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talk about 2 wrestlers that need to be mailed there stuff in trash bags

Well that Nia vs. Tamina match stunk.

Think Nia somehow managed to botch getting rolled up since that was one of the worst and/or slowest ever looking roll ups.

Crews should probably get a new spear or staff since the current one he has really does look like a giant metallic q-tip.

IC title match was mostly good.

Something about the first half of the match felt off though. Like something planned either went wrong or didn't happen and it screwed up the match's early flow.

:lol: at Sami dancing over Owens body after he got nailed by Commander Azeez.

yep they must be short handed tonight

:eek: Aleister Black sighting on SD

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Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat (Post 5448649)

:eek: Aleister Black sighting on SD

that was harry potter like

Bayley does the obnoxious heel woman shtick way better than Sasha Banks.

Banks' problem is she goes overboard or too hard with her obnoxious heel routine and just comes off as a less effective and poor woman's version of Bayley.

Fightful Select's report about this show is going to be very interesting.

Half of tonight's show involved Reigns, Cesaro, and Bryan in some form. The other half was just the usual people and matches done the past couple weeks.

:lol: at Bryan managing to insert himself into another title match meant for someone else instead.

Title vs. Retirement match next week should be great.

This week's show was mostly entertaining overall. It sort of peaked after the Bryan & Cesaro vs. Rollins & Uso match and just treaded along until the main event though.

i would figure they would save the bryan retirement match for a ppv

Unbelievable show!

That's how it's done Tony Khan!

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Originally Posted by Lord Gertner of TPWW (Post 5448706)

Unbelievable show!

That's how it's done Tony Khan!

Poor Tony, he isn't even the most influential Khan in wrestling anymore. Big Nick for the win!

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Originally Posted by Volare (Post 5448770)

Sami has been pure gold for over 2 years. I don't know if anybody does the E part of WWE better than him.

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SmackDown preview, April 30, 2021: Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan set for high-stakes Universal Title clash

Roman Reigns is set to go to war with Daniel Bryan in a Universal Championship match and, if The Head of the Table wins, The Leader of the "Yes!" Movement will be barred from SmackDown. Plus, Apollo Crews will clash with Big E in a highly-anticipated Intercontinental Title rematch. Don’t miss back-to-back title matchups, tonight at 8/7 C on FOX!

SmackDown Preview : Quick Hits

Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan set for high-stakes Universal Title clash
Apollo Crews and Big E set for Intercontinental Title rematch

Card and preview for tonight's 205 Live show:

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If you’re up for a pair of edge-of-your-seat tag team matches, don’t even think about missing this week’s edition of 205 Live, which will play host to Jake Atlas and August Grey battling The Bollywood Boyz, as well as Ever-Rise tangling with Tony Nese and Ariya Daivari.

Throughout several battles both as tag team partners and as opponents over the past few months, Jake Atlas and August Grey have seemingly built a healthy respect for one another. And though they may seem like a bit of an odd pairing, sound teamwork will be a must when they join forces for a tag team bout against 205 Live veterans The Bollywood Boyz.

In recent weeks, Daivari has been hellbent on convincing Grey to embrace underhanded tactics, but he and Tony Nese will need to focus on the task at hand when they collide with Ever-Rise.

In fact, just last month, Chase Parker teamed up with Sunil Singh in the latest iteration of “Bolly-Rise” and scored a tag team victory against The Premier Athlete and The Persian Lion. Can Parker and Matt Martel pull off another win against The 205 Live OGs? Will “Bolly-Rise” will earn the clean sweep tonight in their two matches?

Tune in for 205 Live this Friday at 10/9 C, streaming on Peacock in the United States and on WWE Network everywhere else!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It seems to be the only show we're capable of doing correctly <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReasonsToWatchSmackDown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ReasonsToWatchSmackDown</a></p>— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/1388164434007367682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This in-ring run by Tamina might legit be her longest in WWE since the Women's Revolution stable wars stuff years ago.

Wonder who Shayna pissed backstage to get this piss poor treatment she's been getting in recent times.

Natty & Tamina vs. Nia & Shayna was meh like almost all of their matches have been soo far.

These Aleistar Black vignettes feel like what Bray Wyatt and the Wyatt Family should have been without any of the spooky supernatural stuff attached to it.

Then again WWE probably going to have some sort of wacky supernatural power in store for Black once he actually shows up in the ring again.

If WWE was expecting some sort of Jinder-like situation with Crews for Nigeria, seems the opposite is happening instead and not because he's a heel based on a recent article from there.

Turns out he's been getting a good amount of ridicule over how terrible his Nigerian accent is and WWE's portrayal of his new gimmick not being that well received.

IC title match was pretty good but grown completely tired of WWE going overboard with the amount of DQs (and non-finishes) for their matches these days.

Universal title match happening next is a bit of a surprise.

Going to be a really long match if that's the actual main event.

Show itself has been fine so far but nothing really special.

Didn't think it would be possible but Michael Cole managed to do the most lifeless recap of Bryan's monumental WWE title win moment at Mania 30.

Reigns new theme is pretty cool but has a very eerie vibe to Carmella's new theme.

Like the male version of it in terms of tone.

Also WWE dragged the hell out of the start of this Universal title match. From its announcement of it being next till it actually started was around 20 minutes.

Next week's show being a "Throwback" special is interesting since WWE teased an 80s & early 90s flavor in the ad but SD wasn't even a thing back then.

At least RAW's throwback shows were actually based on RAW being around back then.

Universal title match was great and easily in the pile for best matches in WWE this year so far.

Only negative was that match really could have used the split screen ad break treatment since the multiple ad breaks hurt it a bit.

This week's show was mostly very enjoyable overall. Need to think about it a bit but SD felt better than NXT for best WWE show this week.

good for the rock to be in the promo