4/10/18 - The Smackdown after the Raw that was after Mania

[rez]

I'm done with Roode. GO HEEL ALREADY

[Savio]

Well, his father is referee John Cone, but I doubt he has any creative pull.

I think it's safe to say Dark One was not being serious.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Moron.

:wtf:

[ClockShot]

Nice set up, Jinder.

Comfy seat, magic carpet, personal usher.

You got popcorn and soda for this match?

[Mr. Nerfect]

Bobby Roode looks genuinely happy to have lost the US Title.

[Dark One]

I think it's safe to say Dark One was not being serious.

When am I ever not serious?

[Lock Jaw]

I think it's safe to say Dark One was not being serious.

Conversely, I think he has never been as serious as he was in that post.

[DAMN iNATOR]

I think it's safe to say Dark One was not being serious.

Oh I know. Just sayin'.

[KIRA]

I just realized all the heels on Smackdown are foreigners

The WWE xenophobia showing the main heels anyway

[Lock Jaw]

I think they should give Aiden English a mad scientist gimmick

[Emperor Smeat]

That really was the oddest thing, lol

"This? You want to cash this in?... Now? Like.... right now?..... this....... this is the case you want to cash in.....and you want to do that now......with this case?"

I'd assume it was just to play off on all the fake cash-in attempts done whenever someone has the MitB case but simply came off bad on tv.

[rez]

I just realized all the heels on Smackdown are foreigners

The WWE xenophobia showing

The Black Widow is booking

[Dark One]

I think they should give Aiden English a mad scientist gimmick

Come on man.

Don't half ass it.

Him and Rusev should 100% have a Jekyll and Hyde gimmick.

[KIRA]

I'd assume it was just to play off on all the fake cash-in attempts done whenever someone has the MitB case but simply came off bad on tv.

He was acting like he just had an eardrum blown out while she was shoving the briefcase at him it was horrible

[Mr. Nerfect]

It was to build tension and make it seem sadder that someone would cash-in on Charlotte when she was down. It was just bad.

[Lock Jaw]

Still trying to get used to bald Aiden English..... looks weird......

[KIRA]

The Black Widow is booking

I'm not sure about that because the new day aren't the biggest most evil things on the roster

[Lock Jaw]

He was acting like he just had an eardrum blown out while she was shoving the briefcase at him it was horrible

Maybe he was purposely trying to buy Charlotte time, thinking that she would "reward him" if he bought her enough time to fight off the cash in again.

[slik]

All 4 of these guys are RAW bound I think

[KIRA]

Maybe he was purposely trying to buy Charlotte time, thinking that she would "reward him" if he bought her enough time to fight off the cash in again.

:naughty::naughty:

[ClockShot]

That's one tough table tonight.

[Savio]

Maybe he was purposely trying to buy Charlotte time, thinking that she would "reward him" if he bought her enough time to fight off the cash in again.

hmmm Chioda wanted a thank you hand job.

[rez]

Orton, Roode, Aiden, & Jinder would make a damn good heel stable.

[KIRA]

I think Bobby Roode should find a way to acquire Curtis Axel from The Miz he could pull a Neville and have a body double

[Emperor Smeat]

:| Another Jinder-Orton match set for a PPV.

[Evil Vito]

YAYYYYYYY more Orton/Jinder matches!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Fuck. Rusev Day is unhappy tonight.

[Lock Jaw]

Orton vs Mahal

https://i.imgur.com/ya9NjjZ.gif

[Dark One]

OH boy. Orton vs Jinder Part 15.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Orton just did the Luger tit thing lol

[#1-norm-fan]

Lol, there's "you deserve it." Fuck's sake.

Moron.

Only a moron would think Carmella getting a "You deserve it chant" is ridiculous apparently.

[Dark One]

Orton vs Mahal

https://i.imgur.com/ya9NjjZ.gif

QUIT STEALING MY GIMMICKS

:heart:

[Mr. Nerfect]

Randy Orton so good.

[owenbrown]

hooray for status quo :shifty: :n:

[slik]

Orton super boring as a face

[ClockShot]

Styles vs. Bryan.

Next.

With around 30 minutes of show to go?

Really?

[KIRA]

Lol Roode was just everyone's picking bag at the end

[Mr. Nerfect]

Jinder Mahal was actually pretty fine at ringside. It just sucks he has to talk and wrestle.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Orton and Roode had really good chemistry in there I thought. Didn't see their Fastlane match.

[Savio]

Vince: "Rusev is very over....let's try to change that."

[KIRA]

OH boy. Orton vs Jinder Part 15.

I know just way a freshen this up Sami Zayn and Randy Orton vs. Jinder Mahal and Kevin Owens

[Poit]

Styles vs. Bryan.

Next.

With around 30 minutes of show to go?

Really?

You can't possibly be complaining about that.

[#1-norm-fan]

Still love me some Randy Orton.

[Dark One]

Orton and Roode had really good chemistry in there I thought. Didn't see their Fastlane match.

It was "fine"

They're both dudes that are generally "fine" and only really great when they have something to sink their teeth into... which is like once every couple of years on the main roster.

[KIRA]

Orton and Roode had really good chemistry in there I thought. Didn't see their Fastlane match.

It was good there too it started out kind of slow but it was methodical and slowly picked up and the fans really got into it it felt like a wrestling match

[Mr. Nerfect]

Only a moron would think Carmella getting a "You deserve it chant" is ridiculous apparently.

I guess so. All that hard work over the past year and a half has really paid off for the veteran.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Vince: "Rusev is very over....let's try to change that."

To be fair, I think Rusev is supposed to be leaving, isn't he?

[Lock Jaw]

Kassius oh no gonna debut on 205 Live...... he'll get there all out of breath and be all "did I..... miss.... Smackdown?"

[rez]

Oh my. I just had a local commercial for an upcoming Kid Rock concert. Where and who should take my money

[Savio]

You can't possibly be complaining about that.I'm so tired of seeing this match up.

[Evil Vito]

Raw added like 50 people last night and SmackDown only gets the Iconics. I mean I love them, but it does pretty well make SmackDown look like shit in comparison.

Unless Almas or Sanity or someone crash the main event.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Still love me some Randy Orton.

He's so fucking good. The older I get the more I appreciate him. So fucking smooth and in the right place at the right time. This is second nature to him at this point.

[KIRA]

To be fair, I think Rusev is supposed to be leaving, isn't he?

:wtf: he is?

[Poit]

To be fair, I think Rusev is supposed to be leaving, isn't he?

I thought that was a rumor that never got a second source?

[Dark One]

Oh my. I just had a local commercial for an upcoming Kid Rock concert. Where and who should take my money

I'll help you out man.

Just send me the money and your address and I'll personally come kick you in the dick.

[Savio]

Raw added like 50 people last night and SmackDown only gets the Iconics. I mean I love them, but it does pretty well make SmackDown look like shit in comparison.

Unless Almas or Sanity or someone crash the main event.

We also got Paige..................................................................................

[Mr. Nerfect]

Guys, they haven't had room to debut all these people tonight because they want to have Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles wrestle. Enjoy it.

[Triple A]

wincing every time they say "the iconics"

[Evil Vito]

Actually I guess Bryan DOES count as a roster addition for them, which is better than anything Raw got. :y:

[KIRA]

I can't wait for Daniel Bryan to wheel Shane out in an iron lung

[Mr. Nerfect]

It was "fine"

They're both dudes that are generally "fine" and only really great when they have something to sink their teeth into... which is like once every couple of years on the main roster.

It was good there too it started out kind of slow but it was methodical and slowly picked up and the fans really got into it it felt like a wrestling match

I can imagine that. They don't always excite. But fuck they were good here.

[ClockShot]

You can't possibly be complaining about that.

Not complaining, no.

Give 'em all that time.

[#1-norm-fan]

I guess so. All that hard work over the past year and a half has really paid off for the veteran.

I remember back in the late 90's when Carmella was putting on 5 star matches in Japan thinking "This girl is gonna be a legend". Glad she's finally on top. Would have been right up there with Hall and Piper as the best to never win the big one.

[slik]

Mike Chioda so bad

[Mr. Nerfect]

It's really weird how these women cry over winning a belt that is less than two years old.

[Dark One]

Not complaining, no.

Give 'em all that time.

It's going to be 20 minutes of Nakamura uppercutting them in the dick.

[Emperor Smeat]

Thought for a moment she was going to thank Ellsworth.

[slik]

Really need to stop referring to all women as Queen, Empress, Princess, Goddess, etc etc etc

Getting old...

[rez]

Thought for a moment she was going to thank Ellsworth.

she SHOULD

[Mr. Nerfect]

WWE needs to just let people talk and not script them to do this pantomime bullshit.

[#1-norm-fan]

lol @ Mike Chioda

[Evil Vito]

ClockShot jinxed us. Complained about there still being 30 minutes left. Now it's only gonna be, like, 18 by the time it starts. And half of the match will be ads.

[Shisen Kopf]

Really need to stop referring to all women as Queen, Empress, Prince, etc etc etc

Getting old...

Skank, Skeezer, slut and thot would be better

[rez]

RY's hair is just as phenomenal as AJ tonight

[KIRA]

Oh my. I just had a local commercial for an upcoming Kid Rock concert. Where and who should take my money


You could go to a public urinal and toss your money in same as going to his concert

[Mr. Nerfect]

AJ Styles one of the few guys who can pull WWE promos off.

[Emperor Smeat]

It's really weird how these women cry over winning a belt that is less than two years old.

Ehh its not different than others doing it in the past whenever they won their first major gold.

[Mr. Nerfect]

"Yee! Yee!"

[KIRA]

With that last statement AJ can fully expect to go into this match as a heel
, holy s*** Smackdown is making all my Indie dreams come true

[Jordan]

I don't understand what AJ is doing before he "explodes" into his entrance pose.

[Lock Jaw]

Gonna miss GM Bryan

[RP]

Did they do something else with Chioda? I switched the channel after Carmella cashing in.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lol, I forgot the WWE got rid of pyro.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Did they do something else with Chioda? I switched the channel after Carmella cashing in.

Just showed the cash-in again to waste time and cut into Styles vs. Bryan.

[rez]

AJ Styles one of the few guys who can pull WWE promos off.

AJ's come a friggin long way on his promos since TNA.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Why did they agree to a Superstar Shake-Up when they are literally building to two PPVs? That makes no logical sense.

[Mr. Nerfect]

AJ's come a friggin long way on his promos since TNA.

I think it's just confidence. He knows how fucking good he is, so it's water off a duck's back. Plus, all that shit with Claire Lynch gave him lots of "acting" practice. Nothing can be that bad.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Peyton Royce is at least a better actor than Claire Lynch.

[KIRA]

I'm willing to bet Daniel Bryan's going to Raw Finn Balor is going to go to SmackDown

[Dark One]

Why did they agree to a Superstar Shake-Up when they are literally building to two PPVs? That makes no logical sense.

Some people just want to watch the world burn.

[Mr. Nerfect]

They really seem to be drumming up the possibility of Bryan going to Raw. I don't know why you would trade him.

[slik]

Feel like Noid 'H8s everything' sometimes

[KIRA]

Why did they agree to a Superstar Shake-Up when they are literally building to two PPVs? That makes no logical sense.

It wouldn't be the WWE if it did.

[Poit]

I don't understand what AJ is doing before he "explodes" into his entrance pose.

He's obviously tucking in his legs to get ready to pounce.

Like when a cat wiggles its butt.

[rez]

I think it's just confidence. He knows how fucking good he is, so it's water off a duck's back. Plus, all that shit with Claire Lynch gave him lots of "acting" practice. Nothing can be that bad.

True. Funny thing is I think Sting improved his promos in TNA. weird place.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Some people just want to watch the world burn.

"Anyone could be on a different show! Anyway, Randy Orton, here is your guaranteed shot at our major championship."

[Dark One]

Peyton Royce is at least a better actor than Claire Lynch.

Yeah but has she ever sold any cookware?

I bet not.

[Evil Vito]

Suddenly have a weird feeling Almas is gonna show up on 205 Live tonight

[RP]

Just showed the cash-in again to waste time and cut into Styles vs. Bryan.

Of course they would show it again. Because the original monstrosity wasnt enough. They needed to show Chioda being a fucking tard again.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Feel like Noid 'H8s everything' sometimes

Maybe it shouldn't be shit, Slik? You explain the logic behind the draft being so close to WrestleMania to me. Or why they try to get female wrestlers to "act" in 2018.

[KIRA]

They really seem to be drumming up the possibility of Bryan going to Raw. I don't know why you would trade him.

If you do trade him all you're going to do is guarantee that you're Golden Boy never gets cheer ever

[slik]

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[Emperor Smeat]

Nakamura's probably going to do a run-in and low blow Styles out of spite because he wanted to be the first singles opponent for Bryan.

[slik]

Maybe it shouldn't be shit, Slik? You explain the logic behind the draft being so close to WrestleMania to me. Or why they try to get female wrestlers to "act" in 2018.

It's not shit love

U just have to be open to possibilities and not want everything to fit in a perfect circle

[Dark One]

Guys.

Guys.

GUYS.

Let's just take a moment to appreciate than in 2018 we are seeing Daniel Bryan wrestle again on Smackdown... Against AJ STYLES

[slik]

Love this match so far

[Evil Vito]

Daniel Bryan may win the Bryan Danielson Best Technical Wrestler award next year.

[Lock Jaw]

D-Bry has to be SO happy right now

[Evil Vito]

Can tell he really has been watching Zack Sabre Jr with that little arm thing he just did.

[Mr. Nerfect]

So fucking surreal to see this.

[Evil Vito]

GO BACK FROM ADS YOU CUNTS

[Mr. Nerfect]

Can tell he really has been watching Zack Sabre Jr with that little arm thing he just did.

I'm sure Zack Sabre, Jr. has been watching Daniel Bryan.

[KIRA]

I'm going to cry I never thought I would never get to see this in a WWE ring

[Mr. Nerfect]

Fucking love it when AJ Styles wears blue. I know that's such a weird thing to say, but the color suits him so well.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Nakamura is going to get so much heat when he low blows Styles and hits a Kinshasa on Bryan and they do a stretcher job that carries over into 205 Live.

[slik]

Would divorce Finn from our imaginary marriage for ZSJ

[rez]

Everyone in the arena seeing this live and without commercials can suck my Balor.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Bryan should just be a free agent. Why do talent find the need to sign with either one when Cena can get away with being wherever he wants?

[Frank Drebin]

Really need to stop referring to all women as Queen, Empress, Princess, Goddess, etc etc etc

Getting old...

Fat slob?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Bryan was going for Cattle Mutilation.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Fat slob?

She's not like most girls.

[owenbrown]

Oh I just realized Chioda is the ref in this match :lol:

[Evil Vito]

Words can't express how disappointed I will be if Bryan goes to Raw.

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at the way Bryan landed from that Superplex.

[ClockShot]

Bummer.

But, we all expected this.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: Nakamura low blowing Styles again.

[Lock Jaw]

Match was great

Nakamura has a vendetta against AJ Styles' balls

[My Final Heaven]

I don't understand what AJ is doing before he "explodes" into his entrance pose.

He's getting ready to go Super Saiyan

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[owenbrown]

heel Nakamura :D

[Dark One]

Pretty good job--They didn't give away the "dream match" without any build, but they didn't totally cheat us out of it either.

[Lock Jaw]

Now for the 205 Live after Mania!!!

[Lock Jaw]

Really wanted Mustafa Ali to win last night

[Blonde Moment]

So Paige done with the company after the bad movie about her life comes out?

[rez]

Shinflair has my own balls hurting.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lol, crowd actually getting worked by Nakamura. Love it.

[Evil Vito]

It's going to take a while for me to watch Bryan wrestle without watching his head every time it comes close to anything.

[Evil Vito]

At least AJ doesn't have to worry about getting the names of any more kids tattooed on him.

[Lock Jaw]

It's going to take a while for me to watch Bryan wrestle without watching his head every time it comes close to anything.

Yeah.... very much shades of HBK and his back for me......

[Poit]

Everyone in the arena seeing this live and without commercials can suck my Balor.

:kiss:

[slik]

Heel Naka so good

[KIRA]

Loving heel Nakamura and glad people are starting to see what everybody else sees in him

[slik]

Giving 205LIVE a watch now to see if anyone else debuts

[Lock Jaw]

Percy Watson debuts on 205 Live

[Mr. Nerfect]

If I can criticize Nakamura about anything, it's that I'd love it if he were more "methodical." He's still doing his shaking and stuff -- which would be fine in matches when he gets hyped and stuff -- but I think heel Shinsuke would be a tad bit more amazing if he were just casually low-blowing people and doing slight eccentric things.

Fucking good match though. Not sure if it was better than Styles vs. Nakamura, but it was around about there in quality and it was more emotional because Bryan is fucking back. I loved how Bryan's knee got countered the exact same way as Nakamura's did, but Bryan managed to get out whereas Nakamura didn't. Fucking storytelling. I also love from an in-ring psychology stand-point that Styles can either got for the Calf-Crusher or the Styles Clash from that point.

[KIRA]

I love Billie Kay and Peyton Royce, but god our Australian accent is so annoying.

I rather like it but I get the sentiment when you've been around something for so long it becomes commonplace and easily become annoying

[Mr. Nerfect]

At this point, I think it would be a mistake to move Bryan from SmackDown. Both him and Styles have a gripe with Nakamura. They are your main event scene.

[KIRA]

The roster on both sides honestly feels more stacked than it has in a long time women's division still needs work but it's getting there

[Mr. Nerfect]

I rather like it but I get the sentiment when you've been around something for so long it becomes commonplace and easily become annoying

Yeah, lots of Australians say this about the Aussie accent. There are also regional differences, and the natural Australian accent is different from the television one. When Aussies talk on television they change their voice because the natural one is way too nasally. I don't know how to explain it, haha.

I guess it's a bit like how William Regal dressed up his accent for a long time when appearing on WWF television. Except his voice is glorious.

[slik]

Big Cass and Dean could be SD heels as well one day

[Mr. Nerfect]

I wanted to see Ambrose vs. Nakamura for the longest time until I lost interest in Dean. They both have that "twinge" to them.

[Emperor Smeat]

So Paige done with the company after the bad movie about her life comes out?

Doubt it. Probably more like WWE's way of making sure she still has a source of income and keeping tabs on her well-being now that she finally came to terms of her career being legit over.

[My Final Heaven]

I'm calling it, next week Nakamura debuts a new addition to his ring gear - a 50 lb steel Gauntlet from a suit of armor to aid him in his new passion for nutshots. D:

https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/4/49448/2639755-4543501_fisto_2.jpg

[rez]

The roster on both sides honestly feels more stacked than it has in a long time women's division still needs work but it's getting there

Agree but I wish they'd just get rid of the double titles, especially the Universal (after Lesnar is gone). Just make all the champions free agents and only can defend once a week on live tv, once a month on PPV.

[slik]

Why did they stop pushing Tozawa

[rez]

I'm not thinking of the logistics but it'd make the titles let me give a shit... make the int/us titles static to their respective shows to make them a bigger deal.

[Evil Vito]

WWE Network giving me unwatchable lag at the moment, so I'm gonna have to turn off 205 Live and call it a Mania weekend.

Fun couple of days.

[Lock Jaw]

This match pretty great

[Emperor Smeat]

Why did they stop pushing Tozawa

Same reason why Kalisto's reign was short as champ. They never had any real plans to give him a serious push as champ and just wanted a title change done for cheap crowd interest.

[Savio]

Family decided to video call me right at the start of the main event :mad:

[Savio]

The 205Live after Smackdown after Raw after WrestleMania after NXT TakeOver

[Emperor Smeat]

The more I listen to it, the more I feel convinced Mark Andrews currently has the worst theme in the WWE.

[Evil Vito]

Family decided to video call me right at the start of the main event :mad:

Should've told them to fuck off cause rasslin' is on.

[Savio]

I think AJ and Bryan are going to be on different shows.... that's why they had that match tonight..... That's logical so obviously it won't happen.

[slik]

I think AJ and Naka are both RAW-bound

[Lock Jaw]

YOU DESERVE IT

[Lock Jaw]

OMG NEVILLE!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lock Jaw]

Wait, never mind, it was a robot

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Buddy Murphy's random heel turn I think.

[Savio]

Just caught the DB/AJ match on youtube. very nice.

[Tom Guycott]

YOUR NEW SMACKDOWN LIVE GENERAL MANAGER:

The Ealy Brothers

Managed by Usher.

[Tom Guycott]

It's what happens when she blows this 2nd chance she got now.

Please don't use the word "blow" with her in any capacity. There are other references (plural) that this could also mean besides "ruin", and we can't have any of that stuff come up when PLUGGING THE ROCK'S MOVIE!!!1!

[Fignuts]

Why did they stop pushing Tozawa

THIS

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Tom Guycott]

Nice to see they're letting Nicholas write women's segments after he relinquished the tag team title.

SWERVE!!! Nicholas didn't write it for the women's segment. His English homework was stolen like so much Big Fat Liar. He gets his revenge later by sabotaging Vince with gimmicks like dying him blue in his own pool.

[Tom Guycott]

Nah. Already did that in Batman Returns.

I read that as "Bateman Returns" and was all like "nah, he's EC3 now".

[Mr. Nerfect]

I honestly don't want to see anyone change brands. Maybe The Miz in a "my contract is up" moment where he decides to move. I don't really want to see Bryan vs. Miz, but whatever.

I feel like there are plenty of stories to exploit where they are.

[rez]

I read that as "Bateman Returns" and was all like "nah, he's EC3 now".

Yeah, where is EC3?

[Mr. Nerfect]

Actually, trade Corbin & Rawley for The Miztourage. Hardy vs. Corbin in Hair vs. Hair please.

[Tom Guycott]

Renee couldn't get an honest answer as to why he turned on AJ and then he paused and said "SORRY NO SPEAK ENGRISH".

For some reason, his delivery made me think of Pillman's "I respect you, BOOKER MAN!"

I like Renee's reaction, too. It was the same "... you son of a bitch!" look she gave Samoa Joe whenever he made reference to her hubby being injured and able to stay at home with her because of it.

That's one of those intangibles that can really make a moment. It pushed those four simple words from an awesome dick move to a TOTALLY awesome dick move for Heel Nak. Good shit, Renee!

[Tom Guycott]

Yeah, where is EC3?

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[Mr. Nerfect]

For some reason, his delivery made me think of Pillman's "I respect you, BOOKER MAN!"

I like Renee's reaction, too. It was the same "... you son of a bitch!" look she gave Samoa Joe whenever he made reference to her hubby being injured and able to stay at home with her because of it.

That's one of those intangibles that can really make a moment. It pushed those four simple words from an awesome dick move to a TOTALLY awesome dick move for Heel Nak. Good shit, Renee!

Renee is a really good interviewer. It should be her and Mean Gene.

[Tom Guycott]

I think they should give Aiden English a mad scientist gimmick


A singing mad scientist, you say?

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For some reason, it isn't showing I imbedded the image. If it did work and I just can't see it, I'm sorry. If not, there's supposed to be a .gif of Dr. Horrible doing the finger-thing.

[Tom Guycott]

wincing every time they say "the iconics"

In my head, everytime they said it, I hear Jim Sterling adding his usual disclaimer "real iconic, not Ubisoft iconic".

[Tom Guycott]

It's going to be 20 minutes of Nakamura uppercutting them in the dick.

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[Tom Guycott]

AJ's come a friggin long way on his promos since TNA.

Which was worlds better than his work in WCW. To be fair, I don't think either of Air Raid talked much, but I think the like one time they got a mic, both he and Air Paris were kinda shit. But I might be thinking of someone else, and they never promo'd there at all. Hard to say with all the shit that was going on in WCW at the time.

[Stickman]

Dbry looks so small. He wouldn’t even be a big cruiserweight.

[My Final Heaven]

Who wants to start taking bets on whether Charlotte pulls a Neville next week? :lol:

*Charlotte walks into Smackdown Live on the 17th*: "So, how am I winning back my title tonight?"
Road agent: "Um, you're not. You're winning it back in 3 weeks at Greatest Royal Rumble."
Charlotte: "...you're telling me.... i've got to put someone else over... 2 WEEKS in a row?!?!"
Road agent: ".... Yeah??"
Charlotte:":|:mad::mad::rant::eek::eek::eek: *runs for the door as she scribbles out her notice & flings it in the direction of Hunter's office*"

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Can tell he really has been watching Zack Sabre Jr with that little arm thing he just did.

I'm sure Zack Sabre, Jr. has been watching Daniel Bryan.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">He may have passed me awhile ago... but don't tell him I said that</p>&mdash; Daniel Bryan (@WWEDanielBryan) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEDanielBryan/status/896724728831811586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Please do not draw attention to my incredibly poor tribute act.</p>&mdash; ZSJ. (@zacksabrejr) <a href="https://twitter.com/zacksabrejr/status/896895749937446913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2017</a></blockquote>
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:heart:

[#BROKEN Hasney]

For what it's worth, I think ZSJ is the better purely submission based wrestler, but Bryan has so many more strings to his bow to make him much better overall.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Bryan has better skin-tone than ZSJ, as far as I'm concerned. And that's not a knock, but Bryan is a god.

[ClockShot]

So Smackdown's surprises last night were:

Daniel Bryan getting back in the ring and resigning as GM.

Paige being brought in to be the new Smackdown GM.

And, the debut of the Iconic Duo/Iconics. Whatever they're going by this point forward.

Did I miss anything else?

[Juan]

Carmella cashed in her MITB contract

[Big Vic]

Bryan has better skin-tone than ZSJ, as far as I'm concerned. And that's not a knock, but Bryan is a god.

Racist

[Evil Vito]

Peyton and Billie aren't even The Iconics

They're the IIconics. Two I's.

Good fucking god.

[Big Vic]

I guess it doesn't matter who debuts where since there is a shake up but even so you could have had NWJ do his thing on SDL instead of Raw.

[Cool King]

• It's pretty cool that Bryan is back on the active roster now.

Words can't really describe how I felt when Paige was announced as the new GM. Anyone would have been better than Paige and I mean anyone. Hornswoggle would have been better.

Even The Great Khali.

I'm really thinking about not watching SmackDown anymore now that I know I'll have to deal with seeing and hearing Paige every week but all that depends on what the roster is like after next week.

If the roster sucks, then it won't be worth it to torture myself every week.

I really seriously wish she would just fuck off.

• I get the feeling one member of The New Day will be drafted. Hopefully it's Kofi.

• I thought Peyton Royce and Billie Kay were supposed to be hot?

I've heard a lot of you guys go on about how hot they are, so what's going on?

They look horrible. Almost "Paige horrible" and don't get me started on their voices. They just went right through me.

My first impressions however are that they're like a cross between LayCool and The Bellas.

But damn, Carmella actually cashed in and won.

Leaves me wondering a tiny bit why they did what they did with Charlotte and Asuka at WrestleMania. I can maybe see why they did, but it still doesn't make 100% sense.

Anyway, it's quite clear that Charlotte is on her way back to Raw.

• Mahal vs Orton again.

Oh goody.

Hopefully this is the last of Orton in the US title picture but part of me now thinks that he'll be drafted to Raw and win a Backlash, taking the US title to Raw with him.

• Obviously Styles isn't going anyway but I do think Bryan will be heading to Raw and his match with Styles was done so that it would be done and out of the way before anyone forgot what a "dream match" it is.

• Overall, SmackDown sucked.

I've really not got high hopes for it after the draft and I really doubt I'll be watching SmackDown after next week, unless something mad happens like Curt Hawkins being drafted to SmackDown and immediately entering the WWE or mid-card title picture.

[Cool King]

Cool King going to "flip his lid" when he sees WWE Paige is the new GM

I was LIVID.

[Cool King]

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[Lock Jaw]

The Livid Legend, Cool King

[Stickman]

I have no problem with Paige as GM.

IConics looked awful. Their beat down was weak. They look very skinny, and Are not that hot. I can get passt their terrible voices if they were any good. Hopefully they are good in ring unlike they showed.

Carmella winning made me happy, but that ref is retarded. I did think it was weak to beat Charolette with a superkick, but oh well.

Nobody cares about Jinder vs Orton, how did they not learn during the championship program?

Nice to see Nakamura do something. Maybe now I have a reason to watch him

[Triple A]

Peyton and Billie aren't even The Iconics

They're the IIconics. Two I's.

Good fucking god.

lol wtf......

[Evil Vito]

Well since the shows and debuts are now in the books, I'll go ahead and guess the Shake-Up. There aren't any formal rules about any of this stuff so I'll just roll with 10 trades.

To Raw:
Baron Corbin
Bobby Roode
Breezango
Charlotte
Naomi
Randy Orton
The Riott Squad
Shelton Benjamin & Chad Gable
The Usos
Zack Ryder

To SmackDown:
Absolution
Asuka
The Bar
Big Cass
Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel
Elias
Finn Balor
Jeff Hardy
Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson
Sasha Banks

I pay no mind to the fact that some of these guys have been booked in their former brand's title matches for upcoming PPVs, I think there will be some provision put in place where they'll revert shows or something if they win the belts. But anyway I expect it to be a mix of some notable swaps along with some random low-carders moving over simply to put across the randomness of the process.

[slik]

I think RAW will have an upper midcard and main-event scene that consists of:

Roman
Braun
Brock
AJ Styles
Nakamura
Baron Corbin
Jinder Mahal
Dolph Ziggler
(Cena)
(HHH)
(Undertaker)
Bobby Roode
Randy Orton
Finn Balor
Rusev
Kevin Owens
Sami Zayn


SD I think will have a upper midcard/main-event scene of:
Seth Rollins
Daniel Bryan
The Miz
(Dean Ambrose)
(Big Cass)
Samoa Joe
Jeff Hardy

[slik]

I think RAW will end up with:

Charlotte
Carmella
Naomi
Mandy Rose
Natalya


I think SD will end up with:
Sasha
Bayley
Asuka
Nia



I think RAW will end up with:
Big E
Uso's
Benjamin/Gable


I think SD will end up with:
Kofi/Xavier
The Revival

[Ruien]

Royce was hotter pre boob job. Still super hot though.

[Ruien]

Boob job was like 3 months ago or something

[Loose Cannon]

Good to see Kay and Royce. i love their Aussie accents.

[erickman]

Percy Watson debuts on 205 Live

lets see if vic can get him over

[Emperor Smeat]

Seems next week's Smackdown has the legit chance of breaking the 3+ million mark for viewers. This week managed to get 2.95 million viewers which is the highest since last year's Shakeup episode.

Tuesday night's SmackDown recorded the highest audience total for the show since last year's Superstar Shakeup episode and the second highest since the original draft lottery.

This week's SmackDown averaged 2.952 million viewers. The audience was up nearly 20 percent from last week, but a fairer comparison would be the 2017 post-Mania episode -- which did 2.885 million. So, this year was up two percent from that mark ...

With the two draft/shakeup episodes having been the highest rated SmackDowns since the show moved to Tuesday nights, that would indicate that next Tuesday's number could be even higher than this week's was. The 2018 Superstar Shakeup will take place on both Raw and SmackDown next week.

[KIRA]

Peyton and Billie aren't even The Iconics

They're the IIconics. Two I's.

Good fucking god.

:wtf: :nono:

[Big Vic]

lets see if vic can get him over

I'll try