WWE Friday Night Smackdown (July 12th) Rundown

It's the Smackdown after Money in the Bank, and we have a lot to unfold! Does anyone else ever get into these places where it's one or the other that you feel is doing better? Raw... I am LOVING it, but Smackdown is just a little lack luster. Hopefully that will change soon with Summer Slam coming up. 

The show started with Tiffy Time! Of course this was short lived due to the Women's Champ coming out to interrupt. Bayley and Tiffy traded some back and forth before Queen Nia Jax joined into the mix. Do we really think Nia will become champion?? It's been building, but honestly I cannot see it happening this soon. We then did see an attack on Bayley from Nia and Tiffy.. with Michin with the save. Of course, this led to a match between Nia and Michin once again. 

Nia Jax vs Michin

This match was pretty average, I'd say. Nia was very dominant during the entire match, although you would see a little spunk come out in Michin every now and then. In the end, Jax got the win. The champ was beat down in the end and you thought for a second that Tiffy was going to cash in. However, Jax walked up and gave her a very ugly look.. making her back down. Was Bayley right? Will we be seeing the first woman to fail at a cash in? I think so, in my opinion. I could FOR SURE see Nia cost her.. on purposes or accident. 

Baron Corbin/Apollo Crews vs Angel and Berto

I didn't care for this match, but only really because I feel it's over done with Angel/Berto. I don't feel that team is going anywhere, but that's only me. It was so good to see Baron again, I feel he really disappeared for a while.. although I do recall him having a run in NXT for a bit with Bron. In the end, Elektra distracted the ref so Santos can cause a distraction... allowing Angel to get the pin. Bad call... I feel that team is fully pushed down your throat and it just isn't sticking. 

Blair Davenport vs Naomi 

I'm just honest when I say, I am not a huge fan of Naomi. I do enjoy her wrestling here and there but recently it just isn't it. She needs her old music back, and to be honest.. the last couple of times she has come out there is no pop or even excitement for her. What happened?? I feel like WWE doesn't know exactly what to do with Blair just yet and keep putting her in matches. I really like her, and loved her in NXT but really just want a story line to stick. In the end, Naomi got the pin for the win. 

Before that match we saw LA Knight come out to the ring. Love him! He cut a great promo and announced that him and Logan Paul will be facing each other at Summer Slam.. signing a contract while out there. I am pumped for this match.. I think it has been a beautiful build and sets him up to take his first title in WWE. We can only hope.. am I right?

Backstage we see Blair offering a handshake, which was a fake out... and ending up attacking her from behind a few moments later. Does this mean that we will be seeing more of these two together? Hmm...

 DIY vs A-Town Down Under (for the Tag Titles)

I thought this match was very good. The way these two teams work together is wonderful and I really enjoyed it. Both teams ended up having some "almost" moments, keeping me on the edge of my seat half the time. In the end, DIY retained their title. However.......

Jacob Fatu came out and leveled EVERYONE.. everyone expect Waller. He made a pretty quick get a way, while Theory was taken out. I see more and more of a split coming and I am so ready for it.

Of course the rest of The Bloodline came out as well. Solo gave a promo basically saying that everyone in the Bloodline that didn't "acknowledge him" needed to be gone. Does this include Jimmy, Jey, and Roman... The Rock? I found this statement very interesting. Cody Rhodes came out and said he was more than willing to go against Solo for the title at Summer Slam. While Cody was surrounded, it was Cody that took the first shot. As stated before in a backstage promo, Randy Orton took no time coming to help Cody. But in the end, The Bloodline took a while destroying Cody and Randy. While Cody was tied up in the ropes, Solo forced Cody to watch Randy take a triple power bomb through the announce table before ending the show.

I don't like it. 

I'm serious, I am really over the while Bloodline thing. I am starting to think that they gave Cody the belt ONLY because the Bloodline mess was never going to end. This is why there is no Money in the Bank for the men.. Cody wouldn't be cashed in on due to the Bloodline and they have too much going on with Judgement Day/Seth/Punk/Drew. I mean.. I know this leads to Roman coming back and basically all hell breaking lose with the Bloodline, but my goodness. 

Overall: 6.2/10

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Next up we have Collision tonight (I don't to rundowns for Rampage/Collision) and then we have Monday Night Raw coming up as well. 

I did see Wyatt Sicks (on X) post a picture of Rowan. I am assuming this means we will be seeing an interview from him. But will we be seeing  more of Taylor live? This leads me to believe we are getting closer to seeing them come face to face with Chad. And of course we will have more people losing their minds about ANOTHER VHS tape. Come on y'all.. it's story telling. This whole thing is beautiful and I am loving it. If you don't... just keep to ya self. 

-We will see more of Rhea after her AMAZING come back. I am very excited to see how this pans out for Dom and Liv. And I am assuming we will have an announcement of Summer Slam  too. We are 3 weeks away now, so these matches have to come out fairly soon. 

What are you excited to see as we get closer to Summer Slam?

 

chels