Jack Swagger brought his father to the show to prove to Kane that he was not the person who attacked The Undertaker during Memorial Day weekend. Swagger proceeded to show photos on the video screen of father and son participating in various activities, including a fishing contest, chicken-wing eating contest and a 5K.

Kane wasn’t impressed, and he ended up delivering a chokeslam and Tombstone piledriver to Swagger’s daddy. Jack had opportunities to rescue his father but he chose to save himself instead. That was a great heel move.

It made for an entertaining segment that furthered the Kane/Undertaker story line as well as the program between Swagger and world champion Rey Mysterio, who hobbled to the ring on his bad ankle and hit the 619 on Swagger while Swagger had Kane in the ankle lock prior to Kane getting his hands on “daddy.”

Other thoughts on Friday’s show:

WWE did a good job of featuring the eight wrestlers who are in the Smackdown Money in the Bank ladder match at Sunday’s MITB pay-per-view. In addition to Kane’s show-closing angle, The Big Show had a fun segment with The Straight Edge Society, and there were three singles matches involving the six other MITB participants. …

The “WWE Universe” now knows what CM Punk looks like bald, as The Big Show removed the SES leader’s mask after a verbal exchange turned physical. Punk sold it great and the look on his face was hilarious, but the big reveal of Punk’s appearance should have been more dramatic. Someone in the industry had told me a few weeks ago that Punk was still completely bald, so I figured WWE was building to a match in which Punk’s mask would be on the line. Punk underwent arm surgery right after that, however, so I’m guessing that’s why plans changed. The whole thing is flawed either way because it doesn’t make sense that Punk would still be bald nearly two months after having his head shaved. It will be interesting to see if he continues to wear the mask going forward. …

The best match on the show was Drew McIntyre’s victory over Christian, although Dolph Ziggler’s win over Matt Hardy was also good. It was nice to see fresh match-ups involving guys with similar abilities. In both of these matches I think the right guy won. …

During the Ziggler-Hardy match, Hardy got a dramatic near fall in which Ziggler barely – and I do mean barely – broke up the pin by getting a fingertip on the bottom rope. It would have been interesting to see what the referee would have done if Ziggler had failed to reach the rope. The referees are instructed to officiate the match like it’s a shoot, which in this instance would have meant Hardy winning a match he wasn’t supposed to. …

The opening contest between Kofi Kingston and Cody Rhodes was decent until Kane showed up and chokeslammed both guys. My fear was that Kane was going to interfere in the two other matches involving MITB competitors, but fortunately that was not the case. …

When Jack Swagger was walking to the ring with his father, the announcers acted as if they didn’t know who the older guy was. We’ve never seen Mr. Swagger on camera before, so it made sense that they didn’t recognize him – well, except for the fact that there was a graphic on the screen that said “Mr. Swagger” beneath Jack’s name. Gotta read the fine print, guys. …

The mixed tag that saw Kelly Kelly and Chris Masters defeat Layla and Trent Barreta wasn’t much of a match, but looking at Kelly, Layla and Rosa Mendes on my TV is never a bad thing. Barreta and Caylen Croft swinging the jump rope for Rosa Mendes outside the ring in the middle of the match was so corny that I had to chuckle. Ditto for Mendes skipping rope back up the ramp after the match.