WWE Smackdown house show results
July 7, 2012
El Paso, Texas
Report by Jacob Randolph, PWTorch reader

The venue was actually quite small with a few thousand attending. The fans were pretty active the entire night, which made for a fun show.

(1) Sin Cara beat Hunico (w/Camacho). Sin Cara actually had a pretty solid match with a lot of classic lucha libre style moves and some chain wrestling with very few foul-ups. Sin Cara recieved a very decent pop from the local crowd, being that El Paso is a border city very close to his home fanbase in Mexico.

(2) Vickie Guerrero beat Kaitlyn with A.J. as the special guest referee. Typical Divas match. A.J. stole the show once again with her amazing showmanship. Vickie picked up the victory after recieving the loudest boos of the night. Post-match, A.J. hit Vickie with a Lou Thesz press after Vickie attacked her from behind.

(3) Ryback beat Drew McIntyre. Ryback received a decent pop while McIntyre came out to crickets. A small "Goldberg" chant was heard. McIntyre actually got in a surprising amount of offense, although the match ended in squash fashion.

(4) IC champion Christian beat Cody Rhodes to retain the Intercontinental Title. Christian and Cody both received equally good pops and the fans were very back and forth the entire match. Cody actually picked up the dirty win at one point to tease a title change, only to have Teddy Long interrupt his celebration and re-start the match. Christian then hit the spear for the clean victory.

(5) Kane beat Chris Jericho. Y2J wasn't advertised and when the lights went out everyone assumed that it was Kane, so Jericho's light-up jacket was a complete surprise. Kane received a huge pop, while only the die-hard fans popped for Jericho. Pretty good back and forth match and clean for the most part, but Jericho attempted to get a chair at one point. Jericho ended up getting a close two count after a codebreaker, but Kane landed a chokeslam for the win.

(6) World Hvt. champion Sheamus beat Alberto Del Rio to retain the World Hvt. Title. The mostly Hispanic crowd showed no love for Alberto, while Sheamus received one of the biggest pops of the night. A good back and forth match with Sheamus using his typical power moveset and playing to the crowd a lot. Ricardo was involved a lot, but Sheamus hit the Brogue kick for the win. Afterward, he took the time to sign a lot of autographs after the match; it was very classy.

[Intermission]

(7) Great Khali beat Jinder Mahal. Khali received a small pop. This was a time-filler match to make the main event look amazing. Khali hit the Punjabi Slam for the victory.

(8) WWE champion C.M. Punk beat Daniel Bryan in a Street Fight to retain the WWE Title. Surprisingly, I was one of maybe 20 D-Bryan fans in the crowd, so he didnt get a very warm welcome. The roof blew off the place when Punk's music hit, though. They put on a clinic, as usual, and there were a number of weapons used including kendo sticks and chairs. Bryan played to his few fans in the crowd a lot by actually going around the ring and high-fiving and hugging anyone with a "Yes!" shirt on. The Punk fans were very loud the entire time, and the crowd made the whole night very entertaining. Bryan got a number of close two counts and dominated 80 percent of the match. Bryan was about to go for another pin when A.J.'s music hit and she did the typical prance-around-the-ring bit to a huge pop. Punk recovered while A.J. skipped, Bryan was distracted, and then Punk hit the GTS for the win. Punk payed homage to Eddie Guerrero after the match, being that Eddie was from El Paso.

Overall, it was a surprisingly good night. A lot of good matches and a great crowd that was very involved the whole time.

Biggest Pops:

- C.M. Punk
- Sheamus

Most Heat:

- Vickie Guerrero
- Daniel Bryan

[Torch art credit Grant Gould (c) PWTorch.com]

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