4/1 WWE Smackdown TV taping: Ongoing coverage of the matches taped for Friday's television show (spoilers)

Dot Net readers Rob Showalter, Nick Aiello, and Andrew Blum attended the WWE Raw event in Washington, D.C. and are passing along the following updates on the WWE Smackdown taping.

1. Ryback defeated Primo and Epico in a handicap match. Ryback hit a double spear and then performed Shellshocked on both men and pinned them.

Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow came out with the Bella Twins. They entered to Brodus Clay's music and were dressed like Brodus, Sweet T, and The Funkadactyls. Cody had Tensai face paint. Rhodes Scholars talked trash. Brodus, Sweet T, and the Funkadactyls came out. The Funkadactyls attacked the Bellas. Brodus and Sweet T cleared Rhodes Scholars from the ring by clotheslining them over the ropes and out of ring.

2. Jack Swagger (w/Zeb Colter) defeated Kofi Kingston. Kofi tapped to the Patriot Lock.