411’s WWE Smackdown Report 8.29.14

Welcome to 411’s WWE Smackdown Report 8.29.14

Match times are not exact.

We get some highlights from Raw, featuring Rollins, Reigns and Kane.

Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt w/Harper and Rowan
Lock up to begin, stalemate center ring, so Wyatt fires away with rights. Reigns with rights of his own, to the corner and follows with more rights. Wyatt is able to recover, whips him to the corner, but Reigns rebounds with a clothesline. Reigns sent to the floor, gets distracted by the goons, allowing Wyatt to send him off the apron and to the floor the hard way. Wyatt to the floor and connects with a clothesline to maintain control. Wyatt rolls him back into the ring, and Wyatt covers for 2. Wyatt with a rear chinlock, Reigns tries to power to his feet, does and rights to Wyatt gets the separation. Boots by Wyatt and he takes Reigns back down. Wyatt monologs, allowing Reigns to fight back with rights and elbows. Samoan drop try, countered, and Wyatt wipes him out with the charging cross body. Running senton by Wyatt gets 2. Wyatt to the second rope, Reigns up and cuts him off and connects with the Samoan drop and covers for 2. Corner clothesline by Reigns, to the floor and avoids Harper and hits the running dropkick. The goons attack for the DQ.

OFFICIAL RESULT

: Roman Reigns @ 4:32 via DQ

Mark Henry and Big Show appear and work over Harper and Wyatt. Reigns with the Superman punch to Harper and the faces clear the ring.

You know what this means…

Commentary officially welcomes up to the show and runs down what we’ll see tonight.

Seth Rollins vs. RVD
Lock up, Rollins looks to take control as they go to the corner. RVD back with the thrust kick off the ropes, but Rollins hits a dropkick and RVD is down. Rollins with the slam to RVD and a cover gets 2. To the corner, and RVD hits hard and drops as Rollins mocks the RVD pose. Chinlock by Rollins, RVD fights to his feet, takes RVD to the corner, but eats a kick by RVD. Clotheslines by RVD, rolling thunder misses as Rollins rolls out of the way. RVD avoids the curb stomp and lands a spin kick to Rollins. Up top, RVD MISSES the frog splash. Enziguri by Rollins follows, and a cover gets 2. Rollins heads up top, but RVD cuts him off with a kick and then rights. RVD up with Rollins, rights follow and tries a superplex. Rollins rakes the eyes; sunset flip into the buckle bomb connects for Rollins. Rollins then hits another buckle bomb, and then finishes things with the curb stomp.

OFFICIAL RESULT

: Seth Rollins @ 4:35 via pin

We see most of Raw’s big interview segment with the Bella twins.

Non-Title Match: Paige © vs. Emma
Paige slams Emma down right away and skips around. Emma with a roll up for 2. Paige gets pissed and works over Emma, but Emma with a boot to the face and kick follows. Emma up top, but Paige pulls her off and makes her regret that decision. Scorpion cross lock and that is all.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Paige @ 1:00 via pin

AJ skips her way out with some chocolates in a heart shaped box for Paige. AJ creepily smiles at Paige, and says that every day in a special day and you should show your friends that you love them. She offers Paige some chocolates, but she refuses. AJ reminds her that they were friends and that Paige loved her. Paige doesn’t appear impressed and AJ demands that she eats one. Paige takes one and eats it, or so it seems, because she spit it back into the box and left. How dare she do something so mean to AJ. Paige skips away as AJ eats chocolate.

Lana cuts a promo, mocking the crowd and praising Putin.

Submission Match: Rusev w/Lana vs. Jack Swagger
Swagger gets the ankle lock early, but Rusev escapes to the ropes and to the floor. Rusev sells the ankle, and they brawl to the floor. Rusev battles back, slamming Swagger to the barricade a few times.

~Commercial Break~
Back from commercial as Rusev is in control, working the ribs of Swagger. Swagger to the floor, Rusev with kicks, but Swagger catches him with the ankle lock again on the floor. Rusev tries to crawl into the ring and does to escape. Back into the ring, Swagger in control and works the bad leg of Rusev in the ropes. A big boot follows, and then the Swagger bomb follows, but it hurt Swagger’s ribs. Rusev then applies the ankle lock, Swagger counters and reverses into another ankle lock. Rusev fights, gets the ropes but Swagger pulls him back into the center of the ring. Kicks by Rusev follows, Swagger misses the chop block and eats a superkick by Rusev. Rusev applies the accolade, and Swagger tries to fight for the ropes. Swagger fighting for all he’s worth, and finally gets the ropes. Lana demands that Rusev finish Swagger, so he drags him back center ring and applies the accolade again. Swagger again tries to fight out, but a towel is thrown in to distract the ref. This allows Bo Dallas to trip up Swagger, who was about to escape the accolade, and Swagger then has to tap to Rusev.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Rusev @ 8:35 via submission

Rusev and Lana celebrate in front of the giant Russian flag.

Dallas said it was a tough loss, and that he just saved Swagger from further embarrassment. He wouldn’t have tossed in the towel if Swagger had just BO-lieved. He then hit the BO-dog on Swagger, and posed victoriously.

Miz discussed a deal with his agent on the phone. He noted that Reigns already had a match, so they wouldn’t be having a trilogy fight tonight. Kane then appeared and ended Miz’s call, noting that he is booked in a match tonight, with Sheamus. Kane then added, “love your work Miz, big fan!”

Goldust apologized pre-match for their actions on Raw, noting that the tag titles mean a lot to them and that they lost their cool. That seemed legit.

Jimmy Uso w/Jey vs. Stardust w/Goldust
Lock up, to the corner and a clean break. Jimmy follows with rights and chops, Stardust shoves him and then lands a kick and forearm strikes. To the corner, shoulder blocks by Stardust follow. Jimmy then gets a flash rollup and that is all.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Jimmy Uso @ 1:00 via pin

Goldust and Stardust attacked post match and beat down the champions, tossing them to the floor after making sure to target the injured knee of Jey Uso. They need to find that cosmic key and chill.

Miz came out and explained that his face was a valuable commodity, and that Damien Sandow would be taking his place tonight. Sure.

Non-Title Match: Sheamus © vs. Damien Sandow
Miz tried to distract Sheamus, which allowed Sandow to attack and take early control. Forearms by Sandow, knees follow and then a back elbow as Sheamus came off the ropes. Sandow lays the boots to Sheamus, to the corner and Sheamus forest back with clotheslines and a slam. Sheamus hit the clubbing forearms in the ropes right in front of Miz, and then connects with white noise and that is all.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Sheamus @ 1:45 via pin

Miz, who was on commentary, attacked Sheamus post match and then quickly tried to bail. Ziggler appeared and tossed him back into the ring. Sheamus tried the brogue kick, Miz escaped and Sandow ate it instead. Miz escaped through the crowd.

We got the see a video package to hype Cena vs. Lesnar at Night of Champions. Then we got a recap of the Hall of Fame forum from Raw.

Roman Reigns, Big Show and Mark Henry vs. The Wyatt Family (Bray, Harper and Rowan)
No bullshit, they have a big old stand off and then start clubbering and kicking ass. After some brawling, Rowan and Show start off, Big Show USES A SUNSET FLIP on Rowan and gets 2. That was not a joke. Anyway, Show controls Rowan, to the corner and tags in Reigns. Reigns works the arm a bit, tags in Henry and he lays the boots to Rowan. He works the arm, quick tag to Show and he looks for the shops but Rowan breaks it up and tags in Harper. Show quickly takes control, chops follow, and Show maintains his control. Big rights by Show in the corner, snap mare follows and then a basement dropkick. Show has apparently stolen Kane’s moves since he’s back to wearing a suit. Henry tags in, JYD head butt to Harper, to the corner and Henry connects with the splash. Harper is able to come back with the dropkick and then tags in Bray and they beat down Henry to take control of the match…

~Commercial Break~
Back from commercial as Rowan is working over Show, tag to Harper and elbow drops follow for him, mauling Show. Repeated kicks by Harper, and a cover gets 2. Front facelock by Harper, gator roll follows. Side headlock now by Harper, Show slowly works to his feet, punches to Harper to escape, but Show runs into a leg lariat from Harper. Wyatt tags in, DDT to Show follows and a cover gets 2. Tag to Rowan, running splash off the ropes and a cover gets 2. Neck crank by Rowan follows, Show again has to work to his feet, does and escapes for a moment, but Rowan slams him to the corner. Irish whip by Rowan, but a boot by Show stops him for a moment. Rowan back with a clothesline and he tags in Harper. Harper slows down Show with the headlock, but Show picks Harper up on his back and then connects with a side slam to break that up. Tag to Bray, stops Show from making a tag and then connects with clubbing rights. Corner clothesline by Bray, goes for another but Show hits a clothesline and BOTH men are down. Tags to Harper and Reigns. Reigns with the super hot tag, runs wild and lands offense on everyone. Clothesline to Harper, corner clothesline and uppercut follows. Running dropkick on the floor follows, takes out Bray and then Superman punch for Harper, that gets 2 as Rowan makes the save. Choekslam by Show to Rowan, bray makes the save, Slam by Henry on Wyatt and Harper with big boots to Reigns and Henry, he covers Reigns for 2. Harper looks for the spinning clothesline, but Reigns hits the spear and that is all.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Roman Reigns, Big Show and Mark Henry @ 14:53 via pin

The faces celebrate.

End scene.

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