SmackDown Results: The Shield ‘adapted’ into absolute SmackDown dominance

BY Michael Burdick

April 25, 2014

The Shield triumphed in a 5-on-3 Handicap Match

Moments before SmackDown’s main event, Curtis Axel was found decimated in the back – presumably another strategic attack by The Shield. The Hounds of Justice then went head-to-head with their remaining foes: Alberto Del Rio, Bad News Barrett, Damien Sandow, Ryback & Titus O’Neil.

In the height of the action, Barrett and Del Rio elected to take a walk. But, as Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins continued to pulverize their opponents, Roman Reigns caught up with Mexico’s Greatest Export.

Then, after Reigns defeated Damien Sandow with the Spear, the still hungry Ambrose & Rollins passed Titus and Ryback into the ring to suffer a pair of post-match Reigns Spears, before the black-clad trio finished off The Human Wrecking Ball with the Triple Powerbomb.

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SmackDown Results: The Shield ‘adapted’ into absolute SmackDown dominance

BY Michael Burdick

April 25, 2014

Cesaro def. Jack Swagger

HERSHEY, Pa. – The Hounds of Justice ran rabid over Friday night, systematically decimating the competition to help even the odds in an 11-on-3 Handicap Match main event.

General Manager Vickie Guerrero opened SmackDown by announcing that, while The Authority was taking the night off, she would personally make The Shield suffer for their actions on Monday’s Raw by putting them in an 11-on-3 Handicap Match.

The Queen Diva then introduced a debate between Paul Heyman and Zeb Colter – which quickly spun out of control, bringing the scheduled showdown between Cesaro and Jack Swagger front and center. In the highly personal slugfest between the former tag team partners, The King of Swing ultimately reigned supreme with a devastating Cesaro Swing/Neutralizer combination.

However, the action didn’t stop there. For, as the dust was still clearing, The Shield suddenly attacked the war-torn Swagger and dropped him with a Triple Powerbomb – hence neutralizing one of the 11 Superstars scheduled to take them on later in the night. In reference to Triple H’s statement to “adapt or perish,” The Hounds pointed out that Swagger had failed to adapt and that they were just getting started.

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