WWE Smackdown TV taping report
February 16, 2010
Kansas City, Mo.
Report by Justin Kendall, Torch reader of "The Pitch" newspaper

-- To see photos and a newspaper write-up from the Smackdown taping, check out Justin Kendall's blog on The Pitch website.

Dark Match: Jimmy Wang Yang beat Tyler Reks.

Superstars taping for Thursday

(1) Rey Mysterio beat Mike Knox.

-- Superstars Spoilers from the Raw brand taped Monday.

Smackdown taping for Friday

They did not announce any other matches for the Elimination Chamber PPV to the live crowd.

A mouthy Chris Jericho promised to win the World Heavyweight Title in the Elimination Chamber on Sunday, but Edge interrupted him and eventually speared him.

(1) Kane beat Dolph Ziggler.

(2) Cryme Tyme (Shad Gaspard & JTG) beat Caylen Croft & Trent Barreta. Editor's note: Croft & Barreta will apparently be moving to the Smackdown brand after ECW ended.

(3) C.M. Punk & Luke Gallows beat John Morrison & R-Truth after the referee stopped the match due to Punk handing a severe beating to Morrison's ankle. Morrison was still selling it from last Friday's show. Rey Mysterio ran in at the end of the match. He cleaned house, but Punk and Gallows ended up laying him out.

Backstage: There was a skit with Vickie Guerrero getting into it with Mickie James, saying she's going to referee Mickie vs. Michelle McCool for the Women's Title on next week's show.

(4) The Hart Dynasty (Tyson Kidd & D.H. Smith & Natalya) beat Matt Hardy & Great Khali & Maria in a six-person tag match.

Backstage: Maria stormed out on Matt Hardy after the loss. She said she can't stand losing and hurting him. He basically said it happens. Then, Michelle McCool and Layla bad-mouthed them. Maria stormed off and Matt told them to grow up.

(5) Edge beat Batista via DQ in Edge's first singles match since returning from injury. Batista teased walking out of his match with Edge early on, but Edge goaded him back into the ring, saying he agreed with John Cena from Raw. Okay match. Batista was disqualified due to outside interference from The Undertaker, who chokeslammed Edge, getting payback for last week's spear. The show ended with Jericho hitting Edge with a Codebreaker and a staredown with Undertaker.

Post-SD Dark Match: World Hvt. champion The Undertaker beat Batista in a No DQ match with run-ins by the Straight Edge gang, Matt Hardy, Drew McIntyre, and Kane.

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

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