Welcome to Friday Night Smackdown and this week we come to you from Fort Wayne, Indiana and right out of the gate we kick things off with tag team action.

Sheamus & Randy Orton vs Team Rhodes Scholars

Damien Sandow calls for silence and says what happened last Monday on Raw was nothing short of a professional and managerial abomination. Not only was their surefire victory from the New Age Outlaws taken away from Team Rhodes  Scholars, not only was their post-match endeavour with the Bella Twins postponed, but they were put into a match they were neither physically or mentally prepared for against Sheamus and Randy Orton whom he refers to as two vulgarians. Sandow then goes to relate a story told to him but Rhodes says Sheamus and Orton don’t deserve the story and says it’s simple, they ruined Team Rhodes Scholars’ date and night so now it’s their turn to ruin Sheamus & Orton’s.

Rhodes starts things off against Sheamus and a side headlock takedown by Sheamus.Side headlock by Sheamus and Rhodes with an irish whip gets floored with a shoulderblock from Sheamus. Rhodes unloads on Sheamus. Irish whip by Sheamus reversed by Rhodes. Rhodes with the leap frog and Sheamus goes to deliver a powerslam but Rhodes counters. Sandow looking for a kick but Sheamus grabs his leg and takes him down landing an elbow drop. Sandow unloads on Sheamus.  Irish whip by Sandow, reversed by Sheamus. Sheamus with a shoulder tackle in the corner follows it up with a kneelift. Series of axehandles by Sheamus. Sheamus looking for White Noise but Sandow counters. Sheamus with The Fiery  Red Hand on Sandow and Rhodes gets knocked off the apron. Sandow with a neck snap off the ropes. Sheamus to the outside takes out Sandow. Rhodes with the Disaster Kick to Sheamus

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Sheamus unloading on Rhodes. Rhodes with a dropkick to Sheamus. Sandow to the outside unloading on Sheamus. Sheamus fighting back with a series of headbutts. Rhodes cuts Sheamus off before he can make the tag and drops a knee on Sheamus.  Rhodes going to work on the arm. Sandow back in unloading punch after punch on Sheamus. Front facelock by Sandow and Sheamus tryimg tp mount a comeback but Sandow still in control. Sandow runs into a boot from Sheamus. Sheamus from the top rope connects with the battering ram. Orton gets the tag and hits a series of clotheslines to both Rhodes and Sandow. Powerslam to Rhodes. T-bone suplex by Orton and he sets Rhodes up hitting the DDT. Sandow runs in after Orton but eats a Brogue Kick courtesy of Sheamus. Orton with the RKO to Rhodes for the three count

The winners of the match: Sheamus & Randy Orton

Post Match: The Shield’s music hits. Orton and Sheamus are looking around but The Shield appear on the Titantron and tell Orton and Sheamus they don’t have to be afraid. Or do they? Just not tonight. The Shield tell Orton and Sheamus they should know that the ring they are standing in belongs to The Shield and if they still don’t believe that well they can ask The Big Show. Because on Monday night they dropped the Big Show and they served justice to the Big Show just like they’ve served justice to every major force in this industry and proceed to run down the list which include Ryback, Sheamus, Ortn, John Cena & The Rock. That brings up an interesting point. They’ve taken Cena and Rock multiple times and laid them out. Flattened them in the centre of the ring just to prove they can and yet those two criminals continue to take from The Shield. Because they are the main event at Wrestlemania and somehow the most dominant force in this company, The Shield, doesn’t even have a match at Wrestlemania and that is the greatest injustice they’ve ever heard of but that’s an injustice they’re going to serve themselves. They say no more games and challenge Orton, Sheamus and a partner of their choice. Any partner they want but to make sure they choose the right partner. Orton says he’s in and Sheamus says he’ll see The Shield at Wrestlemania. The Shield then say The Showcase Of The Immortals now and forever becomes The Showcase Of Justice and at Wrestlemania they will believe.

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We get the Fandango promo we have been seeing for weeks

We then get a re-cap from this past Monday night’s Raw where Brock Lesnar answered Triple H’s challenge.

Backstage: Big Show walks in and says he hears Sheamus and Orton are having some problems with The Shield and that they could use a tag team partner. Sheamus then asks if Show’s looking for the third spot as his and Orton’s tag team partner and Show says he doesn’t trust either of them. But in lieu of recent events that’s exactly what he’s saying. They need a tag team partner that’s merciless, that’s brutal, that’s vicious. A tag team partner that can bulldoze anything that’s in front of him. They need a tag team partner that’s an ultimate destroyer. Orton says he couldn’t agree more. Show says they won’t regret this decision. Smart move. Sheamus says Show’s dead right and say he and Orton have selected Ryback to be their tag team partner. Ryback walks in and Show looks at him and walks off.

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Kaitlyn & Layla vs Tamina Snuka & Aksana

Lock up between Layla and Tamina and Tamina pushes Layla down in the corner. Tamina runs into a boot from Layla. Kick to Tamina and Layla looking for the irish whip but Tamina blocks it. Irish whip by Tamina and Layla with a kick to the face and a roundhouse. Layla with a high kick but Tamina blocks it and pushes her down to the mat. Tamina with the hair whip to Layla. Boot on the throat by Tamina and an irish whip into the corner. Aksana with a series of kicks. Frequent tags between Tamina and Aksana keeping Layla in their corner as The Funkadactyls look on from the backstage area. Side Russian legsweep by Aksana. Aksana with the bow and arrow submission on Layla. Tamina with a suplex to Layla. A punch by Tamina and Layla fires back with a series of punches but Tamina with a knee to Layla. Irish whip and Tamina misses the splash in the corner. Layla with a roll up but only gets a two count. Tamina preventing the tag but Layla kicks her away. Kaitlyn with a back elbow to Aksana. Clothesline to Aksana and a clothesline off the irish whip. Kaitlyn has Aksana hooked and drops the inverted DDT.  Slam by Aksana and Kaitlyn counters pushing Aksana into Tamina sending Tamina off the apron to the floor.  Kaitlyn with the spear to Aksana and Layla tags herself in. Layla off the ropes with the crossbody onto Aksana for the three count

The winners of the match: Kaitlyn & Layla

Backstage: The Bellas walk in and The Funkadactyls tell them they’re happy The Bellas are back and they’ve been a big influence on them. They say they know they’re not twins but dress alike and grew up watching The Bellas. Nikki then insults them and Brie says they didn’t mean any disrespect they just wanted to introduce themselves and a brawl ensues before officials run in to break it up.

We get the Raw Rebound from this past Monday night and the tribute to the late William “Paul Bearer” Moody.

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Kane vs Dolph Ziggler

Kane with knees in the corner to Ziggler landing kicks and punches. Shoulder tackle in the corner by Kane. Hiptoss out of the corner by Kane. Kane misses the clothesline in the corner but a punch to Ziggler sends him to the outside. Kane to the outside after Ziggler. Kane up on the apron, Ziggler looking for a punch but Kane grabs him by the throat. A kick and punch by Ziggler Ziggler off the ropes runs into the big boot. Series of slams by Kane. Irish whip by Kane but he runs into an elbow. Irish whip blocked by Kane and Kane reverses but Ziggler with a kick. Kane sends Ziggler over the ropes but he lands on the apron and a punch to Kane. Ziggler snapping Kane’s neck on the top rope. Ziggler off the top ropes with a dropkick to Kane. Kick to the head by Ziggler and an elbow drop. Ziggler with the front facelock but Kane gets to his feet and drops Ziggler face first to the mat. Ziggler trips Kane and he hits head first on the turnbuckle. DDT by Ziggler to Kane. Ziggler with punches to Kane and Kane with a clothesline. Suplex by Kane and a low dropkick to Ziggler. Kane with the series of clotheslines in the corner. Kane going for the side slam but Ziggler counters with the sleeperhold. Kane backs Ziggler into the corner. Kane runs into a boot. Ziggler off the top ropes and Kane catches him with an uppercut. Kane off the top rope with the flying clothesline. Kane setting up for the chokeslam but AJ on the apron pleading with him not to. On the outside Bryan and Langston brawl and Langston throws Bryan over the barricade, turns around and catches a big boot from Kane. Kane back in and Ziggler with the Famouser, and follows up with the ZigZag for the three count

The winner of the match: Dolph Ziggler

Post Match: Ziggler looking down at Kane but Kane reaches up and grabs him by the throat looking for the chokeslam but Langston mows him down and drops Kane with the Big Ending.

We get our second mock skit from Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez and this time the topic they tackle is Borders

Backstage: R-Truth and Chris Jericho are watching the skit and laughing and in walk Zeb Colter and Jack Swagger. Swagger asks if Jericho thinks it’s funny when Swagger beat Jericho and 4 other superstars to win the Elimination Chamber and put the weight of an entire nation on his back. He’s not only fighting for the World Heavyweight Championship but also for the soul of his country and Jericho is here joking about it and says Jericho is no different than Del Rio. He snuck across the border from Canada, came into Swagger’s country and now Jericho is trying to take what doesn’t belong to him. What belongs to real americans.  Jericho tells Swagger he grew up in Canada but he was born an American just like Swagger so that must make Jericho a “real american” too. Jericho then asks Colter if he’s a real american. Jericho tells Swagger instead of worrying about politics, immigration and naturalization he should worry about the fact that this is Wrestlemania season and he has a title match against  Alberto Del Rio in just a few weeks. But more importantly he has a match against Jericho tonight and says until Swagger and Colter can beat him they should shut the hell up.

We get  yet another Fandango promo

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Fandango vs Great Khali

 Fandango comes out and says he is a distinguished interpretor of the language of dance and calls Khali’s dancing unacceptable. He calls Khali stretch and says it’s obvious he can’t dance at all and wants to see if Khali can pronounce his name correctly. Khali mispronounces it and Fandango tells Khali to be quiet and follow his lead. Khali messes it up and Fandango calls it horrible saying he hopes Khali has a lot of money to reimburse the people here tonight because they’re missing out on the debut of Fandango.

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We get the Wrestlemania 29 Main Event preview

Backstage: Matt Striker says it’s official. At Wrestlemania it will be Randy Orton, Sheamus and Ryback taking on The Shield. Sheamus says the odds appear in their favour with Ryback as their tag team partner. The Shield then attack

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Mark Henry vs Ryback

Henry and Ryback lock up and Ryback powers Henry into the corner but The Shield’s music plays and they come out through the crowd. Henry leaves the ring and The Shield run in for a three on one attack but Ryback clears the ring. All three are back in and it’s three on one again as Henry looks on from the outside. The Shield deliver the triple powerbomb to Ryback and exit the ring. Henry then steps back into the ring and delivers a series of World’s Strongest Slams.

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Jack Swagger vs Chris Jericho

Waistlock by Swagger. Side headlock by Jericho but Swagger backs him into the corner.  Swagger delivering kicks and punches and Jericho chopping his way out of the corner. Irish whip by Jericho reversed by Swagger and kick to the face by Jericho. Clothesline to Swagger and Jericho follows up with a knee. Backdrop by Jericho but Swagger lands on the apron. Springboard dropkick sends Swagger to the floor

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Swagger with a running knee in the corner. Stomp on Jericho by Swagger. Submission hold on Jericho. Jericho counters with a back suplex. Clothesline to Jericho. Front facelock by Swagger on Jericho. Irish whip by Swagger and diving leg takedown . Swagger going for the Patriot Lock but Jericho kicks him away. Belly to belly suplex by Swagger

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Running clothesline in the corner by Swagger. Jericho with the DDT. Series of kicks by Jericho. Swagger elevates Jericho dropping him on the mat. Jericho counters the gutwrench looking to lock in The Walls. Swagger counters into the Patriot Lock. Jericho reverses into The Walls. Colter on the apron as Swagger reaches the ropes. Baseball slide by Jericho. Jericho on the outside irish whip as Swagger hits the ring steps shoulder first. Jericho up to the top rope and crossbody onto Swagger. Jericho with knee strikes to Swagger and Swagger trips Jericho causing him to fall against the turnbuckle. Swagger misses with the splash. Jericho goes for the codebreaker but Swagger counters and throws him into the corner as Jericho hits his head against the turnbuckle. Swagger with the gutwrench powerbomb for the three count

The winner of the match: Jack Swagger

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