WWE SmackDown Taping Results (05/07) *Spoilers* - Page 2

**BollywoodSingh** · 05-09-2010, 11:28 PM

They should made the IC Title "tournament" into a proper 8 or 16 man tournament, instead of just 4 participants. I think tournaments can really help add more credibility to titles.

Well, I guess there's not enough guys for a 16-man midcarder tournament but for a 8-man one, it could have involved:

Christian
Kofi
Ziggler
Rhodes
Masters
Kane
Matt Hardy
MVP

Or there's also Gallows, JTG, Shad, and Chavo. And I'm looking at the Smackdown roster on Wikipedia, and there's guys there that I'm not sure are still on Smackdown like Caylen Croft, Trent Barretta, Tyler Reks and Vance Archer. They might be in FCW. If all of these guys were involved, it would become a big 16-man tournament. Maybe even throw Rey and CM Punk in there but they might be a bit above the IC title now.

**Mr. Nerfect** · 05-10-2010, 06:44 PM

I watched SmackDown! this past week without reading the spoilers, and I absolutely loved it. Was such a thrill. Normally I enjoy SmackDown!, but this had me on the edge of my seat.

Firstly, Swagger vs. Kane is exactly the match I would have done in the main event, too. Kane does not need to be protected (although he was), and it makes a perfect test for Swagger to face the Big Red Machine to prepare for Big Show. I would have opened the show with an address by Jack Swagger (pre-SmackDown! intro) saying that he asked for the match to prove himself, though.

Another cool thing is that I also predicted the Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler and Christian vs. Cody Rhodes matches, although I never would have guessed they were part of an IC Title Tournament. To clear things up, I feel the thinking behind this is:

1) They want the IC Title off Drew McIntyre so they can either add him to RAW (which I would not find surprising, but I would also not do), or they can create a good stir in the IC Title scene by having the winner next week stripped of the title by Vince McMahon, who claims that Drew should have never lost the belt. Like a Chris Jericho/Triple H situation over the WWE Title circa 2000. Christian or Kofi's win "never happens," which adds a lot of heat to McIntyre's next program (which will obviously be with them, and probably eventually Matt Hardy).

2) Michael Hayes cares about the IC Title. He has proved this time and time again by giving it mainly to guys "above" the title. Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho, and even John Morrison have all held titles higher than the IC Title in the belt hierarchy in the WWE. Drew McIntyre was getting a hell of a push to be associated with the belt. But now it's time to put it on either a former ECW Champion, or a guy who has been receiving discontinued pushes recently. If I had to fathom a guess, I would actually say Christian wins, with Kofi then chasing. Just because Christian has the more IC Title wins, and he's got the ECW Titles there to his name.

But yeah, I'm still not entirely unconvinced that we will see Drew McIntyre interfere next week, causing the match to go to a double disqualification, and leading us to a Triple Threat Match at Over the Limit for the title.

And Matt Striker's reference to Prince Nana was awesome -- although the long silence after it made me worry that Striker was getting chewed out.

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05-09-2010, 11:28 PM	#41
BollywoodSingh Posts: 648	They should made the IC Title "tournament" into a proper 8 or 16 man tournament, instead of just 4 participants. I think tournaments can really help add more credibility to titles. Well, I guess there's not enough guys for a 16-man midcarder tournament but for a 8-man one, it could have involved: Christian Kofi Ziggler Rhodes Masters Kane Matt Hardy MVP Or there's also Gallows, JTG, Shad, and Chavo. And I'm looking at the Smackdown roster on Wikipedia, and there's guys there that I'm not sure are still on Smackdown like Caylen Croft, Trent Barretta, Tyler Reks and Vance Archer. They might be in FCW. If all of these guys were involved, it would become a big 16-man tournament. Maybe even throw Rey and CM Punk in there but they might be a bit above the IC title now.

05-10-2010, 06:44 PM	#42
Mr. Nerfect Posts: 61,557	I watched SmackDown! this past week without reading the spoilers, and I absolutely loved it. Was such a thrill. Normally I enjoy SmackDown!, but this had me on the edge of my seat. Firstly, Swagger vs. Kane is exactly the match I would have done in the main event, too. Kane does not need to be protected (although he was), and it makes a perfect test for Swagger to face the Big Red Machine to prepare for Big Show. I would have opened the show with an address by Jack Swagger (pre-SmackDown! intro) saying that he asked for the match to prove himself, though. Another cool thing is that I also predicted the Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler and Christian vs. Cody Rhodes matches, although I never would have guessed they were part of an IC Title Tournament. To clear things up, I feel the thinking behind this is: 1) They want the IC Title off Drew McIntyre so they can either add him to RAW (which I would not find surprising, but I would also not do), or they can create a good stir in the IC Title scene by having the winner next week stripped of the title by Vince McMahon, who claims that Drew should have never lost the belt. Like a Chris Jericho/Triple H situation over the WWE Title circa 2000. Christian or Kofi's win "never happens," which adds a lot of heat to McIntyre's next program (which will obviously be with them, and probably eventually Matt Hardy). 2) Michael Hayes cares about the IC Title. He has proved this time and time again by giving it mainly to guys "above" the title. Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho, and even John Morrison have all held titles higher than the IC Title in the belt hierarchy in the WWE. Drew McIntyre was getting a hell of a push to be associated with the belt. But now it's time to put it on either a former ECW Champion, or a guy who has been receiving discontinued pushes recently. If I had to fathom a guess, I would actually say Christian wins, with Kofi then chasing. Just because Christian has the more IC Title wins, and he's got the ECW Titles there to his name. But yeah, I'm still not entirely unconvinced that we will see Drew McIntyre interfere next week, causing the match to go to a double disqualification, and leading us to a Triple Threat Match at Over the Limit for the title. And Matt Striker's reference to Prince Nana was awesome -- although the long silence after it made me worry that Striker was getting chewed out.