December 23 , 2011 Smackdown results The December 23 , 2011 Edition of Smackdown is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s Smackdown brand , which took place on December 20 , 2011 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond , Virginia . Summary . The night kicked off with Big Show describing his pride in winning the title he has sought for so long . But Mark Henry emerged to disparage Show and said he should quit WWE . Moments later , World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan came to the ring to compare himself to the rest of the WWE roster . After some self - criticism , Bryan was proud to declare himself World Heavyweight Champion . Then , when Henry and Show argued about who should get a chance to face Bryan , Teddy declared the two would square off , with the winner being first in line to challenge him for his World Title . Next , Bryan feigned that he would shake hands with Henry , but then dissed The World ’ s Strongest Man when went to accept . Fresh off his big win at , United States Champion Zack Ryder looked sharp against Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes . But Booker T decided to interrupt their match and poke fun at his WWE TLC opponent by singing his own rendition of the holiday classic “ Rudolph the Red - Nosed Reindeer . ” The distraction opened the door for Ryder to drop Rhodes with a Rough Ryder for the win . Afterward , Booker added insult to injury with some more “ singing . ” As the two massive former World Heavyweight Champions prepared to clash for the opportunity to challenge Daniel Bryan , David Otunga called a stop to things . As the legal counsel to Executive Vice Present of Talent Relations and Interim General Manager of Raw John Laurinaitis , Otunga announced that Mark Henry was not medically cleared to compete and the match would not take place . After Otunga wished the WWE Universe happy holidays , Big Show dropped him with a brutal WMD to the jaw . After Raw Superstar The Miz sauntered onto SmackDown – declaring he was going to disrupt Teddy ’ s show – he perhaps bit off more than he could chew when Long pit him against Sheamus . Although the former WWE Champion was a formidable foe , he proved no match for The Great White ’ s brutal Brogue Kick . Wade Barrett took to the ring and offered his view on his encounters with Randy Orton and said Orton “ … was one of the greatest in the history of WWE , until he encountered Wade Barrett . ” As he finished his address , Barrett declared he should be next to face new World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan . Hearing enough of Barrett ’ s lip , The Viper decided to let his actions do the talking by storming in and bringing the fight to Barrett . As the two fought tooth - and - nail , they found themselves within the parking garage of the Richmond Coliseum , where WWE ’ s Apex Predator brutally RKO ’ d Barrett onto the roof of a parked car ! Following up on Air Boom ’ s victory over Primo & Epico at WWE TLC , WWE Tag Champion Kofi Kingston defeated Primo in singles action with Trouble in Paradise . As new World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan battled former United States Champion Dolph Ziggler , Big Show , Vickie Guerrero and Jack Swagger all circled the action at ringside . But as tensions grew outside the ring , Swagger decided to attack Show , leading to the two tussling in the ring . In an effort to avoid total chaos , SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long charged in and announced the bout was now a tag team bout . After Big Show worked over Swagger pretty good , Bryan seized the victory for his team by making The All - American American tap out to his pain - inducing LeBell Lock . Image Gallery . Image Source