.
Sheamus defeated The Miz in a decent enough bout. It actually made a bit of a nice change seeing Miz on the blue brand. Sheamus defeated Miz after executing the Brogue Kick for a clean win, which I wasn't expecting.
Wade Barrett on the mic bragged once again about his win over Orton at Survivor Series and his Wasteland to Orton on this weeks Raw through a table. Barrett expressed his opinion that after his wins and actions on Orton, he should be next in line for a World title shot. As Wade was on his way out 'The Viper' halted him and chased him backstage to the parking lot where Orton hosed him down, then slammed and RKO'd him onto a car. It was a nicely executed segment I thought, bringing back more of the dangerous side of Randy.
Kofi Kingston defeated Primo in quite an entertaining match. Although not as exciting as their previous match ups featuring Kingston and Bourne facing off against either Epico or Primo.
Daniel Bryan versus Dolph Ziggler was a solid and intense encounter between the two talented wrestlers. Bryan has obviously had the ability to pull off these technically brilliant bouts for years but Ziggler has really upped his game this year and shown he belongs with the top tier performers in the company. Although I can't see him winning the Royal Rumble in January like some are predicting, I can definitely see a World Title around his waist next year. The match didn't end due to Big Show chasing Swagger into the ring and causing Teddy Long to instead create a tag team match between the four men.
Daniel Bryan and Big Show defeated Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger in a solid and thoroughly enjoyable main event. I found it entertaining from start to finish with a nice pace of action throughout. Daniel Bryan grabbed the win via submission when he forced Swagger to tap to his patented LaBell Lock. Afterwards Josh Matthews even called Bryan, no, not a 'superstar' but "a great wrestler, and a great submission expert." Wow, maybe things are changing in WWE. I'm also relieved to see that they haven't just decided to turn Big Show heel for the sake of his match with Bryan for the title. I'm much more intrigued to see how it progresses as a face versus face feud.
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