The World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan started things off by accusing all the fans of doubting his chances of ever main eventing WrestleMania. He then went on to claim that he'll spoil Sheamus's WrestleMania moment when he defeats him on the big stage, along with CM Punk that night.
Former NXT Pro to Bryan The Miz then joined the champ and confessed to allegedly always believing that he would one day be a World Title holder. He added that they should at some point even form a tag team, but The Miz was then interrupted by the Royal Rumble winner Sheamus. 'The Great White' congratulated Bryan also, but for being an "arse" instead. He also added that after Mania people wil no longer be congratulating him, but saying that he got exactly what he deserved. Bryan retaliated by hitting him with a cheap shot and legging it. This left Miz and Sheamus to brawl, which then led to a match up between the two.
Sheamus defeated The Miz in an average bout, not terrible but pretty forgettable really. On commentary they spoke about Miz not having a place at WrestleMania yet, and to be honest I'm struggling to figure out where he'll feature at the moment.
Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger defeated Kofi Kingston and R-Truth in an entertaining tag match, with the action rarely letting up. Ziggler grabbed the winning pin after poking Kingston in the eyes when the referee wasn't looking and then applying the Zig Zag. I can see all four of these men in the Money in the Bank Match at Mania.
The Great Khali defeated Drew McIntyre in a worthless squash match. I'm just waiting for the awful Khali to once again disappear from WWE television.
Mark Henry won via count out versus Big Show after Show gave chase to Cody Rhodes during the bout. Up until that point the match had been the usual mediocre, boring and slow-paced match up these two provide us with. Just like we had to endure last year. The only relatively entertaining part was when Rhodes made his way out and mocked Big Show for his Mania record and presented a VT of when he lost at WrestleMania 21 against Akebono in a Sumo Match.
I'm quite surprised they're going with a Rhodes vs Big Show feud which will predictably lead to a match on the big stage. I really thought they'd go with a Goldust versus Cody bout, it'd certainly be a better match and have a better build up.
David Otunga defeated Ezekiel Jackson in another average contest between the two. Although I'll give Otunga some credit he has looked fairly more competent in the ring over the last few months. I'm guessing both wrestlers will probably both be involved in a Teddy Long versus John Laurinaitis match at WrestleMania.
CM Punk defeated Daniel Bryan in another awesome and technically sound match up, where Bryan methodically worked on Punk's arm. It's quite a rare thing to see in WWE when a wrestler will work down a body part in a match. As Bryan decided he'd had enough and wanted to leave during the bout, his forthcoming opponent Sheamus decided to throw him back into the ring where Punk then got the one-two-three. But then Laurinaitis showed up and demanded that the match be restarted after Sheamus's interference.
Daniel Bryan then defeated CM Punk after pinning him while holding onto the ropes, which Laurinaitis at ringside had no quarrel with. Teddy Long then arrived and demanded that the match be restarted once again.
Finally, CM Punk versus Daniel Bryan ended in a no contest after both men had each other down for the three count. It was a blistering back and fourth contest between them and although the three endings may seem a little TNA-esque, at least it didn't put down any of the two deserving World Champions.
Overall SmackDown wasn't anything special really, with mostly average to drab match ups on the card. The only real saviour of the show was the brilliant three main events between the champs.
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