Tuesday Night Smackdown Reborn!

[Poit]

lol so the "teams will only be split if the GM wants to split them" thing was done to allow Bo Dallas to go on his own. Weird.

... and Bray Wyatt.

[Dark One]

... and Bray Wyatt.

They posted the Wyatts up in the "eligible superstars/teams list" as individuals.

[Dark One]

From somebody else:

"Best part of the draft is all the potential fresh matchups and feuds we're going to get. I'm excited to see the matches between Orton and Cena, Corbin and Ziggler, or Owens and Zayn."

[Droford]

Smackdown has the worthless gimmick teams..and the usos

[Poit]

Ah, gotcha.

[Evil Vito]

... and Bray Wyatt.

The Wyatts were never listed as a team on the draft website. They even said on Raw yesterday that they could be picked separately.

It seemed daft really because it essentially gave away that they'd be split. Same thing with the Lucha Dragons who also broke up before Raw.

[Simple Fan]

Smackdown now has the best tag team division.

No way, Raw has a stacked tag team division. AA, Usos, and Vaudevillians just don't compare to New Day, Dudlys, Gallows and Anderson, and Enzo and Cass.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Stables weren't connected were they?

[Lock Jaw]

From somebody else:

"Best part of the draft is all the potential fresh matchups and feuds we're going to get. I'm excited to see the matches between Orton and Cena, Corbin and Ziggler, or Owens and Zayn."

Don't forget Alberto Del Rio vs. Kallisto

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

No way, Raw has a stacked tag team division. AA, Usos, and Vaudevillians just don't compare to New Day, Dudlys, Gallows and Anderson, and Enzo and Cass.

You forgot the next hottest heel team Breezannnnnnnnnngo!!!!!

[Evil Vito]

In retrospect it would have been funnier if the "teams can be split if the GM only wants one" rule was used to get Bray on SmackDown, Braun on Raw, and Rowan nowhere. Listing them separately was a dead giveaway that they were getting broken up.

[Simple Fan]

You forgot the next hottest heel team Breezannnnnnnnnngo!!!!!

Still doesn't stack up to Raws teams

[Triple A]

What happens with injured wrestlers?

Who is currently injured anyway?

Emma...

[Lock Jaw]

Think Breezango can do great if they go all out and really push their characters....

[Triple A]

Shane McMahon really red and sweaty again

[Evil Vito]

I actually think I'm gonna be super into Main Event (I think that is SmackDown's B show). Not really into Raw's low card roster but SmackDown's seems like it could be really fun.

[Dark One]

What happens with injured wrestlers?

Who is currently injured anyway?

Emma...

I assume they'll just reappear somewhere in the future.

[Lock Jaw]

They should do a gimmick with Bo Dallas trying to lose weight to be a cruiserweight.... and failing.... but delusionally Bo-Lieving he is succeeding....

[Lock Jaw]

Alicia Fox to RAW

[Lock Jaw]

Erick Rowan to Smackdown

[Dark One]

Guessing the sixth NXT pick will be the ghost of Rich Brennan.

[Lock Jaw]

Dana Brooke to RAW

[Lock Jaw]

YES!!!!!! YES!!!! YESS!!!


MOJO RAWLEY TO SMACKDOWN

[Lock Jaw]

SO HYPE!!!!!!!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Major Boobage to Raw

[Dark One]

YES!!!!!! YES!!!! YESS!!!


MOJO RAWLEY TO SMACKDOWN

SO HYPE!!!!!!!

I would have rather it been the ghost of Rich Brennan.

Smackdown has officially lost. I quit. Rest in peace everyone.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

THE HYPE BROS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[slik]

Mojo Rawley to RAWley

[Emperor Smeat]

YES!!!!!! YES!!!! YESS!!!


MOJO RAWLEY TO SMACKDOWN

50% Hype Bros for each brand.

[Lock Jaw]

Carmella to Smackdown

[slik]

I meant SD

[Dark One]

Carmella got called up before Bayley.

Someone please check on Bayley.

[James Steele]

Bayley on suicide watch.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Carmella!!!!!!!!

[Triple A]

Bayley thing getting weird now

[Dark One]

Also possibly Cass.

[Simple Fan]

is Mojo on Raw or SD?

[Dark One]

50% Hype Bros for each brand.

Ryder went to Smackdown.

100% hype bros to Smackdown.

R.I.P. Smackdown.

[Lock Jaw]

Mojo Rawley terrible, though. If I be serious for a minute.

[James Steele]

Maybe Bayley will debut as Sasha's partner. Only thing I can think of. Her promos still need some work, but she is 1,000,000 better than these other NXT divas.

[Droford]

Isn't that 7 NXT?

Balor
Alpha
Jax
Bliss
Eva Marie
Mojo
Carmella

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Bayley is debuting on Sunday. No draft because it would ruin the surprise.

[Emperor Smeat]

WWE pretty much drafted the women next in line for the top of the NXT women's division instead of Bayley who's been ready for a long time like Balor.

Jax, Bliss, and Carmella were pretty much the next wave of the Women's division after most of the 4 Horsewomen left.

[Simple Fan]

Maybe Bayley will debut as Sasha's partner. Only thing I can think of. Her promos still need some work, but she is 1,000,000 better than these other NXT divas.

I hope not. I think she still needs a lot of work in NXT. Feel like the main roster will overwhelm her.

[slik]

Heath Slater not drafted

Bad News Gertner rolling over in his grave

[Lock Jaw]

Seems pretty weird that given picks of all NXT, you wouldn't draft the champions.....

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Isn't that 7 NXT?

Balor
Alpha
Jax
Bliss
Eva Marie
Mojo
Carmella

Don't think they counted All Useless Everything.

[Emperor Smeat]

Ryder went to Smackdown.

100% hype bros to Smackdown.

R.I.P. Smackdown.

Thought they said Mojo to RAW. Network stream has been really lagging for me the last 10-15 minutes.

Didn't even notice Lock Jaw's post said Smackdown when I made mine.

[Dark One]

Bayley is debuting on Sunday. No draft because it would ruin the surprise.

Probably... Definitely sends a rough message, though, still.

[Evil Vito]

There's definitely a kayfabe list of NXT people not eligible. I still think it's the champs, one male star (Nakamura), and one female star (Bayley).

Heath Slater not being picked is actually hilarious to me. I hope they run with it and he shows up on both shows looking for work.

[Dark One]

Heath Slater not drafted

Bad News Gertner rolling over in his grave

Heath Slater drafted to Chikara.

[James Steele]

The rest of the superstars not drafted considered "free agents"?

[Lock Jaw]

Heath Slater for breakout Smackdown star. The Dark Horse.

[Droford]

So wwe have up on 3-2 ratio and the 6 NXT picks

Fuck the rules

[Ruien]

Where is Luke Harper?

[Lock Jaw]

Ha ha ha Slater

[Dark One]

Hahaha. Heath Slater in the room with the lights turned out.

[Mercenary]

Maybe Bayley will debut as Sasha's partner. Only thing I can think of. Her promos still need some work, but she is 1,000,000 better than these other NXT divas.

Sasaha did an live thing a few days ago, and shoot down Bayley as her partner big time

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: Slater

[Simple Fan]

If that's it SD definitely won this draft. Raw has a solid tag and Women's divisions but WWE never does any thing worth watching with either division so I still think SD won.

[Dark One]

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[Triple A]

Is the draft "over"?

Who didn't get drafted besides Slater? Anyone else?

[Hanso Amore]

Sasaha did an live thing a few days ago, and shoot down Bayley as her partner big time

Are you familiar with the product? Of course she wouldn't spoil it.

[Dark One]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="tl" dir="ltr">Jesus kalisto <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wwedraft?src=hash">#wwedraft</a> <a href="https://t.co/VYfXne5ePm">pic.twitter.com/VYfXne5ePm</a></p>&mdash; brandon zesty welch (@bradwilliams51) <a href="https://twitter.com/bradwilliams51/status/755593996206903297">July 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Dark One]

Is the draft "over"?

Who didn't get drafted besides Slater? Anyone else?

I'm sure there might be others that aren't necessarily injured, but I can't think of any.

[Simple Fan]

Bayley being her partner at Battleground makes no sense. She doesn't being anything to the story and really is not ready for the main roster. Her time will come but it's not now.

[Simple Fan]

Did Axel get drafted?

[Evil Vito]

Is the draft "over"?

Who didn't get drafted besides Slater? Anyone else?

Just read through the list of eligible picks again and it looks like everybody except Slater was picked.

Male Superstars

AJ Styles
Alberto Del Rio
Apollo Crews
Baron Corbin
Big Show
Braun Strowman
Bray Wyatt
Brock Lesnar
Cesaro
Chris Jericho
Darren Young (w/ Bob Backlund)
Dean Ambrose – WWE Champion
Demon Kane
Dolph Ziggler
Erick Rowan
Jack Swagger
John Cena
Kalisto
Kevin Owens
Mark Henry
Neville
Randy Orton
Roman Reigns
Rusev (w/ Lana) – United States Champion
Sami Zayn
Seth Rollins
Sheamus
Sin Cara
The Miz (w/ Maryse) – Intercontinental Champion
Titus O’Neil
Zack Ryder

Tag Teams

Breezango (Fandango and Tyler Breeze)
Enzo and Cass (Enzo Amore and Big Cass)
Gallows and Anderson (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson)
Golden Truth (Goldust and R-Truth)
Shining Stars (Epico and Primo)
Social Outcasts (Bo Dallas, Curtis Axel and Heath Slater)
The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor)
The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)
The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) – Tag Team Champions
The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso)
The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch)

Female Superstars

Alicia Fox
Becky Lynch
Charlotte – WWE Women’s Champion
Dana Brooke
Eva Marie
Naomi
Natalya
Paige
Sasha Banks
Summer Rae

[Triple A]

Is the draft "over"?

Who didn't get drafted besides Slater? Anyone else?

Looking @ the list on WWE.com http://www.wwe.com/article/wwe-draft-rules-2016

Not drafted:

Heath Slater
Luke Harper

That's it

edit: oh I guess Harper is injured

[Lock Jaw]

Axel was to RAW

[Dark One]

Did Axel get drafted?

Raw with the Bo Train.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Bayley being her partner at Battleground makes no sense. She doesn't being anything to the story and really is not ready for the main roster. Her time will come but it's not now.

She's ready. Over like rover. Way better than skank Eva Marie.

[Dark One]

Oh god I made a terrible mistake. Email gets pinged for every retweet or favorite. RIP inbox

[Simple Fan]

Axel was to RAW

Damn really wanted him on SD as a singles competitor.

[Evil Vito]

Final tally: Raw ended up with 41 people in 33 total picks. Smackdown ended up with 32 people in 26 total picks.

Considering Raw's picks include someone who is rarely there in Lesnar, a guy who will be part-time by next year in Jericho, and guys who go weeks at a time without showing up due to being played out in Show and Henry...that's really not a bad split at all.

[Emperor Smeat]

Just realized Health Slater can legit do the Owen White storyline of being held down by The Man since he didn't get drafted. Going to laugh if he starts having segments in parking lots now since he's not in either brand.

[slik]

I think SD has better women and tag teams and RAW has better upper mid-carders and main-eventers.

[slik]

Can Heath Slater replace JBL on commentary please?

[Emperor Smeat]

Final tally: Raw ended up with 41 people in 33 total picks. Smackdown ended up with 32 people in 26 total picks.

Considering Raw's picks include someone who is rarely there in Lesnar, a guy who will be part-time by next year in Jericho, and guys who go weeks at a time without showing up due to being played out in Show and Henry...that's really not a bad split at all.

Split probably will grow once they start filling in the Cruiser division with the guys from the CWC tournament and/or former WWE wrestlers like the rumors hint at.

[Ruien]

They did a good job splitting the rosters. I want to watch both shows. Rollins is always a must see. Love Cena and Wyatt on Smackdown. Wyatt Family might have been booked like shit but Wyatt himself rarely loses matches he is involved in.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Oh god I made a terrible mistake. Email gets pinged for every retweet or favorite. RIP inbox

Complaintbrag. :n:

[Ruien]

Smackdown wins though because it is only 2 hours long.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Raw wins because the Era of the Demon has begun.

[Simple Fan]

I think SD has better women and tag teams and RAW has better upper mid-carders and main-eventers.

You have that backwards. SD has the better main eventers and mid card while Raw has the better Tag and Women's divisions.

[GD]

Met Mr. Cena Sr. in the garage. He told me "how you doing?".

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Tag Division winners- SD
Womens-Raw.

[Simple Fan]

Smackdown wins though because it is only 2 hours long.

And they had better picks. Smackdown all the way.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Real teams that can wrestle AA could be the start of a Smackdown Six.

[Emperor Smeat]

Wonder if Luke Harper goes to Smackdown when he returns to reform the Family now that Strowman is gone.

[Evil Vito]

I think they gave SmackDown more than enough star power to get people to tune it. If I'm concerned about anything it's that many of their big names have already feuded with one another. I have no desire at all to see Cena vs. Wyatt or Ambrose vs. Wyatt again, for instance. And god help us if we get Cena vs. Orton again.

Orton/Wyatt feels like an obvious feud sometime after SummerSlam. Perhaps Bray will interfere in the Lesnar/Orton match or something.

Meanwhile as I said not long after he was picked I actually can see Cena mixing it up with Baron Corbin sometime this fall after his business with Styles is wrapped up. Easy to look at that and say "ugh" but I actually don't mind Corbin even if he's a dreadfully boring promo.

[Simple Fan]

Tag Division winners- SD
Womens-Raw.

Don't see how anyone e can say SD got the better Tag teams. AA is an unproven NXT team. Breezeango has potential but I don't see WWE don't anything with them. Vaudevillians are a shit team. Usos are the only proven team on the roster.

[Emperor Smeat]

RAW got the stronger tag division. American Alphas basically became the marquee team for Smackdown by default.

Women's division ended up splitting pretty well considering it didn't look that way during the draft on tv.

Midcard feels stronger with RAW but probably depends on what happens with Cena and Orton on Smackdown. If both stay in the main event scene, Smackdown's midcard takes a big hit.

[GD]

Went to Smackdown Live! The show wasn't as great as I expected it to be but we tried to have fun.

[GD]

Did you all see a portion of the titantron / LED board falling down after Kane's entrance?

[Dark One]

Hoping we get some trades in the next few days to mix things up a bit. Rosters look a bit like "more of the same" just split into two sections, and a couple of precision trades could really mix things up.

[GD]

Is the draft "over"?

Who didn't get drafted besides Slater? Anyone else?

It's ovah!

[DrA]

Why wasn't it that great? Usually the live shows are supposed to be really good no matter what the quality of the show is.

[Dark One]

The main pick I'm excited about is Alexa Bliss going to Smackdown.

Cautiously optimistic for Finn, but we'll see.

[Lock Jaw]

How long is Emma out..... feel like she needs to go to Smackdown.....

Also, is Tamina done?

[Dark One]

Tamina supposedly had another knee injury, I think. Emma's out for close to a year, I think.

[Emperor Smeat]

http://i.imgur.com/p6NvegM.gif

[slik]

Orton has the potential for the best feuds of anyone on RAW or SD - Orton vs Bray, Corbin, Styles and Ambrose all have potential

[slik]

no, did not @guru dave

[slik]

slik analysis of main-event faces for each show

RAW:
Roman Reigns
Cesaro

maybe Big Show, maybe Brock Lesnar, maybe Finn Balor


SMACKDOWN:
John Cena
Randy Orton
Dean Ambrose


maybe Dolph, maybe Kane

[slik]

RAW has a lot of guys who are tall/big...might get boring seeing big guy vs big guy matches a lot


SMACKDOWN has guys you've seen wrestle a lot already though

hmm

[slik]

slik analysis over

[Dark One]

slik analysis of main-event faces for each show

RAW:
Roman Reigns
Cesaro

maybe Big Show, maybe Brock Lesnar, maybe Finn Balor


SMACKDOWN:
John Cena
Randy Orton
Dean Ambrose


maybe Dolph, maybe Kane

Here's the Observer's hypothetical depth chart, I guess:

http://i.imgur.com/00DWY3u.png

[Dark One]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You win some, you lose some. I'm so proud of <a href="https://twitter.com/CarmellaWWE">@CarmellaWWE</a>. Love you sister. Now go moonwalk to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmackdownLive?src=hash">#SmackdownLive</a> 👯 <a href="https://t.co/4mfPzySTwA">pic.twitter.com/4mfPzySTwA</a></p>&mdash; Bayley (@itsBayleyWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/itsBayleyWWE/status/755605590156709888">July 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Simple Fan]

Hoping Owens vs Zayn gets out of hand and forces Foley to trade KO to Smackdown. Could work out if Ryder was to beat Rusev as a fluke to give SD both the IC and US titles. Ryder would then be traded to Raw for Owens and lose the title back to Rusev.

[Dark One]

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Cesaro giving zero fucks.

[Swiss Ultimate]

So who got drafted back to NXT?

[Dark One]

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Cool to see Alexa super emotional about the surprise promotion.

[Volare]

ALEXA :D

God I hope she goes far.

[Fignuts]

Disappointed there weren't any surprise return drafts, like shelton benjamin or something.

Also, didn't they say a while back that NXT was no longer a developmental promotion, but it's own brand? If so, it would make sense for Baley, Shinsuke, and Joe to stay there.

[slik]

BREAKING
NEWS:


JBL IS REMOVED FROM RAW

:yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes:



New RAW Announce Team: Corey Graves, Michael Cole, Byron Saxton
New SMACKDOWN Announce Team: Mauro R, David Otunga, JBL

http://www.wwe.com/article/new-wwe-announce-teams-revealed?sf31321266=1

[GD]

Wow! Can't believe Lawler is gone.

[slik]

Maybe Lawler will do NXT or retire

[GD]

Would dislike Lawler on NXT. Happy for Corey Graves. Would've liked to see him paired with Mauro.

[GD]

no, did not @guru dave

I have "exclusive" content.

[GD]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why Cesaro is my favorite in WWE. <a href="https://t.co/YJo8OccDo7">pic.twitter.com/YJo8OccDo7</a></p>&mdash; DTAM (@DeathToAllMarks) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeathToAllMarks/status/755590615581065216">July 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Cesaro giving zero fucks.

1999 Debut and 9-time Tag Team Champion?

[Lock Jaw]

Oh, you didn't know?

[GD]

What, my friend? ( shakes head and hand vehemently)

[Lock Jaw]

You might be more familiar with his work when he was known as D-Von Dudley

[Emperor Smeat]

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:lol: Nia Jax's reaction to getting drafted.

[Fignuts]

Nia Jax was a good call. Offers something unique to the women's division.

Plus, she deserves it. I don't remember the last time I saw a rookie improve that much in between matches. She must be working her ass off to improve

[Mr. Nerfect]

She's still not ready though. But I don't really give a fuck about RAW the way it's turned out, unless I hear something good about Cesaro there.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I think Heath Slater will end up winning one of the mid-card titles in a fluke to prove he belongs and end hold the title ransom to the highest bidder. Slater gets a rich guy gimmick when he is eventually signed to one of the brands.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Braun Strowman being drafted away from the rest of the family is the right move. Luke Harper will return to SmackDown soon and everything will be as it should have. Strowman might walk out on Bray and Rowan at Battleground and begin his life as a new man.

[Mr. Nerfect]

They might as well just make Becky Lynch vs. Natalya at Battleground for some sort of Women's Title.

[Mr. Nerfect]

It'd make sense for Mojo Rawley to help out his buddy at Battleground and debut in a big way. Ryder takes the US Title to SmackDown and The Miz loses the IC Title to RAW when Darren Young beats him? Ew.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Do you think Anderson & Gallows will join Finn Balor or align with someone else against him? I could see The Club joining either Rollins or Reigns to be honest. I have a feeling that the WWE Title is going to end up on RAW somehow.

[XL]

Disappointed there weren't any surprise return drafts, like shelton benjamin or something.

Also, didn't they say a while back that NXT was no longer a developmental promotion, but it's own brand? If so, it would make sense for Baley, Shinsuke, and Joe to stay there.
I think a lot of us misunderstood what they meant when they said "NXT is a brand in its own right". What they meant was that the brand is the draw, much like WWE is the draw, rather than the individuals on the roster. I'd expect Joe,Nakamura, etc to be called up in the next 6 months.
Do you think Anderson & Gallows will join Finn Balor or align with someone else against him? I could see The Club joining either Rollins or Reigns to be honest. I have a feeling that the WWE Title is going to end up on RAW somehow.

Think it'll be hard to have Finn be heel straight off the bat. I could see G&A being the Devils on The Demon's shoulder, but would that be too similar to what they did with AJ?

[Mercenary]

To bad I enjoyed Lawlers heel work last night, and fuck Graves he sucks

[Innovator]

They missed out having Eva Marie on Smackdown and Graves on RAW now, I'd love to hear him shit on Byron every time she comes out

[Mercenary]

Speaking of undrafted what about Emma?

[James Steele]

Fuck, why did they have to put JBL on SmackDown? I was enjoying Lawler's return to Heelishness.

[Ruien]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why Cesaro is my favorite in WWE. <a href="https://t.co/YJo8OccDo7">pic.twitter.com/YJo8OccDo7</a></p>&mdash; DTAM (@DeathToAllMarks) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeathToAllMarks/status/755590615581065216">July 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Cesaro giving zero fucks.

Damn. He gave a legit sports type of person interview when they are pissed about something. Calling out Shane for not drafting the best wrestler in the company is awesome. Hopefully during the first interbrand ppv Cesaro challenges anyone that Shane can throw at hin to get some revenge.

[erickman]

http://i.imgur.com/p6NvegM.gif

he can go back to one man band

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Watching this now, those last televised picks were great in terms of hilarious delivery.

Foley: "I did something great here 18 years ago, here's Cesaro"

Shane: "We're going to add some FIRE to Smackdown, so we pick former World Heavyweight Champion <strike>Kane</strike> Alberto Del Rio"

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Wait, they did the weird commercial thing for Gallows/Cena, but not the title match?

[Mr. Nerfect]

Think it'll be hard to have Finn be heel straight off the bat. I could see G&A being the Devils on The Demon's shoulder, but would that be too similar to what they did with AJ?

Hmm, I'm not sure. I could honestly see them helping Roman Reigns win the WWE Title in the main event of Battleground and for Mick Foley to be all "I drafted you because I believed in you!" and Reigns to be all "Pfft." Heel Reigns is what RAW really needs. Seth Rollins is getting cheered anyway, so as a scorned babyface he could work. Finn Balor can debut and wear a suit week one, wrestle a squash match week two, work something more competitive week three, and yeah -- you don't really need to do any sort of proper angle with him for over a month really.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm ready for Cesaro to begin the trek to villainy too.

[Mr. Nerfect]

The more I think about it, the more I am ready for Heath Slater, Intercontinental Champion.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Rich redneck gimmick with JBL constantly singing his praises on commentary.

[Rammsteinmad]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why Cesaro is my favorite in WWE. <a href="https://t.co/YJo8OccDo7">pic.twitter.com/YJo8OccDo7</a></p>&mdash; DTAM (@DeathToAllMarks) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeathToAllMarks/status/755590615581065216">July 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Cesaro giving zero fucks.

That was actually pretty good. Cesaro isn't the best talker around, but I like how he acknowledged how he fumbles a bit, but at least gave a good-sounding reason as to why. Not caring about Stephanie and Mick Foley was also good, and they guy is fucking huge. You don't realize how imposing he is until you put him next to someone like JoJo (?). I really hope he gradually makes his way up the card. Guy is a fucking workhorse and over as hell.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why Cesaro is my favorite in WWE. <a href="https://t.co/YJo8OccDo7">pic.twitter.com/YJo8OccDo7</a></p>&mdash; DTAM (@DeathToAllMarks) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeathToAllMarks/status/755590615581065216">July 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Cesaro giving zero fucks.

http://i.imgur.com/ryZb94z.png

Helluva career so far.

[Mr. Nerfect]

He also jumped quite a few pounds.

[Mr. Nerfect]

It would be interesting to see Cesaro and Curtis Axel rejoin Camp Heyman and become sparring partners for Brock.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Brock Lesnar, Cesaro & Curtis Axel vs. Roman Reigns, Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson for a Madison Square Garden Network special. It is time for Axelmania to run wild.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

lol @ Kalisto to Smackdown. Hot cruiserweight division.

[Mr. Nerfect]

After losing to Kevin Owens again, I want to see Sami Zayn mocked by Bo Dallas and for them to have a feud too. You can put Owens & Dallas together as a part-time tag team called Bo-wens, because money.

[Mr. Nerfect]

lol @ Kalisto to Smackdown. Hot cruiserweight division.

He's going to be the cruiserweight that's not in the cruiserweight division, because why wouldn't you want your best cruiserweight to be somewhere else?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Good god that nervous Kalisto interview. I thought he said "make a good lucha fuck".

[Vastardikai]

Good god that nervous Kalisto interview. I thought he said "make a good lucha fuck".

:naughty:

[Evil Vito]

I'm sure they moved Kalisto away from the cruiserweight division on purpose, much like how they had Mysterio spend a lot of his time away from the division and that was when SmackDown still had a title.

Missing out on some potentially awesome matches though.

[Dark One]

Good god that nervous Kalisto interview. I thought he said "make a good lucha fuck".

"I want--to make a--a--make a good--good--lucha thing? GOD DAMNIT WOOOOO"

[Poit]

Plus, she deserves it. I don't remember the last time I saw a rookie improve that much in between matches. She must be working her ass off to improve

Charlotte. She basically went from bad to good between NXT tapings.

[slik]

I will watch both shows next week.

Despite the intense INTERNET negativity I feel like SmackDown might actually be the better show - but I'm curious to see what direction each program takes.

[MIZantine Empire]

Good god that nervous Kalisto interview. I thought he said "make a good lucha fuck".

Reminded me of this. http://youtu.be/Ha7KSaIA2ss

[Emperor Smeat]

WWE's tradition of last minute changes went as far as them not having a clue what they were doing with Bayley last night. Part of the WWE was setting up signs for the crowd to hold up while another part decided to pick someone else instead.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cnx7264XEAAwjMW?format=jpg

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

http://i.imgur.com/ryZb94z.png

Helluva career so far.

He is actually a 13-time tag team champion.

It's actually about D'Von Dudley.

[Cool King]

The fact that when Kane was drafted to SmackDown, it had his name as "Demon Kane", makes me think that "Corporate Kane" will be on Raw.

[Swiss Ultimate]

The fact that when Kane was drafted to SmackDown, it had his name as "Demon Kane", makes me think that "Corporate Kane" will be on Raw.

That would be great.

[Emperor Smeat]

WWE teasing Heath Slater might be going to EVOLVE since he didn't get drafted.

Any independent promotion with an ear to the ground knows Slater would be a respectable acquisition. Rumors have even surfaced that sports-entertainment’s newest free agent has already been in talks with EVOLVE Wrestling’s Gabe Sapolsky and has reached out to William Regal regarding promotions in the United Kingdom.

https://www.wwe.com/article/after-not-being-drafted-whats-next-for-heath-slater

[Mr. Nerfect]

I expect Sami Zayn to show up on SmackDown as El Generico and Epico y Primo to work there as Los Matadores too.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Heath Slater wrestling all over the world and building "street cred" would be awesome.

[#1-norm-fan]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="tl" dir="ltr">Jesus kalisto <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wwedraft?src=hash">#wwedraft</a> <a href="https://t.co/VYfXne5ePm">pic.twitter.com/VYfXne5ePm</a></p>&mdash; brandon zesty welch (@bradwilliams51) <a href="https://twitter.com/bradwilliams51/status/755593996206903297">July 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
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LOL "Goddammit. Whoo!"

[Evil Vito]

Heath Slater wrestling all over the world and building "street cred" would be awesome.

I'd be all in on that. In reality they could just be loaning Slater to all the promotions from which they borrowed talent for the CWC, but it would work.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

That is about as good of a shoot promo anyone has every cut (by Cesaro). Tons of courage to say all of that, and so immensely eloquent as well.

Obviously it'll be ignored and most of RAW will be Stephanie McMahon putting herself over, but at least someone as great as Cesaro took a stand.

[Rammsteinmad]

It's totally spot on too. If this "New Era" is still every episode of Raw opening with 20-minute promos from the McMahon's, then I'm out of here.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Some Mick Foley/Cesaro interaction is in order.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I imagine this will lead to a de-push for Cesaro though.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Kalisto will get a gimmick where he speaks nonsense all the time.

[#1-norm-fan]

If it's half as funny as the end of that promo, I'm down for it.

[James Steele]

He should have ended that promo at "get my revenge".

[DAMN iNATOR]

I imagine this will lead to a de-push for Cesaro though.

Yeah, Vince will almost certainly bury him at every turn now that he's presumably taken up residence in the doghouse.

[GD]

Heath Slater defeats Cesaro in a "2 out of 3 falls" submission match.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I don't know if the burial will be that overt, but look for Cesaro to be given "opportunities," which he squanders time and time again. They'll ask the question "Should you believe in Cesaro?" and then answer it with "No."

[Mr3Maker]

WWE's tradition of last minute changes went as far as them not having a clue what they were doing with Bayley last night. Part of the WWE was setting up signs for the crowd to hold up while another part decided to pick someone else instead.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cnx7264XEAAwjMW?format=jpg

I was there...it was just a random dude and female linebacker handing them out.