2-21-12 Live Smackdown results and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the February 21, 2012 Live episode of Smackdown

The show starts with World Champion Daniel Bryan coming to the ring with AJ. He says that when he won the Smackdown MITB and said he would main event WrestleMania no one believed him yet here he stands as the World Champion and will be headed to the WrestleMania main event. Then he mentions that Santino was trying to channel Rocky Balboa but Daniel is the real Rocky story. Then he says the Rocky line to AJ. Then he says that after he was celebrating his moment was ruined by Sheamus. He says that he will ruin Sheamus’ moment at WrestleMania and will show everyone that he will be victorious just like tonight when he beats CM Punk. Then The Miz comes out and says that Miz knew he would become World Champion because he was his NXT pro. He says that he knew Bryan had the skill, but he’s not out to steel the spotlight but to congratulate him on being in the Mania main event. Then he says that after Daniel beats Sheamus they should form a tag team. Then Sheamus comes out and says he also wants to congratulate Daniel, on being a hypocrite and says that Daniel is a coward and says that Miz is almost as conceded as Daniel is. Then he says that at Mania everyone will be saying that Daniel got what he deserved. Then Miz gets in Sheamus’ face for disrupting the Champ. Then Sheamus says to let Bryan talk and then he slaps him then throws Miz over the top rope. This was a good opening segment. All 3 guys cut good promos and I liked how Miz was faking trying to get on Bryan’s good side.

Sheamus vs. The Miz. Sheamus gets the pin. This was a good back and forth match.

Teddy Long & Aksana are in the office and Aksana says that she wants Long to be the GM of Raw & Smackdown and that behind every man is a great women. Then Johnny Ace comes in and says that he should be GM of Smackdown. Then Long says that Ace & Otunga have their own office with a bathroom and tells Ace that he can’t miss it because the door has “M-E-N” written on it. Then David Otunga says that Long’s office should be in a dumpster after he beats Ezekiel Jackson again tonight. This was idiotic.

Vickie Guerrero comes out and introduces Jack Swagger & Dolph Ziggler.

Kofi Kingston & R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler & U.S. Champion Jack Swagger. Dolph & Swagger win when Dolph pins Kofi. This was a solid match.

They show the Ron Simmons hall of fame induction video.

They show Santino Marella with his cobra sock knocking paper cups off a table. Then Heath Slater knocks them all off. Then Santino says this cobra is not an ordinary cobra and it “spits” at Slater. Santino says that it is a spitting cobra. This was typical Santino comedy. I wasn’t into this.

Great Khali vs. Drew McIntyre. Khali gets the pin. This was a squash. Poor Drew!

Big Show is backstage and tells Matt Striker that Cody Rhodes is on the top of his you know what list and that he is probably at the top of Mark Henry’s and he will knock him out. Then he says that when gets a hold of Cody he will snap his neck. Good promo from Big Show.

Big Show vs. Mark Henry. Mark Henry wins by count out. Cody Rhodes comes out and says that it must not be WrestleMania because Show choke slammed some one. Then he talks about his match at WrestleMania 21 with Akebono and we get a “Cody Rhodes presents.” They show clips of that match, which of course Show lost. Then Mark Henry slams Show and hits a splash but Show kicks out. Then Show punches out Henry and then goes up the ramp after Cody (who had already gone backstage). The match was good and Cody Rhodes cut a good promo. I wasn’t crazy about seeing clips of the sumo match but Rhodes was good in his role. It looks like we might be getting a Big Show-Cody Rhodes match. I’m not sure if it will be at WrestleMania since Show might face Shaquelle O’Neil that night.

Ezekiel Jackson vs. David Otunga. Otunga gets the pin. Why’d they have Zeke job to Otunga 2 nights in a row? This match was pointless. Zeke is in rent don’t buy land.

Matt Striker interviews CM Punk and says that Punk will face Jericho at Mania but he will face Daniel Bryan tonight and asks for his thoughts. Punk says that it’s great to be back on Smackdown and says that Teddy Long is a better GM then Johnny Ace. He says that he will deal with Jericho. Then he says that Daniel Bryan being World Champion has gotten to his head and that if he tells AJ to shave her head he will sue him for copyright infringement. Then he says that Bryan is World Champion because he knows how to win. Then he says that tonight Daniel will know how to lose. This was another really good CM Punk promo.

WWE Champion CM Punk vs. World Champion Daniel Bryan. Bryan bails and looks to head to the back but Sheamus comes out and throws him back in the ring. Then Punk gives Daniel a round house kick and gets the pin. Then Johnny Ace comes out and says that because Sheamus interfered the match will continue. Bryan rolls Punk up for the pin and holds on to the top rope. Then Teddy Long comes out and says that the match won’t end this way. Long says the match continues. Bryan superplexes Punk from the top rope and then both men pin each other and the referee counts both buy’s shoulders down. Then Long & Ace argue over who got the pin. Ace gets in the ring and raises Bryan’s hand and then Long gets in the ring and raises Punk’s. Then Long & Ace argue more and they take their jackets off, throw them, at each other and then Long walks out. Bryan complains to Ace to end the show.

I thought this was a good show overall. The Punk-Bryan promo at the start of the show was well done and their main event match was really good and it made sense to not have a clean finish since both guys are World Champions. The other stuff on the show was good too. Sheamus and Miz had a good match. Big Show & Mark Henry was good too and Cody Rhodes’ promo was good also. The Jackson-Otunga match was pointless and so was the Santino-Slater bit with the sock cobra backstage. Khali-Drew was a squash. Drew McIntyre continues to be a jobber. He & Zeke might be on the future endeavored list. Johnny Ace & David Otunga backstage with Teddy Long was idiotic and I’m tired of Aksana. Kofi & Truth vs. Dolph & Swagger was a solid match too. Punk’s backstage promo was also good and I liked when he said he would sue Daniel for copyright infringement if he made AJ shave her head. On the whole I thought this was a good show.