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I hope to god they don't "blame" that on Cesaro.

Nah, seems like Seth vs Cesaro vs Roman is the next title feud so Roman can continue stacking two opponents for a pinfall.

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Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 5446671)

No Becky, and no Io.

Why the fuck would you wait?

For a crowd?

You don’t bring Becky back to a fake crowd pop.

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Originally Posted by Slik (Post 5446881)

Nah, seems like Seth vs Cesaro vs Roman is the next title feud so Roman can continue stacking two opponents for a pinfall.

Yeah I sort of got the impression they’d incorporate Seth in there as Cesaro is an “unknown commodity” in the main event. Need to be cautious though as to not sacrifice everybody at the alter (table?) of Roman though.

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Originally Posted by XL (Post 5446905)

For a crowd?

You don’t bring Becky back to a fake crowd pop.

They won't have as many eyes on the show by the time they have crowds again. No one knows how long we may be waiting for that.. Secondly, the shows after mania are typically the most watched shows of the year. You want to provide those big returns and debuts to keep that audience tuning in.

If Sports Illustrated is correct, the next live crowd for WWE won't be until this year's SummerSlam show.

let's hope this show don't suck

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SmackDown preview, April 23, 2021: Apollo Crews to defend his Intercontinental Championship tonight

Universal Champion Roman Reigns, SmackDown Women's Champion Bianca Belair and more. Don't miss Friday Night SmackDown, tonight at 8/7 C on FOX.

SmackDown Preview : Quick Hits

Who is left to challenge The Head of the Table?
Apollo Crews to defend his Intercontinental Champion tonight

Card and preview for tonight's 205 Live show:

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Several weeks ago, August Grey uncharacteristically used the ropes for leverage to pick up a win against Ariya Daivari, but for WWE Universe members who expected the typically short-tempered Persian Prince to blow a gasket and fume for the foreseeable future, that certainly hasn’t been the case.

Instead, Daivari seems intrigued by The Life of the Party and his willingness to break the rules to score a victory, even raising his arm following Grey’s win against Ashante “Thee Adonis” last month.

Tonight, Grey once again takes on Adonis, who earned a victory of his own against Daivari last month.

Who will emerge victorious in a battle of two of 205 Live’s most athletic Superstars, and will Daivari make his presence known in another of Grey’s matchups?

Speaking of Daivari, he’ll be in action alongside Tony Nese in a tag team bout against The Bollywood Boyz.

After several attempts, “Bolly-Rise” recently claimed their first win when Sunil Singh joined forces with Chase Parker to take down The Premier Athlete and Daivari Dinero.

Can The Bollywood Boyz accomplish the same feat?

Find out on a must-see edition of 205 Live, streaming Friday at 10/9 C on Peacock in the United States and on WWE Network everywhere else!

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good that seth toned his suit this week

smackdown is back to being the a show

Tag match has been pretty good soo far but they've already spent a lot of time on this match and the opening promo with all four guys since tonight's show is already a quarter done.

damn 3 ad brakes must be a lot of people out of smackdown tonight.

I want Alexa Bliss to piss and shit black goo all over my face in and my MOUTHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Originally Posted by erickman (Post 5448634)

damn 3 ad brakes must be a lot of people out of smackdown tonight.

Yeah starting to think SD also got hit with the COVID outbreak like RAW. Just took them a week longer to show the signs of it assuming it did happen.

Ceasro & Bryan vs. Rollins & Uso was very good despite the flat finish.

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Originally Posted by RP (Post 5448635)

I want Alexa Bliss to piss and shit black goo all over my face in and my MOUTHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Wrong show since leaky black goo girl is on the RAW brand.

well it was a fun 45 mins

:lol: at Ceasro swinging Jey Uso while Bryan mocks Reigns for not coming out to save his buddy.

Holy cow what a match and what a Smackdown!

10/10

shit nia time well that screwed up a good smackdown

Guess whatever spirit possessed Rollins to make him wear wacky suits decided to possess Reginald instead this week.

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!

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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.