WWE SmackDown Review: The Rock's Confusing Appearance, DIY vs Pretty Deadly, Drew McIntyre vs Jimmy Uso

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<v Speaker 2>I am Amanda, your host of this SmackDown review. So
<v Speaker 2>I'm hearing a lot of salty this on have a
<v Speaker 2>podcast saying that Raw and SmackDown are basically not great
<v Speaker 2>right now, And honestly, I hadn't felt that way. I
<v Speaker 2>thought that we're programming was pretty good, but after tonight's show,
<v Speaker 2>I have to say, I agree, what an absolute load
<v Speaker 2>of pants. This was just me honestly, the worst SmackDown
<v Speaker 2>I've seen in ages. I don't know why. I don't
<v Speaker 2>feel like we've got particularly clear picture or a clear
<v Speaker 2>path for a lot of big stars going to Mania,
<v Speaker 2>for example Roman, But honestly, I mean, he's the least
<v Speaker 2>of my worries. He's main evented about the last thousand Mania,
<v Speaker 2>so it won't do him any harm to sit this
<v Speaker 2>one out, but I can't see that. More about Punk,
<v Speaker 2>what about Priest? What about Seth? Only one of them
<v Speaker 2>can win Chamber, So it all just feels very mixed up.
<v Speaker 2>And Tonight's show, honestly, I mean, did someone leave the
<v Speaker 2>back door open? And did Vince sneak back in? Just terrible? Anyway, listen, guys,
<v Speaker 2>and I'm a bit la. This week had some stuff
<v Speaker 2>to do, and I feel like this show probably might
<v Speaker 2>be a little shorter than my normal shows. I don't
<v Speaker 2>like to just be negative, so I will try and
<v Speaker 2>find the positives in tonight's show. And with that said,
<v Speaker 2>let's get on with it and review the SmackDown that
<v Speaker 2>aired on February twenty first from New Orleans, and the
<v Speaker 2>first thing we get is official confirmation that Rock is
<v Speaker 2>going to be here on tonight's show. We also have
<v Speaker 2>Tiffy versus Candice and Naomi versus Live. We start off
<v Speaker 2>the show with Nico ldos or as we know him,
<v Speaker 2>Oblivion the Gladiator who you know. Positive moment, I feel
<v Speaker 2>he is still doing an absolutely fantastic job as an
<v Speaker 2>authority figure on the WWE and SmackDown specifically, I don't
<v Speaker 2>think it's ever easy for anyone in those particular roles,
<v Speaker 2>but he's doing a great job, so that's my positive point.
<v Speaker 2>Number one of this terrible show. Start off with Nick
<v Speaker 2>Orders telling Cody that he's getting pulled from the six
<v Speaker 2>man tag tonight, and then Cody goes to complain. Nick
<v Speaker 2>tells him that it's come from the Rock, who wants
<v Speaker 2>to see him in the ring tonight. Our first in
<v Speaker 2>reaction tonight is Drew versus Jimmy, and Jimmy cuts a
<v Speaker 2>promo and Drew on the way to the ring. He
<v Speaker 2>says Drew. He says, well, Drew, go to the chamber
<v Speaker 2>and win and then go to Mania and win, and
<v Speaker 2>he says, no, yeat. We've got Drew just looking arrogant
<v Speaker 2>as always, and we get started basically a lot of
<v Speaker 2>smack talk. Quite a slow start between these two. Jimmy
<v Speaker 2>looking good first off, but then very quickly Drew getting
<v Speaker 2>the upper hand, chucking Jimmy across the ring with a
<v Speaker 2>belly to belly a couple of times in a row.
<v Speaker 2>Jimmy then manages to get a superkick on Drew, following
<v Speaker 2>up with a suicide dive, but Drew with a horrible
<v Speaker 2>looking Alabama slam into the steel steps. Jimmy fights back
<v Speaker 2>and the cround right behind him, but he gets smashed
<v Speaker 2>in the mouth by Drew, who tries for a quick cover.
<v Speaker 2>Jimmy almost gets Drew up before the smow and drop,
<v Speaker 2>but he fails at the last minute, allowing Drew to
<v Speaker 2>take over again. We get Jimmy trying to fight back again,
<v Speaker 2>does manage us to more and drop, this time resulting
<v Speaker 2>in a close to count. Drew hits a quite mega
<v Speaker 2>loocking flying head butt, and then we're back to the
<v Speaker 2>center of the ring, trading blows. Jimmy hits a superkick
<v Speaker 2>and a pretty lackluster spear, which unsurprisingly Drew manages to
<v Speaker 2>kick out of, and then from nowhere, by the looks
<v Speaker 2>of things, Jimmy counters the Alabama slam then gets the
<v Speaker 2>roll up victory on Drew. Match, We've got Drew predictably
<v Speaker 2>throwing his toys out of the pram beating down on
<v Speaker 2>Jimmy as matches go. This is all right. Drew was
<v Speaker 2>in charge pretty much throughout, but Jimmy got clever counter
<v Speaker 2>for the whim and afterwards. Despite Drew beating down Jimmy
<v Speaker 2>all the time, he was shouting that this means nothing
<v Speaker 2>to him, and funny if that's true, why does he
<v Speaker 2>care and why has he gone so mad at the
<v Speaker 2>end and threw seems to a lot of heat on
<v Speaker 2>him At the moment, He's the very healliust of heels,
<v Speaker 2>which I guess is exactly what they're going for. They
<v Speaker 2>definitely seem to very much hate him. So the confirmation
<v Speaker 2>of a new main event tonight, it's just a standard
<v Speaker 2>tag team match instead of a six man tag. We've
<v Speaker 2>got Priest and Stroman versus Solo am Fatu, and we
<v Speaker 2>get a reminder of last week's elimination Chamber qualifier which
<v Speaker 2>ended in pretty much chaos. Will you see Solo arriving
<v Speaker 2>notably not in white this week. He's met by Fatuu
<v Speaker 2>and Tonga. He says to them, what happened last week
<v Speaker 2>was an accident and Fatou says, yeah, if you didn't
<v Speaker 2>think it was an accident, then Solo wouldn't be standing
<v Speaker 2>there right now, which I think is quite an interesting
<v Speaker 2>shift of dynamic. Fatu obviously has lost all the respects
<v Speaker 2>for Solo was all it was all held up in
<v Speaker 2>the Ulafala, which has now obviously gone. Fatu says that
<v Speaker 2>since Solo has disappeared, him and Tonga have been running
<v Speaker 2>things and so tonight Fatou has decided it will be
<v Speaker 2>Solo and Fatou that take on the match. We now
<v Speaker 2>get Mellow backstage bumping into Truth, and True says tonight
<v Speaker 2>they have a tag match and it's Mellow and Miz
<v Speaker 2>versus Truth and a Louisiana legend. As they make their
<v Speaker 2>way to their entrances, Mellow shoves past Miss and doesn't
<v Speaker 2>look too happy at all to be involved. They call
<v Speaker 2>themselves Mellow, don't Miss Well. I say they mis called
<v Speaker 2>them that, so that yeah, Mellow doesn't look like he
<v Speaker 2>wants to be involved in this at all, and let's
<v Speaker 2>be honest, who would be And what's the point? Before
<v Speaker 2>the match? We get as Lena Vega promo saying that
<v Speaker 2>her move to SmackDown is a fresh start. She's got
<v Speaker 2>something to prove. I think it will be good second,
<v Speaker 2>second or third positive point of the podcast here. It's
<v Speaker 2>good that they've moved to Selena away from Lwow. She wasn't
<v Speaker 2>really doing much with them. It will be good to
<v Speaker 2>see what they do with her on SmackDown. So looking
<v Speaker 2>forward to seeing that she's got some wicked skills. So
<v Speaker 2>who is Truth's partner gonna be? It comes? It comes
<v Speaker 2>to the announcement and La Night, and apparently Truth has
<v Speaker 2>got the area code for Louisiana mixed up with LA
<v Speaker 2>from La Night, assuming that he's from there. Joe Tess
<v Speaker 2>calls Truth a national treasure, which, to be honest, is
<v Speaker 2>a bit of a stretch. I love Truth and the
<v Speaker 2>comedy stuff he brings, but I've probably seen more of
<v Speaker 2>them than I want to on our screens recently. So
<v Speaker 2>this match is happening. Wade says, these are four strange
<v Speaker 2>bedfellows and you are not kidding. Wade. Truth in with Mellow,
<v Speaker 2>who does his own two count on Mellow, which was
<v Speaker 2>very weird. A couple of quick tags between Truth and Night,
<v Speaker 2>Mellow refusing to tagging miss Truth, gets confused and tags
<v Speaker 2>in Miss, obviously because they used to be the awesome
<v Speaker 2>Truth and their Miss is now legitimately tagged in beating
<v Speaker 2>down on Truth, mis going for the it kicks and
<v Speaker 2>showboat into the crowd. That's one way in which him
<v Speaker 2>and Mellow go very nicely together. Both think they our
<v Speaker 2>body every self, as my mother would have said. So
<v Speaker 2>he showed it into the crowd gets caught out by
<v Speaker 2>a roll up from from Truth. Night is yet to
<v Speaker 2>get into the match. Truth hits a suplex stunner on
<v Speaker 2>Mellow and finally manages to get the tag Tonight, who's
<v Speaker 2>in with Miss, and is going for it on both
<v Speaker 2>Mis and Mellow. Miss with the tag and Night with
<v Speaker 2>some kind of weird botch. It looks really messy. I'm
<v Speaker 2>not quite sure what happened that Earl A. Night just
<v Speaker 2>somehow ended up on his belly in the ring, which
<v Speaker 2>looks kind of weird. Mellow looking for the first forty eight,
<v Speaker 2>but it's counted as his Night's BFT, and we've got
<v Speaker 2>Truth now in with Mellow, and Truth is doing his
<v Speaker 2>full on scene a routine. I guess h we might
<v Speaker 2>well see summer scen I mean, the amount of signs
<v Speaker 2>in the crowd that were like, where the hell sena is?
<v Speaker 2>He's just going to show up for the big stuff
<v Speaker 2>bit boring. So Truth rolling his full on scena routine,
<v Speaker 2>hits for the STFU, which is broken up by Miss,
<v Speaker 2>and then we get Shinsky appearing out of nowhere, attacking
<v Speaker 2>Night and taking him out, and then we get Mellow
<v Speaker 2>behind the rest back in the first forty eight and
<v Speaker 2>mis gets the cover for the win, notably met with
<v Speaker 2>pretty much deadly science in the arena. Not really sure
<v Speaker 2>what to think of that hopeful A one and done
<v Speaker 2>at least for truth and Night Night is worth so
<v Speaker 2>much more than that. Maybe miss and Mellow would be
<v Speaker 2>good for each other, though, who knows. But let's see
<v Speaker 2>what happens. I can't say I'm particularly excited now promo
<v Speaker 2>from Charlotte, or at least someone looks like a bit
<v Speaker 2>like Charlotte. I think her face is becoming a parody
<v Speaker 2>of herself. It seems to be changing weekly. Anyway. She's
<v Speaker 2>basically telling us that she's back and the Goat doesn't
<v Speaker 2>need to be called the goat. That reminds us of.
<v Speaker 1>That.
<v Speaker 2>Charlotte has picked Tiffy for Mania, and now we get
<v Speaker 2>Tiffy out for her match with Candice Lay and before
<v Speaker 2>the match, we have Tiffy on the mic and she
<v Speaker 2>says that she knows, she knows it, and we all
<v Speaker 2>know it. Everyone is obsessed with her and Elimination Chamber.
<v Speaker 2>Her and Trish are going to end Nia and Candice definitively.
<v Speaker 2>She says she doesn't want to talk about them, though
<v Speaker 2>she wants to talk about Charlotte, and she says, now
<v Speaker 2>Flair has picked her. She realizes that the rumor is true.
<v Speaker 2>No one likes to kick a girl when she's down
<v Speaker 2>like Charlotte does. She says she doesn't want Charlotte's legacy,
<v Speaker 2>that's all her She wants the number one girl spot
<v Speaker 2>in WWE. We don't get Naya's music hitting and she
<v Speaker 2>comes out with her lackey Candace. So now Candice not
<v Speaker 2>even getting any kind of music of her own at all,
<v Speaker 2>just basically a extension of Naya. They've both got Mike's
<v Speaker 2>nice So she thinks it's cute that she thought she
<v Speaker 2>had her beat last week. And after nyas sorry, Nya
<v Speaker 2>and Candace beat Tiffy and Trish, she is getting her
<v Speaker 2>title back. Tiffy tells Nya to get over it. It's
<v Speaker 2>not her title anymore, and once she takes out Candace,
<v Speaker 2>she won't have anyone to do her dirty work for her.
<v Speaker 2>When we get started, it's fairly slow at the beginning,
<v Speaker 2>crowd chanting Tiffy time, while now Nya prows up around
<v Speaker 2>the outside of the ring. Candace actually doing pretty well
<v Speaker 2>keeping Tiffy grounding has clearly been taking lessons from Nya
<v Speaker 2>on how to really really slow down a match. Honestly,
<v Speaker 2>in what world is it that Candice owns the World
<v Speaker 2>Champs so easily? It's ridiculous. Finally we get Tivvy comeback,
<v Speaker 2>things speed up, and just about things are getting interesting,
<v Speaker 2>we get Charlotte out, Charlotte out, and there definitely this
<v Speaker 2>week more booze for her back to the match, and
<v Speaker 2>the distraction of Charlotte gives Candace another in. But if
<v Speaker 2>he gets a cover for a two count, Charlotte takes
<v Speaker 2>her seat. On commentary, Wade, actually, you know, let's give
<v Speaker 2>way this flowers. He does actually mentioned to Charlotte the
<v Speaker 2>interesting audience reaction he calls it, and say it was
<v Speaker 2>more what do you think of the booze? But he
<v Speaker 2>calls it an interesting audience reaction to Charlotte and she
<v Speaker 2>says it's because she's unattainable. Meanwhile, in the ring, Candace
<v Speaker 2>is back in charge. If he goes up top and
<v Speaker 2>hits the moon salt on to Nya and Candace on
<v Speaker 2>the outside actually missed them both and she landed quite
<v Speaker 2>heavily on her feet. But finally some offense from Tiffy
<v Speaker 2>and we trade covers in the ring and on colms
<v Speaker 2>Charlotte with the charisma and charm of a sea bass. Jesus.
<v Speaker 2>Tiffy finally with her gymnastic tumble and smashes Candace into
<v Speaker 2>the corner, gets a really close cover. Tiffy goes up
<v Speaker 2>top for a swanton but misses. Just as Tiffy is rolling,
<v Speaker 2>Nia pulls Candice from the ring. Tiffy hits Alabama slam
<v Speaker 2>on the outside to Candyce followed up with the prettiest
<v Speaker 2>moon salt and gets the win. And after the wind
<v Speaker 2>in comes Nia and attacks Tiffy from behind just as
<v Speaker 2>she's about to deliver. And then the annihilator to Tiffy
<v Speaker 2>outcomes Trish and takes out and before and Candice were
<v Speaker 2>just before she clears the ring, and Naya manages to
<v Speaker 2>stack up both Tiffany and Trish and hits a double
<v Speaker 2>annihilator which looked at serious risk of rupturing people's breast implants.
<v Speaker 2>There we go, and then as that's been hitting comes
<v Speaker 2>Charlotte and she stands next to Tiffy points at the
<v Speaker 2>sign literally in no world should Candice be able to
<v Speaker 2>push Tiffany that much. The match itself was fine. I guess,
<v Speaker 2>but could have been shorter. After all, it seemed like
<v Speaker 2>the whole point was to get Niro in for a
<v Speaker 2>double annihilator and then for Charlotte to do her best,
<v Speaker 2>pointing at the sign there is still so long to
<v Speaker 2>go to Romania. What the hell are we going to
<v Speaker 2>do with all the time that's left? Honestly. We now
<v Speaker 2>go backstage where we have Damien and Cody. Damien asks
<v Speaker 2>what's up? Why is the Rock here? And Cody says,
<v Speaker 2>look what time of year it is? Slide dig Rock
<v Speaker 2>needed to have his WrestleMania moment. Damien says, after Chamber
<v Speaker 2>he's coming for his title. Cody says he respects that.
<v Speaker 2>Stroman comes by and Damien says, we are handling business.
<v Speaker 2>Stroman says the only thing he cares about tonight is
<v Speaker 2>getting his hands on Fatou and Solo. Now, I think
<v Speaker 2>that should actually be a decent match, should it get
<v Speaker 2>to be played out. Now, backstage we have Byron and
<v Speaker 2>he's got Bianca and Naomi, and he asks about the
<v Speaker 2>footage from last week. Nami says that she knows it
<v Speaker 2>was live and Raquel and they're going to war on
<v Speaker 2>Monday and we'll have a tag team title match with them,
<v Speaker 2>and what their punishment for allegedly beating up Jade is
<v Speaker 2>they get a tag title shot? Okay, whatever, Then refreshing,
<v Speaker 2>refreshing bit and positive point of the night number like
<v Speaker 2>four or five. Maybe we get a vignett from Alexa.
<v Speaker 2>I love her. She says a lot of change. She
<v Speaker 2>said she was away, that something's remain the same. She
<v Speaker 2>says she's gonna win chamber and turn it into her
<v Speaker 2>own playground. I am so pleased that she's back. I
<v Speaker 2>would absolutely love to see her win the chamber and
<v Speaker 2>faced Ria at Mania would be Chef's kiss, brilliant. I
<v Speaker 2>hope that can be made to happen. I think if
<v Speaker 2>Bianca or Naomi or Live win the chamber, that would
<v Speaker 2>just be predictable and boring. My top choice would be Alexa,
<v Speaker 2>followed by probably Roxanne Pereres and then Bailey. I would
<v Speaker 2>I'd love to see any of those three really, but
<v Speaker 2>certainly Alexa for something a little bit different. We haven't
<v Speaker 2>seen her with a title for ages now. The match
<v Speaker 2>coming out is Naomi versus Live. Wade is on comms
<v Speaker 2>saying that the CCTV footage proves nothing, which is fair comment.
<v Speaker 2>It doesn't Before the lights come up on Naomi's entrance,
<v Speaker 2>Live and Rahael already in the ring jumper and start
<v Speaker 2>to beat her down. Bianca tries to help, but nothing
<v Speaker 2>doing as Live and Raquel take them both out. They
<v Speaker 2>are eventually checked out of the ring by officials and
<v Speaker 2>referees and at the end of that no match tonight.
<v Speaker 2>So I guess that's to wet our whistles, so to speak.
<v Speaker 2>For this Punishment tag title match on Monday, they don't
<v Speaker 2>get nicoled us. Backstage, he's telling off Live Raquale like
<v Speaker 2>a school teacher and they just laugh at him walking away,
<v Speaker 2>and then Chelsea and Piper appear. Chelsea says that her
<v Speaker 2>and Piper here to take Bianca and Naomi's place in
<v Speaker 2>e limination Chamber. Nick says, no, no, they'll be fine,
<v Speaker 2>they'll be good to compete. Chelsea says that she can't
<v Speaker 2>not be on Chamber. She's the greatest Canadian export since
<v Speaker 2>Maple Syrup. Nick tells her to pack her bag. She
<v Speaker 2>will be in Canada next week, but on SmackDown for
<v Speaker 2>a surprise opponent. So that would be great. Let's see
<v Speaker 2>who Chelsea gets next week. Now for the Rock, A huge, huge, pop.
<v Speaker 2>But what the F is this music? It's awful, never
<v Speaker 2>heard it before, don't like it after you know, like
<v Speaker 2>twenty minutes of entrance or whatever. It wasn't that much,
<v Speaker 2>but it felt long. He finally gets into the ring,
<v Speaker 2>gets some like, says for Rock to jump on his
<v Speaker 2>bird and in Orleans, he must be dropping some good
<v Speaker 2>s tonight. First, he announces that WrestleMania is coming back
<v Speaker 2>to New Orleans with WrestleMania forty two in twenty twenty six.
<v Speaker 2>Then there was a sweary bit which was all leaped
<v Speaker 2>out on Netflix, and then there was a single on
<v Speaker 2>which is super weird. He then starts slagging off the crowd,
<v Speaker 2>saying that that was the biggest due ever with a
<v Speaker 2>bunch of Trader Park STD carriers which was pure Rock gold.
<v Speaker 2>He says he is here to call someone else, someone
<v Speaker 2>he respects and admires, and as predicted, I think we've
<v Speaker 2>probably been told as well. He calls out Cody as always.
<v Speaker 2>Cody gets a huge pop and they hug it out
<v Speaker 2>in the ring. Rock says they love Cody and that
<v Speaker 2>has to feel amazing. Cody tells the crowd that he
<v Speaker 2>loves them. Rock says that since Wressell Vadia last year.
<v Speaker 2>They've become friends, and their mums have become friends, and
<v Speaker 2>they've each other's families. Blah blah blah blah. But he
<v Speaker 2>called him out because he needs to say something. He
<v Speaker 2>says that he is a great WWE champion. There's a butt.
<v Speaker 2>He says that Rock is on the board and that
<v Speaker 2>he is the most powerful person. He says he wants
<v Speaker 2>him to be more than just a great champion. He
<v Speaker 2>wants him to be the Rocks Champion. Cody says that
<v Speaker 2>he didn't expect to become friends with the Rock or
<v Speaker 2>the mums to become friends, but if all people should
<v Speaker 2>know that he is their champion, meaning the champion of
<v Speaker 2>the fans, and Q the fans going absolutely crazy. At
<v Speaker 2>that point, Rock says that he wants to elevate Cody
<v Speaker 2>and make all his dreams come true and he just
<v Speaker 2>has to be the Rocks Champion. Rock says the one
<v Speaker 2>thing he wants more than anything is a brother, and
<v Speaker 2>that's what Cody can be. Then another swear he bleeped
<v Speaker 2>bit no idea what was said and Rock says that
<v Speaker 2>after the plans were changed last year's Mania and it
<v Speaker 2>was down to Cody's they did change Rock respective for that.
<v Speaker 2>Rock says Cody has to think about it and Rock
<v Speaker 2>will see him for his answer in Toronto, Canada, And
<v Speaker 2>at this point he's actually asked him a question to
<v Speaker 2>get an answer to. He says the thing he wants
<v Speaker 2>is that, and everyone thinks he's pointing at the title.
<v Speaker 2>Cody says this is all about the title, but Rock says, no,
<v Speaker 2>I want your soul. This has to go down in history.
<v Speaker 2>Is possibly one of the weirdest things in recent wrestling history.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I know that we've had some crazy sh
<v Speaker 2>one t with them, for example Undertaker, some of the
<v Speaker 2>Wyatt stuff, Bray particularly some very crazy stuff, but recently
<v Speaker 2>it's all been non hocusy pocusy. Now Rock wants Cody's soul.
<v Speaker 2>I feel like I need to bleep my own sweary bit.
<v Speaker 2>What the was that Rock okay announce Mania in New
<v Speaker 2>Orleans next year and then said literally nothing? Did I
<v Speaker 2>miss something? Perhaps I dropped off midway through or had
<v Speaker 2>a stroke. It was very long. Is Rock basically asking
<v Speaker 2>for Cody to turn a heel? Is that what he means?
<v Speaker 2>That's very weird. I don't know what's going on. And
<v Speaker 2>we didn't even get to smell what the rock was
<v Speaker 2>cooking at all, So really, what a load of shite
<v Speaker 2>in my opinion. Anyway, that was a real Debbie down.
<v Speaker 2>I do apologize everyone, But now we're back in the
<v Speaker 2>real world. We've got a tag team match DIY versus
<v Speaker 2>pretty deadly as they stand in the ring and have
<v Speaker 2>a moment of silence and pretty deadly outcome, pretty deadly
<v Speaker 2>interrupting their own moment of silence, and they definitely look
<v Speaker 2>all business tonight as it kicks off when the music
<v Speaker 2>is still playing and the glitter ball is still there
<v Speaker 2>above the ring, which I love, and pretty deadly hold
<v Speaker 2>the ring at the start on the bell, we have
<v Speaker 2>Champer in with Elton Prince, who gets booted in the face.
<v Speaker 2>Outside the ring. Prince now in with Gogano and looking
<v Speaker 2>desperate for a tag as Johnny makes a tag to Champer,
<v Speaker 2>who hits a backbreaker and into a quick cover for
<v Speaker 2>a two count. Prince almost gets the tag, but instead
<v Speaker 2>is pushed back and double teamed in DiY's corner. Finally,
<v Speaker 2>Prince manages to fight off both of Dry but Kit
<v Speaker 2>is knocked off. The eight print is not there for
<v Speaker 2>the long awaited tag. Finally we get the tag and
<v Speaker 2>we have Kit Wilson in and flying both of DIY
<v Speaker 2>in an amazing move from Pretty Deadly out of the
<v Speaker 2>corner which I've never seen before. One launched the other
<v Speaker 2>one off of his back. It looked really cool. That
<v Speaker 2>takes out Johnny both of Dry down and just as
<v Speaker 2>it looks like Pretty Deadly are going to take control
<v Speaker 2>and possibly get the win the street It's appear and
<v Speaker 2>forth the DQ and then beating up both Pretty Deadly
<v Speaker 2>and DIY and doing some real damage on both teams.
<v Speaker 2>Why have we never seen this version of Street Profits
<v Speaker 2>in a match? If we had a done, they would
<v Speaker 2>be multiple, multiple, multiple tag title winners. Anyway, we then
<v Speaker 2>get the motor sating machine Guns come out to get
<v Speaker 2>their revenge on Street Profits and they start to brawl.
<v Speaker 2>But again Street Profits overcome motor seating machine Guns as
<v Speaker 2>well and managed to come out on top. Again. This
<v Speaker 2>was a decent match, but I think the real point
<v Speaker 2>here was to bring out the Profits and to be honest,
<v Speaker 2>how amazing do they look? They have to get a
<v Speaker 2>title shot now, right, they look so good. We now
<v Speaker 2>get another promo sent in allegedly Vice social media from
<v Speaker 2>Ko not in the car this time. He says, Sammy
<v Speaker 2>got what he wanted. He could have just let it,
<v Speaker 2>but now everyone's family will suffer. He turns around the
<v Speaker 2>camera and he's outside Sammy's house looking through the window
<v Speaker 2>at him and his family. He says, semi selfish because
<v Speaker 2>he is making him do this to Sammy. He says,
<v Speaker 2>remember you asked for this, and this is all your fault.
<v Speaker 2>That was pretty dark. I'm definitely getting the feels of
<v Speaker 2>the Attitude era when we had this kind of thing
<v Speaker 2>all the time, and I absolutely love it. And maybe
<v Speaker 2>on reflection, that's where the whole direction of this episode
<v Speaker 2>was meant to take us. With the hocause he pocusy,
<v Speaker 2>I want your soul, crap the rock and now this
<v Speaker 2>it's all quite nostalgiay anyway, Now the main event. So
<v Speaker 2>we've got Damien and Stroman versus Fatoo and Solo, and
<v Speaker 2>I guess the big question is will Fato and Solo
<v Speaker 2>be able to get on here? Firsty, Fatuo and Solo
<v Speaker 2>come out to Fatoo's music, so clearly not equal. Start
<v Speaker 2>off with a face to face and Priest is up
<v Speaker 2>first with Solo. Fatou is so over the crowd are
<v Speaker 2>absolutely mad for him. They start off with some tie
<v Speaker 2>ups and Damian getting some nice moves in, but then
<v Speaker 2>momentum switches to Solo, who keeps telling Fatoo that they
<v Speaker 2>are together and it's them now desperate much Solo, It's like,
<v Speaker 2>please don't leave me, Please don't leave me. The tag
<v Speaker 2>is made to Stroman and Solo gets squished in the
<v Speaker 2>corner twice. Fatoo tagged in Stroman takes him out with
<v Speaker 2>a massive boot. Tonga, this was a cool move. Try
<v Speaker 2>to intercept Stroman with a steel chair outside of the
<v Speaker 2>ring with Stroman just punches through it off the distraction though.
<v Speaker 2>Fatou levels Stroman and back in the ring tagged to
<v Speaker 2>Solo a bit embarrassing the crowd, telling Solo he sucks
<v Speaker 2>and then chanting we want Jacob. Fatoo gets tagged in
<v Speaker 2>and the crowd pop massive and coming back in the ring,
<v Speaker 2>Fatuu takes out Stroman with a cross body and continues
<v Speaker 2>to beat him down in the corner. We get another
<v Speaker 2>tag for Solo, who gets booed right away. Every time
<v Speaker 2>Fatu tags in, he gets cheered, and he's making Stroman
<v Speaker 2>look like someone more the size of Tazawa than the
<v Speaker 2>actual size of a monster that he is. Now we've
<v Speaker 2>got Solo back in and gets a running hip attack
<v Speaker 2>to Stroman and then Fattoo in and he also delivers
<v Speaker 2>a running hip attack as he goes for the second one,
<v Speaker 2>though Stroman starts to fight back with a big boot,
<v Speaker 2>delivering a spinebuster to Fatuu and he's looking for the tag.
<v Speaker 2>Priestes in with Solo and he's doing well, punching Sola
<v Speaker 2>in the head and taking out Fatoo for good measure. Priest,
<v Speaker 2>with an elevated flat liner, gets the upper hand on
<v Speaker 2>Solo and goes old school as well, which again another
<v Speaker 2>little throw back to the by gone ere using an
<v Speaker 2>undertaker's move. Priest then looks South of Heaven but is
<v Speaker 2>caught by Solo. Priest about to hit raise his edge,
<v Speaker 2>but he's distracted by Tonga on the apron. Solo is
<v Speaker 2>about to hit the spike but is counted, and then
<v Speaker 2>Fatou accidentally in inverted commas, hits Solo with a superkick
<v Speaker 2>and Strowman clear's house on the outside in the ring,
<v Speaker 2>Priest finally hits South of Heaven on Solo and gets
<v Speaker 2>the win. So without doubt, this match was the highlight
<v Speaker 2>of what otherwise was just a rubbish SmackDown. In my opinion,
<v Speaker 2>Fatu is so over he's got to be getting a
<v Speaker 2>championship soon. It certainly looks like things are septed to
<v Speaker 2>deteriorate between him and Solo, and it looks like Tonga
<v Speaker 2>is going to take the side of Fatou. Presumably his
<v Speaker 2>brother will well as well when he finally returns, making
<v Speaker 2>I guess a new what is it now three point
<v Speaker 2>zero bloodline? Other than that, though, what the hell was
<v Speaker 2>the Rock even doing? He knows you can't actually have
<v Speaker 2>someone's soul, right or is he that far into his
<v Speaker 2>Disney films? I don't know. Anyway, we head towards elimination
<v Speaker 2>chamber and then it's a long old road to mania, guys.
<v Speaker 2>So I'm sorry that was a bit of a debbie
<v Speaker 2>downer of a show. Maybe you guys thought it was okay,
<v Speaker 2>but I was just really punched in the face by
<v Speaker 2>its rubbishness tonight. And I think obviously we've been spoiled
<v Speaker 2>in the Triple Eh era. We haven't hardly had any
<v Speaker 2>bad smackdowns or oars, but this one blew chunks in
<v Speaker 2>my opinion, So let's hope that's the one off. Next week,
<v Speaker 2>I think we head to Canada for SmackDown and obviously
<v Speaker 2>Elimination Chamber, so let's keep everything crossed that we get
<v Speaker 2>a better show next week week. So that just about
<v Speaker 2>does it for me this week. As always, thank you
<v Speaker 2>for having me in your ears, and until next time,
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