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What's going to happen on SmackDown tonight? The Road to WrestleMania has a lot of twists and turns. One of the twists is the fact that Jack Swagger has a new side to him, thanks to his manager "Uncle" Zeb Colter, that has led him to the path of the World Heavyweight Championship. The champion Alberto Del Rio is the main target for Zeb and Jack's rants on Raw, SmackDown and YouTube. Who will get more momentum leading up to the biggest PPV of the wrestling year? Also, tonight is Social Media SmackDown, but what does that entail? Tune in to find out! As always you can join us in the AngryMarks chat to discuss the show.

WWE "Social Media SmackDown"

SmackDown comes from Oklahoma City this week. Ricardo Rodriguez introduces his amigo, the World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio to the ring. Michael Cole welcomes us to the show along with Josh Mathews AND Jerry Lawler! This week, we open the show with a MATCH! Damien Sandow comes out next and has a microphone, so it looks like SOMEONE will still talk first. Damien Sandow: "Others will say what they will, but I believe you fit right in with the rest of America - poor grammar, lackluster word choice, and sentence structure that is absolutely abhorant. SILENCE! And above all, you, the World Heavyweight Champion, are accompanied by a man with an outdated rented tuxedo weilding a spit bucket! I, on the other hand, am accompanied only by my superior intellect, my timeless good looks, and the jealous gazes of the unwashed masses. You're Welcome!" Alberto Del Rio: "Oh hey hey hey, hold on, hold on. You wanna talk about unwashed? Ricardo, he wants to talk about unwashed. I think you need to wash your mouth because it smells like CACA!" Both men disrobe their entrance attire and the match gets underway. Also, Happy Birthday to General Manager Booker T!

* Alberto Del Rio {World Champion} vs. Damien Sandow

They circle each other then lock up, Sandow gets a side headlock and knocks him down with a shoulder block. Del Rio gets a side headlock and does a two shoulder blocks this time. Sandow rolls away to the apron, makes the ref back him up then gets back in. He does a headlock takeover, Del Rio counters with a rollup and pushes him to a corner for a clean break. Sandow kicks and punches him down in a corner, Del Rio does a snapmare and kicks him in the back. Del Rio body slams him, gets on the second turnbuckle and hits a moonsault for 2. Sandow comes back with headbutts, delivers a suplex, floats over for a 2-count, then he puts him in a chinlock. Del Rio fights out but gets slammed to the mat. Sandow stomps on him then hits a standing kneedrop for 2 and goes back to the chinlock. Del Rio pushes him off, Sandow hits a shoulder block, Del Rio trips him then rolls him up in a mahistral cradle for 2. Sandow clotheslines him for a 2-count, punches him, elbows him in the face, then Del Rio kicks him as he comes off the second turnbuckle. Del Rio tosses him onto the apron and sends him out the ring with an enziguiri before our first commercial break.

WWE ACTIVE: Tony Dawson welcomes us to WWE Active, then takes back back tot he match as it continues. Del Rio slams Sandow's head on the apron, throws hhim in the ring then hits a double axe handle off the top rope for 2. Sandow rolls out the ring, Del Rio follows him, punch, then Sandow pulls him into the ringpost. Sandow stretches him around the ringpost then gets back in and puts him in a chinlock. Back to SyFy!

When we come back Sandow body slams him then hits the Elbow of Disdain elbow drop for 2. He does repeated kneedrops, knees him in the back and applies the rear chinlock. Del Rio battles out, telegraphs a move, then he delivers a German suplex! They trade punches, Del Rio clotheslines him twice, ducks one then does a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker! He waits until Sandow gets to his knees to deliver a superkick for a near-fall! Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter are seen watching the match from a monitor backstage. Sandow counters the Cross Armbreaker with a sitout mat slam for a near-fall. Del Rio pushes him off, swings him on the ropes, delivers forearm smashes to the kidneys and follows up with a double-knee backbreaker (Backstabber) for 2.9! Sandow kicks him as he comes at him and hits the jumping swinging neckbreaker for another near-fall! Sandow knees him in the face, Del Rio counters the Terminus with the Cross Armbreaker and Sandow taps! WINNER: ALBERTO DEL RIO.

WWE ACTIVE: Tony Dawson interviews Del Rio and Ricardo about what this win means to him. Del Rio says he feels like the SmackDown leader being the World Champion. Ricardo reminds him that it's Social Media SmackDown this week, so Del Rio offers the WWE Universe to pick his opponent for next week.

We clips from Monday Night Raw of the epic and awesome match between John Cena vs. CM Punk. Backstage, Kane is in the locker room when Daniel Bryan drops the blindfold that he had on Raw onto Kane. He says that is the only reason they beat the Prime Time Players on Raw (because Bryan was blindfolded) and Kane says that it was his Choke Slam that did the job. Bryan tells him that he went to Booker T and asked for a rematch with the PTP, and this time Kane will be blindfolded, and Kane says "Fine." Bryan is incredulous that Kane is fine with it, Kane says that will prove that he is better than him and also he won't have to look at Bryan's "ugly goat face!" Bryan just shouts NO after Kane left. The Miz heads to the ring before a commercial break.

WWE ACTIVE: Tony Dawson interviews Antonio Cesaro who cuts him off to say that he realizes that it's not the rest of the world who doesn't care for America; Americans don't care for America. He adds that he too no longer cares for America. Now all he cares about is his United States Championship. He finishes off cutting the promo in another language then throws the American flag aside.

* UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP: 2 Out Of 3 Falls Match - The Miz vs. Antonio Cesaro {C}

As Cesaro comes out, we get clips from Raw two weeks ago of Miz defeating Cesaro in a No Disqualification match, earning him this title shot. The lock up and Miz does a schoolboy rollup for 1. Cesaro does a mat slam and rolls him up for 1, then puts him in a side headlock and hits a shoulder block for 1. Miz does a leapfrog, the hiptoss is blocked, he ducks a clothesline and hits a back elbow for 1. Miz rolls through a sunset flip and kicks him in the face for 2. Cesaro rolls out the ring and throws a tantrum before getting back in the ring. He hits him with a European uppercut, Miz does a kneebreaker, Cesaro kicks him off the figure-4 leglock attempt, Miz does a dragon screw leg whip and Cesaro rolls out the ring again. Miz follows in pursuit, and slides under the bottom rope with a rollup for 2. Cesaro counters a kneebreaker with a headlock, reverses an Irish whip, knees him in the gut, gets a 2-count then puts him in a rear chinlock. Miz rolls up him again and only gets 2, then he kicks him, floats over and clotheslines him. The fans start chanting "Miz is awe-some!" Cesaro counters the corner clothesline with a side death valler driver (Swissblade) for 2.9! Miz gets an inside cradle for a near-fall, then CESARO HITS THE NEUTRALIZER FOR THE 3-COUNT! WINNER of the 1st Fall: CESARO. Time for a commercial break.

WWE ACTIVE: The match continues on the WWE App! Miz tosses Cesaro out the ring who sells his leg. He knees him in the gut, Miz moves out the way and Cesaro's knee crashes into the announce table. Back in the ring, Miz counters a move to do a chopblock. Cesaro hits European uppercuts, sticks a boot in Miz's face, gets on the second turnbuckle, then Miz catches him by the legs and applies the Figure-4 Leglock! Cesaro taps! WINNER of the 2nd Fall: MIZ. Back to SyFy!

When we come back, the score is TIED 1-1. We get a replay of during the commercial break, Miz caught Cesaro coming off the turnbuckle by the legs and locked in the Figure-4 Leglock to make him tap out. Miz dives in for the single leg but Cesaro counters with the dead-lift gutwrench suplex! He does a double-foot stomp and sells the knee as he gets a 2-count. Cesaro puts him in a deep chinlock, Miz fights out, then boots him in the face. Miz does some ground-n-pound, Cesaro kicks him, yells "YOU STUPID AMERICAN!" and slaps him. Miz clotheslines him twice, hits the backbreaker, Cesaro pushes him off, Miz kicks him in the knee, but then Cesaro hits the Very European Uppercut for a near-fall!! He can't believe that wasn't three and mockingly slaps Miz repeatedly. Miz dropkicks him in the knee, hits the snap DDT and gets 2.9! Both men are down, they make it back up to their knees at the count of 6, Cesaro with a headbutt, Miz with a left-handed punch, Cesaro with a right, Miz punches, Cesaro with a body blow, Miz punches and kicks him, beats him down in a corner, then Miz hits the Awesome Clothesline in the corner and connects with the double axe handle from the top rope! He attacks the knee and locks in the Figure-4 Leglock again! Cesaro fights through the pain and reaches the ropes for a break. Miz pulls him off the ropes for a mat slam, Cesaro kicks him off the leglock, Miz almost collides with the ref, Cesaro rolls him up but the ref is temporarily blinded, Miz counters the rollup and gets 2, Cesaro counters again with a roll through and holds the tights for the 3-count! WINNER of the Final Fall and STILL United States Champion: ANTONIO CESARO.

We get replays of each of the three falls in this match. Next, we get a Tout from JBL who was climbing a mountain during this episode.

Randy Orton is warming up backstage as Sheamus comes up to him. He asks him if he thinks he'll be a "sitting duck" for The Shield to attack him during his match with Big Show tonight, and Orton tells him that he's not worried about them and has to think about Big Show. Sheamus says Shield are thinking the same and offers to watch his back tonight, but at the same time realizes that he is a loner. Orton retorts that he never said he wasn't interested and says "Thanks."

JIM ROSS IS HERE! The Oklahoma City hometown Hall of Famer comes out before a commercial break to interview Swagger and Colter. After a promo telling us that Fandango premieres tonight, we get back to the show where Jim Ross is in the ring. Jim Ross: "Thank you very much. It's always great to be back home here in Oklahoma, here in the city of our Oklahoma Thunder! Ladies and gentlemen, I'm here tonight for a very specific reason, and it's to address one of the most heated controversial issues that I've ever experienced in the WWE. And without further ado, please let me introduce to you my guests tonight the self-proclaimed 'Real American' Jack Swagger, and his associate Mr. Zeb Colter." Out come the duo and they point to the WrestleMania sign before getting into the ring. "You know Jack, you and I go back a long way. And even though we've not always been on the same page, I've always greatly respected your athletic ability. A lot of folks may not know that I recruited Jack to come to WWE while he was still playing football and wrestling for the Oklahoma Sooners." Jack Swagger: "You mean that team with no heart 30 miles south from here? Yeah I guess you could say you recruited me. But contrary to that I believe you are a Real American and that's why we gave you this interview." Zeb Colter: "You know, after the way we've been treated by The Miz on Monday night, we both wanted a forum where we know we would be treated fairly." JR: "Well, you're certainly gonna be treated fairly and I've got some tough questions to ask you. Before we get to your somewhat controversial political views, your main event match at WrestleMania against Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship, I would like to take you back Jack to September the 3rd. It was on Monday Night Raw where you told a global audience that you were taking a sabbatical, a leave of absence after suffering yet another defeat in a string of embarrassing losses. You come back five months later, but you're certainly not the same Jack Swagger that I remember. What changed? What happened to you?" Colter: "Well let me tell you what happened. I told Jack Swagger what was the real problem in this country, and I told him the reality and the truth of what's happening here every day." JR: "Well I, I was directing my question Mr. Colter to Mr. Swagger and I quite frankly don't understand where you're coming from."Colter: "You don't understand what I'm talking about?" JR: "Not a bit." Colter: "You know, you don't look blind to me, Mr. Ross. I think you just refuse to see. You see, the WWE is just a microcosm of what's happening every day in this country. Every day, because every day in this country things are happening that I don't like. How is possible that Jack Swagger can suddenly can go on a losing streak which opens the door for an outsider to sneak in like Alberto Del Rio and take a position that rightfully belongs to an American. And EVERY DAY IN THIS COUNTRY, I WANT EVERYBODY TO HEAR ME! Every day in this country THOUSANDS of undocumented workers are crossing our borders and they're taking jobs from REAL Americans. I'ma tell you what, Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter, we will not stand idly by and watch this country self-destruct." Swagger: "We, the People."

JR: "Alright, uh, moving along here. Let's talk about WrestleMania, April 7th, you have the opportunity to become the World Heavyweight Champion IF you can beat Alberto Del Rio." Colter: "At WrestleMania, when the dust clears the championship will lie firmly around the waist of a natural born citizen. A real American who speaks English, who recites the Pledge of Allegience, and has worked for everything he's ever gotten in this country. Let's face it, Alberto Del Rio is not one of us. He doesn't share our values, and to be quite honest, he needs to leave this country. Let me ask you something Mr. Ross. When you're sitting in your home in Norman, Oklahoma and on your kitchen table is a fruit basket and it begins to rot and attract flies, what are you going to do with it? You gonna sit there and smell it, or are you gonna throw it out? Exactly, you're gonna dump it, because this is our country and we smell something stinking and that stink is Alberto Del Rio. Jack Swagger, at WrestleMania, is fighting for much more than just a championship, he's fighting for the heart and soul of OUR country." Swagger: "We, the Poeple."

JR: "My God man, what's happened to ya? You're not the Jack Swagger that I knew! This man's brainwashed you!" Colter: "Oh, whoa! That's a pretty big word, Jim Ross. Brainwash? Let me tell you something. By your own admission, you knew this man in his formative years, so any brainwashing that was going on was your own, not mine. All I did was tell him the reality and the truth of what's going on." JR: "Well I respectfully disagree with you, sir. And whereas you can express yourself freely, uh, might I suggest that you express your right to remain SILENT! Now..." Colter: "Hang on a second, since we're suggesting things to each other, may I suggest you keep a civil tongue in your head lest something happens to you that you will regret later on." JR: "I don't know what you mean by that, and I really don't care what you mean by that." Swagger flips JR's hat off his head. Swagger: "Who do you think you are?! Who do think you are talking to a Real American like that? That's Mr. Colter. You know I think, JR? I think I was wrong about you. You're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem. Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter and We the People are gonna FIX THE PROBLEM! You're not a Real American. You're nothing more than a sympathizer. And you know what we do to sympathizers? Do you?"

ALBERTO DEL RIO COMES OUT to make the save! He picks up JR's hat and hands it back to him. Del Rio: "You got it all wrong. You two are the problem and I am the solution perros. And you, listen to me, you are not a Real American, Jack. You are a Real Jack-ass!" Swagger stares at him before he and Zeb exit the ring. Voting is now open for who Del Rio shall face next week on SmackDown. The choices via Twitter are #SMSZiggler, #SMSBarrett, and #SMSCesaro. Kane and Daniel Bryan come out to the ring for their match, still arguing, before a commercial break.

WWE ACTIVE: We get a clip of Titus O'Neil in the parking lot when Darren Young speeds through in a truck. He tells Titus that they're going on a field trip even though they are grown men. Young moves a few feet ahead and stop in front of a semi where the Prime Time Players are plastered on the side!

The WWE Rewind is from Raw this past Monday night where Kane had one hand tied behind his back and Kane will be blindfolded and they still defeated the Prime Time Players in a comical match. Tonight, however, the roles are reversed as Kane will be blindfolded and Bryan will have one arm tied behind his back. Cole, King and Mathews plug the Sonic restaurant as they eat the food. Bryan puts the blindfold(ing hood) on Kane, and the hood has a picture of a goat's face! Bryan is smiling the entire time that Kane is now the goat-face as he gets his arm tied, then tells him "Go get 'em partner" when the bell dings.

* Team Hell No {Tag Team Champions} vs. Prime Time Players

A blinded Kane will start the match with Darren Young. Young gets on all fours hoping Kane will trip over him but the big man goes another direction, then he tries again but Kane just stops when he bumps into him. He shouts to Titus that it didn't work, and that allows Kane to find where he is and punches him! O'Neil blows his whistle to draw Kane in and that allows Young to attack him from behind. Young climbs the turnbuckle and Kane stumbles onto the ropes and that crotches Young! Kane backs into his corner and Bryan makes the blind tag. Bryan kicks him in the chest repeatedly, does a knife edge chop in a corner, Young fights back, Bryan does a crucifix pin and gets a near-fall! O'Neil tags in, does a short-arm clothesline and does his trademark bark before a commercial break.

WWE ACTIVE: Tony Dawson interview MICK FOLEY next! He is asked about being in the Hall of Fame, and he jokes that he can save airfare since it's near his home. He is pleased to be an inductee in the HoF. Dawson asks him his thoughts on Donald Trump and he sneaks in hints that he wants to be on Celebrity Apprentice. Dawson congratulates him and we get back to the match on SyFy.

We come back and the PTP'z are still in control. Bryan sticks a boot in his face to block the 3-point stance charge then he tags Kane back in. Kane gets in and stands there, points a direction and the crowd cheers loud when we finally points to Titus. It's like a game of Hot 'n Cold! Kane beats O'Neil down in a corner then does a hiptoss out. Young gets the tag and WALKS RIGHT INTO A CHOKE SLAM!! Kane falls to the cover but Young rolled away. Bryan calls Kane his direction, he tags himself in, Kane grabs the ref AND Bryan by the throat, lets the ref go, Bryan tells Kane who he is, Kane feels the beard and lets him go, then Titus rolls Bryan up in a schoolboy for 3! WINNERS: PRIME TIME PLAYERS.

The PTP'z celebrate their win over the champs up the ramp. Kane takes off the hood and sees the goat face on it. Bryan has a feux-surprised look on his face and Kane shouts "You think this is funny?!" Bryan yells that he didn't do it, Kane has blood dripping from his nose, Bryan extends his arms for a hug, then Kane puts the hood on Bryan's head and punches him! Time for some movie shilling with "The Call" starring Halle Berry!

The commentators take us to an interview with CHRIS JERICHO VIA SKYPE! Jericho says he is in Australia with Fozzy. He plugs his show "Robot Combat Fighting League" which will re-air on SyFy right after SmackDown. We get another promo video package of Fandango who will premiere next. Breaktime.

Matt Striker interviews Fandango next. He dances on screen and says it's Fan-dan-go. Striker repeats it and gets corrected to "breathe the A's in." Striker lies by saying the WWE Universe is excited for his debut, then asks what his fighting style is. Fandango says he mastered the art of dance in the ballroom and he will bring his grace to the ring and says everybody in the WWE will "follow his lead." Fandango says he will not be next, not now or nor tonight. He tells us that he will NOT make his debut until Striker gets his name right. (Editor's note: DON'T COME BACK AT ALL!) Jerry Lawler actually does a good impression pronouncing it the way he does.

We get the Raw Rebound focusing on Vince McMahon and Paul Heyman having a fight, Brock Lesnar showed up to intimidate Vince, but Triple H returned also. HHH and Lesnar got into a huge brawl involving the ringpost, the announce table and a steel chair with the latter ending up being bloodied by the end of it. Afterwards we see Triple H giving a Tout to Brock Lesnar asking if he will do something about it. The voting for Del Rio's opponent next week is still open during this commercial break!

Here are the results of the voting for Del Rio's opponent. The winner is... Ziggler at 51%! Barrett had 26% and Cesaro had 23%. As Orton comes out we get a clips from Raw of Sheamus calling out The Shield, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns left the ring, and Randy Orton snuck in to give Seth Rollins the RKO.

* Randy Orton vs. Big Show

Big Show comes out next and the match gets underway. Show powers Orton off the collar-and-elbow lock-up. Orton punches him, Show goes for the chest slap but Orton punches him. He clotheslines him in a corner and does the 10-punch. Show mows over him with a running shoulder block then headbutts him. He punches him in the gut then does the open-handed chop to his chest. He punches him in the gut again, Orton kicks him, Show does another body blow, headbutts him, chops him open-handed on the chest once more. Show whips him to a corner, squashes him, runs the ropes but then Orton dropkicks him! Show leaves the ring and smacks the announce table with his fist in anger as we take our final commercial break.

WWE ACTIVE: The match continues on the WWE App! Orton is punching and kicking Show, but then SHOW SPEARS ORTON! He walks across his chest as the ring crew fixes the announce table. Orton sticks a boot in Show's face then locks in the sleeper hold. Show fights through the pain as Active comes to an end. Back to SyFy!

Show elbows Orton on the shoulder and puts his weight on it when we come back. Orton punches him but Show punches him in the ribs, headbutts him and puts him in a top wristlock. Orton fights out, Big Show hits the Final Cut and gets a 2-count. Show gets on the second turnbuckle and MISSES the elbow drop when Orton rolls away! Randy punches him in the head, Show grabs him by the throat, then Orton counters the Choke Slam with a DDT for 2! Show rolls out the ring again but this time Orton goes after him, Show picks him up, Orton slides off and shoves him into the ringpost! Show grabs him by the throat again, Orton drapes him on the ropes, boots him on the side of the head, then pulls him in over the top rope with the hangman DDT!

Both men are down. Sierra-Hotel-India-Echo-Lima-Delta, THE SHIELD COME OUT! Orton is standing and looking around as The Shield surround him. Sheamus comes out to stand by Orton's side. The Shield rush the ring and the match is now offically over. NO CONTEST or ORTON WINS VIA DQ. Who knows at this point? The Shield get the numbers advantage over Sheamus and Orton as they keep ganging up 2-on-1 on each man every so often. Sheamus and Reigns bump into Big Show who's still reeling on the ropes. KO PUNCH TO REIGNS!! Ambrose and Rollins stop in their tracks as Show glares at them and they quickly dip out to retrieve their fallen comrad for a retreat. Big Show stares at them as they leave, and so do Orton and Sheamus. CHOKE SLAM TO ORTON! BROGUE KICK TO BIG SHOW! Sheamus is the only fella standing in the ring as Show rolls out. We get replays of the KO Punch, the Choke Slam and the Brogue Kick. Orton and Sheamus shake hands as SmackDown rolls off the air.