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WWE Friday Night SmackDown Nov. Thread - 11/27/20 feat. Fallout from ThanksgivingMania 2020

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In the wake of her epic Hell in a Cell Match against Bayley, The Boss must defend the SmackDown Women’s Title in a rematch against her former best friend turned bitter rival.

Bayley claimed Sasha doesn’t know how to retain championships after winning them. Will Banks prove her wrong and go on to face Raw Women’s Champion Asuka in a Champion vs. Champion Match at Survivor Series? Or will next week simply be the start of a historic new reign for The Role Model?

The storied rivalry between Sasha Banks and Bayley will come to an end, this Friday at 8/7 C on FOX

Apparently WWE changed their show preview format for SD at least for this week. Only other stuff announced was two Team Smackdown qualifiers for the men's side.

Card and preview for tonight's 205 Live show:

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Tonight on 205 Live, Mansoor looks to remain undefeated when he takes on the resurgent Ashante “Thee” Adonis, while Curt Stallion has recruited August Grey for a tag team bout against Tony Nese & Ariya Daivari.

Mansoor and Adonis have seemingly each made loose alliances with The Brian Kendrick in recent weeks. The Man With a Plan has imparted his veteran wisdom on Adonis, who has displayed plenty of raw talent but also an inability to stay laser-focused during his matches – at least until he finally defeated Kendrick in his third try several weeks ago.

Mansoor defeated Kendrick in singles competition two weeks ago, then joined forces with him last week to pick up a tag team victory against Ever-Rise. What will happen when Mansoor and Adonis, who have faced off frequently, once again slug it out?

Immediately after bursting onto the scene of 205 Live, Stallion found himself at odds with Nese and Daivari, who consider themselves the 205 Live O.G.s and have claimed that Stallion isn’t in their league.

Stallion, who lost to Nese in singles competition but defeated Daivari, has been challenged to a tag team match by the former Cruiserweight Champion and The Persian Lion, and he has recruited none other than his longtime partner Austin Grey.

What will happen when the old school takes on the new school in what is certain to be a fiery tag team collision? Find out on The Most Exciting Hour of Television, streaming on WWE Network at 10/9 C tonight!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">No electoral maps.<br>No pundits.<br>No <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveKornacki?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SteveKornacki</a> (he won’t return our calls)<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReasonsToWatchSmackDown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ReasonsToWatchSmackDown</a></p>— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/1324743152620765186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Opening hype video for Sasha vs. Bayley was great.

Going to laugh if Sasha somehow loses the belt tonight considering her streak with title reigns or if this big hyped up match ends in a no contest or DQ considering WWE's recent booking habits.

Smackdown Women's title match was very good.

Probably could have done without the Super Cena-like "overcoming the odds" booking Sasha got at the end since Bayley quickly tapping out made her look weak considering all the punishment Sasha was getting before it.

:lol: at Kayla making fun of Jey Uso's low status in the Reigns' tribe.

:| at this never-ending Mysterio Family shitty telenovela still going on. Whatever momentum and future potential big star status Dominik got earlier from this storyline is basically all gone by now.

WWE managed to go 45 minutes before they screwed around with the fake crowd audio buttons too much and making a mess of the show's audio.

Guess Murphy and Aalyah were screwing backstage based on that revealing clothing Aaylah was wearing and her having to fix her top while coming down to ringside.

Forget Retribution's terrible storyline and handling, this never-ending Mysterio Family shit gets my vote for worst WWE storyline this year.

Ruby Riot does not pull off the green hair like Shotzi.

:lol: at Zelina being way too blatant at breaking her pin attempt.

This show fell off a cliff hard these last 20-25 minutes.

Guess Murphy still works for Rollins which barely makes sense considering how his recent storyline direction was going.

Poor Otis. First his MitB case gets taken away and now his chance to rep Team Blue Brand at Survivor Series.

LOL is this dude serious right now??

They bullied me after I kept calling them racial and derogatory names, the jerks!

:| Murphy really did rejoin Rollins and now teasing at possibly dragging Aaylah into the group.

Think by now I'd rather have Kane hook up a car battery to my nuts ala Shane McMahon back in the day and get jolted for 2 hours than sit through any more of this Mysterio Family shit.

Not sure if Lars is getting turned on with this retelling of his school bullying story. Way too much heavy breathing going on.

Bruce Prichard and/or Vince must have been smoking crack when the latter half of the script for tonight's show was being written.

Peanut butter and crack sandwich

:lol: at Kevin Owens getting headbutted in the nuts.

Uso vs. Owens was pretty good.

This week's episode was mostly average overall. First 40-45 minutes were very good and then mostly junk afterwards. Still stand by the stance that someone had to be on drugs when they came up with the latter half of the show's script.

Is this the saddest thread on the forum?

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SmackDown preview, Nov. 13, 2020: The Final Chapter of Mysterio's rivalry with Rollins to take place tonight

Rey Mysterio and Seth Rollins have both agreed the make a matchup between them tonight the final chapter in their highly personal rivalry. Don't miss The Final Chapter, tonight at 8/7 C on SmackDown on FOX.

SmackDown Preview : Quick Hits

The Final Chapter of Rey Mysterio's rivalry with Seth Rollins to take place tonight
Apollo Crews challenges Sami Zayn in an Intercontinental Championship Match

Card and preview for tonight's 205 Live show:

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What better way to celebrate the monumental 205th episode of 205 Live than with a pulse-pounding Fatal 5-Way Match to determine who will get a future NXT Cruiserweight Championship Match?

Curt Stallion, August Grey, Ashante “Thee” Adonis, Tony Nese and Ariya Daivari will match wits and fists to earn an opportunity at the crown jewel of the purple brand.

Since his arrival last month, Stallion has taken 205 Live by storm, picking up a pair of wins against Daivari (one by disqualification) and suffering a narrow loss against Nese. Most recently, Stallion recruited his longtime friend Grey for a tag team match against Daivari and Nese, though the 205 Live newcomers were defeated in controversial fashion.

Speaking of Grey, the 205 Live rookie isn’t short on charisma or in-ring bona fides, as he showed during last week’s tag team match. Will we see an alliance between Grey and Stallion when the bell rings, or will it truly be every man for himself?

After suffering through a lengthy losing streak, Adonis started receiving some unsolicited teachings from The Brian Kendrick. In subsequent weeks, Adonis has become a more focused competitor and even scored a victory over The Man With a Plan on 205 Live. Adonis has also turned some heads on NXT, most notably coming to the aid of Isaiah "Swerve" Scott and attacking Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza during "Swerve's" NXT Cruiserweight Title Match with Santos Escobar at NXT TakeOver 31. Adonis will need to keep his head on a swivel for what is arguably the biggest match of his career.

Nese, who has formed an alliance with Daivari in recent weeks, is the only former Cruiserweight Champion in the bout and has enjoyed a recent hot streak, as he’ll enter the fray with four consecutive wins on the purple brand.

Daivari has routinely rolled out the welcome mat for 205 Live newcomers, only to quickly chastise them and look for an immediate edge over his newfound peers. All the while, Daivari hasn't been shy about proclaiming himself and Nese as the O.G.s of the purple brand. Will he once again look to join forces with Nese to overwhelm the 205 Live rookies?

For whomever emerges triumphant, their work will just be getting started. Escobar has established himself as a dominant champion since capturing the vacant title in May, retaining against the likes of “Swerve” and Jake Atlas. And on the rare occasion that Escobar has been reeling in title fights, Legado del Fantasma have been there to provide an assist, making the task of dethroning Escobar significantly more daunting.

Who will earn a future NXT Cruiserweight Title Match against Santos Escobar? Find out tonight during the landmark 205th episode of 205 Live, streaming on WWE Network at 10/9 C!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It's a good way to kill two hours before watching <a href="https://twitter.com/The_BigLG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@The_BigLG</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/MachineGunKA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MachineGunKA</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TalkNShopAMania2?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TalkNShopAMania2</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReasonsToWatchSmackDown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ReasonsToWatchSmackDown</a></p>— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/1327347015999754241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I like this Drew/Reigns stuff.

Drew's beard gives me a boner.

Yeah that promo segment between the two was very good.

Although wouldn't make sense to tease that match for Survivor Series if Drew isn't winning the title off of Orton next week but then you run into another issue of them booking a completely useless title reign for Orton if that happens.

Jey Uso is such a little bitch now.

Is Sammy Zayne still feuding with Bobby Lashly? It's been like 2 years now lol

Sammy is one dirty green wifebeater away from completing his transformation to Skinner.

Who's this bald guy making matches? Is he GM?

I want to suck a turd out of Sasha Banks ass.

Rey's eye covering on his mask looks like its being held together via Velcro.

Don't remember it looking that weird before but then again barely paid attention from how boring his story related stuff has mostly been these past few months.

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Who's this bald guy making matches? Is he GM?

Adam Pearce and no but he somehow has match making powers despite never being named in that official role.

Not sure if its still the case but before he became an on-screen character, he was the person in charge of 205 Live behind-the-scenes.

Going to laugh if Otis goes right back to tag wrestling with Chad Gable as his new partner.

WWE really needs to stop fudging around with the fake crowd volume button since their shenanigans are now messing up the audio for entrance theme music.

was that a 619 botch i saw?

:lol: at Rey botching the 619

Rey vs. Rollins was very good.

Thank god this shitty storyline is over. Need to find a gif to express how happy I feel right now.

Ecstatic Daniel Bryan on Talking Smack feels about right:
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and in honor of Rey vanquishing this feud, might as well honor him with the yearly lawn dart gif since its currently Nashvember.

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Its nice of Rey to give Buddy Murphy permission to bang his daughter.

Natalya saying she's the " BOAT " is probably the funniest fucking thing i've ever seen on WWE television.

Natalya's ass is known to spring a leak like a BOAT.

Nice of WWE to finally remember that they actually called up Chelsea Green several months ago.

Also Green somehow is now on Smackdown despite not actually being drafted it during last month's festivities.

Natalya is so ugly. I wish she would retire.

:lol: at Green not being the final member of Team Blue Brand Women.

Also Natty now lost all three qualifier matches she was involved in.

Drew vs. Jey Uso was pretty good. Laughed a bit at Uso losing to Drew's finisher outta nowhere since Drew no sold the pummeling of punches he took right before it.

This week's episode was decent overall. The opening promo segment with Drew and Reigns and the Rey vs. Rollins match were the only really interesting stuff tonight.

Drew Winning the belt Monday just so they can avoid Orton vs Reigns at SS and so Orton can get #15 at..I guess..tlc?

Why did they break up New Day just to stick Big E with the Street Profits in every segment he is in? It makes zero sense

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Whelp that explains why she barely did anything in the women's fatal four-way match for a spot on the Blue Brand women's team for Survivor Series.

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I think it looks like it’s held together by Velcro because it is held together by Velcro. His gear looked awful on this show.

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Why did they break up New Day just to stick Big E with the Street Profits in every segment he is in? It makes zero sense

Like breaking up Mandy Rose and Sonia Deville only for Mandy to end up back in a tag team with Dana Brooke.

Or breaking up The IIconics only for Peyton Royce to end up back in a team.

Or The Riott Squad breaking up for Liv’s single push only to end up back together.

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I think it looks like it’s held together by Velcro because it is held together by Velcro. His gear looked awful on this show.

With how bad the patch stood out on his mask, thought for a moment there was going to be a big surprise moment either during or after his match where he reveals that his eye has healed up enough that he can see from it again and back to his former mask look. Wouldn't have made that much sense given the nature of his injury but then again WWE logic rarely does had they gone ahead with it.

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SmackDown preview, Nov. 20, 2020: WWE Title vs. Universal Title Survivor Series Contract Signing

After reclaiming the WWE Championship from Randy Orton, Drew McIntyre is traveling back to SmackDown for a Survivor Series Contract Signing with Universial Champion Roman Reigns. Plus Daniel Bryan returns for retribution of Jey Uso. Don't miss SmackDown, tonight at 8/7C on FOX.

SmackDown Preview : Quick Hits

WWE Championship vs. Universal Championship Survivor Series Contract Signing
Seth Rollins to battle Murphy on SmackDown
Daniel Bryan returns to SmackDown to get retribution on Jey Uso

Card and preview for tonight's 205 Live show:

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Tune in to 205 Live tonight to see new blood clash with one of the brand’s founding fathers, plus a pivotal tag team bout and a word from Curt Stallion for the first time since his breakthrough win.

Ashante “Thee” Adonis will square off with Tony Nese a week after both competed in a Fatal 5-Way Match for a future NXT Cruiserweight Title opportunity. Though both men came up short, Adonis continued to turn heads while Nese fell victim to Stallion’s victory-clinching reverse Spanish Fly from the top rope.

The Premier Athlete will look to bounce back by turning aside the young upstart, and Nese’s confidant, Ariya Daivari, will join Vic Joseph and Nigel McGuinness on commentary. Can Adonis score a major win against a former NXT Cruiserweight Champion, or will Nese’s experience edge — and the specter of Daivari at ringside —be too much to overcome?
Ashante “Thee” Adonis faces Tony Nese and Ever-Rise clash with The Bollywood Boyz tonight on 205 Live

Nese and Daivari’s plot for Ever-Rise and The Bollywood Boyz to help one of them emerge victorious from last week’s 5-Way proved unsuccessful, and along with it Nese and Daivari’s promise to grant them future title opportunities. Instead, the two teams will return their focus to tag team competition as Chase Parker & Matt Martel battle Sunil & Samir Singh.
Ashante “Thee” Adonis faces Tony Nese and Ever-Rise clash with The Bollywood Boyz tonight on 205 Live

Additionally, Stallion will be in the house fresh off his grueling victory. What will the promising newcomer have to say after securing a future chance to become NXT Cruiserweight Champion?

It all goes down on The Most Exciting Hour on Television tonight at 10/9 C, streaming on the award-winning WWE Network!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It's our last chance to come up with any reason whatsoever for you to care about <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SurvivorSeries?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SurvivorSeries</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReasonsToWatchSmackDown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ReasonsToWatchSmackDown</a></p>— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/1329868635838484480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

How much will Smackdown beat Dynamite by this week? :lol:

This opening talkie segment just keeps going on and on and might be the longest one in recent times for the Blue Brand.

WWE got extra lazy with the team booking stuff for this year's Survivor Series build.

First it was both the RAW Men's and RAW Women's teams were dysfunctional and full of hatred for each other and now the same was sort of done with both teams in this 8-man Tag Champs vs. Zayn, Corbin, Ziggy, & Roode team.

The 8-man tag match itself was pretty good though.

Bryan's new hair cut looks pretty good.

Apparently Adam Pearce now suddenly has the power to decide on the spot who gets to be members of Team Blue Brand's Men's and Women's teams.

Otis and Bayley got named as members despite not having to do anything to earn it.

:lol: at even Team Blue Brand Women don't get along now that the team is finally complete.

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Remember when they had GM's to make matches?

Now it's just some random producer because GM's were bad :shifty:

That insult by Reigns about Drew only being a top champ because he doesn't work on Mondays was pretty cool.

Same style diss as when Heyman mocked JBL years ago about his lengthy title reign and being a top champ on SD was only due to Triple H didn't like to work on Tuesdays.

Murphy vs. Rollins was very good but laughed at that match being mostly Murphy getting beaten up a lot and him winning via getting lucky with hitting 2 moves at the end.

Also :lol: at how fast they segued to the start of the next segment with Sasha. Gave Murphy's win no time to get soaked in.

Ouch at Jey Uso's ear getting smashed into one of the edges of the exposed SD faceplate from the ring announcer's table.

Got really lucky it didn't puncture or jab his ear drum.

Bryan vs. Jey Uso was very good.

Compared to RAW's go-home show, SD's go-home show for Survivor Series was a ton better overall. Even without the comparison, it was a pretty good show overall this week.

yeah smackdown is the better show now i almost stopped watching raw i end up deleting my dvrs before the next mondays show

Not sure why they bother giving Asuka Promo's to do when all she can do is shout into the mic and come off like an idiot for the most part. Yeah English not her first language and all but fuck me, it's so stereotypical sounding it's farcical. Then again Vince has a hardon for Stereotypes so i suppose it works for him. :nono:

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Originally Posted by Gerard (Post 5393468)

that's the reason makes vince laugh

I'd post the usual SD and 205 Live preview stuff but WWE was extra lazy with updating their website for this week's shows.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Announced for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmackDown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SmackDown</a><br><br>- Daniel Bryan vs. Sami Zayn<br>- King Corbin vs. Otis <br>- The Street Profits vs. Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode. <br><br>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWE</a>) <a href="https://t.co/fJ3hNbQ718">pic.twitter.com/fJ3hNbQ718</a></p>— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEonFOX/status/1332485697610129408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Card and preview for tonight's 205 Live show:

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Since August Grey’s debut match in WWE 205 Live, he has proved impressive both as a cruiserweight and Wednesdays on NXT, refusing to back down from challenges from Timothy Thatcher.

Grey has also been a thorn in the side of Ariya Daivari. Tonight, Daivari and Grey get to settle their issues straight up, one-on-one, man-to-man.

Don’t miss WWE 205 Live, streaming tonight at 10 ET/7 PT on WWE Network.

Either tonight's show is having one really long match or going to have a ton of filler since last thing anyone wants is a 30+ minute Daivari match if he's still as boring in the ring as he was when I last watched the show around a year ago.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You’re full of leftover turkey and self-respect has left the building so you might as well relax and watch people beat each other up <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReasonsToWatchSmackDown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ReasonsToWatchSmackDown</a></p>— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/1332483458371817474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Poor Otis, getting viciously destroyed by Jey Uso after he got verbally destroyed by Reigns on the mic.

Too bad the cam work during that beatdown was shit. Shaky cam and quick cuts have been a plague to WWE's shows.

Roode & Ziggy vs. Street Profits was pretty good despite the ending being seen a mile away since it was a non-title match to lazily set up a future tag title match between the same two teams.

:lol: at Murphy's hover hand on Aalyah.

Sami vs. Bryan was very good and WWE didn't do the lazy thing of having Brayn beat Sami solely because it was a non-title match and Sami doesn't have a challenger yet for TLC.

Did end via shenanigans so WWE's lazy booking habits wasn't completely avoided.

Tonight's booking of match finishes has been weird. Not a single match so far ended in a way that made the winner look good or have a non-fluke victory.

Otis vs. King Corbin never happened because Jey Uso beat up Otis before the match could even start.

Roode & Ziggy vs. Street Profits ends via surprise roll-up.

Sami vs. Bryan ends via countout due to Sami's shenanigans.

And now Natty vs. Bianca ended via roll-up due to Bayley's interference.

Full expecting this upcoming Corbin vs. Murphy match to end in some shenanigan-based way.

:| That Corbin vs. Murphy match might have been the dumbest match of the year for the Blue Brand in terms of how ass backwards the booking of it was.

Murphy wins via Rey and Dominik constantly cheating in his favor despite the Mysterio Family being faces and Corbin was the heel. Corbin didn't even do any real heelish cheating to warrant that reaction by them.

Owens vs. Jey Uso was pretty good despite the lame DQ finish.

Not a single match tonight ended without some sort of shenanigans or fluky thing happening.

This week's show was mostly fine overall. Had a few interesting stuff happen like the Bryan vs. Sami match and Owens post-match stuff and it mostly flowed well but had a really rough patch for a good chunk of the show and some of the booking was all over the place.

Watched the Tube clips, great shit by K.O. I'll will be paying attention to that feud.

What in the fuck was up with the mysterios cheating like crazy for no reason? That was annoying as hell

I was thrown off by the crowd audio during Talking Smack. So strange.

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Too bad the cam work during that beatdown was shit. Shaky cam and quick cuts have been a plague to WWE's shows.

Watched SD today and this, as always, stood out. Just awful camera work.

Sami/Bryan was really good though :y: