SmackDown! LIVE ***OFFICIAL THREAD*** 2/28/2017 -- AJ STYLES vs. LUKE HARPER #1 CONTENDER'S MATCH

[DAMN iNATOR]

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SmackDown preview, Feb 28, 2017: Harper and Styles will battle to become the WWE Title No. 1 contender

Following a controversial ending to last week’s 10-Man Battle Royal, the question of who will challenge WWE Champion Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania is finally answered when Luke Harper takes on AJ Styles on SmackDown! LIVE tonight at 8/7 C.

ALSO:

• What will happen when John Cena comes to "Miz TV" tonight?

• Becky Lynch v. Mickie James -- 2 out of 3 falls match

• Dolph Ziggler v. Apollo Crews -- Chairs match

• PLUS MUCH MORE!

[ClockShot]

Rather excited for this tonight.

[RP]

Why the fuck are they acting like AJ didnt hit first lol

[Emperor Smeat]

Even with the new cam angle, Styles still lands first

[Droford]

The hair that clogs the shower

[Outsider]

I've been drinking all evening. Personally I feel that would be better preperation for RAW but we are where we are.

[A.J.K]

A Show Time!!!

[Outsider]

My wife has left 17 different tabs open with dogs for sale. I'm not sure if she is trying to hint at something.

[Triple A]

Hopefully the crowd tonight is not as incredibly horrible as the one last night

[RP]

Whats the point of these chairs.

[Outsider]

The Miz has been oh so average in the ring for so damn long.

But his mic work has been incredible recently.

[Triple A]

always completely space out whenever The Miz talks

[Droford]

You sold out chants..hmm

[A.J.K]

Miz is damn good at what he does.

[Outsider]

A-Show right now.

[Emperor Smeat]

Mix is right about what happened post-Mania and Cena's gimmick in general.

:lol: you sold out chants

[Droford]

It should be lets go cena cena sold out now

[A.J.K]

Even Smackdown's Talk segments are great to watch.

[Savio]

Miz is so good, fuck his haters.

[Droford]

Miz sounded like a dying dog

[Lock Jaw]

Miz full of passion and fire, acting like he is on John Cena's level

[A.J.K]

Heel Status

Smackdown's #1 = Miz

Raw's #1= Kevin Owens

[Triple A]

Cena fake "accent" makes me want to throw up

[Droford]

Oh snap

[KIRA]

Wow we are really geeting Nikki and Cena as a team at WM

[Outsider]

Cena playing up to the 50/50 crowd is something Reigns needs to learn urgently.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Typical Cena promo about his "Hustle, Loyalty Respect". :roll:

[slik]

Really great promos and segment

[DAMN iNATOR]

Uh, actually Flair GIFTED him the Figure 4, Cena, you stupid son of a bitch.

[Triple A]

if i mute this (due to cena's voice/accent) will some1 tell me if he says anything important... way he talks is unbearable

[KIRA]

damm CENA with the Tropic Thunder burn

[Lock Jaw]

Cena with the sick burns

[Emperor Smeat]

Wow we are really geeting Nikki and Cena as a team at WM

Yup although to be fair its only because Nikki requested something with Cena for her big retirement match

[Lock Jaw]

Crowd now only chanting "CENA" with no "CENA SUCKS"

[Outsider]

The Miz has really nice eyes.

It's not gay to say that. Fuck off.

[Emperor Smeat]

Really great start to Smackdown and promos by both guys

[Savio]

Punch her Cena!

[Savio]

Her knee looks fine

[KIRA]

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[Lock Jaw]

Nikki: "Forget about the fact that you beat me with a pipe last week and cost me a big match...... YOU MESSED WITH MY MAN!"

[Droford]

I can't wait for Nakamura to show up

[A.J.K]

Harper vs Styles should be a classic. and 2 out of 3 falls becky vs mickie should be good too.

[Emperor Smeat]

Don't really get that quote from Oprah the WWE used for Black History Month celebration.

Is she trying to imply those who don't stumble are because they don't do stupid things or take risks?

[KIRA]

SD live already spitting fire in contrast to that 3hr shit show

Even the talking parts are exciting

[Lock Jaw]

List of things I never want to hear Mauro Ranallo say again:

- En Fuego

[Ruien]

Becky bores the shit out of me. Just so bland. Missed the first segment which blows. Love Miz and Cena.

[Outsider]

I was watching a break and checked out for a minute only to find out I'm back in time for another break.

I trust nothing important happened.

[Outsider]

It's now March here.

Fuck off winter.

[DAMN iNATOR]

LOL indirect TNA reference. :lol:

[Sepholio]

Outsider wants winter gone. Meanwhile we never even had winter here this year.

[Emperor Smeat]

Best 2 out of 3 Falls match in recent times is still Revival vs DIY because every fall legit felt like its own match. No sudden quick scores or pins and then drag out the final one.

[DAMN iNATOR]

They wouldn't DARE bury Becky and have her eat 2 straight falls, would they?

Also going to be on alert assuming there's a 3rd fall for any sign of shenanigans from Alexa.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Outsider wants winter gone. Meanwhile we never even had winter here this year.

Well, technically, March 1 is the start of meteorological spring, so he's right. Winter can fuck off.

[Outsider]

Well, technically, March 1 is the start of meteorological spring, so he's right. Winter can fuck off.

Told you so.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Best 2 out of 3 Falls match in recent times is still Revival vs DIY because every fall legit felt like its own match. No sudden quick scores or pins and then drag out the final one.

For older ones under the "3 Stages of Hell" moniker, Triple H v. HBK @ Armageddon 2002 for the World Heavyweight Championship was AMAZING.

[Lock Jaw]

:heart: Becky Lynch

F the haters

[Outsider]

That felt far too much like a normal 1v1 match rather than getting anything from the additional 2 out of 3 stipulation. Bit of a waste really.

[KIRA]

Becky manages to both tap out and win according to the commentary

[Emperor Smeat]

Decent match overall but didn't really need the special stip for it.

[KIRA]

Outsider wants winter gone. Meanwhile we never even had winter here this year.

I heard that weakest fucking winter ever.

[Outsider]

Harper's promos have been pretty good. Always assumed he'd been kept quite as part of the Wyatt Family for a reason but surprised. No Bray, obviously, but not as bad as I would have expected.

If he could nail the talking side of things, Harper could one day be very, very big.

[KIRA]

Bray is gonna look like a Sting level dumbass after Orton betrays him

[Emperor Smeat]

Feel bad for Bo Dallas, not even Bray considers him brother material anymore. Orton not only took over Harper's job as #2 Wyatt but also took Bo's spot as Bray's bro.

[Outsider]

Hapus dydd Dewi Sant.

And all that.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: if Natty just pulls a Nikki/Big Show with a sudden face turn OUTTA NOWHERE.

[Outsider]

Already?

[Droford]

Clearly starting this now because of Trump

[Outsider]

Clearly starting this now because of Trump

Has he done something now or is this just a general 'blame Trump' moment?

Not that it isn't justified.

[Outsider]

I just looked it up.

Given my status as a politics and wrestling nerd, I'm torn.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Clearly starting this now because of Trump

Yeah, because Trump TOTALLY = RATINGS (and I'm not talking about The Apprentice)... :roll::roll::roll:

[DAMN iNATOR]

I just looked it up.

Given my status as a politics and wrestling nerd, I'm torn.

Fuck stupid Trump sheep,,,,,,

[Ruien]

Crews is going to fucking main event tonight. Hell ya.

[Droford]

Linda McMahon sighting at the presidents meeting

[Outsider]

Fuck stupid Trump sheep,,,,,,

I'm only watching to mock it.

Like RAW.

[KIRA]

This match is gonna rock

[KIRA]

pele on the floor

[Savio]

Wonder what the main event is

[Emperor Smeat]

Really good match so far between Styles and Harper

[DAMN iNATOR]

Wonder what the main event is

Might be the Dokph/Crews chairs match.

[Lock Jaw]

List of things I never want to hear Mauro Ranallo say again:

- En Fuego
- Senton Atomica
- Tope Suicida

[Lock Jaw]

Really good match so far between Styles and Harper

Yeah..... Harper really over with the crowd as well......

[Droford]

Lol

[Emperor Smeat]

List of things I never want to hear Mauro Ranallo say again:

- En Fuego
- Senton Atomica
- Tope Suicida

Is MAMA MIA still acceptable?

[Droford]

The refs decision last week was final..but not tonight

[Sepholio]

and here we go with Shane....

[Lock Jaw]

Dangit. AJ vs. Shane CONFIRMED

[KIRA]

So AJ,Wyatt and Orton?

[Lock Jaw]

Is MAMA MIA still acceptable?

Did he say it? Def goes on The List.....

[Emperor Smeat]

Baw Gawd Sweet Harper Music to Shane.

[Droford]

Lol maybe Harper vs styles

[Emperor Smeat]

... ummm what.

Why even restart it if Styles still wins in the end.

[A.J.K]

Did we get Swerved just now?

[Savio]

Uhhh hmmmmm.....wonder what the story will be.

[Savio]

Harper vs Shane #1 contenders match!

[Lock Jaw]

Wonder if Tom Phillips has a raging boner right now

[Ruien]

AJ and Bray fucking Wyatt. Hell ya.

[Evil Vito]

That...was very unexpected.

[Droford]

Lol

[Savio]

Triple threat tag at mania.

[Emperor Smeat]

Cena/Nikki vs Ellsworth/Carmella sounds really horrible for next week.

[Droford]

Triple threat tag at mania.

They should throw in Ambrose/Renee

[Lock Jaw]

Rumoured Orton vs. Bray at Mania looks like it is going to happen....... NOPE

New Rumoured match of Orton vs. Bray vs. Harper looks like it is going to happen...... NOPE

[Lock Jaw]

Cena/Nikki vs Ellsworth/Carmella sounds really horrible for next week.

No way, man.

#MOTY

[Droford]

Rumoured Orton vs. Bray at Mania looks like it is going to happen....... NOPE

New Rumoured match of Orton vs. Bray vs. Harper looks like it is going to happen...... NOPE

Don't forget Shane vs AJ..nope

[A.J.K]

They should throw in Ambrose/Renee

:lol: couples tag team turmoil

Cena/Nikki vs Miz/Maryse vs Carmella/Ellsworth vs Ambrose/Renee vs HHH/Steph vs Matt/Reby

Book it!

[DAMN iNATOR]

No way, man.

#MOTY

Only if John and Nikki are introduced as "The Phonies".

[Lock Jaw]

R.I.P. Curt Hawkins

Cool King gonna be so pissed when he watches this.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol:

[Lock Jaw]

DEEP SIX ON RENEE YOUNG!!!

[Savio]

Corbin is decent

[DAMN iNATOR]

LOL, Mauro with the Minnesota Wild reference.

[Lock Jaw]

Corbin is decent

"THIS IS DECENT! THIS IS DECENT! THIS IS DECENT!"

[slik]

SD is really good this week so far

[Lock Jaw]

A-Show, baby

[Emperor Smeat]

:eek: Crews not in a smiling mood tonight

[Lock Jaw]

Wonder why DZ waited until he turned heel to get USA themed tights.......

[DAMN iNATOR]

SD is really good this week so far

Yep. Feels like the early Brand Split 2.0 all over again.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Wonder why DZ waited until he turned heel to get USA themed tights.......

Who cares...USA#1! WOO! #MAKEWWEGREATAGAIN

[Savio]

"THIS IS DECENT! THIS IS DECENT! THIS IS DECENT!"

To be fair the WWE universe chants this is awesome at Decent events.

[Triple A]

Feels like they def told Crews to stop smiling

[DAMN iNATOR]

Crews seemingly somewhat oversold his own pain on that moonsault. C+.

[Savio]

Pink doesn't seem to fit Dolph's character at this point in time.

[Savio]

Seems like that move would be banned by WWE

[DAMN iNATOR]

Nice guillotine.

[Savio]

USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!

[Lock Jaw]

VISCOUS ENDING

[DAMN iNATOR]

WTF?! What's the main event then?

Also, was totally hoping for a Van Dolphinator.

[Ruien]

Poor Crews.

[Emperor Smeat]

Pink doesn't seem to fit Dolph's character at this point in time.

Worked for Bret Hart when he was a bad guy.

[Lock Jaw]

Tom Phillips def covering up a raging boner

[DAMN iNATOR]

VISCOUS ENDING

"Viscous"? I saw no signs of blood...:shifty:

[Ruien]

WYATT TIME BABY

[Savio]

Not saying it can't work just saying it doesn't seem to fit dolph now.

[Lock Jaw]

Bray namedropping Beelzebub. Nice.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the horror-esque music for Randy's segment.

And now Bray is pretty much the biggest moron on the roster.

[Droford]

Well that's over

[KIRA]

See told you bray is an idiot

[Lock Jaw]

Orton def having sex with Sister Abigail

[Triple A]

Is he going to dig up his sister's corpse

[Savio]

The perfect time to screw wyatt might have been 2 weeks ago.

[DAMN iNATOR]

This segment is so weird and creepy...

[DAMN iNATOR]

Orton def having sex with Sister Abigail

So he's a necrophiliac...

[Triple A]

sister abigail

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[Emperor Smeat]

This would have been way more awesome if it lead to Orton being even more twisted as a bad guy. Like the final touches of Bray's brainwashing that even gets Bray scared of what he's done.

[KIRA]

Bray supposedly a malevolent monster in a human body has been duped by two different faces with the same fucking trick.

[DAMN iNATOR]

RIP, $200 Cracker Barrel rocking chair...

[Savio]

Bray should be like "Dude, I already got the title....it's whatever bro"

[KIRA]

gonna burn down his filthy hobo shack noooo

[Emperor Smeat]

This is like some shitty horror movie you'd expect to be seeing on Syfy or when AMC would do their Monster Mash marathons.

[Lock Jaw]

This would have been way more awesome if it lead to Orton being even more twisted as a bad guy. Like the final touches of Bray's brainwashing that even gets Bray scared of what he's done.

Yeah.... if they went with the whole "I am the master" thing, and downplayed the "ha ha I hid and I striked when the time was right" it would be best.

[Savio]

CONSTANT CUTS!

[Lock Jaw]

Orton pose in front of flaming shack pretty boss

\_0__/

[Savio]

Yeah.... if they went with the whole "I am the master" thing, and downplayed the "ha ha I hid and I striked when the time was right" it would be best.
Agreed

[A.J.K]

Smackdown overall 11/10

[Savio]

Is that other chick a mannequin?

[Savio]

Next week Orton should get arrested for arson.

[Lock Jaw]

So now Shane is probably going to just be like "Oh, Randy wants the WM shot now? Sorry, AJ, you're out" and AJ will be all "WTF, bro" and they will fight.

So we are back on track for Orton vs. Wyatt and AJ vs. Shane.

[Emperor Smeat]

Poor Bray, lost his pet worm collection by that dastardly attack from Orton.

WWE legit wasted a really cool story with that segment. Maybe if Harper had won the #1 contender's match, the feud would still have an interesting twist left available.

Show was still pretty great tonight though.

[Lock Jaw]

Feel like that's on Randy, though, for letting a new contender being crowned. Styles shouldn't be "punished" for Randy dicking around........

[Savio]

Wish Orton took over the Wyatt compound with a bunch of druids wearing sheep masks and then Rowan steps out aligned with Orton.

[slik]

That was cool

[Savio]

Wonder if Harper was legit supposed to hit Styles in to Shane but botched.

[Evil Vito]

So two weeks after looking like they were going to take things in an interesting, unexpected direction.....they end up having Randy once again do the whole "turn on the clueless heel" thing anyway, and in an incredibly rushed fashion.

Shane will surely now reinstate Orton's title match, nullifying Styles winning #1 contendershiph. This leads to the best wrestler in the company having to sell the shitty punches of a 47-year old non-wrestler at the biggest show of the year.

And Luke Harper goes from looking like he'd be in the WWE Title match to having no apparent program and likely battle royal fodder.

Somehow, they've managed to make me not care about the WrestleMania programs for most of my favorite SmackDown wrestlers.

[Lock Jaw]

Wonder if Harper was legit supposed to hit Styles in to Shane but botched.

Was wondering the same. Looked weird as Styles didn't move out of the way, and Harper looked like he just "kicked around him" and hit Shane.

[Lock Jaw]

Noam Dar wins on 205 Live! Alicia FAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU really distracted from the match, though......

[Evil Vito]

I love Tozawa

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Vastardikai]

Silly Harper, getting over on your own. There's only room for one babyface in this angle... the pyromaniac.

[Emperor Smeat]

Looks like Shane implied Styles lost his guaranteed title shot vs Bray at Mania because of Orton on Talking Smack tonight. Styles implied he wasn't going to negotiate at all for something different.

[slik]

yes...so dumb

[Vastardikai]

So basically, the previous two weeks were just a grandiose waste of time?

[slik]

no they were to set up AJ vs Shane...I guess (shrugs shoulders)

[Poit]

If we take everything said in that ending segment as canonically true:


Abigail is/was Satan's sister. This makes Bray Wyatt either the brother of Satan, or Satan himself.
Abigail, despite apparently being a demon, was somehow killed. Even more, her spirit was somehow bound to her body upon or after her death. After her burial under the Wyatt Family compound, and her body decomposed and was consumed by worms and maggots, her soul remained - either bound to the location itself or within the worms and maggots there.
Orton burning the shed and the worms/maggots somehow both releases Abigail's soul from the compound and condemns her to eternal damnation.


I'm genuinely curious how much of the Bray Wyatt character is actually planned, and how much is just made up as they go along.

[Poit]

Also, Randy Orton may have burned a cameraman alive.

[Vastardikai]

I would be intrigued if Bray ran into Barry Orton, and they did a bit with the Zodiak.

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[Frank Drebin]

Silly Randy. That Temple was the only thing holding her spirit in checkm. Burning her only sets her free. Bray was the keeper of the demon this whole time.

[KIRA]

If we take everything said in that ending segment as canonically true:


Abigail is/was Satan's sister. This makes Bray Wyatt either the brother of Satan, or Satan himself.
Abigail, despite apparently being a demon, was somehow killed. Even more, her spirit was somehow bound to her body upon or after her death. After her burial under the Wyatt Family compound, and her body decomposed and was consumed by worms and maggots, her soul remained - either bound to the location itself or within the worms and maggots there.
Orton burning the shed and the worms/maggots somehow both releases Abigail's soul from the compound and condemns her to eternal damnation.


I'm genuinely curious how much of the Bray Wyatt character is actually planned, and how much is just made up as they go along.

From Bray's side he actually points to his character being possessed a lot. When asked on twitter what happened to Husky Harris his response was "he needed me and I needed a vessel" which also gels with the comments he made in response to Kane calling himself the devils favorite demon "you should be careful you never know who is listening"

As far as Sister Abigail my head canon is that she was fairly normal person who took bray in and while he's still an evil bastard his more human self cared deeply for her and holds her in high regard its been twisted into deification tho.

[Lock Jaw]

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[KIRA]

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No I don't know why that extra "N" was there

[Emperor Smeat]

If we take everything said in that ending segment as canonically true:


Abigail is/was Satan's sister. This makes Bray Wyatt either the brother of Satan, or Satan himself.
Abigail, despite apparently being a demon, was somehow killed. Even more, her spirit was somehow bound to her body upon or after her death. After her burial under the Wyatt Family compound, and her body decomposed and was consumed by worms and maggots, her soul remained - either bound to the location itself or within the worms and maggots there.
Orton burning the shed and the worms/maggots somehow both releases Abigail's soul from the compound and condemns her to eternal damnation.


I'm genuinely curious how much of the Bray Wyatt character is actually planned, and how much is just made up as they go along.

A little from column A and probably more from column B. Seems the Sister Abigail stuff is what gets tweaked the most.

Went from being just a simple reference from Bray's past but Bray twisted her teachings/care to fit his evil ways.

Then became someone the WWE wanted to be an actual member of the Family but don't remember if it was guaranteed she would have been evil or mastermind of the group.

Then went as someone who might not have been real the whole time and just Bray's imagination or a demon possessing him.

Tonight might have been a mix of everything with the big twist of she was actually dead this whole time.

[Poit]

Speculation:

It seems odd for the soul of a demon, such as Satan's sister, to be condemned to eternal damnation. Like, why would Satan want to punish a fellow demon, especially his sister? I'm guessing that Abigail and her brother Bray tried (and failed) to overthrow Satan. To save Abigail's soul from Satan's eternal punishment, Bray bound her soul to her corpse (possibly killing her himself while doing so). He then fled his own body to hide from Satan. Now, after waiting, hiding for a long time, he's attempting to reestablish his power base, as a cult leader.

[Savio]

wish WWE would think this hard about its storyline.

[Juan]

Meh I think it was fine. Now instead of 5 weeks of Orton trying to cut cryptic promos it's now just 3

[XL]

Styles should be like "fuck this", negotiate with Raw, move over and as part of the deal get a #1 Contenders Match as a signing on bonus against...Finn Balor at WrestleMania.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Does anyone think this will only gain sympathy for Styles? How's he a heel if what you guys are describing follows thru?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Damn that was a lot of fun. Shame they pulled the trigger now, I was having fun being strung along, but that was fun as hell.

[Big Vic]

With Cena saying Miz was lifting things from other stars, His finisher used to be called the FU (lifted off of F5) and now it's called the Attitude Adjustment (Which was originally Batista's)

[Cool King]

• Good opening segment from both Miz and Cena. It's crazy how even SmackDown's promo segments are better than Raw's.

I was watching and even though I knew that the talking was going on for a long time, it didn't annoy me and I didn't feel the need to skip past it. I was enjoying it and I was interested.

• Why was it a 2 Out Of 3 Falls Match? It was a bit random but enjoyable nonetheless.

I don't get why this stipulation was done for SmackDown though when it could have been done for their WrestleMania match. Going from 2 Out Of 3 Falls to a singles match would feel like a step back.

Their match at WrestleMania will have to be something bigger than 2 Out Of 3 Falls.

• Harper's promos are getting better every week.

• I was wondering how they would address the fact that both Bliss and Natalya are heels. Turns out that a sudden random hint of a face turn from Natalya is all that's needed.

• AJ/Harper was so good. I'm really looking forward to what's ahead for Harper in the future.

The shenanigans during the match pretty much confirms AJ/Shane for WrestleMania. It seemed like a decent way to start it off, with Shane restarting the match.

I'm sure next week AJ will claim that Shane is trying to screw him out of the title by restarting the match only for him to win the restart and prove Shane wrong, and with Orton back in the main event, Shane takes AJ's WrestleMania spot away from him, which only fuels AJ's allegations/belief that Shane is screwing him out of the title.

• Cena/Nikki vs Ellsworth/Carmella? Oh dear.

Also, am I the only one that noticed a change in Cena when he's with Nikki on-screen? I don't really know how to put it into words, but he didn't come across as being "John Cena", instead, he slightly came across to me more like those "prickish boyfriends" you see in real life and sometimes in movies.

The kind of guy who's a tool and just a complete dick when he's with his girlfriend.

Like I said, I don't really know how to put it into words, but hopefully you all know what I mean.

• Curt Hawkins. Why?

Seriously. Why?

Why hype up the guy and give him a gimmick and weekly vignettes only to have him be your brand's #1 Jobber?

At least give the man a chance. The more I see him job, the more lucky I feel than I've actually seen him win a match live in front of my eyes, as seeing him win is such a rarity.

• Corbin though. Jesus.

I'm not really going to repeat myself as much as I usually do, as we all know how we all feel about Corbin now, but my God. Give the man some charisma. Please.

His promos are just hell. I'd rather have my teeth pulled out than listen to him. Also, he really didn't make sense when he said "There are a few similarities between you and me. You love pain, I love handing it out."

Those aren't similarities.

A similarity would be if they both love pain or both love handing it out.

• Chair's Match? Oh ok.

A bit random.

• That ending was pretty sweet.

It's pretty much the payoff I was wanting. For months and months it felt like this whole thing was going nowhere and seemed pretty pointless. Orton goes against the Wyatts, then randomly joins them and we all scoff at it and say "Orton's obviously going to turn on The Wyatt Family.", but it wasn't happening.

Some of us then began doubting ourselves and start to think that we were wrong. Months pass and when the opportunity comes for Orton to turn, he doesn't. Some of us (me being one of them) begin to question the whole point of Orton joining The Wyatt Family in the first place as it seemed it was going nowhere.

Then out of nowhere (that's not intended), Orton gives a big "Fuck You" to Wyatt and burns his goddamn "kingdom" down.

I feel that was worth the seven month wait and now everything has fallen into place and makes sense now. It really wouldn't have worked if Orton simply just hit Wyatt with an RKO when he least expected it. That would have been a bit of a let down. I'm really looking forward to next week though.

This just completely shits all over Raw. This is like a classic storyline from years ago, when we would get long intricate storylines, instead of what is now "the norm" over on Raw of "Wrestler #1 dislikes Wrestler #2 and wants to fight him at the next PPV. PPV is over and the dislike between the Wrestlers is never spoken of again" or storylines along those lines. If we're lucky, it lasts for two PPVs.

I really feel that this should be the Main Event at WrestleMania but I get the feeling that it'll be Goldberg/Lesnar for the Universal Championship.

• Overall, SmackDown was top-notch apart from the Curt Hawkins debacle.

[Cool King]

R.I.P. Curt Hawkins

Cool King gonna be so pissed when he watches this.

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[KIRA]

wish WWE would think this hard about its storyline.

Right? This is all much better that whatever they will ultimately go with as Bray's canon story.I'm sure Bray himself has a good one but I doubt the writers would listen or care.