October 18, 2024 WWE Smackdown - REVIEW

Commentary: Wade Barrett & Corey Graves

Location: Columbus, SC

Venue: Colonial Life Arena

Attendance: ~8,900 (unsourced)

Live TV Viewers: ~1,652,000 on avg (Forbes)

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The Malapert Smark Podcast Review System:

🤯 - Mind Completely Blown!!! [+10]

🔥 - This Was Fire!! [+5]

👍👍 - Loved It! [+2]

👍 - Liked It [+1]

OrangeCassidy 1/2 👍- Kinda Liked It [+0.5]

👊 - Indifferent [0]

👎 - Didn’t Like it [-1]

👎👎 - Hated It [-2]

🤮 - Made Me Sick [-5]

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7 Angles

Totals for this episode of Smackdown:

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark 

👍 4

👎 1

👊 0

TOTAL SCORE: +3.0

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert 

👍 3.5

👎 0

👊 1

TOTAL SCORE: +3.5

Robert TheFrozenAsian 

👍 4

👎 0

👊 1

TOTAL SCORE: +4.0

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Angles:

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*1) A Big To-Do Transporting Men's Crown Jewel Title Belt To Arena, Title Belt Displayed as Cody Cuts Promo on Match With Gunther

THREE SEGMENTS (9:51)

-Very official looking security transporting Men's Crown Jewel Championship Belt

-Footage from house show in England from past week with Interim UFC Champ, Cody & Gunther taking picture together

-In-Ring Segment: Cody promo

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👎

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2 👍

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “I get that WWE are really good and playing things up to make them seem important, but I was really bored by this promo. And Cody talking about past champion vs champion matches that didn’t have conclusive finishes and had a ‘clever out.’ Don't say it's a clever out! Good god man. Talk about selling out the business right on the show.😖 That one hurt man.”

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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*2) Jey Uso Meets With Solo, Says Solo Splitting Up the Family "Not It"...Jey Also Turns Down Roman's Attempt To Talk... Conversation Between Solo & Roman Ends With Bloodline Once Again Beating Down Roman & Jimmy

THREE SEGMENTS (31:56)

-Opening In-Ring Segment: Solo, Jacob, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa...enter Jey Uso

-Backstage Segment: Roman & Jimmy...enter Jey

-In-Ring Segment: Roman, Solo...enter Jacob, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, Jimmy Uso

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👍

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “All right. All right. I'm diggin this. Jey showing up and talking about the new Bloodline members was very interesting. The fact that he got testy with the new Bloodline gives hope to Roman and Jimmy to get him on their side. Roman shouldn't give up so easily on earning Jey's forgiveness. I think that's a slight problem with the plot. But I liked this a lot."

⭐️Vlad: “Why did Jimmy show up?"

⭐️Robert: ""

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*3) WWE Tag Team Title Tournament #1 Contender's Tournament 1st Round: Motor City Machine Guns Victorious In Debut... To Face Victorious DIY Next Week With Tag Team Title Shot On the Line

TWO SEGMENTS (22:59)

-Match: DIY (Gargano & Ciampa) def. Pretty Deadly (Prince & Wilson) & Street Profits (Ford & Dawkins) (3-Way Tag)

-Match: Motor City Machine Guns (Shelley & Sabin) def. Los Garza (Berto & Angel w/ Elektra) & A Town Down Under (Theory & Waller) (3-Way Tag)

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2 👍

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “MOTOR CITY! Yes! Watched TNA from 2010-2012 when they had an epic 7 match series with Beer Money."

⭐️Vlad: "Half-thumbs up for Motor City Machine Guns."

⭐️Robert: ""

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4) With Tiffany Out Sick, Candice LaRae Steps Up To Help Nia Jax... They Defeat Bailey & Naomi With the Help of Indi Hartwell

THREE SEGMENTS (10:10)

-Replay: Liv & Raquel Costing Nia Against Naomi Last Week

-Backstage Segment In GM's Office: Aldis, Nia...enter Candice LaRae, Indi Hartwell

-Match: Jax & LaRae def. Bailey & Naomi...interference from Hartwell

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “I honestly kinda liked Candice & Indi randomly getting involved in this. Gotta get em involved somehow. Nice."

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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5) Lash Legend Gets Impressive Victory Over Piper Niven

ONE SEGMENT (5:51)

-Match: Lash (w/Jakara) def. Piper (w/Chelsea)... Bianca & Jade watch from ringside

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - “I SKIPPED THIS”

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👊

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “That finish! Damn! Lash is strong!"

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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*6) Nick Aldis Unable To Give Randy Orton Match With Kevin Owens, Owens' Unavailability Decision From Upper Management

THREE SEGMENTS (4:53)

-Replay: Cody & KO from Post-Bad Blood (off-screen), KO attacking Orton Last Friday

-Video recorded by Kevin Owens

-Backstage Segment in GM's Office: Aldis, Orton

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👍

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Will be nice if we get a scene with Orton & HHH."

⭐️Vlad: "Interesting."

⭐️Robert: ""

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*7) LA Knight Named Special Referee For Next Week's "Game 7" Between Andrade & Carmelo Hayes

TWO SEGMENTS (2:10)

-Backstage Byron Interview: Andrade, Carmelo...enter Aldis 

-Backstage Byron Interview: Aldis...enter LA Knight

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2 👍

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Oh man. LA Knight's gonna referee Game 7. I guess we might not get a definitive ending. Maybe it'll go beyond that."

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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