Smackdown – February 22, 2013: If I Wanted To Watch Raw, I Would Watch Raw!
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February 22, 2013
Location: Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, Mississippi
Commentators: Josh Matthews, John Bradshaw Layfield
We open with a recap of Alberto keeping the title over Del Rio and Swagger winning the Chamber. We also get a clip from Raw with Rock unveiling the new title belt and Punk laying out Cena with the old one.
Sheamus vs. Damien Sandow
Video on Wrestlemania coming to New Orleans.
Video on the Shield and their dominance over the past few months.
Layla/Kaitlyn vs. Tamina Snuka/Aksana
Earlier today, Kaitlyn ran into Cody and said she likes his mustache. Layla and Aksana start with a dance off and Layla hits her in the face with her barely there shorts. Off to Kaitlyn for a chinlock but a Tamina distraction lets Aksana knock her to the floor. Back in and a side slam gets two for Aksana so she crawls over to Kaitlyn on all fours.
We get the ENTIRE Rock/Cena/Punk segment from Raw.
Randy Orton vs. Jack Swagger
Jack gets backdropped out to the floor as the mirroring of moves continues. Randy sends him ribs first into the barricade and they head back inside. Swagger hits a quick chop block and the Vader Bomb out of the corner for two. Josh talks about Smurfs for no apparent reason as Orton counters a suplex into one of his own. Swagger misses a charge into the post and Orton starts up his finishing sequence.
The replay shows Swagger had a foot on the bottom rope too.
The Miz vs. Cody Rhodes
Miz comes back with some shots to the ribs but Cody hits a knee to the head for two. Back to the arm hold by Rhodes for a bit until Miz fights up and hits a big boot to the face. Miz misses a charge into the corner and hits his shoulder again so Cody loads up the Alabama Slam. Miz slides out though and trips Cody down. The Figure Four (a decent one too) gets the submission for Miz at 3:54.
Wade Barrett vs. Alberto Del Rio
The tilt-a-whirl backbreaker hits Barrett and Del Rio is all fired up. He hits the low superkick for two as we keep cutting back to Swagger and Colter. Alberto gets a running start but charges into the Winds of Change for two. Wasteland is countered and Del Rio sends him into the corner for a Backstabber, getting two. Swagger starts coming down the aisle and Barrett uses the distraction to get a fast rollup with a handful of trunks for two. I thought that was it. A big boot puts Alberto down but the Bull Hammer misses. The cross armbreaker goes on and Barrett taps out at 8:46 shown of 12:16.
Swagger and Del Rio stare at each other to end the show.
Results
Sheamus b. Damien Sandow – Brogue Kick
Layla/Kaitlyn b. Tamina Snuka/Aksana
Jack Swagger b. Randy Orton – Rollup
The Miz b. Cody Rhodes – Figure Four
Alberto Del Rio b. Wade Barrett – Cross Armbreaker
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