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Posted on 5/16/25 at 8:37 pm
Posted by HeLeakin
Member since May 2014
3502 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 8:37 pm
Solo has been hilarious tonight



Also Cena vs R Truth at SNME
This post was edited on 5/16/25 at 8:39 pm
Posted by rt3
now in the piney woods of Pineville
Member since Apr 2011
144214 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 9:03 pm to
Has SD hit a funk?

The regulars don't come anymore to discuss this show
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
40799 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 9:06 pm to
It is a pretty boring show outside of the main event stuff.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
213746 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 9:07 pm to
I’m not sure but for some reason I lost interest after watching WM… I don’t watch raw anymore because of Netflix. I did for a couple months but I thought by paying extra I’d get better matches but it just the same crap.
Posted by Translator
Member since May 2025
79 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 9:08 pm to
These 3 hour Smackdowns have felt tedious more often than not. This show has felt like the best one since the switch to three though. Outside of Cena/Rhodes, the Wrestlemania season build was as exciting as a wet fart.
Posted by Sasquatch Smash
Member since Nov 2007
25467 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 9:10 pm to
quote:

The regulars don't come anymore to discuss this show


If you or another of the puny humans, like me, don’t start the thread I’m completely distracted by baseball.
Posted by G The Tiger Fan
Member since Apr 2015
110327 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 10:00 pm to
quote:

Has SD hit a funk?

The regulars don't come anymore to discuss this show
I gave up on starting a thread. The last time I did a Smackdown thread, it may have gotten to page 2.

Tiffy Time retains!
Posted by MSUDawg98
Ravens Flock
Member since Jan 2018
11637 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 10:00 pm to
5 1/2*
Posted by G The Tiger Fan
Member since Apr 2015
110327 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 10:01 pm to
quote:

5 1/2*
Was tonight's show in the Tokyo Dome?
Posted by G The Tiger Fan
Member since Apr 2015
110327 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 10:03 pm to
quote:

These 3 hour Smackdowns have felt tedious more often than not.
I'm OK with the Street Profits but the rest of the tag division is rough.

And when Cena, Roman, Cody, and none of the top guys show up, it can be tough. Plus, 3 hours is entirely too long.
Posted by MSUDawg98
Ravens Flock
Member since Jan 2018
11637 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 10:15 pm to
quote:

I’m not sure but for some reason I lost interest after watching WM
I knew it before they went off the air Sunday night. TKO got greedy, listened to Dwayne, and now they've screwed everything up. It should be EC -> 4-5 weeks domestically -> WM -> Europe Tour -> BL 4-5 weeks after WM.

Ari should've manned up and taking the non-sellout for BL instead of sabotaging WM by injecting Dwayne's non-sense. Dwayne should've known better and advised him to let it be. Instead you had your world champion walking around Europe with a blank eye given to him by a fricking C-List rapper. They might have even salvaged something at WM if Cody legit knocked him the frick out.

Not to be a broken record but they allowed the location to dictate the event instead of dictating to the city. It's why I don't shed a single tear about what they've done to themselves. They fricked Minnesota and Verne Gange's spirit is leading Karma's charge.
Posted by MSUDawg98
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Member since Jan 2018
11637 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 10:21 pm to
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3 hours is entirely too long
It's going back to 2 hours in a few weeks.

They've also shite the bed with Giulia. There should be some frickery with her, Io, and Asuka. That won't happen on SD. It would be a pretty solid start towards WarGames (Vaquer likely being the 5th). Instead they aren't giving her any veteran support to give her after boost at the start. (It seems like Tiffy is the only 2.0 girl that has*.)

* There's a rumor that Kiana James is healthy and will be getting a major push when she comes back. It's been a long time just for a knee injury and she was flat AF...so what are the odds she returns "Tiifyfied"?
Posted by rt3
now in the piney woods of Pineville
Member since Apr 2011
144214 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 10:22 pm to
quote:

G The Tiger Fan

I hear there was a rather significant upset in the softball world today
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
40799 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 10:30 pm to
The ppvs are too close together and they're booking SNME like its another ppvs to screw over AEW. Next week's SNME has a much better card than Backlash.
Posted by Translator
Member since May 2025
79 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 10:48 pm to
[img] Next week's SNME has a much better card than Backlash.[/img]

They should've done the R-Truth match at Backlash and something else was the main event. Booked St. Louis for Main Event instead, to give it more time.
Instead the Orton feud felt like a throwaway because of hometown booking when it should be a bigger deal.

And now we get JC Mateo. Name might grow on me, but that feels like a name someone on the Saturday morning show years ago would have.
Posted by Wishnitwas1998
where TN, MS, and AL meet
Member since Oct 2010
61724 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 11:10 pm to
quote:

The regulars don't come anymore to discuss this show


I talked about it a week or two ago but I simply don't have time to watch much anymore. On the other end of things 2 night PLEs, PLE's on Saturdays, 3 hour smackdown, and Raw being a PITA to catch up with on replay bc of Netflix aren't helping either

Helps they are in that post mania lull right now so I don't feel like I'm missing much
This post was edited on 5/16/25 at 11:11 pm
Posted by SoDakHawk
South Dakota
Member since Jun 2014
9588 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 11:55 pm to
I'm watching this on replay and they have LA Knight jobbing for this new guy Solo dragged off the street, JC the fat slob. Pathetic.

Knight gets a pop every time he hits the arena, and we get this.

Solo sucks. JC the slob sucks.

Th
Posted by SoDakHawk
South Dakota
Member since Jun 2014
9588 posts
Posted on 5/17/25 at 12:04 am to
You fricking kidding me? This slob beats LA Knight? Stupid.
Posted by LSU-MNCBABY
Knightsgate
Member since Jan 2004
24863 posts
Posted on 5/17/25 at 7:51 am to
We’re back to peak cena shite wwe, he has been telling us he’s going to ruin wrestling
Posted by Lake08
Member since Jun 2023
1958 posts
Posted on 5/17/25 at 9:13 am to
Moving to NFLX ruined it for me. Glad they got paid
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