HumanChessgame Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 It looks like we're getting the Wyatts jobbing to Kane and Orton in a casket match at Survivor Series. Are there even 5 healthy women on both shows' rosters to fill out the SS teams? I have to hand it to Ortunga, he's been transitioning from just being there to actually getting his shit in on commentary over the past few weeks. The Ellsworth segments were tremendous yet again and Ambrose has been the most entertaining on the mic that he's been in quite some time. Poor Heath Slater's kids. I hope they found a way to get fed tonight. Did Swagger get another wellness violation? It seems like he's going back to getting jobbed out in record time. Or maybe he'll just get his win back in next week's match with Corbin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Calling the superkick "No Chin Music" made me laugh harder than anything on RAW in months Also thought it was funny that they told us that Ellsworth has beaten AJ Styles more than John Cena. First of all I don't think that is true. So they are definitely going with that feud after the next Smackdown PPV. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 No rematch for James Ellsworth via Talking Smack. That is some bullshit right there. He should be filibustering until he gets his shot. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Ellsworth should be a lock for the Smackdown Survivor Series elimination match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 1 minute ago, ChesterCopperpot said: Ellsworth should be a lock for the Smackdown Survivor Series elimination match. Once they see his merch sales for the week he may be pinning Bray in HIAC. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammo~! Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 James Ellsworth legitimately crying in the backstage segment with Rene made me want to go out and buy 500 of his t-shirts. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Comedian Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 The good: They used the chinlock spot!!! Mock Goldberg chants for Ellsworth Ellsworth - super baby face promo complete with manly tears Nikki and Carmella did a promo face off that could've bombed but didn't Alexa Bliss hitting up Spirit Halloween for more sexy villain costumes The bad: If they're serious about Baron Corbin they need to get him off those cookie cutter "all of you in the WWE Universe" heel promos I still hate "Daniel Bryan: Babyface Version Of Heel Authority" The hilarious: They seriously gave Curt Hawkins Eva Marie's gimmick...now I know they re-signed him just to troll him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammo~! Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 I was expecting the DQ finish going into the match, but I was thinking AJ would waffle Ellsworth with a chair and beat him down for nuclear heel heat before Dean runs in for the save, but this was good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 The Ellsworth segments were the highlights of the show. Alexa/Naomi was better than their ppv match. Nikki/Carmella segment was ok. Talking Smack was good fun once again. Really dug the Hype Bros. AJ's interruption and calling Daniel out for being the Authority was nice. Corbin was good. I'm curious where they go next with him since it seems like the Swagger feud is over already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Talking Smack was one of the best they've done tonight. Mojo is a damn lunatic and Daniel Bryan getting hyped was hilarious. That transitioned nicely into pissed off AJ Styles blaming Bryan for making him hurt Ellsworth. Then Baron Corbin showed up and started shooting on modern wrestling and fans. Great followup to him crushing Swagger. Smackdown itself was a mixed bag this week. The Styles/Ellsworth match was very entertaining again. AJ's great at working squash matches and the superkick spot was so memorable. At some point he needs to put Ellsworth in the hospital. The six man tag was really fun. Mondo took a HUGE bump for the Gore. Slater stomping the ring steps and getting the crowd all fired up for his hot tag was great. It's remarkable how good of a babyface worker Heath is. He's someone you never would have thought would have been one. The whole Nikki/Carmella deal fell flat for me. Maybe it wouldn't have if they weren't pushing Total Bellas on every show but Carmella's big shoot line being about how Nikki and Cena are together was lame. It's more of the same old Divas Division storyline where the women are always secretly jealous of each other. Nattie should just constantly be making people look at her cat pictures. She'll either become the biggest face or the biggest heel in the division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beech27 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 I'm going to be irrationally angry if Ellsworth isn't a surprise Rumble entrant. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 49 minutes ago, The Comedian said: The good: Nikki and Carmella did a promo face off that could've bombed but didn't Alexa Bliss hitting up Spirit Halloween for more sexy villain costumes The hilarity of Nikki saying she wears the (tiny) pants in the relationship. The Bliss Freddie outfit is something she had in NXT with Blake and Murphy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 8 minutes ago, Rev Ray said: The Bliss Freddie outfit is something she had in NXT with Blake and Murphy. Her dream power is withering emasculating sarcasm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 I didn't see SD because I was out watching Shin Godzilla, but I've seen Alexa's Freddy look in nxt and love it. Nice to see she broke it out for SD. It may have seemed like Alexa got called up too early, but she's been knocking it out of the fucking park so far. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Alexa and Naomi was pretty good and I loved her walking over to the ref and yelling at him to raise her hand. I thought the Carmella segment was going to fall flat but she was really good out there. It's probably a segment that you will either like or hate but they did a good job of blending real life or "reality" life and storyline and Carmella was real comfortable delivering those lines. Ellsworth! Ellsworth! It was a fun segment. I loved the near fall. I was kind of hoping AJ would put Ellsworth in the hospital so it would end up biting Dean in the ass and he'd have blood on his hands but I guess we didn't need to get THAT serious with it. Ellsworth was so awesome in the backstage segment. That's two nights in a row where a part timer/non-roster talent outshined most of the roster on the mic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southofheavy Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 42 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: I didn't see SD because I was out watching Shin Godzilla, but I've seen Alexa's Freddy look in nxt and love it. Nice to see she broke it out for SD. It may have seemed like Alexa got called up too early, but she's been knocking it out of the fucking park so far. Yup. I always thought she was solid in NXT, but now she just flat out rules and keeps getting better. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 3 hours ago, Beech27 said: I'm going to be irrationally angry if Ellsworth isn't a surprise Rumble entrant. If recent Rumbles are any indication, you will have plenty of reasons for perfectly rational anger. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamBroken Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Awesome show. I dig Orton & Kane as a team. Alexa was greatness with a killer performance, very enjoyable match and she looked amazing all the way, loved her post-match promo as well, great stuff. Crowd was hot for the Ziggler/Slater/Rhyno vs Miz/Spirit Squad tag. I like the Spirit Squad getting another shot. Loved the Carmella/Nikki segment. Both did well on the mic and building their feud. I've been a big Carmella fan since her call up, thought she did fantastic here. SDL women's division continues to shine. I've always enjoyed David Otunga but think this may have been his best night yet on commentary. His enthusiasm rules and he had some legit hilarious lines tonight which added a ton to the main event. I hadn't cared much for the Ellsworth stuff to this point but thought the main was very entertaining all through, Ambrose was great there. Super fun SDL. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstout Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Man, Ellsworth plays his part in everything magnificently. He has such an amazing feel for what he's supposed to do. I guess he gets a lot of help from the wrestlers and agents, but help can only take you so far. Admit it, you all popped like 8-year-olds when he hit that superkick and got that nearfall. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Talking Smack was tremendous this week. I would recommend it for sure. Hype Bros., Styles and Corbin were all great. Some very interesting stuff came out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 It's weird how they can capitalize on Ellsworth's over-ness but not anyone else's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 45 minutes ago, Omega said: It's weird how they can capitalize on Ellsworth's over-ness but not anyone else's. Did Slater, Rhyno, Ziggler, AJ Styles, & Becky not all just become champs in the last two months? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Are Kenny and Mikey getting signed to pad out the tag team section of the roster? I'm not as privy as some are as to what's going down backstage. Not that I'd mind it, since they aren't shitty brought-backs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Comedian Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 They should hire Ellsworth for the Performance Center to teach people how to cut underdog babyface promos... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfrey Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 You could make a case for Alexa Bliss being one of the most succesful NXT call ups in recent memory. Her gimmick has adapted perfectly for the main roster and she's been consistently good to great on the mic and in the ring (I know that last one is up for interpretation, but compared to, say, Dana Brooke, the difference is pretty clear). The women's division will need a shake up pretty soon but I've been digging it so far. Oh, and Ellsworth should've been the guy to dethrone the Miz. Even if it was just for a week and to continue a Ziggler feud, I would've marked for days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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