Randy Orton kicked off the show by claiming that he deserves the next shot at the World Heavyweight Championship after beating Del Rio on the previous Raw. The World title holder himself Sheamus soon joined 'The Viper' and welcomed the challenge of Orton for his championship. General Manager Booker T also came out and loved the idea.
Unfortunately for them Alberto Del Rio disagreed, as he entered the ring and once again claimed that he was cheated out of the World Championship at SummerSlam. After going on a rant that grew tiresome and went on for far too long, Del Rio was informed by Booker that he was going to receive a title opportunity until he came out and ran off his mouth. Now he would face Orton in a number one contenders match that night.
Ryback defeated Jinder Mahal in a fair match up. It wasn't anything particularly outstanding or memorable but not bad. By the way Ryback decisively won I'd say their feud is now over.
Layla beat Alicia Fox in an average bout. Once again it was a passable match but nothing to shout about. Kaitlyn (the number one contender to Layla's Divas Championship and guest commentator) congratulated the victor, strangely Eve also came out and did the same.
Heath Slater defeated Sin Cara in a largely average contest. For the most part the interest just wan't really there for me. The surprise win came after Cody Rhodes, who'd provided guest commentary, turned Sin Cara's mask around at ringside which allowed Slater to apply his lame finisher. It was actually kind of amusing.
Sheamus won via disqualification versus Dolph Ziggler in a solid enough match up. Both men as usual put in decent displays and provided enjoyable action. The DQ came after Ziggler had enough and struck his opponent with his Money in the Bank briefcase. After the bell rang 'The Show Off' once again teased cashing in his MITB contract, but decided to leave it for now. I quite like these little taunts of Ziggler's of cashing in, although I hope it's not for a while yet just to make it that bit more exciting.
The former United States Champion Santino Marella apologised for letting the fans down by loosing the title at SummerSlam to Cesaro, and then in a strange moment made amends with his cobra sock puppet. Antonio Cesaro soon joined Santino and rubbed in the fact that he was now champ, in five different languages no less. Marella quickly had enough and began fighting with Antonio on the ramp, but was once again distracted by Aksana which led to the US Champ gaining the upper hand and taking out the Italian. I think giving the strap to Cesaro was definitely the right way to go, he has a lot of potential with his abilities and look.
R-Truth and Kofi Kingston defeated Epico and Primo in an enjoyable enough tag contest. While all four men looked good, it's hard to be as engaged when you've seen teams go against each so many times before. I also have to give some credit to Darren Young and Titus O'Neil who were on commentary and brought plenty of charisma and humour with Cole. AW who? Also in an interview with the Tag Team Champions afterwards other teams began to stake their claim for a title shot, which soon became an all out brawl between them all.
Alberto Del Rio beat Randy Orton in a mostly solid main event to become number one contender to the World Heavyweight title. In a superior effort to their match on Monday night Del Rio surprisingly managed to make Orton tap to his signature arm breaker. What a rare sight that is, not only Orton loosing cleanly but tapping. Del Rio must be a big priority to people in the back. Afterwards Ziggler raced out to once again tease cashing in his MITB contract, but Orton had different plans as he RKO'd 'The Show Off' to presumedly set up a bout between the two at Night of Champions.
Overall SmackDown was an okay show. There wasn't anything that was really that exciting or had you at the edge of your seat. As usual the blue brand provided decent enough matches but predictable storylines.
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