The OAO Thanksgiving SmackDown! thread

[Guest Choken One]

Anyone ever watch a Battle Royal and start thinking "MMM...They should done a Tournament" seeing 18 people in the ring at once...

[NYU 0]

Well.....nice way to screw over the fans and disappoint them.

 

BAIT AND SWITCH~! = HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO THE WWE FANS!!

[Guest JMA]

"Bullshit! Bullshit! Bullshit!"

[Guest Choken One]

U REALLY thought there were having a fucking match with 3 minutws left in the show?

[CanadianChris 0]

I wasn't watching the clock. Sue me.

[The Mandarin 0]

Every final four has to have at least one unlikely suspect. This week:

 

Shelton Benjamin.

Let me try to recall some from the past..

 

2001- Billy Gunn

2002- Mr. Perfect

2003- Batista

[NYU 0]

Anyone ever watch a Battle Royal and start thinking "MMM...They should done a Tournament" seeing 18 people in the ring at once...

The Intercontinental Title earlier this year. It would have meant so much more for the return of the title if they would have waited a month, and decided to base Bad Blood around an Intercontinental Title tourney. But, of course, they hot-shotted the title to Christian in a stupid battle royal, and nobody really cared.

 

As for this battle royal, I kind of liked it. They should have never promised the Lesnar title shot tonight though, unless they wanted a WHOLE bunch of unhappy fans. They could have easily had the same result, just without screwing over the people.

[claydude14 0]

I was hoping the video footage would have a clear cut winner but the announcers would sell it as if it didnt.

[Guest Choken One]

Those are rumbles...

 

I'll do the list

 

1991-Brian Knobbs

1993-Backlund

1994-Fatu

1995-Crush

1996-Kama

1997-Fake Diesel

1999-D'lo

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

Wasn't Rikishi in the final 4 in the '03 Royal Rumble?

[Guest Choken One]

03?

 

NO...

 

It was Lesnar, Taker, Batisita, Kane

[MillenniumMan831 0]

Every final four has to have at least one unlikely suspect.  This week:

 

Shelton Benjamin.

Let me try to recall some from the past..

 

2001- Billy Gunn

2002- Mr. Perfect

2003- Batista

I'll add some more (in terms of pushes at the time):

 

1989 - Rick Martel

1990 - Rude/Hercules

1991 - Bulldog/Knobbs

1993 - Backlund/Martel

1994 - Fatu

1995 - HOG

1996 - Kama

1997 - "Diesel"

1999 - D-Lo Brown

2000 - X-Pac

 

EDIT --- Choken beat me out to most of those.

 

Other battle royals:

 

SNME 1987 - Smash

SNME 1991 - Valentine

WM2 - Russ Francis

WMIV - Paul Roma

 

Oh crap, can't think of any more.

[ANKLELOCK 0]

I really enjoyed the battle royal because I thought it would suck. John Cena may be the most over wrestler in WWE right now. Good Show overall.

 

And to whoever said RAW is better than SD!, no, it isn't. The gap isn't as gaping but it is still the same.

[Guest Choken One]

Every final four has to have at least one unlikely suspect.  This week:

 

Shelton Benjamin.

Let me try to recall some from the past..

 

2001- Billy Gunn

2002- Mr. Perfect

2003- Batista

I'll add some more (in terms of pushes at the time):

 

1989 - Rick Martel

1990 - Rude/Hercules

1991 - Bulldog/Knobbs

1993 - Backlund/Martel

1994 - Fatu

1995 - HOG

1996 - Kama

1997 - "Diesel"

1999 - D-Lo Brown

2000 - X-Pac

HOG was a final 5. (Luger, Crush, Shawn and Bulldog were the final 4)

 

Rude was a former I.C champion fresh off an feud with Warrior...

 

X-Pac was the #2 heel of sorts and had A HUGE push going into the rumble getting the #30 slot.

[Guest Choken One]

Valentine wasnt a shock since he was always hyped as the IRON MAN...

 

Shawn was a bigger out of place person as he was merely a tag teamer.

[MillenniumMan831 0]

Valentine wasnt a shock since he was always hyped as the IRON MAN...

 

Shawn was a bigger out of place person as he was merely a tag teamer.

I forgot about Michaels. I figured that whole Ironman thing was just a Monsoon reference toward him.

 

"He doesn't get warmed up till 20 minutes in" he'd profess night after night.

 

I'll give ya Rude, but X-Pac did finish 3rd and eliminated Kane, which I wouldn't (but probably should've) expected.

[Guest Choken One]

Valentine wasnt a shock since he was always hyped as the IRON MAN...

 

Shawn was a bigger out of place person as he was merely a tag teamer.

I forgot about Michaels. I figured that whole Ironman thing was just a Monsoon reference toward him.

 

"He doesn't get warmed up till 20 minutes in" he'd profess night after night.

 

I'll give ya Rude, but X-Pac did finish 3rd and eliminated Kane, which I wouldn't (but probably should've) expected.

If you recall, X-Pac cheated about 4 times in 2 minutes just to eliminate Kane.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

This is a lose-lose situation for Benoit.

 

If he wins, he is jobbing to Lesnar and Cena is getting "the real" shot at RR.

 

If he loses... he loses. He gets the "real" shot at RR, but he lost to Cena... AGAIN. The only way they can make it right is have Lesnar come in and F-5 Benoit costing him the match - as if to say he doesn't want Benoit and that Cena is an easier win. Of course, Cenamania runs wild, so I'm bettin that Cena beats Benoit in about a minute.

[Guest Choken One]

and what makes you so fucking sure that Lesnar would go over Benoit?

 

Esp since Lesnar/Goldberg is all but penciled in for Mania...

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

Because Benoit is Benoit - and I am convinced the WWE will never do him right.

[Guest Choken One]

Benoit could go over the corpse of Andre the Giant but you would still bitch because he didn't win with the Crossface but merely the swan dive.

 

RRR: Clearly, Benoit isn't MAN enough to make that dead rotting corpse tap out. Fuck WWE.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

Fuck that.

 

I'd bitch about Benoit having to fucking bump for another hoss.

[Guest M. Harry Smilac]

The battle royale was alot of fun.It's been done soooooo many times but I still mark out when everyone converges on Big Show.

 

Smackdown doesn't have really good storylines but the wrestling is still better then anything you'll see on RAW.

 

The only downside to the show was The Cat skit.

 

Smackdown > Raw

[Guest Choken One]

We've established this

 

Raw: Better Storylines

Smackdown: Better Wrestling (barely)

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

I don't find Raws storylines to be particularly "good". It all seems painfully same-old, same-old.

[Guest Choken One]

at least they make sense...

 

Once they eliminated the Austin factor...the storylines are better.

 

Smackdown seems a little confused...

 

and Raw deserves points for making something with it's shitty roster and just about everyone save for Dreamer, Spike...have a purpose.

 

SD has about 15 people wandering aimlessly.

[Guest Mulatto Heat]

I have to agree with that.

 

I don't give a shit about practically everyone on the RAW roster (my own fault due to my apathy, I'm willing to admit) but I do recognize how the writers have been able to find something to do with so many of those on that roster. Can't say the same about Smackdown.

[Guest Choken One]

Exactly...

 

Name ANY raw wrestler and with the exception of Dreamer and Oft-Injured Spike...Everyone seems to get an spot on the show and has something going on...one way or another.

 

The Battle Royal showed how SD has about 15 people doing NOTHING and how the show is focused on ONLY 10 people...

 

Cena, Brock, Benoit, Morgan, Jones, TBS, Eddy, Chavo, Tajiri and Knoble.

 

11, if you count A-Train as a person.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

So how does "doing something" translate into "good"?

[Guest Choken One]

who said good?

 

I said "BETTER".