Coverage and thoughts on the April 29, 2011 episode of Smackdown
Smackdown begins with Randy Orton in the ring saying he’s on Friday night Smackdown now. He was about to mention his match with CM Punk at Extreme Rules and Drew McIntyre comes out and says that while Orton is now on Smackdown, Drew will be moving on to Raw and that the fans won’t get to see Orton vs. McIntyre just yet. Drew then says he came out to hello, and good bye. Drew then kicks Orton and goes for the Future Shock, but counters it into the RKO. Orton was going to continue talking, but Alex Riley comes out, but before he can say anything Orton gives him an RKO too. Before Orton can anything else, Alberto Del Rio comes out with Ricardo and Brodus Clay. Alberto says that he feels sorry for the fans that he will no longer be on Smackdown, but he says that he will win World Title and bring it to Raw. Orton has a stare down with Alberto and Brodus, then Christian comes out to even the odds. Teddy Long then comes out and announces Christian & Orton vs. Alberto & Clay for the main event. The faces then run off the heels. Good opening segment and the crowd was really into everything.
Kofi Kingston comes to the ring and Sheamus attacks him from behind, then throws him into the ring barrier and the steel steps, then throws him in the and gives Kofi a big boot. Good short segment to get Sheamus over. Hopefully this doesn’t mean a de push for Kofi though.
Michael Cole is in the ring and cuts a promo about how on Sunday he will single handedly take out both Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross. Then Jack Swagger comes for his match with Sin Cara.
They used orange and blue lighting for this match. This was really good too with a lot of spots from Cara. Cole handed Swagger a weapon, but before he could use it, Cara got a Victory Roll on Swagger for the pin. After the match, Swagger charges at Cara, but he yanks down the top rope, then gives Swagger a Spring Board Plancha on the outside. Cole then chews out Swagger saying he has to get his head in the game for their big match Sunday.
Tag Team Champions Kane & Big Show vs. Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater for the Titles. This was a decent match. Gabriel and Slater got some good offense in, but Kane and Show dominated most of the match and hit a double Choke Slam and Kane got the pin on Slater.
Backstage Great Khali and Ranjin Singh wish Rey Mysterio the best of luck on Raw. Rey thanks them both and walks off, then another Indian giant shows up. Khali and Singh treat him like royalty and they speak in Hindi.
Rey Mysterio cuts a promo about how hard it is to be leaving Smackdown and that he and the fans had fun, then mentions that he will beat Cody Rhodes at Extreme Rules. Good promo from Rey.
Mark Henry gets the mic and says how it’s unfortunate that Rey’s farewell is his debut.
Rey Mysterio beats Mark Henry by DQ when Cody Rhodes comes out and goes after Rey. Cody throws him over the guard rail into the crowd, then back over the guard rail and throws him back in the ring and Henry gives Rey the World’s Strongest Slam. Cody then places a paper bag over Mysterio’s head. The announcers kept saying that was a new side of Mark Henry, even though he was booked like a monster heal a few years ago, but we’re supposed to forget that ever happened. I don’t know why WWE does that. Anyway the match was good.
Layla vs. Michelle McCool goes to a double count out when they brawl outside the ring. After the match the brawl continues with referees trying to keep them apart. Layla then gets the Mic and challenges Michelle to a no DQ, no count out match. Michelle gets the mic and says that Layla would be nothing without her and accepts the challenge if they make it a loser leaves WWE match. Layla agrees.
Matt Striker interviews Christian about his match with Alberto Sunday. Christian mentions that Alberto has always talked about destiny and how 6 months ago he was out with a pectoral muscle tear and was worried he might not be back again. He mentions that now after Edge defended his Title at WrestleMania and then out of nowhere the doctors tell him that he has to retire. Christian asks if he is just in the right place at the right time and if he’s earned a chance to be World Champion. He then says that on Sunday he will climb the ladder and earn the World Title. Really well done prom from Christian.
Christian and Randy Orton beat Alberto Del Rio and Brodus Clay a really good back and forth match with Orton hitting the RKO on Clay for the pin.
I thought this was a really good show and a good final hype for the PPV Sunday.
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