WWE Smackdown, ECW and Superstars spoilers from Bakersfield, CA
by Matt Harrison
- Drew McIntyre beat Jimmy Wang Yang in a dark match.
- Zack Ryder beat Tyler Reks and R-Truth beat Ricky Ortiz in matches taped for Superstars.
- ECW to air next week started with Nikki (I think) Bella beating Katie Burchill. They’re back to the gimmick of the Twins changing around under the ring to get the win.
- Shelton Benjamin beat Yoshi Tatsu in a real good match.
- Ezekiel Jackson beat a local worker. Squash.
- Abraham Washington was in the ring for a talk segment with Tommy Dreamer. Vladimir Kozlov came out and had a staredown with Dreamer. This set up Kozlov vs. Christian for the main event with the winner facing Dreamer for the ECW title at Night of Champions.
- Christian beat Vladimir Kozlov.
Smackdown:
- A video package with highlights from the taping on Tuesday in Fresno aired which was a cool idea for the live crowd.
- Kane beat Jeff Hardy in an ok match.
- CM Punk cut a promo on Jeff Hardy as the slow heel turn continued. Crowd were really into Hardy and Punk is getting some good heat. He talked about Jeff’s problems and how close he is to getting fired by WWE.
- Dolph Ziggler beat John Morrison.
- CM Punk vs. The Great Khali went to a no-contest when Kane came out and interfered.
- The Hart Dynasty beat Cryme Tyme.
- Melina and Eve beat Michelle McCool and Layla.
- Rey Mysterio beat Chris Jericho to retain the Intercontinental Title in an awesome match which I thought was nearly as good as their match at The Bash last week. Edge and Dolph Ziggler attacked Rey after the match, which I guess means we’re moving towards Rey vs. Ziggler.
