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This is easily the biggest opportunity of Chad Gable’s WWE career: advancing to the finals of the KOTR Tournament next week on Monday Night Raw to take on Baron Corbin (even though he will probably lose). It also has to feel like a demotion for Elias to be replaced by Shane McMahon in the semifinal … Read moreKO Fired

The Roman Reigns storyline has been built over the past month so that the final reveal is huge (and will probably take place on the first SD Live on Fox on October 4th right before the Hell in a Cell Pay-Per-View). It would feel incomplete if Rowan turned out to be the man responsible for … Read moreRowan vs. Roman

It looks like Roman Reigns and DB will finally throw down for the first time in about 4 1/2 years at Clash of Champions. From a fan’s perspective, it seems like it was a case of extremely poor planning on WWE’s parts to not orchestrate a match between these two at SummerSlam and therefore not … Read moreReigns vs. Bryan

So, Buddy Murphy didn’t “lie” when he admitted to Roman Reigns that he saw Rowan in the area of the Reigns attack. What he didn’t realize was that he saw someone who looked exactly like Rowan but was not actually him. WWE may want to seriously consider extending this storyline involving Roman Reigns attacker, having … Read moreBuddy’s Breakout

There seemed to be much more planning for this week’s episode of SD Live because the show felt much more well thought out. This is a refreshing change from the last few weeks which featured multiple changes from Vince McMahon mere hours before the show started. Daniel Bryan and Rowan left the WWE universe with … Read moreMore Planning

We (the WWE universe) should be extremely excited that Murphy’s Law will potentially be enacted in the WWE maybe even as soon as this fall after SummerSlam. His name has been brought up twice now. It was brought up once involving the Roman Reigns situation and again several weeks ago by Shane McMahon when he … Read moreBuddy Murphy Push

SmackDown Live is officially not the house that AJ Styles built anymore. Kofi Kingston’s victory over Styles this week got me thinking that it might be more beneficial to WWE to have him retain his WWE Championship against Randy Orton at SummerSlam. For a couple of weeks now I have been leaning towards Orton because … Read morePalace of Positivity, Baby!!!

Everyone in the WWE universe has to be excited that Roman Reigns worked double duty this past week, having a match on Raw and SmackDown (this might due to the fact that his match on SmackDown was very short). This suggests Roman may be getting closer to returning to WWE on a full-time basis. He … Read moreReigns Full – Time Again?

Eric Bischoff officially started running SmackDown Live after Extreme Rules, and the Bischoff era kicked off with Shane McMahon conducting an excellent segment. I fully assume this segment had the intention behind it of introducing new superstars that the WWE universe is not quite as familiar with, like Buddy Murphy (who may have earned himself … Read moreBischoff’s First Official Week

SmackDown Live has been producing shows of better quality over the last few months. My theory is that Vince McMahon had a somewhat difficult time trusting different people to orchestrate the show after the Road Dogg got frustrated with all the last-minute script changes and left the position. He still teaches character development to up-and-comers … Read moreSD Superior Quality

I have noticed in the past couple nights with Eric Bischoff and Paul Heyman running SmackDown Live and Raw respectively, that the shows are having a bit more edgy feel to them, similar to the feel they incited back in the late 90s when Bischoff was at the helm for WCW and Heyman was running … Read moreNew Management, Edgier Feel

Corey Graves puts Kofi Kingston’s recent performances into words perfectly: “I do not know how he does it”. Four matches in three nights. Ridiculous. This will for sure be the most memorable stretch of Kofi’s career. And no Dolph Ziggler in the WWE Championship match at Extreme Rules, ensuring that Kofi will have a one-on-one … Read moreKofi Unbelievable