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WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT: SIX MAN TAG; EIGHT MAN TAG; CESARO VERSUS ORTON; AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2014-02-14 22:00:25
We are in Ontario, California and your announcers are Michael ‘Will you be my Valentine’ Cole and John ‘I do not Choo Choo Choose you Michael’ Layfield.

Match Number One: Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins versus Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, and Christian

Rollins and Christian start things off and Rollins with a kick and punch followed by more kicks. Reigns tags in and he gives Christian a series of head butts. Christian tries for a cross body but Reigns catches him. Christian escapes a power slam attempt and he punches Reigns and tags in Sheamus.

They get face to face and Sheamus blocks a punch and he connects with a series of punches. Sheamus sends Reigns into the turnbuckles and connects with forearms. Reigns with a head butt. Sheamus with an Irish whip but he runs into an uppercut. Sheamus with a Finlay Slam followed by a knee drop to the midsection for a near fall.

Sheamus with a European uppercut. Reigns with a knee to the midsection followed by an uppercut. Ambrose tags in and he punches Sheamus in the corner and connects with a head butt. Sheamus is put in the ropes and Ambrose runs his forearm across the bridge of the nose. Ambrose prepares for the running drop kick but Sheamus escapes the ropes and he connects with a running double sledge.

Bryan tags in and he kicks Ambrose. Bryan with kicks in the corner but Ambrose with an Irish whip and Bryan flips out of the corner and then he hits a flying clothesline. Bryan with a running drop kick into the corner. Bryan puts Ambrose on the turnbuckles for a super rana and he connects. Bryan gets a near fall.

Bryan tries for the Yes Lock and he gets it applied but Rollins and Reigns get into the ring and we have a six man standoff and we go to commercial.

The referee tries to gain control of the match and it looks like order has been restored. Ambrose and Bryan are the only two in the ring and Ambrose circles the ring and he tags in Reigns. They lock up and Reigns backs Bryan into the corner but he misses a forearm. Bryan with kicks in the corner followed by an Irish whip but he misses the running drop kick when Reigns moves.

Reigns with a head butt and Ambrose tags back in and he kicks Bryan and chokes him in the corner. Rollins tags back in and he punches Bryan while Ambrose holds him. Rollins with another series of punches. Bryan is put in a rear chin lock but Bryan powers out of the hold. Rollins with a shot to the back and then he connects with a knee.

Rollins with a reverse chin lock and Bryan gets to his feet. Rollins with an Irish whip but he misses a Stinger Splash. Sheamus tags in and he connects with two running double sledges followed by an Irish whip and shoulder in the corner. Sheamus with a knee lift and he gets Rollins on his shoulders but Rollins sends Sheamus to the floor.

Sheamus with a shoulder from the apron and then he connects with the ten forearms across the chest. Ambrose tries to stop Sheamus on the turnbuckles but Sheamus takes care of him. Rollins with a drop kick that knocks Sheamus off the turnbuckles.

Reigns tags in and he hits the running drop kick to the head. Reigns sends Sheamus into the ringside barrier and then he stands over Sheamus before sending him back into the ring. Ambrose tags in and he kicks Sheamus. Sheamus with a punch but Ambrose with a head butt. Ambrose with a forearm across the face and then he tags in Rollins who kicks Sheamus.

Rollins with more kicks in the corner and the referee warns Rollins. Rollins with a running forearm into the corner for a near fall. Rollins rakes the face. Reigns tags back in and he punches Sheamus. Sheamus tries to defend himself but Reigns moves to kicks. Sheamus with punches to get out of trouble but Reigns with a kick and then he sends Sheamus face first into the mat.

Reigns with a front face lock and then Reigns punches Bryan off the apron and he has something to say to Christian. Reigns turns around and Sheamus gives him a uranage back breaker and both men are down. Rollins tags in and he goes after Christian but misses with a punch. Rollins misses a back senton and Christian tags in.

Ambrose tags in and they exchange punches. Christian with a running forearm and then he punches Ambrose in the corner. Christian with a punch followed by a slingshot to the floor. Christian sees Rollins try to attack him so Christian gives Rollins the uppercut. The delay allows Ambrose to get out of harm’s way.

Christian with a shoulder from the apron and he goes to the turnbuckles for a tornado DDT and he gets a near fall and Reigns and Rollins break up the cover. The usual two man break up the cover DQ rule has apparently been lifted since the match continues.

Bryan with a double missile drop kick to Reigns and Rollins and then he goes back and forth between Rollins and Reigns with kicks to the chest. Reigns blocks the round kick and he gets Bryan up for a power bomb, but Bryan counters and sends Reigns to the floor with a rana. Bryan ducks a Rollins clothesline and then he soars and scores onto Reigns.

Rollins soars and scores on Bryan. Christian and Ambrose are in the ring and Christian with an inverted DDT for a near fall. Sheamus with a Brogue Kick to Rollins. Ambrose with a running knee to Sheamus in the corner. Christian sets for the Killswitch on Ambrose but Ambrose counters. Christian escapes a belly-to-back suplex attempt and Christian tries to push Ambrose into a Brogue Kick but Ambrose moves and Sheamus hits Christian with the Brogue Kick.

Sheamus turns around into a spear from Reigns and Ambrose get the three count.

Winners: Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins

Vickie Guerrero is on the phone in her office and she says that everyone can see her on the Network on February 24th. Zeb Colter enters and he wants to sneak by on this special day and be his valentine.

Vickie wants Zeb to give up the act.

Zeb says that he has one Real American in a title match at the Elimination Chamber and another Real American who deserves to be in a title match.

Vickie points out that Jack has been on a losing streak so Zeb says that they will prove that he deserves a title match.

Vickie says that Jack can face Big E Langston if can beat Rey Mysterio. Zeb says that they can beat that masked enchilada and they accept. Vickie tells Zeb that Jack will also have to face Kofi Kingston and Mark Henry. It will be a four way match. She tells Zeb to tell Jack the good news because his match is coming up.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Byron Saxton is in the locker room to interview Antonio Cesaro.

Byron asks him about the match at Elimination Chamber as well as his match tonight against Randy Orton.

Cesaro asks Byron if he thinks he can win at Elimination Chamber. He tells Byron that he does not have to answer. Antonio says that Byron thinks the way everyone else does. When he beats Randy Orton tonight, he will prove to Byron what he already knows. Not only can he become the WWE World Champion, he will become the WWE World Champion.

We see the Lita Hall of Fame video package.

Big E Langston joins Michael and John at the announce table to see who his next opponent will be when he defends the Intercontinental Title.

Match Number Two: Jack Swagger (with Zeb Colter) versus Kofi Kingston versus Mark Henry versus Rey Mysterio in a Fatal Four Way Match to determine the Number One Contender for the Intercontinental Title

Swagger goes after Henry and Henry with a shoulder tackle and Swagger goes down. Henry with a clothesline to Rey followed by a spinebuster to Kofi. Swagger punches Henry but Mark with a head butt. Swagger is sent to the floor. Rey and Kofi with kicks to Henry. Henry refuses to be Irish whipped and Rey and Kofi with a double drop kick followed by a drop kick to the front and back of Henry.

Rey with a take down and Kofi with a leaping back elbow for a near fall. Kofi misses a kick but he gives Rey a sunset flip but Rey rolls through and kicks Kofi in the head. Rey gets a near fall. Swagger trips Rey and then he catches Kofi. Kofi lands on his feet and then Rey with a head scissors and Swagger goes over the top rope to the floor when Kofi pulls down the ropes.

Kofi with a clothesline to Rey and then Kofi with a flip dive onto Swagger. Rey with a seated splash off the apron onto Kofi. Henry stands in the ring and waits for everyone to return to the ring, or is he going to hit a dive to the floor? We will never know because Swagger takes Henry down with a shot to the knee. Swagger with the double jump Swagger Bomb and he goes for a second one and connects.

Kofi sends Swagger into the ropes but Rey with a drop kick to Kofi while Swagger relaxes in the ropes. Rey sets for the 619 but Swagger with a clothesline for a near fall. Swagger with kicks in the corner and then he puts Rey on the turnbuckles. Rey kicks Swagger to the mat and Rey goes up top for a seated splash. Rey with a head scissors and kick. Rey with a springboard bulldog for a near fall.

Kofi limps around the ring and Rey with an Irish whip but Kofi moves and Rey hits the ring post with his shoulder. Swagger with an Irish whip but Kofi with a springboard drop kick out of the corner. Kofi with two chops followed by a drop kick and then he hits a leaping clothesline followed by the Boom Drop. Kofi sets for Trouble in Paradise but he knocks Rey off the apron instead.

Kofi with a pendulum kick to Swagger and he wants to go up top but Swagger stops him and Henry goes under Swagger for a Baldo Bomb. Rey runs into a boot from Henry. Kofi comes off the turnbuckles and it has no effect on Henry. Henry with a clothesline to Kofi. Henry tries for a power slam on Swagger but Jack gets to his feet and he clips Henry. Swagger applies the ankle lock but Henry kicks Swagger away. Henry gets to his feet but he has to use the ropes to hold himself up. Rey with a 619 to the midsection followed by Trouble in Paradise on Henry. Swagger sees Henry go to the floor and Rey with boots to Swagger.

Rey with boots to Kofi and then Rey tries for a springboard wheelbarrow move but Kofi blocks it. Swagger grabs Kofi and then Kofi grabs Rey so he does not feel left out of the double German suplex. Swagger sends Kofi to the floor. Swagger applies the ankle lock to Rey but Rey rolls through and sends Swagger into the ropes. Rey goes for the 619 but Kofi with a clothesline. Jack rolls to the apron. Kofi gets a near fall but Henry pulls Rey out of the ring.

Kofi with a baseball slide that sends Henry into the announce table. Kofi tries to skin the cat but Swagger grabs the leg and applies the ankle lock as he pulls Kofi into the center of the ring. Kofi escapes and he tries for Trouble in Paradise but Swagger grabs the leg and he applies the ankle lock and Kofi taps out.

Winner: Jack Swagger

We go to commercial.

We are back with the Raw Rebound.

Wade Barrett rises and he has a new platform. Wade demands some decorum. Today is the day you Americans celebrate Valentine’s Day. He is afraid that he has some bad news. American women are going to gorge themselves on candy and chocolate. They will gain some ‘lbs’ in the morning and then they will look in the mirror and be ashamed of what they see. He wishes the ladies a Happy Valentine’s Day.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Three: Billy Gunn, Road Dogg, Curtis Axel, and Ryback versus Cody Rhodes, Goldust, Jimmy Uso, and Jey Uso

Goldust and Gunn start things off. They lock up and Goldust with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Goldust with a reverse atomic drop followed by a kick and uppercut. Goldust with an arm drag into an arm bar. Gunn with a punch and James tags in. Goldust with a hip toss and he gets a near fall. Cody tags in and he kicks James.

Cody with kicks and punches in the corner. Cody with a sunset flip out of the corner for a near fall. James with a shoulder to the midsection followed by a punch. Cody with a clothesline and he gets a near fall. Cody with a wrist lock and Jimmy tags in and he hits a double sledge from the turnbuckles. Jey tags in and they hit a double back elbow followed by a double elbow drop and Jey gets a near fall.

James with a knee and Axel tags in and punches Jey Axel with a hurdle leap frog followed by a drop kick. Axel with a slingshot elbow from the apron and then he kicks and punches Jey.. Axel with a kick to Jey and he chokes Jey while the referee warns him. Axel sends Jey into the turnbuckles and Ryback tags in. Ryback with a kick and punch followed by shoulders in the corner. Ryback with a hard Irish whip and he kicks Jey.

Ryback chokes Jey in the ropes and the referee warns him. Ryback with a forearm to the back and then he sends Jey into the turnbuckles. Ryback with a chop and then he sends Jey to the mat. Ryback chops Jey again. Jey chops back but so does Ryback. Ryback with a military press into a power slam.

We go to commercial.

Gunn tags in and he kicks Jey in the corner. Gunn gets a near fall. Gunn with a knee drop to Jey’s head. Gunn punches Jey. James tags in and he kicks Jey and then he chokes him in the ropes. James kicks Jey to the apron. James gets a near fall.

Jey stomps on the foot but James with forearms and he tags in Ryback. Ryback with a delayed vertical suplex and he gets a near fall. Ryback with a modified cobra clutch. Jey with elbows and punches. Gunn tags back in and he punches Jey. Gunn sends Jey into the turnbuckles and punches him. Gunn kicks Jey in the corner and he punches him as well.

Gunn misses a Stinger Splash and both men are down. Gunn grabs Jey’s ankle to stop momentum into the corner but when he tags in James, he lets go and Jimmy is tagged in. Jimmy with a super kick that knocks Ryback off the apron. Jimmy with a corkscrew elbow to James and then Jimmy sends Axel to the floor.

Jimmy with a kick and Samoan drop but Gunn tries to interfere and Jimmy with a BubbaBomb. Jimmy with a running butt splash to James followed by one to Gunn. Axel takes care of Jimmy. Axel kicks Rhodes but Rhodes sends Curtis to the floor and then he hits a double jump cross body onto Axel. Ryback sends Cody into the ringside barrier.

Goldust with a cannonball off the apron onto Ryback. Jimmy and Jey with a double super kick. Jey with a plancha over the ring post onto Ryback, Axel, and Gunn. Jimmy with a superfly splash onto James for the three count.

Winners: Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso, Cody Rhodes, and Goldust

Renee Young is in the interview area with Randy Orton. Renee asks Randy about his current record in the first three matches against Elimination Chamber opponents. She asks Randy if he is being treated unfairly.

Randy says that The Authority has what is best for him in mind and they are not trying to weaken him going into the Elimination Chamber, they are trying to make him stronger. The only thing that matters are the two titles. He says that Cesaro said that he was going to win and that Cesaro says that he is a Real American. He will give the Authority what they want. They want the Viper so the Viper is what Antonio Cesaro is going to get.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Lana and Alexander Rusev are on screen. Lana says that the measure of a man is what he does with power. He is not here to make friends. He will achieve great accolades. He will make history. Alexander speaks in Bulgarian.

Titus O’Neil joins Michael and John at the announce table for the next match.

Match Number Four: Damien Sandow versus Darren Young

They lock up and Young with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Young with a reverse atomic drop and a clothesline that sends him and Sandow over the top rope to the floor. Young and Titus have some words but Sandow with a kick to the knee. Sandow with a side Russian leg sweep into the ringside barrier.

Sandow rolls him back into the ring and gets a near fall. Young with a forearm and punches. Sandow with a knee to the midsection but Young with a take down and rollup for the three count.

Winner: Darren Young

After the match, Titus attacks Darren from behind and he removes his jacket. Young with a double leg take down and then he continues his attack on Titus and then he tries to keep Titus on the ring but Titus gets to the floor but his pants are a casualty. Titus shows his frustration at what happened to him.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Five: Fandango (with Summer Rae) versus Miz

They lock up and Fandango with a side head lock. Fandango with a shoulder tackle. Miz with a drop kick to the knee and Miz follows with punches in the corner from the turnbuckles. Miz blocks a kick and then he puts the leg in the ropes and Miz with a kick to the leg.

Fandango with a clothesline to Miz. Fandango gets a near fall. Fandango with punches and kicks to Miz. Fandango pie faces Miz and he taunts him. Miz with punches but Fandango with a punch. Miz tries for the Reality Check, but he can only hit the first neck breaker. Fandango with a drop kick for a near fall.

Fandango with a reverse chin lock. Miz with elbows but Fandango tries for a belly-to-back suplex and Miz lands on his feet. Miz with a forearm followed by a clothesline and then he connects with a knee to the midsection. Miz hits the Reality Check this time.

Miz sets for the Skull Crushing Finale but then he decides to try for the figure four leg lock. Fandango kicks Miz into the turnbuckles and Miz hits the ring post with his shoulder.

Santino’s music plays and he is joined by Emaa, they power walk to the ring but Summer plays traffic cop and refuses to let them get past the ramp. Summer tells them to get to the back and then Emma does her spinning dance. While this is going on outside the ring, nothing is going on inside the ring.

Summer pokes Emma while Santino’s cobra is ready to strike. Emma pushes Summer but Summer slaps Emma. Emma takes Summer down.

Meanwhile, Fandango decides to finally do something and he sends Miz to the floor. Fandango grabs Santino and Santino connects with the cobra. Miz hits the Skull Crushing Finale for the three count.

Winner: Miz

We go to commercial.

We are back and we go to Triple H’s comments from his interview with Michael Cole. Michael asked Hunter about Antonio Cesaro and Hunter said that Cesaro could be the most dangerous person in the match. He is the guy no one will see coming and no one expects. Cesaro is good enough to walk out of there as the champion.

Match Number Six: Randy Orton versus Antonio Cesaro (with Zeb Colter) in a Randy Orton faces his Opponents in the Elimination Chamber Match Challenge Series Match

They lock up and Cesaro with a rollup for a near fall. Orton rolls to the floor to try to get the psychological advantage. They lock up and Orton with a rollup on Cesaro. Orton rolls back to the floor. Cesaro with a waist lock and take down. Cesaro floats over and applies a waist lock and gets a near fall. Cesaro with a dead lift side salto for a near fall.

Cesaro leaps onto Orton’s chest and gets a near fall. Cesaro with European uppercuts. Cesaro with an Irish whip but Orton with a clothesline out of the corner. Cesaro with a series of European uppercuts and then he hits a running European uppercut and he gets a near fall.

Orton rolls to the floor and Csearo follows after him. Orton with a kick and he sends Cesaro into the ringside barrier and he clotheslines Cesaro as we go to commercial.

Orton returns to the ring and Colter checks on Cesaro while the referee makes his count. Cesaro returns to the ring. Orton with kicks and a European uppercut for a near fall. Orton with a reverse chin lock on Cesaro. Orton with a sleeper but Cesaro with a belly-to-back suplex to escape the hold. Cesaro gets a near fall.

Cesaro with a European uppercut and then he hits a leaping elbow drop for a near fall. Orton rolls to the floor and he wants the officials to check on his shoulder. It was a trap and Orton with a kick to Cesaro followed by a back drop driver onto the ringside barrier.

Orton sends Cesaro into the announce table. Orton sends Cesaro back into the ring and he gets a near fall. Orton returns to the reverse chin lock. Cesaro with elbows but Orton with a European uppercut. Orton with kicks but Cesaro with European uppercuts. Orton with a head butt. Cesaro with a European uppercut and head butt of his own.

Orton with a back elbow and Cesaro goes to the floor. Orton follows and he sends Cesaro into the apron. Orton sends Cesaro into the ringside barrier but Cesaro fires back with a clothesline. Cesaro rolls Orton back into the ring and Orton with a kick and he kicks Cesaro in the chest and sets for the IEDDT but Cesaro gets into the ring and counters. Cesaro tries to apply the Giant Swing but Orton gets to the ropes and he kicks Cesaro away.

Cesaro with a double leg take down and he applies the Giant Swing. Orton has trouble getting his balance back while Cesaro sets for the Gotch Style Neutralizer. Orton counters with a back body drop but Cesaro lands on his feet. Orton avoids a clothesline and Orton hits a power slam for a near fall.

Orton gets to his feet first and he waits for Cesaro to get up. Orton sends Cesaro to the apron for the IEDDT and he connects. Orton looks around and he points at the Wrestlemania sign. Orton finds the point to twist to the mat. Orton goes for the RKO but Cesaro with a European uppercut to the back of the head followed by an elevated European uppercut for a near fall.

Cesaro charges into the corner but Orton moves and Orton with a drop kick. Orton gets a near fall. Cesaro goes to the apron. Orton sends Cesaro into the ring post and Orton tries for a superplex but Cesaro with a punch to the midsection and Cesaro with a sunset flip power bomb. Cesaro with a discus European uppercut followed by the Gotch Style Neutralizer for the three count.

Winner: Antonio Cesaro

We go to credits.

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