Author: Ian Abugov
Ch-ch-changes, turn and face the strange. SmackDown is in reset mode. The Fiend has become a crowd fave while Roman Reigns, with a new bad-assed heel persona, is the new Universal champion. Add to the mix that Paul Heyman is now guiding him, and you have to wonder if this isn’t just a crazy dream. This, though, is your SmackDown Synopsis Review for 9/4/20. While the Fiend turned out to be a transitional champion who wasn’t pinned, this sets up a Reigns-Fiend championship feud, the match that should have headlined WrestleMania 36. That dream encounter was derailed by a horrific…
It was a week ago that we said hello to the Thunderdome. We return there tonight but with a totally different landscape. Welcome aboard to this week’s Smackdown review. We are Site Stats ‹ ProWrestlingPost.com — WordPress coming at you as live as an unpinned grenade from Orlando. This is the SmackDown Synopsis for 8/29/20. https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1299497839584829441 We have a new Universal champion in the person of the Fiend. A SummerSlam boxcutter faux-pas by Braun Strowman set him up for a Sister Abigail and the loss of his belt. Then, it was move over Rover and let the Big Dog take…
It was great fun, but it was just one of those things. For five months, the Performance Center in Orlando has been quoting Sylvain Grenier, our tranquility island in an otherwise cruel world. This is the Smackdown Synopsis for 8/21/20. Time has come to move on to bigger and more grandiose things. Smackdown comes to us live tonight from the Amway Center, home of the Orlando Magic, and even more importantly, the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL. The center has become the Thunderdome, which will usher in a new era of excitement and febrility. As of tonight, both Raw…
Where has the Summer gone? Time has flown by notwithstanding the presence of more masks than at the Luchador’s Summer Harvest Ball. Summerslam will take place next Sunday. Feeling the heat is one of the four pillar PPV events of the calendar year. Tonight’s show will provide insight and intrigue as to what to expect in 8 days. The Golden Role Model and WWE SmackDown woman’s champion, Bayley, will be a very interested spectator at the Performance Center tonight. Her Summerslam opponent for one of her two straps will be the winner of the three brand Battle Royal tonight. Stars…
Those who have watched NWA Powerrr have certainly seen David Marquez. While Marquez might come off as being just another interviewer or broadcast journalist, as Bobby Heenan liked to say, he is a significant player on the American wrestling scene. UWN & NWA Announce Mega Collaboration Next Month with Primetime Live. Marquez is the hands-on owner of the United Wrestling Network, which has been around for close to a decade and produces shows from Hollywood, San Francisco, and Arizona. He announced on his Facebook page just hours ago that on Tuesday, September 15th at 9 p.m., a new weekly 90-minute…
Under ordinary circumstances, I so look forward to Friday nights. The workweek has come to an end, and it’s time to kick back and relax. You’ll have to excuse me if I feel differently tonight. Fear has crept into my mindset. Last week, The Fiend told us that no one would be safe until he got his Universal Championship belt back. This is the SmackDown Synopsis for 8/7/20. His words were threatening, and his actions swift and dastardly. Alexa Bliss was the victim of a mandible claw as Smackdown left the air. One can only guess what’s in store for…
Summer Loving, it’s not just about John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. Love sizzles between Mandy Rose and Otis. The couple will return to the Blue Brand tonight after a considerable hiatus. Will Sonya Deville save the day with a jar of Nivea, time will tell. Summer not only is synonymous with love, but it also makes us all scream for ice cream. That is perfect for this sweltering Friday night. We are in store for a double scoop of championship action on tonight’s card. This is the Smackdown Synopsis for 7/31/20. Bayley Dos Straps will defend her SD Women’s title…
Friday nights are conducive to bar fights. I’ve never been in one, but I have witnessed a few over the years. They are nasty and quite disturbing. We present Smackdown Synopsis for 7/24/20. Are You Ready for a Good Time? Tonight on Smackdown, we will witness one opposing Jeff Hardy and Sheamus. This brawl will be the next segment in a shaken and stirred storyline involving the two feisty competitors. The last good bar fight I saw on a wrestling show goes back to WCW and The Desperados. That was way back in 1990, excellent ragtime piano as well. Jeff…
If you listen closely enough, yeah, like that, you will hear the band tuning up for Sunday night’s Horror Show: Extreme Rules PPV. This weekend, we will be going ga-ga at the go-go for promising events from rival Feds on Saturday and Sunday night, respectively. This is the Smackdown Synopsis for 7/17/20. Tonight, Smackdown presents its go-home show just 48 hours before Extreme Rules. The Performance Center remains the epicenter of the WWE Universe. Highlighting tonight’s lineup will be A.J. Styles’s second defense of his newly won Inter-Continental title. In his first defense, Styles made an example of Drew Gulak,…
Tonight, Miz TV, as opposed to The Dirt Sheet, will feature an interview with none other than Jeff Hardy. Last week Hardy had the last laugh on a scheming Sheamus. As he tried to tempt the Charismatic Enigma with an array of spirits. The Fella’s toast to his arch-rival turned into a fiasco when Hardy spilled the flute of champagne, broke the bottle over the young bartender’s head before executing a Swanton Bomb on the poor lad in question. This is the WWE Smackdown Synopsis for 7/10/20. Things could take an interesting twist tonight. Will it be a Twist of…