The October 4th edition of WWE Smackdown was taped on Tuesday, October 1st at the Baton Rouge River Center in Baton Rouge, LA.
WWE Smackdown
* The show opens with Big Show cutting a promo sayin he is getting fed up and is going to lose it soon. He says he almost lost it Monday and T&A was inexcusable but everything is Triple Hs fault. Trips interrupts him and says he is the one at fault for not being able to pay his mortgage and bills, but since he admittedly is a huge monster with a short fuse he’s changing the main event. The match is now Randy Orton and The Shield vs Big Show.
1) Rob Van Dam def. Fandango via DQ. Post match sees RVD hit the Van Terminator on Fandango with a trash can. He stays after the match to play to the crowd.
2) Ryback (w/ Paul Heyman and Curtis Axel) def. R Truth. Post match Axel attacks R-Truth.
* Backstage RVD sends the compacted trash can to Del Rio as a gift.
3) World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio def. Dolph Ziggler via Submission.
4) Los Matadores def. Jinder Mahal and Heath Slater. Post match, El Torito does a top rope splash to 3MB on the outside.
* Intercontinental Championship match for Battleground is announced. Axel vs. R-Truth.
* Heyman promo saying Ryback will destroy CM Punk on Sunday
5) Brie Bella (w/ Nikki) def. Aksana. Post match celebration is interrupted by AJ with Tamina. AJ says what Orton will do to Bryan is exactly what she will do to Brie Sunday. She goes on to say that both can go into early retirement and have ugly goat faced babies together.
6) Kofi Kingston def. Big E Langston.
* Bray Wyatt is out to cut a promo and tell us follow the buzzards come Sunday
7) Big Show def. the Shield and Randy Orton via DQ. The Usos and Bryan make the save to a chorus of Yes chants after Orton attacks Show with a chair.
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