SmackDown! LIVE and 205 LIVE discussion thread 3/7/2017 - Orton vs. AJ #1 Contender's Match
 

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Orton to battle Styles to determine Wyatt's No. 1 contender at WrestleMania

The whirlwind struggle to determine WWE Champion Bray Wyatt’s No. 1 contender at The Show of Shows will reach new heights tonight on SmackDown LIVE when The Viper goes one-on-one against battles The Phenomenal One.

ALSO:
• Cena & Nikki v. <strike>Slam Master</strike> James Ellsworth & Carmella

• Who will challenge SmackDown! LIVE Women's Champion Alexa Bliss, Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose and SmackDown! LIVE Tag Team Champions American Alpha at Wrestlemania?

•Who will throw their hat into the ring for the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania?

All that and more, plus 205 LIVE, beginning tonight @8PM E/7C! Enjoy the show(s)!

Looks like I'll actually be able to watch live tonight. I hope DAMN iNATOR doesn't say stupid shit throughout the show to harsh my mellow.

I know, right?! HATE that guy. Also, now that I've got the Network I may even check out 205 LIVE.

Don't get ahead of yourself. Smackdown hasn't even started yet.

Here's hoping for good television.

Last night's RAW was tough to get through.

Hey, I was just agreeing with you about our mutual arch-enemy.

I'm here.


Run

This should have gone on much longer.

"It's not mine. It never was."

How to bury 4 months worth of storylines in 6 words.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last Tuesday's closing angle probably belonged on <a href="https://twitter.com/Syfy">@Syfy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash">#SDLive</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/839280070757912578">March 8, 2017</a></blockquote>
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The Authority starting off the show........

I thought Raw was good last night, but whatever.

I hope Shane catches another big boot tonight.

I do enjoy the fact that Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon seem to be willing to work together, as opposed to the Stephanie/Mick dynamic.

C'mon, Smackdown Creative. You got time to avoid a disaster.

John Cena did one year, exchanged his right to fight at "No way out" instead.

I have friends sitting right here:

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...bc&oe=58C1C782

Go say hi if you're there.

Isn't RP there tonight?

Why are they showing replays of things that we saw in the opening video package.....

Maybe have your friends avoid RP.

Stalling for time? Not a big show planned?

One is black and one is a girl, so he'll probably be avoiding them on his own.

Musical chairs?!

I think there should be a "rigged" fan poll.

Lol, AJ clearly got piped in boos.

Didn't they already announce that Orton is gonna face Styles... why are they spending 20 mins on this... waste of time

oh :/

Must have time to kill

Yeah...... a rare big waste of time from the A-Show........

At least SD keeps it short and to the point

My friend (from the picture) is messaging me on Facebook live. I asked him about this, and he said AJ legit got more boos than cheers.

Because just like who is facing Bray at Mania, Shane and Bryan couldn't decide on how to start the show tonight.

The point that they made last week. It would've been easier to just have AJ come out with an angry promo (like what we're seeing backstage right now).

Ellsworth could definitely stand to fuck off right now and forever. It's not even funny anymore.

James Ellsworth only works as a pathetic face. Anything other than that is a terrible idea.

Wish Carmella still wore "shorts"........

How is that offspring tattoo not a source of instant heel heat?

Still can't believe Nikki somehow managed to convince Vince and Creative to scrap a potential Cena-Taker match for an inter-gender tag match at Mania instead.

Ellsworth's new trunks are an improvement over his generic red trunks IMO

Haha, I love that Mauro made an "Ether" reference. He's the best.

I hope Miz/Maryse cost Cena/Bella the match

Who are either of you to doubt Slam Master James?! :shifty:

Nikki is pretty fucking hot.

Oh, hey there Miz & Maryse.

Almost a quarter of the way though, two breaks in and yet to start a match.

Hey fuck you.

Yeah, but she looks so happy to be out there in the ring with John Cena!!!

(John Cena seems indifferent)

Looks like he raided Enzo's wardrobe for something wacky to wear.

This match needs more Miz.

What was up with that one week where they were still showing Smackdown Live in a PIP during the commercial break? That was cool.

Disqualify them!

I don't hate Carmella as much as I used to. I definitely hate James Ellsworth as much as I always have. And honestly, I kinda dig this John Cena.

Beating up other couples is a great team-building exercise for any romantic partners.

Nikki managed to botch something as simple as the 5 Knuckle Shuffle.

Going to assume either advertisers hated it or WWE couldn't make up their minds to do it for a whole show. RAW had something like that happen as well for a week then get abruptly dropped.

Maryse is kinda brilliant in how under-stated her presence really is.

This whole 'shoot' Miz thing recently has been excellent.

Marsaye less so.

Significantly less so.

I mean really significantly less so.

Cena awfully dead from getting thrown into the stairs once...... usually he would get up two seconds later......

Miz and Maryse fighting in the name of true love. :heart:

Wish Dean Ambrose and Renee Young were fighting Miz/Maryse instead........

WHO WILL ALEXA BLISS FACE AT WRESTLEMANIA???

......Probably Becky Lynch I'm guessing.

Great promo from the Miz. Even if the match at Mania isn't good, the promos so far for it have been great.

:roll:

She's playing her role perfectly. She's not supposed to do the heavy-lifting in the promo department, and she hasn't been trying to. She's great.

Maryse and Alexa Bliss are the best women on SmackDown IMO

I still don't know which Bella is which...sort of like "the lord's prayer" never cared enough to learn it or never cared enough about the Bellas enough to learn which is which

They've done it on certain rare occasions on SD! since the brand split, and I agree it's pretty neat.

I miss Naomi's entrance and Eva Marie's entrance

Wish Renee Young had won the Royal Rumble instead.....

If you're going to give me a word as dumb as "blissertation", don't smack me even harder in the face with an exclamation point on it.

So she just stands there, doesn't do promos that well, doesn't wrestle and that's meant to be good?

I mean even I could do that.

That's a lie, I'd fuck it up.

Is Eva Marie finally gonna debut this week?

SD so good so far

Power Rangers doesn't look good or bad it looks 'sort of there'...like I would watch it on Netflix but I don't think I could justify spending 12 dollars just on it alone

Maryse is perfect she is his bitchy backup she does not say much but she has Miz's back /is perfectly willing to be his human shield

She lets The Miz shine. That's what she's there for. She's not cutting promos. When she does, they are short and sweet, and she usually ends up slapping a bitch or calling a bitch a bitch.

As for wrestling, the character hasn't strongly enough been called back to the ring yet. How is that her fault? Give it a sec, it'll happen. She was a decent enough wrestler before, and I have a funny feeling that she's probably been working hard to get even better since then.

They could literally have filmed people playing with action figures, dubbed over the soundtrack to three unconnected episodes and called it the Power Rangers Movie and I'd have paid to see it.

My fear is this is what they are counting on.

:lol: Hawkins calling out Ambrose

We can have Warrior induct Rude....oOps

also Rude gets in after Sunny.

Love that Chad Hawkins.

Big things in his future.

RIP Curt Hawkins via one clothesline

LOL Chad Hawkins. :lol:

I fucking love Rick Rude. :heart:

And your girl?

Baron Corbin is coming along nicely.

I wonder if Dean has an identical twin named Dennis Ambrose. Maybe even nicknamed "The Menace" for his mischievous nature.

WWE put more effort with the Trish & Lita Women's history package than they did for all of last month's Black History month.

He does not, and also shut up.

Would be funny if for the next entire year Curt Hawkins tries to attack Dean Ambrose, but continually gets killed.......

Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote stuff.......

:|

RIP ABT's mellow

Wish Sable was still around...but younger....

Sable vs Maryse would've been a hot feud

That should be what James Ellsworth does, if they're going to insist on keeping him on the roster. Ellsworth already has a built-in Ambrose story.

Hawkins is capable of so much more. Sucks to see this, especially after all those hype videos making it seem like he might actually win some matches at any point.

Oh no its Mojo.

Mojo Rawley def winning the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royale

Mojo really isn't a bad promo when he's not yelling for no reason.

Mojo with the slow burn. Nice.

Ha ha at Corbin holding a security guard hostage to throw at Dean Ambrose..... wonder how long he had him, waiting for Dean to walk by.........

I had audio trouble - is Ziggles in the battle royal too?

Going to assume nobody told Corbin the rules for hide & seek. Don't remember being allowed to attack the person who was the chaser.

I just think one day Dolph will be a balding old man and he'll have to look back at his choice of hairstyle and clothes.