victor Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 – Bray Wyatt kicks off the WWE Battleground “go-home” edition of WWE SmackDown by coming to the ring to cut a promo. Roman Reigns ends up appearing on the big screen and brags about beating Wyatt all over Atlanta, Georgia. He also mocks Wyatt for running from him. Reigns and Dean Ambrose vs. Sheamus and Big Show is announced as the tag-team main event for later in the show. – The New Day def. The Lucha Dragons in tag-team action. The Prime Time Players were on commentary for this, our first match of the evening, which The New Day won when Big E. scored the pinfall for his team. – King Barrett def. Jack Swagger in singles competition. Barrett picked up the “W” by way of his Bull Hammer Elbow for the 1-2-3. After the match, R-Truth came out and cut a promo for their WWE Battleground Kickoff Show match this Sunday night. – Cesaro def. Rusev in one-on-one action. This was said to be a very good match that was given a lot of time. The fans in Birmingham were said to be very much into this match from bell-to-bell. – Neville def. Stardust in singles competition. This was said to be a pretty basic match, although the crowd was super into both guys, including Stardust despite his heel antics. – A video recap is shown of the NXT Divas debuting on Monday’s RAW. Sasha Banks, Naomi and Tamina cut a promo backstage and reveal that their team name is “Team B.A.D.,” which stands for “Best At Dominating.” – Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose def. Big Show & Sheamus via Disqualification in the tag-team main event of the evening. The DQ took place when Bray Wyatt interfered in the match. Reigns and Ambrose ended up making a comeback and cleaned house to end SmackDown and send the fans home happy. Really looking forward to Cesaro vs Rusev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Cesaro giving Rusev his second pinfall defeat and apparently cleanly too on Smackdown with no build is stupid as fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Cesaro beating Rusev is his build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Ray Von Erich Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I was at this show and it was a ton of fun! Cesaro busts out all sorts of swank shit in that Rusev match. Def catch the show for this match alone. The main was decent, and there was a pretty good PTP/Ascension tag filmed for Main Event. Birmingham was super hot for Titus. And Adam Rose of all people got a ton of heat for a maybe minute long live promo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 – A video recap is shown of the NXT Divas debuting on Monday’s RAW. Sasha Banks, Naomi and Tamina cut a promo backstage and reveal that their team name is “Team B.A.D.,” which stands for “Best At Dominating.” While Sasha gets better and better, her team names get worse and worse. I can't imagine this one lasting too long, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Fitting that Tamina wound up on Team BAD! Cesaro vs Rusev sounds fun. Are they rematching at Battlefield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 – A video recap is shown of the NXT Divas debuting on Monday’s RAW. Sasha Banks, Naomi and Tamina cut a promo backstage and reveal that their team name is “Team B.A.D.,” which stands for “Best At Dominating.” While Sasha gets better and better, her team names get worse and worse. I can't imagine this one lasting too long, though. http://youtu.be/fa_W0T0MXqA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w. josh Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 "Team B.A.D." is some Russo-level shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Bank's has already been in the BFFs and Team BAE, so it's not like it's a new thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Fitting that Tamina wound up on Team BAD! She has a bad-ass superkick. So I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Cesaro beating Rusev is his build. I think the problem is his build is on the show nobody watches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 YEAH! JO-JO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Great promo. The team name still sucks, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I don't know why, but I love when Tamina mean mugs JoJo. It's like a mountain lion toying with a tabby. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Naomi's stepped it up on interviews. Good for her. She still is a long ways away from things like "telling an in-ring story competently" and "preventing Paige from ruining her spinal column." But I like this a lot.Tamina felt like she was in jail for a life sentence eyeing up the fresh bait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I feel like Naomi was on a good path until Aksana screwed up her eye. Since then, it feels like she's been playing catch-up. Gregg's comment now makes me want to see Tamina take on a Shelley Winters post-1965 approach to her work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I'm surprised Sasha is taller than Naomi. I think Naomi is mostly fine in tags, but gets exposed in singles matches. I feel as long as they let Sasha and Nikki work most of the singles matches for their respective teams this could be a pretty good program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamal Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Naomi has been great on the microphone for a while now. I'm definitely digging Gang Wars-Diva Style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I'm surprised Sasha is taller than Naomi. That was actually my first thought too. I mean granted Sasha worked with and against Charlotte A LOT so that always throws perception out of wack. Naomi's light up shoes should probably get bigger lifts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuroresuFan Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I saw Tamina live last year before she was out with her knee injury and I remember distinctly making a mental note that I would never want to be superkicked by her. She punches & kicks like a beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I love that Natayla is no where near this angle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Cesaro vs. Rusev was really good, Sasha/Naomi promo and dean ddt on big show were the highlights of the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Sasha and Naomi are both listed at 5'5" on Wiki. I think Sasha was wearing high heels during the promo (as was Tamina), while Naomi was in her light-up sneakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Rusev and Cesaro should feud forever and a day. What I saw of that match was the shit. Now I have to see that three-way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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