411’s WWE Smackdown Report 12.18.09

12.18.09

> We start the program with Tony Chimel introducing us to the Smackdown General Manager, Theodore Long. Todd Grisham calls him one of the most controversial GMs of all time. Program is in Laredo for those that keep track of that kind of thing.

> Long discusses the TLC match between Batista and the Undertaker. Because Batista was unsuccessful at the PPV, there will be a match to determine a new number one contender.

> Big Dave cuts Teddy Long off mid-sentence and says there is no need to find a new number one contender because he is that man. Batista says he was robbed and the number one contender match is not the solution to his problem. Batista tells Teddy to make it right. Batista says some more stuff about himself being the number one contender until Rey Mysterio‘s music hits.

Rey says that Batista’s claims of no one wanting to fight him are false because he wants a fight. Mysterio discusses Batista’s new “me-first” persona and calls him a bully. Mysterio says he has heart and then says some stuff in Spanish to get the Laredo crowd to pop. Mysterio says the best way he can get back at Batista is to make sure the Animal is never the World Champion again. Mysterio proposes a match between the two former best friends and again says some stuff in Spanish.

Teddy Long enters the discussion again and makes Batista-Mysterio official. Long says it’s going to be “a straight up wrestling match,” and lists the many ways Batista can lose. The winner of the match will be number one contender and get a Christmas present in the form of a match with the Undertaker next week on Smackdown.

> Graphic for Batista-Mysterio.

> John Morrison and his fantastic pyro grace us with their presence. Chimel announces the following match is a six man tag match. Grisham reminds us of Morrison’s loss at TLC that cost him the Intercontinental Title. Matt Hardy and his awful attire follow Morrison and R-Truth is out shortly after. Matt Striker asks if R-Truth should be asking ¿que pasa? Drew McIntyre, CM Punk and Luke Gallows are the opponents.

Match One
John Morrison, Matt Hardy and R-Truth v. CM Punk, Drew McIntyre and Luke Gallows

Matt Hardy and CM Punk start the match off. Punk gets Hardy in a headlock and then transitions that into a hammerlock. He shoves Hardy away and throws a kick that gets caught by Matt Hardy. Hardy punches Punk and then sends his head into the turnbuckle. He tags in Truth and they whip Punk against the ropes. They take him down with a double elbow and then attack him with an elbow drop/senton combination. Truth shouts “What’s Up” allowing Punk to take Truth into the heel corner. Punk tags in McIntyre and the new IC Champ starts punching the cornered R-Truth. After a headbutt, he whips Truth against the ropes. Truth responds with a kick to McIntyre’s head on the rebound. Morrison tagged himself in during the rebound. Morrison comes flying in and clotheslines McIntyre down. He mounts Morrison and throws a number of punches. Morrison punches Luke Gallows and Gallows tries to respond to the punch. The ref turns his attention to him and Morrison hits a Russian Legsweep on McIntyre. Standing Shooting Star Press gets a two count for John Morrison. McIntyre goes to the outside to send the show to a break.

We return to see John Morrison taking down CM Punk with a headlock. Punk gets to his feet and knees Morrison in the stomach. Punk sends Morrison into the ropes and Morrison replies with a shoulder block. Morrison sends Punk into the ropes and takes Punk down with a leg lariat. Pinfall gets two.

Gallows distracts the ref and Matt Hardy joins into the add to the distraction. John Morrison whips Punk into the ropes and Punk holds on to avoid a rebound. Morrison tries an attack but Punk sends Morrison to the ring apron. McIntyre takes advantage of the ref distraction and kicks John Morrison in the head causing Morrison to fall to the outside. Punk goes outside and slams Morrison’s head against the Mat. He sends Morrison back inside and elbows Morrison in the throat. Punk gets back in the ring and punches the former IC champ into the corner. Shoulderblock from Punk is followed up by a punch that gets blocked by Morrison. Morrison punches McIntyre, Punk tags Gallows and Morrison punches Gallows. Morrison, unaware of the tag to Gallows, attacks CM Punk allowing Gallows to attack from behind with a big boot. Gallows throws a flurry of punches to the downed John Morrison. Gallows bounces of the ropes and delivers another big boot. Gallows lifts Morrison and latches on a front neck lock. Gallows knees Morrison and then whips him into the heel corner. He tags in McIntyre who stomps on Morrison’s head. McIntyre picks Morrison up and takes him back down with a big clothesline. Pinfall gets a one.

McIntyre locks in a modified armlock and Morrison punches his way out. Morrison tries to tag in a partner but McIntyre attacks JoMo with an ax hammer to the back. McIntyre grabs Morrison’s foot and tags in Luke Gallows. Gallows comes in with a punch to Morrison’s head. He delivers an elbow drop and pins Morrison for two.

Gallows throws some punches, lifts Morrison and takes him down with an uppercut. Gallows tags in CM Punk and they deliver a double team kick. Punk pins Morrison and gets a two. Punk wraps his legs around John Morrison and tags in Gallows during the process. Gallows enters the fray and attacks Morrison with a fist drop. Gallows lifts Morrison and pulls off a neckbreaker. Pinfall gets two.

Punk gets tagged in by Gallows and Gallows delivers a backbreaker to Morrison. Punk climbs the turnbuckle and comes down with knees to Morrison’s face. Punk pins Morrison and the pin gets another two count. CM Punk says it’s naptime and lackadaisically kicks John Morrison. He punches Morrison in the head and brings Morrison into GTS position. Morrison elbows his way and almost rolls up Punk. Punk avoids the pin and Morrison tags in Matt Hardy. Hardy comes in with multiple clotheslines and sends Punk into the corner for another one. Bulldog from Hardy gets a two count.

Hardy goes upstairs and comes down with an elbow to Punk’s back. Hardy picks Punk up and takes him down with a neckbreaker. Pinfall gets two. Punk shoves Hardy away and tries an attack, Hardy ducks and takes Punk down with a Side Effect. Hardy goes for the pin but Gallows breaks it up. Truth kicks Gallows out of the ring and McIntyre throws Truth out. Morrison delivers a dropkick to McIntyre and sends him out with a kick. Morrison goes upstairs but Punk throws him down. The ref attends to Morrison and Gallows gives Punk the Slammy Award. Punk hits Hardy in the abdomen with the Slammy and pins him for the win.

> Post-match shenanigans see the heel team staring down the face team.

> The camera goes backstage with Maria and Mickie James playing Smackdown versus Raw. Apparently they’re doing James and Maria v. Michelle McCool and Layla in the game. The game goes off and they wonder why. Beth Phoenix walks into the picture and she has the plug. Beth Phoenix berates them for playing video games and tells Mickie James that that’s the reason she lost at TLC. She then tells Maria that the Diva of the Year should be hungry for competition. Maria and James make fun of Beth Phoenix because she didn’t win Diva of the Year. Phoenix informs Maria that they have a match with each other later and leaves.

> After a plug for all of the Tribute to the Troops stuff on WWE.com, we get the Degeneration X vignette from Monday. After the vignette, we learn that DX will be on Smackdown next week.

> Eric Escobar is out for another (probable) beating. He’s again slapping hands with fans during his entrance. Grisham calls him a free man. Escobar grabs a microphone and addresses Vickie Guerrero. He says some stuff about Vickie looking like a Chupacabra when she was in her lingerie. Escobar is really piling on the Spanish tonight. Escobar says there is no punishment worse than being with her.

This prompts the lovely Vickie Guerrero to come out. The fans boo as she says her catchphrase. She’s tired of Escobar being mean and says today is Escobar’s birthday. She got him a gift. It’s a match with Kane.

Match Two
Kane v Eric Escobar

Escobar attacks Kane with a bunch of punches. Kane shoves him off and Escobar comes back with more fists. Kane delivers a quick uppercut and sends Escobar into the corner. He follows that up with a clothesline. He sends Escobar out of the ring with another clothesline. Kane goes to the outside and slams Escobar’s head against the mat. He sends Escobar back inside and stares down with Vickie Guerrero. Kane goes back in the ring and tries to attack Escobar in the corner. Escobar puts up an elbow and follows that up with a jumping wheel kick. Escobar bounces off the ropes for an attack but Kane takes him down with a big boot. Kane picks Escobar up and drops him down with a side slam. Chokeslam from Kane ends the match.

> Kane exits and Vickie enters the ring with a microphone. She laughs into the microphone and the fans boo. She tells Escobar to choose his words more wisely. Escobar takes he mic and agrees that his words have created bad situations for himself. He tells Vickie that he’ll be sore tomorrow but ready to fight another day. He says tomorrow she’ll wake up looking the way she looks right now. She demands Escobar return the microphone and he doesn’t oblige. He leaves with the mic and Vickie screams at him.

> Graphic for a match between The Great Khali and Chris Jericho.

> Jericho is out first. He calls his ejection from Raw unfair. Jericho says he was the victim of the biggest screw-job in the history of the WWE. A conspiracy of epic proportions, he calls it. He says he was embarrassed in front of hypocrites and parasites but it isn’t over. According to Chris Jericho, he’s being punished for being the best in the world at what he does. Jericho says the worst thing about the situation is The Big Show, his best friend and his partner, is taken away from him. Jericho says he’s going to continue his dominance over Smackdown and then gets interrupted by The Great Khali.

Match Three
The Great Khali v. Chris Jericho

Charles Robinson rings the bell and The Great Khali tries to grapple with Chris Jericho. Jericho goes to the outside and the fans boo. Jericho teases a return to the ring but again goes back outside. He finally gets back into the ring and kicks Khali in the legs. Khali sends Jericho into the ropes and down with a punch to the head. Jericho goes into the corner and Khali follows him. He delivers an elbow to the head and multiple kicks. Khali steps on Jericho for a bit and Jericho rolls to the outside. Khali pulls Jericho up to the apron and Jericho guillotines the head with the ropes. Jericho climbs the turnbuckle and comes down into Khali’s grasp. Jericho punches himself free and bounces off the ropes for an attack. Khali Chop prevents Jericho from attacking. TGK signals for the Vice Grip and Jericho rolls to the outside again. Jericho slowly makes his way to the back and Robinson begins to count him out. Jericho finally makes the decision to give up on the match and loses via count out –

> Khali and Runjin Singh dance after the match.

> Hart Dynasty is out for the next match. The thrown-together squad of Jimmy Wang Yang and Slam Master J are their opponents. Stiker says J is trying to bring Jimmy Wang Yang over to the gangster side of the ATL.

Match Four
Slam Master J and Jimmy Wang Yang v. The Hart Dynasty

Slam Master J and Tyson Kidd start the match off. The grapple and J goes behind. Tyson Kidd reverses that and J takes Kidd down with an arm drag. J tries a quick pin but it doesn’t even get a one count. Slam Master J takes Kidd up with a wrist lock and wrenches the arm. J tags in Yang and Yang comes in with the same technique. Kidd kicks his way free of the maneuver and punches Yang in the head. Kidd whips Yang against the ropes and Yang avoids an assault. Wang Yang takes Kidd down with a hurricanrana and sends Kidd out of the ring with a clothesline. David Hart Smith tries a clothesline but Wang Yang ducks. Jimmy Wang Yang send David Hart Smith off the apron with a kick. Jimmy Wang Yang and Slam Master J deliver a stereo body splash to take out both members of the Hart Dynasty. Yang sends Kidd back into the ring and attacks the downed member of the Hart Dynasty with some kicks. Kidd sends Yang into the turnbuckle and delivers a kick to the back of Yang’s head. Kidd tags in David Hart Smith and Hart delivers a Stalling Suplex. Pinfall gets a two count.

Smith delivers some knees to the back of Wang Yang. Smith lifts Wang Yang and delivers three consecutive Belly to Belly suplexes. Pinfall gets two. Smith picks up Yang and sends him into the turnbuckle. DH Smith delivers several shoulderblocks to the back and tries an attack that gets blocked by a Wang Yang elbow. Wang Yang climbs the turnbuckle and jumps off, DDTing DH Smith in the process.

Jimmy Wang Yang tags in Slam Master J and David Hart Smith tags in Tyson Kidd. J goes at Kidd with multiple shoulderblocks. He ducks a punch by Tyson Kidd and delivers a hurricanrana to Tyson Kidd. Slam Master J delivers a northern lights suplex that gets a two count. J tries a clothesline but Kidd replies with a kick. Kidd tries an attack but Slam Master J sends Kidd out of the ring with a dropkick. J goes to the outside and sends Kidd back into the ring. He tries to go back in himself but Natalya prevents him from doing so. She bodyslams Slam Master J. Kidd takes J back into the ring and tags in Smith. Hart Attack ends the match for the Hart Dynasty.

> All three members of the Hart Dynasty have microphones now. Natalya says revenge is a dish best served cold. She says that the Hart Dynasty will get an opportunity with DX after a decade of waiting. She says next week will be the Hart Dynasty’s time to celebrate. David Hart Smith says ending their run as tag team champions will be a great way to end DX’s final run. Kidd says the Hart Dynasty is a new era in the Hart Family. He says they are better than the best and that ends the promo.

> Graphic for Mysterio-Batista.

> After the WWE Smack of the Night (which was Maria winning the Slammy Award), we see Beth Phoenix walking to the ring for her match. She walks into Michelle McCool and Layla and the ladies want to make sure they’re on good terms. McCool says they both have the same goal; to eliminate Mickie James. They say Maria is so skinny because Mickie James leaves no food for her. They go on a rant and Beth Phoenix seems put off by the ladies and leaves. McCool and Layla call Phoenix sensitive . I don’t think a face Beth Phoenix would be all that bad.

> Maria is out with her Slammy Award. Phoenix is out shortly after.

Match Five
Maria v. Beth Phoenix

Phoenix shoves Maria to the ground. She strikes Maria in the head with an elbow that sends Maria to the corner. Phoenix attacks with another elbow and sends Maria to the opposite corner. Phoenix goes after Maria but gets stopped by a Maria boot. Maria goes upstairs for a crossbody but gets caught by Phoenix. Phoenix lifts Maria over her head and drops her down. Beth drags Maria across the ring and lifts her up. Maria nails Beth in the stomach but Phoenix knocks her back down with a clothesline. Maria gets a quick roll up out of nowhere but It only gets a two count. She kicks Phoenix and then attacks her with a bunch of punches until Beth takes her to the corner. Phoenix tries an assault but Maria blocks with a kick. Maria climbs Phoenix’s shoulders for a victory roll but Beth just shrugs her down. Beth picks her up and takes her out with the Glam Slam. Pinfall gets three.

> Trailer for the Marine 2.

> Both men make their entrances and the announcers recap the feud between the two. Batista is now coming to the ring with a spotlight shining on him. Not sure if that’s new but it looks pretty prominent this week.

Match Six
Rey Mysterio v. Batista
Winner becomes number one contender to the World Heavyweight Title

Batista misses a clothesline that lets Rey get some punches in. Rey tries an attack but Batista catches him and slams him into the corner. Batista slams Mysterio’s head against the turnbuckle and thrusts his knee into Rey’s head. Crowd starts chanting something and Matt Striker wonders how many of them are there illegally. Batista grabs Rey by the head, throws a punch and then throws him out of the ring. Batista goes to the outside and Rey quickly runs into the ring. Batista gets back in and boots Rey in the stomach. Batista goes for the Batista Bomb but Rey grabs the ropes. Batista sends Rey onto the apron and gets stunned by Rey Mysterio using the ropes as a guillotine. A springboard dropkick from Rey to Batista sends the Animal flying out of the ring. Rey launches himself with a seated senton to Batista and gets back in the ring. He tries a baseball slide but Batista avoids. Big Dave punches Mysterio and sends him back inside. He tries to join him inside but Rey kicks him in the head. Rey kicks the feet of Batista to send him back inside. Rey gets on the apron and goes for a moonsault. Big Dave catches him and takes him into the ring barricade. Mid-match commercial break.

Back from the break, Batista nails Rey in the back. He lifts Rey and whips him into the turnbuckle. Grisham lets us know the crowd is chanting si se puede. Rey rolls himself to the outside and thrusts Rey’s back into the steel ring post. Big Dave again sends Mysterio back into the ring and circles him. Batista picks up Mysterio but gets met with a flurry of punches. Mysterio rebounds off the ropes for a crossbody but gets caught by Batista. The Animal brings Rey down into a backbreaker and stretches the back after. Mysterio punches his way out of Batista’s grasp and tries to get some momentum off the ropes. Unfortunately for him, he runs into a Batista Big Boot. “The Altered Beast” (Striker’s words) pins Mysterio and gets a two count. Striker says Rey should’ve stayed down.

Batista picks Rey up and whips him into the turnbuckle. Batista rushes him but Mysterio gets out of the way. He tries a sunset flip pinfall but Batista counters. Big Dave applies his leg to Rey’s neck until the ref forces him to break the hold. Batista chokes Rey with the ropes until the ref breaks the hold. Batista picks Rey up and punches him. He whips him against the ropes and Mysterio comes back with a kick to the face. Batista fires back with a clothesline and pins him for a two count.

Batista picks Rey up and drops him down with a body slam. Big Dave immediately repeats his last attack. Batista slaps the back of Rey’s head before lifting him up for another body slam. Big Dave climbs the turnbuckle and Rey quickly fires at him with a bunch of punches. Rey climbs up with Batista and tries a hurricanrana that Batista avoids by holding on to the ropes. Batista comes down from the top and into a Rey Mysterio dropkick. Batista gets up first but Rey attacks with low kicks. Batista knees Rey and throws him against the ropes, he tries a clothesline but Rey elbows to avoid it. Rey throws a kick and then attacks with a springboard senton. Body scissor into a bulldog is followed up by a pinfall that gets two.

Rey attacks a sitting Batista with a dropkick and goes to the apron. Springboard legdrop. Pinfall gets 2 and a half. Mysterio throws a kick but Big Dave catches his foot. Batista sends Rey into the corner and tries a side slam. Rey maneuvers his way into a DDT counter. Pinfall gets another 2 count. Both men slow to get to their feet. Rey gets up first and puts Batista in 619 position. He nails the 619. Springboard Splash is met with Batista knees. Pinfall gets a two count.

Batista gets to his feet and kicks Rey Mysterio in the corner. He lifts Rey and brings him down with a powerslam. He covers him but only gets a two count. Batista sets Rey up for a Batista Bomb but Rey goes under to avoid. Rey bounces off the ropes and into a black hole slam. Batista pins and gets a two when Rey grabs the bottom rope. Batista again tries the Batista Bomb. Rey Mysterio punches Batista and hurricanranas him out of the ring. Batista grabs a chair and the ref reminds him of a potential disqualification. Big Dave slams the chair down in anger and returns to the inside. Batista takes Rey down with a huge spear. He covers and Rey kicks out at the last moment. Batista lifts Rey up into a potential spinebuster and Rey counters that into a surprise roll up pin that gets him the win.

> Inside the ring, Big Dave is angry. Striker and Grisham discuss the big match next Friday between the Undertaker and Rey Mysterio while Rey sits down on the ramp in pain. Show ends with Rey posing in victory.

Quick Results
» CM Punk, Drew McIntyre and Luke Gallows def. John Morrison, Matt Hardy and R-Truth (Pinfall, Punk pinned Hardy)
» Kane def. Eric Escobar (Pinfall)
» The Great Khali def. Chris Jericho (Count out)
» The Hart Dynasty def. Slam Master J and Jimmy Wang Yang (Pinfall, Kidd pinned Slam Master J)
» Beth Phoenix def. Maria (Pinfall)
» Rey Mysterio def. Batista (Pinfall)