by Mark Harris

- Quick note: Kaval (Low Ki) worked a dark match against Paul Burchill. Both looked good I thought.

- Chris Jericho opened Smackdown putting over how he had won a TLC match before but DX hadn’t even been in one. This led to him calling out Teddy Long. Long made Jericho vs. Undertaker for later in the show. I guess that match just isn’t happening at WrestleMania.

- The Hart Dynasty beat Cryme Tyme.

- CM Punk promo. He introduced Luke Gallos, better known as Festus. I’d heard talk of this storyline a while ago but thought they must have dropped it. Anyway, Punk said he helped Gallos to get over his years of drug abuse. Punk had a copy of the new Jeff Hardy DVD and noted that the last chapter of the DVD featured Jeff’s final match in WWE. Matt Hardy interrupted to defend Jeff, which led to…

- Matt Hardy beat CM Punk via DQ when Gallos interfered.

- Batista beat Kane via countout in a No. 1 contender’s match. Pretty good match.

- John Morrison beat Eric Escobar to retain the Intercontinental Title. Afterwards, Vickie Guerrero broke up with Escobar. I wondered if he’s heading back to development as his short run has done him no favours.

- Undertaker beat Chris Jericho via DQ when Batista, who was on commentary, hit the ring and beat up Undertaker. CM Punk hit the ring and the three of them beat up Taker. Kane made the save to close the show.