2. Cole and JBL welcome Tom Phillips to commentary on Smackdown. Nice to have someone fresh out there. "Vintage" Cole is getting old. It's like "Cush-lash" from Jerry Maguire.
3. Randy Orton slithers out. He tells Roman Reigns one match won't define either of them. He's focused now, and bad things happen when he's focused. Roman will get what's coming to him. He then tells RVD, tonight's opponent, that he's nothing more than "collateral damage." One of his better promos, especially considering how stale his shtick has been lately.
4. Seth Rollins comes out before Orton is even done posing. They shake hands when they meet on the ramp.
5. Seth Rollins v. Jack Swagger. I'll pick Rollins. These two are going in opposite directions, and Swagger's downward spiral continues tonight.
6. Swagger tries for the Patriot Lock early, but Rollins rolls out of the ring. Rollins takes control.
7. Swagger Bomb! His injured ribs slowed his cover, and Rollins kicks out.
8. Kick to the head from Rollins. He leaps, but Swagger catches him and locks in the Patriot Lock! Rollins counters, and Swagger goes into the turnbuckle. Swagger throws them both outside the ring. Rollins rolls back in quickly and goes for the baseball slide. Swagger catches his foot and gets the Patriot Lock. When Rollins tries to fight out, Swagger dumps him to the floor. Nice flurry.
9. Rollins gets Swagger into the ring post and throws him over the barricade. Rollins rolls into the ring, Swagger beats the count, and Rollins hits Curb Stomp immediately. New count, and Swagger can't make it back in the ring. Rollins wins by count-out. Not a great match, but it was a good one with nice spurts of action here and there.
10. Ugh. Bo Dallas comes out to "pick up the pieces" of Swagger's failure. *snore*
11. Kane and the Miz backstage, and Kane tells him he has a "sequel" match against Roman Reigns.
12. Rusev v. Sin Cara. This should be a quick squash for Rusev. Maybe Mark Henry will come out again and disrupt things.
13. That looked like a Brogue Kick from Rusev. Rusev locks in the Accolade and Sin Cara taps out. Rusev wins by submission. All told, that took just about a minute. Useless match. Might as well have him fight a toddler. Rusev refuses to let Sin Cara go until Lana says this is what happens to people who disrespect Russia and Putin.
14. Mark Henry comes out, and Rusev escapes out the other side of the ring. USA chants. Lana won't let Rusev get in the ring. "YOU GONNA LET A WOMAN HOLD YOU BACK?" Nice.
15. Renee Young interviews RVD, who says Orton needs to chill the hell out. Orton attacks him from behind, and he tells Renee he'll be waiting for RVD in the ring.
16. Randy Orton v. RVD. Isn't RVD going on hiatus soon? This could be the night. Orton wins and knocks RVD out of action.
17. RVD with an early surge. Unusually vicious for RVD. He hangs Orton over the barricade, but he missed a spin kick when Orton dodges. Orton takes control outside the ring. Orton throws him into two sets of steps. The ref stops the match. Orton with the side suplex onto the announce table. Clothesline. Hanging DDT onto the floor. He rolls RVD into the ring and grabs a chair. He sits over RVD and taunts him. RVD sturggles up and gets hit with an RKO on the steel chair. This kills two birds with one stone. RVD is sent off, and Orton's heel heat is fully re-established, and he looks dominant again.
18. Renee interviews Roman Reigns. He says someone needs to end the legend that is Randy Orton, "and that someone is me."
19. Natalya v. Paige in a non-title match. Natty will win when AJ distracts Paige. Again.
20. Natty looks motivated early. Nice Double-Underhook Suplex. Paige makes a comeback and throws Natty into a steel ring post. This is one of the best main-roster Divas matches in some time.
21. AJ skips out. She grabs the Divas Title belt and skips out. Paige grabs the belt and comes back in, only to tap out to the Sharpshooter. Natty wins. Other than the unnecessary interruption, this was a really good match.
22. Goldust and Stardust v. the Junior Wyatts. I think the Dusts continue their momentum and pick up the victory. Not liking how Rowan and Harper are fading. Rowan especially has all the tools. I find it odd that the Dusts are starting off in the heel corner. This could be one of the weirdest tag matchups of all time!
23. (JBL needs a new joke about the German announce team.)
24. Massive Superkick from Harper on Goldust! (Too busy enjoying the match to post about it.)
25. Goldust rolls up Harper to pick up the pinfall win! And then Harper goes on the attack. Harper hit Stardust with one of the announce chairs! And then the Jr. Wyatts double-team Goldust. A good match, and I like that they let the Wyatts look strong even in defeat.
26. Replay of the new belt and a much-too-chopped version of Heyman's promo from RAW.
27. Roman Reigns v. the Miz. Surely they won't let the Miz win...right? I'm picking Reigns, but it wouldn't surprise me to see Orton cause a DQ or No Contest.
28. Orton comes out almost right away. Reigns takes control early. Mix tries to take advantage of Orton's distraction, but Reigns counters with a Samoan Drop. Orton tries coming in the ring, and Miz attacks Reigns from behind. SPEAR! Reigns gets the pinfall victory in a very quick match. Interesting interplay, but the match was a waste.
29. Orton comes in the ring, and they go at it. Orton hits Reigns with a steel chair in the gut and the back. Reigns gets back in the ring slowly where Orton waits with the chair set up. Reigns with a gut punch and then two chair shots to Orton. Superman Punch! Reigns stands tall as the show goes off the air.
Pretty good show, but the matches were almost all too short.
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