I'd be genuinely surprised if they have an ending to the HIAC bout tonight.

I made fun of the bait and switch of putting HIAC on tonight.

I’m watching Smackdown right now.

I’ve been worked.

[Brian Pillman Voice]: Smarrrrrrrt Marrrrrrrk

well smackdown is the best show on wwe right now so you should like smackdown.

Haven’t watched a full WWE weekly show since January 2020

Same.

Opening segment was good. Weird seeing the age behind Rey's mask.

except for roman you have not missed much

The Raw Underground guy wrestled in a bulky jacket and then hit the Samoan Spike

Sami Zayn is making fun of Kevin Owens being unable to breath and we’re supposed to feel bad for Kevin Owens. I reject any and all premises where Kevin is the good guy and Sami is the bad guy. NO.

Ugh special weather coverage interrupting the show. I guess we’re gonna have hail and tornados tonight. Boring.

so is corban a face now

Ugh tornado warning. Moving to the basement. Disappoint night all around.

Peacock/NBC is supposedly annoyed with WWE per the news sites for moving Roman HIAC to SD

Karrion Kross vs Bronson Reed in a dark match for SD

I like both guys but would worry Vince would think both are 'too small' for the main roster and would use them poorly...both seem to be thriving in NXT currently...could see Vince liking Scarlett for the obvious reasons

yeah i bet bad thing about 2 big companys working with wwe

Stay safe!!

surprised ray has never been in hell in a cell.

and they still have ads

wish they had picture in picture during HIAC

hate the michael cole phrase 'looking to rally'

dumb finish

Still can’t believe Roman is the one who snapped and became a badass submission machine

i am ready to see what happens at the draft, we will have fox sports and comcast bigwigs involved. if they make smackdown too bad it will go to fs1 at a bad timeslot.

Absolutely awful decision to have Rey tap out. Guy is fighting for revenge for his son. Roman beat the shit out of his fucking son. And Rey just gives up. He didn't even fight it at all. Just tapped out immediately.

Rey looked like a bitch. Guess he only cares about his son so much. Cause once Roman locked on the dreaded CRAVATE, he forgot all about him.

Also just wanted to reiterate that a hell in the cell match ended with a fucking cravate.

Watched highlights. Christ almighty I can't believe they're still insisting on using the red cell. Looks hideous.

Someone help me out. Why were they doing a HITC match on live TV?

Why devalue that or anyone else who's involved in it? I dont get it. Do they have something wayyyy better that calls for devaluing the HITC match???

If this were AEW: This is going to be used to build up a Dominick/Rey program. Roman is being set up to drop the title to the next star down the line. They’re getting him being dominant over. What is he supposed to do? Lose all the time? Long-term storytelling guys. This isn’t shitty WWE where things just happen for no reason. And it’s totally smart to do a Hell in a Cell match on TV since they get all their revenue from TV.

No, it is stupid. It was hot-shotting. They clearly want Roman to be a star, but the heel turn did that enough. Him smashing everyone is just going to create a different version of the same problem. I have no interest in a Rey vs. Dominik feud.

Rey losing is fine. It should have been to the established Guillotine Choke. But a Rey win would have been fine too. Roman could also get the belt back. But if you want to go with Roman, you could have had the choke finish it and tell the same story if Rey feeling like he has “failed” his son.

The story of "failing" his son would have been better told with a spear finish. With this it was worse than failing. He gave up.

Conversely, this is one of those special occasions where you could have gone with a pass out finish. Rey refusing to tap out would make sense given his motivations. He wouldn't look like such a bitch, but you could still logically move forward with whatever they have planned for rey/dominik.

HIAC hasn't had any value since they made it an annual show. It's now there to sell play sets in the toy aisle.

They’re clearly building Roman up as an unstoppable force so that it’s more impactful when he gets eaten by zombies.

Yeah Rey passing out or being pinned would have been a more sensible finish. What they went with made him look terrible given his reason for wanting the match.

Don’t disagree with anything here. Don’t think they should go with Rey vs. Dominik, but if they absolutely wanted to, the passing out would have been the best way. Rey fought and fought and fought until he literally couldn’t. Makes him more sympathetic when Dominik calls him a “failure.”

Again, you’re right — but the funny thing is they would probably sell more cells if they actually booked meaningful Cells and allowed them to be mythologized again.

Cesaro catched Rollins in a back body drop position off the ropes and then turns it into a back breaker along his knee. The way they did this is super safe and also did not break the flow of the sequence of the move itself. Really great stuff here.

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2 guys that know how to wrestle and make it look great. I feel like these guys have worked on this shit for a while and not been thrown together cause Vince has a member berry float up his head.

This is a billion dollar company and these two morons cant tell what instrument they should be playing and yet... WWE keeps filming and lets it get on TV. BILLION FUCKING DOLLAR COMPANY BTW!

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Both start playing a piano apparently lol. Sonya had no clue what's going on.

I really do love this Edge run. Great moment. Roman is amazing. Edge is amazing. I would actually pay money to see this if I didnt have to already.

worst thing about smackdown is they try to make corbin a face, he is a better mid card heel.

He is better unemployed.

Christian could be in the WWE as Edge’s ally and having modern classics. Instead he’s wasting himself in AEW.