SmackDown Knows Where the Next Stop Is... You Coming?

A Good Tuesday to You, Enthusiasts!

How did you like last night’s RAW?  I don’t know if it’s a good thing, but it was more fun than Summer Slam to be honest.  Again, not sure if that’s what they were going for but I hope someone is taking note.  Sasha Banks returned on a Heel-Turn.  Could the blue hair indicate a brand switch as well?  And they’re starting to get a feel for how to showcase the 24/7 Title.  Good for them!  The only bit that didn’t really work for me was the main event.  AJ Styles and Seth Rollins got into it fair enough but when The OC jumped in to DQ the match, Ricochet came riding in to the rescue.  I guess that was to dovetail off the feud he had with Styles but it confused the hell out of the crowd.  I didn’t see it coming either but I was able to piece a hypothesis together.  Yet, that’s not the end of it.  To provide further support, M.I.A. Braun Strowman returned to assist in the walloping on the Heels.  What’s funny to me about this is that the crowd has no problem with this truly random addition.  I don’t know, guys.  That doesn’t look good on us.  We can’t go complaining about “no-decisions” if we’ll cheer if you just trot out the right person.  I’m glad Strowman’s back but I hope this doesn’t prompt the WWE to go back to just slapping things together.  They’re actually making an effort, people.  Demonstrate you have the wherewithal to follow.

That being said, for tonight’s SmackDown it shouldn’t be too hard.  Since Roman Reigns was apparently only used to promote Summer Slam, we finally get a match with him accepting Buddy Murphy’s Twitter challenge. Bayley may contemplate who she’ll face next for the battle for the Women’s Title.  Kevin Owens will probably segue us into the King of the Ring Tournament set to start next week.  And of course, we must address the ending that wasn’t when it comes to Kofi Kingston and Randy Orton.  This will be very interesting because due to the intense, negative response they received on Sunday, there will be some incentive to sell this.  It’s already clear the angle may be a bit too contrived and I’m not sure how they’re going to save this stew.  May take more than some lemon juice.  We’ll see how they even things out.  Funny tweets get retweeted and as for Likes/Favorites, we can be more lenient now because there is some time until Clash of Champions and we’ll have some additional fodder in terms of King of the Ring.  We don’t have to be too persnickety but we should uphold some sort of standard.  Strangely, it’s now kinda on us to prove we have the stomach for better executed/planned material.  Let’s show we can have a beer and pay attention as well

See You in a Bit,

-Nicole Alexis (^_~)