Hello and welcome to the WWE SmackDown preview. I'm Michael Hamilton from WhatCulture and I'm

joined by Michael Sidgerick from WhatCulture to discuss everything that could happen

on tonight's edition of SmackDown. But first, if you're a fan of this sort of thing,

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to be SmackDown but also Raw, the show formerly known as NXT 2.0, Dynamite Collision,

PPV's Premium Live events, we also hold wrestling interviews, round tables, and have a roundup

of the week, not this week, but come in soon with a bit of a quiz of course, on WrestleCulture.

Sidgerick, yeah, took me three goals to get the intro, right? Yeah, pull back the cloth

on that one. I wonder if it was because subconsciously, I was looking for my botch to give

us something to talk about at the start of this because WWE ain't giving us much.

They ain't giving us as much. I don't ever give us much. Am I ready for a good

time? It hasn't been the thing for years. I know you love that bit. I mean, you love

that bit, but now it's just one of them generic noise. I just skip it. Pop hip-hop bit. Yeah,

it's just like just noisening background that plays over that progressive thing and Michael

Cole. I don't know what like shouting PWG facts to impress Twitter, whatever it is. Yes,

whatever it is. Whatever it is now. I'm not ready for a good time. I vindicated by my

man, it's all right for WWE. There's bloodline stuff. But it's not even a hot version of

something I'm not into that I can sort of pick a part and analyze if not enjoy or give

credit to objectively. Like this thing is pace poor now. Like this thing is pace poor.

And Smackdown was completely dominated by this saga to the point where even shameless

in the media, it was like utter young and restless. Yeah, 40 minutes and then I get

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