Straight Up Wrestling Commentary
by Evan Luebbe
SmackDown
KO Fired
This is easily the biggest opportunity of Chad Gable’s WWE career: advancing to the finals of the KOTR Tournament next week on Monday Night Raw …
Rowan vs. Roman
The Roman Reigns storyline has been built over the past month so that the final reveal is huge (and will probably take place on the …
Reigns vs. Bryan
It looks like Roman Reigns and DB will finally throw down for the first time in about 4 1/2 years at Clash of Champions. From …
Buddy’s Breakout
So, Buddy Murphy didn’t “lie” when he admitted to Roman Reigns that he saw Rowan in the area of the Reigns attack. What he didn’t …
More Planning
There seemed to be much more planning for this week’s episode of SD Live because the show felt much more well thought out. This is …
Buddy Murphy Push
We (the WWE universe) should be extremely excited that Murphy’s Law will potentially be enacted in the WWE maybe even as soon as this fall …
Palace of Positivity, Baby!!!
SmackDown Live is officially not the house that AJ Styles built anymore. Kofi Kingston’s victory over Styles this week got me thinking that it might …
Reigns Full – Time Again?
Everyone in the WWE universe has to be excited that Roman Reigns worked double duty this past week, having a match on Raw and SmackDown …
Bischoff’s First Official Week
Eric Bischoff officially started running SmackDown Live after Extreme Rules, and the Bischoff era kicked off with Shane McMahon conducting an excellent segment. I fully …
SD Superior Quality
SmackDown Live has been producing shows of better quality over the last few months. My theory is that Vince McMahon had a somewhat difficult time …
New Management, Edgier Feel
I have noticed in the past couple nights with Eric Bischoff and Paul Heyman running SmackDown Live and Raw respectively, that the shows are having …
Kofi Unbelievable
Corey Graves puts Kofi Kingston’s recent performances into words perfectly: “I do not know how he does it”. Four matches in three nights. Ridiculous. This …