Dark Match:

There wasn’t one.

WWE Superstars (Airing Thursday):

Tensau, Brodus Clay & The Funkadactyls defeated The Bella Twins and The Usos.

Damien Sandow defeated Alex Riley. Total squash match.

WWE SmackDown opened with Miz TV. The Miz’s guests were Big Show and Randy Orton. Miz talked up Randy Orton and Big Show’s upcoming match at Extreme Rules. Show trash-talked Orton. Orton talked about his decision to trust Big Show backfiring. He said this Sunday he will right that wrong.

Jack Swagger and Zeb Coulter interupt and come out. They talk about how this Sunday they will make Alberto Del Rio say “I Quit” or as they would say in his language, “No Mas.”

Alberto Del Rio came out and said the only thing people will remember this Sunday is that Del Rio became the number one contender. He called Coulter “Jumanaji Man.”

Mark Henry came out and talked about setting a world record for pulling semis. He said this Sunday people will remember him for beating Sheamus because he’s the strongest man in the world.

Sheamus then came out and promised to leave Henry battered and bruised with welts this Sunday. Sheamus then said why wait until this Sunday and took a strap and chased the heels away.

1. Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns defeated The Uso’s. The Shield won after a Reigns spear. They were setting up one of the Usos for the triple power bomb when Kofi Kingston made the save. He hit the Shield with a chair and the Shield ran off.

Kofi and the Usos gave a promo, I think for the WWE App, about overcoming the Shield.

Back from break, Teddy Long entered. He said after the last segment he was ready for Extreme Rules. He set up tonight’s six-man main event: Henry, Show and Swagger vs. Orton, Sheamus and Del Rio.

2. Brodus Clay and Sweet T (w/Cameron, Naomi) beat The Prime Time Players. Titus O’Neil cut an entertaining promo. He mispronounced Wichita and said real Prime Time Players went to Kansas University. The PTPers were in control early and Titus did his patented seal chant. Darren Young missed a running attempt in the corner and Tensai tagged in Brodus. Titus broke up a pin attempt, then Young got sandwiched by the big boys. Brodus hit a splash for the win.

3. Chris Jericho defeated Antonio Cesaro in 12:00. Fans chanted boring as Cesaro started in control at a slow pace. Jericho got them further on his side with a dropkick that forced Cesaro to regroup at ringside. Cesaro hit an upper-cut and some chops but got another drop kick from Jericho from the middle rope. Jericho reversed a suplex then hit the signature dropkick from the middle rope to the excitement of fans. Jericho missed a corner splash and vaulted out of the ring. Fans cheered him on as he recovered but Cesaro went back on the attack, throwing Jericho into the barricade.

Back in the ring, he got a two-count on the dazed Jericho. Jericho went for the walls of jericho but Cesaro struggled away. Cesaro lifted his knees on Jericho’s moonsault attempt to regain momentum. The back-and-forth continued as Jericho got a near-fall. Jericho managed to barely kick out of a backbreaker. Jericho fought back from a sleeper and rolled up Cesaro for a two count. Cesaro earned his own 2-count immediately after and put the headlock back on. A weakened Jericho struggled to fight back and was taken down again. Jericho tried to break the headlock by backing Cesaro into the ropes but was unsuccessful. He finally broke free and scored an axe-handle from the top rope.

Fandango’s gold stage setup fell in front of the Titan Tron but Jericho was oblivious. He attempted a top-rope move but was hit by the upper-cut for another near fall. Jericho put on the Walls of Jericho and Cesaro tapped out.

Summer Rae entered with Fandango seemingly closely behind. Jericho watched the stage but was attacked from behind. He quickly got the best of Fandango, who ran off, then Jericho hit Cesaro with a Codebreaker…

Zeb Colter and Jack Swagger were on the Tron for a prerecorded promo. Colter ranted against the government from a conservative standpoint, touching on shady IRS activities and the Benghazi situation. Colter blasted Del Rio and said he wasn’t one of us. Colter questioned whether Ziggler was really injured or just afraid. He said he and Swagger were vilified for speaking the truth. He said real Americans never quit, but Del Rio would. He said Del Rio would quit, take his sombrero, and run back home. Swagger finished it off with “we the people”…

Sandow gave a promo from the stage about Miz and how his winning would come to a screeching halt and that Rhodes would embarrass him on Sunday…

4. The Miz defeated Damien Sandow. Miz made his entrance to a healthy applause. Cody Rhodes was on commentary. Sandow cowered at an attempted punch and rolled out of the ring, but Miz followed and nailed him. Back in the ring, Sandow gained the upper hand. Rhodes took the live mic and said fans should stand up and show respect for Sandow. Miz came back and grabbed the win.

5. WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn defeated Aksana. Aksana entered to cat calls from the crowd. Where were those for Cameron? Kaitlyn received a strong babyface reaction from fans who aren’t shallow enough to root for the hotter diva just because she’s hotter. Well done, Wichita. Aksana got in a couple moves, including a slingshot against the ropes. She taunted Kaitlyn and earned boos. Aksana was dominating for a while. A ridiculous “we want puppies” chant broke out. Aksana still dominating…waiting for this to turn around…still waiting…botched move…still waiting…redid the botch…Kaitlyn hits the spear for the win. Longer than normal Divas match, about 5-6 minutes.

6. Randy Orton, Sheamus, and Alberto Del Rio beat Mark Henry, Big Show, and Jack Swagger (w/Zeb Colter) in a six-man tag. Lilian introduced Ricardo Rodriguez in Spanish, and Rodriguez introduced Del Rio in English. Ricardo was with bucket. Sheamus followed, then Orton before the heel team came out individually. Swagger and Del Rio started the match. Del Rio started hot, got Swagger to the corner and tagged in Orton. Swagger clipped Orton’s knee but Orton managed to tag Del Rio back in. Del Rio hit a shoulder-dive on Swagger outside the ring. Swagger tagged in Show, who started to beat up Del Rio.

Show hit Del Rio with a big chop and tagged in Swagger. Then Henry came in for the first time and continued the attack on Del Rio. Quick tags for the heel team until Del Rio incapacitated Swagger. Swagger was first to make the tag and Show came in with a splash on Del Rio.

Del Rio once again prevented from making the tag and was dragged back to the corner. More quick tags. Show with another chop behind the referee’s back. Del Rio took a beating from all three heels. Swagger locked in a submission move but Del Rio fought it off and moved out of the way of a charging Swagger in the corner. Del Rio still didn’t make the tag. Finally, a reverse on Big Show and Del Rio tagged in Sheamus.

Sheamus got Show up for the Irish Curse and delivered it. He set up for the Brogue kick but was distracted by Henry, and Show took over again. Sheamus was isolated in the corner as the heels went to work. Sheamus hit Swagger with a rolling slam but Henry got to Sheamus before Sheamus could get to Orton for the tag. The Sheamus hope spots kept getting squashed by the heels. He took heavy chops from Show.

Swagger continued the beating on Sheamus. The crowd was strongly behind the babyface. Sheamus hit an electric chair and made the tag to Orton. Randy performed several clotheslines to Swagger, but Henry took him down. Del Rio hit a dropkick on Henry. Swagger locked in the Patriot Lock, but Orton hit the RKO on Swagger for the win. The babyfaces celebrated. In the melee, Sheamus also hit Big Show with a Brogue Kick to close out the taping for Smackdown.

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Dark Match

1. Bo Dallas and Adrian Neville beat Primo and Epico in 4:00. Neville took the hot tag and won with a top-rope corkscrew. Good athleticism from Neville.

WWE Main Event Taping

1. Kane defeated Seth Rollins by DQ in 14:00. After a brief flurry of offense from Rollins, Kane controlled the match after hitting a big boot. He threw Rollins over the top rope onto Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns and scored several near-falls. Rollins escaped a tombstone and a choke slam and gained momentum with a spinning kick to Kane’s head.

The crowd got behind Kane, but he couldn’t maintain a comeback as Rollins tried for a submission. Kane rallied with a side slam to get a near fall. With Ambrose and Reigns surrounding him, Kane hesitated to deliver a top-rope move and Rollins hit a running dropkick. Kane regained control after catching Rollins off the top rope.

Rollins once again escaped the chokeslam, then did it again. Kane finally got him on the fourth attempt, but the pinfall was broken up by Ambrose for a disqualification. The Shield attacked Kane after the match and were setting him up for a triple powerbomb before a run-in by the Usos. Kane and the Usos cleared the ring and celebrated while trash-talking the departed Shield.

Rollins and Reigns vs. The Uso’s was set up for Smackdown as a result of Main Event’s earlier happenings.

2. Sin Cara beat Wade Barrett in 4:00. Barrett controlled the match early with power moves before Sin Cara hit a couple high spots. Wade Barrett was going for the power bomb, but Sin Cara rolled through and covered Barrett for the pin.

3. Cody Rhodes beat Justin Gabriel in 4:00. Rhodes rolled out of the way of a presumed 450 Splash attempt by Gabriel. Rhodes then hit the Alabama Slam for a nearfall and pinned Gabriel with CrossRhodes. Rhodes and Miz, opponents for the Extreme Rules pre-show on Sunday, had a staredown to close Main Event.

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Dark Match:

There wasn’t one.

WWE Superstars:

Sin Cara defeated Michael McGillicutty. A few botches.

Cody Rhodes defeated Alex Riley. Pretty much a squash.

WWE SmackDown (Airing Friday):

The Highlight Reel with Chris Jericho and Ryback opened the show. Teddy Long interrupted and booked Ryback vs. Jericho in the main event. Ryback sucker punched Jericho to end the segment.

Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston beat Cody Rhodes. Cody’s Beautiful Disaster Kick was countered with Trouble in Paradise. A fun match. The crowd liked Kofi.

A recap of the workplace video with Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman was shown. They teased showing this during Main Event, but never did. I don’t think the crowd wanted to see it twice, so it was a smart edit.

Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter were interviewed backstage. Zeb spoke about Swagger vs. Big E Langston. He said it will be “a real American vs. affirmative action” then added “yeah, I said it.”

Jack Swagger (w/Zeb Colter) fought Big E Langston (w/Dolph Ziggler, AJ Lee). Alberto Del Rio was on commentary. Apparently this was a No DQ match, as there was plenty of ladder usage and more Ziggler and Del Rio than Swagger and Langston. The match somehow ended with Del Rio holding the belt while standing on top of the ladder. Pretty good win for a guest commentator, I guess.

Dean Ambrose (w/Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins) beat Daniel Bryan (w/Kane) by DQ. Daniel Bryan had the first real chants of the night, followed by even louder Yes! chants. Ambrose is even sleazier live. What a talent. A long match that people are going to like on television. Bryan applied the Yes Lock late. Rollins tried to run in, but Kane stopped him. Reigns kicked Bryan, but Kofi Kingston ran in and attacked Ambrose for the DQ. The crowd exploded for Kingston and the Bryan comeback.

Mark Henry tried to to break the world record recorded earlier today by pulling a tractor trailer truck. Apparently, he did it. Later tonight, I will attempt this same feat with my car. I will use a key and gas pedal, though. Actually, Henry’s earlier footage featured one tractor trailer. He tried to pull two, which is supposedly a world record. Amazingly, it was a really cool segment and the crowd cheered for Henry. There was a big pop for “That’s What I Do.”

Randy Orton was interviewed backstage. He said he’s a poisonous snake. Okay.

Big Show beat Sweet T (w/Brodus Clay). Show knocked out Tensai and then speared Clay. However, Randy Orton came out and RKO’d Show.

Kaitlyn was backstage with Natalya trying to figure out the identity of her secret admirer. Meanwhile, Great Khali was wearing a Rey Mysterio mask while trying to be undercover. And this is why I drink…

Chris Jericho by Ryback by DQ. The biggest pop of the night was for Jericho’s entrance. Really good heat for Ryback stalling outside the ring. Monday will be the first ever dance-off between Jericho and Fandango. I will be scoring on Twitter Twitter.com/JonnyFairplay. Spoiler alert – the 4/10 Bret Hart scoring system will be in place.

Ryback started a Ryback chant. People chanted it back. I hate people. Jericho escaped a Shellshocked attempt and countered into the Walls of Jericho. Later, the crowd was going nuts as Jericho hit the Codebreaker on Ryback outside the ring. Ryback was disqualified for crotching Jericho on the ring post. After the match, Ryback clotheslined Jericho over the announcers’ table.

Josh Mathews interviewed Mark Henry in the ring. They said the two tractor trailers weighed 55 tons. Henry said he has more to do tonight.

Dark Main Event:

Sheamus and Randy Orton beat Mark Henry and Big Show. Big pop for Sheamus. Most people didn’t expect to see him since he wasn’t on the Smackdown taping. Sheamus wrestled in his shirt. He performed a Brogue Kick on Henry and won the match for his team to conclude the show.

This was the best Smackdown I’ve attended in years. My daughter Piper has great taste. she cheered the heels all night, but she doesn’t boo “because that’s mean.”

Biggest Pops
Chris Jericho
Randy Orton
Sheamus

Most Heat
Ryback
Big Show

Dark Match:

Adrian Neville beat Curt Hawkins. Decent heat on Hawkins. Neville won with a 450 corkscrew frogsplash.

WWE Main Event (Airing Wednesday):

Randy Orton beat Antonio Cesaro. Orton won with an RKO. A good match and the crowd was really into Orton.

Justin Gabriel and The Uso Brothers beat 3MB. Gabriel won the match with the 450 splash. This concluded the taping.

A larger than normal crowd even though it’s pouring down rain. WWE is selling merchandise from trailers in the parking lot. They are not getting a lot of business on the side we entered on. David notes that he is really looking forward to this crowd.

Dark Match:

There wasn’t one.

WWE Superstars (Airing Thursday):

Ted DiBiase beat Michael McGillicutty. DiBiase won a decent six-minute match with Dream Street. There was next to no heat for McGillicutty.

Cody Rhodes defeated Justin Gabriel. Cody won by pinfall with CrossRhodes. Mike noted that he enjoyed the last part of the match, as both participants had cool near fall spots.

Triple H came out and said they have been at Full Sail for a year and made a donation.

Episode One:

William Regal and Tony Dawson were on commentary.

1. Damien Sandow defeated Baron Corbin.

There was a backstage segment with NXT Tag Champions Bo Dallas and Adrian Neville talking about their upcoming defense against The Wyatt Family.

2. Paige beat Bailey. Summer Rae jumped Paige post-match.

There was an amusing backstage segment with Sandow and Big E Langston.

3. Sakamoto vs. Reilly Pierce ended in a no contest due to Connor O’Brien.

4. Kassius Ohno defeated Camacho. After the match, Kassius Ohno told William Regal he was sorry. The Wyatt Family came out and attacked Ohno.

5. The Wyatt Family defeated Adrian Neville and Bo Dallas to win the NXT Tag Titles.

Episode Two:

Brad Maddox and Tom Phillips were on commentary.

1. Summer defeated Natalya due to really stupid Paige interference.

There was a Bray Wyatt promo.

2. Bray Wyatt defeated Danny Burch (Mark Stone).

3. Connor O’Brien beat Sakamoto and Reilly Pierce. After the match, Rick Victor showed up on the stage and starred at O’Brien

4. Big E Langston defeated Damien Sandow.

Episode Three:

William Regal and Tony Dawson were on commentary.

1. Sami Zayn (a/k/a El Generico) defeated Curt Hawkins (possibly dark).

2. Antonio Cesaro Beat Yoshi Tatsu. Cesaro cut a promo about no competition and out comes Sami Zayn with a challenge.

3. Sami Zayn defeated Antonio Cesaro. Cesaro jumped Sami after the match.

3. Mason Ryan over Enzo Amore.

4. Bray Wyatt beat Corey Graves. Kassius Ohno tried to make the save on behalf of Graves and but got beat down.

Episode Four:

Brad Maddox and Tom Phillips were on commentary.

1. Emma defeated Audrey Marie.

2. Garrett Dylan and Casey McKnight defeated Brandon Travan and Jake Carter.

3. The Wyatt Family beat Travis Tyler and Sawyer Fulton.

4. Big E Langston over Derrick Bateman (who cut his hair).

5. Bo Dallas won a battle royal to become No. 1 contender to the NXT Title. The match came down to Dallas and Adrian Neville.

Dark Segment:

Damien Sandow introduced The Damien Sandow Show. John Cena was the guest. He brought out Hudson guys. Sawft gets over. Sandow ended up going through a table.

WWE SmackDown (Airing Friday):

The show opened with a Ryback promo in the ring. We gave him the What! treatment. For some reason, the crowd still chanted Feed Me More, yet still booed him.

Ryback defeated Daniel Bryan in 14:00. Ryback won with Shellshocked. One of Ryback’s better matches, probably cause of who he was in the ring with.

Renee Young interviewed Ricardo, who spoke really fast in Spanish. Alberto Del Rio calmed him down but I didn’t really pick up what they were talking about.

Fandango defeated Zack Ryder in 3:00. Fandango won with the top rope leg drop. The crowd tried to Fandango, but it didn’t get over that well. They are no Jersey. I was there and no crowd will ever beat that.

Ricardo Rodriguez vs. Zeb Colter ended in a no-contest when Jack Swagger interfered. Alberto Del Rio cleared Swagger of the ring and Teddy Long came out and….. You guessed it, he made a tag team match.

Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez vs. Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter ended in a no-contest. Ziggler and Big E interfered. Teddy came out and made it a Triple Threat tag team match.

Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez defeated Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter, and Dolph Ziggler and Big E Langston in a Triple Threat tag match. Del Rio made Ziggler tap to the Cross Armbreaker. Good match.

The Shield beat up Daniel Bryan backstage and then cut a promo. Kane said they would pay later.

Randy Orton defeated Damien Sandow in 8:00. Orton won with an RKO. After the match, Big Show came out and told Orton he’s not a team player and he’s the reason they lost their WrestleMania match. Sandow hit Orton from behind with his finisher and Big Show laughed.

There was an arm wrestling contest between Mark Henry and Sheamus. Mark Henry won the first match. Sheamus got on the mic and said Mark had the stronger right arm but he didn’t have the stronger left. They did it again, this time with their left arms and Sheamus punched Henry in the face and Brogue kicked him. Kind of a cheap way to get out of the match. Seemed like a heel thing to do.

Dean Ambrose beat Kane in 13:00. Kane came out and beat up all the shield members. He threw reigns into the announce table. Then the match started. It was back and forth. Kane hit the choke slam than attempted the tombstone. Then the shield interfered again. And Ambrose got the pin using a finisher that was similar to MVP’s Playmaker.

After the match The Shield attacked Kane. Kane put up a good fight but Roman Reigns speared him, then they Triple Power Bombed him. The Shield grabbed the Tag Titles (I think they took Bryan’s when they attacked him) and posed with them to conclude the taping.

WWE Dark Match (Not Airing):

Bo Dallas beat Curt Hawkins in the dark match in 4:00. Dallas used a belly to belly suplex slam.

The upper bowl of the building is tarped off.

WWE Main Event (Airing Wednesday):

Michael Cole and JBL made their entrances.

Kofi Kingston beat Antonio Cesaro to retain the U.S. Title in 20:00. Cesaro worked over Kofi’s leg most of the match. He used a few Boston Crabs. Kofi botched a lot but the crowd loved him. Kofi got on the mic after the match and said he’s a daddy now and gave a shout out to the kid and his wife saying he’s coming home to see them.

Lots of kids here. They love to cheer the faces and boo the heels. Good crowd though. At least their alive.