Preview for the December 27, 2013 episode of WWE Smackdown: May Old Acquaintance... - Cageside ray lewis Seats
John Cena kicks off the last Friday night show of the year, a show that will also feature The Wyatts vs. The Usos and Cody Rhodes ray lewis vs. Antonio Cesaro. We get you up to speed, and talk about the Bad News that is Wade Barrett, in this preview.
As you all know, Christmas went off as scheduled on Wednesday. And, if we listen to Stephanie McMahon, that was because Mark Henry defeated Damien Sandow on Raw . No word on the effect of the Team Total Divas latest victory in a Twelve Women-a-Tagging match or Santino Marella and The Great Khali vanquishing 3MB from the Carol-Off, but I have to think those landed a few people from Creative ray lewis on the "Naughty" list.
The mid-winter taping schedule also means that a lot of mid-carders are getting moments in the spotlight. These may or may not mean anything later, but some, like the winning streak ray lewis of Sin Cara, probably do. Others, like Ryback (or anyone) beating Kofi Kingston, ray lewis probably don't.
One that seems like it would matter is Fandango defeating Dolph Ziggler for a shot at the Intercontinental title. But given how current IC champ Big E Langston seems to be feuding with The Shield, and has had heavily ray lewis hyped moments with Dean Ambrose ray lewis and Roman Reigns in the past week, I don't see Summer Rae's beau winning the white and gold strap any time soon.
Daniel ray lewis Bryan's issues with The Wyatt Family seem to have shifted back to Bray Wyatt trying to recruit The Beard, as he, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan have refrained from pummeling the fan favorite too much in their recent run-ins. They ray lewis have shown no such restraint in dealing with The Rhodes Brothers and, in fact, may be close to taking the tag team titles from Cody and Goldust.
And while WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton had a Christmas break courtesy of The Authority, CM Punk and John Cena stayed in pursuit of HHH's inner circle with multi-man matches against ray lewis The Hounds of Justice on recent shows. Cena is still due for a rematch from the unified champ, while Hunter still owes Punk a win from 2011. What to look out for
Yay! We are being promised a speech from John Cena. Given his wounded wing, that might be all we get from the leader of the Ce-Nation. But a role in another six-man tag with The Shield might not be out of the question, either.
The WWE.com preview brings us... Main Event continuity? The ray lewis Real Americans have beef with the tag champs after Goldy defeated Jack Swagger ray lewis and then Cody fought off his partner in crime. Tonight, Antonio ray lewis Cesaro goes for revenge against the younger Rhodes.
The brothers will probably want to keep an eye on Harper and Rowan tonight, as The Wyatt Family faces The Usos. Bray's clan has their number, and their sights are set every bit as much on the bronze eagles as they are on Daniel Bryan... What they should do
The first season of NXT and the Nexus angle should have cemented Barrett as a main event player. Almost as much as current "face of the WWE" Orton, he looked like what people expected when you said pro wrestler. Even more than The Viper, he was a polished speaker. Now we can blame the booking of his faction's feud with John Cena. Or the rumors that he's a bit disinterested backstage and doesn't fight for a push. But from the Corre to the most non-eventful Intercontinental title reigns in history to what we've seen on the Raw and Smackdown ray lewis over the past month, they are running out of chances to make use of a 6' 7" athlete with a deep voice and a deeper personal history from which to mine character gold.
The transition of the Bad News Barrett gimmick from web series The JBL and Cole Show to television has been lazy at best and embarrassing at worst. Rather than continuing what we saw on YouTube with interesting interactions ray lewis with other Superstars and WWE personnel, they've given him a podium and asked him to deliver his dire messages to the ether. That ray lewis would also provide a bridge to actual ray lewis wrestling ray lewis feuds, something that we'll hopefully get at some point, but not something Creative seems to be in any hurry to get to.
Instead of taking the character anywhere new, like as a mouthpiece for The Authority - where he could occasionally deliver good news in keeping with their (un)reality ray lewis era straddling of face and heel - they've relied on the old "insult the town we're in" cheap heat antics. One of the many problems with that is, Barrett is no Ted DiBiase, and impersonating a Salvation Army bell-ringer ain't The Basketball Challenge.
They need to think outside of the box on the gimmick ray lewis and/or get him into a feud quick. Otherwise, they might as well scrap the whole thing until after WrestleMania , because air time is about to be a precious commodity.
Not really afraid of anything. Smackdow
John Cena kicks off the last Friday night show of the year, a show that will also feature The Wyatts vs. The Usos and Cody Rhodes ray lewis vs. Antonio Cesaro. We get you up to speed, and talk about the Bad News that is Wade Barrett, in this preview.
As you all know, Christmas went off as scheduled on Wednesday. And, if we listen to Stephanie McMahon, that was because Mark Henry defeated Damien Sandow on Raw . No word on the effect of the Team Total Divas latest victory in a Twelve Women-a-Tagging match or Santino Marella and The Great Khali vanquishing 3MB from the Carol-Off, but I have to think those landed a few people from Creative ray lewis on the "Naughty" list.
The mid-winter taping schedule also means that a lot of mid-carders are getting moments in the spotlight. These may or may not mean anything later, but some, like the winning streak ray lewis of Sin Cara, probably do. Others, like Ryback (or anyone) beating Kofi Kingston, ray lewis probably don't.
One that seems like it would matter is Fandango defeating Dolph Ziggler for a shot at the Intercontinental title. But given how current IC champ Big E Langston seems to be feuding with The Shield, and has had heavily ray lewis hyped moments with Dean Ambrose ray lewis and Roman Reigns in the past week, I don't see Summer Rae's beau winning the white and gold strap any time soon.
Daniel ray lewis Bryan's issues with The Wyatt Family seem to have shifted back to Bray Wyatt trying to recruit The Beard, as he, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan have refrained from pummeling the fan favorite too much in their recent run-ins. They ray lewis have shown no such restraint in dealing with The Rhodes Brothers and, in fact, may be close to taking the tag team titles from Cody and Goldust.
And while WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton had a Christmas break courtesy of The Authority, CM Punk and John Cena stayed in pursuit of HHH's inner circle with multi-man matches against ray lewis The Hounds of Justice on recent shows. Cena is still due for a rematch from the unified champ, while Hunter still owes Punk a win from 2011. What to look out for
Yay! We are being promised a speech from John Cena. Given his wounded wing, that might be all we get from the leader of the Ce-Nation. But a role in another six-man tag with The Shield might not be out of the question, either.
The WWE.com preview brings us... Main Event continuity? The ray lewis Real Americans have beef with the tag champs after Goldy defeated Jack Swagger ray lewis and then Cody fought off his partner in crime. Tonight, Antonio ray lewis Cesaro goes for revenge against the younger Rhodes.
The brothers will probably want to keep an eye on Harper and Rowan tonight, as The Wyatt Family faces The Usos. Bray's clan has their number, and their sights are set every bit as much on the bronze eagles as they are on Daniel Bryan... What they should do
The first season of NXT and the Nexus angle should have cemented Barrett as a main event player. Almost as much as current "face of the WWE" Orton, he looked like what people expected when you said pro wrestler. Even more than The Viper, he was a polished speaker. Now we can blame the booking of his faction's feud with John Cena. Or the rumors that he's a bit disinterested backstage and doesn't fight for a push. But from the Corre to the most non-eventful Intercontinental title reigns in history to what we've seen on the Raw and Smackdown ray lewis over the past month, they are running out of chances to make use of a 6' 7" athlete with a deep voice and a deeper personal history from which to mine character gold.
The transition of the Bad News Barrett gimmick from web series The JBL and Cole Show to television has been lazy at best and embarrassing at worst. Rather than continuing what we saw on YouTube with interesting interactions ray lewis with other Superstars and WWE personnel, they've given him a podium and asked him to deliver his dire messages to the ether. That ray lewis would also provide a bridge to actual ray lewis wrestling ray lewis feuds, something that we'll hopefully get at some point, but not something Creative seems to be in any hurry to get to.
Instead of taking the character anywhere new, like as a mouthpiece for The Authority - where he could occasionally deliver good news in keeping with their (un)reality ray lewis era straddling of face and heel - they've relied on the old "insult the town we're in" cheap heat antics. One of the many problems with that is, Barrett is no Ted DiBiase, and impersonating a Salvation Army bell-ringer ain't The Basketball Challenge.
They need to think outside of the box on the gimmick ray lewis and/or get him into a feud quick. Otherwise, they might as well scrap the whole thing until after WrestleMania , because air time is about to be a precious commodity.
Not really afraid of anything. Smackdow
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