Hey guys, Bobby “The Brain” Mayo here and getting ready to pop my Crazy Max cherry on the very first edition of Smackdown Live. Oh yeah, and by the way, there’s a frickin Pre Show, Post Show, Second Screen Experience, and that Draft thingy all going on over a four hour period of time. No pressure or anything for a first timer. heh
So it’s 7pm on the east coast here and we’re kicking this shit off with a Smackdown Live Pre Show. Expect draft hype out the ass.
SMACKDOWN PRE SHOW – THE BULLET POINTS
* Renee Young looks to be hosting, or whatever it’s called now. With her is Booker T, Corey Graves, and Lita. They’re going to be talking Draft during the second screen experience apparently. They revisit Raw with a clip of the introductions of the General Managers and then follow up with the rules for tonight’s draft.
* Scheduled for the show tonight – Seth Rollins gets a rematch with Dean Ambrose for the title. John Cena will also meet Luke Gallows.
* Tom Phillips interviews Dean Ambrose about the draft and the match with Rollins. You get the expected promo out of Dean here. We see some video replays from last night’s Raw with the double pin and Ambrose eventually announced as retaining the title. The announcers discuss who should be drafted first and what happens if you draft Ambrose first only to see him lose the title to Rollins later in the show tonight.
* We get a look at the Top 10 male and Top 10 female wrestlers available in the draft. Summer Rae. Wow. That’s reaching. Shows how shallow the talent pool really is. Tom Phillips interviews Natalya who obviously thinks she should be drafted first.
*** SPOILER ALERT BEGINS ***
There is a section of floor seats tonight with “Hugger Section” signs placed on them. Even though it was expected it looks like Bayley is definitely getting drafted.
*** END SPOILER ALERT ***
* Tom Phillips talks with New Day. The announcers talk about what teams they’d draft together and who they’d split up.
Bray Wyatt vs. Xavier Woods has been added to the show tonight.
* They show a Top 10 list of shocking WWE Draft Picks of the past. I barely remember any of these.
* Tom Phillips interviews Sami Zayn. He doesn’t want to be on the same show as Kevin Owens. If he had one NXT pick it would have to be Finn Balor. Then Phillips interviews the Social Outcasts. Please disband this shit tonight.
The rules for the WWE Draft are as follows:
1. Raw has the first overall pick
2. Since SmackDown Live is a two-hour show and Raw is three hours, for every two picks SmackDown Live receives, Raw will receive three picks
3. Tag teams count as one pick unless a Commissioner/General Manager specifically only wants one member of the team
4. Six draft picks will be made off the NXT roster
We get a peak at the arena with the Commissioners and General Managers making their way out to make their first picks. It’s time!
WWE SMACKDOWN LIVE DEBUT EPISODE
July 19, 2016 – WORCHESTER, MASS.
We’ve got Shane & Bryan / Stephanie & Foley out here to make their picks.
#1 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… SETH ROLLINS!
#2 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… DEAN AMBROSE!
#3 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… CHARLOTTE!
#4 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… AJ STYLES!
#5 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… FINN BALOR!
John Cena makes his way out and eyeballs both sides since nobody drafted him. Cena is ready for action against Gallows.
– JOHN CENA VS. LUKE GALLOWS –
For some reason Enzo & Cass get their own intro before the match and do their gimmick. The Club is outside the ring for Gallows and Cena has Enzo/Cass in his corner. Something really weird happens. They go to commercial during the match but they keep fucking showing the match during the break in a split screen. Fucking Awesome! It’s fucking picture in picture. Gallows spending the entire break owning Cena. How awesome would it be if they kept this shit up every week? The advertisements end and soon after Cena makes his signature comeback. Gallows escapes the AA and hits a something that looks like a superkick. Both teams get up on the apron and step in the ring while Cena and Gallows lay prone. Enzo & Cass eliminate Styles & Anderson from the ring and Cena hits the AA on Gallows and beats him like nothing after 6 minutes of action.
Winner is Cena
If it weren’t for the split screen action during the commercial we would have seen maybe 2 minutes of this match. Gallows dominated most of it but still came off like a jobber against Super Cena.
So far on the second screen experience Seth Rollins, Charlotte and Dean Ambrose have been interviewed. Naturally they’re all happy with where they were drafted.
#6 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… ROMAN REIGNS!
#7 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… JOHN CENA!
#8 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… BROCK LESNAR!
#9 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… RANDY ORTON!
#10 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… NEW DAY!
– RUSEV AND THE MIZ VS. ZACK RYDER AND DARREN YOUNG –
Hot Lana and goofy Bob Backlund are in their respective corners for this Champions vs. Challengers tag match. The challengers are all over the Miz starting things out until Rusev distracts and Ryder takes a beating and then some. Ryder floats over a suplex and hits a neckbreaker on Rusev. D-Young gets the tag and the crowd goes mild. Young lands the Gut Check on Miz but Rusev breaks it up. Ryder with the Rough Ryder on Miz. Zack with a dropkick off the apron onto Rusev outside. Miz is distracted and Young locks in the Crossface Chicken wing. Backlund goes nutty outside and riles up the fans. Miz TAPS! The challengers win in 4 minutes.
Winners are the Young Ryders
There was nothing to this match. Gave Young a notch in the belt going into the title match at Battleground. I didn’t think so but there may be (and I only mean may be) something to this pairing with Backlund.
Second screen experience sees the Network panel talk with John Cena for a long period of time. Cena is talking about his original move from Smackdown to Raw and now heading back all these years later. When that ends the Social Outcasts are pissed they still haven’t been drafted.
– BRAY WYATT VS. XAVIER WOODS –
Much like the Cena vs Gallows match, both teams have their partners at ringside. Wyatt appears to hypnotize Woods long enough to get the advantage and a beat down commences. Bray just beats on Woods and pounds him into the ground. Senton connects. Bray toys with Xavier and Woods rallies back. A high knee to the jaw stuns Wyatt. Woods goes for the handspring clothesline but jumps into Wyatt in the spider walk. It freaks Woods out and he eats defeat with Sister Abigail in 6 minutes.
Winner is Bray Wyatt
Bray dominated the entire match. Woods made a comeback with some punches and a knee and that was it. I’m glad Wyatt looked strong but I think these guys could have had a good match. They told the story they needed to for Battleground so I’m not mad attem. Was glad that nobody interfered.
Second screen experience shows Finn Balor interviewed at the NXT training center. The entire NXT roster is sitting and watching the draft waiting for their name to be called.
– DEMON KANE VS. KEVIN OWENS –
Owens has a fit with Foley about not drafting him yet. As KO heads to the ring he is attacked by Sami Zayn and they fight into the ring. Owens throws Zayn into Kane. But Kane with a double chokeslam for both men. There ya go. Let’s bury the two young guys getting the push for the old guy who can’t bump and barely even wrestles on TV anymore.
#11 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… SAMI ZAYN!
#12 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… BRAY WYATT!
#13 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… SASHA BANKS!
#14 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… BECKY LYNCH!
#15 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… CHRIS JERICHO!
Sasha Banks is interviewed on the second screen network program. She won’t reveal her partner for Battleground but tells the interview dude to just watch. Becky Lynch talks with Tom Phillips. How the hell she got drafted 14th overall blows my fucking mind. I’d draft her #1 overall to ride me on my bed for 14 hours but 14 overall as a wrestling commodity? Puh-leaze. Chris Jericho is the next one to response and he’s pissed to be drafted third round and after people like Sami Zayn. What an ass clown.
– HANDICAP MATCH: CHARLOTTE / DANA BROOKE VS. SASHA BANKS –
Banks is owning both girls and flat knocks the shit out of Charlotte on the floor. Dana blindsides Sasha and the numbers factor comes into play. Sasha sends Brooke into Charlotte and Charlotte gets a blind tag. Bank Statement on Brooke, but Charlotte jumps in and hits Natural Selection and pins Banks in 2 minutes.
Winners are Charlotte & Brooke
Hm, no Bayley. Well that sucked.
#16 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… RUSEV & LANA!
#17 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… THE MIZ & MARYSE!
#18 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… KEVIN OWENS!
#19 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… BARON CORBIN!
#20 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… ENZO & CASS!
What the fuck kind of picks are these Smackdown picks? They get 2 fucking picks and it’s Miz and fucking Corbin? Raw gets 3 picks and wind up with 4 guys. Fucking Vince McMahon can’t fucking help but stockpile Raw. That round was utter bullshit.
So Smackdown was going to break the glass ceiling with these fucking picks? Cena and Orton need to break a ceiling? Ratings war my asshole. Fuck you Vince. Not only does Raw have the top ladies but they have the U.S. Title, the Womens Champ, the Tag Champs, the Cruiserweights, and more of the younger talent.
Smackdown’s last 3 picks were Becky Lynch as the top girl, Miz and Corbin.
FUCK YOU VINCE. JUST..FUCK YOU!
There’s some second screen interviews with New Day, Enzo & Cass, maybe some others. I don’t know I’ve been ranting about this bullshit last two rounds.
– CHRIS JERICHO VS. CESARO –
Good match going. Jericho with a top rope frankensteiner. Cesaro hits a Russian leg sweep off the second rope. Cesaro Swing. Jericho blocks a Sharpshooter but eats a double stomp. Somehow Jericho manages a Codebreaker as Cesaro tries a springboard uppercut. Pins Cesaro in like 4 minutes. SMH
Winner is Jericho
Well that really helped elevate Cesaro. Jericho puts everyone over for like 2 months until now. Go figure. This show tanked over the last half hour.
Apparently Natalya was supposed to have a match with Alicia Fox but when we return from the commercials Becky Lynch has attacked Natalya and is beating the shit out of her.
Smackdown hasn’t picked anything worth a shit since Pick #12. Let that marinate.
#21 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… THE CLUB!
#22 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… AMERICAN ALPHA!
#23 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… THE BIG SHOW!
#24 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… DOLPH ZIGGLER!
#25 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… NIA JAX!
Whose fucking coffee did Cesaro piss in?
Second screen interview with Rusev & Lana. Lana even makes a gay Raw shirt look sexy. Nice boobs. Sami Zayn also talks going to Raw.
We’ve got the 5 final draft picks on SD Live coming next and then the WWE Title match. All remaining draft picks will be covered on the post show and I will continue to post updates until the entire draft has concluded.
#26 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… NEVILLE!
#27 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… NATALYA… WHAT THE FUCK? AN INSULT TO PAIGE.
#28 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… CESARO.. TO RAW? WELL THERE GOES THAT PUSH!
#29 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… ALBERTO DEL RIO! CROWD IS BOOING THE SD PICKS. RIGHTFULLY SO.
#30 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… SHEAMUS!
Not counting Lana and Maryse, Raw has 22 wrestlers and Smackdown has 12. Smackdown only has 10 male wrestlers.
Second screen shows the Club talking about separating from AJ Styles but not before Battleground. Dolph Ziggler talks Smackdown. Big Show talks Raw. Niz Jax talks Raw from the performance center.
– WWE CHAMPION DEAN AMBROSE VS. SETH ROLLINS –
Rollins attacks Ambrose before the match starts and beats him down on the floor. Seth holds the title in the ring while Dean recovers on the floor and Smackdown goes to a break. Match starts as soon as we return and Seth attacks Dean again. Rollins uses the pre match beatdown to his advantage as he dominates Ambrose.
#WWEDraft is trending #1 worldwide. I’m betting #WWEDraftShit is trending #2.
The fight goes to the floor. Ambrose backdrops Rollins over the barricade and tries a running dive off the announcr’s table but misses. Now back in the ring Rollins lands a springboard knee and a big boot for a near fall. Hey WTF, why isn’t USA showing this match during the break? You show fucing Cena vs. Gallows in the break but not a fucking WWE Title match? WTF is that about? This show ha gone to all fucks now.
Smackdown is back. Rollins is working over Deano Machine-o. Ambrose explodes out of the corner with a nasty ass clothesline. Dean finally gets control but only momentarily. Seth hits that powerbomb into the buckles but misses a froggy splash. Dean with La Magistral cradle for a close fall. I chuckle as Lawler tries to pronounce magistral. Referee gets between the two men and Seth with an eye poke tries for a pedigree but Ambrose backdrops him outside.
Suicide dive and then a top rope plancha on Seth for good measure. Back inside Seth with a superplex and tries the Falcon Arrow but Dean counters with Dirty Deeds and gets the win in 13 minutes.
Winner and still champion Dean Ambrose
Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan rush to the ring to present their champion with a Smackdown t-shirt even though he was wearing one earlier on the second screen.
Time to head over to the WWE Network for the rest of the draft picks.
WWE DRAFT CENTER CONTINUES ON THE WWE NETWORK – POST SMACKDOWN
* Tom Phillips interviews Neville. He’s back and on Raw.
#31 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… GOLDEN TRUTH!
#32 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… THE USOS!
#33 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… TITUS O’NEIL!
#34 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… KANE! Yeah, way to give the fucking young guys a chance Shane
#35 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… PAIGE. What the fuck?????? Smackdown has no decent chicks! The bullshit picks just keep coming.
* Greg Hamilton (WHO?) interviews Natalya. Natalya’s body makes me think im supposed to want to tear her fucking asshole in half. Her face is just so shitty though. When she smiles my peepee goes sawft.
* Cesaro interview and he just shits all over the draft and doesn’t even want to be on Raw. Golden Truth talk the draft. 80 teams on Raw and 2 on Smackdown. What a tag division on Raw. Well played SHIT-O-MAC.
#36 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… DARREN YOUNG!
#37 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… KALISTO! Still no Dudleys. Fucking Wow.
#38 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… SIN CARA! Sin Cara before The Wyatt Family?
#39 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… NAOMI! Naomi before anyone? Just because the Usos went SD
#40 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… JACK SWAGGER! Seriously? And what a shit spot for Swagzy
#41 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS………. THE ASCENSION?????????
WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED? SMACKDOWN GETS AN ADDED PICK. AND ITS FUCKING THE ASCENSION??????????? WHAT THE FUCK? BEFORE THE WYATTS AND DUDLEYS? WHAT IS THIS FUCKING SHIT. MY MIND IS EXPLODING.
They showed a 41st pick but they’re not addressing it on the scroller at the bottom so I don’t know what the fuck just happened.
* Alberto Del Rio talks Smackdown. Usos talks Smackdown. Titus O’Neil talks Raw. Darren Young greets his former partner Titus and then talks with Mr. Backlund about Battleground and Raw.
#42 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… THE DUDLEY BOYZ. FUCKING A. RAW HAS 90 TEAMS
#43 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… ZACK RYDER
#44 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… SUMMER RAE? BEFORE BAYLEY?
#45 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… APOLLO CREWS
#46 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… MARK HENRY
#47 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… ALEXA BLISS? Again, before BAYLEY?
I like how now that we’re down into the shit picks Smackdown gets even 3-3 picks with Raw.
* Kalisto interview. So Raw has the cruiserweights but Kalisto is on Smackdown? Great booking fuck ass Vince.
#48 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… BRAUN STROWMAN. And there goes the Wyatt Family
#49 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… BREEZANGO
#50 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… BO DALLAS
#51 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… EVA MARIE
#52 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… SHINING STARS. Raw is up to 100 teams now
#53 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… VAUDEVILLAINS
* Shane McMahon & Daniel Bryan talks about their draft picks. Go ahead and TRY and rationalize that shit roster. They have Shane promise a certain type of roster and then they give him the complete opposite.
* Jojo is with the Social Outcasts. They think they’ve all been drafted to Raw but Jojo informs them only Bo has.
#54 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… ALICIA FOX
#55 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… ERICK ROWAN
#56 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… DANA BROOKE
#57 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… MOJO RAWLEY. YEAH I KNOW I’D TAKE HIM BEFORE SAMOA JOE OR NAKAMURA.
#58 DRAFT PICK – RAW SELECTS… CURTIS AXEL
#59 DRAFT PICK – SMACKDOWN SELECTS… CARMELLA. Over the Revival. Over Samoa Joe. Over Nakamura. What fuck asses. I’m done.
* It’s Stephanie and Mick Foley speaking now to close out the show. That about sums up the night.
* We see Heath Slater sitting alone in the locker room. He’s the only one to go undrafted. heh
Fuck you Vince!
Goodnight all.
