WWE SmackDown Weekly Thread

[Sepholio]

lol I love how theory basically inserts himself into everything now

[screech]

If Corbin bought a ticket and was watching "as a fan" then he should've been tackled by security for jumping the barricade.

[screech]

Also I don't like that Aaliyah got an entrance but Shotzi did not.

[screech]

Though Shotzi won so I guess it didn't matter

[screech]

(I'm a bit behind on the show)

[Sepholio]

WOOOOOO Heyman.

[slik]

You can tell it's truly the HHH era because Vince would never let Paul Heyman monologue to end the show

[Sepholio]

This man is the best to ever do what he does. If you don't agree then feel free to keep your wrong opinion to yourself.

[Sepholio]

Hangman Brock Lesnar in the hizouse

[Sepholio]

HAHAHA YES THEORY

[Sepholio]

lol Theory def winning the title tomorrow with the beatings hes been taking lately

[Sepholio]

At least that's what would happen in old WWE. Who knows in the new and improved TV14 WWE era?

[slik]

I think Seth gets added to Brock and Roman and then Seth eats a pin...from Both Brock and Roman at the same time, splitting the titles

Then at Clash at the Castle they will do Drew vs Lesnar

[Sepholio]

They should do that but then have Theory cash in on Roman and take his other title too.

In all seriousness I really hope they pull out a surprise opponent for Rollins. And by surprise I mean Bray Wyatt.

[Sepholio]

Wanna see Seth get destroyed by Bray and then at the end of the segment the Vince puppet pops out in commentary and says "THIS IS SUCH GOOD SHIT!"

[drave]

Chased my kids around with a meat hammer that looks like a medival mace, lol.


Kept saying lines from Diablo's Butcher, "AHHHHH, FRESH MEAT!!!".


Hid in the bathroom for about 10 mins, staying silent. Kids thought it was safe, thought I went the opposite direction to another room, and I scared the hell outta them again. That was sooooooooo fun :D

[drave]

super fucking late reply. dont know what page i was reading, but there it is.






fuck it

[drave]

someone start to document my posts and mental decline. this way when im 100% senile, someone can read them back to me like a book.

[xrodmuc316]

How the hell did Ronda beating down Liv turn Liv into a heel? LOL Fickle Fans

[Mr. Nerfect]

I haven’t seen the match (might watch SummerSlam later), but from what I heard about the finish to the Ronda/Liv match, if it was done intentionally, sounds like a pretty smart way to manipulate smarks into cheering for Rousey.

[xrodmuc316]

Fall

[xrodmuc316]

and

[xrodmuc316]

Pray...

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I’m going to convince myself that Vince refusing to use Kross and Scarlett was the thing that convinced the board to get rid of him.

Hey Vince, would you like this hunky 6’4 musclehead and his hot ass blonde girlfriend? No? Ok it’s time to go.

[slik]

Oh I am glad Kross/Scarlet are back

Was baffled how Vince botched him so badly

[slik]

Scarlet is even harder to screw up and Vince not thinking she needed to be called up and was nuts

[slik]

I like HHH's approach so far -- wanting to focus on the main-eventers of tomorrow instead of the main-eventers of yesteryear

[xrodmuc316]

I’m going to convince myself that Vince refusing to use Kross and Scarlett was the thing that convinced the board to get rid of him.

Hey Vince, would you like this hunky 6’4 musclehead and his hot ass blonde girlfriend? No? Ok it’s time to go.

Oh I am glad Kross/Scarlet are back

Was baffled how Vince botched him so badly

It really is up there with some of his worst all time decisions, and that includes pawning his women off to Johnny Ace.

[slik]

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[Supreme Olajuwon]

Ricochet won
Nakamura won
Kross and Scarlett re-debuted

I’m just a Sami Zayn away from being fully invested in Smackdown

[Mr. Nerfect]

Triple H seems to be impressing people.

[slik]

Ricochet won
Nakamura won
Kross and Scarlett re-debuted

I’m just a Sami Zayn away from being fully invested in Smackdown

Shayna won a shot at Liv it seems as well, a very HHH RAW and SD this week

[Supreme Olajuwon]

That’s good too

[Simple Fan]

Vince knew he couldn't be trusted around Scarlett. She's too hot for PG

[Vastardikai]

I will say this about Kross: he looks better with hair.

Even then, he still isn't the most interesting part of his presentation.

[slik]

Triple H seems to be impressing people.

Really need him to reel in the camera cuts and zooms

He seems to be cutting a lot of 'cringey comedy' that only Bruce Pritchard and Vince liked and letting matches run longer and not overdoing backstage segments in general.

[slik]

And pushing people he developed in developmental

[Mr. Nerfect]

I will say this about Kross: he looks better with hair.

Even then, he still isn't the most interesting part of his presentation.

Agreed.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Really need him to reel in the camera cuts and zooms

He seems to be cutting a lot of 'cringey comedy' that only Bruce Pritchard and Vince liked and letting matches run longer and not overdoing backstage segments in general.

Agreed as well.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Rhea Ripley playing off the fans booing Liv perfectly. Reminded her there’s a spot in Judgment Day. Could be a great heel team.

[drave]

Kross needs a better finisher. His rub to the back of the head doesn't work.

[xrodmuc316]

Kross needs a better finisher. His rub to the back of the head doesn't work.

I think his finisher is still the Kross Jacket. I think Wade Barrett's bull hammer finish was more effective because the opponent could see it coming and sell it a lot better.

[Mr. Nerfect]

His finishing move should be getting his opponent to forfeit in exchange for a romp with Scarlet.

[Sepholio]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Was I just jumped by the guy last seen wearing bondage and a helmet? I’ve had better Fridays…</p>&mdash; Drew McIntyre (@DMcIntyreWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/DMcIntyreWWE/status/1555750399071633409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Mr. Nerfect]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Was I just jumped by the guy last seen wearing bondage and a helmet? I’ve had better Fridays…</p>&mdash; Drew McIntyre (@DMcIntyreWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/DMcIntyreWWE/status/1555750399071633409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Drew shouldn’t talk with the Sword of Overcompensation.

[drave]

I think his finisher is still the Kross Jacket. I think Wade Barrett's bull hammer finish was more effective because the opponent could see it coming and sell it a lot better.


Kross looks small and when he hits them I hear this lil cartoon noise in my head like "DINK!" and laugh.


Barrett, maybe it was just his delivery, made it look MUCH more impactful.

[DAMN iNATOR]

His finishing move should be getting his opponent to forfeit in exchange for a romp with Scarlet.

So re-package him as Godfather 2.0?

[Fignuts]

Drew would actually be great if he stopped cracking jokes and stopped trying to be relatable and endearing.

He is better as the intensely driven badass he was as a heel.

[Lock Jaw]

Didn't he not win a whole lot as a heel?

[Fignuts]

Yeah but thats not his fault

[Mr. Nerfect]

Drew shouldn’t be doing the cheesy face stuff as much anymore. Even so, I just don’t care that much about him. His 2020 Rumble win was great. He’s a talented guy. It’s just that he’s…a bit just there for me.

[Danny Electric]

Doing a bit of Noid fantasy booking here.

They should have the sand timer continuously go down and tease it being a match with Kross v Reigns. When the timer runs out just before the match at a PPV out walks not Kross but Bray Wyatt flanked by Kross and Scarlett.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Doing a bit of Noid fantasy booking here.

They should have the sand timer continuously go down and tease it being a match with Kross v Reigns. When the timer runs out just before the match at a PPV out walks not Kross but Bray Wyatt flanked by Kross and Scarlett.

Or Bray Wyatt hijacks the gimmick only for Kross to come back and feud with him.

I’m really not stoked about the rumored Bray Wyatt return. If they do bring him back, I hope he’s a much more grounded character. I guess him being behind a bunch of “budget cuts” returning to the company could be kind of interesting.

[Danny Electric]

Or Bray Wyatt hijacks the gimmick only for Kross to come back and feud with him.

I’m really not stoked about the rumored Bray Wyatt return. If they do bring him back, I hope he’s a much more grounded character. I guess him being behind a bunch of “budget cuts” returning to the company could be kind of interesting.

As long as they bring him back as ‘Cult leader’ Bray.

[Sepholio]

Seeing as he always gets cheered anyways, he should come back as the cult leader again but instead of being all doom and gloom he should be super charismatic about it. Like seriously have him do the whole white savior Jesus gimmick like an actual cult.

[Sepholio]

lol if they did that because eventually Bray would start showing up wearing Rolexes and driving a Lambo because of how dedicated he is to his character work.

[drave]

He should channel Joseph Seed.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Here are some SmackDown thoughts:

* The show opening with McAfee making fun of Corbin made sense. I love McAfee’s energy. He takes WWE shtick and raises it to an acceptable level. Ricochet’s line to Corbin was lame, and I hate the “let’s make our own match” trope, but it made sense and was “dynamic” in the way Paul Heyman often does television, with things threading together. And at least there was an active protagonist here.

* I’m glad Ricochet has gone back to long tights. I don’t know when that change happened, but it suits him.

* Crowd is into Corbin as a heel and Ricochet as a face. Good match! Commentary is better than I remember. Told a good story of Corbin having his mind on McAfee. Obviously heading towards another match. Ricochet got a win with a gorgeous Shooting Star Press. Simple stuff, nothing wrong with this at all.

* A detail I’ve been noticing about these shows is that Raw achievements are kept off SmackDown and SmackDown achievements are kept off Raw. It’s a little detail, but if you’re going to do a roster split, it makes sense. No mention of Corbin or Ricochet as US Champs because that’s a Raw belt at the moment. They could have been doing that for a while, but I noticed it this week.

[Mr. Nerfect]

* Sami Zayn so entertaining. I think he and Kevin Owens will be the guys to take the belts off The Usos. Maybe that’s a Mania match?

* Love McAfee’s enthusiasm for Nakamura.

* Classic SmackDown moments are a good idea. Use that history. Love the first SmackDown theme. Reminds me of better times.

* SmackDown feels like a “better show” than Raw.

[Mr. Nerfect]

* Nakamura and Ludvig Kaiser had a good match. Nakamura so good. Seems to have a little extra pep with Triple H back. He doesn’t seem afraid of anyone, which is good for his presentation. Gunther such a good heel, even at ringside. Love his trepidation about facing Nakamura. Shinsuke over with the crowd too.

* The SmackDown Women’s Division sucks. It’s really bad. Liv Morgan’s heel turn is working like a charm. But they need some women who connect and feel “all there” as workers and fast. Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks and maybe a few others from NXT would be welcome. They should consider bringing the belts together and having someone a bit better float between the shows.

[Sepholio]

Feels like the womens division should for sure have one title but at the same time I doubt they do that any time soon with USA being mad about the unified mens titles already.

[Mr. Nerfect]

* Kofi Kingston is over. The Viking Raiders are pretty good, it’s just hard to care.

* Roman Reigns is on a different level. Karrion Kross…meh. I’m waiting to see how this all fits together.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Feels like the womens division should for sure have one title but at the same time I doubt they do that any time soon with USA being mad about the unified mens titles already.

I don’t think the networks really care. I think WWE will keep the belts separate because they want to “create stars” and they feel that more women’s belts highlights more women.