Friday Night Smackdown – 3/5/10

Is the World Champion really rattled by the Rated-R Superstar?  Would there be more mind games played this week on Smackdown?  Find out for yourself.  Here’s what went down last night:

Video Package: Edge & Chris Jericho‘s conflict last week building up to their title match at WrestleMania.

Edge comes to the ring.  He’s concerned about Chris Jericho at WrestleMania.  “He keeps saying the same things and he keeps getting speared!”

• Interrupted by Big Show.  “Tonight The Miz and I find out who we’re facing at WrestleMania… and tonight your luck runs out!”
• Sequence of jokes from Edge on Show including a Happy Gilmore, “I eat pieces of crap like you for breakfast!”
• Edge tells Show, “I will Spear you tonight!” Then makes him flinch.
• Show tries to attack Edge, and gets low bridged over the top rope to the floor.

Backstage: Teddy Long reading a magazine when he’s approached by Drew McIntyre.  “I was hoping that you’d set the record straight…”

• Long looks directly at the camera and says, “By order of the Chairman, Drew McIntyre’s alleged loss has been ex-sponged… Drew McIntyre is still undefeated.”  He then puts Drew in another Money in the Bank Qualifier.

Money in the Bank Qualifier
Drew McIntyre vs. Matt Hardy with NXT Rookie Justin Gabriel
WINNER: Matt Hardy via pin fall reversal

• After match, Drew McIntyre throws a hissy fit because he lost his first match… again!

Backstage: Slam Master J is watching John Morrison‘s new DVD and compliments him on it.  R-Truth enters to talk to Morrison about their tag team match up later tonight after Dolph Ziggler upset them both last week to steal their WrestleMania spot.

Shelton Benjamin vs. Dolph Ziggler
WINNER: Shelton Benjamin via pin fall after hitting Pay Dirt

Jimmy Wang Yang vs. Ezekiel Jackson
WINNER: Ezekiel Jackson via pin fall after hitting the Eurinagi in a total squash

Backstage: Rey Mysterio talking to his daughter.  Former ECW GM, Tiffany, comes in to baby sit for him while he goes to the ring for his match.

Straightedge Society comes out to the ramp.  CM Punk goes on a rant about how parents are ignorant for letting their kids idolize Mysterio thinking he’s a super hero.  He also complains about how Rey cost him the chance at becoming the three time MITB winner!

Luke Gallows vs. Rey Mysterio
WINNER: Mysterio via pin fall after he countered a power bomb into a pinning combination

• After the match, Punk tries to attack Mysterio, but Rey escapes unscathed.

Backstage: Big Show is approached by Chris Jericho who blows smoke up his ass about being the most dominant force in the WWE, and the encourages him to destroy Edge.

• Show says he’s not going to destroy Edge for him, but for himself!

Video Package: Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker; Past, Present, and Future

Unified Tag Team Title – #1 Contenders Match for shot at WrestleMania
John Morrison & R-Truth vs. Hart Dynasty (DH Smith & Tyson Kidd with Natalya) vs. Cryme Tyme (Shad Gaspard & JTG)
WINNERS: Morrison/Truth via pin fall after Truth hit the Lie Detector on Kidd

Backstage: Vickie Guerrero, Layla & Michelle McCool are talking.  They all make fun of Mickie James and then LayCool compliment Vickie on slapping Mickie last week.  They give her a “Simply Flawless” t-shirt.

• Beth Phoenix sneaks up behind them, LayCool leaves.  Beth asks Vickie when is she going to get her title shot?
• Vickie tells Beth that “she is Smackdown’s dominant diva and not to cross her!”

Big Show vs. Edge
WINNER: Edge via pin fall after hitting a Spear

• After the match, Chris Jericho tried to attack Edge from behind with the World Title, but missed and got Speared for his trouble!

QUICK THOUGHTS:

I like what the WWE is doing with Drew McIntyre.  He’s  now on a losing streak going towards WrestleMania and getting absolutely frustrated about it.  Maybe he’s NOT the golden boy like Vince McMahon once thought!

Benjamin and Ziggler put on a good show.  I’m looking forward to seeing them compete in the MITB match.

Ezekiel Jackson has arrived on Smackdown and everyone should take notice!  Let’s just hope that there aren’t too many more squash matches like tonight.  Zeke is already established from ECW, so he should be able to go right in an compete against guys like Matt Hardy.

The scariest part of the evening for me was when I saw that Mysterio was going to have a match against Luke Gallows.  It wasn’t because of the match up, but because of the fact that Mysterio’s daughter was there.  I thank the Lord that WWE didn’t do some crazy kidnapping angle with the Straightedge Society.  That would’ve been absolutely ridiculous!

Last of all, at the end of the night, Edge has the final words… SPEAR, SPEAR, SPEAR!