SmackDown, NXT and Superstars: Bye-Bye Striker

[Byron F'N Saxton Fan]

WWE NXT (Airing tonight on WWE.com):

Johnny Curtis earns three immunity points by wining an Arm Wrestling tournament, beating Brodus Clay in the finals via disqualification.

Chris Masters b. Byron Saxton

Gail Kim teaches Derick Bateman a new submission, choking him out. Daniel Bryan makes out with her after she does it.

Ted DiBiase w/Maryse vs. Brodus Clay. Maryse distracts DiBiase by going to kiss Todd Grisham. This allows Clay to hit a powerslam and pin him for the win.

The four remaining NXT Rookies cut 30-second promos on their Pros. Byron Saxton made fun of R-Truth's raps. Derrick Bateman called Dolph Ziggler "turd ferguson" and the crowd chanted "turd". Johnny Curtis slapped Brodus and ran. Brodus talked dirty about Gail Kim.

Daniel Bryan & Derrick Bateman vs. R-Truth & Johnny Curtis. Winners via Curtis tapping in Bryan's LaBell lock, Daniel Bryan & Derrick Bateman.

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Dark Match:

William Regal b. Johnny Curtis via submission in the Regal Stretch.

WWE Superstars (Airing Thursday on WGN America):

Zack Ryder & Primo vs. Yoshi Tatsu & David Hart Smith. Prior to the match, Ryder and Primo say they are undefeated and they are going on to Wrestlemania. Winners via Yoshi Tatsu roundhouse quick to Ryder, Yoshi Tatsu & David Hart Smith.

Melina vs. Tamina. I'm told Melina garnered a babyface reaction. Winner via split over her opponent's neck, Melina.

Tyler Reks & Curt Hawkins vs. JTG & Trent Baretta. Winners, Curt Hawkins & Tyler Reks. After the match, Reks turns on Hawkins.

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WWE Friday Night Smackdown (Airing Friday on Syfy):

Booker T joins Michael Cole and Josh Mathews on commentary. This is his new role in WWE.

Dolph Ziggler and Vickie Guerrero come out and Vickie talks about the World Heavyweight Championship match for later tonight.

WWE Tag Team Champions Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov vs. Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater in a non-title match. Winners, Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater via 450 splash by Gabriel onto Kozlov.

Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match, Drew McIntyre vs. Kofi Kingston. In the middle of the match Alberto Del Rio comes on the big screen, distracting Kofi Kingston. This allows McIntyre to win after hitting the Future Shock DDT.

Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match, Rey Mysterio vs. Jack Swagger. Mysterio reverses Swagger's ankle lock with head scissors and rolls him up for the win.

Backstage, World Heavyweight Champion Edge talks with Kelly Kelly. She says he's like Drew McIntyre and has no faith in her.

Hornswoggle and Rosa Mendes come out to ringside. Ricardo Rodriguez comes out to announce Alberto Del Rio. Hornswoggle hits Del Rio in the crotch and Del Rio attacks. Kofi Kingston comes down for the save but ends up in a Del Rio armbar.

Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match, Kane vs. Chavo Guerrero. Kane catches Chavo on the Frog Splash attempt and chokeslams him. Kane pins him to win the quick squash.

Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match, Big Show vs. Wade Barrett. Show throws Barrett into the referee and The Corre comes out to help their leader. Ezekiel Jackson hits a clothesline and Barrett gets a near fall. Barrett hits a DDT on Show and gets the three count for the win. After the match, Show goes after them but is slammed by Jackson.

Edge & Kelly Kelly vs. Dolph Ziggler & LayCool in a 3-on-2 Handicap Match for the World Heavyweight Championship. Winners via Kelly Kelly pinning Layla, Edge & Kelly Kelly so Edge retains the World Heavyweight Championship. Vickie Guerrero is furious after the match and fires Kelly Kelly. She announces next week Edge will defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Dolph Ziggler and she'll be the special guest referee.

-WrestlingNewsWorld.com

[the nexus]

nice to see booker back in some capiticy

[mattoriginal]

His name is Black Snow!

[Blackjack]

OMG bring back Black Snow to commentary. Chet Lemon could come back also. Wonder where Striker is going to go? I actually like striker on commentary

[✖ AJ]

Of all the three, why Striker?

[Jimex]

Cole should just stay on raw. i dont need him beeing a total queer on 2 shows every week.


*edit* here are the complete sd spoilers:
Smackdown opens with Vickie Guerrero and Dolph Ziggler coming to the ring. She announces there will be qualifying matches for the Smackdown Elimination Chamber match. She calls out Kelly Kelly, who comes out and says she's tired of Guerrero going through her stuff backstage and getting involved in Kelly's personal life [Note from Mike: HUH???]. Dolph threatens Kelly so she slaps him and nails Guerrero. LayCool attack Kelly but Edge makes the save.
*There is a WRESTLEMANIA PINATA hanging above the ring for something later tonight with Alberto Del Rio.

*Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel defeated Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov in a non-title match when Gabriel hit a 450 splash on Marella.

*Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: Drew McIntyre defeated Kofi Kingston in a long, good match. Ricardo Rodriguez and Alberto Del Rio popped up on the Titantron for a promo, which distracted Kofi and allowed Drew to hit the Futureshock.

*They ran the 2/21/11 promo. Same as Raw.

*Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: Rey Mysterio defeated Jack Swagger in another good, long match.

*There's a backstage promo with Edge and Kelly Kelly. Edge is worried about keeping his belt since Kelly is in the match and if she gets pinned, he loses it. She gets mad that Edge doesn't have faith in her and compares him to Drew McIntyre. Edge looks confused over that comparison. Kelly gets angry and storms off.

*Alberto Del Rio comes out for his PINATA celebration. Hornswoggle and Rosa Mendes are in the ring with him. Alberto gets off some great lines about how nice it is to be in New Jersey. He blindfolds Hornswoggle so Horny can try and break the pinata but it's too high up. They lower the pinata but Del Rio is hit with the stick by accident. Del Rio kicks Horny in the head and starts beating him up. Kofi Kingston hits the ring to make the save but is distracted by Ricardo. Alberto beats up Kofi with the pinata stick and locks on the rolling crossarm breaker. Good segment.

*Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: Kane defeated Chavo Guerrero in two minutes.

*Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: Wade Barrett defeated The Big Show. The Corre beats down Show. Ezekiel Jackson cuts a promo basically setting up a promo for himself vs. Show.

*They announce Edge and Dolph are automatically entered in the Chamber by virtue of being champion and top contender, so our field of competition is set.

*World champion Edge and Kelly Kelly defeated Dolph Ziggler and Lay Cool. The women were in for the most part. Kelly hit Layla with a spear after McCool kicked her partner by accident. Afterward, an irate Vickie fired Kelly Kelly then announced Edge defending the World title against Dolph Ziggler next week with Vickie as the guest referee. Zigger nailed Edge with the Zig Zag to close the show.

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[Nick]

I'd rather see kofi in the chamber match but whatever.

[becausethenight]

Sick, Striker's probably replacing Lawler on Raw until Mania or maybe just EC.

[Byron F'N Saxton Fan]

Yes, you read right, Kelly Kelly picked up the Pinfall over Layla in a World Championship Match.

[MichaelTheMartian]

Oh thank god Booker! BATISTA IS DOWN, BATISTA IS DOWN, BATISTA IS DOWN!

But why Striker? Get rid of Cole! Hopefully this makes a three man commentary team on RAW, because Striker is the best commentator, imo. If it wasn't for him Booker's return wouldn't have been so great.

Also hopefully Booker has a few matches during this stint. CAN YOU DIG IT, SUCKKA!

[King Silva]

As for the NXT results looks like Maryse and Ted are for sure splitting. About time!

Nice to see Gail featured with her man.

And for Superstars I'm looking forward to Melina/Tamina although Melina getting a face reaction sucks. Tamina should have had Santino with her to prevent that..

Awesome for Booker but I wish Cole would go away and Striker would have stayed..

But SD seems like it will be great this week.

The main event match with the divas and Dolph/Edge is going to be awesome. Glad they gave it a lot of time.

The qualifier matches seem good too.

Glad Drew is in it.

Don't care much for Rey, Kane, or Wade but Dolph and Edge make the match have 3 good and 3 not so good people in it.

I expect Kofi to have a match with either Swagger or ADR possibly both for the IC belt.

Glad Gabriel got the pin so maybe him and Slater will win the belts back. I wish it was Gabriel and Jackson since I hate Slater but if Justin wins I'll be happy regardless.

Kelly getting the pinfall in the main event is just sad. But I guess they had to have Edge retain and wanted Dolph to not lose so it worked in a way..

LMAO at Kelly being 'fired.' ;D I kinda wish but she'll be rehired when Teddy comes back.

From these spoilers I'm really looking forward to SD this week.

[Joe/Smurf]

Feb 1, 2011 22:54:08 GMT -5 Byron F'N Saxton Fan said:

Yes, you read right, Kelly Kelly picked up the Pinfall over Layla in a World Championship Match.

Quoted for lols.

[cjskittles4]

SD! should just be Matthews and Booker T while RAW should be Cole and King (or Kevin Nash)

[Hellbender]

Smackdown should be Striker and Booker T.Raw should be Cole and Lawler or Lawler and J.R

[Chip]

Swagger not in the chamber? That is bullish.

[missedgehead]

Sounds like a decent show.

[heatofthemoment]

Feb 2, 2011 9:54:47 GMT -5 Chip said:

Swagger not in the chamber? That is bullish.

Amen my brother.

[White Trash Lucha]

So awesome to see Booker on commentary, looking forward to it.

[instant classic]

Feb 2, 2011 11:16:52 GMT -5 White Trash Lucha said:

So awesome to see Booker on commentary, looking forward to it.

[ztj_wwf]

Wouldn't it have made sense that the Corre teams up on Big Show, and then Nash comes out to help Show, it would make perfect sense. Barrett eliminated Nash, and then Nash and Show had that staredown...