Bobby Roode Debuts On Smackdown Glorious - no, I won’t give in, I won’t
give in. ‘Till I’m victorious, and I will defend, I will defend.
Rooooooooooode. Yes, Bobby Roode made him Smackdown live debut
on last night’s show. But even though the former NXT Champion walked out on live television,
and wrestled a match, no main roster call-up is truly official until you pose with Triple
H for a social media photo. So welcome to the big time, Bobby!
Roode’s Smackdown debut has been heavily rumoured ever since he lost his NXT Championship
at TakeOver: Brooklyn III last Saturday, and the surprise was further spoiled by Bobby
being spotted entering the arena and WWE’s production team testing out his Windows 95
TitanTron before the show started. If WordArt ain’t broke!
Mini-Superstar Shake-Up Roode’s call-up wasn’t the only roster
change this week. Monday night saw ‘Free Agent’ John Cena jump to Raw, while Smackdown
featured the return of Shelton Benjamin - a year after his original comeback was scuppered
due to injury. But most interestingly was Enzo Amore seemingly
being drafted to 205 Live. Enzo Amore Debuts On 205 Live
Despite previously claiming he weighed 206 pounds, Amore debuted on the Cruiserweight
show following Neville’s successful title defence against Akira Tozawa. He interrupted
Neville’s promo to declare 205 Live the ‘realest show in the room’, and then called
the King of the Cruiserweights ‘S - W - A - F - T’, SWAAAAFT!
This comes after weeks of reports that Enzo has major heat backstage, with him frustrating
fellow wrestlers by bringing unwanted guests into the locker room and from being generally
obnoxious. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported WWE didn’t want to release him,
though, as he sells so much merchandise, so there were backstage discussions to either
move him to 205 Live, or even send him back to NXT. The former evidently won out, although
with the Cruiserweights still featured on Raw, Amore will most likely continue to appear
on Monday nights. Big Cass Injury Update
Sadly, Enzo’s Brooklyn Street Fight against Big Cass on this week’s Raw ended in injury,
with the seven-footer being helped to the back. WWE.com are reporting the MRI revealed
an ACL and possible medial meniscus tear in Cass’ left knee, and he’ll undergo surgery
this week to repair the damage. According to WWE’s ringside physician Dr. Chris Robinson,
this type of injury takes about nine months to recover from - meaning he’ll likely miss
next year’s Wrestlemania. Kurt Angle Wrestlemania 34 Match
One man who’s apparently hoping for a match at WWE’s biggest show of the year, though,
is Kurt Angle. Despite The Dirty Sheets reporting WWE has
no current plans for Kurt to wrestle, Wrestling News World are now claiming Vince McMahon
is considering paying off the Jason Jordan illegitimate son storyline with a match at
Wrestlemania 34. Apparently WWE are “fully aware” that the illegitimate son reveal
hasn’t gotten over, and Kurt himself would prefer “it eventually come out that Jordan
is not his son.” The leading plan right now is for Jason to reveal he tricked Kurt
and turn heel on the Raw GM. WWE Raw Rating
Something most definitely is working on Raw right now, though, with the post-Summerslam
episode show doing its best rating since April with 3.39 million viewers.
But what about your ratings? 60% agreed with me at AvRAWge, while 20% thought it slightly
better at Cor. Which WWE stars are furious about their Summerslam
match?! And watch my review of this week’s cracking Smackdown. Click the videos to the
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