WWE Smackdown TV taping report
May 15, 2012
Hershey, Pa.
Report by James Thompson & Jesse Myers, PWTorch readers

Smackdown SPOILERS 5/18

Booker T came out to a nice pop. Michael Cole came out to a chorus of boos.

John Laurinaitis started the show cutting a promo about the Board of Directors's decision for his match with John Cena at Over the Limit announced on Raw. WWE champion C.M. Punk interrupted and teased him that he is getting fired after John Cena is done with him at Over the Limit. Punk left after Johnny booked Punk vs. Kane, then Johnny told the crowd that it was our fault. He told us to go to hell and left.

(1) WWE tag champions R-Truth & Kofi Kingston beat Darren Young & Titus O'Neil in a non-title match. Truth pinned Young. Short match - four or five minutes.

Damien Sandow interrupted Zack Ryder on his way to the ring to face Yoshi Tatsu. Sandow cut a promo deeming Yoshi unfit, like last week, and walked out. Yoshi called Sandow chicken and started clucking. Sandow attacked him from behind and the match never happened. The best part was Sandow's pink tights and purple knee pads.

(2) Daniel Bryan beat Zack Ryder via submission. Bryan basically squashed Ryder and won with the Yes! Lock. James noted - The guy besides me caught Ryder's t-shirt and I ended up catching Bryan's shirt, so we traded - a good night. I am the guy in the front row middle wearing a pink Ziggler t-shirt.

(3) Kane beat WWE champion C.M. Punk via DQ in a non-title match. D-Bryan was on commentary. Good match ended with Bryan hitting Kane with a chair, then Kane came to and attacked Punk with the chair. Kane then landed two chokeslams after Bryan distracted Punk.

(4) U.S. champion Santino beat IC champion Cody Rhodes in a Champion vs. Champion match. The trash talk on Twitter led to Santino winning with the Cobra in two minutes. Disappointing.

(5) World Hvt. champion Sheamus beat Randy Orton in a non-title match. Great, back-and-forth main event. Orton hit a superplex off the top rope. After each man blocked the other's finshers, Sheamus won with a roll-up. Afterward, Orton and Sheamus shook hands, then Orton gave Sheamus an RKO and looked at the belt as the show ended.

Note: No Alberto Del Rio or Chris Jericho hyping the four-way title match at Over the Limit.

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Bonus Dark Match: World Hvt. champion Sheamus beat Daniel Bryan in a non-title match. Sheamus was reeling from the RKO, so Bryan applied the Yes! Lock, but Sheamus got the ropes. Sheamus did a couple of moves and hit the Brogue Kick for the win to send the crowd home happy.

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