SDLive - 4.30.19 - Official Thread

[slik]

Michael Cole kicking off Flagship Blue

[ClockShot]

Wrong show, Cole.

[Evil Vito]

WM was 3 weeks ago, you can stop calling him the NEW WWE champion

[Emperor Smeat]

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[slik]

Why are we opening SD with a recap of WM???

[ClockShot]

Get out here and bust this up, Owens.

[GD]

Wish WWE had appropriate championship sizes for smaller competitors.

[slik]

Ok, we've only got 2 hours and like 379 people on this brand now, let's not be wasting time w/ recaps of Mania

[GD]

Damn, Michael Cole showering Kofi Kingston with high praise.

[KIRA]

I don't know if I call Kevin Owens plan cold and calculated
Lukewarm and Goofy is more like it

[ClockShot]

There he is.

[slik]

WRAP

IT

UP

[ClockShot]

Kofi should be afraid of Kevin Owens.

He's using the Stunner and not a lot of people have learned to sell it since he's been using it.

[KIRA]

"Challenge Aaakcepted Kofi"
The Canadian accent really shining through on that one

[KIRA]

To be fair Owens was just defending himself

[ClockShot]

What's with the Macho Man modified jacket, Bayley?

[Emperor Smeat]

WWE has a terrible knack of taking everything that made someone very popular and deflate it once they become champ either by watering them down or giving them a bland/boring first big feud.

Becky's starting to lose the aura she built up on the Road to Mania because they toned down her promos and Lacey being her first big feud. Kofi is slowly becoming the typical face champ in peril now that he has the belt. Rollins' been boring on the mic since he won the belt and had the lame contract signing segment last night with Styles.

[ClockShot]

Becky gets a special introduction.

What the hell is going on tonight?

[slik]

RAW recap

[KIRA]

That sign said "Beckeye 2 belts"

[ClockShot]

I would like this match to run smooth.

It won't. Useless Lacey or Charlotte will fuck it all up.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand with that, a split screen commercial break.

[Droford]

Lacey cant interfere shes on Raw, its actually a slight perk for becky having two title feuds but not having to worry about the feud from the other brand interfering (except at ppvs i guess)

[Droford]

I think becky will lose to Lacey but beat charlotte and thus be stuck on SD

[Droford]

becky should enter MITB too so she can be becky 2 belts and a briefcase because..why not

[ClockShot]

Damn, Bayley. For your first match against Becky, I'd figure you'd atleast break the disarmer once.

Not immediately tap.

[slik]

Wish that was longer tbh

[slik]

Would be interested in seeing it again in the future.

[ClockShot]

What are they doing with you, Aleister Black.

You don't need to be doing this.

[slik]

The moody Aleister Black is here!

[Emperor Smeat]

Becky vs Bayley was pretty good overall.

Still kind of funny how both of Becky's challengers pretty much mirror each other in appearance. Might as well have Alexa or Dana win the MitB case so Becky can fend off 3 blondes at one event.

[slik]

I think Aleister Black is a heel now who hates the WWE Universe

[Droford]

I think Aleister Black is a heel now who hates the WWE Universe

switch blade Jay white --- dull edge Aleister black

[KIRA]

I would say at least Aleister black is on Smackdown where they can't f*** him up but then again is this company we're talking about

[Droford]

Tuesday night talk down

[slik]

Since I learned Bayley's real name is Pam all I have thought about it is a remake of 'The Office' starring James E Cornette and Bayley as Jim & Pam.

[slik]

LARS video recap

[Droford]

gonna injure the other leg

[erickman]

vacant wins again

[Evil Vito]

Poor Jeff gets injured all the time

[slik]

LARS has CENA NUFF

[Droford]

someone tell lars hes on SD..the blue brand

[Triple A]

Big freaking mistake R-Truth!!!!

[Emperor Smeat]

Lars feels way less intimating coming out to a normal entrance than the dim and eerie one he had in NXT.

[Droford]

thought maybe Bray was going to save the guy that sent him to the funhouse

[slik]

A+ booking of LARS as a Monster so far

[Triple A]

Wish they would play "Natural Born Killaz" throughout every Lars segment like how they would play that throughout every New Jack match in ECW

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[Emperor Smeat]

Show's almost halfway done and there has been just 1 match soo far.

[slik]

So far SD better than RAW, per usual

[Evil Vito]

Fucking stupid that people just get entered into MITB arbitrarily. Make them earn their way in. It's easy booking and fills out a couple of weeks of TV with something that actually leads somewhere.

[ClockShot]

Alexa Bliss introduces the Raw contestants. Nice.

Smackdown using commentators. Sad.

[ClockShot]

The Captains of Tomorrow.

Let's go.

[ClockShot]

Oh my god the music mash-up is awful.

[slik]

SD's half of the MITB match is stronger than RAWs

Randy Orton
Finn Balor
Mustafa Ali
Andrade

[Emperor Smeat]

Men's MitB lineup is pretty good overall.

Also :lol: at WWE's nonchalant way of introducing the Smackdown guys in the match compared to last night's festivities on RAW.

[Evil Vito]

When did Mera from Aquaman become a wrestler?

[Emperor Smeat]

Holy crap the Asuka & Kairi mashup theme is terrible.

[Droford]

The Captains of Tomorrow.

Let's go.

that could be a cease and desist

[slik]

Kairi Sane and Asuka are pretty over w/ the live crowd

IIconics pretty fun on commentary

[ClockShot]

Paige needs to dress in bright colors if she's going to manage Asuka and Kairi.

[KIRA]

When did Mera from Aquaman become a wrestler?

I was thinking Stage 1 becky lynch

[KIRA]

Oh my god the music mash-up is awful.

Mashups always sound like lazy garbage tbh

[Droford]

lets breakup one of the few actual womens tag teams lol

[slik]

LOL Crowd back to booing Roman Reigns

Sorry Big Doggo!

[Droford]

big blue dog roman democrat...oh wait

[Droford]

crush his larynx roman..

[Droford]

I wonder if wwe worries about the dick pill roman

[slik]

This crowd hates Big Doggo Dog

Ahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahah that took no time at all

[Droford]

whos your daddy and what does he..own

[Droford]

what the actual fuck

[Evil Vito]

YES more Elias and B-Team harmonica playing plz

[Emperor Smeat]

B Team are suddenly heels now?

:lol: at Shane forming a partnership with B Team.

[KIRA]

B team was like 1000x cooler with scars as their theme

[erickman]

b team as heel sidekicks to shane they need to show up in the miz match

[Droford]

B team should turn into Shanes Security team

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Shane getting cut off before he could say when the handicap match was going to happen.

That segment was pretty bad overall.

[slik]

Tom Philips questioning if Roman can overcome these insurmountable odds of BO Dallas and Curtis Axel

[Droford]

:lol: at Shane getting cut off before he could say when the handicap match was going to happen.

That segment was pretty bad overall.

I laughed when I thought he forgot who the b team was

[Droford]

Tom Philips questioning if Roman can overcome these insurmountable odds of BO Dallas and Curtis Axel

Dont forget Elias on the outside for no reason since hes not the actual ref

[Droford]

the refs should go back to wearing bow ties

[Droford]

lol that was just dumb

[Evil Vito]

Damn, Roman losing his first SmackDown match to the fucking B-Team would’ve been hilarious

[Droford]

yay i got SD to 2 pages

[Emperor Smeat]

:eek: Reigns beat the formidable juggernaut known as the B Team.

Almost nothing about his booking issues has changed since he returned.

[Triple A]

Arby's gyro commercial the new Leesa mattress commercial but even worse

[Droford]

uggggggggggggggggggggggggh

[Triple A]

Why do they keep cutting away to the crowd

[Emperor Smeat]

Why do they keep cutting away to the crowd

Because Kevin Dunn sucks as a producer

[KIRA]

I don't think the shareholders and advertisers appreciate Finn Balor thrusting his crotch at the children

[GD]

Arby's gyro commercial the new Leesa mattress commercial but even worse

I am tired of the Nugenix / Frank Thomas commercials.

[Droford]

Much like before he was pulled from the EC mstch I cant see Ali winning MITB.

[slik]

Former WWE writer tweeting at me implying the reason SD is a mess now is the lack of Road Dogg...

My A-show going off a cliff...Road Dogg 'the barrier' between Vince McMahon and SD's ability to flow and fly by...

[GD]

Why is Andrade speaking English?

[Droford]

Why is Andrade speaking English?

Im pretty sure Charlotte is behind it

[slik]

Spoke w/ former writer in DM .... sounds like Road Dogg was really 'the glue' the held SD together when Vince would try to do what he does to RAW to brand blue each week

Gulp!

[Droford]

the main event ended 15 min early?

oh wait

[Droford]

lol lets not talk about that..

[GD]

Former WWE writer tweeting at me implying the reason SD is a mess now is the lack of Road Dogg...

My A-show going off a cliff...Road Dogg 'the barrier' between Vince McMahon and SD's ability to flow and fly by...

Spoke w/ former writer in DM .... sounds like Road Dogg was really 'the glue' the held SD together when Vince would try to do what he does to RAW to brand blue each week

Gulp!

Can't blame him.

[slik]

I am rooting for both Ember Moon and Ricochet in the MITB matches

[Droford]

Main event talking

[GD]

As of today, there are two set of tag team champions on RAW (Ryder and Hawkins, and The Viking Raiders), and none of Smackdown.

[Emperor Smeat]

Former WWE writer Tom Casiello tweeting at me implying the reason SD is a mess now is the lack of Road Dogg...

My A-show going off a cliff...Road Dogg 'the barrier' between Vince McMahon and SD's ability to flow and fly by...

While he had his own share of the blame for Smackdown's issues during the past year or so, the lack of direction does feel a lot more noticeable since he left.

PWI hinted its because Vince is getting a lot more hands on with shows because investors are souring on the product and he needs to prove he can fix WWE's woes.

[Droford]

https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/smackdown-tag-team-championship

Vacant has held the title for 2 hours lol

[slik]

Guess Brock will be back soon


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[Droford]

should have got Mini Woods to come out

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Owens interviewing a Woods action figure.

[Triple A]

I bet the titantron just has the SmackDown logo on it and the crowd can't see what is going on

[KIRA]

Owens starting to look like the bastard offspring of Dutch mantell

[Droford]

lol the Miz got a Cleveland browns victory beer

[Droford]

Maryse opening the fridge before the game ruined the browns victory fridge

[GD]

https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/smackdown-tag-team-championship

Vacant has held the title for 2 hours lol

That's just terrible design. The champions column on their superstars (https://www.wwe.com/superstars) page has forever been a sore spot.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lol, ratings are slipping, investors asking questions, fans already souring on a cancer survivor and what's Vince's response? Let's have Roman Reigns wrestle Curtis Axel and Bo fucking Dallas. If they are anything to anybody, they are lovable goofs.

This fucking company.

[Evil Vito]

At the start of April this company churned out a WrestleMania that was generally very well received, if far too long. In the three weeks since then? An endless Shake-Up. Rushed storylines. Stories dropped without explanation and one of the only angles with any sort of continuity is one nobody wants to see continue (Shane/Miz).

They've already killed whatever intrigue existed with the War Raiders/Viking Experience/Viking Raiders/Viking Warriors/Viking Team 3000. They ruined The Usos within two weeks of them going to Raw. The Usos are cutting promos implying The Revival are gay. Becky Lynch is cutting promos implying that Lacey Evans slept her way to a title shot. Roman already getting booed.

About the only angle with any sort of intrigue is the Firefly Fun House, and it might get nixed by stockholders. And even if it doesn't, you know they're not going to be able to keep whatever momentum they have with it going once Bray has to actually get back in the ring.

I wanted to give it another chance after a Mania I had a lot of fun watching, but it's time to tap back out on main roster WWE.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Only three pages? Lol, good luck on FOX, WWE.

[DAMN iNATOR]

At the start of April this company churned out a WrestleMania that was generally very well received, if far too long. In the three weeks since then? An endless Shake-Up. Rushed storylines. Stories dropped without explanation and one of the only angles with any sort of continuity is one nobody wants to see continue (Shane/Miz).

They've already killed whatever intrigue existed with the War Raiders/Viking Experience/Viking Raiders/Viking Warriors/Viking Team 3000. They ruined The Usos within two weeks of them going to Raw. The Usos are cutting promos implying The Revival are gay. Becky Lynch is cutting promos implying that Lacey Evans slept her way to a title shot. Roman already getting booed.

About the only angle with any sort of intrigue is the Firefly Fun House, and it might get nixed by stockholders. And even if it doesn't, you know they're not going to be able to keep whatever momentum they have with it going once Bray has to actually get back in the ring.

I wanted to give it another chance after a Mania I had a lot of fun watching, but it's time to tap back out on main roster WWE.

Firefly Funhouse needs a King of Cartoons type character. :shifty:

[Lock Jaw]

Anyone else just "not feeling Kofi" now? The chase was great, and the moment was great..... but now that he is actually champ it is like "Well, this is weird and out of place"

[Mr. Nerfect]

It’s weird how much swell there was for him. All they had to do was have the guy go an hour and get a couple of falls. Mega-star! It kind of highlights how barren the landscape is.

I don’t hate Kofi or anything. I think him as champ could be good for international markets. It’s basically the IC Title anyway. But he doesn’t feel like a main eventer. On that brand, only Orton, Bryan and Reigns do. Unless I’m forgetting someone on that roster, which also isn’t a good sign, lol.

[Triple A]

Anyone else just "not feeling Kofi" now? The chase was great, and the moment was great..... but now that he is actually champ it is like "Well, this is weird and out of place"

Yeah, boring... but less boring than Seth Rollins tbh

[Savio]

Yeah but I still think the win at Mania was needed. Hope Big E comes back and they feud.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Seth Rollins would be an amazing second-tier guy. He just doesn’t connect on all levels like a top worker should. I’m a bit mad we never got a Rollins & Ambrose vs. Owens & Zayn feud. A series over the tag belts, maybe ending in a Ladder Match or even Hell in a Cell could have been amazing. I know you’re not a fan, Trips, but throw in The Bar and then you could have had American Alpha, Revival and Gargano/Ciampa on the other show. Your tag team scene would be spitting fire, and I haven’t even broached The Usos and The Hardys or putting Styles & Balor together for a run. You’d have enough tag team glory for THREE shows, but they’ve just got their visions, I guess.

Oh yeah, and New Day.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Yeah but I still think the win at Mania was needed. Hope Big E comes back and they feud.

I don’t want to see it as more than anything other than friendly rivalry. Big E is so fun as a babyface.

[Triple A]

Wish Jason Jordan was still wrestling :-(

Not just because he ruled in the ring but also because he was turning into a great whiny heel and was getting a lot of heat when he got injured

[Savio]

I don’t want to see it as more than anything other than friendly rivalry. Big E is so fun as a babyface. I'd like to see Kofi play the heel

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'd like to see Kofi play the heel

Kofi is surprisingly great as a heel. I'd be down for that. Would be weird to see giant Big E selling for Kofi, but I guess Kofi can use experience and chicanery.