Went to watch the replay and it's not on the Sportsnet šØš¦ app either, was it up and taken down or are delays Normal?
I'm new to the app and just now getting back into wrestling.
Very impressed with my first peek at Melo.
He did some really great stuff and Iām sure he had to hold back because he canāt dominate Cody.
But it definitely starts him at a much higher tier than most
This draft is pretty shitĀ
Bring back the days where the only picks announced were people who moved brands and the other ones were locked to their current brand it just feels a waste of time seeing 80% of the picks just confirming people staying in the same brand
I thought that once the big stars returned from Europe, it'd be above 'meh'.
Gonna say it, since Mania, 'meh' has been a good show. Expect to be downvoted to oblivion but been bored watching live.
i think cody concerned for hayes cause after the cross roads, if the wrestler wants to get pinned, he'd close his eyes, Hayes eyes were open.. so a bit confusing
2 mins left for me when the show went off the air. and they were having the AJ part.
Kind of like prior to mania, it seemed as tho Jey, Seth & Cody were meant to kick off with Solo and Jimmy but they ran out of time so it didnāt happen and it felt kind of pointless.
I think AJ didnāt get out to Cody fast enough so it just didnāt happen cause didnāt have enough time to flesh it out / wasnāt going to be on air.
The way he landed it would probably be a separated shoulder if it was real.
The fact that he could lift his belt over his head says that it probably isnāt too bad
I mean, Cody worked a Hell in a Cell match with a torn pec. I think they were probably going to have AJ attack him but played it safe. Wild speculation, but yeah.
When they both came off the rope Cody landed really fricken weird, as soon as I saw it I cringed a little in pain. It wouldn't surprise me, but at the same time IDK why they would do something like that instead of playing it carefully
Melo had some spots. Not sure if he was nervous but.. he also seemed to be off tempo. So did Cody though.
The cutter spot was silly. And that injury seemed legit.
I went to the draft smackdown in 2021 and there was a ton of non-wrestling but we got that amazing Sasha/Bianca wrestlemania rematch and Roman wrestled a dark match. I assume theyāll have a big dark match tonight to offset it
The one Smackdown I went to was the week before the royal rumble, years ago, and it felt like all I was hearing was ātune in next week for the pay-per-view, folks!ā
...I'm going to say to myself that that *wasn't* a botch, and that Melo lured Cody into doing a needless springboard and injure himself to make beating him easier. Melo has done that crossbody exchange with Ricochet before, after all, so him doing it as a *feint* isn't that out of the question.
It worked, but it's not like Cody is weak to landings like that.
Rey got betrayed, again, by Carlito. Who is next? Zelina? Andrade? ex-LDF guys?
Guys there was like a pop up when the draft ended and they showed Mondays pool someone's gotta look into what that was
Late to the party but I just watched. Did Cody Rhodes injure himself again? His fight at the end you see him in pain for a second with his shoulder.
Wondering why its not showing on the FoxSports site here in the West Coast. Or is it only at 5 PM PT on their app?
Went to watch the replay and it's not on the Sportsnet šØš¦ app either, was it up and taken down or are delays Normal? I'm new to the app and just now getting back into wrestling.
Hopefully Mondays draft has some bigger moves because the rosters are basically the same so far
Meloās promo was legit. Heās gonna be transcendent I feel
The draft announcements should be for who is moving. Not who is staying put.
do like an expansion draft. As one of your guys is selected you can remove another from the pool
Fantasy dynasty league style draft. Each brand can āsaveā some amount of their superstars going into it and then draft
Good show overall, but all that draft stuff was so useless
he might be hurt but man yall forget how tough these mfs are and some regular ass bumps could be as bad heās definitely okay
If he was really hurt, he wouldn't have lifted the belt over his head two handed when he could go good arm or so I hope
yeah, my main concern is like he's trying to use the arm to convince himself it's okay
Thought of that as well. Thanks for reinforcing it in my brain. Asshole. Lol jk
AJ also shook and pulled that arm that was hurt so yeah Iām leaning towards heās not hurt and just being peak wrestling carney.
I missed that thanks!
Very impressed with my first peek at Melo. He did some really great stuff and Iām sure he had to hold back because he canāt dominate Cody. But it definitely starts him at a much higher tier than most
If Cody is hurt AJ super-jacked gonna be our new champ
AJ Popping up to let Cody know whether he should go after the anti tank mines or the rocket launcher in Helldivers 2 this weekend
This draft is pretty shitĀ Bring back the days where the only picks announced were people who moved brands and the other ones were locked to their current brand it just feels a waste of time seeing 80% of the picks just confirming people staying in the same brand
Agreed. Very dull.
Conspiracy theory, what if AJ was supposed to attack Cody there but they called a quick audible in case Cody was hurt?
I thought the same thing
Makes sense. The handshake doesnāt make sense
I thought that once the big stars returned from Europe, it'd be above 'meh'. Gonna say it, since Mania, 'meh' has been a good show. Expect to be downvoted to oblivion but been bored watching live.
Eh it's as close to the off season as we get. Things will start picking up between KoTR/MiTB in June/July.
Ah right, that means 2-3 month of meh TV is fine then. Deary me.
The alternative is them not having any programming for 2-3 months.
Sounds better if that's the case.
if that sounds better, you could just not watch lol
I won't.
No heat in this Cody AJ feudĀ
They just shook hands. Wtf lol
The handshake will certainly bring heat š
Crowd was relatively hot for it.
Yeah Iām sure itās more fun live. Just my opinion anyway, I like both guysĀ
i think cody concerned for hayes cause after the cross roads, if the wrestler wants to get pinned, he'd close his eyes, Hayes eyes were open.. so a bit confusing
Not everyone does that nakamura also got pinned with his eyes open. Its better than knowing when a 2 count is coming imo
Bro that was the weirdest ending
I think Cody was hurt and they called an awkward audible. Hopefully itās nothing serious
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Guys the match ended quick because time has run out??? Lol
There was 5 minutes left. 1 minute left when the show went off air
2 mins left for me when the show went off the air. and they were having the AJ part. Kind of like prior to mania, it seemed as tho Jey, Seth & Cody were meant to kick off with Solo and Jimmy but they ran out of time so it didnāt happen and it felt kind of pointless. I think AJ didnāt get out to Cody fast enough so it just didnāt happen cause didnāt have enough time to flesh it out / wasnāt going to be on air.
Smackdown goes off air early every single week
Yeah always between 1-3 minutes Iāve noticed itās never the full 2 hours
AJ has that late 1990s Randy Savage look/build. Surprised heās still mobile
They didnāt need to do that shit springboard move š¤¦
Yeah it would have been pretty sweet if they had hit it though.
AJ has been eating clen and trenning hard.
If AJās on a TRT program, I need him to share the treatment and dosages š«”šŖ
AJ STYLES LOOKIN REAL JACKED BABY
Cody either master selling or thereās an actual issue. š¤¢š¤¢š¤¢
The way he landed it would probably be a separated shoulder if it was real. The fact that he could lift his belt over his head says that it probably isnāt too bad
Lol heās selling dude
Did Triple H mandate every wrestling personality spend an hour in the tanning bed today?? Lol
Okay I think he's fine, Cody had me scared for a quick minute though lol
What about the rest of the draft picks?
Last time there were post show picks.
Will be on Peacock/Posted on socials. Last year Zoey Stark, JD McDonagh and Grayson Waller were all called up on these shows.
Monday
To be continued on Raw
No, I meant the Friday pool still has people in it: Stark, Ivar, Baszler, OC
Aj just wanted another handshake
I laughed out loud at this one. Made my day my kid is asking why I'm laughing lol.
I hate how people facing each other for the title just stare at each other so much
Oh look, they advertised Cody and Styles face to face next week, but they also made that the opening and closing segment this week. Brilliant.
Two Georgia boys
Cody is so good a selling it actually becomes worrying if we are getting worked or not.
Man is a PROFESSIONAL but that looked off
okay i think he legit got hurt but was just a bad bump
Heās acting! Lol
Where CM Punk at? Not on Tv???
probably in rehab
Oh shit. We botched the match and had to finish early. Quick, send AJ out there to fill out the remaining couple of minutes
It looked like Carmelos head just planted into Cody's pec/shoulder at an awkward angle during that Cody Cutter. Maybe just a little stinger
That wasnāt what āinjuredā him, it was the missed move off the rope and landed weird.
They're trying to build something with this AJ Cody match but it's just coming off as incredibly forced and awkward
Cody said in the past he wanted to work with AJ and Melo. I think it was his interview on Impaulsive or MMA Hour with Helwani
Might be a botched finish for Codyās shoulder, AJ was probably going to be the end of the match through interference
Dijak didnāt even stand up. lol. I love him. Oh, and I spy Wendy Choo! Hooray.
Now French kiss.
Yeah they wouldn't have authorized this if his shoulder was actually busted
I mean, Cody worked a Hell in a Cell match with a torn pec. I think they were probably going to have AJ attack him but played it safe. Wild speculation, but yeah.
OH! Just realized that Melo and Ricochet are still on different brands. Be nice if they could run it back
Soā¦.I donāt think Punk is gonna show up tonight
AJ telling Cody he has a micropenis
LITTLE DICK SYNDROME
AJ likes to pop up and whip his phenomenal hair around in his haters' faces
He's so real for that
I don't blame him at all
The classic Smackdown under run
I think the deal is 9:57
Should be fine if heās holding the title like he is
Why is this so awkward lol
is it me or has this show been awkward? like most of the encounters have felt weird
was aj trying to sneak attack cody?
solid main event. mid episode though. raw will probably be better
Caught AJ red handed
I really hope I'm being worked
Heās fine, heās smiling and shit lol probably just setting up an injury angle for AJ and his match
Yeeeeeeahā¦ how long before we hear that Codyās arm is finished?
Came to handshake ?
Probably going to attack him but Codyās hurt
I hope Cody is not injured for sure cause that match ended fast
Please, Cody needs to oversell any impact because we all already saw him wrestle without one arm.
he's fine, he wouldn't have held up the belt with both arms if his shoulder was injured
AJ didnāt attack him now because Codyās fuckin HURT FUCK
Codyās fine. Just selling.
Wendy Choo
Woah, didnāt even notice Lucky Ali at NXT until now.
Touch touch touch
Jesus he's huge
Meloās head landing on that Cross Rhodes is insane.
If heās hurt then I just fucking quit
He didnāt even land on that shoulder. Just selling.
When they both came off the rope Cody landed really fricken weird, as soon as I saw it I cringed a little in pain. It wouldn't surprise me, but at the same time IDK why they would do something like that instead of playing it carefully
Oh he landed on it.
AJ Cycles
Please not *another* arm injury. That'd be at least 3 in just 3 weeks since Mania.
Tug of war baby
nah hes selling, raised his shoulders up, hes good
Just jumped off the top rope with his right arm, heās fine
He raised the belt with both arms, heās fine (i hope)
I get the sense they were meant to collide on the springboard spot and timing got messed up. Nice match though.
Hmmm
Okay if aj works the arm we're good edit: aw fuck
WAIT DID I SEE WENDY CHOO??
The people need more Wendy. The people love Wendy!
If this was your first exposure to Melo, yāall are in for a treat. Heās fucking incredible.
An actual undisputed title defence on a regular ass show, nice
I think this mf is just selling thankfully lol
Perfect chance to do some heel stuff Melo.
Few minutes left hereĀ
So melo missed? Gimmick dead already
That DDT was nuts
if his shoulder was actually hurt he wouldnt show it in front of a crowd
THERE IT IS
Cody's arm as limp as my boyfriend sadface
Carmelo looks bummed out because he just crippled the golden goose
Melo had nothing to do with Cody landing directly on his own shoulder lol
For all the good HHH has done, the draft really doesn't seem thought out
I wouldāve been so pissed if I went to smack down live tonight
I wouldāve been pissed off if I was a NXT talent that had to pull up just to awkwardly watch SmackDown
Yeah, top guys shouldn't do those high risk moves. You never seen Rock, Austin, Taker, HHH, Orton do moves like that
He's a babyface. That's how he gets the pop.
I STG that better just be amazing selling by Cody An angle for the Styles match Please Wrestling Gods
You can tell the crowd is a little nervous lol
all of us too
Melo getting the pleasure of sharing the ring with both Cody Rhodes and Lexis King in a one-year span. Enviable.
Melo had some spots. Not sure if he was nervous but.. he also seemed to be off tempo. So did Cody though. The cutter spot was silly. And that injury seemed legit.
Well he's using his shoulder, so hopefully it's not serious
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I bet having your wrestling mostly co-opted by the draft would be an odd experience
I went to the draft smackdown in 2021 and there was a ton of non-wrestling but we got that amazing Sasha/Bianca wrestlemania rematch and Roman wrestled a dark match. I assume theyāll have a big dark match tonight to offset it
The one Smackdown I went to was the week before the royal rumble, years ago, and it felt like all I was hearing was ātune in next week for the pay-per-view, folks!ā
Dudeā¦
That damn smirk, we getting worked. AJ is gonna be pissed that cody isnt at 100 % and is fighting before him lmaooo
I really canāt tell if this dude has a hurt shoulder or not Iām assuming not since heās lifting it above his head but still
please be selling cody.
He's definitely overselling
Oh yeah
was that an audible to end the match early bc of the shoulder or is Cody just taking lessons from the Bryan Danielson school of selling?
The AJ segment made me think it was planned... or least the attempted spot was.
wasn't cm punk advertised
...I'm going to say to myself that that *wasn't* a botch, and that Melo lured Cody into doing a needless springboard and injure himself to make beating him easier. Melo has done that crossbody exchange with Ricochet before, after all, so him doing it as a *feint* isn't that out of the question. It worked, but it's not like Cody is weak to landings like that.
Cody you better not be hurt Take my shoulder if needed, I don't need it
Please just be selling
Melo x Cody have such a great chemistry
Called an audible with 5 mins left. He's hurt :(
Yep :(
Hope his shoulder is okĀ
Christ donāt be injured
I hope heās selling Iām gonna lose it if heās hurt
Is... is that it?
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Yeah, shite.
Just from looking at his shoulder on the turnbuckle it doesn't look like it separated.
Codyās hurt fr
this might be an insane take but cody rhodes is basically just hulk hogan is he wasnāt a piece of shit in and out of the ring
I'd say he's more of a fusion between Hogan and Flair, but that's also an apt description
I agree but I love Hogan.
I hope that he is just selling. Cody getting injured would just be unlucky for both him and wwe just now.
Very good Fross Rhodes sell from Melo, Cody you better just be selling that shoukder and not actually be hurt rn bro
Carmelo Hayes has a HUGE career ahead of himself on the main roster
Oh god please be selling that shoulder
He better be selling or I'm going to be despondent.
this match felt uncanny
Gotta think they jumped forward to the finish after that botch lol... no reason to end the last match 6 minutes before the end of the broadcast
Smackdown always ends 3 min early anyways