1) Kevin Owens (or the US Championship?) With the arrival of Dean Ambrose on Raw, it seemed obvious that Raw’s midcard champ would be making the opposite switch and with this in mind, Smackdown didn’t make anyone wait before revealing that KO had been brought to Smackdown. With this arrival came a change in KO’s appearance; […]
Wrestling Overdose I realize that last week I failed to make a second post as per usual and honestly, I was just exhausted with wrestling. After ‘Mania weekend and all the weekly shows which followed, I needed a break from sports entertainment. In addition, Raw clearly won last week between the two shows in nearly everyone’s […]
A Wrestling Unicorn Smackdown began this week on what I assumed would have been the closing segment in the contract signing between Shane McMahon and AJ Styles for their WrestleMania match. Shane began the conversation by explaining how Smackdown LIVE was built on opportunity and AJ Styles was the man who took the biggest advantage […]
The Phenomenally Sympathetic Heel Smackdown opened this week with a fantastic video package recapping AJ Styles loss to Randy Orton last week and his subsequent confrontation with Shane O’Mac over the result which was covered in last week’s Talking Smack (a show which is almost necessary viewing at this point). The editing and aesthetic of […]
The Miz: Alternate Universe John Cena? Smackdown’s first in-ring segment (I wasn’t going to cover the cold open as a proper first segment), saw The Miz and Maryse “interview” John Cena on Miz TV. I put interview in quotes as it was more or less a platform for The Miz to shoot on Cena […]
The End of the Glow Era Smackdown opened this week on a depressing note as Naomi was forced to relinquish her title at the request of Daniel Bryan. This was made even more depressing given Bryan’s history of injuries stopping him short. The promo delivered by Naomi in light of this situation was both passionate […]
The Era of Wyatt Begins Smackdown begun in strong fashion by having Bray Wyatt come out and deliver a promo that seemed as though it had been on his lips for ages. Wyatt completely owned this moment in every possible way: he was decked out in a new maroon jacket and his classic fedora in […]
A Hot Crowd Makes For A Hot Segment Smackdown kicked off this week with Daniel Bryan returning to the same arena he announced his retirement in almost a year ago and delivering an emotional promo before being interrupted by The Miz. It is still amazing how Bryan is probably the most over guy in the […]
