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And now, the Best and Worst of WWE Smackdown Live for December 26, 2017.
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I think they said it’s gonna be an 8 person tournament yeah?
They did. They said Roode and Jinder were in the Semifinals, which implies that there is a round after that, thus making it an 8-person tourney. I think Brando just missed that since they didn’t say anything about the other 4 wrestlers in the tournament this week.
Also “confirmed” via WWE.com where they call it an “Eight-Superstar tournament”:
[www.wwe.com]
I added a correction because I apparently totally missed that! Thanks for the heads up.
What service!
So, it seems like they didn’t announce the next 4 competitors so they can do something screwy to make KO and Sami fight each other next week, right?
Or, they have no idea who is going to be in the next 4 spots. That seems more likely.
Other than Mojo, I genuinely have no idea who’ll round this out unless they use guys from the tag division
I haven’t looked to see who the other three are but Xavier Woods posted on his Twitter that he’s in the tourney so yeah, dudes from the tag division it is
Rusev is Smackdown’s more fun version of Braun Strowman.
I’m wondering who would make a good lackey/hype man for Braun. The Miz is too good for that, and Braun keeps beating up his entourage, maybe Gallagher since Kendrick is going to be out for a while and he is a pale English guy who is good on the mic?
Liv Morgan as the trailer-park version of Alexa Bliss is something I will never be able to unsee. My god.
She’s like a Mexican bootleg action figure version of Alexa
That side-by-side photo/caption in the article is freaking hilarious, though.
I nearly did a spit-take when I saw Brandon tweet that earlier. Just when I thought I couldn’t take the Riottttttttttttt Squad any less seriously. Incredible.
Liv looked so much like a bad Alexa Bliss knockoff, she actually got me to appreciate Alexa.
it’s a Blissmas miracle, @Dave M J appreciates the Goddess. Hail. I can’t download that pic to my work computer so I’m gonna have to click on this article at least 20 more times just to laugh at that pic. It could also be captioned “what you thought she looked like at 2am vs what she actually looked like” and really hit home.
In full disclosure, it started out more when she save Nia from having to kiss the human manifestation of a Pikachu who watched too many 90’s Rap/Hip Hop Videos while doing tons of speed.
That side by side was brutal. They should have titled it “before you date Enzo Amore” and “After you date Enzo Amore”
a day later and I’m still coming back to laugh at it, great work, Brandon
“When You Order Something Online Vs. When It Arrives”
Liv Morgan should be able to charge you with assault after that one.
“See you next year, featuring Ronda Rousey tapping out Asuka”
BLASPHEMY!!!!!
I hate to pick on the most attractive girl on sdl but liv morgan shouldn’t be used in a wrestling role. Last week she weakly missed her partners head with some kind of punch/forearm this week she’s standing there waiting and watching Charlotte and poor liv is trying to figure out what to do for what seems like a good 30 seconds and never realizes what she’s trying to do so it was just awful. The rest of the show was alright I guess I caught most of it this morning on hulu
You misspelled Becky Lynch
Nice one @AddMayne. Lana is a close second though, and I think Liv should be in the same role as her. Occasionally gets in the ring, but is mostly a manager.
@AddMayne 👍
@addmayne haha I know the iwc is in love with Becky I personally don’t get what is so appealing about her and yes I realize I’m in the minority on this
@endy_mion I would be perfectly fine with liv in the lana role or part of an act like carmella was with cass and enzo. It’s not exactly livs fault she is on the main roster but she does not belong there as a wrestler from what I’ve seen of her on sdl
@southpark42
Her sense of humor, personality, the fact that she’s foine AF
those arms
I DO kinda like how the whole Shane/Daniel thing, while a bit too long, at least hints at Shane being set up as a delusional paranoid heel boss, which is what he should’ve been in the first place. We didn’t cheer Vince over Austin, guys, use common sense.
I get the feeling that the U.S. Title Final is going to be some “epic” between Bobby Roode and Jinder Mahal or something like that, that ends when Dolph Ziggler comes back and beats them both up to set up ANOTHER Triple Threat at Fast Lane or Wrestlemania…sigh…
Isn’t Becky done with Marine Whatever? Where is she? If she could be back, CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE HER BACK, SDL?!?!?!
I’d be for keeping her out until the Women’s Rumble if she is surprise entrant #2 and wins it.
If WWE knew what it was doing, Royal Rumble 2018 would end with Rusev and Cesaro as the last two entrants.
What if Alexa and Liv are two halves of the same person? That’s why Alexa saved Nia from Enzo.
Great, detailed write up this week.
English was better in that triple match than I’ve seen him in a long time, I’m glad they’re letting him go hard in the ring and not just be the guy who takes pins for Rusev. Enjoyed that tribute to his father in law (Shaul!!)
Glad the tournament is eight people and hopefully they use tag team guys (Gable) or NXT callups to pad it out.
Every KO/AJ match has had a screwy finish, even the ones from their earlier feud, what the hell WWE?
That Liv/Alexa comparison… Ouch, remind me never to get on Brandon’s bad side. The women need to have lengthier matches, with more variety, not the 6 person tag team repeats they do with Absolution or the numbers game distractions during singles matches. Disservice to everyone, we get the Riott Squad cheats with numbers, they are heels, name of the game. Figure out a way to use that creatively to get over, like New Day did, instead of repeating the same scenario every week.
Did they really get at ‘this is awful’ chant? Wwe should cut their loses with Itami and let him go. He looks out of shape and unmotivated and he damn near killed poor Brian Kendrick.
The Ascension acting out of role? It’s almost like they’re turning it around on the people who picked on them and comically putting them into situations where they get brained. THAT’S THE JOKE.
“Never as good as it should be” describes pretty much every match Kevin Owens has had since Cena, doesn’t it?
Yup
I honestly can’t remember any match he had that wasn’t overbooked with outside interference since Cena….could the two things be related?
@Mr. Bliss NO WAI
TBH the HIAC with Shane was 100 times better than it had any right to be
i love how whenever theres a double camel clutch, the guy in the middle has to pretend like he’s in agony, when in reality, he’s just kinda chilling waiting for it to be over
“Hey everybody! We’re all gonna get Accolade!” misses the top 10?
[adjusts tie] No respect. No respect.
You can ask him, “Hey, Brandon, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.” And he’ll say, “Oh, uh, there won’t be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.” So you got that goin’ for you, which is nice.
That tag match was MOTY