Eight-Man "Christmas Bash" Tag Team Match. The opening bout featured John Morrison, Matt Hardy, R-Truth, and Finlay against Drew McIntyre, CM Punk, Luke Gallows, and Dolph Ziggler. This match was evenly paired with the rising feuds on SmackDown: John Morrison is feuding with McIntyre over the Intercontinental Title; Matt and Truth are feuding with Punk and Gallows; while Finlay and Ziggler have just faced off against one another a few times. The story in the ring played well with each respected wrestler showing animosity against their respected rival. However, the pitfall that these large tag team matches usually fall into is that each superstar shows off their finishing maneuver instead of keeping to the story. Nevertheless, business picked up as Morrison attacked McIntyre and every other superstar that got in his way. The match ended with Morrison's Starship Pain unto Ziggler. Morrison is red hot on SmackDown, and very well he should be... not only is he cashing in his rematch clause for the Intercontinental Title next week against Drew McIntyre, but he is becoming a real powerhouse superstar.Canadian Clash! The following promo was in regards to the credibility of The Hart Dynasty and their right to challenge D-Generation X for the Unified Tag Team Titles later in the evening. Chris Jericho, calling out the Harts, acknowledges their training, seeing as he also graduated from the infamous Stu Hart Dungeon, but what right do they have to challenge for the titles? Jericho and the Big Show never officially had their championship match, it was tarnished by DX in a technicality of an intentional disqualification. However, DX cut the promo short in order to make fun of Jericho and to plug in more DX merch. Jericho is right, DX do not know how to take anything seriously. He also told Hart Dynasty that if they want to make it in this business they have to make an impact... and that's exactly what they did as they set Jericho up for the Hart Attack. A heel vs heel confrontation does not usually take place, but when it does it makes a greater impact than two friends fighting for the spirit of competition...
Karma Strikes 619. The following match was for the World Heavyweight Championship, The Undertaker defending his title against The Master of the 619 Rey Mysterio. The Undertaker had a distinct height advantage over Rey Mysterio, which is usually the case but it's 6'10 versus 5'6. That's a difference of over one foot. However, Mysterio looked more focused and aggressive as the match went on with arerial assaults that would bring The Man from the Dark Side down to his knees. Mysterio relied on his quickness and speed to evade Taker's strikes, and managed to get the Undertaker down for two 619's. Yet, Undertaker's prowess in the ring is unlike any other superstar, which has led to such a phenominal streak at WrestleMania. But before the match could see a decisive victor, Batista entered the ring and attacked The Undertaker. The title can only switch hands via pinfall or submission, and it looks like Mysterio is still paying for the damage he cost Batista at the Bragging Rights Fatal Four-Way Match. Nevertheless, Mysterio left on top as he delivered a 619 to his former best friend, The Animal Dave Batista.Cryme Tyme fighting jobbers? A preliminary tag team bout accord with Cryme Tyme taking on a local tag team. JTG and Shad Gaspard have already proven to be an established tag team in the WWE, why not fight an actual tag team? Well the answer is because, aside from The Hart Dynasty, there are no other heel tag teams on SmackDown. This would have been a great opportunity to slap together two other WWE superstars, who have not seen the light of television in quite some time, to get some air time. What about Charlie Haas? He's still a part of the SmackDown roster. We could have seen Charlie Haas and Eric Escobar or Kane and Mikie Knox take on Cryme Tyme. Heck, WWE could have even brought over ECW's Trent Barretta and Caylen Croft, but instead WWE hired two local athletes to miserably lose to Cryme Tyme.
Turmoil for Mickie James. The Diva Tag Team Match featured Mickie James and 2009 Diva of the Year winner Maria against Layla and last year's Diva of the Year Beth Phoenix. Prior to the match, McCool and Layla gave Mickie James a membership to Jenny Craig, further implying that Mickie's fat. She allowed McCool to get the best of her and it showed throughout the match. Her tag team partner, Maria since returning to SmackDown, has won the Slammy for Diva of the Year, but the question remains, what impact will she make to prove that she belongs in the title picture? As of right now, Mickie and McCool are dominating the women's title storyline; however, after Mickie pinned Layla, Beth Phoenix made an impact by slamming Mickie James into the side of the SmackDown announce table. Michelle McCool looked on in fear as Beth Phoenix glared on to a fallen Mickie and a scared Women's Champion. Obviously, Mickie James lost her composure after the match when she tried attacking McCool, but The Glamazon putting the SmackDown roster on notice that she is the most dominate woman in the WWE and will be the next Women's Champion.
Rookie mistakes cost Dynasty. The main event was for the Unified Tag Team Championships as D-Generation X defended their newly won tag team gold against The Hart Dynasty. This was a phenominal match as the two veterans of the WWE took on the company's future. From the mid-80's to the late 90's, WWE fans grew up to teams like The British Bulldogs and numerous renditions of the Hart Foundation - but cut through the turn of the century and one tag team that still remains is D-Generation X. Sure, DX has gone through some changes but the two main heirarchy still remains, while the offsprings of the British Bulldogs and Hart Foundation have formed the Hart Dynasty. It was a testament of Youth versus Wisdom as these two teams fought for the coveted Unified Tag Team Titles. Triple H, mocking the finishing move of Davey Boy Smith, applied a standing vertical suplex to Tyson Kidd. But, push comes to shove, DH Smith returned the jeer by putting Triple H in a standing vertical suplex. And what Matt Striker said was dead on, sure Triple H did the move to Tyson, but Smith did it to Triple H that speaks a lot about the abilities of the son of the Britsh Bulldog. Tyson, for the most part, had Shawn Michaels scouted as he played pasum for Michaels executing an elbow drop, and rolling out of the way at the percise moment. The evasion was followed up by a springboard neck breaker. Even Smith attacked the lower back of Michaels on the outside of the ring. But when it came to crunch time, the Hart Dynasty couldn't pull through. DH Smith set up Triple H for the Hart Attack, and Tyson followed suit but failed to knock HBK out of the corner - thus allowing Michaels to break the 3-count. If Tyson would have knocked HBK onto the floor, then we would be looking at new Unified Tag Team Champions. Despite the loss, The Hart Dynasty proved in this episode of SmackDown that they deserve to be recognized and will one day hold the gold.
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