Just in case any of you don’t know what Talking Smack is, it is a show hosted by Renee
Young and Daniel Bryan that features guests from the Smackdown Live roster, and they discuss
and share opinions mainly related to wrestling. It’s certainly an entertaining show adored
by many fans and I can see why. There is a lot of drama and backchat. What’s not to
love!?
John Cena has been the face that runs the place for over a decade and let’s be honest,
whether you like him or not, you cannot help but to respect the man greatly for all the
work he has done for the WWE. But that doesn’t stop him from talking smack to anyone he doesn’t
respect, especially Dean Ambrose. In an episode of Talking Smack with Dean Ambrose, he went
on to state that: “John Cena and Dean Ambrose don’t like each other.” John Cena immediately
fired back at that statement in the September 27th edition of Talking Smack by saying: “No,
Dean Ambrose doesn’t like John Cena. John Cena doesn’t care about Dean Ambrose.”
He then went on to say that if Dean wants him to care about him, then at No Mercy he
has to step up or step aside. If you ask me, Dean pretty much got owned. I feel we are
getting a bit of the ruthless aggression Cena again. This might be a good thing actually.
As we all know, Dolph Ziggler can sure cut a hell of a promo and his promo in Talking
Smack was no different. During his moment on Talking Smack, Dolph Ziggler gave a rant
about how he is just as angry as The Miz and how you have to go above and beyond even if
that means you are going to get yelled at. He also goes on about how he only wants to
be known as the best and doesn’t care about red carpets, which is a direct shot towards
The Miz. Ziggler finally wraps up his rant by talking about how he wants to prove to
everyone that he belongs here and belongs on top of the business.
The Lunatic Fringe, Dean Ambrose had quite the say when Daniel Bryan began pushing his
buttons after mentioning if Dean really believed that he was better than John Cena. Ambrose
went on to talk about how John Cena was a snake in the grass. He also backed up his
decision about calling Cena a lazy part timer after Daniel Bryan brought up his promo towards
Cena on Smackdown Live. Ambrose’s frustration really became ominent when he began calling
out John Cena to come over to his locker and say something to his face. He also mentioned
how Cena has no friends. Finally, Ambrose mentioned how he did not care about John Cena’s
opinion, Steve Austin’s opinion, Daniel Bryan’s opinion and heck, his own girlfriend
Renee Young’s opinion. Although it was a worked shoot promo, Ambrose’s raw emotion
did reveal some truth behind some of his statements.
Even though Carmella’s assault on Nikki Bella during a Talking Smack taping turned
out to be worked shoot promo, I felt it needed to appear on this list as it was a significant
factor in Carmella turning heel. The apparent fight took place when Nikki Bella mentioned
how Carmella was a “bootleg Nikki Bella.” Moments later, an angry Carmella came charging
in and attacked Nikki Bella from behind. That smile moments before Nikki was hit really
didn’t sell out the fight as if it was real or something. Who thought wrestling was fake
eh? The fight ended when a crew member physically carried Carmella from the area and the Usos
took Nikki Bella away from the scene.
Probably the most famous moment that happened on Talking Smack was The Miz tearing into
Daniel Bryan after he made a comment about how he doesn’t like how The Miz wrestles
and that he comes off as a coward. It started when The Miz asked Bryan why he didn’t respect
the Intercontinental Title. Daniel Bryan replied by saying that he does respect the Intercontinental
Title but not the person holding it. He also went on to state how The Miz comes off as
a coward who does not want to get hurt and that he embodies the “soft style” wrestling
of WWE. However, Miz fired back, and in a very passionate worked shoot, said that his
style has kept him for 10 years in the WWE injury free. This left Daniel Bryan to storm
off as The Miz continued with his verbal smack.