SmackDown went down at Wembley Arena, London this week as the European tour raged on.
Apologies for the delay – I attended the show with my family do was unable to report!
Let’s get into the results:
Randy Orton def. The Miz
Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss def. Giulia and Kiana James
Trick Williams def. Matt Cardona
Damien Priest def. Solo Sikoa
Unites States title open challenge: Carmelo Hayes def. Leon Slater
Jordynne Grace def. Chelsea Green
Sami Zayn def. Ilja Dragunov
Analysis:
The chants inside Wembley Arena were crazy for Trick Williams. He has some of the most obvious star quality I’ve seen in a long time. He has the look, presentation, massive charisma and he can go. WWE would be wise to factor him to their WrestleMania plans and fast.
The fatal-four-way to decide Drew McIntyre’s opponent for the Royal Rumble will be Randy Orton vs Williams vs Sami Zayn vs Damien Priest – that’s a pretty tantalising match.
Kit Wilson came out for a talking segment and worked the crowd fantastically. Also, during his entrance, he paused his music just to beat up Matt Cardona, just to then resume his entrance like nothing had happened with the music too. Excellent stuff.
Hayes and Slater put on WWE’s best TV match of the year so far and while it’s super early, they set a very, very high bar.
Drew McIntyre had the best of both worlds with his promo. He enjoyed the warm embrace of the UK and his title win before switching on them like his character would – perfect execution.
Cody Rhodes, the victim of some boos to kick off his segment, also did well to turn the crowd around with the help of a “London deserves a WrestleMania” quip.
This was a great SmackDown. The only problem is, we don’t seem to have made any progress or any real acknoledgment of who attacked Jacob Fatu.
It was implied it was either McIntyre or Rhodes and Fatu continued to have problems with both of them on Friday night, but nothing was said about the attack that put him on the sidelines.
