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Post by Jindrak Mark on Dec 2, 2022 22:02:30 GMT -5
I can barely understand how it's possible for a human being to perform a 450 splash so a 630 to me is just, I don't even know. It's crazy.
HHH has done a good job with the IC and US titles in a short period of time making them feel important. Please do the Smackdown Women's title next. It badly needs all the help it can get.
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Post by ElmerFudd on Dec 2, 2022 22:04:00 GMT -5
Congrats! Now you get to be bodied by Gunther again. 😂 Gunther's reign has been pretty boring I would mind Ricochet beating him for it but F that. Let him win the Rumble and go on to beat Roman at WrestleMania I'm all in for that.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Dec 2, 2022 22:06:07 GMT -5
Congrats! Now you get to be bodied by Gunther again. 😂 Gunther's reign has been pretty boring I would mind Ricochet beating him for it but F that. Let him win the Rumble and go on to beat Roman at WrestleMania I'm all in for that. To each their own, I guess! His reign is my favorite thing about HHH's WWE.
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Post by XIII on Dec 2, 2022 22:08:30 GMT -5
What did Uncle Howdy do this week? More vague spooky bullshit?
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Post by hbkid718 on Dec 2, 2022 22:09:15 GMT -5
Here are my Smackdown Thoughts:
Another great segment with The Bloodline. I like that Sheamus was ready for a fight instead of talking, and the match begins. By the way, it was the 1st time that Sheamus & Zayn wrestled each other 1-on-1 since 2016. Sheamus VS Sami Zayn was an incredible match. I love the chaos of the final sequence. The match got tons of time. This was the 3rd 1-on-1 Match between them & Zayn has won all 3 times (others: 5/23/16 & 8/15/16 Raw.) Excellent promo by Legado Del Fantasma. Wow. Kofi Kingston already announced he's in the Royal Rumble. Do Qualifying Matches from now until the Rumble. Don't just have the wrestlers announce they are entering. Good promo by Kofi Kingston & interaction with Imperium to set-up Kingston VS GUNTHER later, which should be fun. Yes. Thank you to WWE's PR team for scheduling Ronda Rousey to do PR this week. She can't ruin Smackdown with her horrendous make-up, horrible mic work, & even worse wrestling. She can ruin other interview shows. A really bad segment with Madcap Moss & Emma. I rather see Moss tell stupid jokes to Happy Corbin than do a romantic storyline with his real life girlfriend. What a horrible match between Emma & Shayna Baszler. And then a bad ass like Baszler runs away from Shotzi, Raquel with 1 arm, & Emma who she just beat. Horrible. They repackaged Lacey Evans again. How many times are they going to try to push her? It never works. She's been rebooted more times than Spider-Man. Are you kidding me? They're going to a Poker Tournament on Raw? They should have Duke Hudson as part of it. That is going to suck. Is Triple H OK? Why is he booking all of this crap lately? WWE already starting with the stupid BS about the Royal Rumble. Kane has been in 20 Royal Rumbles counting Isaac Yankem & Diesel 2. Kofi Kingston has only been in 13 Royal Rumbles. The Greatest Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia does not count. When Strowman came out, I thought Kofi Kingston VS GUNTHER was going to end by DQ, but then it picked up after the commercial. Cool new finisher for GUNTHER. I would love to see another match between them for the IC Title. Fun segment with The Bloodline & the attack by Sheamus. Excellent Bayley promo. I'm glad that IYO SKY's neck brace is off. Fun response by Liv Morgan with her being crazy & not caring that she was at a 3-on-1 disadvantage. But then, we had another amazing return with Tegan Nox. I hope she gets used better this time around. Cool segment with Karrion Kross & Scarlett to set-up Kross' next feud with Rey Mysterio, which should be pretty good. Next week's Smackdown looks great. Nice, McIntyre & Sheamus VS The Usos again but this time for the Tag Team Titles. So, we're getting 2 Tag Title Matches next week with that on Smackdown & Elias & Riddle VS Usos on Raw. Shotzi VS Baszler will be eh next week. And it will be awesome that Kurt Angle will be celebrating his Birthday in his hometown. It's true. Cool promo by Uncle Howdy. Ricochet VS Santos Escobar was a tremendous main event. When the World Cup was announced, I thought it was a vehicle to get to Strowman VS GUNTHER but they didn't go in that direction for the tournament at least. Though we have seen Ricochet VS GUNTHER already, I don't mind seeing it again in 2 weeks.
Here are my Smackdown Match Rankings: 1) Ricochet VS Santos Escobar 2) Sheamus VS Sami Zayn 3) Kofi Kingston VS GUNTHER 4) Emma VS Shayna Baszler
Ends an excellent Smackdown. I loved everything but the Emma VS Baszler match & the angle after it. I enjoyed the rest of the show. It set-up great matches for the future & already started the build for the Royal Rumble.
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Post by theironyuppie on Dec 2, 2022 22:10:25 GMT -5
I can barely understand how it's possible for a human being to perform a 450 splash so a 630 to me is just, I don't even know. It's crazy. HHH has done a good job with the IC and US titles in a short period of time making them feel important. Please do the Smackdown Women's title next. It badly needs all the help it can get.
That's a tough challenge, but an important one. A good first step would be the division's faces feeling less generic, for one.
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Post by ElmerFudd on Dec 2, 2022 22:10:27 GMT -5
Gunther's reign has been pretty boring I would mind Ricochet beating him for it but F that. Let him win the Rumble and go on to beat Roman at WrestleMania I'm all in for that. To each their own, I guess! His reign is my favorite thing about HHH's WWE. Ricochet should at least beat Gunther I would think or this whole tournament was rather pointless. This is wrestling of course tho so everything is rather pointless when the winner of the Rumble is probably gonna either be either Cody who hasn't wrestled most of the year or The Rock who hasn't wrestled in 10 years.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2022 6:40:33 GMT -5
What did Uncle Howdy do this week? More vague spooky bullshit? Yep! Bray had a rambling promo backstage in the first hour, and a random package with Uncle Howdy rambling over spoopy jump cuts with old Bray footage played later.
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Post by Vincent Whiney on Dec 3, 2022 10:21:07 GMT -5
I was at the show and there were two other matches:
Nakamura beat Gulak for the first match which I don’t know if it was a dark match or taped for Main Event or something.
Main event last match was Braun, Riddle, Liv and Moss beating Priest, Zelina and the other two guys with Santos.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Dec 3, 2022 15:07:32 GMT -5
I was at the show and there were two other matches: Nakamura beat Gulak for the first match which I don’t know if it was a dark match or taped for Main Event or something. Main event last match was Braun, Riddle, Liv and Moss beating Priest, Zelina and the other two guys with Santos. What a strange match. Feels like they just had every wrestler who was in the building but didn't wrestle on the televised show and had them go out there.
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Post by Vincent Whiney on Dec 3, 2022 17:30:35 GMT -5
Yeah it was a very weird combination. The original TV ads had the Usos vs the Profits for it but it turned into that.
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