Homare Sawa and Yani Tseng, two amazing sport stars from the Far East, are among the favourites to be nominated for the 2012 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award, along with a clutch of gold medal winners from the World Athletics Championships in Daegu.

The Laureus World Sports Awards is recognised as the premier honours event in the international sporting calendar and the Awards Ceremony provides a high profile focus as stars of the sporting world come together to salute the finest sportsmen and sportswomen of the year. The winners will be unveiled during a globally televised Awards Ceremony in London on Monday, February 6.

This week's SmackDown started off with the aftermath of Survivor Series, as Mark Henry entered the ring using a crutch, gloating about how he was still the World Heavyweight Champion and had prevailed in his last title defence against Big Show. The World's Largest Athlete was not amused, and he came down to the ring and reminded Henry that he had got himself disqualified on purpose, knowing perfectly well that the title could not change hands by disqualification. And when Henry crossed the line by calling Big Show the World's Largest Loser, he got hit by the WMD.

Just as Henry got knocked out, Daniel Bryan shocked everyone present by running into the ring and cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase. Bryan won the title after pinning a weak and defenseless Henry, but his celebration of a lifetime got interrupted by GM Theodore Long, who clarified that Mark Henry was not cleared to compete by the doctors this week, and hence the impromptu 'match' could not be considered official. Long gave back the Money in the Bank briefcase to Bryan and the World Heavyweight Title to Henry, but not before putting Bryan in the main event in a fatal 4-way match, where the winner would face Mark Henry on SmackDown next week.

The most eagerly anticipated return in the history of professional wrestling brought a 15000-strong crowd to their feet as the most electrifying man in sports entertainment set the stage afire at the world famous Madison Square Garden in New York City at the 25th annual Survivor Series Pay-Per-View extravaganza. But before we get to that, here's what transpired during the three hours of the action-packed blockbuster:

1. Dolph Ziggler def. John Morrison (retains United States Championship):

For the second straight Pay-Per-View, Dolph Ziggler had to compete twice in the same night. But just like the previous time, he managed to successfully defend the US title, this time against a very game John Morrison. Morrison brought his a-game on this night, and reminded everyone of his excellent high-flying abilities with a corkscrew plancha outside the ring to the champion. However, ZIggler's manager, Vickie Guerrero used the moment to distract the challenger, allowing Ziggler to capitalize with a huge elbow drop and a rear chin lock. Morrison came back strongly with a huge kick to the jaw followed by a DDT. This led to a near-fall, which was broken by Guerrero when she placed Ziggler's foot on the bottom rope, getting herself ejected. Morrison went for the Starship Pain, but Ziggler got his knees up and caught the challenger on the gut. Then the champ followed up with a Zig-zag to secure the pin-fall.

An epic confrontation is set to take place between two of the World's strongest men at Survivor Series, the signs of which were apparent in this week's Smackdown. The SuperShow opened with Mark Henry beating Daniel Bryan to a pulp for disrespecting him for two successive weeks. The beat down was first handed over at the locker room area and then inside the ring. Daniel had to be carried out by the trainers after being at the receiving end of two Strongest Slams and one 400-pound Splash.

In a preview of what's to come at Survivor Series, a series of matches involving traditional Survivor Series elimination match members took place during the show. First Sin Cara faced Dolph Ziggler followed by Mason Ryan taking on Jack Swagger. Dolph Ziggler picked up a hard fought victory after reversing Cara's sunset flip and then Ryan dismantled Swagger with his full Nelson followed by a modified powerslam.