7/16 Hermanstyne's WWE Smackdown Live Coverage: MITB go-home show that includes Drew McIntyre vs. Christian, Kofi Kingston vs. "Dashing" Cody Rhodes and Jack Swagger provides his alibi to Kane


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7/16 Hermanstyne's WWE Smackdown Live Coverage: MITB go-home show that includes Drew McIntyre vs. Christian, Kofi Kingston vs. "Dashing" Cody Rhodes and Jack Swagger provides his alibi to Kane
Jul 16, 2010 - 07:00 PM


By Marv Hermanstyne

WWE Friday Night Smackdown on MyNetworkTV
Taped in Louisville, KY

[Q1] The show kicked off with footage of Swagger turning into Kurt Angle 2.0 with the Ankle Lock submission on Show and Rey over the past two weeks and promised his alibi for tonight. The opening montage was shown and the announcer's hyped Swagger's alibi for tonight. Kofi came out to a nice pop and footage was shown of Nexus destroying Kofi on NXT this past Tuesday. Cody came out to his douchebag music with no heat…

1. Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston fought Cody Rhodes to an apparent no-contest in 10:10. Kofi started with a neck toss and Cody countered with a neck scissors. Cody hit a shoulderblock and a roll up for a nearfall. Cody worked on Kofi in the corner with stomps to the midsection. Kofi worked on Cody but Cody countered with a drop toe hold, a hangman and a kick to the chest to Kofi. [C]

The show returned with Cody applying an abdominal stretch and hitting a side Russian leg sweep for a nearfall. Cody went back to the ab stetch and Kofi broke out and hit an elbow. Kofi came back with instant offense and hit a botched double leg takedown to Cody. Cody hit a leaping bulldog for a nearfall. Cody went for a superplex but Kofi hit a flying cross body to Cody and Kane came out and destroyed both men.

[Q2] Kane said there is breaking news and he said that Swagger is a liar. He said Swagger will pay for his sins and he will pronounce judgment on the condemned. Christian vs. McIntyre and Matt Hardy vs. Dolph Ziggler is later tonight.

Mind of Marv: Is the crowd dead or was it true that they had less than 10,000 people in attendance? The match was OK, but the crowd was taking a nap until Kane came out. They guys could have a nice feud in the future if neither of them wins MITB…

The announcers said that Rey has torn ligaments in his ankle and video was shown of Swagger destroying Rey the past two weeks. Rey was backstage with the trainer and he grabbed his world title. Mathews asked Rey how he was feeling and Rey said that he was in pain. Mathews asked him he was going to wrestle on Sunday and Rey said he was going to forfeit the title. He was kidding and he said that he will stand up and he will get the confidence to defeat Swagger. He said that attacking him was a moment of desperation, but attacking Taker --- he said that karma works in mysterious ways. Swagger was on the phone with his father and was talking about winning the world title in Kansas City. [C]

Mind of Marv: Wasted segment… Rey was kidding about forfeiting the world title? Weak. Swagger's alibi is his father? Again, weak.

[Q3] Footage was shown of Edge winning the first MITB back at Mania 21 and winning his first WWE title. Drew McIntyre and his long ass entrance…

2. Drew McIntyre defeated Christian in 11:30. Drew kicked Christian and both men played cat and mouse outside of the ring. Christian hit a crossbody to Drew off the top turnbuckle. Christian hit another crossbody for a nearfall on Drew. Christian pressed his weight on Drew on the ropes. Drew worked on Christian in the corner and applied an armbar. Christian setup for DDT but Drew pushed him off the ropes. [C]

Drew dragged Christian and went for the cover for a nearfall. Drew applied an armbar to Christian and Christian came back with brief offense, but Drew countered. Christian hit a DDT off the ropes to Drew for a nearfall. Christian hit more offense and a inverted DDT for a nearfall. Christian hit a dropkick to Drew for a nearfall. Christian hit a drop toe hold and he missed a crossbody. Drew covered for a nearfall. Drew slung Christian and went for a belly to back suplex but Christian countered with a roll up for a nearfall.

[Q4] Drew went for the Future Shock, but Christian countered with a flying uppercut. Both men went for their finishers but they countered out. Drew hit a thumb to the eye and hit the Future Shock on Christian for the win.

Mind of Marv: Good TV match and this looks like another mid-card/future main event feud in the making. I'm not worried about these guys because they will have some highlights in the MITB match on Sunday…

Alberto Del Rio bores the holy shit out of us with another vignette…[C]

Video footage of Punk was shown winning his second MITB match at Mania 25. The SES graced out presence in the ring to some good ass heat. Punk ripped the crowd and bragged about winning MITB twice. He said the SES is stronger than ever and Big Show interrupted him. Punk bitching about his time and Show came to the ring with 2 ladders. Show setup the ladder and was ignoring Punk. Show said pardon and Punk said everyone is listening to him. Show said Punk was putting everyone one to sleep and the SES is the cure for insomnia because they are putting them to sleep. Show was being a comedian talking about the MITB having a giant…

[Q5] Punk said he wants to see Show do a 450 --- as in 450 pounds crashing in the ring. Show took offense and said that the MITB is a dangerous match because if he falls on someone they are squashed. He did a ladder demonstration and Punk said it was taking forever. Punk congratulated him and Show grabbed the little Hornswoggle ladder. Punk said it was embarrassing and Show talked about breaking shit. He said that Show has a treat for everyone and some jabronis brought this big stupid ass ladder!

Show said that the big ass ladder weighed 350 lbs and it was custom made. Punk said that show and tell is over and called Show, King Kong. He talked about Kane injuring him and talked about winning if he wasn't in a sling. The SES beat on Show with the mini ladder and Punk went up the ladder and Show got up and beat the hell out of the SES. Punk was scared on the ladder and tried to kick Show but to no avail. Show grabbed Punk and took his mask off and the facial expression on Punk was hilarious! [C]

Mind of Marv: The segment dragged, but the ending was hilarious. Both guys did a good job, overall. If you haven't seen Punk bald, check out some of his old work from years ago…

The show returned with Punk's head being exposed. Swagger was on the phone with his daddy and he was worried about Kane attacking. The sexy Layla was in the ring with the damn Dudebusters.

Mind of Marv: I don’t want to type the last sentence ever again…

Footage was shown of LayCool beating down Kelly from last week. Kelly vs. Layla for the Women's title is set for MITB.

3. Kelly Kelly and Chris Masters beat Women's Champion Layla and Trent Barretta in a mixed tag team match in 1:32. Kelly smacked Layla twice and beat the hell out of her in the ring. Layla kicked off Kelly for a nearfall. Layla hit a neckbreaker to Kelly and Rosa Mendes came out with her jump rope. The Dudebusters played jump rope with Rosa and Kelly hit the K2 on Layla for the win.

[Q6] Post match, Layla looked pissed at Rosa Mendes and she jump roped out of the arena…

Mind of Marv: Remember the Honk-O-Meter? I have the Marv-Hates-this-dumb-shit meter….we get a throwaway mix tag match and the Dudebusters like douches play jump rope? I think we all got Dudebusted (no pun intended).

The MITB card was ran down by the announcers. Matt Hardy came out to his brother's heat and said that the truth about him is that he is comfortable on the ladder. He said on Sunday when he wins MITB, he's cashing in that night and will be the next world champion. [C]

[Q7] More Alberto Del Rio if you need a piss, sleep, or beer breaks…

4. Dolph Ziggler beat Matt Hardy in 11:00. Dolph got extra technical to start the match. Matt hit an hiptoss to Dolph and locked his neck. Matt hit a shoulder block for a nearfall. Dolph attacked Matt and hit an elbow. Matt tried to throw Dolph and he clotheslined Dolph over the top rope. Dolph hit a baseball slide to Matt outside the ring. [C]

The show returned with Dolph getting the advantage of Matt. Dolph hit some elbows for a nearfall. Dolph applied an ab stretch and Matt tried to roll up Dolph, but to no avail. Dolph hit a blockbuster to Matt for a nearfall. Dolph stalled around and Matt came back on offense with punches. Matt hit a clothesline and planted Dolph for a nearfall. Matt hit a elbow from the second rope for a nearfall. Matt went for the side effect but Dolph broke it off and went for the Zig Zag but Matt countered into a power bomb for a nearfall. Matt finally hit the side effect for a nearfall because Dolph took his finger and grabbed the rope. Dolph applied the sleeper and Matt broke out of it. Matt tried the Twist of Fate, but Dolph pushed Matt almost hitting Vickie and he hit the Zig Zag for the win…

Mind of Marv: Above average match that could have main evented Superstars, but reasonable for the most part.

Footage of Kane attacking Kofi and Cody was shown from earlier. Backstage, Swagger's father pulled up in the limo and he told the production guy to put in the video. [C] [Q8]

Jack and Papa Swagger came to the ring. Swagger said that it would be an understatement when its easy to lose sight of family because he is constantly put on a pedestal. He said its easy to lose sight on what's important because of Kane. He said that he is going to prove that he had nothing to do with Taker. He introduced his "father" and said that exhibit A was pictures of them working out. His father said he did 175 pushups and Jack said that he did about 300. Next picture of them catching a fake ass fish and said it was a proud moment. The next picture was them eating chicken wings. Kane stop the bleeding and came out. Striker said that the BBQ sauce better be good in Oklahoma….was that a shot at Jim Ross???

Kane said that Swagger had a smug look on his face and doesn't believe him. Swagger said that they ran a 5K and Kane choked Jack. Papa Swagger begged him off and Jack took advantage by placing the ankle lock on Kane. Rey came out limping and he hit a 619 on Jack. Kane tried to chokeslam both Swaggers, but Jack threw his father as bait for Kane to chokeslam him. Jack had a fit outside of the ring. Jack tried to get back in the ring, but Kane hit a Tombstone on his father to close the show.

Mind of Marv: Lousy ending to a lackluster show. The pictures were cheesy and the segment bored me to tears. This show gets a grade, that’s how bad it was. The wrestling was cool but overall, but for a go-home show, this didn't encourage any buys. But keep reading, because I will tell you why the show is worth ordering…

Chris Shore will have the Smackdown Hitlist in the morning and, I will have the feature articles with my MITB previews for Raw and Smackdown for the weekend. Check them out, provide feedback at mr.hermanstyne@gmail.com. Jason Powell and Rich Twilling will have double coverage of MITB on Sunday so follow along with them.


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