In his full review of the October 14, 2022 edition of Friday Night SmackDown, Graham "GSM" Matthews discusses Karrion Kross' "car accident," Sami Zayn vs. Kofi Kingston and the latest tension teased within the ranks of The Bloodline, Braun Strowman officially headed for a colossal clash with Omos, LA Knight's debut against Mansoor and turning heel afterward, Roxanne Perez making her in-ring SmackDown debut, Legado del Fantasma besting Hit Row, Rey Mysterio arriving on the blue brand in style by becoming the number one contender to the Intercontinental Championship, and Bray Wyatt's emotional address to the audience. Is he preparing for a battle with... himself?!

Graham "GSM" Matthews and RJ Marceau open up WrestleRant Radio this week with Mr. Marceau's on-site report from the "season premiere" of Friday Night SmackDown last week, including the debut of Legado del Fantasma and the return of Zelina Vega! Hear their thoughts on why Legado adding Vega into their ranks is a significant upgrade before they get into Extreme Rules. They give their top takeaways on the event, best matches of the night, the improved booking of The Judgment Day while Damage CTRL has taken a turn for the worse, what's next for Ronda Rousey and Liv Morgan, and the epic return of Bray Wyatt! Is he not coming back alone?!

The duo discuss Raw's extremely eventful "season premiere" featuring a D-Generation X reunion, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows returning, Austin Theory's latest loss (and why it's bad booking), Brock Lesnar returning to target Bobby Lashley, Seth Rollins winning the United States Championship, and talk of WWE bringing in more free agents. GSM also rounds out the show with his two cents Jon Moxley re-signing with AEW, Renee Paquette debuting and Wednesday's edition of AEW Dynamite, headlined by Orange Cassidy capturing his first title.

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It's anniversary week on WrestleRant Radio with this coming Sunday marking nine years of the show! To celebrate, Graham "GSM" Matthews airs his exclusive interview with WWE Raw Superstar Matt Riddle talking WWE live events, his main roster run so far, teaming with Randy Orton and if he's kept in contact with him in his absence, making an enemy out of Roman Reigns, and more!

GSM and RJ Marceau then discuss the latest changes to Raw, SmackDown and NXT's commentary teams and their top takeaways, what more we can expect from the upcoming "season premieres," the latest AEW backstage altercation involving Sammy Guevara and Andrade El Idolo, a complete breakdown of Wednesday's anniversary edition of Dynamite, why it's hard to care about the Battle of the Belts specials, Jay Lethal potentially turning face, Brian Cage resurfacing, and the Jericho Appreciation Society storyline dominating the program in recent weeks.

Plus, hear the duo's thoughts on Monday's Raw along with their full predictions for Saturday's Extreme Rules pay-per-view event, including whether they see Bray Wyatt finally making his highly anticipated return!

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Despite feeling like a filler episode ahead of next week's "season premiere," the September 30, 2022 Friday Night SmackDown was still a solid show on the whole with even more White Rabbit Easter eggs. Graham "GSM" Matthews gets into all of that along with Solo Sikoa and Sami Zayn forming a cohesive unit, Raw Superstars appearing on SmackDown (Brand Split be damned), Karrion Kross' great vignette, Hit Row beating Los Lotharios and if anything can be done to heat them up, Ronda Rousey squashing Natalya before brawling with Liv Morgan, Imperium's attack on Sheamus, Shotzi bringing back her signature tank for her match against Bayley, Drew McIntyre teaming with Johnny Gargano and Kevin Owens against Austin Theory and Alpha Academy in the six-man tag team main event, and more.