I will remind you once again that things on a taped show are subject to change. Promos and other segments might be added in, while others could be shortened or cut all together. That being said let us get started.
Smackdown! starts: Christian pins Mark Henry for the win. He grabs the microphone and demands that Teddy Long comes out. Teddy makes his way to the ring as Christian demands to be placed in the title match later tonight between Randy Orton and Sheamus. Long does not like the idea but makes Christian the special guest referee instead.
I will also take this time to apologize. Last week I said that Sheamus won a shot at the World Heavyweight title at Capital Punishment when in fact he won a shot at the title this week on Smackdown! My mistake.
- Alicia Fox and Tamina defeat Kaitlyn and AJ (The Chick Busters as they called them selves on twitter this past Tuesday) for the second week in a row. They had no manger this week in what was a very short match.
- Cody Rhodes comes out and trash talks Daniel Bryan. I won't go into details but I like where this is going. Both of these men are very talented and can put on fantastic matches, so I'm glad to see them face off against each other and not play the underdog in a match against a beast like Batista, Jackson, Henry...
- Jinder Mahal (with Great Khali) beats Yoshi Tatsu in his Smackdown! in-ring debut (I think I'm right but correct me if I'm wrong). Khali put Tatsu in the vice afterwards as he acts as Mahal's body guard. Poor Yoshi is treated like garbage by the WWE yet again, much like every other Japanese wrestler in the last 15 years.
- Ezekiel Jackson beats Wade Barrett (with Corre) for the Intercontinental title by count out. As you all know Barrett loses the match but retains the gold. Lame finish only because Barrett is forced to play the coward role yet he is a 6'5 monster of a man. Jackson fights off Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel as Barrett escapes. This is most likely leading up to a PPV match between the two men, I hope Wade wins because he is great on the mic, he has a great look and is a very hard worker. Jackson I don't care for at all.
- President Obama's Capitol Punishment promo (June 19th in Washington D.C.). - They must have been giving John Cena shirts away for free because every kid in the crowd had one.
- Tribute to the troops video hits and so does the "USA" chant. I personally dislike these videos because I'm Canadian and I want to watch wrestling not a "USA Army advertisement" that promotes America's policies across the globe. I'm sure you will disagree, that's just my opinion, I'm not insulting the troops, but I would be happier if they didn't air these videos. - In the back, Sheamus tries to kiss up to Christian, but he fails.
Daniel Bryan wins over Ted Dibiase Jr. (with Cody Rhodes) via LeBell Lock. Rhodes hands out more paper bags. Rhodes and DiBiase beat down Bryan, but Sin Cara makes the save. Will this be a tag match at Capital Punishment? Is this the beginning of a tag team between Cara and Bryan? Will Legacy reunite for a long stint? Will Chavo Guerrero ever be in a serious feud again?
- Randy Orton takes out Sheamus with a Super-Duper-Ultra-Awesome-Unstoppible move known to all the creatures of the land as an RKO. Christian was the referee. Christian also decks Orton with the title after the match and I destroyed my replay button.
Overall Rating of Smackdown! 7.5/10. Good Show but not Great. I will be going to Europe for the next 10 weeks. So the next Smackdown! spoiler I will do will be for the August 19th show. Tell me what hot diva you want on the cover of that article. See you later mofos!