And it looks like Corey Graves is doing just that! The WWE Smackdown commentator and sensitive modern man took to T[caption id="attachment_1234356" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Baron Corbin is WWE's hottest heel and the Ratings King of Friday Nights[/caption]"What’s something that has NOTHING to do with pro wrestling that you ONLY know BECAUSE of pro wrestling?" Graves[...]
Tragedy befell the wrestling world this week when WWE lost ratings battles for both NXT and Smackdown, despite an approaching PPV and WWE being right in the middle of the usually popular WrestleMenia Season Ratings wars are never without casualties, but who could have imagined WWE losing so badly and so frequently?[caption id="attachment_1198874" align="aligncenter" width="600"][...]
With time running out before this Sunday's Elimination Chamber PPV, WWE had one last chance to finish the booking for the show on last night's episode of WWE Smackdown And while they did manage to add one more match, the card still remains somewhat up in the air, with at least one and a half[...]
WWE Smackdown did its best to solidify the booking for the Elimination Chamber PPV happening on Sunday, and you can read our full review of the show here But the show also served to set some things up for the future, such as feuds between Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair or Roman Reigns and Edge[...]
In a backstage interview conducted after WWE Smackdown last night, Natalya and Tamina revealed that they're tired of not being taken seriously, and now, after nearly 25 years combined in the company, they're finally going to do something about it.[caption id="attachment_1341304" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Natalya and Tamina announce a new phase of their WWE careers in[...]
With the deadline for the Elimination Chamber PPV fast approaching, WWE scrambled on Smackdown last night to set up more matches for the show's beleaguered card One of the feuds that was very quickly set up with almost no build is a Women's Tag Team Championship match between champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler vs[...]
Are you ready for a good time? Then why the hell are you reading about WWE Smackdown? Welcome, folks, to Bleeding Cool's belligerent WWE Smackdown recap It's the Elimination Chamber go-home show, and there are like three and a half matches booked for the PPV in two days Buckle in for this trainwreck, folks.[caption id="attachment_1341159"[...]
Fans wondering exactly which WWE Superstar will kill the first ten to fifteen minutes of WWE Smackdown tonight can rest easy knowing: it's Edge Edge will open up tonight's episode of Smackdown on Fox, the go-home show for the Elimination Chamber PPV happening this Sunday, or at least, is supposedly happening as long as WWE[...]
The fan-favorite talk show hosted by former Women's Champion Bayley, Ding Dong, Hello!, will return on Smackdown tonight, WWE revealed on their website Bayley will host WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler tonight on the segment, which is like any other WWE talk show except that whenever someone appears on it,[...]
With the series set to premiere on in only a matter of days, NBC and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (WWE superstar, Ballers, Jumanji: The Next Level) have officially revealed their Vince McMahon and "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Comedian Adam Ray (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) is set to take on the role of the future […]
The Chadster here, chiming in to share a more positive take on last night's episode of WWE Smackdown My colleague Jude Terror likes to take a very pessimistic view of WWE For example, Jude complained that Smackdown felt "thrown together at the last minute" and mocked WWE no having a full card for Elimination Chamber[...]
WWE Smackdown's ratings plummeted this week even as WWE is just a month and a half away from the biggest wrestling event of the year, WrestleMania WWE Smackdown tied for third place in the network rankings with three other shows as ranked by performance in the 18-49 demographic and had the lowest viewership of any[...]
This is about The Street Profits, who used the venue of a backstage interview recorded at WWE Smackdown to talk about the lack of logic or consistency in WWE's tag team booking strategy.[caption id="attachment_1337589" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The Street Profits discuss WWE booking backstage at Smackdown[/caption]"Are we any closer?" said Street Profits' Montez Ford when asked[...]
No, I am here to talk about this backstage video from WWE Smackdown that shows Bayley involved in outright gimmick thievery![caption id="attachment_1337580" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Bayley rips off Kenny Omega's gimmick backstage at Smackdown My god, comrades! They rip off everything! Haw haw haw haw![/caption]That's right, here in this footage posted to WWE's YouTube channel, Bayley[...]
I have much sadder news to report: WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E is sick and tired of WWE's glacial booking that causes him to face the same opponent over and over again for months at a time.[caption id="attachment_1337577" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Big E complains of WWE's boring and repetitive booking in a backstage shoot interview, comrades![/caption]Big[...]
Anyway, amigos, Sami Zayn's documentary film crew has revealed shocking footage that shows just how close Zayn came to being assaulted by Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio backstage on Smackdown last night.[caption id="attachment_1337564" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Rey Mysterio confronts Sami Zayn backstage at WWE Smackdown in this revealing documentary footage.[/caption]In the footage, which Zayn's team released[...]
But that's better than Smackdown, which has two segments and zero matches booked, and is happening.. *checks watch*.. right now! Let's suffer through this together.[caption id="attachment_1337422" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The WWE Smackdown booking committee meets to discuss next week's PPV.[/caption]
WWE Smackdown Recap - February 12th, 2021
Promo: Roman ReignsRoman Reigns walks to the ring with his entourage[...]
WWE has finally booked Smackdown's Universal Championship match for the Elimination Chamber PPV, which happens one week from Sunday and had, until tonight, just three matches booked Roman Reigns will defend his title at Elimination Chamber, but not inside the match itself Instead, the winner of the Chamber match will get a title shot "on[...]
With the lack of information about exactly what's happening on WWE Smackdown tonight, The Chadster is beginning to suspect Vince McMahon may be at it again, tearing up and rewriting the script at the last minute All day, the one thing The Chadster knew would happen on Smackdown tonight was that Seth Rollins was set[...]
The big deal here are three Semi-Finals matches in the Dusty Rhodes classic.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUhDTWUBSLYThere's also an ad for WWE Smackdown focused on the return of Seth Rollins, who has been out on Paternity Leave Roman Reigns and Kevin Owens will also renew their feud on Smackdown this week.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrGjUpoy3nIAnd finally, a new spot for the Elimination Chamber[...]
