Official Smackdown Discussion Thread

[Ben]

Discuss Smackdown here

 

[Dale]

Missed the other thread so not sure what other people thought of this show, but I thought it was pretty damn good.

Liked that they had the fake Cara speak, but I think they're going to have to do something to the mouth part of his mask as I thought the promo was very muffled because of the design. Him putting the LeBell lock on Bryan was also good and I get the impression that we may see the real Cara return next week during their match.

Really enjoyed the Sheamus/Barrett match, very physical and thought both guys came out of it looking great.

Divas was ok, Kelly winning I hate but it makes sense via rollup. Should hopefully be setting up her losing it at NOC.

Tag match was pretty good. I love that AwesomeTruth are now a team, but I would keep the titles on AirBoom for a good few months as they're a good team, popular with the fans and a good focal point for the division while they rebuild it.

Orton/Rhodes I thought was a great main event. Thought it made Cody look real good and the ending sequence was pretty sweet too.

Maybe I misinterpreted / missed what they said, but I thought Orton/Henry had a no contact rule throughout the night? Or was it just during their matches.

 

[PHX]

I don't remember hearing them say there was no contact during a match or after a match all I heard was that they could not have any contact with each other until the PPV so yeah guess either I heard it wrong or they just scrapped that idea right then and there.

 

[PHX]

Pretty nice way to make Ted attack him.

 

[PHX]

Fans don't know what to make of this :

 

[Kairi]

lmao @ miz and truth

 

[Dale]

So I skipped over the entire first Edge segment up until Cody came out, did I miss anything of substance or the same stuff he's been doing when he returns of kissing ass and all that crap?

 

[Crippler]

The Ted beatdown was pretty shit imo, I liked the idea hide in the crowd with a bag on his head then attack. but I was expecting more of a @-RY/Miz beat down type.

 

[Ronnie]

Miz And R Truth , never liked them much , both of 'em , but R Truth has turned a new leaf , with The Miz in his Friend List .
Will this combination stick ??

What do you friends ??

 

[Kiffy Lube]

"What do you friends ??" Ahhh what? I know you are from India but I don't quite understand you.

Still watching and Sin Cara had by far his best match in WWE as far as the character goes. Also, Booker T is doing awesome calling his matches.

Edit: I gotta say Mark Henry should have been allowed to cut about 10 minute promo at the end of the show explaining his whole career and why he should be champion. Instead they went the easy route and just had him destroy everything in sight. If he would have got his true emotions across I could see WWE putting the title on him finally.

 

[PHX]

So I skipped over the entire first Edge segment up until Cody came out, did I miss anything of substance or the same stuff he's been doing when he returns of kissing ass and all that crap?

Nope was just the typical ass kissing segment so you didn't miss a thing.

 

[Ronnie]

Sheamus vs Barrett , well good one nevertheless .

Enough of Cena vs Punk , so it goes HHH vs Punk , and Cena vs ADR .

ADR's gonna get his ass whoomped , But I somehow doubt that Del Rio's got something up his sleeves .

 

[Kiffy Lube]

I don't really understand what WWE is doing with Mark Henry at this point. He is champion but he is clearly not the center point of SmackDown!. If they were willing to give him a run with the belt they should be booking him as the man. Instead I'm seeing WWE being hesitant on giving him long segments and matches. Maybe for matches he should be contained since he hasn't really ever proven that he is a great worker, but lately on the mic he has been rock solid. His persona just oozes when he speaks. WWE needs to let this man speak. They need for him to explain his career and why he makes a great champion. All WWE does is show that he's a strong wrestler. If they want people to believe Henry as a champion they need to let him do more. They are holding back what could be a very crucial title run on SmackDown!.

 

[Dale]

I don't really understand what WWE is doing with Mark Henry at this point. He is champion but he is clearly not the center point of SmackDown!. If they were willing to give him a run with the belt they should be booking him as the man. Instead I'm seeing WWE being hesitant on giving him long segments and matches. Maybe for matches he should be contained since he hasn't really ever proven that he is a great worker, but lately on the mic he has been rock solid. His persona just oozes when he speaks. WWE needs to let this man speak. They need for him to explain his career and why he makes a great champion. All WWE does is show that he's a strong wrestler. If they want people to believe Henry as a champion they need to let him do more. They are holding back what could be a very crucial title run on SmackDown!.

I disagree with this in all honesty. To me, it seems like he IS being booked as the man. He was brought out personally by Johnny L, had a verbal exchange with HHH and looked strong in the main event. Given the character they've built the past few months, unnecessarily long matches (unless against real competition) would potentially harm his character and reputation. Yes he has been good when he's been on the mic, but I don't think it's crucial to get him on it unless he's having a verbal exchange with someone because while it would add some layers to his character, I feel as though he can still be as easily successful by going the route of him being this unstoppable force.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

The unstoppable force thing has pretty much been his gimmick since he debuted besides Sexual Chocolate and Markswoggle. It's took him 15 years and he essentially just stepped up what he has always done? I want to see more focus and more drive from him. They aren't providing that.