Samoa Joe is going to Money in the Bank!
Lana and Naomi had a dance off!
And a big WWE star returns from injury!
Literally ‘big’ because it’s Big Cass… and he only really missed a week to be honest,
I struggled to come up with a good title for this video.
Because I’m not even supposed to be here today.
Luke always reviews SmackDown and I’m filling in for him again because apparently he’s
got to check on someone he’s got captive.
What could that mean?
I’m Oli Davis, click the ‘i’ above my head to vote for what you thought of the show
- where you can choose from SmackDamn, SmackTastic, Smack Bang in the Middle, Ellsworthy and The
B Team BBQ - as I review the 29th May, 2018 edition of SmackDown Live ...in about 4 minutes.
Big Cass Returns.
Yay.
Samoa Joe opened SmackDown with a Kane-like promo, including phrases like ‘salvation’
and ‘campaign of fear’.
The difference between Joe’s delivery to Kane’s, though, is that when Joe says stuff
like this, it’s legitimately terrifying.
But bringing up Brie Bella and Birdie was too much, and Daniel Bryan came out to break
Joe’s leg.
Speaking of broken legs!
An injured Big Cass then appeared to reveal we won’t be getting the much-anticipated
Joe vs Bryan main event, because Paige has said Cass will be facing Joe instead once
he’s cleared.
Which is right now.
A scuffle ensued, with Cass standing tall with the briefcase.
As much as I was looking forward to Joe vs Bryan - and I really, really was - this is
smart long term booking.
Joe vs Bryan is a big time match, and deserves more of a feud and story around it.
Paige later revealed it would be a triple threat between all three men to get the last
Money in the Bank match place.
Shinsuke Nakamura beat Tye Dillinger How do you build up a Last Man Standing match?
Fight someone who’s whole gimmick is counting the number 10.
Which means…
Tye Dillinger’s still employed everyone!
This was a very effective filler match to build to AJ Styles vs Shinsuke Nakamura in
three weeks’ time, with Nakamura pinning Tye after a Kinshasa, and then knocking him
out after the match for the ten count.
It would’ve been significantly more effective, though, if Nakamura won the actual match that
way instead of a simple pin.
AJ Styles put over Shinsuke’s striking game to Generic WWE Interviewer No. 3 afterwards,
and then said something about Nakamura about underestimating hi-I wasn’t really paying
attention.
I couldn’t stop looking at AJ’s hair.
Lana vs Naomi (Dance Off) Now that Lana’s in the Money in the Bank
match, how do you get around her not being a very good wrestler?
Dance offs, of course!
Rusev and Aiden English accompanied Lana down to the ring, so The Usos joined Naomi because
they’re not doing anything else right now.
Lana busted out a half spinarooni and some robot based offence, while Naomi did this
thing with her butt.
They then both danced together and hugged - which was horrible for a moment - until
Lana gave Naomi a neckbreaker and started a brawl!
This wasn’t terrible.
New Day beat Miz & The Bar Possibly the best thing on the episode, though,
was the very fun and frantic New Day vs Miz and Bar six man tag.
Xavier Woods leaping over the top rope by using Sheamus as a step, Kofi jumping off
the ring post to the outside!
It was a great match, which Big E won with a Big Ending on Miz - possibly hinting that
he’ll be getting the New Day’s Money in the Bank place, especially with his singles
victory over The Miz last week.
Karl Anderson Has Abs In a new addition to his character, Karl Anderson
now talks about his abs.
Just when the Good Brothers were about to call their Money in the Bank opponents ‘Nerds’,
though, the Bludgeon Brothers appeared on a nearby TV screen to threaten about liquefying
bodies.
Asuka beat Mandy Rose Before Asuka’s match with The Stunning Mandy
Rose, the Best Friend And Room Mate Of the Stunning Mandy Rose Sonya Deville attacked
her on the ramp.
This allowed The Stunning Mandy Rose to somewhat believably get the upper hand, before eventually
tapping to the Asuka lock.
Charlotte and Becky Lynch bantered about Money in the Bank backstage, so Paige booked a match
for them next week.
Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas Has No Time For Luchadors Stand down, Rey Mysterio-led Latino faction
in WWE.
When Sin Cara tried to embrace Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas backstage for also being Latino, Zelina
Vega told him to get lost.
Samoa Joe beat Daniel Bryan & Big Cass The main event was a really good, fast-paced
triple threat, with each man getting their chance to shine.
As ever, though, Bryan was once again the standout - never content with playing the
beaten down babyface Roman Reigns-style, he was constantly fighting both men].
It’s a fascinating dynamic considering his smaller size to Roman.
Despite appearing to be the underdog, Bryan is mostly booked to take at least half the
match.
Roman, however, gets beaten for 80% of the match, despite being physically larger, and
just snatches at the end.
Having the match won against Big Cass, Bryan was then caught from behind in Joe’s Coquina
Clutch and passed out.
Which is a noble way to lose, but it does beg the question…
why didn’t Reigns lose his Backlash match against Joe when he visibly passed out in
the hold?
Cass beat up Bryan afterwards with the Big Boot.
Yay, that feud is continuing.
This was a very watchable episode, with all the feuds being furthered and two really good
matches.
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