This week's "WWE Smackdown", the "take-home" show prior to this Sunday's "Extreme Rules" pay-per-view (PPV), featured a three-man tag-team main event, with the team of Randy Orton, Sheamus, and Alberto Del Rio taking on Mark Henry, the Big Show, and Jack Swagger.
The telecast starts with "Miz TV", according to Prowrestling.net, with guests Randy Orton and Big Show. Big Show tells Orton that his hometown crowd of St. Louis (where "Extreme Rules" will be held) should expect "The Viper" to get TKO'd rather than a RKO. Orton reiterates that this feud stems from his distrust of the Big Show (who knocked Orton out after their three-man tag team match against The Shield, at Wrestlemania 29). Orton says he won't lose in front of his fans and that the only thing they'll remember is how he took out the Big Show.
Jack Swagger and Zeb Coulter interrupt "Miz TV". Coulter said that "Extreme Rules" would be memorable, but only because Swagger will make Alberto Del Rio say "I quit" or "no mas", and that real Americans would rise up and say "we the people."
Del Rio comes out next to tell Coulter to "shut up" and that the only thing people would remember is that he would become the number one contender for Dolph Ziggler's World Heavyweight title. Del Rio said he would send "Jumanji Man" Zeb Coulter back where he came from.
Mark Henry then came out, to give his version of what will happen at "Extreme Rules." Henry mentions setting the world record pulling semi-trucks, playing up to the crowds "What?" chants, while promising to pull, drag, and beat Sheamus down, in their upcoming "Strap Match"
Sheamus came out and said he would leave Henry battered and bruised with welts and marks. The Irishman asked "The World Strongest Man's" why wait until Sunday, and chased all the heels out the ring with his leather strap.
MATCH 1 (The Usos versus The Shield - Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins)
The Shield defeated the Usos after a Roman Reigns spear. The Shield then ambushed the Usos, setting up one of the Uso Brothers for a triple power bomb, before Kofi Kingston made the save, clearing the ring out with the help of a steel chair.
After the commercial break, Teddy Long comes out and set up the main event: a six-man tag team match between Randy Orton, Sheamus, and Alberto Del Rio taking on Mark Henry, the Big Show, and Jack Swagger.
MATCH 2 (Brodus Clay and Sweet T with Cameron & Naomi) versus The Prime-Time Players
Titus O'Neil cuts a promo, mispronouncing "Wichita" and said that the Prime-Time Players went to Kansas University. After their promo, The Prime-Time Players controlled the match, early on, before Darren Young missed a running attempt into the corner and Sweet T tagged Clay in. O'Neil breaks up a pin attempt before Young got sandwiched by Clay and Sweet T. Clay hits the body splash and makes the pin.
MATCH 3 (Chris Jericho versus Antonio Cesaro)
Cesaro starts the match a slow pace, which led to the chant of "BORING" by the Wichita crowd. Jericho drop-kicks Cesaro, which forced him to get out the ring and regroup himself.
Cesaro hits Jericho with an upper-cut and some chops before taking another drop-kick from Jericho from the middle rope. Jericho reversed a suplex and nailed his signature drop-kick from the middle rope. Jericho went for a corner splash, only to miss. Jericho then gets vaulted out of the ring, with Cesaro pressing his attack, throwing Jericho into the barricades.
Jericho is thrown back into the ring, with Cesaro only managing a two-count, after going for the pin. Jericho goes on to attempted a "Walls of Jericho", which Cesaro managing to struggle out the hold. Cesaro lifts his knees as Jericho attempted his "Lionsault" moonsault, regaining momentum.
Cesaro punished Jericho with a backbreaker, with Jericho barely kicking out of Cesaro's pin attempt. Jericho fought back, managing to get out of sleeper and rolled Cesaro up for a two-count pin attempt. Cesaro countered, getting a two-count, and put Jericho in a headlock. Jericho made several attempts to escape Cesaro's grasp before finally breaking free and nailing Cesaro with an axe-handle from the top rope.
Fandango's gold stage setup fell in front of the TitanTron as Jericho was handling his business in the ring. Jericho climbed the top rope and attempted a move that was countered with a stiff Cesaro upper-cut for another near fall.
Jericho fought back and cinched the "The Walls of Jericho" on Cesaro, who tapped out. Summer Rae, who came down the ring with Fandango, distracted Jericho, only to get attacked from the behind. Jericho fought off his "Extreme Rules" opponent, who ran off after his plan was foiled. Jericho then hit Cesaro with a Codebreaker, for good measure.
Coulter and Swagger come on the TitanTron for a prerecorded promo. Coulter rants against the government, touching on the White House's IRS controversy and the Benghazi situation. Coulter says that Del Rio is not "one of us" and questioned if Ziggler was really injured or just scared of Swagger. Coulter says he knows he'll be vilified for speaking the truth and that real Americans never quit, but that Del Rio would quit, take his sombrero and run back to Mexico, on Sunday.
Damien Sandow makes his way to the ring. From the stage, Sandow tells The Miz his winning ways would come to an end and that Cody Rhodes would embarrass him, at "Extreme Rules."
MATCH 4 (The Miz versus Damien Sandow)
Cody Rhodes joins Michael Cole, Josh Mathews, and JBL, at the announcing table, for commentary. Sandow cowered and rolled out the ring as The Miz attempted a few punches. The Miz followed him and nailed him, throwing his opponent back into the ring.
Rhodes grabs a mic and tells the crowd they should show Sandow some respect. The Miz eventually came back and defeated Sandow, to set up his match against Rhodes, at "Extreme Rules."
MATCH 5 (WWE Diva's Champion Kaitlyn versus Aksana - non-title match)
Aksana takes control early, nailing a slingshot against the ropes, before taunting the champion. Aksana dominated throughout before Kaitlyn hits a spear for the win.
MATCH 6 (Randy Orton, Sheamus, and Alberto Del Rio versus Mark Henry, Big Show, and Jack Swagger)
Swagger and Del Rio start off the match. Del Rio takes control early, trapping him in the corner before tagging Orton in. Swagger clipped Orton's knee before "The Viper" makes the tag to Del Rio. Del Rio hits a shoulder-dive on Swagger, outside the ring. Swagger manages to tag Big Show, who starts beating on Del Rio.
Big Show nails Del Rio with big chops and tags Swagger back in. Swagger works Del Rio over before making the tag to Henry. The heels continue wearing Del Rio down with quick tags until Del Rio manages to incapacitate Swagger. Swagger tags in the Big Show, who hits Del Rio with splash.
Del Rio is prevented from making the tag, dragged back to the heel's corner, and is assaulted in the heels corner. Big Show catches Del Rio with another chop, behind the referees back, after successive quick tags from his tag-partners. Swagger attempts a submission move but Del Rio fought it off and moved out the way of a charging Swagger, who ran into the turnbuckle. Del Rio finally tags to Sheamus, as the Big Show made the tag to Swagger.
Sheamus gets the Big Show up for "The Irish Curse" and hits it. Sheamus sets up Big Show for the "Brogue Kick" but was distracted by Henry. Big Show takes over, isolating him in the heels corner, as the continue beating on the Irish native. Sheamus managed to hit Swagger with a rolling slam but Henry got to Sheamus before he could Orton into the match.
Swagger is tagged in, who continues mauling Sheamus. Sheamus pulls of an electric chair on Swagger and makes the hot-tag to Orton, who cleared the ring before Henry took him down. Del Rio hits Henry with a drop-kick before Swagger cinches the "Patriot Lock" on the Mexican wrestler. Orton used the distractions to nail Swagger with an RKO for the pin and the victory.
As Orton, Sheamus, and Del Rio celebrate their win, Sheamus blasted the Big Show with a Brogue Kick to close out the show.
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