WWE SmackDown Live (8/1/2017): Jinder Mahal - first World Champion in Quicken Loans Arena since 2016

[R=G]

don't make me choose

probably Nakamura, the writing isn't going to do him any favours in his feud at all. They're going to make him give 15 min promos when he still speaks English with a lisp and accent

Lol..the promos don't matter. U people keep thinking it will being him down. It won't.

 

[Mr. Brown]

That Cena landing was ugly. That's a move Nakamura does pretty much every match to set up the kinshasa though, so I find it tough to believe Cena didn't know what the spot was. Probably a combination of Cena not flipping enough and Nakamura not being a strong enough to give him the extra momentum. You could tell he felt terrible about it and probably thinking of all the people this could've happened with Cena is the worst; whether it was his fault or not, dropping the top guy in the company on his head/neck is a bad look.

 

[El Guapo]

Good Smackdown. Only complaints I have are no Harper AGAIN and the mere presence of Orton. My goodness just seeing Orton on the screen makes my eyelids want to slam shut

I was hoping it was Luke that would come out to challenge Rusev in an exact copy of when Sheamus first turned face and challenged Mark Henry years ago where it was just two tough guys going at it just to see who was tougher and both ended up being more over after the feud ended. But alas

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

Johnaharu Cenawa

Baba approved :babawinning:

Oh shyt... a Baba smiley... now blessed us with a Kenta Kobashi and we're straight.

 

[trick]

Lol..the promos don't matter. U people keep thinking it will being him down. It won't.

Of course it does. Promos help tell the story.

Look at Cesaro. Look at Bayley. Cesaro is over now, but he's nowhere as over as he used to be when he was part of the Real Americans. If he knew how to be a convincing actor and learned how to emote, he wouldn't be stuck in a tag team going nowhere with Sheamus.

Bayley has been saddled with shyt stories and she can't talk at all, and she went from being a potential female Cena to barely getting a reaction.

Promos don't matter? Tell that to Roman Reigns. The promos and stories they've given him have made him look super corny, and he's never recovered from 'suffering succotash'

 

[R=G]

Of course it does. Promos help tell the story.

Look at Cesaro. Look at Bayley. Cesaro is over now, but he's nowhere as over as he used to be when he was part of the Real Americans. If he knew how to be a convincing actor and learned how to emote, he wouldn't be stuck in a tag team going nowhere with Sheamus.

Bayley has been saddled with shyt stories and she can't talk at all, and she went from being a potential female Cena to barely getting a reaction.

Promos don't matter? Tell that to Roman Reigns. The promos and stories they've given him have made him look super corny, and he's never recovered from 'suffering succotash'

He was much more over than the Real American stuff last year....he was getting cheered over Enzo despite Enzo burying him on the mic. Crowd booed out Enzo for that shyt too..u people have no idea how over Cesaro really is. They will stick with him against everyone on the roster...the Hardyz came back after thst Broken stuff got hot which is why he's able to get heat these days. He, like Nakamura, is simply too good.

Bayley is booked as a loser..in case u missed the Extreme Rules match. Everyone hated on the Bliss This is your life..so too much talking didn't help Bliss.

Reigns hasn't been getting heat since he was pushed over Bryan at Rumble 2015..the promos he did just helped the self burial.

 

[trick]

He was much more over than the Real American stuff last year....he was getting cheered over Enzo despite Enzo burying him on the mic. Crowd booed out Enzo for that shyt too..u people have no idea how over Cesaro really is. They will stick with him against everyone on the roster...the Hardyz came back after thst Broken stuff got hot which is why he's able to get heat thede days. He, like Nakamura, is simply too good.

I haven't watched RAW regularly in a while. I just know that when I do watch RAW, the promos are trash and very few people actually get reactions from promos. It's mostly silence for the most part aside from the pops a wrestler would get from their entrance

 

[R=G]

Mix is over on the mic.Sasha can say anything and the crowd will be with her..Ambrose is pretty over on the mic..Seth can get the crowd to pop sometimes..Joe has gotten the crowd hot a few times when he murdered Roman

 

[MenacingMonk]

ADR Cashes in on Punk at SS '11

Boreton cashes in on DB at SS '13

Borin cashes in on Naka at SS '17

 

[CBoz]

So we all agree Smackdown won handedly this week, right?

#SDSet wins again.

It won as soon as the Triple Threat ended on Raw.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

Bruce Blitz and his whole crew are the weirdest motherfukkers ever. A bunch of 30-year-olds who act like angsty teenagers over sports.

 

[O.iatlhawksfan]

just saw that wwe got 196 wrestlers under contract. why we only see 20 a week

Others go on promotional tours. Don't know how many tho

 

[mrken12]

Meanwhile Jinder caved Balor face in and what happened?

In a squash match. I doubt that he was supposed to get any significant offense in that match period.

 

[Straw Hat Luffy]

I feel like everyone over reacting about that botch. As long as cena is ok everything all good.

 

[R=G]