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OOfficial Discussion Thread for: SmackDown LIVE (August 23, 2016)
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Credit where it's due: that was a very strong SmackDown, their best since going live (well, not counting the Draft itself). Styles/Ziggler was the through-line from the very opening pre-tape, to a mid-show promo, until the very end of the main event (which was just an outstanding match), and on the strength of that 40 minutes of content tent-polling a 2 hour show, everything else came off well, too. I can't believe it I'm saying this, but I'm genuinely convinced that AJ Styles is now less than 3 weeks away from becoming WWE Champion. They threw Ziggler out there in a context where the good guy ALWAYS wins to make it a 3-way, but instead, they totally reverse psychology'd us, and Styles goes over clean (after going over Cena twice).... that's Reigns Strength Power Booking, folks! I never quite understood all of the Ziggler love 5-6 years ago... but now, I don't get the Ziggler hate. Dolph is a fringy proposition at the main event level, but not all of that is on him. Twice, he actually had me sold that he was ready to headline: once, an untimely injury derailed him, and the second, WWE just flat dropped the ball after Survivor Series 2014 when Dolph was red hot. Less than 2 years ago, he had "it" (tm, Jericho), so I refuse to buy into the notion that he no longer belongs on TV in a meaningful capacity. That said, a heel turn is needed if for no other reason than to freshen up the character so that people don't find it quite as easy to be as dismissive as they are right now. Concur that the new titles are not necessary, but at this point, I see no reason to complain about something that's been a foregone conclusion for over a month. I/we already won that argument back in July with our common sense, but WWE's deadset on doing the wrong thing, anyway. Good for Heath Slater. Not the pointless tag team with Rhyno. Just in general: good for him, WWE's undisputed champion of turd polishing (now that Sandow is gone).... Rick
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