2021-01-15 Smackdown

 

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2021-01-16, I am checking out yesterdays Smackdown.  We are building towards the Royal Rumble.  Will Adam Pearce sign the contract to wrestler Reigns?  What will happen with Shinsuke?  I do not know so I think we should go find out!

• How great has Reigns become?  He should have been a heel years ago
• Uggg, Jey is going to talk.  He has go away heat with me and always has
•  Good grief turn down the fake noise!
• Good grief does Jey have fake gold teeth?
• Seriously can someone just knock this guy out!
• His bottom lip sticks out now because of those stupid fake teeth
• Are they called a grill?
• Oh my god I do not know if I can do this show with that take noise
• I might be because it is Uso but I am digging Nakamura tonight
• CESARO IS HERE!!
• Cole with a legit question but asked like an ass
• Did they ever explain what the King of Strong Style means?
• Of course Uso sat right back up, no one sells anything!
• I think Uso has been doing a little too much eating while not at the head of the table.  A bit of a gut
• Good night Uso!
• Heyman mentioning Scrap Daddy, interesting only 10% or so of the audience gets that reference
• Wait, Crews is going to join the Table but would not join the Hurt Business?
• The doorbell for the new Bayley's new talk show is annoying as hell
• Billie with the Riot Squad...I like it!
• I do not like that spot while in the lock-up but that wheelbarrow into a hotshot is awesome!
• Liv has come along so much over the last few years
• Stomps while on the first rope I like it!
• That was a three count with that small package!!
• That was not Billies fault, she was being chased by a monster!
• Corbin has come a long way from his days with that stringy gross hair
• Hell one of the most improved each year I think
• I love Corey trying to get Dominic to get involved!
• Was that a DEEP SIX one nine?  Get it?  
• Enough with the damn fake crowd noise
• Who is better than Heyman?  Spoiler, the answer is NO ONE!
• Corbin has done almost everything that is why he is the KING!
• This is going to be awful
• Yes, trainwreck
• An obstacle course?  Really?  This has Brother Brucies hands all over it
• I love Otis and D-Bry's new haircut!
• This match should be amazing!
• Well you do not have to eliminate all 29 Corey
• Both of these guys are amazing
• uggg, I hate that run into the opposite corner to run at the guy.  If you are running into it and it does not hurt why would it when you are thrown into it?
• That was a horrible bump by Cesaro!  I do not know what happened there
• A punt to the arm, that is unique
• Is one of the guys bleeding?
• Love that series of moves stopping the rope break into the Yes Lock
• Spinning Superplex!
• God, I hate Sasha!
• Damn I love Paul Heyman!
• I love both Big E and Sami!
• FOOL I DIDN'T MAKE THE MATCH!  -Big E
• CREWS CHEATED!!!!
• I love Heyman "You're not making for good television"!
• Roman Reigns makes such an unlikable heel it is perfect
• Wow...a bad mic on a WWE show, that is unique
• Uggg, Kevin Owns again?  Really?

I really liked this show!  It moved fast, storylines were well done and nothing really stupid....well besides Ding Dong Hello.  However, there is one thing that I do not get.  If it is a last man standing match for the title why would Pearce not keep the match and have Owens with him and PEARCE win the title!  That is what I would do especially if I was Pearce and waiting a lifetime for that chance!

RESULTS

• Segment:  Paul Heyman & Roman Reigns (Universal Champion)
• Segment:  Jey Uso/Shinsuke Nakamura
• Shinsuke Nakamura def. Jey Uso
• Segment:  Adam Pearce/Sonya Deville & Paul Heyman
• Segment:  Jey Uso/Charles Robinson
• Match Flo
• Interview:  Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford
• Segment:  Roman Reigns (Univeral Champion) & Apollo Crews
• Natalya def. Liv Morgan 
• King Corbin def. Rey Mysterio
• Segment:  Paul Heyman/Adam Pearce
• Segment:  Rey Mysterio & Dominic Mysterio
• Ding Dong Hello:  Bianca Belair
• Interview:  Daniel Bryan & Otis & Chad Gable
• Cesaro def. Daniel Bryan
• Interview:  Carmella/Sasha Banks (Smackdown Women's Champion)
• Apollo Crews def. Sami Zayn
• Segment:  Adam Pearce/Jey Uso & Paul Heyman & Roman Reigns (Universal Champion)/Kevin Owens

2021-01-02 Talking Smack

 

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you found this entry.  Today, 2021-01-02, I am checking out the latest Talking Smack.  I have not watched this before short of a few clips.  I think it is time to check it out.

• How good is Heyman?
• Kayla has no idea who Freddie Blassie is
• I think Heyman is the best in the business right now!
• Did Dolph stop dying his hair?
• Roode is looking really good
• Why is their crowd noise?
• This is actually a fun show to watch
• I think the fun is gone because a Uso is on the screen
• I think Paul needs to get that jacket tailored
• Yeah the fun is gone

Well, that was fun till Uso showed up.  I will be honest here, I have not liked the Uso from day one.  I do not get the Usos.  I will never like the Usos.  They have their spot because of their family and that is it.  So many more talented people, in my opinion, have come and gone and they keep getting chances.  Fun show but keep the Usos off because they are black holes of charisma and just bring any show I watch to a grinding halt!

Guests

• Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode
• Billie Kay
• Jey Uso

2020-11-13 Smackdown

 

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2020-11-15, I am checkng out last Friday's WWE Smackdown.  I will admit I have not been keeping up the last few months on everything.  I know we are a week away from Survivor Series, my second favorite PPV of the year (although I miss the old format of all elimination matches).  I am not sure what is on the show other than I believe we get a Drew McIntyre vs. Jey Uso match.  I caught part of the first segment.  Enough talk...I think it is time to layeth the smacketh down!

• I like Roman's new delivery
• I still hate the Usos
• This is NOT fair for Sami.  Obviously, someone is out to get him!
• Why does Cole hate Sami?  Because he is willing to speak his mind?
• I like Sami but hate his current hair for some reason
• Dear lord that was stupid strength by Crews!
• I really hate the pumped in noise 
• What a brilliant win!  I could watch Sami sneak victories like this for years
• How and when would Sami come out there Cole?  Quit trying to attack the IC Champ!
• We know that Dominic is not your kid Rey, Eddie told us that years ago
• Uggg, Sasha Banks.....better go get my penicillin shot
• They were not haters, they were just going off the fact that you could not retain.  
• Could someone just shut Sasha up?  Please?  
• ONE MAN CLUBBERING!!!  I love Corey at times
• Am I the only one who has to say "The Greater Good" every time they say it like Hot Fuzz
• Not a bad match thus far but this is not main eventing?  That does not make sense, it is the blow off match
• This match would be more effective if we had not already seen Rey's eye taken out
• What is up with Rey's gear?
• Who did not see that coming?  Of course he turned on Seth
• The BOAT?  Good grief
• Too bad Green debuted and then got hurt right away
• Why have Green debut if she was not going to win
• Right there, that dropkick did it I think, injury to the wrist to cause surgery I believe
• I like that Liv is getting a chance after that failed rebranding
• I love me some Big E!  He is going to be a huge star
• They are so fired up they start off...with a headlock?
• Uso  with a superkick....shocker

I am writing this prior to the main event but so far this show has been.....well okay.  The opening segment was fine and while I like Roman this way I want to have more Paul talking and Roman only talking when he HAS to.  The Rollins crap is just crap.  I am tired of Rey Mysterio, when everyone is that size he is not special.  The best thing on the show was Sami Zayn and Big E from an entertainment stand point.  This did NOTHING to make me want to watch Survivor Series, maybe the main event will.  

Update:  The main event did not change my mind.  I do not get the push for Uso.  They are average in the ring in my opinion.  With such a huge roster pushing the Usos, who constantly have outside the ring issues, confuses me.

RESULTS

• Segment:  Roman Reigns (WWE Champion) & Paul Heyman/Drew McIntyre/Jey Uso
• Segment:  Roman Reigns (WWE Champion) & Jey Uso
• Segment:  Sami Zayn (Intercontinental Champion)
• Sami Zayn (Intercontinental Champion) def. Apollo Crews for the Title via Countout
• Segment:  Drew McIntyre & Adam Pearce
• Interview:  Rey Mysterio & Dominic Mysterio & Annie Mysterio & Aalyah Mysterio
• Match Flo:  Sasha Banks (Smackdown Women's Champion) & Bailey & Carmella
• Segment:  Sasha Banks (Smackdown Women's Champion)/Bailey/Carmella
• Segment:  Otis/Robert Roode & Dolph Ziggler
• Segment:  Otis & Chad Gable
• Recap:  Seth Rollins & Rey Mysterio
• Rey Mysterio def. Seth Rollins in a No Holds Barred match
• Segment:  Natalya & Adam Pearce
• Segment:  Seth Rollins & Adam Pearce
• Liv Morgan def. Tamina & Natalya & Chelsea Green for a spot on the Survivor Series Team
• Interview:  Drew McIntyre
• Segment:  Big E/Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford (Smackdown Tag Team Champions)
• Drew McIntyre def. Jey Uso in an Unsanctioned Match

2020-02-07 Smackdown Review

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry!  Today, 2020/02/08, I am checking out last nights Smackdown!  I know there is a fatal four way to find out who is challenging Bayley next and we see Goldberg, the man, the myth, return to find out what is next for Billy Boy.  So lets get to it!

• SLOW-MO!  Gotta love Morrison and the slow-mo
• That is THE FINK!
• Once Upon a Time on the Dirt Sheet?
• I love that this is suppose to be hokey...but I feel like AEW would be serious about this like that weird Darby Allin segment or the Wardlow promos
• Really?  Lance Storm AND Johnny L?
• I mock the New Day but I still LOVE them
• Did that fan just steal popcorn from Big E?
• Really?  The Usos are getting involved?  WHY?
• I like that they thought the fans were going to chant with them but nope
• What is Ziggler wearing?  Did he raid Michael Hayes closet?
• Why do I hate the Usos so much?
• Still calling that the Fameasser huh?  
• Zig-Zag Spinebuster combo nice
• I think it is that the Usos are kind of sloppy in the ring
• 57 days away from Mania, that seems really quick
• ITS THE GODDESS!!
• What was Alexa looking at?
• Is that Daivari or Sonjay Dutt?
• I really hate good guy Elias
• First, the truck shows that Corbin video now they shut off Cory's mic.  It is a damn conspiracy against the King and his court!
• How great it Sami?
• A female ref should never bully/touch a male competitor like that
• Good grief that is strength and a hernia waiting to happen!
• Reign looks like he lost weight but added bulk. he is looking really good tonight physically
• Wait, Goldberg is not there?
• I hope he says Cole is next!
• The Fiend?  Really?  Goldberg against the Fiend?  
• Bray Wyatt is not the champion, the Fiend is.  Why is everyone so confused by this?
• Who in the blue hell is that?  Heath Slater on TV?  Since when?
• Heath is going to get to wrestle tonight too?  
• Two weeks for D-Bry and what two years for Slater?
• This is brutal, those stomps while holding the arms
• That IC title is UGLY
• IT IS MY BOYS THE REVIVAL!
• Run Sami!!
• How great is Otis.  Best character on WWE TV
• Crews does not get an introduction?  BOO!
• Shorty G is a horrible name and I love that Sheamus kicks his head off each week
• WTF is Naomi wearing on her head?  Seriously that is just damn stupid!
• Who is going to win this match?  Probably the star who got the entrance
• Unlike the recent AEW show I watched I like that Cole reminded us that this is no DQ so what happened to Naomi is legal
• Kind of lost in this match but it has been sloppy a lot of the time
• Why did Alexa take her gloves off?
• YES!  CARMELLA WINS!

Lets start with the surprise win in the main event.  I am shocked...but that probably means Naomi will get the shot at Mania.  I did not like the opening segment.  Miz has good timing and Morrison does in the ring but on the mic with the other three, he seemed lost.  Then out comes the Usos.  Overall a fine show but this seemed to drag at times.  The Corbin/Reigns segment was bad and should have been cut as well.  I cannot say to watch this show.  It was there but nothing great.

RESULTS

• Dirt Sheet:  Big E & Kofi Kingston (Smackdown Tag Team Champions)/ Jimmy Uso & Jey Uso
• Jimmy Uso/Jey Uso def. Robert Roode/Dolph Ziggler 
• Segment:  Alexa & Nikki Cross
• Recap:  King Corbin eats Dog Food
• Segment:  King Corbin
• Segment:  Elias/Sami Zayn
• Elias def. Cesaro
• Segment:  King Corbin/Roman Reigns
• Interview:  Goldberg/Bray Wyatt (Universal Champion)
• Segment:  Daniel Bryan & Heath Slater
• Daniel Bryan def. Heath Slater via Submission
• Interview:  Braun Storman/Shinsuke Nakamura & Sami Zayn & Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson
• Segment:  Otis & Tucker
• Sheamus def. Apollo Crews
• Carmella def. Alexa Bliss & Dana Brooke & Naomi

Wrestling Review: 2020-01-24 Smackdown

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry.  We are just two days away from the Royal Rumble and it is time for the go-home show from the Blue Brand.  I know the main event is Kofi Kingston against John Morrison and we get to see a contract signing between The Planets Champion and Bray Wyatt!  Let us get to the ring....and it is the Usos....boo

• Ugg, I hate the Usos!  Seriously how long before one of them gets another DUI and they go away yet again
• Was that too soon?
• I wonder what Bobby Roode failed the wellness test for, they never did announce what
• The Usos do not look healthy, they look like guys who worked out but then stopped
• Fans are all over Roode, weird
• Wow, that was rough looking on one of the Usos...I guess Jimmy per Cole
• Also, the Usos need to change those chia pet hair cuts
• Yes I will just rip on the Usos till they are off my TV
• I like everyone but the Usos in this match.  They have X-Pac heat with me, they need to just go away
• Remember when Corbin had that horrible stringy hair
• That was not a good head to the steps spot guys, you two are better!
• I do not like Reigns but he is good in the ring and since he returned the fans are into him
• Reigns hair is starting to recede a bit it looked like
• This match is way too long for a handicap match
• If these three cannot defeat Reigns how can the King on his own?
• Wait Jimmy can come back out?  SHOCKED!
• The Bloodline....that is a pretty cool name actually
• Good grief Lacey Evans is a goddess
• Why is Cole doing the interview and not Charley or one of the other interviewers?
• Those stupid dots on her vail make it look like Lacey has stuff on her teeth
• I do like the story that Lacey has, and I do not think her voice cracking is acting.  I just wish they would change her "sassy Southern Belle" gimmick
• Who did not see Bayley doing something?  Stand on your head
• I love Dana but she is looking a little too thin or got some work done which I hope is not true
• Did Lacey have pants on earlier?  I went back and she di
• I do not like Good guy Alexa
• I LOVE OTIS!
• Uggg, why is Braun not a monster?  He is doing comedy bits with Elias for the love of god!
• It is weird that they put Cesaro into another team instead of reuniting the Bar
• Strangely I do not care about this match which is sad but there was no chance Sami and his team was winning
• Uggg, I hate the "shocked" face that the female announcers get.  It is so fake
• WTF is Big E doing?
• Oh yeah if he is greasy he cannot be thrown over the top rope!
• This show seems to be going on FOREVER!  I think I had a birthday already
• I love this segment every year when they throw these numbers around
• I love that the slow-mo shot is back!
• Wow that face plant out of the monkey flip looks brutal.  
• I am so happy to see Morrison back on the main stage
• Starship Pain looks amazing, if I was 1/100th that athletic!
• Seriously was this show 3 hours tonight?
• Kofi should not have kicked out of that kick, that should have been the end!
• I hate the Usos hair cut and Kofi's is right there as well
• I hate the Spanish Fly, it is so fake looking
• Kofi was champion for six months?  Really?  Did not seem that long
• Oh Miz, that is just silly!
• Wait....is that a fax machine?
• A sick man?  Bray is not a sick man!
• I hated the new Bray Wyatt at first but I love it now
• WORD OF THE DAY!
• Run Michael Cole, run!
• I cannot imagine the pain of the strap match, it is insane
• I wonder how much the mask messes with Bray
• Did he just stab his own hand to get the "blood"?  WOWEY ZOWEY

The second half of the show was good.  Morrison vs. Kofi and The Fiend was fantastic.  I LOVED the Lacey Evans segment because it felt real and not scripted (even if it was).  The six-man was good but way WAY too long, need to be cut by probably a third and allow Bliss and company to wrestle for a few minutes before the brawl.  As much as I like most of the guys in the tag match the outcome was never in questions and I was bored, bored I tell you.  I hate the babyface Elias more than babyface Alexa.  However, the best part of the night was the by the numbers segment, got me pumped for the Rumble in a few days.  I hope to be "live" blogging it, updating after each match.  Until next time...from the Fat Man himself....Abyssinia!

Results

• Roman Reigns/Jimmy Uso/Jey Uso def. Robert Roode/King Corbin/Dolph Ziggler
• Smackdown Recap
• Match Flo Recap
• Interview:  Lacey Evans
• Segment:  Lacey Evans/Bayley (Smackdown Womens Champion)
• Interview:  Carmella & Dana Brooke
• Segment:  Mandy Rose/Sonya Deville 
• Mandy Rose/Sonya Deville & Alexa Bliss/Nikki Cross went to a No Contest
• Segment:  Elias & Braun Strowman
• Segment:  Elias & Braun Strowman
• Elias/Braun Strowman def. Cesaro/Shinsuke Nakamura (Intercontinental Champion)
• Segment:  Big E & Kofi Kingston (Smackdow Tag Team Champions)
• Interview:  King Corbin
• Segment:  Royal Rumble Numbers
• Segment:  Sheamus
• Segment:  John Morrison & Miz
• John Morrison def. Kofi Kingston (Tag Team Champion)
• Contract Signing:  Daniel Bryan & Bray Wyatt (Universal Champion)