Ups & Downs: WWE SmackDown Review (Jun 5)
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🗓️ 6 June 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Our WWE SmackDown review as Simon Miller recaps:
0:00 Cody Rhodes, Gunther and Sami Zayn promo
3:16 Danhausen and The Miz
3:46 Raquel Rodriguez vs. Bayley vs Kiana James vs. Jacy Jayne
6:17 Sami Zayn backstage
6:35 Talla Tonga vs. Royce Keys
7:42 Backstage promos
8:36 Jade Cargill & Michin vs. Charlotte Flair & Tiffany Stratton
11:09 Backstage promos
11:32 Ricky Saints vs. Carmelo Hayes
12:07 Backstage promos
12:34 Lash Legend vs. Chelsea Green
13:05 Backstage promos
13:55 Dominik Mysterio vs. Damian Priest vs. Bron Breakker vs. Trick Williams
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| 0:00.0 | So SmackDown this week, start with Gunther coming out and being all like, |
| 0:02.6 | man, I got screwed over at the paper for you, so I am mad, and therefore I demand reparations and I demand them right now. And he kind of got me, kind of didn't. A lot of it actually didn't make much sense, but I am tired, so maybe I'm stupid. Also alone, my friends, I wonder, ups and downs, the only West Review show you need, and that's right. We were in Bologna, Italy, I believe, last night, which I forgot again. |
| 0:21.7 | I was like, oh yeah, smackdown's on at a normal time. |
| 0:24.0 | My brain will never get used. show you need. And that's right. We were in Bologna, Italy, I believe, last night, which I forgot |
| 0:21.2 | again. I was like, oh yeah, smackdown's on at a normal time. My brain will never get used to it. However, I did watch the show, you watch the show. And now we have to see whether our opinions will come together, and we do that by up and those doubts. But yes, Gunther was all like you saw what I did with my foot when I was taking on Cody Rhodes at Clash in Italy. |
| 0:36.8 | I deliberately put it under the bottom rope because I am the ring general and I'm the best. |
| 0:40.3 | And as for that Cody Rhodes at Clash in Italy. I deliberately put it under the bottom rope because I am the ring general and I'm the best. |
| 0:40.1 | And as for that Cody Rhodes, he tried to trick the referee because you all know Cody is an asshole. And Cody must have heard that and thought to himself, well, I'm not an asshole and he came to the ring. I think he called Gunther a sausage maker as well or something like that. and his big point was you have been doing this for 20 plus years you know the deal you're |
| 0:55.2 | and to come out here with a big boo-boo face on if you want to do it again well or something like that. And his big point was, you have been doing this for 20 plus years. |
| 1:12.0 | You know the deal. We're going to come out here with a big boo-boo face on. If you want to do it again, we can do it again. You know what? Given that I am a professional wrestler with a WW title, we can do it right now. And outwalk, Sammy Zane. His big point was he understands everything that is going on, but at the same time he feels like he is being excluded from this deal and he really would like to be included. |
| 1:13.1 | As soon as Gunther went, |
| 1:14.2 | excuse me, Sammy Zane, |
| 2:02.0 | I'm not a fan of you either. He was like, well, I may never have been the WWE champion, but when it comes to being you, Gunther, well, I have a lot of experience. It's true. Cody then basically told everyone to calm down. That's when Gunther was shoving Sammy Zane into Cody Rhodes Rhodes or maybe vice versa. Then he was trying to choke people out. And also when Cody was going to do a dive on to Gunth, what did Gunther do? He pushed Sammy Zane in the way. So essentially this whole segment ended with Cody being like, listen, man, I didn't mean to do that. And Samwise being like you did mean to do that because you're a bad person, Cody Rhodes, and I'm never going to talk to you again. I just want to say, I love all this stuff between Cody Rhodes and Sammy Zane. It has to be going in a certain direction when they do have a fight. And of course, one of my predictions for Clash in Italy is that Sammy Zane would cost Cody Rhodes that WW championship, and I still think that's what WW is going to do. This is where I got a bit confused, and again, I am an idiot, |
| 2:16.8 | but Guns have lost it backstage with Nick Alder saying, man, given what you have done to me, and because you haven't treated me very well, I am going to sue you. That's right, I'm going to get my lawyers to sue you. And then later on, Nick Alas told Cody Rhodes, well, he is going to sue us. So now he gets to pick the stipulations, |
| 2:18.7 | although Cody is allowed to pick the time, |
| 2:20.2 | and they're doing it in two weeks. |
| 2:18.7 | Like, what would he is going to sue us. So now he gets to pick the stipulations, although Cody is allowed to pick the time, |
| 2:20.2 | and they're doing it in two weeks. Like, what would he sue him over? I don't understand. I know they talked about this, but I just thought it was good to being a heel and saying nonsense, because, again, he is a bad guy, and you could say whatever you want. But I was like, any lawyer would be like, I don't really know what's going on here. |
| 2:33.2 | I mean, his football was under the rope, |
| 2:34.3 | but the referee's decision is final. |
| 2:36.0 | That's been the rule for about 476 years. I'm still going to give it an up because, again, I think it's a really good program between Gunther and Cody Rhodes. And again, either guy could win this championship and it would be fine. But the Sammy Zane asterisk in the corner is what really makes it interesting. So when Cody and Sammy have those conversations, you can suspend your disbelief and totally believe that something is going in there. So I am going to give it an up, but also just to sneakie down as well. The Sue thing feels a bit weird. If it was a bit like somebody who won't we need like a stipulation for this match, why don't we just talk about lawyers? Again, maybe I have got it wrong, |
| 3:27.0 | but I didn't watch it again. I kind of think like it was just a heel being a heel, and everyone just let's him be a heel, which is what Nick Alas did before. Let's not forget what happened with Drew McDonough. We've done the best get with Ms and Dan Houser when Ms found the experimental lab of Dan Housen, which Dan Housers is now calling his home. And when he started smashing stuff up, |
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