WWE SmackDown Discussion II

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Re: WWE SmackDown Discussion II 

Post#541 » by Stanford » Mon Oct 22, 2018 10:59 am

jr lucosa wrote:I also get bummed out with how much talent they squander. They took most my favorite NJPW guys, who had me watching wrestling in a language I couldn't understand, and put them in English programming that I can't even bare to watch.

I should try watching some of the other stuff. (probably) Unpopular opinion, the NXT audience makes it hard for me to watch NXT anymore, they just get on my nerves with the chants and overreacting to everything.


I know what you mean about the NXT crowd, but I think you need to take it easy on them. What I've noticed is that they give real reactions half the time (better than reactions the main roster shows get) and then force chants into space the other half. The latter is annoying, for sure. But you have to remember that they're watching four hours of wrestling and seeing the same people multiple times in the same night. I think they mean well with the chants. They're just trying to fill the gaps with something when they can't muster a genuine reaction. Being a smaller venue, silence is more noticeable. It's not like they're chanting "we are awesome."
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Post#542 » by iMoreland » Wed Oct 24, 2018 1:02 am

Rey's gear is much better now than it was with the baggy pants back in the day
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Post#543 » by tugs » Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:58 am

Dat Superman Splash doe
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Post#544 » by Scott Hall » Wed Oct 24, 2018 11:17 pm

Whatever happened to Sanity?
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Post#545 » by tugs » Wed Oct 24, 2018 11:18 pm

Rumors swirling Bray could be leading another stable. Could be a good match with Sanity?
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Post#546 » by iMoreland » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:19 am

Scott Hall wrote:Whatever happened to Sanity?

Never got any kind of reaction from the crowd, in NXT or the main roster
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Post#547 » by tugs » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:28 am

Whoa, they are kind of a big deal in NXT. Even as singles wrestlers.
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Post#548 » by Stanford » Thu Oct 25, 2018 12:10 pm

They need to be muscle for NIkki when she comes up
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Post#549 » by tugs » Thu Oct 25, 2018 12:16 pm

Stanford wrote:They need to be muscle for NIkki when she comes up
I read this and I'm thinking, "Makes sense, Rousey's a badass."
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Post#550 » by iMoreland » Fri Oct 26, 2018 5:23 am

Apparently Samoa Joe is injured again. Wouldn't surprise me if his time in the company is coming up. Too many injuries.

If he has to miss significant time again, it'll most likely be the 3rd straight WrestleMania he's missed due to injuries.
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Post#551 » by Spens1 » Fri Oct 26, 2018 8:52 am

iMoreland wrote:Apparently Samoa Joe is injured again. Wouldn't surprise me if his time in the company is coming up. Too many injuries.

If he has to miss significant time again, it'll most likely be the 3rd straight WrestleMania he's missed due to injuries.


They'd be foolish to release him. He's been really good and its not like Smackdown is loaded with main event heels, he's about the only one right now (until the Miz enters the main event scene or if they decide to actually give Nakamura a push).
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Post#552 » by iMoreland » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:49 pm

Spens1 wrote:
iMoreland wrote:Apparently Samoa Joe is injured again. Wouldn't surprise me if his time in the company is coming up. Too many injuries.

If he has to miss significant time again, it'll most likely be the 3rd straight WrestleMania he's missed due to injuries.


They'd be foolish to release him. He's been really good and its not like Smackdown is loaded with main event heels, he's about the only one right now (until the Miz enters the main event scene or if they decide to actually give Nakamura a push).

If they can't trust him to stay healthy why would they bother keeping him?
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Post#553 » by Spens1 » Fri Oct 26, 2018 11:25 pm

iMoreland wrote:
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iMoreland wrote:Apparently Samoa Joe is injured again. Wouldn't surprise me if his time in the company is coming up. Too many injuries.

If he has to miss significant time again, it'll most likely be the 3rd straight WrestleMania he's missed due to injuries.


They'd be foolish to release him. He's been really good and its not like Smackdown is loaded with main event heels, he's about the only one right now (until the Miz enters the main event scene or if they decide to actually give Nakamura a push).

If they can't trust him to stay healthy why would they bother keeping him?


Well it depends on how severe it is. The fact of the matter is that he is the only main event heel they have right now.

I don't think they have a choice but to trust him, also he's delivered at every time of asking pretty much, i don't see how you could punish him for it just cause he got injured (especially with WWE's full on schedule). Its up to WWE to manage his minutes better, especially since he is a near 20 year vet himself. If that means he needs to forgo house shows and on a few tv shows only do TV segments so be it.
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Post#554 » by jakecronus8 » Sat Oct 27, 2018 9:48 pm

Spens1 wrote:
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Spens1 wrote:
They'd be foolish to release him. He's been really good and its not like Smackdown is loaded with main event heels, he's about the only one right now (until the Miz enters the main event scene or if they decide to actually give Nakamura a push).

If they can't trust him to stay healthy why would they bother keeping him?


Well it depends on how severe it is. The fact of the matter is that he is the only main event heel they have right now.

I don't think they have a choice but to trust him, also he's delivered at every time of asking pretty much, i don't see how you could punish him for it just cause he got injured (especially with WWE's full on schedule). Its up to WWE to manage his minutes better, especially since he is a near 20 year vet himself. If that means he needs to forgo house shows and on a few tv shows only do TV segments so be it.


In a perfect world that'd be great but unless your name is Cena or Lesnar that's just not happening.
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Post#555 » by improper » Sat Oct 27, 2018 10:17 pm

Yup. Like it or not, guys who get hurt repeatedly don't get pushed. Vince loses faith in your ability to stay healthy and you're done.

The only guys who can pretty much do whatever they want are, as mentioned in the previous post, guys like Cena, Lesnar, and Reigns. Once you're a made man, you stay that way with Vince regardless of how reliable you are.
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Post#556 » by Spens1 » Wed Oct 31, 2018 3:45 am

well this episode came out of nowhere. This felt better than most PPV's wwe has produced, my god it was brilliant. I do feel though that Bryan is going to be punished for not being at crown jewel though.
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Post#557 » by improper » Wed Oct 31, 2018 3:59 am

Spens1 wrote:well this episode came out of nowhere. This felt better than most PPV's wwe has produced, my god it was brilliant. I do feel though that Bryan is going to be punished for not being at crown jewel though.


Just a shame they burn off a great Styles/Bryan match on TV instead of making that a PPV main event like it should be.
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Post#558 » by tugs » Wed Oct 31, 2018 9:42 am

Becky fckn Lynch. That is all.

Also, I find it stupid to punish your superstar who'll lose in the finals. Punish those who don't even pass the initial brackets, smh
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Post#559 » by daoneandonly » Wed Oct 31, 2018 12:04 pm

The crowd should ahve appreciated the Brood a little more, though the Halloween match was stupid itself
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Post#560 » by tugs » Wed Oct 31, 2018 1:59 pm

Don't think they knew The Brood, shocked, Or probably got confused upon hearing Big E then Brood music hit.

"Who's The Brood?"

"What happened to New Day?!"

"Oh my god! Could it be?!"

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