Official Smackdown thread

[The Q]

It is semantics but Taker beat Hogan first, lost then was on to another storyline. Once they put the Fiend as the top guy, he essentially has to stay chasing the title which isn’t realistic. It’s just my opinion it was dumb to put it on him which forced them to have to put something like Goldberg or some past star to temporarily hold the title until Reigns beats him.

I know. Just saying who gave them their first loses. Active real legends. Not past their prime ones.

I still reigns was big enough to take it off him if they waited long enough. Like summerslam or tlc

 

[wildturkey]

Interesting news tidbit. Daniel Bryan is gonna take time off when Brie gives birth to their 2nd child later this year and his contract runs out a short time later. He says he intends to let it go because he's looking to be a part time wrestler. Gonna be interesting to see if he'll choose to stay with WWE on a Lesnar or Edge type of deal or if he'll do one last tour of places outside of WWE. Bryan is the type of guy I could easily see turning down big WWE part time money just so he can work one last NJPW match or pop over to AEW to work a match with Kenny Omega

Daniel Bryan's WWE deal expires later this year, says he intends to become a part-time wrestler - Pro Wrestling Dot Net

 

[megalodon30]

Yeah, unlike other sports, wwe without fans is kinda pointless...

It's cringe. Almost painful to watch. At least Bayley is cute though.

 

[The Q]

It's cringe. Almost painful to watch. At least Bayley is cute though.

mandy looked amazing....god good

 

[The Q]

Well at least we know what the “glitch” was

 

[The Q]

It's cringe. Almost painful to watch. At least Bayley is cute though.

I’ve flipped on this.

in a world without any sports, and we have only Chinese virus and election talk....the world needs something else to watch and discuss

 

[megalodon30]

I’ve flipped on this.

in a world without any sports, and we have only Chinese virus and election talk....the world needs something else to watch and discuss

I'm not sure if I can take a lot of crowdless wrestling. Bayley helps, but something about wrestlers shouting into microphones over crowds that aren't present is just awkward.

 

[The Q]

I'm not sure if I can take a lot of crowdless wrestling. Bayley helps, but something about wrestlers shouting into microphones over crowds that aren't present is just awkward.

bayley looks like a dude....

but agreed it’s weird.

that’s why we’re getting matches off site. BoneyaRd and firefly fun house. To mix it up from the crowd

 

[The Q]

So considering there’s zero buildup....are we assuming goldberg actually successfully defends the title?

 

[wildturkey]

So considering there’s zero buildup....are we assuming goldberg actually successfully defends the title?

Who knows at this point. They'll probably do whatever is easiest to fill time with over the next month or so.

Also, that announcement was the laziest fucking thing ever. I don't why WWE insists on not acting like coronavirus and the lockdowns aren't happening. Just acknowledge Roman's health situation and be real about it

 

[The Q]

Well worth the 3 minutes

 

[The Q]

Who knows at this point. They'll probably do whatever is easiest to fill time with over the next month or so.

Also, that announcement was the laziest fucking thing ever. I don't why WWE insists on not acting like coronavirus and the lockdowns aren't happening. Just acknowledge Roman's health situation and be real about it

I'm not convinced we're gonna see much more live Raw or SD over the next few months.

So who can hold the title while doing nothing for the next few months?

That answer is probably Golberg, although after the way he struggled to lift Wyatt, Braun may kill him if he tries to jackhammer him.

 

[Judge Fudge]

Well worth the 3 minutes

That was.....

Ok

 

[The Q]

I love this version of Sonya...

Imagine if Becky ever cut a promo half as good as this one...

 

[The Q]

And then they botch it with Otis showing up despite Dolph doing literally nothing wrong and just trying to deescalate the situation.

 

[The Q]

Sonya was right. She has been a great friend to Mandy.

she also said at the rumble she would’ve thrown herself over the top rope to let Mandy win if they were the final 2.

Mandy is the Zack Morris of wwe...

 

[Judge Fudge]

That Daniel Bryan Promo made me wanna run through a wall.

One of the things that i'd do if i was in this MITB is take a guy, in a headlock, into the office. Start kicking his ass with the phone receiver...

Another guy comes in to get me, than i start kicking his ass with the receiver. Stop for a sec."Hello.... I'm sorry he is getting his ass kicked by ...."

Drag the second guy to a board room. Put him in a office chair. Grab some duct tape, which i conventily place in the board room before the PPV. Duct tape him to the chair and punch him every time the chair wheels around to me

 

[The Q]

I cannot describe what a bad idea it is to have both mitb matches going concurrently.

 

[The Q]

I am interested in how they do the Braun/Bray match, because neither can really afford a loss here.

Can someone please cash in same night so we can get them some cover?

 

[The Q]

Just saw some flashes of Carmella's impressions on Backstage....

maybe she did this while I was gone, but not having her do Rock style impressions of her opponents is a real mistake.

She is fantastic at those.