Review Watch WWE Smackdown 8/4/23 4th August 2023 Live Online

Jey Uso get the shit kicked out of him 24 hours before the biggest match of his life while Roman hasn’t matched up in a month

And now either result tomorrow looks stupid. Either Roman does the obvious and beats Eighty Percent of Jey Uso or the invincible Roman Reigns loses to someone who just had a big match the night before

Not feeling this WWE SummerSlam 2023 at all. I’m sure it will be a solid event but I was more hyped for WWE Elimination Chamber this year than I am for this WWE Summerslam. Lackluster buildup for all matches.

Love to see Shotzi’s new look. Also loved the green hair so I was sad see it go but this looks good too, and is unique compared to most women on the roster. Nice to see her vs Bayley advance, also the Iyo vs Zelina match was pretty good. I like seeing them wrestle each other as they’re the smallest women in the SD division. I’m shocked Iyo lost again as Ms MITB. Zelina was kind of fading into the background without a story after MITB so I’m glad she resolidified herself here. I assume she and Shotzi will face Damage CTRL in a tag match next week or soon after that which should be fun.

I liked the Bianca/Charlotte/Asuka vignettes, especially Charlotte’s fsr. She looked great on the boat and the environment fit her well. However I’m a bit underwhelmed that like it was before Wrestlemania 39, the women’s title go home build doesn’t have them interacting. This match can go to any of these three, it’s the most unpredictable women’s title match to me in a long time which is exciting.

Again…. where are Fyre/Dawn? This is like the 6th week in a row they’ve been absent 😭. Maybe they can start a fued with Michin so they all have something good to do. Idk atp lol

Pretty good episode, I’d say I’m decently excited for tomorrow even with the dissapointing cuts.

Hoping they don’t turn Bobby and the Profits full heel. It gets really tiring having every group/duo of cool black people be bad guys automatically. Plus, listen to that pop Bobby got, that was arguably the loudest pop on the show along with LA.

If Big E’s career is done at this point, he’s obviously an all time greatest tag team wrestler doesn’t that kinda mean he’s an all time great period?

When Jey loses tomorrow, Really not sure how they’re going to make the next 8 months interesting before we finally get to Cody Rodes and Roman second match.

Maybe they can find a way to revitalize it the same way Sami Zayn breathed new life into it when The Bloodline story was starting to feel stale.

Otherwise though it feels like the peak of The Bloodline story with Jey is here and there’s still going to be a lot of time to go afterwards. Makes me feel like Cody dethroning Roman isn’t going to be thrilling like “CODY DID IT!!!” so much as it’ll be a “Well thank goodness that’s finally over”.

I love the new attitude of The Street Profits. I’m looking forward to their partnership with Bobby Lashley

WWE is trying to set up the “yeah movement” as a real thing…setting up a meta-narrative that Knight is being held back by “the company” to get him red hot.

LA Knight missed out on a number of ppvs and hasn’t been bitching about it… Becky and Sheamus who are prereniually near the top of the card and over and spotlighted can’t keep their mouths shut about not having the spotlight on them for a moment.

Those caricatures and animated versions of the Anoa’i family during the hype video were fucking cool. I kinda want Disney to make a movie based on those characters.

I’m a little surprised Edge not on WWE SummerSlam 2023…I’m curious to see who spoils his special ceremony

WWE Raw has been the more connected show. For example, Gunther have been feuding with Riddle, with the help of Sami and Owens. Then that transition into Sami, Owen vs Dominic. Meanwhile Roman have been isolated than the rest of the division, Theory is just there. WWE Smackdown have been very weak imo

Grayson saying “it doesn’t matter” make me believe the rock is coming back

Grayson Waller wearing a Thank You Trish t-shirt hilarious 😂 😂😂

Grayson Waller trying to get The Rock back on WWE TV I gotta give him his Props

The Return.. of The Game…

LA Knight is MegaOver and it seems that they are already preparing him for his big push.

It’s great to see the crowd still love Bobby! and he along with the Street Profits will be a great group.

Shotzi looks amazing with her new look and this feud with Bayley can do wonders for her.

Great main event!, Jey beating Solo was the right thing to do, he looks even better heading into summerslam.

I like that Solo is like the underboss you have to overcome to get to Roman, first Cody and now Jey.

The crowd was very good tonight.

After watching a whole ton of WWE Raw to get ready for WWE SummerSlam 2023, WWE smackdown is kinda weak in comparison. Not because wwe smackdown is bad, but because raw has been so so good lately.

Thought it was great how the other wrestlers hid that botch so well that the vibe of the match didn’t change.

Been an LA Knight fan for a long time, and been hoping he gets a push. That being said, he looks like he’s nervous about being in that spot. I feel like his confidence isn’t coming through lately, the way it did prior.

Feel bad for LA Knight with that botch. Hope it doesn’t hurt his momentum any with the crowd.

I love that Bayley has two storylines going on at the same time. Her thinking that she’s co-MITB with Iyo is funny delusional heel shit

LA Knight’s popularity is being acknowledged tenfold by the company. They took advantage of it to give suspense at MITB, they’ve brought it up more than once, even mentioned tonight how far he draws ab audience from, and he’s literally kicking off the show.

If they don’t push him at this point, they’re just being deliberate. Put the US title on this dude!

Good luck trying to get people to boo Bobby Lashley and the Street Profits lmao.

This might be even better than the Hurt Business.

This Smackdown has been great so far. Got a vintage feeling from it! The botch between Sheamus and LA Knight was iffy though.. I know people will call him out on it but it wasn’t that serious.