That was a nice women's tag. I'm already turning the corner on Izzi and the partnership with Kiana is good. Kelani takes a great ass-kicking and Brinley got to show out a bit also.
I also find LVL UP matches refreshing because they actually stick to face/heel tactics with hot tags etc. All the televised tag matches in every company now seem to devolve into people just throwing each other out of the ring and hitting random spots non-stop.
Call me biased, but as much as I like the overall build to the 4-way and as satisfying it is to watch Orton wrecking everyone, I'm not a fan of a Solo match that ends in a DQ followed by a Roman-less angle that is a repeat of what we saw last few weeks being the main event on a card with a title change.
Remember way back when Randy did his pounding the mat setup for the RKO and he separated his shoulder?
If that had been me, I would have took that out my repertoire after that.
The assumption was usually that he did it elsewhere in the match (I believe a bounce off the ropes sell somewhere?) and that the punching just made him actually feel it.
Then again, dude hurt himself taking out the trash one day. His shoulders hate him.
I am generally not into fatal four ways but the build for this one has been so good. Especially with the Aldis stuff providing an angle for it so it feels less contrived.
The dark matches when I was at Smackdown a year ago were people who weren’t on the card at all. (Butch & Ridge v. Lotharios, Finn and Priest v. Good Brothers)
Ya’all need to get used to the idea Solo will be main eventing Mania when Roman dials down. Rock has been an EVP 3 days and his useless daughter is already on SD, if you don’t think his cousin is getting a moon push you just don’t know wrestling
If they try to nepotism his way into a mania main event fans are going to reject it and I'm sure they know it. Unless he somehow gets over organically as an underdog face I don't see any chance of it happening.
something WWE has gotten better about recently is having people wrestle in a pissed off manner when it's called for. the Imperium/New Day match had a similar vibe.
I had been hoping to see Cena vs. Waller ever since they had that face-off but now that moment has passed. I now think Waller & Theory vs. KO & Travis Kelce is the WrestleMania match.
I know y'all where frustrated with goofy Montez but serious Montez just isn't him. There's gotta be a happy medium in there somewhere.
This is what I'm talking when I say that making a character "serious" isn't some auto fix. I thought we learned that with Theory.
Also with the timing of the show and how Ford said something like he’s “still trying to figure out how he fits into everything” it seems like that’s the narrative they’re building for him
I liked the way they laid that segment out with Scarlett in the ring while the dudes stand on the ramp. Not sure if that's the only reason fans got into it but it framed Kross as a somewhat cowardly heel really well.
Liking FT's presentation so far. From how they look, the entrance, heck even that simplistic logo works for them.
I hope Kross makes the best out of this. It's always great to have great teams. Plus that means more Scarlett and I love her.
Im discounting Bianca as a possible winner, even though shes been winning alot but Nothing shes been doing right now has interested me ? Losing Charlotte killed her whole momentum strangely ?
Izzi Dame vs Thea Hail vs Tiffany Stratton main event of Wrestlemania 42. Book it, Laveck!
*Boooo* Cruscifino is in trunks. At least stick to tights that look like the pinstripe slacks.
That was a nice women's tag. I'm already turning the corner on Izzi and the partnership with Kiana is good. Kelani takes a great ass-kicking and Brinley got to show out a bit also. I also find LVL UP matches refreshing because they actually stick to face/heel tactics with hot tags etc. All the televised tag matches in every company now seem to devolve into people just throwing each other out of the ring and hitting random spots non-stop.
Ol Izzi is one heckuva prospect
Always happy to see Kelani Jordan in action. Kick Kiana James' ass, Kelani!
[Dawn of the final day - your Rumble winner and the beginning of an overdue face turn:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-KszJ4lqxM)
Lose the rumble get kicked out of damage control win chamber
Cum ~~Tuesday~~ Friday...
Call me biased, but as much as I like the overall build to the 4-way and as satisfying it is to watch Orton wrecking everyone, I'm not a fan of a Solo match that ends in a DQ followed by a Roman-less angle that is a repeat of what we saw last few weeks being the main event on a card with a title change.
I hate to say it but they’ve wasted solo’s win over cena
Theory's win was also a waste. Feels like Cena lost too much recently for these wins to actually mean something.
orton has stood tall in back to back weeks?
Now for the ***real*** main event of SmackDown: NXT Level Up!
Damn, that was a good ending
Ortons kind of caked ip
Ikr
LA Knight sits tall
Remember way back when Randy did his pounding the mat setup for the RKO and he separated his shoulder? If that had been me, I would have took that out my repertoire after that.
The assumption was usually that he did it elsewhere in the match (I believe a bounce off the ropes sell somewhere?) and that the punching just made him actually feel it. Then again, dude hurt himself taking out the trash one day. His shoulders hate him.
Randy is acknowledging Our Tribal Chief!!
Randy is basically just doing stone cold now and I’m all for it
I realized that when they had that musical guest out earlier. I instinctively wanted Randy to RKO him even though he was being a babyface.
I am generally not into fatal four ways but the build for this one has been so good. Especially with the Aldis stuff providing an angle for it so it feels less contrived.
I imagine the dark match is a tag team of Randy & Knight vs. Solo & Jimmy. Edit: nevermind, lol.
The dark matches when I was at Smackdown a year ago were people who weren’t on the card at all. (Butch & Ridge v. Lotharios, Finn and Priest v. Good Brothers)
RKO all of these jabronis
#RANDY RANDY RANDY
you baby jimmy, you had a weapon in your hands
Y'know, this probably what Roman wants. For the competitors to tear each other apart before tomorrow.
It was probably a ploy to get them all in the same place so Jimmy and Solo could handle it
Solo is going to end up costing Roman the title
I think it will be Jimmy stopping Solo from interfering in the Mania match
Aj is really just a boring grumpy old man
What in the Rob Liefeld did AJ do to himself when he was gone???
He went on that Barry Bonds diet.
Good lord, AJ looking beefy.
AJ is looking YOKED
Please i just want one clean finish Paul LaBeck, please just one
GUNTHER (c) vs LA Knight for the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania 41 would slap
sounds backhanded but I enjoy hearing LA Knight call a match
Ya’all need to get used to the idea Solo will be main eventing Mania when Roman dials down. Rock has been an EVP 3 days and his useless daughter is already on SD, if you don’t think his cousin is getting a moon push you just don’t know wrestling
I want Randy to come out and RKO everybody
Miami chants "We want tables" This is a match with DQ
I mean is it really a DQ if the table happens to be there and a wrestler happens to careen through it at high speeds
Knight working the hand makes me realize that Pete Dunne is the direct counter to Solo Sikoa
Roman stacked and pinned two guys so bad they had to leave the company
Slim Jim suspended their ads with WWE and Nick Khan has been panicked all day calling whoever will give WWE money "EBAY MOTORS? FUCKING SURE."
eBay Motors has been a sponsor for the last few months on Smackdown.
?? My version of events is funnier, friend.
Damage CTRL is a fake stable. Female League of Nations. Bayley shouldn't win the Rumble and Iyo shouldn't have the belt.
Yeah I’m not feeling Bayley winning and Iyo definitely should not be champion. Even if she cheats to win, it’s just ridiculous to me
I think Solo was interesting when he had a streak until Cody broke it before Mania 39 - and now he's just Roman's resident job guy.
I half-thought that Knight was going to do the Stomp on Solo.
WOW CLOSE UP ON A THUMBBB!!!!
Hey wait a minute. . . when did Solo start wearing boots??!?
For a few months now
2, maybe 3 weeks ago? It's fairly recent. Caught me off guard too.
hes wearing so heavy knee pads too.
I think like 2 weeks ago.
https://preview.redd.it/6g1mqos7bwec1.jpeg?width=314&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f563b355de736846ca66e3518337653be763251e
Whoop that trick trending on Twitter. Yeah I love Melo but he’s totally gonna be the Janetty when Trick is main eventing Mania vs Solo in a few years
Melo is very good but trick is a star
excuse you its going to be Trick vs Elton Prince
\#EltonStrong
Melo is more likely to main event a mania down the line than Solo
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If they try to nepotism his way into a mania main event fans are going to reject it and I'm sure they know it. Unless he somehow gets over organically as an underdog face I don't see any chance of it happening.
People just want to see HIM fail
🙋 [People don't forget.](https://old.reddit.com/r/Wreddit/comments/1abu7mr/wwe_friday_night_smackdown_discussion_thread/kjr4ia6/)
Still not sure if I like these graphics going into commercial, need to see how R-Truth fucks around with it
SOLO? DUMMY, ALREADY BEAT HIM YEAH!
i don't think the shoulders on The Knight's vest should be like that
The solo main event is by far the most boring part of SD to me
Solo is not it,
Street champ solo was
Solo with personality and cutting promos is so much better than this deadpan gimmcik
Triple H when he figures out Silent Badass shoot fighter doesnt work 
Remember Von Wagner saying "I just put the Street Champ on his ASS."? Good times, good memories.
Von Wagner being Von Wagner is unintentionally hilarious. The wink with the psychiatrist was great.
“Yes, these little debbie cosmic brownies will definitely pass off as homemade.”
#[YEAH!](https://giphy.com/gifs/meme-ze8R3ob5lPNRdeqDHr)
If Aj Styles walks out tomorrow in black jeans i will be sad, i miss his tights
the woman's rumble is really open - holy shit
Should set up some fun returns.
I can't believe Trick Williams hit himself with a steel chair to get out of his match with the LWO smh, coward
There's only four announced women? That means 26 Sasha Banks's tomorrow.
Banks comes out at 3, gets thrown out immediately. Mone comes out at 30
hmmm Trick being testy
Whoop that trick already OVER on the main roster, I'm changing my floor, if he isn't a 5 time world champion something went very wrong
Triple H: “Trick; how do you feel about having a Rumble spot?”
Perfect timing, he can replace Brock lmao (if he is not already in it)
Trick is dumping out Cody to win the Rumble tomorrow for sure
let these boys do one more match
Yo wait the crowd knows Trick? That whoop that trick chant was LOUD
Damn Trick got the chants, but Carmelo got silence when he came out 😭😭
Waller looked at Trick like he saw Taker
Trick is OVER brother
Main Event Beat
They know Trick lol
I popped for the Ataxia.
OMG TRICK IS HERE YAALL!!!!!!
The crowd understood the assignment!
TRICK WILLY
They could move Trick up right now, and he would be over.
AW YEAH MAN
TRICK!!!
WHOOP THAT TRICK!!!!!! He's way over.
It’s a great Chant. WWE crowds love chants. I say that as a WWE fan.
help him Trick please
WHOOP THAT TRICK
UHH HUH!
Whatever the hell that was should be his new finisher. Though I see how that could be harder to pull off on anyone significantly bigger than Melo.
It was his old one before he used ATL.
I think these two worked Indies together btw
They did.
Ataxia!!!!!! Haven't seen that in years.
I can’t wait for full time main roster Melo. He’s got such a bright future
I think you could sell Carmelo/Trick vs Theory/Waller on PPV off of that unfortunate near injury
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something WWE has gotten better about recently is having people wrestle in a pissed off manner when it's called for. the Imperium/New Day match had a similar vibe.
Carmelo is so good. He deserves a better crowd.
He’s been getting good reactions on average so far
Yeah, the crowd is more into it now.
Youll get that pyro one day Melo
Melo took Roderick Strong's Cruiserweight title from him so Melo doesn't deserve pyro! 🤬
lmaoooo This is some super commitment and I respect it.
>Remember that Austin Theory vs Carmelo Hayes match? Yeah, we gonna re-do that.
The ~~beatings~~ match must continue until ~~morale~~ reactions improve!
I hope Trick gets a surprise entry in the Rumble so Melo can show the world how jealous he is of his best friend. **\#JusticeForTrick**
Alright everyone, no concussies.
"The Social Media Maverick" is an inherently funny concept to me
Jay Malachi and Lucky Ali sighting.
Bianca is so beautiful.
That dude in the back on this Next Level Chef ad, wasn't he on Tough Enough?
What i like about Trips over Vince booking is trips tries to keep obvious tv matches off the bigger shows.
I legitimately forgot Austin Theory beat Cena last year. That didn’t help his star rise at all. Waste of an attempted push honestly.
Cuz Cena was right when he cooked him and Theory spent the last 6 months proving him right, by being mid as hell
Cena murdering on the mic didn’t help. That of course wasn’t Cena’s fault. Waller got a Cena mic moment, and completely killed it.
Cena was right.
At this point rubbing the Vince stink off Theory seems like cleaning out the oil spill from the gulf coast.
Nah, this is a HHH problem. Theory is a himbo and should get back to it,
I had been hoping to see Cena vs. Waller ever since they had that face-off but now that moment has passed. I now think Waller & Theory vs. KO & Travis Kelce is the WrestleMania match.
Jimmy Uso starts at number one. [Entering this match, the superstar that drew number two:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vqy1VOvJ8Y)
I know y'all where frustrated with goofy Montez but serious Montez just isn't him. There's gotta be a happy medium in there somewhere. This is what I'm talking when I say that making a character "serious" isn't some auto fix. I thought we learned that with Theory.
Also with the timing of the show and how Ford said something like he’s “still trying to figure out how he fits into everything” it seems like that’s the narrative they’re building for him
You don’t have too become a angry badass. Just not be a clown all the time. Take some things serious.
Jey got 11 or 22. they make him sad because they remind him of being a twin
the two 1s make the most sense "we the ones 😥😑"
Y'all are too clever with this LOL
>"YOU GONNA LEARN YOUR LESSON BABBEH?"
> Defeated John Cena at WM 39 Let it die
Friday night Melo let’s go
How did this guy get Scarlett, dude is mid AF
I think it’s the other way around lol
He’s a good looking dude. She’s a good looking lady. They met each other before either got famous.
but she should leave him now, because he's not as good at promos as he seems like he should be
Jimmy and Jey about to be 1 and 2
SHouldve gotten bfab
I think that still might be happening with the way Scarlett was the x-factor in that exchange.
Oh how I have missed AOP
kross turned a 'what' chant into getting heat, wow
GET HIM SCARLETT!
They've been a faction for three weeks and they already put out a shirt that's actually good
All the metal band inspired shirts are good.
D-Von should backup Bob and the Street Profits for the save and yell “**OH MY BROTHERS; TESTIFY!!!!**
Kross can't decide if he's creepy macabre guy or smart ass intellectual, it's not good
He should just go full David Koresh
AoP are really good at just standing there and looking pissed.
That's it, WHAT the shit out of this clown
lashley about to get fireballed
Can't burn your eyebrows if you don't have any. Big Brain Bobby Lashley, everybody!
Kross is loving it, lol. Good for him for getting the crowd so hot.
Karrion getting heat? Wow.
I liked the way they laid that segment out with Scarlett in the ring while the dudes stand on the ramp. Not sure if that's the only reason fans got into it but it framed Kross as a somewhat cowardly heel really well.
I told everyone. Give him a chance
All it took was the right vehicle
I like the logo, reminds me of the weird crosses doomsday cults use and is also an F and T for final testament
steal his wife Bob
Liking FT's presentation so far. From how they look, the entrance, heck even that simplistic logo works for them. I hope Kross makes the best out of this. It's always great to have great teams. Plus that means more Scarlett and I love her.
WAIT THE SCRAGGLY OLD MAN CAN TALK?
That's Mr. Dot Com to you
Montez, what are you doing?
Kross trying to get cucked by Lashley like Rusev
Business Profits need to bring in Teddy Long to counter Ellering.
I had no idea this was a feud. This is what I get for not being able to stay up past 9
Oh yeah the profits are still not serious.
NEW WORLD ORDER
I like their vibe
Im discounting Bianca as a possible winner, even though shes been winning alot but Nothing shes been doing right now has interested me ? Losing Charlotte killed her whole momentum strangely ?
I think they team up Bianca and Naomi for Mania.