* Sheamus defeated Michael McGillicutty. The match got crazy as they tried some comedy with a water bottle. McGillicutty ended up wearing wrestling headgear and pinning the referee. Sheamus grabbed him and got the win.
* The Miz and Michael Cole open the show talking about CM Punk. They will reveal later whether or not CM Punk can compete on January 7th. They interview Antonio Cesaro.
* Matt Striker wants a word with The Great Khali but is stopped by Natalya and Hornswoggle.
* Antonio Cesaro defeated The Great Khali with the United States Title on the line. Striker interviewed him after the match and he cut an anti-USA promo.
* Wade Barrett loses a non-title Gauntlet Match. He defeated Justin Gabriel, JTG and Yoshi Tatsu but Kofi Kingston pinned him. Kofi vs. Barrett in an Intercontinental Title rematch is announced for SmackDown.
* SmackDown opens with Randy Orton talking about the Royal Rumble. Sheamus comes out and they argue about who will be the last one. Big Show and Antonio Cesaro come out to interrupt. Booker T makes Orton and Sheamus vs. Show and Cesaro for tonight's main event.
* The Miz beat Heath Slater.
* Natalya, Hornswoggle and The Great Khali beat Primo, Epico and Rosa Mendes.
* Wade Barrett beat Kofi Kingston to retain the Intercontinental Title.
* Tamina Snuka beat Layla.
* Randy Orton and Sheamus beat Big Show and Antonio Cesaro. Orton and Sheamus had a staredown to end the show.
* Wade Barrett loses a non-title Gauntlet Match. He defeated Justin Gabriel, JTG and Yoshi Tatsu but Kofi Kingston pinned him. Kofi vs. Barrett in an Intercontinental Title rematch is announced for SmackDown.
No Ziggler, Shield and Team Hell No. Seems like a poor show with a lot of irrelavent matches (I.e. the six man tag and Miz vs Heath Slater) and no storyline advancement. And Why the hell are Great Khali and Hornswoggle teaming up again?
I think it more likely Kofi will be feuding with Cesaro next. Not so many credible midcard faces around, and with two heel champs in Cesaro and Barrett they can't afford to not utilize Kofi..
On topic, hope Cesaro comes off strong vs GingeRKO. Wait and see I suppose..
* Sheamus defeated Michael McGillicutty. The match got crazy as they tried some comedy with a water bottle. McGillicutty ended up wearing wrestling headgear and pinning the referee. Sheamus grabbed him and got the win.
Looks like a meh Smackdown. Absolutely Loving the Cesaro push.
I'd like to see where WWE is going to go with the Orton/Sheamus staredown. Just random? or maybe an Orton/Sheamus fued to begin 2013?
* Sheamus defeated Michael McGillicutty. The match got crazy as they tried some comedy with a water bottle. McGillicutty ended up wearing wrestling headgear and pinning the referee. Sheamus grabbed him and got the win.
Looks like a okay Smackdown. Really nice to see Antonio Cesaro main-eventing, even if he has lost. Still tons of pointless matches like the 3 man tag match and Miz/Slater. Also Barrett/Kofi for the 1324724th time doesn't interest me at all.
I think it would be nice for Barrett to feud with a new superstar, like Alberto Del Rio or something like that.
Alicia Fox and Natalya were also taped for Saturday Morning Slam too, and from other sources it was a good entertaining wrestled divas match, which isn't surprising considering the two divas involved. SD doesn't seem to bad, might actually watch a full SD in like over two years.
* SmackDown opens with Randy Orton talking about the Royal Rumble. Sheamus comes out and they argue about who will be the last one. Big Show and Antonio Cesaro come out to interrupt. Booker T makes Orton and Sheamus vs. Show and Cesaro for tonight's main event.
Sounds like a shitty episode. Going to skip and watch the next ones since they will include The Rock. Hopefully they don't just run a bunch of filler and a 10 minute Rock segment, and instead actually make use of the fact that extra eyes will be on the show and produce a decent handful of upcoming shows.
Also, it seems like they're pushing the shit out of Wade Barret now. Yawn. I guess we'll have a boring IC title scene now that the WWE title scene is finally getting un-boringed soon. At least it won't be getting as much air time.
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