Smackdown Live (TAPE DELAY) Thread 5/15/18

[Dark One]

Some stuff happens.

AJ vs Nakamura Part 57: The Dickening.

[ClockShot]

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

I've had enough of Styles/Nakamura. Time to put a bow on it.

[Dark One]

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

I've had enough of Styles/Nakamura. Time to put a bow on it.

I specifically looked at the spoilers to find out if it actually had an actual finish tonight.

It apparently does

[rez]

DB will single-handedly stop Brexit from happening before he returns from across da pond

YES! YES! YES!

[ClockShot]

I specifically looked at the spoilers to find out if it actually had an actual finish tonight.

It apparently does

So did I.

We need PPV #4 to get this over with. :roll:

[KIRA]

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

I've had enough of Styles/Nakamura. Time to put a bow on it.

What are you talking about Nakamura can't get enough of AJ's nuts and neither can I...wait.

[Dark One]

lol at Daniel Bryan beating the shit out of Big Cass.

[KIRA]

Is there a rhesus monkey controlling the camera?

[rez]

yall buy your DP2 tix yet

[KIRA]

Guys you heard it Daniel Bryan finally snapped and he was a badass submission machine

the prophecy has been fulfilled

[Ezra]

If I were nakamura I would choose a title changes hands no matter the outcome of the match

[Innovator]

Big Cass got sonned, hard

[KIRA]

Aw man miz gave up his position as the 6th Hokage

[ClockShot]

One day Cesaro & Sheamus are going to do that pose 1 too many times and just fuse together Dragonball style.

[Savio]

Tuning in :)

[KIRA]

yall buy your DP2 tix yet

At some point this week hopefully

[ClockShot]

yall buy your DP2 tix yet

I'm assuming Deadpool 2?

Eh, I'm on vacation from the job this week. I'll hit the first show Friday.

[rez]

I'm assuming Deadpool 2?

Eh, I'm on vacation from the job this week. I'll hit the first show Friday.

correct

[KIRA]

A lot of wrestlers using mouthguards these days

[KIRA]

Why is Miz so enthusiastic about Xavier Woods

[Savio]

Hope big E wins MITB

[ClockShot]

Why is Miz so enthusiastic about Xavier Woods

Maybe they're friends on PS4 and play a lot of Fortnite?

Just throwing that out there.

[rez]

Go Lightning!



Go Celtics

[Savio]

I'm assuming Deadpool 2?

Eh, I'm on vacation from the job this week. I'll hit the first show Friday.

Double Penetration 2

[rez]

Double Penetration 2

You offerin?

[KIRA]

Hey good job prop Department those sledgehammers actually look real

[Savio]

This post absolution garbage is worse than absolution.

[Dark One]

A POLE ON A POLE MATCH

[rez]

Hey good job prop Department those sledgehammers actually look real

Better than fake walls made of paper mache

[rez]

need a tag team to step up and be the Aa team.

[ClockShot]

Can't tell if the crowd ain't into Almas or if they're fucking with the crowd mics.

[Savio]

Nice of SDL to give a plug to raw superstar Chad Gable.

[Dark One]

need a tag team to step up and be the Aa team.

Need Ron Simmons to come out of retirement and Ron Bass to come back as a zombie so we can have the Aa Rons.

[rez]

who's da girl.
hmmm...

[ClockShot]

I don't wanna see Almas on jobber duty either, Zelina.

[KIRA]

Really somebody needs to learn how to hold a camera.

[Savio]

Rusev Day officially a stable?

[Lock Jaw]

Hey yo

[rez]

bah...wasted opportunity. should have came out as Meghan Markle's psycho sister, wheelchair and all.

[Dark One]

That bright ass red jacket and carpet is melting my eyes.

Buying a OLED HDR TV was a mistake.

[Lock Jaw]

Princess
Queen
Empress
Goddess

What is the next big women's rassler gonna call themselves.......

[rez]

Although... Mella's British accent is a spot on Llily Allen.

[Lock Jaw]

PAIGE HOME

[DAMN iNATOR]

Damn...'Mella was spittin' hot 🔥 before being so rudely interrupted...

[Dark One]

Let's have Asuka tap out to give up her streak at Wrestlemania to Charlotte who will drop the title to Carmella and lose the rematch clean, and then let's have Asuka lose a tag match, and then let's give Asuka a title match.

This is what happens when you book hour to hour.

[DAMN iNATOR]

The woman who lost her streak and a chance to be SD Women's Champion at WM and has done fuck all since gets a 1-on-1 championship match at MitB.

MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

[rez]

I wonder if the Saudi Arabian princes are watching

[DAMN iNATOR]

Dammit, stop making so much sense @DarkOne.

[rez]

damn..he learned English pretty quick

[Savio]

Princess
Queen
Empress
Goddess

What is the next big women's rassler gonna call themselves.......

Pharaohess?

[Mr. Nerfect]

lol at Daniel Bryan beating the shit out of Big Cass.

You laugh now, but wait until you see what happens at Money in the Bank...

[Jordan]

This has been a decent show.

[Lock Jaw]

Sonya's new theme has potential......

[rez]

lame

[Dark One]

BECKY LUNCH

[Lock Jaw]

:heart: Becky

[KIRA]

This has actually been pretty competitive

[Lock Jaw]

Happy at Becky making it to PPV in the Co-Branded Era

[slik]

Decent match, Sonya and Mandy both improving quickly

[KIRA]

I'm just glad Asuka is back on track

[Dark One]

Ghost of James Ellsworth is going to knock Becky off the ladder at MitB

[KIRA]

F*** that he needs to do the whole show as Brother Love

[Emperor Smeat]

Missed almost the whole show, what's left on the show just this week's edition of Ow! My Balls feat. AJ Styles?

[Lock Jaw]

Decent match, Sonya and Mandy both improving quickly

Yeah.....

I think Sonya needs to lose her shadow-boxing taunt when she gets in the ring..... she just looks goofy doing it...... in my opinion

[Emperor Smeat]

Billie Kay vs Lana might be the most random MitB qualifier ever.

[Dark One]

If Samoa Joe loses the MitB qualifying match to Big Cass, I'll abandon all hope.

[Lock Jaw]

What happened to Naomi...... she won the battle royale and then disappeared? What has Lana done to earn the chance to qualify......

[slik]

Samoa Joe has CENA NUFF of Big Cass

[KIRA]

If Samoa Joe loses the MitB qualifying match to Big Cass, I'll abandon all hope.

I will hunt down and kill Enzo in retaliation

[KIRA]

What happened to Naomi...... she won the battle royale and then disappeared? What has Lana done to earn the chance to qualify......

Well she's a breathing walking talking human female so they need bodies that's how she qualified

Naomi is probably going off to fulfill her Destiny and defeat Sho Nuff the Shogun of Harlem

[rez]

Shin has the best theme in the biz

[Lock Jaw]

Loving heel Nakamura..... like 50x more interesting/entertaining than face Nakamura

[KIRA]

The iconics faces look like something out of the No Mercy engine

[Lock Jaw]

Y'all ready for this WRESTLEMANIA CALIBER match?

[KIRA]

When the WWE goes back to Japan this theme song won't do any good

[KIRA]

In AJ Styles little stats bracket they need to put refuses to wear a cup.

[Dark One]

The iconics faces look like something out of the No Mercy engine

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[KIRA]

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Oh no my friend I meant the No mercy era no mercy engine

Those actually look good in comparison

[Lock Jaw]

............... @ Camp WWE storyline with the kids sticking their wieners in the pool jets

[slik]

Camp WWE looks stupid

[rez]

Camp WWE looks stupid

but Vince finally found out girls fart...so there's that.

[KIRA]

Crap I forgot that the day that we having its own network means they can renew all the s*** TV shows they want

[KIRA]

but Vince finally found out girls fart...so there's that.

Just the fact that it's 71 year-old-man and skulking around outside the girls cabin

[Dark One]

Camp WWE looks stupid

It is mostly pretty dumb.

But there's something incredibly satisfying about hearing Vince play himself and drop f-bombs and say things that I 100% believe Vince would say in every day life.

[rez]

Just the fact that it's 71 year-old-man and skulking around outside the girls cabin

He did allow Steph to grow up in da biz :wtf:

[KIRA]

This is already a better match than Mania anybody think their escalating their fights on purpose

[KIRA]

It is mostly pretty dumb.

But there's something incredibly satisfying about hearing Vince play himself and drop f-bombs and say things that I 100% believe Vince would say in every day life.

You just know those dick and fart jokes are all Vince he's probably laughing his wrinkled old ass off when they finally had to repeat them

[rez]

stipulation is great balls of fire 2.0

[Dark One]

Can't wait for the first ever Irondick Match.

Every time you hit a lowblow on your opponent, you score a point.

Most points after 60 minutes wins.

[Emperor Smeat]

Camp WWE looks stupid
Lost interest in the show after watching the second episode of this season. The first episode was ok but the second was really terrible even by WWE cartoon standards.

[rez]

Can't wait for the first ever Irondick Match.

Every time you hit a lowblow on your opponent, you score a point.

Most points after 60 minutes wins.

That'd even make black widow's balls hurt

[KIRA]

I love that flying kick then Nakamura does if too many people start getting in knee finisher that should be his finisher

[KIRA]

"ASK HIM REF ASK HIM" :)

Love Nakamura so much!

[Mr. Nerfect]

This is already a better match than Mania anybody think their escalating their fights on purpose

I say this without having seen anything outside of WrestleMania, haha, but it wouldn't surprise me. What happened at Mania was exactly what it was meant to be. They worked so goddamn smoothly with each other. As someone who appreciates a good story, there was something to bite onto. Nakamura was brilliant throughout the course of the match (I made sure to watch him because I had heard people being critical of him). The finish was abrupt, but I like that, because not everything needs to be an epic, and that kind of advances the story.

Styles and Bryan incorporated the finish of Styles/Nakamura I (in WWE) into their SmackDown match, which had to be on purpose. I'm getting over all the ball-hitting I'm hearing about (thought it was great at Mania and on SmackDown after that, but I think that should have been it -- doesn't need to be the dude's gimmick), but from what I saw, these dudes clearly know what they are doing 100%.

I'm not super-enthused, because the product has me down, but it wouldn't surprise me if Money in the Bank is a great match. But it also wouldn't surprise me if it is actually, legitimately, a "Balls of Iron" Match, where the winner is the one to hit the opponent in the balls the most over a 30-minute period or something.

[rez]

CKB time!

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the fake low blow spot.

Kind of Nakamura to spare Styles' balls from punishment this week.

[Dark One]

Great heel move by Nakamura to steal a win. Decisive finish, but not clean enough to "end" the feud.

Really wish they would have done this in the last two matches rather than doing the double loss/no winner finishes. If you don't want to give Shinsuke the win, have him get caught cheating and worm his way into a rematch or something--or, you know, don't book a match you can't book an end to.

[Lock Jaw]

Really enjoyed that match, but unsure why they would give it away for free

[Mr. Nerfect]

I hate the phony non-finish spots. Just don't book them against each other for a little while. AJ Styles could have wrestled someone else in Saudi Arabia and Backlash if you are desperate to get this thing to Money in the Bank. Nakamura could have lost and just been a generally nasty piece of shit and gotten Styles to want the match, so he can die by his own sword sort of thing. You don't need to have them drawing and getting non-title wins over each other all the time.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Really enjoyed that match, but unsure why they would give it away for free

I think a big "problem" with Nakamura (if you can call it that), is that there would be a large segment of the audience that does not know how good he really is. Hell, there is a large proportion of the internet audience that doesn't understand it. Given that I don't think Nakamura has wrestled on Raw, and there are more people that watch Raw than SmackDown or have the Network, then it stands to reason that there are "WWE fans" that have never seen Nakamura wrestle.

Over the course of last year, they did have Nakamura beat Cena and Orton on television and what have you, but I think the reasoning behind this match is to hook those people who just aren't seeing Styles vs. Nakamura on the Network to try and get them to get it. I don't know why this would budge that statistic, but I think that's the reasoning.

It's not like they actually sell their shows as PPVs anymore. You just need the Network and most of the time you can get that for free or close to it, so what are they really losing out on?

[slik]

Tyler Bate looks like he is wrestling in socks instead of boots

[Dark One]

Tyler Bate looks like he is wrestling in socks instead of boots

I think Kenny Williams’ gimmick is that KUSHIDA went back in time and had sex with a Scottish woman.

[Emperor Smeat]

Really enjoyed that match, but unsure why they would give it away for free

Same reason why WWE almost always has the champ lose a non-title match, its their very lazy way of setting up a title match in the future.

Had Nakamura lost or had another screwy finish, then WWE would need to do some real work to extend the feud. Instead they took their patented lazy way to do so.

[Dark One]

Same reason why WWE almost always has the champ lose a non-title match, its their very lazy way of setting up a title match in the future.

Had Nakamura lost or had another screwy finish, then WWE would need to do some real work to extend the feud. Instead they took their patented lazy way to do so.

Yeah. They only have enough energy to do that for Roman.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Roshambo Last Man Standing Match for the WWE Championship. Ten count only after a low blow.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I can see them doing 2/3 Falls, honestly. If I'm making an honest prediction.

[#1-norm-fan]

Champ lost? What does that mean for this Su- I can't even joke about it anymore...

[Fignuts]

Heel Nak is so fun to watch. Just straight up fun.

[Nicky Fives]

2/3 falls could work..... they work a long ass match, Nakamura lands a DQ to get intentionally disqualified, but it leads to a Kinshasa to tie it up, then another to win the title.... or Styles ducks the second and hits a small package to steal the third fall....

[Mr. Nerfect]

2/3 falls could work..... they work a long ass match, Nakamura lands a DQ to get intentionally disqualified, but it leads to a Kinshasa to tie it up, then another to win the title.... or Styles ducks the second and hits a small package to steal the third fall....

That's what I imagine would happen. Either that or they get too complicated, and Styles gets caught with a low blow for the DQ to go to Nak, then he earns a fall, and then whoever wins wins.

[DAMN iNATOR]

"ASK HIM REF ASK HIM" :)

Love Nakamura so much!

AJ, DO YOU WANT TO CASH IN?! I NEED AN ANSWER, AJ!"

[DAMN iNATOR]

Champ lost? What does that mean for this Su- I can't even joke about it anymore...

What does this mean for fine purveyors of athletic cups everywhere?!

Just because you don't still have "the funniez lul" doesn't mean I don't @#2-WWE-humor-fan.

[XL]

The version I watched had this segment where Paige announced a Miz vs Jeff Hardy US Title match for the night (it was after the segment with Carmella and the interview with Nakamura, and the video packages after that.

I guess it was a segment for the Dark Main Event that they forgot to edit out.

[Cool King]

• I've yet to see a heel promo from Big Cass where he doesn't put on a cartoony voice.

• What was that camera work all about?

Seriously, what is this?

https://s9.postimg.cc/ukqn36pen/ezgif-4-a4af49dc07.gif

I'm really expecting someone to make a looping gif of that. I was going to do it myself but I really can't be arsed right now, if I'm honest.

• So with New Day winning, I'm guessing that this is the beginning of the end of The New Day?

If the rumours are true, then we can all assume that Big E will be chosen to be in the MITB Ladder Match.

• As a person who doesn't watch NXT, this is my introduction to Mr. Andrade "Cien" Almas and also Zelina Vega.

My first impressions are that he seems alright, I guess. You don't really get to see much when facing a jobber.

I am however curious as to why he has "Cien" in his name. Checking it out on Google, I see that "Cien" is Spanish for "Hundred" or "One Hundred", so his name in English is "Andrade "Hundred/One Hundred" Almas".

Why "Hundred/One Hundred" and where does this come into play for Almas? Is it like Tye Dillinger's "Perfect 10", in that it's suppose to represent how good he is but now, thanks to how the WWE works, it means absolutely nothing and it's just a flashy and catchy nickname these days?

Also, who trains the women to do promos at the Performance Center? Because whoever it is, they really need to either get better at it or just go because when Zelina Vega took to the mic, she sounded pretty much exactly like the majority of the female roster.

I mentioned this before back in December:

• They really need to add more variety to the women's promo training at the Performance Center because Mandy Rose does her promos the exact same way Sasha Banks does her promos and also Bayley and early Alexa Bliss and Carmella (although Bliss & Carmella shook it off a long time ago now).

I can also notice it a little bit when Sonya Deville talks too. Having women come up to the main roster with most of them talking like clones and doing horrible promos is something I'm not looking forward to as eventually, in the future, the entire women's division will all talk the same way.

• Billie Kay vs Lana is basically a BYE for Kay to get into the MITB Ladder Match.

I can see Lana losing and either blaming English for her loss or her losing can be attributed to English in some way. Something like he distracts her accidentally or something stupid.

Either way, Lana's loss will be another step into the disbandment of the team of Rusev & English.

• Do American's really think us Brits adore the Royal Family?

I'm sure some do, but I think the majority of Brits are cool with the family. They're just "there", but we wouldn't really care if they weren't either.

We're "meh" towards them.

Watching the "'Mellabration", Carmella's shots and references at The Royal Family were just a bit lame and obviously, nobody cared, because most Brits don't love or hate The Royal Family.

Also, I'm sure that town crier was Welsh.

• I was going to ask where this Miz/Hardy US Title match was that Paige announced, but judging by the camera work and the lack of any reaction from the announce table, I can only assume that it was Paige announcing the dark match and the editing monkeys forgot to edit it out or just couldn't be bothered.

• I'm still really digging Mandy Rose's theme.

It's just so chilled.

As for Deville's theme, I dunno. It sounds like production music for a news programme.

You can also tell she's not really done much in her career when one of her "facts/information notes" on her nameplate graphic is that she lives with Mandy Rose.

Also, my reaction to her mini rave in the ring was the same as this guy in the crowd wearing the Rusev Day T-Shirt:

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• I kept hearing the referee tell AJ and Nakamura how much time they had left during their match.

Just after the pin when Styles hits the Styles Suplex Special on Nakamura, the referee walks over to them and says "Six", and then near the end just after the pin when Nakamura hits Styles with a Kinshasa, the referee says "One Forty-five, you gotta set it up".

[KIRA]

• I've yet to see a heel promo from Big Cass where he doesn't put on a cartoony voice.

• What was that camera work all about?

Seriously, what is this?

https://s9.postimg.cc/ukqn36pen/ezgif-4-a4af49dc07.gif

I'm really expecting someone to make a looping gif of that. I was going to do it myself but I really can't be arsed right now, if I'm honest.

• So with New Day winning, I'm guessing that this is the beginning of the end of The New Day?

If the rumours are true, then we can all assume that Big E will be chosen to be in the MITB Ladder Match.

• As a person who doesn't watch NXT, this is my introduction to Mr. Andrade "Cien" Almas and also Zelina Vega.

My first impressions are that he seems alright, I guess. You don't really get to see much when facing a jobber.

I am however curious as to why he has "Cien" in his name. Checking it out on Google, I see that "Cien" is Spanish for "Hundred" or "One Hundred", so his name in English is "Andrade "Hundred/One Hundred" Almas".

Why "Hundred/One Hundred" and where does this come into play for Almas? Is it like Tye Dillinger's "Perfect 10", in that it's suppose to represent how good he is but now, thanks to how the WWE works, it means absolutely nothing and it's just a flashy and catchy nickname these days?

Also, who trains the women to do promos at the Performance Center? Because whoever it is, they really need to either get better at it or just go because when Zelina Vega took to the mic, she sounded pretty much exactly like the majority of the female roster.

I mentioned this before back in December:



• Billie Kay vs Lana is basically a BYE for Kay to get into the MITB Ladder Match.

I can see Lana losing and either blaming English for her loss or her losing can be attributed to English in some way. Something like he distracts her accidentally or something stupid.

Either way, Lana's loss will be another step into the disbandment of the team of Rusev & English.

• Do American's really think us Brits adore the Royal Family?

I'm sure some do, but I think the majority of Brits are cool with the family. They're just "there", but we wouldn't really care if they weren't either.

We're "meh" towards them.

Watching the "'Mellabration", Carmella's shots and references at The Royal Family were just a bit lame and obviously, nobody cared, because most Brits don't love or hate The Royal Family.



I've always been curious as to why you guys still have the royal family I mean they're basically Rich important for no reason unless it's like socialites here who are also rich and important for no reason also that zoom in zoom out when Daniel was stomping big Cass drove me insane I seriously want to stab Kevin Dunn in the throat for that.

[Lock Jaw]

Mainly just "tradition" at this point

[Savio]

https://s9.postimg.cc/ukqn36pen/ezgif-4-a4af49dc07.gif

I'm really expecting someone to make a looping gif of that. I was going to do it myself but I really can't be arsed right now, if I'm honest.


I thought that was a looping gif at first.

[Cool King]

I've always been curious as to why you guys still have the royal family I mean they're basically Rich important for no reason unless it's like socialites here who are also rich and important for no reason

I'm not entirely sure but in a nutshell.

Money.

They're very good for tourism so I'm assuming that's one of the reasons.

On a more serious note however, The Royal Family are also good influential roles on the world stage for The United Kingdom when it comes to certain areas. Prince Charles has his nature and so on and Prince's William and Harry have mental health as their main thing but they can also reach a lot of young people and that's something the rest of The Royal Family really can't do.

The Royal Family can get through to people that our Prime Ministers can't. The Queen has a lost of respect around the world and she's a very influential figure. We also respect The Queen ourself and see her as this dear sweet old lady.

I think once she's not around anymore, views here about The Royal Family will change, as I'm sure it will around The Commonwealth. Even Australia has played with the idea of dropping The Royal Family and becoming a republic after The Queen's not here anymore.

Nobody really cares that much about Prince Charles really, but a lot of people do really like Prince's William and Harry, so for some nations of The Commonwealth, it'll be a case of "Do we soldier on through Charles' reign as we know the good times are ahead with William (and Harry), or do we use The Queen's passing as a starting point for a new beginning for our country?".

[Cool King]

Mainly just "tradition" at this point

Yeah, tradition does play a little role in it, I guess.

Us Brits do like our traditions.

[Cool King]

I thought that was a looping gif at first.

Yeah, that's why I kept the ref running in, so people would know it's what was shown on TV and not me just looping a gif to make it look worse.

[#1-norm-fan]

Has the "specialness" of Daniel Bryan being back worn off already? I feel like it has. He just seems like "some guy" now. Especially after seeing video of him jobbing clean to Rusev. lol

[#1-norm-fan]

Also, he's feuding with Big Cass. He became just another one of the guys insanely fast.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Has the "specialness" of Daniel Bryan being back worn off already? I feel like it has. He just seems like "some guy" now. Especially after seeing video of him jobbing clean to Rusev. lol

I feel exactly the same way. It was surreal when they announced he was coming back, and now it's surreal how little I care. :( He's still really good, but them using him a player/coach is just not where he could be.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Sonya Deville is a great looking girl, but she feels like she's way low priority. I think they rushed her up because they needed bodies and they knew Ronda was going to be coming in, but she doesn't feel embedded enough to get away with basically being a not-as-legit Ronda.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Well here's the thing. Unlike most guys, after his loss he came out and gave a mission statement (honestly, nobody ever does this). It wasn't a shitty storyline promo. He said "Just being back isn't good enough, I want the WWE title" and then he squashed Big Cass (it wasn't a match but it was a squash).


I mean, I'm not overly confident, but they never booked Bryan that strong EVER even when he was champ lol. He killed Cass. I'm hoping that's the end of their feud. I know it's partially because of Cass's heat, but it could play to Bryan's advantage.


...until he jobs to Jinder even though they aren't on the same show.

[slik]

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[#1-norm-fan]

Well here's the thing. Unlike most guys, after his loss he came out and gave a mission statement (honestly, nobody ever does this). It wasn't a shitty storyline promo. He said "Just being back isn't good enough, I want the WWE title" and then he squashed Big Cass (it wasn't a match but it was a squash).


I mean, I'm not overly confident, but they never booked Bryan that strong EVER even when he was champ lol. He killed Cass. I'm hoping that's the end of their feud. I know it's partially because of Cass's heat, but it could play to Bryan's advantage.


...until he jobs to Jinder even though they aren't on the same show.

I kinda get the feeling WWE doesn't think as highly of Cass as people are afraid they do. So squashing Cass doesn't really say much. Guy seems like a jobber.

[XL]

If the heat over the deal with the midget is legit, that’s why he got his shit pushed in by Bryan. Their programme looked like it was set to continue (and it still could) but I think they’ve “cut bait” as a punishment.

[Cool King]

I kinda get the feeling WWE doesn't think as highly of Cass as people are afraid they do. So squashing Cass doesn't really say much. Guy seems like a jobber.

Well he has the right music for one anyway.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I fear they have cut bait like they did with Baron Corbin. Cass will slip on a few banana peels and then Vince will remember how tall he is and that he loves Trump and he'll get a push. I'm preparing for it in case it happens.

[Cool King]

I've just stumbled across the US Title Dark Match that wasn't supposed to be announced on SmackDown but its announcement was accidentally kept in the final cut of the show (for some of us it seems).

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As you can see, it looks like Jeff's brought back the facepaint.