Smackdown Live 9/20 feat. The Miz, The Face that Runs the Place, Slater and some other guy, and a Lunatic

[Emperor Smeat]

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With SmackDown LIVE taking the world by storm, The Miz must put his Intercontiental Title on the line in a Backlash rematch against Dolph Ziggler. Plus, Dean Ambrose will go one-on-one with 15-time World Champion John Cena.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We'll keep making you think <a href="https://twitter.com/HEELZiggler">@HEELZiggler</a> will win titles. It's one of the few things that makes <a href="https://twitter.com/VinceMcMahon">@VinceMcMahon</a> laugh <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReasonsToWatchSmackDown?src=hash">#ReasonsToWatchSmackDown</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/778308801992724480">September 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[KIRA]

OK SD live RAW sucked lets see you show them how its done.

[Poit]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEGable">@WWEGable</a> cleared to compete on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash">#SDLive</a> TONIGHT as <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmericanAlpha?src=hash">#AmericanAlpha</a> faces <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEUsos">@WWEUsos</a>! Winner will face Slater/Rhyno at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoMercy?src=hash">#NoMercy</a>.</p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/778370029356216320">September 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[ClockShot]

Miz got his "contract renegotiated"

I'd like to know the "terms".

[ClockShot]

Shane should be doing these things.

Dan Bryan got a bad track record of mediator women's stuff.

[slik]

might miss sd on and off...dryer is broke so will have to run to laundromat...

Becky and Alexa look good

[Triple A]

might miss sd on and off...dryer is broke so will have to run to laundromat...

Becky and Alexa look good

No prob man I'll let u know if you miss anything cool

[Evil Vito]

Becky and Alexa is too much sexiness on my screen at once

[ClockShot]

Too much talk, not enough fighting/contract signing.

[Evil Vito]

That was better than Alexa's recent promo work (not that that's hard to do).

[ClockShot]

There we go.

[Lock Jaw]

Becky good on the mic there.... Alexa ignoring everything Becky says and just making same point over again.....

[Emperor Smeat]

Good start to Smackdown.

Couple of odd camera cuts so far though.

[KIRA]

This is gonna be good

[Savio]

Did he just name drop "Future" and "ASAP Ferg"?

[KIRA]

Did he just name drop "Future" and "ASAP Ferg"?

Yep he's a big fan of rap/hiphop

[Emperor Smeat]

If Miz ever loses the IC belt, does that mean his new contract ends?

[Evil Vito]

Oddly good pop for the Usos considering they are heel now.

[ClockShot]

New look thug Usos.

I like it.

[KIRA]

at least give usos 3 min warning theme

[slik]

commercial breaks between segments...what a novel idea!

[Lock Jaw]

Miss Usos old ring gear..... feel like they could have been heels just fine in the old gear.....

[Dark One]

Glad Usos got a new tron.

Also lol at "100% Samoan Descent" being one of their highlights.

[ClockShot]

Easy to tell which Uso is which now with the ring gear.

Makes Tipsters more easier.

[Emperor Smeat]

Usos should have kept the all black look for gear. Looked better than the other color combos they've worn so far.

[Emperor Smeat]

Great looking suplex by Jason Jordan

[slik]

Good match so far!

[Dark One]

Feel like Mauro has said "Alphaplex" like 60 times

[Emperor Smeat]

Gable's knee turning heel at the worst time possible for Jordan.

[ClockShot]

Damn good tag match.

[ClockShot]

Must have been like 5-6 superkicks from the Usos.

[Triple A]

Otunga never gonna get out the "I talked to their father on the movie set" story... third attempt just failed

[Dark One]

Also lol at Otuna mentioning talking to Rikishi about the Usos' heel turn on a movie set, but always awkwardly pausing after that and never explaining what he said.

[Lock Jaw]

Shirtless Uso eyeing up the crackers hungrily.....

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/MtlBroski">@MtlBroski</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TheKentonLane">@TheKentonLane</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Ciaran_HEEL">@Ciaran_HEEL</a> WWE is working so strong to make Roman and his fam look strong. Guess who won in heaven tonight <a href="https://t.co/y63sA9H41b">pic.twitter.com/y63sA9H41b</a></p>&mdash; jono (@DrJonoSuave) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrJonoSuave/status/778390848505602048">September 21, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Dark One]

Usos really gotta work on their cardio for those "run across the building after a match to cut a promo" promos.

[Emperor Smeat]

Shirtless Uso eyeing up the crackers hungrily.....

He probably wanted one of those smiley faced crackers Rhyno enjoys.

http://www.prowrestling.cool/webhook-uploads/1472659791133/Rhyno.gif

[slik]

the only problem with that match was it didn't make Roman look strong enough, otherwise, fantastic

[Lock Jaw]

Y'all think Jason Jordan has "star potential"?

Suplex machine.....

I guess it depends on how good he can get on the mic.....

[Emperor Smeat]

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

[slik]

yeah @ lock jew

[ClockShot]

I guess creative told Smiley not to smile anymore.

[slik]

jaw *

[Triple A]

Feel like American Alpha has barely gotten any reaction from the crowd on SmackDown so far,,, sucks

[KIRA]

Crews needs a personality

[Emperor Smeat]

Did Otunga forgot about last week since Crews wasn't smiling as well?

[Poit]

I look forward to a screenshot of Swagger's expression there.

[Lock Jaw]

Call me crazy, but I'd like to see a Baron Corbin vs Randy Orton feud......

End of Days vs RKO...... have both guys put over their finishers as the most devastating moves.....

Have Corbin win via one End of Days.... no kicking out of the first finisher business......

[Triple A]

Crews SWEARING and CUSSING live on TV... needing to be CENSORED... hope Vince puts his a$$ in the dog house...

[ClockShot]

Dean Ambrose warming up in the Boiler Room?

[Triple A]

Did that match end or did they just go to commercial in the middle of it, wasn't paying attention

[ClockShot]

Match over. Baron Corbin won.

[Lock Jaw]

It ended via End of Days

[KIRA]

What the FUCK

[ClockShot]

CURT HAWKINS!.........................................is not fighting.............again.

[Dark One]

I'm going to assume Curt Hawkins is never going to actually have a match.

[Emperor Smeat]

Starting to think this Hawkins stuff might just be a running gag by the WWE and he never actually debuts.

Maybe for the best since it could be Shinning Stars level of bad for crowd reactions.

[ClockShot]

Someone let Renee out from her desk.

[Dark One]

The fuck is going on with Renee's hair.

[ClockShot]

Dolph hitting all the right stuff there.

[KIRA]

Just let dolph go off the cuff its like 1000x better when he does

[Lock Jaw]

Dolph Ziggler likes yelling

[ClockShot]

I thought Maryse was barred from ringside for this match.

[Lock Jaw]

Red carpet not centred on ramp..... fire those men....

[ClockShot]

Miz vs. Ziggler.

Loser leaves Hollywood.

[Triple A]

Maryse freaking hot

[Dark One]

He's a two time world champion with zero successful defenses.

[ClockShot]

Ouch.

I heard that through my TV.

[Triple A]

Have never enjoyed or felt interested in a The Miz match, I think

Damn

[Dark One]

Miz stealing Bryan's moves is fantastic.

[Emperor Smeat]

Feels weird Ziggler has the superkick as a finisher when a bunch of other guys also use it as a regular move. Doesn't even do anything special to make it stand out or seem more threatening than the other kicks.

[KIRA]

Has that jumping on peoples shoulders thing dolph does ever worked
Its his Ric Flair top rope

[Ruien]

Turned on the television at the start of a Miz match. It is my lucky day.

[ClockShot]

TWO!

[Emperor Smeat]

Mean of the ref to kick out Maryse. All she wanted was a better view of the action in the ring.

[KIRA]

Maryse taking a walk no more excuses for Ziggy

[KIRA]

spoke to soon

its weird feeling that the IC title matters again

[KIRA]

Stone Cold Steve Orton

[ClockShot]

What does Dolph do now?

[Ruien]

Why did the Miz stop winning cleanly? That was awesome. Of course I guess AJ is doing that as a heel too.

[Emperor Smeat]

What does Dolph do now?

Go on a backstage superkick rampage

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/25589/super-kicks-o.gif

[KIRA]

Bitch about how Miz cheated and DB gives him another shot

[KIRA]

Time for Bray's weekly cryptic empty threat

[ClockShot]

Oooh. Rowan got himself a new mask.

[Savio]

I hope that jobber doesn't hassle Randy tonight.

[Lock Jaw]

Enjoyed that IC title match.....

[KIRA]

Somebody did liken Bray to the joker in that no matter how much he loses to batman Joker is no less dangerous I try to think of Bray like that.

[Savio]

Wish they would build up Cena vs Ambrose more.... forgot they were wrestling tonight.... although I was on the phone earlier maybe I missed something.

[Savio]

He is the Jobbing God

[Savio]

Jobius Maximus

[Evil Vito]

Face The Facts: Curt Hawkins is never debuting.

[ClockShot]

Ditch the fuzzy boot things.

[Emperor Smeat]

Carmella looks really dumb breaking a submission by her own tag partner.

[ClockShot]

Okay then.

Moving right along.

[KIRA]

I love how Nattie turning heel has done nothing for her.

[Lock Jaw]

What a weird segment......

[KIRA]

Aj has better hair than she does

[ClockShot]

The only thing I'm getting from this "Champ that Runs the Camp" line is:

A. Camp WWE is on the verge on being cancelled. Please watch.

or


B. AJ Styles is gonna debut on Camp WWE and perhaps be Ug from Salute Your Shorts.

[KIRA]

Fuck RAW. Smackdown is batting 100 easy

[Emperor Smeat]

Mauro mentioning Cena's promo last week made me remember how odd him trashing Ambrose was.

Claimed Ambrose lacked balls and wasn't successful while completely forgetting Ambrose was champ during the whole time he was out and only recently lost the title.

[KIRA]

Ambrose is basically wearing the pants version of Cena's gear

[KIRA]

Hate finisher kickouts

[Emperor Smeat]

:D Ambrose beat Cena

[ClockShot]

That was an unexpected.............pinfall.

[KIRA]

Wait....WHAT!

[Evil Vito]

Wow.

[Lock Jaw]

Cena jobbing to a rollup

[Dark One]

Holy shit. Dean Ambrose beats Cena clean.

[slik]

Got back home in time to see Cena lose to Dean CLEAN by Pinfall!

What happened between Usos/Alpha to Dean/Cena?

[Lock Jaw]

Building up to a triple threat for the title by having a one on one match for the title.....

[Emperor Smeat]

Thought for a second Bryan was going to say "right now" with just 3 minutes left in the show for the title match.

[slik]

And was it good?

[Lock Jaw]

AJ Styles gloves reminding me of whales tonight.....

[slik]

Crews SWEARING and CUSSING live on TV... needing to be CENSORED... hope Vince puts his a$$ in the dog house...

He should be sent back to NXT....disgraceful behaviour imo smh

[Emperor Smeat]

Got back home in time to see Cena lose to Dean CLEAN by Pinfall!

What happened between Usos/Alpha to Dean/Cena?

Corbin beats "No Longer Smiles" Crews.
Miz beat Ziggy with a bottle of Rick Martel's "Arrogance" perfume.
Orton beat Rowan and was given a sheep mask as a gift.
Naomi and Nikki Bella beat Natty and Carmella due to Carmella being dumb during the match.

More detailed results: http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/wwe-smackdown-live-results-cena-vs-ambrose-i-c-title-match-221221

[Lock Jaw]

And was it good?

Yeah..... feel like I am now "on the team" of Smackdown being better show.....

RAW still feels "bigger", but also feels like "more of the same" with a lot of "filler" in between....

While Smackdown feels like things "matter"/"are done for a reason"..... for the most part..... think they really could still use one or two mid/main guys.... Sami Zayn or Cesaro would have been good......

[slik]

Thank you Smelly Meatball and Lock Jaw!

Also, I agree with you Lock Jaw! (and welcome to the A show)

[Ruien]

Feel bad I fell asleep. Smackdown was the goods too but I was tied and the divas came on.

[slik]

it happens to the best of us dude

[Big Vic]

Surprised Smackdown! (AKA the better show) doesn't get more posts in this thread.

[slik]

me 2

[Innovator]

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[Cool King]

And again, SmackDown was the better show.

• Even though SmackDown opened with a promo like Raw did, the opening promo on SmackDown felt like it had a point, a purpose and it gave more focus to the Women's Division and most importantly, Becky and Alexa.

Speaking of which, I still think Becky should never talk as her voice just grates on me something awful. The segment was also a nice way to give Alexa some mic time as I feel she's still learning. The ending was good though with Alexa smacking Becky in the face with the contract and then tipping the table on her legs, but it sucks that Becky didn't really sell the table landing on her legs, as right after it happened she ran after Alexa. She could have at least hobbled or shook the pain off, then ran. I dunno.

• I was surprised to see Gable back though as I was expecting him to be gone until No Mercy. Still though, American Alpha/Usos was a good tag match and I like the Usos' new gear. I feel that The Usos' will win the titles at No Mercy and then hold them for a while before dropping them to American Alpha. Probably at Survivor Series.

• Before this match, I was curious as to why Swagger is now on SmackDown, but now I'm pretty sure he was only brought over to SmackDown to job to Corbin and make him look good, which really really sucks.

• Even though I find the vignettes strangely entertaining and weird, I'm still wondering when Curt Hawkins will actually debut. I really want to see him in action and also find out more about him, such as is he a face or is he a heel? I really don't know, but being honest, I really don't care as I am a fan of Hawkins regardless. Although, seeing him as a face would be interesting, as I really don't think he's had a run as a face before. I could be wrong though.

And I'm not counting during his time as one half of The Major Bros.

• Once again, Ziggler/Miz have another great match. Now, if Ziggler gets another shot at No Mercy in a special stipulation match so that he doesn't get screwed again, I can see him either going crazy if he loses or winning the Intercontinental Championship.

It's just so good to see the Intercontinental Championship be involved in a rivalry like this, with good matches and a champion trying everything to retain and a challenger not giving up on capturing the title. Usually, after a loss or two, the challenger would move on to someone else.

This just gives the championship so much importance. It shows that it's a desired championship and that it actually means something.

• Orton/Rowan. Cool. It's one way to continue on the Orton/Wyatt feud, I guess. Being honest and I'm not really that into Orton or Wyatt these days.

• Women's tag match was short and sweet but it worked. It continues the Carmella/Bella rivalry and maybe even starts a new one with Natalya and Naomi, which I'm sure would produce some good matches. Also, it showcases the women more.

• I was genuinely surprised at the end of the main event. Cena losing clean via a roll-up. Insane. But it works and I still think that the following weeks up until No Mercy are going to be so good with Cena, Ambrose and Styles. I think this is probably the most interested I've been in the WWE Championship scene for a while.

Unlike Raw, I'm genuinely looking forward to watching again next week.

[Emperor Smeat]

Smackdown ended up doing worse this week when both compared to RAW and last week's show.

Tuesday's episode of SmackDown was watched by just 2,292,000 viewers. That's the lowest number for SmackDown since moving to a live format on Tuesday nights.

It would seem that last week's higher than expected rating would be attributed to a slight pay-per-view bump coming off of AJ Styles' WWE World Championship win at Backlash, as well as the return of John Cena last week.

Could make an argument bad RAWs are starting to have some negative effects for Smackdown. Not the first time a poor RAW lead to an also poor Smackdown for numbers regardless of the quality of show that week.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Just wanted to say that WM XXVIII-esque reaction that Cena had after losing to Dean last night was tremendous. :y:

[Tom Guycott]

"... if I see AJ Styles later in the parking lot, I may have to hit him in the kneecap with a tire iron. It isn't my fault. It's not my fault!"

:cue Snitsky's theme:

[Fignuts]

Jordan refusing to tag in Gable was great storytelling. Love it.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Bryan demanding to #ReleaseTheBear which is a documentary on the build up to a Wrestlemania 32 match that never happened was hilarious, but I hope they do release it.

Also #ArnAnderson