WWE Friday Night Smackdown 4/17/20 feat. Pink Slip on a Pole Match and other "Essential Buisness" stuff

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WWE Friday Night SmackDown, April 17, 2020: The Miz, Big E and Jey Uso to battle for SmackDown Tag Team Titles

The SmackDown Tag Team Titles are on the line in another unique Triple Threat Match, Tamina takes on Sasha Banks, Money In The Bank Qualifying Matches get underway and Sonya Deville attempts to clear the air with Mandy Rose on this week's Friday Night SmackDown.


SmackDown Preview : Quick Hits

Another unique Triple Threat Match will see SmackDown Tag Team Titles on the line
Sasha Banks and Tamina to clash in a match with championship implications
Daniel Bryan to face Cesaro in Men’s Money in the Bank Qualifying Match
Sonya Deville out to clear the air with Mandy Rose
Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match spot on the line when Naomi meets Dana Brooke



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After the week we had maybe we can just air a rerun <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/1251200702199795720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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:lol: at Tamina beating Sasha Banks.

Edit: Nevermind it wasn't for a Women's MitB spot. Thought the ring announcer mentioned it at the start.

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Somehow Dana Brooke spending a ton of time on WWE's Main Event show did way more to improve her ring skills as a wrestler than whatever she learned from her time in NXT.

Also :lol: at Brooke beating Naomi for a Women's MitB ladder spot.

Match itself was somewhat good.

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That swerve by Sonya during her promo was pretty cool.

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Everything about that promo segment between Mandy and Sonya was great ... and now Ziggy showed up to ruin the mood.

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:lol: at everyone out here dressed in regular clothes and then there is Otis hanging around just wearing his trunks.

The Finkel tribute video afterwards was great.

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:lol: at the tag titles switching hands from a singles match.

This week's show was mostly decent at best but barely worth being "essential business" status.

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I'd like to be the first to welcome The Ultimate Warrior and The Immortal Hulk Hogan to the 205 Live roster.

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Welcome to 205 Doses of Steroids Live!

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According to the summary, they're just playing Kendrick vs. Ibushi after this. Definitely 2 matches I always watch together.

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They literally had Tom Phillips talk about how they're doing an interim Cruiserweight title tournament on NXT, then cut to a randomly patched together pre-taped show. They didn't have 4 fuckin Cruiserweight guys to throw in random matches after NXT to tape 205?

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Is Hebner even under 205 during this match?

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Man, Hogan kicking out right away and doing his fucking shtick around the ring really makes Warrior look like a bitch.

[DaveWadding]

Damn 2016 seems like just yesterday. Ibushi has gotten super ripped since this.

[XL]

Is the Bryan/Cesaro match worth going back to watch?

[Volare]

Well someone got smart and is furthering her storyline well.

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Kinda sad Sonya and Mandy weren’t allowed to do the lesbian angle they wanted to do, though knowing WWE it wouldn’t have been done tastefully.

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That said, I’m so in if the Fire and Desire sex tape ever comes out.

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According to the summary, they're just playing Kendrick vs. Ibushi after this. Definitely 2 matches I always watch together.

That match was soo good. Kendrick busting a Burning Hammer outta nowhere was amazing.

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They literally had Tom Phillips talk about how they're doing an interim Cruiserweight title tournament on NXT, then cut to a randomly patched together pre-taped show. They didn't have 4 fuckin Cruiserweight guys to throw in random matches after NXT to tape 205?
If they did that then people might start to think NXT creative actually cares about the 205 Live brand and that's the last thing they want to happen.

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Is the Bryan/Cesaro match worth going back to watch?

I'd say yes since I found it to be very enjoyable and it arguably was the best match from last night's show.

Show-wise, I'd recommend just watching the 2nd hour since it was a lot better than the 1st hour. Like from the Mandy-Sonya promo and on, SD was pretty good overall. First hour felt pretty boring or weak in quality.