WWE Smackdown house show results
July 7, 2011
Cape Town, South Africa
Report by David Kruse, PWTorch reader

This was the second show of the Smackdown Live tour in South Africa, and Night Two of the Cape Town leg of the tour. I believe this is the first WWE tour that has run twice in Cape Town, probably because the venue is a bit smaller than normal. Both Cape Town shows took place in the Grand Arena, a venue which holds about 6,000-7,000 people seated.

(1) Sin Cara beat Cody Rhodes. Good way to open the show. Sin Cara hit his signature spots, which came across brilliantly and got the crowd warmed up quickly. Rhodes was heeling it up a lot, but ended up being defeated by Sin Cara by a sudden pin of some sort after seven minutes of good action. Sin Cara is really dazzling in person.

(2) Jinder Mahal beat Yoshi Tatsu. An all right match for its placement on the card. A signature spinning heel kick and a Shining Wizard from Tatsu were pretty cool. Although, Mahal won with the Full-Nelson slam after about six minutes.

(3) Natalya beat Alicia Fox. A good Divas match. A tuft of Fox's hair came out and everyone laughed. Natalya won with a roll-up. Another quick match and another sudden finish. These matches were flying by.

(4) Kane beat Sheamus. The match started off slow and physical, with momentum slowly building throughout. Some brawling on the outside and a false finish that had everyone fooled. This was followed by a few feverish seconds where Kane's Tombstone was reversed, the crucifix powerbomb was countered, and Kane eventually delivered a Tombstone to defeat Sheamys after 16 minutes. Nice, physical match. Very good stuff here.

During intermission, Justin Gabriel came out and greeted some of the fans at ringside.

(5) Daniel Bryan beat Ted DiBiase via submission. What an amazing match! Layer upon layer of wrestling goodness and lots of back-and-forth action. Some comedic spots, as well, that were really well done. The crowd was heavily behind Daniel Bryan, and there were so many suspenseful moments when it seemed the match was over for him. However, he managed to win with the LeBell Lock after 20 minutes. Excellent performance from both men, and, from a live event perspective, a legit 4-star plus match.

(6) Intercontinental champion Ezekiel Jackson beat Wade Barrett via submission in a South African Street Fight to retain the IC Title. South African? Street fight? Uh oh...
Good match. The fans hated Barrett just as much as last night. They brawled outside and got the kendo stick. Barrett hit Jackson several times with the stick. Barrett also choked him with the stick; is choking allowed in house shows? Ezekiel made a comeback and hit Barrett with the kendo stick and Irish-whipped him into a chair propped between the ropes. Jackson then retained the title with the torture rack.

Next was a main event six-man tag match. Bret Hart came out to loud cheers and chilled at ringside for most of the match. Mark Henry went heel crazy during his entrance and ripped several fans's posters and programmes that they paid good money for. He’s actually pretty intimidating.

(7) World Hvt. champion Randy Orton & Big Show & Justin Gabriel beat Christian & Alberto Del Rio & Mark Henry in a six-man tag match with Bret Hart as special match enforcer. The match started with boos for Christian and cheers for Gabriel. There were several spots where the heels attacked Gabriel, with Bret intervening. The action was solid and got fast and frantic at the end like the typical WWE-style six-man tags usually get. Randy Orton eventually won with the RKO on Christian after about 20 minutes of solid action.

Post-match, Big Show did a chokeslam to Henry and Gabriel did the 450 splash to Del Rio. They celebrated up the ramp to end the show.

Overall, a fantastic house show and a big portion better than Wednesday's show. That ends the Cape Town leg of the tour, and they will now be going to Durban to continue the SA tour.

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

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