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WWE Friday Night SmackDown Feb. Thread - 2/26/21 feat. Bianca Makes Mania Decision & Evil Otis
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wwe's best brand now smackdown
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fake you suck chants
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That was a pretty great promo by Reigns.
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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
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Bryan vs. Cesaro was pretty good.
Laughed at Bryan having weed leaves on his trunks and boots. |
billy kay is gold on the mic
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:lol: at Billie Kay quickly switching from being pals with the Riott Squad to trying to be pals with Bayley.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Are they actually going to push Cesaro this time? Don't wanna get my hopes up.
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But do they member like Pepperidge Farms members? |
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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.
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Couldn’t take awake from Edge being the Iron Man.
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Yeah that's true. Just seemed like he was poised for a bigger night, I guess.
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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"?
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Cesaro was winning on SD leading to the rumble. Commentary was really "putting him over" too.
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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. |
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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.
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Pound-for-pound, Cesaro has to be the strongest WWE Superstar on the roster!!
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Hate when they say that..... and they say it every Cesaro match.
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Commentary can make or break someone in some ways, and it is bad they do that.
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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. |
I’ve never been the biggest Edge fan in the world, but his work since coming back has been amazing. The guy is there to work and for whatever reason, even though he should be rusty, he’s been arguably “better” than he ever was.
Imagine how amazing Christian would be if he came back? |
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we will do this thread
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Baring a last minute addition, bit surprised there won't be a Women's Elimination Chamber match this year.
3 Chamber matches would have been overkill although don't really need the Universal and WWE to both have a Chamber match. |
roman heels his way out of the chamber
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Holy shit at Domink's head after that suicide dive on the outside.
Overshot the dive and smashed face first into the edge of the table. |
thats a surprise win, i figured ray would be in the chamber
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Yeah Rey & Dominik would have been a way more entertaining pair to put in the Chamber than Sami & boring Corbin.
Tag match was pretty good though. |
I actually have SD on for once in the background...
My guess is KO wins the EC and then loses to Roman later in the night, then Edge comes out and challenges Roman to WM. Edge/Christian vs Roman/Jey at Fastlane, Edge vs Roman at WM |
Don't think Big E knows what an "open challenge" means if Apollo Crews isn't allowed to partake in the open part.
Also that banter between Big E & Apollo at the end was a bit weird. Like WCW style Goldberg "not following the script" moment with how it played out. |
why is the locker room going to the ring i thought seth was a heel.
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:| at Big E vs Nakamura ending via DQ.
WWE going overboard with the amount of DQ and non-finishes for big and/or interesting matches in recent times is why its been hard to remain invested in their shows since they keep doing this stupid shit with their booking. |
Guess the Messiah business wasn't that profitable for Rollins since he's back to his old theme.
Nevermind, he's still a cult leader. |
ok they went down there just to leave
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Graves is right, why is Cole upset at Billie Kay when it was Ruby who tossed Kay's resumes into the ring.
Not Kay's fault that Ruby has greasy hands that caused the big distraction and Liv's loss. |
Street Profits vs. Gable & Otis was a nice fun match. Best match on the show so far.
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a hole
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You can tell Vince told Bianca to black it up a bit more since the Rumble win. Dancing for no reason lol
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thought my hole was covered up
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That Women's promo segment stunk.
Guess WWE changed their minds about Nia Jax screaming about her hole not being PG since they aired the clip uncensored on tonight's show. |
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I have never noticed before that KO sort of looks like an angry garden gnome
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Ziggy & Roode vs. Cesaro & Bryan was very good.
SD's Elimination Chamber match looks way more interesting on paper than RAW's WWE title one in terms of potential directions for Mania afterwards. This week's show was mostly very entertaining overall. |
I guess you could say Nia Jax is really the hole package
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Thunder Bay
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh no, NOT AGAIN!! ����<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmackDown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SmackDown</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NiaJaxWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NiaJaxWWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SashaBanksWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SashaBanksWWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BiancaBelairWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BiancaBelairWWE</a> <a href="https://t.co/UtBMqFEjl5">pic.twitter.com/UtBMqFEjl5</a></p>— WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1360418337344389123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Aaaaaand they're already going to run it into the ground. |
Did she yell it out again?
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Not that I can tell but "Nia lands on her ass" is something Vince will laugh about hysterically for weeks so it'll now be part of her schtick.
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Imagine if it does long term damage to her body/hole all because Vince thought it was good for a laugh
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">EXCLUSIVE: After an unfortunate night, The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RiottSquad?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RiottSquad</a> evaluate a tough loss. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmackDown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SmackDown</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RubyRiottWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RubyRiottWWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/YaOnlyLivvOnce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YaOnlyLivvOnce</a> <a href="https://t.co/eSsGaQymtI">pic.twitter.com/eSsGaQymtI</a></p>— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWENetwork/status/1360449294600466432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
They're gonna break up the Riott Squad again aren't they? Because who needs actual women's tag teams in a division with women's tag belts? |
Women's tag titles are more useless than the 24/7 title.
At least with R-Truth being the center of the 24/7 title division, its led to a goldmine of comedic moments and laughter. WWE's shown they barely care at all about the Women's Tag titles and division unless its Sasha & Bayley holding it. Even those two were not immune considering their 2nd reign had its fair share of booking issues. |
Watching now. Usually don't like the opening talkie segments, but I've enjoyed the Reigns stuff so much I don't really mind.
Corbin vs Mysterio family is so boring. Zero interest. Heel Apollo is the most interesting he's ever been. |
Why is the roster surrounding the ring for Seth? This seems weird.
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Liv Morgan is gorgeous. Love her
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If The Riott Squad would just accept Billie Kay as a member, everything would be fine.
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Everything Gable does looks so smooth.
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Street Profits just love to have fun
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WWE blundered big time by pushing him to the side for the terrible Murphy & Aalyah romance stuff and sticking him right after into a typical boring Corbin feud. |
I missed all of the romance angle. I'm good with that.
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The K.O. stunner fest would've been cooler if they'd kept his music rolling
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one of the best parts of the show is the roh ad
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That was a very dastardly move by Jey Uso to interrupt Sami Zayn's Mania signing pointing time.
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seriously, the impertinence of it all
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I love that Vince McMahon's idea for Shinsuke turning face was just to give him his old music back, the fucking racist old man lol
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Seems King Corbin might be getting some competition soon as the ruler of the Blue Brand if that reference from Apollo Crews about having Nigerian royalty ancestry is any indication.
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:lol: at Crews tripping over Big E after nailing him with the steps.
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That's 2 shows in a row this week where WWE did a steps spot and stretcher job.
First on NXT a couple days ago and now on SD. |
Did the medic get lost or something backstage?
That might have set a record for longest amount of time between a stretcher job and rolling up to the ambulance. |
:lol: at Billie Kay wearing Natalya inspired cat ears.
Women's tag match stunk though. |
this segment will be bad
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Did someone forget to finish sowing that shirt Bayley is wearing?
That popped up turtleneck makes no sense with how the rest of her shirt looks. |
will we get a my hole in this match
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That Bayley's talk show segment easily is a strong contender for worst WWE segment of the year.
Also worst segment on SD since either the Jeff Hardy piss test segment with Sheamus or Corbin & Pals attacking Roman Reigns with dog food. |
:lol: at Reginald beating Nia Jax in a tag match via Nia being too fat to kick out.
Reginald being a face during that match and Bayley's talk show was weird. Wouldn't be surprised at all if his sudden friendship with Banks really is meant to be a face turn and not some sneaky swerve. |
Are they setting up an Edge heel turn or something. Reginald's being super creepy, but Sasha being as fine as she is, I can sort of understand
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:| Mysterios vs. Gable & Otis ending via DQ.
Also :| at Otis turning heel. Tonight's show has sucked a lot so far. |
OMG they really are teasing a face turn for Reginald based on that segment with Carmella.
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Corbin, Uso, & Zayn vs. Bryan, Cesaro, & Owens was very good.
:lol: at WWE production crew screwing up the post-match surprise attack spot by Corbin since they didn't cut to the match replay quick enough. Even commentary ruined the surprise by mentioning Corbin when they shouldn't have. As a regular show, this week's SD was mostly meh but as a go-home show it mostly stunk. Only thing I'd recommend would be the main event 6-man tag. First time in a long while where RAW was actually the better show of the two for the week. |
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