{"id":11147,"date":"2019-02-06T13:50:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T18:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=11147"},"modified":"2019-02-06T14:58:14","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T19:58:14","slug":"smackdown-live-full-review-02-06-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/06\/smackdown-live-full-review-02-06-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown Live – Full review 02\/05\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Smackdown 2\/5\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s good, wrestling fam? It\u2019s your\nfavorite babyface authority figure here to talk to you about the blue brand\u2019s\nweekly show. As we are on the road to Wrestlemania, there\u2019s plenty of signs for\nall off the talent to point to. Because how else would we know it\u2019s\nWrestlemania season? Anyways, Smackdown was a little bit all over the place,\nbut let\u2019s dive into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charlotte Flair kicked off the show and cut a promo on Becky Lynch\u2019s appearance and subsequent suspension on Raw. She threw her hat in the ring about possibly replacing Becky as Ronda Rousey\u2019s opponent at Wrestlemania. Becky appears and descends through the crowd, talking back to Charlotte before Triple H joins the party. Triple H dismisses Charlotte before going on a disappointed dad monologue. There was a stare-down and Becky slapped Trips before hobbling back out of the ring and up the stairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thoughts: Charlotte is a natural heel and easily takes\nthe heat of the crowd and makes it better for herself. I do think that Triple\nH\u2019s monologue has tipped the perception of the Authority from neutral to bad\nand helps play up Becky as a hero.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade: A-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shinsuke\nNakamura and Rusev vs Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Good Brothers are sticking up for R-Truth! Most of this match took place during commercial breaks. Karl Anderson hit a wonderful Spinebuster on Shinsuke Nakamura. Lana also got involved, manhandling Shinsuke back onto apron after he was knocked outside. Rusev won the match with a Machka Kick to Karl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura and Rusev<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thoughts: It was a wrestling match and it happened.\nIt\u2019s frustrating that they separated Rusev from Aiden English just to put him\nwith Shinsuke. Also why aren\u2019t Karl and Luke anywhere near the tag team title\npicture?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade: C<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Backstage: Mustafa Ali cut a cool promo\nwith his light up mask providing the illumination in the room. Paige showed us\na clip of her movie coming out. The Usos hyped up next week\u2019s Miz TV on which\nthey\u2019ll be guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thoughts: It was decent backstage stuff. Paige said\n\u201cnew clip\u201d but it\u2019s the same clip they\u2019ve been showing since they first announced\nher movie.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade: B-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mustafa\nAli vs Randy Orton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Randy brought out his \u201cvintage\u201d arsenal\nfor this match. He back suplexed Mustafa onto the announce table, we got a\nlovely chinlock, and he even busted out a superplex. Mustafa managed to evade\nan RKO out of nowhere and hit a tornado DDT. But Randy got that RKO by grabbing\nhim out of the 054.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also Samoa Joe came out and tried to choke\nout Randy Orton. He tried to confront Daniel Bryan but Rowan stopped him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: Randy Orton<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thoughts: Randy isn\u2019t always the best when working\nwith smaller opponents, but he did well here. He seems to actually respect\nMustafa, which is great. Things can only go up for him. For some reason, I just\nreally liked Joe coming out randomly. I\u2019m kind of hoping for a surprise Joe\nvictory at Elimination Chamber.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade: B-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The people of Washington State really like\nDaniel Bryan and believe in his message. There was almost no booing as he\ntalked about the 10 Pounds of Hemp. Rowan also participated in this promo. They\nshowed us a video about the Elimination Chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thoughts: This was the most I had ever heard Rowan\ntalk. I\u2019m all about saving the planet but \u201c10 Pounds of Hemp\u201d makes me giggle.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade: B<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fabulous\nGlow (Naomi and Carmella) vs The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce) vs Fire\nand Desire (Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not much really happened here. Sonya took\na lot of punishment from Naomi. Mandy won the match with a Moneymaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thoughts: I\u2019m a tad annoyed that this Mandy\/Naomi\nthing is still going and also that Mandy seems to be the heavily favored person\nin terms of booking. Out of Fire and Desire, I think Sonya should be the one getting\npushed.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade: C-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Backstage: Andrade and Zelina Vega said\nthat Rey Mysterio is a myth. Asuka got a video that reminded us how awesome she\nis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thoughts: I\u2019m digging Andrade\u2019s attitude here. And I\nhope Asuka gets some sort of match for Wrestlemania, maybe against a NXT\ncall-up?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade: B+<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeff\nHardy vs Daniel Bryan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel got the upper hand fairly early in\nthe match, but Jeff got himself back in the match before Rowan intervened. Jeff\neventually hit the Swanton Bomb and tried to cover Daniel, but Rowan pulled\nJeff out of the ring. All the Elimination Chamber participants come down to the\nring and start whooping up on each other. Daniel Bryan escapes and AJ Styles\nstands tall, celebrating in the ring to close the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner: Jeff Hardy (via DQ)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thoughts: Jeff and Daniel was not a match I ever\nreally wanted, but I liked the post-match kerfuffle. It\u2019ll be interesting to\nsee how everyone\u2019s ring styles come together in the chamber. AJ seems to be the\nfavorite to win here.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade: B <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I mentioned before, Smackdown was a\nlittle messy. It definitely felt like a middle of the road show. The WWE\nChampionship elimination chamber match is being built pretty well. I think the\nWomen\u2019s Tag Team Championship chamber match could use a little more consistent\nbuilding. And no one is being groomed as the next challenger for Asuka\u2019s\nSmackdown Women\u2019s Championship, which is sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall grade: B-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                -Wynter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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