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WWE Friday Night Smackdown September Thread - 9/25/20 feat. Some Talkies, Some Rasslin, & Some WWE Laziness

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Friday Night SmackDown preview, Sept. 4, 2020: Roman Reigns to address the WWE Universe on SmackDown

Universal Champion Roman Reigns will address the WWE Universe, Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax get set for a championship rematch against Bayley & Sasha Banks, a high-stakes Fatal 4-Way Match, and more.

SmackDown Preview : Quick Hits

Roman Reigns to address the WWE Universe with Paul Heyman by his side
Big E, Matt Riddle, King Corbin and Sheamus will battle for Universal Title opportunity
Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax set for championship rematch against Bayley & Sasha Banks

Card and preview for tonight's 205 Live show:

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205 Live will play host to three thrilling bouts tonight, as Tehuti Miles collides with Ariya Daivari, Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch throw down with Ever-Rise in a rematch from last week, and Mansoor is in action in singles competition.

Miles appeared to be closing in on a statement victory last week, but The Brian Kendrick had other plans, as Miles’ showboating allowed the crafty veteran to roll him up for the quick 1-2-3.

After the bout, a frustrated Miles begrudgingly accepted a handshake from The Man With a Plan, who told him, “Drop the ego, and you’ll be a star.” Miles will have a chance to get back in the win column tonight against Ariya Daivari, who was furious after Miles made demands following last week’s edition of the purple brand, as the 205 Live original believes he’s the one who calls the shots.

Will the Performance Center standout heed Kendrick’s veteran advice? Or will the dastardly Daivari have another trick up his sleeve for Miles?
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Chase Parker & Matt Martel got within a millisecond of a victory last week, but the official halted his three-count just in the nick of time when he noticed that Martel was illegally holding Lorcan’s leg to the canvas while Parker was attempting to pin him.

Moments later, as Ever-Rise argued with the official, Burch trapped Parker in a submission hold to score the tap-out victory for The Brit-Am Brawlers. Parker and Martel will look to pull out all the stops to gain a critical win tonight, while Lorcan & Burch are more than happy to once again slug it out with their newfound rivals.

Plus, Mansoor is back in action! Mansoor has been on an incredible roll since returning to the purple brand several weeks ago. Will his streak continue tonight?

Additionally, Legado del Fantasma were spotted in the backstage area, and an impromptu interview turned hostile when they were asked about NXT Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar being pinned by Isaiah “Swerve” Scott during a Six-Man Street Fight on NXT. What could Legado del Fantasma have in store for the purple brand tonight?

Don’t miss what is certain to be a thrilling edition of 205 Live, streaming on the award-winning WWE Network tonight at 10/9 C!

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That promo by Paul Heyman was one of his best in recent years.

Reigns pretty much pulled a Lesnar by just doing nothing and standing there while Heyman talked.

Heavy Machinery vs. Miz & Morrison was somewhat dull and went on for too long.

Guess Otis is feuding with Morrison next over his MitB case since Morrison just stole it.

Starting to think WWE really doesn't know how most of the injuries they have someone blurt out for medical updates actually works.

If Big E suffered major lacerations from getting smashed through a car windshield, then shouldn't there be blood somewhere. Same for him suffering internal bleeding but medics treating him the same way like every other storyline injury.

Almost half of the show done and not really much has happened in terms of interesting stuff.

Just Paul Heyman's promo to start the show and Sheamus' ambush of Big E backstage.

:lol: at the cameraman missing the powerbomb on the outside spot.

Made it look like Nia just dropped to the floor because Sasha couldn't hold her weight.

:lol: at the piped-in boos for Nia Jax breaking the submission attempt and her top rope Samoa Drop attempt.

Guess Nia and Shanya are supposed to be heels since the crowd audio was bit all over the place during that match.

Women's tag title match was better than the one they had at Payback though.

WWE finally pulled the trigger on a Sasha vs. Bayley feud after waiting way too long to do it.

Don't blame Bayley for beating up Sasha since Sasha's obsession with wanting to be a Double champ just like her lead to a bunch of losses and more headaches for her to deal with.

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Nia got booed at her own birth.

:lol: at Bayley whiffing on the top rope chair stomp spot.

That was such a bad cam shot to use for the spot.

Going from Big E to Jey Uso as a potential title challenger to Reigns is a bit of a buzzkill.

Then again at least that saves Big E from being the throwaway sacrificial lamb for Reigns' first title defense since he's not dropping that belt any time soon.

:lol: at Otis pulling a fast one on Miz & Morison.

His MitB lunchbox is now his new MitB case while the MitB case is now his new lunchbox full of meats.

That toss into the virtual crowd spot by Corbin was a bit lame more so because no way was Corbin going to smash those expensive screens.

:| Jey Uso won the match. Guess WWE really was going to put Big E in that spot before writing him off for the time being.

4-way match was pretty good though.

Same for Smackdown in general this week since it was one of their better episodes in recent times. Flowed by pretty well and had very little dull or boring moments unlike most SD shows. Need to think about it a bit but currently leaning towards feeling SD was more enjoyable than NXT for this week's WWE shows.

lol feel like Uso is gonna just lay down form Reigns. Prob finger poke of doom spot or something.

eh fuck it.

Let's see how it goes. Better than Reigns vs Strowman/Wyatt for the umpteenth time.

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SmackDown preview, September 11, 2020: Bayley to address last week’s vicious attack on Sasha Banks

Bayley will address her heinous attack on Sasha Banks, Jeff Hardy and AJ Styles will battle for the Intercontinental Championship, Bray Wyatt will unveil a new "Firefly Funhouse" creation, and more.

SmackDown Preview : Quick Hits

Bayley to address last week’s vicious attack on Sasha Banks
Jeff Hardy and AJ Styles set for Intercontinental Championship showdown
Bray Wyatt to unveil newest creation on “The Firefly Fun House”

Card and preview for tonight's 205 Live show:

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In addition to a blockbuster main event that pits Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch against Joaquin Wilde & Raul Mendoza of Legado del Fantasma, 205 Live will also feature Ever-Rise competing in a tag team match and Ashante “Thee” Adonis looking for a singles bout against another veteran.

After being savagely pummeled by Legado del Fantasma during their tag team match against The Brit-Am Brawlers last week, Chase Parker & Matt Martel missed out on the opportunity to gain retribution when they lost a fan vote to determine who would battle Wilde & Mendoza tonight, a poll which was won by Lorcan & Burch.

Nevertheless, after catching a beatdown from Legado del Fantasma, Ever-Rise will certainly have a chip on their shoulders when they step between the ropes for a tag team collision tonight.

Adonis, who has been mired in a bit of a losing streak, believes he needs to alter his approach to get back in the win column. Despite recent defeats to The Brian Kendrick and Ariya Daivari, the brash young Superstar is looking for a match against another seasoned veteran that can bring the best out of him tonight.

What will happen when Ever-Rise hit the squared circle for a tag bout? Will Adonis earn a victory and the fresh start that he so desperately craves? Find out on The Most Exciting Hour of Television, streaming on the award-winning WWE Network tonight at 10/9 C!

Why did WWE randomly change Tehuti Miles' name to Ashante “Thee” Adonis?

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This opening Heyman & Reigns vignette is pretty good but sort of miss the show preview run downs WWE did for a few weeks that had wrestlers talking about their upcoming matches and other stuff set for the show.

Those were way more effective in generating interest to start a show than the stale and dragged out 15 minute promo format WWE almost always does.

That heelish promo by Reigns was good ... and now the walking dullard known as Baron Corbin decided to ruin the good mood of this opening segment.

:lol: they blacked out the chair stomp spot Bayley did to Sasha last week for the highlight replay.

WWE makes some really dumb choices at times when it comes to production and cam work like this new shitty censor style for dastardly spots.

IC title match was decent despite the non-finish.

Was going to laugh had it been a squash since like two of the first three moves in the match were Jeff Hardy's signature and finisher before it quickly went to a commercial break.

:| at WWE doing a Hardy collapse spot.

Not sure if that was meant to be a cheap dig at AEW's Matt Hardy controversy or just another dumb thing added for a Jeff Hardy storyline in recent months.

Lucha House Party vs. Cesaro & Nakamura was pretty good despite the abrupt finish. Gran Metalik is soo good in the ring and arguably the best cruiser WWE currently has on the main roster and also the best cruiser that hasn't held the Cruiser title yet.

That's also two matches in a row that ended either via no contest or distraction and there has only been two matches so far.

Bayley's promo was decent although WWE really needed to turn down the nob on the crowd audio since it was drowning out her promo.

Bayley also gave a pretty great reason for her attack on Sasha since she claimed both were just using each other for their own selfish means and she decided to be the one to strike since she had no use for Sasha anymore.

:lol: at the botched crowd reaction for this women's 4-way match. Ref only counted to 1 but someone in the back didn't pause the fake crowd audio in time so they counted to two.

Ooooh nice spot with the sister abigail

This women's match has been meh so far but Alexa moving one step closer to becoming Sister Abigail is interesting.

She did Bray's finisher to Nikki and even included the kiss part to Nikki's head.

Ouch at Tamina botching the Tornado DDT spot.

That women's 4-way match was pretty bad. Whole thing fell apart after Bliss left.

That was an ugly finish.

Lets go samoan swat team

Not sure that vignette for Carmella was PG.

Otis is fucking unstoppable

Holy shit is gulak taller then big e!?

:lol: at Otis having multiple lunchboxes as a decoy for his MitB case.

:lol: at that reveal of Bray's new pal.