Dot Net reader Mark Kerns attended the WWE Smackdown taping in Des Moines, Ia. and filed the following report.

At this week's Smackdown taping in Des Moines, Iowa, the commercially advertised main event, which was to be a dark match, was listed as Christian vs. Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship. Once Smackdown was off the air, instead of the advertised match, fans were surprised to see Mark Henry make an entrance to the ring. As to who his opponent was to be, nobody knew, as nobody ever came out. 
 
Mark Henry stood in the ring for nearly five minutes before finally trying to pass the time by cutting an impromptu promo in front of fans at Wells Fargo Arena. However, each time he would try to begin talking, the microphones would die out. So instead, he decided to taunt several fans, including some of the area's independent wrestlers.  After 15 minutes had passed since Smackdown had gone "off-air," Tony Chimel made an announcement stating that while fans waited for Mark Henry's opponent, WWE wanted to thank the fans for attending. 
 
Finally, Mark Henry's music started back up, and fans thought they were finally moments away from a hopefully decent dark match. After a couple of minutes, Mark Henry's music stopped, and Hornswoggle's hit. However, we got no Hornswoggle. A couple of minutes later, Hornswoggle's music stopped, and Great Khali's old music hit, yet again, no Khali.

Finally, Khali's music stopped, and Mr. McMahon's music hit. Again, no show from the Chairman. Finally, Mark Henry had gotten tired of waiting for an opponent, and walked backstage, ending a nearly 20 minute wait for a dark match opponent. Needless to say, the fans were not happy with the outcome of WWE's promise of a dark match. 

Powell's POV: I think WWE officials were pulling a rib on Henry, but the live crowd was caught up in it and probably weren't too pleased if Marc's 20-minute time estimate is correct.

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