09/18/09 Friday Night SmackDown Results & Captures

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After the opening video, Justin Roberts introduces us to Batista. Todd Grisham calls him one of the most intimidating specimens in WWE history and the crowd eats Batista up. After a recap of everything The Animal did on Raw, Jim Ross says Smackdown just got a lot better. We’ll see. Big Dave finally speaks and says he was able to choose any brand to wrestle on because his Raw contract expired. He calls Smackdown the A-show and before he can say anymore, Chris Jericho cuts him off.

Jericho sarcastically welcomes Batista back to Smackdown and lets him know he doesn’t like him. Y2J compares Batista to Edge and calls them both injury prone. Jericho gives his routine “hypocrite and parasites” speech and tells the crowd that he is the face of Smackdown. Batista says “to be the man, you have to beat the man,” and lets Chris Jericho know the two of them are scheduled to fight. Batista nails Jericho with a Spinebuster before leaving as Ross and Grisham put over the acquisition.

Match Six: Batista v. Chris Jericho
The two circle around the ring until Batista attempts to grapple with Jericho. Y2J avoids it and slaps Batista in the head. Batista shrugs it off and slams Jericho into the corner. After some shoulder blocks, he whips Jericho into the ropes. Chris Jericho tries a cross body but Batista captures him and slams him to the mat. After a pinfall that gets a two count, Batista immediately goes after Jericho with some punches. The Animal whips him into the ropes but Jericho uses said ropes to avoid a rebound. Batista charges but Jericho hits him in the shins with a low dropkick. Jericho hits another kick that knocks Batista out of the ring. We’re shown Big Show backstage who is watching the match on a monitor. Jericho exits the ring and then kicks Batista. After slamming his face on the announce table, Jericho throws Batista back into the ring. Jericho lands some minor offensive strikes before finally throwing some more physical blows to the Animal. Jericho continues the offense by applying a headlock to Batista. Batista eventually powers out of it but Jericho hits him in the shin before the Animal can gain any advantage. Jericho continues with kicks and punches and goes for a cross body. This is countered by Batista into a spinning side slam. Batista is up first and he hits Y2J with an elbow. Jericho is again forced into the turnbuckle and Batista works him over with some shoulder blocks. After sending Jericho into the opposite turnbuckle, Batista tries another shoulder block. This time he is met by Jericho’s boot. Jericho follows up with a bulldog and works the crowd. He goes for a Lionsault but lands on his feet. He then walks into a Spinebuster. Batista sets up for the Batista Bomb but Jericho finds his way out. An enziguri from Jericho only gets a two count. Chris Jericho makes his way on top of the turnbuckle but launches himself into a Batista clothesline. Batista measures Jericho for a spear but Jericho moves out of the way and rolls Batista up. Despite extra leverage from the ropes, Jericho only gets 2. The fans chant Y2J as he kicks Batista in the side. Jericho nonchalantly goes for some attack but Batista kicks him. Big Dave sets Jericho up for a Batista Bomb but Jericho avoids it. Jericho countered the power bomb into the Walls of Jericho. Batista kicks Jericho into the turnbuckle and tries to attack him but is once again met by a Chris Jericho boot. Jericho goes for the Codebreaker but Batista catches him. He transitions it into a Batista Bomb and pins Jericho for three.

After the match, Big Show is shown watching from the back. Josh Matthews interviews Show who informs everyone that Batista got lucky. Show says if Big Dave fights him, the luck won’t last. Smackdown ends with the camera focused on a celebrating Batista.