WWE Smackdown Live Show 08/11/2016

This episode was exciting and power-packed with high-drama and a high voltage main event between Becky Lynch and Alexa Bliss.

In-Ring Promo:
The show started with AJ Styles showing his celestial mic skills. The crowd was crazy for him. They were both cheering and booing him at the same time. The Scottish people made it quite clear that they are fans of Wyatt's family. But the show became a lot cooler after Ellsworth made his way. The whole WWE universe has become the fan of Ellsworth and rightly so. He is surely a beautiful pro wrestler, I mean literally. 
Baron Corbin won't be anymore the potential wild card on Team Smackdown as Strowman is for Team Raw. But he led the show pretty well. Tthe whole show was packed with an incredible amount of drama based on him. Shane has created an aura from the day he has stepped back into the WWE arena, which is not dying anytime soon.

Breezango vs The Vaudevillians:
This well-designed stipulation was to decide the last team of Smackdown Tag Team's team for Survivor Series. The match was quite fast. The action-filled segments jointly captained by Eden English, Tyler Breeze and Fandango were amazing. This match was an awesome push for Breezango as a face. The crowd received them as face nicely.  

Natalya vs Naomi:
This match was noticeable because the crowd was quite involved in the match. Natalya's act as a coach may seem silly. But she can transform her gimmick as the most significant one in only a single episode. I can guarantee that it would be captivating to see her performance in Survivor Series. I know I am repeating this statement, but because Natalya is so experienced and good at what she does, we can expect a great women's match in the Survivor Series.

Backstage Promo:
The presence of Daniel Bryan makes any segment superb as it made the backstage segment of Ambrose and Ellsworth. It was quite funny. Ellsworth mentioned rightly that the team JamesDean has indeed four hands and hence has more than a fighting chance. :D 

Baron Corbin vs Kalisto:
Kalisto, the returning star, the high-flying phoenix was impressive. Considering their past rivalry, this could have been a good match but it was definitely a fabulous brawl. Baron started the match in a squash match fashion. Later, he executed his fall exceptionally. The segment finished with Kalisto fueling the past feud to put a statement like "Take a leg for a leg". I expect that this match was written to show that Corbin will now be shown as a domitable force owing to his injury. This segment also impacted the Survivor Series Team. Let's hope that we will see nice matches between Kalisto and Corbin in future.

Becky Lynch vs Alexa Bliss (Championship Match):
I expected that the Scottish crowd would boo Becky due to her Irish background but both women were so outstanding in the match that the WWE Universe was going insane. Alexa threw Becky to the turnbuckle and the stairs pretty powerfully and perfectly. Alexa's response to the referee's count, when she was outside the ring, was the same as her response towards the crowd's boo: SHUT UP. She has developed her character quite so magnificently! After Alexa worked on Becky's left hand, Becky lacked to show the pain when the tide turned towards her for a short while. But it can't lessen her efforts in the last segment where she showed her fierceness. The credit for the ending of the match again goes to the writers. This would elongate this storied rivalry between the two strong and beautiful women.

Backstage Promo:
The backstage segment of Shane, Dan and Maryse was pleasant. The stipulation between Brian Kendrick and Kalisto will be an Awwesome match.Can't wait for that match.

Curt Hawkins vs Apollo Crews:
This match was short and charming. The crowd didn't respond to the match well, but the pro wrestlers gave their best considering the time allotted to them. Apollo has kept on showing is flying skills. He is still learning but he has a lot of potentials. 

Wyatt's Family vs Ellsworth-Ambrose-Kane:
The match was noteworthy and a must-watch due to the presence of AJ Styles near the commentator table. The rampage segment by Dean Ambrose with fast and free-flowing moves was enjoyable. But the best segment of the match was when Ellsworth showed his enigma when he tagged himself in. He brought the whole crowd and AJ Styles to their feet cheering for him. It was extra-terrestrial.

The show completed with YES chants and finalisation of the Smackdown Men's team. It was a beautiful mastery shown by the writers. Putting Shane in the match will represent Smackdown Men's Team as an adhered unit. It tilts my prediction a little towards Smackdown Men's team winning the Survivor Series Match. But the writers must have decided otherwise because of how the last Raw episode has ended. Nevertheless, with Shane in the match, it will be electric in the PPV this time. Again, applauds to the writers. Kudos to Shane for keeping the legacy of his father as a businessman-cum-pro wrestler.

Special Note: Next episode of the Smackdown Live will see the Undertaker and the Edge on the 900th episode of Smackdown. 

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WWE Monday Night Raw 07/11/2016

Someone from the McMahon family had to come to the ring to start Raw and sell Raw vs Smackdown clash. I think that Steph could have done it better, although the show is already on the must-watch list of all the Lazy Smarks and Smarks. Survivor Series is full of great competitions. So, people are expecting it to offer great matches. Steph welcomed all the Raw Men’s Team’s representers to the ring and announced Seth as the last member of Raw team. This guarantees that we will have some good chemistry in Men's Survivor Series match as some of the performers have spent lots of time on the road together and know each other’s in-ring capabilities better.

It is cool to note that Roman is still getting boos from the crowd. It may push the writers to make Roman a heel in coming future. The JeriKO segment was beautiful and the crowd was completely behind them. The fighting segment among all five members was awesome. I assume that we will see the Raw Men's team winning on Survivor Series in some fashionable and bizarre way. The main event of the day also suggested the same.

Brian Kendrick-Noam Dar vs Rich Swann-Sin Cara:

The home crowd welcomed the debuting Noam Dar with lots of love and warm cheer.

Sin Cara's Swanton, Swann's thunder jump and Noam's gunshot were the best moments of the match. But the best part came just after the match as the crowd got the taste of Kendrick's mic skills and Dar's athleticism which was missing during the match.

The stipulation of Smackdown vs Raw for the intercontinental match against Dolph is a great choice by the writers. It will be a big match, surely. 

The conversation between the tag teams didn't have the fierceness. Sheamaro and the New Day showed good mic skills to get the crowd going. Still, I missed something. I expected that the New Day would at least mention last week's comment by the American Alpha. However, I have to say, the New Day wearing Scottish costume was superbly received by the crowd despite the fact that many people all over the world must have found it hilarious.

Gallows-Anderson vs the New Day:

Kofi showed that he is still good at his athleticism and kicks. Woods failed to create music from that bagpipes during the Unicorn Stampede. He was missing his Francesca 2. He really needs to work hard for the bagpipes because without music, the unicorn stampede can never be complete. Gallows and Anderson performed their act very neatly, so applauds to them.

The backstage segment between JeriKO and Strowman was awesome. Brawn Strowman's character will act as a wildcard in Survivor Series Match.

Golden Truth vs Shining Stars:

This match was well-paced. Gold Dust is still at his peak. Shining Stars are slowly but steadily building their characters. I hope, they will be able to show their best in the PPV.

The crowd completely hijacked the show during the Women's Team's introduction segment. The crowd was loud and was having so much fun that even Charlotte couldn't resist her smile. It was great to watch the humbleness of the performers.

Alicia Fox-Bayley-Sasha vs Dana Brooke-Charlotte-Nia Jax:

The match has a first segment with all three of the faces kicking Nia who was outside the ring without causing her any trouble. It was fun to watch. Bayley planting Charlotte on the mat near the ringside, Nia Jax throwing Alicia using her hair AGAIN, Charlotte's kick, Bayley's finishing move and the loud crowd were the most crucial factors of the match which couldn’t have gone unnoticed to the writers. They must take these women seriously and give them more TV time.

Sami Zayn vs Rusev:

This was a high-expectation match with Rusev having raised the bar due to his performance in the last PPV and Zayn being the local boy. Sami's over-the-rope jump on Rusev was nice. Rusev's kick and Sami's Helluva Kick were beautiful. Overall the match was a nice little package and perhaps this is the beginning when writers must have started considering to give a good feud to Sami and pushing him to the top cards.

Brawn Strowman vs Chris Jericho vs KO vs Roman Reigns vs Seth Rolins (Fatal Five-way):

This is a perfect stipulation even though they will be competing with each other soon. I guess, this match had the potential for the performers to better their chemistry for the PPV and they must have taken it to their advantage. We will see a good chemistry among the wrestlers of Raw Men Team, certainly. The move-sets shown by Seth, Roman and Jericho to take Strowman out of the ring was a singular segment of the match. It felt surreal. Similarly, JeriKO's attack on Roman followed by Seth throwing Jericho on Strowman who was lying on the table were really the ‘holy shit’ moment of the match. The front crowd were chanting "This is awesome" and they were not wrong. The finishing segment of the match was crazy, magical, funny and weird. :)

The Raw writers, if keep on scribbling such matches, don't need heavy powers such as Brock and Goldberg to rely on, that's for sure. After this Survivor Series, let those heavy powers not be the saviours of Raw, but the enhancers. Raw writers need to understand how cool the talents are that they own. They work daily with the same enthusiasm to entertain. The writers need to give them with some good stories or more freedom for building up their own story instead of letting someone gets obliterated at the cost of bad stories and part-time performers.

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