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Very enjoyable 3 way main event on Smackdown.
and Booker would say that Vickie is showing a lot of leg tonight. |
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Thoughts on Smackdown. The main roster debut of Alex Riley on commentary.
1.) Starting the show is our World Heavyweight Champion, Alberto Del Rio. Decision time, who will he choose for his opponent at Summerslam? No thanks for the fans, but thanks for Vickie. Allowing him to choose his opponent. Let's hear it for Vickie. Absolutely not, to the fans. Del Rio referenced Cena choosing D-Bryan, calling him a "troll." Oh please, he said Cena didn't pick Del Rio because he's afraid of 'Berto. So, Del Rio suggested picking Brock Lesnar. Well, he's busy at Summerslam. Well how about Houston's own Booker T? No, because like everyone from that city, he's a big disappointment. Well who? Someone who is fast, big, vicious, his first opportunity for the world title. It's....drum roll please. Ricardo Rodriguez!!! That made me laugh. Speaking on that, Del Rio's facial expressions in this promo was pretty sweet. Yeah I'm being honest, I'm just noticing how funny his expressions are. Good stuff, Vickie took issue with Del Rio's booker man attempt. She called Ricardo a "jiggling little manchild!" The humor continued. Del Rio then suggested the Brooklyn Brawler! Hell yeah. There's Spanish talking from Vickie here and there, sexy! Oh wait a minute, Vickie booked a triple threat match. Winner faces Del Rio at Summerslam. Bob Van Dam, Christian, and Randall Orton. Where's your briefcase bro? Well then what's the point of Del Rio being given the freedom to pick his opponent? Dammit Vickie, why bait and switch like that? Ah well, at least one gets an interesting triple threat match. 2.) Oh yeah, remember when Miz was holding the WWE Championship MITB briefcase? Alex Riley was his butt lackey at the time, and wouldn't you define Riley as Miz's "protector of the case?" Segue into a recap of Sandow and Rhodes' Smackdown last week. Anemic, I looked that up, because Sandow inspires me to sharpen my vocabulary. It means being weak. So Sandow called Sin Cara weak and pathetic. 3.) Riley actually related to Rhodes taking exception to the "protector" of the case thing. Cody has a match with Jack Swagger, starting with him slapping down Colter's mic. He was cutting a promo on Houston. It was a short match, didn't even end with a finisher. It ended with Rhodes countering Swagger's gut wrench attempt into a successful pinfall. Good for Cody, the benefit of this feud with Sandow is that both guys are being elevated at the same time. You gotta love it. After the break is an interview with Rhodes backstage. Why did he throw the briefcase into the Gulf of Mexico? He doesn't have a problem with Sandow taking the briefcase from him at MITB. He just has a problem with Sandow and his attitude. He made a joke about some oil spill, in comparison to the briefcase's burial at sea. He knew that the joke would fly over anyone's head and said that you're supposed to laugh. I like that, Rhodes had a nice promo here, but jumping him from behind was Sandow, with the greatest of ease. No, not ease. Greatest of suddenness. I just wanted to make a Booker reference, it's just a coincidence that it's during this Smackdown in his home town. 4.) The anemic Sin Cara takes on the superhuman Big E. Langston. Wow! Alex Riley made a good comparison that would make JBL proud. He mentioned seeing Langston in developmental in his first year. Just a kid that wasn't doing anything special. In comparison, he was in Boston college as a senior or something, when Matt Ryan was a freshman. Years later, he goes back to developmental and see Langston as a special strong man. He goes back to Boston College, Matt Ryan is now signed for a $50 million dollar deal with the Atlanta Falcons as their quarterback. JBL is the only guy who could make sports references and impress me, but Riley did fine here. I hang on that, but what about this match? Langston squashed Sin Cara, pretty simple there. Ziggler was seen watching from the back. 5.) Recaps can be good, perfect example here, turning into a great promo video on the Wyatt Family's reign of disturbing dominance so far. The production team, they must have a field day with these videos. Amazing. After that, Renee Young interviews Kaitlyn, with Layla by her side. Kaitlyn's the hometown girl, and remember that she won the Divas title here. Lightning strikes twice? Kaitlyn said "Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice...you get speared." What an immortal saying. Hehe, good talk from her, and Layla actually put Kaitlyn over big time. Then hugging her. Oh come on, I wasn't born yesterday, this just makes me smell a heel turn. 6.) After that, Del Rio's all angry at Vickie, and interrupting that is Brad Maddox. Del Rio then insulted Maddox in Spanish. Maddox though didn't back down, he reminded Del Rio that when the guy's on RAW, he's under Maddox's rule. So, don't push it 'Berto. Del Rio was speechless and left, still angry. Hmmm, the first example of the potential saying of "Don't fuck with Brad Maddox." Ha! 7.) Looks like the random interference from Fandango on Punk's promo meant something. A match between these two. It's the Best Dancer in the World vs. the Best in the World. You know what's so similar between these two? Their names are false, but that's just a matter of opinion. I think more people would agree that Dango Unchained is not the best dancer in the world, teehee. Alex Riley made another interesting comment. Note that he's a wrestler (or now done with wrestling, I don't know) and knows a thing or two. He mentioned a relationship with Fandango, they actually came up together in developmental. So sort of a sentimental thing towards the man. Nobody on commentary before mentioned Dango's past in developmental, and even NXT. Remember he was on NXT Season 4, he actually won it as Johnny Curtis, R-Truth was his mentor. His gimmick after winning was some corny joke thing, including spilling milk on himself. His debut match featured him getting squashed by Mark Henry. The stuff said from Riley made me remember. Dango grew up in an orphanage, I remember hearing that on NXT season 4. Some time down the road, when the guy gains more momentum, he'll tell bits and pieces of his story in interviews. Anyways, wrestling, yeah, great match. Surprisingly because one would expect CM Punk just make easy pickings of Fandango. Overall, it was Dango's best performance since his matches with Jericho. He actually did a Falcon Arrow, which is rare in WWE. He took it to CM Punk, but Punk didn't go on cruise control. His finish here was sweet, a superplex and Anaconda Vise in succession. Damn good stuff here. Dango has a good future ahead of him if he keeps up with matches like that. 8.) Renee Young with Bob Van Damn. How does he feel about being able to challenge for the world title. He was talking, saying "Rob Van..." with Christian saying "Dam." Then Christian said "one more..." Randall interrupted with "loss." Next, Randall said his welcome back gift for Bob will be an "R-K..." Bob interrupted with "bro." What a great little segment here, Bob closed it by saying his name without interruption. 9.) So from the offices of Maddox and Vickie Guerrero, Langston is banned from all of AJ's matches going forward. What an injustice, someone needs to call The Shield. Well after some good spots in the match, featuring AJ's selling, skipping, and wrestling ability, the action spills to the outside. Kaitlyn was in control, thinking of spearing AJ on the outside. Layla cut in, saying "No!." AJ jumped Kaitlyn from behind, locked in the Black Widow, and won. And this is not an isolated thing, after the match, AJ and Layla skipped together! Hmmm, AJ trying to build a stable or what? Yet again, Kaitlyn gets betrayed by a friend. Let this be a lesson to Kaitlyn. Stop having friends, and start having friends with benefits...I'll volunteer for that. YES! 10.) And interestingly enough, after that came a recap of Bryan and Cena's RAW. This video showed most of, or the whole Cena and Ryback match. Skip! It was a good match, but I don't need to see it again. 11.) Main event time. Before that started, Del Rio came out, all three guys in the ring already. He said that whoever wins, will just lose to Del Rio. The guy actually announced his name as if he was Ricardo. Pretty funny, but of course you can't beat the original. Ricardo's eligible to come back on RAW, 3 days from now. Now the wrestling commences, Del Rio went to the back. Good, Del Rio would've ruined this amazing three way. It started out interestingly enough with Christian and Bob Van Dam one on one, as they kept Randall out. When Randall came in, Bob Van got out. Vintage Randall and Christian. It would be bob Van Dam and Randall, but that was late into the match. Things continued where all three guys were active, including action on the outside that Bobbert survived. From there came a dive over the top rope. The spots then rolled from here. Everyone was on top of their game, keeping everyone on their toes, and not letting up in the excitement. Specifically when Bob and Randall were alone, that led to a fantastic counter to his Rolling Thunder. then came a sweet drop kick to stop Bob from getting in the ring. Randall and Christian were alone, but Randall got the upper hand, looking for an RKO. Bob came in on the setup, got RKO'd for his troubles. Christian took advantage with a backslide and won. Christian pinned Randall, and for his second straight Summerslam appearance (2012 he was not on the show), Christian's in a world title match. This time as the challenger! A lot of time was given to this match, but a lot of time still was left in the show. It was spent with both losers shaking hands with Christian on separate points. That canvas looked to be stained with sweat, Christian especially was looking to be pouring with the stuff. It reminded me of Sheamus when he sweats a lot. Anyways, yeah, grueling battle for all three guys. To end the show, Christian was interviewed in the ring by Matthews, but got jumped from behind by Del Rio. Kick to the head, Del Rio stands tall to close the show. So as if Bryan getting a crack at the WWE Championship wasn't enough to make me excited for Summerslam, here comes Christian getting one more match. Of course there's Punk and Lesnar, making this Summerslam shaping up to be the best show of the year. So the countdown can be not only until Cena loses his WWE Championship, but Del Rio losing his world title. Whether or not either situation is realistic or not, it doesn't hurt to feel excited. 16 more days... |
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I thought Alex Riley did quite well, and I agree about Fandango. The gimmick might be shit, but he isn't half bad in the ring. Meh, if they are going to go with it, they should bring Tyler Breeze from NXT, and form a stable of models/dancers. Bring Rick Martel in as a mentor was the Layla turn the most obvious turn ever? I will say yes, until I can remember sometihng else. My mate really liked the Wyatt video, he is one of these 'fans' that likes the smoke and mirrors more than the actual wrestling. He was sitting with hand on chin giving it his full attention. I was impressed that he was impressed because he usually says fuck this, and starts playing on his phone or going on Facebook (UGH) |
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I wonder if either bryan/orton wins the wwe championship @ ss if they will still be on smackdown as cena/punk is like never there.
Lol I think the rock has been more on smackdown this year then cena. |
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No idea.
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Yeah, the Fandango gimmick is bleh aside from Summer Rae but the boy's got some skills. And him impressing despite the gimmick is worth more points. Of course Punk then ups the ante by going superplex-> Anaconda Vice for the win.
The Layla turn was telegraphed, and they teased it before also. It was as obvious as Orton not winning the triple threat, a nice ending in that one too. Made me ponder if Christian wins that 'one more match' he then gets the insta-cash from Sandow? Guess they need to show Sandow on a salvage boat or something first. |
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I thought that Fandango tapped out too early. He could have waited a couple of seconds to make the submission move look more realistic. It was a pretty good match regardless. AJ looks so hot in pigtails
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You would think the case is gone, so get a new one. it is a fucking case, but of course this is the wrestling world, so shit isn't that simple. maybe they have the case on the line in their Summerslam match. If you want your case back then fight me for it.
I could see the cash in on Christian although I'm backing ADR to win. |
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I don't expect Damien Sandow to cash it in anytime soon.
They will keep him busy for a while with Cody Rhodes and many others. Take your pick. I'm counting on Randy Orton to cash it in at Summerslam after Bryan wins the WWE title from Cena. That will make things very interesting.
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I thought the Fandango gimmick was shit but watching Tyler Breeze is 50 million times worse. Nobody cannot seriously go round staring at themselves all the time. Does he take pictures when he is on the john? And why wouldn't you want to take pictures of Renee? Is he gay?
Also they should have Enzo as the Summerslam host. He should come out, kick Miz in the nuts, have his big buddy chuck him backstage preferably into a room where they can lock it and take over. |
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