SmackDown! House Show Result, September 8 2012, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – JULY 08: World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton during the WWE Smackdown Live Tour at Westridge Park Tennis Stadium on July 08, 2011 in Durban, South Africa.

* Antonio Cesaro beat Cody Rhodes & Sin Cara in a Triple Threat for the United States Championship. Cesaro cut a pre-match promo saying “success” in 5 different languages and said that the US was better than Canada, which confused me because he’s not American either and said he would be our champ too. Great opener with lots of near falls, and the crowd was hot for this. Cesaro won after rolling up Sin Cara after a Swanton attempt on Rhodes. After the match, Sin Cara hit Rhodes with the Swanton.

* Roman Reigns beat Heath Slater. The match was quite average. Some good impact moves from Reigns towards the end, and the fans actually got behind Slater.

* Natalya beat Alicia Fox with the Sharpshooter. Fox kept chanting “USA,” to which fans responded “Canada.” Basic divas match, and Fox teased throwing Natalya’s ring jacket into the crowd.

* Tyson Kidd & Justin Gabriel beat Michael McGillicutty & Johnny Curtis with a Spinebuster/Blockbuster combination. Great tag team match, in my opinion. Lots of tag moves between the teams, and at one point, Curtis hit Michael by accident and Tyson had the crowd chanting “fight.” The two ended up hugging and eating a dropkick from Gabriel.

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – JULY 08: WWE Superstar Sin Cara is introduced during the WWE Smackdown Live Tour at Westridge Park Tennis Stadium on July 08, 2011 in Durban, South Africa.

* Randy Orton beat Dolph Ziggler with the RKO after some false finishes. Fans were torn on this one, with lots of “Let’s go Ziggler” and “Let’s go Orton” chants. Great match, with both hitting their signature moves and a superplex from the top rope from Orton to Ziggler. After the match, Ziggler annouced himself “Still Mr. Money in the Bank, Dolph Ziggler.”

* Wade Barrett beat Ted Dibiase with his new finisher. The fans were behind both men. Barrett controlled most of the match, but Ted managed to provide some offence and even hit a sitout spinebuster.

* Ryback beat Jinder Mahal. Ryback got a huge pop and was way over. This was a usual Ryback match with the usual spots. Mahal did get a little offense and managed to escape Ryback’s finisher twice before being clotheslined and shellshocked.

* Sheamus beat Alberto Del Rio in a Street Fight to retain the World Heavyweight Title. Ricardo Rodriguez came out to do his intro but Del Rio came out and said that we didn’t deserve to hear him, and sent Ricardo to the back. Del Rio cut an in-ring promo saying that we didn’t like him and he doesn’t like us. Sheamus came out and said he was going to kick Del Rio’s arse all over Hamilton. Del Rio ripped a fan’s poster, and Sheamus responded by giving the fan his shirt. The match involved fighting on the ramp, lots of kendo stick shots, Sheamus getting thrown into the stairs and being hit with a chair. Sheamus did try the Brogue Kick but stopped before he did it. The finish saw Alberto Del Rio being thrown into a chair in the turnbuckle, followed by a kendo stick shot and the Irish Curse for the win.