The 13^th July 2012 episode of SmackDown! starts with a video hyping that “Long Island Iced Z” Zack Ryder in going to be the General Manager of this episode, followed by Lilian Garcia introducing Ryder and him making his way to the ring.

Zack Ryder welcomes everyone to “Friday Night ZackDown!”, and he says that his first act as General Manager is to organise the world’s largest fist-pump with each and every one of the fans right now, as he then does just that.

He says that this is going to be the greatest SmackDown! ever, but after a “Woo Woo Woo, You Know It!”, Alberto Del Rio’s music hits and he makes his way to the ring with Ricardo Rodriguez.

Alberto Del Rio says that he thought that Teddy Long was a joke as a General Manager, but Ryder has to be kidding him. He says that on Sunday, he becomes the real World Champion, and that after that, he will rule SmackDown!.

Ryder corrects Del Rio by pointing out that this is “ZackDown!”, and says that the reason that he brought him there was because there is somebody who wants to get their hands on him, and as a matter of fact that somebody will be Del Rio’s opponent right now… said opponent is quickly revealed to be Sin Cara.

The match sees Del Rio get the victory, when he avoids Sin Cara’s Senton Bomb attempt and quickly follows it up by applying the cross-armbreaker to Cara, forcing him to tap out.

After an interaction involving Teddy Long and Zack Ryder backstage, as well as an interaction involving Ryder, The Big Show, and The Great Khali in which Khali is revealed as Show’s opponent later on, Darren Young (accompanied by Titus O’Neil and AW) takes on Primo (accompanied by Epico and Rosa Mendes) in a match which sees Primo get the victory, when he catches Young in a small package for the 3-count.

After a video recapping Edge’s retirement announcement on the 11^th April 2011 episode of Monday Night Raw (click here for our report of that episode), to hype the upcoming 1000^th episode, and an interaction backstage involving Sheamus, Zack Ryder, and Chris Jericho, in which Ryder makes a match for later in the episode between Jericho and Sheamus, Christian and Santino Marella are pitted against Cody Rhodes and Dolph Ziggler (accompanied by Vickie Guerrero) in a Tag Team match.

The match sees Ziggler get the victory for his team, when he hits Marella with a Zig-Zag for the 3-count.

After a video recapping the events of Monday Night Raw involving CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, and AJ (click here for our Raw report), The Big Show goes against The Great Khali in a match which sees Show get the victory, when he hits Khali with the Weapon of Mass Destruction for the 3-count.

After a video recapping the match between Ryback and Curt Hawkins last week, Tyler Reks (accompanied by Curt Hawkins) takes on Ryback in a match which sees Ryback get the victory, when he hits Reks with the muscle-buster for the 3-count.

After a video recapping Hugh Jackman’s appearance on the 19^th September 2011 episode of Raw (click here for our report of that episode), to hype the upcoming 1000^th episode, Damien Sandow is pitted against Justin Gabriel in a match which sees Sandow get the victory, when he hits Gabriel with a neckbreaker for the 3-count.

After a video recapping the unveiling of the Anonymous Raw General Manager’s identity from Monday Night Raw, Sheamus going against Chris Jericho in a match which sees Sheamus get the victory, when he hits Jericho with the Brogue Kick for the 3-count.

Afterwards, Sheamus starts to leave and turns around to celebrate on the stage, when Alberto Del Rio’s music hits. Sheamus’ attention is on the approaching car, which allows Del Rio to attack him from behind by surprise, applying the cross-armbreaker to Sheamus on the edge of the stage.

Del Rio stands on the stage looking down at Sheamus, as ZackDown! goes off the air.