WWE Smackdown Review 12/16/22 - JOHN CENA MAKES MAJOR MATCH ANNNOUNCEMENT
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🗓️ 17 December 2022
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Solomonster reviews WWE Smackdown for December 16th from Chicago with a MAJOR announcement being made as it relates to John Cena's return, Sami Zayn's big night with Roman Reigns and The Bloodline, Uncle Howdy appears in person for the first time, an excellent battle for the Intercontinental title between GUNTHER and Ricochet, and Top Dolla attempts a literal suicide dive.
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| 0:00.0 | WWE was sold out in Chicago tonight 15,000 people not one seat left open wrestle ticks put the map up |
| 0:09.3 | I couldn't believe it now one single ticket left. They were packed to the brim in Chicago for a |
| 0:15.2 | Smackdown that promise something big with Sami Zayn. It was going to be a big night |
| 0:20.8 | Something was going to happen tonight with the bloodline. I told you guys last week. I was worried |
| 0:25.0 | I was worried for Sammy. I had a bad feeling about tonight |
| 0:30.0 | I had a bad feeling things were not going to end well for the honorary oost and he showed up tonight |
| 0:34.5 | Man, he was looking good. He had his suit on. He had the man bun going hair slicked back |
| 0:40.3 | He was ready to become a made man tonight |
| 0:43.2 | When this night was over, Sami Zayn was not made. He was not made official |
| 0:48.4 | As a member of the bloodline, but he was spared |
| 0:52.6 | It did not and as badly as I feared for Sammy what we ended with |
| 0:57.2 | Was a major match announcement now in two weeks. We have our final Smackdown. They're going to be |
| 1:02.4 | Live in Tampa, Florida December 30th |
| 1:04.8 | We now know what the main event of that show is going to be |
| 1:08.0 | The one thing we knew about that show going in is that John Cena was going to be making a special appearance that night |
| 1:13.6 | We did not know what John Cena was going to be doing |
| 1:16.8 | Now we know exactly what John Cena is going to be doing John Cena is going to be wrestling |
| 1:22.5 | It's going to be John Cena and Kevin Owens as tag team partners taking on Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn |
| 1:30.4 | That is a huge |
| 1:32.4 | Main event for the final Smackdown of the year and also it preserves John Cena's streak |
| 1:38.4 | Every year for the past 20 years John Cena has wrestled at least one match in WWE |
| 1:45.6 | John Cena has not wrestled a match this year |
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