10-14-11 Smackdown results and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the October 14, 2011 episode of Smackdown

The show starts with Johnny Ace & Teddy Long announcing a 41 man Battle Royal with the winner getting to challenge the Champions of his choosing tonight. It came down to Orton & Miz and they were both on the apron and Orton gave Miz an RKO and they both hit the floor, but both Miz’s feet hit first so Orton won. Afterwards Josh Matthews interviewed Orton asking who he would face and Orton said he will face Mark Henry and not only will Vengeance be his but will take back the World Title. This was good stuff. I usually enjoy Battle Royals and I thought Orton cut a good promo afterwards.

Alberto Del Rio & Ricardo Rodriguez are backstage leaving the building and Teddy Long comes in and tells him that he will be facing Sheamus tonight.

Kelly Kelly vs. Divas Champion Beth Phoenix. Phoenix gets the pin. This was a solid match. I don’t know why Kelly was back to being all smiles here.

The Blue Sin Cara’s music played but he didn’t come out because the Black Sin Cara attacked him backstage and pulled his mask off. Black Sin Cara holds the mask and then takes his off too, threw down the black and put on the blue one. I thought this was a good backstage attack, but I’m not sure why Black Sin Cara took the blue mask.

Justin Gabriel vs. Black Sin Cara. Black Cara gets the pin. This was a good match.

They show Teddy Long backstage with Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne and Teddy tells Bourne that he is concerned about his safety and he will not let him compete tonight. Vickie Guerrero comes in and says that she wants Bourne & Kofi to defend the Tag Titles against Dolph & Swagger. Teddy tells Vickie he’s not going to do that tonight and then Zack Ryder comes in and says that he will team with Kofi to face Dolph & Swagger. Teddy says the match is on and he and Ryder go back and forth with woo woo and holla and Vickie says this ridiculous and walks out. This segment was kinda funny.

Sheamus vs. WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio. Del Rio gets the pin after Christian comes out. After the match Christian spears Sheamus. Christian goes to head for the back but Sheamus gets up and Christian comes back in the ring spears Sheamus again. This was a good back and forth match and the post match attack Christian was good too. Looks like the Sheamus-Christian feud will be continuing, which is cool with me.

WWE Tag Team Champion Kofi Kingston & Zack Ryder vs. U.S. Champion Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger. Kofi & Ryder win when Ryder pins Dolph after Kofi gives him Trouble in Paradise. This was good match.

Matt Striker interviews Sheamus about Christian costing him the Battle Royal & his match Alberto Del Rio. Sheamus that Christian is a pain that won’t go away and then tells another Irish tale and saying that Christian was a troll and he is a great white bull. This was a decent promo but I don’t know why they have Sheamus telling these stories. At least he threw something in there after “Great White” since that’s what they’ve been calling him.

Randy Orton vs. World Champion Mark Henry for the Title. Orton wins by DQ when Cody Rhodes comes in. Big Show then comes out to make the save and lays out Henry with a Choke Slam and Orton gave Cody an RKO. This was good back and forth match and I thought the post match action was good too.

On the whole I thought this was a good show. It was way better than Raw was this week. The Battle Royal was fun to watch. The Divas match was ok for what it was, but I’m not sure why Kelly was all smiles here. Black Sin Cara attacking the blue Cara was decent stuff, but I’m not sure why he took his mask. He and Gabriel had a solid match too. I also liked the Sheamus-Del Rio match and Christian post match spears. The Sheamus interview was decent but I’m not sure why they have him telling these Irish tales now that he is a face. The Orton-Henry match was real good too and I liked the post match action also. On the whole I thought this was a good show.