Friday Night Smackdown 10/04/2019 - FOX premiere, Lesnar vs Kofi for the WWE title, The Rock returns
 

WWE Championship Match
WWE Champion Kofi Kingston versus Brock Lesnar

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The Rock returns to Smackdown

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Ladder Match (Loser leaves WWE)
Kevin Owens versus "The Best in the World" Shane McMahon

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RAW Women's Champion Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair versus Smackdown Women's Champion Bayley & Sasha Banks

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Roman Reigns versus Erick Rowan

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Crap, I just realized that Smackdown is now on Fridays and not Tuesdays :nono:

Don't forget, 730 on for the Red Carpet show

I was gonna say, this is totally needed 3+ days out, but now I see what has happened here. All is forgiven, GD. :)

On the other hand, I can't imagine what Shisen would say if he were here.

Also, I do actually really like the new show logo. Very reminiscent of c. fall 2001 era logo.

Also, :nono: @ another fucking Shane v. K.O. match. Why do we even need a "Loser Leaves" match? Why can't they both just fuck off for like, I dunno, forever?

Came home and thought "I guess I'll put on Smackdown", and opened my DVR and was all "WTF it didn't tape?" then I remembered it was on Friday.....

I was watching Impact on AXStv which doesn't officially start til the 29th but they're showing ppvs every tuesday

The Rock is going to blow away everything this week.

I will lose my mind if Kofi retains...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brock Lesnar? <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheRock</a>? <br>It's the premiere of <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEonFOX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWEonFOX</a> Smackdown, you'd think we would get bigger stars. <br>Guess the Basham Brothers, Luther Reigns, Heidenreich, Kenzo Suzuki &amp; Sylvain were unavailable. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReasonsToWatchSmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ReasonsToWatchSmackDown</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/1180179587340406785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

It's like, I want to watch.

But it's Friday. The day in television terms where shows go to die, the start of the weekend, Joker is at the movies, and a bunch of other stuff in general.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">New <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Smackdown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Smackdown</a> Stage <a href="https://t.co/wp2T5ZESq9">pic.twitter.com/wp2T5ZESq9</a></p>&mdash; Turnbuckle Topics �� (@TT_4You) <a href="https://twitter.com/TT_4You/status/1180220604231901184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Watching SD tonight and seeing Joker after

Prob won't usually watch SD tho

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The one question we had to ask <a href="https://twitter.com/fightbobby?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@fightbobby</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/LanaWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LanaWWE</a> on the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SmackDown</a> blue carpet - what is going on?!? <a href="https://t.co/SHLCtvieNO">pic.twitter.com/SHLCtvieNO</a></p>&mdash; Sky Sports WWE (@SkySportsWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/SkySportsWWE/status/1180255887279218688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Tom Phillips has joined NXTUK as a commentator

Get. These. Robot. Hands.

This is rather surreal

mm Charissa Thompson

I wonder if she'll be masturbating behind the scenes

He's going to retain as a hook for the rematch on Sunday

so Lana is getting blacked ?

:rant:

Anyone have a stream for this?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This set is CRAZY ! �������������������������������������� <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SmackDown</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmackdownOnFox?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SmackdownOnFox</a> <a href="https://t.co/23hCz7JjhC">pic.twitter.com/23hCz7JjhC</a></p>&mdash; Justin Speece (@justinmspeece) <a href="https://twitter.com/justinmspeece/status/1180266372372275200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Anyone in the U.S. needing a stream just sign up for free for PUFFER, it will give you all the basic channels

https://puffer.stanford.edu/player/

Fuck that. Tell those cheap asses to go get a digital antenna ffs

Sort of a similar design template but looks much better than RAW's new stage. The entrance being centered and not awkwardly off to the side also helps.

Also makes RAW's new stage feel like it was a pre-final version of SD's new stage.

Lol the swagger soaring eagle distant relative made it

That new stage is pretty slick rick.

"Teenage" son :nono:

Jeff Hardy has been arrested for driving under the influence per PWInsider.

For all the long-time fans(for anywhere from 15 years or longer) in this forum, like me(started watching in March 1991), I have a question...

Doesn't all this attention to WWE lately, and the broader pro wrestling world in general, kind of make some of you feel a little awkward and maybe a bit uncomfortable?

I mean, we have WWE on network TV in the U.S. now on a weekly basis. Doesn't that kind of smell like, possibly, them attracting the wrong audience?

I feel a little weirded out by all this, and maybe scared too.

Just getting that out of me.

o.o

Jeff Hardy won't make 50 if he carries on like this.

The Rock is here :yes:

Smackdown was on CW for a minute so it's not too weird. This red carpet stuff is pretty surreal though.

Does it bother long time WWE fans that the billion dollar WWE empire is under more media scrutiny than ever before?

No.

Only the morons.

Probably not the best idea to start your FOX debut with a high up view of the arena showing there are a massive amount of empty floor seats.

Mr. McMahon :love: