Coverage and thoughts on the August 12, 2011 episode of Smackdown
The show starts with Teddy Long bringing out World Champion Randy Orton. Orton talks about his match with Christian at SummerSlam and says that he beat him so brutally that he can’t even stand. He then talks about how he respected Christian but then after his complaining he began to despise him. Long announces a 20 man Battle Royal to see who will challenge Randy Orton for the World Title. Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase, Jr. then come out and Cody mentions how the former members of Legacy are in the ring and how he & Ted were flunkies in that stable and now Cody is IC Champion. Cody then mentions that he will be in the Battle Royal later and will be looking to win and become World Champion by beating Orton. He then says that Ted has a voice and he hands him the mic. Ted says that he & Cody know Orton better than anyone in WWE and that they haven’t forgotten about how Orton used them. Orton then gives Ted and RKO and Cody backs off. Orton walks out and then Cody gets in Teddy Long’s face saying that this is his show and figures that Long will do something about what just happened. He then says that the IC Title means that he demands Long do something. Long says that he will make Orton stand in a corner on one leg for 10 minutes and make him write 100 times that he won’t RKO Ted. Long then says that he demand that Cody defends the IC Title against Ezekiel Jackson next. This was solid opening segment to kick off the show.
Ezekiel Jackson
Zack Ryder is in Teddy Long’s office and Long says that Alberto Del Rio will be the guest on Smackdown since he is the WWE Champion. The talent are on both shows all the time. Why bother saying he is a “guest?” Aksana then comes in and does the same bit she’s been doing for the last few weeks and Long gets all confused. This was idiotic.
They show another video package about Justin Gabriel being back in Cape Town , South Africa
Justin Gabriel vs. Tyson Kidd. Gabriel gets the pin. This was a good back and forth match. These guys are really talented.
Matt Striker interviews Jinder Mahal & Great Khali backstage and Jinder was talking about how he wants Khali to protect him so he can win the Battle Royal. This was idiotic.
Alberto Del Rio comes to the ring and talks about how he achieved his destiny and mentions that it has been a year since he made his debut in Bakersfield and beat Rey Mysterio and that he beat him Monday in his first Title defense and says that he is on Smackdown because he is a real champion and issues an open challenge to anyone in the back to face him. Daniel Bryan comes out and asks if he’s so special how come he cashed in MITB like all the other MITB winners and he says that that is predictable. RVD announced when he was going to cash it in and is the only one to have so far. This was a good back and forth promo from these 2.
Daniel Bryan vs. WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio Bryan
Matt Striker interviews Mark Henry and asks how he feels about his chances are in the Battle Royal. Henry says that he should already be the number one contender. He then says that this is like a boat and that the other 19 will overboard and will sink. This was a good promo.
Divas Champion Kelly Kelly & AJ vs. Alicia Fox & Natalya. Kelly & AJ win when Kelly pins Alicia. This was a typical Divas match. After the match Natalya & Alicia argue and Natalya puts her in the Sharpshooter.
20 Man Battle Royal. Mark Henry wins after he eliminates Cara 2. The final 4 guys were Henry, Cara 2, Sheamus & Wade Barrett. This was fun to watch. Battle Royals usually are entertaining. Afterwards Orton & Henry have a stare down to end the show.
I thought this was a good show overall and better than Raw. The opening segment with the former Legacy was good. I liked the Justin Gabriel-Tyson Kidd & Daniel Bryan-Alberto Del Rio matches a lot. Those were the best matches on the show. The Battle Royal was good too and hopefully they’ll put the Title on Mark Henry. The guy’s been pushed really well.
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