Reacting to WWE SMACKDOWN 🔥HOT TAKES🔥

[@Kaltagstar96]

I honestly just assumed that Pretty Deadly being so naff with their singing was the entire point, it really fits their characters for them to hype this music number up like the second coming and in reality it sounds like you and a mate trying to do karaoke after having a few too many down at your local pub. I do hope this leads to more stuff for PD to do, though. They're such a fun act, I think they should keep them with Tiffany as they've got surprisingly good chemistry.

[@BigmanDogs]

I dont think they intended to sing so out of sync so that you could barely even hear what they said.

[@gmd375]

Maybe Roman was so depressed when he lost the title that he took a vow of silence, only ever to be broken by the occasional "OOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAHHHH"

[@victor.maskalenka]

Pretty Deadly musical will be the biggest WWE event of all time.

[@ghuugctujggujvdr]

Make it the wrestlemania 41 main event

[@josephgrahamjr9292]

Roman putting on the ulla falu gave me Thanos and six stone vibes

[@yungflav193]

Personally I wasnt a fan of the Pretty Deadly segment but I do hate how much some people are overreacting about it. At the end of the day im just happy they might be exploring this Tiffany and Pretty Deadly thing more and Mia Yim keeps getting TV time.

[@GhostofKittyKatDawg]

People overreact to everything these days. I personally thought it was pretty funny and the intention was for it to be awful. They're wrestlers, they don't know anything about musical theatre but they are arrogant and think they will nail everything. Great fun

[@alexgood1039]

Haha, maybe you’re right about the PD segment, I was just so happy to see them farting around trying to get through it that me and my son genuinely laughed our asses off and they just pop me.

[@goatbrook9065]

I like the pretty deadly thing i like goofy wrestling. As long as the whole show isnt like that and its only specific characters i think its good. Wrestling is a medium when dumb shit like that just works lol

[@J_Tevo]

Pretty Deadly were very clearly going for Cringe Humour, by intentionally being off and bad (UK Office esque) It wouldn’t have been funnier if it was done perfectly, we’d just be impressed and therefore the idea of them being heels vanishes. Michin has to come in and save the viewer from a bad performance.

[@deathmauler181]

Pd's gimmick is fkn annoying lol

[@J_Tevo]

@@deathmauler181That’s kinda the point… they’re the heels. I get it isn’t for everyone though.

[@deathmauler181]

​@@J_Tevonot heel heat, go away heat .its not the same

[@kittenpuke8918]

@@deathmauler181 For YOU, it's go away heat maybe. I'm loving it.

[@BigmanDogs]

​@@deathmauler181We know we know. Good heel heat to you is a cool badass that you cheer.

[@camilosotopinto4216]

Ula fala is the MITB for samoans 😂

[@KarthofEarth]

100% agree Roman should not have been able to put the Ula Fala on just yet, that is basically a championship level celebration, after the match with solo, where he finally says the first thing after his return "Acknowledge me"

[@deonj225]

Fatu will be world champ before solo

[@crookeymonster]

nice enterprise reference in your lower third at the start of the video, great show

[@magi404]

Not me falling for your bit, I was like... wait did I spell Bayley wrong?! hahahahhahahah well played chonie

[@diabeticman2194]

Pretty Deadly's musical was an all timer moment, a great diversion from the Tiffany/Nia split tease as well.

[@mrswhite3513]

I thought the Pretty Deadly was bad on purpose. To show Tiffany put lil to no effort into Nia's party.

[@chrono050]

I saw Jacob eyeing up that ulla falu like Randy was eyeing Cody's title. ahh it's mentioned in here

[@markula_4040]

Jacob Fatu is overshadowing the rest of the (Bad) Bloodline because A, none of them are that interesting as an individual character and B, he reminds people of Umaga who so many fans look back upon with admiration. He's got that wild beast in him.

[@jordancourtney9142]

Montez deserves the solo push la knight is getting

[@mutedmayday]

YES BOY!!!

[@espnfrankie126]

Be patient young warrior let the OTC cook before he chirps. We can tell what’s going on without him talking yet!

[@stephenlawlor1032]

I did think that closing segment was quite good and served multiple purposes including potentially setting up Roman's next match, which I assume might come to fruition in his next appearance, and probably set up for Bad Blood. I can definitely see Roman-Fatu at Bad Blood, but then again maybe they will go with the Solo match if they don't want to continue this until WM, but I don't see that not happening personally. One small criticism I had with the segment was Roman actually putting the lei/ula fala around him. I just think they could've teased that here and did the Fatu attack right away to save up for a bigger moment down the line, plus Solo ultimately just got it back anyway. I wasn't down on that segment though and it was a bit better of a SmackDown overall than the last couple of weeks imo.

[@charlesarmelin6950]

There are so many roads that the bloodline story has that I'm wondering if they going to actually take part of... like the fact that Roman wasn't drafted to smackdown or raw remember he can go to both shows so does that open the door for him to get Jey uso

[@CuriousCorduroy]

I like Pretty Deadly. They remind me of the Iiconics.

[@Mowmauf]

Are you joking me

[@Mr_Oggie]

It could be interesting if Jacob Fatu wins the title before Solo and then starts some big thing in the Evil Bloodline if Solo starts demanding Jacob gives him the belt or lose it to him, like the ol' "fingerpoke of doom", and it ends up starting some kind of civil war amongst the evil guys. That Jacob Fatu guy comes across as a guy who could just as easily be a face as he is a heel...

[@mrwrestlingjr9820]

Pretty Deadly (YES BOY!!!) The Musical™ isn't supposed to be good. If they sang and it was amazing, then where's the heat? It's not gonna be "Oh they're actually good? BOO!!!" It would be "Oh they're actually good? Hell yeah let's get the Musical™!" If they're bad, which they are, then it's "haha! Look at these losers! BOO!!!" And then Mia Yim saves us from the awful signing leading to her getting a pop.

[@klown13420]

Great video as always

[@tylerwarden93]

Thanks Steve!

[@darkangel3812]

I will take 3 count over pretty deadly

[@Graunstin]

yes...boy

[@magi404]

p.s. I too was hoping the PD stuff would be surprisingly good. I lowkey hoped they'd take a lot of inspo from that MJF Jericho act a few years ago.

[@lebrontoraptors2191]

How I see this story going is Roman vs Solo, Roman wins easily them Roman vs Jacob where maybe even gets a win over Roman, which creates an interesting dynamic between Solo and Jacob

[@victor.maskalenka]

I hope Solo wins his next match with Roman so Roman has to reunite the Bloodline to beat him, but to do that Roman has to apologize to everyone of them. So the original 4 bloodliners finally win from the new ones because Solo treats them like an unit while Roman finally treats them like with respect like a real family

[@michaelbrower3623]

The juice is loose!

[@Bayley4ever]

I mean yeah, Bayley lost the title, had no real feud with Damage Ctrl, they went to Raw and she is just there. Wonder if they are going to turn her heel. Sure they were heading for a Naomi VS Bayley feud, they still could, but Bayley turn on Naomi. or is she getting pushed back to change her image, back to hugger?

[@darkangel3812]

Jacob fatu is doing the same stuff he did in mlw

[@andreholly2027]

Solo will end up back in the OG Bloodline after Jacob and G.o.D turn on him. Hikalu & Zilla will join the new Bloodline

[@andreholly2027]

@@JoKiR90 Quit all that crying. WWE is signing Zilla, deal with it

[@mr.ilikespam6081]

Pretty deadly were bad on purpose like i have no idea how anyone doesn't understand that its stupid

[@mikebunch969]

Friendo

[@lukehb]

The issue with Pretty Deadly looked and sounded to me like a combination of two issues. I think first was that, as Steve pointed out, they were being picked up by multiple mic’s. Seemed like they were probably piped into the arena a little too loud, and being picked up by the audience mic’s. But I think the bigger issue was they didn’t have in ear monitors, or if they did, they weren’t working. I’ve spent a few years with a (relatively small) touring theatre company in my past, and have worked both on stage as an actor, and on the tech side. And trying to sing and dance when you can’t clearly hear the music or each other is next to impossible. If you’re relying on house audio, it is a recipe for disaster - the house speakers are positioned for the audience, and if you can hear anything at all, it’s a delayed and a echoey mess. The music is bouncing all around the arena, and being reflected back at you, at different times due to the speed of sound. Speaker placement and wall positions are affecting when the audio from the various different speakers reaches your ears. It’s a mess even in a fairly small theatre, so in an arena, it would be a nightmare. You heard them abandon the idea of singing at all mid song, and switched to just rhythmic talking, and seemed to be relying on visual cues from one another for various dance moves, which is kind of a dead giveaway you can’t hear either the music, or each other. It’s part of live TV, and in the context of a wrestling show, you can’t really stop, fix the issue, and rerack the way you may at a concert or musical theatre performance, so you roll with the punches, but it’s a shame, because I actually think they probably had worked pretty hard on it, and it was supposed to be good (or at least, not that bad).

[@alexwilliams7640]

Roman reigns should have came back flip on Cody Rhodes and turn on Cody Rhodes and that would have set up a match with Cody Rhodes and Roman reigns and in the bloodline down the line to show dominance

[@dom19945]

Smackdown is hitting on almost no cylinders right now. Didn’t wait long enough for Jacob’s return to matter. The only thing working is Roman is naturally super over as a babyface.

[@TheSpektrum1989]

Jacob Fatu's gonna beat The Profits on one good foot, isn't he? I'm not sure if we should feel worse for The Profits or for Loa who doesn't even get to be tag champ with his long time tag partner, Tama.

[@PettyCrow-n9c]

Nah, Jimmy gonna come back

[@TheSpektrum1989]

@@PettyCrow-n9c yeah that's probably the thing

[@lloydallen6497]

Pretty deadly needs to go back to nxt or break them up and give them a new gimmick

[@Wrestle_Kingdom]

Am I the only one who think Jacob is a bit overrated he amazing in the ring but that it people acting like he this super amazing character when he just a more dangerous version of Solo when he was an enforcer People give Solo way to much hate if solo was presented like the monster he should be then people would be glazing him.People was saying he could defeat Roman back when he was the enforcer but now everyone hates.Solo is suppose to look weak because he not the real tribal chief.

[@TheTony024]

Pretty deadly is only funny to watch when on drugs, otherwise it’s borderline cringe but we can see they are comic relief guys as of now.