A Little Doo Doo
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Jan 12, 2024 22:29:51 GMT -5
This hasn't been bad for a m*n's match. I know, I feel dirty just admitting it.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Jan 12, 2024 22:31:31 GMT -5
And it ends with the twist that this entire show was one strange dream of Wade Barrett's.
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A Little Doo Doo
Salacious Crumb
An unconventional man with unconventional methods.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Jan 12, 2024 22:31:36 GMT -5
Joe Gacy: same look, same wonderful attitude!
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Post by hbkid718 on Jan 12, 2024 22:59:55 GMT -5
Here are my Smackdown Thoughts, Facts & Stats, & Rankings:
OK opening segment with Nick Aldis & The Bloodline to set-up the main event, but I was looking forward to Cameron Grimes VS Grayson Waller. Good promo by Santos Escobar. I have wanted Angel & Humberto (who lost their last names when they returned to the main roster) with him since they brought back The LWO since their Uncle Hector was part of the original. Uh oh, Jimmy Uso & Solo Sikoa are having trouble finding a partner. I wonder what Paul Heyman has up his sleeve. The LWO VS Angel & Humberto was excellent. I liked Santos Escobar on commentary & the attack by Carlito. FACTS: This was Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde's 1st Smackdown match & opener of 2024, their 1st match since they & Carlito defeated No Quarter Catch Crew on NXT on January 2, Del Toro's 1st Smackdown since they lost to The Street Profits on September 15, 2023, which was their last 2-on-2 Match, & Wilde's 1st match since he lost to Santos Escobar on December 1, 2023. This was Angel & Humberto's 1st Smackdown match ^ opener of 2024, their 1st match overall since they lost to The Family on NXT on November 28, 2023, 1st on Smackdown since the Andre The Giant Battle Royal on March 31, 2023, & 1st 2-on-2 Tag Team Match on Smackdown since they lost to Hit Row on January 20, 2023. This was Angel & Humberto's 1st win on Smackdown since they defeated Jinder Mahal & Shanky on May 27, 2022. Awesome, Carmelo Hayes back on Smackdown. Hayes VS Austin Theory will be incredible. Funny segment with Carlito & Paul Heyman. OK promo by Logan Paul. Looking forward to him VS Kevin Owens at Royal Rumble. Paul will be the 1st Celebrity to wrestle in a 1-on-1 Match in Royal Rumble History & the only celebrity to wrestle at the Rumble, WrestleMania, & SummerSlam in 1-on-1 Matches. Cool segment with Tyler Bate & Butch. It looks like the seeds are being planted for Butch's return to Pete Dunne. Bianca Belair VS Bayley was another classic. FACTS: This was Bianca Belair's 1st Smackdown & match of 2024, her 1st match overall since the Holiday Havoc Match on Smackdown on December 22, 2023, & 1st 1-on-1 Match since she defeated Kairi Sane on Smackdown on December 1, 2023. This was Bayley's 1st Smackdown & match of 2024, her 1st match overall since the Holiday Havoc Match on Smackdown on December 22, 2023, & 1st 1-on-1 Match since she lost to Bianca Belair on Smackdown on November 3, 2023. This was the 9th 1-on-1 Match between them after Smackdown on December 18, 2020 (won by Bayley), Smackdown on January 29, 2021 (won by Belair), WrestleMania Backlash on May 16, 2021 (won by Belair), Hell In A Cell on June 20, 2021 (won by Belair), Extreme Rules on October 8, 2022 (won by Belair), Raw on October 24, 2022 (won by Bayley), Crown Jewel on November 5, 2022 (won by Belair), & Smackdown on November 3, 2023 (won by Belair), so Belair won 7 & Bayley won 2. Great promo by Kevin Owens. Interesting conversation with Dakota Kai & Bayley. Pretty good segment with Bobby Lashley & The Street Profits & Paul Ellering. I like The Final Testament as the name for Karrion Kross & AOP. Another funny segment with Paul Heyman & Pretty Deadly. Wow, Bobby Lashley turned down Paul Heyman. Interesting. Carmelo Hayes VS Austin Theory was an excellent match. It sucks that it had to end in a No Contest. Their fall looked scary. I hope both Hayes & Theory will be OK. FACTS: This was Carmelo Hayes' 1st Smackdown match of 2024 & his 1st match overall since he defeated Grayson Waller on Smackdown on December 15, 2023. This was Austin Theory's 1st Smackdown match of 2024 & his 1st match overall since he lost to Kevin Owens on December 15, 2023. This was the 3rd No Contest of 2024 & 2nd week in a row on Smackdown. Next week's Smackdown looks good. I wonder if Tony Khan will have a meltdown as Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre are getting a Tag Title Match without winning any matches this year. Good backstage segment with Jimmy Uso & Solo Sikoa not being worried as obviously they had a plan. Nice attack on Randy Orton. LA Knight, Randy Orton, & AJ Styles VS The Bloodline was a fun match & I liked what happened afterwards. Also, I had a feeling that Orton was going to come back. FACTS: This was the 1st Handicap Match of 2024, the 1st since Axiom & SCRYPTS VS Dabba-Kato on NXT on June 13, 2023, 1st on the main roster since Omos VS Local Competitors on Raw on October 24, 2022 & 1st on Smackdown since Braun Strowman VS Local Competitors on October 14, 2022. It was the 1st Handicap Match on the main roster to not feature Local Competitors since Bobby Lashley VS The Alpha Academy on Raw on June 27, 2022 & 1st Men's Handicap Match on Smackdown to feature all contracted wrestlers since Dominik Mysterio VS The Dirty Dawgs on May 28, 2021. This was LA Knight, Randy Orton, & AJ Styles' 2nd week in a row on Smackdown, making them the only wrestlers to wrestle 2 weeks in a row in 2024 & in 2 main events in a row. This was LA Knight's 1st Handicap Match in his Career. This was Randy Orton's 49th Handicap Match in his Career & 1st since he, Shinsuke Nakamura, & AJ Styles defeated Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn on Smackdown on January 9, 2018, giving him a Handicap Match Record of 19-25-4. This was AJ Styles's 6th Handicap Match in his Career & 1st since he, The Miz, & John Morrison defeated Drew McIntyre & Sheamus on Raw on December 7, 2020, giving him a Handicap Match Record of 6-0-0. This was Solo Sikoa's 1st Smackdown match & main event of 2024 & his 1st match overall since he lost to AJ Styles by Disqualification on December 22, 2023. This was Solo Sikoa's 1st Handicap Match in his Career. This was Jimmy Uso's 1st Smackdown match & main event of 2024 & 1st match overall since he lost to Randy Orton on December 15, 2023. This was Jimmy Uso's 11th Handicap Match in his Career & 1st since he, Jey Uso, & Roman Reigns lost to Daniel Bryan, Elias, Shane McMahon, & Rowan on Smackdown on May 14, 2019 & his 1st without Jey as a partner, giving him a Handicap Match Record of 4-7-0.
Here are my Smackdown Match Rankings: 1) Bianca Belair VS Bayley 2) LA Knight, Randy Orton, & AJ Styles VS The Bloodline 3) Carmelo Hayes VS Austin Theory 4) The LWO (Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde) VS Angel & Humberto
Here are my Level Up Thoughts, Facts & Stats, & Rankings:
Tavion Heights VS Joe Coffey was a solid match. FACTS: This was Tavion Heights' 1st Level Up match & opener of 2024, 1st match overall since he defeated Luca Crusifino on NXT on December 19, 2023, & 1st on Level Up since he lost to Drew Gulak on December 1, 2023. This was Joe Coffey's 1st Level Up match & opener of 2024, 1st match overall since he lost to Joe Gacy on NXT on December 26, 2023, & 1st on Level Up since he defeated Akira Tozawa on September 9, 2023. This was the 2nd 1-on-1 Match between them after Level Up on August 11, 2023, which was also won by Coffey. Cool video package on everyone's history on Level Up. I had no idea it was the 100th Episode of Level Up. Amari Miller VS Jaida Parker was really good. Both women showed something. They have bright futures ahead of them. FACTS: This was Amari Miller's 1st Level Up match of 2024 & her 1st match overall since she lost to Valentina Feroz on Level Up on December 15, 2023. This was Jaida Parker's 1st Level Up match of 2024 & her 1st match overall since she lost to Gigi Dolin on Level Up on December 8, 2023. This was Parker's 1st win in her Career. Javier Bernal VS Joe Gacy was a great match. Gacy is such a great wrestler. I just wish he had a better gimmick & character. FACTS: This was Javier Bernal's 1st Level Up match & main event of 2024 & was his 1st Level Up since he lost to Von Wagner on December 22, 2023. He was the 1st wrestler of 2024 to wrestle on Main Event & Level Up in the same week. This was Joe Gacy's 1st Level Up match & main event of 2024, his 1st match overall since he defeated Joe Coffey on NXT on December 26, 2023 & 1st on Level Up since he defeated Oro Mensah on April 7, 2023. Javier Bernal was in the 1st match on the 1st episode of Level Up in a loss to Harland & Joe Gacy was in Harland's corner. The 1st episode aired on 2/18/22.
Here are my Level Up Match Rankings: 1) Javier Bernal VS Joe Gacy 2) Tavion Heights VS Joe Coffey 3) Amari Miller VS Jaida Parker
Overall another great night of wrestling. Smackdown was really good as the Road to the Royal Rumble heats up. Level Up was good.
Ends Smackdown & Level Up Thoughts & Facts & Stats. For W/L Records, Facts, & Stats, check out darrenswinloss.wordpress.com, which will be updated this weekend & check out darrenswinloss.wordpress.com/wwerr2 for the Complete History of the Royal Rumble Match.
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bob
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Post by bob on Jan 12, 2024 23:08:14 GMT -5
What about the Squat Steam? Squat Steam sounds like a team that farts during workouts. sure.... "sounds like"
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bob
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Post by bob on Jan 12, 2024 23:08:54 GMT -5
Will you make Nana disappear off my TV forever? I'm not a wizard.
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john84
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Post by john84 on Jan 12, 2024 23:39:28 GMT -5
- Opening segment with Aldis and Bloodline - Meh - Escobar promo - 1 thumb up - I've enjoyed him since he started to turn against Rey - Jimmy/Solo looking for a partner - 2 thumbs down - Boring - LWO v Angel/Humberto - Meh - Santos on commentary - Meh - Attack by Carlito - Meh - Segment between Carlito/Heyman - 1 thumb up - Promo by Logan Paul - 1 thumb up - Bate/Dunne segment - 1 thumb up - Normally would've been a meh but since they planted seeds to Dunne finally getting his name back it went up a notch for me - Belair v Bayley - 1 thumb up - Good match despite the predictability of it. - Promo by KO - 1 thumb up - Conversation between Kai/Bayley - 1 thumb up since it continues the story for Damage CTRL which, frankly, is the most interesting thing about SmackDown outside of Styles and Knight for me. - Segment with Lashley/Street Profits/Ellering - 1 thumb down - The Final Testament as a name for Kross/AOP- Meh - Segment between Heyman/Pretty Deadly - Meh - Lashley turning down Heyman - Meh I expected it - Hayes v Theory - 1 thumb up - Was building into a decent match personally until the fall. Hope Theory's ok. Hayes too but it seemed like Theory got the worst of it. - Segment backstage with Jimmy/Solo not being worried - 1 thumb down - Attack on Orton - Meh - Knight/Orton/Styles v Bloodline - Meh - SHIELD bomb - 2 thumbs up as it was a cool spot at least to end the show
I'll give SmackDown a 6 mostly for the Damage CTRL stuff and the SHIELD bomb at the end
Here is a brief summary of my Level Up thoughts
- Heights v Coffey - Meh - Video package - 2 thumbs up - Miller v Parker - 1 thumb up - Bernal v Gacy - Meh
Overall I'll give the show a 6
Ends Smackdown & Level Up Thoughts & Facts & Stats. For W/L Records, Facts, & Stats, check out darrenswinloss.wordpress.com, which will be updated this weekend & check out darrenswinloss.wordpress.com/wwerr2 for the Complete History of the Royal Rumble Match.
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Post by uewfigfed on Jan 13, 2024 2:37:44 GMT -5
Iβm usually team smackdown, but they gotta do something with Roman. Heβs stagnating the upper card at this point, so I pray this doesnβt continue past mania cuz year 4 would be too much for me
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