Hardy / Mysterio Wins Via DQ on Friday Night Smackdown

Hardy / Mysterio Wins Via DQ on Friday Night Smackdown

WWE Smackdown
July 17, 2009
Miami, FL
Report by: Mike Tedesco of WrestleView.com

The Smackdown video plays and we’re brought into the arena with a great pyro display. Jim Ross and Todd Grisham welcome us to the show and announce our Main Event will be Jeff Hardy and Rey Mysterio taking on Chris Jericho and Dolph Ziggler. Also we’ll have an exclusive interview with Edge.

Jeff Hardy’s music hits and the crowd come to their feet cheering. It’s a shame he’s leaving soon because he is super over. Hardy gets in the ring and grabs a microphone. Hardy says last week CM Punk came on this show and made a shocking revelation. We now see footage of CM Punk from last week telling Hardy that he’s had zero strikes, zero suspensions, and zero trips to rehab. Punk then tells Hardy his chances of beating him at Night of Champions is also zero.

Hardy says CM Punk doesn’t get it. Hardy says Punk brings up Hardy’s mistakes like he’s trying to hide behind something. Hardy says he wants to straighten something out – everyone makes mistakes. He’s made mistakes and has been suspended twice. Hardy says he hasn’t failed a test in over a year and he has never been to rehab – he’s always healed himself. At Night of Champions he will beat CM Punk.

CM Punk’s music hits and the World Heavyweight Champion makes his way to the ring. It looks like his eye has finally healed. Punk gets in the ring and apologizes, saying he’s a little taken back right now. Punk asks if this is what it has come to – people cheering because he hasn’t failed a drug test in a year. Punk says this is not an accomplishment and the fans are chanting to him that he sucks. Punk says maybe it’s an accomplishment to him that he hasn’t failed a drug test in 365 days. Punk says he should start writing his Hall of Fame speech now.

Hardy says he hopes Punk came out for something else because he’s tired of hearing the same thing week after week. Punk says it’s the same thing week after week because Hardy doesn’t listen and never has. Punk reminds Hardy that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Punk asks if Hardy remembers that from school and then says probably not because he was a screw-up then, too. Punk asks how many tests he failed and classes he skipped. Punk asks how many times he was expelled. Hardy asks if Punk is trying to be his guidance councilor. Punk says maybe Hardy should wish he was because he would have set him straight. Hardy would never have drank, smoked, or been on the path he is on now. Punk tells Hardy to look at himself and realize he’s a joke. Hardy comes out and brags that he’s been suspended twice before bragging that he’s never been to rehab. Punk asks Hardy who he thinks he is.

Hardy says he’s the next World Heavyweight Champion. Punk says Hardy is a dreamer and that a guy like him could never beat him. Punk says he’s straight-edge. Alcohol has never touched his lips. Punk has never smoked and he doesn’t do drugs. Punk says a year from now he’ll still be champion while Hardy will fall back into the same vicious cycle. Hardy will lose to him and he’ll fall back into his vices. Punk repeats that over and over. Hardy says he guesses he’s not as perfect as Punk. Punk says maybe he should be perfect because there’s a sea of kids wearing Jeff Hardy t-shirts and that scares him because Hardy is his hero. That means there are millions of kids out there that are just going to see their hero become just a statistic.

Hardy has had enough and pushes Punk right out of the ring by the face. Punk gets up angrily and says he’s going to be the bigger man because he has a match next. However nothing is going to stop him from tearing Hardy apart at Night of Champions. Punk then goes to sit by Justin Roberts as the crowd chants for Hardy.

Main Event Match

Chris Jericho & Dolph Ziggler vs. Jeff Hardy & Rey Mysterio

The match begins and it’ll be Hardy taking on Jericho. They circle the ring before locking up. Jericho quickly gets a headlock and Hardy just as quickly whips him off. Jericho shoulder blocks him down and talks trash. Jericho goes into the ropes, over and under Hardy, and is taken down by a dropkick. Hardy gets Jericho in the corner and stomps him there for a bit. Hardy whips Jericho into the corner and hits his slingshot corner dropkick. Hardy gets a two count for that. Hardy punches Jericho the corner and has a whip to the opposite reversed on him. Hardy attempts to slingshot over Jericho but Jericho catches him and puts him on the apron. Jericho then hits a springboard dropkick, sending Hardy to the outside, as we go to commercial.

-Commercial Break-

We come back from the break to see Ziggler kicking Hardy in the ribs while Jericho holds him. This gets Ziggler a near fall. Ziggler stands over Hardy and punches him a few times. Ziggler then hits a big elbow drop for a near fall. Ziggler locks a headlock on now and really wrenches it on, using all his body weight. Hardy fights up but Ziggler controls him. Ziggler keeps him down until Hardy fights up but Ziggler quickly slams him down. Ziggler makes the tag to Jericho.

Jericho punches Hardy a few times before picking him up and slapping him. Hardy pushes and kicks Jericho but Jericho quickly fights back with a kick and punch. Jericho sends Hardy into the ropes and clotheslines him down. Jericho hits a fist drop for a near fall. Jericho goes for a body slam but Hardy slides off, goes into the ropes, and hits a twisting clothesline. Hardy then makes the desperation tag to Rey Mysterio.

Mysterio springboards off the top rope with a seated senton to Jericho. Mysterio goes into the ropes, ducks a clothesline, and hits a springboard cross-body block for a near fall. Mysterio kicks Jericho in the corner but has a whip to the opposite corner reversed on him. Jericho charges into Mysterio’s boot and Mysterio comes off the second rope with a flying hurricanrana! Mysterio then forearms Ziggler off the apron. Mysterio turns into a kick from Jericho and Jericho goes for a sunset flip but Mysterio rolls through and kicks Jericho in the head for a near fall. Mysterio punches Jericho and Jericho punches back, stunning Mysterio. Jericho sends Mysterio into the ropes and Mysterio counters with a hurricanrana, putting Jericho in position for the 619! Ziggler makes a blind tag to Jericho and gets off the apron while Mysterio hits the move! Mysterio goes to springboard to the top rope but Ziggler, the legal man, pulls him off the apron and into the barricade!

Ziggler bounces Mysterio’s head off the apron and puts him back in the ring. Ziggler covers for a near fall. Ziggler locks a headlock on and uses all his body weight for support. Ziggler is looking really good. Mysterio powers up at the will of the fans and elbows out. Ziggler cuts him off with a knee and sends him into the corner hard sternum first. Ziggler gets a near fall for that. Ziggler sends him to the corner again sternum first and charges into a back elbow. Mysterio then springboards off the first rope and hits a head-scissors, driving Ziggler shoulder first into the ring post. The crowd is molten, shaking the cameras as they stomp! Both men make the tags!

Hardy clotheslines Jericho down twice, hits an inverted atomic drop, and leg drops his midsection. Hardy kicks him in the face and covers for a near fall. Jericho counters a whip to the corner and goes for a face buster but Hardy ducks that and hits Whisper in the Wind for a near fall! This crowd is on fire. Hardy goes for a hurricanrana but Jericho counters into a Wall of Jericho attempt. Hardy powers him off and hits the Twist of Fate! Hardy goes to the top rope and hits the Swanton Bomb! This crowd is going nuts as he covers and it’s broken up by Dolph Ziggler!

Mysterio runs in and dropkicks Ziggler down. Hardy follows Jericho to the outside and Hardy throws Jericho into CM Punk! CM Punk is angry and he throws Chris Jericho into Jeff Hardy, sending Jeff Hardy face first into the ring steps! Jeff Hardy and Rey Mysterio are disqualified!

Winners by Disqualification: Chris Jericho & Dolph Ziggler

Rey Mysterio gets in CM Punk’s face and Dolph Ziggler blindsides him with a baseball slide. Ziggler then hits his finisher, a Jumping Russian Leg Sweep, on the outside! That’s a nasty bump! CM Punk looks on as Chris Jericho throws Jeff Hardy in the ring and hits the Codebreaker! CM Punk looks on and does nothing as Jericho locks Hardy in the Walls of Jericho! CM Punk simply walks away as Hardy is tapping in the ring. Hardy lays broken in the ring as the show ends.

read the full Smackdown result here