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WWE SmackDown returns to SyFy this coming Friday night (July 25, 2014) from Orlando, Florida, but the show was taped, as usual, on Tuesday night. That means full spoilers are readily available if you're the impatient type who doesn't want to wait a couple days for the payoff.
Unwrap that present early:
- The Usos def. Rybaxel with some twin magic. Yep. There have been reports that Ryback and Curtis Axel teased a split after the match.
- Miz TV featured special guest The Miz and his now famous moneymaker. He interviewed his mother, who was in the audience, and put over how great he is for his Intercontinental championship victory at Battleground. Bo Dallas came out and told Miz he won because he BOLIEVED. That brought out Dolph Ziggler, who said they're both full of crap. That led into a match between Ziggler and Dallas, won by the latter by roll up thanks to a distraction by Miz, who sat in on commentary. Bo didn't get to complete his victory lap, however, because Ziggler took him out. Miz then did the same to Dolph, so it looks like that's the direction for the Intercontinental title.
- Dean Ambrose def. Cesaro via disqualification after Seth Rollins ran in. Super physical match, a big brawl with plenty of weapons. Ambrose was left laying after a Neutralizer and Curb Stomp. Dean sold the beating well, considering we received tweets saying he was injured during the show.
- Paige def. Naomi in a squash match, though it happened because Cameron came out and distracted her former tag partner. Paige, by the way, has stolen AJ Lee's skipping gimmick and is claiming she's still friends with her.
- Goldust and Stardust pre-tape. Guess what they do?
- Bray Wyatt def. R-Truth and cut a promo after, asking Truth where Chris Jericho was to save him. Good play on what happened at Monday Night Raw this week. The better question might be why Truth isn't around the Xavier Woods/Big E/Kofi Kingston team.
- Roman Reigns def. Alberto Del Rio in the main event. Nothing special here, just getting Reigns over. How long until we start hearing about Del Rio wanting out soon?
- It should be noted that Big Show returned in the dark match after the show and did an open challenge gimmick, issued by Kane and answered by Show. The finish? The KO punch followed by Kane rolling out of the ring and getting counted out. Your guess is as good as mine on why they protected Kane in a dark segment here, but there you go.
That's the show, folks. Your thoughts?