All that is and shall be again on Friday night…
R-Truth beat Ryan Braddock in a dark match.
– Vickie Guerrero announced Jeff Hardy vs Edge for the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble. Triple H came out to ask her if he was in the Royal Rumble but she said the Smackdown entrants would be announced later. The Hs made fat jokes and she wound up admitting that he was in the Rumble. He showed her a Vickie Guerrero action figure, which had a skinny body. He said there was an eBay auction for nude photos of her being bid on by someone called ChavoG2009.
– Finlay & Khali beat Hakwins & Ryder. There were ample comedy spots involving Khali and Hornswoggle.
– Michelle McCool was interviewed backstage. She said Maria was jealous of her and intentionally cost her the Divas title.
– Edge was backstage fretting about the nude Vickie photos on eBay. Big Show said he had seen the pictures and Edge confronted him. Edge walked off as Big Show smirked with an intent to smirk some more.
– The Kendrick & The Zeke beat Jesse & Festus when Ezekiel pinned Jesse.
– Vladimir Kozlov beat Hurricane Helms.
– Jim Ross announced the Smackdown entrants for the Royal Rumble. They are Triple H, Big Show, Vladimir Kozlov and Shelton Benjamin. There were more but Shelton interrupted him and cut a promo, claiming that he would realise his WrestleMania main event dream in 2009. The lights went out and when they came back on The Undertaker was in the ring and chokeslammed him.
– Michelle McCool apologised for hitting Maria. She called out Eve and apologised to her too. They hugged but Michelle attacked Eve as she left the ring, kicking her head into the crowd barrier.
– Vickie and Chavo Guerrero demanded an apology from Triple H. He made more fat jokes and she told him that on the next show he would have to wrestle 3 times – a Tables Match, a Handicap Match and a Last Man Standing Match.
– Kizarny beat MVP in his debut match with a double underhook DDT. Mr Kennedy came out afterwards and mocked MVP.
– They announced Carlito & Primo vs The Kendrick & The Zeke for the tag titles next week.
– The Hardys beat Edge & Big Show when Jeff hit the Swanton on Edge, who had been abandoned by Show. The Hardys posed with their titles to end the show.
