Smackdown Recap Steve Gerweck - Friday, July 3 2009 - 9:45 PM

Hi Guys, I'm Zain and this is my first ever recap, so please go easy on me tonight.
-Welcome to Friday Night Smackdown!!!! Pyros and Music with Todd Grisham and J.R by ringside. We start off with Punk coming down to the ring to a mixed reaction. Punk gets the mic. He says everyone has Punk shows some footage from the Bash. First Hardy connects with the Swanton and gets the 1-2-3 but Punk's leg was under the rope. So the match is restarted. Then Punk shows the eye injury. While Punk is "blinded" he kicks the ref. and he loses by DQ. Back live, Punk covers for him that he couldn't see and kicked the ref. by mistake. Punk says he's a competitor and never takes the cheap way out. He says it is inexcusable what Hardy did to him next. After the match, Hardy snapped and beats down Punk and the refs had to break it up. Punk says he has principles and integrity and what he did was by mistake but what Hardy did deliberate and was wrong. He says that now Jeff wants a rematch from him but Punk says he wants an apology from Hardy. Teddy Long makes his way out to a pop from the crowd. Long makes a rematch b/w Hardy and Punk at the Night of Champions. Punk says that's fine with him but he still wants an apology. Long says that McMahon likes when he shakes things up so tonight, it'll be Hardy/Punk vs Edge/Jericho tonight. Then Hardy's music hits and he comes down to a loud pop. Jeff says he doesn't want any more excuses. He says he was winning the match but Punk cheated and did that on purpose. Punk says he must apologize or shut up. Jeff says he will apologize for beating Punk up at the Bash and he pushes Punk and Punk pushes him back. Long breaks them up. Punk says they must save themselves for later on. He says he knows Hardy wants to punch him but Punk says he must control and just say no to himself.
-We come back from the commercial to see Ricky Ortiz in the ring. Finlay comes out next to a loud pop. Grisham and J.R talk about the Superstars trade.
-Finlay vs Ricky Ortiz
Ortiz gets on the mic and says Finlay shouldn't be upset he lost his little buddy so he should drop his shalleigh and rally up. Finlay slaps him across the face amd the match starts. Finlay takes Ortiz out of the ring and kicks him. Ortiz drops finlay on the outside and hits a powerslam on Finlay on the outside. back in the ring Ortiz hits a back drop on Finlay. Ortiz works on Finlay but Finlay comes back. Finlay hits a front Samoan drop move on him but his back his hurting. Finlay hits leg drop on Ortiz. He goes for a Celtic cross but his back hurts. Ortiz counters but Finlay comes back with the Celtic Cross and the 1-2-3. -Winner: Finlay
-At the back, Dolph Ziggler is doing push ups and Maria shows up. Both flirt with each other. Maria says they had fun last night. Both wish each other luck for their matches tonight.
-They show a graphic for Kane vs Mysterio later on...
-Dolph Ziggler vs R-Truth
Dolph Ziggler makes his way to the ring. They recap his match with Khali at the bash when Kane destroyed Khali and Ziggler pinned Khali. R-Truth comes down, singing his theme song with the fans..."What's up"
The two lock up. Irish whip by Ziggler, followed by fancy counters by R-truth. Some take downs by R-T and pin attempt. 2 count. Ziggler comes back with a take down. A pin attempt, 2 count. Ziggler with a headlock on R-T. Some mounted punches and elbow drops by Ziggler to R-T. A huge standing elbow drop followed by a pin. 2 count. Ziggler has him in the full nelson. R-t counters..Irish whip by R-t..takes him down. Sends him for another Irish whip and then a powerslam. Pin attempt. R-t takes Ziggler down with a huge bicycle kick type kick. Zigglers goes to the ropes and counters with a jaw breaker. Then when R-t turns around Ziggler hits a reverse head first moves to take the pin. -Winner: Dolph Ziggler
-Graphic shown for Punk/Hardy vs Jericho/Edge
-Time for Cryme Time's Word up. Eve's with them. Today's word is "wangsta"-some one who acts like a gangster but really isn't. They're gonna go on a street safari to find Wangstas. They first see layla and Jimmy Wang Yang through the binoculars. Then they see a wangsta in Jesse as Jesse shows up dressed up like all-gangsta and with the lame gangsta talk. Pretty funny.
-Rey Mysterio vs Kane
Rey Mysterio comes down to a huge pop...Then we go for a commercial. Kane comes down to the ring.
Rey with some kicks at the start. Kane takes Rey down with a clothesline. Some stomps by Kane. Rey is taken to the corner and Kane beats him down more. 619 chants. Another clothesline. Pin attempt. Headlock by Kane. Rey with some kicks in Kane's face to get him down. But Kane takes him down again. Rey with some counters and sets Kane for a 619. Kane counters and attempts a chokeslam but Rey counters. Kane beats him up again as we go into a commercial. We come back and Kane is in control. Replay showing a big boot by Kane to Rey. Hard Irish whip in the corner by Kane and Rey falls out of the ring. Kane then smashes Rey back first into the ring post. Kane comes back in. Rey comes back when the ref. reaches 9 on the count-out. Kane works on the spine area. Big scoop slam by Kane. Rey comes back with more kicksm then some punches. Rey runs at Kane but is taken down by an elbow by Kane. Pin attempt. Kane does a huge back suplex to Rey. Then Kane does side slam style back breaker on his knee and keeps him there for a submission hold. But rey escapes with kicks. Rey then drops Kane toehold in the corner. Rey with a comeback. Springboard in into a senton. Then a hurricanrana by Rey. Pin attempt by rey. Kane comes back and sets up for a chokeslam. Rey escapes. Sets Kane up for 619. Connects with the 619. Springboard hurricanrana attempt by Rey. Kane counters and drops him back. Chokeslam by Kane. Kane pins Rey 1-2-3. -Winner: Kane After the match, Kane is about to go for another chokeslam but then Khali's music hits. Khali comes at Kane with a steel chair but Kane escapes into the crowd.
-Backstage, Josh Mathews interviews Chris Jericho. Y2J says he's happy that Rey got beat up. Jericho says that next week he will have his IC title rematch with Rey next week. Edge comes from the other side and tells him that tonight is about their match with Hardy and Punk tonight. They say they are the most dominant tagteam in the world. Jericho says that Punk is lying about his eye and tonight they are going to beat Jeff and Punk tonight.
-The Hart Dynasty vs Cryme Time
The Hart Dynasty comes down to the ring. Smith and Kidd with Natalya. Cryme Time comes down with some moderate cheers by the crowd. Back hold by Kidd. JTG takes him down. Kidd takes him into the corner. JTG counters an irish whip and takes Kidd down. JTG chases Kidd around the ring and Kidd makes a quick tag to Smith. Smith on top with a belly to belly. Headlock by Smith. Crowd cheers for JTG. JTG gets up and some elbow shots but Smith gets him the corner. Tag made. Double team move by the Hart Dynasty. Kidd takes JTG down and kicks in the back. Kidd with a submission move, working on JTG's back. Quick counter by JTG and a roll-up but Kidd comes back. Works on the back again. JTG counters and both men are down. Both make the tags. Shad clears the ring. Some clothelines followed by by a front back drop. Pin attempt by Shad but Kidd breaks up the pin. AS the ref. is trying to take Kidd out of the ring. Irish whip by Shad to Smith and JTG does a neckbreaker on him from outside as the ref. is distracted. The Shad hits a front drag drop on Smith. Pin, 1-2-3. Cryme Time wins.
-Raw Rebound: Batista is this week's GM, sets-up a gauntlet match with Orton against 3 new Raw draftees. First is Evan Bourne. Bourne really pushes Orton. Goes for an Air Bourne, Orton counters and hits a super RKO fron the top rope. Next is Jack Swagger. He says he respects Orton and wanted to make a lasting expression and stands outside while the ref. counts to 10. Next is Mark Henry. Henry says and does the same. But as the ref. reaches 9, he grabs the Ref's hand and comes back in the ring. World's strongest slam by Henry and gets the 1-2-3. Raw ends with smites by Batista and Henry.
-Graphic for Tonight's Main Event.
-Michelle/Layla vs Maria/Melina
Michelle and Layla come out to Michelle's music. Melina and Maria come out to Melina's music. Melina does her split and gets cheers from the crowd. Michelle distracts Melina as Layla takes her down and beats her up. Melina counters and hits Layla face first in the corner before making a tag to Maria. Kicks by Maria before a take down and a pin attempt. Kicks from Maria but Layla counters and Maria falls while doing a split and is in pain. Tag to Michelle, who works on her legs. Tag to Layla who does the same. Tag to Michelle who puts Maria in a leg submission hold. Kicks to the right and leg and another submission hold on the right leg. Maria counters and kicks Michelle in the face. Hot tag to Melina. irish whip to Michelle but she counters and take Melina down. Tag to Layla who runs at Melina but Melina makes a fancy counter. Melina stays on the offensive and also takes down Michelle. Melina hits the primal scream on Layla to end the match. -Winners: Maria/Melina
-Slam of the week: Morrison beats Punk last week. After the match, Punk gives him a GTS.
-Back in teddy Long's office. Morrison tells him he should get a title shot and Long's doing his dance in the background. Long and Morrison talk about the BET awards and the MJ tribute. Then they talk/sing in MJ's tunes. Some funny stuff here.
-Edge/Jericho vs Punk/Hardy
Edge comes down. Recap is shown of the Bash when Edge/Jericho win the Tag Titles. Jericho comes down. Some pretty good cheers for both of them. Graphic shown for next week's match b/w Rey and Jericho for the IC title. We go to a commercial. Hardy's music hits which leads to the largest pop of the night. Punk comes down to a pop as well. Punk and Edge start out. Early arm bar by Edge. Dropkick by Punk, tag to Hardy. Hardy works on Edge in the corner. Hard Irishwhip on Edge to the other corner, Pin attempt. Tag to Punk, axe from Punk from the second rope. Kicks by Punk to Edge and works on the arm. Edge counters, tags Jericho. Jericho runs in by Punk takes him down. Tag to Hardy, Leg drop by Hardy from the second rope. Jericho comes back but Hardy is able to gain control again. Hardy does his signature leg drop between the legs. Tag to Punk. Punk works on Jericho but Jericho is able to drag him in to the corner for a tag to Edge. Punk takes him down, tag to Hardy. Then Punk/Hardy does the Hardy Boyz move in the corner as Punk lies down and Hardy jumps for him to take Edge down in the corner. Commercial...We come back and Edge and Hardy are going back and forth. Hardy with an armbar on Edge. Drags him to corner to tag in Punk and Punk doesn't, faking his eye in injury. Hardy works on Edge. Irishwhip by Hardy to Edge in the corner, goes for a flying punch in the corner but misses. Tag to Jericho. Jericho takes Hardy out of the ring and distracts the Ref as Edge gets a cheap shot on the outside. Jericho gets him back. Hardy tries to go for a tag but punk fakes the eye again and doesn't tag. Jericho works on Hardy . Jericho with a headlock on Hardy. Crowd cheers for hardy. Jericho sends Hardy in the corner but Hardy counters. But Jericho drops Hardy outside the ring. Hardy crawls to Punk again but is ignored again. Irishwhip by Jericho to Hardy in the corner but Hardy connects with the Whisper in the Wind. Jericho tags Edge and Edge comes in. But Hardy hits the Twist of Fate on Edge. And then forcefully tags in Punk. Kick by Punk to Edge in the corner and connects with a running bulldog. GTS attempt but Edge gains control again. Takes Punk to their corner. Edge distracts the Ref and jericho chokes him from behind. Tag to Jericho. Big kick to the gut by Jericho. Jericho rakes Punk's eyes but the ref breaks it up. Jericho taunts Punk but Punk comes back. Double clothesline by both. Both are trying to go for a tag. Punk reaches Hardy but Hardy fakes his own eye injury and pretends to go down. Jericho with a roll up on Punk. Works on Punk but Punk connects the GTS on Jericho but Edge sneaks in the tag. Then hits the spear on Punk. And gets the 1-2-3. After the match Hardy hits the twist of fate on Edge and goes for the Swanton but Jericho pulls him out. After that, Hardy fakes and eye injury and both Punk and Hardy are holding their eyes. Hardy goes back as his music hits as we go off the air.
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