SmackDown

It’s a fantastic idea for WWE to emphasize the unity by keeping The New Day together throughout Kofi Kingston’s WWE Championship reign. It simply doesn’t feel right for the brothers to split at this point, and it also brings in a fresh narrative to WWE since virtually all tag teams/factions break up after a decent … Read moreNew Day Fresh Feeling

A Hell in a Cell match between Kofi Kingston and Dolph Ziggler for the WWE championship would be a nice change of pace for two reasons. The first is simply that a Steel Cage match took place at Money in the Bank last month between Shane McMahon and The Miz, so it would just be … Read moreHIAC Would Be Nice

Lars Sullivan and Alexa Bliss stood out most to me this week, even though they both appeared on the “B” show SmackDown Live (for now, I’m assuming that it will be presented as the flagship show starting in October of this here when it switches networks to Fox). WWE, to be honest, has always given … Read moreAlexa Back on Top

SmackDown was paced significantly better than Raw this week, as is the case most weeks, primarily because WWE already has Monday Night Raw off of which to build for the week. One actually felt like they could catch their breath between segments. The show started off exactly the way it should start off every week, … Read moreBetter Pacing

It’s great to see Dolph Ziggler resurfacing after a few months off, courtesy of a rather brutal attack on Kofi Kingston. Dolph claims it should have been him winning the WWE Championship. I stand corrected – because now there are two matches that garner interest based on history at Super Showdown. Andrade also had a … Read moreDaniel Bryan Promo Extraordinaire

All I have to say about Becky Two Belts is she’s going to get an excellent night of sleep on Sunday night. She will most likely lose one of her titles and keep the other. My bet is that she will lose the SmackDown Women’s Championship to Charlotte Flair (and she will become a nine-time … Read moreFinal Countdown to MITB

Kofi Kingston has to be awfully tired after defending his title again tonight. That guy must have a ridiculous amount of endurance because last night’s match was probably better than Monday, which was incredibly good. It’s great to see some fresh faces in the WWE Championship scene, notably Sami Zayn. Sami appears to be quickly … Read moreWild Card Continues

The remaining four participants in the men’s and women’s Money in the Bank ladder matches were announced and some intriguing scenarios are sure to play out at the event on May 19. On the women’s side, the four that will be included in the match will be Bayley, Mandy Rose, Carmella, and Ember Moon. Corey … Read moreRemaining Participants Announced

Are you serious, bro (Zack Ryder, Raw Tag Team Champion)? It is absolutely genius of Vince McMahon to come up with the idea to have Kevin Owens stab The New Day in the back by superkicking Kofi Kingston and by all assumptions becoming the next challenger for the WWE Championship. It’s a very smart business … Read moreWhy Big O, Why?

Kevin Owens, or Big O, did an amazing job filling in for Big E as an honorary member of The New Day. It made perfect sense to pick him, at least for this week, since WWE was in Canada, but he might be able to do it permanently at least until Big E returns. Big … Read moreTeam Switch Highlights & Barrage of New Women

The single biggest takeaway from SmackDown Live was the debut of Lars Sullivan. There is a very plausible scenario where Sullivan comes to SmackDown, as well as Braun Strowman since he also made a surprise appearance, and the two of them began a feud of epic proportions, carrying WWE throughout the summer. This could work … Read moreSingle Biggest Takeaway… Lars Sullivan

Ricochet and Aleister Black won’t be challenging The Revival for the Raw Tag Team Championship after all. They will instead be challenging for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship in a fatal four-way match, which is a huge mistake if Vince is looking to book them as a strong tag team. A singles match for the … Read moreKofi & Bryan Cut Passionate Promos