WWE Superstars Tapings:
Alex Shelley def. Sin Cara with Shell Shock
Jack Swagger def. Delirious with a Gutwrench Powerbomb
Chris Jericho def. The Miz with a Codebreaker in an excellent main event.
Tonight’s WWE Smackdown comes to us live from the Save Mart Arena in Fresno, CA as Josh Matthews and Matt Striker welcome us to the show. Tonight, the Chamber participants from RAW will go one-on-one in individual matches with Chamber participants from Smackdown and an Eight-Man Tag Team Match will be the main event featuring World Champion Sheamus, Chris Jericho, Edge and United States Champion Alex Riley against Alberto Del Rio, Jack Swagger, Batista and Drew McIntyre.
DEGENERATION-X enters, sending the crowd into a FRENZY. The jokes are flying fast and fierce when the subject of Sunday and Wrestlemania comes up. Triple H says that Shawn was right to retire after The Undertaker beat him the second time, because if given the chance, Hunter says that not only couldn’t HBK end the streak, he couldn’t muster the same magic that he did in the first two contests.
Shawn tells The Game that he must still be lightheaded from Monday when Kane squeezed the blood out of his brain during his attempted chokeslam. HBK reminds him that he rescued The Cerebral Assassin from eating canvas when he made Kane eat the sole of his boot instead. The Game says he appreciated the gesture, but insists that if anyone is going to end The Streak, it’ll be him. Theodore Long interrupts and suggests putting the theory to the test. Tonight, there will be a tag team match between DX and the Brothers of Destruction. Hunter says he will demonstrate his dominance by personally defeating the Undertaker in the middle of the ring tonight. Michaels gets in Hunter’s face and tells him, “Only if I tag you in first.” Another staredown between the longtime frenemies as we go to commercial.
Wade Barrett def. CM Punk when The Undertaker interfered
Punk sets up for the GTS on Barrett, but the lights go out, the gong sounds and the lights come back up with Taker in the ring. Punk and the Deadman begin exchanging blows before the WWE Champion stuns Taker with a roundhouse kick and connects the GTS. Punk celebrates and steps into the arms of a waiting Barrett, who plants him with Wasteland for the three count. After the match, a livid Punk gets back to his feet and locks the unconscious Undertaker into the Anaconda Vice and fights off security for a few minutes before leaving of his own accord. Officials help The Undertaker back to his feet as we go to break.
Back from intermission and Punk is in Theodore Long’s office. Punk says that he’s been putting this off for a long time, but says that Taker has forced his hand. Punk says if he wants to interfere in the WWE Champion’s matches, let him have a match with him and get it out of the way. Punk pleads with Theodore Long to let The Deadman appear on RAW Supershow next week and Teddy complies. Punk thanks him and says that WHEN he walks into RAW next week as the WWE Champion, he fully intends to leave the same way and be done with The Undertaker once and for all.
John Morrison def. Cody Rhodes
Solid match filled with great technical mat work and countless reversals, including Morrison rolling out of the way of the Beautiful Disaster and countering with his own Flying Chuck. Finish came when Cody set up for Cross Rhodes, only to have Morrison counter out and respond with JCM and Starship Pain for the win.
The Road to Wrestlemania/Chamber footage rolls for the final time.
Striker and Matthews run down the PPV Card. Again, the anthem is Sixx:AM’s “This Is Gonna Hurt”.
R-Truth runs into Wade Barrett backstage and tells him that regardless of whether Barrett wins the World Title in the Chamber or not, he won’t be the Main Event at Wrestlemania, saying that that spot is reserved for the Dolphin-drawn chariot that will carry both Lil’ Jimmy and your NEW WWE Champion, R-Truth to ringside. Barrett appears thoroughly perplexed as we go back to ringside.
Mark Henry def. R-Truth
Truth goes for the Truth Serum, but Henry has it scouted, grabbing the top rope for leverage. Henry eventually captures Truth and plants him with the World’s Strongest Slam for the three.
DX, no longer on speaking terms, heads to the ring as unwilling partners in their tag team contest with the Brothers of Destruction, next.
DeGeneration X def. The Brothers of Destruction
Triple H tags in HBK after dropping a still-wounded Undertaker with a Pedigree, and Michaels responds by clocking The Game with Sweet Chin Music. Kane attempts to Chokeslam Shawn, but Michaels counters out and lands another Superkick. Finally, HBK tunes up the band and flattens The Deadman with one final Sweet Chin Music before picking up the three count. HBK grabs a mic and addresses the crowd, saying if there was still any lingering doubt that he could handle his business in the ring, he’ll see Kane and Triple H on Sunday and then turns his attention to the downed Undertaker and whispers “I’ll see you at Wrestlemania, Mr. Perfect.” before slamming down the mic and storming out of the arena.
Another teaser for the eight-man tag match as we go back to commercial.
Randy Orton confronts John Cena backstage. The Viper tells Cena that just for the record, he would have knocked off Cena tonight even if Cena still had his cronies in the Nexus. Orton says that the only difference is that now tonight’s match will end even quicker.
The Big Show def. Dolph Ziggler
Ziggler tries to get an early jump on Show with a Corner Splash before the bell, but Show turns around in time to catch Ziggler in mid-air with a WMD to the temple. The impact sends Ziggler into a helicopter spin, landing face-first on the canvas. Show makes the cover and collects the academic three count. After the uh...match, Show grabs a mic and advises Sheamus and The Undertaker to take notes, because regardless of who emerges from the Last Man Standing Match as Champion, the only thing that will be going through their heads come Wrestlemania will be Big Show’s fist.
The ring is quickly cleared and Justin Roberts prepares to introduce the next contest.
Bryan Danielson def. The Miz
A decidedly longer contest and contender for match of the evening. Miz connects with SCF, but only gets a two-count as Danielson gets his foot on the bottom rope. Miz attempts again, but Danielson counters out and reverses the hold into a Skull Crushing Finale of his own. However, instead of going for the pinfall, Danielson rolls into Cattle Mutilation upon impact with the canvas and forces the submission instead.
Another Promo runs for the WWE Draft, this one reads “SHAKING THINGS UP IN THREE WEEKS” as we go to break.
Randy Orton versus John Cena ends in a No Contest
Orton attempts to connect with an RKO as Cena blocks and retreats from the ring. Miz comes to the ring and jumps Orton from behind but takes an RKO for his troubles. Cena is tossed back into the ring by Big Show and Danielson and dropped with another RKO. Orton gets dropped with Wasteland and Show proceeds to clobber both Danielson and Barrett with WMD. Show takes a Flying Chuck and a Beautiful Disaster before being dropped himself with The World’s Strongest Slam. R-Truth surprises Henry with Truth Serum before getting struck with JCM. Cody hits Cross Rhodes and Punk sneaks in drilling Cody with a GTS. Punk stands tall as the defending WWE Champion and clear owner of the momentum heading into the PPV.
Edge backstage with Christian. Edge tells Christian that as crazy as it might sound, he CAN actually forgive him for everything that’s happened since the comeback. Edge just advises Christian not to get involved unless absolutely necessary in the match with Del Rio on Sunday as we go to our final break.
Sheamus, Edge, Chris Jericho and Alex Riley def. Alberto Del Rio, Jack Swagger, Batista and Drew McIntyre
Naturally, the match boiled down to individual beefs as Edge/Del Rio, Swagger/Riley began brawling at ringside. Ricardo Rodriguez ran down to make the save, but Christian speared him on the entrance ramp. Jericho went for the finish, but was interrupted by The Undertaker. CM Punk charges to ringside to cut Taker off at the pass and soon initiates a 2-on-1 brawl between himself, Jericho and the Deadman.
Jeff Hardy jumps the barricade and drags McIntyre off the ring apron to brawl through the crowd. The referee is trying helplessly to get a foothold in the melee, but it’s a hopeless situation. The match has evaporated to Sheamus versus Batista, when suddenly the lights go down. The static, snow and test patterns start rolling across the titantron again, the word “POWER” and “03/12/12” scroll across the screen and as the lights come back up, Batista walks headlong into a Brogue Kick. The World Champion makes the cover and collects the three count for his team.
After the match, Sheamus storms down the entrance ramp and throws both Jericho and Punk to the floor in an effort to get to The Undertaker himself. Respective battles continue at ringside as Sheamus and Taker have one final staredown heading into the Last Man Standing Match at Elimination Chamber as Smackdown goes off the air in the midst of what is easily a Pier-Twelve brawl.
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