Coverage and thoughts on the August 26, 2011 episode of Smackdown
The show starts with tonight’s GM Bret Hart in the ring and he announces that Randy Orton will face Mark Henry for the World Title at the Super Smackdown show Tuesday. Christian then comes out and blames Edge for losing at SummerSlam and says that he is entitled to a rematch. Bret tells him to grow a set and to work his way back up the ladder. Christian then says that he is the only Canadian that is still relevant and he takes a legal letter out saying that he is first in line for a rematch and Bret makes it Orton vs. Christian for the Title in a steel cage. Mark Henry comes to the ring and talks about how he has in WWF/E for 15 years and he still gets disrespected and that he earned his Title match last week and says that if he doesn’t get it somebody’s gonna get hurt. He says that he wants the winner of next week’s cage match. Sheamus comes out and he tells a story about how his granddad had to castrate a bull when he got too vicious and he tells Henry not to make him do the same to him. Sheamus gets in the ring & clotheslines Henry out. They have a quick stare down then Henry walks out. This was a really fun opening segment.
They also announce that Randy Orton will face Ted DiBiase, Jr. tonight.
They show a Daniel Bryan video package recapping him winning MITB and being a submission specialist. This was a real good video.
Daniel Bryan vs. Christian. Christian gets the pin. This was a really great back and forth match.
Wade Barrett cuts a promo saying that he refuses to face a local Lance Storm student that he refers to as, “this dreg” and walks out.
Sin Cara vs. Heath Slater. Cara gets the pin. This was a short match. They had to re tape the match because Cara messed up a lot of spots which could be why the match was as short as it was.
Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase, Jr. come out and Cody says that Randy Orton being World Champion is means he is the best at what he does, but what he does is different from what Cody does. Cody says that he makes miracles by resurrecting the meaning of the IC Title & Ted’s career. Then he says that he hopes Randy believes in miracles.
World Champion Randy Orton vs. Ted DiBiase, Jr. Orton gets the pin. This was a good match too. Ted is a really good worker. I don’t know why he hasn’t been booked better. After the match Cody attacks Ted and bags him. It looks like they turned Ted face, but the same way that Randy Orton was 7 years ago.
Divas Champion Kelly Kelly vs. Tamina. They show a promo from Natalya calling Kelly a real life Barbie doll, which she really is. She then says that she doesn’t play with dolls. Kelly gets the pin. This was ok for what it was.
Matt Striker interviews Jinder Mahal & Great Khali mentioning that he did not win the Battle Royal last week. Mahal says that Khali is the servant and has to let go of his ego. Then he says that Khali will dominate Zeke tonight. This was idiotic.
Ezekiel Jackson
Todd Grisham interviews Randy Orton about next week’s World Title match with Christian. Orton says that he’s beating Christian and took the Title back and now all that Christian has left is his pride and he will take that too. He then mentions Mark Henry and he says that his opponents should not underestimate him.
Sheamus vs. Mark Henry. Sheamus wins by count out after he brogue kicks Henry over the announce table. After the match they brawl and Henry gives Sheamus the World’s Strongest Slam onto the steel ring steps. This was really good too. Both the match and the post match brawl.
I thought that this week’s show was good on the whole. I enjoyed seeing Bret Hart and the opening segment with him & Christian was really good and so was the stuff with him & Mark Henry & the Sheamus-Henry encounter was fun also. I also really enjoyed the Daniel Bryan-Christian match. The Orton-DiBiase match was good too and Ted should be getting a push. The Sheamus-Henry match and post match brawl was also really good.
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