Smackdown Results 07/13/12

Smackdown Results from Denver, CO:

The show opened with Zack Ryder getting introduced by Lilian Garcia.  He came out and had a fist-pump with people in the crowd going.  Ryder talked about how this would be the great episode ever, but he was soon interrupted by Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez.  Del Rio said Ryder's a "clown," and while he's busy with his Internet championship, Del Rio will be the real World Champion after Sunday's PPV.  Ryder said someone wants to get their hands on ADR, and that will be his opponent, right now.  Out came Sin Cara for an opening match.

Alberto Del Rio defeated Sin Cara by submission.  Sin Cara was in control towards the end and went for a Swanton move off the top rope.  He missed it, and Del Rio quickly put on the Cross Armbreaker submission hold to make Cara tap out.

Backstage, Teddy Long congratulated Ryder on his work tonight running SmackDown.  The Big Show showed up and said Ryder's doing a terrible job.  He went to throw a KO punch, but Khali showed up and blocked it.  Ryder introduced Show to his opponent tonight.  Show left, and Khali did Ryder's catchphrase.

Primo defeated Darren Young by pinfall.  Abraham Washington, Titus O'Neil, Epico, and Rosa were all ringside.  AW had a mic during the match so the arena could hear him.  Late in the match, Young rolled through a move from Primo and then put him on his shoulders.  Primo escaped and went for the Backstabber, but Young blocked it.  Primo did an inside cradle to get the pinfall win.

Ryder and Sheamus were seen talking backstage, with Zack warning the champ not to mix it up with Del Rio tonight.  Chris Jericho came in and made an insult joke about Ryder's spray tan.  Sheamus challenged Jericho to a match, but Jericho said he was just there to observe.  Ryder and Jericho debated if the match was worth doing and finally Ryder booked it.  Sheamus said he'd run Jericho over tonight.

Dolph Ziggler and Cody Rhodes defeated Christian and Santino Marella via pinfall.  Late in the match, Marella and Ziggler were battling.  Marella hit several of his big moves on Dolph and prepared for The Cobra, but Rhodes attacked Marella.  Christian came in to take out Rhodes.  All of that distraction allowed Ziggler to hit Zig Zag on Santino for the pinfall win.

The Big Show defeated Great Khali by pinfall in about 30 seconds or so.  They exchanged chops early.  Khali started to celebrate but then Big Show landed his KO punch for the win in quick fashion.

Ryback defeated Tyler Reks by pinfall.  Reks said he'd be the first to defeat Ryback tonight after footage was shown of Ryback's win over Curt Hawkins.  Reks got the early advantage and beat up Ryback in the corner.  However when Reks went against the ropes he came back to a huge boot from Ryback.  Later, Ryback hit a belly-to-belly suplex and other offensive moves.  He did a huge clothesline and then his finisher for the win in about 2 minutes.

Damien Sandow defeated Justin Gabriel by pinfall  Late in the match, Gabriel connected on a kick to the back of Sandow's head.  However, Sandow responded fast by grabbing Gabriel and kneeing him in the mid-section repeatedly.  Sandow hit a neck-tie neckbreacker as his finisher in about 1:30.  

Sheamus defeated Chris Jericho by pinfall.  Late in the match, Sheamus hit White Noise for a 2 count.  He went for a Brogue Kick, but missed, and Jericho hit the Codebreaker.  Jericho crawled to make the cover, with Sheamus kicking out at two.  Moments later, Sheamus went off the top and Jericho hit another Codebreaker.  Once again Sheamus was able to kick out at two.  Jericho screamed at Sheamus to get up.  Sheamus did and Jericho charged at him, but Jericho was hit by a Brogue Kick.

Post-match, Sheamus was going up the ramp with his title after his big win.  All of a sudden, Alberto Del Rio's music hit and one of his expensive cars drove out near the ramp.  However, ADR attacked Sheamus from behind, kicking him to the head.  ADR kicked Sheamus off the stage and then put on the cross arm-breaker.  Several referees came out to break up the attack as the show ended with ADR's music playing.