Smackdown 205 Live 7/18/17 feat. The Maharaja, Metal Bamboo Prison, and Some Rasslin
 

Guess Smackdown needs a thread.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Punjabi Prison is here.<br>This is as close to heaven as we may get.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReasonsToWatchSmackDown?src=hash">#ReasonsToWatchSmackDown</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/887402123671089152">July 18, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Jinders voice sounds like he needs some water

Poor construction guys are in back like "We put this thing together to show it off for 5 minutes tonight. We gotta break it down, and build it back up again on Sunday."

:nono:

Just started watching, did Jinder Mahal say the "same exact shit" as always

Hopefully this Jinder-Orton feud is over after Battlegrounds since its been pretty terrible overall. Then again Orton's been terrible since the split with the Wyatts.

Surprisingly no. This time he spent the time explaining how the Punjabi Prison match works and threatening Orton.

Who is left that could have attacked Breezango

The New Day
The Singh Brothers I guess

The Usos and The Ascension were "cleared" I guess... and one of the Colons is injured... American Alpha no longer exists

Orton was so happy in the Wyatt family I was so happy and he was so good what happened?

WWE Creative/brand split happened.

Interestingly, the last time a title was contested in the Punjabi Prison, No Mercy 2007, Orton had been awarded the WWE Championship by Vince at the start of the show as it was vacated by Cena after an injury at the previous RAW. Triple H beat him for it to start the night, successfully defended it vs. Umaga during the middle of the show and Orton regained it in the main event, a Last Man Standing match.

The Punjabi Prison match, however, was for the World Heavyweight Championship, a match that saw Batista successfully defend the title vs. Khaki.

I get the feeling The Singh Bros. will have some kind of factor that allows Mahal to retain on Sunday.

Yeah, I'm really looking forward to the Fashion X-Files segment tonight!

SmackDown seems bad now

Maybe some NPCs........

Even though Mojo denied it last week, could still have the twist of him actually being the one who trashed their office.

Agreed, besides maybe AJ, who always delivers.

Oh yeah forgot about Mojo

Icy Hot Lidocane

Leesa Mattress

AJ Styles needs to be the main event focus of the show again.....

If he was WWE Champ, and Jinder was US champ doing his thing, it would be much better........

Pray... for.... Mojooooo

Double twist: It was Zack, who framed Mojo the whole time. Probably not, but I find that I could invest myself in the storyline more if they did go that route...something about Mojo going heel and getting pushed just doesn't seem palatable to me.

Doing the Raw thing where they extend a tag team feud forever and have them have long, meaningless, boring singles matches each week

Feels like most things had a reason for happening before the "superstar shake-up"... but now.......

Yeah, this match is so dull.

Actually I think last week was good

Just feeling negative now cause of this d*mn match

I thought today was Wednesday. whoops. Smackdown can start being good now that I'm tuning in.

So wait what is the maximum time a feud should last these days

ugh...I thought I imagined that Angle angle last night

If 205 Live is any indication 4-6 months.

Why do they always cross-promote things? There may as well not even be a brand split. :nono:

Becky/Charlotte tonight...... sweet.....

5 Minutes

Millenials can't be expected to pay attention any longer than that

I guess this one has only been going on for 2 PPVs, but feels like there are still like 1-2 months of it left at least

Jason Jordan should prob be a bit "mad" at Kurt Angle, who struggled for weeks with the news and primarily worried about how it would affect him and his reputation. Then finally only publicly admitted it after it was imminent that the news would "get out".....

I like when Kurt Angle messes up 15% of the words in his promo. I like when Rusev does that also. Makes me like them a lot.

So was Angle supposed to be ashamed he had a black kid or that he had a pre-marital affair for why he was scared about the secret he didn't want leaked?

Nothing about it felt like it was supposed to be a big deal especially with how commentators quickly brushed it off to hype up the main event.

I'm starting to think Vince took a hard look at SDL and was like we have to gut this show it can't be better than RAW.

Once again, R.I.P. American Alpha. :'(

Chad Gable should also prob be a bit "mad" at Jason Jordan who was just "seeya, I'm gonna go be a singles rassler now and my dad is GM of this show so I'm going there"

THE MIRACLE!

The fuck is with that ring attire?

It's like he threw Rick Rude's, HBK's, and Ass Man Billy Gunn's ring gear into a blender and that's what came out.

Yes its time to burn inside love

Angle will spend the next two months with a bewildered look on his face, thinking "Wait a second.... people find it commendable that I am taking responsibility and reconnecting with my illegitimate son? Why aren't they disgusted at me?"

Not gonna lie The Miracle looks like a tool.

Really enjoy that theme...has a great '80s-inspired "romantic power ballad" feel to it that just puts a smile on my face every time I hear it.

Even downloaded it to my device.

That is what happens when you make something with the Power of Love™

They'll boo Angle for that but just gloss over attempted vehicular homicide

Sami Zayan's shirt reminds me of the ICP record label logo and that alone is enough to make me root for Mike Bennett

Bummer. I was expecting Go Back To Japan.

Samoan Driver works since he can't use the Piledriver for obvious reasons.

HE WON! :eek:

Mike & Maria a very poor man's Mike & Maryse

Fucking scumbag crowd booing Maria checking on her husband...

You got it backwards.

I don't understand booing people in love.

I love Mike's attire. The only real way a "whipped beta" gimmick can work is to go full bore with it and they've done exactly that so far.

Aw fucking capture the flag match? no SDL

Rusev better win Sunday.

Does it sound like they are piping in cheers tonight?

I'm likely to remember the Punjabi Prison match.

Higher chance of someone getting impaled on bamboo.

Probably a really bad sign if a Flag Match were to be the big memorable moment for Battlegrounds like Cena says unless he decided to turn heel.

Cena with the same old, tired blind patriotism schtick...YAWN.

This John Cena gimmick is maybe my least favorite gimmick in wrestling history

John Cena talking like there is a chance he might actually not win

omg so bad

still going

worst promo I have ever heard I hate this shit

Ok. I'm not watching for a history lesson here.

U.S. History with Prof. Cena...

acting like this dumb wrestling match means anything

vs. Bulgaria

embarrassing

now mentioning 9/11...

I would rather capture Becky Lynch's flag

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This and the Super Cena character are literally the two most stale characters in the WWE. Only matched by the extra stale evil foreigner gimmick.

Trump must have called Vince.

"Vince. It's Donnie. My approval rating is in the shitter. I need a flag match at your next PPV. Rally the country and stuff. It's gotta be yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge."

Stop it, Cena.

If Roman can take his beatings like a man, you can too.

I really hate the USA #1 gimmick I FUCKING HATE IT.

Maximum jingoism

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welp we know Super Cena is winning on Sunday

Rusev needs his big flag back

"...they just fade a lot."

Rusev just rendered John Cena unconscious!

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THIS SUNDAY NIGHT?!

(Already answered by owenbrown)

The ancient battle between the USA and its sworn enemy....Bulgaria????...........Vince needs to be in a nursing home.

Nakamura gunning for the U.S. title?

And a tank. Maybe Lana can loan him one from Russia.

And Lana

Becky doesn't get her fog/steam entrance anymore?

But Prince Devitt does.

Hmmmmm.

Wonder how long this match goes before the other women interfere and it turns into a big brawl

Put em in a homeeeee

Vince getting rid of Talking Smack = less Miss Young. Just leave, Vince. leaaaveeeeeeee

Is Charlotte's finisher officially called "The Figure Four, Hoping for the Figure Eight"?

Lynch needs a second finisher

:y: Becky wins. Becky-Charlotte match was pretty good overall.

Time to scratch her name off the Battlegrounds winner's list though.

Wow..... they actually let that match end.......

Big mistake...... should have kept the real "first" singles match (on SD Live) between Becky/Charlotte for a "bigger" time........

Tamina has the best kick on either roster period

Renee being fired by Carmella now......

UGH..Naomi with stupid "RAH-RAH!!!" BS...

So if/when Naomi loses the title, will they go back to the regular belt and ditch that LED monstrosity?

god.That belt looks like it was carved out of a Vegas sign

Probably since it wouldn't make sense for anyone else to have that belt ... then again the WWE did keep Cena's Spinner belt as the de facto WWE and US title for years when it was meant to just be his custom title.

LMAO I want to BO-lieve

DO YOU BREATH AIR?