WWE Returns to the Road; Finn Balor Back on the Blue Brand (WWE SmackDown Review - July 16, 2021)7/17/2021 At long last, WWE is back on the road! Graham "GSM" Matthews gives his complete review of the white-hot July 16, 2021 edition of Friday Night SmackDown featuring an electric atmosphere in Houston, Mr. McMahon addressing the audience, a huge six-man tag team match between Edge, Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio and the trio of Roman Reigns and The Usos, the return of Finn Balor to the main roster and why the blue brand is the best landing spot for him, Shotzi and Nox knocking off Natalya and Tamina for the second straight week, news on Harry Smith re-signing with WWE after a decade away, Bianca Belair defending the SmackDown Women's Championship against Carmella, Cesaro colliding with Otis, Baron Corbin starting up his own "Corbin Fund Me", a big Fatal 4-Way main event, and more!
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For the first time in two weeks, RJ Marceau returns to WrestleRant Radio alongside Graham "GSM" Matthews to break down all the latest happenings in the world of wrestling! They have plenty of thoughts on last week's Road Rager edition of Dynamite as well as Night 1 of Fyter Fest this week featuring Jon Moxley defending the IWGP United States Championship against Karl Anderson, Ricky Starks winning the FTW Championship from Brian Cage and how AEW bungled Team Taz, the benefits of Malaki Black's first feud in AEW being with Cody Rhodes, the latest with Adam Page and The Elite, Christian Cage vs. Matt Hardy, and a Coffin match main event between Darby Allin and Ethan Page.
GSM and RJ also have thoughts on the last WWE Raw from the ThunderDome, Bobby Lashley losing to Xavier Woods clean, Ricochet vs. John Morrison in a Falls Count Anywhere match, Mandy Rose returning to NXT in exchange for Aliyah going to Raw, why Doudrop may be better off with Alexa Bliss than Eva Marie, what's next for Karrion Kross as NXT Champion and if he's going to drop the title to Samoa Joe on the way out, and FULL PREDICTIONS for Sunday's Money in the Bank pay-per-view including Lashley vs. Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship, Roman Reigns vs. Edge for the Universal Championship, and who will win the men's and women's Money in the Bank Ladder matches! Before getting into his review of an extremely eventful edition of Friday Night SmackDown for July 9, 2021, Graham "GSM" Matthews shares his thoughts on the Jimmy Uso issue and how WWE should respond to the situation. Why is he still on TV? Where are the consequences? When is enough enough? He then discusses Roman Reigns reuniting with The Usos, Shinsuke Nakamura and Seth Rollins qualifying for the men's Money in the Bank Ladder match and why they were the right choices to advance, the latest with Baron Corbin's character and why it's becoming one of the more intriguing parts of the show each week, the debuts of Shotzi (don't call her Blackheart) and Tegan Nox and what that means for their current storylines in NXT, Toni Storm also arriving soon to the blue brand, Bayley's devastating injury, Sonya Deville announcing her replacement against Bianca Belair for the SmackDown Women's Championship next week on SmackDown, Liv Morgan being added to the women's Ladder match, the Mysterios returning at the end of the night, and more!
Forget everything you know about WWE Superstar Eva Marie, because she's on this week's WrestleRant Radio and is far from the person she portrays on screen! In her exclusive interview with Graham "GSM" Matthews, they discusses her being back in WWE, returning to Raw and picking up where she left off, her experience in the ThunderDome, how she deals with criticism, if she trained during her time away, if she was supposed to return sooner than she did, her NXT run, wanting to feud with Bayley and Becky Lynch again, and more!
Then, Alexis DiGiacomo returns to WrestleRant Radio and replaces RJ Marceau on her and Graham's anniversary to preview Marvel's Black Widow out this weekend and give a complete breakdown of Wednesday's Road Rager edition of AEW Dynamite! Hear their thoughts on the South Beach Strap match between Cody Rhodes and QT Marshall, Adam Page confronting Kenny Omega, Darby Allin and Ethan Page hyping up their Coffin match next week, the latest six-man tag team clash between Inner Circle and The Pinnacle, Chris Jericho and MJF facing off (and the stupid fan that tried to rush the ring), Andrade El Idolo's in-ring debut against Matt Sydal, the arrival of Malaki Black, Orange Cassidy and Kris Statlander vs. The Blade and The Bunny in intergender tag team action, Lance Archer attacking Dan Lambert and if we've seen the last of Lambert in AEW, and The Young Bucks defending the AEW World Tag Team Championship against Eddie Kingston and Penta El Zero Miedo in a Street Fight main event. |
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