The one and only smackdown thread

[Guest]

Orton looked awesome.

I thought he looked too average. The ladies will like his punk ass though.

 

Ugh, here comes the "Edge is just SO funny, let's have him embarass Angle again" segment.

 

Can't Edge just see that Angle is funnier than a marathon of "The Young Ones?"

 

Poor poor Angle. There's always hope for Benoit next week.

What the fuck are the "Young Ones"?

 

Albert... so... oily... (ralphs)

 

Albert... no... cup... (ralphs several times)

Holy shit am I glad I didn't see that match. How did you see he didn't have a cup?

 

Anyway another shitty Smackdown. There hasn't been a good one sicne the split.

[Guest Human Fly]

What's the deal with Mark Henry being backstage and bending and breaking stuff up? Is he the WWF's traveling backstage sideshow entertainment for the wrestlers? At least Christian bashed him with the frying pan. He should have bashed Test too while he was at it.

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

I liked Orton, I liked his father, and I liked his grandfather.

 

The six man tag was rather good.

 

I managed to miss albert's match! (LuckyME)

[Guest Special K]

The "Young Ones" was a sometimes hilarious, sometimes just silly Brit comedy. It showed on Comedy Central for a little while.

 

A quote from IMdB

 

Mrs. Smiley: Do you dig graves?

Neil : Yeah, they're alright, yeah

 

Overall, Smackdown left an overall bad taste in my mouth. When two of the most comedically talented wrestlers (Edge and Angle) in the company haven't had a funny segment in forever, though they've been feuding, you know something's wrong.

 

Hey, Christian and Storm were on SD! Oh wait....

 

It bums me a little when guys, like some Cruisers, get buried because they're bad on the mic. However, Christian and Storm are both great on the stick and in the ring. THey were both IC champs. I'm starting to think they pissed people off. Either that or they just don't politic aggressively enough. *sigh*

[Guest evenflowDDT]

Orton wasn't bad at all.  The match was perhaps a little uncompelling, but his drop-kick and cross-body and roll-up are all better than Maven's.... hmmmm.... how about Orton vs. Maven with a "loser goes back to OVW" stip? I'd pay to see that! OK, not really.

 

What's up with Billy, Chuck and Rico providing one of the most entertaining moments of the show again? They're still my favorite WWF guilty pleasure... although I'm a bit worried over who they'll show in a thong next week.  I hope its not someone who would look terrible in a thong like Stacy Keibler... how about Albert in a thong next week?

 

Angle rules, as usual.  He cut a damn funny in-ring promo that makes me miss The Rock even less because now I don't have to worry about there not being any of his entertaining promos.  Is that really going to be Angle's new shirt though, or is he even going to have a new shirt at all?

 

Poor Christian.  Not only does he have to job to Mark Henry, but he has to submit to a bearhug.  Let me repeat that, a bearhug.  I think Hogan winning the title has torn some sort of void in the wrestling time continuum and taken the whole company back ten years, which is the only time a bearhug could actually be credibly used in a match period, let alone as a finisher.

 

D'von the preacher beating the holy hell (pun intended) out of a sinner.  Nice... maybe if preachers did that more often in real life the world would be a better place.

 

Anyway, that's all I can remember from Smackdown... oh yea, YOU CAN'T POWERBOMB KIDMAN~!

[Guest Redhawk]

Give the devil his due, Hogan got a MONSTER pop. The other HHH is getting a really weak pop. It seems Hogan murders the heat of anyone he's wrestled!

But did you notice on RAW -- the show WITHOUT the ability to edit and use so much canned heat -- he didn't get a big pop.

 

"Whatcha gonna do, when Hulkamania runs! Wild! On! (silence)."

[Guest Hogan Made Wrestling]

"But did you notice on RAW -- the show WITHOUT the ability to edit and use so much canned heat -- he didn't get a big pop."

 

Go read any of the spoilers. They all confirm Hogan got a monster pop that went on so long Hogan had to try and calm down the crowd.

[Guest]

I concur. My friend was at the Smackdown tapings and told me on his cell phone that very night. He said it was "thunderous" and the loudest pop of the night

[Guest Risk]

Albert needs a full body wax, no nipple piercings, and pants and shirt.

 

Risk-No shirt, no pants, no keeping my lunch down.

[Guest Austin3164life]

"But did you notice on RAW -- the show WITHOUT the ability to edit and use so much canned heat -- he didn't get a big pop."

 

Go read any of the spoilers. They all confirm Hogan got a monster pop that went on so long Hogan had to try and calm down the crowd.

And you're going to believe the WWF spoilers?  Come on now, even without all of the exclamation points, they say some of the biggest bullshit I've seen.  I remember how the used to over exaggerate about people's pops like Rock, Angle, Austin, Triple H, Hogan, and so on.  Hogan's pop on Raw was not that loud, because you could tell in the middle of the promo his heat started dying.....

[Guest notJames]

What the fuck are the "Young Ones"?

I know it's been answered already, but it was in my opinion one of the best short-lived Brit comedies ever. Four morons living in the same house, getting into bizarre and almost sadistic situations. Plus they had musical guests like Squeeze, the Damned, Madness, and Motorhead (no Triple H theme, though). If you're at the video store, pick up one of their tapes. I think they come in 3-episode tapes. Great stuff, if you're into non-linear, wacky Brit humour.

 

And Angle, although he is top-notch funny, is not in the Young Ones' league. Maybe Kids in the Hall...

 

As for sMcMahonDown, the 6-man tag match was short but okay, although they really should keep the cruisers separate so they can establish themselves, and the main was so much better than any main I've seen on free TV in a while. (Jericho is that good.) Other than that, nothing really tickled my fancy.

[Guest Hogan Made Wrestling]

"And you're going to believe the WWF spoilers?  Come on now, even without all of the exclamation points, they say some of the biggest bullshit I've seen.  I remember how the used to over exaggerate about people's pops like Rock, Angle, Austin, Triple H, Hogan, and so on.  Hogan's pop on Raw was not that loud, because you could tell in the middle of the promo his heat started dying..... "

 

Did I say WWF spoilers? Please show me where I did. Go read any of the spoilers at any of the dirtsites (or even the spoilers that were posted here) or talk to someone that was there. I know you want to try as hard as possible to discredit Hogan but sometimes there's just nothing there to do it with.

[Guest Special K]

Look, I'm pretty ambivalent towards Hogan, but while I can see them useing canned heat, I CAN'T see them fuckin' digitally inserting all those fans standing on their feet for like 5 minutes. You could see EVERYONE on their feet, and Hogan was looking all verklempt. He got a monster pop.

[Guest Brian]

But in two months, when Hogan's being overexposed as champ and people realizing just how good he really is, will he still be as over. Frankly, the mirage only lasts so long before you get to close and see the truth.

[Guest Will Scarlet]

Smackdown seemed like it was  dull to me.  I enjoyed the Six-Man match, but basically turned off the tv after the Angle-Edge segment.  The whole Mark Henry segment kind of saddened me.  I thought the whole point of the spilt was help give more tv time to guys the WWF could not give much tv time to in the first place, yet I see Christian, Lance Storm, Val Venis, the Hurricane, Test, and a few other guys standing around, betting on whether Mark Henry can bend a frying pan or not.  ??? They seem to be worse off after the split, at least before, some of these guys did more than just stand around cheering on Mark Henry.  That is one thing I enjoy about Raw, at least they are TRYING to get guys on tv, and trying to get them over.  Not saying they are getting over, but they trying to do new things with them.  So far Smackdown has had Tajiri, Kidman, Mark Henry, and D-Von doing different things, but everything else still seems the same.  Jericho and Angle are still jobbing to the stars, Maven is still that Tough Enough guy with the nice drop kick, and so on.  Ah well, maybe next week...

[Guest]

Glad to see people recognized what I used to call my little private comedy-fest. I always have to explain what the show was to people.

 

I'm realizing I really should have taped this week's show. It's the first Smackdown I didn't tape in five weeks.

[Guest JHawk]

You know what bothers me the most about the Mark Henry backstage bit?  When he was bending the "steel" bar.  Granted, if it's really steel it's going to be a bitch to bend. But at least when Bill Kazmaier did it in WCW 10 years ago, he bent it over the back of his neck rather than contorting his body into 18 different positions.  It looked more impressive then.

 

Oh wait, I forgot.  We're not supposed to remember anything before Backlash.  Oops.

[Guest Hogan Made Wrestling]

Bending the bar over your neck is actually the easiest way to do it, which is why it's the preferred method you will see in tough man competitions.

[Guest gangsteruwa]

Did anyone else hear Cole say something along the lines of "Maybe Jericho can finally silence his critics with a win tonight."  This was during his match with HHH.

 

What is wrong with that quote?

 

To start Jericho is wrestling one of the critics.  HHH blames Jericho for his lack of heat as Champ.  Boo-urns HHH, Boo-urns.

 

I haven't heard too many fans criticizing Jericho.  I haven't heard many dirt sheet writers criticizing Jericho.  Most people praise Jericho for being a great wrestler, and the only people that should be criticized are the writers that came up with the crap he was put in (servent to Stephanie McMahon, servent to Lucy, servent to HHH's ego).  Whoever is feeding Cole and the WWF fans this information is basically calling us all retarded.

 

The only people criticizing Jericho are those with power in the WWF.  The Bookers, The Writers, The Wrestlers With Power, and The Management.  Conspiracy?  Maybe.  Bullshit?  Definately.

 

Other than that stupid comment the show was pretty good, except for Albert, and the man ass.  Also they really need new commentators.  I liked Taz at first but now he is getting on my nerves.  And Michael Cole, jesus christ, I'm a better commentator then him, and I could bore a crack-head.

 

I rant way too much.  Maybe I should rave next time.

[Guest Anglesault]

Overall, Smackdown left an overall bad taste in my mouth. When two of the most comedically talented wrestlers (Edge and Angle) in the company haven't had a funny segment in forever, though they've been feuding, you know something's wrong.

Edge hasn't been funny in a LOONG time. I think we've truely realized justhow much Christian carried that team on the mic. "You're a Dork, Haha, goof" may have been funny like, once, but it doesn't approach funny now.

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

Why is this shit still pinned? And since people are getting special titles around here, can I put in a bid to be named the Corporate Champion?

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

it's pinned till raw.

 

anglesault and angle-plex didn't want their custom titles the mods are mocking them

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

I know, but it would still kick ass to be the Corporate Champion.

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

lol

[Guest evenflowDDT]

Bending the bar over your neck is actually the easiest way to do it, which is why it's the preferred method you will see in tough man competitions.

Before this gets unpinned... I can deal with the fact that you're a Hogan fan who feels compelled like all Hogan fans to defend his honor at every chance, but defending Mark Henry?!?!?! Christ man! What's this world coming to?