SmackDown

Pat McAfee is doing an excellent job at the commentary desk for SmackDown alongside Michael Cole. WWE likes to mix up its announcers every few years, and this move is working out well. Some members of the WWE universe will recognize McAfee from NXT from which he had two excellent performances – one against Adam … Read moreWWE SmackDown 4/30/2021

Mr. McMahon was deciding between Roman Reigns and Big E as the last two men in the decision-making process for who was going to be the next face of WWE after John Cena in 2015. It has been a slow but steady rise to the top of the company for Big E, but any intuitive … Read moreWWE SmackDown New Year’s Day 2021

Big E is a 2x Intercontinental champion, and it looks like he has done the inner work necessary to become the most authentic person of himself and embody his own energy. While E is IC champion, perhaps Sami Zayn could do some work with Kevin Owens; they work so well together, and Kevin has seemingly … Read moreChristmas Day 2020

Roman Reigns and Kevin Owens dominate SmackDown at the beginning and at the end; KO wraps up the night by taking a terrible beating from The Tribal Chief Roman Reigns and Kevin Owens dominated the beginning and the end of the night. The Head of The Table delivered a beating to KO (with the assistance … Read moreWWE SmackDown 12/18/2020

Carmella may be a viable threat to the SmackDown Women’s Championship several months down the road but putting the title on her now would be way too early since this was her first match back after quite a while away from the ring Carmella is in the process of establishing herself as a legitimate threat … Read moreWWE SmackDown 12/11/2020

R.I.P. Pat Patterson. There is absolutely no way WWE would be anywhere near as big a production as it is without you. This is one of the few men who is more fondly remembered – at least by me – for the work he did for the business after his in-ring career was finished (even … Read moreWWE SmackDown 12/4/2020

Jey Uso fails again to impose the will of the Universal Champion on the rest of the Roster; Kevin Owens finally being integrated on SmackDown for the first time since the WWE draft on October 9 it could have been anticipated that Kevin Owens would receive a major opportunity to shine on SmackDown this week … Read moreSmackdown 11/27/2020

SmackDown has been on a streak of putting together several months of excellent programming, particularly the go-home episode right before a Pay-Per-View. Three examples are: The finals of the Intercontinental title tournament after Sami Zayn relinquished it earlier this year between Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles right before Backlash, The Intercontinental championship match between Jeff … Read moreWWE SmackDown 11/20/2020

The Big Dog and The Messiah are creating new stars in The Uso’s and Murphy – bringing them up to the top-tier So The Uso’s are out of the Samoan Dynasty – the Anoa’i family – if Jey Uso is unable to win the Universal Championship from his cousin Roman Reigns in the first-ever “I … Read moreMoving to FS1 for the World Series

Seth Rollins will likely feud with Daniel Bryan after his Paternity Leave Seth Rollins should fit like a glove on SmackDown considering he is probably one of the top three stars in WWE (in addition to Roman Reigns and Randy Orton – the reason I don’t put Brock Lesnar in there is because his contract … Read moreSmackDown 10/16/2020: Season Premiere: Reigns/Uce Project Authentic and Relatable Characters

The New Day flooding after basically six years; bittersweet! The first major piece of news is the splitting of The New Day after nearly 6 years together. Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods returned from injury right after Big E defeated Sheamus – virtually guaranteeing his position in WWE as a future world champion by defeating … Read more10/9/2020: Night 1 of the WWE Draft

Roman Reigns may be the man in WWE and the cornerstone of the entire company, but that also comes with the responsibility of knowing that it means the company is flourishing and all of the other superstars are doing their part very effectively if Roman does not need to be used as much as the … Read moreWWE SmackDown 10/2/2020