Smackdown – June 29, 2012: Raw Is Still On Monday Right?
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June 29, 2012
Location: Ford Center, Evansville, Indiana
Commentators: Michael Cole, Booker T, Josh Matthews
Do You Know Your Enemy? Mine is yet again this heat wave. Four straight days of over 100 degrees in Kentucky? That needs to be destroyed.
We open with a recap of the triple threat elimination match from Raw.
AJ vs. Layla
Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Zach Ryder vs. Damien Sandow
Summerslam hype video.
Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Jack Swagger vs. Tyson Kidd
We get the McMahon in the hospital moment AGAIN.
We recap the mess that was the contract on the pole match from Monday.
Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Christian/Santino Marella vs. Cody Rhodes/David Otunga
Off to Otunga vs. Marella with the champion hitting his usual stuff. He loads up the Cobra but Cody pulls Otunga to the floor before Santino can cover. Rhodes comes in legally and gets a few two counts before throwing the Cobra sock to the floor. Otunga comes in and drops an elbow for two, followed by a modified camel clutch.
Santino suplexes his way out of it and tags in Christian who cleans house. A flapjack and jumping back elbow to Cody look to set up the Killswitch but Cody escapes. Another attempt is countered but the reverse DDT connects. Otunga breaks up the spear but heel miscommunicatio lets Christian spear Otunga down for the pin at 6:23.
Rating: C-. This was fine and we have a warm body and a comedy character into the match now. To be fair, either team could have won and the results would have been about the same. Otunga is just barely above being a comedy character anyway and Cody and Christian probably have about the same chance to win the case. This was fine but nothing great at all.
Time to waste another minute and a half by talking about This Is Your Life Rock.
Dan Barone/Brendan Burke vs. Ryback
The Raw ReBound is about the ending and the MITB match.
Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Justin Gabriel vs. Tensai
The THIRD Raw Moment of the night is HHH returning from his quad injury in 2002.
Smackdown World Title: Alberto Del Rio vs. Sheamus vs. Dolph Ziggler
Ziggler tries to jump Sheamus and gets glared at. Sheamus chases him around the ring and runs over Del Rio on the way back in. Del Rio hits the DDT on the arm to take over and hooks an armbar. Sheamus gets sent to the floor and Ziggler follows him out, beating up both guys on the floor. He covers Alberto for two in the ring and dropkicks Sheamus to the floor again.
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