Smackdown Spoilers 2/11/16

[The Future]

* SmackDown kicks off with Chris Jericho coming to the ring for a promo to hype his match with AJ Styles

* Chris Jericho vs. AJ Styles ends when the Social Outcasts come out to interrupt. This leads to a tag match

* Styles and Jericho defeated Curtis Axel and Adam Rose. After the match, Jericho left Styles laying with a Codebreaker. Jericho said he will see AJ later

* They air a clip of Daniel Bryan's retirement and the RAW contract signing as tables are brought out and put around the ring

* The Dudley Boyz come out in street clothes and Bubba Ray Dudley is looking more like Bully Ray than before. They cut promos with tables surrounding the ring and we see a replay of them turning on The Usos at RAW. Bubba cuts a big heel promo and rips Daniel Bryan for retiring, leading to a huge "yes!" chant. "Save the tables" comes back as Bubba says they are doing away with tables, no more tables for the fans

* Segment with Goldust trying to recruit R-Truth again

* Sasha Banks vs. Naomi with Becky Lynch on commentary is next. Becky and Tamina Snuka end up getting into it at ringside. Tamina lays her out. Sasha takes Tamina's head off with a big kick and makes Naomi tap with the Banks Statement

* Styles cuts a backstage promo on Jericho

* Bray Wyatt and The Wyatt Family came to the ring for a promo. Wyatt talked about how they were here to take out the "titans" of WWE. He rolled his eyes in the back of his head like The Undertaker would do. Real creepy promo, not as bad as the typical Wyatt ramblings

* Black History Month video for The Junkyard Dog

* Neville, Sin Cara and WWE United States Champion Kalisto defeated Stardust and The Ascension with a nice triple-finisher spot

* Another Daniel Bryan video

* Chris Jericho vs. AJ Styles is the main event. The crowd was hot for both of them and the match was very good. Styles turned the Walls of Jericho into the Calf Crusher at one point. He also went for a Styles Clash but Jericho got the win clean with a Codebreaker. SmackDown ends with Jericho celebrating to a big pop

[Zincdust]

Also, Main Event spoilers, if anyone's interested:

Heath Slater (with Adam Rose & Curtis Axel) def. Zack Ryder after an Impaler DDT. The C&P reports floating around the web right now are reporting that Ryder def. Slater, but that's not the case.

Natalya def. Alicia Fox via submission with the Sharpshooter.

Mark Henry & Darren Young defeated Fandango & Damien Sandow when Henry pinned Fandango after the World's Strongest Slam.

Also there was a dark match with Enzo Amore & Big Cass (with Carmella) defeating two wrestlers who they didn't announce.

After the Smackdown tapings, the Wyatt Family came back out and destroyed Jericho & Styles. The Lucha Dragons/Adrian Neville came out and made the save. They ran off Bray, Luke and Braun (a triple dropkick sent Strowman out of the ring), and then set up Erick on a table. Sin Cara splashed Rowan through the table, which was cool to see.

Before the Jericho/Styles VS. Rose/Axel match, the latter two discussed if their tag team name should be either "The Social Housecats" or "Axel Rose" (which was hilarious).

Also of note, the WWE had advertised Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, the Usos, Ryback, Ziggler, ADR, etc. on TV & online up until today, but none of them were there, as they were on their way to the European tour. I realize that they have that "Card is subject to change" disclaimer and all, but you know darned well that the WWE knew about this and still went ahead with the advertising, hoping to get more people in there. One or two wrestlers, I could see, but this was close to 10 of their biggest names. There were plenty of people there to see Ambrose, Reigns or Ryback who came away disappointed. The very LEAST that they could have done would be announcing that such-and-such wouldn't be there as advertised, and people could ask for a refund.

Oh, and also, they didn't play "The Star-Spangled Banner". Do they not do that at WWE shows any longer? I haven't been to one since a Smackdown taping in 2013.

[TurboEddie]

Too soon for AJ Styles to lose a match.

[jdfranchise]

I'm actually ok with this show on a couple fronts. One is building Styles/Jericho like the dream match that it is. Sure having most of the roster overseas helps with promoting the match to a better time slot (main event showcase).

Secondly, AJ losing here cleanly. Now let's face it, Jericho has been putting over a lot of people over the past 4-5 years (Punk, Fandango, Wyatt are the prime examples), and his win here gives the program much needed boost of credibility. Jericho's resume does a good job of making AJ's first win look big (as did the win over Miz as much as some may want to disagree), but the program loses luster if AJ is the only one winning.

It serves him better as a babyface if Jericho picks up a win and has moments where he looks strong on the way to the final match (anybody else digging the idea of 2 out of 3 falls). This isn't even really considered 50/50 booking to me, but rather a story they are actually giving some thought to, albeit in a formulated fashion. I think Vince, Stephanie, and Hunter all realize that they have an opportunity to do something good in the upper midcard with this program because of who is involved.

If they can keep this up until Mania, they will be able to reinvigorate Miz, give Jericho's run meaning, and sell AJ as a threat. Everyone comes out looking good.

Now if we can just get that kind of thought process with the rest of the roster, we'll be in good shape.

[tylerbreezee]

wow actually sounds like a really good smackdown

[The Natural Eddy Valintino]

For the basest of the storyline, I would have had AJ win the match again, with Jericho turning full heel after the match. I would have built Jericho beating him at Fastlane due to cheating and then the feud ends at Mania with Styles beating him with the Styles Clash. However, I do not mind AJ losing clean here since it was Jericho who beat him. If it were someone like Slater beating him clean, I could see the problem. This seems like a pretty good Smackdown, so I'll be watching tonight.

[Deleted]

Axel Rose FTW

[thebigzakbowski]

I was in portland. Becky got a huge pop. People complained they werent selling becky goggles.natayla and foxy had a good match. Aj and y2j were great. Had a blast though