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[Lonewolf]

I think we've found the newest meme to replace the "Harlem Shake":

Houston Texans Cheerleaders "Fandangoing" at Practice! - YouTube

Houston Texans Cheerleaders "Fandangoing" at Practice! - YouTube

[Absent Friend]

The Harlem Shake is an attempt to replace Gangnam Style in a game of "who could come up with the stupidest dance," which somehow means the stupider it is, the more popular it is. This dance is not far beyond stupidity. It's silly though. Fandango's an overnight sensation, not because of his in ring talent being known to fans and it being wasted in some fashion (Daniel Bryan at Wrestlemania 28 and the birth of "Yes"). It's only because those fans found out how "awesome" they are, and so they picked on something to make it cooler. That being Fandango's theme song. To turn this into a positive, Fandango would have to target fans and tell them to stop humming his song. In the same vein as mispronouncing his name, he'd bail on matches every time fans hum to his song. Similar to Bryan and Cody Rhodes' mustache, the company can then bring out a shirt, have it sell huge. In Fandango's case, one that says "Dadada-Da-Da-Dada-Da." If it sells well and they exploit this new fling, Fandango's success rate is more guaranteed. Otherwise, it would be a prime example of a fad, and fads die.

Humorously enough, if you type f on Google, the 2nd result, is Fandango!

Guaranteed he will be really popular over here next week.

All the Belfast fanatics fandangoing. I will not be fandangoing. I will be sitting with an indifferent look on my face. secretly I will be fandangoing in my mind

There will probably be a prize on the line and some kids will get called into the ring. The music plays and the best fandangoer gets to spend five minutes backstage with Bo Dallas.

[Booster Gold]

Pfft. Fandango theme music is no match for Kurt Angle's "you suck" entrance.
Tis my personal favorite entrance theme in the WWE.

Kurt Angle & the "YOU SUCK" chants (Raw 2005) - YouTube

Kurt Angle & the "YOU SUCK" chants (Raw 2005) - YouTube

Wrestlemania 22 - Kurt Angle Entrance [HD] - YouTube

Wrestlemania 22 - Kurt Angle Entrance [HD] - YouTube

[SaintsDecay]

Originally Posted by Alan Kellerman

All the Belfast fanatics fandangoing. I will not be fandangoing. I will be sitting with an indifferent look on my face. secretly I will be fandangoing in my mind

So, is this Raw that's coming to Belfast or is it just a house show?

Either way, if AJ is there, please take as many shots of her ass as possible for me. And use the zoom, man.

(I'm pretty sure you guys are getting sick of my constant AJ gushing, but I don't care. I made a heel turn a month ago anyway. )

Originally Posted by Love Buzz

I just looked for it in the usual places and found only the shorter international version which is normal for this time of day. Are you saying you found the full version?

Originally Posted by Karmafan

Alot of shows send a feed of some kind out to their networks before they are supposed to air I think. I know I gave seen Doctor Who, Game of Thrones and many other shows sometimes online before it even airs on TV in its regularly scheduled time.

Interesting. I guess I never saw it before.

Yeah, it was a shorter international version-- it was only about 42 minutes long and a lot of the entrances and matches seemed to be cut. I thought Smackdown was a three hour show like Raw, but admittedly, I haven't downloaded an episode of Smackdown in almost a year so I didn't know for sure.

A normal house show is coming to Belfast. We are not big enough for TV. The other match advertised is Hell No vs Big E and Dolph Ziggler.That might change since Dolph won the world title. AJ should be there. I don't normally take pictures, but I will see what I can do.

You turned babyface again last week when you gave me this sig, SaintsShow.

[SaintsDecay]

That really depends on who you ask.

Thanks man.

It looks like Jericho has his sights set on Ziggler after watching Smackdown. I think that's probably the best way they could go with it. Thankfully Del Rio is injured (kayfabe, of course).

As big of a Punk mark as I am, I think it's probably best if he takes some time off now. Cena's obviously not going anywhere, so I'd like to see how the Raw brand operates without the same two guys headlining everything-- really, I'm hoping for a few mid-carders to get a push and bump in some new talent at the bottom. They'll probably just use the main eventers from Smackdown to fill the slots, though.

[Absent Friend]

Thoughts on SmackDown

1.) Big E. Langston came out to do a ring announcer that puts Ricardo Rodriguez to shame, introducing the new World Heavyweight Champions, Dolph Ziggler! For Ziggler's first promo as World Heavyweight Champion, he has to have a sore throat! Oh man, it was hard to take in. He said he didn't win the title for the fans, he won it in spite of them. As he was talking about himself, here comes the Real Americans. Zeb shows some respect to Ziggler, he's an American, born in Cleveland, hailing from Hollywood, Florida. However, Colter said Ziggler had to thank Swagger, since he did destroy Del Rio's ankle. Back of the line, Jackie, but Swagger didn't move to the back of the line. Instead, he moved up the steps, but backed off on account of the numbers advantage. Big E. backing Ziggler and all that. Colter then said that Ziggler better give Jack a world title shot. That's about it, they leave, Ziggler tries to finish his promo, only to get interrupted by a limping Del Rio. Del Rio didn't do any of the talking that Ziggler thought he would, instead mentioning the fact he himself cashed in MITB. Oh yeah! Good times, but all Del Rio did was give warning to Ziggler. Once he heals up, he's comin' for ya Ziggler. Then he left, Ziggler tries to finish his promo, not happy of the constant interruption, only to get one by Chris Jericho! Jericho said Ziggler needs to shut the hell up. He then used the "c" word on AJ, getting an "AJ's crazy" chant going. Jericho said he's the original showoff. Stop talking, start rocking. Jericho said he got out of Booker's office, something good for the Jericholics, and for the "Dolphins." I guess that means Ziggler fans. The news is that Ziggler vs. Jericho is booked for tonight. Vintage face Jericho! Honestly, this segment completely keeping Ziggler from getting one continuous promo, was good. Ziggler's voice was simply too hard to bare. Maybe he got this from all the screaming he did at Wrestlemania and RAW.

2.) Ever heard of a squash tag team match? Yeah, Team Hell No squashed the Primetime Players. It felt like the match was edited, cut short and stuff. Even the transition from their celebration and The Shield's video promo felt like quick editting. They basically targeted Team Hell Now, big happy family reunion of Kane and Undertaker. The happiness will end, believe in that. So this just confirms that Team Hell No will collide with The Shield. I'm hoping at Extreme Rules, it's Kane and Bryan vs. Ambrose/Rollins, in a ladder match.

3.) Another short match, this one though I didn't think was sudden or rushed. Santino just couldn't kip up, as he tried twice, for some stupid reason. Third time was the charm, but he still fell to the Bullhammer. Cool, Barrett's on a roll, keep it that way please.

4.) Sheamus comes in to Booker's office, not happy with him overruling the booking of him and Big Show. Then Randall came in, they both had problems with them wrestling each other to face Big Show. Teddy Long interrupted and said he had nothing to do with Booker's decision. Randall and Sheamus in a handicap match against Big Show in a handicap match. They liked it actually.

5.) Short 6 divas tag match! Ugh, just nothing special. The ladies were in check for the first two minutes, and then in the last two minutes (because Diva matches are short), they were all over the place. Here's what I don't get, Naomi was tripping up from the second turnbuckle, landing flat on her back. Then soon after, one of the Bellas basically pushed Naomi back down on her back, and that equaled the win. No finisher, nothing impactful at all. I would've liked it more if Kaitlyn tried to dance with the Funkadactyls. Oh and if you didn't know, Tamina was with the Bellas.

6.) HHH came out in sunglasses and a cast. He mentioned going to war with Lesnar, and suddenly got interrupted by 3MB! Slater even told HHH to shut up! Oh no, instant burial. 3MB wants to rock HHH's face, make a name for themselves. They circled the ring like The Shield did. Oh, speak of the Devil! It's The Shield. The Shield didn't like 3MB stepping into their territory, and they beat on the jobbers. Now they're surrounding the ring, and the fire bursts out again. Kane and Bryan for the save! Same as RAW when Undertaker got targeted, The Shield retreated.

7.) Backstage, Booker and Teddy were arguing. Show came in, Long was done talking and left. Big Show claims Booker's biased, and reminded of his ironclad contract. Booker though said he could get that ironclad contract held up in court until it's worthless. Whatever that means, but Show felt threatened by it, and fell in line.

8.) So this match lasted longer than the other previous matches. Despite Radall and Sheamus arguing on who would start the match, they'd pull it together and have Show reeling. An RKO, then a Brogue Kick. However, Big Show rolled out of the ring, and lost by countout, not wanting to finish the match. I was thinking that they'd get booked into a three way match at Extreme Rules, so that would mean the feud would be an actual 3 person feud. The winner would get a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship.

9.) What threw me off though, was the completely random attack on Sheamus by Mark Henry. He and Randall walked to the back, they split. Sheamus talks to Renee Young, mentioned having the heart, and here charges Henry.

10.) The fuck? Kofi Kingston beat Antonio Cesaro. God damn it, I figured Cesaro would win. You know, he's the US Champion and all, in case WWE's lack of shine on him made you forget. This match thus would be pumping him back up, but nope. Instead, the attempt is made on Kofi Kingston. Well ok, Kofi has been in a serious slump for months, but come on. Cesaro's is more outrageous because he's a current title holder. The match was okay, Cesaro's Eurocut was done when Kofi tried his superman punch thing. Sweet, but that was the only sweet thing of the match. Kingston hit Trouble in Paradise not long after, and won.

11.) So commentator mentioned "Fandangoing" as a new term, when you hum his theme song, and dance to it. Well, the fans in Boston actually did some fandangoing. So this might not be a one night thing. Not as much as RAW, but it was visible. Fandango made his entrance, and I thought he was going to have a match. Instead, he's just to see the main event.

12.) So Ziggler's butt moving, trademarked and stuff. As world champion, the title's around his waist, backwards. That means over his ass, is the front plate, and not the strap. This isn't the first time a champion did this, as Nigel McGuinness had the ROH World Championship worn like this. Not shaking the ass, but it was symbolic. A statement to the fans to simply kiss his ass. Sweet. JBL didn't like Ziggler's way of wearing the title.

13.) Well, the fans were fandangoing during the main event. Ziggler's first match as world champion. How does it fare? As expected. He won due to interference. Specifically when Fandango distracted long enough for Langston (who was knocked down by Jericho) to strike back while he had the Walls on Ziggler. Jericho got rolled up. The match between the two was good, pretty much had all the time that the other matches on this show didn't seem to have. Lots of time for Fandango to get in Given all the bodies ringside, it wasn't surprising that the match had a strong presence of Fandingaling and eg drop, then saying his name.

Dolph Ziggler didn't get the Christian treatment!

[Mo]

Damn they need to call up Summer Rae

[Rick Sanchez]

Ladies and Gentlemen...Gangsta Bryan