WWE Smackdown taping
Bossier City, La.
Report by Dot Net reader Josh Leatherwood

There were some no shows on the floor. My daughter made it to front row left of the ramp. She's in blue shirt. 

John Cena opened the show and announced the main event of Dolph Ziggler vs. Sheamus. Alberto Del Rio came out to sets up a match with Cena.

1. John Cena pinned Alberto Del Rio. Del Rio dominated most of match. The crowd very pro-Cena. I did get a few Del Rio chants going though. Good near falls for Del Rio. Cena won with top rope leg drop. Ziggler attacked Cena with the MITB briefcase on the stage.

Kane and and Daniel Bryan were shown backstage with Kofi Kingston. They announced Kofi and Team Hell No vs. Wade Barrett and the Prime TIme Players. Kane and D-Bry said they would get along and then they put over each other.

John Cena and Booker T spoke backstage. Booker asked for peace between Cena and Ziggler during the show.

2. The Great Khali (w/Hornswoggle) defeated David Otunga. Khali and Hornswoggle were very over. A brief match.

3. Kane, Daniel Bryan, and Kofi Kingston beat Wade Barrett and The Prime Time Players. Not much reaction for the heels during their entrances, but the faces were very over. There were dueling Kane and Darren chants. The Players ended up getting a good reaction during the match. A face turn coming? Good tag work by the heels. D-Bry took the brunt of the attack and hot tagged Kane. Kane's chokeslam was followed by a diving head butt by Bryan and the No Lock for the win. Kane and D-Bry were there perfect team tonight. Good match.

Sheamus was interviewed. He drew a big pop from crowd for his first appearance. He ran down Big Show.

They teased a Shield appearance but it may have been a set up for interview replay from Monday. It was not shown to live crowd.

Damien Sandow came out to a lot of heat. He pulled a fan into the ring and made him his apprentice. He asked the fans questions, which drew "What?" chants from the crowd. Good heat segment.

4. Damien Sandow defeated Tyson Kidd. Decent reaction for Kidd. Sandow is a heat magnet.

Dolph Ziggler was interviewed. He ran down Cena and talked about Sheamus.

5. Heath Slater and Jinder Mahal (w/Drew McIntyre) defeated The Uso Brothers. The Uso's were very over with the live crowd. I got a look from Heath for a 3MB chant. Jinder got the win for his team.

6. Sheamus beat Dolph Ziggler by DQ. Huge pop for Sheamus. Lots of outside the ring action and good back and forth action. Ziggler got some good bursts of offense. Sheamus used the Cloverleaf. Big Show interfered for the DQ. Show and Ziggler doubled up on Sheamus until Cena made the save and cleared them from the ring to end the taping.

After the cameras stopped rolling, Sheamus cut a promo and thanked the crowd.

Dark match

1. Sheamus beat Big Show by DQ in a World Hvt. Championship match. A fun match with lots of jawing with crowd. It was a long match for being a dark match. There was a chair shot from Show for the DQ. Sheamus hit the Brouge Kick to send the crowd home happy.

Great show! Fun experience! I hope they are back here soon.

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