SDLive - The Road to KofiMania begins - 3.12.19

[slik]

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[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;Bro, what if <a href="https://twitter.com/mikethemiz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mikethemiz</a>'s fathah turns on him and joins <a href="https://twitter.com/shanemcmahon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@shanemcmahon</a>?&quot; - the email we all received from <a href="https://twitter.com/THEVinceRusso?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@THEVinceRusso</a>. <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/1105518097052717062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[ClockShot]

You did the right thing, Shane.

[slik]

Damn Evil Opportunist Shane kicking off brand blue

[ClockShot]

:rofl:

[slik]

I would mark if Miz's dad gave Vince McMahon a spear at WrestleMania tbh

[Droford]

shot that chant down

[KIRA]

It just struck me that if people in real life changed personalities as swiftly as wrestlers do they would be committed

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the Miz dad insult.

[slik]

Big Potato Face

[Droford]

CM punk gonna come back

[ClockShot]

Damn, Dayton is a tiny venue.

[KIRA]

Lol Shane is sweating and outta breath from just standing in the ring and talking

[Droford]

Kofi's WM opportunity will be on the preshow

[ClockShot]

Amsterdam, Holland on Raw. Amsterdam, Netherlands on Smackdown.

I understand they're both the same. But get together and pick one, ring announcers.

[Droford]

Amsterdam, Holland on Raw. Amsterdam, Netherlands on Smackdown.

I understand they're both the same. But get together and pick one, ring announcers.

and WM is in NY when clearly its not

[slik]

Aleister Black should have his own brand of LED Flameless Candles at Target

[KIRA]

At some point Maryse looked at the Miz and then looked at his dad and said yeah I'm okay with this being in my future it is true love

[KIRA]

I bet every time Matt Hardy does a leg drop his surgeon just rubs his hands together and Chuckles and his primary care doctor just shakes their head

[ClockShot]

Ya missed, Jeff.

[Emperor Smeat]

Baw Gawd the New Day have snapped and are stomping a mudhole everywhere.

8-man tag match was pretty good.

[slik]

Wonder if Asuka will be on SD tonight

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the TNA insult by Orton.

[Droford]

EC3 should pop up

[rez]

Damn you, Orton. You didn't build shit!

[rez]

KNOCK OFF DIAMOND CUTTER YES YES YE YSEYEYSSDFJALDSAJLI

[ClockShot]

Yeah. Don't think Orton would stand a chance on the Indy circuit.

[Droford]

yo, its me its me is rko

[RP]

This is great

[rez]

lolololoolol. this is awesome

[rez]

FATHER. oh snap

[Droford]

indie and tna pals

[Emperor Smeat]

Styles is right about Orton's cutter being a poor man's Diamond Cutter especially when he used to do the terrible looking one hand version.

[Droford]

Legacy

[ClockShot]

LEGACY!

[Droford]

if only orton could bust out bullet club or SEX

[ClockShot]

This is great stuff.

[slik]

Unpopular Opinion: AJ Styles is a better wrestler than Randy Orton.

J/K I know that isn't unpopular.

[Emperor Smeat]

So RAW has Ronda making fun of WWE for being carny and fake with others defending WWE's honor and now Smackdown has Orton making fun of the indies with Styles defending its honor.

Its like WWE decided having just one copy-and-paste storyline going on wasn't enough for Mania.

[rez]

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[slik]

Those were good promos

[slik]

Asuka lives

[KIRA]

So RAW has Ronda making fun of WWE for being carny and fake with others defending WWE's honor and now Smackdown has Orton making fun of the indies with Styles defending its honor.

Its like WWE decided having just one copy-and-paste storyline going on wasn't enough for Mania.

I was just coming into comments on that point that Rhonda is all over Twitter telling people that it's fake

And yet the company still would have you believe that these beefs are real especially considering the fact that Ronda just did things like outed Becky Lynch's finisher as ineffective

[Droford]

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AJ was in a Ric Flair 4 horsemen knockoff group tooo

[KIRA]

ASUKA

[ClockShot]

"GET HER SONYA!"

Crowd mics are cranked up louder than usual tonight.

[KIRA]

Dare I hope that Asuka is getting back to beast mode

[rez]

hair color change...ehhhh

[ClockShot]

Whoa. Peyton.

What happened with the hair?

[Emperor Smeat]

Considering they just recently debuted a women's tag belts, why are they actively trying to disband one of the few actual teams in the division?

None of Mandy's storylines and/or feuds have been interesting ever since they started to give her more of the focus on the Blue Brand.

[erickman]

Whoa. Peyton.

What happened with the hair?

she looks better

[RP]

that Becky Lynch ass is getting fatter and fatter.

[slik]

So glad the crutch is gone, get rid of the limp next

[Droford]

I really hope this match actually main events and not random spot in the 2nd hour

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: Becky

[Droford]

lol thought

vince should come out and add lacey evans to the match

[KIRA]

Becky Lynch is more Rowdy Roddy Piper than the person who Bears his namesake

[slik]

This is a good Becky Lynch promo

[KIRA]

And yet for all her being the chosen one Charlotte is not the one appearing on ESPN and everywhere else frankly Charlotte also doesn't have a shot of herself that will probably go down in history as far as this company is concerned(bloody becky)

[rez]

lol. SDL! promos are spot on tonight

[Emperor Smeat]

Becky's not wrong about her needing less time in the spotlight than Charlotte to be main event worthy for Mania.

[KIRA]

Somebody gave Rey Mysterio stupid ring gear advice again

[Emperor Smeat]

Graves really needs to scale back on the amount of bickering and insults he toss around in commentary. Completely derailed the flow of commentary for this tag match because he randomly felt the need to insult Byron.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WTF is Rey Mysterio wearing? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SDLive</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Smackdown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Smackdown</a> <a href="https://t.co/VIXSWh6Zh3">pic.twitter.com/VIXSWh6Zh3</a></p>&mdash; Steve the Fan (@TheFansPodcast) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheFansPodcast/status/1105638692553740288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Emperor Smeat]

Has Joe's Uranage become more Rock Bottom-like recently?

Before it looked just like a chokeslam type move but now its a lot more elaborate.

[KIRA]

I'm trying to follow in Erick Rowan's footsteps and have a metal theme shirt for every time I go somewhere

[KIRA]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WTF is Rey Mysterio wearing? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SDLive</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Smackdown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Smackdown</a> <a href="https://t.co/VIXSWh6Zh3">pic.twitter.com/VIXSWh6Zh3</a></p>&mdash; Steve the Fan (@TheFansPodcast) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheFansPodcast/status/1105638692553740288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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It's like he doesn't take a good long look at these things before he puts them on

[slik]

Vinny Mac bay bay

[KIRA]

Come on Vince have a heart attack have a heart attack please

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the "Vince hates pancakes" sign

[KIRA]

Truth

[slik]

Vince in super heel mode

[Emperor Smeat]

If Kofi is not champ material according to Vince, then Vince must have been drunk the day he gave Jinder the belt.

[KIRA]

Callback

[Droford]

clearly kofi vs woods vs big e winner gets a title shot

[KIRA]

Whoever wrote Kofi's promo right now is a God and if Kofi is doing it himself is even better

[Droford]

or not

[rez]

Why is this a good idea? I thought Vince loved MLK Jr....

[RP]

So if he wins, he gets to go to WrestleMania. Doesnt mean he gets a title shot though.

[GD]

Watching highlights on YouTube. The Randy Orton and AJ Styles segment was nice.

[Vastardikai]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WTF is Rey Mysterio wearing? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SDLive</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Smackdown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Smackdown</a> <a href="https://t.co/VIXSWh6Zh3">pic.twitter.com/VIXSWh6Zh3</a></p>&mdash; Steve the Fan (@TheFansPodcast) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheFansPodcast/status/1105638692553740288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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It appears that he was inspired by Asuka always wearing a thong outside of her gear.

[Tom Guycott]

Damn you, Orton. You didn't build shit!

Look, if Steph can co-opt the Diva's/Women's Revolution/Evolution that CM Punk's wife actually started, he can claim this.

[Stickman]

Becky calling Flair plastic was awesome.

The Orton vs Styles promo was incredibly good. Haven't seen chirps like that in a long time. Both could be face or heal in this feud. Hopefully they keep going.

[Tom Guycott]

:lol: at the TNA insult by Orton.

He actually got ROH in there too.

Interestingly, neither guy brought up AJ's time in WCW...

[Tom Guycott]

Considering they just recently debuted a women's tag belts, why are they actively trying to disband one of the few actual teams in the division?

None of Mandy's storylines and/or feuds have been interesting ever since they started to give her more of the focus on the Blue Brand.

"Who cares? She's hot." - WWE Creative

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Just watched the wwe edit of the Orton/Styles segment and that might be my fave Orton promo ever. The entire exchange was great.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">rey, if you want to wrestle in tiny trunks, just do it man <a href="https://t.co/ZZiODb8By3">pic.twitter.com/ZZiODb8By3</a></p>&mdash; bossmoz (@BossMoz) <a href="https://twitter.com/BossMoz/status/1105640289543217153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Big Vic]

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AGD approves

[Fignuts]

He actually got ROH in there too.

Interestingly, neither guy brought up AJ's time in WCW...

Because his time there was so short that it may as well have never happened.

[Fignuts]

They’re giving Kofi this big push, but Big E and Woods do almost all his talking for him.

[mike adamle]

Yeah I think they're gonna have Kofi lose the gauntlet and end up facing Big E and Woods at Mania. Probably have Bryan defend against a real star like Taker or Cena.

[Savio]

I think Big E is more deserving anyway but the way the wave is going I'd like to see Kofi get it.

[Vastardikai]

Yeah I think they're gonna have Kofi win the gauntlet and end up facing Big E and Woods at Mania. Probably have Bryan defend against a real star like Jeff Jarrett.

:shifty:

[Mr. Nerfect]

The Orton promo doesn’t bother me as much as the other “shoots” they are doing, because there is some kayfabe truth to it. Styles did spend most of his career outside WWE. He’s not saying it’s fake, just that he wasn’t around while Orton was. The clip I heard made it sound like the TNA jab went over the live audience’s heads though. There are probably better ways to make the point.

[XL]

I can see some baby faces getting involved to help Kofi win next week, might be a way to solidify Owens as a good guy?

[GD]

The Orton promo doesn’t bother me as much as the other “shoots” they are doing, because there is some kayfabe truth to it. Styles did spend most of his career outside WWE. He’s not saying it’s fake, just that he wasn’t around while Orton was. The clip I heard made it sound like the TNA jab went over the live audience’s heads though. There are probably better ways to make the point.

Damn Noid, I thought it was pretty good. It was refreshing to see talent come across as authentic with heavily scripted promos.

[GD]

I can see some baby faces getting involved to help Kofi win next week, might be a way to solidify Owens as a good guy?

I can definitely see that.

[Jordan]

Just watched the wwe edit of the Orton/Styles segment and that might be my fave Orton promo ever. The entire exchange was great.

It was fantastic! The whole episode was quite good.

[Jordan]

Honestly that episode kind of had it all and to me personified what a good episode of Smackdown should be. Solid wrestling, and great segments that build to the PPV. The Orton/Styles, Kofi and D-Bry stuff... man what a great show this week.