2020-12-17 Main Event

 

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2020-12-18, I am checking out last nights WWE Main Event.  We are going into TLC this week so I expect a big push!

• 45 time champion?  Really?  That is it?
• I liked it when they put up subtitles for Truth's rapping
• If it was not for this title would Truth still be employed?
• A bouncy castle?
• Orton and Wyatt, two of the best promos going today!
• I know I hated this version of Bray early on but I love it!  I love the crazy Bray and evil Fiend.  Everything about it 
• Bray's old rocking chair?  
• Why does Randy constantly burn all of Bray's nice things?
• Why is no one stopping Randy?  He is trying to kill a man!
• I love the use of the Mandible Claw, my second favorite hold after the Cross Face Chicken Wing
• Why did they change Lacey back to this character after the empowering women character at Mania?
• I hate and love Lacey's trunks at the same time

The Truth stuff is goofy but fun and Lacey and Nikki had an okay match.  I am honestly surprised they still do main event, my guess is the Hulu contract is good money!  Overall not worth checking out unless you like Truth, Evans or Cross!

RESULTS

• Interview:  R-Truth (24/7 Champion) & Drew Gulak
• 24/7 Match
• History:  Kevin Owens & Roman Reigns (Universal Champion)
• History:  Randy Orton & Bray Wyatt & Th Fiend
• Segment:  Payton Royce & Lacey Evans
• Nikki Cross def. Lacey Evans
• History:  Carmella & Sasha Evans (Smackdowns Women's Champion)
• History:  Drew McIntyre (WWE Champion) & AJ Styles

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

2019-10-04 Smackdown Review

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, whenever it is you have found this review.  Today I am looking at the debut edition for Smackdown on Fox!  I am not going to bore you with a huge intro lets get to it!

• Interesting set, not sure I like or hate it, it will take a few weeks
• Of course, the McMahons open the show
• I love that Vince always sounds like he has been gargling razor blades anymore
• Why Michael Cole?  I feel bad for Tom Phillips 
• Now the Raw Women's champion....on the debut of Smackdown....yeah that makes sense
• KING CORBIN....also not on the blue brand
• HE IS HERE!  ITS HIM!  THE GREAT ONE!  ROCKY!!!!
• I hated him for some long and now I miss him so much.  Sometimes you do not know what you have till you no longer have it
• I love King Corbins look, my first time seeing it
• The dumb fans cannot chant together
• I love this!  
• Four Horsewomen in action next, a good way to start the night
• Every time I see Sasha I feel like I need a penicillin shot
• I feel like we have seen these ladies too much together
• Just nothing special about this sadly because we have seen it
• Erin Andrews has no clue who these guys are
• I started off hating the Firefly Funhouse but now I love it!
• There was a time people cared about Shinsuke right?  
• I love the Fiend and Wyatt both!
• They are throwing everything at the wall here for the first Smackdown on Fox 
• For no real training, Shane has always been good
• I hope Owens loses and comes back as Mr. Canada or the Midnight Rider
• AS GOD IS MY WITNESS SHANE IS BROKEN IN HALF!
• Seriously why would he do that!
• Seriously why is Shane on his feet after that?  That should have been the end of Shane on WWE TV for months
• Paul Heyman is the Hitchcock of WWE directing horror movies that is star Brock Lesnar!
• Why should I care about Braun Strowman?  
• And what is Braun wearing?
• How great is Otis?  So entertaining
• Who is Tyson Fury?  Should I care?
• I like Rowen and it is nice to see him finally get a chance
• I love the chaos of lumberjack matches!
• Needed a bigger brawl for me
• Well I guess that ends the Kofi experiment
• What the hell?  Rey Mysterio really?
• I guess I do not know my MMA well enough to know who Cain Velasquez is

That was a very good show.  I am not sure I like Kofi losing in 10 or so seconds but lets see where it goes before I hate on it.  This was, hopefully, chapter one, of this story.  Also interesting to see Cain Velasquez enter the fray as it were.  Where this goes will be interesting.

I hated to see Randy Orton, Miz and AJ Styles put into a pointless 8 man tag.  Should have been Strowman vs. Cesaro or someone to get to the Fury and Strowman staredown.

Overall nothing horrible but there was the bad 8 man, not because of the people, but because of the use of those people.  Also seeing people like the Viking Experience no-sold during the Lumberjack Match sucked.  Little things that WWE will say no one noticed does get noticed.  

Very good first show on Fox but like I said about AEW it is not about one show but 10 and 20 and 50 to keep me, and the fans, happy.