11-1-13 Smackdown results and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the November 1, 2013 episode of Smackdown

The show starts with a backstage promo from The Shield. Ambrose says that he is getting a little sick of The Usos. The Shield is tired of The Usos sticking their noses in their business. They’ve beaten the Usos time & time again. They’ve proven that The Usos aren’t contender & that they’re not threats. The Usos are just speed bumps & tonight it’s no contest. Then Rollins says that The Shield united can beat any team on planet Earth. They’ve proven it over & over. Tonight The Shield proves that The Usos are no exception. Then Ambrose says that he & Rollins will make sure that justice gets served. Then Reigns says to believe in The Shield. This was a good backstage promo & a refreshing way of kicking off Smackdown.

The Usos vs. U.S. Champion Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins. The Usos win when Jimmy pins Ambrose. This was a good match. Reigns was at ringside of course. Then as Reigns looks to go after 1 of the Usos Big E Langston’s plays & out he comes out to even the odds. Why do they have to play the guy’s music when he comes out? Anyway Jimmy winds up getting the clean pin on Ambrose with a rollup.

Afterwards Ambrose beats on Jimmy & tosses him out of the ring. Then Big E gets in the ring & clotheslines Ambrose. Then he sets up Ambrose for the big ending but then Reigns comes in & clips Big E’s knee. Then Big E & The Usos stare down Reigns but Rollins & Ambrose hold Reigns back. The Shield hops over the guardrail & Big E & Reigns glare at each other. This was good. I liked that they started Smackdown with a backstage promo that was followed up with a match. The post-match stuff was good too. I can see them having Big & The Usos vs. The Shield. Possibly at Survivor Series.

John Cena comes to the ring. Then they reshow clips of his match with Damien from Monday. Then Cena says that he knows that the fans are getting warmed up. He is excited. He’s been busy this week. He got to come back to WWE Sunday & beat Del Rio for the World Title. Then the next night he had his first title defense against Damien Sandow & he retained the title. Cena’s not excited about what happened, but about the action that is about to happen because the World Champ is HERE! The World Title that he & Fridays will real comfortable. It’s a new day (pretty much the same as the old day). The fans cheer & he says this is Tampa & the fans can do better. They cheer louder. Cena’s putting every WWE super star on notice. He’s holding the World Title but the business card is exactly the same. The World heavyweight champ is HERE! You want some come get some. Then out come The Real Americans. Zeb tells Cena that they haven’t been formally introduced. He tells Cena his name & he congratulates Cena on winning the World Title. More importantly Zeb wants to thanks Cena for beating Del Rio & sending him 1 step closer to sneaking back across the same boarder that he snuck across to get to America in the first place. Then Zeb says that unlike these people who have no moral values whatsoever to speak of, Cena has a lot in common with The Real Americans. Cena is a real American hero, a real American patriot & a real American legend. Just like The Real Americans. Then Zeb invites Cena to join their fight & to become an official real American (Brother). To show their respect & admiration for Cena they say We the people. Zeb asks Cena what’s it gonna be & offers Cena his hand. Cena does the you can’t see me gesture. Then Cena asks, “We the people.” Cena sees 3 dumb people. He asks Swagger what happened to him (Nothing as far as I know. He is still a jobber). Then Cena says that Swagger looks like Biff from back to the Future (I doubt that any of the kid fans know what that is). Then Cena tells them to make like a tree & get out of here. Then he says some other meaningless stuff. Then he gets to Cesaro. He says that Cesaro has been impressive lately. Cena’s heard about the giant swing but Cena can’t concentrate anything but those giant nipples (Man did he have to say that)? Then he rags on Cesaro, saying more meaningless stuff that I’m not gonna recap. This leaves Cena with Zeb. We haven’t got enough time on the show to talk about Zeb. He looks like Yosemite Sam who had 1 too many zimas & walked into a soup kitchen with the folks from Duck Dynasty (Why does Cena always cut these idiotic promos?). Cena says that Michael Cole knows what he is talking about. Then he tells The Real Americans that he is kidding & just having fun (You might be Cena but I’m not). But he does have a problem with The Real Americans. The same problem that the fans have with them. Cena then says that every week they come out & bad moth everybody. Freedom of speech is their right but it is Cena’s right to tell them what the fans think & what Cena knows. They’re full of Brittney Spears’ initials (Really? He brought Brittney into this? That was kind of a weird of saying what they’re full of). He tells them to figure it out They’re full of B.S. (What is this)?  Then he says that Cesaro is new around here. Cena tells him that in America B.S. stands for…Bad stuff (Like this promo)! They want him to join the Real Americans? He tells the goon squad to do themselves a favor. Take a look at real America. Referring to the fans. This right here is the land of the free & the home of the brave. That means these people can think, act, look like & say whatever they want, just like the Goof Troop (What?) That is the American way. Then Cena says that right now the real American way is for Zeb, Swagger & Cesaro to march their butts out of Tampa Bay or there will be repercussions. Then Damien Sandow’s music plays & he comes out. Sandow calls Cena a hypocrite. Cena doesn’t know the first thing about American values. In America we make our opportunity just like Sandow made his opportunity when he stabbed his best friend in the back & won the MITB (Which he cashed in on Monday & lost)! Cena wouldn’t know anything about that because ever since Cena arrived in WWE & especially since he’s returned from his triceps injury Cena’s been handed everything. Sandow is just out here to look Cena in the eye & tell him man to man that Cena is a false champion. Despite what Cena or any halfwit in this building thinks Sandow is still the uncrowned World Champion. Then Sandow tells Cena that his sole purpose in life is to end the Cena era in WWE & he will do that by any means necessary. You’re welcome. Then they all surround Cena but then Cody & Goldust hit the ring to help Cena out. The heels leave the ring & the baby faces tell them to come back in. Then out come Vickie Guerrero. She says that as the GM of Friday Night Smackdown she will have order. Since these 6 guys feel like fighting tonight will be Cena & The Rhodes Brothers vs. Damien Sandow & The Real Americans in a 6 man tag. This was the usual long winded promo that kicks off Smackdown. This time they had it second on the show. Man was this promo idiotic! Cena was back to usual lame kiddy promos here! I have no idea why they have Sandow saying that he is still the uncrowned world champion since he lost cleanly to Cena Monday! The whole thing with Zeb offering Cena a spot with The Real Americans was lame too. Having The Rhodes Brothers come out to help Cena was decent & Vickie’s promo setting up the 6 man tag was weak. Why say who will be teaming up to face who when there are 3 faces & 3 heels in the ring? We know who will be teaming up with whom! Like I mentioned this was the usual long winded promo to set up a tag match for later in the show.

Michael Cole announces that Shawn Michaels will be on Miz TV later. Then they reshow that terrible promo that he cut from Monday. Then they reshow Daniel being attacked backstage by the Wyatt family.

Then they reshow Punk beating Ryback & the Wyatt family coming out & lying out Punk afterwards.

The Primetime Players come to the ring. Then The Wyatt Family Tron comes on. Bray says that we live in a world where false heroism is a sickness & it must be dealt with. Bray knows what plagues everybody. He holds the cure in the palm of his hand. “Ashes, ashes, we all fall down.” Then the lights come back on & Harper & Rowan are in the ring.  

The Primetime Players vs. Luke Harper & Erik Rowan. Harper & Rowan win when Harper pins Titus. This was a decent but short tag match.

Then Bray gets in the ring as Harper & Rowan hold Titus. Then Darren goes after Bray but Bray gives him Sister Abigail.

They reshow Kane beating Miz & then handing his mask over to Stephanie.

Miz is in the ring for Miz TV. His scheduled guest for tonight was supposed to be Shawn Michaels but Shawn Michaels has left the building (I popped for that since they always used to announce that back in the early 90s). Miz knows that he isn’t Michaels but he has something to say. If it weren’t for Michaels, Orton would not be WWE Champion. But like it or not as “the authority” says Orton is the face of WWE. Out comes Randy Orton. He appreciates Miz’s view but Miz is wrong. With or without Michaels Orton proved that he is better than Daniel. If Miz wants to know where Michaels is & why he didn’t show up? The reason is because Miz is no longer relevant. No one cares about Miz or Miz TV. Then Orton mentions that he beat the crap out of Miz in Miz’s hometown & the fans practically cheered for Orton. It isn’t up to Orton, but if it were then he would have Miz join the unemployment line with Big Show. Then he mentions that Monday Big Show violated the restraining order while he was in the ring celebrating his win over Daniel & celebrating his 11^th WWE Title reign. Then he says that Big Show came out, violated his restraining order & he knocked Orton out. He bets the fans all enjoyed that. Then he says that because of that knockout HHH & Stephanie have banned Big Show from WWE for life. Orton asks what the fans think about that. Then he asks Miz how that makes him feel. Before Miz can say anything Orton gives him an RKO. This was the usual promo we get from Orton but thankfully it was pretty short.

Natalya & The Bella Twins vs. Alicia Fox, Tamina Snuka & Divas Champion AJ Lee. Natalya & The Bellas win when Natalya makes AJ tap. This was a decent match.

Time for a look back at the end of Raw.

They show Michael Cole interviewing HHH on wwe.com. Cole brings up the law suit that Big Show has filed against WWE. Cole mentions that David Otunga was asked to dissect this law suit. The McMahon family should take this law suit very seriously. Then Cole reads what Otunga had to say. That being that Big Show had been victimized by wrongful termination, breach of contract, slander based on false information & discrimination. Big Show was forced to come to work & do stuff outside of his agreement, etc. Who cares? This is painful. Then HHH asks if he is supposed to be concerned with this meaningless law suit & Otunga’s thoughts. If Michael wants breaking news how about this? As of this moment Big Show is banned from WWE for life (We heard that from Randy Orton before). This was idiotic!

World Champion John Cena and WWE Tag Team Champions Goldust & Cody Rhodes vs. Damien Sandow & The Real Americans. Cena & The Rhodes Brothers win when Cena pins Swagger. This was a really good match. Then the champions pose in the ring & hold up their titles to end the show.

I thought this was a decent show overall this week. I liked the backstage promo from The Shield at the start of the show & The Usos vs. Rollins & Ambrose was good too. I liked post match stuff with Big E, The Usos & The Shield too. It was nice that they actually kicked off the show with a quick backstage promo that lead right to a match. The Cena-Real Americans-Sandow in ring promo was terrible. Cena was back to his usual hokey self here & the heels all looked like losers. I liked Cody & Goldust coming out to help Cena & Vickie making the 6 man tag was predictable. The 6 man tag was a really though. Major props to all those guys! The Miz-Randy Orton Miz TV bit was weak but thankfully it was short. The Michael Cole-HHH interview was terrible. I’m tired of this Big Show vs. HHH angle. The 6 Divas tag was decent too. I’m hoping that Natalya will challenge AJ for the Divas Title since she made AJ tap clean. The Primetime Players vs. Luke Harper & Erik Rowan was decent but short. So for the most part I thought this was decent show this week.