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The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown.
The ratings for WWE Smackdown are in, and the message is clear: heel Roman Reigns is a success! Once again, viewership rose for Smackdown, with an increase of over 130,000 viewers since last week Smackdown also took the number one spot in the network TV ratings in the 18-49 demographic. The official logo for WWE Friday[...]
WWE Smackdown - In This Firefly Funhouse... a Character Will Die!
All we have to do is finish recapping this episode of Smackdown! So let's not waste any time. The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE Smackdown Report for September 11, 2020 Part 2 We see a video for the woman in the high heels that we saw last week This time we see her body and[...]
WWE Smackdown - Why, Bayley, Why? Attack on Sasha Banks Explained
But before my big break, there's still some WWE Smackdown to get through Welcome to part two of Bleeding Cool's WWE Smackdown report – we watch so you don't have to! The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE Smackdown Report for September 11, 2020 Part 2 Alyse Ashton reports from backstage outside the trainer's room, where[...]
WWE Smackdown - Jeff Hardy Dehydrated... Is Sheamus a Pee Vampire?
Smackdown opens with a 9/11 "Never Forget" graphic Well, how are we ever going to if you keep bringing it up every year?! Welcome to Bleeding Cool's WWE Smackdown report We watch, so you don't have to! The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE Smackdown Report for September 11, 2020 Part 1 After replaying basically Paul Heyman's[...]
Riddle vs. Uso vs. Sheamus vs. Corbin– Winner challenges Roman Reigns: SmackDown, September 4, 202..
Welcome to the third and final part of our WWE SmackDown report. The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE SmackDown Report for September 4th, 2020 Sasha Banks is wheeled into an ambulance Michael Cole and Corey Graves are totally shocked and saddened by these events They're at about an 8out of 10 on the Owen Hart[...]
WWE Smackdown - Sasha Banks and Bayley, Best Friends No More?!
When we left off in part two of our WWE SmackDown report, Michael Cole, channeling the 1998 version of Tony Schiavone (trust me, it was nothing like the version we know and love today), had just declared that we were about to witness the greatest tag team match in the history of SmackDown Sasha Banks[...]
Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman explain their relationship: SmackDown, September 4, 2020
Are you ready? Are you ready for a good time? Well, too bad, because it's time for WWE SmackDown. The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE SmackDown Report for September 4th, 2020 Part 1 of 3 Smackdown opens with a recap of the ending of WWE Payback Long story short: The Big Dog is back, and[...]
Sasha Banks is taken away in an ambulance after a vicious attack by former best friend Bayley on WWE Smackdown.
It looks like the long-teased and heavily-anticipated breakup of The Golden Role Models has finally happened, as Bayley viciously attacked Sasha Banks on WWE Smackdown tonight After failing to regain their tag team championships from Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler in tonight's Payback rematch, Banks was left laying in the ring with a knee injury[...]
The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown.
Roman Reigns has only been back on WWE Smackdown for one week, but the new Universal Champion is already in need of a new opponent to make him look strong On Smackdown this Friday, four superstars will fight for the opportunity to be beaten by Roman in a future Universal Championship title defense One of[...]
Angel Garza flirts with The Bachelor’s Demi Burnett: Raw, Aug. 3, 2020
There's been a lot of speculation about what WWE is planning to do with Retribution, the non-political Antifa-like stable of anarchists in black hoodies who have been terrorizing WWE Raw and Smackdown for the past month Who are the members of this stable? Who are its leaders? Seth Rollins has been a suspect, along with[...]
A look at WWE Payback (Image: WWE)
But it does free Banks up to challenge for Bayley's Smackdown championship. Charly Caruso interviews Jax and Baszler Baszler tries to speak, but Jax is just yelling about having the belts The interview ends. But Bleeding Cool's Payback coverage will continue And so will my consumption of copious amounts of alcohol Chelsy will be back shortly with[...]
A look at WWE Payback (Image: WWE)
With King Corbin continuously taunting one of the newest additions to SmackDown, Matt Riddle had the most to gain in this match against his biggest condemner. King Corbin entered the ThunderDome in typical royal fashion and must have had a boost in his confidence in the fight after seeing Matt Riddle walk away from his pre-match[...]
A look at WWE Payback (Image: WWE)
Because nowhere is safe with Michael Cole around, Cole plays a recap of the end of Friday Night Smackdown, where Roman Reigns was revealed to be in league with Paul Heyman Backstage, AJ Styles puts his fist through a TV set. A look at WWE Payback (Image: WWE) Kayla Braxton waits outside Roman's dressing room when Paul[...]
WWE Smackdown - Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman, Sitting in a Tree...
And this is the third and final part of our Smackdown report. The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE Smackdown Report for August 28th, 2020 Part 3 Drew Gulak is in the ring Braun Strowman comes out to murder him But first, in case you missed it earlier in the show when they replayed the end[...]
WWE Smackdown - USPS Budget Cuts Come to the Firefly Funhouse
WWE Smackdown continues It's the final show of an eight-day wrestling marathon It's the go-home show for Payback and simultaneously the fallout show for SummerSlam It's part two of Bleeding Cool's Smackdown report. The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE Smackdown Report for August 28th, 2020 Part 2 Earlier tonight, Vince McMahon dispatched lackey Adam Pearce[...]
WWE Smackdown - Sami Zayn Returns... But Where Has He Been?!
It's Friday Night Smackdown! The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE Smackdown Report for August 28th, 2020 Part 1 Smackdown starts with an In Memory Of graphic for Bullet Bob Armstrong Then, after the WWE stinger, we see a video showing the end of SummerSlam and the return of Roman Reigns, laying out both Braun Strowman[...]
WWE SummerSlam - Sasha Banks v Asuka, Randy Orton v Drew McIntyre (Image: WWE)
Asuka – WWE Smackdown Women's Championship Match Asuka starts the match fired up and controls for a while, but she runs out of steam and ends up eating a modified sunset flip powerbomb (Sasha jumped from the side of Asuka) onto the floor from the apron. That was an awesome move, and Banks now takes control of[...]
WWE SummerSlam Part 2 (Image: WWE)
Bayley – WWE Smackdown Women's Championship Match The crowd noise is not better during the matches What it's missing is people "ooohing" and "aaahing" with the moves It's hard to sweeten that, I guess Plus, the fans are all gonna be on slightly different delays, both with their own camera feeds and their WWE Network feeds[...]
Apollo Crews faces MVP at WWE SummerSlam (Image: WWE)
Rosenberg preaches the dangers of leaving your drink unattended. Charly kicks off a video about AJ Styles and Jeff Hardy from Smackdown a few days ago Booker T talks us through the video Rosenberg says Hardy's victory was the perfect way to christen the WWE Thunderdome Charly points out it's been about twenty years since the[...]