Smackdown was live this week on USA Network for WWE Week. I am a big supporter of making Smackdown live every week as they seem to be better shows. Lets get into it.
Fandango vs Roman Reigns
This wasn’t the expected squash. Fandango got a lot of offense in on Roman, and controlled a lot of the match. Fandango had Roman grounded with a chin lock for bit until Roman was able to get to his feet and land a big diving clothesline. Roman hit a spinebuster, followed by a super man punch followed by a spear to get Roman the win. Winner Roman Reigns
We got our first ad for Smackdown moving back to Thursdays. It was pretty funny actually.
Dean Ambrose made his way to the ring after commercial break. Dean said he figured something out at TLC. That Bray is afraid of him and that this isn’t over. Which prompted Bray to appear on the screen. Bray mumbled some stuff that wasn’t easy to understand. The gist of it was that Dean isn’t finished off yet because Bray is having too much fun.
Uso’s/Erick Rowan vs Harper/Miz/Mizdow
Rowan going twice in an hour tonight, gotta give some credit to the big man. Miz and Jimmy start but Miz instantly tags in Harper. We go to commercial with Harper in control of everything, even telling his team what to do. Miz and Mizdow oblige, scared of Luke. We came back from break with Miz in control of Jey for a few seconds until Jimmy is able to tag in. Jimmy clothesline Miz over the top rope and Mizdow jumped through the ropes himself. Mizdow eventually started mimicking Luke Harper. Miz was not happy! Chaos afterwards. Finish saw Uso’s taking out Harper on a dive to the outside. That lead to Rowan hitting a Big Splash off the top rope to get the win for his team. Fun match, had good spots and comedy. Winners Rowan/Uso’s
Back from break and Jimmy is supporting Naomi backstage, excited for her title match. Naomi tells Jimmy she wants to do it on her own so he wont be at ringside. This was followed by the Raw recap.
Seth Rollins vs Ryback
Seth’s ribs were bandaged up for this. When we came back from the break before the match we got another highlight from Raw. This one was of Ryback and Rusev face off. Rusev attacked Ryback before the match. Rollins got on the mic, and brought up chaos happening because of no authority. Rollins wants to take the night off, but Dolph comes out and challenges Seth tonight and Seth eventually accepts. This was a good back and forth between 2 of the men who’ve carried the WWE through the injuries.
Nikki Bella vs Naomi for the Divas Championship
The Divas got the championship introductions. Was good to see. Nikki got the advantage and started to dominate early. Nikki may be the most improved wrestler on the roster and not just for Divas. MIz comes down to ringside to cheer on Naomi. Naomi got the advantage after that. Naomi hit a cross body and a few nearfalls. Jimmy came down, attacked the Miz causing Naomi to be distracted. Nikki got a small package on Naomi to retain. Winner and Still Divas Champion. Naomi stared a hole through Jimmy after
Adam Rose vs Kane
Bunny was wearing a neck brace. Match started and Rose rolled out to check on the Bunny. Kane also pulling double duty. Rose got Kane off his feet and started dancing for some reason. Rose danced right into a Choke Slam. Kane got the win. Afterwards Kane Tombstoned the Bunny again. Winner Kane
Afterwards they tell us that Ryback is being tested for a concussion
Back from commercial and we get a Bah Humbug promo from Gold and Star Dust. They aren’t fans of Christmas. This is followed by a backstage interview from Seth Rollins. Rollins says he’s going to make sure Cena isn’t succesful at anything he does until he brings the Authority back.
Seth Rollins vs Dolph Ziggler non-title
The Show-Off vs the Workhorse. Also my 2 favorite main roster superstars. Dolph and Seth are carrying this main event scene. After few heel moves of rolling out of the ring we got underway, they went back and forth while JBL, and Cole argued and missed the beginning of a good match. Dolph eventually was forced outside where Noble hit Ziggler behind the referees back and that took us into commercial. They came back from commercial with Rollins in control.
The match eventually spilled to the outside where Dolph took advantage of the bruised ribs with hard shots to the table and stairs. Back in the ring and Dolph had the control, including hitting a picture perfect drop kick. Ziggler hit a huge face buster off the top rope. These 2 have gone 3 nights in a row with hard-hitting matches. Fantastic main event. Finish saw Noble and Mercury interfering causing them to get thrown out. Rollins was distracted, allowing Dolph to land the Zig Zag for the win. This is awesome to see. Dolph getting the push he deserves, picking up big time main event pins on main event stars. Winner Dolph Ziggler
I enjoyed this Smackdown it was just the right time and featured the stars that need more time while featuring the main event players. I give it a B
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