December 27 , 2013 Smackdown results The December 27 , 2013 Edition of Smackdown was a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s Smackdown brand , which took place on December 19 , 2013 at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi , Texas . Summary . SmackDown said goodbye to 2013 with a visit from John Cena , three explosive Shield showdowns , the excruciating bite of The Viper and the continued scourge of The Wyatt Family . Kicking off the last SmackDown of 2013 , 11 - time WWE Champion John Cena discussed the excitement of rocking in the New Year . However , of the many resolutions he was considering for 2014 , at the top of his list was winning Randy Orton ’ s WWE World Heavyweight Championship . Eager to have his guaranteed rematch from WWE TLC on SmackDown , The Cenation leader called out The Viper ! But , instead of The Face of WWE , The Shield emerged and engaged Cena in a vicious 3 - on - 1 assault . It wasn ’ t long before Intercontinental Champion Big E Langston and Mark Henry joined the fray in Cena ’ s defense and helped to turn back The Hounds . As the smoke cleared , Director of Operations Kane stepped into the mayhem , recognizing that the Superstars all needed to “ work out their issues ” before the New Year . Accordingly , he decided to put The Shield into three separate singles matches : United States Champion Dean Ambrose vs . Intercontinental Champion Big E Langston , Roman Reigns vs . Mark Henry and Seth Rollins vs . John Cena ! One week after The Wyatt Family attacked Daniel Bryan in the backstage area on SmackDown , Luke Harper & Erick Rowan took on the turbo - charged Usos . Though it looked like the Samoan warriors might have their creepy adversaries on the ropes in the match ’ s final moments , The Usos ultimately fell victim to the tag team excellence of the dangerous Wyatt disciples – culminating in a devastating clothesline by Harper and Rowan ’ s earth - shattering splash . As the smoke cleared , Bray Wyatt added further punishment to Jimmy and Jey , hitting Sister Abigail on one of the fallen brothers . When Jack Swagger attempted to affect the outcome of tag team partner Antonio Cesaro ’ s match against Cody Rhodes , the youngest son of WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes knocked The Real American back to earth . But the distraction allowed Cesaro the seconds he needed to roll up his opponent for a huge singles victory . In the height of their fevered tag team encounter , The Prime Time Players worked together to send Ryback sailing out of the ring . Then , while Curtis Axel tried to steal the win with a roll - up from behind , Darren Young reversed the pin attempt to pick up a pre - New Year ’ s triumph for himself and Titus O ’ Neil . Moments after quelling a potential dispute between Randy Orton and Dolph Ziggler , Director of Operations Kane created a match between the two volatile Superstars . But when The Showoff walked off , The Authority executive hinted to The Viper that he didn ’ t mind if things got a little out of control once they got into the ring . Despite Ziggler ' s several near - falls in an impressive effort in the intense match that followed , The Viper would reign supreme with an RKO out of nowhere . But , as it turned out , the carnage hadn ’ t even begun . For , after the bell , an apparently unsatisfied Orton suddenly hurled Ziggler into the announce table and over the ringside barricade . WWE ’ s Apex Predator then finished off The Showoff in brutal fashion with a hanging DDT onto the ringside floor . On Raw , Damien Sandow suffered a humiliating loss to Mark Henry in a Good Santa vs . Bad Santa showdown . Four days later on SmackDown , all the brutality in the world couldn ’ t stop The Intellectual Savior of the Masses from falling yet again , this time to Daniel Bryan ’ s devastating Running Knee . As the smoke cleared , though , The Wyatt Family appeared . Bray Wyatt informed The Beard that while he and the WWE Universe chose each other like a moth to the flame , The Eater of Worlds was not a man , but a god , controlling the inferno . In the first of three SmackDown main event matches involving Shield members – set up by Director of Operations Kane – Intercontinental Champion Big E Langston reigned supreme over United States Champion Dean Ambrose after he hit The Shield ' s mouthpiece with The Big Ending . And with John Cena and Mark Henry watching his back to prevent interference from Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins , Langston ' s was a resounding Friday night victory . In the second SmackDown match of the night involving Shield members , Roman Reigns triumphed over the awesome power of The World ’ s Strongest Man with a devastating Spear . In the third and final SmackDown match of the night pitting the members of The Shield in singles action , Mark Henry and Big E Langston ripped through Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose outside the ring , clearing the way for John Cena to triumph over the extremely innovative offense of Seth Rollins with the Attitude Adjustment !