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Ups & Downs: WWE Smackdown Review (Jan 30)

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4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Our WWE SmackDown review as Simon Miller recaps:

0:00 The Vision interrupts Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, Sami Zayn and Jey Uso

3:35 Carmelo Hayes vs. Rey Fenix

4:26 Backstage promos

6:19 Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss vs. Liv Morgan and Roxanne Perez

8:12 Axiom vs. Johnny Gargano

9:49 Gunther vows to end AJ Styles' career

11:32 Ilja Dragunov vs. The Miz

12:19 MFT's and Wyatt Sicks promo

12:57 Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, Sami Zayn & Jey Uso vs. The Vision


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0:00.0

So Cody Rhodes came out to start this week's episode of Smackdown, and I will give you a quick

0:03.4

summarization, because everybody wants to talk about everything else. He got cheered. People then did that song, they do, well, Cody Rhodes. And then he said he wants to win the more rumble, and everybody booed and went no. This apparently is enough to turn Cody Rhodes' heel, even though every time we do go abroad, the same thing happens. I don't think we need to go crazy and throw the baby out with

0:21.3

the bathwaterer. And also, too, you have to earn a heel turn. You don't just do it because we go to a few places and he does get booed. Also, it just makes wrestling more fun. How is Cody Rhodes going to react to this? Everybody brings it up every single week. And then we get to the following Smackdown and he gets

0:37.5

cheered. Just enjoy it for what it is, man. Lovely bit of fun. Also, all over my friends, and welcome to the Smackdown Raw Rumble Road of Joy, whatever the hell that means. We just want to say thank you very much to Norton, who have a great deal for you. Should you want to get a VPN today? And you should, because of course, you can then choose to watch content your way and protect yourself. When you do go other places that aren't your home,

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So thanks very much, Norton.

1:28.6

I appreciate you watching this nonsense. I mean, somebody's got to. Let's up those doubts. Cody also talked about the fact that Drew McIntyre is an idiot and Jacob A2 is an idiot. And of course, maybe it's Sammy Zane he faces at WrestleMania. if Sammy can do the unthinkable and take down the Scottish warrior at the raw rumble.

2:01.9

He even said maybe I'll face Siam Punk. I was like, yeah, do that one. That's the most interesting match. And given what we are on January the 29th, wherever the flub it is, pull the trigger. Randallton of all people interrupted and instantly I'm giving it down. Because we have been teasing this in 2004. I mean, it tied into the fact that Randy Orton respects Cody Rhodes and my gosh, you're like a brother to me. But of course, I will throw you out of the Royal Rumble if I have to because I also have won two rule rumbles and I want to be the champion again. And listen, Randi-Own is always good. Cody Rhodes is good, but I have been waiting basically two years for Randy or versus Cody Rhodes.

2:18.9

And listen, I'm owed nothing, but I'm also allowed to be an impatient asshole, so I'm giving it down. For this stage, it's not really impatient. It's been going on and on and on and on. Jay Husser then arrived to remind us that he had won the Royal Rumpel last year. Maybe he'll do it again. I was like, do it, man. I'm up here for the absolute meltdown on the internet.

2:17.9

When this turned into a wrestling trope segment, because Sammy Zane came out too, and why are you here? You're not in the Rural Rumble, but I think WW reallines, we have not really promoted this show. So we'll make sure we get the Rural Rumble stuff in specifically, and then Sam, you need to go out there and remind everyone, oh hi, I'm

2:35.4

taking on Drew McIntyre in a world title match. Of course, he has three issues that needs to think about one, he's ever been a world champion, two, he's never beat Drew, but also three he's never lost in Saudi Arabia. I was a little bit like, I kind of think we should have said that a couple of months ago, so we really could drive up the emotion. Hey-ho, at least we've done it now. Better late than never, but better

2:54.2

never late. I think we should have said that a couple of months ago, so we really could drive up the emotion.

2:52.6

Hey-ho, at least we've done it now.

2:54.7

Better late than never, but better never late. The interruptions then continued, and this is why I don't like three-hour Smackdowns, because it just felt like time filler, because the vision came out. And of course, Paul Heyman was all like, well, don't worry about any of this, because Bram Breaker's going to win the Royal Rumble.

3:05.6

When Nick Al has decided,

3:06.8

if everybody else is going to do it,

3:08.3

I'm going to interrupt too.

3:09.7

And quite clearly he didn't have a main event because he took the vision and they're going to take on all the baby faces that are standing in the ring, which is the only reason they went out there to begin with. I'm just going to give it down. It went way too long and mostly it didn't get me more excited about the raw rumble and 24 hours

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