SmackDownLive - 3.20.18 - OFFICIAL THREAD

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[Emperor Smeat]

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SmackDown LIVE preview, March 20, 2018: Daniel Bryan to kick off SmackDown LIVE following news that he has been cleared to compete

Following the monumental announcement that four-time World Champion Daniel Bryan has been medically cleared to return to in-ring competition, SmackDown LIVE’s General Manager will kick off the blue brand. Find out what he has to say tonight on SmackDown LIVE at 8/7 C on USA Network!

SmackDown LIVE Preview : Quick Hits

Daniel Bryan to kick off SmackDown LIVE
Will Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn face any repercussions from Daniel Bryan for their attack on Shane McMahon?
Is Jinder Mahal winning the United States Title a foregone conclusion?
How will the SmackDown Women’s Division change after the arrival of Asuka?
Will The Bludgeon Brothers’ punishment continue?
Will AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura have to watch each other’s back ahead of WrestleMania?



WWE MMC preview: Braun Strowman & Alexa Bliss battle The Miz & Asuka tonight in Semifinal showdown

It’s do or die as the Semifinals of WWE Mixed Match Challenge, featuring the dominant tandem of Braun Strowman & Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss against Intercontinental Champion The Miz and the undefeated Asuka, begins tonight on Facebook Watch at 10 ET/7 PT.


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just act surprised tonight when we pretend that <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEDanielBryan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWEDanielBryan</a> can’t wrestle anymore <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/976178931282907136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[rez]

wut

[rez]

official?

[rez]

official ?

[Dark One]

MY BODY IS READY

[Lock Jaw]

Daniel Bryan's retirement speech was pretty great

[ClockShot]

Which one's official?

[DAMN iNATOR]

WELL...HERE COME THE FEELS! :'(

[slik]

Here we go!

[DAMN iNATOR]

Dear Daniel Bryan,

Please cancel K.O. vs. Sami Zayn. That is all.

[Dark One]

I had stuff I was supposed to do tonight.

I canceled those plans because there's no way I'm missing this.

[ClockShot]

Vince telling the commentators "STAND UP AND CLAP, DAMMIT!"

[Dark One]

Corey Graves currently doing the math.

[slik]

SD ratings about to be a record high

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol I hope Jinder comes out and lays Bryan out

[DAMN iNATOR]

I will laugh if Bryan's way of dealing with Sami and Owens is simply saying "Thank you.".

[ClockShot]

Just say it, WWE doctors don't know shit.

[KIRA]

Daniel self-help program

[Dark One]

I'm not sure who's more "ride or die" Brie or Reby.

[Dark One]

D-Bry been working on this promo in his head for two years.

[slik]

OMG he's already the best face in the WWE in under 5 minutes lol

[KIRA]

Attaboy Daniel just let it all hang out bro

[Emperor Smeat]

Bryan should do the reverse Mark Henry and actually say he's still retiring.

[rez]

ow ow ow. i'm being kicked in the feelz

[Dark One]

Bryan should do the reverse Mark Henry and actually say he's still retiring.

I was going to post "I hope he comes out in a salmon jacket" but ran out of time. :nono:

[KIRA]

But seriously f*** you guys for keeping me out of the ring all this time

[Emperor Smeat]

Is this the first time Mania ever got a chant for itself?

[Dark One]

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[Dark One]

lol at the crowd pointing at the Wrestlemania sign.

Amazing.

[Lock Jaw]

My emotions have feelings

Like that Inside Out movie

[Evil Vito]

Wish I could've been there to point at the sign too.

[Dark One]

Yo dawg gimme a WWE24 about today.

[KIRA]

I mean he still manages to manipulate the crowd the way John Cena does it's just a different tone and he's really really good at it

[Lock Jaw]

Why would Sami/KO get a reward?

[KIRA]

God the fans are like trained golden retrievers they got them to start pointing

[Emperor Smeat]

Why would Sami/KO get a reward?

Maybe Bryan is in a very giving mood today considering his good news.

[Savio]

Someone deleted mah posts >:(

[KIRA]

Time to fill up Smackdown live with what else More Ronda Rousey promos

[Dark One]

God the fans are like trained golden retrievers they got them to start pointing

Time to fill up Smackdown live with what else More Ronda Rousey promos

Come on, man.

Daniel Bryan just announced his return to the ring. Bask in the glow for like at least 60 seconds.

[Jordan]

I can't wait to see what happens when KO and Sami arrive!

[slik]

Rusev vs Naka should be a good rematch

[Emperor Smeat]

Bryan vs Miz needs to be Bryan's first match back.

:n: Rusev getting the jobber treatment with his Rusev Day entrance.

[owenbrown]

did they finally decide to get rid of those stupid fucking graphics?

[Savio]

"Rusev is very over on his own!"

"Let's bury him"

[KIRA]

I got to say when Bryan was giving his promo I felt this lightness and a sense that things will work out for the better. whatever that was I like it

[KIRA]

Come on, man.

Daniel Bryan just announced his return to the ring. Bask in the glow for like at least 60 seconds.

See my post above

[DAMN iNATOR]

"De-railer" bringing me back to A-Train c.2003.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hey Kevin Dunn I saw that. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SDLive</a> <a href="https://t.co/kGa99j3pFB">pic.twitter.com/kGa99j3pFB</a></p>&mdash; Ollie Walker (@_OllieWalker) <a href="https://twitter.com/_OllieWalker/status/976252656015630337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Emperor Smeat]

Styles taking his sweet time to help out Nakamura

[KIRA]

So can somebody tell me what the logic is behind the champ or whoever is in line for a big push losing alot before said push

[Emperor Smeat]

So can somebody tell me what the logic is behind the champ or whoever is in line for a big push losing alot before said push

That has a very easy answer ... WWE is extremely lazy when it comes to booking.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Rusev Day Ruien'ed again! NO!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Is this show still going on after Daniel Bryan spoke? Fans popped and won't give a shit for the rest. That was the main event.

[Lock Jaw]

Is this show still going on after Daniel Bryan spoke? Fans popped and won't give a shit for the rest. That was the main event.

Except that they were already into it afterwards

[Lock Jaw]

oh no

Baron Corbin wrestling without a shirt

[slik]

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[Lock Jaw]

oh no

Baron Corbin wrestling

Before someone else does it

[Dark One]

With that hair cut, Tye Dillinger looks like someone deflated Braun and then left him in the dryer too long.

[slik]

Mojo won the battle royal and thankfully disappeared

[Lock Jaw]

Gronk will win the battle royale again this year

[KIRA]

With that hair cut, Tye Dillinger looks like someone deflated Braun and then left him in the dryer too long.

For some reason I was thinking buddy Murphy's botched clone I like yours better

[KIRA]

Baron Corbin his late for his other job whispering in King Theoden's ear

[Savio]

Dude poor little lungs was impaled by a moose.....RIP Little lungs.

[KIRA]

I feel like Natalya would get over ridiculously if she started throwing cat litter in her opponent eyes

[Savio]

"I'm on Fiyah"

[Emperor Smeat]

I feel like Natalya would get over ridiculously if she started throwing cat litter in her opponent eyes

Or went all in on being Crazy Old Cat Lady.

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[KIRA]

I love the way Natalya sold that kick

[Lock Jaw]

Good match going on

Always like the chemistry these two have

[KIRA]

They are kicking the s*** out of each other

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Natty beating Charlotte.

Would have been funny if the cash-in actually happened since Natty would be champ now.

[slik]

weird booking

[KIRA]

She really has to learn to pick a spot better

[Savio]

No anal bleeding :(

[KIRA]

I'm trying really hard to get past Corey Graves hair

[KIRA]

Asuka is to close to miz somebody sleeping on the couch

[KIRA]

YEA GO BRYAN

[Lock Jaw]

Very polite of Harper/Rowan to wait for Usos to finish promo

[Triple A]

How does any1 like all of these Uso promos...

Prob my least favorite thing in WWE . . . Would rather watch an entire Raw of Sheamus vs. Dean Ambrose and ______ vs. Bray Wyatt matches than any Uso promo . . .

[Lock Jaw]

Would you rather watch The Bar or The Usos? @Triple A

[Triple A]

No...

[slik]

u h8 them more than bray wyatt @ triple A

[Lock Jaw]

Hey, Luke Harper still has a first name

[Dark One]

Triple A

Which of these things do you hate more

USO promos, Bar vs Shield, Chrisley Knows Best being preempted, the NSA opening all of your packages, or white people?

[KIRA]

Come on Harper just one yeah yeah yeah! send the crowd home Happy

[Emperor Smeat]

Poor Jimmy Uso. Harper didn't even need the hammer for the destruction he laid.

At least it will be a lot easier to tell the Usos apart now. One Usos will have a lot more bandages and bruising than the other.

[Dark One]

Oh god

Orton vs Mahal vs Roode at Mania may beat out Big Show vs. Roman and Bayley vs. Nia on my PTSD-inducing scale.

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[Triple A]

Triple A

Which of these things do you hate more

USO promos, Bar vs Shield, Chrisley Knows Best being preempted, the NSA opening all of your packages, or white people?

1. NSA opening my packages and hacking all my shit........

2. Usos promos

3. The Bar vs. Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins

4. White people

5. Chrisley Knows Best being preempted

[KIRA]

It is bad news for Roman at Daniel Bryan is back now the fans are going to care even less about him

[slik]

Randy Orton on par to have the worst WM match 2 years in a row

[Dark One]

Yes pls go to Bollywood

[Dark One]

Daniel Bryan's first singles match is going to be versus Jinder Mahal and I'm going to return to my home planet.

[Lock Jaw]

This angle seems "not good"

[Savio]

It's due to racism!

[Triple A]

Worried about the Singh brother being dropped sloppily on his neck again by Randy Orton...

[Dark One]

This angle seems "not good"

It really is horribly contrived, even for WWE.

"Let's promote this brand new Top 10 list! Let's have Jinder Mahal make a ridiculously contrived point about someone being higher than the other and how clearly that person thinks he's better! Then let's never have the Top 10 list again but keep referencing it!"

[Savio]

"I'm on fiyah!"

[Jordan]

It really is horribly contrived, even for WWE.

"Let's promote this brand new Top 10 list! Let's have Jinder Mahal make a ridiculously contrived point about someone being higher than the other and how clearly that person thinks he's better! Then let's never have the Top 10 list again but keep referencing it!"

What you're missing is the depth in the Jinder character. He is one who desires accolades to bring home to prove his worth. So if there is a list with numerical order best to worst, he desires to be on that list, and if possible higher than his fellow superstars.

[Dark One]

What you're missing is the depth in the Jinder character. He is one who desires accolades to bring home to prove his worth. So if there is a list with numerical order best to worst, he desires to be on that list, and if possible higher than his fellow superstars.

But, like, he never even brought up the fact he wasn't even on the list.

It was always "Randy Orton thinks he's better than you, Bobby!"

[Lock Jaw]

I wonder who will win the women's battle royale......

[Dark One]

BECKY LUNCH GETS A WIN!

TRULY TODAY IS A GREAT DAY

[Emperor Smeat]

It really is horribly contrived, even for WWE.

"Let's promote this brand new Top 10 list! Let's have Jinder Mahal make a ridiculously contrived point about someone being higher than the other and how clearly that person thinks he's better! Then let's never have the Top 10 list again but keep referencing it!"

Yeah the Top 10 List is up there with the pop up graphics for dumbest ideas in recent times by the WWE.

Could have been an interesting way to determine challengers for titles or for something meaningful like who gets to be in a tournament but instead was just Jinder, Roode, and Orton bickering over their spots in a meaningless list.

[Dark One]

I wonder who will win the women's battle royale......

BECKY LUNCH OR REVOLT

[Lock Jaw]

BECKY LUNCH GETS A WIN!

TRULY TODAY IS A GREAT DAY

Glad I got to hear her music......

[Lock Jaw]

BECKY LUNCH OR REVOLT

Was thinking it is probably either Becky or an NXT braud

[rez]

Hogan Wrestlemania clip. snap

[Dark One]

Was thinking it is probably either Becky or an NXT braud

Gonna be Gronk's sister.

Let's be honest.

[Lock Jaw]

Owens and Zayn showing up to work rather late

[KIRA]

I'm really really hoping Daniel slows it down this time just a little bit

[slik]

I wonder if KO will heinously attack DBry

[Dark One]

Owens and Zayn showing up to work rather late

Hey man, when you're great at your job, you can do whatever you want.

[KIRA]

Owens and Zayn showing up to work rather late

Well marriage counseling takes awhile you know

[Dark One]

I wonder if KO will heinously attack DBry

If they pop-up powerbomb Bryan, NUCLEAR HEAT.

[Dark One]

God damn if there was ever a night for Talking Smack...

[KIRA]

I just noticed Kevin Owens looks like he's lost some weight

[KIRA]

Sami Zayn is like a spastic ferret

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the replay of Shane's squeals from last week's show.

[KIRA]

There's no way they're going to let Daniel take a pop-up powerbomb either at least not right away

[Dark One]

:lol: at the replay of Shane's squeals from last week's show.

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[Dark One]

"You assaulted your boss"

To be fair, Roman attacked three US Marshals last night and still gets to main event Wrestlemania.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Really hope this is a swerve of epic proportions.

[Dark One]

Even as a GM, Daniel Bryan is now 100x more into his promos, probably because he doesn't feel like he's trapped any more.

[Evil Vito]

Nooooooo Daniel :(

[Emperor Smeat]

So what prevents RAW from just hiring Sami and Owens now?

[Triple A]

Boooooooooo

[Dark One]

Boooooooooo

Arabs always getting fired by white folks, right?

[Triple A]

hope they F his ass up for being a lil pussy ass tyrant . . .

[Dark One]

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[DAMN iNATOR]

hope they F his ass up for being a lil ass pussy tyrant . . .

Hell yeah dude.

[Evil Vito]

Bryan getting physically involved :love:

[KIRA]

They are about to get those Vickie Guerrero Roman Reigns Triple H Power Trip boos

[Triple A]

This is cool...

[Emperor Smeat]

Bryan bent Sami in half with that suplex.

[Dark One]

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!

[KIRA]

You can't take down Sammy and Owens he took down the whole Shield by himself

[Dark One]

Oh man, melt this main event segment down and shoot it straight into my veins.

[Lock Jaw]

Nuclear heat

[Dark One]

Seeing D-Bry throw those kicks again and do the forever dropkicks felt SO GOOD.

[Evil Vito]

BREAKING NEWS: Daniel Bryan to retire from in-ring competition

[Lock Jaw]

RIP Daniel Bryan's comeback

[Dark One]

Oh fuck. "WELCOME BACK FROM YOUR CONCUSSION PAL, HOW ABOUT AN APRON BOMB?"

[DAMN iNATOR]

Should've put Bryan's ass through the table.

[Triple A]

Really good

[Lock Jaw]

YOU KILLED BRYAN chants

ha ha

[Evil Vito]

It takes a lot for Owens and Zayn to get booed. This did the trick.

[Triple A]

inappropriate time for that chant...

[KIRA]

Wow they let him take all the bumps

[Emperor Smeat]

Sami & Owens doing to Bryan what neither Lesnar and Braun could do against Reigns in regards to generating legit crowd heat to a big face star.

:lol: at the "your still fired" chants

[Dark One]

BREAKING NEWS: Daniel Bryan to retire from in-ring competition

Pretty sure I would just give up and drown.

[Triple A]

Thought they were chanting "you still got it"?

[rez]

well, that could have went horribly wrong.

[Jordan]

Oh wow what an angle. I was so uncomfortable, but man he's so good.

[Savio]

They were chanting "You're still fired"

[KIRA]

Hey Bryan buddy welcome back to the team get ready to be put through your paces

[Lock Jaw]

Thought they were chanting "You Killed Bryan"

[KIRA]

Also see he still doing those shotgun dropkicks

[KIRA]

I love that even though they are the villains they hated doing that apparently right up until they really got into it

[rez]

cartman probably gonna sue for being assaulted after he was no longer an employee

[Dark One]

Oh man, melt this main event segment down and shoot it straight into my veins.

[rockman725]

OMG, imagine watching that segment and NOT knowing that DB was cleared. That would have been crazy to watch!

[KIRA]

shit his return really is all over the news

[rez]

Final Deletion and DB cleared. I see you, WWE.

[KIRA]

Dark One

Daniel Bryan vs Braun strowman who do you choose

[BigCrippyZ]

shit his return really is all over the news

That's because the guy is a legit fucking star, bigger than Roman will be as long as Vince's currently out of touch ass is running things.

[slik]

There is no match at WM that will have the nuclear heat of DBry/Shane vs Sami/KO

[KIRA]

Ronda Rousey just got moved to the back of the line

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Miz and Alexa keep tagging out because Miz doesn't want to face Braun and Alexa doesn't want to face Asuka in this MMC match

[Dark One]

Alexa should 100% be Braun's partner at Wrestlemania if it's not Ellsworth.

[Dark One]

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What a monster.

[Emperor Smeat]

shit his return really is all over the news
In terms of mainstream popularity, him, Punk, and Lesnar have been the legit biggest stars of the company since Lesnar's return in 2012. Taker is also huge but only during Mania period. WWE doesn't need to pay for coverage like they do with almost everything else.

[KIRA]

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What a monster.


That's just Shear brilliance

[Black Widow]

Ronda can't beat slant eyed bitch quick enough for me.

[Lock Jaw]

Rooting for Mustafa Ali

[Emperor Smeat]

Rooting for Mustafa Ali

Same.

Gulak has been good during this revival but he's more valuable as the first big heel opponent for the new champ's post-Mania feud.

[Lock Jaw]

Mustafa Ali has snapped

[Lock Jaw]

Drew Gulak has snapped

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at that bump Ali took to the outside.

[Lock Jaw]

Good match

[Emperor Smeat]

Ali-Gulak match was great

[Lock Jaw]

"We couldn't see this, we didn't have any monitors. It was right in front of us, but we didn't have any monitors, so we were blind."

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Evil Vito]

Hella good match. Happy for Ali. Hopefully Drew gets a run with the belt sometime later in the year, he's excellent too.

[Lock Jaw]

Think there is a story line here where Ali was "starting to turn into a monster" during that match. After Mania, Gulak can continue to try to "draw out" a "dark side" to Ali, with Ali trying to resist "becoming a monster to fight a monster".....

[Dark One]

Dark One

Daniel Bryan vs Braun strowman who do you choose

This is a really good question and it took me a while to decide, but I finally have.

I'd split into two copies, one in each possible timeline, by spontaneous interdimensional mitosis and each Dark One would pick the appropriate person.

[Triple A]

Mustafa Ali rules, glad he won

[KIRA]

This is a really good question and it took me a while to decide, but I finally have.

I'd split into two copies, one in each possible timeline, by spontaneous interdimensional mitosis and each Dark One would pick the appropriate person.

I can accept that.

[Lock Jaw]

#Ali4Champ

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Goddamn, just watched Ali win too. What a great 24 hours of wrestling.

[Rammsteinmad]

Pretty much only watched the Bryan stuff on Smackdown, but holy fuck was the crowd hot! Hopefully he stays healthy because he still has the potential to be Austin/Rock/Hogan levels of superstardom.

[Stickman]

Am I the only one who cringes at the apron bomb? I feel that is a move that will legit break your back.

[Emperor Smeat]

Apparently people really love to see Bryan back in the ring and also get beaten up :shifty:

This week's episode was the highest viewed show since last year's Superstar Shakeup.

Tuesday’s SmackDown Live drew 2,888,000 viewers, up from last week’s 2,771,000 viewers. The show featured Daniel Bryan’s announcement that he was cleared to return to the ring.

That’s the highest number since the April 11, 2017 episode (3,105,000), which was the Superstar Shake-up ...

This time last year, the March 21, 2017 episode of SmackDown Live drew 2,647,000 viewers.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

The Fight for a better 205live is dead. Face vs. Face at WrestleMania meh fuck you.

[Fignuts]

Owens and Zayn need to show up inEl Generico masks next week.