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WWE SMACKDOWN! LIVE EVENT FROM POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 5/23/12

WWE’s 1st time back to Poughkeepsie since they sold it out in 2009. A few years before that they did two shows in 1 day in Poughkeepsie due to selling out one of the shows. The Mid Hudson Civic Center was sold out. They even had the concert stage used for seating which the WWE always uses but TNA or Northeast Wrestling do not. There was a lot of people standing around the Civic Center as well. So over 3000 people were at the show. WWE had there new entrance stage but due to the small size of the Civic Center only had a Screen with video and WWE logo screen. Unlike the past WWE shows, TNA, & Northeast Wrestling shows at the Civic Center the ring announcer/ring bell was on the opposite side of the ring and there was no table, just 3 chairs.

Lillian Garcia was the ring announcer for the show and almost tripped walking around the ring. Lillian sand the national anthem.

1. Sin Cara & Tyson Kidd vs Hunico & Camacho. Ref Scott Armstrong. Sin Cara did not trampoline into the ring. Hunico & Camacho had there bicycle with them. The sold out crowd was really into the match. Cheering loudly and chanting Tyson non-stop throughout the match. A lot of fast paced action. Kidd & Sin Cara had control of the match at the start. Sin Cara looked impressive. Camacho gained control with Sin Cara. Cara tagged out and Kidd flew into the ring knocking down Camacho. Kidd went for the sharpshooter but Camacho kicked him away. Kidd was back on the offence but Hunico with a distraction and Camacho knocked Kidd off the ring apron into the steel barrier. Hunico the entire match kept messing with the fans. From adults to little kids. As Kidd kept getting beat up by Hunico & Camacho the Civic Center was very loud cheering “TYSON!” Camcho got big air and hit a legdrop but Kidd kicked out. Hunico & Camacho kept Kidd in their corner. Camacho covered his ears as the crowd kept cheering “Tyson” Sin Cara finally got the tag from Kidd but Camacho distracted Armstrong so Armstrong told Cara to get out of the ring. As Armstrong told Cara to get out of the ring. Hunico & Camacho double teamed Kidd. Hunico kept taunting Cara. Kidd got free from Hunico and got the tag to Sin Cara. Cara came in with a hurricarana to Hunico. Cara knocked Hunico to the outside. Cara jumped out of the ring onto Hunico & Camacho. Sin Cara threw Hunico back in the ring and picked up the win. Match went over 10 minutes.

2. Jinder Mahal vs Yoshi Tatsu. Ref Jack Doan. Jinder spoke in Hindu before the match but it was hard to hear Jinder & Lillian as the microphone volume was low. Garcia had to bring Jinder’s jacket and hat backstage during the match. A lot of lockups. Yoshi threw Jinder out of the ring and almost onto Lillian. Yoshi kicked Jinder into the steel barrier. Jinder gained control as Yoshi tried to get back into the ring. Yoshi hit a few slaps to Jinder’s chest. Then a few kicks. Yoshi hit a running kick to Jinder’s face but Jinder kicked out. Yoshi tried to rollup Jinder but again Jinder kicked out. Jinder hit a running knee and then applied the camel clutch for the win.

On the video screen a video played of Kane talking about his No Holds Barred Match against Randy Orton. It was hard to hear what he was saying.

3. Santino Marella vs Jack Swagger. WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE MATCH. Ref Scott Armstrong. Santino made Lillian laugh before the match. Swagger walked down to the ring backwards. Swagger ran around the ring but twice Santino looked to strike him so Swagger changed directions. Santino & Swagger stood in front of each other. Santino noticed how much shorter he was then Swagger. A production guy with headphones came down and sat next to Lillian and talked to her during the match. The guy with headphones left and another guy from backstage came out to talk to Lillian. Swagger pretended to have Santino’s trumpet and pretended to play it, then break it and stomp on it. Santino pretended to brush the trumpet out of the ring. Swagger begged Santino to stop. Swagger had Santino shake his hand but would not let go. Swagger had Santino and him to a fancy hand shake then danced with Santino and punched him in the face. Swagger laughed and posed and ran around the ring. The production guy left and Lillian looked over a piece of paper that she put inside her WWE Guide book. Swagger held Santino away with one arm. Santino came back and knocked down Swagger. Santino put on the cobra. Swagger caught Santino but was revered but Swagger kicked out. Swagger went for the ankle lock but Santino got out of it and hit the Cobra for the win.

4. Drew McIntyre vs Ezekiel Jackson. Ref Jack Doan. McIntyre on his way to the ring robbed the female WWE security guard and pointed to the fans and talked to her. When Ezekiel came down to the ring. McIntyre went into the audience and stood on a security guard’s chair. Ezekiel had control off the start. Ezekiel threw McIntyre off the top rope. McIntyre the entire match worked on Ezekiel’s right leg. McIntyre jumped off the top rope but was caught by Ezekiel into a sidewalk slam and Ezekiel picked up the win. Second shortest match of the night. Doan tightened one turnbuckle after the match with a wrench.

Lillian grabbed a WWE cup from under the ring and talked about it being sold in the ring. Lillian then threw the cup to the floor.

5. Big Show vs Great Khali. Ref Scott Armstrong. Big Show came out as the fans cheered. Big Show was hard to hear as the microphone kept changing volumes. Big Show said everyone keeps booing him and saying he is a sell out. He says God and his family knows he is not a sellout. Big Show says he does not think the fans ever cared about him. Big Show talked for about 5 minutes. As Khali was getting into the ring Big Show attacked him. Big Show attacked Khali in the corner. Khali fought back and they went to another corner. Big Show then hit a punch and pinned him for the win. In just 1 minute. Big Show left. Khali was still laying in the ring selling and was telling the referee it was only 2.

6. Randy Orton vs Kane. NO HOLDS BARRED MATCH (Lillian said it was a No DQ Match). Ref Jack Doan. They fought to the outside. Orton threw Kane into the steps. Back in the ring. Kane stood on Orton. Kane went for a weapon under the ring causing Lillian to run away. Kane got a kendo stick. Orton got the stick away from Kane and hit Kane twice in the knee. Kane regained the stick and hit Orton a few times with it. Kane threw the kendo stick outside the ring. Kane undid a turnbuckle to expose it. Kane and Orton traded blows. Kane went for a chokeslam but Orton got free. Kane got free from Orton’s DDT in the ropes move. Kane knocked down Orton as he jumped off the top rope. Kane chased Lillian away as he took a chair from ringside. Orton got the chair from Kane and lightly hit him in the shoulder with it. Later Kane hit a chokeslam but Orton kicked out. Kane chased a freighted Jack Doan. Kane threw Lillian’s two remaining chairs into the ring. Lillian took one of the chairs in the corners and tiptoed around the ring to sneakily get a chair. Orton hit the RKO for the win.

Lillian got into the ring with her WWE Guide book which had a paper sticking out of it. Lillian plugged the guide book and pointed to a kid in the crowd that had one. She plugged a Randy Orton sighed picture which was for sale. She also plugged Edge’s movie and No Way Out on PPV. She said we would take a short intermission but more action was to follow.

After Intermission Lillian asked if the fans were ready, she said she could not hear Poughkeepsie so had the fans cheer again.

7. Layla (Divas) vs Natalya. WWE DIVAS CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE MATCH. Ref Scott Armstrong. When Layla came down to the ring the house lights were still on. Layla kissed a little boy at ringside. The house lights went off when Natalya made her way to the ring. Natalya threw her shirt at Lillian. She caused Lillian to act angry. Natalya kept trying to get away from layla. Layla smacked Natalya on the butt. Natalya hit two body slams on Layla. Natalya went for the sharpshooter but was kicked out of the ring. Layla picked up the win. As Natalya left Lillian threw her shirt back at her.

8. Cody Rhodes vs Christian. WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE MATCH. Ref Jack Doan. Cody gave a good promo from what I could hear. Cody said he wants to give the fans something to clap about. He wondered why everyone cheered for Christian if it was because he got injured? Cody said he is Cody Rhodes. Cody talked about his stats from the last Royal Rumble, he said he once was dashing he is a two time Intercontinental champion, he is Cody Rhodes! Christian came down to the ring. Christian said he wants to give the fans something to cheer about it’s him beating up Cody here tonight. Later in the match, Christian went to jump on Cody on the outside but was tripped by Cody. Cody worked on Christian’s arm. Christian went to pull Cody into the corner post but Cody kicked Christian away. Cody jumped off the top rope but Christian hit him with a arm. Cody missed Christian and got kicked in the face. Christian hit a crossbody but Cody revered it but Christian kicked out. Christian hit a DDT off the top rope. Cody continued to work on Christian’s arm. Cody hit the Alabama Slamma but Christian kicked out. Cody went for the Killswitch but Christian got out of it threw Cody into the turnbuckle and hit the killswitch for the win.

9. Alberto Del Rio w/ Ricardo Rodriguez vs Daniel Bryan vs Sheamus. WWE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE MATCH W/ SPECIAL GUEST ENFORCER MICK FOLEY. Ref Scott Armstrong. Could not hear Ricardo give Alberto’s introduction. Foley put his arm around Lillian and got closer to her causing her to laugh. The entire place went crazy when Daniel Bryan came out yelling “YES!” Biggest pop of the night. Ricardo made fun of Bryan running around the ring. Ricardo then hide behind Alberto. As Sheamus came down to the ring. Ricardo was motioning to Bryan he was ready to fight. Alberto & Ricardo were making fun on a fan ringside. Making fat faces and pretending they were eating. Alberto & Ricardo took signs from fans and read them. Ricardo gave his sign back to the fan. Ricardo took the sign Alberto took and ran around with it. Ricardo got in the ring and ripped the sign in half. It was a action packed match off the start with a lot of action. Foley kept standing at ringside and sitting down at ringside next to Lillian. The fans were yelling “Yes” at every move Bryan did and started yelling “Si” for Alberto. Bryan & Alberto double teamed Sheamus with kicks in the corner as the crowd yelled “yes” & “si”. Sheamus jumped over the ropes and took out Bryan & Alberto inside the ring. Alberto worked on Sheamus’ arm. Sheamus & Bryan traded blows. Sheamus hit elbows to Bryan in the corner. Alberto came running in with a knee. Bryan & Alberto shook hands and went after Sheamus together. With more back & forth “yes” & “si” chants from the fans. They suplexed Sheamus. They tied Sheamus up in the ropes and worked him with kicks. Armstrong freed Sheamus and Bryan & Alberto posed. Bryan went after Sheamus but was thrown out of the ring. Sheamus knocked down Alberto. Sheamus hit his forearm clubs to Bryan. Alberto hit a running knee to Sheamus. Alberto locked in the arm bar on Sheamus but Sheamus revered and went for a pin but Alberto kicked out, Bryan ran in and locked in the Yes lock. Bryan & Alberto got in a shoving match. Alberto & Bryan climbed on the ropes and Alberto hit some headbutts. He went to suplex Bryan but Sheamus ran in and suplex Alberto as Alberto suplexed Bryan. The WWE guy from backstage with headphones came out to talk to Lillian again. Sheamus put Alberto in a submission hold but Ricardo ran in and attacked Sheamus. Sheamus stared down Ricardo and Mick Foley got up on the apron. Foley put on Mr. Socko. Sheamus told Ricardo to turn around and Ricardo got Sockoed. Alberto went running at Sheamus but ate a Brogue Kick. Bryan dove off the top rope but missed Sheamus and Sheamus hit him with a Brogue kick for the win.

Fun show, better then past WWE House Shows in Poughkeepsie or Albany in recent years. Show started at 7:30pm and ended a little after 10pm. After a sold out crowd again in Poughkeepsie will it take WWE 3 years to come back again?
 

Nick sent this report.

Just got back from the Smackdown house show at the Mid Hudson Civic Center. It's the first time WWE's been here in like 3 years. Let me just say right off the bat that it's a shame this arena isn't any bigger and could hold a TV Taping, because the crowd was hot all night, making for a very enjoyable experience and even making things that would normally be blah, a bit more exciting. Add to the fact that it was basically stratight up matches and there was no stupid Johnny segments it was alot of fun. Normally when I go to these shows I'm tired by the main event and just want to leave, this time I was wide awake and into it the whole way through. Enough of my rambling, here are the results.

Sin Cara & Tyson Kidd defeated Hunico & Camacho - Great way to kick off the show, high spots and fast paced the whole way through. I think it was the best I've ever seen Sin Cara perform, and Camacho was decent as it was the first time I got to see him have an actual match.

Jinder Mahal beat Yoshi Tatsu with the camel clutch. - Meh match. What you would expect from these guys. The hot crowd made this one seem much better than it was.

Kane cut a promo on the tron about facing Orton in a No DQ match later.

Santino Marella beat Jack Swagger to retain the US Belt. - Pure Comedy match but surprisingly very enjoyable. Swagger got to show alot more personality than I've seen in years. It's a shame he can't bring it to TV.

Ezekiel Jackson defeated Drew McIntyre - It was what it was. Crowd was hot for this match too so It was cool.

Big Show beat Great Khali - Before the match Show cut a promo about his heel turn, but the sound system wasn't great for the promos so I didn't hear much of it (The only downside of the evening) Thankfully it was a 30 second match, they exchanged chops and basically Show just knocked him out. It was a sight to see these two giants exchanging fists in person though.

Randy Orton defeated Kane in a No DQ Match - Very enjoyable Brawl. Crowd was way into Orton. Not a good as Extreme Rules, but I enjoyed it more than their Mania match.

Intermission

Layla beat Natalya to retain the Diva's championship. - Decent Match, longer than the standard Diva's matches

Christian beat Cody Rhodes to retain the IC Title. - Better than the Over the Limit match in my opinion. Cody cut a great promo before the match ending like the Rock or Flair would (his own version of Jet flying, limo riding suited to him though) Cody was way over, so was Christian.

Sheamus beat Daniel Bryan & Alberto Del Rio in a 3 way to retain the WHC with guest enforcer Mick Foley. - The extent of Foleys involvement was putting Socko on Ricardo and raising Sheamus' hand at the end. Del Rio & Bryan got great reactions, Sheamus got a monster pop. ( I want to say the biggest of the night) Incredible PPV quality match. Crowd was going back and forth with Yes & Si when Del Rio & Bryan were working over Sheamus.

Overall incredible show. I had lost faith after Sunday & Monday and was not looking so forward to the show, but they won me over tonight. Wish it could be this way on TV.

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