Coverage and thoughts on the September 16, 2011 episode of Smackdown
The show starts with Edge coming out saying how great it is to be home and mentions that Randy Orton & Mark Henry will be on “The Cutting Edge.” Cody Rhodes then comes out and tells Edge that he is kissing up to the home town fans and Edge fired back. Cody then talks about how he beat Orton Monday and tries to give Edge a paper bag. Edge doesn’t take and Cody walks out and tries to give them to the fans. Ted DiBiase, Jr. was in the crowd and he attacked Cody and Cody bailed. This was a really good opening segment. Edge cut a real good promo and so did Cody. Ted going after Cody was good too. Maybe this is the start of push for Ted.
Daniel Bryan vs. Sin Cara. Bryan
Backstage segment with Teddy Long & Zack Ryder and Long tells him that he has made a rule that says that Orton & Henry can’t touch each other on “The Cutting Edge.” He tells Ryder to relay the message to Orton & Henry and Ryder reluctantly goes. Then Aksana comes in to give Teddy Long a massage and Trish Stratus comes in and breaks that up. Teddy & Trish then talked. I was not a fan of this segment.
AJ vs. Beth Phoenix. Beth gets the pin. After the match Beth gets the mic and says that she will beat Kelly this Sunday. This was a squash.
Backstage Trish & Edge were chatting and Christian came in and said that he was sorry about being a jerk and they both hugged. Christian then asks Edge to ask Teddy Long to give Christian one more match. Edge says that Christian is giving him a headache and Christian says that he was there for him in his final match at WrestleMania. Christian then walks off in a huff. Zack Ryder then comes in and asks Edge to tell Orton and Henry about the no contact rule. This was a good promo.
Justin Gabriel & Sheamus vs. Wade Barrett & Christian. Before the match Sheamus takes the mic and rags on Christian & Barrett. Then he says that he chose Justin Gabriel as his partner because he couldn’t find the Ax or the Smasher so he Justin Gabriel “The 450 Splasher.” That was kinda funny. Gabriel & Sheamus win when Gabriel pins Barrett. This was a good back and forth match. Afterwards Christian tried to sneak up on Sheamus, but Sheamus caught and Christian slid outside the ring. Sheamus then tried to goat him into going at it but Christian walked out.
Great Khali vs. Heath Slater. Khali wins by DQ when Jinder Mahal comes in. Jinder came out with a mic during the match and was berating Khali in Punjabi. After the Match Mahal & Slater double team Khali but Khali fights them off. Jinder bails and Khali flattens Slater. This was boring!
WWE Tag Team Champion Evan Bourne vs. R-Truth. Miz & Truth rap rag on the Toronto
Edge comes out for “The Cutting Edge” segment and brings out Orton & Henry. Edge asks Orton if he can beat Henry Sunday and Orton says that he know he can. Edge then mentions that Henry has been there for 15 years and hasn’t been World or WWE Champion. Henry then says that he has guys smaller and weaker than him become Champion and that he will end the World Title Sunday. Orton then calls Henry the World’s Strongest failure. They had a stare down and Edge said that they aren’t supposed to each other during “The Cutting Edge” and he announces that the segment is over. They went at it and the Smackdown locker room came out to break them up and Orton went after Henry, then Henry went after Orton. He gave Orton the World’s Strongest Slam, and then clobbered the other wrestlers; Big splashed Randy Orton twice, cleared the ring and gave Orton a second World’s Strongest Slam. Henry then stood over Orton holding the World Title to end the show.
I thought that this was a really good show on the whole. The opening promo with Edge was really good as was Cody’s promo. Ted attacking Cody from the crowd was good too. The Sheamus & Gabriel-Christian & Barrett match was also good. The cutting Edge at the end was really great. They did a great job in the final build to the World Title match at Night of Champions!
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