Wrestling
Sean Ross SappDown Live (6/6): Podcast Notes, Match Ratings, Analysis
Opening segment
- All of these girls have curly, bright ass hair except for Nia Jax.
- Shane McMahon unveils the briefcase. Ok.
- Shane stumbles and fumbles and gets facts wrong.
- Ellsworth commands the mic like the G he is.
- Cool. Cliche, overused catchphrases.
- Interrupting promo says what?
- Naomi comes out and cuts a bad promo. Then Lana comes out to a huge reaction.
- Shane McMahon says this isn't the time, and Lana asks to be in MITB, but everyone laughs at her in the ring.
- I guess all of the Smackdown women are asshole heels.
- Nice little interaction between Naomi and Lana, outside of Naomi humming the Jeopardy theme that killed a good line she had.
Tamina, Natalya, Carmella (w/ James Ellsworth) defeated Becky Lynch, Charlotte, Naomi
2/10
- I am so sick of these paint-by-numbers, pointless WWE TV tag matches. When the Shield was around they were at least entertaining.
- Noami's kicks look bad, and Tamina crouches down when she bumps.
- Lana runs out and attacks Naomi, Tamina gets the pin.
- At least we know what Tamina's theme sounds like..
Backstage Crappenings
- Mojo Rawley is pissy about being left off the show. This was good. He reminded Shane McMahon that he beat Jinder Mahal. Luke Harper name drop gets a big pop. He gets a match with Jinder Mahal. This is great and makes sense.
- Zayn gets attacked by Corbin backstage.
- The Fashion Files has been fun each week, and gives Breezango something to do.
AJ Styles defeated Dolph Ziggler
6/10
- I love those times that Ziggler busts out cradles and utilizes his amateur background.
- This was quick, but good. The transition into the Styles Clash was excellent.
- This seemed short, but enjoyable.
If Mojo Rawley wins, he gets in Money in the Bank
Jinder Mahal (w/ Singh Bros.) defeated Mojo Rawley
3/10
- The Singh Brothers get involved and Jinder wins.
- This isn't pretty, but it's remarkably consistent with Jinder's booking.
- Typical "YOU PEOPLE" promo follows.
New Day (w/ Kofi Kingston) defeated The Colons
5.25/10
- It's been a while.
- I'd imagine Kofi is still healing up.
- New Day have added in-stereo ass smacks.
- A fine match. Glad to see New Day back.
- The Usos are out cutting the Usos promo, but are ripping off a 15 year old movie.
Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Kevin Owens
6/10
- Corbin is really natural on commentary.
- We're seeing a watered down Nakamura in WWE.
- Another OK match, another match that could have headlined a PPV and blown the roof off.
- Nakamura picks up the big win.
- Corbin attacks after the match.