{"id":55040,"date":"2018-02-06T13:10:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T19:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=55040"},"modified":"2018-02-06T13:10:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T19:10:47","slug":"5-yrs-ago-wwe-smackdown-report-2-8-13-orton-henry-booker-t-kofi-cody-titus-drew-khali-kane-big-show-jbl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/02\/06\/5-yrs-ago-wwe-smackdown-report-2-8-13-orton-henry-booker-t-kofi-cody-titus-drew-khali-kane-big-show-jbl\/","title":{"rendered":"5 YRS AGO &#8211; WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT (2-8-13): Orton, Henry, Booker T, Kofi, Cody, Titus, Drew, Khali, Kane, Big Show, JBL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-163636936\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>The following report was published on PWTorch.com five years ago this week..<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>WWE Smackdown review<br \/>\nFebruary 8, 2013<br \/>\nTaped 2\/5\/13 in Jacksonville, Fla.<br \/>\nAired on SyFy<br \/>\nBy Greg Parks, PWTorch Columnist<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&#8211; WWE Open.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The opening video packaged previewed tonight\u2019s Smackdown (have they done away with the Smackdown opening?), where we\u2019ll find out the remaining three wrestlers who will compete in the World Title Elimination Chamber. We also saw Alberto Del Rio\u2019s hotel attack on Big Show Monday night as the voice-over wondered whether the two would make it to the Chamber PPV.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Outside the arena, a bus pulled up. A man walked out, then Big Show did the same. Show insulted the man (who turned out to be the driver), and then walked briskly into the arena.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Smackdown Open. I believe this is the first one with the new theme song, and that theme song has been around for a few months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Big Show walked to the ring. JBL and Josh Mathews were shown on-camera as Show came to the ring. JBL mentioned Del Rio being suspended by Smackdown GM Booker T. Show complained about how he\u2019s been treated lately and said he may be unpopular, but it doesn\u2019t mean he should\u2019ve been forced to put his World Title on the line in a Last Man Standing match with no notice. Show chided the fans for cheering Del Rio, who acted like a criminal. He said it just goes to show that when you\u2019re popular, you can do anything you want. Show continued his outrage at the fans for cheering Del Rio while calling him a coward and telling him he sucks. He said he did sign a contract for a title match with Del Rio at Elimination Chamber and the championship will be coming back to him. Show said Booker T. is jealous of everything about him. Booker\u2019s music interrupted and he walked out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is your problem, Big Show?\u201d asked Booker. Booker said neither he nor Del Rio like bullies, yet Show continued to bully Ricardo Rodriguez. Show demanded to know who gave Del Rio his hotel information. Booker denied the accusation. He said he treats everyone equally, which is why he suspended Del Rio. Show didn\u2019t care about that, but still wanted to know who gave out his hotel info. Book said anyone at the hotel could\u2019ve given out that info. He said Show shouldn\u2019t be concerned with him, but rather, with his opponent for tonight. Show was offended that Booker hadn\u2019t warned him of a match ahead of time. Booker said Show knows his opponent well, as it\u2019s someone he has done battles with this year. The good news: Show\u2019s opponent lost his match on Raw. The bad news: He\u2019s in a bad mood and wants to impress Booker to get in the Elimination Chamber. That man is Kane. Show was livid. Booker finished the segment with his catchphrase.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Still to come tonight, John Cena called out The Shield on Monday Night Raw. We\u2019ll see clips of what went down earlier in the week.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-692691759\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 \u2013 KOFI KINGSTON vs. CODY RHODES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JBL noted that both Rodriguez and Del Rio Tweeted they\u2019d be in the building for Smackdown despite Del Rio\u2019s suspension. Rhodes found himself outside the ring and Kingston dropkicked him through the ropes. Back in, Kingston missed a corner dive and Rhodes made a cover for a one-count. Kofi made his comeback and hit a springboard cross-body for two. Kingston missed the Trouble in Paradise. He countered Cross Rhodes but again caught air on his finisher. Rhodes tossed Kofi out of the ring and hit the Disaster Kick with Kofi on the apron. Kingston was brought back in and was finished with Cross-Rhodes.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Rhodes, at 3:30. Good win for Cody, but Kingston continues his downward slide. He did cram a lot of athleticism to the three-and-a-half minutes, though.<\/p>\n<p>Replays of the match aired, then it was back to JBL and Mathews on commentary. They talked about Cody\u2019s break-up with Damien Sandow, and transitioned to problems between Team Hell No. They aired the finish of Sheamus vs. Kane from Monday night, and Bryan vs. Sandow from Main Event, when each man caused the other to lose their respective matches.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Kane was sitting at his locker backstage. Bryan walked up and apologized again for what happened on Raw. He didn\u2019t come to argue about what happened on Main Event. Kane accepted the apology and ordered Bryan out. Bryan said he thinks Kane cost him the match on Main Event because he\u2019s already in the Elimination Chamber match, and Kane isn\u2019t. So he forgave him for that. And he offered to come to the ring for Kane\u2019s match with Big Show tonight. He cited a theoretical psychological advantage. Kane wasn\u2019t having it. He shushed Bryan and said the next word out of his mouth will be \u201ccongratulations,\u201d after he chokeslams Show into oblivion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Next, and update on Vince McMahon\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3248153394\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8211; The exterior of the Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville was shown.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Mathews sent it to footage from two weeks ago of Mr. McMahon falling victim to the F5. JBL claimed it was the most disturbing thing he\u2019d ever seen in a WWE ring. Mathews said McMahon underwent successful hip surgery, though there is no timetable for his return. Then we saw footage of Paul Heyman\u2019s promo on MizTV Monday night, as well as Lesnar\u2019s attack on The Miz.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; They showed a graphic of the ESPN.com story, which broke the news of Bruno Sammartino finally agreeing to be inducted into the WWE Hall-of-Fame. His HOF video package followed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Mathews, in the worst transition in the history of transitions, said following the Sammartino package, \u201c\u2026here comes a future Hall-of-Famer,\u201d as Great Khali\u2019s music played, bringing him, Natalya, and Hornswoggle to the ring. Luckily, JBL called him out for that comment as they went to break.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 \u2013 THE GREAT KHALI vs. TITUS O\u2019NEIL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Neil was finishing up his entrance back from break. Khali chopped O\u2019Neil in the head, then in the chest. Teddy Long and Booker T. were shown watching the match backstage because Khali, being a former World Champion, is eligible for the upcoming Elimination Chamber match. O\u2019Neil got Khali off his feet and even went for a pin, to no avail. Overhand chop, however, put O\u2019Neil down for the three-count.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Khali, at 1:32. As I said last week, if all things are equal, Khali won two short, decisive matches in consecutive weeks, so in theory, he should be a top contender for the Chamber. Not that I want it to happen<\/p>\n<p>As Khali and the others danced, Mark Henry walked to the ring with a purpose. Henry tossed O\u2019Neil into the barricade on the outside. In the ring, Khali went after Henry, but didn\u2019t get much offense in before Henry splashed Khali in the corner. Chop took Henry down to one knee. Khali signaled for a Punjabi Plunge, but Henry fought way from it. He gave Khali the World\u2019s Strongest Slam.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A replay of Henry\u2019s attack on O\u2019Neil and Khali was shown.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Henry was still in the ring. He said \u201cThe Hall of Pain is now open.\u201d He said he was bent on destruction and asked if there were any questions. He said Khali and Titus didn\u2019t have any questions. And Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara on Raw, if they had any questions, he answered every last one of them. Henry\u2019s Raw return was replayed. \u201cThat is what I do!\u201d shouted Henry. He said all of this could\u2019ve been avoided, but, you guessed it\u2026it was Booker T.\u2019s fault. He said Booker assembled an elite group of World Champions to be in the Elimination Chamber, but he didn\u2019t include the World\u2019s Strongest Man. He said it was a critical time to overlook him, and he wants an explanation. And if he doesn\u2019t get one, he\u2019ll destroy the entire Smackdown roster. Booker walked out with no music and said Henry can\u2019t just attack everyone and think he\u2019s going to impress the Smackdown brass. Henry said if Booker doesn\u2019t make room in the Chamber for him, then he\u2019ll have to make room for himself. He said he would injure enough people to where he\u2019d be the only one in the Chamber. Booker said Henry has been out nine months and he needs to know if Henry can still go. So he set him up with a match with a guy already in the Chamber: Randy Orton. Henry\u2019s slam on Khali was again replayed as Booker\u2019s music played him to the back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Outside the arena, Show\u2019s driver was cleaning the bus when Show complained about the temperature inside the bus and the steak that was cooked. Show continued to intimidate the driver, who apologized profusely. Oh, and the toilet was clogged too. Show mumbled to himself as he walked into the arena. Alberto Del Rio walked out from behind a trailer and smiled as he looked at Show\u2019s bus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3 \u2013 KANE vs. THE BIG SHOW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During Show\u2019s entrance, they showed Show\u2019s promo on Raw, as well as him signing the contract and being attacked by Del Rio. Show came off the ropes and Kane met him with a low dropkick. Show came back by wrapping Kane\u2019s leg around the ring post. Booker and Long were watching this match on a monitor as well. Show speared Kane was they went to break at 1:43 of the match.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p>Back at 4:49 of the match with Show still in control. He did miss a Vader Bomb, however. Both men went for chokeslams, with neither getting the advantage. DDT by Kane, however, led to an opening. Kane tweaked his knee coming off the top rope with a clothesline. The ensuing hesitation allowed Show to hit the knockout punch for the win.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Show, at 6:43. These Show vs. Kane matches aren\u2019t getting any easier to watch as the competitors age.<\/p>\n<p>Del Rio appeared on the TitanTron and said he made a new friend in Show\u2019s driver. He said the man told him everything that Show has put him through. Del Rio happily remarked that he made a few changes to the bus and encouraged Show to come out and see them. He better not have touched that steak! Show reached the bus only to find the wheels missing, the bus propped up on cinderblocks. Show was then doused with some sort of orange paint, courtesy of Del Rio, who was standing atop the bus. Del Rio then hopped onto a \u201cRoad Squad\u201d truck and said if Show needs tires, he knows a guy. Rodriguez drove away with Del Rio on the truck. This is like a bad Big Show nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p><strong>4 \u2013 JACK SWAGGER vs. JUSTIN GABRIEL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Swagger did an inset interview, saying a Real American doesn\u2019t take handouts\u2026he takes what he wants. He said he\u2019ll show Booker why the Elimination Chamber match needs Jack Swagger. No entrance for Gabriel. Roll-up by Gabriel, who was then turned inside-out from a clothesline. It was no Marty Jannetty 360 degree clothesline sell, but it was close. Beal out of the corner, then a Vader bomb. Gabriel got his feet up on a charge and hit a springboard cross-body. He went for another springboard move onto Swagger outside the ring, but Swagger pulled Gabriel\u2019s foot, sending him head-first into the apron. Back in the ring, gutwrench powerbomb then an ankle-lock for the submission win.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Swagger, via submission, at 2:31. Swagger probably has a higher ceiling than Gabriel, at least in the short-term, so I was okay with Gabriel being used to put Swagger over.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A video package aired showing WWE Superstars Natalya, Brodus Clay, and Alicia Fox reading to kids. It was all part of WWE\u2019s Reading Superstar Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Tonight\u2019s main event: Randy Orton vs. Mark Henry.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A Fandango vignette aired. He looked like a video game character.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5 \u2013 DREW MCINTYRE vs. TENSAI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They replayed Tensai\u2019s embarrassment from Raw two weeks ago. Running big boot floored Tensai. McIntyre made the mistake of slapping Tensai, which caused the big man to unload on the 3MB member. Tree slam by TEnsai, though he lost grip on McIntyre halfway down. The rest of 3MB made the save for the DQ.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Tensai, via disqualification, at 1:11. Tensai seemed positioned as a babyface here.<\/p>\n<p>As 3MB attacked, Brodus Clay ran down to make the save. The Funkettes were there as well. Clay\u2019s music played once the ring had been cleared and the ladies did their best to convince Tensai to dance. He finally broke down and cut a rug with Clay, Naomi, and Cameron.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Still to come, Orton vs. Henry.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p><strong>6 \u2013 SIN CARA vs. ANTONIO CESARO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cara\u2019s mood lighting was in effect. Cara tried a top-rope move, but Cesaro brought him down arm-first across the top rope. Gutwrench suplex, then a double-stomp to the chest. Cesaro ran into a boot and Cara fluidly flipped Cesaro into a pinning combination. He then dove onto Cesaro outside the ring. Springboard by Cara, but right into a big uppercut. The Neutralizer finished things.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Cesaro, at 2:20. They\u2019ve worked well together in the past, and this match was no exception.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Matt Striker interviewed Randy Orton backstage. Orton seemed bemused by Henry getting whatever he wants upon his return. He said Henry hits a roadblock tonight against him. He said if Henry isn\u2019t careful, he\u2019ll put him back on the shelf.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Next, from Raw, Cena calls out The Shield.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Mathews thanked Stellar Revival for \u201cThe Crazy Ones,\u201d the official theme to the Elimination Chamber.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Matt Striker caught up with The Miz backstage. Striker asked Miz how he\u2019s doing after the attack by Lesnar. Miz said he\u2019s been through a lot of intense situations in WWE, but looking into Brock Lesnar\u2019s eyes, he saw something completely different. Cesaro walked up to interrupt and accused Miz of whining and complaining after sticking his nose where it doesn\u2019t belong. Miz said maybe he should start sticking his nose where it does belong. He began to brawl with Cesaro until referees came onto the scene to break it up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Raw Rebound aired.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Back to Mathews and JBL, who showed a WWE.com exclusive from after Raw went off the air, where John Cena announced that he would team up with Sheamus and Ryback to take on The Shield at Elimination Chamber.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Mark Henry and Randy Orton were walking in a split screen. Their match is next.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p><strong>7 \u2013 RANDY ORTON vs. MARK HENRY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During Henry\u2019s entrance, they again replayed Henry\u2019s slam of Khali from earlier in the evening. Mathews said Henry has never been in an Elimination Chamber match, which I find quite surprising. Henry tossed Orton out of the ring and gave him a forearm to the back. Henry lifted Orton onto his shoulders, but Orton escaped, sending Henry face-first into the ring post. He managed to make it back in, showing few ill effects. Orton found himself seated on the top rope, and Henry knocked him off with a simple clubbing blow. Back in the ring, Henry stood on the chest of Orton. Orton got to his feet, but Henry headbutted him. Orton waved Henry toward him and delivered a clothesline. Rope-assisted DDT, which Henry was very gracious in obviously aiding Orton in getting himself in position. Orton set up for the RKO, but Henry countered and splashed Orton in the corner. World\u2019s Strongest Slam. The end.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Henry, at 4:35.<\/p>\n<p>A replay aired showing the DDT, the RKO counter and the finish. A graphic proclaimed that Henry had qualified for the Elimination Chamber match, making four known participants.<\/p>\n<p>Did you watch Friday&#8217;s Smackdown episode? Send your 0-10 score &amp; Reax to pwtorch@gmail.com for our TV Reax feature.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>Greg Parks has been covering WWE Smackdown for PWTorch.com since January of 2007. 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