1/23/2018 Smack Down Live 18.75 year Anniversary thread!

[Savio]

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Last week on SmackDown LIVE, a very confident AJ Styles vowed to put an end to Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn’s “Yep!” Movement at the Royal Rumble event, when he defends his WWE Championship against them in a 2-on-1 Handicap Match. However, will the two friends have anything else to say as they try to get under The Phenomenal One’s skin before this Sunday’s showdown in Philadelphia?

Find out on SmackDown LIVE, tonight at 8/7 C on USA Network.

Post the hottest moments from the 18.75 years of Smackdown and get ready for tonight's show!

[Mr. Nerfect]

Am I the only one irked by the idea of a Handicap Match for the title? Seems like something Russo would book.

[Savio]

That bump at 7:57 would have broken mankinds collar bone if he got right in the grave like he wanted.

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[ClockShot]

Smackdown has to be really, really, really, really, really good to make up for last night's nightmare that was the 25th anniversary of Monday Night Raw.

[#1-norm-fan]

How did this handicap match for the title come to be with two face authority figures at the helm? Did Styles just welcome the challenge and say "book it" or something?

[Savio]

Daniel is going a bit crazy with power. But some people think he is ussing the handicap match to put a wedge between Sami and Kevin.

[#1-norm-fan]

Did he ever actually give an explanation of why he booked the match though?

[KIRA]

Smackdown has to be really, really, really, really, really good to make up for last night's nightmare that was the 25th anniversary of Monday Night Raw.

The Bar is ridiculously low for them they would have to try to suck to be as bad as last night

[Droford]

Did he ever actually give an explanation of why he booked the match though?

Because AJ Styles sarcastically asked for it

[Mr. Nerfect]

How did this handicap match for the title come to be with two face authority figures at the helm? Did Styles just welcome the challenge and say "book it" or something?

I think AJ Styles said "Why don't you just put me in a Handicap Match against them?!" because he kept losing one-on-one matches with Shane and Bryan getting involved and distracting him. Bryan said "Great idea!" and AJ was like "What?! No!"

Yeah, it's shit.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Daniel is going a bit crazy with power. But some people think he is ussing the handicap match to put a wedge between Sami and Kevin.

Why not just book them in a match against each other -- winner gets a WWE Title shot and the loser cannot challenge for a year?

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thankful we don’t have 205 Live stars on here because we’re beginning to think that show is cursed <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/955895189964558337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Mr. Nerfect]

I get that people are joking when they say the show is cursed, but Rich Swann and Enzo Amore both very likely being pieces of shit is pretty easy to explain without a curse -- they're both very likely pieces of shit.

[Savio]

Why not just book them in a match against each other -- winner gets a WWE Title shot and the loser cannot challenge for a year?

WWE storylines are better when you don't think about em too much.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Ah, I see. And they wonder why they have an engagement problem.

[rez]

show is already better than last night's crap

[ClockShot]

Smackdown superstars appearing on Raw last night are all saying "Thank god I'm outta there!".

[Savio]

Oh the show is in DC? I could have went.

[Droford]

Tye Dillinger needs a heel turn and join KO/Sami as a Canadian heel stable

[Emperor Smeat]

I get that people are joking when they say the show is cursed, but Rich Swann and Enzo Amore both very likely being pieces of shit is pretty easy to explain without a curse -- they're both very likely pieces of shit.

Outside of Tozawa and Kalisto's 1 week reigns, every champ so far had something bad happen to them and/or their career in the WWE after winning the belt.

Then again Tozawa is pretty much an afterthought now and Kalisto's buzz died really quickly for the division so no champ avoided the "curse."

[Savio]

Sami is a good annoying heel.

[#1-norm-fan]

I think AJ Styles said "Why don't you just put me in a Handicap Match against them?!" because he kept losing one-on-one matches with Shane and Bryan getting involved and distracting him. Bryan said "Great idea!" and AJ was like "What?! No!"

Yeah, it's shit.

lol What?

[Emperor Smeat]

Sami is a good annoying heel.

Yeup. Pretty much just taking his face persona and tweaking the annoyance level even higher as a character.

[slik]

It's already better than RAW so far

Team #DBry #FuckShane

[slik]

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[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SAD but TRUE FACT:<br><br>The Usos have NEVER been on the MAIN card at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wrestlemania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Wrestlemania</a> <br>They've hit the pre-show a few times though,<br><br>Hopefully this is their year <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SDLive</a></p>&mdash; DavKind (@DavKind76) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavKind76/status/955975549939265536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Emperor Smeat]

Time to erase Gable & Shelton from the Rumble Tipsters winners list.

[ClockShot]

Gable/Benjamin vs. The Usos for the tag belts in a proper match will be one to watch.

[ClockShot]

Is Renee really that short?

[rez]

Is Renee really that short?

5ft 5 inch according to wiki:love:

[Savio]

Really excited for the 2 out of 3 Falls match

[Savio]

What if it was a white celebrity that got shot?

[Evil Vito]

RET'S RUMBLE!

[Mr. Nerfect]

Outside of Tozawa and Kalisto's 1 week reigns, every champ so far had something bad happen to them and/or their career in the WWE after winning the belt.

Then again Tozawa is pretty much an afterthought now and Kalisto's buzz died really quickly for the division so no champ avoided the "curse."

What happened to Neville? He got pissed off and left? I don't consider that in line with a curse, haha.

[Emperor Smeat]

The booking for the two new groups of women has been puzzling. Neither group has benefited so far and it really does come off as WWE only called them up so they'd have more main roster bodies for the Women's Rumble.

[Mr. Nerfect]

lol What?

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Yep. It's a little game they like to play called "Let's make our babyfaces look stupid."

[Emperor Smeat]

What happened to Neville? He got pissed off and left? I don't consider that in line with a curse, haha.

He's pretty much in WWE limbo till his contract expires and that's assuming WWE doesn't enter petty mode with freezing his contract for an even longer limbo like with Rey.

[Mr. Nerfect]

But that's because he walked out, haha. If he had asked for his release, they probably would have granted him one.

[slik]

Really hope Shinsuke wins here...

[Sixx]

Does anyone have a stream? I just woke up so I'm not gonna sleep anytime soon and I'd like to watch.

[KIRA]

Nakamura finally looking like the beast he is

[Droford]

rko outta nowhere

[Mr. Nerfect]

Who is Shini Nak wrestling?

[slik]

I really liked that match

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Truly an RKO outta nowhere! <a href="https://t.co/I0xnYnoISX">pic.twitter.com/I0xnYnoISX</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SDLive</a></p>&mdash; NoDQ.com - WWE News (@nodqdotcom) <a href="https://twitter.com/nodqdotcom/status/955984748454731776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Savio]

Where are the Enzo Amore news stories?

[KIRA]

So nice of them to let us relive the horrors of last night

[Mr. Nerfect]

Holy shit, Randy's got hair.

[Droford]

Its a Roode day yes it is

[Savio]

Nice to see that Bobby Roode likes to have fun

[Emperor Smeat]

https://i.imgur.com/wlthth7.gif

[Sixx]

Damn, I like the New Day. They are just so positive and happy.

[Savio]

Wonder if Rusev gets pinned here as punishment for his tweet.

[KIRA]

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[KIRA]

Damn, I like the New Day. They are just so positive and happy.

I know its sickening

[KIRA]

I firmly belive all of the precived evil that DB is doing is for the greater good of Smackdown live

[Sixx]

I know its sickening

Actually, no. :) Maybe if I watched on a regular basis I'd be sick of them. But since I don't they seem really cool.

[Sixx]

God damn, Yanks, how many commercials can you have?

[KIRA]

Shane is clearly mad with power and needs to be stopped

[Sixx]

STOP WITH THE COMMERCIALS

[rez]

STOP WITH THE COMMERCIALS

cuz corporateMERICA

[slik]

AJ disposes of KO rather easily

[slik]

I kind of want KO/Sami to co-win the belt and Braun to win the Rumble and then decide to face Sami and KO at WM

[Sixx]

Are you fucking kidding me? Another commercial?

[Sixx]

It's like 50/50.

[Sixx]

And here I was complaining about commercials on Polish TV.

[Sixx]

I'm sorry, STD, I meant television.

[Savio]

Did AJ beat KO or was it a DQ?

[rez]

I hope Shane fires him for still being ringside

[Anybody Thrilla]

I'm catching up on the DVR right now, but I feel compelled to say that Chad Gable is fucking awesome. Jesus.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I'm catching up on the DVR right now, but I feel compelled to say that Chad Gable is fucking awesome. Jesus.

Yep.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Did AJ beat KO or was it a DQ?

KO tapped

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Did AJ beat KO or was it a DQ?

Yeah, KO still has not gotten his rematch for the Big Red title.

[Emperor Smeat]

:eek: Sami beat Styles ... time to scratch his name off the winner's list for the Rumble.

[Droford]

when was the last time sami won with the BTB

[GD]

I am not a fan of the WWE Champion losing non title bouts on a regular basis.

[GD]

when was the last time sami won with the BTB

Michael Cole must be proud. He loves the move.

[slik]

https://www.facebook.com/WWEMixedMatchChallenge/videos/155984315181651/

Mixed Match Challenge link ^^

[slik]

This show is fun!

[slik]

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[slik]

Carmella taps out to Asuka's finisher.

Miz/Asuka advance to the next round.

[slik]

Next week is Alexa Bliss/Braun Strowman vs Sami Zayn/Becky Lynch

[slik]

Miz taking credit on the mic post match...

[slik]

That was a fun 20 minutes (again)

[Mr. Nerfect]

when was the last time sami won with the BTB

What is the BTB?

EDIT: Oh, Blue Thunder Bomb. I don't think he's ever won with it.

[slik]

187k live viewers during the live facebook show, number will grow for sure overnight since u can replay whenever u want

[slik]

Time for 205 Live and the fate of the Cruiserweight Belt

[Emperor Smeat]

Guess WWE really did retcon Asuka being able to speak English ever since the Nia-Bliss segment.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SDLive</a> GM <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEDanielBryan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWEDanielBryan</a> announces that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/205Live?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#205Live</a> will get a brand-new General Manager NEXT WEEK, and that person will address the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cruiserweight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cruiserweight</a> Championship situation. <a href="https://t.co/0JR662P0ZR">pic.twitter.com/0JR662P0ZR</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/956004891071209472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[slik]

I wonder who the GM of 205 Live will be and if they will another heel authority figure....

[Evil Vito]

I figured they'd do a battle royal or something tonight with the winner facing Cedric for the belt at the Rumble.

Though it would be kinda hilarious if the title match Cedric's been owed for over a month never happens.

[slik]

I might as well watch the rest of 205 Live...6-man tag: Luchadors vs. Daivari/TJP/Tony Nese

[Evil Vito]

Oh hey, they remembered Lince Dorado exists

[owenbrown]

I wonder who the GM of 205 Live will be and if they will another heel authority figure....

what if they brought back Neville for the role?

[GD]

I am intrigued. It's a bit odd that the division is getting a new GM with respect to its exclusivity with the RAW brand.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

It's the No Train.

[slik]

Lince Dorado pina TJP...man TJP has fallen so far...also don't miss him at all


Tozawa on the other hand I wish was on TV more

[Emperor Smeat]

6-man tag match on 205 Live was pretty good.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I bet it'll be Mauro as GM

[slik]

Drew Gulak yesss

[slik]

GM Gulak please

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

GM can't be a full time rassler. That's a conflict.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Jamie By God Noble?

[Tom Guycott]

Is Renee really that short?

5ft 5 inch according to wiki:love:

She's also the master of going shoeless and "standing wide" for subtle touches of making the wrestlers look bigger.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Can't go shoeless in the ring I don't think. It's germy.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Tozawa doing the Vince walk.

[Tom Guycott]

GM can't be a full time rassler. That's a conflict.

Eh. It was awesome with "Emperor Regal" being KotR and GM before the wellness violation.

[Tom Guycott]

Can't go shoeless in the ring I don't think. It's germy.

That's more of a backstage trick. But take a look at how she stands a lot of the time. She shrinks herself in posture to add a touch more of that "larger than life" who whomever she is sticking the microphone in front of.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I like that Sami used the BTB as a finish for once.

[Emperor Smeat]

Ali-Cedric match was really good overall

[Evil Vito]

I like that Sami used the BTB as a finish for once.

I'm glad to see it, but the crowd didn't really react because nobody thought the match would end on the BTB.

So many wrestlers follow the formula of hitting a signature, pin, kickout. Signature, pin, kickout, etc. And there's a misconception that those are false finishes. But they aren't. For it to be a false finish, the crowd has to actually think the move that was just hit could end the match.

I'm all for having signature moves end matches more often, as it could make the ends of matches more exciting. But right now fans are conditioned to years and years of most dudes having only one real match-ender.

[Lock Jaw]

He did hit the Blue Thunder Bomb after the Halluva Kick, didn't he? I think that is a great way to finish matches. As the Halluva kick on its own is not so impressive a finisher, and the Blue Thunder Bomb always looked like it should be his finish. So stick them together into a finishing combo and you are golden.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm in favor of a company-wide ban on kicking out of finishers unless special permission is granted. Also, more finishes should come out of nowhere with moves that aren't always used to end matches. Eventually the fans will begin to buy into pin attempts again, and kicking out of big moves will mean something.

[Mr. Nerfect]

He did hit the Blue Thunder Bomb after the Halluva Kick, didn't he? I think that is a great way to finish matches. As the Halluva kick on its own is not so impressive a finisher, and the Blue Thunder Bomb always looked like it should be his finish. So stick them together into a finishing combo and you are golden.

I like the Helluva Kick followed by the Koji Clutch myself.

[Evil Vito]

I like the Blue Thunder Bomb after the Heluva Kick, looks very good. But again, the crowd hasn't been conditioned into thinking the Blue Thunder Bomb is a move that will ever end a match.

Hope he keeps it up, love that move.

[Evil Vito]

I'm in favor of a company-wide ban on kicking out of finishers unless special permission is granted. Also, more finishes should come out of nowhere with moves that aren't always used to end matches. Eventually the fans will begin to buy into pin attempts again, and kicking out of big moves will mean something.

Agreed 100% on this.

Right now the only finisher they seem to be going out of the way to protect is the F-5, as even guys like Joe and Strowman who would've probably kicked out of anyone else's finisher in the modern WWE landscape have been put down by one F-5.

And it's seemingly only being protected to ensure Roman can be the first guy in a year to kick out of it. In theory that should be a "holy shit" moment but since they've been burying finishers for years it's just going to come across as forced.

Need to apply that rule across the board if they want to re-condition the fans and give moments like that the full effect.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I like the Blue Thunder Bomb after the Heluva Kick, looks very good. But again, the crowd hasn't been conditioned into thinking the Blue Thunder Bomb is a move that will ever end a match.

Hope he keeps it up, love that move.

It's such a babyface finish. Zayn is such a babyface though. I know that he can play a jerk well -- I'm not debating that. I just don't see how people are really supposed to boo him.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Agreed 100% on this.

Right now the only finisher they seem to be going out of the way to protect is the F-5, as even guys like Joe and Strowman who would've probably kicked out of anyone else's finisher in the modern WWE landscape have been put down by one F-5.

And it's seemingly only being protected to ensure Roman can be the first guy in a year to kick out of it. In theory that should be a "holy shit" moment but since they've been burying finishers for years it's just going to come across as forced.

Need to apply that rule across the board if they want to re-condition the fans and give moments like that the full effect.

It's a good thing they're doing that, but the backwards thing about is it that every other finisher gets kicked out of, which people think is "more epic," and thus they're saying Brock is boring for actually beating guys with his move.

[GD]

I found the Tozawa Vince strut to be very adorable.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Allegedly the Mixed Match Challenge's live streaming was down 32% from last week, and has only had 500,000 or so views, which is down tremendously from this time in history last week. It'll be interesting to see if it gets up with a slow crawl, or whether this is an ongoing trend.

[GD]

I enjoyed this week’s edition of 205. Don’t care much for crowd reactions.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Would cutting it save a lot of money for the company? They've already got the cameras up and the talent probably don't get paid much. But I feel like scrapping it would be a huge load off the company's back.

[Big Vic]

I'm hoping Rapstar Potato comes in as GM.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Would you actually watch? Genuine question. Is there a General Manager that would actually make people tune in? I just feel like 205 Live is dead, and the fun speculation is really nice, but it's not going to make a difference who it is. Make it Cesaro and give him practice talking when no one else is around.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I can see it being Laughing Matt Hardy though.

[Big Vic]

Or Goldust

[Mr. Nerfect]

Or Goldust

I said that in another thread. Not out of this world, but I'm leaning towards Matt, because I can see Goldust still wrestling and beating them in 3-on-1 Handicap Matches. :y:

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Matt Hardy making Gulak champion and trying to cure the rest of them from their adeektions would be fun for a week.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

General Manager Chet Rico would also make me giggle for a week

[#BROKEN Hasney]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A lot legendary Cruiserweights have been discussed to be 205Live's first ever GM. This chap gets my vote. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/205GM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#205GM</a> <a href="https://t.co/TSQerhjWON">pic.twitter.com/TSQerhjWON</a></p>&mdash; Jack A. Gallagher (@GentlemanJackG) <a href="https://twitter.com/GentlemanJackG/status/956160599985197056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Evil Vito]

Lock Jaw for anonymous 205 Live General Manager

[Lock Jaw]

Waiting by my phone for the call

[Simple Fan]

Who's the guy in the Jack Gallagher tweet?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Who's the guy in the Jack Gallagher tweet?

205 Live Superstar the Scottish Supernova Noam Dar

[Evil Vito]

I'm surprised Gallagher didn't pitch for Kendrick to get the job. I actually could see that given that he's pushing 40 and seems to be someone they'd value keeping around.

[slik]

This week's Mixed Match Challenge has 171k views so far, way down from last week's 1 million + by this point.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I'm surprised Gallagher didn't pitch for Kendrick to get the job. I actually could see that given that he's pushing 40 and seems to be someone they'd value keeping around.

Probably would reconsider now.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DUUgKyqVAAAPIi-.jpg:large

[Emperor Smeat]

This week's Mixed Match Challenge has 171k views so far, way down from last week's 1 million + by this point.

Probably a mix of last week's novelty shine and star power being better overall than this week.

Now if next week declines or doesn't do as well considering the stars appearing, then there should be some concerns.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Would anyone be opposed to starting a thread solely for the Mixed Match Challenge separate from the Smackdown thread? I imagine some people are watching on delay on the Network and not on Facebook. Maybe not a new thread every week, but an ongoing MMC thread like there was for the CWC and the MYC.

[Jordan]

Would anyone be opposed to starting a thread solely for the Mixed Match Challenge separate from the Smackdown thread? I imagine some people are watching on delay on the Network and not on Facebook. Maybe not a new thread every week, but an ongoing MMC thread like there was for the CWC and the MYC.

:y::y:

[Jordan]

Holy shite Shelton Benjamin been workin out with Billy Gunn.

[Jordan]

Chad Gable has IT

[Jordan]

His charisma reminds of Eddie Guerrero.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I've always been high on Gable, but he's REALLY been showing something as of late.

[Jordan]

Gable's rolling German is just perfect

[Jordan]

I was just watching him in his match with one of the Uso's. Looking forward to the tag.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I'm catching up on the DVR right now, but I feel compelled to say that Chad Gable is fucking awesome. Jesus.

That was me in this very thread watching the same match.

[Jordan]

Oh my god... I just Nakamarua's promo with Renee and Corbin... it was really bad. It's a shame that WWE doesn't take use of talent and have certain superstars have managers. He's never going to really "get over" doing this weird Miyagi shit.

[Emperor Smeat]

This week's show ended up being the 3rd week in a row Smackdown was down in terms of numbers. Also the rare time it didn't take the #1 spot when not competing with sports.

Probably a bad sign as well that the huge audience from Monday didn't carry over.

Tuesday’s SmackDown Live drew 2,580,000 viewers, slightly down from last week’s 2,602,000 viewers.

SmackDown was #2 on cable for the night in the 18-49 demographic behind “Curse of Oak Island” on the History Channel (3,320,000 viewers).

This time last year, the January 24, 2017 episode of SmackDown Live drew 2,556,000 viewers.

[Anybody Thrilla]

How could Monday's viewers have carried over? Raw was absolute trash.

[Jordan]

Wow Randy Orton came in super hot with those RKO's. The crow popped big. He's such a huge star but WWE has done him bad. They haven't protected him, and pushed him, he's been shoved to the side. It's unfortunate. Also wow, he looks really weird with so much hair on his head. It's like going back in time.

[Anybody Thrilla]

That was a pretty slick RKO on Nakamura. Really felt like it came "outta nowhere".

[Jordan]

Wouldn't if be dope if WWE did some real shocking shit and New Day ended up dominating at the Rumble and Big E ended up winning by tossing Roman over and then going on to challenge Lesnar at WM.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I'd be down with that.

[Emperor Smeat]

How could Monday's viewers have carried over? Raw was absolute trash.

RAW being trash is one factor but typically whenever RAW gets a big spike, Smackdown gets their own spike as a carry over.

Smackdown getting none of RAW's spike to carry over and actually going down compared to last week is pretty bad for them. They've been really good the majority of the time of getting around 80-95% of whatever RAW gets for the week regardless of how good or bad RAW was.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Maltzer says the idea of 205 Live getting a GM goes back months and it is planned to be a serious GM, not a joke character or a big part of the show. One of the names thrown around months ago was Summer Rae, but they decided not to use her because she was too tall and would make the wrestlers look bad.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

One of the names thrown around months ago was Summer Rae, but they decided not to use her because she was too tall and would make the wrestlers look bad.

Hahahahaha