Smackdown 205 Live 12/27 feat. The Return of Vince's Chosen One, A Wild Final of Cards, & some Cruiser stuff

[Emperor Smeat]

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John Cena kicks off SmackDown LIVE Wild Card Finals

The final SmackDown LIVE of 2016 is going to be one for the record books, as Team Blue closes out the year with SmackDown LIVE’s Wild Card Finals special event, a star-studded lineup full of championship matches and the return of John Cena!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are basically giving you a PPV for free so yeah, you can put up with David Otunga for 2 hours <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/813821235318685696">December 27, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Week 4 of the Bliss Era:
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[Black Widow]

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Guess Alexa is winning

[Lock Jaw]

What's this about Drew McIntyre being on Smackdown?

[ClockShot]

Was thinking the same thing.

[Droford]

Adios Rhyno

[Lock Jaw]

John Cena is here!

[Lock Jaw]

I hope CARMELLA interrupts him!!!!!!

[Droford]

Nice welcome..in Chicago

Weird

[ClockShot]

Where's THE FACE THAT RUNS THE PLACE?!

GET STYLES OUT HERE!

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: crowd booed Ziggler mention

[ClockShot]

We're waiting......

[Droford]

They could have done this 5 minutes before air

[Droford]

Lol

[Lock Jaw]

Undertaker chants..... thought he was back taking souls and digging holes and not letting Mania define him........ but then disappears right away again......

[ClockShot]

Smackdown has been wonderful without you, Cena.

[Emperor Smeat]

Maybe this time the WWE will do the whole gatekeeper thing with Cena a lot better. The stuff with Bray and afterwards was such a waste overall.

[Droford]

Well just give away the result of the title match

[ClockShot]

Harper as the de facto title keeper/holder is cool.

[Lock Jaw]

Wish they would stop calling it "Smackdown Live" and just go back to "Smackdown"...... how long do they need to tell/remind us it is live now......

[ClockShot]

Wish they would stop calling it "Smackdown Live" and just go back to "Smackdown"...... how long do they need to tell/remind us it is live now......

We just need Mauro to say Smackdown is the A-Show, and we're good.

[ClockShot]

Next week on Total Divas...............

[Savio]

Sing commercials are back

[Droford]

We just need Mauro to say Smackdown is the A-Show, and we're good.

JBL saying it seems worse

[Savio]

We just need Mauro to say Smackdown is the A-Show, and we're good.

JBL just said it

[KIRA]

Finally freebird rule for the Wyatts

[KIRA]

We digging these gold tights at all?

[Emperor Smeat]

Did Rhyno's hair make those huge smuges on the mat?

[Droford]

Uso Red and Uso Black

[Emperor Smeat]

We digging these gold tights at all?

Should save them for when they are tag champs instead

[ClockShot]

Whoops.

[Droford]

The tag champ match curse on the knees if Slater didn't blow his knee out there is be surprised

[Droford]

Ppv quality show..still has commercials..meh

[ClockShot]

I know we got 3 titles defenses on the docket tonight, but we really gonna stretch 'em out to max time?

[Lock Jaw]

Ppv quality show..still has commercials..meh

What do you want?

[KIRA]

Luke Harper is a hero

[Droford]

What do you want?

Trump to buy SD for one night and air commercial free lol

Oh well

[Lock Jaw]

Maybe when he is President

[ClockShot]

Trump to buy SD for one night and air commercial free lol

Oh well

:lol:

Remember the last time he did that?

[KIRA]

Bray Wyatt seems less possessed, backwoods,cult leading preacher and more White Zombie era Rob Zombie these days.

[slik]

Cena vs AJ at Rumble....#CalledIt

[slik]

The interweb on the night of the Royal Rumble when Cena defeats AJ for the belt, Roman defeats KO for the belt and BRAUUUUN wins the Rumble is going to be a very entertaining place.

[slik]

I have no idea who is left for The Wyatts to feud with after this fatal fourway. There aren't really any other teams on SD worthy of facing them.

[Evil Vito]

What the fuck???

[ClockShot]

About damn time.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

THEY DID IT!

[Emperor Smeat]

Wow Alphas actually won.

[Evil Vito]

And so begins the end of Orton in the Wyatt Family

[KIRA]

The Fuck I mean I like American Alpha but

[Lock Jaw]

Well that was a weird ending

I like American Alpha, but this was an anti-climactic way to win the titles for the first time. Kind of like how The Usos first won the titles.

[ClockShot]

And so begins the end of Orton in the Wyatt Family

I hope not.

[Droford]

Lol Alpha didn't win

Wyatts self destructed

[Evil Vito]

The interweb on the night of the Royal Rumble when Cena defeats AJ for the belt, Roman defeats KO for the belt and BRAUUUUN wins the Rumble is going to be a very entertaining place.

I have to assume Taker is winning the Rumble in Texas at this point. Maybe he'll eliminate Strowman last.

[KIRA]

Orton has openly said he won't be wearing Wyatt style clothes I love him as a member but kick him out just for that

[Droford]

Braun wins and Taker wins the Chamber match

[Evil Vito]

I mean, Orton takes a lot of time off at this point. Kinda hard for him to stay in the Wyatt Family then unless they take the whole group off screen.

[Evil Vito]

If Orton is leaving the Wyatts we'd better fucking get Alpha vs. Revival at Mania at least.

[Lock Jaw]

Baron Corbin winning the title tonight

[Evil Vito]

Braun wins and Taker wins the Chamber match

I can't imagine them wanting to put Undertaker in a Chamber match. I think the Chamber will be Cena defending the belt against AJ and four other guys with the belt and the right to face Taker at Mania on the line.

Braun can have a Roman Reigns 2014 type of showing and be the last guy Taker eliminates.

[Lock Jaw]

Did Ziggler's promo really build up to "I may not win very often, but I COULD"

[ClockShot]

HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD!

[KIRA]

So Dolph's ring gear(according to him) is supposed to elicit the the hair metal era bands.

How does that make him a face

[Evil Vito]

I'm really tired of Ziggler's screaming promos. Go watch an interview from Arn Anderson if you want to learn how to get your point across without screaming.

[Lock Jaw]

I like the way Alexa Bliss poses with the title......

[Emperor Smeat]

Read it on another website/forum but it would be pretty funny if Ellsworth were to become the anti-body guard/valet for Carmella. Just someone who gets their butt kicked at every moment possible.

[Lock Jaw]

Title almost as tall as she is

[slik]

Bray should start dressing like his tag partner and do the Orton pose


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[KIRA]

Did Ziggler's promo really build up to "I may not win very often, but I COULD"

Goddamn it he's turning into Tito "I'll do my best" Santana

[Droford]

I can't imagine them wanting to put Undertaker in a Chamber match. I think the Chamber will be Cena defending the belt against AJ and four other guys with the belt and the right to face Taker at Mania on the line.

Braun can have a Roman Reigns 2014 type of showing and be the last guy Taker eliminates.

Chamber match will be #1 contender for Cena. Probably Taker vs Styles vs Ziggler vs Corbin vs Miz vs Ambrose

Taker can come in at 6 so he won't have to do much

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Burn those granny panties Becky.

[ClockShot]

Is that proper ring attire Becky Lynch is wearing?

[Savio]

And now Otunga said it was the A show

[slik]

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[slik]

AJ will face Cena at EC in some sort of stipulation match...#CallingIt but not the chamber

[KIRA]

Becky's moolah esque undergarments won me over

[ClockShot]

Chicago crowd so quiet for this.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

They're firing up for Becky now.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Crowd should be quiet when the heel is dominating.

[ClockShot]

Ooof!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Los Dos-adora.

[Emperor Smeat]

La Luchadora looks a lot smaller compared to last week. Must be a really strong diet she went on recently.

[Droford]

So who is it

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

OH FUCK

[Emperor Smeat]

Ummm is an arm supposed to be bent that way?

[Droford]

I bought her arm being brokr

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

She fucked up her arm legit.

[KIRA]

It looked like she was holding out a broken arm for a moment

[Evil Vito]

Bah gawd La Luchadora heel turn!

[ClockShot]

That was just one weird finish.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

She has some sort of trick arm?

[slik]

Miz is soooo good

[Emperor Smeat]

Ever since J&J Security disbanded, the quality of WWE security has taken a big hit.

[Mercenary]

It's Naomi

[ClockShot]

So, to recap.

2 hour show.

Tag title match happened.

Women's match just finished.

Triple threat title match next.

I'm not missing anything, right?

[Lock Jaw]

Seems obvious that it was Naomi..... closeup showed she was black.... who else could it be......

Think it is a "bad idea" to turn Naomi heel. Her "feel the glow" character was good and had more mileage than she does as a heel.

[Emperor Smeat]

So, to recap.

2 hour show.

Tag title match happened.

Women's match just finished.

Triple threat title match next.

I'm not missing anything, right?

Cena's promo to start the show and a coupe of backstage segments and that's been pretty much today's show.

[slik]

OMG horrifying

Poor Alexa

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WTF DID I JUST SEE!! ���� did Alexa just pop her arm back into place. And then BEAT BECKY. <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexaBliss_WWE">@AlexaBliss_WWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RESPECT?src=hash">#RESPECT</a> for you <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/toughness?src=hash">#toughness</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash">#SDLive</a> <a href="https://t.co/qKKoYXHkLY">pic.twitter.com/qKKoYXHkLY</a></p>&mdash; Ismail Kidd (@ismailkidd) <a href="https://twitter.com/ismailkidd/status/813931690192175104">December 28, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Lock Jaw]

Been a good show, though

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Seems obvious that it was Naomi..... closeup showed she was black.... who else could it be......

Think it is a "bad idea" to turn Naomi heel. Her "feel the glow" character was good and had more mileage than she does as a heel.

It's Naomi but it could have been Ember Moon.

[KIRA]

Nattie with the "shocking" heel turn

[Savio]

She never defended the title and she had it... that I remember

[Lock Jaw]

Ember Moon not gonna be called up that quick

[ClockShot]

Agreed. But Smackdown can squeeze in like 5-6 quality matches.

[Droford]

Corbins entrance is pretty cool noe

[Lock Jaw]

Agreed. But Smackdown can squeeze in like 5-6 quality matches.

Feel like this is fine, because it is a "special night"

[ClockShot]

I know Zigs & Styles can tear the house down if they go all out. Not expecting much from Corbin, which takes away from the match quite a bit.

[Lock Jaw]

Corbins entrance is pretty cool noe

The Demon Korbin

[Savio]

Seems obvious that it was Naomi..... closeup showed she was black.... who else could it be......

Think it is a "bad idea" to turn Naomi heel. Her "feel the glow" character was good and had more mileage than she does as a heel.

Racist, it's most likely Jojo

[ClockShot]

Feel like this is fine, because it is a "special night"

We still don't know what's so special about it. You ever find out the definition of "wild card finals"?

It's more like Night of Champions lite.

[Evil Vito]

It's fine that they're only having 3 matches tonight. They're all title matches. It's good they're getting proper time.

[Lock Jaw]

We still don't know what's so special about it. You ever find out the definition of "wild card finals"?

Think it has something to do with football maybe

In any case, it is special because of all the title matches.

[Droford]

I'm 9999.98% sure Styles retains..but I wouldn't mind Corbin winning for the ensuing chaos

[KIRA]

Seems obvious that it was Naomi..... closeup showed she was black.... who else could it be......

Think it is a "bad idea" to turn Naomi heel. Her "feel the glow" character was good and had more mileage than she does as a heel.

The entrance was cool but she never really defined "the glow" (I mean was it the same glow from The Last Dragon?) or how it influenced her character

[Lock Jaw]

KIRA not feeling the glow. :nono:

[Droford]

It's Naomi but it could have been Ember Moon.

Busted open just randonly wished thea trinidad a happy birthday on twitter..but its not her I see

[KIRA]

KIRA not feeling the glow. :nono:

If she was imbued with the same glow as Bruce Leeroy from the Last Dragon she would easily be my 3rd fave woman behind Alicia Fox and the Onslaught of head-kicking despair that is Asuka

[DAMN iNATOR]

I concur with KIRA. Unless they debuted someone else under the mask, I definitely think it was Naomi.

[Emperor Smeat]

It's fine that they're only having 3 matches tonight. They're all title matches. It's good they're getting proper time.

Yeah they've done a good job with giving those few matches just enough extra time to make them feel special and not just being padded or dragged out to kill time.

Wouldn't work with RAW because of the extra hour and the way RAW flows poorly, probably would have been a huge disaster if they even tried to have their own Night of Champs type show.

[slik]

SD has been 100x better than RAW

[ClockShot]

:rofl:

[Emperor Smeat]

Leg & Elbow drop combo onto the table was pretty cool.

[ClockShot]

Man, I'm now thinking a Styles/Ziggler tag team.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Corbin may well be dead.

[Droford]

Corbin fucked up

[Emperor Smeat]

Way better main event match so far than yesterday's RAW one.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Corbin may well be dead.

CORRECTION: He's not dead.

[Evil Vito]

Yeah good thing AJ knew to kick out. Pretty sure Corbin was meant to break it up.

[Droford]

Who did what on that

[Sepholio]

That was.....

Awesome.

[Evil Vito]

Really fun main event.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Who did what on that

Dolph hit a superkiuck and went for a pin, and Corbin showed up flailing his arms around from the apron as though trying to break the pinfall up.

[Droford]

Lol AJ won off the end of days

[ClockShot]

Great match.

[slik]

AJ vs CENA at the Royal Rumble

[DAMN iNATOR]

OH FUCK OFF CENA

[ClockShot]

Makes me sick Styles may drop the belt to Cena to break the record.

[Lock Jaw]

Great match, great show

[Emperor Smeat]

Really great WWE title match overall.

Would have been funny if Smackdown had abruptly ended with the crowd singing "John Cena Sucks" to his theme.

[slik]

AA to AJ Styles to send SDLive off the air! Big Match John is back to win the big one!

[Sepholio]

Cmon heel cena.....nope no heel turn.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Play AJ's music. He won the match turn that shit off.

[KIRA]

That was really fun. Fuck SD really knows how to make the most of their two hrs.

A-show

[ClockShot]

THE MAN WWE FORGOT!

[slik]

Really good SDLive this week!

[DAMN iNATOR]

Makes me sick Styles may drop the belt to Cena to break the record.

Not to be that guy, but he'd actually tie Flair. Just pointing that out, however unnecessarily some might find it.

Unless you're thinking he drops to Cena @ the Rumble, wins it back at the Feb. PPV, and drops it again @ WM 33?

[Lock Jaw]

Mauro saying the "most exciting hour of TV" is coming up.......

[Black Widow]

Seems obvious that it was Naomi..... closeup showed she was black.... who else could it be......

Think it is a "bad idea" to turn Naomi heel. Her "feel the glow" character was good and had more mileage than she does as a heel. Skin was too light

[slik]

Time for the A- show!

[Lock Jaw]

Put on 205 Live

Anyone else watching

[DAMN iNATOR]

Skin was too light

It definitely wasn't Nikki, Natalya or Carmella. Given that and the fact that Alexa and Becky were in the match, it only leaves one suspect. Do the math.

[slik]

me @lockjaw!

[Lock Jaw]

Alicia Foooooooooooooooox

[Lock Jaw]

Feel bad for these guys having to follow that show

[KIRA]

205 LIVE 9/10 Just because Alicia is there improving the show

If you think about it she is one of only 3 wrestlers with a distinct personality on that show'
the Others being Kendrick and Jack Gallagher

[Emperor Smeat]

Becky puts on a mask for a week and she's already channeling her inner Dark persona:

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[Innovator]

Becky has cero miedo

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Aries hahhhaha

[Lock Jaw]

Was wondering why Alicia Fox's shoes were not tied...... was so they could easily come off "by accident".......

[Ruien]

What the hell happened with Bliss? Is she okay?

[Emperor Smeat]

Pretty great palm strike by Nese. Gulak could probably pass off as Backland's stunt double.

[Lock Jaw]

Creepy Noam Dar is no Creepy Curtis

[slik]

Love the crazy Alicia Fox gimmick

[Lock Jaw]

Wish Neville wasn't adding this anti-American element to his heel character

[Lock Jaw]

Did not pay attention to this Mustafa Ali vs. jobber match

[Lock Jaw]

Can't believe that a guy named "Mustafa" is actually a face in WWE

Would prob have been instantly booed if he was not from Chicago......

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Ali: I'm not a stereotype!

WWE: Let's show a stereotype!

(Daviari)

[slik]

Mustafa cutting a great promo - so nice to see a face Persian character for once!

[slik]

and right into a promo about EVIL Daivari

[slik]

Gentleman's Duel!

[Emperor Smeat]

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Shooting someone on live tv now counts as PG?

Nevermind that's a wrench and not a gun.

[slik]

I love this

[Lock Jaw]

Good segment

Would like to see more umbrella combat

[Lock Jaw]

Sweet..... Tajiri..... want to see him kick someone's head off......

[Sepholio]

Green mist sighting!?

[Lock Jaw]

Sinister Neville the best

ha ha staring down that kid

[Lock Jaw]

PHYSICS DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT

[Lock Jaw]

Neville/Swann a good match..... "weird" @ a superplex being the finish

[Emperor Smeat]

Neville-Swann match was pretty good.

[slik]

Good main-event, glad Neville won

[slik]

SINISTER Adrian Neville being pulled off Swann for repeated post-match attack

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Is the King because the former King and the guy he beat quit?

[Droford]

La Luchadora II supposedly was Deonna Purrazzo AKA Jane Ellsworth

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XW3YQRMpGW0/maxresdefault.jpg

Doesn't make sense to me but whatever

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Looked black to me.

[KIRA]

What the hell happened with Bliss? Is she okay?

She seems fine there was a moment in ring whee she makes her arm look legit broken it is a freaky few seconds.

[Triple A]

Dean Ambrose cockily chewing gum into the mic on "Talking Smack"

[Triple A]

SmackDown seemed good this week based on watching the YouTube highlights

[Triple A]

Looked black to me.

Thought so too but upon looking back at the YouTube video, her hands are pretty light-skinned

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[#1-norm-fan]

So is Alexa Bliss able to just dislocate her arm at will for a wrestling angle and then pop it back in like it's no big deal?

Cool.

[DAMN iNATOR]

She seems fine there was a moment in ring whee she makes her arm look legit broken it is a freaky few seconds.

Yeah, I guess she just had to sell her elbow being out of place and then popping it back in to hit the DDT and win for whatever reason. That didn't bother me at all, though, compared to the wacky "LA Luchadora" situation.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

So is Alexa Bliss able to just dislocate her arm at will for a wrestling angle and then pop it back in like it's no big deal?

Cool.

Yeah probably an old gymnastic injury that never really went away/strange ability gained.

[Triple A]

Seems like it wasn't "dislocated" at all, but she just is really flexible in that area, like how some people can bend their fingers back really far and stuff.

[Big Vic]

Skin was too light

It definitely wasn't Nikki, Natalya or Carmella. Given that and the fact that Alexa and Becky were in the match, it only leaves one suspect. Do the math.

.........................What?

Skin was too light

[Big Vic]

Wonder if the plan was for the Wyatts to drop the titles last night regardless who they were facing or if it was planned last minute to drop to American Alpha.

Really hard to picture Wyatt's dropping the titles to Hype Bros.

[Evil Vito]

Wonder if the plan was for the Wyatts to drop the titles last night regardless who they were facing or if it was planned last minute to drop to American Alpha.

Really hard to picture Wyatt's dropping the titles to Hype Bros.

I'm thinking the Hype Bros were meant to keep the Wyatts busy for a month or so to delay the inevitable Wyatts/Alpha feud that could've culminated at WrestleMania.

[Emperor Smeat]

La Luchadora II supposedly was Deonna Purrazzo AKA Jane Ellsworth

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XW3YQRMpGW0/maxresdefault.jpg

Doesn't make sense to me but whatever

Could see the idea of just using her as a placeholder till whoever they actually want debuts for the brand like a Mickie James or someone else from NXT.

Can't really do anything long term with Purrazzo for the storyline though since she's leaving for Japan very soon.

[Evil Vito]

I'd love to see more of Deonna Purrazzo.

[Innovator]

I'm glad she got different gear that didn't have DP on her ass

[Volare]

I'm double joined in both my arms to a massive degree if I stretch my arm out it will bend the opposite way and look really disfigured, but no pain at all.

[Big Vic]

I'm glad she got different gear that didn't have DP on her ass

lol nooo please tell me she didn't have that before.

[Lock Jaw]

Keep confusing Deonna Purazzo with that one MMA lesbian chick from Tough Enough/NXT...... for some reason.......

[Innovator]

lol nooo please tell me she didn't have that before.

Yeah when she first showed up on NXT