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Ups & Downs: WWE Smackdown Review (Mar 13)

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Our WWE SmackDown review as Simon Miller recaps:

0:00 Drew McIntyre Quits WWE

1:54 Uncle Howdy & Erick Rowan def. Solo Sikoa & Talla Tonga

4:39 Jade Cargill def. Michin

6:15 Cody Rhodes & Sami Zayn promo

7:58 Irresistible Forces def. Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss

9:39 Damian Priest & R-Truth def. Los Garza

10:26 Sad Johnny Gargano

10:59 Danhausen and The Miz

11:34 Jelly Roll on "Miz TV"

14:13 Tiffany Stratton def. Kiana James

16:23 Trick Williams def. Jacob Fatu

17:29 Randy Orton & Cody Rhodes contract signing


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4:08episode of Smacker Down when Randy Orton went totally crazy. Let's give the goodminton up. Mabins it down. Nick Aownis really did go in here too, because he was like, Drew McIntyre, you weren't going to get nothing. And also, it's very interesting, the one time you did have a fair fight with Cody Rhodes, you did lose. And Drew McIntyre was all like, you are a corporate stooge. You would have thought he said to Nick Aownis, I am going to burn your entire house down. Nicky lost his mind. He was like, you know where I've come from. Do not call me a corporate stooge. This one, Jake, if a two came to the rings, I guess he will not hear somebody have their personality besmirched like this. He was like, oh, let's go through the facts, Drew McIntyre. You only won the WWE title because I interfered, and why did you lose last week? Because me, Jake of FATU interfered as well, so I basically screw you. Now, Drew McIntyre looked like he was going to melt down, but instead for the third time, in recent memory, he went, I quit, and he walked away, but actually this was going to be a Larry David situation. And he was baited to the start of a show long story like, now in terms of whether you need to go watch this segment, I would say, no, it was varied by the numbers, but it was fine.

5:09You had to follow up for what did happen last week, and of course, we also had to start teasing Jake of a two versus Drew McIntyre, which was always going to go down at WrestleMania. I was going to give it an up, but yeah, basically just tick the boxes. Nicky, I had to start as a car at the MFTs who were talking about the white. Choose me, I fell down, because I can't handle this feudalty more. How much longer is now in control of the lantern though, and so start as a car was like, oh my God, can't believe we got the lantern, then the rest of the MFTs less, so in what sense can I come more, and he's a dad too, because he was like, damn it, you should forget about this light bulb, and you should go out and do your own thing. And then Solo came back in and said, I will kick your ass since can I come more, I kind of stared off into the distance. I was like, I like everybody in this segment, like I think the entertaining performers, this feud is going to be the end of me. Jake of a two was also super mad because Drew had left, so now what he's going to do, so he went and yelled at Nick out, and it was like, I'm trying to sort it out all right, my trick Williams was literally right here, I need something to represent Jake of a two. This will do, but Jake of a two was here talking Nick out of this trick Williams was like right behind his head, was that we have like peripheral feelings you would have done.

6:10Anyway, they did eventually fall out because Nick out of this never books a show that will take up the three hours, he was like, ha ha, you can be the main event, well to be fair they did get me a treat, because Jake of a two verse of trick Williams felt like a fresh match. It was in time for the MFTs versus the Wyatt, sorry I fell down again, I'm just going to give it a down. I can't, I just can't handle it anymore. Once again, everybody in here has an upside, the WWE is not leaning into it at all. I think this started in the summer of 2005, 2005, 2025, or at least it feels like that, it just goes on and on, and why is it Nicky cross-flaped to be in the Williams division, I just don't understand, please just end it. This is one of those times where you can just go shh, we're not going to talk about it anymore, and nobody would complain because we just want to move on. I also do understand the significance of the lantern that now it does just feel like a light, though one point Nicky cross did touch it, for some reason, so I suppose I couldn't handle that. He forgot he was doing when Uncle Howdy hit the sister Abergale, and he got the one, two, three. And then it looked like they were going to get the lantern back, but Tamatonga came out and he ignored Shinsuke, and he took the lantern out, so I can be just leave the lantern

7:13alone. Just put the lantern in WrestleMania, right? It could be the lantern again, so it's the colour, and screw it, the lantern can win. Just going to give it a down. It's not even bad, it's just nothing. It doesn't make any sense. And if you were going to explain the story to someone, you'd be like, well, a while ago, they fell out of something, and out, there's this lantern, which ties into a very cool guy that very sadly passed away, but now we don't really reference that, and everybody talks in rhymes. I don't get it. Our Truth and Damien Priest is on having a good old chap because they are a brand new tag team when Lost Gaster walks in, and actually said, man, it was a gauntlet match last week, so we did a bunch of the heavy lifting, then you just swam in and took the victory, so Priest was like, actually, I'm 99% sure Nick Aldous never actually finishes the show, so if I go to him, I bet we can get a match booked, that'll happen. Joe James and Julia then told Tiffany Stratches an absolute moor on because we aren't going to do Tiffany Stratch versus Kiana James later, which kind of came out of nowhere, but we'll get there. When we got Jay Cargill versus Meachin, and I do not understand this one either, because this huge started in 2025, and I understand that Meachin got injured, but I do think we

8:14need to revisit it a month away from WrestleMania, and also, this is a little bit strange, so I presume that Jay Cargill was just going to smash through her, but that is not what happened. Meachin attacked her at the bell, she was kind of whooping her ass, and Jay had to use Barry Barricade to sort of get the advantage for putting her back in the ring, and hitting the Jay did for the 1, 2, 3, but it's kind of tied into the fact that Rear Ripley had said, okay, you look great, but actually when it comes to matches, not that you suck, but you can't do as much as you would like to do that we can do, and here we kind of prove that, and then Rear Ripley walked out and just said, haha, Jay Cargill, you're a bitch, so we're going to start the bitch counter that we used to do, it has returned, if we take in last week's bitches 2, it goes up to 4, a bit wired, this entire feud is just about calling somebody a bitch, I think my major issue with it is, is that it's fine for Rear Ripley to say, oh, man, you are all show and no go, but given that she is the women's champion, you don't want her to be all show and no go in matches, because then if Rear Ripley beats her WrestleMania, will she beat a no body, and she was right, and she does lose, well, I don't know, good for Rear Ripley, so really does kind of feel to me like WWE made the decision to do this match in the last minute, which is crazy, because

9:18it should have all the fire underneath it, and we do have plenty of time, and my belief does remain in the program, because again, they're so good at what they do, but I do have to give it a down, I mean, this time of year, you do have to talk about WrestleMania, and it doesn't really feel like a WrestleMania wreck, sure as I point out that before Jay hit the Jay did, she licked me to his face, so I guess when she triggers her special, she moistened somebody's cheek, so now we know, Curry Rhodes then handed the contract back to Nick Elders, he was like, I am happy with this, and I look forward to signing it, when Sami Zayn walked in, he was like, damn it Cody, well you did it, you proved me wrong, you're the champion, you're going to WrestleMania, and I hope you win. Cody then tied around and said, you know I do watch the show, and I heard you say this to Randy Orton too, Sami Zayn just went off here, he was like, of course I was nice to Randy Orton, he's a living legend, he's an old timer, I look up to him, I don't actually look up to you, not in a bad way, but we're friends, and we're meant to be on the same level, and damn it Coz, I don't think you're treating me with any respect. I was in the pre-show that I talked, he was like, have you listened to my media interviews recently, I basically said you have magic in your Tootsie toes, and you are wonderful, but fine, if you want a title shot, we can arrange it after WrestleMania, and I actually

10:20don't give a damn if you do look up to me, because you could look up to this, they smacked the title that for some reason sound like a Coke can, but I absolutely love it, especially because later on Sami Zayn also found Trickwillinger said, I think you're totally crap, talking about this one, we'll talk about it twice, it should be Trick versus Sami Zayn at WrestleMania, which you do the double turn, Trickwillinger's cause a baby face, and Sami Zayn goes here, and then maybe goes after Cody Rhodes, and maybe in his big redemption, he becomes a champion, but Cody Rhodes and Sami Zayn, when they are talking like this, I'm just going to give it a up, it's really interesting, not massively into the Alistair Black stuff, because they've just walked in and went, ha ha ha, maybe you shouldn't be the champion, I thought Alistair Black was going to have a few with Randy Orton, that one don't make no sense, for no reason Randy then found B-Fab and Meachyn, Meachyn was like, get out my face, Randy Ripley, that's very unkind, when B-Fab was like, well we are going to go talk elsewhere, now I'm assuming he's going to be B-Fab, that's Randy Ripley next week, and I bet Rea does destroy her, but then that goes back to the story, Rea Ripley is a monster, and Meachyn kind of had to cheat when she used Bayer Barricade.

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15:37the ring, and she caused an escorted vacation. I couldn't believe this, I was like, Breeper, are they heels now? They're meant to be bad guys. Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss should be furious with these two. Legends might, but although we can't forget what they did contribute to pro wrestling, it's just one big, all-encompassing down. Listen, I love the women's tag team titles, and I presume we were doing a multi-person match at WrestleMania, which is good, but in terms of when we were here, it was a bit of a swing in a miss. Two round of people just came out and went, ah-ha, we want a championship match. We were watching ringside. You could have just let flip it Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair one, and then you could challenge them. Why did you care about Nigel? I know. My sister, blah, blah. Generally, we were all then bumped into our Truth and Damien Priest backstage, and I actually think Jamie Rolle watches Ups and Down, so hello, Jerry Rolle. Pleasure to have you here, when he also saw Randy, all things like, oh my gosh, I'm so excited that you are going to be the WrestleMania-made event. That was actually going to turn her to later too. Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss also argue with the betters for obvious reasons, when it was our Truth and Damien Priest taking on the garsers, and quite clearly, we are pushing

16:40our Truth and Priest towards the tag team titles, as we should do, they're a really good team, right? They just have good chemistry together. You can tell their friends, also Angel and Bert, who are really good in the ring. I would enjoy this. I actually thought it was nice and simple, and it made all the sense. It was basically the same finishes last week as well. Truth was definitely from the tag, so we got it to Damien Priest in the Big Chokeslam, and Truth got the AA for getting a double-one-two-three. And I am. They should go on to take on the MFTs or whoever the Fluff Detective champions are. I forget, because the SmackDown Tag Team division needs a big old reset, but there's just something too Truth and Priest or tap. We're going to call them now on, they show up and call TAP, give it it up, there's not much more to say about it, but we've established a new team, and now we're building them, sometimes that's all you need. Alex Sennie was then trying to help Johnny Gargano, who is still laying on box-like structures and canister rapes there as well, when Chris Saban walked in and repeated what we did seven days ago. Why do you care about this guy? Especially because I've booked just a match against Fraxium next week, and maybe that can get us back on track to the Tag Team titles. I'm just going to give it a down, like I like goofy wrestling for life, I think it's the

17:41best thing ever, but it's a man laying down on a grate. Haha, that's what I've got to say about it. I try to think of anything, and my brain went numb, maybe it is brilliant, it's just the SmackDown Tag Team division man, it needs something mostly TAP. 10 hours and then won the day again, because he found Miz, he was like, listen man, we need to get together so I can sell more merchandise, because I have the number one T-shirt on WWE shop, and the Miz was so damn mad, he was like, you've only been here for like a day, why the flub, do you have a T-shirt? How's the mysterious about this as well, because he knows it insults when he sees one, and he even dropped the misses really, really, really lined, when he cursed the Miz, honestly, I love the Miz, he sold this so damn well, he's like, what do I care, but you're stupid pointing finger, but then you could see in his eyes, he was a bit scared, when he turned around, Dan Howes and was gone, I'm giving it an up, I just love me some Dan Howes and was heading to the ring to do Miz TV, I think at one point Dan Howes and said he wanted his own television show, and he was interviewing Jelly Roll, and yet I think we just booked WrestleMania match, and we also made sure that the Miz's mic cut out, because of course

18:44he did get cursed, when Jelly was like, man, I'm just here to watch Curry Rolls, and Drew McIntyre signed that contract, because I love both these guys, and if I can turn up, why wouldn't I? The Miz they got all excited, because he was like, well actually we could become a tag team, so I'm looking to mentor WWE superstars, and you've dipped your toe in, and Jelly Roll was like, yes, I watched this show, and you stab every single person in the back you do team with, so you know what I'm fine, he's right, did they pretend that it was he who helped Jelly Roll lose all the weight, and Jelly was quite upset about this, when out came Kit Wilson, and man, do I like Kit Wilson, he just got on Jelly Roll's case, right, and at one point it looked like he was going to go, you are toxic, because he has that cadence, but instead from no way, just when you are fat phobic, look at you trying to create all, send out this toxic vibe about what somebody should look like, it's terrible, oh and also by the way, you are toxic, now do not get me wrong, this was a roller coaster of a segment, it went totally off the rails, but when Kit Wilson dropped that line, it made me laugh, it has got a super kicky as well, and Jelly Roll decides I'm going to punch him in the face, Kit Wilson, but again, the Miz had been cursed, so Kit

19:46got out of the way, and Miz got knocked right in the face, now listen, this is leading to one of two different positions, I would say, you could do Jelly Roll and Dan Housen taking on Kit Wilson the Miz, but I actually think you could probably reintroduce Royce keys here, whether Fluffer's powerhouse Hobbes gone, because I don't know, there's just a dynamic there that popped into my head, and surely you cannot ignore him until post-resolmania, I guess you can't, because he hasn't been seen since the rumble, actually I'm going to give that a down, I'm not saying that everyone has to be on every single show, but if you have a big David the Royal Rumble, you shouldn't then disappear, let's take West thing as real right, you're telling me, the powerhouse Hobbes or Royce keys decide, I tell you what I'm going to do, you enter the rumble, and you get thrown out, and then get this, I'm going to do nothing, I'm going back to this segment, it was totally bonkers, but honestly man, I was supposed to entertain, maybe not on the way to WWE was expecting, but at one point, Jelly Roll was doing Kit Wilson's dance, and Kit Wilson came across a genuinely furious about this, and it does get Kit Wilson, after WrestleMania, I am going to be a happy

20:46man, I am going to give it an up, again, sometimes things can be so crazy, you sit there, you go, you know what, I'm having a good time, I had a good time, come on Hays, then ask Elia Dragonov why he didn't want to fight for that tie tour, and as always Elia was like because I don't deserve it, because I'm having struggles, which actually I think we can all relate to, but mostly Elia Dragonov is my hero, because he is the one person on the show, that will not say he's title shot, because he feels like he has to earn it. Tiffany Shroud was then doing her a battle primer on Kiana James and Julia, when Chelsea Green wheeled herself in to tell her off, and Tiffany just pushed her away, I'm going to say this and make it clear, Chelsea Green has to be in the women's US champion match at WrestleMania, she's too funny. He always had another quick downhounds and segment in between this as well, where he asked if the Mrs. Teeth had been knocked out, because he needs some more, and I do believe other than his debut, that's the first time that downhounds and has mentioned Teeth, so now I'm excited. He always tried to get on the Mrs. Goodside again, but the Mrs. Flutted him away, when downhounds and said, well, you know there's only one way to lift the curse, when he vanished again.

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23:52smacked in the face. She fell into everybody else when Tiffany strained hit the PME. She got the 1, 2, 3 and that rhymes that must be true. And also before this, at one point, Strat was going to hit the boost soft. Julia just dragged Kiana James out the ring. The referee saw this was like, you know what? I think that's totally fine. Now it does mean that Tiffany strained got a victory here over Kiana James. And Julia, like I say, was getting about her earlier. But we also really focused on Chelsea Green. So a collection of these people, I believe they're doing something at WrestleMania. But I tell you what, at least the US title got focused. Julia even held up and went, ta-da! I am the champion. So look, we're grading things on a curve. I am giving it an up. The finish was a total, I don't want to call it a mess. It was all over the place. But Tiffany strained got a win and she pinned the friend of the US champion. And Chelsea Green was kind of fun, maybe just do it them all, right? Do Chelsea Green, Alba Fire, Tiffany strained Julia and Kiana James. There you go. What's bad? Boom. That's five people. I'm giving him up once again. He was totally mad. I didn't think it was bad. This is when Sami Zayn and Trick Williams did fall out, which is very

24:53good timing, because it was time for our main event. Trick versus Jacob. Yeah, I thought it actually pretty good. Again, it just felt fresh like bread, because I don't think they've had a match before, but I could be wrong. I would so much less than I get confused. And the big trick, which is a stupid thing I need to say, was that Drew McIntyre hadn't quit, and he returned. If I see as soon as Jacob was rocking and rolling, he fell to the outside and Drew McIntyre was there. At least Drew was looking at the referee to try and do all these attacks outside of his gaze, with the lock point. I'm pretty sure he did see. But he did throw Jacob into the ring post, putting back in the ring. Trick Williams hit the trick me. He took on the 1, 2, 3. That rhyme said, must be true. And because he was Jacob for two, and you don't usually see him losing, there. Trick Williams, big Jacob for two. It kind of did give him a little bit of momentum. Drew McIntyre, of course, wrecked Jacob after this as well, so we will do that match at WrestleMania. And I do think it has something to it, because Jacob for two should win. That's another big loss for Drew, and you want to make sure you protect Drew as well, so it does have some jeopardy. It does have that secret sauce. I'm going to give it an up, but even if it had been the proper main event of the show, I think it would have been fine, but we had one big segment left. Because he wants to

25:57be a contract sign between Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton, and this is exactly what I wanted, when I kept talking about the feud. Every now and then, I go on social media on my own videos. I'm like, I want to see the proper Cody Rhodes Randy Orton feud. People go, they're already fought. I'm not talking about single, actually, and the king of the ring. I'm talking about this, because Cody talked about their past and said, man, back in 2007, you were my first ever match, and I saw you main event WrestleMania. I want to be that guy. He even told a story about Randy Orton falling out with the pirate techniques people. Then he did go away when he came back to WWE, had nobody. Apart from one human being who was always there for him, it was Randy Orton, he's more than a brother, he's more than a family member. I love you, Randy. This is so great, because you can see it coming. Randy's going to kill him. Almost brilliant as well, because he was all perturbed like, this was meant to be easy. You were meant to be Drew McIntyre, almost as if he was saying, I have a plan, and I have to execute that plan. So my friend, my friend, I'm going to do it to you. And some people have said, this is out of nowhere. No, it isn't. Randy Orton's been looking at stupid titles since like 2024, and let's not forget he did

26:58have an epiphany after King of the Ring, where he decided to hesitate, whereas now he's like, I'm going to go back to old school, Randy Orton, and I'm going to kill you. Cody even said this to him, listen, when we get in that ring, I understand, man, you've got to be the legend, you've got to be the viper, the youngest world champion ever. Randy was like, well, you're a bit late for my schedule, because as soon as they had signed this contract, he booted Cody in the balls, and he totally decimated him. He had like this weird symbol, this still step arrangement, and Cody was bleeding, and he ripped his shirt off, and he basically gave him a concerto, but with the stairs, and this was sold, like Cody Rhodes was dead, at one point the commentator stopped talking, because they didn't know what was going on, and look at this shot. After the fact, Randy went and sat in the ring, with the championship, as he was covered in Cody Rhodes's blood, and it is a heel term, like on paper you would call a heel term, but the fans were cheering for this, but I totally get it because again, we've all wanted to see bad guy Randy, or ever since he did return a couple of years ago, and he's just so good in the role. Even here, like his eye language is that a thing, I don't know, the way he holds himself, you can look at him and go, man, that guy's an absolute

28:01psychopath, which is sort of true because he does listen to the voices in his head. So I thought this was tremendous, and on my end, totally justifies the Randy or versus Cody Rhodes direction, and I cannot wait for that match, because Randy or I probably should win now, because if you do go heel, and then you aren't able to complete your mission, you act like an absolute gumber, I'm giving it an up, I thought it was good, I thought it was well executed, and obviously he basically murdered Cody Rhodes when he came here with that chair, and this is amazing shot as well after the fact of Cody being escorted from the building, he looks like he's been squished. So there's a great end to Smackdown, which is kind of in porn, because the rest of Smackdown felt very inconsequential, it's best because WrestleMania is so soon, but when I do get something like that, and it gets me pumped up for the pay-per-view, which is the whole point of television shows, I am going to give it an up, or also say I am being quite positive there. If you want to just watch the ending of Smackdown this week, well, I'm thinking of Mr. Myself. Now of course, my friends, please do drop me a combo, I will let me know what you thought about last night's episode of Smackdown, like the video, share the video and subscribe. Tick the video on the screen, which we ups and downs for Monday night Raw. Otherwise, have a lovely weekend, see you soon.

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