So in the midst of all the madness this week, we actually had a home invasion.

I know. I mean, we were all looking at John Cielder going to go, I can't believe he has retired.

And we weren't going to see it again played on this week's Emerson of Smackdown. But Nick Alders was having a big chat with Drew McIntyre when Coney Roads turned up and Drew saw him on his magical doorbell. and they got into a big fight, which was doubly funny,

because Nick Aldous had brought wrestling security with him,

and they did nothing, because as we know,

wrestling security is him, and they did nothing, because as we know, wrestling security is luscious.

Now, none of this really makes any sense, but we will get to it later, because do not forget, it was Drew McIntyre that was suspended, so why is he calling the shots? But hello, my friends. Welcome to Ups and Downs, the only rest of you show you need.

And given that Smackdown was on television, I have watched it, I shall go through it beat by beat.

I'll tell you what happens, and then I have watched it, I shall go through it beat by beat.

I'll tell you what happens and then I would tell you if I thought it was good. Or if I think it can go suck an egg. Get right about saying eggs now because Austin Theory has returned. And do not forget a few years ago, he was quite literally looking for golden eggs. Anyway, I appreciate you stopping by. Also, thank you very much to Norton for supporting this video and sponsoring this video and all those things.

We have a link down there in the description to get this VPN, which of course is going to keep you safe online and allow you to choose what region you watch your content from. You're going to get more than 70% off. There also should be a QR code so you can smack that one too. And if you're in Australia, it's different for being in Europe and it's different from being in America. And it's different for being in other places. We'll guide you through it. Okay? But thank you very much for sponsoring the video. Now let's take the finger of power and up the downs for Smackdown. Damien Priest then kicked off Smackdown. Before we do get into this, I want to remind you that I think Damien Priest is awesome, and he had an awesome 2004 and a good start of 2025, and actually he found out one of the reasons he has hit the brakes a little bit is because WW have told him you're really banged up, bro, so let's just

calm down a little bit. This is a good thing to keep in your brain, because sometimes we are

watching the show, I don't understand what's happening,

but there are things going on in the real life persona of these people. So I don't know what Damien Priest's real name is. Maybe it is Damie Priest, I doubt it, but he just needed some time, and it's always good that we're protecting our talent. He wanted to talk about John Cena at first, because he is one of the best of all time, And, he has retired. And it is so sad. But also, he's got a pep in his step because what did he do last week? He teamed up with Ria Ritley to beat Alastair Black and Zelina Vega. And that's a good old time. Instantly, Selina Vega just walked out and she kind of talked in riddles. She made me laugh out loud as well because she was all like you can't celebrate because it was rear Ripley that got the tag on me. So what did you do for getting the absolute idea of what a tag team match is when of course Alistair Black's music played that wasn't wrestling distraction. He attacked Damien Priest from behind and even though eventually Alastaird did get thrown into the ring apron which is the hardest part of the ring and Table got brought out, and Alice was like, well, you shouldn't have done that, and it smashed Dame Othroat. So this is the real issue of putting the Terror twins back together, because if you want to go, wait a minute, where is Ria Ripley? Why does Damien Priest have no friends? But the bigger problem is that this feud has been going on for ages, and we already had the blow-off match,

which was the Falls Count Anywhere match when we set Damien Priest on fire. And I looked at my wrestling hierarchy scale, I'm pretty sure when somebody has set a flame, it's kind of hard to top it. We've always had the fun stipulation tag team match as well, so I just do not understand why this continues to plod along. like I I really like Alistaird Black, I really like Damien Priest,

but nobody feels like they're benefiting.

It just goes, oh, I don't know.

I think it's been going on for six months now, and again, there's no ending in sight.

This could get to 2007, and it could still be continuing.

What if I'm on my deathbed?

I'm saying, please, this food. And I never find out who wins. To be honest, I'd be fine with it. It's just wrestling. It's not that big of a deal. But I do have to give it a down. It just kind of lacks purpose, which on the down low, maybe the problem with SmackDown at the moment. Things just sort of happen. The good news is 2006 is just around the corner and usually in the new year. WW will hit the reset button when we cut to Ni-Jax and Lash Legend, they were like, ha ha, of course we destroyed Alexa Bliss. I mean, look at Lash, she's an absolute stab. Hilariously, we then cut to Alast the Black and Damian Priest, who were still kicking each other's ass. There's officially like Tom and Jerry, they're going to do this forever. Turned out, Lash and I were then headed to the ring to take on the Kabuki Warriors. This was a little bit strange too, because it was Hill Team versus Hill Team, but because of that, for one night only, I can't be saying that Oscar became baby faces, which is kind of hard to pull off because Oscar has been the worst person in the world in the best possible way for the last four months or so, but because they are great workers, can you believe it, they pulled it together. I can't get mad at it either though, because my gosh is WWE focusing on the women's tag team scene right now and it's absolutely great, because so many times in the past, I think they've quite literally forgotten that they had women's tag team titles. At one point, poor Kari's saying was in the corner and she got Splash by Nair and Lash, and that rhymes that must be true, and no, that is not the name of a Nickelodeon cartoon. Eventually, Kari got the DDT, so Oscar got in there and she did run wild, and once again, I can't remember when she did come back to WWE, but she came back from a serious injury that kept her out for a year. She's been an excellent heel ever since then, and now she was just big, great baby face. I think she could be one of the best wrestlers of the modern era. The taglacks and then went off so everybody was fighting everybody else. But essentially, Lash Grap, Oscar, threw it in December the Still Step, so she was totally dead.

When they kind of just booted Karii saying right in the face, they dragged it to the corner. Nijax gave her the annihilator, one, two, three. It's like, I was basically clean as a whistle. The flub is going on. Charlotte Flore and Alexa Bliss did run out after this as well just to kind of get into a tete for tett before Lash and I did run away. But once again, we we're stuck in the deck here and I do believe we're going to have a big old number one contender match soon because you've got Ria and Ewe and you've got Bailey and Lyra and a bunch of other people. So I'm going to give it an up. I'm presently surprised by this. I'm not going to change the world, but it kind of plods along, which makes it sound way more negative than I mean to.

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