March 25 , 2011 Smackdown results The March 25 , 2011 Edition of Smackdown is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s Smackdown brand , which took place on March 22 , 2011 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus , Ohio . Summary . Just nine days before WrestleMania , chaos continued to run rampant on SmackDown , as World Heavyweight Champion Edge and his No . 1 contender Alberto Del Rio were ordered to restrain their aggression , and Wade Barrett brought The Corre their second championship . In a WrestleMania Rewind Match , Rey Mysterio defeated CM Punk by disqualification , after his WrestleMania opponent Cody Rhodes unleashed a brutal assault on the masked Superstar . After hurling The Ultimate Underdog into the steel ring post and assaulting him with his protective mask , Rhodes hammered Mysterio with his knee brace – the very apparatus that caused Rhodes ’ facial injury on Jan . 21 and set the wheel in motion for their clash at The Show of Shows . Despite a lingering arm injury that stemmed from recent numerous attacks at the hands of Alberto Del Rio , The Rated - R Superstar set out to prove to his WrestleMania No . 1 contender that he is at 100 percent . And The Master Manipulator sent a powerful message indeed , overcoming Drew McIntyre with his devastating new submission hold . After the bell , Edge blasted The Sinister Scotsman with the Spear . Doing their best “ Jersey Shore ” impression , Team LayCool emerged to face Kelly Kelly & Rosa Mendes . When Rosa turned her attention toward an interfering Michelle , Layla took the opportunity to hit the Lay - Out neckbreaker for the victory . Will the flawless duo do the same to Nicole “ Snooki ” Polizzi in the Six - Person Tag Team Match at WrestleMania ? Just when it looked like Kofi Kingston was going to hit Trouble in Paradise on Wade Barrett , the English Superstar countered with Wasteland . Seconds later , the stunned WWE Universe looked on as Barrett captured his first Intercontinental Championship . WWE Tag Team Champion and fellow Corre member Justin Gabriel celebrated the monumental occasion by hitting a post - match 450 Splash of the fallen Kingston . Nine days before the epic clash of the titans between The Undertaker and Triple H at The Showcase of The Immortals , The Phenom promised to make The Game the 19th victim in his incredible WrestleMania 18 - 0 streak . After The All - American American defeated R - Truth with his dreaded ankle lock , the outspoken Michael Cole – who Swagger is training for a match with WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler at WrestleMania – belittled The Rapping Superstar with his own trash - talking performance of “ what ’ s - up ! ” In spite of SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long ’ s declaration that Edge and Alberto Del Rio would be banned from WrestleMania if they so much as touched each other , The Rated - R Superstar opted to accompany Christian to his main event match against the aristocratic No . 1 contender to the World Title . Battling Del Rio for the third week in a row , Captain Charisma triumphed over his opponent with the Killswitch . Meanwhile , outside the ring , Edge executed numerous earth - shattering chair blows to Brodus Clay after the enormous Superstar assaulted the 11 - time World Champion from behind . Moments after the match ended , The Ultimate Opportunist looked as if he might ignore Teddy Long ’ s order and attack his No . 1 contender with the chair . Realizing what was at stake , Christian stopped Edge at the last second , attacking Del Rio instead so that his former tag team partner would not be banned from WrestleMania .