WWE taped this week’s episode of WWE Smackdown from the Sprint Center in Kansas City, MO. The show will air Thursday night on SyFy.
WWE Smackdown
–Roman Reigns kicks off Smackdown to a mixed reaction. He begins to talk about Brock Lesnar but is cut off by Mark Henry, who basically puts him over as earning his respect last week, when Reigns put him on his ass. The Authority comes out and makes fun of them, and Seth Rollins teases a Money in the Bank cash-in at WrestleMania. Corporate Kane books a tag team main event – himself and Rollins against Reigns and Henry.
(1) Paige def. Brie Bella. Quick match with AJ Lee on commentary.
(2) Gauntlet Match
Dean Ambrose gets a quick victory on Stardust to start things off. R-Truth comes out and throws Stardust from the ring, but turns around into Dirty Deeds and he’s eliminated as well. Luke Harper is out as the fourth man, and he pins Dean. Daniel Bryan is next, and the two have a decent back-and-forth until he eliminates Harper by submission. Dolph Ziggler is out last and we’ve got a stand-off between the two most over people on this show. The crowd was super into the entire match, but came unglued for this. Ziggler won with the Zig-Zag, which was kind of a surprise.
-Bad News Barrett comes out with the I.C. title and hits Ziggler with it, then clocks Bryan with a microphone.
