Anyone Curious About Smackdown On Thursday?

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New network, and Mauro's debut, anyone slightly interested on how the show will do?

[cjh]

The show won't be live. It's being taped Tuesday night and airing Thursday like it usually is.

Ranallo will be announcing with Lawler and Booker.  Ranallo will be replacing NXT announcer Rich Brennan. Michael Cole hasn't be on Smackdown regularly for a long time now.

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Jan 2, 2016 9:57:54 GMT -5 cjh said:

The show won't be live. It's being taped Tuesday night and airing Thursday like it usually is.

Ranallo will be announcing with Lawler and Booker. Ranallo will be replacing NXT announcer Rich Brennan. Michael Cole hasn't be on Smackdown regularly for a long time now.

Damn.... well I gotta edit the original post.

[Gravedigger's Biscuits]

Nah, it'll probably be the same old same old, but slightly dressed up for a few weeks.

[MichaelMartini]

Jan 2, 2016 10:05:21 GMT -5 Gravedigger's Biscuits said:

Nah, it'll probably be the same old same old, but slightly dressed up for a few weeks.

Yep. I'd like to get excited for Mauro but he's just going to be reciting the usual script.

[lemonyellowson]

What's a smackdown?

[JCBaggee]

Curious? Yeah.

Excited? Eh...

[Jimichiro Likes Erick Rowan]

I think they'll care about Smackdown until probably after Wrestlemania. So the first few months should be fun, at least.

[Deleted]

Nice of the Authority to listen to Roman's suggestion after his attitude as of late.

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Jan 2, 2016 21:51:32 GMT -5 Jimichiro Likes Erick Rowan said:

I think they'll care about Smackdown until probably after Wrestlemania. So the first few months should be fun, at least.

Kinda like how they went balls-out with Shotgun Saturday Night, then two months later, it was just another TV taping.

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Jan 2, 2016 21:53:57 GMT -5 @sandman said:

Jan 2, 2016 21:51:32 GMT -5 Jimichiro Likes Erick Rowan said:

I think they'll care about Smackdown until probably after Wrestlemania. So the first few months should be fun, at least.

Kinda like how they went balls-out with Shotgun Saturday Night, then two months later, it was just another TV taping.

Just like WWE Superstars started with matches with Undertaker and Randy Orton and ended up turning onto The Charlie Haas show in months.

[G✇JI☈A]

So it will still have enhanced crowd reactions.

[chrom]

Thought the first show was going to be live on Tuesday

[A Platypus Rave]

I like the Wyatt family at USA hq commercial better

I think they'll start to care more about Smackdown now for at least a little while since the WWE want to keep USA happy.

[Deleted]

USA will be damned if SD is failing in the future. You guys know how serious they are about Raw? Expect the same for SD except to a slightly lesser degree. USA just won't allow it. I actually think they'll let Triple H run SD for a while to set up his eventual claim to fame on Raw. It's a good test for what he can really do under a big brand.

[Instant Classic]

I hope Cena wins back the US title on Raw and has an open challenge on Smackdown.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

Jan 2, 2016 22:03:08 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

I like the Wyatt family at USA hq commercial better

I think they'll start to care more about Smackdown now for at least a little while since the WWE want to keep USA happy.

I'm not looking forward to it. "Caring about SmackDown to keep USA happy" isn't going to really mean anything more than more over exposure of the top guys at the expense of everything else. They will be even LESS likely to showcase other talents.

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Did they mention Mauro on tv this week?

[Fauxnaki]

British accent getting buried yet again by WWE