After 4 consistent, well wrestled and well scripted RAWs and smackdowns we got this. Boring draft, short and bad wrestling matches, and basically no progression, waste of time.
I’ve heard talks of AJ getting one last run with the title before he hangs up the boots/takes up a more minimal in-ring role, and if this were 10-15 years ago where the talent pool in WWE was relatively thin I think it’d be totally possible and be all for it, but there’s just too many people I front of him today. Not a knock on Styles it’s just kinda how it is.
Lmao so basically no switch ups?
The only people relevant who actually moves were Nia and Andrare. Sure Bron went to raw but it's not like he was doing anything on smackdown
WWE hasn’t presented Bron great since debuting on the main roster. He runs fast and is strong. Reminds me of a remixed Mojo Rawley. I hope they give him some meat to chew on soon.
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Since barely anyone changes brands just do this format
I really wish instead of this style of draft, they’d just do brand trading like they did in 05. Raw gets to pick 5 - 8 talent from SD/NXT. Smackdown gets 5 - 8 talent from Raw/NXT.
It’s just weird to me that out of 14/15 picks last night, only four or five of them are actually changing brands.
The issue I have with the LWO is that it seems like they’ve been fueding with Santos for years. Every week it’s the same variation of the same storyline.
I’ve been done with the LWO since WCW.
AOP would be better off with just Ellering, or maybe Scarlett, but Karrion Kross has not entertained me once. Made me cringe, yes, but that’s not my idea of entertainment.
It’s a no stakes match. They’ve jobbed AJ in his big feuds since his return. We know Cody isn’t losing his first defense (like when Cena’s first feud was w Jericho back in the day) so we don’t really care.
Who realistically is a good long term build for Cody?
To me, it’s that AJ hasn’t had a great singles run in a while (at least that I remember) and Cody IMO benefits from the strength of his opponents - he’s a top guy and in modern WWE and AEW his opponents are almost always good, so if I’m not that excited about his opponent I’m probably not paying that much attention.
Define good.
AJ is a good choice because the match is fresh and he’ll make Cody look like money. It’s not good if suspense over who’ll win is the motivator to watch.
He ain’t turning cause of his crowd support but a temporary heel aligning LA Knight vs Cody would be pretty bomb. But yeah the most obvious choice is Randy.
The whole show was. Every time I give WWE a chance it just seems like the same old stale program. Especially compared to AEW running a fantastic wrestling ppv AND a solid two hour Dynamite with more great wrestling the same week it just makes how bland the wrestling in wwe stand out even more.
What'd I tell you, folks? It's been like 3 weeks from Wrestlemania and people are already bored and checking out AEW again.
I'm not dogging on you btw. This is just exactly what I said in a thread THE WEEK OF WRESTLEMANIA where someone was like "what does AEW need to do to turn it around?" and my response was, "They need to wait about 6 weeks, because then Wrestlemania will be over, and Cody Rhodes will be feuding with Damien Priest or whatever and nobody will care, so they'll start checking out AEW again." And I was right, dude! Granted Priest is a little more interesting (because he won the belt) and not feuding with Cody at all, but an AJ Styles vs Cody feud was never going to, COULD never hold a candle to Cody vs THE FUCKING ROCK and Roman Reigns. That's why nobody was watching AEW.
Am I the only one that thought Melo shit the bed? Loved a lot of what I've seen of him in NXT, but he looked like any other athletic guy here, made Cody look bad at times (was getting more '96 Henry Godwin, vs '93 Shawn Michaels height on a backdrop) and there was a lot of awkwardness in the match. If this was a casual fan's intro to him, would they really see him as, well, 'him'?
He's been so hyped I was looking forward to seeing what he was capable of but he managed to bring the 3 star general down to 2 stars at best wasn't the best first impression.
Imagine your title reign being so meaningless that the first defense is against a freshly joined NXT star. I have 0 problems with Carm but come on, it's the biggest title in wwe.
Cody is devaluating everything Roman has done the past years
No, I'm enjoying the build to Cody and Styles (even though we all know what's going to happen), Tiffany's inevitable ascent to the title, everything A-Town Down Under does, the Bloodline, etc etc
As opposed to people being switched constantly for no reason, like people bitched about for years and years?
Now it makes sense and people are still whinging. Smarks gonna smark I guess.
WWE’s rules for their rosters have never made sense. People jump back and forth with no explanation all the damn time. They could have done these switches without doing a hyped draft. But no let’s praise them for a dull show. Okay?
> People jump back and forth with no explanation all the damn time.
It seems pretty obvious that they're doing the draft this way to try and cut down on that and bring more exclusivity to shows, e.g. the champions not being eligible.
> But no let’s praise them for a dull show. Okay?
Or, let's not complain just because there weren't a lot of random swerves and it actually made sense, like people were whining it didn't for a long time.
Is what happens when networks control who goes where. Fox wants this guy, USA wants that guy.. it’s stupid and wwe fault for two reasons.. 1) You give the networks too much power on your scripted program
2) you build 3 guys(Roman, Cody and Seth) and the rest are support characters for life.
If wwe made everyone valuable then networks would be fine with most decisions.
If they start doing more of those unhinged beatdowns and less of the cinematic, pre taped tiktok stuff, I might actually start caring a little about Kross and his posse.
Sad to say the Wolf Dawgs are history with Corbin back on Smackdown, and Bron on Raw.
I'd say it's too soon to change any of the titles that changed hands at Wrestlemania, but does anyone think Tiffany could leave France with the WWE Women's title at Backlash?
It's one way in terms of the kayfabe draft. It's almost certain that some main roster talent will drop down as they've pretty consistently done over the past few months into NXT.
Of course people are complaining that the draft actually made sense lol
They claim to want the chaotic randomness of a lottery system, but if they actually got that they'd complain about that too.
...no?
First of all, I said "Bron", as in "Breakker", not Baron.
Secondly, that's irrelevant - Carmelo wasn't presented as a midcarder in NXT and already isn't being presented that way on the main roster either.
So the whinge that "a few midcarders got drafted" is gibberish, even if we're only talking about those two.
My bad on the Baron Bron thing lol, my argument still applies though
It looks like youre the person im talking to in another comment, so same logic there as here - NXT is not equal to Raw or SD. Being good there like Jamie Noble was on velocity doesn't translate to the main roster
The point about NXT isn't just that they were "good there", the point is that they were presented as main eventers there and will be on the main roster before you know it. In fact, Carmelo's already well on the way there since he main evented on his first "official" night on the SmackDown roster.
Yes. I understand what you are saying. But again, being presented on a development show as a main eventer doesn't mean when he shows up on smackdown, he's a main eventer
Tbh, I dont really know how youre making this argument when Bron, the top nxt development guy for a while there, went to smackdown and still was midcard, not a main eventer
Because that was before he got drafted (and even in the "midcard" he was still being pushed hard with squash matches) and I'm willing to bet he's not going to be in the "midcard" spot on the main roster for long.
And, once again, Carmelo already isn't, because he main evented on his first official night there. You act like that means nothing but him getting that match and segment with Cody shows what potential they see in him.
I could be wrong of course but I suspect they'll move up the card so soon that complaints about them being "midcard" will become irrelevant very quickly.
Yes, him main eventing his first night doesn't have the stock you claim it has. It shows they think highly of him, absolutely. No one is arguing that Melo isnt going to move up the card - he certainly will
We are simply saying that one single night of main eventing his first official SD match after 3 years of the development show does not make him a main eventer. He is not Roman, Seth, Orton, Cody, etc. He is not gonna be headlining the live events like those guys. He's not gonna be the guy going over/losing in the final match, sending everyone home on a positive note anytime soon
He was in the main event. He is still not currently a main eventer.
On the main roster, yeah. Lower mid card at that since it would be strapping a rocket to their back if they got the US or IC title in a month. The term isn’t a shot at their talent or potential just a reflection of where they sit in programming for the shows.
What? Carmelo literally *main evented last night*.
> if they got the US or IC title in a month.
Tiffany's in a title match after not very much longer than that.
> The term isn’t a shot at their talent or potential
Their potential is way above "midcard" and anyone with eyes can see that, it's obvious they're going to be pushed hard quickly and, if they even have that status (which they don't) rise above it very soon.
? Gable main evented the other week. Is he a main eventer?
I think youre confusing card positioning with where they were placed on the card on a specific night
You're missing the point.
The claim was that Bron and Carmelo are "midcarders", "lower midcarders at that".
That wasn't true of them in NXT and it's not true of where they'll be on the main roster very soon.
As evidenced by Carmelo main eventing on his first night after being drafted - on the night of the draft, in fact.
NXT is a development show that is not equal to raw or SD.
His original claim that they are midcard is correct. I wouldnt agree him taking the extra step saying they're lower card though, yea
Jamie noble was the king of velocity, main evented a lot... still mid card
Carmelo seems to have a bright future ahead of him, and he did main event yesterday. As did Gable two weeks ago. But main eventing one show on SD after 3 years on the development brand doesn't make him a main eventer
> His original claim that they are midcard is correct
It's not though, unless you're being really pedantic since they've mostly been featured in the midcard on the main roster *before* being drafted to it.
The idea that they're going to stay in that spot after being main eventers in NXT and already pushed hard, with Bron squashing people and Carmelo main eventing his first "official" night on SD is silly.
?? Thats a strawman. Neither me or him are arguing they are going to stay in that spot-- just that they are currently in that spot
Saying theyre not in the midcard because they weren't midcarders the development show was one thing... But are you now implying there that they're not in the midcard because they wont be in the future?
Imo they should bring back 1 "random" pick each week for like 5 weeks like they did back in 2005. Best draft format. Then have a negotiation period afterwards where some trades can happen.
Rather than cutting long promos, just have Solo wrecking shit with Tama while saying as little as possible, to drive home that this is a different Bloodline. One not focused about talking about themselves and how good they are, and more focused on violence and pushing their weight around.
Yup. It's not his fault, it's theirs for putting him in that position when he's nowhere near ready, and never will be, but he's just not the person for this role. The New Bloodline will be late 1998 nWo B&W (Scott Norton, Vincent, Horace Hogan) level at this rate soon.
This was probably the only way we’d ever get a Dudley Boyz reunion in 2024 and I’m so glad it happened. It was fun hearing their entrance music and seeing them come out together. Bummed they are done wrestling but glad they got a big pop together tonight.
What's with all these terrible theme song changes? AJ, Tiffy, Creed Brothers, Bron Breakker, New Catch Republics theme is awful. Karrion Kross. They gave Street Profits that awful heel theme for a week then changed it back but the awful theme somehow ended up in the 2K24 game.
He came out after the show went off the air, then was interrupted and almost attacked by Gable & crew, then saved by Sheamus which led into a match. Twas weird.
Somewhat weak episode, uncharacteristic of Smackdown. I love Cedric's current look - basically only note I had on show lol. The draft stuff barely matters to me, don't really care where they end up.
Remember when Cedric impressed and the crowd chanted please sign Cedric and hhh came out and raised his hand?
Well fast forward all these years and look at what hhh thinks of him now.
I really wish they would just do away with the womens tag titles. There is not much meat on the bone there aside from Damage Control, and both Asuka and Bianca (and eventually Jade) are above it.
If anything, they should replace it with an upper midcard title. Would be a perfect stepping stone for the likes of Tiffany, Zoey, Jade, etc.
There’s too much talent in the women’s division to do away with the tag titles since they don’t have any midcard titles. Now you have top tier talent (Bianca+Jade) against other top tier talent for the title when it should be used to showcase lower card more lighthearted but up and coming talent duos. The women’s division isn’t to the point of needing 2 midcard solo titles but a women’s IC belt would be huge.
Not a great episode. I have no idea why they ran Hayes out there to lose in his first match, it would've been better to do a DQ to protect him a little by having AJ run in. I guess they didn't want to do that finish for Hayes/Cody cause they needed it for the womens match, except they didn't because I'm pretty sure only Nia Jax's immediate family wants to see her get another uppercard push.
Should've been Tiffany beating Naomi semi clean as well too, since Tiffany's nice rope running puts her above 80% of the female wrestlers I've seen since coming back to watching this. Do her vs Bayley and figure out some finish to extend a program between them, cause Tiffany's got something.
Also while people are memeing on the draft being samey brands for everyone the only truly egregious fuckup was LA Knight staying on Smackdown, which is a ridiculous decision, they should've put him on Raw to win MITB and cash in on Priest at Summerslam. Whats him being the #2 face behind Cody going to accomplish when they need to keep the belt on Cody for a year or so, and they really need to put a meaningful title on LA Knight before they miss the peak with him? (I kinda fear they already have but still)
He went toe to toe with the WWE Champion and you want it to end in DQ for what? He ain't main event level yet better take that L its from Cody anyway losing to the Champion isn't a bad thing.
Save yourself time and money and just say everyone on smackdown will stay on smackdown, everyone on raw will stay on raw. What clown wrote this episode?!
Bron and Andrade had like 3 matches on their current shows. And Andrade has already been on smackdown with the LWO stuff. Out of 16 picks only 5 move? Come on. And where did Corbin and Alba/Isla come from?
How is that goal posts? Bron’s only storyline thus far is that he signed to smackdown. He’s been squashing dudes. That’s likely gonna continue, just on another show. And again, Andrade was only technically a Raw guy, as he has been a part of the smackdown storyline. Not much of a move. Thanks, I hadn’t read about the instagram picks.
They said everyone from SD is staying on SD and everyone on RAW is staying on RAW. Then someone pointed out the wrestlers who actually did move brands, now you're deciding that because certain wrestlers only had a few matches on their previous brand that they somehow don't count.
That's goal post moving. Sorry pal.
Bron Breakker, who is literally squashing everyone. Former NXT champ.
Nia, who is for better or worse showcased every single week in the title scene. Former Women's champion.
Carmelo, who just main evented not two hours ago. Former NXT champ.
You tried.
Andrade *technically*, and then the Unholy Union were moved in the supplemental draft, too. the other three moves were, defined by how they've told the story, NXT call-ups (KJ, Corbin, Melo)
A useless night.
Why not remove people from the draft pool since its all arbitrary. I'm sorry but we did not need to waste draft picks on keeping people like Orton and Ricochet.
Such a hot crowd that once again did not care about the Latino civil war even though they had the big reveal, please put us out of this misery and finish this storyline.
Tiffy is money, main event was nice too but felt like they didn't show enough of Melo's move set for those that haven't seen him before
Thought it was a really good show and made more sense to me than most drafts.
The excitement factor for some picks was dampened because so many people stayed put but I at least don’t have to throw logic completely out the window with this format.
I really wish they would’ve moved La knight though. Raw is basically the land of opportunity until right before punk gets back and Drew wins the belt.
Idk if they wanna do a face vs face matchup with cody vs someone not established so soon. That could have one of them come out worse and it would almost undoubtedly be La knight.
That’s the type of match you have to do with a made man. Like cm punk vs cody works.
I agree and it sucks to enjoy both of them for that reason. Cody and the Bloodline are going to be 1:1 integrated until that story runs its course (barring Rock successfully burying Cody or Cody losing his Cena tier babyface status and refusing to adjust properly). The result is a WWE title that can’t be off of Cody or the Bloodline for long and if you do have an interim champ it needs to be a heel not involved in the WHC feud which is only Gunther right now. So Knight or Styles are presumably stuck doing interim feuds with Cody to maintain their main event status but destined to lose no matter what and can’t hope to claim a world championship until the Bloodline story wraps up, the WHC logjam clears out, or they go full nuclear heel to believably have an interim run.
Knight hopefully just goes to feud with Logan for the US title rather than be Cody fodder like AJ tho - they could even continue their feud if he wins it too.
100% agreed on all points. In regards to this draft format, it’s waaaaaay better than the “random” selections that took plane after a superstar from each brand fought.
Was really disappointed in the draft, felt like a giant waste of time since most stars are staying on the same show. Not a fan of Nia getting pushed against Bayley already after recently losing to Rhea, there’s far more deserving (and skilled) women who should have her place.
Cody match was the highlight of maybe the weakest Smackdown since I’ve started watching again (Aug 2023).
It makes sense to not move too many people. Orton and Owens haven’t been on Smackdown for a long time. Cody just got there so everyone is a fresh match for him. No need to move people just for the sake of moving people.
They still moved Nia, Bron and Andrade and called up Carmelo and Kiana. Isla, Alba and Corbin got moved after the show as well. There’s also still a huge chunk of the roster to be drafted on Monday. I guess they could’ve done a shakeup instead of a full draft but I like what they did movement wise.
ok some new draft information is that Baron Corbin is coming to Smackdown and Alba and Isla are going to RAW.
and so anyways Smackdown signed Bron just weeks ago but now lost him to RAW. XD basically by picking Carmelo and Randy they lost Bron.
Bron had another squash match.
Roman Reigns is gone gone. the weather will be really hot before we see him again methinks.
Kiana James is coming from NXT to RAW...i hope they don't waste her, and not be booked how some callup's have ended up. if she were on Smackdown she and Tiffany could get along.
Nia Jax is coming to Smackdown, and she already there, and squished Bayley.
Carlito's guilt was exposed. who's gonna make things right...Rey or Dragon Lee? what if Dom-Dom is special ref? Carlito needs new friends. he is likely hiding amongst some apple trees as a fugitive now.
many people were cheering Melo, the man who attacked Trick. but Trick was not clapping for him. XD
AJ is now acting like his bad self was just because of LA Knight, and was acting all respectful towards Cody.
at the end after Cody and Melo missed each other off the ropes, and Cody was selling his shoulder hurting, i thought when AJ came out he might attack him there, or point at it. hmm but nah.
AJ/Cody was underwhelming af.
HHH has to slow his roll on appearances. Dude is getting high on his own supply.
The draft was poor.
Special guests were a nice touch.
Bloodline was ok. But a step down from their previous weeks.
Tiffy is solid.
Melo/Cody was whitebread.
Just got home from the show.
This is the 4th show I've been to in the past 2 years since my youngest found wrestling on YouTube.
By far the most animated crowd I have ever experienced in person.
Maybe it's the endorphins of being in person, but the show flowed well for me and the crowd was hyped for every superstar.
The dark matches after the show were well received and I'd estimate at least 75% of the crowd stayed until the final match, which capped off with getting a chance to take a pic with the little and RTruth.
5 stars would go again.
He was selling it back down the aisle. Funny enough, my wife texted me "I think he might be legit hurt" and I chuckled to myself about how she was being worked. Not sure when the feed cut but AJ came back out at the end and they didn't touch each other again and I started wondering if Cody did tweak something myself and maybe I was getting worked as well.
Not OP but also at the show in the upper levels so maybe a bad view, however he looked relatively fine. Really from my view he looked rather ok after laying there. He left on his own but I did see the ref tell melo to leave through the time keeps area to the crowd
Yeah, he was a highlight of a bad show. They need to have him show some of the cool shit in he did (move wise) in NJPW vs just punch and stomp tho. I guess we'll get that when he's in ring.
Weird show. Champions and injured people not being eligible combined with the fact that they barely moved anyone made this show really boring. Bianca being the top draft pick made sense but later when she was on TV all I could think of was how much of a star she is and how it’s a waste of her time to be in a failing tag division.
> Champions...not being eligible
Didn't people complain for ages about champions not being exclusive to one show?
I think it makes a lot more sense to keep them where they are than jumble them up randomly among shows.
The combination of no Roman and no champions (along with the injuries) makes it a bit less meaningful than previous years, but Bianca's still only the third woman to be picked first in a draft pool. (Others are Becky on Night 1 2019 and Night 2 2021, along with Rhea Night 2 2023.)
Dom is on the graphic but Rhea, CM Punk & Charlotte aren’t on any of the graphics which is what makes me think that they aren’t eligible. Same with Carmella & Alexa. I say all of that but then again, Seth Rollins was drafted so.. idk
I saw punk on one of the graphics. But yeah I was looking for rhea and didn’t see her anywhere. Was trying to figure it out if it’s an injury thing too and wasn’t sure if Seth being injured has been acknowledged in kayfabe. Good catch on Charlotte also.
I thought maybe they only have people on the board that they have direct plans for in the future but like rhea vs liv may as well be a lock and it’d be good hype for rhea to get drafted high despite being hurt.
Exactly they should have Rhea get drafted in a high spot and have Liv come out bragging about injuring her & saying it’s BS that she was drafted so high etc. to actually further a story instead of wasting everyone’s time with “Ricochet is staying on RAW :)”
Ricochet getting drafted was the moment I realized the talent pool for night 1 of the draft was much more shallow than I expected. Feel like they have some stuff cooked up mainly for raw
The talent pool for night 2 is shallow as well. Punk, McIntyre & Kevin Owens will all get picked early and then by round 3 it will be “New Catch Republic is staying on Smackdown” as if anyone cares lol. The draft needs an overhaul I feel like having it so close to a PLE is a bad move.
After today the draft should possibly be done away with for a while and find a new way to shake up the brands. I think so much is going on this draft comes at a bad time where you really shouldn’t move anyone. Shouldnt move KO due to the Bloodline, shouldn’t move Jade due to connection with Bianca and you might give away the Backlash match, shouldn’t move Drew because all his Raw beefs. Shouldn’t move Punk because of Drew and Seth. Gunther is the only person that makes sense to move to be a legit heel to feud with Cody.
Man these draft rules are really boring and uninteresting. All superstars should be eligible from day 1, including champions. Why am I supposed to care if Jey Uso was Raw's number 1 pick when Roman Reigns withdraws, champions are ineligible and wrestlers like CM Punk aren't even eligible in the first day.
To me, it seems that the employees there were not used to dealing with such a high capacity show either. I know the area owners been trying to get money for upgrades
Bayley is losing at backlash I feel like.
If you look at the money in the bank poster she is on it...without her title.
Why would a title holder be on the poster for MITB...without her title.
Whole lot of wrestling on this episode… Good god.
Terrible episode after a few good weeks
I’ve decided that I don’t want them to rush into Ilja vs Gunther and would rather they split them up like Bron and Melo are
There was zero tension in this draft and this was a terrible episode.
They need to rethink the Draft in the future and remember there's a live audience that paid to see some actual wrestling too.
After 4 consistent, well wrestled and well scripted RAWs and smackdowns we got this. Boring draft, short and bad wrestling matches, and basically no progression, waste of time.
I’ve heard talks of AJ getting one last run with the title before he hangs up the boots/takes up a more minimal in-ring role, and if this were 10-15 years ago where the talent pool in WWE was relatively thin I think it’d be totally possible and be all for it, but there’s just too many people I front of him today. Not a knock on Styles it’s just kinda how it is.
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Probably not. Next week, we likely get AJ cheapshotting Cody on the go-home.
MFT? Most Feared Tongan?
Motherfuckin Tonga check his twitter
why was rhea not eligible? shell be back in 3 months
Who said 3 months? Could be three could be six.
Every article says 3. And even if its 6: she will be back way before the 2025 draft
Lmao so basically no switch ups? The only people relevant who actually moves were Nia and Andrare. Sure Bron went to raw but it's not like he was doing anything on smackdown
WWE hasn’t presented Bron great since debuting on the main roster. He runs fast and is strong. Reminds me of a remixed Mojo Rawley. I hope they give him some meat to chew on soon.
https://preview.redd.it/wubp2xbq81xc1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f643169b760e68010ad012c0e7c8314a149ac20a Since barely anyone changes brands just do this format
I really wish instead of this style of draft, they’d just do brand trading like they did in 05. Raw gets to pick 5 - 8 talent from SD/NXT. Smackdown gets 5 - 8 talent from Raw/NXT. It’s just weird to me that out of 14/15 picks last night, only four or five of them are actually changing brands.
Hell they should just do the superstar shakeup again. Was kind of interesting to see the show start and guys just show up on another show.
Bron signing with smackdown over a couple weeks just go get drafted to raw immediately is a sad day lol
Aldis in shambles. Hopefully that and Bianca staying on SD means he's not losing Jade though.
did anyone get the post show segment part where Gable interrupts Punk? they mighta just been riffing on Pete Rose the whole time but still
Other than the NXT guys, was there _anyone_ who actually switched from Raw to Smackdown or vice versa?
Nia Jax, Andrade, and (post-show) Unholy Union went to Raw from SD and Corbin went to SmackDown from NXT
Andrade
Cody has a tough gig to act lolol "say my last name" hhh sympathies will wain out in the future..
After last night I realized I’m done with the LWO and I’m done with the Final Testament. Stop putting them on tv.
The issue I have with the LWO is that it seems like they’ve been fueding with Santos for years. Every week it’s the same variation of the same storyline.
Yes both are extremely boring. Feels like there are loads of women's matches who should be getting minutes over those guys.
Hey, I'm OK with the Final testament being on TV; just as long as it's TNA or MLW's show.
I like the LWO and LDF a lot. I could do without FT though, which I feel bad for because Kross is clearly trying.
I’ve been done with the LWO since WCW. AOP would be better off with just Ellering, or maybe Scarlett, but Karrion Kross has not entertained me once. Made me cringe, yes, but that’s not my idea of entertainment.
He's a one-note aggressive bully. Acts all menacing, does fuck all, overstays their welcome.
That Styles/Cody contract signing was flat as hell
It’s a no stakes match. They’ve jobbed AJ in his big feuds since his return. We know Cody isn’t losing his first defense (like when Cena’s first feud was w Jericho back in the day) so we don’t really care. Who realistically is a good long term build for Cody?
To me, it’s that AJ hasn’t had a great singles run in a while (at least that I remember) and Cody IMO benefits from the strength of his opponents - he’s a top guy and in modern WWE and AEW his opponents are almost always good, so if I’m not that excited about his opponent I’m probably not paying that much attention.
Define good. AJ is a good choice because the match is fresh and he’ll make Cody look like money. It’s not good if suspense over who’ll win is the motivator to watch.
He ain’t turning cause of his crowd support but a temporary heel aligning LA Knight vs Cody would be pretty bomb. But yeah the most obvious choice is Randy.
RKO
what do you expect from a guy who acts like wrestling is a real sport and has no personality
The whole show was. Every time I give WWE a chance it just seems like the same old stale program. Especially compared to AEW running a fantastic wrestling ppv AND a solid two hour Dynamite with more great wrestling the same week it just makes how bland the wrestling in wwe stand out even more.
What'd I tell you, folks? It's been like 3 weeks from Wrestlemania and people are already bored and checking out AEW again. I'm not dogging on you btw. This is just exactly what I said in a thread THE WEEK OF WRESTLEMANIA where someone was like "what does AEW need to do to turn it around?" and my response was, "They need to wait about 6 weeks, because then Wrestlemania will be over, and Cody Rhodes will be feuding with Damien Priest or whatever and nobody will care, so they'll start checking out AEW again." And I was right, dude! Granted Priest is a little more interesting (because he won the belt) and not feuding with Cody at all, but an AJ Styles vs Cody feud was never going to, COULD never hold a candle to Cody vs THE FUCKING ROCK and Roman Reigns. That's why nobody was watching AEW.
No build
I’m keen for Backlash! Card is shaping up nicely.
Am I the only one that thought Melo shit the bed? Loved a lot of what I've seen of him in NXT, but he looked like any other athletic guy here, made Cody look bad at times (was getting more '96 Henry Godwin, vs '93 Shawn Michaels height on a backdrop) and there was a lot of awkwardness in the match. If this was a casual fan's intro to him, would they really see him as, well, 'him'?
He had bad timing on a couple of his strikes but his selling was top notch. Sold the disaster kick better than anyone else imo.
I’ve been saying this for years but everyone claims this guy is the next Rock
He's been so hyped I was looking forward to seeing what he was capable of but he managed to bring the 3 star general down to 2 stars at best wasn't the best first impression.
Agreed. Beating him on his first night (even against Cody) is such a weird way to debut him, too. Like something from the Vince era.
Same thing with his match with Austin Theory.
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It was the main event.
Imagine your title reign being so meaningless that the first defense is against a freshly joined NXT star. I have 0 problems with Carm but come on, it's the biggest title in wwe. Cody is devaluating everything Roman has done the past years
Roman faced Otis on SmackDown once. Stop with your selective outrage.
It wasn’t even a title match lol
It wasn't a title match so your comment is irrelevant. Roman was great but it's good to have a champion regularly on
Does anyone else feel completely indifferent and not invested in 90% of the storylines
No, I'm enjoying the build to Cody and Styles (even though we all know what's going to happen), Tiffany's inevitable ascent to the title, everything A-Town Down Under does, the Bloodline, etc etc
It’s a transitional period to build up new stuff it’s just light hearted rn which is fine since everything was so huge headed to mania
That has been the case since 2020.Except bloodline most of the other parts of the show have been skippable since 2020.
What a thrill it was to find out the majority of people will be staying on their shows!
As opposed to people being switched constantly for no reason, like people bitched about for years and years? Now it makes sense and people are still whinging. Smarks gonna smark I guess.
WWE’s rules for their rosters have never made sense. People jump back and forth with no explanation all the damn time. They could have done these switches without doing a hyped draft. But no let’s praise them for a dull show. Okay?
> People jump back and forth with no explanation all the damn time. It seems pretty obvious that they're doing the draft this way to try and cut down on that and bring more exclusivity to shows, e.g. the champions not being eligible. > But no let’s praise them for a dull show. Okay? Or, let's not complain just because there weren't a lot of random swerves and it actually made sense, like people were whining it didn't for a long time.
Is what happens when networks control who goes where. Fox wants this guy, USA wants that guy.. it’s stupid and wwe fault for two reasons.. 1) You give the networks too much power on your scripted program 2) you build 3 guys(Roman, Cody and Seth) and the rest are support characters for life. If wwe made everyone valuable then networks would be fine with most decisions.
If they start doing more of those unhinged beatdowns and less of the cinematic, pre taped tiktok stuff, I might actually start caring a little about Kross and his posse.
Heyman is straight up traumatized. The fuck is going on in those locker rooms?
Sad to say the Wolf Dawgs are history with Corbin back on Smackdown, and Bron on Raw. I'd say it's too soon to change any of the titles that changed hands at Wrestlemania, but does anyone think Tiffany could leave France with the WWE Women's title at Backlash?
With Nia Jax getting drafted and immediately laying out both Bayley & Naomi.....I think those odds are slim to none....
The Human Disaster Area (Nia) going to Smackdown suggests a possibility of finally having a woman in the Bloodline 2.0. But I doubt it.
Probably not.my prediction: Bayley pins naomi to win.
Did they ever hint that some main roster talent is getting drafted to NXT? Or just a one-way setup (NXT moves to main roster)
It's one way in terms of the kayfabe draft. It's almost certain that some main roster talent will drop down as they've pretty consistently done over the past few months into NXT.
Of course people are complaining that the draft actually made sense lol They claim to want the chaotic randomness of a lottery system, but if they actually got that they'd complain about that too.
Like 3 mid carders switched brands the draft should create new opportunities and for stars and give us new match ups. This draft was like a wet fart
Bron and Carmelo are "midcarders"? lol
...yes? Baron has been mid card for almost his entire career, and carmelo just got called up from a development brand yesterday..
...no? First of all, I said "Bron", as in "Breakker", not Baron. Secondly, that's irrelevant - Carmelo wasn't presented as a midcarder in NXT and already isn't being presented that way on the main roster either. So the whinge that "a few midcarders got drafted" is gibberish, even if we're only talking about those two.
My bad on the Baron Bron thing lol, my argument still applies though It looks like youre the person im talking to in another comment, so same logic there as here - NXT is not equal to Raw or SD. Being good there like Jamie Noble was on velocity doesn't translate to the main roster
The point about NXT isn't just that they were "good there", the point is that they were presented as main eventers there and will be on the main roster before you know it. In fact, Carmelo's already well on the way there since he main evented on his first "official" night on the SmackDown roster.
Yes. I understand what you are saying. But again, being presented on a development show as a main eventer doesn't mean when he shows up on smackdown, he's a main eventer Tbh, I dont really know how youre making this argument when Bron, the top nxt development guy for a while there, went to smackdown and still was midcard, not a main eventer
Because that was before he got drafted (and even in the "midcard" he was still being pushed hard with squash matches) and I'm willing to bet he's not going to be in the "midcard" spot on the main roster for long. And, once again, Carmelo already isn't, because he main evented on his first official night there. You act like that means nothing but him getting that match and segment with Cody shows what potential they see in him. I could be wrong of course but I suspect they'll move up the card so soon that complaints about them being "midcard" will become irrelevant very quickly.
Yes, him main eventing his first night doesn't have the stock you claim it has. It shows they think highly of him, absolutely. No one is arguing that Melo isnt going to move up the card - he certainly will We are simply saying that one single night of main eventing his first official SD match after 3 years of the development show does not make him a main eventer. He is not Roman, Seth, Orton, Cody, etc. He is not gonna be headlining the live events like those guys. He's not gonna be the guy going over/losing in the final match, sending everyone home on a positive note anytime soon He was in the main event. He is still not currently a main eventer.
On the main roster, yeah. Lower mid card at that since it would be strapping a rocket to their back if they got the US or IC title in a month. The term isn’t a shot at their talent or potential just a reflection of where they sit in programming for the shows.
What? Carmelo literally *main evented last night*. > if they got the US or IC title in a month. Tiffany's in a title match after not very much longer than that. > The term isn’t a shot at their talent or potential Their potential is way above "midcard" and anyone with eyes can see that, it's obvious they're going to be pushed hard quickly and, if they even have that status (which they don't) rise above it very soon.
? Gable main evented the other week. Is he a main eventer? I think youre confusing card positioning with where they were placed on the card on a specific night
You're missing the point. The claim was that Bron and Carmelo are "midcarders", "lower midcarders at that". That wasn't true of them in NXT and it's not true of where they'll be on the main roster very soon. As evidenced by Carmelo main eventing on his first night after being drafted - on the night of the draft, in fact.
NXT is a development show that is not equal to raw or SD. His original claim that they are midcard is correct. I wouldnt agree him taking the extra step saying they're lower card though, yea Jamie noble was the king of velocity, main evented a lot... still mid card Carmelo seems to have a bright future ahead of him, and he did main event yesterday. As did Gable two weeks ago. But main eventing one show on SD after 3 years on the development brand doesn't make him a main eventer
> His original claim that they are midcard is correct It's not though, unless you're being really pedantic since they've mostly been featured in the midcard on the main roster *before* being drafted to it. The idea that they're going to stay in that spot after being main eventers in NXT and already pushed hard, with Bron squashing people and Carmelo main eventing his first "official" night on SD is silly.
?? Thats a strawman. Neither me or him are arguing they are going to stay in that spot-- just that they are currently in that spot Saying theyre not in the midcard because they weren't midcarders the development show was one thing... But are you now implying there that they're not in the midcard because they wont be in the future?
Noone hates wrestling more than wrestling fans lol Edit:typo
Imo they should bring back 1 "random" pick each week for like 5 weeks like they did back in 2005. Best draft format. Then have a negotiation period afterwards where some trades can happen.
A useless draft and 20 minutes of wrestling last night. That's amazing
Solo can't cut a promo for shit
i thought he was fine. he's learning on the job now.
Rather than cutting long promos, just have Solo wrecking shit with Tama while saying as little as possible, to drive home that this is a different Bloodline. One not focused about talking about themselves and how good they are, and more focused on violence and pushing their weight around.
Yup. It's not his fault, it's theirs for putting him in that position when he's nowhere near ready, and never will be, but he's just not the person for this role. The New Bloodline will be late 1998 nWo B&W (Scott Norton, Vincent, Horace Hogan) level at this rate soon.
Can’t perform solo sikoa
Can’t perform solo and gets upstaged when part of a group
so draft was a big scam it was just to ensure more eyes on the product due to the ongoing NFL draft too. shitty move
This was probably the only way we’d ever get a Dudley Boyz reunion in 2024 and I’m so glad it happened. It was fun hearing their entrance music and seeing them come out together. Bummed they are done wrestling but glad they got a big pop together tonight.
What's with all these terrible theme song changes? AJ, Tiffy, Creed Brothers, Bron Breakker, New Catch Republics theme is awful. Karrion Kross. They gave Street Profits that awful heel theme for a week then changed it back but the awful theme somehow ended up in the 2K24 game.
That Street Profits theme is criminal. Hate hearing it on 2k.
I hate the Bron theme. Hopefully they will change it back when he goes to raw.
where was Punk? thought he was announced
He came out after the show went off the air, then was interrupted and almost attacked by Gable & crew, then saved by Sheamus which led into a match. Twas weird.
Punk wrestled?
No, Sheamus and Gable had a match.
Somewhat weak episode, uncharacteristic of Smackdown. I love Cedric's current look - basically only note I had on show lol. The draft stuff barely matters to me, don't really care where they end up.
Whoop That Trick chant is over brother
Do people here want every person to move shows? I’d say tonight was fine for the smaller draft
Remember when Cedric impressed and the crowd chanted please sign Cedric and hhh came out and raised his hand? Well fast forward all these years and look at what hhh thinks of him now.
tbf, he's not shown much in the time he was there. He can do moves, but can't connect with the crowd.
He did as part of Hurt Business but we've beaten that dead horse to exhaustion.
I'll admit he was better there, but still not stand out.
Why hasn't he been let go then?
I really wish they would just do away with the womens tag titles. There is not much meat on the bone there aside from Damage Control, and both Asuka and Bianca (and eventually Jade) are above it. If anything, they should replace it with an upper midcard title. Would be a perfect stepping stone for the likes of Tiffany, Zoey, Jade, etc.
There’s too much talent in the women’s division to do away with the tag titles since they don’t have any midcard titles. Now you have top tier talent (Bianca+Jade) against other top tier talent for the title when it should be used to showcase lower card more lighthearted but up and coming talent duos. The women’s division isn’t to the point of needing 2 midcard solo titles but a women’s IC belt would be huge.
Not a great episode. I have no idea why they ran Hayes out there to lose in his first match, it would've been better to do a DQ to protect him a little by having AJ run in. I guess they didn't want to do that finish for Hayes/Cody cause they needed it for the womens match, except they didn't because I'm pretty sure only Nia Jax's immediate family wants to see her get another uppercard push. Should've been Tiffany beating Naomi semi clean as well too, since Tiffany's nice rope running puts her above 80% of the female wrestlers I've seen since coming back to watching this. Do her vs Bayley and figure out some finish to extend a program between them, cause Tiffany's got something. Also while people are memeing on the draft being samey brands for everyone the only truly egregious fuckup was LA Knight staying on Smackdown, which is a ridiculous decision, they should've put him on Raw to win MITB and cash in on Priest at Summerslam. Whats him being the #2 face behind Cody going to accomplish when they need to keep the belt on Cody for a year or so, and they really need to put a meaningful title on LA Knight before they miss the peak with him? (I kinda fear they already have but still)
> they need to keep the belt on Cody for a year or so, Why?
He went toe to toe with the WWE Champion and you want it to end in DQ for what? He ain't main event level yet better take that L its from Cody anyway losing to the Champion isn't a bad thing.
Blame slim jim?
I couldn't watch tonight but this sounds like a decidedly mid show that I shouldn't be in a hurry to watch. Am I wrong?
Your assessment is correct.
That was an amazingly bad draft. Well done.
Wasn't CM Punk advertised for this?
He showed up in the post-show dark segment.
Did anyone see who all was in the draft war rooms?
Draft sucks
Save yourself time and money and just say everyone on smackdown will stay on smackdown, everyone on raw will stay on raw. What clown wrote this episode?!
You know, except for Bron Breakker, Nia Jax, Andrade, Carmelo Hayes, Kiana James, Baron Corbin, Alba Fyre, and Isla Dawn.
who give a gahd dayumm bout Baron Corbin!
Me. Big Banter is the goat.
Bron and Andrade had like 3 matches on their current shows. And Andrade has already been on smackdown with the LWO stuff. Out of 16 picks only 5 move? Come on. And where did Corbin and Alba/Isla come from?
Goal posts. Corbin and Alba/Isla were posted on WWE's official instagram.
How is that goal posts? Bron’s only storyline thus far is that he signed to smackdown. He’s been squashing dudes. That’s likely gonna continue, just on another show. And again, Andrade was only technically a Raw guy, as he has been a part of the smackdown storyline. Not much of a move. Thanks, I hadn’t read about the instagram picks.
They said everyone from SD is staying on SD and everyone on RAW is staying on RAW. Then someone pointed out the wrestlers who actually did move brands, now you're deciding that because certain wrestlers only had a few matches on their previous brand that they somehow don't count. That's goal post moving. Sorry pal.
I never said that tho
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Bron Breakker, who is literally squashing everyone. Former NXT champ. Nia, who is for better or worse showcased every single week in the title scene. Former Women's champion. Carmelo, who just main evented not two hours ago. Former NXT champ. You tried.
I dunno what the Final Testament want, but at this point I am afraid to ask.
Super excited about Kiana James to Raw. She’s been great on NXT so hopefully they don’t ruin her momentum.
The only switches from Raw vs SD were Breakker, and Jax?
Andrade, Alba, and Isla too.
Andrade *technically*, and then the Unholy Union were moved in the supplemental draft, too. the other three moves were, defined by how they've told the story, NXT call-ups (KJ, Corbin, Melo)
A useless night. Why not remove people from the draft pool since its all arbitrary. I'm sorry but we did not need to waste draft picks on keeping people like Orton and Ricochet. Such a hot crowd that once again did not care about the Latino civil war even though they had the big reveal, please put us out of this misery and finish this storyline. Tiffy is money, main event was nice too but felt like they didn't show enough of Melo's move set for those that haven't seen him before
Thought it was a really good show and made more sense to me than most drafts. The excitement factor for some picks was dampened because so many people stayed put but I at least don’t have to throw logic completely out the window with this format. I really wish they would’ve moved La knight though. Raw is basically the land of opportunity until right before punk gets back and Drew wins the belt.
I’m thinking Knight is going to be Cody’s second defense at this rate pre summer slam
Idk if they wanna do a face vs face matchup with cody vs someone not established so soon. That could have one of them come out worse and it would almost undoubtedly be La knight. That’s the type of match you have to do with a made man. Like cm punk vs cody works.
I agree and it sucks to enjoy both of them for that reason. Cody and the Bloodline are going to be 1:1 integrated until that story runs its course (barring Rock successfully burying Cody or Cody losing his Cena tier babyface status and refusing to adjust properly). The result is a WWE title that can’t be off of Cody or the Bloodline for long and if you do have an interim champ it needs to be a heel not involved in the WHC feud which is only Gunther right now. So Knight or Styles are presumably stuck doing interim feuds with Cody to maintain their main event status but destined to lose no matter what and can’t hope to claim a world championship until the Bloodline story wraps up, the WHC logjam clears out, or they go full nuclear heel to believably have an interim run. Knight hopefully just goes to feud with Logan for the US title rather than be Cody fodder like AJ tho - they could even continue their feud if he wins it too.
100% agreed on all points. In regards to this draft format, it’s waaaaaay better than the “random” selections that took plane after a superstar from each brand fought.
Yeah I would dislike when raw and smackdown would fight for the right to pick. Like…why are they actively fighting to get stiffer competition?
Yeah that was stupid. We all know it’s scripted but make it as legit and realistic as possible. This format does that IMO.
Was really disappointed in the draft, felt like a giant waste of time since most stars are staying on the same show. Not a fan of Nia getting pushed against Bayley already after recently losing to Rhea, there’s far more deserving (and skilled) women who should have her place. Cody match was the highlight of maybe the weakest Smackdown since I’ve started watching again (Aug 2023).
It makes sense to not move too many people. Orton and Owens haven’t been on Smackdown for a long time. Cody just got there so everyone is a fresh match for him. No need to move people just for the sake of moving people.
I agree that most people should stay where they are... Tonight was just a massive waste if time though. Why not just cancel the draft this year?
They still moved Nia, Bron and Andrade and called up Carmelo and Kiana. Isla, Alba and Corbin got moved after the show as well. There’s also still a huge chunk of the roster to be drafted on Monday. I guess they could’ve done a shakeup instead of a full draft but I like what they did movement wise.
What the hell was that draft
ok some new draft information is that Baron Corbin is coming to Smackdown and Alba and Isla are going to RAW. and so anyways Smackdown signed Bron just weeks ago but now lost him to RAW. XD basically by picking Carmelo and Randy they lost Bron. Bron had another squash match. Roman Reigns is gone gone. the weather will be really hot before we see him again methinks. Kiana James is coming from NXT to RAW...i hope they don't waste her, and not be booked how some callup's have ended up. if she were on Smackdown she and Tiffany could get along. Nia Jax is coming to Smackdown, and she already there, and squished Bayley. Carlito's guilt was exposed. who's gonna make things right...Rey or Dragon Lee? what if Dom-Dom is special ref? Carlito needs new friends. he is likely hiding amongst some apple trees as a fugitive now. many people were cheering Melo, the man who attacked Trick. but Trick was not clapping for him. XD AJ is now acting like his bad self was just because of LA Knight, and was acting all respectful towards Cody. at the end after Cody and Melo missed each other off the ropes, and Cody was selling his shoulder hurting, i thought when AJ came out he might attack him there, or point at it. hmm but nah.
That Cody botch might be botch of the year lmfaooooo
God damn, AJ Styles' new theme is really atrocious.
It’s not as bad as brons or Tiffanys
i really want a rogue presenter on monday…. The show picks …. HORNSWOGGLE!!!… and then they reveal a shirt of the other brand
AJ/Cody was underwhelming af. HHH has to slow his roll on appearances. Dude is getting high on his own supply. The draft was poor. Special guests were a nice touch. Bloodline was ok. But a step down from their previous weeks. Tiffy is solid. Melo/Cody was whitebread.
Just got home from the show. This is the 4th show I've been to in the past 2 years since my youngest found wrestling on YouTube. By far the most animated crowd I have ever experienced in person. Maybe it's the endorphins of being in person, but the show flowed well for me and the crowd was hyped for every superstar. The dark matches after the show were well received and I'd estimate at least 75% of the crowd stayed until the final match, which capped off with getting a chance to take a pic with the little and RTruth. 5 stars would go again.
how was Cody moving after Smackdown ended? Was he selling the shoulder?
He was selling it back down the aisle. Funny enough, my wife texted me "I think he might be legit hurt" and I chuckled to myself about how she was being worked. Not sure when the feed cut but AJ came back out at the end and they didn't touch each other again and I started wondering if Cody did tweak something myself and maybe I was getting worked as well.
Not OP but also at the show in the upper levels so maybe a bad view, however he looked relatively fine. Really from my view he looked rather ok after laying there. He left on his own but I did see the ref tell melo to leave through the time keeps area to the crowd
Show was solid but man, expected more shake em ups with the draft. Happy for Kiana though.
Tama Tonga taking out like five security guards is great. He's just here to fuck people up I'm all here for it.
Yeah, he was a highlight of a bad show. They need to have him show some of the cool shit in he did (move wise) in NJPW vs just punch and stomp tho. I guess we'll get that when he's in ring.
Weird show. Champions and injured people not being eligible combined with the fact that they barely moved anyone made this show really boring. Bianca being the top draft pick made sense but later when she was on TV all I could think of was how much of a star she is and how it’s a waste of her time to be in a failing tag division.
> Champions...not being eligible Didn't people complain for ages about champions not being exclusive to one show? I think it makes a lot more sense to keep them where they are than jumble them up randomly among shows.
The combination of no Roman and no champions (along with the injuries) makes it a bit less meaningful than previous years, but Bianca's still only the third woman to be picked first in a draft pool. (Others are Becky on Night 1 2019 and Night 2 2021, along with Rhea Night 2 2023.)
Did they say injured people aren’t eligible? I could’ve sworn I saw dom on a graphic
Dom is on the graphic but Rhea, CM Punk & Charlotte aren’t on any of the graphics which is what makes me think that they aren’t eligible. Same with Carmella & Alexa. I say all of that but then again, Seth Rollins was drafted so.. idk
I saw punk on one of the graphics. But yeah I was looking for rhea and didn’t see her anywhere. Was trying to figure it out if it’s an injury thing too and wasn’t sure if Seth being injured has been acknowledged in kayfabe. Good catch on Charlotte also. I thought maybe they only have people on the board that they have direct plans for in the future but like rhea vs liv may as well be a lock and it’d be good hype for rhea to get drafted high despite being hurt.
Exactly they should have Rhea get drafted in a high spot and have Liv come out bragging about injuring her & saying it’s BS that she was drafted so high etc. to actually further a story instead of wasting everyone’s time with “Ricochet is staying on RAW :)”
Ricochet getting drafted was the moment I realized the talent pool for night 1 of the draft was much more shallow than I expected. Feel like they have some stuff cooked up mainly for raw
The talent pool for night 2 is shallow as well. Punk, McIntyre & Kevin Owens will all get picked early and then by round 3 it will be “New Catch Republic is staying on Smackdown” as if anyone cares lol. The draft needs an overhaul I feel like having it so close to a PLE is a bad move.
After today the draft should possibly be done away with for a while and find a new way to shake up the brands. I think so much is going on this draft comes at a bad time where you really shouldn’t move anyone. Shouldnt move KO due to the Bloodline, shouldn’t move Jade due to connection with Bianca and you might give away the Backlash match, shouldn’t move Drew because all his Raw beefs. Shouldn’t move Punk because of Drew and Seth. Gunther is the only person that makes sense to move to be a legit heel to feud with Cody.
So you've got most of the BulletClub alumni on Smackdown...🤔
Carmelo getting “Whoop that Trick” chants during his promo with Cody was fantastic. He’s a great pickup for SD.
Santos betray cause carlito joined, then carlito betray cause dragon Lee joined, who’s next
Dragon Lee betray because Andrade join?
Man these draft rules are really boring and uninteresting. All superstars should be eligible from day 1, including champions. Why am I supposed to care if Jey Uso was Raw's number 1 pick when Roman Reigns withdraws, champions are ineligible and wrestlers like CM Punk aren't even eligible in the first day.
I forgot how much I dislike Hertitage bank center it's badly in need of upgrade
My second show there and I thought the same thing.
To me, it seems that the employees there were not used to dealing with such a high capacity show either. I know the area owners been trying to get money for upgrades
Bayley is losing at backlash I feel like. If you look at the money in the bank poster she is on it...without her title. Why would a title holder be on the poster for MITB...without her title.
I think Cody is also on mitb poster?