08-03-2011, 05:54 AM | #41 |
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Thanks.
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08-03-2011, 07:15 AM | #42 |
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I don't care if Ryder jobs every week, as long as he gets to be on TV and get some mic time. He could quite easily be SmackDown's version of Santino.
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08-03-2011, 07:34 AM | #43 |
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Sounds like a really weird edition of SmackDown!, to be honest. Not sure why they have Phoenix and Natalya both as heels. I guess Phoenix could just be a world-beating, no nonsense character. Also, I can't work out whether the WWE wants Ryder to be a babyface or a heel. LOL if the WWE actually did the Pedigree thing. That is just stupid and shows that they aren't learning at all. Ryder would be getting punished because he's actually trying to get himself over with the "WWE Universe."
I'm glad the Daniel Bryan project seems to be going ahead unscathed. Him vs. Kidd should be a fantastic match, and I'm glad that the WWE has given him new music. It seems like we'll get Bryan vs. Barrett at SummerSlam, for those wondering what the fuck Barrett is doing. That will not only be a great match, but it plays off their entire history in the WWE. Even things like Sheamus beating Khali and Henry beating Kozlov sound weird. I know that Kozlov and JTG are with the SmackDown! crew for NXT tapings, but having four (technically six, but the WWE Tag Team Champions are meant to be allowable) RAW talents on the show is a bit weird. Morrison and Truth are at least high profile, and it builds off last week's singles matches. Also, I'm really glad that the WWE are building up McGillicutty & Otunga as Tag Team Champions. Now all they need is a credible face team to challenge them. |
08-03-2011, 07:55 AM | #44 |
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08-03-2011, 08:13 AM | #45 | |
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08-03-2011, 09:12 AM | #46 |
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They must be building for a Ryder/HHH clash at Mania where they battle for control of the company.
It's really the only option that makes any sense. |
08-03-2011, 09:25 AM | #47 |
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Ryder reported on his Twitter that he allegedly sold more shirts than The Rock at RAW.
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08-03-2011, 09:39 AM | #48 |
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was he working as a vendor?
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08-03-2011, 09:48 AM | #49 |
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Nope. Just as the second hottest property in allllllllll of sports entertainment!
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08-03-2011, 09:52 AM | #50 |
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Here is a more detailed SmackDown! report:
Credit: Terri bey and Pwinsider.com Show opened with a video collage of Wrestlemania 27. Opening dark match saw Wade Barrett defeat Colt Cabana. Cabana is very good. I had never seen him before. SUPERSTARS: Alicia Fox defeated Kaitlin in a so so match. Both women did their best. Brodus Clay defeated a local jobber. It is good to see Clay back. I think he works very well for a man his size. He showed a lot of agility in the match, in my opinion. SMACKDOWN The show started with a video of Mark Henry and his various attacks on Kane, and the Big Show, and Sheamus coming to the rescue. It is then announced Sheamus and Henry will face off at Summerslam. Sheamus then kicks off Smack Down with the first match of the evening: Sheamus vs. Khali. Sheamus does the best that he can with Khali. The match is what it is. Khali eventually tries to beat Sheamus with that death grip of his, but Sheamus gets out of it, and Sheamus finally defeats Khali with the Brogue Kick. Winner: Sheamus I believe at this point there is a backstage interview between Josh Matthews and Randy Orton. Orton is asked about the No Holds Barred match with Christian for the World Heavyweight Championship. Orton says that he does have anger management issues, and Christian is going to help him work through them. They also announce that Zach Ryder is going to have his own segment of the show, the name of which I forgot. Natalya vs. AJ Natalya and AJ come out for their match. It is a pretty decent match. There was a sloppy part where Nattie tries the sharpshooter, and I wasn't sure what AJ was trying to do to get out of it, but it looked sloppy to me. Anyway, eventually AJ succumbs to the Sharpshooter. Winner: Natalya. POST MATCH: Natalya goes bonkers, and attacks AJ after the match, including giving AJ a snap suplex on the outside. Natalya grabs a mic and says "Beth, you are so right sister, the days of these cuties are over." (paraphrased). Natalya evidently has turned heel. Wade Barrett came out for commentary for the next match. Daniel Bryan vs. Tyson Kidd Daniel Bryan who came out to new music which I loved, and Tyson worked an AWESOME MATCH. I thought, even though the Main Event was also great, this was the best worked match on the show. Both men did a great job, especially Daniel Bryan. He is an awesome worker in the ring. After several exciting near falls, and Tyson Kidd's going after Daniel Bryan's right knee that Bryan was selling all match, Bryan eventually gets Kidd to submit. Winner: Daniel Bryan I believe it was after this match, they show a commercial for "Haven" that airs this Friday after Smackdown on SYFY featuring Former 11 Time World Champion EDGE. Zack Ryder Segment/Zack Ryder vs. Ezekiel Jackson Zack Ryder comes out for his segment. He starts his promo, and talks about his "Woo.Woo.Woo." routine. Well, Intercontinental Champion Ezekiel Jackson interrupts and expresses his discontent over the 2 on 1 handicap he was put in last week by Ryder which he lost. Ryder tried to explain away his culpability when he is interrupted by Jackson's opponents from last week, Cody Rhodes (wearing a suit) and Ted DiBiase. Rhodes was cutting a promo, but I unfortunately wasn't able to catch what he said. Teddy Long comes out and tells Ryder that Ryder is NOT the GM, and Long was the one who could make matches. Long goes on to make Ryder vs Jackson with DiBiase and Rhodes BANNED from ringside. The match itself between Ezekiel Jackson was alright. It was a glorified squash match. The end came with Ezekiel Jackson giving Ryder about 4 or 5 bodyslams and then the Rack and Ryder tapped out. Winner: Ezekiel Jackson. Mark Henry is shown onscreen coming out for his match. Triple H/Zack Ryder Segment Triple H's music hits. I am a huge Triple H fan. I have him in my top 5 best wrestlers ever list. I had not seen him live in any capacity in a very long time, so what happened here made the whole night. I do not know how much of the following will be shown on Smackdown, if any, but here is what happened: Triple H comes out and Zack Ryder is still in the ring. Hunter then tells him that he is still kind of new to being the COO, and he has only been at this a couple of weeks and it is a lot of stress. He explains to Ryder that when he made him Teddy Long's assistant, all he meant was for Ryder to fetch coffee, sharpen pencils. (Zach Ryder's expressions of shock were priceless.). Hunter then tells Ryder that if Teddy Long's Viagra prescription ran out, Ryder was to go to the drug store to go get it, and things like that. Hunter then gets all annoyed with Ryder talking about Vince and the board of directors and such. He then does something really cool. Hunter says that he needs to do something but it was just for the audience, and we were not to tell anyone. He put his finger to his lips shushing us. The lights were turned off. The huge screen was turned off. The only light that was on was the red light ( I presume that is the recording light.) and a spot light. Triple H then took off his jacket, and loosened his collar. He says something to Ryder that I didn't catch, and then gives Ryder the Pedigree, and the crowd just exploded. Of course, he tried to shush us again, and walked to the back and did his pose. Great segment. Mark Henry vs. Vladimir Kozlov This was not much of a match. This was yet another match to build up Mark Henry as this monster heel. Winner: Mark Henry POST MATCH: Henry puts Koslov' leg in chair and does his "stomp the leg" routine. Sheamus does his run in with a chair. Backstage, Sheamus does a promo saying he has the luck of the Irish and talks about how Mark Henry has taken away others' dreams and careers, but that won't happen to him. Christian does an interview and talks about how he has overcome Teddy Long, and the fans to be champion. Main Event: Orton/Morrison vs. Christian (WHC)/R Truth Great Main Event. All four men were fantastic. They all did a great job. Special kudos to Randy Orton. He is a bonafide superstar. When John Morrison was the baby face in peril, that crowd was just BEGGING for Orton to come in, at least from where I was sitting. I was on the floor, and that crowd was LOUD. When Orton finally made the hot tag near the end, and was going back and forth with Christian, and did his major maneuvers on Christian, that crowd exploded. They sounded really loud to me, anyway. Christian, R Truth, and Morrison were excellent as well. All four guys worked great. The ending came when Christian was finally able to defeat Randy with the Killswitch. Winner: Christian/R Truth. POST MATCH: Christian and R Truth run up the ramp in celebration. Overall a VERY GOOD SHOW. Must watch: Main Event, Bryan/Kidd. END OF SHOW. DARK MATCH MAIN: After the show, Teddy Long tells Christian that he will be defending his World Title in a Street Fight against Randy Orton. When Christian shows reluctance, Long tells Christian he better get to steppin'. Christian (C) vs Randy Orton After about a good 10 or so minute match, Christian retains his belt. Winner Christian . POST MATCH: Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, and I believe R Truth all make run ins, and each man, including Christian get an RKO for their trouble so the crowd goes home happy. Randy Orton goes around the ring and shakes people's hands. |
08-03-2011, 09:53 AM | #51 |
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So the Triple H/Zack Ryder stuff did happen. Take it for what it's worth.
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08-03-2011, 10:00 AM | #52 |
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That actually sounds like a decent segment if it makes it to air. Also sounds like an initiation thing more than burying Ryder.
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08-03-2011, 11:51 AM | #53 |
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Double Underhook Pushkiller.
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08-03-2011, 12:56 PM | #54 |
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I hope it does make TV. And HH keeps burying young guys liek Ryder. And it plays into a Story with Punk. Ryder and Punk uniting as allies against HHH would be hot. IWC vs the WWE.
Make a long build up on how HHH buries the young talent that he doesnt like. Like Punk, and Ryder. Punk can go on about how HHH always protected his spot. blah blah. Would be good. Keep letting Punk blur the shoot line. |
08-03-2011, 03:14 PM | #55 |
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Wait, wasn't Johnny Curtis supposed to "debut" this week?
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08-03-2011, 04:37 PM | #56 |
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On a super dark match
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08-03-2011, 08:10 PM | #57 | |
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08-03-2011, 08:19 PM | #58 |
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Aksana? I'd much prefer Maxine.
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08-03-2011, 08:26 PM | #59 |
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I assume that anytime Mistah H's gets upset at someone, he cuts the cameras off so he can pedigree them..brilliant.
RAW and SD will eventually be 90 minutes of . |
08-03-2011, 08:31 PM | #60 |
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Danielson's new theme apparently. There could be a bit of editing involved on the WWE version obv. |
08-03-2011, 11:15 PM | #61 |
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Natalya and Beth as heels saying the days of the cute divas are over??? Haha, wait until Kharma comes back to say about that too!! SISTERS OF DESTRUCTION FTW!!!
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08-04-2011, 12:23 AM | #62 |
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It's a start. Definitely better than Rise of the Valkyries. They just need to stick something identifiable in front of it now. Maybe start with a distorted "Rise of the Valkyries" and fade into the new song?
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08-04-2011, 01:29 AM | #63 |
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2010 Night of Champions theme.
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08-05-2011, 03:53 PM | #64 |
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Just been flicking through Smackdown, nothing in front or different to it so far. Only the first time he's used it though
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08-05-2011, 05:41 PM | #65 |
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The HHH / Zack segment didn't make TV, and he even looked pretty good against Zeke. No idea why it was referred to as a glorified squash since Ryder actually got in just as much offense as the IC champ.
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08-05-2011, 05:43 PM | #66 |
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Did he get as many SCOOP SLAMS, though?
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08-05-2011, 05:47 PM | #67 |
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Zack Ryder went 0-3 in scoop slams. BURIED.
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08-05-2011, 09:08 PM | #68 |
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Hmmm, a new diva debut? Who was that talking to Teddy Long after Ryder's match?
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08-05-2011, 09:09 PM | #69 |
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08-05-2011, 09:30 PM | #70 |
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Yep my bad, surprised I didnt recognize her. Looked different with darker hair.
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08-05-2011, 10:31 PM | #71 |
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This was a very good episode and I must admit i'd much rather have a Natalya vs AJ match at Summerslam than Kelly vs Beth.
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08-05-2011, 11:53 PM | #72 |
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Nothing sloppy in the AJ vs Natalya match except maybe Nat must be wearing a different top than usual as her tits were bouncing everywhere. Pretty good performance by those two. Bryan's new music doesn't work well on tv and these Morrison parkour segments are unnecessary.
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08-06-2011, 03:58 AM | #73 |
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Surprised the internet didn't explode with Zack Ryder's state of the showski and CM Punk Vs. Jericho in the vault match.
Also: Tyson Kidd needs to be on my TV more. Last edited by #BROKEN Hasney; 08-06-2011 at 04:16 AM. |
08-06-2011, 08:25 AM | #74 |
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Just noticed Khali still wears his Punjabi Playboy tights.
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08-06-2011, 08:32 AM | #75 | |
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In the old days, wrestlers left every few years and were eventually brought back. This is how they stayed refreshing to the audience. Now and days, people are just put on the low level shows, go to FCW or are kept in low profile feuds nobody cares about. Or they become released or injured. I bet he's back in the spotlight again by early next year. Maybe Survivor Series. |
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08-06-2011, 11:31 AM | #76 |
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...Well, if it helps in any way, had he been WWE Champion 6 months into his stint, these same people who are now asking for him to be Champion, would've criticized the WWE for "giving him the belt too early".
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08-06-2011, 11:53 AM | #77 |
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The Natalya heel turn wasnt good at all, dunno why that report said it was...she just did the exact same as Beth did. Not that it matters, womens wrestling and all.
Barrett and Cole trashing Danielson was highlight of the night, and the Punk/Jericho Vault match. |
08-06-2011, 12:12 PM | #78 | |
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08-06-2011, 01:47 PM | #79 |
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Natalya's was more impressive though cause she beat AJ down more.
Also, when did Smackdown start doing these stupid "From the Vault" segments? I feel like it is a huge waste of time. Use that time to do something with your current talent. |
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Recently I think. I was watching an older SD and heard Michelle McCool's music and I thought she came back but it was a match from the vault.
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