WWE Friday Night SmackDown Feb. Thread - 2/26/21 feat. Bianca Makes Mania Decision & Evil Otis
 

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fake you suck chants

That was a pretty great promo by Reigns.

the real battle is paul and roman vs kenny and don, they have to one up each other.

Going to be tough for Heyman and Reigns to top the painting Omega has of himself and Don Callis at his house.

When was the last time a Corbin feud wasn't boring and actually benefited or made the other person look good?

This feud with Dominik so far hasn't really checked either of those boxes.

wow when was the last time he did the swing

Bryan vs. Cesaro was pretty good.

Laughed at Bryan having weed leaves on his trunks and boots.

billy kay is gold on the mic

:lol: at Billie Kay quickly switching from being pals with the Riott Squad to trying to be pals with Bayley.

Guess WWE really loved the pirate ship style videos they did for last year's Mania since this year's Mania hype video is basically the same thing style and format wise.

Poor Reginald, got whipped for just stating what probably will happen to Bianca against Sasha at Mania. Also having a black guy get whipped during Black History month seems a bit messed up but then again WWE invited infamous N word user Hulk Hogan to tonight's show.

Also that leather dress Sasha was wearing was way too tight and small for her. Wonder how long it took her to put it on. At least a good 30 minutes or so.

That might have been the most annoying Street Profits have been on the mic with the mini-screen stuff during the Otis & Gable vs. Ziggy & Roode match.

Then again at least they were a ton more energetic than Cole & Graves usually are on commentary.

Well that was a very anti-climatic use of Hogan.

WWE promoted him talking about his famous match against Andre on SNME 33 years ago and all he did was say one sentence about it calling Andre stinky and just blabbered about Edge afterwards.

Edge talking to Shinsuke backstage;

Edge vs Reigns has to be the match; i mean let's face it---the story these guys can tell behind both personalities is all we ever hope to get. Drew just doesn't work for me, and Reigns has grown a lot as a heel; only fitting they match up? EDGE REIGNS--is it gonna happen?

IC title match was pretty good.

If it wasn't for the rumors of Edge vs. Reigns at Mania, Big E vs. Reigns would have been my pick for Reigns match at Mania. Maybe even have both titles on the line since you could go in multiple directions afterwards.

Was this a swerve?

Edge looked to be choosing reigns and Kevin Owens stuns Reigns and the show ends like are we getting Finn Balor and Edge? Really? I was hoping for Reigns Edge or maybe they are doing that just teasing other choices.

:lol: at the show ending with Owens attacking Reigns.

Seeing as there are still 2 more PPV events till Mania, WWE probably going to milk this Edge decision stuff until the last minute.

Show itself was mostly fine this week. Had a rough part for a good chunk of the 2nd hour but was mostly enjoyable overall.

Cesaro and Bryan....clinic for the ages. Also got "Orton Vibes" when Cesaro won this.

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Cesaro is so god damn good.

Smackdown is the best show which is not surprising and I love it every week. Raw seems to be the slouch of the two; just lazy writing and boring drew leading the way. I hope we get edge and reigns for the universal championship.

Are they actually going to push Cesaro this time? Don't wanna get my hopes up.

But do they member like Pepperidge Farms members?

Wish they would. He always has moved so smooth in the ring. Felt like he had a good grip on the cocky heel persona too. Feel like he could do bigger things than what he's doing now.

Feel like it is "far too late" for Cesaro... instead of this doing anything for him, it is more like "Oh, Daniel Bryan has really fallen far".

D-Bry indeed a far cry from his heights... with the bland generic colour trunks and back to the short hair and beard.... he's probably happy as a clam just rassling having great matches with Cesaro.... but seems like he is just so far from being the "main event guy" right now...

The Rumble could've been a good chance to give him the "iron man" push. The guy who doesn't win but lasts a long time and racks up eliminations. Instead he came out at what, 28? Seemed like he was building momentum leading to...I don't know, something.

Couldn’t take awake from Edge being the Iron Man.

Yeah that's true. Just seemed like he was poised for a bigger night, I guess.

Guess I have not been watching/reading results.... but didn't he lose to Cesaro before the Rumble too, and in general not being involved in anything important? How was he "poised"?

Cesaro was winning on SD leading to the rumble. Commentary was really "putting him over" too.

Yes and no based on recent rumors involving his new deal with WWE.

He's not going to get any big pushes but likely won't be handled as bad as before since WWE wants him in a Daniel Bryan type role to help build new and/or younger potential big stars for the Blue brand.

Supposedly him and not Nakamura was originally meant to get that rub from the Gauntlet match a few weeks back but because he didn't sign a new deal at that point, that's why they went with Nakamura in case Cesaro decided to leave.

I was hoping it would have kept the spacing. And I can't fake it by blacking it out because not everyone uses the correct format.

I think you’re talking about Bryan here. Screech was talking about Cesaro being the “iron man”.

Really expected Bryan to be getting his win back on Friday so pleasantly surprised when Cesaro won. Seems they’re in a weird bind on SmackDown where Roman is so far ahead of the rest of the roster in terms of positioning (which is great). They have Bryan who could be switched on as the next babyface challenger at any point but he’s obviously keen to be giving other guys the rub. Do you propel Cesaro far enough by having him beat Bryan repeatedly?

You can have Cesaro propelled by giving him a shot. I think he'd have a decent go at Reigns, and with a lesser known "moveset" it'd be fun as hell. Cesaro is freakishly strong and could make both himself and Reigns look amazing.

Pound-for-pound, Cesaro has to be the strongest WWE Superstar on the roster!!

Hate when they say that..... and they say it every Cesaro match.

Commentary can make or break someone in some ways, and it is bad they do that.

SmackDown has been damn good lately. I’m going to credit Bryan. He consistently has the best match of the week, plus he seems to have lobbied for really talented guys to get some shine.

Was surprised by how good Dominik looked. I don’t care for him yet, and it’s still weird thinking of him as a wrestler, but he was a lot less clunky than I thought he would be.

Ya know? I was thinking that they should just refer to edge as the "PG Superstar" cause we're not in that rated r era anymore.

In all seriousness; Edge looking on as Owens STUNS Reigns was crazy cool because the expression said everything; hope he picks reigns.