Smackdown Spoilers for Friday 23rd December

The following was taped on Tuesday, December 20 in Richmond, Virginia:

WWE Smackdown for December 23:

* Teddy Long announced that Big Show would take on Mark Henry. The winner would earn a shot at Daniel Bryan's World Heavyweight Championship.

* WWE United States Champion Zack Ryder def. WWE Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes in a non-title match. Ryder won after Rhodes was distracted by Booker T singing, "Cody The Red Nosed Reindeer."

* David Otunga came out to the ring, and he announced that the Big Show/Mark Henry match was off due to Henry not being medically cleared to compete. Otunga said it had to do with blood pressure issues. Big Show gave him the WMD.

* Sheamus def. The Miz. Before the match, The Miz made an open challenge to anyone on the Smackdown roster.

* Wade Barrett came out, and he cut a promo on Randy Orton. Orton came out, and he chased Barrett backstage.

* Kofi Kingston def. Primo.

* Daniel Bryan vs. Dolph Ziggler went to a No Contest after Big Show and Jack Swagger interfered. Teddy Long made this a tag team match.

* Daniel Bryan and Big Show def. Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger via Submission.

Dark Match Main Event:

* Randy Orton def. The Miz with Booker T as the guest referee.

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Thoughts? At least Daniel Bryan's World Heavyweight Title reign is longer than Christian's first one!

His match (before being interrupted) w Ziggler is meant to be really top quality.

If that is true, then maybe it won't be Punk v Ziggler, but Bryan v Ziggler? It would be fantastic if that is true, although I always thought it would be two different wrestlers possibly competing for the WHC. How things change...

Are the WM matches becoming clearer?

Kane v Undertaker
Punk v Jericho
Rock v Cena
Bryan v Ziggler.......

There are a few big hitters that could still get involved. This is hope beyond hope, because I don't expect Bryan to hold the title for any length of time.

But if the match was that good..........

As for the Smackdown results, Cody looks like he is straddled with Booker T for a while yet. And I hope Ryder doesn't need too many interferences to win his matches. I don't want him to become a comedy champion.

And Show v Henry rolls on and on like a giant wrecking ball of bile; with one of them limping obviously.

I can see Cody Rhodes vs Booker T at mania. Its getting another top name to perform at the grandest stage of them all. It will do Cody no harm getting a clean win over Booker and setting up a good 2012 for him. To keep the feud fresh going into Mania i would have Cody brutally attack Booker i.e after being thrown out of the rumble and have Booker return at the Chamber costing Cody his chance.

Anyone see a Big Show heel turn ? Depending on how long Henry is out for

Wade Barret did a fantastic promo in my view. I for one would love to see him win the rumble.

They need to sort Sheamus out at the moment. Its getting boring the same old thing. I dont know who said it but i love the idea of him doing the cena sort of role if we get a Cena heel turn after Mania.

All in all decent Smackdown.

Merry Christmas to everyone

I used to watch SD online every Friday morning but since I've been off the booze I've watched it on SKY and I've saw the same CM Punk/Undertaker match in 4 of the last six shows in those from the vaults

I think a Big Show heel turn is on the cards, you can tell by the way Micheal Cole backs him up now. They are obviously planning it.

Wade Barret did do a good promo, but all the momentum he gained from Raw was kind of lost, with the way they had Orton RKO him on a car.

Well Sheamus win over Miz was a statement from WWE, that Sheamus will be back in the main event picture soon. Theyve had him on a hot streak for a while, I dont remember the last time he was beaten, though he had generally been dominating mid card jobbers. So beating the Miz cleanly should put him near the front of the line for a title shot. I think he is also a possible rumble winner.

Rumours are that either Daniel Bryan or Big Show will turn heel. I would rather see Big Show turn heel and allow Sheamus a root back into the main event as at the moment he is stuck in limbo because of Christian's heel turn. Turning Bryan heel wouldn't help anybody.

Wade Barrett needs to beat Randy Orton otherwise he'll fail to get properly over. I just don't understand WWE creative at the moment, Orton does not need protecting. After losing to Barrett it wouldn't take a lot to build him back up again, but if Barrett loses it will take over a year to try and build him up again properly.

DDT wrote:Well Sheamus win over Miz was a statement from WWE, that Sheamus will be back in the main event picture soon.

It's pretty obvious that they want to push him to the top of the card, it's just a shame Christian got injured because he doesn't really have anyone to feud with at the moment.