1/23/2018 Smack Down Live 18.75 year Anniversary thread!
 

Post the hottest moments from the 18.75 years of Smackdown and get ready for tonight's show!

Am I the only one irked by the idea of a Handicap Match for the title? Seems like something Russo would book.

That bump at 7:57 would have broken mankinds collar bone if he got right in the grave like he wanted.

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Smackdown has to be really, really, really, really, really good to make up for last night's nightmare that was the 25th anniversary of Monday Night Raw.

How did this handicap match for the title come to be with two face authority figures at the helm? Did Styles just welcome the challenge and say "book it" or something?

Daniel is going a bit crazy with power. But some people think he is ussing the handicap match to put a wedge between Sami and Kevin.

Did he ever actually give an explanation of why he booked the match though?

The Bar is ridiculously low for them they would have to try to suck to be as bad as last night

Because AJ Styles sarcastically asked for it

I think AJ Styles said "Why don't you just put me in a Handicap Match against them?!" because he kept losing one-on-one matches with Shane and Bryan getting involved and distracting him. Bryan said "Great idea!" and AJ was like "What?! No!"

Yeah, it's shit.

Why not just book them in a match against each other -- winner gets a WWE Title shot and the loser cannot challenge for a year?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thankful we don’t have 205 Live stars on here because we’re beginning to think that show is cursed <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReasonsToWatchSmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ReasonsToWatchSmackDown</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/955895189964558337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
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I get that people are joking when they say the show is cursed, but Rich Swann and Enzo Amore both very likely being pieces of shit is pretty easy to explain without a curse -- they're both very likely pieces of shit.

WWE storylines are better when you don't think about em too much.

Ah, I see. And they wonder why they have an engagement problem.

show is already better than last night's crap

Smackdown superstars appearing on Raw last night are all saying "Thank god I'm outta there!".

Oh the show is in DC? I could have went.

Tye Dillinger needs a heel turn and join KO/Sami as a Canadian heel stable

Outside of Tozawa and Kalisto's 1 week reigns, every champ so far had something bad happen to them and/or their career in the WWE after winning the belt.

Then again Tozawa is pretty much an afterthought now and Kalisto's buzz died really quickly for the division so no champ avoided the "curse."

Sami is a good annoying heel.

lol What?

Yeup. Pretty much just taking his face persona and tweaking the annoyance level even higher as a character.

It's already better than RAW so far

Team #DBry #FuckShane

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SAD but TRUE FACT:<br><br>The Usos have NEVER been on the MAIN card at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wrestlemania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Wrestlemania</a> <br>They've hit the pre-show a few times though,<br><br>Hopefully this is their year <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SDLive</a></p>&mdash; DavKind (@DavKind76) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavKind76/status/955975549939265536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Time to erase Gable & Shelton from the Rumble Tipsters winners list.

Gable/Benjamin vs. The Usos for the tag belts in a proper match will be one to watch.

Is Renee really that short?

5ft 5 inch according to wiki:love:

Really excited for the 2 out of 3 Falls match

What if it was a white celebrity that got shot?

RET'S RUMBLE!

What happened to Neville? He got pissed off and left? I don't consider that in line with a curse, haha.

The booking for the two new groups of women has been puzzling. Neither group has benefited so far and it really does come off as WWE only called them up so they'd have more main roster bodies for the Women's Rumble.

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Yep. It's a little game they like to play called "Let's make our babyfaces look stupid."

He's pretty much in WWE limbo till his contract expires and that's assuming WWE doesn't enter petty mode with freezing his contract for an even longer limbo like with Rey.

But that's because he walked out, haha. If he had asked for his release, they probably would have granted him one.

Really hope Shinsuke wins here...

Does anyone have a stream? I just woke up so I'm not gonna sleep anytime soon and I'd like to watch.