SD starring Dana Brooke and The Miz - 11.1.19

[slik]

Brand Blue bay bay

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Admit it, you're kinda interested to see how we pull this off without most of our roster <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/1190343340992139265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[GD]

Tom Philips! :love:

[GD]

Aiden English and Renee Young too...

[GD]

Heavy boos for Lesnar

[GD]

Are they seriously showing the entire match?

[ClockShot]

Tuned in to see how this works with a skeleton crew.

And Plan A seems to be a replay of Crown Jewel with Lesnar and Cain.

Which just ended.

[Emperor Smeat]

Are they actually going to show a replay of the entire Cain vs Lesnar match?

:lol: they actually are.

[GD]

Brock Lesnar's WWE Championship doesn't even have custom side plates.

[Emperor Smeat]

After watching it a second time, still stand by my original thoughts of the match being terrible overall.

At best, it was a dull MMA style match and at worst, another boring and/or bland Lesnar match.

[GD]

Brock Lesnar's WWE Championship doesn't even have custom side plates.

They didn't even take the actual WWE Championship with them :lol:

[ClockShot]

Keep talking, Paul.

Someone's bound to arrive you can plug into a match.

[GD]

Holy shit! The WWE Championship returns to the red brand.

[ClockShot]

Renee Young, Aiden English, and Tom on commentary.

PLOT TWIST!

But, I like it.

[Evil Vito]

Aaaaaand Brock’s a free agent so he can now float between brands.

That draft sure meant a lot! :lol:

[ClockShot]

Triple H holding down the fort.

[GD]

Holy shit! NXT in da house :eek:

[GD]

Aaaaaand Brock’s a free agent so he can now float between brands.

That draft sure meant a lot! :lol:

I don't think so. He quit Smackdown.

[Emperor Smeat]

Even despite the circumstances, opening segment was pretty meh overall.

Lesnar quitting Smackdown does solve the issue of the blue brand having both the WWE and Universal belts.

[GD]

They're advertising a steel cage match for next week's edition of RAW with Rollins defending the Universal title against The Fiend.

[Evil Vito]

I don't think so. He quit Smackdown.

He’ll be back. FOX wants Lesnar.

[erickman]

i figured this would be main event

[GD]

At one point of time, I honestly believed that the Universal title was a *wink* *wink* nod to NBC Universal.

[GD]

JoJo is back.

[Droford]

They should have booked a bunch of indie wrestlers to fill in

[GD]

Renee with the "Ohs!"

[ClockShot]

Shayna made it to Buffalo.

QUICK GET HER OUT THERE!

[Droford]

NXT NXT NXT

[Emperor Smeat]

Smackdown Women's title match was pretty good.

[Evil Vito]

NXT > Smackdown

[Droford]

Adam Cole should have shown up during Lesnar time and been like "I'm cool...thanks"

[Emperor Smeat]

Guess the rest of Shayna's buddies didn't make the trip. Then again considering how bad both are in the ring and overall, best to not even bother teasing the idea again of a potential 4 Horsewomen vs MMA feud.

[erickman]

start that horsewomen vs horsewomen again

[GD]

I was posting in the wrong thread. Glad to see Shayna Baszler being recognized by the crowd.

[Evil Vito]

Pat McAfee on commentary. What a time to be alive.

[GD]

Pat McAfee :lol:

[GD]

Damn, Keith Lee and Matt Riddle :love:

[Emperor Smeat]

:D Matt Riddle and Keith Lee

[GD]

What a debut for Riddle and Keith Lee...

[GD]

This is absolutely delightful.

[Jordan]

It's a shame Nakamura is stranded otherwise we could've seen a really cool tag match with Riddle and Lee vs Sami and Shinsuke.

[Emperor Smeat]

So is tonight's show just going to be NXT people randomly interrupting every segment and match?

If so, rest of the show is going to be way more entertaining than the effort WWE gave these past few weeks for the blue brand.

[Droford]

Finn Balor has to interrupt Bray Wyatt doesn't he

[GD]

Will they redesign the Universal Championship since it's on Smackdown now?

[Jordan]

Will they rename the Universal Championship since it's on Smackdown now?

Brock quit so no I guess they will just have Raw with Brock's WWE Championship.

[GD]

Face Miz is absolutely dull.

[GD]

Brock quit so no I guess they will just have Raw with Brock's WWE Championship.

I meant the leather strap...

[Triple A]

Making Riddle and Lee look like big bullies!!!

[Triple A]

Should have had Zayn do a much more heelish in-ring promo and have Riddle and Lee come out to the ring without the backstage segment imo... would have gotten a much better reaction

[GD]

CIAMPA!!!

[Sepholio]

Tonight would be a good time to bring back John Morrison. Have him be a surprise "invader" from NXT. ijs.

[Emperor Smeat]

Making Riddle and Lee look like big bullies!!!

Maybe next time Sami will remember to always wear his NXT shirt as a precaution.

[Droford]

Will they redesign the Universal Championship since it's on Smackdown now?

Blue strap

[Triple A]

Having Ciampa cut a long promo doesn't seem like a good idea...

[Emperor Smeat]

Wonder how FOX feels about spend a ton of money for Smackdown only for their brand to get fed to NXT for tonight's special occasion episode.

Figured maybe WWE would have done some NXT showcase matches as a way to get people to tune in to NXT's weekly show and fill in the time but that doesn't seem to be the case.

[Triple A]

The Miz going to somehow put on a bad match with Ciampa...

[slik]

Please keep Tom Phillips and Renee on commentary together

[Triple A]

Remembering how I used to hate Tom Phillips but he is way more bearable than Vic Joseph........

[GD]

What's up with the random crowd muting?

[GD]

I'm glad Renee isn't sticking around.

[GD]

Oh crap! Did Ciampa injure himself?

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Omg just turned it on to hear Pat McAfee doing color. Love him.

[GD]

never mind...he was selling

[Emperor Smeat]

Miz vs Ciampa was average at best.

Maybe the worst or weakest match Ciampa has had since joining WWE and NXT although getting a great match out of Miz is something not even Daniel Bryan could do.

[GD]

HOLY SHIT BALLS!

[Droford]

Lol HBK got me

[GD]

HOLY MOTHER OF FORKING JESUS CHRIS

[Jordan]

Okay this is by far the best WWE TV in ages.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at HBK.

Bryan vs Cole should be great tonight.

[GD]

This is wild!

[slik]

DBry vs Adam Cole

[Triple A]

HBK and HHH tease was good

[Droford]

It's a shame velveteen dream is "hurt"

[GD]

It's a shame velveteen dream is "hurt"

He's not fake hurt, Droford.

[erickman]

let dbry win and move to nxt and help them out on weds

[Jordan]

let dbry win and move to nxt and help them out on weds

Daniel Bryan vs Walter could do a big gate in UK.

[slik]

SD best WWE show in a while

[GD]

Bianca Belair looking mighty fine.

[GD]

Oh snap! Rhea motherfucking Ripley :eek:

[GD]

random pairing with Tegan Knox

[erickman]

poor dana not even a job match just a beatdown.

[xrodmuc316]

Is Fox pissed their Billion dollar show is getting killed by USA's 50 Million dollar show?? Lol

[Evil Vito]

Seems the solution to enjoyable main roster television is to exclude most of the main roster.

[Jordan]

I think this show is the best thing that could happen for NXT right now. And man they need to tour to larger venues. Doesn't have to be the big arenas WWE and AEW are booking but please get out of Full Fail.

[GD]

Renee has a bloody nose...damn!

[dronepool]

First time I caught SD live since September and it's better than last weeks trash.

[Evil Vito]

Bryan vs Cole should be really good, even if it’s obviously going to end in UE interference.

[Emperor Smeat]

Poor Dana Brooke. It was bad enough she barely gets any tv, now she can't even take advantage of tonight being the best chance she's going to get for tv time in a long while.

Also Rhea's booking since NXT moved to USA Network has been odd. Goes back and forth between being a heel and face because of Creative making a bit of a mess for her.

[Triple A]

Them acting like the women's match at Crown Jewel does anything for women in Saudi Arabia other than whitewashing Saudi Arabia's barbaric women's rights record is frankly sickening,,,,,,,,,,,

[xrodmuc316]

Somebody ask Jordan Myles is it's racist that Rhea and Tegan got to have a match, but they made Bianca stay in the back??? #ForTheCulture

[erickman]

stef is about to ruin the show

[Jordan]

You really cannot understate the importance of Natalya vs The Sassy Southern Belle and the WWE Women's Evolution taking place in Saudi Arabia and around the world.

[Jordan]

Oh shit it's starting now!

[Triple A]

Pac McAfee has a refreshing conversational non-robotic non-fake way of talking

[Jordan]

I ate 8 mozzarella sticks, I hope it wasn't too many.

[Emperor Smeat]

Did anything happen besides WWE airing a video gloating about them bringing change to Saudi Arabia the past few minutes?

My computer was messing up right after the women's tag match ended till Cole's entrance.

[Triple A]

Did anything happen besides WWE airing a video gloating about them bringing change to Saudi Arabia the past few minutes?

My computer was messing up right after the women's tag match ended till Cole's entrance.

Triple H and Shawn Michaels came out to ringside but that's it I think

[erickman]

Did anything happen besides WWE airing a video gloating about them bringing change to Saudi Arabia the past few minutes?

My computer was messing up right after the women's tag match ended till Cole's entrance.

nope steph just left

[Droford]

http://whatculture.com/wwe/10-daniel-bryan-matches-wwe-must-book?page=3

Boom

[Emperor Smeat]

Triple H and Shawn Michaels came out to ringside but that's it I think

nope steph just left

Ok, thanks.

[RP]

Pat Macafee should be full time announcer.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

2nd commercial break in the match, both times Phillips goes to break by shouting NXT Title on the line! Hate it so much. Why can’t they just be like hey guys we’ve gotta take a break we’ll be right back. Hope they all get murdered by a Saudi prince.

[GD]

Did he just throw Cole on his neck?

[Evil Vito]

Holy shit, Cole wins clean

[GD]

NXT just annihilated Smackdown on Fox :lol:

[GD]

Pat McAfee was fun

[Triple A]

Who is that, "Raul Mendoza"

[GD]

Yep!

[Evil Vito]

I really hate this brand warfare shit. Seeing The Undisputed Era in the ring with Ciampa like some sort of NXT loyalty trumps their issues is lame as hell.

[Emperor Smeat]

Bit surprised Cole beat Bryan cleanly. Match itself was very good overall.

Tonight's episode was also very good overall considering the circumstances and SD being completely fed to NXT.

Also should be interesting if NXT's involvement tonight leads to better ratings than 2 weeks ago or if SD still keeps sliding downwards. Same for if tonight's show helps boost NXT's ratings next week since WWE has been growing desperate to beat AEW or if it still goes down since that would mean nothing will fix it as long as WWE's stink lingers around it.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: 205 Live starts with a potentially hyped up crowd and now 1-2 minutes into it, crowd is deflated.

[slik]

While I really loved SD I could see ratings being 'really bad' via casuals not giving 'a shit' about NXT people

[Emperor Smeat]

I really hate this brand warfare shit. Seeing The Undisputed Era in the ring with Ciampa like some sort of NXT loyalty trumps their issues is lame as hell.

Worst is them always doing the typical "one brand completely dominates other brand" trope for these types of shows and no brand looking as great going into Survivor Series itself. Maybe even worse this year considering NXT's status as a "minor" brand despite what Triple H says.

Like its already guaranteed SD is going to destroy NXT at one of their shows which goes against the whole appeal of NXT and its lack of main roster stink and booking.

[Emperor Smeat]

This Isaiah Scott vs. Ariya Daivari match has been really dull soo far.

205 Live pretty much either starts off with a very good to great match or a big stinker. Almost no in between ever happens.

[Emperor Smeat]

Guess NXT is also at war with 205 Live since Tom Phillips mentioned NXT's win streak tonight despite Scott wrestling before on 205 Live.

[Triple A]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Was told the NXT charter didn't land until 7:55 pm and they had a police escort to get them to the building. <br><br>One person I spoke with added they could not have cut it any closer to get everyone in place for the third segment when Shayna Baszler made her appearance.</p>&mdash; John Pollock (@iamjohnpollock) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamjohnpollock/status/1190452031099752448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Emperor Smeat]

What time did WWE make the announcement about NXT people going to SD?

The flight alone would be about 3 hours and I think all of NXT's talent was in Florida for a house show the night before.

[Emperor Smeat]

Lio Rush vs Raul Mendoza was decent at best. Pretty boring episode of 205 Live this week. Started off very weak and never really recovered in the end.

Still think it was a mistake to have Lio as the new champ instead of Oney given the choices a few weeks ago.

[Volare]

Just watched Cole vs Bryan...I don't give a damn, McAfee was hilarious. Phenomenal match, and I have a sliver of hope that we will get more "dream" setups.

[Volare]

I really hate this brand warfare shit. Seeing The Undisputed Era in the ring with Ciampa like some sort of NXT loyalty trumps their issues is lame as hell.

I thought the same thing, till I rewatched the ending, Ciampa was looking right at the belt and nothing else. At least 1 gets it.

[slik]

While I really loved SD I could see ratings being 'really bad' via casuals not giving 'a shit' about NXT people

I was totally wrong btw, ratings went up from 2.44 two weeks ago to 2.55

[XL]

That’s the “let’s see how they get out of this” bump.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Is it though? Do most people know or care about that stuff? I'm pretty ardent, but I only knew that they got stranded via the fallout from the SmackDown results. I mean, it may have helped some people feeling that it might be a more interesting show, I suppose, but I think it's probably more coincidence than anything.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I hope the NXT stuff hooks some people. It's got that "Nexus" vibe. Including Papa H and Shawn Michaels is probably a good move. I kind of hate them all being friends, but in the sense that it's a league trying to establish dominance I guess I can buy it more than I usually do the Raw vs. SmackDown stuff. Hopefully they have the sense to let feuding people carry that over and maybe even have them verbally express their disgust at some of their allies. Ciampa could "thank" Cole for beating Bryan so it means all the more when he kicks his ass, for example.

[Droford]

Will they redesign the Universal Championship since it's on Smackdown now?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/topropebelts?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@topropebelts</a> <br><br>? <a href="https://t.co/wdcwycswRN">pic.twitter.com/wdcwycswRN</a></p>&mdash; Bray Wyatt (@WWEBrayWyatt) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEBrayWyatt/status/1190449670868422656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[XL]

Is it though? Do most people know or care about that stuff? I'm pretty ardent, but I only knew that they got stranded via the fallout from the SmackDown results. I mean, it may have helped some people feeling that it might be a more interesting show, I suppose, but I think it's probably more coincidence than anything.

I mean it’s anecdotal but read the comments on YouTube for anything related to the show and you’ll find plenty of “first time I’ve watched the whole show this year” type comments. I’m not saying it’s casuals or brand new fans that saw the news and thought “this could be interesting”, it’s more likely that the bump is from fans that would normally DVR and watch later actually tuning in live.

Or, of course, there was a big chunk of fans that saw Crown Jewel and thought “I gotta watch me some more of that!!”.

In my opinion one is more likely than the other.

[Danny Electric]

I mean it’s anecdotal but read the comments on YouTube for anything related to the show and you’ll find plenty of “first time I’ve watched the whole show this year” type comments. I’m not saying it’s casuals or brand new fans that saw the news and thought “this could be interesting”, it’s more likely that the bump is from fans that would normally DVR and watch later actually tuning in live.

Or, of course, there was a big chunk of fans that saw Crown Jewel and thought “I gotta watch me some more of that!!”.

In my opinion one is more likely than the other.

I have to admit that it was the first time I’ve watched Smackdown live in a long time just to see how they would react to people getting stuck behind in Saudi.