Smackdown! – 3/12/10

Almost all of the WrestleMania card is set, but we still have some business to deal with leading into the last few turns on the road to sports-entertainment’s biggest night.  Here’s what went down last night on Smackdown:

Rey Mysterio comes to the ring and he’s got a surprise… he introduces his family to the crowd.  Rey announces that it’s his daughter’s birthday and has the crowd sing for her…

• Interrupted by the Straightedge Society.  CM Punk takes the mic, “I’m not out here to hurt you or your family… I want to challenge you to a match at WrestleMania and for tonight, right now!”  He then tells Rey’s family some intense things about what he’s going to do to Rey.  He calls Rey a coward to bait him into a fight and even drops to his knees, “to Rey’s level.”  Punk then slaps Rey across the face.
• Rey decides to escort his family out of the ring to the backstage area.
• Punk then sings a creepy version of Happy Birthday for Rey’s daughter.

The Miz with Daniel Bryan vs. R-Truth with David Otunga
WINNER: R-Truth via pin fall after hitting the Lie Detector

• Mid match, Miz went for a pin fall with his feet on the ropes and Daniel Bryan pushed them off.  Miz was pissed and distracted causing Truth to gain an advantage.

Video Package: Superstars talk about The Undertaker‘s streak and how Shawn Michaels could be the one to break it.

Backstage: Drew McIntyre is walking down the hall when approached by Teddy Long.  Teddy talks some smack about Drew’s two losses that he whined to Vince McMahon about to have removed from his record.

• Drew looks at him and says, “I’m still proud to be undefeated and I’m going to qualify for WrestleMania tonight!”
• Teddy says, “Vince hand picked your opponent for tonight, so I can’t change it, but I can make it a Winner Take All match, meaning both the Money in the Bank Qualifying spot and the Intercontinental Title is on the line.”

WINNER TAKE ALL – Money in the Bank Qualifier/Intercontinental Title Match
Drew McIntyre (Champion) vs. Aaron Bolo
WINNER: McIntyre via pin fall after hitting the Future Shock DDT

Big Show vs. John Morrison
WINNER: Big Show via pin fall after hitting the KO Punch as a counter to Morrison’s flying chuck kick

Backstage: Teddy is talking to former ECW GM Tiffany when they’re interrupted by Vickie Guerrero who is a little offended that Tiffany is there.  Vickie even blames Tiffany for why ECW was replaced by NXT.  Teddy tells Vickie not to worry she’s here to compete as a Diva and not for your job.

• Vickie gets a good laugh out of that and decides that in Tiffany’s first match on Smackdown that she’ll be taking on Michelle McCool.

Hart Dynasty (DH Smith & Tyson Kidd with Natalya) vs. Cryme Tyme (Shad Gaspard & JTG)
WINNER: No Contest

• Mid match, lights go out (GONG!!!!), lights on.  The Undertaker is in the middle of the ring and destroys everyone in the match hitting every devastating move he has: Chokeslam, Last Ride, Tombstone, and Hells Gate

Michelle McCool with Layla & Vickie Guerrero vs. Tiffany
WINNER: Tiffany via DQ after Vickie Guerrero tackled her on the outside of the ring

• After the match, it looked like it was going to be a three on one beat down until Beth Phoenix came in and cleared house, including clotheslining Vickie.

Luke Gallows with Straightedge Society vs. Kane
WINNER: Kane via DQ after CM Punk got involved in the match up

• After match, CM Punk hit Kane with the GTS.  Then Rey Mysterio came down to the ring to get his hands on Punk.  They brawled along the ringside area until referees stopped Rey and Punk ran.

Chris Jericho comes to the ring for his segment called The Highlight Reel.  He’s followed to the ring by his guest, and opponent at WrestleMania, Edge.

• Edge says to Jericho, “The name of this show is amusing to me because the only highlight that’s been happening around here is me hitting you with a certain move… (crowd chants, SPEAR! SPEAR! SPEAR!)”
• Jericho tries to knock him down a peg, “You get to the cusp of greatness and then you get injured!  Do you know what I was doing while you were licking your wounds?  (Edge says “Losing!”) I was building a Hall of Fame career!”
• Edge responds, “I know how to do this job one way, I take risks!  I face adversity without fear!  At WrestleMania I will take whatever risks I need to in order to win back my World Heavyweight Title!”
• Jericho takes a cheap shot at Edge using Vickie Guerrero to get to the top!  Then says, “Bad things happen to you when I’m around!  I don’t think you’re ready to be back.  I think you’re still injured… At WrestleMania, I’m going to beat you and I’m going to hurt you!”
• Edge now a little agitated, “I’m going to do something too at WrestleMania, I’m going to make you an ex-World Champion, and I’m going to do it with a spear…”
• Y2J slaps Edge and then hits him with a stool that was in the ring for the segment.  Jericho tries to throw Edge through the JeriTron, but Edge counters into the Edgecution.  Edge sets up for the Spear, but Jericho counters by hitting him in the face with the World Title knocking him senseless!
• Jericho takes the mic, “spear, spear, spear, spear, spear…”

QUICK THOUGHTS:

Oh my God!  I’ve always thought Tiffany was hot, but seeing her come down to the ring in her gear, as Ron Simmons would say, “DAMN!”  That girl is FINE!  They really didn’t let the women wrestle at all, but she seemed like she was pretty feisty slamming McCool into the ring apron and the barricade before the outside interference occurred.  I know that Tiffany had been training in FCW for awhile, hence why on ECW she was in a cast for a few months, but other than her getting into a cat fight once, I had never seen her in the ring.  I’m looking forward to seeing more of her!

The Cutting Edge segment pretty much went the way that I thought.  It looked as if Edge was going to have Chris Jericho’s number again, and then Y2J would end up standing tall.  YAWN!  I hope the match will be a lot better than all the “hype” they’re trying to build it up with.