What the hell is going on right now?

Why is Casey Affleck talking about top 10 lists?

Shouldn't Tye Dillenger be pissed at Kami Owayns?

These pop ups are starting to get under my skin a bit

Harper's Wikipedia doesn't mention that he was billed as being from "Snake Bight, Florida," which I distinctly remember.

Am I watching 2015 NXT?

Dillinger's facial hair should be in a beard trimming commercial. Perfect 10 facial hair

Harper got the name "Brodie Lee" from Mallrats by combining Jason Lee's name with his character, Brodie Bruce. I thought for sure it was partially inspired by Bruiser Brody.

This show has been edited in such a way that they only JUST realized they have a tool that can let them do graphic and text wipes on screen.

SmackDown Live website later tonight:

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WWE must have accidentally disabled their pop-up blocker for tonight's show. At least none have been annoying auto-playing video ones yet.

Holy shit, Erick Rowan got his start in the business in 2003. He was trained by Eddie Sharkey and Pro Wrestling NOAH. I thought for sure that he was a developmental guy that was picked up for his size.

Hahahahahaha

"STARWIPE!"

Has Charlotte wrestled this year?

Seriously like Anglefire/Geocities level graphic effects

The Riott Squad are resembling a female punk band more and more every week. I dig it.

Even "Riott" sounds more punk than just spelling the word properly.

Ruby Riott, shut up.

Liv Morgan, so fucking hot.

Sarah Logan had a good showing in the Rumble, I thought.

Ruby Riott has a big nose

Big as your Fathers nose

Sarah Logan looks like a St. Bernard sort-of

They seem to be putting Liv Morgan through the makeup gun these days. Makes her less attractive, but still a hot braud.

Liv Morgan looks like shes sleep walking and Ruby keeps taking deep breaths

You know what match no one wants to see at WrestleMania, Charlotte vs Ruby Riott. Let's just not go there.

Liv Morgan should have been booked as biscuit's lower income long lost twin sister

Remember that time a few weeks ago where Ruby said her last name gave her a big advantage in the Rumble because it was sort of similar in name or whatever. End result was her getting eliminated in the middle of the pack for order.

RP stopped posting. Probably jerking it right now.

It would probably be a good match. But yeah, I don't want it at M--

WHOA! CARMELLA!

Uh oh

:lol: at the ref bump

LOL fucked up the cash in

Carmella Corbin over here.

Well that was different

Worse than Seth Rollins Kneemaker BUT FASTER

Anyway, I do think the Riott Squad would work way better as a face stable. All three were faces in NXT, and I've actually heard Ruby do a ton of interviews in the indies and she comes across as incredibly likable. Them as heels just feels really unnatural.

The bell hasn't RUNG*, Corey. Not "rang".

WWE refs have glass bones

Dillenger has such a boss theme.

Go choke on diarrhea.

Did Carmella officially cash in?

I liked her face promos in NXT better.

no

biscuit butt needs to be the only person in the universe that can tame braun.

Definitely watching the mixed match challenge tonight

I'm telling you guys Nakamura's got mic skills the only thing missing is the ability to understand everything he's saying but I kinda like that

WWE has no male New Zealand wrestlers, yet New Japan has two. Get your act together, WWE.

He's charismatic. They just need to find a way that taps into that without making him a caricature of someone trying to be eccentric.

Said it last night love it if they were still buds when this is over

i want to see alexa ride braun into the arena. it'd be so majestic

A tag team called The Conchords, perchance?

Vignettes. Subtitles. Experts talking about him. JR could lend him credibility in a second.

I'm not sure. Never heard of them. I was thinking of Jay White and Henare.

Does anyone know how long the delay is until it shows up on the Network?

isn't new zealand just a bunch of sheep and where the lord of the rings happened

I was making a Flight of the Conchords joke. I'll fuck off now.

Why is Renee dressed like Beetlejuice?

Weird to have another backstage segment interrupt the intros to matches tonight. Wonder if they were last minute additions or someone screwed up with tonight's timing and had more segments than thought.

Oh, I was thinking it was a reference to them, but I wasn't sure if a team actually existed using that name, haha.

Seems to me like making the most out of your two hours.

Magic 8 ball, have I ever wanted Baron Corbin to win a match?

"My sources say no"

I'm thinking about where wrestlers are from, because it's more interesting than actually watching WWE. I've always wondered if the kayfabe of Yokozuna being Japanese persists into the modern era. I think Cole said something at the Rumble about Yoko being Reigns' cousin. So I guess the idea that Yokozuna is Japanese has been retconned.

On the flip side, WWE has two as Hall of Famers and NJPW has none. Then again NJPW doesn't have a Hall of Fame either.

Is Baron Corbin still really boring?

Tyler Bate's having a match on 205 Live tonight. Neat.

So 205 Live starts at 10:30 now, right? Is it still live? No way in hell anyone sticks around for a half hour after Smackdown to wait for that.

Bob Roode :lol:

But it's your chance to see Tyler Bate.

That was pretty clever, Bob Roode.

Everytime I think of how young Tyler Bate is, I get embarrassed I've never achieved anything with my life. Then I also think of him being called "Young Master Bate" and I smile.

I thought Corbin was relatively unoffensive until last summer. But after his failed cash-in I've found it difficult to take him seriously and he's really not improved.

Oh, that's...nice.

Bob Roode is a really manly name.

But he could also be Rob Roode or Bert Roode.

It's still live. They do Mixed Match Challenge right after SmackDown, then 205 Live, THEN the dark match which usually features Styles, Orton, Nakamura, or whatever other big names are there to get people to stay.

Hob Roode or Nob Roode to use earlier shortened versions.

KO and Sami better do a planned double pin or some shit next week.....I can't handle the thought of already losing them as a team :(

I'm gonna go ahead and agree with this.

Also, I may be in the minority that liked his old theme song better.

Ohhhhhh, that makes sense.

I switched to the State of the Union...weird seeing Linda McMahon there

What's happening on SD right now

Linda McMahon is on SD too! It's like Rick Rude that one time.

Are they announcing the new GM on 205 tonight? I might check that out.

Nah I dug his old song a lot more than this one.

I like Corbin's signature moves, but his matches themselves are just.....there. Generally nothing terrible but nothing I'd ever go out of my way to see.

All of this would be more acceptable if he wasn't just a miserable actor. Everything he says is just hollow.

It's the Night of 1000 Jobber Entrances.

He's very drab. He's very muted grays and browns as a person.

I feel like we may be in complete congruence on our Baron Corbin views. You don't find that out about a lot of people in this world. :heart:

Does he still wrestle in a shirt?

I get his belly-button freaks people out, but get some custom gear, dude.

Can you imagine him in the Attitude era? The answer is "no," because he would have been in DOA and everyone would have blocked it from their memories.

I really dig Benjamin and Gable's theme. I like everything about them, actually.

Creepy long hair fan very disgusted by this result

He stepping down as USA Commissioner ?

He does. He started to go without it again for like two weeks, but now it's back.

I like their theme too. I just don't like how they're...just together because? But in a different world, I could have gotten into them maybe even more than Alpha.

Yeah, I feel it. I figured it would take a lot to get past the fact that they were just tossed together, but it's working out for the most part.

Love their "look" as a tag team.

Both are fucking beasts.

Alpha had SO much more to do, though.

Gable is a future Mania main eventer. He's too fucking good.

I think its that weird flabby toneless body he has

it looks too much like a regular person

In NXT? I can't be sure of what they did on Smackers, but I remember people being underwhelmed.

At this point have Benjamin & Gable been together longer than Alpha on the main roster?