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WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT: DANIEL BRYAN IN ACTION; CAN CURTIS AXEL GO 6-0?; DO WE GET MATCH SIX OF LANGSTON VS. DEL RIO?; LOTS OF TEASES FOR MONDAY; AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2013-06-07 22:02:21
Previously on WWE Television, Paul Heyman signed a contract for CM Punk’s match with Chris Jericho at Payback. What will happen when Curtis Axel faces Chris Jericho. The Shield beat Daniel Bryan, Kane, and Randy Orton last Monday night. Is Daniel Bryan correct about not being the weak link? Tonight, they are on MizTV.

We are in Uniondale, New York and your announcers are John ‘I can see my office in Manhattan from here’ Layfield and Michael ‘Woo Woo Woo Who Are You’ Cole.

We begin with MizTV and Miz welcomes us to this week’s edition. He says that his guests came within a fraction of a second of becoming the first team to beat the Shield in a six man tag match. After the match, they had issues.

Miz brings out Randy Orton first. Out next are Daniel Bryan and Kane. Daniel’s arm is bandaged due to an injury suffered on Monday night against Ryback.

Miz points out that Daniel was pinned on Monday night and he brings up the weak link discussions.

Daniel interrupts and says that before Miz stirs things up, he has something to say. He has had a lot of time to thing and he knows that Randy did not intend to hit him. Randy congratulates Daniel for figuring this out. Daniel says that Kane is the best tag team partner and Kane was helping him.

Kane asks if Daniel is done with this weak link stuff.

Miz reminds Daniel of what he did at the end of Smackdown, taking care of all three members of the Shield. Miz asks Daniel if he feels that he is getting the respect that he deserves. Daniel says sometime.

Miz asks Daniel if sometimes he feels like a goat-faced, vegan troll.

Orton tells Miz to be careful because the kid’s head is messed up.

Daniel says that his head is not messed up. Kane says it is messed up.

Is it messed up because he wants to be respected.

Kane tells Daniel that everyone respects him.

Randy says that he respects Daniel less and less the more he complains about being the weak link.

Kane says that they had the match won . . . Daniel says that it was because he got caught because of Randy getting in his way.

Miz asks Randy about being blamed for the loss. Kane tells Randy not to answer him.

Daniel says that Kane is supposed to have his back and Kane says that he has always had his back. Kane says that he is getting tired of Daniel not trusting him.

Daniel asks Kane how many times he has been left in the ring alone by The Shield. Does Kane come to help him when he is in trouble? Daniel reminds Kane that he was forced to be his tag team partner. Daniel says that if Kane had anyone else as his tag team partner, he would be out of here.

Kane says that he has had enough and leaves the ring and walks to the back.

Miz throws out a few reallys at Daniel and he asks if we have seen a tag team break up on MizTV.

Daniel says that everyone is going to blame this on him. Daniel starts ‘No-ing’ and . . .

Teddy Long comes out and he has an idea. Teddy says that Daniel sounds like a man who has a lot to prove. Teddy is going to give Daniel another chance. Daniel will face Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins tonight. Since Kane does not want to have anything to do with Daniel, he has no choice but to pair him up with Randy Orton.

Chris Jericho and Curtis Axel are walking in the back. We walk on Friday night and go to commercial.

We are back and before our next match, Paul Heyman reminds everyone that since debuting three weeks ago, his new client has not only defeated Triple H, but he has won two consecutive matches against John Cena.

Curtis says that tonight another former World Champion learns what it is like to be perfect.

Match Number One: Chris Jericho versus Curtis Axel (with Paul Heyman)

They lock up and Axel with a side head lock. Axel with a shoulder tackle and he runs into a drop kick after hurdling his opponent. Jericho with a forearm and chops to Axel. Jericho sends Axel into the turnbuckles and then he kicks him. Axel blocks a punch and he connects with punches of his own.

Jericho with a kick to Axel and then he clotheslines Axel over the top rope to the floor. Jericho with a baseball slide and then he sends Axel’s head into the announce table. Heyman backs away from Jericho so Chris does not hit him. Jericho sends Axel back into the ring.

Axel with a boot to the head when Jericho returns to the ring and Axel with a hanging neck breaker for a near fall. We go to commercial (CHECK OUT THE APP).

We are back and Axel chops Jericho and he sends Jericho back into the ring and he gets a near fall. We see footage of the axe during the commercial. Axel with a snap mare and a leaping neck snap to Jericho. Axel with a reverse chin lock. Jericho gets back to his feet and he takes Axel down with an arm drag and shoulder tackles.

Axel sends Jericho over the top rope but Jericho lands on the apron and he goes up top and connects with a chop to the head. Jericho tries for the Walls of Jericho but Axel kicks Jericho away. Jericho with a boot to Axel followed by a bulldog. Jericho misses a Lionsault and Axel with the running snap neck breaker but Jericho kicks out at two. Axel runs his forearm across Jericho’s face. Axel with an Irish whip but he misses a splash. Jericho goes up top and hits a cross body for a near fall.

Jericho kicks Curtis but Curtis tries for a back slide. Curtis with a kick and knees. Curtis sets for the Perfectplex but Jericho stops him. Jericho goes for the Walls of Jericho and he turns Curtis over.

Axel tries to get to the ropes while Paul looks like his best friend is sick. Jericho with a springboard drop kick to Axel that knocks him off the apron. Paul gets up on the table and he says ‘It’s Clobbering Time’ and then CM Punk’s music plays. Curtis comes up from behind and rolls up Jericho for the three count.

Winner: Curtis Axel

After the match, Heyman celebrates with Axel outside the ring. Jericho leaves the ring but he sees Curtis celebrating in the ring. Jericho turns around and returns to the ring and he punches Axel and then he gives Axel a Codebreaker.

Kane is walking in the back and he stops by Ryback. Ryback asks Kane if he saw what he did to his little buddy on Monday night. He says that Kane probably wants to put Daniel through a table too.

Kane says that Daniel is his partner and no matter how annoying he can be. Ryback slammed Daniel through a table. He wants to see if Ryback can do it to him.

Ryback tells Kane that Ryback rules.

Kane says that he has tombstoned a priest, set a man on fire, buried men alive. Whatever Ryback’s rules are, they do not apply to him.

We go to commercial.

We are back with a video for the Wyatt Family.

It is time for a look at what happened on this week’s episode of All My McMahons.

Match Number Two: Alberto Del Rio (with Ricardo Rodriguez) versus Heath Slater (with Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre)

Before the bell rings, Slater, McIntyre and Mahal attack Del Rio. Slater grabs Ricardo to watch Drew kick Del Rio while Mahal holds Del Rio, but the plan backfires when Del Rio moves and Drew kicks Jinder. Del Rio kicks Drew and sends him to the floor. Alberto with a tilt-a-whirl back breaker to Slater and then he floats over into the cross arm breaker but the match never started and Slater taps.

Mahal punches Del Rio and Ricardo climbs on Drew’s back. Del Rio clotheslines Mahal over the top rope and then he back drops Drew over the top rope. Ricardo climbs to the top turnbuckle and he hits a cross body onto Drew and Jinder.

Alberto and Ricardo celebrate in the ring and . . .

Dolph Ziggler appears on the TitanTron. He applauds Del Rio. Dolph congratulates him. Dolph says that stealing the spotlight is his thing. Dolph has a present and it is him. Dolph says that he is now medically cleared and he will return on Monday at Raw.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Two: Ryback (with Ambulance and Scott Steiner’s siren) versus Kane

They lock up and go to a stalemate. They lock up again and Ryback backs Kane into the corner and Ryback pushes Kane. Kane with an uppercut and punches to Ryback. Ryback with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Ryback misses a leg drop but Kane does not miss a drop kick and Kane gets a near fall. Ryback with a knee to Kane and then he presses Kane over his head and then drops Kane to the mat.

Ryback kicks Kane and then he connects with forearms. Ryback chokes Kane with his boot. Ryback with forearms to the back. Ryback with a head butt and kick to Kane. Ryback grabs Kane by the throat but Kane grabs Ryback by the throat. Kane with a boot to Ryback.

Kane with two Irish whips and clotheslines followed by a side slam for a near fall. Kane with punches and then he hits a DDT and he clotheslines Ryback over the top rope to the floor.

Kane goes to the floor and Ryback sends Kane throat first into the ringside barrier. Ryback pulls out a table and he brings it into the ring. Kane with an uppercut and punches to Ryback. Ryback gets back into the ring and Kane goes up top. Kane misses the clothesline and Ryback with a spinebuster. Ryback tries for the clothesline but Kane grabs Ryback and hits a choke slam for a near fall. Kane sees the table and he decides to set it up so he can get some revenge on Ryback for what he did to Daniel Bryan.

Kane grabs Ryback by the throat for a choke slam but Ryback with a rake of the eyes and then Ryback power bombs Kane through the table and the referee calls for the bell.

Winner: Kane (by disqualification)

We go to commercial.

We are back and Damien Sandow is in the ring. He says that over the last several weeks, he has tried to engage Sheamus in intellectual challenges but he has failed each time. It is because Sheamus is not now nor never will be his intellectual equal.

Who is his intellectual equal? No one. Nassau Community College? He has seen pre-schools with higher standards. The truth stings but you need to hear it. They are bunch of checker minds living in a chess world.

Damien demands SILENCE. He says this leads him to the only thing on this planet capable of matching him intellectually . . . a super computer. Damien introduces Deep Blue.

Damien reminds everyone of how Deep Blue defeated Kasparov in a chess match. Damien says that he will defeat Deep Blue. It might take a long time, but everyone will sit back in silence and watch . . . and hopefully learn.

We start our chess match. Damien says that he was a chess champion at age 8.

Sheamus interrupts and he makes his way to the ring and he asks Damo how he is doing. Sandow says that he is busy. Sheamus says that Damien is only a few moves away from defeating a super computer at chess.

Sheamus says that he has a small challenge for Damien. He bets Damien that he can beat this toaster in one move.

Sandow reminds Sheamus that he is on television and not to embarrass himself. For the last two weeks, Sheamus has embarrassed himself in front of everyone.

Sheamus says that Damien is the only one who was embarrassed. He wants Damien to allow him his one move.

Sheamus thinks of a move and Damien says that it is like watching an orangutan trying to solve a crossword puzzle. Sheamus thinks about his move and Damien calls him the Irish Einstein. Sheamus Brogue Kicks the monitor.

Damien yells at Sheamus and Sheamus throws the table aside. Sandow punches Sheamus with the mic and then he sends Sheamus into the table and slams his head into the table repeatedly.

Sandow kicks Sheamus a few more times and he tells Sheamus “YOU’RE WELCOME.”

Daniel Bryan is getting ready for the tag match later tonight and Randy Orton enters and he asks Daniel if he knew that Kane had to be taken to the medical room for treatment. Randy wants Daniel to put his personal problems aside and he wants them to beat the Shield.

Daniel says that he does not have any problems. Tonight is the night that he takes care of the Shield and he tells Randy to stay out of his way.

Randy says that he does not like partners and he does not like Daniel.

We go to commercial.

Miz is with John and Michael and Michael asks Miz about The Wyatt Family.

Match Number Three: Fandango (with Summer Rae) versus Zack Ryder

Fandango with a kick and punches to Ryder. Fandango with a spinning heel kick and he connects with knees to the head. Fandango with a European uppercut and then he poses. Ryder punches Fandango but Fandango punches him. Ryder with a face plant and then he gets his knees up for Fandango. Ryder with a missile drop kick.

Ryder with the Broski Boot but he can only get a near fall. Ryder with a discus clothesline and then he sets for the Rough Ryder but Fandango counters with a power bomb and then he goes up top for the FandangoBama Jam and the three count.

Winner: Fandango

We go to commercial.

We are back with a look at what Ryback has done over the last few weeks.

Michael and John talk about the injury suffered by Kofi Kingston and how he will be out because of elbow surgery.

Natalya is walking in the back and she sees Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn says that she is going to meet her secret admirer next week on Raw. Natalya wonders if that is the right time to meet. Kaitlyn asks Natalya if she is not happy for what is happening with Kaitlyn. Natalya suggests that Kaitlyn meet her secret admirer in private because he might be a creep. Kaitlyn says that if he was a creep, he would be texting Natalya. Kaitlyn walks away.

Match Number Four: Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins versus Randy Orton and Daniel Bryan in a Non Title Match

Rollins and Bryan start things off and Bryan with punches to Seth. Bryan with a side head lock and a flying kick when Rollins tries for a Thesz Press. Bryan with kicks and he sets for the surfboard but he rakes the face and instead of going for the surfboard he drives Rollins’ knees into the mat. Bryan with a kick and wrist lock. Bryan works on the arm and shoulder but refuses to tag in Orton.

Bryan with knees to the back while working on the arm and he stands on the arm and gets a near fall. Bryan with a hammer lock but Rollins with an elbow and punch. Bryan with a drop kick and a near fall. Reigns tags in and he punches Bryan. Reigns chokes Bryan in the corner. Reigns with a head butt.

Rollins tags in and he kicks Bryan in the chest. Reigns tags back in and Rollins with an Irish whip and Reigns sends Rollins into the corner for a splash. Rollins send Bryan to Reigns for a clothesline and a near fall. Reigns with a reverse chin lock. Bryan with punches but Reigns with a knee and punches followed by kicks.

Bryan with a drop toe hold that sends Reigns into the turnbuckles. Bryan makes the tag to Orotn and Rollins tags in. Orton with clotheslines and then he ducks a clothesline and hits a power slam. Orton kicks Reigns to the floor and then Orton with the IEDDT on Rollins. Orton looks around and he twists to the mat for the RKO but Reigns pulls Rollins to the floor and we go to commercial.

We are back and Reigns and Rollins make a wish on Orton. Reigns chokes Orton in the ropes. We see some footage during the commercial break when Reigns hits a Superman punch and enzuigiri. Back to the action for those of us who watch on television, Reigns with a reverse chin lock. Orton with elbows and a belly-to-back suplex and both men are down.

Rollins tags in and he keeps Orton from making the tag and he kicks Randy and gets him closer to his corner. Reigns tags back in and he connects with a head butt and he kicks Orton in the chest. Rollins tags back in and they send Orton into the corner but Orton with boots to Rollins and then he avoids a Reigns charge into the corner and Reigns hits the ring post. Orton clotheslines Rollins and he tags in Bryan.

Bryan with a double missile drop kick and then he kicks Reigns and Rollins in the chest as he alternates. Bryan with a kick to the head of Reigns and then he connects with a kick to Rollins. Bryan gets a near fall and then he kicks Rollins in the corner. Bryan flips out of the corner and he hits a German suplex and Rollins goes to the floor. Bryan with a suicide dive onto Rollins and Reigns.

Bryan sends Rollins back into the ring and Bryan goes up top for the diving head butt and he connects. Bryan gets a near fall and Reigns breaks up the cover. Orton hits an RKO on Reigns but Rollins with shoulders to Orton. Bryan tries for the running drop kick into the corner but he accidentally hits Orton.

Bryan with the No Lock but Ambrose breaks up the hold and the referee calls for the bell.

Winners: Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton (by disqualification)

After the match, Ambrose holds Bryan for Rollins but Bryan gets his boot up. Bryan elbows Ambrose to the flor and then he sends Rollins over the top rope with a back drop onto Reigns.

Orton gives Bryan an RKO.

We go to credits.

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