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WWE Friday Night Smackdown May Thread - 5/29/20 feat. IC tourney semis-finals, a potenial debut, other stuff
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Apparently WWE decided to change the tag line for MitB into something pretty stupid considering what has been going around.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“THE RISK IS WORTH THE REWARD" <a href="https://t.co/IemeooImne">pic.twitter.com/IemeooImne</a></p>— David Bixenspan (@davidbix) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/1255983345579802625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
Lame ending to a pretty decent Bryan vs. Corbin match.
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That might have been the most boring Firefly Fun House segment since Bray started doing them.
Only good part was Bray revealing more why he views Braun as nothing more than just the black sheep of the Wyatt Family. Also this whole Sheamus & Michael Cole storyline has been very stupid. |
Ever since TJP revealed how every WWE match almost always starts with a headlock as one of the first moves, its been one of those things that's been very glaring to notice.
This Mandy vs. Carmella match had a headlock as the first move done. |
Match stunk and cemented that this year's Women's MitB match has the worst line up ever in MitB history.
Asuka Baszler Nia Jax Dana Brooke Lacey Evans Carmella |
:| Forgotten Sons just beat the New Day.
Just like their name, that match was very forgettable. Probably would have dozed off by now had I not been playing Animal Crossing New Horizons this whole time. Show has been completely meaningless soo far. |
:y: Otis in the MitB match.
Outside of Otis beating Ziggy and Sonya's beatdown of Mandy, this week's show was very boring and not worth the time. Seems not even 205 Live will reverse that trend since tonight's episode is Singh Bros themed. NXT Creative managed to take some of the least interesting guys to do spotlight specials on. Quote:
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Tbf (note that I haven’t watched any of these 205Live episodes) I don’t think the episodes do much to highlight the individuals they cover, it showcases the their favourite matches.
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Also, in answer to the OP, I’d be happy with just one thread for Raw/SD/NXT that gets updated weekly. Same for AEW though that does seem to get more responses.
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Fell asleep earlier and missed the first 15 minutes of this week's show.
Whatever gave might have been good or maybe not going by the Blue Brand's track record in recent weeks. |
Ouch at Morrison's neck from that Poison Rana.
8-man tag match was pretty good even if the match felt like it was just going on and on for the sake of it. Also still a bit drowsy from that nap so the match's long length didn't really help. |
That face-to-face segment between Strowman and Wyatt was pretty terrible.
Maybe the worst one involving Bray's Firefly wacky antics. |
On one hand, this is the best Tamina has been in WWE since ... well its been a very long time.
On the other hand, this feud between Sasha & Bayley and Tamina is still just as uninteresting as the prior feud Sasha & Bayley had with Lacey Evans. SD's women's division is still the worst out of all the women's divisions in WWE. |
Otis needs the Big Show ladder
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6-man tag match was decent despite the meh ending.
Post-match go-home brawl for MitB was lame. Way too much time was left in the show for that slow assed brawl. SD itself was pretty good this week compared to recent weeks and a better MitB go-home show than RAW's show. Being drowsy for like half the show probably helped a lot. Still had the same problem as almost all of WWE's empty arena shows of not really being worth the time to watch if you missed out though. |
Love me some otis. That fat fck is a throw back to the late 80's and early 90's where you could be fat and still kick ass
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Imagine being Tucky day in the back watching your tag partner killing it every week on TV. Sonia & Dolph need to take him in, clean up his image and use him as an enforcer.
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There’s plenty of talents on SD that I like but they’ve managed to make them almost unpalatable to me. Big fan of Cesaro and Nakamura but putting them in Corbin’s orbit makes them so meh for me.
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Wonder if hardy&sheamus get a match at mitb
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I know they’ve got guys staying at home but there’s something really missing on SmackDown. I’m struggling to think of any interesting match ups on the “Blue Brand”.
Over on Raw there’s a huge list of combinations I’d like to see. Drew/Seth should be good. Drew vs AJ, vs Andrade, vs Orton, vs Edge, vs Black, vs Lashley even. Styles/Black, Styles/Rollins, Orton/Black, Styles/Edge, I can keep going. Who would you switch around? |
At least the matches on 205 Live this week had guys who are under 205 pounds. I'd like to welcome Dean Malenko and the Ultimo Dragon to 205 Live!
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Ooooh yea
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:lol: Otis
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Miz Tv segment with Otis was pretty good.
Random crew guy deciding to fix one of the chairs right at the end of the segment was odd. |
WalkWithElias
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Oh you fcked up corbin
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Db va dg should be great
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:lol: at Corbin losing via roll up finish.
Elias vs. Corbin was somewhat decent but WWE picked one of the least interesting pairings to kick off this IC tournament. |
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I fucking love otis
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Unlike all the other champs on WWE's brands, he was the only one to actually be stripped of his belt as a result. |
Dana duck face
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Oh snap ducky wins
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Outside of Miz TV and Otis backstage stuff, this has been a somewhat dull show soo far at least in terms of ring action.
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I am watching tonight and it has been a massive dumpster fire
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OTIS can't find a tag partner to face Miz/Morrison
OTIS TAG PARTNER ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... |
Elias scores a clean win over Baron Corbin, WWE immediately segues into promoting Corbin vs Drew for the title of Monday
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Jordan Devlin and Pete Dunne weren't stripped of their titles, but the difference is they weren't choosing not to work because of the pandemic, they were actively being stopped from showing up because of travel restrictions. Dunne was also replaced in the tag team and the titles were then lost by Riddle and his replacement (Timothy Thatcher). Then there's the tournament to name an interim nxt cruiserweight champion who I guess Devlin will face off against whenever travel restrictions are lifted.
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Becky becky becky
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Could have avoided the negative online backlash and feeling he's being punished despite WWE's promises beforehand if they had just made this an Interim IC tournament instead. |
What on earth is this Becky tribute, she isn't DEAD she is having a baby LOL
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Bayley and Sasha have CENA NUFF of Charlotte
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When was the last time Charlotte had a memorable promo since I'm struggling to think of one?
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Becky got a big ol butt and bayley too ftm
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Ill give braxton something to chew on
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Did Charlotte somehow turn face mid-promo segment even if only till it ended?
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Charlotte Two Belts coming soon
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:lol: at Forgotten Sons getting a warning screen for their promo.
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Charlotte Three Belts is coming soon.
Bayley & Asuka put on notice. |
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DBry and his neck, oy
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Bryan vs. Gulak was pretty good overall. Heavy in grapple and submission-based action but didn't feel boring like other drawn out or slow style matches for these empty arena shows.
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We want taker
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Damn! Next weeks card is stacked
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How is AJ Style vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the IC title tournament "Breaking News" worthy when Cole announced it earlier and they already showed the whole field for the tournament a couple times?
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Man,morrison needs to break away from this tag team
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Oooooootis!
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Braaaaaun
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The big hyped tag match for the show ended up being decent.
:lol: Otis This week's episode ended up being pretty decent overall. Didn't really drag that much like most of WWE's empty arena shows but still lacking enough quality moments to make it "must watch" or worthy to watch later. |
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Charlotte should be in the IC tourney
Charlotte 5 Belts! |
Hey, there's actual live wrasslin on 205 Live this week :lol:
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Te-WHO?-ti Miles
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TeHootie & the Blowfish
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HOLD ON.
DID THEY ACTUALLY JUST BUILD A MATCH THAT'S HAPPENING ON 205 LIVE ON NXT???? |
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I quite like the pairings they put together for the tourney - apart from Elias/Corbin who I have zero interest in. |
Tonight's show might be good or maybe not but 205 Live getting some real love from WWE/NXT is probably the biggest surprise moment of the week.
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That might have been one of the worst openings and Miz Tv segments in recent times.
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Strowman vs. Miz & Morrison in a handicap match for the Universal title at Backlash sounds interesting.
:lol: at the random voice over insert of Cole. Guess WWE realized they screwed up by including Styles in the IC title tournament. Not even a week into the new brand rules and WWE already had to tweak things. Styles got flat out traded to the Blue brand for some guys to be named later. |
Styles vs. Nakamura was pretty good overall.
Also still laughing that it took WWE a week to screw up their new invitational rules because nobody thought beforehand why it was a bad idea to include Styles in the IC tournament. Also gave away that Styles is winning the tournament or else they wouldn't have needed to do the trade deal. |
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WWE timed that commercial break badly. Graves blabbering about the match continuing after the break despite Bayley lying on the ground and away enough from the ring to not make it back in time since the count was about to hit 10 when it went to commercial.
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These Cole voice overs are pretty bad in terms of audio quality. Sounds like Cole is giving these announcements straight from radio.
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Mixed tag match was pretty good.
SD has been pretty enjoyable soo far for once. Maybe even the best SD empty arena show assuming things don't go downhill badly in the last 30 minutes or so. |
SD somehow has done a better job handling the Forgotten Sons than NXT ever did. They still are a dull team but SD has shown more care about them than NXT ever did.
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Hardy vs. Sheamus was pretty good despite dragging on a bit too long.
This week's episode ended up being surprisingly good overall. Only real weak point was the stuff involving Miz TV and Strowman. |
Daniel Bryan vs AJ Styles on the same card with the greatest wrestling match ever might be funny
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Preview for tonight's episode looks pretty great and by great, mainly mean just Bryan vs. Hardy since the other stuff sounds bad.
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Elias noooooooo
Uhoh jeff hardy was drinking and driving again |
So aj vs db for the ic gold now?!
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:y: Jason Jordan appearance.
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Whos the tall guy in the purple sports coat?
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Styles is right about Bryan's idea of just randomly adding guys to replace Elias and Jeff is pretty dumb.
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I turned this on and it's a nope. I don't like using people's real life addictions in storylines and a "Jeff Hardy is a drunk driver" story is not something I want to see.
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Why does WWE kept making simple things way more convoluted or bloated than it needs to be.
The newest changes to the IC tourney being the latest by them. |
Maybe cops in a angle is a bad idea this week
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Battle Royal was pretty good overall.
Some of the camera work during it was very bad but felt a bit more entertaining than the Battle Royal AEW had earlier this week. |
Lame ending aside, Lacey vs. Sonya was decent.
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Guess Creative got bored of the IIconics again since they just got quickly tossed to the side for this Sasha & Bayley vs. Alexa & Nikki tag title feud.
Moment of Bliss segment was surprisingly decent for once. |
That announcer table is going to suddenly break apart if Nikki keeps shaking it.
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:lol: at Bayley's chicken dance. The banter and antics between Bayley and Nikki was way better than the match between Sasha and Alexa.
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