The First Smackdown of the new year!
 

Y'all watching? I have the flu.

I'm hoping last week's quality carries over to tonight.

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Yeah, last week was awesome. Between Styles/Zayn and the tag title match, we should at least have two bangers.

How 'bout them Georgia Bulldogs, Styles?

KO is going to cost Sami the title and then try and convince him he did it for his own good.

Bryan has been really good in the GM role.

That's a big arena they're in tonight.

When he 1st became the GM i wasn't sure at first but he honestly has been damn good.

SDL Preview: Shane continues to fight his inner M.Bison.

This is like when Tatanka was saying that Lex Luger was the turncoat, but Tatanka was actually the turncoat.

I've had enough of this Shane McMahon/Daniel Bryan..............thing.

Give it time. It'll probably go somewhere.

Would you call Benjamin and Gable 'heels' or 'tweeners'?

Styles-Sami might be the worst lumberjack match ever if Smackdown could only muster 3 guys as the lumberjacks.

Is there a best lumberjack match ever?

Usos have been money with their new look, heel turn, and previous tag title run.

But, I think it's time Gable gets some redemption since his divorce from Jason Jordan and win the belts with Benjamin tonight. He's earned it.

Love the Usos, but I'd be fine with Gable and Benjamin winning.

Chad Gable is nervous looking, he got out of the ring on the aprob before the intros

You would be nervous too if you were entering the Uso Penitentiary.

Shelton still super smooth in the ring

Well that was short.

Did Smackdown just troll RAW by having Gable also win the tag titles?

Wow, a minute after commercial and the match is over?

Unheard of.

Right team won.

Ohhhhhhh, nice. Let's keep going then.

LOL Fuck that if they overturn it

DUSTY FINISH

Big time ref botch or is this a work?

Well this is odd. A ref voiding a match in favor of the heels.

No way.

Gable and Benjamin should just leave with the belts

Possession is 9/10 of the law and stuff

PEople are saying this is Vince's play on the NFL fucking up calls

way to be a couple weeks late Vince

Feel like this is gonna lead to a double turn.

Unfortunately with the match restarted, they would've just been counted out and The Usos would've retained.

Gable just ate that kick

Fuck this match result - American Beta are the tag champs! :rant:

Okay then. Would have been a great match if they just went all out minus the goof up.

Theyd still have the Belts

Yeah Gable & Benjamin have to be turning after this. Could see it be the way to free up a face spot for Rusev Day team instead of the Usos.

Renee makin' that money.

HAMMER TIME!

I don't even know why Ascension bothers with face paint or anything extra at this point

That actually looks good

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I want Aiden English to do an audiobook

2B didn't wrestle 2night :(

The first show of the year should be the one day the New Day is called the New Year

I would empty my bank account at Rusev World

No one fights like Rusev
and in fights nobody bites like Rusev

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Poor RuRu, English was not able to provide a good Rusev Day tonight.

Rusev seems to have entered comedy...2 years he will never be heard from again

Bobby Roode and Jinder Mahal in the finals

There is a chance it can work for him.

Tamina is wasted she should be killing people

Anybody remember Natalya having an emotional breakdown on last SD PPV

thats right no one does.

Riott Squad shirt design looks a lot better than Absolution's design.

This promo would be way better if Riott Squad weren't made to look like goofs or as an inconsistent threat the past few weeks.

Remember when Charlotte used to make fun of Bailey for being a passionate WWE fan?

Ruby channeling her inner shane douglas (point and sway hips side to side while talking)

None of this matters Asuka is going to mount all of your heads on her wall

MMMMmm mount

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:lol: at that look Shane gave when Bryan told him to leave the ringside.

non title match duh

uh oh

Lol at the end.

Am I the only one who thinks Shane vs Daniel Bryan happens at Mania?

nope.

Hey, TJP's back.

I try really hard not to let wrestlers' real life actions/personalities/views cloud my judgment of them but sometimes it's hard. TJP is a great in-ring performer but man he's such a douche.

Within a few months, Tozawa went from being arguably the brand's most popular face star and someone worthy to carry the division after Neville's reign to now mostly an afterthought and losing to TJP who just randomly returned to no fanfare.

Jack Gallagher decimates Hideo Itami with a pipe to zero reaction from the audience.

I enjoy 205 Live but this show would work so much better in front of Full Sail or a small venue. A big crowd that's just watched SmackDown and is waiting for the dark match main event simply doesn't care.

Guess Goldust appearance wasn't a one-time thing for the Cruiser division since he's wrestling right now on 205 Live. Vince seriously needs to get his hands completely off the division if this is his best answer to boost fan support.

The future of the WWE Championship

http://www.diva-dirt.com/wp-content/.../sd06aug10.jpg

Why is he a douche?

Gigantic MRA. But this one tweet probably sums it up best.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsW9TXmWcAAbOnW.jpg

He manages to not only take the douche route by moaning about misandry, but then despite feeling the need to tell the world his hot take he then finds a way to double down on the douchery by saying he doesn't care enough to do anything about it.

Tl;dr hes a douche because you dont like his politics

I mean, that's the logical conclusion. But they'll probably blue ball us.

MRAs are the worst, to be fair. No grip on the actual reality and scope of problems, and basically a big bunch of cry-baby snowflakes. But even if you agreed with him, he basically says that the shit men go through doesn't matter either. He's not only intellectually dishonest, but a moral coward.

It's a good thing that he will probably be gone soon, because they've tried with him and his work isn't that good.

Bryan/Shane is probably just week-to-week drama to try and keep the people who like that thing hooked. Don't be disappointed when this goes nowhere.

This. I may think his opinions are dumb as fuck but at least if he had the conviction to back up what he believes, that would count for something. But instead he spews out something like this only to say it's irrelevant. So why say it?

I would say he was just being a troll to fit his character, except he posted this at a time when he was a face in TNA and he's been a face most of his career.

Drew Gulak is still the best part of 205 Live. Once that division inevitably fades I think Gulak is well-positioned to be someone they work onto Raw or SmackDown since he can carve out a niche someplace in the token comedy heel role.

He's an edgelord geek.

missed RAW and SDL. Decent?

I thought SDL was decent.

SDL was decent, yes.