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Spoilers for Jan. 6 episode of WWE Smackdown: Daniel Bryan defends his title against The Big Show

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If you're like me and can't stand Green Day, watching the opening of Smackdown can be a chore.

So we've got spoilers -- courtesy of PWTorch -- in case the sound of Billie Joe Armstrong's voice is too much for you to bear. Me? I love wrestling more than I hate Green Day so I can tolerate it.

The first 2012 episode of Raw got people talking and Smackdown has been booked with a couple of high profile matches to help do the same. In addition to the rubber match between Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes and Booker T, fan will see a World Heavyweight Championship match between MAH BOY Daniel Bryan and The Big Show.

So how does it all shake out? I'm glad you asked!

See for yourself after the jump!

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The show started off with the Intercontinental Championship rubber match between Cody Rhodes and his newfound nemesis KING BOOKAH. Match went over 10 minutes and ended when Rhodes ducked an axe kick and nailed his opponent with a Beautiful Disaster. Aftwards, Rhodes and his older brother Dustin have a conversation.

Next up was a comedy segment between Santino, Zack Ryder, Drew McIntyre and Teddy Long which set up a match between Santino and Drew the Mac.

Battle royal was won by Hornswaggle after he tossed Heath Slater out. "The One Man Southern Rock Band" toyed around with Vince's son (is he still?) and got cocky when trying to throw him out. ‘Swaggle got a handful of hair and forced Slater out instead. A post-match beatdown was the little guy's reward but Justin Gabriel came out for the save in a continuation of a little feud they started on NXT. Wow, it's like they're actually planning this stuff out! Haha, I say the craziest things.

Hunico defeated Ted DiBiase Jr.

Wade Barrett came out and cut a promo on Randy Orton, saying he put "The Viper" on the shelf and that "The Barrett Barrage" will overtake the Royal Rumble while Orton sits at home pretty much ensuring that Orton will come back and win the thing on Jan. 29. Sheamus showed up and they mad dogged each other until Jinder Mahal ran out to attack the Irishman. Black Hole Slam to Sheamus followed by Camel Clutch.

Santino defeated McIntyre. Long said after last week's loss, McIntyre only has one strike left to go before getting canned.

Epico and Primo defeated WWE tag champions Air Boom in a non-title match. So Epico and Primo - who I officially dub The Puerto Rican Violence Connection - beat Air Boom before the TLC pay-per-view (PPV) but then lost at the PPV and then pick up another win after? THERE'S that WWE booking style I know and love.

Tamina defeated Natalya.

And in the maaain event of the evening, Daniel Bryan defeated The Big Show by disqualification. The challenger got a good pop from the crowd while the champion was booed. I'm interested to see if the WWE goes with that or if they try to clean it up in post-production. The ending came when Bryan goaded Mark Henry - who was doing guest commentary (YUS~!) - into pushing him, ensuring the DQ finish.

How does that sound, Cagesiders?

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If they are keeping Bryan as a heel, that ending is good. The champ who is squeaking by to keep his title. Even though he is a great wrestler that might sit well with fans who listen to Cole burying him every chance he gets.

Primo and Epico. Seen them when they were younger, haven’t seen them in WWE. Don’t want to see them. At least Carly Colon had a gimmick. I’ll name them the “I got family with connections” connection.

What can I say about Wade Barrett that hasn’t already been said about Afghanistan?

Greatest lover ever during the day, Trainyard Sleeper at night.

by IRodC on Jan 4, 2012 12:14 PM EST reply actions  

Is Cole going to do a 180 now and start praising Daniel Bryan? Or, perhaps Cole will continue burying him anyway as a heel?

by Mr. Sunny Days on Jan 4, 2012 1:43 PM EST reply actions  

Yeah after Bryan’s over the top celebration on Raw, I figured they slow heel turn was coming and i’m not happy about that at all.

"@bigfootsilva, I want to tell you a joke so funny it will make your head grow. It goes like this..Oh wait, I see you have already heard it." -Chael Sonnen

by Raker on Jan 4, 2012 11:28 PM EST reply actions  

Smackdown just aired in the UK

I can confirm that the show is a (mostly) good one, without spoiling the show further.

Definitely worth checking out the main event, there’s some blood and some awesome work from both of them.

by superfurry316 on Jan 6, 2012 7:06 PM EST reply actions  

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