WWE Friday Night Smackdown 1/24/20 feat. Tradional pre-Rumble Brawl or We Riot & Other stuff I guess

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Friday Night SmackDown preview, Jan. 24, 2020: Roman Reigns & The Usos battle King Corbin, Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode


Roman Reigns teams up with The Usos against King Corbin, Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode ahead of Royal Rumble. Also, Daniel Bryan and Bray Wyatt meet to sign the contract for their Universal Championship Strap Match.

SmackDown Preview : Quick Hits

Roman Reigns & The Usos battle King Corbin, Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode
Daniel Bryan and Bray Wyatt set for Universal Championship Strap Match contract signing



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There's a contract signing between <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEDanielBryan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWEDanielBryan</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEBrayWyatt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWEBrayWyatt</a>, which means you might see something even scarier than The Fiend...a lawyer <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/1220794427440058373?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Emperor Smeat]

:eek: at Smackdown starting off with a wrestling match.

[slik]

no pyro for SD either

[Emperor Smeat]

The pacing of this match has been a bit bad.

Not soo much because its been really slow or anything being off but because the first 10 minutes or so was completely meaningless and the commercial breaks hurting its flow.

[Emperor Smeat]

Six-man tag match ended up being pretty good overall despite it dragging on way too long.

[slik]

Turned on SD

Why is Lacey Evans cutting a promo while crying

about bullies

Will they ever learn no one wants to see crying in wrestling

[Emperor Smeat]

Lacey's tearful promo felt way too forced or fake compared to how she was being portrayed during her feud with Sasha and Bayley.

[Emperor Smeat]

Turned on SD

Why is Lacey Evans cutting a promo while crying

about bullies

Will they ever learn no one wants to see crying in wrestling

Everything about it felt like Vince and/or SD creative suddenly decided to change the direction of her character.

[Sepholio]

That might be the shortest match ever.

[Emperor Smeat]

Well that women's tag match was a waste of time but on the bright side at least WWE remembered to do a traditional go-home Rumble brawl despite it being way too brief.

1st hour was pretty forgettable overall.

[Emperor Smeat]

Elias & Strowman vs. Cesaro & Nakamura was pretty good overall.

[Emperor Smeat]

Kayla Braxton looked like she wanted to slug Corbin after he insulted her question.

[Emperor Smeat]

Kofi vs. Morrison match was pretty good overall. The one Morrison had against Big E last week was better though.

:lol: at Morrison beating both of Smackdown's tag champs single handily.

[Evil Vito]

Only 3 open spots left in the men’s Rumble and everyone expects Cain Velasquez to be one of them.

[Emperor Smeat]

Nice of The Fiend to channel his inner MJF with those belt lashes to Bryan. Might have even been exactly 10 lashes like MJF wants to do to Cody.

Contract signing segment was decent.

Smackdown felt a bit weird tonight since as a regular episode, it was pretty decent to good but as a go-home Rumble show, it somewhat stunk. Only the contract signing segment felt go-home show worthy.

[Evil Vito]

Roman being on Backstage on Tuesday = even more obvious that he’s winning the Runble

[slik]

Since this is a very Vince booked show I guess this means DBry is beating the Fiend at the RR

[Emperor Smeat]

Only 3 open spots left in the men’s Rumble and everyone expects Cain Velasquez to be one of them.

If the rumors of Kane being in the match ends up being true, WWE dropped the ball in regards to surprise entrants for this year's Men's Rumble.

Would leave just 1 spot for NXT, NXT UK, and any other outside surprise entrant besides Kane.

At least the Women's Rumble has a ton of open spots left for surprises from the main roster, NXT brands, and any former stars.