March 4 , 2011 Smackdown results The March 4 , 2011 Edition of Smackdown is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s Smackdown brand , which took place on March 1 , 2011 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland , Ohio . Summary . When Edge came before the WWE Universe to rejoice in the firing of his ex - wife Vickie Guerrero one week ago , Drew McIntyre decided to crash the party and attack The Rated - R Superstar . SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long emerged to inform The Sinister Scotsman that he must immediately face The Ultimate Opportunist in a match or be fired . After blasting McIntyre with the Spear , Edge picked his opponent ’ s shoulders off the canvas , unleashing a devastating new submission maneuver to make the “ Chosen One ” tap - out . One week after Cody Rhodes and his Hall of Famer father Dusty Rhodes executed a sinister plot of revenge that took down Rey Mysterio , the second - generation Superstar challenged The Ultimate Underdog to a match at WrestleMania , promising to remove Rey ’ s mask on The Grandest Stage of Them All . Former WWE Tag Team Champions Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov evoked their rematch clause to challenge the current champions Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater . Thanks to a Corre distraction , “ The One Man Rock Band ” Slater attacked Santino from behind and cemented the huge victory over their charismatic opponents . The ominous Undertaker returned to SmackDown in order to respond to the comments made by his WrestleMania opponent Triple H four days ago on Monday Night Raw . Though The Phenom gave tremendous credit to the greatness of The King of Kings , he proclaimed , in no uncertain terms , that The Game will not end his monumental WrestleMania streak that stands at 18 - 0 . While the referee ’ s attention was turned toward Rosa Mendes , Michelle McCool – the non - legal Diva at that point in the match – delivered a devastating kick to Beth Phoenix . This paved the way for her partner - in - flawless Layla to get the pin . In the middle of Kane ’ s epic match with Big Show , The Corre opted to make its way to ringside . Wade Barrett introduced a steel chair into the squared - circle , which The Devil ’ s Favorite Demon didn ’ t hesitate to use on his giant foe . But , after the bell – as The Corre attacked The World ’ s Largest Athlete – Justin Gabriel accidently backed into The Big Red Monster , prompting Kane to level him with the chair as well . Before Jack Swagger ’ s match with JTG began , Michael Cole – the man The All - American American will train to face Jerry Lawler at WrestleMania – made a huge announcement . On Monday Night Raw , he will unveil his Special Guest Referee for his match with “ The King ” on the Grandest Stage of Them All . Swagger then went on to soundly defeat JTG with his dreaded ankle lock . Once both Edge and Alberto Del Rio ’ s signatures were affixed to their main event WrestleMania World Heavyweight Championship contract , mayhem quickly took over . Though Edge gained the initial advantage over his aristocratic adversary , interference by Ricardo Rodriguez allowed Del Rio to lock in the excruciating cross armbreaker on the 11 - time World Champion . When he attempted to injure Edge further , however , Christian emerged to save his former tag team partner .