SMACKDOWN LIVE SUPERTHREAD

PTH2009 · 05-04-2021 1:49pm

Otis has one of the cachtist theme songs these days

https://open.spotify.com/track/6Ujt9tcUu4vJGYZneseeZY?si=4wf-dDAxR-yFz6gQl9k3YQ&utm_source=copy-link

JP Liz V1 · 07-04-2021 10:13pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

There some suits tbf

Rollins and Sonya Deville suit team up :P

PTH2009 · 09-04-2021 5:14pm

Special mania edition of SD

https://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/2021-04-09

The Andre the giant battle royal taking place tonight

CastorTroy · 09-04-2021 7:44pm

With Sonya in the role she has now, I'm surprised none of the women have confronted her about a decision.

PTH2009 · 10-04-2021 1:09am

whos the actual faces and heels in the Universal Title picture ? Are we to believe this is the same underdog Bryan from 2014 ?

PTH2009 · 10-04-2021 1:28am

wasn't expecting them to retain thought we were getting a father and son tag title win

hynesie08 · 10-04-2021 1:55am

Oh lord, I might actually have to sit through 2 nights of natalya? I wasn't going to watch the gauntlet anyway but at least I've an excuse now....

PTH2009 · 10-04-2021 2:07am

really good promo here from Edge but you baxtard i love this video (feels a little mixed to me now)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvxbnlOQ3Oc

jesus it is great though mania been main evented by 2 guys who were forced to retire

PTH2009 · 10-04-2021 2:29am

Jey Uso getting a special entrance while the rest of the rejects march to the ring for the great Andre the giant battle royal

JP Liz V1 · 10-04-2021 2:31am

PTH2009 wrote: »

really good promo here from Edge but you baxtard i love this video (feels a little mixed to me now)

jesus it is great though mania been main evented by 2 guys who were forced to retire

And a guy who fought leukaemia twice

Good promos from both Bryan and Edge so far

PTH2009 · 10-04-2021 2:33am

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

And a guy who fought leukaemia twice

Good promos from both Bryan and Edge so far

some publicity for WWE regarding those circumstances

Jesus this battle royal is chaos but fun

PTH2009 · 10-04-2021 2:37am

jesus retribution an after thought

PTH2009 · 10-04-2021 2:46am

Jey Uso winning thus making the Roman family look strong

PTH2009 · 10-04-2021 2:59am

Decent show and great built to the universal title match

JP Liz V1 · 10-04-2021 1:13pm

Is Edge the first active HOF to headline WM? Has others done before after being inducted?

PTH2009 · 10-04-2021 1:17pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is Edge the first active HOF to headline WM? Has others done before after being inducted?

Goldberg headlined last year

JP Liz V1 · 10-04-2021 1:35pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Goldberg headlined last year

Whoops I forgot him

when was he inducted?

PTH2009 · 10-04-2021 2:20pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Whoops I forgot him when was he inducted?

Think 2017 or 2018

Ridley · 10-04-2021 2:26pm

Cesaro supports swinging Seth Rollins. Cesaro even released Seth Rollins, a man convicted of attempting to steal the show. Can you trust a man like Cesaro? Vote Seth Rollins for Messiah.

The Ayatolla · 10-04-2021 3:19pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Jey Uso winning thus making the Roman family look strong

Good to see, I'd say reward also for all the jobbing he's done to help build the main event at Mania.

riffmongous · 10-04-2021 11:32pm

Some great character work this show, Bryan and Edge were intense, Jay looked great as the whipped dog who found a bone but his owner comes and takes it away from him.

The political ad was funny, some nice shots of Rollins in there if he ever does decide to run for office :pac:

Ridley · 10-04-2021 11:35pm

The 20 minute Heyman/Edge encounter on Talking Smack was enjoyable as well.

Itssoeasy · 11-04-2021 12:28am

PTH2009 wrote: »

Goldberg headlined last year

Active HOFer. Goldberg was nearly collapsing after his match with drew a couple of months ago. Edge is one of the few HOFers who hasn’t stunk up the gaff when they’ve returned.

Itssoeasy · 11-04-2021 12:30am

Ridley wrote: »

The 20 minute Heyman/Edge encounter on Talking Smack was enjoyable as well.

Yeah I watched it before the mania pre show and you know why is was enjoyable ? It was enjoyable because both edge and heyman can cut a promo and there was reality as part of it. Edge mentioned the smackdown six and his nine years away. It felt real because it probably was real in some form.

Lord TSC · 16-04-2021 2:49pm

Pat McAfee and Michael Cole are the new Smackdown announce team going forward.

beakerjoe · 16-04-2021 3:07pm

Lord TSC wrote: »

Pat McAfee and Michael Cole are the new Smackdown announce team going forward.

Pats great, but so was Graves until Vince got in his ear. I cant see this lasting long, Pat wont put up with the same stuff others suffer.

Coles a decent commentator when Vince or others arent feeding him and yelling in his ear. NXT UK tournie proved that. Him and Pat could be decent.

JP Liz V1 · 16-04-2021 3:34pm

Samoa Joe could have done SD commentary

Lord TSC · 16-04-2021 3:38pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Samoa Joe could have done SD commentary

I'd imagine Joe was on wrestler wages, but WWE felt they didn't want him to wrestle any more. I'd guess he was told he could stay as a commentator on commentator wages, or he could leave to get wrestler wages elsewhere, so he chose to leave.

JP Liz V1 · 16-04-2021 3:40pm

Lord TSC wrote: »

I'd imagine Joe was on wrestler wages, but WWE felt they didn't want him to wrestle any more. I'd guess he was told he could stay as a commentator on commentator wages, or he could leave to get wrestler wages elsewhere, so he chose to leave.

Would McAFee not want big bucks?

I wonder how much Bunny and Logan cost for WM, Bunny did deliver

beakerjoe · 16-04-2021 4:00pm

Lord TSC wrote: »

I'd imagine Joe was on wrestler wages, but WWE felt they didn't want him to wrestle any more. I'd guess he was told he could stay as a commentator on commentator wages, or he could leave to get wrestler wages elsewhere, so he chose to leave.

Joe wants to wrestle, WWE wont clear him. I imagine WWE may have let him go to peruse his chances of wrestling else where.

Im a big Joe fan, he probably has some left in the tank but his body may not take much more punishment.

beakerjoe · 16-04-2021 4:02pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Would McAFee not want big bucks?

I wonder how much Bunny and Logan cost for WM, Bunny did deliver

Im sure both were paid decent money, Logan and Bunny..... but with Bunny being a fan he probaly didnt do it for the money.

Pat seems similar, hes a fan and gets it, Id say he enjoys it so much that big bucks may not be an issue. But I really dont know.

kksaints · 16-04-2021 4:06pm

beakerjoe wrote: »

Joe wants to wrestle, WWE wont clear him. I imagine WWE may have let him go to peruse his chances of wrestling else where.

Im a big Joe fan, he probably has some left in the tank but his body may not take much more punishment.

Why wouldn't WWE clear him? Concussions? Used sparingly he could be a real asset to AEW or impact as a wrestler.

beakerjoe · 16-04-2021 4:09pm

kksaints wrote: »

Why wouldn't WWE clear him? Concussions? Used sparingly he could be a real asset to AEW or impact as a wrestler.

Im unsure why precisely , he has had a few concussions in his WWE run, so its likely that.

If they wont clear him, its likely because they see a big risk if he has a bad bump or injury. Even if its 1 match, why risk it. They may be doing Joe a favor.

kksaints · 16-04-2021 4:15pm

beakerjoe wrote: »

Im unsure why precisely , he has had a few concussions in his WWE run, so its likely that.

If they wont clear him, its likely because they see a big risk if he has a bad bump or injury. Even if its 1 match, why risk it. They may be doing Joe a favor.

Pity. Was he much good as a commentator? I don't think I heard him at all.

beakerjoe · 16-04-2021 4:20pm

kksaints wrote: »

Pity. Was he much good as a commentator? I don't think I heard him at all.

Its hard to tell how good he was. He wasnt bad, but he appeared to be doing what he was told on Raw rather than be himself.

ThePott · 16-04-2021 5:13pm

Didn't Michael Cole tear into Pat McAfee at Wrestlemania for dressing in shorts?

McAfee went on that he didn't care that he'd pretty much walked away from the NFL for more money than this. Once he gets micromanaged to death at the commentary table reckon he'll walk.

J. Marston · 16-04-2021 5:33pm

ThePott wrote: »

Didn't Michael Cole tear into Pat McAfee at Wrestlemania for dressing in shorts?

McAfee went on that he didn't care that he'd pretty much walked away from the NFL for more money than this. Once he gets micromanaged to death at the commentary table reckon he'll walk.

McAfee says Cole ratted him out to Vince about his attire but when Vince saw it he said he liked it.

Big Mr. Smithers energy radiates off Cole.

beakerjoe · 16-04-2021 5:47pm

J. Marston wrote: »

McAfee says Cole ratted him out to Vince about his attire but when Vince saw it he said he liked it.

Big Mr. Smithers energy radiates off Cole.

Totally......

Cole : I hate Shorts

McMahon : How would you like it, if I strutted around her in tights shorts, showing my skin for all to see from the thigh down?

Cole : If you did it Sir?

JP Liz V1 · 16-04-2021 7:08pm

beakerjoe wrote: »

Joe wants to wrestle, WWE wont clear him. I imagine WWE may have let him go to peruse his chances of wrestling else where.

Im a big Joe fan, he probably has some left in the tank but his body may not take much more punishment.

What was or is Joe's injury?

I think he could really have got over as a top guy in WWE, shame

Loughc · 16-04-2021 7:17pm

beakerjoe wrote: »

Totally......

Cole : I hate Shorts

McMahon : How would you like it, if I strutted around her in tights shorts, showing my skin for all to see from the thigh down?

Cole : If you did it Sir?

Any day a Simpsons quote gets rolled out is a good day

Cotts72 · 16-04-2021 9:29pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

What was or is Joe's injury?

I think he could really have got over as a top guy in WWE, shame

You'd wonder... How guys like Corbin can constantly thrive and guys like Joe ricochet etc remain in obscurity

Sirsok · 16-04-2021 11:58pm

Cotts72 wrote: »

You'd wonder... How guys like Corbin can constantly thrive and guys like Joe ricochet etc remain in obscurity

Corbin has shown his versatility to be fair to him, has fulfilled many roles , can promo and I don't remember him being injured or injuring someone else either.

Also another big factor.....he is homegrown.

PTH2009 · 17-04-2021 1:11am

Looks like Cesaro's getting the title shot at Backlash

PTH2009 · 17-04-2021 1:53am

Commander Azeez, so corny i like it

PTH2009 · 17-04-2021 2:45am

A lot of talent getting the night off

beakerjoe · 17-04-2021 3:06am

So they showed that Cesaro UFO spot 6 times.

He appears to be either going with Seth one more time at Backlash before being postioned against Roman or they are planning a 3 way at Backlash.

Id prefer the first option. Slow the build down.

Necro · 17-04-2021 9:20am

It's by no means perfect, but Smackdown is leagues ahead of Raw. Millions of miles apart, it's like they are two seperate companies the differences are that much.

There are still the usual WWE problems - Otis and the family Ron Ron Mysterious for the 7 millionth time. Nobody cares guys, just like nobody did the last 500 times.

I thought the BelAir title celebration was awful too, why are the Street Profits trying to be the New Day? Far too similar. I also think Bianca is actually pretty poor on the mic, she's growing on me though and can go in the ring so happy enough for now.

On the flip side Roman was great as usual, and I love him not acknowledging Cesaro. Agree with Beaker, let it be a slow build. Let Cesaro beat Rollins again at... sighs... Wrestlemania Backlash (easily the most hateful PPV name in the history of WWE).
The UFO spot is already getting annoying due to the repetitive nature of WWE programming though, the danger is that Vince gets fixated on Cesaro doing these silly spots again and drops him down the card for them.

CastorTroy · 17-04-2021 11:04am

Anyone know if Cesaro did an airplane spin at Mania? Didn't see it mentioned.

Don't think Pat liked his chair. He was standing a lot.

I'm sure Street Profits will now be entitled to another rematch for some reason.

What are they building to for Sonya and Adam, with the way she's cut him off and making decisions?

beakerjoe · 17-04-2021 11:58am

CastorTroy wrote: »

Anyone know if Cesaro did an airplane spin at Mania? Didn't see it mentioned.

Don't think Pat liked his chair. He was standing a lot.

I'm sure Street Profits will now be entitled to another rematch for some reason.

What are they building to for Sonya and Adam, with the way she's cut him off and making decisions?

They probably have no clue now, build it up and then forget about it in 4 weeks.

beakerjoe · 17-04-2021 12:08pm

Necro wrote: »

It's by no means perfect, but Smackdown is leagues ahead of Raw. Millions of miles apart, it's like they are two seperate companies the differences are that much.

There are still the usual WWE problems - Otis and the family Ron Ron Mysterious for the 7 millionth time. Nobody cares guys, just like nobody did the last 500 times.

I thought the BelAir title celebration was awful too, why are the Street Profits trying to be the New Day? Far too similar. I also think Bianca is actually pretty poor on the mic, she's growing on me though and can go in the ring so happy enough for now.

On the flip side Roman was great as usual, and I love him not acknowledging Cesaro. Agree with Beaker, let it be a slow build. Let Cesaro beat Rollins again at... sighs... Wrestlemania Backlash (easily the most hateful PPV name in the history of WWE).
The UFO spot is already getting annoying due to the repetitive nature of WWE programming though, the danger is that Vince gets fixated on Cesaro doing these silly spots again and drops him down the card for them.

Id rather see WWE mention it more without showing it, like have McAffee blurt it out from time to time to show how gobsmacked he was rather than showing it time after time.

With WWEs deep roster, surely they can show us more than the ssme tag match ups each week. So much talent just on the sidelines

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