Home / Results / Smackdown / May 11, 2012

1. Alberto Del Rio & Chris Jericho NC Sheamus & Randy Orton.

2. AJ Lee def. Kaitlyn.

3. Daniel Bryan NC Big Show due to John Laurinaitis' interference.

4. Ryback def. Heath Slater.

5. Antonio Cesaro def. Alex Riley.

6. Randy Orton def. Alberto Del Rio-DQ.

7. Titus O'Neil & Darren Young def. Santino Marella & Zack Ryder when O'Neil pinned Ryder.

8. R-Truth def. Jack Swagger.

9. Brodus Clay def. Hunico.

10. Non-title: Sheamus NC Chris Jericho when Alberto Del Rio attacked both men.

1. Alberto Del Rio & Chris Jericho (w/Ricardo Rodriguez) vs. Sheamus & Randy Orton.

They didn't have room for Del Rio's rented car, and Michael Cole came up with the lamest of excuses to cover. Rematch from Monday, but way worse. Del Rio again worked on Orton's oft-injured shoulder. Eventually, all four were in the ring, and the ref lost control. Winners: None. Match ruled a No Contest.

2. AJ Lee vs. Kaitlyn.

Squash. AJ hasn't gotten over getting dumped by Daniel Bryan, and slapping Kait the last two Fridays leads to this. A short scrum, followed by a low dropkick, and a modified knee trembler. Winner: AJ Lee.

Bryan came out after and insincerely congratulated his ex, then teased taking on Kait post-PPV as his new love. Yeah, right.

3. Daniel Bryan vs. Big Show.

Another match that was marred by a BS finish. Way too short, considering the wars these two had during the winter. Bryan locks on the Yeslock, but before Show can even think of tapping out, John Laurinaitis appears out of nowhere and rings the bell. He announces Bryan as the winner, then cuts a promo on Show, belittling the colossus, as Eve did Monday. He demands a more sincere apology come the next Raw. I've got a bad feeling.

In this writer's opinion, Bryan didn't win the match. It goes as a No Contest due to Laurinaitis' improper and illegal actions.

4. Ryback vs. Heath Slater.

When Ryback debuted, Josh Mathews acknowledged that he was the former Skip Sheffield. Slater, unfortunately, didn't get the memo, and cut a stupid promo. Squash #2. Ryback was tested out as a face here, as he sold briefly for Slater before killing him with a sickle and the reverse Samoan drop. Winner: Ryback.

Teddy Long is brought out as guest ring announcer for the next match. Well, it's something he is actually pretty good with, but he has to read a prepared intro for one of the contestants.......

5. Alex Riley vs. Antonio Cesaro (w/Aksana).

Protracted squash. Riley did get some offense in, but it was just too much Cesaro. Modified cradle piledriver ends it rather quickly. Winner: Antonio Cesaro.

Post-match, Aksana admits she is dating Cesaro and they make out in front of Teddy again.

6. Randy Orton vs. Alberto Del Rio (w/Ricardo Rodriguez).

Eve Torres, mentioned but not seen, supposedly tweeted that the tag match was now broken into two singles bouts. Del Rio picked up where he left off earlier, working on the left arm. Orton rallied, but Rodriguez, for the 2nd time, comes off the top, but eats an RKO for his troubles, prompting ref Mike Chioda to call for the bell. Del Rio applied the cross-armbreaker, and it required a couple of extra refs to force him to break, aided by Orton reaching the ropes. Winner: Randy Orton.

7. Santino Marella & Zack Ryder vs. Titus O'Neil & Darren Young.

Marella & Ryder, fresh from winning on Superstars, can't slow down the ghetto train that is rolling through. Marella started vs. O'Neil and did some comedy. Bad idea. Ryder took the hot tag and hit the Broski Boot. Young recovers. Tag to O'Neil, and they debut their new finisher, the Ghetto Blaster, the old Demolition double-team elbow smash/backbreaker combo. Winners: Titus O'Neil & Darren Young.

Damien Sandow doesn't really answer his refusal to compete last week, and instead gives the same lame lecture as before about enlightenment.

8. R-Truth (w/Kofi Kingston) vs. Jack Swagger (w/Vickie Guerrero & Dolph Ziggler).

The two teams will meet at Over the Limit. Yawn. You have a younger, hungrier team that just won, and they have to wait in line, as do the former champs, the Colon cousins. Vickie has political connections, guys. This time, though, it doesn't work. Truth hit the Lie Detector, but Ziggler pulled him out. Ref should have tossed Ziggler for that, but didn't. Truth dropped Ziggler, but Swagger saved his partner. Back in the ring, Kofi delivers a receipt from Monday with a Trouble in Paradise off the floor on Swagger, who then gets Little Jimmy'd. Winner: R-Truth.

9. Brodus Clay (w/the Funkadactyls) vs. Hunico (w/Camacho).

Like Marella & Ryder, Hunico is coming off a win on Superstars. He cut a promo pre-match in Spanish, then had Camacho attack Clay before the bell. Ref Scott Armstrong checked on Clay, who began to hulk up. Uh-oh. Squash #3, Excedrin Headache #304. Headbutt to the gut. Sheplex. Big Splash. Adios. Winner: Brodus Clay.

10. Non-title: Sheamus vs. Chris Jericho.

Return match from last month. Smackdown sets an all-time record for most matches in one night that ain't gonna be broken anytime soon. Back & forth they went. With Jericho on the floor, Del Rio came back out, and attacked first Jericho, prompting the ref to call for the bell, then Sheamus. Orton came back and made the save, and he & Sheamus both hit their finishers on Del Rio in a game of Can You Top This? as Jericho slinks away. RKO, followed by a Brogue kick. Orton & Sheamus are left standing as the show ends. Winner: None.