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<v Speaker 1>This is WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre, and you're listening to

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<v Speaker 1>the WWE podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Before the one that everybody wants me.

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<v Speaker 3>Sixteens of God Just with your ass is my arn.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna acknowledge me.

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<v Speaker 4>Hey, guys, Ryan spread here with my final SmackDown review

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<v Speaker 4>before Amanda returns. It has been such an honor and

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<v Speaker 4>pleasure sharing these three weeks of SmackDown with you, guys.

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<v Speaker 4>And what the three weeks it's been the road to

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<v Speaker 4>and aftermath of WrestleMania forty one. So many title changes,

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<v Speaker 4>some debuts, some returns. It's some really interesting storylines Furthered

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<v Speaker 4>as we now move towards Backlash in May. So let's

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<v Speaker 4>not waste any more time. Let's get to the SmackDown review.

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<v Speaker 4>And this one took place in Fort Worth, Texas, on

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<v Speaker 4>April twenty fifth. John Sena opened the show to a

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<v Speaker 4>very loud and almost fifty to fifty split Chad of

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<v Speaker 4>Let's go Sena. Sena sucks. They're torn, man. Do we

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<v Speaker 4>love him or do we hate him?

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<v Speaker 3>So?

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<v Speaker 4>Sena continued to pronounce his ruining of wrestling when he's

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<v Speaker 4>interrupted by Randy Orton. This entire opening was almost identical

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<v Speaker 4>to Monday Night Raw, where Sena corrected the ring announcer

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<v Speaker 4>and made him call him the last real champion. But

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<v Speaker 4>before Sena could say anything, Randy Orton's music hit and

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<v Speaker 4>he came out to tell Sena that there's no way

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<v Speaker 4>in hell he's ruining wrestling since wrestling has given or

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<v Speaker 4>in everything in his family's lives. He then told Sena

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<v Speaker 4>that maybe he should have some kids, but Sena responded

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<v Speaker 4>saying he spent twenty five years raising everyone else's kids.

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<v Speaker 4>He then went on to make fun of a kid

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<v Speaker 4>at ringside who flipped him off to prove his point.

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<v Speaker 4>Orton then challenged him right then in there for the title,

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<v Speaker 4>but Sina said no, it should happen at Backlash, he said.

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<v Speaker 4>Sina then tossed the title up at Orton and tried

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<v Speaker 4>to attack him, but or encountered and hit him with

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<v Speaker 4>an RKO. Again. This was sort of a repeat of Raw,

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<v Speaker 4>but with more words spoken. Obviously, no matter the case,

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<v Speaker 4>I am super excited for this match at Backlash. Our

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<v Speaker 4>first match of the night was Los Garzas versus Nathan

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<v Speaker 4>Fraser and Axium better known as Phraxium. Phraxium was looking

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<v Speaker 4>to rebound after dropping the NXT titles at Stanton Deliver

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<v Speaker 4>this past week, and in this match, Phraxium took control

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<v Speaker 4>right away, but Los Garzas turned the tables when Angel

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<v Speaker 4>hit a super kick when Fraser was attempting a moon salt.

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<v Speaker 4>This is awesome chance were heard throughout this entire match.

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<v Speaker 4>The match ended with a combo Spanish fly in four

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<v Speaker 4>to fifty splash with Phraxiam get in the win. I

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<v Speaker 4>just have to say this was a fantastic debut by

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<v Speaker 4>both men as a tag team and they could really

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<v Speaker 4>enhance the tag division moving forward. Next up, we had

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<v Speaker 4>Tiffany Stratton coming out to the rank to celebrate or

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<v Speaker 4>win over Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania, but this was cut

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<v Speaker 4>short by Jade Cargill, who finally got some mic time.

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<v Speaker 4>She was a little nervous on the mic in front

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<v Speaker 4>of the crowd, but she's slowly getting better. So she

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<v Speaker 4>told Tiffy that beaten Charlotte only put a bigger target

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<v Speaker 4>on Tiffany's back and now that she's done with Naomi,

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<v Speaker 4>Cargill wants a shot at the WWE Women's title. A

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<v Speaker 4>match was announced right then and there and they squared

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<v Speaker 4>up Cargo had a slight size and power advantage, but

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<v Speaker 4>Tiffany refused to be pushed around and held her own

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<v Speaker 4>as she did at WrestleMania. There is a beast behind

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<v Speaker 4>that Barbie. The match itself was a little messy, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>they've never really worked together before, and Jade is still

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<v Speaker 4>finding her way through singles matches. But again we're seeing

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<v Speaker 4>slivers of improvement all around. There was one point where

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<v Speaker 4>Stratton almost tripped when hitting the prettiest Moonsalt ever, but

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<v Speaker 4>she ended up saving it. But Cargill avoided the moon Salt,

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<v Speaker 4>but before she could take advantage of it, Naomi came

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<v Speaker 4>down and attacked Jade and cost her the match via DQ.

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<v Speaker 4>Then out of nowhere, we finally got the return of

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<v Speaker 4>Nya Jacks. I know some of you are groaning, but look,

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<v Speaker 4>she's really really evolved. I'm happy to see her back.

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<v Speaker 4>So Nya ended up attacking Tiffany. So maybe we're finally

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<v Speaker 4>gonna see another rematch between Nya Jax and Tiffany at Backlash,

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<v Speaker 4>or this could be setting up a fatal four way

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<v Speaker 4>Nya Jax, Tiffany, Jake Cargill and Naomi. We shall see.

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<v Speaker 4>We then got a Jacob Fatu promo. He came out

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<v Speaker 4>with Solo Socoa to celebrate his US Championship win over

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<v Speaker 4>La Night at WrestleMania. Sikkoa said nobody and his family

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<v Speaker 4>wanted Fatu in the WWE except for him, and he

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<v Speaker 4>took credit for Fatu not only being in the WWE,

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<v Speaker 4>but for his title win. Two. Fatu wasn't really feeling

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<v Speaker 4>that though. He ripped the mic away from Solo Sokoa

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<v Speaker 4>and said he did exactly what he said he was

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<v Speaker 4>going to do, and that was to win the title himself.

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<v Speaker 4>La Knight came out and gave him credit for beating

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<v Speaker 4>him Farrence Square, but this all ended when Drew McIntyre,

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<v Speaker 4>of all people, came out and bragged about beating Damian

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<v Speaker 4>Priest and complained that Randy Orton jumped the line ahead

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<v Speaker 4>of him for the WWE title shot. Nick Aldis in

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<v Speaker 4>Fashion came out and offered to book a match between

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<v Speaker 4>Knight and McIntyre, with the winner getting a US title shot.

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<v Speaker 4>This set up a match for later that night and

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<v Speaker 4>potential feuds for Jacob Fatu moving forward. We then got

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<v Speaker 4>Chelsea Green once again her US Championship against Zelena Vega

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<v Speaker 4>Piper Niven and Alba Fire the Secret Harvists were present

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<v Speaker 4>and they helped Green throughout the match, but Zelena Vega

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<v Speaker 4>was able to fend them all off and the ref

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<v Speaker 4>eventually ejected them. And while a quick match, it was

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<v Speaker 4>a really good match, and Zelena Vega hit a code

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<v Speaker 4>read to get the pin. You heard that right, guys.

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<v Speaker 4>Zelena Vega is our new Women's US Champion and she

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<v Speaker 4>got a huge pop. She took the belt, went up

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<v Speaker 4>the ramp crying, very emotional, very powerful. Loved seeing it,

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<v Speaker 4>and just like the Monday Night Raw after WrestleMania, we

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<v Speaker 4>were bound for some surprises and this was it. So

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<v Speaker 4>we'll see what Vega does with it. She works her

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<v Speaker 4>butt off, so I think she does deserve it. But

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<v Speaker 4>where will Chelsea Green go next? I'm seeing a backlash

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<v Speaker 4>match between Chelsea Green and Selena Vega. Speaking of debuts

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<v Speaker 4>and or returns, we had the turn of Alistair Black,

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<v Speaker 4>so the mis came out and complained about how nobody

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<v Speaker 4>respects him. He said, Raymistereo went to someone he barely

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<v Speaker 4>knows for help instead of him, and Orton did the

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<v Speaker 4>same thing. He said, he's sick of seeing people get

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<v Speaker 4>opportunities when he isn't. Kind of sounds like echoes of

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<v Speaker 4>carry and cross but whatever. So then the lights went

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<v Speaker 4>out and we had the return of Alistair Black. He

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<v Speaker 4>rose from the floor very creepily. I guess this was

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<v Speaker 4>his entrance back in the NXT days. I'm not familiar

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<v Speaker 4>with Alistair Black guys, so I do apologize. I know

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<v Speaker 4>he did leave a lasted impact when he was over

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<v Speaker 4>at NXT, and I love his style, I do so.

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<v Speaker 4>He slowly came down to the ring, he hit Miss

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<v Speaker 4>with a black Mass without saying a single word, and

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<v Speaker 4>then he just sat in the ring ominously. So this

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<v Speaker 4>could be setting up a feud with a Miz for backlash,

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<v Speaker 4>or just asserting Alistair Black's dominance as the weeks continue.

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<v Speaker 4>Underwhelming for me personally, as again I have no connection

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<v Speaker 4>to Alistair Black, but he got a pretty decent pop

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<v Speaker 4>and I'm looking forward to seeing what he can actually

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<v Speaker 4>do in the ring. Next up, we finally had our

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<v Speaker 4>match between La Knight and Drew McIntyre for the number

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<v Speaker 4>one contendership spot for Fatu's US Championship. This was a fantastic,

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<v Speaker 4>methodical match until Sikoa showed up and hit Night with

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<v Speaker 4>a Samoan spike while the ref was distracted. McIntyre looked

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<v Speaker 4>mad that he was about to be helped by someone

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<v Speaker 4>that he saw as an enemy, but he was unable

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<v Speaker 4>to take advantage of the moment because Damian Priest showed

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<v Speaker 4>up and attacked him. He put McIntyre through the announced

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<v Speaker 4>table with the South of Heaven choke slam, causing a

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<v Speaker 4>no contest. Q and Night got into his face for

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<v Speaker 4>causing it, but both men were soon taken down by

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<v Speaker 4>Jacob Fatu, who stood tall. This really seems like it's

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<v Speaker 4>setting up a multi men match at Backlash, and I

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<v Speaker 4>cannot wait to see these three go at it. And

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<v Speaker 4>we finally got our main event of the night, the

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<v Speaker 4>Street Profits vers DIY versus Mody Mody versus Motor City

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<v Speaker 4>machine Guns. This was a TLC tag title match and again, guys,

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<v Speaker 4>this should have been at WrestleMania because it was definitely

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<v Speaker 4>the match of the night at SmackDown. So montes Ford

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<v Speaker 4>and Angelo Dawkins, Chris Saban and Alex Shelley and Johnny

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<v Speaker 4>Gargano and Tamaso Champa risked it all in this match.

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<v Speaker 4>It was given a lot of time, There were no

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<v Speaker 4>commercials and they used every second of it, and they

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<v Speaker 4>all had their own moments and some scary spots, and

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<v Speaker 4>there was one point where Ford actually used a fans

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<v Speaker 4>prosthetic leg as a weapon, which got a huge pop

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<v Speaker 4>from the crowd. There was a very rough spot where

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<v Speaker 4>Angelo Dawkins took Chompo off the ladder and through a table.

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<v Speaker 4>They both looked dead after that, there were a few

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<v Speaker 4>more high spots off the ladder, and then Ford eventually

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<v Speaker 4>retrieved the titles to retain for the street profits. This

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<v Speaker 4>was an exceptional match and really showed what this tag

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<v Speaker 4>division can be when booked Wright And that was SmackDown, guys,

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<v Speaker 4>all three hours. And I'll say this, this is perhaps

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<v Speaker 4>one of the first times that it felt like SmackDown

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<v Speaker 4>used every minute of those three hours. But I still

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<v Speaker 4>can't wait for it to go down to two hours.

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<v Speaker 4>Really hit us hard as the Blue Brand bounces back.

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<v Speaker 4>Overall fantastic SmackDown after WrestleMania, and I cannot wait to

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<v Speaker 4>see what happens next. So again I want to thank

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<v Speaker 4>all of you for giving me your ears these past

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<v Speaker 4>three weeks. It has been a super fun experience. Again,

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<v Speaker 4>I want to thank Matt and Amanda, and I want

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<v Speaker 4>to once again remind you to check out my wrestling

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<v Speaker 4>again everybody, here we go down the winding road to backlashra.

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