Smackdown Spoilers for Friday

[Andrew]

WWE Smackdown (Airing Friday)

Triple H came out to open the show and said he re-signed CM Punk to a WWE contract on Monday night. World Heavyweight Champion Christian came out and it's announced he'll defend the title against Randy Orton in a No Holds Barred Match at SummerSlam.

R-Truth came out and said he was there to continue what they started on Raw. He talked of the conspiracy against him. Triple H announced R-Truth vs Randy Orton for Smackdown, and also announced that Christian vs. John Morrison was up next.

Backstage, Triple H and Teddy Long were interrupted by Zack Ryder. Hunter announced that Ryder will be Long's new assistant.

Christian defeated John Morrison. Christian really played up the heel antics. Morrison looked great in his return match, according to Wesley. There was a botched reversal at one point that looked bad. In the end, Morrison executed a backdrop off the top rope and tried unsuccessfully to follow up with Starship Pain. Christian hit the Killswitch and got the win. Jim labeled it an "excellent TV match."

* Wade Barrett comes out and cuts a promo on Daniel Bryan. Bryan comes out and says Heath Slater cut the same promo last week and he made him tap out. Barrett punches him and taunts him with his own Money in the Bank briefcase. Daniel eventually counters and puts Barrett in the LeBell Lock.

Backstage, Teddy Long is talking to Zack Ryder. Mark Henry walks up to them and Ryder tells him that he will find him an opponent.

The Nexus vs. The Uso Brothers was advertised for later in the show.

2. Alicia Fox, Rosa Mendes, and Tamina defeated Natalya, AJ, and Kaitlyn. AJ has improved, according to Wesley. Fox hit her axe kick on Kaitlyn and got the pin.

There was a Justin Gabriel video that showed him at home in South Africa.

Mark Henry beat Bobby Heller. Heller is a local wrestler from the Philly area. Henry destroyed him in a squash with two World Strongest Slams and a killer backbreaker.

Henry grabbed a chair, but Teddy Long stopped him from using it by saying he had a lawsuit pending and no one wants to fight him. Sheamus mades his entrance and said he will fight Henry. Sheamus slapped Henry and then tossed him out of the ring. Sheamus grabbed a chair and Henry retreated.

4. Michael McGillicutty and David Otunga defeated The Uso Brothers to retain the WWE Tag Titles. The Uso Brothers did their tribal dance to no reaction whatsoever. New Nexus came out to Justin Gabriel's theme song. Weird. The Uso Brothers showed a lot of energy and worked in some double team moves. However, McGillicutty hit his neckbreaker to get the win for his team.

Backstage, Johnny Curtis says he will make his Smackdown debut next week.

The Raw Rebound airs showing Rey Mysterio Winning the WWE Championship, Jim Ross returning, John Cena vs. Mysterio, Cena winning the WWE Championship and CM Punk returning.

Backstage, Matt Striker interviews R-Truth. R-Truth says a good R-Truth is a bad R-Truth. He says he's like an eagle swooping down and grabbing a snake like a viper.

Cody Rhodes w/Ted DiBiase defeated WWE Intercontinental Champion Ezekiel Jackson after hitting Cross Rhodes in a non-title match.

Jinder Mahal and The Great Khali cut a promo in Punjabi from the second level of the arena. "USA" chants fill the arena.

R-Truth defeats Randy Orton by DQ. Truth had a lot of heat on him. World Heavyweight Champion Christian comes out to watch the match from the top of the ramp. R-Truth gets the win via disqualification when Orton uses a chair. After the match, Orton hits an RKO on R-Truth on the announce table, breaking it.
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[Andrew]

I will be doing a review on Smackdown this week and every single week following that so my thoughts will be posted there.
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[Deezy]

Zack Ryder on Smackdown? Permanent? More face time tho.

 

[Andrew]

Looks like it Deezy. He's Teddy Long's assistant

 

[Troy]

Looks like a good show although I don't want to see RAW stars on Smackdown and vice versa.

Ryder as Long's assistant means tv time so I am happy with that. He wasn't being used on RAW so at least he now gets a chance weekly on Smackdown. They can start him as this and then move him into the ring on Smackdown. Glad to see him being used as he has done so much on his own to get himself a fanbase and get himself over. Surely now WWE will start selling his head bands.

Looks like we will see Sheamus vs. Henry like some of us predicted. Good pairing as they are both being booked as monsters. Good way to turn Sheamus face.

Nice that there was a tag team title match. Shame that their was no reaction to Uso's entrance but since this is Smackdown they can edit some in later.

In a different set of spoilers I read that the match with Ezekiel was actually a handicap match.

Finally Johnny Curtis will make his debut next week. I am actually looking forward to seeing him wrestle on Smackdown.

I wish Jinder Mahal and Khali would team and wrestle as a tag team.

I want to see Morrison vs. Christian to see how Morrison looks after his injury.