7-22-11 Smackdown results and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the July 22, 2011 episode of Smackdown

The show starts with Randy Orton in the ring talking about Triple H running WWE and about the World Title match at the MITB PPV and he calls out Christian. Christian comes out and remains on the stage and says that when spit at Orton during the match it was by mistake. Orton demands to get his rematch but Teddy Long comes out and tells Orton that he is booked in a Street Fight against Kane. Orton loses it and goes after Christian. After they broke the brawl, Long tells Christian he will be facing Ezekiel Jackson. This was a good segment to start the show.

Intercontinental Champion Ezekiel Jackson vs. World Champion Christian. Christian gets the pin. This was a good match.

Michael Cole interviews the Smackdown MITB winner Daniel Bryan. Cole rags on Daniel and says that he will cash in the MITB contract when the Champ is vulnerable. Daniel then says that he will cash it in at WrestleMania 28. Health Slater come out and says that only would cash it in the greatest stage of them only to come up short. He calls Daniel a loser and says that was why he was kicked out of Nexus and that he will lose to him tonight. We’ll see if that happens. I think it would be neat if they do have him cash it in then. Hopefully they won’t have him lose the contract or get injured.

Daniel Bryan vs. Health Slater. Bryan wins by submission. This was a good back and forth match.

Mark Henry cuts a promo saying how happy he is that put Big Show out of action. Really good intense promo.

Sheamus vs. Wade Barrett. The match goes to a double count out when they brawled outside the ring. Sheamus gets the upper hand and lays out Barrett with the Brogue Kick. This was a decent match and the brawl afterwards with Sheamus kicking Barrett helped get Sheamus over.

Kane promo saying that for 14 years he has unleashed his brand of pain in WWE. He says that men who knew no fear trembled at the sound of his name and that he has haunted the nightmares of everyone who ever faced him. He then says that lately he’s been the guy who feels haunted by his own humanity and that feels more like a human then a monster. He says that his match with Randy Orton will bring monster in him back out. This was a typical Kane promo.

Kane vs. Randy Orton in a Street Fight. Orton gets the pin. Each guy kicked out of the other’s finisher. After the match Kane shook Orton’s hand. Then Mark Henry came out and went after Kane, placing Kane’s leg inside a chair and hit a second rope splash, the same as he did with Big Show. This was a really fun match and the post match beat down by Mark Henry was good too. Henry is really doing a great job as this monster heal.

I enjoyed this show on the whole. They had a lot of good matches on here. The opening segment with Orton and Christian and the Kane-Orton Street Fight were really good. Daniel Bryan and Heath Slater also had a good match. This was a really fun show.