Smackdown! Spoilers

* Triple H opens the show and announces Randy Orton vs. The Great Khali, Daniel Bryan vs. Alberto Del Rio and Cody Rhodes vs. Ezekiel Jackson with the Intercontinental Title on the line for tonight. World Heavyweight Champion Christian comes out and wants to talk to the WWE COO. Christian threatens to sue Triple H if he doesn't change the SummerSlam match against Randy Orton. Triple H says Christian has no respect and will still face Orton on Sunday and be in action tonight.

* Sheamus beat Christian by count out. Christian walked off and stood at the ramp as the referee counted him out.

* Natalya and Beth Phoenix beat AJ Lee and Kaitlyn. Face pop for Beth and Natalya here. Beth pinned AJ while Natalya put Kaitlyn in the Sharpshooter.

* Backstage segment with Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes arguing with Teddy Long. Zack Ryder and Aksana are there.

* Backstage segment with Mark Henry and Johnny Curtis.

* Sin Cara beat Tyson Kidd in a decent match. Hard to tell if Cara is someone else under the mask. Cara came out to a huge reaction.

* Alberto Del Rio beat Daniel Bryan by submission in a great match. Cheers for Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez before the match. Wade Barrett came out and attacked Bryan after the match.

* Cody Rhodes beat Ezekiel Jackson to become the new WWE Intercontinental Champion after hitting Cross Rhodes.

* Backstage segment with Randy Orton talking about SummerSlam and tonight's match.

* Mark Henry beat Johnny Curtis. Sheamus came out after the match and confronted Henry.

* Randy Orton beat The Great Khali after an RKO. Christian came out and taunted Orton after the match, saying he's the best thing going.

Seems like solid build into the PPV. Good win for Cody and a much needed one for Alberto.

...what if the 'new' Sin Cara performs better than the 'old' Sin Cara...? Reckon they'd release Mistico or repackage him elsewhere?

Glad Rhodes won, but what was the use of Jackson beating Barrett for the belt to hold it briefly and then be beaten? Where is the sustained push, or the slow build to give him (and the belt too) some legitimacy? He'll be FE'd within a year I reckon...

maybe it was Averno under the mask

It's Hunico.

Big Z,night night Vienna!

Cody feuds with Ted. Ted goes over over at survivor series!

HitmanOwl wrote:Big Z,night night Vienna!

Cody feuds with Ted. Ted goes over over at survivor series!

Wouldn't be supprised to see Cody Vs Ted held off till Mania

i wonder if it does harm for Del Rio to go cleanly over Bryan, it would have made more sense for Barrett to actually interfere thereby leaving both mitb winners strong and on the same level. This is a guy who is supposed to be challenging at WM afterall.

i guess we shall see on friday for the way it actually happens, can't really say till then

So Christians big announcement was only a threat to sue but was utterly dismissed moments later?

WWE clearly not happy with Zeke for some reason, I think it would have been better for Rhodes to get a PPV win over Zeke.

Is the IC belt due to be defended at Summerslam ? does anyone know

probably a rematch for Zeke Vs Cody

invincibleILeak (CL-6WF) wrote:WWE clearly not happy with Zeke for some reason, I think it would have been better for Rhodes to get a PPV win over Zeke.

Would make more sense, either Zeke is released or broke the welness policy

nah just WWE's way of being confusing

Doubt the WWE want to put Zeke on Live TV