Smackdown Results (Spoilers)

Tonight's WWE Super SmackDown special opens with a shot of downtown Charlotte and they have snow falling on the screen. We go to the arena and snow is falling there also as Mick Foley makes his way out dressed as Santa Claus. Foley talks about how he's a huge fan of Christmas and points out we're still 4 weeks away. Foley talks about tonight's World Heavyweight Title match in the steel cage. Foley also announces a Street Fight and a Battle Royal. The winner of the Battle Royal will get their special wish granted by Santa. Foley says he promised no Michael Cole tonight but Cole's legal team got him on the show. Foley brings out Michael Cole and he's dressed as Rudolph the Reindeer. Cole isn't happy and runs his mouth on the way to the ring.

Cole joins the announcer table and we see Josh Matthews dressed as an elf. Foley brings out Booker T next and he's dressed as Santa Claus also. Foley talks Booker into doing a Spin-a-rooni. Foley plays some cheesy music and Booker Claus does the Spin-a-rooni. Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes comes out to the stage. Cody rips into Booker and says he's taking time away from someone like him who still has the skills to compete. Booker says he doesn't know what Cody's problem is but he has no beef with him. Booker says he doesn't want to fight Cody either but he can still handle his business in the ring. Cody shows off his title and says Booker will never be champion again. Foley speaks up and tells Cody not to disrespect a Legend. Foley is proud to call Booker a friend. Foley calls Booker a 5 time WCW Champion and says Cody is interrupting his enjoying the holidays. Foley proposes Booker vs. Cody tonight. Cody says he's looking forward to it but Booker looks a little hesitant. Booker agrees. Foley has a party to get back to in the back but introduces the Divas.

Mistletoe Match

The Bella Twins, Tamina, Natalya, Kelly Kelly, Rosa Mendes, Alicia Fox, Kaitlyn, Aksana and some other Divas make their way out to the ring as we go to commercial.

Back from the break and Foley is on the stage. He announces this is a Mistletoe match and the winner gets a title shot it sounds like. The winner has to climb the pole and grab the mistletoe to win. The bell rings and all the Divas go at it. The end comes when Brie Bella hits her sister Nikki and climbs up on her back to grab the mistletoe.

Winner: Brie Bella

- Foley comes back out and says the winner does not get a title shot. They get the chance to give a kiss to any Superstar of their choice between now and Christmas.

Justin Gabriel vs. Jinder Mahal

Back from the break and Justin Gabriel is in the ring. Jinder Mahal comes out and rips into the fans for celebrating Christmas. The bell rings and they go at it. Mahal takes control early on and works Gabriel over. Mahal spears Gabriel in the corner and whips him across the ring. Ted DiBiase's music hits and out he comes in a Santa hat with a Santa bag. Ted starts handing out gifts to the fans. Mahal runs his mouth to Ted. He turns around to a kick from Gabriel. Gabriel slams Jinder and goes to the top for the 450. Gabriel nails it for the win.

Winner: Justin Gabriel

- We go backstage where Mick Foley is making the rounds at the Christmas party. Roddy Piper is there. Dusty Rhodes walks in and talks with Hornswoggle. Dusty turns around and Goldust is there. Piper is telling Johnny Curtis to spike someone's drink with eye drops if he has a problem with them. David Otunga walks up and advises against it. Otunga has a message from John Laurinaitis and wants everyone to shut the party down. Foley books Otunga in the Miracle on 34th Street Fight. And his opponent is... Randy Orton. Otunga looks worried as we go to commercial.

- We get more hype for Booker T vs. Cody Rhodes. Matt Striker is backstage with Booker. He goes to speak but Cody Rhodes attacks him from behind with the Intercontinental Title. Cody hits Booker again and walks off as a referee tends to Booker. Back to commercial.

Kofi Kingston vs. Tyson Kidd

Back from the break and Tyson Kidd is in the ring while Kofi Kingston makes his entrance. Cole announces that Rhodes vs. Booker T will not happen tonight because of the attack from Rhodes. The bell rings and they go at it. Kofi with offense early on. Tyson knocks him out of the corner and dropkicks him for a 2 count. Kidd keeps in control and stops Kofi from making a comeback.

Kofi comes back with forearm shots and a big dropkick. Kofi with the leaping forearm and the Boom Drop. Kofi goes for Trouble in Paradise but Kidd rolls out of the ring. Kofi follows. Kofi ducks a clothesline and dropkicks Kidd on the floor. Kofi goes over to Michael Cole and tells him to take the reindeer suit off because he looks ridiculous. Kofi turns around to a shot from Kidd. Kofi rocks Kidd into the apron and rolls him in the ring. Kofi goes to the top with Cole's reindeer hat and nose on. Kofi the reindeer hits a big crossbody from the top for the win.

Winner: Kofi Kingston

- We go backstage to the Christmas party. Kaitlyn suggests Hornswoggle ask Santa if he can be a little bit taller. Sheamus and Teddy Long talk about tonight's All I Want for Christmas Battle Royal. Sheamus wants to know what the winner gets but Teddy doesn't know. Aksana walks up and Teddy asks Sheamus to excuse them. Teddy and Aksana talk about the Christmas party. She hangs mistletoe over his head. He tells her to do what comes natural. She doesn't kiss him... instead she eats a piece of the mistletoe and says it tickled her throat. They leave together and that's it.

- We see Randy Orton walking backstage to the Miracle on 34th Street Fight. Back to commercial.

Miracle on 34th Street Fight: Randy Orton vs. David Otunga

Back from the break and out comes Randy Orton followed by David Otunga. The bell rings and Orton applies a headlock. Orton drops Otunga with a shoulder but gets kicked in the gut. Orton kicks Otunga in the head and clotheslines him out to the floor. Orton works Otunga over on the floor now and throws him into one of the Christmas trees at ringside. Orton throws Otunga into another tree as the crowd cheers him on.

Otunga rams Orton back into the apron. Orton takes a pan of Christmas cookies and hits Otunga with it. He wraps a wreath around Otunga's head and continues the assault. Otunga turns it around and suplexes Orton on the floor. Otunga swings a kendo stick wrapped like a candy cane but Orton tackles him and takes back the fight on the floor. Orton beats Otunga around the floor and up the ramp. Orton throws a huge box wrapped as a present and knocks Otunga down. Orton takes Otunga up the ramp where several Christmas trees are setup and throws him into them. Orton brings it back to the ring and hits the draping DDT from the apron down to the floor outside the ring. Orton gets up but Wade Barrett runs down and attacks from behind. Barrett shoves Orton into the ring post and drops him with a big boot. Barrett brings Orton in the ring and throws Otunga in. Barrett walks off as Otunga pins Orton but he kicks out at 2. Otunga stomps away in the corner now.

Otunga with shoulder thrusts in the corner now. Orton fights him off and hits a pair of clotheslines followed by the scoop slam. Orton nails the RKO for the win.

Winner: Randy Orton

- Teddy Long walks in on Mark Henry backstage and asks him if he's in the Christmas spirit. Henry gets peed and blames everything on Teddy. Henry says he will take care of Big Show at TLC but tonight will destroy Daniel Bryan. Henry says he is in the spirit of giving and will give Bryan a beating tonight. Henry tells Teddy to get out of his face and Teddy does.

- We see footage from last week of Daniel Bryan attempting to cash in. More hype for tonight's main event as we go to commercial.

All I Want for Christmas Battle Royal

Back from commercial and several Superstars are in the ring. Hunico comes out next followed by Sheamus to a big pop. Hornswoggle is out next and apparently he is competing in the match. Hornswoggle goes under the ring as the match begins. Sheamus eliminates Darren Young and one of the Usos. JTG is also eliminated and others.

Sheamus and Ezekiel Jackson have words and start brawling in the middle of the ring. Zeke charges but Sheamus dumps him over the top. Johnny Curtis is tossed by Sheamus next. Kofi eliminates the other Uso. Kofi is eliminated next as is Yoshi Tatsu. Tyson eliminates Ted DiBiase. Hornswoggle comes from under the ring and eliminates Tyson. Back to commercial.

Back from the break and we're down to 7 Superstars. Jinder eliminates Gabriel. Titus shows off and gets eliminated by Sheamus. Sheamus turns around to an attack from Heath Slater and Jinder while Hunico goes at it with Tyler Reks. Sheamus unloads on all three but gets attacked by Reks from behind. Sheamus tackles Reks. Reks crawls under the bottom rope and they fight on the floor. The other three follow and they beat Sheamus down outside of the ring. The 4 heels get back in the ring and Mahal's mouth is busted open. They all motion under the ring where Hornswoggle is. They go crawling under the ring and out comes Hornswoggle. Mahal throws him in the ring and they surround him. Slater throws Hornswoggle to the mat as does Hunico. They start kicking Hornswoggle around and mocking him. Mahal grabs Hornswoggle's feet as Reks grabs his arms. They swing him to toss him but Sheamus makes the save. Out goes Reks, followed by Hunico and then Mahal. Sheamus Brogue Kicks Slater over the top. It's down to Sheamus and Hornswoggle. Hornswoggle tells Sheamus to bring it on. Sheamus smiles and tells Hornswoggle to go over the top rope but he won't. Hornswoggle tries to hit Sheamus but he's not having it. Sheamus picks Hornswoggle up and tries to set him over the top rope. Horny just hangs on to the top rope with his feet and legs. Sheamus tries nicely to eliminate Hornswoggle but he won't go. Sheamus tells Horny one more time to get off the apron and eliminate himself. They discuss it on the apron. Hornswoggle wants a hug and when he gets it, he pushes Sheamus off the apron to win.

Winner: Hornswoggle

- After the match, Sheamus comes back in the ring and corners Hornswoggle. Sheamus reconsiders and raises Hornswoggle's arm. Sheamus puts Horny up on his shoulders and congratulates him. Sheamus heads up the ramp as Horny continues his celebration.

- We get a plug for the SyFy miniseries Neverland. Cole shows us footage of the four-way on SmackDown last Friday where Daniel Bryan became the #1 contender. More hype for tonight's main event as we go back to commercial.

- Back from the break and The Bellas are talking to Ricardo Rodriguez at the Christmas party. Piper and Dusty are also chatting. Foley Claus walks up and talks with Hornswoggle about what he wants. Sheamus walks up and says Hornswoggle wants the ability to talk. Foley hugs Hornswoggle and he starts talking normal. Horny is super excited about being able to talk. Foley appears in his Cactus Jack shirt and they imply that the real Santa Claus was here.

- Daniel Bryan is warming up when AJ Lee walks up and wishes him good luck. She kisses him before walking off. Matt Striker walks up for pre-match comments. Bryan say sooner or later, everyone taps. Tonight, his dream becomes a reality. Bryan grabs the briefcase and walks off as the cage is lowered from the ceiling. Back to commercial.

Steel Cage Match for the World Heavyweight Title: Daniel Bryan vs. Mark Henry

Back from commercial and out first comes Daniel Bryan. Mark Henry is out next and his ankle is wrapped. We get formal ring introductions and then the bell. Bryan immediately tries to climb the cage but Henry stops him. Bryan goes for it again but can't make it up. Henry takes control but Bryan goes for his leg. Henry lays Bryan out as we go to commercial.

Back from the break and Henry is still in control. During the break, Henry used the ropes to slingshot Bryan into the cage wall. Henry keeps Bryan grounded on the mat now. Bryan tries to come back but Henry stops him. Henry tries to leave through the cage door but Bryan stops him. Henry turns around and levels Bryan with a clothesline. Henry with a 2 count. Henry goes for the door again but Bryan grabs his leg. Bryan takes Henry off his feet and stomps away on the injured ankle.

Bryan climbs the cage but Henry pulls him down onto the top rope. Henry with another big clothesline. The cage door is shut again as Henry continues to control Bryan but favor his injured ankle. Henry goes for a slam but Bryan slides out and takes the leg out again. Bryan locks in the LaBell Lock but Henry fights out. Henry goes for a powerbomb but his ankle goes out. Bryan applies the ankle lock on Henry. Henry rolls through and kicks Bryan across the ring. Bryan climbs the cage again but Henry pulls him down. Henry climbs the cage now but Bryan stops him in the corner. Bryan climbs up over Henry's back and makes it to the top of the cage. Henry pulls Bryan back down by his arm and they go at it on the top rope. Bryan tries to hurricanrana Henry but Henry goes for a powerbomb. Bryan uses that to make it back to the top of the cage. Henry pulls him back to the top rope and hits some headbutts. Henry hits a World's Strongest Slam from the top rope for the win.

Winner: Mark Henry

- SmackDown goes off the air with Henry holding the World Heavyweight Title.

For once I am glad that I read the spoilers instead of actually watching...

I thought it was a decent Smackdown, Looks like Booker T will fight Cody Rhodes in TLC. it was a funny scene to see Dusty Rhodes and Goldust in a little sketch there haha. The Randy Orton match was Otunga was actually not bad but thats because Otunga received most of the beating lol. Seemed a little Strange Big Show wasn't there on smackdown though.

No star power what so ever, that's what SD screamed to me, at least when it's taped you know what to expect but being live when no-one was there to get the crowd going kt just felt very vanilla

the-gaffer wrote:No star power what so ever, that's what SD screamed to me, at least when it's taped you know what to expect but being live when no-one was there to get the crowd going kt just felt very vanilla

Totally agree gaffer, recorded it but it failed and thank goodness for that. Poor booking if you ask me. First street fight in a long time on one of the branded shows: Randy Orton...sounding good so far...vs....Otunga. WOW. Cage match sounded alright, good to see Bryan inflicting some pain on Henry and only getting pinned by a monster WSS. Whats your view on a Rhodes vs Booker feud or match. Doesn't really appeal to me, I think i'm in the majority who like Booker T as an announcer (Probably because he is so crap that I find him funny) and I think the banter on the Smackdown announce table is actually quite good. But why now? Rhodes on the way up and he fights a retired announcer? I think Rhodes is being poorly booker IMO what do you think?

Fairly ok Smackdown. I did expect it to be a little better if im hounisit

Cody Rhodes we coming for you Nigga ! Is the line i think everyone is thinking. Should be good to see Booker back in the ring. Both matches i have seen him in in 2011 he has look like he still has it. That being the royal rumble and a match after Tough Enough final against Jack Swagger on Raw.

I found it quite funny when Orton was just beating the heck out of Otunga. Looks like Orton vs Barret at TLC.

Hornswoggle talks

Good cage match. Im happy Henry won now at TLC he should beat Big Show only for D Bryan to cash in after. D Bryan wins the rematch on Smackdown and hopefully will face Barret at the Rumble.

I am actually for a Rhodes vs Booker feaud.

Look to the Rumble and you see he is is still in great shape and I reckon he can still go. He is also a future hall of famer, multiple tag team champion, won a fair few mid card titles and is a 5 WCW Champion and 1 time World Champion.

He is a big name for Cody to go over and one who they can have Cody come out on top of seeing as Book is semi retired. Barrett and Orton are going for each other, Big Show and Henry are still in a feud which leaves only Sheamus and Bryan both of who the WWE are trying to push as well.

Rhodes will benefit more from beating a name like Booker T than he would if he were to face Sheamus or Bryan who I reckon would be booked to come out on top.

For a live Smackdown I would have expected so much better, if they are serious about moving it to Tuesdays this kind of garbage can't be churned out regularly. Once ok, but this sounds like a joke to me.

I'm glad Booker T is going to be used more on screen too, looking at SD you can see it lacks star quality, at least he's a recognised 6 time World Champion, he's still in great shape and can still go in the ring, he has presence and an instantly recognisable look and theme, he adds much needed credibilty to SD and Cody will be better feuding with him than someone like Zack Ryder

Glad we're in agreement Gaff, for Rhodes to progress into the main event mix he has to face and beat names like Book who have been there and done it all. It should be a very enjoyable feud of the young up and comer vs the experienced pro, the promo's will be great and personally I am a massive Rhodes and Booker fan, I have missed seeing Book in the ring doing what he does best.

With him coming away from commentary maybe they could promote Regal up? I really rate his commentary and I would like to see him take over on Raw when King finally calls it a day.

Sounds like the only good thing was Bryan starting to use the sooner or later line. Think ewe trademarked this 6+ months ago.

Although he had the labell lock and ankle lock on and didn't get the tap, perhaps the storyline will develop along him using cattle mutilation on people, is their anybody who has never tapped to put him over?

Ent wrote:Sounds like the only good thing was Bryan starting to use the sooner or later line. Think ewe trademarked this 6+ months ago.

Although he had the labell lock and ankle lock on and didn't get the tap, perhaps the storyline will develop along him using cattle mutilation on people, is their anybody who has never tapped to put him over?

Cena? Don't hold your breath on Bryan getting Cena to tap though.

robbo277 wrote:

Ent wrote:Sounds like the only good thing was Bryan starting to use the sooner or later line. Think ewe trademarked this 6+ months ago.

Although he had the labell lock and ankle lock on and didn't get the tap, perhaps the storyline will develop along him using cattle mutilation on people, is their anybody who has never tapped to put him over?

Cena? Don't hold your breath on Bryan getting Cena to tap though.

I wouldn't expect the face of the company to tap, unless a similar level star emerges.

Would be a he'll of a storyline though and a massive push for someone to do it- walking into a ppv main event with the commentators pushing just how dangerous he is, the only man to make cena tap.

Made the decision to plus this & what a bad one it was. Didn't think last nights viewing could get any worse after seeing Utd knocked out by Palace but Smackdown trumped it.

1st this show was broadcast on Nov 29th so why all the Christmas stuff? Was this the best think creative could come up with to get 'St Mick' involved? Them backstage segments were dross.... Rhodes Booker T feud advancing was ok that was it, what happened to the intensity Bryan showed in Monday's promo?

Won't be bothering with Smackdown for a while after that

Bryan needs to get shot of AJ for a start, next time she tries talking to him he should slap the LeBell Lock on her.

I thought he did a really good job on Monday with his promo and particularly when he walked up the ramp towards Mark Henry shouting "I CAN'T BEAT YOU?!?" then kicked him in the leg and walked offstage. It made him look totally badass.

Hopefully they can develop that further over the coming weeks and months so that come Wrestlemania (if he cashes in there) he'll be viewed as being ready and not someone way out of his depth.

SmackDown! has been decent for a while, it's always decent to be honest but it just felt like it totally bombed on Tuesday, the main event was the saving grace for me, I thought AmDrag told a brilliant story

In total agreement with Brady over Foley, it was way way too early to roll out Santa, particularly on a show that doesn't do live broadcasts often, they could have used Foley so much better from a visual and booking point of view, that was about 15 minutes that could have been so much better, all because they wanted to push a Cody/Booker feud, that could have been done without all the un-entertaining BS, Foley opens the show, talks about how guys like Edge and Orton enticed him back in the ring, and then they can do an in ring interview with Book and Rhodes, hell Piper was their, even just do another Pipers Pit since the one the night before was considered a fantastic success

Then the whole Diva's mistletoe on a pole match...jeez, any 'insert-name-on-a-pole' match and yo just know it's going to be awful, why would any 'diva' need a freebie to kiss someone? They should be beautiful enough where people would kill to get a kiss off them, Nattie should have won though, shes the one who has a problem with Barbie type diva's, at least her with the mistletoe could have seen her conflicted, she wants to be the big strong girl but she secretly wants to be a beautiful diva too, but nah, they gave it to a twin, hot twins at that, who would only kiss them under the mistletoe? Unless Bree gets tongue deep in Nikki then that was another time waster

The whole battle royal was a joke, most people like Battle Royal's, especially when there is a 'winner gets what he wants' gimmick attached to it, to waste all that time for a stupid Hornswoggle segment was pointless, again, there was plenty of ways to make Hornswoggle talk without making Sheamus and anyone else in that Battle Royal look ridiculous, after he won it felt like a baffling waste lf time

Why was Barrett not in a match or a big segment? He is on a major push and people seem to like him on the mic, he'd be one you'd expect to have a decent part in the show.

Where was Big Show? He's been a big part of SD! since he came back and was a big factor in the shows Main Event, it was his punch that allowed Bryan to take advantage and he was facing the winner at TLC, surely his pressence was needed, even if it just meant making it look more possible that Bryan could win

If the point in the show was to make SD! look inferior to RAW then i'd say job done, they just seemed totally unprepared for a live show which was disappointing

I think you covered most of the ridiculous stuff Gaff but what about Kofi stealing Coles headgear? How pathetic was that?

That was something else I didn't get, if he put it on Tyson Kidd then hit him with Thunder in Paradise I'd have thought it was a cool spot, making your opponent look ridiculous whilst imparing his vision and hitting him with your finisher makes sense and is rather badass, it just felt like the whole show apart from the main event was for five year olds

Saw Smackdown this morning & from what talent was there I thought it was an ok show. Liked the theme even though there was like 4 weeks untill Christmas but thought it was a different choice of matches. As said before the whole show lacked star power and really makes me wonder that if your advertising it live, and they're all being called super shows, where were some of the guys from RAW?

I've seen some of you question why Rhodes is going into a feud with Booker, I just think it will be a short term thing to get Rhodes over a "big name" which hopefully will mean he will be going for the big one next time.

You could just tell it had RAW's grubby little finger prints all over it, SD is usually booked well with plenty logic, the complete opposite of Tuesday's show

the-gaffer wrote:You could just tell it had RAW's grubby little finger prints all over it, SD is usually booked well with plenty logic, the complete opposite of Tuesday's show

Agree totally wrestling was secondary to comedy. Why though? Did Vince feel the need to write the show because it was live?

I've really got no idea, it looks that way though, it just seems like it was filled with all the crap that ended up on the RAW cutting room floor

I've just got round to watching it and I think that is the first time in months that I have watched an episode of Smackdown and felt disappointed afterwards. It was absolutely dreadful.

No Barrett, No Big Show and they are two of the guys being used the most in several weeks. I am baffled to say the least. And don't get me started on Hornswoggle. Really?