A few untelevised Smackdown-ees;
Liv Morgan
Chad Gable
Apolo Crews
Mickie James
First two are a touch surprising.
A few untelevised Smackdown-ees;
Liv Morgan
Chad Gable
Apolo Crews
Mickie James
First two are a touch surprising.
Smackdown
Date: April 16, 2019
Location: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Commentators: Corey Graves, Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton
It’s the second night of the Superstar Shakeup and that means it’s time to find out who is coming over to the blue brand, either from Raw, 205 Live or NXT. One of the more interesting things is how people who were on the show last night could pop up here, meaning things might not be as one sided as they seem. Let’s get to it.
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The Night Of Smart Moves
Some good additions for the blue brand tonight.
Finn Balor and the Intercontinental Championship are on the blue brand, and that does sort of take the sting out of his loss to Andrade last night on Raw, at least somewhat.
Bayley and Ember Moon are both solid additions to the women's roster. Kairi Sane and Asuka as a team represented by Paige has promise, Kairi & Asuka are both colorful and energetic and it gives Paige something to do.
Lars Sullivan on SmackDown works for me and he's the first real "monster" the blue brand has had in quite a while. With Strowman still on Raw, SmackDown needed its own beast to terrorize the roster.
Buddy Murphy is a solid addition, he did good work on 205 Live and he's another one of these guys who's kind of jack of all trades in while he's not the strongest, toughest, most athletic or most technically sound, he has all of those qualities in good enough supply to be a player at some point.
Elias is someone who's just there. Frankly, I'm long since over the guy as he's gotten quite dull to me. He's a one trick pony with nothing remotely special to bring inside the ring.
Roman Reigns being on SmackDown is a good thing if they have legit plans for Drew McIntyre. With them on the same roster, I just had a feeling that whatever plans might have been in the works for Drew would be scrapped for Reigns instead, which would've sucked in my mind. I'm glad that Reigns' cancer is in remission but that doesn't mean I'm going to retroactively pretend that I wanted him in the main event spot all that time when few things could've been further from the truth. Still, I think WWE is ultimately going back to the same formula with Reigns, so don't be at all surprised if he's WWE Champion before this year is up, and it wouldn't surprise me if fans started to turn on him if they get the feeling he's once again being shoved on them excessively.
I find myself hoping that Kevin Owens turns heel soon as I'm just not digging this goofy, comedic babyface element we saw with New Day. I was actually hoping he'd turn on them at some point and maybe set himself up as Kofi's first challenger for the WWE Championship.
"What Do I Know Of Cultured Ways, The Gilt, The Craft And The Lie?
I, Who Was Born In A Naked Land And Bred In The Open Sky.
The Subtle Tongue, The Sophist Guile, They Fail When The Broadswords Sing.
Rush In And Die Dogs - I Was A Man Before I Was King."
Conan Of Cimmeria
It seems 2 hours wasn't enough to give SD all their additions, they also picked up Mickie James, Liv Morgan, Chad Gable, Heavy Machinery and Apollo Crews. Liv is the most surprising of the bunch, but Gable finally getting a good singles run would be nice. Knowing WWE, the only move here that'll lead to TV time is Heavy Machinery and maybe Apollo.
Is Daniel Bryan injured?
I've seen a couple of news reports that he is just taking a short break to rest up and be with his family, but no major injuries. Makes sense given his history.
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