WWE News WWE Smackdown onsite report: More details on Tuesday's taping including a Vance Archer promo that did not air on ECW (no spoilers) Nov 4, 2009 - 09:45 AM Email This Article | Printer Friendly Page Send Us News & Results | Back to Main Listing Dot Net reader Jared Brodeurer attended Tuesday's WWE Smackdown taping in Providence, R.I. and passed along the following report. Most of the seats were filled except for the top layer. However, it is a small arena so I'm sure the WWE would have liked a better turn out. Dark Match 1. Eric Escobar defeated Tommy Dreamer. Escobar went over after a few minutes. Smackdown/ECW taping notes Everything shown on ECW happened live except a promo shown before newcomer Vance Archer (which I realized after the match was former TNA star Lance Hoyt) cut a video promo about Providence having nothing which gained him a lot of heat and was a good promo. Throughout the show there were numerous Hogan chants that got louder when things got boring. It was also humorous to see someone dressed as Hogan leading the chants in the front row. I assume there will be a lot of editing on Smackdown. The crowd was very hot for Batista and did not accept him as a heel considering all he has done. That shows you how successful this heel turn is so far. The show started off good. The crowd died towards the end and were completely dead for CM Punk vs. R-Truth along with Batista vs. Matt Hardy. I was lucky to be in an area full of people chanting random things like "We want Regal," or "USA" (during every match), and "Hogan" all night long. If I had to rate this show it would be a 3 out of 5 due to the energy was there in the beginning but died out through the night and was dead by the end. Thank god for the dark match between Undertaker and CM Punk for bringing the crowd back for a pretty good match. HELP SUPPORT DOT NET! BECOME A MEMBER AT OUR CHARTER RATE OF JUST $5 A MONTH - GET THE FIRST LOOK AT EXCLUSIVE INSIDER DOT NET NEWS, TONS OF EXCLUSIVE AUDIO SHOWS, MESSAGE BOARD ACCESS, START YOUR OWN BLOG, AD-FREE MAIN LISTING: SIGN ME UP (or MORE INFO) GOT AN IPHONE OR IPOD TOUCH? THEN BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD OUR NEW FREE iPhone APP: (click here!) (or SEARCH "pro wrestling" in iTunes App Store) FOR MORE BREAKING WWE & TNA NEWS AND COMMENTARY, VISIT OUR AFFILIATE PWTORCH.COM (click here!) FOR MORE MMA & UFC NEWS AND COMMENTARY, VISIT OUR AFFILIATE MMATORCH.COM (click here!) CLICK TO RETURN TO DOT NET MAIN LISTING OR SELECT A LINK BELOW FROM THIS CATEGORY WWE News Latest Twelve Articles Jim Ross shoots down talk that he's targeting WrestleMania 26 for his return, comments on his current contractual status with WWE Shore's WWE Superstars Hitlist: Shelton Benjamin vs. Zack Ryder, Eric Escobar (w/Vickie Guerrero) vs. Jimmy Wang Yang, and Mark Henry vs. Cody Rhodes 11/20 WWE Smackdown preview: The complete lineup for tonight's show headlined by Undertaker and Kane vs. Chris Jericho and Big Show, plus a hot Intercontinental Title match (no spoilers) 11/20 WWE Smackdown spoilers: Full results of the show that airs tonight with John Morrison defending the Intercontinental Title against Dolph Ziggler in a best of three falls match (spoilers) Where Are They Now: Former WWE wrestler Duke "The Dumpster" Droese WWE "ECW on Syfy" rating: How did the return of C.M. Punk to the Tuesday night show perform in the ratings?