Smackdown Articles - Page 6

With the WWE Draft rapidly approaching, fans have been wondering which Superstars will be working on RAW, which will be working on SmackDown, and if any members of the NXT Universe, from Apollo Crews to Bron Breakker, could see their fortunes altered and their careers fast-tracked with a main roster call up. But what if […]

After securing his most important singles win of the year so far in a SmackDown dub over “The Megastar” LA Knight, Xavier Woods was riding high, so much so that he decided to poke the bear, in this case, Imperium, with his trombone to effectively lay down the challenge for Gunther’s Intercontinental Championship. While didn’t […]

After effectively taking the first three and a half months of the 2023 calendar year off away from WWE, Shinsuke Nakamura officially made his return to the WWE Universe on SmackDown, where he made quick work of Madcap Moss despite some outside-the-ring quarterbacking from Emma. Afforded a chance to discuss his time away, Kayla Braxton […]

While Xavier Woods was riding high after securing a surprise win over LA Knight on SmackDown, “The Megastar” was walking to the back feeling dejected… at least until Megan Morant of the SmackDown LowDown decided to ask the former Million Dollar Champion why he wasn’t able to “get the job done” in his match. Needless […]

After backing up his words on Twitter with a surprising win over LA Knight on SmackDown, Xavier Woods was riding high, so much so that, when he saw Gunther conversing with the rest of Imperium in German backstage, he decided to interject with his instrument of choice: the trombone. “So you clearly want my attention,” […]

After allowing Xavier Wood to have a moment in the sun for cutting a fun and impassioned promo on Twitter ahead of his match on SmackDown, LA Knight decided to bring a bazooka to a knife fight and put the former G4 host in his place ahead of their Friday night fight. “Let me talk […]

After finding a unique way to get onto the WrestleMania 39 card via an UpUpDownDown tie-in with WWE 2K23, Xavier Woods was in a good spot on the first SmackDown of the “new” WWE calendar year. Sure, both of his New Day teammates remain on the shelf while recovering from surgery, but the man known […]

After watching the trio’s loss to Sheamus and the Brawling Brutes on SmackDown, Megan Morant of the SmackDown LowDown attempted to catch up with Gunther and the members of Imperium to discuss their opening segment letdown, but unsurprisingly, Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci weren’t too eager to breakdown their failures. “Do you know what would […]

After watching Paul “Triple H” Levesque open up the first RAW after WrestleMania 39 with a promo that low-key updated the WWE Universe about the future of the promotion, even if he never actually mentioned the terms Endeavor, merger, sale, or UFC in the promo, fans had to watch a three-hour show featuring squash matches, […]

To call WrestleMania 39 anything other than a resounding success for Rhea Ripley would be a lie. Though the rest of her Judgement Day pals came up short, with Dominik Mysterio losing to Rey Mysterio earlier in Day 1 and “The Demon” Finn Balor dropping a stunner in the penultimate match of Day 2, Ripley […]

Ever since Ronda Rousey lost her SmackDown Women’s Championship to Charlotte Flair on the final show of 2022, WWE has had a hard time figuring out where she fits into the picture. Would the promotion pair her up full-time with Shayna Baszler and have them challenge for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship belts, which […]

Charlotte Flair is a WWE legend. She’s won more world championships than any other woman in WWE history, has headlined “Premium Live Events” across the country, and will eventually join fellow WrestleMania performers Lita, Trish Stratus, and Rey Mysterio in the Hall of Fame when she decides to hang up her robes for good. But […]

With the 2023 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal rapidly approaching, WWE performers from across the brands are looking to find an advantage heading into the match in the hopes of elevating their stock, getting into their opponent’s heads, and maybe, just maybe, sneaking their way onto the WrestleMania 39 card. After watching Xavier Woods […]

With WrestleMania 39 rapidly approaching, WWE has found a fun way to give performers who aren’t booked on the biggest show of the year a chance to have their big Mania weekend moment in Los Angeles in the form of the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, where the winner earns not only the largest […]

While Rhea Ripley has been busy as of late accompanying Dominik Mysterio to the ring, discussing her desire to wrestle for the Intercontinental Championship, and just generally serving as the public face of The Judgement Day ahead of a choice spot at WrestleMania 39, one thing “The Eradicator” can’t forget about is the actual task […]

With the dynamic tag team of Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens officially reunited after a will-they, won’t-they storyline that ran through the entirety of the previous edition of Friday Night SmackDown, the WWE Universe was treated to a special edition of The KO Show with none other than “The Underdog of the Underground” lined up […]

After taking care of business on the penultimate edition of SmackDown in a match against LA Knight, Rey Mysterio found himself in a familiar spot, with his son, Dominik Mysterio, coming out to call him a poor father, accusing him of being a deadbeat, and demanding a match at WrestleMania 39. As per usual, the […]

Rhea Ripley is not someone folks typically want to mess with within the WWE Universe. She’s a powerhouse who can slam Luke Gallows, a dominant performer who has won 90 percent of her matches in 2023, and potentially the SmackDown Women’s Champion if she’s able to take care of business against the Charlotte Flair at […]

After being released from WWE due to “budget cuts” during the pandemic, did Karrion Kross have any apprehension about returning to The Fed, especially after having his first run on the main roster thoroughly botched by Vince McMahon and his Gladiator-inspired idea? Or was the former Killer ready to test his mettle on wrestling’s grandest […]

After delivering a beatdown on Sami Zayn in the final segment of SmackDown, at least until Cody Rhodes came out from the back for the save, Jimmy and Jey Uso, aka The Usos, caught up with Megan Morant of the SmackDown LowDown to deliver a message to two of the top babyfaces in the WWE […]

While most WWE fans were watching Roadblock to see if Roxanne Perez could overcome Meiko Satimora to remain NXT Women’s Champion – *spoiler alert* she did, even if it resulted in a trip to the hospital after the show – Liv Morgan was at a New York Knicks game to help promote the upcoming Road […]

Santos Escobar is a big Rey Mysterio guy. He grew up watching his matches in Mexico, dreamed of having a career of his caliber, and even gave the Hall of Fame-bound luchador one of his El Hijo del Fantasma masks during a criminally non-broadcasted segment for WWE social media. Sure, eventually, Escobar would like to […]

On February 19th, 2023, Sonya DeVille, the WWE Superstar, and former on-screen authority figure, was reportedly arrested in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for unlawful possession of a firearm after a parking attendant found a pistol in her glovebox. Taking to Twitter to announce the arrest nearly three weeks later, Sean Ross Sapp initially broke that […]

When Byron Saxton announced before RAW that Cody Rhodes was going to work a match with Chad Gable, it drew near-universal praise from WWE fans from around the world. Sure, Gable is pretty firmly in the lower mid-card at this point, but he’s still one of the best pure workers in WWE, as is evidenced […]

After successfully securing the win over Braun Strowman, Ricochet, and Madcap Moss in the opening segment of SmackDown, GUNTHER, Ludwig Kaiser, and Giovanni Vinci of Imperium accepted an interview with Megan Morant on the SmackDown LowDown to discuss their win and Drew McIntyre’s decision to come down to the ring to check out the competition. […]

After watching his brother remain conflicted before and during the 2023 Elimination Chamber, Jimmy Uso took it upon himself to enter the WWE ring in the main event segment of SmackDown in the hopes of working things out with his brother once and for all. “So if you’re not here, I know you’re out there […]

After powering through a fast-paced first hour of SmackDown, the WWE Universe waited with bated breath to finally see Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair stand in the same ring and talk some smack heading into their WrestleMania 39 match. Flair came out first and delivered the opening blows of what many expected to be an […]

Though things didn’t go the way The Judgement Day wanted at the Elimination Chamber, with Finn Balor, Rhea Ripley, and Damian Priest ending their respective matches with their shoulder on that mat, the faction isn’t in dire straights, as their “Nightmare” still has her ticket punched to WrestleMania after winning the Women’s Royal Rumble. Afforded […]

After exchanging in a short but fiery social media war of wills over making on-camera appearances for WWE, Ariel Helwani finally addressed what went down with Tony Khan during his appearance on SmackDown and then the Elimination Chamber on his MMA Hour show. Discussing the matter of objectivity, Helwani noted that he is not, in […]

Though her match with Shotzi, Ronda Rousey, and Shayna Baszler didn’t go as planned, Natalya’s return to Canada for the go-home show before the 2023 WWE Elimination Chamber was still a resounding success, as the crowd cheered her on like the ultimate hometown hero… well, the second-most ultimate hometown here behind Sami Zayn, who closed […]

When Sami Zayn took the ring for the final segment of the final SmackDown before the Elimination Chamber, the WWE Universe assembled in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was beyond ready to welcome back their hometown hero. Earning basically every cheer in the books, with fans singing along to “The Underdog from the Underground’s” vintage theme song […]

After working through much of the best talents SmackDown has to offer, GUNTHER was afforded a chance to sit back and watch as four WWE performers, Rey Mysterio, Santos Escobar, Karrion Kross, and Madcap Moss, took part in a four-way match to decide on the next number one contender for the Intercontinental Championship. The winner? […]

Before Santos Escobar was Santos Escobar, the SmackDown star and leader of Legado Del Fantasma, he was known as El Hijo del Fantasma, a moniker given to the second-generation luchador because he is quite literally the son of El Fantasma, the long-time luchador who wrestled began working matches in the 1970s and still wrestles the […]

Karrion Kross is a fan of professional wrestling. While the WWE Superstar is always down to play the heel on television, using his size, his trickery, and Scarlett, to torment the likes of Drew McIntyre and Rey Mysterio, but when he’s off camera, the 37-year-old New York Native is more than willing to put over […]

WWE fans, it’s official: after six or so weeks away, “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey is officially back on Friday Night SmackDown. That’s right, after dropping her strap to Charlotte Flair to close out 2022, Rousey was summoned into action by Natalya, who was having words with Shayna Baszler about being nothing but a “Ronda Rousey Clone” […]

After winning the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Tournament on Friday, Ricochet and Braun Strowman have booked themselves a one-way ticket to challenge The Usos for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships. Speaking with Megan Morant on the SmackDown LowDown, Ricochet asserted that he isn’t afraid of The Usos, especially with Strowman by his side. “Sorry, but […]

After besting three other women for the honor, Natalya is officially going to the 2023 WWE Elimination Chamber, where she will take part in a six-women match to punch a ticket to WrestleMania 39 for a match against Bianca Belair for the RAW Women’s Championship. Speaking with Megan Morant after SmackDown on the SmackDown LowDown, […]

After watching Natalya rip off a surprising win on SmackDown to secure a spot in the Elimination Chamber, Liv Morgan decided to congratulate the WWE veteran for her accomplishment before warning her just how physically violent the “Premium Live Event’s” signature event can be. “You might find this hard to believe, but I’m actually so […]

After finally taking care of Sonya Deville in their SmackDown-broadcasted rematch for the WWE SmackDown Women”s Championship, Megan Morant caught up with Charlotte Flair to see how she felt about Rhea Ripley declaring her intentions to wrestle the second-generation star at WrestleMania 39. Fortunately, Flair was down to talk but not before she shouted out […]