“I’m Better Than You, And You Know It”

"Every Man Has A Price For The Million Dollar Man"

"The Best There Is, The Best There Was, And The Best There Ever Will Be"

"Whatcha Gonna Do, When Hulkamania Runs Wild On You"

"And That's The Bottom Line Because Stone Cold Said So"

<p>SmackDown has consistently been the better of the two shows. Can it keep that streak going at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amway_Center" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amway Center</a>, Orlando, Florida?</p>
<h2><strong>Randy Orton Holds the WWE Universe in Awe</strong></h2>
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<p>Suddenly it felt like all is right with the WWE as Randy Orton came out and yet again put a wonderful display of his heel capabilities. All he did was talk but there was so much venom in everything that he said that everyone literally started fearing for Jeff Hardy.</p>
<p>He knows crowd psychology so well and the best thing about heel Orton is that he doesn’t need to attack old people or women to be a heel. All he has to do is talk and that too without having to raise his voice. The mic drop at the end was a nice touch. Keep more of this coming WWE!</p>
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<h2><strong>Charlotte Flair and Lynch Appear to Be on the Same Page</strong></h2>
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<p>Lynch and Flair beat the IIconics</p>
<p>The initial interview was nice and the match with the IIconics was pretty good as well. Loved the two taking a shot at Banks and Bayley. Wonder if that is something WWE is setting up. An interbrand skirmish at Evolution.</p>
<p>For now this adds an interesting dynamic to the title match at Summerslam. WWE should put the belt on Lynch and probably turn Flair heel and the two can feud. This Carmella s**t needs to end ASAP.</p>
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<p><strong>Miz accepts the challenge from Bryan and the two will face off at Summerslam.</strong></p>
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<h2><strong>AJ Styles Gives a Great Promo of His Own</strong></h2>
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<p>Last week Samoa Joe delivered an awesome promo undermining AJ Styles as a family man and this week Styles gave the befitting reply. He hearkened back to the time the two were friends and shared living quarters together.</p>
<p>The way he accepted his shortcomings was refreshing to see and like we always say, what happens in the ring is awesome when it seems rooted in reality and not something Vince’s crazy brain stews up. This one felt real and personal and the feud seems all the more relevant for both men.</p>
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<h2><strong>Aiden English Ruins Yet Another Lana Match</strong></h2>
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<p>Zelina Vega beats Lana after a distraction</p>
<p>You know how WWE often take something that is interesting and keep repeating it to death so much so that it begins to feel boring? That is exactly what happened here. As soon as Rusev forgave English we knew what was coming. Anyone could have seen this coming from a mile.</p>
<p>In what looked like a carbon copy from last week, English yet again inadvertently cost Lana the match. We all know this is to set something up between the two and WWE should have already begun on that path instead of trying to make something happen out of two women who can barely wrestle.</p>
<p>Rusev was shown a hint of a push and he is back in the dumps. When will WWE realize the huge potential of this man?</p>
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<h2><strong>Miz Gets Ambushed by Bryan</strong></h2>
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<p>Miz was at his normal routine in this segment. Him first ignoring all questions regarding Bryan was a work of genius and then going on a tirade against Bryan was even better. Bryan showing up out of nowhere and being really aggressive was awesome to watch.</p>
<p>It had hints of his debut with Nexus. The entire segment was nicely done. If only WWE could introduce the title here.</p>
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<h2><strong>R-Truth Tries to Be the US Champion</strong></h2>
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<p>When R-Truth debuted the IQ-challenged version of his character almost a decade ago it was fun to watch at first but it soon overstayed its welcome. We can’t believe WWE are still persisting with it. He gives some stupid reasoning involving taking on Carmella so he can get a title shot.</p>
<p>It was too nonsensical for even R-Truth. The match itself was a regular R-Truth fare with some “trying too hard to be funny” theatrics but no one really expected Nakamura to lose his title. It was what it was.</p>
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<p>R-Truth is at the end of the line and we understand giving him a new gimmick isn’t going to be worth much. This was a time-filler segment and as such worked quite well.</p>
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<h2><strong>The Bludgeon Brothers Try to Have the Shortest Tag Match</strong></h2>
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<p>The Bludgeon Brothers beat 3SK</p>
<p>It actually could be the shortest tag match ever. The local talent were literally just straight up defeated. It was fun to watch though.</p>
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<h2><strong>The New Day Qualify for the Tag Championship Match</strong></h2>
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<p>Big E and Kingston pick up the win over The Bar</p>
<p>We wish every episode of RAW and SmackDown ended this way. It had everything. Emotion, great wrestling, comedy and some pretty high stakes on the line.</p>
<p>Another fun aspect of this match was the fact that it was impossible to predict who was going to pick up the win till the very end which makes for some compelling viewing.</p>
<p>Don’t know how The New Day will fare against The Bludgeon Brothers but we expect either The Bar of The Usos or both to play a hand in the eventual results.</p>
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<p><strong>Overall Review: </strong>Another solid episode. The only downside was the inability of WWE to capitalize on Rusev’s talents. The rest of the show was great and it proved that you do not really need the McMahons poking their obnoxious noses in everything (Take a hint Stephanie). SmackDown clearly deserves to be the marquee brand of WWE and today’s show proved it yet again.</p>
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WWE SmackDown Live Results & Review: August 7, 2018

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