SMACKDOWN LIVE THREAD 11/14/17 The redemption of Baron Corbin

[KIRA]

Alright lets go see if we can get through the show despite lack of Alicia Fox.

[Lock Jaw]

Gonna miss it due to no power......

[KIRA]

I want to say you won't miss anything since Alicia isn't on this show but there is still the greatness of AJ Styles.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="in" dir="ltr">Blah blah blah, RAW is bad, blah blah blah, not the B show, blah blah blah, land of opportunity, blah blah blah, roll credits. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReasonsToWatchSmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ReasonsToWatchSmackDown</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/930469023820730368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[ClockShot]

And we open..........with a staff meeting.

[ClockShot]

Owens and Zayn in back all pissed.

[RP]

why are tehy talking on mics backstage?

[RP]

I feel like Becky probably fucks all these dudes with dildos.

[Droford]

This is dumb

[ClockShot]

Shane should go on the road as a motivational speaker.

[Evil Vito]

SMACKDOWN is still the A-show

[Savio]

Weird seeing Corbin as a team player.

[ClockShot]

Braun got you covered, Daniel.

[KIRA]

God really Corbin? That last line makes me wish I didnt put you in the title

[RP]

I would let Becky fuck me with a dildo tbh

[slik]

Remember when Mojo Rawley won the Andre The Giant Battle Royal? Thank God that push is over.

[slik]

KO and Sami relegated to the back-back-background

[KIRA]

If only this lead to DB wrestling

[Triple A]

SmackDown should be cool tonight...

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the booing for Cena being on Team Blue.

If only this lead to DB wrestling
Or him enacting sinister plans to take over the Blue Brand from Shane.

[Emperor Smeat]

This crowd has no rhythm at all for the Styles chants.

[Triple A]

What are they chanting

AJ something Styles

[Savio]

dueling AJ Styles chants

[ClockShot]

"Champion of the Universe".

:rofl:

[Triple A]

are they just chanting AJ Styles off rhythm... and not coming into rhythm after like 30 seconds still... wtf

[slik]

DBry's Paul Heyman impression lol

[KIRA]

his calaves are small

[slik]

DBry calling Lesnar a quitter when he doesn't get his way is kind of true...

[ClockShot]

Pretty good promo by Daniel Bryan. I can get on board with him being Styles' advocate.

[KIRA]

Bryan.....wow

[rez]

AJ STYLES PRODUCTION

[Emperor Smeat]

Way better opening than RAW yesterday.

[KIRA]

oooooo

[KIRA]

He sounds like he said fatigue makes "queers" of us all.

[ClockShot]

I got a funny feeling about the U.S. Title match.

[KIRA]

I got a funny feeling about the U.S. Title match.

Like Sin Cara is about to be the new US champ

[rez]

barf. mcrib

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Was kinda bored so I made this. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SurvivorSeries?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SurvivorSeries</a> <a href="https://t.co/twKYNufjqj">pic.twitter.com/twKYNufjqj</a></p>&mdash; Abdulmalik Ali (@zxl64) <a href="https://twitter.com/zxl64/status/930497129692499969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[ClockShot]

Hey Jinder, it was fun while it lasted.

[Savio]

Hey Jinder, it was fun while it lasted.

Was it?

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The fact that Sin Cara would qualify for 205 Live kinda puts the idea of a cruiserweight into perspective <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SDLive</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/930607610428035072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Would probably be in the division if it wasn't for Creative thinking he's too tall for the division.

[KIRA]

barf. mcrib

Never understood why people go crazy for that garbage

[KIRA]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The fact that Sin Cara would qualify for 205 Live kinda puts the idea of a cruiserweight into perspective <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SDLive</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/930607610428035072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Would probably be in the division if it wasn't for Creative thinking he's too tall for the division.

That's their reasoning? lol fucking idiots running this company.

[Emperor Smeat]

Yeah. Cara implied that was the likely reason during a recent interview he had when asked about the division.

[DAMN iNATOR]

I get the feeling that Carmella cashes in tonight and goes on to face Alexa Sunday.

[ClockShot]

Awwww nuts.

[Triple A]

Sin Cara seems bigger than I realized

[Emperor Smeat]

WWE really wants a Miz vs Corbin match for some odd reason. This and the Cruiser title match have been the only things about the original SS card so far that wasn't tweaked.

[Triple A]

Would probably be in the division if it wasn't for Creative thinking he's too tall for the division.

Internet says he's 5'7... though he does seem taller 4 some reason

[slik]

The Original Shield

[KIRA]

Baron Corban kinda reminds me of that rat-faced guy from Captain Planet

[ClockShot]

The Original Shield

Trying to figure out what's so "original" about 'em?

[KIRA]

WWE really wants a Miz vs Corbin match for some odd reason. This and the Cruiser title match have been the only things about the original SS card so far that wasn't tweaked.

Wonder who's carrying who in that match.

or maybe their combined mediocrity evens out to a decent match

[ClockShot]

Baron Corban kinda reminds me of that rat-faced guy from Captain Planet

Looten Plunder?

Or Rigger?

[DAMN iNATOR]

Never understood why people go crazy for that garbage

Maybe because it's the best McDonald's item ever.

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COME ON...

[Savio]

I get the feeling that Carmella cashes in tonight and goes on to face Alexa Sunday.

I think so too.

[Savio]

McRib isn't good.

[Emperor Smeat]

Internet says he's 5'7... though he does seem taller 4 some reason

Think he might be taller than most of the division or at least remember him looking tall during the short time he was hanging out with them on RAW.

[rez]

Maybe because it's the best McDonald's item ever.

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COME ON...

nah. that'd be the old cinnamon roll (the square one) they changed up years ago :| .now it's the sausage egg & cheese mcgriddle. get that mcrib garbage outta here.

[DAMN iNATOR]

McRib isn't good.

You shut your whore mouth! It is DELICIOUS! :rant:

[Triple A]

damn saw cesaro and sheamus on the screen and "my heart sunk" thinking that they were on TV and about to have a match on smackdown

[Emperor Smeat]

Biggest swerve that could happen tonight is RAW doesn't get their own #UnderSiege moment because for the first time in WWE history, WWE actually hired competent local security guys this week.

[ClockShot]

Heh heh heh. Jason Jordan got booted off the Raw team.

All that's left is to end that pointless storyline.

[slik]

The original shield

[RP]

Shane shops at a Baby Gap

[slik]

what if carmella cashes in on Alexa this sunday

[ClockShot]

Charlotte from Charlotte.

[rez]

who's da boss? shane or daniel

[slik]

What does this former WWE writer know...hmmm...he usually seems 'ahead of the curve' on things WWE is planning...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">survivor series is shaping up to be a great series finale for wwe</p>&mdash; Brian Maxwell Mann (@BrianMaxMann) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianMaxMann/status/930470234103918593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[ClockShot]

What does this former WWE writer know...hmmm...he usually seems 'ahead of the curve' on things WWE is planning...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">survivor series is shaping up to be a great series finale for wwe</p>&mdash; Brian Maxwell Mann (@BrianMaxMann) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianMaxMann/status/930470234103918593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2017</a></blockquote>
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What's throwing me off is "series finale".

[DAMN iNATOR]

Charlotte from Charlotte.

Queen City v. Queen of Hearts.

[RP]

i kinda marked out for the old school toy commercial for the WWE RAW elite ring.

[KIRA]

Looten Plunder?

Or Rigger?

Nah the guy voiced by Jeff Goldblum.........Verminous Skumm THATS IT!

[DAMN iNATOR]

what if carmella cashes in on Alexa this sunday

A pre-emptive move to avoid decimation by Asuka. Smart.

[Savio]

So distracted by all of Charlotte's tattoos.

[Droford]

what if carmella cashes in on Alexa this sunday

She should cash in on Whoever is SD champ in the middle of the match making it a triple threat for the SD title and have Alexa win both.

[RP]

I'm pretty sure Charlotte is about to win the belt.

[ClockShot]

1 FALL!

[slik]

What's throwing me off is "series finale".

He's a huge smartass so it makes me think the booking he's heard planned will be...um....not smart.

He called the Bray as Sister Abigail stuff, Jinder becoming champ and getting along push, etc.

[ClockShot]

I'm pretty sure Charlotte is about to win the belt.

History has shown the hometown fighter tends to lose.

We'll see what happens.

[KIRA]

Natalya should come to the ring and have a bunch of guys carrying cats in really fancy cages

[Emperor Smeat]

Strange to have the Corbin-Cara match get the split-screen treatment and not the Charlotte-Natty match instead.

[RP]

History has shown the hometown fighter tends to lose.

We'll see what happens.

Ya but Charlotte vs Bliss is a way better match

[KIRA]

Y'know whose chops never got enough credit? Chris Benoit's

[Emperor Smeat]

Women's title match was pretty good overall.

Also :lol: at Miz vs Corbin ending up as the only inter-brand match to not get any tweaks done for SS.

[ClockShot]

How bow dah.

[RP]

I'm pretty sure Charlotte is about to win the belt.

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[DAMN iNATOR]

Y'know whose chops never got enough credit? Chris Benoit's

A Match Game style question, huh? I'll say Sam the Butcher.

[ClockShot]

And poof, there's Renee.

[KIRA]

Really do think one show should have the Women's Division

All that just to pass the belt back to Flair Jr

[slik]

I am looking forward to Charlotte vs Alexa

[KIRA]

Seriously Charlotte DOES NOT WORK as a heel.

[Evil Vito]

I feel happy for Charlotte

[Emperor Smeat]

After this promo and Charlotte just winning the belt, going to be really stupid if Alexa beats Charlotte at Survivor Series.

[ClockShot]

Hey, Ric's here.

Doesn't he have warrants in North Carolina?

[Evil Vito]

WOOOOOOOOOOO

[KIRA]

Godesses are deities Queens are just people.

[ClockShot]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Watch my 30 for 30 movie on ESPN.

[Droford]

All Ric had to do was nearly die to get her back to not hating him lol

[slik]

Huge reaction for the Nature Boy.

[KIRA]

Awwww thats so sweet now Ric has to slip out the back WOOO before THE Cops WOOOO can find him WOOOOOOO

[Evil Vito]

Glad Ric got to have that moment with Charotte in their hometown.

[Emperor Smeat]

Guess the rumors about the WWE dropping the Bludgeon Bros gimmick ended up being false.

[RP]

lol this is ultra terrible. They need to put these dudes back with Bray right away.

[ClockShot]

Hammer Time is fast approaching.

[ClockShot]

NEXT WEEK!

But in WWEspeak, that could be another month.

[KIRA]

Rowan has a nice intimidating voice going

[Triple A]

I hope the Bludgeon Brothers say their cool catch phrase ("Harper, Rowan, Bludgeon Brothers") every week like "The Bar" does... love that and it will never get old

[KIRA]

Usos have gotten so good on the mic they should give their bland cousin some pointers

[Evil Vito]

The Bludgeon Brothers better actually bring those hammers

[KIRA]

The Bludgeon Brothers better actually bring those hammers

They can't Triple H will get mad because he invented sledgehammers just like he was THE man in the Attitude era and beyond

[Evil Vito]

Instead of just giving the spot to Natalya, the 5th spot on the SmackDown women's team is being billed as a mystery.

That'll be Paige's return, then.

[Emperor Smeat]

The Bludgeon Brothers better actually bring those hammers

Yeah need to see at least one person get smashed with them before the WWE inevitably forgets about Rowan and Harper again.

[KIRA]

Zayn and Owens probably about to job hard

[ClockShot]

Something going on in the crowd.

[Emperor Smeat]

Those half-RAW, half-Shield shirts look terrible

[ClockShot]

:rofl:

Oh my god. Call the Fashion Police, those shirts are hideous!

[Triple A]

Wonder how they made those shirts... if they cut two shirts and stitched them together, or something else

[ClockShot]

And all the Smackdown women are conveniently in the their locker room.

[Triple A]

camera work is so fucked

[Emperor Smeat]

This is the best non-Rumble brawl since ummm last year's pre-Survivor Series brawl.

[RP]

BRAUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[ClockShot]

BRAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!

[KIRA]

Shouldve just sent Asuka and BRUAN

[ClockShot]

Did Braun ever finish with Roman?

[Triple A]

camera work is fucking insane

making me dizzy

[KIRA]

Annnnd making Nakamura look like a bitch great :nono:

[RP]

lol Kurt just spit in Shane's mouth like 10 times.

[rez]

fuck RAW. bunch of bullies

[ClockShot]

Whoa. Angle barely pulled that off, AND almost dropped Shane in a bad way.

[RP]

Braun should destroy The Shield after all this.

[KIRA]

If the writers were people with brains instead of barely competent piles of goo

The idea of mini fueds inside the main Arc of Survivor Series would be really fun

[Emperor Smeat]

Funny thing about this brawl is Shane did nothing to Angle for the Smackdown invasion and Angle's gift for being spared is having Shane destroyed the most for RAW's invasion.

[Evil Vito]

I'm glad Kurt had the decency to wear his blazer even during guerrila warfare.

[rez]

Funny thing about this brawl is Shane did nothing to Angle for the Smackdown invasion and Angle's gift for being spared is having Shane destroyed the most for RAW's invasion.

Wouldn't expect anything less coming from the Angle that went after Sting's high school son in loltna

[Tom Guycott]

Shane should go on the road as a motivational speaker.

Seemed like a watered down "welcome to the dance" ECW promo to me.

[Tom Guycott]

Weird seeing Corbin as a team player.

Also, this was his best promo work since "For those of you who don't know who I am... I don't care." The fact that It was only like two sentences helped immensely.

[Emperor Smeat]

Didn't even notice it till reading afterwards but no Orton or Cena during that beatdown by Team RAW. Really terrible picks by Shane if they couldn't be bothered for the attempted defense of the Blue Brand.

At least when RAW gotten invaded, Roman had the excuse of being sick and Braun was stuck in a garbage truck.

[OverTaker]

Orton and Cena were out getting stoned alittle early, like Heyman, and Lesnar a few weeks ago.

[Evil Vito]

Yeah it irks me that Orton wasn't there. I know the reason he wasn't is because they want to protect him. Whenever they've done those locker room emptying pull apart brawls and stuff like that they deliberately leave out guys they don't want fans to see getting thrown around and Orton's almost always one of the no-shows.

But still, he's a regular part of the SmackDown roster (unlike Cena) so in theory he should've been out there with his team. Don't really think he'd have lost anything by RKO'ing a few people before getting Braun'd.

[Lock Jaw]

Just read the results..... pretty much what I expected.

Too bad the Nattie/Charlotte feud had to be rushed to do Survivor Series. After their last match seemed like they were gonna build to a no dq or streetfight match at the next PPV. But then, no.... Survivor Series time, let's drop all that and just put Charlotte on team Smackdown.

Weeks later.... oh wait, no one wants to see a Nattie vs Alexa heel vs heel match. Let's pick up that Nattie/Charlotte thing and quickly put the belt on Charlotte.

Just seems like they could have had more outta that feud, and now I doubt Nattie gets another go around anytime soon.

[hb2k]

Agreed, the rush job to get the belt to Charlotte was really messy, especially in the fallout of the Raw Tag and WWE titles changing so recently and changing those matches too. No Orton is ridiculous, no reason not to include him when you have the built in reason for him to get beat down with Sami and Kevin leaving them all high and dry.

Really like the little touch of the Usos hitting the ring and Roman not knowing what to do for that split second.

[Lock Jaw]

I didn't have a problem with the rush job with the WWE Title change, because the sooner they got it off Jinder, the better.

The RAW tag team one was at least "unexpected". For me, at least.

[Simple Fan]

Think they've done a good job of salvaging Survivor Series with all the changes as before it wasn't looking good. I like HHH being added over Jordan and seemed like the Raw crowd was way against Jordan which I don't blame them. AJ vs Brock should be good although I feel like Jinder will get involved in the match in some way. Shield/New Day and Usos/ The Bar should be good as well and those will probably be the only matches I watch, might check out Miz/Corbin also.

Kind of funny though that they had no prior plans for Survivor Series and all their champions were heels except Rollins and Ambrose. Also wish AJ would have beat Finn now that this is how it turned out.

[Lock Jaw]

Also wish AJ would have beat Finn now that this is how it turned out.

Was very weird on RAW when Heyman mentioned that maybe Balor was the best wrestler not AJ, but that that argument can be settled another day. To which I thought "They did just fight and Balor won...."

[Simple Fan]

Was very weird on RAW when Heyman mentioned that maybe Balor was the best wrestler not AJ, but that that argument can be settled another day. To which I thought "They did just fight and Balor won...."

Yeah there have been a couple of times this year where something like that has happened. They emergency book and stuff gets weird. I'm not against Jinder as Champion and enjoyed it, I only wish they would have let him win the Andre Memorial Battle Royal to give it some credence. Not as bad with AJ as he's always a guy that can get over a loss by just having a great match next time out and why he's a better choice for Brock then Jinder.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Someone linked me to Daniel Bryan's promo and it made me sad. He clearly had that one in the chamber as he said previously he'd love a match with Brock.

[hb2k]

Thought the same thing. Bryan is still totally wanting to work with Lesnar...

[KIRA]

Thought the same thing I was like "this is your promo isnt it this is the stuff you were wanting to say"