Author: Jordan Huie

Seed #5 – Sami Zayn For my money, Sami Zayn was the original true blue top babyface of NXT. He made a big splash in his debut on the black and gold brand in May of 2013, defeating Curt Hawkins and then, stunningly, Antonio Cesaro back-to-back. In doing so, he immediately began one of the four feuds that not only defined his tenure in NXT, but did a lot to define NXT itself. His 2 out of 3 Falls rematch with Cesaro was the first taste of NXT for many, due to the buzz it garnered and even with the…

This week’s Impact is set to be sandwiched between episodes of American Airgunner and God Family Hunting. A wrestling show belongs on this network about as much as a pooper scooper belongs on a wrestling show.

WWE Friday Night SmackDown is almost done. We see a replay of what happened earlier tonight with Matt Riddle making his first appearance on SmackDown and getting the victory, which naturally leads to the announcement of AJ Styles defending against Drew Gulak next week. Of course Gulak did beat him first. We’re really eating up time since the ‘main event’ is just an episode of the Firefly Funhouse. Speaking of which, it begins and Bray waves violent as he’s back. He says it’s been way too long and he asks if you guys missed him. He says he can’t wait…

WWE SmackDown continues. The SmackDown women’s division are being catty as they stand outside an empty ring in a pre-taped segment. They all start arguing over who will go after Bayley and Sasha Banks. Dana says they’ve disrespected all of them and they need to show them that they’re not just filler. Alexa speaks up and asks where Nikki Cross went and no-one’s sure. Sheamus is interviewed by Kayla Braxton who is evidently three feet shorter than him. Sheamus says Jeff calling him a bully really made him think. He is a bully! And people like Jeff Hardy deserve to…

WWE Friday Night SmackDown continues. Sasha Banks and Bayley come out to the broadcast booth for this next one. Interestingly though they’re here for the New Day’s match and react big when they toss their shirts over to them. Kofi Kingston and Big E take on Lucha House Party. WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) vs. Lucha House Party (Gran Metalik & Lince Dorado) (Non-title) Lince with a wristlock, Kofi rolls through and takes him down with an arm wringer. Lince with a few cartwheels, big headscissor into a cradle for a 1…

WWE Friday Night SmackDown continues with Shorty G now taking on Mojo Rawley. Later Mandy Rose will be on MizTV. Shorty G vs. Mojo Rawley Mojo immediately drives Shorty G into a corner and nails him with some shoulder thrusts, takes him to another and facewashes. Mojo yells in G’s face and power whips him to another corner. Starts hoisting him up but G escapes behind him, trips him down for an Ankle Lock but Mojo fights up and nails him. Charges, but Shorty counters with a Northern Lights Suplex. He charges but Mojo pancakes him onto the top rope,…

WWE SmackDown continues. Sitdown interview with Jeff Hardy now. He says the past few weeks have been a rollercoaster physically and emotionally. He came back from injury a few months ago, he’s 42 years old and trying to turn his life around. His life has been amazing but the bad times can haunt him if he lets them. And just when it feels like he’s turned things around, it’s like he extinguishes one fire and then turns around to see another one. The struggle is real. Renee asks about what happened this Sunday at Backlash and how he’s been dealing…

WWE SmackDown continues. We’ve got an impromptu AJ Styles/Matt Riddle match here, announcer starts to call it a title match but AJ grabs the mic and says in case you didn’t see the sign, no shirt, no shoes, no title match for you. WWE Intercontinental Champion AJ Styles vs. Matt Riddle (Non-title) Riddle immediately takes control of Styles with a Gutwrench Suplex, and he holds on for a second and a third! Cover for a 2 count. AJ with a Jawbreaker to try and get the momentum back. Ducks a high kick and looks for a waistlock but Riddle with…

WWE Friday Night SmackDown commences. In the first segment, Renee Young is in the ring with the Intercontinental Championship on the podium. A lumberjack match worth of wrestlers surround the ring. Renee introduces the new IC Champ, AJ Styles. Kofi Kingston does an impression of AJ’s entrance as he passes by the New Day and it seems to have done as a sincere endorsement funnily. AJ enters the ring and reminds us that SmackDown is the house that AJ Styles built. So he wants everyone there for this historic moment because he wanted them all to know that this is…

Another Friday night brings another episode of SmackDown. Below you’ll be able to see the live results of the show plus links to in-depth recaps of each segment. Watch this space for the WWE SmackDown Results. Segment 1: The show opened with AJ Styles’ Intercontinental Championship celebration. This largely consisted of him badgering Daniel Bryan and forcing him to put the title around his waist. Daniel reminded us that Drew Gulak pinned AJ Styles a couple of weeks ago and should get a title shot but AJ blows this off. Matt Riddle than made his first SmackDown appearance and confronted AJ.…