WWE Friday Night Smackdown 7/17/09 Review (or something like that)

Well I figure this is a way to start things off with the last live show I saw. Even if it took me two days to complete.

Friday Night SmackDown 7/17/09

Kicking things off is the #1 contender for the World Heavyweight Championship, Jeff Hardy coming out to the ring to talk to us about the events that occurred last week. Hardy goes over what CM Punk said in his promo last week, mentioning his prior suspensions, how he hasn't failed a drug test in a year, and how he's never been to rehab. Now before we go on, I'm not sure how it's a good thing that the fan's cheered the not going to rehab part. We all know that Hardy is certainly clean, but the fact that he was fired in 2002 over not going to rehab, isn't really something I'd cheer.

Speaking of people who have never been to rehab, out comes the World Heavyweight Champion, CM Punk. Punk goes on to cut a very well done, psuedo heel promo about how we shouldn't be cheering Hardy for not going to rehab. Punk goes on about how Hardy must have been terrible in school and how he's straight edge. The promo ends with punk saying how Hardy's fans may and well see Hardy become a 'statistic'. Hardy is irate after that and attacks Punk which causes Punk to roll out of the ring which leads to our next match.

CM Punk vs. John Morrison

These two put on a good match about a month or two ago, and we're here again with the rematch. John Morrison did challenge the winner of Punk/Hardy so it'll be interesting to see how that match takes place after Night of Champions. This was another good match like their previous encounter, with Morrison picking up the win after countering Punk's Oklahoma Roll. Punk is once again upset and refuses a handshake after the match ends.

We move next to random diva dancing segment #252 as Layla comes out in Miami Heat attire, for a dance. Layla was a former Heat dancer, so I'm guessing this was just to pop the crowd. But, unfortunately, that couldn't happen, as Ricky Ortiz comes out. Ricky tells us that the Heat suck and we should rally up. He offers Layla a rally up towel, which she takes and swings around before dropping it and walking off. Poor Ricky Ortiz, oh wait, I personally can't stand him, but that's me.

Up next was Cryme Tyme's Word Up. If you've watched the past few weeks, you know what to expect. Cryme Tyme educating you in new lingo, while everyone's favorite (mostly me) wigger, Jesse comes in to spoil the fun. Which leads to him being thrown out in someway. Hopefully we get to see 'your boy Jeezy' in the ring here soon, maybe in a six man tagging with Cryme Tyme!

Kane vs R-Truth

A very interesting mix of styles in this next match as we see Kane take on R-Truth(WUTS UP). Nothing really special here, Kane picks up the win with a big boot as Truth was coming off the top rope.

Afterwards, we get an appearance from The Great Khali who is still angry at Kane. Thanks to the distraction, Truth is able to hit a missile dropkick on Kane. Khali comes to ringside and Kane bolts through the crowd. It wouldn't surprise me to actually see a match between these two next week, or the week after Night of Champions. I doubt we'll see this stretched out until SummerSlam.

JR and Grisham hype up ZZ Top's guest host appearance this Monday on Raw and we are sent to another video of R-Truth's parody, Pretty Ricky. I'm still not sure of these videos, I mean they really haven't served a purpose yet, but it's nothing super wasteful, like some of the IWC have said. Just comedic relief really.

Back to the arena and it's everyone's favorite dynasty, The Hart Dynasty making their way to the ring.

The Hart Dynasty vs. Cryme Tyme & Eve

Typical match that we've seen with these two teams over the past few weeks. Cryme Tyme and The Hart Dynasty have been putting on some decent matches, though a singles match with JTG and Kidd would be nice to see. Natalya gets the pin over Eve after a vicious clothesline. It's too bad that the tag titles are undisputed now, as this would be a good WWE Tag Team Title feud.

Afterwards we get a nice segment from the newest couple on SmackDown, Dolph Ziggler and Maria. Just a cute exchange here.

Interview with Edge now talking about his achilles tear. Edge is hoping to be back soon which is good to hear. Normal interview stuff here, until someone must've hit the HYPOCRITE alarm as the self proclaimed "best in the world" and one-half of the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Chris Jericho comes out to run down his former partner. They banter back and forth with Jericho being the smug person he is and with Edge showing some face like tendencies. Interesting to see if this will play out when Edge comes back.

Chris Jericho & Dolph Ziggler vs. Jeff Hardy & Rey Mysterio

It's main event time on SmackDown as we get the team of Chris Jericho and Dolph Ziggler taking on Rey Mysterio and Jeff Hardy. CM Punk comes down to do some guest commentary during this match. Good match from these four, with this being, I think, Ziggler's first main event. Of course that is since he is challenging Mysterio at Night of Champions. Crazy stuff at the end as Hardy tries to throw Jericho at Punk. Punk has no part of this who then sends Jericho into Hardy who hits the steel steps causing a DQ. It's not over yet as Jericho hits Hardy with a Codebreaker and slaps on the Walls of Jericho while Ziggler hits Mysterio with his finisher. All the while, Punk just watches everything unfold before heading to the back.

Overall, this was another good showing from the blue brand. SmackDown has been my favorite show since the draft, as it's been great wrestling and good storylines since then. I'm hoping this trend continues well past NoC and onto SummerSlam and the future.