WWE Smackdown live event
Albany, N.Y.
Report by Dot Net reader Rusty Lemon

The Smackdown house show drew about a 3/4 full attendance, which is decent since it rained all day.

1. The Great Khali beats Jinder Mahal. A good match. The crowd really liked Khali. After the match, Cody Rhodes ran to the ring and attacked Khali.

2. Ted DiBiase beat Hunico. Before the match, Hunicio got a mic and riled the crowd by saying how ugly the town is, etc. When DiBiase, came out he gets the mic and leads a USA chant. After the match, Cody Rhodes runs out and attacked DiBiase with Hunico and Camacho's help.

3. Heath Slater defeated Drew McIntyre. Drew came out acting distraught. He grabbed a mic and told the crowd that Teddy Long has fired him but he feels if he can win Long will rehire him. This talk does not go over well with crowd. We could not hear him well and he seemed less than convincing. The match started with a lot of pushing and slapping.

4. Cody Rhodes defeated Justin Gabriel to retain the Intercontinental Title. Cody kept leaving the ring and stalling while trying to stop match. He was booed. He grabbed a mic in middle of match to ask crowd why they boo him and asked questioned whether they know he is from Georgia. The boos got louder. The match really had no rhythm with Rhodes winning. After the match, Khali and DiBiase returned to ring to beat down Rhodes as payback for earlier. They talked Justin Gabriel into jumping Rhodes.

Intermission.

5. Beth Phoenix and Natalya beat Tamina Snuka and Alicia Fox. Good match.

6. Sheamus beat Alberto Del Rio. Del Rio was booed the whole match. The crowd went wild for Sheamus, who won with a kick to Del Rio's head.

7. Daniel Bryan beat Big Show vs Randy Orton in a Triple Threat match to retain the World Hvt. Championship. This was a very worthy main event with all three really putting on a good show. When Bryan came out he ripped a kids sign up. When Show came out, WWE security told him about it, and he gave his beanie to kid. When Orton came out, the kid told orton about it, and he and Show worked together to hurt Bryan.

I'm not sure if that was scripted but it really went over big with audience. Bryan ended up winning the match, but Orton RKO'd him for his effort. All in all one of the better house shows I've been to with Orton, Sheamus, and DiBiase being my three favorites for the night.

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