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[serenewarfare]

No way, Joe is going to go straight to being a main eventer.

I don't think he should. He's good enough obviously, but I think you build him up as a killer before he goes for the title. Make people want to see it.

 

[ngower]

I'm a grad student with class on Tuesday nights, so I miss Smackdown, but I might have to re-up my Hulu sub for this. The stories are infinitely more compelling than RAW. As someone with the misfortune of being a Dolph Ziggler fan, this whole career v title thing has me nervous as hell.

 

[UrbanDandy]

I think he got injured on their watch and they pretty much have to give him this job 4 lyfe.

Makes sense. Thanks.

 

[Bluekaveli]

 

[Heroman]

I'm a grad student with class on Tuesday nights, so I miss Smackdown, but I might have to re-up my Hulu sub for this. The stories are infinitely more compelling than RAW. As someone with the misfortune of being a Dolph Ziggler fan, this whole career v title thing has me nervous as hell.

Ziggy still has fans?

 

[Brian_FETO]

That kid got popped

 

[Dark Ninja]

Becky Lynch's English fascinates me

 

[Uno Venova]

SDawww

Spoiler

That kid's a racist for life.

 

[SallyIsNow]

They sure are posting a lot of Vladimir Kozlov videos on the YouTube channel. . . .

 

[Mizerman]

Gave him the "All Lives Matter" dap.

 

[Bluekaveli]

They sure are posting a lot of Vladimir Kozlov videos on the YouTube channel. . . .

O
M
F
G

I want it!

 

[jg4xchamp]

John Cena isn't half as cool as Don Draper.

 

[ngower]

Ziggy still has fans?

Smarks have grown disinterested in him but he still puts on consistently good (not great, but good) matches. I think he's had a pretty strong few months but apparently the very people who were pining for a push are now sick and tired of him.

 

[Tagyhag]

Holy shit that Miz/Ziggy segment was so good.

If Ziggler loses, SD is the best forever, I'm sorry.

Spoiler

And I actually don't mind Ziggler, it would just show how much more balls the show has than RAW.

 

[MG310]

Byron is a strange case because he seems to have taken over the worst parts of Michael Cole's role in the announce booth.

He is now the one who would tell you how great Fandangoing is. If you took him out Cole would be back to doing all of that stuff.

 

[Uno Venova]

I am so happy I was wrong about Heath, his hot tag offense was fantastic. I thought he was going to be completely useless with Rhyno picking up all of the slack.

 

[JehutyRunner]

Truth: I'd still take Byron over Otunga. At least Byron has come in strides compared to the WM31 shitfest AND has good chemstry with Corey.

Otunga? Christ, it's actually come to the point where I'm starting to like JBL because he's not as banal as he was on Raw. :/

 

[ReiGun]

Cesaro ain't do nothing to catch that stray tonight, John.

 

[sf2fanatic]

So I was talking to my buddy about Raw earlier and he reminded me that Drew Galek was in Championship Wrestling from Hollywood. He was tag team partners with Timothy Thatcher. lol I totally forgot about that.

 

[Dark Ninja]

Jesus Cena killed Ambrose and his wackiness. Renee probably went to the back back and cried after that.

 

[jg4xchamp]

I wish we had Cesaro on Smackdown.

 

[sf2fanatic]

I wish we had Cesaro on Smackdown.

Blue make that call Dammit!!

 

[SallyIsNow]

Blue make that call Dammit!!

Blue's too busy trying to get his boy Enzo to worry about that.

 

[shaowebb]

Fuuuuuuuuu...

 

[sf2fanatic]

Blue's too busy trying to get his boy Enzo to worry about that.

I can picture Blue watching a Raw episode from 2003 right before he says "I do"

 

[Penguin]

So No Mercy is this right now:



They are also working on Carmella vs Nikki and Baron vs Swagger.

It's the only real qualm with SmackDown

The roster is kind of super thin. I mean No Mercy is essentially Backlash with Cena in the main event.

And they have almost run through all configurations of the Women. Granted, I guess they can do more grand feuds with them.

 

[Nekofrog]

And somehow it'll still be better than clash of champions

 

[Sabucin]

I just watched Ambrose vs Styles on Smackdown and I can say that this match was so much better than the one in Backlash, which is a shame considering the ending of tonight.

Now I'm gonna watch Talking Smack and expecting a good show as always.

 

[slightconfuse]

Damn need to watch the blue show tomorrow

Sounds good

 

[Jerm411]

Randy: Eh he's white enough....

 

[Mahonay]

Will have to catch up on Smackdown tomorrow.

It was a mistake listening to the Survivor Series 2002 episode of The Lapsed Fan on the subway today, was laughing like an idiot. Holy fuck, the ridiculous Davey Boy Smith impression of him smoking crack before SummerSlam 92' and telling Bret (Mistah Hitmahn) that he's FOOKED.

Also the story of that guy meeting him as a kid, and Davey just telling him to get the fook away from him. Davey and some other wrestlers accidentally walked into a casino that their hotel was in and were trying to get out.

Davey - "WHERE'S THE FOOKIN EXIT!?"

Lex - "I don't know!"

Davey - "FOOK!"

 

[Uno Venova]

It's the only real qualm with SmackDown

The roster is kind of super thin. I mean No Mercy is essentially Backlash with Cena in the main event.

And they have almost run through all configurations of the Women. Granted, I guess they can do more grand feuds with them.

They need some callups for sure. But im still invested in almost all of those matches, versus like one at CoC

 

[Angry Grimace]

You guys do realize whenever Orton finishes with Bray he is going to take the title off of AJ right

 

[Nekofrog]

I was waiting for him to say "Mr Hitman, I just had a hit, man. Fook!"

 

[Data West]

You guys do realize whenever Orton finishes with Bray he is going to take the title off of AJ right

Part-timer not interested in that title

 

[sf2fanatic]

Part-timer not interested in that title

Orton considered a part timer?

 

[Alucard]

Holy shit at Raw's rating and viewership this week.

scored a 1.75 TV rating, down 11 percent from last week’s show.

The previous standard-week, low-point for Raw was a 1.8 back in October 1996. However, there was a Christmas Week episode on December 23, 1996 that scored a 1.5 rating to set the all-time low-point.

– Raw’s three hours averaged 2.478 million viewers, down eight percent (about 206,000 viewers) from last week.

It was the least-watched show of the year, but the first hour helped the show avoid falling completely off the table.

First Hour: 2.850 million viewers, the most since Labor Day
Second Hour: 2.381 million viewers, down about 300,000 viewers from last week
Third Hour: 2.203 million viewers, down about 430,000 viewers from last week
The third hour of Raw was likely one of the least-watched hours in the history of the show. It also continued the streak of Raw’s third hour declining from the second hour for the 28th consecutive week.

– DEMOGRAPHICS: Raw fell big among the key demos, as expected. However, adults 18-49 seemed to fare reasonably well considering the competition.

Adults 18-49 was down 10 percent from last week
Males 18-34 was down 18 percent
Males 18-49 was down 14 percent
– Meanwhile, ESPN’s Monday Night Football game fell by 33 percent to only 8.0 million viewers after drawing 12.1 million viewers last week.

ESPN put on perhaps the least-marquee match-up of the season with a regionally-focused game of Atlanta at New Orleans.

MNF had more room to fall compared to Raw, but Raw’s viewership falling 8-11 percent does not seem as bad as predicted against the most-watched debate in U.S. TV history.


Read more at http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/09...w-vs-presidential-debate/#5jVFzVHIFddKQ2u1.99

 

[KingBroly]

Man, Cena is good. He's just twenty years too late, and no one can compete with him. It's too bad, cause he has to stroke everyone off on every feud promo because his burials are too strong.

Why is Cena good?

Cena gets who he is.

Everyone else just works there.

 

[Tagyhag]

However, there was a Christmas Week episode on December 23, 1996 that scored a 1.5 rating to set the all-time low-point.

Ironically, I really want to watch the first episode that gets lower than that.

 

[Data West]

Juan Cena follows luchadore tradition where they get much better the older they get.

 

[Alucard]

Juan Cena follows luchadore tradition where they get much better the older they get.

Are you saying he's gonna go to Raw and become the cruiserweight champion?

 

[Dental Plan]

Smackdown is still much better than Raw.

One of the best episodes of Smackdown since the brand split.

That Miz and Ziggler promo was fantastic.

 

[Bluekaveli]

I wish we had Cesaro on Smackdown.

Blue make that call Dammit!!

Didn't you see Bryan put out the pitch yesterday? We're in the first stage. Ziggler for Cesaro. Fuck, a nice tofu plate for Ziggler.

Blue's too busy trying to get his boy Enzo to worry about that.

I hate that squashable little bug

I can picture Blue watching a Raw episode from 2003 right before he says "I do"

2003.....

 

[sf2fanatic]

2003.....

I assumed that's where you left off on the time machine.

 

[rrc1594]

I heard SD was great?

 

[Bluekaveli]

I assumed that's where you left off on the time machine.

Sadly. I have to get some more fuel. Hunter is so horrible the prices of time machine fuel have went up. It doesn't want me to see that shit.

 

[sf2fanatic]

Sadly. I have to get some more fuel. Hunter is so horrible the prices of time machine fuel have went up. It doesn't want me to see that shit.

Cena not good enough yet to over power trips?

 

[Anth0ny]

please don't beat miz

 

[Pikma]

Breezango deserves more tv time than the fucking Ascension, where are they Bluce?

 

[miserable]

damn that Miz and Ziggler segment was good

Miz should win, therefore he will lose