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August 1, 2010

Kane reveals The Undertaker’s attacker on Smackdown

After watching Friday night’s Smackdown, we now know who attacked The Undertaker over Memorial Day weekend and left “The Dead Man” in a vegetative state.

Kane opened the show by announcing that The Undertaker finally came to and managed to speak. He said his “brother” uttered just two words: “Rey Mysterio.”

Kane said that means that Mysterio is the guilty party. Well, in reality, it was during a match with Mysterio that The Undertaker suffered the injury (broken orbital bone) that put him on the shelf. Of course, we all know that Kane’s claim really proves that Kane himself is the attacker.

I thought it was odd that the announcers didn’t really seem fazed by the fact that Mysterio – one of WWE’s most beloved babyfaces – was being accused of committing such a heinous attack. I also figured such a shocking development would be referenced throughout the show and that Mysterio would be given a chance to defend himself in an interview, but neither happened. I’m guessing that Mysterio will address the situation on next week’s show.

Other thoughts on Friday’s show:

Kane again did a great job on his promo, but I really wish WWE would quit playing that cheesy music while he’s speaking. The Undertaker and Kane characters and story lines are hokey enough already. …

I enjoyed the wild no-disqualification match between Mysterio and Jack Swagger, which spilled out of the arena in Corpus Christi, Texas and into the Gulf of Mexico. Kane appearing at the end to chokeslam Mysterio into the water was predictable but effective. …

I liked the Dolph Ziggler-Kofi Kingston match, although I didn’t understand the logic behind Ziggler having to beat Kingston a second straight week in order to get a shot at Kingston’s Intercontinental title. Shouldn’t Ziggler have automatically received a title shot after pinning Kingston in a non-title match last week? Nevertheless, I’m looking forward to their title match on next week’s show. …

Kingston showed an uncharacteristic amount of fire during the match, as he went ballistic after getting slapped by Vickie Guerrero and proceeded to get disqualified for his relentless attack on Ziggler. Kingston having more of an edge is a good thing. …

Christian and Drew McIntyre had another good match, although there were two giveaways that Christian was going to win: 1. McIntyre was dominating the match; 2. McIntyre defeated Christian two weeks ago, so it was Christian’s turn to win. …

It was nice to see The Straight Edge Society looking strong again, as they brutally attacked The Big Show’s right hand. CM Punk, by the way, looks awesomely evil with a shaved head and scraggly beard. …

I didn’t really mind the co-women’s champions deal with Lay-Cool since they were referred to as “self-professed” and when it came time to defend the title, it was always Layla (the official champion) who did so. That changed on this show, however, as Guerrero announced before Layla’s title defense against Tiffany that it would in fact be Michelle McCool putting the title on the line. My first thought was: Why doesn’t Smackdown general manager Teddy Long overrule Guerrero and force Layla to wrestle? As it turned out, after McCool retained the championship, Long announced that there could only be one champion, and that if Lay-Cool doesn’t decide which one of them it’s going to be by next week, he will. It would have been nice if Long had done that before the match. As for letting McCool and Layla choose who is going to be champ, I get from a story line standpoint that it sets up a conflict between them, but from a logic standpoint, Long should have just ruled that Layla is the recognized champion and that’s that.

Posted by Kevin Eck at 4:04 PM | | Comments (8)
        

Comments

this was the worst episode of smackdown... or any wrestling show for that matter...
EVER

That's the most intense Kofi has been since last feel when he destroyed Randy Orton's ride and then later took out Orton.

Actually, I thought the same thing about Mysterio, but that was before I examined my DVR a bit closer. He was interviewed, given a chance to refute Kane's claims, and said he wasn't going to address the issue. I figured Kane would be outed as the attacker once Taker returns to set the record straight, but for the time being, Mysterio is the fall guy. Why Striker seemed to accept this so readily, when it seems so out of character, is beyond me, but I'm hoping it justifies a brutal beatdown at Summerslam that will leave Mysterio out of action for a few weeks. (Please take your time off, Rey!) I'd then expect Taker to show up, confront Kane, cue credits.

I was at a Smackdown taping about two months ago when Kane cut his first "There will be vengeance" promo, and inside the arena, there was no music playing in the background, so I believe that music is being added during post-production. There's really no need for that music; Kane's been cutting some really good promos as of late.

Is it just me or does shaved CM Punk kinda look like he wood be the runt of the Briscoe Brothers(from ROH) family with his shaved head and his crazy beard? i think he does

The Christian /McIntyre match alone was better than anything on Raw. Kudos to Striker for the Jake the Milkman Millikin reference when talking about Punk.

CM Punk now reminds me of Ivan Koloff

That Christian/Macintyre match is why I watch pro wrestling.

Smackdown's storylines are goofy junk but the actual wrestling is awesome!!

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