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WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT: FINAL SHOW BEFORE SURVIVOR SERIES; REY'S IN RING RETURN; TAG TITLE MATCH; BRYAN VS. HARPER; AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2013-11-22 22:00:08
We are in Atlanta, Georgia and your announcers are John ‘We try to do a hard sell for pay per views on Friday nights’ Layfield and Michael ‘When do the Hawks get a new arena’ Cole.

We see the match that led to our opening match for the Tag Team Titles when Antonio Cesaro and Jack Swagger defeated the Tag Team Champions in a non-title match.

Match Number One: Cody Rhodes and Goldust versus Antonio Cesaro and Jack Swagger (with Zeb Colter) for the WWE Tag Team Titles

Swagger and Goldust start things off and Goldust is pushed by Swagger but Goldust with an arm drag. Goldust with a punch but Swagger with a knee to the midsection and then he sends Goldust into the turnbuckles. Goldust with a drop kick for a near fall. Cody tags in and he hits a springboard drop kick. Cesaro tags in and Cody with a kick and gourdbuster for a near fall.

Cody with a wrist lock and Goldust tags in and he hits a punch from the turnbuckles. Goldust with an uppercut and he tags Cody back in. Cody with a punch to the midsection from the turnbuckles. Cody with a snap mare and a running knee to the head for a near fall. Cody with a key lock and he works on the arm. Cesaro with a knee.

Cesaro with a European uppercut. Cody with an Irish whip and back body drop for a near fall. Cody with an arm bar. Cesaro runs Cody into the corner. Cody punches Swagger and Cesaro and then Cody gets a near fall with a rollup. Cody with a leaping knee to Cesaro and then Cesaro sends Cody to the apron.

Swagger distracts Cody on the apron and Cesaro with a running boot to send Cody off the apron and to the floor. Goldust checks on Cody and Swagger tags in as we go to commercial.

We are back and Cesaro with a chin lock but Cody with an arm drag. Cesaro with a European uppercut and then Swagger tags in and hits a belly-to-belly slam for a near fall. Swagger with a Swagger Bomb followed by a leap frog double stomp from Cesaro for a near fall.

Swagger tags back in and Cesaro catapults Cody to Swagger for a belly-to-belly slam and Swagger gets a near fall. Cesaro tags back in and he kicks Cody and applies a reverse chin lock. Cody with punches but Cesaro with an Irish whip but he runs into an elbow from Cody. Swagger is sent over the top rope to the floor and then Cody kicks Cesaro away but Swagger pulls Goldust off the apron to prevent Cody from making the tag.

Cody tries for an Alabama Slam but Cesaro counters and tries for a sunset flip but Cody is able to counter Cesaro’s counter to get a near fall. Cesaro with Swiss Death but he can only get a two count. Cesaro gets another near fall. Cesaro with an Irish whip and Cody floats over to try for a sunset flip but Cesaro blocks it. Cody kicks Cesaro and he hits the moonsault from the turnbuckles and both men are down.

Swagger tags in and so does Goldust. Goldust with clotheslines followed by a drop down uppercut and a spinebuster. Goldust goes after Cesaro before returning to Swagger in the corner for punches. Swagger with an Irish whip but Goldust meets Swagger with a power slam. Cesaro pulls Goldust off Swagger. Goldust kicks Cesaro into the announce table and then he back drops Swagger to the floor.

Goldust helps Cody with a back drop onto Cesaro and Swagger. Goldust brings Swagger back into the ring and Goldust goes up top but Swagger gets Goldust on his shoulders. Swagger sends Goldust face first into the mat and Swagger applies the Ankle Lock. Goldust tries to get to the ropes but Swagger pulls Goldust away from the ropes. Cody with Beautiful Disaster to get Swagger to release the hold.

Cesaro puts Cody in the Giant Swing but neither of them are the legal men in the match. Goldust clotheslines Cesaro over the top rope but Swagger gets a near fall with a rollup. Goldust hits the Final Cut for the three count.

Winners: Goldust and Cody Rhodes

Ryback walks in the back as we go to commercial.

We are back and Ryback is in the ring and he is going to make a challenge.

Ryback says being a bully is not a bad thing. He has been a bully all of his life. He enjoys being a bully. He enjoys pushing people around. Looking around at all of you average Feed Me More-ons, he knows that he could push any of them around and there is nothing that they can do about it. Ryback says that is not a bad thing for him. He does not care who it is, he is making an open challenge to anyone in the back who is man enough to accept.

Great Khali’s music plays and he comes to the ring.

Match Number Two: Ryback versus Great Khali

Ryback with a kick and punches followed by shoulders in the corner. Ryback climbs the turnbuckles and he punches Khali but Khali pushes him away and Khali with a forearm to the head. Khali with a chop in the corner. Ryback with a chop but Khali sends Ryback into the turnbuckles and he chops Ryback.

Khali with a chop to the back and then he clotheslines Ryback over the top rope to the floor. Khali goes to the floor. Khali sends Ryback into the ring steps. They return to the ring and Ryback rolls to the floor. Ryback drops Khali’s arm on the top rope and then he connects with shoulders in the corner.

Ryback with kicks to Khali. Khali with an elbow and boot to Ryback. Khali with clotheslines and he waits for the big chop to the top of the head and he connects. Ryback gets his fingertips on the rope to stop the count. Ryback with a flying clothesline and then he picks up Khali for the marching musclebuster and he gets the three count.

Winner: Ryback

AJ is in the back with Tamina and she says that she is going to be champion forever. Vickie interrupts with an excuse me. Vickie says that she apologized to the Authority for what happened on Monday night. She says that it was all Brad’s fault. Vickie says that she is just a general manager so she is easy to beat.

Vickie mentions that AJ is the leader of a team against the women who are not on Total Divas. AJ needs to show her leadership in the ring and she will do it in a handicap match against Cameron and Naomi.

AJ tells Vickie nay nay because she is not medically cleared to wrestle. Vickie says that she hopes AJ feels better. Vickie does not know when AJ first injured her ankle so she is medically cleared.

AJ calls Vickie vengeful, ungrateful, spiteful, and vindictive. Vickie says that she is doing what is best for business.

We go to commercial.

We are back with footage of John Cena at the Oxford Union.

Match Number Three: Cameron and Naomi versus AJ Lee (with Tamina Snuka)

AJ will have to face both opponents at the same time and Cameron and Naomi with a double drop kick. Cameron and Naomi surround AJ on the floor but AJ with a kick to Cameron. They spank AJ and then AJ rolls to the other side of the ring and hides behind Tamina. Cameron and Naomi knock Tamina down and they roll AJ back into the ring.

Tamina pulls Cameron off the apron and she chokes Cameron and throws her to the side. AJ hits Naomi from behind while Naomi sees her tag team partner down on the floor. AJ with a neck breaker for a near fall. AJ sends Naomi into the turnbuckles. AJ with a snap mare and reverse chin lock. AJ climbs on Naomi’s back but Naomi backs AJ into the turnbuckles.

Naomi with an enzuigiri and she gets a near fall. Tamina gets on the apron and Cameron pulls Tamina off. AJ knocks Cameron off the turnbuckles. AJ runs into the Rear View and Naomi gets the three count.

Winners: Naomi and Cameron

Tamina carries AJ to the back while Cameron and Naomi celebrate in the ring.

Bray Wyatt is in the back and he says that he felt it. Now when he closes his eyes, he sees memories that are not his own. They made him understand that the world needs less revolutionaries, but more revolutions. How can you know when CM Punk and Daniel Bryan walk into the room and the eyes light up as if they are watching some mythological beast int the ring for the first time.

They say that they want to make sure that they are not dreaming that they are in the presence of Punk and Bryan. They are but men. Men who breathe and bleed just like you do, but you revere them like they are so much more. Like they can lead people on a mythical revolution.

His father told him when he was a young child that the meek shall inherit the Earth. One day. We are the reapers walking upright, guided by her hand. Follow the Buzzards.

Match Number Four: Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins versus Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso, and Rey Mysterio

Jimmy and Ambrose start things off and they lock up. Ambrose backs Jimmy into the corner and he punches Jimmy and runs his forearm across the face. Jimmy with an uppercut and punches. Ambrose with an Irish whip but Jimmy slides into the corner and he connects with a clothesline. Jey tags in and he connects with an uppercut and he gets a near fall. Ambrose with a knee and he tags in Rollins.

Rollins goes up top and Jey with an uppercut for a near fall. Jimmy tags in and he kicks Rollins and hits a leaping leg drop. Rollins with a punch and kicks. Ambrose tags in and he kicks Jimmy. Rollins tags in and he kicks Jimmy in the corner. Ambrose tags back in and Jey makes the blind tag. Jimmy with a clothesline to Rollins and Jey with a clothesline to Ambrose. The Usos clothesline Ambrose and Rollins over the top rope to the floor.

They Usos with uppercuts to Reigns and then they hit stereo planchas. Ambrose is rolled back into the ring. Reigns is super kicked off the apron. Jey tries for a cross body off the top but Ambrose moves and Jey appears to have hurt his forearm. Rollins tags in and he gets a near fall. We go to commercial.

We are back and Jey with uppercuts to Rollins but Rollins with an enzuigiri. Rollins kicks Jey and he tags in Ambrose. Ambrose with kicks to Jey and he hits a short arm clothesline followed by a snap elbow drop for a near fall. Ambrose with a knee in the back and he applies a Japanese Stranglehold on Jey. Jey gets to his feet but Ambrose with a knee and Ambrose tries for a neck breaker but Jey with a back slide for a near fall.

Ambrose with a sleeper to Jey but Jey with punches. Ambrose with a knee to the midsection and Reigns is tagged in. Reigns suplexes Jey back into the ring from the apron and he gets a near fall. Reigns with forearms to Jey and he tags in Rollins. Seth with kicks. Rollins with a hard Irish whip. Rollins with a second hard Irish whip. Rollins misses a Stinger Splash when Jey moves and both men are down. Reigns tags in and Reigns knocks Jimmy off the apron.

Reigns with a belly-to-back into a uranage for a near fall. Jimmy and Rey break up the cover and Ambrose and Rollins get involved as well. Reigns sends Jey into the corner but he misses a charge into the corner. Rollins tags in and so does Rey. Rey with a head scissors and then Rey with a forearm from the apron followed by a springboard seated senton and a satellite DDT.

Jimmy goes after Ambrose with a super kick and then Reigns blocks one and Reigns spears Jimmy. Jey misses a move from the top and Reigns spears Jey. Rey picks up Rey but Rey with a head scissors that sends Reigns over the top rope to the floor. Rollins is sent into the ropes but he is able to get his arm loose to make the tag to Ambrose.

Ambrose with a lariat and Rollins goes after Jimmy and Jey. Rey escapes a slam and then he drop kicks Ambrose in the knees and Ambrose falls onto the middle rope and Rey hits a 619 followed by the dive off the turnbuckles for the three count.

Winners: Rey Mysterio, Jimmy Uso, and Jey Uso

Big Show is in the back and he has something to say when we come back from commercial.

We are back and Big Show is in the ring. He says that despite the fact that the Authority said that he came back for a paycheck, that is not completely correct. He is here to make the Authority’s life a living hell. That would be by rearranging the face of the WWE and becoming the WWE Champion.

Show says that it has been ten years since he held the WWE Title and it could be his last chance. When he steps in the ring at Survivor Series, he is laying it all on the line.

Randy Orton’s music interrupts Show.

Orton tells Show that there are no maybes. He will be finished. Show might be a first ballot Hall of Famer, but he is all washed up. The only reason Show got his job back and the only reason he is facing Randy Orton was because Show filed a lawsuit like some kind of coward. Show says that he thought put one over on The Authority, but they brought him back to punish him.

Randy says that he is going to punish Big Show.

Show interrupts and he says that Orton is real tough talking from 50 yards away. Why not get up in his face like he did with the Authority. We see footage from Monday night.

Show says that it looks like someone went to mom and dad one too many times. Randy has all of the talent in the world. He should be a locker room leader. He should be the face of the WWE. It should have happened years ago. All Orton has ever done is do what is best for Randy Orton. Orton waited until someone handed him the WWE Title.

Now, Randy is all alone. When he gets his hands on Randy at Survivor Series, no one is going to save him. The sad truth is that Randy is not the face of the WWE. He is just a spoiled brat.

Randy says that he is not a spoiled brat and he will beat Show without any help.

Show wants to show Randy what happens every time they are alone. We see a footage of Show with an advantage on Orton.

Show tells Randy to hold on to that championship real tight. That is the only thing that defines Randy as a man. On Sunday, he will take what Randy covets most. He will take the WWE Championship. We go to commercial.

Match Number Five: Damien Sandow and Curtis Axel versus Dolph Ziggler and Big E Langston

Sandow and Ziggler start things off and Ziggler with a drop kick and he hits a splash into the corner. He punches Axel but Sandow with a clothesline. Axel tags in and he punches and kicks Ziggler. Sandow tags in and he connects with knees. Sandow with a side Russian leg sweep and then he throws Ziggler shirt in his face. Sandow with an elbow drop.

Axel tags in and he kicks Ziggler. Axel with a drop kick and he punches Langston on the apron. Ziggler with a DDT to Axel and both men are down. Langston and Sandow tag in and Langston with a clothesline or two.

Langston knocks Axel of the apron. Sandow misses a splash in the corner and Langston with a body block and then he hits an Ultimate Warrior Splash. The straps are down and Langston gets Sandow up but Axel with a clip. Ziggler with a Fameasser to Axel. Langston with the Big Ending to Sandow for the three count.

Winners: Dolph Ziggler and Big E Langston

After the match, Axel tries to attack Langston with the title belt but that backfires.

We go to footage from the kick off event for Wrestlemania XXX Tickets.

We go to commercial.

Renee Young is in the interview area with Alberto Del Rio. She reminds Alberto about what has happened between John and Alberto over the last few weeks.

Renee reminds Alberto about what happened on Monday night when John faked an additional injury to his triceps.

Alberto says that he never saw that coming. If he wanted to injure John Cena, he could have. He has done enough to the man who stole his title. If John’s arm is good enough, congratulations. He tells John to enjoy his night on Raw. Hiding behind a sling will not help on Monday. He will make John pay. He will hurt John and he will hurt him bad. In two days, John Cena will be tapping out. He will take back what is his. He will take back the World Title.

Daniel Bryan is walking in the back as we go to commercial.

Match Number Six: Daniel Bryan versus Luke Harper (with Erick Rowan and Bray Wyatt)

They lock up and Harper misses a punch and Bryan with punches. Harper with a punch and forearm to the back. Harper with an uppercut and then he rakes the eyes. Bryan tries for the Yes Lock but Harper gets away and goes to the floor.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Harper with an Irish whip into the ringside barrier. Harper with a second Irish whip into the ringside barrier. Harper rolls back into the ring to break up the cover. Harper with an Irish whip into the ring steps. Harper rolls Bryan back into the ring and he connects with a European uppercut or two.

Harper tries for another European uppercut but Bryan blocks it and he tries for a back slide but Harper does not go down. Bryan with kicks followed by a dragon screw leg whip. Harper kicks Bryan away but Bryan with a drop toe hold that sends Harper into the turnbuckles. Harper with a tilt-a-whirl Michinoku Driver for a near fall.

Harper with an elbow drop for a near fall. Harper sends Bryan into the corner and he connects with a European uppercut. Bryan flips out of the turnbuckles and he hits a flying clothesline. Bryan with kicks to the chest and he sets for the round kick but Harper with a sit out power bob for a near fall.

Harper with a Gator Roll to Bryan and he applies a side head lock. Harper returns to the Gator Roll and a waist lock. Bryan with a rollup after a kick to the head. Harper charges at Bryan but Bryan ducks down and Harper goes to the floor. Bryan with a suicide dive onto Harper.

Wyatt makes his way towards Bryan and Harper hits Bryan from behind.

CM Punk’s music plays and he comes to the stage. Rowan stands in the way of Punk and Bryan with a small package for the three count.

Winner: Daniel Bryan

After the match, Harper with a clothesline to Bryan while Punk is worked over by Rowan and Wyatt. Rowan sends Punk into the ring and Harper with a lariat to Punk. Rowan rolls Punk to the floor. Rowan with a splash in the corner on Bryan. Rowan and Harper hold Bryan for Wyatt. Wyatt with a kiss and Sister Abigail.

We go to credits.

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