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BTBer's Note: We're not done yet! Both Deco and I's go home shows have been finished for a bit now. We wanted some more time to write Summerslam, which we are determined to get to! If there are any errors on this show, be sure to point them out and I'll get to them eventually. In the meantime, thank you for your patience with all this. I hope you enjoy Raw's go home show!

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[Stojy]

I thought this was a solid go home show, it hyped everything it needed to. When you're posting shows once every six months, you need to be a little more descriptive with your writing. In the opening promo, when you say Sonya is standing with her team, how am I supposed to remember who is in her team lol? You need to tell me.

With that being said, Big E is a more than fine addition to Team Adam. The hype for this SS match throughout the night was fine. I think I most interested in what Kevins Owens does, and I have to say that Seth/Ricochet segment might be one of the most interesting things I've read from you in general. That moving in the shadows line from Seth was fire.

I'm not big on Shelton's position potentially being at risk. Piggybacking off what Shelton said, they've only just got together. This sort of thing doesn't work for me, unless they've had time as a group to build success, and then have some inner tensions. This just feels weird and out of place.

The Rhea/Charlotte feud was pretty good on this show for the most part. 2 out of 3 falls and Charlotte's reasoning works, and I absolutely loved the awesome dressing room that Flair had.

Dijakovic push is off to a really strong start. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with him.

I'm intrigued by the vignette here to. The guitar makes me think Elias, but I'm uncertain on the other two. Curious.

And Lashley beating down Keith Lee after his victory was a fine way to build more heat there. Weird there was no acknowledgement from any of the Shelton stuff earlier though.

I think this was a solid go home show. Booking wise for the most part things are heading in the right direction, just The Hurt Business stuff that felt a bit off here.

 

[Deco90]

WWE Smackdown - #Road2Summerslam
Episode - #1148
Footprint Center - Phoenix, Arizona
August 20, 2021

Ahead of the “hottest party of the summer” Smackdown rolls into Arizona 24 hours before SummerSlam!

Show to come:

- The debut of David Hart Smith as the ‘Stampede Bulldog’ goes one on one with Dolph Ziggler!

- The ‘HBIC’ Mia Yim looks to continue her winning ways as she faces the veteran and one half of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions; Natalya!

- John Cena has 24 hours to try and push through his challenge to WWE Universal Champion; Roman Reigns! Will John Cena resort to desperate measures or will the ‘Tribal Chiefs’ stance remain unmoved as he refuses to allow the 16x World Champion on his island of relevancy?!

- Ahead of SummerSlam where Team Pearce will face Team Sonya with the winning team’s GM remaining in charge of Monday Night Raw - and following on from Raw where Team Pearce struck the first blow as Otis lost to WWE Mr Money in the Bank Big E - Tonight's Main Event will have HUGE implications as two members of Team Sonya look for revenge against two members of Team Pearce ahead of the SummerSlam Co-Main Event!

All this and MORE!

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Spoiler: WWE Smackdown - #Road2Summerslam

 

[Stojy]

It's good to see a show from you again after so long. I enjoyed the last bit of Edge/Kross hype here. I like this feud because it ultimately feels really fresh. The swerve use of Corbin here, (set up brilliantly with last week's attack on Corbin) to open up Edge to the attack from Kross was really well done. Nice work.

DHS getting a win on his first night back in the WWE had to happen. I feel like Ziggler is a good choice as well, as he's not to high on the totem pole at the minute, but still a champion and a 'name'. I'm expecting big things from DHS in here if this is anything to go by.

The Deville/Pearce teams stuff was solid enough tonight, with Rollins/Owens somehow getting their shit together long enough to win. Mayhem afterwards was the sensible way to go for a go home show. My issue is more in the sense that in my opinion, this just feels so out of place on a Summerslam card, with Survivor Series not all that far away. This feels like the perfect match/feud for Survivor Series, whether it be War Games or traditional Survivor Series elimination match.

Shocked that Natalya beat Yim. Based on the dodgy ending, seems we'll get another match between these two which is fine for Yim.

The Roman/Cena stuff throughout the night was enjoyable. love Cena stealing the title to shoehorn himself into the picture at Summerslam. Whilst it's the same match as in real life, feel like you booked it different enough here to still make it fun.

Women's hype with Sasha's interview was fine, whilst Belair getting some ring time with Liv due to MITB I guess adds some suspense.

And Apollo/Nak is what it is. Two underwhelming guys at this point, and I don't feel I have a current reason to really care. Not necessarily your fault since the BTB hasn't been going long, but this feud is very meh.

A solid go home show. Looking forward to you and your partner FINALLY delivering Summerslam.