SMACKDOWN LIVE SUPERTHREAD

Sami just gold, not very ucey

The bray stuff is very much a slow burn,they'd need a decent end result to justify it

The Bloodline/Sami stuff has really knocked it out of the park and for a while it felt like the Bloodline was getting stale but that segment was amazing. They were all corpsing and it made it so much more fun. Wherever they go with the Sami stuff it will be excellent.

Felt bad for Emma not getting a reaction although hardly surprising, it's been what, 5 years? She never really had anything memorable on the main roster and let's be honest her name being Emma is forgettable enough already. Was an okay match adn she could be a decent pick-up but the jury is still out for me.

The Bray stuff is interesting but definitely a slow burn, I do hope it won't just be a few minutes on Smackdown every week saying he is the real Bray, at this point more interested to see how this translates to an in ring persona and feel like we need more pay-off to make it feel worth investing in. I don't know if Uncle Howdy is anything more than just a new version of Sister Abigail.

Other than that a pretty good Smackdown, nice seeing Shinsuke back and Legado had a good showing too.

I thought the crowd really contributed to the Bloodline segment too….they were electric.

I think I’ve watched it about 10 times already and get something new from it each time….just compelling viewing!

Another good episode of smack down and like others have said Sami zayn is playing a blinder and has been for a while. Romans face was brilliant in the ring when one of the usos said he didn’t care what the tribal chief said.

The Emma and Ronda match I didn’t think clicked. And why would she get a reaction when there was no reason for the fans to care.

Still wondering will he be Bo or is he gonna be a dodgy looking prosthetic uncle howdy.

Terrible number compared to usual for sure.

Then again it was against game 1 of the world series and for FS1 it is a decent number, even though when compared to last time it was on FS1 they had a a little over a million. If you forgot about basketball coverage and sports centre it was the number one show on cable.

I'm sure it will be back to the regular numbers when it returns to Fox next week.

I think I read it's often scripted but then Sami will throw in something unscripted to get them to break.

Also see people saying that originally Sami was going to break away from the Bloodline but after seeing how popular he is they're keeping it going. Whenever that turn comes the heat will be nuclear, would be great if Sami beat Roman sometime too, even though I don't think it will at least anytime soon.

Also saw him do a Superman punch at a live show over the weekend haha

Will Smackdown this week be a chance for others to step up with all the big names going to Saudi Arabia. Or is it pre recorded?

I guess we'll get Usos and Sami anyway.