WWE Smackdown Live January 31, 2017 Results and Review How Is This A Better Show?

You Know You Thought This After That First Segment

I’m constantly told that Smackdown is a better show than Raw. All of the podcasts seem to be pushing that notion, but honestly, this week didn’t feel that way at all. In fact, I had to fight myself from falling asleep. There are some nice highlights, I guess, but overall, this is not an A show if you ask me. Here are my thoughts on this week’s Smackdown Live showcase for the end of January.

WWE Smackdown Live January 31, 2017 Results

The Wyatt Family confronted John Cena
Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton def. John Cena and Luke Harper
Carmella def. Delilah Dawson
Dolph Ziggler def. Kalisto
Naomi and Becky Lynch def. Alexa Bliss and Mickie James
Chaos broke loose before SmackDown Tag Team Champions American Alpha’s open challenge ever began
AJ Styles def. Dean Ambrose

WWE Smackdown Live January 31, 2017 Review

The Wyatt Family confronted John Cena

Same OLD SHIT. That’s all I will say about this.

Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton def. John Cena and Luke Harper

This match had some potential, but you know what? I’ve already seen Cena trade blows with Orton and Wyatt. He already buried Bray Wyatt, and he’s fought Randy Orton so many times that this just felt old. Luke Harper was good, and they keep teasing his full turn on Wyatt, but I think there’s a double cross brewing.

Carmella def. Delilah Dawson

Delilah Dawson is awesome! I follow her on Twitter. I was marking out bro. Ok, aside from that, Carmella won with a little assist from James Ellsworth. Ellsworth is one lucky bastard, and I would give a lot up to get a chance to hang around with the WWE crew, and Carmella…how you doing?

Dolph Ziggler def. Kalisto

Quick match, didn’t do anything but buy Kalisto. Why isn’t Kalisto in the cruiserweight division? Why even have a division, just unleash all the guys into storylines where they can get buried, seems to be the norm with WWE.

Naomi and Becky Lynch def. Alexa Bliss and Mickie James

Not a bad match for the women. However, I am tired of hearing about the divas revolution, as this was a showcase of DIVA style booking. The match was fine, there were some good moments, including Bliss showing off how athletic she is. Naomi’s offense is awesome, and Lynch is always fun to see. James, wow, the veteran was great selling, but she’s been ineffective since coming back to the WWE. Why have her just get buried out right? Oh well.

Chaos broke loose before SmackDown Tag Team Champions American Alpha’s open challenge ever began

The tag team division went from one of the best parts of the show, to being dead in the water. Heath Slater and Rhyno were getting 18,000 plus people cheering for them, but instead of letting them keep the titles, they’ve given them to a couple of guys with great potential, but that are not over at all. The Usos came back, as thugs, which was cool, but come on, let’s be honest, this sucks.

AJ Styles def. Dean Ambrose

A good overall television match, if you like these two together. I don’t think that this match should’ve ended the way it did. WWE has a way of making their champions look terrible. Dean Ambrose is supposed to be a champion, but here he is losing to Styles, clean, without the title on the line. I didn’t like it. According to The Wrestling Observer, Dean doesn’t even have a match going into Mania at all, and well, he may not get on the show. What a way to use the guy, oh well. This match was worth checking out if you missed Smackdown, but honestly, there’s nothing to tell here.

Overall, Smackdown was not the A list show. It was a boring hour or so, since I watched it on Youtube. Hulu has it, but it wasn’t updated by the time I watched it in the morning. So there you have it, your review, of sorts. I’m tired.

WWE Smackdown August 9, 2016 Same Old BS Again

When the WWE announced the brand split, and they said that they would do things differently, I truly expected something different. What we got was the same old stuff, and if you saw Raw you saw it absolutely in front of your face. Smackdown was always the B show, and guess what? It’s the B show again. It was the same formulaic show that was boring at all ends, including the absolutely predictable ending. What should have been easy booking, was absolutely anything but. I’m absolutely bored by SMackdown Live, and here is a review of it.

WWE Smackdown August 9, 2016 Results

Chaos erupts between Dean Ambrose, Dolph Ziggler and The Wyatts
American Alpha def. local competitors
Becky Lynch vs. Eva Marie resulted in a No Contest; Alexa Bliss def. Becky Lynch
Randy Orton def. Alberto Del Rio via Disqualification
Rhyno def. Heath Slater to deny The One Man Band a SmackDown Live contract
Carmella def. Natalya
Baron Corbin attacked Kalisto backstage
Dean Ambrose & Dolph Ziggler def. Bray Wyatt & Erick Rowan

WWE Smackdown August 9, 2016 Review

As you already know, I’m not going to run down the show in the same way that I used to do. I don’t want to be comprehensive because the show is not worth comprehensive analysis. Plus, there are a lot of shows that already do that, and I’m not one of those people that is going to go deep into this. So with that in mind, here are the things that stuck out for me.

A New Era!

Straight Up Tag Team Match - Teddy Long Segment 

I hate the openings of shows that have talking. Why? It’s like Southpark once again is making fun of the show, but this is supposed to be a new era. All that was missing from the opening melee was Teddy Long. I was hoping he’d come out and announce that we were getting a Straight Up Tag Team Match. You knew this was going to happen, and well we get it as the main event. Dolph Ziggler and Dean Ambrose against The Wyatts, whom never win a damn match!

American Alpha is overrated.

The Women's Division Sucks

The women’s division is a joke. Alexa Bliss comes in and wins. Eva Marie is a joke. Becky Lynch gets buried, and all of this happened within 10 minutes of the show. This was stupid. The whole women’s division in the WWE is starting to look a lot like the Divas division. The same stuff you remember from when Michelle McCool’s diva’s championship reign is exactly how they’re booking the women’s division right now. .

Randy Orton defeated Alberto Del Rio via Disqualification

I’m supposed to believe that Randy Orton can stop a roided out Brock Lesnar? Nope. Not if he’s having match after match on Smackdown and he’s having a hard time pulling through. He should be winning with ease, and showing that he’s dominant on Smackdown. Instead, he’s going back and forth with Alberto Del Rio. Much respect to Alberto Del Rio, but man, they are underusing him completely. I guess that paycheck is nice though.

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Match Rating: 2 out of 5

Carmella defeated Natalya

This match was a stinker. Carmella and Natalya just don’t mesh well, and Carmella is trying really hard to be the female Enzo Amore and she isn’t. It was very forced and unnatural. I didn’t like it. The debut was ok, but again, a short match, with a fast ending. I didn’t care for it.

Match Rating: 1 out of 5

Rhyno def. Heath Slater to deny The One Man Band a SmackDown Live contract

I like Heath Slater’s comedy here. He lost though, but the skits he was in trying to get a contract were great. I don’t know if the WWE is going to let him stick around, but he may be the last active wrestler from the Nexus. It’s sad that out of all those dudes, only Heath Slater is left. But you know what, he’s a one man rock band! I am cheering for the guy, but he’s not going far, I don’t think. Maybe Cody Rhodes will wrestle him when he gets booted. I mean, not EVERYONE is meant to be champion, not even the RHODES brothers.

Match Rating: 1 out of 5

These Two Idiots are Facing Each Other At Summerslam, Who Gives a Flying FU@!

Dean Ambrose &  Dolph Ziggler def. Bray Wyatt & Erick Rowan

This was so predictable, that I didn’t finish watching it. I’m all for wrestling, and I’m still writing about it here, but come on. I can’t even suspend disbelief when you telegraph the ending so hard. You knew this wasn’t going to be a Wyatt victory, and it wasn’t. What a lackluster showcase.

Match Rating: 2 out of 5

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