Dolfan in NYC Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Guess we're going to just get used to seeing these matches in front of no one. But hey, at least Cesaro and Bryan did their usual excellent match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 It helps in an empty arena to have two of the stiffest guys on your roster paste the shit out of each other. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehabilitated Rick Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Best smackdown in years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Watched the first half an hour of the show and thought what I saw was excellent. I'm all for a new SmackDown 5 of Bryan, Gulak, Zayn, Cesaro and Nakamura. Those 5 guys would provide some incredible matches together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 How pissy will Corey Graves be when he finds out how much people enjoyed the exposing the business zero fucks version of commentary of Triple H tonight . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) Bayley/Sasha vs. Alexa/Nikki was pretty solid. Reigns interviews segment was solid. The Miz and Morrison promo was nice. Bryan/Cesaro was short but sweet while it lasted. Dug the Cena/Bray segment at the end. The setup at the PC was nice, and HHH seemed to be having fun just messing with Cole all night. Thought this was a good show. Pity it had to happen in front of no audience. I'm curious just how long they plan to run with this setup. I noticed they were no longer mentioning Wrestlemania's date despite the show being built up and talked about. Definitely feels like they know a delay is coming. Edited March 14, 2020 by Eivion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 10 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: It helps in an empty arena to have two of the stiffest guys on your roster paste the shit out of each other. This. Just watched this and it's an excellent sprint. Those 5 guys I mentioned in my previous post being paired up for a couple of months and trading the IC title between them could get me to look forward to watching SmackDown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) This is Smackdown at the Performance Center alright. Despite that I did like the show quite a bit and got more into the empty arena vibe as the show went on. Also liked the relatively calmer interviews and HHH giving absolutely zero fucks. He did seem pretty annoyed at Elias though for some reason. Edited March 14, 2020 by NikoBaltimore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 I think she came through the crowd. -- Triple H explaining to Cole where Asuka came from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) What was the line that Triple H had about Miz and Morrison where it was like "They are so good at working without crowd noise like they are used to it" Also it does seem like we are getting Stay Hype Mojo Rawley. Is Jeff Hardy's move now called Twist of Fury or was that just a botch by Cole? Meanwhile Jeff's swanton is just as shooty as possible Edited March 14, 2020 by hammerva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 I'm not gonna lie, tonight was the first time I actually watched Smackdown (or any WWE show) all of the way through in a long ass time. It was very easy to get through this thing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 minute ago, hammerva said: What was the line that Triple H had about Miz and Morrison where it was like "They are so good at working without crowd noise like they are used to it" Also it does seem like we are getting Stay Hype Mojo Rawley. Gronk and Mojo- The New Hype Bros. I might end up watching the entire show for snarky H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 minute ago, hammerva said: What was the line that Triple H had about Miz and Morrison where it was like "They are so good at working without crowd noise like they are used to it" He also had a line during the Hardy/Corbin match, where I think he asked why Corbin was playing to the crowd, in his smartass tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, PetrolCB said: He also had a line during the Hardy/Corbin match, where I think he asked why Corbin was playing to the crowd, in his smartass tone. Old and really grumpy HHH might be kinda fun when the time comes. Edited March 14, 2020 by Nice Guy Eddie 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 5 minutes ago, NikoBaltimore said: This is Smackdown at the Performance Center alright. Despite that I did like the show quite a bit and got more into the empty arena vibe as the show went on. Also liked the relatively calmer interviews I would argue it would be even stupider to have the live feed pop up and show them trading holds for an audience of nobody. Just know where the breaks are and put the restholds in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, hammerva said: Is Jeff Hardy's move now called Twist of Fury or was that just a botch by Cole? Meanwhile Jeff's swanton is just as shooty as possible It was called the Twist of Hate when he was a heel in TNA. When he was a face, it was called the Twisto Fate. Copyright reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 I wonder if the people running that Smackdown (who I assume were NXT or Full Sail people) even knew that somewhere you can still watch the feed on commercials. Putting restholds in a match where there are nobody watching is unnecessary. Is it business exposing sure but Triple H talking about the format sheet about 10 times ended that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 I'm not a big Triple H fan, but I thought he was far better tonight than most commentators. Him telling Cole a lot of people thought he was a terrible commentator and later on said something along the lines of him being busier now that I got demoted according to some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PetrolCB Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, hammerva said: I wonder if the people running that Smackdown (who I assume were NXT or Full Sail people) even knew that somewhere you can still watch the feed on commercials. Is this their fault or is it the Fox affiliate? Like, since every Fox is different, do they all have their own button pushers, as opposed to say one person at USA? Edited March 14, 2020 by PetrolCB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Triple H mocking fake demotion news was funny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 We're all sleeping on the line Hunter gave about Cole having to run to the real Elimination Chamber inside the Performance Center which just about made Cole lose it. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, kenyabaxterZXW said: Lets get Started. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 16 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: We're all sleeping on the line Hunter gave about Cole having to run to the real Elimination Chamber inside the Performance Center which just about made Cole lose it. Fuck, I forgot to mention that but I was laughing like a motherfucker. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 The best part was I didn't really catch it all at first, but the subtitles were a little hung back so I got to read it and then it came to me haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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