Royal Rumble winner Sheamus started off SmackDown by reminding us of his right to now main event WrestleMania. He also mentioned that other wrestlers have been trying to push him to choose which World title he'll fight for now, but he said he doesn't like being pushed around. And admitted that as a child he was bullied, which caused him to learn to fight back, which eventually led to him arriving in WWE.
Wade Barrett joined Sheamus and advised him to challenge for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania, since he was going to win the World Heavyweight Championship in the Elimination Chamber match up. Cody Rhodes also arrived and gave his reasons as to why he'll win the Chamber bout. Big Show then came out and claimed that him versus Sheamus is a worthy WrestleMania main event, really? Rhodes and Barrett then ridiculed Big Show's record at WrestleMania, which included cody calling him the"reverse Undertaker, who's he going to lose to this year?" Which I found quite amusing. Show and Sheamus then decided they'd had enough and chased the other two off.
The Great Khali defeated Jinder Mahal in a short and acceptable match up, considering it involved Khali.
Beth Phoenix defeated Alicia Fox in another brief but this time quite enjoyable bout. To be honest I wasn't really expecting much going into it. Afterwards Tamina came to the ring and faced off with Phoenix, who seemed to welcome this new challenge. I guess Tamina will keep Beth busy until Kharma returns to hopefully face her at WrestleMania for the Divas title.
Big Show and Sheamus defeated Cody Rhodes and Wade Barrett in a decent tag match. The most entertaining parts being when 'The Great White' was in the ring, who really has the fans solidly behind him right now. Giving him the Royal Rumbe win was a smart move.
Michael Cole held an interview with Daniel Bryan's girlfriend AJ, where he asked her if she blamed Big Show for her neck injury. She said that she did not, and that it was clear he would never do anything like that on purpose (he accidentally barged into during a match on SmackDown last month, in case you didn't know). She carried on to claim that Cole had done even more damage then Show due to his insults towards Daniel Bryan, her and the entire Divas division, and called him a "biased, obnoxious jerk." She wasn't done. She ended it by saying that the entire WWE would be better off if he just shut his mouth. The crowd loved it.
Cole retaliated by saying that there were rumours that Daniel Bryan had set AJ up to get barged by the Big Show, and that she has no "self respect." Shortly after Bryan made his way out and warned Cole not to say another word. He went on to once again proclaim himself a "role model" to everyone, due to his vegan beliefs and his caring for the environment. To be fair I agreed with him about the recycling aspects of this speech. Also due to the hospitality of the audience towards AJ, he then decided to take her out of the arena. But on their way out Teddy Long explained that he was more then happy to arrange transport for AJ, but if Bryan left before his match with Randy Orton then he'd be stripped of the World Title.
Ted DiBiasse defeated Hunico in another solid contest between the two, although maybe not as exciting as previous encounters. DiBiasse was having to work with an injured wrist in a cast during it, so considering this they both put in a very good effort I thought. I'm personally a fan of both these men and definitely believe they deserve to be given bigger pushes right now, they both certainly deserve a place in the Elimination Chamber much more then the worthless Khali.
Daniel Bryan won via disqualification versus Randy Orton in a superb and intense main event. Both men went back and fourth with some really nicely executed, crisp action in the ring. I'm sure at some point we'll see them fight over a World Title on pay-per-view and I cannot wait. A potential Orton Bryan feud could be absolutely brilliant. The finish came after pit his hand on Big Show who'd been commentating on the bout, forcing Show to attack the World Champion.
A furious Orton confronted big Show about it, claiming Bryan was his. This led to a brawl breaking out between the two, which left a smirking Daniel Bryan free to leave. It was a nice touch having him smile like that as he snuck away.
Overall SmackDown was a decent enough broadcast, maybe the action could've been given a bit more time here and there but the main event more then made up for that. It's just unfortunate that we have to endure the Great Khali in the lead up to the Elimination Chamber. Oh well.
No comments:
Post a Comment