Smackdown – July 26, 2013: Well That Was Different
Smackdown
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July 26, 2013
Location: American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Texas
Commentators: Michael Cole, John Bradshaw Layfield
Opening sequence gets things going.
Randy Orton vs. Damien Sandow
A drop onto the barricade gets two for Randy but Sandow fires off shoulder in the corner to get a breather. Orton punches out of the corner and knocks Sandow to the apron. The Elevated DDT is countered with a guillotine on the top rope for two as we take a break. Back with Orton pounding down right hands in the corner but Sandow drapes him over the top rope for two. We hit a bodyscissors on Orton as we get an awkward audio edit. The fans sounded like they were chanting We Want Cody but it almost immediately turned into a Randy chant, only to go back to the Cody chant a few moments later.
Cody takes the briefcase with him.
Prime Time Players/Wade Barrett vs. Mark Henry/Usos
Rob Van Dam vs. Alberto Del Rio
Dolph keeps shrugging this off as AJ freaks out more and more. She goes to the floor and slaps the apron, only to walk into a spear from Kaitlyn. Langston goes to check on her and gets a Fameasser on the floor. This was different but I liked it for the most part. Ziggler shrugging off all the losses made sense given how replaceable all that stuff was.
Wyatt Family vs. Tons of Funk
Bray is in the rocking chair so this is Luke Harper/Erick Rowan doing the work. Harper goes right after Tensai to start but everything quickly breaks down. Brodus is sent to the floor so Rowan can drag Tensai across the ring by the chin. Harper hits his discus lariat on Tensai and a splash from Rowan is good for the pin at 1:03.
Christian vs. Jack Swagger
The rest of the show was entertaining and it was very nice to see the focus off the traditional stuff. Using Smackdown to develop these other characters and stories is a great use of the time and far more interesting than a Raw supplement. Good stuff this week and a different kind of show.
Results
Randy Orton b. Damien Sandow – RKO
Alberto Del Rio b. Rob Van Dam – Superkick
Wyatt Family b. Tons of Funk – Splash to Tensai
Christian b. Jack Swagger – Killswitch
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