Ups & Downs: WWE Smackdown Review (Sep 20)

[@TD4547-w4b]

Jacob Fatu coming in and just wrecking everyone was hilarious 😂😂 “Anybody else want a patdown?” I was dead 🤣🤣🤣

[@DamariJackson24]

FACTS😂.

[@shanelady1049]

after the end of the match you can see LA pat Andrade point to the corner and it looks like he apologies for slipping and thanks him for a good and fast recovery.

[@DamariJackson24]

FACTS.

[@calebdodoo9965]

The Cody Roman segment reminded me of Batman v Superman when they were on the roof. And Bruce asked ''Do you bleed?'' Excellent camera work

[@labbaby189]

Ppl hate Batman v Superman, but I swear to this day it's one of the best shot superhero movies ever.

[@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780]

@@labbaby189 agree but this was nothing like Batman vs Superman or any other movie this cinema delusion needs to stop

[@KamoMustafaWWE]

I'm not one to use clichés, but that Cody/Roman segment was "pure cinema".

[@DamariJackson24]

FACTS felt like a segment I see wwe do on the build to wrestlemania.

[@marcelchaudhary1398]

But don't you think this heavily cinematic segment doesn't feel natural and organic?

[@nicholasingall5413]

@@marcelchaudhary1398 agreed

[@elchomper.1063]

A wrestling promo that promoted zero wrestling.

[@shanelady1049]

At the end of the LA Knight vs. Andrade match LA pats Andrade and it looks like he apologizes for slipping and thanks him for a good and fast recovery. Love these small moments that show these are real people and not super heroes

[@carlb5558]

You watch WOW too!? Lolol

[@suavemunoz924]

Simon had the MJF orange hands in this video.

[@DamariJackson24]

FACTS😂.

[@BLOPSDAD]

This!

[@richardbladehartstewart8675]

Hahahaha fake tan

[@unavailableforcontacted6299]

Thinking that

[@tomseville2345]

Michael Cole saying his SmartWatch warned him he had taken a bad fall and needed assistance after he lost his shit banging it on the table over the Dumpster Match SENT me... 🤣🤣

[@taifunkchichris]

Cole and Graves were really good last night. That, and Graves saying he got a fine by text from Aldis because he was slagging off the previous ref for Vinci Vs Apollo

[@MikeyMike-uu3fe]

I like Cole still showing great passion and still having fun

[@tomseville2345]

@@MikeyMike-uu3fe Having fun *for the first time ever* in WWF/E, since 1997. At least since the second half of 2022, and then mid-2023 to present...

[@ZacharyShade]

It was made even better from the Cole sign with antlers and Graves telling Cole "you're a weird dude" then 2 minutes later he's losing his shit banging the table.

[@MikeyMike-uu3fe]

@@tomseville2345 Goes to show how difficult it was working for Vince lol No more yelling in his headset

[@CallMeCrazyCallMePoor]

I liked Corey's rant Roman can take 11 minutes to walk to the ring but Gio can't take off his jacket?

[@QAZ-OMEN]

When your paid more for every step you take than someone's entire contract. You get lots of perks,😂

[@DuskullAtDusk]

it's the little things like that where folks acknowledge the silly things that really get me giggling

[@davemeers37]

Yep I loved that too I was laughing 😂

[@taifunkchichris]

Graves is awesome. That and ,When he said "sorry I wasn't listening to you, I've just got message from Nick Aldis saying i've just got a fine" after he was slagging off the ref from the previous Vinci match was funny as.

[@jwoods218]

cool so you’re comparing a dude reintroducing himself after only being used years ago in NXT to the biggest draws in pro wrestling today. yeah, shut up

[@docthepoet426]

Remember when Simon predicted Carmelo vs Andrade was gonna be a best of 7 like a month ago?

[@MikeyMike-uu3fe]

Anytime there’s a best of 7 You know 100% it’s going 7

[@abdullah22004]

Roman Cody segment deserved a Golden UP!!!!!!!!!!

[@prettylaurynn]

Bro said “put the fries in the bag., you’re washed” lmaooo 😂😂 😂

[@TheSpanishAnnounceTable]

Tremendous 😂

[@PapiMidnightt]

The Cinematic Era

[@Arthur19-v3y]

Right ! Ugh lol *Suddenly looks at you intensely*

[@elchomper.1063]

*wrestling promos that fail at the entire purpose of a wrestling promo promoting wrestling. .TF am I supposed to buy after seeing that? What event what match what is the point? If a non wrestling fan can't figure out your wrestling promo is Supposed to get you to buy a wrestling show it fails at what a promo is supposed to be

[@davidtaylor3458]

Can we talk about that brutal spinning elbow? That totally needs to be his finisher.

[@judithchaney3744]

Thank you Simon another great episode of up those downs. You never disappoint great show

[@enothewonderdog]

Tama Tonga on the mike made me laugh out loud. He was simply brilliant!

[@CAMnami]

The Cody & Roman promo is the best I've seen in a long while

[@viksaggu9085]

Love this story about the pressures of having championship

[@kevintyson9059]

So glad that ups and downs lines up with my break time!

[@K-DUBOfficial]

Bayley goes to Raw and reunites with Damage CTRL now as a Babyface trio, they could feud with Pure Fusion

[@carlb5558]

Bayley needs something. I loved her and Sasha but by herself, Bailey does absolutely nothing for me. I've tried to like her but just can't. Don't hate her but she needs more gimmick.

[@Qwazaar919]

the la knight "botch" looked good and made me get into the match more w/ how it all played out. if the chemistry is good enough between wrestlers, they should start throwing a few more well planned safe botches in there so they'll be less deflating or take you out of the match when they actually happen

[@dan7291able]

ive always thought this too btw, excellently put

[@josephortiz5959]

This show gets an up! Although something I noticed, his background shows Seattle, but this episode of SmackDown was in Sacramento. I should know because I was there.

[@irishviking383]

It's likely due to the fact that last week's show was in Seattle and the editor forgot to change the background.

[@PocketTJ]

Being they making KO get upset about Cody teaming with The OTC I want to see a segment with Cody getting into a heated argument with KO explaining why he has no choice he was made to team with The OTC. That would make it feel so real.

[@breakdown461]

Only you picked out the fact that Cody showed no sign of doubt when he turned. He was so sure that Kevin was his friend.

[@alquimistaZ2]

Honestly, I wouldn't care nearly as much for a Apollo Crews and Giovanni Vinci feud if it wasn't so funny.

[@danw4490]

Roman and Cody was magic. There were a bunch of great moments. Give me LA Knight winning and I'm happy. Great Smackdown! And... more of Carmello and Andrade, please.

[@tomseville2345]

LOVE the kayfabe logic of The Bloodline casually killing the arena's security scanner staff with literally NO repercussions or follow-up WHATSOEVER from Aldis. OR, you know...THE POLICE! 🤣🤣🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

[@QAZ-OMEN]

The Rock "owns" the police, why would they stop them😂

[@hedonisticvanity]

Felt like it should have been a +1 on the crime counter.

[@labbaby189]

I like to think they get undisclosed fines or get their house show dates cut. As far as the police goes... Bronson Reed almost killed a fan last week. Cop ain't gonna do shit.

[@philipsapp7852]

Your orange hands get an UP lol ☝️

[@marvinesquibel2625]

Why are they orange ??

[@taifunkchichris]

​@@marvinesquibel2625he's been giving his meat a rub

[@basementsessionsstudio]

@@marvinesquibel2625 probs self tanner so he can get ready for a match and look good in his undies!

[@frankhoward6645]

The Segment between Roman & Cody was awesome having it done on the football field was a cool idea the main event also was good it's only a matter of time before KO turns which I can't wait

[@chris102681]

Roman played football at Georgia tech. Makes sense

[@toniokike7746]

"I thought you lived on the island of relevancy." Simon, you're a legend

[@tomseville2345]

I enjoyed KO and Corey calling out a lot of things Vince would have blown up about them mentioning; Kevin pointed out Byron asked him the same question literally ten minutes apart (which was a writing/production botch), and Corey referred to Andrade's new entrance video graphics as "Dr Manhattan" (he didn't even wear the mask out after debuting THAT thing) and then *actually said* what we are ALL thinking about the lengths of Roman's and Cody's entrances (Vince would have canned him for daring to do THAT, for sure)...

[@johnprewitt9358]

Bad Blood is not going to be at georgia tech stadium. it will be at state farm arena the reason they are at georgia tech is because roman played college football there

[@2ndteamentertainmentllc]

@whatcultuewrestling you missed the part where Giovanni beat up Crews after the match and got heat from the crowd It definitely worked cause it caused him to snap after the match

[@dan7291able]

crowd generated noise in acknowledgment, so i agree

[@enyie8088]

imagine simon and R Truth in a promo together, it will be pure cinema

[@TrevorlynnAyden]

So I was there at Golden One that night and not sure if it came across on TV but when DIY was taken out, we started to chant for Rickey and Randy.

[@ryanburch3450]

Great once again Simon!

[@0PhillMC0]

Reminder: if they interrupt the pin more than once during a tag its a DQ.

[@dan7291able]

thanks for this, long forgotten rule for me

[@GodofWarJCD]

I have been watching WWE for 24 years(on and off) and I never knew this was a rule :o

[@dan7291able]

@@GodofWarJCD they did it more in the 80's lol

[@tomseville2345]

Tama's promo; the new "Shotzi before WarGames 2022"?

[@ssj2gohanal]

Bring back the 24/7 title for the funny things!

[@ssj2gohanal]

All three brands by the way!

[@stephenmorton6764]

Simon give yourself a Golden Up and keep smashing it 💪

[@tcpagan3464]

great show as usual mr miller.......However YOU NEED TO BRING BACK RETRO UPS AND DOWNS

[@TheSpanishAnnounceTable]

"Put the fries in the bag bro" 🍟 😂

[@gibysiamepethius733]

Simon do the Countdown of Most powerful force the commercial break 😂😂😂

[@DuskullAtDusk]

Roman/Cody should ACTUALLY win an Emmy or something... the segment was absolutely top tier. I couldn't believe it... by contrast the DDQ thing in the main event was just bananas... it had me so confused

[@QAZ-OMEN]

@@DuskullAtDusk it's not really hard to make sense of. Everything is at the refs discretion. Some refs might enforce the rule more , some might be dirty. I always loved Earl Hebner and Nick Patrick because you never knew what they would call. Even old tag rules could come back, where you could only break the fall 3x before a dq would be called by breaking the fall attempt.

[@elchomper.1063]

Only WWE fanboys would accept a crap wrestling promo THAT PROMOTED NO WRESTLING

[@peeptbgod7047]

People wondered why LA knight wouldnt shake his hand. Its because he has his blood all over it. He was actually being thoughtful

[@AidanAustin316]

The Cody/Roman segment is definitely the coolest thing I've seen from WWE

[@dan7291able]

unexpectedly amazing, just didnt expect all that , thought theyd just stand there for a few seconds to be honest lol

[@mikegio62]

Thanks WWE for providing this new cinematic promos! 🔥

[@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780]

shut up the cinema nonsense

[@tomseville2345]

Fitting and Levesque (with added E.P. credits at the end!) are DEFINITELY *WAY* BETTER at this stuff than McMahon and Dunn at ANY rate...

[@elchomper.1063]

​@@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780only WWE fanboys would accept a wrestling promo that promoted zero wrestling.... This was awful

[@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780]

@@elchomper.1063 agreed this was awful and pointless WWE fans think everything is amazing it was cinema apparently

[@hipcheck9000]

That Melo / Andrade scuffle looked like it started to go shoot!

[@funkybarany5086]

Last time I was this early to an Ups and Down video, I got an Up

[@ComeatMEOW]

That's just your pants mate. It will settle soon enough.

[@Sabbathbloodysabbath666]

@@ComeatMEOWyou often get boners watching Simon? Ew dude

[@Sabbathbloodysabbath666]

@@ComeatMEOW you get a boner when you watch Simon? Ew dude

[@brianstiles1701]

Chelsea's segment felt like it was being directed by Matt Cardona (in the best way)

[@elchomper.1063]

Billion times better than Cody and Roman.... For starters the promo actually promoted something. Show a non wrestling fan Cody Roman they'd have no idea it's supposed to be a wrestling promo. It failed at doing the most basic thing a promo should do. It's called a promo literally short for promotion. What event are they having? What match? What's the date? Where is the show? If you just watched that "promo" you'd have no idea.

[@BrandonLuman-d1b]

For the geovonie guy, I know they did the same debut style in nxt for him and against Apollo crews as well

[@sniperhawk2]

Solid show, but 2 things bugged me. 1) What's the point of the feud with Andrade/Carmelo? The best of 5 for the US title shot was a good stopping point, but to immediately go back to it makes me feel even WWE are hoping to keep rehashing it until it makes sense. 2) Am I the only one tired of the bs no-finish that all bloodline tv matches have had for the past 3 or 4 years? It keeps happening where they even had to create the 'bloodline rules' match stipulation for all the shenanigans. There's loads of match finish types, but they can't get past the same 1 or 2 on tv

[@dan7291able]

Rachel Green spinning the racoon biting her into blaming mi-chin was GOLD 🤣 < god i laughed lmao, and god is she gorgeous i cant get over it

[@andrewwilkes2807]

The Women's Intercontinental Championship would be awesome!

[@Dragonairkanto148]

I hope the do Andrade and Carmelo here soon, it’s been far too long since we have seen them

[@zacharishubin3959]

I was there live. It was some freakin' awesome!

[@stevewallman2191]

Every time you say Doo Doo I giggle I think I could be your intern 😂

[@MikeyMike-uu3fe]

HEY WHAT A GREAT IDEA THAT THERE TAKING 30 SECONDS OR SO TO LOOK N TALK ABOUT PEOPLES SIGNS IN THE CROWD I SEEN IT ON RAW NOW TO SEE IT ON SMACKDOWN JUST A COOL LIL THING I HOPE THEY COUNTINUE TO DO HERE ON OUT PEOPLE PUT A LOT OF TIME EFFORT INTO THOSE AND SOME COME UP WITH EXTREMELY CREATIVE THINGS GOOD FOR WWE GREAT LITTLE IDEA 🤜🤜🤜

[@ronald-xs7sp]

Good morning, Simon!

[@Zerfoking]

Well looking at Simon’s had and how orange they are, I now really wanna see him with green hands so we don’t know if he is doing an up or a down

[@ricogold_]

Y’all had the Seattle graphic from last week still up lol

[@xana5267]

“Or they just wanted some over the counter drugs” 😂😅

[@conorthered509]

Give jacob fatu every title possible right now

[@Zolemite007]

If ricky starks ends up in wwe it could be fun to see him in a faction with carmelo hayes and trick williams..

[@SuperSailorOutlawGeorgeIshaq]

Damn you commercial breaks during wrestling matches lol 😆😆😆😆

[@zackphy]

Why are your hands orange? Or is it just my phone?

[@ChrisLT]

Roman's apparently a better actor than the Rock. Nailed the simmering intensity, must have been studying with Batista.

[@carlb5558]

Greeting from Ga. !

[@marcelchaudhary1398]

Idk how people like that cinematic stuff.. it feels so fake and desparate. I miss the organic days. This is the reason I hated the boneyard match too.. it just doesn't feel natural and real.. at least kayfabe real.

[@jakeblack212]

Let me guess it ended with a Blood Line beat Down?

[@DomBeeStayFree]

Simon doing his best impression of MJF. Fake Tan galore

[@reggiemarshjr5356]

Simon Miller for President.

[@BLOPSDAD]

Deffo orange enough!

[@QAZ-OMEN]

Great show. Except for Vinci losing again

[@tomseville2345]

Can't believe WWE showed LA's double slip on their SD LowDown post-show; sticking the boot in...

[@numero1superfly393]

WWE Rematch Counter: 145

[@coloneldookie7222]

Simply, Giovanni is going to join The D'Angelo Family. It'll be the gradual shift from NXT to Smackdown or Giovanni's slow demise down to NXT.

[@shashankkrai2064]

Simon should call his finisher Deep brown down. It rhymes so it must be right.

[@40088922]

DIY is getting heckin buried. they held a title for 1 month and lost it in their first defense, now they almost never appear and just got wrecked pre-match. they were supposed to be HHH Guys, I wonder what they did to get to this point, did DIY piss on someone's cereal or something?

[@dan7291able]

He threw them a bone and im sure they appreciated it, but realistically, theyre just too old sadly

[@JamalKharon]

This video from this channel doesn't pop up or notify me when you drop them. Iv noticed this for the past month.

[@RichardCrane-j2u]

It's to bad Cody is on smackdown I can't watch any program with Roman Reigns being forced down our throats again thank you Simon for watching what I can't

[@RichardCrane-j2u]

@@PoeticPoker262 I will re-evaluate soon bitter over bray Wyatt the whole situation is Vince's fault Reigns didn't ask for none of it either he knew he wasn't ready wasn't tough enough.. Who's the tribal Chief the bravest the strongest the one with the best tattoo and suffered though excruciatingly painful armpit.. if your 2 scared to finish the tribal tattoo how can he be the tribal Chief...I do appreciate he has learned a lot being carried as champion by only the best workers so they can try to show some strengths

[@Ltheworldchanger]

The Cody x Roman vingette was cool but I went to that show live, a lot of people were real sad that Roman wasnt in Sacramento.

[@brandonnewby178]

Sometimes I wonder if it ain't clear that Vinci should join the alpha academy...😁😁

[@enlighted101]

The orange hands of truth distracted me 😅

[@johnshort5830]

Heh heh, nice subtle your mom joke😂

[@darickbonebrake6774]

Wonder if that guy still has the do do counter going?

[@GI-Joe]

i was shocked at the clean win s well

[@shaunstorm9967]

No more Carmelo vs Andrade !!! It was fun but now it’s time for mellow to go for the title !

[@viliphied]

So they didn’t show this on tv but after the profits ran in, the bloodline refused to accept them as new partners for ko and were gonna walk to the back until ko asked if they had to get their balls back from solo before they would accept. After that, Jacob fatu grabbed a mic and was just about to start talking when a producer ran up and told him the show was coming back from the commercial break, so thank the advertisers for robbing the tv audience of a good ko bit, and all of us from hearing from the werewolf.

[@tonythomas2391]

Andrade is not Mr. Tranquilo, that would be Tetsuya Naito.

[@trethornton1709]

Wait you didn’t give Jacob fatu 1 for the crime counter

[@xxDubZeroxx]

La winning clean is ammo Hayes could use in feud with Andredae

[@georgespottiswood4660]

Other than Giovanni Vinci getting squashed, again, and I'm sick as sh*t of the bloodline and Cody Rhodes saga, it was a pretty good Smackdown.

[@killer109536]

Even if Kevin and Randy turn on Cody.. that kinda gives them a justification to have a triple threat or even a fatal 4 way between the 3 of them and roman eventually.. hopefully that's not what happens.. also what if the rock shows up at the PLE and blows the roof off the place and ally's himself with the new bloodline.. wouldn't that just be something.

[@porrrto]

Vinci is going to bring in som wise guys from nxt to form a heel stable .

[@tomseville2345]

They DID say the Roman/Cody confab was the night before in ATL, Simon. Not that Cody is Superman...

[@TheAznboi17]

Wouldn't Naomi's pin be canceled out because her foot was under the rope? I know it's nitpicking just curious?

[@Mike6BITW]

Vinci attacked Crews after the match and gave him a brainbuster in the ring... What the hell Simon

[@shudson1367]

They wanted some Over The Counter drugs 😂😂

[@thribs]

The Cody/Roman segment was very CW

[@Furytear]

With the writers doing some pretty decent long term booking lately I think a good swerve would be to keep teasing that KO is going to turn, have him actually start to trust Cody only for Cody to align himself more closely with Reigns and turn on Owens. This opens up potential feuds between Cody and KO(with Owens experiencing the type of betrayal that we keep being reminded that he's got a history of doing, it also makes KO a massively sympathetic babyface), Cody vs Orton with Randy choosing to help KO and Cody vs Reigns when their alliance crumbles. A lot of the fans want to see a Cody heel run and Roman's getting massive babyface pops so this would be a long term storyline with twists and turns along the way to get them there in my opinion.