Wrestlefreak 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2006 Smackdown Preview The Animal to open the show The World Heavyweight Champion will be in the Hampton Coliseum to open the show on Friday. The Animal plans to get SmackDown off to a quick start. Brothers of Destruction in action Fresh off their impressive singles victories at Armageddon, the Brothers of Destruction will be back in tag team action on SmackDown. Wait until you see who the Brothers face on Friday. U.S. Championship on the line The rivalry between Chris Benoit and the Guerreros will also continue on Friday. The Rabid Wolverine will put his United States Championship on the line against Chavo Guerrero in singles competition. The Armageddon aftermath begins on SmackDown this Friday night at 8/7 CT on the CW Network. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another good show. Judging by the quality of 2006, it looks like 2007 is gonna be another great year for Smackdown! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billdynamite 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2006 yeah i already said this in the spoilers thread, since we in England get Smackdown earlier than you peeps in the US, that the tag main event was very enjoyable and i can't help but buy into Finley being a legit bad-ass. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trackc53 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2006 "I don't need gifts, I'm rich" - JBL. he's awesome.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haVoc 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2006 Boogeyman; future CW champ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mecca 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2006 After seeing that replay.......Nitro is lucky he didn't take it in the face like Mercury did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blade2kxx 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2006 Hot damn, that was an awesome promo from JBL... seriously, just amazing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Exslade ZX 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2006 I really enjoyed that main event. I really liked the series of them keeping the Undertaker on the outside of the ring like that. Not to mention Taker and Kane FINALLY got the stereo chokeslams pretty much perfect. An Finlay took the tombstone in an interesting...way with his arms out like that, but it looked nice. Overall, nice solid main event. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest netslob Report post Posted December 23, 2006 Hot damn, that was an awesome promo from JBL... seriously, just amazing. it was good, but Foley did it better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest NYankees Report post Posted December 23, 2006 7 fucking posts??? Are you kidding me? How many posts were the Smackdown threads from 2001 getting? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk 34 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2006 7 fucking posts??? Are you kidding me? How many posts were the Smackdown threads from 2001 getting? Most of the talk occurs in the spoiler thread. Raw and Live ECW gets more pages/comments because of the unknown/bad nature. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scroby 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2006 Didn't Finlay use to use the Tombstone as his finisher back in WCW? If so, I find it ironic that he was beat with a tombstone from the Undertaker tonight.....Tuesday...YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benn 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2006 Another good show. Mercury was a champ to be at that taping, and Nitro and Matt are looking great despite doing both shows for the past month or so. I was also surprised to see Ashley bring the workrate in the Divas tag match, hopefully from hanging around London and Kendrick recently she's improving like Candice has been and it wasn't just a flukey good night. Bring Carlito over to Smackdown and push him to #2 face. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chazz 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2006 With Nitro and Melina on SD again tonight, is there even a reason to keep the illusion that a "Brand Extension" still exists? They didn't even try to explain what those 2 were doing there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dobbs 3K 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2006 Yeah, they really need to drop the brand extension if they're going to keep doing stuff like that. Either that, or just say "Well, each guy is on one roster, but they can wrestle on any show if the GM allows it" or something to that effect. They've already admitted ECW is just another "brand" anyway. Chavo-Benoit was really good last night. Like it or not, they've done a good job booking this angle with Vicki Guerrero. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Just John 0 Report post Posted December 25, 2006 That SD was the epitome of "just there." Batista/Sylvain was random, but at least it was short. Benoit/Chavo was alright. I hate where the angle is going with Chavo beating up Vickie and Benoit having to save her. And I hate all the lines being fed to JBL about Benoit being a woman beater. Not so much for content, but just for how stupid they make JBL look for saying them. Even with kayfabe, no rational person could possibly make a case for Chavo saving Vickie after he shoved her down, could they? It's good to see they're giving Mercury some personality and screen time now, since Nitro has far surpassed him in status. The Nitro/Matt match was ok. Biggest problem is there was virtually no mention of London and Kendrick who should've been put over huge after their win at Armageddon. The divas match was god-awful. I suppose I should give them some credit for trying some new spots, but I don't think any of those spots could've been executed more slowly or less convincingly. The ME was an alright match, but the context made it so much worse. I'm sick of the BOD god-push already and Finlay continuing to drop falls makes little sense. Why Kane isn't jobbing every week is beyond me, unless they want to give him a throwaway title match at the Rumble or something. He isn't going to work for more than a couple months, yet you keep putting him over guys you could still get mileage out of like Finlay, MVP, and Kennedy... I don't get it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mecca 0 Report post Posted December 25, 2006 Yeah, they really need to drop the brand extension if they're going to keep doing stuff like that. Either that, or just say "Well, each guy is on one roster, but they can wrestle on any show if the GM allows it" or something to that effect. They've already admitted ECW is just another "brand" anyway. Chavo-Benoit was really good last night. Like it or not, they've done a good job booking this angle with Vicki Guerrero. Yea drop the brand extension...I could really use 5 hours of DX and Raw booking.......oh and guys like Yang and Helms not getting on TV anymore...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
