SMACKDOWN LIVE SUPERTHREAD

Gotta be honest, really dug that Smackdown. Thought it was great.

Johnny Knoxvillle being in the rumble is fun, then again I love Jackass but could see how it would rub some people the wrong way. Charlotte and Naomi's match was decent, at this point if they don't have Sonya and Naomi square off in the Rumble match though I'm gonna lose interest, they've dragged it out a lot. As for the women's Rumble. Not sure how I feel about Charlotte entering it but there's not many people who I could see as her opponent right now so fair enough. Not a fan of them announcing so many Rumble entries but then again... Mickie James as Impact Knockouts Champion! That's pretty damn cool even though I doubt much will come of it long-term.

Corbin and Moss are kinda grating but I am strangely enjoying their awful cringeness, I got a legit laugh when Moss was shouting that he fooled everyone. Definitely wouldn't mind seeing Raiders/Drew as a stable either especially going against the Bloodline for a feud. Rollins/Reigns is a good match-up. I do like when WWE have their hands tied a bit and that's obviously what's happened with COVID and Roman being out for Day 1 but I do think it leads to some interesting match-ups and surprises. Even if it's a short programme I think this version of Rollins and Roman can be good. Again you can nitpick the whole brand split thing but I'm fine with them ignoring their own laws and logic to get to something interesting like I think this could be.

Also just realised Seth knocked the Shield's theme at the door, that's amazing🤣

It's reall hard to imagine who wins the women's Rumble for Charlotte's mania opponent. Could maybe see Asuka for a Mania rematch or a returning Bayley.

Also on your point, I saw someone suggesst that this is basically WWE setting up what would have happened had Day 1 gone as planned.

If they wanted Seth to win the Fourway and Brock to beat Roman.

Have Brock beat Lashley, have Rollins beat Reigns. Then the belts switch brands again so the Universal ends up back on Raw on Rollins and Brock stays on Smackdown with the World Championship. Then you get back to what the seemingly wanted before all this happened. Then again it all hangs on Rollins beating Roman which I'm not sure they'll do, certainly not cleanly.

Think Brock is still meant to be the face and Heyman will turn on him as part of some grand plan between him and Reigns. I imagine that the was the plan for Day 1.

They need to be careful with Rollins as well. I like his OTT schtick but just knocking on Reigns' door to start cackling is ooof.

Pretty solid looking show, was just thinking that Aliyah had disappeared but guess they need to wheel her out for the Rumble.

Just watched the clip on YouTube. Don't think she undersold it. She was on the ground selling it and by the end of the segment Flair was just on the bottom rope, regrouping herself. Don't see a problem with it.

It reminded me of when Brock came back. He kicked Cena in the stomach and put him up for the F5 and John looked so bored, just hanging on Brock shoulders waiting for the drop.

Mox

Decent enough Go Home Show but nothing amazing.

Surprised we actually got the Sonya/Naomi match, thought it was a really good match. Hope this means more of Sonya in the ring, she's great.

Really liked the Roman/Seth promo too. Pretty excited for the Rumble overall now that it's today.

Are they really doing Ronda v Charlotte? Surely not

Smackdown really is the drizzling ****, maybe even worse than raw. So bored of the Bloodline stuff. The same matches/ wrestler combos every week. And the main event with RR and CF was so flat. This match will probably headline one of the nights and they will shove it down our throats but the fans are not into it.