SD Results 8//20/10

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – In his WWE debut, Alberto Del Rio caught the attention of the entire WWE Universe by making Rey Mysterio tap out! And, World Heavyweight Champion Kane explained the attack on his own brother, The Undertaker.

Alberto Del Rio def. Rey Mysterio (PHOTOS | WATCH)
Alberto Del Rio arrived in grand style by driving into the Rabobank Arena in a Rolls Royce. And as he approached the ring, he was introduced by his very own personal ring announcer. Leading up to the big night, Del Rio touted himself in a series of videos (WATCH).

When all the hype and talking were over, and Del Rio finally stepped in the ring, he backed up his words with a huge win over veteran Rey Mysterio by making him tap out with a cross armbreaker. Adding insult to injury, Del Rio locked Rey in the same hold after the match was over to deliver more punishment.

What’s next from this potent 6-foot-5 Superstar? (More on Del Rio)

The Undertaker’s return announced! (WATCH)
SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long informed Kane that The Undertaker will return to SmackDown next week. Undaunted by the news, The Big Red Monster claimed the night will be "hell on earth."

Christian def. Drew McIntyre (PHOTOS | WATCH)
With “Dashing” Cody Rhodes watching the action as part of the announce team, Christian got the pinfall over Drew McIntyre. Afterward, Rhodes and McIntyre launched an ugly assault on the veteran. After repeatedly stomping on him in the ring, Matt Hardy came to the rescue. Although Hardy held his own – dishing out some punishment of his own – he too ended up on the receiving end of a beating from the aggressive duo. When the dust settled, the two young Superstars stood tall over the fallen veterans.

World Heavyweight Champion Kane explained attacking The Undertaker (WATCH)
Kane offered a look inside the mind of a monster when he described why he attacked his own brother, saying The Phenom’s pride was his ultimate undoing.

Luke Gallows & Serena def. Big Show & Kelly Kelly (PHOTOS | WATCH)
In her in ring debut, Serena earned her first victory by dropping Kelly Kelly with a gutbuster.

Kofi Kingston def. Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler by Disqualification (PHOTOS | WATCH)
After The Nexus crashed their Intercontinental Championship Match at SummerSlam (PHOTOS), reigning champion Dolph Ziggler and Kofi Kingston picked up where they left off in their battle for the prestigious title. On this night, it was Official SmackDown Consultant Vickie Guerrero who interrupted things when she pushed Kingston from the top rope. Although her actions caused an immediate disqualification for her boyfriend, the title cannot change hands on a disqualification. After the bell, Ziggler went to work by dropping Kingston with the Zig Zag, then locking him a sleeper and finally stomping on his defenseless body.

Alberto Del Rio felt Rey Mysterio's wrath (PHOTOS | WATCH)
At the start of the night, Alberto Del Rio interrupted Rey Mysterio’s address to the WWE Universe to tout himself. After taunting The Master of the 619, Del Rio accepted Mysterio’s challenge to go one-on-one. After he got in a few more insults, Del Rio felt Mysterio’s wrath with a slap to the face and 619.

The only thing I have seen so far is Kane's segment and it was awesome. I also watched Del Rio interrupt Rey, but I haven't seen their match yet.

Yeah, I've only seen Kane's promo too, which was fucking awesome, but this seems like a pretty good Smackdown, at least an interesting one. I'm looking forward to seeing how good Serena and Alberto Del Rio are in the ring. Rio bores me more than anyone I can think of during his promos, so I'm hoping he is at least good in the ring.

^^^ Del Rio was quite good in Mexico, and I found him to be decent in ring, though there's no doubting he could be better. Managed to make Rey Rey tap out, but I hope they don't make him use the move as a finisher, I'm not overly fond of too many MMA style submissions in wrestling as big moves.

When I saw him wrestle an SD dark match, he used a step up inzagri. I can't spell it, but you get the point, right? Anyway, he got the local jobber sitting, on the top rope, then did the step up kick to the head.

He used to do a Military Press followed into a bridging German suplex in Mexico

But yeah, I think he's fairly good, though his face annoyed me during the match, as cocky as I am I really don't like cocky smiles (his in particular, it makes him look kinda simple)...

After seeing Smackdown, I can comment on a few more things. Serena bored me, and I don't think she looked good in the ring, at all. Hopefully I'm wrong because I'd like to see another good diva wrestler on Smackdown, I really think only Beth fits that, and she'll be injured for what, two more months?

Alberto Del Rio was pretty decent. Enjoyed his enzuigiri and there were probably two more good spots within the match. Del Rio wasn't overly impressive, and the match didn't feel like a main event match. Granted, my hatred for Rey and Del Rio's being new to WWE helped that, but the quality of the match wasn't anything special. Oh, and I hope he has a different finisher.

I also hated Del Rio. I can come up with a huge list of things I would rather do than watch that match. Or any of his matches.

Master Of Destruction wrote:

I also hated Del Rio. I can come up with a huge list of things I would rather do than watch that match. Or any of his matches.

I don't hate him, his promos are awful but his in ring work is decent, based off his match on Smackdown.

gotta give him time on the big stage. To this point, he has done Indy stuff and dark matches and I don't think good Indy stuff equals good WWE stuff because that Indy isn't that great.

Yeah, it also doesn't help him that he wrestled against Rey Mysterio, someone who I've only liked three matches with him in the past two or so years.

Even if it turns out that Del Rio completely sucks, there is still a bright side here. At least Mysterio is no longer in the WHC storyline.

Concrete Jesus wrote:

Even if it turns out that Del Rio completely sucks, there is still a bright side here. At least Mysterio is no longer in the WHC storyline.

QFT

^^I don't know what that means.

It means Quoted For Truth.

I would rather watch Hornswoggle vs. Khali 60 min. Iron Man Match, then have Mysterio in the title picture.

Thank you for letting me in on the texting short hand.