WWE Smackdown house show report
August 2, 2010
Brisbane, Australia at Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Report by Louis Spina, PWTorch reader

(1) Big Show won the Brisbane Cup, which was a 20-man battle royal. The match went about five minutes.

(2) Women's champion Layla beat Kelly Kelly in 7:00.

(3) Alberto Del Rio beat MVP via arm bar submission in 7:00. MVP eliminated Alberto during the battle royal leading to Alberto attacking MVP once he was eliminated soon after. When Alberto was announced and got to the ring, he called out MVP and challenged him to a match for revenge. MVP came out and his left shoulder was taped up. His "injury" must have happened after he was attacked by Alberto after being eliminated in the battle royal.

(4) Unified tag champion Hart Dynasty (Tyson Kidd & D.H. Smith) beat Straight Edge Society (Luke Gallows & Joey Mercury) in 12:00. The match played out the same as in Melbourne earlier in the tour.

(5) Soon-to-be Intercontinental champion Dolph Ziggler beat Matt Hardy, Christian, and Kofi Kingston in a fatal four-way match to retain the Intercontinental Title. The match went about 20 minutes.

(6) Rey Mysterio beat Jack Swagger in 15:00. Rey did not appear to be in the battle royal at the beginning of the show.

(7) World Hvt. champion Kane beat Big Show via chokeslam in 15:00. The finish came when Jack Swagger distracted the referee while Kane gave Big Show a shot to the head with the title Belt.

Notes from the show: Drew McIntyre, Cody Rhodes, and Chavo Guerrero were the only ones not to pull double-duty that night and only appeared in the Brisbane Cup battle royal.

Notes, in my opinion: I would estimate the crowd around 5,000 people. The crowd was vocal and filled with families. It was a good two hours plus of entertainment and I would like to think all the wrestlers enjoyed the night too. Smackdown reigned all over the Hulkamania tour in so many regards, which is not fair to the guys on that tour, some of whom did their best to make it a good show.

Biggest Cheers:
-- Big Show
-- Rey Mysterio
-- Matt Hardy

Biggest Jeers:
-- Jack Swagger
-- Drew McIntyre
-- Kane

Match of the Night: the Fatal Four-Way for the Intercontinental Title.

Also in my opinion, some of the merchandise was ridiculously over-priced, including some t-shirts at $50 Australian. Included were John Cena t-shirts, which, on a scary note, were sold out of adult sizes by the end of the night. Also, Rey Mysterio masks were going for $35-40.

On a final note, I am surprised Kane is almost being presented as a heel champion on this tour. I only follow WWE shows via reports on the Internet, but I don't recall any tweening of Kane as of late. Editor's Note: On this tour, it appears to be WWE going ahead with "heel Kane" before it plays out on Friday's Smackdown, similar to WWE going ahead with Ziggler as IC champion before the title switch airs on Friday.

[Torch art credit Grant Gould (c) PWTorch.com]

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