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WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT: CASKET MATCH; NEW CHALLENGERS FOR THE TAG TITLES; AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2015-01-29 21:56:53
We are in Hartford, Connecticut and your announcers are Michael Cole, Byron Saxton, and Jerry Lawler.

Triple H makes his way to the ring and he has something to say.

Hunter welcomes us to Monday Night Raw, but then he says it has been a crazy week. We were supposed to be here on Monday, but there was this wacky, epic, historic snow storm so they told us we had to postpone Raw. Hunter says there is one thing they don’t like to do, is be told what to do.

For the first time he can remember, they did Raw from WWE headquarters.

They told us we could not hit one million subscribers to the WWE Network, but this week, we hit that number. To all of you who have subscribed, he has two words. . . Thank you.

Then they told us we couldn’t do a show in Hartford. That is why he is here to tell the people of Hartford, welcome to Thursday Night Smackdown.

It has been a controversial week coming out of the Royal Rumble on Sunday. The WWE is not the only one with controversy. The Super Bowl is Sunday and there is controversy surrounding the whole thing. The NFL and Roger Goddell has a problem with their balls. Some guys like their balls soft while some like them hard. Tom Brady says that some guys like old balls.

Hunter says the WWE has never had a problem with ‘balls’. Unlike Roger Goddell, who has controversy and does nothing, Hunter says he takes action. On February 22nd, live on the WWE Network, he will deal with a current problem. Hunter says he has a problem with a man called Sting.

Hunter promises at Fastlane he will stand face to face with his problem and he will resolve it.

There is other controversy out of the Royal Rumble. Not with the event, because it was spectacular. That Triple Threat match is one of the greatest matches he ever saw. It is a match where Seth Rollins proved to the world that he is the future of this industry. It was a match where John Cena proved to the world that he is the past. It is a match where Brock Lesnar proved that he is the beast and is still the WWE Champion. That match was not the problem.

The problem was with the Royal Rumble match itself. When that match was over and all was said and done, the building was rumbling and he felt nothing like it in his life. People were going crazy from the back row to the front row. It was electric. The next day it got worse. Everyone was talking about it. It was all over the news.

We see what happened at the end of the Royal Rumble match.

Monday on Raw, he will put an end to the controversy. On Monday night, he will make an announcement that will likely shake the WWE Universe to its core.

Roman Reigns’ music plays and he makes his way through the crowd and into the ring to go face to face with Triple H.

Roman says Hunter talks about controversy but there was no controversy. He won the Royal Rumble match. That means he is going to Wrestlemania.

Hunter says Roman did indeed win that match. Hunter asks Roman if he will win this one.

Big Show makes his way to the ring for the first match of the show.

We go to commercial.

Match Number One: Big Show versus Roman Reigns

They lock up and Reigns punches Show but Show pushes him back. Show backs Reigns into the corner and he punches Reigns and then he Irish whips Reigns but misses a splash into the corner. Reigns tries for a suplex but Show blocks it and he suplexes Reigns. Show with a slam and he punches Reigns in the corner. Show with a hard Irish whip. Reigns punches Show and then Show connects with a shoulder tackle.

Show with a head butt to Reigns. Show with a second head butt. Show with a biel to Reigns. Reigns hits Show in the back of the leg and he punches Show in the corner. Reigns kicks Show. Show punches Reigns in the corner but Reigns clotheslines Show over the top rope to the floor and we go to commercial.

We are back and Reigns is down on the mat holding his knee. Show with a knee bar and we see footage from the commercial break of Reigns clotheslining Show over the top rope again, but Show hit a spear on Reigns.

We return to live action and Show continues to work on Reigns’ leg. Show with an elevated knee bar and ankle lock. Reigns gets to the ropes and then he sends Show over the top rope with a head scissors like move. Reigns with the Juggernaut Broad Jump Drop Kick. Show sends Reigns into the ring and Reigns with a clothesline but Show stays on his feet.

Reigns with another clothesline and Show stays on his feet. Reigns with a third clothesline and Show goes down. Reigns with a Samoan drop. Reigns comes off the apron and hits a cross body onto Show and both men are down. Reigns tries for the Superman punch but Show blocks it and he hits a choke slam but Reigns kicks out at two.

Show goes up top but he takes too long and Reigns hits a Superman punch but Show stays on the ropes. Reigns with a second one and Show stays on the ropes. Reigns with a press slam and he sets for the spear and he hits it and gets the three count.

Winner: Roman Reigns

Michael Cole sends it to Vince McMahon who has breaking news about the WWE Network. Vince says that they are in the Fastlane on the Road to Wrestlemania. There are currently more than one million subscribers, but why aren’t you if you haven’t already registered. If you are a new subscriber, it is free for you in February.

We see the casket.

We go to commercial.

We are back and we are reminded that Randy Savage will be joined by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 2015 WWE Hall of Fame.

Seth Rollins comes out and he has something to say as he is accompanied by Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble. Seth says he told everyone and at the Royal Rumble he proved once again how good he really is. He was one second away from pinning John Cena and becoming the new WWE World Champion.

You what is more impressive than that? He stuck a dagger into the heart of the beast incarnate, he broke Brock Lesnar’s rib. John Cena and Undertaker cannot say that. While he does not have the title leaving Philly, he has the future firm in his reach.

Seth says he is here to make an open challenge to anybody in this entire building who has the guts to think they are half the man that he is. He wants them to come out and test him. No one has the guts . . .

Ryback comes out.

Joey and Jamie go after Ryback but Ryback pushes him away and then Rollins with a drop kick and it is a three on one attack.

Erick Rowan comes out and he takes care of Mercury and Noble, but Rollins kicks Rowan off the apron. Rollins continues the attack on Ryback.

Dolph Ziggler comes to the ring but Rollins sends Ziggler into the announce table. Ryback gets Rollins up for the musclebuster but Rollins escapes. Rowan stops Mercury and Noble from escaping but Rollins helps Mercury and Noble escape.

Kane is with the casket and he says he writes the final chapter of the Daniel Bryan story tonight. Do you even know what happens in a casket match? First, he will beat you far beyond the normal capacity for pain. He will put Daniel in the casket and then secure the lid. The only thing you will see is beautiful black darkness. Your life will be taken from you. You will hear the sound of your heart wanting to escape from your chest. You will wonder how many beats will you have left. Then you will scratch and claw like an animal.

There is no escape, but don’t be alarmed. Then you will reach your final destination along the River Styx on your way to eternal hell fire. Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. May God have mercy on your soul because the Devil’s Favorite Demon will not.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Two: Jey Uso (with Jimmy Uso and Naomi) versus Tyson Kidd (with Cesaro and Natalya)

Kidd with a kick but Jey slides into the corner and he connects with an uppercut. Jey with an Irish whip but Kidd knocks Jey off the tunbuckles and he puts Jey’s leg in the ring skirt and he stomps on the leg. Kidd with a step over knee drop to the injured leg. Kidd with an elbow drop to the leg. Jey kicks Tyson through the ropes and to the floor.

Jey punches Kidd and knocks him back to the floor. Jey sets for a suicide dive but Kidd with a kick on the apron and Jey goes down. Kidd sets for the springboard elbow drop but he sees Jey move so he lands on his feet. Jey with a Samoan drop. Cesaro distracts Jey and Jimmy hits Cesaro on the floor.

Kidd with a drop kick to the injured knee and then Kidd with the swinging fisherman’s neck breaker for the three count.

Winner: Tyson Kidd

After the match, Kidd celebrates with his better half, while Natalya watches Tyson and Cesaro.

Kane is looking at the open casket as if it was a monitor in the back and we go to commercial.


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