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Smackdown Live was while not a great show, it was a much better go home show than Monday Night RAW. Why you ask? Well, I’m gonna tell you what’s good, what’s ok and what’s bad. Now, on with the review.
WHAT’S GOOD
The Opening Segment
The show started off with AJ telling that he’s going to beat Brock Lesnar this Sunday until Paul Heyman outta nowhere showed up and grabbed a microphone.
Paul then went out of this way to praise AJ’s work as a wrestler and a champion. Styles then stated that while he lost the match itself last year, he, unlike Brock, wasn’t limping.
Daniel Bryan showed up and warned AJ not to mentioned his name which was rather odd. AJ then mentioned his name and then a brawl happened.
After that, they announced the main event for this show for the WWE championship which if you read my what’s bad section, you already know my thoughts on it. Overall a good segment.
WHAT’S OK
The Miz vs Rey Mysterio
Okay, match. Rey won with a crucifix pin and then Randy Orton tried to hit the RKO to Rey Mysterio but Rey reversed it and Randy instead delivered the RKO to The Miz which I thought it was funny.
Paige calls out the entire Smackdown Live Women’s division
Like the title stated above, Paige calls out the entire women’s division including the champ herself Becky Lynch and she picked Charlotte as her replacement to face Ronda Rousey at Survivor Series in Los Angeles. This might be a dumb question for most of you but did the hug from Becky to Charlotte indicated that Becky is now a full fledge babyface?
Look, it is possible that a rematch between Ronda and Charlotte will happen at Wrestlemania but considering that WWE promoted the Becky Lynch vs Ronda Rousey match like crazy (in a good way of course), it’s highly unlikely that WWE will go that route but will see how that match itself turns out.
The New Day vs The Bar and The Big Show
Another Okay match. The team of The Bar and The Big Show won with Big Show delivered the KO punch to Kofi Kingston.
WHAT’S BAD
Andrade “Cien” Almas vs Jeff Hardy
I don’t mind the match itself because it was decent but I do have a problem with Andrade losing matches, hence losing his momentum.
It’s one thing to lose few matches but it’s another thing to not only being featured less on the show but also lose several matches in a row and I get that it’s impossible to feature everybody in major roles but come on.
Andrade “Cien” Almas is a great talent and I hope that it’s temporary but given how the Smackdown creative team treats its mid-card champion, it’s unclearly that it is.
AJ Styles vs Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship
I thought this was a much better match than their encounter two weeks ago until the ending. Styles was aiming for a phenomenal forearm but Daniel Dodged it and hit the referee instead. Bryan then low-blowed Styles without the ref's knowledge followed by the running knee and just like that, Daniel Bryan is the new WWE champion. After the match, Daniel Bryan started to hit a beat up AJ Styles with a smile on his face.
I respect WWE going for an unpredictable route but I absolutely don't like the heel turn because WWE in terms of top singles wrestlers, has more heels on their roster than babyfaces and you need an equal level of heels and babyfaces so him turning heel doesn't make sense in my opinion.
I will say this, the two positive things coming out of this is one, the match that I've wanted to see for years now is happening this Sunday and two, the ending gives me a reason as to why I should watch Smackdown Live next week. I'm afraid that the heel turn will damage Daniel star power if that makes sense but I will give this a chance and hopefully I could enjoy this side of Daniel Bryan.
Sound off in the comments on what do you think about Smackdown Live last night and follow the blog for honest pro wrestling opinions. Anyways, stay safe smarks.
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