Sean Ross Sappdown Live (7/18): Podcast Notes, Match Ratings, Go Home Show

Rating guide

10- Perfect, 9- Excellent, 8- Great, 7- Good, 6- Above Average, 4-5- Average, 3 or below: Poor

Opening Segment

• Jinder Mahal and The Singh Brothers cut a promo and explain the Pubjabi Prison. It's lame, but it had to happen.
• Randy Orton says he has nothing to lose, and that Mahal LEFT HIM FOR DEAD. A good promo from Orton

 

Jimmy Uso (w/ Jey Uso) defeated Kofi Kingston (w/ New Day)
6/10

• Kofi Kingston and Jimmy Uso treated it like it was a special match, and you could see it in their work.
• Kofi has improved his flying stomp, and Jimmy landed the old Oklahoma Stampede, which translates well to 2017.  
• I loved this match. A perfect fit for Smackdown to bridge the gap to the PPV.

Backstage Crappenings

• These women's division promos are bad. Everyone is arguing over who gets to fight Lana. The Charlotte/Becky interaction was good though.
• Shout outs to DirecTV for having me miss AJ Styles, Nakamura and Naomi promos.
• Fashion Files! The horsey is ravaged, and a note is found saying "Battleground!" Who could it be!?

Mike Kanellis (w/ Maria Kanellis) defeated Sami Zayn
4.25/10

• WWE does this thing where JBL and Byron Saxton try to argue the babyface and heel points and it just makes me hate everyone. 
• An aggressive Zayn fits since Kanellis is the "lover." Eventually they'll establish a mean streak from Kanellis.
• Maria is in the ring. Somehow this is allowed. Kanellis wins with a Samoan Driver.

CENA IS AMERICAN

• We get a nice, American as hell promo from John Cena. America. American. 
• Rusev attacks, applies his finish, and grabs his flag. 
• They can do better for these two.

Becky Lynch defeated Charlotte
6.75/10

• Charlotte wrestles too much like a heel for me to get past. Wonder where she picked that up from.
• Becky and Charlotte work really smooth together.
• Charlotte uses a Widows Peak variation during the commercial break. It looks awesome.
• Equally awesome was a kneedrop to the back of the head of Becky while Becky is on all fours. 
• Naomi is watching TV sideways.
• So much of Lynch's offense seems like it hurts her more than her opponent. 
• Natural Selection - Disarmher - big boot sequence was money. 
• Becky gets the submission. This match is worth a watch.
• The heels hit the ring, but Tamina ends up kicking the shit out of Natalya. Really stiff kick.

Baron Corbin & Kevin Owens defeated Nakamura & AJ Styles
6.75/10

• Corbin tries to attack Nakamura, but he just ain't slick enough. This is a creative way to cut two entrances.
• This is the most Nakamura we've seen out of Shinsuke on Smackdown so far, and it seems like Corbin is bringing it out of him. 
• Corbin stops Styles mid-slingshot with a nice punch.
• There's a lot of good wrestling on tonight's show.
• An awesome ending sequence gets a win for the heels. Virtually everything in the ring was good tonight. I want to see these two teams together again.