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WWE Smackdown Live 18/6/19 | My Coherent Review.

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Another win for WWE main roster TV. This was a very good show and it's because of those shows, I'm actually excited for Stomping Ground. Click here if you wanna read my review for Monday Night RAW last night. 

Opening segment. 

WWE Champion Kofi Kingston and The New Day kick off SmackDown LIVE!
This show kicked with The New Day while I really like The New Day, them opening Smackdown feels repetitive at this point but it is what it is. Xavier Woods started to promote Kofi's match with Dolph this coming Sunday. 

When Big E was about to reveal what he's going to do on the final hour, Dolph Ziggler showed up and said that Kofi doesn't deserve to be champion and how he relies on The New Day for his success.

Kofi wonders if Ziggler has forgotten where this WWE Title began: inside of a different cage, the Elimination Chamber.

Kofi Kingston said "hold up, hold up" and mentions that he's been in a cage but in a different cage aka the Elimination Chamber and promises Ziggler that he's going to defeat the show-off. 

Dolph Ziggler replied by saying that he's gonna beat Kofi and that title should be his. The way Ziggler cut that promo sounded like he could pull off a psychotic heel character if he ends up going that direction with his character. 

Dolph Ziggler vs Xavier Woods. 

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During the match, Xavier Woods took out Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn with a cross body onto the outside after they started to hit a series of punches to Kofi and Big E. 

Xavier then did a press position into a gutbuster. Ziggler hits a vicious superkick on the outside, another superkick minutes later inside the ring and that's how Ziggler won the match. If it wasn't for the commercial break, this match would've been pretty good but it was decent though.  

Backstage segment happens in which Shelton Benjamin was talking to The B team about the special guest referee outside Baron Corbin's room. Matt Hardy came out of that room and said to Shelton "Senior Benjamin, you're next" to which he replied, "that's Mr Benjamin". That reply from Shelton Benjamin was hilarious and it made me think "what if he was given an opportunity to be himself like actually himself?" Don't know why but it’s something to think about. 

A Moment of Bliss. Special Guest, Her Opponent At Stomping Ground In Bayley. 

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Alexa Bliss called out somebody for her coffee until Bayley came out with her coffee and actually drank it. Bayley said that if she has anything to say something bad about her then Alexa should say it to her face.

Bliss happily accepted that and she said that Bayley is not as nice as people think and how she's treated her like crap in NXT. Bayley then replied that accusations by saying that she's lying (what a comeback). Alexa countered that saying that Bayley peaked in NXT which is true.

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Bayley had enough, beats up Bliss and Nikki Cross stopped her for a second until Alexa Bliss hits her from behind. I like this segment mostly because of one person and that's Alexa Bliss. Probably the best promo I've heard from Bliss in quite some time. 

Jumping into another backstage segment, Apollo Crews asked Zelina Vega about Andrade and she started to flirt with Crews. Then, Andrade hits Crews from behind. Can those guys fight already like I really wanna see them wrestle? 

Heavy Machinery vs The B Team. 

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Always great watching Otis doing his thing in the ring. Heavy Machinery won the match with the compactor. After the match, Seth Rollins came out and hits The B team with chair shots. 

Meanwhile, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens went to Shane outside the arena and they gave their concern about Seth Rollins. Shane answered that with a tag team match between them, Rollins and Kofi Kingston. 

Shane McMahon Wants To Give Drew McIntyre A Spotlight (hoping that is not a foreshadowing to a main roster call up for Velveteen Dream).

“The Best in the World” wants to put the spotlight on McIntyre before The Scottish Terminator battles Reigns at Stomping Grounds.
You know, I'm shocked that Shane McMahon didn't have his own talk show called "The Weekly Spot with Shane McMahon" because that's what RAW and Smackdown Live mostly is as of late. 

Anyways, he didn't want an introduction from Greg Hamilton which is shocking actually. Shane gave Drew a platform to talk about Roman Reigns and that's exactly what he did. 

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Out came The Miz and he came out to show footage of Roman Reigns beating up The Revival, Drew McIntyre and Shane McMahon and he showed Shane getting his backside kicked in slow motion. 

The Miz then cut a passionate about how Shane came from saying that SmackDown Live is a land of opportunity to taking opportunities from other superstars. He also said that he blamed himself for cheering Shane McMahon about his win at *ugh* Crown Jewel and he wants to end the ego-driven maniac in Shane McMahon. 

Shane replied that with a tag team match between Drew, Elias, Miz and his partner of choice and it was R Truth who by the way, was trying to escape. Miz because he's one talented mofos, did more than just saved this segment. That promo Miz cut was great. 

After that, Paige made a tag team match between The Kabuki Warriors and The IIconics in Tokyo assuming it's on a house show. Also in that same segment, The Authors of Pain were talking to each other which was random. 

The Miz and R Truth aka Awesome Truth vs Drew Mcintyre and Elias. Tag Team Elimination Match. 

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After Elias eliminated Truth, The rest of the roster came and Shelton Benjamin took the 24/7 title. 

The ref told him that's not how it works until Truth took the belt away from the ref and ran while the roster were chasing him. The heel team obviously won the match with a claymore kick and Drew hits Miz with two more claymore kicks after the match was over. 

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Truth actually lost the 24/7 title from Drake Maverick after Maverick disguised himself as Carmella. He took the ref's car and drove because he's gotta get married. Truth said that he didn't know that "Carmella" was about to get married and asked himself why wasn't he invited? That was hilarious. 

 I know this is a no shit Sherlock moment but Truth somehow always turns chicken shit into crispy Popeyes fried chicken of a particular segment because that's how good he is. 

Kofi Kingston and Seth Rollins vs Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. 2 out of 3 Falls match. 

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The babyface team won the first fall quickly with a trouble in paradise to Sami Zayn. Making the 2 of 3 falls stipulation aspect of the match completely useless. 

Seth Rollins and Kofi Kingston won the second with a stomp from Seth Rollins to Kevin Owens. A decent match overall but they should've made this match into a regular tag team match. 

So, to recap for all of you slow mofos: 

Like: The Miz's promo, the Moment Of Bliss segment, that moment with Shelton Benjamin and Matt Hardy, the 24/7 title switch. 

Didn't like: The 2 out of 3 falls stipulation main event match was useless. 

Sound off in the comments below on what do you think about this week's episode of Smackdown Live? Follow ya boy on the Twitta @omartheplayaguy and follow the blog for honest pro wrestling opinions. Anyways, stay safe smarks. 

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