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* General Manager Booker T kicks off the show to a big hometown pop. He talks about Sheamus taking Alberto Del Rio's Ferrari on RAW. Booker thinks Sheamus should apologize. Sheamus comes out and apologizes. Del Rio comes out and threatens trouble with the police for Sheamus taking his car. Del Rio is upset with Booker for not punishing Sheamus. Booker grants Del Rio a World Heavyweight Title shot for tonight's main event.

* Sin Cara beat Cody Rhodes in a fairly quick match. Rhodes kept trying to take off Cara's mask.

* Christian defeated Antonio Cesaro with a spear. Cesaro attacked Christian after the match and beat him around the ring.

* Randy Orton beat Jack Swagger in another quick match.

* Tyler Reks and Curt Hawkins walk in on Booker T and Teddy Long in the back. Booker says only the best are welcome to perform on Friday nights. Reks tries to plead his case but gets ignored.

* Jinder Mahal squashed two local wrestlers. He attacked them after the bell but Ryback ran out and chased him off. Ryback came back in the ring and hit the Shellshock on the two local wrestlers. Ryback got a bigger pop than he has been getting.

* Chris Jericho hosts The Highlight Reel with Vickie Guerrero. For some reason Dolph Ziggler isn't with her. Jericho shows footage of Ziggler losing to Alex Riley and Vickie challenges him to a SummerSlam match. Jericho says he's bringing back Y2J and accepts the match. Ziggler ran through the crowd, rushed the ring and laid Jericho out with the Money in the Bank briefcase. Ziggler stood over Jericho before leaving.

* Backstage segment with Eve Torres and Booker T, who refuses to hire her again. Kaitlyn comes in and gets a job. Booker makes Eve vs. Kaitlyn for next week with the winner getting the job of his assistant.

* Darren Young and Titus O'Neil beat Primo and Epico by DQ in a #1 contenders match. Kofi Kingston and R-Truth interfered from commentary after AW threw a drink on them. Primo and Epico argued with Kofi and Truth after the match.

* They air the Wade Barrett return promo.

* Rey Mysterio beat The Miz in a non-title match.

* Backstage segment with Daniel Bryan walking around yelling no.

* The Miz is still in the ring complaining until Triple H comes out for an off-camera segment. He hit a Pedigree on Miz and that was it.

* Daniel Bryan makes his way to the ring and calls AJ Lee out but Kane comes instead. AJ eventually comes out and it ended with Kane knocking Bryan out. They brawled until Kane chased Bryan through the crowd.

* They re-tape some footage of AJ coming out and skipping.

* Lilian Garcia announces that RAW will come to Houston on January 14th, 2013.

* Police come to the ring but Alberto Del Rio stops them because he wants his title shot. Sheamus tries to fight the cops away but they get the best of him. Del Rio join in and beat Sheamus down, working on his arm and applying the cross armbreaker. Trainers came out to help Sheamus to the back as SmackDown ended.

02-03: SmackDown results: Wade Barrett feels the sting of The Viper; Mark Henry suspended

OMAHA,
Neb. – In the wake of the Royal Rumble, Randy Orton lit-up the Barrett Barrage in a grueling No
Disqualification main event, while Mark Henry got himself suspended and AJ stopped a
major Big Show offensive on World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan.

Randy Orton def.
Wade Barrett in a No Disqualification Match (WATCH | PHOTOS)
In
a knockdown, drag-out No Disqualification slug fest, bitter rivals Randy Orton and Wade
Barrett turned everything in their reach – from chairs and a table to the steel ring steps – into excruciating implements of destruction. In the end, The Viper finally triumphed over his English adversary with back-to-back RKOs, executing the second one onto a steel chair.

Then, upon
hearing the news that he will face WWE’s Apex Predator next Friday night, World
Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan rushed to the ring, defying the ever-present intimidation
of The Viper by engaging in a victory lap of sorts – raising his arms and shouting his own praise.

Divas Champion
Beth Phoenix & Natalya def Aksana & Tamina (WATCH | PHOTOS)
Prior
to their Divas Tag Team Match, Natalya and Beth were warming up when the former involuntarily passed gas for the second week in a row.
(WATCH)

Once
the action got underway, The Glamazon opted to tag herself in, ordering Natalya "out of her ring" before delivering the
Glam Slam on Aksana for the pin. Moments later, The Fabulous Firebird walked out
of the squared circle without her tag team partner. Natalya regrouped, trying to initiate a post-match assault on the fallen Aksana, but Tamina came to the rescue. Dropping her adversary
with a powerful kick, "The Warrior Princess"
once again delivered an earth-shattering splash off the top rope.

AJ stops Big
Show from hitting the WMD on World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan (WATCH | PHOTOS)
Singing his own praises about beating Big Show and Mark Henry at the 2012 Royal
Rumble, the self-declared “role model” Daniel Bryan preached to the Omaha members of the WWE Universe about the benefits of becoming Vegan. However, when he called for The World’s Largest Athlete to be removed from the SmackDown Elimination Chamber Match on Feb. 19, Bryan quickly found himself
face-to-face with the subject of his scorn.

After the provoked giant hit
the chokeslam on his “arrogant” foe, a
neck brace wearing AJ came to the ring. In spite of the Diva's presence, Big Show looked ready to follow-up with
the WMD on Bryan. However, the injured Divas grabbed his fist, causing him to hesitate long enough for her boyfriend to get to safety.

WWE Tag Team
Champion Primo & Epico def. Santino Marella & “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan (WATCH | PHOTOS)
Five days after
returning to compete in the Royal Rumble Match last Sunday, WWE Hall of Famer
“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan teamed with Assistant to the General Manager Santino
Marella to take on Primo & Epico. As Duggan chased Epico out of the ring,
The Italian Stallion prepared to unleash the Cobra. But, at the last
minute, Rosa blew a kiss to the “snake”-wielding Superstar, allowing Primo to
hit the Backstabber for the victory over “Santin-Ho!”

Justin Gabriel
vs. Hunico ends in a No Contest (WATCH | PHOTOS)
Furious
over losing to Sheamus, Cody Rhodes stuck around for the following
match, attacking Justin Gabriel from behind as the high-flyer's opponent Hunico
was emerging with Camacho. When the opportunistic amigos decided to join the
Intercontinental Champion in his onslaught, it drew the ire of the returning
Great Khali. Though Rhodes would escape the giant Superstar's wrath, the other two
Superstars were not so lucky. In the end, Hunico suffered the Punjabi Plunge.

Later,
Khali would be named as the final participant in the SmackDown Elimination
Chamber Match. (MATCH PREVIEW)

Sheamus def.
Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes in a Non-title Match (WATCH PHOTOS)
In a fierce battle between The Celtic Warrior and the Intercontinental
Champion, Sheamus pulled a new move out of his powerful arsenal, hurling Rhodes
backward to the canvas with extraordinary force for the huge non-title victory.

SmackDown
Elimination Chamber Participants named; Mark Henry Suspended (WATCH | PHOTOS)
General
Manager Theodore Long got things rolling by informing the WWE Universe which
Superstars would appear in the SmackDown Elimination Chamber Match at the pay-per-view
of the same name on Feb.19. World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan would defend
against Wade Barrett, Big Show, Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes and Randy
Orton. (MATCH PREVIEW)

Although
Mark Henry was also slated to be in the match, that all changed moments later
when The World’s Strongest Man demanded that Teddy Long take him out of the Chamber and instead
give him a one-on-one World Title Match that very night. As a result of the confrontation,
Teddy did take Henry out of the Elimination Chamber – leaving his spot vacant – but denied the second part of his forceful request. When Henry
chose to put his hands on the SmackDown leader, he quickly found himself “suspensed
indefinitely."

As
the enraged former World Heavyweight Champion grabbed Teddy by the tie, Sheamus
emerged, stomping the massive grappler’s aggression with a Brogue Kick. After
the 2012 Royal Rumble Match winner informed the SmackDown GM that he would wait
to declare which World Champion he would challenge until after WWE Elimination
Chamber, Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes decided to interrupt. This led
Teddy to make a match between them.

TLC 2011 :Randy Orton vs. Wade Barrett

Viper is defined as any snake belonging to the family Viperidae,
characterized by protruding venom-conducting fangs.
Most men would steer clear of
such a malevolent creature but Wade Barrett has proven himself to be bolder
than most men. Since winning WWE NXT’s inaugural season, Barrett has managed to
work his way up WWE’s food chain, first as the leader of The Nexus, then as
founder of The Corre and now as the one man “Barrett Barrage.” The former
bare-knuckled fighting champion is looking to knock off Randy Orton as WWE’s
“Apex Predator.”
In Liverpool, England, on
SmackDown, Barrett managed to escape the RKO and used a thumb to Orton’s eye to
steal a victory. If that weren’t enough, Team Barrett outlasted Team Orton at
Survivor Series when Barrett pinned The Viper with the help of his fellow
survivor, Intercontinental Champion, Cody Rhodes. (PHOTOS)
Since then, the British
grappler has been stalking Orton and has made it clear that he feels beating
the youngest World Heavyweight Champion once and for all will clear his path to
holding that same prize.
On the Dec. 9 edition of
SmackDown, Randy Orton defeated Dolph Ziggler faster than Wade Barrett, and as a result of that Beat The
Clock challenge, won the right to choose the stipulation for their match at
TLC. Without a word being spoken, Barrett “suggested” a Tables Match and Orton
“agreed” at the expense of Ziggler. (WATCH)
Will it be Orton or Barrett
looking over a broken table and possibly also the broken body and spirit of
their opponent? We’ll find out on Dec. 18 at TLC.

12-09: Why the Barrett Barrage stands above The Nexus and Corre

Since
winning NXT season one, Wade Barrett has aligned himself with powerful factions
like The Nexus and Corre. However, while these alliances have ultimately
backfired on the English Superstar, the Barrett Barrage is destined to succeed.

Wade’s
affiliation with both The Nexus and The Corre seemed to serve as security for
Barrett, a way for the ruthless Brit to give himself cover while he acquainted
himself with new battlegrounds. When he brought his fellow NXT season one
cohorts with him to Raw, he had just become a WWE Superstar. With The Corre, he
was just beginning his tenure on SmackDown.

In
contrast, the Barrett Barrage comes into being at a time that Barrett is
already anchored on Friday night, armed with an ability to understand both the
lay of the land and the path he must take to achieve his lofty goals.

Moreover,
without a large group standing at his flank, Barrett is not likely to attract
overwhelming opposition forces. In the past, A-list Superstars such as John
Cena and Big Show were quick to take on the cause of vanquishing what they saw
as a huge threat to the entire WWE. Since the Barrage is a solitary quest by
one Superstar, these same forces might never see him coming.

Furthermore,
without other competitors watching Barrett’s back, the English Superstar will be
less likely to get soft – often one of the side effects that comes with
depending on others. The Barrage will allow him to remain razor-sharp as he
pursues great wealth and the World Heavyweight Title.

Above
all else, the Barrett Barrage gives The Bare-knuckle Brawler unprecedented
focus. With such a single-minded determination in place, the needs of one will
surely outdo the needs of the many.