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He says he used to respect Christian, then when he started whining he found him annoying, and now he despises him. But that's all over now, Christian won't be here tonight after the beating Randy gave him, and Randy is ready to move on to his next opponent. Teddy Long announces that his next opponent will be the winner of tonight's twenty man battle royal.
Teddy and Randy are interrupted by Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase. Cody tells Orton that this is a "legacy" reunion. Cody and Ted were Randy Orton's lackeys in the three man legacy stable, but Cody says times have changed.
Cody holds up his Intercontinental title and says now he is also a champion, and he wants to get Randy's title next. Cody orders Ted to speak, and Ted tells Orton that he remembers everything Orton did to them in Legacy. He also says that Cody and Ted know him better than anyone: they know his strengths and more importantly, his weaknesses.
Randy responds by suddenly and unexpectedly taking Ted out with an RKO and staring at Cody. Cody steps out of the ring and backs away, and eventually Randy heads back to the locker room. Cody re-enters the ring and demands that Teddy Long do something about what just happened.
Teddy replies that he will go out back and order Randy to stand in a corner for ten minutes and then write "I will not RKO Ted DiBiase" 100 times. Then Teddy books Cody for an Intercontinental title match against former champ Ezekiel Jackson.
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Match#1: Ezekiel Jackson versus Cody Rhodes for the IC title.
The two men lock up and Jackson pushes Rhodes to the corner and clotheslines him. Jackson whips Rhodes hard into the corner and then hits him with a spinning side slam. The two men exchange several punches and Cody eventually drops to the mat and punches up at Jackson's face, just like big brother Dustin Rhodes (AKA Gold dust) used to do. Jackson gets back to his feet and backdrops the charging Cody Rhodes.
Jackson after Rhodes, but Rhodes snaps Jackson's head back on the top rope. Cody lands a kick, a punch, and then repeatedly stomps on Jackson in the corner. Jackson gets to his feet and lands a punch, Cody hits back with a forearm to the face. Jackson throws Rhodes into the corner and then beats him down.
Cody rolls out to the floor and Jackson goes out after him. Jackson slams Cody into and over the steel steps, but when he tries to follow up, Cody kicks the steps back into Jackson. Both men re-enter the ring and Jackson tries to pick Rhodes up for the torture rack, but Rhodes slides out. Rhodes hits Jackson with the "Beautiful disaster" kick to the head and follows up with CrossRhodes for the win.
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When we return, Zack Ryder (assistant to the GM of 'ZackDown') and his boss Teddy Long are talking. Zack invited WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio to Smackdown this week on the orders of Teddy Long, but Teddy only made that request because he thought the champ would be either Cena or CM Punk.
Teddy and Zack are interrupted by Oxana, who makes her usual entrance with sexy saxophone music. I wish sexy saxophone music would play every time I entered a room; that would really confuse people.
Oxana calls Teddy "Teddy Bear" and asks if he wants to watch her with 20 men. Teddy figures out that this is a reference to the battle royal and not a gang bang porn movie shoot. He declines though, and says he'll watch the match by himself. So a beautiful woman makes a thinly veiled sexual comment and Teddy only comments on the literal meaning of what she said, and then turns down her offer. She must think he's gay.
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Match #2: Justin Gabriel versus Tyson Kidd.
Tyson gets behind Gabriel and takes him down. Gabriel gets to his feet and whips Tyson to the ropes. Gabriel leapfrogs Tyson and then takes him down with a leg sweep. Gabriel grabs Tyson by the arm and Tyson pushes him to the corner. After exchanging punches, Tyson whips Gabriel to the ropes and then takes him down with a hurricanrana.
Tyson beats Gabriel down in the corner and then hits him in the head with a dropkick. Tyson hits Gabriel with an elbow and then puts him in a bow and arrow. Tyson goes for a suplex but Gabriel gets out of it and hits Tyson with a couple kicks to the head. Gabriel follows up with a back kick, a spin kick, and a spinning forearm.
Tyson whips Gabriel to the ropes and Gabriel launches himself back at Gabriel with a spring board cross body. Tyson rolls through the cross body and tries to pin Gabriel, but Gabriel reverses it and takes Tyson down. Gabriel goes to the top rope but Tyson cuts him off. Gabriel pushes Tyson off the top rope and Kidd crashes to the mat. Kidd landed nearly halfway across the ring, but Gabriel still manages to hit him with the 450 splash for the win.
After the match, Matt Striker asks Jinder Mahal and the Great Kali about tonights battle royal. Kali says he will win, but Jinder yells at him in Hindi, and then Kali agrees that he serves Jinder, and that Jinder will win.
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When we return, Alberto Del Rio is in the ring. Alberto reminds that he told everyone that it was his destiny to be champion, and his victory at Summer Slam and over Rey Mysterio proves destiny is real. Alberto tells us that he made his debut a year ago right here in Bakersfield by beating Rey Mysterio.
Alberto tells us times have changed: he just beat Rey again, but now the people that used to hate him, love him. I think some people actually did cheer, but more of them booed. Alberto tells us that he will face anyone on the SmackDown roster, and Daniel Bryan comes out to accept the challenge.
Bryan tells Alberto that he always talks like he's something special, but this past Sunday at SummerSlam, he did the same thing every other Money in the Ban winner before him has done: cashed in his title shot against an exhausted and battered champ with no advance warning and just picked the bones.
Bryan has already announced that he will cash his briefcase in against the World Champion in the main event of WrestleMania. Bryan claims that by cashing in his briefcase the same way everyone else did against a weakened champ that could barely stand, he has proven himself to be ordinary, lame, and pathetic.
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Match #3: Daniel Bryan versus Alberto Del Rio.
Alberto pushes Bryan to the ropes, but Bryan turns him around and lands a series of stiff strikes. Alberto rolls to the floor, Bryan pursues, and Alberto rolls back in. As Bryan re-enters, Alberto hits him with several kicks, then whips him hard into the corner. Alberto grabs Bryan's arm and puts him in a wrist lock. Bryan escapes with several punches, but Alberto regains control with a headbutt.
Alberto puts Bryan in a headlock, but Bryan is able to escape. Bryan lands several stiff kicks. Bryan hits Alberto with a European uppercut and an elbow and goes to the top rope. Alberto lands a punch and then pulls Bryan off the top rope, clutching his arm and bringing it down crashing into his knees. Alberto works on Bryan's arm some more and Bryan responds with a couple punches.
Bryan goes for a sunset flip but Alberto blocks it and hits Bryan with an elbow drop to the injured arm, then beats on the injured arm some more. Bryan fights back with a forearm and a European uppercut. Alberto whips Bryan hard into the corner and then dropkicks him in the head. Alberto works on the arm for a few more minutes until Bryan fights his way out again. Bryan lands a kick and an elbow.
Alberto charges and Bryan dodges. Bryan lands several more stiff kicks and knocks Alberto down in the corner. Bryan runs up the ropes and over Alberto and then hits him with a clothesline. Bryan backdrops Alberto to the floor and then hits him with a flying knee to the head from the ring apron.
Back in the ring, Bryan goes to the top rope but Alberto dodges the attack. Alberto hits Bryan with a belly to back suplex and slams his face into the corner. Alberto puts Bryan onto the top rope and tries to suplex Bryan. Bryan reverses the move in mid air and lands on top of Del Rio.
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When we return, both men are exchanging punches. Bryan gets the edge and whips Alberto into the corner. Bryan hits him with a running drop kick to the head and then follows up with a missile dropkick from the top rope. Bryan hits Alberto in the chest with several kicks, but Alberto dodges the last one.
Bryan hits Alberto with what looked to me like a tilt a whirl Guillotine choke, but Alberto escapes by slamming Bryan into the corner. Alberto gets Bryan in the cross arm breaker and Bryan taps out. Alberto wins.
After the match, Alberto tries to break Bryan's arm, but is saved by Sin Cara.
Matt Striker asks Mark Henry about the Battle Royal later tonight for the #1 contenders spot, and Henry says he should already be the #1 contender after taking out the Big Show and Kane, and beating Sheamus. He says he looks at the 19 other men in the match the way a vulture would.
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Match #4: AJ and Kelly Kelly versus Natalya and Alicia Fox.
AJ and Natalya start things off. Natalya takes AJ down, stomps on her, picks her up by her throat and slams her to the corner. AJ fights back and hits a hurricanrana, but Natalya slams her to the mat and tags in Alicia.
Alicia and Natalya double team AJ, and then Alicia beats AJ down herself in the middle of the ring. Alicia tags in Natalya and they hit AJ with a double suplex. Natalya slaps AJ hard in the face and tags Alicia back in. Alicia lands some kicks before AJ fights out and tags in Kelly Kelly. Kelly takes Alicia down with a Thesz press and then hits her with a hurricanrana.
Kelly stays on offense and hits Alicia with a bulldog and a stink face. Kelly hits Alicia with another headscissors takeover, landing on her shoulders and getting a two count. Alicia goes for a scissors kick and misses. Kelly lands a kick and then her patented leg drop for the win.
After the match, Alicia and Natalya argue. Natalya pretends to want no more of the argument, and then cheap shots her off the ring apron to the floor. Natalya then puts Alicia in the Sharp Shooter on the floor.
Randy Orton makes his way to the ringside area to get a good view of the main event.
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Match #5: 20 man battle royal to determine #1 contender.
Most of the men are already in the ring when we return from commercial. The only ring entrances we see are Sin Cara's, Wade Barrett's, Mark Henry, and Sheamus'. As the match gets underway, everyone gangs up on Mark Henry, but he throws them all off. Johnny Curtis, Yoshi Tatsu, and Zack Ryder are all eliminated quickly.
The Great Khali is protecting Jinder Mahal. Jinder is hiding behind Kali in the corner, and Khali knocks away anyone that comes near. Ezekiel Jackson gets a little revenge against Cody Rhodes by eliminating him. Jackson then confronts the Great Khali and beats him in the corner with punches and a clothesline. Khali is being backed up into Mahal in the corner.
Khali hits Jackson with a big chop to the head and then throws him over the top. Khali and Mark Henry then face off. Khali hits Henry with a big chop to the head and Henry goes down. As Henry tries to get to his feet, Khali puts a shoulder/nerve pinch on him.
Henry fights his way out, picks Khali up, carries him the edge of the ring, and drops him over the top. Sheamus attacks Mark Henry and kicks him out of the ring under the bottom rope. Since he didn't go over the top, Henry is still alive. Sheamus knocks Heath Slater out of the ring with a Brogue kick, and Henry hits Sheamus with the World's Strongest Slam on the floor right in front of Randy Orton.
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When we return, Mark Henry is still walking around at ringside, beating on other wrestlers as they get eliminated; even throwing one of the Uso's through the announce table. Mark Henry finally re-enters the ring and eliminates Jinder Mahal and Ted DiBiase.
Sin Cara eliminates Tyson Kidd, leaving only Sin Cara, Mark Henry, Sheamus, and Wade Barrett left. The remaining wrestlers all gang up on Mark Henry. Sin Cara gets knocked out of the ring, but not over the top, so he's still alive. Barrett and Sheamus team up against Henry, until Wade Barrett unexpectedly takes Sheamus down with a clothesline. When will the English and Irish learn to get along?
Wade throws Sheamus over the top but Sheamus hangs on. Sheamus and Barrett exchange punches and Sheamus pulls Wade out to the ring apron with him; then they exchange more punches. Sheamus hits Barrett with a Brogue kick, and Barrett falls to the ground and is eliminated.
Sheamus and Sin Cara exchange strikes and Sin Cara is nearly eliminated. While Sheamus is preoccupied with Sin Cara, Henry walks up behind him and throws him over the top rope. Sin Cara and Henry are the only two that remain. Sin Cara hits Henry with a top rope cross body and then tries to follow up with a headscissors takeover, but Henry holds onto Sin Cara's legs and Sin Cara can't take him down.
Sin Cara tries a springboard crossbody but Henry catches him and hits him with the World's Strongest Slam. Henry then picks Sin Cara up and military press slams him to the floor. Mark Henry wins the battle royal and is now the #1 contender.
After the match Mark Henry and Randy Orton face off outside the ring. Mark Henry tells Randy Orton he can smell his fear as the show comes to a close.
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