Smackdown – January 25, 2013: For The First Time, I Really Want To See Punk vs. Rock
Smackdown
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January 25, 2013
Location: Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, California
Commentators: Josh Matthews, John Bradshaw Layfield
Rock is going to be here again tonight to address his attack by the Shield.
Sheamus vs. Wade Barrett
Why does WWE insist on giving us the same match six or seven times in as many weeks sometimes? They slug it out to start with Sheamus getting two off a clothesline. Wade comes back with a dropkick of all things for the same result and we head to the floor for a bit. As they come back in Sheamus loads up the forearms in the ropes but Wade comes back with a guillotine on the ropes and a big boot to send Sheamus to the floor.
Video on Rock being attacked by the Shield on Monday.
Heyman and Punk are here.
Natalya vs. Rosa Mendes
Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton
The Miz vs. Darren Young
Rumble By The Numbers. I love this.
30 superstars
1 winner
36 Hall of Famers who have competed in the Rumble
754 losing entrants
39 eliminations by Shawn Michaels, a record
35 eliminations by Kane, good for second place
13 consecutive Rumbles for Kane
11 eliminations by Kane in 2001
201,497lbs that has competed in the Rumble, or over 100 tons or 457 Big Shows
440,004 people that have attended the Rumble
62:12 that Rey Mysterio stayed in the 2006 Rumble, another record
3 wins for Austin, the most ever
2 seconds that Warlord lasted in 1989
1 second that Santino lasted in 2009
2 is the number of wins for both #1 and #30
4 is the number of wins for entrant #27, the most ever
58% of winners that win a world title at Wrestlemania
HELL NO/Alberto Del Rio vs. Big Show/Rhodes Scholars
Rating: C+. The countouts were a nice idea but having three of them was probably too much. It is good to have the guys in the title match square off before the title match though and having Del Rio get a countout win is probably the best thing they could have done. This was a pretty good idea although more of the tag teams interacting would have been nice.
Post match Big Show lays out Alberto and covers him with the announce table just like Alberto did to him. Show counts to ten in both English and Spanish for good measure to end the show.
Results
Sheamus b. Wade Barrett – Brogue Kick
Natalya b. Rosa Mendes – Sharpshooter
Randy Orton b. Drew McIntyre via DQ when Jinder Mahal interfered
The Miz b. Darren Young – Figure Four Leg Lock
HELL NO/Alberto Del Rio b. Rhodes Scholars/Big Show – Enziguri to Rhodes
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