411’s WWE Smackdown Report 5.07.10

MATT HARDY PROMO
After a recap video of last weeks show, featuring Jack Swagger’s JACK FACTS, kicks off the show.

Matt Hardy, who’s not medically cleared to be here, makes his way to the ring. Grisham and Striker say this is unexpected, and explain the beatings that Matt has received over the weeks. Matt shows the footage of Drew McIntyre beating his ass two-weeks ago and smashing his head on the steps. We then saw Drew’s attack on Matt from last week.

Drew McIntyre then comes to the ring and reminds us all that Vince McMahon stated that he was the future of the WWE. Matt says to make him go away. Since Matt wasn’t getting the message, Drew decided to beat it into him. They brawled and got pulled apart. But then Drew, the evil bastard that he is, hit Matt in the back of the head, obviously the weakest part on Matt, stomped him in the head and continued the beatdown by the barricade until security broke it up.

This brought out Teddy Long, who did NOT approve, and yelled at Drew to stop attacking Hardy, but Drew did not care and kept laying the boots to Matt. Teddy then suspended Drew for his actions, but Drew didn’t care and kept kicking Hardy’s ass. Teddy then stripped him of the IC Title, and Drew still continued kicking Hardy’s ass. The crowd was happy that he got stripped of the title. Finally, as Drew continued kicking Hardy’s ass, Teddy fired him. After a fit from Drew, and a STEAMBOAT and IRS SIGHTING, Drew eventually was pushed up the ramp while the trainer attended to Hardy.

In the back Charles Robinson, Steamboat and Tony Garea, along with a couple other refs escort Drew from the building. Drew says Mr. McMahon will hear about this. Back in the arena, Matt is helped to his feet, and says he can’t feel his shoulder.

-Backstage, Josh Matthews catches up with Teddy Long. Teddy hopes Matt is ok, he is with the doctors. As far as Drew goes, he has never had to deal with anything like that. And as of now, he is not sure of the status of the IC Title.

-We see replays of MVP and Rey Mysterio beating the sXs.

MVP v. Luke Gallows w/CM Punk and Serena
They trade rights to begin, to the corner, float over and a clothesline by MVP gets 2. Jabs by MVP, a whip to the corner, charge and MVP misses the boot and Gallows sends him to the floor. Gallows to the floor and beats down MVP. Tosses him back in, gets the butterfly lock and delivers knees to MVP and then gets the suplex and cover for 2. Gallows with the bear hug on the mat, MVP fights to his feet, boot by Gallows, to the corner and a clothesline connects. Uppercut by Gallows drops MVP. Of the ropes and a splash gets 2. Back to the seated bear hug, MVP again tries to work to his feet, elbows out of the hold but gets whipped to the corner. Elbow by MVP, to the corner and he moves, and then clotheslines Gallows. Another, shot to the throat, face buster to Gallows and MVP is hyped. BALLIN elbow drop connects. Playmaker countered, clothesline by Gallows as Serena distracted MVP for a moment. Rey is out and attacks Punk, DDT on the floor and he then escapes through the crowd. Play of the day by MVP and that is all.

OFFICIAL RESULT: MVP via pin @ 4:00 {*½}

CM PUNK PROMO
CM Punk and the sXs are in the ring and Punk is pissed. He says Rey is a coward and sneak attacks people. He demands that Rey comes to the ring, and calls him a coward again.

Rey makes his way out from the back. Rey says Punk looks upset, just because eh got jumped like Rey has been jumped the last few weeks. Rey asks where the man is and Punk calls him a coward. Punk claims to know nothing about the man, and says Rey is on hallucinogenic drugs. He is blaming others, just like the WWE Universe does. He knows Rey wants saved and wants to join the sXs. Rey says Punk is hallucinating. Rey is here to shave his head. Punk reminds him that he beat Rey at Extreme Rules. Rey then says he won at WM, and they are even, and it isn’t over and proposes a match at Over the Edge. If he loses, he becomes a member of the sXs, if Punk loses, Rey shaves Punk’s head. Punk says Rey is having a moment of clarity, and realizes that he has a problem. Punk wants to make him a member of the crusade, and says they are on. Rey says they don’t have to fight. He can come to the ring, and pledge to the sXs tonight…IF…Punk shaves his head right now. Punk says that will not happen. Rey says he understands the whole deal, and says that is the good part of the message. But the messenger is bad. Everyone wearing a Rey mask represents the good of the message. If Punk wants to save the people, they can do it together. But Punk needs to lead by example and shave his head. Punk claims that his hair is a symbol of his purity. Rey says he shaved heads, but what makes him any different than Luke and Serena. They protect and follow him, and they do all of the work of the sXs. So why are the bald? Rey says Punk does not care about them, but only himself. Rey says he is no savior, and there is nothing you can do to be saved from the 619.

-We see Flawless and Vickie attacking Kelly on Superstars.

Kelly Kelly and Tiffany vs. Simply Flawless (Michelle McCool and Layla) w/Vickie
For the record, Layla is just awesome in her role. Tiffany and McCool begin. To the corner, McCool shoves Tiffany away, and she then gets an atomic drop and whips McCool to the corner and gets a monkey flip, McCool to her feet and then Tiffany with another monkey flip that works. Tiffany to the floor, Vickie and Layla distract her, baseball slide dropkick by McCool and then tosses Tiffany back into the ring. Knees by McCool, and a cover for 2. Tag to Layla, slams Tiffany to the mat and tries a splash, knees up by Tiffany. Kelly in, off the ropes and a clothesline to Layla. Basement dropkick connects and then lays the boots to her. Tries the Great Muta handspring elbow attack, misses, but then gets a neck breaker on Layla. Tag to Tiffany, to the 2nd rope and gets a cross body for 2 as McCool makes the save. The ref makes Kelly stay at ringside, McCool kicks Tiffany in the head and Layla gets the layout for the victory. Layla’s ass is fantastic.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Michelle McCool and Layla via pin @ 3:00 {*}

-Matt Striker hits on Vickie and calls her a cougar. He apparently loves mature women. Yeah.

-Josh Matthews is with Teddy Long in the back, who has the IC Title. Long announced that he is holding a four-man IC Title tournament, starting tonight. The matches will be Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler and Christian vs. Cody Rhodes. The finals are next week.

IC TITLE TOURNAMENT MATCH: Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler
Lock up, to the corner they go, they fight around, off the ropes, reversals and Kofi with the dropkick and cover for 2. Ziggler tries to toss Kofi to the floor, fails and Kofi clotheslines him to the floor. SUICIDE DIVE by Kofi! He tosses Ziggler back in, but as he makes his way through the ropes Ziggler kicks his head off.

After the commercial break, Ziggler is working the headlock on the mat, trying to keep Kofi grounded. Kofi to his feet, escapes and then Ziggler with a back suplex on Kofi for 2. Ziggler lays the boots to Kofi, and then chokes him out in the ropes. More kicks by Ziggler as Cody watches on from the locker room. Ziggler with a cover for 2 as we head back to the ring. Camel clutch variation by Ziggler, Kofi fights to his knees, then his feet. Rights by Kofi, but Ziggler slams him back to the mat. Big elbow drop by Ziggler as Striker namedrops PRINCE NANA…

BOW DOWN TO DA EM BAH C~!

…and Ziggler covers for 2. Ziggler with kicks to the knee of Kofi and covers again for 2. Back to the chinlock goes Ziggler, Kofi battles to his feet, escapes, and gets the cool front flip pinning dealy (I can’t spell the cool name) for 2. Ziggler battles back and hits the X-Factor…

I got everything I ever wanted,
And I’ll never give that back.
Well, I know you hate X-Factor, but you ain’t gotta look at me like that,
I said you ain’t gotta look at me like that.

…and gets the cover for 2. Ziggler back to the chinlock and works Kofi down to the mat. Drops down and punishes the back, Kofi tries to fight to his feet, and gets the jawbreaker. Ziggler misses the corner splash, right by Kofi, forearms connect. Chops follow, and then the dropkick. Cltotheslien off the ropes, Kofi dances, BOOM DROP~! Ziggler escapes trouble in paradise, cross body by Kofi, counter and Ziggler gets 2. SLEEPER HOLD by Ziggler, no, Kofi fights, but then Ziggler gets the hold. Kofi hot shots Ziggler off the ropes, trouble in paradise and Kofi covers for the win! That was a fine TV match.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Kofi Kingston via pin @ 8:30 {**½}

-We see video of last week’s main event interview, where Big Show knocked Jack Swagger THA FUCK out.

-Striker and Grisham hype Over the Limit.

IC TITLE TOURNAMENT MATCH: Christian w/Heath Slater vs. Cody Rhodes
Lock up to begin, go behind and a side headlock by Cody. Off the ropes, shoulder block and a cover for 2 by Cody. They circle, boot by Cody and rights and elbows follow to Christian. Off the ropes, counters and across body by Christian gets 2. To the ropes, Christian leaps on the back of Cody and chokes him out. To the floor, but Cody runs from the slap. Back in the ring and Christian tosses Cody to the floor. Big dropkick through the ropes by Christian and Cody is down. Christian was about to springboard to the floor, but Cody moves and Christian holds up. As he goes to the floor, Cody tosses Christian into the steps and takes control. Cody lays the boots to Christian, and then slams him into the corner. More boots by Cody and Christian is down. Cody in control and gets a cover for 2. Cody chokes out Christian in the corner, but a back elbow by Christian and then the sunset flip gets 2. BIG right by Christian, but he gets slammed to the corner and then Cody dropkicks him in the back and we head to a break.

Back from commercial and a Cody is still in control as he covers for 2. Cody works the back now, locking the arms behind Christian. Christian escapes, knee by Cody and then jabs and a clothesline to the back of the head gets a cover for 2. Kofi watches on from backstage as Cody catches Christian up top. He follows up him, TOP ROPE SUPERPLEX CONNECTS! BOTH men are down as the ref counts, Cody to his feet and Christian then rolls him up for 2. Boots by Cody, misses the clothesline, right by Christian, and the Cactus Clothesline sends both men to the floor. As the ref counts, Cody gets up and gets a leaping kick off of the steps. Quite cool actually. Back into the ring and Cody covers for 2. Cody to the 2nd rope, Christian nails a right as Cody flies into the ring and then gets a forearm strike. To the corner, kick through the ropes by Christian and then the 2nd rope dropkick connects for 2. Kill Switch try, counter, drop toehold by Christian, chokes Cody in the ropes, to the floor and gets the uppercut this time. Christian up top, MISSES the cross body! Cody gets the Oklahoma Roll for 2. Kill Switch try, countered, but Christian with the reverse DDT for 2. Cody begs off, pulls Christian to the corner and then Christian goes up to the 2nd rope, and Cody pulls him off. Cody up top, MOONSAULT connects to a standing Christian for 2. Cody is amazed he didn’t get the pin. He waits for Christian, and then Christian reverses Cody and slams him to the ring post KILL SWITCH and that is all.

This was a good outing for Cody. The match was simple, told a fine story and had good flow. Christian is just money with anyone these days.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Christian via pin @ 9:55 {***¼}

-Next week’s IC Title Tournament Finals will be Christian vs. Kofi Kingston.

-We see highlights of Show-Miz losing the unified tag team titles and Show attacking Miz. The Big Show was then drafted to SD, and we see Show punch out Jericho last week. And then we see him KTFO Edge, and later in the night, Swagger. He came, he saw, he kicked ass, and he took your girlfriend home. That’s what he does.

-We get highlights of the show’s opening, featuring Matt Hardy’s ass kicking and Drew McIntyre’s firing, which led to the IC Title Tournament.

-Jack Swagger comes to the ring and lists his JACK FACTS once again.

-Kane comes to the ring to put an end to this boasting.

NON-TTLE MATCH: Jack Swagger © vs. Kane
Go behind by Swagger, elbow by Kane stops that noise. Swagger with a double leg, but Kane counters and Swagger has to back out of that. Swagger is not pleased with this. The Big Show makes his way to the ring, in a suit, looking quite dapper as he decides to scout the match. Swagger then attacks Kane as Show sits in on commentary. Show puts over Swagger, and just as he does, Kane gets an uppercut and tosses Swagger to the corner. Show’s commentary is good here as he discusses the title match. Kane takes control of the match and then covers for 2. Back elbow by Swagger, chop block to Kane and then gets a front facelock and takes Kane to the mat. Kane sits Swagger up top, backs off and then delivers the uppercut to Swagger. Swagger with rights and then goes for the top rope double ax handle, but eats a throat thrust by Kane. Clothesline by Kane, another and then a corner clothesline and the side slam gets 2. Kane up top, connects with the clothesline and then calls for a chokeslam. GOOZLE…elbows by Swagger, and then pulls Kane to the corner. The turnbuckle is exposed and Swagger starts slamming Kane into that exposed buckle. The ref continues to warn him, but he won’t stop and we get a DQ.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Kane via DQ @ 5:10 {*½}

-Swagger continues the attack on Kane in the corner and then lands the big boot. Swagger heads to the floor, grabs his title and celebrates. Swagger then looks at Big Show, who gets up and as Swagger walks away, he eats a big boot by Kane. Kane takes apart the announce table, Swagger fights back and slams Kane t o the steel post. Show GOOZLES Swagger…CHOKESLAM THROUGH THE ANNOUNCE TABLE!

~THAT!
~JUST!
~HAPPENED!

Show gets in the ring with the World Title and poses to close the show…

UPDATED OVER THE LIMIT CARD
* Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk If Rey Loses, He Joins The sXs. If Punk Loses, he Gets His Head Shaved
* Grudge Match: Randy Orton vs. Edge
* World Title Match: Jack Swagger © vs. The Big Show
* WWE Title Match: John Cena © vs. Batista