SmackDown Live: Holiday Edition 2/6/2018

[Savio]

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Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn’s “Yep!” Movement began to show cracks after last Tuesday, when Daniel Bryan revealed that they would face each other this week in a match to determine WWE Champion AJ Styles’ next challenger at WWE Fastlane. The tension between the two best friends boiled over in their Tag Team Match against Styles & Shinsuke Nakamura, leading to Zayn walking out on KO. What will happen when these two clash in a high-stakes battle?

[rez]

I'm guessing Rusev Day as the holiday??

Otherwise https://www.checkiday.com/2/6/2018

[Savio]

Of course it's Rusev day!

[Savio]

Although if you want to also celebrate "International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation" as the website suggests you can do as you please.

[rez]

Although if you want to also celebrate "International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation" as the website suggests you can do as you please.

364 days of purging pussy is at least somewhat tolerable.

[ClockShot]

A-show time!

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wouldn't it be great to see <a href="https://twitter.com/RusevBUL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RusevBUL</a> win the United States Championship on Rusev Day? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReasonsToWatchSmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ReasonsToWatchSmackDown</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/960953316711821313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Droford]

We all know Rusev isn't winning on Rusev Day

Itd be like someone winning in their hometown

[Droford]

Daniel Bryan about to get fired

[DAMN iNATOR]

Shane back to being in full-on Asshole Mode after taking a break from it for a week or two.

[DAMN iNATOR]

10,000 miles? That's serious Frequent Flyer Miles being earned.

[ClockShot]

Atta boy, Styles. Be the voice of the people.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Aaron Burr t-shirt? da fuck?

[Droford]

Corey Graves probably has a better left hook for the Book

[Droford]

RAW cant win all the MMC can they?

[Lock Jaw]

Why did the pancakes stick around as a thing?

They first did it because they were dressed as lumberjacks for a lumberjack match, because pancakes apparently have something to do with lumberjacks.

Then they just kept bringing them.

[Savio]

They said they thought they were getting stale.

[ClockShot]

RAW cant win all the MMC can they?

Braun is Bliss got this in the bag.

[Droford]

Why did the pancakes stick around as a thing?

They first did it because they were dressed as lumberjacks for a lumberjack match, because pancakes apparently have something to do with lumberjacks.

Then they just kept bringing them.

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[Savio]

Nak counting out Sami and KO

[rez]

Oh, man. breaking news.. Josh McDaniels totes just swerved the Colts. Shady lol

[Savio]

Braun is Bliss got this in the bag.
It's a Tourny right? Asuka/Miz will win it all.

[KIRA]

what did I miss

[slik]

nothing, dbry and shane argued

[Droford]

Is it that big of a deal whether or not Charlotte requested this match personally..seems silly to keep bringing it up every 15 seconds

[ClockShot]

Who's career goes further?

Mandy Rose or Liv Morgan?

GO!

[Droford]

Also..

Riott Squad and Absolution should join forces to become Absolute Riott

[ClockShot]

Smackdown Top 10 list?

Someone in creative is really off their meds.

[KIRA]

These two female factions are still more of a threat than League of Nations ever was

[Lock Jaw]

Who's career goes further?

Mandy Rose or Liv Morgan?

GO!

Mandy because she has a bigger butt

[Emperor Smeat]

Probably better off splitting up the Riott Squad now considering how bad they have been handled as a group.

Started to become obvious WWE didn't have any real plans for the group besides wanting to copy RAW and add more main roster bodies to the Rumble.

[ClockShot]

HAMMER TIME!

[Emperor Smeat]

I give this match a minute tops between Bludgeon Bros and jobbers.

Nevermind, Bludgeon Bros decided to have a bit more fun with this week's victims.

[ClockShot]

Gonna be a good day when Braun reunites with Harper and Rowan.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

They didn't even get a lets go jobbers chant.

[Lock Jaw]

Do they ask for the scrawniest local guys they can get?

[Savio]

Really weird Taco Bell does fries now.

[Emperor Smeat]

Do they taste like tacos?

[Droford]

Do they taste like tacos?

no

[ClockShot]

That's a bad list.

[Savio]

No Rusev in the Top 10.....Screwsev Day

[Evil Vito]

The top 10 list was entirely composed of faces, which means the heels aren't voting

[Droford]

top 10 should be read by david letterman

[Emperor Smeat]

Seems really pointless to do the Top 10 as a tv segment and not just something on WWE's website that can be referenced occasionally on tv for storyline reasons.

[Droford]

lol Elias' ride along is in a limo

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

RUSEV DAY!!!!!!!!!!

[Droford]

lol

[Emperor Smeat]

https://i.imgur.com/wlthth7.gif

[Savio]

Seems really pointless to do the Top 10 as a tv segment and not just something on WWE's website that can be referenced occasionally on tv for storyline reasons.
Or in a crawl across the bottom.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

OHHHHH OOOHHH RUSEV!

[Evil Vito]

Okay, THIS is the best possible use of the on-screen graphics

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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[ClockShot]

Now, the best move here is to bounce the U.S. title to Rusev to capitalize on his recent popularity. Not gonna happen, but it's what should be done.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Will Rusev be the three-time champion on Rusev Day of all days?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

The Glorious Rusev Day should be next tag team champions. Forget this match and unite against the Usos.

[KIRA]

So begins the rise of Triple H 2.0

[KIRA]

Now, the best move here is to bounce the U.S. title to Rusev to capitalize on his recent popularity. Not gonna happen, but it's what should be done.

The fact that Rusev is popular is exactly why it won't happen as per WWE logic instead they'll try to capitalize on this months from now when the hype is dead and then blame Rusev when it gets no response

[Savio]

They should have had Rusev win at Fastlane (or possibly stretch it to mania) and not have this match tonight at all.

[Lock Jaw]

Double turn. Rusev wins, turns full face. Roode is jealous and turns heel.

Aiden English remains heel and betrays Rusev and starts singing Bobby Roode's entrance.

[Emperor Smeat]

Roode-Rusev match was really good.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

\_o___/

[Emperor Smeat]

That was a pretty great RKO OUTTA NOWHERE to Roode

[Lock Jaw]

OUTTA NOWHERE!!!

[rez]

did orton just throw a used condom after disrespecting rusev

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Randy Orton is entering the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

did orton just throw a used condom after disrespecting rusev

it was the tag team rope

[rez]

it was the tag team rope

ahh okay. still focused on the colts hc bs

[Lock Jaw]

Oh no

The graphics are back

[Droford]

punchlines! next!

[Savio]

They don't need the words on the screen for every promo.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

ahh okay. still focused on the colts hc bs

Yeah, that sucks.

Well not really. It works out great for me.

[Savio]

I thought it was decent for Mixed Match challenge but it should have only stayed for those MMC promos.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I thought it was decent for Mixed Match challenge but it should have only stayed for those MMC promos.

Yep. Vince can't be left alone with new toys.

[rez]

Yep. Vince can't be left alone with new toys.

hopefully he stays busy with his little football fantasy and butts out of wrestling completely.

[Emperor Smeat]

This has been the most competitive the Ascension have looked since .... umm a really long time ago.

[Savio]

hopefully he stays busy with his little football fantasy and butts out of wrestling completely.

You better start promoting the XFL on your timeline then.

[Lock Jaw]

:heart: Becky pun

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

lets go

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Was he the Oose that got that DUI?

[Emperor Smeat]

Rosegold?

Should have been called "Rosedust" for Mandy and Goldust.

[Savio]

20 minute match?

[Savio]

Rosegold?

Should have been called "Rosedust" for Mandy and Goldust.
Rosegold is a color.... one of the iPhones is rosegold

[Emperor Smeat]

Its a real thing?

Thought they were just making a terrible pun with their names.

Still feel "Rosedust" sounds better as a team name.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Has Chioda been gone for awhile?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Its a real thing?

Thought they were just making a terrible pun with their names.

Still feel "Rosedust" sounds better as a team name.

Did a quick google and there is already a registered trademark for that it's a my little pony.

[Lock Jaw]

Surprised they are actually fighting

[Savio]

Surprised they are actually fightingSami should have run the ropes for 20 minutes.

[Lock Jaw]

Well, it was a good match while it lasted

[Emperor Smeat]

So AJ being a dumbass again is going to come back to haunt him?

[Lock Jaw]

Superlative match

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: yeup it did.

[rez]

gawd

[rez]

https://www.facebook.com/WWEMixedMatchChallenge/videos/163821001064649/

FUCK OFF, VINCE

[Droford]

Sami by the rules should have won

[rez]

Beth Phoenix gonna be SDL commentator eventually? I'd be down.

[rez]

ah forgot. supposed to be a new thread for this stuff

[Savio]

https://www.facebook.com/WWEMixedMatchChallenge/videos/163821001064649/

FUCK OFF, VINCE

Why?

[rez]

Why?

he'd quiet this stuff if he could learn how to log in to social media

[Savio]

he'd quiet this stuff if he could learn how to log in to social media

Would love to see Vince in the comment section arguing with trolls.

[rez]

http://www.tpwwforums.com/showthread.php?t=134541

[Savio]

Gold and Rose should have one upped em by 69ing

[Savio]

http://www.tpwwforums.com/showthread.php?t=134541

ABT isn't the boss of us!

[rez]

If I were Thrilla, I wouldn't want to go from a thread dedicated to Quantim Leap to a thread that derails to Sliders.

[Lock Jaw]

Ha ha at the commentator saying "We are going to see some good lucha things" for Kalisto's entrance

[Lock Jaw]

This match is pretty good, yo

[Emperor Smeat]

Pretty cool Shooting Star Press by Dorado.

[Tom Guycott]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wouldn't it be great to see <a href="https://twitter.com/RusevBUL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RusevBUL</a> win the United States Championship on Rusev Day? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReasonsToWatchSmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ReasonsToWatchSmackDown</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/960953316711821313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
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We all know Rusev isn't winning on Rusev Day

Itd be like someone winning in their hometown

Pulls a Lance Storm and wins the belt and promptly renames it the RUSEV DAY CHAMPIONSHIP with a Bulgarian flag sticker hastily slapped on the front.

[Lock Jaw]

Good lucha things

[Tom Guycott]

Why did the pancakes stick around as a thing?

They first did it because they were dressed as lumberjacks for a lumberjack match, because pancakes apparently have something to do with lumberjacks.

Then they just kept bringing them.

They said they thought they were getting stale.

Wait, New Day, or the pancakes?

[Emperor Smeat]

Kalisto-Dorado match was very good

[Tom Guycott]

top 10 should be read by david letterman

...or at least reposted by TPWW's own Frank Drebbin.

[Savio]

Wait, New Day, or the pancakes?

Their act.

[Tom Guycott]

... the correct answer was simply "yes".

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[Emperor Smeat]

:eek: Strong beat Itami.

205 Live was really good this week.

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah.... I like me a touenment.... turns "pointless matches" into having meaning.....

Has me excited for a Tony Nese vs Drew Gulak match next week.

[Anybody Thrilla]

God damn, great Uso promo.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Looks like the Lumbar Check/End of Heartbreak will be the knee bar of this tournament.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

https://www.facebook.com/WWEMixedMatchChallenge/videos/163821001064649/

FUCK OFF, VINCE

umad bro?

[Lock Jaw]

God damn, great Uso promo.

They have really "found themselves".... probably via actually playing an extension of their selves....

[Anybody Thrilla]

ABT isn't the boss of us!

What makes you want to be a dick?

[Big Vic]

Convenience?

[Moose Knuckle]

Pretty surprising Roderick Strong beat Hideo Itami. Hope they give Strong a huge push, always been a huge fan of the guy.

[mike adamle]

Yeah I'm a big fan of Strong as well. I was in the crowd the night he won the ROH World title from Tyler Seth Rollins Black in New York City. Would be pretty crazy to once again be in the crowd when he wins the WWE Cruiserweight Title. Who does everybody see winning this 205 live tourney?

[Anybody Thrilla]

Convenience?

I'm fairly certain that it's fairly easy to post in one thread as opposed to another, especially when it's not even about the same show, but whatever.

[Cool King]

• The terrible text graphics and mobile phone promos are still kicking around on SmackDown too I see.

Awful. Just awful.

• So last week Daniel Bryan said we would have a Top 10 List next week but he didn't say why and this week, we got that Top 10 List and still no mention of why we're getting a Top 10 List and what purpose it serves to anyone.

• Seriously, has someone in the back just discovered Adobe After Effects?

This sudden constant usage of on-screen graphics is just both crazy and annoying.

• Good US Title match.

I was surprised that Orton got involved but I guess that's one way of saying "Hey everyone, Randy Orton is still here!". So Orton is now in the title picture and as for Rusev, I think he may still be involved too, which will probably lead to a Triple Threat Match for the title at WrestleMania once Orton gets a shot at Fastlane.

• As I've said before, the graphics are stupid but so is having the wrestlers say "Next!" after their promo.

Especially when right after they say it, the play-by-play commentator says that they're next.

• Why is Ziggler returning to randomly face Corbin? Shouldn't he be trying to claim back the US Title?

Ziggler really should just leave now.

It would be the best thing he's ever done.

[Lock Jaw]

Did I fall asleep and miss Ziggler randomly facing Corbin? I don't remember seeing that happen

[Emperor Smeat]

WWE had a match graphic and quick announcement about it being one of next week's matches.

[Shisen Kopf]

umad bro?

Umad Bro is one of the best backyard rasslers ever. Glad you are finally on board with the awesomeness of backyard rassle

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Oh, that's why 205 has been good. Big nose took over.

If you have paid attention to WWE's 205 Live series the last several weeks on the WWE Network, you may have noticed that the series feels far closer in essence to the Cruiserweight Classic tournament that spawned it than what has been the overall presentation of 205 Live itself over the last year.

There is a very good reason for that, PWInsider.com has confirmed. As of last week's episode kicking off the tournament for the vacant WWE Cruiserweight championship, Vince McMahon has stepped aside and is no longer personally putting 205 Live together.

PWInsider.com has confirmed that the series is now being overseen by Triple H, who has brought back many of the hallmarks of the Cruiserweight Classic including the style and presentation of the Cruisers inside the ring. While Vince McMahon had been personally working with the 205 Live stars to bring out their personalities to present them in a certain light, there has been more a focus on the in-ring work and competition under Triple H's vision.

In recent months, there had been talk behind the scenes about why the brand wasn't firing on all cylinders. We are told that McMahon believed that a character-driven show was the best way to get the 205 Live brand over, as seen by his decision to have Enzo Amore shifted there and become the nucleus of the brand, since he was such a strong character.

While Enzo led to an uptick in viewership and interest (before being fired by the company), others in the company still argued that presenting 205 Live similar to how the Cruiserweight Classic was presented was the right way to go. The belief among those who pushed for a return to the CWC presentation was that having smaller talents echoing Raw and Smackdown personalities wasn't going to showcase what made the Cruisers different and unique and it wasn't going to help 205 Livegrow beyond being an hour of WWE TV on the Network.

It should be noted that aspects of the CWC were dropped almost immediately from 205 Live after the series debuted, including personality packages that had been produced to introduce viewers to the performers that were almost immediately discarded.

McMahon finally made the decision to allow Triple H to take over as show runner two weeks ago in an attempt to reboot and fix the brand. While there's always a chance McMahon could place himself back in control (it is, after all, his company), the last two weeks of 205 Live have been compared by those behind the scenes to WWE NXT, in that Triple H has been the alpha and omega when it came to being the decision-maker for the product

[XL]

Did I fall asleep and miss Ziggler randomly facing Corbin? I don't remember seeing that happen

WWE had a match graphic and quick announcement about it being one of next week's matches.

I missed this too.

Hard to believe they’ve managed to mishandle Ziggler even more.

[Big Vic]

Lol what was the point of leaving then Ziggler?

[Evil Vito]

I continue to think that's part of Ziggler's angle. His entire gimmick is that nobody gives a shit about him.

[Big Vic]

Hope people chant "Please retire" when he comes out next week.

Not that I want him retired I just want him to work else where.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">An unexpected end to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SDLive</a> with a triple threat match made for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEFastlane?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWEFastlane</a>...I’m going to make a bit more interesting. <br><br>Next week: <a href="https://twitter.com/BaronCorbinWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BaronCorbinWWE</a> vs. <a href="https://twitter.com/HEELZiggler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HEELZiggler</a>. The winner is added to the match and makes it a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fatal4Way?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Fatal4Way</a> for the <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWE</a> title.</p>&mdash; Shane McMahon (@shanemcmahon) <a href="https://twitter.com/shanemcmahon/status/961615883700404225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Boring Corbin getting a chance :0

[Evil Vito]

Ziggler quits, then shows up randomly, and now is gonna possibly have a chance to end up in a WWE Title match

ahahahahaha

[Big Vic]

Kayfabe wise why would Shane want him to have an opportunity to vacate another title?

[Evil Vito]

lol imagine if instead of Styles/Nakamura at Mania we get Ziggler/Nakamura instead

[mike adamle]

Or Corbin/Nakamura...

[Simple Fan]

Kind of funny Shane took note of the Rusev Day chants when talking about the same superstars(KO & Sami) receiving opportunities then gives Ziggler and Corbin a shot. Ziggler just needs to go now.

[Moose Knuckle]

Or Corbin/Nakamura...

I would be so upset if that happened. Wouldn't put it passed them though.

[#1-norm-fan]

Ziggler quits, then shows up randomly, and now is gonna possibly have a chance to end up in a WWE Title match

ahahahahaha

Has any of this been explained? lol

[Emperor Smeat]

Nope.

Really feels WWE no longer has any idea of what to do with Ziggy and just tossing things to see if anything sticks for him.

His "make fun of gimmicks" shtick was a bust but something WWE wanted to continue as an idea (Gable & Benjamin). His walkout as US champ was also a bust and didn't come close at all to invoking a CM Punk-like feel. Him being a surprise entrant at the Rumble was another bust. Now they are trying a surprise title shot contender which is going to bust if he wins and likely just be him eating the pin at Fastlane.

[#1-norm-fan]

WWE has a habit of starting an "intriguing" story while clearly having no clue where they're going with it and ending up not coming up with anything. Knowing where you're going when you start a story and not just ending it abruptly should be like... rule #1 in any form of storytelling. How the fuck are these guys getting paid as professional writers?

[Moose Knuckle]

Don't get me wrong, the writing sucks. But there's got to be some fault on Ziggler for just going out and doing this shit and not asking "okay what is all of this leading to?"

[#1-norm-fan]

How do we know he didn't? I don't think they'd suddenly come up with a genius endgame just because a wrestler stated the obvious writing flaw.

I'm sure most of the guys wish their character was booked less haphazardly but since that doesn't seem to be a realistic goal these days, you can't blame them for just going to work and collecting a paycheck.

[Lock Jaw]

Had a dream where the Universal Title somehow became vacant and they did a mini Royal Rumble with dudes who didn't work at WWE anymore as a "second chance".

Cody Rhodes was there as "disfigured". John Morrison came out too..... bunch of other people I don't remember

In the end, Dolph Ziggler came out and won the title. Then he immediately quit and vacated it.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Don't get me wrong, the writing sucks. But there's got to be some fault on Ziggler for just going out and doing this shit and not asking "okay what is all of this leading to?"

Its been reported that he has before. He was one of the more vocal people about his position allegedly.

But heh, looks like it came to nothing.

[mike adamle]

That sounds like more fake news from Dane Feltzer

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Mave Deltzer?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Akira Tozawa's Vince McMahon impersonation might be my favourite gimmick in all of WWE.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Yes, I'm into it. Hilarious for some reason.