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PRIMER WWE SMACKDOWN
APRIL 30, 2019
LOUISVILLE, KY. KFC YUM! CENTER
AIRS ON NETWORK ON USA, 20 H EST
BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR
Advertisers: Tom Phillips, Corey Graves, Byron Saxton
Arena and articles published by WWE [1965900] ] WWE Smackdown will enter KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, KY. The arena opened in October 2010 and hosted a handful of WWE events, including Smackdown, in April of last year. So many changes in a year. Big Cbad was still on the list with Daniel Bryan. Babyface Charlotte Flair had just dropped the Smackdown Women's Championship at Money in the Bank, Carmella. Babyface Randy Orton had just given the US championship to Jinder Mahal in a fatal four-man match at WrestleMania. Shinsuke Nakamura was suing A.J. Styles for the WWE Championship. This quarrel was considered a quarrel of dreams. Charlotte, Bryan, Orton are all at heel now. A J. is on Raw. Nakamura is now in the team division with Rusev.
Nostalgia aside, we continue to prepare for Money in the Bank this year. This is what the WWE.com site has announced tonight:
Matches & Segments:
- Shane McMahon Will Crown New Smackdown Tag Team Champions
- Kevin Owens Will Respond to Kofi Kingston's Attack the Week last
- Mbadive Six Team Match Against the Blue Mark
- Ali and Andrade Will Face Off Tonight
Scenario Follow-up
• Which Raw Superstars Will Benefit from the "Wild Card Rule?"
• Shane McMahon Will Crown New Smackdown Team Champions
• Jeff and Matt Hardy sadly had to quit last week's Smackdown Tag Championship that they won a few weeks ago with a win over Usos, who reside at Raw.
Jeff was attacked by Lars Sullivan the same night and was "injured" at the knee. (In fact, Jeff had knee problems and the attack was to sell the injury.) The Hardys have never defended the titles. Here is the WWE clip about this match, which includes Sullivan's attack, and Jeff in a WWE.com exclusive that discusses his knee injury:
WWE advised on their website and on Twitter, Shane McMahon "crowns" new team champions. They post a graphic on their website and on their Twitter account asking who should receive this honor:
Let's get to the bottom of things. Who should be the new #SDLive #TagTeamChampions ?? Https: //t.co/RTe9krkSs
– WWE (@WWE) May 5, 2019
Analysis of Frank: their absence in this chart is that of the colonists (Primo and Epico), who are always listed on the Smackdown list. It's not that I want to do a big deal to a team that has not been featured since the Obama administration, but you'd think that with a reduced composition, they would have a chance to rise. To my knowledge, the last time they worked on television, was Survivor Series. In addition, Finn Balor and Ali are a team? When did it happen? In addition, where are the Apollo, Shelton Benjamin, Chad Gable and Jinder Mahal crews? Can none of them team up with Matt Hardy? Matt was not hurt. Whatever it is, if it happens as advertised, it will be the first time that a champion is anointed since Eric Bischoff did it with Triple H, which gives it the title of world heavyweight champion in 2002. Many people think it will be Shane and Elias. Why a tournament or games to determine a championship, right? (Eye roll) Granting the team division on Smackdown is slim, but that's not the point.
Kevin Owens' Answer to Kofi Kingston
Much of last week's episode of Smackdown was about the current situation with Kevin Owens and WWE Champion Kofi Kingston. Michael Cole … of Raw … started the show by interviewing Kofi. Kofi went out, throwing pancakes and smiling. Nevertheless, they have relived Kofi's journey in recent months to win the WWE title. They then discussed Owens's betrayal a few weeks ago, explaining how they thought he had changed, but eventually it would be Kevin Owens. Kofi challenged Kevin at Money in the Bank and put his WWE title in play. Kevin agreed.
Later, in the final segment, Kevin hosted the KO show and was to have Xavier Woods as guest. Kevin, who had interrupted Kofi's and Cole's earlier interview, got a very good kick for Woods who attacked him during the break. Woods did not show up when Kevin revealed both the Woods and Big E action figures. He lowered the chair on which he placed the figures. Previously, he had explained that the WWE Championship was a burden for Kofi, as he had done earlier, and was ready to relieve him of this burden at MITB. Kofi went out and went after Kevin. He threw it around the announcement table before Kevin replied with a rake to the eye and withdrew. Here's a little twitch on Twitter as they prepare to head to MITB:
So, after all these discussions, @FightOwensFight is helping him by fleeing. Well, he'd better do his cardio because it's a long run to # MITB . When I catch him (and I catch him), he will understand why I am the champion … positively #RunOwensRun
I'm at least man enough to look you straight in the eye when I stab you in the back. https://t.co/WWXvU9T1Mv
– Kevin (@FightOwensFight) On May 1, 2019
Kevin responds tonight to Kofi's attack. Kofi remains WWE champion after successfully defending the title on Raw last night against Daniel Bryan, both of whom appeared on Raw because of the wild card rule.
Frank's badysis: There seems to be a real intensity between them, although I do not like Kofi coming out smiling and throwing pancakes. During his interview, he should have had a specific purpose, feeling upset by Owens' betrayal. Nevertheless, the situation resumed and Kofi came out at the end as a champion and showed his dissatisfaction with the way Kevin talked about him. It will be interesting to see Kevin's answer tonight because he will likely be a victim since he was attacked by both Woods and Kofi.
Match for six women by team: Bayley and Carmella and Ember Moon against Charlotte Flair and Fire & Desire (Sonya Deville & Mandy Rose)
After last week, we know who will participate in the match of the ladder Money in the Bank the aforementioned PPV in less than two weeks. Bayley, Mandy Rose, Ember Moon, Carmella, Alexa Bliss, Dana Brooke, Natalya and Naomi will be fighting for the contract, as the WWE likes to call it (I call it a briefcase). Carmella was the first winner in 2017 (twice) and Alexa won the bid last year.
Last week, we had a taste of the upcoming show in many ways. Bayley faced Raw & Smackdown champion Becky Lynch in a title match. Bayley made a short gap by beating Becky's Disarm Her after an eight-minute game. After the match, Charlotte Flair attacked her MITB opponent, Becky, and threw Bayley into the corner. Charlotte had defeated Bayley a week earlier in Game 1.
Sonya Deville graciously asked Mandy Rose to take the place offered to "one of them" as Mandy said. Mandy manipulated Sonya a bit to tell him to take it.
Ember Moon was interviewed and after talking about 25 lines of business, Carmella interrupted and reminded all her past triumphs and explained to her that she would show why "Mella, it's money.
we have a variant of the match on the scale to come while Bayley teamed up with Carmella and Ember Moon to face Charlotte Flair and Mandy & Sonya.
Frank's badysis: Carmella acted like his old heel, though I do not think so. WWE believes that it is a big problem since eight women will be fighting for the contract. You can certainly feel that there may be problems in the future with Mandy and Sonya, as we teased several times, although I do not know how good the result will be. As for tonight's match, it's pretty simple. With Money in the Bank, there will be tensions and problems. The winner does not really matter here.
Ali vs. Andrade
The men's money match in the bank also took shape last week as Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor, Ali, Andrade and Randy Orton. They join Ricochet, Braun Strowman, Baron Corbin and Drew McIntyre. Strowman, Corbin and Orton have already won the MITB. Of these three men, only Orton managed to defeat WWE's new champion Daniel Bryan at SummerSlam 2013 with the help of Triple H. That night was the birth of The Authority.
Back to the news, last week, Ali & Balor defeated Orton & Andrade. They won the match in about eight minutes when Ali hit his 450 Splash against Andrade. Tonight, in another variant of the next ladder match, Andrade faces Ali head-to-head. The match was announced on the WWE website and on Twitter this weekend. Here is a small exchange on social networks between them and Ali in an exclusive WWE.com with Dasha Fuentes about Money in the Bank:
Yo apagaré la luz. Yo be el futuro. Another step for me before taking the #MITB . #SDLive #AlivsAndrade https://t.co/K5X1e0G45u[19659006CLINIQUE-~ELIDOLOÅANDRADE(@AndradeCienWWE) May 5, 2019
Frank's badysis: This should be a good match. I imagine that Andrade would go to the end, although it's hard to tell given how he became a victim of the 50/50 book club (including the commercial victories with Finn Balor recently). Ali worked a lot but seemed competitive. Do not forget that he had to be in Kofi's place at the disposal room. You wonder what could have been if he had not been hurt.
In For "Wild Nights"
Following Roman Reigns, Daniel Bryan and WWE Kofi Kingston posing on Raw last night during the first part of the film. Vince McMahon was out to talk to the fans. Vince (due to an epiphany that he had suddenly) instituted the "rule of the wild card". At first, he said that this rule allows three Raw wrestlers to show up at Smackdown and vice versa. Last night, Roman Reigns defeated Drew McIntyre via DQ following interference from Shane McMahon and Elias. Yes, I said Elias, bringing to four the number of Smackdown wrestlers appearing on Raw.
Later, Lars Sullivan attacked No Way Jose as his conga line headed for the ring. Yes, I said Lars Sullivan. This brings the total to five people.
Later, Vince was on the phone and talking to someone. He said that Elias did not count as a person coming because he was with Shane (is this now a way of talking about someone you've referred to as the biggest Smackdown acquisition?). a few weeks ago?). Nevertheless, he said that he could suspend or dismiss anyone who breaks the rule. As Lars walked. Vince, seeming intimidated, changed the rule of the joker to allow four wrestlers to appear.
I am happy that we have understood correctly. Tonight we'll see who benefits from the wild card rule.
Frank's badysis: So, I understand they canceled a house series at Smackdown last night. Should we believe that Vince suddenly had this epiphany with everyone show up at the opening segment? Give me a break, he knew that he was instituting the rule of the wild card. How is Elias not counting because he's with Shane and how did Lars know he was not going to get fired or suspended by running? It's a sloppy and silly writing, which is the real problem of this business. Listen, I'd be lying if I did not say that the wildcard rule has potential, but that's not the question. The problem in this society is not who is on which show, it is writing. They just book at 50/50, they just give Roman Reigns the air of a star, segments of comedy that are not funny (Usos and Revival last night), segments as they have made with Braun Strowman and Sami Zayn last night you roll your eyes, without using their full list, making the team division a joke, having impromptu matches that people do not believe deserve to be impromptu, giving the impression that they had no plans for the show, incoherent writing from one week to the next. week, and taking the crowds and people of the ring introductions and matches with absurd commercial breaks. Have I missed something? Moving people from one show to another will not solve the problems of the WWE. He is looking at the root cause of the problem, which unfortunately starts with the boss, and he is not going away anytime soon.
Not announced for follow-up:
• Kairi Sane and Asuka won a squash match with WWE. Feedback from IIconics Women's Team Athletes
• Roman Reigns beat, I suppose now, Team B (Curtis Axel & Bo Dallas), with Elias as an outside special executor. Reigns faces Elias at Money in the Bank.
• The new Bray Wyatt show, episode two of Firefly Fun House, aired last week. Third episode broadcast on Raw, on which Bray is listed as a wrestler. If episode 3 is broadcast tonight as well, does Bray count among the four players who take advantage of the wild card rule?
Start time and matches announced on the website of the Arena
The KFC Yum! The center's website announces a start time of 19:45. local time with the doors opening at 6:15 pm They announce that Kofi Kingston will defend the WWE title against Daniel Bryan.
205 Live will follow the main show.
Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. Questions and discussions are welcome. Thank you for reading!
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