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<p>SmackDown this week promised to be an intriguing one as the tag division had to set up a lot of things while other storylines had to progress. Let&#8217;s see if it managed to do that.</p>
<h2><strong>New Day are hilarious like always</strong></h2>
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<p>The New Day are one of those groups that was never meant to be successful but did it anyway. This was another over the top segment that brought back memories of wrestling of the yesteryear&#8217;s. To add to the nostalgia, Booker T coming out as King Booker was also great to see.</p>
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<p>This might have been the silliest opening to a SmackDown show but it proved that humor is a big part of pro wrestling. The highlight was when Big E tried to do the spinaroonie but couldn’t and Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston held his legs and spun him around.</p>
<p>This also sets them up nicely for heel teams that think they are turning the tag division into a joke. It was a fun start to SmackDown.</p>
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<h2><strong>The Bar makes progress</strong></h2>
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<p>Things got serious as the Bar, the Colons and the Good Brothers battled in a triple threat match as a part of the tournament that would determine the opponents for the New Day. The match was pretty decent and the Colons and the Good Brothers got some much needed action in the ring.</p>
<p>Anderson and Gallows are being underutilized and it showed today how good they are as a tag team. They should have also progressed to the next level but the Bar were definitely the better choice. It is great to see SmackDown give so much importance to the tag division. RAW should take notes from them.</p>
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<h2><strong>Is Rusev finally becoming a face?</strong></h2>
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<p>We had been clamoring for this for a long time and it finally seems that WWE has taken the hint. Rusev along with English will be in the other leg of the tournament to decide the tag championship contenders and it is English who got the match booked. Rusev is shown to be pleasantly surprised and happy.</p>
<p>This should not be a setup for further tension between English and Rusev but instead a good run as a tag team for now. They would make for a fresh and new feud in the tag division. Let’s just hope that WWE handles this well. For now it is in the right direction.</p>
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<h2><strong>Jeff Hardy is awake</strong></h2>
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<p>Jeff Hardy finally acknowledged that he is woken and was met with surprisingly loud cheers. This feud between him and Randy Orton has just received a new lease of life. Orton responding with his usual ‘I will end you’ threat was actually bearable for once and the crowd went nuts with the ‘delete’ chant. This was another great segment and Jeff didn’t even have to wrestle which should be great for his health as well.</p>
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<h2><strong>Billie Kay picks up an inconsequential win</strong></h2>
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<p>And thus we come to the first downer of the night. So far, SmackDown was a great showcase of how great storytelling doesn’t even need fights every week to progress a storyline. Here we had no clue why the IIconics are now taking on Naomi? What is their motivation? Why is Naomi suddenly in a feud with these two? As expected, the crowd was silent throughout. Nice way to shoot yourself in the foot WWE.</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong>Thumbs Down <i class="fa fa-thumbs-down" style="font-size: 30px; color: red;"></i></p>
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<h2><strong>Daniel Bryan is on fire</strong></h2>
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<p>It is such a blessing that Bryan came out of his retirement. He is so good that you don’t mind people like Brie Belle and Maryse also being involved in this feud. Andrade and Vega getting booked for a match was a nice change of things. There was a nice callout to Bryan’s past as the GM.</p>
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<p>The match itself was pretty great and showed that Andrade can hang in there with the best and therefore deserves something much more substantial. The ending was somewhat predictable with the Miz interrupting and the four heels beating up Bryan and Brie.</p>
<p>This is a nice feud and the tensions are still burning hot between Bryan and Miz. The only gripe we still have is why their wives are suddenly involved too. Overall, another great chapter in this storied feud.</p>
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<h2><strong>Samoa Joe stoops even lower</strong></h2>
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<p>As always, Samoa Joe put on an exhibition of how a heel can play mind games with his opponent almost driving them crazy. Joe again went after Styles’ wife and left him a ball of rage and anger. Their match at Hell In A Cell should be another great spectacle and this was storytelling at its best.</p>
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<h2><strong>Carmella bites the dust</strong></h2>
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<p>Before the match there was a backstage segment showing R-Truth mouthing off some gibberish. It seems like WWE are planning some sort of crazy storyline with him and Carmella. The match was okay as honestly Carmella doesn’t have the wrestling chops to hang in there with someone like Charlotte.</p>
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<p>The match was bearable and Charlotte carried it as much as she could. In the end she won which didn’t come as a surprise nor did the after match attack by Becky Lynch. The funny thing is that Lynch is being cheered despite doing her absolute best to be a heel. This is not bad though as this is something the women’s division has never seen before &#8211; an anti-heroine. She is like the female Stone Cold and that is just awesome. This was a great way to end SmackDown.</p>
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<p><strong>Overall Review: </strong>This was yet another fun and entertaining edition of Smackdown. Except for the whole IIconics debacle, the Smackdown side of WWE is on solid footing. WWE finally seem to be doing right by Rusev and we hope that this does not turn out to be another tease that amounts to nothing. The women’s championship is being pictured perfectly while Joe-Styles and Bryan-Miz are tearing the house down every week. It is a good time to be a wrestling fan right now.</p>
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WWE SmackDown Live Results & Review: August 28, 2018

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