8/4 WWE Smackdown in Perth, Australia: The unusual duo of Christian and Cody Rhodes vs. MVP and Matt Hardy, MVP shows off a different look, The Hart Dynasty vs. Luke Gallows and Joey Mercury for the Unified Tag Titles

WWE Smackdown house show
Perth, Australia at the Burswood Dome
Report by Dot Net reader Phil Baumert

The top half of the auditorium was curtained off but the arena looked reasonably full. Tony Chimel informed us that there was a new Intercontinental Champion, Dolph Ziggler, and that he'd be facing Kofi Kingston in a championship bout later tonight.

1. The Hart Dynasty (w/Natalya) defeated Luke Gallows and Joey Mercury (w/Serena) to retain the Unified Tag Titles. Tyson Kidd started off slow and took a bunch of offense from Gallows and Mercury. Serena tried to cause a distraction on the apron while Gallows tried to work on Kidd, Natalya took care of her and Kidd got the hot tag to David Hart Smith who cleaned house. Harts got the W with the Hart Attack on Mercury.

2. Layla defeated Kelly Kelly to retain the WWE Women's Championship. KK is ridiculously good looking in the flesh and Layla got her fair share of hoots from the posse of teenage boys sitting behind us. Fairly standard Divas match, they both hit their signature moves, and Layla scored a clean pin with a botched finisher.

3. Alberto Del Rio beat Chavo Guerrero. Big cheers for Chavo, and the crowd was behind him all match. Del Rio was on offense for much of the fight and looked strong if a little unexciting. Chavo got going with a 1/3 of his Three Amigos before Del Rio picked things up again. Chavo scored a frog splash for a near fall before Del Rio secured the win with his twisting finisher into an arm bar.

4. Matt Hardy and MVP defeated Christian and "Dashing" Cody Rhodes. Big pops for Christian and Hardy. "Dashing" Cody Rhodes told us that his teeth were worth $20k and were the only fake thing about him, he then tried to get his opponents to make a deal not to hit him in the face, poser. Good back and forth match with everyone getting their offense going, as expected Christian turned on Rhodes and slapped him in the face before walking out of the ring. Hardy and MVP hit Twist of Fate and Ballin' to pick up the win. MVP looked very weird with his hair blown out instead of his usual cornrows.

5. Dolph Ziggler defeated Kofi Kingston to retain the Intercontinental Title. Missed the start of this match due to intermission lines for the concession stands. What we did see was a lot of holds and ankle/wrist/arm locks. Kofi got going towards the end with the Boom Drop and a missed Trouble in Paradise. Ziggler rolled him up for the win.

6. Big Show over Drew McIntyre. McIntyre came out to big heat. Once Show got to ring, Drew proceeded to tell us that we didn't deserve to see him wrestle and that Australia was a nation of no good convicts, which got him even more heat. The bell rang and Show dropped him with the Big Right Hand within three seconds. Shortest match of the night.

7. Kane defeated Rey Mysterio and Jack Swagger in a Triple Threat to retain the World Hvt. Championship. Biggest pop of the night for Rey, no surprise judging by the number of Rey masks in our section. Swagger looked like he was back to his previous chest thumping self which I enjoy more than brooding angry Jack. Lot of signature offense from all three stars, but Kane and Rey had the majority of the exchanges with Swagger leaning against the crowd barrier for the early part of the match. Kane won with a pin on Swagger. After the bell we got the expected 619 from Rey followed by a chokeslam from the Big Red Monster.

Biggest pop:
1 - Rey
2 - Big Show
3 - Christian

Most Heat:
1 - Drew McIntyre
2 - Jack Swagger
3 - Alberto Del Rio