7-12-13 Smackdown results and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the July 12, 2013 episode of Smackdown The show starts with Daniel Bryan vs. Christian. Daniel wins by submission. This was a really awesome back & forth match & a great way to start Smackdown. Teddy Long is in the GM office on his cell phone (like he is every time we see him). He’s getting ready for Money in the Bank “Playa.” Smackdown will be off the hook too. Then Dolph comes in. Long has some good news for him. He is giving Dolph the night off. Dolph doesn’t want the night off (naturally). He wants to be out there competing. Long tells Dolph that Del Rio will be competing later tonight against Sin Cara (In a rematch from Raw) & Long wants to make sure Dolph doesn’t interfere. Dolph tries to speak but Long mentions that this past Monday Vickie was canned & he doesn’t wanna to be the next 1 that gets the axe. So Long will not let anybody interfere in any of his (Long’s) matches tonight. Long tells Dolph Adios. Dolph knows what that means. It means this Sunday he becomes World Champion. And that’s in English. This was a decent backstage segment. Jay Uso vs. WWE Tag Team Champion Seth Rollins. Rollins gets the pin. This was solid. Then Rollins & Reigns stand on the announce table & hold up the titles. Time for a look at the Stephanie telling Vickie she’s fired & then Vince naming Brad Maddox the new Raw GM. Chris Jericho vs. Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel. Jericho wins by count out. This was a good back & forth match but I don’t get why they had Axel lose to Jericho twice in the same week. Then Axel flips, throws a chair & takes apart the announce table. Then Heyman attempts to calm Axel. The Miz vs. Ryback. Ryback gets the pin. This was a solid match. Ryback faked a knee injury & then gave Miz the marching muscle buster for the pin. Renee Young interviews Sheamus. Renee mentions that this Sunday Sheamus will be in the “all star” Money in the Bank contract ladder match & tonight Sheamus will be facing 1 of the other guys in the match Randy Orton. Renee asks for Sheamus’ thoughts. Sheamus says that Orton is known as the viper & as Irish folk lore goes St. Patty drove the snakes out of Ireland. Tonight Sheamus plans on following in his footsteps & doing the same. As far as Sunday goes, he’s not afraid of heights. He’s also not known for being a guy who carries a briefcase to work but since he is Irish he might put a couple of pints in there or maybe he will fill the briefcase with corn beef & cabbage (Why do they always have him make these idiotic Irish themed jokes?). Renee says that maybe he can find something else to put in there. When Sheamus wins At MITB he will cash in that contract whenever he wants & become a 3 time WWE Champion (I’m not sure if he held that belt twice. I know he held the WWE Title & the World Title) & when he does the pints are on him. Then he tells Renee that he thinks she is pretty cute. This was the typical Sheamus promo we’ve been getting lately. I don’t know why they feel the need to have him be an Irish version of Cena. In the ring we have Teddy Long & a few random Divas. There’s also a table in there & you know that means. A contract signing. Yes they’re having a contract signing for the Divas Title match. Kaitlyn & AJ are already sitting in the chairs. Oh & of course Big E is in there too. Long has asks the fans as we’ll as the Divas to join him. This Sunday at MITB AJ Lee will defend her Divas title against the former champion Kaitlyn. Tonight we make that match official. Long says that Kaitlyn & AJ have already read the contract. Now for the signatures. Before AJ signs she picks up her mic & mentions that the other Divas are in the ring. Are they there to protect Kaitlyn? Wait a minute, half of them don’t like Kaitlyn & the rest of them sure don’t like AJ but they should because no one cared about the Divas division (There barely is 1) till AJ won the title. Then AJ says that everyone can line up & thank her whenever they want but if everyone can wait till Sunday they can thank her & congratulate her too. Long tells AJ they haven’t got time for all that. Then AJ looks at the contract. She says that she doesn’t have a lawyer to look it over but she trusts Long. Then AJ signs the contract. Then she says Kaitlyn might not wanna sign it because once she does AJ is fully prepared to embarrass her worse than she ever has before. Kaitlyn asks if AJ has a photo shop picture. Then Layla gives Kaitlyn a pen & she signs the contract too. Then Long says that it is official. This Sunday at MITB AJ Lee will defend the Divas Title against Kaitlyn. Then AJ tells “Katie” that she tried. She tried to help Kaitlyn. Everyone saw it but Kaitlyn left her with no choice. Then AJ takes out her phone & mentions all the text messages that she sent to her “secret admirer”. Kaitlyn bared her soul to someone that she didn’t even know. Kaitlyn goes to yank the phone out of AJ’s hands but AJ slips away. Then AJ reads a Kaitlyn text from May 30. It says Natty is her best friend but all she ever does is talk about Khali. You know what they say, “Never trust a Neidhart.” Natalya looks heart broken that. Then AJ reads a text from June 2. That says that Naomi & Cameron say they’re looking out for Kaitlyn but all they really care about is that reality show. Then Kaitlyn yanks the phone out of AJ’s hands & throws it down on the mat. Kaitlyn wants a piece of AJ, but Layla calms her. AJ says that she has insurance & a family plan. Big E is also great with technology. Then she has Big E point to the Tron. Then they show a Kaitlyn text from June 4. That says that she was lying in her hotel room thinking of the mystery admirer. Her whole life people forced into a world just for body building but the “admirer” let her step out of that mold & sees her for everything. Then AJ asks if anyone has a tissue. Then AJ tells Kaitlyn let’s do everybody a favor. AJ tells Kaitlyn to tear up this contract, tuck her tail between her legs, turn around, walk away & never show her sad fat face or her trashy hair around here ever again. Then Kaitlyn says you know what, no. Kaitlyn says that this is not gonna work again. AJ manipulated her. Kaitlyn lost her friends, her title & lost herself. But Kaitlyn will never ever let a needy, clingy, man crazed psychopath destroy her again. Kaitlyn will be champion again while AJ will be rocking back & forth in a padded cell drooling like the crazy…Then AJ slaps Kaitlyn. Then Kaitlyn shoves AJ & pushes the table & AJ into the corner. Then Kaitlyn pounds away AJ. Then Big E pulls Kaitlyn off AJ but Kaitlyn gets lose & slaps Langston. Then she spears AJ. This was really long unnecessary & idiotic segment. Why have a contract signing for a Divas Title match? Zeb Coulter is on commentary & Swagger & Cesaro (Who are now called The Real Americans) are at ringside. Wade Barrett vs. Fandango. During the match Rhodes Scholars come out & they yell at The Real Americans & Zeb. Then Fandango rolls up Barrett for the pin. WINNER – FANDANGO. This wasn’t much of a match. The bickering with Rhodes Scholars & The Real Americans & Zeb continues. Barrett chimes in a bit too. Then Barrett yells at Fandango as Fandango backs up the ramp celebrating his win. Michael Cole mentions that earlier in the day WWE Drs would not give Kane clearance to be in the MITB match because of the attack from the Wyatt family. Time for a look back at the Wyatt family debut. Sin Cara vs. World Champion Alberto Del Rio. Before the bell even rings Sin Cara goes right after Del Rio. Del Rio slides out of the ring but Sin Cara throws him back in. Then Sin Cara gives Del Rio a Zig Zag & then he does the Dolph dance. Then Sin Cara’s music plays. They never had him unmask but JBL mentions that was Dolph in the Sin Cara get up. Then out of nowhere we hear an excuse me from Vickie Guerrero. Ever since she got canned on Raw no one has shown her respect. Then she says that to be at Smackdown Teddy Long made her get a ticket. She rips the ticket up & tells Long there’s your ticket. Vickie demand that Long be canned. He is a liar & a spineless puppet. Vickie is telling us the truth. She demands respect. Then out comes Long. He says that this past Monday Stephanie had 2 words for Vickie (and we all know what those words were). Tonight Long has 1 word for Vickie, security. Out come some security guys. Long tells them to get Vickie out of there. Vickie screams that she has a ticket. Then security escorts Vickie out of the arena through the crowed. I wasn’t into this. Vickie screamed so loudly I could barely hear what she was saying. This whole bit didn’t work for me. They show a Rob Van Dam video package to hype up his return this Sunday. Backstage we see “Sin Cara” walking. Long is following him & calling him Dolph. Long asks what’s the meaning of this? He gave Dolph the night off. Then Dolph shows up (No surprise there). Dolph tells Long that he left his stuff in the locker room & he came back for it. Then Dolph tells Sin Cara that he did a heck of a job out there. This was kinda corny & predictable. I knew Dolph was gonna show up as Long was talking to Sin Cara. Randy Orton vs. Sheamus. Both guys are on the top rope & they fall to the outside. Then as the referee is counting both guys Daniel Bryan comes out & gets a ladder from under the ring. He brings the ladder in the ring & for no reason the referee stops the count. Then Orton & Sheamus get back in the ring & Daniel hits them both with the ladder. Then the referee called for the bell So the match ends in a double DQ. Then Daniel sets up the ladder & climbs it but Sheamus grabs his foot. Daniel tries to kick Sheamus off but Sheamus pulls Daniel off the ladder. Then Sheamus pounds on Daniel. Then he goes to clothesline Daniel over the top rope but Daniel doesn’t go over & he slides out under the bottom rope. (That looked like a botched spot). Then Sheamus climbs the ladder but then Christian comes in, climbs the ladder & pulls Sheamus off. Then he rams Sheamus face first into the rungs. Then Christian climbs the ladder but Sheamus pulls him down. Then Sheamus goes up again & Christian climbs the other side. They go at it on top of the ladder & Christian knocks Sheamus off. Then as Christian is about to grab the briefcase Daniel comes back in & shoves the ladder over, knocking Christian over. Then Christian rolls out of the ring. Then Daniel sets up the ladder again & starts to climb it but then Orton gives him an RKO. Then Orton climbs the ladder & grabs the briefcase. Then Orton’s music plays as he stands on top of the ladder holding the MITB briefcase. Daniel, Christian & Sheamus are all lying on the floor as Orton stands atop the ladder & hold up the briefcase to end the show. I thought this was well done & they did a good job with the final hype for the MITB PPV. I thought this was a solid show for the most part. I liked that they had Daniel Bryan vs. Christian start the show & that was a great match! The Orton-Sheamus was good & I was ok with the other MITB guys coming out during this. Jericho-Axel was also good but why have Jericho beat Axel twice in the same week? Miz-Ryback was decent, Fandango-Barrett wasn’t much. That was more about the other guys in that MITB match. Sin Cara pounding Del Rio was decent too & when Teddy Long found him backstage I knew that Dolph was gonna show up. The Divas contract signing was the worst part of the show. Vickie Guerrero screaming about what happened on Monday didn’t work for me. Jay Uso vs. Seth Rollins was also solid. So overall this week’s show had its ups & downs but I thought they did a solid job with the final hype for the Money in the Bank PPV.