Good morning, good afternoon and good evening
finishers and factions fans and welcome to the
first smackdown of season two of finishers and
factions. This is the smackdown after WrestleMania
from the Dickies arena or were Texas from April
25th. Ladies and gentlemen, do I have a smackdown
episode for you this week? I I'm gonna put this
out there pretty early on. I believe that this
episode of Smackdown, if you look at the matches
that we have, look at the results that are there,
is probably better than some of the matches and
results at WrestleMania. Actually, I will turn
around and put my hand up high and say they were
better than some of the matches at WrestleMania.
That's not me pledging my allegiance to Chelsea
Green. We will come back to Chelsea Green though,
as she has a match a little bit later on in this
episode. That would be a women's United States
match against Zelina Vega. But like I said, we
will get back to that a little bit later. First
of all, we are going to welcome to the ring the
man who has changed wrestling for the better
over the last 25 years. But it's now said that
he is going to ruin wrestling for the rest of
us. Yes, that is the 17 time world champion John
Cena. Now, as we have been used to seeing with
his entrances for the last few weeks, and especially
with his WrestleMania entrance, no video package
again, no lighting, just music. He doesn't run
down to the ring like he was so used to him seeing.
It's a slow saunter. He's got the title belt
on backwards. He's being as disrespectful as
he can. And that. is pretty much how this is
going to continue because we are well he comes
down to the ring he gets into the ring and he
picks on the new ring announcer and he basically
he doesn't even say anything he just points at
him come here just wiggles his finger at him
and Mark Nash comes up he gets in the ring and
John Cena gives him a bit of paper and we then
have Mark Nash saying about his you know giving
his apologies because the announcement that he'd
just given had been deemed disrespectful He then
reannounces John Cena as the 17 time world champion
the greatest of all time and the last real champion
in WWE Now That's quite a big statement. You
know, this guy is using his ego and you know
what? I'm not even mad at it I am so invested
in this at the moment as someone who's been watching
wrestling a long long time and John Cena has
been a big part of my My viewing material with
professional wrestling ever since he debuted
against Kurt Angle with the ruthless aggression
You know, we've seen the Doctor of Thuganomics
We've seen the hustle loyalty respect thing,
you know, we've seen a lot of John Cena over
in that time I certainly have and I've enjoyed
seeing every bit of it too. I Really am personally
enjoying this heel fit or this heel turn. I think
it's brilliant. This is Like he said no other
wrestler has ever retired this way Boy am I hooked.
I don't know if Adam feels the same way about
this. We do talk a lot about wrestling off podcast
But it's not a question I've got around to asking
him yet, but After John Cena has basically made
Mark Nash Re -announce him in a way that he wants
to be made. He goes to lift the microphone up
to his lips and Randy Orton's music hits and
John's just stood there like really Is this how
we're doing this? That's not cool. Randy Orton
comes out and the crowd are just chanting, you
know, let's go Cena, Cena sucks, which is the
same. It's basically the same chance that we've
been getting for the last 25 years, you know,
but it's one of those, one of those things. And
Randy Orton comes out to the ring that I love
Randy at the moment. I am a big fan of this guy
have been for a long time, but Yeah this storyline
between Randy Orton and John Cena is going to
be incredible and I believe this is just the
start of it. So Randy Orton comes out and says
do you know that he found out a few days ago
it's been 25 years to the day that John Cena
and Randy Orton first shook hands and he said
until a few months ago he never changed wasn't
just a slogan for merch you lived by the mantra
of hustle loyalty and respect that was who you
are that was a part of your day -to -day life
you know and he says but you've got a void that
needs filling john and i've been thinking about
it for years and you know got the millions and
millions of children who you're a role model
to you should be a dad you should be a dad he
said you've made more wish you've john cena has
created more wishes than anyone ever in the history
of the Make -A -Wish Foundation. The Make -A
-Wish Foundation is incredible anyway but this
is a guy who has done more for that non -profit
organization than anyone ever has and I think
that is absolutely incredible. absolutely incredible
and I mean I think that means that shows how
much this guy cares you know and he's busy walking
around saying I don't care about you and I don't
care about you and I don't care about you he
does a lot of things that makes him show that
he does care you know so Randy Orton says that
John Cena should have some kids and John Cena
is pissed he says how dare you come out here
Smiling under the guise of making me feel better
and then parent shame me in front of the whole
world now The reason That was kind of put out
when it first happened that John Cena and Nikki
Bella split up was because she wanted children
And he didn't you know And it's one of those
that if that is the case that is true and Randy
said this that's a bit of a kick in the balls
my bro like you know i know you don't want it
but you should have them anyway he says you know
and john cena says look you've got kids and you
love them and good for you but the reason he
doesn't have children john cena says is because
he spent the last 25 years raising the wwe universe's
children and he feels he's done a pretty great
job i'm like you cheeky motherfucker like god
damn but then you look at it you know there's
a he calls out a kid in the in the front row
saying that his dad's a loser The kid flips him
off and he goes, great. I've just been flipped
off by a six year old. Like, really? For the
last 25 years, John Cena thinks he's been a better
parent to the children of the WWE than their
parents themselves. That's a big statement to
make, you know. But Randy says, you know, like,
come on, dude, you're not just here. If it wasn't
for these kids that... growing to be adults that
buy tickets to our shows. You know, the kids
that you've inspired to join the industry and
stuff said you wouldn't be killing it. You go,
you're out here crushing it in WWE, but without
the WWE, for you, there was no Hollywood. You
know, and without the WWE universe, there is
no WWE. So without the fans, there's no product.
Without that product, Cena would not be in Hollywood.
Right, he was made in the WWE. We are aware of
this. We have seen this for the last 25 years,
right? We're not stupid. We might be wrestling
fans, but we know what we like, right? That's
what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying to you
guys Me goes, you know Randy then comes in goes
I've made a lot of mistakes right Randy admits.
He's made a lot of mistakes He's had a long journey,
but he gets a lot of respect from the peers in
the locker room And he's here to stay. All right,
Randy is not going anywhere. He says, but John,
you're just a guest now. He said, you know, you
used to be here all the time, week in, week out.
You were injured, weren't injured. You were here.
You were doing something. Now, WWE is like a,
it's a side story for you. You're not really
too interested. You know, he's like. Cena said
he used to believe Randy Orton's perspective
about the universe, the fan, the product and
then because, but they didn't win together. He
said John Cena won on his own and he's never
needed one of them. And they all chant in the
same breath, let's go Cena, Cena sucks. Like
he's still really very much like, I did this
for me. I don't need those guys. Like, you know,
it's one of them. He said I called out a rando
who went white imagine being told you suck for
25 years and that I mean, that's a good point
It's a very good point. He said but Randy Orton
is just the same as the WWE Universe. It's a
hypocrite You know John Cena says the crowd manipulates
the truth to get their ending and he's you know,
he Which is kind of true, you know And then he
calls out a guy and says the only thing this
guy's ever done with his life is show up to a
WWE event and a Jack Black cosplay I don't think
it was actually Jack Black. I think it was a
guy that was definitely in cosplay, but probably
trying to do Mick Foley to be fair, but they
are both very similar style gentlemen. John Cena
says he's been labeled a guest because he tried
to do something different. He says, you know,
I mean, a lot of this, a lot of this was just
John repeating the same points, the same points,
but one point he did make. Which I found quite
interesting he says that Randy Orton says he
was stupid to believe he could come out here
and play the roads, you know and kind of play
the The way that things work where you know He's
the good guy and John's the bad guy when it's
normally John's being a good guy and Randy's
the bad guy You know, he was trying to work out,
you know I'm stupid for trying to come out here
and trying to flip the roles He says, but let
me just talk a little minute. He said, you've
just taken that title off Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania
in a great match. He said, but when you think
about Cody Rhodes, his theme tune says that wrestling
doesn't have one royal family. He says, you know,
it's not just that. That statement there is not
just about Cody's family. That's Randy's family,
too. For those of you who aren't aware or haven't
remembered, Randy Orton is actually a third generation
WWE superstar. So the title that Cena is trying
to run away with by calling himself a last real
champion, that's a big offensive move to say
to Randy Orton. You know, and then John Cena
says, look, I've won 17 titles already. You've
won 14, right? Between the two of them, they
have 31 world titles. That is an impressive,
impressive amount considering they're still both,
you know. Randy's still got a fair few years
in him. I reckon I reckon Randy's got another
five to six years at least I think I'm we know
seen as retiring but his body Could probably
still do another five years. I just don't think
he wants to which is fair enough, you know But
Randy Orton says that John Cena won't ruin wrestling
It'll be over his dead body because wrestling
is his life John says shut up. I'll explain like
I said Sena's won 17, Randy's won 14, but when
Sena leaves with the title, Randy will forever
be frozen at 14. He said, yeah, there'll be another
show, there'll be other matches, there'll even
be another tin can title for you to walk around.
But once you get hold of that, your counter starts
at one. And he said, he's not just trying to
erase Randy Orton's title reigns, he's trying
to erase the... the title reigns of all three
generations of Randy's family. You know, alright,
Randy says that John Cena calls himself the last
real champ. Well, prove it. You know, let's have
a match. Let's have a title match right now.
Cena raises the title up in the air and he says,
no. He said, like I've said so many times over
the last 25 years, I'm doing this to save your
ass. He said, yes, there should be a match. Randy
Orton versus John Cena for the title. He said,
but that's not going to happen here. It should
happen at backlash. Now this year, if you are
not aware in two weeks time, backlash is in St.
Louis, Missouri, which is Randy Orton's hometown.
So John says, you know, we're doing backlash
in St. Louis. You can spend the day with your
family, be well rested because when I beat you.
you won't have any excuses and uh he does he
then throws the title at randy and uses that
as a cheap shot to uh to start something i'm
getting payback for monday night raw where randy
hit him with a rko out of nowhere and and he
lines up to hit randy on with the title but misses
and randy hits an rko on and it was a really
well hit rko as well gets up and just literally
just rips off his hoodie and climbs up onto the
ring post with sena's championship belt and just
holds it up in the air vintage randy orton just
in out message sent absolutely beautiful i completely
loved it now Did I love it as much as the next
segment of this episode of SmackDown? I am going
to get right into that with you in just a moment.
But yeah, we have the arrival of Fraxium on SmackDown.
Oh yeah, baby. Now, like I just said, Fraxium
have arrived on SmackDown. So little backstory
to you Fraxium were Until very recently the NXT
tag team title holders if you have been following
following finishers and factions coverage of
NXT you will know they've actually had some really
good matches recently defending their NXT title
over on TNA with the brand deal they've got there
But they recently dropped their tag team titles
at stand and deliver to Hank and Tank which meant
they have been available to bring up to the main
roster and Fraxium were signed to Smackdown and
I'm not gonna lie I am very very excited about
what these boys can do in the main roster they
are going to be future Smackdown tag team title
holders um yeah they definitely give them six
months and they'll have that tag team title in
their hands I think and they were going to be
rocking it very well with the likes of DIY street
profits and then first of all tonight in their
debut Praxium so the team of Axiom and Nathan
Fraser go against the team of Angel and Alberto
from Los Garza who are part of the Cosmo Delgado
or something along those lines part of a bigger
group of them of Action and run by Santos Escobar
now I Didn't struggle to take notes on this match
For the reason of it was a poor match the fan
and me got really really sucked into this one
that and Whenever you watch Fraxium it is such
a high -paced fast match with so many incredible
Like quick moves it is if I was to try and do
a move by move Sort of play by play for you it
would take hours and Nobody wants to listen to
me for that long. So I'm gonna hit you with a
couple of bullet points for this one and some
of the bigger moves that I felt that you guys
might need to know a little bit about and then
we will move on consistent. The segment after
this is actually going to be a very, very fun
one and I'm really looking forward to it. So
we're going to push through this one and then
we're going to move on. So yeah, Lost Garza versus
Fraxium. We've got Angel and Berto versus Nathan
Fraser and Axiom. and it starts off with Nathan
Fraser and Angale on the outside with Axiom and
Berto on the inside and it goes into a double
team from Fraxiom pretty quickly sending Angale
on sending Berto onto the outside Nathan Fraser
and Axiom hitting suicide doves pretty much over
and over again I'm pretty sure it started off
with Nathan Fraser hitting one, Axiom hitting
one and then Nathan Fraser going over the top
rope with a moonsault or top rope with a front
flip in it to sort of take everyone out. There
was just an awful lot of aerial fence pretty
quickly until The members of Los Garza realized
that if they could stop the arrow of the fence,
they could stop most of the attack. And Angel
ends up pulling down the second rope, I believe,
when Axiom went to hit sort of a kick, like a
619 style kick, but he went through the ropes
to the outside. Nathan Fraser springboarded in,
finishing off his springboard with a nice little
super kick. and some absolutely incredible speeds
running those ropes into a springboard suplex
and a running senton for a two count Umberto.
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nathan frazier or bron raker um one of the big
ones i got here was axiom hitting a spanish fly
at the end of the match and nathan frazier hitting
the phoenix splash for the three count. So for
axiom did win their smackdown debut and it was
a very, very good match. There just was not a
huge amount of high level moves to throw out
there. And if I told you every tag in the match,
it would literally be like tag, tag, tag, tag,
tag. And that's just Nathan Fraser and action.
So yeah, this is One of the shorter matches on
the card, but it was a very very good match and
it was one of those I definitely think For the
time that it got was a really nice little introduction
to smackdown fans for Fraxium for those who do
not know what has been going on on NXT now this
next segment is something that I have been looking
forward to all episode so I'm just gonna Jump
straight into it. I think Like I said my favorite
section of this week's episode it is Tiffy time
Well, not straight away. It's not we get a reminder
about our main event Which is a tables ladders
and chairs match for the tag titles between DIY
Street profits and the Motor City machine guns
and then we hear of from Tiffy Stratton the women's
champion and she says at WrestleMania in front
of 60 ,000 people it was tiffy time and she went
toe to toe with the goat of female wrestling
Charlotte Flair and at point she did doubt herself
but she still managed to walk out of WrestleMania
a champion and she was told she was the next
Charlotte Flair but that's wrong because there
is only one Tiffany Stratton and several imitations
of Charlotte Flair. At which point we hear the
entry music of Jade Argyle Saying that it's time
of tippy basically just needs to cut it and she
came here to give credit where credit was due
and The match that they had it she had it WrestleMania
with Charlotte Flair was impressive, but it just
made the target on her back bigger and Jade Cargill
has nothing but time now that her Match with
Naomi was dealt with at WrestleMania and She
decided that she wants to remind everyone why
she came to WWE why she wants to be a champion
here And it's time to understand just because
you've beaten Charlotte Flair You're not the
best in the world because Tiffy Stratton has
not faced Jade Cargill So Tiffy Stratton basically
turns around and says you know what let's go
for it someone send a ref out here and let's
get this match on the road and the next thing
we see would be a referee come flying down that
ramp and we are taken to a commercial break as
we get tiffy stratton versus chade cargail for
the women's title on smackdown and this was well
we could have had a few impromptu matches today
and we didn't get them but this one This one
has been thrown right to us and we've got ourselves
a little bone. So this one starts off with Jade
Cargill taking out Tiffany Stratton with a shoulder
tackle. Tiffy Stratton rolls up Jade Cargill
for a two count and then Tiffy offers Jade Cargill
a handshake in the middle of the ring and Jade
takes it and basically ends up in a headlock
and then Jade Cargill gets out of that with an
arm drag. Tiffy Stratton hits an arm drag of
her own and then we get a backbreaker from Jade
Cargill. Now this match was not particularly
long but it was a brutal, brutal match. Jade
Cargill rolled Tiffy up after a running hip attack
and then hits a spine buster for a two count.
And then hits another spine buster for another
to count on the women's champion And it looks
at this point like you know Jade Cargill could
be walking out of smackdown as the women's champion
but It does not happen that way at this moment
We have reminded at this point that Tiffy has
been women's champion for a hundred and twelve
days since she cashed in that money in the bank
on the ninth wonder of the world, Naya Jax. I'm
not entirely sure if that's actually her nickname.
Now I've said that I think I've messed that one
up. Yeah, I'm definitely sure I've messed that
one up, but we are going to push through with
that one. I've got here Tiffy is pretty much
in full control. She hits a rolling senton and
a moonsault which Jade Cargill moves out of the
way from and Basically, the only reason Jade
got the opportunity to get out the way is because
Tiffy slipped on the first attempt going up for
the moonsault and she had to climb back up a
second time and we end up with Jade Cargill it
basically grabs her into a power bomb electric
chair slam for a to count and I would not want
to get on the wrong side of Jade Cargill. We've
seen some incredibly impressive manoeuvres off
her in the past and the strength of this woman
is absolutely phenomenal. Yeah, I say absolutely
incredible. Jade Cargill goes for a choke slam,
ends up getting it reversed and rolled up into
a two count and then Tiffy Stratton hits Jade
Cargill with a basement drop kick for the two
count. but Tiffany Stratton goes up top and Jade
Cargill basically just bounces like box jumps
straight up onto the top rope as well and Jade
Cargill pulls off an incredible superplex off
of the top rope but cannot get the cover in.
As Tiffany Stratton rolls out of the ring to
try and regain some breath and some composure
Naomi comes flying out of nowhere beating Jade
Cargill slamming her into the ring post two times
and then a third one for good luck as Jade Cargill
drops to the floor and Naomi is laughing like
the Joker as she enters re -enters the ring and
Naomi exits the the ring after a stare down with
Tiffy Stratton but that was just a distraction
on Naomi's behalf because flying in from behind
and basically taking Tiffy Stratton out like
a fart in the wind was Nia Jax. Nia Jax returns
after their storyline got cut short in the build
up to WrestleMania. With Charlotte Flair choosing
Tiffy after her Royal Rumble win We are now going
to go back to seeing Naya Jax ripping the head
off Tiffy Stratton at every opportunity And this
basically finishes off with Naya Jax hitting
an annihilator on Tiffy Stratton Picking up Tiffy's
title and just walking around with it raised
above her head This match shows that not only
is Jade Cargill not finished with Naomi, but
Nia Jax is not finished with Tiffy either So
where these four women's storylines are gonna
go from here. I Cannot tell I do believe there
might be a tag match at some point between the
four women I'm guessing we are probably gonna
aim to have jade and tiffy going against naya
and naomi but we'll see where that runs in the
next couple of weeks and we will see if i've
got that one right so next we jump into a segment
with jacob fatu now jacob fatu is the new us
championship Holder he won that from LA night
at WrestleMania And he comes to the ring with
solo Sacoa now solo introduces every Jacob Fatu
and they get to the center of the ring and says
That at WrestleMania everyone saw what solo Sacoa
already knew and that Jacob Fatu is the future
of this company and to let him remind us that
no one wanted jake fatu in the wwe except for
solo sakoa and he made it all happen and he is
the reason that jacob fatu is the champion because
he bought him here and took him to the promised
land at which point jacob fatu is fed up of hearing
solo run his mouth and trying to take credit
for the things that he has done in that ring
Instead takes the mic from him and says that
I told you I'd win this title and bring it back
to the family And I do it with you or without
you and he said Texas look at your new US champion
And he knows that now he's got that title. He's
now America's most wanted and with that title
He's a menace to society, but you need to get
in where you fit in because he's all gas and
no breaks with it Do you know what I mean? at
which point We see the former United States title
holder come out. Mr. L a night. Yeah And he basically
says, you know at WrestleMania he guaranteed
Jacob Fatu would eat a BFT and he did and Then
afterwards Fatu pinned him in the middle of that
ring But Knight says I ain't worried about having
a hell of a match as everyone says you had a
hell of a match He says I only care about winning
and I want my rematch or right now and then the
one person I did not expect to come into this
equation decides to hit and we hear the sound
of a sword being unsheathed and swung and the
Scottish crybaby himself Drew McIntyre enters
the arena now Drew comes out saying it's not
easy being Drew McIntyre but he feels it is and
he's got some big guns like Texas but professionally
He's been screwed over and at wrestlemania He
beat damian priest in what has been described
as the most violent match in wrestlemania history
the sin city street fight now i'm not gonna lie
to you If that was violent i've done worse things
to myself in the shower. That was the probably
one of the worst street fight matches That you
have ever seen It was that I did not feel it
was a wrestlemania quality match. I've seen You
know, we saw the street fight between Kevin Owens
and Sami Zayn that if that match had been at
WrestleMania That would have stolen the show
right? It was incredible this much The only thing
it stole was our time, right? I really did not
think too much of it After watching it again
after doing our WrestleMania coverage. I think
we got screwed But um McIntyre thanks Damian
Priest for letting him embarrass him in front
of all of his family and the next plan was he
goes on to say the next plan was to challenge
John Cena for the title But Randy Orton jumped
the line You know, which is stupid considering
Drew says, you know, I beat Randy three weeks
ago. I pinned him in the middle of that ring
He says high bloodline and yawns at a night asks
if he's done yet John Cena John Cena's Punk according
to Drew McIntyre and Drew wants to fight the
baddest dog in the yard the baddest champion
in WWE and now he says is Jacob far to I Mean,
I don't think we can disagree with that far to
is an absolute animal and I'm not gonna lie.
There's running hip attacks I think if I had
to take one I'd probably take the one just to
say I've done it and be like no Am good ladies
and gentlemen, thank you very much. I am out
of here But that is one of those that there is
a big difference between me and the guys that
jump in that ring week or night in night out
I am NOT a trained performer and They they are
and they know what they're doing and I sure as
hell fucking don't So that is one of those, I
suppose. But we then get Ello Knight saying,
wake him up when Drew is done. And Drew says
that, I don't know why he's kind of running his
mouth, his last US title run was a joke. At which
point we get to relive that amazing joke. Where
l .a. Knight says I would say your last title
run was a joke, but honestly, I can't remember
it and for those of you who aren't either I will
remind you drew McIntyre last won the championship
at WrestleMania 40 And then Damian priest cast
priest cashed in his money and the bank on him
about five minutes later. So he also lost his
title at WrestleMania 40, but it has been only
a year since Drew last held gold. Anyway, LA
Knight says, you know, to Drew, if you've got
a problem with Randy Orton, go and talk to Randy
Orton. But now it's about LA Knight and his US
title time. And, you know, I'm going to show,
why don't you come and show me why you, you know,
why you deserve an opportunity at my title. And
Drew says, you know, okay. You know, I'll give
you a fight Nick Aldis we then get to see the
general manager of smackdown comes to the top
of the ramp and says That for you know later
on in the evening It will be Drew McIntyre versus
la night one -on -one and the winner of that
match will become the number one contender for
Jacob Fatu's US title which is going to be quite
a big thing you know we could end up having Drew
McIntyre versus Jacob Fatu which i think could
be an incredible match we've seen a lot of LA
Knight versus Jacob Fatu and let's face it each
time those guys get in the ring together they
are incredible matches and you know we've as
fans here we have possibly a hell of a match
coming up so we'll wait a little bit later on
that one but first of all We get to go and see
Byron Saxton backstage with Zelina Vega basically
reminding us that two weeks ago Zelina Vega Zelina
Vega beat Chelsea Green by a count out and Then
last week she beat her by a pinfall Basically
just saying look if you beat Chelsea Green tonight,
you could be the new women's US champion At which
point Zelina Vega says that I've wanted this
for so long and her mental Rey Mysterio And the
late great Eddie Guerrero Guerrero, sorry were
both former US title holders and Zelina Vega
ain't going home until she has that US title
around her waist and we are then notified that
our next match is going to be Zelina Vega versus
Chelsea Green for the women's US title. So like
I previously stated our next match is Zelina
Vega versus Chelsea Green for that women's United
States title. We get a little recap of their
previous encounters, the count out from two weeks
ago. The pinfall from last week where we see
Chelsea Green being told by Nick Aldis that her
secret hervice of Piper Nevin and Alba Fire are
not needed at ringside So it will literally just
be that singles match and we are not going to
have any outside interference now this time We
see the secret hervice are on the outside. They
do enter down the ramp with Chelsea Green But
yeah, this really starts with Zalina Vega being
all over Chelsea Green getting a quick to count
Zalina Vega gets sent to the outside by a drop
kick from Chelsea Green and the secret hervice
do have a little bit of an altercation whether
on the outside while Chelsea Green's distracting
the ref making sure that's not seen Chelsea Green
gets countered off a move counters a move Zalina
Vega is trying to pull And we end up with Zelina
Vega basically hanging off the back of Chelsea
Green with her hanging off the ropes in the corner
of the second one and Zelina Vega finally pulls
her down. She then a few moments later hits a
meteora gets a two count followed by Chelsea
Green giving her a bit of a kick in the head
and Zelina Vega following that up with a backstabber.
and an attempted 619 but as she goes to bounce
off the ropes for the return Piper Nevin grabs
at the heels and pulls her through um we then
see the referee decide he has had enough of the
secret hervice interfering in this match um and
to be fair they've not interfered too much but
he does catch them uh the the referee does catch
them on the outside putting their hands on Zelina
Vega and does throw them out of the arena. As
Chelsea Green is watching Piper Nevin and Albert
Fire go up the ramp, Zelina Vega comes up from
behind and hits a backstabber and then a code
red for the three count. So with that that shows
us that Zelina Vega has won her women's United
States Championship Which is something we've
seen for a while. I've been wanting Chelsea Green
to drop this title for a little bit. I've Got
a little bit bored of the character. She was
playing her matches were always very There was
nothing particularly Outrageous about them. They're
all very standard She might be completely different
in other promotions with other stuff that she's
done I just don't find that the work she's done
with WWE so far has been Probably her best work,
but like I said, I'm not a professional wrestler.
So I can't really go too much into it We then
end up going into a recap from the Andre the
Giant Battle Royale Which was of course on the
SmackDown episode I covered before WrestleMania
That was with Carmelo Hayes winning after the
Miz sacrificed himself to help Melo out And basically
we end up with a backstage segment with Carmelo
Hayes and the Miz with the Miz saying that Melo
is going to be the greatest Andre the Giant Battle
Royale winner of all time Gives him a goal. It
gives him a present which is a gold chain with
a massive Pendant of Andre the Giants face on
it, which I think is incredibly cool You know,
he says that was to help celebrate mellows moment
But he is now going out to have his own little
moment and we see the Miz in the ring next Basically
kicking off saying, you know he he since 2007
He's been at every wrestlemania, but this year
he has no match. He has no mention no backstage
segment He might as well have even been there.
He's not even been there He mentioned, you know
at one point he main evented WrestleMania beating
John Cena to retain the title which is something
Cody Rhodes couldn't do and yet Cody Rhodes gets
all the cheers all the spotlight and Miz is being
a salty bitch. That is the only way I think we
can put this is Miz is being a salty bitch. And,
you know, he said when Rey Mysterio hobbled into
WrestleMania, did he choose a guy who had tenure
to take his place in that match against El Grande
and Maracano? No, he didn't. He chose Rey Fenix.
He's been in the company for two weeks. He said,
you know, when Kevin Owens got injured and Randy
Orton needed a An opponent for WrestleMania,
you know, what could have been bigger than the
Miz versus Randy Orton? No, they pulled out an
internet meme that internet meme being Joe Hendry
Oh, we've said his name he could possibly appear
but I believe in Joe Hendry There we go, but
you know Miz is sat here bitching and moaning
and then all of a sudden we see a completely
different set of music that we have not heard
for a long time. I am talking that is about the
return of Alistair Black. Now this has been hinted
on for weeks on WWE programming. You know, we've
we've seen vignettes about this for that's part
of the month. I'm guessing they were still sort
of working out contractual agreements and stuff
like that, but he's not long left AEW. He is
now back where he belongs on SmackDown and Aleister
Black literally stands up from his sat down pose
in the middle of the ring and hits black mass
on the Miz and just drops him and he sits back
down in the middle of the ring and kind of chills,
you know, which is Pretty bloody incredible if
you ask me like what a absolute legend in this
In this sort of industry Alistair black is incredible.
He wrestled in a W under the name of Malachi
black And yeah, I'm really really excited to
have this guy back in WWE We then move backstage
to a segment with Byron Saxton man. This guy
is making his money today I will tell you get
those appearances in He's talking to Bianca Belair,
who is backstage nursing some broken fingers.
Turns out that she broke those in her match with
Rhea Ripley and EO Sky at WrestleMania. And even
though things didn't go the way she wanted them
to, she's really proud of the match that they
had at WrestleMania. And EO's still the champion,
and Bianca Belair says that EO found a way to
capitalize, and that's her job. You know going
back to the whole rear shouldn't have been in
that match But while she's healing and when she
gets back, she's going to be handling business
So I think we are going to see a little bit more
of Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley going forward
possibly something at backlash maybe Not 100
sure we could get something introduced next week
We will find out But we basically then see Naomi
backstage and Naya Jax walks in on her and sort
of says look I don't care about Jade You do what
you got to do with Jade Cargill, but when it
comes to Tiffy Stratton and that title Stay out
of my way at which point Naomi goes. That's fine.
Just remember you need to proceed with caution
and I mean Don't know about you guys. I don't
think Naomi is as good as she thinks she is But
then I'm interested to see if she changes Much
more with this heel turn if we get a new set
of moves as well But yeah at the moment. I'm
a little bit bored of seeing Naomi I would much
rather see a little bit more of Jade Cargill
or sort of some of the other female superstars
that are currently on Smackdown Talking about
female superstars that leads me nicely into my
next match. That next match would be LA Knight
versus Drew McIncrire for the number one contender
for Jacob Batu's US title. So I say it was a
women's match. It's normally because Drew just
is a massive bitch. And this one kind of starts
off the same way as we really expect it. This
is a power play from Drew and he's pretty much
just, he's here to throw a mark on a title one
way or another. He wants gold around his waist.
And to be fair, I can understand why. So we get
Drew McIntyre slamming LA Knight on the floor
and flexing up them guns because he's in Texas
and he thinks they're big. And then, you know,
we see LA Knight building. This is pretty much
what LA Knight does every March. It starts off
pretty slow and then just builds his way up,
which is, you know, sensible, I think, to be
fair. It's a very sensible way of doing it. And
quite happy with one of those, to be fair. It
is one of them where... Yes, he starts off quite
slow, but we do normally end up getting a very,
very good match from from him, which is something
we like to have. Basically, we end up with Drew
McIntyre and LA Knight trading slaps and chops
in the middle of the ring with McIntyre sending
Knight outside and bouncing off the announce
table, popping him back in the ring and LA Knight
follows. up on the apron where drew shoulder
tackles him out into the barricade and his ribs
he bounces ribs first off the top of that barricade
now for you know his wrestle man remember he
had two matches on the smackdown before wrestlemania
and then ended up going against jacob fatu at
wrestlemania so this guy is battered bruised
and probably should be nowhere near a wrestling
ring at this moment Up until the point where
a few minutes later, he receives a brain buster
from Drew McIntyre for the two count. We see
Drew going for the future shop DDT, but LA Knight
reverses it and hits him with a suplex, which
was actually quite a nice little suplex to be
fair. We are then informed that today's attendance
in the Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, Texas, was
11 ,644 people. which wasn't a sold out arena
but you know there's a lot going on down in north
texas at the moment is storm season and i have
i've seen some pretty incredible ones in that
generalized sort of area so i can understand
maybe why it wasn't as sold out as we'd expect
um Joy's are always fun and games so we then
get LA Knight getting himself a jumping neck
breaker for a two count Drew McIntyre hits Probably
one of the loudest headbutts I have ever heard
and gets a jackknife cover for two and LA Knight
goes up top for the leaping elbow again for a
two count a lot we get a lot of two counts a
lot of near falls in this match, but We end up
with LA Knight getting a guillotine off the top
rope on Drew McIntyre and then a baseball slide
to send Drew McIntyre to the announce table where
he starts bashing his head off the announce table
and Just like Joe Hendry earlier on when they
were mouthing off against Solo Sacoa and Jacob
Watoo We see the enforcer again who comes in
and lays a massive Samoan spike onto LA Knight
that the ref does not see. So as Drew McIntyre
sets up the claymore, Damian Priest pulls him
out of the ring and starts beating him down on
the outside and the bells ring as Damian Priest
sends Drew McIntyre out into the crowd. And I
believe this was done as a no contest completion.
be because at the end I will go into it a little
bit further, but we do have a little bit of a
Little bit of something going on a little bit
later. Um first Damien Priest puts Drew McIntyre
through the announce table and We then see LA
night telling Damien Priest that he just cost
him his title chance as the Samoan werewolf Jacob
far to comes flying literally flying from somewhere
I have no idea where taking out both LA Knight
and Damian Priest he then ends up throwing LA
Knight and Priest back into the ring and hitting
simultaneous running hip attacks on them and
we then see Jacob Fatu drop the moonsault on
LA Knight another hip attack on Damian Priest
followed up by a Moonsault onto Damian Priest.
This is finished with Jacob Fatu taking his title
and raising it in front of everyone basically
just kind of showing that he is the dog. Right
and for our last little section of the evening
or the afternoon sorry we are going into the
final promo, well it's not even a final promo,
it was a recap of Monday Night Raw where we saw
that Bron Breaker has aligned himself with Seth
Rollins and Paul Heyman. And then we go into
our final backstage segment of the episode as
well, where we see R -Truth talking to one of
the Uso brothers. Where he basically says that
when he grows up he wants to be just like John
Cena At which point the uso brother says that
he is already grown up looks very confused now
talking about confusion I referred to them easy
uso brothers. I should know the difference between
the two I think this was Big Jim. I Am NOT 100.
I think this was Big Jim, but it could have been
Jay but Yeah, no, it was one of those and as
we lead into it we have our main event of the
evening Which was that ladder match the triple
threat tables ladders and chair match for the
WWE tag team titles this is between Street Profits
DIY and the Motor City machine guns and boy have
we got a match for you as our main event of the
evening. This one started off with Motor City
Machine Guns going for DIY and then Street Profits
go after Motor City Machine Guns and DIY. DIY
come up on top and go straight for a ladder where
we see both members of Motor City Machine Guns
running baseball slide Into the ladder pushing
DIY out a little bit further and then street
profits coming in to beat motor shitty machine
guns down There was a lot of a lot of big spots
in this March Which I actually really really
enjoyed and there was a few parts in this match
where I kind of felt wasn't really needed of
too much. We do end up with see Motor City Machine
Guns hitting a facial on the new freshly shaved
Tommaso Ciampa. I believe the guy slipped in
the bathroom and ended up cutting open his chin
which meant to get stitches the beard had to
come off and he must have been pissed. We see
Angela Dawkins throw in a ladder and set it up
Chris Saban locks in a choke hold on Angela Dawkins
as he's climbing up the ladder Just basically
just rear naked choke holding him and Angela
Dawkins is just like yeah cool. I'm just gonna
continue going up There was loads of chair shots
loads of ladders being tipped over Montez Ford
gets tangled up in a ladder at one point just
gets left hanging Yeah, I can't really there
are so many different bits into here, you know
DIY suplexed Chris Saban onto a chair at one
point Johnny Gargano went to do a double team
suplex with the Tommaso Ciampa to someone on
to two chairs and he turned them around so the
backs are in the middle and He ended up getting
bounced off the backs of those chairs I can't
even tell you where to begin with this one. You've
got people being dumped over the announce table.
It really was just an incredibly complicated
match, incredibly brutal match that sees everyone
that took part in it get all their spots in that
they needed to. Everyone got their shit in. Some
of it was more brutal than others. You know,
I. Tommaso Ciampa managed to put Montez Ford
through a bridge ladder with a white noise. That
was probably one of the most impressive things.
They had this ladder bridged on the outside of
another. Yeah, Montez. Ford just gets dumped
through it by Tommaso Ciampa and they both go
down with that one. Johnny Gargano goes up top
and Motor City Machine Guns pull him down and
they end up getting a combo kick on Johnny Gargano
and then Motor City Machine Guns hit a skull
and bones on Johnny Gargano through a table.
One of them is stood on the apron with Johnny
Gargano and they hit the skull and bones through
a table which was absolutely mental. Chris Saban
put Angela Dawkins through a table. You know,
Montez Ford gets back into the ring and suicide
dives over the top, putting Tommaso Ciampa through
a table. People are just broken bodies are lying
everywhere. Tables are just getting destroyed.
You know, Angela Dawkins spears Tommaso Ciampa.
Midair through a table to master champers hanging
on to where the title belts like have been attached
He's trying to get them off and they've moved
the ladders away So he's hanging in midair and
just like Jeff Hardy got hit by edge in that
roofless match between the Hardy boys edge and
Christian and the Dudley boys They had a repeat
of that and Angela Dawkins speared him out of
the air straight through the table and if this
finally finally finishes with Street Profits
managing to retain their title after Chris Saban
goes up the ladder and there is Wanna say it's
Johnny Gargano up the other side Montez Ford
is stuck in the ladder, but as they get halfway
up, he's managed to relieve where he was stuck
and he spring boards off the ropes halfway up
the ladder, knocking Johnny Gargano and Chris
Sabin down and basically just climbs up around
the light. If you look at these ladders, you've
got one on each set of rungs and Montez Ford,
he's climbed up the side of it. There's nothing.
He stood on the bit that makes it stand still.
and he drops them both swings up round onto the
outside and takes both titles off for street
profits to retain those smackdown tag team titles
i've not done this main event a huge amount of
justice i implore you to go and watch it on netflix
on uh whichever service it is um it is uh distributed
on in the area that you live but bugger me This
was a hell of a match and to watch Street Profits
come out with the title was pretty cool. Must
admit, I was hoping Motor City Machine Guns were
going to do it myself. But yeah, no, we get Street
Profits retain this one and with the end of this
episode and the end of this match, we get to
see The final credits with Street Profits celebrating
in the ring. So yeah, brilliant episode this
week I have been rich and I will be back with
Adam for finishes and factions does Monday night
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