SMACKDOWN LIVE SUPERTHREAD

Necro

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121964115#Comment_121964115

Imagine. Old music and all.

"It's a shame that they lost their head..."

PTH2009

Truly begins tonight

Breaker or Bronson Reed for the Andre Battle Royal

martingriff

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121933070#Comment_121933070

I agree with the tag and Seth"s match I think Seth will turn heel. Cody will win with I say Reigns getting a Rock Bottom after.

Seth will then transfer to Smackdown and fued with Cody. But given The Rock is starting filming a new film after I have no idea if they can continue his angel.

JP Liz V1

Jey is taking on Solo, expect a dq finish with Jimmy getting involved

CastorTroy

Was just thinking with the men's battle royal, that we haven't had a women's one in a while. Looked it up and they only had 2 with the second/last in 2019. Seems the pandemic stopped them. Surprised they didn't start again.

Of course, the fact the battle royal is on Smackdown kinda defeats the purpose since wasn't the original reason for it happening to get more wrestlers a Mania spot/payday.

mdwexford

Pre mania Smackdown, let’s go!!

Necro

No Gable in the Andre the Giant match...

Interesting.

PTH2009

Bit of a mess there for JD Mcdonaghs elimination

PTH2009

Deserved winner in Bronson Reed

Cotts72

Tozawa took a nasty bump aswell

Necro

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121982366#Comment_121982366

There was a lot of mess tbh. Garza threw himself out, Ivar missed Otis throwing Tozawa which could have gone very very wrong, Omos got a big entrance then eliminated during commercials...

Cotts72

Omos is a waste of time these days..a fearsome giant that loses every match 😂

Cotts72

I think we might get an angle of Orton and Owens destroying Waller and theory...leading to their spot in the tag match being taken

Update: maybe not 😂

Cotts72

Are we getting a Carlito heel turn and move to legado?

Necro

Candice LeRae called and wants royalties from Zelina Vega🤣

Necro

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121982381#Comment_121982381

Most definitely. I reckon Andrade might end up being Rey's partner tomorrow night yet seeing as he wasn't in the battle royal. Leading to more annoyance from Carlito at not being picked.

Either that or they just straight up swap in Carlito and have him turn on Rey at Mania.

Edit: Yep. Andrade a logical switch. Keep the Carlito turn as a slow burn.

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121981688#Comment_121981688

Good call on Bronson winning, but overall a messy match

Cotts72

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121982385#Comment_121982385

They had to do something with andrade but ya gotta feel for dragon lee 😂

PTH2009

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121982389#Comment_121982389

Yeah the match is really turning into a big mess and fans don't really care tbh

CastorTroy

All 4 members of Damage Control are in matches at Mania yet not 1 on Smackdown. Bayley just gets a video. And the 3 women's promo felt a bit flat.

I was thinking though with the theme they're going with for Jade, was she auditioning for the role of Storm in the new X-Men movie?

And what's with Zelina always bringing a slipper to the ring? Especially when Toni Storm is doing a better ongoing thing involving a shoe.

I know Carlito is likely turning but I think they rushed that bit. Maybe have Carlito offer to take Lee's place or have more of a reaction to them saying Andrade would take his place.

Did Seth even offer the belt to Jey before he started whipping Jimmy?

ThePott

Pointless Smackdown. Highlight was probably LA Knight accidentally swallowing his gum mid-promo. I enjoyed the Logan-KO-Randy stuff. I also like that they didn't do the usual, faces turning on each other because "there'll be no friends in the match tomorrow", just seems obvious.

Outside of that this was mostly packages (which they can save for the weekend), they clearly didn't want anyone on the card to take any major risks or gave them a chance to rest up (which is good but doesn't make for a very exciting watch).

The Andre Battle Royal was a mess as it often is. Good choice to win in Bronson Reed. Hope Tozawa is alright, that was rough.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121983041#Comment_121983041

Few things to add to your post. Jade actually went semi-viral before she even debuted in AEW for her cosplay as Storm ( https://www.cbr.com/x-men-jade-cargill-storm-cosplay/ ) She had done other cosplays but that one hit big.

As for Zelina, it's a Chancla. She introduced it last year at Backlash in Puerto Rico, it's a sort of cultural reference to the Latin-American community. Basically what Latina mothers would use for punishment with their kids, basically their equivalent of the 'wooden spoon'. She was doing it before Toni debuted as Timeless Toni Storm.

JP Liz V1

I feel for Bayley, the rumble winner, in a WM title match and getting overlooked in favour of Jade whose in tag match against Bayley's former faction, not to mention Iyo being a bland champion but it had one build segment, they could have given them the contract segment

Jade came across weak on the mic and I didn't feel the crowd were interested in StormEstGlow or what ever the trio are getting called

JP Liz V1

https://twitter.com/GraysonWWE/status/1778116979498312063

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~Rebel~

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122003039#Comment_122003039

It's gonna be them playing WWE 2K24 isn't it…

JP Liz V1

https://twitter.com/WrestleVotes/status/1778811868284408109

Bobby or KO probably

CastorTroy

Assuming it's for a match at Backlash. Since it's in France and Owens speaks French, could it be him?

callaway92

I don't think they'd be thick enough to put Owens against Cody in a French speaking country for fear of fans going against Cody.

I'd like to think it would be a heel; so AJ Styles probably, by process of Elimination. Santos Escobar has no right to be in those two Triple Threat matches.

~Rebel~

Lashley might be a decent option too… they really need to start building him back up again after de-powering him so much.

Cotts72

Rumours of Toma tanga in town , wonder if he or Jacob Fatu will make a bloodline related appearance

Update : I wonder are we getting a bloodline split with Solo/Jacob Fatu becoming the leader of a new Bloodline…leading to reigns turning face and reuniting the OG Bloodline with the USOs v Solo, TTonga and Jacob Fatu at Summer slam?

PTH2009

Intresting Angle to go with the Bloodline and a real shot out of nowhere

Is Tama Tonga a cousin ?