Ups & Downs: WWE Smackdown Review (Jan 9)
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🗓️ 10 January 2026
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Summary
Our WWE Raw review as Simon Miller recaps:
0:00 Randy Orton & Trick Williams Promo
2:55 Trick Williams def. Rey Fenix
4:36 Giulia vs. Alexa Bliss
7:30 Backstage Promos
9:45 MFTs vs. Wyatt Sicks
11:02 Backstage Promos
12:03 Jordynne Grace vs. Alba Fyre
14:06 Carmelo Hayes vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
16:05 Drew McIntyre vs. Cody Rhodes
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| 0:00.0 | Well, good grief, W.W.E. Actually went and did it. I was sat there going, there's no way there's going to do it. Then they actually did do it. I don't know why I'm talking to riddles right now, like we can't get into the spoilers because you already know. And I know. And of course, we are going to talk about it, but this was a terrific start to 2006. Life's Too Short, man, sometimes, especially in professional wrestling, which is the most important, least important things. Just try things and just do stuff, chuck it in the wall, and it will cry all over our face. I don't know that means, but this one is going to be a couple of thumbs. Also, like my friends, and welcome to ups and downs. The only wrestling of you show you need with I, Simon Miller the content creator and professional wrestler. That's what somebody on social media said, |
| 0:38.9 | Simon, you should start calling yourself that at the start of videos. I was like, I quite like it. |
| 0:43.6 | The content creator and professional wrestler who shall be professional wrestling this weekend. |
| 0:48.4 | You don't need to know that. But before then, W.W. Smackerdown was in Germany, |
| 0:53.4 | and we got a brand new WWE champion. Let's up those doubts. |
| 0:56.6 | But it's Smackdown, Germany, kicked off with the big old star as well, because Randy Olin came to the ring. He was like, oh man, I'm so happy that you're singing my song. It makes me full one fuzzy my tum-tum when he got interrupted by Trick Williams. And Ins sounds like, well, that's a great idea. |
| 1:10.7 | Last week he interrupted Cody. |
| 1:12.5 | This week's interrupted Randy. |
| 1:14.3 | It's just 10. interrupted by Trick Williams. And Ins sounds like, well, that's a great idea. Last week he interrupted Cody. |
| 1:12.4 | This week's interrupted Randy. It's just telling you, WW. We're going to push trick. |
| 1:17.4 | Now he essentially called Randy on an old timer and he doesn't care that he wants to win the |
| 1:21.0 | WWE title because Williams wants to win the WW title. And he also had a good line because he was |
| 1:25.9 | all like, it's not 2006, it's |
| 1:27.6 | 2026, which actually also is a massive compliment to Randy because he was around in 2006 and he's |
| 1:34.9 | still going. He's a goat. Also, as Orton told us, he has won that championship 14 times. So if you |
| 1:40.3 | want to get into numbers, it's not about his wife, it's not about his kids, it's not about the fact he weighs 260 pounds, it's about getting that 15th championship. It's a bit like Randy, I don't think your wife is going to appreciate that. Trick then went off calling himself the future of this business when he posed the crowd. Orm was like, listen, you just turned your back on me, kid. If you do it again, I'll drop you with an RKO, |
| 2:17.1 | when Trick Williams slapped the microphone out of Randy Orn's hand, and I think it may have hit a fan, or at least gone close. I hope they are okay, because you can see it in Trick's face, but just a spit second. He was like, oh, me, break a character, I'm very worried. Orr and then just punched him right in the head, and of course he was going to hit an RKO, |
| 3:09.0 | and the Miz realized, wait a minute, seven days ago, Randy, it was horrible to me, I'm very worried. Orton then just punched him right in the head and of course he was going to hit an RKO and the Miz realized, wait a minute, seven days ago Randy, it was horrible to me. I'm going to beat him up when he went for the Scarborough quasi finale. He got RKO'd instead and everybody cheered. Ray Phoenix's music then hit as well because he was about to take on Trick Williams and he did give Randy Or on a fist bump and really this just a nice way to introduce Smackdown to the crowd as we start this European tour, but also tell you that Randy Orr wants to be the champion. Trick Williams wants to be the champion, which is going to tie into announcement that we did get later. I do think for the second week running, these opening provers are going a little bit long, just because Smackdown has gone three hours. but the user Trick Williams and having Randy on back on our TV, give it up, it worked. Of course, we then went right into Trick Williams versus Phoenix and Trick Williams beat him. I think Phoenix had been told, listen, Ray, you are a terrific professional wrestler, so we need you to perform out of your ass and make Trick Williams, well, essentially look like a big bad heel, which he did. |
| 3:25.6 | Saying that though, Phoenix got loads of offence in here, and at one point Trick had to throw him into Simba that still steps to calm him down. But that's when Phoenix was like, nope, I'm going to give you a Hurricane Round off the top rope, and he got a one-two-oo. Then he did the same flipping thing with a DDT. And the finish kind of confused me, maybe I'm being a bald idiot here and those two things, |
| 3:24.5 | because Ray went to do a dive and tricked Williams caught him. the same flipping thing with a DDT. And the finish kind of confused me, maybe I'm being a bald idiot here, |
| 3:25.6 | and I am those two things, |
| 3:27.2 | because Ray went to do a dive, |
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