{"id":56301,"date":"2018-03-06T11:07:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T17:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=56301"},"modified":"2018-03-06T11:07:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T17:07:18","slug":"5-yrs-ago-wwe-smackdown-report-3-8-13-team-hell-no-vs-drew-slater-plus-ryback-sandow-big-show-fandango-del-rio-ziggler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/03\/06\/5-yrs-ago-wwe-smackdown-report-3-8-13-team-hell-no-vs-drew-slater-plus-ryback-sandow-big-show-fandango-del-rio-ziggler\/","title":{"rendered":"5 YRS AGO &#8211; WWE Smackdown Report (3-8-13): Team Hell No vs. Drew &#038; Slater, plus Ryback, Sandow, Big Show, Fandango, Del Rio, Ziggler"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2257096624\" 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><em>The following report was published on PWTorch.com five years ago this week&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>WWE Smackdown review<br \/>\nMarch 8, 2013<br \/>\nTaped 3\/5\/13 in Albany, N.Y.<br \/>\nAired on SyFy<br \/>\nBy Greg Parks, PWTorch Columnist (Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/gregmparks\">@gregmparks<\/a>)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&#8211; \u201cIn Memory of William Moody, \u2018Paul Bearer,\u2019 1954-2013.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE Open.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The opening video package profiled The Shield and last week\u2019s attack on Randy Orton and Sheamus, with the save coming from an unlikely source in The Big Show. Also, Jack Swagger attacked three real Americans on Raw and tonight, his Wrestlemania opponent faces Dolph Ziggler.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The show went right into the arena in Albany. Michael Cole\u2019s voice was the first we heard. The first theme song was that of Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter. Cole and Josh Mathews were shown at the announce desk. \u201cWelcome to Jack Swagger\u2019s America,\u201d said Swagger to open his in-ring promo. He asked the fans to show some respect for a real American and a founding father, Zeb Colter. Zeb asked the fans in attendance to admit that they all share the same values as Swagger and himself. He said everyone can see what is wrong with the country, but the fans are too scared to say something about it. Colter said everyone knows someone who has lost a job to someone who has sneaked across the border to work for \u201ca few pesos.\u201d Colter said he wants to write a Bill of Rights for legal citizens. They both repeated the \u201cwe the people\u201d mantra and Swagger said he was taking America back. Colter said if people don\u2019t agree with them, they\u2019re the problem. Alberto Del Rio\u2019s music interrupted. He walked onto the stage with Ricardo Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<p>Del Rio promised to show why Swagger\u2019s real America is the problem. A mock Colter and Swagger video aired starring Rodriguez as Colter (complete with giant fake stomach and fake facial hair) and Del Rio as Swagger. He looked more like Tiger Ali Singh than Swagger or anyone else. It was even hard to tell it was Del Rio under the fake hair and beard. Rodriguez and Del Rio decried Mexican food. The video package went on a little longer than it should\u2019ve, but that\u2019s par for the course with WWE. Swagger and Colter were upset in the ring and Del Rio\u2019s music played. I guess that\u2019s the end of the segment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ziggler vs. Del Rio, still to come tonight, thanks to a Twitter vote last week.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3321684180\" 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><strong>1 \u2013 HEATH SLATER &amp; DREW MCINTYRE vs. TEAM HELL NO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No entrance for 3MB. McIntyre took the fight to Kane in the corner, but Kane came back with a back-elbow to take down the Scot. Slater tagged in, but didn\u2019t fare much better. Tag to Bryan, and he and Kane worked well as a team early on. Bryan took Slater over the top rope with a headscissors. He fought off McIntyre on the outside, but Slater clotheslined him down. Jinder Mahal looked on from ringside. Slater and McIntyre isolated Bryan in their corner. Bryan floated over on a short-arm DDT attempt and dropped McIntyre with a back suplex. Tags made by both legal men. Slater came off the second rope and fell victim to an uppercut by Kane for a two-count. Sidewalk slam by the Big Red Machine. He set up for the chokeslam, but a Mahal distraction turned the tide. A rough sequence led to Slater rolling up Bryan for two. Bryan ended up tapping out Slater to the No Lock.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: Team Hell No, at 4:02. Fine aside from the finish. Presumably this helps set up the bickersons for a tag title match against another team(s) at Wrestlemania.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Stills aired of some of the Divas in Africa for NothingButNets.com, which aims to help protect people from Malaria.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Matt Striker was backstage with Ziggler, A.J. and Big E. Langston. Ziggler talked about why fans voted him into this match last week. He vowed that history will be made against Del Rio tonight. A.J. continues to be treated as an afterthought in this role.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Next, we\u2019ll see how and why Triple H challenged Brock Lesnar on Raw.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ryback was walking backstage. He came upon Mark Henry and the two again went face-to-face. They parted ways with nary a word spoken between them. Ryback is in action next.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4204436\" 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 announcers were shown at ringside bragging about how well WWE\u2019s DVDs are selling when Brad Maddox sidled up next to Cole at the desk. Maddox promised to shake things up. Cole sent it to a clip of Triple H\u2019s challenge to Brock Lesnar for Wrestlemania. This week on Raw, Brock will have an answer for The Game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Damien Sandow was in the ring. He said he\u2019d be facing a \u201cbarbaric brute\u201d tonight. Sandow continued to drone on about his opponent\u2019s lack of appetite for literature when Ryback\u2019s music hit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 \u2013 DAMIEN SANDOW vs. RYBACK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cole brought up Maddox\u2019s loss to Ryback, which seems like forever ago. Sandow slipped to ringside after Ryback powered him down in the early going. Sandow brought Ryback down throat-first over the top rope, then made the mistake of slapping him in the head. Sandow clotheslined Ryback and kept putting the boots to him once Ryback was off his vertical base. Mathews called Maddox \u201cthe Dwight Schrute of WWE,\u201d finally completing the \u201cassistant TO the managing supervisor\u201d joke that is about five years too late. Ryback came back with a back body-drop. Cole said Team Rhodes Scholars would be facing the New Age Outlaws on Raw this week. That\u2019s an interesting tidbit, that the Outlaws will be wrestling more than just on the Old School Raw. Hard clothesline by Ryback, then Shell Shock for the win.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Ryback, at 3:19. Much like Ziggler, Sandow is taking a lot of losses lately, but he can easily regain the heat with his mic work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; We\u2019ll see what happened as it pertains to C.M. Punk and Undertaker from Raw.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Also, what\u2019s the latest with The Shield? We\u2019ll find out next.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The exterior of the Times Union was shown.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; They showed footage from Raw courtesy of the WWE App, where The Shield attacked The Big Show after the main event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Striker was backstage with Big Show. Striker asked Show about The Shield. He said he doesn\u2019t pick sides and whoever gets in his way will be knocked out. He blamed Sheamus, his opponent tonight, as well as Randy Orton, for The Shield\u2019s attack on Raw. Show balled his fist and said that\u2019s his answer to all of The Shield and asked if he needed anything else. He did turn away and appear to show a little more concern on his face than he was letting on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ricardo Rodriguez introduced Alberto Del Rio. He came out for his match with Ziggler, which is next.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p><strong>3 \u2013 ALBERTO DEL RIO vs. DOLPH ZIGGLER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ziggler landed a splash on Del Rio in the corner. Maddox was still on commentary. Early on, A.J. had to talk Langston out of attacking Rodriguez on the outside. Rodriguez threw his bucket of water at Langston, but Langston moved and A.J. was covered in water. This time, Langston had to hold A.J. back from attacking Rodriguez. She chased him around ringside and Langston intercepted her. Nothing was going on in the ring at this time. Finally, referee Charles Robinson ejected A.J. and Langston from ringside. They went to break 2:58 into the match.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p>Back at 6:04 of the match. Ziggler was in the middle of nailing Del Rio with several elbowdrops. Sunset flip by Del Rio for two. Dropkick by Ziggler for two. Swagger and Colter were shown watching the match on a monitor backstage and you could actually hear Colter and Swagger conversing. Maddox claimed he\u2019d make Ziggler put his briefcase on the line tonight. Ziggler missed a corner splash and Del Rio went to the top rope to retrieve him. He completed an inverted suplex off the top. Both men were down. Once they got to their feet, Del Rio got the upper hand. He superkicked Ziggler and made a cover for two at 9:41. With Ziggler tied up in the ropes, Del Rio gave him a back-stabber for two. Del Rio ascended to the top rope, but was caught coming down with a dropkick. Only a two-count, at 11:18. German suplex by Del Rio for two. Ziggler jumped at Del Rio and connected on a DDT for two. Ziggler rolled Del Rio up after a cross arm-breaker attempt. It only got two and Del Rio finally locked it in for the tap-out win.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Del Rio, via submission, at 13:08. Beautiful match after the break (as before the break was basically hijinks outside the ring). This is one of the reasons I wouldn\u2019t have faulted WWE for doing Del Rio vs. Ziggler at Mania.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A still-moist A.J. was approached backstage by Daniel Bryan. Bryan said he didn\u2019t see what happened and they went on to argue about the past. A.J. said her boyfriend still has the MITB contract, and soon enough, she\u2019ll be with the World Heavyweight Champion, one who knows how to handle a woman like her. She said unlike Bryan, she knows how to get along with her partner. Bryan said when they were together, he didn\u2019t just carry a briefcase: He was World Champion. \u201cYeah, and you lost it in 18 second,\u201d she said. Bryan said with Ziggler, A.J. should be used to things lasting 18 seconds. I feel like that entire segment was designed for that joke.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sheamus vs. Big Show is the main event.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p><strong>4 \u2013 YOSHI TATSU vs. MARK HENRY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They showed Henry\u2019s confrontation with Ryback from earlier in the evening. Henry took Tatsu to the mat and then just tossed him in the air. Henry yelled for Tatsu to get up, then he picked up the Japanese Superstar and gave him the World\u2019s Strongest Slam.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Henry, at :39. They couldn\u2019t have had a Tatsu-level guy job to Ryback earlier?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Donald Trump Hall-of-Fame video was shown.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Striker was backstage with Sheamus. Sheamus said Show\u2019s ego took a dent at the hands of The Shield Monday night. And according to Show, nothing is ever his fault. But when he kicks Show\u2019s melon off his neck later, that won\u2019t be Show\u2019s fault, but his.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Rock. John Cena. Their face-to-face from Raw will be shown next.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The announcers sent it to clips of Cena and The Rock\u2019s mic work from Raw.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5 \u2013 KAITLYN vs. TAMINA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Layla was in Kaitlyn\u2019s corner for a reason we found out on the WWE App, though Mathews admitted the reasoning made no sense. Kaitlyn dove at Tamina and collided face-first with the middle rope. They just happened to be showing Cody Rhodes watching backstage on a monitor at the same time. Outside the ring, Kaitlyn and Tamina went at it. Layla, who was tossed aside by Tamina when she tried to check on Kaitlyn, attempted to enter the ring and go after Tamina. Kaitlyn had to stop her, which allowed Tamina to hit the Samoan Drop for the win.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Tamina, at 1:23. At least they\u2019re building to Kaitlyn vs. Layla and not just throwing the two together.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sandow walked up to Rhodes, who was still watching on the monitor. Sandow was disgusted by the restaurants in the area, but Rhodes wasn\u2019t listening. Instead, he asked Sandow about Kaitlyn. Sandow said she was a \u201ccommendable in-ring performer.\u201d That wasn\u2019t what Rhodes meant, so Sandow said she has made the most of what she has, considering she obviously comes from a deficient gene pool. His words, not mine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Tonight, we\u2019ll see what happened on Raw as it relates to Punk and Undertaker.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A Fandango vignette aired. He supposedly premieres tonight.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Justin Gabriel was in the ring for a match with Fandango. The dancer came out, then Fandango. Of course, Lilian Garcia once again mispronounced his name. Fandango let her know about it. He said he\u2019d make his debut when the ring announcer can pronounce his name correctly. Lilian tried again and it still wasn\u2019t good enough. She should\u2019ve tried, \u201cJohnny Curtis.\u201d He told Garcia to let the \u201ca\u2019s\u201d flow through her body. She tried again, still to no avail. Bring out The Fink \u2013 he\u2019d ace it on the first try. Fandango said he won\u2019t compete tonight, and the fans can thank \u201cJillian\u201d for missing out on his debut.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Booker T. and Teddy Long were shown watching the proceedings in Booker\u2019s office. Booker told Long to find \u201cFlamingo\u201d and tell him he better compete next time Booker puts him in a match. Long even made fun of Booker for mispronouncing the name. Booker wasn\u2019t seeing the fun in it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Raw Rebound aired. They also showed a graphic for Punk vs. Undertaker at Mania.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sheamus came out for the main event. It\u2019s next.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A Colter\/Swagger video aired on foreigners needing to speak English in America.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6 \u2013 SHEAMUS vs. THE BIG SHOW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During Show\u2019s entrance, they showed The Shield interfering in last week\u2019s Smackdown main event. Show buried Sheamus with a spear and Sheamus rolled to ringside. Show sent Sheamus into the timekeeper\u2019s area as they went to break at 1:46 of the match.<\/p>\n<p>[Commercial Break]<\/p>\n<p>Back at 5:27 of the match with Sheamus still on the defensive. Sheamus fought free but ran into a side slam for two. Sheamus put Show on his shoulders, but couldn\u2019t pull off the electric chair. Show picked up Sheamus for a powerbomb, then just tossed him over his head. It only got him a two-count. Hard chops to the chest by Show. Sheamus headbutted his way out of a chokeslam and took Show to the canvas. He climbed to the top but jumped into a chokeslam. Sheamus countered with a DDT for a two-count at 8:25. Knockout punch was avoided and Sheamus hit White Noise on Show. Even though he\u2019s done that a number of times now, I\u2019m sure it\u2019s still an impressive move to see live. Show rolled out of the ring to avoid the Brogue Kick, so Sheamus shoulderblocked him from the apron. Sheamus was tossed into the ring and he Brogue Kicked Show as he tried to re-enter the ring. Just then, The Shield\u2019s music played and they came down from the stands. They turned their attention to Sheamus and for some reason, the ref had stopped counting Show out. Randy Orton came into the ring to fight next to Sheamus. The heels entered the ring and a brawl ensued.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Sheamus, via disqualification(?), around 11:07 (no bell).<\/p>\n<p>Show came back and helped the faces fight off The Shield. The Shield retreated through the stands. Show gave Sheamus a Knockout Punch and Orton RKO\u2019d Show. Smackdown closed with Orton\u2019s music playing and him standing tall in the ring.<\/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<p><i>Greg Parks has been covering WWE Smackdown for PWTorch.com since January of 2007. Follow him on Twitter @gregmparks for live Tweeting during Raw, Impact, and PPVs, as well as other bits of wisdom. 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