WWE SD! House Show Results (7/6): Cape Town, South Africa

July 7, 2011

Thanks to Julian Reeve for sending this in:

I attended the Smackdown live event in Cape Town last night and thought I would pass along the following results:

1) Kane and Ezekiel Jackson defeated Wade Barrett and Sheamus after a choke slam from Kane to Barrett

2) Jindar Mahal defeated Daniel Bryan. Mahal came out cutting a promo in Punjabi and English telling us how he is going to be the next World Heavyweight Champion.

3) Mark Henry defeated Yoshi Tatsu with the World’s Strongest Slam in a squash match.

4) Sin Cara v Justin Gabriel which then turned into Sin Cara and Justin Gabriel v Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase after Rhodes and Dibiase did a run in and attacked Sin Cara and Gabriel. Gabriel picked up the win after he hit the 450 splash

5) Natalya defeated Alicia Fox. Natalya invited some kids into the ring to pose with her after the match

6) Big Show defeated Alberto del Rio. Del Rio came out cutting a promo as to how it is his destiny to become champ. He also picked on some of the people in the front saying it how was their destiny to have an ugly face, an ugly wife and to the people in the cheap seats he said it was their destiny to be poor! Funny stuff!

7) Randy Orton defeated Christian to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. Bret Hart was announced as the special guest referee but he ended up sitting on the outside with the ring announcer! Christian came out telling us how he had been robbed on arrival (as per the story on Wrestlezone) and asked the crowd if that is how they treat hero’s that visit South Africa for the first time. To which crowd responded yes! The finish came when Orton gave Christian a RKO as he was coming off the middle rope. As Orton left Bret Hart got into the ring and Christian started to argue with him. Orton came back, hit Christian with some punches and Bret then put him into the Sharpshooter to close the show. Both Orton and Hart spent a good amount of time greeting fans at ringside. Bret even took a photo and signed a copy of his book for one fan.

All in all a good solid show.

Biggest pops:

Orton

Bret Hart

Justin Gabriel (home town hero!)

Most heat:

Alberto del Rio

Christian

Wade Barrett (he came out wearing an England rugby jersey)

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.