***OFFICIAL SmackDown! LIVE 8/2 thread***
 

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SmackDown Live: August 2, 2016

With Raw turning up the heat and an off-the-hook WWE World Title Match set for SummerSlam, what will Commissioner Shane McMahon and General Manager Daniel Bryan do to continue to push Team Blue to the top of the New Era?

Off-the-hook

Feels off-the-hook to be back here in 1997 where I can say off-the-hook as it is currently a fashionable phrase.

Hopefully Becky Lynch is on tonights shown. Shwing!

Tazz used to use it on commentary to describe an upcoming or ongoing match all the time. And he'd call a beautiful woman wrestler a "tomato". Man, those were the days.

The black guy never gets picked on Bachelorette

Wrong line up.

Shelton's back tonight. Right?

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who watching

Hey, boss.

Local indy cops

Here we go!

Apollo vs Barron vs Kalisto......ugh

APOLLO CREED

CARL WEATHERS IS COMING

Think Bryan has been watching too many Rocky films recently. Don't remember Apollo Creed getting drafted to Smackdown.

Can't wait for Carl Weathers to win an IC Title shot

Crews now needs to come out with the full Living in America entrance

I'm really, really curious how this Ambrose/Zigs feud is gonna work.

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This is the definitive proof his concussions were bad enough to keep him out of the ring permanently.

It was 60 seconds before Mauro specifically talked at JBL, and JBL was silent.

I think he got the memo.

Good thing the Russian is on Raw then

Think I h8 Dean Ambrose... feel like turning this off,,, s0 annoying "on the mic"

Lets Go Dean
Deana Sucks

Dueling Chants so far!

Yikes, I either need a new TV or they gotta stick that side graphic out a bit more.

Dolph Ziggler's theme sucks..........

Missing Bad Ass Billy Gunn's theme...

I want Kalisto to win that but I think Barron will

"He may look like he dressed in a dumpster, but he earned that title."

Hell of a line for the resume.

I wonder what Corporate Cocksnogger thinks of Billy Gunn's son in the main-event of SummerFest

Is it me or does Dolph have a few zits on his forehead

Mmmmmm. Spirit Squad.

Memories.

damn... Dolph referencing his time in the Spirit Squad

Why is Dean Ambrose talking like this...

Sounds like Justin Timberlake or something

Feel like he didn't used to talk like this

I like the little bits of continuity they've dropped in over the past couple of weeks. Heath referencing Nexus/Corre, Ziggler with Spirit Squad tonight, etc.

This sucks

Probably on oxy right now too.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Apollo Creed vs <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeckyBalboa?src=hash">#BeckyBalboa</a> ! Let's make it happen <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmackDownLIVE?src=hash">#SmackDownLIVE</a></p>&mdash; Becky Lynch (@BeckyLynchWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/status/760627201251291136">August 3, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Kind of disappointed SD opens with a promo in the ring...wish no shows opened with in-ring promos