SmackDown - 900th episode - 11.15.16

[slik]

b/c he is the mascot

[Droford]

LOL why is James Ellsworth out there?

Mascot

[Anybody Thrilla]

There definitely is no time for Undertaker's entrance.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Remember when Seth Rollins threatened to kill Edge unless John Cena reinstated The Authority?

[Ruien]

There definitely is no time for Undertaker's entrance.

Only time for a substitution and he walks out at the front of the ramp as Smackdown goes off the air!

[Droford]

Edge ignoring AJ is amusing

[slik]

Undertaker's entrance requires this show to go over

[Lock Jaw]

Still holding out hope that last minute at Survivor Series, Shane goes "Ha ha, did you really think I was the fifth member? The REAL fifth member is............."

[Emperor Smeat]

Going to laugh if all the hype about Taker's apperance is just one or two bell sounds and him randomly appearing in the middle of the ring to end the show.

[KIRA]

You don't have the facial follicle strength to be a Wyatt,Randy.

[Triple A]

h8 Shane McMahon and his "cool CEO" personal brand

[Droford]

McDonald's presents Shane o macdown

[Lock Jaw]

h8 Shane McMahon and his "cool CEO" personal brand

Looks mad awkward in those bright white sneakers, in my opinion.......

[Lock Jaw]

#SuperMoon Tron

[slik]

cheesy ambrose lines

[Ruien]

Ya, this is probably going to have a run over. But that new show premiers so how does that work. So confused. Taker just sub in already.

[Lock Jaw]

TAKER IS THE REAL FIFTH MEMBER!!!

[RP]

piss break

[KIRA]

good lord please stop writing for Dean and let him go off the cuff

[Anybody Thrilla]

I hope Teddy Long doesn't come out and make the Survivor Series match a regular tag match, playa.

[Ruien]

Fucking 5 minutes left. Come on now.

[Ruien]

This segment should have been given at least 10 extra minutes.

[RP]

Still a pretty cool looking entrance tho

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Taker: Im the 5th guy now and also we gotta beat up some dipshits from Cleveland.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Why are they Holy Shitting the Undertaker? He was advertised.

[Savio]

People say "Holy Shit" for no reason now.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Undertaker is soooooooooooo fucking lame.

[Emperor Smeat]

Why are they Holy Shitting the Undertaker? He was advertised.

Maybe because he actually made it to the ring before the show ended :shifty:

[Ruien]

Lol if this gets cut off before it happens.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

angry white dude screaming undertaker

[slik]

Taking Souls and Digging Holes!

[Lock Jaw]

Taking souls and digging holes coming to a T-Shirt near you soon

[Anybody Thrilla]

Maybe because he actually made it to the ring before the show ended :shifty:

:lol:

I'll accept that.

[ClockShot]

1 minute!

[Anybody Thrilla]

He's still got WHAT? A boring promo style? Dumb hat?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Ah shit he's not 5th.

[Ruien]

Oh come on. Put Taker in the damn match. Fucking no reason Shane needs to be in it.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Undertaker came out for a pep talk. Wow.

[RP]

ok

[Evil Vito]

Welp, Orton's taking the final fall to set up a Mania match.

[Droford]

Lol they cut off jbl

[ClockShot]

That's it?

[Anybody Thrilla]

Shane could still get attacked backstage or something at Survivor Series and the Undertaker can replace him.

[Ruien]

Like, he is back. YEY! But not in a match. WOOOOO.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Better show than Raw again.

[Evil Vito]

LOL cut off before they could even sign off. Funny how USA just flat out won't allow an overrun for SmackDown.

[Ruien]

Shane could still get attacked backstage or something at Survivor Series and the Undertaker can replace him.

Doubt they put Taker in a match without advertising him. He bring people in.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: USA Network didn't want to wait anymore.

[slik]

This thread is as long as RAW's yesterday but 1 hr shorter
#AShow

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is actually the beginning of Taker's entrance for Wrestlemania. He should make it to Florida by April, Forrest Gump-style. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive900?src=hash">#SDLive900</a></p>&mdash; Ryan Franson (@TheRyanFranson) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRyanFranson/status/798721507623112704">November 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Emperor Smeat]

With Taker teasing punishment if Team Smackdown lost, wouldn't be surprised if someone on Team Smackdown walked out and/or cost the team the match. Would be a really great way to set up Taker's Mania match.

[Lock Jaw]

Watching Talking Smack

[Lock Jaw]

Alexa Bliss reminds me of a Jigglypuff

[Black Widow]

He's still got WHAT? A boring promo style? Dumb hat?
A bigger reaction than whatever current Indy guy you cream your pants over will never get.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Taker ignores Edge. lol

[Emperor Smeat]

https://68.media.tumblr.com/505359bbb22e3566e2a1b0a9020d1b27/tumblr_ogpqv0PFoe1saykaxo1_400.gif

Without any context, Nia's spear to a helpless barricade looks a lot more ridiculous and funny at the same time.

[Blonde Moment]

Taker/Styles?

Would sooner see Taker/Owens at this point just because I feel OWens will be alround a little longer than Styles

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Looks like they moved out of the way too early.

[Lock Jaw]

https://i.imgur.com/kwAwtja.jpg

[KIRA]

A bigger reaction than whatever current Indy guy you cream your pants over will never get.

This is usually the part where I make a smart ass reply

but this is the Undertaker....and you aren't wrong (this time)

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Stickman]

Undertaker coming out to tell team Smackdown not to fuck up or they answer to him....except we all know the undertaker won't wrestle until WM, so this is all just fluff.

[Cool King]

Someone give the SmackDown writers and medal or something, because they are truly something special.

How the WWE can have two wrestling shows just 24 hours apart be completely different and at opposite ends of the spectrum, is crazy.

SmackDown was once again the better show.

• An opening promo that was just around a minute in length and which jumped straight into a match was great and really how things should be if a promo opening a show is a must.

• I feel that Tom Phillips should take Otunga's place at the table. Otunga's ok, but Phillips is just so much better.

• The Intercontinental Championship match was what they've always been between Ziggler and Miz and that's the best match of the night and just really bloody good.

I really feel that Ziggler and Miz should be rewarded for their constant fantastic matches and how they've managed to actually make The Intercontinental Championship mean something. Maybe each get a run with the WWE Championship in the future or something.

I had a tiny feeling that Miz would win but I really felt that Ziggler would retain and I was surprised when he didn't. I just hope that this wasn't done just so Miz can drop it to Zayn at Survivor Series as an exchange for the Cruiserweight Division, which really really looks like SmackDown will be getting.

• Chumbawamba reference on SmackDown. I feel the reference went over many young heads, who probably thought Bliss was just talking gibberish when she said Chumbawamba.

• This is my introduction to Oney Lorcan. It wasn't a good one. I found it hard to take him seriously and I actually found him a bit funny in a "he's a bit ridiculous" kind of way.

• I actually really enjoyed seeing King Booker again. It also made me miss seeing Booker away from the pre-show panel table. A part of me now wants to see him as a manager or whatever.

Maybe he can help inject some character into Apollo Crews?

• It seemed weird seeing all the women attack each other. Not long ago the women were talking about how they have respect for each other and the Women's Division and all that kind of stuff.

• The massive tag team match was alright, I guess. I was just happy to see The Headbangers on SmackDown again. I don't see why The Headbangers and Kenny & Mikey don't get offered contracts. Just sign them up, both teams are entertaining and can still go in the ring.

• The Undertaker saying that WrestleMania won't define who he is and that he's back, makes me think that what he actually means is "I'm not going to do what I usually do and disappear for months on end and then show up a month before my match at WrestleMania."

I think that SmackDown will lose the main event (men's match) and whoever takes the fall, will be facing Undertaker at WrestleMania. Between then and WrestleMania, Undertaker will be making appearances and maybe getting a bit physical on the rare occasion, but I don't think he'll be having any matches between then.

At first, I thought that maybe Wyatt would take the fall and we would have Undertaker/Wyatt at WrestleMania again, but I think we could actually see Wyatt/Orton at WrestleMania or maybe Wyatt or Orton take the fall and if they don't face each other, we'll see Undertaker face both Orton and Wyatt in a handicap match at WrestleMania.

A tiny part of me feels that we could also see Undertaker/Ambrose at WrestleMania but I think Ambrose will be involved in bigger things at WrestleMania.

• Overall, SmackDown shat all over Raw, like it usually does.

[Cool King]

Somehow, I'm not hating Carmella tonight.

I was thinking the same thing during her match.

It felt weird.

[Cool King]

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That was amazing.

Shame about the comments section on YouTube though. Most of the comments are pretty depressing/stupid.

But that's the YouTube comments section for you.

[Evil Vito]

• The massive tag team match was alright, I guess. I was just happy to see The Headbangers on SmackDown again. I don't see why The Headbangers and Kenny & Mikey don't get offered contracts. Just sign them up, both teams are entertaining and can still go in the ring.

For what it's worth, Kenny and Mikey got added to the SmackDown roster page on WWE.com. Not sure if that's a sign that they've officially signed full time or not but neither The Headbangers nor James Ellsworth are on there.

[Big Vic]

I think that SmackDown will lose the main event (men's match) and whoever takes the fall, will be facing Undertaker at WrestleMania.
(biker) Taker vs (corporate ministry) Shane 2

[Heisenberg]

Edge looks badass! Growing the hair back was smart

[Anybody Thrilla]

Oney Lorcan is amazing, Cool King. Just you wait.

[Innovator]

Oney covered amazingly for Kalisto on the slip. Not bad for a live tv debut.

[Heisenberg]

^^^


Definitely helped since the smarks chanted Botchamania, how did that dude sneak past me in NXT? Never seen him

[Anybody Thrilla]

Lorcan was never really heavily featured in NXT. His biggest moment was beating Tye Dillenger for seemingly no reason.

[Emperor Smeat]

For what it's worth, Kenny and Mikey got added to the SmackDown roster page on WWE.com. Not sure if that's a sign that they've officially signed full time or not but neither The Headbangers nor James Ellsworth are on there.

Don't think they have yet but WWE was letting do some indie stuff on the side since they were still taking bookings for shows.

[Cool King]

Oney Lorcan is amazing, Cool King. Just you wait.

Oh I will.

It's very early days so no real judgement had been made yet.

[Cool King]

I decided to read up on him and I noticed that his weight is 190 lb.

I feel that this is another sign that the Cruiserweight Division is heading to SmackDown.

That Cruiserweight roster does need beefing up after all.

[Emperor Smeat]

Smackdown got very close to tying RAW and the previous record for the Live era.

Tuesday night's heavily hyped 900th episode of SmackDown earned the show's third highest ratings since the draft special in July.

Featuring Edge and The Undertaker, the show averaged 2.725 million viewers, up 42 percent from last week's show, which went against election coverage. It was the highest number since the August 29th show, which did 2.835 million viewers.

[Ruien]

Damn. Can't wait for enough people to stop watching Ras so Smackdown can win the ratings war.

[slik]

#TeamBlue

[Lock Jaw]

http://lparchive.org/Earthbound/Update%207/1-capture_12022008_083417.png

[ClockShot]

Damn it. Atleast the ratings were super close this time around.

[Anybody Thrilla]

What benefit is there to SmackDown winning in the ratings?

[Big Vic]

Makes Raw writers step up their game. (and cut the 3rd hour?)

[Anybody Thrilla]

I don't think that's how that works. Like, at all.

[XL]

Ryder and Hawkins looks like a great team. If only we could get rid of Mojo...

[Ruien]

What benefit is there to SmackDown winning in the ratings?

Because we are in a ratings war! You Raw scum.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I prefer SmackDown, but I don't...you know what, nevermind.

[Ruien]

Haha, I am just messing with you ABT. My bad.

[Evil Vito]

I bet next year they'll do a draft and it'll be just like it was during the old brand split. Whoever was killing it on SmackDown will be drafted to Raw whereas SmackDown will mostly be getting dudes who were floundering on the red brand.

And Vince will continue to be puzzled when all of the new Raw acquisitions are meh while the new SmackDown talent is reinvigorated...not realizing it all comes down to SmackDown having a superior writing team.

[Dewidi]

Where is Eric rowan I haven't seen him since b4 the brand dratf. Is he outhurt or was he released? Also you know Randy Orton isn't really one of the Wyatts he is after like Bray said a snake.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Hurt. Honestly. I think they should probably just release him anyways.