Smackdown Live this week was a good show. I was expecting a meh episode but it did surprise me of how good the show was.
Opening segment.
The show started off with AJ Styles coming back from RAW to Smackdown Live because of the wildcard rule (like I said on my RAW review last night which you can click here, why can't they invite all of the superstars from one show to another instead of 4?). Sami Zayn came out and said that he knew that AJ would take that wildcard rule as an advantage.
AJ then replied by saying that Sami smells like crap (because Braun threw Sami in the trash can on RAW last night) with chants of “Take a shower” which was funny. Out came The New Day minus Big E of course and Kofi asked AJ Styles what is AJ doing here on this SmackDown? AJ answered by saying that he returned the favour by coming from one show to another just like what Kofi did on RAW yesterday.
Sami Zayn then mentions Kofi Kingston going to defend his championship against AJ and also mentions that he deserves a championship. The segment ended with Kofi wanting to defend the WWE championship against Sami Zayn or AJ Styles which we found out minutes later that Kofi defends the WWE championship against Sami and AJ. If it wasn't for Sami Zayn, this segment would've sucked if I'm being honest.
After that, a smartphone promo cut by Kevin Owens and he said that he's not in the arena because it's his birthday. He ended the promo by saying that he's gonna take the WWE championship away from Kofi Kingston.
Ali vs Andrade.
The match was okay. Randy Orton interfered in the match, ending the match in a DQ. Randy then delivered the RKO to both Andrade and Ali. So, Randy got his payback from last week's show.
Shane McMahon to Crown New Tag Team Champions.
After Shane addresses his actions on RAW last night, he crowned Daniel Bryan and Rowan as the new Smackdown Live tag team champions but then, The Usos came out and said that they put the tag team division on the map and Shane’s gonna hand the championships like that?
The Usos proposed a match between themselves, Daniel Bryan and Rowan for the tag team championship to which Shane accepted.
The Usos vs Daniel Bryan and Rowan.
This was a very good match guys. In other words, it was a superkick party with so many superkicks from Jey and Jimmy Uso. The team of Daniel Bryan and Rowan won the championships with the Iron Claw to Jey Uso. The only positive coming out of that wildcard rule.
After that incredible match, Shane McMahon is gonna announce something about Money In The Bank until The Miz came out and was chasing Shane McMahon until the B Team came out to help Shane to which McMahon used it as an advantage to hit Miz with a steel chair.
Backstage segment happened in which Daniel Bryan and Rowan were walking until Heavy Machinery looked at those guys with the titles.
Ember Moon and Carmella vs Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville.
The team Ember Moon and Carmella lost the match with the underhook slam from Mandy Rose to Ember Moon. After the match, Paige along with Kairi Sane and Asuka came out and made a tag match between the babyface team and the heel team in Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville.
A backstage interview conducted by Kayla Braxton and she asked Matt Hardy about Jeff Hardy. Then, R Truth came and both of those guys talked about Lars Sullivan until the freak himself from behind, beat the veterans up. I like Lars Sullivan destroying objects and human beings because why not right?
Kofi Kingston vs AJ Styles vs Sami Zayn for the WWE Championship.
At one point, AJ Styles was going for a reverse DDT to Sami Zayn until Kofi came and delivered the SOS while AJ Styles delivered the reverse DDT at the same time. That was a cool move. Minutes later, Kevin Owens from outta nowhere came out and pushed Xavier Woods to the steel steps.
That lead to Sami Zayn hitting not one, not two but three blue thunder bombs to Kofi Kingston but he kicked out. The match ended with Kofi hitting a trouble in paradise to Sami. Good match but if I had to nitpick something, why would Kevin Owens let Sami take the WWE championship away from Kofi considering that he wants to beat Kofi and take Kofi’s title away from him? I didn't get that but whatever.
So, to recap for all of you slow mofos:
Like: Not a fan of the wildcard rule but at least the rule stayed consistent, the WWE championship triple threat match, the SmackDown Live Tag Team Championship match, Lars Sullivan beating up people as usual.
Didn't like: Besides my thoughts of Kevin Owens’ role in the main event match, nothing really.
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