Welcome to our coverage of WWE’s Smackdown and ECW tapings from the O2 Arena in London, England.

We’ll be updating this page throughout the evening with regular updates from Raw as well as any dark matches and matches taped for Superstars on WGN over in the U.S. so be sure to refresh your browser regularly over the next few hours!

- Umaga beat R-Truth in a dark match.

- ECW started with Finlay cutting a promo. Its Hornswoggle’s final night on ECW (since the draft doesn’t count yet). Natalya and Tyson Kidd interrupt. Hornswoggle attacks her, leading to a match…

- Hornswoggle beat Natalya. Natalya and Kidd complain to GM Tiffany, who makes a tag team match for Superstars later tonight.

- Evan Bourne beat Paul Burchill. Good match given a decent amount of time.

- Vladimir Kozlov won a squash match over British wrestler Frankie Sloan.

- Christian and Jack Swagger have an in-ring contract signing for their ECW match at Backlash. Christian says he’ll win on Sunday. Swagger waits until Tiffany leaves the ring then attacks Christian and puts him through the table to end ECW.

Smackdown:

- Batista and Shane McMahon vs. Priceless has been announced for Smackdown.

- Matt Hardy and Kane beat Jeff Hardy and CM Punk when Matt pinned Jeff. Good match. Punk and Kane worked better than last night, which will come as no huge shock.

- Big Show beat The Undertaker with the knockout punch.

- Maryse beat Gail Kim in a Divas Championship match to retain her title.

- MVP beat Chavo Guerrero. Short match. Dolph Ziggler came out and said he wants a shot at MVP’s U.S title. Please tell me this isn’t happening at Backlash?

- Triple H vs. Randy Orton is announced as the dark match once Smackdown is finished taping.

- Batista and Shane McMahon beat Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes when Shane pinned Rhodes.

- Kane vs. CM Punk is confirmed for Backlash.

- Shane and Batista celebrate together in the ring to close the taping after earlier dissention after Shane had hit Batista by mistake during the match.

- In a match for Superstars, Hornswoggle and Finlay beat Natalya and Tyson Kidd when Hornswoggle pinned Kidd in under a minute.

Thanks for joining us for our live coverage tonight. Don’t forget to join us this Sunday night for live coverage of WWE Backlash!

Phil Lowe
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