Official SmackDown! LIVE thread 8.16.16: Dolph and Dean visit the Wizard of Miz, Cena to fight, more
 

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SmackDown Live preview, Aug. 16, 2016: The Lunatic Fringe and The Showoff journey to "Miz TV"

As they prepare to go to war at The Biggest Party of the Summer, WWE World Champion Dean Ambrose and his No. 1 Contender Dolph Ziggler will stand face-to-face with the A-Lister egging them on. What could possibly go wrong?

Can ‘The Face that Runs the Place’ rise above Excellence itself?

The last SmackDown Live before SummerSlam is going to be a scorcher.

WWE.com has learned that John Cena will be in action tonight, squaring off against longtime adversary Alberto Del Rio. In case you don't remember, Del Rio just so happens to be the guy who ended Cena's historic reign as United States Champion at WWE Hell in a Cell in October 2015.

To say there's some bad blood would be an understatement, and if Cena's not careful he could be walking into his SummerSlam bout against AJ Styles with a broken arm. Then again, will The Phenomenal One choose to wait for Sunday’s showdown with the leader of the Cenation? After all, Styles is one Superstar who enjoys taking any advantage he can get. Don't miss this classic confrontation tonight on USA Network.

Alberto Del BuriedbySuperCena-o

I can't wait to see John Cena!

I am ready for the A show, SmackDownLIVE! It will hopefully be better put together than RAW's final show before SummerSlam was.

Still surprised RAW just blew its load on the whole Demon King thing.

Smackdown LIVE don't let me down.

Kudos for Randy for keeping a straight face

biiiiiiiiiiig pickle

Really disappointed at Randy for not going full Carlito when he had the opportunity.

Don't like the smackdown theme.

Every week keep forgetting Otunga is a commentator...... and then I hear him and think "terrible"........

Here comes the member of Los Ingobernables de WWE

Alright Smackdown Creative Team.

The objective tonight is to give me a good reason to want to go see this live next Tuesday.

I like the Ziggler/Ambrose feud hope it leads to a change of character for Dolph

Why don't they turn Dolph Ziggler heel somehow... mad boring character

KICK YOUR HEAD OFF YOUR FACE

Going to kick your head right off of your face.

After kicking your leg out of your leg.

crowd doesn't care,,,

Flashy toy some fan got is pissing me off.

YOU THINK YOU KNOW ME

omg so fucking boring f*ck this

h8 Dean Ambrose

Not digging this promo so much.

*Edge's theme plays. Crowd goes wild*

Dolph wants to be the second coming of HBK so bad...

I do like the super kick at the end though.

HBK-HBK-HBK

Wait. Wrong guy.

The Game Dolph Ziggler..... That Damn Good.....

wish shows would not start with promos

Think Ziggler might have out-looney the Lunatic with that promo.

A+ misdirection by Ziggler.

Sweet chin out of no where

A bit slow, but at least they are trying for a build up of some kind.

tag match should be fun

American Alpha next on Smackdown!!!!!!!!!!!

Idea for Smackdown next week: "Dolph is HBK 2.0" sign.

But I'm way out of camera view, I think.

Two references by Dolph to a couple of the greatest superstars of the past 20 or so years? Yeah, NO WAY he's definitely going to lose on Sunday now! :roll:

Pull a Narc and pay someone in the on-camera area to hold it up for you and get it on camera.

For whatever reason I love the Hype Bros. theme.... Sometimes find myself humming it and I'll be like "What the hell am I humming?"

Mojo Rawley is what happens when a wombat drowns in Monster steeped in amphetamines.