Smackdown – February 1, 2013: I Can’t Believe It But Del Rio Is Awesome
I won’t be home on time tonight so this is the Smackdown review early. This contains full spoilers so be forewarned.
Smackdown
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February 1, 2013
Location: Valley View Casino Center, San Diego, California
Commentators: Josh Matthews, John Bradshaw Layfield
Del Rio is pacing in the parking lot with a ball bat in hand, apparently waiting for Big Show.
Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara vs. HELL NO
Great Khali vs. Jinder Mahal
This is fallout from Raw. Khali chops him a lot to start but Mahal takes him down and hooks a front facelock. That goes about as well as you would expect on a guy like Khali as Mahal is thrown off. Slater and Horny chase each other around as Khali hits the Punjabi Plunge for the pin at 1:52.
Teddy tells Booker that he brought Swagger back. The Rhodes Scholars interrupt the conversation and talk about splitting up the team. Sandow quotes some French author and the Scholars hug. The end result of this is Sheamus vs. Sandow.
We recap the ending of Raw from Monday and see an exclusive of Vince being taken away on a stretcher.
Now we recap the end of the Rumble.
Sheamus vs. Damien Sandow
Sandow immediately bails to the floor but gets run over from behind by Sheamus. Back in and Damien gets in some stomps and a choke with the knee as Sheamus is in a bit of trouble. A Russian legsweep sets up the Wind-Up Elbow for one. Sheamus starts firing back but Sandow pounds on him in the corner to take over in a surprising comeback. The real comeback by Sheamus starts with the usual and even though Sandow escapes White Noise, he gets caught in the ten forearms in the ropes. Not that any of it matters though as Shield comes out for the DQ at 3:00 or so. No rating due to length but the match was ok.
Sheamus hits the Brogue Kick on Rollins as he comes in but Ambrose trips him up and the Irishman is beaten down. Rollins gets back in and the TripleBomb hits.
Wade Barrett vs. Randy Orton
Barrett puts him in the ropes for his running boot to the face but it only gets two. Off to a chinlock but Orton snap mares out of it. Here come the clotheslines and powerslam but Barrett heads to the floor. Barrett loads up the Bull Hammer but it hits the post in a wince inducing miss. Back in and the Elevated DDT hits, setting up the RKO for the clean pin at 4:04.
Post break Barrett gets in a fight backstage with Bo Dallas.
Kofi Kingston vs. Jack Swagger
We recap Punk challenging Rock to a rematch.
Dolph Ziggler vs. Alberto Del Rio
They slug it out and Ziggler misses a splash in the corner. Del Rio fires off more kicks and a low superkick gets two. The cross armbreaker is escaped though and a Fameasser gets two for Dolph. Ziggler misses a charge into the corner and Alberto pounds away on the back before hitting a Backstabber for two. The champion goes up again but jumps into a dropkick for a VERY close two. Out of nowhere Alberto counters the Zig Zag into the armbreaker for the tap out at 10:08 shown of 13:38.
To the shock of no one, Big Show has Ricardo by the neck and knocks him out after yelling at Del Rio. Alberto sprints to the back to be with his buddy as the show ends.
Results
Sin Cara/Rey Mysterio b. HELL NO – Top rope splash to Bryan
Great Khali b. Jinder Mahal – Punjabi Plunge
Damien Sandow vs. Sheamus went to a no contest when Shield interfered
Randy Orton b. Wade Barrett – RKO
Jack Swagger b. Kofi Kingston – Ankle Lock
Alberto Del Rio b. Dolph Ziggler – Cross Armbreaker
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