January 17, 2014 WWE SmackDown Spoilers

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WWE taped the January 17, 2014 episode of WWE SmackDown from the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. Here are full WWE SmackDown spoilers.

Dark Match

* Alexander Rusev defeated Tyson Kidd by submission. Rusev cut a promo before the match but was met with “What?” chants from the crowd. The crowd was said to be hot for Kidd.

WWE SmackDown

* The Miz is on commentary with JBL and Michael Cole.

* The New Age Outlaws vs. Cody Rhodes and Goldust kicks off SmackDown with a non-title match. The Outlaws do their usual schtick but don’t mention CM Punk. The match is going back and forth until Vickie Guerrero interrupts. She’s booed so loud you can’t hear what she’s saying but it’s something about how it’s every man for himself, brother vs. brother and friend vs. friend in the Royal Rumble. Billy Gunn takes advantage of the distraction and rolls Cody up for the win.

* Backstage segment with CM Punk and Renee Young. Punk has called out all three members of The Shield for tonight.

* Paul Heyman comes out to the ring and gets booed big time. He puts over Brock Lesnar and says Big Show would never hurt him because of Lesnar. Heyman says Lesnar will be on RAW. Big Show’s music hits and out he comes to a big pop. Show hits the ring and Heyman runs away through the crowd. Show has a replay shown from where he tossed Lesnar on RAW. Show says this time he will knock Lesnar out.

* Eva Marie ring announces the next match but the audio goes out on her half way in. Rey Mysterio vs. Alberto Del Rio is up next. Mysterio cuts a promo and mentions Batista but Del Rio attacks him to start the match. Lots of back and forth. Del Rio works on Rey’s knee. Rey hits 619 but Del Rio blocks the splash with his knees. Mysterio blocks a kick and rolls Del Rio up for the win. After the match, Del Rio beats Rey down. Del Rio locks Rey in the cross armbreaker and won’t let up until the referee breaks it.

* Naomi vs. Tamina Snuka is up next. Cameron and AJ Lee are at ringside. This was described as a very sloppy Divas matches with several botches. Cameron attacked AJ at ringside and beats her down. Naomi gets the win after a springboard flip off the ropes.

* We get a recap of the RAW main event. The Wyatt Family makes their way out as fans chant for Daniel Bryan. Bray says he wanted to grow up like his father but he was never good enough so he was cast out of his fathers kingdom to walk among the sheep. Bray says he was destined for greater things. He crawled out of the hole and Sister Abigail saved him. She sang sweet songs to him and he became enthralled with her. As he laid there on RAW, Bray realized he needed to sacrifice himself to be reborn and become the creature he wants to be. Bray says he gave Bryan a chance to walk with the reapers but now he will burn.

* CM Punk is back with Renee Young. He says he’s calling out The Shield and The New Age Outlaws, all five of them. She asks if that’s career suicide and he says it’s a gift for The Authority to do what they want.

* The Bella Twins announce the next match and it’s Fandango vs. Big E Langston. Big E gets the win with his finisher.

* Promos for Batista and The Ultimate Warrior.

* Renee interviews The Shield backstage.

* Aksana announces the next match and it’s The Usos vs. Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro. Zeb Colter came out in a wheelchair to sell the attack from Big Show on RAW. Colter cuts a promo before the match. The Usos come out with their ribs bandaged up. The Usos end up getting the win.

* CM Punk calling out The Shield and The New Age Outlaws is next. Punk comes out to the biggest pop of the night. Punk says unlike The Authority, he isn’t a coward. Punk runs down Triple H, saying he hides behind his wife. The Shield’s music hits and they come through the crowd. The New Age Outlaws come from the ramp. They all surround the ring. Kane’s pyro goes off and out he comes. He tells everyone to stand down. Kane says Punk’s anger is misplaced and The Authority wants him to main event WrestleMania, that’s why he’s in the Royal Rumble. Kane gives his word that his new directive is to make sure Punk has the respect he deserves. Kane leaves but Punk calls him back and insults him. Kane says “get em boys” and Punk is beat down. Kane chokeslams Punk and stands over him before heading to the back and ending the show.



Source: http://www.pwmania.com/spoilers-wwe-smackdown-taping-results-1-17-14#ixzz2qRTLpdu7

gerTheGreat

Is Lilian Garcia promoting a new album or something? Where's Tony Chimel? I've never heard of the divas being used to announce the matches before.

beakerjoe

Looks like a way of promoting Total Divas further perhaps?

Also JBL and The Miz on commentary, wonder if The Miz brings up him being bullied by Bradshaw years ago.

SimonQuinlank

gerTheGreat wrote: »

Is Lilian Garcia promoting a new album or something? Where's Tony Chimel? I've never heard of the divas being used to announce the matches before.

Used to happen frequently enough for no particular reason,other than eye candy.I can remember Stacy,Torrie Wilson,Sable,Michelle McCool and Candice Michelle all doing ring announcing duties in years gone by.

Cianan2

Would Kane have a story Vs the Authority? Remember he said on raw he would have the key to the cage

CSF

Cianan2 wrote: »

Would Kane have a story Vs the Authority? Remember he said on raw he would have the key to the cage

Kane is surely on the way out. He mustn't be fit to wrestle, and his current place is adding nothing to any storyline.

Charisteas

CSF wrote: »

Kane is surely on the way out. He mustn't be fit to wrestle, and his current place is adding nothing to any storyline.

I actually assumed they were going in the opposite direction with Kane here judging by this weeks TV.

I may be way off the mark here but it looks like Punk is going to feud with the authority going into Mania season, so I can only imagine/guess that Punk would somehow be screwed in the Rumble, setting up Punk v Kane at Elimination Chamber, then I suppose the pay-off would be Punk v Triple H at Mania.

Angron

I believe Kane is still in decent shape to wrestle, I know there's been pics of him wrestling at house shows and the like.

I'll feel a little annoyed if he retires before he gets the "Most overall eliminations" in the Rumble, though I imagine Trips might want Michaels to hold onto that one.

CSF

Wasn't aware Kane was wrestling at house shows. Whole thing doesn't make that much sense.

rovert

CSF wrote: »

Wasn't aware Kane was wrestling at house shows. Whole thing doesn't make that much sense.

Not talking about the creative end but from an operational POV the WWE roster is now a lot smaller than it has been in their modern history. They have 10 less wrestlers than they normally have on average in recent years. So they are short handed house show wise just in terms of head count. Even moreso when you count people with star power.

CSF

rovert wrote: »

Not talking about the creative end but from an operational POV the WWE roster is now a lot smaller than it has been in their modern history. They have 10 less wrestlers than they normally have on average in recent years. So they are short handed house show wise just in terms of head count. Even moreso when you count people with star power.

Doesn't that make it even more strange then, that Kane isn't being used for anything at all. I haven't been a fan of his for years, but he had seemed to be considered somewhat useful, at least until the Wyatt abduction anyway.

buckfasterer

rovert wrote: »

Not talking about the creative end but from an operational POV the WWE roster is now a lot smaller than it has been in their modern history. They have 10 less wrestlers than they normally have on average in recent years. So they are short handed house show wise just in terms of head count. Even moreso when you count people with star power.

Yet JTG still isnt anywhere to be seen :cool:

rovert

Apparently the reason for Aksana's push came to light at these tapings. She's in the next season of Total Divas and you would assume replacing JoJo

Charisteas

The last time I heard Aksana talk she could barely speak English. I assume if she's going on Total Divas then she's been taking her evening classes?

Should put Alicia Fox on Total Divas instead. Of course AJ would be great to how her and Punk live their lives, but that could damage her character.

After having just recently caught up to date with my Total Divas viewing, it's safe to say that Trinity would make by far the best girlfriend/wife out of the bunch

SimonQuinlank

They should hire Eva Marie's father and brothers and bring them in as a team!

gnfnrhead

rovert wrote: »

Not talking about the creative end but from an operational POV the WWE roster is now a lot smaller than it has been in their modern history. They have 10 less wrestlers than they normally have on average in recent years. So they are short handed house show wise just in terms of head count. Even moreso when you count people with star power.

The roster is massive. I counted not long ago and think it was close to 100 including NXT, but excluding Divas on both.

Star power is a different story.

GTR63

gnfnrhead wrote: »

The roster is massive. I counted not long ago and think it was close to 100 including NXT, but excluding Divas on both.

Star power is a different story.

Said the same before the roster is huge but how they use them is the other story. How many times have I read no more are coming up from NXT without a long term plan then you see them fart out this rubbish Xavier Woods storyline with Brodus Clay

DM_7

gnfnrhead wrote: »

The roster is massive. I counted not long ago and think it was close to 100 including NXT, but excluding Divas on both.

Star power is a different story.

At house shows People want to see the guys they actually know so NXT is out.

If you discount NXT, exclude the inactive or not doing house show wrestlers and split in two the number wouldn't be huge. Also factor in the people expect/want to see likes of the Shield as a unit and you need six names for one match.

Machismo Fan

DM-ICE wrote: »

Also factor in the people expect/want to see likes of the Shield as a unit and you need six names for one match.

Or just four as has recently been the case.

gnfnrhead

DM-ICE wrote: »

At house shows People want to see the guys they actually know so NXT is out.

If you discount NXT, exclude the inactive or not doing house show wrestlers and split in two the number wouldn't be huge. Also factor in the people expect/want to see likes of the Shield as a unit and you need six names for one match.

Stick them on the under card. Two matches for the NXT guys and you only need about 20-25 for each show. If they cant manage that, they are seriously in trouble.

GTR63

That Divas match was rough. Naomi was lucky to be okay after that faceplant.
Btw Miz on commentary is surely a one night deal yeah?

CastorTroy

Found it strange how AJ is one of the longest running women's/divas champion but even though they kept mentioning the milestones, no one seemed to attempt to take it off her before the milestones.

Charisteas

There was also a nice Mae Young tribute video package on the show, which will likely be repeated on Raw though.

gnfnrhead

CastorTroy wrote: »

Found it strange how AJ is one of the longest running women's/divas champion but even though they kept mentioning the milestones, no one seemed to attempt to take it off her before the milestones.

Ever since the Kaitlyn feud it has been AJ vs random Total Diva to promote a crappy TV show instead of the title. I think they are leaving her with the title until Wrestlemania so random Total Diva that nobody cares about can win it there.

Charisteas

Or Mickie James hopefully!