Smackdown tapings for 3/20 and 3/27

[J.Freek]

WWE taped this week's 500th edition of SmackDown at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Special thanks to PWMania.com reader Ronald O'Reilly for sending the following results. If you are attending a future WWE television taping and would be interested in sending us live report, please email me at andy [at] pwmania.com. Thanks for your support!

Dark Match:
* Jimmy Wang Yang defeated Eric Escobar.

SmackDown (Airing This Week)
* Triple H came out and cut a promo about Randy Orton. Triple H called Orton a disease and said he was the cure.

* Triple H defeated Vladimir Kozlov. Nothing special here. Triple H won with the Pedigree.

* MVP defeated Shelton Benjamin with the Playmaker to become the new United States Champion. Good match here with MVP deserving the win.

* Shawn Michaels defeated Kane with Sweet Chin Music. Shawn got a huge pop for appearing on SmackDown.

* Jeff Hardy defeated The Brian Kendrick in an Extreme Rules match. Good match with some nice spots. Hardy won with the Swanton.

* WWE did an announcement for the Von Erichs going into the Hall of Fame this year.

* The Undertaker defeated JBL in a non-title match. Not a bad match here. Taker won with his Hell's Gates submission move.

* Vickie Guerrero got some huge heat as she announced the winner of the Triple Threat match at WrestleMania will be the Champion of her heart. John Cena came out and got involved, turning Big Show and Edge against each other after they formed some kind of truce. Edge accidentally speared Vickie which led to Show chokeslamming Edge and leaving with Vickie.





SmackDown: (Airing Next Week)
* Kane, Christian Cage, Shelton Benjamin and Finlay defeated MVP, Mark Henry, CM Punk and Kofi Kingston. This match was a bit better than the six-man match they had on TV the other night. Kane got the win after a chokeslam on Punk.

* Big Show defeated Jesse and Festus in a Handicap match. It was good to see Jesse and Festus back but this was an obvious show to make Big Show look good for Wrestlemania. Show got the win after his knockout punch.

* Carlito, Primo Colon and Brie Bella defeated The Miz, John Morrison and Nikki Bella. Good match here considering everything, made me want to see their match at WrestleMania. Colons and Brie got the win with the Backstabber.

* Matt Hardy defeated R-Truth with a Twist of Fate.

* Maryse defended her Divas Championship against Michelle McCool. The match ended in DQ when Gail Kim made her return and hit Michelle with a missile dropkick before attacking Maryse. Gail has definitely arrived.

* Rey Mysterio defeated Chavo Guerrero with the 619. JBL came out after the match and dropped Rey with the big boot. They did show a graphic on the big screen that JBL will defend the IC Title against Rey Mysterio at Wrestlemania.

* Shawn Michaels came out to cut a promo on The Undertaker. Shawn was dressed in white mocking Taker and said he represented the light while Taker represents the shadows. Shawn quoted scripture from the Bible and talked about he will be Mr. Wrestlemania and end Taker's streak.

Dark Main Event:
* The advertised World Title match with Edge and Jeff Hardy happened actually. Edge got the win after spearing Jeff with interference from Matt Hardy.

[Deleted]

Triple H vs. Kozlov again, really? Really? Will WWE ever learn their lesson with this match, or do they just like objecting us to such horsecrapon a what seems like a fortnightly basis since Survivor Series?

[msteel2009]

I heard they are announcing two more WM matches, and thats besides the TT match at WM

[J.Freek]

HHH match might be fake all the sites have taken the spoilers down

[msteel2009]

lol I wonder why......

I heard Shawn Vs Kane and Edge Vs Big Show were both on tap

Most Dirt sheet wish they had real Dirt

[BladeDJK]

I expect to see Shelton losing the title

[msteel2009]

Mar 17, 2009 20:31:56 GMT -5 BladeDJK said:

I expect to see Shelton losing the title

Yea I hope its to R-Truth so he can defend the US Belt at WM

But here is a question, what if Kozlov won the US belt....would it still be a US Belt if a Russian wore it

[Deleted]

^ Well a Mexican and a Canadian and God knows what else have held it, and it was still the US Title then.

[markallenkellner]

Nikita Koloff (if we're counting the NWA US title)

Mar 17, 2009 20:37:56 GMT -5 @msteel2009 said:

Mar 17, 2009 20:31:56 GMT -5 BladeDJK said:

I expect to see Shelton losing the title

Yea I hope its to R-Truth so he can defend the US Belt at WM

But here is a question, what if Kozlov won the US belt....would it still be a US Belt if a Russian wore it

[Jimmy]

i like shelton a lot but love mvp, so i really hope he grabs the us title. but then again maybe it would be better if he doesn't win it because it would improve his chances of winning money in the bnk.

[msteel2009]

I still think its either Christian or MVP as winner of MITB

[missedgehead]

Why no spoilers? What's the deal? I can not find any spoilers anywhere

[J.Freek]

Mar 17, 2009 21:01:24 GMT -5 missedgehead said:

Why no spoilers? What's the deal? I can not find any spoilers anywhere

for some reason they were taken down right after the first match was posted. I think either it was fake or who ever said they send the results didnt do so after all

[missedgehead]

Thanks Lodi. Much appreciated. I guess we will have to find out tomorrow or whatever.

[Cass]

Mar 17, 2009 20:42:05 GMT -5 @dancenafan said:

^ Well a Mexican and a Canadian and God knows what else have held it, and it was still the US Title then.

Oh?

[Deleted]

Well strike me down.

[futurewrestlemania]

Mar 17, 2009 20:45:47 GMT -5 @markallenkellner said:

Nikita Koloff (if we're counting the NWA US title)

Mar 17, 2009 20:37:56 GMT -5 @msteel2009 said:

Yea I hope its to R-Truth so he can defend the US Belt at WM

But here is a question, what if Kozlov won the US belt....would it still be a US Belt if a Russian wore it

[ppk101]

Spoiler Fail.

[Too Sweet]

I think WWE are tracking it down hard since they're going apesh*t over leaked stuff.

[Hollywood QJD]

I dont know wheteher to be mad that Shelton lost the US Title, or Glad that MVP won it.