Smackdown Live Match Ratings And Notes For 11/21 From Sean Ross Sapp: Debuts, Championships, Lumberjacks

Opening segment

• Shane McMahon brings out KO and Zayn and runs them down. This is fine, but a waste of ten minutes.
• Shane McMahon threatens to fire them, but Daniel Bryan cut him off. Bryan says that he had to sent Orton at home to avoid a potential issue.
• Bryan books New Day vs. KO/Zayn in a lumberjack match.
• Spending the first 15 minutes to book a pointless lumberjack match is a Friday Night Smackdown move.

Shelton Benjamin (w/ Chad Gable) defeated Jey Uso (w/ Jimmy Uso)
5.25/10

• I usually couldn't care less about these one on ones matches between tag team members, but I've not seen Shelton singles matches done to death. or Usos either really. 
• This is a fair match, most of it is during the commercial. When we come back, both guys trade kicks and get distracted by Jimmy Uso and Chad Gable.
• A superkick only gets two from Uso. Shelton moves out of the way of a splash and gets paydirt for the win. 
• Shelton isn't where he was when he left WWE, but still not bad.

Backstage Crappenings

• PRINCIPLES!? That's what Baron Corbin re-asks KO and Zayn. Bobby Roode turns them down too. They run into Rusev and Aiden English backstage looking for help.
• Naomi is backstage in a terrible verbal segment. She's jumped by the debuting Ruby Riot, Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan. Becky gets attacked too. 
• Shane McMahon leaves the venue.

The Bludgeon Brothers defeated Hype Bros

• The Bludgeon Brothers debut qualifies as a REAL PROPER™ ASS KICKING.
• They use a double crucifix bomb to win.

Styles and Mahal

• Styles cuts a promo about losing not being what he's going after, even though he 
• Styles wants to face Jinder Mahal now, but Jinder shows up on the tron and cuts a shitty promo saying he'll invoke his rematch clause at Clash of Champion.
• The Singh Bros attack Styles. Man, Mahal is terrible.Styles hits a Styles Clash on one. 

Smackdown Women's Championship
Charlotte (c) and Natalya go to a no-contest

• Middle turnbuckle spot is the new Tower of Doom.
• Natalya does far too much posing mid-match for my liking. Especially a championship match.
• This is a solid back and forth match. Charlotte does a head and arm backbreaker, then reverse STO's Natalya into the buckle. 
• Charlotte's over-rotating moonsault works because Natalya got the knees up.
• Riot, Logan and Liv attack Natalya and Charlotte.
• NXT got more chants Tuesday than Saturday
• Charlotte sells like a million bucks for Riot's finish.
• OMG! People are ringside, we better have a seizure while holding the goddamn camera!

Lumberjack match
Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn defeated New Day
5.25/10

• Nobody touches Kofi Kingston, but they all attack Zayn. Owens kicks Tyler Breeze. Ha!
• Xavier Woods is dressed as a lumberjack. Mike Kanellis, The Colons, Tye Dillinger are out at the ring. The Colons are definitely future Bludgeon Brothers victims. 
• Sami Zayn shadow boxes and sarcastically dances. What a gem.
• "Sharks don't have hands, Saxton"
• Kevin Owens gets knees on a senton attempt. That looks painful, but not as painful as a Big E suplex and splash hot tag.
• Baron Corbin accidentally cracks Bobby Roode and all the lumberjacks spill out into the ring, then back out. 
• Zayn manages to squeak out the win!.
• Kofi jumped on to Rusev and English after they helped Owens and Zayn. KO runs away, leaving Zayn to get beaten up. 
• Backstage KO begs Bryan to not fire him. Bryan books him against Randy Orton next week.