While it seems likely that Owens & Zayn will end up taking the tag belts from The Usos, I’m not entirely down on the idea of keeping them singles/friends who team up for special occasions every now and then. I can see the argument that they lose something by being put into a tag team now (which is a testament to them, because I’ve wanted to team them up forever).

I’d be fine with a Logan Paul turning heel and joining Roman as his new pet project for a singles match against Sami. But I guess the tease was there for Rollins/Logan.

Meh, maybe the tag belts are fine for a few months. They lose them around Survivor Series and Owens is “injured,” possibly by Reigns, giving Zayn renewed motivation to go into the Rumble and earn his shot.

When they do War Games again, Zayn can get the big win over Roman in that to drop the idea that he can beat the Big Dog.

Gonna be interesting to see how WWE handle the Bloodline stuff at EC considering that the Usos are banned from Canada. They've been able to get an exemption a time or 2 in the past for Jey, but not Jimmy. Wonder what they do if Canada doesn't let em in this time.

Should play it off like Sami and KO conspired with the Canadian authorities to make sure the Usos didn't get exemptions.

Jey might be the sole one interfering. Or Solo. Or maybe they spin-off into a program with an outside party.

Looks like Braun might be about to win the titles with another kid again in a minute.

awww jey showing up and doing the shield entrance at the last second

better luck next time Braun and Nicholas 2

Nattie looks like Madonna now, the current version of Madonna

Madcap got some new tights and doesn't look so generic anymore

Good for him.

Sami with his old music getting the pop of his life!

Got “the feels” for Sami with that segment. I can’t see it happening due to the almost perfect alignment of right person, right place, wrong time. But I think it’ll be a hell of a ride.

Also, Moss as a heel is much better.

Oh also, it’s a big “no thanks” to the prospect of Bray vs Brock or Lashley.

Moss as someone not on my tv is even better

"Sucks" that they brought back Emma and all she is doing is managing Moss....

Be fair, that’s not all they’re doing with her. They’re also having her lose all her televised matches.

Its the Emmaloution

Emma is probably just stoked to have a job.

Same for Moss

Moss is “pretty good,” I reckon. Far from the most cemented guy though.

Cody on Smackdown, here come the ratings!

Never realized Cody and Roman were pretty much the same height

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LA knight time

Crowds react big to LA Knight, gotta start booking him big time HHH

LA Knight is over, and again they immediately shut him down with New Day, shame!

yeah new day suck

LOL what the hell shirt is Kross wearing?

he is the new disco, guy just keeps on getting lamer

Why were those idiots popping for LA Knight? No one comes out looking good after feuding with Bray. /s

It is really true :rofl:

Karrion Kross is not very good.

talking about bray poor bobby

Lashley about to kill Uncle Howdy

LOL that's it?

Did Lashley kill Bray?

no he beat up uncle howdy then the lights went black and howdy disappeared...then they went to commercial

good roman/cody segment earlier

Not even that, he gave Howdy a shit looking 1 handed spine buster, and then the Bray Wyatt noise played, the arena went dark, lights came back on, Uncle Howdy was gone, then they went to a backstage segment of Roman wanting to know where Jey was.

Parker Bourdreaux is possibly the worst wrestler I've ever seen and even being in the ring with three guys who are far better than him couldn't save it.

I know WWE went on a releasing spree and fired plenty of talented folks. But let’s be real here.

For them to give up on a guy like Parker who is still only in his early 20s, with a football background, with that size and look, AND only in development so presumably not even making all that much money to begin with and not really someone you’d be itching to cut just in the name of budget cuts.

Pretty clear sign that they thought he was the drizzling shits at a level that not even they could salvage. And it seems they were right.

He does way too much inbetween shit, like more than anybody I can remember ever. It is possible to throw a single punch without flexing and yelling and shaking and posing and gyrating and making faces after each one. He looks like a wrestler with Tourette Syndrome ticks doing a Narcissist gimmick.

ray ray joins the hall of fame

time for dom to get heel heat

get them latino world order

Remember when they used to play train sounds when Braun ran around the ring?

I do lol, peak Senile Vince booking :rofl:

I remember the first time I heard it I thought I was hallucinating. Like no way did that actually happen.

When a talent has the look and the pedigree but WWE cuts them, you can almost bet that they’re irredeemable.

Charlotte vs Rhea should NOT main-event night 1 over Sami/KO and the USOs

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Shotzi is the shits.

How has Charlotte been working on top for 7 years and not improved at all?

Oof.

I can see Cena/Theory headlining night one.

When I used to watch a little bit regularly Charlotte was always my cue to change the channel. Apart from disliking the character she always seems like shes trying to be more athletic than she is.

Shes quite tall and "big framed" for lack of a better term, feels like she should work a more physical style than she does and just physically dominate and that might suit her heel charachter more.

Why did you bump this?

Today is Monday.

I read a thread, I replied.

I like what they’re doing with bringing Legado Del Fantasma into the Rey/Dominick storyline albeit the group as baby faces feels a bit forced right now. Was looking forward to a LDF vs Judgment Day 6 man but they paid that off already.

Haven’t been following, but I wonder if they’re going to remain face or go against Rey at some point. I see no reason for them to be heels in current WWE though.

They’ve just got a very heel “feel” to them. They came in as heels who laid a claim to “run the show” which seemed odd on the same show as The Bloodline. They’ve only just got face so I don’t think they’ll turn soon. Maybe Santos breaks off on his own and the other 2 go back to heels (or obscurity). I guess it makes sense for them to be faces and do a thing with Hit Row. Build to a big blow off between Zelena Vega and B-Fab.

I get what they’re doing with the KO/Sami reunion angle but in what universe am I supposed to feel sorry for Kevin Owens because Sami hurt his feelings

The WWE Universe, that’s where!

The crowds love LA Knight. He has charisma and is gold on the mic.

Why does he lose every match in like 2 minutes?

That was the best episode of smackdown in at least a decade.

Feels dumb to me that Rhea/Charlotte is still penciled in as the night 1 main event

They have Sami close pretty much every SmackDown in front of their largest TV audience, because he gets nuclear reactions and has for months

At bare minimum, Sami/KO not closing means you need a lengthy cooldown segment after them. But fuck, just put the match people are the most invested in on last. This isn't complicated.

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Also Lashley and LA Knight got the big shaft here

Maybe the two of them have some sort of a fuck finish and it leads to them getting on the Mania card

Bobby Lashley should obviously win that. Before I knew he was in it, I’d probably have gone with LA Knight. I think Lashley wins, gets on the mic and makes a Mania challenge. I don’t know who they could get.

Maybe…Shinsuke Nakamura?

mania party time and andy goes to the hof

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I was apparently on screen a lot tonight. So sick.

I may not look enthused but the ROH show was amazing.

Will smackdown be as shit as raw?

Lets find out!

Good match between Brutes and Imperium, but I'm ready to see them move on to something else.

Brutes winning probably means they're not going to though.

The Draft will be held in a few weeks. Every superstar is eligible.

Don't people show up on other shows all the time?

Seems pointless.

Leading to WrestleMania they do, but I think this past year the shows were kept pretty separate for the most part.

Ricochet's old theme so much better.

Feel like this could be a good match. Ivar is big but agile enough to keep up with ricochet.

Going to call ricochet riccola from now on because I cant stop thinking it.

Fun little match.

Guess Ivar is sleeping on the couch tonight.

This feels like the most scripted thing I've heard from sami in a long while.

Already more wrestling than on the entire 3 hour raw. Triple h back in charge, baby.

Imperium's old theme much better also

They could’ve had Riddle’s return to save Sami be a massive surprise tonight

But they had him show up on Monday to be mean to the Miz

The world will be a better place when Vince McMahon is dead

Lets not talk about Edge.

Why are we still talking about edge?

We had a hell in a cell. Its over.

Nuclear heat for Dom. Love it.

Going to make it so much sweeter when they finally reunite.

Hell yeah, Dom.

Fuck Bad Bunny. That loser.

That was a less hectic show than Raw, which makes sense if there was no Vince ripping up scripts after the show already started.

That said, it certainly felt like it was a Vince show more than anything flowing logically. Not quite a turn it off episode, but absolutely a read on the tablet with it on in the background episode.

Smackers was pretty great. The only thing that felt “weird” to me was the singles match between Ricochet and Ivar. It was good, but why not a tag match? But whatever. Liv Morgan & Shotzi kind of suck. I have a feeling Liv & Raquel are going to win the tag belts. I think Vince is going to subconsciously destroy everything Triple H built, even if Vince would have thought it was a good idea in the first place.

There’s been speculation that Roman isn’t going to work Backlash, but if they do The Bloodline vs. Owens, Zayn, Riddle and…Orton…that would be huge.

Things built up for next week aren’t stonkers hot, but I’m looking forward to seeing what Nakamura does. The way Michael Cole emphasized “King” makes me think Nakamura has a shot at winning King of the Ring. I’d have predicted Logan Paul, Cody Rhodes or Drew McIntyre, but Shin of the Ring works for me too. They should do something with him.

I still don't know about Orton. Back Fusion surgery is no joke, and I can't imagine giving RKO's is going to be a smart option even if he gets cleared.

Keep Riddle out of my bloodline angle, please.

Should have had shinsuke return and save sami instead of riddle.

Return of The Punt.

I don’t like Riddle, but I think his presence here was smart. I didn’t know he was taken out by Solo in story. Makes obvious sense to follow that up. But it promotes Raw and made him look more “meaty.” His Raw return was kind of tepid because he just came out like “Bro.” SmackDown emphasized him as a dude who will throw down and do the right thing. He definitely looked better here, imo. I like a serious Riddle more.

Maybe Orton’s back is too fucked. I haven’t followed the whole thing. I just kind of assumed “wrestlers being wrestlers” he’ll be back. I think the draft will illuminate things. Will be very interesting to see if guys like Orton and Big E are included.

Imagine if Orton has to retire and the last member of Evolution to compete in a wrestling ring ends up being Ric Flair.

Puerto Rico crowd is fire. As good as any crowd WWE has had. Love it.

Heel asuka lets fucking go.


Sami at NoC is wild.

Oh shit yeah. Didn’t even catch that.