Here are my Smackdown Thoughts:
Yes, they're doing it. They're starting Smackdown with all of the Men's MITB Participants on top of Ladders except for Omos.
A fun opening segment with everyone, until it became the revolving door with The Miz, Ezekiel, Happy Corbin, & Madcap Moss. And now a Battle Royal. I am so glad that I'm not doing my Records again. I'm still trying to finalize my MITB Preview.
LOL. It's actually called a Good Old-Fashioned Battle Royal. I have research to do and see if Riddle & The Miz were the 1st people in history to be in a Battle Royal on both Raw & Smackdown in the same week.
The Battle Royal was fun, but the result was obvious since they do that spot all the time. So, Happy Corbin should be in the MITB Match.
OK Happy Corbin promo, but they still didn't say if he qualified for MITB. Please, announce the final participant already. I want to finalize my MITB Preview before the end of Smackdown.
Decent Natalya promo. It was better than the promos leading up to the match.
Damn, I was looking forward to a match between The New Day & The Viking Raiders but in a way, it's good they just did the beatdown, so we won't get them wrestling each other a million times. I like the "Vicious" Viking Raiders. The New Day's promo before the match was fun.
What was the point of the Battle Royal if Ezkiel, Corbin, Moss, & Miz will still have to wrestle in a Fatal 4-Way Match later to qualify for MITB.
Asuka, Alexa Bliss, & Liv Morgan VS Lacey Evans, Raquel Rodriguez, & Shotzi was a great 6-Woman Tag. I didn't mind Becky Lynch on commentary. Since Liv got the fall, she's not winning MITB tomorrow.
Wow. Sonya Deville slapped Adam Pearce. She's in trouble.
What a pointless segment. All of those stupid questions and no one asked The Street Profits what stipulation they have chosen for their match at MITB against The Usos.
Good video on GUNTHER.
Horrendous debut of Max Dupri's Clients. What the hell did they do to Mace & Mansoor. And to make it worse, I have to change their names in my records. I don't think I can even type those symbols.
Horrible Ronda Rousey promo as usual.
So, Mansoor & Mace won't be wrestling. They're just going to do fashion shows. This has to be one of the worst gimmicks ever.
Ezekiel VS Corbin VS Miz VS Moss was a fun Fatal 4-Way and the right guy one. I have no facts to add since it's Moss's MITB debut & 1st Ladder Match.
Ends an OK Smackdown. All 4 matches were excellent. The Opening MITB promo was fun, but everything else sucked. But it did feel like a go-home show for a PPV. I can't wait for MITB tomorrow.
Here are my Level Up Thoughts:
Hank Walker VS Channing Lorenzo was a good match. I like Walker's look. He could be friends with Briggs & Jensen. Lorenzo did great in his 1st Singles Match.
Amari Miller VS Sloane Jacobs was really good. Both women were showcased.
Javier Bernal VS Duke Hudson was a great match. It gave Hudson time to shine as he has been lost in the shuffle for a while on NXT.
Ends a great Level Up.