WWE Smackdown Live November 21, 2017 Results and Review The McMahon Hour

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Just like the Raw brand has been dissolved into another showcase of the McMahon show, the second brand, the B brand, Smackdown is now just about the McMahons as well. Shane McMahon started the show and brought down Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. He was going to fire them, but instead of doing that, out came Daniel Bryan, and guess what? The night of Smackdown was a pretty bad show, but not for lack of trying, right? Let’s discuss how this all went down a little further, and see why it’s the B show yet again.

WWE Smackdown Live November 21, 2017 Results and Review

As stated above, Shane McMahon showed up and was going to fire Zayn and Owens for what they did at Survivor Series, interfering in the main event. Daniel Bryan said that they would have to face off against The New Day in a Lumber Jack match, that would feature the entire Smackdown roster. This progressed into a night of lackluster wrestling, with a few highlights, and here we go.

Shelton Benjamin defeated Jey Uso

I never knew that they spelled Jey’s name that way. Whatever. This was a decent match, Shelton is still good in the ring, and the Usos are always fast and in charge. This time around, it was Pay Dirt that would level the playing field, and Jey would go down in defeat. Not a bad match, but did nothing for me other than entertain for a few minutes.

The Bludgeon Brothers defeated The Hype Bros

This was awful. The Bludgeon Brothers look terrible, and they buried The Hype Bros. There’s nothing else to say about this.

Jinder Mahal attacked Aj Styles

AJ Styles came out to the ring to talk, and was jumped by the Singh Brothers and Jinder. This will set up next week’s handicap match between Styles and the Singh Brothers, and set up the main event for Clash of the Champions, or Night of Champions, or whatever it is, with Jinder and Styles going at it for the Smackdown title.

Ruby Riot, Liv Morgan, and Sarah Logan showed up backstage to beat up a bunch of women, but before that they interrupted the Title match between Charlotte Flair and Natalya. They beat everyone up backstage and in the ring and that’s that.

Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn defeated The New Day in a Lumberjack Match

Not a terrible match, but not a great one either. There was a lot of back and forth here, and a good play on lumberjack thing with the roster beating up the duo, and then throwing them back into the ring. The whole thing broke down on an accident, and the roster started brawling, and distracted the New Day long enough for Owens and Zayn to win. Owens then ran away, and Zayn got beat up by the New Day.

Backstage, Owens was told that he would face off against Randy Orton next week, and that was the end of the show.

Not a terrible show, by not a great one either. With so many people on the roster, you would think that we would get better matches, and more focus on the wrestling aspect. It was funny to see Owens and Zayn backstage trying to get people to be on their side, and of course only Rusev and Aiden English had a little bit of a note of sympathy, not bad. Not a night of wrestling you should go out of your way to see, that’s for sure.

WWE Smackdown Live October 25, 2016 Results and Review The B Show

The Diamond Cutter!!!

Smackdown Live was a better show than Raw, but not by much. I actually saw this whole show, which isn’t saying much.

WWE Smackdown Live October 25, 2016 Results

Bray Wyatt def. Kane in a No Disqualification Match
Alexa Bliss ruins Becky Lynch’s return to SmackDown LIVE
The Hype Bros def. The Ascension in a SmackDown LIVE 10-on-10 Traditional Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination Qualifying Match
Nikki Bella def. Natalya to become captain of the SmackDown LIVE 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Women's Elimination Match
SmackDown Tag Team Champions Heath Slater & Rhyno def. The Spirit Squad
AJ Styles def. Dean Ambrose via Disqualification

WWE Smackdown Live October 25, 2016 Review

Bray Wyatt def. Kane in a No Disqualification Match

Kane lost this match, but only after Randy Orton appeared and gave him the Diamond Cutter. Oh, I’m sorry, it’s now called the weak ass RKO. This was a stupid match, and just boring overall.

Match Rating: 2 out of 5

Alexa Bliss ruins Becky Lynch’s return to SmackDown LIVE

This is how you build a goddamn feud! This was great. Bliss came in, started fighting after the two exchanged words, and then she spray painted a yellow streak behind Becky Lynch. You know, since Becky Lynch had an abortion and missed her match against Bliss at the PPV last month.

The Hype Bros def. The Ascension in a SmackDown LIVE 10-on-10 Traditional Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination Qualifying Match

This was so boring, I just didn’t care. You know you didn’t care either.

Match rating: 1 out of 5

Nikki Bella def. Natalya to become captain of the SmackDown LIVE 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Women's Elimination Match

Natalya is the resident old person on Smackdown, even though she’s very good. They booked her to lose. It must be nice to be John Cena’s girlfriend, you get to be super woman on Smackdown. This match sucked, although Natalya threw down some great stuff, even if she did lose.

Match Rating: 2 out of 5

SmackDown Tag Team Champions Heath Slater & Rhyno def. The Spirit Squad

Nope, nope, nope.

Match Rating: 1 out of 5

AJ Styles def. Dean Ambrose via Disqualification

This was a lengthy match, and at one point I actually started to believe that Dean Ambrose would win the title. This however broke down after Aj hit James Ellsworth with a nice dropkick. This prompted Ellsworth to hit him with the super kick, and get Ambrose disqualified for the loss. I didn’t hate this match, even though Ambrose is still boring, it’s the Ellsworth element that made this one watchable overall.

Match Rating: 3 out of 5

This night of wrestling was boring. But I will say this much, Smackdown has a way better women’s division than Raw. By having two mainline feuds going that are actually booked very well, they are doing a great service for the women. This is 100 times better than what Raw is doing. Raw just has a bunch of women doing promos about history and what not, boring. This is what you want, blood feuds that are boiling over.

WWE No Mercy 2016 Results and Review - The Backwards PPV

The WWE got scared, so they turned the wrestling order upside down. I didn’t care for this, but hey, that’s WWE for you.

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WWE No Mercy 2016 Results

The Hype Bros and American Alpha defeated The Ascension and The Vaudevillains
Aj Styles defeated Dean Ambrose and John Cena
Nikki Bella defeated Carmella
Heath Slater and Rhyno defeated The Usos
Baron Corbin defeated Jack Swagger
Dolph Ziggler defeated The Miz
Naomi defeated Alexa Bliss
Bray Wyatt defeated Randy Orton

WWE No Mercy 2016 Review

Here are my personal thoughts on what went down at WWE No Mercy 2016.

The Hype Bros and American Alpha defeated The Ascension and The Vaudevillains

This pre-show match prompted my wife to say, “who the hell are these guys?”, and you know what, that’s about what every casual fan was saying. This match was fast, easy to get into, but I couldn’t help but wonder about The Vaudevillains. Remember when they had a great entrance and what not? Now they are nothing short of jobbers.

Match Rating: 3 out of 5

Aj Styles defeated Dean Ambrose and John Cena

Twenty minutes of fast paced action. This is a great overall match, but it was definitely hindered by opening. After watching the match again, I can truly say what I’ve been saying for a while, Dean Ambrose is resting on his laurels. Stone Cold Steve Austin is like Nostradamus, as I watch Ambrose put on the same match, and boring move set alongside John Cena. The only highlight here for me was Aj Styles putting the boots to both men, and getting the win after a cluster of an ending.

Match Rating: 4 out of 5

Nikki Bella defeated Carmella

I like the aggression of Carmella. I really love Carmella’s constant push against Nikki, and it reminds me of the old style wrestling feuds from the past. The heel constantly beating down the good guys until they fight back and pick up a win. Only to get beat down afterwards. This was good. I liked this match.

Match Rating: 3 out of 5

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Heath Slater and Rhyno defeated The Usos

I’m done with Heath Slater and Rhyno. I’ve never been a fan of the USOS, so this match was nothing short of boring to me. Oh well.

Match Rating: 2 out of 5

Baron Corbin defeated Jack Swagger

Time to take a dump. This wasn’t fun at all. I was half way through a tall boy of Rolling Rock at this point.

Match Rating: 1 out of 5

Dolph Ziggler defeated The Miz

Perhaps the best match of the night, these two stole the show. Dolph was going to retire if he lost, and the two guys here put on a showcase of moves. From left to right, you went throughout the history of moves before Dolph finally won. This is a 19 minute opus of great wrestling, with lots of back and forth, interference, and more. I loved it. The Miz is definitely one hell of a wrestler, and lucky to have such a hot wife. As for Ziggler, what a show, I’m glad he has the title, but we all know it’s going to be short lived.

Naomi defeated Alexa Bliss

Basic Divas era match. You may not like that word, but remember, Revolution means a full rotation, so we’re back to that already.

Match Rating: 2 out of 5

Bray Wyatt defeated Randy Orton

This was the main event, and it was boring as well. Luke Harper showed up, and just showed up, Orton lost, and that was that. Orton is another jobber, and Wyatt, well, he gets a win for once.

Match Rating: 2 out of 5

Final Notes on No Mercy 2016

This was by far the worst PPV this year. I had to drink a tall boy of Rolling Rock to get through it. Otherwise, I was going to go to sleep. This is a boring line up, simple as that. I didn’t like it at all.

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WWE Smackdown October 4, 2016 Results and Review A Terrible Night of Wrestling

What's Up Konnan!!!!

WWE Smackdown is supposed to be better than Raw. Up to this point, they were doing well, but this show, this was the most terrible showcase of the brand split. It’s absolutely horrendous what they are doing with this, and despite my objections, I sat through it all enough to review it below.

WWE Smackdown October 4, 2016 Results

Kane def. Bray Wyatt via Count-out
Alexa Bliss & Carmella def. Becky Lynch & Nikki Bella
Daniel Bryan honored Susan G. Komen’s More Than Pink standouts
The Hype Bros def. The Vaudevillains
“Miz TV” presented a “Dolphumentary” with spirit
Jason Jordan def. Jey Uso
Jack Swagger def. Baron Corbin
Randy Orton captured Bray Wyatt
AJ Styles, John Cena and Dean Ambrose faced off

WWE Smackdown October 4, 2016 Review

Kane defeated Bray Wyatt via Count Out

You did not read that wrong. Bray Wyatt and Kane faced off again! The same match we had at the PPV, and where was Orton? Not wrestling. He was setting up a trap for Wyatt. Whatever the case is, this match sucked, and while Kane is a good worker, he’s lost in this shuffle. I was bored, the crowd wasn’t into it, and this match ended with a count out. Who cares?

Match Rating: 2 out of 5

The Divas Are Back!

The women’s tag team match was set up like Teddy Long. This was a “straight up” tag team match, and guess what? It blew chunks. This match reminded me exactly of the divas era, and nothing more than that. I am not impressed with any of the women in this match, and just hope that they pull together a better option down the line. I’m not going to stop calling them divas, by the way, so kick rocks.

Match Rating: 2 out of 5

The Hype Bros defeated The Vaudevillains

Oh boy. Remember when The Vaudevillains had that huge push, and they were getting a lot of attention from NXT and Blue Pants, and so much more? Well no one else does, they didn’t get an entrance here, the Hype Bros won big, and that was that. This is a sad day for a bygone era.

Match Rating: 2 out of 5

The Spirit Squad Returned!

The Spirit Squad came back and beat up Dolph Ziggler. I really hope that Dolph just goes away. He has to lose and I hope that the WWE uses Miz to get even more and more heat. He should adopt the Chris Jericho defeat gimmick from 1998, taking pieces of his victims. I loved WCW back when Jericho was doing that, and 1998 was a great one for the cruiserweight title and Jericho. This sucked.

Jason Jordan defeated Jay Uso

This match was so fast, that I didn’t have time to eat my oatmeal. It sucked.

Match Rating: 1 out of 5

Jack Swagger defeated Baron Corbin

What the hell ref? Corbin was reaching for the ropes, but the ref called it a tap out and that was that. Swagger wins, Corbin throws a fit, and I don’t know, this was just stupid.
Match Rating: 1 out of 5

Randy Orton captured Bray Wyatt and he escaped.

Sister Abigail helped Wyatt. Oh well.

Aj Styles, John Cena and Dean Ambrose brawled, and that was that.

This show was absolutely terrible. It was not good at all, and no one can justify it. It’s just a sad sack of a show, face it.

WWE NXT 5/4/2016 Results and Review The Eric Young Debut

WWE NXT 5/4/2016 Results and Review The Eric Young Debut

As I start to build this blog once again, I am going to be reviewing as much wrestling as I can, so here we go, a review of this week’s NXT showcase. This day is huge because it’s the first time that Samoa Joe shows up for NXT. Eric Young showed up to challenge Samoa Joe for the belt, and business was about to pick up. The reaction for Eric Young was really good, as well as for Joe, and it’s nice to see Young get a show at the big time here in NXT, and hopefully he does sign. Although, at press time, I read that he has not signed a deal with WWE, so we’ll see how it all pans out.

NIA Jax defeated Tessa Blanchard

I literally turned around for a second and this match was over. NIA Jax wins this squash match, simple as that. Hopefully Blanchard gets more offense next time. This was a waste of time in my view.

Austin Aries defeated Tye Dillinger

I admit, I don’t know a lot about Austin Aries. I did see some Tye Dillinger matches in the past, but nothing too memorable. This was a quick match, but it was Tye Dillinger most of the match. Dillinger is the perfect 10, as they say, and he is crisp in the ring. He put on some great moves, but Aries won after a  450 splash from the top. I am not that impressed with these guys, but you know what, it was short, sweet, and to the point. Not bad, but not great either. 

The Revival defeated The Hype Bros

 This match was fast, and the Revival were crisp here. The Hype Bros were nothing more than jobbers here, getting bounced around the ring. I’ve seen better. This wasn’t great. The Revival are good, not sure why they aren’t on the main roster right now. 

No Way Jose defeated Noah Potjes 

This was a fun match. No Way Jose is a salsa dancing, DJ (Street Fighter 3) looking dude a bit. He won in a short, jobber type match. 

Samoa Joe defeated Eric Young in a non-title match 

This was a cool match, just very short. Joe didn’t dominate, but eventually won after hitting the Muscle Buster and getting his chokehold on. Eric Young could very well make moves if the WWE picks him up, but as for this night, he was another victim to Samoa Joe. Good match overall, nothing crazy, standard back and forth, and it was nice to see Eric Young in the big leagues. 

Overall rating: 6 out of 10

NXT needs to do a lot more for me to be impressed. I like their bigger shows. Next week, however, Alex Riley will face off against Nakamura. That should be great. 

WWE NXT 5/5/2016 RESULTS 

Austin Aries defeated Tye Dillinger

NIA Jax defeated Tessa Blanchard

The Revival defeated The Hype Bros

No Way Jose defeated Noah Potjes 

Samoa Joe defeated Eric Young in a non-title match 

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