WWE Smackdown Live 8/1/19 | My Coherent Review.

Smackdown Live was a very good show with most of the show focusing on the wrestling aspect which is always a plus depending on the matches of course and here's why.

Daniel Bryan Goes Insane And It’s Awesome.

WWE Champion Daniel Bryan kicks off SmackDown LIVE with an epic rant.

The show started off with Daniel Bryan walking around the arena basically describing how people are consuming nothing but toxicity into themselves and the environment (God, I love crazy social justice Daniel Bryan). Then outta nowhere, R Truth jumped on Bryan and put the mugging out of him which led to a match between R Truth and Daniel Bryan. Speaking of which………………

Daniel Bryan vs R Truth.

This was a quick one. Truth was going for a splash on the turnbuckle but Daniel reversed that and hits him with the running knee to win this match. As Daniel was leaving the stage area, AJ came out and hits him with straight right hands to Daniel Bryan until security was able to separate Styles.

Rey Mysterio and Mustafa Ali vs Andrade Cien Almas and Samoa Joe.

Rey Mysterio and Andrade Cien Almas had one of my favorite TV matches of last year (click here if you wanna read my top 7 best WWE TV matches of 2018) but was this all good? Yes, this was a good match. At one point, Ali did a slide into a quick face buster to Almas which looked awesome. The match ended with Almas delivered the hammerlock DDT and won the match. Again, a very solid match and finally Andrade got a big W in his main roster run.

Rusev calls out Shinsuke Nakamura.

Instead, Nakamura appears from a SmackDown LIVE production truck.

Rusev came out to the ring upset about what Shinsuke did to his wife. Shinsuke was in the production truck and showed him the footage of last week’s show where Rusev hit his wife. Rusev then exited the ring to look for Shinsuke and while Rusev was backstage, Shinsuke outta nowhere hits him with a metal box. The segment ended with Shinsuke delivered a Kinshasa to Rusev. This is the feud I don’t care about and I hoping that once Rusev is done with Nakamura, he feuds with El Idolo.

The Usos vs The Bar. If Usos wins then they face The Bar for the Smackdown Live Tag Team Championship.

It’s no shocker that they can pull out a good match and that’s exactly what they did. By the end of the match, Mandy Rose (Yes Mandy Rose) distracted Jimmy Uso and Cesaro used that distraction as an advantage and hits Jey Uso with the neutraliser to win this match. After the match, The Miz came out and challenged The Bar for the Smackdown Live Tag Team Championship. The Bar had other ideas and Sheamus delivered the Brogue Kick to Miz. Well, that was a awkward and bad end to this match.

There was a 2 on 1 backstage brawl between Naomi, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville only for then Jimmy Uso to break this up.

Daniel Bryan by the way, cut a Psychotic promo backstage when he was interviewed by Kayla Braxton about AJ Styles.

Also something that happened backstage, a match between The Bar vs The Miz and Shane McMahon for The Smackdown Live Tag Team Championship at the Royal Rumble is official. I will give this match credit, at least it isn’t the same variations of tag teams facing The Bar for the Tag Team Championship.

Charlotte Flair vs Becky Lynch vs Carmella. Winner Faces Asuka For The Smackdown Live Tag Team Championship.

A very good main event. At one point. Charlotte delivered a beautiful moonsault on both Carmella and Becky Lynch. By the end of the match, Carmella carried Becky Lynch, then quickly Lynch turned it into a disarmher and just like that, Becky Lynch won the match. And she’s facing Asuka for the Smackdown Live Women’s Championship.

So, to recap for all of you slow mofos

Like: The main event, opening match, Daniel Bryan’s psychotic promo.

Didn’t like: The ending of The Bar vs Usos match.

My question is, what do you think about Smackdown Live last night? Let me know in the comments below and click here to read my review for this week's episode of RAW. Make sure to follow the blog for honest pro wrestling opinions and stay safe smarks.

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