RICHMOND, Va. – After emotional wins just days
earlier at WWE TLC, new World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan and new United
States Champion Zack Ryder both continued to soar on the penultimate SmackDown
of 2011.
World Heavyweight Champion Daniel
Bryan & Big Show def. Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger (WATCH | PHOTOS)
Champion Dolph Ziggler, Big Show, Vickie Guerrero and Jack Swagger all circled
the action at ringside. But as tensions grew outside the ring, Swagger decided
to attack Show, leading to the two tussling in the ring. In an effort to avoid total
chaos, SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long charged in and announced the bout
was now a tag team bout. After Big Show worked over Swagger pretty good, Bryan
seized the victory for his team by making The All-American American tap out to
his pain-inducing LeBell Lock.
WWE Tag Team Champion Kofi Kingston
def. Primo (WATCH | PHOTOS)
Following up on Air
Boom’s victory over Primo & Epico at WWE TLC, WWE Tag Champion Kofi
Kingston defeated Primo in singles action with Trouble in Paradise.
Randy Orton RKO’d Wade Barrett onto
the roof of a car (WATCH
| PHOTOS)
Wade Barrett took to the ring and offered his view on his encounters with
Randy Orton and said Orton “…was one
of the greatest in the history of WWE, until he encountered Wade Barrett.” As
he finished his address, Barrett declared he should be next to face new World
Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan. Hearing enough of Barrett’s lip, The Viper
decided to let his actions do the talking by storming in and bringing the fight
to Barrett. As the two fought tooth-and-nail, they found themselves within the
parking garage of the Richmond Coliseum, where WWE’s Apex Predator brutally RKO’d Barrett onto the roof of a
parked car!
After Raw Superstar The Miz sauntered onto SmackDown – declaring he was going
to disrupt Teddy’s show – he perhaps bit off more than he could chew when Long
pit him against Sheamus. Although the former WWE Champion was a formidable foe,
he proved no match for The Great White’s brutal Brogue Kick.
The Big Show vs. Mark Henry match was
called off (WATCH |
PHOTOS)
As the two massive former World Heavyweight Champions prepared to clash for the
opportunity to challenge Daniel Bryan, David Otunga called a stop to things. As
the legal counsel to Executive Vice Present of Talent Relations and Interim
General Manager of Raw John Laurinaitis, Otunga announced that Mark Henry was
not medically cleared to compete and the match would not take place. After
Otunga wished the WWE Universe happy holidays, Big Show dropped him with a
brutal WMD to the jaw.
United States Champion Zack Ryder def.
Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes in a Non-Title Match (WATCH | PHOTOS)
sharp against Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes. But Booker T decided to
interrupt their match and poke fun at his WWE TLC opponent by singing his own
rendition of the holiday classic “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” The
distraction opened the door for Ryder to drop Rhodes with a Rough Ryder for the
win. Afterward, Booker added insult to injury with some more “singing.”
World Heavyweight Champion Daniel
Bryan evaluated himself (PHOTOS)
The night kicked off with Big Show describing his pride in winning the title he
has sought for so long. But Mark Henry emerged to disparage Show and said he
should quit WWE. Moments later, World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan came to
the ring to compare himself to the rest of the WWE roster. After some
self-criticism, Bryan was proud to declare himself World Heavyweight Champion.
Then, when
Henry and Show argued about who should get a chance to face Bryan, Teddy
declared the two would square off, with the winner being first in line to
challenge him for his World Title. Next, Bryan feigned that he would shake hands with Henry, but then dissed The
World’s Strongest Man when went to accept.
At the conclusion of last night’s WWE 2011 Slammy Awards from Norfolk, Virginia, Kane reemerged, once again masked. The Big Red Monster locked his hand around the neck of John Cena and left him laying with a devastating chokeslam.
Primo & Epico def. The Usos (
Sheamus def. Jinder Mahal (
Randy Orton def. Wade Barrett by Disqualification (
