March 29 , 2013 Smackdown results The March 29 , 2013 Edition of Smackdown is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s Smackdown brand , which took place on March 26 , 2013 at the GIANT Center in Hershey , Pennsylvania . Summary . Just nine days before WrestleMania , The Rock laid the SmackDown on John Laurinaitis , World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio dished out painful retribution on Jack Swagger and The Shield ’ s Show of Shows opponents stood united on their enemy ’ s battleground . After explaining how the origin of his catchphrase “ kicking your candy ass ” originated in Hershey — during a special SmackDown edition of Story Time With The Rock — the WWE Champion reaffirmed he will triumph over 10 - time WWE Champion John Cena at WrestleMania . But The Brahma Bull wasn ’ t the only person to make their return to Friday night . To the surprise of the WWE Universe , he was soon joined by John Laurinaitis . Citing his bad history with Cena , Big Johnny sought to position himself in Rock ’ s corner at The Showcase of The Immortals , claiming they went together like a peanut butter cup . But after consulting the people about joining with “ People Power , ” The Great One treated the former General Manager of Raw and SmackDown to the People ’ s Elbow , sending a strong message to Cena in the process . With his WrestleMania No . 1 contender , The Miz , joining the SmackDown announce team , Wade Barrett took on Chris Jericho for the first time on the blue brand . But after Barrett got caught up in a verbal altercation with The Awesome One outside the ring , Y2J took advantage of the distraction and hit The Bare - Knuckle Brawler with a surprise Codebreaker for the non - title victory . Realizing that his own WrestleMania opponent , Fandango , was about to enter after the bell , Jericho elected to forgo his celebration to once again ridicule the name of WWE ’ s newest Superstar . While The Ayatollah of Rock ‘ n ’ Rolla invited his pay - per - view adversary into the ring nine days early , Fandango chose to dance away . Dismissing Josh Mathew ’ s questions in what was supposed to be a SmackDown exclusive interview , Paul Heyman instead pontificated on the terrible position that he and Brock Lesnar had put Triple H into . He claimed The Game had made two huge mistakes : assuming he could compete with Heyman intellectually and Brock Lesnar physically — by blindly agreeing to a No Holds Barred Match and to his own retirement if he loses to The Anomaly on The Grandest Stage of Them All . By signing that contract , Heyman claimed Triple H had ruined much more than his in - ring career . He said WWE ’ s COO also ruined his future career as a leader , painting a grim picture of what will happen once The King of Kings loses to Lesnar . After SmackDown General Manager Booker T kept Mark Henry and Ryback from attacking each other with the help of a No - Contact Clause until their showdown at WrestleMania , the two powerhouses engaged in a bench press challenge . Henry kicked things off , lifting 225 pounds a stunning 53 times to shatter the NFL combine record of 51 ! Ryback fired back with 53 reps of his own . But when it looked like he was going to beat Henry ’ s mark with 54 , The World ’ s Strongest Man opted to push the bar back down . Trapping the “ Human Wrecking Ball , ” the enraged Superstar proceeded to choke his WrestleMania adversary , before the weights eventually broke loose and the bar went flying . Somehow , Booker was able to order Henry to back off , but the damage to Ryback had clearly been done . With so much potential mayhem in one place at one time , it ’ s no wonder that the Mixed Tag Team Match pitting WWE Tag Team Champion Daniel Bryan & Divas Champion Kaitlyn against Dolph Ziggler & AJ Lee would produce so much mayhem from start to finish — especially with their partners Kane and Big E Langston looming at ringside . In the height of the melee , Ziggler tagged in his girlfriend . While the rules dictated that both Divas step into the ring against each other at that point , Bryan continued to brawl with The Showoff outside the squared circle . Seeing this , AJ leaped onto her ex - fiancé , instigating even more bedlam between all parties involved . When the unpredictable Diva finally re - entered the ring , however , Kaitlyn was waiting to blast her with a monster spear for the pin . From an undisclosed location , The Shield suggested distrust might cause their adversaries , Randy Orton , Sheamus and Big Show , to implode on each other before they even had the chance to face the treacherous faction at WrestleMania . While The Viper , Sheamus and Big Show had made it clear publically that they will play well with each other , The Hounds of Justice said that The Show of Shows was not about games . Instead , they reaffirmed that on April 7 , their opponents would believe in The Shield . In addition to describing The Great Khali , Natalya and Hornswoggle as “ multiculturalism gone awry , ” Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter remarked that breaking Ricardo Rodriguez ’ s ankle was simply “ breaking a bone to bind a country . ” When the succeeding match moved outside the ring , the “ Real American ” cinched in the Patriot Lock on Khali — refusing to release it even after the referee counted both Superstars out . Then , when ’ Swoggle got involved , Swagger attacked him as well . The voice of an emerging Rodriguez finally ended the abuse . As the injured announcer distracted Swagger , World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio came at his WrestleMania No . 1 contender from behind , locking him into the Cross Armbreaker . When Zeb Colter got involved , Rodriguez clocked him with his crutch before throwing it to his friend . Del Rio nearly took Swagger ’ s head off before the scrambling competitor could escape . Though Sheamus , Randy Orton and Big Show already established that they ’ d put aside their differences to face The Shield at WrestleMania , there was massive speculation that they wouldn ’ t even be able to maintain their alliance in the SmackDown main event . But doubt quickly vanished in the final moments of their Six - Man Tag Team Match against United States Champion Antonio Cesaro and Team Rhodes Scholars . After changing into a double team on Sheamus , the giant hit the KO Punch on Cesaro , before hurling Sandow into The Viper ’ s RKO . That cleared the road for The Celtic Warrior to hit the Brogue Kick on Rhodes for a victory built on pure teamwork . Then , when The Shield emerged for another post - match assault , the unified trio met them in the crowd , executing an explosive counter attack that sent their black - clad WrestleMania adversaries packing .