Viper's Revenge (Smackdown EP 662 reviewed)

Smackdown would kick off with Teddy Long announcing the Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship. This would feature D-Bry, Wade Barrett, Big Show, Cody Rhodes. Mark Henry and Randy Orton.Mark would come down and complain about the odds of him winning are slim, he asked for World Championship match. Teddy would take Mark out of the chamber match for disrespecting him. Mark continued insulting T-Lo and put his hands on T-Lo, which would result in Mark being suspended. Mark would then threaten T-Lo, but Sheamus would come down to the ring, he would hit Henry with a Brogue kick, knocking him out the ring. T-Lo then asked Sheamus if he decided what title he wanted to challenge for, Sheamus would reply that he would decide after Elimination Chamber. Cody Rhodes came down to the ring bragging about his success in the rumble and would win the World Title. Teddy announced a match between Sheamus and Cody.

The match began with Sheamus dominating with his power. Cody counter Sheamus outside and throw him into the ring post, he knocked the great white down with the disaster kick, This gave Rhodes the advantage. Cody would prevent Sheamus from building up momentum by hitting big impact moves. Sheamus would fight back when Cody began using strikes, this changed the momentum. Sheamus would take to the top rope and after knocking Rhodes down, Cody would escape the Celtic cross, miss the disaster kick, dodge the Brogue kick but lose to "a new move" by Sheamus.

I hope that when the "suspension" is up, Mark recovers from his injuries and continues as a heel. The current gimmeck he has is a brilliant one. The match between Cody and Sheamus was very good, especially the ending. However the new move by Sheamus was used by a previous Irish superstar Finlay. The running Running over the shoulder back to belly piledriver was used by Finlay in WWE and he called it funny enough, the celtic cross for those who remember this.

Cody remained ringside while Justin Gabriel would compete against Hunico. Cody would assault Gabriel while Hunico was coming down to the ring. He, Rhodes and Kamacho would all stomp on Gabriel until The Great Khali would come down to the ring. Cody would escape while Khali would deal chops and hit Hunico with a two two handed chokeslam.

Later that night Khali would be announced as the 6th member of the Elimination Chamber match for Smackdown.

I was so annoyed that this happened, who else was? Hunico vs Gabriel, this would have been a great match, both have great in ring ability and have great matches with their opponents. They are a group of few superstars that actually have great wrestling matches, and instead they have a lame promo with Khali. I get that he needs promotion since his return, but I would have preferred 
a post match attack by Cody, then create this promo. Who else agrees? The promotion was for him to once again become a contender for the title, but in my opinion he has been away for far too long to just be put back in.

Backstage Drew would again ask Teddy for forgiveness. Teddy said to Drew that he needs to look into a new way of impressing him. Santino would enter after Drew left. Santino announced that he had found a new partner, Hacksaw Jim Duggan.Teddy announced that they would be competing against PeR. Aksana would enter after Hacksaw and Santino left. They would have a sexual refernce to a massive piece of wood, this would be Hacksaw's 2X4 laying at Teddy's feet.

The match between the Santin-Oh! and PeR would begin with Santino and Epico. Santino would begin with some MMA (Mixed Marella Arts) and would tag in Hacksaw. Epico would quickly gain control after Primo caused a distraction and would follow with a tag to Primo.. Hacksaw would tag to Marella after breaking a submission. Santino would hit a two count after Epico broke the count. Hacksaw would clear the ring of Epico, Santino would set up for the Cobra, however Rosa distract Santino allowing Primo to hit the win with the backstabber.

I enjoy Hacksaw, but he doesn't have the stamina to compete against young blood like PeR. I would have have preferred a match between the Usos and PeR. but WWE want to promote this running gimmick with Santino. I believe next week he will have a new partner, I would love it to be Road Dogg.


Next would be a segment with Michael Cole. Cole would introduce Daniel Bryan to the ring. Cole would continue to express his views of Bryan but then offered his hand saying that he was wrong about Bryan. Daniel would brag about himself continuing his rant from RAW, encouraging people to be vegan. He then moved his rant to the Big Show, saying he should not have to defend his title against him after Show losed 4 championship matches. He commented that Teddy Long would join the unemployment line, with Lauranaitis, if he did not take Show out of the match at Elimination Chamber. Big Show would come down to the ring. He announced that he would lose his title at the Elimination Chamber. D-Bry would say that Big Show will lose, he then phisically provoked Bryan, Big Show would unload on Bryan knocking him down with a chokeslam. AJ would come down and after Bryan tried to jump show, Show would attempt to hit Bryan with the WMD. AJ grabbed Show's hand to prevent this. AJ and Bryan would exit up the ramp.

Backstage during the match between Barrett and Orton T-Lo said to Daniel Bryan and AJ to watch the match when they asked to talk about Big Show. After the match T-Lo would announce next week Randy Orton would fight D-Bry

WWE have got a great storyline going with Bryan and Big Show. They then took a plot twist with A J entered in to the mix

Backstage Natalya would be warming up with Beth, however she would let out 2 farts during this, Santino would walk into this and run back gagging from the stench.

The match between Aksana and Tamina vs Natalya and Beth Phoenix. Natalya would hit two big impact moves. Beth would deliver a very powerful blind tag, much like she did to Brie on RAW. She would then finish Aksana with the Glam Slam.

Natalya would try to hit Aksana with the sharpshooter post match. Tamina would nail her with a boot and hit a superfly on Natalya again.

The funny fart gimmick with Natalya is brilliant, Aksana however has little in ring ability, she still needs training. I am getting sick of Tamina and Natalya, either end it or do something with it, cause it is becoming predictable


The from the vault match would be between Taker vs Jericho from 2009. If you saw this match you would know that Taker won the match. This was obviously a promotion tool for Taker who had returned and Jericho who was a heel and returned to Raw at the start of 2012.


Pre-Match Orton would be interviewed. He asked if Orton's approach to the main event would be conservative. Orton stated that if the roles have been reversed Orton would have thrown Barrett down the stairs, he also stated that he would walk out of Elimination Chamber a 10 time world champion.

The match between Orton and Barrett would begin with Orton unloading on Barrett. Orton continued the assault outside, throwing Barrett into the wall and using the stairs to inflict damage. Orton would send Barrett into the ring and then retrieve a table. He and Barrett would be on the top rope as Orton tried to suplex Barrett into the table he set up. Barrett however countered pushing Orton into the table, This was a game changer giving Barrett complete control. Orton would finally counter and the fight would lead out into the fans, where Orton would dominate with strikes, after clothesling Barrett back to ring side. Orton picked up some major momentum, until Barrett reversed an irish whip into the stairs. Barrett would grab a chair and unload on Orton with chairs. Barrett would then attempt to hit the wasteland on the chair. However Orton would escape and build up a comeback. Orton would then grab the chair and return with shots. He then wedged the chair and whipped Barrett into the chair. Orton would then try to hit an RKO but Orton reversed into a sideway slam. Barrett would then grab a chair and hit a shot to Orton's back, Barrett tried to hit another Wasteland, but Orton reversed into an RKO. Orton picked Barrett up and hit another RKO on the steel chair.

As soon as T-Lo announced that D-Bry would face Orton, D-Bry came down to the ring and celebrated him being champion.

This match was back and forth, very high impact and great use of weapons. I am looking forward to next week's match. I am actually hoping D-Bry wins. I want to see more of the storyline. I enjoyed the brawl as I didn't expect a wrestling match. The fight in the fans was very short, I was not surprised that Orrton would win, he needs to make up for missing a month.

Overall I would rate this week's episode of Smackdown /10
1) Great match between Sheamus and Cody
2) Rosa Dancing
3) Orton vs Barrett
4) D-Bry/Show storyline amazing
5) Bryan vs Orton announced
6) Hacksaw on Smackdown