March 15 , 2013 Smackdown results The March 15 , 2013 Edition of Smackdown is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s Smackdown brand , which took place on March 12 , 2013 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne , Indiana . Summary . Just 23 days before WrestleMania , the No . 1 contender to the World Title , Jack Swagger , went head - to - head with Y2J in an instant - classic main event . Plus , with their sights set on The Grandest Stage of Them All , the calculating Shield unleashed a massive assault on Randy Orton and Sheamus and stormed into the middle of a Ryback vs . Mark Henry showdown . Looking to avenge a bad night this past Monday on Raw in which their alleged dates with the returning Bella Twins was ruined , Team Rhodes Scholars entered the SmackDown arena with high hopes of delivering a little payback to the team of Randy Orton & Sheamus . For their part , though , The Viper & The Celtic Warrior — a team the WWE Universe has taken to calling # CelticVipers on Twitter — were still seething from The Shield ’ s assault on Raw that was caught on WWE Active . With Brad Maddox once again joining Michael Cole and Josh Mathews at the SmackDown announce table , Sandow & Rhodes did a good job overcoming an early Sheamus offensive to isolate him from WWE Apex Predator . But The Celtic Warrior was able to muscle his way back into the bout , flooring the aggressive Sandow with a flying shoulder off the ropes to make the crucial tag . Orton entered the fray on a mission and instantly began to dominate Rhodes , and when Sandow came in to interfere , he was met with a devastating Brogue Kick from the first - ever Irish - born World Champion . The Viper then struck with an RKO on Rhodes , leading to the pinfall . Moments after Sheamus & Randy Orton ’ s tag team triumph , The Shield ’ s music emanated from the speakers , but the rogue trio didn ’ t descend through the WWE Universe as they are wont to do . Instead , The Shield appeared on the TitanTron , broadcasting from an undisclosed location and looking to sour the victory celebration . Claiming that it ’ s the “ greatest injustice ” that they ’ re not scheduled to compete at WrestleMania , The Shield laid down the gauntlet to Sheamus & Orton . “ Find a partner , ” Dean Ambrose told The Viper & The Celtic Warrior . “ At WrestleMania , you face The Shield . ” Both Orton & Sheamus accepted the challenge without hesitation . The question then became , who will they choose as their partner to even the odds on The Grandest Stage of Them All ? After their victory over Team Rhodes Scholars and the challenge thrown down by The Shield earlier in the evening , Randy Orton & Sheamus were approached backstage by Big Show . “ You need a tag team partner that ’ s larger than life , ” Big Show emphasized , effectively offering to join them against Dean Ambrose , Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns . The Celtic Warrior & The Viper agreed , but not in the way The World ’ s Largest Athlete would have liked . Instead , they chose Ryback to join them at The Showcase of The Immortals ! It ’ s been a tumultuous week in the Divas division , as The Bella Twins made their shocking return to WWE on Raw . The action continued Friday night , as Divas tag team action lit up SmackDown . With The Funkadactyls looking on backstage , Tamina & Aksana isolated Layla early on , but a tag of Kaitlyn turned the tide of the match as the Divas Champion promptly took control . With her victory clearly in sight , however , Layla tagged herself back in — to the surprise of Kaitlyn — and hit a splash off the top rope to pin Aksana for the win . In the back , The Bellas “ introduced ” themselves to The Funkadactyls . When Cameron & Naomi tried to express how much of an influence The Bellas have had on them , though , the twins responded by calling the dancing pair “ hoochie mommas ” before instigating a nasty backstage brawl . Four days after Dolph Ziggler defeated WWE Tag Team Champion Daniel Bryan on Raw ( and Big E Langston added insult to injury with a post - match assault ) , Bryan was at Kane ’ s side Friday on SmackDown . In the intense battle pitting The Showoff against the monster , Kane looked for some retribution for his tag team partner . It was all Kane early on , but Mr . Money in the Bank turned things around , hitting a missile dropkick off the top rope . When Kane fought back , the explosive battle raged on . Then , in the final moments , when AJ Lee did her best to distract the monster , Bryan was there to lend a helping hand . Unfortunately for the submission specialist , he ran right into Big E and promptly needed some help himself . Kane successfully fought off Langston , only to get back into the ring and right into the Zig Zag . In the midst of the chaos that followed at ringside , Ziggler to get the huge victory , thus defeating both tag champs in the same week . But when The Showoff went to rub his victory in , Kane grabbed him , setting him up for a Chokeslam . Fortunately for Ziggler , Big E re - emerged to lay waste to The Big Red Monster , sending a very clear message that he intends to be a dominant force in WWE . In another hilarious parody of the incendiary duo of Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter , World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez took on the “ hot - button ” issues of borders , pancakes and Canadians . R - Truth and Chris Jericho — who were watching backstage — may have thought the parody was funny , but Swagger and Colter definitely did not , as they confronted the pair . Jericho told Swagger that , instead of worrying about politics , he should worry about his title match against Del Rio at WrestleMania — and his match later in the night against Y2J . The WWE Universe will just have to wait to see the in - ring debut of Fandango , as the mysterious dancer yet again refused to compete . Scheduled in a match against The Great Khali , Fandango declined to leave the ramp after he determined that Khali was “ absolutely horrible ” at properly pronouncing his name . Despite SmackDown General Manager Booker T ’ s warning last week , Fandango is yet to see in - ring action . Backstage , Sheamus & Randy Orton talked to Matt Striker about Ryback joining them at WrestleMania against The Shield , but Roman Reigns appeared out of nowhere , hitting a devastating spear on The Celtic Warrior . The Shield proceeded to lay waste to Orton before hurling Sheamus through a table . SmackDown General Manager Booker T was called in to pick up the pieces of the wreckage , and Ryback emerged demanding to know what happened . The former World Champion assured Ryback he ’ s got the situation under control , and that the Superstar should focus on his match against Mark Henry . Just as Ryback and Mark Henry were locking up , the highly anticipated showdown between the two behemoths was interrupted by the emergence of The Shield . Henry momentarily vacated the premises , allowing The Shield to launch a 3 - on - 1 assault on Ryback . When the scary - strong Ryback managed to clear the ring , Henry re - emerged to get Ryback ’ s attention … enough of his attention , in fact , for Dean Ambrose , Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins to take “ The Human Wrecking Ball ” out with a Triple Powerbomb . Preying on the defenseless Ryback , Henry decimated the beast with three consecutive World ’ s Strongest Slams in the middle of the ring . Then , standing over a prone Ryback , Henry screamed , “ You will not run through me ! Welcome to The Hall of Pain ! ” Nearly three years to the day when Jack Swagger cashed in his Money in the Bank contract against Chris Jericho to claim the World Title , the same two Superstars squared off in an epic main event on the blue brand . After their backstage confrontation earlier in the night , Y2J took on the “ Real American ” in a brutal back - and - forth battle that had “ instant classic ” written all over it . While it was all Swagger early on , Y2J roared back , matching his opponent move for move . In the final moments of the contest , Jericho seemed primed for victory as he attempted to nail Swagger with the Codebreaker . But the “ Real American ” used his brute strength to catch Y2J in midair and hurl him into the bottom turnbuckle . From there , it was just a matter of time , as Swagger planted Jericho with a devastating gut - wrench powerbomb before covering him for the victory . With his SmackDown win , Swagger passed a huge test as he continues on his road to WrestleMania — and to World Champion Alberto Del Rio .