Ups & Downs: WWE Smackdown Review (May 23)

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🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Our WWE SmackDown review as Simon Miller recaps:

0:00 Intro

1:04 Tiffany Stratton, Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair Promo

4:09 Giulia vs. Zelina Vega vs. Charlotte Flair

6:26 Tommaso Ciampa vs. Chris Sabin

8:32 Damian Priest brawls with Drew McIntyre

10:17 Michin & B-Fab vs. Piper Niven & Alba Fyre

11:48 Backstage Promos

12:48 Jacob Fatu & JC Mateo vs. Jimmy Uso & Rey Fenix

15:09 R-Truth Promo

17:32 LA Knight vs. Aleister Black va. Shinsuke Nakamura

19:07 Backstage Promos

19:55 The Street Profits vs Fraxiom

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0:00.0	So two very specific things happened at the start of this week's episode of SmackDown,
0:03.6	the first of which was me forgetting about J.C. Matteo. I don't mean the person. I remember Jeff
0:08.9	Cobb, but that name is going to take a while for me to get used to, although we will get used to
0:13.0	eventually. And number two, Drew McIntyre and Damien Peace have to stop being put in the same
0:18.0	vicinity because these two guys can't stop beating each other up.
0:21.3	Like Drew McIntyre was just walking in and he got attacked, or maybe it was the other way
0:24.9	around. I can't remember. The point is they're like kids, man. Someone needs to stop them.
0:28.6	Oh, so hello, my friends. We're going to opt and downs. The only wrestling of you show you need.
0:32.1	And that's right. I like goofy wrestling for life. And the reason I'm talking about that is because some people really don't
0:37.5	like it. But as I always say, your opinion is your opinion. My opinion is my opinion. And we should
0:42.7	be able to share these little things between each other and then have a hug. That's not what
0:46.6	happens. We just yell and we shout and eventually we cry. It's okay. We have tears for a reason.
0:52.5	What are we talking about? I don't know. But as it is
0:54.6	Saturday Night's main event tomorrow, let's review the go-home show known to smack her down.
0:58.7	But it doesn't really work because it's a television show and not a PLE. I talk a lot of crap. promo after this and I'd like to go back in time and see who was the first person to do that,
1:12.0	which could be the plot of a really bad movie. But it was Tiffany Stratton and she was like,
1:16.0	man, I am so happy. Because I am the women's champion and let me tell you about my past,
1:21.5	I got hereby winning money in the bank. I was like, that's really smart, Tiff, because money in the bank, 2025 is just
1:28.8	around the corner. She also wanted to know who was going to step up, and this is when Alexa
1:31.9	Bliss walked to the ring. She was like, I don't think we've formally been introduced. I'm like, I'm sorry.
1:37.4	There's no way you have been backstage for all these months, and you just kind of sneak past
1:41.6	Tiffany Stratton because you're like, man, I want to do the former
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