The Smackdown Go Home show was, as expected, not much relevant as WWE nears the Elimination Chamber PPV. It had the opening promo and a tag team match as the main event. WWE has also come to depend on The Shield majorly as the three former teammates ended another Smackdown being in the same match.
There were some things though, that stood out from the rest of the repetive clutter that is the 2 hour Smackdown.
Kevin Owens made his debut on the Smackdown brand and there was a lot of tag team action to invest one’s time in.
Here are the top 5 moments of the night-
1.Kevin Owens Promo
The NXT Champion made his debut on Smackdown with an in- ring promo with Michael Cole. This was a trademark Owens promo which was great to showcase his capabilities on the mic to the wider reach of the main roster. He said that even if he’s been on the main roster for just two weeks, he’s been wrestling for 15 years and that he has nothing to prove to anyone,including John Cena. He doesn’t consider his match against the face of the company as a stepping stone. His line about Cena’s “57 varieties of terrible T-Shirt design and over 1000 different ways to suck” was brilliant.
He has nothing to prove to Cena but Cena does, to the NXT Champion.
Brilliant heel.
2.The Brass Ring Club’s Teamwork
Tyson Kidd and Cesaro are two of the most gifted wrestlers with little to no Creative direction when it comes to character development. But when you see them in the ring,you realize how great they are.Their team is amazing. Their teamwork is seamless and hence quite entertaining.
The kind of wrestling they showcase is particularly the reason why the tag team division is still surviving and their feud with newly-turned heel New Day is doing well for the entire division.
On Smackdown, they had another great showing against the Lucha Dragons
3.Lucha Dragons are here
The ‘Lucha’ chant is extremely catchy. This tag team hasn’t disappointed since they stepped into the main roster. Kalisto certainly steals the spotlight every single time. Their introduction to the main roster tag team mix has been a welcome addition.
They always find new moves to entertain the audience.
The tag team match at Elimination Chamber may just be the best match of the night.
4.Rollins stands tall or does he?
Seth Rollins ended the night on a high. He was the one standing tall but it took The Authority and The New Day to stop Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns. Adding New Day to the mix was interesting but this may or may not lead them into a proper storyline with The Authority. They were just there to take that one move from Reigns.
But the interesting fact is that Rollins’ former partners are getting stronger. The Authority is not enough to take them and bring them down. That has to be quite bothersome for the young champion
5.Owens and Ambrose cross paths
This one brief moment could have something to it, in the future. This was so brief that it was brilliant. Owens’ nonchalance is great and so is Ambrose’s. Owens was walking out after his interview with Cole, that’s when Ambrose’s music hit as he made his way for his match.
Ambrose did not even look at the NXT Champion and walked straight ahead. The tight shots of Owens noticing that was enough to make all of this interesting.
