SmackDown results: Restrained aggression
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Just nine days before WrestleMania, chaos continued to run rampant on SmackDown, as World Heavyweight Champion Edge and his No. 1 contender Alberto Del Rio were ordered to restrain their aggression, and Wade Barrett brought The Corre their second championship.
Christian def. Alberto Del Rio (WATCH | PHOTOS)
In spite
of SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long’s declaration that Edge and Alberto
Del Rio would be banned from WrestleMania if they so much as touched each other,
The Rated-R Superstar opted to accompany Christian to his main event match
against the aristocratic No. 1 contender to the World Title.
Battling Del Rio for the third week in a row, Captain Charisma triumphed over his opponent with the Killswitch. Meanwhile, outside the ring, Edge executed numerous earth-shattering chair blows to Brodus Clay after the enormous Superstar assaulted the 11-time World Champion from behind.
Moments after the match ended, The Ultimate Opportunist looked as if he might ignore Teddy Long’s order and attack his No. 1 contender with the chair. Realizing what was at stake, Christian stopped Edge at the last second, attacking Del Rio instead so that his former tag team partner would not be banned from WrestleMania.
Jack Swagger def. R-Truth (WATCH | PHOTOS)
After The
All-American American defeated R-Truth with his dreaded ankle lock, the
outspoken Michael Cole – who Swagger is training for a match with WWE Hall of
Famer Jerry Lawler at WrestleMania – belittled The Rapping Superstar with his
own trash-talking performance of “what’s-up!”
For more insults from Cole, be sure to check out his comments on Twitter @MichaelCole.
The Undertaker responded to Triple H about their WrestleMania
showdown (WATCH | PHOTOS)
Nine days before the epic clash of the
titans between The Undertaker and Triple H at The Showcase of The Immortals, The
Phenom promised to make The Game the 19th victim in his incredible WrestleMania
18-0 streak. (Match preview)
Wade Barrett def. Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston to become
new Intercontinental Champion (WATCH | PHOTOS)
Just when it looked
like Kofi Kingston was going to hit Trouble in Paradise on Wade Barrett, the
English Superstar countered with Wasteland. Seconds later, the stunned WWE
Universe looked on as Barrett captured his first Intercontinental Championship.
WWE Tag Team Champion and fellow Corre member Justin Gabriel celebrated the
monumental occasion by hitting a post-match 450 Splash of the fallen
Kingston.
Michelle McCool & Layla def. Kelly Kelly & Rosa
Mendes (WATCH | PHOTOS)
Doing their best “Jersey Shore” impression,
Team LayCool emerged to face Kelly Kelly & Rosa Mendes. When Rosa turned her
attention toward an interfering Michelle, Layla took the opportunity to hit the
Lay-Out neckbreaker for the victory. Will the flawless duo do the same to Nicole
“Snooki” Polizzi in the Six-Person Tag Team Match at WrestleMania? (Match
preview)
World Heavyweight Champion Edge def. Drew McIntyre in a Non-Title
Match (WATCH | PHOTOS)
Despite a lingering arm injury that stemmed
from recent numerous attacks at the hands of Alberto Del Rio, The Rated-R
Superstar set out to prove to his WrestleMania No. 1 contender that he is at 100
percent. (Match preview) And The Master Manipulator sent a powerful message
indeed, overcoming Drew McIntyre with his devastating new submission hold. After
the bell, Edge blasted The Sinister Scotsman with the Spear.
Rey Mysterio def. CM Punk by Disqualification (WATCH |
PHOTOS)
In a WrestleMania Rewind Match, Rey Mysterio defeated CM Punk by
disqualification, after his WrestleMania opponent Cody Rhodes unleashed a brutal
assault on the masked Superstar. After hurling The Ultimate Underdog into the
steel ring post and assaulting him with his protective mask, Rhodes hammered
Mysterio with his knee brace – the very apparatus that caused Rhodes’ facial
injury on Jan. 21 and set the wheel in motion for their clash at The Show of
Shows. (Match preview)
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