Wednesday, April 28, 2010

DARK MAIN EVENT FOR THIS WEEKS SMACKDOWN

The dark main event after last night’s SmackDown tapings saw Jack Swagger defeat Big Show and Chris Jericho in a triple threat match after hitting Show with the World Title belt. Show chokeslammed Swagger to end the show.

MATT HARDY WILL BE OUT OF ACTION, DAVID OTUNGA VS WWE SUPERSTAR

Matt Hardy wrote on Twitter, likely keeping with the storylines, that he will be out of the WWE ring for a few weeks due to the recent attack from Drew McIntyre. Hardy hopes “to be cleared” soon.

David Otunga won the WWE NXT Rookie challenge on last night’s show and now will get to face a WWE Superstar of his choice on next Tuesday’s show. Otunga has challenged his NXT Pro R-Truth to a match.

SMACKDOWN SPOILER 4/30

Dark Match:
* Goldust b. Dos Caras, Jr.
WWE SmackDown, Airing Friday:
* The show opens with Chris Jericho coming out and delivering his “farewell to Smackdown” speech.
* Kofi Kingston b. Chris Jericho
* Chavo Guerrero comes out to put himself over for being drafted to Smackdown. Kane comes out to interrupt him. He hits a chokeslam, grabs a mic and says “welcome back”.
* Shad Gaspard comes out and says all the new workers from Raw need to recognize it’s his time on Smackdown.
* Cody Rhodes b. John Morrison
* Taped vignettes are airing on the big screen throughout the show of World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger boasting his college accomplishments with his 4.0 average.
* Edge is shown walking to the ring.
* Edge is out to the ring for a promo. He thanks the fans and says he doesn’t want to go to Raw. Christian comes out and they have a moment. Christian calls Edge a liar. Edge plays dumb at first but finally says Christian is right – he can’t wait to go to Raw. They brawl and Edge runs away.
* WWE Women’s Champion Beth Phoenix & Kelly Kelly b. Michelle McCool & Layla
* Dolph Ziggler comes out and cuts a promo about what he did to Hornswoggle on Raw on Monday.
* We go backstage to an interview with Matt Hardy. WWE Intercontinental Champion Drew McIntyre takes him out.
* JTG puts himself over in a promo.
* CM Punk come outs and is interrupted by MVP. The Straight Edge Society beats down MVP. Rey Mysterio comes out for the save. Teddy Long comes out and sets up Rey Mysterio & MVP vs. CM Punk vs. Luke Gallows. The match is up now.
* Rey Mysterio & MVP b. CM Punk & Luke Gallows. After the match, the guy in the hood attacks Mysterio during the post-match celebration.
* World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger comes out for a promo. Teddy Long comes out during it to announce the number one contender for the title. Big Show comes out. Show cuts a short promo then knocks Swagger out to end the show.

TRIPLE H'S NEW MOVIE NAMED THE CHAPERONE

Triple H will be starring in another WWE Studios film that begins filming this June in New Orleans. The Chaperone will be a comedy movie that tells the story of an ex-convict who ends up chaperoning his daughter’s school field trip.

BATISTA VS JOHN CENA AND BIG SHOW VS JACK SWAGGER ADVIRTISED

Big Show vs. Jack Swagger for the World Heavyweight Title is advertised as the main event for SmackDown TV tapings in May.

Batista vs. John Cena for the WWE Title is being advertised for the RAW on June 14th in Charlotte, NC.

RAW RATINGS OF WWE DRAFT 2010

Last night’s three-hour episode of WWE’s Monday Night RAW with the 2010 Draft and Randy Orton vs. Batista in the main event scored a 3.1 cable rating.
Last night’s episode of TNA iMPACT on Spike TV with Ric Flair vs. Abyss in the main event scored an 0.5 cable rating.

WWE CREATIVE NEWS UPDATE

While the WWE creative team figured they would have a more normal schedule following WrestleMania this year, they were out of their minds this past week with having to re-write RAW due to the travel issues and write the Extreme Rules pay-per-view and the Draft, plus this week’s SmackDown and NXT.

WWE IS GOING TO MAKE SMACKDOWN VS RAW AT BRAGGING RIGHTS

WWE is toying with the idea of having RAW take over SmackDown and SmackDown take over RAW for a week this Summer. This takeover angle has been suggested by someone within WWE for the go-home shows the week of the Bragging Rights pay-per-view in October.

MORE ROSTER CHANGE GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY

In addition to the Supplemental Draft today, WWE made six other roster changes today.
Tyler Reks and Vance Archer were moved from ECW to SmackDown. The remaining ECW talents – Abraham Washington, Tony Atlas and Byron Saxton – were removed.
Curt Hawkins has also been removed from the SmackDown roster.

LAST WEEKS WWE RELEASE CAME FROM WELLNESS FAILURE

Word after last week’s round of WWE releases was that at least one of the releases came from a Wellness failure. No name was given on the failure and WWE hasn’t made anything official, which is unusual.

The feeling is that there will be a few more WWE releases to come in the next few weeks

FORTUNATE SONS GROUPING IN TWO WEEKS, WHY TRIPLE H PINNED CM PUNK

The latest word on Ted DiBiase’s new stable with Brett DiBiase and Joe Hennig is that they will debut within the next two weeks.

In the six-man main event on last week’s RAW, Triple H was originally supposed to pin Luke Gallows for the win but CM Punk chose to take the loss instead.

SUPPLEMENTARY DRAFT REPORT 2010

Below are full results of the 2010 WWE Supplemental Draft:
* The Great Khali and Runjin Singh go from SmackDown to RAW
* Chavo Guerrero goes from RAW to SmackDown
* Cody Rhodes goes from RAW to SmackDown
* Natalya goes from SmackDown to RAW
* Chris Masters goes from RAW to SmackDown
* Ezekiel Jackson goes from SmackDown to RAW
* Goldust goes from SmackDown to RAW
* Hornswoggle goes from RAW to SmackDown
* Rosa Mendes goes from RAW to SmackDown
* The Hart Dynasty goes from SmackDown to RAW
* MVP goes from RAW to SmackDown