2025-05-09 WWE Smackdown - REVIEW
2025 Malapert Smark Podcast Review System (Rev2):
🤯 - Mind Completely Blown!!! [+10]
🔥 - This Was Fire!! [+5]
❤️ - Loved It! [+3]
👍👍 - REALLY Liked It! [+2]
👍 - Liked It [+1]
½ - Kinda Liked It [+0.5]
👊 - Indifferent [0]
👎 - Didn’t Like it [-1]
👎👎 - Really Didn’t Like It [-2]
🤬- Hated It [-3]
🤮 - Made Me Sick [-5]
🙋♂️- Chris Jericho Bad [-10]
Or any combination of the like…
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https://malapert-smark.blogspot.com/2025/04/welcome-to-my-blog.html?m=1
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Solo review from me here, but Vlad “The Wrestling Expert” sent in a comment from his vacation through text praising Jacob Fatu’s promo… See Storyline # 1…
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STORYLINES:
(1) US title 4 Way business…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Tag match ahead of upcoming 4 Way has drama…
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: 👊
(B) Drew stands tall on this night...
(C) Solo & Jacob Fatu…
Details:
Enter LA Knight…
-Replay: beef between these four from 2 weeks ago and last week on Smackdown….
Tag Match: Damian Priest & LA Knight vs Jacob Fatu & Solo Sikoa…
LA Knight & Damian Priest did not coexist very well but regardless….
Winners: LA Knight & Damian Priest…
-Afterbirth: Post Match, after all the tension in the match, LA Knight & Damian Priest start fighting. Jacob Fatu recovers and takes down Knight & Priest…
Enter Drew McIntyre, who puts down Jacob Fatu to end the segment…
-Backstage Interview w/ Drew McIntyre…
-Backstage Segment w/ Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: Big Drew McIntyre fan here, but Drew standing tall here for sure gives away that he won't be winning that title, not that i would expect Jacob to lose it this soon...
⭐️TheWrestlingExpert: I'm not watching as much wrestling but I just caught Jacob Fatu backstage promo on Smackdown. He's still soooo good.
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(2) John Cena appears ahead of Backlash showdown w/ Randy Orton…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) R-Truth continues to support John Cena… Jimmy Uso takes exception…
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: 👊
(B) Randy Orton once again RKOs John Cena…
Details:
-Backstage Segment w/ R-Truth & Jimmy Uso…
-Video Package has more history of John Cena & Randy Orton….
-John Cena cuts IN RING PROMO…
Enter [unknown person] who takes an AA from John Cena…
Enter Randy Orton who RKOs John Cena and leaves him layin to end the show…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: Interesting ruse from Orton, but Cena getting laid out again kind gives away the ending of the actual match. no way he'll get laid out and then lose too!...
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(3) Alexa Bliss returns as Zelina Vega’s partner yo face the Green Administration…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Chelsea Green mourns losing US title...
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: +1/2
(B) Alexa Bliss returns...
Details:
-Backstage Segment recorded earlier in the day has Chelsea Green mourning in Nick Aldis’s office…
Enter Nick Aldis, Zelina Vega… Aldis makes a match for later tonight…
-Tag Match: Secret Hervice (Chelsea Green, Piper Niven) w/ Alba Fyre vs Zelina Vega & Alexa Bliss…
Winners: Zelina Vega & Alexa Bliss…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👊
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: Alba Fyre did nothing to help!… As for Alexa Bliss returning, I don't know if anyone cared quite as much as this one guy...
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(4) Melo Don’t Miz got a plan against Aleister Black…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Turns out Melo Do Miz as plan backfires...
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: 👍
(B) Aleister Black getting old?...
Details:
-Backstage Segment w/ Miz, Carmelo Hayes…
-Match: Carmelo Hayes w/ Miz vs Aleister Black…
Miz gets on the apron to interfere but gets nailed by his own guy…
Winner: Aleister Black…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark:
(A) I really like how these two have come together... it's been a heart warming friendship :D. Im sure Melo will be forgiving of Miz here...
(B) Interesting close ups in Aleister Black who seemed to be struggling… are they already setting up a retirement angle? i know he aint no spring chicken...
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(5) Santos Escobar tries to scold Berto after tag loss but Berto ain't having it... is this the end for Legado Del Fantasma?...
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Rey Fenix feud w/ Legado Del Fantasma…
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: +1/2
(B) Legado Del Fantasma falling apart…
Details:
Enter Berto & Angel to attack Rey Fenix…
Enter Andrade to check on Rey Fenix after the attack…
-Tag Match: Los Garza (Angel, Berto) w/ Santos Escobar vs Andrade & Rey Fenix…
Winners: Andrade & Rey Fenix…
-Afterbirth: Post Match, Santos Escobar scolds Berto, who isn’t having it and walks off on this stable’s leader…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: Legado Del Fantasma has been a complete failure to me, but this segment showed that these are still great wrestlers, and i’m glad they’re giving them a chance to finish their arch…
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(6) Charlotte has enough!…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Charlotte quits after fans get to her...
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: 👍👍
(B) Charlotte insulted by Jade on her way out...
(C) Alexa Bliss / Charlotte...
Details:
Enter Jade Cargill who cuts promo insulting Charlotte Flair who’s on her way out…
/Backstage Segment w/ Nick Aldis, Charlotte Flair…
Exit Nick Aldis…
Enter Alexa Bliss…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: wtf is going on? i gather that it's obviously a work... it seems like it's getting difficult to book for such former top level superstars in their older age (Becky Lynch too)... idk. it's tough... they dont wanna take any losses without it being a huge deal... so she lost to the WWE champion coming after injury! she should get back on the horse and start trying to climb back up the ladder, but I guess theyre trying to say something about Charlotte's personality here...
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(7) Naomi’s interference ensures Nia Jax becomes new #1 contender for Tiffany Stratton’s WWE title…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Noami's distraction costs Jade against Nia...
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: 👍👍
(B) Nia / Tiffany feud continues...
Details:
Enter Naomi, who attacks Tiffany Stratton on the outside… this is a distraxtion for a Jade, leading to the fall…
Winner: Nia Jax… who becomes new #1 contender for WWE title…
-Backstage Segment w/ Tiffany Stratton & Nia Jax…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: I’m giving this a 👍 for Naomi and Nia Jax inching toward becoming a full on team and heel Naomi still going after Jade… they need a women’s HIAC match to settle this!… I have been a big fan of crazed heel Naomi...
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(8) WWE tag title business…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) WWE Tag champions lose to Fraxiom...
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: 👍
(B) DIY lay out tag division rivals...
Details:
-Street Profits (Montez Ford, Angelo Dawkins) cut in ring promo…
Enter Fraxiom (Axiom, Nathan Frazier)… DISCUSSION…
Enter Nick Aldis, who cuts a promo booking the next match…
-Tag Match: Street Profits (Montez Ford, Angelo Dawkins) vs Fraxiom (Axiom, Nathan Frazier)…
Winners: Fraxiom…
-Post Match, Street Profits show respect and shake hands w/ Fraxiom…
-Backstage Segment w/ Fraxiom (Axiom, Nathan Frazier) & Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin)…
Enter DIY (Johnny Gargano, Tomasso Ciampa) to attack both teams and leave em layin’…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: Getting Fraxiom the win was nice and made some decent sense... Im not as fond of DIY taking out four guys all at once backstage...
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(9) Street Profits put over Michin & B-Fab in quest for WWE Women’s Tag titles…
Details:
-Backstage Segment w/ Street Profits (Montez Ford, Angelo Dawkins), Michin, B-Fab…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: Well, it wasn't much of a story but they still did it, so I'm listing this as a storyline... SOMEBODY BOOK MICHIN and B-FAB for a tag title shot, PLEASE!...
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Other:
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(A) Video Package highlights upcoming Gunther vs Pat McAfee match…
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