Welcome to the Smackdown Rate thread. Unfortunately, Jacob Fox inexplicably got himself stuck in an airport in Saudi Arabia due to mechanical issues and was not able to make it to the forum in time. Luckily, Mr NXT himself, yours truly Jeffry Fucking Mason, got the call from the man and is stepping in at the last minute for Mr. Fox. We at WWEForums send him all our best wishes. Are y'all ready for the bloodlusT Revolution invasion? Join me for this historic invasion episode of Smackdown, and as always, feel free to leave your rating and discuss below.
With a big part of the roster and crew stuck in Saudi Arabia due to either mechanical issues or an elaborate conspiracy theory involving the SA government holding them hostage in order to get an upper hand on President Trump, depending on which side you believe, we go into this show only knowing one match and the promise of a Brock appearance. We have Aiden English, Tom Phillips, and Renee Dupree Young filling in on commentary tonight.
Speaking of Brock, he opens the show with Heyman doing the talking as per usual. He declares that Brock has quit Smackdown and will be heading to Raw. Cameras follow their exit, and we see Triple H and Shawn Michaels enter as they leave.
Bayley (c) successfully defends her Women's Title against Nikki Cross thanks in part to help from her bestest buddy Sasha.
After the match, Shayna Basler enters through the crowd and beats the crap out of all of them.
Backstage, Sami Zayn is being interviewed, when he gets interrupted by NXT's BRO-wn Matt Riddle and Keith Lee. After some clever coward heel Zayn stuff, he runs away claiming to be getting his NXT shirt from his car. Riddle and Lee chase him to the ring, where Riddle hits the Bro Derrick and Lee hits possibly his best looking moonsault to date.
Pat McAffee is on commentary now for some reason and oh my god is this guy fucking awful as usual.
Miz TV is up next as the only other semi-announced thing on this show. His original guest was going to be the Fiend, but apparently even split personality demon creature things can get held up at airports. Speaking of which... do yourself a favor and just take a moment to imagine The Fiend's character replacing Tom Hanks in The Terminal... you're welcome. Anyway, Miz decides that he's going to just interview himself. He speaks for a minute and they show a recap of Fiend vs Seth from yesterday. After this, TOMMASO FUCKING CIAMPA comes out and talks about taking his opportunity. They go back and forth in a very heated and quick segment leading to a match.
Tommaso Ciampa defeats The Miz via pinfall after the Fairy Tale Ending in a back and forth match.
Backstage, Daniel Bryan approaches Triple H, saying he's looking for a fight. Triple H says he didn't bring his gear and doesn't like wrestling in a suit, but he knows someone who does have their gear. A historic first time match is made between D-Bry and Adam Cole (BAYBAY) AND IT'S FOR THE NXT TITLE!
Return from break with Fire and Desire in the ring. Carmella's music plays for a minute but nothing. Camera cuts to the back and we are shown Bianca Belair beating down Carmella and Dana Brooke. Rhea Ripley and Tegan Nox make their way down to the ring to fill in their place, and completely dominated Sonya and Mandy, quickly winning the match via submission with Rhea's kickass inverted cloverleaf.
Steph came out to put over the Women's Evolution and they played another video package covering the historic women's match in Saudi Arabia.
Triple H and Shawn Michaels are seated ringside for the main event.
Speaking of historic...In the main event we have what is, to my knowledge at least, a first time ever match between Daniel Bryan and Adam Cole. It is also the first time the NXT Title is defended on Smackdown. After a 20+ minute war, Adam Cole successfully defended his title via pinfall after the Panama Sunrise and the Last Shot.
After the match, the NXT roster gathered in the ring and celebrated. Triple H cut a promo declaring that NXT is his army, and they just fired the first shot against Raw and Smackdown.
Speaking of Brock, he opens the show with Heyman doing the talking as per usual. He declares that Brock has quit Smackdown and will be heading to Raw. Cameras follow their exit, and we see Triple H and Shawn Michaels enter as they leave.
Bayley (c) successfully defends her Women's Title against Nikki Cross thanks in part to help from her bestest buddy Sasha.
After the match, Shayna Basler enters through the crowd and beats the crap out of all of them.
Backstage, Sami Zayn is being interviewed, when he gets interrupted by NXT's BRO-wn Matt Riddle and Keith Lee. After some clever coward heel Zayn stuff, he runs away claiming to be getting his NXT shirt from his car. Riddle and Lee chase him to the ring, where Riddle hits the Bro Derrick and Lee hits possibly his best looking moonsault to date.
Pat McAffee is on commentary now for some reason and oh my god is this guy fucking awful as usual.
Miz TV is up next as the only other semi-announced thing on this show. His original guest was going to be the Fiend, but apparently even split personality demon creature things can get held up at airports. Speaking of which... do yourself a favor and just take a moment to imagine The Fiend's character replacing Tom Hanks in The Terminal... you're welcome. Anyway, Miz decides that he's going to just interview himself. He speaks for a minute and they show a recap of Fiend vs Seth from yesterday. After this, TOMMASO FUCKING CIAMPA comes out and talks about taking his opportunity. They go back and forth in a very heated and quick segment leading to a match.
Tommaso Ciampa defeats The Miz via pinfall after the Fairy Tale Ending in a back and forth match.
Backstage, Daniel Bryan approaches Triple H, saying he's looking for a fight. Triple H says he didn't bring his gear and doesn't like wrestling in a suit, but he knows someone who does have their gear. A historic first time match is made between D-Bry and Adam Cole (BAYBAY) AND IT'S FOR THE NXT TITLE!
Return from break with Fire and Desire in the ring. Carmella's music plays for a minute but nothing. Camera cuts to the back and we are shown Bianca Belair beating down Carmella and Dana Brooke. Rhea Ripley and Tegan Nox make their way down to the ring to fill in their place, and completely dominated Sonya and Mandy, quickly winning the match via submission with Rhea's kickass inverted cloverleaf.
Steph came out to put over the Women's Evolution and they played another video package covering the historic women's match in Saudi Arabia.
Triple H and Shawn Michaels are seated ringside for the main event.
Speaking of historic...In the main event we have what is, to my knowledge at least, a first time ever match between Daniel Bryan and Adam Cole. It is also the first time the NXT Title is defended on Smackdown. After a 20+ minute war, Adam Cole successfully defended his title via pinfall after the Panama Sunrise and the Last Shot.
After the match, the NXT roster gathered in the ring and celebrated. Triple H cut a promo declaring that NXT is his army, and they just fired the first shot against Raw and Smackdown.
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