WWE Smackdown 6/23/2016 Results and Review The Feminists Will Hate This Show

WWE Smackdown came to Tucson, Arizona, home of the biggest cult I’ve ever been involved with The Potter’s House. Anyways, they have some of the best food down there. On this night of wrestling, however, the B show didn’t seem low, as there were some great matches, and moments. Here we go a review break down of sorts.

Seth Rollins opened the show, got interrupted by Sami Zayn to set up a match later, only to get interrupted by Dean Ambrose for the Ambrose Asylum show. We were also introduced to David Otunga on the commentary team, so that’s something.

Cesaro defeated Alberto Del Rio

I like Del Rio. I love that he calls everyone perro, great guy. This match was good, short, but sweet. Cesaro put Del Rio through the ringer, and picked up a sick victory. This may be match of the night, but we’re just getting started folks. What a cool little match. You should check this one out no doubt.

Sheamus defeated Apollo Crews by Countout

This match wasn’t much of a match, Sheamus got the win via count out, enough said.

Aj Styles defeated Jimmy Uso

Aj Styles is a beast. However, I don’t get why they booked him to allow Jimmy to have so much offense. They didn’t do that courtesy for John Cena and Karl Anderson. Did you see Anderson get buried on Monday? Odd.

The New Day defeated The Vaudevillains

I wasn’t paying that close attention to this match, but what I can tell you is that The New Day basically buried The Vaudevillains, simple as that.

The Wyatt’s had a promo. I’m sure they are the next champions, done and done.

Dana Brooks defeated Becky Lynch

Becky Lynch lost in this fast match. Is this what the Divas Revolution was all about/ If this is the booking that the WWE is going to put through, I’m not really a fan. Sasha Banks showed up. Have you noticed that the WWE pushes good looking women? That really upsets the feminists out there. But hey, that’s just me. Maybe some feminazis from Twitter can start their own blog and post 1300 posts, and then say something. Oh wait, they won’t. They can’t. They will just talk on Twitter and assume I’m an idiot. This was boring. I’m not a Sasha Banks fan, she’s injury prone.

Seth Rollins defeated Sami Zayn

In one hell of a match Seth Rollins defeated Sami Zayn. This was match of the week, no doubt, and it was absolutely good to see it happen. Rollins was incredible here, and Zayn was able to really turn things around several times. I loved it. You have to check this one out, it will no doubt be on a top 10 list sooner than later.

Overall Rating: 5 out of 10

While there was a good main event, and a nice opener, this was a boring show otherwise. There just wasn’t enough clout to get this one into the books. Zayn and Rollins, what a showcase. Low point, the women’s division.

WWE Smackdown 6/9/2016 Results and Review The B Show Continues

Smackdown is the B show. You know it, I know it. Solomonster from the Solomonster Sounds Off podcast knows it, and yet here we are reviewing it yet again. Before the jump to Tuesday nights, and live, here is a breakdown of the show from last night, and not a moment too soon, I’m sure. Next week it’s Money In The Bank in Vegas. I wish I could go, I wanted to, and hit up my homies at 100proof Las Vegas, but I just don’t have any money. It sucks to be broke.

WWE Smackdown 6/9/2016 Results

Aj Styles and the Club Sandwich boys came out and cut a promo about how they want to dominate, and how they were able to win, whatever. I wish I had a real club sandwich.

Enzo and Cass came out, and their reception was lower than I had expected. So much so that you could hear the piped in cheers, which is just off putting.

Enzo and Cass versus The Club Sandwich Boys

This match was back and forth, and eventually broke down into a brawl with The New Day and vaudevillains showing up to mess things up. Nothing great here. DQ finish

Alberto Del Rio and Kevin Owens defeated Sami Zayn and Cesaro

We’ve seen this so many times, that this almost doesn’t matter at all. This became a single’s match for a moment as Zayn and Owens left the match. The match broke down a few times due to Owens and Del Rio not getting along, but overall, not a terrible match. There was a lot of action, but you’ve already saw this many times before. The bad guys win in this one.

Becky Lynch defeated Dana Brooke

Not a bad match, but not exactly an epic one either. It was ok, Lynch wins.

Baron Corbin defeated Kalisto

Remember when Kalisto was relevant? This wasn’t it, short match, Corbin wins again.

Chris Jericho defeated Dean Ambrose

Jericho buries Dean, enough said. BURIED!

Overall Rating: 2 out of 10

Terrible Smackdown Show, you can miss it.

WWE Smackdown 5/26/2016 Results and Review The End of Mixed Branding

I am delayed in reviewing, as I’m doing some routine marketing things to try and boost traffic for the site, and well I didn’t catch Smackdown until now. The opening alone made me not want to watch, Michael Cole interviewed Dean Ambrose about Money in The Bank ppv. I’m already bored.

WWE Smackdown 5/26/2016 Results and Review

Dean Ambrose mouthed off about how he is the most extreme, etc. This is the lunatic? No thanks. Somewhere, Brian Pillman is wishing he had another chance to come back to wrestling. Kevin Owens showed up to talk randomly about crap, then Sami Zayn comes out and talks about Wrestlemania and what not. 20 minutes of B.S. if you ask me.

Alberto Del Rio defeated Zack Ryder

Well, this was the end for Ryder. Alberto Del Rio picked up the win, even though Ryder in no way was completely buried outright. Ryder put some offense in, but it wasn’t meant to be, as Ryder got beat yet again. No one was surprised by this, no one.

Enzo and Cass challenged The Dudleys, but it won’t happen until Raw. Boring waste of time if you ask me.

Rusev defeated Kalisto

The end of the line for Kalisto, this was his rematch for the United States championship, and well, it was all over before it could get going. Ok match, but nothing grand, that’s all. Competitive match, none the less, Kalisto got beat.

After the match Titus O’neil showed up and challenged Rusev, which was fine, but eh, nothing special. I guess he’s next.

Natalya versus Dana Brooks

This match didn’t go very long. Charlotte interfered and caused a no-finish. Charlotte beats up Natalya, and that’s that? I guess that’s the end of the feud? I don’t know, don’t care, this diva’s revolution is nothing short of boring, sorry.

There are so many flashbacks to Raw that this show just drags on. I don’t like it.

Aj Styles interviewed, and well, he looked defeated, this is the end of the burial of Aj Styles if you ask me.

Tyler Breeze and Fandango defeated R Truth and Goldust (Golden Truth)

Minor match, nothing big. Boring if you ask me. Smackdown is not a great show, just saying.

Seth Rollins showed up, cut a limited promo and then left. Nothing big here. 

The Miz defeated Cesaro 

A great overall main event for Smackdown, as these two work well together. Cesaro's shoulder was worked on, and in the end, The Miz took him out thanks to a turnbuckle that was removed by Maryse. Overall, this was the best match of the night, and possibly of the week! Great fun, great match, nice to see this type of wrestling for the intercontinental championship. Soak it in, you won't see this in the brand split, I can't believe they are doing that. 

Overall Rating: 5 out of 10

Good matches, nope, good entertainment? Not really. This was a lousy show with a good main event, that's it. 

WWE Smackdown 5/12/2016 More of The Club and The Family

It is supposed to be a new era, but we keep getting thrown up matches over and over again. That being said, this edition of Smackdown featured a main event of The Club versus The Usos.

Now, I wanted to mention something real quick, and that’s the fact that I knew that Aj Styles had some back issues, and news has broken that he is trying to heal up from injuries etc. Yep, once again, WWE takes an indie guy and runs them into the ground into injury. Or perhaps I’m wrong. Whatever the case is, he wasn’t featured tonight. With that in mind, let’s discuss Smackdown’s main wrestling, and what not.

WWE Smackdown 5/12/2016 Review

Dean Ambrose opened up the show, and he went on a tirade against Jericho. But Jericho had the last laugh, as he showed up, knocked out Ambrose and then put him in a straight jacket. I honestly don’t care about this feud one iota. At all. Ambrose may get the win, he may lose, I don’t care about him, and his downward spiral since losing to Lesnar. Furthermore, Lesnar isn’t even coming back for a long time, so what is the WWE thinking?

Oh, and let’s talk about production. As Jericho was punching Ambrose, the camera work got really sloppy and moved in and out, up and down, and was stupid. The production values on some of these shows are horrendous. Ambrose fought back, but like I said, I don’t care about this feud one iota.

Rusev defeated Sin Cara

Kalisto was on commentary, and it was horrendous. Rusev got his win back by beating down Sin Cara. It was a competitive match, but it was definitely meant for Rusev to look strong. Lana distracted Kalisto at one point, and Rusev attacked him. Sin Cara is done, why isn’t he fired?

Dana Brooks defeated Becky Lynch

Once again, where’s Sasha Banks? I thought she was the boss? Whatever the case is, Lynch took on the debuting Dana Brooks. Brooks is hot, and she came out with Emma. This match got going fast, and then there was a distraction roll up, and all bets were off. Lynch loses. Divas revolution huh?

Aiden English defeated Kofi Kingston

Not a bad match, Aiden English was able to go toe to toe with Kofi, and it was fun to watch. English would win with a “stolen” victory as the commentary team stated, but eh, it was your standard win before the PPV.

The Usos defeated The Club via Disqualification

This was a competitive match, lots of back and forth, and then a disqualification finish, I think. Charis got involved, The Club beat down the Usos after the fact, and that was that. They looked strong here, but after the last couple of Raws they didn’t seem so grand. This night, however, they did seem much better, dominant, even. It’ll be interesting to see how this moves forward, that’s for sure.

Gorgeous Truth defeated Goldango

I’m honestly not sure what to say about this. Truth and Goldust had their partners turn on them. Tyler Breeze got the pin. I don’t know what’s going on, it was a melee. Short match, nothing really that grand here.

Kevin Owens and The Miz defeated Sami Zayn and Cesaro

Kevin Owens hates to lose, he doesn’t even want to lose weight! – The King

Now that’s the quote of the night.

As for this match, Zayn and Cesaro work well together, and the two put on some great moments. From flying outside of the ring, to going through their signature moves inside the ring, lots of greatness going through the motions of this match up. Kevin Owens hit a huge frog splash on Cesaro for the win. This was a shining light for Smackdown, but not enough to save it all. This was the only thing worth checking out on the night. Great work from these four guys.

Overall Rating: 6 out of 10

This was a throwaway show. I could’ve gone without watching it, honestly. There’s nothing too memorable that happened here, so I can’t really tell you to watch it. Sure, there was some ok build up, and some ok wrestling, but more than anything, it was just filler.

WWE Smackdown 5/12/2016 Results

Rusev defeated Sin Cara
Dana Brooks defeated Becky Lynch
Aiden English defeated Kofi Kingston
Gorgeous Truth defeated Goldango
The Usos defeated The Club via Disqualification
Kevin Owens and The Miz defeated Sami Zayn and Cesaro

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