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Before Smackdown:
They're showing Hall of Fame '09 highlights while the ring crew changes the aprons and announce table for Smackdown.
Dolph Ziggler d. Jimmy Wang Yang with a sleeper hold. They showed highlights of Rey Mysterio winning the '06 Royal Rumble match afterwards.
Smackdown:
Finlay d. Batista by DQ when Batista refused to break the referee's 5-count I guess. Then he cut a promo saying Finlay represented the other Royal Rumble competitors and that he would win the Rumble and end Taker's undefeated streak at Mania.
Finlay beat Batista by DQ. Batista beat down Finlay by throwing him into the steps and slamming him on the floor. Batista said what he did to Finlay is the same thing he would do to HHH, Michaels and Cena at the Royal Rumble and will end the Undertaker streak at WM.
Match 2: Dolph Ziggler beat Jimmy Wang Yang with a rear naked choke hold.
CM Punk and Luke Gallows come out saved another fan. This time it is a hyper fan named Serena (Mia from FCW) and Punk shaves her long hair off till she is completely bald!!!
Handicap match: Chris Jericho & Drew McIntyre vs. John Morrison. Teddy Long comes out and makes it a tag team match. Morrison's tag partner is R-Truth.
John Morrison & R-Truth win when Truth pins Jericho after a scissor kick. Great match!
They show highlights of Rey winning the world title at Mania 22 while the ring crew sets up food and balloons for the next segment... Involving McCool & James.
Michelle McCool and Layla make fun of Mickie James with a buffet of food. Maria interferes and calls them morons. Mickie comes out and says Michelle and Layla think they are great but really they are nothing. She points at the audience and says this is what real women look like. She says Michelle will never run her off Smackdown. Michelle says the WWE fans get to watch Animal Planet and WWE at the same time when Mickie is on TV. Catfight ensues. Beth Phoenix runs in and helps Michelle and Layla. They shove a 'Piggie' cake into Mickie's face and dump punch on her. Actually a great segment, believe it or not!
Mike Knox & Charlie Haas (he still works here too!) vs. Cryme Tyme gets interrupted by Kane, who lays everyone out. I guess he wants to win the Rumble too...
Matt Hardy & Great Khali (there's an odd team for you) d. The Hart Dynasty when Hardy rolled up DH Smith.
Please back throughout the evening for ongoing spoilers from tonight's Smackdown taping.
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