A Room with a Review: SmackDown 07/10/20
After this week, I’m questioning if I should even bother continuing with SmackDown. Read on to see what garbage they presented that has pushed me to the breaking point.
- The Miz and John Morrison are in the ring to start things off with an episode of MizTV. They make a bunch of substance abuse jokes, so it’s obvious that their guest will be Jeff Hardy. They play a clip recapping the Hardy/Sheamus feud because we haven’t suffered enough. Miz and Morrison suggest they should finish things off in a bar fight. Jesus Christ, WWE. Also, Jeff starts a fight with both of them because he feels slighted.
- After a commercial break, it’s Jeff Hardy vs. Miz w/ John Morrison. Hardy jumps to the outside onto both of them, but really took the worst of it. Just when Jeff is ready for the swanton bomb, Sheamus pops up on the TitanTron with a pint of Guinness. Miz uses the distraction for a roll-up, but Hardy rolls through for the pin.
- Sarah Schreiber is backstage with Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura. They get mad that she would think a victory for them tonight would be an upset. Cesaro reminds her that Shinsuke beat Kofi last week, so nobody should consider it an upset.
- Sasha Banks and Bayley Dos Straps come out, and Nikki Cross jumps on Bayley’s back while her music is still playing. One commercial break later, we get Bliss Cross Applesauce vs. the Golden Role Models. Outside the ring, Banks throws Bliss into the ringside railing. Cross responds by hitting Sasha with a dropkick through the ropes, but Bayley rolls Nikki up and uses the ropes for leverage to get the win.
- Next up is a replay of the Bray Wyatt/Braun Strowman match from Money in the Bank.
- New Day gets their chance with Sarah backstage. They channel Dennis Green and get Sarah to march with them.
- After the commercial break, Jey Uso is hosting a SmackDown Karaoke Challenge between Lacey Evans, Dana Brooke, Tamina, and Naomi. Because why have these wrestlers wrestle? Honestly, I muted most of it. Naomi was the overwhelming winner, but Lacey assumes Jey rigged it for his sister-in-law, even though the voting is based on “crowd” response. Evans jumps Naomi and we get another commercial.
- Well, we finally get a wrestling match, as Naomi and Lacey face off in their street clothes. It ends in a no-contest when Dana and Tamina get involved.
- AJ Styles talks with Sarah about how badly he beat Drew Gulak last week. She lets him know that Matt Riddle is his challenger next week, and Styles doesn’t take it well.
- It’s time for the main event. It’s the New Day vs. Cesaro and Nakamura for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships. The evil foreigners get the early advantage, cutting the ring in half so Kofi can’t make a tag. The match ends in a no-contest when all four men get in the ring and start brawling, ignoring the referee’s count. They continue to fight on the outside until Cesaro grabs a table and sets it up in the ring. With Big E laid out on the table, Cesaro power bombs Kofi from the middle rope and onto E, with both of them going through the table.
Honestly, this was another skippable episode of SmackDown. Every match, even the impromptu ones, were either a no-contest or involved some sort of distraction. And the karaoke segment that resulted in the women rolling around the ring barefoot instead of just having a legitimate wrestling match just seemed like a PG version of the old Bra and Panties matches.
Why should I keep watching SmackDown? Let me know in the comment section below.
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