Hello and welcome to the Smackdown preview on Michael Citric and the absence of Adam

Wilborn joined by fellow Daddlyboy Michael Hamflik to discuss everything that's

in store for us on Smackdown tonight. But before we get into it, if you're a fan of this

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a bloody good quiz of course on wrestle culture. Hamflik, what's the time? 20 minutes. Easy

20 minutes in and out. There's one thing advertised for the show tonight and that is

the return of Brock Lesnar. I'll casual find a Smackdown. It's just easy to just cobble

together most of it on a Sunday night before we record the review pod on A.M. Monday,

pay us late for me. So, following the events of Crown Jewel at which he was screwed, he

went on a rampage. Subsequently, find one million dollars, was it? Yes, by Adam Pearce

and suspended. He's now been unsuspended. Why? Because they need him back because the

storyline demands it. There was no narrative explanation given

beyond Adam Pearce pulling his collar like a sock cartoon. Oh, no. Was it his decision?

Well, yeah, but even his villainy hasn't been explained. Like his son, he did a sudden

turn to this authoritative dark side was never fleshed out. They weren't driven to it

or anything like that. Everything just happens. I mean, Christ almighty. So the idea is

to got Lesnar back, which I find curious. And that's why we're going to discuss here.

It's not as if we're going to, don't worry, but I've got the fifth goddamn bullet point

written down. It's not as if Smackdown is approaching anything to a ratings crisis.

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