SmackDown Keeps Us on Track for Survivor Series...

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts?

 

It’s a rainy one in Southern California. Given the time of year, it’s a good time to stay nice and snuggly inside. I’ve been making the most of it 😉 As for the Wrestling World, there are a few things going on but nothing setting the world on fire. We’ll get into a bit of it but this shouldn’t be a long post. Not that much to talk about but enough for a brief chat. Let’s get started, shall we?

 

We’ll start in the Realm of AEW as they had their Blood & Guts event on Dynamite this week. All I cared about was the main event so, I checked that out. Well, I just hope everyone has their immunizations up to date because this stuff is a mess. So, I didn’t care for the “gore” but my focus, as always, is on the progression of the Future and I see that we’re getting there slowly but surely. As it should be.

 

Jon Moxley has been operating with some humility as one would think he’d be the final entrant, but he let PAC have the honors which is fitting because if we’re going by skill, it’s PAC who closes, hands down. PAC’s role to play was to dispatch of the scrappy Darby Allin who got himself tossed onto a flaming table. Yet, the “big news” is how Kyle O’Reilly appears to have Mox’s number as he was able to get him to tap out and secure the victory for the Faces. With Mox proving he’s human, do the Riders of Death start to doubt their fearless leader? It all depends on how they want it to go. We all know that every faction comes together only to break apart so, deterioration is inevitable but how it all happens is up for debate.

 

Personally, it doesn’t really matter to me as long as everything goes down dramatically enough to support the Future. Things have to get nuts enough that “drastic moves” are made all around. Faces have to be sick of the Riders and Mox has to do enough for just about everyone to get “sick of him”, especially. All I’ll say is that things can’t get ridiculous. Over the top, sure but if it gets silly, it could impact the Future and that would be a shame. There’s still a lot of time on the clock so there’s no rush. They should all have fun with this but things have to be “believable” more or less. Why it ramps up to what it might has to make some sense.

 

It doesn’t have to happen this way, but I can see Mox trying to reassert himself after these “missteps”. There could be a thoughtful push to “preemptively strike” the Riders’ enemies going forward to send the message that though the Faces got the jump this time, don’t expect that to be the norm. This message should be sent within reason to start but as the Faces start to fight back, that’s when things can gradually start to get “out of hand”. Mox should be the one to take it to the next level and it’s up to them if the Riders start to question the direction.

 

If anyone does, however, my vote is for Wheeler Yuta to start to crack. This doesn’t have to happen this year but depending on what goes down, I’m seeing him as being the one starting have pangs of conscience. He could eventually get ousted and someone else could get recruited to take his place. It could serve as a nice subplot. They have to think of the future after the Future after all. In the meantime, I’ll leave them to it. I’ll observe the fallout and give my 2¢ if need be. Funny how that phrase may have to be updated to 10¢ in the future. With no more pennies, I guess it becomes 2 nickels instead.

 

In any case, let’s head back to the WWE Universe. We all know that this time of year is reserved for the final big PLE/PPV and that’s Survivor Series. It tends to come with WarGames but I’ve been seeing that a lot of fans are losing interest in the concept. Not sure why. I don’t hate it but I do kinda miss the simple teams going for it set up. Perhaps in the future, they can have Team Leaders who recruit and instead of bragging rights being the goal, it may be to settle on-going beefs or something. I see they’re trying to insert more drama into the content. For instance, Drew McIntyre could be a Leader in the future and he could assemble other heels ‘cause he’s just so sick and tired of Cody Rhodes. Rhodes, in response, assembles his “Team of Justice” to squash this constantly pissy noise. I don’t need it to be brand affiliated. I want to see whoever puts on a good show so, that’s how the leads should proceed. Just tossing out ideas.

 

While they figure all that out, for tonight’s SmackDown we can expect to see Ilja Dragunov continue to build respect for the US Championship Open Challenge. Sami Zayn will check in on Solo Sikoa. The “new and improved” Jade Cargill will get in B-Fab’s face for running her mouth. LA Knight will face a mystery opponent for a shot at being John Cena’s final opponent and Jey Uso will try to make quick work of The Miz to advance in the same tourney.

 

Dinner is a joint effort tonight so, I won’t be too distracted. I should be nice and comfortable by the 8 o’clock hour (Pacific Time) and so, if you don’t have anything else going on, feel free to join in the fun. It’s just another way to pass the time.

 

See You in a Bit,

-Nicole Alexis (^_~)