WWE Smackdown TV taping report
July 31, 2012
Indianapolis, Ind.
Report by Benjamin Tucker, PWTorch TV specialist

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The stage has been fixed and pyro is prepped following the Raw fire last night. The crowd looks pretty bad tonight. The upper section is half-taped off, and hardly anyone is on the off-camera side. The crowd is maybe 60 percent full.

Dark Match: Brodus Clay beat an unannounced jobber. Clay did a Freight Train "Choo Choo" to a big pop. Great squash - best in a while. A kid danced with Clay in the ring afterward.

Superstars SPOILERS 8/2

Heath Slater is kicking off Superstars. The main event is Justin Gabriel vs. Cody Rhodes.

(1) Tyson Kidd beat Heath Slater. The half-empty arena was really into Kidd, who won with his overhead top-rope neckbreaker thingy! Really good match.

Lots of Canadians on Superstars tonight. Natalya made her entrance for the next match to face Divas champion Layla in a re-match of the match that did not make Superstars last week.

(2) Divas champion Layla beat Natalya. Layla spanked Natalya and danced the cabbage patch with a Joker grin. I'm scared of her. Layla suddenly won with a Yoshi Tatsu kick. The match was better than average until the unexpected win.

Raw Recap video.

(3) Cody Rhodes beat Justin Gabriel. There were Cody chants, to which Cody replied, "Are you kidding me?!" The crowd cheered. Then, Cody debated whether to take a walk or continue wrestling. Cody eventually hit Cross Rhodes for the win. Really fun match. A lot to look forward to on Superstars this week.

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